The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-15
IRRIGATION
The Congress Meets
To-day.
LIST OF DELEGATES
Train Loads of Members Arriving
Every Hour.
BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED
Means to Reclaim the Arid Public Lands OF
the West by Each Individual
State.
LIST OF DELEGATES
Train Loads of Members Arriving
Every Hour.
BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED
the West by Each Individual
State.

In the grand process Of carving out states
and empires in this new land of the west,
we are calling to our aid all the elements of
nature and all the experience OF history.
Human government is the great problem Of
the century, and how to make the best
homes for the most people is the question
Of to-day with these great American states.
The measures which Will best accomplish
these results are the ones which most con-
Germ all our people, and the converting of a
large body of delegates from nearly
TWO SCORE OF YOUNG EMPIRES
embracing more than one-half Of the United
States to consider one Of the means by
which vast areas of now useless territory
may be made to bring forth sustenance Tor
men and beasts and enable communities TO
grow and flourish, is an event of the great
est moment TO our people, situate as they
are in the geographical centre of what is
termed the arid district.
The calling of a congress to consider the
various problems embraced under this topic
was the result of the action of the state ir-
rigGtion convention of Nebraska, held last
February at Lincoln. Pursuant to a reso-
luton of that body committee
was appointed consisting of w. E. Smythe,
/. b. Cary, l.. e. Hicks. of Nebraska !;
Robert HAY, of Kansas, and w. E. Robin
son, of Colorado, which proceeded at once
to take the necessary steps for calling
AN INTERSTATE CONGRESS.
The legislature Of Colorado took cognis
ance Of the matter and urged the governor
of that state TO cali it early in the spring.
Credit is due the Irrigation Age for first
mentioning our city as suitable place for
the session.
SshortI,, af.ar cha o,,.s+;o,, ,.-,, ,, :.
TO the attention Of Governor Thomas by
the Salt Lake chamber of commerce. and
in compliance with this request he issued a
circular letter Of date June 18th to tho
chief executives Of all the states and terri
tories west of the Missouri river, inviting
them to appoint delegates to the proposed
convention.
The manner Ia which this was responded
TO is evidenced by the following list of
delegates:
ARIZONA.
WI Murphy, NJ E Collins, Samuel Webb
Lincoln Fowler Lindley Orne, A NJ Frank
lin Msricopa county; NJ p Freeman II e LACY.
Herbert Brown Samuel Hughes Pima county :
NJ w Stewart, e b Gage, ) Bagg, A Mon
tanker, Cochise county; George h Kelly, M 7
Egen, j q GroeSbeck. Graham courty; A II
Hackney, CHA county; William Barnes; + NJ
Zuck, A Banta, Apache county; w q Blskely
J Nj Mckenzie, Moaave county; I J Butler
Morris Goldw alter, Ysvapai county c Is Fms
ton, Cooonino county; A Doran 2 r Brady
Pinsi county; II J Blaisdell Martin, Yuma
county.
ARKANSAS.
James A Rice, H A Dinsmore. Bentonvire:
A Meuke, Hugh Regan, 5 Mars, Fayette-
vile; w + Hicks, Dan Daniels Louske; rs M
Dune, Princeton; Paul Jones' Texarkana; A
Il Sewer, Louisville; Dan w Jones, John Nj
Jere South, Mountain House; Hudgins,
Hampton; V lizard Forest City; A Glen.
denning, James F Read. Fort Smith: NJ
Brown. Camden; Henry Morriston: B II
Emby, W A Clements, Atkins; A G ashburn,
Waldron; W 5 Burnett p Thweatt Helena:
G H Carlton. Lake Village; R r Rice, Warner;
Vt Roberts Speers, Pine Blur.
CALIFORNIA
w Green, Colusa; W Nance, San Diego
Tucker, Fresno; p Y Baker Tulare; ] w
Davis. Tulare; g Mordecai Fresno; c c
Wright, Stsnislaus; K Denison. Alameda;
+ o Finkle, San Bernardino; Enoch knirht
Los Angeles; Edward Fay, San Francisco;
Mcdonald, Sacramento; Z Edwards.
Orange; NJ NJ Estee Napa; w II Hall. sam
Francisco; L M Holt, San Demanding: ]
ii z Taylor, Kern; E A Forbes. Yuba: j
Clayton, Santa Clara; w 81 Mills San Fran
cisco; b II Fairchild, Los Angeles; Taylor
Beach, Santa Clara; Allan Towle, Placer.
MUNICIPAL DELBGATEs-B d Murphy d NJ
Murphy, c NJ Shortridge, L G Nesmith San
JOS :; S B Lewis, Eugene, German, DeBarth
Shorb. c J Shepherd. w II Workman, Los
Angeles; II Henry, San Jose; II Heacock
w Hawley, w Cslkins j Perkins, James
II Short, Santa Barbara.
COLORADO.
L Carpenter, Fort Collinsr George q
Anderson, Denver; Donald Campbell. Denver:
W Aldrach, Denver; John A Duweese. Den,
YER u EooJ Axial &C Fisk, Denver; VIII
liam Colder Glenwood Springs; J S Greene
Denver; La Grange. Greeley; Irving How.
bert. Colorado Springs; James 2 MaxweI