THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



harbors and canals. Terminal facilities, shipping 

 problems, freight and express rates, good roads, 

 drainage, irrigation and forestation will be among 

 the subjects dealt with from time to time. 



There is a good future for a publication of this 

 character, provided it does not get into the hands 

 of men who will exploit it for their personal bene- 

 fit. So long as a publication of this kind is backed 

 by a strong organization such as that supporting the 

 National Geographic Magazine, there is no doubt 

 as to its upbuilding and the benefits that may be 

 derived by the cbuntry at large from its efforts. 



The promoters should, however, be particularly 

 cautious about holding the control in the association 

 so that individuals may not discredit the associa- 

 tion and its work by making the magazine sub- 

 servient to personal ambition and selfish aims. 



Jn a recent copy of the Los Angeles 

 More Express we notice an article con- 



About cerning the visit there of George H. 



Maxwell Maxwell, formerly of the National 



and Booth. Irrigation Association. The article 

 states that "Mr. Maxwell, to whose 

 name should be added the title executive director 

 of the National Reclamation Association, the Na- 

 tional Irrigation Association, the Flood Commission 

 of Pittsburgh, the Louisiana Reclamation Club and 

 River Regulation Commission of Stockton," has 

 recently been a guest at one of the local hotels. He 

 was there to report to the chamber of commerce of 

 that city and county officials whom he represented 

 at the late International Irrigation Congress at Salt 

 Lake City. 



It will be remembered by some of our readers 

 that Los Angeles is the home of one C. B. Booth, 

 who was, at one time, associated with Mr. Maxwell 

 in conducting the National Irrigation Association, 

 and who retired as chairman of the executive com- 

 mittee of the National Irrigation Congress shortly 

 after the congress held at Portland, Oregon. 



It was at this congress that a resolution was 

 passed that was not directly favorable to either 

 Messrs. Booth or Maxwell. One would judge from 

 the tone of the Los Angeles article that Mr. Max- 

 well, as well as Mr. Booth, contemplates breaking 

 into the irrigation movement again, and this may 

 necessitate a reopening of the fight the IRRIGATION 

 AGE has made in the past against the control of 

 conditions associated with western development 

 and the International Irrigation Congress attempted 

 by Messrs. Maxwell and Booth prior to the Port- 

 land congress. 



The article goes on to say further, that Messrs. 

 Maxwell and Booth are negotiating plans for the so- 



called National Irrigation Association in connec- 

 tion with the passage of the Newlands River Regu- 

 lation Bill. 



We are not familiar with the bill, but shall make 

 an effort to study it and later enlighten our readers 

 on the subject. 



Judging from results of similar bills passed 

 by congress it will be well to investigate this mat- 

 ter carefully before it is given the support of the 

 people of the western states. 



As we understand the bill now, it provides for 

 an equitable division of the total appropriation of 

 $500,000,000 between the different river systems of 

 the country. The people of the Mississippi river 

 valley desire an amendment definitely setting apart 

 $100,000,000 of this amount for the lower Missis- 

 sippi valley. 



Mr. Maxwell has been telling the Los Angeles 

 people that they should get into action and secure 

 $50,000,000 of this money for the Sacramento and 

 San Joaquin valleys and $50,000,000 for the Colorado 

 river. 



These are large figures and we will watch with 

 interest the development of the bill when it is 

 brought before congress. 



Girls 

 Study to 

 Improve 

 Farms. 



To make the country, and farm life 

 particularly, more attractive to a 

 million and a half inhabitants of the 

 far-away South American state of 

 Uruguay is the reason why four 

 young native Uruguayan girls are 

 enduring a two-years' voluntary exile in this coun- 

 try. 



The four young ladies, Misses Martinez, Fri- 

 gerio, Castellucei and Espinola, are at present in 

 Ohio studying the public school system of that 

 state. 



A representative of a Cleveland paper quotes 

 them as saying, "So far we have found no city that 

 can give us exactly what we want, but we are pick- 

 ing up one point here and another there so that we 

 will have something good to offer when we get 

 back home." 



It was in June, 1911, that the governmental ex- 

 ile of the four girls began and not until June, 1913, 

 will it end. 



The information given by the young ladies is 

 that each year the Uruguayan government sends to 

 Europe and the United States a group of young men 

 or young women to study outside conditions for the 

 improvement of that country. 



Uruguay is essentially agricultural and every- 

 thing depends upon the tilling of the soil. They 

 have no large manufacturing industries and the idea 



