Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-07-08
Happenings Of a Week Through
out the State. /.
CONGRESS 4 GREAT SUCCESS
Conservation Organization to Be
Made Permanent.

serVation congress held at Pierre
Ex-Governor Herried who was to pre-
3 side at the afternoon meeting, sent
Telegram OF regret and in his place tn
meeting was opened by A. L. Cham
y berle;n Of the county institute com
mission with few remarks on tn
objects of the meeting.
Outside of the address of WELDON,
by Governor Wesley and the set ad
= dresses of George Welsh, Minnesota
commissioner Of immigration; Profes
p sor Larson OF the state agriculture
school and State Engineer Lea thu
$y only business was that OF the appoint
ment OF a committee on resolutions
the selections being Frank NJ. Byrnt
of Faux, w. e. C. Mccain OF Penning
ton, Mark G. Rich of Fall River. ]. e
Pickles Of Clark, G.. w. Merry o.
Grant, Tore Tiegen OF Minnehaha
Isaac Lincoln of Brown G. G. Davis
Of Perkins, |. A. George of Lawrence
Il. NJ Simmons Of Beade. c. G.. An
derson of Aurora, DR.. Kutnewsky OF
Sphinx and M. P. Beebe of Edmonds
state Engineer Lea covered his work
s OF actual experience in the subject O
irrigation, which is being carried a
most effectively In the extreme wet
ern portion OF the state While mis-
work Is yet In its infancy In Suth
4 Dakota at the present time over i25,-
opo acres are being cultivated under
irrigation In the state and With the
A completion OF the Belle Fourcie plant
the area will be largely Increased.
s5 Professor Cook of the Spelrfish nor.
I mai school spoke In the ivening on
horticulture In the Black FILLS, !"
Concerns People of tts Country.
Senator Coe /. Crawford, who pre-
\ slded at the evening session, said con
seryation was a question Of the later
days not looked upoi by our fathers
and our fathers fathers, who did not
I I even dream that we would need con-
sideration OF the sabjeet. But the day
r mas come, he said, when not only con
HerVation but reclamation is now con.
corning the people of the country.
There was little furry at the
evening meeting A. j. Mccain made
an attack on the government forest
reserve service In the Black Hills re-
serve. This called out protest from
3a dele gate that politics was being In.
trodueed
s On the second day one Of the
largest crowds yet I'D attendance at
the Auditorium since the opening OF
the conservation meeting was present
70 greet Governor Eberhart of Mime
sofa ~ the address, he made to the
people Of South Dakota. The gov
Sernor took up as his main theme ..Tha
Boys and Girls OF the State. He In
'terspessed the serious features Of his
tai With flashes Of fun, which kept
the aud fence going. and at the close OF
his # ak he was given the ovation Of
the convention.
8s The migration OF the boys and girls
from the farms to the city was the
main point of his discussion. He set
forth as the reinee y for such contii.
tions that Of making not only home
life but school life In the country more
attractive,
ttid SO Ayiesw orth of Denver told or ]
the work OF Judge hen Lindsay among
the kid BE- OF Denver, and his success
in fighting graft and official corruption
IN that cf with warm eulogy Of ]
the personality and character Of the
y Judge.
ne report OF he resolutions COM
Inittee Tas presented by Chairman
Byrne.
Opposed to More Commissions.
Colonel George opposed the
creation OF more conrni sions. Several
former deleg ties indorsed the argu-
Inents Colonel gorge put forward Oh |
4 yoteof the delegates
y resolut ions were adopted Nv u 4
vote "a two % one Us presented by the
committees
DC re- oluti ions favor the control ok
forest RESERVES and lands by states IN. 4
stead of BY the national oyernment.
On the third day the consery alton
congress completed its work and HE
hundreds of delegates coming from 4
neIrl every count iii the state and
representing the leaders among the
people who SLEEVE iii doing things for
South Dakota. departed for their
homes all enthusiastic boosters Tor
he sliccsss pf the permanent org anil. 4
sation Tor the conse alton and davels
epment Of the natural resources Of
HE Sunshine state
a The selectio III the men MI Id ars
authorized by the ongress To- make
Tho movement d termapeflts if,sfe ard /