Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1914-04-03
DELEGATES WILL
GO TO DENVER
ANGoSTURA BOOSTERS WILL AT.
TEND CONSERVATION CONGRESS.
MEETING HERE SATURDAY
BLACK HILLS ANGoSTURA IRRIGATION
ASSOCIATION MET IN THIS
CITY LAST WEEK.

The members Of tho Black Hills An
eostura Irrigation Association held
tneir regular meeting In this city In
the directors room Of the Stockmans
Bank last Saturday. Following is the
minutes Of the secretary, Chss. A.
Nystrom, which gives very accurate
account Of the meeting:
"Minutes of the proceedines of tho
Black Hills Angostura Irrigation As.
soctatton, Hot Springs, South Dakota.
March %, 1914.
The meeting was called to order with
President ]. A. Stanley in tho chair.
Minutes of the proceedings of the pre.
ceding meeting, February l4th. were
read and approved.
The secretary read letters from Sens-
tor sterlipg, Governor Byrne, State
Engineer Derr, Engineer Walters Of
the reclamation service, and Others.
which letters we're informally dis.
Guessed.
The secretary reported that since Il
became impossible for any delegates
from the project to be present st the
Conservation Congress held st Sioux
Falls March 3. 4 and s, he had pre-.
pared q paper which was presented be.
fore the congress BY the State Histor.
ian, Doane Robinson. 1t was also pub.
lished In full in the Argue. Leader. Tho
Rapid City Journal, and in The Buffa.
10 Gap Gazette. A number OF copies
were purchased for use in the cam.
paign.
1t was the sense of the meeting that
delegates should be selected to be pre.
sent at the meeting Of western cover.
nors and irrigation boosters to be held
IN Denver, April 9th. ]. A. Stanley. 8.
=. Wilson and chas. A. Nystrom were
unanimously elected to represent tho
interests, and these three had already
been appointed ~ delegates BY tho
governor. w. A. Palmer, of Buffalo
Gap, Dan Mosier, Of Oral, and ]. ].
Mcgowan, Of Hot Syringe. were se.
lected as alternates.
The following resolution was adopted
and 1000 copies ordered printed for use
by the different associations: IRE.
solved, that 1t is the sense of this meet.
Ing, that every person holding title to
land within the proposed irrigation
district, should become . member Of
some one Of the Eve orQanizations with.
IN the project; thus lending financial
as we'll ss moral support toward the
realization of our hopes"
it was decided to have 1000 lsttar
heads printed with the project man on
the reverse side. for use BY the differ.
ent associations. ~
Approaching the services that Re-.
ceiver Harry L. Candy, of the Rapid
City land office, had rendered alona
irrigation and reclama alton lines. reso.
luton was adopted commencing him
for his Zeal in our behalf, aud express.
Ing Q desire that he be present II the
Denver meeting to assist "a In on,
boosting campaign,
The president WAS instructed 20 AL
the Northwestern R'y Company TO also
ssnd representative to tho Denve,
meeting, realizing that our suoces,
would mean rich returns to the oom
pany. o WILL
1t wss agreed that the association
should lease typewriter for the use o,
the secretary. -
10 meet necessary expenses, an a.
sessment Of go was levied on each or
ganization. 'A
The following delegates we're present
:. A. Stanley and Attorney 8. q. vii.
son, Hot Sprinss; O. S. Ishsm. W. A
Palmer and Chas. A. Nystrom. Buffalo
Gap; George Coons, c. A. shsckelford
and Dan Mosier, Oral, and A. P. o,Bsn
ion' OF Mohler. 6mithwick was th.
only organization not represented.
ing sdiourned W.