THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXII 



CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER, 1907. 



No. 11 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



MODERN IRRIGATION THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 



THE IRRIGATION ERA MID-WEST 



ARID AMERICA THE FARM HERALD 



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Delayed 

 Account 

 Congress. 



A word of explanation about delay in 

 getting out September IRRIGATION AGE 

 may be necessary. The editor and assist- 

 ant were in attendance at the Irrigation 

 Congress at Sacramento, and as the work of the Con- 

 gress was not completed until September 8, and as it 

 seemed desirable to publish a summary of the pro- 

 ceedings in the September AGE, it was necessary to post- 

 pone the issue until the 20th instead of the 10th, the 

 regular date of issue. 



The fact that out of the first fifty awarded 

 Filing for claims under the Huntley, Mont., project 

 a Pastime. only ten filed on the date set for filing 



(July 22), has caused some righteous in- 

 dignation among the people of the west. The Billings 

 Gazette has the following to say of the outrage: 



"It is too bad that such a farce was made of the 

 opening of the first reclamation project carried to suc- 

 cessful completion under government supervision. It 

 bears out the statement made in the Gazette some time 

 ago that hundreds of those who filed did so through Idle 

 curiosity and had no intention of taking up one of the 

 farm units even if successful. It is too bad that there 

 is no method of punishing them for such a crime against 

 the rights of those who registered and really intended 

 to become bona fide settlers: The experience of the 

 government in this case, it is hoped, will cause some 

 action to be taken to prevent a repetition of the offense 

 at future drawings. It ought to be a crime punishable 

 by imprisonment for a person to register without any 

 intention of filing if successful." 



When, through the efforts of the Irriga- 

 The Influence tion Congress, government reclamation 

 of the of arid lands became an accomplished 



Congress. fact, many people thought the organiza- 



tion would dissolve or become an unin- 

 fluential body. In fact an effort was made to practic- 

 ally do away with the Congress as an institution by 

 merging it with another organization, but the attempt 

 failed through the influence of men who foresaw that in 

 future it was to be of more potential usefulness than 

 ever before. To those who are most closely connected 

 with the working of irrigation and reclamation in gen- 

 eral it is apparent that the congress has but entered upon 

 the period of most influence and practicability. The 

 foundation of the growth of the west may be in large 

 measure traced to irrigation and upon it in the same 

 measure are dependent the prosperity of the section. 

 The working out of ideas and the fulfilment of plans to 

 extend this reclamation work and its contingent pros- 

 perity is a matter wherein not only the west but the 

 whole country is vitally interested. ; And where can be 

 found a better place to put forth these plans and get a 

 thorough and earnest discussion of them than in the 

 Irrigation Congress? There is no other body, no other 

 institution of any character that can obtain such a 

 wholesome and vigorous discussion of the administration 

 of public policies affecting these once arid regions as can 

 the congress. While only a small proportion of the 

 people interested can attend the gatherings the pub- 

 licity given the expressions of opinions on the various 

 phases of the work cannot but be helpful to those whose 

 welfare depends upon irrigation. The influence of the 



