Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-10-28
HADLEY IS ENTHUSED

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woods so Us not TO witness the slay-
ing of the goat. The animal was bar
becued by the natives and served on
the river bank.
On the way to Winona a stop was
made at West Eminence. where Gov.
Hadley and immigration Commission
er Curran addressed a crowd Of 200
from the e a platform of Mr.. Gray's
car.
Holman Submits Plan.
M. L. Holman, consulting engineer
Of the Missouri waterways commits.
sion. will recommend, immediate con-
sideration by the commission of the
control of the water power of Current
river for commercial purposes.
Superficial observations have con
WINGED Mr.. Holman that Current river
is capable of supplying drinking water
and a natural motive power for a pop
ulation of 100000.
"Tn no place with which I am famil.
lar is there a greater water supply
than in the Ozarks," he said. II make
this statement advisedly, knowing as
l do the water conditions In the United
States, Mexico, Canada and parts of
Europe.
New York is now spending $40,-
000.0 0O in improving its waterways SO
as to provide an adequate supply for
the metropolis. The waterways OF
New York in no way compare with
those of Missouri.
1.-THE entire problem of controlling
water power is storage or reservoirs,
The Ozarks have all of the water pow.
er necessary, but no reservoirs, which
are essential to equalize the flow"
Mr.. Holman, formerly water com
missioner of st. Louis, and a recog-
nized waterways expert, believes Cur
rent river is worthy Of experiments.
Students Must Do the Work.
The law passed by the last legisla.
ture, creating the state waterways
commission, appropriated only $4,000
to carry on investigation. Mr.. Hol-
man says this sum is ridiculously
small, and that it will be impossible
to make any great progress unless the
engineering students of the State Uni
versity are used to assist in the work.
Mr.. Holman's plan to assign engi-
neering students to practical work in
the Ozarks under the tutelage of com
petent instructors meets with the ap.
prevail of Gov. Hadley, and classes
probably will be started to the hills
after Mr.. Holman has made another
and more careful observation.
Current river starts at Montauk
Springs, eight miles south Of Cedar
Grove, passes through Shannon, Car
ter and Ripley counties, and empties
into Black river, in Arkansas, sixteen
miles from the Missouri line.
Gov. Hadley, Mr.. Holman and 9TH
ers f1oated down the stream last week
from a point near Cedar Grove to
Round Springs, a distance of thirty
five miles, and also chugged In gaso-
line launches from Van Buren, to Don
iphan, about ffty-five miles.
The lower part of the river was
found more serviceable than the up
per part. Only fatboats ply the
stream through Shannon county, while
through Carter and Ripley counties
launches are operated with perfect
safety.
Ruddy compilations and a multitude
of ideas were brought back by the ex-
plorers, who reached Doniphan in time
for breakfast Thursday morning. Gov.
Hadley continued on to Jefferson City.
He plans another exploration trip
down the st. Francis river in Deem
| Der.
Although several of the party car
ried rifles and fishing apparatus, all
admitted their game pouches were
empty. Not even a nibble was record
ed on the cruise. The discovery of a
fish famine in the Ozarks will result in
orders being issued to the fish com
mission to stock Current river with
rainbow trout, bass and jack salmon.
Ozark Country Has Future.
Chief immigration Commissioner
John H. Curran, Doctor w. P. Cutler,
pure food commissioner, and Samuel
Hughes, immigrant agent Of the Fris-
co System, all were enthusiastic over
the future Of the Ozark country, as
were Gov. Hadley and Vice-President
@. R. Gray, Of the Frisco, who accom-
panied the party through the widest
sections. n
@The trip was a revelation" said the
Governor. I'VE found that the Ozarks
are not only a wonderful playground,
equal in scenic beauty to anything in
Colorado or Yellowstone Park, but a
place where homeseekers may go, as
sured of health and prosperity.
II don't see how a man can fail to
make a living for himself and family
in the Ozarks. The soil requires only
careful attention to insure a diversi-
fed crop, and, as for grazing, one acre
Of Ozark grass is equal to three or
four of the grass we hear SO much
about in Kansas and New Mexico.
mo section in the Mississippi Val
ley is so sparsely settled as the Ozark
region, yet 1t is comparatively easy
there to make a living, Lack of intel
ligent or scientific methods may have
caused some failures, and one result
Of this trip will be some instruction in
modern methods Of farming under the