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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



ird Session, Tuesday Evening. 



F. C. Bowman, Chairman of the Executive Committee, presiding. 



NAMING COMMITTEEMEN. 



The Secretary announced the following selections by states for the 

 Committee on Resolutions and the Committee on Nominations: 



Resolutions — South Dakota, Samuel H. Lea; Kansas, Henry Block; 

 Wyoming, W C. Deming; Idaho, J. McMillan; District of Columbia, E. C. 

 Chilcott; Texas, G. A. Martin; New Mexico, J. D. Tinsley; Montana, J. 

 A. McKinley; Nebraska, James Conklin, Jr.; Utah, Dr. John A. Widtsoe; 

 Oklahoma, A. L. Mordt; Colorado, W. K. Winterhalter. 



Nominations — Montana, P. B. Moss; Nebraska, A. P. Moore; Utah, 

 T. F. Coombs: New Mexico, George A. Fleming; Texas, A. S. Hayes; Okla- 

 homa, A. L. Mordt; Colorado, W. H. Olin; Kansas, I. L. Deesom; Wyom- 

 ing, H. M. Bennett; District of Columbia, W. M. Jardine; Idaho, H. O. 

 Harkness; South Dakota, Samuel H. Lea. 



The Nominating Committee was called to meet Wednesday at 8 a. m. 



UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY. 



Mr. A. L. Mohler, vice-president and general manager of the Union 

 Pacific Railway, addressed the Congress as follows: 



"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen — Public speaking is not my 

 business, but it gives me peculiar pleasure to be able to address this 

 Dry Farming Convention. This is something very near to my heart. I 

 believe in it, or I would not be here. 



Dry Land Alfalfa. 



"When I resided in Oregon, dry farming was a fad of mine and 

 Secretary Wilson gave me a vast amount of support. We raised what 

 we called 'dry farm alfalfa,' and if C^regon could accomplish today what 

 we laid out for her, the state would be worth one hundred million dol- 

 lars more than it is. Dry farming is a funny thi'ng. You can't blow seed 

 in with a bellows and you can't cultivate it with science, and you can't 

 harvest it by legislative enactments; you really have to do business. We 



Railroads Interested. 



are in thorough sympathy with this enterprise, like everything else on 

 our system. In America, the railroad system is standardized and every- 

 thing is given careful thought. We have the American Association and 

 everything is studied from a practical standpoint, and when you gentle- 

 men erect a 'standard' dry farming, you will get very much better re- 

 sults. I was very much amused to hear the gentleman representing Ok- 

 lahoma say that Canada was taking our immigration. Of course, it we 

 had no Hepburn law we could help you. We would have an oppor- 

 tunity to bring people into the country and aid you, but as it is today 



