The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-30
STATE CONTROL.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION CON-
GRESS AT PUEBLO WILL BE
LIVELY.
CONTEST WATER RIGHTS
New Mexico, Texas and Kansas Dele
cations Opposed to That of Colo.
rado-5ryan and Others Ad-
dress Opening Session.

Pueblo, Colorado. - Second only
in Importance to the subject Of tr-
rigation Itself, the question Of state
versus federal control of waters n
natural looms large before
the eighteenth National Irrigation
congress which is on here.
The fact that the meeting place is
this year in Colorado, which state
has several important interstate
streams rising within its borders,
gives the local people an unusual in
terest in this phase of the meeting.
The Colorado delegates, both from
the San Luis valley and from Den
YER, are prepared to attack the gov
prment's position in refusing res
ervOir sites in the San Luis valley
while the water of Rio Grande
is flowing out of the state because
it is claimed it may be needed for
the Eagle dam project.
New Mexico and Texas have sent
unusually strong delegations to re-
sist any attempted action on the
part Of Colorado looking &c state con
troll of water. The Kansas delega-
ton will work with New Mexico and
Texas on this question, as the use Of
the Arkansas water, in Colorado IS
preventing Kansas from filling her
irrigation bitches, and within the last
few weeks Kansas interests have en-
tered suit, as a sequel of the ia
nous Kansas-C Colorado case, to Sc
cure some of the Arkansas waters.
In connection with the congress is
held this year a splendid National IT.
rigation exposition where delegates
and visitors see the practical results
of the irrigation work. This expo
sition was opened this morning.
Bryan Talks at First Session.
The big irrigation congress proper
opened, with addresses of welcome
from Governor Shafroth and others,
and response by the officers of the
congress. The chief addresses of the
session were made by William Jen-
nings' Bryan and former Gov. Alva
Adams of Colorado.
Tuesday morning was devoted to
Private Irrigation" with addresses
by Frank C. Cloudy of Colorado, DR..
George C. Pardee of California, and
George N. Barstow of Texas. r. w.
Young, of Salt Lake City, J. NJ. Web
ster of Wyoming and Norman E. Web
ster also will speak.
Public irrigation was discussed
in the afternoon by the director of
the reclamation service, Senator
Carey of WyoH.{ng, John F~airweather
of California arr Judge Hutton of
Los Angeles, NIGliam r. Smythe, the
Father of the National irrigation
Congress-" addressed the evening
meeting, on which occasion c. ].
Blanchard, statistician of the re
clamation service, gave an illustrated
lecture.
Wednesday morning will be devot-
ed to Water Equities" with address
es by Judge Frank H. Short of Fres-
no, Joseph II. Kibbey, former gov
ernor of Arizona, and w. X. Kavan-
duSH, plS0luGlI vi lhS LdhCO-IOJHO-
Gulf deep waterway association. The
afternoon session on Irrigation Ag-
riculture" will be addressed by AS
sociate Forester A. F. Potter, Thorn
as II. Means of California, DR.. w. j.
MCGEE of the department of Agricul-
ture, Col. r. j. Watson, commissioner
of agriculture, m and indus
tries of South Carolina; Aaron Cove
Of Colorado, and F. II. Webster of
Washington.
General policies will be considered
Thursday afternoon with addresses
by Clifford Pinchot, former forester;
Mrs. H. l.. HOLSTER, president of the
Colorado Federation of Women's
clubs; Congressman Martin of Colo.
RADIO and others. Prof. Samuel For
tier and representatives of the de-
partment of agriculture will give il
Illustrated lectures Thursday evening.
Friday is Governors Day." and after
selecting a meeting place and officers,
the congress adjourns Friday after
noon