THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



by an abundance of flowers. The beautiful hibiscus 

 tree spreads its big tiger lily-shaped blooms every month 

 in the year. Palms are everywhere. Great century 

 plants, with center stalks twelve and fifteen feet tall, 

 are frequently seen. Flowering vines climb over hun- 

 dreds of homes. 



There are rainy days during winter in Southern 

 California but there is abundance of sunshine, and when 

 there one would never know how cold and fierce the 

 winds blow and how snows blockade in the East, unless 

 he has had experience. 



The Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station has 

 issued a bulletin covering the work of the station. 



THE RIO GRANDE PROJECT. 



The Rio Grande irrigation project covers a large 

 area above and below Albuquerque, N. M. All of the 

 survey work has been done and a force of men is 

 now at work digging one of the big canals. Two res- 

 ervoirs will be built for the storage of water, and they 

 will be so located as to catch the flow from the arroyos 

 leading out of the mountains, in addition to depending 

 upon the river for water supply. Two hundred thou- 

 sand acres will be irrigated at first and how much more 

 will depend mainly on the water supply. 



While en route from Albuquerque, N. M., to Las 

 Vegas recently, the editor of THE IRRIGATION AGE was 



Harvesting in San Louis Valley, Calorado on the Denrer & Rio Grande Railway. 



NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 



At the last meeting of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science at Ithaca, June 30, 

 1906, a committee was appointed under resolutions of 

 that body, to promote the establishment of a national 

 department of health by agitation in all legitimate 

 ways for the purpose of creating a public sentiment 

 in its favor. The naming of the members of the com- 

 mittee is in the hands of Prof. Irving Fisher, Yale 

 University, chairman of this section of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. The 

 names of the Committee of One Hundred selected will 

 be announced shortly. The movement in general al- 

 ready has the support of the principal journals of 

 medicine and hygiene in the United States. 



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interviewed by a reporter for the "Santa Fe New Mexi- 

 can" relative to the Rio Grande project, and a part 

 of the interview is reproduced herewith: 



"This Rio Grande irrigation project looked like 

 such a big thing and meant so much for the Rio Grande 

 Valley that I thought I would go to the scene of 

 operations and see what was being done before exploit- 

 ing it in THE IRRIGATION AGE. There is no question 

 but what it will be of inestimable benefit to that sec- 

 tion of the territory. The men behind the enterprise 

 have a comprehensive plan and they seem to have ample 

 capital to meet the demands of this big undertaking. 

 Of course I am not a civil engineer and am not pass- 

 ing on the proposition from an engineering standpoint. 

 The project looks good to me and I believe it will be 

 all that is claimed for it. 



"One feature about irrigation projects that may 

 be developed whether by federal or private control 

 which always makes them attractive is that they are 

 always sure of a good market or a growing market for 

 their products. New Mexico must eventually be 



