

COL. GEIO. W. L-ANGFORD. 



On September 123, ISiMi, with the elosing of oiiv fiscal ye;ir, Col. (ieo. W. 

 Ti-iu,s?f:or,l, Secretary ot the C;>mmission, passed away a1 his h')!iie in llt\,i;ii, 

 III., after a lin<i'eriii.<2: illness of nearly a year's duration. 



('ol. Lanofoi'd was an active metnlter oC the Coinniission, (lc\i>l int;- llic 

 Sweater part of liis time to the woi-k, and his extended ac(|iiaintance tliroiiuii- 

 ont the State did much in popularizinji' the work. 



Few men were better known or more imiversally liked than he. An enthu- 

 siast in ]ns work, a pleasant an<l .si-enial companion and thoroug-hly loyal to 

 his cho.sen friends, we have oidy i)leasant memories of our association with 

 him, and regret at liis loss. 



-2 F. C. 



