The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-01-27
CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE

Washington, D. c., Jan. 81, 1922.
A delegation of Missourians, headed
by M. l.. Francis of Glasgow, and in
Guiding representative citizens of Sla-
ter and Marshall, are to appear before
the Rivers and Harbors Committee in
both the House and Senate, probably
this week, to urge that immediate ac-
tion be taken to prevent the Missouri
river cutting new channel and, be-
sides destroying some Of the best
farming lands in Saline and Howard
counties, working serious injury to the
three towns mentioned.
Representative R. c. Patterson of
the Seventh Missouri District, has ar
ranged a hearing for his constitu-
ents beforfe the House Committee on
Rivers and Harbors, and has con-
ferred with Senators Reed and Spen-
Ger, asking that they be present. Sen
ator Reed is particularly anxious to
attend this hearing, and, if deemed de-
sirable, will arrange a hearing for
this delegation before the appropriate
committee in the Senate having charge
of river and harbor improvement.
1t is recognized here that however
urgent the necessities may be the del
egation of citizens, as well as the Mis-
souri, delegation in Congress, is likely
to experience some difficulty in pre-
vailing upon Congress to grant suf-
ficent appropriation to confine the
river to the established channel. Con,
! gressmen from other states, not in
terested in the possible depredations
of the Missouri or any other river,
insist that the federal government
should not be called upon to curb this
stream, and that money cannot be le-
gally appropriated for river work on
the Missouri, save as means to i'm
prove navigation.
Senator Reed, however, who is one
Of the organizers of the so-called
"River Bloc, in the Senate, is pre-
pared to insist that the curbing of the
river and its improvement for navi-
cation, in this instance at least,
amount to the same thing. In pre-
liminary consideration of this propo-
sition the Senator points out that If
the river is allowed to cut new chan
mel the thousands Of dollars hereto
fore spent by the government along
it's banks in Saline and Howard coun-
ties will be lost.
If the committees of Congress prove
obduratc it is anticipated that men,
bers of the Missouri delegation, which
includes some of the strongest advo-
Gates of river improvement, will carry
the fight into the House and Senate.
Thus the question of providing SUI
ficient money to restrain the Missouri
river to its established channel may
be one of the important issues in the
debate over the river and harbor bill.
Presidential postmasters for Mis-
souri, whose names have been trans
mitted by President Harding to the
Senate for confirmation during the last
week include: Grace E. Kirkbride, Ra-
venwood; Edwin X. Lett, Marquand;
Edward c. DeField, East Prairie; Luz
Their B. Dove, Cabool Joseph M. Cash,
Kennett; Frank L. Neitzert, Knobnos-
ter; James A. Pidcock, Lockwood;
Robert R. White, Greenville; Edward
Beck, Morrisville; Paul E. Groh, Pc
culiar; Lawrence R. Quick. Hallsville;
Claude E. Dusenberry, Van Buren,;
Herman E. Christrup, Laddonia; Da-
vid L. Blanchfcld Martinsburg; Hen
ry W. Werges. New Haven; William
F. Norris, Perry; John H. Fisher, Sui
livan; William P. Murphy, Wheat
land, and Ben J Drymon, Willow
Springs.
W. H. Allen. Federal prohibition d.
rector for Missouri, who was in Wash
ington last week for a conference
with Commissioner Roy Haynes and
other prohibition officials, is convinc-
ed that substantial progress has been
made in Missouri towards the enforce
ment of prohibition. He recognizes
that Missouri is far from being "dry"
as prohibition advocates desire. but
with increased forces, which he hopes
will be assigned to him, considerable
more territory can be covered and
more rigid enforcement, particularly
in the rural districts. will follow.
Republican members of the Missouri
delegation held a conference last week
to consider the various schedules car
ried in the tariff bill. 1t was the con-
census of opinion that most of the
rates carried in the House bill should
have the continued support of these
Missourians. although they expressed
the belief that the rates on byrates
and some other minerals produced in
Missouri should have increased pro-
lection. Most Of them also favor
tariff on hides and compensatory du-
ty on flour of five times the amount of
duty on wheat. The last is due to the
fact that five bushels of wheat are re-
quired to make one barrel of -four.
Governor Mont E. Reilly of Porto
Rico. former Missourian, stopped in
Washington last week enroute back
to his post of duty. Gov. Reilly had
luncheon with President Harding, and
is understood to have talked over pat