Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02

WELCOMED
VICE PRESIDENT cHEERED AT
SACRAMENTO
IRRIGATION CONGRESS TO BE
OPENED TODAY
Prominent Men from Many States
Ready to Take Part in Discuss
sIons--ImperIaI Has
Grievance
By Associated Press.

vice President Charles w. Fairbanks,
Governor Albert e. Meade of Washing
ton, Governor J. C. Cutter of utah ana
hundreds of delegates to the nfteentn
national irrigation congress. Eiapor-
ate preparations were made to receive
the DISTINGUISHED visitors and provide
for their comfort during their stay
here.
Interest centered principally In the
arrival of Vice President Fairbanks,
who came from Stockton, reaching
here at o'clock this evening. He was
accompanied by Governor j. N. Gillett'
Mayor Beard of Sacramento, Judge Il.
c. Hart, Justice N. P. Chipman, Hon
Alden Anderson and Col. II. /. Seymour.
the committee that went to Stockton 10
meet him.
Upon the arrival Of the train a band
rendered national airs. and the salute
Of nineteen guns was fired. Marsnail
Diggs of the reception committee, Ex-
ecutiye officer w. A. Beard and Chair
man George w. Peltier of the board OF
control and others escorted Mr.. Fair
hanks to a waiting automobile amid
the cheers of large crowd The vice
president held a brief reception while
seated in the automobile. Under es-
cort of troop B, first squadron cavalry
of the National Guards, Mr.. Fairbanks
was conveyed to the home OF W. w.
Chaplin, local merchant, where ne
will remain during his stay.
A short time before the Fairbanks
party reached the depot Governor Cut
ter and many of the Utah delegates
were welcomed. Utah is represented
by about 200 delegates. The Ogden
tabernacle choir, which Will be Dig
feature of the congress, arrived at
o'clock in the afternoon and this even
ing rehearsed for the irrigation ODE
which will mark the opening of the
convention tomorrow. Many OF the
singers are delegates.
Governor Meade arrived early TINS
morning. accompanied by the WASH
ington delegation from Olympia ana
other cities.
Governors Coming
Early tomorrow morning Governor
Chamberlain of Oregon, president OF
the irriration congress, will arrive and
later Governor Kibbey OF Arizona Will
be here. Governor Sparks of Nevada
sent word. that he will arrive from
| Palo Alto within day or so. Includ-
| ing Governor Gillett there will be SIX
| state chief executives on hand. GOV
ernor Gillett, assisted by state onicials
and ladies OF the reception committee,
will tender reception to the delegates
at the governors residence Thursoay
| evening.
| A committee of the Union League
club arrived today to arrange Tor tne
reception to Vice President Fairbanks
at the Fairmont hotel in San Fran
cisco Tuesday evening 1t Is hoped 10
have the Ogden choir on hand for the
occasion. The committee consisted xe1 OF
w. ]. Martin, John P. Fraser, Hon. w.
G. Van Fleet, John A. Hammersmith
and E. H Tryon
Judge L. w. ShuHliff of Ogden said
today that Senator Reed Smoot OF
Utah, who was to have addressed the
congress, will not be present owing to
Illness.
Tomorrow will be gala occasion In
this city, as it will be marked by Labor
day celebration and openings Of the irri-
CATION congress, the interstate exposition
of irrigation of land and forest products
and the state fair.
Clifford Pinchot. government forester
was among the arrivals today. He will
deliver the message Of President Roose-
welt to the congress
Secretary e. 1. Applegate of the fed
GRAFTON of water users associations an
nounced today that there will be oon-
vention of the organization during the
week.
L. M. Holt and his supporters from
Yuma, Imperial and Owens valley, who
allege grievances against the reclamation
service assert they are going ahead with
their plans to present their case to the
irrigation congress and that It is possible
a preliminary convention may be held
early in the week. Mr.. Holt discussed
the matter He said: "All that we are
asking Is that the congress shall inves-
tigate the reclamation service In legal
manner. We desire the facts placed be-
fore congress and want the irrigation
congress to ndorse the proposition of
49,, - tfAx . f,not
will not hold preliminary convention,
but we intend to carry the matter to
congress even. If the irrigation congress
does not support u.s.
F. H. Newell director of the United
States reclamation service, says there Is
no foundation to the charges made. In
speaking of the matter he said: THE
Water Users association Incorporated en-
braces all the land owners in the Yuma
valley and has an agreement with the
secretary of the interior that If the gov
ernment reclaims the land the lands
benefited will return the cost of the ben
eft without profit or interest. There has
been formed another organization not In
corporated and which has taken the name
of the legitimate association, adding con-
solidated' and which does not include
land owners but merely owners of a di ch
there, which these owners are trying to
sell to the government for S500,000. We
have had appraisements made of the
ditch and offered them $4,000 with con-
ditional increase to $4,000 If they can
show good title to certain rights of way.
The government not being willing TO pay
$500O00 they simply started in to black
guard the representatives of the govern
ment In doing so they brought innum~
erable charges which are either false or
based on malicious distortions of half
truths. The object Of the whole affair
Is to bring about such annoyance that
it will result in securing better price
for their ditch.
Garfield investigates
"The matter was investigated by Sec
retary Garfield and he told the people
that he would be very glad to consider
any honest complaint or suggestion. but
when they came to deliberate falsehood
he could not dignity their case. The
publications of the government show the
statement to be untrue, The canals
which existed Ia the valley have not
been interfered with and as rapidly as
titles were shown we have purchased
them"
w A. Bondesson. president Of the Yuma