The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1914-11-28
RIVERS AND HARDORS
Important Meeting in Wash.
ington in December

IL the present PROMISES diS iuiuiISu
the Elevent Annual Convention of
the National Rivers aud Harbors
Congress, which meet in this city
on December 9-1O-11, will be the
largest that ever has been held
by that organization. Arrange
ments are being made for four or
FIVE special trains which are ex-
pected to bring from one to two
hundred delegates each, who will
not only attend the Convention but
will call upon the Committee
of Congress, and their Senators
and Representatives. to urge the
improvement of waterways In
which they are interested.
And in view Of the attacks which
were made on the last Rivers and
Harbors bill, which resulted III
the appropriate of lump sum OF
$40, 900. 600 instead of an amount
exceeding $53, 200, 900, the COM
Convention promises to be the live
liest, as we'll as the largest, in the
history of the organization, It is
more than probable that some point
ed remarks will be made regard
ing the recent filibuster, and the
right OF the people of the United
States to have such Improvement
of their waterways and harbors as
they want and are willing to pay
for will be strongly reasserted,
While the program is not by any
means completed. it is already
evident that, in the interest and
importance of the addresses made,
the Eleventh Convention will, to
say the least. not suffer in compar-
ison with those that have gone be
fore, President Wilson has been
invited to make an opening address
and it is hoped that he may be able
to be present. Definite acceptance
has been received from the Chinese
MinisterKai fu Shah, who will tell
Of the waterways of his country
once the Oldest nation aud the
youngest of republics-which have
been in constant use for thousands
of years, Acceptance have also
been received from Senators Weeks
of Massachusetts,, Simmons, OF
North Carolina, and William Al
len Smith, Of Michigan. from
Speaker Champ Clark, and from :
Ex-Governor Chas, S. Deneen.r OF
Illinois. Ex.Mayor Magee. OF Pitts
burgh will speak on the need for
Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship
Csnal, Mr.. John H. Bernhard, OF
New Orleans, the builder of new
type of self-propelled barges now
| in use on the Warrior and Tombig-
bee rivers, between tie Alabama
coal fields and the Gull, will talk
of ''Our Unsed Waterways" and
Mr., Irving c. Norwood. a former
| newspaper correspondent. now Sec
retary of the Greatar Davenport
(Iowa) Cemmittee, will give an
illustrated lecture on Water Ter
minals.
One feature. which promises to
be of greatest interest. will be a
series of addresses on some of the
projects which are most violently
attacked during the consideration
of the Rivers and Harbors bill.
Senator Salisbury, of Delaware,
will speak on The Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal" Senator Fl etch-
Ter. of Florida, on The Oklawaha
River;'' Senator Sheppard. of Tex
as, on "The Trinity River" and
Represetative Baker. Of California.
on The Sacramento and Feather
Rivers" following each Of these
addresses opportunity will be given
for free discussion. Another fea-
lture of interest will be an address
by Representive ]. Hampton Moore
President of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association. on The
Pork Barrel"
! Evening session of the Conven-
ton will be held on Wednesday
and Thursday, December 9 and 10,
the latter being Ladies' Night. )"
Addresses will be made by Mrs.
Sarah Willard Strout, Of Portland.
Maine, President Of the Womans
National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, (who will also be
~e ~. ss,aat;nu nv Mrs