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r7ra 3 3 U V (Those who failed to read the first Installment of the States It proper. . Besides, he wanted to compel his mother and sister" to pay more attention- to Ere: MacLurie than they appeared disposed to. -' The newcomer paused halt way to the desk to bow a greeting to the women, and without looking at them again ottered her em ployer the sheaf of newly written letters she carried in her hand. "Ton may sign those for me," John Ingate spoke up, waring at Josephine, then redirected his attention to the secretary. "But, wait, I belleTe my s&ter wishes to say something to yon." Eve turned on her heel to note a flush on Josephine's face, the not intimate "this in her tone. Her, brotlier was able to make her Ins of which was not immediately perceptible. -' - I suf ferwhen he wanted to ,;fSi H-' ' i man's new serial story will find U on page 0. This la- th second chapter. If jou read the first cluapter "on SatmT, bgin Iwre today) " , V' . TWO :- ' " I' John Ingate arose courteously as his secretary approached (for 'secretary she was, not mere stenographer, as Josephine had placed meaning v ' "Oh, yes, Miss MacLurle. the other young woman began, slight! I hatent. Miss Ingate'. . i .Perhaps It has been delayed In the mails i appreciate" your thoughttalnesa. V V"i 'Ss-b;: j i Since they! were comm,lttedMra. Jngata thought she mfsb well make good Job of Itij'We. shall . certainly 'expect yoii," .JXIss ly flustered. Hare you er rece(Ted our inTltatfoa - to the dance t We haven't received you-. acceptance,; and I though f possibly " She was hoping that Ere MacLurie would somehow . grasp" hat she was not wapted; that this was a mere matter of form. Tet she dared I MacL.urie.sne tmnea. -,t - v her.) i He seldom did this, hut other ladies being present he deemed (Centlmi4 ea par 1 a&lu JL AIJAV A W U Pages 1 fa & Bftter Homes GLEAN AND VIGOROUS SEVENTV-SIXTH YEAR, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1926 I TT C7TT3 ?"" - in. I li HIM " "!"!...." IIIW i I f flllB flfklffiV 1 S lW kl II 11 w T 1 M 7 k I S I 1 li n r.tBI. 11.. I 1 1 i f r . f A ( ' J' vara ir t f tUl ott , s ' Li rs: "' I Capta 4 M(mF -;cjif'- ":Ticipie3r Risk Of Life Justified ' t In Conquest Of Arctic .. , 4I "' 1 i i i I Robert Anderson Pope, Organizer of the. All-Alumni Arctic i " Expedition Declares Hazards Warranted by ' Opportunity to dd to Science NEW T0ltK, April 2. (AP) Justification for the risk of life 'and expenditure of money involv ed in three . American Arctic ex peditions this' summer was given today by Robert Anderson Pope, organizer of the All-Alumni Arc tic Expedition. '.- v , ' His outfit wilt be commanded by Lieutenant Leigh yade, assisted by Lieutenant H. II. Ogden, both of whom are rouhd-the-world fli ers. j. .... - r.:. . 'All three American expeditions "will attempt to locate, chart and claim for the United States a large body of land believed to lie north of Alaska and eastern Siberia, spoken of by the explorers as "a new polar continent." A bulletin issued last year by the National Geographic Society estimated that this land comprises about 1,000, 000 square miles. "Sufficient evidence is avail able," said Mr. Pope, "to Justify the almost certain belief that such land exists." He then proceeded to unfold the evidence. Nat4es of the northern Alaskan and Siberian coasts have been con vinced itet land lay to the north wardOBflr. since Arctic explorers . jBrsUaedan -to IntslreTIrejrTnuw 1 their VTSief chiefly upon the north erly flight of birds in the spring ' as soon as the lc6 start to go out, which is just before nesting sea son.. Some scientific skeptics think the birds fly clear across the Pole to Spitzbergen and Franz Joseph Land, but the majority think they would not be, likely to attempt such a long flight at the beginning of the nesting season. E. W.""Nelson, chief of the bu reau : of biological survey of the United States ' department of ag riculture, has written.Mr.' Pope: -"My information concerning the flight of birds at Point Barrow, sained iboth during my