Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-05
HoPENELL DID,
SOME BOOSTING
During Recent Trip to Washington He
Told Of Coming irrigation Congress
at Albuquerque.

During the recent visit OF Chairman
w. s. Hopewell of the board Of con.
troll Of the Sixteenth National Irriga-
ton Congress, to Washington, Mr..
Hopewell was interviewed by repre-.
sentative Of the Washington Post and
the following interesting talk with
him appeared In the Posts column
headed, people Met in Hotel Lob.
bies":
"The Sixteenth National Irrigation
Congress which will be held in Albu.
querque, New Mexico will be the larg-
est gathering of its kind ever held in
this or any other country, according to
Colonel W. S. Hopewell, of Albuquer-
que, who Is in Washington to confer
with government officials regarding
the details of the Congress.
=" Vice President Fairbanks, Secre.
taries Wilson and Garfield Clifford Pin.
chot, forester of the agricultural de-
partment; Frederick Fl. Newell, direc.
tor of the reclamation service, and 9th.
er officials will be in attendance said
Colonel Hopewell, at the Shoreham.
The convention will last for two
weeks from September 20 to October
IL, and an auditorium capable of seat
ing $500 people has been erected by
the city. 1t WILL of course, be a per
manent convention hall but the Irriga
tion Congress will be the first big gath
ering to meet there. We expect about
5000 delegates to the Congress, many
of whom will come from abroad.
Turneur the famous French engineer.
has been delegated by President Fal-
lieres to attend as the representative
of the French republic. and King Ed.
ward has personally appointed a dele
gate. while Belgium. Holland, Ger
many. and. in fact. nearly every .coun.
try of Europe, will be represented
From South America will come a great
many delegates because the countries
in that section of the world are per-
haps more largely interested in irri.
cation than those of other parts.
President Diaz of Mexico, is TAX
ing deep interest in the meeting, and
besides naming several delegates to
represent Mexico. has orderd the fam
Gus Eleventh regiment band to Albu-
querque to remain throughout the
Congress. The band, you know, is the
official band Of Mexico and is the most
noted musical organization in that
country. hope to obtain a detail of
one Of the best government bands of
this country, so that We may not BE
outsbone in a musical way.
This Congress is the sixteenth an
nual irrigation congress. The first one
held was, in fact, the first organized
that had a. it's object the con-
servation of our national resources.
We expect great things from the COM
ing Congress The President is taking
a deep interest in it's success, and SO
are many other officials of the gov
ernment, not to speak Of the hundreds
Of prominent captains Of industry who
will attend and make addresses
Right here it is well to recall the
attention Of the people of New Mexico
in general and of the citizens Of Albu
querque in particular that had it not
been for the splendid work of Delegate
W. H. Andrews in securing the appro-
priation of thirty thousand dollars for
the maintenance and expenses Of the
Sixteenth National Irrigation Congress
in the latter city, the successful hold
ing of the Congress would have been a
very serious and hard problem to
solve. As it is and with the appropri.
alton secured by the work Of Delegate
Andrews, the affair will be what 1t
Dugh to be, namely, firstclass.