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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



manager Humbird Lumber Company; David Brown, 

 president Hazelwood Company, Limited; C. M. Fassett, 

 metallurgist; John A. Finch, L. W. Hutton, August 

 Paulsen and Patrick Clark, capitalists; H. L. Moody, 

 manager Moody Land Company; Cyrus Happy, chief 



View on Newman Lake, 17 Miles from Spokane. 



counsel Spokane Canal Company; Frederick E. Goodall, 

 president Chamber of Commerce; Eobert B. Paterson, 

 president Spokane Dry Goods Company; Fred H. Ma- 

 son, president Holley-Mason Hardware Company. 



The executive committee is composed of Mr. In- 

 singer, chairman, and Messrs. Coman, Moody, Fassett, 

 Rutter, McGoldrick and Vincent. 



Mr. Insinger has received letters from every state 

 and territory in the Union, Canada, Europe, the Latin 

 republics and China and Japan; advices now to hand 

 indicate there will be approximately 3,500 accredited 

 delegates, besides several thousand visitors. Plans al- 

 ready outlined for approval by the national officers will 

 limit the speakers to 20 minutes, while delegates will 

 be limited to five minutes in discussion. One of the 

 outdoor features will be a demonstration by the federal 

 department of agriculture of the most approved method 

 of applying water on a 20-acre tract of land on the out- 

 skirts of Spokane. 



There will also be an industrial parade, with repre- 

 sentatives of Indian tribes in the Northwest on cayuscs, 

 threshing machines and automobiles and smart traps ; 

 also a march in review by the Irrigation army of 10,000 

 men, the singing of the Irrigation Ode by a chorus of 



1,000 voices and concerts by massed bands from various 

 parts of the Northwest. One day of the congress lias 

 been set aside for the governors and their staffs, and 

 there will be several receptions, banquets, excursions and 

 theater parties. 



"The selection of Spokane this year was peculiarly 

 fortunate for the seventeenth congress," said Mr. In- 

 singer, "as it provides ample opportunity for the study 

 of the various methods of irrigation. Within a few min- 



River Road, Spokane. 



utes' ride of Spokane are in operation gravity canal sys- 

 tems, water distribution by pipes and the most modern 

 electrical pumping plants, while within a radius of 150 

 miles are some of the greatest projects ever attempted 

 on the continent. 



"That the irrigated districts in Washington, Idaho, 

 Oregon and Montana produce the king of fruit to per- 

 fection in color, size, flavor and quantity was demon- 

 strated at the first National Apple Show in Spokane 

 last December, when more than 6.000,000 apples, in- 

 cluding exhibits from British Columbia, Ontario, New 

 Mexico, Georgia and other states were entered in compe- 

 tition for premiums aggregating $35,000. 



"We have been assured the hearty co-operation and 

 assistance of the forestry and reclamation services, as 

 well as the Department of Agriculture itself, and with 

 the natural activity of the people in the Northwest and 

 in other parts of the country, where irrigation is profit- 

 ably and successfully practiced, we expect to make a 

 congress which shall eclipse anything yet attempted by 

 the association. 



"President Barstow, who has just closed an inter- 

 esting campaign in the middle western states, writes 

 that we may look for a representative delegation of 

 financiers and business men from Chicago and other 

 cities within the commercial zone of that center. We are 

 also assured of large delegations from Kansas, New 

 Mexico, Texas, Utah, Colorado, the Dakotas, Wyoming, 

 Montana, Nebraska, Arizona, Nevada, California, Ore- 

 gon, Idaho and Washington, also Canada, where in the 

 western provinces irrigation promises to become a fac- 

 tor, and we look for delegates from southern, eastern 

 and middle western states, who are interested in for- 

 estry, deep waterways, good roads, reclamation of swamp 

 lands and home-building." 



