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Show NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS Salt Lnko City, Sept. 6. Qucst'ont of vast import to tho agricultural do velopracnt of tho west are scheduled for discussions to be led by men o! unt'onal prominence at tho TwentletL Nntlonal Irrigation Congress here September 30 to October 3, accord lng to tho tentative program. .Senator Francis 0. Nowlands, president pres-ident of tho Twentieth Congress; Major Ma-jor It. W. Young, chnirman of tho bonrd of governors nnd Qeorgo A. Snow, chnirman of tho bonrd of control, con-trol, nnnounce that the general arrangement ar-rangement of tho program will bo as follows: First session at 10 o'clock Monday morning, September 30; presentation of tho Queen of Irrigation nnd her attendants nnd formal opening of the Congress. This meeting will oe held In the famous Mormon Taber-nnclo Taber-nnclo which has a seating capacity of nearly 10,000 and will Include addresses ad-dresses of welcome by governor William Wil-liam Spry and Mayor S. C- Park" nnd responses by officers of tho Congress. A feature of the opening meeting will be the rendition of the Ode to Irrigation, words by Mrs. dllbert Mc-Clurg Mc-Clurg of Colorado, and music by Professor Pro-fessor John J. McClellnn of Utah, by a chorus of COO voices, under the direction di-rection of Prof. McClollan. Other mu-seal mu-seal numbers will completo tho morning morn-ing program. Men of national nnd international prominence will speak on timely topics nt the afternoon session. In tho ovenlng of tho first dny will bo seen the parado and electrical pageant, pag-eant, participated In by tho Queen of Irrigation wlta her maids ot Honor, nnd tho Wizard of tho Wasatch and attendants. This promises to be the most spcctncular production 'of Its 'kind ever seen In the Intermountain I west. Economic questions relative to tho use of water will bo discussed at tho morning session Tuesday nnd tho afternoon session will bo for tho discussion dis-cussion of laws and legislation affecting affect-ing Irrigation and reclamation of land. For Tuesday evening arrangements arrange-ments nro being made for illustrated illustrat-ed lectures and discussion' will bo Invited through a call of the statCB of tho Union. Colonization nnd drainage will bo tho subjects for the morning session and third dny while tho afternoon session Wednesday will bo devoted to conferences of foreign representatives represen-tatives to tho Congress. Committee meetings nnd spcclnl entortalnment leatures are scheduled for Wednesday Wednes-day evening. For tho Inst day of tho congress tho plan Is to mako tho morning session ses-sion nn "experiment meeting" nnd In tho nttomoon tho various committees will make their reports and present resolutions for discussion nnd llnal octlon of tho Congress. Tho Congress Con-gress will closo with a reception nnd bill to bo given nt tho Hotel Utah In honor of tho officers of tho Con-gicss Con-gicss nnd delegates. |
