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THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXV 



CHICAGO, FEBRUARY, 1910. 



NO. 4 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



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Interesting developments are promised in 

 Contest the fight recently inaugurated by residents 



Rights of in the Big Laramie valley of Wyoming, 

 Colorado against the Laramie-Poudre irrigation 

 Company. project in northern Colorado. With a 

 question of state rights as a bone of con- 

 tention and strong financial as well as official influ- 

 ence on each side of the state line, it is apparent that the 

 fight will extend to the high courts and that neither con- 

 testant will be content until the final judgment. 



Wyoming officials insist that the waters of the Lara- 

 mie have been legally and properly appropriated in that 

 state and that the storage reservoirs, projected by the 

 Colorado company, will result in depreciation of the 

 river's volume to such extent that there will be great 

 financial loss to land owners in the lower Laramie dis- 

 tricts. Notwithstanding these protestations and argu- 

 ments, promoters of the Colorado project continue prep- 

 arations for heavy construction work near the head- 

 waters. 



While the question of state rights under similar 

 conditions to those obtaining in the Wyoming- Colorado 

 controversy has already been submitted to the courts, 

 yet it is believed that the Colorado irrigation company 

 is prepared to submit a new line of defense and that it 

 is confident of obtaining a favorable decision. Wyoming 

 land owners have been aroused to the seriousness of the 

 situation and with their usual vigor and energy have 

 entered the fight to win. 



By the appointment of H. S. Graves to the 

 Graves office of chief forester, President Taft has 



Heads not only given conclusive proof of his 



Forestry zeal in support of the general policy of 



Bureau. conservation, but he has also skillfully 



spiked the guns of the political clique 

 that had planned to use the removal of the former for- 

 ester in stirring up sentiment against the present admin- 

 istration. 



Even the most ardent of conservationists must ap- 

 prove of Mr. Graves' appointment. If the former for- 

 ester has builded policies that should endure, the present 

 chief of the forestry bureau will insure their vigorous 

 continuance. Trained in the same school, and holding 

 similar views to those of his predecessor, Mr. Graves may 

 be expected to pursue the work of this bureau with 

 energy and with a keen appreciation of its value to fu- 

 ture generations. It is predicted with every degree of 

 confidence that there will be no apparent change in the 

 general policy or the conduct of forestry conservation 

 work. 



But let us all devoutly hope that at least two evils 

 arrogance and politics may be permanently separated 

 from the forestry bureau. Let the new chief feel that 

 he is but the servant of the people, intrusted with grave 

 responsibilities and arduous duties. Let him realize 

 that while he guards the welfare of the future millions 

 of American people, yet he is not clothed with dicta- 

 torial power over the present generation. 



