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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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MR. A. L. FELLOWS, 



ONE OF THE LEADING ENGINEERS OF THE UNITED STATES RECLAMATION SERVICE. 



AMONG the men who are doing notable work in the Reclamation Service is Mr. A. L. 

 Fellows, of Denver. While he is deeply interested in the work generally, he has made 

 a special study of irrigation conditions in Colorado, and his efforts in connection with 

 the Uncompahgre project have done much to bring it to favorable notice. One of the most 

 perilous and valuable pieces of exploration work done by the Geological Survey in recent years 

 was Mr. Fellows' reconnaissance of the Grand Canyon of the Gunnison River. This under- 

 taking made possible the present plans for the Gunnison tunnel. 



Mr. Fellows was born in Kennebunk, Maine, November i, 1864, and was educated at Yale 

 University, where he received the degree of B. A. in 1886 ; commenced work in irrigation lines 

 September, 1887, continuing for eight years in the service of the Montezuma Valley irrigation 

 companies, and being for several years of this period superintendent of schools and county 

 surveyor of Montezuma county, Colorado. He was also for five years deputy state engineer of 

 Colorado. Prior to appointment as an engineer in the Reclamation Service, on January i, 1903, 

 he was employed at various times by the United States Geological Survey as hydrographer and 

 topographer. Mr. Fellows is author of several papers and articles on hydrography, irrigation 

 survey, and irrigation practice. 



