The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-25
Eighth Annual Session of the
Irrigation Congress.
EXCELLENT DISPLAY MADE
Every Valley in the Western Part of
the State Representative Visitors
Will Be Given Trip Up
the Bitter Root.

tomorrow. The trains to-day have
| brought in a number of delegates and
kilograms have been received tonight
| from many more who are on the way
and will reach here tomorrow after
noon. THE delegates from Wyoming,
Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Nevada are
IN Butte waiting for the first train out
| of there to get here, and there are sew
eral delegates from eastern points on
the overland train, but will reach here
Monday afternoon. Among those who
have arrived to-day are G.. NJ Booth
of Los Angeles, Cal, who was presi-
dent of the congress for two years and
who is one of the eminent irrigation
experts of the country. Scipio Craig,
the well known Californian editor, is
on hand and is enthusiastic over the
future of the irrigating districts. Sem
ator Norris, Beaverhead county, and Mr..
Bishop of Dillon are among the early
arrivals of the Montana delegation,
and the delayed Northern Pacific train
from the East, which will reach here
some time after midnight, will bring
Chairman 1. D. O'Donnell of Billings,
chairman of the national executive
committee, and the Dakota and Eastern
| Montana delegations. BY tomorrow
afternoon it is expected that there will
| be full attendance, and the actual
| work of the congress will begin.
The programme that has been pre-
| pared for the meeting by the national
| committee is as follows:
On Monday paper, "Alkali and IT.
rigation," will be discussed by Profess
| sor Milton Whitney, chief of the divis-
| ion of soils, Washington, d. c.: Pro-
| fessor f. w. Traphagen, professor of
| chemistry of the Montana State col
| lege of agriculture, Bozeman, Mont:
| Professor B. B. Buffum. NJ. S. chief of
the department of agriculture of the
University of Wyoming. This will be
followed by a paper on the Relation
of Agricultural Colleges to the National
Irrigation Movement" by Professor J.
E. Stubs, president of the American
Association of Agricultural Colleges
and Experimental Stations.
Tuesday the programme will include
the following: Irrigation in Wyo-
ming Fred Bond, c. E., state engineer.
Cheyenne, Wyo.; Irrigation in Utah."
Dr. Seymour B. Young, Salt Lake City.
Utah: Irrigation in Nebraska" j. NJ.
Wilson, c. E., state engineer, Lincoln,
Neb,; Irrigation in Idaho" d. W.
Ross, c. E., state engineer, Boise, Ida
no; Irrigation in Colorado" Professor
L. G. Carpenter of the Colorado State
College of Agriculture; Products of r.
risated Districts" Hon. Henry Michael
son. secretary of the national irrigation
congress, Denver, Colo; The Proven
ton of Water Right Suits" Professor
$. Fortier. professor of 4, engineering,
Montana State College OF Agriculture,
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
Tuesday evening there will be pub
lie lecture by Hon. F. H. Newell hydro
sraphGr, United States geological SUR
! vey, illustrating with the aid of the
steIeopticon the work of the survey.
The Wednesday programme includes
the reading and discussion of the fol-
| lowing subjects: What the Govern
ment Has Been Doing in the Way Of
Irrigation Judge Emory of the office
% the assistant attorney general, one
of the representatives of the interior de-
partment, and Walter II. Graves. e. E.,
of the Indian department; Forest
Cover on Water Sheds in Irrigated Re-
gions," Acting Chief ]. W. Tourney of
the division of forestry, Washington, d.
c.; Forestry and the Conservation of
the Water Supply" j. B. Collins, super
intendent of the forest reserve. of this
city; Leasing the Public Grazing
Lands" Hon. Elwood Mead Cheyenne
How to Put as Many People in Arid
America as in Humid America" George
H. Maxwell of California; The Posi-
bilities of Agriculture in the Arid Re
gions of America" Hon. Joseph NJ.
Carey, Cheyenne.
The fruit and vegetable display is
made in the large vacant room in the
Higgins block and is a grand affair.
Every valley around the western part
of the state is well represented. About
200 delegates from every part of the
United States are expected.
The local arrangements for the con-
gress are complete. The meetings will
be held in the Union theater instead of
the Bennett, and the hall has been
deliberately decorated by John L. Sloane
and a corps of assistants. The galleries
are hung with bunting and sheaves of
grain and fruits and flowers have been
freely employed to present the best pos
sible effect. The president of the con-
gress, Senator Carey of Wyoming, will
not be here at the opening of the con-
gress, but his place will be ably filled
by DR.. s. B. Young of Utah, who is
recognized as one of the best posted
men in the country on matters that
pertain to irrigation. The display of
Montana products that has been ar
ranged by C. F. Dorman. NJ. McDon-
aid and d. r. Beck is a complete and
creditable one. The contribution OF
Gallatin county was received and put
in place to-day and that from Yellow
stone county came tonight and will be
placed in the morning.
After the conclusion of the regular
programme of the congress the citizens
of MissOula will take the visitors UP
the Bitter Root valley where the Ham
iltOn people will entertain them with a
trip over the Bitter Root stock farm
1t is not known tonight just when
| the sessions will close, as the delayed
arrival of the delegates may make the
meetings little later in starting and
! this will probably make the meetings
little later than had been originally
| planned. The outlook for an interest
ing meeting is excellent and the people
who make up the congress will have
an opportunity to form an opinion of
the advantages of Montana. With the
excellent display of Montana products
that has been made and with the SPLEEN
did weather that is promised, Montana
will have no reason to feel ashamed Of
.he showing that is to be made.