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Show IRRIGATION MEN ELECTOFRCERS Utah Irrigation and Drainage i Congress Holds Convention in Salt Lake I SALT LAK K. Jan. IS Officers of !h. I 'la li IrrlK-.tion and )rainiiKe ron-Kiess ron-Kiess wer elected at liuit night's session ses-sion of the fourth annual gathering, held ,.i Salt Jxilce. The following were named for the Coming year; Dr. F. s Harris, r .. tJ-.Lognn-presldent; R, :. Caldwell, Salt Lake, first vice president; B. A. I'orter. Sa-Mlna, Sa-Mlna, second lee president; EphraJm M.-rceson I,..Kan, thud vice president: L. -M. Wlnsor. U. A. C, Ixigan, secrc-tary-treaaurer, judicial directors, .li H, W Vdlentlnej Brlgbam City; Thomas io McKay. HuntSVllle: .3) Harden Beiinloh, s..it Lake; i Lee R. Taylor. Paysoir , .". , M M Si. II. Helta; (6) G w Bloomgulst, Ricta-fje,d! Ricta-fje,d! ,7' 3 M. Knighton, Gunnison. Congressional district directors (i) Indue A. Law. L.-cjin , L' , .r Mitchell, salt Lake. Mirectors state-at-large. .1 C. Mur.lo, U, llr-l.c, ' W Beers. Salt Like On motion, these officers and direc tors were unanlinousL elected l uc-i uc-i clamalion. Nearly a hundred persons. Including members of the congress and visitors, were present at 'In- session. M;.o; C Xeslen delivered an address of welcome wel-come and pointed out that L'tah had approximately 5fi.000.00o acres of land, of which approximately 20,000,000 acres were tillable Bu1 ii. 000. 000 are available to water and but 1,000,-t'oo 1,000,-t'oo acres are under cultivation. De-Ivelopnuni De-Ivelopnuni of water resources will mean development of more cultivated Hand and will have far reach-ling reach-ling effect u prin Mie financial status of jthe state, he said , Speakers included President E. G. IVtcison ol the Ctah jrrii uliui al college co-llege a. !" Purton. district engineer; Of the Geological survey; :. C Towor, Civl engineer of Murray; Ralph R. lAVooiiey. hydraulic engineer of the r,; S. Oeologlenl Suvey. Eugene Schuab.j ClVU engineer of Logan; A. P. Parker of Ogden. chief engineer of the L'tah! Water Storage association: Dr. .1 E 1 Rroasard. F E. Conklln or Denver. L. ' M W'insoin. it ligation engineer of the I department Of agriculture at the i t., , Agricultural college, and E. A. Moritz! of the Flathead project in .Montana. |