The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-09-26

were only small tract of land
r'ssI. of nothing better than sage brush
olsV ,.,,h ability only to support prairie
ADJ ~, sbo,Ild not have much enthusiasm in
ogs. -, christ to have IL added TO his do
ran'ne Rut It's immensity and affiuence no
rihv'n ,,npine unless, I'm immigrant wagon
one cn.'Ss Wv" coach or in rail train OF the Union
q 2. ssSe sse or the Northern Pacific or the Can
f,ont fs.. pacific or the Southern Pacific, he has
s,.l.sr,r.ed II. Having been privileged six
Wv Wv n cross this continent, and twice
tine s,,rner. | have come TO
iss snpreciation Of its magnitude.
sc1g,,rnia which 1 supposed in boy
.,.ISron its size on the map, was few
e"oi'scr,ss a ridge OF land on which one
~. s,Ik cautiously lest he hit his head
-, ths sierra Nevada on one side or slip
- the Pacific waters on the other, Cali
sLsi, The thin slice Of land as | supposed IL
~ IN bovhood. have found II to be larger
s'. III ,bs states Of New England and all
gsr York state and all Pennsylvania addei
!'.',bsr. and if you add them together their
- miles fall far short Of California.
y,-,b and South Dakota, Montana and
w,,hneton Territory, to be launched next
r,a,srin into statehood, will be giants at their
| ,i.,h LET the Congress of the United States
-, a mint and soon admit also Idaho and
rvnming and New Mexico. What Is the
w. teeping them out in the cold any longer
y. n. have the whole continent divided into
State with Senatorial and Congressional
= p.nre.entatives and we will all be happy
,oIS,her If some Of them have not quite the
,asuidte number Of people, fix up the Con-
sitution TO suit these cases. Even Utah will
hy dropping polygamy soon be ready to
.ss.sr Monogamy has triumphed in parts OF
f,sb and will probably triumph at this
IN election in Salt Lake City.
Turn all the Territories into States and il
some Of the sisters are smaller than the elder
,serN give them time and they will soon be
a krze as any of them. Because some Of
tbe daughters OF family may be five feet
h stature and the others only four feet, do
st lei the daughters five feet high shut the
i.or in the faces Of those who are only four
a., high. Among the dying utterances of
ecr good friend. the wise statesman and great
,nthor. the brilliant orator and magnificent
rul 5. =. Cox, was the expressed determin-
tcn 10 move next winter in Congress for the
tanference Of other Territories into States
"But," SAYS some one, 'in calculating the
irmeusity Of our continental acreage you
must remember that vast reaches of our pub
be domain are uncultivated, heaps Of dry
md and the bad lands of Montana and the
ereai American desert" am glad you men-
tOned that. Within twenty-five years there
viii not be between the Atlantic and the
Pacific coasts a hundred miles OF land not
reclaimed either by farmers plow or miners
crowbar. By irrigation, the waters of the
rivers and the showers of heaven in what are
alled the rainy season viii be gathered
Into great reservoirs and through aque-
ducts let down where and when the people
want them. Utah is an object lesson. Some
parts Of that territory which were so barren
hat a spear of grass could not have been
aised there in hundred years are now rich
s lancaster County farms of Pennsylvania
r WeStchester farms of New York or
Omerset County farms of New Jersey.
Experiments have proved that ten acres of
ground irrigated from waters gathered in
reat Neurological basins will produce as
huch rs fifty acres from the downpour of
fain as seen in our regions. We have our
feshets aud our droughts, but in those lands
Fhch are 10 be scientifically irrigated there
1l benether freshets nor droughts. As you
ake pitcher and get 1t full of water and
hen set II ont table and take drink out of
when you are thirsty and never think
drinking q pitcherful all Mt once so
Montana and Wyoming and Idaho will catch
herains Of their rainy season and take up
ll the waters Of their rivers in great pitch
rs Of reservoirs and drink out of them when
w tuVl Nll anu IelTesu lnelT lHnu Wnen-
yer they will.
The work has already been grandly begun
the United States Government. Over
our hundred lakes have already been Off
aly taken possession of by the ma
lon Tor the great enterprise of irri-
auon Rivers that have been
oulns idly through these regions, doing
iothlns on their way to the sea, will be las
eed and corralled and penned up until such
ne rs the farmers need them. Under the
4ine processes the Ohio, the Mississippi and
The other rivers will be taught to behave
themselves better, and great basins will be
iade To catch the surplus of waters in times
ireshets and keep them for times of
rought, The irrigating process by which all
ne srid lands between the Atlantic and
acnlc Oceans are to be fertilized is no new
pertinent IL mas been going ON success
~ T. ~, nurureds OF years, in Spain, in China,
,aua' IN hussia, In Egypt.
SPOUT eight hundred millions of people OF
e1rtn To-day are kept alive by food raised
irrigated land. And here we have al.
nH s 10 lie waste, given up to rattlesnake
nl bat aud prairie dog, lands enough TO sup
Drl whole nations of industrious popula-
Ile work begun will be consum-
'asu' s Here and there exceptional
uS II may he stubborn and refuse TO
iell any wheat or corn from their hard
DHt II the hoe fail to make an impress
~, 'he miners pickax will discover the rea-
I " and bring up from beneath those
M roal and iron and lead