Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-14
Seventeenth National Irrigation
Congress Elects Him to
The Position.
NEXT MEETING AT PUEBLO D.
Congress Asked to Appropriate S10,-
100000 for Arid Land
Reclamation.

Spokane, Aug. is.--W With the election
of officers, the selection OF Pueblo.
Colo, as the next meeting place, the
passage of resolutions commencing
both the efforts Of Pinc:lot and Newell
in the forestry and reclamation bur-
Seausi asking "a $4,000 900 Irrigation fund
from Congress and commenting the
mississippi deep waterway, the seven!
Steenth National Irrigation congress.
came to5a practical adjournment this
afternoon. e {Hls X
There will be no session tomorrow
unless John Barrett, director of the!
bureau Of American republics, arrives
Ito deliver q promised address The
business planned for tomorrow was al
transacted today and nothing Is left
except formal adj ournment.
The following officers, in addition to
tlles election of b. A. Fowler of Phoe-
nix, Ariz., president. and Arthur Hi ok-5
Ser, Spolane, secretary. as reported by.
the Associated Press several days ago,
We're today elected unanimously:
Vice President-Ra1ph Twitchell of
New York FISH It'll
$8 Second vice 5presid Rlchard w.
Young of Utah. U
IS Third vice PRESIDENT. Newman of.
Montana.
Fourth vice president-F'. Elem
ing Of New NJ exlco. 5
&gf Col Martin represented ~ the deep
waterways project before the congress
tons which were reached and adopted
at the morning session A short fight.
was made on the proposition to COM
mend the deep waterways project, in.
sViewfo Of the fact that other wa terways
were neglected, But in view of the.
fact that the Mississippi project is one
for&the general bettern1ent Of the ma
ton the motion to strike out the Mar
tin endorsement was Withdrawn and
"a unanimous vote passed the resolu-
ftions entire. !. ga
The resolutions commencing the
Newell and Pinchot administrations
of the bureau OF reclamation and for.
estry We're general, not even mentions
Ing the chefs of these divisions.
u Col. Martin represented the Deep
Waterways project before the congress
In the n sence Of w. X kavanaugh
president of the to-the-Gulf
Deep Waterways. association. He gave
an outline OF what Is expected rs a
result Of the proposed IA foot main
trunk waterway. John u. Matthews
was also. a speaker on the subject Of
waterways. 5s:l
The afternoon was given over to adj
dresses by governors of the states of
Florida, South Dakota, Idaho, Wash-
ington. Nebraska and Montana. Gov.
Shallenberger of Nebraska made 2,
stirring appeal for the conservation of
resources which was greeted with con-
gtinued applause. He had with him a
considerable delegation of both men
and women. Gov. Gilchrlst OF Florida
gained the confidence Of the congress
by an appeal forssthe adjustment of
Mason and Dixon's limo and by the
designation or the south as a sleeping
giant now awake.
Gov Brady OF Idaho commended both
3Secy Ballinger and Clifford Pinchot
and urged that oil be poured on the
troubled waters in the interests of
the general western good y
Cows. Nesey of South Carolina. and
Norris of Montana thanked the COM
gress for its activities.
Gen. Pet Vilkon, formerly of kru-
gers army in the Transvaal, represent
ed Gov. Curry of New Mexico.
All the remaining traces Of the Bal
linger-Pnchot hosttlitles disappeared
on the last day of the congress With
perhaps n mention now and athen by
some kindly disposed friend.