PUB00068

• Year: 1952
• Title: A Hundred Years of Irrigatioin in Colorado, 100 Years of Organized and Continuous Irrigation
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Irrigation history of Colorado
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

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Opening Statement by Chairman Lory

As chairman of Governor Thorntonls .Committee for planning
the celebration of the Centennial of Irrigation in Colorado, I
have the honor. of calling the meeting to order and giving you a
brief outline of the plans of the Committee.' '

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These include four sessions in cooperation with the Irrigar
tion Institute of Colorado Agricultural and Nechanical College'
and a banc;uet vlednesday evening here in Alamosa where the splendid
facilities of Adams State College were offered the Committee by
President N. William Newsom; an all-day meeting in San Luis
Thur~day, April 10, where as guests of the citizens of the oldest
town in Colorado you will take part in a parade, the dedication of
the monument on the bank of the San Luis Peoples Ditch, a program.
at the San Luis Branch of Adams State College and motorcade through
the beautiful Culebra Valley. Chair!llan. A.J.Hamman of the Exten-
sion Service, Colorado Agricultural and. Mechanical College, and his
Program Committee have prepared a program which assures your
attendance at every.session~ and he and Luther Ilean, local member
of the Committee 'on Arrangements have everything in readiness for
our meeting.

The General Committee limited the Institute programs to
2-hour sessions each forenoon and afternoon and ruled out eVening
sessions, so you have ample time for visiting,. reminiscing and
planning.

Outstanding leaders in irrigation will preside as' chairmen
of the four Institute sessions.

The Hags of the nations governing the region where irriga-
tion began'one hundred years ago in Colorado--Spain, Mexico, and
The United States--and the Colorado State flag, are loaned by the
Historical Society of Colorado.

Since the 1rrigation Centennial Celebration is held during
Holy vleek, and in growing crops under irrigation ,There natural
rainfall is supplemented with. water supplied through human effort,
the irrigation farmer is really cooperating with the Lord, there-
fore, in reverence and thanksgiving, all sessions of the celebra-
tion will be opened with prayer.

I now have the pleasure of introducing the Chairman of this
session, the son of a pioneer family in the San LUieValley,<an
alumnus of Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical COllege, and
Deputy State Engineer, Dave Mathias of Monte Vista.

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