Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-18
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES
WILL BRING EXHIBITS
National officials Galore Will At
tend and Make AddreSSeS--SOl-
dierS and Sailors viii be Here.
Exhibits VIII OutCldsS Pre-
vlOuS Attempts.

Colonel w. $. Hopewell, chairman
of the board of control of the Ma
tional Irrigation congress. who re-
turned from Washington last night is
enthusiastic over the results obtained
by the New Mexicans on their Wash
ington trip, of which delegation he
was an active worker. Commenting
upon the good work done in the cause
of irrigation, Colonel Hopewel today
said:
"All of the departments in Wash
ington-and We saw 'em all-are fully
alive to the benefits of the Irrigation
congress and are enthusiastically
working with US to make the congress
a big success. Vice President Fair
banks and nearly all the members of
the presidents cabinet Will make an
effort to be present at the congress.
and several OF them have promised
to be among our speakers. The state
department is now cooperating with
us In an Invitation to representatives
| of all of the foreign governments TO
attend the congress, and the state
department will arrange to entertain
these foreign visitors at the expense
of Uncle Sam.
Sailors Coming, Too
1.-THE secretary of war will loan us
tentage for 5000 people or more IL
| needed a military detachment will
5e sent to Albuquerque to partici-
| pate In ihe big fiesta. The navy de-
partment will also have a squad AT
| sailors here with an exhibit which win
be limited in size only by our ability
| to accommodate 1t. The department
| of agriculture will be on the ground
with an exhibit which will he one of
the largest of its kind ever seen in
| the southwest. 1t will be arranged
| through Professor Luther Foster of
| the Agricultural college at Mesilla
| Park, and he will oe in charge. al
| though the secretary of the depart
ment will be In Albuquerque. together
| With several of his chief assistants.
He has personally promised u Won
| derful exhibit If plants and flowers.
Secretary Garfield of the interior
| department. has also promised to at
tend and to make a speech to the
| congress.
| Ills department will also send a
fine exhibit. Other exhibits will be
| sent by the postoffice department, in
charge of the postmaster general and
his assistant who will attend. the
treasury department and the reclama-
| ton service. Chief Newell of the
| reclamation service will he in Albu-
querque and his assistants will ex-
hibit maps and plans of great irriga-
| ton projects from all over the world
Secretary Cortelyou will be among
our guests and has promised to de-
liver an address II possible. The bu-
reau of forestry and the bureau of
geology will also have extensive ex-
| hibits. The government will send
some of its foremost scientists to Al
buquerque upon that occasion.
Foreigners VIII Attend
"British Ambassador Brice has
promised to attend II possible and If
he can not do so he will send his
secretary, Mr. Keenard. Some dozen
other foreign ambassadors and diplo-
mats have promised us that they will
| attend the congress. AmOng them
will be the representatives Of China,
| Japan and the Egyptian government.
We were forced TO refuse exhibit,
from these countries because they
were so large we could not accommo-
late them.
THE delegates from the Philippine
Islands viii be among those in attend
ance and they will assist in preparing
the exhibits from the Philippines
They have already written to the
Philippine legislature which Is now
I'm session, asking for an adequate ap-
preparation for their exhibit. Porto
Rico will also send a handsome eX-
hibit,
Governor Curry through Governor
Magoon Of Cuba, has taken up the
matter of the Cuban exhibit which
viii be a large one. on the govern
or's invitation, the governors and del
egates from Hawaii and Porto Rico
will also be present There will be
over fifty distinguished members OF
congress and other officials in at
tendance at the congress.
Better Than Expected
I'm fact, we secured a great dea!
more than we anticipated when we
went to Washington and New Mexico
owes a great debt of gratitude to her
governor, her delegate and 10 her
citizens who worked so isinterested-
ly and so tirelessly in her behalf
1T is now up 10 the people Of Al
buquerque and Of New Mexico gen
orally to make the congress all that
II should be and to provide accommO-
dations for the many people and the
many exhibits coming TO the Irriga-