The Springfield herald., 1907-01-31
OFFICERS
DRY FARMERS EFFECT PERMA.
'NENT ORGANIZATION.
NEXT MEETING AT SALT LAKE

NEXT Meeting AT SALT LAKE
Presidents Leasing Policy Not Ap-
proved-Note Of Warning Sounded
Against Boom Methods OF Too Rapid
Settlement of Arid Lands.
Denver.-Dfy farmers of the West
formed permanent organization FRI
day afternoon and adopted constitu-
ton.
Salt Lake City, Utah, was chosen as
the next place of meeting after big
| fight in the committee on the floor OF
the convention, in which the delegates
| showed much feeling on account OF
their defeat.
Resolutions of interest TO every dry
| farmer in the county were passed.
President Theodore Rooseyelts pol
icy of leasing the public domain for
grazing purposes, which was approved
| by the American National Live Stock
Association a few days ago, In this
city, does not receive the support OF
the dry farming congress Considera-
tion of the resolution was, by motion,
indefinitely postponed
Governor Brooks of Wyoming de-
claimed against the Presidents policy.
During the sessions Friday several
| warnings were. sounded against boom
methods In populating semi-arid dis
| tricts Government experts and others
| said that those who engage in dry
| farming must remember that it is not
| a perfected system; that various
| methods OF soil culture which nave
| yielded excellent results nevertheless
are in their experimental stage, and
| that entire absence of moisture IN dry
| farming regions the coming summer
will mean suffering among colonists II
there is an indiscriminate rush tc
populate such sections, with no provis
ion for possible misfortune SO far as
| crops are concerned.
The resolutions, in brief, recon-
mended that the federal and state gov
ernments distribute accurate informa
| tion concerning dry farms; thai
the work of such experts al
Prof. H. w. Campbell, Luther Bur
bank and Robert Gauss, whose discov
cries were of the greatest value to the
| dry farmer, be commended; that Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Wilson
of the Department OF Agriculture be
congratulated for the lively interest
they have displayed in the welfare oi
the settlers in the semi-arld regions;
| that the railways receive the support
| of the congress for the advertising ol
dry farming; that the work under
taken by the bureau of irrigation and
drainage investigation is oil the high
est importance and should receive the
approval of Congress and the Depart
| ment OF Agriculture; that the estab
fishing of model farms and experiment
| tot oh hp thai
the government on the states appro
| pirate funds sufficient for the main
tenance of the same.
| Then came the resolution that was
! later tabled-that of indorsing the bill
now In Congress providing for the
leasing of the public domain for garZ
ing purposes.
at would be the greatest mistake
| this congress could make" said Gov
ernor Brooks of Wyoming. ito adop
this resolution. II the national gov
ernment steps in then and there thu
settlement of the arid states stops
There is no way, in my judgment
whereby these arid lands can be han
died by the government without re
tarding development
While there was difference of opin
ion, said the governor, as to the value
| anu uoc VI Janus, eilC
idea was that these lands should bs
under private ownership
The following named officers were
elected:
President-Fisher Harris of Sal
Lake City, executive Of "See America
First" League, secretary OF the Sal
Lake City Commercial Club.
First Vice President. l.. Donahue
| president Scientific Farming Associa
tion, Denver
Second Vice President-A r. Brigg.
of San Francisco, president of the Wa
ter and Forest Association of Califor
| mia State Board of Trade, member O.
/ the Chamber of Commerce of Sar
| Francisco.
Third Vice President-Col. f. ]
Bell, farmer and stockman of Laramie
Wyoming.
Executive Committee-Arizona, G
H. Adams; California, George H
Bixby; Colorado, Prof w. H. Olin;
Idaho, ]. Woodmansee: Kansas DIR. e
R. Nichols; Montana, P. B. Moss; Ne
braska, E. A. Burnett; Nevada, Cor
don H. True; New Mexico. J. D. Tins
ley; Oklahoma, Samuel Plummer;
Utah, J. w. Paxman; Washington. R
C. McCroskey; Wyoming, Prof. B. c
Buffman; Washington, D. c., DR.. l.. ]
Briggs. A member from Oregon will
be named later.