The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-06-16
TAKE IRRIGATION
CONGRESS EAST

Irrigation congress in 1910, with five
other active candidates in the field.
as follows: Pueblo, COL: Chicago. St.
Louis, Charleston, s. c., and Roches-
ter, N. Y. These cities will send rep
resentative delegations to the 18th
session in Spokane, August 9 to IA,
when a lively battle is expected, as
each is backed by an influential COM
mercial club and has a large follow
ing among the delegates.
Pressure is being brought to bear
upon George Sames Barstow of Tex
as, president, and other officers of
the national association, also R. In
singer, chairman, and members of
the local board of control, to take
the 18th session east of the Missouri
river. The chief argument advanced
is that one congress in the east
would do more to impress upon the
people there the real value of irri-
cation to the country than any half
dozen similar gatherings in the west,
where the science is known and prac-
ticed
Mr.. Insinger has added these
speakers to the program: Rufus P
Jennings, chairman Of the California
Promotion committee. "The United
Pacific States" United States Sena-
tor w. B. Hepburn of Idaho, ''The
General Purposes of the Irrigation
Congress; Professor w. D. Lyman
of Whitman college, Walla Walla,
Deep Waterways for the Inland En-
pre-" Clarence T. Johnson, state en-
gineer of Wyoming. "Some Funda-
mental Principles of the Irrigation
Law DR.. Enoch A. Bryan, president
Washington State college, Pullman,
THE Irrigation Situation in Wash
ington;" also John H. Lewis, state
engineer of Oregon; Samuel H. Lea,
state engineer of South Dakota; Pro-
fessor o. l.. Waller, Washington
State college
There will also be addresses by
James J. Hill, chairman of the board
of directors of the Great Northern
Railway company; Clifford Pinchot,
chief Of the United States forest SER
vice; United States Senator Cum
Minis of Iowa; Governor Wilson of
Kentucky, Howard Elliott, president
of the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany; Frederick H. Newell, director
of the United States reclamation
service; United States Senator Jones
of Washington, Governor Spry of
/ Utah, Governor Benson of Oregon,
Governor Brady of Idaho, Governor
Hay Of Washington, Governor Norris
of Montana, John Barrett, director
of the International Bureau of Amer
lean Republics; United States Sena-
tor Perkins of California and N. w.
Harris of Chicago
President Barstow will be in Spo-
kane In few days, when we shall go
over the preliminary program and
other matters" said Mr.. Insinger.
"and it is likely that the names of
several prominent men will be added.
We also expect acceptances from a
number of experts on deep water
ways. drainage, good roads and home
making
Frank c. Vanderlip, president of
the National City bank of New York;
NJ. o. Leighton. chief of the hydro
graphic survey; Albert J. Earring,
president of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway company; E. H.
Hartman, president of the Union
Pacific; j. S. Dennis, chief of irriga-
ton for the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way company, and other notable men
will also have places on the program.
Mr.. Hartman has assured us he will
come If he can arrange his affairs
| AoA mat liHIc.
Probably there is as much inter-
est in the coming congress in many
parts of the northwest in, general and
the Inland Empire in particular as
there is support for its success right
here in Spokane. Then, too we have
many booster friends in California
Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, New
Mexico, the Dakotas, Colorado, Wyo-
ming. Kansas. Nebraska and other
states where irrigation is practiced,
also the hearty cooperation of the
eastern. middle western and southern
Estates. where the people are intensely
interested in forstry, good roads.