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sentation to the successful state winning, in the competition of 14 states, 

 the magnificent silver trophy offered by the Chicago Association of Com- 

 merce. 



I also wish to announce the following list of committees handed in. 

 LIST OF COMMITTEES 



Executive Resolutions Nominations 



ARIZONA A. M. McOmie F. O. Allen Andrew Kimball 



ARKANSAS E. W. Hopkins Jay Kerr 



CALIFORNIA 



COLORADO Charles A. Lory Mrs. E. T. East C. P. Gillett 



IDAHO E. J. Iddings Robert Milliken H. W. Wones 



KANSAS W. M. Jardine Edwin Holton Charles Dillon 



MINNESOTA T. A. Hoverstad Mrs. Bigelow M. F. Greeley 



MONTANA F. B. Linfield A. Atkinson 



NEBRASKA E. A. Burnett E. A. Burnett Arnold Martin 



NEW MEXICO E. P. Humbert Burt Curless E. S. Trumbull 



NORTH DAKOTA L. R. Waldron Thomas P. Cooper J. H. Worst 



OKLAHOMA W. I. Drummond O. D. Hunt C. C. Williams 



OREGON H. D. Scudder 



SOUTH DAKOTA A. N. Hume 



TEXAS H. M. Brainer J. E. Lancaster S. P. Cunningham 



UTAH ....L. A. Merrill L. A. Merrill Robert Stewart 



WASHINGTON E. A. Bryan Henry Holtz 



WYOMING A..E. Bowman W. L. Quayle W. L. Quayle 



MISSOURI -v F. L. Vandegrift Jewell Mayes Thomas Knight 



CANADA John Bracken A. F. Mantle E. R. Drake 



DEAN JARDINE: 



If there is no further business, you can consider yourselves adjourned. 



MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 

 NIGHT SESSION 

 Governors Night 



The Congress was called to order by President Waters, who intro- 

 duced Governor Hodges, presiding officer. 



GOVERNOR HODGES: 



I am glad to welcome the delegates from foreign lands to participate 

 in this great Congress. I am glad to welcome all others from other states 

 to the great state of Kansas. Our friends coming from the East sleep for 

 about ten hours before they reach the eastern boundaries of our great state 

 so they may stay awake for about eighteen hours while they go from the 

 eastern to the western boundaries of Kansas. 



I love to speak of this great native state of mine, although I was born 



