Show J ONE ONI THOUSAND ND OR O O I EXPECTED TO TOi i H DRY fARMIN CONGRESS CONGRESSI S I The Thc local committees of the thc trans Mis Mis dry farming congress which will meet in this city January 23 to 26 is meeting at tho Commercial club this afternoon afternoon afternoon af af- to discuss important matters relating relating re re- relating re- re lating to W the coming congress President President President dent Fisher Harris invited Governor Cutler Mayor Bransford Horace S S. S Ensign En Eu- sign secretary of tho State Fair association association asso asso- Lon J. J Haddock secretary of tho the Merchants and Manufacturers' Manufacturers association association asso- asso elation J J. J L. L secretary of tho the theReal Real Estate association and W. W J. J Halloran Halloran Hal Hal- loran president of tho the Commercial club to meet with the committee At the present time it is not known exa exactly how many dele delegates I at-I w will ll attend th the con congress rss as aM sonic some of the governors and mayors have l not yet vet announced their appointments It is expected however however how how- ever that not fewer than thau 1000 delegates dele dole gates a will be e present t. t Willis L L. Moore toon head of the Unit United States St weather hur bureau has been heen invited to attend atten and will likely accept tho the invitation invitation in in- President Fisher Harris Barris ha has written i ia a letter to the governors o ernon of states I mayors of cities and commercial and other ho bodies irs throughout tho tiro west t C in I which he sets sett forth the thc objects object of the congress as ilA follows I. I The the rhe o objects of the thc congress are aro clearly dearl set forth in the tho call and antI it is bc believed lio cd that the people of your state as well as those of the other trans trans trans-Mis- Mis Missouri states tateR and territories are arc vitally interested in tho the success of the thc propositions propose tion there stated Indeed n on any nuy movement move C ment ha having haDs Ds for its ultimate object an increase of the thc cultivatable area of the country is o obviously of grave ril c concern to all the people As A the limitations ons of the tho reclamation reclamation reclamation tion of our arid and lands by means of irrigation irrigation gation are arc brought near nearer r realization tho the necessity for the tile general e 11 era I adoption of a system or systems sj of scientific soil culture that shall briD bring bring- under cultivation cultivation cul cul- cultivation tho the immense areal arcas of land for which no water can cun bo he obtained save savo such as falls in the the- shape shape- of snow enow or ruin rain b becomes more morr a and d more urgent odd and important That this can be done one profitably profit profit- profitably nb ably r has alread already beon been demonstrated by y the accomplishments ol or Burbank Camp Camp- bell and other ind indi individuals i and by b tho the results of the work of tho the state stat and national experiment stations Wo We V 0 are aro convinced that the success of oC tho the dry or arid farming movement as nit represented b by this congress ia is of of greater eater importance than either cither tion ton or swamp drainage raina c for the thc reason renson that tho the extent of country subject to redemption is infinitely greater r in the former than in the tho latter cases CatiCK com corn hinr But Dut whether this is wholly tnie or not th the fact is ii apparent that the coming coining BC session is fraught v with lh much inte in in- te terest lt to the hc citizen of tho the arid d tacos states g The The indications now point to It a large enthusiastic and representative attendance attendance- cP in January Tho The presence of not oot less than ten tea of f the most not noted d soil f exports in the thc service of the general general gen gen- eral government co is already assured as is i that of many of the mo most t successful practical farm farmers rs of th the west In addi addi- tion ion to these it is hoped to have hao present Luther Burbank of California and anel 11 II 11 I W. W Campbell of Nebraska ou on tho the pro pro- program gram grails of discussions |