. Products of an advanced civilization. A Kansas souvenir. A book of information relative to the moral, educational, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing and mining interests of the state. Issued by the Kansas immigration and information association . ave, as a rule, more comforts in places of equal size in the West than people in the East,and refined family these privileges are simply invaluable. The Gulf of Mexico Deep-Sea Harbors place us as far east as Ohio. We are only a days ride from the Rockies. One nights ride places an EasternKansas man in Chicago, St. Louis. Springfield, Omaha, o
. Products of an advanced civilization. A Kansas souvenir. A book of information relative to the moral, educational, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing and mining interests of the state. Issued by the Kansas immigration and information association . ave, as a rule, more comforts in places of equal size in the West than people in the East,and refined family these privileges are simply invaluable. The Gulf of Mexico Deep-Sea Harbors place us as far east as Ohio. We are only a days ride from the Rockies. One nights ride places an EasternKansas man in Chicago, St. Louis. Springfield, Omaha, or Des Moines. We are right in the center of it all. When all of our domain is settled,when irrigation has fully reclaimed the desert, when the center of population has found its own permanent average, we will be right in the midst of it. Our summers are not too hot. They are, as a rule, tempered by breezes from the Gulf. The nights are always cool and refreshing. Our win-ters are just cold enough to counteract the natural lethargy of such wiuterless States as California, southern Texas, etc. Yes, come to Kansas, fellow-citizens in the East. You will find a hearty welcome. Three cheers tor bright, sun-kissed, intelligent, and cultured Kansas! (70). IRRIGATION. BY HON. E. n. MOSES. CHAIKSfAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS. It impossible for uie in this short article to give an extendetl history of irrigation, nor is it in placefor me to do so at this time, as the reader of this book will be directed to the issnes, facts and figures per-taining to Kansas in sper:ial, and in each article he reads will undoubtedly aslv himself. How much is therein it for me ? Has it merit, and does it pay ? So if you will give me your attention for a short time I willshow you that there is something in it, that it has merit, and that it always pays. It has been used sincethe existence of man, and with it. in the earliest ages, man laid the foundation of civilization, started t
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