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WOMAN GOVERNOR
IS 'PROHIBS' DESIRE
&TATK COVVKVTIOV ttOILD
HONOR M1TTI.E LTKO.N.
TRIAL OF DHOW
GIRL HELD CAPTIVE
POLITICAL U PHEAVAL
KNELL OF GIANT
FIRES WIPE OUT
TRUNK MAY RING
BY INSANE MOTHER
PROMISED BY WEST
LIFE ID PROPERTY
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FAMISIIKD LASS RESCUED AF
' TER. tOXG FAST IX HOME.
RAILWAYS WOULD LJ3IIT DI
MEXSIOXS TO 4 0 INCHES.
WASHINGTON SENDS
BEGUN
ARNEST
10 DELEGATIONS
Rival Caucuses Turn
Into Conventions.
BiEAK COMES VERY QUIETLY
Mistake of "Peace Envoys'
Cause for Rift.
GOVERNOR HAY SLIGHTED
I wrno Dow Indorsed as. Commit'
Iceman by Ilooevrlt Meeting.
Tfe I-ca ters Fall to Decide.
Wlln Refuses.
BT M M MATTISOX.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 1$. (Spu
ria! Rival Republican conventions
r.eld here today elected two delegatea
from this state, rtrh accredited to alt
in le Republican National convention
:it Chicago n.it month, the first In--iructel
to support the candidacy of
rr'nirnt laft for re-nomlnatlon and
I'i. H-rom ;led up In positive terms by
rcnnimlcna adopted tonight to stand by
olnnrl Tt"lor. Roosevelt ao long aa
i n rr-Hfnt may stand a chance
rwl then to go to Senator Robert La
oM-m- r any other progressive Re-lUl'lii-tn'vhA
may be agreed upon.
K.-r fro week the rival representa
tion f i tlons have been approaching
re -'artlng of the waya. The flrat In
t:j. .tlcn of a crisis waa threatening
ir' a. the time approached the sltua
ttrn became critical, a riot being one
..( tr- possibilities, but when the time
!fr actual separation came, the two
Actions drifted apart aa peacefully aa
I somnolent atream might divide Its
bourse rather than disturb the willows,
retire Prove I Miwurr.
The crisis In the Republican fight
falfillo.1 none of Its promise, for there
was neither rioting nor fiery speeches.
There waa not even a threat of trouble
harsh enough to Juatlfy tho precaution
or surrounding the Grand Theater with
tte cordon of policemen and Deputy
Sheriff that protected It from asaaulta
latt night and today.
The Roosevelt faction merely met for
caucus this morning at o'clock and
stared to constitute Itself Into a con
vention for the purpose of electing del
I,, the National convention.
The Taft convention finding the
Roosevelt .Ulesatea would not Join,
went serenely on Its way to fulfill the
-am- purpose. The sensation flattened
..ut axt the event became almost com
monr'Uce. t
leetrfewt t aaaea Rltt.
V, forecast. It was Impossible to
t,r n the two Presidential factions to
gether an.l tha le-idera realised thla
fact rrdoiihtedly two conventions
eo- ld hr. rasulted had negotiations
for" compromise been continued Inden
tured but the sudden turn In the fight
an,l c',e action of both factions In so
In - Into convention bv themselves waa
, ,, result 't an acldrnt or mlsundcr
stanung. An agreement had been- made at 10
ovio.a thia morning that, the Roose
,,lt .aucus and the Taft convention
shoul. I each bo a!Journed until 1 r. M.
lo permit a continuation of peace
I artor.s In Governor Hay's room at the
Washington Hotel. State Chairman B.
w. folner. Informed that the Roose
velt operates were breaking faith,
cal.ed the Taft convention to or.lcrand
started work.
The Roosevelt peace emissaries ar
riving a moment before Mr. Coiner v. a
eadv t. order the Taft convention to
h.gin work and being Informed that
; proceedtnxs were already un.ler
wa". hurried back to tell their drlr-
g. it-s t'.iat fa th had been broken. In
, -lead of entering the hall and convcy-
i-ifc to Coiner the message they had
-rn irnt to deliver.
Flar.1 feelings and charges of bad
1,1 t hare grown out of the Incident.
..it the fact that a misunderstanding
as at the bottom la well established,
t.eveeser Hay Mlskfe.
governor Hay. who had labored for
s. oral iiava to bring about peace, left
f.r olyn-pia believing ho had been mis
treated Vy both facttona and after his
ueparture waa made the victim of con
vention s.lwhta by both Taft and Roose
velt leaders.
