Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-11-23
DISCUSSING IRRlGA-
TION MATTERS.
A Resolution Urging President Mckinley
to Broach in His Message the Subject
of Forest Reserves and Water
Storage.
HON. L. B. PRINCE VICE PRESIDENT

Chicago, H., November 23.-Today's
session of the National Irrigation Con-
gress was devoted to addresses pertain
ing exclusively to the question of prac-
tical watering and irrigation of arid
lands and arid plant life. Judge E. f.
Best of Washington, d. c., presided.
Wesley A. Stuart of Sturgis, S. D., spoke
on "What the National Irrigation Asso-
citation Stands For" S. M. Emory,
president of the Montana Horticultural
Society at Bozeman. Mont, followed
with paper on practical Irriga ation."
Irrigation and Increased Production
was discussed by Prof +, H. King, of
the Wisconsin agricultural experimental
station.
The following resolution was adopted
and sent to President Mckinley: The
ninth annual session of the National 1r-
rigation Congress now in session at Chi
cago respectfully urges that in your
message to congress you call attention
to the national Importance of the pres.
ervation of our forests and the extension
and conservative use of forest reserves;
and further, that you emphasize the
need of national action to store the flood
waters. that now go to waste"
Former Governor Prince of New
Mexico submitted the following resolu-
ton: THAT the congress of the United
States be requested so to amend the law
usually known as the Carey act, as to
make it apply to territories as well as to
states" The resolution was referred to
the committee on resolutions.
John Henry Smith of Salt Lake then
spoke on 1.-THE Subjugation of Des erts,
after which recess was taken.
At the afternoon session letter was
read from Secretary Wilson dealing
with 'Forestry and Irrigation
Arid plant life was discussed in a
paper on New Crops for Arid Lands, >
by Frederick V. Colville, botanst of the
United States Department of Agricult-
ure.
San indispensable Factor in Success
was the topic of paper by Henry
James, editor of The Forester, of Wash.
ington d. G.
F.The Water Supply of Cities was the
topic of paper by }. W. Tourney, OF
the Forest School, New Haven, Conn.
The last paper of the Afternoon was
read by l.. g. Powers, chief statistician
In charge OF agricultural sbaClsIlcs ol
the twelfth census of the United States
on Irrigation and Agricultural Devel-
opment.
| PRINCE FOR FIRST VICE-PRESI-
DENT.
b. Booth of Los Angeles, chairman of
the committee on permanent organiza.
tion, submitted Il report recommending
the election of the following officers:
President, Thomas f. Walsh, Wash
ineto D. c.; first vce-prcsident, Ex
Governor l.. Bradford Prince of New
Mexico; second vice-president, F. B
Thnrber, New York; Secretary, Ii. b
Maxson, Nevada.
! 1t was recommended by the members
of the executive committee that one
vice-president be named by the dele
gates from each state represented. The
committee also recommended that 8
field association meeting be held a.
Colorado Springs, Colo, 1901, just priol
or subsequent to the trans-Mississipp
congress at Cripple Creek, Colo. The
committee recommended that the mex
annual session of the congress be hele
at Buffalo, N. Y, in October, 1901.