The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-09-15
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
State Engineer Fellows Writes Inter
estingly of the Great Event.

Tribune: The delegates who attended
the fourteenth annual irrigation con-
vention held at Boise, Ida. last week,
| have returned and report that this
/ congress was beyond question the best
of its kind ever held. The people of
Boise arose TO the occasion and sub
| scribed over $4,000 for the necessary
| arrangements and in providing enter
| tainment for their guests. They ex-
| hibition of products of irrigation We're
| of the highest order and demonstrate
1 ed in the best way possible the great
profits of agriculture by that method.
1 About 1900 delegates were present
| among them were Vice President Fair
banks; Governors Gooding of Idaho,
| Mead Of Washington, and Chamberlain
| of Oregon. Governor Pardee of cali
fornia, president of the congress, 4was
/ delayed at the last moment and sent
his regrets. Among the other promi-
nent persons present were Mr.. Wal
colt, director of the u. S. geological
survey, Mr.. Newell, chief engineer of
/ the U. S. reclamation service, Mr.
| Mead, chief of the division of irriga-
ton and drainage Investigations, II. S.
| department of agriculture, Mr.. Pin
L
ators Dubois and Hepburn of Idaho,
Mr.. Reeder, member of congress from
Kansas, and many others. Delegates
| present from this state were: A. l..
Il Fellows, state engineer; John Brueg-
/ ger, r. M. Calderwood and e. r.
| Brownson, secretary of the Williston
| Water Users association, and T. IL.
Beiseker of Fessenden. or these Mr..
II a -
| committee on resolutions, Mr.. Calder
wood member of the committee on
credentials, and Mr. Beiseker member
of the committee on organization,
| while Mr.. Brownson was honored by
election to the office of president Of
the federation of water users. vassoeia-
| tions, an honor we'll earned by Mr.
Brownson through his untiring efforts
in the formation of a water users as
| ISOLATION at Williston. "a
| The sessions were extremely inter-
| esting, many valuable papers being
read, and addresses delivered, all of
which were listened to with close at
tention. The address of perhaps as
4 great Importance to North Dakota as
any was that of Mr.. f. F. Branden-
burg of Denver upon The Western
Limit of Precipitation Sufficient for
Successful Farming Without Irriga.
ton, and the Relation of the Water
Flow of Streams. We hope to be able
to give an outline of the contents. of
this paper at some later date.
Especial interest was displayed in
the quest of officers and place of meet
ing for the ensuing year. Officers fl
nally selected were: President Gov
ernor Chamberlain of Oregon - vice
president-first, Hon. John H. Smith
of. Utah; second, H. B. MaxsonA Of
Nevada; third, G. w. Brastowea of
Texas: secretary, ID. Fl. Anderson, edi-
tor of The Irrigation Age, of Chicago
The honorary vice president in North
Dakota is as formerly-Hon. e, A.
Williams, and member of the executive
committee is State Engineer Fellows
The place selected for the next a4eet-
ing is Sacramento, Cal Already There
is movement on the part OF those in
terested in the state of North Dakota
to charter a special car for the cons
gress.
| A number of resolutions were adopt
ed, which are summarized as follows:
Resolutions endorsing the reclamation
act, and the reclamation servioeic the
u. S. weather bureau, and the division
of irrigation and drainage investiga-
tions, the forest service, and the or
ganiza ton of farmers clubs. The
creation of experiment stations and
the distribution of information conc
, erning irrigation were advocated, and
resolutions were adopted recommend
ing the passage of an act to facili-
, tate the requirement of reservoir sites,
conservatism both on the part of the
u. S. reclamation service and private
|, capital i'm interfering one with the 9TH
L r, the enactment of a federal law pro-
| viding penalties for interfering with
federal irrigation works. A recon-
! Imendation that congress consider. the
. extension of the jurisdiction of the u.
i S. courts to prevent the location of
, water rights on interstate streams was
( voted down, and in its place was sub
: stituted the appointment of commit
! tee to consider this subject and to re-
port concerning the same at the next
congress. A Recommendation favor
1 ing the tariff on sugar from the Phil
: 1 ippines was adopted after some oppo-
+ sition. Resolutions of thanks to Pres
! ident Roosevelt and Vice President
Fairbanks, the city of Boise and-the
) state of Idaho, the chairman and 9TH
: / er members were unanimously adopted.
Considerable discussion was aroused
f | over the introduction of a resolution
| recommending that congress authorize
. bonds to provide money to facilitate
!. 4 the construction of still other irriga-
i 1 ton projects, but the resolution was
Il voted down.
al After the close of the congress many
81 of the delegates took advantage of
n the opportunity offered through the
!. i generosity of the people of Idaho in
i furnishing special train for the pur-
e pose of visiting a number of the most
h important irrigation districts of the
: state. About 400 made this trip and
all were exceedingly enthusiastic over
q | what they saw. Stops were made al
I'll the cities ot Twin Falls, st. Anthony
q Rexhllrg and PnratalIn and he arAai