The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-08
CALLS A MEETING
Ralph FaxOn Announces Date OF
Conservation Conference.
National Meeting OfCOnservation
Congress Follows 1t.
SPEAKER is LOANED
Kansans VIII Hear PinchOt or
Garfield September %.
Committees Named by Chairman
of State Commission.
SPEAKER is LOANED

Garden City, Kan. Sept. 8.-Having
called the second quarterly conference
. OF the Kansas state conservation COM
mission for Kansas City, Kan, O'Clock
Saturday morning, September %, in the
Mercantile club rooms, Chairman r. H
Faxon, O. the commission, has outlined
the policy the commission Will pursue,
ard has. as authorized at the Topeka
conference in June, designated the vari-
Gus committees, or groups as they
are called.
The commission will meet just in ad-
vance of the third National Conserva-
tion congress, Kansas City, Mo, Sep
tenlber .25-27. The commission will aim
to get through with most of its busi-
ness on Saturday, September q, and
will then remain over until Monday,
September %, when the congress across
the state line will convene President
Wallace, OF the National Conservation
congress, has assured Chairman Faxon
of the Kansas commission, that either
Clifford Pinchot, James R. Garfield or
some other eminent conservationist will
be loaned to the Kansas commission
Monday morning for an address in the
Mercantile club rooms on the Kansas
side
Then the plan is for the Kansas COM
mission to go across the line and par
ticipate in the deliberations Of the con-
gress. Each member OF the Kansas
C mmission, %, including Governor
Stubbs eX-OfficiO-iS a delegate by virtue
OF his office to the conservation con-
gress. In addition, Chairman Faxon
has the naming of five delegates to the
congress, and has appointed these.
At the Topeka conference Of the
Kansas state conservation commission
it was decided to segregdte the . COM
missioners into ten groups, or com
lnittees. Then a sort of census is to be
taken Of resources Of the state, to see
just what the state possesses The
groups, all of which have been appoint
ed, are now looking into this census,
and viii make preliminary reports IN
writing, which will be the basis for the
Interesting discussions that will occur
at the Kansas City meeting.
Committees Are Named.
Chairman FaXon has appointed the
following groups;
Waters-U. S. Guyer. Kansas City.
chairman: W. D. Greason. Paola; Alex
ander Phillips, Hays
Forests-Frank P. McIvor, Hoxie,
chairman; ". F. Muenzenmayer juno
ton City: Henry Wallenstein, Wichita.
Lands-H. NJ. Holloway, Larned.
chairman; Maurice McAuliffe, Salina;
I. F. Talbot, Mcpherson.
Observation-Disclosures HOwat, Pitts
burg, chairman; W J. Martin, Leon;
Samuel Griffin, Medicine Lodge.
Agriculture-John Powers, Marion,
chairman; E D. Knox. Alma; w. F.
Muenzenmayer, Junction City.
Public Health-Henry Wallenstein,
Wichita, chairman; c. H Young, Atch-
ison; w. Z. Beck, HOlton-
Schools-W. T. Beck, Holton, chair
, man; c. o. Bollinger, lola; W. r.
Stubs. Topeka
ResoIutions-John A. Edwards, Eu-
reka, chairman; Samuel Griffin, Medi-
cine Lodge; z. P. Greer, Winfield; U.
S. Guyer, Kansas City; r. L. Cooper,
Salina.
Good ROADS,. E. Brown, Hiawalha,
chairman; John Wingard, Independ-
ncee; w r. Stubbs. Topeka
Publicity-E- p Greer, Winfield; r.
H. Faxon, Garden City; F. W. Knapp,
Beloit.
Their Duties Outlined.
When the census is taken, and the
actual possession of what may be con
ceded to be natural resources, the plan
then is to devise how best these may be
preserved and conserved. Following
that. the publicity group will exploit the
resources and possibilities Of the state
"in a welI' conceived and what il
hopes to be a well executed publicity
campaign.
In the waters group, the questions OF
water supply, irrigation, stream navi-
cation. and conservation of water for
municipal use will be studied; and at
tention will be paid to the drainage
question in southeastern Kansas.
In the forests group, the plan is to
conceive a plan for state parks, for
preservation of beauty spots and his
toric places in the state; as well as to
encourage tree planting, especially b J
school children. and some attention %
municipal parks.
In the lands group, the thought is
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