THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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Congress was square!}" made, and fousrht 

 out to the end between those advocating 

 absolute State cession, led by GOT. Mur- 

 phy, on the one hand, and those advo- 

 cating the policy of the Irrigation 

 Congress as a whole, led by George H. 

 Maxwell, who was supported by such 

 leading members of the Irrigation Con- 

 gress as I. D. O Donnell of Montana, 

 chairman of the Executive Committee; L. 

 W. Shurtleff. of Ogden, Utah; Col. H. B. 

 Maxson, of Nevada; Thomas Knight, of 

 Kansas City, and others. 



THEY STAND SIDE BY SIDE. 



There could be no more positive evidence 

 of the complete success of those who fought 

 to bring about this complete harmony be- 

 tween the Irrigation Congress and the 

 Trans-Missippi Congress than the fact 

 that the latter adopted the Irrigation Con- 

 gress resolution with the following pre- 

 amble; 



Resolved, That the Trans-Missippi Com- 

 mercial Congress indorses the following 

 resolutions which embody the resolutions 

 and policy advocated by the National Irri- 

 gation Congress as to a national and State 

 irrigation policy for the reclamation of 

 arid America. 



Here again, the falsity of the dispatch 

 referred to above crops out. Tne dispatch 

 says "this fight was the feature of the con- 

 gress, as it indicated the growing diver- 

 gence in interest between the Trans-Miss- 

 issippi Congress and the National Irri- 

 gation Congrt-.-- 



There could have been at this session no 

 more complete and perfect "convergence" 

 than that which has taken place. The two 

 congresses have come together entirely, 

 and are in perfect harmony. On this fact 

 the people of the West are congratulated. 



ARIZONA MOST BENEFITED. 



The statement in the dispatch that 

 $200,000,000 was asked for, is on its face a 

 manifest misstatement. No such sum was 

 or is asked for. It is apparent that the 

 dispatch was not sent out from Wichita 

 without a purpose, and that those who, 

 like Gov. Murphy, still advocate the policy 

 of absolute state cession, are the most 



serious obstacles in the way of the adoption 

 of the broad policy of the Irrigation Con- 

 gress the reclamation of the arid regions 

 and the great prosperity that would flow 

 from it to all sections of the West and to 

 all branches of business throughout the 

 United States. Arizona has more to gain 

 from the adoption of the Irrigation Con- 

 gress policy than any other State or Terri- 

 tory. Its inauguration would start a tide 

 of immigration into that Territory which 

 would transform its deserts into fertile 

 fields, and make it a populous and pros- 

 perous State in less than ten years. 

 Every Western State and Territory, par- 

 ticularly Arizona, should stand by the 

 Irrigation Congress and its wise policy. 

 Log Angehs Times. 



ARTESIAN WELLS. 



Another possibility among the diversi- 

 fied blessings showered upon Washington 

 is the artesian water supply, Moxee valley, 

 near the Coast range being an absolute 

 proof. Water must exist in immense 

 quantities in subterranean lakes under 

 the vast region which is traversed by the 

 Columbia. The peculiar contour of the 

 channel of that river in Washington and 

 the nature of the country through which 

 it passes make certain the presence of- the 

 reservoirs of nature. Moisture filtering 

 through the gravel to the bed rock of 

 what ages ago was an inland sea has made 

 for itself hidden lakes and streams which 

 never see the light of day. Natural drain- 

 age from lakes and river close to the 

 northern boundry line has added to this 

 supply of water until the basin of Central 

 Washington must be honeycombed with 

 deeply concealed water supplies. 



The matter has been given little or no 

 attention. Heretofore irrigation ditches 

 have been the popular methods of supply- 

 ing the dry region with water and the 

 supplies have been drawn from sources 

 miles from the land to be irrigated. It 

 has been a successful method, however, 

 for where there are streams in Central 

 Washington, the supply of water i s 



