Arizona republican., 1896-11-24
OFFICIAL CALL.
The Fifth National Irrigation
 Congress.

congress-.
 Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 5, 1896. To the People of the United States o1
 America:
 Pursuant to the order of the Fourth Irrigation congress and to designation by the National executive committee, the fifth annual session of the National Irrigation congress will be held in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, upon the dates of December 15, 16 and IT, 1856.
 The membership of the body will be made up as follows, in accordance with the resolutions of the Third ana Fourth congresses:
 1. All members of the National ex- ecutive committee. 2. All members of state and terri torial irrigation commissions.
 3. Five delegates at large, to be ap- pointed by their respective governors, for each of the following states and territories: Arizona, California, Colo rado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Ne braska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota. Oklahoma, Oregon, South Da- kota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. 4. Three delegates at large for each state and territory not heretofore enumerated, to be appointed by the governors of said states and terri tories; or, in the case of the District of Columbia, by the president.
 5. One delegate each from regularly organized irrigation, agricultural and horticultural societies, and societies Of engineers, irrigation companies, agri- cultural colleges, and commercial bod ies, such as boards of trade, chambers of commerce, etc. 1 6. Duly accredited representative of any foreign nation or colony, each member of the United States senate and house of representatives, and each governor of state or territory will be admitted as honorary members.
 The work of the National Irrigation congress has now continued for more than five years. The first session was
 held in the city of Salt Lake, Utah; the second in Los Angeles, California; the third in Denver, Colorado; and the
 fourth in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 Each session was marked by keen in-
 terest and by intelligent and effective | work in the cause of irrigation and
 the reclamation of the arid lands of
 the west. To the sessions have come
 the brightest minds of the Union, seek
 ing to solve in concord the vexed Ques-
 tions upon the solution of which de-
 bends the further development of the western and west central plains. The
 work has not been without its fruit i lYn
 remote from the irrigated regions and
 the reclamation of the waste areas is
 now regarded in all justice as one o1 the most important problems awaiting
 legislation.
 .. The coming session at Phoenix will it is not doubted, be the most effective of all. Particularly prominent will bt
 made the discussion of points of legis lation in order that well-digested meas ures be prepared for the consideration of the federal congress and of thu state legislatures. Though able au , thorities will be in attendance and hav' been placed upon the programme fo the presentation of subjects of techn1 cal and economic interest, it is de
 signed that the fifth congress shall b
 a body with work far more genera than has been the case in any of it , predecessors. Addresses presentin e subjects shall be limited to 1fteea 3 minutes and the subsequent discussion ] to half an hour, this ruling of the ex Z ecutive committee not applying, how f ever, to the discussion of legislation o y resolutions.
 e The city of Phoenix, chosen for tn r location of the fifth congress, is i = every way we'll adapted. It is a thrift l. and progressive city of 12,000 inhabi d tants, the capital of the territory c d Arizona, and is excellently we'll pre- y pared for the reception of even tn
 thousands who will come to atten
 congress. Its local committee of al
 engagements and reception is already a work and the promise is extended tha :, every visitor will be furnished with tn best of accommo odations at prices eve I, lower than usually charged locally. Tn 's city is situated in the midst of tn ~ richest irrigated valley in America 7 that of the Salt river, whose irriga = = tion works of the grandest magnitud :" are to be studied-works that hay = transformed the parched plains int a a wondrous orchards and vast fields ( u alfalfa. Ample opportunity will be al , forded delegates to inspect all point y of interest without cost
 Railroad rates will not exceed IS single fare for the round trip from a points between Chicago and the Pa IS cific ocean; details of transportatio n and ticket limitation to be later ar IS nounced by the interested railroads e Passengers may be routed into Phoe e nix over either the Santa Fe or South d ern Pacific railway systems. Oppol K tunity at low cost will be given fC
 side trips to the Grand canyon of tn a Colnrado to tha Ctitv of Mayino f