The record-union., 1898-09-04
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
WORK OF CHEYENNE CONVEN-
TION ENDED.
Resolutions Favor Formation of a
Forestry Bureau Supported by
the Government.

CHEYENNE, Sept. 3.-The session of
| the third and closing day of the Sew
| enth Annual Irrigation Congress open
| ed with an increased attendance, the
| California delegation, having been de-
| layed by washout, having arrived.
The report Of the Committee on Resolu-
tions was presented by Judge Emery Of
Washington, the Chairman.
The resolutions were quite lengthy.
They favor an appropriation of not less
than $1OO, 900 for photographic surveys,
for the measurement of streams and the
survey of reservoir sites, strongly COM
mend the care Of forests begun by the
Secretary Of the Interior and urge the
formation of Forestry Bureau and an
appropriation by Congress sufficient for
its support and management; also upon
the States legislation to prevent forest
fires; favor the suggestion of Professor
Sargent of Harvard University that in
struction in forestry be given at West
Point to prepare army officers tor an
intelligent understanding of forestry
administration; commend the action of
Cornell University in einaugurating a
school Of forestry; favor the creation
in the Department of Agriculture of a
Bureau of Irrigation and a liberal ap
preparation for its support; express cor
dial appreciation of the value of irriga-
tion investigations already made 10y ag-
ricultural experiment stations and rec
ommend that they give increased atten-
ton to the arid States; request the Con-
gress of the United States to make suffi-
cient appropriations to construct the
reservoir surveyed at Buttes, Arizona,
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near Butte, Montana; provide that a
committee of five be appointed to pre-
sent bill to the Congress regulating
and establishing uniform methods for
appropriation and control of the waters
of interstate streams; reaffirm the res
outions Of the Phoenix Congress on res
ervoirs, of the Lincoln Congress on the
public ownership of the water and of
the Phoenix Congress on the cession of
public land to the States under strict
conditions insuring settlement, and in
dorse the Chittenden report favorihg
construction Of reservoirs and the rec
ommendation of Elwood Mead favoring
the leasing of the grazing lands.
Consideration of the report was post
poned until o'clock. The Congress
adopted a vote of thanks to President
and to the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, the newspapers, the State officers,
the Cheyenne Club and the people of
Cheyenne for courtesies received.
J. A. johnson of Wyoming read a very
interesting paper on the "Cession of
Arid Lands in Connection with Land
Reclamations."
This paper provoked much debate A
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Problem" was read by S. A. Cochrane
of South Dakota. Hon. John E. Field
of Colorado spoke extemporaneously
upon the subject of laws and regula-
tions to promote the best use of water
in times Of scarcity. Professor S. M.
Emery of Bozeman, Mont, read an cX-
ceedingly instructive paper upon "The
Work of the Agricultural Experiment
Stations in Aid of Irrigation Profess
sors L. G. Carpenter of Fort Collins,
Colo, and B. c. Buffum of the Univer-
sity of Wyoming also discussed the
same topic, reviewing the work done
by the stations they represented and
outlining future work along new lines.
The Congress then took recess until
2 o'clock.
Two additional formal papers were
read at the afternoon session complet-
ing the program. These We're:
What Can Be Accomplished by Irri-
gation?" by William " Doyle of South
Dakota, and Underground Waters
by William Darton of the United States
geological survey These papers were
fully up to the average Of the meeting.
Resolutions were adopted expressing
the regrets of the congress at the death
of President Woodruff of the Mormon
Church, who was recognized as a pio-
neer in irrigation enterprises in the
West. The death of Captain Buckley"
ONeal OF the Rough Riders, who was
killed at Santiago, was also the subject
of resolutions.
After authorizing the President to
appoint a Congressional Committee of
seven to look after irrigation legisla-
ton, the congress- adjourned sine die.