THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS. 



179 



Sixth Session, Wednesday Evening. 



Garguilo's concert band gave a delightful program for one hour, be- 

 ginning at 7:45 o'clock. 



SECRETARY OF THE CONGRESS. 



CHAIRMAN BOWMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (pre- 

 siding) : "The gentleman whom the Executive Committee has elected 

 for Executive Secretary for the coming year is a gentleman who has 

 rendered the dry farming movement more service and more good hard 

 work than all of the rest of us put together. I speak of the Hon. John 

 T. Burns." 



DELEGATES: "Speech! Speech!" 



MR. BURNS: "I thank you for this splendid reception, but not be- 

 ing an orator, I am going to do something better than to make a speech. 

 The Board of Control has tried to have something doing all the time, 

 something good, so we have prepared a little surprise for the people of 

 Cheyenne. We are going to give you this fine band for two concerts for 

 the benefit of the public of this city tomorrow, and we hope you will try, 

 those of you who can, to hear these concerts. The first concert will be 

 in Keefe hall from nine o'clock in the morning until 10:30, and if you 



Dry Farm Exhibits. 



have not already seen the exhibits you will find something that will for- 

 ever silence those who think dry farming is a failure. We have there an 

 exhibition of dry farming products that excels anything that has ever 

 before been attempted, and which were gotten together under the most 

 trying circumstances because of the lateness of the season, but through 

 the careful work of the Board of Control and the Superintendent of the 

 Exhibit, Dr. Cooke and Professor Olin of Colorado, the assembled ex- 

 hibits are proof that dry farming certainly has made good. Tomorrow 

 evening, through the kindness of the Board of Trustees of the Masonic 

 Temple and the Board of Control of The Dry Farming Congress, you may 

 have the pleasure of hearing Mr. Gargiulo and his famous band from 

 8:20 until 9:30 o'clock." 



OFFICIAL GREETING FROM BRAZIL. 



MR. BOWMAN (presiding) : "Ladies and Gentlemen. The Brazilian 

 Government has sent to this country as its special representative Mr. 

 Baeta-Neves. He comes with a special message to the United States 

 from the Government of Brazil and he has an additional message for the 

 city of Cheyenne. It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the 

 Brazilian special representative, Mr. Baeta-Neves. 



SENOR BAETA-NEVES: "Your Excellency the Governor of Wyo- 

 ming, and President of this Congress and Distinguished Members of this 

 Congress: I take pleasure in coming again to this platform to say to 



