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Show Irrigation CpngroaS. OVriClAL (!.L. lly the authority of I ho national executive ex-ecutive committee, tho Third National Irrigation Congress is hereby called to meet i;i the city of Denver, Col., for tbe seven hi)n beginning September 3, isyi, : To tlio people o( tho western half of tho United States this congress presents both nn urgent duty nnd a supremo opportunity. op-portunity. In'.thls moment of ext inordinary inordi-nary political, social nnd Industrial unrest, un-rest, the nation may well recall Mac-nuloy's Mac-nuloy's prediction, that tho real test of our institution would como with the exhaustion of our public domain The nation faces that situation today, with nil Its perilous possibilities, unless tbe arid public lands nro to be mndo lit for homes of men . To suggest tho means whereby this may bo done, so that Idle energies ehnll find employment and laiidloiui citiiona find homes and industrial indus-trial Independence, is tho duty and the opportunity of western men. Irrigation commissions in seventeen states nnd territories', created by the last Irrigation Cougress, will render reports to the Convention (t IJqnvcr, Upou tin-so studies of existing conditions and futuro needs in all parts of tho arid region,, it is proposed 10 construct a national policy and codo of local laws to be submitted to thu federal congress and thp legislatures of western states, 11A81H OK KKI'IIESENTATION. In nicordanco with a resolutidu adopted by tiio International Irrigation Congress at I.os Angeles, Cnl., Oct. 14, 1803. thu Third Nationnl IrriKatlbu Congress will bo composed us follows: 1 All members of the national executive exec-utive committee. -. All members of stato nnd territorial urination commissions. '!. Two delegates ut largo and ns many additional delegates as theyhnvo congressional con-gressional districts, to be appointed by their respective governors for the following follow-ing stntcs nnd tirritories: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, 4. Two delegates nt largo from each stato mid territory not heretofore enumerated, to bo appointed by the governors of said states and territories. 5 Duly accredited representative of any foreign nation or colony, each member mem-ber of tho United States Senate and Ilouso of Itepresontativcs, each governor ofaetatoor territory, one member eh from different socitcics of Irrigation, of irrigation engineers, of ngrllculturo, of chambers of tommcrre, of Iwards of trade together with a delegate appointed by iie mayor of each incorporated dtyo' tho seventeen states nnd territories named as being directly interested In Irrigation, will bo admitted as honorary members. lly order of tlio National Kxccutive Committee, .William K. Smvtiik, Chairman. Fkkii L. Alles, Secretary, |