Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-27
|. OFS.W. PROGRAM
ANNOUNCED; MANY
R0M|AENT MEN
Colorado Riuer Basin Project
viii Be Thoroughly Discuss
cd at Los Angeles Convention
AariI 1, ?, & 3; Here is List

Some OF the biggest men IN pu0IIe
and private life in California have been
appointed as speakers on the program
iust announced by the League OF the
Southwest for its annual convention
at Los Angeles, April /. and ). All
OF them vail discuss important angles
OF the question Of improving the Colo
rado River Basin.
The program includes Governor Will
liam d. Stephens, who will open the
convention By welcoming the several
thousand delegates expected there,
and Mayor Meredith P, Snyder OF os
Angeles who will present to the dele
gates the official key of Les Ar
geles.
TO ACCEPT KEY
Dr. r. g. Won Kleinsmid of Tucson,
president OF the University OF Arl-
zona. who also is president OF the
League of the Southwest, will accept
the key on behalf of his organization,
and respond to the addresses OF wei
come.
Every effort. ii was declared, would
be bent toward unifying all interests
in the southwest in favor of some orc
comprehensive plan for improving tie
\
ner as to benefit the entire southwest.
The speakers will include United.
States senators, governor, federal de-
partmeHt heads. state, county and city
governmental officials and represen-
tatives from civic, commercial and cul-
tul al organizations from all over the
southwest.
PROMINENT SPEAK EKS
Following are the speakers for the
remainder Of the opening day, April
Il, and for the remaining days of the
convention: Luther G.. Brown. Los
Angeles; E. C. LaRue, Pasadena, gov
ernment engineer whose survey and
report on the Colorado River Basin
viii form the basis for the discussion
at the convention; John I. Whistler,
Denver. reclamation service; {. +.
Grunsky, Washington, Panama. canal
commissioner; F. e. Weymouth and
Judge E. W. Burr, both Of Denver.
and of the federal reclamation service;
Judge o. j. Baughn, Florence, Ariz.;
United States Senator Henry +. Ash
urst, Arizona, and Cato Sells, Wash
ington, Indian commissioner.
Friday. April 2.-Addresses by
United States Senator William H.
King, Utah; J. c. Allison, government
englneel, Calexico, Cal; Elwood Mead,
Berkeley, chairman California Land
Settlement board; Governor Octaviano
A. Larrazolo, of New Mexico; William
Sprcule. president Of the Southern Pa
cifc railway; Governor Thomas h.
Campbell of Arizona; F. A. Seiberling,
Akron. Ohio, president of the Good
year Tire and Rubber Co.; Dr. w. l..
Hardin, Los Angeles; Miss Helen Taft,
president of Bryn Mawr college, the
youngest head CT college in the world
and daughter of the former president; );
United States Senator Warren G..
Harding Of Ohio and United States
Senator Robert l.. Owen, Oklahoma.
Saturday, April 3.-Addresses by
Dwight b. Heard. Phoenix, Ariz., pres
ident of the Arizona Good Roads as
sociation; Frank J. Hagenbarth, Salt
Lake City, president Of the. National
Woold Growers association; Paul g..
Redington, San Francisco, United
States forest service; DR.. Frank g..
tor of the United States bureau Of
mines Governor ID. W. Davis, Idaho;
Governor Simon Bamberger, Utah;
United States Senator William E.
Borah, Idaho. and William Jennings
Bryan.
BANQUET TO CLOSE
The conventions close will be
marked by a great banquet probably
at tie Hotel Alexandria Saturday eve
ming. For this many speakers have
been scheduled, including former Cow