| Show OME D BUILDERS E MEET IN BOISE Fourteenth Session of Irrigation Irriga-tion Congress Held In Idahos Capital Honor Utah Man Has Honor of Presiding at Opening Session Vice President Fairbanks It Present While President Roosevelt Sends Greeting Boise Id3More than a thousand delegates representing about half of the states of the Union were present on Monday when the National Irrigation Irriga-tion congress assembled for its fourteenth four-teenth annual session Oregon was represented by nearly 200 delegates Utah sent nearly an many and the California delegation of about sixty was third In numbers Vice President Fairbanks who arrives ar-rives at Dolse before daylight was escorted to the theatre In Riverside park at 11 oclock and received a hearty welcome the audience standing i and applauding for fully a minute Immediately after the arrival of the vice president the congress was called to order by L W Shurtliff of Ogden first vice president Governor George C Pardee of California president of the congress was detained in California Cali-fornia and will not be present James A Pinney mayor of Dolse and Governor Frank R Gooding welcomed wel-comed the delegates to the capital of the Gem state Governor Gooding spoke at some length of the several great Irrigation projects now In course of completion in Idaho The convention was roused to applause ap-plause when Governor Gooding referred re-ferred to President Roosevelt stating that It was at St Anthony In tho state of Idaho where President Roosevelt Roose-velt six years ago made his first promise to the west to give his support sup-port to the movement for the enactment enact-ment of a national reclamation law Tho great Irrigation works In Idaho now nearing completion he said were the fruition of this promise made by President Roosevelt United States Senator Fred T Dubois Du-bois of Idaho voiced Idahos welcome to Vice President Fairbanks and when ho touched upon national politics poli-tics referring to the vice president asa as-a possible presidential candidate the convention responded with the hearti est applause Senator Dubois declared that If it should transpire that the vice president presi-dent should lead the great party of which he is a distinguished member and if fate should decree that he be the next president the people of Idaho would feel assured that they had a most ardent supporter in tho presidential presiden-tial office for the vice president said Senator Dubois has been one of the most consistent advocates of legislation legisla-tion for the reclamation of the arid regions A letter from President Roosevelt to the members of tho congress was read and received with warm applause ap-plause The following message was sent by the congress to the president The fourteenth national Irrigation by resolution adopted returns congress re-turns sincere thanks for your splendid delivered ress message to the congress through your personal representative Hon GIfford Plnchot |
