Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-06-03
WICHITA CONGRESS.
States and Territories West Of the
Mississippi Well Represented.
The SUBJECTS OF The ADDRESSES.
Reclamation and Settlement or the Arid
Region Urged illustrated bectsres
by Mcssrs. FrsnkenAcid and Nav
ell-Rsselutions introduced.


Wichita, Kan, June 1.-The tenth
annual session Of the Transmississippi
commercial congress opened here yes
terday morning with 300 delegates In
attendance. Two hundred more are
expected to-day. Every state and ter
ritory west of the Mississippi, with the
exception Of Washington, Nevada and
Idaho, is represented. Hon. Hugh
Craig, Of San Francisco, president OF
the congress, failed to come and Vice
President Prince, of New Mexico,
called the congress to order. Gov.
Stanley, Of Kansas, delivered the ad-
dress Of welcome. Mayor Ross spoke
for the city of Wichita and the Wichita
board OF trade. Congressman-elect
Julius Kahn, Of San Francisco, and
Gov. Murphy, Of Arizona, responded.
A sharp contest came up over the Sc
lection of committee on resolutions.
The first address of the session was
made by Prof. Morrow, of the Okla
homa Agricultural college, on the SIN
PRODUCTION Of Corn in Europe as Food
Product" Francis B. Thurber, Of New
York city, chairman of the American
"W;der Markets and How N Get Them -
Ev-con..as.n,an w n S,ossou 90 IT,
no sns,L;n. ~ ..Rorsos md nsen
Wa.a, por,s -, a.. c,,It - ia l., ,,.,.t.
IT,. 80. 49,, - -.
ka. North and South Dakota raised In 1905 OF
corn, wheat and oats alone i,O7l $50, $50 bushels
valued by the commissioner Of agriculture ut
aD tre'sn. , stes MAKE ana u sn n,a
am n mako a Seen ,rater nort NJ GsIves,on ana
to-day there are . feet Of water on the bar and
the largest ocean vessels now sail into that har-
Dor; AZ ine las, session OF CONGRESS oil Texas
he Sood wor Tons,on sc,,,nS ,hs srs, ins,ai
ment Of 100000 to continue q Is foot channel
from Galveston to Houston, thus bringing
landloesed haroor and railroad center % miles
fore the Tesas norris we're oUencd ,%a ,ro1e,
rates 70 tho ocean were 8, cents per 100 on corn
from Kansas; to-day they are about 10 cents.
When ocean vessels can sail up Buffalo bayou
e.' w.. W aa''ne' 'u' ~ ',e.sn' raves
FRED W. bentley, OF Wichita' spoke
a. =,
Az the evening session lion. george
II. MAXWELL Oh san Francisco repre-
senting the national irrigation con-
gress' spoke on the creation OF an In.
iand empire he urged the policy OF
reclamation ana settlement OF the ard
region that Is oeihg advocated by the
nationai irrigation congress- which Is
tnat the iederai government should
give 70 tue west us snare OF the river
ana naroor appropriations Tor building
great storage reservoirs 10 save the wa
ters "hicn IN hood times go down in
great Voiumes, carrying destruction
WIN tnem; ana that title 10 the public
iands sno"id DC ceded 10 individnal set
tiers only, ana NO. ceaed 10 the states;
also tnst tine grazing iands OF the west
snouid De leased oy the states at low
rate ana the proceeds used Tor con-
s'ruc'ing ir,iga',on Canals
Illustrated lectures We're delivered
oy VI. d. Y. rrankehneid' Oh the United
states wea.ner bureau ana l. II:
newell hyorograPher OF the United
STATES geological, survey. Dr: rranken-
neio spoke On riooas ana fiood rrop-
lens anu ma.er storage" was MI.
Neweils SUBJECT