Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-23
Welcomed BY GOV. BROOKS.
coouratuIates Them on Remark
able Success and Growth Of
Scientific Agriculture.
.s, Roosevelt Extends Greetings aud
congratulations, Emphasizing
Importance OF Work.

,8rireds more 20 arrive on belated and
,,,ubound trains, the third Transmits
.lgri dry farming congress opened it's
.s.sons at the Capital Avenue theater
here this morning. The sessions win
continue three days 0ae IL IS conf
arHy expected tnat during that time
work OF the utmost importance and
benefit % the semi-arid regions OF the
country will be accomplished
blanket Of snow more than a foot
deep gree ed the delegates arriving In
Cheyenne as natures assurance that
dry farming was partly a n- rnomcr
an wyoming. The streets of C..eyenne
are claborately decorated IN honor OF
tfe visitors, and a program Of enter
fslnmeut for every evening OF the
three days sessions has been arranged.
Today's program includes an address
by GOV. b. B. Brooks OF Wyoming.
rfesideut Of the congress. and the read
lnr Of papers by state delegates on
various phases and problems OF dry
farming. A number OF state and ma
tonal avronoinists are on the program
flr advises during the congress.
GOV. BROOKS ADDRESS.
GOV. Bryant d. Brooks OF Wyoming.
president Of the third Transmissouri
DRY farming congress. delivered the
address OF welcome in behalf Of wy
oming He said;
ladies' and Gentlemen: on this aus
r.cous opening OF the third Trans
missouri dry farming congress. 1 have
ths double pleasure Of not only well
coming one and all 20 this Equality
STATE and to this most American part
~ America. but also OF concentrating
YOU upon the truly remarkable sue
cess and growth OF scientific agricul-
lure Seemingly. nature and time
have conspired 70 make this movement
one Of the most successful achieve
uents in the whole record Of the civil
.zing congress OF mankind.
"OuT deep appreciation of your
presence here will find It's truest eX-
preston not IN words but In the carry
INK out OF the excellent program pre-
pared for your entertainment and in
strctlon. The good people of this city
have worked with feverish energy,
sparng neither time nor expense IN
their efforts TO make this convention
a success
Two years ago. when the first dry
farming congress assembled In Dem
ycr. / invited the convention 20 come
UP here and see what Wyoming could
Offer In the way OF dry farming and
q good time. ! told them Il would be
of mutual advantage 20 get better ac-
0uainted and that we would welcome
them In true Western style.
Denver originated this dry farming
congress, and the first official call was
-ued by that brilliant and stalwart
pom ~ Colorado. Gov. Jesse +. Nc
Donald Denver has started many
good things, including the Trans Mis-
..ssippi commercial congress.t the AM
.r.csn mining congress. the National
1.-Two Stock Association, and the Ma
.Ional irrigation congress. but OF them
lIl, the Dry Farming congress Is one
lf the best and most important We
cam &c the Transmlssouri congress.
'ud think OF a mainly IN connection
th our own scmi-arid states of AM
lea, but so important and stupeudOus
j. its work, that IN two brief years
d, theories, experiments and teachings
have spread to every nation and 10
every land. It's proceedings have been
iansleted into many languages and
'a lessons studied beside millions OF
Irnsides.
'All are welcome. thrice welcome.
Hl we rejoice that all can unite In
pts great and glorious work OF re-
IaImlng the waste places OF the earth.
Material and social conditions are
quite similar In all the transmissouri
states Within this section Is embraced
vast territOr. wonderfully rich In
natural resources Of many kinds, pre-
Inua mineral ores abound In the
Mountains and hills; large coal mea-
lures and numerous oil fields underlie
ne high plateaus; the granite rocks
Ir hidden by millions OF acres or
fgln forests; thousands OF beautiful
realms and mighty rivers. fed by the
'erImting SHOWS above timber line.
n1r forth their llfe-Giung waters.
Hlen reaching tho lower lands are
irnossed and driven 40 do mans
'..llng, the marvellOusly fertil soil
1000 retains In natures mighty store
I'l'e rich soil ingredients so essential
plant production; the air is pure
DIT hracingi many natural wonders
guile the senses. and AN this land is
ed with temperate and healthy
.lato, inviting outdoor labor
we recall with pride our brief h.--
'A "'NN'NNl'"NH WNNN MNh| NIl' 'I'''.N
I'chou or our present material, in-
N" tual and moral conditions Invite
comparison of this New West with
TO most favored locality on earth, ro-
1less of the weight OF years or tho
leaty ~ numbers. by right Of exc
I'noc and achievement We look
lu tho future with confidence. ana
'nndencc goes "a long way toward suc-
Time seems too short t0 aDcom-
irh al we wish to do. but rCal aHr
NI'd Wc viii DO the best We can, wen
rowing that our postcrlty win look
'rf upon ours as the golden age, and
Hf} us who FIRST burst into this F.l-
Nl splendid west Possibly Wc afu
measure intoxicated by the majas-
D. scale Of the surroundings, in which
ni lot ls cast, but remember we are
'e missionaries Of civilization. enc
tvorng 40 make possible the eug-
raiul reclamation of tho erstwhile
.sorta
skeptios contend that this dry FARM
lg propaganda is land iohblng
heme. but tens of thousands Of auo-
lul farmers dlsprove the charge.
Under approved dry farming
nthods millions upon millions N
lf public land can and nlN De-
e'lic0. and this conquest ia easy as