The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-11
DRY FARMERS
IN CONVENTION
TRANs-MissouRl DRY FARMING
CONGRESS MEETS AT
III CHEYENNE.
OPENING ADDRESSES
TELEGRAM FROM PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT EXPRESSES APP.
PRovAL AND BEST WISHES.


Cheyenne, Wyo.-The third Trans
Missouri Dry Farming Congress con-
vsned 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:
81 have the double pleasure of not
only welcoming one and all Of this
equality state and to 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
ing Congress, and the first official call
wart son of Colorado, Gov. Jesse F.
Mcdonald. Denver has started many
, good things, including the TRANSMITS
sissippi Commercial Congress, the
American Mining Congress, the Ma
tional Live Stock Association and the
National Irrigation Congress. but of
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 semi-arid states of America, but
80 important and stupendous is its
work, that In two brief years its theO-
ries, experiments and teachings have
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" mn
A telegram from President Theodore
Roosevelt was read, as follows:
Il wish to extend to you greetings
and congratulations upon your third
annual meetings. l 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, privations 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
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
Heaney of the Industrial Club.
kilograms were read from Governor
Norris of Montana and Governor
congratulations. Governor Norris ex-
gress go to Montana.
Territorial Engineer Sullivan of New
! Mexico also wired greetings and good
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 Socalled 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
75,OOO,O 900 to SO.0O0,OOO acres above
ditch and incapable of reclamation by
irrigation. I 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.