Show DISC jsu ur r THE TOR TWENTIETH SESSION J or OF THE NA irrigation CONGRESS HELD IN SALT LAKE questions of vital interest to the farmers of the nation considered by delegates from every section of america An verica and foreign countries salt lake city the twentieth session of the national irrigation congress came to a close on thursday with the he selection of phoenix arizona as the meeting place next year and the election of a new set of 0 officers tho the officers chosen were major richard IV young of salt lake president J D B case of abilene Ab llene kans first vice president john of fresno cal second vice ace president 1 H lea of berro 8 11 third vice vic president richard F burgess of el paso texas fourth vice president kurt grunwald of pueblo colo fifth vice arthur hooker of kano wash secretary executive committee george A snow of salt lake chairman arthur hooker secretary national board of governors richard W young chairman arthur hooker secretary george A snow douglas white of california L newman ol of montana louis E sweet of colorado it was in salt lake on september 15 1891 that the first session of the national irrigation congress was wag held the session just held in the city where the organization was founded was one of 0 the most successful in tile the annals of tile the congress which was changed during the week from national to international scope from the great pageant and the rondi rendition tion of the ode to irrigation which marked its first session to the meetings of thursday all plans have been carried to complete fruition administration of government reclamation projects referred to for the most part in adverse criticism occupied a large amount ot 0 attention on at the thursday session delegate hoagland of nebraska led in the discussion during the thirty minutes allowed for consideration of such matters said that land in the north platte project in nebraska was settled upon the basis of 35 an acre but that this price had increased to 56 55 an aai acre in his opinion the ex expended by the government reclamation projects should be charged off to development by the government al at in the case ol of river and harbor improvements at the close of the discussion senator newlands urged tolerance 0 on the part of settlers upon r reclamation cla matlon projects in face of serious problems encountered by the government in administration of such affairs these settlers should also avoid any semblance of repudiation of sums due the government declared the sell senator ator it if they wished to preserve the integrity of promises by the men who urge urged the passa passage gelof of the reclamation act don bark of idaho irrigation export expert of the department of agriculture delivered an address on oil the duty of water in idaho ile ho was followed by professor lewis A merrill Merrl ll who spoke oh stock raising and dairy ing in the irrigated region professor henry S graves united states forester delivered an address on the nation and the states in forestry dr W E garrison president of the now mexico college of agriculture read a paper on good roads as a state and national problem ile he declared good roads a necessity and more than local in valdeas va lueas overcoming isola tiel alon 11 S lea of south dakota 11 D B walker of kansas and alex mcpherson of new mexico each read a five minute paper on pumping for irrigation the opening session was hold held in the Taber tabernacle naple monday morning september 30 with at least a thousand delegates from every section of america any many from foreign countries present the tabernacle was filled it being estimated that twelve thousand people attended the opening session As suggested in the official aldal speech of president francis G newlands united states senator from nevada and echoed in the preliminary discussions of the delegates the twentieth irrigation congress included in its deliberations the most extensive plan for control of americas water supply in the broadest sense ever con contern tern plated by a public body revision of lands laws and homestead nets acts to check the tremendous drain of capital and citizenship now resulting from the emigration movement to canada was another vital question to be considered by the congress there was a warm discussion on the po proposition position to mergene mer gehe he national irrl gation gallon coutress Cou gresa gress with the dry farming congress but the alie merger bierger plan was not approved |