East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-09
OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF NATIONAL
IRRIGATION CONGRESS At SPOKANE

Monday morning, 10 a m.-Call
to order, r. lnsnger chairman
board Of control.
Invocation, Muslc-spokane choral
society.
Introduction of president of con-
gress.
Welcome to state-M T.. Hay, gov
ernor of Washington.
Welcome to city-Hon, r. S. Pratt,
mayor Of Spokane
Welcome to northwest-Hon. ]. e.
Chilberg, president A. Y. p. exposi-
tlon.
Response on behalf congress
George Il. Barstow, president.
Message from the president of the
United States
Response on behalf governors states
and territories, insular possessions,
representatives of foreign nations.
Report of executive committee.
Announcement Of committees.
1890 p. adjournment.
Monday afternoon
2;S0 p. m.--Address w. Il. Borah,
U. $. senator Idaho.
Jas. j. Hill, Great Northern rail-
way; Il. H. Newell, director U. S.
reclamation service; Joseph NJ. Carey
of Idaho, "What Irrigation Means to
the United States" President a. L.
Bryan, Washington state college,
"The Irrigation Situation in Wash
ington;" +. J. Watson, South Caro-
lima, "Co-operative Conservation in
the Atlantic States"
Tuesday.
Tuesday morning-9:30 a. m.-Ad-
dresses-Gifford Pinchot, U. S. For
ester, Home Building for the Race"
L. II. Campbell, forestry branch,
Department of the Interior Canada,
"The Forests of Canada and Their Re
latlon to the Water Supply" George
S. Long, lumberman, Seattle. 1.-THE
Attitude of The Lumbermen Towards
Forestry" w. II. Mulkey, Taxation
of Forest Lands as Affecting Con-
servation;" w. r. Allen, U. S. District
Forester, "Reforestration;" E. NJ
Griffith, state forester of Wisconsin, ,
effects of Deforestraton on
State"
Tuesday afternoon
2:3O p. m.-Addresses, Dr. w. ]. /
McGee, secretary Inland Waterways I
commission water As the Basis of
National Prosperity" j. N. Teal, ,
joint conservation committee, Deep .
Waterways for the Pacific Coast" ,
Alex Mcpherson, secretary Idaho .
state board of horticultural inspection. ,
"The Duty Of Water Ralph $. Hos .
mer. chairman territorial conserva- I
tion commission of Hawaii, Control .
and Use of Water in Hawaii" f. T.. |
Libbey, president Washington conser- /
walton commission.
AIS p. Adjournment.
i.30 p. m.-Parade illustrating the
development of the northwest
Wednesday.
Wednesday morning
$3.50 a. m.-Addresses, Howard FL
lot, president Northern Pacific rail
way, THE Land OF Fortune" George
Otis Smith. director L. 5. geological
survey, "Classification of the Pueblo
Lands" 5. II. Lea, state engineer of
South Dakota, irrigation in South
Dakota" d. c. Henny, consulting en-
gineer L, 5. reclamation service, "U.
S. Reclamation work in the north
west" f. $. Griswold, assistant sec
retary nth national irrigation con-
gress, "The Message of the West to
the East" William l.. Finley, field
agent, National Associations of An
dubon societies 1.-THE Value of Wild
Birds to Forest and field
Wednesday afternoon, 2:30 p. M
Addresses. Richard Ballinger, secre-
tary of the interior THE Attitude of
the Administration Toward the Rec
lamation of the West" a c. Camp
bell, United states department of
Justice, Water Rights from the Le-
gal Standpoint" Joseph NJ. Kibbley,
ex-governor. Of Arizona, Water
Users Associations and Their Work."
DR. George $. Pardee, ex-governor of
California, Irrigation Interests of
the People," Clarence Johnson, state
engineer OF Wyoming, Some Funda-
mental Principles of the Irrigation ]
Law" John W. Lewis, state Engi-
neer of Oregon, "Oregon's New Wa
ter Law
Wednesday evenmg-Inuminated
progress power
Thursday.
Thursday morning, $3.50 a. m.-Ad-
dresses, l.. II. Bailey, director New