, 1898-08-19

The executive committee of the Ma
"tional Irrigation congress today ar
ranged the following ogra for the
annual meeting of the congress, which
is to be held in Cheyenne on September
|. 2 and 3:
Congress called to order at 10 a. M.
Thursday. September !. by Hon. Joseph
NJ. Carey. president Of the congress.
Addresses of welcome by Hon. w. A.
Richards. governor of Wyoming; Hon.
w. r. Schnitger, mayor of Cheyenne,
and Rev. E. E. Smiley, president of the
Wyoming university.
Responses.
Appointment of committees
Afternoon session: Reports of COM
miutees. Election and installation Of
permanent officers. Addresses by Off
GERS elected.
Evening session: Reception at the
state capitol.
Friday and Saturday. September 2
and 3: Discussion of the water rights
and agricultural problems which have
arisen in the development by irriga-
tiCn of the several arid states ami ter
ritorics, and of the methods of admin
istration in force or needed in these
states or territories.
Discussion of The successes and fail
urcs in canal building and the causes
therefor. Discussion led by Colonel r.
5. Ncttlcton. Denver. and participated
in by j. c. llrich, Denver: Samuel For
tier. Ogden. S. L. Wiley. Omaha. and J.
d. O'Donnell, Billings.
Obstacles to settlement in the arid
region and the best means of overcom-
ing them: discussion led by Hon. J.. NJ.
Wilson. state engineer of Utah.
Presentation CT special papers.
Discussion Of the relation of the state
and national government to the furth-
er reclamation Of the arid territory by
irrigation.
Discussion of the need of national
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erv0ils and important irrigation canals.
Discussion led by Hon. G. II. Maxwell,
San Francisco.
Constr uctiou Of storage reservoirs
u!.Icr national supervision. Colonel
ii. NJ. Chittenden. l.. s. A.
The management and disposal Of the
arid public lands. Hon. John +. Shat
roth. NJ. c., Denver.
Irrigation machinery for persons of
limited means, Prof. Barbour.
The management of grazing lands
and their use as an aid to irrigation
development. Hon. l.. II. Taylor. Reno.
Nevada.
What congress is doing in aid of ir-
%rigation, Hon. f. E. Warren, United
States senator from Wyoming; Hon.
W. II. Ellis, NJ. c.. Oregon.
The measurement of streams and its
relation to irrigation problems. Hon.
F. n. Newell, United States geological
survey.
Forestry. Prof. I. L. Budd. Iowa Ag-
ricultural college.
The national forest reserve and rela-
tons of forestry and irrigation, Hon.
Z. F. Best. interior department: Hon.
w. w. Barrett, superintendent forestry
and irrigation North Dakota.
The work Of the agricultural expert
ment station in aid of irrigation. Hon.
S. M. Emery, Bozeman, Mont; L. G.
Carpenter. Fort Collins, Colo: b. C.
Buffum. Laramie, Wyo.
Report of committee on resolutions.
Other subjects will be added and
changes made as speakers are heard
from and selected by the state dele
cations.
A large number of valuable papers
are expected from specialists and scien-
fists. Among those are papers from
Hon. w. Fl. Barton, United States geo.
logical survey: President J. w. Heston,
South Dakota agricultural college;
Hon. Matt. Daugherty, Nebraska; Hon.
4. l.. Kellogg, state board of agricul-
ture, Colorado: Thomas Knight. c. E,
Kansas City: Hon. James E. Frost, land
commissioner. Kansas; Judge J. S. En-
cry, national lecturer irrigation con-
gress: Hon. f. r. Moses. ex-president
irrigation congress. Subjects will be
open to discussion by all. At the close
Of the congress the delegates and their
friends will be taken on a free excur-
sion to the Wheatland colony. where
100, 900 acres have been reclaimed by
irrigation.