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Show lowed. It s understood, however, that acceptances have been received from eight of the nine states concerned, con-cerned, and that the governors of these states rr their personal representative.') repre-sentative.') will be In attendance. Governor Gov-ernor Gillette of California has sent word that he will be unable to attend, at-tend, but that a strong delegation fiom California will bo present, .n- eluding Congressman Kahn, v.ho 13 Interested In f.eciring for California , i the rvnnma Pacific expl'Ion, ( ' Governor Brady of Idaho ha wired ! h's .ntentl'n to be present. Governor rtrndy Is known lo ro.ess decided idena on the conservation question, rnd considers It unfnlr to the people rf the west that ihe'r nafral re. :rces should be controlled by the f Til ccverrnent. ITo la quoted a saying that the east, attcr having ex-I ex-I a .sud itg resources, now hopes to , fall back on the west to obtain :, through government adnr n!st ration a -? hare, of the bencr.ts of western re-. , sources, through royalties on water , power sites, etc. HE SIMES TO BE REPRESENTED CALT IAKE, Aug. 17 Governors of eight or nine western states, invited in-vited lo particulate In the preliminary' conference to discuss conservation mauois as they affect the west, arc exi.v.;ed to arr.vc lo Salt Lake City today for a conference1, the first ses- slon of which will be held In tho cuy' council chamber of the Joint city and county bcl.dit.g tor.onow morning at-10 at-10 o clock. Tne con.er.ncc was called to n.eel In Salt Lake City prior to the National 0nservat on congress to be held at St. Paul. September 5. by Gov- , ereior N. E. Hay of Wnahlngton, for the purpose of decid.ns upon unity of , of action among the represntathts of , the west in regard to the proposed.', control by the icdeial government of the resources ol the Individual stales. si:ch as water power sites, timber and mineral resources, etc., the idea of I Governor Hay being that the eastern I interests m.'ht fcek to override the J wetst In the disposition of its natural i resources, loss of the control of which , would, ,n his opinion, cuuse a loss to ; the states concerned of many millions of dollars' revenue during the next few years. Nine states were Invited to participate partici-pate in the proceedings of the pre- i limlnary conference, namely, Wash- ington, Oregon, California, Nevada, , Montana, Idaho, Wyom.ng. Colorado 1 aud Utah. . Governor Norris of Mon- ' tana Is quoted as saying that he will be unable to attend" the conference, adding that In his opinion "the cards ' are stacked" against the northwest by the iuterests of the east, and that it would be useless for the west to attempt at-tempt to combine against the cast. Governor Spry Optimistic. Governor William Spry this morning morn-ing said that he expected a delegation representing Governor Eberhart of Minnesota to arrive in Salt Iake today. to-day. Including the provlate secretary of the governor and two other prominent promi-nent c.tlzens of the state of Minnesota. Minne-sota. 'While tho preliminary convention has been called with the Idea of uniting unit-ing the Interests of the west in the matter of the conservation of the resources re-sources of the various states," sai.l Governor Spry, "I do not think there is any ser.oim cause for alarm that the Interests of the west will be overridden over-ridden in the St. Paul convention. The west has always been able to hold Its own In matters of this kind, and I do not see why It should not do so upon this occasion "I do not thluk there is any disposition dispo-sition on the part of the eastern gov-ernors gov-ernors to exclude the western states from representation in the convention. As far as Utah Is concerned, we shall se-nd a strong delegation to St. Paul, and they will go Instructed to fight for the interests of this state and tho west This, I believe, is the attitude of all the states Interested In the ceu-feronce ceu-feronce And I think, with a fair and truthful representation as it exists In the west, tho St. Paul congress will give the west the consideration to wh.ch It is entitled." EiQht Governors Accept. Governor Hay of Washington is expected ex-pected to arrive in tbis city early tomorrow to-morrow morning, aud the details of tomorrows convention or the plan of action to be pursued by the wextern governors can only be surmised, as Governor Hay has had charge of all the correspondence, and he alone understands un-derstands the plan of action to lo fol- i |