| Show The irrigation convention con meets I in n Salt Lake City on Tuesday next Large arge and representative del delegations gati ns' ns have lave been t named from all the trans- trans l Missouri states tates and territories an and l the he congress promises to be one of the he most important ever held in the west vest The News has frequently pointed out the importance imparlance of the question to be considered While White there is no disagreement as to th the necessity of maint maintaining ining the vater water supply and increasing it by a system of reservoirs which shall pr preserve s the water which hicl now flows v to waste there is a disagreement as to a proper prop prop- er method of obtaining these r results A fair exchange of opinions can do no harm and aught ought to do gOJ goad by concentrating l public attention on the question tion at issue and the he best method of arriving at the result desired de de- de- de sired the sired the d-the the increase of the area are of able land in jn the tre Rocky Mountain states and territories While irrigation irrigation irrigation gation l ha lie s been p practiced a for j o years in New New Mexico Mexico in jn a crude way way- its pra practical iea r results a as a f factor ina in a agric agriculture e brou brought brough l to o the attention of the t an p people people people-by o by bythe the Mormons Colorado settlers ad adopted it as a matter of necessity and under this system of cultivation the products of the s soil il were vere last year They will ill no nobe not ot be less les than this year r. r The value alue of Utah prod products we we have no me means mens of Arriving g at but it it o of course runs up into millions million In bringing this amount of land under und r cultivation the the limi s of othe athe the water supply have been een near arrived at Yet for six or seven m months in inV in inthe V th the year water runs in streams undisturbed by the dent bO i va e a That this can be done anc and ought be done is a matter matte th that t is not disputed How to do do it and arid through whit agency whether the state or national these these are arethel The subject subject sub is one of such large t interact d- d the Rocky Mountain states and territories ter ter- tha it is constantly pressing itself to the front is condU r j jinn lun Thi 5 congress at Salt Lake will come s some some ne of f the and most practical men in the west As Asa a result of their deliberations the general public ought to be enlightened enlightened enlightened ened and ana facts and figures should be adduced which will assist in sole i ng what at the best is a difficult problem both in engineering tring and finance Denver Denver News |
