Show SPOKANE GETS CONGRESS seventeenth session of Nati national irrigation congress to be held in that city albuquerque N IL was selected as the meeting place for the seventeenth national irrigation congress at the close of the sixteenth congress on saturday pueblo with drew at the last moment and tho the vote was made unanimously the new governing board of the congress created by this meeting was elected at a meeting odthe executive executive committee this board I 1 has ins full power to manage the affairs of the congress and to continue its work between sessions the mem bers are president G H barstow of texas secretary 13 A fowler of arzona arizona IV A beard of Call california tornia ch chairman of the executive committee and fred J klesel blosel of utah D IV J bic of washington D 0 joseph dixon of montana and one other member who la Is to be selected by the board the closing session of the congress saturday was made interesting by a strong address by congressman joseph E D ransdell of louisiana president of the national rivers and 1 bors congress who urged co opera tion between ills his organization and the national irrigation congress |