Show I Delegates Delegat Attending Utah Wool Growers Growers' Convention I S V VI Vr h L 5 S s j 4 y S S S Lil p. p r 1 i t 5 I II ti a 54 5 1 S l.- l. 5 S 'S w s 4 a S I S S t A RiK S i S 1 S 5 S1 j I S S S I k 14 f's w 55 5 5 5 w v i t I 4 45 4 4 kil S r j t 2 E r u 4 I J 55 L S S'S S 'S 5 S f f t t S 'S 11 S 5 5 S S JL 5 SS S Group of Utah and ana wives photographed this morning at Hotel Utah just before opening of state convention UTAH r FIGHT lEASING OF PUBLIC P I I LANDS I Resolutions Opposing Th Three e Bills Pending in Congress Will Be Presented Be Before ore oret 1 t tI I State Growers ro ers j Resolutions opposing the 10 leasing a sing of of 4 P public lands as provided as provided In three bills bins bills pending before e congress will ill bo be presented pro pre to the Utah wool growers growers' at atthe atthe I Ithe the second session of their annual mooting meeting at the Hotel Utah this after noon With tIle tho s sentiment of ot tho the Utah Uta in antipathy t to the further curtal curtailment ment of their ranges ranges' Itis it itIs itis Is likely that the tho resolutions resolutions' will win be I passed by a safo safe margin tj Attention to the punting g legislation 4 was directed by Frank Prank J T Hagenbarth president of tho National V Wool ol Gamera Growers Growers' Grow Gam- era ers association tho the principal sp speaker aker at the tho opening se session gion of the thet con conven tion In a spirited address this t morning morning morn morn- ing ho denic denied the right of t tle c government govern govern- o ment to cripple the resources ot or west west- w st ern era states state and urged ed the tho n to stand tog together ther in in in- opposition opposition- to the 1 lea leasing in of public lands Jamb Following ot wing the tho a address res of Ir Mr Hagen Hagen- 1 barth a a. committee of five was was' alI ap p- p pointed to further cons consider d r the tho question question ques ques- tion and nd prepare resolutions for pr presentation pre at afternoon session of or the thc convention Tho The committee is composed composed com cant posed of W. W D. D Candland Sylvester Broa Broadbent John C. C Macka Mackay and A. A K Hansen Hanson Fully OO 00 Utah attended attended at at- tended the opening session of of the annual an an- nual anal meeting The other speakers sneakers at the mornin morning session were Gov Gor William Spry WI Will G. G Farrell Parrell secretary of the he Salt Lake Commercial club and nd George S. S M McAllister Al lister president of the tho Manufacturers Manufacturers' Association of Utah Fixes Responsibility R Responsibility for tho the effort to curtail curtail cur cur- tail th the resources of the west was lai laid at the door of eastern and southern states in the address ss of Mr Hagen Hagen- barth S t In the rush ruh and hurry hurry- of every everyday d da daS S a affairs affairs affairs- I I. I don don't dont It know u a ayour orb s your attention has been c called ed to what the cast east and the south are trying to do dot doto doto t to this great west began Mr Ir Hagen b barth rth I Under the velvet paw of friendship we find them approaching us and sinking their iron claws of selfishness selfishness sel sel- sel- sel into our It is time for forthe forthe forthe the men of the west to be up and doing doing do do- ing if they are to protect what belongs to them Under the guise of conservation our resources are bEin being wrested from front us Idaho only one Olle western state has access to less than one half of its re rc re- re sources Never before in history did such a eo condition exist Heretofore each Continued on page 9 UTAH S Continued cd from pa pago o 1 state h has s bead p permitted to develop i Us Its own resources Only Open Range Loft Lott This Las has gone gono on until the thc only thing thine we wo have ha loft left is the thc open range Now biln in congress propose to to take tako this away from us I don dont don't It want to pose peso as nn au alarmist but the tho absolute fact is in that our resources are arc being taken away away from rom us and placed under the tho control of bureaus in Washington Wash Wash- Washington ington the tho theory being that the tho lands dp tot not ot belong to this state stat but to the state of Massachusetts and other states the cast Cst and tho south I Wo We V 0 must get et in lino with these and ri ride rido a in advance of the if we wo arc are to havo have a voice in ill inthe the he handling of our ou r sources resources We Wo are willing to submit to reasonable tion ton but ive we e must insist that we have havo a 11 voice oiro in this Ic legislation Give It your serious thought so that we C can ll ten serve notice on oti tho the national govern govern- meat ment that wo we WI are to have a voice In mattens matters matters mat mat- tens which affect us to a man U as Indi S vi I 1 I At the tho beginning of hi hIs hla address Mr 11 Ila- Ila responded to the tho addresses of or welcome delivered Gov William VIlliam by Gov Spry and Will Wt O. O Farrell Farrel secretary of th