Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-30
PROCLAMATION BY THE eeyrnsoK.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
 irERRrrnRY nE AR1znN A

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA
 WHEREAS, There win be converted at Los Angeles, California, on the 10th day of ootobet, 1898, and reinaih In session for five days, an Ihternatiotal Irrigation Congress, at which leading irrigationists of the United States, Eus rope, Asia and Australia will be pres. ent, aiiu at Which number of import ant questions relating to irrigation law, irrigation securities, irrigation methods, etc, Will be discussed and determined
 The importance of this Congress has received recognition from the national government in circular letter issued by the Hon Walter Q. Gresham Sec retary of State, dated July 7th, 1898, inviting the attendance of representa- Gives from all foreign governments ih- terested in the subject of irrigation The Department of the Interior will be represented by an officer specially de- tailed to impart to the Congress such information as may be in the possess sion of the government, obtained by surveys which have been carried on for several years by the United States geological survey under and by direc- tion of the government.
 As delegates will be present from all Che States and territories where irriga- ticn k Carried on, and from foreign codntries, where this mode of agricul- ture has been experimented with for years, the discussions will prove of the highest practical value to every citizen interested in the development of Aria zona.
 There is no question which presents itself to the western half of the United States, especially to our own section, which is of greater importance and fraught with more momentous results than the solution of the arid land problem, it means the reclamation of many million acres of land, tho ein. ployment of thousands of people, and the providing of myriads of families with farms and homes, resulting in the production of untold wealth.
 Our people can point with pride to the wonderful results which have been achieved by irrigation within our own borders, in the Exclamation of over half million acres of land and the contemplated reclamation off million ! more in the immediate future This is enough to inspire enthusiastic hope in ! the possibilities of Arizona's horticul- | tural and agricultural resources, and | should serve to excite the deepest in- terest of our citizens in this Congress. i The Congress will no doubt discuss and by resolution adopt and recon mend to the Congress of he United i States policy by which these lands may be most easily reclaimed Such q | policy if simple, practical, and involv- ! ing little or no cost to the federal gov ernment, will in all probability be into national law, and it | may be that the states and territories comprised in the arid section will be given the reclamation of these lands.
 Now, therefore, l. L. c. Hughes, Governor of the Territory of Arizona, do hereby request and urge the people of the Territory to interest themselves in the coming Congress, both by the discltssion of the subject and recom- to the proper officials the se- lection and appointment of delegates qualified to present the views of our people on the irrigation inter- ests of Arizona, and by their practical experience to assist in bringing the de- to a successful conclusion.
 In witness whereof have here
 unto set my hand and caused
 the great seal of the Territory .sEALl to be affixed at Phoenix, this
 the eleventh day of September,
 in the year of our Lord one
 thousand eight hundred and
 ninety-three.
 L. c. HUGHES, Attest Governor.
 c, M. BRUCE, Secretary of the Ter