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forcible manner than oratory or statistics. The im- 

 pressions made are ineffaceable, and those who saw will 

 never tire of relating their experiences. 



There were four loving cups, valued at $500 

 each, offered as grand prizes. That offered by Senator 

 W. A. Clark, of Montana, for the best general collection 

 of fresh fruits, open to all, was won by the state of 

 Idaho. A cup of similar kind and value, offered by 

 H. C. Havemeyer on behalf of the American Sugar He- 

 fining Company for the best sugar beets grown under 

 irrigation, was awarded to Mr. A. Rhodes, a farmer of 

 Garland, Box Elder county, Utah, whose samples av- 

 eraged 93. The similar kind of cup offered by the 

 Pabst Brewing Company, of Milwaukee, for the best 

 barley exhibit from irrigated lands, was awarded to the 

 Manhattan Malting Company, of Manhattan, Mont. 

 The similar prize cup offered by the Anheuser Brew- 

 ing Company, of St. Louis, for the best hops exhibit, 

 was awarded to McNeff Bros., of North Yakima, Wash. 

 Other prizes in the shape of gold medals and cash were 

 offered for individuals and firms, and one of a gold 

 medal and fifty dollars in cash for the best display 

 of commercially packed fruits. All of these prizes, 

 when awarded, received the applause of those who were 

 disappointed, the merits of the award being fully and 

 heartily recognized. THE IRRIGATION AGE will take 

 pleasure in referring to them specially when space per- 

 mits. All of the arid and semi-arid states covered by 

 the national irrigation law, and some that are not, vied 

 with one another to make this exhibition of fruit and 

 produce from whilom desert lands, the greatest and 

 most remarkable ever held in the world. 



STATES REPRESENTED AT THE CONGRESS. 



The following is a list, as near as can be determined 

 without an official report, which will appear in a short 

 time of the states represented and the voting strength, 

 limiting the representation to twenty for each state, 

 as provided in the constitution : 



Alabama 1 New Mexico 14 



Arizona 20 New York 2 



Arkansas 4 North Dakota 6 



California 20 Oklahoma 4 



Colorado , . . . . 20 Oregon 20 



District of Columbia 2 Pennsylvania 1 



Idaho 20 South Dakota 10 



Illinois 14 Texas 20 



Iowa 9 Utah 20 



Kansas 20 Virginia 2 



Michigan 1 Washington 20 



Minnesota 20 Wisconsin 8 



Missouri 4 Wyoming 20 



Montana 20 



Nebraska 20 Total 362 



Nevada ' 19 



To this list should be added the state of Vermont, 

 which came in after the report of the committee was 

 presented. It will appear from this list that thirty of 

 the United States are interested in the question of 

 irrigation, and it may fairly be predicted that every 

 state in the Union will be represented at El Paso in 

 1904, when the Twelfth National Irrigation Congress 

 meets. 



NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN. 



The following is a list of the new officers of the 

 Twelfth National Irrigation Congress to meet at El 

 Paso in 1904: 



President Senator W. A. Clark, Montana. 



First Vice-President L. W. Shurtliff, Utah. 



Second Vice-President W. C. Johnson, Colorado. 



Third Vice-PresidentJohn Hall, Texas. 



Secretary H. B. Maxson, Nevada. 



State Vice-Presidents Arizona, A. J. Chandler ; 

 Arkansas, William S. Mitchell ; California, Scipio 

 Craig; Colorado, B. F. Rockafellow; Iowa, W. C. How- 

 ell; Idaho, J. H. Brady; Illinois, W. A. Marrifield; 

 Louisiana, W. W. Doson; Kansas, J. C. Starr; Minne- 

 sota, Jesse E. Northrup; Missouri, Thomas Knight; 

 Montana, Henry Altenbrand; Nevada, J. E. Stubbs; 

 Nebraska; T. C. Paterson; New Mexico, L. Bradford 

 Prince; New York, Wilber F. Wakeman; North Da- 

 kota, N. G. Larrimore ; Oklahoma, W. T. Little ; Ore- 

 gon, Thomas G. Hailey; Pennsylvania, J. H. Kurtz; 

 South Dakota, A. W. Ewart ; Texas, John B. Goodhue ; 

 Utah, John Henry Smith; Virginia, H. B. Chermside; 

 Washington, W. L. Benham; Wisconsin, Delbert Utter; 

 Wyoming, Fenimore Chatterton. 



Executive Committee Arizona, D. A. Fowler ; 

 Arkansas, J. A./ Van Etten; California, C. B. Booth; 

 Colorado, C. E. Wantland ; Idaho, F. R. Reed ; Illinois, 

 F. C. Tapping; Iowa, H. C. Wallace; Louisiana, Tom 

 Richardson; Kansas, C. A. Schneider; Minnesota, 

 Thomas Shaw; Missouri, J. W. Gregory; Montana, 

 Herbert Strain; Nevada, P. A. McCarren; Nebraska, 

 F. V. Meagley; New York, Freeman G. Palmer; New 

 Mexico, G. A. Richardson; North Dakota, D. E. Wil- 

 lard ; Oregon, Malcolm A. Moody ; Oklahoma, Joseph 

 B. Thoburn; Pennsylvania, James M. Lightner; South 

 Dakota, Wesley A. Stewart ; Texas, J. A. Smith ; Utah, 

 Fred J. Kiesel; Virginia, W. H. Beal; Washington, 

 0. A. Fletcher; Wisconsin, Clark Gapen; Wyoming, 

 Clarence T. Johnston. 



CONVENTION OF ENGINEERS. 



The meeting of the engineers of the reclamation 

 service of the United States government was simul- 

 taneous with the meeting of the Eleventh National Ir- 

 rigation Congress, of which body the engineers are 

 members and enthusiastic delegates. Their meetings 

 were held early and late, so as to enable the members 

 to attend the congress, and their work was highly prac- 

 tical, being the comparison and discussion of actual 

 results in the field, and the working of the national ir- 

 rigation law. 



There were gathered in Ogden twenty-nine of the 

 leading men in the department who met to compile 

 the results of their labors for report to the govern- 

 ment and for an interchange of ideas. It is customary 

 for the members of the corps to report singly to the 

 department at Washington, but on account of the im- 

 portance of the National Irrigation Congress they were 

 ordered to attend. This meeting was of all the greater 

 importance, as it was the first time the government 

 engineers have had an opportunity for a joint meeting 

 and a general presentation of their work. 



Their discussions extended over every possible de- 

 tail of the working of the national irrigation law, the 

 reclamation of desert lands, the preservation and 

 utilization of forests, artesian wells, reservoirs, methods 

 of storing and saving water, and all these discussions 

 were illustrated by practical experiences, a resume of 

 which could not be given here with justice to the sub- 

 jects, but it is the design of THE IRRIGATION AGE to 

 give them to its readers at the earliest possible oppor- 

 tunity, as practical information of the highest value to 

 irrigators. The meeting of these most prominent en- 

 gineers in the service of the government was well-timed, 

 and it brought the government of Washington in direct 

 contact with the mass of western irrigators ; indeed, the 

 engineers invited the co-operation of the irrigators. 



