Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-09
ENORMOUS Tn,55K AHEAD
FOR OFFICE FORCE AT THE
CONGRESS HEADQUARTERS
Ten Thousand Personal Letters Required For the Mailing Of
the Official Call For the Sixteenth National irrigation Con-
greSS Soon to be Issued.

The largest single undertaking In
the letter writing line ever attempted
in New Mexico is to begin next week
National Irrigation congress when the
work of mailing the Official call for
the congress will begin. For this
work 1t will be necessary for the office
force at the headquarters to write nc
less than ten thousand individual let
ters, in addition to the thousands OF
copies of the call which will be sem
to newspapers and commercial organ
izations throughout the country. ac-
companied by circular letters. In con.
nection with the call and with each
letter will be forwarded the forma
announcement of the congress and ex.
position, a neatly printed hand boob
of twenty pages setting forth not only
the objects OF the congress and whai
is TO be accomplished but the pur-
pose Of the exposition and its general
scope, a list of prizes and trophies
and general information about Albu-
querque and New Mexico.
The tremendous advertising effect
of this enorm Gus correspondence and
wide distribution Of reprinted matter
both to Albuquerque and New Mexico
can readily Se realized.
The official call in Its text wiz be
as follows
To the People of the United States,
Greetings:
The Sixteenth National Irrigation
congress will be held in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. U. s. A., September 90,
October 3. inclusive, 1908.
The four great objects of the con-
gress are to save the forests. store
the floods. reclaim the deserts and
make homes on the land"
All who are Interested In the
Of these objects or any OF
them are invited to attend the con-
gress. and, by participation in its de-
Iiberations. contributgto wise direc.
tlon Of national policies and develop
ment Of practical methods of conserv-
ing and developing the great natural
resources of the country, thereby. in
suring a greater stability of prosper
GUS conditions, extending the hablta-
Bile area, increasing the products of
the land and developing internal trade
and commerce.
National and state officials, irriga-
tion and forest experts, engineers
farmers and irrigators. manufacture
ers. professional and business men, in
dustrlal workers, editors and other
of the press will at
tend the congress.
Concurrently with the irrigation
congress and continuing until october
10th. there will be held at Albuquer-
que an International Industrial exposl-
tion Of irrigated farm and forest pro-
ducts. together with exhibits of every
other industry and natural resource
of the country. The list Of cash prizes
and other sofferlngs for COM
petitive exhibition Is tn largest ever
before presented at a similar exposl-
tion. The exposition of irrigated farm
products will be superb, over one hun
dred thousand square feet of exhlbf-
tlon space having been already re-
served.
The greatest opportunity for the
study OF irrigation, irrigation practices
and results, Is found in the territories
of New Mexico and Arizona.
Albuquerque, the commercial met
ropolls of the southwest, where the
will be held, Is so admirably
from a transportation point
Of view that the delegates will have
great opportunities for visiting the
gigantic irrigation projects Of the
southwest now being constructed by
the national government under the re-
clamation act, notably the great
Roosevelt dam at tn salt River val
ley. Arizona, the Elephant Butte dam
and the Leasburg division unit OF the
Rio Grande project. and the Hondo
and Carlsbad projects in the far
famed Pecos valley of New Mexico.
Other great irrigation enterprises To-
Gated In various portions Of the terri
tory OF New Mexico. constructed or
contemplated under private enter
prise, may be visited. as special excur-
sion rates will be given to all delegates
by the railway companies.
Men prominent In the nation and
In the west will deliver
addresses and read specially prepared
papers upon topics of great interest.
These Il Is expected. will reflect the
public sentiment OF semi-arid America.
The national policy OF forest pre-
servatlon. under which more than n
hundred millions of forest area and
grazing lands Of the public domain
have been reserved from sale for the
purpose OF preventing denudation and
lnsurlng their proper use
and conserving the timber and range
resources Of the west and the pro-
lection OF the watersheds In largely
due to the capitalization OF public
thought and sentiment resulting from
the annual discussions and addresses
had and made at the sessions OF the
national irrigation congress.
The great conference Of governors
md others held az the white house In
May this year. at the invitation Of
Roosevelt. for the discus
sion Of national policies In the mat
ter OF conservation and preservation
OF the natural resources Of the coun-
try. has given great impetus 20 the
and has added great lnlef-
est 20 the approaching sessions Of ne
congress.
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