tim tho Commercial club cub He paid tribute tributo to the qualities of or the governor of of Utah Uth and branded Utah Uth as 88 tho tim only state In the union that had remained true to the tho principles principles prin prin- which stood for tor the tho progress and development of the west vest with special reference reference ref ref- ant to the sheep Industry The people of the state of Utah said sId lie he may well feel roel proud of ot the fact that they have such a man as Governor Spry a at t tho the helm President Is IB I Absent In the tho absence of or President E. E II H. I. I Cal Cal- Cl- Cl hater Ilter Vice President John H. H Seely called the delegates to order at 1040 o'clock t this tiIs ls morning moring As A the tho opening number of or thc program two musical sele selections tons were given given given tlC en by Held's band Governor Spry wa was vai the tho speaker and declared that ad addresses of ot welcome were ant unnecessary In iii Salt SuIt Lake and Utah the cl city and state already ln ha having attained the distinction of perpetual welcome to visiting residents of or other states tates The attendance at nt this meeting said salt Governor Spry Is evidence of or the vust amount of interest and spirit among the Utah wool ool growers gro The Tue organization Is to be congratulated on on the tho splendid at at- at for In tho the midst of or plenty of or counsel we are ate safe I I I i I Address Unnecessary It I It has alwa s seemed to me that an address of ot welcome Is unnecessary In Salt Lake It I Is generl generally known both In and out of the state that people are arc made madeI welcome welcomeS In Salt Luke Lake Our men and andI women endeavor to make visiting friends feel reel at home within our borders And frens so 80 those words of or welcome are large largely largel super super- The whole hospitality of or Utah Is Is so BO great grent that even tho the stranger cannot canot h help lp but feel teel at home In our midst And so It Is unnecessary to wish you OU a pleasant plesant sojourn here When you ou reach the lie period where your time Is only onty partly party taken up on the range bring your families hero here to lve live wih with us I sincerely hope that your our meeting will wf be a profitable one Dont Don't carr carry away the Idea of or cloud cloudy days ahead e We are all al for the man who always alwa's looks loks up Into the sunshine Tho The governors governor's governors welcome was supplemented supple supple- b by Will G. G Farrell Farrel secretary of ot tho Commercial club cub In beginning secreta his address he ho outlined the selfish Interests which permit of continual opposition and feuds among families of or south LikenIng Likening Liken Liken- ing this spirit to that of ot Utah he said In In our lives w we have found a a. a spirit and knowledge that competition and strife arc are going to be set aside In the new era of ot co operation Melting Pot of Strife The Commercial club cub on whose behalf he welcomed welcome the tho delegates he lie declared to bo be the melting pot of strife and op op position in Salt Lake Tho The result reul said he ei ls ls 1 we ar are all aJl al working for a greater Salt Lake all aU for one and ad one for all al One Ono bee alone displays no intelligence and makes no hone honey But a hive of bees Is more active than any animal fan family faintly lr man ma not excepted With this spirit o of operation co-operation co I as ns a representative of the Commercial club take pleasure in welcoming welcoming welcoming wel wel- coming you ou Myron Higbee who was to have ha spoken on Sheep Conditions in Southern Souther Utah was unable to be present His place on the program was WI taken b by Mr Ir Hagenbarth Hagen Hagen- barth The final address addres of ot the morning session session ses session ses- ses sion was delivered b by George S. S McAllister MeAl McAlli ster Mr McAllister McAlster outlined the extensive extensive exten exten- sive resources resource of or the state of Utah citing them as a the reasons belief bele that Utah within a few te years time will 1 be the greatest state In the entire west The re resources resources resources re- re sources of the state according to the address address ad ad- a- a adress dress of or Mr McAllister are s so great get that the tho ate at-ate would not go o backward If n a wall wal around amund arund Utah shut hut the state tato off f fr fro imports Dividing Dividing- his subject into Int three p AIr 11 McAllister McAlster outlined the the c extent of tatos tato's wealth in tn n agriculture mining minin manufacturing Utah ho he declared to t tone one of a few tow states that claimed t. t ont In all i three lines Every Ever J Jor 1 of or activity in tho the state was gono sono i h hund and und statistics cited to provo prove tho the fiatt iatt ing lug statements of oC the tho speaker At tho the afternoon session lol addresses W wr WE delivered by J. J JS 1 Co Cosgriff Dr T. T Beatty Enos WIlliam Mo John Beat C. C Mackay C. C B. B Stewart R a at a George Gere Austin in |