The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-15

surround himself and family; and
School and church facilities"
Not seeking in any way to inter-
fere with the excellent work already
done by irrigation and dry farming
congresses, Or kindred bodies, this
congress will endeavor to supplement
cooperate and coordinate their work;
it will endeavor to unity the various
| organizations and form one grand nat
ional organization, so that those who
are now working separately, will in
the future work collectively toward
the same beneficent end
Secured the Country.
In order to obtain this end, the
country has been secured for men
| who know: for men who are repre-
sentative in various lines of business;
and for national and state officials,
until the list of those who will be
present and who will address the con-
gress is virtually roster of the great
men of the country today.
President Taft will send personal
representative if he is unable to be
present in person, and a list of the
notable speakers who will be present.
providing of course. no accidents tran
spire to prevent, is given below:
James J. Hill. the Empire Builder
of the Northwest; Willet M. Hays.
assistant secretary U. S. department
of agriculture; F. H. Newell, director
United States reclamation service;
George o. Smith, director United
States geological survey; Clifford Pin
chot, chief forester; B. T. Galloway,
chief of the bureau of plant industry;
H. w. Campbell, father of DRY Farm
ing; Congressman Frank Mondell,
president National Dry Farming con-
gress; Col Ike T. Pryor, president
Trans Mississippi Commercial asso-
citation; William K. Kavanaugh, pres
ident Lake-to-Gulf Deep Waterway
association; B. A. Fowler, president
National Irrigation congress; former
United States Senator w. A. Harris.
managing director American National
Live Stock association; Ex-Governor
N. B. Broward. of Florida; former
| United States Senator Joseph M.
Carey. author of Carey Land Act:
Governors Deneen. Illinois; Vessey,
South Dakota; Eberhardt, Minnesota;
Brooks, Wyoming; Hadley, Missouri;
Sloan. Arizona: United States Sena-
ma; Borah. Idaho; Dixon, Montana:
Clapp. Minnesota; Bourne. Oregon;
F. A. Delano, president of the Wabash
railroad: F. J. Watson, vice president
National Irrigation congress; Arthur
Hooker. secretary National Irrigation
congress and Edward Wisner, one of
the foremost in agricultural develop
ment in Louisiana.
| These are but part Of the list of
the speakers. Preparing for the con-
gress and acting in an advisory capa-
city to the executive committee. are
the following:
List Of Promoters.
| Don Farnsworth, general secretary.
Association of Commerce; Governor
J. NJ. Brown, Georgia; Governor AL
len w. Gilchrist. of Florida; Governor
Edmund F. Noel, of Mississippi: Gov.
ernor J. Y. Sanders. of louisiana;
Governor NJ. R. Patterson. of Tennes.
| sec; Governor W. E. Wilson, of Ken
lucky: Governor H. S. Hadley. of
Missouri; Governor ]. n. Gillett, OF
California: Governor Frank w. Ben
son, of Oregon: Governor NJ. E. Hay.
of Washington; Governor E. L. Nor
ris. of Montana; Governor ]. H. Brady
C Idaho: Governor B. B. Brooks. OF
Wyoming; Governor John F. Shat
roth. of Chicago: Governor D. S. Dick.
erson, of Nevada: Governor William
SPY. OF Utah: United States Senator
Smoot, Utah; Governor George Curry,
OF New Mexico; Gover>or John Burke,
North Dakota; Governor Shallenberg-
er, Nebraska; Governor R E. Sloan,
OF Arizona; Governcr R. S. Vessey,
South Dakota: Governor Marshall. In.
diana: Governor Frear, Hawaii: Unit
ed States Senator Owen, Oklahoma:
Thomas F. Walsh. president Camp
Bird Mines, Col: Edmund T. Perkins,
engineer United States reclamation
service: Daniel ]. Keefe. United