Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-15
rDENtyTENOS WARM GREETING
,..,,, soeeches of Welcome, Many
" y,,,d Delegates and Important Sub
iccts to Discuss
nr OPENING IS MOST AuSpiclous
,,,c,umcnt Experts, United States Sen
orors and Other Men of Promi-
ncncc to Speal
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(Speclal 10 inc NeWH'
orden. Sept l5-When Rex was King
"a ogden awoko to her carnival glory
apould have seemed that the summit
gbsr pride had been reached but to-
ay ,be Junction citys former great
~. has ecllpsed itself Her streets
J.. Allied with the most distinguished
conservatives Of the brain and beau
sof the vest and under all the honor
,.aowed upon her she carries herself
IN becoming dignity and grace, the
csventh National Irrigation Congress
/, onened with the blare of brazen
,,gnpet and the martial tap of drum.
vpsle Glls the air while men and wo-
mn from all the western states and
amy Mexico crowd the broad thor
mghfares and give 10 the place a car
,yal air that has already melted
s1endly contest for the honor OF enter
timing the twelfth congress, El Paso
here with a band of Mexican musici-
,ss from Juarez and a determined lot
n delegates who have "set their cap
n, ne prize Reno, Nevada, IL also
n The race. and her efforts are seconded
% the Californians. Portland, Ore
r5n. TOO has mind to win the race.
s,d 81 Louis not content with the
Anne of her worlds fair, Is bound TO
achieve the distinction OF claiming the
next congress- of irrigators.
senator W. a. Clark, president OF the
congress arrived yesterday ana Is
greatly pleased with the splendid open
Ing, expressing enthusiastic interest in
me work TO be done and encouraging
an with Characteristic energy. Local
cf1eials are alert to all the require
nonts OF the situation and seem to have
yery detail well In hand
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT.
As an adjunct to the congress the
horticultural exhibit at the fair
grounds is rounding itself out Into a
splendid affair II is surprising the
most sanguine of It's supporters and
must result In much good to the indus
uy II is the intention TO have a SIM
far display at the worlds fair In St
Louis
WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO.
With delegates present from II
states west of the Mississippi, repre-
senting practically every important
commercial organization In the great
territory included in the semi-arid and
arid region Of the country, state and
municipal governments the eleventh
session OF the National Irrigation Con-
Tess opened here today. The sessions
Will continue until Friday, and during
that time much important action Is ex-
pecled to be taken looking toward the
reclamation Of the vast unsettled ter
rtores Of the west that but await
the touch Of water to blossom and bear
fruit Not since the beginning of the
looking toward government
aid In q vast scheme OF irrigating the
arid west has so much interest been
taken IN the meetings Of the irrigation
congress, and during the four days ses-
sons irrigation and Its kindred sub
iects forestry and colonization, will not
only be discussed but practical IL
Of what irrigation Is doing
for theh west win be- given. Among
the speakers will be United States
senator's and governors OF a half
dozen states OF the west government
experts In forestry and irrigation and
representatives of many western COM
mercial organizations and colonization
Delegates continue to pour into the
city every train arriving this morning
bringing In hundreds interested In the
WORK Of the congress
CLARK RAPS FOR Or
DER.
Although the first meeting was sched-
lled Tor $3.50 a. M, II was considerably
beyond that time when President w. A.
clark assembled the platform OF the tab
arnacle In which the meetings are to be
leld and raped for order. The ven
arable president, John II. Winder, one
y the counselors Of President Joseph
+ Smith, delivered brief invocation
AZ the close Of the Invocation Cover
Tor Wells 81 Utah warmly welcomed the
leiegates In behalf of the pioneer irri-
'alon state, A welcome to ogden was
extended by Mayor William Glas-
mann and President Clark then re-
ponded IN bchald Of the National Irri-
'aton congress.
SINGING or THE PRIZE ODE.
4 trained chorus Of 200 voices then
ang the National Irrigation ode, writ
en by Mrs Gilbert McClurg OF Col
lrado Springs, Fifteen hundred dele
rates and spectators Joined in the Choir
Y TO the tune of america" and the
meet was tremendous, Mrs. McClurg
vas given an ovation at its conclusion.
COMMITTEES NAMED.
Committees on credentials, perma-
,ent organization and resolutions were
hen provided for, TO consist OF one
member from each state and TERRITORY
eptosented and adjournment until
s,931 p m, was taken. Just previous to
'ulournment Secy. OF Agriculture Wll-
on was introduced amid much cheer