Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-21
IRRIGATION WEEK
At PORTLAND FAIR
NATIONAL CONGRESS BEGINS
THIS MORNING
LARGEATTENDANcE EXPECTED
Thirteenth Annual Convention Opens
Four Days session--WIlI Be
Most Important Meeting
In Its History

The National Irrigation congress
convenes in Portland this morning
and will continue in session four days.
This will be the thirteenth annual con-
vention of the body and 1t Is predicted
that 1t will be the most important
meeting in the history of the organiz-
alton.
With the interest that naturally at
taches to the subject Of irrigation in
the west and southwest, with the pros
pect of important legislation by con-
gress at its next session. and the re-
cent completion of projects in the
southwest is expected to cause a larger
attendance and better representation
from the southwest than in previous
years.
Organization Of Congress
The organization of the congress is
as follows The permanent officers of
the congress, including the chairman
of the sections. Members of the United
States senate and house of representa-
tives, governors of states and terri
tories, ambassadors, ministers and 9TH
er representatives of foreign nations
and colonies. Members of state and
territorial commissions and state COM
missioners of agriculture and horticul-
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ed by the governor Of each state and
territory. Ten delegates to be ap-
pointed by the mayor of each city of
more than $4,000 population. Five dele
gates to be appointed by each city
of less than $4,000 population. Five
delegates to be appointed by the chair
man of the governing board of each
county. Two delegates, each duly ac-
credited by the chamber of commerce,
board of trade, commercial club or
other commercial body. Two delegates,
each duly accredited by any regularly
organized society Of engineers. Two
delegates, each duly accredited by any
agricultural college or college of hy-
draulic engineering, forestry or other
subject related to the general purpose
of the congress.
Enlarged Work
The work of the congress has been
so greatly enlarged through the in
creased interest in matters pertaining
to irrigation that the executive COM
mittee have decided to systematic the
work Of the next congress according
to articles three and five of the con-
stitution; consequently the work of the
thirteenth congress has been divided
into five sections.
Each section will be conducted by a
chairman, who will be recognized as
an eminent authority In his line, which
insures a thorough exposition of the
respective subjects through the presen-
tation of papers, addresses and discus
sion by the most eminent men inter-
ested in forestry, irrigation, climatol-
ogy and their correlated subjects.
In the various sections, information
will be dispensed regarding the in
creasing production by irrigation in
the humid as well as in the arid sec
tions; forestry problems In New Eng
land and along the Appalachian chain,
as well as along the Rocky and Sierra
mountains; engineering applied to pro-
tect from the devastation by floods;
drainage of the submerged areas; d.
recting and conducting the water to it's
most beneficial use; climatology with
special reference to the service of the
weather bureau throughout the United
States, and colonization of new areas
developed through irrigation.