Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-08-03
TWENTIETH SESSION OF
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Four Days Session to be Held Commencing Mon
day, Sept. 80, Meetings in Morn
ing, Afternoon and Evening
MANY AMUSEMENT FEATURES PROVIDED

Salt Lake City, Utah, uly 2sJ--
Official call was today issued for
the twentieth session of the Nation
al Irrigation congress, which is to
be held in this city Sept. 80 to Oct.
3, 1912 The call is signed by Fran
els G. Newlands, president; Arthur
Hooker, secretary; Richard w. Young
chairman of the executive committee
Geo. A. Snow, chairman of the Utah
Board Of control.
The first meeting of the twentieth
session will open at 10 o'clock on the
morning OF Monday Sept. 30, the pur-
pose being to hold morning, afternoon
and evening meetings during the four
days OF the session. In one portion
of the official call the following state
ment is made:
TT Is fitting that this important
agricultural and Industrial develop
ment agency should meet this year
In Salt Lake City the center of that
splendid empire which irrigation has
reclaimed from the Great American
Desert. Here it's first meeting was
held twenty one years ago. Sept. Is
to II, 1891. Here also, was the birth
place of Anglo-Saxon irrigation"
Included In the personnel of the
National Irrigation congress will be
its officers; the president and the
vice-president of the United States;
members of the cabinet; United
States Senators and congressman;
governors of states and of insular
possessions of the United States;
members of federal, state and insu-
lar irrigation, water and conservation
commissions; state engineers and
commissioner of agriculture and hor-
ticulture; delegates from every state
in the Union and from foreign
countries. In addition to the fifteen
delegates appointed by the governor
of each state and territory, represent
atives are coming from universities,
colleges, cities, commercial and indus
trial bodies counties and associations
devoted to irrigation, agriculture.
horticulture and engineering.
Announced subjects to be discussed
by the congress are as follows:
Irrigation of the great west. Stor-
ing of the flood. Measurement OF
streams. Scientific investigation OF
irrigation projects. Proper safeguard
ing Of irrigation securities. Enact
ment of practical working and uni
form state irrigation laws. Preser-
vation of the forests. Opportunity
to build new homes. Heeding the
call of the landless man for the man.
less land. Elimination by law Of fraud
in connection with the location and
sale Of land. Cooperative effort OF
officials. Close cooperation OF
state engineers. Although these are
the subjects scheduled for considera-
ton and advocacy by the congress,
undoubtedly others will arise as
necessity may suggest The meetings
will be conducted with democratic
freedom and latitude to the dele
gates. and free discussion will be en-
couraged.
Many amusement features also are
provided. These include p great IL
Illuminated parade on the night OF
Sept. 30 and a spectacular pageant
of the night wizard Of Wasatch,
mysterious potentate of the realm
of unconfined Joy, who Is supposedly
brought down out of some secret
cave in the Wasatch mountains by a
horde of his gay words. An irriga-
ton Queen is to be selected from
among the beautiful womanhood OF tn
Rocky Mountain country, and the
| lady Is to be presented to the multi
tude with accompanying features OF
scenic splendor.
One of the attractions will be a
mammoth exhibit of the products OF
irrigated farms, which will be edu-
cational as well as interesting. The
Utah State fair will be in progress
and this will be supplemented with
mineral, livestock and other exhibits
provided by the congress.