Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-22
BIG CHANGE TO
FORWARD UTAH
Hon. Fred J. KieseI Talks About
Forthcoming Irrigation Con-
gress at Sacramento.
SHOULD CARRY OFF PRIZES.
Products OF This State Have Every
Opportunity to Win--Ogden
Choir VIII Sing

Ii every citizen was as earnest and
pushing in the interest OF Utah's rep
resentation at the Sacramento lrrlga-
ton congress, as Fred j. Kiesel OF
Ogden. the entire United States would
know Of Utah's zeal for irrigation and
the reclamation of the wilderness from
sage brush and greasewood to culti-
walton and civilization. Interest in tho
Sacramento congress was getting to
be at a somewhat low ebb recently,
when Mr.. Kiesel put his shoulders to
the wheel. and pretty soon there was
something doing and ever since there
has been something doing right along.
Mr., kiesel Is in this city today from
Ogden, talking up Sacramento her in
a practical, effective way. Mr.. Kie-
sci said Utah viii be well represent
ed at the fifteenth annual convention
of the Irrigation congress to be held at
the capital of California, Sept. 81.
GOV. Cutler will be in attendance. j
was instructed by the executive COM
mittee TO see him personally and not to
take No for any answer. So the
governor will be there. Utah will have
the best exhibit OF products grown I'M
der irrigation systems OF any state in
the union, outside of California, ana
we stand the best show in the world to
Nol'NHAN AIl sc Pai VI ZIG AAOFIiACS
hung UP as prizes. The state OF Cali
fornia is not in the competition, as
she is acting the part of hostess: SO
that Utah, with the $4,000 appropriated
by the last legislature. ought to carry
off reasonable number Of prizes.
A GREAT PARADE.
Next to the agricultural and hor-
ticultural displays viii be the pageant
in allegorical form illustrative of ir-
rlgation as dating back TO ancient
Egyptian times. and from then down
to the present day. That procession
viii be three miles long. and excel
in the variety OF Its features the
Mardi Gras of New Orleans, or the
Yelled Prophets OF St. Louis. Floats
are TO appear in this procession repre-
senting Utah features. And now
said Mr.. Klesel. Just impress upon
Utah people the fact that Utah was
the first TO practise irrigation of any
state In the union. and we will be
better represented at the congress
than any other comm onwealth. Our
great Ogden choir will be present a
most striking attraction. Why, 1t will
cost $4,000 to send the singers there
Sacramento has subscribed $4,000, a
kindly gift which has been accepted
The choir itself has subscribed $4,000.
the citizens of Ogden have subscribed
SIioVV. PROVO gives, Sl,UOO, salt Lake
$1,000, and the balance win be raised
ir Salt Lake"
ADVERTISING UTAH.
Continuing. Mr.. Kiesel remarked,
our real estate people have been very
strenuous about securing advertising
for Utah. Let them bear in mind that
here is the best possible kind of adj
vertising for the state. Utah products.
including the fine aggregation OF musi-
clans, will be the observed of all; and
mind you, governors and high officials
OF many other states, and people from
all over the union will be there so that
what Utah has to show and what her
representatives do will become known
all over the country. Money can not be
expended better than I'm helping this
along, for the state Is now having an
opportunity that could hardly be sur
passed anywhere"