THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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W. A. FLEMING JONES. 



The passenger department of the Union Pacific 

 Railroad Company has issued an agricultural bulletin 

 giving a synopsis of the experimental work being car- 

 ried on along the line of the Union Pacific railroad in 

 Wyoming. The data is based on information furnished 

 by B. C. Buffum, director of the Experimental Station, 

 and professor of agriculture, Laramie, Wyo. 



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W. A. Fleming Jones is a leading young lawyer 

 of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the United States 

 commissioner for the Third Judicial District. Be- 

 fore embarking in the practice of law, Mr. Jones waa 

 a mining engineer, in which he won marked success, 

 as he has also in the practice of law. Mr. Jones enjoys 

 a fine practice, which is largely confined to public land 

 matters and to matters before the executive departments. 



W. A. Fleming Jones, Las Cruces, New Mexico. J 



at Washington, D. C., where a branch office is main- 

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 the Board' of Trustees of the New Mexico School of 

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CORRESPONDENCE. 



EDITOR IRRIGATION AGE, Chicago: 



Dear Sir The Irrigation Congress recently held at Boise 

 gave evidence of abounding vigor and substantial health. A 

 year ago when the surgeon's knife was applied and separated 

 from the body a vigorous parasite, the said parasite was loud 

 in its predictions that the congress would perish. There were 

 no signs of parasites or fungi about the congress this year. 

 On the contrary, the healthy tissue the body itself felt the 

 full virility of its beating heart. It was the best congress ever 

 held, both in point of numbers, and interest. The Reclama- 

 tion Service was there. The Forestry Service was there, 

 private interest was there, critics were there, and all were 

 given an opportunity to be heard. Everything pertinent to 

 irrigation was discussed. Everybody participated in a most 

 pleasurable event, except the old parasite. We missed it, but 

 were happy. The official record will contain the best papers 

 on every conceivable pertinent interest ever collected and' 

 published in one volume. Me for the congress every time.. 

 It's itt COMMUNICATED. 



