THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XVIII. 



CHICAGO, AUGUST, 1903. 



No. 10. 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



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Copyright 1903 by D. H. Anderson. 



EDITORIAL 



Have you noticed how the newspapers in 

 The "God's country," that is the Atlantic 



Campaign of coast, are beginning to talk about irri- 

 Education. gation? Some of them have actually got 



beyond the idea of a tin sprinkling pot 

 as the sole machinery necessary in the business. 



One Fare 

 for Round 

 Trip. 



Get ready to start for Ogden. One fare 

 round-trip tickets to the Congress from 

 all points between Chicago, St. Louis and 

 the Pacific ocean. President Eoosevelt 

 said: "I want to see the National Irri- 

 gation Congress at Ogden a thorough success in the 

 interest of the Union." Go and make it a success 

 and you will see something you never dreamed would 

 come to pass. What that something is you must find 

 out for yourselves; we should like to tell you in ad- 

 vance but a solemn promise prevents us. much to 

 our regret. 



We feel regretful, not to say remorseful, 

 A Source that the artist who provided the beau- 

 of Regret. tiful views and portraits connected with 



the city of Ogden, should have been so 

 forgetful as to omit the fair members of Ogden's scen- 

 ery. A few of the numerous beautiful women would 



have enlivened the tout ensemble, and made this issue 

 of the IRRIGATION AGE something to be indeed proud 

 of. As it is well, the least said the soonest mended, 

 and we promise that on another occasion we shall in- 

 sist upon portraying the rose gardens of Ogden as 

 well as its alfalfa patches. 



The Chicago Record-Herald has adver- 

 No Reason tised the name of Mr. George H. Max- 

 Why He well as a candidate for Vice-President. 

 Shouldn't Be. There is no reason why there should be 

 objection to this, inasmuch as it is the 

 right and privilege of every American citizen to run for 

 anything. The only surprising part of this is that Mr. 

 Maxwell should content himself with the Vice-Presi- 

 dency when he might run for President. 



There was once a man who shot at the moon and 

 missed. He blamed his fate, but another man came 

 along and told him why he missed : 



"Friend," said he, "there is nothing the matter 

 with your aim; that is all right, and you would have 

 made a center shot if the target had not been out of 

 your reach." 



Owing to the great importance of the 

 Eleventh National Irrigation Congress 

 some exceedingly interesting matter has 

 been unavoidably omitted. The beautiful 

 half-tones of views in the city of Ogden, 

 Utah, with the descriptive matter therewith connected, 

 and the general features of what the Eleventh Con- 



Valuable 

 Matter 

 Crowded 

 Out. 



