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determine aright the volume that should be decreed to any one ditch 

 apart from the remaining ditches on the same stream. 



In view of the difficulties to be overcoma and on account of the in- 

 tricate relationship of land and water, it would not seem to be wise to 

 grant titles on the observations of one season. If this be true, it only 

 shows the necessity for more thorough investigation. It is not so im- 

 portant that the water right owner receives his title this year or next. 

 If more accurate data can be obtained by waiting a year then delay per- 

 haps is advisable. The prime essential is that when water titles and 

 water are once granted they shall be absolutely secure. 



Meanwhile, let us hope that while legislatures are framing the laws 

 and their appointees are ascertaining the facts, the irrigation will not 

 be reduced to the condition of the Frenchman who, at the termination 

 of the suit, exclaimed, "J'ai pardu mon tout mais J'ai gagn e'ls proces." 

 (I have lost my all but I have won the case.) 



MY SERENADE. 



T have a cavalier, 



At dusk he draweth near, 



To wait outside my wicket. 

 I hear him draw his bow, 

 He playeth soft and low. 



Hid in the niaple thicket. 



The listening leaves are stirred, 

 Tlie dreaming flowers are heard 



His strain from out the shadow, 

 The brood moon, white and still, 

 Climbeth the dusky hill, 



The mists dance in the meadow. 



My faithful cavalier, 



At dusk he draweth near, 



To wait outside my wicket. 

 I hear him draw nis bow, 

 lit playeth soft and low, 



My dreamy little cricket. 

 Dorothy Deane *n Kate Field's Washington. 



