The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-05


before the congress by Fred j. Keisel
of Ogden, chairman of the Utah dele
cation. Mr.. Keisel said tho West must
20 to Congress with this demand. He
would not, he said, insist on this whole
amount in one lump appropriations. He
gled with little.' In the twenty
three reclamation projects now in hand,
he said, the Government had tied up
forty-thrce million dollars, realized
from all sources, largely from the sale
of public land, and fifty millions would
He cited the great appropriation Ior
the Philippines, for rivers and harbors,
and similar purposes. and insisted that
the West was Justified in asking and
demanding one hundred million more,
TO be used in new projects. Mr.. kiesel
declared that the people of the West
were not persistent enough, and said
that they were not giving to irrigation
the attention which the subject de-
served. The Governor of Nevada, he
said. had promised to come and bring q
train load of his people, but instead,
and unfortunately, they were detected
by prize fight at Goldfeld.
Makes Heavy Demand.
Leigh II. Freeman OF Yakima, Wash,
was less modest than Mr. Kiesel in his
demand, which was "Three hundred
Millions for Irrigation He asserted
that England had expended an amount
greater than this for irrigation in In
dia. and other vast sums in Egypt.
"Irrigation in California - was pre-
scnted by Clarence S, Edwards Of San
Francisco. The statistics which he pre-
sented Of California 8 vast income from
the sale of products grown under irri.
CATION made the irrigation works Of
some Of the newer States iook small;
oil ha lao~
one hundred and fifty million dollars
from irrigation, and even then, in his
opinion, the industry is but in its in
fancy. Mr.. Edwards referred TO the
recent disaster which overwhelmed San
Francisco and neighborhood, and when
ne told OF the bold, courageous Califor-
mia spirit which was going ahead up
building and restoring, the congress
broke out in its greatest applause
heard at the afternoon session.
Tom Richardson, secretary of the
Portland Commercial club, who dis
cussed "The Commercial Club as
Factor in Building Great Cities" Incl
Sacramento as the place Of holding the
next convention. California, he said,
since the disaster, could have from
Oregon anything that she asked for.
Fisher Harris Is Heard.
Lake Commercial clnb and executive
head of the "See America league"
spoke to the topic, ''See America
First Mr.. Harris e address was witty
and eloquent, and his plea in behalf
OF the erdeavor TO draw tourists from
the Eastern States to the far West was
approved and applauded. by his audi"
ence.
Gov. Mead of Washington was the
last speaker. He expressed the opinion
that of all gatherings of this char
acter held annually in this country,
none was engaged in a greater work
than the National Irrigation congress.
lie expressed the hope that in some |
future year, if not next year, the con
gress would come TO the State of Wash |
ington.
During the afternoon the melon grow
ers OF Payette, Ida. gave away at
Riverside park, where the congress is
meeting, 5000 eantaloupes. The fruit |
was served to all who appeared at the |
Payette pavilion.
Contest for Presidency.
AT a caucus of the Oregon delegation
this afternoon it was voted to present |
the name of Gov. George E. Chamber
lain for president Of the Congress- Gov. |
Chamberlain, however, has stated that
he is In no sense a candidate for the |
honor and he is making no personal eff
Tort to secure the election. The Utah
delegation will present the name of
Fred ], Kiesel OF Ogden and is making
IN active canvass for the office. Gov.
Albert E. Mead Of Washington also has
been mentioned, and the men from Mon
tana are talking of United States Sen
ator Thomas H. Carter, who, as pre-
siding officer of the present congress,
not only has expedited business, but at
I'll times has kept the delegates and
me audience in good humor. Frank
the presidency. Bozeman, Mont, today
withdrew from the race for the next
convention. The Californians are ure-
ing Sacramento with their usual en-
thusiasm, and the movement to carry
the congress convention to Washington,
D. c., is not losing ground. Reno. |
E.ev,.; Las Vegas, n. NJ; Yakima,
Wash, and Denver, also are still in the
field The matter will come before the
congress Thursday morning
The policy Of withdrawing vast areas
Of the public domain from entry under
the land laws in order to create forest
reserves or conserve the water supply
for purposes of irrigation, which has
been vigorously opposed by influential
interests in the West, had It's defenders
and its. opponents at tonight's session
of the National Irrigation congress, The
session was devoted to forestry, graz
ing and correlated subjects. The de.
bate was marked by bitter attack on
The national administration by United
States Senator w. B. Hepburn of Idaho
and q vitriolic exchange between Mr..
Hepburn and Congressman Reeder of
Kansas. AT another stage Of the de-