Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-08-21

irrigated states grow hops to some ex.
tent; some are large producers and
exporters.
And so the list of trophies to be Of
fered at Sacramento continues to
grow. 1t now numbers no less than
16 handsome gold and silver loving.
cups and especially designed trophies,
representing an aggregate cost of
nearly $4,000. Competition is open
to all states except California.
But in matter of attendance the con-
gress will be also noteworthy. Surely
the term national" will be strictly ap-
plicable to the coming conclave as the
commercial east, the agricultural
south and the undeveloped north are
to be represented as we'll as the new
west. Indeed, it is question if the
term international" would not be
more fitting as applied to the con-
gress, as many foreign countries,
among them Australia, the farthest
away, and Canada, our neighbor, will
have representatives present. An op-
portunity will be offered at the session
to further national effort in conserva-
ton and development, and speakers
have been chosen to discuss the ef-
feet of such effort in the various in
dustries of the country who have made
a thorough study and know whereof
they speak. Not only have irrigation
lists and agriculturists been invited to
attend the sessions of the congress,
but the manufacturers of the east,
whose business is dependent upon
streams for power, the southerner
who must drain his land in order to
make it fruitful and the man of com.
merce whose interest is in naviga-
ton.
In addition to such attendance Con-
gresham Theodore E. Burton Of Ohio,
chairman Of the Inland Waterways
commission, has notified the chairman
of the executive committee that the
commission will be represented at
the fifteenth session. The following
members of the commission have been
delegated by Mr.. Burton to represent
that body in the irrigation congress:
Senator Francis Newlands of Nevada,
Senator John H. Bankhead Of Ala
bama, Clifford Piuchot, United States
forester; F. H. Newell, director recla-
nation service; and DR.. w. J. MCGEE,
secretary of the commission, and for
mer president of the National Geo.
graphical society. The presence of
members of this very important body
will be an important factor in the
congress. To what extent the specific
work of the commission will figure in
the discussion cannot be foretold, but
it is certain that the larger effort in
the direction of the streams and the
preservation of their watersheds will
form an important topic of general
discussion.
The suggestion that the eastern for
est reserve question be discussed at
the session has created much interest
among prominent men of the eastern
states who are identified with the
movement to establish reserves in the
Appalachian and White mountains.
Letters have been received from all
over the eastern states approving the
suggestion and expressing the hope
that the matter will be scheduled for
discussion at the Sacramento meet
ing. The officers of the fifteenth con-
gress are: President, Hon. George E.
Chamberlain of Oregon; first vice
president, Hon. John H. Smith Of
Utah; second vice president, Hon. H.
B. Maxson, Nevada; third vice presi-
secretary, D. H. Anderson of Chicago,
III.