The Delta independent., 1911-02-10
DATE FOR THE
WESTERN SLOPE
CONGRESS SET
WILL CONVENE IN DELTA ON
THE DATES OF MARCH
2s AND n.
Great Crowd is Expected and Many
Notable People Will be Pres
ent.-lnvitations are Being
Sent Out and Program
Prepared.

At a meeting OF the local board
of control for the Western Slope De
elopment Congress, held Monuay, II
was decided to have the meeting of
the Congress to be held at Delta
this year. on March 23rd and 2ith.
Thomas F. Mahoney, secretary of
the Congress, was here from Grand
Junction TO attend the meeting of
the local board, and the dates were
suggested a little later than had been
intended to avoid certain court ses-
sions which would be calculated to
preent the attendance Of President
De Long and others.
The invitation TO notables which
will at once be sent out. will include
the governors OF Colorado. Arizona.
Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah,
tine senators and members of con-
gress from the above named states
and territories. mayors of cities
county commissioners and all COM
mercial bodies, Western Slope stock
growers associations, forestry asso-
ciations and all other organizations
Interested in the deelopment OF the
Western SlDIe territory.
Special invitations Will also be sent
to many notable people. including Ex-
President Theodore Roosevelt. Ex-
Secretary of the Interior Garfield.
Ex-Chief Forester clifford Pinchot
and others.
A brilliant array OF speakers will
be present to handle every subject of
interest.
This annual session of the West
crn Slope Congress promises to be
one of great interest and Importance
rs IL will bring together leading rep
resentatives of every development in
terest. The farmers of dry sections
and irrigated districts will be brought
together for discussion. The stock
men and forestry people will be in
contact. The railroad builders and
operators will be given an oppor-
tunity to make comparisons with the
people. submitting plans or reports.
Legislative matters effecting the IN
terests of the Western Slope Will be
discussed and reports on same sub
mittcd by legislative committees ap-
pointed for the purpose, and who
will be requested to make fun pre-
vious investigation. Agricultural and
horticultural interests and indus
tries will have their hearing, as VIII
good roads movements and all other
matters in interest.
The number attending this session
will doubtless be all our city can
possibly take care of, and aside from
those whom the hotels and rooming
houses can accommodate. n call VIII
perhaps be made upon citizens to ex-
tend their hospitality. Special rates
will be given by the railroads for
the meeting of this congress.
The governor of California, the
mayor of San Francisco and repre-
sentatives of the Panama 5Pacihc Ex-
position. to be held in San Francisco
in 1915, are expected to be present.
The program, which has been in
part suggested. will be complete In
n few days and publicly announced
The local board of control COM
prises: j. b. Killian. Judge A. X.
King. Judge Milton II. Welch. Judge
c. II. Stewart, DIR. F. ID. kinsley,
Mayor b. p. Smith. Millard Fair
lamb, w. p. Dale, G. w. Bruce, Il.
T.. Watts and A. NJ. Anderson. J.
Il. Killian is chairman and Judge
Stewart secretary of the board.
Much publicity viii be given the
meeting of the Congress by the
press of the state and the United
States, and It will doubtless be the
means of bringing many people to
the Western Slope on their first visit.
That Delta county will reap largely
the benefits of it all, by reason of the
holding of the Congress here. is her
good fortune.
There will be an important meet
ing of the Beet Growers Association
held in the Court House on Mon
day evening. February 18th, at