The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-12
To
HOLD CONVENTION
Gathering of Westerners in
Spokane to Discuss the
C0untry's Needs.


the Latin republics, and China an6
Japan, representatives of foreign ma
lions and colonial governments, of
ficials of the Federal reclamation, for
estry and agricultural departments, gov
errors and members of state and terri
torial legislatures, railroad and banl
presidents and members of agricultural
horticultural, commercial and fraterna
organizations will gather in Spokane
August 9 to IA, where the National
Irrigation Congress will have its seven
teenth sessions.
"To save the forests, store the floods
reclaim the deserts and make homes
on the land," are the four primary OBJ
jects outlined in the official call, issued
by George E. Barstow of Barstow, Tex.
president; B. A. Fowler of Phoenix
Ariz., secretary of the national organ
ization, and R. Insinger, chairman, and
Arthur Hooker, secretary of the local
board Of control, adding:
"We aim to demonstrate to the west
the wonderful development possible
through irrigation, drainage, forestry,
deep waterways, good roads and home
building, and to show to the east the
economic Importance to the whole eoun-
try of this development. -
a 4s hor A. l. t.
board of control for the entertainment
of 1000 accredited delegates, in addi-
ton to which it is expected there will
be between $4,000 and 10000 visitors
from the irrigated districts in Kansas,
North and South Dakota, Montana,
Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Neva-
da, California, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Idaho, Oregon and Washington and the
provinces of British Columbia, Alberta
and Manitoba, and from districts in
the middiewestern, southern and east
ern and New England states, where for
estry, deep waterways, drainage and
good roads are the chief problems in
the development of the country.
The regular program will consist of
addresses by officials of the reclama-
tion, forestry and agricultural depart,
ments of the United States, statesmen
and scientists, railroad and financial
men, promoters of the Carey act recla-
nation projects and officials of private
irrigation enterprises. The call says:
.Speakers will be allotted not to
exceed twenty minutes on any one sub
ject and addresses will be followed by
general discussions by delegates, limit
ed to fve-minute talks.
1t is planned to make this a prac.
teal, live congress for the considera
ton and discussion of the questions in
which the delegates are interested and
whose actions will be of great value
in the promotion of the objects fo1
which this congress is working,
The Federal department of agricul
ture has taken charge of a twenty acre
tract of land in the Spokane valley
where latest approved methods Of sup
plying the soil with moisture by artifi
cial means will be demonstrated by
irrigation experts. In this connection
the callastates the following:
The selection of Spokane was pecu
liarly fortunate for this congress, as
it provides every opportunity for the
study of all methods of irrigating and
the various systems of irrigation prof
ects. Within a few minutes car ride
of the city are gravity canal systems
pipe distribution of water and modern
electrical pumping plants.
The irrigated areas in Idaho, Mon.
tana, Oregon and Washington produce
every kind of fruit and Vegetable that
can be grown in the semitropie zone
also the perfection of the red apple
as was demonstrated at the first ma
tional apple show in Spokane in Decem
Der, 1908.''
The board of control will maintain
free information departments for the
convenience of delegates and visitors
and it is officially announced there viii
be no advances in rates at hotels dur
ing the convention.
The open air features of the congress:
will be the parade of the Irrigation
Army of 10000 and the industrial par
ade. in which Indians from four Of
the reservations. in the northwest vii
participate. In the latter it is design
ed to show the progress of the western
country in the last quarter century
One day has been set aside for ths
governors of states and territories, ant
there will be series of banquets, re
eeptions, theater parties and excursions
to nearby lake and river resorts.
The personnel of the congress viii
be permanent officers of the organiza
ton, the president and vice presiden
of the United States, members OF tn,
cabinet, members of the United State
senate and house of representatives
governors of states, territories and in
snlar possessions of the United States
members of state and territorial legis
latures, ambassadors, ministers, consul
and other representatives of foreign
nations and colonies and members O.
state. territorial and insular irrigation
and forestry commissions.
Governors of states and territorie
are empowered to appoint fifteen dele
gates, other officials invested with ap
pointive power being as follows:
Ten delegates by mayors of cities o
$4,000 or more, FIVE in cities of $500
or less, five by each board of count
commissioners or supervisors, five b,
each national, interstate or state OF
ganization interested in the work, fv
by each state conservation, irrigation
drainage. forestry, agricultural or hor