The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-22

to all delegates by the railway COM
panies.
Addresses.
Men prominent in the nation and
particularly in the west will deliver
addresses and read specially pre-
pared papers upon topics of great in
terest. These, it is expected, will
reflect the public sentiment of semi
arid America.
Forestry.
The national policy of forest pres
ervation, under which more than .
hundred millions of forest area and
grazing lands of the public domain
have been reserved from sale for the
purpose of preventing denundation
and destruction, insuring their prop
err use and conserving the timber and
range resources of the west and the
protection of the watersheds, is
largely due to the crystalization If
public thought and sentiment result
ing from the annual discussions and
addresses had and made at the ses-
sions of the national irrigation con-
gress.
Conference of Governors.
The great conference of governors
and others held at the White House
in May this year, at the invitation
of President Roosevelt, for the dis
cussion of national policies in the
matter of conservation and preserva-
ton of the natural resources of the
country, has given great impetus to
the movement and has added great
interest to the approaching sessions
of the congress.
Make Appointments Early.
Appointment 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-
querque, New Mexico, U. S. A.
All foreign governments, notably
Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Mex
leo, Cuba and the South American
republics have been invited to send
representatives to the congress and
make exhibits at the exposition.
Another notably feature of the
congress will be the report of COM
mittee named at the fifteenth con-
gress, held at Sacramento in 1907,
relative to the desirability of organ
izing an international congress hav-
ing a broader and more comprehen-
sive scope and covering all matters
touching the conservation and use of
national resources of all the coun-
tries of the globe.
The people of New Mexico and Of
the Duke OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
erecting magnificent convention
hall for the accommodation of the
congress. This structure will cost
of $4,000 when complet I'd
and will seat $500 delegates. 1t is
built of cement. brick and steel and
is a very handsome building.
Albuquerque and New Mexico will
be the scene in September and Octo-
Der of the greatest irrigation cele-
bration and demonstration in the
history of the southwest.
The purpose is to emphasize the
Importance and value of irrigation
as a factor in national development
and 10 make an object lesson with
exhibits of the resources, agricul-
tural, horticultural, live stock and
of the great west.
This will extend over a period of
two weeks and will include the ma
tional irrigation congress-the inter-
national industrial exposition and
the twenty-eighth annual New Mex
leo territorial fair. There will also
be receptions, excursions and other
in various portions of
the territory to which all of the
delegates will be invited. The mu-
steal part of the program during the
will be on a higher and
more artistic plane than any ever
attempted in the history of the coun-
try.
The electrical illumination of the
city of Albuquerque, the decorative
arches commemorative of this great
event. the participation by the ma
tional government in the exhibits
and displays, the military and the
navy, all will be on par with the
great expositions of the country
heretofore held.
The live stock show will be unsur-
passed by anything in that line ever
held west of Chicago or Kansas City.
Preparations will be made for the