1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



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HON. FRANK W. MONDELL. 



HON. FRANK W. MONDELL, the leader of the House of Representatives 

 in the pa.ssage of the recent Irrigation Bill, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, 

 November 6, i860. He received his early education in St. Louis, later in Iowa, 

 and moved to Wyoming in 1887. He was mayor of Newcastle, Wyoming, from 

 1890 to 1895 and a member of the first state legislature. He became president of 

 the senate for the second legislature, and served in Congress from 1895 to 1897. 

 He was then Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office, and returned to 

 Congress in 1899. 



Mr. Mondell has always been an earnest advocate of irrigation, and from his 

 experience in the Land Office, as well as in the arid w^est, has become convinced 

 of the necessit}' of carrying out certain important reforms of the land laws. His 

 energetic championship of the Irrigation Bill and the striking success of this 

 measure when brought before the House testify to his deep interest in the subject. 



