THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXI 



CHICAGO, APRIL, 1906. 



No. 6 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



MODERN IRRIGATION 

 THE IRRIGATION ERA 

 ARID AMERICA 



With which is Merged 



THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 

 MID-WEST 



THE FARM HERALD 



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 readers in all parts of the world. The Irrigation Age is 21 years 

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Kansas- 

 Colorado 

 Suit. 



We are in receipt of a copy of abstract 

 of the testimony of the Kansas-Colorado 

 case. This was sent us by Prof. L. G. 

 Carpenter, Ft. Collins, Colo., formerly 

 state engineer of that State. This re- 

 port will be gone into more fully in future issues of 

 THE IRRIGATION AGE, and we will attempt to fully 

 explain the situation in this famous case, using such 

 illustrations as are necessary. 



We are presenting in this issue an article 

 The Prairie on "The Prairie Dog" by Lieut. Tom 

 Dog. Cooney, who has lived in the West for 



many years and who was on the engineer- 

 ing force of the Northern Pacific Eailway when that 

 road was built through North Dakota and Montana 

 and on into the far West. Lieutenant Cooney was a 

 close observer of the characteristics of that country and 

 is preparing a series of stories on Western wild ani- 

 mals, which will appear in serial form in the columns 

 of THE IRRIGATION AGE. This matter will no doubt 

 prove very interesting to our many western readers. 



Frank J. 

 BramhalL 



We are presenting in this issue a half- 

 tone portrait of Mr. Frank J. Bramhall, 

 of the advertising department of the 

 Southern Pacific Company, whose head- 

 quarters are at San Francisco : Mr. Bramhall is well- 

 known in railway as well as irrigation circles and has 

 a well developed ranch near Sacramento, Cal. Some 



of the products of his ranch (pomelos, or grape fruit), 

 are shown in connection with his photo. 



Mr. Bramhall has written much of value on irri- 

 gation and has through his writings attracted atten- 

 .tion to many of the Federal projects in the West. An 

 article on "Irrigation in Nevada" from his pen ap- 

 peared in our issue of January, 1906. It is our inten- 

 tion to publish other articles from his pen in future 

 issues. 



Forest King 

 Pinchot. 



To illustrate the feeling in Western States 

 concerning the domineering tactics of the 

 forestry division of the Department of 

 Agriculture we quote from a letter dated 

 March 17, written by the chairman of a prominent 

 committee of the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: 

 "I am glad," says our correspondent, "at the man- 

 ner in which you handle Maxwell and Forest King 

 Pinchot; another Pinchot in Wyoming will drive the 

 stock men and farmers to Canada and leave the State 

 for a game preserve for the President, and the trees 

 for Pinchot to play under." 



This is one of many complaints which has reached 

 us during the period of Mr. Pinchot's activity. Is this 

 man as nearly perfect as he believes himself to be or as 

 President Eoosevelt would have us think? 



We are presenting in this issue a half- 

 Major Reed, tone photo of the well-known western 



character, Maj. Fred B. Reed, of Burley, 

 Idaho. Major Reed went into the West many years 



