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AMPLE APOLOGY
Roosevelt's Charge He
Says Is False.
OFFERS TO PROVE WOLF STORY
Quotes Indians in Answer to
President's Attack.
DIRECT ISSUE OF VERACITY
Author of Animal Book Accuses
Roosevelt ol Using Official Posi
tion to Discredit Alternative
Is Proof or an Apology.
f STAMFORD, Conn., May 28-Dr. TV. J.
- JLong today made publlo a letter sent ny
him to President RooseveltiThe letter
says In part:
"To His Excellency, Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States Dear Sir:
The issue between you and me la no
longer one of animals, but of men. It is
not chiefly a matter of natural history,
but of truth and personal honor. In a re
cent magaaine article you deliberately at
tack me as well as my book. You have
lined the enormous influence, of your offi
cial position to discredit me as a man.
- tq injure my reputation and incidentally
to make a poor man even poorer by the
' destroying, if possible, of the sale and
influence of his work. In my book I have
given the result of long years of watch-
' Ifrg animals In the wilderness, with no
other object than to study their habits
and, so far as man can, to understand the
mystery of their domestic life. In my
preface I have stated, and I now repeat
the statement, that every incident I have
recorded from my own observation is true
bi far as an honest, educated man can
sue and understand rthe truth.
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sjy--t Direct Issue of Veracity.
"In your recent attack this is what you
chiefly deny. I have spoken the truth, and
' you accuse me .of deliberate falsehood
and misrepresentation. . Aa President of
the United States you have gone out of
, your way publicly to injure the private clt
lien who was attending strictly to his own
business; as a man you have accused of
falsehood another man whose ideals of
truth and honor are quite as high as your
' own. This Is the whole issue between usl
.meet it squarely, and so must you.
: "If I have spoken falsely. If In my
' 'ook or words of mine I have lnten--onally
deceived any child o:t man re-
, gardlng animal life, I promlst publicly
to retract every such word arid never
to write another animal book.- On the
other hand, if I show to any disinter
ested person that you have accused me
falely, you must publicly withdraw
your accusation and apologize. As a
man and as President, no other honor
able course is open to you.
f Basis of Roosevelt's Attack.
.' "You base your recent charges chief
ly on the matter of a big white wolf
killing a young caribou by a bite In
-the chest, described by me In 'Northern
Trails." You declare the thing to be,
a mathematical impossibility, and de-
. Clare, 'by no possibility could a wolf
perform the feat.' "
Dr. Long declares he knows from his
own observation and from the testi
mony of Indians that wolves do some
times kill in this way, and then quotes
the signed and witnessed statement of
6. K. Hapldan, an educated Sioux In
dian, who atatea that he saw a horse
which a wolf had killed by tearing its
chest. In addition to this. Dr. Long
says he himself had seen a deer which
had been slain in this manner by a
wolf, and further recites that an In
dian Matty Mitchell, of Bonny Bay,
Newfoundland declares that the big
white wolf frequently kills caribou
in this manner. Continuing, Dr. Long
says:
Demands Public Apology.
"These are the facts underlying 'the
incident which you declare to be im
possible and false. If this testimony
is not enough, I will fill it up to full
scripture measure.
"You cannot, at this stage, Mr.
Roosevelt, take refuge behind the
Presidential office and maintain silence.
You have forfeited your right to that
silence by breaking it; by coming out
in publication to attack a private citi
zen. If your talk of a square deal is
not all a sham, if your frequent moral
preaching 1s not hypocritical, I call
upon you as President, as a man, to
come out and admit the error and in
justice of your charge, in the same
open, and public way in which you
made it."
CAUSE OF IiOXG'S CHALLENGE
What President ' Roosevelt Said
About Animal Story.
Krora K. B. . Clark's Interview With
President Roosevelt, in Everybody's.
"I don't believe for a minute," said
Mr. Roosevelt, "that some of these men
who are writing Nature stories and
putting the word 'truth' prominently
in their prefaces, know the heart of
the wild things. Neither do I believe
that certain men who, while they may
"say nothing specifically about truth,
do claim attention' as realists because
of their animal stories, have succeeded
In learning the real secrets of the life
of the wilderness. As for the matter of
Jliese books 1 tha .ciiiidrea iox
the purpose of teaching them the facts
of natural history why, it's an out
rage. If these stories were written
as fables, published as fables, and put
into the children's hands as fables, all
would be well and good.
