Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-29
Choice fnr President Of the Congress Falls on
Carey Of Wyoming,
sHURTLIFF OF OGDEN A VICE PRESIDENT



cd by reclamation.
President-Jos. NJ. Carey Cheyenne
wyo.
First Vice President-s. a. Cochrane
South Dakota.
Second Vice President-L. w. Shurt.
lift, Ogden. Utah.
Third Vice Presidents. NJ. Knox
Princeton, III.
secretary-Thomas e. Frost. Min.
neapolis, MINI.
Reading clcrk-Col H. D. Maxson
| Reno, New.
File Cierk-P. c. Ericsson. Nebraska
Press Reporter-R. j. Colver Los
| Angeles, Cal.
The selection OF treasurer will be
left to the executive committee.
SENATOR CAREY SPEAKS.
Senator Carey was introduced. He
accepted the gavel in II short speech
| expressing his thanks. He said his pur-
| pose was not to dictate what the con-
| Nenton Hhould do but to help II. He
then spoke Of the purposes and aims of
| the irrigation Interest. Senator Carey
/ expressed his wonder at the produc-
| tlNeness Of Nebraska without irriga-
| ton and wondered If Nebraska would
| when Its fields were fully irrigated. He
/ SAID that Western people had a right
/ 70 De proud of what he had done in the
West The city of Lincoln last year
| came near capturing the United States.
/ representatives of the University Of
Nebraska are seen all over the West
/ ana one Knows them as soon as he sees
| them, for their knowledge crops out
| IN their conversation. The people do
| not know the wealth Of the western
part OF the United States. Senator
Carey then spoke In brief of the re-
sources u the West So far as this
| country is concerned the people are
always ahead of the prophets OF the
| Iuture. The people are to be agrlcui-
turlsts There Is Il need of scientific
ana practical men to aid IN the de-
/ Velopment Of this territory.
AS To plans, Senator Carey said that
/ me hist thing necessary to more per-
rect development was to take care of
| water of the Rocky Mountain streams
to prevent the floods and conserve the
| excess water for the dry seasons. Inc
| people want that kind of leg station
| mat VIII insure protection to capital
| invested in irrigation. This will insure
| further Investment.
In ten or fifteen years the people will
not be moved by recital of their ills.
| They will be appealed to by mention
| of their desire for advancement, and
their enthusiasm for new projects.
Prof. Bluunt of Las Cruces, n. NJ,
read thorough paper ON The History
| OF Irrigation"
| A telegram of congratulatoin was re-
| ceivcd by the convention from Col.
| w. f. Cody (Bunaly Bid.
PROGRESS OF IRRIGATION.
MI. f. II. Newell Of the U. s. geologi-
| cal survey. read paper entitled
Progress Of Irrigation" He said in
| part
During the past few years there
| have been comparatively few large ir-
| rigation systems constructed. The prin-
| cipal developments have been along
! the line Of Increase Of area cultivated
/ under bitches already built and the
/ construction of small irrigation works
/ depending for the supply of water up
/ on storage reservoirs or wells. 4
| period of growth has been the result
not only OF the prevailing hard times
| but as the natural consequence Of the
/ speculative movement resulting in the
| building OF many great canals during
/ the years lSs9-lS93. Nearly all the
larger corporate enterprises begun at
] that time are now in bankruptcy re-
/ the principal one being that OF the
/ difficulty of dtsposlng of lands and
/ water rights at remunerative figures,
I'm the study of the development of
/ irrigation and of the utilization of the
vast area of vacant public lands, one
/ OF the striking facts to be noted is the
| difference in results between those at
| tanned by small and by large irriga-
| tiun work. Nearly all of the Individual
or partnership bitches have been sue
| cessful and have yielded large returns.
| while the reverse is generally the case
| with the corporate enterprise.The small
| systems Of water supply have been
| built AT the least possible cost by men
who expected to use them in the cult
! wilton Of their farms and who have
had regard not to possible prof
! its from the handling OF the
! water rights. but to the In
creased productivencss Of the soil
Each man has been individually
concerned in securing economy in con-
structlon ind operation. bitches have
been built 10 carry water only To lands
which it was Intended to cultivate i'm
modlatcly, little Or no expense being
Incurred In bringing water to areas
not Immediately needed for the pro-
duction OF crops. Thus every dollar
invested, whether In labor or cash,
has aided In Increasing the value Of
the harvest Of each year. In striking
contrast tho corporation project was
conceived less from the point Of a per-
manent and beneficial investment than
that Of ability 10 make quick returns
from the sale Of stocks and bonds.
These schemes were OF course doomed
to failure from the start for the active
energetic mon who who were pushing
them Immediately lost all interest the
moment they had made a sale or had
obtained u heavy mortgage, and left
the wreck 10 drift helplessly on 10 be
managed by q nuctuating majority Of
the creditors,
THE IDEAL METHOD
"The ideal mpthOd Of operation Of
these large works would be TO carry
out on q larger scale the principles
through which the smaller bitches
have been zuccessful-thut each irr-
gator should be u proportional owner
in the whole system and personally
concerned In the managrment,econom
teal administration and payment of
each persons share of tine expense.
This has been attempted by the Crea-
ton OF Irrigation districts IN which
zach property owner bears hts share
OF the expense, the amounts due being
collected In the same manner as school
taxes The state Of California leads IN
the magnitude Of these enterprises, a
considerable number Of districts hay
ing been organized, a few OF which
have been successful ana especially
those In which the debts incurred We're