Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-11-29
B|GNEsS Of
18th SESSION
Passing Glance al Irrigation
Congress
FIVE THOUSAND MEMBERS
Forty Thousand Dollars
Will be Spent For Their
Entertainment. Over Four
Thousand of it to be Spent
for Rent.

Though most people appreciate that
the National Irrigation congress is
the largest of all the congresses that
meet annually in this country, few
of them have an adequate concep-
ton of its magnitude 1t is expected
that approximately 5000 delegates will
attend the session in Chicago next
month. They will not only repre-
sent in all probability, every state in
the Union but there will be delegates
from many foreign nations of both
hemispheres.
The congress has in its later years
become in a sense the mother of con-
gresses for the annual session is
found q convenient occasion for the
getting together of many men from
remote sections. concerned in other
great movements one such is the
convention of representatives Of
waterer users associations to which
the Salt River Valley association is
sending five delegates. There are
others representing movements CO.
related but less intimately 50. with
the irrigation movement. For some
Of these the congress anagement Sc
cures halls or meeting places. paying
the rent. etc. as an inducement TO
assure their attendance at the con-
sress, knowing that their influence
is harmonious and their judgment
valuable.
This expense as well as that of
the congress proper, is borne by the
local organization in the host city, in
the instance of the coming congress,
Chicago. For the proper entertain
ment of the congress an expense fund
of about 100000 has been provided
OF that amount considerably over
$4,000 will be paid out in rent of
meeting places during the week. In
the first place $2700 is paid for the
rent of the Auditorium theatre where
the congress proper viii be held. or
chestral hall has been secured for
another meeting place at an expense
of $l100 Fullerton hall has been Sc
cured for another purpose at a cost
of $500 In addition To- these there
will be a big reception i'm the ball
room of the Hotel LaSallc. the ball
room seating a thousand people What
the expense Of that event will he is
rot known here
The Importance of the irrigation
congress To the people of the whole
country can hardly be- oVerestimated
and for the people of this valley it
is more important just now than To-
any other section. BY tn" words Of
former President Roosevelt. who
signed the reclamation act. the great
est Influence in its passage was the
irrigation congress, now a much lar
ger institution than it was in those
days. At this particular time this val
ley needs further help from the ma
tional Legislature and can have no
stronger aid in securing il than the
irrigation congress. I'm fact without
that aid it is doubtful if il can be
secured; certainly not if the congress
should oppose Mention Of this val
ley does not mean that il alone needs
help but that all the projects are
rapidly approaching the conditions
found here in some respects They
viii all need the same kind of help.
but this valley needs il more urgent
ly only because its project is far
Their advanced 1t is therefore hoped
that Arizona will send a fine delega-
ton To the irrigation congress to help
along its good work