Mexico Missouri message., 1910-02-03

Resources" and Prof. Durward Cope
land of Rolla delivered an address on
Missouri Mining Experiment Sta
tions." Prof. E. r. Buckley OF Jop-
lin, president of the American Mining
Congress, closed the morning session
with an interesting discourse on mis-
souri's Future Mining Possibilities"
At the afternoon session addresses
were made by numbe'. of visitors.
Prof. NJ. Jordan of Columbia talked
on Missouri as a Corn State" Geo.
w. williams of Humansville talked on
Alfalfa in the Ozarks;" j. o. Swift
of the Kansas City Commercial Club
talked on kansas City, Mo, U. S. A.
and H. G. Krake of st. Joseph dis
cussed "St. Joseph and Development
At Wednesday evenings session
Walter S. Dickey of Kansas City de-
livered an address on Waterways of
Missouri" illustrated with kaleidoscope
pictures. Looking Backward" was
the subject handled by Norman j.
Coleman of st. Louis; ozark Devel-
opment," by Col. Jay L. Torrey Of
Roosevelts Rough Riders, who now
resides at Brandsville, in Howell
county, proved most interesting ad-
dress.
Thursdays Session.
At Thursday mornings session ad-
dresses were made by many promi-
nent men. The program included the
following: Natural Advantages for
Live Stock Raising in Missouri" Dean
F. b. Mumford, Columbia; "Pure-Bred
Cattle" Sanford Smith, Reeds; "The
White Face on Missouri" w. A. Dali
meyer, Jefferson City; "The Reclama.
ton of Swamp Lands" ]. H. Nolen,
Jefferson City; poem, "The Cottage
in the Ozarks," w. ]. Cox, Bolivar;
Northeast Missouri to the Front"
Sidney J. Roy, Hannibal.
At Thursday afternoons session
there was a much larger attendance
than at the forenoon gathering. The
following program was given: "Pos-
sibilities for Dairying in the Ozarks, -
DR.. William p. Cutler, dairy commits
sioner, Columbia; What May Be
Done with Dairy Cow" Prof. G. H.
Eckles, Columbia; Successful Dairy
men," P. P. Lewis, Eureka; Dairy
Papers," Speed Mosby, Jefferson City;
profits in Dairying," A. j. Mcdowell,
Seymour; Cow Test Associations
Robert F. lesson, st. Louis; Some
Ozark Development History" Senator
F. M. McDavid, Springfield.
Swaneer Makes Address.
Scores of people, unable to gain
admittance, were turned away from
the Landers theater Thursday night
The principal address was made by
John E. Swanger, state bank com
missioner. Mr.. Swanger took for his
subject Missouri Banks and Bank
ing" the speaker giving statistics or
Missouri's wealth that surprised his
auditors. Others On the program in
cluded D. Austin Latshaf of Kansas
City, who delivered an interesting tall
on "The Trees of Missouri" Father
P. Bandini, who discussed "The Ital
| ian Colonist," and Z. F. Allen Of Kan
sas City, who talked about 1.-THE Land
and the People"
Women Help in Movement.
At the initial meeting TO the Won
ems Missouri Development Associa
ton Thursday morning a permanent
association was organized. Officers
were elected as follows: Mrs. ]. H
Curran, st. Louis, president; Mrs
Henry N. Ess, Kansas City, first vice
president; Mrs. ]. s. MCGEE, Cape Gi
| rardeau, second vice-president; Mrs
Gertrude Clark, Springfield, third vice
| president; Miss Louise Cornman, st
Louis, corresponding secretary; Mrs
Annie Dugan, Sedalia, recording sec
rotary; Mrs. Leslie Thompson, st
Louis, treasurer, and Mrs. L. A. Kent
Sedalia, auditor.
How Can the Women Assist il
! the Work of Developing Missouri
was the subject of many interesting
discussion startly shortly after tht
| preliminary steps toward the perfect
ing Of the organization were com
pleted. A number of prominent won
en- spoke at the meetings in the morn
ing and afternoon. Among those WHIT
made talks were: Mrs. Mary e. PER-,
of st. Louis, head of the State Boar
Of Charities; Mrs. Althea Summer
vile, st. Louis, manager of the Sell
Culture Club; Mrs. Jane Blubber, 81
Louis; Mrs. S. NJ. Green, st. Louis
Miss Cena Cornman of Columbia, as
sociate editor Of the Rural World
E. NJ. Sheppard, Springfield; Mrs
Regan, Ironton; Mrs, Wall, Spring
field; Mrs. A. P. Hart, Spring
field; Mrs L. A. Kent, st. Joseph
Miss Cora Boehringer, Springfield.
pleted.
An Arcadia in the Ozarks was fore
| casted at the final session of the Mis-