The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-10-18
IRRIGATION MEN
HAD GOOD Meeting

| MANY prominent men were pIeeef
. from all parts the state and Hll ha
b good word for Hood River. Th
. delegates expressed themselves a
much pleased with their tIeatmer
here and we're lavish in thei- prais,
Of the fruit fair 10 their talks durin
the sessions of the convention. Tbei
speeches either commenced with
: eulogy OF the "Apple City" or ende
0 with one, and although the meetin
! WIS called for the purpose of discuss
, ing irrigation the afternoon was large
ly devoted to talking about Hoo
River.
The. meeting was called to order b
, President Lowell with A. King vii
son as secretary. After the roll ca
Of delegates the chairman presente
Mayor Blowers, who welcomed th
} delegates in behalf of the city an,
told about the benehcent effect of ir
rigation in the valley.
A. @. Staten was then called upol
to address the convention and in
very earnest speech welcomed the ir
rigationists and told of the earl
struggles of the first fruit growers il
securing water for irrigation and hoy
valuable it was tn them lie els
spoke of TIE marked SUCCESS the farm
ers had made in managing thier owl
war er supply.
After Judge Lowell had responded
to the welcoming speeches in behalf o
the association Tom Richardson, O
the Portland Commercial club, thar
| IN ~ khnHa ia I'D. .,
Hood River, addressed the II eotil 6
on "Portland's interest in iri igt
tion. lie talked first, howeye
about Hood River and its apples nn,
his remarks we're greeted with lo.it,
applause. lie then told what Fort
land was doing for better irrigat or
in the state and how important IL Nas
that large fund should be created tc
further its cause.
Jefferson Myers, who was chairman
of the Oregon Commission of the
Lewis g. Clark fair, paid his respects
to the fair and said he thought it and
similar exhibitions we're doing much
for the state in the way of showing its
resources. The tendency which had
been away from to farm and ranch he
now thought was the other way and
people we're taking more interest in
the farm.
Senator Fulton paid Hood River
some nice compliments, but after
wards talked on some big questions
In connection with the plans to irrj.
gate the arid portions Of the state and
also of matters pertaining to the bet
terment of Oregon's rivers and har.
bors.
After considerable discussion on
Jesse Stearn's paper ON "IrIigation
under the Carey act in the Deschutes
valley, the meeting adjourned until
the evening session. On reassembling,
the committee on nominations made
its report, which Was accepted and
officers were elected for the ensuing
year.
President Il. W. Metcalf, Ontario.
First Vice President-W. II. Moore,
Portland.
Second Vice President j. W. Per.
klns, Medford.
Seeretary-A. King Wilson.
treasurer Tom Wright, Union.
Executive Committee-Ste A.
Lowell, chairman, Pendleton h. N.
Smith, Ontario, W. II. Meyers, Laid.
law, Tom Ryan, Oregon City, II. W.
Helgate, Klamath Falls.
The committee also recommended
the adoption of the Portland Board OF
Trade journal as the official organ of
the association, which was carried.
Judd Geer, of Cove, Or, made an
address to the convention on "Fruit
growing on irrigated lands," and Il.
W. Metcalf talked on "lIrigation in
Malheur county"
He was followed by h. N. Smith.
county surveyor of Malheur county.
with an address on "The duty we owe
water" who said that one of the du
ties owed to water was not to use too
much of 1t, as it had been discovered
that ID inches would properly irrigate
an acre oflland in even arid soil and
closed his address by stating that
Malheur had been disappointed by
the reclamation service.
Secretary Wilson read Il paper from
l.. ID. West, of Bend, Or, stating
that the farmers of the Deschutes val
ley wore confident that they would
solve the problem Of irrigation there
aud sent a greeting to the convention.
lle also read resolution from the
hop growers aud wool growers of Ore
gon, asking for the establishment hy
the state of a jute mill at Salem fol |
the manufacture of hop sacks and |
wool sacks by convict labor. After |
the resolution was passed.
After the delegates had listened to
! vocal solo selection by Miss Gladys
Hartley, communication was read
rom the Oregon State Federation of
Nomen's clubs, offering co-opera-
ion in obtaining better irrigation for
he state, and committee will be ap.
to confer with them.
Charles Meserve, of Grants Pass,
invited the irrigationists to meet at
hat place next year, when he said a
aIge fruit fair would be held. Pen.
Ileton was also put forth as an aspl.
ant for the meeting, but after a talk
n favor of the Rogue River town by
udge Lowell and Addison Bennett,
I The Dalles, Grants Pass was select.
d.
"Need of legislation In Oregon on
he subject of waters, " was the paper
cad by j. II Lewis, state engineer.
lr Lewis said that capital was being
riven away from Oregon, owing to
unsatisfactory lave in liking water
ights, and urged that the matter ,
hould be taken up and adjusted at /
he next meeting of the legislature, !
egal teUhnicalities existed, he said !
etween the Carey act and the United /
tates reclamation service, which !
loutd be eradicated.
W. II, More precipitated warm
by moving to have the as. .
>ciatlon indorse the work of com-
ittee appointed to draft laws at Sa
m governing the use of public wat
s. 1t was finally carried with one
ssenting vote, A. King Wilson vut.
X against it.
Professor +. l.. Kent, instructor at
e Oregon Agricultural i ge, who
rived on thr evening tIul wns then
lnounced az deli cred his address
"lrrigntiun tor humid regions. "
it'll ,tarts he demonstrated how ex.
'riu ,nts in the Willamette Salloy
owed AN increased production in
ctlons that we're irrigated over hose
at were not, and gave figures with his
atements showing that s. I32 crates
Ntrau bnrrias had haan rafsnl 81,