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means for a thorough canvass of public opinion, as 

 well as to secure data for an intelligible report. 



AN ABLE COMMISSION IN KANSAS. 



Judge J. W. Gregory, of Garden City, stands at the 

 head of the Kansas commission. He belongs to the 

 first rank of irrigation leaders and Kansas is certain 

 to maintain her usual prominent position as the re- 

 sult of the work of the commission named by him. 

 It is as follows: Judge 

 V. H. Grinstead.of Digh- 

 ton, L. Baldwin, of Great 

 Bend, A. B. Montgomery, 

 of Goodland, F. D. Co- 

 burn, of Topeka. H. V. 

 Hinckley was added to 

 the commission as con- 

 sulting engineer. The 

 Kansas commission has 

 held several meetings at 

 the State capital and dis- 

 tributed circulars calling 

 for information to many' 

 citizens of the State. 



H. J. MAYHAM. 



OTHER NOTABLE COM- 

 MISSIONS. 



Another very notable 

 commission is at work 

 in Wyoming. State En- 

 gineer Elwood Mead is 

 at the head of it and 

 President Johnson of the 

 State University is a con- 

 spicuous member. Sev- 

 eral meetings have been 

 held and a comprehen- 

 sive circular mailed to 

 every voter in the State. 



The work of the Idaho 

 commission has also at- 

 tracted much attention. 

 It is composed as follows: 

 T. D. Babbitt, Nampa, 

 chairman ; Charles H. Ir- 

 win, Nampa; F. J. Mills, 

 Pocatello; J. E. Ostrander, Moscow ; A. D. Morrison, 

 Idaho Falls. 



Colorado has a notable commission which includes 

 Prof. L. J. Carpenter, of the State Agricultural Col- 

 lege, J. Sire Greene, the former State Engineer, Ex- 

 Mayor Platt Rogers, of Denver, and W. S. Car- 

 penter, of Cortez. J. F. Rocho, member of the 

 National Committee, is ex-officio chairman of the 

 commission and is devoting his time liberally to 

 the work. 



CALDWELL YEAMAN. 



MEMBERS OF DENVER COMMITTEE. 



The New Mexico commission is headed by 

 Mortimer A. Downing, of Santa Fe, who enjoyed a 

 rich experience as Col. Hinton's right-hand man 

 in the Bureau of Irrigation Inquiry at Washington. 

 His colleagues are C. B. Eddy, of Eddy, Frank S. 

 Coolidge, of Olio, O. H. Hadley, of Watrous, and W. 

 H. Hopewell, of Hillsborough. This is a commis- 

 sion which ought to give a good account of itself. 

 S. B. Robbins, of Great Falls, heads the Montana 

 commission, which in- 

 cludes Col. A. C. Botkin, 

 of Helena, author of the 

 memorial to Congress 

 issued by the Salt Lake 

 convention. The other 

 members are Paris Gib- 

 son, of Great Falls, W. H. 

 Sutherlin, of White Sul- 

 phur Springs, and W. A. 

 Clark, of Butte. 



The Nebraska com- 

 mission is as follows: 

 Charles H. Ross, North 

 Platte, chairman; J. M. 

 Lee, Oxford; John R. 

 King, Benkelman; B. 

 E. Brewster, Harrison; 

 George E. French, North 

 Platte. 



The South Dakota 

 commission is as follows: 

 J. T. McWilliams, Aber- 

 deen, chairman; S. W. 

 Narregang, Aberdeen; S. 

 H. Riggs, Frankfort; A. 

 B. Hassett, Redfield; 

 Robert Evans, Spearfish. 

 Three commissions of 

 which much is hoped are 

 those of Washington, 

 Utah and Arizona. The 

 chairman of the Wash- 

 ington commission is Dr. 

 N. G. Blalock, of Walla 

 Walla, who represented 



FRED. E. COE. 



JOHN C. TWOMBLY. 



his State at the World's 

 Fair so successfully as executive commissioner and 

 who is thoroughly identified with the industrial 

 life in the arid portion of the far northwestern 

 State. William H. Rowe, chairman of the Utah 

 commission, is president of the Bear River- en- 

 terprise and also of the company which is doing such 

 important work in central Utah on the Sevier river. 

 He will bring to the next congress a thorough 

 knowledge both of the early and modern irrigation 

 methods in the Territory which he represents. Judge 







