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one institution which is the expression and sentiment 

 of practical irrigators the National Irrigation Con- 

 gress. 



Eepresentatives from the following states were in 

 attendance: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California. 

 Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Kansas, Colorado, New Mex- 

 ico, Texas, Arizona, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 

 Michigan and Nebraska. 



The following officers were elected, to serve until 

 the first annual meeting, which will be held at Boise, 

 Idaho, the date to be determined by the executive com- 

 mittee, to correspond with dates selected for the Na- 

 tional Irrigation Congress: 



President Ex-Governor L. Bradford Prince, Santa 

 Fe, N. M. 



Secretary D. H. Anderson, Chicago, 111. 



The members of the American Irrigation Federa- 

 tion will work in every way to support the National 

 Irrigation Congress, and hope to be of material assist- 

 ance to that organization in the way of carrying out 

 reforms in national as well as private irrigation projects. 

 Due notice will be given all members as to exact date 

 of first annual meeting. All those desirous of joining 

 this federation are requested to. send their names to the 

 secretary American Irrigation Federation, 1208 Boyce 

 building, Chicago. 



Send $2.50 for The Irrigation Age 

 1 year, and The Primer of Irrigation 



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Irrigation Scenes in the West Pelton's Lake, Spring Creek Mesa, Three and a Half Miles from 

 Montrose Uncompahgre Project in Colorado. 



Executive Committee G. L. Shumway, Scotts 

 Bluff, Neb., chairman ; C. G. Eowley, Jackson, Mich. ; 

 John M. Me Alpine, Duluth, Minn. ; .Zera Snow, Port- 

 land, Ore. ; C. M. Heintze, Los Angeles, Cal. ; ex-Gov- 

 ernor Frank Hunt, Boise, Idaho; Lucius M. Wilcox, 

 Denver, Colo. 



Vice-Presidents Tom Richardson, Portland, Ore.; 

 Judge Cyrus Happy, Spokane, Wash.; C. E. Brainard, 

 Payette, Idaho; A. H. Heber, Los Angeles, Cal.; Clar- 

 ence T. Johnson, Cheyenne, Wyo. ; Prof. 0. V. P. Stout, 

 Lincoln, Neb. ; Lucius Wilcox, Denver, Colo. ; J. Turley 

 Farmington, N. M. ; C. D. Eeppy, Florence, Ariz.; 

 Prof. F. D. Coburn, Topeka, Kas.; William Hale 

 Thompson, Chicago; John McAlpine, Duluth, Minn.; 

 A. J. Cobban, Rhinelander, Wis. ; John Hall, Lanpassas 

 springs, Texas. 



It is expected that a membership of many thousands 

 may be secured by the time for holding the first annual 

 meeting at Boise, Idaho. This meeting will take place 

 at the time of the annual meeting of the National Irri- 

 gation Congress, the date for which has not been fully 

 decided upon. 



NOTES. 



The Denver Field and Farm of January 20th con- 

 tains the following, which may be of interest to some 

 of our readers : 



Hot-air Maxwell has finally come out flat-footed as 

 a lobbyist the very thing for which he has been under 

 suspicion for years and is in Washington trying to 

 secure an appropriation of $2,000,000 from the govern- 

 ment reclamation fund for use in Oklahoma. The 

 $2,000,000, as a first sum, is to be used as an entering 

 wedge for $10,000,000 as fast as the work can be done. 

 It is estimated that it would make available for inten- 

 sive farming about 400,000 acres of land now absolutely 

 worthless, except for occasional grazing. The amount 

 of plunder and graft behind a scheme like this is some- 

 thing terrible to contemplate and no one knows just how 

 many big fellows are in it. 



A horse on straight alfalfa will keep fat on light 

 work, while on straight timothy he will get thin with 

 no work. 



