Show I A GREAT WEEK FOR UTAH The current week is ia likely ch to be a avery L very Vel important one In the tho history of Utah The Tho convention of fruit growers growers grow grow- ers n the congress of dry and anel the tho organization of or sheep men of or the state into a corporation ar are arc all events eventa of the first magnitude Much good is likely to come from the meeting of ot the tho fruit men mon So great an interest In that enterprise has hns ne never ner r before been evidenced e in Utah More men were in atten attendance ance and a wl wider er of range country countI was re re- re presented Utah should bo be one of the big fruit states The boil hero here Is peculiarly a adapted to fruit culture and there seems scents to be bo no limit at all to the tho range Everything E from berries to apples apples ap ap- ap- ap apt ples pies grows gross luxuriantly Possibly the south part of ot the state was not so EO well represented as it should have been The peo people le thero have e a decided ed advantage advantage ad ad- vantage antage In climate and it must be believed be be- that In time Ume that region south of the tho mountains will be the orchard of the West rest But Dut even more Important than the meeting of the horticulturists was the dr dry farming congress Fruit Is a all allright 1 right but It is a luxury Wheat and anel 1 corn and hay we wo must have This assembly as as- of men registered from rom every state slate between Oregon and Texas They find finch in Utah the dry farming Interest I 1 IS I or S 11 i i L more fully developed de than anywhere else Much of ot this condition Is due to tho work worl of the Agricultural College and anel to the Influence of President Widtsoe Soc soo and Professor ProCessor Merrill These men inca have e devoted their lives s and anel their great talents to agriculture as applied to this region Into Inlo this consideration the tho producing of or grain and hay bar from arid arlel land lanel becomes an element A very yer- great proportion of o our r Utah soil must must permanently remain dry The work of the men who gathered here bere this week Is to make that land j And 4 the they enD can do elo it IL Samples of root crops ClOpS and anel every variety of grain were shown at the Armory where the congress was hel held As fine specimens as any farmer ever tw were included I They Ther were ere raised on dry land lanel in Utah I The They proved that the thousands s of i acres now useless can be made productive pro pro- e and anel valuable We want to express to President Fisher Fishier Harris and the men inca attending this convention con the appreciation which we believe e Utah feels They are helping helping help help- I ing lug their state They arc are helping their their chil children ren Not ot a day dar In all aU the coming years but will be richer for their labors la ha- bors ors in Salt Lake this thin week weel |