The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-02
FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY
Prominent Men Will Attend Ma
tional Irrigation Congress.
WILL RESULT IN GREAT GOOD
INTEREST MANIFESTED SAID TO
BE PHENOMENAL.
WILL RESULT IN GREAT GOOD

| n ENVER. Oct. 1.-c. E. wantand.
III chairman Of the executive COM
mittee of the National Irrigation
congress, which meets in Colorado
Springs next week. says that the at
tendance will be much larger than was
anticipated.
People are coming from all sections
or the country" said Mr.. Wantland to-
day. There will be some OF the most
prominent men in the country there
and the interest manifested is some
thing phenomenal. l believe that this
congress will be by far the largest
and the most interesting that has ever
oeen held and that the result will be
an immense amount of good for the
west"
Among the notable men who are ex-
pected 10 attend the session of the con-
gress are: Charles Francis Adams of
Boston, Who is heavily interested in
industrial projects. both in the east
ana west General Granville NJ. Dodge,
now OF New York, and one of the plo-
neer Iallroad builders in Colorado; I.
- ODonnell, Billings, Mont, one of
the great farmers of the northwest.
John II. Kirby, the Texas Iumberman.
j. j. Hagerman, formerly OF Colorado
Springs. who owns the largest annIe
orchard in the world, near Roosevelt,
n. M, on a section OF country. which
ten years ago, was without water;
General Manager H E. Nudge and
industrial Commissioner Wesley Mer-
rltt' or the Santa Fe system; CSm-
nlahder Frederick Booth-Tucker of the
SdINatlon Army, who has been success
tuI IN making garden spots out OF sew
eral arid sections of the west; George
H. Maxwell, chairman of the executive
committee Of the National Irrigation
association; United States Senator w.
A. Clark OF Montana; United States
Senator I. NJ. Patterson and Congress-
man J. F. Shafroth Of Colorado: Hon.
James Wilson, secretary of agriculture:
CHARLES Fitch. chief in the field for
the western department of the Unit
ed states hydrogra phic survey; Ell
wood Mead, irrigation expert in the
employ Of the government, and John
W. Springer, president Of the National
Irrigation association.
Ihere VIII be discussions on future
changes in the land laws of the Unit
ed States. and on account of legis-
Iatures radically changing state land
ana irrigation laws. The abuse of the
public domain viii be fully considered;
also the very important and kindred
subject to irrigation, forestry.
among the kilograms received today
announcing the attendance of men of
national reputation was one from Ben
Jamln r. Beardsley, secretary of the
ChdhlDer or commerce of st. Paul. who
announced that Congressman Stemens.
rage Morris and Frank NJ. Eddy would
accompany Professor Thomas Shaw Of
me state agricultural college. and Dan
lei w. LAWYER one Of the famous
orators of the northwest. These gem
uemen also come to induce the con-
gress to hold it's next session at ST
raul Congressman Reeder of Kansas
and several others from eastern states
notified the committee today that thew
would be at Colorado Springs from Oct.
s TO 9.
T. A Hitchcock, secretary of the in
terror, sends greeting to the congress
and says:
The passage OF the national irriga-
tlon act is matter of sincere congrat-
ulauon, and / can only assure YOU that.
SO far as i am concerned, nothing will
De left undone towards securing the
prompt and effective contamination Of
the duties devolving upon this depart
ment by the act of congress. beIieving.
as l do. that no act of greater import
ance has been passed by congress for
many years"
Sterling, Colo, where the first reser-
voir site in the west under the pro
visions Of the new bill has been sur
veyed, will send a delegation of twenty
or Its most prominent business men.