Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-10-07 | Page 7 | Irrigation Experts of State Will Meet

IRRIGATION EXPERTS OF STATEWILL MEET To Discuss Plans for Water Conference Scheduled for Next Month. Prominent Irrigation experts of the state will meet In the Commercial club today to discuss tho plans for tho "duty of water conference" to be held hero next month. The date of the meeting, which will continue for two and possibly three days, will be selected at tho meeting. meet-ing. Those who have been Invited to attend at-tend the session today and make arrangements ar-rangements for the important conference are Dr. John A. Wldtsoe, president of tho Utah Agricultural college; Dr. E. G. Peterson, director of the extension division divi-sion of the Otah Agricultural collogo: Prof. R. rt. Lyman of the University of Utah; C. L. Allen of tho Utah conservation conserva-tion commission; L. A. Morrill, agricultural agricul-tural expert of the. Salt Lake Koule; Secretary William .T. Lynnb of tho state land boanl. and W. D. Beere, state engineer. en-gineer. Tho results of the work of Irrigation and farm experts sent out by the agricultural agri-cultural college this year will be considered con-sidered nt the conference, which will bo held some time next month. The conservation con-servation of the Irrigation waters of the stato Is acknowledged by all who have studied tho subject to be one of tho greatest problems the stato has to meet and It Is believed that several hundred farmers and representative"" of irrigation irriga-tion companies will attend the meeting next month.