residence in Alaska years ago and what has been learned since, all combine to indicate the probability of un known lands to the north or north east of that point. Also my ob servations on, Wrangell Island in dicate the probability of lands ly ing northerly from that island." Mr. Nelson recalled the evidence of Captain Hooker of the Cor win in 1881, who fouhd Innumerable fresh tracks . of rfwild "'geese on Wrangell Island but not a sign of the geese themselves indicating a temporary stopping place for a great number of migratory birds. Mr. Murdock, the naturalist of the Ray expedition,, located near Point Barrow in the same year and the following two years, noted the flight northward of large flocks, Mr Nelson stated. ; ' Donald Cadtow, of the museum of the American Indian, also not ed geese and ducks flying north ward from Alaska. Mr. Pope cited other naturalists and explor- Captain Edward P. Heredeen, years ago reported that the natives wintering between Harrison and Camden Bays, Alaska, ' claimed that in clear days of spring they often could discern land to the northward, but this Is thought to have beemnerely a , Iar:elsland. Captain John. Keenen , of Troy, .N. i Y.. crulsmg the Beaufort sea, north of ' the" - Alaskah shore, in search of whales in the aevenUes, offered more substantial evidence. After Uking several whales the Weather became , thick and he lifted land to the north was seen stood to the4 horthr When the fog fllstinctly by him and all the mem bers of his jrrewr but as he was not on a voyal of discovery and no whales wd insight, be gave the order to jfeep away to the aouth ard. he said. , In a later day, Peary on his un successful attempt - tq reach the Pole in 1906 reported that he sighted" land to the nokhwest of Crant Land. ObservingXfrom an elevation of about , J,000 ret,,.be could see land at a great4 distance, which her named Crocker Land. Further north, ;betwe$5.-ljatftades isi and 87 degrees, almost at ttiB Pole, - he found bear and fox Incstirstn lana was not a great distance away. As early as 1922. a Mr. Simp son, ship's surgeon of the Plover, reported that' the JSsklmoes of Point Barrow had a tradition that members of their tribe once had been carried northward in a south east gale to a hilly country inhab ited by people like themselves, and that after staying a- long while there they returned one Spring. However, the late R A. Harris, of the United States coast and geo detic survey, offered what the ex plorers believe to be far more substantial information. Mr. Har ris claimed that virtually all the tidal movement at the Pole de pends upon pressure from the tides of the North Atlantic ocean entering the clrcumpolar seas be tween Greenland and Spitzbergen. If there were no obstruction the tides at Bennett Island, north of the Siberian coast, would be the same as at Point Barrow, he said. But the, tides off Bennett Island rise ' and " fall 214 feet, while off Point Barrow there is a tide of only 0.4 feet. Mr. Harris held this to be proof positive that there Rufe Raving Hereafter t&is Bmsorona weekly col on, wxlttea fey Rnfe White, will Ap pear la. the featare Motion of the i STTKPAT OB2S02T STATESMAN : EASTER DAY...., AND A CERTAIN young hope- f ul informs me .... THAT THE story aqo,ut the; rabbits lay in' the eggs ... IS ALL BUNK! WHICH REMINDS me tat Ufa is full of disillusions and, even ns older folk of times have to change our ideas about some things. '" t THAT OLD FAMILIAR. R. R sign: "Stop, Look a,nd Listen I" illustrates to a certain exen, ;thp whole scheme of llie- Ya .seja ja' pretty girl; yoa stop; fck; and after you marry erytfji'jUs- ten. I ONCE KNEW a ntan.wbo stayed home with Ws Wfe every' night tor thirty years- $Jo. tlt waamt a case of true loje ; it was a cmS9 Of paralysis, ; - ONE OP THE easiest ways to garner wisdom. -; Beapcle Cu(h bert, is to keep, your tnquth slut tight and your eara .wide open. A "NO MINORS ALLOWED" sign automatically bara a barber snop quartette. , ABOUT THE. Jnost narrow, minded peraon I know of is" .the pne who classifies all -those who don't happen to ' agree with . him as "tnprons'l tor "fanaticji ' " NOWADAYS tthe person wh, goes to bed when the chickens do doesn't waste much time sleepln. , . : 4 ' ' - ' "Jt " THE REASON a professor of Greek gets only 83,000 a year while the' college football coach draws' down $12,000. is because no one ever heard 40.000 people cheerln' a Greek recitation. 