The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 23, 1916, Page 12

e e S PR — I T second-class D. C. COATES, Manager Advertising rates on applcation. Subseri] o Communi Box 941, Fargo, North “'of North Dakota, as it goes into. The Leader solicits advertisements fnmdn!ent and irresponsi] ble firms are not knowl Copy for advertisements must reach -the in ‘order to insure insertion. in current issue. The Nonpartlsan Ledderf‘ PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVERY THURSDAY % . Officlal Pm ‘of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan Political League of North Dakota Entered matter Septembter Fargo, North anvts. under the Act of March one year, in advance, $2.50; dxrmnfl\l.s % unications .intended for C.he paper .should be sddruud to the Nonpartisan Lendsr, Dakota, and not to any individual. The Leader is the supreme-advertising: medium through which to veach the rural population into flully every {;fin home in the - it any readers advise us promptly should they ha. bmty of any firm which patronizes sur adverflsing Guamnteed Weekly Circulation in excess of 5§,000 Coplgs 8, 1915. -at t.ho postoffice at 8,. 1879, = | HERBERT, GASTON, Editor, ous ‘articles nweeded by . Farmers, Quack, advertised, and we will take it as a fayor ooeuion doubt ‘c= question ‘the relia- Leader ufleo Dy, s-umky previous to publieation Flood Control Dlscussed Two days of discussion of flood control by the flood control congress that con- vened in Fargo; November 18 and 14, led the participants to the conclusion that no funds for this purpose can: be. secured from the federal government, that there is little hope of getting financial aid from the states, and that the work will have to be paid for by the acreage bene- fitted. The congress brought’ together repre- sentatives of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, including veterans of - many floods along the Red and Minnesota river, legxslabors, congressmen, lawyers and engineers, The- attendance * fluct- uated from 75 to perhaps 100 or more. Much hope of federal financial aid was mdulged by some speakers until the en- gineers who had been associated with projecte that have tried and failed to get such aid, narrated experiences, and con- gressmen present told how difficult it would be‘to get congress to appropriate money frankiy for drainage purposes. The only way to get such. financial aid would be under guise of aiding “naviga~ tion” said-the lawyers ‘and congressmen present. M DECLARE IT FEASIBLE The secondday. of thecongress crys-. talized in an efi’ort‘fogea 14 statement from the engmeenng com-. mittee, made up of six engineers of the three sfates, that the plans' already sur- veyed or a combination of - them would be feasible. Vigorous demands for a positive statement that the plans were. Only 26 Cents Theanymemanofan craving for liquor. lfnd:ufiMwhenluw ing, money: will be: refunded. Best: fellows u:dlivewl!u!a-flvlcflm:. ‘Come ‘and see us. § . THE MURRAY INSTITUTE 'an.N.D.» ,has already been.done: i o feasible or not, and some sharp words of criticism of the engineers: for evading a statement, marked the debate, until 3 second report- from - the engmeenng 7 committee was’called for. : This . resulted in a brief paragraph signed by all the members which declared” feasible: comprehensive plans ‘to build dams and retaining reservoirs along the - Sheyenne, Red and Minnesota rivers, and in the basin of Lakes Traverse and Big Stone for holding back *‘the peak of the flood” until the sluggmh streams can carry ‘off the main flow of the water. “'Many surveys of small projects during the course of 30 years-or more, made to care for certain’ small areas, were re- ferred to, and it was proposed by Pro- fessor A. T. Stewart of-ihe University . of Minnesota that the first practicable. step would be redueing all these maps to a uniform scale and bringing the data together in standard form. Some of ‘the ‘engineers: enuhoned against going too fast, ‘but the appear- ance of favormg further delay each time brought -forth vigorous protests, -especi> ally. from ‘President A, B. Kaercher. of: the ‘congress, and the sentunent of the body was strong for deciding upon detive work on the basis of such engmeenng as It developed that the thres states” can ‘not.do any active control work: except under authonty of some act of congress allowing ' them to do so, and that the navigable waters, which 'would = include the Red river of the North, the Red Lake river in Northern Minnesota, and - ‘per- haps the Minnesota river, would have to be controlled under federal - authority,:: perhaps the board of engineers of the war department. 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