"William J. Long is perhaps the
worst of these Nature-writing offend
ers. It is his stories. I am told, that
have been put, in part, into many of
the public schools of the country in
order that from them the children may
get'the truths of wild animal life.
"Take Mr. Long's story of "Wayeeses.
the White Wolf.' Here is what the
writer says in his preface to the story:
Every Incident in this wolfs life, from
his grasshopper hunting to the cunning
caribou chase, and from the den in the
rocks to the meeting of the wolf and
children on the storm-swept barrens,
la minutely true to fact, and is based
squarely upon my own observation and
that of my Indians.' "
Mr. Roosevelt then proceeded to an
alyze the -story In his -usual- vigorous
manner, claiming that the account of
the fight between the wolf and a cari
bou fawn is. the- wildest imagination,
and ridicules the idea of the wolfs at
tempt to kill his victim with a bite
on the chest. He said nothing
except an alligator or a shark would
attempt auch a thing, and adds: "I
don't believe the thing occurred." He
asserted that the wolf must have
turned a somersault, or else got his
head upside down under the fawn's
forelegs to have bitten into the heart.
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BODY BI RIED AT PHOENIX FILLY
IDENTIFIED.
Russian Consul Recognizes It as That
of Former Clerk Autopsy
Determines Sex.
PHOENIX. Ariz., May 28. The body
of Nieolal de Raylan, whose sex has
been the subject of dispute and litiga
tion since last December, was exhumed
yesterday afternon and taken to an
undertaking parlor, where the facts of
the disinterment were made known
upon the arrival late today of Baron
von Schlippenbach, the Russian Consul
at Chicago, accompanied by Samuel J.
Schaeffer, attorney for Mrs. Anna de
Raylan.
The body was in a fine state of
preservation and the face was entirely
unchanged. When the white casket
was opened the body was seen atired
In a woman's white robe.
It had been previously announced
that the body would be exhumed on
Thursday, but this date was antici
pated by two days, it Is said, - to avoid
publicity. Michael Felnberf, represent
ing Public Administrator Reddlck, of
Chicago was present throughout tfie
proceedings and expressed satisfaction.
Baron von Schlippenbach, after view
ing the body a moment, said:
"This is the body of Nicolai de Ray
lan, who was for 12 years my secre
tary." Mr. Schaeffer has not yet seen the
body.
The result of the Inquest established be
yond a doubt the identity of the corpse as
the body of De raylan and that the. person
in question was a female.
ROOSEVELT STARTS WEST
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Will Attend McKlnley Funeral and
Slake Three Speeches.
WASHINGTON, May 28. President
Roosevelt left here tonight at 9:10 for his
trip West, . to. be away until -Saturday
afternoon. The Presidential party occu
pied the private car Magnet, attached,
to the regular train over the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad.
Tomorrow the President will attend
Mrs. McKinley's funeral at Canton; on
Memorial day he is to speak at the un
veiling of General Lawton's statue at In
dianapolis and on Friday he is to address
the Michigan Legislature at the Capitol
at Lansing briefly in the morning and in
the afternoon is to speak to the students
of the Agricultural College there.
The President was accompanied by Sec
retaries Root. Garfield and Wilson. Sec
retary Loeb, Herman Kohlsaat, of Chi
cago; Surgeon-General and Mrs. Rlxey
and Assistant Secretary Latta. The mem
bers of the Cabinet and Mrs. Kohlsaat
are. going only as far as Canton, to at
tend Mrs. McKinley's funeral, after
which they will ' return to Washington.
The remainder of the party will continue
with the President through the entire
trip.
ORDERS VOLIVA TO VACATE
Successor to Dowle Has Check Re
fused at Zion Bank.
CHICAGO, May 2S. General Over
seer Voliva, who succeeded in ousting
John Alexander Dowle from control of
Zion City, has been ordered by Receiver
John C. Hately to vacate all leases of
buildings May .31.
This action was taken today by Mr.
Hately as a climax to a bitter quar
rel between Voliva and the president
of tho Zion City Bank. "Voliva present
ed his check at the bank for $1800 and
demanded payment at once. The bank
official declined to comply with the re
quest until he had some advice from
Received Hately in the matter.-
When informed of Voltva's actions.
