Show ANOTHER GUP OFFERED SOLID SILVER LOVING CUP TO BE GIVEN BY ADOLPHUS BUSCH it will be a for the best exhibit of hops shown at irrigation con gress A cablegram was received from langen schwalbach by chairman kiesch of tho rational yat ional irrigation congress hero this evening assuring for that convention a third grand prize of a W solid silver loving cup tor the arid tales exhibit of agricultural and horticultural products grown under irrigation which exhibit will be an attraction of unique and widespread interest at the congress the cablegram was from adolphia Adol Bufe cli president of the anheuser busch brewing co of st louis and reads 1 I am with you and the national irrigation congress a great success please offer for our company a loving cup as a grand prize for the best exhibit of hops grown in the arid states and territories and shown at your con greas aiu E of san diego cal ecat the following letter to the board of control of tho congress mr thea writings on irrigation are of national reputation and he is a veritable enthusiast st on the subject ho writes 1 I am so closely occupied in literary work that I 1 have not seriously thought that I 1 could go to ogdan but I 1 must say that I 1 am strongly tempted to put other things aside and this reunion with comrades in this great struggle to establish the highest civilization civi in tho west and I 1 would like since you have invited me to deliver one of the set speeches before th congress it seems to me the time has now come for some one thoroughly familiar with all the circumstance to jevick the rise and growth of tho national irrigation idea lo 10 indicate tho stage to which we have now attained and to outline the general outlines with which we must deal in the future As I 1 look back to the first irrigation congress at salt lake ten years ago I 1 find that much history has been mado and that tha trend of our public thought has changed its direction in some material respects as well as broadened almost immeasurably irrigation has really become one of the mightiest economic movements of our time I 1 feel sure that within the next few years it is destined to become the foremost factor in shaping our future institutions and tho place of all others in which to discuss these things h utah for there american irrigation was boni there the irrigation movement was launched and there ia the exact geographical center of the arid region under some such general litlo us the influent of irrigation on western civilization I 1 am inclined to think I 1 could present an interesting and vital vit al ew of our progress and prospects which will accomplish some good |