The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-03
GREAT MEETING WILI
BE HELD IN.GAlF0RN!A
septen1ber 2
Date Of Me- ting

The following copy Of the Official
call for the Fifteenth National Irriga
tion Congress was received today BY
the West vlrginian and this paper
takes pleasure in helping to advertise
the great meeting to be held on the
Pacific Coast on the dates therein men
toned, Hon. A. B. White Is an hon
orary vice president Of the Congress
The call as issued is as follows n
To the People of the United States
Greeting;
The Fifteenth National 1rrigatlon 4
Congress will be held in Sacramento,
California, September "a, incIpstye
1907.
The four great objects Of the con;s
gress are to Save the forests, stose
the floods. reclaim the deserts and
make homes on the land,
All who are interested in the
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achievement ofthese objects Or any
of them are invited to attend the CON
gress, and, by participating in It's de-
liberations, contribute to q wise di
rection Of national policies and deyel
opment of practical methods Of con
serving and developing the great mt
ural resources Of the country, thereby
insuring a greater stability Of pros
porous conditions, extending the shab.
table area, increasing the products %
the land, and Increasing internal hads
and commerce. 4
National aud State officials. lrriga-
ton and forestry experts, engineers
farmers and Irrigators, manufacturers.
professional and business men. indus
trial workers, editors aud other e s.
resentatives of the press viii attend
the congress.
simultaneously with the Irrigation
Congress there viii be held at saeri
mento an Interstate Exposition Of n
rigated Land Products and Forest
Products. The largest and finest list
Of trophies and prizes ever offered q
any event Of this kind will stimulate
competition. The exhibition Of lrri;s
gated products will be the finest ever
assembled anywhere in this country.
The California State Fair viii follow
the Congress, opening on September
7th, when the joint closing and open
ing ceremonies will be attended by
great irrigation celebration, the day
closing with a magnificent allegoricaI
irrigation parade and electrical illuns
ination,
California affords many opporfunt
tiles for the study Of irrigation trrigas
tion practices and results. irrigated
crops of every kind and irrigation Of
portunitles. Sacramento, the capita
city of California, where the Congress-
will be held, is situated near the cen
ter Of the great valley which extends
Ilengthwise through the State q Dis
itance Of nearly five hundred miles and
comprises approximately ten million
acres of fertile land. Colossal plans
for the construction of storage dams
and distributing canals for the irriga-
tion of this great plain are now beihg
made by engineers Of the Reclamation
Service and money, has been apporti9ns
ed from the reclamation fund for
construction Of an initial unit cf the
great system contemplated.
September Is a season Of fruits ana
grapes in California and visitors q
the Congress will have opportnnitis
at Sacramento aud throughout the
State of enjoying the best that calls
fornia orchards and vineyards Yield
and of enjoying It fresh from tree and
vine.
The programme OF the Congress VIII
consist Of addresses by men eminent N
this and other countries carefully pre
pared papers by administrative on.
ctals and engineers Of the National r
clamatlon Service and Forest serytes,
with ample provision for yoluntee
speeches and discussion.
The personnel Of the National Itg
CATION Congress willabe as follows
The permanent oticers Of the ccns
gtess.
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