| Show El PASO IS S SELECTED Continued From Page 1 tlon Ho said that the clauses as pro POECC by the report Would 1 cause endless end-less confusion If I they became aroused and that to any business man it i seemed ridiculous that a body of men such as this should attempt in five minutes discussion dis-cussion and linPtllyconsHcrcd resolutions resolu-tions t to abrogate laws of national and interstate Importance RESOLUTION JS PASSED Col Donovan of Montana called attention at-tention to the fact that the entire matter mat-ter under discussion was covered by the Irrigation ICt Then why > bring the t matter before this body shouted Shin lroth Congressman Mondell also argued l for the amendment and the Brooks jco lutlon passed l unanimously AS TO FOREST RESERVES Gov Chattcrlon of Wyoming presented pre-sented a resolution demanding that the area o the national forest reserves be confined to that portion of the forest land which Is valuable for Its timber and for the conservation of water He said that in his State alone of the 7000000 acres of forest reserves fully 2000000 had never had a tree on II The resolution was lost The majority report re-port was then adopted as amended NATIONAL FLORAL EMBLEM Mrs Gilbert orcClurg then presented a resolution recommending that the maize be mace the national floral emblem em-blem of America Chiefly as a courtesy courte-sy passed to Mrs McClurg the resolution 0 A lengthy resolution waR adopted thanking the people of the cily of Ogden Og-den and of Utah for the magnificent manner in which the delegates had been entertained and extending thanks to President Clark and others for their part in the arrangements CI1EEKS FOR CLAnK AND UTAH Three cheers were given for Senator Clark and the people of Utah The Senator addressed the congress and thanked it for the honor conferred In selecting him as its officIal head for another an-other year TRIBUTE TO KIESEL Then Senator Cnrey of Wyoming In a happy speech stated that there was one man lo wuoni special tnmue was cue a man who had labored unceasingly unceasing-ly I for six months spending his lime and money lavishly to make the congress con-gress the most successful yet held When Mr Carey mentioned the name oC Fred T Klcsel the delegates rose en masse and cheeren the nearer of the name Mr Klcsel took the platform and gave the history of his connection with the Irrigation movement and told of the preparation for the entertainment entertain-ment of the present congress CONGRESS IS ADJOURNED At G30 the gavel fell for the last time as the congress adjourned to meet no more until IflOl when It IH to be hoped old friendships will he renewed on the banks of the Rio Grande PRAISE FOR OGDEN 1 of thV delegates speak In I high terms of the work accomplished all the enterlulnment they have received Every one has been well taken I care of and If room rent has been a trille high I the t Cull I y of the accommodations is Midi that no one complained Meals have been kept at the regular price level which Is probably 1 lower than in any other city of the size ofOgden In the West WORK FOR NEXT CONGRESS The nowlyelijcted I executive committee commit-tee of the Irrigation congress met tonight to-night in the Municipal courtroom and organized by selecting C B Bootho of Los Angeles chairman and Col II C Maxson of Reno Nev secretary find an hour more was spent In exchanging ideas and work was begun for bringing bring-ing on the next cmigrese TEXAS CONGRATULATED The El Paso delegation received the following mesHige of congratulation on Its success In winning the next session Hon J A Smith chairman I God bless you all on lie crowning success of your efforts El Paso cangratulutes you heartily on all sides FELIX MARTINEZ Chairman Citizens Committee |
