Year 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXX 



CHICAGO, MARCH, 1915. 



No. 5 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



The National Land and Irrigation Journal 



MODERN IRRIGATION 



THE IRRIGATION ERA 

 ARID AMERICA 

 THE WATER USERS' BULLETIN 



THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 

 MID-WEST 

 THE FARM HERALD 



THE I RRIGATOR 



D. H. ANDERSON 



PUBLISHER, 



Published Monthly at 30 No. Dearborn Street, 

 CHICAGO 



Entered as second-class matter October 3, 1897, at the PostofBce 

 at Chicago, 111., under Act of March 8, 1879. 



D. H. ANDERSON, Editor 



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Official organ Federation of Tree Growing Clubs of 

 America. D. H. Anderson, Secretary. 



The Executive Committee of the National Federation 

 of Water Users' Associations has taken action whereby 

 THE IRRIGATION AGE is created the official organ of this 

 vast organization, representing 1,000,000 persons on the 

 government irrigation projects. 



Interesting to Advertisers 



Ct may interest advertisers to know that The Irrigation Age 

 is the only publication in the world having an actual paid in 

 advance circulation among individual irrigators and large 

 irrigation corporations. It is read regularly by all inter- 

 ested in this subject and has readers in all parts of the 

 world. The Irrigation Age is 30 years old and is the 

 pioneer publication of its class in the world. 



America! 



May she always be right; 



But America, right or wrong! 



Decalur's famous toast is one which every citi- 

 zen of the United States should keep in mind day 

 in and day out. This is no time for hyphenated 

 Americanism. The nation is facing a grave crisis. 

 We do not doubt that the United States will go 

 through this crisis safely, but every bit of true 

 Americanism is needed to safely guide the ship of 

 state through the sea of mines which the British 

 and German policies on the ocean have created. 



Make Your 

 Contract Part 

 of Revaluation 

 Board's Record 



"To ascertain the proper con- 

 struction cost to be collected 

 under the terms of the Reclama- 

 tion Act and amendments thereto 

 from the settlers upon, or owners 

 of land, on each project of the 

 Reclamation Service, or units of projects, as to 

 which the construction charges have been hereto- 

 fore announced by public notice." 



These are Secretary Lane's words. They state 



the first object of the revaluation of the Federal 



irrigation projects, which will begin early in April. 



This paragraph will bear most careful analysis 



bv everv settler or land ovvnei whom it aflects. 



"The proper construction cost." What should 

 it be? Mr. Lane evidently hopes through his re- 

 valuation boards to fix figures under which the set- 

 tlers will accept new contracts by which they will 

 assume practically the entire present cost of the 

 projects. Is this fair? 



While THE IRRIGATION AGE believes every set- 

 tler should pay the government for every dollar's 

 worth of value in the project which he receives, 

 we do not believe that Mr. Wilson's administration, 

 nor anyone else who, for the time being, represents 

 the United States government, should ask the set- 

 tler to pay one penny of unjust or unfair charges. 



Furthermore, we believe a contract which the 

 United States government makes with one of its 

 citizens should be inviolable at least on the gov- 

 ernment's part. 



Settlers on most of the projects hold agree- 

 ments with the government which, according to 

 Judge Sanborn's opinion in the Belle Fourche case, 

 constitutes good -and valid contracts, stating that 

 they shall receive their water rights at a certain 

 figure based upon the estimated cost of the proj- 

 ect. Many of the settlers have made several pay- 

 ments under these contracts. Some have even paid 

 in full for their water rights. The contracts were 

 made in accordance with the Reclamation Act. 



