THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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better investigate before putting up their money. The 

 only excuse for publishing the following is to illustrate 

 the smoothness of the scheme: 



"The St. Louis headquarters of the National Irriga- 

 tion Association, in the Carleton building, were turned 

 turned over yesterday to Tom L. Cannon of St. Louis, 

 who succeeds C. B. Boothe, chairman of the national 

 board, in the work of organizing the southwestern sec- 

 tion. Mr. Cannon was elected general secretary of the 

 association at a meeting of the directors held in Chicago 

 a few days ago. 



The board designated the St. Louis headquarters as 

 one of the three general offices, and assigned Mr. Boothe 

 to the New York office; George H. Maxwell, executive 

 chairman, to the Chicago office, and Mr. Cannon to St. 

 Louis. Mr. Cannon was formerly secretary of the St. 

 Louis Manufacturers' Association. He will have as an 

 assistant A. W. Hadley, of Owatonna, Minn. Mr. Hadley 

 is a former newspaper man who has been actively en- 

 gaged in the association educational propaganda for 

 several years. 



Members of congress and governors of states are ex 

 officio delegates. Fifteen delegates are to be appointed 

 by the governor of each state and ten by the mayor of 

 every city of over 25,000 population. Two delegates are 

 accredited to any duly organized irrgation, agricultural 

 or engineers' society and two to each agricultural col- 

 lege. Mr. Boothe is of the opinion that the program will 

 be the most comprehensive and exhaustive ever pre- 

 sented on irrigation and related subjects, while the 

 attendance will exceed any previous session of the asso- 

 ciation. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Wenatchee, Wash., July 15. Just across the Co- 

 lumbia River north of Wenatchee lies a flat of land con- 

 taining nearly 6,000 acres, which at the present time 

 is only dotted here and there by an occasional shack 

 of the homesteader. This land is known as Columbia 

 Valley, and it is now a settled fact that at least 3,000 

 acres will be irrigated. A stock company has been or- 

 ; 



Fig. 9. Wheel on South Platte River, Near Mouth of Bear Creek, Colorado. 



The first important organization move for the 

 southwest section will be the formation of a section ad- 

 visory board, composed of ten or fifteen association mem- 

 bers, representing important interests of the southwest. 

 Several prominent St. Louisans will be on this board. 

 Another division of the work is the organizing of a dele- 

 gation to represent St. Louis at the national irrigation 

 congress, which meets at the Portland exposition Au- 

 gust 21 to 24. 



OFFICERS FROM MISSOURI. 



The officers of the congress for Missouri are: 

 Otto L. Teichmann, honorary vice-president, and H. H. 

 Wernse, member of the executive committee. Delega- 

 tions are to be appointed by the business men's League, 

 the Merchant's Exchange and the Manufacturer's Asso- 

 ciation. Governor Pardee of California, president of 

 the congress, has invited Governor Folk to make an 

 address. 



Mr. Boothe will leave for Portland today on organi- 

 zation work connected with the congress. The official 

 call for the congress has just been issued, fixing the ap- 

 portionment for the states, cities and organizations. 



ganized and the management of the affair is under the 

 direction of Mr. Stewart, who has been connected with 

 the Government reclamation service for two years past. 

 Mr. Stewart is now on the ground and says his com- 

 pany will be able to furnish water for next season's 

 crop for at least 3,000 acres at $80 per acre and $4 

 maintenance fee per acre. The water will be raised by 

 means of an electric pumping plant, power for which 

 will be generated at the fall of the Wenatchee River 

 above Leavenworth and about twenty-five miles above 

 its junction with the Columbia. The power developed 

 will be about 5,000 horsepower, and can be increased at 

 any time to twice that amount. The water will be taken 

 from six pumping stations, above and below Wenatchee. 

 The soil of Columbia Valley is identical with that 

 of the Wenatchee Valley, and with water on the land 

 will be just as productive. Should! the bridge now 

 under contemplation across the Columbia River be_built, 

 this land will be worth just as much as the best irrigated 

 fruit lands of the Wenatchee Valley. Already many 

 contracts are being signed up, and another year will 

 see great changes in that section of the country. 



