Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-03

Lewis, state engineer, Oregon; discus
sion, address, Fundamental Principles
Underlying Water Rights" Morris
Bien. United States Reclamation Ser
vice; discussion.
August II, evening" Illuminated pa
rade Of progress, representing various
periods in the Northwest from 1905 to
1909. Districts of the Pacific and other
states will join in the demonstration.
E. r. Cartier Van Dissel, grand mar
shall.
Eighth session, August II, morning
"Soil Utilization Music, address,
James Wilson, secretary of agriculture;
address, '>Apples and Alfalfa" Alva
Adams, former governor of Colorado;
discussion, address, Scope and Pur-
pose of the Irrigation Investigations of
the United States Office of Experiment
Stations DIR. A. c. True, director, ofhcc
of experiment stations: discussion, adj
dress, "The Proper Use of Water"
Professor Samuel Fortier, chief of irri-
cation Investigations, United States de-
partment of agriculture; discussion,
address, "Irrgation in Washington"
Professor ~. L. w etiitI, iS5elsicii IA
pert, United States department of ag-
riculture; discussion, address, Home
Building as Encouraged by Dry Farm
Ing" representative of Dry Farming
Congress; discussion.
Ninth session, August 1, afternoon
PROCLAMATION and Irrigation" Music,
address, 'Irrigation from the National
Point of View,' United States Senator
Thomas Carter of Montana: discus
sion, address, United States Senator
Wesley l.. Jones of Washington: adj
Gress, pumping for Irrigation"
r. Fl. Thompson, city engineer,
Seattle; discussion, address, II
rigation and Irrigation Develop
mcnt in Canada" J. s. Dennis, as
sistant to second vice president, Cana
dian Pacific Railway company; discus
sion, address. former United States
Senator John l.. Wilson of Seattle.
August -, afternoon.-Parade and
countermarch of the industrial and IT.
rigation army, with 10000 uniformed
men representing various districts, in
line The official emblem of the con-
gress, showing science bidding the des-
ert drink, featured on an elaborate
float. e. F. Cartier Van Dissel, grand
marshal.
Tenth session, August u, evening"
"Home- Building" Music, stereopticon
lecture, G. ]. Blanchard, statistician,
United States Reclamation Service; adj
dress, "The United Pacific States" Ru-
fus L. Jennings, chairman California
Promotion Committee; discussion.
Eleventh session, August IL, morning.
Deep Waterways" Music, address,
General Purposes of the Irrigation
Congress-" United States Senator w.
B. Hepburn of Idaho;N address, Joseph
e. Ransdall, M. c. of Louisiana, and
president, National Rivers and
Harbors Congress; discussion adj
dress, w X. Kavanaugh, president,
Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterways asso-
citation; discussion, address. Deep Wa
terways for the Inland Empire" Pro-
fessor w. D. Lyman, Whitman College,
Walla Walla, Wash: discussion, adj
dress, drainage as a National Prob
len," United States Senator Moses e
C1app of Minnesota; discussion, report
Of resolutions committee.
Twelfth session, August 10, afternoon.
Governors Day. Music. address,
Governor Hay of Washington; discus
sion, address, Governor Brady of Ida
he: discussion, address, Governor
Johnson of Minnesota: discussion, adj
dress, Governor Gilchrist Of Florida
Thirteenth session, August IA, morn
ing--Presdent's Day. Music, address,
the President of the United States; ad-
dress, Conservation" f. Fl. Libby of
Charleston, president. Washington Con
servation association; address, United
States Senator ]. M. Dixon of Montana.
Fourteenth session, August IA, after
nonr-Busincss Meeting. Music, re-
port of committee on permanent OF
SANITATION, election of officers and Sc
lection of next place of meeting.