Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1914 — MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR J. CECIL ALTER [ARTICLE]

MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR J. CECIL ALTER

Former Jasper County Boy Is Appointed Assistant Manager of Dry Farming Congress. J. Cecil Alter, who has been for some weeks in 'the selection and preparation of tools, seconds, instruments and other appurtenances of the weather bureau service at Washington, D. C., for the international exposition at San Francisco next year, will postpone this work until Sept? Ist, as he has been appointed assistant manager of the Wichita dry farming congress. He left last Saturday foi a thirty days’ jaunt to Wichita, Denver,- Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, the Dakotas. Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada and Utah, In quest of photographs of grains, grasses, tools and anything that will help to educate a visitor to the exposition, on how to do dry farming. His expenses are paid and he has an appropriation of $3,000 with which to purchase exhibit materials necessary to put on a good show at Wiehlta in October. He has authority to travel anywhere in the sub-humid regions, ibis means all west of the Mississippi river. He carries twenty government transportation requests and 500 exposures for two cameras. He will probably return to Washington to resume his work there before taking charge of the Wichita exhibit in October.