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slides beautifully colored, also loaned by the service. The subject 
matter reviewed the need of irrigation in the west, the g-overnment 
work to date, a description of the leading- irrigation projects under- 
taken by the government, and the astonishing results in those regions 
already irrigated last year. 
After discussion, the meeting adjourned. 
Milwaukee, September 24, 1908. 
Eegular monthly meeting of the society. 
President Teller in the chair and about fifty persons present. 
The minutes of the last regular monthlj^ meeting were read and 
approved. 
President Teller mentioned the needs of the society in the direction 
of enlarging its membership list and asked that the meeting discuss 
the matter. 
Dr. Earth moved that a committee be appointed to look into this 
matter, to prepare a circular letter and mail it to persons who might 
be prospective members, stating the aims, needs and privileges of the 
society. After some discussion the motion was carried and the chair 
appointed Messrs. Earth, Ward, and Eussel to serve on this committee. 
Dr. Earth then proposed the following resolution. "Ee it resolved 
that a committee of three members be appointed by the chair to con- 
fer with the Board of Trustees of the Public Museum relative to con- 
tributing a sum of money to assist in defraying the expense of pub- 
lishing the bulletin of the society. Mr. Eussel moved that the resolu- 
tion be adopted ; seconded. 
Mr. Ward said that he thought the Board of Trustees would be 
glad to confer with such a committee and that he thought they might 
quite probably regard favorably such an arrangement. After some 
further discussion the motion was passed. 
The names of Mr. E. A. Muttkowski of the Public Museum and Dr. 
Oscar Chrysler of the National Soldiers' Home were proposed for mem- 
bership and subsequently elected by the board of directors. 
There being no further business Mr, Alfred C. Burrill gave an illus- 
trated talk on the Indians of Our Southwest, at the same time calling 
attention to the kind of lantern slide collection which the Public 
Museum is organizing as a stock series for public lectures. H© 
