THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXI 



CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER, 1906. 



NO. 11 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



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MODEM: IRRIGATION THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 



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The last forms of this issue of THE IEEI- 

 Cause GATIOX AGE were held open for the re- 



of Delay. port of the fourteenth National Irrigation 



Congress, held at Boise, Idaho, Septem- 

 ber 3 to 8, which prevented us from getting the paper 

 into the mail at the usual time. We believe, however, 

 that our readers would rather have the AGE issued a few 

 days late than miss the many good features that are 

 to be found in this number. 



One of the most pleasi_g features of the 

 Boise late Irrigation Congress was the hospital- 



Hospitality, ity and general good treatment of the 



delegates by the citizens of Boise. It is 

 doubtful if there has ever been a time when some of the 

 delegates to former meetings were not displeased by 

 poor accommodations. So far as we are able to learn, 

 no complaint has been entered on that score against 

 Boise or any of her hotels or other places where the 

 delegates were housed. The Idan-ha Hotel, the prin- 

 cipal hostelry of the city, which was the social and gen- 

 eral headquarters of the Congress, has been highly 

 praised by delegates and officers alike. The manage- 

 ment of this hotel, which is in the hands of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Schubert, did everything in their power to further 

 tie comfort of guests, and no complaint has been regis- 

 tered by any who were entertained under its roof. 

 When the immense number of people taken care of by 

 this hotel is considered, this is a remarkable record. 

 The owners of the hotel as well as Mr. and Mrs. Schu- 

 ;re entitled to great praise. 



The fourth annual conference of the En- 

 Conference gineers of the United States Reclamation 

 of Engineers. Service was held at Boise, Idaho, Sep- 

 tember 3 to 8, the Fourteenth Irrigation 

 Congress also being in session at Boise at that time. 



This conference was in continuation of the gen- 

 eral policy of holding annually a meeting of the princi- 

 pal engineers of the Reclamation Service for the pur- 

 pose of discussing matters of administration and econ- 

 omic? of work. The bringing together of these engi- 

 neers and prominent citizens of the West make possible 

 an interchange of views and a discussion of data lead- 

 ing to results of very great value in the furtherance of 

 the purposes of the Reclamation Act. 



Each of the engineers, experts and specialists in 

 various lines submitted a brief paper embracing some 

 point of general interest, such as detailed methods of 

 cost keeping, of designing, construction, maintenance, 

 or operation. Owing to the advanced condition of many 

 of the irrigation projects now under construction, it is 

 expected that this conference will be of more than usual 

 interest and importance. 



Submarine 

 Farms. 



A good clam farm is worth anywhere from 

 $500 to $2,000 an acre more, indeed, 

 than most tillable dry land. It is under 

 water half the time, of course, and the 

 crop has to be gathered between tides. But no fertiliz- 

 ers are needed, and when once the area is in a produc- 

 tive condition it will go on planting itself. All the 

 farmer has to do is 10 avoid digging over too often. 



