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Show IUtah Agricultural College Graduate a . Isjecognized Mclvln C. Morrill, who took Ills II. ! 8. from tlio Agricultural Collego Of , Utah the Bprlng of 1005 has been ap pointed by the Statu of Idaho, to tlio ' directorship of tlio Agricultural work , of tho Idaho Tcchnjiat Institute, Po- cntollo. This Institution gives two years of College 'work ami Is designed design-ed to bo of special assistance to tho people of southern Idaho and sitvo as a feeder to tho Idaho Stnto Unlvcrs-Mr. Unlvcrs-Mr. Mcrr.ll Is especially well equip-! equip-! ped to handle tlmt Important position In tho great agricultural state of Idaho. Ho began his professional career ca-reer after graduation from tho Utah Agricultural College by teaching In A tho high schools of the Mate. From this work ho was chosen, bj tho U. I S. aoverninent, to go to tho Phillip- 1 ilno Islands and tnkc clmrgo of tho I novcrnment Agricultural Experiment 'i Stnt'on located at llaglno. He resign- cd from this work four years ago and I took a trip around tho world, visit- J lng Europe, China, Japan, Africa and various other lands of interest. After Af-ter his return to tho United Stales IH '; . ho again entered school. Ho took on fl J 5 I M. A. from tho University of Chlca- i ' ' ;' go and from Harvard. Ho spent ono Hh J ' ' year at Cornell and took his Doctor's I r ! degreo from tho Washington Unlvcrs- l X ' Ity ut,.St, Louis. ? I DrvKoplIn Ilavn, the great Banish i '" agricultural oxpqr.t, lectured to an t t I audience ofi professors and advanced ' , studouts at tho Collega Saturday mmaJ j night. Ileforo leaving Lqgan, ho, H 1 , 1 accompanied by Dr. Frank S .Harris, H ' 4 Dr. Oeorgo It. Hill and Mr. Georgo Hj J , Stewart, made a tour of tho valley, H j making u stmly of crop conditions. H " Dr. Ilavn who Is a grain specialist of H J m International reputation, found tho B jf grains of Oncho valley exceptionally 'MS I 'free from disease. mil I J' ('Q,I)S l'lirf-'r. "I'o for a week j . 1 lias delivered a series of very Inter- Bj I CBtiiig lectures at tho Agricultural J ' Collego Summer School on Vocation- B ' n (iiililauco, lectured to tho I'arcut'u jl J class of tho rifth ward Sunday School 'BJ ' r Sunday morning. m', V Tho social given at tho Smart gym- Eg ' liaslum Saturday night was greatly jEl i enjoyed by tho Summer School Btud- il " (5 cuts and their frlenils. Homer Chr s- imr ' ! ? tlanson and Miss Johnson, who have I charge of our surnmor school nthlct- j Ics, led lu a hotly contested Indoor J Held meet. Tlio contestants show- i cd wonderful enthusiasm. Yells and .1 cheers aided the cntrymen to exert superhuman efforts, stnto records woro broken nnd world records sur- J- passed. Kvcryono declared tho even- i ,? lng to havo been a most enjoyable II ! ono. Ij ' I l A party Is being orgaut.ed among if tho students by Director Llnford of I t the Surnmor School, for an excursion I'N to tho top of Mount Logan. This Is '0 . J, ono of tlio attract. vo affairs of the if . i Si sensou. Many students avail them-Wgl them-Wgl .1 B selves of this opportunity to try their 11 '! M nplliii-'clliiifilliR powers and view Mt. II ? Lognn's ''Hiitumlt an exceptionally II I ' boautuijl .panorama of nature. IE ; , l)r,t II. .J Fredericks, has Just re-If re-If ! ' l' turnedlirou.iWayjio and Sovler conn-I conn-I i ' i ties wlftreihe hns been on business Id j from tho Hoard of State Horse Corn-It Corn-It 'j ! mlssloners, of which ho Is a mem-1,1 mem-1,1 ! l)0r- Dr. Fredericks reports that JJ j j tbero Is a great 'Meal of mlsunder-ltj mlsunder-ltj ) ' standing relative to tho licensing of Mi i 1 stallions, prevailing through tho j t south. Many owners who havo breed I i lng stock for service or sale havo no B ' ! license ami are operating In direct Hj ' violation of tho Btato law. I I ,' Crop conditions are very backward B;r ' sayB tho doctor, tho spring having lii ,k been told and dry In that section. I l I ? Dr. B. D. Hall', DJrector of tho Ex-Bj: Ex-Bj: pcrlmcnt Station has gono to Pan-Hi Pan-Hi I gultch and Illchfleld to Inspect tho Bji ' stnto experimental work being done Hj thoro. ' Dr. Oeorgo Thomas is spending two I weeks In Novada looking over the j government rcclamatlop work of tho stato Tho aovornmeut has employed. em-ployed. Dr. Thoma sto, cpmnllo some ery Imiwrtant data rclatlvp'to Its work there. J'rof. N. Alvln I'ederson has gone to the Dakotas to spend his summer vacation. Mr. Uanorgo, of the Argentine He-public, He-public, left for San Francjsc0 Sunday Sun-day morning, after spending tho winter win-ter In pursuing special studies' at ho Agricultural .College. Mr. Dnnorge heard of tho work being done bore while In his native country, pcfore leaving Logan he expressed himself as being greatly pleased with Utah' and her people nnd much Impressed with tho work dono at tho Agricultural Agricul-tural Collego of Utah. Dr. P. S. Harris, head of the Department De-partment of Agronomy, has Just returned re-turned from n trip to Collforn n whero. ho went to attend an lntorstato Co-real Co-real conferenco Hilled by tho U. S. government nnd Kxporlmont Station directors. This Is tho first of these conferences to bo held, Tho object of them, Dr. Harris reports, Is to promoto a better understanding of nil research and production. Many mlllors and groin dealers, ns well as agronomists, pathologists, chomlsts, and entomologists, wero In attendance. attend-ance. Dr. Harr.B read a paper to tho Cbnforcnco on"ThoKffoct of Various Alkali Salts on tho Growth of Cereals." Ce-reals." Much good was derived from professional papers nnd discussions in bringing together a mass of facts about cereal production and by treating tre-ating a better understanding among tho farmers, grain dealers anu miners. min-ers. Dr. Harris emphasized the great Importance of tho work begun. Utah farmers with tho'.r largo areas of dry farm lands should keep In touch with tho progress of this movement for by and through It great good Bhould come. Utuh farmers aro entitled en-titled to overy good thing possible nnd should bo well represented at tho next Conferenco which will bo hold at Minneapolis n year from tho coming com-ing July. |