The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-23

tee. The club presented him with bag of nine splendid golf olubs as a souvenir of the occasion.
 The president and several members of his party dined at the home of Mrs King. the largest woman land owner in the United States, whose ranch here comprises 1300,0GO acres. The president returned to Gregory at s o'clock this afternoon and left ther for Houston and Dallas at S:20.
 He made a brief stop at Beeville at 10 o'clock tonight and spoke from the rear end of his car. The president had intended speaking at Beeville on his way down to Gregory from San Antonio, but through mistake failed to do SO
 The president enjoyed his vacation immensely. In his address here to day the president said
 The subject of the conservation of our national resources received its first impulse from that crusader and 1eformer Theodore Roosevelt He pointed out how wasteful we had been in the past of those blessings which God had showeredi upon the country and yet which had limitations, which if we uid not respect, would ultimate ly bring Us to a famine in respect to many of them.
 The program of conservation is a long one. It is one in respect to which we have taken some important steps, Of the government forests we have put about 70 per cent in forest rekervations under control so that we shall not suffer from the forest fires or the denudation by private greed.
 We have not taken the steps that ought to be taken but that doubtless will follow the acceptance of the mod. el of the government by the state governments, which xhan preserve the privately owned forests. watch are ] four times in size of those of the gov. eTnment itself, from fire and from that sort of treatment which shall make the country waste
 We have not yet adopted the laws i hut I hope to recommend them to con. 1 gross, by which the government shall retain some control over the use of coal lands still owned by the govern. ment and still to be put under pri vate use, by which the water power sites shall be seglated from other parts of the public domain and partel with only under such conditions as shall enable the government to secure proper revenue therefrom and to regulate the gates of power charged l by those who shall take possession of those sites and transform the wa ter power into electricity; by whiy l the phosphate lands of the govern. ment containing immeasurable wealth i in respect to the fertilization of tn i soil of the west by which we shall i retain control over those leai:ing them or parting with them on such terms as to prevent the exportation of the phosphate or the charging of too higa rates for it's use
 "The most important to this con vention. because it Is the immediate subject of consideration. Is the pres ervation of our waterways. one that has long attracted the attention of the government and while we do not permit our people to criticize us, when we get together in a convention and to talk to each other confidential i ", we must recognize that even We have made mistakes at times.
 We have invested about $600,0O0.- ] GOO in our waterways and we have done very good work with reference to sea harbors. and We have done {. some excellent work whren the work was specified in help ing to make cur rivers navisable; but the trouble with the work has been that it has been done largely by piece meal.
 Tt has not carried out a theory or a great project with reference to the establishment of great avenue of transportation and the time has ar rived for changing our policy in that regard. Sometimes pnat body of men who have had charge of our water ways in the execution of the improve laents appropriated TOT, the army en- gineers have come under criticism because Of the policy pursued by the government That Is most unjust
 That policy has been. determined by the commerce committee of the senate and the river and harbor com mittee of the house and it has usually teen determined by the clamor from home for appropriations and by party considerations whether there was