The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-22

The welcoming and congratuiatorN
talks being over the convention came
down to business with energy. Iht
most exciting discussion of Tuesday
afternoon came up when George j.
Kindel OF Denver brought up reso
lulIon on publicity in freight tarlf
or schedules. He stated that petit
tion had been circulated by the rail-
road companies and signed by nun
ber. of large shippers that section Sly
of the interstate commerce law be
suspended by the interstate COM
merce commission.
This section provides that the
railroads shall print and post in con
spicuous places in every shipping
point or railroad Office two copies OF
the freight rates In force upon their
lines to other points. The argu-
ment the railroad agents used was
the heavy cost of such publicity.
Mr. Kindel offered resolution to
be presented to the interstate COM
merce commission that the publicity
clause of the law be absolutely en-
forced. The resolution was cham
pioned by w. L. Clayton, ]. l..
BARTLETT and others of this city.
Congressman Bonynge, who was pres
ent, thought there must be some
mistake about things, because he did
not believe that the interstate COM
merce commission had any authority
to modify or suspend any section of
the law. However, it was argued
by champions of the resolution that
the railroad companies undoubtedly y
knew what they were about or they
would not have gone to the trouble
and expense of having their petition
circulated.
When the matter was put to vote
1t carried without dissenting voice.
Frederick W. Taylor of Denver
gave an excellent talk on 1.-The
Place for Irrigation in Colorado S
Future" MI. Taylor is connected
with the Denver Irrigation company,
the big corporation that has already
started to build the big Broomfield
reservoir. This pond and other
smaller reservoirs owned oy the com.
pany will irrlgate about $50, 900 acres
Of land east Of the mountains and
between Greeley and Denver. The
big reservoir, according to Mr.. Tay'
lor's statement, will have a dam one
mile long and $50 feet in height
1t will cover 1000 acres of land tt
that depth and will cover 100, 0Ot
acres of land one foot deep.
Reasoning from the point of tn,
amount Of land that could be brough
under irrigation by the moisture
that falls in Colorado and the par
OF 1t that can be conserved to irriga
tion he figures population Of 2, 600,
600 people in Colorado in from ten t
twenty years.
Getting Stockmen for Colorad
Farms" was the subject of talk b
Clarence A. Lyman of Denver. MI
Lyman had some practical suggestion
to make along that line and mas
much as he Is an experienced stock
man himself his advice In the matte
carried considerable weight.
The strain Of so much informatio
was relieved by the funny talk an
illustrations Of Finch, the cartoonisr
in his chalk talk.
There was no evening session e,
cept in the park where the Greele
band gave an unusually delightfl
program and where the Greeley Con
mercial club served refreshments
ice cream and cake in the open air.
The Wednesday morning sessic
was a lively one with speeches ar
reports Of committees. The fir
speaker was Congressman Bonyng
who gave a very optimistic talk {
the future of Colorado. 1T is
the soil" formed the keynote to h
talk on Colorado prosperity.
Alva Adams of Pueblo was Il
next speaker and he delivered VIII,
was perhaps the strongest talk
the convention. He ran all the ";
from potato planting to anarchy
his subject and in a brief for
showed their relationship. In pa
he said:
President Roosevelt in his speet
yesterday stirred Wall street to !
very foundation, but / am here
say that no financial panic tn
Wall street may bring on or Al