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THE IRKIGATION AGE. 



a party holding ?uch license or permit is found guilty 

 either in the state or federal courts of perpetrating fraud 

 in any real estate transaction, that such license or permjt 

 be revoked by the proper authorities, also providing that 

 no other license or permit shall thereafter be issued to 

 such party by the state. 



Fourth: To provide at such time as our organization 

 is properly perfected for that purpose a department 

 which may receive complaints against dishonest land 

 companies or individuals and to investigate the same, 

 giving to them the approval or disapproval of this asso- 

 ciation. And also at the request of any member of the 



itself find that such member is guilty, the power of the 

 association shall be used to assist in his prosecution and 

 he will be debarred as a member of the association. 



Sixth: It shall be a further purpose of this associa- 

 tion to co-operate with the press and other organizations 

 of the country in promoting all kinds of land, fruit, grain 

 and live stock exhibitions and assisting those in charge of 

 such exhibitions not only in securing the exhibits but 

 attendance as well, and also to assist exhibitors in secur- 

 ing reasonable terms, encouragement and inducements for 

 the purpose of making such exhibits. And, if necessary 

 for protection to the exhibitors and the public, it shall be 



OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAND MEN. 



1. James Porter. 2. F. E. Goodall. 3. Fred R. Reed. 4. S. B. Pugh 5. H. B. Hening. (,. K. 

 Burton Waterman. 7. R. G. Lpffler. 8. H. N. N'ichols. 9. R. N. Magill. 10. A. B. Hulit. 11. 

 W. A. Riddle. 12. D. H. Anderson. 13. John C. O'Neill. 14. D. J. Splane. 



association to investigate the proposition in which such 

 member is interested, upon terms to be provided for, and to 

 report upon such proposition upon its merits. On this 

 proposition the intention of this association shall be to 

 act absolutely without prejudice and to use all efforts to 

 attain a standing as an authority among land men, land 

 buyers, financiers and financial men in general, as other 

 trades and professions now have in their lines. 



Fifth: It is a further purpose of this association to 

 do all in its power to see that any of its members who 

 shall at any time be prosecuted for fraud or otherwise, 

 or who are liable to be so prosecuted, shall have a fair 

 trial and the power and finances of this association shall 

 be used for that purpose. And, if the association shall 



the purpose of this association to establish and promote 

 such exhibitions and shows through its own committees. 

 It shall be a further ourpose of this committee to create 

 a means of intercommunication between its members. 



SEEDS. 



Every farmer will be interested in the new seed 

 catalogue just issued by R. H. Shumway. Rockford, 

 Illinois. It contains hundred- of beautiful illustrations 

 and is a mine of information on all kinds of garden 

 and flower seeds. Mr. Shumway has built up an immense 

 business by giving every customer a fair deal and celling 

 good seeds cheap. 



