The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-18
IS BIDDER
FOR MEETING
CALIFORNIA CITY WOULD LIKE
7 OHAVE IRRIGATION CON-
GRESS MEET THERE.

Spokane, June 17.--San Francisco is
the latest bidder for the Matt onal Irri-
cation congress in 1910, With five
other active candidates in the dc'd
as follows: Pueblo, Colo, Chicago
| st. Louis, Charleston, S. c., and
Rochester, n. Y. These cities will
send representative delegations to the
| seventeenth session in Spokane, Au-
| gust to IA, when a lively battle is
expected, as each is backed by an in
| fluential commercial club and has a
large following among the delegates.
Pressure is being brought to bear
upon George Eames Barstow of Texas,
| president, and other officers of the
national association, also r. Insinger,
Chairman and members of the local
board of control, to take the eigh-
teenth session east of the Missouri
river. The chief argument advanced
Is that one congress in the east would
90 more to impress upon the people
there the real value of irrigation
to the country than any half dozen
similar gatherings in the west, where
the science is known and practi~ed.
Mr.. Insnger has added these speak,
ers to the general program: Rufus T..
Jennings, chairman Of the California
promotion committee, THE United
Pacific States' United States Sena-
tor w. B. Hepburn Of Idaho, 1.-THE
General Purposes of the Irrigation
Congress-; Professor W. u. Lyman of
I ,J1n
Deep Waterways for the Inland EN-
pire''; Clarence I. Johnson. state en-
gineer of Wyoming, Some Tunda-
mental Principles of the Irrigation
Law; Dr. Enoch A. Bryan, president
Of Washington state college. Pullman,
THE Irrigation Situation in Wash
ington''; also John H. Lewis, state en-
gineer of Oregon Samuel II. 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 Pincnot,
chief of the United State, forest serV-
irc; United States Senator Cun.minS
OF Iowa. Governcr Wilson of Ken
tlc'y Howard Etlint5. president OF
the Northern Pacific Railway com
p#rs; Frederick T. Newell, director
of the United States reclamaton
sci vice; United States Senator Io1~s
CT Washington, Governor Srry of
UaaH. Governor Benson IF Oregon,
Governor Brady If Idaho, Governor
Hay of Washingto /, & over1or Norris
81 Montana. Joha Barrett. director o.
the international bureau OF American
republics; United States Senator Per-
Sius of California, AMI N. w. Harris
o. Chicago.
president Barsrow will be in sro-
kaEe in a few days. when we shall go
over the preliminary program ana |
other Matters" said MI msicge! |
land it is likely that the names OF
several prominent men will be Adlc,!.
We also expect acceptances from Il
of experts on deep waterways, /
drainage, good roads and home maxi
ing.
Frank G. Vanderlip, president of I
the National City bank of New York;
M. O. Leighton, chief of the hydro
graphic survey; Albert j. Earling,
president of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway company; e. Fl.
Hartman, president of the Union Pa
ei1ic; J. S. Dennis chief of irrigation
5or the Canadian Pacific Railway COM
oany and other notable men will also
nave places on the program. Mr..
Hartman has assured us he will come
t he can arrange his affairs for that
lime
probably there is as much interest
n the coming congress in many parts
IF the northwest in general and the
inland Empire in particular as there
S support for it's success right here
n Spokane. Then, too, we have many 4
booster friends in California, Utah, I
Nevada, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico Fl
he Dakotas Colorado, Wyoming,
Kansas, Nebraska and other states
where irrigation is practiced, also the
hearty cooperation of the eastern
ind middlewestern and southern
states, where the people are intensely L
Interested in forestry, good roads,
lrainage, deep waterways and home
ouilding.''