Received Hately ordered the cashier of
the bank to withhold all moneys from
Voliva and then notified Voliva that,
commencing June 1, the leases held by
him on the tabernacle and public
buildings would expire and that Voliva
must relinquish his control of them. 0
LOTTERY MEN TO CONFESS
Flues Without Imprisonment Pen
alty of Honduras Gang.
WILMINGTON, Del., May 28. Indica
tions that the end of the Gove,jnment
prosecution of the Honduras lottery
ca,ses will come soon by the easy proc
ess of pleas of guilty and the imposi
tion of fines, were apparent today in
relation to the indictments against
John M. Rogers, J. K. Bayliss and Les--ter
R.' Bayliss, of this city. They were
indicted by the Federal grand jury at
Mobile, Ala., the former for sending
from one state to another the lottery
tickets which were printed at Rogers'
printing establishment in this city. In
response to subpenaa Issued at Mobile,
they will start thither this week. Their
present Intention to to plead guilty
and the presumption is that the penalty
wJil .be ft &aewithoujmijttmai.
KUR0K1 QUAILS AT
OF
Warrior Who Led Army
to Slaughter
SHUDDERS AT SIGHT OF BLOOD
Victor of Mukden Sees Won
ders of Stockyards-
PACKING SOLDIERS' FOOD
Though He Saw Russian Dead Piled
Deep in Mukden Trenches, Work
of Butcher Affects Him.
Wonders at Inventions.
CHICAGO, May 23. (Special.) "Rus
sian losses were terrible. The fighting
on the crest of the hill was altogether
with cold steel. The Russian officers,
with, swords aloft,' leading the scaling
column, were literally lifted" into the
air by the Japanese bayonets, and the
Japanese then bayoneted the first of
the Russian soldiers' who piled in the
trenches. All the dead in the trenches
were bayoneted, their weapons bearing
marks jof the dreadful combat." From
an Associated Press description of the
battle of Mukden, where General
Kurokl led the Japanese right wing.
General Baron Tememoto .Kuroki,
the great Japanese warrior, who shud
dered not at the terrible battle scenes
in the Japanese-Russian war, shrank
today from the bloody killing floors at
the Union stockyards. It wag at Swift
& Company's -plant that the Japanese
soldier first got his view of the com
mercial slaughter of the porkers. As
the stalwart butcher plunged his knife
into the hog's throat, the aged general
sprang to one side, deeply affected.
Pays Visit to Mayor Busse.
General O. E. Wood, of the United
States Army, who' was In charge of the
Japanese visitors, noticed General
Kuroki's agitation and, holding up his
hands, gave the signal to go on.
General Kurokl and his party passed
two busy hours in the stockyards,
which closed with a luncheon at the
Saddle and Sirloin Club. Preceding his
visit to the packing firm, General
Kurokl paid his respects to Mayor
Busse at the City Hall, smiled at the
unique position in which the Columbus
fountain was "squeezed" up against the
building, and commented on the beauty
of Michigan avenue as a drive.
Sees All Work of Packers.
At the stockyards the General gazed
with amazement at the droves of cat
tle and watched with undisguised inter
est the packers of the meat industry.
He saw the hog-killing at Swift & Com
pany's, the canning at McNeil & Libby's,
the office and sausage-room of the Nel
killing
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son Morris plant, and the killing and
dressing of beef in the wholesale mar
ket at Armour's. He shook bands heart
ily with the owners and managers of
the different plants, asked hundreds of
questions and smiled at the rapidity with
which the cattle passed into the fin
ished product ready for shipment. He
was especially interested in the United
States Government Inspection of meats
and the methods of seal-tight packing of
products for shipment to the Orient. He
saw duplicates of the cans of whicb
the Japanese used millions in the last
warfare which "ended in Japan's victory
over her foe.
Finds Meat Industry Wonderful.
General Kuroki declared that the whole
stockyards industry was "wonderful" in
Its cleanliness and method of operation.
Among the other things which especially
attracted his attention was a manicure
operator working on the hands of a
M3Smm&
General Lord Metnnen, Appoint
ed Commander of British
Array In South Africa.
girl employed in the, packing-house and
the women who were sewing the ham
Backs and labeling the cans. He asked
his guide what wages were earned and
the number of hours the employes were
obliged to work. A nailing machine
which forces the nails over the lids which
cover the cans of meat greatly inter
ested him.
