Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-18
LAND RECLAMATION WILL
Be DISCUSSED THURSDAY
Business and Professional
Men and Farmers Invited to
Two-Day Conference.
GOVERNOR DAVIS on rnoGnA y,
Clement =. ticker, Former Govcrnor
spray ar Utah, and ID. w. Ross. of
California. Among Those VIII" VIII
Deliver Addresses.

Deliver Addresses.
Several thousand representative
business and professional men. mem.
bcrs Of civic. farming and Industrial
organizations in every section OF V,r-
ginia have been invited 10 attend 'hc
,wo-days' meeting at the jefferson
Hotel. Thursday and Friday. Sep
tombcr 22-23. at which the subjec, Of
Virginia, Will be discussed.
ID. w Ross. "a Californian by birth.
and who has been an engineer in
California and Colorado projects. w!ll
tell how California ha. turned the
eyes OF the world in that direction.
how Virginia has The superiority ove;
that state, and the proper way to
take advantage of that superiority.
Bankhcnd BIII I'ro:idca Funds.
The primary purpose OF the mcctiil
Will be 10 form an organization ia
virginia TO secure for the state a
portion % the funds made avaiiabl
by the Bhnkhcad BIll FOR drainage.
stUmp!ug and other forms of.rcclaina-
lion. Virginia la the only Southern
state which has not taken an active
part In cnd.avoT!nE 10 sccur" nor
share Of this funi. other States in
the South have received their prOltpi-
ton and by rcclairuinr lands HAY. IN
creased taxable values, in one case
20 over 5000 per cent.
Governor DAMS has proclaimed the
reclamation convention and has urged
an agricultural societies, chambers Of
commerce. and civic, commercial an"
al other organlaatiois 10 have rep
r.sentativ-S present
The frs, meeting viii be at 10
o'clock Thursday morning. Tho con-
vcntion viii be called TO order hy
PAUL r Collins. president .; the VII
ginla Real Estate Association, after
which temporary officers "'ll be
chosen.
Mayor George A!nslic. OF Richmond,
wili deliver tho address Of Welcome.
to which John Wood. secretary OF III"
Association .. Commerce. OF Roanoie
wli, respond.
The purposs Of the meeting. viii
be told BY i. II Warren. or iIpp"-
well. chairman OF the immigration
committee OF the Virginia Real Is
tate Association.
Senator Ncils Christensen. OF South
Carolina, Will speak a; li:30 y. NJ.
on Southern Development: How
AccomplI shcd.'
Govcrnor Davis 10 Speak.
Al 93O l.. NJ. committees Will be-
named. ana at 3 l.. NJ. Governor
Wcstmorcland DAVIS VIII speak IN
The Farm. the Farmer; THOR re-
lation In Development. Ut r. ",
senator j. r. West. Democratic NOM
ince for l.leutcnnnt-C;ovcr VIII
speak on Reclamation ana Drain
Iage"
Morris Bein. assistant director
United states Reclamation Service
VIII lecture In the auditorium Of TN.
jefferson Hotel AT +. NJ. and will
show moving pictures OF land rccla-
nation in the West.
Friday morning ut 10 o'clock. Glenn
ent S. ticker. OF Baltimore. Md. eN-
ccut!ve vice president of the South
crn Settlement and Development Or
SaniZation. and former assistant Sec
rotary OF the Interior. will speak on
Southern development" and w. w.
Robertson. OF Norfolk. Will folloy
with an address on Hampton
Roads"
Governor William spry, commits
Sioncr-Seneral. Land Office, United
Ttht'S ana FORMER Governor of Utah.
will speak 1T 1880 on The Passing
Of our Free Arabic Lands: What
Next"
ID. w. Ross. of Berkeley, Cal. VIII
speak at l2;l5 l.. NJ, Friday on NE
"cssitE Tor IA Land Settlement rolicy''
ana at ia" o'clock. s. H. Walthal
Of Richmond Will talk on How TO
FINANCE an organization and START
Il Movement for the DEVELOPMENT IF
Virginia"
heccss will be taken ut l:f5 +. NJ
and at 2:i' o'clock the various com
ini''tcs viii report. following which
mere viii be general discussion
NJ i. NJ. there viii be an address
on our Virginia."