Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-09
Conference of Gov.
ernors to Be I'm.
portant Affair
TAKES PLACE NEXT WEEK
Will Discuss Best Means of
Conserving Natural Re.
sources of u. S.

Washington, May 9.--The list of
speakers for the Governors Confer
ence on natural resources, to be held
at the White House next week, togeth'
er with their subjects, Is as follows:
Professor Emory R. Johnson, Of
Philadelphia, Navigation"
H. s. Putnam, New York, Power" !"
Professor T. c. Chamberlain, Chca.
go. "Soil."
R. A. Long, Kansas City, Forests" !"
DR.. George M. Kober, Washington,
Sanitation"
Hon. George c. Pardee, Oakland.
California. Reclamation"
Judge Joseph M. Carey, Cheyenne,
Wyoming. Land Laws
Hon H. A. Jastro, Bakersfield, Cali
fornia, Grazing and Stock Raising" !"
DR.. I. C. White, Montgomery, West
Virginia, Mineral Fuels"
DR.. James ]. Hill, st. Paul,
Transportation.
Labor Leader One of Speakers
In addition to these John Mitchell
former president of the United Mine
Workers of America, will lead the dis
cussion on coal mining.
For the discussion of each topic was
selected the most eminent expert
known to the advisers of the president
and the man who could give to the
conference the most authoritative in
formation. The selections were made
without consideration of the experts
in the service of the federal govern
ment, as It was considered wiser that
all information should come from out
side and Independent sources. All Of
the men selected have consented to
take part.
Professor Johnson Is recognized as
an eminent authority on navigation.
He is the professor Of transportation
and commerce in the University Of
Pennsylvania, and has written several
books on water transportation. He
was at one time member Of the 18TH
mian Canal commission.
Mr.. Putnam Is civil engineer of
New York who has devoted much of
his energy and ability to the electri-
fication of railroads. In collaboration
with his partner. Mr.. Stillwell, he
wrote work on the substitution of
electric motors for the $4,000 steam
locomotives in use in the United
States. This was published in 1907,
and Is regarded as the most compre.
hensive work on this subject. Mr..
Putnam's firm are consulting engi
neers in the consideration of the elec-
trif1cation Of the New York Central
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford, and the New York subway.
Address BY Soil Expert.
Professor Chamberlain is the senior
professor of geology in the University
Of Chicago. He was at one time con-
nected with the federal geological sur
vey. Then he became president Of the
University Of Wisconsin and state
geologist of Wisconsin He Is now
president Of the American association
for the Advancement Of Science. He Is
probably the foremost advocate Of the
doctrine, now commonly accepted by
scientists, that properly cultivated
soil gains in richness as the years go
by.
r. A. Long of Kansas City, who
will speak on the forests, is prom
inent lumberman, and will discuss his
subject from the lumberman's stand
point He is now cutting southern pine
and his firm has retail yards in many
parts of the central west. Mr.. Long
has written papers on the timber ques.
tion, in which he takes a broad view
OF the necessity Of conservation.
DR.. George M. Kober has been call
ed the most useful citizen of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. He is dean OF the
faculty Of Georgetown University, and
was one of the leading promoters Of
the Sanitary League. This organiza-
tion has constructed healthful dwell
lings In Washington, and Is renting
them to the poor at rates lower than
were formerly paid for unsanitary
novels. AS member Of the commits
sion on water supply improvement for
Z the District, DR.. Kober took leading
part in the investigations and agita.
tion which led to the construction Of
the Washington filtration plant. He
has gone deeply into the relations be.
tween pure water supply and the
health of cities, and has prepared data
for the conference to show how 1t pays
in cold cash to have pure water.
TO Tell Of California.
George G. Pardee was governor OF
California at period when great
many questions relating to natural re-
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