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is a member of the National Reclamation Association. an association of western states comprising and representing the arid and semi-arid states of the West.

The purpose of the Association is to promote the cause· of reclamation by irrigation and to exert its efforts for continuation of the services of the Federal Bureau of Reclamation and to cooperate with and assist it in bringing about the speedy completion of various Federal reclamation projects. and to promote the adoption of such legislation affecting reclamation as shall meet the approval of its Board of Directors. each state having one Director chosen annually by caucus.

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PROGRAM

Irrigation War Food Conference and 12th Annual Meeting

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FOOD IS FAST BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL OF ALL WAR MATERIALS

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DENVER, COLORADO

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>ALLIED ASSOCIATIONS MEETING CONCURRENTL Y IN DENVER OCTOBER 25 AND 26

Association of Western State Engineers, Shirley- Savoy Hotel.

Board of Directors, National Reclamation Asso- ciation, Shirley-Savoy Hotel.

Western· Beet Growers Association, Shirley- Savoy Hotel-(October 26).

OCTOBER 30 AND 31

Mountain States Association, Cosmopolitan Hotel.

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Please register promptly at convention headquarters at the Shirley-Savoy Hotel, giving your complete mailing address so that mail during the year will reach you.

It would be helpful if you would also give your temporary Denver address in order that letters, telegrams and messages can be delivered to you readily while in Denver.

By getting your luncheon and banquet tickets at the time you register, you will save time and trouble for yourself, and will greatly expedite the work of the local committee.

We thank you for your cooperation.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Read this program through-then ask questions!

WEDNESDAY * OCTOBER 27

9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.-

REGISTRATION OF DELEGATES Lobby of Lincoln Room

Shirley-Savoy Hotel

(NOTE: The registration desk will be open from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Tuesday evening, October 26, for the convenience of those who wish to register early.)

10:00 A.M. to 12:00-STATE CAUCUSES

Delegates will caucus by states at the Shirley- Savoy Hotel to consider the following order of business:

Elect member of Legislative Committee.

Elect member of Resolutions Committee.

Elect Director.

Discuss reclamation problems and policies of the state, including budget, state quota, and any resolutions which the state desires to foster.

State caucus rooms as follows will be available throughout the convention:

Arizona-Empire Room.

California-Colorado Room.

Colorado-Lincoln Room (Main Floor).

Idaho-Empire Room.

Kansas-Lincoln Room (North Balcony).

Montana-Spruce Room.

Nebraska-Lincoln Room (Main Floor).

Nevada-Room 132.

New Mexico-Room 134.

Oklahoma-Room 130.

North Dakota-South Mezzanine Floor.

Oregon-Centennial Room.

South Dakota-Lincoln Room (West Balcony).

Texas-Room 140.

Utah-Lincoln Room (South Balcony).

Washington-Main Mezzanine Floor.

Wyoming-Lincoln Room (East Balcony).

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WEDNESDA Y AFTERNOON Lincoln Roomr-Shirley-Savoy Hotel I :30 P.M.-FIRST CONVENTION SESSION PRESIDENT O. S. WARDEN, presiding 1 :35 P.M. INVOCATION

REV. S. S. MATHIESON, Central Christian Church.

1 :40 P.M. WELCOME TO DENVER

MAYOR B. F. STAPLETON of Denver.

1 :50 P.M. THE PRESIDENT'S'MESSAGE

DR. O. S. WARDEN, Publisher, Great Falla Tribune, Great Falls, Mont.

2 :20 P.M. THE TREASURER'S REPORT

JAMES A. FORD. Manager, Spokane Cham- ber of Commerce, Spokane, Wash.

2:30 P.M. SECRETARY-MANAGER'S REPORT FLOYD O. HAGlE, Secretary-Manager, Na-

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ington, D. C. .

3:00 P.M. COMMITTEE REPORT ON RESOLU- TION NO.9

CHAIRMAN CLIFFORD H. STONE, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Denver, Colo.

3:25 P.M. COMMITTEE REPORT ON RESOLU- TION NO. 13

CHAIRMAN WELLS A. HUTCHINS, Senior Irrigation Economist,. Division of Irri-. gation, Soil Conservation Service, De- partment of Agriculture, Berkeley, Calif.

3:50 P.M. REPORT {)F STATE CAUCUSES By Director of each state (5 minutes

each).

4:30 P.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURN- MENT

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WEDNESDA Y EVENING

6:30 P.M.-DIRECTORS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE DINNER-$2.00

Colorado Roomr-Shirley-Savoy Hotel Inc! udes Directors, members of Legisla-

tive Committee and Resolutions Com- mittee and two others from each state chosen by the Directors, and such others as may be invited by the Board of Directors.

