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Show MONUMENT IDEA 15 HEUmUT FMMDHED Leading Citizens Indorse Suggestion for Memorial to Irrigation Pioneers PRAISE WILL R KING Declare Development of Ir rigation in America De serves High Honor That the Idea of Will R. King chief counsel for the United States reclamation service for the erection of a monument here In honor of the pioneers of the Anglo Saxon race in Irrigation meets with a hearty response among the citt zene of Utah was evidenced yesterday when a number of the lead ng men of the city were asked to express their opinions In discussing the question yesterday Judge King said I am gad to see that many of the leading citizens of Utah agree with my Idea. I repeat the prom lse that I made to The Tribune Tues day night I wl 1 do all In my power to further the idea. Dxpress ons rece ved by The Tribune fo ow J M KIRKHAM ed tor Utah Farmer The Idea Is one that should be at once taken up by the peop e of Utah. Every Irr gator In Utah and other western states shou d Jo n in the erect on of the monument suggested GEORGE N CHILD superv sor grammar grades Sa t Lake schoo s Such s. monument would be an Incentive to the bojs and girls of Utah t wou d tell In s ence what the pioneers had done to br ng from a desert a fruitful land JUDGE B F COLBORN I think that the establ shment of irrigation on. th s continent by the Anglo Saxon race was a human ach evement that shou d be commemorated and perpetuated by an lmper shab e monument. It Is most fit lng that such a monument should be erected where irrigation was first B ven to America by the Aug o Saxon race The deeds of men no matter how great are necessarily confined to a 1 m ted e -a But the adopt on of neans by wh ch a desert was rec aimed b ought under cu lvatlon and by this mea s furn shed homes for mi ons at the present t me and wi 1 furn sh homes for m lllons more is so far reach ng hat t Bhou d be Remembered by an mper shab e monument True, the work of these pioneers already has a monu ment on every field that 3 irrigated in the west. But let us have he e in Sa t Lake a monument that the world w 1 look on the vis tors who cannot go out and see the farms in a 1 of the r irr gated glory I have always regarded the pioneers of Utah as sec ond only in the pages of h story to the p grim fathers Had Utah done noth ng e se for c v llzation except irrlga t on her peop e would be entitled to t e lasting g at tude of mankind By a neans et such a monument as Judge King suggests be bu t here and on such a scale that it w 1 a ensre the admiration of the word I w do a that is with n ny po ver to fu ther the movement. GEORGE COWING act ng secreta y of the Commerc a club I the absence of Pres dent Jensen and faecretary b ark 1 ca not comm t the c ub I feel safe In sa ng however that -the cub 1 eart y indorse the moven ent and do al that it can to ad ance t, Pe sona y I th nk t sag eat idea WILLIAM BOWEN member boa d of gove nors Comme ca c ub I rega d e ove nent as one of those hlstor al honors to which Utah is justly en 1 ed W W ARMSTRONG banker I app e ate the comp ment w ch Judge K ng has suggested for Utah and w do a I that I can to carry out tie dea WILL AM W RAY Un ted States at to ney for Utah I an eir y n fa or of the idea NOBLE WARRUM postmaster I be e e that the e ectlon of such a n onu ment wou d do mo e to x on the m nds of men t e fact that Uta po nted t e way t rec a m ng the dese t p aces of th s coun ry than wou u any h ng e fee t s a grand dea and oug t to be worked out in a f t ng manner AQ.UILA NEBEKER Un ted States ma sha The dea is great It is a most commendab e thn? o do and it fs to be regret ed that t has not been thought of before. However al 1 onor o Judge Wl R. King My fathe John Nebeker harves ed the f st crop of wheat ra sed in Utah under 1 ga t on It was ha vested o the b ock o v occup ed by the west s de h gh sc oo W th the suppo t of the peo p e of Utah and sue a man as Judge 1 ng we s ou d have a n onument to th s t e most important industry of e west that wou d be a cred t not alone to tl e p onee s of I r at on but o e ery man who now ses water to gate 1 s fa m bav for me that I an fo the dea o t e best of my abi ty GEORGE C WHITMORE banker of Ne ph It Is a g eat idea and shou d be to owed up I w 1 do a n mv power o ass st sue a n o en ent and my hat is off to the na who suggested he dea MAYOR SAMUEL C PARK The idea is a p end d one It Is an honor t at is d e to the Utah Irr ato s and shou d be fo owed up at once Irrlga t on Is perhaps the most 1 npo tant en erp se n the west It is but f tt ng that Utah, the b rthp ace of irrigat on by the Ang o Sa on race In Aim ica shou d have su h a monument The Idea ertain y has n y most hearty sup port JUDGE WILLIAM H K NG It would be a f t ng tribute to t e p oneers o la 1 t e foundation of the eat e t and the great esults wheh have come through 1 r gat on t erect a nonument such as suggested By all n eans. et the peop e of Utah fol ow p the suggest o of Judge W I R. King J T HAMMOND former sec etary of state It Is a sp end d idea and s ou d be taken up at once b the peop e of Utah Here lr gation was I en ts bl th by the Ang o Saxon race and e e Is the place for an ever a t ng nonu ment to the people w wj f s turned water onto the land for the purpose of rai lng a crop HENRY W LAWRENCE c ty comm s s oner It la a commendab e dea and bhould be fol owed up at once CHARLES W PENROSE It b a sp en did idea, ome of us know what ngratlon has done for Ltah a d for other of the western states Such a nonument however would call the at tention of the world to our ach e e n enta |
