Show r 4 l I iII I I I 0 ALL AIL IS 18 COMPLETE FOR California Unites to Make Gathering Gath Oath ering eling of Ir a Great Success PROVISION MADE FOR ALL Hotel Accommodations Are in Charge of Special Committee I Great preparations for Cor the tho mon monster tc- tc Irrigation atlon con congress ai now complete reads the latest announcement from the hoard hoar of control of oC tho the National Irrigation Ir 11 Ir- Ir rig rig-a congress to convene Ol nt t S menlO mento September 2 and to last until September 7 All California is behind Sacramento In the tho to tn this the Jr greatest Irrigation Irrl-atlon event ent In hi his his' hist t tor tory 0 ry 1 Every UE effort will be hEl made mad to facilitate tate the housing of del delegates on their arrival and to contribute to their corn corn- fort Room Boom rates are nie 1 Jl a da day ilay for each pcr person on or f a tin day when one guest occupies a double room According to the thc announcement rooms mn may be reserved In iii advance In which case the they ma may be he had by applying at atthe atthe atthe the counter marked reservations it t the tue reception committee headquarters Following Following- are re excerpts from the tho an an- Ten rca thousand first class rooms have o been reserved for delegates These are arc arcIn rt In the best hotels anti and the thc best lIest homes homps In the thc cil city of Sacramento The best Jest residences o of California's capital city have haye been thrown op open n n for this occasion Delegates arriving wilt will be tn mot met t b by r re o committee Uniformed I formed porters will be tie cons constantly tan on duty at the railway station and will trill guide ul e incoming delegates ales to reception headquarters nearh nearby On arrival nt at this headquarters rs delegates will trill be he assigned I to their rooms an and transported free f-ee of pf charge e Automobile owners and anel carriage ig owners and nel other citizens ns of ot Sacramento Sacramento Sacra Sacra- l- l mento have lIa provided pro their equipages for this occasion Delegates who 10 lIa have hart not reserved cel rooms in advance anca will wilt apply at Che he coun counter tor marked assignments 18 Baggage e chocks checks will be lie delivered to tho the clerk at al th the reception headquarters who will Ihl see to the transportation rf rC I t the Ii e baggage ta- ta tann nn Baggage transportation lion will he at the tile usual rates rales In Jo addition to the congress ss there will viIi willbe b be the Interstate exposition of irrigation Atlon and forestry held simultaneously with the fifteenth National Irrigation congress This ThIt will trill open September 2 and will continue con con- until September H H. H This exposition will br he the t greatest st event ent of Us lis kind kinel In the history of or tho the West e 1 reads loads the announcement nt There will wm he be assembled d at Sacramento th time the finest most varied and best hest collection of ot Irrigated land hand products over ever vcr displayed in nn any one omie place Forest exhibits will wilt form an nn unique and anel striking display Practically every commercial om 01 Ic I woo wood 1 In Inthe Inthe th the United States s will will bo shown hown Nothing like this interstate r to lt exposition has ever er taken place In In this country No o like exhibition has hns been een s so broad blOnd ii scope or born borim of f a n BO 80 muhl ith a Jih ith Importance tp welfare Twenty cent gout gold silver trophies trophies tro tro- ph es worth from fromi to to each are arc offered for COl Interstate competition Prizes offered for COt individual farm ev ex hibits are ore numerous and valuable Handsome trophies and valuable prizes for the best st forestry exhibits Twenty Twenty live tive thousand dollars la is the thc value alue of or orthe the trophies prizes and anil special awards s offered for this event enl Competition open to every state except California Ample facilities facUlties for display spacious exhibition buildings h now In cour course e of or ci 01 c A splendid exhibition of oC pro products 0 of farm Corm and nd forest st st. Is assured Grand t Irl Irrigation Celebration Sacramento and California will be th scene In S September of or the greatest Irrigation Irrl gation gatton celebration and demonstration Inthe in inthe inthe the history of or country The purpose of or this will be to emphasize size the thO Importance and value alue of Irrigation Irrigation tion jolt as aM a factor actor in national development development- This will extend over a period of two weeks and will Include the tho National Notional IrrIgation Irrigation Irrl- Irrl gation galion congress congress-a n a great groat ua national lIonal deliberative deith- deith convention the convention the splendid Interstate tr S Exposition of or Irrigated aled Land Lanel and est Foie t Products receptions Jollification and excursions ex cx- Cu with vintage ff festivals festival ull lI h t Jubilees and Irrigation tet fetes In various portions o of the state It The crowning feature will wili bo a magnificent mag irrigation parade Irrigation Irrl In-i- gation and aud Irrigation development from the tIme days of oC the tha Pharaohs to the Iho present time limo will b be represented h by beautiful anti and Impre Impressive RI e floats This will he be the most mast gorgeous pageant pageant pa pa- geant ever 1 witnessed In the western portion portion por por- tion don of the United States Electrical illuminations anti and other decoration dec c orations oration will wilt surpass furpass anything heretofore attempted In California The ThA greatest