The Arizona sentinel., 1896-05-30
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 ABSOLUTELY PURE
RecLlilning the Essert.

As} shat section ol country lying
 west ot. the Tooth meridian k com naratf,ely s native desert. The srea comprises part of seventeen States and Territories, and has Tn its borders ..the MosE productive mineral Eelds i'm
 the world Before the dawn of the era of irrigation this great country was barr, n, des0l ,te desert waste.
 To-day truitful ffeI.ls, besntifui homes and large e-tirs atern the sandy pl.in~ Veg.tati"p hsa supplanted
 sSe barren hills; and civilization takes
 the place cf roaming bnfaioes and
 fighting Indians. A miracle in civilil ration has been performed, the deserts have been reclaimed and the wonders of the nineteenth century have been increased. The work of reclamation
 brought about hundreds of personal failures and caused the loss of count less millions of dollars in eon4uering
 the arid soe.
 The conquest of vegetation over aridity began in Utah nearly half century ago. In lS47 the Mormons settled the Salt Lake Valley. The land was parched as though no moist ure had ever touched it's surface. Small canals were taken from the mountain streams, and water was flooded over the sandy plain. When moisture was furnished the surface could be broken, and blowing proceed! ed. Crops were planted and irrigated during the season, and in the fall the
 first harvest under irrigation in mod- ern America was gathered. Since the beginning in Utah irrigation has been adopted throughout the West, and many sections of the east will soon bd under the irrigation system.
 Irrigation is single but effectual method of supplying moisture for glowing crops. The rain on the east cannot compare with the irrigation of the west. Instead of being Q substi- tute for rain, irrigation is the superior of natural rainfall. A man with 6 supply of water for irrigation can cons trol the growth, increase or diminish the quantity, and add to or take from the quality of plant life.' The western part of America has been redeemed from its primitive state of aridity by the power of man in experimenting the distribution of water over the sur face. A new empire has been built up west of the Tooth meridian, and the work of reclamation goes on steadily until, in the near future, the train of irrigation will turn to the west, and the thousands now home less will find comfortable quarters in the land of sunshine and irrigation.
 Where the valleys have been irri- gated homes have been established, the treasures of the mountains un- earthed, and the great natural ranges utilized. A perfect contest has been 1aged against the arid atmosphere Man has conquered in this battle for fife and wealth, and he presents today ! picturesque scene of happiness on he former desert plains. Modern machinery have taken the place of the lncient man-labor devices. Railroads thread every valley of tho old deserts, md peace and prosp; r,ty reign queen ,f the desert and king of the moun- ain. The hand of irrigation is the be- ginning of aifrthis transformation, and ts secret ringers have touched the of national wealth. Western AgricWlt1sEe.
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