The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-09

tory; ten delegates appointed by the
mayor of each city of the United
States of more than $4,000 population;
five delegates appointed by the mayor
of each city in the United States Of less
than $4,000 population; five delegates
appointed by each board of county
| commissioners or county supervisors in
the United States; five delegates APP
pointed by each State organization,
having as its object the advancement
of the public welfare Of that State;
five delegates appointed by each State
Horticultural Society or Association;
five delegates appointed by each Ma
tional or Interstate Association inter-
ested in the objects sought by the Ma
tional Irrigation congress; five dele
gates by each State Association of
professionl, commercial, fraternal,
patriotic, religious or labor organiza-
tions; two delegates duly accredited by
each Chamber of Commerce, Board of
Trade, immigration Society or Com
mercial Club; two delegates duly ac-
credited by each regularly organized
| Irrigation, Agricultural, Horticultural,
or Forestry Club, Association or Soci-
ETY. in the United States; two delegates
duly accredited by each Irrigation
company; two delegates dull accredited
by each Agricultural College and by
each College or University having
chairs of hydraulic engineering or for
estry in the United States; two dele
gates duly accredited by each regular
| ly organized society of engineers in
the United States.
Appointment of delegates should be
made as early as possible and notice
of appointment with full name and
postoffice address of delegates for
warded without delay to the National
Irrigation Congress Headquarters,
Sacramento, California Delegates APP
pointed to this congress should COM
municate with the board of control at
Sacramento, in order that accomno-
dations may be reserved. The board
Of control, consisting of prominent
citizens of California, supported by
unanimous sentiment throughout the
state, and aided by COMMITTEES repre-
senting various portions of the state,
have arranged a splendid program of
entertainment, and will accord dele
gates a cordial welcome.
Special railway rates have been
made for delegates to the congress and
will prevail over all Trans continental
lines, with stop-oyer privileges at all
western points. All tickets will in
clude a free trip to San Francisco,
where rebuilding operations are being
carried forward on a scale so vast as
to render that city to-day the greatest
and most interesting exhibition of
mans constructive genius, civic pride
and commercial enterprise ever wit
messed in the world. Special excur-
sions viii enable delegates to see Cali
fornia. These Will cover the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin Valleys, with
their great farms, vineyards, orchards
and irrigation districts. They will
penetrate the mountains, pass through
magnificent pine forests to the great
mining districts of the Mother Lode
and to the famous copper belt of the
north and rich gold mines of the Siski-
yous.
These excursions will extend to the
famous vintage district and giant red
woods Of the north codst counties, to
the beautiful Santa Clara and other
delightful valleys Of the south coast
to sea coast resorts Of worldwide
fame, to the palatial hotels and beau
tiful landscapes Of the southern coun-
ties, to the Yuma project and Imperial
Valley, where the border land between
the United States and Mexico has been
transformed from a desert to a garden.
They will extend to the Klamath
country where the national govern
ment is building in California and Orc
gon a great irrigation system, to the
Truckee-Carson irrigation project in
Nevada and on to the great mining
districts of southern Nevada, where
mines of fabulous wealth are attract
ing the attention Of the civilized
world.