Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-15


| extend utah's greeting with equal cor
duality to the old and the new--the vet
Grams and the recrults-the former be.
cause we still need the promptings or
their rlpened wisdom, the latter because
In the campaigns yet to be conducted the
vigor and earnestness of buoyant youth
may not be put aside
ALL ARE BENEFITED,
No longer do we hear as the narrow
reason Tor not appointing delegates 10
these congresses that such appointment
would leave the impression that the state
from which hey come might be IN need ot
irrigation. Such an idea Is as Obsolete ~
the notion that any commonwealth or
section OF our land can truly and per
manently prosper while another suffers.
And though there may be regions where
artificial irrigation may not be necessary,
there are none 80 blessed or so Isolated az
to be Unidentified by the products and
profits which irrigation In other sections
comes bearing on It's shoulder TO thetr
very doors. Cities and communities whlcn
look to commerce for their nalhtehansc
would find their powers immensely short
ened were II rot for the business which
the irrigated farm and orchard pours INTO
their laps, Take away this gigantic ele-
ment OF national prosperity ana manu-,
fcturing and mining would angulsh, Ana
so It comes that all are interested direct
is and Indirectly In the work which you
and your predecessors are engaged IN, ana
which your followers VIII carry on with
ever Increasing and ever extending sue
cess.
The famous irrigation colloquy once in
dulged In by the executives OF two con-
tiguous states, neither OF whom seem 70
have known much about the uses or fresh
water and to have cared stu less Tor
salt, thus assumes a wider Significance
and scope. Under the lnsplfntlonal IN
iluence of this great movement, the re-
mark OF the governor OF North Narollila
will be. distinctly noted by the governor
OF South Dakota. while from Maine to
Texas, from Vancouver to Florida Keys,
and from Alpha to Omega the general
Invitation will meet with Il swelling. uni
yersal and magnificent response.
uTAH's PROUD POSITION
The results accomplished by the irri-
CATION congress during the few years
which have elapsed since It's inception are
alike pralseworthy and stupendous IN
their effects We OF Utah are proud To
have been the pioneers not only TO pro-
noting the congress but also In the SCI
ence OF applied irrigation, Directly trace
able to the labors of your predecessors IL
that epOch-marklng enactment, the ma
tional Irrigation law, probably one OF the
most beEeflcent In all our nations his
tory. | congratulate you most sincerely
upon the glorious achievements OF the
past, and bid you Godspeed In dealing
with the problems still to be met. The
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buttons and express opinions have happi..
ly outllved their usefulness, The days or
action have come; and for these days,
the men OF action are ready ana they are
here upon the scene, Tho ably cham-
pIoned differences OF View point which one
, time threatened TO disturb harmonious
endeavor looking toward II common END.
now exist no longer, That end has been
gained and the only duty remaining IL to
make IL triumphantly successful, ! feel
that Il is our business, and | Know IL VIII
be our pleasure. to demonstrate TO all IN
tellgent people that such national aid to
irrigation as has been pronered has not
been and shall not be unworthily be-
slowed. We can offer YOU IN this state a
living illustration OF how much can be
accomplished with comparatively few re-
sources except pluck. Industry ana the
willingness to help one another. sixty
wears ago no section was more barron
than the valley OF the Great Salt Lake
Other portions OF our present common
wealth were no more inviting. Modesty
forblds that the host should praise his
are not only discriminating and truthful
YOU are also generous and llnreserved m
your praises; and II any OF you know OF
a lovlier and more prosperous regon than
Utah's parallel chains Of cultivated Yal'
leys, We will gladly accompany you any
reasonblo dlstnce In order to enjoy the
picture Yet this TRANSFORMATION was
wrought by the toiling hands OF COM
munlty poor In worldly goods or re-
sources. IL such things can be accom-
plished by such agencies in such brief
period OF time. how much may not be
done when the national guaranty anu
support comes TO the all Of tho home
seeker.
SHOULD PRESS FORWARD
| My friends. you have every encourage
| ment to press forward boldly with the
work In hand. AZ surely as We are to-