THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXI 



CHICAGO, AUGUST, 1906. 



NO. 10 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



MODERN IRRIGATION THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 



THE IRRIGATION ERA MID-WEST 



ARID AMERICA THE FARM HERALD 



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It may interest advertisers to know that The Irrigation Age is the 

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Millions. 



Must Be 

 Seen. 



Greater. 



Millions of dollars are being spent in irri- 

 gation projects throughout the semi-arid 



region of the West. 



The alfalfa fields of Washington, Oregon 

 and California are like everything else 

 in the Western wonderland they must 

 be seen to be appreciated. 



The United States is one of the greatest 

 countries that was ever put on a map 

 but irrigation will make our country 



measureably greater. 



San Francisco is still on the map, though 

 San Francisco, at present the town is a chaotic mass of 



charred ruins twisted steel and broken 

 brick but, phoenix-like, San Francisco will rise from 

 her own desolate ashes in which she now lies prostrate. 



In looking around for new markets, the 

 Take Notice, agricultural implement and machine man- 

 ufacturers should not overlook the new 

 West, for its rapid development means large require- 

 ments in the implement line. 



Devotion to a lofty ideal of public and private duty 

 will spell enduring strength and greatness of a nation 

 much sooner than the money bags of mercenary traders 

 and tricky politicians. 



Many hundreds of miles of new railroads 

 New are being built in the Northwestern 



Railroads. States. In North Dakota alone 1,000 



miles of new road are said to be in the 

 hands of the contractors. Both the West and North- 

 west are being developed, and the work is being pushed 

 with a rapidity that must be seen to be thoroughly ap- 

 preciated. It is reported that E. H. Harriman recently 

 sent out specifications for the largest order of roiling 

 stock both engines and cars that he ever placed at 

 one time and everybody knows that Mr. Harriman 

 does not make a practice of doing things on a small 

 scale. He believes in the West, and is backing his good 

 judgment in a substantial manner. 



More American people should travel more 

 Suggestion to in the West. It is all right to see Europe 

 Easterners. but see your own country first and do 



not forget that the half-way point be- 

 tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans is way out in 

 Kansas. The true greatness of our country can be un- 

 derstood only by those who have journeyed from ocean 

 to ocean. Strawberries, grapes, apples, plums, prunes 

 and many other fruits grow in the far West as they 

 grow nowhere else on God's green foot-stool. It is dif- 

 ficult to understand the meaning of the word "fruits" 

 until one has seen the real thing in the land of sunshine 

 and flowers. 



