Show IRRIGATION IN UTAH 1 IAN CONGRESSMAN GILLETTE'S C 0 hmo y to thc the verdant beauty of ot Utah valley vanet falls taIls upon cars ears that arc accustomed to hearing complimentary remarks from the discerning visitors to that t garden spot Tho Massachusetts statesman doubtless tells no more than the simple truth in Jn his remark that the appropriations committee oC of Congress dongres of ot which v ho he is a member wilt wilL return to Washington with a knowledge of ot what hat irrigation really is and ad its importance importance that could have b en n gained in in no other wa way than by bys s such ch a trip tripas as the committee made on onS S Sunday to several Utah reclamation projects But Mr l Gillette GUlette must have been singularly Inattentive to western speakers during the years ears he has been in Congress if it the surprise he ho expresSes expresses ex ex- presSes presses at the contrast between arid and irrigated land Jand is genuine lit Utah h and Indeed the entire west has been ever since irrigation was first Introduced In this tIlis state to educate the eastern lawmakers to Its Ha fructifying fructifying- po possibilities sibl Western c con congressmen eon eon- n- n gre gressmen and senators senatorS' have lavo told the sl story r pf Qi f irrigation painting its ro romance romance ro- ro mance and Its usefulness in all an the varied and convincing colors the picturesque picturesque pic plc- t yo vocabulary of ot the west can supply Informing books have been written by Irrigation experts delegations delegations 1 of ot westerners hao have harangued I th the thern e eastern s rn populace frOm every ery platform plat- plat I I form and nd the eastern palate h has s been I I d delighted with fruit and vegetables grown gro on irrigated land But the I eastern astern ignorance of oJ the subject continues continues con con- to b be equalled only by eastern Indifference e towards it it Members ot of the congressional approprIations ap ap- ap appropriations committee were given an object t lesson on S Sunday of Irrigation in n its highest development and its highest need On one aide of ot the b beautiful Ut Utah h valley tb they y saw the soil as It w was a When th the pioneers pioneers' began their struggle with nature and on the theother theother theother other observed the fruitful fields thi that thai marked the successful progress of the tho struggle and the application of ot skilled I husband husbandry The They took with them from Utah a better belter understanding of the energies expended and anil the tho vicissitudes endured b by the hardy forerunners fore of t f empire and the energies that still must be employed if it th the desert Is to tobe tobe be wholly conquered Utah expects much from this visit of ot the appropriations committee committees al although although at- at though its majority is composed of f men unfriendly to the political party partS to which Utah adheres Utah expects expects ex cx- these congressmen to for forget et that Utah does not vote the Democratic ticket and to remember only that every Utah acre reclaimed to fruitfulness is isa isa isa a benefit to the entire nation Utah apples do not enjo enjoy the right of ot suf su- suffrage suFfrage suF- suF frage frase and Utah celery is as toothsome to the Democrat and Progressive as asto asto asto to the Republican Utah asks only a square deal al and antI has not entirely despaired of ge getting ting It |