Show IRRIGATORS ri ATTEND STATE CONVENTION t. T Governor We Wells Is Calls ConI Congress Con Con- I gress to Order With Delegates From Every Section of the tile State State I f Present il second day of tho irrigation conIon con con- V Ion Uon began at 1010 this th a somewhat Increased attendance V session a few of the thee e not having baying arrived until late Selects 1 ts Permanent Officers permanent organization w was as con cony led ed yesterday afternoon and the con con- had US the following officers resident ht Abel John Evans of Utah nty t president Ice Judge Jacob 4 inon n Sanpete county 1 vice president L L. R. R Mar Mar- Cache county Secretary George C. C Lambert Sat Salt county Iret assistant secretary John P. P gren Box Elder county assistant secretary D D. H H. Mori Morp Mor- Mor i p county reporter Miss Lola i arms Sant-at-arms arms W W. L. L II IL Dodson 4 1 er county A A. Tuttle sergeant arms county iJ f Chaplain John R. R Barnes Karnes Davis Wi county f. f 9 p Afternoon oon Proceedings sessions while devoted ily Y to the routine of ot organization i not lacking in features of interest ter r selecting the temporary officers G convention got down to business wasting time The following pea ne delegates comprised the commit commit- E on credentials W W. A A. Dots Dotson n. n of aver iver county B D. F F. Root of EmS Eme Em- Em S e James Andrus of or Wash Wash- il tWi r Henry foal Deal San Pete James Jt Jrr bs Juab Wm O ONeill Nelll Uintah Jo- Jo Miller Uller Grand Royal Woolley n James Peters Box Elder Eider David S JJr Davis Joe Pingree Weber Sl Slack SI- SI I ack aik Summit Joseph R. R Porter in n Henry Harker Salt Lake SiS SI- SI S ChrIstenson Sevier Wm Ford n. n Carl M M. Nelson Cache Joseph Josephr nero ncr r Tooele John Bailey Dalley San Juan A A. A Peart eart Rich L L. R R. Cropper lard H H. M M. Dougall Utah George Georger r zee Wasatch Th The committee reI re- re I r p ted that delegates were entitled to seats In the convention divided as fo follows lovs Beaver Deaver 4 Emery 3 Washington 3 i San Pete 10 Juab 10 Uintah 4 Grand 1 Kane 1 Box Elder 15 Davis I 2 28 t Weber e 25 Summit m 20 o Morgan 5 S Salt lt Like Lake Lake 93 Sevier 15 Iron 3 Cache t 2 29 9 Tooele 6 San Juan 3 3 Rich 8 S 1 A Millard 5 5 Utah 52 52 Wasatch 2 r Committees Appointed The other committees appointed appointee re e 1 of ot Business and Permanent OrS OrS' Or- Or S' S 1 Rollon Rollon R R. Tanner Beaver 4 E E DavIs ls Box Elder George Barf Bar- Bar f b Jesse M M. Smith Davis a I William Howard Emery Joseph Miler Mil Mil- I er G Grand nd Joseph S S. S Berry Derry Iron Jo- Jo tF Wright Juab Royal Woolley Charles H. H Wilkin Millard l Dan Dan- J l' l Morgan Joseph Weston 8 Klch O. O P P. 1 Miller iller Salt Lake Dan Lambert eit Summit William Willlam D D. Livingstone Living Living- 1 I Slon stone 1 Sanpete James H H. Wells Seer Se- Se er J. J L L. Wade San Juan James L L. Tooele George Billings Uintah Uin Uin- tah h Abel el John Evans Utah George arzee j Wt D D. H H. Morris Wash- Wash I ift l thaniel Montgomery Montgomery- Weber C. C D D. White Beaver Deaver J J. Wheelan Box Dox Elder Eider G G. L L. I n Cache ache O O. P P. Hatch Davis A A. Tut- Tut Emery Joseph Miller Grand L L. W Wes Y Iron Tron J J. J V. W Juab es Roy- Roy l wI I I Woolley Kane Kanel C C. W W. Airach Mul Mu- Mu 1 t S Samuel muel Francis Morgan W W. K J 5 Rich A A. A F F. Doremus Salt iI 1 n IC i Alma Eldridge Summit Jacob S fu Sanpete James S S. S J Jensen ler ir er William E E. Jenkins San Juan Marshall Tooele A A. Jessen h John E E. Booth Ut Utah Uta lh William Willlam S J. J Wasatch Miss 1 Laura D D. Work 1 H H. B D. Petterson Weber Order of Business j committee on order of business that the convention take takeS S 1 up for consideration the topics as outS outlined out- out S n lined Gov Wells and by Engineer Dore- Dore jp fn til the order as previously published pub pub- S. S that each speech be limited to r c en u minutes and no delegate to speak ire than once on one subject S I t voting v Ung should be viva voce voceS I t when any dele delegate ate obI ob- ob 11 J to this method a vote by 4 t nl be taken each county to have havee I e vote and that a permanent it F n of ot a State irrigation asso- asso Jon be effected by the convention 4 t 4 4 portion of the report referring t 0 Jf i precipitated a lively and rath- rath Tam discussion but the t. t 1 I adopted II foresting l e ing Addresses ng the report of ot the committees v DoUgherty of Nebraska vice vice- t of the he National Irrigation ast as- as r made macic a a. brief address upon 1 IhS in Nebraska and the middle t I 5 followed by Frank Adams a S. S h. h g of the irrigation bureau V of Dt the he Department of Agriculture who whoa V 1 t. t V Rn a Interesting talk upon the work S u p D the Department along experimental q neB V 1 VM 4 Stafe Engineer Doremus was called I S Upon for tor an address and briefly dis- dis V 1 i cussed the question of ot Federal aid for or jf wS pUr purposes oses after which the conr conr con- con r r- r n l adjourned for the evening V f jl Gov iv Wells Wells's s opening address w was as an anS S iY cable bIe le presentation of or the questions that t h th the of the State ji and Id d contained many valuable olIs I hs V G Governor vernor Wells Address i i GoY GOT Wells Welts sni said mid In part S