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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



opportunities for the homeseeker as well as the mer- 

 chant. This system is now entering a territory where 

 irrigation is necessary and new conditions in the way of 

 colonization as well as in other directions will con- 

 front it. 



The marvelous development of the north- 



The west during the past decade in the line of 



Northwest. agriculture as well as the rapid growth of 



its commercial centers has attracted the 



attention of the entire country. 



The exploitation of different sections is attributa- 

 ble to the everlasting push and energy of the citizens 

 of that country, but to no other cause may we give as 

 great credit for this development as in the unity of 

 action as exemplified by the well-managed commercial 

 clubs in each town and city. 



This applies particularly to the cities of Spokane, 

 Washington, and Portland, Oregon, as many of the 

 smaller towns and cities have gotten the cue from or- 

 ganizations of this character in the cities named. 



The writer has often wondered at the great and 

 good work performed by these two commercial bodies, 

 and the query has arisen: Do the citizens of these 

 cities give due credit to such men as Tom Richardson, 

 manager of the Portland Commercial Club, or Mr. 

 Monroe of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce? Both 

 of these gentlemen have devoted their best years to this 

 work, in fact, it is a life work with them. 



It is safe to say that no other single citizen in either 

 state has done as much to extend colonization and 

 bring new people and capital into the northwest as 

 Messrs. Richardson and Monroe. 



C. F. Robertson, secretary and general 

 Pinchot manager of the Hanover Canal Company, 



and Mayor of Worland, Wyoming, an old-time 



Pinchotism. friend of the editor, who, by the way, has 



been a subscriber of THE IRRIGATION AGE 

 ever since its first number, was in Chicago recently, 

 and in an interview made the statement that if Pinchot 

 and Pinchotism is to prevail, Wyoming will go Demo- 

 cratic at the next state election, following Colorado, 

 which has already set its stamp of disapproval upon the 

 Pinchot policy, and he predicted that in four years 

 every mountain state would be found in the Democratic 

 column on that issue. If the Republican party hopes 

 to hold these states it must repudiate Pinchot and his 

 methods, says Mr. Robertson. 



He further stated that he hoped to see a call made 

 by the governors of the trans-Missouri states for a 

 representative meeting of citizens to protest against the 

 present government land policy and to inaugurate a 

 move looking to the turning over to the control of the 

 states all remaining public lands as the only solution of 

 the problem. The present governmental tendency to- 



wards paternalism is repugnant to the western spirit. 

 Why the governmental bureaus should be permitted to 

 so conduct affairs as to nullify the acts of Congress 

 mystifies the people and sooner or later they will rise 

 up in their might and smite the hand of the oppressor. 



Originally, the public land laws were passed and 

 administered in the interest of the pioneer. Today, the 

 same laws are administered to make it as nearly im- 

 possible for their occupancy and development by the 

 pioneer settler, as the twisted construction of the law 

 will permit, without inciting open rebellion. 



The people of the west should rise and enter an 

 earnest and emphatic protest to President-elect Taft 

 against Pinchot and his pet hobbies. 



The Spokane Chamber of Commerce is 

 National actively at work preparing for the seven- 

 Irrigation teenth National Irrigation Congress which 

 Congress. is to be held in that city late in September 

 of next year. The representatives of 

 Spokane worked faithfully at Albuquerque to land the 

 next meeting for their city and were successful. 



Spokane is one of the most enterprising cities west 

 of Chicago and is the commercial center for what is 

 known as the inter-mountain country. It is one of the 

 picture cities of the northwest and is well supplied with 

 hotels; some of the best restaurants in the country are 

 to be found there, so that no difficulty will be encoun- 

 tered in entertaining the thoiisands of visitors who will 

 attend the congress, as well as the hundreds of tourists 

 who will stop off there on going or returning from 

 the Alaska-Yukon Exposition, which will be held in 

 Seattle the coming summer. 



A visit to Spokane is in itself well worth while, 

 but the added attraction at Seattle will, no doubt, bring 

 many leading manufacturers and others from central 

 and eastern states who will take advantage of the un- 

 usually low excursion rates to both points. 



The railways centering in Spokane will allow a 

 stop-over privilege on all Alaska- Yukon Exposition 

 tickets and this arrangement will materially increase the 

 attendance at the Irrigation Congress. 



Secretary Monroe, of the Spokane Chamber of 

 Commerce will gladly answer all inquiries concerning 

 the congress and the Local Board of Control will assist 

 those who will be looking for accommodations during 

 the congress. 



Don't fail to improve this opportunity of visiting 

 the Inter-mountain country and the great northwest; 

 there are presented sublime scenery for the tourist; 

 great opportunities for the home-seeker and merchant 

 who is looking to extend his trade into this marvelously 

 rich country, where irrigation makes all who follow 

 agriculture under it, well-to-do and amply able to pay 

 for what they need. 



