THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXIV 



CHICAGO, JANUARY, 1909. 



NO. 3 



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Irrigation 



Congress, 



Spokane, 



Wash., 



August 



9-14, 1909. 



We are in receipt of word from Mr. Ar- 

 thur Hooker, secretary of the Board of 

 Control of the Seventeenth National Ir- 

 rigation Congress, which is to be held in 

 Spokane, Washington, in which he calls 

 our attention to the fact that August 9th 

 to 14th has been set as the date for the 

 National Irrigation Congress in that city. 



Mr. Hooker states that this date has been selected 

 as most convenient for those desiring to visit the Yel- 

 lowstone National Park and Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Ex- 

 position at Seattle in connection with the Irrigation 

 Congress. 



In view of the early date at which this congress is 

 to be held, the special congress number of THE IRRIGA- 

 TION AGE will probably be in April instead of May, as 

 originally contemplated. We expect to publish a 120- 

 page magazine on that date, for general distribution 

 throughout the central and western states with a view 

 to inducing manufacturers and others to visit Spokane 

 and the Irrigation Congress on the date named. 



Owing to the fact that Spokane is so well supplied 

 with first class hotels there will be no difficulty in en- 

 tertaining any number who may decide to visit the 

 city at that time^ It is safe to say that Spokane has 

 a larger number of first-class hotels than any city of its 

 size in the central or western States. 



Our readers should begin to make plans now for 

 the western trip in August. This is a good season of 

 the year to visit the irrigated sections, and it is also a 



very desirable time to visit such points as the Yellow- 

 stone Park and Seattle, with its great exposition. 



Any information which may be desired concerning 

 the congress or other attractions in the west during the 

 month of August, will be gladly furnished by THE 

 IRRIGATION AGE. 



Should 

 Resign. 



We have recently received several com- 

 munications concerning the matter of W. 

 A. Beard, who is acting as chairman of 

 the Board of Governors of the National 

 Irrigation Congress, and who has recently been ap- 

 pointed on the Farm Life Commission by the President. 

 It seems to be the sentiment of those who have written 

 us on the subject that Mr. Beard .should not retain his 

 position as chairman of the Board of Governors of the 

 National Irrigation Congress while holding a federal 

 position. If this is the general sentiment, he should re- 

 sign in favor of some outsider who would doubtless 

 be equally as efficient. 



We are presenting in this issue the first 

 Power of a series of articles on Power Irrigation 



Irrigation. by Mr. E. C. Reybold, Jr., of Denver, 



Colorado. Mr. Eeybold is a recognized 

 authority on this subject and will contribute twelve ar- 

 ticles to be run during the year 1909. THE IRRIGATION 

 AGE is pleased to secure the services of a man so thor- 

 oughly competent to handle this subject. 



