Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-08
ENG|NEERSOF THE
STATE WILL HOLD
annual MEETING
Conference of Reclamation
Service Men to Be Fol
lowed by Convention of
Society of Engineers.

The sixth annual conference of OPP
Grating engineers of the reclamation
service and the eighth annual conven-
ton of the Idaho Society of Engineers
will be held in the rooms of the Boise
Commercial club next week. The for
mcr conference is to be held Jan. Is.
II and is, the latter Jan. Is, 10 and
20. At the last day of the conference,
the reclamation engineers will meet
jointly with the Idaho Society of En-
gineers. The program for the meet
ings of the operating engineers fol-
lows:
TUESDAY. JAN. 16.
1000 a. m.-Address of welcome,
Mayor S. II. Hays. Response. j. p.
Congdon, consulting engineer.
II Il. Redistribution of Water in
Idaho the state engineer of Idaho,
Discussion.
2 p. m.-"The Truck ee- Carson Pro-
Ject," D. W. Cole, senior engineer Of
u. S. r. s. Discussion.
$50 p. m.-"Effect of an Irrigation
District Upon the Land owners" w.
q. Cotton, manager Idaho Irrigation
district Discussion.
WEDNESDAY,, JAN. II.
10 a. m.-"Hydrometric Investiga-
lions on Twin Falls North Side Pro
3cct." c. r. Burkey, chief engineer
discussion.
Ii a. m.-"Thc King Hill Project"
p. +. Shawhan, state manager King
iIIill project. Discussion.
p. m.--ReportsS of committees:
Improvements of State Laws ON the
Question Of Irrigation" W. II. Gibson,
&. ]. Franklin, +. W. Hastings. w. l..
Gorton, d. r. Hubbard
$3.50 p m.-lnformal discussions.
'Niewpoint Of the Middle West on Irri-
,gation;" The Formation of an Idaho
Irrigation Congress
Following is the program for the
ljoint meeting of the operating en-
lEineers and Idaho Society OF En-
lgineers
THURSDAY, JAN. 10.
10 a. m.-"Possiblities of Irrigation
development by Cooperation Between
the United States and the State" j.
fP. Congdon. consulting engineer.
J II a. M eepaee and Ground Wa
ter Conditions in the Boise Valley" w
G. Sloan, drainage engineer, depart
ment of agriculture. Discussion.
p. m.--"Benefits and Needs of
lStream Measurements" G. G. Baldwin,
district engineer. u. S. c. S. Discus
lsion.
800 p m-"The Irrigation Farmer
land His Commercial Problems w. G.
Scholtz. director bureau OF farm mar
lkets OF Idaho. Discussion.
$50 p. m.-Banquet.
The program for the meeting of the
Idaho Society Of Engineers follows
FRIDAY. JAN. 10.
10 a. m,-Appoiatment of commit
tees
10:15 a. ma Comparison of Same
mining Conditions and Methods in tho
ltnited States and in New Zealand"
~ G. Brown, member American In
Ftitute Iining Engineers. Institute
mining and Metallurgy. Discussion.
IL q. m.--"The Present Status of
mining in Idaho" r. " Bell, state
mime Inspector. Discussion.
p. m.-"Electric Power Develop
fment in Idaho A. J. Wiley. consult
ling engineer. Discussion.
p. m.-"commcrcial Uses of E.lec-
tric Power Upon the Farm e. o.
Crane, sales manager Idaho Power
company. Discussion
p. m.--"The State Highway Sys-
'tcm Of Idaho and the Years Work."
~. NJ. Booth, state highway engineer.
Discussion.
$50 p. m.--1llnstrated lecture. Con
crete and It's Various Uses with E.s-
ipecial Reference to Road Construc-
ifion." William F. Long district en-
gineer Portland Cement association