Newell stated that enthusiastic and i
widespread interest has been mani- !
fest in the coming conference and !
that prominent persons from all i
sections of the United States have
expressed to him their intention to
attend and take part in the gather
ing.
Among the purposes of the con
ference are to effect co-ordination
of all interests striving for construc
tive development of the nation’s idle
lands, to provide opportunities for
more self-supporting farm homes, to |
devise ways and means for utilizing !
the country’s idle areas for the pur
pose for which they are best suited i
—reforestration, grazing or agricul- i
ture—and to secure expansion of the j
federal reclamation policy into na
tional scope so that every section ;
may receive its share of federal as
sistance in reclamation work,
o o o
Purpose Of Conference.
Promoters of the conference' state
that this movement will not afford
opportunity for the unloading of
large blocks of cut-over or "wet"
lands upon the state or federal gov
ernments or the public and that no
large or direct appropriations are in- j
volved. It is contemplated that ;
among the results of the New Or
leans conference will be the organi
gation of a vigorous movement look
ing- toward proper utilization of idle
areas, and especially those of the
[south, for some useful purpose. It
is also preposed to devise moans for
PHONE OPERATOR
HEROINE OF FIRE
Arouses Guests While Louis
iana Summer Hotel Is
Burning
COVINGTON, La., Nov. 10.—Mrs. J.
