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The motion was duly seconded, put to a vote and declared carried. 

 ]\IR. DERN: We will now vote on the motion to take a recess until 

 two o'clock. 



The motion was then put by the chair and declared carried. There- 

 upon the Congress took a recess until two o'clock P. M. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The Congress was called to order at two o'clock P. M. by Hon. John 

 Dern, presiding. 



CHAIRMAN DERN: Before we proceed with the regular order of 

 business the Secretary has some telegrams and communications which 

 he will read. 



SECRETARY ROOT: "On behalf of the citizens of Douglas I ex- 

 tend to you an invitation to hold the next Dry Farming Congress here. 

 W. M. Adamson, Mayor." This is from Douglas, Arizona. 



A letter from Benson, Arizona: "Mr. Fisher Harris, President Trans- 

 Missouri Dry Farming Congress, Salt Lake City. We have, under date 

 of the 9th inst., a letter addressed to the Benson Board of Trade, by Mr. 

 G. J. ]\IcCabe, one of the representatives of this county, appointed at the 

 last session of the Board of Supervisors, and we would ssiy that we heartily 

 endorse and appreciate this scientific movement and any co-operation in 

 which this Board can be of service to you and its followers will be gladly 

 given. 



"]\Ir. McCabe, the representative from Cochise County, Arizona, is the 

 'right man in the right place,' and we hope through his efforts and others, 

 that the next convention of ' the Congress for 1909 will be held in this, 

 county, and ultimately the establishment of experimental farms to de- 

 termine limitations of scientific soil culture and seed selection in Cochise 

 County, which with upwards of two million acres of agricultural lands, 

 offers the heartiest possible inducement of any county in this great 

 southwest. 



"We believe that the City of Douglas would be the best point in this 

 county at which to hold the next Congress. 



"We hope that the united efforts of yourself and the representatives 

 will be a success. Benson Board of Trade, by W. P. White, President." 



CHAIRMAN DERN: The next in order will be the report of the 

 Nominating Committee. The election of officers has been made a special 

 order for this afternoon. Is the Committee ready to report? 



MR. BURRELL, of Idaho, Chairman Nominations Committee: I 

 submit, as chairman of the Committee on Nominations, this report, and 

 move its adoption: 



CHAIRMAN DERN: The Secretary will please read the report. 



SECRETARY ROOT: "Your Committee on Nominations present the 

 following nominations: For President, Governor B. B. Brooks, Cheyenne, 

 Wyoming; for 1st Vice-President, E. A. Burrell, Montpelier, Idaho; 2nd 

 Vice-President. H. W. Campbell, Lincoln, Nebraska; 3rd Vice-President, 

 Governor Currie, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Executive Committee, from 

 California, Douglas White, Los Angeles; South Dakota, Samuel H. Lea, 



