This photograph depicts three attendees of the 1913 Oregon Irrigation Congress seated at a table reviewing documents. The man in front is wearing a ribbon for the "Oregon Irrigation Congress, Portland, Oregon." The photograph was published in the Oregon Sunday Journal on January 12, 1913 with the following caption, "Leaders in Advanced Ideas for Reforming Irrigation Laws. In Center -- William Hanley, reelected president of Oregon Irrigation congress. Right -- Joseph N. Teal, vice president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and one of the principal speakers at the convention. Left -- Professor Thomas Show, agricultural expert of the Northern Pacific, who also delivered an important address."