The Nevada County picayune., 1912-10-04

be infinitely greater to the people nv ing iL this great inland paradise. Ills general text Gc he stated in the De- ginning was What nature has made possible is the measure of Mans op- portunities."
 H. F. Auten of Little Rock, spoke on the subject The Arkansas River. MT. Auten declared that the business men of Little Rock alone pay out millions of dollars annually which would be saved if the cheaper rates O. water transportation were in ef' feet.
 At present" he said, the freight IS $1.25 ton to haul coal from the Ark- ansas fields to Little Rock, while I'D in Illinois coal is hauled the same dis tance for 60 cents a ton. See the difference? With q deep channel ill the river the same product can be hauled to Little Rock for l5 cents per ton"
 In mentioning the increasing use of cement for building purposes Mir. Auten declared Arkansas has more et the material from which cement ls made than any other state. He T. serted that in ten years the cement trust would make the steel trust seem like pigmy alongside it.
 Elect men who will work for tae peoples interest," he demanded, "aAI work for the deep waterway project, which is all that i5 needed in this sec tion to give our people commercial supremacy
 Among others who delivered ad dresses were George H. Maxwell of New Orleans, executive director of the National Reclamation Association and former Congressman Edgar Ellis of Kansas City.
 John Maynard Harlan Of Chicas and former Congressman J. Adam Dede of Minnesota appeared before the convention as representatives Of President Taft
 What is needed at the outset is dream Mir. Harlan said. You have got to employ expert dreamers, anl the dreams should be evolved by 2 commission. Every interest affected in general should be represented oa this commission. The work is going to be done by some one. If I were a citizen of Arkansas l could not be prevailed upon to turn over to the na tional government the entire respon- sibility and my share of the work.
 T would like to see some definite program arranged at this convention. l would suggest that committee he appointed to memoralize congress and arrange some sort of a program. This question is not in politics; it is so bis i. cannot get into politics. end poli tics may be kept out by holding it CT a broad patriotic basis for the good of the whole people"
 William K. kavanaugh of St Louis was reelected president of the assO- citation and most of the other officers were reelected The other officers named are as follows:
 First vice president-Col. E. s. Con way, Chicago.
 second vice president-Sidney NJ, Neely, Memphis
 Third vice president-Crawford II. Ellis, New Orleans.
 Fourth vice president-Chas. Scott, Rosedale, Miss.
 Fifth vice president-Col. F. B. T. Hollenberg. Little Rock
 Treasurer-Edwin S Monroe. Joliet. III.
 Secretary Thomas II. Lovelace, St. Louis.
 Honorary secretary-WiHiam F. Saunders, St. Louis.
 Judge W. NJ. kavanaugh of Little Rock was named as a member of he board of governors and Judge Kav- anaugh and II. F. Auten of Little Roc.i were placed upon the executive con. mittee
 Peoria, III. was selected as the nex: meeting place. New orleans and Mo. bile were seeking the next convention but the Illinois city won because of it's geographical location.
 The closing feature of he conve?. ton was an old fashioned Southern barbecue given by the citizens of It tle Rock for the entertainment of the visitors.