PRESIDENT WARDEN, presiding

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WEDNESDA Y EVENING 7:30 P.M. AN EVENING OF PICTURES

Sponsored by the Denver Convention Committee Lincoln Roomr-ShirleY-Savoy Hotel

GAIL L. IRELAND, Attorney General of Colorado, presiding.

7:35 P.M. "WILD LIFE AND WATER RECLAMA- TION"

C. N. FEAST, Director, Colorado Game and Fish Department, Denver, Colo.

7:45 P.M. MOTION PICTURES

"Around the Year with Colorado's Big Game"

"Beaver at Work and Play"

"Trout Culture--From Egg to Creel"

C. E. HAGlE, Educational Manager, Colo- rado Game and Fish Department, Den- ver, Colo.

S :50 P.M. MOTION PICTURE

"Driving a Thirteen-mile Tunnel for the Colo- rado-Big Thompson Project"

J. M. DILLE, Secretary-Manager, North- ern Colorado Water Conservation Dis- trict, Denver, Colo.

9 :20 P.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURN- MENT

THURSD' A Y * OCTOBER 28

Lincoln Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel PRESIDENT WARDEN, presiding

9:45P.M. "THE RECLAMATION PROGRAM TO- DAY AND TOMORROW"

HARRY W. BASHORE, Commissioner, Bu- reau of Reclamation, Washington, D. C.

10 :10 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion.

10:15 A.M. "FOOD, WATER AND LAND"

E. D. WHITE, Chief Conservation Pro- grams Branch, Food Production Ad- ministration, Department of Agricul- ture, Washington, D. C.

10:45 A.M. "WPB REVIEWS RECLAMATION PROJECTS"

FRANK W. HERRING, Deputy Chairman, Facilities Bureau, War Production Board, Washington, D. C.

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11 :15 A.M. "CONGRESS AND THE IRRIGATION WAR FOOD PROGRAM"

U. S. SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN of Colorado.

THURSDAY NOON 12 :15 P.M. LUNCHEON

Empire Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel VICE-PRESIDENT ORA BUNDY, presiding

ENTERTAINMENT

12 :45 P.M. "MANPOWER AND THE IRRIGATION WAR FOOD PROGRAM"

JOHN R. MCCUSKER, Regional Director, War Manpower Commission, Denver, Colo.

1 :05 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion.

1 :10 P.M. "USE OF WAR PRISONERS IN CON- STRUCTION OF IRRIGATION WAR FOOD PROJECTS"

By a Representative of the Commanding General, Seventh Service' Command, War Department.

1 : 30 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion.

1 :35 P.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURN- MENT.

THURSDA Y AFTERNOON

Lincoln Room--Shirley-Savoy Hotel PRESIDENT WARDEN, presiding

2:00 P.M. "FUTURE OF LAND AND WATER DE- VELOPMENT"

MICHAEL W. STRAUS, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior, Washing- ton, D. C.

2:30 P.M. "THE FOREST CONTRIBUTION TO RECLAMATION"

LYLE F. WATTS, Chief, U. S. Forest Serv- ice, Washington, D. C.

2: 55 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion.

3 :00 P.M. "SOIL CONSERVATION IN THE ARID AND SEMIARID WEST"

DR. HUGH BENNETT, Director, U. S. Soil Conservation Service, Washington, D. C.

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3:30 P.M. "POWER-ITS ASSISTANCE TO REC- . LAMATION"

DR. PAUL J. RAVER, Administrator, Bonneville Authority, Portland, Oreg.

4:00 P.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURN- MENT

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THURSDAY EVENING 7:30 P.M. THE WATER USER'S EVENING

Lincoln Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel

Presiding: L. H. MITCH~, I.rrigation Advisor, Bureau of ReclamatIon, Den- ver, Colo.

In place of the usual water users forum of past years Mr. Mitchell has secured an assortment of short motion picture film on subjects of vital concern. t,o water users and to western farm' peo- ple in general. Everyone. is . urg~d to attend and make the meetmg theIrs;

7:35 P.M. "BEARS IN ALASKA"

By Fish and Wildlife Service, Depart- ment of the Interior.

"NEW HARVESTS FOR VICTORY"

By Motion Picture Bureau of Informa- tion, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

"IRRIGATED PASTURES"

By Bureau of Reclamation

"ALONG THE MILKY WAY"

By Union Pacific Railroad

9 :00 P.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURN- MENT

FRIDAY * OCTOBER 29

9 :45 A.M. "PROBLEMS IN THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT"

MAJOR GENERAL EUGENE REYBOLD, Chief of Army Engineers, Washington, D. C.

