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Craig laughingly remarked that a man was not compelled to remain 

 in the shade unless he chose to. 



President Thos. F. Walsh was suddenly called away from Color- 

 ado Springs, the second day of the Congress, by business connected 

 with his mining interests. He made a hurried trip with John Hays 

 Hammond and Frederick T. Baker, of the Camp Bird Mines, of Lon- 

 don, Eng., and Ouray, Colo. Mr. Walsh wired his regrets to the 

 congress and stated later, on his return to Denver, that his trip, which 

 required a long journey on horseback over the mountains, was abso- 

 lutely necessary, otherwise he would not have absented himself from 

 the meeting during its sessions. 



Mr. W. A. Platt, editor of the Telegraph, the leading evening 

 paper of Colorado Springs, was very kind to visiting delegates. His 

 paper has one of the best equipped offices in the state. 



The secretary, Mr. H. B. Maxon, was uniformly courteous and 

 attentive to delegates and others. Mr. Maxon is interested in a large 

 railway project, < acting for the Clark system in the far west. He is 

 consequently a very busy man. 



David Keith, one of the mining kings of Utah, found time to at- 

 tend as a delegate. His work on the merger question was of value. 



Judge L. W. Shurtliff, Salt Lake City was one of the most con- 

 spicuous delegates from Utah. 



Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tansill, of Carlsbad, N. M. , were in attend- 

 ance. Mr. Tansill was compelled to move to the west some years ago 

 on account of ill health and has established a home there and is a very 

 successful business man in the Pecos Valley. 



Mr. Thomas Knight, of Kansas City, was one of the bright dele- 

 gates, who has been active in irrigation affairs since the first con- 

 gress. 



Lute Wilcox, editor of the Field and Farm, Denver, was in attend- 

 ance and 'worked solidly against the merger. Mr. Wilcox is author 

 of Irrigation Farming, published by the Orange Judd Company, New 

 York, a work which is standard among all who are interested in that 

 subject. 



C. E. Wantland, Chairman of the Executive Committee, was one 

 of the men who worked from start to finish. His efforts on behalf of 

 the congress were too much for him and a physical collapse was the 

 result. He rapidly recovered and was in at the finish. Mr. Wantland 

 is agent for the Uunion Pacific Ry. lands at Denver and Salt Lake 

 City and is editor of Ranch News. 



Prof. L. G. Carpenter, -of Fort Collins, Colo., accompanied by 

 Mrs. Carpenter, was in attendance. 