SPENDS FOUR DAYS OX LAKES
Kurokl Entertained by Chicago, Mil
waukee and Local Japanese.
CHICAGO, May 2.-Oeneral' Baron Ku
roki and Btaff today began a four days'
round of sightseeing in and around Chi
cago, with a tour in automobiles through
the public parks and boulevards. They
next made- a minute inspection of the
great packing plants at the stockyards.
This afternoon the Japanese residents
of Chicago entertained their distinguished
countryman, and this evening General
Kuroki and staff were guests at dinner
at the home of the Japanese Consul.
Tomorrow morning the party will go to
Milwaukee. Thursday and Friday will be
devoted to visits to Industrial plants and
great mercantile establishments of Chi
cago, the University of Chlca-n n l "--educational
institutions, and Saturday the
party will resume its hommiui, j . .
Big Atlantic Steamer AgrvTna.
NEW YORK, May 28. The North Ger
man Lloyd liner Kaiser Wllhelm der
Grosse, Inbound, ran aground In the west
edge of the main ship channel at 11.01
o'clock -last night. She Is resting easy
nnrl is in no dancer. It is believed that
she can be floated without assistance
ut hifcli tide in the morning.
HAS CANNON SEEN
LIGHTQN REVISION?
Hopkins Says It Is His
Campaign Issue.
HAS BEEN CHIEF .OBSTACLE
Speaker Organized Commit
tees to Stand Pat. , -
CAN ENFORCE HIS POLICY
Reorganization of Rules and Ways
and Means Committees Would
Clear Way for Revision toy
Next Congress.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 28. Quite the most interest
ing piece of political gossip that has gone
forth of late was contained in an inter
view with Senator Hopkins of Illinois,
when he said that Speaker Cannon had
renounced the "stand-pat" policy, and is
now willing to have the tariff revised.
Mr. Hopkins went further and expressed
the belief that Mr. Cannon would take
up tariff revision and make his cam
paign for the presidential nomination on
that Issue.
If Mr. Hopkins knows what he is talk
ing about and if he has spoken truthfully
there is reason for jollification among
those Republicans who favor a modifi
cation of the Dlngley law. Heretofore,
Mr. Cannon has been regarded as the
most pronounced opponent of tariff re
vision in the entire Republican party. It
was due very largely to the attitude pf
the Speaker that the President himself
decided two years ago to say nothing
about the tariff at that time. Mr. Can
non was decidedly 'hostile, and up to
this time it has been understood that he
had not changed his views.
He had the committee on rules of the
House so organized that he could pre
vent tariff legislation. He also had the
committee on ways and means similarly
organized. The committee on rules was
made up of the Speaker, Representative
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, and Represen
tative Grosvenor, of Ohio, all equally op
posed to tinkering with the tariff, Mr.
Dalzell the most radical of them all.
The ways and means committee was pre
sided over by Congressman Payne, of
New York; Mr. Dalzell and Mr. Gros
venor, were also members, and a majority
of the Republican membership was op
posed to tariff revision.
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Can Fix Committees for Revision.
If the Speaker has changed his heart
and is now satisfied that the tariff should
be revised, he will have the opportunity
of a lifetime so to remodel the committee
on rules and the committee on ways and
means as to frame and put through a
tariff bill that will meet with general ap-
proval throughout the Republican party.
It is a foregone conclusion that Mr. Can
non will be elected Speaker to succeed
himself In the next Congress. Mr. Dal
zell is a member, but Mr. Grosvenor has
been defeated. The chances are that
Mr. Dalzell will be re-appointed on the
rules committee, but Mr. Grosvenor's
place could be filled by a man who be
lieves la tariff revision, and the votes of
the Speaker and this new member, com
bined with the votes of the two Dem
ocratic members, would hold that .com
mittee in line for any tariff revision
programme that might be outlined.
Mr. Payne will . no doubt retain the
chairmanship of the committee on ways
and means, but, if the Speaker Is in favor
of tariff revision, Mr. Payne will take
the same position. Mr. Payne does not
formulate the-policies of the House; he
reflects the views of the Speaker. Mr.
Dalzell would, of course, not consent to
tariff revision; but there are ten . other
Republican members of the ways and
means committee, as against a total
Democratic membership, of only six, and
the Speaker would have no trouble what
ever in remodeling this committee to line
up in favor of tariff revision.'
