Evening star., 1907-11-16
DRAINAGE CONGRESS.
Program of Convention to Meet at
Baltimore November 25-27.

BALTIMORE, November 16-A G.
Bernard, chairman of the National Drain
age Association, has briefly explained the
mission Of the association, which has for
its object the passage of a bill to drain
the swamps of the country. and thereby
add to the acreage available for agricul-
tural purposes, as well as greatly i'm
prove sanitary conditions. He has sub
mitted the following program:
Monday 40 November s%drass 2' o,d forenoon
Edwin warfield. governor of Maryland ;
address of welcome. Mr.. ]. Barry Mahool,
mayor of city of Baltimore; response to
addresses of welcome. Mr.. George E. Bar
stow, president national drainage asso-
citation, Barstow, Tex; appointment of
committees; adjournment Afternoon. 9
o'clock-Illustrated lecture, salt Marsh
Drainage in New Jersey. Direct and In
direct" Prof. John B. Smith, entomolo-
gist, New Jersey agricultural experiment
station; THE Status and Present Need of
Agricultural Drainage" Mr.. c. G. Elliott.
chief of drainage investigation bureau,
Agricultural Department; Drainage as a
Commercial Asset to the United States,'
Drainage and the Public Health Mr..
J. s. Cosgrove, state drainage commits
sion. Charleston. s. c.: Reclamation of
Wet Lands in Minnesota" Mr.. George A.
Ralph. state drainage engineer, st. Paul,
Mimi; Drainage From a Labor Stand
point" Robert E. Lee. Baltimore; ad-
journment.
Tuesday, November 2e-"A National
Drainage Law" Mr. Frank P. Flint,
United States senator. California; illus
tary Problem Prof. A. NJ. Ayres, NJ. D.,
New York: The Swamp Lands of Mary
land Prof. William Bullock Clark, di-
rector and professor Of geology, Johns
Drainage to Mosquito determination =
Henry Clay Weeks, Bay Side, L. l., sec
retary the American Mosquito Extermi-
nation Society; "a Military View of
Drainage" Maj. J. A. Dapray U. S. A.
What l Do Not Know of Drainage Mr.
Charles J. Bonaparte. Attorney General
United States; adjournment.
Tuesday q 30 pm )-"National Drainage
and Congress- Mr.. J. a. Bede. Mime
sofa; 2 pm. The Control of Floods by
Farm Management" DR.. w. ]. MCGEE
secretary deep inland waterway commits
sion; 2:3O pm, Drainage Work of the
Reclamation Service" Mr.. +. Fl. Newell
director reclamation service, Washington,
d. c.; 3 pm. National Duties and OPP
pertunities in Drainage" Mr. James r.
Garfield, Secretary of the Interior: 3 30
p. m, Forests in Their Relation to Drain
age" Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, chief forester,
United States forestry service: pm, IL
1ustrated lecture, c. j. Blanchard statis-
tician reclama ton service; National
Drainage and Its Effect Upon Inland Wa
terways." Mr.. Francis 6. Newlands
United tSates senator, Nevada. Adjourn
ment.
Wednesday, November 81 forenoon)-
8 am, Drainage of the Everglades of
Florida" N. B. Brownard. governor
Florida, 10 am, why Congress Should
Pass a General Drainage Law" Mr.. John
H. Small, M. c., North Carolina; 1870
am. "A Few Words in Favor of a Ma
tional Drainage Law Mr.. James L. Nc
Cleary. second assistant postmaster gen
eral. Washington, D. c.. II am. Geology
of Swamp Land Areas" DR.. George Otis
Smith, director United States geological
survey; 11:3O am, What Has Been Ac-
complished by Drainage in the South, -
John A Fox, Arkansas. Adjournment.
80 pm, Reclamation of Tule Lands in
California" Mr.. James N. Gillette gov
ernor of California; 2 pm, What Recla-
nation by Drainage Means to the United
States" Mr.. William Warner, United
States senator. Missouri: 2:3O pm. cleo
ton of officers: 3 30 p m, selection of place
for next annual meeting.
About thirty states have appointed dele
gates to the convention Gov. Warfield has
appointed the following from Maryland:
Mayor Mahool, ex-Mayor E. Clay Ii
manus, DR.. James Bosley, Gen. Peter
Leary, jr.; DR.. William N. Hill. Calvin w.
Hendrick Frank A. Furst, Frederick w:
Feldner George w. Walther and DR.. Will
liam Bullock Clark.