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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



these important bodies. Several are nearly, but not 

 quite, ready to make their final announcements. 



NEVADA. 



As noted in the November number, Nevada was 

 the first State to appoint its commission. It consists 

 of Gen. John E. Jones, of Carson City, chairman; 

 James Newlands, Jr., Carson City; L. H.Taylor, Reno; 

 W. C. Pitt, Lovelock; R. M. Clark, Carson City. The 

 first meeting of the commission was held at Carson 

 City, November 13th. Mr. Taylor was chosen secre- 

 tary and W. C. Pitt, treasurer. Chairman Jones was 

 authorized to appoint agents in different parts of the 

 State to solicit subscriptions to a fund to defray ex- 

 penses of the commission, and to provide for Nevada's 

 contribution to the Executive Committee of the 

 National Irrigation Congress. The chairman and R- 

 M. Clark were appointed a committee to draft a pre- 

 amble to the address to the people to be issued, and 

 also a petition to be circulated by the agents appointed 

 to solicit funds. A committee of one was appointed 

 for each county to collect data and compile statistics 

 for the use of the committee : Churchill, Walter Fer- 

 guson; Douglas, H. F. Dangberg; Elco, E. C. McClel- 

 lan; Esmeralda, James A. Yerington; Eureka, W. S. 

 Long; Humboldt, C. A. La Grave; Lander, W. D. 

 Jones; Lincoln, D. Bonelli; Lyon, J. E. Gigneaux; 

 Nye, George Nicholl; Ormsby, J. D. Kersey; Storey, 

 F. Hellman; White Pine, H. A. Comins; Washoe, C. 

 C. Powning. A committee of three, including the 

 chair, were appointed to formulate instructions to 

 committees onTdata and statistics. A committee was 

 also appointed to work for Nevada, as the place for 

 holding the next National Irrigation Congress. 



CALIFORNIA. 



The California Commission has been named as 

 follows: Eli H. Murray, San Diego; C. C. Wright, 

 Modesto; W. S. Green, Colosa; L. M. Holt, Los 

 Angeles; J. A. Pirtle, Los Angeles. Mr. Pirtle was 

 chosen secretary. This is a very strong commission. 

 Ex-Gov. Murray is a gentleman of wide and varied 

 experience in public life, and is deeply interested in 

 the progress of irrigation. Mr. Wright is thoroughly 

 versed in irrigation law. Mr. Holt is the statistician 

 of irrigation in California. Mr. Green is the most 

 prominent champion of the idea in northern Califor- 

 nia, and Mr. Pirtle has a thorough mastery of the 

 subject from the standpoint of investors. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



The South Dakota Commission is the following: 

 J. T. McWllliams, Aberdeen, chairman; S. W. Narre- 

 gang, Aberdeen; S. H. Riggs, Frankfort; A. B. Has- 

 sett, Redfield; Robert Evans, Spearfish. Of these 

 gentlemen the well-known names outside of their 

 State are Messrs. McWilliams and Narregang. They 

 have been the consistent friends of irrigation in 

 a locality where few have really understood its 



full significance. This looks like a good working 

 commission. Their opportunity to put the State to 

 the front is a notable one, and it is to be expected that 

 they will take the fullest advantage of it. 

 NEW MEXICO. 



In New Mexico Mr. Heintzelman has retired from 

 membership on the National Executive Committee in 

 favor of Mortimer A. Downing of Santa Fe. The new 

 member ought to be one of the most valuable factors 

 in the organization. As private secretary of Col. R. J. 

 Hinton, when at the head of the Bureau of Irrigation 

 Inquiry, Mr. Downing had the best facilities to study 

 irrigation problems as a whole. He traveled through- 

 out the arid region and had the benefit of the knowl- 

 edge of his chief. On retiring from that position he 

 showed his faith in the future of Arid America 

 by going immediately to New Mexico to make his 

 home. He was designated by the convention at 

 Deming as the choice of this Territory for this posi- 

 tion, and his presence at the head of New Mexico's 

 commission is a guarantee of vigorous and thorough 

 work. The full commission will be named shortly. 

 WYOMING, 



The Wyoming Commission has become involved in 

 an embarassing situation. William Penn Rogers, of 

 Messina, Cal., temporarily represented the State on 

 the executive committee at its first meeting in Los 

 Angeles. He there made an announcement which the 

 committee construed as notice of his resignation, 

 based on the recognition of the fact that no State 

 should be permanently represented by a non-resident. 

 Three States were temporarily represented in the 

 same way, and in all cases it was understood that the 

 temporary members should retire after the organiza- 

 tion had been effected, and allowjtheir successors to be 

 chosen by the committee, under the rule adopted by 

 the congress. In pursuance of this understanding 

 bona fide residents of Wyoming, Montana and North 

 Dakota were chosen at the second meeting of the 

 committee, held at San Diego. State Engineer 

 Elwood Mead, who has been a member for two 

 years past, was re-elected for Wyoming and promptly 

 named a commission, consisting of prominent citizens 

 of his State. Before this commission had been con- 

 firmed, Mr. Rogers notified the committee and the 

 Governor of Wyoming that he had not resigned, and 

 then proceeded to name a commission himself. Prof. 

 Mead then tendered his resignation to the committee, 

 but it has not yet been accepted, and will not be. He 

 is the legal member and his commission the regular 

 body. Both will act unless they positively decline. 

 In that case the committee would elect Mr. Mead's 

 successor. 



OTHER STATES. 



Committeeman Burton is hard at work in organiz- 

 ing his forces in Montana. 

 Great interest is felt in Judge Gregory's Kansas 



