Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-08-10
.OFFICIALCALLISSUED
TRANS MISSIsSIPPI CONGRESS TO
MEET In KANSAS CITY.
This Session of the Transmississipp
Chemical Congress Promises to be
Most Important = The Number of
Delegates Designated Important
Subjects-Secretary Root Present.


The official call for the 18th annual
session of the Transmississippi Com
mercial congress, to meet in Kansas
City, Mo-, November 20, 81, 20 and 23
next, has been issued by the executive
committee. The congress promises to
be the most important since its organ
ization. Many great questions are to
be considered.
The call, which is addressed to gov
ernors of states and territories, may
ors of cities, commercial clubs, cham
bers of commerce, boards of trade, in
dustfial, mercantile, maritime and i'm
migration organizations generally, is
as follows:
1.-THE governor of each state and
territory may appoint 10 delegates
and one additional delegate for each
5000 inhabitants, provided, however,
that no city shall have more than 10
delegates.
Each county may appoint one dele
gate.
Each business organization, one
delegate and one additional delegate
for every so members. provided, how.
ever, that no such organization shall
have more than 10 delegates.
| Governors of states and territories
members of the congress of the UnlC
ed States and former presidents OF
the Transmississippi Commercial con
gress are ex-officio members, with al
the privileges of delegates except vot
ing.
Permanent members of the Trans
mississippi Commercial congress hav,
all the privileges of delegates.
"In issuing the call the executive
committee directs attention to the ne
the great question affecting the navi
CATION upon rivers of the Transmits
sissippi states"
In various sections of the transmits
sissippi region there are many nature
waterways which only need govern
factors in the upbuilding of the state
to which they are tributary. There
fore, the executive committee place
the subject of river navigation upo
the program as a question of grea
i, importance, trusting that the commel
cial bodies of the entire transmissi'
sippi region send effective delegation
to participate in the discussion an
help the congress to a wise conclusion
Requests are made that the subjec
+, "a department of mines and mining
a with a head a member of the cabint
!, of the United States" be placed upo
the program.
Other subjects upon which discu
sion and recommendation may be ha
are as follows:
Flood control; harbor improv
ments; merchant marine; orient
: trade; Alaska; Columbia river; iri
cation; forestry; San Francisco; n
I. val construction on the Pacific coas
trusts and their relation to business
. government ownership of railroad
G telegraphs and public utilities gene
6 ally; levee systems in Texas and Lo
Il isiana; Pan-American Commercial u
! ion; drainage of public lands; stat
hood; deep water from the lakes
n the gulf.
n 1t is the desire of the execute
q committee to confine discussion
" matters of general interest and to G
clude subjects of a political nature.
d The following are the officers of t
Is organization:
h D. R. Francis. st. Louis, presiden
IS Tom w. Fleming, Kansas City, M
chairman of executive board; TIC
Richardson. Portland. Ore, vice cha
man; e. R. Moses, Great Bend, Ka
T. chairman advisory board; Theodo
10 B. Wilcox, Portland. Ore, charm
" congressional committee; Arthur
re- Francis, secretary.
n Already 13 governors have accept
m invitations to attend and address
m convention, including Governor Gu
IN minis of Iowa, Davis of Arkans
20 Franz of Oklahoma, Hoch of Kans
to Folk of Missouri, Mcdonald of Co
90 RADIO and Pardee of California.
is Secretary of State Elihu Root al
has accepted an invitation to adore
the gathering, and many other pub
men of prominence are expected.