The Taft convention, on the demand
.-f tie Kll-kttat County delegation.
h. aJ. d by Samuel HHL struck out an
incor.. ment f Hay a administration
and tt.e Roosevelt gathering tonight
.tor.t.-a a platform that aeverally cen--ures
tl.e Governor for his fallura to
.all a special lecislattv aeaaton to
er.act the ITesldential preferential prl
rrary law. Rut asU!e from the ap
,,ause with which the Roosevelt plank
121 greeleu. even inn rpitwi. "
urf a it hout doing serious damaga
tempera In the two conventions.
li was apparent early this morning
ben the state convention adjourned
s ter pasaing en contests that the man
,:rrl 0f both the Taft and Roosevelt
c-rpatgns wcr hair about the actual
.u'.t.
' Taft I salral r.ttdeat.
r l mates f the strength of the two
,'a '- uni aa the committee left them for
the temporare roll call showed all tha
a' from three to li rkajority for
Tf Tt Taft force, peat most of
ruutt' U fr.M first I"se. I
Thousli r. Plan lercllne to Be
Ileronimrndcd. In lcfcrrnce
Mt-rtlns 1 "ails to mc Anolhcr.
KVKRKTT. Wash May 15. Desirous
of ma kink- a woman Governor of
Washington, the Prolilbltlonlt-t.-.- state
convention offered to recommend Mrs.
M. B. Flatt. of Seat Ue. for the placw.
but she defined. However. In respect
to the one they wished to honor, tha
meeting adjourned without recom
mending anyone for tho position-
The convention elected delegates
to the National convention at Atlanta
City. July 10. recommect J candidates
for nomination to state ol.'iea and end
ed tonight with a banquet. Tha busi
ness session waa enlivened by a de
mand from the Socialists among the
delegates for a declaration In the plat
form that workmen hould receive tlia
full value of their labor. The advo
cates of the plank succeeded In send
ing the platform back to the commit
tee where the declaration was Insert
ed only to be killed on the floor.
For ether offices than Clovernor. tho
convention adopted the following to
be submitted to the state nominating
convention to be held at the datT of
the state primaries, subject to their
acceptance.
For Lleutenant-Oovernor. Alexander
Pierre. Seattle: Concressman-at-large.
A r Frits. Mount Vernon and P. J
Rardon. Kvertt: Congressman First
District. H. J. rroebstel, peattle: and
George F. Stevens. Garfield; Second
rltrlct. H. K. Rockhlll and O. U
Fowler. Tacoma: Thin Plstrlct. L. J.
Lauigwortiiy; Punnyslde. and TV. B.
Aiken. Spokane,
CHINESE GIRL CASTS VOTE
Pretty Tle l.ntiff Klrtt Woman of
Her Hare lo F.njoy Privilege.
PAN FRANCISCO. CaU. May 15.
(Special.) Tie I-nng. a pretty little
... , t-.r, -ho lives at the Pres
byterian mission-house at !0 Sacra
mento street, holda the nonor oi oeina
the first Chinese woman In rn history
of the world to exercise the electoral
franchise.
Tie Lung l a natlve-vorn American,
and she Is II yeara old. She can read
and write the English language better
than a great mnny of her adult breth-
.a .h I. familiar with the politi
cal Issues Involved In the primary
Presidential election. In the matter of
political and social, progress and en
lightenment Tie I.ung is noi one .
i . 1. 1 Ke American BtaterSL those who
were born of American aprents.
Only a few years ago In the country
which gave her parenta birth Tie Lung
would have been put to ueam w - ii
entertaining the thought that she
should not live out her life in com
plete subjection to the will of a muster.
RECALL LISTS DISCARDED
Oaklaud Clerk rinds Xaine on Pe
titions Not Snfflelcnt.
OAKLAND. Cal.. May 1.V I Special.)
All thre r-taJl petitions filed asainst
Frank K. Mott. Mayor: F. C, Turner,
Commissioner of Health and Safety, and
XV. J. Hachus. Commissioner of Streets,
by the Socialist party have been thrown
out by Frank J. Thompson. City Clerk,
because of InJuf f l.lent panes.
