THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXXI 



CHICAGO, MARCH, 1916. 



No. 5 



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. III., under Act of March I, 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. 



Plenty of Water The indications point to another 

 for Purposes phenomenal year in the irrigated 



of Irrigation farming systems of the west. In 



Colorado there is more snow than 

 usual at this time of the year in the mountains. In 

 the far west the floods have done great damage, 

 but in the end the soil will give back many times 

 the amount lost by wreckage. 



In the northwest, too, there is a report of heavy 

 snow packs in the ranges, in some sections almost 

 glacier-like. In Wyoming and stretching south to 

 Estes Park the snow is at present two or three feet 

 deep and packed almost to the consistency of ice. 



While this may mean floods for a brief period, 

 it means, above everything, an ample supply of 

 water for farm irrigation. 



Bond Issues for 

 Irrigation Sell 

 at Premium 



In the last issue of THE IRRIGA- 

 TION AGE we cited ample evi- 

 dences of a return of prosperity 

 for the irrigation bond market. 

 But at that time there were only indications of this 

 much-desired result. During February the market 

 assumed something of the proportions of a stam- 

 pede. In Los Angeles, when the bonds of the San 

 Fernando district were offered for sale, there was 



not alone keen competition, but in the final outcome 

 a premium amounting to over $24,000 was obtained 

 for the part of the issue that was disposed of. 



In the sale of the Cottonwood district bonds 

 in California the bidders were numerous and a 

 very satisfactory premium was obtained. 



In another part of this issue will be found the 

 record of these and other bond sales of the month. 



In this connection the purchase of the Imperial 

 Valley project by the Southern Pacific assures the 

 most satisfactory outcome for all the troubles of 

 the past five years. 



Write Us a The "cost" question is agitating 



Letter on the the settlers under all the govern- 

 "Cost" Question ment reclamation projects. THE 

 IRRIGATION AGE believes that in 

 the end there will be adjustments that will be en- 

 tirely satisfactory from all viewpoints. And in or- 

 der that there may be an exchange of views with- 

 out bitterness THE IRRIGATION AGE opens its col- 

 umns for the publication of articles pro and con. 

 These letters or articles must be brief and to the 

 point. They must not be rancorous, for we do not 

 believe that there is any desire to do any settler an 

 injury. There are sane and solid arguments that 



