1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



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GEORGE HEBARD MAXWELL, 



EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAI, IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION. 



MR. MAXWELL, as a native of California, early became familiar with irri- 

 gation, and on the farm where he gained a living had ample opportunity 

 to learn the advantages of abundant water. Becoming a successful stenographer, 

 he was engaged in taking testimony in irrigation cases and learned thoroughly 

 the technical and engineering side of the question, becoming expert in all of the 

 matters concerning which he was likely to record facts. Later, as a lawyer, Mr. 

 Maxwell made a specialt}'- of the water laws of California, and with his charac- 

 teristic thoroughness went to the very origin and studied the fundamentals of the 

 water question. His practice led him to all parts of California, and in cases ap- 

 pealed to the Supreme Court of the United States he carried a knowledge of cur- 

 rent usages and of the law as interpreted by various tribunals. 



At the Fifth National Irrigation Congress, held at Phcenix, Arizona, Decem- 

 ber 15-17, 1896, Mr. Maxwell became prominently identified with the national 



