Show FOR THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS Theme Ir nothing Immediately at hand xcp Us own prcj nt Irrigation meeting meet-ing whMi Is of ns much Importance to ITuili is I the tell tim ii timid pesslon of the National Irrigation J congress nl Colorado Springs Cole which begins next Monday Mon-day It la of the utmost Importance limit Utah should be largely represented there On account of Inlcrcsln that arise under the Irrigation law that congress assumes n height that otherwise other-wise I It could nqt have and which hitherto It has failed to reach Its commendation of ono or another Irrigation Irri-gation plan Is I sure to he Bought but It would not be to the Interest of Ills I State to hav such commendation put I on record unless It Is I HomclMlng that I Utah people approve W S Cornlck Esq of this city was appointed a delegate dele-gate to this congress but found ll Im possible to attend and he notlllcd Mr Witnlluml chairman of thc executive commIttee of the association receiving In reply a letter of regret Mr Want land fears thai Utahs delegation will not be I large If I 550 the lack will be Unfortunate un-fortunate A large number of eminent men will be there from all over time country Irrigation experts engineers politicians and schemers Mr Want land outlines some of the points In the situation when he says It makes a great difference pf jcourse to all of us who are Interested In the prosperity of Salt Lake and to the merchants who will sell goods to men who build the Irrigation works as well as the farmers who will afterward raise crops from I the land reclaimed as to where the irrigation works arc located A great many districts where work Is wanted will be represented by the best boomers al Cplorado Springs for ihcbcneiit of the Irrigation oxperlH and newspapers and It will do Salt Lake some good lobe lo-be on hand with sonic good talkers who can explain the opportunities offered of-fered Of course Ill IK going to be difficult to shape up projects In Ulah lo show as favorably as nome projects In other Slates because n Ulah there Is such a terrible conflict always over water rights still Utah nnd Idaho arc entitled en-titled to their share of the fund and will get Jt If our people have business sense enough to get together It is not a matter of wind work now for us lobe lo-be talking about national Irrigation There Is something on han but too many of the business men In Salt Lake fall to realize the Importance of the matter The men who look a prominent promi-nent part in working up the flrsi con the Import gress certainly appreciated ance of the mutter at that time and will do so now The good work which Mr Klescl and Mr Shurllift are doing In their cffortn to get a good delegation for Utah arc iccognlzcd I and others aro appealed to for like efforts There is no question but that It ill a great occasion for Utah irrigators and they should be there In T force |