Vacancies for Revisionists.
Out. of the Republican membership of
twelve?, two have been promoted to the
Senate, Charles Curtis of Kansas and
William Alden Smith of Michigan. Three
others. Messrs Grosvenor of Ohio, Bab
cock of Wisconsin and McCleary of Min
nesota were not re-elected. That leaves
five positions to be filled by the Speaker
when the next Congress organizes. Of
the remaining membership. Messrs Mc
Call of Massachusetts, Needham of Cali
fornia and Watson of Indiana are favor
able to tariff revision, and the -probabilities
are that the twd" remaining mem
bers, Mr. Hill of Connecticut and Mr.
Boutell of Illinois would fall into line.
Assuming that the Speaker should reor
ganize this committee with a view to
framing and passing . a tariff bill, he
could so organize it that Mr. Dalzell
would be the only vigorous opponent of
tariff revision. . ,
Tackle Question After Election.
AH this is very interesting, but it Is
only valuable' in case it is true that the
Speaker has been converted on the tariff
question. The chances are that the
Speaker has not seen the light on such
short notice as Indicated by Mr. Hop
kins. He says In an "interview that ' he
has not talked tariff to anybody. But he
may be awakening to the fact that there
is a general and a great demand for a
modification of certain schedules, and he
may begin to realize that he will not be
strong enough to stave on tariff revision
much longer, but, if Mr. Hopkins speaks
by- the card and if Mr. Cannon really
believes the time has come to revise the
tariff, consideration must be given the
further statement of the Illinois Sena
tor that Mr. Cannon proposes to mane his
campaign for the presidential nomination
on the tariff Issue. That would seem
to indicate that the Speaker is not in
favor of revising the tariff at the coming
session of Congress, but that he prefers
to let the matter rest until the first ses
sion of the Sixty-First Congress, or pos
sibly a special session of that Congress
Immediately following the next presiden
tial campaign. But be these facts as they
may be, it is most Important if the
Speaker has come to a realization of the
justice of the demand for tariff revision.
It was supposed that he would be one of
the last Republicans to consent to any
modification of the Dlngley law. If he
has changed his mind, the real friends of
tariff revision have a great deal to hope
for..
' Hamilton Predicts Revision.
HONOLULU, May 28. Congressman E.
L. Hamilton, who is one of the Congres
sional party now visiting Hawaii, in an
interview today with the local press, said
that a revision of the tariff-would prob
ably be undertaken at the first session
of the Sixty-first Congress.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Wether.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 73
degree; m-inlmum, 51 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest
winds.
Foreign.
Russian Douma tables motion to denounce
terrorism. Page 5-
France an dJapan complete treaty regard
ing -Oriental territory. Page 4.
"National.
Senator Bourne urges Government action
to force sale of Southern Pacific land
grant. Page 1.
Reciprocity treaty with France means large
concessions to United States. Page S.
Governor denounces Insults to naval uni
. . form at Jamestown fair. Page 5.
politics.
If Cannon supports tariff revision. It can
pass the next Congress, l'age 1. .
McCieilao vetoes public utilities bill, but it
will pass over veto. Page 4.
New York Senate passes bill for recount of
Mayoralty vote. Page 13.
Domestic.
Long demand's apology from Roosevelt for
attack on animal book. Page 1.
Canton people see Mrs. McKinley's face for
the last time. Page S.
DeRaylan proves to be .woman burled at
Fhoenix. Page 3. t
Scenes of slaughter in packing bouses ter
rify Kurokl. Page 1. v
Proof that Castle owned stock in bankrupt
company. Page 4.
Whole country east of Rockies freezing,
with no signs of Summer. Page 4.
No light on Murder of Armenian priest.
Page 4. ,
. . Pacific Coast.
Disguised Socialist, heavily armed, arrested
at Boise. Page 3.
Heney charges San Francisco police with
tampering with Jurors and" witnesses.
Page 4-
State Orange in session at Hood River.
Page B.
Salem people off on bicycle to file on rail
road lands. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor Lane addressea voters at Alblna and
receives ovation. Page 10.
Suit filed, to -oust .Port .of Columbia. commis
sion. Page 11.
Police And no trace of murderer of Nevlns.
Page 10.
Realty' Board hold annual banquet. Page
12.
Prizes offered for pictures of rose fiesta.
