Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-03
SYSTEM OF IEVEES
GIVEN ENDORSEMENT
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION URGES
THEIR COMPLETION.
ASK FOR THiRIY-Flve MILLION
-snventlSa Adopts Constitution and By
Lsws and Leaves Further work si
Organization to Execztivr
Committee

Association, after having sP-ut tArr~
iays IN DISCUSSIONS Of VARIOUS plans oi
flr,si PreysasioH, d.-ci.le,i - st.ex 10
lsvees and the accompanying revetne-t
work as the only Provea protection sor
the boNsr valley.
The ASSOCIATION adopted rssolatieas
snbsNiysng that a a Rnd strou,.iv ur--
ny the appropriation BY he next ses-
SION of congress OF nos - than s15-
900 .Ooo. % b. expended within the nsxt
five years IN the eompietsaa % the
ievees.
The csnv~ntion .au- went on rrecrd
~ believing that th. federal government
shogl.i assume the burden % completing
the levses between Caro- and the Cult,
sisteuc- upon the government to take
over complete control OF the levess-
TAat aetioa Was taken in spite OF the
fact thai Colonel Theo.i0re Roosevelt.
in m address before the ceuvsntsau. in
sisted strongly upon the plan which he
has enthusiastically e-Pouss-i, Of a gen
/ eral plan of river Improvement. .ino.i
/ prevention. rvforr-tatian. reclamation
aad flood water storage in n system OF
reservoirs. with the lsve-s ss merrly a
local and secondary part Of IA. plan
Of protection from flo.Sls-
Roosevelt and Townsend Opposed
Col ROosevelts IDEAS we're directly OD-
posed BY Col L. MeD. T0sEs..uA. presi-
dent of the Mississippi river eommis-
-lon and an enginger 0t iuternationa.
reputation
Col Townsend to-k up s.riatim the
various prOpo-itios> ,cr flo.-i consrol
-.eh have been presented FROM time
TO time and gave it a. ~ professional
opinion that none Of them would pruse
effective, AMI that the hstory OF leves
builtiIng IN many forp IN countries and
the r-~utts obtained along tho Mi~-i~
sipPi river ars sufficient proof that tAs
present system % isv-r-. Nhen cum
Plesed 70 the required government stan
dari. VII bold thr fo.-s Of ths river
storage r~-~rvuirs, h- sad. would q
a CERTAIN extent control the aoot u4ter'
mar them. bat be considered Il IN
pr1eticabls % expect that they esaIl b.
1 constructed OF sufficient sszs 20 pr
veat the floe,i- N tbe i1<sr river. II.
also argued that statistics ef srs1.
floess a. far bArk a. Is22 prove tAai
the drnulhng af ths fsr-sts have con
Paratav-iv littic - 10 With n. aeighi
of rserut fiu-zl-.
He said hat estimates sho~ that i
wouki e,sst ss1.l00G0o - coustruct
reservoir % bali th- sassr raat -asse,
G1wa The river during one single day
tiuw during on~ La~t spunss fi1s-i, an
thas sum Nould huili all the i~v-~f
as-e-sary - absolutely protest the n
tire lower valley from say Po-sshilit!
Of overflow
q. y klliough Of Wyuus. Ark. presi
leut Of The - Francas leve~ board
-4s ry-~E.rtrl sr--isf-r- - lie assoeia
tlun a. th- sea- A pai.
-~-rrtzry gr,i and a <suer-s
camp4isa oi s..4.4e.ty and eiecation {
pl4nasa- An ex-easls~ -1rrnittse o
one mr-nb~r from szcA stat. of the ~
"a represented IN ths 4z-aczz.lan, an
tao usms@rS a. lazg-, Na- eiecteA ~
n ste vir- presidents an therr T5r-
presidents a. iarz- 1srv aiso slertsd
zs.h h~t< Of 0ffirx-x w-rs -i-rfs-i b,
unanimous vote. on Recommendation .
- reparf e ~ eammiEte- On -
n-au-at srgznlzatian- Nh.A - w1z prs
.-s-4 b L. ReA4n1-ss, sas sA4is
laz-
TIE re-olutaans Eere also asiapse
vifhosIt 4l--sat5az vet~- ~ gre-en'
- 5y Len R1zks, saalr2aa q tA4
eaznmltte--
Just hsfurr ~ c1uEenfaaa w4s elo--
resolutions ex2ressang tAs apprrei-t.S
Of tie esaVeusian Of ths efior-s af "a
Haa. Ch~rie- ScsEr 81 Mssisssppi Z
5ehzlf q tie lsse- ezislzsarn azf d
r~gret IA. izlH~-- Pressafs,i A4n fsos
attaining tAs Pre-.at EertiHy UsE
Atops-L
A constitution and sv-la@s w-r
adapte-i. % r~-n-zn~zsix-ian 81 th- ess
nItte~ oa P~Fna.ens 0rS1alE2tian- II
ex@-srsvs eenaniIft-~ = empowered ,
seie- psrmza-nt s@a.sFizr.@r= sor II
assoei8f5on whieh I'll p-ahzbly }
maintain ia Memphis. - employ
~e=r-tzry and - So fbe tine aad pl1e
for the aext annual euaveatisn-
III e0zzmiftr~ siH also di-csls- a
PlAzs 70 b PurSu~l = rHisiug fuzd
fer carrying sa the werk Of tAe ass.
esaria1. 81 tAe co~. Of nsnbership {.
l~v@@ ea.His. c,ammerrial organization
EzG others interested. Aai geasraiiv nl
, cut ez=paixz 90 - carrie4 cut da
in< The zrxt sessssn Of eonzr~ss.
The -unvenrsoa ~as a GeesiesI sslece.
IN every Say. sxe~pr n paiaf ef a
tssa,iAa-e- rA-r< EsrS slightly over e
srl~-1s-s reglst-r-G az tAe Associatia
hsazs4aa-trrs drizg the ms~tinz. b.
Hors< Dtsease Ahat~x