| Show RECLAIMIN ARID LANDS I Disciples I of f Irrigation I Gather in Convention V V in Chicago and Are Welcomed by VV VV 1 i Mayor Harrison V I wood Mead President of the Association Delivers His Annual I AddressBusiness Organizations All Over the Country Well RepresentedL W Shurtliff and B H I Sfiith of Ogden First of Utah Delegation to ArriveV V 1 V TRIBUNE SPECIAL Chicago Nov 21L W Shurtllff and B H Smith of Ogden who arrived here at 11 oclock this morning were the first of the Utah delegation to the National Irrigation congress to reach Chicago Tho Utah delegation will bo a large one paid Judge Shurtliff tonight But until we can got together after the night session It will be pretty hard to say who Is coming and who la not Utah Is deeply interested In the question of I irrigation and Its delegates will heartily heart-ily cooperate In any movement to help along the vorkiof tho association I am much pleased to find so much V general Interest shown In the matter especially by the Eastern men who are In attendance The gathering Is thoroughly thor-oughly representative of all sections of the country and cannot fall to accomplish accom-plish much for the arid States In the 1 V I Wet 1 The congress opened with an address of welcome by layor Harrison to V which George IT Maxwell executive I chairman of the association responded happily Klwood Mead president of the association asso-ciation next delivered his annual ad drcss which WOK followed by an Interesting V Inter-esting talk on Agriculture by J M I Wilson the Federal Governments lr r I rlsatlon expert at UPIIO Nev Business organizations all over the countrv V were well represented and tho Interest shown tells of earnest work throughout the East by tho disciples of I Irrigation and gives promise that much good will be accomplished In the not I distant future The Eastern merchants and manufacturers manufac-turers arc apparently awakening to the possibilities irrigation and their earnest cooperation may V be counted count-ed on V President Mead In his address reviewed re-viewed the work of the several irrigation Irriga-tion congresses beginning with the first held In Salt Lake City ten years ago He said that heretofore the reclamation re-clamation of arid lands has received scant attention outside of the territory V where It Is going on The East Is only V beginning to realize that tile Irrigable valleys of the West are a national heritage heri-tage that the children of Massachusetts Massachu-setts have as much need of homes as the children of Cojorado and their creation cre-ation is not a local problem but one In which the whole country has an Inter eat and about which It needs to be Informed In-formed The Irrigation congress had its origin In the convictions of a few thoughtful minds that the agricultural possibilities of the West were not appreciated that I many of the tendencies prevailing were dangerous and the methods employed I for reclaiming lands and dividing rivers I riv-ers among users were Inadequate to the needs of tho future It was necessary to arouse public sentiment to a proper appreciation of this situation In order i I to secure needed reforms of national I and State laws In concluding he stated that tho Irrigation I Irri-gation congress has been the forum In I which tho best thought of the West has I found expression in Its efforts to define I I the limits of State and national legislation 1 legisla-tion to aid In every way the enactment of wise laws so that development when V It proceeds shall be peaceful and orderly order-ly h The accomplishment of this result IM one of tIe mighty tasks of the future fu-ture It su44ufullt means the creation V crea-tion oCa hew agricultural empire un immense Incre5ase In our national I wealth and sctuHng the best materialS material-S conditions for I millions of people that this country has yet t tHen |
