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THE IKRIGATION AGE-. 



Pick-ups by a Staff Representative 



As an evidence of the boosting tendencies of the irri- 

 gation towns, the following is reported from Lamar, 

 Colorado: 



The Denver & Gulf railroad, a new line from Denver 

 to Dallas, Texas, approached the Commercial Club of 

 Lamar on the subject of going through that town, and 

 making it a division point. As a result. Lamar raised 

 $100,000 in cash in two weeks' time, and the money is now 

 on deposit in the bank as a bonus. In return therefore, 

 the town will be a division point. The city also agreed 

 to furnish the right-of-way and a building site, on con- 

 dition that the shops should be built and operated on that 



for twenty-five years. Lamar also has the privilege of 

 locating town sites, not to exceed four, for a distance 

 of fifty-five miles. 



In the old days, when western Kansas was poor, long 

 before the automobile became a common joy, eastern 

 trust companies held mortgages on nearly every farm. 

 It is related that a company, forced to unwillingly accrue 

 a large amount of this land, sent an expert out to look 

 it over. Driving all day under the blistering sun, over 

 a desolate waste, he came to one tract, on which still 

 existed a broken down ramshackle hut. There was a 

 hole in the place of a window. 



"Well," said the agent, "I pity the poor native who 

 has to live in a hole like that." Just then a head stuck 

 itself out of the window and shouted, "I ain't so poor 

 as you think I am, stranger. I don't own this land." 



The Lock and Key 



To Your Water Supply 



WATER is the life of the irrigation system and the irrigated 

 farm. If the headgate breaks or washes out, the water is lost 

 and your crops are ruined. Water lost means money lost. The 

 headgates in your reservoirs and irrigation canals are the locks and the 

 headgate lifts are the keys to your water supply. The security of your 

 water supply depends upon the strength of your headgates. 



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C. D. BUTCHART 



501 Mercantile Bldg. 

 DENVER,! COLO. 



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