Show SPOKANE GETS CONGRESS seventeenth sess on of nat onal irr gat on congress to be held in that acty albuquerque N MSp okane was selected as the meeting place for the seventeenth nat onoe irrigation con gress at the close of the sixteenth congress on saturday pueblo with drew at the last moment and the vote was made unanimously the new governing board of the congress created by this meeting was elected at a meeting of the ex committee this board has full power to manage the affairs 0 the congress and to continue its work between sessions the mem bers are president G H barstow of texas secretary A fowler ot arizona W A beard of cal tornia chair man of the executive committee and fred J of utah D W i me cc of washington D joseph on of montana and one member who Is to be selected by the board the closing session of the congress saturday was made interesting by a strong address by congressman jo seph E lansdell Kans dell of louisiana dent of the national rivers and 1 af bors congress who urged opera alon between his organization and the national irrigation congress |