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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



had nothing to say on the subject lie now advocates at 

 that particular meeting. It is our impression that Mr. 

 Maxwell entertained the delegates with a talk on The 

 Wright Act in which he was so deeply interested at 

 that time. As soon as a copy of the proceedings of the 

 Phoenix Congress are placed in our hands we will give 

 our readers extracts from the speeches of Wm. 0. 

 O'Neill and Geo. H. Maxwell, which will clearly show 

 who was the first champion of National Aid, and it may 

 perhaps, prove that all of Maxwell's fireworks and 

 ammunition were deliberately appropriated after 

 "Bucky" O'Neill's untimely, death. 



^__, . If The National Irrigation Association is a 

 national organization for national good, why 

 should the list of its members be held as private prop- 

 erty by Geo. H. Maxwell or any other individual ? The 

 editor of IRRIGATION AGE asked Mr. Maxwell for a list 

 of the members and he declined to furnish it, giving 

 as an excuse that he feared that it would possibly fall 

 into the hands, of the enemies of the cause. What 

 cause ! Why should he fear to have the list made public ? 

 Is he or his associates any more the friends of irriga- 

 tion and National Aid Laws than the rest of us? 

 Answer, Mr. Maxwell. 



Our New Beginning with this issue the size and 

 Form. general form of THE IRRIGATION AGE is 

 changed and improved. The old Magazine form was 

 found too small to accommodate the illustrations which 

 we wish to present from time to time, hence, it was 

 thought better to double the size of the pages and offer 

 something new and attractive in our cover design. 

 By increasing the size of the pages our advertisers will 

 be gainers, as they will secure twice as much space as 

 formerly, without additional cost. This will hold true 

 with all advertisers who are now with us. After Janu- 

 ary 1st, however, the page rate will be $600 per year 

 to all new advertisers or those who have not entered 

 into contracts for space. 



. This increase in our rates is fully justified by our 

 largely increased circulation. The paid list of the 

 magazine has more than doubled since December, 1901 : 

 in fact, the increase in paid subscriptions during 1902 

 has exceeded the combined increase of the three preced- 

 ing years. 



We will be glad to receive from our subscribers 

 names of friends who are interested in irrigation, farm 

 drainage or kindred subjects, to whom sample copies 

 wijl be gladly mailed. 



The publishers will strive to add 5,000 new names 

 to the list during 1903. 



Fred. J. Kiesel. 



We arc presenting as our leading illus- 



born in Ludwigsburg, Wurttcmbcrg, Germany, in May, 

 1841, and left for America in 1857, where he lived in 

 the South until 1862. He crossed the plains in 1863, 

 arriving in Salt Lake City in the summer of that year. 

 Soon after locating, he engaged in mercantile pur- 

 suits, freighting and forwarding to Montana- and Idaho. 

 Mr. Kiesel was very active at the front of the line of 

 construction of the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line, 

 and the Utah and Northern railways and subsequently 

 in 1879 moved to Ogden, where he has since been en- 

 gaged in the wholesale grocery business, also in the 

 manufacture of salt and in various irrigation enterprises, 

 agriculture, horticulture and the breeding of fine cattle 

 and horses. He is also heavily engaged in the bottling 

 of a natural mineral water known as the "Tdan-ha" 



tration in this issue a half-tone por- 

 trait of Mr. Fred J. Kiesel, of Ogden, Utah, the newly 

 elected chairman of the Executive Committee of the 

 llth National Irrigation Congress. Mr. Kiesel was 



HON. FKED. J KIESEL, OGDEN, UTAH. 

 Chairman Extcuti\e Committee, llth Irrig.uun Congress. 



at Soda- Springs, Idaho. The wholesale business carried 

 on by the firm of Fred J. Kiesel & Co. is one of the 

 largest in the Inter-mountain section ; goods being dis- 

 tributed in Utah, western Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho and 

 Montana. Mr. Kiesel is a prominent member of the 

 Lutheran Church, has been active in politics as a demo- 

 crat, has filled the office of mayor of Ogden, was a mem- 

 ber of the Constitutional Convention, member of the 

 National Commission from Utah to the World's Fair, 

 Chicago, and was also a member of the upper house of 

 the legislature. Mr. Kiesel states that he is now retired 

 from active politics and intends to devote all activity 

 left him to irrigation and the further development of 

 his jobbing business. He is a man of extraordinary 

 activity and push and is all-round interesting and com- 



