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Show iALi Ui At;9 STATE MS GOMORS MET IN SALT LIE I SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Aug. 9 l Tentative steps looking to a conference confer-ence of governors of northwestern and Pacific coast states preliminary to the meeting of the National conservation con-servation congress at St Paul, have been taken by Governor Hay of Washington. Wash-ington. Executives of nine states have been invited to meet at Salt Iike City, preferably between the 5th and tho lath cf August, and discuss conservation problems with a view to the adoption of a harmonious policy. pol-icy. Governor Hay has been In correspondence corre-spondence with G'-jvernor Spry, of I'tah. Governor Spry telegraphed a cordial invitation to the Washington executive to make this city the meeting meet-ing place an, la awaiting a definite Toply. "I have learned from his communication communi-cation to mo," said Governor Spry this evening, "that Governor Hay feela strongly over some of the matters mat-ters that will come up at the conservation conserva-tion congress and thinks It advisable for the western and iiorthwentern governors to get together in advance in ordr that they may be prepared for concerted net ion. A to whether his grounds nro well taken I am not prepared pre-pared to say. . "Tho last Information was that Governor Norrls of Montana. Drooks of Wyoming and Shafmth of Colorado Colora-do favored tho conference Idea, but that Governors p.rooks and Shafroth wanted the meeting to bo held In Denver. Den-ver. I have no Information as to the j Attitude of the other governors involved. |