The Delta independent., 1911-03-24

cars 'IUe VI SAN
will be able to look out through
the clear air of Colorado over an
expanse of rich territory equal TO
five of their eastern states the
will be enchante d; they will bS- en-
tranced and they will naturaHs
make Colorado their summer hon q,
IL not their permanent home IN
will recognize the beauties, u
advantages and thu opportu1rt.es 7
the Western Slope.
Before closing permit me to war
the Congress not to lose sight OF I
important reservoir legislation no
pending in the General Assembl
If your President CORRECTLY unde
stands the bill introduced in tie
Senate. it is in the interests oI
great corporations and against the
interests of the owners of private
lands and the settlers on the pub
lie lands; in other words, it is
proposed to change the laws which
we now have, permitting the flow
of water through the bitches di-
rectly irrigating during the growing
season. and in lieu of that per
mitting the great corporations that
are building large reservoirs TO
flow the water into these reservoirs
for storage purposes and to be sold
from the reservoirs to the land own
ers and the settlers on public lands
at such rates as the corporations
may dictate That would be a seri-
Gus blow to development in every
section OF the state. We are just
beginning TO construct reservoirs
in western Colorado. Let us see TO
it that the great corporations which
construct them do not get us by. the
throat.
The hour has arrived for bust
ness. Permit me to inquire what
is the pleasure of the Congress.
Convention Notes.
The next meeting of the Con
gress will be held at Montrose. Hon.
John C. Bell was elected President
and T. w Mcneil, secretary. Both
of Montrose.
Hon. NJ. d. Vincent. Chas. Alton.
Mr. Hufty and l. T. Honnold rep
resented Paonia at the Develop
ment Congress.
Because The Independent goes to
press practically with the closing
hours of the Congress. it is neces
sary to postpone much of the y-T.s-
ceedings until next issue.
Warden lyman was applauded
for his discussions of prison man
agement and practical criminal re-
forms. of which more will be said
next week.
Editor, Karl Bickel. of the Grand
Junction News gave a splendid dis
cription of the successful expert
ence of his city with a commission
form of government.
Hon. John c. Bell. acting as
toastmaster at the banquet. paid
deserved tribute in his praise of
the Woman's Club for their fine
spread and their splendid order in
serving it.
Bro. sherman. of the Palisade
Tribune, spoke on the Press and
Progress and highly complimented
Delta on her two newspapers. of
which he said: 1T would be diff
cult to find two that We're better.
The feeling fer the Moffat tun-
mel was generally favorable as eN-
pressed by speakers, especially after
a telegram was read yesterday fore
noon received by President De-
Long. pledging that its use should
not be to convey water from the
Western to the Eastern Slope.
Mayor Allen. of Montrose, ap-
pointed c. II. Nickel, Sol. A.
Sprague, Gus. A. Frost, w. f, Now
ry, l. n. Pepper and w. o. Redding
delegates to the Western slope Con-
gress which closed its session in
Delta yesterday.
Assistant District Forester F, w.
Morrell of Denver. A. ]. Dixon OF
Glenwood. Hon. Isaac Baer, or
Meeker, Hon. T. w. Gray of Gunm-
son. Hon. r. C. McClain of Canon
City. Warden Thmoas lyman Of the
esting speakers on "Wednesday even
ing's program.
Delegates from Grand Junction
to the Western Slope Congress
We're; Hon. Horace T. DeLong. d.
w. Auperle. Edwin A. Price, Karl
A. Bickle, n. C. Miller, l. n. Bunt-
ing, VIM. Campbell. w. f. Dudley.
]. II. Miner. Arthur Stokes. f. p.
Taylor. w. p. Ella, ]. II. Rankin, II.
r. Rhone. T. F.. Mahoney, from
Chamber of Commerce. From City;
Mayor Todd, DR.. Carl Plumb, How
ard G. Fletcher. A. A. Miller
While there were many things to
prevent the attendance of num-
ber of leading Speakers who had
been programmed. the Congress was
n success in all respects. All sub
jects We're ably handled. and to those
present were assigned subjects that
were to have been discussed by
speakers not able TO attend. The
funeral of Mr.. Moffat prevented
Hon. Frank c. Goudy and others