Show PRESIDENT AND 1 irrigation wo we say without fear of contradiction that never before in the history of our country has the tho chief executive of the nation been so familiar with conditions in the west as is president roosevelt knowing KnOwin 40 cr tile condi eions lio lie has as no other president manifested a desire to do everything 0 in his power to aid us its in the development of our resources in his message nies sarre 0 to congress contress con 0 aress two years ago ago 0 he lie strongly 0 presented the need of national aid in tile storage storage st orare M and increase of the water supply in the arid regions because of his interest r ill this in ater congress congress M acted and passed the national irrigation irritation act our readers are familiar with 0 the provisions of that act and the benefits sure to come from its passage As an evidence that the president has not changed eban cred his mind and that he lie is fully con averted vert ed to the importance of this question me e give a portion of his letter to the irrig irrigation da kioa congress in ogden mr fred J kiesel chairman executive Exec Exe uthe cutie committee the national irrigation congress s ogden 0 utah permit me to express to the irrigation 0 congress congress my hearty con congratulations ons upon what caseau in the vear year that lias bass just passed especially because f regail regnia c lw dub r a as S opening a new era en it in tile treatment of ir irrigation ra from the national standpoint none of our internal policies will be of more consequence to the future of the country during durina the next few decades than this matter of arri gation it is of vital consequence to the tile in mountain ter ler states and to the entire semiarid region and what is of vital consequence to one portion of our country is of vital consequence to the whole country sincerely yours THEODORE ROOSEVELT A nebraska congressman rl said the other day that roosevelt would receive a larger majority in his state rate net 1 year than titan had ever before been given a presidential candidate we wager wager the nebraskan that U talis majority will be greater than the majority in ill nebraska with a president so near t the ne hearts of the people and so ready and fearless in ill the adminis administration tra tion of justice the people of utah will move to make his nomination and election unanimous |