I The matters concerning which we Ti b av c come me together have doubtless ap- ap 1 V al you as they have to me as asS in the S very forefront of the ques- ques dUons ona renting to our temporal welfare l ti h e learned b ve ns by precept and ex- ex fence that In the midst of council V her re Is safety safety- and in fn this case all us hope us-hope hope there will result from our oui V IP not only safety but security against a a. continuance of conditions it tn all will agree are most V i iI I lp Not only is H tt expedient expedit and V tI proper pOper tb-at tb we confer with each other V jj asto s to what can enn be accomplished by mu- mu V 1 aJ endeavor and th the appliance of inV In- In C VV tel lerna lern operative co-operative agencies but also S fe It advisable that we arrange for the I V V presentation r. r s to the State and national t V. lawmaking powers of or a showing of the L V V I V situation with a request for such aid aidI I I V I nd ld encouragement em t as ma may properly V be given gWen V I I be I An Important Subject V j The Th subject of irrigation is one I J w scarcely devote too much to to Zo Jos Ol one poe reason easo because V 1 h I i 1 there is always notwithstanding th the great experience which most of us have haven n had nad d with the J practical phases phases of it something new developing thus showing showing showing show show- ing It to be In ip Ino o sone e measure an occult as well as as a demonstrated science That It Is the mainspring of our our prosperity is almost a truism and as s such needs no elucidation while Its value as an abstract proposition is Illustrated to some some extent by the n lm numerous ls long bitter bitter bit bit- ter and expensive lawsuits regarding water and water rights It being at nt last lasta V Va a question whether this or mining litigation liti liti- liti gation gatlon Is the more extensively and nd expensively expensively expensively ex ex- ex- ex pensively engaged In Certainly Utah has had her full share of both and these are e if In a certain a n sense of the value of both since people seldom litigate over things which have little value not at all over those having none and thus It Is demonstrated that water Is regarded by our citizens as asI asat I at t t least equal In value to the precious pre metals V Extent of Arid Region The nt of the arid land region of the United States is almost Inconceivable Incon moon and can only be computed and what makes it a mat mat- matter matter ter of special concern to us Is that nearly nearly all all of it lies west and southwest of the Missouri river Utah having her full share notwithstanding the long period of time during which the Work of reclamation has been going steadily forward In this connection It Is to be remembered th that t reclamation does not stand still after being accomplished pUshed Like the human family there can be no such thing as 59 stagnation It keeps on improving so long as the necessary necessary necessary essary work upon It Is continued and when the work ceases the th l land ld i d b begins to retrograde It must also be borne In mind that any amount o of work without without without with with- out th the accompaniment of water is apt to be of no avail and that element has thus become the great essential to our progress V Methods Are Lame To the practical Irrigators assembled assembled assembled assem assem- bled here It requires no argument to emphasize the fact tact that our irrigation methods are lame and our laws Jaws are Impotent Im ins- potent Water Vater Is of such substantial value value- especially In dry seasons such as the one confronting us that our lawmakers lawmakers law law- makers have hitherto approached the subject with the utmost t trepidation apparently ly preferring to bear the Ills I we have than have than to fl fly to others they know not of The passage ge of adequate laws lawsto to provide for the proper distribution I of the waters within the State h hI ha has I s seemed emed to be like making laws to regulate regu- regu late the distribution of the blood that gives Jives life liCe to our bodies such Importance has bas attached to the subject in the past yet if we had bad but taken the human body as an example and dispensed the waters with a hundredth part pait the justice justice jus jus- tice and accuracy which nature has bas adopted to provide the circulation of tb tha blood through the natural alleys ys and safes Gaes of the body what a a. mar- mar I. I p el us benefaction it would i hav have been been to us us- us all V V V rNo Not No to Criticise e. e 0 V W We Ve are not here however to crit- crit l ls past Legislatures V They have hav h had d many nany subjects to td deal with and nd have hav generally done the best they could within the time prescribed for their de deliberations de- de liberations These remarks are only In Intended intended intended in- in tended to Illustrate with what fear and trembling the subject t- t of irrigation has heretofore been considered even by men who have been especially chosen chosen chosen cho cho- sen by the people to represent them In Inthe Inthe In fri the Legislature Nor has this feeling been confined altogether to past Legislatures Leg Leg- S It is not hot Infrequently that the press In dwelling upon the various subjects demanding attention