The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-19
DELEGATES WILL
RETURN TODAY
Two Cairo Men Elected Vice
Presidents
OF THE ASSOCIATION
DELEGATES MADE SPEECHES EN-
ROUTE TO HUNTINGTON
AND ATTRACTED MUCH
ATTENTION..

Valley Improvement association is ex
pectcd to return today at 1870
trip, inasmuch as they were engaged
trip, inasmuch as hey were engaged
IN advancing tho welfare Of Cairo in
manner such as 1t was never done
before. They return wearing the
crown of victory and ''the smile that
won't come Off" and in very shor
lime these same delegates will be
busily engaged making arrangements
% entertain the visitors to Cairo in
1905 in a manner that will reflect
,redit upon the Queen City OF
Egypt"
From the following may be gained
some idea of what impression tn
Cairo delegation made in the conven
tion city The Huntington Herald
said:
"Of all the delegations to the Ohit
Valley improvement associations con
5ention here from six states. none Is
composed of more representative mel
their city and section than the del
,gation from Cairo, Illinois, at the
nouth of the Ohio river. The mayo,
nd four aldermen and eleven of the
most prominent citizens and busines.
nen of Cairo makes up the delega
ion that Is going to make the figh
/ the convention 10 secure the mex
Meeting of the Ohio Valley Improve
Ient association for their home city
Fhe decoration on the car created
considerable interest in the countr.
through which the delegation passed
nd its members we're frequently call
d To the pla' form of the car o max
tpeeches at stations The invitation
vas always accepted. the llinoisan.
ever missing an opportunity to eX
lott their home city and the fact tina
hey were on their way to the conven
ion of the Ohio Valley improvement,
ssoeiation at Huntington to secure
he convention of 1905 for Cairo
With the arrival of the delegation
he boom already started by dele
,ates in the city for the convention
t 1905 to be held at Cairo. took OF
ew life and from the lobbying don,
" the Illinoisans Tuesday night
would seem that success will surel,
eward their efforts"
The election of officers resulted a
ollows: President, John l.. Vance
o.; secretary and treas
lrer. j. f. Ellison, Cincinnati; vice |
residents, Pennsylvania, Geo. Andel |
IN. w B. Rodgers, James A. Hen |
Irson, Pittsburg; West Virginia. r |
llarrier, w. B. Peterson. Wheeling |
| "a Mossman, Huntington; Ohio, Al |
y Hettinger. Cincinnati; II. a. Mar |
| y. Ironton; ID. J. Sinclair, Steuben
VI; Kentucky, w. w. Hite, Louis
VI; w. A. Patton. Catlettsburg:
AFowler .paducah, Indiana. +. Il |
| Pty, Evansville; NJ. CARRIER. Madi
10 Charles L. liegewald. New Al
pa; Illinois, George Parsons. r.. A
Sni. Cairo; J. {. Willis, Metropolis
sMtlve finance committee, John l.
Vs j. f. Ellison. Albert Bcttinger
G@e Puchta, O. F. Barrett ED c
Gil X. w. Wise. r. C. Brown. Gin
cini.
dresses were made by Congress
ncDovener of Wheeling. and Sher
ey Louisville, and Messrs. Bran
non Portsmouth, o., and WoOdarl
II lins. w. Va.
lolutions were adopted petition
ne lgress to improve the Ohio riy
T secure a nine-foot stage froI
PittFg to Cairo. TO make approprla
.ionF Improvement and completion !
If 4 already begun. and TO i'm
2roylibutaries 10 a nine-foot stage
A rehtion was adopted that the as
socih recognizes In Congressman
8urt,an able and consistent sup
oortef all meritorious river and
harbtmprovements and especially
of Improvement of the Ohio river
IS a At national water highway.
"A soluion was adopted asking z
congr to increase the engineer ?
corpslhe United States"