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Show COHGRESSTO BEGIN WITH (MINER Salt Lako Delogatos Will Confer Con-fer Willi President Harris at Commercial Club. GOVERNMENT AGENTS WILL BE AMONG GUESTS Plans Completed for Entertainment Entertain-ment of Members of Dry-Farm Dry-Farm Congress. All preliminary arranjomonts for tho sessions of the second convention of the Trans-Missouri Dry-Farming con-trrcss-, which is to bo openod Wednesday morning, will be completed Tuosday nijrht, "with the dinner which is to bo given the officers of the congress and the delegates from Salt Lack at the Commercial club. Mr. Donahue, lirst vice-president of the congress, "who had intended to arrive in the city Sunday, was dcla3'od and will not reach hero until -just ebforo the dinner Tuesday. Tho objoct of this dinner is to bring together the delegates who will attend MiofcongTess from this city so that thoy may discuss the part which Salt Lako shall play in the congress, particularly tho attitude of the dclegatos towards the President's position on the question of tho public lands and the forest reserves. re-serves. Visiting' Guests. It is hoped that man' members of the executive committee of the congross will bo present also, but it is probable that not many will arrivo in time. Tho representatives of tho Government will probably bo present. John T. Bums, one of tho most prominent dolegates from the State of Colorado, and secretary secre-tary of the Colorado State Commercial association and editor of the Daily Mining Min-ing Itccord, will bo among thoso who will attend the dinner. It is oxpoctcd that a number of prominent prom-inent scientists from the Department of Agriculture will arrivo here from Washington, D. C.r som time Tuesday, and arrangements for their entertainment entertain-ment have been made at tho Culleu hotel. ho-tel. Pinhcr Harris, president of the congress, said Monday evening that he had completed all arrangements and expected ex-pected that the number of representative representa-tive men present would number nearly S00 or 900. Everything points to a convention that will bo memorable in the historv of the dry-farming movement move-ment iu this State. List of Delegates. The complete list of the officers and executive committco of tho congress and tho dolegates from Salt Lake City follows: Prcsidontt Fisher Harris of Salt Lake; first vice-president, J. li. Donahue of Denver, Colo.; second vice-president. vice-president. Arthur B. Briggs of Denvor, Colo.; third vice-president, E. ,T. Boll of Laramie, Wyo;; executive- committee, G. II. Adams, Arizona; eGorgo H. Bixby, California; W. 31. Olin, Colorado; T. "Vvoodmanscc, Idaho: E. It. Nichols, Kansas; T. B. Moss, Montana; E, A. Burnett, Nebraska; Gordon IT. True, Nevada; J. D. Tinslcy, New Mexico; W. ,T. Kerr, Oregon; J. W. Paxman, Utah; II. G. McCroske', aWshington; B. C. Buffum, Wyoming; Dr. L. J. Briggs. Washington, D. C; delegates from Salt Lake, T. H. iFtzgerald, F. It. Coatcs. LcGrande Young. John IIenr3' Smith, Charles G. Plummcr, James II. Moyle, John E. Dooley, John II. White, Frank illncs, B. B. Heywood. Book on Dry-Panning. Goorgo L. Farrell of Smilhfiold, Cacho valley, is the author of an interesting in-teresting little pamphlot entitled, "How to Mako Dry-Farming Pay." Mr. Farrell has had forty-one years' experience ex-perience in arid land cultivation in "Utah, nnd is in a position to know whereof ho sepaks when he attempts to tell others how to make a success of dry-farming. |