Page 11.
John Barrett discusses South American
Oakland defeated Portland, 11 to 3. Page T.
GALLS ROOSEVELT
TO OREGON'S AID
Bourne Works to Break
Land Monopoly.
FORCE HARRIMAN TO SELL OUT
Enlists Bonaparte in Enforcing
Terms of Grant. ,
LEGAL INQUIRY BEING MADE
Senator Urges Suit to Compel South
ern Pacific to Sell Harlan
Transfers Task to Town
send of Fargo.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. 'Wash
ington. May 28. Senator Bourne talked
with the President today regarding the
Southern Pacific land grant In Oregon,
and, as he emerged from the White
House, intimated to newspaper corre
spondents what he had been pressing,
explaining briefly the purpose of his ef
forts to force the railroad company to
dispose of its grant in accordance with
law.
The Senator's statements at once led
the newspaper men to conclude that Mr.
Bourne was planning to "break Harri
man,'' and that his numerous confer
ences with the President during the past
few months had been devoted to this
matter. Since Mr. Bourne has twice de
clared in favor of Mr. Roosevelt's nomi
nation. Eastern newspapers have been
endeavoring to ascertain his motive. To
day's statements led to the conclusion
that Mr. Bourne had joined with the
President to undo Mr. Harrlman.
The fact is that Mr. Bourne has all
along been exerting himself to the ut
most to bring about some practical
method of nompelling the Southern Pa
cific to put its land grant on the market
t the price and under the terms stipu
lated in the. act under which it was
granted. His talk today was only one of
many at which this subject formed the.
principal 'topic.
The administration is unable to act un
til it receives a report from District At
torney Harlan of Alaska, who was de
tailed to make an investigation and re
port to the Attorney-General.
BOIR.NE CONSULTS ROOSEVELT
Presses Oregon's Cause Against
Southern Pacific Land Grab.
WASHINGTON, May 28. (By Associated
Press.) Senator Bourne, of Oregon, again
consulted with the President today about
the cases of the Southern Pacific Railway
Company, which he charges is holding up
approximately 3,000,000 acres of publio
land, much of which is in Oregon, that
should be opened to settlement. The Sen
ator says that grants covering the land,
which originally were for 8,000,000 acres,
were made with the understanding that
the land should be opened up to settle
ment at a nominal price per acre. A great
deal of It, he says, was sold for $15 an
acre, and half of it was withheld from
sale altogether.
In the meantime, the Senator says, the
progress of the country Is being retarded,
and he intimates that the railway com
pany la holding the land for speculative
purposes. Mr. Bourne is urging that legal
proceedings be Instituted to compel the
company to dispose of the lands. He says
that some of the grants were to companies
which have been since absorbed by the
Southern Pacific.
The Department of Justice has for some
time had under consideration the question
of certain lands held by the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company in Oregon un
der grants to railroad companies which
have been absorbed by the Southern Pa
cific. A preliminary report on the matter
had been made by Nathan V. Harlan,
United States Attorney for the third di
vision of Alaska, who has been engaged In
the investigation while absent from his
post of duty on account of ill health. Mr.
Harlan will now return to Alaska, and the
Attorney-General will designate B. D.
Townsend, Assistant United States Attor
ney at Fargo, N. D., to carry on the work,
if Mr. Townsend can arrange to leave his
official duties for that purpose.
More Time for Klamath Canal.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 28. An extension of three
months from April 30. 1907, has been
granted to Mason, Davis & Co.. of Port
land, for completion of their contract for
a . portion of the main canal of the Kla
math irrigation canal project, subject,
however, to a provision that they will
complete and deliver such portions of the
work as may be required for irrigation
during 1907 on or before June 10, 1907.
Extreme weather and bad roads so seri
ously Interfered with - the progress of
work that It was impossible for the con
tractors to complete it on time.
Jobs for Two Portland Men.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 28. David Blakeley, of Port
land, Or., has been appointed meat In
spector under the Bureau of Animal In
dustry, Agricultural Department. John
McNulty, of Potsdam, has been appointed
nautical expert at 11000 salary, In the
hydrographlc office, Portland.
Oregon Girls Visit Roosevelt.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 28. The President today re
ceived a party of Oregon girls who are .
guests of the Pacific Northwest on a tripj
to the Jamestown Exposition. This even
leg the party left for the Exposition,
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