The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-09-18

udblLS TO De safety uepeuu6u upon
where the windmill or the reservoir
will be brought into use in such a
way as to eliminate most or all the
hazards that now attache to the at
tempts TO grow crops.
Providence is beneficent and kind
in its habits but does things in a
large way, doing business by the
Wholesale Man must conserve and
store up the riches cast in his lap so
as to have a supply to draw from in
a time Of famine.
The necessity for man to plan and
organize and then to judiciously
assist Providence is beautifully exem-
plifed in the study Of irrigation.
The way in which to lead people to
study and appreciate the bearing Of ir-
rigation and its natural results upon
our daily lives is the problem that
C0nfronts the department of agricul-
ture and horticulture Of the next
Worlds Fair.
There are two phases of the subject
to be treated:
First: Methods and appliances by
which irrigation is carried on, and,
Second: The crops resulting from
the application Of irrigation. The
best way in which the first sugges-
ton may be carried out is to actually
plant upon a tract Of land, set aside
for the purpose, with crops, deliver
ing water upon it exactly as the con-
5tructiOn OF the bitches, and the
method Of handling the water and in
general presenting an object lesson
meant to appeal to the worked out.
Plans looking toward the carrying
out Of this method Of showing irriga-
ion are now under wav and will |
trust be fully worked out.
The labelling of all samples of crops
of every kind will be strictly required
at the exposition and those states
showing crops grown by irrigation
will be expected TO make note upon
all labels Of that fact.
A little or perhaps considerable ex-
ira care upon the part of the superin-
tendent of the various state exhibits
in agriculture and horticulture will
do a vast amount to show the public
what its members owe to the judici
GUS use Of water at proper times and
places.
There is something very inspiring
in the thought that we are preparing
to put on record at ST. Louis the con-
dition Of civilization as we know it at
the beginning of this new century
No exposition was ever held until
just after the middle of the nineteenth
century. SO at St. Louis will be held
the first exposition Of the second half
| century Of exposition activity and
the first Of the twentieth century. It
| seems certain that in future years
| this milestone will be used in reckon
as to leave us no choice but to make
a record so complete, so accurate and
so truthful that it may properly be
used as a standard.
| that the record, a. evinced by the ex-
hibits in these subjects comprising
and related to irrigation may be so
presented as TO give to the future
historian or student a complete and
comprehensive story of our condition
And perhaps equally important and
more immediate effect it must be sc
treated and so presented as to at
tract and hold the attention of the stu
dent, that is the one who is inquiring
regarding the things that affect oul
daily lives and minister to our com
forts and pleasures today.
If the desert land act, the commu
tation Of the homestead act and the
timber stone act should be repealed
We would still have upon the statute
books of the nation true home
stead law under which the actual set
tier could acquire one hundred ant
sixty acres Of land by occupying and
cultivating it five years, and this is
the only land law required for the