1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



423 



Mondell, Hon W. W. Reeder, Gover- 

 nor Chamberlain, of Oregon ; Gover- 

 nor Mead, of Washington ; Governor 

 Gooding, of Idaho ; Hon. St. George 

 Tucker, president of the Jamestown 

 Exposition ; Judge L. W. Shurtliff, 

 Thomas H. Means, Hon. John F. 

 Lacey, Wayne Darlington, Hon. C. C. 

 Moore, D. E. Burley, Hon. Cyrus 

 Happy, State Senator John A. Lay- 

 cock, of Oregon ; Monte B. Gwinn 

 and John McMillan, and Hon Edgar 

 Wilson. 



Part of the last day's session was 

 devoted to the election of officers, 

 with the following result : President, 

 Hon. George E. Chamberlain, gover- 

 nor of Oregon ; first vice-president, 

 Hon. John H. Smith, of Utah ; second 

 vice-president, Hon. H. B. Maxson, 

 of Nevada ; third vice-president, Hon. 

 George W. Barstow, of Texas ; sec- 

 retary, D. H. Anderson, of Chicago. 



Sacramento, Cal., was selected as 

 the place for holding the fifteenth ses- 

 sion of the National Irrigation Con- 

 gress. 



The report of the committee on res- 

 olutions as presented to and adopted 

 by the congress expresses the hope 

 that the governmental irrigation works 

 under construction and in contempla- 

 tion will be pushed to an early comple- 

 tion ; heartily approves the efficient 

 and thorough work of the federal Re- 

 clamation Service and expresses the 

 fullest confidence in the honesty and 

 ability of that service ; endorses and 

 commends the earnest and efficient 

 work of the national weather bureau ; 

 commends the work of the Federal 

 Agricultural Department in its irriga- 

 tion and drainage investigations ; re- 

 commends that the Irrigation Congress 

 authorize its president to appoint a 

 committee of five members to carry on 

 a campaign of publicity in relation 

 to irrigation, this committee to be au- 

 thorized to employ a secretary at a 

 salary of $25 a month ; pledges earnest 

 support of the Federal Forest Service 

 in its efforts to maintain and improve 

 the country's water sheds ; favors the 

 passage, with certain amendments, of 

 Senate bill No. 4264, relating to the re- 

 linquishment of reservoir sites, with 

 the privilege of selecting lieu lands; 



expresses the opinion that Government 

 enterprise for reclamation should not 

 unnecessarily interfere with prior pri- 

 vate enterprises ; endorses the Federal 

 Department of Agriculture's experi- 

 ments in dry farming in semi-arid re- 

 gions ; recommends the enactment of 

 a federal law prescribing penalties for 

 unlawful interference with federal 

 headgates and other irrigation works. 



The committee recommended the 

 following resolution in relation to the 

 tariff on sugar from the Philippines, 

 which was adopted : 



"Inasmuch as the sugar beet in- 

 dustry in irrigated America returns 

 to our farmers an annual revenue of 

 over $20,000,000, and as the produc- 

 tion at home of the sugar we now im- 

 port from the tropics would afford 

 our farmers an additional annual 

 market for nearly $100,000,000 of 

 beets, and as it has been urged that 

 the United States Congress further 

 stimulate the sugar industry of the 

 Philippine islands to produce all or a 

 portion of the sugar we of arid 

 America had hoped to produce. 



'Therefore, we protest against any 

 further legislative concessions in favor 

 of Philippine sugar and urge that leg- 

 islative agitation and attacks on the 

 sugar production of this country cease, 

 that this great industry of airid 

 America may be fully developed." 



In conclusion the resolutions express 

 thanks to the people of Boise for the 

 manner in which the delegates were 

 entertained and compliment the retir- 

 ing officers of the congress. 



Another resolution expressed appre- 

 ciation of the interest shown by Presi- 

 dent Roosevelt in irrigation and recla- 

 mation work and of Vice-President 

 Fairbanks' courtesy in coming to ad- 

 dress the congress. 



A resolution introduced at the in- 

 stance of persons interested in the Ar- 

 kansas River litigation and adopted 

 says : 



"We recommend that the Congress 

 of the United States consider the ex- 

 tension of the jurisdiction of the 

 United States courts to provide for 

 the judicial determination of water 

 rights on interstate streams." 



