The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-24
Experts to Discuss Best Means
of Retaining Arid and Semi
Arid Lands for Agri-
culture
DFLEGAIfS ARE GATHERING
Many Prominent Men to Address
Great Conference at Pueblo, Colo.
Which Will Continue Five
Days Next Week.

Pueblo, Colo, Sept. 24.-The hotels
of this city are becoming rapidly fill
cd with the delegates and others in
tercsted I'm the subject of irrigation,
who are arriving here from all direc-
tions to attend the Eighteen National
Irrigation congress, to be opened here
next Monday for a five days session.
The National Irrigation congress was
/ organized in Salt Lake City, Utah, I'm
1891 and since then has only missed
ore year to hold a session. 1t has ris-
en- i'm Importance each year, until today
| II is probably the most important nom
official body and also the most infiuen-
tai in the country. 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,000.000, and with
twenty five fine government projects,
the most stupendous of which, from an
engineering standpoint is the famous
Gunnison Tunnel on the western slope
OF Colorado. The congress which Will
open its session at the Mineral Palace
next Monday, promises to be the most
important in the history of the Ma
tional tIrrigation Congress and II is ex-
pected that the attendance will break
every previous record.
Monster Parade Planned.
The opening exercises i'm connection
with the congress will be held Mon
day morning, when the irrigation ex-
hibition, arranged in connection with
the congress, will be formally opened
There will also DE monster parade
of an Industrial character. participat-
ed i'm 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 ben
efits to agriculture and horticulture
derived from irrigation.
The opening session of the congress
will be held at Mineral Palace on
Monday afternoon. r Insinger or
Spokane, chairman of the executive
committee, will call the congress to
order and introduce =. j. Dugan, chair
man of the Colorado Board of Con-
, troll After few brief addresses and
music the meeting will be given into
the hands of the president of the con-
gress. b. A. Fowler of Phoenix. Ariz.
Many Prominent Speakers.
Governor John f. Shafroth of Colo
RADIO viii welcome the visitors and
: delegates to the state and A. l. Fugard
MAYOR of Pueblo, will extend well
I come in behalf of the city of Pueblo.
n President Fowler will respond on be-
8 half of the National Irrigation con-
gress and, IL time permits, former gov
ernor Alva Adams of Pueblo will de-
!, liver an address on Conquest, Conser-
: vation. Colorado" The report of the
executive committee and of the COM
mittee on announcements will con-
d, clude the opening session. In the
!, evening the local board OF control VIII
: entertain the delegates and visitors at
an informal reception.
L one of the notable features of the
session on Tuesday will be addresses
= on private Enterprise i'm Irrigation
by such well known experts as Frank
;, c. Goudv OF Colorado; DIR. George c.
Pardee. former governor of California;
u George e. Barstow Of Texas and Major
! r.. w. Young of Utah. second vice
:, president of the congress. Public
y Irrigation" will be the leading subject
= of the afternoon session on Tuesday
s. and this subject will be discussed by
: representatives of the Department of
= the Interior and men prominent In the
- development of public irrigation, such
: as senator Francis c. Newlands OF
a Nevada; ]. NJ. Carey former senator
s. from wyoming: Senator William T..
J. Rorah. from Idaho and several others.
m At the evening session William f.
Smythe. the father Of the irrigation
congress" will deliver an address on
"The New Gospel--A Little Land-A
Little Living" There viii also be an
10 Illustrated lecture on irrigation.
Election Of Officers.
In Wednesdays sessions will mainly
al be devoted to the consideration and
re discussion of drainage, irrigation, agri-
l. culture and industrial conditions. The
d list of speakers includes several dis
tinguished authorities on these sub
= iects. I'm the evening there VIII be
s. another parade.
be The sessions on Thursday will be
ID devoted TO the considerations of ques-
3 tions intimately connected with water
A. and it's uses for irrigation and naviga-
ton and to the discussion of general
is nolicies and legislation. Senator Hugh
nj es and Guggenheim and Representative
be Martin of Colorado will be among th'
| Speakers.