The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-06

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building, Kansas City. many Of the
western bankers oppose Senator Al.
drich'S bill so the scene during the
discussion of this bill may prove to
be interesting II not exciting. There
will be more than four thousand dele.
gates present to cast a unanimous
vote for the twenty million dollar ap.
preparation for improving the Missouri
river above St. Louis. This amount
Is asked for in lots Of two million dol.
lars a year.
Governor John Burke Of North pa.
kota. who is president of the Missouri
River Improvement association. hav.
ing to 90 with the upper river. will!
probably a special meeting of
his organization to meet here with the
congress and boost the scheme Il
fathers. Fourteen members Of the
hous rivers and harbors COMMITTEES
Will be present to hear the debate
which will take place. Stephen NJ.
Sparkman, VINO Is chairman of that
Speakers For the Waterways
In order to fully impress this com.
mittee with the need Of improvements
a special trip will be made down the
river to st. Louis in a feet of four
ter will carry the command. Walter
5. Dtckey. president of the Kansas
City-Missouri River Navigation COM
pany. will be actively in charge Of the
Missouri river matter. and will make
an address. Champ Clark. speaker
OF the hous of representatives. Sena.
tor James A. Reed Of Missouri. John
Congressman William P. Borland Of
Missouri. Charles s.. Dineen, Cover.
nor of Illinois, Herbert s. Hadley, gov.
ernor Of Missouri. R. S. Wesley. gov
ernor OF South Dakota. ]. Y. Sanders,
governor Of Louisiana, w. X. Kava-
naugh. president of the L~akes-to-Gule
F. Booher, will espouse the Missouri
river cause in addresses.
Ontctal Panama Canal Pictures
In connection with the vast import.
ance OF improving the river comes
Lieutenant George Goethals with the
pictures he has taken of the progress
made on the Panama canal. Through
the efforts Of Congressman Borland,
governmental permission vas obtained
to show these pictures at the congress.
1t will be h first time that the public
eyes have gazed upon them. Last
winter congress had a brief glimpse
OF them. These pictures are taken
daily. n when the great canal opens
ship. the photographs will be filed
away IN governmental archives as rec
ords.
On the conservation of the nation's
health. Senator Robert L. Owen 1T
Oklahoma will speak. c~hampioning
his bill which provides for a public
health commission. DR.. w. A. Evans.
talk on the same subject. But this
bill has met some lively opposition
from health cur sects and they viii
be there in person to give their ideas
Of how to keep healthy. They claim.
the congress officials say that the bill
hampers public freedom and on this
ground they will oppose it.
i Senator william E. Borah of Idaho
whose great hobby is irrigation, will
+. present facts on this subject to the
congress. Railroads and interstate
rates will get their share Of attention.
Governor Chester H. Aldrich Of Me-
braska will talk about 1.-The Regula-
ton of Interstate Rates and Their Re-
lation to the Producer and Consume
be the addresses given by David r.
Francis. former governor of Missouri:
Governor Stubs of Kansas ard John
5. Powell. president Of the Southwest
ern Shippers association. and Judge
Sam H. Cowan of Fort Worth. Tex.
John F. Shafroth. governor Of Colo
RADIO. and John B. White. president Of
s"O SSA6CA dSIOIl COuSECSS,
will deliver addresses on conserva-
walton.
Insurance and Justice" is the sub
Ject on which Darwin p. Kingsley,
president Of the New York Life Insur-
ance company will speak. Col. Fred
Fleming. vice president Of the Kansas
City Life Insurance company. is presi-
dent OF the congress.
From every state west of the Mis-
sissippt river n from Alaska, Ha-
vail and the Philippine islands the
delegates will attend the congress.
These delegates are appointed by the
governors Of the states. counties,
cities and also by all kinds of COM
mercial and business organizations.
dred government heads and other off,
Gals will be present. Besides the
nearly four thousand delegates which
have accepted invitations the officials
Of the congress say that upwards Of
fifteen thousand sightseers will also
be present. making it the greatest
congress ever held.
Forum For Free Speech
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial
congress IL the free forum of the
west" 1t is a sort Of clearing house
for western ideas. which crystalline in
to legislative form in Washington. The
resolutions adopted by the congress
are forwarded to the national presi.
dent. who. unless he oversteps prece-
dence. drafts them into his annual
message to congress. In 1891 in Kan
sas City the Trans Mississippi was
conceived though 1t got its real birth
4 few months later in Manitou, Colo
RADIO. At that time three organiza.
tions existed In the west-the Deep
Water convention. the Trans-Mississip-
pt convention and the First Western
States congress. The first Of these
was a movement for gulf ports and
tho latter two devoted attention to
the national congress in the hope that
agitation would force recognition on
the part Of the eastern states. The
east. having political control. got poll
teal patronage and therefore the
preparations for improvements.
Alva Adams. former governor Of
Colorado. called a Joint meeting Of
these three organizations in Manitou
and from this joint meeting there
came the union which developed into
the existing organization.
On the opening night Of the con.
gress the Kansas City Commercial
club will hold its annual John Jay
treaty banquet at which: this time.
fifteen hundred plates will be spread.
The holding Of such a banquet in con.
nectiOn with the congress Is truly ap.
propriate. The congress will meet in
convention hall. though because Of
the great volume of business which
will be transacted special meetings
will be held every morning and after
noon In some Of the downtown thea.
tiers.
1t is going to be the biggest and most
congress ever held by the as.
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