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found in the West. Not many years hence this great 

 natural power will be harnessed and will supply power 

 for some flourishing city that will spring up on the 

 reservation. There is enough power in these rapids 

 and falls to supply all of Western Montana. 



It is probable that there is not less than one-half 

 million acres of good farming land on the reservation 

 and a large amount of upland and grazing land that 

 may prove valuable when placed under cultivation. 

 Prom the above the Indians, numbering about 2,000, 

 will be allotted eighty acres each. This will require 

 160,000 acres, leaving unappropriated 340,000 acres of 

 choice lands for location. 



It has often been asked if the Indians will not se- 

 lect the choicest of these lands. The answer seems to 

 be that this will not necessarily be the case. The In- 



climatic conditions, make this an ideal spot for camp- 

 ing, hunting and fishing. The beauty and grandeur of 

 the scenery is unsurpassed in the West. No more lovely 

 country than this can be found, and it will become the 

 favorite resort of the tourist and pleasure seeker. 



It is a land of plenty. Providence has been lavish 

 in her gifts to this favored section. No wonder the 

 Indians have so long guarded in fear and trembling 

 the lands of their forefathers and of their birth. The 

 ruthless progress of white civilization has finally de- 

 manded its surrender, and the land of the Indian will 

 soon be the land of the white man. Marvel not that 

 the red man is loath to share his lands with his white 

 brother. This to him the fairest, the dearest, the bright- 

 est of earth, the last remnant of his former greatness, 

 will soon pass from him. So must it be. 



Irrigation Scenes in the West Sheaves of Wheat on the Brady Ranch, Five Miles South of Delta, 



Colorado; Uncompahgre Project. 



dians will have an opportunity of selecting their allot- BOOST FOR BOISE. 



ments from any lands not appropriated, but it must be 



borne in mind that many of them have already located 

 and fenced their farms. Many of these farms are not 

 on the best part of the reservation, nor of the best lands. 

 They will ask to have their fenced tracts allotted to 

 them. The Indians, it is safe to say, in taking their 

 allotments, will not in general secure above the average 

 of the lands of the farming section. There are prob- 

 ably 150,000 acres of timber lands, 300,000 mountain 

 and 450,000 grazing lands. 



Flathead reservation will, when opened to settle- 

 ment, furnish land for thousands of settlers where by 

 labor, industry and thrift happy and prosperous homes 

 will be builded. Great mines will be opened up, adding 

 their quota to the world's wealth. Smelters will be 

 erected to reduce the ores. Sawmills will cut the virgin 

 forests into lumber. Flouring mills will be required to 

 grind the wheat. Cities will spring up to handle 

 the business of this new country, and railroads will be 

 builded to haul its products to market. Steamers will 

 ply over the great Flathead lake, and on its shores 



summer homes and health resorts will be built. The Send $2.50 for The Irrigation Age one year and The 



abundance of fish and game, together with the perfect Primer of Irrigation, 300 page book. 



The Salt Lake Tribune of a recent date has the 

 following to say of Colonel Maxson, secretary of the 

 National Irrigation Congress : 



"Col. and Mrs. H. B. Maxson, of Reno, Nev., are 

 visitors in Salt Lake for a few days, guests at the 

 Kenyon. They came in yesterday morning from Los 

 Angeles, where Colonel Maxson has been recuperating 

 after a long and serious illness. He was seriously in- 

 jured in a runaway accident last fall and, after lying 

 for weeks in a plaster cast, was taken to southern Cali- 

 fornia. Colonel Maxson finds the climate of Utah a lit- 

 tle too rigorous just now to suit him, and so he will re- 

 turn to California at once. 



"Extended preparations for the Irrigation Congress 

 at Boise next fall are reported by Colonel Maxson, who 

 is secretary of the Congress. "Boost for Boise" is his 

 slogan just now, and he predicts that the convention 

 to be held there will be a great one." 



