THE 



National 



Irrigation 



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Association 



Chicago, 

 1707 Fisher Building-. 



New York, 

 J7 Battery Place. 



Washington, 

 5 and 6 Glover Building-. 



OFFICERS 



THOS. F. WALSH, Washington, 



President. 



GEORGE H. MAXWELL, Chicago, 



Executive Chairman. 



JAMES H. ECKELS, Chicago, 



Treasurer. 



CHARLES B. BOOTHE, New York, 



Chairman Executive Council. 



GUY E. MITCHELL, Washington, 

 Secretary. 



The objects of the Association, as set forth in its Constitution, are as follows : 



1. The adoption by the Federal Government of a permanent policy for the reclamation 

 and settlement of the public domain, under which all the remaining public lands shall be 

 held and administered as a trust for the benefit of the whole people of the United States, 

 and no grants of the title to any of the public lands shall ever hereafter be made to any 

 but actual settlers and homebuilders on the land. 



2. The preservation and development of our national resources by the construction of 

 storage reservoirs by the Federal Government for flood protection, and to save for use in 

 aid of navigation and irrigation the flood waters which now run to waste and cause overflow 

 and destruction. 



3. The construction by the Federal Government of storage reservoirs and irrigation 

 works wherever necessary to furnish water for the reclamation and settlement of the arid 

 public lands. 



4. The preservation of the forests and reforestation of denuded forest areas as sources 

 of water supply, the conservation of existing supplies by approved methods of irrigation 

 and distribution, and the increase of the water resources of the arid region by the investi- 

 gation and development of underground supplies. 



5. The adoption of a harmonious system of irrigation laws in all the arid and semi-arid 

 states and territories under which the right to the use of water for irrigation shall vest in the 

 user and become appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use be the basis and the 

 measure and limit of the right. 



6. The holding of an annual Irrigation Congress, and the dissemination by public meet- 

 ings and through the press of information regarding irrigation, and the reclamation and settle- 

 ment of the arid public domain, and the possibilities of better agriculture through irrigation 

 and intensive fanning, and the need for agricultural education and training, and the creation 

 of rural homes as national safeguards, and the encouragement of rural settlement as a remedy 

 for the social and political evils threatened by the congestion of population in large cities. 



