The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-27
President T 10 Recited
Past Achievements and
Pointed out Action.
FIRE Waste AND GOOD ROADS
AMONG IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
See America First Receives Tcrsc At
tention From Hand of the President |
Other Topics Include Currency |
Reform and Water Waste.

Salt Lake City. Aug. 27.-A c.
CT the Trans Mississippi Commercial
congress. in his address to delegates.
delivered an exhaustive review of the
history of the organiza tion and tc orr
mendcd action under the fnll.,wing
headings
Currency Refornl--1he details of
the proposed plan of the national
ed here and it is hoped this Congress
after full discussion of the subject
without prejudice will go on -er ,rd
favoring the proposed plan or sus-
costing some other plan better suited
to the present needs of the nation.
Fire Waste-This congress al its
last session i'm Kansas CITY appointed
the subject of fire waste The chair
man of that committee advises ne
that in 1911 the fire waste in the
United States amounted to $3.50 0oo.-
600. equal in amount to the re. 1
waste
The United States geological sun r.
NeN estimates that fully tlftl per cent
OF these loses are from carelessness
and incendiarism.
Good Roads-Good country roads
will lead many people from the con-
gested cities to the fresh open air and
sunshine, and since the coming of the
automobile and electric lines they will
permit people to eniov a school lif"
n church life and a social life eural
to that in the city. The loneson, ~ esq
of country life has led nanv away
to remov" this greatest curse of crun-
try life. the nation at large will .u;-
for and especially the grea, west
Exclamation by Drainage md
Flood Prcvention---0n account of the
enormous loss of property along tn,
Mississippi river and some of t.
tributaries last year in the flood and
portant measures to he discussed he
this week is food prevention by dram
age or storage. Members of this ~
gress from Louisiana and other states
most largely interested should oI"
sent plans for the consideration uf
this organization in the hope that a
national drainage act will solve the
problem which is mora than me re
local significance.
"1rrigation--In the early sessions
of this congress the subject of iri-
gaticn received great attention each
year. notably at the meetings in the
intermountain states-especiallv NJ
Ogden. Through the direct inf1uen %
of this congress and the co operation
"i ltS mennerS likely 10 receive til..
greatest benefits. We now have The.
national irrigation act, Under this
act many millions of dollars have nesn
spent and many more millions will he.
spent. Intelligent direction wise and
economical distribution of the appro-
rriations will through the influence
this body and the special irrigation
congress reflect great credit upon the
orisinators and accomplish much
good To a grateful people.
Anti Blue Sky lava new west
ern idea horn in Kansas and adopted
IN slight measure in several statos.
especially Texas. Oklahoma. Iowa and
Ariz ma. deserves recognition 1t is
the anti blue sky law.
See America First-Travel in
America means money in the pockets
of hotel men. merchants, newspapers
magazines. railroads. banks. trolley
lines. pleasure resorts, and manufac-
tnrers of motor cars. II means c,r-
tinually better wagon roads. er
service 10 the travelling public. larger
consumption of home products. NOR.
business for real estate mon. bank ers
and professional men. moro prof. TO
the farmer more American >. tes
more loyalty to the stars and stripes
the greatest of all. more fervent Of i
intense patriotism without the arti.
fetal stimulus of war"