Arizona republican., 1896-12-11


 Connecticut-Jo o. Spicer, Gro ton; John c. Abbott, Hartford.
 Maine-D. Walker McKeen.
 Maryland-Reno s. Harp, Fred erick; Luther Brashears, Laurel; A. Haviland Hull, Forrest Hill.
 South Carolina-Herry Hammond, Beech Island; J. B. Morrison, Monck's Corner; A. H. Williams, Lake City.
 Indiana-Eli Newson, West Lafay- cite; Professor J. L. Campbell, Craw- fordsville; Morris M De Frees, h. dianapolis.
 Following are the delegates from state agricultural colleges:
 Arizona E. M. Boggs and William Stowe Devol.
 Idaho Charles P. Fox, Moscow.
 Iowa-Professor J. L. Budd (and wife and daughter), Ames.
 Kansas as-President George T. Fair child, Manhattan.
 Minnesota w. M Hays St. Anthony's Park.
 Nebraska-Professor o. V. Stout, Lincoln.
 Nevada-President J. E. Stubbs, Reno
 New Mexico-President c. T. Jordan, Mesilla Park.
 Oklahoma-H. E. Glazier, Saltwater.
 Other delegates are as follows:
 California-W. F. Sweeny, Long Beach, representing Los Angeles chamber of commerce; Leon Loeb, French consul, and c. White-Mor- timer, English consul, Los Angeles, representing their governments; Col onel R. B. Treat, Los Angeles, repre- senting Little Rock Creek irrigation district; Nathan Cole, Jr., Los Angeles, representing South Antelope Valley Irrigation company.
 Arizona w. Sanders, rep resenting Casa Grande Valley Canal company, Florence; A. T. Cotton, C. E., representing Pinal county chamber of commerce, Florence; Thomas F. Weedin, representing Florence Com mercial club, Florence; Hon. Thomas Hughes, chamber of commerce, Tue son; A. J. Chandler and J. c. Good win, honorary commission of irriga- tiOn.
 The Iowa State Register, published at Des Moines, has this to say of the coming irrigation congress:
 Governor Drake on Saturday ap- pointed the third member of the con- mission to attend the fifth National irrigation congress as representatives of Iowa, and the commission is now composed of the following prominent genuemen Gilbert S. Prey, of Web ster City; Joseph L. Hurd, of Dubuque, and Manly T. Butterfeld, of Fort Madison. The convention will be held in Phoenix, Arizona.
 "The work of the National irriga- tion congress has now continued for more than five years. The first ses- sion was held in the city of Salt Lake Utah; the second in Los Angeles, Cal. the third in Denver, Colo; and the fourth in Albuquerque, N. M. Each session was marked by keen interest and by intelligent and effective work in the cause of irrigation and the rec lamation of the arid lands of the west To the sessions have come the bright est minds of the Union, seeking to solve in concord the vexed questions upon the solution of which depends the further development of the west ern and west central plains. The ! work has not been without it's fruit Interest has been awakening in points remote from the irrigated regions and the reclamation of the waste areas is now regarded in all justice as one of the most important problems await ing legislation.
 ''The coming session at Phoenix will it is not doubted, be the most effective of all. Particularly prominent will bs made the discussion of points of leg l islation in order that well digeste( measures be prepared for the consid eration of the federal congress ant the state legislatures. Though abl' authorities will be in attendance ant have been placed upon the programme for the presentation of subjects o technical and economic interest, it ii designed that the fifth congress shal be a body with work far more genera than has been the case in any of it predecessors. Addresses presentin; subjects shall be limited to fifteen min utes and the subsequent discussion t half an hour, this ruling of the ex ecutive committe not applying, how ever, to the discussion of legislation o resolutions
 ''The city of Phoenix, chosen for tn
 location of the fifth congress, is il every way well adapted It is a thrift, and progressive city of 12,000 inhab itants, the capital of the territory o Arizona, and is excellently well pre- pared for the reception of even tn
 thousands who will attend the con
 gress. The city is situated in tn midst of the richest irrigated valley il America, that of the Salt river, wher irrigation works of the grandest mag r nitude are to be studied-works tha