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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



SEATTLE, WASH., January 3, 1907. 

 EDITOR IRRIGATION AGE, Chicago. 



DEAR SIR: I am expecting to go on irrigated land next 

 spring where the water supply will be quite alkali for drinking 

 purposes and where the ditch water will be warm and liable to 

 contamination. I have been looking through the back numbers 

 of the IRRIGATION AGE for information and advice on the 

 methods I will have to use to secure good drinking water for 

 the family. I could not find anything on the subject in the 

 numbers of your paper I have on hand. Will you please direct 

 me to where I can get information on the subject? Does not 

 someone manufacture a still to put on the back of the stove? 

 Could you give me their name and address? Would not 

 distilled water be healthy to drink? Thanking you in advance 

 for any information you can give me on the subject. 

 Respectfully yours, 



M. M. GRISWOLD. 



[Will some of our readers kindly give Mr. Griswold such 

 information as he desires? Those who have encountered sim- 

 ilar difficulty will no doubt be glad to assist him with their 

 advice.] 



1 have had some pretty good chances to know something about 

 it. The statement in the AGE that oats, wheat, rye and barley, 

 with apples, pears, plums, cherries and small fruit can be 

 raised on this land is at least problematical, no one has ever 

 seen them yet. I refer to the "Gumbo" bell. The Black Hills 

 do not stand in need of any more vegetables. 

 Yours for home, 



ELIS G. ARNOLD. 



GOOD AND CHEAP FARM LEVEL. 



DEADWOOD, S. D., January 23, 1907. 

 EDITOR IRRIGATION AGE, Chicago, 111. 



DEAR SIR: I have just read the January number of 

 IRRIGATION AGE and wish to say th^t it is the best I ever read. 

 Thank you ever so much. You speak to "Teddy" in a way that 

 makes you distinctly an American citizen. If every paper of 

 every kind were as honest and bold to speak the truth as 

 you are, things would not have the cancer spots on them 

 that we see today. How deep may they eat before they are 

 checked is the great question today. Give my thanks to 

 Walter H. Graves the first time you see him and a big hand 

 shake. His article shows the broadest and clearest under- 

 standing of the nature of water, land and home as related to 

 the state. His statement that a settler would need $5,000 to make 

 himself secure in taking a home under Government irrigation 

 projects will, I am sure, apply to the Belle Fourche scheme, as 



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