1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



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gress ; Col. Thomas Holland, national 

 secretarN' Salvation Army colonization ; 

 a paper by Commander Booth-Tucker on 

 ' ' Colonization ' ' was read. 



The evening session was held at Col- 

 orado College. There was an illustrated 

 lecture by Clarence Johnston, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, on " Irrigation 

 in Egypt;" an address by Hon. F. E. 

 Brooks on ' ' The Future of Colorado 

 under the Irrigation Act," and a series 

 of stereopticon views of Colorado scenery 

 b}^ Gilbert McClurg, secretary Colorado 

 Springs Chamber of Commerce, followed 

 by a reception at Coburn Library of 

 Colorado College by President Slocuni 

 and faculty. 



Senators Patterson and Teller both 

 addressed the congress on Tuesda}^, 

 October 7. 



On Wednesday' there were addiesses 

 by Congressmen Tawney, Heatwole, 

 Morris, and Stevens of Minnesota, and 

 Williamson of Oregon, Hon. J. M. 

 Carey of Wyoming, Senator Dietrich of 

 Nebraska, and Hon. R. W. Bonynge. 

 The national irrigation act was discussed 

 by Mr. F. H. Newell, chief engineer of 

 the reclamation surve}'. Mr. Elwood 

 Mead, in charge of the irrigation inves- 

 tigations of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, also made an address. 



One of the most important matters 

 considered by the Congress was the 

 question of merging the National Irri- 

 gation Congress with the Trans- Missis- 

 sippi Commercial Congress. After much 

 discussion it was decided that the Na- 

 tional Irrigation Congress should retain 

 its present identity for another year at 

 least. 



The following resolutions w^ere adop- 

 ted by the congress : 



"The Tenth National Irrigation Con- 

 gress felicitates the entire American 

 people upon the enactment of the na- 

 tional irrigation act of June 17, 1902, 

 one of the most beneficent and wide- 

 reaching measures in the history of our 

 legislation, and rejoices in the fact that 

 its passage was due neither to partisan- 

 ship nor sectionalism, but to the patri- 

 otic and united cooperation of men from 

 all parts of the country, irrespective of 

 political complexion. 



' ' The grateful acknowledgments of 

 this congress are due to Theodore Roose- 



velt, President of the United States, for 

 his invaluable assistance in the cause of 

 irrigation. His message to Congress in 

 December, 1901, marked the beginning 

 of a new epoch in the histor}^ not only 

 of the arid west, but also in that of the 

 whole region. Without his powerful 

 aid and that of his administration it 

 would not have been possible to secure 

 the passage of that great act which will 

 inaugurate and put into effective motion 

 the national irrigation policy for which 

 we have been striving so long. Great 

 as his administration may be, we believe 

 that none of its achievements will re- 

 dound more to the greatness of our peo- 

 ple and the glory of our country than 

 will the passage of the national irriga- 

 tion act. We send him our greeting and 

 give him our assurances of our most sin- 

 cere respect and admiration. 



' ' We appreciate the invaluable assist- 

 ance rendered to this glorious consum- 

 mation b}^ and here express our sense 

 of obligation to, the Secretaries of the 

 Interior and of Agriculture, to the 

 friends of the bill in the Senate and 

 House, and to all who have labored so 

 effectively and unceasingly to secure 

 this inauguration of the policy for the 

 reclamation by the national govern- 

 ment of its arid empire a polic}' which 

 will be productive of greater good to a 

 greater number than an^^ governmental 

 achievement of modern times. 



" This congress, having confidence in 

 the fairness, intelligence, ability, and 

 integrity of the administration and in 

 those officials of the Interior Depart- 

 ment to whom is intrusted the execu- 

 tion of the national irrigation act, deem 

 it inexpedient at this time to make spe- 

 cific recommendations regarding the 

 manner of carrying the law into effect, 

 or the policy that shall be pursued in 

 the expenditure of the available funds, 

 and leaves all questions relating to this 

 subject to their discretion and judg- 

 ment. 



' ' We urge the enactment of adequate 

 national and state laws for the preser- 

 vation of our forests. Forest reserv'es 

 should be extended wherever necessar}^ 

 for the preservation of the water sup- 

 plies; more rangers should be appointed 

 for the protection of the reserves from 

 fire; adequate provision should be made 



