The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-25
.naNY STATES
REPRESENTED AT
THIS MEETING
NationalD Drainage
Congress Meets

chot. chief OF the forestry service. and
F. H. Newell, director OF the govern.
ment reclamation service. are among
the distinguished sneakers on the nr,,.
gramme OF the National Drainage con.
gress, opening to-day nj Johns Hon.
kIus university for session M three
days. Delegates are here from all th,.
southern. eastern and Pacific coast
State. Senator Flint of California tho
author of the genera, drainage b,u
will advocate the adontIon of tba,
measure by the congress If ia do.
cIored bv leading Jelov,tes that IN,
/ work of draining the swamn lands =,
the nation is even more Imnortanr
than the reclamation ot the arid ra.
lgions and that the congress- will use
Its ,nfluenco IN secura ,orr.,v ,ncroos q,
cd appronria,,ons from, tho covern.
ment for +bIs nurnosc
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U',,'e' ooY'VuV'OVV ., a'te' " swamp
- -s. 'so7''V". 'uh y 'seh
:" 'e' " '"e uni'ri' 'iie reciaiiia'
~" - % "o"" '''ea" '"e a''ui'
.,o" ~ "'i''.onS .. uoi'a,s annually. 10
~. U"e'sSs in'eies.s oi ti,e country
" ry,H'.u oI' t'ia. u 'Aese 'ihua
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ns " va" pUpu'a'.Un w, "h'e' "o''iu ~.
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@ 49, W. ''e'o 'a""S' a. a'
ono =, 100 80 oao ."'o,e az a., A'"'.'oh VI S|
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eos'.e . eon'.i' a'''e W urain"se
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=, IN, @ H'
~ " s"e 'eo"o'''e al gu
az. .,.a ce@,es =, a'a'"ase uee'a,e
-, ss .esAAon u swamp i,nuS
PUN Heee0'i's' Oecause Vi 'helr
es.' r., 80 enH.ae' AZ Tue present
- sA. ate 'ne uteeuins piaces VI
a.,, = a'u ni''lI..oe'' anu .ne ueeas
e 'es"'e i''a'' vi 'nei 70 d
o.'.'t 'nenaee " 'ne neai'n Vi 'he
=, '-''
-, .ne plans VI uie ieauers IN 'ns
'".'se "'O.e,"en. are carried ou'
."A"' pa' . VI 'he eouh'r WIZ assu'ho
,, Seanee " iio''anu' WIN a'hes'
in.'A'.em's' 'a"a's anu "'hu INNS
40 .ue Su,Nihs FEATURES oi Tue iana'
"p ,S - e'i'ee,a'is uue vi Aiars.
'a'u, mn'eh mas i'ait n'iii'on acres ol
"a, .ia suDn'e'seu ianus. part Oh II
:" ~, "eon anu part IN sal. "a'er swanpS'
-" 'ouim anu gun eoast e'a'eS
"oo "aN "''''.ons oI acres Oh vase
anus aS ua'e ne" iorh, ne" jersey
,nuiana' missouri and all the states
Ooruerins 9n 'ne mississippi, the MIS-
souii anu 9ther Dig rivers. Inc deita
=. 'ne oaerainen'o ana san Joaquin
Ne's' 'orih 'ne most leruie oody OF
'",iu " oe iouna IN oai'iornia' out Is
suoJee' u period'eai overflow.
ne dr"inaee experts IN attendance
a' ''e congress point 10 ffoiiand as an
example ot ~nal can De done and what
prom. 'nere lies IN drainage. That
country mas Just completed the RECLAIM
a'ioh oi tens Oh thousands OF acres OF
lanu uhoer part Oh tne Auyder zee.
TWO centuries ago tne Dutch did
siihiiar work. ana Zo'ooo people are Nv
ing on tne size Oh tne former Haarlem
iake. Inc lens OIL england form anoth'
er illustration OF drainage on a large
scale. IN france ana Italy Similar
WORK mas been performed.
Ihe Dill introduced by Senator Flint
OF caliiornia, provides for an appro-
priat'on OF s2'ooo.oOO TO start work.
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