Official Call for the Fourth National Irri- 

 gation Congress. 



Y the authority of the National Executive Committee, the Fourth National 

 Irrigation Congress is hereby called to meet in the city of Albuquerque, 

 New Mexico, for the four days beginning September 16th, 1895. 



The present year is proving to be the most remarkable in the history 

 of American irrigation. It has seen a wonderful awakening of popular 

 interest in the cause throughout the East, resulting in the organization of 

 most potential forces for the purpose of co-operating with the Western people; the enact- 

 ment of well-considered irrigation laws in eight States, and the creation of administrative 

 systems in five of them; the recognition of the pressing nature of the problem by the 

 Departments of Interior and of Agriculture, under whose direction a National Board of 

 Irrigation has been formed from officials in various departments of the government. 



These splendid evidences of the triumphant progress of the irrigation cause demand 

 a large, representative and effective session of the Irrigation Congress in 1895. A further 

 season for such a gathering is the fact that the Presidential campaign of 1896 will be 

 inaugurated previous to the assembling of another session of this body, and that it is thus 

 necessary to formulate at Albuquerque the demands which the friends of irrigation will 

 desire to make upon the great political parties of the nation. 



In view of the nature of the opportunity, a programme of extraordinary variety, 

 interest and importance will be arranged, and it is anticipated that this session of the Con- 

 gress will be more widely useful and influential than the previous conventions at Salt Lake in 

 1891, at Los Angeles in 1893, and at Denver in 1894. The friends of irrigation throughout 

 the United States for to-day the movement is national in its scope and interest should unite 

 in an effort to obtain a worthy result at Albuquerque. 



BASIS OF REPRESENTATION. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Third National Irrigation Congress at Denver, 

 Colorado, September 8th, 1894, the Fourth National Irrigation Congress will be composed as 

 follows : 



1. All members of the National Executive Committee. 



2. All members of State and Territorial Irrigation Commissions. 



3. Five delegates at large, to be appointed by their respective Governors, for each of 

 the following States and Territories: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, 

 Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, 

 Utah, Washington and Wyoming. 



4. Three delegates at large, for each State and Territory not heretofore enumerated 

 to be appointed by the Governors of said States or Territories, or, in the case of the District 

 of Columbia by the President. 



5. One delegate each from regularly organized irrigation, agricultural and horticultural 

 societies, and societies of Engineers, Irrigation Companies, Agricultural Colleges and Com- 

 mercial bodies. 



6. Duly accredited representatives of any foreign nation or colony, each member of 

 the United States Senate and House of Representatives, and each Governor of a State or 

 Territory will be admitted as honorary members. 



The use of proxies and the manner of casting the vote of delegations, will be regulated 

 in accordance with a resolution adopted at Denver, and printed on page 89 of the Official 

 Report of that meeting. By order of 



THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 

 FRED L. ALLES, Secretary. WILLIAM E. SMYTHE, Chairman. 