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10:15 A.M. "DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSOURI RIVER"

WILLIAM S. WILSON, Assistant to the President, Mississippi Valley Associa- tion, St. Louis, Mo.

10 :45 A.M. "RECLAMATION POSSIBILITIES IN THE MISSOURI BASIN"

S. O. HARPER, Chief Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colo.

11 : 10 A.M. Questions from floor and discussion.

11: 15 A.M. THE MISSOURI STATES COMMITTEE AND THE FEDERAL CONSTRUC- TION AGENCIES

HON. M. Q. SHARPE, Chairman, Missouri River States Committee and Governor of South Dakota, Pierre, S. Dak.

11 :50 A.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURN- MENT

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12: 15 P.M.-LUNCHEON

Empire Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel DIRECTOR HARRY E. POLK presiding ENTERTAINMENT

12:45 P.M. "RECLAMATION AN°n POSTWAR PLANNING"

* U. S. SENATOR JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY of Wyoming, Member Special Senate Com- mittee on Postwar Economic Policy and Planning

FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* Tentative

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2 :00 P.M. "THE FUTURE OF THE DOMESTIC SUGAR INDUSTRY"

DOUGLAS SCALLEY, President, U. S. Sugar Beet Association and President Utah- Idaho Sugar Company, Salt Lake City, Utah

2 :30 P.M. ECONOMIC WAR ON THE PACIFIC FRONT

GEORGE W. MALONE, Managing Director, Industrial West Foundation, Reno, Nev.

2:50 P.M. Questions from floor and discussion.

2:55 P.M. BUSINESS SESSION Report of Audit Committee Report of Budget Committee Report of Legislative Committee Report of Resolutions Committee Selection of 1944 Convention City 4 :00 P.M. MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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7:30 P.M. TWELFTH ANNUAL BANQUET Lincoln Room-Shirley-Savoy Hotel

Auspices of Denver Convention Commit- tee of the National Reclamation Asso- ciation

(Informal) TOASTMASTER

RON. WILLIAM R. WALLACE, Salt Lake City, Utah INVOCATION

REV. HENRY G. SMITH, Calvary Baptist Church MESSAGES FROM FRIENDS

OF RECLAMATION PRESIDENT O. S. WARDEN

GREETINGS FROM THE GOVERNOR OF COLORADO

HON. JOHN VIVIAN, Denver, Colo.

A TRIBUTE TO DELPR CARPENTER HON. RALPH CARR, Denver, Colo.

ADDRESS-"WATER AND THE WEST"

RON. GEORGE W. NORRIS, McCook, Nebr.

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Headquarters

The Lincoln Room lobby of the Shirley-Savoy Hotel will be convention headquarters. Here the registration and information desk will be open from 7:00 P. M. to 11:00 P. M. Tuesday evening, October 26, and thereafter will be maintained for the convenience of all delegates.

Registration

Delegates can register at headquarters from 7:00 to 11:00 P. M. Tuesday and from 9:00 to 11:00 A. M. Wednesday. The registration fee is $1.00.

Membership

All members of the National Reclamation Asso- ciation will receive a copy of the proceedings of this convention and bulletin service. Individual Contributing Memberships are $1.00. Individual Sustaining Memberships are $5.00. Please get your membership when you register.

Luneheon and Banquet Tiekets

Tickets for both luncheons and the annual banquet should be purchased at the time you register. Luncheon tickets are $1.00 and the banquet ticket is $2.00.

Board of Directors

The Directors will meet October 25 and 26 in the Spruce Room of the Shirley-Savoy Hotel, and thereafter during the convention at the call of the President.

Resolutions Committee

The Resolutions Committee will meet at the call of the Chairman in the Centennial Room of the Shirley-Savoy. Copies of proposed resolutions must be in the hands of the Resolutions Com- mittee before 9 :00 A. M. October 28. Copies of resolutions will be available at the door of the Convention Hall Friday morning, October 29, for the study of convention delegates.

Legislative Committee

The Legislative Committee will meet at the call of the Chairman in the Colorado Room of the Shirley-Savoy.

State Caucuses

Delegates from each state will caucus at 10 :00 A. M. Wednesday, October 27, to select representatives to serve on the Board of Directors, the Resolutions Committee, and the Legislative

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Committee and to discuss other matters. They may caucus at other times during the convention upon call of the Director. They will meet in rooms indicated on first page of this program.

Temporary Office

The President and Secretary-Manager will main- tain a temporary office during the convention in Room 512 of the Shirley-Savoy Hotel.

