The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-07-28
Fs[ARGf S(OPf OF THE
RECLAMATION ORGAN

rnier authority Of the art Of con
gf Of June l.. 1872, the Reelama
Gre ~ the bureaus u the
interior DEPARTMENT j. charged with
survey. construction ard opera
I on III irrigation works in the ard
4s- Ia correction with this WORK
-f. service Publishes monthly TIC
peets ~ at Rregfi NHrinv the ear
.5-- stages ~ the work. the Record was
restrieted mainly tp the formal report
~ the secretary Or the progress Of
.zork os fhe rar0us projects with q
|mmmarw 81 tie principal contracts
.e~xeeateL speei6feations issued and .
w ether natter. If q ike nature.
Secretary Lane. a few months after
taxing charge Of the interior depart
meBr. determined 10 make the keela
nation Record q medium Of eommuni
cation between the interior depart
ment and the water users To accom-
Fl.h this he directed that i should
made a more popular publication,
e~mhodrlng the best thought obtain
able npsn the problems % the irnga
iiom farmer.
The Reclamation commission. ~
hearty accord with this policy adopt
ed a resolution providing for the en-
isrgenent IF the scope and purpose Of
the Record 10 include matters Of more
general interest 70 the water users
aud 10 subordinate the engineering
features 10 the farming and irriga
ton activities. II addition. Il was
r4rsHA4 -. lGw4 49,. Uaa4vt HWaa If
charge 10 ali wafer users on reclaim
ton projects who expressed = desire
70 have II
About 1000 water users uow re-
eeive tie Reclamation Record regular
Is. and numerous requests from 9th
eTs u have their names placed on the
mailing list are coming IN.
Under the new policy the Record IS
developing rapidly into a useful and
instructive periodical for farmers and
irrigationi=ts. It's slogan Is Better
business. Better Farming. Better Liv
ing Each month il contain an ar
tieie on BETTER Farming BY the
practical farmer Of the commission. l..
y. 0'DoDnell, Of Billings. Montana
supplemented with numerous articles
On the same subject BY other we'll
known agricultural experts In add
tion there a. 4 section devoted to cur
rent comments from the projects; an
other on common birds around the
farm. also by Mr.. O'Domnell; another
on "RBraI Credit by an expert in
the Rural Organization service Of the
deT artment Of agriculture. one on
Z" Activities Of the Water Users asso-
citation. largely written nv officials
Of the association. a miscellaneous
section devoted 70 news items and to
Interesting article by project en-
ploTes; a legal ion. under the SUI
pervision IF the chief counsel Of the
Reclamation Service: an H1Opeu
Forum where the water users can
make their complaints lalth0ugh com
plants are largely a thing Of the
past); and finally the monthly pro
gress reports and other items Of inter
est chiefly to the field employees Of
the service Plans have recently beer
eonsummated to make the Record
even more interesting BY including
each month articles by officials of the
Forest Service N tree planting and
the most suitable trees to be grown on
the various projects, and bv officials
OF the State Agricultural Exeriment
stations on their work in its relation
to the water users.
That the Record is appreciated is
more than indicated by the many
eommendatory letters received by the
Reclamation Service from the water
users. Anyone in the remotest degree
interested in a reclamation project
should make arrangements with the
Reclamation Service, Washington, ID.
G.. TO receive the Reclamation Record.
the subscription price Of which, to
other than water users On the pro
jeets, is only 80 cents a year.