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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Should Control Tributaries.

Outside Of the great basin all the
waters In the arid region are tribJA.
taries to great navigable streams and
there the national power regarding
the storage and utilization OF water
rests not merely upon the ownership
OF the public domain. but upon tho
nations control OF navigation and OF
navigable streams under the inter-
state commerce power. The develop
nnent OF such navigable rivers with
their source streams necessarily in
wolves the treatment OF each river
and It's tributaries az unit from
source to mouth, and the complete
control OF its waters In such way
as to maintain an equal how for nav
igation: Thus compensation can be
secured for water and power rights
which Will tend to diminish the cost
OF the control of the rivers for nav
lgation and at the Same time we shall
have an equal and proportionate de-
velopment not only OF navigation, but
OF cultivation and power upon which
In large degree the prosperity Of the
country depends.
With all the force at his command
Senator Reed Smoot Of Utah denounced
he existing land laws of the United
states and the administration of thos,
avs as responsible for the appalling
annual exodus Of Americans into Canada
n his address on "Liberalizing Our Lanc
avs" delivered before the Irrigatio,
congress at the afternoon session in th
Assembly hall
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER H.

small units to the public True there are
many arguments against the leasing. sys-
TEN, but 1t is the only solution OF the
dishonesty and fraud that creeps into
liberal policy"
Points Out Pattern.
AT the conclusion of Senator smoot's
address John Kinkle OF California arose
and remarked that II the United States
would pattern after Canada IN the mat
ter of prosecution and conviction Of pub
Nc OF bs hsysS hs5d nd ad
ministratlon that is now given TO Ameri-
can land laws. Here almost any thief
with money to back him can escape the
pubic pubic domain" said Mr.. Kinkle. I'm
Canada the thief never escapes"
Brigham ii, Roberts delivered an elo-
Basin" !" He reviewed the history OF ir-
rigation in Utah from the arrival Of the
pioneers to the present. painting with
Of achi ev emcnt that had attended the ap-
pIicatIon Of the irrigation principle to
the arid wastes.
eighth Irrigation congress. talked on "1r-
rigation and the Pioneers" His address
was largely a history of the progress OF
irrigation. 1t concluded an instructive &C.
count of the resources OF Utah, the de-
velopment OF which was due to irrtga-
tion; Owing TO lack of time the latter
part of his speech was reserved for In
clusion In the official report Of the con-
gress-
George 2. Barstow, president of the
Seventeenth congress, prominent Texan,
concluded the afternoon programme with
an address entitled "Forwa rd-March F"
He reviewed the past achievements OF the
Irrigation congress and outlined what
might be done in the future. In part he
said:
While congratulating ourselves upon
our record In the past, let us move
forward with firm and steady tread.
for greater works than these should
We rlerfofsn.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Mayor Bids Welcome.

Mayor Samuel c. Park followed tn
governor with a welcome that rang Wit
eloquent sincerity. He said;
While the residents OF the great
area this side OF the Mississippi river
are neighbors, In a sense. with mu-
tual aims and interests, IL is only
when we come together as irrigators
that we really feel like home folks at
family reunion.
Blood Is said to be thicker than
water, but the ties that bind the
beneficiaries of irrigation are those In
which our homes. hopes and fortunes
are bound UP. In such a union we
secure a measure Of prosperity for
ourselves and a heritage Of oppor-
tunity to our posterlty
Even blood does not stand In the
way OF water rights, as the records
OF many a western court will show.
In truth, the irrigation system Of
community may be ltkened to the
circulatory system OF the individual,
From its heart in the everlasting
SHOWS, through the arteries and
capillaries OF its canyons and canals,
Irrigation carries the life giving fluid
of the real west to the fertile and
productive fields Of the mountain and
plains. It Is the blood OF our COM
fnerciaI and industrial development.
the life of our land, the elixir Of az
ricultural productivity Take II away
and we have got to move. Waste 1t
and our children Will have TO go.
without II our orchards would die.
our fields would parch. our livestock
perish and the labor OF our lives be
set at naught.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Greeting From Taft.