The report of the verification depu
ties who completed tlie work of check
ing up the petitions yesterday, shows
that the Mott petition was sheared of
7T defective names, the Turner peti
tion of 7 IS namej and the Baccua pe
tition of '.
The recallers now have li days In
which to obtain sUnaturea enough to
validate the petitions and the. City
Clerk will then have seven dujs to
verify the additional names.
DEFEAT OF TAFT PLEASES
"We'll Trarh Him to Call Is "Hot
tentot," Save Sufrage Lender.
NKW YORK. May IS. i Special.)
Mrs, Harriet Stanton BUtch. the suf
fragist leader. Is Jubilant today over
Taft'a .let, at In California.
-We'll teach him to call us Hotten
tots'. she said laughingly.
-I understand there are some Cali
fornia women here In town charging ua
with being "anti-man" because we are
urging women voters not to support
Taft. That Is ridiculous. We are not
actl-anythlng Taft haa not done any
thing to advance the cause of women
suffrage. So far as Roosevelt's victory
It concerned. I have nothing to say.
W are not supporting anyone."
Commllon After O.-W. It. N.
SAI.KM. Or. May li. tSpeclal.)
Regardless of the fact that the offi
cials of the O.-W. R. N. madeJ defi
nite promise to the State Railroad
Commission that they would switch
Northern Pacific cars In Pendleton
over to the .-W. K. N. spur to the
new Stale Kastern Oregon Branch In
sane Hospital, a telegram was received
today bv the Railroad Commission that
trie O.-W. K. & N. is refusing car ship
ments at that point today. The Coin
mission will take up the matter vigor
ously. Would-lle SnU lde ! Insane.
SAI.KM. Or, May IS. i Special.
John Anderson, an emplo e on the Ore
gon Klectrte eatenstun. has been com
mitted to the asylum here after twice
attempllr to commit aulckle. His
first attempt aa by hanging himself
by baling wire. Failing In tMa he
jumped Into the river, but ea.cn time
was saved from death.
Bribery of Venireman
Is Charge Chosen.
STATE'S MOVE IS SURPRISE
Trial Lasting Two Months Ex
pected to Ensue.
FREDERICKS IS CONFIDENT
Man Who Prosecuted .McXamarns
Declares Kvldenee In aw Complete
a in First Case Mrs. Mc
Manlgal to Testify.
I5S ANirELKS. Mav IS. In the same
courtroom tn the Hall of Justice where
the McNamara brothers were sentenced
to prison early last December, after
pleading guilty to dynamiting. Clarence
8. Parrom. of Chicago, their chief
counsel, was placed on trial today be
fore Judge Hutton. of the Superior
Court, for the alleged bribing of George
N. Lock wood, one of the veniremen In
the trial of James B. McNamara. The
charge of having bribed Juror nobert
F. Bain will be Ignored In the present
trial.
Rapid progress waa made In the ex
amination of talesmen and at J 30
o'clock there were IS men In the Jury
box who had been passed tentatively by
the defense after two had been ex
cused on cliullengea for cause by the
defense.
Fear Accepted Tentatively.
At the conclusion of the day's ses
sion four of the 12 had been accepted
tentatively by the state and another
challenged for cause. The court will
rule on the state's challenge tomorrow
morning. The four men now subject
only to peremptory challenges are: Dr.
Francis If. Geor, a retired rhysldan;
L. T. Lammera, A. J. Snyder and A. G.
Rlti'ile.
Aoordlng to District Attorney Fred
ericks. " there is a possibility that the
trial may last two months, but If the
rapid progress made In selecting purors
Is continued, the taking of evidence
may begin before the end of this week.
Harrow Alda Ilia Ceaaael.
Assisting Fredericks In the prosecu
tion la Assistant District Attorney
Ford, who aided In the McNamara
prosecution, while Darrow is repre
sented by Attorneys Karl, Rogers and
Cyrns S. McNutt. As yet, Mr. Darrow
has taken no part In the examination
of the talesmen except to whisper ques.
ttons to Rogers, who did all of the In-
t'on, lu,led a Pass
Few Crusts of Bread Only Food
Eaten Pnrlnjr Three Days of
Imprisonment.
Held prisoner three days In her home
at 120S Commercial" street. Piedmont,
by her Insane mother. Myrtle BriVn,
aged 18 years, famished and on the
verge of nervous prostration, waa res
cued last night by Patrolmen Russel,
Blackman and Leisy, after,, neighbors
reported to the police that the girl was
missing.
