The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-10-11
DISCUSS PROBL. EMS
Of THE IRRIGATOR
TWENTIETH SESSION OF THE MA
TioNAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS
HELD IN SALT LAKE.
Questions Of Vital interest TO the Far.
ners Of the Nation Considered By
Dsissascs From Every Section of
America and Foreign Countries.

Salt Lake city The twentieth ses
sion 81 the National Irrigation con
gTsas came 70 d close on Thursday
with the seiection 81 Phoenix. Arizona
~ The meeting place next year anc
the election OF i new set oE Officers.
The officers chosen we're: Major
Richard w Young Of Salt Lake, pres
idents !. II Case 81 Abilene. Kana.
tiFst vicepfesident; John Falrweather
oI Ffesno, Cal. second vIcasprcsident:
:. II Les Of Pierre, s, d., third vice,
president, Richard e. Burgess or El
Paso, Texas, fourth vlce-presldent;
Kurt 6IFunwald ef Pueblo. Colo, iifth
vleepersiderit: Arthur Hooker OF spo,
kane, wash, secretary; executive com.
mittee. George A. Snow OF Salt Lake,
chairman Arthur Hooker secretary,
national board 0f governors Richard
W Young, chairman Arthur Hooker,
secretary; George A. SNOW; Douglas
White III California. 4, Newman OF
Montana, Louis II, Sweet 81 Colorado.
It VAS ID Sail Lake On September
l5 1851. fbat the first session Of the
National Irrigation congress was held
The aeasion Just held III the city
where the organization was founded
was one 81 the most successful In the
annals u the congress. which waa
changed during the week from ma
tlonal 70 international scope. From
DO great pageant and the rendition III
HE Ode % Irrigation which marked
ITO trst session 10 the meetings 81
Tharsday an plana have been carried
81 complete fraitlon
Administration OF government recla
masl5n projects referred TO tor the
most part iii adverse criticism, ocen
pied a large amount OF attention al
the Thursday session Delegate Hoar
land Of Nebraska lea In the discussion
during the thirty minutes allowed for
consideration of such matters He
said that land Ia the North Platte pro
iect - Nebraska Was settled upon ths
basis 81 sah an acre. but that this price
had Increased 10 sa5 an acre. IN his
oplnion The s75,0on,000 expended by
the government reclamation projecn
should be charged on To development
by the government. a. Ia the case 81
river and harhor Improvement
AZ the close Of the discussion, Sen
Htnr Newlauds urged tolerance on THE
part Of settlers upon reclamation pro
teets ID face of serious problems On,
ceunteFed by the government In ad
mlniatratlon of such AFFAIRS. These
settlers should also avoid any sem
blance Of population Of sums due the
sovernmant, declared the senator, IL
they wished 70 preserve the integrity
tof promises BY the men who urged
Che passage OF the reclamation act,
Don BARK Of Idaho, irrigation ex
pert 81 the department ar agriculture,
delivered an address on "'fhe Duty oi
Water 10 Idaho" lie was followed
by Professor Lewis A. Merrill. who
spoke on Stock Raising and Dairy
ing in the Irrigated Region, profes
sor Henry \. Graves, United States
forester, delivered ain address on "Ths
Nation and the States Ia Forestry
Dr, W. I, Garrison. president OF the
New Mexico College OF Agriculture
read q paper on Good Roads al 4 /
state and National Problem He de |
eaared good roads d necessity and more |
than local n value as overcoming iso
latlon.
u. s, Lea Of South Dakota. Ii. n
Walker q Kansas and Alex. MePher
son Of New Mexico each read Ave
ton.
The opening session was held In the
Tabernacle Monday morning, ssptem
Der 10, with NJ least thousand dele
gates from every section OF America
any many from foreign countries pres
ent. The Tabernacle was allied. il be
ing estimated that twelve thousand
people attended the opening session
AZ suggested In the official speech
% President Francis G. Newlands.
United States senator from Neyaas. i
end echoed In the preliminary discus
sions OF the delegates. the twentieth
irrigation congress Included ia rs
deliberations the most extensive plan
for control OF Americas water SUNNY
In the broadcast sense ever contem.
plated By public body
Revision of lands laws and home
stead acts to check the tremendous
drain of capital and citizenship now
resulting from the emigration move.
ment 70 Canada, was another vital
question to be considered by the con.
gress.
There was warm discussion on the [
proposition to merge the National Irri-
cation Congress with the Dry Farming
Congress. but the merger plan was
not approved
Porte Rejects intervention.
London.--A dispatch from Constan-