1 IF NEWSPAPER HEADLINES were literally true there wouldn't be half enough aquariums to hold the motorists k who "turn turtle." OUTSIDE Of the drivelin'' of a feeble minded 'person, I know OJ nothing sillier than the : words of our popular iazz. songs. V'-:: '." - . . ; i'r k '" y . ': -'J yf .-v" SAD i BTrT ff RUE', public never knows the many fine qual- (Cestiavel vn pegs' ST. rf0 , ---arCTf 1ST EASTER STOBY ISTOLDBYPASTDR Rev. E. H. Shanks -Writed I !!.!.: xt... t- - I juvenne narraxive Tor Statesman By Rev. Ernest II. Shanks Just outside o fthe city where there Was a road, scarcely more than a path, that led down past a quiet garden and then urf ove$ the slope of a. hill and tp the plains beyond. ' Dan,' the shepherd by usually, took this road with his little flock Of five sheep as he led them out each morning and back at night. He chose - the road be cause it was seldom that he apssed any one early and late coming this way. As he had but a few sheep, he did not keep them out on the plains at nlghC hut brought them in to his fathers house just Inside the gate. There was another rea son for choosing' this road. It passed the garden. A rich man dwned the garden,., and it was a very- beautiful spot. The trees and flowers were plainly seen oyer the low stone hedge. Dan loved It. Comingf out with his little flock. Dan noticed a straoge appearance of the sky in Ihe east. It was scarcely libt yet. but suddenly the -whole east seemed to be -ra diant In advance: of ' the" sfiti. Strange things were taking place these days. Only two days ago at mid day Mack daftness settled all around him, so dark fce could no even se where" to 'go or know What to do. The darkness had lasted for three hours, and Dan wondered what it could mean. As he "returned that evening, coming over the hill, which was called "The Skull" because of Its peculiar, shape, he noticed three rough" crosses standing there. "They were not there that morning when. Dan went out On the cen ter cross he read a placard, "The Kins of the Jws.'? v ' On reaching borne he heard his father and others telling of a strange thng" Uiat had happened at day. a efneif ixtion that bad taken place, of an earthquake that shook the foundations of the city and did much damage in the (empje area,' and of certain report ed' appearances in the city of people 4ng since dead. (Contipnd en pf 3) A lQtUME le . fii this past week, thajt eeri Jthose fclosely in touch with news are surprised in look- irig;k over-each day's reports. Five minutes spent in t .-.1 j:L.1 '.ii..' C mi ii a t -li i i xeauyiK .gej;iuji wm put .Monday, Depositing .the largest Jiumber of ballots counted in any; special election Salem has Jsyer known, taxpayers Monday; went on record as opposed to the proposed grant of ?40,ooo to be used for the ,city public school system. In all, 1889 votes were cast. Ctf them 737 were in favor, of the proposal while 1152 expressed themselves as against any additional grant at this time.! I 1 -.' . ' v . ... W. Hawjey, of Saleni, f Ued ip the state department here his dclaratiofi of. candida-Jfcff reelection to the "of ficd of representative in congress fr district. Representative Hawley is a irepiDlic - "Our goyeriirnenC is not run by supor.rne.nj" declared .Bert & Haneyexmembervof thelUnitates shipping board in addressing .members, of the chamber of; commerce. ?We often' inakd mistakes. ' Still, this is better than having a government of superior men such as Germany had." Mr.1 Haney criticized the present government policy concerning, the shipping board and declared a niVy was. naTgobd without a merchant , marine.capable of coaling it.' ; ; ' ; " j ' crusade against static jwsjamiche when the Salem Radio' Broadcast toteners-association was