THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XIX 



CHICAGO, AUGUST, 1904. 



No. 10 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



MODERN IRRIGATION 

 THE IRRIGATION ERA 

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EDITORIAL 



El Paso The executive committee of the South- 

 Convention western Irrigation Association at its last 

 Hall. meeting awarded the contract for the con- 



struction of a convention hall capable of 

 seating more than 3,000 delegates, who will arrive 

 there in November to attend the annual session of the 

 National Irrigation Congress. 



The building is to be completed by October 1st, 

 after which it will be decorated and furnished in 

 readiness for the convention. 



Senator 



Hans- 



brough. 



Hon. Henry C. Hansbrough, the senior 

 senator from North Dakota, is what the 

 world calls a practical man. His knowl- 

 edge of the Western country has well 

 fitted him for the distinction which he 

 enjoys as chairman of the committee on public lands. 

 Besides being a pioneer resident of the Northwestern 

 frontier, Senator Hansbrough^ has been an extensive 

 traveler. For some years he was a citizen of Califor- 

 nia, where he first began the study of irrigation. Away 

 back in the '80s, years before statehood was established 

 in North Dakota, Senator Hansbrough began advocat- 

 ing irrigation for all the semi-arid parts of the coun- 

 try. In his first campaign for Congress he enhanced 



his popularity with North Dakota people by an intelli- 

 gent discussion of the land laws, the irrigation prob- 

 lem, etc. North Dakota is thoroughly educated on the 

 .subject of artificial irrigation. The people believe in 

 the principle and they keenly realize the need of -its 

 application. If they have been slow to' act it is not 

 through the indifference "or neglect of their public men. 

 The few artesian wells now in existence are the result, 

 to a great extent, of the persistent and earnest ad- 

 vocacy of Senator Hansbrough. Many years ago he 

 presented facts showing how easily that part of the 

 frontier could be irrigated from the lakes, rivers and 

 vast subterranean reservoirs. Senator Hansbrough has 

 had an exceedingly interesting career. He is not a 

 showy man, but nevertheless is one of the most capable 

 party leaders in -North Dakota. His various political 

 battles have shown great shrewdness on his part. The 

 fact that he is now serving his third term in the 

 United States Senate proves that he has a strong hold 

 upon his people. It is everywhere admitted that he 

 is one of the most useful men that the Northwest has 

 ever sent to Congress. His intimate knowledge of the 

 land laws and the needs of the agricultural class is 

 fully appreciated by his colleagues in the Senate, who 

 also esteem him for his sterling character and good, 

 practical sense. The senator has always been a work- 

 ing journalist. A little less than thirty years ago he 

 was doing newspaper work in Chicago, and it is al- 

 most a quarter of a century since he located in Dakota 

 Territory. 



