Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-22
ROOSEVELT
Upper Mississippi River Inn
provement Association Appre-
ciates Mention in Speech.
MOLINE SESSION OPENS
President wilkinson Delivers Address
Referring to Work of Year, and
Praising Engineers.

The Upper Mississippi River Int
provement association opened its an.
nual convention this morning at 10
O'Clock at the Moline club rooms in
Moline with about $50 delegates in
attendance Among those in attend
ance were Senator Hopkins. Congress
man Lorimer. Lyman Cooley, engine :"
of the drainage canal; Congressman
Dawson of Iowa, John /. Martin, ST..
Louis. who has been sergeant-at-arms
of every national democratic conver-
ton since Samuel J. Tilden was nom
mated. and four of the assistant engl-
neers under Major c. S. Richie J. d.
Dushane of ST. Paul, w. A. Thompson,
La Crosse, Colonel C. w. Durham of
Rock Island and M. Meigs of Keokuk.
B. F. Peek, president of the Moline
club, welcomed the delegates, and
President Thomas Wilkinson of the
association responded. Addresses were
made by Captain Bryson, Davenport,
who told of attending the first river
convention. at Cairo, IS years ago. and
the difference between river meeting
then and now; and former Congress
man Hedge of Burlington, who spoke
in very reminiscent strain.
Telegraph to Roosevelt.
On motion of Hon. David Sheehan
| of Galena, the association voted tn
send a telegram to President Roosevelt
thanking him for his mention of the
river improvement movement in his
speech yesterday at Vicksburg. John
III. Martin moved that the convention
| adopt resolutions thanking the presi
dent for his trip of inspection of tht
| Mississippi recently. Secretary l.. p
Boswell of Quincy made his annua
report
Clinton, Quincy and St Paul are bid
ding for the next convention. The ROci
Island representation at the session in
cludes members of the council, the Rocl
Island Club. and the Business Mem:
association.
| Presidents Address.
| President Thomas Wilkinson deliver
ed his annual address and report
the convention, addressing the dele
gates in part as follows, and present
ing various reports of committees ant
delegates:
"'The year since the Minneapolis con
vention has been year of active work
Through which much good has been az
complished In regard to the proposes
lock and dam, to be built by the KeC
lkuk and Hamilton Water Power CON
Ipany. at Keokuk, Iowa. Oct. &c, 1906
another public hearing was held at tn
United States engineers Office at Roc
Island, before board of United State
engineers consisting of Colonel Scar
iof Cincinnati, Ohio, chairman; Majo
Townsend of Cleveland, Ohio. and Ma
jor .Iudson of Milwaukee, Wis. TIL
hearing was attended by Hon. WilliaI
; Logan and Hon. A. e. tombstone of tn
Keokuk and Hamilton Water Powe
company and Hugh c. Cooper. civil Ell
gineer for the constructing compan.
and representatives of this association
including your president.
THE object of the hearing was pa
ticularly to discuss what effect the flo
of water through the proposed powe
plant would have upon vessels ascen,
ing and descending the river throug
the proposed lock- 1t was shown quit
clearly that it would have no bad e
: feet.
"The size of the proposed lock wa