The herald., 1893-01-18
THAT IRRIGATION CONGRESS,
It VIII Be Held in This City
Some Time Next Year.
The Decision of the Executive Com
mittee Received Yesterday.
This Gathering Can Be Made Most I'M
portant for Los Angeles and for
the Southern Part of Gall
fornia Generally.

Secretary Willard yesterday received
telegram from Salt Lake City and a
letter from w. E. Smythe at Bakers
field, CAL, stating that the national ex-
ecutive irrigation committee had decided
upon Los Angeles as the place to hold
the international irrigation convention
during the worlds fair.
The telegram reads:
SALT LAKE CRY, Jan. IS, 1898.
The national executive committee de-
cides Los Angeles irrigation congress.
Accept congratulations.
IRRIGATION AGE.
The letter is as follows:
BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 16, 1893.
kilograms from Salt Lake advise me
that Los Angeles has been chosen as the
place of holding the international irri-
CATION congress by majority of five OF
the committee. Please acc pit my hearty
congratulations. / shall be in Los An
geles the last of the week and will then
converse with you about plans for the
event. Very truly,
w. E. SMYTHE.
The nature of this congress was
fully outlined by the HERALD sew
eral weeks ago. The advantages that
will accrue from it to Los Angeles are
many. All of the leading irrigation en-
gineers of the world will probably at
tend and the California system of irri-
cation will become understood. The
attention of irrigation countries will also
be directed to this section.
California occupies the position of be-
ing the leading irrigation state of the
United States today. When the repre-
sentatives of foreign countries will have
Investigated our system, seen its good
and bad points and compared it with
those of other countries, their views
will receive more attention here from
the fact of being locally made.
Another feature of such an assem-
blage is that besides the representatives
from the other states in America the
foreign delegation will be very numer-
GUS and will have large retinue be-
sides. The presence of such body Of
men in Los Angeles at such time as
during the worlds fair will direct pub
lie attention toward California, and a
wholesome influx of tourists, both
American and foreign, will result.
The proposition of getting this con-
vention here was first advanced by Mr..
Smythe in an interview ublished in the
HERALD over a month ago. Mr.. Smythe
is the editor of the Irrigation Age. He
is in California comforting with the
irrigstionists of the state and
studying the operation of the
Wright law. After remaining in
the northern part of the state for a
short time he came south and remained
in Los Angeles several days, during
which time he was interviewed by q
HERALD reporter. 1t was in this intsr-
view that he proposed that Los Angeles
should try to get the irrigation congress-
He went from here to Arizona and re-
turned several weeks ago, and then
brought the matter before the chamber
of commerce. With it's accustomed en-
terprise, that body went to work, with
the present gratifying news as the result
of its labor. fs-s ~ fAASoua apq -t-
Mr.. Smythe will be here within few
days and the details of the affair, both
in entertaining and otherwise, will be
arranged. He is the secretary of the
national irrigation committee.
NOTES.
A letter from State Senator Mathews
was received yesterday asking what the
people here want to do in regard to the
appropriation OF $4,000 for the state
citrus fair. This appropriation by the
legislature is made every two years, and
foul meetings are held. If they are
once held in Los Angeles it will be for
good, as this city is able to handle such
meetings.
The only contributions received at
the exhibit room of the chamber yes
terday were Bonnie Brae lemons from
the San Diego chamber OF commerce; L.
@. Mason. Artesia, Nickajack apples; j.
A. Smith, Artesia. Eureka lemons
John Branch, Artesia, seeding oranges,
white winter pesrmain apples; Robert
Mckee, Bardsdale, Washington navel
oranges, 3-year trees, without irrigation,