City News Wednesday

FOMST BESEKTCS HELP THE RIVERS

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EXPERTS DISCUSS PEESERVATION r OF WATER SUPPLY.

BAPTISTS TALK MISSIONS

Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association Addressed by W. D. Washburn, Gideon S. Ives and Others,

Who Point Out Value of Storage Reservoirs and Commend. Reforesta­tion.

State Convention in St. Paul Bears En-• <<&* w * couraging Reports. i^^J^ '

Missionary work at home and' abroad •was the subject discussed yesterday af­ternoon at the state Baptist convention tion in First Baptist church, St. Paul. Mrs. W. S. Barrett, president of the State Home Missionary society, presided

and presented a report. She stated that the sum apportioned to Minnesota for missionary work had more- than been raised the last year.. She,praised-the

.work, accomplished, in tbe^state for mis­sionary purposes by the yduhg people o'f the churches. ~ '

Misa Anna Barkley of Cuba gave an interesting talk^of missionary „worfc be­ing done on that islana.' .She spoke of the lamentable ^conditions which existed under Spanish rule, and how much im­

provement has since been made with missionary Btations dotting the island.

Following the afternoon program, Miss Ben-Oliel, formerly of Jerusalem, gave an illustrated, lecture" on Palestine and its people. A dosen men and wo­men, garbed in the dresB of the country," appeared on the platform, while .she de­scribed the dresses of the different classes'of the country, the city, village and' plains classes, and the significance of the manner of dressing.

BOY TRIES SLIDING POLE ^|

St. Paul Lad Imitates Firemen and I**M>" Breaks His Ankle. Otto Fetch, 11 Iglehart street, hap­

pened to be . on the second floor of "en­gine house No. 8, Eighth and Minne­sota streets, St. Paul, yesterday when an alarm for fire came in. Fetch saw the men jump at brass poles and slide

tlown them to the floor below in a few secondB. Fetch " m a d e a jump." As soon as the excitement of responding to the alarm had passed away, the re­maining firemen in the house picked up Fetch and had him taken home/where a physician set a fractured right ankle.

Which do you prefer t A can of high-priced, trust-made baking powder, or your independence and Hunt's Perfect! I t is not made by the trust.

8T. THOMAS CADET XVBXVa. Emmet Laughlin, 13 years'ot age, a student;

at St. Thomas college, Merriam Park, left th*-Institution last Saturday- and no trace ot %1« since has been tound. Laugblln left the school last week, hut was tound by his mother «nd taken back Saturday. While In the reception room with bis mother he excused himself for a few moments, but tailed to retarn, and has no\ been seen since. He was wearing the cadet uniform of the school.

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The importance of an adequate res­ervoir system and the protection and care of the upper waters and sources of the Mississippi by forest reserves and jfeforestration, were the features of tho afternoon session of the Upper Mis­sissippi Kiver Improvement association yesterday. Following two interesting addresses by Congressman James T. Lloyd of Missouri and Congressman James McKinney of Illinois. W. D. Washburn of Minneapolis presented the report of the committee on reservoirs, supplementing the formal report of the committee with his personal views.

The congressmen who spoke advised the association to proceed with care but firmly and in a businesslike manner. Congressman Lloyd advised the. main­tenance of a representative, and, if pos­sible, an upper Mississippi river bu­reau, in Washington during sessions. He advised also an upper river commission to have charge of the expenditure of appropriations that may be allowed, fol­lowing the lines laid down by the lower river associations. Congressman Mc­Kinney promised his support of river improvement measures at the coming session, but at the same time urged the association to be careful in its de­mands and not ask so much that the entire project would be turned % down by' congress. The practical advice of the two congressmen was appreciated and acknowledged by a vote of thanks.

Experts Discuss Beservoirs. The report of the reservoir commit­

tee which followed, was given close attention. A committee consisting of W. B. Washburn, former Lieutenant Governor Gideon S. Ives of St. Paul and William do la Barre of Minneapo­lis, has had the reservoir question un­der advisement. In concluding its re­port, the committee went on record as follows: "The agitation of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement associa­tion to secure a six-foot channel in the entire upper river is in line with the future development of river navigation, and it is only by preserving and extend­ing the reservoir system and the advan­tages which will accrue from it that »uch an undertaking can be made prac­t icable ."

Another point brought up by the committee was the need of an equalized flow such as can be brought about by a well-managed reservoir system, for thru i t many interests are benefited— navigation, the logging and lumber in terests, water power companies, manu­facturing interests and the farmer.

Comparative Cost Small.

According to the report of the com­mittee the five reservoirs of the river above Minneapolis, built at a cost of $678,302.25, have an estimated capacity of 98,000,000,000 cubic feet. The. pres­ent annual storage of these reservoirs, estimated at 40,000,000,000 cubic feet, Is equivalent to 5,200 cubic feet a second for a ninety-day period or of producing an increased flow of two feet at St. Pauf,'357 miles below. The committee favors an increased storage capable of producing 20^000>^4ttbia.. -feet^e^twaeaad^-* for the ninety-day period, and a corres-

Sonding possible increase in flow at [inneapolis and St. Paul during this

period. The entire cost of the present reservoir system, including original cost and maintenance, to date has Deen $1,500,000.

In his remarks following the presen­tation of the report Mr. Washburn urged greater improvement and protec­tion of the reservoir system by the gov­ernment, pointing out the importance of this work.

He was followed by Mr. Ives of the committee who urged protection of the headwaters of the river and plans for their preservation. For this ne urged reforestation and forest reserves and the necessity of this in view of the fact that the timber about the sources of the river is fast disappearing, a fact which tends to reduce natural water flowage. In addition, he referred to the extensive drainage plans of the state, which will tend to draw off much of the water of the north as another reason for car© of the headwaters. Mr. Ives advised action by the state and government, pointing out that the tirtie is rapidly approaching when some­thing must be done and that Minnesota is now practically unprepared.

Case of New York.

He drew a parallel by citing the case of New York state which has made large reserves for the protection of the sources of the Hudson river. Mr. Ives took no stand against the drainage of the rich land of the northern part of the state, but pointed out that this pro­ject will tend to draw off water. A following speaker called attention to the .fact that the drainage of the swamp lands of the north will have little effect on "the Mississippi as the greater part of the district is north of the great di­vide and drains into the border rivers. Bed lake, and the Bed Biver of the North.

t The concluding business of the ses­sion was the announcement of commit­tee appointments and the calling of meetings for these committees.

Last evening the convention listened to 'John A. Fox of Arkansas, secretary of ;the National River and Harbor asso­ciation, who presented a paper and stereopticon talk on waterway com- / 3 meice. The speaker called attention to ijthe rapid development possible be­cause of the rivers of the country and fiointed to the growing importance of

he questions of waterway iniprive-ment as shown by the general interest taken in the work thruout the country. John I. Martin, representative of May­or Wells of St. Louis, urged concerted action by all cities along the Mississip-

£i a s the best means of securing the esired improvements.

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