General Marshal was one of q board
OF military engineers who recently inspec-
ted the various government reclamation
projects throughout the west. He said
In part;
Il am authorized by the President of
the United States to greet you in his
name and to assure you that ne is In full
accord With the high aims OF this orgaui-
zation, He confidently expects that your
delioera tions will result in great good
not only to the people Of the United
states, but TO contingent territory and TO
81 nations having interest In irrigation.
The president desires me to congratu.
late this congress on It's achievements
He wishes to assure you that he has ever
been interested nightly In It's welfare
and VIII continue to give 1t whatever
support he may rightly do
After warning the congress that what
ever he might say came from him alone
and that X any heresy might be contained
IN ms words he was the hereto and none
other General Marshal launched upon q
shrles OF amusing anecdotes having to do
with bulls, particularly bull moosers He
mad much fun at Colonel Roosevelt's ex-
pense. but refrained from any less mild
expression OF his political faith He con-
cluded With an instructive report on the
progresH OF Irrigation projects as he had
found them on his official tour. One OF
the most important problems to be solved
he saids was the problem OF water loss
through seepage and evaporation Waste
OF water through Improperly construct ed
irrigation systems is criminal he declared
and should be leGIslated apo{nuf
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
VITAL ISSUES
OF GREAT WEST
ARE DISCUSSED
Senator Newlands Forcibly
Outlines Comprehensive
Plan for Conservation of
Wasted Water.
CONTINUED From Page one.)

launched. Il was where this city
now stands that sixty-five years ago
the Anglo-Saxon method of irrigation
was introduced into these United
States.
It Is way ous here in this tremen-
dousIy expansive empire OF the great
west, with its more than 300 SUM-
shiny days out Of every year that
the hearts Of men have been warmed
TO 8 degree that nowhere in this
broad land is there greater love Of
our fellow man than you will find
here
Time for Work.
It, therefore, seems fitting that I
should now suggest TO you that this
is the place and now the time for
this congress to get down to a prac-
teal, working, thorough business
basis and map out definite plan Of
procedure and devise ways and means
for the execution of that plan in
effective fashion to the end that this
congress and fits work shall inspire
for the general good
To assemble such a large and rep
resentative body OF men as are here
today, coming as they do from all
parts OF the United States. taking
into account the expense to which
all have been subjected by way Of
railroad fare. hotel bills and miscel-
laneous expense. and coupled with
this the expense of the congressional
session Itself, Involves no inconsider-
able amount OF time, money and men,
tai energy. and I submit that all this
should be turned to the best possible
account
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Essential to Progress.

We might manage to get along
without an army or a navy, without
pensions or a tariff, without automo-
biles or political parties, but we could
not make much headway without irrl-
CATION.
we have our problems to solve aH
they had in ages long forgotten. We
have our problems now as they had In
Egypt when the cross on the banks
OF the Nile, indicating by Its trans
verse beam the height to which the
waters might be expected to rise, be-
came a guide to safety and refuge
thousands of years before 1t became
a symbol of Christianity.
The canals of Babylon. the reser,,
voirs of Fayoum, the dams and
bitches OF Assyria no longer carry
life giving waters to prosperous
and contented people. These races
failed to solve their problems, Ava.
rice and oppression discouraged
thrift; in the mad struggle for the
needs and luxurles OF the moment
the welfare of the future was for
gotten; watersheds were denuded and
forests destroyed; sand drtfted Into
the bitches; the water ceased to
how: the moisture evaporated; hres
and fanines completed the destruc-
tion and devastation. and the desc
lation of the desert settled upon the
land once more.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Urges Waste Prevention.

The loss Of water by evaporation and
procoiations he pointed out, ranges from
zen per cent to sixty per cent. According
to conditions. Some means for decrssse
urged. io""o' hs
President Newiands then read a teIe-
s1aIi rom Woodrow Wilson, Democrat tic
candidate for president, as follows.
Woodrow Wilson. Democratic no,nins.
Seag1rt. N J.. Sept. 2s. ioIa
ron francis G. Newlands President
Irrigation Congress. Salt Lake CITY,
Please express to the National r.
rigation congress my hearty approval
OF the policy IL is met to promofe
and especially of the policy OF the
lection by storage OF food waters
above for Irrigation and water power
turning floods from a menace into
6lessing and at the same time abun-
dently feedlng naviga BILE waters
WOODROW WILSON.
1T Is fitting" declared President New.
lands. that this congress should know;
where each Of the three presidential can
G,aates s. stand In regard to the Important
matters OF irrigation and waterway regu .
lation We have heard from Presid emf
TAFT and from Woodrow Wilson. The
attitude Of Colonel Roosevelt needs no
iurther proof During his ndninistra-
made amply manifest"
NolS Sp6Cldl MUSIC.
The rendition Of Dixie by a male
chorus under tho direction of Prof, Evan
stephens. and Wales Of Deseret" Pro-
fessor Stephens's own composition, was
interpolated here as the hour was grow
Ing late and the musicians had to leave
The two numbers were scheduled for tho
latter part OF the programme.
Governor William Spry was character.
istically hospitabIe in welcoming the
congress- to the place Of Its birth on be.
half OF the state, He said;
You have come to the place where
irrigati ton has been and is yet the
mightiest factor In our civilization
The people of Utah are acutely
grateful for the salvation that has
come to them through the achieve
ments OF this congress and this graft
tude enhances my pleasure in well
coming you on behalf OF the state
II is fitting that you men who have
heen 80 instrumental In developing
this great country should gather on
occasions like this to further the
splendid work
There is no iatchstring to pull in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01

Utah. Our doors, our homes and our
hearts are forever open to you. We
bid you welcome, We bid you enter
and enjoy yourselves to the utmost.
May continued success and achieve
ment crown your efforts and the ulti-
mate goal come closer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Regulation Of Rivers.

