Show HEART OF THE EMPIRE IN PUTURE IT WILL LIE IN INTERMOUNTAIN IN-TERMOUNTAIN COUNTRY Committee from Irrigation Congress Presents Its Argument to President I Presi-dent in Behalf of the Arid West TRIBUNE BUREAU i 501 Fourteenth Street Washington D C Nov 27 1900 The most Important committee so far ot the season arrived In Washington last night from the Irrigation congress which held Us session In Chicago last week and ndjourlcr Saturday This commltlcc consists con-sists of cxGov Prlnco of Now Mexico as chairman lon Thomas F Walsh recent commissioner to tim Pails cxposlllon Gcorgd II MfixwpU of Chicago chairman of the executive committee S the Irrigation Irriga-tion congress Iloiu Frank C Goudy of Denver BA F ijvlor of Phoenix Arz I D II Stearns of Portland Or J R Goc I bel of Tncomn Wash T L Ferguson president of llio Agricultural collegeof 1 Pomona Cn1 C J Gavlnal of Baton NJ I M 1 and J B Mnxson of Reno Nov Tho commllleo had n long and sallsfaolory Interview I In-terview with tim Prcsldenl Secretary I lllleheock of the InterIor dcparlmcnl I Secretary Wilson of tho Agricultural de I pariment and Ion BhiRcr Hermann I Commissioner of the General Land office ofce Tho President and tho heads of tho departments de-partments visited by Mils committee express ex-press tim grcalcst satisfaction that tho preservation of tho forests nnd llio creation crea-tion of storage reservoirs was receiving BO much attention from the peoplo of tho great Test I Is lime that this great Nation stood squarely on both feet this squnrcl on continent astride of tho Rocky mountains There Is so much unoccupied and oxcccdinnly fertile land west of tho Rocky mountains I nlilrh needs only the nltention of Iho KMieruI I Government to bcccmc equal 1 in population u ml nmlerlul resources to sill I that lies cast of the Rocky mountains tlifit t now the itcognition of the general Government Indhe matter of creation of I storm reservoirs In the srime hue that tlic Government has followed In fostering the irduHtrJos of the East by the expend ture ofmoney Upon ihe Inlets biye and linrhorri of the J lan tc coast and the pro tection of its Industries by the < tariff schedule Is only needed for It to spring 1 once before tho whole world a spring I Mecca for qll people who want homes and i hUlnHs There Is plenty of room nt the front for all the unoccupied nncl thc front has irjw gone hryoiicl Hip Rocky mountains Tho hem ot the empire of the future will Ill In the States of Utah Nevada Idaho Oregon Wyoming W nhln lon nod Montana Mon-tana There arc n i hundred 1 million acres of land In these Slates open for settle Rclle rront nnd Jel tho general Government once conl7n tho prljiclmes advocated bv this committee IriroiiRh the authority of Congress and build storage reservoirs I at the licaUH oC the rivers and furnish water wa-ter during the heated months and hero inllcrn llio future win ollle the nues I lon ueiwcon iso stoclc rancher and the ahce j rancher who now hivc possession of the country and the great public nnd will make the nocalled desert of tHe Pu clllo slope llio garden of America This was the burden r the argument laid before the President and the heads of the departments by this committee In sncha manner nV to gain attention |