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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



VOL. XIV. 



CHICAGO, OCTOBER, 1899. 



NO. 1 



THE PROGRESS OF WESTERN flMERICH 



At 



Missoula. 

 Mont- 



The old gentleman with the 

 sythe gets around with such 

 agility that a year vanishes 

 almost before we are aware of it. It 

 seems but a few months since we chron- 

 icled the meeting of the seventh annual 

 convention of the National Irrigation' 

 Congress, but lo it has been a twelve 

 month and the eighth annual meeting is 

 now history. Montana having succeeded 

 in capturing the Congress this year, it 

 was held at Missoula, Sept. 25. 26, and 27. 

 and was a gathering of earnest, intelligent 

 men. working in complete harmony for 

 the furtherance of a cause which all had 

 sincerely at heart. It was a profitable 

 and interesting meeting, fuller particulars 

 of which are giveii in another department 

 of this issue. 



will be gracious. Hurrah for the next 

 convention and Chicago. 



Chicago 



Next 



Time. 



At the risk of appearing 

 prejudiced in its favor, we 

 must confess our intense grati- 

 fication- in knowing that Chicago is to be 

 the meeting place of the ninth annual 

 Irrigation Congress. We think it the 

 best, the most convenient, the most 

 central in short, it is the ideal place 

 in which to hold a convention but 

 then, we live here, so possibly we are not 

 altogether disinterested in our opinion. 

 Anyhow, we're glad. If Chicago cannot 

 do anything else to prove herself equal to 

 the occasion, she can get up, on short 

 notice, such a varied assortment of 

 'weather '' with its accompanying mud, 

 wind. Smoke and dirt as will make the 

 country dweller go back content with bis 

 fctition, wondering how people can live in 

 such a dark, dirty place. Let us trust she 



A 



New 

 Firm 



From time to time we have 

 made mention of the progress 

 being made in irrigation in 1 

 Aleppo, Turkey. A recent comniunica- 

 tion from there t^lls of the formation of' 

 a commercial house that has for its object 

 the importation of irrigating machinery, 

 engines and other "machinery and the 

 furtherance of knowledge* in the subject. 

 This new firm which is under the auspices 

 of the governor of Aleppo, and has prom- 

 inent men as its officers is known as "El 

 Agha. ? ' American manufacturers are 

 becoming favorably known in foreign 

 countries in various lines of goods and 

 there is no reason why we should not* 

 supply Turkey with all the machinery she 

 imports. Manufacturers and dealers 

 should correspond with this new firm. 



Our 

 Admiral. 



It requires a strong head to 

 bear adulation in large quan- 

 tities without experiencing 

 bad results. A welcome so enthusiastic 

 as that accorded Admiral Dewey is calcu- 

 lated to turn the strongest head, but the 

 Admiral bear* his honors modestly as 

 becomes a brave man. "It was so like 

 Dewey!' was the verdict upon learning 

 that he had reached his native land two 

 days ahead of time. 



It is almost a year and a half since 

 Dewey won his great victory the first of 

 May. yet his welcome by the American 

 people was as enthusiastic as if the great 

 Manila Bay event had occurred only last 

 week. They honor him even more for the 



