Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-01
HAS BIG
PLANS FOR NEXT
CONGRESS
Enthusiasm Rampant at Ban
quet By Hamilton Club to
irrigation Association Mem
bers in Windy City,

That Chicago intends to make the.
Nineteenth ational Irrigation con
gress d world boater and to bring
the cause of reclamation more promi-
nently before the nation than ever.
before, was shown Ut z recent BAN
quet given IN Chicago by the ilamil-
ton club to the members Of the Chi
cage Irrigation association who We're
Instrumental in securing the 1911
meet for Chicago. The Record-Her-
aid has the following;
what Chicago must do to make the
nineteenth National Irrigation con-
gress. to be held IN this city IN 1ali.
the greatest and the most Influential.
In the history OF the movements was
the Keynote Of the banquet given ut
the Hamilton club last night by the
Chicago Irrigation association to the
members who were Instrumental in
bring the convention to Chicago for
it's next session,
Besides outlining the plans TO nuke
this meeting q gigantic success and to
disseminate its lessons throughout
the entire country the various speak
ers brought out the Importance of the
new national movement 20 the manu-
featuring and financial interests OF
Chicago.
Let Wants BE Known.
As expressed succinctly by John ID.
Hubbard, president Of the North Ann
erfcan Securities company, one of tho
speakers. the idea is IF we can make
everybody know what we know that
viii be all we want.
The guests Of honor We're Judge
Charles +. Fishbaek, y. II. Anderson
II. L. Nudge. w. q. DoCellc, j. w.
Bangs. John d. Hubbard, Henry \.
Bowman. G. r.. schmidt, G. l.. Sea-
graves. Victor %Falkenau, Curt NJ.
Treat and Parke West. These gent
lemen were the members of the as
ISOLATION who went 10 the last con-
gress at Pueblo, colo, md succeeded
in the face of strong opposition in Sc
curing the next convention for Chica-
go.
Speakers and Topics.
The speakers and their topics were
as follows: Charles r, Fishhack'
"How Chicago Won the Nineteenth
irrigation Congress- j. y. Hibbard'
1.-The Development of the West and
What It Means to Chicago cart NJ
Treat, why the Irrigation Congress
Should b Held IN Chicago j. b.
Bangs. of the Colonial Savings Bank
ana Trust company. what should BE
Known Concerning An Irrigation
pond;f Victor F%alkenau. represent'
ing the engineering interests, What
the Development of the West Means
to Merchants. Manufacturers and
Contractors" w. G. De Celle, I'm
proved Land the Basis of All Value;
&. B.. Schmidt. commissioner of i'm
migration of the Rock Island system,
THE Settlement OF our Deserted
Iandg.r Arthur Hooker Of Spokane,
wash. secretary of the National IT.
rigation congress. THE History Of the
irrigation Movement
The Chicago Examiner says;
Preserve the forests. store the
floods. reclaim the deserts ana make
homes on the land" IS the battle cry
of the national irrigation congress. At
the Hamilton club last night the cry
was taken up by banqucters Of the
Chicego Irrigation association with
the addition and you add to the
wealth and prosperity of our own chi
cago.'
The banquet was given to Judge
Charles f.. Fishhack and his eleven
fellow-delegates To the eighteenth an
nual meeting of the congress held re-
Gently in Pueblo. IL was then reward
for securing the nineteenth session
for Chicago.
The next congress- will be held here
in october. 1911. with delegates from
every state in the union and at the
banquet the first plans for the recep-
ton of the irrigators We're laid.
Arthur Hooker of Spokane, Wash,
secretary of the National Irrigation
congress. was the principal speaker.
He pointed out Chicago's wonderful
opportunities and agencies 10 help
along the work of retaining the aria
lands of the west.
Judge Charles +. Fishback told the
banuucters how the delegation won
the nineteenth congress for Chicago.
u. Hibbard outlined what the
development Of the Vst meant for
Chicago.
OVER PROMOTED IRRIG NTED
LAND BONDS DO DAMAGE
The Chicago Tribune says.