Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-23
1 BIG DELEGATION
WILL GO FROM
NEW MEXICO
SPOKANE IS MAKING
GREAT PREPARA IONS
Over Five thousand Accredited
Delegates Expected to Attend
Seventeenth National Irfiga-
ton Congress,
,s..c;al Correspondence TO Morning Journal

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,s...,.i correspondence To Morning Journal
cootanp. Wash, Jan. 20.-Advan.
,aaas of community life in localities
,snero the soil is cultivated in the
,r,nst intelligent manner possible and
'n,oro orchards and fields are waterod
w. sciontific meal will be brought
omineutly to the fore at the sessions
ne tho seventeenth National Irrigation
oonyrcss in Spokane, August . TO IA,
,n1er the presidency of George e.
parstow. of Barstow, Texas. 1t is cN-
,octed there will be between 1000
ana 5000 accredited delegates.
Arthur Hooker, secretary of the To-
oal hoard of control, of which II. In
ginger is chairman, has advices that
large delegations will come from
Teyas. Colorado, California Idaho,
Nontana. washington, Utah, Nevada,
wyoming, Arizona, oklahoma, New
Neyico. also that Kansas, Nebraska,
iowa. the Dakotas, Minnesota, WIS
consin. Michigan. Illinois, Indiana,
ohio New York, Pennsylvania and
states in the south and New England
will have representatives. Massachu-
setts. Vermont, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, Maine and Maryland
will have special delegates.
Possibilities under intensive cultiva-
tlon will be demonstrated and among
the other prominent subjects for dis
eussion Viii be the reclamation of
swamp ana arid lands, conservation of
water. preservation ana rehabilitation
of timber areas, deep waterways, good
roads, drainage and homc-building
These matters Will be discussed by
federal officers, scientists, railway Of
ficials and foreign representatives.
The delegates to the National r.
rigation congress will have the priv
ilege of participating at the formal
opening Of the Spokane Coliseum. to
be erected by the National Apple
Show, Inc, of which Louis w. Hill,
Of 81. Paul. president of the Great
Northern Railway company. Is the
head The hall viii be The largest
west Of the Rocky Mountains and will
accommodate frmo $1,000 to 20, 600
persons, The structure win be Of
steel and reinforced concrete, ana Is
to be ready IN time for the congress.
Preliminary plans already made
for a reception by the people
Of Spokane and the Inland Empire in
honor of the delegates and visitors.
This will be during the opening day.
feature win be an industrial
with floats representing the
houses, affording also oppor-
for the various districts in
irrigated areas Of the west to dis
llay their products and other means
If showing the progress made in the
communities.
1t is also planned to have a mill
airy parade, in which companies Of
United States soldiers and state militia
participate, and another pageant
viii be a march in review by civic and
raternal organizations. In this it is
proposed to have several hundred rep
esentatives Of Indian tribes. mounted
nd CARRIED in festal day raiment. also
quaws and %pappooses.
Tn browning feature of the street
demonstrations, however, will be the
'aradc Of the irrigation army, to be
narshallcd from the irrigated belts
the Pacific and southwestern states.
me marchors will wear distinctive
informs, with caps and banners bear
ny the namcs of the districts repre-
enied. There will be a trophy cup,
OF the company making the best
moving. 1t is expected to Vganizc
marching clubs in at least $50 com
luniiies in these states, so that from
v'uoo to 1000 men will be in line.
lost OF the clubs will be accompanying
y oalds, which will be massed at the
lose of the parade.
a chorus of Loco voices will be or
anized carly next spring to sing tho
'F'satlon ode at the opening Of tho
ohgrcss The singers will be drilled
nee a week in the state armory. 9th
FEATURES are also being considered
, the executive committee. The
oard of governors. of which w. A.
caro- Of Sacramento. Cal. is chair
VIII have charge Of the final ar
of the program. These
not yet been worked out. but IL
'"S he said at this time that in addi-
'n 70 the addresses and speeches
'''o VIII be banqucts, theatcr parties
'u side trips to the lake and river
.sorls md fruit belts in various parts
.he Inland Empire.
nc practical side Of the congress
~ include demonstrations of the
r''ods by which moisture is scien- !
Il'aiA applied to lands in the Inland
hpiie. This will be shown in the
.9Nape valley. where pumping and
o'"Y systems are employed. The
,niohslfators viii be from the agri-
department at Washington. D..
alu state colleges and experimental
aNlpns. There will IA, excuyefone 90