THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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Letter from John T. Alterman. 



BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 20, 190-i. 

 IRRIGATION AGE, Chicago, 111. : 



Gentlemen Herewith you will find a newspaper 

 clipping which will afford grounds for reflection among 

 those interested in irrigation matters. Probably you 

 have already seen the deliverance. 



Is it possible, ^in view of all that has been accom- 

 plished in the direction of reclaiming the arid lands 

 of the West and in view of the further fact that Mr. 

 Newell's bureau has not up to this time reclaimed one 

 acre of arid land, nor constructed a mile of irrigation 

 canal conveying water, that these statements will be 

 allowed to go unchallenged? 



\This "dog in the manger" policy has already in- 

 jured a number of legitimate irrigation enterprises in 

 this section of country and it is creating considerable 

 prejudice against the Government and its noisy but 

 ineffective irrigation bureau. To many of us the Gov- 

 ernment Eeclamation Service begins to assume the 

 aspect of a menace and an evil rather than a benefit. 

 It threatens to overturn and disarrange all of our 

 affairs and to blight our prospects, and we are begin- 

 ning to regard the Government as an enemy rather 

 than a benefactor. 



Presuming you are interested in such matters, I 

 have concluded to call your attention to Newell's attitude 

 in this business. 



Yours truly, 



JOHN T. ALTERMAN. 



MR. C. G. ROWLEY. 



The editor of THE IRRIGATION AGE returned re- 

 cently from a trip through Nebraska, Colorado, Wy- 



acter. On this trip he was accompanied by Mr. Chas. 

 G. Eowley, Chairman of the Committee on Arid Lands 

 and Irrigation of the National Association of Imple- 

 ment and Vehicle Manufacturers of America. This 

 association has a membership of several thousand, has 

 $300,000,000 capital invested in manufacturing plants 

 and the value of the finished product of the members 

 of the association annually amounts to something like 

 four hundred millions of dollars. It was with a view 

 to giving Mr. Eowley an opportunity of looking into 

 the possibilities of irrigation and the development of 

 the West that brought about this trip and Mr. Rowley 

 will furnish to his association at its next annual meet- 

 ing, which is to be held in Chattanooga, Tenn., a 

 report covering his investigations and suggest such a 

 line of action to the association as will assist in ex- 

 tending irrigation development, both that carried on 

 by private corporations and projects under the control 

 of the Federal Government. 



The association made a happy selection when Mr. 

 Rowley was made chairman of this committee, as he is 

 a very thorough man and immediately com- 

 menced to study the subject so that his report would be 

 comprehensive and full. Mr. Rowley is still in the 

 far West, but will return some time early in September, 

 when he will begin work on his report. We are show- 

 ing herwith a good likeness of the gentleman. Mr. 

 Rowley is treasurer and general manager of the 

 Aspinwall Manufacturing Co., the leading potato ma- 

 chinery manufacturing concern in the world. 



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C. G. ROWLEY, Jackson, Mich. 



Chairman ol Committee on Arid Lands and Irrigation, National Association 

 of Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers. 



oming, Utah and Idaho, where he looked into different 

 irrigation projects both of a private and federal char- 



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