Show BOVE ME ET AT IDAHO CAPITAL ct CEF C bea EF executives OF FIVE STATES DISCUSS MEANS OF DE dr THE WEST declare for state right ind ond against the conservation policy as now fattened fastened on an the western state states by federal department head heads boise idaho declaring for state rights aad ad against the conservation policy as its now fastened u upon pon the western states by federal department beads heads through their rules regulations and construction of laws passed with the object of helping settlers governor norris of montana on thura thurs day opened the first annual session of 0 tho the conference of western governors here tho the opening of the important subject by the chief executives pre pres ent and prominent representatives of other elates states started the conference off on a live wire issue that may de celop into crystallized action towards bringing relief the surprise sur price of the opening days ron conference ference was a proposal made by delos A chappell of denver personal representative of governor Sh atroth of df colorado a big electrical power developer of that state that the confer ZIM OSWALD WEST governor of oregon ence once of western governors and the public lands convention join hands in making the fight for relief from the iron rules of the federal department heads beads and install a publicity department at washington for tho the purpose of having proper legislation enacted the proposal called forth a lively and heated discussion definite action was postponed until later owing to the tact fact that many members of the conference are engaged in political campaigns in their own states the opening attendance was email small when the session opened those present are governor morris norris of montana governor spry of utah gov ern arnor or west of oregon governor od die of nevada and governor hawley Coyer governors nors carey of WY wyoming oming vessey of south dakota eberhart 0 or minnesota stubbs of kansas cruce of oklahoma of colorado Me mcdonald DDnald of new now Nl mexico exico hunt of arizona johnson john son of california and hay ilay of washington were umble to at tend governor eberthart Eb erhhart ie Is represented by ed edwin edin in J decker in his address governor norris de dared that the western people arc devoted to the interests of the nit wit on ort and of the other states but feel they may properly exert their best efforts to protect and foster such interests as are of right their own in his address governor Govern lar william spry of utah delivered a powerful appeal for the conse conservation ovation by the individual states of their own natural n resources instead of conservation by the federal government except in the 0 I 1 4 clr 0 t WILLIAM SPRY governor ef of utah ala case of 0 waterway waterways and watersheds th that at were interstate in character chars acter boise idaho idabo the conference of western governors on friday discussed the plan ot of working out a system 0 of interstate highways hig hays through the co op oration of the fourteen elates states in the clation after governor ila hawley of idaho had made the proposition in the paper he read to the th visit ing executives considering at length prison reform discussing the oregon system presented by governor west and the question of the entertainment of visitors to the west efting the 1915 exposition the governors were nere guests of ex governor james II 11 brady at luncheon and banqueted by the boise commercial club at night as well as were guests of honor at the league baseball same garne in the afternoon Goer governor nor west advocated the sterl Ilia Il atlon tion of degenerate prisoners and confinement within prisons during the b iltner of their life governor hawley declared he was as unqualified opposed to the placing of one third of the prisoners pria onera in a penal institution under the honor system and stated he would not go higher than 25 per cent or even less governor west created surprise by 60 00 per cent or more governor oddle advocated the preparation pa ration by all states and their cities for special entertainments during the te exposition year to attract the visitors concentrating them in the more centers governor edwald west or bregon was honored Sat saturday night by the conference of western governors by being elected president of the confer ence for the ensuing ear this act of the governors together I 1 with the EDWIN nonnis Cla vernor of MontanA 6 election of governor oddle or nevada as secretary the selection of salt lake AS the place for the next meeting together the passage of important resolutions closed the first meeting of the conference all of the visiting governors left saturday night for their respective states statts after an excursion to arrow hock to aee see the big dam construction work the two officers office ra elected and the governor of the where here the next meeting will III be held spry of utah constitute the executive committee of the conference and are authorized to meet later and set the dates tor the next annual conference the resolutions adapted adopted by the con ference call for the speedy adoption by the federal and state covern governments ments of policies for the of natural resources more beneficial to the states themselves give the elates states these resources indorse the blue laws laso permitting states to have super ur libe liberal aral investments urge ge vision 01 oer o er appropriations for tho the san francisco exposition by all western elates states de do dare clare for uniform laws of western elates governing arning the use of water waters in lakes and astrea streams ms for irrigation pur dur poses roses and the construction of reservoirs reser to prevent flood floods |