Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-01
CONSERVATIONISTS IN CLASH
Difference Of Opinion Develops in
South Dakota Congress.
CONTROL OF FOREST RESERVES
Black Hills Delegates VIII Take
Fight on Resolution Asking
Their Transfer 90 states 90
Floor Of Convention.

PIERRE s, D., June S0--(Speciai Tele
gram.)-On account OF the nonarrival Of
Governor Eberhart OF Minnesota this
morning his place on the program Of the
Conservation and Development congress
has been changed 70 this evening and
others pushed forward
The smooth harmony, which has only
been slightly ruffled up to the present,
! bids fair to receive a jar when the resolu-
lions committee reports, the point at Issue
being the demand of the delegates from
the Black Hills section asking that the
control of the forest reserves be taken
from the national government and placed
In the hands Of the states.
The indications are that the committee
will not endorse this plan and the fight
win be made on the floor of the conven-
ton, led by l. A. George Of Deadwood,
and the advocates of the different theories
win scrap it out
The public schools are getting hard
| slams from the educators, who demand
complete reorganization which is on a
different basis than that of penurlousness
of the taxpayers on the one side and the
teachers who are working only for the
salary on the other side
First Session Wednesday.
The convention has called together
one of the most representative bodies
OF men Of ell professions ever
gathered in the state. While the
different forms Of commercial activity
the different forms Of commercial activity
OF the state are practically all represented
upon the program, that of conservation Of
agricultural products and the means OF
| securing them form the chief theme which
runs through most Of the papers and talks,
on whatever subject the speaker may start,
its connection with the farm being one Of
the main points presented.
The largest crowds came on the after
noon trains of Wednesday and at the pres
ent outlook about LEGO representatives from
practically every county in the state are
on the ground ready to listen and learn,
or take an active part in the work.
Ex-Governor Herreid, who was to pre-
side at the opening of the congress, sent
a telegram of regrets and the honor de-
volved upon A. b. Chamberlain, who has
been most active in working up che de-
tails OF the congress. He briefly stated
what the causes of calling the congress and
its purposes were and introduced Governor
Vessey, who presented his address OF well
come
Speeches of the Day.
Outside of the address and the set
speeches of George Welsh, commissioner
of immigration of Minnesota, Prof Lar
sen of the State Normal Agricultural
school and State Engineer Lea, the prin-
cipal work of the convention was in lie
appointment of resolutions committee,
consisting Of delegates, N. Byrne of
Faux; w. e. G. Mccain, Pennington;
Mark G Rich, Fail River; J EP. Pickles,
Clark; C. w. Merry. Grant; Tore Tiegen,
Minnehaha; Isaac Lincoln, Brown; G.. G.
Davis, Perkins; /. A. George, Lawrence;
l. I. NJ. Simmons, Beadle; c. q Anderson,
Aurora; Dr. Kuntewsky; Sphinx; NJ. r.
Beebe, Edmunds. l'
One OF the resolutions which will be pre-
scented to them by the delegates from the
western part of the state will ask that
the coal, timber and waters of the state
be put under state instead of federal con-
troll, and that the arid lands in the state
be subject to the government reclamation
plans be given to the state as an offset
to the railway and swamp land grants
which have been granted to states farther
east All under proper regulations as TO
their disposal.
Control of Roads.
]. W. Parmley at the evening meeting,
took up the subject of good roads and
proposed as the proper plan for control Of
highways joint national, state and county
actions; that all road funds be paid in
cash; all work be done under contract
under supervision of a practical and COM
petent engineer; asks for great state high
ways Joining the principal cities. roads
first to market towns to be extended 10
all roads as rapidly as possible, an auto
mobile tax, and the use Of jail prisoners
in road work
Crawford's Criticism.
Senator Crawford, who just arrived from
Washington, as presiding officer during
the evening attacked the present system
Of appropriations for western rivers as
wasteful and asked for a more compre-
hensive manner of expenditures
Dr. Cook of the Spearfish Normal cited
specified instances of successful growing
of apples and small fruits, both by dry
farming and irrigation in the Black Hills,
and showed thousands of opportunities
opened in that section for others to succeed
along the same lines.
A. ]. McKain Of Rapid City extended a
general invitation to all delegates to attend
the convention at Rapid City, July SIS
and 10 to form a state branch of the Ma
tional nrv Farming congress-