Show TAU TAIc ON AnON I I II i Experts Present Views Along Lines Suggested by the National Commission Interesting and exhaustive papers were read before the tho Utah Society of Engineers lost night at the Packard library on subjects pertaining pertaining- to the conservation of the tho national resources es of ot th time the mountain Inter-mountain countr country Professor Pro Pro- rt fessor sor Joseph F. F Merrill president of the society opened the meeting meeting- lIe He first introduced O. O J. J Salisbury one of nr Utah's commissioners appointed by Governor William Spry to attend the National Resource commission which met In Washington at the call of the Pre Pre- President Pre hlen t. t Clyde CIde Leavitt district forester spoke c on forestry as applied to the conservation of ot the the- timber Umber supply of ot America Speaking on the conservation of or water power Markham Cheever of the Telluride Power company gave a most hopeful outlook based In Lii the first place on the ground round that water was wag not con consumed umed In furnishing power as In domestic and irrigation u use p. p William D. D Livingston general mana manager er of or the Irrigated Lands corn com company om- om pany told of ot the lie conservation of ot water as applied to Irrigation On the mineral minerai resources particularly of or Utah Professor R. R H II Bardford had hadan hadan hadan an encouragIng wor word to sa say The Theold Theold Theold old mines were holding out with Increasing increasing In Increasing In- In creasing fin finds s at depth new properties properties properties proper proper- ties were being opened and new activity activity ac activity ac- ac In oil and coal also of the good mining and smelting methods found foune In the state On fuel tuel supply Daniel Harrington formerly chief engineer for or the Utah I Fuel company compan told of ot the great coal beds b beds ds of the West cst less than 1 per percent cent of ot which had been exhausted E E. C. C Lackner read rend a a. paper on the mistakes of the conservation conser movement move move- I m ment e at |