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electing C. B. Hoffman, Enterprise, chair- 

 man; O. B. Wharton, Emporia, secretary- 

 treasurer; Alonzo Wardall, Topeka, 

 chairman of executive committee. 



The Kansas Immigration and Informa- 

 tion Association, of which W. C. Edwards, 

 secretary of state, is president, announce 

 that their " Kansas Souvenir " is now be- 

 ing printed, and will be ready for distri- 

 bution soon. This will be one of the most 

 valuable books about Kansas, relating as 

 it does to everything of interest in the 

 state. The articles will be from the pens 

 of the most noted writers, among them: 



Ex Senator John J. Ingalls, Governor 

 Merrill, F. D. Coburn, secretary board of 

 agriculture, Geo. T. Fairchild, president 

 agricultural college, E. B. Moses, chair- 

 man national irrigation executive com- 

 mittee and many others. Every industry 

 in the state will be fully and carefully 

 treated. Copies can be obtained from 

 W. C. Edwards, the secretary of state, 

 Topeka. 



NEBRASKA. 



Nebraskans think they are marching to 

 prosperity this year. 



There are 9,000 acres planted to sugar 

 beets this year and the industry is a grow- 

 ing one. 



Senator W. R- Akers has been elected 

 State engineer in place of R. B. Howell, 

 who has resigned. 



More than one thousand applications 

 for ditch privileges have been tiled with 

 the state board of irrigation. 



Arbor day is not a dead letter in this 

 state. Over a million trees were planted 

 in its daylight hours. Liberal premiums 

 were offered by societies and individuals 

 for the largest planting. 



The additional mileage of canals pro- 

 posed under the new irrigation (Carey) 

 law between April 4th and December 31st 

 of last year, amounted to 2,113 miles, 

 estimated to cost $6,209,285, and to cover 

 2, 367, 689 acres. 



The Southeastern Nebraska G. A. R., 

 Reunion will be held at Falls City, Neb., 

 July 20-25, and a number of notable 

 speakers are promised for this occasion. 

 Win. Reece, the secretary, has issued a 

 general invitation to old soldiers and their 

 friends. 



The abundance of subterranean water 

 this year is matter of general remark, and 

 where the earth has been destitute of 

 moisture to considerable depth during the 

 past three years, water is now so near the 

 surface as to appear in post-holes immedi- 

 ately they are bored. 



The Nebraska Irrigation Fair at North 

 Platte, October 9. 10, 12, 13, 14, 35, 1896, 

 promises to be one of the most important 

 meetings ever held in the state. The 

 officers and board of managers are all 

 working very hard to make it a great suc- 

 cess. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show 

 will exhibit at North Platte during the 

 Fair. 



It is expected that work will begin soon 

 on the Great Eastern Canal which will 

 cover a vast amount of land in Eastern 

 Nebraska. The canal starts in Nance 

 goes through Platte and Colfax counties 

 and extends into Dodge county. H. E. 

 Babcock, of Monroe, is the president of 

 the company and very enthusiastic in re- 

 gard to the matter. 



NEW MEXICO. 



One farmer in Mesilla valley is plant- 

 ing 150 acres to tomatoes. 



The water company at Santa Fe is pre- 

 paring its splendid farm lands near the 

 government Indian school for a big acre- 

 age of Kaffir corn and sugar beets. 



There was a snow-fall of unusal depth 

 covering the Santa Fe section and north- 

 ern New Mexico, about the middle of 

 April, insuring full streams for irrigation 

 and a prosperous season. 



Santa Fe is congratulating itself that a 

 bill has passed the United States senate 

 granting the Fort Marcy reserve to the 

 American Invalid Aid Society to be used 

 for purposes of a national sanitarium for 

 pulmonary sufferers. 



The Santa Fe New Mexican is getting 

 out an edition of 50,000 copies of a 

 twenty page paper which will present the 

 resources of the entire territory in a com- 

 prehensive way. Cheap immigration lit- 

 erature is in demand, and the publishers 

 are promised a liberal patronage. 



M. W. Mills reports a heavy fruit crop 

 on his large orchards in the Red River 

 valley. He has been supplying pretty 

 much all of northern New Mexico with 

 fruit for a number of years and is reaping 



