THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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"The irrigators of Colorado have confined their 

 actions to the Colorado Arkansas above described. They 

 have taken the waters of the perennial stream before 

 it reaches the sieve, through which it wasted ; they have 

 lifted that stream out of the sandy channel in which 

 land ; carried the body of it along a higher level than 



the diversion of this water in Colorado, the carrying of 

 it forward on a higher level, the return of waters partly 

 through seepage and partly through direct delivery at 

 waste gates, and the effect of this process in extending 

 eastwardly the perennial flow, will be fully discussed in 

 the course of the arguments to follow." 





The Deep Canyon of the Uncompahgre. From the Head of the Tunnel Which Will Pass 2,000 feet 

 Below the Vernal Mesa, and Carry Water and Prosperity to Thousands in Colorado. 



where it was accustomed to run, and they finally re- 

 store it, practically undiminished in volume, so far as 

 regards practical use, at points in the ancient channel 

 farther east than the river at low water was accustomed 

 to flow before the period of irrigation. The effect of 



In conclusion, the attorneys for the State of Colo- 

 rado say that the people of Kansas have not been in- 

 jured, and ask that if such be found to be the case that 

 the bill of complaint be dismissed. 



