THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



VOL. XII. 



CHICAGO, JULY, 1898. 



NO. 10. 



THE PROGRESS OF WESTERN BMERIGB. 



The irrigation Nothing like being on 

 congress. time, so at this early 



date we call attention to the Seventh 

 Annual Session of the National Ir- 

 rigation Congress, which is to be 

 held at Cheyenne, Wyoming, early 

 in the coming fall. It is desired 

 that there be a large attendance at 

 this convention, and all who are in 

 any way connected with or inter- 

 ested in this great subject should 

 endeavor to be present. Every 

 section of the country can unite in 

 the broad platform which was out- 

 lined at the Phoenix Irrigation Con- 

 gress in the following resolution: 



"Resolved, That this Irrigation 

 Congress desires to impress upon 

 the American people the profound 

 importance of the social, political 

 and philanthropic feature of this 

 grand irrigation movement, whose 

 ultimate aim is that we may become 

 a nation of rural homes rather than 

 a nation of large cities." 



To this we can all subscribe, 

 whether we dwell in the West, East, 

 North or South. 



The Month June, the month of 

 Past - roses, has passed us 



with flying feet; the "sweet girl 

 graduate" in the traditonal white 

 robe, has delivered her little max- 

 ims and quotations, plastered to- 

 gether with a few ideas of her own 

 and termed an essay, and has faded 

 from public view; the wrangle over 



the Hawaiian annexation bill is 

 over, and Hawaii is now one of Un- 

 cle Sam's proteges; the "glorious 

 Fourth" doubly glorious this year 

 by reason of the good tidings from 

 Santiago has become a thing of 

 the past, the small boy of saving 

 instincts having shot off his last 

 cracker which he carefully "saved 

 from the Fourth." In the country 

 the air is sweet with the scent of 

 new mown hay, the birds are rife 

 in the cherry trees loaded with 

 fruit, and the "city cousin" remem- 

 bers now distinctly that she has a 

 "country cousin" and goes to visit 

 her. In short mid summer with all 

 its beauty is with us. 



The Ed The war still continues 



is Near. but we can see in the 



victory at Santiago and the sinking 

 of Cevera's fleet the "beginning of 

 the end." Even some of the Span- 

 iards are now convinced that the 

 honor of Spain has been vindicated 

 and that to sue for peace is the only 

 way to preserve the sympathy of 

 European powers. With such signal 

 victories unprecedented m history 

 almost as our country has had, it 

 is strange Spain has not lost cour- 

 age long ere this. In the land bat- 

 tle at Santiago, a sad butgreatcom- 

 mentary on the bravery of American 

 officers was the heavy loss of 

 commissioned men; the dead and 

 wounded among them being greater 



