The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-04
CLOSE OF IRRIGATION CONGRESS
LARGE NUMBER OF GOOD RESO
I.UTIoNS OFFERED.
Resolutions Expressing Regrets at
Death of President Woodruff
Papers Which Provoked Debate.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 3.-The open
ing session of the third and closing day
of the seventh annual irrigation con-
gress opened with an increased at
tendance, the California delegation.
which was delayed by a washout, hav-
ing arrived.
The report of the committee on res
olutions was presented by Judge Emery
of Kansas. the chairman. The resolu-
lions are quite lengthy. They favor an
appropriation of not less than 100000
for photographic surveys, for the meas
VI ement Of streams and the survey Of
reservoir sites; strongly commend the
care of forests begun by the secretary
of the interior, and urge the formation
of a forestry bureau and an appropria-
ton by congress sufficient for its sup
port and management; urge upon the
states legislation to prevent forest
fires; favor the suggestion of Professor
Sargent of Harvard university that
instruction in forestry be given at
West Point to prepare army officers for
an intelligent understanding of forestry
administration; commend the action Of
Cornell university in inaugurating a
school of forestry; favors the creation
in the department of agriculture of
bureau of irrigation, and liberal aD-
preparation for its support; express
cordial appreciation of the value of ir-
rigation Investigations already made
by agricultural experiment stations,
and recommend that htey give increas-
ed attention to the arid states; request
the congress of the United States to
make sufficient appropriations to con-
struct the reservoir surveyed at
Buttes, AriZ., and to construct water
shed reserve near Butte, Mont; provide
that a committee of five be appointed
to present a bill to this congress regu-
lating and establishing uniform meth
DDS for appropriation and control OF
the waters of interstate streams; re-
affirm resolutions of the Phoenix con-
gress on reservoirs, of the Lincoln con-
gress on the public ownership of water,
and of the Phoenix congress on the
cession of public land to the states I'M
der strict conditions insuring settle
ment, and endorse the Chittenden re-
port favoring construction of reservoirs
and the recommendation Of Elwood
Mead favoring the leasing of the graz
ing lands.
Consideration of the report was post
poned until ? o'clock.
The congress adopted a vote of
thanks to President Carey for his able
work in presiding over the congress,
and to the Union Pacific Railroad COM
pany, the newspapers, the state Of
ticers, the Cheyenne club and the Deo-
pie of Cheyenne for courtesies.
]. NJ. johnson of Wyoming read
very interesting paper on "Cession of
Arid Lands in Connection With Land
Reclamation This paper provoked
much debate. A paper on Irrigation
a Sociological Problem" was read by
S. A. Cochrane of South Dakota. Hon.
John Z. Field of Colorado spoke eX-
temporaneously upon the subject Of
Laws and Regulations to Promote the
Best Use of Water in Times of Scar
city" Professor S. NJ. Emery of Boze-
man, Mont, read an exceedingly in
structive paper upon THE Work of the
Experiment Stations in
Aid of Irrigation" Professors L. G.
Carpenter of Fort Collins, Colo, and
B. 8. Buffum of the University of Wyo-
ming also discussed the same topic,
reviewing the work done by the sta
tons they represented, and outlining
future work along new lines.
Two additional formal papers were
read at the afternoon session. COM
pleting the programme. These were:
What Can be Accomplished by Irri-
CATION" by William V. Doyle of South
Dakota, and Underground Waters"
by William Darton of the United
States geological survey. These papers
We're fully up to the average of the
meeting.
Resolutions were adopted expressing
the regrets of the congress at the death
Of President Woodruff of the Mormon
church, who was recognized as a pio-
neer in irrigation enterprises in the
west. The death of Captain "Bucky"
O'Neil of the rough riders, who was
killed at Santiago, was also the sub
ject of resolutions.
After authorizing the president to
appoint a congressional committee of
seven to look after irrigation legisla-
ton, the congress adjourned sine die.