Show SOUND PRAISES the effort to get president velt to attend the national irrigation congress which itt ogden in september was roost commendable but it is to be regretted that the chief executive has so planned his affairs for that date that ho was forced to decline the invitation the aito work thus disclosed which is making for a rousing convention is most gratifying and comes as an assurance that the men back of the congress arc not missing a single opportunity port unity to add to the success of their undertaking they seem to have resolved to eclipse all past congresses of that kind and we hope their labors will be crowned with success by the way what has become of house bill no 10 which passed the lower house of the utah legislature by unanimous vote it provides for the appropriation pria tion 0 to help defray the expenses of the congress since the bill reached the senate it has slumbered in committee though in the meantime a measure lias been pushed through that body calling for the expenditure of several thousand dollars ta be used in directing the attention of government officials to the advisability of aiding salt lake in its utah lake project the better plan it is our opinion is to bring to utah the leaders in the irrigation movement in the united states provide for a hospitable reception engage special trains to carry them to the most promising irrigation sites in the state and thern trust to the jagst meritorious projects winning jhc approval of the government experts and tho moral sanction of the brightest minds in arid land reclamation in attendance upon tho congress fitall e are not opposed to the senate bill and doubt the money if appropriated will be a benefit to tho state alio eleventh national irrigation con gresa be made to commemorate alie beginning of anglo saxon irrigation on I 1 the american continent utah will a great opportunity to signalize the achievements of its pioneers if through parsimonious legislative inaction there ii i i a to appropriate the funda necessary to properly celebrate alic in september of allua year there i quite as much to commemorate in the triumphs of agriculture as in the ic lories of war more 0 o believe ana it i for utah to proclaim to nation and write down in indelible lines the fact that to utah arid america about to anter an cm of wonderful development through national aid owes a debt there arc times when ve buist blow our own horn moat uninviting features have been kept before glicr american public now it is for our people to present to view tha other ido othora may come to know alio virtues that havo sprung from out its vale and balc |