THE IKRIGATION AGE. 



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ing irrigation, and ever since its inception this expo- 

 sition has embodied irrigation as one of its principal 

 themes. 



It was here at San Diego that the first irriga- 

 tion dam was built by white men on the North 

 American Continent. That old dam is still stand- 

 ing, a monument to the sagacity and foresight of 

 the padres who settled here in 1769. It was from 

 there that the first call went out in 1890 for the 

 formation of the Irrigation Congress, and the father 

 of that great movement, Mr. W. E. Smythe, still 

 lives here. So it was fitting and appropriate that 

 this city be made the setting for a great irrigation 

 exhibit in 1915. 



The exhibit contemplated will tell a graphic 

 story of how the desert was conquered in this coun- 

 try, in Asia, in Africa, in Australia and in South 

 America. Through the Reclamation Service of the 

 National Government it is possible that Uncle Sam 

 will appropriate sufficient funds to show what he 

 has done in building the great Roosevelt dam, the 

 Elephant Butte dam, the Arrow Rock dam or the 

 Gunnison tunnel; how the Reclamation Service has 

 stored millions of gallons of water and built miles 

 and miles of canals to distribute it over great arid 

 regions. England may be induced to show what she 

 has done in Egypt by building the now famous 

 Asoit and Assoin dams on the Nile. Such an ex- 

 hibit will lend to every Western state interested in 

 irrigation a splendid opportunity for exploitation, 

 and will undoubtedly attract the attention of the 

 legislatures of a number of the states. The great 

 financial institutions of the moneyed centers that 

 are carrying millions of dollars' worth of irrigation 

 bonds, and all of the great machinery supply houses 

 will see in this plan an opportunity for advancing 

 the cause of irrigation throughout the world that 

 has never before been given, and will lend their aid 

 and cooperation in carrying it out. 



The great 1,400-acre park here, where the expo- 

 sition is being held, consists of miniature mountains 

 and valleys, level mesas and steep hillsides in 

 fact, a topography that will lend itself admirably 

 to a practical illustration of how irrigation is car- 

 ried on everywhere in the world. Irrigation in 

 America can be shown in its every phase the cel- 

 ery beds of Florida, the rice fields of Louisiana, the 

 apple orchards of Idaho, the citrus groves of Cali- 

 fornia, the onion fields of Texas. There can be sys- 

 tems of irrigation by gravity, by pumping, by deep 

 wells ; by open ditches and by closed pipe lines un- 

 der pressure. 



There is plenty of room on the site of the San 

 Diego Exposition for making the most wonderful 

 irrigation exhibit ever conceived, and the climate 

 and environment of Southern California are espe- 

 cially propitious for such an exhibit. That the irri- 

 gated sections of all countries of the world will co- 

 operate to make such an irrigation exhibit seems a 

 foregone conclusion. 



GOVERNMENT SALE OF TOWN LOTS. 



The Reclamation Service will hold an auction 

 sale of town lots in the government townsite of 

 Powell, Wyo., on December 2, 1912, and will sell 

 to the highest bidder about fourteen blocks of busi- 

 ness, residence, and acre lots. 



Powell, Wyo., is centrally located in the 

 Shoshone irrigation project on the line of the C., B. 

 & Q. Railway. It is advantageously situated, and 

 in the near future will be connected with the new 

 line from Seattle to Galveston. Surrounding the 

 town are 30,000 acres of fertile land now occupied 

 and in cultivation by the new settlers on this 

 project. Approximately 50,000 acres additional will 

 be- irrigation in the near future, insuring a perma- 

 nent trade for the stores and professional people. 

 Good openings will be found here for many lines of 

 business. Both the town and country are growing 

 rapidly. A very large crop was handled this year, 

 and the farmers are more prosperous than ever, 

 before. 



Among the lots to be sold are a number of acre 

 plots which are adapted to truck farming. The 

 growing demand for these lots on all government 

 townsites is evidence of the fact that a family can 

 easily be supported from the crops grown on an 

 acre or two of land if properly tilled. 



These lots may be purchased on easy terms and 

 long time, and the prices are very low. Particulars 

 may be obtained by addressing the Project En- 

 gineer, Powell, Wyo. 



Send $1.00 for 1 year's subscription to the IRRIGA- 

 TION AGE and bound copy of THE PRIMER OF IRRIGA- 

 TION. If you desire a copy of The Primer of Hy- 

 draulics add $2.50 to above price. 



REWARD FOR INFORMATION OF EXIST- 

 ENCE OF THE PRESENCE OF DOURINE. 



The United States Department of Agriculture 

 having found Dourine to exist in certain counties 

 in the eastern part of Montana, has, in cooperation 

 with the State of Montana, offered a reward for 

 authentic information leading to the discovery of a 

 horse affected with that disease. 



It was believed that the disease had been com- 

 pletely eradicated from that section of the United 

 States, and this new outbreak is to be met with the 

 same drastic and thorough treatment that was used 

 in previous campaigns against the disease. 



The inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 in charge of such work is authorized to pay the sum 

 of $50 for authentic information leading to the dis- 

 covery of an affected stallion and $25 for informa- 

 tion as to the whereabouts and ownership of a mare 

 affected with the disease. 



This disease was first recognized in the United 

 States in 1886, though it has long been prevalent in 

 Asia and Europe. Each outbreak has been vigor- 

 ously suppressed by the state and national authori- 

 ties, and it is with a view of preventing the dissem- 

 ination of and of aiding in the extermination of this 

 disease that the above mentioned rewards are ot- 

 fered for information that will direct the authorities 

 to sources of new outbreaks, so that they may quar- 

 antine the animals, slaughter those that are affected, 

 and treat those that have been exposed. 



