Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-19
CONVENTION OF CONSERVATION
TO BE HELD At
Mo0REooR
SESSION TO OPEN
SUNDAY, JULY 81
Summer School Of Wild Life Protso-
ton and Propagation to 30 Hold In
Connection Prominent Naturalists
Of Central West to Appear on Weeks
Program.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican,
McGregor. July 1S-The summer
convention Of the Iowa Conservation
Association, for the protection and
preservation Of trees, birds, wild flow
ers, lakes, mammals. fish. streams,
plants, parks and other beauty spots,
will be held during the week begin
ming Sunday, July 81 on the 'IHeig hts
of McGregor.
The educational feature of the meet
| ing will be the summer school Of wild
lift protection and propagation. The
instructors will be DR.. George F. Kay,
state geologist; DR.. l. H. Pammel,
| botanist, Iowa State College; Prof.
Bohumil Shimek, dendrologist, State
| University of Iowa: DR.. T. c. Stephens,
and Prof. Charles r Keyes, authority
Of Iowa Indian lore.
The officers of the association are
| George F. Kay, Iowa City. president;
| H. S. Conrad. Grinell, vice-president;
| G. B. Mcdonald, Ames, secretary;
Euclid Sanders, Iowa City. treasurer;
| George Bennett. Iowa City. field rep
| resentative, and Mrs. c. H. MCNider,
Mason City, chairman executive COM
| mittee.
Interesting Program Arranged.
An interesting program 10 cover
| three days has been arranged. The
| theme of the opening days program,
Sunday, July q. will be The Revala-
| ton of God in Nature A picnic
luncheon will be enjoyed at l o'clock,
| to be followed by a program at 2. The
| meetings will be held in a large tent
| on the grounds.
Music will be furnished by the Nc
Gregor band and the Clayton county
Sunday school The address Of the
| day will be delivered by DR.. George +
Kay, who will speak on "A Message Of
| Nature to Man. The welcome will
be extended by Willis F. Bickel and
| Mrs. J. A. Ramage, and the response
| will be by Or. Kay.
Valley Conservation Meeting.
The upper Mississippi Galley con-
servation meeting will be held Monday,
| July rs, with Governor w. L. Harding
| presiding. The general topic for dis
| cussion will be the importance Of the
conservation Of water supplies and
| parks in the northern Mississippi
valley.
| s. w. Dyer, Of Ames. will speak on
! 1.-The Reserve Water Supply Of the
Mississippi" J. H. Lees, of Des Moines,
will speak on 'sThe Water Movement in
the Northern Mississippi Valley" DR..
A. F. Whitson, Of Madison, Wis, will
| address the meeting in Proper Soil
Management to Conserve and Use
| Rainfall to BE ADVANTAGE" and a
| symposium of extracts from letters
| from United States senators and con-
| gressmen on the conservation of water
| supplies and national parks in the val
| lev will be read by l. H. Pammel, Of
| Ames.
| At II o'clock a conference will be
| held to discuss the most practical way
| to secure legislation to bring about the
creation of national parks in the
| northern Mississippi valley to supply
| the urgent needs of the commonwealth
of these northern states.
| Fish and Game Department.
Monday afternoon the meeting will
| De III Charge VI l1iC ~ " q 4ioAA eIio 5es'AiS
department, with addresses by T. G,
Stephens, Of Sioux City; w. e. Albert,
state warden, of Lansing; r. T. st
John, Riceville; l.. D. Dennis, OF Cedar
Rapids, and others.
A community supper will be held IN
the evening, with Mayor John Boyle. of
McGregor, presiding. 1.-THE Mississippi
Valley National Park" will be the
general subject Of the toast program.
Tuesday morning, July 20. Miss
Florence l. Clark, OF McGregor, will
speak on 1.-THE Mississippi Valley Ma
tional Park" w. E Barber, of Madi-
son. wis, on "National Parks in Wis
consin and Their Relation to the Com
monwealth;" II. c. Cowles, Of Chicago
on THE Sand Dune Parks in the Lake
Michigan Area" Jens Jensen, Of Raw
linia, ILL.,, on THE Need Of National
Parks in the Upper Mississippi Val
ley" Professor Cheyney, Of the Uni
yersity Of Minnesota, and D. P. Tier
ney, of st. Paul, on 1.-THE Forest Re-
serves of Minnesota and their Relation
to the Commonwealth" w. E. Alder
on Game Preserves in the Northern
Mississippi Valley" and L T. Bode, Of
Ames. SHOULD State Parks Be Land
scaped3'
Opening Of Summer School.
The school of wild life protection anc
propagation will be welcomed by thu
} McGregor Heights Outing Association
and will be formally opened Tuesda!
afternoon. The school will continue
thruout the week, with program o
lectures by the instructors, ALTERNATING
with field and river trips.
The closing session OF the conserva
, ton association proper will be hell
Tuesday evening when a free Oarg'
ride on the Mississippi river will 10
provided by the NcGregor Citizens
. Association. t..