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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Another fact concerning Boise of paramount im- 

 portance is the salubrity of its climate. Perhaps no 

 section of the West has a more even or healthful cli- 

 mate than is enjoyed by this particular section of Idaho ; 

 and it is on that account that Boise is visited by large 

 numbers of tourists during the winter months, and 

 is made the home of many from the central and eastern 

 States who are unable to stand the rigorous winters 

 of their respective home states. It must not be under- 



The Natatorium, Boise. 



stood by this that Boise, like many of the western and 

 southern health resorts, is a sort of hospital town; on 

 the contrary it is very much of a home town, and one 

 sees very little, if any, indication of tuberculosis or other 

 patients that make conditions depressing in what are 

 known as purely health resorts. 



Boise contains as many active business men, 

 perhaps, as any city of its size in the United States. 

 She has a business organization known as the Com- 

 mercial Club, which is the outgrowth of the Boise 

 Chamber of Commerce, and this organization is officered 

 by men of well known business ability, integrity and 

 push. 



We are presenting in this connection a large num- 

 ber of half-tone portraits illustrative of Boise, which 



Ranch Near Boise. 



will give our readers a better idea of this charming 

 city, which we all hope to visit in September. 



The Commercial Club of Boise, and citizens gen- 

 erally, are working to make the Fourteenth National 

 Irrigation Congress the best meeting held by that body 

 since the famous Congress engineered by the Hon. 

 Fred Kiesel at Ogden, Utah, three years ago. 



The officers of the Fourteenth National Irrigation 

 Congress are as follows: 



Hon. George C. Pardee, President Sacramento Cal. 



L. W. Shurtliff, First Vice-President Ogden, Utah 



J. H. Stephens, Second Vice-President Vernon, Texas 



E. L. Smith, Third Vice-President Hood River, Ore. 



Monte B. Gwinn, Chairman Executive Committee. Boise, Idaho 



C. G. Jones, vice-chairman Oklahoma City, Okla. 



H. B. Maxson, Secretary Reno, Nev. 



W. T. Booth, Assistant Secretary Boise, Idaho 



HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Alabama J. B. Shivers, Marion, Ala. 



Arizona Dwight B. Heard, Phoenix, Ariz. 



Arkansas J. A. Van Etten, Little Rock, Ark. 



California W. E. Smythe, San Diego, Cal. 



Colorado Frank B. Goudy, Denver, Colo. 



Connecticut S. C. Dunham, Hartford, Conn. 



Delaware Daniel J. Ross, Milford, Del. 



District of Columbia William Tindall, Washington, D. C. 



Florida John H. Stephens, Jacksonville, Fla. 



Georgia D. G. Purse, Savannah, Ga. 



Idaho Frank R. Gooding, Boise, Idaho. 



Illinois J. A. Patterson, Chicago, 111. 



Indiana Cortez Knight, Marion, Ind. 



Iowa W. C. Howell, Keokuk, Iowa 



Kansas W. A. Reeder, Logan, Kas. 



Kentucky W. C. Nones, Louisville, Ky. 



Louisiana C. A. Tiebort, Roseland, La. 



Maine Frederick Robie, Portland, Maine 



Maryland Richard H. Edmonds, Baltimore, Md. 



Massachusetts Herbert Myrick, Springfield, Mass. 



Michigan W. A. Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Minnesota John A. Stees, St. Paul, Minn. 



Mississippi T. A. Catchings, Vicksburg, Miss. 



Missouri Thomas T. Crittenden, St. Louis, Mo. 



Montana Alf. Decker, Red Lodge, Mont. 



Nebraska F. M. Rathbun, McCook, Neb. 



Nevada G. S. Nixon, Winnemucca, Nev. 



New Hampshire F. W. Rollins, Concord, N. H. 



New Jersey C. S. Lee, Plainfield, N. J. 



New Mexico J. D. Tinsley, Mesilla Park, N. M. 



New York Wilbur F. Wakeman, New York, N. Y. 



North Carolina Dr. C. W. Burkell, West Raleigh, N. C. 



North Dakota N. G. Larimore, Larimore, N. D. 



Ohio J. A. Jeffrey, Columbus, Ohio 



Oklahoma J. S. Cormack, Snyder, Okla. 



Oregon R. E. Judson, Portland, Ore. 



Pennsylvania J. H. Kurtz, Ephrata, Pa. 



Rhode Island Oscar Lapham, Providence, R. I. 



South Carolina J. J. Gentry, Spartansburg* S. C. 



South Dakota A. W. Ewart, Pierre, S. D. 



Tennessee George R. James, Memphis, Tenn. 



Texas J. H. Stephens, Vernon, Texas 



Utah L. W. Shurtliff, Ogden, Utah 



Vermont W. J. Van Patten, Burlington, Vt. 



Virginia Hon. Joseph Bryan, Richmond. Va. 



Washington Hon. A. E. Mead, Olympia, Wash. 



West Virginia A. B. White, Charleston, W. Va. 



Wisconsin W. W. Potter, Chippewa Falls, Wis. 



Wyoming Clarence T. Johnston, Cheyenne, Wyo. 



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