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Flood Control Movement Formed in Texas
At Waco on November 16 a meeting organized the Texas State Conservation and Recreation Association to conserve flood waters. Col. W. W. Sealy was named president with C. S. Fowler and James Hays Quarles as officers. A field force will educate and push a constitutional amendment for cooperative flood control involving property owners, state, and federal government. A minister congress in Austin January 11 to 16 will hear experts including Roosevelt Lane Newlands and Pinchot. Contributions to Sealy in Waco.
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Waco
Texas State Conservation and Reclamation Association
Col. W.W. Sealy
C. S. Fowler
San Antonio
James Hays Quarles
Austin
Roosevelt
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Newlands
Nevada
Gifford Pinchot
W. W. Sealy