Show V GOPHERS GIVE GRIEF j. j S Destroy Walls Walts of Irrigation Canals Say Reclamation t- t V tion Engineers V V S i t Arthur Arthur P. P Davis assistant an chief ci t VS v In hl thu ho United Sta States es' es g-culo g iCi survey CY of thc he pr f t. t IA V V tune lure all ed In his cIty yesterday l morning to lo take talce active char charge c of tl the Y j ses sessions lons of the reclamation en engineers i i t S com commenced In this his city Moi MonI Mon Mon- I r.- r. if day ar morning These sessions h f yV V are arc devoted exclusively to technical s discussions lons of oC In vt problems time the coi coif conr con con- f r r. r V on of thc these heme c immense Irrigation aUn l v V V projects arc are of great importance to tn toV V the people of the western vestern states in v. v V s particular particular The rue completion of these V vast undertakings takings s for fol th the reclaiming VV of C the arid In the we west t menus means so fO o much for tIme the prosperity of or the tine V farmers which means prosperity forthe for CUI or V the he entire west and Indeed for Cor tho lie f country at large V V The rue session yesterday was la taken U uj uli II with the tIne discussion of the tile most niost Important Important Im Im- an and troublesome problems V now hOW before lie engineers l' l Of these V V V the thc one most mot concerning the lie cn engineering engineer engineer- ing imig department is the protection of I V the walls of th the canals which are arc bored Into lJ by gophers rats badgers badger V V an and other animals common in tn tho the V west vest The rho remedies suggested were poisons administered in grain thou thought h V no IW proven c tat ve Inns has yet been found which will meet the time demands This tV V subject was treated In iii a paper IJ by V V V Walter Waiter II G Granger su supervising p I 1 ln cn lJ l- l heel of the lie Sunnyside project in Wash Wash- a sh- sh T j J In Ington lun The other oilier subject tI treated was wu the lie le legal ul phase of the water rights Vf V which was pre presented In iii a taU talk by V it Prof A. A E. E Chandler Other features V V V of If the discussion which was Informal X V In Its Ils character were vene given g U by the lie oni cn- cn i present |