INDEX 



Smythe, William E., connection with 

 Plymouth Colony of Idaho, 181. 



Snake River, 175. 



Social life, effect of irrigation on, 46. 



Socialism not suited to development 

 of new countries, 302. 



Soils, effect of aridity on, 37. 



South, America, 13. 



Southern California: Evolution of, 

 92 ; character and future of, 139. 



Spice Islands, 13. 



Spokane, Washington, 190. 



Staked Plains of Texas, 231. 



Stanford, Mrs. Leland, 141. 



Surplus people, 247. 



TABOR, II. A. W., 161. 

 Taylor, L. E., 199. 

 Tennessee, growth of, after Revolu- 

 tion, 15. 



Texas irrigation, 118. 

 Tithing-house scrip, 63. 

 Toltecs in Mexico, 34. 

 Travel, statistics of, 20. 

 Truckee River, Nevada, 199. 

 Trumbull Phalanx of Ohio, 79. 

 Tucson, Arizona, 238. 



UINTA country of Utah, 170. 



Umatilla Valley, Oregon, 192. 



University of Arizona experiments 

 in analyzing silt of Colorado River, 

 40. 



Utah: The pleasant land of, 164; 

 the scene from Capitol Hill, 164; 

 Utah, Salt Lake, and Weber val- 

 leys, 166 ; mineral resources, 166; 

 the climate, 167 ; agricultural con- 

 tradictions, 168 ; land open to set- 

 tlement, 169; irrigation laws and 

 customs, 171. 



VAN DYKK, T. S.. quoted, 128. 

 Vermejo River, New Mexico, 230. 

 Virgin River, Nevada, 199. 

 Virginia City, Nevada, 195. 



WALKKR RIVER, Nevada, 199. 



Walla Walla Valley, Washington, 

 187. 



Warren, Francis E., 220. 



Wasatch Mountains, 53. 



Washington: Arid region of, 185; 

 "Horse-Heaven" country, 186; 

 important streams, 187 ; soil and 

 climate of, 188; products and 

 markets of, 189. 



Water Laws : The struggle for 

 water, 214 ; where statesmanship 

 failed, 215 ; evils of litigation, 

 216; the Wyoming example, 

 217. 



Webber, Thomas G., 65. 



Weiser, Idaho, 183. 



Wells, Captain James M., 180. 



Wells, Governor Heber M., 71. 



Wenatehee River, Washington, 187. 



Western slope of Colorado, 166. 



Wheatland, Wyoming, 213. 



Willamette River, Oregon, 186. 



Willow Creek Valley/Oregon, 192. 



Windmill irrigation, 111. 



Woodruff, Wilford, 55. 



Wyoming: Law-giver of the arid 

 region, 207 ; the stock - raising 

 industry of, 208; the Rustlers' 

 War in, 209; products and devel- 

 opment of, 212; Big Horn Basin, 

 212; excellence of water laws 

 of, 218 ; the State's influential 

 position in, 221. 



YAKIMA VALLKY of Washington, 

 187. 



Ybarrola, Senor de, 105. 



Yellow River of China, 36. 



Young, Brigham, estimate of char- 

 acter and achievements of, 72. 



Yuma, Arizona, 238. 



ZION'S Co-operative Mercantile In- 

 stitution, ('..". 

 Zuui Indians, 235. 



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