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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



(Continued from page 400.) 



A Letter From Chairman George A. Snow of the 20th National Irri- 

 gation Congress. 



September 10, 1912. 

 Mr. D. H. Anderson, Editor, 

 IRRIGATION ACE, 



30 S. Dearborn St., 



Chicago, 111. 

 Dear Mr. Anderson: 



A copy of your last issue of the IRRIGATION AGE has just been 

 handed me and I wish to personally, as well as on behalf of the 

 officials of the congress, express our gratitude and thorough appreciation 

 of the generous mention you have made of the coming Twentieth 

 Annual Session to be held here September 30th to October 3d. 



I am sure that your publication will serve a wholesome purpose in 

 increasing interest in and attendance at the congress. I understand 

 from Secretary Hooker that you have kindly consented to send a copy 

 of this issue to each of the appointed delegates as fast as he sends 

 you their names and addresses. I am glad to know this, as this is 

 certain to prove a further substantial aid. 



Present indications point to the coming session being one of the 

 most important in point of attendance, the subjects to be discussed and 

 the line of entertainment to be given, of any session thus far held, 

 -and I shall feel that you have indeed done much to accomplish this 

 nd. Very truly yours, 



GEORGE A. SNOW, 

 Chairman, Utah Board of Control. 



(Continued from page 399.) 



There is yet a large body of land near Bayfield in 

 its raw state. Lack of capital to bring tms land under 

 irrigation is responsible for that condition. However, 

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 take up a tract of this vacant land (still subject to home- 

 stead entry), clear it of brush and cultivate it he will 

 have a bonanza when the ditch is built for him. We 

 need more energetic farmers. 



Our climate is ideal never too hot or cold. Some 

 seasons there is sufficient moisture that irrigation is un- 

 necessary, especially so in the higher altitudes. In fact 

 many of the ranches tributary to Bayfield, located on 

 branches of Pine river, in the foothills, are not irrigated 

 at all and yet produce enormous crops, and there is never 

 a total failure. 



And in conclusion, the Pine river is one of the best 

 trout streams in the state, while all kinds of game exists 

 in the mountains above us. 



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 basin drained by the Colorado and 

 its tributaries is about 300,000 square 

 miles in area, and much of it is of 

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The Colorado basin comprises two 

 distinct portions. The lower third is 

 but little above the level of the sea, 

 though here and there in it ranges of 

 mountains rise to elevations of 2,000 

 to 6,000 feet. This part of the valley 

 is bounded on the north by a line of 

 cliffs which present a bold and in 

 many places vertical step of hundreds 

 or thousands of feet to the table land 

 above. The upper two-thirds of the 

 basin stands from 4,000 to 8,000 feet 

 above sea level and is bordered on 

 the east, west, and north by ranges 

 of snow-clad mountains, which attain 

 altitudes ranging from 8,000 to 14,000 

 feet. Through this plateau the Colo- 

 rado and its tributaries have cut nar- 

 row gorges or canyons in which they 

 flow at almost inaccessible depths. 

 At points where lateral streams enter, 

 the canyons are broken by narrow 

 transverse valleys. The "whole upper 

 basin of the Colorado is traversed 

 by a labyrinth of these canyons, many 

 of which are dry during the greater 

 portion of the year and carry water 

 only during the melting of the snow 

 and the brief periods of the autumnal 

 and spring rains. 



In the lower portion the river 

 strongly resembles the Nile, having 

 annual floods which distribute silt 

 over the adjoining lands and render 

 them as fertile as those in the historic 

 valley of North Africa. The Colo- 

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 of value for irrigation, but, descend- 

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 (Continued on page 410.) 



