Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-22 | Page 7 | Irrigation Project Convention is Held

IRRIGATION PROJECT CONVENTION IS HELD I ST. ANTHONY. Idaho. rt. 22. I The Irrigation project convention of Upper Snake River valley delega-s reconvened yesterday morning at Grey's opera house. Among those pr tenl for the convention wire H. I'uli. r. J A. I'rvr r and E Cunningham of Ashton: B. L. Waldrum. W E. Weaver Hurry l)ean. Ar. lvi Wlllev. Alfred Ellcks, Prank it- Bjvana Robert Hamilton. P. J. Heath. K. E. Davis and L A. lie.in. all of Sugar City, besides representatives from Fremont, Madison, Madi-son, Etngham. Teton, Jefferson. Ban; nock and IJonneville counties. Chairman R. t'. Evans called the meeting to order at 10 o'clock an 3 read an address of Congressman Od- . 1 1 -. . t i T. Smith of Idaho which Mr Smith delivered at the Irrigation con-' gT IS In Seattle earlier In the year. W G. Swendson. reclamation commission- er for the stale of Idaho represented. Governor D. W, Davis, who was unable un-able to be present. Commissioner' 8a endson Bald that he spoke to un au-j dlcnce of pioneers In the arts of rO- . i 'nation and Irrigation. In Idaho. he said, reclamation was a most import-1 ant study. ncc a barren land, support Ing onk Jack rabbits and sagebrush. the state of Idaho had grown and evolved Into a land of Irrigated suc-! cesses, "and we have only jusf started."