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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



dry lakes or beds containing supplies Of 

 practically pure sulphate of soda, the 

 government analysis showing 44 parts of 

 pure sulphate of soda, 54 parts Avater and 

 2 parts alien matter. The deposits are 

 reached by a spur of the Union Pacific 

 road. The chemical works now in opera- 

 tion can only supply 150 tons of the sul- 

 phate per day, but as the material is 

 used in many of the industries and manu- 

 facturies the demand for it is so great 

 that the company propose increasing the 

 capacity of the plant to 1,200 tons daily. 



The past year has proved to the satis- 

 faction of the doubters that the canning 

 factory at Austin. Texas, is a paying con- 

 cern. It is claimed the factory can put 

 up for market 15,000 cans per day of corn, 

 tomatoes and similar products. The fac- 

 tory would have mnde more money the 

 past year but for the fact that it was im- 

 possible to get the products, so many 

 farmers insisting on raising cotton. 



WE'LL BE GOOD. 



Recently we received a copy of the 

 Grand/alls New Era (Texas) with vicious- 

 looking lead pencil stabs around an arti- 

 cle to draw our attention to the fact that 

 we had ''done the editor wrong," Some 

 publication had evidently copied from the 

 New Era without giving proper credit, 

 and the editor voiced his woes under the 

 heading "Give the Devil his Due," itt 

 which he said: 



"And now comes the January number 

 of the IRRIGATION AGE of Chicago, who 

 copies our article under the heading of a 

 'Good Suggestion' but credits it to 'Some 

 One' who has been moved to write to the 

 editor of the New Era. Gee Whillikens 

 as if the editor was not capable of making 

 such a 'Good Suggestion.' 



It is very true that our little 'Twofer* 

 is not much of a paper but for this very 

 reason we must insist that our friends 



either let us severely alone, or give us 

 credit for what we do." 



We acknowledge the error of our ways 

 and crave pardon. We thought the ar- 

 ticle was a communication from a sub- 

 scriber, bnt we were wrong; the editor 

 wrote it himself. "Well, anyway," as 

 Bobby Gay lor says, it was a "good sug- 

 gestion 1 ' and the New Era far from being 

 a little "Two-fer" is a bright, newsy little 

 sheet, a credit to the town and to its edi- 

 tor. We have made similar remarks 

 before. 



THE PERNICIOUS GRUMBLING HABIT 



Do not let your child acquire the habit of 

 grumbling. Stop the first beginnings and 

 it will never become a habit. If there is 

 just cause of complaint, try to remedy it: 

 if there is no possibility of improvement, 

 teach that silent endurance is the best way 

 to meet the inevitable. It is never wise to 

 stay in a place and grumble. If the things 

 you dislike cannot be altered, change your 

 environment. If on reflection you decide 

 that, balancing one thing with another 

 you would rather bear the ills you know 

 than fly to others that you know not of, 

 bear them in silence. February Ladies 

 Home Journal. 



The above is a suggestion that everyone 

 should heed. Grumbling, or "worrying" 

 as it is more politely termed, will cause 

 more unhappiness in a home than many 

 other faults of a graver nature. Have you 

 not felt like shaking the chronic grumbler 

 whose complaints over infinitesmal griev- 

 ances made home unhappy V Such a one 

 seems to "enjoy being miserable," to use a 

 "Paddyism," and is never content unless 

 discontented. Each household should es- 

 tablish a "don't worry'' club, to which all 

 the family should be compelled to belong 

 and whose motto should be the one which 

 a wise mother of our acquaintance taught 

 her little daughter, "Never worry over 

 anything you can help; but instead remedy 

 it; and never worry over anything you 

 can't help, since worrying will do no good. 



