Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-01
.IRR|GAT|ON|STS
 ISSUE GALL

The official call for the seventeenth session of the National Irrigation congress, which will be held at Spokane, Wash, August 9-l4, inelu' sive. has been issued.
 Objects.
 The four great objects of the con. gress are to save the forests, store the floods. reclaim the deserts and make homes on the land"
 We aim to demonstrate to the west the wonderful development pos sible through irrigation. good roads and home building; and to show to the east the economic importance 10 the whole country of this develop ment
 Members.
 The personnel of the National IF rigation congress will be as follows:
 The permanent officers of the con gress.
 The president of the United States.
 The vice president of the United States.
 The members of the cabinet.
 Members of the UniteG States sen ate and honss Of representatives
 Governuls of states. territories and ,nsular 1T. .gatioE and forestry com missions.
 Delegates.
 Fifteen delegates appointed by the government of each state or territory.
 Ten delegates appointed by the mayor of each city of the United States of more than twenty-five thou sand population
 Five delegates appointed by each board of county commissioners or county supervisors in the United States.
 Five delegates appointed by each national, interstate or state organiza. ton interested in the objects sought by the National Irrigation congress.
 Five delegates appointed by each state conservation, irrigation. drain age. forestry. agricultural or horticul' raj society or association. Five delegates by each state asso citation of professional. commercial fraternal. patriotic. religious or labor organization.
 Two delegates duly accredited by each chamber of commerce, board of trade, immigration society or com mercial club.
 Two delegates duly accredited by each regularly organized irrigation agricultural. horticultural or forestry club. association or society in the United States.
 Two delegates duly accredited by each irrigation company.
 Two delegates duly accredited by each agricultural college and by each college or university having chairs of hydraulic engineering or forestry in the United States. Two delegates duly accredited by each regularly organized society oi engineers in the United States. Foreign Representatives. All foreign governments have been Invited to send representatives to the congress.
 The program will consist of ad dresses by:
 Government officials of the recla nation, forestry ana agricultural de partments. Statesmen and scientists. Railroad and financial magnates. Promoters of Carey act reclamation projects.
 officials of private irrigation enter prises.
 Discussion. At the seventeenth congress, speak CTS will be allotted not to exceed twenty minutes on any one subject Addresses will be followed by genera discussion. on the part of delegates | limited to five-minute talks. It is planned to make this a prac | tical, live congress for the considera ton and discussion of the question: l in which the delegates are interested that its actions may be of great value | in the promotion of the objects fol which the congress is working. | Governors Day. The governor of each state an( Iterritory in the unior, together w,tl his staff, has been invited to be pres ent on governors day, for which on' day of the congress will be set apart | Irrigation Projects. | The selection of Spokane was pc | culiarly fortunate for this congress I providing as it does an opportunit! flor the study of all methods of irriga ton and all systems of irrigation pro fleets.
 | Within few minutes car ride O the city itself are to be found gravit. canal systems, pipe distribution O water and the latest electrical pumr ling plants.
 In Idaho, Montana. Oregon an Washington the large irrigated area lproduce both products of southern CT mates, and the perfection of the re apple. as demonstrated at the frs iannual national apple show held i Spokane in December. 1908.
 Experimental DemonsEatlon Farm.
 The department of agriculture ha taken charge of a plot of twenty acre on the outskirts of Spokane, wher
 will be demonstrated the most al proved methods of applying water. This will be in charge of irrigatio sxperts. who will gladly supply all fl formation to visitors, and no expens lwill be spared in making it a yer valuable adjunct to the meeting of tn irrigation congress. Railway Rates. Special railway rates will be mad for delegates to the congress over a itrans-continental lines. with stopove