Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-07
SACRAMENTO WINS
BY A CLOSE VOTE
IRRIGATION CONGRESS- COMES
TO CALIFORNIA
Governor Chamberlain Becomes the
Unanimous Choice for Presl-
dent and Is Given an
Ovation
Rr AssocIated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BOISE. Idaho, Sept. 6.-The four
tenth national irrigation congress-
closed its sessions this evening aftei
voting to hold the next congress al
Sacramento and electing as president
Of the fifteenth congress Governor
George r.. Chamberlain OF Oregon.
The enthusiasm Of the Callfornians
over Sacramento's victory was the
more pronounced because of the narrow
margin by which the victory was won
The attractions of the jamestown expo
sition had been cleverly presented, and
on the first ballot for the convention
city jamestown was in the lead. Sac
mento won out on the second ballot.
Governor Chamberlain was the unan-
imous choice of the congress for presi-
dent, and when he was escorted to the
platform and expressed his apprecia-
tion of the high honor accorded him by
the representatives of thirty states of
the Union, he was given a tremendous
ovation.
There was some evidence of discord
in connection with the election of sec
retary. d. H. Anderson, a Chicago
publisher. was the choice of the nomi-
nation committee. His published ut
terances in criticism of the federal rec
lamation service were urged against
him, but the convention Endorsed the
nomination.
The shouters for "a hundred millions
more for reclamation" came before the
congress with a minority report from
the committee on resolutions demand
ing that the national congress authorize
a bond issue to raise such fund. After
a spirited debate the minority report
was voted down.
A special train which left Boise over
the Oregon Short Line late tonight car
ried a large number of delegates to the
congress, who will spend two days in
specting the irrigation projects of
Southern Idaho. The great dam at
Miner, the Shoshone Falls, the Twin
Falls irrigation tract and the Minidoka
tract will be visited.
The report of the committee on reso-
lutions was presented when the con-
gress reassembled.
A minority report was presented by
Oregon and Utah, representatives on
the committee. voicing a demand that
the federal government authorize the
issuance of 2 per cent bonds running
twenty years to enable the reclamation
service to finance and carry out "all
practicable irrigation projects in the
United States"
By decisive vote the congress voted
to table the minority report.
Frank G. Gowdy of Denver moved to
strike out the, resolution urging con-
gress to extend to the federal courts
Jurisdiction over water rights on inter-
state streams.
1t was the old fight of Colorado and
Kansas over the Arkansas river. The
Kansas delegation favored the COM
mittee resolution. DIR. Elwood Mead
of the reclamation service moved as a
substitute that the president appoint
a committee Of five to investigate tho
questions at issue and report to the
next congress, This was agred to-
The report of the resolutions commit
tee as thus amended was adopted, and
the chairman named as the committee
Elwood Mead and Morris Bien of the
reclamation service, Frank Freeman of
California, Ira Inglehart of Washington
and J. II. Lewis of Oregon.
AS the committee on publicity for the
ensuing year Governor Mead named
Professor Fortier of California and
Messrs. Hurd of Arizona, Reeves of
Nevada, Gowdy of Colorado and Ray
of Montana.
Adjourned sine die.