The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-08
FIFTEENTH NATIONAL
IRRIGATION CONGRESS

To the People of The United States
Greeting:
The Fifteenth National Irrigation
Congress will be held in Sacramento
California, September 2-7, inclusive,
1907.
The Objects.
The four great objects of the Con-
gress are to a the forests, store
the floods, reclaim the deserts and
make homes or the land"
All who are interested in the achiev
ements of these objects or any of them
are invited to attend the Congress.
and, by participating in it's %deiihera-
tions, contribute to a wise direction
of national policies and development
of practical methods of conserving and
developing the great natural
of the country, thereby frSuring a
greater stability of prosperous condi-
lions, extending h habftable area. in
creasing the products of the land, and
increasing internal trade and com
merce.
National and State officials, irriga-
ton and forestry experts. engineers,
farmers and frrigators, m~anufaetur-
erS, professional and business men,
industrial workers, editors and other
representatives of the press will at.
tend the congress.
Interstate Exposition.
simultaneously with the Irrigation
Congress there will be held at Sacra-
mento an Interstate Exposition of r.
rigated Land Products and Forest
Products. The largest and finest list
of trophies and prizes ever offered at
any event of this kind will stimulate
competition. The exhibition of irri-
gated products will be the finest ever
assembled anywhere in this country.
California State Fair.
The California State Fair will follow
the Congress, opening on September
7th, when the joint closing and open
ing ceremonies will be attended by a
great irrigation celebration, the day
closing with a magnificent ~allegorical
irrigation parade and electrical illumi
nation.
Irrigation Studies.
California affords many o~pportuniti-
es for the study of irrigation, irriga-
ton practices and results, irrigated
crops of every kind and irrigation ep-
portunftfes. Sacramento, the capital
city of California, where the Congress
will be held. is situated neal the cen
ter of the great valley which extends
l~engthwise through the state a dis
lance of nearly five hundred miles and
comprises approximately ten millions
of fertile land. Colossal plans for the
construction of storage dams and dis
tributing canals for the irrigation of
this great plain are now being made
by engineers of the Reclamation Ser
vice and money has been apportion-
ed from the reclamation fund for the
construction of an initial unit of the
great system contemplated.
Fruit Season.
September is q season of fruits and
the Congress will have opportunities
at Sacramento and throughout the
state OF enjoying the best that Cali
fornia orchards n vineyards yield
and OF enjoying It fresh from tree and
vine.
Addresses,
The program of the Congress will
consist OF addresses by men eminent
in this and other countries, carefully
prepared papers by administrative Of
fcials aQd engineers of the National
Reclamation Service and Forest Ser
vice, with ample provision for volun-
teer speeches n discussion.
Members
The personnel of the Irrigation Con
gress will be as follows:
the permanent ofaeeEs of the Con
gress.
The President of the United States. |
The viee-President of the United
States.
The Members of the Cabinet.
Members of the United States Sen
ate and House Of Representatives.
Governors of States N Territories
and Tnsusar Possessions of the limited