THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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OGDEN OFFERED TO ENTERTAIN THE CONGRESS 



THE Irrigation Congress was sold to Canada 

 despite the fact that Ogden, Utah, stood ready 

 to entertain it. 



The plot to turn the Congress over to the Cana- 

 dians was not revealed until after prominent Ogden 

 men had pledged sufficient funds to finance the 

 convention. 



These two facts, which cannot be denied, stamp 

 the statements of certain officials of the Congress 

 as deliberate untruths. These officials gave as their 

 excuse for sending the Congress to Canada their 

 failure to find any city in the United States which 

 would entertain the Congress. 



The Ogden Examiner, in a recent editorial, 

 says: 



"There is no use crying over spilled milk and 

 locking the stable after the horse is stolen does not 

 bring back the horse but 



"By all means the Irrigation Congress should 

 have been kept at home and by every right it should 

 have been held in Ogden this year. 



"It was revived by the men of this city through 

 the persistent leadership of Fred J. Kiesel after 

 Phoenix failed to make good and the officers made 

 little effort to find another place to hold it. Ogden 

 came to the rescue with an offer to entertain the 

 congress and help to make it a permanent institu- 

 tion. The Examiner put the proposition squarely 

 before the public showed the value of the Irriga- 

 tion Congress to the semi arid west and the abso- 

 lute necessity of reviving it the Weber club re- 

 sponded to the call and at the Logan Roundup the 

 best men in Utah pledged their support to holding 

 the Congress in Ogden this year. Then the officers 

 who had been silent so long came out with the 

 statement that it had been virtually promised to 

 Canada." 



After quoting in full an editorial from THE IRRI- 

 GATION AGE protesting against the sale of the Con- 



gress, the Examiner continues : 



"And the IRRIGATION AGE speaks the senti- 

 ments of many men of the West who have held their 

 tongues in the face of this unfair deal. Utah is the 

 home of irrigation. Here it was cradled and nur- 

 tured until stalwarts from every land came and 

 knew that the desert was a valuable possession. 

 There would be as much reason in holding the 

 Panama-Pacific exposition in China as there is in 

 sending the Irrigation Congress to Canada for a 

 mess of pottage." 



In another editorial the Examiner says: 



"Why don't they publish the proceedings of 

 the Irrigation Congress held in Salt Lake two years 

 ago? 



"This question has been put before but each 

 time it has been tabled or given an evasive reply. 

 One answer has been that they did not have the 

 money to pay for publication. This answer, how- 

 ever, is not satisfying enough to appear sincere. 



"How much will it cost? 



"Would not it be possible to put Secretary 

 Hooker on low gear and clip enough off his gen- 

 erous salary and joy riding expenses to pay for 

 printing the report? 



"Wouldn't it? 



"When Salt Lake entertained the Congress she 

 came to Ogden looking for funds to help defray 

 the expense and this city donated $3,000. From its 

 birth we have been vitally interested in the Con- 

 gress yes, and financially interested therefore we 

 have a perfect right to ask these questions. 



"Send the Irrigation Congress to Ogden and 

 we will give you a bond that the proceedings will 

 be published in full. Nor will you have to wait two 

 years for the report either. The spirit of the West 

 demands fair play and publicity in matters so vital 

 to its growth and development. 



"Ogden stands by the home of irrigation." 



SOME CENTRIFUGAL PUMP POINTERS 



O ATISFACTORY results from pumping machin- 

 O ery for irrigation purposes depend to a great ex- 

 tent upon its careful installation and operation. The 

 following are some of the important points to bear 

 in mind : 



Suitable foundations are necessary for satis- 

 factory continuous operation. The foundation may 

 consist of any material so long as it is stiff enough 

 to support the bed-plate at all points and maintain 

 proper alignment of the shafts if they are not other- 

 wise properly supported. 



If the pump and driving motor or engine are 

 mounted upon the bed-plate and coupled together, 

 they should be placed upon the foundation with 

 suitable wedge under each end. The middle of the 

 bed-plate should be raised or lowered as necessary, 



until the edges and faces of couplings exactly agree. 

 Both pump and motor should run freely when sep- 

 arate, and when coupled together with the bolts. 

 The bed-plate should then be grouted into place, 

 so that it is absolutely rigid. The suction and dis- 

 charge piping can then be connected. These pipes 

 should be a size or two larger than the suction and 

 discharge opening of the pump if they are of any 

 great length. Care should be taken to see that 

 there are no air pockets in the suction well, as there 

 is less trouble in priming the pump and less lia- 

 bility of air leakage in the suction pipe when the 

 suction lift is small. 



To prevent air leakage through the stuffing box 

 on the suction head of pump, there should be pro- 

 vided a gland cage within the stuffing box. on each 



