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structed to make surveys and to re-
port both upon the feasibility of dam
ming the Missouri. at or near Bis
marck and the practicabihty of small
irrigation projects.
The congress also called upon the
! North Dakota legislature to appropri-
ate $500 0 for investigation pur-
poses.
Representative j. H. Sinclair of the
third North Dakota district. address
ing the congress this afternoon. told
the delegates hat he believed n union
OF western states congressman avor-
ing reclamation of semi-arid land and
of southern>congressmen interested in
control of the hood waters of the
Mississippi would be effected with mu-
tual interest.
Officers Elected.
AT the request Of northwestern
river and Des Laos valleys were spe-
ci1cally named as a part of the pro-
posed irrigation projects.
Officers elected: President, Z. A.
Williams. Bismarck: Independents.
Alfred White, Dickinson: Edward
Sullivan, New Salem; secretary, G. N.
Remission, Bismarck; and treasurer,
George H. Russ, Bismarck.
Az Ds o. lax
claims of proponents of development
of small irrigation projects in western
North Dakota and those urging a>pro-
gram to secure a mammoth hydro
electric plant and irrigation dam in
Missouri river were placed before the
resolution committee at the state ir-
rigation congress here today for ac-
ton. Representatives of differing fac
uons were placed upon the committee
by President E. A. Williams.
With all phases Gr irrigation posi-
bilities in the state placed before the
congress through speeches from the
Floor, the resolutions committee, Of
which r. j. List of Bowman county
was named chairman. was expected to
thresh out during the day all ques-
tons n evolve a. definite plan of
action for congress.
c. c.. Converse, state tax commits
sioner, detailed to congress the his
tory of Williston and the lower yell
lowstone irrigation projects and told
delegates that if North Dakota farm
ers undertook to farm by irrigation
they must be prepared to revolution
ize their methods, to farm small tracts
lntenslvely, rather than whole sec
tons of land.
The Williston, North Dakota, prof.
ect failed at the start because this
necessary change of method was not
made, be said, but added thai many
armer now are profiting more upon
80 acres of land than previously upon
sections.
Bismarck. N. D.. June s.-Delegates
to the state irrigation congress-, meet
Ing in the state capitol, today under
tool the formulation of a definite ex-
preston of the conference upon the
methods to be pursued in the develop
ment Of irrigation in North and South
Dakota and Montana. Following the
opening session Wednesday afternoon
the various proposals and ideas of the
individuals present many of whom
mad made a deep study of the cues
ton, were given to the congress in
speeches and resolutions. These
Thoughts expressed by the delegates
were to be shaped in committees and
IN consideration of definite action by
the conference as a whole.
Two major proposals for action
preston. One proposes the building
/ by the government of a huge dam
across the Missouri river at Bismarck,
to conserve waters of the river for ir-
rigation and to develop hydro-electric
power. The second is the building of
dams on smaller streams such as the
Heart and Cannonball rivers, i'm
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rigatinE comparatively small tracts of
land.
Spokesman for the two projects pre-
scented their views at length to the
congress. Many delegates held that
there should be joint development
OF the WI projects. r. N. Stevens
OF Devils Lake stressed the import
lance Of the Missouri river project,
while Joseph M. Devine of Morton
county urged that the project OF i'm
pounding waters of small streams be
carried on first.
The conference was opened by e..
A Williams who was president OF
the state irrigation association at the
last congress held January 1926,
1905, In Bismarck. He introduced
Chief Justice Luther e. Birdzell of
the supreme court, who outlined the
scopA and purpose of the present con
gfess.
Messages were read from Senator's
McCumber and Iadd and Congress-
men Bnrtness, Young and Sinclair Of
North Dakota. the governors OF Non
fana and South Dakota, Senator Nor
beck Of South Dakota and other OH
Ciale ~. Montana and North Dakota.