formed, 4V mem bers being enrolled the $ irst ;night. :l Organization was' per-: fected and the Portland Electric Power company .promises' to cooperate in tracking down leak that cause trouble. : H ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' )' -""i ' - -i i -," . ; V Tuesday,-March 30 ' r J- . . An investisaticri cf ths railroac1' crossing at-Fourteenth Grips Southern Sabbath School Lesson Arranged From the Improved Uniform , International, by T. 3. TOOZB LESSOR FOR APRIL 4 Jesns Appears To His Disciples LESSON TEXT Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. John 20:29. I. Jesus Manifests Himself to the Disciples -Thomas Present (20:24.20.) Thomas was absent at the first appearance of Jesus just why we may never know. His absence de- Mjrived him of the vision of the Lord. The other disciples went to Thomas with the glad news of the Lord's resurrection but he 1 would not believe. His stubborn disbelief was such that he dog gedly declared that unless he saw the prints of the nails and put his finger in the print f the nails and thrust his hand into His side, he would not believe. Note: 1. The Lord's kindness tothose who have difficulties (26-27.) Thomas deserved rebuke, but the Lord kindly supplied the evi dence which he demanded. 2. The Lord revealed Himself, Thomas was transformed from a doubter into a confessor. He cried out, "My Lord and '.G'si; "3. The superior blessing of be-, lief without sight (29.) Jesus patiently furnished Thomas with tangible evidence of his' resurrection' bu? assured him that belief in Him without tangi ble evidence was t be in a frame of mind to receive the blessings of the Lord. II. Jesns Manifests. Himself to Seven Disciples at the Sea of Tiberius 21:1-14. 1. The occasion- 1-3. At Peter's suggestion the dis ciples go fishing. They do not go back to their old calling without hope in Christ. They should not be accused of forsaking their Lord they were poor men, there fore obliged to work. Further more, honest toil should not be considered incompatible with wit nessing for Christ. Sensible menj tnd women will be busy at so called secular occupations until called from them by the Lord. In deed, when the Lord wants men to work for Him, He goes to those The Busy Reader s Newspaper Published in the Interest of those seeking' fall and accurate survey of f x V week's local developments TT you weu in voucn wiin wnax March 29 who are busy. The disciples toil ed all night and got nothing. 2. The risen Lord the supplier of the disciples' needs 4-14. At daybreak the Lord appeared on the shore and inquired as to their success. The Lord appears at the point of their extremity. When the disciples confessed their failure, He directed them and success followed. Hi. The Charge of the Risen Lord to Peter 21:15-17. Christ put to Peter the thrice repeated question, "Lovest thou me?" before He gave him a com mission. This shows that supremej love for Christ is the one essen tial qualification for serving Him. "Lovest thou Me more than these?" means, no doubt, "Do you love me more than you do these disciples and all things besides?" These classes in the church need special care and food adapted to their several estates. 1. Feed My Lambs 15. This first charge relates to those who are beginning the Christian life, the babes in Christ. The word "feed" means more than instruc tion. It means in addition to in struction, surroundings, influen ees, eaajupiea,. etc - 2. Tend My Sheep. 16. This charge shows a different class. It means to shepherd the sheep. The duty here enjoined is to deal with the mature class. He must feed them,- give them the proper instruction, guide them, lead them and correct them. 3. Feed My Sheep 17. This third charge means the caring of aged Christians. The word "feed" is much the same as in the first case. It means that for the aged Christians the in structions ought to be such as will be suited to their needs. IV. FoUcrr ME 1 8-123. Christ here gives a prophecy concerning Peter's death. It was to be by crucifixion 18. Peter once shrank from the cross, but now the 'Lord holds