| Show POETRY INSPIRED BY THE irrigation CONGRESS ONE SOME LINES A VISIT TO THE BANQUET HALL IN OGDEN john bond of blackfoot idaho bursts into song over the nearly completed skeen canal the following lines were suggested by e visit to the rooms where abe banquet was held during the irrigation congress and were incited and front to the standard by mrs E jones of twenty eighth street in this city they are the banquets now ready and a feast is prepared and the chief of the nation wre invited and shared thrice welcome to ogden fair city of the west with the bounties oc mcarth arth her people are blessed vat drink and bo merry tand faaet all you may but forget not the hearts who opened the way man the and waters with care god gives the increase that his children may share bo forth in your mission waste land to reclaim preserving tho waters in mountain and plain and earth make to bloom A edena field sweet fruits and bright flowers the desert to yield 5 there are other people who can write legation odes the following was not in competition and probably that 19 the reason it did not receive the prize it was incited by john bond of blackfoot idaho and is entitled and skeen canal AIR BUILDING A the skeen canal ft ha began tecy plough and dump the carts like fun nd say etick lo 10 it until complete tho are longing there to meet chorus theres nothing to fear prom bone and sinew of the pioneer Hur raJil theres plenty of room lor freemen to maffi the desert bloom skeen ie a good boss too end knon e what his men can do knows in their work hardy and gay and just the right men on the canal right of way freemen arc willing the sage to dear and make good hoeft without fear they plough and BOW and cereals will grow when the waters in the desert over them flow they eo with buggies and see the men arill the lava stone blasts and the dump carts fill and most feel a little bit shy when tho ladies are there to watch tho carts go by those at work arc not all kin but they have loyal hearts beating within and they do pride in tho gem state the can get a good water rate anen come to tho desert and hear the boys ting when the caal h finished next spring they take abi method to invite their friends all and n american falls they will give a grand ball |
