The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-05
MORE WATER WAN TED
IrrigatiOnists Discuss Reclama-
tiOn of Arid Lands.
Robert Hay Read a Paper on
waters Of the Plains"
MAKES A PROPHECY.
In the Next Decade Kansas Will
Have 100000 People.
Every Acre of Western Land
Will be Cultivated.
MAKES A PROPHECY.

DENVER, Sept. 5.-In the National Ir-
rigation congress today, Ex-Gov. Prince
of New Mexico chairman Of the commit
tee on resolutions, stated the committee
would be ready to report tomorrow.
Resolutions were introduced requesting
congress to pass a strict law for the pres
ervation of the forests; favoring the ced-
ing by the government to the states and
territories all the arid lands within their
borders, never to pass out of
their possession and to be allotted
to settlers in small tracts on terms to be
determined on by the states and terrific
ries; asking that the water OF inter state
streams be apportioned among the vari-
Gus states and territories by the govern
ment and that priority of right be con :
eidered to some extent The Carey act
ceding one million acres of arid land to
each of the arid states and territories
was approved
These were referred to the comml ttee
without debate.
A paper was read by W. w. Follett
civil engineer of Denver, on ''The under
flow of waters Of the great plains"
He graphically described the under
flow of the west and especially in Colo
RADIO and Kansas and arrived at the con
clusion that the sheet water underfow
of the arid regions was not supplied by
the melt in snow in the mountains 50
much as from the streams and rainfall
and was not strong enough to d1minls b
to any great extent the supply of water
for irrigation purposes.
Robert Hay, state geologist of Kansas,
read paper on ''W aters on the Plains. .
He described the irrigation system OF
his state, detailed progress made during
the past few years and prophesied that
before the end Of the next decade every
acre of land in Western Kansas would
be under cultivation and the state have a
population of 100000.
Mrs. NJ A Fales- Hamm, wife of the
American consul to Annoy, China. read q
paper on ancient aud modern irrigation
in China and Japan.
Mrs. Hamm has travelled over China,
Corea and Japan during the last two
years, and has thoroughly Investigated
the system of irrigation in these coun-
tries, which she said was over 5000
years old, but was very crude.
The congress elected the following
national executive committee: VIM. E.
Smythe of California, chairman; Fred
I. Allies of California, secretary.
Prof. Edwin Nj. Boggs, Arizona; Alvin
NJ. West, California; NJ. B Gaf, Idaho;
J. w. Gregory, Kansas; J. Z. Belt Min
nesota; Samuel d. Robbins, Montana; A.
Ford, Nebraska; Elwood Mead, Wyom-
ing; Charles E. Ford, Rhode Island
Col. Max Frost, New Mexico; w. II.
Taylor, Nevada; /. p. Baker, North Da-
kota; John I'll. Felzer, Oklahoma; +. II.
Brigham, Oregon; S NJ. Clark. Texas;
Judge L. W. Shurtleff, Utah; J.
p. Graves, Washington; J. G Gooding,
Wisconsin; VIM. A. PeBrce, Canada; Don
Ramon ]. De Ybarroia, Mexico; Thomas
Knight, Missouri; D. A. Misnor, South
Dakota; A. L. Kellogg, Colorado.
Judge Emery of California, was con-
tinued as national lecturer.