Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-17
SIXTEENTH SESSION
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Official Call Was Issued, From
Which Following lnforma-
ton Has Been Taken.

The Republican Office with request TO
publish. Ii is issued by the executive
committee of the congress and the
local board of control in Albuquerque
which has charge of the arrangements
! for the session. The document is too
long for publication in full but some
portions of it that are particularly
/ important as directing what the prob
able visitor should or may do are here
with reproduced for his information.
| II is taken for granted that the peo-
lple of Arizona already understand
quite thoroughly the objects of these
iannual sessions, which are the con-
Iservation or resources and the recla-
nation of desert lands. Following
are extracts from the call:
! international Industrial Exposit on.
| Concurrently with the Irrigation
Congress and continuing until octo-
Der 10. there will be held at Albu-
ldueruue an international industrial
Exposition of irrigated farm and for
est products. together with exhibits or
Ievery other industry and natural re
tsource of the country. The list Of
leash prizes, trophies and other Of
lferings for competitive exhibition is
1.-The largest ever before presented at a
Isimilar exposition. The exhibition
of irrigated farm products will be
lsuperb. over one hundred thousand
square feet Of exhibition space hay-
ing been already reserved.
! Foreign Representatives
| The official invitation from the
government of the, United States TO
all foreign countries interested in ir-
Irrigation to send delegates to the con-
gress. the appropriation of thirty
| thousand dollars in aid of its neces-
isary expenses by the 60th congress
| Of the United States, gives to the Six
!teenth National Irrigation congress
an official character never before had
and enjoyed by any of the great In
ldustrial conversions of this country.
| Members.
| In its membership, the National
| Irrigation congress is the most broad
| " representative of any of our ma
tional gatherings 1t deals with
questions of national policy and rep
reSentation is accorded to practically
every body of citizens in the United
/ States.
/ The program of the congress will
consists of addresses by men emf
inent in this and other countries.
carefully prepared papers by admin
istrative officials and engineers OF
the national reclamation service and
for volunteer speeches and discus
sions.
The personnel of the National Irri-
CATION congress will be as follows:
The permanent officers of the con-
gress.
The president of the United States.
/ The vice president of the United
States.
The members of the cabinet.
Members of the United States SEN
late and house of representatives.
Governors of states. territories and
insular possessions of the United
States.
Members OF state and territorial
| legislatures.
Ambassadors, ministers, consuis
and other representatives and dele
gates from foreign nations and col
onies.
Members of state, territorial and
linsular irrigation and forestry COM
missions.
Delegates.
Fifteen delegates appointed by the
| governor of each state or territory.
| Ten delegates appointed by the
mayor of each city of the United
States Of more than twenty-five
thousand population.
Five delegates appointed by the
mayor of each city in the United
States of less than twenty-five thous-
land population.
Five delegates appointed by each
board of county commissioners ca
county supervisors in the United
States.
Five delegates appointed by each
Estate organization, having as its OBJ
lject the advancement of the public
4welfare of that state.
Five delegates appointed by each
state irrigation, forestry, agricultural
or horticultural society or association
Five delegates by each national or
interstate association interested In
the objects sought by the National Ir
Irrigation congress.
Five delegates by each state as
Isolation of professional, commercial
fraternal, patriotic, religious or labor
organizations.
Two delegates duly accredited by
each regularly organized irrigation
agricultural, horticultural or forestry
club, association or society in the
United States.
Two delegates duly accredited by
each irrigation company.
Two delegates duly accredited by
each agricultural college, and by eacT
college or university having chairs
Of hydraulic engineering or forestry
in the United States.
J Two delegates duly accredited by
each regularly organized society OF
engineers in the United States.
Make Appointments Early.
Appointments of delegates should
be made as early as possible, and no
tice Of appointment with full name
and postoffice address Of delegates
forwarded to the chairman or secre
tary Of the Board of Control, Albu
iqueTque. New Mexico, U. s. A.
Another notable feature of the con
gress will be the report of a com
mittee, named at the 15th congress
held at Sacramento in 1907, relativt
) to the desirability of organizing ar
} inter national congress, having
) broader and more comprehensive
scope and covering all matters
touching the conservation and use o.
national resources of all the coun
tries Of the globe.
The people of New Mexico and o.
the Duk City-AIbuquerque-
erecting a magnificent convention hal
for the accommodation of the con