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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



what a conservative republican administration at 

 Washington is saying to the land owner in the Salt 

 River Valley." 



This brings to the writer's mind very clearly, the 

 fact that a large land owner in the Salt River valley 

 was very much opposed to the government's attitude 

 along this line at the time work was begun on the 

 Roosevelt dam. He and his relatives were so much op- 

 posed that they wrote letters and fought the proposi- 

 tion up to a certain point, and then like the boy on the 

 river bank, dived into the stream, swam under the 

 lily pads and came up on the other shore. This gentle- 

 man has passed over to the government side, fought 

 for them at congresses and other public meetings and 

 the general supposition by those who have followed 

 the case closely is that some arrangement has been 

 made between his interests and the Reclamation Serv- 

 ice, whereby the law would not be enforced in this 

 case. The AGE has no definite knowledge of this but 

 is forming judgment merely upon the attitude of this 

 individual. No man could be so forcibly against a 

 proposition one day and so thoroughly in favor of it 

 the next day unless some sort of a fair arrangement 

 had been entered into with the powers that be and we 

 trust to be able to give facts concerning this particular 

 case which has, no doubt, been duplicated in numerous 

 instances in various parts of the country. If conces- 

 sions were given to millionaires why should they not 

 be given in equal ratio to the man who holds 640 acres 

 under the government ditch in Idaho, or the fellow 

 who has 320 acres under the Klamath project in Ore- 

 gon or the Yuma project in Arizona and California. 



Numerous letters of inquiry as to the 

 Advance time at which the series of articles on the 

 Orders for Carey Act, prepared by Mr. E. F. Bohm 

 Carey Act an< * now appearing in this journal, shall 

 Pamphlet. De ready for distribution in pamphlet 



form, is conclusive evidence that the 

 work is meeting with popular approval and will be in 

 great demand. 



Because of the fact that Mr. Bohm assumed this 

 work at the earnest solicitation of the publisher of the 

 IRRIGATION AGE, only under condition that it be al- 

 lowed no general distribution until the series of arti- 

 cles had been concluded, it will be impossible to fill 

 at present the many advance orders now being re- 

 ceived. 



Persons desiring to secure a copy of the forth- 

 coming pamphlet should notify the publisher in ad- 

 vance to permit of proper registration in this office. 

 Notification of the cost per copy and the date of distri- 

 bution will be mailed to prospective purchasers in 

 ample time to insure delivery of a copy of the first 

 edition to all who desire. 



What is the cause that induces the 

 Employes brightest employes in the Reclamation 

 Quitting Service to withdraw their names from 



Federal the government pay roll and become 



Service. identified with private projects, or enter 



private business life? The question is 

 urgent for within the past two months three of the 

 brainiest men in the service have terminated their 

 federal employment. 



First to announce his withdrawal was Mr. Ira 

 W. McConnell who has connected himself witli the 

 well known firm of J. G. White & Co. J. C. Waite, 

 who was with the service at the Chicago office, next 

 announced a change to the Kuhn-Hollister interests. 

 Consulting Engineer D. C. Henny was the most recent 

 in his announcement that he would enter private 

 practice, although continuing to give his advice to 

 the Reclamation service. 



Following the natural course of reasoning it is to 

 be supposed that each of these experts found a field 

 for greater remuneration and that they were impelled 

 to the change by this consideration. It cannot be in- 

 timated that the head of the Reclamation service is 

 other than most considerate to his subordinates. 



In these resignations of three capable employes 

 there is a note of warning to fixers of the government 

 salary list. It is indeed a fallacious policy that will 

 allow private concerns to secure the services of em- 

 ployes whose experience and abilities are of inestim- 

 able value to the government in the many huge irri- 

 gation works now in progress. 





As we go to press, we are advised by Mr. 

 National Don Farnsworth, President of the Nation- 



Farm al Farm Land Congress, that within the 



Land next few days a Call is to be issued, sum- 



Congress, moning the members of the Executive 

 Committee and of the Advisory Commit- 

 tee of the Congress (appointed at the First National 

 Convention), to a meeting to be held early in April, 

 at Chicago, for the purpose of perfecting a permanent 

 organization. 



In the AGE of last December appeared a full report 

 of the Proceedings of the First Meeting of the Congress. 

 Among the important Resolutions adopted at that time 

 was one authorizing the action now contemplated by- 

 Mr. Farnsworth. 



The success attending the first gathering augurs] 

 well for the outcome of this event. A permanent organ- '. 

 ization, constructed upon the model of other Congresses, 

 devoted to kindred subjects, appears to be all that is 

 needed to carry the work inaugurated by Mr. Farns- 

 worth, and Mr. Walsh of the Chicago Examiner, to a 

 permanent and triumphant issue. 



The date of this meeting will be fixed with a view 



