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Show T ME BUILiS IEETJ BOISE Fourteenth Session of Irrigation Irriga-tion Congress Held In Idaho's Capital. Utah Man Hat Honor of Presiding at Optnlng Settlon Vice President Falrbsnks It Pretent, Whlls President Rooievelt Sends Greeting. Holt, Ida More than a thousand delegates, representing about half ot the stalea of the Union, wero present on Monday when the National Irrigation Irriga-tion congrees assembled for Its fourteenth four-teenth annual session Oregon wns represented by nearly 200 delegates. Utah sent nearly nn many, and the California delegation ot about sixty was third In numbers. Vlco President Fairbanks, who arrived ar-rived at Ilolse before da) light, wna escorted to tin thealro In Riverside park at 11 o'clock and recolvcd a hearty welcome, the audience stnndlng and applauding for fully a minute Immediately after the arrival ot tho vice prealdent tho congress was called to order by 1 W Shurtllft of Ogden, first vlco president Governor Oeorgo C. Pnrdeo of California, president of tho congress, was detained In California Cali-fornia and will not bo present James A. PInney. mnvor of Holse, and Governor Frank 11. Gooding welcomed wel-comed tho delegates to tho capital ot tho (1cm ttsto Governor Gooding spnko at soma length ot tho several great Irrigation projects now In course of completion In ldnho. Tho convention wns roused to ap-plauto ap-plauto when Governor Gooding referred re-ferred o President HooscvcIL stating that tt wna at St Anthony, In tho atato ot Idaho, where President Roosevelt Roose-velt six years ngo mndo hla first promise to tho wost to glvo his support sup-port to tho movement for tho enact-mont enact-mont ot n national reclamation law. Tbo great Irrlgntlon works In Idaho now noarlng completion, ho said, were tho fruition ot this promlso mndo by President Roosevelt United States Senator Fred T. Du-bola Du-bola of Idaho voiced Idtho'a wclcomo to Vlco President Fairbanks, and when he touchci'sMnsaMlstjaMolt- M tics, referring to 7r1rT!vT"m-Ln ai F a postlblo presidential' PamllJue,' the if convention responded with tho beartl est applause. m Senator Dubois declared that It It W should transpire that tho vice presl- dent should load tho great party ot which ho Is n distinguished membor, p, and If fain should decree that ha bo V the next president. Ihe people of Idaho would feel assured that they had a mott ardent supporter In tho presldon- H Hal office, for tho vlcn president, said H Senator Dubois, has been ono of tho most consistent ndvocates of legltla- Hon for tho reclamation ot tho nrld H regions H A letter from President nnotevolt to tho mambcra of tho congress was m read nnd received with wnrm np- M plaute. Tho following messago wns sent by tho congress to tho president: flj "The fourteenth ntllonnl Irrigation congress, by resolution adopted, re- turns sincere thanks for your splendid M messago to tho congress, delivered H through your personal rcprcicntaUvo, B Hon Gilford PlnchoL" |