The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21
IN BILLINGS.
Programme for the Meeting of the Irri
cation Congress.

Programme for the Meeting of the Irri-
cation Congress.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Billings Sept. 19.-Chairman ODonnell
of the executive committee of the ma
tional irrigation congress has been busy
this week getting into shape the pro-
gramme for the meeting at Missoula,
which opens next Monday morning. The
officers of the various departments OF the
government have taken considerable in
terest in the congress and will send sew
eral representatives there The pro-
gramme will be subject to modihcation
by the wishes of the local committee, but
has been arranged by Mr.. O'Donnel as
follows
Introductory remarks by the president
Hon. Joseph NJ. Carey.
"Alkau and Irrigation" Professor Mill
ton Whitney, chief of the division of soils,
Washington d. c.; Professor F. w. Trap
hagen, professor of chemistry, Montana
State College of Agriculture, Bozeman,
Mont: Professor B. Buffum. NJ. s.. chief
Of the department of agriculture, Univer-
sity of Wyoming.
''The Relation of the Agricultural Col
lege to the National Irrigation Move
ment," Professor ]. Z. Stubs. president
| of the American Association of Agricultu-
TUESDAY, 26.
Irrigation in wyoming Fred Bond,
| c. E. state engineer. Cheyenne. Wyo
Irrigation in Utah" DR.. Seymour B.
Young, Salt Lake City, Utah
Irrigation in Nebraska, J. M. Wilson,
| c. E., state engineer, Lincoln. Neb.
Irrigation in Idaho" d. w. Ross, C.
E., state engineer, Boise, Idaho.
| Irrigation in Colorado" Professor L.
G. Carpenter, of the Colorado State Col
| lege of Agriculture.
Products of Irrigated Districts" Hon.
Henry Nicholson, secretary of the Ma
tonal Irrigation of Congress, Denver,
| Colo.
1.-THE Prevention of Water Right Suits"
Professor S. Forter, professor of engi-
neering, Montana State College of Agri-
culture, Bozeman, Mont
Irrigation and the Law" Hon. o. r.
| Holcomb, state arid land commissioner,
| Ritzville, Wash.
Water Right Problems" Hon. Elwood
| Mead, expert in charge of the United
States division of irrigation. Cheyenne,
| Wyo.
EVENING SESSION.
Public lecture by Hon. F. H. Newell
photographer United States geological
survey, illustrating with the aid of the
| stereopticon the work of the survey.
WEDNESDAY, 27.
| What the Government Has Been Doing
| in the Way of Irrigation, Judge Emory
F. Best of the Office of the assistant at
| torney general, one of the representatives
| OF the interior department: Walter H.
! Graves, c. E., of the Indian department.
Forest Cover on Watersheds in Irri-
gated Regions Acting Chief ]. w. Tou-
mey of the division of forestry, Washing
ton, d. c.
Forestry and the Conservation of the
| Water Supply" ]. B. Collins, superintend-
ent of the forest reserve, Missoula, Mont.
| Leasing the Public Grazing Lands
Hon. Elwood Mead, Cheyenne Wyo.
Annexation of Arid America; How to
Put as Many People in Arid America as
in Humid America" George H. Maxwell
| of California.
1.-The Possibilities of Agriculture in the
Arid Region of the United States" Hon.
Joseph M. Carey, Cheyenne Wyo.
Captain ]. C. Bond is making an effort
to get together as many of Troop M of
| Grigsbys Rough Riders as possible to go
to Butte to join in the welcome to the LIST
Montana infantry on their return from
the Philippines. 1t Is not probable. how
ever, that he can muster many of the gall
| liant lads who went from Billings a year
ago last May to free the Cubans.
| Mrs. G. c. Stull has gone to San Fran
cisco to meet her husband Chaplain Stull,
| on his return from Manila with his regi-
| ment, the LIST Montana.
| DR.. Henry Chappe, Colonel A. l.. Bah
| cock, W. B. George, Dr. Rinehart, Judge
| Alexander Fraser and James G. Fraser
went to Helena this week to attend the
| meeting of the several Masonic grand
| bodies Mrs. e. o. Raisback, Mrs. P. B.
Moss and Miss Panton are the represen-
tatives of the Order of the Eastern Star.
| Fl. F. McFarlin, C. II. Newman and
| Grant s. Lamport are at Butte this week
representing the Billings Pythians at their
| grand lodge.
Colonel Sam Gordon of the Yellowstone
Journal gratifed his numerous Billings
friends by coming here to root for the
home ball players against Helena. The
| colonel has always expressed himself as
| rather skeptical as to whether anyone in
Billings knew the difference between a
baseball bat and marlinspike when IL
was question of playing with Miles
City. but as against Helena his sympa-
thes were unreservedly with Billings
| The colonel has cultivated a beard since
his last preceding visit to Billings, which
| gives him a somewhat striking resem-
blance to the boss Of Tammany.
The Billings bail team was paid of
this morning by Manager Nix, who GER
tainly deserves credit for his clever man.
agement in getting together such a swift
| aggregation as the one just disbanded
| The possession of such a ball team has
given Billings large amount of adver-
Using, which is always a good thing for a
growing town, and an effort will be made
to organize just such another next
spring. Although the men are no longer
under salary, they are going to play
| Helena three more games, next Friday
Saturday and Sunday, under the manage.
ment of N. G. CarwiIe, who will ran.
them to Helena next Thursday might