Show I IRRIGATION DELEGATES GOV WELLS NAMES UTAH REPRESENTATIVES REP-RESENTATIVES Congress will Convene in Chicago November No-vember 21stGood Attendanc3 from Utah Host Desirable Coy Wells has issued a proclamation I I calling the attention of the people of I Utah to the fact that the ninth session of the National Irrigation congress will convene In Chicago on thft 21st day of this month and appointing as delegates dele-gates from this State the following R O Gemmcll George Q Cannon and A F Doremus Salt Lake Charles W Aldrach Clear Lake L B Adams and F J Kiesel Ogden Joshua Terry Draper Dra-per Tho proclamation Is as follows To the People of Utah There will convene at Chicago on tho 21st day of November 199 the ninth session of the National Irrigation congress In calling your attention to this meeting I feel that It Is one of moro Import than is generally understood To ho whole Western IC Klon of tho United States where Irrigation Irriga-tion Is essential the affairs to be discussed dis-cussed at Chicago are no longer mainly of a local or Stuto character but will I become a national ono The United Slates Government Is be I I coming Impressed with tho fact that an I empire for agriculture west of the Rocky mountains needs only a portion of national na-tional aid to make of It one of earths I most fertile regions As primary steps there must bo the preservation of our forests and tho conservation con-servation of our rainfall While the first will lead partially to the latter there is the overwhelming call for such storage of our mountain waters ns will ultimate ly permit tho control and regulation of I our great continental rivers and that which at first Is adopted as a means for agriculture becomes ultimately a leading i i I factor In the maintenance oC our rm i 1 lions waterways The delegates rrom i Utah can do much to aid this movement I I for national control which will bo of so much benefit for our own State and Us surroundings I sincerely trust there will I be an earnest representation at Chicago irom the people of Utah HEBER M WELLS I Governor and 15xOfllcio President Stale Irrigation Association of Utah |