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then Secretary of the Interior. He determined to change the 

 methods that had been employed, asserting that if it was pos- 

 sible for private enterprise to construct irrigation works that 

 would operate successfully the Government could also do it, 

 He was prompted to this course by reason of the fact that a 

 large fund, amounting to nearly a million dollars, had accumu- 

 lated to the credit of the various Indian tribes for this pur- 

 pose and the further fact that irrigation was a factor in the 

 execution of the plans of the department that could not be 

 ignored. 



To better equip himself to solve the difficulty thus pre- 

 sented to him he addressed a series of letters to the governors 

 of the various western states where irrigation was in success- 

 ful operation and to other prominent men largely interested 

 in irrigation projects asking for suggestions as to the best 

 method of attaining the result he desired and asking them 

 to recommend some one competent to take charge and carry 

 out the plants of the department successfully. 



A consensus of the opinions received in answer to these 

 inquiries recommended Mr. Graves as being qualified, both 

 by experience and reputation for successful achievement and 

 .for the responsibilities of such a position. 



In consequence of these recommendations the Secretary in- 

 vited Mr. Graves to come to Washington and offered him 

 the position of Superintendent of Irrigation for the depart- 

 ment and appointment of Special Disbursing Agent for hand- 

 ling and expending the money that had accumulated in the 

 irrigation fund, which he accepted and successfully fulfilled 

 all the requirements of the office for the succeeding twelve 

 years, resigning on the 15th. of May 1902. 



While in the service of the Government, Mr. Graves insti- 

 tuted and constructed irrigation systems of various sorts, 

 including storage reservoirs, pumping plants etc. on many of 

 the Indian reservations throughout the country, and also 

 Domestic Water Supply systems, Sewer systems and other 

 improvements for the Indian Schools. In doing so he handled 

 and disbursed a very large amount of money and in closing 

 his accounts with the Treasury department received from the 

 Treasurer a "Settlement Warrant" for sixty cents being the 

 balance due him in the final settlement. This is certainly a 

 creditable evidence of his fiducial reliability. 



In leaving the public service he thought he saw an unusual 

 opportunity to re-establish his en 

 gineering practice in the rapidly de- 

 veloping "Great Northwest" and 

 subsequent events have amply justi- 

 fied his judgment and decision. 



His long and successful profes- 

 sional career carries with it the 

 assumption of sterling elements of 

 character and more than ordinary 

 ability as an engineer, and he has 

 manifested an ambition to leave the 

 record of it written on the face of 

 Mother Earth rather than on the 

 printed page. 



WEISER, IDAHO, 



The Land of Sunshine and Home of the Big Red Apple. 



No other town in the wonderful Snake River Valley has 

 better inducements to offer the homeseekers and investors 

 than Weiser, Idaho. The altitude of this beautiful city, located 

 on the bank of the Snake River, and the surrounding country 

 ranges from 2,100 to 2,300 feet. The climate is mild; there 

 are no cyclones, blizzards or sunstrokes. The winters are 

 open, with some snow, but no wind. The summers are warm, 

 with cool and refreshing nights. The fields of industry are 

 many and varied, including mining, lumber, stock-raising and 

 and raising of fruits and all kinds of products. 



The industry of mining has received considerable atten- 

 tion in this section, there being indications of gold, copper 

 and iron in large quantities. 



The manufacture if lumber is carried on extensively in 

 the northern part of Washington county, of which Weiser 

 is the county seat. 



The mountains lying back of Weiser afford fine range for 

 stock during the summer months, with abundant supply of 

 hay, grown in the valleys for winter feed. 



Too much can not be said of the Weiser Country con- 

 cerning the possibilities of this section as a Fruit country, 

 and every homeseeker thinking of undertaking fruit raising 

 should visit the Weiser country before locating. There are 

 many orchards now bearing and many more are being set 

 out each year. The orchards now bearing bring large re- 

 turns on investment. For example : A man set out thirty 

 acres in orchard a few years ago. The first year it bore, the 

 returns figured 16 per cent on the outlay from the time of 

 starting the orchard. There were 185 cars of fruit shipped 

 from the Weiser country during the season of 1908. Apples, 

 apricots, cherries, berries of all kinds, peaches, pears, plums, 

 prunes, melons and canteloupe do finely in the Weiser country. 



Fruit is not the only thing grown in Weiser country, 

 as wheat, barley, oats, corn, potatoes, sugar beets, alfalfa 

 and various other kinds of products thrive and yield large 

 to tile acre. 



Land values are low in and around Weiser for the sim- 

 ple reason that there has never been a boom and at the 

 present time land can be purchased at low figures. 



The irrigation su*>lv in the Weiser country is more than 

 ample to the demand and no trouble is caused by lack of 

 water. The Malheur Irrigation project, now being considered 

 by the Government, covers approximately 150,000 acres of 

 extra fine land and a large amount of the acreage is directly 

 tributary to the city of Weiser. Over ninety per cent of the 

 acreage under this project has been signed up for govern- 

 ment irrigation. 



The city of Weiser proper is a wide-awake, prosperous 

 city of nearly 5,000, owning its own electric light and water 

 supplv and doing a business equal to that of many towns 

 twice its size. It has several churches and has one of the 

 best school systems in the Northwest. 



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