Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-12
lAKES-TO-THE-GULF
 ASSOCIATION MEETS
Sixth Annual Convention Will Open at Chicago
 Tomorrow


 CHICAGO, Ul.. Oct. 1f.-preoared to renew it's fight for a stupendous m and waterway system from Lake Michigan through the Mississippi riv- CT 10 the gulf of Mexico. the Lakes to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway associa- ton will begin it's sixth annual con. gress in Chicago tomorrow with what
 promises to be record breaking attendance. Secretary Thomas Love lace of the association is in receipt of advices indicating that nearly 10000 delegates and visitors will attend the gathering Every state in the Missis- sippi Valley and most of the middle western states, 1t is announced, will be represented by large delegations. including governors and other state officials and committees representing the legislatures, aside from the repre- sentatives of numerous commercial and industrial organizations which have committed themselves in favor of the great waterway project.
 Western and northwestern states touching the navigable tributaries of the Mississippi also will be we'll re- presented The gulf states and the southwest including Texas and Okla. homa have shown a marked increase of interest in the project. Among the governors who have promised to attend the congress are John Burke Jf North Dakota, Charles s. Osborn of Michigan, Chester Fl. Aldrich Of Ne braska. Joseph N Carey of Wyoming. E. F. Noel of Mississippi. Augustus E. Wilson of Kentucky, c. l.. Blease cf Louisiana, Herbert s. Hadley of Ais souri. and Charles s. Deneen of lili- nois. A special invitation has been extended to Canada to participate in the congress and it is expected that several public officials of The Domin- ion and some of the commercial or gauizations will be represented.
 At the initial session 10 be held in the Auditorium tomorrow thc opening address will be delivered by W. K. hayanaugh Of St Louis, the president Of the congress. Among other not able speakers tO be head during the three days session arc Secretary of the Interior W. l.. Ffshe-. former Governor David E. Francis of Mis- souri, Governor Judsor Ha-g.on O. Ohio. Congressman Underwood Of Alabama former Governor Joseph W. Fox of Missouri. Congressman Jos eph G. Cannon of Illinois. and o. P. Austin, chief of the Bureau Ot Sta. tistiCs of the Departmen, Of Com mercs and Labor
 The most important work of the meeting will hinge on tke resolutions committee which cauno, sau to com mand the attention of Congress in the matter of deep waterways The lakes-to-the-EUlf project is the larges. and most important scheme for an in- land waterway that has ever been proposed in this country ans would benefit directly more than one third of the states of the union. An iIi -tial minimum of l4 feet depth is ad- vOcated for the Mississippi river and its tributaries with an indorsed desire for a hnal depth of 24 feet. The as- soCiatiOn wishes t5 furnish the cen. tral part of the United States with a waterway which vii enable the move ment Of the largest freight and pas scuEer vessels to serve the eXpanse from the Rocky Mountains 10 the Az iCghenies, 2,765, 0O0 square miles. The region is among the most productive in the world. and, with water trans portatiOn 10 compete with rail, it will have the advantage of unequaled fac nities. The Illinois and Mississippi rivers will be the main arteries of the proposed system of waterways to connect all interior states with out lets on the great lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.