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The Good Family Laundry
ACRES UNDER IRRIGATION
Under the system of federal co
operation the reclamation of Amer
ica's arid lands proceeds today with
Increased speed and confidence. Be
fore 1860 the number of farms under
Irrigation in the United States was
606, comprising 469,000 acres; in 1910
the acreage had Increased to 1 4,433,
285, while by 1020 the government
census shows 1,916.391 farms under
irrigation, with an irrigated acreage
of 19.191.T16 and an area subject to
irrigation under projected systems in
excess of 36,000.000 acres. The pres
ent gross area under irrigation in
the United States, all of which is the
result of not raore than 70 years’ ac
tivity, represents one-fifth of the ag
would become of the American film
play without judicial errors!”
As a general suggestion to Amer
ican producers who yearn to “put
their stuff over" with French spec
tators, it may be noted that M. Vi
vien. after his review of ”Tess,"
heaps encominums upon a French
film. "The Legend of Sister Beatrice,”
being the tale of a misguided nun,
who elopes from a convent with an
amorous nobleman. Deceived and re
pentant, she returns after many years
to do penance, finds that in her ab
sence the Virgin has been taking h*r
place, condoning the waywardness of
impressionable youth.
