The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-27
DRY FARMERS
IN CONVENTION
TRANS MISSOURI DRY FARMING
CONGRESS MEETS AT
CHEYENNE.
OPENING ADDRESSES
TELEGRAM FROM PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT EXPRESSES AP-
PRovAL AND BEST WISHES.

Cheyenne, Wyo-The third Trans
Missouri Dry Farming Congress con
! vened here At noon Tuesday. the meet
ing being called to order by the Hon
| Frank c. Bowman, chairman OF the
/ executive committee. OF Idaho Falls,
Idaho. After the opening prayer, Hon.
Bryant B. Brooks. Governor OF Wyo-
ming, and president of the congress,
delivered his annual address, saying
Il have the double pleasure OF not
! only welcoming one and all OF this
| equality state and 10 this most Amer
lean part Of America, but also OF con
! graduating you upon the truly re-
markable success and growth Of scien-
| tific agriculture. Seemingly. nature
/ and time have conspired to make this
movement one Of the most successful
/ achievements in the whole record OF
( the civilized congress of mankind.
/ Denver originated this Dry Farm
l ing Congress. and the first official call
was issued by that brilliant and stall
wart son OF Colorado Gov. Jesse +.
| Mcdonald. Denver has started many
good things, including The Trans-Mis-
I sissippi Commercial Congress. the
American Mining Congress, the Ma
/ tional Live Stock Association and the
! National Irrigation Congress. but OF
I them all the Dry Farming Congress is
{ one of the best and most important
| We call it the Trans Missouri Con
/ gress. and think of it mainly in our
| own semiarid states Of America, but
SO important and stupendous is its
/ work, that in two brief years its theo-
| ries, experiments and teachings have
1 spread to every nation and to every
land. Its proceedings have been trans
lated into many languages and its les
sons studied beside millions OF fire
sides.
"Skeptics contend that this dry farm
ing propaganda is a land jobbing
scheme, but tens of thousands OF sue
cessful farmers disprove the charge.
Under approved dry farming meth
DDS. millions upon millions of acres OF
public land can and will be settled,
and this conquest is easy as compared
with the early settlement of New Eng
land"
A telegram from President Theodore
/ Roosevelt was read, as follows:
Il wish to extend to you greetings
and congratulations upon your third
annual meetings. | am deeply inter-
ested in the progress of your work.
Any organization having for its pur-
] pose the development of the agricul-
tural resources of the great semi-arid
sections of the United States should
have the hearty support of all good
citizens. ! am in full sympathy with
your efforts and appreciate the hard
ships. privatons and difficulties with
which the pioneers among the noun
tains and on The great plains have to
contend.
Rest assured that. so far as lies
I within my power. everything that can
be done to aid you will be done"
Addresses of welcome were deliv
cred by Hon. Peter S. Cook, Mayor OF
Cheyenne and President Thomas
t Heaney of the Industrial Club.
kilograms were read from Governor
Norris of Montana and Governor
/ Chamberlain Of Oregon, who extended
/ congratulations. Governor Norris ex-
pressed the wish that the next con-
gress go to Montana.
Territorial Engineer Sullivan of New
wishes
A telegram was received from Am
| bassador Bryce of Great Britain, stat
ing that he had faith in the dry farm
ing movement and wished for the
present meeting full measure of sue
cess.
! Governor Shafroth of Colorado, who
came to attend the opening of the
| congress and who intended to return
| to Denver on the afternoon train, be-
came deeply interested in the proceed
! ings, and during the afternoon session
/ delivered an entertaining and instruc-
! tive address. saying in part:
/ Colorado claims the distinction OF
being one of the pioneer states in the
/ dry farming movement and our farm
ers have made great progress in the
development Of the so-called arid dis
/ tricts.
/ In that region. seemingly set apart
by nature, and with its boundaries rec
ognized by the Congress of the United
States, between the Rocky Mountains
and the Tooth meridian, is what is
known as the arid section of the coun-
try. In this region there is probably
| 75000,000 to 10000 900 acres above
! ditch and incapable of reclamation by
irrigation. l believe it is possible to
make practically all of this great acre
age productive through the system OF
scientific soil culture and the con-
servation Of moisture advocated by
your congress"
Fined for Sugar Rebates.