Show IS large attendance at the county court house 1 D stannard of the department of agriculture to address the meeting aluch interest manifest i s t t i a j the scarcity af pf water for irrigation purposes and especially at the present time aias brought the farm ins people and all others interested to a more full realization of the conditions confronting them and the large attendance at the irrigation meeting in ahe commissioners rooms at the county court house is an evidence of this deep and growing interest there Is a scarcity ol 01 water and its effect Is being realized whether or not the conditions may be improved by proper plans for distribution is the subject matter before the convention and there are none who question the advisability of improvements both in distribution and in husbanding hus banding the water some are getting too much water others are getting too little and still others none at all this is the condition and the crops will suffer as a result the meeting today was presided over by L B adams president of the we Te rand dails county irrigation association and bose in attendance included factory lowness and operators opera tots business men farmers and merchants and all were there for A purpose J D stannard assistant engineer in irrigation investigation under the united states de of agriculture was there having come in from for colllns thos judd president of th state board of horticulture was aasc present as was its secretary jas A wright sir adams made a few remarks relative to the work before the meeting and mr wright followed with a full statement ot what it was hoped would be accomplished by a thorough organization of those interested in irrigation he saoko of the present crude laws and arrangements for the distribution of water in utah and of the necessity of those interested making a valiant effort to secure the enactment of better ones lie was still talking when this report closed |