The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-16

opening session and the delegascs
and citizens on the street. Tit
delegation and band all wore wide
straw sombreros, distributed sc
Paso," ribbon badges and small som
breros as badges. They wentafte,
the next congress right" and real
ly secured it easily. Boise was the
only formidable opponent. The
vote, when taken Friday forenoon
stood ri Paso 205, Boise 147 and ST
Joe 8, after which Boise and ST. Joe
moved to make the selection OF E
Paso unanimous.
From the first the livliest interest
conferred In the resolutions to be
adopted, and especially that part Of
them which should have reference te
the Desert and Timber and Stone
Acts and the Communication clause OF
the homestead law. After several
long and animated sessions, the
majority Of the resolutions commit
tee reported in favor of the uncondi.
tional repeal of these Acts, while the
minority reported in favor of their
retention. On motion it was agreed
that six Is minute speeches should
be made, three on each side, after
which debate should be limited to
five minutes each.
Congressman Shafroth Of G Colorado
Congressman Mondell OF Wyoming
and Col. John P. Irish of California
spoke in favor OF the minority re-
port while Attorney General Dona-
Won, of Montana, W.. E. Smyth of
California and Geo. Fl. Maxwell,
chairmand Of the executive board Of
the National Irrigation Association,
spoke in favor of repeal. or the ma
jority report. The debate was q
warm one, from start to finish.
Congressman J. z. Needham, of Cali
fornia, made conciliatory speech
and offered the following comprom-
Sc, which was adopted by vote of
213 to l48.
Whereas, the Timber and Stone
Act, the Desert Laud Act aud the
Communication clause of the Home
stead law, in many cases in their adj
ministration have been found to re-
suit in speculation and in the mono
poly Of the public domain to the
exclusion of the actual homesteaders.
Resolved; that we request the
Congress of the United States to
make such notifications in said laws
as will save the remaining public
lands for actusl settlers who will
found homes and live upon said
lands" I H3 81
After tho adoption of several fur
'ther amendments, which for the
most part had to do with local mat
5ters, the resolutions were unani-
mously adopted.
Ina general way, the Congress
was thoroughly Democratic; it was
a representative lot OF western men.
Everywhere, on the cars, streets, in
restaurants, one found men willing
to talk, to give and receive informa-
ton. Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa
we're well represented, while smaller
delegations came from Michigan,
Missouri, New, York, Ohio, Vermont
and Virginia.
Four beautiful silver cups were
offered, as follows-Cup gwen by II.
o. Havemeyor for the best sugar
beet exhibit; Babst Brewing Co. for
the best exhibit of brewing barley;
Senator Clark for the best general
collection Of fresh fruit and An.
heuser-bush Brewing Assn for the
best exhibition Of hops. Utah had
the largest, mostcomplete and most
artistically arranged exhibit of fruit
and it was conceded that she would
win the coveted cup but, when the
judges cut open some OF the fruit it
was found that much of it was az.
81 q
fected by the coddling moth, and the
cup went to Idaho. A california ex-
pert said it was the finest display
he had ever seen. The Hayemeyer
cup was won by Utah farmer, the
Pabst cup went to Montana and
Washington secured the Anheuseur.
Busch cup. These exhibits were on
exhibition at the Weber county fair
during the four days of the Con.
gress.
A novel thing at the fair was the
Before and after" irrigation; the
former pointed to large sage brush
while the latter pointed to the win
min ~ fruit eYhih;S