Show FINISH WORK Select Officers and Chose Chicago as Next Place of Meeting Pueblo Colo Benjamin Benjamin A. A of Arizona was re-elected re president ol oj the National Irrigation congress at atthe atthe atthe I the closing session on Friday Other officers chosen were First vice vice- president F. F W W. Fleming Kansas City second vice-president vice L. L Newman Newman New New- man Montana 1 third vice-president vice A. A G. G Watson Pueblo fourth vice- vice president John Fairweather California Califor California nia fifth vice-president vice B. B C. C Buffum Buff Buff- um urn Wyoming secretary Arthur Hooker Spokane foreign secretary G. G McQueen Gray New Mexico Chicago was chosen as the meeting place for 1911 after Los Angeles had carried its fight to the floor of the congress The report of the committee on resolutions resolutions re reo solutions recognize water as the thes s source of life and the basis of habitability habitability habitability habit- habit ability with ownership vested in the people demands just compensation for the people in return for the use of water granted by the state federal or municipal authorities recognizes interdependence of various uses ol of water making the primary y supply for drinking and domestic purposes and I for agriculture through irrigation and declares for administering of water on the principle of the greatest good for the greatest number for the thelong long Iong- longest est cst time I |