Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-17 | Page 5 | Ogden More than Locally Known

Ogden s liiterest in national conservation conser-vation ami irritation Is beeoinlni; more than a locally-known Tact mid newspapers In various state fro-fjuont fro-fjuont y alliulo to the enthuKtaHm and support which Utah, p:--lk nlai ly Ok-den. Ok-den. consistently extend:; to the work-eis work-eis In this sroat cause Fred J. KlesH, who leaen today Tor Nil rope, has lon been recognized as a staunch advocate of national iriiiia-lion iriiiia-lion and hid efforts In that direction are bent shown by a dlnpatch sent out from Pueblo, Colo., Ahr. H It reads as follows: "Director I,. M. Morkham ot the National Na-tional Irrigation exposition has a very warm ainl interesting letter from Fred .1. Kloael of Ogden. making numerous suggestions and giving useful information. informa-tion. "KlesM says that leading men of hi Htat are actively engaged In calling attention to both conferees nnd exposition, ex-position, nnd in promoting: participation participa-tion and attendance. '"The Utah paper, he says, have been printing editorials and new Ptoriea on these big Western events, and everywhere there is talk of what ihe?e development agencies are doing. do-ing. "Klesel, who la a leading wholesale merchant and pioneer of Ogden, helped help-ed organize the National Irrigation congress, and when its sessions were held In hln town In 190C. he was chairman chair-man of the executive, committee. Later, Lat-er, he was a member of the board of governors of the national organization but "was compelled to givo up the work early this year because of his health. "Governor Spry has talen an active Interest In the Tueblo congress nil this year, and has named good committees com-mittees to work with the congress officers of-ficers "It is probable no state outside of Colorado, save Kansas and New Mexico, Mex-ico, will furnish bo large an attendance attend-ance at the congress and exposition as Utah."