it up before him. It is not the Lord's death on the cross but Peter's own. Whatever may be before, even the cruel cross, the disciples are di rected to follow Him.. and Mission streets has been started by the public service commission because of an accident occuring recently. Thime has come when the citizens of the state should pay more attention to the election of legislators," declared Hugh Montgomery, Portland attorney, in speaking to the; Salem Kiwanis club on "Automobile Taxation." "Auto taxes! are almost twice as great as general taxes," he continued j The: motorist should pay his share of the taxes, but why should he be bound down to unfair proportions?" V --'D: loag; ydpai ...the . liberty school, was "comJ pletelyexbnjerateJ5n a reporissueS br of the pcal school board, oUoinjgtniigatlon'of charges recently! bughagnsVhfclT board vote unanimoully to completely exonerate D. A.' Hoag of the; cnarges'pref erred against him at the reecnt meeting. 'V 'f-.-.-, Wednesday," March 31 . , Approximately 300 pints of moonshine whiskey, 200 gal-; Ions of 'mash and an 80-gallon still were seized Wednesday: evening by state and county of ficers when they raided a liquorj plant operated by Arthur Jette of Champoeg, about 20 miles north at Salem on the WiMamette riyer. Jette was placed! in the county jail. ' j . k There .will hf? seven canneries in operation in Salem thej coming ''se&sogi and"ali,of & over last yearj anii all of their manager aie looking, forward t an extremely busy canning yar.,There is every mcatipnj I of 4 very" much larger pack than March, 192(5, representinVa total outlay of 227,620, the! record has been, 'shattered decisively. " In the; same month' lis V year 50 permits were, taken out for a tbtal of "$155,600, rnl924tthe totiil forMarch was under $175,0Q0.- T". - -i jfc.' . t V'k ' (Coatlased 0q,UfQm0 W.T. R1GD0N tyew$port Record Set in ; 25 ppmefer Camel tjacj TUNNISA new' official record has gone into the annals of sport. A camel, in a duly supervised race here, has just made a 3Hmile lap of a 25 kilometer race about 15 miles In 12 minutes, or st a speed Of about 3.40 td the mile.1 There were four starters in thp race and the finish was close. ' fj The winner' la a product of a new breeding experiment, er courajged by the French govern? ment Vwith a view to developing thf taf andpeed of camels for use in commerce within the region of the Sahara. The sire was Jk mehari such as used in the army and the dam one of the common domestic camels. This crossing, it Is found, gives an animal of" greater speed and greater endurance. ; Historic Japanese Temples Burned With Prized Relics TOKYO. A sacrifice to the an nual fire season which comes each year with the advent of the dr months in Japan was the lose of the historical Kwannon Temples, which burned so swiftly that keepers' could not rescue even the standing statute of the Goddess Kwannon. The main Kwannon temple was more than 100 years old. Five blocks of houses were de4 stroyed in another fire which ushered in the high . fire hazard period. the ; kit tnjtnrD t oi INUMdIlK l the rae turner but last yeaiVj a pact 8.) Ivear Jc Ponulation wbmhliimit 1 Sethyat W. T. Jtigdon, Returning 6 Salem, Writes Cora prehensive Article Descfhing Situation' as Faced in 'South,?, , . rwium fltvrai V ( W. VT. RiKdon Is amoBf the oldest and best knorri residents of; Saenf. He recently returned f ronv ' a .star of th ree or more months in Southern California, and. npon his arrival at home, he WH asked by a Statesman report er' to write bis Impressions. He has done so, in the following, and he gires the people of Salem sev eral1 things to think about, includ ing tntnre water supply, city plan nlhg, tc. Following is Mr. Rig don's article: ) ; " Editor Statesman: i have sufficiently gathered up the loose ends which accumulated inf mf V absence' to write for ' the Statesnan a few Impressions made upon my mind dnrinsr m v niYaral kisfts to California. X. "Tbe three Indispensible articles by which life ' is sustained, are food, water and. air. These are universal requirements of all WW bereYer llf may be sustainedli'v Here in Oregon, where natare has so abundantly provided these essentlalss, we thins: little ahout the' places - where one or mortf jf these majr be absent or sparingly supplied - i--j.