The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-10-06
IRRIGATION CONVENTION.
What Was Accomplished by Irrigatio
Advocates at Salina, Kan.

What Was Accomplished by Irrigation
Advocates at Salina, Kan.
SALIVA, Kan, Oct. 1.-The following
resolutions were adopted by the irriga'
ton convention.
Whereas, The government OF the United
States has plated and put upon the market as
agricultur:,. land the vast territory known as
the great wcc;ern plains and
Whereas, american citizens wishing to sc
cure homes have moved upon these plains,
bought and paid the government for land and
expended their money in improving it. and,
Whereas, 1t has been demonstrated by the
experience Of these men and by the signal sta.
tions OF the government that the amount of
rainfall per annum at proper seasons is insult
ficient to make agriculture profitable there
forefore be it
Resolved, That ii is the sense Of this conven-
tion that it is the duty of congress to make an
appropriation for the purpose Of testing the
practicabiitv of the following theories of irri-
cation for these plains: First that the govern
ment should by experiments, determine
whether the underfiOw water is of sufficient
volume, and can be brought to the service at a
cost to make it available for general irriga lion
purposes: second that it should determine
whether reservoirs can be constructed for the
purpose of storing water sufficient in quantity
for irrigation purposes
Resolved That it is the sense of this conveu.
ton that an Interstate Irrigation association
be and is herebT organized by the delegates
present, for the purpose OF promoting the cause
OF irrigation as set forth in the above resolu-
ton that the officers of this inter state organ.
lzation shall consist of president, a vice pres
ident from each state, secretary and treasurer
and an executive committee, consisting of
president, secretary and five other members.
Resolved That Il is the sense Of this conven-
Ton that all the states and territories included
In the call for this meeting should organize
state associations and that the president Of
these state associations shall be ex-ofacio vice
presidents Of this association
Resolved, That we demand of our senator's and
representatives in congress immediate action
looking to the relief Of the people upon the lines
indicated in the foregoing resolution
Chief Unlikely. chief civil engineer
of the Santa Fe. presented the follow
ing resolution. which was also adopted
unanimously by the convention:
Resolved, That each state that has not al
ready state engineer. should take steps at
once toward the passage of q state engineer
bill ov the next legislature, making liberal pro-
vision for investigation. experiments ana sur.
yeys in cooperation with the government en-
glneers, to determine to what extent each state
can pr0n;aoly use the surface waters and the
unoeinoW lor irrigailng purposes either with
o, without reservoirs and upon the results Of
water ard government assistance or both AZ
shall then be deemed best
The following delegates were elected
to the international convention in Los
Angeles, Cal: Judge Emery, Lawrence;
L. baldwin, Great Bend: j. X. Wright,
junction City: J. L. Bristow. Salina:
a. W. Stubs. Garden City; E. R
Moses, Great Bend; D. NJ. Frost, Gar
den City: Mr.. Hardy and Mr.. Maxwell,
Topeka.