Convention Called For Fourteen Foot Waterway From Chicago to Gulf
The Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water Association formed at a Chicago dinner aims to convene in St. Louis November 15 and 16 to push a fourteen foot channel from the Chicago drainage canal to the Mississippi mouth. Lorimer named temporary chairman with Rainey as secretary. Members include Foss Madden Rainey Wharton Wilson Graff Knopf George W. Smith Snapp Humphrey and W. F. Saunders. The plan seeks broad support from twenty two states and seeks $81 million for initial dredging to St. Louis. The group hopes Congress will back a commerce boosting project surpassing the Panama canal in national benefit.
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Lorimer
Chicago
Illinois
Mississippi
St. Louis
Rainey
Foss
McGavin
Madden
Wharton
Wilson
Graff
Knopf
George W. Smith
Snapp
Humphrey
W. F. Saunders
Business Men’s League of
Chicago Drainage Canal
Mississippi River
Gulf
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Harbor Hill
Roosevelt vetoes Texan Western Judicial District bill
President Roosevelt vetoes a congress bill creating the Western Judicial district of Texas covering Uvalde, Zavalla, Maverick, Kinney, Val Verde, Terrell, and Pecos counties with biannual Del Rio courts, noting insufficient case load over five years. Del Rio is described as sparsely settled. most cases come from Maverick County, suggesting Eagle Pass as better court site.
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Roosevelt
House
Congress
Western Judicial District
Texas
Uvalde
Zavalla
Maverick
Kinney
Val Verde
Terrell and
Pecos
United States
del Rio
Maverick County
Eagle Pass
Mississippi Calls For Home Cotton And Timber Manufacturing
Mississippi voices a bold push to keep timber and cotton value at home. It cites millions lost when raw timber and bale cotton are shipped north to be processed, notes rising land values, and highlights efforts from Yazoo County to form large plantations and from Starkville to build camp yards for farmers. The piece urges broader policy moves, including state banking cooperation, dairy and poultry market improvements, and a plan to erect centralized cotton warehouses under the National Farmers Union. It underscores a shift toward local manufacturing and agricultural development.
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Mississippi
New England
North
Pres. Clarke
The
Cotton Association
Fall River
Holyoke
Yarbrough
Starkville
Mississippi Exhibitors Association
Gulfport
Misssissippi Industrial Exposition
National Farmers Union
Mssssssippi
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Washington News
Deep Water. Association
Chicago Canal
Spight
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
McDermott
New Jersey
Watson
Indiana
Henshaw
Nebraska
Birdsell
Town
Senator Spooner
New York Chamber of Commercce
Washington
Senate
Fowler
San Antonio
Eastern District of Tennessee
Chattanooga
Europe
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bonapart
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Admiral Dewey
Meriwether, Jr
Navy Department
Academy
Meriwether
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue
Hawaii
Larrinaga
Porto Rico
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Trades Unions
Cannon
Iobby
Frye
Loyd
A. & M. College
Georgia
Alabama
Yazoo County
Poplarville
New Orleans Pure Milk Co
N. O. & N. E. Railroad
Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Yazoo City
Yazoo
Okalona
Jat Jackson
W. H. Barnes
Brandon Cane
Brandon
M. E. Wainwright
Jackson
W. C. Anderson
Sohns, Mise
Dalton Marble Works
Vermont
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph CO
Ilinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Caldwell
W. W. Kersh
Brandon, Wiss
Capital City Marble & Granite Works
R. Hendon
Ss. M. Hunter
Bee King
Eugene Palmer, Pelahatchie, Misa, Jackson, Misa
KING @ PALMER
Attorneys At Law
Ieng Jackson and
Pelahatchie
Miss
Rescent
Val
Queen and Crescent
Bobt. Anderson
New Orleans
LC. R. R
Memphis
Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Boston
York
Richmond, & Paul
Minnes
Kansas
Falls
Sioux
Wouteville, Ky
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