Radio Broadcasts

Much of the convention program will be broad- cast over the facilities of Denver Radio Stations KOA, KLZ, KVOD, KFEL, KMYR.

Press Room

A press room in the charge of Erwin Walmer will be open throughout the convention in Room 148, Shirley-Savoy Hotel.

Denver Convention Committees Under Whose Auspiees This Convention Meets

Clifford H. Stone, Chairman, Denver Alfred C. Stiefel, Secretary-Treasurer, Denver J. M. Dille, Greeley

John B. O'Rourke, Durango Vena Pointer, Pueblo L. Ward Bannister, Denver George M. Corlett, Monte Vista Charles Hansen, Greeley Gail L.· Ireland, Denver Chester Letts, Denver

Frank C. Merriell, Grand Junction Glenn G. Saunders, Denver Ike Walton, Denver Invitation to Visit Laboratories

The United States Bureau of Reclamation invites all delegates to visit the Denver Offices and Laboratories of the Bureau at their convenience.

No special exhibits have been prepared and no official open-house has been arranged, but all delegates will be welcome at any time.

The offices of the Bureau are located in the new United States Customs House, 19th and Stout Streets, Denver, Colo. Office hours are 8 :00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.

Exhibits and Models

Exhibits and Models are on display in the Lincoln Room and the lobby of the hotel for the inspec- tion of convention delegates and guests.

Conferences With Commissioner Bashore

To arrange for conference with Commissioner Bashore or other Bureau officials, call his secretary, Miss Katherine F. Tully, Shirley-Savoy Hotel.

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N ATIONAL RECLAMATION A SSOCIATION 1119 National Press Building Washington, D. C.

Officers

O. S. WARDEN, Pre8ident ORA BUNDY, First Vice Pre8ident ROBERT W . SAWYER, Second V ice President

J. A. FORD, Treasurer FLOYD O. HAGlE, Secretary-Manager

Directors

HuGO B. FARMER, Yuma, Arizona J. R. F AUVlR, Exeter, California CLIFFORD H. STONE, Denver, Colorado

N. V. SHARP, Filer, Idaho E. PORTER AHRENS, Scandia, Kansas O. S. WARDEN, Great Falls, Montana

H. D. STRUNK, McCook, Nebraska A. M. SMITH, Carson City, Nevada E. W. BOWEN, Tucumcari, New Mexico HARRY E. POLK, Williston, North Dakota

FRANK RAAB, Canton, Oklahoma ROBERT W. SAWYER, Bend, Oregon W. D. BUCHHOLZ, Newell, South Dakota

W. B. ARNOLD, San Antonio, Texas ORA BUNDY, Ogden, Utah J. A. FORD, Spokane, Wkshington PERRY W. JENKINS, Cora, Wyoming

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Convention Notes

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APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

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Believing in the purposes of the National Reclamation Association and desiring to assist in the development

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of the various Western States by irrigation, application is herewith made for membership in the above Association.

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Complete information, including proceedings of the annual convention, information bulletins, reclamation

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studies and legislative digests will be mailed to all' individual Sustaining, and Organization Memberships-general

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information only will be mailed to Individual Contributing members.

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Check is attached to cover membership for one year from ... , 194 .... , on basis indicated

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below. Respectfully submitted,

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Annual Membership Baaia

1 Individual Contributing Membership... $1.00

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PURPOSE-MEMBERSHIP-FINANCES

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PURPOSE-ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION

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The purpose of the Association shall be to promote the cause of reclamation by irrigation and to exert its efforts

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for the continuation of the services of the Federal Bureau of Reclamation and to cooperate with and assist it in 7lO11 bringing about the speedy completion of various Federal Reclamation projects and to promote the adoption of such

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legislation affecting reclamation as shall meet the approval of its Board of Directors.

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MEMBERSHIP-ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION

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Memberships shall be composed of the Governors, State Water Engineers or Commissioners, United States

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1 Senators and Representatives in Congress of the member States, also of individuals and organizations including 1

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State Reclamation Associations, Irrigation Districts, Water Users' Associations, Chambers of Commerce, Commer-

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cial Clubs, Farm Organizations, Civic Clubs, Labor groups, companies and corporations, and all civic associations

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1 Funds for the activities of the Association shall be provided by contributions solicited by the officers, the noard 1 ^"fiBI

of Directors, the Budget and Finance Committee, the affiliated state organizations and members of responsible repre- ^III/I sentatives of the Association appointed by the President. Annual membership fees shall be as follows: Individual 7/11 contributing $1.00; Individual sustaining, $5.00; and Organization, $5.00 or more. 1 7l1f

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