reate t series of celebrations and anel entertainments in the tho history of th the tho West est will t take lkc place throughout California Preparations arc are now complete for or th the tho comfort and ammil entertainment of thousands thousand I J Jor of or visitors The California State Pair and Western Stock Show Sho will open September 7 i following following fol fol- fol lowing the Irrigation allon congress and will willbe willbe be an Important and anh valuable part of oC the festivities fesl I Impressive ceremonies will mark the I I closing closing- of th the Irrigation congress andor and opening of or the California s tale state fair Celebrated and herds and famous fa famous fa- fa a- a stables wilt be represented Numerous excursions will enable delegates dele sates gates and Yi visitors to see California under un un- un del der th the best hest very conditions sc excl excursions cover Sacramento Sacra Sacra- mento to 01 1 n valleys with their great farms farm orchards and irrl irrigation atlon dis- dis t ti lets They The will penetrate ho the mountains pass through h ma magnificent pine forests to the great mining districts of the mother lode to the famous copper belt of the north and the rich gold mines mine of the tIme Sis klous The They will extend to the famous vintage vin inage in tag tage age districts and the giant redwoods leI of or the time North orth Coast country countr to the he I beautiful Santa Clara Clura and other delightful de tIe- valleys of the South Coa Coast t. t The They will win introduce visitors to delightful de de- summer r resorts of oC the tho high which enclose the tho ur great all valleys 8 of the state to seat seacoast re resorts resorts re- re sorts of world wide fame anti and to th the palatial hotels and beautiful land- land of or the southern counties The They Thoy will extend to the Yuma project pro proS and Imperial valley on the border borderline borderline line lute between het the United Sta States e anti and Mexico where Irrigation has transformed transformed trans trans- formed the desert Into a A garden Th They will extend to to time the Klamath project where the thc national government govern got ment merit is building In California Or Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon on a great Irrigation system They The will ex extend to the tho Truckee- Truckee Carson Irrigation project and anel on to the lIH great mining districts of southern Nevada Ne No- a radii vada a. a whore mines mimics of fabulous wealth e are attracting the attention of the civilized cl world Vc ie c venture l to odd that this congress congress con con- gress g will have ha an added Interest to toman man many because hold in California Sacramento Sacramento Sac Sac- Itself Is historic gi ground and Suiter's fort on one of the tho picket lines hues of ci civilization Is within the ell city nn and has hasman man many relics of th time the lays days 8 of or old The Tho plant lIfo life about aboul the capitol building Includes CE ear of Lebanon ala Himalayan n pines and anti specimens specimen of the time Sequoia Gi The Tue r JI park hark around tho the state statehouse house e covers ers thirty acres and anel lIa has flowers flow frow ers rs shrubs nn amid trees front from cv r part of or the world lIn representing l C every evemy x fromn rom the tropics to time thc Tho The session too will be he In tho the midst of time the fruit harvest cst and there i will be he time to visit orchards and cann can can- n lI and anel to get oct a glimpse at nt least of th time the distinct distinctive lye he In industry of oC this state The process of or drying drying- peaches and prunes and curing raisins can be he observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served a i visit made maelo to the thc great grent vineyards vine Inc yards ards about the tho city or a a. run mu flown down to Jre Fresno fono to seo the tIme curing of raisins on a 1 areat great reat scale the fig orchards and pack pack- lug up hous houses and anti thE trie of or grapes for or time the wineries The reconstruction of oC San Francisco will be of oC H rind and rn ra a trip Iowa down th the end and u tl showing ho be r reclaimed and the relation reIn rela tion of oc fore forestry lr In the Sierra to this groat rout valley and H Its Its river rl Note lc th Lime tho excursions lons planned for or mr on another pa page Do not be bc afraid of hot At t Atthe Atthe the season I for tor which tim tin congress Is called the temperature will wll not bo bl uncomfortably un mn- mn comfortably comfortable but almost t without auction q l tion will bo be cool and pleasant The Tho nights can enn be bc counted on as made fo for or r sleep sheep But u t a very few n nights ISh nero nr r are uncomfortably warm tarm There will he o no ito norain rain no storms just autumn Special railroad rates arc are from fran all points In lh the United States From O Ogden den th the sale commences next I Thursday and 11 rates rat to Sacramento only nail and return art are 5 55 I BIGGEST DIAMOND IN INTHE THE WORLD w tj I I 4 I 72 k c 4 t tr r King Edward of or En England lan Premier Botha of or the tho Transvaal and the tho itt 11 famous Cullinan diamond the tho largest p b In tin the world which will tIlI probably beI bo be t to England's ruler Premier I a- a Both will ur urge e the lite Transvaal parliament parlia T i- i ment to buy this great t Im which has hns J fi be ben been n valued at uL t O and und prem present present pre pre- will m sent It Il to 10 Limo tho king The Cullinan eclipse all other royal Jewels Je even en tho the S Joh-I- Joh Koh I ool J |