When rescued. Miss Brown was ret
icent regarding her experience. Sho ad
mitted, however, that a few crusts of
bread was the only food she had eat
en for three days. She refused to
mske any charge against the mother.
In the house the 'police found the
pantry bare. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Is
the name of the Insane mother. Mrs.
F. H. Crowe, of 117 Alblna avenue.
knew of IAO.VJT""il0(,n,ltlon. and,
missing tb . .
til O ,6 ",--
to Investigate.
When the officers reached the house
Mrs. Brown was dancing in her bare
feet. She Is said to have developed In
sanity by studying spiritualism. Re
cently she has had little communication
with spiritualist mediums.
When arrested. Mrs. Brown was half
clothed and thin and gaunt from luck
of food, having starved herself as well
as her daughter. She was taken to
the County Jail. The girl was turned
over to the Department of rnbllo Safe
ty for Women.
Another daughter, 'whom the neigh
bora know as airs. Arrow Smith, is
said to be In Portland.
STANDARD PAYS BIG FINE
OH Company Promises to Obey
Missouri I-aws In Future.
JKFFKRSON CITT. Mo., May 15.
The Standard Oil Company paid a fine
of SaO.OuO to the clerk of the Supreme
Court today as a result of being prose
cuted as a trust.
There Is a motion pending before
the Supreme Court on behalf of the
company, asking that It may be per
mitted to pay the fine Imposed upon it.
with all costs of the prosecution, and
that the order ousting It from the state
be withheld, so long as It obeys the
lawa and the orders of the courts.
Noted Engineers Are Coming.
HOOD RTVER. Or, May 16. (Spe
cial.) The citizens of Hood River are
planning to entertain the members of
the American Society of Civil Engin
eers here for one day about July 1.
The society will bold Its annual con
vention in Seattle the latter part of
next month and aa the greater number
of those In attendance will be from the
East and Middle West, they will re
turn by way of Portland. G. B. He
gardt. who is chairman of the com
mittee that has charge of their enter
tainment while they will be in Port
land, has written Secretary Ray 11
Scott, of the Commercial Club, stating
that he favors the trip to the Hood
River Valley.
A number of engineers of world-wide
fame will make the trip. Including
William McAdoo. who designed the
New York subways.
"THIS CERTAINLY IS SOME OASIS!
IX IS If -V
fo - A! . VolJ'1c,tNri " N
Governor Proposes
Compromise Act.
GRANGE FEARS ROAD BILLS
Laterals Demanded First; Ex
ecutive Explains His Stand.
PROPOSITION IS OPPOSED
Rosebur? Session of State Organiza
tion of Farmers Waxes Warm.
Conference Report Is Expected
Today Fireworks Due.
ROSEBURG. Or- May J3. (Special.)
Proposing a compromise measure to
take the place of the two opposing good
roads bills. Governor West was ac
corded a hearing before the State
Grange In open session hore today.
He explained the difference betwoen
the state-aid bill and the Grange meas
ure, the principal difference being how
roads shall be located under the two
bills. The Grange fears the construc
tion of trunk lines and demands tho
laterals first. Both bills provide for
bonds.
The Grange has been Arm in its con
tentions, and thj first advances for a
compromise came from the Governor,
who asserted that a silent Influence Is
at work Inimical to the Interests of the
farmers, and that a petition is now be
ing prepared for an amendment to the
state constitution which he said is
wrong and crooked as it asserts to be
anti-single tax in Its nature, but in
effect Is a measure to protect capital
against the Interests of the people.
Political Shock Promised.
The Governor promised that there
would be a slight shock of political
earthquake coming soon. He says there
Is going to be fireworks from the start
when he publishes some statements as
to where the public money has been
going, and says he is assuming all re
sponsibility. The Governor's proposition Is to initi
ate another bill pledging support to the
plan of giving power to the people to
locate the roads, allowing nothing to
the Highway Commission. He prom
ised to veto all legislative bills bear
ing on the subject. His proposition
was opposed by the Grange, and the
matter was referred to the good roads
and executive committees of the State
Grange, who retired with the Governor
for a conference in an effort to pro-
Concluded on Page 8.)
Women Travelers File Objections
and California Commissioner Will
iHold Hearing Today.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15. (Special.)
