The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-01
WESTERN GOVERNORS
WILL MEET HERE
More Than a Dozen Execu-
tives VIII Discuss Import
ant Matters.
SECY. LANE. is COMING
Public Land Problems Will Be
Taken Up, and Reforms
Demanded.
SECY. LANE is COMING

Governors of nearly all the western
states will foregather in Salt Lake for
three DAYS beginning next THURSDAY,
June 5, to consider matters of deep I'M
port TO the whole west. Tt will be the
second annual meeting of the Western
. Governors association, which organized
at Boise last August to promote the in
terest of the western states as whole
in their dealings with the national gov
ernment and federal land policies.
According to information in posses
sion of Governor William Spry. who
will play host to his fellow executives,
UPWARDS of a dozen governors Will at.
tepd the meeting and several national
officials, including Franklin Lane, sec
rotary of the interior, are expected TO
he present Invitations have been sent
to President Woodrow Wilson and TO
William j. Bryan, secretary or state,
hut from advices now at hand 1t is not
probable that either the president or
Mr.. BRYAN will be able to attend be-
cause of the press Of national business
at this time,
Hiram B. Johnson. governor of Cali
fornia whose stand in the Japanese at-
fair has made him prominent nationally,
had expected to attend, but he ADVISED
Governor Spry by telegram yesterday
that it would be impossible TO leave the
California capital for severa! weeks ow-
ing 10 the fact that the California leg
islature has just adjourned and many
imnortant measures must be gone over
nv the governor before he attaches ms
signature or his veto. Tasker l.. Cd
die. governor OF Nevada; j. NJ Carey,
governor Of Wyoming; Oswald West.
Governor of Oregon and president of
the association; f. NJ. Ammons, gov
ernor of Colorado; George W, Z. Hunt.
governor Of Arizona; John M. Haines,
governor of Idaho. and several other
states executives have signified their
intentions of attending the meeting.
Discuss Land Problems.
Public land problems will he the
chief concern of the conference, though
no definite programme for the meeting
has been decided upon as yet. 1t is
highly probable that out Of the discus
sions on this topic will result formal
step by all the western states in unison
towards more liberal land laws and
more adequate policy by the federal
government in the administration OF
the public domain. A memorial TO the
president of the United States and to
the national congress will probably be
drawn, demanding reformation of the
present land laws and administrative
policies so as TO make possible the
more rapid development Of the western
states by the utilization Of natural re-
sources
Nearly all the papers to be read at
the conference will be based on the
- low dc
ernor Oswald West Of Oregon is sched-
uled for an address on the reformation
of the interior department. Governor
s. V. Stewart is to speak on the topic
of the national policy as TO the use Of
the public range and Governor Oddie Of
Nevada will talk of the reclamation
service and what il has done for the
state over which he rules. Governor
Srrv is scheduled for a talk on "True
.it -
. Development OF the mineral resources
Of the west and their relation to the
federal laws will be discussed widely,
Governor Hunt Of Arizona is to speak
of "The Federal Control Of Our Min
'eral Resources, and Governor +. NJ.
Byrne of South Dakota is to talk on
the subject OF the national fuel sup
ply and how it may be controlled.
Will Consider Water.
Control Of the flood waters and the
utilization OF the water power that
runs to waste at flood season will form
an important topic Governor George
II. Hodge of Kansas will lead the dis
cussion on this question. 1t is under
STOOD he will advocate the immediate
action Of the national government to-
wards the accomplishment of this un-
dcrtalsing. Governor William c. Nc
Donald Of New Mexico will talk along
the same lines, his subject being the
control of interstate waters with a
view to preventing floods, preserving
water for irrigation and developing
navigation.
The forest service. its methods and
the general policy OF the federal gov
erument in regard TO the timber re-
sources of the nation will come in for
much consideration, Governor L. B,
Hanna Of North Dakota is to speak on
timber culture in the prairie states, and
Governor Ammons OF Colorado will talk
on general lines pertaining to the na-
tloual conservation policy as applied TO
forest lands. Governor Haines of Ida
no will devote his address to the same
general topic. Governor Adolph Eber.
hardt of Minnesota will tell what his
state is doing with its logged-off lands.
ne pIOSISWme oi aHnTPsSeS as
sketched above is only tentative aud
depends primarily on the attendance of
the respective governors TO whom the
various topics have been assigned
Governor Spry has received no positive
information as to the procedure, the
arrangements for the meeting having
been left to Governor West, the presi.
dent Of the organization.
Governor Spry yesterday communi.
Gated with Mayor Samuel c. Park with
regard to meeting place for the CON
ference at the city and county build.
ing. He was assured that the commits