The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-03
GO TO WASHINGTON
 TO HELP THE RIVERS
Big Delegation from Alabama Will Attend National Rivers and Har- bors Congress Which Con
 venes This Week

Today the delegates to- the national rivers and harbors congress will begin assembling in Alabama. There are two large delegationa to go from Alabama,
 one appointed by Governor Conner. rep , resenting the state at large. and the oth-
 CT appointed by President John Craft of Mobile of the Mobile Basin and Iennes- see River association. As the movement to improve the nav igable streams of the state is well l launched and full of interest to the citi-
 zens of the state it is expected that the Alabama delegations will be generally
 to the fore in debates and speechmak- ing. Out of the congress the Alabama
 delegates expect much good to come. Governor Conner himself will attend the congress and will be one of the
 speakers Senators Bankhead and John
 ston and the nine Alabama congressman
 are honorary delegates Among the To-
 cal citizens who will attend as delegates
 are F. Y. Anderson, ]. Rivers Carter,
 Sterling A. Wood. J. A. Rountree, Rufus ! N. Rhodes, J. B. Babb and Governor ] Conner.
 The delegates appointed by the gover- l nor are:
 1 lrst Distrct-James H. Norville and | h.. l.. Russell of Mobile. | Second Dstrlct-Bernard Frank, Mont
 gomery; l. Lee Long. Greenvllle. Third District--John F. Foy Eufaula; l Foster Ellsberry, Geneva.
 Fourth Distrct-C. w. Hooper Selma;
 James Sprowe, Anniston.
 Fifth Dstrict-pteQueen Smith, Pratt
 vile: Thomas l.. Bulger, Dadevlle. l A Pleasant
 Ridge; Henry Pitts. Tuscaloosa. | Seventh Dlstrict-John l.usk, Gnnters-
 vile R. A. Mitchell, Alabama City
 Eighth Distrlct-George Jones, Flor
 ence; w. r. Garth, Huntsville. 1 Ninth Distrlct-Herbert D. Reynolds, | Centrevlle; Rufus N. Rhodes Birming | ham.
 The delegates appointed by President ,hn Craft of Mobile are: Anniston-R. H. Cobb, R. F. Gardner, :. J. Wilett, W. A. Davis Atmore--H. II. Patterson. Avondae-F B Daniel Birmingham-Rufus N. Rhodes, J. B.
 Babb, Sterling Wood, J. A. Rountree. Major F. Y. Anderson, J. Rivers Carter. Bessemer-G. II. Stevenson. Brooksde, Miss.--W. $. Cunningham. Columbus Miss.-Walter Weaver, o. (. Brothers, B. A. Weaver. Florence-Mies w. Darby. Guntersvile--W. C. Rayburn, Dr. ]. | h. Wyeth. John A. Lusk. | Gadsden-W r. Lay, T. c. Kyle, John | l.. Burnett.
 Montgomery-W. F. Vandver, c. G. | Dave Hon. Hilary A Herbert, George | F. Moore
 | Mobile-P J. Lyons. John Craft. Jo- | seph II. Norvle W. C. Carroll, John T.
 Bauer, John Cowley, John D. Ragan, | E. L. Russell r. D. Baxter, II. c. Bar
 clay, c. A. Hall, Dr. D. w. Goodman. l Hon Norman Staples, Capt John Quill, l T w. Sims, L. s. Berg. w. T. Heirony-
 nous. Capt. T. H. Moore, Hardaway
 Young, l.. J. Davis. James T. Jett R. Y. Taylor, w. H. Monk. Jr., w. H. Arm
 brecht. Robert Hunter, N. D. Mcclure,
 J. c. Rich, George Fern, Jr., Adam Glass. 1 Jacob Pollock, w. r. Tebbetts, James | GIpboney A. l.. Gould, Harry T.. Hart
 well. H. IT, Wefel. Jr.. N. P. Turner. | Pollard--M L. Lindsey. Oak Grove-M l.. Davis Rome Ga.-Judge John W. Maddox. Judge Joel Burnham. J. N. King, c. K. Porter.
 Selma-J T. Slater, W. C. Agee. Tuscaoosa-A. s. Nandergraft.
 ne delegates will not leave in body.
 L-. will meet and form after reaching Washington.