Show EMS OF q F THE mum IRRIGATOR TWENTIETH SESSION OF THE NA irrigation CONGRESS HELD IN SALT LAKE questions if vital interest Inte reit to tho the far mere of the nation considered by delegate delegates from every section of Arn america trica anci and foreign countries Countr le salt lake city tho twentieth sea eton slon of tho the Nati nation onil il irrigation congress camo came to a lose 1 on thursday Thu raday with ho be selection oi of phoenix arizona aa as tho meeting place next year and the election of a new set of officers the officers chosen were major richard W young of salt lake pres ident J D B case 61 abilene Ab llene kans first vice president john fairweather ot at fresno cal second vice president S 11 lea ot of pierre EL S D third vice president luchard richard F burgess of at el paso texas fourth vice president kurt grunwald at 0 pueblo colo fifth vico arthur hooker ot at spokane wash secretary executive committee george A snow of 0 salt lake chairman arthur hooker secre secretary taryl national board of governors richard W young chairman arthur hooker secretary george georgo A snow douglas dougla white whito of 0 california L newman ol 01 montana louis louls E R sweet of at colorado it was in salt lake on september 15 1891 that the first session ot of the national irrigation congress was held the session just held hold in 14 the city where the organization was founded was ono one of the most successful in the annals of the congress which was changed during the week weak from nv lional to international scope prom from tho the great pageant and tho the rendition ot of the ode to irrigation which marked its first session to tho the meetings of thursday all plans bavo have been carried to complete fruition AtI administration mInistration ot of government reclamation projects referred to for the most part in adverse criticism occupied a large amount of attention at the thursday session Do delegate legate hoag land of nebraska led in the discussion during the tile thirty ini minutes allowed for consideration ot at matters he said that land in tho the north platte project in nebraska was settled upon the basis ot of 35 an acre but that this price had increased to 35 55 an acre in his opinion the expended by the government reclamation projects should be charged off to development by the government as in the case ol 01 river and harbor improvements at the boie u ot of the discussion sen sea ator new Nov lands urged tolerance on the part ot of settlers upon reclamation projects in face of of pirlous rious problems en on countered by the government in ad ministration of 0 such affairs these settlers should also avoid any semblance ot at repudiation of sums due the government declared the senator it they wished to preserve tho the integrity of 0 promises by the men who urged the passage ot of the reclamation act don bark ot of idaho irrigation expert ot of the department ot of agriculture delivered an address on the duty of water in idaho he was followed by professor lewis A merrill Merrl ll who spoke on stock raising and dairying in the irrigated region droles sor henry S graves united states forester deliver d rn address on th nation and the states in forestry dc dr IV V E garrison president of the new bledl mexico o collea ot of agriculture rea read d a pa paper per on good roads as a state and national problem he ile do declared good roads a necessity and more than local in value as overcoming isolation H 9 lea of south dakota 11 D walker of kansas and alex i son of new mexico each read a five minute paper on pumping tor for irrigation the opening session was held in the tabernacle monday morning septem ber 30 with at least a thousand delegates from every section ot of america any many from foreign countries present nl the ra tabernacle bernacle was filled st ft being that twelve thousand people attended the opening session As suggested in the official speech of president francis G newlands united states senator from Nev aalt and chood in the preliminary dis discussions us of the delegates the twentieth irrigation congress included in its ita deliberations the most extensive plan for control of americas water supply in the broadest sense ever chatem contemplated by a public bouy body ne revision vision of lands laws and homestead acts to check tho the tremendous drain at 0 capital and citizenship now resulting from the emigration movement to canada was another vit vital al question to be comi dered by the congress there was a warm discus discussion a on the proposition to merge the national irrl gatlon gation congress with the dry arming congress but the merger plan was abot 91 ot approved |