DRY-FARMING CONGRESS, WICHITA, 1914 



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Messages From Governor Hunt. 



Phoenix, Arizona, October 12, 1914. 



Harry Welch, 



Arizona Delegation, 



Dry-Farming Congress, 

 Wichita, Kansas. 



I sincerely regret my inability to be present at the Dry-Farming Con- 

 gress, owing to duties in this state. It is highly gratifying, however, to 

 know that Arizona is so excellently represented. Please extend the Con- 

 gress my hearty wishes for a most successful and instructive convention. 



GEORGE W. P. HUNT. 

 Phoenix, Arizona, October 12, 1914. 



A. M. McOmie, 



Wichita, Kansas. 



My heartiest congratulations to Arizona representatives and co-workers 

 on receiving first award for exhibits at Dry-Farming Congress and Ex- 

 position. Please extend to each Arizona representative my personal assur- 

 ance of appreciation for the honor that has come to our state through his 

 individual effort. 



GEORGE W. P. HUNT. 



SECRETARY FAXON: 



The second premium in the state competition, $50 in gold, is awarded 

 to the state of Colorado, and I regret to say I do not have the money on 

 my person at this time, but I want Mrs. E. T. East to say a few words 

 in behalf of Colorado. 



MRS. EAST: 



Mr. Secretary and Members of the Dry-Farming Congress : It is usually 

 considered a difficult thing for a woman to accept second place anywhere, 

 and when that woman has youth and beauty and wealth and resources as the 

 state of Colorado has, it should be especially difficult for her, but I want 

 to say to you that the state of Colorado feels it is an honor to be next 

 to her Little Sister,*Arizona, and she is more than pleased that she has 

 been accorded even by a small margin this honor, and so it is with joy 

 and pride that Colorado, your Lady Friend to the West, takes second place! 



To Kansas, who so gallantly stepped aside and allowed the visitors 

 the free road on this occasion, and the city of Wichita, which welcomed 

 us so royally and the International Dry-Farming Congress, whose work on 

 a firm foundation, with a wider outlook than it has ever had before, and 

 the officers of that Congress, whose executive ability and untiring devo- 

 tion have made a success out of this annual fiesta, there comes a message 

 of thanks and appreciation from the West; across the towering hills, 

 Colorado reaches out her hands with a message, not alone of thanks and 

 appreciation, but with the assurance that as she has shared your honor 

 she wants to share your work in the world for the farmer and for the 

 rural community. 



