Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-23

is everything In making a good start"
At the conclusion OF Captain Chit
tendens address, a general discussion
followed on the storage Of water by
the government for irrigation purposes.
AT 1880 recess was taken until 2
o'clock
A paper on "The Wyoming Lava
Solution OF All Water Problems was
read by Fred Bond, state engineer Of
Wyoming.
BETS ARE DISCUSSED
This was followed by a paper on "Ir-
rgation and the Sugar Beet" by Her
bert Myrick OF Chicago, editor Of the
Orange Judd Farmer. He said in
part:
IT has been conclusively demon
strated by long practical experiment in
field factory and laboratory that I'M
der irrigation intelligent methods are
certain to produce heavy tonnage
per acre OF beets rich In sugar and high
In purity The almost continuous sun
shine In the so-called arid region dur
ing the growing period, and the good
weather that Is almost certain TO pre-
vail during the rlpening and harvest
ing stage, make sugar beet culture un-
hfI ltAlbUAtpii III AiidN itEINi as tNlAhlll
TO be absolutely successful as anything
In the crop line can be insured.
1T Is evident that this industry is
peculiarly adapted to the arid West.
II is almost the only new industry that
unites agriculture and manufacturing
so as TO keep within the State or sec
ton the money now sent away 70 pay
for sugar brought IN from foreign
Countries M from other uorfg ~ this
country. In many ways the hour is
ripe for a vast development Of the beet
sugar industry In the United states.
THE Sugar Beet as profitable Arid
Land Crop" was the topic discussed
by Hugh NJ. Wiley. chemist OF the
United states department OF agricul-
ture.
FROM GOV. ROOSEVELT.
The Auditorium theater was well
filed when President Meade called the
night session to order. a letter from
Governor Roosevelt was read, in which
he said
believe 10 the last point in the vital
necessity Of storing the floods and pre-
serving the forests, especially through
out the plains OF the Rocky mountain
region. The problem OF the develop
meut Of the greater West Is In part a
problem OF irrigation. / naturally be-
lieve In a government giving generous
aid to the movement for II is not pos
sible, and II 1t were possible II would
not be wise, TO have this storage work
done merely through private ownership,
and owing 10 the peculiar necessities OF
the case much OF the work must be
done by the national and not by any
state government. Moreover, It Is not
only necessary TO establish a greater
system Of storage reservoirs to prevent
the flood waste Of the waters II is also
necessary to preserve the forests on the
mountains and among the foothills.
This means that IN the first place there
must be wide extension OF the exist
ing system Of forest reserves. and IN
the second place, these forest reserves
must be managed Alright They cannot
b. so managed while there is the pres
ent division among the federal depart
ments OF the duties and therefore OF the
responsibilities Of their management
We are lust getting 10 understand
what is involved in the preservation Of
our forests Not only is an industry
at stake which employs more than half
n million OF men-the lumber industry,
but the whole prosperity and develop
ment OF the West, and indeed ultimate
~ OF the entire country. is bound up
with the preservation Of the forests
Right use OF the forests means the per-
petuation OF our supply both of wood
and water. Therefore we cannot afford
TO be satisfied with anything short OF
expert and responsible management OF
the national forest reserves and other
national forest interests. The forest
reserves must be cared for by the best
trained foresters 10 be had, just as the
storage reservoirs must be built and
maintained by the best engineers
There Is the same need of trained skill