Arizona republican., 1896-10-06
OFFICIAL CALL. The Fifth National Irrigation
 Congress.

LOS AuSGlSS, Ndi., HoOpt. ,, lo0V. To the People of the United States of
 America:
 Pursuant ito the order of the Fourth Irrigation congress and to designation by the National executive committee, the fifth annual session of djhe National Irrigation congress will be held in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, upon the dates of December 15, 16 and IT, 1896.
 phe membership of the body will be made up as follows, in accordance with the resolutions of the Third and Fourth congresses:
 l. All members of the National ex- ecutive committee.
 3. AM members of state and terri torial irrigation commissions. ! g. 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, Month Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Da- kota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
 4. Three delegates at large for each state and territory not heretofore enum erated, 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.
 6. Duly accredited representative l of amy foreign nation or colony. each member of the United States senate and house of representatives, and each governor of a 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 Interest has been awakened in points remote from the irrigated regions and the reclamation of the waste areas is now regarded in all justice as one ot 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 l-digested meas
 ures be prepared for dhe consideration of the federal congress and of thu t state legislatures. Though able au t thorities will be in attendance and hay, been placed upon the programme fol r the presentation of subjects of techni cal and economic interest, it is de 8 signed that the fifth congress shall b, t a body with work far more genera
 than has been the case in any of it
 predecessors. Addresses presentins : subjects shall be limited to fifteel
 minutes and the subsequent discussion t to half an hour, this ruling of the ex r eeutive committee not applying, how
 ever, ito the discussion of legislation O
 resolutions < e The city of Phoenix, chosen for tn l location of the fifth congress, is il
 every way we'll adapted. It is a thrift,
 and progressive city of 12,OOO inhabi e tants, the capital of the territory Q f Arizona, and is excellently we'll ore
 pared for the reception of even tn