The Winslow mail., 1922-12-15

Speakers of national prominence
share honors with the leading men in
industrial and civic affairs of Arizona
on the advance program for the first
annual convention of the Arizona In
dustrial Congress, to be held in Phoe-
nix next Monday and Tuesday.
Advance programs for the conven-
ton have just been received. Seven
sessions are listed for the two days
in addition to dinner The address
ses scheduled indicate the meeting
will be the greatest public event of
the kind ever held in the state, sur
passing even the State Industrial
Congress of a year ago which the In
dustrial Congress was formed
Agriculture and livestock, two in
dustries which the Congress has been
making special efforts to stabilize, are
particularly we'll represented on the
program. James r. Howard, president
of the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, the greatest organization of far
mers the world has ever seen, will be
the principal speaker on agriculture,
while Fred H. Bix0y, president of the
American Livestock Association, will
give the main address on Livestock.
On the program also will appear w.
A. Schoenfeld, director of marketing
research for the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, who will
come as special representative of
Secretary of Agriculture Henry c..
Wallace.
OF equal Importance, however will
be the addresses given by Arizona
men on subjects of paramount import
ance in Arizona at this time
Henry D. Ross, chief justice of the
supreme court of Arizona, will act
as chairman of the opening meet
ing, beginning at 10 o'clock next Mon
day morning. DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin,
new president of the University of
Arizona, will appear at this session,
while P. G. Spilsbury, president of the
Industrial Congress, will tell the re-
suits of the organizations work.
Monday afternoon will be devoted to
sessions on Livestock, Public Utilities
and Mining, the session chairman be-
ing, respectively, Henry G. Poice
president Arizona Cattle Growers as
sociation; H. B. Titcomb president
of the Arizona Eastern Railroad, and
T. H. O'Brien, general manager of the
Inspiration Consolidated Copper
company
Following Mr. Bixby on the live
stock session will be Senator A. A
/ Johns of Prescott, chairman of the
executive committee of the Arizona
Wool Growers association, who will
give review of the sheep industry
Judge G. w Shute of Globe, will talk
on problems of the cattleman.
Speakers on the public utilities pro-
gram have not been announced. Rob
ert E. Tally, general manager of the
United Verde Copper company, will be
among the speakers on mining.
Monday evening a general session
will be held, with Judge Richard E.
Sloan, former territorial governor, as
chairman. Senator Milford Winsor of
Yuma will speak on the need of flood
control on the Colorado River( and
C. T. Knapp of Bisbee will talk on the
! Diamond Greek power project. "Edu-
cation-Cost and Service" will be the
subject Of H E. Hendrix. superinten-
dent of schools at Mesa. The import
ant topic of "The Preservation of
Highways" will be covered by Frank
R. Goodman, who becomes state en-
gineer after January 1st.
Tuesday morning will be devoted to
the session on agriculture, with Mr..
Howard, Mr.. Schoenfeld and others as
speakers. c. S. Brown. president of
the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation,
will be chairman.
The business and financial session
will be held Tuesday afternoon, with
Charles F. Solomon. president of the
Arizona Bankers association as chair
man, with Judge w. A. O'Connor of