THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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great Western land, now lying almost vacant and voiceless between 

 the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean. 



In a future article we shall see how far these colony plans have 

 been learned of the world's successful experience, and in what small 

 degree they are based upon the writer's enthusiasm for Arid America. 



(The next paper in this series will be entitled, "The Light Of Ex- 

 perience On Colony Plans." It will refer to the history of various 

 colonial undertakings in our own and other countries during the last 

 50 years and will aim to prove that all the features of the foregoing 

 plan have been justified by the lessons of success and failure in this 

 field of effort. EDITOR). 



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