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asking for an annual appropriation of 

 $50,000,000 for the improvement of the 

 Nation's waterways," concluded Mrs. 

 Tomkies, "and I say to you, unin- 

 structed, that I believe that if the 

 Woman's National Rivers and Harbors 

 Congress had one-twentieth the ap- 

 propriation for its work that the Na- 

 tional Rivers and Harbors Congress 

 has, we would create such a demand 

 &>r your bill that our National legis- 

 lators could respond only as the gen- 

 tleman from Colorado responded to 

 solicitations from the women of his 

 State in regard to the Pure Food Bill, 

 when he wired Mrs. Decker, president 

 of the General Federation of Woman's 

 Clubs, 'Call off your women. I'll vote 

 for your bill.' 



At the conclusion of Mrs. Tomkies' 

 talk, Mr. Fox, of Arkansas, moved 

 that $500 be appropriated from the 

 treasury of the National Rivers and 

 Harbors Congress to the Woman's 

 National Rivers and Harbors Con- 

 gress to further the work. This motion 

 was enthusiastically and unanimously 

 adopted. 



The resolutions as presented by 

 Mrs Mary M. North, chairman, em- 

 bodied the interest of the congress in 

 conservation, and expressed apprecia- 

 tion of the courtesies of the press and 

 the people of Washington. Thanks 

 were extended to the various speakers, 

 including Rev. Wallace Radcliffe and 

 Col. John L. Vance, of Columbus, 

 Ohio, president of the Ohio Valley 

 Improvement Association. 



The following officers were elected 

 to serve for the ensuing two years : 



President, Mrs. Hoyle Tomkies. 980 

 Jordan street, Shreveport, La. ; Hon- 

 orary Vice-president Mrs. L. C. Al- 

 len; Vice-president, Mrs. Lydia 

 Adams-Williams, Washington, D. C. ; 

 Recording Secretary, Mrs. A. B. Av- 

 erv. 254 Stoner avenue. Shreveport, 



La. ; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. 

 Frances Shuttleworth, 621 Cotton 

 street, Shreveport, La. ; Treasurer, 

 Mrs. Susie McKellop, Muskogee, 

 Okla. ; Auditor, Mrs. John Lathrop 

 Mathews, No. 9 Beacon street, care 

 Boston City Club, Boston, Mass. 



The following were elected State 

 Vice-presidents : 



Alabama, Mrs. O. C. Wiley, Troy; 

 California, Mrs. Lovell White, San 

 Francisco; Connecticut, Mrs. Edward 

 A. Houseman, Danbury ; Delaware, 

 Mrs. Charles N. Jolls ; Florida, Mrs. T. 

 M. Shackleford, Tallahassee ; Hawaii. 

 Mrs A. F. Knudsen, Kekaha; Illinois, 

 Mrs. La Verne Noyes, 130 Lake Shore 

 Drive, Chicago ; Indiana, Mrs. N. 

 L. Agnew, Valparaiso; Iowa, Mrs. J 

 L. Kennedy ; Louisiana, Mrs. W. A. 

 Wilkinson, Coushatta ; Maryland, Mrs. 

 Mary M. North, Snow Hill; Massa- 

 chusetts, Mrs. Emmons Crocker, 48 

 Mechanic Street, Fitchburg; Missouri, 

 Mrs. E. C. Ellis, 2456 Tracy Avenue, 

 Kansas City ; Montana, Mrs. David G. 

 Brown ; Nevada, Mrs. J. K. Logan, 

 Reno, Nevada ; North Carolina, Mrs. 

 E. J. Hale ; New York, Mrs. Cummings 

 Story, 307 W. Ninetieth Street, New 

 York City ; Oregon, Mrs. Cleveland 

 Rockwell; Ohio, Mrs. J. F. Ellison, 

 Cincinnati ; Virginia, Mrs. Henry N. 

 Castle, Norfolk ; Texas, Mrs. Louella S. 

 Vincent ; West Virginia, Mrs. James A. 

 Hughes ; Idaho, Mrs. E. C. Atwood, 

 Hailey, Idaho; District of Columbia, 

 Mrs I. Eakin Gadsby, Washington, D. 

 C. ; Kansas, Mrs. Isabell Worrell Ball, 

 1519 Thirteenth Street, Washington, 

 D. C. ; Pennsylvania, Mrs. T. M. Rees, 

 226 N. Negley Avenue, Pittsburg ; 

 Vermont, Mrs. Genette Valentine, 

 Bennington ; Tennessee, Mrs. Benton 

 McMillin, 125 Seventh Avenue, N., 

 Nashville; Oklahoma, Mrs. Lilah D. 

 Lindsay, Tulsa ; South Carolina, Mrs. 

 Mollie J. Perry, Box 217, Lancaster 



