Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-07 | Page 12 | Salt Lake Gets Drainage Meet

ISALT LAKE GETS f DRAINAGE MEET 1 Next Annual Convention of ;j 'Irrigation Congress to be Held in January I SILT LAKE, April 7. The next an-j an-j nltal convention of the Utah Irrigation I and Drainage congress will bp held in j S&U Lake in the first week of January, 1 1"?21, according to a decision reached j ata conference of officers and dlrcct-1 dlrcct-1 j or?' last evening. 1 &- Kleinsschmlrlt presided in the J a4cnce of President K. G. Peterson oi j the- Utah Agricultural collese. presd-I presd-I deiu of the congress. There will b a. J two-day session in 1921, one day being J cbjiioted to irrigation problems and one ! Vt to drainage. It was also decided J lfr;jubllsh the proceedings of the nn-j nn-j irpal meetings to date, for the years j I'M 7. IMS and 1H2U. and distribute J them to all canal companies and oth-.1 oth-.1 era interested. No convention was held j liU-191'j because of influenza, j Vi!o finance the congress it was de- 1 'Idcd to ask each county to contribute I a5jnall amount, depending on the size ) ( the county. In addition to the regu-j regu-j Ijor. membership dues. " E. P. Ellison ogf Laytoir resigned as a director and ' Isnos Bcnnion of Vernal was elected 'j 'niis place. - V. W. Israelson, in charge of the Ir- J ligation apd drainage department of J tli, Utah Agricultural college, who is 1 secretary-treasurer of the congress, j said last nighf that government irrl-i 1 i giitlon engineers will deliver papers at I ; ft'q 1921 irrigation congress, j ;Thc officers decided on a ineinbcr- I Ulf' drive," Professor lsraeloo:i said, Uhe payment of 515 making one a life ,1 member, and 51 being the annual j J membership fee. The money may be. j .-ent to the secretary-treasurer at the tftah .Agricultural collese at Logan. j The payment of a membership fee -en-j titles one to copies of the proceedings! uiiUic congress. j 1 VWe expect next year's congress to! K,iti"Jiass the 192U session, at which Dr.! i$mucl Portier of the department of I orrjculturc, irrigation tlivis on, and' Pfqfcssor Frank dams of the L"nl- verslty of California, read papers." J ' 'Those present at last night' meet- ing included H. S. Kleinschmidl, Saltj Lake, first vice president; O. V. I Israelson, Logan, secretary-treasurer I J L. Pobson, Plain City; C. J. Lilrich, Salt Lake, Carl Keeler. I'ayson; H. K. ;) 1 .Maxfield. Delta: Ii. D. Voting. Itich- f;old; J. M. Knighton, Gumuson; IS. J li.rElllson, Layton: W. J. .Mitchell, I ' SaJL Lake, and Ephraim Uergeson, j! Logan. I ft "The object of the congress is to jjj promote profitable, permanent agri-1 agri-1 i culture through economical use of ir-i ir-i ligation water and consistent drain-? drain-? age," said Professor Israelson, "and j its. scopo is growing constantly."