THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. 



NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTED BY THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS AT 

 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 14, 1893. 



< II \ 1 IOI \\. Mm. I-:. Smythe, Member-at-Large. SECRETARY, Fred L. Alii*, Member-at-Large. 



511 Masonic Temple, Chicago. Los Angeles, California. 



VICE-CHAIRMAN, Edward M. Roggs, Arizona. TREASURER, 



Tucson, A. T. 



John E. Jones, Nevada. 



Carson City, Nev. 



CALIFORNIA, 

 COLORADO, 

 IDAHO, 

 ILLINOIS, 



KANSAS, 

 MONTANA, 

 NRRRASKA, 

 NEW MEXICO, 



Ell H. Murray, San Diego. 

 J. F. Rocho, Hardin. 

 T. D. Rabbitt, Nanipa. 

 Wi 1 1 aril E. Allen, Chicago. 

 J, W. Gregory, Garden City. 

 Z. T. Iturtou. Clion teau. 

 Chas. P. Ross, North Platte. 

 M. A. Downing, Las Crnces. 



NO. D4KOTA, Dr. Merchant, Ellendale. 

 OKLAHOMA, John H. Cotteral, Gnthrie, 

 SO. DAKOTA, J. T. McWilliams, Aberdeen. 

 TENNESSEE, P. H. Porter, Nashville. 

 TEXAS, J. J. Walker, Rarstow. 



UTAH, Arthur L. Thomas, Salt Lake City 



WASHINGTON, N. G. Rlalock, Walla IV all a. 

 Elwood Mead, Cheyenne. 



COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION, 



W. A. Clark, Rntte, Montana. 



Eli H. Murray, San Diego, California. 



Richard J. Hinton, New York City. 

 NATIONAL LECTURER, 



J. S. Emery, Lawrence, Kansas. 



MORE STATE COMMISSIONS. 



JUDGE J. W. GREGORY has announced the 

 names of his colleagues in the Kansas State 

 Commission as follows: Judge V. H. Grinstead, 

 Dighton, Lane county ; Hon. F. D. Coburn, Topeka, 

 Kansas; Hon. L. Baldwin, Great Bend, Barton 

 county; Hon. A. B. Montgomery, Goodland, Sher- 

 man county. This would appear to be a very strong 

 body of men, and one amply capable of formulating 

 the Kansas idea of wise national and State policies. 

 Judge Gregory has at least managed his appoint- 

 ments well, from a geographical standpoint. All 

 localities and all political parties are represented. 

 Messrs. Grinstead and Montgomery attended the 

 first National Congress at Salt Lake. Mr. Baldwin 

 is the father of the movement to organize associa- 

 tions throughout the State. Mr. Coburn is the new 

 secretary of the Board of Agriculture. Mr. H. V. 

 Hinckley will act as consulting engineer to the State 

 Commission. 



OKLAHOMA. 



Committeeman Cotteral has named W. A. Lindsey, 

 of Perry, and M. L. Turner, of Guthrie, on the Okla- 

 homa Commission. 



IDAHO. 



Committeeman Babbitt writes that the Idaho Com- 

 mission met at Boise March 22d, that the laws have 

 been thoroughly studied, and that the outlook for 

 successful work is good. In order to facilitate the 

 work the State has been divided into three sections, 

 as follows : 



Section 1 All the Snake river drainage west of 

 the Wood river. The gathering of data in this sec- 

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tion will be prosecuted by Chairman Babbitt and 

 Colonel Irvin. 



Section 2 All the Snake river drainage east of 

 Wood river and also the counties of Lemhi and Cus- 

 ter, this section to be in charge of Messrs. Mills and 

 Morrison. 



Section 3 All the drainage of the lower Snake and 

 the counties in north Idaho, to be supervised by Mr. 

 Ostrander. 



COMMITTEE VACANCIES. 



The Arizona membership- has been filled by the 

 election of Judge J. L. Van Derwerker, of Yuma, 

 whose majority consisted of the following votes: 

 Allen, Alles, Blalock, Cotteral, Downing, Jones, Mc- 

 Williams, Mead, Murray, Smythe. 



Z. T. Burton has resigned his membership for 

 Montana. F. H. Brigham has been nominated for 

 Oregon. 



THE OMAHA CONVENTION. 



The Inter-State Irrigation Convention held in the 

 city of Omaha on March 21-22 was a decided suc- 

 cess. There were over two hundred and fifty dele- 

 gates present, representing the states of Nebraska, 

 Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, South Da- 

 kota and Iowa. It was an educational convention in 

 more ways than one, and the agriculturists who were 

 present received many practical ideas from those 

 who have made a close study of the scientific appli- 

 cation of water. The proceedings were harmonious 

 in every respect and the fullest discussion was 

 brought out on all topics that were on the programme 

 for consideration. 



