Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24

a COPY Of this resolution 10 each member
or the Nebraska delegation in congress.
Resolved, That the right to oot1in SUD
port froT tho soil lawfully occupied by
him belongs 70 every citizen % the state
as an inherent and natural right and where
such right may not be fully enjoyed with
out the diversion Of water from the run
ming streams Of the state and its appliCa-
ton to the production OF crops. the right
to so divert and apply the water exists,
and should al all times be so declared and
maintained by all legislative and judicial
authorities.
Whereas, There is no adequate method
provided by the district irrigation law OF
this state whereby an irrigation district
may disorEanize and settle up its business
affairs; therefore. be It
Resolved, That the committee on legis!1-
tion Of this association IL hereby instructed
to prepare and present to the present legts-
lature a bill providing a tust and equitable
method whereby an irrigation district may
disorganize Itself and settle up It's business
affairs.
Whereas. The operation for seven years
Of the Nebraska law providing for the con-
troll and distribution OF the waters OF the
streams used for irrigation has been marked
by an especially orderly and progressive
advance Of the irrigation industry and by
an almost complete absence OF. expensive
litigation IN regard TO water rights; and,
Wherear. The operation OF this law en-
ables the i~rrlgator to have the priority and
extent OF his right to the. use OF water de-
ermined practically without expense. In
marked contrast to the experience In this
respect of irrigators in nearly all other
Whereas. Said law mas also permit ed
the irrigator to rest In the assurance hat
his rights so determined will be promptly
and effectively enforced; ana.
Whereas. The administration OF the law
has been characterized by honesty. Impair
TALLY. tact and judgment on the mart OF
the officers charged with mat outy' 'nere-
Resolved. That We join in earnest com
mendation OF the wisdom and toTesient OF
Vhr p.aw ~-h, FrannnA the NahTAGka lFTlEH=
ton law and secured its PASSAGE; and be 1t
further
Resolved. That we hereby express our
appreciation Of the manner In which the
said law has been administered by the Ne
braska State Board Of irrigation, acting
through its representative. the state enBl,,
neer. his secretary and his assistants, at all
times and under the administration OF the
+. G. HAINES. Chairman.
IrriEationiSts nve
The Irrigation association met this morn
ing in annual convention. with about fifty
delegates present. President A. G. Wolf
engarger OF Lincoln presided and delivered
a lengthy address. The following officers
were elected: President A.. G. Wolfen-
barger, Lincoln; vice president. NJ. II.
Wright. SCOTS Blur; secretary. II. o.
Tanning. Crawford; executive committee,
J. S. Hoagland. North Platte, c. S. Crews,
Culbertscn. Henry E. Lewis, Lincoln. The
president was authorized to fill out the
committee by, appointment.
A paper discussing the water supply of
Nebraska and how to best utilize the
waters of the various rivers Of the state
was read by Mr.. Stevens. At the afternoon
session an informal talk on drainage was
made by Prof. Stout.
SbOrthOru Breeders.
Tho Nebraska Shorthorn Breeders as
snciation was organized last night by the
election OF me following officers: L. g.
Lawson. president; L. J. Hitchcock. vice
president; a. d. Heath, secretary: W. G.
Sadler, treasurer. The constitution. by
laws and regulations OF the central asso-
citation were adopted by the meeting. It
was decided that the annual meeting shall
be held in this city in January in connec-
ticn with the other meeting Of organized
agriculture.
The following members we're enrolled
last night and II was expected that a good
many others would join as soon as they
had a chance. Almost all of those present
are in the list and 1t was thought that
others who we're not present because Of the
other meetings would Join when the list
was presented to them. These enrolled
are: A.. johnson, Douglas; /. W. Chappell.
! Learney; e. l. Hays, Braden; W.. G.. Sad
Ter, Jamaica; l.. ID. Hitchcock. Rudolph
Firme. G. T.. Haggard, John Skinner, C. @.
Wootz, A. B. Heath. Thomas Andrews,
Thomas Andrews, jr., c. e. lawson; J. P.
Griffith. Grant; Chris Grosshans, Sutton:
C. A. Richie, Ulysses: John Harper. Ben
net; ID. p. Turney. CerescoS w. R. Holt,
Falls City; w. c. Cameron. Herman; John
Anderson, Chambers; H.. NJ. Hart. North
Platte; Frank Ness, Surprise; II. G. Law
son. Clarke; F. A. Heath. Republican:
John Drapela, Stanton; A. e. Walden, W.
I. Judy. Kearney; c. d. Bowen. Odessa; ].
e. Donaldson, Albion; o.. p. Henderson,,
Hebron; Earnest Bros. Graf; z. S. Bran
son. Lincoln; ]. Weber. ~Tecumseh; L. X.
Kilbrrn, Petersburg.
Central Association Omcers.
At the session of the central association
this morning the following officers were
elected for the year: President, I. ]. Wor-
nall. Liberty. Mo-; frst vice president
George Edwards. Sioux City. Ia; second
vice president, L. c.. Lawson. Clarks, Neb.
secretary. r. o. Cowan. Springfield. Ill;
treasurer. II. R. Clay. Plattsburg. N. Y.
Vice presidents by states were chosen
as follows: Iowa. Will Smith. Allerton
NcDTaska, ALBERT Johnson, Douglas. Kan
sas. John Tomson. Dover; Missouri. f. NJ.
Casey. Clinton; Indiana, e. w. Bowen. Del
phi: Illinois. John w. Prather, Williams
Vile; Michigan. o. Chrysted. Marshall:
Ohio. E. S. Kelly. Yellow Springs; wiscon
sin, Frank Harding, Waukesha: Kentucky
F.. X. Thomas, Paris; Minnesota. II. r
Brown. Minneapolis; Texas. David Harold
Austin; New Mexico. W. NJ. Atkinson, Ros-
well; Virginia. John F. Cowan, Cowan's
Mills; Oklahoma. Calvin Dean. Newklrk
Indian Territory, Campbell Russell. Ben
net; Colorado, E. H.. Grub. Glenwood
Springs; Nevada, ]. S. Marsden. Lovelock.
Oregon, George Brown, Portland; Califor-
mia, South Dakota and New York. to be
supplied by the executive committee.
The executive committee comprises T. j.
Wornali. George e, Ward. L. c. Lawson
and B. o. Cowan. 1t was authorized to ap-
point two more vice presidents each for
the central states.
During the morning F. w. Harding ad-
yocated the adoption of the English stand.
ard Of registration and Mark Woods OF this
city spoke hopefully Of the outlook for