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THE IRBIGATION AGE. 



These great political bureaus have other opportuni- 

 ties for exploiting the chiefs and their policies. Certain 

 periodicals have been established and have received 

 government support for this purpose. Two prominent 

 bureau chiefs for several years co-operated with a 

 molder of public sentiment employed by the railroads 

 and hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent each 

 year in advertising these favored men and at the same 

 time criticizing and condemning those who have unfor- 

 tunately nothing but ability and a creditable record to 

 recommend them. Many publications issued by these 

 bureaus are designed to secure the endorsement of the 

 people regardless of the truth or of scientific fact. It 

 would be presumed that the business of these great 

 bureaus would consume the time and energy of any 

 single man charged with such a responsibility and that 

 he would have little opportunity or occasion to appeal 

 to public sentiment to obtain support for his depart- 

 ment. 



Work well done is generally recognized even under 

 a republican form of government. Eegardless of this 

 natural assumption these bureau chiefs spend much of 



their time attending conventions and resorting to all 

 kinds of political expedients to obtain favorable in- 

 dorsements from meetings called for the purpose of ob- 

 taining an expression of sentiment from the people. 

 While we of the west can easily satisfy ourselves regard- 

 ing the activity of these men in our local affairs, yet 

 we seldom appreciate the workings of the great bureaus 

 at the national capitol. I have appeared before com- 

 mittees of congress where some of these bureaus have 

 been represented by their chiefs and an army of em- 

 ployes. I have been able to study their system of lobbv- 

 ing and fully appreciate the disadvantage resulting to 

 any department of government or state whose interests 

 may conflict in any way with one of these great ma- 

 chines so long as the present practice is allowed to con- 

 tinue. The history of civilization shows conclusively 

 that the best use of natural resources is made when the 

 control of such resources is intrusted to those locally 

 concerned either in development or in their conserva- 

 tion. Under all conditions the burden of public control 

 and maintenance falls on the community where the nat- 

 ural resource is found and this has been recognized by 

 the great bureaus at Washington. 



How Pneumonia May Be Cured. 



Dr. Simian Bishop, one of the oldest 

 physicians in California, who formerly 

 lived in Virginia City, Nevada, has had 

 greater success with pneumonia, prob- 

 ably, than any physician in the United 

 States. He treats the disease as fol- 

 lows: 



In the beginning the patient is put 

 to bed and his breast is covered with a 

 thick coating of cayenne pepper. Anti- 

 phlogistine is thickly plastered over this 

 on the chest, after which a jacket is 

 put around the body. The cayenne pep- 

 per is spread thickly, possibly a pound 

 of the pulverized form, over the back 

 as well as the chest, and the back is 

 covered with an old undershirt, or 

 jacket, which has been first cut open 

 and which is afterward sewn on 

 tightly. 



The first thing done after this is for 

 the patient to take lobelia seecl tea. A 

 teaspoonful of lobelia seed steeped in 

 water and taken produces a violent vom- 

 iting, which gives the stomach exactly 

 what is said to be necessary in the way 

 of a thorough cleansing. 



Following this Thompson's Composi- 

 tion powder, a teaspoonful to a cup, and 

 made into a tea, is taken three or four 

 times a day, like coffee. The dose is 

 three tablespoonfuls. It is a hot prepa- 

 ration and produces great perspiration. 



The fever is controlled with broken 

 doses of quinine, and an expectorant 

 with ammonia therein used to loosen the 

 cough. For the bowels, five grain doses 

 of cascara sagrada in tablet form, and if 

 there are typhoid symptoms, epsom salts 

 is used. In addition to this the ventila- 

 tion should be the best procurable. 



GPEAT AMERICAN 

 DESERT /r* 

 DISAPPEARING 



THE great ranges are fast being 

 taken up by individual settlers, 

 and thousands of prosperous 

 farmers are taking the place of the 

 few cattle kings that were monarchs 

 of the ranges a score of years ago. 



It is the story of the magic touch 

 of water upon the dry land. 



I. H. C. Gasoline Engines in Irriga- 

 tion Enterprises. 



If you have not kept yourself posted 

 on irrigating matters, you will be 

 surprised at the important part I . H . C . 

 gasoline engines are taking in the 

 reclamation of these waste lands. 



Hundreds of settlers and farmers 

 have no other means of getting water 

 upon their lands than these engines. 



These settlers and farmers are cul- 

 tivating all sizes of farms, from gar- 

 den spots ta "forties" and "eighties" 

 and quarter sections and even larger 

 tracts. They are among the most 

 prosperous farmers in the irrigated 

 WESTERN GENERAL AGENCIES: 



sections. They are raising grains, 

 alfalfa and other grasses vegetables, 

 fruits, etc. 



They find that with an I. H. C. 

 engine they can get water in large 

 quantities upon their land, and that 

 they can get it dependably and eco- 

 nomically. They find the I. H. C. 

 engrine method of pumping more direct, more 

 profitable and more satisfactory than any 

 other means heretofore employed. 



I. H. C. gasoline engines are simple, de- 

 pendable and powerful. They pump water 

 economically, and you will find that they run 

 with very little attention. 



If you have an irrigation problem it will 

 pay you to investigate and see what an 

 I. H. C. gasoline engine will do for you. 



Vertical engines in 2 and 3-Horse Power. 



Horizontal engines (Portable and Station- 

 ary) in 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15 and 20-Horse Power. 



Also, gasoline traction engines, pumping, 

 sawing and spraying outfits. 



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