The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-07
FINE PRIZES
ARE OFFERED
Best Displays at National lrri-
cation Congress Will Win
Handsome Premiums.
PRODUCTS OF ARID LANDS
FRUITS, GRAINS, GRASSES AND
BEETS TO ENTER.

The officials of the National Irrigation
congress, which will hold its fourteenth
annual session at Boise. Ida, Sept to 8,
have issued an official announcement of
the prizes which will be offered for COM
petition during the congress.
Four grand sweepstakes prizes are Of
fered. In the fruit competition the prize
is magnificent sterling silver loving cup,
given by Senator w. A. Clark of Mon
tana to the congress to be awarded to
the exhibitor showing the best general
collection and exhibit of fresh fruits This
contest is open TO individuals, firms, cor
pOrdllOnS, organizations, state or terri
tory. This is considered the greatest prize
IN the list, and great efforts will be made
by Utah exhibitors to capture it.
IN the sugar beet competition, ster-
ing silver loving cup, offered by the
treat Western Sugar company of Denver,
Is the prize. This will be given for the
pest showing of sugar beets The contest
is open to all.
For grains and grasses, a silver loving
cup Offered by the National Irrigation
congress will be contested for. This is
Tor general display of vegetables and
vegetable products.
General Prizes Offered.
In addition to the grand sweepstake
prizes enumerated, there will be a lohg
list of general prizes which will be con-
Apples-Finest display. not less than
three varieties, and twenty-four of each,
first prize, sterling silver loving cup;
second prize, $40 gold
Prunes, pears, peaches, grapes, eVapor-
ated fruits, potatoes, grasses, grains and
aplary products, are listed for prizes
similar to those offered for apple displays
Among the special prizes offered is a
handsome sterling silver loving cup, given
by S j. Sinsel of Boise, Ida, for the
best commercial pack of apples. A cup
of equal value is offered by G. +. Thurs
ton of New York for the best packed
crate of prunes
All Of the cups offered are of solid ster-
ling silver, and are made from special
designs, appropriate to the character of
product for which they are offered, and
are TO be suitably engraved with the name
of the winner.
Terms of Competition.
All the products exhibited. except for
the sweepstakes prizes, must be the prop
erty of and grown by exhibitors, under IT.
rlgdtlon. IN any of the states or terri
tories whose arid lands are to be reclaimed
by the federal government, under the pro-
visions of the National Reclamation Act.
These states and territories are Arizona,
California Colorado. Idaho. Kansas. Mon
tana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Nevada,
New Mexico. Oklahoma, Oregon, South
Dakota. Utah, Washington and Wyoming
1t has been arranged that exhibitors
may have their exhibits placed in stOr-
exhibit them in the Idaho Intermountaia
fair. which will run at Boise from Oct. IL
to 90
The officers of the Fourteenth National
Irrigation congress are:
President, George c. Pardee, Sacramer-
to, Cal: first vice president. L. w.
Shurtliff, Ogden. Utah; second vice presi-
dent, ]. II. Stephens, Vernon, Tex; third
vice president, Z. L. Smith. Hood River
Ore; secretary, H. b. Maxson. Reno,
\ New; chairman executive committee,
Monte B. GWinn. Boise Ida; secretary
executive committee, w. T. Booth, Boise,
Ida: director of promotion and publicity,
e. b. Adams, Boise, Idaho; board of con
troll of local arrangements, John McMil-
Ian. chairman; Jos. Perrault, secretary /;
g G. Anderson, treasurer; Rt. Rev. A, j.
Gloricux. Edgar Wilson. C. 3. HURT, Leo
p Grunbaum. j. H. Hutchinson, NJ. b.
Gwinn. w. T. Booth: exposition commit
tee. Edgar Wilson. c. J. Snsel John Nc
MILAN. c. c. Eiffe A. f. GIBSON, Robert
Millikan, A. Mcpherson.