THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXVI 



CHICAGO, JUNE, 1911. 



No. 8 



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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CONTENTS. Few decisions rendered by the Supreme 



Editorial ^he Court of the United States have attracted 



,,,,, , , .. ._ Standard so much and so widespread attention as 



The Standard Oil Case 933 _., 



. ,, _ . Oil the one recently given in the celebrated 



A Common Drainage Problem Analyzed 934 _ _ . , .... _ . ,. , , , ... 



TT j i- T XT _. , . , . Case Standard Oil Case, in which, although the 



Hydraulics Is a Necessary Study in Irrigation 934 , . ' . 



A ci 4. t. T ir TT / , r. . Standard Oil Trust was ordered to dis- 



A Sketch Is a Very Useful Thing 935 , _ . . .. . . . , , 



T,, ,,, . T, , ~ T . ir 11 ^ i solve, vet the Court by the interjection of the word un- 



The Water Resources of San Luis Valley, Colo 935 ' . . ., ... , . , . , 



, T-. . .. _ . reasonable in conjunction with restraint of trade has 



The Prevention of Forest Fires 935 , ., , , . . . . . , , . , 



, ,-. . T _ built a dangerous legal breastwork behind which all kinds 



The Bars Are Let Down 935 . ... , . , it 



of trusts will be able to find refuge. For if the Standard 



Principal Articles and Items Oil Co was disolved on account of "unreasonable" re- 

 Geology and Water Resources of the San Luis Valley. 936 sfcstraint of trade, who shall be judge to declare whether 



Some Seasonable Suggestions 939 some other trust is interfering with interstate trade in a 



The Orland Proj'ect About Finished 940 reasonable or unreasonable manner? 



Arid Agriculture 942 As announced by the daily press, Justice Harlan dis- 



Proposed Reorganization of the Big Lost River Com- sented from the other eight members of the Supreme 



pany 943 Court, and a very lengthy dissenting opinion has been 



Some Seed Grain Suggestions 943 made public by him in which the court is censured for 



The Primer of Hydraulics 943 interfering with the people as the source of all legislative 



Supreme Court Decisions 946 power. The text of the opinion is too long to be given 



Correspondence 948 here, but the principal points are given in the following: 



Grazing Examiners for National Forests 949 "When Congress prohibited every contract, corn- 

 Electric Irrigation by the Northern Colorado Power bination or monopoly in restraint of commerce it pre- 

 C Q4Q scribed a simple, definite ruie that all could understand 



y and which could be easily applied by everyone wishing 



Reclamation Notes 950 to o b e y the law. But now, it is to be feared, we are to 



Miscellaneous 953 have, in cases without number, the constantly recurring 



Government Withdrawal of Public Lands 957 inquiry difficult to solve by proof whether the particu- 



T>_,, _ T TT _j , lar contract, combination or trust involved in each case 



Payments on Irrigation Homesteads 959 is or is not ^ n 'unreasonable' or 'undue' restraint of trade. 



Irrigation Near Fallen, Nevada 961 "Congress, in effect, said that there should be no 



