The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-07-15
SEVEN STATES REPRESENTED
BY DELEGATES TO YANKToN
CONVENTION.
GOV. BURKE IS PRESIDENT
President Ellis Says Railroads Aid In
Development of Stream Will Re-
turn Twofold.-At Omaha
Next Year.

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Missouri river navigation congress
met here under canvas, there being no
building in town large enough to seat
the delegates.
President Ellis, in an interview, said
ne had been encouraged the past few
months by the attitude of railroad
men who had been in opposition to
the movement to open the Missouri
river to trade, but now looked on it
as a factor that would lead in the end
to greater business for the railroads.
Seven states were represented in
the congress-Montana, North and
South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kan.
sas and Missouri.
Omaha Next Meeting Place.
The vote for next years congress
was captured by Omaha, that city be-
ing first ~favorite with little opposi.
ton.
President G. E. Ellis, Kansas City,
Mo-, presided, and Vice President
F. d. Wead, Omaha, and Charles De.
land, Pierre, S.. D., with Secretary
George G. Call, Sioux City, were the
other officers here. The first business
OF the session was the appointing of
the following committee:
Burke Heads Resolutions.
Resolutions-GOv. John Burke, Bis,
marck, N. d. chairman; Charles De.
land, Pierre, S. D.; William StuIl, ON,
aha, Neb.; e. NJ. Glendening, Kansas
City, Mo-; Mayor U. S. Guyer, Kansas
City, Kan; George C. Call, Sioux
City, Iowa; F. NJ. S%tranahan, Fort
Benton, Mont; Isaac Piles, Yankton,
S. D.; George H. Forsee, Kansas City
Mo-; Victor ~Rosewater, Omaha, Neb. ;
Hon. Bartlett Trip, Yankton, S. d.
Auditing-F. d. Wead, Omaha,
chairman; &. E. Deland, Pierre, s. D.;
w. F. Corbin, Kansas City, Mo-; Theo.
Landman, Washburn, n. d.
Credentials-M. w. Jencks, Yank,
ton, chairman; c. A. Koonz. Sioux
City; H. NJ. Christie, Omaha; c. H,
Harkell, Glasgow, Mo-; A. II. Jen.
nings, Kansas City; John Brengger,
Williston, n. D.; George Vaughan
Glasgow, Mo.
OH iN~ 1'eSAhSDob CiiiO
Rules-S. A, Searles, Omaha, chair,
man; A. B. Beall, Sioux City; w. c.
Gilbreath, Bismarck, n. D.; w. G.
Mellier, Kansas City, Mo-; F. A. Rey.
nolds, Chamberlain, S. D.; E. II. Heis.
Ter, Kansas City, Kan w. L. Mont.
gomery, Sioux City; w. J. Fantle,
YanktOn; H. H. Hanks, Omaha; w.
X. James, st. Joe, Mo.
Politics entered into the winding
up of the Missouri River congress and
the election of the president, Cover
nor John Burke, Of North Dakota, be,
ing chosen in place of President c. c
Ellis. of Kansas City, who was an &C,
tive candidate for reelection.
Omaha was chosen by an over
whelming vote over Glasgow, Mo-, for
the text congress in December.
The vice presidents elected were:
E. A. Williams, Bismarck, for North
Dakota; G. E. Deland, Pierre, for
South Dakota; J.. L. Kennedy, Sioux
City, for Iowa; Jerry Sullivan, Fort
Benton, for Montana; F. d. Mead
Omaha, for Nebraska; w. r. Childs
Kansas City, for Kansas; W. K
James, st. Joseph, for Missouri.
The Omaha delegates decided to re
turn home as far as Sioux City by the
steamboat Rosebud.
The members Of the congress be
lieved that the board of engineers ap
pointed by the government for the
purpose of determining the cost OF
the l~akes-to-gulf waterway exceeded
the jurisdiction permitted them. and
said in resolutions adopted unani
mously by the convention, that ut is
not within the province Of engineers
to pass upon the commercial interests
of the country" The resolutions de-
clare:
I'VE emphasize the Importance oil
utmost Of availability. The best way
to show our faith in the river is by
the use of it; and in it's use private
enterprise should not be left to the
mercy Of competition or treated with
Indifference when seeking to change
the direction Of traffic and develop
new markets. Every interest Of com
merce demands the improvement Of
the channel and the conservation Of
the headwaters to prevent devasta
ton.
I'VE favor the building Of locks
upon all navigable rivers damned fol
irrigation, and are opposed to any anG
all distractions on n~avigable waters