THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS 



Sixteenth Session, Albuquerque, N. Mex. 



N P. \I\PY <;<H> delegate.- attended 

 tin- Sixteenth National Irriga- 

 tion ('undress, the first session 

 of which met at Albuquerque. X. Mex.. 

 (n September _'<;. The Congress was 

 one of the nio-t intere-ting and suc- 

 ce--ful that ha- ever been held, and the 

 interest, both from a scientific and a. 

 popular standpoint. was \vell sustained 

 throughout the entire meeting. 



Messrs. A. 1'. Davis and C. J. Blan- 

 chard represented the Reclamation 

 Service at the Congress ; Dr. W J 

 McGce. Secretary of the Inland Water- 

 ways Commission, read an extremely in- 

 teresting paper, while others on the 

 program were : Governor Curry, of 

 Xew Mexico; former Governor L. 

 Bradford Prince, of Xew Mexico; Mr. 

 John Barrett. Director of the Pan- 

 American 1'iureau : Mr. Geo. C. Ander- 

 SOn, the well-known Colorado engi- 

 neer: Mr. A. L. Fellows, of Colorado; 



Mr. C. M. Mott. of Minne-ota ; Jn 

 D. C. P.caman. of 1 )enver. wh< > i- 

 ])rominently identified with large cor- 

 ]) 'ration intere-t in ( ' '! 'fade. 



The tight for the next Congress \\a- 

 a sjiirited -t niggle between S]iokane. 

 \\'a-h.. and Pueblo. Colo., the former 

 city finally winning out. < ifticer- 

 elected for the Seventeeth National Ir- 

 rigation Congress are: 



President. Geo. E. Bar-tow. Texas; 

 First Vice-president. Col. D. H. Love- 

 land, California: Second Vice-presi- 

 dent. K. K. Twitchell. New Mexico; 

 Third Vice-president. I. D. O'Donnell. 

 Montana: Secretary, B. A. Fowler. 

 Pheoiiix. Ariz. 



The members of the ])ermanent 

 P>oard of Control are: Geo. E. P 

 stow, Pred J. Kiescl. \\" T McGee. B. 

 A. Fowler with one vacancy remain- 

 ing ti > be tilled. 



The res< >luti< HI- f< >lli >\\ : 



KKI'olM OF RESOLUTIONS COW Mill 1 .1 



I In- Sixteenth X;itinii;il Irrigation Con 

 _;rc-s take- in>te with trrcat -ati-faction <>f 

 tin- recent progress in irrigation ami in other 

 uses of waters, and records it- hisji appn- 

 ciatioi) nf tlii.- fan that 'greater progress 

 been made in tin'- direction during tin- yi 

 -incc tin- congress ha- been an acti\r t.-uMur 

 in pulilir att'air- than during all the earlier 

 years <if our omntry'- lii-t>ry. Great as 

 this IIP i. has 1" en. there i- need 



continued actimi i.n tile nart nf this nryani 

 /atimi and nf the citi/ens who ha\e combined 



tn n-nder the successive congresses suco 



fnl. In -mile measiir.-. indeed it -lear 



that the onjani/alimi has harrly |ia--ed tile 



thresh, >]d nf it, career >!' ii-rfnliu-ss tn the 

 pie of i nf great \\ 



Tile leading -entiment- -^ri '\\inu OUl 

 this ci'iii^re-- ar,- ,-\|ires^ t -d in the following 

 rest 'Intimis : 



Rt'Si>k'i~tl. That \\ e sjynjfv appreciation and 



approval of the \\ork of the I-'fderal '. 

 ernmctit lar^eh in acn .rdaiu-e with the 



recommendations of past i-on^n---,-- : that 

 u e particnlarh eoinniend and indor-e the 

 \\ork of the Reclamation service in extend 

 iiiK r the usefulness i if the \\aters .,f the arid 

 region, thereby increasing our population and 

 production, and multiplying homes on tlu- 

 land. together \\ilh the \\ork of the Foi 

 Service, e-pecially in its relation i,, the pro 



on of the head\\atirs. Hie nn \emion of 

 llooils and the regulation of -: that 



u e indorse and approve the \\ork of the 

 I'nited State- i "n-o]o^ii-a' Survey, particn 

 larly in the I lydro-rapluY and Topographic 

 liranche-. and sfrmiyly urye on the ("mi-j- 

 a more liberal sup- tlu-e liranche- of 



the public Service; that \M approve and com 

 mend the \\ork of the I 'urea u of Soils in its 

 -oil surveys, and r-]ncia11\ in it- demonstra- 

 tion of the adaptihilit) Is to particular 

 crops thronchout the arid region, and ; 

 mi the Conyn-ss the extension of this branch 

 of the s,-r\ u-r on a larger scale; that we com 

 mend the operations , ,f tin- I'-nreau of Plant 



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