Show OVERNORS TO MEET AridLand Question Will be Principal Theme STOCKMEN MAY TAKE PART Gov Robert Smith of Montana and 0 H Holcomb Representing Gov Rogers of Washington Arrived Yesterday and Gov Richards of Wyoming and Lee of South Dakota Will Arrive This Morning Arid Land Question Will be Exhaustive ly Discussed The meeting of Governors and representatives rep-resentatives of the CovernoriJ of he I arid land Stales to consider the arid land question will be opened today at the Knutsford hotel Gov Robert Smith nf Montana and O K Holcomb who represents Gov Rogers of Wash Ington arrived In the city last evening Coy DeForest Richards of Wyoming I and Gay Andrew Lee of South Dakota will arrive this morning Coy Sadler of Nevada and Coy Poynler of Nebraska Ne-braska arc also expected but it Is not known definitely that the latter gentlemen gen-tlemen will be able to bo present Coy Steunenberg of Idaho will not be present pres-ent but has appointed Messrs James Clinlon and F L Oswald of Salt Lake Utah men with property Interests In Idaho to represent him Cloy C S Thomas of Colorado is busy with a lawsuit in Butte and will not be able to attend THE ABSENTEES In addition to lie Governors named Invitations were sent to Coy Murphy of Arizona lov Mlguelu Olero of New Mexico Gov Gage of California Gov Gear of Oregon and Guy Fancier of North Dakota but they have nfl found It Impossible to be present and have not appointed representatives Utah Montana Idaho Wyoming Washington Washing-ton South Dakota Nebraska and Ne vado are therefore probably the only States which Alll be representedat the meeting Precisely what action will betaken be-taken by the Governors Is nol yet known Those uho have been seen In regard to the mallei expect that Coy Richards who is perhaps the Governor who has Interested himself the most In the subject Alll have some plan to proposeARID ARID LAND QUESTION The idea of lie meeting will be to consIder the aridland question 1 In all Its phases amid if possible to agree on some plan of iPKlslutlnn which will I I be to the benellt of the residents of time aridland States The meeting if it does not result I In I anv recommendation In the niy uf legislation ulll at least servo to let thi Government know the attitude of th Governors of the Slates most Interested on the question ll will bo InleiLslIng to stockmen In the different dif-ferent Western States to learn how thlr Governors stand on the questions of leasing anil reding the arid lands Gov Smith of Montana Hald last night that he AVOS opposed to either the leasing leas-ing of the arid lands or their cession by the Government to the varIous Stales Coy Richards Is known to be ono of the most ardent advocates of cession as Is also Coy Murphy of Arizona The latter however Avlll not be here nor v Ill he be represented Coy Wells uf TTlah slates that he Is open lo I conviction STOCKMEN MAT TAKE PART That the question of Irrigating the arid lands vlll be fully discussed Is assured as-sured and all I other matters pertaining I U > thu question tili be thoiougbjy discussed dis-cussed by 1 those present It IK probable that representativesof lie Utah Wool Growers association and the Utah LiveStock associatIon Avlll ask to bo permitted to lay their vIews before the meeting It Is impossible to tell how long the GoAcrnors will be engaged In discussing the question brought up before them but It will probably occupy at least two or three das Got Wells will act as host for the visitors Coy Smith occupied a box Avlth Gov Wells and other prominent Htlscens at the Grand last night Mr Tlolcomb was Invited to be one of lie parly but found Si Impossible to attend at-tend owing lo other engagements |