The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-17

God bless you in your efforts. (ApplauseG
Hon. George Q. Cannon was next heardJ
GEORGE G. CANNON.
Mr. Cannon said that he was pleased tot
be called upon to address so large meet
ing assembled for the purpose this one hadi
met to carry out, and he felt confident
that nothing but good could come from the1
deliberations of q body OF such intelligent4
men as the congress was composed OF. The3
question of irrigation was very Import
ant one, and one that has interested him
greatly. He took his first lesson in irrigs-
ton in Utah in 1S4S, and while he had not
had = practical experience in such matters
from that time as had others, he had wit
messed the efforts with good satisfaction.
The speaker said it was a notable,
TACT that rainfall seemed to follow in th9
pathway OF civilization. Some rationalist5.
might attribute this to natural causes butt
for his part he thought that benefcent
providence ever mindful Of the care of His
children was the prime factor. Within
the past few years there had been an in
crease in the water supply in City creek in
this city. While he was not exactly in
position TO explain this he had noticed it
with great deal of satisfaction.
The speaker favored an allotment Of
lands in small portions. When Salt Lake
was laid out it was with the intention of
making it villa town. The lots were an
acre and ne-fourth each. Then Just out
side the city there were five-acre plats.
and beyond that ten. Still further thew
were twenty. He noted with great deal
of satisfaction the fact that a man could
live comfortably on one of these twenty
acre plots, and asserted that Presidents
Woodruff, who is splendid farmer, had
maintained family on one of these tracts
And that reminded him of story. Presi-
dent Woodruff remarked that he believed
he was getting old and that when asked
the reason said that his grandson, sixteen
years of age, had kept up with him hOeing
potatoes.
Mr.. Cannon then said that this plan pur-
sued by the pioneers here had been to avoid
all corporation control of water Water
had always been con trolled by associations
OF men who paid for their supply in labor
IN keeping up old and building new bitches.
Ihls had been very satisfactory method
and by 1t was obtained for what it cost.
MIR. Cannon In conclusion said he believed
there were more people in Utah who owned
their own homes than in any other state in
the Union.
BADLAM MOTION.
By Mr.. Badlam of California:
Resolved that this congress request the
federal government to place the controf OF
all ard and timber lands located within the
states and territories west of the Missis.
! sippi river in the hands of the same. and
when said lands are sold, a certain sum per
! acre shall be paid for securing title thereto
| Ihat such states and territories can at
any time make the payment and secure.
title to such lands.
| "Ihat each state or territory containing
arid lands shall enact laws and provides
| methods 0f reclamation hu irriC ,;s
aole and applicable to it's own situation and
surroundings, and such state or territory
shall reclaim and sell such lands for a price
under such conditions and terms as it may
| deem best
Resolved, That this congress pass suit
able resolutions requesting the government
to enact such laws as will insure the
| speedy segregation of all arid and timber
land by the United States Congress.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
| MIR. Shelton, of Oregon, spoke Of ths
mismanagement of the land department.
| territories.
G. e. Goodwin, of Utah, followed in the
same line, favoring local government and,
the cession of the lands to the several
states and territories.
Mr.. Carpenter, of Colorado, favored q
reference Of the resolutions and further
! discussion.
SENATOR WARREN, OF WYOMING,
being called for repeatedly. addressed the
convention and said he did not intend to
impose upon their attention at so late an
! hour, but as he had witnessed the great
changes in this region during the quarter
of century past, he could bear witness of
the wonders irrigation had wrought. Az
| to the best methods he would defer to
California or Colorado, in fact he had come
to listen not teach. The transformation
in Utah which he alone had
witnessed was proof that more of
the human family could be cared for in an
irrigating country than any other The
| garden of Eden was In an arid region and
| the life drops of water we're turned on to
make it bloom. Small holdings with high
state OF cultivation was now the policy,
/ Ii twenty acres would support a family,
this region would yet outnumber the east
/ As to the ideas TO be focused he could
see an advantage in selecting point of at
tack and pressing it. The east must be
/ treated cautiously, for one or two states
! had more power IN congress than all which
were represented in this body. Be lust
but valiant in our demands initiate Cali
fornia by dash and persistency which has
made her famosu and success would crown
the efforts OF this convention.
AGREED on.
The following was then agreed on: That
the committee rise and request the congress
10 order the committee on resolutions to
report at the morning session, and that the
committee OF the whole be discharged.
A vote of thanks was rendered for tha
large irrigation map presen ted by Prof.
Bailey, and Senator Stewart was requested
to have same conspicuously displayed AZ
the national capital.
Adjourned to am. this morning,