Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-19
Congressional Party Comes In
From Nevada Welcomed by
Governor Cutter
ARE IN UTAH COUNTY TODAY.
VIII Visit Poysou, Provo and Sugar
Factory and Go Out to SallaIf
This Evening,

Members ~ the congressional com.
mittcc OH irrigation ana reclamation OF
arid lands aud the reception committee
headed by Gov John &, cutler met
yesterday afternoon at u point named
"l'uy" west of the lMcm cutoff and
Cd miles out " Ogden
AZ this siding the observation car
borrowed from the salt Lake Route
was attached 10 the caWbouud South.
ow Pacific train ana the piuN came In
10 ogden whore after hrIpf stop
eventually arrived IN Suli Lake about
1880, Here automobiles awaited them
NJ the depot aud all concerned woro
given run nromd the city mlll . w..
No. whom they adjourned 20 the Tabor
naclo aud Witnessed the closing scr.
Vices " the Salt Lake stake confer
once, As coon ~ the Tabernacle had
been cleared of the congregation the
distinguished visitors were escorted To
the gallery whore Il special recital IN
their honor followed, n consisted of
four numbers by j. H. Mcclellan on the
organ ana n solo by Emma Lucy
Gates
AZ the conclusion the visitors wcro
taken TO the rosirum ana introduced to
President Joseph T. Smith, President
Anthem II. lund, Apostle &, W. Pen.
rose and others Tho great organ aud
Nv console were explained by prof
Mcclellan much 20 the odincaliou of
the party
THOSE IN PARTY
The party includes United S,ntcs
Senators Dubois Of Idaho. Nowlnnds Of
Nevada, Flint ~ California ana r.
Mel simmons of Norh Carolina
Congressman Smith, Kahn ana Me.
LachlHn of California, Mondrll of
wyoming Rcodcr of Kansas, Jones Of
Washington ana smith Of Texas j. l.
Parker chief of the division NJ lands
and railroads of the department Of ne.
rlcullure Washington u. e. profcs.
sor flwood Mead, chief of irrigation
Investigations Of the department Of nR.
rlcultllre Washington, u, c. q, I,
RoNloy " u, Brown Of Portland, Or
Arthur Ruhl Of Golfers Wccky Now
York g. J. Blanchard, slHiIstioinu of
geological survey Washington, H. a.
Mossrs, W. A, Reedcr 4, T. Cooper,
w, IT, Jones, N, q, Brown ana g, j,
Blanchard
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Those who were on the train and
met the irrigation investigators we're.
GOV John g, cutler and wife Sena.
tor Reed Smoot and wife, senator
George sutherland ana wife, Congress.
man Joseph Howell ana wife, col
Holmes, Prof John Widstoe, u, H.,
BnrloN llcber NJ, Wells, Simon BAN.
berger ana wife, T. - Richards and
wire. ifoi O. W. SWondsou, state En-.
glneer caleb Tanner Postmaster
A.
irvine aud wife OF Provo, Mrs. IDA
Smooi Duscnhcry \ T., chandler
Formerly state engineer Of Noyndn
Representative Wooton Of lrtuh roun.
~ Mayor Crcor Of Spanish Fork. MAY.
or Rovlonco and wife Of Provo and h,
H. peoly
For. the past two weeks the congrcs.
slonll committees have Travelled
thrQugh Arizona. california ana Nova.
a. looking oyor the irrigation proposi.
llons tbut are being undcrtpken By the
government Today they are IN Utah
ON the same business bent,
"TRIP ~ AN EDUCATOR,
Members of the rarity affirm that
much good has already been derived
from the trip ~ II has given them am
insight into the needs Of the Great
West much moro than could be possibly
accomplished by means Of printed re.
ports aud statistics,
That the gentlemen are not on Jun.
koung trip whore ease and luxury prs
van can be gathered when II IL stated
that while IN Phoenix, ArI2, "A few days
ago, they took u very hard wagon TRIP
Of l2j miles I'm order to see a reservoir
site, From Phoenix they went ON TO
Yuma, whore work " about 10 be com.
monood on a biz government project,
Tho nest place visited was the Imperial
valley, whore u number OF wagon drives
wore tpkon Sacramento was also Vls,
tied ana the party eventually arrived al
llH2on, New IN time for the opcnlnS
of the hig canal ON Saturday and thl
turning ol water into the FIRST Of the
big goNcnmcnt Irrigation projects,
After looking over the situation I'm
Utah they gu In Idaho whore the Mini.
doku ana lloiso valley projects viii
como IN for detailed inspection
TIM uTAll PROJECTS,
Of the rtnl PROJECTS that are nov be-
INK considered by the irrigation oSpcrta
the four leading reclamation echom IA
are The Weber rlNor project, inyolY.
INK 10000 acres NJ an estimated cost
Of ti5OOooo the Bear lake project IN
cost NJ iiiOO,oO0 the llnh lake project,
INVOLVING 10000 acres at an approximate
cost of SliOOO 600 and the strawberry
valley project involving 10000 acres,
at an estimated cost Of ShOOO00O,
IRRIGATION OUTLOOK,
IN discussing the irrigation outlook
yesterday congressman Mundoll snlI
that since the enactment of the law
t3S,OOO0OD had been made available foG
irrigation work. IN addition 10 his
SiOOo,0OO ID Suur w coming INTO thi
treasury lol this purpose 20 that IN tho
noSt ~ years there VIII Dc 10000 600
"a be- Hrcul on irrigation works IN I've
west ana south
Continuing be- 8aidj On taking M
lhig work the government N not come
pptlUg with private reclamation work,
hut encouraging ana making n moro
molldblo, The fact lhat the govern.
moul has lukon M the work has. tend.
Cd Ia rive II WlaudlnE ana stability II
has Increased the value W private wa.
tor rights ana mado this u legitimate
Held ~ Investment The success ~
the government projects now under
way win determine the advlsuhllity ~
increasing uud continuing the work A.
vet we huNu only proven that the gov.
cumcul can do lhiR reclamation con,
uruutiuu Nulk economically ana yet
prrmuly stable The blk problems uf
ulIlnmrul and development Nip yet g.
bp mel, ana Np hUpp successfully we
md gomo hope In the fact that mora
hand has been reclaimed IN Idaho, Wy,
umlug Aud Montana by private indi.
,idunN since the plssNRp If the rpClu,
mulIun bW tnuu In MI prrNluuH Time