THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. 



NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTED BY THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS AT 

 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 14, 1893. 



CHAIRMAN, Win. I.. Smythe, Member.at-L.aree. SECRETARY. Fred L. All in, Miub-i at Large. 



Postoffice Box 1019, Chicago. Loe Angeles, California. 



V U K-t II A I KM A.Y, Edward 91. Boggs, Arizona. TREASURER, 



Tuscon, A. T. 



CALIFORNIA, 



COLORADO, 



IDAHO, 



IKLIXOIK, 



KANSAS, 



MONTANA, 



NEBRASKA, 



NEW MEXICO, 



Eli II. Murray, San Diego. 

 J. F. It oc ho. M aril in. 

 T. l. Babbitt, Nam pa. 

 Willard E. Allen, Chicago. 

 J, IV. Gregory, Garden City. 

 Z. T. Barton, Chouteau. 

 Chas. P. Ross, North Platte. 

 M. A. Downing, Las Crnces. 



NO. DAKOTA, 

 OKLAHOMA, 

 SO. DAKOTA, 

 TENNESSEE, 

 TEXAS, 

 UTAH, 



WASHINGTON. 

 WYOMING, 



John E. Jones, Nevada. 



Carson City, Nev. 



Dr. Merchant, Ellendale. 

 John H. Cotteral, Gnthrie, 

 J. T. McWilliams, Aberdeen. 

 P. H. Porter, Nashville. 

 J. J. Walker, Barstow. 

 Arthur I,. Thomas, Salt Lake City 

 N. G. Blaloek, Walla Walla. 

 Elwood Mead, Cheyenne. 



COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION, 



W. A. Clark, But to. Montana. 



Eli H. Murray, San Diego, California. 



PROGRESS OF THE WORK. 



TH E work of the irrigation propaganda, repre- 

 sented by the national organization, has thus 

 far proceeded no further than the initiatory 

 stage. The State Commissions are in process of or- 

 ganization and some very strong selections have been 

 made in^several instances. The commission system 

 will certainly prove a great success if the gentlemen 

 appointed to serve on these bodies devote the 

 amount of attention to the work which it is anticipated 

 they will do. At the next Irrigation Congress the 

 needs of every state and territory, together with their 

 views on questions of national and local policy, will 

 be represented by men of ability and experience. 

 Their reports will be the fruit of study and not the 

 casual expression of the moment. The opportunity 

 which the commission system offers an opportunity 

 to begin the work of revising and enlarging State 

 laws upon a plan of uniformity and developing a com- 

 prehensive national policy with relation to the public 

 lands should certainly be eagerly accepted by every 

 friend of Arid America. The success or failure of 

 the year's plans, and of the next Irrigation Congress, 

 will turn entirely on the work of the State commis- 

 sions. If that work is enthusiastically and conscien- 

 tiously performed the next Congress will have (1) the 

 data which must furnish the foundation for wise 

 policies, and (2), the authoritative expression of the 

 opinions of all the States and Territories. If the work 

 of the commissions is neglected the whole splendid 

 plan of campaign will fall into hopeless ruin. We 

 shall be no nearer the realization of results than we 

 were last October and a precious year will have been 

 lost. 



It is to be sincerely hoped that every member of 



Richard J. Hinton, New York City. 

 NATIONAL LECTURER, 



J. S. Emery, Lawrence. Kansas. 



the National Committee, and every member of the 

 State Commissions, will do his duty with all the ability 

 and energy at his command. 



It is to be sincerely hoped that every member of 

 the National Committee and every member of the 

 State Commissions, will do his duty with all the 

 ability and energy at his command. 



THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION. 



The California State Commission held a meeting at 

 Los Angeles in December. This body consists of 

 Eli H. Murray, W. S. Green, C. C. Wright, L. M. 

 Holt and J. A. Pirtle and ranks among the strongest 

 in the list. A comprehensive plan of work was 

 mapped out and is now being vigorously pushed by 

 means of circulars and correspondence. The object 

 is to obtain an expression from the largest possible 

 number of citizens as to needed legislation and also 

 to collect data showing the existing conditions. As a 

 means to this end circulars have been issued by 

 chairman Murray, a portion of which follows: 



To facilitate this work the State has been divided into five dis- 

 tricts, and each Commissioner has undertaken to compile the 

 desired information in one district. 



The first district includes the counties of San Diego, Riverside 

 and Orange, and the work has been assigned to the Chairman of 

 the Commission. 



The second district consists of San Bernardino, Inyo, Mono and 

 Alpine counties, and the work has been assigned to L. M. Holt, of 

 Los Angeles. 



The third district consists of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa 

 Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, 

 Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, and the work has been 

 assigned to J. A. Pirtle of Los Angeles. 



The fourth district consists of San Joaquin Valley and all that 

 portion of the State south of San Francisco bay and including the 

 counties of San Joaquin and El Dorado, and the work has been 

 assigned to Hon. C. C. Wright of Modesto. 



The fifth district consists of the Sacramento Valley and the 

 remaining portions of Northern California and the work has been 

 assigned to Hon. Will S. Green of Colusa. 



