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J.HE IRRIGATION AGE. 



practically unlimited, and the results in 

 an agricultural way have been most flat- 

 tering. The success of the Moxee arte- 

 sian wells should pave the way for appro- 

 priations of money by the state and 

 national government for boring wells in 

 other sections of the Inland Empire, for 

 they will reclaim lands now considered 

 absolutely valueless except for grazing 

 purposes. The fertility of soil is estab- 

 lished beyond doubt, once water is to be 

 had. Climate conditions are matchless, 

 and communication with markets easily 

 established. The artesian water supplies 

 will bear closer investigation as Wash- 

 ington grows in density of population and 

 available agricultural land areas become- 

 more limited. Spokane. Review. 



WILL IT BE SUSTAINED? 



An interesting decision was recently 

 rendered by a California court in the case 

 of Mrs. Alabb against the San Antonio 

 water company for damages. The plain- 

 tiff purchased of the company a certain 

 amount of \\ater wbich was not rec ived, 

 bacause it could not b3 obtained that 

 year. Some water was offered but not in 

 sufficient quantity for the fruit trees and 

 as a consequence, so says Mrs. Mabb, her 

 fruit crop was a failure. She sued the 

 company and obtained damages to the 

 amount of $2,500. The Times Index (San 

 Bernardino, Cal.) says: 



"Much interest has been taken in this 

 suit by orchardists and water companies 

 all over Southern California, for in a way 

 it settles the question of just how much 

 water companies can he held responsible 

 for the shortage in water for irrigation." 



It is not yet known whether or not this 

 case will b3 appealed, but it is regarded 

 as a test case to determine whether irri- 

 gation companies may be held responsible 



for crop failures due to lack of water, and 

 if it is appealed and the* decision of the 

 lower court is sustained, many more suits 

 of a similar nature will probably come up. 



BUYING FOR CASH. 



The advantages of the cash buying 

 principle are much more highly appre- 

 ciated than formerly. Present indications 

 point to the fact that at no very distant 

 date that the long drawn out interest 

 bearing account will be a thing of the 

 past. Cash buying is a business short cut. 

 it is the little path that leads across the 

 fields. It saves business distance. 



Not only that, it is a money making 

 principle. Buying for cash saves interest; 

 interest money saved is money earned. 

 Cash selling and buying has gradually led 

 up to another method of conducting busi- 

 ness, which is to sell direct from the 

 manufacturer to the consumer. This sys- 

 tem possesses so many advantages that we 

 cannot stop to enumerate them here. It 

 is really the carrying out of the cash buy- 

 ing plan upon an extended and enlarged 

 form. 



Goods are sent upon receipt of cash or 

 are shipped C.O.D.with privilege of exam- 

 ination. Take for instance the Elkhart 

 Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co., of Elkhart, 

 Indiana. They sell everything they make 

 direct from the factory to the consumer. 

 Their terms are either cash with order or 

 C. O. D. with fullest privilege of examin- 

 ation, and their experience is that the 

 cash buying principle is growing upon the 

 people. By far the greatest percentage 

 of their orders contain cash remittance. 

 This is very complimentary to the Elk- 

 hart people and their fair business 

 methods. They are undoubtedly the 

 largest manufacturers of vehicles and 

 harness in the world selling direct to the 

 consumer. 



