Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-02


ment of the same uhder federal su-
pervision.
G. w. Mott OF Minnesota spoke for
ten minutes following Prof. Black
man. on Forestry as a National and
a State Problem" Mr.. Mott has
charge of the immigration work of
the Northern Pacific railroads in the
states of the northwest. Before he
came to the platform President Goudy
stated that he would talk on the SUBJ
ject, Nothing the Matter With This
1 Country. t4is optimism regarding
the future proved contagious and the
audience showed by its applause. at
the conclusion OF the paper that there
was nothing the matter with Mr.. Mott.
After Mr.. Mott had retired NJ.
| Goudy called Mr.. Beard of California
to the platform for the purpose of in
Producing a resolution setting forth
the desire of the congress that an in
ternational body of like character be
| formed to meet in one of the Latin
American capitals within the next two
or three years, and outlining a plan
| for its formation. The resolution was
seconded, and Hon. John Barrett
president of the Bureau of Pan
American Republics, addressed the
| congress for five minutes in advocacy
of the resolution. At the close of his
; talk the resolutio. was unanimously
adopted amid ur sal applause.
Hon. Frank ]. SEAMS of California
was the next SPEAKER and the object
of his appearance was to extend an
! invitation to tha m nbers of the con-
gress to attend tn Transmississipp p pi
congress to be hed in San Francisco
next week, which cvtation was ac-
! cepted by the chat
Two addresses eIah of a technical
nature, followed, the first by Frank
! VIM. Rane, state forester of Massa-
chusetts, on the subject of Municipal
and Private Ownership of Forests" /"
and the second by VIM. II. Frost of
Los Angeles, on Fuel for Irrigating
! Pumps" Both these papers were
helpful and will no doubt be appre-
ciated by those having the printed
| proceedings of the congress, to be
published, if the expressed wish of the
congress is carried out, during the
next sixty days.
At this point in the proceedings the
| president called the attention of the
delegates 70 the presence of three dis
tinguished men, comprising the dele
CATION from Cape Colony. South At
rica. They were Hon. o. A. Oostcheu-
sen, member of the Cape Parliament;
| Hon. J. A. Schoeman, representative
OF the Cape government to the con
gress, and General Viljoen. The first
| spoke for five minutes in apprecia-
ton of the cordial reception received
by the delegation after its 1l,0O0-mile
trip, and the second, Mr.. Schoeman.
addressed the convention at greater
length on the subject OF Irrigation
in South Africa" Mr.. Schoeman' :
address was delivered in the Dutch
language, and was rapidly translated
into English by General Viljoen. The
delegates were given a rousing recep-
ton by all present and the incident
was one of the pleasantest features
of the morning program.
Following the appearance Of the
Cape Colony delegates a number o.
announcements were made by the
| secretary, one to the effect that M.
Hearst would speak between and 4
O'Clock this afternoon In Convention
hall, and another calling attention 10
the concert To be given this evening
at the same place by the Mexican Ma
tional band. A pleasing inc dent also
took place about this time through
the appearance of Master Arthur San
ches, boy of about y years of age,
who addressed the convention on the
subject, yesterday. Today and TO
morrow of New Mexico" After his
introduction the little fellow brought
down the house by advancing TO the
speakers desk and helping himself
to glass Of water before proceeding