Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-02
ATTACKED MEN
MAKE DEFENSES
AT CONVENTION
BARNES REPLIES TO SPEECH
BY BEAMAN
ALL SIDES OF FORESTRY METH
obs DISCUSSED
Irrigation Congress May Name secre-
tary of Foreign Department and
Governing Board in Exeeu-
tive Committee
NAV AssocIated Press.l

LBUQUERQUE, n. M, Oct. l.
"A There was a renewal at this after
1A moons session of the national lr-
rigation congress of yesterdays discus
sion of the forestry service, when WIN
c. Barnes, an inspector of grazing on
the national forests, replied to the at
tack made on him by G. c. Beaman OF
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mr. Beaman had sharply criticised
Barnes for writing magazine articles
Mandatory of the chief forester whlle
on the government payroll. Mr.. Barnes
who has been a prominent cattle raiser
in New Mexico and Arizona for many
wears. vigorously asserted his right TO
give his views through the meulunl VI
public speaking or magazine wrltlng.
President Goudy in brief speech
took I'D the defense of the rights OF the
people of the San Luis valley in Colo
RADIO against an attack made yester-
day by w. w. Toilette, consulting engl-
neer Of the national boundary commls-
sion. who asserted that the Colorado
neon1e had the right of usage of the
waters of the upper Rio Grande'
Defends Policy
Dwight B. Heard Of the Arizona Cat
tie Growers association defended the
forestry policy, asserting that the cattle
growers of Arizona were Satished with
the condition of the Arizona forests.
William w. Wheeler, assistant secre-
tary of the department of commerce
and labor, delivered short address as
the personal representative OF President
Roosevelt.
The days sessions were devoted
chiefly to the reading of papers on ir-
rigation and agriculture, all of techni-
cal nature, and discussions of problems
of reclamation.
Tne foreign committee today voted
doR'I a resolution favorlng the re-
moval of restrictions from foreign I'M
migration pror rosed by c. B: Schmidt
of Chicago and adopted a plank sup
porting protection of American sugar.
Tnf committee will recommend to the
congress the creation of the office or
foreign secretary and in the event of
adoption OF the plan DR.. E. Mcqueen
Gray Of Carlsbad, n. M, will be
chosen. Or Gray was active in secur~
jns the large representation AT thls
congress. The committee will also
propose ELAN submitted by w. A.
Bard of California to create gov
erning board within the executive
committee, which beard will consist
Of six or seven members.
Permanent Officers
The committee on permanent organ
iza'ion at it's meeting today deter
mined to recommend George II. Bar
stow of Texas for president, Harry D.
Loveland of California for first vice
president, r f. Twitchell of New Mex
leo second vice president, and b. "A.
Fowler of Arizona foT secretary.
Unless unexpected opposition devel-
ons this program will be adopted at
Fridays session.
The selection of the next meeting
place will take place Saturday, the
fight having narrowed down to Pueb D
and Spokane. Both cities claim to-
night to have a majority Of the dele-
&c tes.
Among the speakers today were D..
William S. Saunders, director of ex-
perimental farms of Canada; George
c. Anderson of Colorado, DR.. George
p. Smith of Arizona, Professor L. G..
Carpenter of Colorado, Aaron Cove Of
Colorado, Governor Kibbey of Arizona,
and Senior Lourenzio Baeta, chief en-
g.neer for the Brazilian government.
The attendance of delegates through
out the day was small, many being
attracted to the exposition, where a
special program of military drills by
regular .roops and militia, Indian
dances and sports was presented for
their amusement. Tonight G. j. Blan-
chard, statistician for the reclamation
service, gave an illustrated lecture in
Convention hall on Home Making by
the Government
A feature of the closing night of
the congress will be a presentation by
fireworks at exposition grounds of pic
lures of the grea1 reclamation projects
at Elephant Butte, in New Mexico,
and the Salt River valley.