Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-23
MORE DELEGATES ARRIVE.
One Hundred More People Regis
ter from Wyoming, Ida
no and Utah.
cavcrnment officials in Charge of Ex-
pertinent Work Tell of Its Re-
suits On Arid Lands.


mttee at the beginning of this after
moons session, brought In recon-
incubation that Governor II. b. Brooks
OF wyoming be the next president. This
gives Cheyenne a big boost as candi-
date for the next convention.
Other officers recommended were:
Lieut., Gov. Birrcll, of Idaho, first
vice president; III. w. Campbell, OF
Nebraska. second vice president; Gov.
Curry. of New Mexico, third vice presi-
dent All were elected.
who will be the next president OF
the Dry Farming congress? The ques-
ton assumed unexpected proportions
this morning when it became the
special order for IL o'clock, and it
boiled over into spirited state caucuses
at lg O'Clock, and was then sidetracked
into the hands of nominating COM
mttee, whose report will be turned in
this afternoon.
The politics of the convention was
its feature this morning. While gov
eminent scientists talked buslly from
long manuscripts on the stand. Douglas
White of California, a newspaper man,
and campaigner of long political eX-
perenoe, was busy among the dele
gates, organizing matters for landing
the next presidency where he wanted
H. and getting a proper executive COM
mittee to back up the new president.
Mr. White represents railroad inter-
tsts The railroads want boom for
drs. 70 i,,oy M n
it, but a noise about 1t that will at
tract settlers, who in turn make feright
for the roads.
AZ noon 1t looked as If Gov. B. B..
Brooks of Wyoming was a favorite for
president, over Gov. George h. Cham
herlaln of Oregon, and that the next
meeting place would be Cheyenne, from
which a large number of kilograms
were read, making an appeal for II.
The congress grew by 100 members
this morning, most of them coming
from wyoming, Idaho, and Utah, these
combining to make the total of those
accredited slightly less than 500.
The speakers this morning were Prof.
Samuel Fortier, chief of irrigation, in
designations of the bureau OF plant
industry, at Washington, ID. c., and
Prof Il. C. Chilcott, In charge OF the
Office Of dry land investigations, FOR
the department Vi agriculture. The pa
pers OF both speakers were technical
in nature, and were followed by many
questions from Alma Eldridge and 9TH
ers.
DOMINATING COMMITTEE.
In the interval between Mr.. Fortier 8
speech and that of Mr.. Chilcott, a res
OutiOn was passed which took the mat
Ter of nominating president and or
ncers out of the hands of the conven-
ton. 4 nominating committee consist
Ing Of Il. A. Burrell OF Idaho, &. II.
Root OF Colorado, j. w. Paxman or
Utah, Prof. Buffum of Wyoming. ana
A. a. Atkinson of Montana. IT was in
structed to receive suggestions for the
l6 members of the executive commit
tee to be chosen, one from each of the
transmissouri states, by the respective
delegations, and to nominate candI-
dates for president, and for three vice
presidents. An executive secretary, whu
is to keep the work OF publicity going
through the year, and who will be a
saarled officer, will be appointed by
the executive committee, and It is
thought that Fisher Harris will be nam
ed for this place.
STATE REPRESENTATIVES,.
SO far as known at the noon recess
the state delegations have agreed 1p-
on the following for the new executive
committee: California, Douglas White;
South Dakota, Samuel II. Lee; Colora
do. c. II. Root; North Dakota, o. w
Roberts; Arizona, c. ]. McCabe: Mon
lana, a. A. Atkinson; Idaho Judge
bowman; Nebraska, A. +. Moore
Wyoming, V. II. Cook: Nevada, Geo
;. Parker, Utah, j. w. Paxman