The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-31
WEALTH IN WATER
Fifteenth National Irrigation
Congress Promises to Be
One of the Most Notable Meet
ings Ever Assembled.
SPEECHES AND PAPERS
From Many of the COuntry's
Most Prominent Citizens.
Vice President Fairbanks
Among Those on the Program.

gramme of speeches and prepared pa
pers at the Fifteenth National Irriga-
ticn congress, September to z, viii
be the broadest in scope of any con-
! vention ever held in the United States
for the purpose of promoting the pub
lie welfare. Conservation of resources
| Will be the keynote and the program
will include addresses by representa-
tives of all of the great national organ
| izations which seek to promote con-
servation and development along
| broad and national lines.
The Irrigation congress has long
! been forestry congress, because of
| the close connection which exists be-
| tween the preservation OF the forests
and the use of water SO conserved for
| irrigation. 1t is now recognized that
! there is a community of interest be-
! tween irrigation and drainage, between
| irrigation and 1eep-water transporta-
| ton and between irrigation and all of
| the great industries which are may
De developed in the territory adjacent
to tine irrgable lands.
The programme of the Sacramento
II irrigation congress, which is now
nearly complete, will include addresses
by the president CT other distin guisEed
representatives Of the National Drain
age ass ociation, the National Rivers
and Harbors congress, the American
Forestry association, the American
Mining congress, and the Trans Mis-
Barstow of Barstow, Texas, president
CT the Drainage congress, will be pres
! ent and will deliver an address. The
Rivers and Harbors congress will be
represented by Jno. A. Fox of Cincin-
natl, Ohio. special director; the Amer
lean Mining congress will be presented
by J. J. Callhreath of Denver, Colo
RADIO: the Trans Mississippi congress
| by President H. D. LoYeland of San
Francisco.
Fairbanks to Sneak
The feature of the first days ses-
sion will be the number of men of
prominence who will be in attendance.
Probably never before on a western
programme has there been assem- bled
so meny men prominently identified
with the affairs of the nation and of
the respective states. The vice presi-
dent of the United States will deliver
an address on this day. Governor
Chamberlain of Oregon, president of
the National Irrigation congress. will
deliver his address which, by reason of
his leadership ar,l his abilities, will be
one of tho great speeches of the con-
gress. Addresses of welcome and sim
liar speeches will be made by Cover
nor Jas. n. Giliett of California, United
States Senator Perkins of California,
Mayor NJ. r. Beard of Sacramento. DR..
Benjamin Toe Wheeler, president of
the University of California. and Ar
thur r. Briggs president of the Cali
fornia state board of trade.
Conservation Day."
The second day of the session will
be "Con servation Day" and will be de-
voted to discussion along very broad
Inns of subjects relating to the con-
servation of natural resources and es-
pecially to governmental action ma
tional and state, designed to accom- |
plish such conservation and develop |
ment. One of the principal addresses |
of this day will be by United States |
Senator Francis G. Newlands of Ne
vada, who will speak of the work of
the Inland Waterways Commission. |
This commission was lately appointed |
by President Roosevelt to work out |
and report to him plan for correlat- |
ing and extending the work of the Ma |
tional government with reference to |
the navigable streams of the country. |
It's appointment is considered one of |
the most important acts of President |
ROoSevelt'S administration, 1t being re- |
garded Is a step in the direction OF
much greater governmental activity on
behalf of the waterways and water |
sheds of the country. Hon. Clifford I
Pinchot, United States Forester, and |
one of the presidents closest personal /
friends, will deliver an address or |
Conservation of Resources" DR.. j. |
w MCGEE. also a member of the In |
land Waterways commission. will de- |
liver an address on Conservation of |
Soil Resources" Prof. J. H. Holmes, |
of the United States department of the I
Mineral Resources Mr.. NJ. o. Leigh |
ton chief hydrogra pher of the United |
States department of the interior, Will |
talk or Conservation of Water Re
sources of the Country" DR.. H. Fos- |
ter Balm. director of the geological /
survey of Illinois. will talk of Estate |
Conservation Effort" Ex-Governor
Geo. c. Pardee of California, who was /
gress. will deliver an address upon the
Forest Reserve policy of the national I
government.
Congress to Be Represented.
other days of the session will be de-
voted respectively to forestry, pract1-
cal irrigation and practical irrigated
agriculture, to settlement, and other
the congress OF the United States
will be represented in the irrigation
convention by many members an OF
whom are expected to l<~rI1 1S,l &c
will be represented by Vice-President
Fairbanks, tn presiding ofncer, oy Lew
Ankeny of Washington, Francis g.
Newlands of Nevada, Reed Smoot OF
I-tah Geo. C. Perkins and Frank P.
Flint of California and probably Chas.
Dick of Ohio, John HI. Bankhead of
Alabama and Jos. M Dixon or Mon
tana. Among the members of the
house of representatives who will be
in attendance are Congressman F. c.
Cloudy of Colorado, A J. Gronna of
North Dakota. Jas. M Miller OF KAN
sas. Charles N. Pray of Montana, and
Geo. Bartlett of Nevada.
A feature of the programme that
will lend itself to the great majority
of the delegates will be the large pro-
portion of the time that will be de-
voted to volunteer discussion. Fully
half of the sessions will be taken up in
three ard f1ve-minute talks and open
discussion on the floor of the congress
The National Reclamation service
is now building twenty-five projects
that when COMPLETED will irrigate