Considerable interest is manifested
among millinery salesmen and women
travelers In the hearing to be con
ducted by State Railroad Commissioner
Love land tomorrow, when representa
tives of all the steam railroads op
erating in California will make formal
application for permission to limit the
size of trunks to be carried as free
baggage to 40 inches width, depth or
length. If the carrier's application is
granted there will be a complete revo
lution in railroad baggage transac
tions. The roads propose to establish a
maximum dimension limit of 40 inches
on all trunks carried free with a rail
road ticket. They contend that such
action is necessary for many reasons,
particularly because the free baggage
concession has been abused In recent
years by paspencers who travel with
lightweight trunks of such freakish
shapes that a few of them," of the
new hat and dreeser shapes, take up
too much room and make necessary
the hauling of additional baggage cars.
They want the 40-inch dimension limit
placed on trunks to enable the bag
gagemen to pile the trunks on each
side of the car and leave sufficient
aisle space to facilitate the handling
of hatre-ai-e The, averace car width
i Is 105 inches and a IS-lnch aisle for
baggagemen Is desired.
Scores of protests from women trav
elers, salesmen and saleswomen have
been received by the Commissioner since
the proposal of the railroads became
known.
BAN ON REDFLA6 ASKED
Spokane Official Proposes Drastic
Law Against I. W. W.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 15. Prohibit
the carrying of any red flag in a pub
lic street parade.
Require all street parades to be
headed by an American flag twice the
size of any other in the demonstration.
Prohibit the I. W. W.'s from holding
street meetings.
Such are the drastic measures Incor
porated in resolutions proposed to the
City Council today by Commissioner of
Finance Robert Fairley in answer to
a request of the G. A. R. to stop all
forms of demonstrations "opposing the
Government."
After considerable discussion before
the Council the matter was finally re
ferred to Commissioner of Public Safe
ty Hayden. The matter is now entire
ly within police Jurisdiction.
"The I. W. W.'s kept their promise
with me not to carry a red flag in their
Sunday parade," said Commissioner
Hayden. "I do not look for any mili
tant demonstrations or efforts to carry
the red flag to the front of the Stars
and Stripes. The police will handle any
emergency."
OLD FRIENDS MEET, WED
Boy and Girl Sweethearts of 25
Tears Ago Marry.
LOS ANGELES. May 15. (Special.)
It took Charles Carter, claim agent or
the Los Angeles Railway. 25 years to
find out. but he finally decided that
Miss Cora Ireland, of Ringold, la., is
the woman he ought to marry. Miss
Ireland, after an equal length of time,
arrived at the same cbnclusion and they
were married at the homo of Dr. W.
Carter last night.
Dr. Carter, a police surgeon, is a
brother of Charles.
A quarter century ago in Ringold,
Carter and Miss Ireland met In high
school and became sweethearts. Charles
later moved to Nebraska and thert here.
At first he communicated with .her
frequently. Then letters began to fall
off and finally ceased. A few days ago
he learned from a friend who form
erly had lived In Iowa that Miss Ire
land was here.
Carter called a taxicab. They met.
settled the question In five minutes and
got a license. Dr. Carter learned of it
and he told them that he would never
consent to persons 40 years of age elop
ing and If Charles wished his younger
brother's consent he would have to be
married at the physician's home.
Grave Diggers Find Old Cotrin.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 15. (Spe
cial.) While digging a grave for Alex
ander J. Cook, who was burled in the
Masonic section of the city cemetery
yesterday, a little bronze casket three
feet long1 and hermetically sealed was
found by G. M. Schoonover, sexton, and
his son, A. W. Schoonover. The city
had sold the lot twice, but it has been
so long ago that no record could be
found. On the bronze casket was the
name, " Ann Kirchln,"" In old Ger
man letters. Traces of another box
and handles were also found, but these
were left undisturbed.
Slieep Reach Summer Ranges.
WAHKIACUS. Wash.. May 15.
fCn.Mil l 1 ir Rrutie. a leadinsr
sheepman of Klickitat crossed the Big
rif.iritai v.,t,rHp v urlrh the first hand
of sheep that will reach the Summer
ranges near Mount Adams, .vir. Brune
savs the route via Wahkiacus from
The Dalles will save two days' drive.
it. will 4rlve other sheen throue-h
Wahkiacus within the next fortnight.
The nocKtnaster says me seiners
along the drive are friendly.
California "TJ" Graduated 7.
