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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



We notice that Mr. D wight B. 

 Explains Heard of Phoenix, Arizona, is mak- 



Deals With ing a strong effort through his pub- 

 Reclamation lication, the Republican, of that city, 

 Service to explain his transactions with the 



Reclamation Service. 



There will, no doubt, be more heard about this 

 subject after a full report of the matter comes from 

 the hands of the sub-committee and of the Attor- 

 ney General at Washington. 



By the merger of the National Land 

 Good and Irrigation Journal of Chicago 



Field and'the Irrigator of North Yakima, 



for "Washington, with the IRRIGATION 



Advertisers AGE, we are able to offer our adver- 

 tisers fine inducements in the way 

 of increased circulation. It will be well for adver- 

 tisers generally to consider this great and growing 

 field where a market may be developed for all 

 classes of machinery used on farms and ranches, 

 or in connection with work or large irrigation 

 projects. 



The IRRIGATION AGE intends to take 

 Borah's up and discuss fully, in a future 



Letter to issue, Senator Borah's letter to 



President President-elect Wilson, which was 



Wilson forwarded to the President-elect on 



February 13. 



Senator Borah is familiar with conditions in 

 the West and is, no doubt, fully capable of offering 

 suggestions which, if adopted, will be beneficial 

 to the western country. Senator Borah points out 

 in his letter the plain duty of the government in 

 the matter of reclamation. 



It will be noted that Gifford Pinchot 

 Active in and many others who have been 



Defense identified with him in his so-called 



of Their work of conservation are becoming 



Position active in the defense of their posi- 



tion. 



A letter addressed by Pinchot to the Examiner 

 of Chicago is an attempt to justify his position 

 while filling the office of chief of the Forestry 

 Division. 



In the opinion of the IRRIGATION AGE, a true 

 history of his efforts along this line should be 

 given out, but no doubt his connection with the 

 Forestry and Reclamation bureaus will receive 

 attention by either the present sub-committee or 

 the committee which Senator Borah will attempt 

 to have appointed through a bill now before Con- 

 gress for that purpose. 



The next two or three years will, no doubt. 



bring out many interesting features concerning the 

 work of conservation and forestry and the con- 

 nection of these bureaus with the Reclamation 

 Service, which have never hertofore seen the light. 



The report of the special committee 

 Reclamation which has been investigating the 

 Service Work reclamation service work in Arizona, 

 in extended mention of which is made 



Arizona elsewhere in this issue, will prove 



very interesting reading. 



The report, summarized, has appeared in the 

 leading daily papers throughout the country and 

 has created something of a furore, owing to the 

 direct statements contained therein. 



It is now up to the Reclamation Service to 

 disprove many of the charges made in this report, 

 or prepare to make way for a new administration 

 of affairs in that bureau. 



The IRRIGATION AGE wishes to an- 

 Irrigation nounce that, beginning with the 



Age issue of March, 1913, the advertising 



Advertising department of the paper will be in 

 Department the hands of the E. C. Sortman 

 Company, who have branches in St. 

 Louis, Kansas City, New York and Chicago, and 

 a general and thorough campaign will be inau- 

 gurated to develop trade for this journal through 

 that source. 



The E. C. Sortman Company will act as agents 

 for this journal and will relieve the publication 

 office of the detail of following up, by personal visits 

 and correspondence, the advertisers and manufac- 

 turers generally and making them familiar with 

 the merits of this publication. 



Under our old system the entire business was 

 conducted from the publication offices at 30-32 

 North Dearborn street. All advertising will now 

 be handled by E. C. Sortman Company and 

 correspondence concerning that subject can be 

 addressed either to the publication office, 30 North 

 Dearborn street, or E. C. Sortman Company, 

 Harris Trust building, Chicago. 



Montana 

 Citizens 

 Ready to 

 Fight 



Members of the House of Represent- 

 atives of Montana recently "took a 

 fall" out of the United States Recla- 

 mation Service and incidentally 

 made some sensational charges 

 against the administration of Mon- 

 tana projects during a recent debate on the House 

 resolution introduced by Representative Jewell pro- 

 viding for a probe of the Carey Act land and 

 reclamation projects. 



Various representatives scored the extravagance 



