The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-29


as never seen in Denver before VIII
be present in the auditorium when the
big public lands convention opens TO-
day. This is what the executive com
mittee of the convention assures the
people of Denver. Speakers who are
national characters are coming from
the east. the west and the south, and
the question of the future administra-
ton of the vast public domain will be
discussed from every angle that can
be brought to bear on the subject
One of the biggest days of the con
vention will be the last, October 3,
when President Taft will talk.
Day and night sessions will be held
and the general public will be admitted
to the balcony and gallery.
The convention will be called to or
der at 10 o'clock this morning, by j..
Arthur Eddy, chairman of the exeeu-
tive committee. The invocation will
be delivered by Rev. Father Thomas
H. Malone of Denver Governor John
F.. Shafroth of Colorado will welcome
the delegates, and Governor William
Spry of Utah will respond.
The first address will be delivered
in the afternoon, by Governor Joseph
M. Cary of Wyoming. His subject will
be, 'Radicalism is Not Conservation. +"
The exact dates Of only few of the
other addresses have been set, and
these were fixed in the acceptances of
the speakers themselves. These speak
ers with their subjects are:
Richard A. Ballingo", (Sept. 80, even
ing)-"A Portrayal of American Bu-
reaucratic Government"
J. F. Callbreath, (Sept. 29)-"Injus-
tice of the Public Land Policy Toward
Alaska"
Governor James H. Hawley of Idaho,
(Sept. 30)-"What Should Be Done
W1IH OuT w eSI6Iu 1OISSLS.
Governor Chester H. Aldrich of Ne
braska, (Sept 30)-"The Federal Spe-
cial Agent System-A Menace to the
Safety of Our Republican Institutions" :"
Governor Robert S. Vessey of South
Dakota, (Sept. 30)-"The Navigation
Easement Encompasses All Federal
Rights to Our Streams"
Governor Edwin L. Norris of Mon
tana, (Oct. 2)-"New Nationalism.
In all there will be twenty-eight set
addresses presented upon which dis
cussion will follow. The general sub
ject covers vast field and includes all
of the natural resources of the great
west The members of the executive
committee say that the deliberations of
the convention will be of vital interest
to the people of the western states, and
therefore, preparations are being made
to seat as many people in the Auditor
ium during the entire convention as
possible.
The remaining subjects with the
names of the speakers follow;
"The Rights of the Present..
Bradford Prince, former governor of
New Mexico
Bureaucratic Administration of the
Forest Reserves"-Col. George w,
Frichard of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Un-American Government Ac-
corded ka"-Russell L. Dunn of
San Francisco, Cal.
"The Illegality of Forest Reserves
Devoid of Forest Lands"-Charles F.
Potter of Los Angeles, Cal
What Province Should the States
Exercise Respecting Water Powers
Enoch A. Bryan, president Washington
State College.
What Province Should the States
Exercise Respecting Coal, Oil, Gas and
Phosphate Lands'-Edward Heating,
Denver.
The Homestead Principle Made Ap-
plicable to the Grazier"-J. Arthur
Eddy, Denver.
"Individualism VS.. Collectivism as
Each Affects the Interests of The West"
Ammons, Littleton, Colo.
state Conservation VS.. Federal Con-
servation" Frank Fl. Short,
Fresno, Cal.
"The Wise and Beneficent Results of
Our Public Land Policy"-Former u.
S. Senator Henry M. Teller of Denver.
Federal Revenue Compared With
Local or State Revenue" Governor
John F. Shafroth of Colorado.
Practical Economies Practiced by
Railroads s"-5ohn Howe Peyton of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad.
Private Irrigation Enterprises Com
pared With Government Reclamation"
Francis G. Tracey, Carlsbad, New
Mexico.
'The Possibilities of Western Water
Powers. ]. Browne of Spokane
Wash.
"The Possibilities of Dry Farming"
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