The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

trious members upon the noor oI Ine
bouse. He is a member of the following
important house standing committees:
Constitutional amendments, state affairs,
nublio grounds and buildings and judicial
districts.
Hon, A. j. Brown, of johnson, is one of
the most useful and intelligent members
of the house, whose merit Is only equaled
by his modesty. He Is member or the
following important standing committees,
which shows the high estimate in hich he
is held by the speaker: Constitutional
amendments, revenue and taxation,
privileges and elections and Federal rela-
ions.
Hon. M. M. Hancock, of Mills county
is one of the most attentive and conserva-
tive members of the house. He will well
and worthily represent the good people
who honored him with seat in the
Twenty first legislature. He is a member
of the committee on privileges and cleo
ous, counties and county boundaries,
Irrigation and other important COM
mittees.
Hon. j. l.. Grassland, of Nacogdoches,
is watchful and conscientious representa-
tive of his people. While favoring all
me asures that commend themselves to his
Judgment as tending to advance the inter
ests of the state, he will oppose every
thing that looks toward extraVaga nee or
wastefulness. He is member of the fol-
lowing house committees County gov
eminent and county finances; privileges
and elections; roads, bridges and ferries,
and Agricultural affairs
As bills on irrigation have been
introduced in the legislature, the follow
ing from the Drovers' journal will be of
interest:
Within the past few years what we may
call the irrigation system of farming has
been making wonderful progress in the
Rocky Mountain country, especially 80 ia
Colorado; in California, too,great attention
has been of late years paid to his system,
for the good reason that wherever irriga-
ton has been applied on sound principles
in the business of farming it has been
found to fully justify every reasonable ex-
pectation in the way of producing abund
ant crops without failure, either through
the effects of floods or drouth in all cases
where good soil has been brought into use.
In Colorado there are at the present
time 5000 linear miles of irrigating
bitches, large and small, and the work of
extending the system is still being pushed
forward rapidly; the advantages of the
system have hsen so fully demonstrated
that capitalists seem to haveH no misgiv-
ings as to the sOundness of any invest
ments they may make within reasonable
bounds in this kind of improvement.
These water rents range from $3.50 to
81 90 per acre per annum in Colorado, or
if farmer is so disposed, he can purchase
a perpetual right to supply of water suf-
fcient for eighty acres of land; this will
cost from S. to $25 per acre, according to
locality and other conditions. A farmer
who has eighty acres of good land, with
perpetual water right attached and paid
for, certainly has an assured living as long
as he gives his farm reasonable attention
and labor. Crops of all kinds can be pro-
duoed with certainty in all years after the
minor bitches are all provided for distrib-
uting the water to every part of the farm,
and the farmer can make reliable calcula-
ton as to the expense of applying the
water to the crops on any given area of
ground, and also as to the outcome of the
crops on the same go far as yield is con-
cerned.
The constitution and laws If Colorado
nave been so framed as to especially en-
courage the fullest Development of a thor
oughly effective system of irrigation, and
all the vslley lands of the state are in a
1air way to be brought under this kim,
OF system within comparatively short
time. There are, however, some large
tracts of high plain and mesa lands, rich
enoug n as to soil, that lie so high as to be
OUT OF the water furnished by the streams
mat have thus far been tapped. These
districts will have to be supplied by large
reservoirs built at sufficient elevations to
meet such cases.
a move is now being made in this di-
rectlon with the view to the establishment
OF such reservoirs in different portions of
the Rocky Mountain country. The plan
ior storing water in large reservoirs dur
ing the spring season to be used for irri-
gatlon purposes during the dry season
seems to be steadily gaining favor in the
pubic estimation. The prospect now is
that large irrigation plants of this kind
VIII oe established In different portions of
Uue hooky Mountain country within com
paratively short lime.
Mr.. A. j. Jernigan, proprietor of the
austin Marble yards, through his court
sous agent, Mr.. Val. O. Giles, has pre-
scented polished granite paper weight to
each member of the Twenty -frst legisIa-
lure as souvenir of the dedication of the
state T1 capitol in Austin 14-19 May, 1888.
Inc souvenir is specimen of the granite
OF which the capitol building is con-
struoted.
senator Abercombie is considered the
ablest Constitutional LAWYER in either
house. He is polished gentleman and
exceedingly popular with his associates.
senator Morris thinks it will be we'll to
make taxes due, and that they be collected
quarterly on the frat days of July,
october and January.
caution: Buy only DR.. Isaac Thomp-
SONS Eve Wutar