Albuquerque citizen., 1908-02-20
EVERYBODY MUST WEAR
CONGRESS OFFICIAL.
BUTTON
Ten Thousand viii be Distrib.
uted by Board of Control
Within Few Weeks.

Science bidding the desert drink
viii be portrayed in a picture which
will adorn the official button of the
sixteenth National Irrigation congress
which meets in this city September 30
! TO october 3, this year. "Albuouer-
que, y. M" will be prominent on
the button, together with the title
and number of the congress. a sam
pie of the button was received at tne
congress headquarters in the Com
mercial club building yesterday. Ten
! thousand of them have been ordered
and will be ready for distribution
within few weeks. These buttons
Will be one of the strong advertising
features for the congress.
w. A. Lamb, representing the Otto
Gas Engine company, the largest
manufacturing concern of the kind in
the world. will arrive in the city to-
morrow from Denver to see members
of the board of control regarding an
exhibit which the Otto company ex-
poets to make at the meeting of the
congress. The exhibit will show gas
engines and pumps of all kinds, sizes,
shapes and form In operation An
other feature IF the exhibit will be a
tower 100 feet in the air from which
water will be pumped and made beau
tiful by elec+rIcity
\ letter received this morning by
Colonel w. S. Hopewell, chairman of
the board of control, from h. 4. Fowl
er, secretary of the congress In Ari-
| zona, says that Arizona will be rep
resented at the congress by "A large
exhibit, both mineral and horticulture
| al. Arizona had no exhibit at the
last meeting of the congress held at
Sacramento, Calf.
f. II. Bierbaum of Mora county
in letter to Colonel Hopewel says
that Mora county's most prominent
and influential citizens were already
at work on "a large exhibit for the
congress.
The Eden Land ana Power COM
pany, owner of the large Eden canal
in San Juan county, through It's sec
retary, w. Goff Black, has inform ed
the board Of control that it will have
a large exhibit OF San Juan county
products at the congress.
A telegram received today from
Captain Clark NJ. Carr from Wash
ington satisfies that committee that
the war and navy departments will be
represented at the congress with large
exhibits Captain Carr is standing
by his guns at the army and navy
headquarters and his work is bringing
results. Captain Carr expects 10 re-
turn to the territory i'm about a week.
r. F. Fleming NJ. F., irrigation
engineer at the New Mexico College
of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts
viii arrive i'm the city next Monday
TO confer with the board of control
concerning the experimental farm
which will be established here for the
meeting of the congress Mr.. Flem-
ing will De in charge OF the farm, un-
der Instructions from the department
of agriculture Washington, D. c. Sec
rotary Wilson is expected to be one of
the speakers at the congress. and says
that a number Of foreigners of note
VIII likely care 10 address the CON
grcSs
e. W. Mott, general Immigration
agent for the Northern Pacific rail
way with headquarters at -. Paul
has written the board of control that
he viii be present. and that all the
states crossed by the Union Pacific
railway Will be represented AT the
congress by large delegations.