Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-10-07
|RR|GAT|ONCO congress
AND NEW MEXICO
Gathering at Pueblo Most
Important in History of
Our Country
CHICAGO NEXT YEAR
Bryan, Pinchot, and Heney
on Program of Big
Meeting.
CHICAGO NEXT YEAR

The 18th annual meeting Of the
National Irrigation Congress is now
a thing Of the past and the nations
of the world are enriched by its de-
liberations on the greatest theme in
national development today, viz: ir-
rigation. A thousand delegates
were present from our own country
and other enlightened nations on the
globe, including South America and
far of India and Russia.
The Congress lasted from Mon
day morning until Friday evening
and was chuck full of interest every
hour. Pueblo and the State of
Colorado deserve great credit for
taking care Of the convention. Ev-
cry phase of irrigation and conser-
walton was discussed by men who
are familiar with conditions in the
United States and in foreign coun-
tries and the Congress, by its Off
cial action, set its approval an Fed
eral control of interstate waters,
and likewise the prompt construc-
ton of the Elephant Butte dam.
This was the main contention Of
New Mexico and Texas, although it
cost the former the presidency of
the association. Col. Ralph E.
Twitchell would certainly have won
the crown had it not been for the
Elephant Butte fight and the fact
that he Is a corporation attorney.
New Mexico had by far the
strongest delegation at the Congress
and as a result is now the best ad-
vertised region in the country.
When the Congress was considering
the subject of pumping for irriga-
ton, the writer was deeply Impress
ed with the interest manifested by
delegates from all over the world.
Prof. Gregory, who will be kind
ly remembered by Deming people,
said, among other things, that 80
per cent of all rice grown in the
United States is watered by irriga-
tion pumping, An enthusiastic
California delegate was sure that
the pumping system Is the only real
simon pure method of irrigation.
Az a result of the Deming dele
gates talks before the congress the
chief Of irrigation Investigations of
the u. s. Department OF Agricul-
ture, who gave an illustrated even
Ing lecture, has asked for photo
graphs Of some Of our big pumping
plants and growing crops for the
purpose of making slides for exhi-
bition throughout the United States.
The Mimbres Valley is the only re-
gion given this distinction, and it
will DO much to establish through
out the country the results of our
success in irrigation pumping.
President Fowler, who was reelected
TO q position almost as important as
the head of the nation, because OF
the international scope of the great
Congress. personally expressed to
the writer his deep interest in our
pumping system. A like interest
was also expressed by Clifford Pin
chot, president of the conservation
congress and former chief forester
9f the United States. There was
scarcely an h9ur during the week
that the writer was not piled with
questions concerning the purity and
ABUNDANCE Of our water supply and
the success Of our system of irriga'
ton. Referring to the purity oil
our water, Prof, ]. D. Tinsley, irri-
gation and sol expert of the Agri'
cultural College, says the purity
cannot be properly expressed in de
cimala, He says 1t Ia 100000 part
10 60, which would be practically I
trace Of solid matter. In fact or
binary water has to be re-distille'
to make It as pure as the Demini
product.
The great Congress was one o
the most important gatherings he'll
this year IN any part Of the world
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