The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-19
SOUTH INTERESTED
 IN RECLAMATION
To Make Bid for Irrigation
 Congress
DRAIN SWAMP LANDS
Congress Meets in Chicago Decem- Der 5, and South Will Endeayor to Get 1913 Meeting. Swamp
 Drainage Big Question

Spokane Wash, August 1S.-eSps cial. l.)-'Keen interest is manifeste' throughout the southern states in th' nineteenth annual meeting of the Ma tional Irrigation congress in chleaso December 5 to Q. and a strong hla WI be made 10 have a convention Tn 'h' south in January, 1918"
 R. Tnsinger. head of the NerthNeSe ern and Pacific HHpotheek hank salu this on returning to spokane rom an extended tour of the central states and a visit in Chicago, where ne pre- sided at four meetings of the natiohAi hoara of governors. of which he Is chairman.
 Every indication Is there Will De rivalry for the 1912 convention ne added. among other candidates be- ing Atlantic city. \. J., Rochester ana Buffalo. \. Y. St Paul. Minn-' Los Angeles and city to be decided upon by the southern delegates. W. L. Park vice president of the Illinois Central Railway company, who is chairman oi the committee on attendance and trans narration for the congress, Is leading the movement in the south.
 MT Park has aroused much interest fin the eastern and southern states Tn drainage of swamp lands, which gives promise of being one of the pig ques- tions before the congress this year. MT Dark is of the opinion that If the south followed along the lines of the western states and solicited federal aid there would be greater activity and sat1s- 9actorv results. He believes this is the time to take up the matter Wlth lhe United States government
 MT. Park told me while in Chicago that H. L. Anderson, a native or Ms sissippi. has been engaged to devote his entire time to the reclamation prop. uganda until something is accom- plished. adding:
 We want Uncle Sam to come down here and take hold of this gigantic work of reclamation. The machinery will be available from the Panama canal shortly One-half of the money spent in building inc canal will make millions Of new homes and make those here more heaith- ful. The moment the government starts work there will be an influx of people to
 
 the south
 .~rhe National Irrigation Congress is interested in the problems presented Tn the south, as 1t also Is in saving the for- ests storing the floods. reclaimfng the deserts and making homes on the land' and, as an organization composed or men of foresight and unselfish purpose, IL VIII continue to wied it's influence Tor the greatest good to the largest number.
 arRrpdit cd dPleEateS from All parts of the United States, in addition to large foreign representation, -utu attend the nineteepth congress, and they will be well cared for during tnelr stay. This pleasant duty is in the hands of a committees 1T representative ousl- ness and pr9tessional men, With FTanh ram. E, Scott. v. esident of the Frank B. Scott T Ar sfe,. Scompany, as chairman.
 z-The committee on entertainment, head ed by John c. Shaffer, president of the Chicago Evening Post company, also has been active and the arrangements for en- tertaining are, as a result, upon large scale Besides the many places of in- terest in Chicago there will be season of grand opera before, during and after the sessions. The worlds foremost artists will be in the casts.
 "The committee on foreign representa- tlon, of which pr. W. A. Evans, former health commissioner of Chicago, is chair man, is giving every assistance to Dr. E. Mcqueen Gray of Albuquerque, N M, and it is expected that many of the na- tions of the world will have representa- lives from abroad in the convention hall.
 "The convention committee of the Chi cago Association of Commerce is doing splendid work under the direction of it's vice chairman, MT. Reiss. The congress will have placed al it's disposal such audi toriums as Orchestra hall, for general meetings; Hubbard hall, in the Fine Arts museum, for illustrated lectures. and the Auditorium theatre for the meeting, at which President Taft will address the delegates"