The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-22
NORTH DAKOTANS
WILL lRR|GATF
Congress Forms Permanent
Organization and Concludes
Its Work at Bismarck.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
BISMARCK, N. d., Oct. 2.-The first
state irrigation congress adjourned this
afternoon after perfecting permanent
organization and adopting resolutions
calling for the expenditure of North
Dakota irrigation funds within the
state.
The convention adopted the recon-
mendations of the committee for a
pprmanent organization, to be known
as the North Dakota Irrigation con-
gress, which shall hold regular annual
meetings at such places. as the execu-
tive committee shaH designate. The
executive committee consists of sew
enteen members, two from each iudi-
c1al district and one at large, as fol-
lows:
First district, N. G. Larimore. Lari-
more, and Hugh Ryan, of Grand Forks:
Second district. A. ]. Voight, of Leeds,
and M. III. Brennan. of Devils Lake:
Third district, L. B. Hanna, of Fargo.
and w. H. Robinson, of Mayvilie;
Fourth district, G.. o. Gulack. of Ash
ley, and E. c. Lucas, of Lisbon: Fifth
district, C. S. Diesem, of Iamoure. and
o. j. Seller, of Jamestown; Sixth dis
trict, John Satterlund, of Washburn.
and w. L. Richards, of Dickinson; Sew
enth district, j. L. Cashel. of Grafton.
and j. d. Wallace, of Drayton; Eighth
district, V. B. Noble, of Bottoneau. and
H. L. Calderwood, of WiIliston.
At large, Alex Mckenzie. of Bis
marck
The officers of the association se-
lected are: President, e. A. Williams.
Bismarck; secretary, w. H. Brown. of
Mandan; first vice president, ]. S.
Murphy, Minot; second vice president,
7. j. Baird, of Lakota; treasurer E. Y.
Sarles, of Hillsboro.
An attempt was made to substitute
the name of H. q. Thomas for that of
A. ]. Voight in the Second district.
but 1t was voted down by the conven-
ton. The main object of the conven-
ton was to voice. the strenuous objec-
tions of the people of the state of
North Dakota to the diversion of their
funds to irrigation works in other
states and the presentations of means
by which the funds, might be profit
ably expended in North Dakota.
Senator Hansbrough was remember
ed with resolution thanking him for
his public services in connection with
the passage of the irrigation bill. IT
is likely the senator would have appre-
ciated the passage of resolution tax
ing a positive stand against the pro-
posed repeal of the timber and stone
act, the desert land law and the COM
mutation clause of the homestead law.
but the committee on resolutions con-
cluded that the .wisest resolution would
be one merely expressing the desire
that the remainder of the public lands
be saved for the home builder.
MIR. Hills Address Appreciated.
The great card of che convention
was the address of President James j.
Hill, of the Great Northern, and Mr..
L.
reception given by the citizens of the
state than was Alex Mckenzie, DO
litical high chief of the state who pre-
vailed upon Mr.. Hill to put aside his
other engagements and attend the con-
vention. Mr.. Hills address has been
generally commented upon by the dele
gates to the convention and the great
er part Of the comment has been fa-
yorable, it being assumed that his ex-
pressed friendship for the state of
North Dakota leans something to the
material interests of the state.
The discussion of irrigation in North
Dakota today was participated in by
congressman Spalding and Marshall
President Worst, of the state agricul-
tural college; Hon. B. S. Russell, of
Jamestown; J. F. Let's, of Gladstone,
and j. S. Murphy, of Minot. Presi-
dent Worst, following the suggestion
of Mr.. Hill, made yesterday, suggest
ed that it was not impossible in floods
of the Missouri river to store the wa
ter and convert it by canals to regions
where it was most needed. Mr.. Worst
pointed out that at the time the Mis-
souri, river was at flood the crops of
the state were always most in need of
moisture. Maj. Murphy, of Minot, re-
called that government engineers as
far back as 1890 had discovered place
where the waters of the Missouri could
be profitably diverted to the highland
for irrigation purposes. The Das Laos
river was also capable of diversion for
irrigation purposes.
Prof. Willard stated that it was pos
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