Show i SEND SE THE TIlE IRRIGATION CO CONGRESS GnESS TO WASH WASH- INGTON Fred bred KI Klesel el Is right The Irrigation con congress r ss should be established and kept going In 1 Washing Washington ton D. D C C. There is where the people live whose approval i is s needed 1 Wo o of ot the West Vest cst kno know Irrigation Is necessary necessary sar sary that It reclaims big areas area and adds to th the valuation of ot the tho property of ot the region Eastern people dont don't know that thal l because the case caso has s never been beon brought to them Irrl Irrigation atlon to them Is a dimand dim dimand and vague theory theol a project a system by hl h distant and unrelated portions of tho the human race want to get mone money They must be convinced of tho the value of oC Irrigation irrigation Irrigation tion to the whole nation They must be impressed I with the vast ast stretches of oC land that havo been valueless val v uel ueless s through tho the ages agos but which can bo be made mad very ery valuable b by the application of or water Thc They must be bo shown that the water is th there rc running t to waste and powerless to benefit tho the land They must find lied the truth truth that that irrigation in the tho arid re region re re- gion glon Is added asset and added power to New ew York and Pennsylvania and every other state In tho the Union Those people dont don't come out West rl t In sufficient numbers to learn the truth In this matter It would take fifty years to convince on them If the congress ss remains in the West cst In the nature of things th they y will not go to it It must be he taken to them Tho The irrigation congress should right after th h the Albuquerque meeting be hc removed to Washington and kept there thore until tho mission lon of ot tho men behind the tho enterprise Is accomplished |