The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-01
6 CONVENTION.

The ie1iication convention called to
g At Sturgis;On Tuesday convened ~
! O'Clock y. m in the city hall, and was
called to order by e ". Gardner. j.. M.
Woods was chosen chairman and Olaf
Helwlg secretary. Upon taking the
Mr.. Woods spoke for a few mo-
ments upon the necessity Of irrigation
q concluded by asking for the reading
o. the call Tor the meeting. a. j, Nc
Cain read from the Union the notice
published requesting the convention Of
lrrlgatlonists To meet at Sturgis.
=. Y. Gardner addressed the meeting
attrlbuting Our distress in this section
Of the state principally to the lack of.
moisture and recommended a system oil
reservoirs to hold the water until need.
ed for irrigation.
j. NJ. Woods recommended the trial..
OF an. artesian we'll and stated some OF
the plans Of the Artesian Well Co..
winch has lately been organized IN Pan-
Bington sounty. Or. McGlllycuddy gave
q very Interesting lecture GU the .eolosl-
cal formation Vt the Black Hills and AL.
Mcent country and concluded by atat-l
Ing THAI he WAS confident That an arte-t
MAN we'll basin unuerialu INNS eectlun vi
tile country Il near enough \ o tie
surface tU be uJlilzed.
A letter from Judge Plowman was
read ~tavoriDg the sending oil u petatlon
to congress asking ior AN .apprOpraclon1
Oi'land for the purpose vi lrrlgatlun'
also argued that IL would be cheaper
Tor the government To build reservoirs
in the sub-humld states easJ Ut the
Rocky mountain anu hold the water:
THAN W Uullu extensive levesS III L1e
lower Mississippi to prevent The waters
from Over1luwlng the country II uls.
trOylng lsie ana property.
Mr.. H%artgerlng told vi the methods used
by him III building d reservoir Tor Mr..
COtllc W hrl,.lvAne W. husband th1
waters vi Cow creek anu spread 1t over
the meadow lands aularenu thereto.
- 1AA. "A. u. 1ANSCAA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WV
cooperative system oi constructing II
operating irrigation CANALS and pointed
to the SUCCESS OF tile plan i'll this ana
other states stating that 1T utilized
home capital, to-wlt: The labor vi men
and teams winch are ole part vi tne
year.
. Mr. I(nvl 10 pN,.nCo,o +nI n n ny ,Difh ltyN.
posed main anulaternal dlJhes and asys'
tenn Of reservoirs all under control vi
officers elected by the several townships
in which SAID bitches were located.
MIR. M;ngun spoke on irrigation as
conducted by the ariesIan we'll system
1t was moved and carried that TIT
chair appoint a committee OF seven fol
the purpose vi proposing and drafting I
system OF irrigation practicable N this
locality and also give as complete I
history as was possible OF irrigation il
other countries and particularly in Colo
RADIO. Utah, and California.
The following were appointed as com
mlttee CHAIRMAN D, M. WOODS as CHAIR
man Of committee will report at mex
meeting, March 18th, in RAPID City
g. v. Gardner, +. b, Reed, W. n. no}lcs
A. j. McCa,n, DR.. ~McG,lIycuddy, $. II
Martln. Ola Eeiwlg, described ~ lletiio;
employed by hun ia passing water J
dithes over sandy Vi grAveIy lands.
H. G.. Paine OF Oelricb WAS pressn
an9 took part III the discussion OF irr
CATION prof cts.
sent mostly residents oi Meade an
Pennington counties.