The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-09
THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION
CONGRESS IN SESSION

Spokane, Aug. 9-That the time be
tween the conventions of the Nation
al Irrigation Congress is practically
wasted because of a lack of business
like plans of procedure. was declared
by X. Insinger. chairman of the
board of control at the opening OF
the meeting of the congress this NOR
ming. He said 1he possibility of advan-
cling irrigation was badly crippled be-
cause of the lack of method and CO
operation between the executive
heads and The hoard of control This
statement is the forerunner of a
change in the constitution. The con
gress will give the latitude desired.
Governor Hay. of Washington wei
coined the delegates. and ne was fol
lowed by President Barstow. of Bar
s,aw. Texas.
Spokane chorus of $50 voices
sang an irrigation ode.
Pending a clash between the so
called private enterprises and the nat
ional resource policies of the Roose-
welt administration, which was fore
casted when Mayor n. =. Pratt of
Spokane charged that private capital
was being used to impede the work
of the government. this question bids
fair To become the predominant fact
or of the present congress. Interest
is conferred on the utterances expect
ed from Clifford Pinchot and Secre-
tary .Ballinger. who are expected to
attack the demand that all lands pos
sible be thrown open for entry
Spokane. Wash, Aug 9.-No. AL
gernon, the Irrigation Congress con-
vened in Spokane today is not de-
voted to providing ways and neans
for quenching the aridity existing in
the internal deserts of thirsty indi-
viduals ON a hot day.
II is composed uf serious high
brows who are apostles of the gospel
of irrigation, deap waterways, drain
age, good roads and conservation of
resources. and recruits from various
parts of this continent. England. Ger
many. France. Hawaii. the Philippine
Islands, the Latin Republics and Chi
ma and Japan, representatives of for
eign nations and colonial govern
ments. officials of the federal recla-
nation, forestry and agricultural de-
partments, Governors and members
of State and Territorial legislatures,
railroad and bank presidents and
znenaSers of agricultural. horticultl-
raj. commercial and fraternal organi-
cations are included among the dele
gates.
ITO save the forests, store the
floods. reclaim the deserts and make
homes on the land" are the objects
of the Natn'al and international body.
The session convened in the metrop-
oils of the Inland Empire with great
eclat today is the seventeenth il the
history of the organization
To accomplish Its purposes, the
congress is asked to approve a reso-
luton menoralizing Congress to is
sue 3 per cent. gold bonds. running
100 years to the stupendous amount
of $4,000. 900. to reclaim lands, I'M
prove rivers, irrigate arid wastes, pro
tact forests and build National high
ways.
The congress will continue it's ses-
sions through the week and the pro-
gram includes addresses by officials
of the reclamation, forestry and agri-
culture departments of the United
States. statesmen and scientists, rail-
road and financial men. promoters OF
the Carey act and reclamation pro-
jec;s and officials of private irrigation
enterprises. The Federal Department
of Agriculture has taken charge of a
twenty-acre tract of land in the Spo-
kane Valley. where there will be de-
,nonstrations of the latest approved
methods of Supplying the soil with
moisture by artificial means by irri-
CATION experts.
The open-air features of the con-
eress will be the parade of the irri-
cation ar znyof 10000 and the indus
trial parable, in which Indians from
four of the reservations in the North
west will participate. In the latter
IL is designed to show the progress
OF the Western country in the last
ouarter-century. One day has been
set aside for the Governors of States
and Territories, and there will be a
series of banquets. receptions, thea
tre parties and excursions to nearby
lake and river resorts
In announcing his plan for five
billion dollars appropriation for Con-
eress, Secretary Arthur Hooker OF
the board OF control of the congress
specifies that 1t be used for the follow
ing specific purposes
One billion dollars for drainage of
uverfiowed and swamp lands. thus
reclaiming an area equal to 100000
square miles
One billion dollars for the recla-