| Show irrigation CONGRESS the utah state irrigation association hold held an earnt earo vot ct important and enghu meeting it ID the Asse assembly ably hall on saturday the body of the ball was well filled shown g conclusively that the question tion of irrigation la Is becoming more sod and more a matter of grave concern t the veople people of utah abe ir too was a represent tive ne in all respects ree and every section of the territory bad one or more of its sterling citizens present while not a few were in attendance from re mutely located outside points Pros president ident shurtliff presided aid aad secretary stevenson filled his hl usual olace oace and in addition thereto outlined what the bad dune done the hene benefits file that bad accrued those that were expected to accrue and what it would certainly do with an enlarged membership hon george Q cannon emphasized the importance of the re remark markit fl of colonel steventon stevenson and added many new ot w the some line he urged the of county irrigation but deprecated the formulation of tou too many societies which bad in view in art part at least the accomplishment of at the ame results as ai the state stag association these theme he thought should simply be ramifications ramification a of the S sate ate I 1 irrigation association he also alio au lne holding ot of 1 a convention in the near future for the purpose of considering the preparation of a proper article on irrigation matters an article which abail be abe work of practical irrigation ta and one that will lok to the just bet treatment of all interests incidental to this great one governor west followed in an eloquent rod and able address on the name flame 1 which he called attention tu to want had been done by the pioneers Pio neeru to in distributing the mountain streams over parched and un fruitful rut ful soil and maring making it yield in great abundance the necea aalf barite and luxuries or of life he also directed atte attention ution to what other states tale were doing in the matter of develop ing their irrigation reeo roes arces and raid mid there was danger of them outstripping us by reason of the adoption of cyter more than our own nevertheless Nevertha leBB the crat crad dle die ot of the system was waa yet hers here where the pioneers plon eera had put it and here it would remain neglect of public water interests meant slavery to the POOP people a of utah hon J H smith referred to the work of the late irrigation congram sit at albuquerque and cited the fact that ote one of the most ampt important y taut questions looB with which persons interested in irrigation would have to deal was that t 0 of if distributing water aris analog irig in one state and flowing ikuto another it was a matter that would have to be considered most carefully oare lully unless it visa waa complications of the most moat serious character would arise the ine eting was chiefly notable from floru abe interest and aroused and the number of heretofore unidentified with the association who became me member moors the annual tee to ia but 1 which entitles entities members to all benefits including the receiving of a large amount of irrigation literature annually |
