Year 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXVIII 



CHICAGO, JANUARY, 1913. 



No. 3 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



MOOBRN IRRIGATION 

 THE IRRIGATION ERA 

 ARID AMERICA 



THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 

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CONTENTS. The state of Utah is discussing the 



Discussing revision of her irrigation laws in 



Revision Utah order to create a board of control for 



Discussing Revision of Utah Law 69 Irrigation the adjudication of all issues arising 



T aw over water rights, the decisions of 



Would Abolish Immigration Bureau 69 J-"*w 



the board to be subject to appeal to 

 Concerning Method of Keep- the ^^ Th j g reyision is stronR l y urge d by state 



ing Irrigation Records 70 engineer, Caleb Tanner, in his biennial report to 



President Bailey Criticises Reclamation Service.... 70 Governor Spry. 



Why Is Money Xeeded to Pass Xewland's Bill. . . . 71 Mr. Tanner says that Utah's irrigation laws and 



Would Make Easier Terms for Settlers.. . 71 s y stem of adjudication have progressed to a crucial 



point, where they must be brought to the test or 

 Investigation Committee Good Move 72 . . ' ,. , r r 



else abandoned entirely in favor of a new system. 



The present system, he declares, is unique, in that 

 Principal Articles and Items- jt hag nQ paralld ; n the Qther states 



The Cause of the Present Status of Irrigation Se- 



A report comes to us that the state 



Would of Xew Mexico is considering the 



Concrete Manure Pits . .... 75 Abolish question of abolishing its state im- 



Two Serious Cases Up 76 Immigration migration bureau which has been in 



Traction Plowing 77 Bureau existence for many years. 



Supreme Court Decisions 78 This bureau ha? been the means 



The Farm Water Supply.. . 79 of k ping people outside of New Mexico posted as 



to the resources and possibilities for settlement in 

 From Our Exchanges 80 , , .. . .. , , , ,. 



that state, and it is a pity to abolish an organization 



Reclamation Notes . ... 81 that has accomp lished so much for the state. 



Farmers of Forty Centuries 85 When the bureau was under the control of the 



How Jones Did It.. 86 l a * e Max Frost, great quantities of instructive liter- 



