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Show DELICHTED WITH UTAH. Mayor and Mra. R ( r Ratarn from the Lend ot Mormtme. Mayor and Mrs. Rogers returned to Denver yesterday from Salt Lake, where they have been spending a couple of weeks for Mr. Roger's health. The mayor was also a delegate to the Irrigation congress. Iu spesking of the trip to a reporter for the Denver '. Mr. Rogers said: 'T left tho cold I took with me, aud am feeling first rate. Salt Lake is certainly cer-tainly delightfully situated. The climate cli-mate is grand and the country magnificent. magnifi-cent. There is no limit to the possibilities of Utah. Anything can be grown thero that can be produced in the same latitude anywhere. 'The fruit is falling from the trees and going to waste. The mines are better worked than ours, and almost as rich, Hut Colorado and Denver are good enough for me. "The Irrigation convention was a success. The representatives were the tiuest men ever gotten together at a similar gathering, and the subjects were discussed in an intelligent manner. Every section of the ar.d region was represented. If the government gov-ernment cedes to the states the arid lands the prosperity of the western half of the United Slates will be phenomenal. phe-nomenal. Fnoiiifh water falls every year to irrigate this eutire district, and with irrigation what will it not produce"' |