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THE IRRIGATION AGE 



the areas of irrigated and irrigable land in 

 each system, and their ownership, and pre- 

 sent and prospective value as measured by 

 income. It is these and similarfacts which 

 Mr. Mead has been asked to collect and 

 classify for us, with such recommendations 

 as he may dem best to make as a basis for 

 some comprehensive scheme of legislation. 

 The detail is requested upon the broad 

 grounds that the interests involved in this 

 state are greater than in any other state, 

 the litigation and uncertainty more disast- 

 rous, and especially that no water problem 

 exists anywhere in America which does 

 not exist here. It is hoped that when the 

 matter is properly presented to the Secre- 

 tary he will recognize the force of the ar- 

 gument and the wisdom of assigning Mr. 

 Mead to the dutv. 



A NOTED CHAMPION GONE. 

 On the 8th of June Judge J. S. Emery, 

 a prominent figure in irrigation matters, 

 died at his home in Lawrence, Kansas, at 

 the age of 76 years. He settled in Kansas 

 forty-five years ago, being a member of the 

 second party sent out to Lawrence under 



the auspices of the New England A.id So- 

 ciety. He entered upon the practice of 

 his profession and soon became a leader in 

 the movement to make Kansas a free state. 

 In 1863 he was appointed by President 

 Lincoln United States district attorney for 

 Kansas, holding the position until 1867. 

 He is perhaps best known to,irrigationists 

 for his work in behalf of that movement, 

 The Daily World (Lawrence) says of him 

 in this connection; "Of recent years 

 Judge Emery has devoted his energies 

 largely to irrigation and he has traveled 

 thousands of miles, and delivered many 

 lectures and taken part in many conven- 

 tions in this work. He heartily believed 

 in it, and we have no doubt that if he could 

 be consulted, he would rather be remem- 

 bered for his work for irrigation than for 

 anything else he did in his life. He be- 

 lieved j't was a grand work for the solution 

 of many vexing problems. He advocated 

 irrigation because he thought it an oppor- 

 tunity to reclaim vast tracts of land and 

 ultimately furnish homes for millions of 

 the over-crowded population of the world. 



PLANT TREES. 



What do we plant when we plant the tree? 

 We plant the ship which will cross the sea ; 

 We plant the masts to carry the sails, 

 We plant the plank to withstand the gales, 

 The keel, the keelston, and beam and knee; 

 We plant the ship when we plant the tree. 

 What do we plant when we plant the tree? 

 We plant the houses for you acd me; 

 We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors, 

 We plant the studding, the laths, the doors. 

 The beams, the siding, all parts that be; 

 Vu- plant the house when we plant the tree. 

 What do we plant When we plant the tree/ 1 

 A thousand things that we daily see; 

 We plant the spire that out-towers the crag, 

 We plant the staff for our country's flag, 

 We plant the shade, from the hot sun free; 

 We plant all these things when we plant the tree- 

 Henry Abbey. 



