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Show CONGRESS WINDS UP BU8INE8S. Governor Chamberlain Chosen President, Presi-dent, While 8acramento Gets 4 Next Meeting. Boise. Tho fourteenth national Irrigation Ir-rigation congress closed its sessions Thursday evening, after voting to hold tho next congress at Sacramento, Cal., and electing as president of tho fifteenth fif-teenth congress Governor George E. Chamberlain of Oregon. Tho enthusiasm of the Callfornlans over Sacramento's victory was the moro pronouncod becauso of tho narrow nar-row margin by which tho victory was won. Tho attractions of tho Jamestown James-town exposition had been cleverly presented and on tho first ballot for the convention city Jamestown was in thu lead. Sacramento won on tho second ballot Governor Chamberlain was the unanimous cholco of tho congress for president, and when ho was escorted toUho platform and expressed his appreciation ap-preciation of the high honor accordod hlra by tho representatives of thirty statos of tho Union, ho was given a tremendous ovation. |