Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24

.. III Is Inc accepted idea that TINS
valley is attracting superior ciass
of men because of its temperance
stand II is the other way round. Inc I
valley stood for temperance because
of the sort of men who had settieu
here. the men of the irrigation type /
The engineers ear criticized "irriga-
ton type" He began to suspect that
he had picked up crank.
"The desert offers a man speclal au-
yantages. social, Industrial and agrlcul'
tural. 1t is no accident that you hhu
a certain sort of man here
II suppose you mean that the
S>rucpie necessary to develop such q
country. under such stern conditions,
develops Of necessity strong men
evolved Richard. "Oh, yes, believe
that, too.
"Oh. more than that. 1t is not 50
much the struggle as the necessity loi
co.operation. The mutual dependence
is one of the blessings of aridity,"
some of the blessings of aldity 7
echoed his listener. You are a phiios'
opher." He had not yet touched the
others thought at the spring.
"you might as well call me a social
ist because | praise irrigation IN ina
II stands for the small farm unit
retorted the valley man. THAT IS oh'
of lis flats: the small unit. 1t Is IN
small farm that pays. That fact bring
many advantages. What is the chafil
of Riverside? II comes to me AWAY
ike the unreal dream of the sociallS
come true. 1t is city OF farms q
small farms. where man may max
his living off his ten acres OF orange
or lemons; and with all the comfort
and conveniences of city WIN
reach. his neighbors not ten miles OF!
A farmer in Riverside or in any irr
gated community does not have
nostpone living for himself or his fan
ilv until he can sell the farm
can 20 to church, can walk there; Il
trolley car which passes his do
takes him to a public library or Il
opera house. His children ride
school His wife does not need to
drudge. The bread wagon and t
steam laundry wagon stop at II
door"
Rickard observed that perhaps
did not know anything about irrigati
after all! He had not thought Of
before In its sociological relation I
merely as 1t touched mis- profession.
mot going into soil values, for II
is along story, began the Older mi
..,rripation is the answer which 5
once gives to the agriculturist who
impatient of napnazard methods. Il
qotion is not a compromise as so mi
holieve. who know nothing about it.
ic distinct advantage over the
fashioned methods.
II an one OF those who alw
tbonyht il a compromise, admit
the engineer.
"Better cali rain compromise"
.orted the irrigationist. "rhe L
uha irrigates gives water to the
which needs it:,rain nourishes
tree and browns out another. III
<t,on il an insurance policy aga
drorght a guarantee against fio
irrigated farm would be as impa'
were he again subjected to the cal
of rain as a housewife would ne
she compelled to wait for rain t'
berwashtub. There is no irregui'
or caprice about irrigation.
0Wonder how the old fellow pi
If all up?" unused Richard with
respect. Aloud he said You
sneaking of the value of the soil
.Look at the earth those plow'
turning over. See how rich ana IT
i, is. how it crumhles? You cal
for hundreds of feet and stu mo
sort of soil, eight hundred feet d
II is disintegrated rock and leaf
brought in here in the making
delta. Heavy rainfalls are rare
though we have had them, IN sp
popular opinion. We're we 70
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