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of Trade, etc., and particularly the railroads, should 

 take up, investigate and vouch for meritorious district 

 projects and co-operate to interest their respective east- 

 ern connections in these securities. The law has un- 

 usual safeguards, which heeded and enforced by public 

 spirited citizenship as suggested, should soon solve the 

 problem and inaugurate the great work now needed 

 and now lagging. 



POLITICIAN AND EDUCATOR. 



Hon. John H. Worst, a Talented and Influential Han in North 

 Dakota. 



0. C. BOWSFIELD. 



Hon. John H. Worst, president of the agricultural 

 college at Fargo, is one of the grand characters of the 

 Northwest. He has been a citizen of North Dakota 

 for twenty years and is a leader of thought in the 

 young State. Both as a politician and an educator 

 Mr. Worst has been an influential citizen from pioneer 

 times to the present. 



He was in the first North Dakota legislature as 

 senator from Emmons county and held that position 

 for five years, when he was elected lieutenant governor 

 on the ticket with Governor Roger Allin, of Walsh 

 county. Before the expiration of his term as lieutenant 

 governor Mr. Worst was chosen to the presidency of 

 the North Dakota Agricultural College. While in the 

 senate, and during the exciting campaigns which, 

 marked the earlier political history of the State, he won 

 an enviable reputation as an orator. In fact he is one 

 of the most brilliant public speakers in the North- 

 west. Hjis information is varied and he entertains his 

 audiences by a fine command of language and a logical 

 presentation of facts. 



As the head of the agricultural college he has a 

 splendid opportunity for educational work. For this 

 line of duty his early training abundantly fitted him. 

 He acquired his education chiefly at the public schools 

 of Wayne county, Ohio; at Salem college, Indiana, 

 and at Ashland university. He is a native of Ash- 

 land county, Ohio. After leaving college he was a 

 teacher and editor for a number of years. He also 

 carried on farming in a practical way and understands 

 tilling the soil with the best of men in that vocation. 

 Therefore, Mr. Worst was no mere theorist when he 

 assumed his duties as head of the faculty at the Fargo 

 college. 



He is a broad-minded, genial man, true in his 

 friendships and earnestly devoted to high purposes in 

 life. His faithfulness to duty and his correct principles 

 have contributed to his success quite as much as his 

 commanding ability. 



Mr. Worst owns a large stock farm in Emmons 

 county, quite close to the Missouri river, at a point 

 adjacent to the Standing Rock Agency and about 

 sixty miles south of Bismarck. It is one of the most 

 picturesque sections of North Dakota. There is a mag- 

 nificent sweep of prairie on both sides of the Missouri. 

 The graceful curves of the river and a vista of hills in 

 the distance make a beautiful scene. The Chicago, 

 Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, recently 

 extended its line into Emmons county, adding greatly 

 to the value of property and the comfort of the inhab- 

 itants. The railway brings the stock ranches and 

 wheat farms there to their full perfection. 



CALL FOR NEWELL'S RESIGNATION. 



Gov. Chatterton of Wyoming and John T. Alterman of Idaho 



Think F. H. Newell, Chief of Reclamation Service, Talks 



Too Much His Claims Not Founded on Fact. 



The following is notable not only because the 

 governor of a great State says it, because it is just 

 and deserved. 



Mr. Newell has steadily and, until this, covertly 

 antagonized private enterprise all over the arid West. 

 His hostility extends to individuals as well, often 

 treacherously. It is not enough that his sly malice is 

 leveled at those personally who are promoting large 

 private and independent irrigation enterprises, but he 

 will condescend to display petty slight and spite toward 

 those who will not acclaim him Allah. Mr. Newell is 

 essentially a man of small calibre and vain. Maxwell 

 knows this. He has flattered and cajoled him with the 

 idea that the Government can and should monopolize 

 irrigation development and that he is man enough to 

 direct it all. Newell has surrounded himself with a 

 coterie of men of more or less ability, but whose servility 

 is pitiable and degrading. Maxwell; having busied 

 Newell with that program, is himself interminably 

 manipulating the back door through which his schemes 

 are led up to Newell's sanctum. Mr. Newell is not 

 corrupt. He is simply weak. But Maxwell is the 

 personification of cunning, graft and deceit. He has 

 already immeasureably discredited Newell and bred dis- 

 trust nearly everywhere. From this time on indignant 

 protest voiced by Governor Chatterton will be re- 

 echoed and reiterated. Had Newell been a wiser man, 

 long since he would have cut loose from Maxwell and 

 shunned him as the Evil One. But he is too weak 

 possibly he is too deeply compromised. The end is 

 inevitable. Mr. Newell will sooner or later be 

 superseded by a man of adequate practical ability one 

 who is great enough to welcome co-operation from 

 every quarter and through united harmonious and 

 patriotic effort create for himself an enduring monu- 

 ment crowned with laurels proffered by a glad people. 



In order that our readers may fully understand 

 this controversy we are publishing in full, interview 

 which appeared simultaneously in a number of metro- 

 politan daily papers. The interview with Mr. Newell 

 immediately follows, after which is given a letter from 

 Governor Chatterton of Wyoming, as well as a letter 

 from Mr. John T. Alterman of Boise, Idaho. In 

 future issues of THE IRRIGATION AGE will appear further 

 information and correspondence on this subject. 



Omaha Daily Bee, August 1, 1904. 

 TWO KINDS OF IRRIGATION. 



Government Expert Newell Tells of Work in the West. 



WARNS AGAINST WILDCAT SCHEMES. 



Many Proportions Are Floated Where thete Is No Water Within Reach 

 of the Land. 



(From a Staff Correspondent.) 



WASHINGTON, July 31. (Special.) Three hundred 

 engineers, surveyors and helpers in the Irrigation Rec- 

 lamation Service are out in the field, studying and 

 planning for irrigation projects in the great West. Some 

 few are superintending the actual construction of huge 

 dams and canals. Mr. Newell himself, the head of the 



