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Show FOREIGN COUNTRIES 10 fRRIGATION CHICAGO, III., Nov. 7. (Special) Sovonteen governments have statetf their Intention of hoing officially represented rep-resented at the Nineteenth National Irrigation Congress in Chicago, Ue cember 3-0 next, so states Dr. 15 McQueen Mc-Queen Gray of Albuquerque, N Me foreign secretary of the congress The governments slgnlflng their intention inten-tion to participate are: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Germany, Guatemala. Honduras, .Mexico, Uruguay, Panama, Peru, Russia, Salvador, Nicaragua t Venezuela. This is the largest number num-ber of forolgn governments which have ever participated in a National Congress and bears effective witness to the International iulluence which the National Irrigation con?iesy exercises ex-ercises throughout the whole world. The delegation, from soveial of these countries havo already been appointed appoint-ed aud are on their vu to the United Unit-ed States for the purpose of taking part in the meeting China ib to represented by her newly appointed Minister Mi. Szc; and the representatives of Russia and Germany aro already In tho United States. The chango In tho government govern-ment of Canada has delayed the ap-poltnmont ap-poltnmont of tho Canadian tepre-sentatlves, tepre-sentatlves, but it is expected that a strong delegation will cross the border bor-der from the Dominion to take part in the Irrigation congress. CHICAGO, 1)1.. Nov. 7. (Special). State delegation to the National Irrigation congress at Chicago Decern her fi-9 next are coming on special trains from the west, north and south The most elaborto plnns at present are those of tho Now Moxlco delegation. dele-gation. Colonel W. S. Hopewell writes to the congress hoadquartors here fiom Albuquerque, N. M., that a spoclal train has been arranged for, to be callod tho New Stato train, which will carry delegates to tho National Irrigation congress to the number of two or throe hundred. This train will leave Now Mexico in tlmo to visit Now Vork nnd Washington Wash-ington and return to Chicago In tlmi? for the irrigation congress and the Land show here, after which the party will disband and the members return home as they prefer. Colonel Hopewell writes: "Tho New State train will carry banners endorsing the National Irrigation con-rfrebs con-rfrebs and u e believe it will be of great benefit to tho Irrigation congress, tho now stato of New Mexico and tho development of the west." Nohraska Is another stato which will send a Bpeclal delegation. Stato Engineer En-gineer D. D. Price writes to the Irrigation Irri-gation congross from Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebras-ka: "Tho Nebraska State Irrluatlou association meets In Uridgopoit on November 1-1 and In at which time it is the plan to arouse considerable enthusiasm to secure a large delegation dele-gation to the national convention in Chicago. Wo are 16oklng forwnrd to a very successful stato meeting Hnd albo to bringing a large delegation to the nntlonnl convention It has been planned to charter one or more pullmaiib from the stato of Nebraska to Chicago and leturn. In this way wo will be ablo to keep our delegation delega-tion more together and thuso obtain hotter results." Special delegations In charteied oars will attend from several sev-eral othor states. Largo and enthusiastic enthu-siastic delegations arc expected from Arizona, tho homo of B. A. Fowler, president of the congress; Washington, Washing-ton, the residence of R lnslngor, chairman of the board of governors; Missouri, whore Fred W. Fleming, first vico president resides; Montuna, the home of L. Newman second vice president; Colorado ,whore the third vice president A. G. Wataon lives: California, the homo of fourth vico president John Falrwcnthor; Wyoming, Wyom-ing, tho looldcncc of fifth vice president, presi-dent, B. C. BufTum, as well as Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, North Dakota. South Dakota, Oklahoma. Oregon, Texas nnd Utah. |