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THE IKRIGATION AGE. 



Those who scan the platform of the 

 Platform 1012 congress and who are in a posi- 



Twentieth tion to compare it with resolutions 



Irrigation passed by former congresses, will note 



Congress. a curtailment of subjects under consid- 



eration and a tendency towards con- 

 densation in the subjects covered. 



It may, perhaps, be a good plan, but it is doubtful if 

 the Resolutions Committee has shown good insight into 

 tlie affairs as have similar committees in congresses held 

 in the past. 



A cursory perusal of the resolutions would lead one to 

 believe that there was an inclination to pass over, as 

 lightly as possible, all subjects handled, and there were, 

 no doubt, many good resolutions fought for and tabled 

 which would have been of vastly more importance than 

 those enumerated in the platform of the Twentieth Irri- 

 gation Congress. 



Judge Clesson S. Kinney, the author 



Kinney f "Kinney on Irrigation and Water 



On Irrigation Rights," informs us that the revised 



and edition -will be ready for delivery in 



Water Rights. complete form four large volumes in 

 buckram about December 1 of this 

 year. Two volumes are already out, and Judge Kinney 

 states that the other two will probably be ready for deliv- 

 ery at the time mentioned. 



The first edition of this work, which was published in 

 1893, had a tremendous sale and met with the approval of 

 both bench and bar, and has been cited by the courts 

 more than any other work on the subject. 



The new edition gives the history and development of 

 the leading irrigation laws and water rights down to 

 October 1, 1912. 



The value of water and water rights and the numer- 

 ous recent statutes on the subject have given rise to many 

 new and important provisions of law which may be found 

 discussed nowhere accept in this new edition. All mat- 

 ters, old and new, relating to irrigation and water rights 

 have been given that technical and domprehensive discus- 

 sion which their importance demands. 



More than 4,500 decisions are cited and used in this 

 work. This work has developed from its former limited 

 size to four larcre volumes of 4,400 pages. 



Our issue of November, 1912, will mark 

 Irrigation Age the beginning of the twenty-eighth year 

 Beginning of the existence of THE IRRIGATION AGE, 



Twenty-eighth which was the pioneer publication of 

 Year. this class in the world, having been 



published continuously in that interest 

 for twenty-seven years. 



It is our intention to make the November issue a 

 special one, covering, as far as possible, in a historical 

 way, the development of various irrigation work during 

 the period of its existence. We will touch also upon ear- 

 lier irrigation which will interest all of those who have 

 been identified with the movement since its inception. 



We will, perhaps, decide to get up something elabor- 

 ate in the way of a special edition to mark the twent; 

 eighth anniversary, and if arrangements now pending are 

 consummated, we will be able to announce the absorption 

 of another journal by THE IRRIGATION AGE, and the merg- 

 ing of the circulation of that publication with that of 

 the AGE. 



This change will bring to THE IRRIGATION AGE sev- 

 eral thousand new subscribers, all of whom are possible 

 buyers of machinery and other lines manufactured for 

 use in the irrigated country. It will place the AGE back 

 in its old position as the only distinct irrigation publica- 

 tion in the known world. As is known to many of our 

 readers, THE IRRIGATION AGE has absorbed during the 

 past ten years six other publications issued along similar 

 lines, the circulation of which has been made part of the 

 regular subscription list of this journal. 



Phoenix, Arizona, has been named as 

 Meeting Place the next meeting place of the Interna- 

 Twenty-first tional Irrigation Congress. 



International Irri- It was, no doubt, the desire of the 

 gation Congress, citizens of that city to secure the con- 

 gress so that better information may be 

 obtained by people in outlying states concerning the work 

 performed upon the famous Roosevelt dam erected near 

 that city. 



There are many delightful features about Phoenix, and 

 the delegates who attend in 1913 will be well repaid for 

 their trip. 



Phoenix is a long distance away; in fact, it is as far 

 from Chicago as Los Angeles, owing to the fact that it is 

 off the main line of the two trans-continental lines. It is 

 located in the famous Salt River valley, where irrigation 

 of a prehistoric character as well as that more modern 

 may be inspected. 



It is said that the Roosevelt dam in itself is worth 

 the trip to that section, and this point will, no doubt, at- 

 tract many who have never seen any of the larger en- 

 gineering works connected with the work of the reclama- 

 tion service. 



The last Irrigation Congress held in Phoenix was in 

 1896, some eight years prior to the passage of the Irriga- 

 tion Law. It was at this congress that George H. Max- 

 well, and some others who subsequently became active in 

 the work, entered the arena. 



As one looks back over the field and counts the large 

 number of those who attended that congress who are 

 gone, and who were then active and vigorous, we wonder 

 what changes may take place in the personnel of the con- 

 gresses to be held a few years hence. There are very 

 few of the "old timers" who took part in that Phoenix 

 congress who were in attendance at the congress re- 

 cently held in Salt Lake. Among those were Messrs. 

 Knight of Missouri, George H. Maxwell of California, 

 Judge Shurtliff of Utah, and the writer. 



One of the resolutions passed at the 

 Important late irrigation congress is of particular 



Resolution importance, as it treats of a change in 



Offered at Irri- the Reclamation Law so as to require all 

 gation Congress, contracts for the sale of power devel- 

 oped by or in connection with any 

 reclamation project to be approved by the project water 

 users' association under such project having an interest in 

 such contract. 



This is a wise suggestion and should receive the at- 

 tention of those who are making a study of amending the 

 Reclamation Law. 



This resolution goes on to say: "While we recognize 

 the establishment of the United States Reclamation Serv- 

 ice as second only in importance to the passage of the 

 Reclamation Act in the development of the arid west, ex- 

 perience has demonstrated the expediency of certain ad- 



