The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-11-14
DRAINAGE MEET IS TO
BE INVITED TO ATLANTA
Will Be Sent To St. Louis
Convention-All Sections of
Country Represented By
Delegates

AT conference SATURDAY AFTER
non between Judge Newton A. Nor
ris and officials of the Atlanta Con
vention bureau it was decided to in
vite the National Drainage congress
to hold its annual convention in At
lanta in 1920, and invitations will be
presented to the congress next week
in St. Louis urging it to come to
Georgia next year and hold record
breaking convention. The conven-.
ton meets in that city on November
IL ,12 and 49,.
Judge Morris, who presides over
the superior courts of the Blue Ridge
cirGait, and WHO is very much inter-
ested in the subject of drainage, goes
to tke st. Leuhs convention as exsae
of the deAegates frea Georgia, asNal
viii deliver an Address there. he is
vice president of the Georgia D.asia.-
age association, whieih naee bask ysean
in Marietta, the honae of JHsdge Nlsem-
trls. an'd had a very laSnge eeMweSsssfesM.
INwieatismss ws&N .go TO ttae ST. LeSsdts
eesnMea'sie@ Ssssss, Gissmeeaasm .DeGsssey,
Mayer Key, ESse sa5slaaS0sa Chauasds.eoe e6
CeEassasOessIses tate AttNaU1Osa ClsMweSOteSsSa
RSasePaNs aus0a vasieNsQs @t&em em@aUa6izsae
taa@ss. CsSSSi0s Fred Msusee, se,sres-
ctaey e@ t&e eeSsweNseisa hezmeag, WILD
sSYapSy Ja@ge Ms@rls wssh kJa9eDraI
qsasltllsies OF advertising lteeaSt7aUne,
sensmeead0ss aa@ @atheps esqsigMaeuat 90 be
Ussaa ia eaaa9saitgS6usg COX the j $50
eaaaevesataass.
Tae Na.as0syal Drainage e9Bepeesea,
as fss naaae iSaQlias, embraces a1i tise
agencies no tAe eaaaOatry eBgage& ia
drainage les naeaa Ssens&ip Us e,awaa-
posed OF twemsy Ave delegates fr,aaa
eassh stake, appointed by the g,owee-
Naaw; te@ delegates fr9@a eash city OF
rosre t&am $4,000, appointed by tlSe
baayae; delegates ia lesser mgasah sew
fraaaa eitiss OF hes st&an $500 paup1aia~
HuaUa.
Toe eengrpas is engaged iN Iprsor.
Sd0ti@(s drainage projects OF all Normods
10 all parts OF the country. gsaaaas
OF toe naast praoaasstive an& vst@oable
la@as imths United States ave guas,d1er
water @r imadeqaately- drained. Th,a,rqOs-
a@3s OF acres ave being reelaiuaae@
every year. These yeelaiNae@ 5amuds
wild naake ideal faraas fSr soldiers in
ea@@aestiaca wit& toe great agwi,sal-
taral settlement prograw0 OF thz de
pastsnneaty Of interior.
Georgia ID particularly Interested
TO drainage because OF toe large auseas
OF umdaatse& lamas i@ this static, ea~
pessIal2y the southeastern COASTAL loIais
section. Georgia Sas q drainage laws
a@th5eizing owmans OF umdrsaiumeS
la@as TO f0rn0 an asaoeiation, heoaad
their lamds, am& e8pan@ the pr0eeeds
for drainage purposes. Undar tais
law, PASSED by the lsgialaturs "a few
years ago, noany drainage pro iects
have hea8 CARRIED @pt in oil parts OF
toe SKATE. Even im north Georgia
which is not usO@ally associated %it5
the i@ea OF drainage, the owners OF
@et b@tt0U0 lamds en creeks aud riys,ars
ave getting poagm Meemt results FROM
drainage projects umdex the Georgia
law.
IL is estimated &hat the va1ue OF
Wmdraiae& lamds im toe United States
@m toe conservative hasis OF 81 90 per
acre is eight billion dollars.
The congress w@ald bring Co ~
lamta ah0wt 4,000 delegates, imeNnd.
ing aaamy prominent Doen, ana xao,utd
be owe OF toe MOST Important ewaS
heid here,-Atiamts Journal.