WITH an attendance of one hundred and nine delegates, 

 representing fifty-two commercial organizations and rep- 

 resenting the whole fifty-seven counties of California, a 

 new record for attendance and representation, the seventh semi- 

 annual meeting of the Counties Committee of The California 

 Promotion Committee convened at Petaluma, Sonoma County, 

 in the Hill Opera House, on Friday, June seventh, nineteen hun- 

 dred and seven. On the urgent invitation of the Petaluma 

 Chamber of Commerce, made through its secretary at the pre- 

 vious meeting in San Diego in December, Petaluma had been 

 chosen as the meeting place, and the Petaluma Chamber of 

 Commerce had all local arrangements for the meeting. A 

 noteworthy sentiment brought out at the meeting was the often 

 expressed endorsement by the delegates of the Counties Com- 

 mittee meetings and their increasing belief in the importance of 

 the gatherings, the impetvis given thereby to development work 

 in all parts of the State, and the benefits to all Californians 

 derived in the mere getting together, discussing matters of 

 mutual interest to all localities, learning about the resources 

 and attractions of parts of the State other than their own, and 

 in securing the broader point of view and closer co-operation 

 which will insure to California the position in the arena of 

 world progress that even the most optimistic and far-sighted 

 man of affairs cannot now appreciate. 



The subject presented for discussion, "Forestry and Irrigation 

 in California," was particularly apropos, in view of the approach- 

 ing fifteenth session of the National Irrigation Congress which 

 will convene in Sacramento in September next. From a broader 

 point of view the theme of the meeting dealt with problems 

 which to California are of greater significance than is generally 

 realized. Following the policy laid down at previous Counties 

 Committee meetings, matters of strictly local nature were elim- 

 inated from the discussions. The recommendations of the 

 meeting, as embodied in the report of the Committee on Resolu- 

 tions, will be carried out (as provided by the report) by a sub- 

 Committee on Forestry and Irrigation, which will report at the 

 next session of the body. With the co-operation of both the State 

 and Federal governments assured beneficial results will crown 

 the action of the meeting. 



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