THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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EX-SENATOR J. M. CAREY, OF WYOMING. 



President Irrigation Congress. 



resolution favoring the governmental con- 

 struction of the reservoirs which have 

 been located in Colorado and Wyoming by 

 the engineer corps, but it finally passed. 

 A fitting rebuke was given to the propo- 

 sition endorsing the Booth-Tucker plan of 

 colonization, and as finally passed, the res- 

 olution favors colonization enterprises in 

 general and not one plan in particular. A 

 few other resolutions of a perfunctory and 

 complimentary nature were passed. 



The most pronounced feature 

 of the congress was the selec- 

 tion of executive officers for the ensuing 

 year. With but one exception there was 

 an entire change and men of ability were 

 selected. Ex-United States Senator J. 

 M. Carey, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, who 

 became the president of .the congress and 

 chairman of the executive committee, is a 

 man of national reputation, and he is es- 

 pecially well known in the west as the 

 author of the "Carey Land Law," which 

 donated one million acres of land to each 

 of the arid states to be reclaimed. Fred 



The 



New 

 Officers. 



J. Mills, of Boise, Idaho, who was elected 

 secretary, has competently filled the posi- 

 tion of state engineer, and his report to 

 the Governor, issued some months ago, is 

 a valuable addition to the knowledge of 

 Idaho's wonderful resources. With such 

 able men as leaders, the irrigation move- 

 ment will receive an unwonted impetus 

 and we may confidently look forward to 

 decisive action in the future. 



A Few 

 Remarks. 



The congress at Lincoln was 

 remarkable in numerous ways. 

 In the smallness of attendance; in the 

 lack of popular interest; in the vain grasp- 

 ing after sensationalism. The railroad 

 reports show that twenty- three people 

 paid fare to attend the congress, and the 

 passenger association very naturally re- 

 fused to haul so many people home at 

 a reduced rate. The lack of popular in- 

 terest was plainly manifested. At a con- 

 gress held a year or two ago it is said that 

 250 ladies joined in an effort to make 

 "Ladies' night" a success. At this con- 

 gress they did not respond to a pressing 

 invitation and the program was abandoned. 

 A love of sensationalism or a lack of judg- 

 ment was evidenced by giving prominent 

 positions on the program to lengthy papers 

 on the discovery of underground waters by 

 magnetic machines, and the exploded 

 topic of rainmaking, as well as other sub- 

 jects, fit only for discussion by the "So- 

 ciety for the Prevention of Knowledge 

 Among Darkest Africans," 



The annexation of Hawaii 

 which will be one of the most, 

 fiercely debated questions of the next ses- 

 sion of the United States Congress is fully 

 treated in ex-Minister Lorin A. Thurs- 

 ton's ''Handbook on the Annexation of 

 Hawaii" which has just been issued. .Mr. 

 Thurston sets forth in a plain, forcible 

 manner the reasons why the United States 

 should annex the Sandwich Islands. In 

 brief they are (1) Annexation will prevent 

 foreigners from securing a coaling station, 

 harbor and fortified stronghold command- 

 ing American commerce in the Pacific. 



Hawaii. 



