Arizona republican., 1909-06-24
 DELEGATES Plans For Gathering an Army
 al SrOkanG SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS It Will Probably Be the Largest One in the His tory of the Irrigation Movement-Arizona Is Urged to Cooperate.

B. A. Fowler, secretary of the Seven
 teenth National Irrigation congress
 which meets in Spokane, August 9-14,
 has received a letter from Arthur
 Hooker. secretary of the board of con- trol in Spokane, indicating that it is ! the purpose of the Spokane congress | to have an event that will Outclass any
 former gathering of that body. This is not onIy the desire of the board. but
 the way in which things have been
 undertaken indicates that it is to be | fully carried out.
 l The particular subject of the letter | is that of attendance, in which it is i urged that Mir Fowler at once under
 take drumming up a crowd What | is meant by that is not merely getting
 a half dozen active irrigationists to
 attend but getting all the organizations
 in the territory entitled to representa- l-tion to send full complements of dele gates, and as many more visitors as | possible. The writer suggests that the | matter be given wide newspaper pub | licity and a campaign be made urging
 Arizona people to attend.
 Illustrating the magnificent scale on
 which things are being done, and the l immensity of the big army of irriga- J tionists expected, MT. Hooker encloses
 a number of newspaper clippings showing what is being done elsewhere. New Mexico for instance proposes to
 send delegation of 500 persons if possible. Following are some of the i clippings:
 New Mexico to Spokane. | Albuquerque.-A campaign to send 1 500 people to the National Irrigation |congress at Spokane. as New MeXico's | delegation, was inaugurated here today at meeting between Governor Curry. w. S. Hooewell. who was chairman of | the board of control of the last con
 gress and a committee appointed by
 the governor to arrange for New MeXi- co.'s representation.
 It is proposed to send two and pos sibly three special trains out of the | territory to Spokane. Twenty mem bers of the board of control of the | congress held here last year have an
 nounced that they will accompany the
 delegation and Governor Curry and his
 entire staff will make the trip.
 Oregon Host.
 Salem. Ore-To secure the cooper
 ation of every oregon city and village | in promoting the National Irrigation congress to be held in Spokane, Gov. | Frank w. Benson today appointed | prominent men, including John H. | Lewis, state engineer; Jay Bowerman. | late president of the state senate; C. 1 N. McArthur, governors secretary and : late speaker of the Oregon house; F.. | S Stanley, chairman of the irrigation committee of the Portland commercial
 club, and Tom Richardson. secretary
 of the Portland commercial club. The committee will hold a meeting | in a few days to formulate ways and means whereby every commercial club | in the state will be called upon to ere | ate interest in the community it rep
 resents in what promises to be the
 greatest irrigation congress ever held. The close utilization between the | Portland commercial club and the ] smaller commercial organizations of | the state assures a boosting campaign ! which will be far reaching and effect | i've C. N McArthur, secretary to Gov
 ernor Benson, is an enthusiastic
 booster of the congress and declares | the committee will exert every effort | to make oregon a leader at Spokane.
 Widespread interest has been shown | in Oregon and even in the counties
 where irrigation is not used. The | Willamette valley promises to send a
 big delegation and Governor Benson may attend, as fell as his secretary, | MT McArthur.
 Montana Men in a Body. | Helena - The National Irrigation
 congress at Spokane received cordial :, indorsement of the legislative commit 1 tee of the Montana Development league l at its meeting here today Governor l Norris called the meeting to order and
 paid a glowing tribute to the irrigation l congress and strongly urged the action by committeeman to bring about the i appointment as delegates men who \ would attend. He also suggested the 1 advisability of attending in a body and ! 1t was the sense of the meeting that | this be done. cars being placarded and | delegates given badges. Committee men who represent every county in the state are determined upon joint action
 for Spokane in August and the dry l farming congress at Billings in Octo- i Der. Governor Norris will be among 1 those attending at Spokane.
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 l THOSE WHO HELD. GOOD l PLACES IN THE LINEUP FOR 3 SOUTHLAND TOWNSHIP OPENING ] REFUSED $500 FOR THEIR PLACES | AND MADE FROM sf,o00 TO S5,ooC ON THEIR INVESTMENTS. BE IN | THE LINEUP FOR TOWNSITE | OPENING AT OLD CAMP OF GLEE- II SON JUNE 28. PATENTED GROUND | WARRANTY DEEDS. TWO RAIL | ROAD TERMINALS. ALL BUSINESS ' LOTS. TERMS ONE-FOURTH CASH | BALANCE EASY PAYMENTS
 SOUTHLAND INVESTMENT COM l PANY, SALES AGENTS, COURT