Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
Program at Sacramento to Cow
err all Subjects Allied to
Irrigation.
PROMINENT MEN WILL TALK.


lional Irrigation congress will be the
broadest In scope of any convention
ever held in the United States for
the purpose of promoting the public
welfare. Conservation Of resources
VIII be the kenynote and the program
will include addresses by representa-
tives Of all of the great national or
ganizations which seek to promote con-
servation and development along broad
and national lines. The Irrigation
congress has long been forestry con-
gress because of the close connection
which exists between the preservation
of the forests and the use of water so
conserved for irrigation. 1t is now
recognized that there Us a community
OF interest between irrigation ami
drainage, between irrigation and deem
water transportation and between r.
rlsauon an. all of the great indus
Tries which are or may be dcVeloped
IN the territory adjacent to the irriga-
bic lands
The program of the Sacramento Irrl-
CATION congress which is now nearly
complete, VIII include addresses BY
tne president or other distinguished
representatives OF the National Drain.
age assoeiation,the National Rivers and
Harpors congress- the American For
estry association, the American Mining
congress, and the Transmississippi
commercial congress. Hon. Geo. Il.
barstow of Barstow, Texas, president
Of the Drainage congress. viii be pres-
ent and will deliver an address. The
RIVERS and HarbDrs congress win be
represented by Hon Jno. A. Fox of
Cincinnati. Ohio, special director; the
American Mining congress will be repre-
scented by Hon. J. j. Callhreath OF
Denver. Colorado; the Transmissis-
sipri congress by President n. d.
Loveland of San Francisco.
FIRST DAYS SESSION.
The program will be divided into ses-
sions, each of which will be devoted
IN the main to the discussion of some
partlcul'ar subject The first days
session Will open at 1870 D. M, and
VIII be devoted TO addresses of well
come and responses and to speeches
by distinguished visitors. The feature
of this session will be the number of
men OF prominence who win be In at
oenuance. Probably never before on
western program has there been as
sembled so many men prominently
Identified with the affairs OF the ma
non ana of the respective states The
vice president of the United States will
deliver an address on this day Gov
'li't OF oregon, president
of the National Irrigation congress.
will deliver his address which. by rea-
son of his leadership and his liabilities.
VIII be one of the great speeches of
the congress, Addresses OF welcome
and similar speeches win be made by
Governor Jas. n. Gillett of California,
United states Senator Perkins of Cal
ifornia, Mayor NJ. r. Beard of Sacra
mento, DR.. Benjamin Ide Wheeler.
| president Of the University of Calf
| fornia, and Hon. Arthur r. Briggs.
president of the California state board
of trade,
RESPONSES BY GOVERNORS.
Responses to addresses of welcome
will be made by visiting governors.
| Those who have UP to this time re-
sponded favorably to invitations to de-
| liver responses are Cows. Albert Il.
| Mead of Washington. John C. Cutler Of
| Utah. Joseph II. Kibbey of Arizona.
| Among others whose presence is conf
| IDENTIFY expected and who no doubt will
be glad to respond, are GOV. John Sparks
| of Nevada, Gov. Gooding OF Idaho, Gov
| Toole of Montana, Gov Bechtel of Colo
RADIO, Gov. Hoch of Kansas and Gov. r.
h. Glenn of North Carolina.
CONSERVATION" DAY.
The second day of the session will be
| Conservation" day. and viii be devot-
| ed to discussion along very broad lines
| of subjects relating to the conservation
! OF natural resources and especially to
| governmental action, national and
| state, designed TO accomplish such con-
| serVation and development One of the
| principal addresses of this day will be
| by United States Senator Francis G.
| Newlands OF Nevada. who will speak of
! the work of the inland waterways COM
mission, This commission was lately
| appointed by President Roosevelt to
| work out and report 10 him n plan for
| coirclating and extending the work of
| the national government with reference
! TO the naVigHble streams Of the country.
! Its appointment Is considered one OF the
most important acts of President
! RooseVelt's administration, II being re-
! gardcd as step IN the direction OF
much greater governmental activity on
/ behalf of the waterways and water
sheds of the country. Hon. Clifford
Pinchot, United States forester and one
OF the presidents closest personal
friends, will deliver an address on con-
! serVatiOn of resources. Or. j. w. Nc
Gee also a member of the inland water
| ways commission, VIII deliver an ad-
dress on conservation of soil resources.
Prof j. II. Holmes of the United States
department OF the interior, will talk Oh
conservation Of mineral resources. Mr..
NJ. o. Leighton. chief photographer OF
the United states department of the in
terror win talk on conservation OF wa
ter resources Of the country DR. II.
Foster Balm, director of the geological
survey Of Illinois, VIII talk OF state
conservation effort. Ex-GoV. George C
Pardec OF California, who was twice
president OF the Irrigation congress,
will deliver an address upon the forest
reserve policy OF the national govern
ment.
other days OF the session win be de-
voted respectively TO forestry, practical
irrigation and practical irrigated agri-
culture, to settlement and other related
questions.
FORESTRY SESSION.
The forestry session win be uncom-
monty interesting and valuable. The
work of the United States forest service
will be presented by Hon. \, II. Potter
chief inspector OF grazing, and by
Charles III Shlnn, supervisor OF the ST.
ezra reserve OF California. state forest
laws and administration VIII be dis
cussed by II william Rane, state fores-
ter OF Massachusetts. Addresses on the
proposed Appalachian ana White Noun.
tain forest reserve win be delivered by
Coy. r. b. Glenn OF North Carolina
and Congressman Frank -, Currier of
New Hampshire, Hon. 10, A, Sterling
formerly OF The United states forest
service now chief forester OF the Penn
sylyania Railway company, will tell OF
the forestry work now being carried on
by that great railway corporation In
the mountain districts OF the eastern