. Conservation. Forests and forestry. LIBRARY NEW YORK BOTANICAL OaKDEN. Vol. XV OCTOBER, 1909 No. 10 SEVENTEENTH NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS OF ALL the sessions of the Na- tional Irrigation Congress, the seventeenth, that, namely, at Spokane, Wash., was the most notable. The attendance outnumbered that of any previous session, and the enter- tainment provided for the delegates and visitors was in every way worthy of the hosts. The Congress maintained its interest throughout a period of five days, ending on the afternoon of Au- gust 13. But the feature of the Con- gress was the seriousness an
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. LIBRARY NEW YORK BOTANICAL OaKDEN. Vol. XV OCTOBER, 1909 No. 10 SEVENTEENTH NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS OF ALL the sessions of the Na- tional Irrigation Congress, the seventeenth, that, namely, at Spokane, Wash., was the most notable. The attendance outnumbered that of any previous session, and the enter- tainment provided for the delegates and visitors was in every way worthy of the hosts. The Congress maintained its interest throughout a period of five days, ending on the afternoon of Au- gust 13. But the feature of the Con- gress was the seriousness and scope of the addresses and of the resultant dis- cussions. These were national in char- acter ; furthermore, they were given an international aspect by the presence of accredited representatives from four- teen foreign countries, most of whom read papers or participated in the de- bates. The cardinal purposes of the Na- tional Irrigation Congress, which Theo- dore Roosevelt, while President of the United States, recognized as the most influential unofficial body in this coun- try, are to save the forests, store the floods, reclaim the deserts, and make homes on the land for this and future generations. The chief object of the Spokane sessions, where more than 2,000 delegates were assembled, was to demonstrate to the West the wonderful development through reclamation of arid and swamp lands, forestry, deep waterways, good roads, and home building, and to show to the East the economic importance to the whole coun- try of this work and of the marvelous achievements yet to be realized. From beginning to end. the Conven- tion was a success. Every word ut- tered in the propaganda for homes had a permanent value, and the speakers added substantially to the purpose and ideals, not only of the Northwest, yet in the making, but of the country as a whole. Many of the ablest men in the coun- try gave their best thoughts to their papers with two aims in view: First, to aid in unifying the
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