Montanapossesses abundant water to Ir-
irrigateevery acre of land within its bor^^ders. While this fact has been demon^^strated, the question of how to get tbe^water on the lands has not been solved sat-^isf actor: ly. Ditches and canals are thought^to be the only resort, with storage ^eeervolrs^But to construct these requires an amount^of capital which the majority of people do^not care to invest. The ground which a^ditch would have to traverse In^order to acquire the proper gravity^to place the water on the lands^in most sections is very extensive.^There is plenty of water, for instance, In^the immense 1 ellowstone valley where the^lands are nearly level with tbe streams for^a stretch of ten miles, and it would neceasi^late the construction of a twenty mile ditch^to obtain tbe required gravity that the en^tire tract might be covered. The man who^will devise some plan to convey the water^to the lands without incurring such gr. a^expense, will be a benefactor to^country, if his solution of the problem^proves to be the proper one.
An1ni^kpkni^xnt repr^ sen tali ve waa at^tbe little station called Kirkendall yeater^day. eight miles from Helena, which both^the Montana Central and Northern 1'aciiir^railroads pas*, and there found Thoa. Il^Whiteside, who is working a time quarry^and ships five carloads of limestone to the^liutte and Great Kails smelters every day^to be used for fluxing purposes. Since^last April he has shipped .^'^^ cars fromt his^place.
