Farm Hand Becomes 

 County Surveyor 



At the time of my enrolment with the 

 I.C.S., I was working on a farm. I knew 

 nothing whatever about surveying. All 

 that I am or shall ever be in engineering 

 lines I owe to the I.C.S. I am now county 

 surveyor for Fannin County, Texas. I am 

 an enthusiastic I.C.S. man and would like 

 to say that the class of instruction given 

 in the I.C.S. is as complete as in any 

 school to my knowledge. I might add that 

 I secured my first appointment as county 

 surveyor four months after taking up my 

 Course. This was in February, 1900, and I 

 have been holding the same office ever 

 since. W. M. SPENCE, 



Honey Grove, Tex. 



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