THE THIRD NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS. 



rejection. In this way the congress itself will be kept 

 constantly busy with the main issues, the committees 

 having first discussed them and formulated an ex- 

 pression of their views. It generally happens that 

 the committees consist of the foremost men of the 

 congress, and as a rule the convention endorses their 

 conclusions. But it is desired that the Denver Con- 

 gress shall deal with its work directly, in*view of the 

 fact that the policies to be enunciated may perhaps 

 become the foundation of civilization in the West. 



ADOPT A CLEAR-CUT BILL. 



There is a strong sentiment in favor of having the 

 national policy expressed in the form of a bill, to be 

 presented to the Congress of the United States. This 

 would be preferable to leaving it for any individual 

 to formulate hereafter. If the results of the congress 

 be embodied in a clear-cut measure, the people can 

 support it with a knowledge of just what they are 

 favoring, and political leaders and conventions will 

 have no difficulty in understanding the proposition. 

 The National Committee will then have a definite 

 measure to urge upon the country. 



HI. _AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME OF 

 EXCURSIONS. 



It is the purpose of the people of Colorado to make 

 the Third National Irrigation Congress the occasion 

 for putting the beauties and advantages of their State 

 conspicuously before the eye of the people. Colo- 

 rado has suffered some setbacks during the past 

 year. She proposes to utilize this opportunity to 

 demonstrate her marvelous resources, the charm of 

 her climate, the grandeur of her mountain scenery, 

 the sufficiency of her water supply and the fertility 

 of her irrigated lands. The Irrigation Congress will 

 be presented with some of the finest object lessons, 

 illustrating both what has been done and what remains 

 to be done, to be found upon the continent. The plan 

 of excursions arranged by the Colorado people should 

 of itself attract an immense attendance, not only of 

 delegates but also of spectators and of homeseekers. 

 It is true Colorado can be seen at any time, but on 

 the occasion of the Irrigation Congress her hospital- 

 ity will be on dress parade. Not only that, but low 

 rates of railroad fare will be provided and extraordi- 

 nary efforts put forth to provide for the comfort and 

 pleasure of all visitors, which includes the spectator 

 and the homeseeker as well as the official represen- 

 tatives of irrigation interests. 



THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONGRESS. 



The congress will go into session on the forenoon 

 of Monday, September 3. The forenoon session will 

 witness the opening addresses and the temporary or- 

 ganization, with the appointment of committees on 

 credentials, order of business and permanent organi- 



zation. In the afternoon session the permanent 

 officers will be elected and the committees on Na- 

 tional legislation and State laws will be named. 

 Usually this business, with the address of the per- 

 manent president, occupies the time of the afternoon 

 session quite fully. Probably the evening session 

 will be devoted to the reports of the several State 

 commissions and an address by the chairman of the 

 National Executive Committee. 



GREELEY AND THE NOHTH. 



Bright and early on the morning of the second day 

 the congress will leave by special train for Greeley, 

 Fort Collins, Longmont, Boulder and other points of 

 great interest in the irrigated districts. Every friend 

 of Arid America will desire to visit the historic col- 

 ony of Greeley, which is everywhere known as a 

 type of the best agricultural possibilities of Colorado. 

 Founded under the inspiration of Horace Gree- 

 ley, in the face of the dangers and hardships of the pi- 

 oneer life a quarter century ago, this community dem- 

 onstrates the tremendous significance of irrigation in 

 the economic life of Western America. Its methods, 

 its products, its civic institutions and its homes are 

 so many beacon lights showing the way to prosperity 

 in the future. But there are many other attractions 

 in northern Colorado which the delegates and their 

 friends will be shown on this first day's excursion. 

 Among them is the agricultural college and its ex- 

 perimental farms at Fort Collins. 



AGAIN IN SESSION AT DENVER. 



The convention will return to Denver Tuesday- 

 night and re-assemble in convention Wednesday 

 morning. It will enter upon its second day's session 

 with enthusiasm and intelligence quickened and en- 

 lightened by the previous day's sight-seeing in the 

 north. Doubtless the committees will by this time 

 be able to report several sections of the proposed 

 national measure, as well as some features of the 

 code of common State laws. If so, the convention 

 will at once enter upon the debate of these topics and 

 begin the construction of those great policies which 

 must underlie the future development of Arid Am- 

 erica. Any time that can be spared from the more 

 important work of the convention will be devoted to 

 a miscellaneous programme of papers and addresses, 

 dealing with various phases of irrigation. 



MELON DAY AT ROCKY FORD. 



Wednesday night the Irrigation Congress special 

 train will again be at the service of the delegates and 

 their friends. It is proposed to make a night run to 

 Rocky Ford and join the citizens of the Arkansas 

 valley Thursday morning in the festivities of Melon 

 Day. This is a famous Colorado festival. People 

 come from all over the State and consume melons 

 without money and without price. They inspect the 



