The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-13
WILLING TO ASSIST
IN WORK
GOVERNORS or WESTERN
FARMING CONGRESS.

| l.. Norris Of Montana, president Of the
| dry farming congress, has received
assurances from a large number o
| the governors of western states tha
they will cooperate with him in max
ing a success Of the fourth dry farm.
ing congress, which will be held al
Billings, Mont, october 262S, 1909, an(
the second international exposition ol
dry farm products at the same place
october 25-29. Already 10 governors
have accepted the Montana executives
invitation to attend the congress, il
possible for them to do SO, and, if not
to send personal representatives.
Among the governors who have
shown interest in the work Of the dry
farming congress and expressed their
Endorsement Of it in letters to Cover
nor Norris are the following:
Governor r. w. Benson, Oregon
II desire to give my most hearty in-
dorsement to the congress and wish
to be called upon If / can do anything
to promote it's success. We have such
a large acreage in this western coun
any system Of irrigation that 1t is i'm
portant that development be made
along the lines OF dry farming. The
last session Of the legislature in this
state made an appropriation for a dry
farming experiment station in eastern
Oregon, as well as for an irrigating
farming experiment station. The
United States government and the
state of Oregon, acting through its
agricultural college, are cooperating
for the success Of both these enter
prises. 49,
II shall do everything I can to
work up an interest here in our state,
and shall be glad to appoint large
delegation of representative citizens to
attend the congress at Billings"
Governor John Z. Shafroth, Colo
rado-"I appreciate the Importance of
the dry farming congress and hope
the next session thereof will be a
great success. ! attended the last ses-
sion, which was held in Cheyenne in
February, and believe the delibera-
tions of that body have been and will
be Of great moment to the people of
the arid west"
Will Aid Congress.
Governor Bryant B. Brooks, Wyom-
ing-"I believe the work of our dry
farming congress has had far reach
ing Influence In developing western
lands, and that the future is bright
with promise in possibilities Of devel-
opment along this line.
we take pleasure in advertising
the Montana meeting widely through
out this state and T believe you can
rely upon having a*strong delegation
from Wyoming lat your convention.
will take pleasure in discussing dry
farming conditions in Wyoming, and
believe that DR.. Cooke, Professor Buff
fun and others from this state can
add interest to the occasion by suit
able addresses t..
+ Governor M, p. Hay Washington
II have resided in the dry farming
sections of Washington for 20 years
and have some idea of what dry farm
ing lie. You may rest assured shall do
what I can to make your congress a
success, whether am able to be with
you or not, as + feel you are enlisted
in a worthy cause"
Governor William Spry, Utah-"I am
in hearty sympathy with the work uf
the dry farming congress and shall be
most pleased to cooperate with you
in any way possible to make the COM
ing congress a success. therefore
ask that you feel free to command
my services along any line that will
work this end''
Governor r. S. yessey, South Da-
kota-"I agree with you that scientific
agriculture and the conservation of
moisture means a great deal to the
entire northwest, especially to the
1 can do to help this movement along
will be cheerfully done.'
Much Interested.
Governor j. H. Brady, Idaho
"Idahosand her citizens are very much
interested in the subject of dry farm
ing. In the extreme northern and
southern portions of our state there
are large bodies of land susceptible
to farming without irrigation, and it
is a subject of no small Importance
to US. I assure you that | shall do all
III my power to see that a representa-
tive delegation of idaho citizens takes
part in the deliberations of the con-
gress and if it is at all possible I
shall be present in person. l feel that
the management of the congress is in
good hands and that everything will
be done which should be done to
make the congress a success
Governor John A. johnson, Min
nesota-'The organization of which
you are president is engaged in es-
a practical work
Governor A. C. Schallenberger, Ne
braska-'I trust that I may be able
to attend in person the dry farming
congress at Billings, and, If not,
hope to be able to send some fitting
representative of our state. We GER
tainly are much interested in the
Governor John Burke, North Da-
kota-"Unless some state matters pre-
vent my attendance I shall be very
pleased to accept your kind invita-
ti0n -