| Show MEET IN BOISE I 1 fourteenth session of irrigation congress held in capital utah man ha has honor of presiding it at op opening c ning se session ion vice president fairbanks tc is present while president roosevelt sends greeting boise idi ida more than a thousand delegates representing about halt of t the states of the union were present on monday ahen the national tion alon congrow pon con grew assembled for its four annual session oregon was as mp presented represented re resented by nearly delegates utah sent nearly as many and the california celep delegation altion of about sixty was third in numbers vice president fairbanks who ar rived at dolse boise before daylight vas has escorted to th theatre in riverside park at it 11 and received a hearty welcome the audience standing and applauding for fully a minute immediately after the arrival of the vice president the congress was called to order by L W V shurtliff lff of ogden first vice president governor george C pardee of california president of the congress was detained in call fornia and nill not be present james j A pinned mayor of dolse boise ind and governor frank R gooding wel corned coined 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 tho the convention was roused to ap llauge when governor gooding re furred to Pies president ident roosevelt statin stating 9 that it was at st anthony in the state of idaho where here president noose velt six biz bears 3 ears ago mado made his first promise to ohp west to give his sup port to the movement tor for the enact ment of a national reclamation law the great irrigation works in idaho now nearing completion he slid said were the fruition of this promise made by president roosevelt united states senator fred T du bols of idaho voiced welcome to vice president fairbanks and when he tell touched ched upon national poll ties referring to the vice president as a possible presidential candidate the convention responded with the heard est applause senator dubols dubois declai declared ed that it it should transpire that tile the vice dent should lead the greit great party of which he Is a member and it if fate should decree that he be the next dout abo 0 people ot of idaho idabo would d mel 1 I that they h and d f p most ardent supporter in tile tho prell pre biden ild e n hat office tor for tho the vice president said senator dubols has been one of the most consistent advocates Advocat eg of legi legisla 8 I 1 tion alon tor for the reclamation of the arid regions A letter from president roosevelt Koo sevelt to the members of the congress congre sg was read and received with warm ap the following message was sent by the congress to the president the fourteenth national irrigation congress by resolution adopted returns sincere thanks for your asplen lid message to the con congress gregs delivered through lour personal representative non lion gifford pinchot |
