The oasis., 1893-09-28
I'reeIamatlon ,, lhe oa,ernor.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.

at Los Angeles California. on the 10th
 day of October, 1893, and remain in
 session five days, an International
 Irrigation Congress at which leading
 irrigationists of the United States,
 Europe, Asia and Australia will be
 present, and at which a number of
 important questions relating to irri-
 gation law. irrigation securities, irri- gatlon methods, etc, will be discuss.
 ed and determined,
 Tho Importance of this congress has received recognition from the na- tional government in circular letter issued by the Hon. Walter Q. GFesh- am, secretary of state, dated July 7th.
 1893, inviting the attendance 0f rep resentatiyes from all foreign govern ments interested in the subject of ir- rigation. The department Of the in- terrier will be represented by an officer specially detailed to impart to the congress such information as may be in the possession of the government obtained by surveys which have been carried on for several years by the United States geological survey under and by direction of the government.
 As delegates will be present from all the states and territories where rri- gation is carried on, and from foreign countries. where this mode of agficul- turc has been experimented with for years, the discussions will prove of the highest practical value to every citizen interested in the development of Arizona
 There is no question which presents itself to the western half of the Uni ted States especially to our own sec tion. which is of greater importance and fraught with more momentous results than the solution of the arid land problem. II means the reclama- tion of many million acres of land, the employment Of thousands of peo- pie. and the providing of niyriads of families with farms and homes, re- sulting 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 reclamation of over half million acres of land and the contemplated reclamation Of million | more in the immediate future. This is enough to inspire enthusiastic hope in the possibilities of Arizonas horti- cultural and agricultural resources, and should serve to excite the deepest interest af our citizens in this con- gress.
 The congress will ro doubt discus and by resolution adopt and recoms mend to the congress of tEe United States policy by which these lands may be most easily reclaimed Such a policy if simple, practical. and nyoly- ing little or no cost to the federal government, will in all probability he crystalized into national law and it may be that the states and territor- ies comprised in the arid section will be given the reclamation of these lands.
 Now. therefore, I, L. c. Hughes, governor of the Territory of Arizona. ito hereby request and urge the peo- pie of the territory 10 interest them selves in the coming congress, both by the discussion of the subject and re- commencing to the proper officials the selection and appointment Of del- agates specially qualified to present the views Of our people on the irriga- Lion interests of Arizona, and by thcir {