Show the irrigation congress ariz dec 15 special representative agriculturists and commercial men hailing from new york to the pacific slope were present today at the fifth annual session of the national congress on irrigation prominent amoas them were ex L bradford prince of ew mexico ex governor lionel L cheldon bh eldon of los adgelee baron reno von herman of the german embassy at washington professor willie A moore chief of the signal goare Q cannon of utah lon loeb and hon 0 white matthews respectively french and engish conens at los angeles cal robert R stanton of new york president R the university of oklahoma J R Yo arolla of juarez mex william prince of ottawa oat capt W A glassford ot the signal department of the army prof F H king of wisconsin col A L conger of akron 0 phoenix had been selected for the present congress owing to the fact that one half cf the six hundred thousand acres of valley land in the center of which it is located is under cultivation by irrigation previous meetings of the congress have been held amid snow and ice and it was refreshing for the delegates to promenade in the open air id spring suits with the freedom of the town permitting them to pick the roses which were blooming out of doors on every hand when the congress had been called to order the formal call which was purely technical was read by 0 M deinez of loa angeles cal E R moses of great bend kas chairman of the national executive committee spoke briefly find addresses of welcome were delivered by governor B J franklin and mayor JD monition the re were by ex governor L A sheldon of los angeles and hon efrost of boston after tho appointment of the usual committees the national lecturer judge J S emory presented a report of his operations during the year and which sent forth that great interest had baen awakened in points remote from irrigated regions and that the reclamation of the western areas is now regarded as one of the mast important problems awaiting legislation this capers OD irrigation in humid america were read by professor P H newell of washington dr clarko gapen superintendent ol 01 the insane asylum at kankakee ills lute wilcox of denver and professor F H king of madison alb |