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tiers, and not more than 100 acres shall go 

 to any person in one tract. 



As passed the bill provides for the pay- 

 ment out of the treasury of any deficien- 

 cies in the allowances to agricultural col- 

 leges owing to the disposition of public 

 lands. The Secretary of the Interior is 

 authorized to examine, survey and con- 

 struct the irrigation works and report the 

 cost thereof to Congress at each session- 



Mr. Burkett, of Nebraska, and Mr. 

 Newlands, of Nevada, were ardent cham- 

 pions of the measure, while Messrs. Gros- 

 venor, Robinson, Dalzell and others made 

 speeches in opposition. Grosvenor argued 

 that it would make existing railroad land 

 grants worth four times the present value 

 and would also affect present farm land 

 value?. Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, who spoke 

 against the bill, claimed it discriminated 

 unjustly against the eastern farmers, being 

 a plan to secure government aid in the im- 

 provement of farm lands in certain states, 

 while the farmers of other states were left 

 to work out their own salvation. This is 

 a small view to take of a great measure 

 a measure which will mean prosperity to 

 thousands. One might as well oppose the 

 building- of the levees along the Missis- 

 sippi, which protect the farmers and other 

 dwellers from disastrous floods, on the 

 ground that this work would not aid the 

 dwellers in other sections, as to oppose the 

 present measure. A man is short-sighted, 

 indeed, who cannot see thai prosperity in 

 any one section of the country affects fa- 

 vorably all other portions. The drouth in 

 certain states last year affected, not only 

 the dwellers in the immediate vicinity and 

 the farmers themselves, but the large deal- 

 ers in the cities, and the affect would have 

 been still more disastrous had there not 

 been extremely prosperous seasons imme- 

 diately preceding this. Suppose there is 

 a drouth in Southern Illinois, what is the 

 result? The farmer immediately curtails 

 his expenses in every way possible, buying 

 nothing but what is absolutely necessary, 



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oftentimes being obliged to go in debt for 

 that. The storekeeper in that vicinity is 

 obliged to cut down his orders for goods 

 and tells the drummers who visit him from 

 city wholesale houses that he "doesn't 

 need" this or that, which in prosperous 

 times he could easily dispose of. This 

 cuts down the sales of the wholesalers, and 

 in turn reacts upon the manufactures, and 

 lastly it affects the laboring man of the 

 city, provisions being dearer and work 

 scarcer. It therefore follows that what is 

 is beneficial to the farmer in the West will 

 also be of benefit to the dweller in the 

 East and the talk of. discrimination is all 

 nonsense. 



Now is the time to reach irri- 

 gation farmers through this 

 publication which is the recognized autho- 

 ity on that subject. Do not be led to be- 

 lieve that the ordinary agricultural publi- 

 cation covers this field. There is only one 

 distinct irrigation publication in the world 

 and that is THE IRRIGATION AGE. Write 

 for rates. 



Current The past few weeks have been 

 History. history-making ones. Seldom, 

 in so short a period of time, have so many 

 important occurrences transpired of such a 

 widely different character. The weary 

 dove of peace has at last found a resting 

 place and the entire civilized world rejoices 

 that the bitter war, so long engaged in 

 in South Africa, is ended. Burke Cochran 

 says the surrender of the Boers reminds 

 him of the bitter feud between an Irish- 

 man and a Scotchman. The former said 

 he would give five dollars to make Sandy 

 acknowledge he was beaten, whereupon the 

 canny Scot said, "Put the siller in my 

 hand, mon, an' I'll surrender. You can 

 ha' a' th' glory if you'll gi' me th' consid- 

 eration." England has the victory, but 

 the Boers have gained many things for 

 which they fought. 



War in the Phillipines is also ended, 

 and the bill providing for temporary gov- 

 ernment passed the Senate June 3. The 



