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with Los Angeles or Carson, Denver is still largely 

 central. Five irrigation States and one Territory are 

 further east than Denver. They are the two Dakotas, 

 Kansas, Nebraska and Texas, with Oklahoma. 

 Beside this Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida 

 are now represented in our National Committee. 

 More important than all, we hope to attract interested 

 spectators from all over the East and South. So 

 I say, on the score of geographical location, Denver 

 is beyond all comparison the place of places. 



" Denver's claim is equally sound from a railroad 

 standpoint. Carson has one railroad, and a branch 

 line at that. Boise has one railroad and Albuquerque 

 two. Denver is the junction of seven great railroad 

 systems, and as originally built, practically twelve. 

 We have the Union Pacific, the Missouri Pacific, the 

 Rock Island, the Denver, Fort Worth & Texas, the 

 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe\ the Denver & Rio 

 Grande, and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. 

 East, north, west and south great railroads connect 

 Denver with all sections of the United States. This 

 means the lowest rates, best accommodations and 

 largest favors in every direction. 



" So with the matter of hotel accommodations, 

 Denver also leads all other cities. The Brown Palace 

 hotel is the most beautiful and best appointed host- 

 elry in the United States. We simply do not take a 

 back seat for anything. Besides that we have dozens of 

 other good hotels ranging from $1 a day up. The city 

 has fine theatres, restaurants, street-car service and 

 is full of attractive sights to employ the leisure mo- 

 ments of delegates. It has four great daily news- 

 papers to report the event. 



" When the Congress adjourns excursions can be 

 planned to the historic colony of Greeley and to any 

 number of interesting irrigation works and attractive 

 communities. Colorado ranks second to California 

 in extent of irrigation development. Then we have 

 Manitou, Garden of the Gods, Glenwood Springs and 

 other attractions of mountain, valley and plain suffi- 

 cient to keep the delegates with us for months. And 

 they would be having a good time and learning 

 something worth knowing during every moment of 

 their stay. 



" I have said that Denver would not appeal on 

 selfish grounds, but as Carson, Boise and Albu- 

 querque can appeal on no other reasonable pretext, I 

 will copper them there. What State bore the brunt 

 of last summer's wild crusade against silver and 

 everything western? What State held her head 

 proudly and served notice upon the world that the 

 West was too great to be broken down by the failure 

 of a single industry, no matter how representative 

 that industry might be, or how cruel the methods by 

 which it was undone ''. It was the State of Colorado. 

 She was made to suffer in the eyes of eastern and 



foreign investors for the crime of the common West 

 the crime of insisting on the restoration of the 

 money of the Constitution. What State deserves the 

 benefit and the vindication whteh this congress will 

 give more than Colorado deserves it? 



" Mr. Chairman, I move to make it unanimous for 

 Denver. I think even Gen. Jones of Nevada will 

 withdraw in our favor, for Arid America is greater 

 than any State and her interests dearer than the aspi- 

 rations of any city." 



II.- CARSON CITY AND ITS ATTRAC- 

 TIONS. 



As the time approaches for the National Executive 

 Committee of the Irrigation Congress to decide upon 

 the location for holding the next meeting of its con- 

 gress ; and as Carson City, the capital of the State 

 of Nevada, has tendered its proposal and extended 

 an invitation to the committee, competing with other 

 cities for securing the said Congress to meet and hold 

 its next session within her gates; it may not be 

 deemed inappropriate to present to the considera- 

 tion of the committee and others interested in this 

 national movement, a short article descriptive of Car- 

 son City and its surroundings, its beauty and various 

 attractions, showing the feasibility and propriety of 

 selecting said city as the place to hold the congress. 



As Nevada is regarded as one of the healthiest 

 States in the Union, possessing all the elements in 

 natural resources, as well as in mining and agricul- 

 ture so Carson City is universally conceded to be 

 the most healthful, pleasant and beautiful place in 

 the State. 



At the base of the lofty Sierras, and at an altitude 

 of 4,660 feet, in a picturesque and romantic spot, lies 

 Carson City with a population of about 5,000 souls ; 

 laid out with regularity and precision, illuminated 

 with electric lights, its streets and avenues adorned 

 with shade trees, its lawns and principal park with 

 flowers, its resident portion made up of beautiful and 

 attractive homes, its business blocks constructed in a 

 substantial manner, while an abundance of clear; 

 cool, delicious water is supplied from the towering 

 mountains which rise so grandly near the city. 



The Capitol building is neat and substantial, situ- 

 ated in the center of the city, surrounded by shade- 

 trees and lawns, which constitute a park of more than 

 ordinary attraction. 



Besides being the seat of Government, there are 

 located here the State Orphans' Home, State Prison, 

 State Printing Office, the United States Mint, United 

 States Land Office, and the Government School for 

 Indians. 



The State library contains one of the finest and 



