Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-10

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| Kiwanis club, the Rotary club, the
| Merchants association, the Automo-
bile Dealers association, the real es-
| tate dealers and other organizations
of the city, the Great Falls Advertis-
ing club Friday carried out an inter-
national luncheon at Hotel Rainbow in
compliment to delegates from Canada
and the United States to the meeting
of the Montana Irrigation and Drain
age institute.
Ice water toasts were drunk to
President Harding and King George
by the luncheon guests at the be-
ginning of the program and at the
| conclusion they stood again and drank
to R. N. Sutherlin, exponent of irri-
CATION in Montana for nearly half
grandfather of irrigation in Canada"
The toast to President Harding was
proposed by Mayor Ray NJ. Armour,
his efforts in the present conference
on limitation of ornaments and the
important place occupied among the
nations by the two English speaking
peoples. Response was made by e. F.
Benson of the Northern Pacific rail-
| way, who asserted that President
Harding is endeavoring to do humanity
a great service and that the delegates
now at Washington came to the con-
ference having in mind the friendship
between the United States and Canada
as marked by 5000 miles of unguarded
boundry. IL this spirit prevails at
Washington. he stated, the conference
will succeed.
Stanford Toasts King
Colonel James T. Stanford gave the
toast to King George and included
General Byng, governor general of
Canada. Colonel Stanford said that
he once served King Georges grand
that his interest in irrigation was
manifested in that, in his way, he had
been instrumental in developing the
| greatest private irrigation project 'of
them all" Mr.. Pearce responded with
the assertion that he would like to
see an archway erected at every port
of entry between the United States
and Canada as monument to the 107
years of peace between his country
and the United States.
The speakers were introduced by
George 0. Sanford, president of the
institute, who was presented by Presi-
dent Scott Leavitt Of the Ad club;
Following the toasts, Mr.. Sanford in
troduced j. B. Lamson of the Bur-
lington railway with the assertion
that the transcontinental roads had
figured in vital way in the COLOMBIA,
ton of the west, and Victor Meek,
commissioner of irrigation in Canada,
who stated that since the controversy
over the division of the waters of the
Milk and st. Mary rivers has been ad-
justed, preparations are being made
for the development of land on both
sides of the boundry.
Obstacles Being Overcome
Sam Stephenson, president of the
First National bank. the next speaker,
declared that he was vitality interested
in the extension of irrigation and that
he considered it the duty of every
citizen to support every consistent eff
fort to put water on every acre pos
sible
I'VE have been handicapped since
the war by the labor situation" MFR.
Stephenson stated, land by the finan-
cial situation. The labor situation has
been Strengthened out and I am con-
fident that finances will shortly be
worked out SO that irrigation can be
extended.
I'VE have here great agricultural
state in which livestock once predom-
mated. Livestock is still an important
industry, but it is as impossible to
raise stock without surplus of hay
as it is to conduct bank without
reserve. l think we are all united on
the fact that irrigation is better than
dry land farming. but it does not nee
essarily follow that dry land farming
cannot be successfully followed Some
people seem to think that irrigation
cannot be boosted without knocking
dry land farming.
Won't Show Books
II have dry land farm myself, and
|if Brother Sutherlin could see the
books he would know that it has not
been successful. He will never see
those books, for I have carefully avoid
ed keeping any. but Just across the
fence from my dry land farm is man
who for 80 years has farmed without
irrigation and when he comes to town
he does not come to borrow money
rolnes to lend it. l might say that
this man is Scotchman, and another
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