Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-05
Indian War Veterans in Reunion,
Together With Arid
Land Display.
GOV. SPRY AMONG GUESTS
Also Congressman IIowcll--Intcrcst-
ing Programs Rcndcrcd-Splcn-
did Dry Farming Exhibits.

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| Indian war veterans reunion. together
with the Nephi Arid Land display, are
the center Of attraction nero
today, the city having been gaily decor
atcd for the event and thousands OF
visitors from the ncighboring counties
and far distant parts Of the state be-
ing present. Among tho distinguished
guests Of ,ho Nephi Commercial club,
and the Indian War veterans commit
toe. i Gov William Spry. Congress
man Joseph Howell and others sena-
tor Smoot was expected to be present,
and when his train was due to arrive
the brass band and "a committee from
the Indian War veterans went TO the
depot TO receive him. but the senator
did not arrive II was learned after
ward that Senator Smoot had been un-
avoidably delayed.
Tho first session OF the Dry Farming
convention commenced at o'clock,
with selection by the band. Among
the important addresses delivered was
one on the subject Results OF Dry
Farming in Juab County in 1910" Gov.
Spry delivered an able address on the
subject, The Attitude OF the state To-
ward Arid Farming" and Congressman
Howell followed with a speech on gem
Graz airy tdIUllnEs otntr addresses
were delivered on the following sub
jects. Proper Method of Dry Land
Agriculture. - and Conservation OF
Moisture Roscoe T.. Grover. president
OF the Ncphi Commercial club. deliv-
cred brief address. and interesting
musical numbers were male quartet
by Thomas Nickers and company. and
"A piano selection by Miss Phyllis
Sparks.
EVENING. PROGRAM
This evening at o'clock in the
Commercial club rooms a reception
will be given in honor OF Governor
Spry and Congressman Howell
During the evening the following |
program viii be carried out:
Address OF welcome by President |
Roscoe f. Grover OF the Commercial |
club.
Response by Governor Spry.
Vocal solo by 9. X. Davis.
Address. "Juab's Dry Farms" Presi- |
dent j. W. Paxman.
Vocal solo by u. W. Nickers.
Address, Dry Nephi,' Jacob Cole
man.
Vocal solo Miss Leah Pettigrew.
Address, What the Agricultural Col |
loge Has Done for Nephl," T. b. |
Carbon.
Address. Prof l.. \. Merrill
Piano solo by Phyllis Sparks.
Address, state Administration by |
T.. l.. Foote
Vocal solo by Miss Alta Carter
Address by Judge Greenwood.
DRY LANDS OF NEPHL
Twenty-four years ago David h
Broadhead Of Nephi testified before |
government authorities that he could |
raise wheat on the Levan ridge in tho |
south end " Juab county without water |
and he was Immediately indicted by a. /
federal grand jury for perjury. For
over two years he was under bonds dur
ing which time he was working his !
land; now in the enlightened year Of
1910 he has demonstrated that not only |
can he raise wheat, barley. rye and oats /
on a dry farm without irrigation but
also the finest yield Of deliciously flaw
orcd peaches raised in the west In |
fact this and hundreds of other inter-
estng facts on scientific dry farming
are proved by tho dry farming yield
shown by the Commercial club Of Nephi
Contemporaneous with the holding OF |
the Indian War Veterans encampment.
Primarily the object Of the gath
cring in which men, women s"d chill
dren Join enthusiastically. ~ &c non
oring Of the gray-haircd Indian War
veterans, but even more important
from the standpoint of'Little Chicago"
as Ncphis boosters call the thriving
Juab city, is the opportunity presented
To rllON 10 q ffltlNlh0llN increasing ana
interested public. the wonders of dry
farming.
While children and cclebrants were
throwing confetti and listening TO in
teresting programs. the more serious
Is inclined were taken TO the school
house to View the finest exhibit Of
dry farming products ever seen in the
state.
SPLENDID EXHIBIT.
NJ r. n. Burton secretary Of the Com
ucrcic' club they were shown corn,
beans. wheat barley. oats peaches, ap-
plies, potatoes and other farm products
If superior quality and size grown alb
solutely without water save the little
that comes from the sky.
IL ia estimated that tho yield OF dry
farned wheat in the county this year
viii be- 100000 bushels; and. in fact.
though this summer Is the dryest ever
known since records We're kept the dry
farm yield is the greatest ever re-
corded.
Ordinarily residents OF Juab county
'uunt on T. inches OF precipitatio dur
ng "a year. but from June /, 1909, to
Iune l. 1910, the rainfall for the region
VAS only 13f inches. and from Jan. /,
$40. e. June /. 1919. only 81 inches
ell This has been therefore the dry
st season IN 36 years. In fact. the
Every farmer IN Nephi. however, is
scientist; he has learned to conserve
he moisture In the ground and to take
Every possible advantage OF the eve
ming and morning dow.
His secret is as follows; Pillow while
he ground Is damp and by frequent
narrowing keep the cracks closed up
md the moisture in the ground.
DRY FARM EXHIBIT.
Koford wheat. named after Hans c.
<oford OF Ncphi. vino found the wheat
u an Indian mound some years ago has
proved 10 be the most satisfactory I
wheat for dry farming II is very :
mooth. Turkey Red takes second place I
IS "a producer and being hard and
mooth Is said to make the best bread !
~ earth Z
At the dry farming exhibit Thomas L. &
ninth who owns so acres south OF y
,cphi exhibited six Week and
White Elephant potatoes OF last :
ear which were hard and firm The !,
rdinary potato 81 last year Is so u
irgely constituted OF water that II s
npidly deterloratos and at this time OF
he year is soft The dry farmed po- ,
ltoe Is dry, hard and mcaly. a re-
larkHble keeper
In Mr. Smiths exhibit also we're sam i
les Of Indian corn with ears foot +
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