THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXIII 



CHICAGO, MAY, 1908. 



NO. 7 



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Forest 

 Service 

 Appropria- 

 tion. 



As reported elsewhere in this number, 

 practically all of the new provisions con- 

 tained in the paragraph carrying For- 

 estry appropriation were stricken out in 

 the debate on the agricultural appropria- 

 tion bill led by Mr. Mondell and other champions of 

 the rights of the western settlers. Though unable to 

 cut down the extravagant appropriation the western 

 representatives prevented the grants of practically un- 

 limited powers to the man who heads the Forestry 

 Service. 



Preparations are going forward in a sat- 

 Irngation i s f ac t O ry manner for the National Irri- 

 gation Congress, which is to be held at 

 Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 29-30, Octo- 

 ber 1-2-3. 



The energetic citizens of New Mexico will, no 

 doubt, make this one of the banner meetings in the 

 history of this organization. Some criticism is made 

 of the method of exploiting the congress, and the gen- 

 eral impression is that there is a dearth of literature 

 going out. This will, no doubt, be remedied by the 

 local board of managers in a short time, and all those 

 who are interested in the organization and the meet- 

 ing will receive information and general data concern- 

 ing the proposed transactions of this Congress. 



Union 



League Club 

 Misled. 



As an illustration of how a large and in- 

 telligent organization may be misled by 

 Qne Qr more individuals w ho have axes 



to grind, we wish to call attention to the 

 action of the Union League Club of Chicago at a 

 meeting held some two or three weeks ago in which 

 strong resolutions were adopted concerning the matter 

 of Forestry affairs and the general policy of the For- 

 estry Service. 



It is safe to say that not one out of fifty of the 

 members of the Union League Club fully compre- 

 hends the subject of Forest Reserves, and if the mem- 

 bers of that organization could be properly enlight- 

 ened as to the methods employed and the personnel 

 of the individuals who brought about this meeting 

 which resulted in so strenuous a resolution, it is our 

 impression that they would be more cautious in the 

 future. There is no doubt in the minds of those who 

 are acquainted with the situation that George H. Max- 

 well, who is, so far as we know, not a member of the 

 organization, engineered the entire movement and se- 

 cured the endorsement of one of the strongest organi- 

 zations in the West for a policy which is little under- 

 stood by its members. 



If the gentlemen who were instrumental in the 

 formation of the resolution had been acquainted with 

 the history of George H. Maxwell and his work along, 

 these and similar lines it is doubtful if they would 

 have been so precipitate in their action. It is a fact 

 perhaps not well known by members of the Union 



