Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-17
RIVER MEN BOOST FOR Il. C,
Navigstors Wind Up Convention with
WhoOp for 1910 Congress.
MAKE PLANS FOR RAISING CASH
Will Levy on Every Town and City
and Generous Kansas City VIII
Put Up $4,000 I~ndepend-
emit Fund.

Owirg to the pressure OF other business,
the addresses OF Governor Vessey of South
Dakota, Herbert Quick and John A. Fox,
sheduled for the morning, were adjourned
to this afternoon to be made at the Ma
tlonal Corn exposition, with the understand
ing that the speakers would devote the
greater part OF their talks to the Missouri
river navigation project.
The committee on constitution and by
laws submitted a supplemental report to
the effect that boards Of directors to the
number Of twenty should be appointed from
each gtate represented in the congress,
fifteen OF these boards to be named by the
representatives present, and the remaining
five to be named by the governors Of
the respective states.
Comptroller Lobeck OF Omaha submitted
an amendment to the motion that the
mayors of the cities along the Missouri
river should be made honorary members
ex-officio OF these supplemental state
boards. The motion was adopted, as was
one by r. ]. McVann. that the governors
Of the respective states should be made
the chairman ex-officio Of their respective
state boards,
Mcguire IL So sorry.
A letter was read from Congressman
John A. Mcguire expressing regret that he
could not be present to address the con-
gress.
E. j. McVan Of the auditing committee
submitted the report OF that
showing that the receipts Of the assocla-
ton during the last year were 1880 and
the expenditures f208.50, leaving a balance
Of Sl6s.4 40. The report stated that the funds
of the association had been satisfactorily
and economically handled. and that the,
secretRry-treasurer had advanced funds
cut CT his own private resources to meet
current expenses during the year
The report Of the committee brought
forth q discussion upon providing the
sinews of war for the future, and a propo-
sition was submitted which later took the
form of a motion that a sum of $1,000 be
raised at once by membership subscrlp-
lions and placed in the hands OF the Sec
retary-treasurer for pushing the work of
the association in a propaganda Of public
ity. This motion proposed to <apportlon
these assessments for immediate work:
Kansas City, t22b; Omaha, s225; Sioux City,
$50; Yankton, $50; st. Joseph, $50; Pierre,
$50, and Bismarck. $3.50.
Kansas City, however, guarantees Secre-
tary Campbell $500 to push the 1910 con-
gress and a steamboat to carry the Omaha
delegates TO Kansas City next year.
some Want No Limit.
Several Of the delegates thought the sum
should not be limited, but that at least
5000 should be raised for the propaganda
work. This proposition was tacltly agreed
to. but the motion finally prevailed that at
least $1,000 should be raised as the mini
mum.
A short YraoaqG ypaa than taEap 20 anabIo
the delegations from the several states to
submit their lists OF boards. Of directors of
twenty, as was provided for in an earlier
resolution. Only a few Of the states-Ne-
braska, Iowa, Kansas, North and South
Dakota-submltted partial lists.
The Nebraska list Is: Colonel William
Hayward of Nebraska City, J. p. Latta Of
Tekamah, Victor Rosewater, G. M. Hitch
cock, G.. w. Wattles, L. 8. McVann VIII
liam Stull, H T. Clarke. ST.; F.. d. Wead,
q. o, Lobeck, s. A. Searles of Omaha, ]. A.
Mcguire Of Lincoln, e. o. Garrett of FIRE.
mort, A. o. Thomas of Ktarney, j. w.
Steinhart Of Nebraska City, e. A.. Hansen
of Decatur, e. IL. Hinshaw of Fairbury,
III. r. Hopewell Of Tekamah, t. j. Majors
of Peru and Frank Reavis Of Falls City.
Henry T. Clarke offered his resolution
for o congressional issue OF 2 per cent
pouus 10 the amount OF SoVO,OOO,U 0 to carry
FOL ward the work Of internal Improvement.
chief OF which is the campaign of navi-
cation.
The thanks of the congress voted to the
Omaha Board Of Trade, Commercial club,
secretary OF the Commercial club and to
secretary-treasurer w. A. Campbell.
CIarke Tells of Past Efforts.
Henry T. Clarke OF Omaha, president Of
the Missouri River Improvement associa-
ton, told Of the history Of the movement
for lettering the Missouri, saying:
My observation of the Missouri river
extends over q period of fifty-two years.
During this time l have personally seen
many acres OF land as rich as any in our
country swept away by the river between
Omaha and the mouth of the Platte river,
some fifteen miles south. l have seen
towns swept away by its waters, and
| think that within that distance fully
El,Oo0,0V worth Of land and improvements
have been swept away. leaving nothing
but unbroken sandbars, willows and young
cottonwoods and thereby rendering abortige
the energies Of two generations Of farmers
who have improved this land at great ex-
pense. These are serious conditions which
confront us, gentlemen, and they will con-
tinue unless our national congress lends
a helping hand In protecting the banks from
erosions."'
Wise Words from Quick.