East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-29

albuquerque, N M, Sept. 29-"TC
save the forests, store the floods, re-
claim the deserts and make homes II
the land" Is the comprehensive ambi.
tlon of the National Irrigation con.
gress, which began its sixteenth an.
nua session in this city. today. Al.
ready scores of men interested IN
projects to make the seml-arld west
bloom as the rose are arriving in the
city and the hotels are rapidly filling
with guests. Many Albuquerque homes
will be opened to entertain the over
flow OF guests that cannot be enter.
tained at the hoels and the citizens
and business interests of the town
have combined to make the congress
the most notable gathering in the his
tory Of Albuquerque.
Vice President Fairbanks, Clifford
Pinchot f. II. Newell, director of the
reclamation service, and many other
prominent government officials will
attend the congress and deliver ad-
dresses,
The National Irrigation congress,
from small beginning in 1891, when
it was instituted at Salt Lake City,
Utah. has grown into an organization
of national importance and a recog-
nized force I'm directing legislation by
the congress of the United States for
the reclamation of the arid and semi
arid lands of the west. Yearly the at
tendance of delegates and spectators
has been increasing. Last year at
Sacramento, Cal. many thousands at
tended, and the whole country read
with interest the daily reports Of the
proceedings This year, at Albuquer-
que. the national government, by cab
met and bureau officers, will partic-
ipate IN the discussions, and the board
OF control, i'm charge OF the local ar
iangements, Is preparing for a larger
attendance than ever before.
There Il to be an industrial exhi-
bltlon at Albuquerque at the same
time. Among those who have offered
$500 for the best exhibits Of minerals,
and w II. Anderson, who offers 500.
for the best cotton
In the pageant, tribes Of Pueblo In
dlans VIII appear, coming for a stay
throughout the congress and EXPOSE
ton and fair from Laguna, Cochltl,
san Felipe, san Domingo, and other
puebos. The chiefs will carry in the
parades the famous sticks presented
to their predecessors by President
Abraham Lincoln during the civil war
more than 40 years ago. Representa-
tiyes OF the Pima tribes OF Arizona
will attend also and participate in the
paredes.
All Of the Indians will wear the
fantastic costumes of their race. In
dian women, riding in floats and max
ing pottery and Navajo blankets, will
be In the pageant. II will be no.
table picture Of the vanishing race.
Two bands Of music from Old Mex
leo win participate in the parades, and
in addition bands will come from all
over the mountains west and from the
cities Of the plains eastward filling
the air. with music.
The irrigation congress will have
before Il the lesson OF II reclamation
projects completed. or to be complet-
ed, this year. These projects will cost
$1S7+o,00o, and will reclaim one-halfI
million acres Of land.
The II projects and II others to be /
completed in 1911, are the direct re-
suit of the National Irrigation con-
gress. Altogether, the 2S projects will
reclaim aud subject to the uses Of
man 100000 acres, and will cost In .
lbers S7O,OO0,OOO. The sum
.,. $40 already has been eX-
% perform the work thus
..r yernment has employed iu
. ed and registered service,
he office force at Wash
.- a. men and women upon
The contractors have em-
r..f t.tS9 laborers. This is a to-
's. of 1888 persons The
|'..s are nearly $lOOO,OOO a
...tN
chard. stntistican OF the
... service says these opera
... resulted in the establish
". eht towns, the construction
Hes Of brnch railroad, the
# $4,000 persons in the
'hese settlers have made
rc It was impossible to
N..... ,As before the water came.
f.I- 1e reclamation service dug