Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-05-12
GATHERING OF NOTABLE MEN OF
NATION DEVOTED TO devils.
ING PLANS FOR CONSERVING
RESOURCES OF COUNTRY
DAWSON WANTS THE
PROCEEDINGS READ
IOWA CONGRESSMAN INTRO.
DUcEs RESOLUTION IN HOUSE
FOR PRINTING 100000 COPIES
OF ALL DELIBERATIONS


Washington Bureau Of
The Ottumwa Courier
Washington, D. c., May II.
Representative Dawson Of Iowa to-,
day introduced resolution In the
House providing for the printing Of
100000 copies of the proceedings OF
the coming conference over the con-
servation of National Resources. Mr..
Dawson holds the conference Is of so
much Importance that Its proceedings
should be widely circulated.
J. G. Welliver.
Washington, D. c., May 11.-It is
perhaps safe to say that no gathering
of public men ever held in the United
States is attracting SO much general
attention as the conference for the
natural resources to be held this week
at the White House. AS an evidence
of the wide spread interest that Is be-
ing taken in this conference, 1t may
be said that the committee having in
charge the arrangements has been,
within the last two weeks, absolutely
swamped with requests for admission
cards, and such requests, to the num-
ber Of several thousand, have been
refused
The sessions of the conference are
to be held in the east room Of the
White House and the limited space
together with the large number of
specially invited delegates, has made
1t necessary to cut down the allot-
ment of tickets in every possible way.
When it is remembered that at this
conference practically the entire gov.
eminent of the United States will be
gathered together in a single room
the necessity for extraordinary pre-
cautions will be recognized. Consid-
ering the fact that the governors nf
practically all the states and territo--
les, the congress Of the United States,
the United States supreme court, the
presidents cabinet and the president
himself, will be in attendance, it will
be seen that the part Of wisdom die
tates the adoption of every possible
safeguard.
From the correspondent received
in Washington in relation to this con-
ference it is beginning to be felt more
and more that out of the conference
will grow a great, broad national or
gantzation of state executives look
ing toward a nationwide plan of con-
servation, perpetuation and utilization
of natural resources.
The program for the conference IS
given herewith for the first time:
May 13.
10000 a. m.-Conservation as a Ma
tional Duty, Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States.
2:30 p. m.-Mineral Resources:
Ores and Related Minerals, An
drew Carnegie.
Mineral Fuels, DR.. I. G. White,
professor Of geology, University
of West Virginia, and state geol-
ogist Of West Virginia.
General discussion, opened by
John Mitchell, former president
of the United Mine Workers of
America.
May IL.
1000 a. m.-Land Resources:
Soil, Professor T. G. Chamber
lain. University Of Chicago, for
merly state geologist Of Wiscon-
sin, president University of Wis.
consin, and geologist U. S. geo.
logical survey.
Forests, R. A. Long, president of
the Long-Bell Lumber Co., Kan
sas City, Mo.
Public Health, DR.. George M.
| Kober, dean of the medical de
partment, Georgetown Univer-
sity, Washington, D. c., formerly
president Of the Medical society
I Of the District of Columbia.
2:30-Land Resources:
Reclamation by Irrigation and
Drainage, DR.. George G. Pardee,
former governor of California.
Grazing and Stock-raising, Hon.
j. A. Jastro, president of the
American National Livestock as
| sociation.
| The Public Lands and Land Ten.
ure, Judge Joseph NJ. Carey, for.
merly United States senator from
Wyoming.
May is.
10:00 a. m.-Water Resources:
| Transportation, James ]. Hill
| president of the Great Northern
Railway.
Navigation, Professor Emory r.
Johnson, professor of Transpor.
| tation and Commerce, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania; formerly
Isthmian Canal Commissioner
Water Power, H. S. Putnam
American Institute Of Electrical
Engineers.
| 2:30 p. m-Gener&l Discussion.