Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-26
COCH|SE To Be
REPRESENTED
At CONGRESS
Mineral and Agricultural Ex-
hibitS Arranged Forum
mense Scope of irrigation
Conference at Albuquerque.

At a conference of the Bisbee Board
of Trade and the board of supervisors
reid at 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
ia the city council chamber, steps
were taken which will almost certain
ly lead 10 the resources of Cochise
county being placed before the 10000
people who are expecte.l to attend the
National Irrigation Congress TO re
held at Albuquerque September 29f1
TO October 3rd Supervisor ]. G. Nc
Cabe was present from Dos Cabezos,
as was Secretary Frank Gerhart of
the Douglas Chamber of Commerce.
The Importance which the National
Irrigation Congress means to this Sc
.ti0n and 10 tfe territory as a vShole
was very clearly brought out at the
conference yesterday afternoon. The
supervisors authorized Commissioner
of immigration Ed F. Williams TO pro-
coed with the publication of literature
relative to the resources and posi-
bilities of Cochise county, the same
TO be distributed at the congress.
The exhibits to be made will be
looked after blythe several commit
tees. J. G. McCabe, chairman of the
delegation TO the irrigation congress,
was given the prerogative of naming
the committees on displays and gave
the following: Bisbee Board of Trade,
Douglas Chamber of Commerce and
Benson Chamber of Commerce, to
act Jointly as a committee &c secure
mineral exhibit; 6. Kitchener of Bis
bee; John S. Merrill, of St David, and
c. A. Taylor, of Sulphur Springs Val
ley, were appointed as a committee on
agricultural display, with Kitchener as
chairman. Gerhart was named as
chairman of the mineral exhibit COM
mittee, Kitchener as chairman of the
committee on finance to handle the
Bisbee end of the expense OF the ex-
hibit.
In pointing out the importance of
the congress to this section of the ter
ritOry, Supervisor McCabe stated that
not only would there be representa-
tives from all over the United States,
but that many foreign countries would
be represented. That many of these
would come for the purpose of point
ing out desirable sections of the
United States to prospective immi-
grants. Appropriations for irrigation
purposes are also largely contingent
l AiCu CECfAa<hIiDtlS dl t1lCcC
meetings, and 1t is up to Cochise
county and the territory TO make these
representations so strong that they
will become the recipient of a part of
the gifts Uncle Sam is making for
these experiments.
Gerhart of the Douglas Chamber of
Commerce stated to the conference
yesterday that that body at Douglas
had made arrangements with several
Of the leading mining companies OF
Sonora, Mexico, to forward specimens
20 be included in the mineral exhibit,
and that the NacozaTi road had con-
scented to forward and return them
without charge The Santa Fe has
agreed to forward free all exhibits
from II Paso and Phoenix, and there
will be no trouble, it is thought, in
securing the same concession from
the e. P. & s. W.
Among other interesting statements
made at the meeting yesterday was
one to the effect that the Santa Fe
would probably spend S250,000 at tae
exhibit, that the United States had
donated $4,000 toward It and that
New Mexico had raised 100000 to-
ward making it a success. Super
visor McCabe also declared that Of the
1890. 200 acres in Cochise county. l.
SOC, 900 could be successfully tiled