The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-03-26
AUDIENCE IS TOLD Of
CONSERVATION
WORK
SENATOR DIXON AND SUPERvIS-
ING ENGINEER SAVAGE DE-
LIVER ADDRESSES.

From the lips of Senator Joseph M
Dixon and Supervising Engineer H. N
Savage, large audience at the Har.
nois last evening heard much of the
work that is being done to conserve
the natural resources of the United
States and to create agricultural
wealth where there has been nothing
except non-arable land The meet
ing was held under the auspices OF
the Neighborhood club of the Congre-
gational church and was interesting
from start to finish. District Forester
w. B. Greeley was chairman and in
troduced first Senator Dixon, whose
subject was: Conservation From the
Broader National Aspect"
Savage Is Praised.
Senator Dixon introduced his ad-
dress by telling something of the
career of Mr.. Savage, who was to
speak after him. He told of the work
the engineer had done on the several
reclamation projects placed under his
control and praised his efficiency in
the highest terms. Later on, in clos
ing his own address, Mr.. Savage re-
ciprocated, giving to the influence and
endea yCr of the Montana senator much
credit for the great amount of atten-
ton the reclamation service has paid
to the Treasure state.
After a brief-but generalr-discus-
sion of the irrigation act as applied
to the west, Senator Dixon began to
tell of the conference of the gov
ernors held a year ago in Washing
ton, meeting at the call of President
Roosevelt to consider ways and means
for conserving the natural resources
of this country. when the true his
tory of President Roosevelt's seven
years administration is written it is
my opinion said the speaker that
the greatest single incident of it all
the great many i'm
portant things accomplished-wil be
found to be the bugle call he sounded
IL months ago." In detail Senator
Dixon told Of the convention, of the
addresses of the president to the as
sembled governors, OF the plans and
purposes of the meeting, commencing
all as good.
"One hundred years ago people
didn't dare to think" the speaker
went on. Until one hundred years ago
the people had advanced very little in
the past 1000 years, had improved but
little since the time of Christ. When
the republic was formed there had
been practically no advancement since
the time of the Roman empire. One
hundred years ago coal had never
been used; more coal has been mined
and burned in the United States with
N the past Is years, than before
n the history of all mankind" With
many interesting statistics the speaker
Illuminated the remainder of his talk,
paying especial attention to the work
being done by the forest service and
the reclamation service,
with especial reference to Engineer
Savage.
In reality what Mr.. Savage gave
to his audience was not an address,
It was careful explanation of a Sc
lies of interesting pictures. His SUBJ
ect was. ''The Reclamation Service
md It's Work" and he dealt with pro-
ects in eastern Montana, Wyoming
and North Dakota. The methods of
he service, its machinery and it's re-
suits, combined with the most perfect
IF Illustrations made up dissertation
hat opened Missoula's eyes to the |
of reclamation. as under |
aiken by the government of the United |
States, and gave an insight into con-
iitions as they actually exist that |
,ould not have been obtained in any
,ther manner.