Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-09-18
FL PAS0
THE WINNER
The Pass City Gets the lrriga'
tion Congress for Next
Year.
STATEHOOD FAVORED
a Bitter Fight Over the Resolutions on
the National Land aws.-.lnterest'
ing Addresses.

Ogden. Sept. 1S-With the closing
session of the eleventh National lrri-
cation congress scheduled for this eve
ming not half of the work OF the con-
gress has been accomplished. Today
besides reading a number of interest
ing papers there was scheduled the re-
ports of the committee on resolutions
and the fight that is sure to result ov-
er the adoption or rejection OF the ma
iority report committing the body OF
frrigators for or against the national
land laws was expected to be a pro-
rracted one The following address
es were delivered, Forests and Water
Supply" by F. H. Newell; Forestry
by Clifford Pinchot," and Forest Res
ervations in Utah. by A. f. Potter.
This cleared the decks for next years
convention fight and there was no de
lay in starting it.
Lengthy speeches were cut off by
1he time limit of five minutes put on
the nominating speeches. Boise, st.
Joseph, ST. Louis and El Paso were
named and seconded. The roll was
then called. The first ballot resulted,
Eel Paso POS, Boise lat, st. Joseph 8.
The Boise delegation moved to make
the ballot unanimous and this was
carried amid roar of cheers. The
committee on permanent organization
then made report recommending
the following officers: President, w.
A Clark of Montana; first yice-presi-
dent. L. W. Shurtliff of Utah; second
vice-president, John Hall OF Texas; !;
secretary, H B. Maxson OF Reno, Ne
yaaa. The report was adopted unani-
mousIy.
The majority report urges the i'm
mediate and absolute repeal OF the
desert land act, the communication
clause of the homestead clause OF the
homestead act, the timber and stone
act the lieu land provision OF the for
est reserve act and the purchase OF
condemnation of private lands within
forest reservations. 1t urges the ex
aension of the forest reserve act and
that all forest work be concentrated
in the hands of the bureau OF forestry
of the agricultural department. The
report urges the conservation OF the
flood waters of the Columbia, the Sa
cramento, the Colorado, the Rio Gran
ale, the Arkansas and the Missouri
rivers, and their tributaries and the
subsequent extension of the vast lrrl
gation prospects.
1t recommends the appointment by
the President of commission to In
vestigate and report such further
amendments or extensions OF the land
laws as may promote the actual settle
ment and development of the public
domain. 1t favors statehood for New
Mexico and Oklahoma. The minority
report was also presented. 1t simply
strikes out all reference in the major
ATTY report to the desert land act, thu
timber and stone act and the commu
uation clause of the homestead act
The report was made the special or
der for 2 o'clock.
Executive Committee Appointed.
Ogden, Sept. 18-The following ex
ecntive committee was appointed: Ari
znna, B. A. Fowler; California, G. B
Booth; Colorado, Gilbert McClurg
Idaho, F 3. Reed; Illinois. F. G. Tap
ping; Iowa, H. G. Wallace; Kansas, g
A. Schneider; Minnesota, Thomas
Shaw; Missouri ]. w. Gregory; Mon
aana, Herbert Strain; New Mexico. G
A. Richardson; North Dakota, D. e
Willard; Oregon, NJ A. Wordy; Penn
:sylyania, ]. M. Lightner; South Dako
IA, Wesley Stewart; Texas, Jas. A
Smith; Utah, Fred J. Keisel; Wash
Ington, C. A. Fletcher; Wisconsin
Clark e. eGapen; Wyoming, Fenimor'
Chat. t.erton.
Address by smythe.
William E. Smythe, of San Diego
Cal, spoke, on "The Influence of Irriga
tion On the American Ideal" Afte
paying tribute to Utah as the cradl
of American irrigation and the birth
place of the national organization, h
said:
There is one thought which Is t
me, at least, inspiring-which, If it b
true, is lofty enough to sustain us Il
all the trials and labors of the future
and the thought is this: The In
t1uences born of the first fierce strue
gle for existence in these valleys
Utah, supplemented by the influence
which have grown from the first Ns
uional Irrigation congress at Salt Lake
twelve years ago, will do more thal
any other factor to save and perpetr
ate the American ideal of Democrac,
e 4 believe the battle for genuine ect
nomic independence on the part of tn
masses of men is to be won In thes
far valleys, under the benediction
the western sun. And with all re'
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