The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-07
ANXIOUS
FOR MEETING
INLAND EMPIRE CITY WOULD
FAVE DRY FARMING CON-
GRESS NEXT TIME.

Spokane, Oct s-Spokane is an ac-
tive candidate for the Dry Farming
congress and the International expo
sltion in 1910 or 1911. and with that
end in view the various organizations
will send a representative delegation
to Billings, Mont. where the fourth
sessions will be convened by Governor
Norris the morning of october Is and
close October IS. II Will also invite
, other cities. towns and communities
in the Inland Empire to send dele
gates and use their influence i'll be-
half of this city. The congress has Il
membership of more than 5000. repre-
senting 30 states and territories and
10 foreign countries. including Canada.
Mayor y. s. Pratt. Frederick T..
Goodall. president of the chamber of
commerce; Fl. l.. Moody, first vice
president OF the National Apple show
uncD; the one Hundred and Fifty
Thousand club. the commissioners of
Spokane county and the Spokane
County Horticultural society will also
probably appoint delegates within the
next few days. Governor Hay will
also name delegates to represent the
state, as will the forestry. agricultu-
raj. horticultural nd livestock assoc
Citations.
H. l.. Moody. who will present Spo-
kane's invitation, has been assigned a
place on the program and win speak
upon THE Progress Of Dry Farming
in the Inland Empire" in which he
will show what has been accomplished
by the various communities in east
ern Washington and oregon, north anu
central Idaho. western Montana and
southeastern British Columbia during
the last few years.
AIR. Moody views the coming con-
gress as one of the greatest economic
movements of the century. ranking in
Importance with the National Irriga-
/ ton congress. which recently closed its
most successful meeting in Spokane.
He said:
The sessions at Billings will be of
vital Importance To every agricultural
community in the country. and / be-
lieve that every district should be rep
resented. The practical benefits to be
derived are largely the result of the
discussions which will bring out the
experience of men who have solved the
.
slider at its convention.
What this congress means is evil
denced by the fact that the officials
of the coming meeting expect to have
nearly 10000 members on their rolls
before the close of the sessions. These
Will represent the east, the south and
the west but chiefly the west. where
the conservation of the natural mois-
ture is practiced outside the irrigated
districts.
Here Is also rare opportunity for
Spokane To gather a national body to
meet within it's gates. We shall be
represented by large delegation, and
with the corporation of the delegates
from other parts of the northwest
there is every reason to believe that
we can land the congress for the COM
ing year or in 1911. Spokane has
shown the world that ii is capable
and equipped to handle the largest
conventions, and that its resources as
host are practically without limit.
Il believe the people OF the Inland
Empire will see the value of such n
gathering in Spokane. and that we
shall have the assistance and Coon
Grafton of every district in the north
west. We will not neglect an oppor-
tnhity at Billings To show the dele
gates coming from all parts of the
United states and Canada and foreign
countries what we have To offer, and
That We are in II position to make the
movement one of even greater impar-
lance than ii is today"