1904 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



front laigs and go to pitchin' to beat 

 perdition. 



"The first time he lit on the horn, 

 and the next time behind the saddle. 

 The third time he was doing a somerset 

 from the aidge of the bank into the 

 borrovv-pit, and Flirt was doin' buck 

 jumps on the way to the stable, with 

 them heartless eastern wimmen all dou- 

 bled up and a-hangin' on to each other! 



' ' The hero of all these doin' s acted con- 

 sid'ble morose for a week, 'specially as 

 Dr. Morris come in here next mornin' 

 .and left a note for him that them girls 

 had wrote and sent back to him while 

 the train was takin' water at Dawson. 

 They described him to the station agent, 

 .and there warn't no mistakin' him. We 

 took the letter away from him, and we 

 all learnt what was in it to josh him 

 with. But he turned a . 30 carbine loose 

 on L,ouis Stevens' heels one afternoon 

 .and we conclooded that he was absorbin' 

 Dakota ways fast enough not to merit 



the name of tenderfoot no longer. That 

 letter was all in poetry like this: 



O gallant horseman of the plains, 



O nameless mister, 

 We thank you for your courteous pains, 



We'd just been reading Owen Wister. 



So when you popped upon our view 



So unexpected, 

 We jumped with glee to think in you 



We'd the Virginian detected. 



We'd settle for the Wild- West show 



We had while goin', 

 But really can't until we know 



How much is Owen. 



And also (we're compelled to ask 



In mild hysteria), 

 If that last lovely grapevine twist you did 



Was a 



"Well, there's Fifty-six's headlight, 

 just pullin' out of Dawson! Would you 

 mind to step over to the house and tell 

 Clyde to bring that other pinch-bar 

 and my slicker and another lantern ? 

 I'll get the boys and we'll load right 

 away." 



NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. 



COMMITTEE REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS ON FORESTRY AND 

 IRRIGATION, PRESENTED AT THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL 

 MEETING, HELD AT WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 21, 1904. 



THE reclamation and settlement of 

 the arid region through the con- 

 struction of great reservoirs and irriga- 

 tion works by the national government 

 became an established national policy 

 "by the passage of the National Irriga- 

 tion L,aw, enacted June 17, 1902. 



This law was the fruition of a broad 

 national campaign of education which 



brought to the attention of the people 

 of the entire United States the immense 

 national advantages which would result 

 from the storage, for beneficial use, of 

 the flood waters which now run to waste 

 in our western rivers. 



It is of interest and worthy of note 

 at this time that the National Board of 

 Trade was the first national organiza- 



