The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-02

has not been completed, nor has all
been done satisfactorily and success
fully. In great undertakings there
have always been some bitter disap-
pointments and failures. This will oc-
cur in the future as it has in the past.
All railroad building has not brought
large returns. The great canals of
half a century ago for transportation
purposes. have been largely abandoned
Why should we expect all irrigation
enterprises. from their very inception,
to be successful? We, however, say
that irrigation works properly located
and well constructed are always a sue
cess, for do they not, when operated,
turn the desert into garden and sup
plant harrenness with fertility, and, as
if by magic, change the parched and
thirsty plains into harvest fields pro-
ducing profitable crops? These changes
showing here the desert and there a
fertile field are ever d delight to the
human eye"
PERMANENT OFFICERS.
The afternoon session began with the
reports of the committees on creden-
tails and permanent organization,
which were adopted. The following
permanent officers were elected:
President, Joseph NJ. Carey, Wyom-
ing.
First vice president, DR.. S. B. Young,
Utah.
Second vice president, S. A. Cochran,
South Dakota.
Third vice president, s. NJ Knox. IL
linois.
o. E. McCutcheon of Michigan, ma
tional lecturer.
G. H. Maxwell, California. assistant
national lecturer.
Frank Bond, Cheyenne, Wyo., press
clerk.
President Carey then delivered a very
instructive address and thanked the
convention for the honor conferred
upon him.
Professor Beeman of California was
elected assistant minute and recording
clerk.
INTERESTING PAPERS.
Immediately following the address of
President Carey, an exceedingly inter |
eSting paper from Colonel H. M. Chit |
tendon. who is now en- duty at Camp |
Wheeler, at Huntsville. Ala, was read. |
Colonel Chittendens topic was 1.-THE |
of Storage Reservoirs I'm !
der National Supervision" and the con- |
illusions he arrived at were that one !,
fourth to three-fourths of the water of |
streams must be held back in storage |
and that the cost will COM :
pei the general government to under |
take the enterprise. An estimate of the |
cost of the systems examined in Wy !
Oming and Colorado show the neces-
sary annual expenditures to be moder-
ate. His work includes plans to en-
able congress to make intelligent ap-
A paper prepared by A c. True, di- !
rector of experiment stations, was then
read on the work of that department |
Another paper by William z. Smythe
upon obstacles to Settlement of the
Arid Regions and the Best Means of |
Overcoming Them" excited much in
-ereSt. Mr.. Smythe's conclusions as to
he obstacles embraced, ignorance of
he arid regions, repugnance to the
of water rights, prohibitory
prices asked for lands, poverty of the
settler class, cost of transportation and
he failure of the western people to
the requirements of the
peculiar situation. At the conclusion
# the formal papers, committee, con-
;isting of one from each delegation,
vas appointed on resolutions. The re-
nainder of the afternoon was devoted
o lively and highly entertaining dis
'ussion of the papers read. Just before
adjournment a committee was ap-
pointed to present a resolution on res
rvOir construction based upon Colonel
paper. An adjournment
vas then taken until 10 o'clock tomor-
oW
Tonight a reception and ball was
endered the delegates in Representa-
i've Hall of the state capital.
The delegations detained by washouts I
re expected to arrive tomorrow.