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Not only must these evils be absolutely remedied and removed, 

 but it must be made known to all the people that the conditions which 

 gave rise to the evils have been permanently changed, and that the 

 irrigated rural home is safe from drought and litigation. This knowl. 

 edge must come to the people through the press spontaneously and 

 naturally, as news of conditions actually existing and permanently 

 established in the West. 



"These results can only be brought abont by the adoption by the 

 State and Federal Governments of a broad policy for the reclamation 

 and settlement of the arid region, the adaptation of the laws of irri- 

 gation of every State of this policy, and the application of sound and 

 fundamental principles to the construction and operation of all irri- 

 gated systems. The water-right system on one hand, and the irri- 

 gation district system on the other, must be eliminated. 



' 'The ownership of land and water under all distributing systems 

 must be united, and the fundamental principle must be recognized 

 that the land itself is worthless unless there is attached to it as a 

 perpetual appurtenance the inalienable right to the water necessary 

 for its irrigation.'' 



That such an end may be attained through private ownership of 

 water privileges, is. except in rare cases, quite impossible. That the 

 broad government policy would accomplish the desired result is 

 incontrovertibly true. The Los Angeles Times. 



