Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-01
ELECT OFFICERS FOR DRY FARMING IS7
DRY FARMERS EFFECT PERMA.
NENT ORGANIZATION.
NEXT MEETING At SALT LAKE

Presidents Leasing Policy Not Ap.
7roved-Nots Of Warning Sounded
Against Boom Methods Of Too Rapid
Settlement Of Arid Lands.
Denver.-Dry farmers Of tho West
formed a permanent organization Fri.
day afternoon and adopted constitu-
tion.
Salt Lake City. Utah. was chosen rs
the next place OF meeting after big
fight in the committee on the floor OF
tho 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 Roosevelts pol
Icy OF leasing the public domain for
grazing purposes. which was. approved
by the American National Live Stock
Association n few days ago. In this
city. does not receive the support OF
the dry farming congress. Considcra-
ton 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 II In not
n perfected system: that various
methods OF soil culture which have
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 In an indiscriminatc rush to
populate such sections. with no provis.
Ion for possible misfortune 30 far as
crops are concerned.
The resolutions. In brief. recon.
mcndcd that the federal and state gov.
crnmcnts distribute accurate informn.
ton concerning dry farms: that
tho work Of such experts m
Prof. II. ". Campbell. Luther Bur.
bank and Robert Gauss. whose discov-
cries were Of tho greatest value to tho
dry farmer. be commended: that Prcsi.
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Wilson
OF the Department Of Agriculture bc
congratulated for the lively interest
they have displayed In tho welfare OF
tho settlers In tho scmlarid regions:
OF the congress for tho advertising OF
dry farming: that tho work under.
taken by tho bureau Of irrigation and
drainage investigation In OF the hi.h.
est importance and should receive tho
approval Of Congress and the Depart.
mcnt Of Agriculture: that the cxinb.
lishins Of model farms and experiment
stations should be encouraged and that
tho government on the states nppro'
pirate funds Sufiicicnt for tho main.
tcnancc Of the same.
Then came the resolution that vas
later tnblcd-that Of indorsinH tho bill
now In Congress providing for the
leasing Of tho public domain for Earx.
Ing purposes.
.tt would be the greatest mistake
this congress could make" said Gov.
crnor Brooks Of Wyoming. ito adopt
this resolution. II the national gov.
crnmcnt steps In then and there the
settlement Of tho arid states stops.
There In no way. In my Judgment,
whereby these arid lands can be han.
died by the government without re.
tardins development"
While there was difference Of opin.
lon. said tho governor. ns to the value
and use Of arid lands. the fundamental
tuNl WIN tUlt tuVtr lHIuA Euuutu w
under private ownership.
The following named officers wcro
elected:
Prcsidcnt-Fishcr Harris Of Salt
Lake City. executive Of Sec America
First" League. secretary of the Salt
Lake City Commercial Club.
First Vice Prcsidcnt-J. l.. Donahuc.
president Scientific Farming Associa.
tion. Denver.
Second Vice Prcsident-A. n. Briggs
OF San Francisco. president OF the Wa.
ter and Forest Association of Califor.
mia State Board Of Trade. member Of
the Chamber Of Commerce of San
Francisco.
Third Vice Prcsident-Coi. T.. J.
Bell. farmer and stockman Of Laramie.
Wyoming.
Executive Committec-Arizona. q.
II. Adams: California. George II.
Bixby: Colorado. Prof W. II. Oiin:
Idaho. ]. woodmansec: Kansas. DIR. r.
X. Nichols: Montana, =. u. Moss: Ne.
braska, T.. A. Burnett: Nevada. Cor.
don II. True: New Mexico. ]. d. Tins.
ley: Oklahoma. Samuel Piummcr:
Utah. J. w. Paxman: Washington. X.
G. McCroskey: Wyoming. Prof. u. G.
Buffman: Washington. ID. C.. DR.. l.. ].
Briggs. A member from Oregon will
be named later.