Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-16
Everybody Joins Procession Of
Giyers to Dry Farm Con-
gress Fund.
Mr.. D0NAHUE FOR PRESIDENT
Colorado Man Launches a Character
istic Boom in Favor of
Himself.

That Salt Lakers are learning how
to pull together, with everybody taking
real hold OF problem, of working
for greater city, is splendidly dem
onstrated in the responses to the APP
peal for funds to make the dry farm
convention n success.
Donations ranging from $500 to $50
and In II few cases down to s25 were
made today by long list of Salt Lax
ers, and Utah institutions. The Weber
club of Ogden showed hoy bag an IN
terest that city takes in something ior
Utah by donating $500 TO nelp the
cause Most OF the Salt Lake banks
gave $50 each, and this is the size OF
w. ]. Halloran's personal contribution.
The present outlook is that the con
vention will not suffer for hospitality,
or those resources which 1t takes ready
change to provide.
In toaay's mail a large number OF
delegations were reported. Gov. Cham
berlain OF Oregon wrote that an unex-
pected turn In his business affairs
made 1t possible he could not come, but
that whether here or not he would be
with the convention in spirit, and felt
that 1t was one OF the most important
meetings the west had ever seen called
together.
A DENVER BOOM.
j. l.. Donahue Of Denver. first vice
president. has launched boom for
the next term for J. l.. Donahue.
This move Is in line with the usual
moves of Colorado people who never
overlook an opportunity TO center an
interest in Denver, whether IT Is dry
farming. poultry, or Democratic ma
tional conventions From w, IL.
Glen, national committeeman from
Colorado. Prest. Fisher Harris has re-
ceived his chief aid in preparing for
the convention.
UTAH DELEGATES
From many points in Utah lists Of
Delegates have arrived. Davis county
sends the names of j. r. Barnes and
Chris L. Layton as delegates. Juan
county, through Jacob Coleman. coun-
ty clerk. sends the names of some
really famous dry farmers. They are
Ephraim Ellerson. James e. Taylor,
Hans Kofod, Enooh Burton, David
Broadhead.- Joseph E, Irons, D, G.
Mantor, Stephan Boswell. Lorenzo
Webb. Charles Wilson.
EVANSTON INTERESTED.
Evanston was SO interested in the
convention that when VIM Cook, town
recorder, found that two OF the dele
gates named could not come TO the con-
venuon, he promptly eliminated their
nanses and substituted two Others,
which arrived in the mail today, with
an explanatory note that these men
are really interested and will be on
hand to do all they can for the cause
OF arid farming"
With q great many "whereases" ex-
pressing the faith of that common
wealth in arid farming, the governor
OF New Mexico sends list of dele
gates composed of r. L. Twichell. Geo.
Berringor, ]. C. Dunn. j. f. McCarty,
K. p. Dunahoo, Ralph C. Ely, j. d.
Tunsley, w. w. Humble. N. 8. Boldon,
D. T. Hoskins J. l.. Zimmerman. r. c.
Reid. John w. Corbett. o. W. Foster,
NJ NJ Salazar and A. C. Voorhees,.
From Tooele City, Utah, a list comes
composed of w. II. Vowles, c. A orme,
j. w. Tate, S. c. orme. NJ. C. Ander-
son comes from Fillmore, and from
Ephraim. Andrew Hanson. Christian
Willardson, A. c. Nelson. Charles Jo-
hansen, ID w. Anderson.
DELEGATE FROM OREGON.
President w. j. Kerr, now OF the Ore
gon Agricultural college, and formerly
Utah man, will attend as a delegate
under appointment from Gov. Cham
berlain OF Oregon.