The herald., 1893-10-11


trated upon this one great subject Yes,
hope YOU will give it the intelligence,
the full power OF our intelligence. your
energy and yonr determination. and II
it is exercised bere, Mr.. Chairman. /
need have no fear If the results. Gentle
men, thank you." [Applause.l
At the conclusion OF Governor Mark
hams address, Mr.. Smythe then spoke
as follows:
"GENrLEMEN One of the fairest pro-
ducts OF irrigation is the city Of Los An
geles herself to whose hospitality we
are already largely indebted. take
pleasure in presenting to you her chief
executor. his honor, Mayor Rowan"
Hon. Thos. E. Rowan then addressed
the congress as follows:
MAYOR RowAN's REMARKS.
MIR. PRESIDENT AND DELEGATES TO
THE IRRIGATION CoNGREss: l take great
pleasure in having the opportunity oil
greeting you all on behalf of our citizenP.
hope that your visit among US will be
pleasant and that the results OF your
irrigation, civilization and progress. We
extend to you cordial greeting, and we
sincerely welcome you to our city OF
Loo hheOiOps lAppiauooIs
At the conclusion of Mr.. Rowan'e ad-
dress, Mr.. Smythe addressed the con-
gless as follows:
GENTLEMEN Almost all our western
cities have chamber OF commerce, but
l do not know that there is another
chamber of commerce like that OF Los
Angeles. 1t is a body OF minute men
prepared to spring to its city's support
at a moments 8 notice. | take pleasure
in presenting to you, as the representa-
tive OF that body, the chairman OF the
committee on arrangements, Mr.. W. @.
Patterson"
CHAIRMAN PATTERsoN's WELCOME.
Mr.. Patterson then addressed the con-
gress as follows:
NE. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
IRRIGATION CONGRESS- = The enforced alb
sence OF Mr.. Freeman, the genial and
accomplished president OF the chamber
OF commerce, is q matter of personal re-.
gret to me and source of loss to the
congress.
''As the president of the chamber, a
body, which to great extent has taken
charge OF the many and intricate prepa-
rations for this occasion, he was briefly
to have addressed you.
"Appreciating the compliment OF
having been selected for the time being
to stand IN his shoes, take pleasure in
assuring you that the great subject
which ia about to engage your attention
is one that is very dear to the 600 mem
bers of the Los Angeles Chamber OF
commerce.
s'The work which that body has been
able to do ia preparation for your COM
ing has been labor of love- The ef
fectiveness OF this work we leave to
speak for itself and if any mistakes have
been made we throw ourselves upon
your tender mereles.
1--WE know that already, wherever ap-
piled, irrigation has transformed the
desers into garden of beauty and that
whatever can be accomplished without
scientific irrigation can be greatly null
tipied by its use. ..,..--,.s,.ssa,-
We know full we'll that upon irriga-
tion depends almost entirely the future
prosperity of this beautiful region.
"We feel, therefore. that your visit
and your proceedings will be of great
benefit to this community, and we hope
that the hospitality OF our people will
impress you with the sincerity of their
appreciation. 1t has been said to me
that should not forget to assure You
tnat the rooms of the chamber of COM
merce are open to you all. / make this
announcement especially for the benefit
of the members of the congress from
abroad. The members of Los Angeles
and vicinity know pretty we'll what to
do without any special announcement.
Arrangements for various excursions,
which shall enable you to see some of the
things which have been accomplished
in Southern California by "science, not
chance" have been made by the cham
Der OF commerce and will be announced
during the session.
II feel that You are already impatient
to begin the fulfillment of the mission
which brought you to Los Angeles and
therefore will not detain you with
further remarks.
with most hearty concurrence in
the sincere words of welcome which
have been addressed to you by the gov
ernor OF the state and the mayor of the
city, predict, as the outcome OF your
deliberations an enthusiasm which
will be aggressive and far reaching in its
benefits.
Chairman Smythe, the chair awaits
the pleasure OF the convention"
Col. Richard j. Hinton, delegate
from New Mexico and veteran writer on
irrigation. then spoke and called atten-
ton to the fact that delegates were pres
ent from British Columbia, New Zeal
and and the Anglo-Indian empire, and
that as the latter especially represented
one OF the greatest irrigation countries
In the world, these foreign delegates
should be ae prominently designated in
the hall as the Others from foreign coun-
tries.
As no definite answer to invitations
had been received, it was not known
that Great Britain or the British colo
MES would be represented until the
arrival OF Alexander Bruce of New South
Wales at 10:20 a. M An appropriate
decoration for the British representa-
tive waa therefore put up on one Of the
proscenium boxes at once.
He also said there were some compe-
tent irrigation enginears present who
did not happen to belong to the
American society, and on his motion,
seconded by Kansas delegate, irriga-
ton engineers OF known repute were
admitted to the congress.
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
Nominations for temporary chairman
were then called for, and Colonel Rice
of Gila Bend said that in days that were
forgotten in history canals were made
in Arizona. Buried cities found in that
territory were made possible by theee
canals. The most ancient civilization
found its perfection in Arizona the
pueblos, thep.casa grandes, the ancient