THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



We are reproducing iii this issue a letter 

 Tin Can from Mr. H. A. Green of Monterey, Cal., 



Clubs. which is published preliminary to a series 



of articles, to be prepared by that gentle- 

 man on his "Tin Can Club." Mr. Green is desirous 

 of organizing "Tin Can Clubs" throughout the United 

 States, and his booklet, "Everybody Grow Trees," will 

 be mailed free to all those who make application for it. 

 In this work, Mr. Green says, "Our generation is leav- 

 ing a calamitous heritage for those who are to take our 

 places in the management of affairs, in shape of mil- 

 lions of dollars worth of bonds of various kinds to be 

 redeemed. We are also denuding the country of its 

 timber, and individually making no attempt to replace 

 it with another growth. There is a practical and in- 

 expensive way of squaring ourselves and lifting this 

 burden, and that being so, it is our duty to act without 

 delay." He says, "I assert and believe, that the tin 

 cans thrown away as useless can be made to earn more 

 than enough to pay off any state, county or municipal 

 bonds now issued, and besides make our beloved coun- 

 try more beautiful and prosperous." Mr. Green fur- 

 ther explains that by the planting of seeds in tin cans, 

 and the organization of Tin Can Clubs in all the cities 

 of the country a great interest may be developed and 

 the propagation of trees which will prove invaluable 

 to future generations. We hope, through the assist- 

 ance of Mr. Green, to be able to place .this matter so 

 clearly before our readers that Tin Can Clubs may be 

 organized in every town in the west, and that children 

 may be taught the value and the beauty and the benefit 

 to future generations of work of this character. 



The action of Mayor R. W. Speer and 

 Municipal Aid the finance committee of the board of su- 

 to Irrigation, pervisors of Denver to recommend an ap- 

 propriation of $10,000 from the city treas- 

 ury in 1908 for the proposed improvement of the High 

 Line canal in the suburbs of that city, is truly a step 

 in the right direction. The men in charge of the pros- 

 pective improvement have organized and already a large 

 amount of money has been raised by private enterprise. 

 The plan is to purchase the old High Line canal and 

 then when the preliminary is finished to organize a 

 stock company and pay back the subscribers. The High 

 Line canal is now attempting with inadequate facilities 

 to irrigate some 20,000 acres of land north and south 

 of Denver and on the east side of the Platte river, from 

 which it gets its water supply. The city's appropriation 

 will undoubtedly be included in next year's budget, pro- 

 viding the citizens raise the remainder of the $25,000 

 needed for the enterprise, this being the only condition 

 imposed by the mayor and the finance board. An unique 

 parade was organized in Denver last month to boost 

 the plan and raise enthusiasm. Headed by a band and 



a tallyho a score of men proceeded through the streets 

 carrying a banner bearing the words: 



"See what the water wagon and A. B. McKinley 

 will do for Denver." 



The inscriptions on some of the other banners 

 follow : 



"Twenty-five thousand dollar irrigation parade. 

 Money for Denver's surburbs." 



"Denver lost to Greeley the Antero reservoir, but 

 Denver will win the Platte watershed championship 

 series." 



"Twenty-five thousand dollars necessary for success. 

 Don't be stingy. Subscribe $10. Irrigation means more 

 trees, good roads, valuable lands." 



"Irrigation means for Denver happy homes, more 

 people, more business." 



The province of British Columbia has 

 Carpenter practiced irrigation on a small scale for 

 in Canada. many years, but only recently has the de- 

 velopment been so much as to cause any 

 particular stir or reveal difficulties in the laws which 

 had not been applicable to the present situation. In the 

 last few years ' the rapid extension, the great value of 

 irrigated land, valuable principally for fruit, have led 

 to much feeling and realization that the present laws 

 were not applicable to the situation which is developing. 

 The Lieutenant Governor and Executive Council has 

 appointed an Irrigation Commission to examine and re- 

 port into the whole matter in all its relations and have 

 appointed on that commission the Minister of Public 

 Works of British Columbia, T. J. Fulton, K. C., and 

 Prof. L. G. Carpenter, professor of engineering of the 

 Colorado Agricultural College and formerly state engi- 

 neer of Colorado and consulting engineer for the state 

 in the Kansas-Colorado case. The commission has been 

 examining the irrigation systems of British Columbia 

 and those under present consideration. It is expected 

 that from the recommendations there will be presented 

 to the next British Columbia legislature a comprehen- 

 sive revision of water laws as a government measure. 



Hall's 

 Hints. 



With this issue we are beginning the pub- 

 lication, of short, practical hints on irri- 

 gation by Mr. John G. Hall, a well known 

 irrigator of Greeley, Colo. The subject 

 treated in this issue is that of dividing water, and our 

 readers who wish further information along this line 

 are requested to write Mr. Hall, enclosing stamped en- 

 velope for reply. He will gladly answer all inquiries. 

 Address, John G. Hall, R. F. D. No, 2, Greeley, Colo. 



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