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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



United States Geological Survey under 

 the immediate direction of F. H. Newell 

 in the gauging and measuring of the river 

 waters of this State, and we urge that this 

 work be carried forward to its full and 

 final completion at as early a date as may 

 be practical. 



Resolved, Fourth, That we extend our 

 most hearty thanks to the citizens of 

 Great Bend for the many courtesies we 

 have received at their hands, and also to 

 those gentlemen who have addressed this 

 convention and also to the press for giving 

 us a hearing before the general public. 

 Signed: 



DR. BOHRER, 

 W. ANDERSON, 

 J. S. EMERY, 

 M. B. TOMBLIN, 

 W. C. EDWARDS, 

 D. M. FROST, 

 Committee on Resolutions. 



The following gentlemen were chosen 

 as officers and executive committee for the 

 next year: 



President I. L. Diesem, Garden City, 

 Kan. 



Secretary L. Baldwin, Great Bend, 

 Kan. 



Treasurer Geo. M. Hunger, Eureka, 

 Kan. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Hon. John E. Frost, Chairman, Topeka, 

 Kansas. 



E. B. Moses, Great Bend, Kansas. 

 Judge W. B. Sutton, Russell, Kansas. 

 Prof. E. Haworth, Lawrence, Kansas. 

 D. M. Frost, Garden City, Kansas. 

 I. L. Diesem (ex-officio). 

 L. Baldwin (ex officio}. 

 Geo. M. Hunger (ex -officio). 



The Chancellor of the State University 

 of Kansas having extended a hearty invi- 

 tation to the Irrigation Congress to meet 

 in Lawrence next year it was accepted by 

 a rising vote, the time to be determined 

 by the executive committee. The Con- 

 gress then adjourned. 



L. BALDWIN, Secretary. 



Great Bend, Kansas. 

 October, 1896. 



FULL BLOODED CATTLE ON A NEBRASKA RANCH. COURTESY OF THE CORN P.ELT. 



