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TWENTIETH NATIONAL 

 IRRIGATION CONGRESS 



To, the People of the United States, Greeting: 



The National Irrigation Congress will hold its twentieth 



session in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 30, October 1, 2 



and 3, 1912. 



The session will open at 10:00 o'clock Monday morning, 



September 30. 



BIRTHPLACE OF THE CONGRESS. 



It is fitting that this important agricultural and industrial 

 development agency should meet this year in Salt Lake City, 

 the center of that spdendid empire which irrigation has re- 

 claimed from the Great American Desert. 



Here its first meeting was held twenty-one years ago, 

 September 15 to 17, 1891. 



Here, also, was the birthplace of Anglo-Saxon irrigation. 



PERSONNEL. 



The personnel of the National Irrigation Congress will 

 be as follows : 



The officers of the Congress. 

 The President of the United States. 

 The Vice-President of the United States. 

 The Members of the Cabinet. 



Members of the United States Senate and House of Repre- 

 sentatives. 

 Governors of States and Insular Possessions of the United 



States. 

 Members of Federal, State and Insular Irrigation, Water and 



Conservation Commissions. 

 State Engineers and Commissioners of Agriculture and 



Horticulture. 

 The Mayor of each city or town having a population of over 



one thousand. 

 Executive Committeemen, Honorary Vice-Presidents and 



Members Board of Control. 

 Chairmen of general and special committees. 

 Permanent delegates. 



DELEGATES. 



Delegates appointed under the provisions of the con- 

 stitution as follows : 



Fifteen delegates appointed by the governor of each state or 

 territory. 



Ten delegates appointed by the mayor of each city of more 

 than twenty-five thousand population. 



Five delegates appointed by the mayor of each city of less 

 than twenty-five thousand population and over one thou- 

 sand. 



Five delegates appointed by the chairman of the governing 

 body of each county. 



Two delegates appointed by the mayor of each incorporated 

 town having a population of less than one thousand. 



Two delegates duly accredited by each regularly organ- 

 ized association devoted to Irrigation, Agriculture, Hor- 

 ticulture and Engineering. 



Two delegates duly accredited from each college and uni- 

 versity. 



Two delegates duly accredited from each commercial body 

 and club concerned with public interests. 



EARLY ACTION IMPORTANT. 



Appointment of delegates should be made as early as 

 possible to facilitate the organization of state delegations. 

 Notices of appointment giving full name and postoffice ad- 

 dress of each delegate should be forwarded to the secretary 

 of the National Irrigation Congress at Salt Lake City. 



PERMANENT DELEGATES. 



While the policy of the congress is shaped at each ses- 

 sion by the state delegations, the continuity of the organiza- 

 tion and the efficiency of its work are influenced by the 

 permanent delegates provided for by Article VI, Section 2 

 of the constitution ; and members interested in the perma- 

 nency of the congress are earnestly invited to become per- 

 manent delegates. 



FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES. 



All foreign governments have been invited to send rep- 

 resentatives to the congress. 



The hearty response from foreign governments at pre- 

 vious congresses has made the foreign representation an 

 important feature of the organization. The increasing in- 

 terest promises large representation this year. 



VISITORS. 



The presence of visitors, including ladies, is specially 

 appreciated and their attendance is invited. 



The National Irrigation Congress the most practical, 

 upbuilding and unselfish organization in the United States 

 advocates and will discuss : 

 Irrigation of the Great West. 

 Storing of the floods. 

 Measurement of streams. 



Scientific investigation of irrigation projects. 

 Proper safe-guarding of irrigation securities. 

 Enactment of practical working and uniform state irrigation 



laws. 



Preservation of the forests. 

 Opportunity to build new homes. 



Heeding of the call of the manless land for the landless man. 

 Elimination by law of fraud and connection with the locations 



and sale of land. 

 Co-operative effort of government and state immigration 



officials. 



Close co-operation of state engineers. 

 Etc., etc., etc. 



The ablest speakers of this and other lands will discuss 

 these vital questions. It will well repay your attendance and 

 attention. Free discussion is an important feature of the 

 congress and will be encouraged. 



COME HEAR SEE. 



Stupendous illuminated parade Monday night, September 30. 

 Pageant of the mighty wizard of the Wasatch Presentation 



of the Irrigation Queen. 

 Rendition of the Irrigation Ode in the famous Tabernacle 



under the personal direction of its composer, Professor 



John J. McClellan. 



Mammoth exhibit of irrigated farm products. 

 Big exhibition of minerals livestock racing contests. 

 Annual fair of the state of Utah, September 30-October 5. 

 Semi-annual conference of the Mormon Church, October 4-6. 



SPECIAL RAILWAY RATES. 



Special railway rates and tourist fares will be available 

 on all lines. Delegates should particularly notice the oppor- 

 tunity this trip will give to visit numerous places of national 

 interest. 



INFORMATION. 



Salt Lake City has the best of hotel accommodations and 

 every attention will be given visitors and delegates by the 

 good people of Utah. Make your reservations early. 



Information relative to the congress program, railroad 

 and hotel rates and other data will be furnished upon re- 

 quest from the office of the secretary, 324 Boston building, 

 Salt Lake City. 



You are invited to join in the great constructive work 

 of the congress. 



Salt Lake City, Utah, July 29, 1912. 



THE TWENTIETH NATIONAL IRRIGATION CON- 

 GRESS, 



FRANCIS G. NEWLANDS, 



President. 

 ARTHUR HOOKER, 



Secretary. 

 The Executive Committee, 



G. RICHARD W. YOUNG, 



Chairman. 



The Utah Board of Control, 

 GEO. A. SNOW, 



Chairman. 



