Gilpin observer., 1904-11-24
PORTLAND NEXT
PLACE OF IRRIGATION MEETING.
Delegates at Ell Paso Entertained In
Juarez, Mexlco.-Pardee Of Call
fornia for President.

Ell Paso, Tex, Nov 18.-The third
day of the national irrigation congress
was marked by the reading of num-
ber of interesting papers in the va
rious section meetings yesterday
morning, a reception in the afternoon
in the sister city of Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico, by Gov. Enrique Creel Of the
state of chihuahua, the witnessing Of
a bull fight in Juarez in the afternoon
after the reception, the selection of
Portland, Oregon, as the next meeting
place and the Introduction of many
important resolutions last night.
Herbert Myrick of New York spoke
on practical Success With Irrigation
in the East" He said in part:
''In small way irrigation is quite
universal in the Eastern states. The
water is applied by means of hose to
lawns, flower gardens and kitchen gar
dens. A constantly increasing num-
ber of market gardeners and truck
gardeners also employ irrigation.
Until within a few years. the so
called average farmer in the middle
and eastern states has considered irri-
cation quite impracticable. About one
year in three he has suffered great
losses from draught, and nearly
every other year dried up pas
lures and reduced yields of hay,
forage and grain testify to the
eastern farmers necessity for the
right quantity of water at the right
time. But of late years even this class
of eastern farmers has begun to wake
up to the fact that irrigation is a prac-
tical necessity, either by drawing
water from streams or reservoirs,
through gravity bitches or pipes and
hose, or by pumping water by hydrau-
lie ram, windmill or engine. The re-
cent improvements in engines run by
gasoline or kerosene have made 1t pos
sible to pump water wherever wanted
for irrigation purposes, at the East
and South as we'll as in the West, and
at cost that makes such irrigation
profitable in the dry time"
Last night Portland, Oregon, was Sc
lected as the next meeting place on
the first ballot, after two hours of
speech-making, Boise, Idaho, being
her only competitor and the voting two
to one in favor Of the Oregon city, and
Portland was then selected unani-
mously on motion of Boise.
During the day Senator Newlands of
Nevada and William E. Smythe of Cali
fornia withdrew from the race for
president in favor of Governor Pardee
of California. The committee on per
manent organization last night recon-
mended the following officers:
Gov. George c. Pardee of California
| for president, Judge L. NJ. Shurtliff of
Utah for first vice president IA Con.
gressman ]. H. Stephens, second vice
president; Hon. E. L. Smith of Hood
River, Oregon, third vice president
and one vice president to be selected
by each state.
Texas, New Mexico and Mexico oc
cupied the attention of all the dele
gates today in their fight over a dam
for storing the flood waters of the Rio
Grande, Texas and Mexico having ad
vocated dam at Ell Paso, while gov.
ernment engineers approved the plan
Of New Mexico for dam at Elephant
Butte. The session to-day unanimously
approved the Elephant Butte site and
work will probably be commenced
soon. This will reclaim 100000 acres
of land in New Mexico, Texas and
Mexico above and around Ell Paso.
At the reception in Mexico yester
day afternoon addresses were de
livered by Governor Creel and Presi
dent Clark of the National Irrigation
Association. The Mexican opera
house was decorated with Mexican and
American flags and the guests were
served with champagne.