Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-13

drowned out our crops, and many are
about to lose their very means of live
lihood.
Would Do as Anarchists
I'm not an anarchist and l want to
see the law obeyed, but / want to say
that there are men In my town who
will smash that dam with dynamite
end send q forty-foot wall of water
down this valley, and what will hap
pen to Spokane will make the Johns
town food look like a common she'd
ding of tears If something is not done" +"
The old man trembled with excite
ment as he spoke, and cres of "Good!
followed his outburst. The chairman s
gavel stopped him.
Former Senator Wilson was seeming
ly in less of a bellicose mood. He
started reading from a typewriter
manuscript, but 1t became evident as
he proceeded that he had something on
his mind aside from typewriter paper.
Suddenly he tossed aside the notes on
IRRIGATION, Peaceful Homes and Des-
erts That Blossom as the Rose"
There may be those who do wrong
in this land" he shouted. There may
be water power companies that dis
obev the law But want to say here
that I stand for Richard A. Ballinger,
and | shall hear no man say he is dis
honest.
"I too am an early settler. 1 have
seen suffering, toll, peace and happi-
ness in this state. but today for the
first time" (shaking his finger at Mr..
preached from a platform in Washing
ton.
Declares In Defense of BaIIlnger
81 am here in defense of Ballinger
and If it is necessary l am here to de-
fend his superior, President Taft. What
thew have done they have done under
the law because they believe in the
law. 1t is for the people to support the
government, and not the government
the people. and for this reason say
that private enterprise should reclaim
these deserts"
There was wild cheering at the con-
clusion of this outburst, and as Mr..
Wilson resumed his manuscript there
were cries of Throw the papers away
Take off your glasses and just talk
But the speaker evidently had MAD
his say" for he continued his readlng
about peaceful valleys without inter
ruption, and the final Ballinger incl'
dent of the day was concluded.
one Of the interesting addresses OF
the day was that of Mrs. Emmons
Crocker, a delegate from the Fedora l.
tion of Women's Clubs. She said that
women first came on a par with men
when President 6OOSeNelJ lilNlLSu Hll o.
Sarah Platt Decker to attend the gath--
ering of governors to discuss national
conservation.
Mrs. Crocker. who is state vice presi-
dent for Massachusetts of the Woman
National Rivers and Harbors congress
and third vice president of the Massa-
chusetts Federation of Women's Clubs.
spoke of the work of the general fed
Grafton of women's clubs. For long
while the federation has had a forestry
committee, and last year, at the insti-
cation of the women's national rivers
and harbors congress, a subcommittee
on waterways was appointed.
Would Work for Each Other
"The general federation" said Mrs.
Crocker, never loses sight of its ma
tional scope, and watches every part
of the country that each may work for
every other. have felt that I had a
personal mission to bring forestry to
the south and waterways to the north.
Each helps the other. Women have
awakened to the fact that conservation
of natural forces is the most vital ques-
ton before the United States today. All
ages have had their problems, but
never before has such vital problem
presented itself, demanding either solu-
ton or a practical extinction of the
human race in an easily counted num-