The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-05
MANY DELEGATES
COMING TO OGDEN
indications Point to g. Record
Breaking Irrigation Congress.
INTEREST is WIDESPREAD
SPLENDID FRUIT EXHIBIT is
ASSURED.
INTEREST is WIDESPREAD

! n GDEN, Sept. 2.-TOdayS mail at
the irrigation congress 'headquar-
tiers brought over 100 applications
from prospective delegates for accom-
modations during the session. For the
/ past two weeks mail has been going
out from the headquarters by the bas-
ketful Now the letters are coming
the other way. Something of the vol
ume of correspondence had in the pro-
motion of the work may be cleaned
from the fact that the postage bill of
the board of control will amount to
about 5000.
A meeting was held last night by the
! board of control and the report of the
finance committee was taken up. The
committee, after making some careful
estimates, reported that about $500 adj
ditional funds will be needed in order
to carry out the work of the congress.
State Senator Kiesel states that that
arNunt will be raised i'm order to work
ouy the business of the congress along
the broad lines desired by United
States Senator Clark, the president.
The Weber club held a meeting and
appointed committees and subdivided
the work in order to cooperate at the
the delegates and the advertisement
OF Ogden and Utah.
On Tuesday night John Henry Smith
was present by invitation, and made
several suggestions as to the arrange
ment of the programme. which the
board have adopted and were working
out yesterday
Interest in Fruit Exhibit
passed all bounds set by those even
who were most sanguine when the sub
ject was preached. In Utah. Colorado,
Idaho and California the matter of the
exhibit has assumed proportions which
places the collection of the fruit under
the auspices of the state itself and
strong rivalry exists already. The pic
ture of the prize cup offered by Sem !
ator Clark has been extensively copied |
in other papers and the contest has re-
ceived much free advertising all over /
the arid region
Mr.. Kiesel received word today that |
Mrs. Elizabeth Shields, prominent |
California woman, and one of the best !
posted in matters of horticulture and |
to be found anywhere. will
be in attendance at the congress. She
has been asked to act as one of the
judges of the contest.
Governor Peabody of Colorado writes
that he has turned the matter of the
fruit exhibit of his state over to the
which is preparing the ex-
hibit for the st. Louis Worlds fair.
Word was yesterday received from J.
A. Pitcher, secretary of the state board
of trade of California, and also COM
missioner from the Golden state for the
st. Louis exposition, has sent word
that he will be a delegate and will de-
liver an address on "Colonizing and
Building Up the West"
Mr.. Kiesel has received a letter from
A. B. Moss at Payette, Ida, from which
The following quotations are made.
Judge Richards Will Speak.
Your wire of this morning received
lave taken up the matter by phone with
Judge ]. H. Richards at Boise telling
him of your wire, and have through YOU
invited him to deliver a ten
minute address at the National Irrigation
congress, subject. Fruit Growing Under
and he has promised to be
here and deliver the address, and will
80 from Boise with me on the evening of
he 4th, so will be in Ogden on the morn
ng of .the 18th.
This morning I have had talk with
our Mr.. j. H. Forristall, who is afraid
here may not be space to give us to
make the display we wish to make of our
We expect to display 800 varieties of fruit !
t will take at least space in your eX-
.ihitton room OF 15X50 feet, and then the
Xhlbit will have to be built eight feet in
eight.
Will you arrange Tor have it done) with
he Short Line railway to get out an ex-
'ress car al Payette for our use on Fri
lay night Sept. II? We will load it on
he 18TH and 18th, and start the car on the
vening of the 18th, so 1t will be in Ogden
he morning, of the, 18th. Then we can
tut the exhibit in place on that day and
ave it ready for the opening OF the con-
ress on the 18th.
We will bring down an exhibit that
ill surprise any individual (whO is not
resident of this part of Idaho or east
TN Oregon that sees it, and while we
o not ask an inch of room not needed,
re will utilize all the space asked for
Last week in Morgan occurred the
Wedding of Miss May Miller of Port
and, Ore, to George P. Bowman, we'll B
nown in Ogden, but now located az
royden as quarry superintendent for
P. O'Neil.
The Sacred Heart academy is to re-
pen for its school work Sept s.
~
Miss Grace McGonagle has gone to
Tevada to resume her work as teacher.
All the canning factories of the coun
Y have started on their seasons run.
he tomato crop is unusually heavy Is
MS year, and. barring early frost, the
utput will be very large.