What to see in America . Giant Cactus, near Yuma less lands of the Westfruitful, and the limits ofthe Great American Des-ert that used to be sucha big blank patch on themaps are becoming evernarrower. In the firstten years after 1902, whenthe Reclamation Act waspassed, irrigation waterwas made available formore than a million all the irrigation pro-jects that on the SaltIliver in the vicinityof Phoenix, the capitalof Arizona, is the mosthighly developed. Phoenix is a well-built modern city, andthe irrigated valley is amazingly fertile and productive. Practically all the j,.^^^~~^~^™~^
What to see in America . Giant Cactus, near Yuma less lands of the Westfruitful, and the limits ofthe Great American Des-ert that used to be sucha big blank patch on themaps are becoming evernarrower. In the firstten years after 1902, whenthe Reclamation Act waspassed, irrigation waterwas made available formore than a million all the irrigation pro-jects that on the SaltIliver in the vicinityof Phoenix, the capitalof Arizona, is the mosthighly developed. Phoenix is a well-built modern city, andthe irrigated valley is amazingly fertile and productive. Practically all the j,.^^^~~^~^™~^ ^ —^—.^ land that can bewatered is in use,and 90,000 acres arein alfalfa. Other im-portant crops aresugar beets, cereals,cotton, melons, andsmall fruits. Dairy-ing is an importantindustry. The aver-age farmer has fortyacres. Without irri-gation the land couldbe bought for twenty Water Bottle in the Desert. Arizona 441 dollars or less an acre. With irrigation it sells for one hun-dred dollars. The vast precipice of masonry known as theRoosevelt Dam, which has been thrown across the narrowsof Salt River Canyon, in a setting of wild mountain gran-deur, is one of the most remarkable engineering works ofour time. The maximum height of this barrier is two hun-dred and eighty feet, and on its crest is a broad drivewaynearly a quarter of a mile in length. Over the spillwaysthunder mighty waterfalls whose clouds of rainbow sprayfill all the lower canyon. On either side rise the great cliffs,and if you look up to the higher ledges you see thousands
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