The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-01
Principal Subject Discussed at the
Trans-Mississippi Congress.
STORAGE OF STORM WATER
INTERESTING LECTURE DELIV-
Erred BY T. 81. NEWELL.
Opening Session of the Commercial
Body In Wichita, Kan, Yesterday
Delegates From ALI the Western
States Were present = Many Ad-
dresses and Matters Discussed.

Wichita. Kan, May S1-The tenth
annual session of the Trans-Mississipp
Commercial congress opened here this
morning with 300 delegates in attend
ance. Two hundred men are expected
tomorrow. Every state and territory
west of the Mississippi river, with the
exception of Washington, Nevada and
Idaho, is represented.
Hon. Hugh Craig of San Francisco
president of the congress, failed IL
come, and Vice President Prince of
New Mexico called the congress to or
de-.
Governor Stanley of Kansas deliv-
cred the address of welcome. He said
that Kansas contributed more in a pri-
mary way to the wealth and prosperity
of the nation than any other state in
the Union. That this state was glad to
welcome representatives of the richest
and busiest section in the world.
Mayor Ross spoke for the city of
Wichita and the Wichita board of
trade. Congressman-elect julius Kahn
of San Francisco and Governor Murphy
of Arizona responded. After this Mrs.
Rosie Ryan, Mrs B. Bryan and Mrs. r.
a. Greer of Houston. Tex, presented
all the speakers with bouquets of mag
nolia blossoms
A sharp contest came up over the Sc
lection Of a committee on resolutions
1t was named as follows: George r.
Brown, Arkansas: Governor y. o. Muir
ply, Arizona; julius Kahn. California:
T. G. Henry, Colorado; r. j. Haus
Commercial Travelels' association: ].
e. Humphrey, Indian Territory; c. f.
Saylor, lowe; j. f. Frost, Kansas;
Judge Pitkin, louisiana: John Caul-
field, Minnesota: j. d. O'Donnell, Mon
tana; j. NJ. Lowe, Missouri; Henry
Meyer, Nebraska; A. s. Gietz, New
Mexico; H. B. Maxson, Nevada; F. II.
Greer. Oklahoma Territory; G. NJ. Ir-
win, Oregon; Wesley A. Stuart, South
Dakota; Presley X. Ewing. Texas;
Utah; Colonel Constant, Wyoming.
Many Addresses Made.
The first address of the session was
made By Professor Morrow of the Okla
homa Agricultural college, on the IN
PRODUCTION of Corn In Europe as Food
Product"
Francis B. Thurber of New York City.
chairman of the American Exporters
association, spoke on Wider Markets,
and How to Get Them
EX-Congressman w. B. Slosson of
Texas spoke arkansas and deep water
ports on the gulf"
Fred w. Bentley of Wichita spoke on
Equitable Freight Rates.
At the evening session Hon. George
H. Maxwell of San Francisco, repre-
senting the national irrigation con-
gress, spoke on THE creation of an in
land empire" He urged the reclama-
ton and settlement of the arid region
that is being advocated by the national
congress, which is that the
federal government should give to the
west its share of river and harbor an
for building great storage
reservoirs to save the waters in flood
times, which now go down in great vol
umeS carrying destruction with them,
and that title to the public lands should
be coded to individual settlers only, and
not ceded to the states; also that the
grazing lands of the west should be
leased to the states at lower rates and
the proceeds used for constructing irri-
cation canals.
Illustrated lectures were delivered by
DR.. H. c. Krankenfield of the United
States weather bureau, and T. H. New
FL, photographer nf the United States
geological survey. Mr.. Newells sub
ject was Water Storage" He said, in
part: