The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
OF THE |RR|GATOR
TWENTIETH SESSION OF THE MA
TIoNAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS
HELD IN SALT LAKE.
Questions of Vital interest to the Far
mers of the Nation Considered BY
Delegates From Every Section of
America and Foreign Countries.

Salt Lake City.-The twentieth ses'
sion of the National Irrigation con.
gress came to a close on Thursday
with the selection of Phoenix, Arizona
as the meeting place next year and
the election of new set of officers.
The officers chosen were: Major
Richard w. Young of Salt Lake, pres
ident; ]. B. Case of Abilene, Kans.,
first vice-presiden.; Jobu FairweatheI
of Fresno, Cal, second vice-president;
S. H. Lea of Pierre, S. D., third vice.
president; Richard F. Burgess of Ell
Paso, Texas, fourth vice-president;
Kurt Grunwald of Pueblo, Colo, fifth
vice-persident; Arthur Hooker of Spo-
kane, Wash, secretary; executive com
mittee, George A. Snow Of Salt Lake,
chairman; Arthur Hooker. Secretary;
national board of governors Richard
w. Young, chairman; Arthur Hooker,
secretary; George A. Snow; Douglas
White of California, L. Newman OF
Montana, Louis e. Sweet of Colorado.
1t was in Salt Lake on September
10, 1891, that the first session of the
National Irrigation congress was held
The session just held in the city
where the organization was founded
was one of the most successful in the
annals of the congress, which was
changed during the week from ma.
tional to international scope. From
the great pageant and The rendition OF
the Ode to Irrigation which marked
it's first session to the meetings OF
Thursday all plans have been carried
to complete fruition.
Administration of government recla'
nation projects, referred to for the
most part in adverse criticism, occu
pied a large amount of attention at
the Thursday session. Delegate Hoag
land of Nebraska led in the discussion
during the thirty minutes allowed for
consideration of such matters. He
said that land in the North Platte pro.
ject in Nebraska was settled upon the
basis of $35 an acre, but that this price
had increased to S55 an acre. In his
opinion the $75,O00,OO0 expended by
the government reclamation projects
should be charged off to development
| by the government, as in the case OF
river and harbor improvements,
At the close of the discussion, Sen
ator Newlands urged tolerance on the
part of settlers upon reclamation pro-
! jects in face of serious problems en-
countered by the government in ad
ministration of such affairs. These
settlers should also avoid any sem
blance of reputation of sums due the
government, declared the senator, il
they wished to preserve the integrity
of promises by the men who urged
the passage of the reclamation act.
Don Bark of Idaho, irrigation ex
pert of the department of agriculture
delivered an address on THE Duty o.
Water in Idaho" He was followed
by Professor Lewis A. Merrill, WHIT
spoke on Stock Raising and Dairy
ing in the Irrigated Region" PROBES
sor Henry S. Graves, United States
forester, delivered an address on 9Th,
Nation and the States in Forestry"
DR.. W. E. Garrison, president of tn,
New Mexico College of Agriculture
read paper on Good Roads as
State and Nai.zlal Problem" He de
clared good roads necessity and NOR
than local in value as overcoming iso
lation.
H. S. Lea of South Dakota, H. E
Walker of Kansas and Alex. McPhel
son OF New Mexico each read a five
minute paper on pumping for irriga
ton.
The opening session was held in tn
Tabernacle Monday morning, Septem
Der 30, with at least a thousand dele
gates from every section of Americ
any many from foreign countries pres
ent. The Tabernacle was filled, it be
ing estimated that twelve thousan
people attended the opening session
AS suggested in the official speed
of President Francis G. Newlands
United States senator from Nevaus
and echoed in the preliminary discus
sions of the delegates, the twentieth
irrigation congress included in K
deliberations the most extensive pla
for control of Ameilc a's water suppl
in the broadcast sease ever conten
plated by public nody
Revision of lands laws and home
stead acts to check the tremendou
drain OF capital and citizenship nov
resulting from the emigration move
ment to Canada, was another vita
question to be considered by the cor
gress.
| There was a warm discussion on tn
proposition to merge the National Irrl
, cation Congress with the Dry Farmin
, Congress. but the merger plan wa
not approved.
Porte Rejects Intervention.