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Show Ii MEAD IS COMING WEST.-j WEST.-j &QVERlnENrr EXPEUT TO' LECTURE LEC-TURE IN SAIiT LAKE ON j , IRRIGATION. State Engineer Doremus yosterday re- : 'celvcd a dispatch from Elwood Mead, en-glnccr-ln-charg of tho work of irrigation investigation which is bolng carriod on by tho Agricultural department at "Washington, "Washing-ton, stating that ho would most probably bo in Salt Lako on noxt Tuesday, and it Is tho intontlon of Prof. Doromua to arrange ar-range for a locturo by tho expert Tucsday ovenlng, if possible, to 1m delivered in Barratt halL The work of tho Agricultural Agricultu-ral department, of which Prof. Mead is nt the head. ha3 no direct relation to that which is being carriod on by the reclamation re-clamation sorvico, tho object of tho former for-mer being to investigate methods and noto results for tho bencllt of those engaged in farming by tho aid of irrigation. Prof. Mead has Just roturncd from a trip to Europe, whero ho examined carefully tho methods employed In Italy, Spain, France and othor countries whoro Irrigation has been carriod on for centuries. The lecturo which ho will deliver hero will bo Illustrated Illus-trated by views of many of tho Irrigation works in Europe, and it should bo highly Interesting, and Instructive- as woll. to all . wno aro Interested In fanning In tho arid region. Prof. Doromus hopes by anothor day to be able to announoo definitely tho time and placo of tho lecturo to bo delivered deliv-ered by Engineer Mead. |