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the beginning of each school year until the spring of 1899, when he left college to help on his father' farm. The summer vacations were also spent on the farm, except that of 189 when he had charge of the apportioning ancl eli tributing the water from the Plain City canal to the owners.

Was a member of the Literary Society and also the Ci vii Engineers' Clu b. Played hase-ball for foul' years on the College team. Captain of the team in 1900. Played foot-hall two years 1898 and 1899 on the first team. Tool, :\Iilitary work for two years.Received a B. S. in Civil Engineering from the Agrieultural College of Utah in ,June, 1900.

Worked for the Utah Experiment Station for a few months during the summer of 1900. Worked for Cache county surveyor from JUly 1st to October 1, 1901. Went back to the Agricultural College during the winter of 1901 in order to study German, French, ancl Spanish so as to pass the entrance examination at Harvard. Entered Harvard, Lawrence Scientific School in September, ] 902, ancl was credited with all the courses asked for without a single examination. 01' even showing a degree. Mr. Taylor was graduated wIth the degree of S. B. in Civil Engineering from Harvard, in June, 1904.

Worked during the summer vacation in 1903 for the Engineering Department of the :\Jassachusette State Board of Health. Was employed by the same department from July 1, 1904 to July 1, ]905. The work consisted of inspecting the sources of water supply for domestic and culinary purposes, filter beels and water sherls. The streams were measured and computations made and tabulated on the records in the office.

Was employed by the Plain Cit~" North Ogden anel Western Irrigation Companies from .Jtdy 28, 1905 to September 15, 1905. The work consisted of stream gaging with the current meter in Ogden Valley. The information gathered was used in the irrigation suit between North Ogden and Eden.

311'. Taylor started to work for the State Engineer on September 17, 1905, and has worked for him ever since except some private work for the irrigation companies. The work done under the State Engineer consisted of hydrographic engineering. The greater part of the time was required in making a Plane Table survey of the land irrigated from the Weber River ancl the Ogden River and preparing maps and tracings from the field sheets. The summer of 1906 was spent in Garfield County making a survey for what is knO\Yl1 as the Hatchtown reservoir and canal. The summers of 1907 and 1908 were spent on Mill Creek as DP-Dutv Court Commissioner in Salt Lake Countv.

Was helel as an expert witness for about 24 days in the irrigation case, North Ogden Irrigation Co. vs. Eden Irrigation Co. The North Ogden attorneys requested him to remain at the trial even after his testimony was in and also to hear the argument which ended on March 8, 1909.

He is one of the Irrigation Engineers who is trying to get the farmers to understand that the court is no place to settle the question as to how water can be used to the best advantage and at the same time protect the prior appropriators, At present Geo. F. is just heginning a mission in far away Australia.