The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

and factories as the United States. No
nation has such command of the great
forces that now control the world
steam, electricity and machinery. No
country has such an ingenious, intelli-
gent, energetic and progressive popula-
ton. Surely with the precedent and ex-
perience of the other great section of
the English speaking country we can
solve the problem that now confronts
us and realize the destiny which AN
overruling Providence seems to have
created for u.s."
EX-Congressman w. B. Slosson of
Texas spoke of kansas and Deep Wa
ter, Ports on the Gulf Frank Bentley
of Wichita spoke on Equitable Freight
Rates."
At the evening session Hon. George
w. Maxwell of an Francisco, represent
ing the national irrigation congress.
spoke on THE Creation of an Inland
Empire He urged the reclamation
and settlement of the arid region that
is being advocated by the national ir-
rigation congress, which is that the
federal government should give to the
West its share of river and harbor ap-
preparations for building great storage
reservoirs to save the water in flood
times, which now goes down in great
| volumes, carrying destruction with it,
and that title to the public lands should
| be ceded to individual settlers only and
not ceded to the state: also that the
| grazing land of the West should be
| leased to the states al lower rates and
| the proceeds used for constructing irri-
| cation canals.
Mr.. Maxwell said in part: "If this
policy We're adopted those who are now
| tilling arid lands with insufficient wa
| ter supplies would have what they need
and new settlers would flock to the
West. as they did to Oklahoma The
men who broke the prairies of Iowa
and Illinois did not have much money,
but they had grit and industry and by
their labor they built homes and pop
ulated two great states. Open the arid
West to the same class of men by hold
ing out the magnet of cheap land and
free water. and a new tide of emigra-
tion will float into the West"
Illustrated lectures We're delivered by
DR.. H. C. Frankentield of the United
States weather bureau and T. H. New
ell, photographer of the United States
geological survey. DR.. Frankenfieid
spoke on floods and flood problems.
resolution was introduced by MI.
Lewis of Oklahoma condemning Atkin-
son of Boston for his pamphlets against
the war department and asked the ma
tional congress to encourage the eX-
portation of negroes to the Philippines.
Other resolutions were BY eX-Goy.
Prince of New Mexico asking for the
establishment OF a department. of mines
and mining to correspond with the de-
partment of agriculture; also for gov
ernment aid for the improvement of the
merchant marine.
By Mr. Stuart of South Dakota. ask
ing for government aid to build reser-
voirs for storing flood water on the up
per Missouri
BY Governor Murphy Of Arizona,
statehood for the territory and the ces-
sion of the arid lands.
One faction, led by Governor Murphy,
wanted cession to the states and state
reservoirs. Opposed to this is a faction
fayoring' the storage4of water by gov
ernment reservoirs.
Hot Springs, Ark, Cripple Creek, Col,
and Houston, Texas. are after the next
congress. c. A. Fellows of Topeka and
Thomas Patterson of Denver are can
didates for president.