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THE IRRIGATION AGE 



A Tri During the past month Secre- 



tothe P tarv of Agriculture, James 



Northwest. Wilson, passed through Chi- 

 cago from a trip in the Northwest, taken 

 in the interest of his department. Most 

 of his time was spent in Washington, 

 Oregon and California. He stared experi- 

 ments in grass-growing in the Walla 

 Walla and Yakima valleys with a view to 

 finding a grass which would nourish in 

 the unirrigable grazing districts. Tea 

 culture in the United States is also a sub- 

 ject of experiment, 14,000 young plants 

 having been distributed in the warmer 

 parts and especially in southern Cal- 

 ifornia. After reviewing the report of 

 S. A. Knapp, who was sent to the orient 

 to look into the advisability of establish- 

 ing agencies for American farm and dairy 



Justice 



in 



France. 



produce, Secretary Wilson said that he 

 thought that the agricultural condition* 

 in the Philippines were about the same as 

 in Louisiana, 



The Dreyfus trial, the great- 

 est farce in the name of justice 

 that has been witnessed in this 

 day and age, still drags on, and no one is 

 wise enough to prophesy correctly how it 

 will end. One thing is certain; even 

 though Dreyfus be guilty his imprisonment 

 on Devil's island was more than sufficient 

 punishment for the vilest of crimes. The 

 true tale of his sufferings and torture while 

 there reads like an account of the Medieval 

 days and is a disgraceful affair all the way 

 through. But France must have excite- 

 ment of some kind. 



CAMP IN THE NATURAL FORESTS 



