The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-19
Moorhead Department
BOOSTERS WIND UP
BEMIDJI MEETING
POLITICS, TT IS SAID, PLAYED A.
PROMINENT PART IN THE CON-
sERvATIoN CONGRESS - STATE
ENGINEER RALPH DELIVERS
FINE ADDRESS.

The political pow WOW at Bemidji
otherwise known as the conservation
and development conference, ended
yesterday afternoon and lot of men
are happy. The next gathering viii
! be held at Crookston, i'm December.
this year, so that certain matters may
be lined up for the meeting OF the new
| Legislature.
The following officers were elected:
President, III. j. Maxffeld, Wadena;
secretary, w. r. Mckenzie, Bemidji;
treasurer, w. j. Smith, Eveleth Thir-
ty-one counties were represented by
over $50 delegates who were enrolled,
mostly men chosen by senators and
representatives and by commercial
clubs.
Reapportionment was the slogan.
land laws were talked about and so
was county option the latter with the
sort pedal and something was said
about woman's suffrage, forestry and
drainage. Albert Kaiser of BagIey.
VINO wants to be state treasurer, was
much in evidence as well as several
other smaller lights who want things. |
Representative Wells of Breckenridge
was by no means in the back ground |
and men and matters in which he was
interested were kept we'll to the front. |
Duluth and her friends were promin- |
7nt in every move that was made and
he standing of every prospective can
lidate was carefully recorded.
Address by Ralph.
A feature of tine meeting was an adj
Tres by State Engineer Ralph. He
'ald, among other things:
The great areas of swamp and
marsh land of the state are fast be-
coming the great wealth produc-
ng areas.
statistics of drainage work carried
IN under county management in the
eVeral counties of the state show that
approximately 5000 miles of drainage
lltches have been constructed in the
everal counties through this channel
these bitches drain and reclaim about
100000 acres of wet land and S.
90 has been expended in CARRYING out
he work Polk county alone has
constructed 592 miles of bitches, which
rain 972,34 acres at cost of S755.-
60.12. Marshall county will. when her
zig Mud lake drainage project is com
.'NfNNSb ii1NC fJAFtO IlllSS OF GlLC1eS, /
which will reclaim 771,436.33 acres at
cost of s993,264.4S. Clay county has
1s9 miles of bitches at a
ost of $320,70S, and drained 261.717 /
ores of wet land. Wilkin county, 1873
1iles which drain 196,1S3.6 acres at a
ost of $263,290.63. Brown county. /
27.5 miles of bitches, which drain
S,572 acres and cost 1874, 1852. the lr
reater portion of Brown countv's I
itches being tile drains.
Besides the work carried on under
ounty management, a very large
mount of drainage work is now being 1
one by the the state drainage commits
ion. Up to the present time and \
lcluding the work now under way q
1ere has. been constructed under this c
engagement. 1,006 miles of drainage In
tches, which have reclaimed about S
100000 acres of land at total cost t
$1,24S s77.0S. a
The total amount expended i'm the s
instruction of public bitches in the f
ate of Minnesota through all chan e
els, is therefore $9,24S,S7I0S. The |.
tai number of miles being 1865. the o
tai area reclaimed is approximately o
100000 acres. o