Tii.-Dirrl rat. Mav la. Coin -
meBteiiirm . ' .
of California, were held In the Greek
Theater on the campus toaay ana an
audience of S000 persons witnessed the
presentation of diplomas to 679 seniors.
Damage in Washington
Already Heavy.-
RAIN NOW ALONE CAN SAVE
Forecast of Showers Gives
Hope to Firefighters.
TIMBER LOSS IS GROWING
Wardens Rush Forces of Men to
Snohomish and f-kagit Counties
to Halt Progress of Cn
controlled Flames.
SEATTLE, Wash.. May IS. Five lives
known to be lost, two men missing and
pioperty damaged several hundred
thousand dollars are the results of sev
eral forest fires which swept over tho
northwestern part of Washington yes- 1
terday and last night.
Tho fires are still burning uncon
trolled but in most sections the situa
tion shows Improvement and unless a
wind springs up there 4s little fear of
further disaster.
The most resious fires are tonight in
Snohomish County,, where several saw
mills and logging camps have been de
stroyed and others are in danger.
T!ie onlyeloss oi life reported oc
curred in the fire which destroyed four
logging camps In Skagit County. Fifty
million feet of green timber were de
stroyed by this fire. Other fires in
Western Washington brought the total
timber destroyed to 70,000,000 feet.
The fire wardens have rushed a large
force of men into the field and believe
they will be able to control the flames.
They were encouraged in this hope by
the weather bureau forecast of showers
which would break the long dry spell
which is held responsible for the rapid
spread of the flames so early In the
season.
1XTASIOX BV FIRES FEARED
Town of Sultan Making Hard Flgbt
to Save Water Supply.
EVERETT, Wash., May 15. The for
est fire situation In Snohomish County
is possibly worse today than yester
day. The town of Sultan has been
making a hard fight to prevent des
truction of its water supply through
burning of the exposed wooden pipe
running from the source. Fires are
noar that place and it Is feared they
will Invade the town.
Th3 mill of the B. B. & R. Com
pany, near Index, was burned with a
loss o" 30,000. Only a change of wind
saved the plant of the Galena Index
Company at Index and also the town.
A sawmill was burne dat Nippon,
nine miles from Index. A big tract of
timber near Sultan was twice swept
by flames, the Weyerhaeuser Company
bemg the- chfef loser.
The fires are virtually unchecked
because of the absence of green un
derbrush, such as would have grown
had the blazes started a month later,
as usual.
Accurate reports of the losses In
Snohomish County have not been com
piled, but unofficial figures give an
aggregate property loss of (160,000.
FOREIGN CROPJS NORMAL
Government Sees Xo Indication of
Wheat Shortage.
WASHINGTON, May 15. The Depart
ment of Agriculture's summary of the
foreign wheat situation. Issued today,
says :
"Taking into account the wheat crop
already secured in the Southern hemi
sphere and that for the most part se
cured in India, in connection with the
outlook for Winter and Spring wheat,
together, in Europe and in Canada,
there does not seem to be any reason
for apprehending a shortage in the
foreign wheat supply for the coming
harvest year.
"The harvests of the Southern hemi
sphere," the summary continues, "have
given a wheat crop estimated to be
nearly per cent larger than the pre
vious year. This includes the crops of
Argentina. Chile, Australia and New
Zealand. The great wheat crop of In
dia is now nearing the end of the har
vest, the bulk of it being already gar
nered. The second general memoran
dum of the Indian government Indicat
ed an area slightly less than a year
ago, but exceeding the average for the
five years by about S.oOO.OOO acres.
"In Europe, Winter wheat, which, ex
cept in Russia, constituted the bulk of
the wheat crop, was for the most part
sown under favorable conditions and
came through the Winter well. During
a considerable part of April very un
seasonable weather prevailed over an
extensive region, but the reports so far
received do not indicate that any se
rious damage has been done to the
wheat crop."
Beebe Wants Government Water.
SALEM, Or.. May 16. (Special.)
That the United States Reclamation
Service will probably win in its effort
to keep James Beebe from filing on
the waters of a ditch in the Umatilla
project, was the statement of State
Engineer Lewis today. About a year
ago Beebe made application for a filing
on a drainage ditch belonging to the
reclamation service. The service pro
tested and today filed maps showing
the appropriation is on a right of way
belonging to the Government and that
the water Is private water not subject
to appropriation by private parties. .
' rm 108.0 i