Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-05
IRRIGATORS AT WORK.
New Mexicans Take Leading Part
Ceding the Lands Popular
The New Executive
Committee.

Denver, Sept. SIN the national irrl,
CATION congress to-day, ex-Gov. Prince
of New Mexico, chairman of the commit
tee on resolutions, stated that the COM
mittee would be ready to report to-mor.
row. The congress will be requested to
pass strict laws for the preservation OF
the forests. There isa strong sentiment In
favor of the cedIng by the government
to the states and territories of all arid
lands within their borders, never to pass
out of their possession, and to be allotted
to settlers in small tracts in terms to be
determined by the several states and ter
ritories.
Resolutions have also been offered ask
ing that the waters of all interstate
streams be apportioned among the varl-
GUS states and territories by the govern
ment and that priority of the right be
considered TO some extent.
resolution has also been offered en-.
dorslng the act ceding 100000 acres OF
arid lands to each of the
ARID STATES AND TERRITORIES.
These were referred to the committee,
A paper was read this morning by W.
w. Follett, a civil engineer of Denver, on
"The under-how of water of the great
plains" He graphically described the
under-h ow in the west, especially in Colo
RADIO and Kansas, and arrived at the con-
clusion that the water under-how of the
arid regions was not supplied by the
melting snow in the mountains SO much
as from the streams and rainfall, and was
not strong enough to diminish to any
great extent the supply of surface water
for irrigation purposes.
Robt. Hay, state geologist of Kansas,
read a paper on
"wATEBs OF THE PLAINS"
He described the irrigation system of his
state, detailed the progress made during
the past few years and prophesied that
before the end of the next decade every
acre of western Kansas would be under
cultivation and that the state would have
100000 inhabitants.
Mrs NJ. A. Hamm Fales, wife of the
American consul to Annoy, China, read a
paper on "Anclent and modern irriga-
ton in China and Japan" Mrs. Fales
has Travelled over China, Corea and Jap
an during the last two years and has
thoroughly investigated the systems OF
irrigation in these countries, which she
said were over 5000 years old, but very
crude.
THE NEW OFFICERS.
The congress elected the following ma
tional executive COMMITTEES:
w. E. Smythe, of California, chairman
Fred l.. Ales, Of California, secretary
Edwin M. Boggs, of Arizona; Alvin West
of California; M. B. Goff, of Idaho; G. W
Gregory, of Kansas; j. E. Bell, of Mime
sofa; Samuel D. Robins, of Montana; A
Ford, of Nebraska; Edward Mead, o
Wyoming; Chas. E. Ford, of Rhode Is
land; Col. Max. Frost, of New Mexico;W
H. Taylor, of Nevada; J. P. Baker, Of
North Dakota; John H. Fitzger, of Okla
homa; F. H. Brigham, of Oregon; s. M
Clark, of Texas; Judge l.. W. Shutleff, O
Utah; j. P. Graves, of Washington; j. Z
Godding, of Wisconsin; VIM. A. Pierce, o
Canada; Don Ramon G. dc Yvarrolla, o
Mexico; Thos. Knight, of Missouri; D. A
Wisner, of South Dakota; A. L. Kellogg
| of Colorado. Judge Emery, of California
was continued as national lecturer.