I desire here to call attention to an
act now before the national congress
looking toward the regulation OF navig
able rivers" the father of which Is the
president OF this congress, Senator
Newlands. This act Is a constructive
measure of far reaching Importance
to all our people and should receive
the unstlnted and hearty support Of
our entire constituency. I trust we
shall get busy with our senators and
representatives, and urge them to give
their support to this act. Further
more. that this congress shall pass
a resolution to that end, the same to
be placed before congress promptly by
our congressional committee.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Must Not Go to Sleep.

1t is an excellent Idea for Us to
come together once year as agri-
culturists, II you please and to dis
cuss the many important phases of
irrigat tion development II Is also fit
ting that while we are together you
should sandwich in amusements, have
good time and get Well acquainted
With each other. But to meet here
and discuss these matters, pass reso-
lutions. adjourn. then shut up shop
for year, Is serious mistake and
not what the founders Of this con-
gress contemplated.
Ladies and gentlemen 1 bid you a
thrice welcome,
Chairman Snow introduced Professor
Mcclellan and Professor ENand Stephens
leader OF the tabernacle choir. Then FOL.
lowed the singing OF the Ode to Irriga
ton, the song triumphant, the musical ex
preston Of the great epoohal achievement.
of Irrigation science.
After the music. President .NewIand.
was introduced and took charge OF tn,
meeting. He was proclaimed by Chairman
Snow as the father OF the reclamation
service, having had much TO do with the
passage OF the reclamation act by the ma
tional congressl President Newlands mad,
several brief remarks and then introduced
General William a. Marshal the specia
representative of President Taft who de.
liVered the Presidents official message
TO the irrigation congress-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01

the treatment Of waters the forma-
ton OF a broad and comprehensive
plan that will secure their largest
Hafst civiiisafinn could aI f BUS them, including
not only navigation, but the irriga..
tion of arid lands, the drainage OF
swamp lands. the conservation OF for
ests, ne natural rsseFyolT1ys r n1s oi mols so
floods, the development OF water pow
or and the mitigation or destructive
floods IL also Involves the co-opera-
tion OF the nation with states; muni-
cipalilses. corporations and individ-
uas, having & right TO or use for wa
ters OF a stream can be exercised In
harmony for the common purpose.
Not Party Issue.
In the Inauguration OF this policy It
Is necessary for the national govern
ment to take the lead and IL Is highly
Important that the public attention
should be focused upon a well devised
plan for coordination and co-opera-
ton All three OF the national parties
have Endorsed the principles OF the
bill which | have introduced. provid-
ing for river regulation and the time
Is ripe for legislation.
All the United States drains Into
the oceans except portions OF Utah,
Wyoming. Montana and Nevada, con-
stitu,ing the great basin, which drain
to the great sinks OF the desert such
as Salt lake, Humboldt and Winnie
mucca lakes. The reclamation fund
Is peculiarly applicable to these states,
for there the power OF the national
government rests upon It's ownership
OF the public domain and It's right
TO prepare IL for settlement by the
scientific utilization Of waters which
would otherwise go to waste, and In
this work IL can doubtless engage In
such collateral projects. such as the
development Of water power. as will
aid In the promotion TO cheaper the
expense OF the general purpose. Clear
ly, the nation has the power In this
region In entering upon an irrigation
project to SO ally the storage OF water
FOR power with the storage OF water
for irrigation as to make both prac-
ticable where, without the union. each
might be impracticahle because Of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Building for Future.

They had their problems, but failed
TO flnd the solution. we have learned
from experience, but we have some
thing to do with history too We are
conserving some. but wasting much.
and It is for the purpose OF devising
ways and means not only tn enjoy
the advantages placed at our disposal
by the general government. but 20
build for generations yet to be
housed and fed and TO plan so that
the present may become fitting
foundation for the future; 80 that
millions Of acres NAV yet be added
to the millions already reclaimed. 1t
Is for this that the wisdom, exper-
fence and craftsmanship or the Ma
tional Irrigation congress assemblies
each year.
1t Is particularly proper that this
In the city OF Its nativity on the
twenty-first anniversary OF It's foun-
dation. wneTe the purest water from
everla sting SHOWS Is taken from the
rock trimmed basins Of the mountains
In foamlng cataracts down cool cam
yons TO splash and spread upon the
richest Of valleys and gladden. the
happiest homes in all the world.
! recall the first session OF this con-
gress, The impression ! then received
from the discussions I heard are with
me yet as l welcome you. not only
to the place Of your birth as an as
socia ton. h',, 30 the hor,e modern
IRRIGATION. to the cradle 81 this enter
prise, TO the city founded by the pio-
neer OF American irri9ators
bio you welcome as a body and
AZ Individuals. hone your stay will
be pleasant and perhaps permanent.
the doors and gates o, Salt Lake
- have no locks. :. they are open
wide to you, and In behalf of the In
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Fake Irrigation.

