Year 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXV 



CHICAGO, JULY, 1910. 



NO. 9 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



MODERN IRRIGATION 

 THE IRRIGATION ERA 

 ARID AMERICA 



THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 

 MID-WEST 

 THE FARM HERALD 



IRRIGATION AGE COMPANY, 

 PUBLISHERS, 



112 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO 



Entered as second-class matter October 3, 1897, at the 

 Postofflce at Chicago, 111., under Act of March 3, 1879. 



D. H. ANDERSON, Editor 



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 Office of the Secretary, 212 Boyce Building, Chicago. 



Interesting to Advertisers. 



It may interest advertisers to know that The Irrigation Age is the 

 only publication in the world having an actual paid in advance 

 circulation among individual irrigators and large irrigation corpo- 

 rations. It is read regularly by all interested in this subject and has 

 readers in all parts of the world. The Irrigation Age is 25 years 

 old and is the pioneer publication of its class in the world. 



We regret to announce that the articles 

 which are being prepared for us by Dr. R. 

 C. Brophy of Chicago, will not be ready for 

 our July number. Dr. Brophy had con- 

 templated putting in the greater part of 

 the summer in the lower Rio Grande 

 Valley, but sickness at his home in Illinois necessitated his 

 return. He informs us that he will have something pre- 

 pared for our August number which will, no doubt, prove 

 of much interest to our readers. 



Delay 

 in 



Securing 

 Articles 



Eighteenth 

 National 

 Irrigation 

 Congress. 



In this, our principal issue in connection 

 with the National Irrigation ^Congress, 

 we are presenting a great deal of ex- 

 tremely interesting matter which has 

 been prepared for us by local Colora- 

 doans and those connected with the Con- 

 gress. It is predicted that this will be the greatest Con- 

 gress ever held, and from present indications there is no 

 reason to doubt the truth of the statements made by the 

 people of Pueblo, to that effect. The citizens of Pueblo 

 have performed marvelous feats in the way of raising funds 

 to carry on the Congress, as well as along publicity lines. 



On another page in this issue will be 

 found an illustrated article describing the 

 famous Fountain Valley and lands under 

 the system known as the Fountain Valley 

 Land & Irrigation Company's project. 

 The IRRIGATION AGE ranch is located 

 on this tract, and a number of good photographs were re- 

 cently secured by the editor while spending a few days 

 there, which are shown in connection with the article. 



Fountain 

 Valley 

 Colorado 

 Project. 



This project is notable for its splendid growth and 

 the fine results which have been obtained by settlers. 

 Some difficulty was encountered last year through wash- 

 outs from storms, but that has all been overcome by the 

 establishment of permanent flumes, and it is safe to say 

 that the Fountain Valley, through the instrumentality of 

 Mr. Wm. Johnston, president of the Fountain Valley 

 Land & Irrigation Company, will make rapid strides from 

 now on. 



Director 

 Newell 

 Favors 

 Canada. 



It is entirely unfair to assume that 

 Director Newell of the Reclamation Serv- 

 ice is to be beheaded solely because of 

 his connection with the band of official 

 malcontents who have, in every way pos- 

 sible, tried to thwart the acts of the De- 

 partment of the Interior in reclamation matters. 



Mr. Newell's many acts of insubordination and incom- 

 petency are alone quite sufficient to make his retirement 

 necessary, but the IRRIGATION AGE calls attention to 

 one single act of his which in itself condemns him as unfit 

 for the position he holds, and, in fact, proclaims him not 

 a friend but an actual enemy of American irrigation enter- 

 prises. 



Obtaining a leave of absence from his official post, 

 he visited Canada and presumably, for good pay, wrote a 

 report upon a private irrigation enterprise in that country, 

 in which he not only extols its advantages, but compares 

 them to the great disadvantage of similar projects in the 

 United States. 



To quote his own words, "It is a revelation of the 

 enterprise and energy of our Canadian neighbors who have 

 established an irrigation system infinitely in advance of 



