Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-22
plan LAND RECLAMATION
At CONFERENCE TODAY
Representatives of Various
Virginia Bodies Meet a,
Jefferson Hotel.
GOVERNOR WILL MAKE ,unnrss
I2.O0u.GO0 Acres in Slate Which ,rs
Not I Scd for tcricuI,mrnl rur-
poScS-McctincS Arc to Continue
Through Tomorrow.

Several hundred -eprc Scuta:lgus .i
Chamber OF Commences. agricultural
organizations. industrial bodies. civic.
commercial and othcs' organizations
in the state are expected TO he IN
attendance ut the opening Of two
days conference on reclamation Of
100000 acres OF land in Virginia
poses. which begins in the audito-
i'ium OF the Jefferson Hotel tiis mona
ing at 10 O'Clock
During today ana tomorrow there
Viii be addresses by men wna have
had wide experiences in the wurl, ur
retaining wasted lands ANA Is
hoped 10 s-e- concerted action H,al..J
u movement to secure FOR Nir- Il
some OF the funds available taou %
the provisions OF the Bankho.H b .
for reclamation work.
Collins Calls session Ia ORA =.
Paul I. Collins. president NJ e.
Virginia Real Estate Association.
Will call the meeting 10 order. ar-yr
which tcmporary officers will he ole ?
ted. Mayor George Ainslic Will wei
comc The delegates and John Wood.
secretary Of the Association OF Com
mercc, of Roanoke. will respond
The purposes OF the meeting VIII be
eXpla incd by l. NJ. Warren. OF Hops
well. chairman Of the Immigration
Committee OF the Virginia Real
Estate Association, following which
Senator Ncns Christensen, OF South
Carolina, Will speak on Southern
Development; How Accomplished.
Committaes on resolution and or
gauization will lac appointed at 2:3o
o'clock. following which Governor
Davis will speak on the subject of
The Farm. the Farmer; Their Re-
lation To Development"
+. w. Mckinney. manager cr the
land sales department of the Guurau-
tee Title and Trust Company. Of Nor
folk, will speak on Farm Lands,
Their Relation to Reclamation
one OF the interes ting features OF
the conference viii he IN Illustrated
address by Morris Eicn. assistant Ill
rector United states Reclamation
Service, at : o'clock in the audit
oorium OF the jefferson Hotel Tie
will show moving pictures Of land
reclamation In the West.
Governor issued Proclamation.
In proclamation setting forth
the Importance of this conference,
Governor Davis requested all agr!-
cultural socictws. chambers OF COM
mercc. and civic, commercial ANA All
other organizations 10 send rcprescn-
tatives TO this land development con-
ference, Governor Davis said that
he believed the time has come when
:, practical plan should ne developed
gradually to bring the l2,000,HO0 acres
Of Idle land under cultivation. and
said that the future progress ot Nir-
rinia Is largely dependent upon the
proper development OF the states
agricultural resources, md the plac-
ing OF idle, man-hungry acres under
cultivation.
The conference Will continue
throughout tomorrow, assembling at
10 o'clock. when Clement :. ECKER. OF
Baltimore. executive vice president
OF the southern Settlement and De-
veIopmcnt organization, and former
assistant TO the Secretary Of interior.
will speak on Southern Develop
mcnt"
Hampton Roads" viii bc the SUBJ
ject OF ". w RobertsOn's address
at 1915 o'clock tomorrow morning
other speakers duyimg tomorrow viii
be former Governor William Spry, OF
Utah: u. W. Ross, Of Hcckcicy, cal
and : IL. Walthan. of Richmond, NJ
night there Will be an address on
our Virginia