The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-24
EXPERTS DISCUSS
IRRIGATION
Pueblo the Scene of Great
Meeting Next
Week.

irrigation, who are arriving here
from al directions to attend the
eighteenth National Irrigation con-
gress, to be opened here next Mon
day for a five days session. The
National Irrigation congress was or
ganized in Salt Lake City, Utah, in
1891, and since then has only miss
ed one year to hold session. 1t
has risen in Importance each year,
until today it is probably the most
important non-official body ami al
so the most influential in the coun-
try. 1t gave the West the national
reclamation act, that has already
reclaimed more than 100000 acres
of arid and semi-arid lands, at a
cost of more than $5O,000,OOO, and
with twenty-five fine government
projects. the most stupendous of
which. from an engineering stand
point, is the famous Gunnison Tun-
mel on the western slope of ColOra-
do. The Congress which will open
it's session at the Mineral Place on
next Monday, promises to be the
most important in the history of the
National Irrigation congress and it
is expected that the attendance will
break every previous record.
The opening exercises in connec-
ton with the Congress will be held
Monday morning, when the irriga-
ton exhibition, arranged in connec-
ton with the congress, will be for
mally opened. There will also be
a monster parade of an industrial
character, participated in by all the
counties and districts of Colorado
and her sister states. The object
of the parade will be mainly to give
to the visitors an idea of the bene-
fits to agriculture and horticulture
derived from irrigation.
The opening session of the con-
gress will be held at Mineral Place
on Monday afternoon. r. Insinger
of Spokane, chairman of the execu-
tive committee, will call the con-
gress to order and introduce P. J.
Dugan, chairman of the Colorado
addresses and music the meeting
will be given into the hands of the
president of the program, B. A.
Fowler, of Phoenix, Ariz.
Governor John F. Shafroth of Co
dorado will welcome the visitors and
delegates to the state, and A. l.. Flu
gard, mayor of Pueblo, will extend
welcome in behalf of the city of
Pueblo. President Fowler will re-
spend on behalf of the National r.
rigation congress and, if time per-
mits, former governor Alva Adams
Of Pueblo, will deliver an address
on Conquest, Conservation, Colo
RADIO" The report of thee executive
committee and of the committee on
announcements will conclude the
opening session. In the evening the
local board of control will entertain
the delegates and visitors at an in
formal reception.
One of the notable features of the
session on Tuesday will be addresses
on Private Enterprise in Irriga-
tion," by such we'll known experts
as Frank C. Goudy of Colorado; DR..
George c. Pardee, former governor
of California; George E. Barstow, Of
Texas, and Major R. w. Young, of
Utah, second vice president of the
congress. Public Irrigation" will
be discussed by representatives of
the Department of the Interior and
men prominent in the development
of public irrigation, such as Senator
Francis G.. Newlan1s of Nevada; j..
NJ. Carey, former senator from Wy
oming; Senator William E. BOrah,
from Idaho, and several others. At
the evening session William
Smythe, the father of the irrigation
congress-, will deliver an address on
The New Gospel-A Little Land, A
Little Living" There will also be
an illustrated lecture on irrigation.
Wednesdays sessions will mainly
be devoted to the consideration and
discussion of drainage, irrigation
agriculture and industrial condi-
| tons. The list of speakers includes
several distinguished authorities on
these subjects. In the evening
there will be another parade.
The sessions on Thursday will be
devoted to the considerations OF
questions intimately connected with
| water and its uses for irrigation and
general policies and legislation
Senators Hughes and Guggenheim
and Representative Martin of Colo
RADIO will be among the speakers.
On Friday a business meeting will
| be held, at which the permanent of
| ficers for the year will be elected
and the place fixed for next years
session of the congress. San Fran.
| cisco, Chicago, Charleston, ST