1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



365 



providing for the administration of 

 the district, and frequently the men in 

 control had neither the ability nor the 

 training to allow them to successfully 

 handle large undertakings. 



The new era of irrigation develop- 

 ment in the great central valley of Cal- 



tion was the raising of the sum of 

 $12,000 to provide for what was con- 

 sidered the necessary preliminary in- 

 vestigations.. These investigations 

 were conducted by the Hydrographic 

 Branch of the U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey, to ascertain the flow of water in 



Hon. JOHN G. NORTH 

 President of the California Water and Forest Association 



ifornia practically dates from the for- 

 mation of the Water and Forest As- 

 sociation, which was organized in 

 1899. It was apparent to those hav- 

 ing an interest in the matter that there 

 was a want of data upon which to 

 build, and the first act of the Associa- 



the streams, the available and econom- 

 ical situations for reservoir sites, and 

 like data. Investigations were also 

 conducted bv the Irrigation Investiga- 

 tion 1) ranch of the V. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, to ascertain the duty 

 of water and kindred subjects. The 



