FRANK GLOVER HEATON, Editor 



CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1 Q 08 



A WESTERN IRRIGATION PROJECT.. .Frontisi 



THE FRAUDULENT HOMESTEADER My Mfred L. Thayer ......... 579 



Illustrated 

 IIIE BLIGHT ON CHESTNU1 FREES !'> Mm Mu-kK-lM.n.uiJi. Ph.D.. 



Illustrated 

 Till-: SIXTEENTH NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS... . 589 



With phnti lyraph- 

 THE NATURAL MOVEMENT OF WATER IN SEMI \KII> REGIONS.. . 596 



By \\" J McGee, I.I..D. 



Paper re<nl tit the Sixteenth \\itiniinl Irri^utimi Congress 



THE LAKES-TO-GULF CONVENTION AT CHICAGO... . 601 



THE TRAXS-MISSISSIPPI COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.. .607 



I'.y J. B. Ca-r, I'n-i.lrnt, 1907-08 

 CONVENTION OF I 1 1 1-. olllo VALLEY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. . 611 



DROUGHTS AND FLOODS- I'.\ John II. Funny ..................... . 615 



Illustrated 

 A BEGINNER IN FORESTRY Taper Two By Anno Warner ....... . 618 



COMMUNICA1 l< INS 



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|'\\.. East - ............................... ;_] 



i-:i)IT< )RI \I. With Photographs 



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