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in owners of the land irrigated and not in persons who appropriate 

 water under the present laws for speculative purposes. 



Dr. Seymour B. Young, vice president of the congress and per- 

 manent presiding officer, is a grandson of Brigham Young. The 

 doctor is well posted on irrigation in Utah and is proud of the system 

 established by his grandfather. The paper of Fred Bond, state 

 engineer of Wyoming, read to-day gave many for the first time a 

 knowledge of the irrigation laws of Wyoming, acknowledged to be 

 the best laws of the kind on the statute books of any state. Higher 

 praise could not be given Wyoming than was uttered by State 

 Engineer Wilson of Nebraska, who said that the irrigation laws of 

 Nebraska were silly when compared with those of Wyoming. He 

 said Nebraska had copied after Colorado, where litigation over water 

 is continually going on, where every farmer has to retain an attorney 

 and keep a shotgun loaded to protect himself against encroachments 

 of water companies. 



The delegate most in evidence seems to be Professor Maxwell of 

 California, who is well posted on all irrigation problems, who is often 

 on his feet, who has something to say on every question, who is a 

 fluent talker, and who pours forth his words with such rapidity that 

 the official stenographer puts down his pencil and tries to look 

 pleased. 



On an informal ballot for location of the next congress, St. Paul 

 received ten votes, Chicago thirty- six, the rest scattering. Upon 

 motion Chicago was made the unanimous choice of the convention. 

 The time for the meeting was left to the executive committee. 



The report of the committee on nominations was received and 

 adopted unanimously, the secretary casting the vote of the congress 

 for the following officers: 



President Elwood Meade, Wyoming. 

 First vice president S. M. Emery, Montana. 

 Second vice president L. W. Shurtliff, Utah. 

 Third vice president C. B. Hurtt, Idaho. 

 Secretary H. B. Maxson, Nevada. 



On motion, George H. Maxwell of California was elected national 

 lecturer and ex-officio member of the executive committe. 



The national executive committee elected is as follows: Arizona, 

 J. H. McClintock; California, Scipio Craig; District of Columbia, E. 

 F. Best; Idaho, D. W. Ross; Illinois, J. E. Forrest; Indiana, J. H. 

 McNeeley; Michigan, O. E. McCutcheon; Missouri, Tom R. Cannon; 

 Massashusetts, Herbet Myric; Minnesota, F. W. Wilsey; Montana, 

 I. D. O'Donnell; Nebraska, E. M. Allen; New Mexico, Bradford 

 Prince: Nevada, J. E. Stubbs; Oregon, A. N. Jones; Utah, C. L. 

 Swendson; Wyoming, Fred Bond. 



