THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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Colorado Springs congress will surely 

 prove to be a great success." 



A Well-Known ^Herewith is shown a por- 

 Advertising Man. ,.. trait O f Mr J onn E p oor 



who has recently purchased an interest in 

 the Nolan Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. Mr. Poor is one of 

 the best known adver- 

 tising men in the coun- 

 try and has had large 

 experience and good 

 training among the ad- 

 vertisers of agricultural 

 implements and acces- 

 sory lines throughout 

 the United States, and 

 is eminently qualified to 

 fill the important posi- 

 tion which he will occu- 

 py as western manager 

 for the Nolan Publish- 

 ing Co. 



The publications un- 

 der the ownership of 

 this corporation are The 

 Implement Age, The Ex- 

 port Implement Age, 

 The American Fertil- 

 .izer, The Carriage 

 .Monthly, The Export 

 Carriage Monthly, and ^ 



Ihe Farmers Almanac. 

 All of these publications 

 are standard and will no doubt show 

 marked growth under this new arrange- 

 ment. 



Mr. Poor's office will be at 1212 Tri- 

 bune Building, Chicago. It has been 

 stated that Mr. Nolan has disposed of his 

 stock holdings in the company to Mr. 

 Poor, so that the stock is now in the 

 hands of the three Ware Brothers and 

 Mr. Poor. 



The old saying, "Only live fish swim up 

 stream," is well illustrated in the career 

 of John E. Poor, whom we introduce 

 ^through the medium of his photograph to 



those of our readers who have not met the 

 gentleman. 



This being an age of prog- 

 regs } t j s fitting that in all 

 enterprises old-fashioned methods should 

 give way to improved ones. This is as 



A Chance to 

 Earn a Home. 



' 



JOHN E. POOR. 



true of canal building as of anything else. 

 The rule has been for canal companies to 

 let the work of constructing an irrigation 

 ditch or canal to contractors. These con- 

 tractors hire men who have no interest in 

 the enterprise beyond their daily wages, 

 and who, when the work is completed, 

 leave for here, there and yonder, and the 

 problem of getting settlers to locate along 

 the canal is still to be solved by the irri- 

 gation promoter!. It seems this might be 

 vastly improved upon if, instead of allow- 

 ing contractors to hire whom they chose, 

 the canal company would offer to some of 



