EIGHTEENTH IRRIGATION CONGRESS 



The Fifteenth Irrigation Congress, held 

 at Pueblo, Co'. - 'ember o, wit- 



nessed a revival of the controversy between 

 Federal and state control rocs 



which had given zest to the pro {S of 



the See '. tional Conservation Congr 



Considerable bitterness of feeling was dis- 

 played by the ad\ .e state 

 control, and a pood deal of time was wasted 

 in declamation and manipulation which might 

 better have been devoted ' 

 work. The advocates of Federal control 

 .ited the victory which they achieved at 

 St. Paul. The platform adopted is a strong 



tion document. 



B. A. Fowler of Phonix, Ar elected 



-dent of the - :id Arthur Honker 



Spokane. \Ya-' elected secre 1 



::ig are the 



RESOLUTIONS 



This eighteenth convention of the Na- 

 tional Irrigation C ^ to 

 a close, made up of duly appointed delej: 

 from all the states west of the one hundredth 

 meridian, and several east of that line, has 

 been notable for the fullness and : 

 of every aspect of 

 irri^ Much of the discussion has 

 reached planes both high and practical and 



form for guidance in the future. Accord- 

 ingly, we. the del ere in as- 

 the City of Pueblo. State of 



3 ' tember. 

 1910, do hereby adopt the fc 



n of pn and affirm". policies 



opinions. 



Recognizi :>f the as 



I :fe and the basis of the habit- 



nd pro land, we hold 



^ to the people of the 



country, and that : t of the people in 



in- 

 ble. 

 Rr :T adrr 



able p: a of the people 



federal age: the 



-federal g or 



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the- r without :om- 



pensation ip of the people. 



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rioos uses we 



: 



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 " - ~ a which 



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iumed, an- secondary; and we hold that 

 use of the water should be made with refer- 

 ence to all other uses for the public wel- 

 fare in accordance with the principle of the 

 iest good to the greatest number for 



time. 



A- the fact that all parts of each 



drai: rea are related and interdepen- 



dent, we hold that each stream should be 

 viewed and m a unit from its source 



to its mouth : and since the waters are es- 

 ally mobile and transitory, we hold that 

 trol i- ential to the equitable 

 and utilization of the waters of 

 ream?. 



Since the better utilization of our waters 

 ipply, irrigation, navigation and 

 er requires unification of the various ad- 

 ministrative ivernmcnt hav- 



ing eh the federal regulation nad 



-ways into a single 



vy. we request our representatives in 



the Federal C take early action 



ncr to the creation of an appropriate 



agency for this purpose : such agency to be 



\vered to co-operate with states. 

 Yi supply as essen- 



to the public health and general wel- 

 fare, we urtro >~>n all municipal, state and 

 federal aut n individuals and 



nt vigilance and rr-quisite 

 nd prevent- 



-ontamination of the wa 1 

 Recognizing the establishment of the 

 :es Reclamation Service, largely 

 the efforts of tr -lizatior 



one of the important steps in the develop- 

 ment of this country as a home for a great 

 and g people, we heartily favor the 



con- -i and extension of the service; 



and we re-affirm o-ir full confidence in the 

 nd capabi!!' - he officers of 



the public service. 



Re-affirming the conviction of the last 

 ; to the importance of irrigation 

 ":te enterpri-e. we note with gratifi- 

 cation the response by the Federal Cone 

 and the Cens-j? Bureau to our demand for 

 -- gation. and 



we commend this subject to the considera- 

 tior - - 



ring to the principle --:lf- 



rnment. we urge co-operation and organ- 



- for m ' 



-ocate i for in " 



trie- - - r^z in 



practiced. 



R i waste and men- 



ace oublic health conr ith our 



-.vamp and overflow land;, we 

 - representative; in the Federal 





