Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-18
NATIONAL IRRIGA-
ton congress
IT'S OBJECT And The NEXT
MEETING PLACE.
Purpose of National Irrigation Con
gress to Demonstrate the Wonderful
development Possible by Getting
Water on Arid Lands and to Show
Eastern People It's Importance.

" hdCuIdl resources poO(
roads and home building will be dis
cusseo by experts in these lines a
. the seventeenth sessions of the Ma
tlonai Irrigation congress, which will
meet IN Spokane, Wash, August +,
H. 1t is expected that President ia "A
ana several members of his cabinet
government officials, members of con
gress' governors, foreign representa-
IlVes, railroad presidents, bankers and
; delegates from various states and fer
fltorles and provinces in Canada and
representatives from Europe, the Latin
republics and Japan and China will
participate in the deliberations.
The purpose of this congress is f.,
demonstrate to the west the wander
1ul development possible by the soIu-
tlon of these problems and to show IN
the east the economic Importance and
beneht to the whole country of This
development. Advices now to hand in.
dlcate there will be Approximately
$500 accredited delegates. besides
thousands of visitors. Plans already
outlined for approval by the national
ofhcers will limit the speakers to 20
minutes, while delegates will be linn
tied to five minutes in discussions
| Various stages of the DEVELOPMENT of
the Pacific northwest, from thu on.
france Oh Captains Merlwether Lewis
and William Clark into what was then
the Oregon country in 1905 to the pres
ent day, will be eXemplifed by two
parades of progress and a march in
review by the industrial and irriga-
ton army in connection with the SEES
SONS. These open features have
been arranged:
August TO- Afternoon-Parade of
progress, showing the Transformation
OF the northwest from semi-savagery
to civilization, by a series of district
floats and mounted men and marchers.
August II, Evening - Illuminated
parade of progress, representing vari-
Gus periods in the northwest, from 1905
to- 1909. Indians from four reserva-
tions and districts in the Pacific and
western states will join in this demon
stration
August -, Afternoon-Parade and
countermarch of the industrial and ir
rlgation army with 10000 uniformed
men in line. The official emblem of
the congress, showing science bidding
the desert drink, will be shown in an
elaborate float.
Chief George Moses and 300 tribes
men of the Nez Perces, decked in the
ancient tribal fnery with trophies of
historic battles when the tribe was at
war with the government, will partici-
pate in the parades of progress They
will make camp near the city, show
ing to the eastern visitors their mode
of living before the coming Of the
white man.
Exhibits, a Feature.
Arrangements are being made to in
stall massed exhibits of the resources
of the various districts in the country
at street intersections in prominent
parts of the city, also in the state
armory, where the congress will meet
so that visitors can see what is being
accomplished in the northwest. while
the street Examinations and decorations
will be the most pretentious undertake
ings yet attempted in the west.
Marching Clubs,
Marching clubs from the irrigated
and dry-farming districts in Idaho.
Oregon, Montana, Washington, Cali
fornia, Wyoming, Utah, North and
South Dakota, Colorado, Nevada, Ari
IONA, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and
other states in the middle west, east
and south and from the provinces of
British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba
and Saskatchewan are expected to par
ticipate in the parades.
The feature of the opening of the |
congress will be the raising of hun
dreds of flags to the tops of as many |
40-foot poles in the residential districts |
and the unfurling of the flags of the |
nations and banners in the business |
sections the morning of August 8, when |
massed musicians, headed by the Third |
Regiment United States Infantry band |
will play patriotic airs This will be |
followed with the rendition of the r.
rigation ode by a large chorus of |
trained singers and the singing of state
hymns by school children.
Governors Day.
August 10 has been set aside for the
governors and their staffs, and there
will be several receptions, banquets,
excursions and theater parties during
the week.
National officers.
Inc natlOnal OnlcerS OF the l9U9 con-
gress are: President, George E. Bar
stow, Barstow, Texas; secretary, B. A.
Fowler, Phoenix, Ariz.; assistant sec
'etary, F. H. Griswold, Chicago. Every
state and territory in the Union has a
vice president. The local officers at
Spokane are: Chairman board of CON
rol, R. Insinger; secretary, Arthur
Hooker.
"Alice" Will Be There.
Boosters from various parts of New
Mexico, headed by "the only original
bunch,' accompanied by
Alice, a Spanish burro, credited with
moving more tricks than the cartoon
st responsible for the much exploited
Maud ever fancied in his widest
reams, are coming as delegates to the
congress.
Nelson, B. c., Too.
More than ordinary interest attaches
o the visit of the Nelson companies,
ODD Regiment Rocky Mountain
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