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THE IKRIGATION AGE. 



was employed by the State Conservation Commis- 

 sion to look after its interests at Washington, was 

 likewise employed by Glavis in his private undertak- 

 ing to obtain preferential listing of lieu lands for cer- 

 tain lumber companies. 



An investigation was held privately in Gover- 

 nor Johnson's office in the month of December, 1912, 

 but the full information was not given out until late 

 in January, 1913. 



The main facts of the hearing are contained in 

 a letter from Governor Johnson addressed to both 

 boards interested, suggesting that Glavis resign. 

 Governor Johnson in his letter says in part : "Glavis 

 with knowledge of the situation, entered into con- 

 tracts with various lumber companies by which he 

 agreed to have the lands to which they were en- 

 titled listed by the Federal government to the state ; 

 involved in these contracts are some 25,000 or 30,000 

 acres and Glavis would receive as' compensation 

 from his employers sums ranging from $1.25 to $2 

 per acre. The amount in value of his contracts ag- 

 gregates probably between $40,000 and $50,000." 

 Thus crumble the supports to Pinchot's claims to 

 greatness. This brings to mind a letter received 

 some years ago by the editor in which it was inti- 

 mated that he was evidently misinformed concern- 

 ing the fight against Pinchot and his supporters. 

 Our correspondent intimated that the AGE would 

 lose prestige and subscribers if the fight was con- 

 tinued. We wonder what that correspondent and 

 others who were supporters of Pinchot and his 

 friends think about it now. 



We are printing in this issue the first of 

 Raise a series of articles by August H. Voge- 



Seed for ler, a well known seed grower and mer- 

 Home chant of Salt Lake City, which treats of 

 Market sweet clover or Bokhara. Arrangements 



were made with Mr. Vogeler sometime 

 ago for a series of twelve articles along this line, 

 and we count ourselves fortunate to have been able 

 to induce so busy a man to devote the time neces- 

 sary for their preparation. 



August H. Vogeler is generally recognized as 

 the leading and best informed seed grower and mer- 

 chant west of Chicago. He is known among all 

 of the seed men throughout the United States as 

 an exponent' of the theory of growing our own 

 seeds instead of importing them. In many in- 

 stances. American buyers secure seeds of inferior 

 grades from abroad. 



Air. Yogeler stated to the writer, who met him 

 during a trip through the west last year that the state 

 of Idaho alone could produce all the seed necessary for 

 .use in this country if the farmers were made to under- 

 stand the possibilities of the soil of that state, and 



its unusual climate. He held that a better grade 

 of seed could be raised in Idaho than has ever been 

 produced in this country, and that the larger seed 

 houses throughout the country were making con- 

 tracts with land owners in Idaho for their product 

 to distribute through the central and eastern mar- 

 kets. 



It seems from Mr. Vogeler's statements to us, 

 and we trust that he may elucidate that fact in a 

 future article, that the particular soil and climatic 

 condition of Idaho brings out cleaner and hardier 

 seed than any other state in the Union. 



At the time the writer traveled through Idaho 

 with Mr. Vogeler we had the good fortune to meet 

 Mr. I. B. Perrine, who is owner of the Blue Lakes 

 ranch in the Snake River canyon, and Who is also 

 father of the Twin Falls country in the Snake 

 River valley of Idaho. 



Mr. Vogeler made the statement to Mr. Perrine 

 that if he (Perrine) had followed his advice and had 

 in the previous spring planted ten acres of his ranch 

 to sweet peas he would have been ready at that 

 moment to hand him a check for $10.000 for the 

 crop, which would have matured at about the time 

 this conversation took place. 



In this conversation the fact was brought out 

 that owing to changing climatic or other conditions 

 throughout the central and eastern states, it is im- 

 possible to raise sweet pea seed and bring it to ma- 

 turity possessing all of the necessary qualities. It 

 has been found essential, therefore, to look to other 

 fields where this seed may be produced in large 

 quantities and of excellent quality. It was Mr. 

 Vogeler's idea that Idaho is particularly fitted for 

 the propagation of seed of this and various other 

 kinds, and that Idaho would eventually become one 

 of the largest seed producing states in the Union. 



Irrigation 

 Work. 



We note that the Salt Lake Tribune 

 Endorse of February 12th takes a strong 



Newell's position editorially in defense of the 



recent attack on Director Newell 



and the work of the Reclamation 



Service. 



In their comments they state, "We of the west 

 know Mr. Newell very well, and have the utmost 

 confidence in him, and we know that his enemies 

 are those who simply were not able to influence him 

 towards schemes which did not commend them- 

 selves to his judgment." 



"We have recently been informed that a state- 

 ment will later be furnished from Washington con- 

 cerning the status of affairs in the Salt River Valley 

 in Arizona." 



Secretary Fisher affirms that he believes it is a 

 good thing to have a periodical investigation of the 



