THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



yet more widely felt, as delegates from 

 Canada, Mexico, Australia, Chili, Peru, 

 Russia, France and Great Britain have at 

 times accepted the imdtation of the Presi- 

 dent of the United States to attend its 

 sessions, and have carrried the reports of 

 its doings to foreign courts and legisla- 

 tures. 



For four years, beginning with the Salt 

 Lake Convention and ending with that at 

 Albuquerque in 1895, Mr. Smythe bore the 

 chief responsibility for the executive con- 

 duct of the Irrigation Congress, first as 

 secretary and later as chairman of its 

 national committee. Curing this period 

 he traveled thousands of miles, made many 

 addresses, wrote many articles, and carried 

 on a large correspondence in the interests 

 of the work. He aimed steadily at two 

 chief results first, the improvement of 

 state water laws and the provision of state 

 systems of administration; second, at the 

 formulation of a national irrigation policy 

 for presentation to the law makers at 

 Washington. In both respects 3 but espec- 

 ially the first, much progress was achieved 

 during his time of service, and he retired 

 in 1895 with a unanimous expression of 

 thanks and respect, registered by rising 

 vote of the Albuquerque Convention. 



In April, 1891, Mr. Smythe began the 

 publication of the pioneer, journal of .its 

 kind in the world, THE IRRIGATION AGE. 

 It immediately sprung into circulation and 

 influence, becoming the organ of national 

 irrigation sentiment, and making a reputa- 

 tion for its editor as the foremost popular 

 writer on the subject. Though the meas- 

 ure of its support was never equal to the 

 standard set by its publishers, and its 

 maintenance therefore entailed a constant 

 struggle, there can be no doubt that the 

 magazine contributed powerfully to the 

 growth of the cause for which it stood. 

 Mr. Smythe has always felt that the ac- 

 quaintance with men, localities and insti- 

 tutions gained through his years of hard 

 work on Ihe Age compensated him for the 

 cost. 



What Mr. Smythe has been doing since 



he severed his connection with this maga- 

 zine, four or five years ago, and what he 

 proposes to do in the future, is so closely 

 identified with the colony, plans which b.0 

 will describe in these pages, that nothing 

 need be said of it here. 



Mr. Smythe is a hard and constant 

 worker, and impresses all who come in 

 contact with him with an enthusiasm 

 which is "fairly contagious, and a strength 

 of conviction which leaves no room . to 

 doubt the sincerity of his own belief in 

 his cause and his love for the beautiful 

 West, for the ' advancement of which he 

 has worked so hard and so long. 



GUY E. MITCHELL. 



Mr. Guy E Mitchell, the recording sec- 

 retary of the National Irrigation Associa- 

 tion, who is located at the Glover Building, 



GUY E. MITCHELL. 



Washington, D. C. , is doing yeoman ser- 

 vice in the interests of national irrigation. 

 Mr. Mitchell's location at the National 

 Capital, and close touch with government 

 officials and congressmen, enables him to 

 prepare much valuable matter on this and 

 kindred topics, and many irrigation news 

 items and articles appearing in the west- 



