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Show J I RIII(AT0IW CONVENE ELEVENTH NATIONAL IRRIOA-TION IRRIOA-TION CONGRESS IN SESSION. Ortatttt Seaalon In Mlitory of Or-ganliatlon, Or-ganliatlon, Ovar Thlrtean Hundred Dalagatta Balng In Attendance. Tba eleventh meeting of the Na tlonal Irrigation Conureaa opened In Ogdnn on the morning of tha lfith undnr moat aunplcloua clrcumatanci Tha attendance la more than douulf that of tha large. I prevloua meeting over 1,300 delegatea from twenty aeven atatea and terrltorlea bavlna preaented their crtnlentlale. The rep mentation Include men from the At laotlo to tha raclflc and from the Hrlt lak lint to tho Hlo Urande. In addl tlon to the number of dlatlngulahi-d foreigner who are prnaent Two aealon of tha congreaa were bald, and two purely aoclal functloim took place on Tueaday. Tha flrat aea alon, held In the forenoon, waa occupied oc-cupied chiefly by addreaaoa of welcome wel-come by tba mayor and the governor, and a ronpona by tha preildent of the congreaa. Senator W, A. Clark of Montana. The afternoon eeaalon waa occupied by an addroaa by United State Bonatur Durton of Kanaaa, thr naming of committeemen and thr reading of communication from promlnont men In different part ol the country who were uuabla to be In attendance. In the afternoon thr vlaltlug pewapnper men were entertained enter-tained al Urn llermltax. la Osil.-o canyon, ami la tha evening a brilliant reception and ball, tendered by Senator Sen-ator Clark, aaalaled by cltlzena of Ogdon, to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, ypreentatlv4 of I'realdent IUnibovoU and cabinet,' delegatm to tha congroaa and newspaper ropro-rentntlvea, ropro-rentntlvea, took place at tha new Kleael bulhllng. ... |