Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — Plans for Irrigation. [ARTICLE]

Plans for Irrigation.

Gov. N. 0. Murphy of Arizona, who was in Chicago, stated that it had been decided by the governors of several of the western states to make Chicago the headquarters of the National Irrigation Association this winter. “We are of the opinion,” he said, “the government should not neglect the opportunities of development offered in several of the western arid states "by aiding in providing for a national system of irrigation. We want an appropriation of $25,000 for surveys.” Gov. Otero of New Mexico was also In Chicago on his ■ way to Washington to work against the Culbertson bill, which provides for the damming of the Rio Grande River at El Paso.