THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



101 



Judge King 

 Washington, D. C. 



HOW RECLAMATION PROJECTS MAY BE FINANCED 



AND CONSTRUCTED 



ADDRESS OF HON. WILL R. KING. AT THE INTERNATIONAL IRRIGATION CON- 

 GRESS, EL PASO. TEXAS. OCTOBER 17. 1916, ON HOW NEW RECLAMATION 

 PROJECTS MAY BE FINANCED AND CONSTRUCTED 



(STENOGRAPHICALLY REPORTED) 



Cement Construction on Irrigation Work. 

 Construction View on the Ridenbaugh Canal, Idaho, Placing and Finishing Bottom. 



Ladies and 

 Gentle men: I 

 will not ask you 

 to believe it, but 

 n o t w i t h - 

 standing I am 

 appearing before 

 you again on the 

 program ; I do 

 not speak merely 

 in order to hear 

 myself talk, at 

 least I have 

 made myself 

 think so. Hav- 

 ing had many 

 years' experience 

 i n addressing 

 juries and vari- 

 ous other bodies, 

 I recovered from 

 the "long-wind- 

 ed" speaking fev- 

 er years ago. I 

 assure you that 

 it has "run its 

 course." I so 

 often had time 

 called on me in 

 court when I had 

 to obey, that I 

 acquired the ha- 

 bit of not speak- 

 ing over time. I 

 am not certain as 

 t.o my time limit 

 now, but when- 

 ever you think I 

 am nearing bor- 

 der line I trust 

 you will sound 

 the bell, so gen- 

 erously provided 

 for informing 

 speakers when 

 their time is up, 

 and should I not 

 close at once just 

 throw a snow- 

 b a 1 1 at me. 



Someone was heard to remark before this meet- 

 ing was called to order that he wished we had an 

 audience that would fill this large hall. But that 

 does not worry me in the least. I feel on that point 

 much like the minister I once knew, who, when he 

 was told that a larger audience should have turned 

 out to hear him, responded that he always delivered 



Cement Construction on Irrigation Work. 

 Templates, Used to Gauge the Cross Section When Trimming the Excavation. 



his best sermons 

 on such occa- 

 sions, because as 

 he said when but 

 few came to hear 

 him he knew 

 they certainly 

 would appreciate 

 it, or they too 

 would not have 

 been there. Con- 

 sequently, I am 

 not discouraged 

 in the least by 

 reason of the fact 

 that all of this 

 immense hall is 

 not filled this 

 afternoon. Last 

 night someone 

 remarked that he 

 wished this Con- 

 gress had a 

 larger attend- 

 ance, such as we 

 had when our 

 Congress con- 

 vened here about 

 ten years ago, 

 but I think we 

 have no cause to 

 complain on that 

 point. 



True, the at- 

 tendance at this 

 Congress does 

 not equal i n 

 number the dele- 

 gates at the Irri- 

 gation Congress 

 of 1905; nor has 

 the attendance 

 been so large in 

 recent years as 

 in the early his- 

 tory of the Con- 

 gress for the first 

 few years after 

 that date, follow- 

 ing the enact- 

 ment of the Reclamation Law. But that can be 

 easily accounted for and the reasons therefor in 

 no way cast any cloud upon either the success of 

 this Congress or the beneficent purpose for which 

 it was created. Let it be remembered that during 

 the early days of its existence, especially following 

 the date of the Reclamation Act, the enthusiasm 



