THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXXI 



CHICAGO, FEBRUARY, 1916. 



No. 4 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



The National Land and Irrigation Journal 



MODERN IRRIGATION THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 



THE IRRIGATION ERA MID-WEST 



ARID AMERICA THE FARM HERALD 



THE WATER USERS' BULLETIN THE IRRIGATOR 



D. H. ANDERSON 



PUBLISHER, 



Published Monthly at 30 No. Dearborn Street, 

 CHICAGO 



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

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



D. H. ANDERSON, Editor 



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Interesting to Advertisers 



It may interest advertisers to know that The Irriga- 

 tion Age is the only publication in the world having an 

 actual paid in advance circulation among individual irriga- 

 tors and large irrigation corporations. It is read regularly 

 by all interested in this subject and has readers in all parts 

 of the world. The Irrigation Age is 31 years old and is 

 the pioneer and only publication of its class in the world. 



Government 

 Sells Heat 

 and Light 

 to Settlers 



Gradually the government irrigation 

 projects are developing their varied 

 possibilities. In practically all of 

 them are movements to harness the 

 power aside from their use for irri- 

 gation. And in one, at least, the success along these 

 lines is exceedingly gratifying. In Rupert and Bur- 

 ley, Idaho, three out of every four homes get their 

 heat and light from the government project at Mini- 

 doka. What the extent of this electric power is can 

 be best imagined when it is noted that the water is 

 lifted 70 feet by the use of 10,000 horsepower. In 

 the winter especially this is available for heating 

 and the current is sold for $1 to $1.25 per month 

 per kilowatt. 



El Paso 

 Preparing for 

 Big Festival 

 Next Fall 



valleys under 



dollar project. 



The most 



vention of the 



El Paso is arranging for a festival 

 of Valleys and Plains, to be held in 

 the fall, to celebrate the formal ded- 

 ication of the Elephant Butte dam. 

 The men in charge represent all the 

 the government's great ten million 



notable feature will be a joint con- 

 International Farming Congress and 



the International Irrigation Congress. Both organi- 

 zations have opened headquarters with the Chamber 

 of Commerce of El Paso and the work of prepara- 

 tion for the big event is now in full swing. 



Irrigation 

 Bonds 



Coming Into 

 Favor Again 



There is a distinctly favorable atti- 

 tude toward irrigation bonds devel- 

 oping in the investment centers of 

 the country. This is due to several 

 causes. First of all, there is a de- 

 termination in all the western states 

 to place the state and its credit back 

 of every thoroughly approved irrigation project. 

 For this purpose the bankers of the west have joined 

 hands with irrigation experts to clean out the coun- 

 try of every semblance of wild-catting and to dis- 

 countenance every effort at watering stock. 



In Oregon, at the meeting of the Irrigation 

 Congress in January, the most influential bankers 

 and land men of the state expressed themselves 

 strongly in favor of a state guarantee and favored 

 an organization for the purpose of passing a consti- 

 tutional amendment which will permit of the devel- 

 opment of every acre of irrigable land in its boun- 

 daries through guaranteed bond issues. 



In Washington more stress was laid upon the 