at tha the hands bands of assembling Legislatures has has has' seen seen fit to sound a note of warning th that t when It came cam to the subject of irrigation the lawmakers ought to go slow that slow that perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps Inasmuch as the matter was fraught with such enormous consequences consequences consequences conse conse- to the people and nd particularly to the original appropriators of water might it not sot be better after all to leave conditions pretty much a as they ar are areto are are- arto Vt to let well enough alone etc reeling Peeling Was High V In Indeed eed so high has the feeling run at times when new laws have been proposed proposed proposed pro pro- pro pro- posed that it has not been uncommon to hear such remarks made roade by old and otherwise law-abiding law citizens as that If the Legislature should undertake to legislate their water rights away aay they w have no hesitancy In shouldering their muskets and taking the law Into their own hands It may as well be bec c confessed that while all of or us have sensed the necessity of doing something something something some some- thing to improve existing conditions none of us have known exactly the thing to do The result ha has been confusion confusion con cono fusion lawsuits trouble and expense In itt many Instances I r regret legret to sa say th the rule of conduct has been that the men menat menat menat at the head of the stream have helped themselves and let the fellows below take what was left Though In many parts parti of the State Irrigation districts have grave n ve been formed and the water has ha's ha hs been distributed with care and consequent consequent conse conse- i quent satisfaction to water vater users the foregoing conditions speaking general- general Jy y are ate not exaggerated Topics to Be De Discussed V While no to papers have hav been prepared by assignment a a. list of topics has been beert arranged d for discussion Among the delegates from the south who arrived today was William D D. Livingston Livingston Livingston Liv Liv- ingston of Manti Mantl He says the people of his section are vitally Interested In Inthe Inthe inthe the questions to be considered by the convention and are united In their opposition opposition opposition op op- op- op position to the measure now under consideratiOn consideration consideration con con- in Congress Th The plan now before Congress s said ld Mr Livingston might do for Wyoming or Idaho there are large Unclaimed unclaimed unclaimed un un- claimed tracts of land but It would not V 7 be suitable to Utah unless perhaps in inthe In the large districts ir Grand and Emery Utah is is' is isell veil ieli ell populated and nd the only unclaimed d lands outside of those counties I Iha ha hare hae e Just mentioned are Arid rid lands Ve to see tho those e arid lands reclaimed and added to the contiguous lands aIr already ady under cultivation cultivation tion thereby the tIl tillable able area of th State V V Need Stor Storage ge Rese We need need storage fe Reservoirs for the waters that are now j to waste during during during dur dur- ing the spring thaws With proper management management management man man- this water uld be amply sufficient sufficient suf suf- for the of reclaiming the arid land nut But of the Government Govern Govern- m ment nt doing this un er a general plan of Irrigation we vo prefer to secure such financial aid fr m the e- e Government as would enable us t tc carry rry out our own plans i i I This h help lp might be re given In the form formo o of bo bounties til s o or ot by mE ns o of loans at low tow rates of Interest I is ls almost impossible ble for the farmers of f our State with their small holdings to carry out these expensive plans of I irrigation without governmental go aid ald We Ve have already resented our views to Senator Kearns a id d he is so 50 much in inI I accord with our arg ments menth that he has used some of them n his presentation of the matter to th V committee of the Sen Senate te V V Syracuse Man Mans Man's s Vi ws ws I W W. J J. J Parker of of Syracuse is one of the he representatives from irom Davis county Discussing the coi convention today he said I IThe V S V i The great e roub i in dealing with this question of irr Irrigation tion c comes mes from the he fact that we lave have had men engaged engaged engaged en en- m in V legislative york who did not understand the nee nees s of the farmers and who not practical irrigators If t we can qan work together secure unanimity unan- unan bf opinion as a as 0 to o o our r most pressing pressing press- press ing ng ing needs and end present the questions of the remedy to men who vho understand the subject I think we may obtain some legislation that will be of benefit to us I 1 It It is certain that the litigation over the question Involved in conflicting Ir Irrigation ir- ir l laws WS now in Operation p ratin n Is Is a source o of great expense and endless an annoyance an- an norance V I Favors National Laws LeGrand Le LeGrand Grand Young one of the delegates said saidI V VI I V I am In favor of national legislation for or the reclamation of the arid lands of the West I think think- the convention should take some steps to encourage such V le legislation The Government should build the |