| Show = UHIGATION CONGRESS Utahs Attendance Second In Numbers Only to Nebraska DISCUSSION OF IRRIGATION TOPICS upnn or if Ion scondon Was Anon I Thn States IttpretentedCladr mnn 2Uto Address I Lincoln Neb Kept 2SAsllle from th Jlual polntment over tho slightly I Ftna er attendance from outside states for tho than was expected conditions op nlng of the sixth annual national 1 Irrir tlnn congress were most auspicious I aus-picious Delegates from thirteen tate were present this morning and = while the delegates of some of them the In were not nncrou personnel th eplnlonof the officers could be do rrnded upon Irrigation topics wcro ellreu a with animation hy such I authorities as President Moses of Kansas 13 Young of Utah sas in George 1 Uah ex senator Carey of Wjomlng n L Kcllotg of Colorado and C I Ilumlln I cf Texas Ilrlglmm Young of Bait Lake City I financial head of tho Mormnn Church 1 and son of the founder who was on tho I ingrain foi an nddrem was obliged I at the lost moment to nhrldon his I vlelt 1 on account of Illness Ills Htate hoover In point of attendance is tcwicl only toP Nebraska Most of her delegates arrived on this mornings trans The resence of a number of Wt en rlrond officials was a source of gratification to the officers or the eon grvfs grI meeting of the executive bear of the national congrcHS was held at I 1 o i lo K largi Ij for the purpose of out iininglhe work of the three days cou I nton but It was decided to leave th matter of alangement of program and Propels to 1 committee composed of pchlout and seelttarj of the con gos I it as decided that the president of the congress elected lt PhoenIx i Ariz last year C D Booth or Cal regain at as President of the congress rnss until his successor be elected and ippolnt the necessary ecretales and js Istant secretaries There oxam no ee TIIIet10 et10 particular contest but the action was conaloge reand victory for the West and I dplgatona from that section more accylrtlnglj I pleased I was 2 p m xiben IreFdnt Dootb I cale1 the congress tn order In the as sohly hall of the UiUvMBlty of Ne Iniskn On the pnltforms besides olll era of the congress were Oov hole I hol-e Mao UayO Graham and Chancnor Mel tan of the unlversltj Rev A J Malllej offered Prayer rretay Helntz read the call for tin I rn Ling of t he congrepm Premident I rrJ D ot I introaticAd f Holcomb xvloo I it 1010 tile delegates In an ad dross or some length worms or CHAIRMAN MOSES Sir r I Moses chairman o tin national executive committee said Th e People of the United State Al not know of their tountlj In order tc judgt intelligently or the wants and n da of any part of H anti Un i they mutt ha v o that Ova I of country at Z Win g In I their heirln that they forget 0 Ir section bll thtlac and stale In their great Ipslre ta build UI America I o Th land of the flee and the home of the hlae When this In I lone there I Mill be no louer a flaunting of U Mandy Fhlrt at every buntings 01 tit i elY prendcle speooh the repel tba of A build South a Graslne Laia A frigid North and a Wild and Mily WI The F time has come when thl naUo1 le the ollr nations nf I hic th I tIng ever he ollt In mal t-Ing line and ample preparation for tin carilt und haipjneua of her people I TIII PIMPLES iimTHniaiiT ThIs guv eminent founded as It wa pa hat rold land pnttal prpo I Htlon To secure the blessings of ljber IY unit happiness 10 ourolve > and Iher Ifrtty ran no longer forget tier rain I tlly than a father can his clablien chldlen I forg1 them I say by withholding from th1 for settlement the many thou ends of homes that lie II this western Ountrhome that ole their bIrth right an much oa the home that are n castles of many true brave and liable American citizens lerctofore this gOVerment has been moot g tier ou Ih her free homes and hor peo Ple NTh The people living In I this section tire mot patriotic and many of the two million Ir Marc Idle And homeless I I tle In tile crowded anti congested cities cile Ir th 115t are looking for the time when theme wster land are mid avaUIlo for settlement Phllanthrop Ills aM humanitsirlatis see the great I AdIPrtualtY f0c solving one of the most Ita And serious questions of the t I lmo the tiling of the worthy un miloy d unit homeless upon these laM while politicians and statepmon end lie fact If IheY do nt carry I Into Practice that the safety and per Ieult if thin gcoernment lies In bov ing h ms for tile worthy homeless cltlz n = DCMANO Tort HOMES The time has come to the minds of I to fully know the condition of Ili rant and Ot the Wet that this Dulitly an no longer romaln half set M 111 half unsettled any hal than I uia hale lemalned hal free and half 0 Individual and coopera th nrts hae gone as far as they in ro < tncle Sam owns this un h dr1 land anti It has now come to the P rting of the Way either tile gM nm nt must opel these land for f It m thl or turn them over In too IAli to lite states a nit territories If Ili 11 hill Air 1I aptiI lie at 1 1r Settlement trial open Utz Wst means tit that the prod r of the rla go ondt tpot tile Prod Itts If ft el lOom and the factory mot ib hp If the surplus p pulation In the IJJJ Ileves the great finan I it Ii rea hurbqu xvhIch give only I temporary ell Ir The olnu of the Wet will tot all Io homes to tile present om I 1 l hot to future thousands In I Ae fln 0 forcing ing them abroad like I n nd Franco ni d Germany da their in if Volatile 1 for want of territory I Ihn f r s bill II Is Passed for the reclnma Ito I fit Ill 11 arid ml ml I arl11 I America ffmint first be eliafted by this body to lte 1 I I t theIpsltr TilielTalyt Brri r file of the W rl lllst v Itlin Congress passed upon a bill r I one eof a starter knawn th Pulllr land commission bin u J 3 Introduced In th HOUSP of P datIv nisar tho close of the IM I and 811nItic I mquirrection it 1 lux N ill Supporters In both houmenand n Ilripr crafts on the part of this I i fluid become It law PIOOI SR or innRIATION I mmOTIN 11 Mm InTor acres ro under cultivation by 11 f tl nlnm1U rl fr 1 2 vQ been built I a a at Yr2r a igh rr A in all prev h ye to thannual co n sees Slui hu bon given i another Ina of Industry that has worked night anti day to perfect Imp and machinery to draw water from the bowels of the earth at one It a minimum cost a 8 to Hike It Pro > litable to Irrigate in 1 this way The Ingenious mind has been Bet to wok to conserve the ALI atrs that inn In torrents to the sen The eyes of the Hnsl nnd South have been otionea to the fact that they too can ditch < drain nnd rcnpply the water at platter sultsWo times and receive better re We Irrlintlonlts nre satisfied thai Congress will have ta adopt our titan of preventing the overflow of large gleams by the storage of the waters lear the bEads or such sU Pump II such n malner os to feed the streams nt timesf low water and at ol1r Unto Un-to be used In irrigation navigation and lanufnctutlng Industries and In this 11 ay the elamage tu life and property 10W ause eloh yoar hy oorlo of arid lands I can be reclaimed by these atrs nld opn1 for settlement The People of the nation would soan nnlon liould Ilnd It a paying Investment If Congress would Apply tile appropriations anml nllj mod to prevent floods temporary makeshift to the storage of the maters till el a far the ue of agricultural agri-cultural and horticulture Following In the wake of Irrigation and closely allied to It Is I colonization coloniza-tion Tho people of the West do nol want thee laud mad tillable unless they can teem with life and tire se lie it with the best brain and brawn of the old and the Young the rich nnd the Ioor who desire homes In this sunset and of America |
