Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-07-02

by the authority of tn0 national
executive committ8e, tho fourth
National Irrigation Congress ID
hereby called 10 meet Ia The city
Of Albuquerque. N. M. for the four
days beginning september l6
1895.
The present year 10 proving
60 be the mont remarkable Ia tho
history Of Amcricau irrigation. 1t
has seen wonderful awakening 81
popular interest Ia Che cause
throughout the east, resulting In
the organisation Of most potential
forces for the purposeof coOpsrat-
inR With the western people. tho
enactment Of we'll considered irri-
cation laws In eight states, and the
creation Of administrative syntema
IN hvo Of them; the recognition Of
Tho pressing nature q thc problem
by the departments Of interior and
agriculture under whose direction
o national board Of irrigation has
been formed from officials In vari-
ous departments Of the government.
These splendid evidences Of the
triumphant progress q the irriga-
tion cause demand q large repre-
sentative and effective session Of
the irrigation congress- in 1886.
A further reasocs9r such Q gather
ing is the fact that the presidential
campaign Of 1898 will be lnaugu-
rated previous 70 the assembling
Of another session Of this body, and
that Il is thus necessary TO formu-
late nt Albuquerque the demands
which She friends Of irrigation will
desire 10 make upon the great polit-
ical parties Of the neticn.
In view Of the nature of the
Opportunity, program Of extra
ordinary variety, interest aud inn
portance will be- arranged, and i
is anticipated that this session Of
the congress will be more widely
useful and influential than the
previous convention at Salt Lake
in 1891, at Los Angeles In 1898
and at Denver in 1884. The
friends Of irrigation throughout the
United States for to-day the
movement ls national in IFS scope
and interests--should unite in an
effort to obtain & worthy result st
Albuquerque.
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
In accordance with resolution
of the Third National IrrigataOn
Congress at Denver, Colorado,
September 8, 1893, the Fourth Ma
tional Irrigation Congress " illbe
composed as follows:
All members Of the national
executive committee.
2 All members Of state and ter.
ritoriRl irrigating committee.
3 Five delegates ct large. 60 be
appointed by their respective gov-
ernOrs, for each Of the following
states and territories: Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Kan
sas, Montana, Nebraska, North
| Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South
Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming.
4 Three delegates at large for
each state and territory not here
tofore enumerated, to be appoint
| cd by the governor of said states
and territories. or in the case Of
the District Of Columbia, BY the
President.
5 One delegate each from reg.
ularly organised irrigation, agyi-
cultural and horticultural socie.
ties, and societies Of engineers,
irrigation companies. agricultural
colleges and commercial bodies.
i 6 Duly accredited representa-
tives Of any foreign nation or col.
ony, each member of the United
States senate and house Of repre-
sentatives. aud each governor of .
state or territory viii be admitted
as honorary members.
The usa Of proxies and the man.
ner Of casting the vote of delega-
tiOns viii be regulated in accord
anco with a resolution adopted 81
Denver and printed on page *
Of the official report Of that meet
ing.
BY orderOf the executive com
mittee.
Isignedl VIZ. =. SnHTHE.
Chairman