Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-03


sud local presidents, vioo.pr, sldsuts
and the c0fGesp Inliug secretaries
thereof, 10 promote the growth Of the
a'sg citation by Inviting all interested
parties N their respective counties anu
towns TO become members.
10 may be well here 10 reitefatc
what was distinctly stated nj tlIs meet.
ing ~ tire Chamber Of Commerce May
llth, 1896, when the association wnb
formed Il istntireiy n0n-pOlilical,nOu.
Aoctnrlsu; nor 10 II started with any
prospect Of Iecuuihry gnin In view
lOt a. n SHIELD for huuGCiM irrigation
operations, Tut purely ~ mutual
educational movement having the
object OF Informing tue people % the
different localities In Utsh q what
irfiggtiOuisis 10th VI homu and abroad
are doing, to show th1m how, when
ami where wecnu 10 advantage follow
the czpmpls set by other states In the
nriI rsEiyI, aud 10 warn them Of
swyUrs lurking In wrong snd pcr1ic'
ioIs irrigation m6thads. TGt0ugh tho
reports ui the local CORE. Und n
secretaries auu FROM similar OTEauIza.
tiuuB In adjacent states aud territories,
the central uflice o. the association
everything pertaining 10 irrigation nj
all points in Uinh AMI the Wet, and
such Of tbOsD reports ~ are "
general inlurssl, Vt extracts from
them, viii he incorporated In the
publications Ui The association.
Utah should 10 tue chosen gfnani "
all the United States for the b,sttiiJfs
OF mitigation; u should ald eau have
the b.st ani highest irrigation
methods; it 10 the aim VI the as-Ocin.
ton 10 bfing this rb0ut.
Eight Wtl.iJu additional acre. came
% " from TIC national government
Wheu We adopted .tatChU0f. Inis vii
make homes Tor large p9tulaii0n, yet
under our pTUHunt loose methods thls
land can bee handled by private copper.
alton without my possible fupotvifiln
OF control.
4, ~ expected that the many local
ASSOCIATIONS win discus, tue best
methods ~ uliiiEin' these land 10 the
end that they msy be cheaply Ublaine
by tbs people. Further, tue best In.
ierts'h VI CID water rights, uUmaId
tat these associations shell bu suCcstr.
ful In Urier that Coz iliGtr mny bu
EvHitoi aud costly law tuits saved.
,
tive eysirm, why should not Utah
have AS Hosd ont?
California hes the best irrigation
methods, why should not Utah equal
or excel them2
The work OF our association IL purely
n public WORK, aiming TO lay tbs right
foundation TOT the great Industrial hie
thd Will grow up here Ia the next
century.
The ntatc, county aud local asfocin.
tiOns Of California have made Of Il tho
most productive Ter acre Oi all Irrigated
ruglOns IN America. While the stutn
associations u kAnsas, Nebraska,
Texas ADD others have given an I'M
pstus 10 irrigation progress within
their borders such ~ NO other efiolts
could have effected.
President Geo. q. Cannon, In his
speech advocating the formation Of
this association ior tho purpose Of edu.
eating unu inHtructiug the peUI 10 TUlA.
tive to the iudiciou. use Of Their water
supply, 10 fetted thai willis the people
OF Utah were pioneers IN irrigation
they were allowing adjoining states 10
Outstfip them,And attributed It mainly
10 the TACT that our people have not yet
what wonders II viii accomplish u
properly handled, aud ~ IL will not DO
long before Utat will have n very
uons1 population, more careful and
scientific methods for the control aud
utu Of water will have To be- adopted.
la this connection II IL worthy OF
note that while sOmo Of our people
fOndly imagine that their l0csl irfiga-
constructed, yet NJ shown 10y the cen.
sua, the fact remains that the average
diet cJst VI Bringing water to the land
IN Utah h Sl0.55 per acre,or more than
that NJ any other state or territory
with the exception Of California, " here
the most thorough anu extensive sye.
toms TOT saving and distributing water
have been constructed anu where T.
roiurn6 are pror orIiouRtely high, white
the cost IN niue other states range.
nom $500 IN Wyoming u s7.5s Ia Ne.
vhIn, thus lt0ying thht our faulty
constructed bitches are really nor. *.
peusiys than those constructed on
truo engineering principles. California
with its well built GitChes uaes one
fourth as much wAtsras Utah, yet has
larger returns poT Bcre.
tito anu practical Irrigation through
out Utah, the State Irrigation associa-
ton VIII, through It, central anu es-
peo.aliy III local ORGANIZATIONS, also
bring into active discussion the sub-
ie0t " water rights and water control,
which n ga yet but imperieolly under.
stood by tue msiOrity OF cur psOpie,
and which requires systematic invest.
CATION aud regulation.
Ouu Ut the immediate efforts VI the
ASSOCIATION viii be TO briug AurutA
more complete ana systematic measute-
meat OF the tiow Of our streams duy.
log different Seasons OF the year; suI
more effective instrumental o6sery.
anoe Of tio snow anu rainfall Ia the
mountains. While this n TO 10 done
ulGgr the supervision HEi Rt the cost
OF the United State, govorlmsn A. IL
believed that buoh msasuranIrnti may
bn largely nud effectively conducted
by local resident, OF Utah, uoh orsery-
erd u have reasonable com ycnsaIiOn
from the government.
IA the new state Constitution does
not prov do tor toe control Of tho waters
within the borders VI the state, II will
be- the uuty OF future legislatures tU
enact laws regulating irrigation, and II
tue people ueslte % see those laws
framed 10 ensure such control AZ will
secure tho best possible results irom all
snutces Of supply, and 20 have existing
rights properly defined ana leEalizeI,i
certainly behIpves thum b CuInulele
their several organizations; and through
the association make their wishtsin the