Show IRRIGATION I CONGRESS IS IN SESSION I IMore More Than Two Thousand i Delegates Already Are on Hand SPOKANE Wash Au Aug 9 That That the time between the conventions of the national irrigation congress is virtually wasted because of the tho lack of a a. business business business busi busi- ness like plan of procedure was the tha declaration of E. E Insinger er chairman of the board of control of the congress in his bis address this mornin morning at the tho opening session Mr Ir Insinger spoke of the vast amount of business which annually comes before the tho officers of the organization organization organ organ- and which is divided without orderly procedure between the executive tive and the board of control lIe He asserted that while the tho congress has every year placed l itself more and more in in the position of doin doing good still its possibilities are crippled badly because thero there is no practical method Continued on page 12 IRRIGATION Continued from pa page e 1 underlying the actions of the organization org org-aniza- tion Constitution to Be Changed This statement from Insinger er is the forerunner of a chan change e in constitution which it is believed ed wi will be bo proposed during the congress and which will wiH give the congress the latitude desired One of the speakers of the morning was Governor Hay of Washington who welcomed tho the delegates on behalf of the state Governor Hay was followed by President dent dent George GeorgeE E. E Barstow of Texas who spoke for the congress The Spokane chorus of voices sang the irrigation ode which is an au annu annual annun an an- nun nu nual l ceremony |