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Smythe, William Ellsworth 1861-

Journalist; born in Worcester, Mass., Dec. 24, 1861; received an academic education; settled in the West in 1888, and was there editor of various papers. He is the author of The conquest of arid America, and magazine articles, including The irrigation idea; Arid America; Ultimate California; The Mormon industrial system; Real Utopias of the arid West; The step-child of the republic; and The struggle for water in the West.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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