have many times brought the at
tention OF this congress, and more
often through the press. Impressed
upon the people OF the irrigated
states, the acute need of having the
legislatures enact laws that Will put
stop to all fake operations In irri-
gatlon, Certainly the good sense OF
our legislatures will not stand anent
such procedure! These takers have
been, and still are, a dynamic me
mace to the financing OF sound and
legitimate irrigation enterprise, and
they should forthwith be brought TO
task by the strong arm Of the state.
1 do not believe that the officers
and board OF governors OF this con-
gress can accomplish any more vital
interest of the people Of the irrigated
than by adopting some definite line
Of work to this end. ] would suggest
two methods. First, by our memoir
ializing the legislatures OF the several
states, setting forth the facts in no
uncertain manner. Second, by
adopting a well planned campaign OF
publicity in such states and thus
arouse the people to this most I'M
portant end, 30 that they will get
behind their legislators and see that
proper laws are passed. Such course
will require some effort and sacrifice
on the part OF our officers; but we
should have such men always in Of
fee who are ready to make sac
rifces and who Will see that this
congress is ever ready In the fore
front Of service and that luster shall
be added to its noble past.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Today's Programme.

MORNING MEETING,
$50 O'Clock
Invocation, by DR.. ]. Z TRlmage
Thirty minutes for discussion.
Five-minute talks by delegates
Increasing tho Duty OF Wafer" by Prof. B. n.
Etchcverry (Cal), head OF irrigation depart
mont, University Of California.
Problems OF the Actual Irigator." by J. T,
Ninkle tOr.).
Tho Farmers' Golden Age" by Hon. ]. 3.
Case tKnnsas).
Irrigation Securities and the Practical Working
OF an Irrigation Project" by George A. Snow
tCteh),
1.-THE Rational Uso Of Water In brighton" by
DR.. ]. A. Wldtsoe (Utah). president Intornn-
uonaI Dry-Fnrming congress president Utnh
State Agricultural college.
Tho Duty OF Wator and the Duty OF Common
Sense by Horace c. Clark Colorado
Change OF Climate" by Willis L. Moore, chief
United States weather bureau.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
Would Change Name.

The report of the national executive
committee was submitted at the after
chairman, and adopted. 1t recommended
among other things that the name of
the congress be changed to read Inter-
national Irrigation congress 1t advised
that as a means OF simplifying the work
OF the congress, sectional meetings to deal
with correlated subjects be held prelm-
mary to the general congress hereafter,
and much OF the business there threshed
out that now comes before the main con-
gress. These recommendations will be
dealt with In the form OF resolutions at
later meetings.
President Newlands appointed Fl. w.
Roberts or Nebraska as temporary chair
man OF the committee on credentials; !;
Richard Burgess, temporary chairman OF
the committee on resolutions, and Fred
erick Stigmeyer Of Salt Lake temporary
chairman of committee on permanent or
ganizatton. The various states were in
Structed to caucus during the evening and
select their members for these commit
tees. These appointments will be an
nounced today.
Foreign delegates to the congress will
be the guests OF the Commercial club at
luncheon at 1890 o'clock this noon They
Will be met by autos at the assembly hall
and taken for a trip around town before
luncheon.
Will Visit Saltair.
A special train for delegates and their
friends will leave the Saltair depot this
afternoon at 2;30 o'clock. Delegate badges
or guest ribbons will be the only ere
dentials necessary. The ride and bath in
the heated salt water pool will be free
Early yesterday hotel accommodations
were exhausted and appeal was made by
the accommodations committee to the tel
ephone company to help In finding rooms
III private homes. Division General Man
ager A II. De Nike responded by put
ting special operators on to call up
various residences. The plan worked sue
cessfully and many visitors were accord
ed accommodations In this way. Late
last night the accommodations committee
reported that 1t had solved the problem Of
quarters through the aid of private citi-
zens.
II is estimated that between 1900 and
l400 delegates and their guests are In the
city, A few more are expected to arrive
today.
Today's Programme.
The programme for todays session fol-
lows:
MORNING MEETING,
$50 o'clock.
Invocation. by Dr. ]. Z TRlmage.
Thirty minutes for discussion.
Five-minute talks by delegates.
Increasing tho Water by Prof A