-m. Jbst now our neighbors tp the south are spending many anxious moments, in contemplation eVr the danger in the near future of a scarcity of water. Northern California is well sup piled in that regard. ' The Shasta valley, "where California gets her beef," has several beautiful moua-e tain streams which for twelere months of the year are rushing "like niad" to mingle their waters with the western ocean. Willow Creek, Klamath and Big and Little Shasta guarantee1 an "abundant supply for the development of this valley tor aU time td come. The Sacramento river, Pitt river, Mc pleud, Marys tlver, Uba river and several other fair sired rivers car ry more water than will ever be needed north of Sacramento. South of , Sacramento they have the Sam Joaquin river, Owens river and Kern river, which give reasonable supply down to the Tehachapl mountains. X mention this sltaatlon that none may think all California is In great danger of a scarcity of water during dry years. ' But when we pass the Tehachapl mountains we find a vast country which t heboid padres called Baja California. In this territory the rainfall Is much lighter. . The principal rivers In this sec tion are the Lo Angeles r4rt, San Gabriel river, and the Santa Ana . river1. These are all short rivers origlnatlagln nearby moan tains, and owng to the lay ol the land, rapidly declinlnar toward the sea, discharge their waters quick ly, then almost entirely dry p for the next ten or twelve months, la- this territory throtiglr which these elvers run, soil la : mostly s light sandy loamM rerv rleh In f arquty wben aujrpilfld wltH Watet aad will abundantly produce . al- most any, pianc me mat grows-In the temperate " or ' torrltftones. While this country was 'sparsely. populated there a f airpareht Scarcity lof Water but during h fast .fifteen years tjiere. as been sucn a rai accession to'populatlon that wisdom looks, to the future Lih some ppcehensioii tfarvel4 ous is xne growtn 01 tae oja ier Han or Spanish tP'thS and the aK most inbeUevable grdwta of new towns Is this section. Los Angeles, with near a million souls, is a sur prise tot, he world. Pasadena and ixrag ueacn are but a little less surprrsfnlc in Jthelr growth As'ide froirj the cities- already mentioned, allowCme) to mentloa .fw: tthef rapidly growing mniilcipklitles bn this -plain Saugus, Burbank. Van Nuys. Lankershlm. Altadena. an Gabriel! PomdnA. ' Ontartbi Sierra lladra, Monrovia,' Redlands, San Bernardino, Riverside, Olive, Ful- lerton. Orange, Santa Ana, Ana heim. Hn&t Ins-ton A Beach i1- anta Fe SprlngsDowney, Cahta Konlca, San, - Pedro, yeriicie, ;-WhittIer, and several others which I Wnnoi st this writing call to zxind. Do mmre i.. w.iae j. uraiKesoiu'css 4 or uuiuiuic v .1 yon wonder that Los Angeles had to go more than one hundred and thirty miles -for .water at a cost of "many millions? Yes, she "had to eut though the Tehachapl mountains "and tap the. Kern and Owens irliftB,'' very much . io, the dlscomtorture of . the people of central California ; who in, 192 tapped -the Los Angeles viaduct and turned but a sufficlentupply for themselves. "Then f stood off the sheriff and bis posse from Los Angeles and defjed them to re pair the breach 'until they bad a. sufficient ainOjlnt 'of 4 water for local use. v ' :r. ' ? r . xc, Noii letrns leave this -section tora moment and 'take- a look at the extreme- southern .portion ot the state; of whkh San Diego , Is the principal city ; of ' Importance, and we bare a more critlcAl con dition stllJ.XThl section of Baja California is much' mora limited tbarf Ihe other sections mentioned, and has mncb teas; annual rain fall ' San 'plego In Its infancy was supplied with water from wells and cisterns until the Cuyumaca jrfaatct f 'plpehne forty-five mlea In length was cpnstructed. At one time, not set tery long ago, there: was no rainfall In the San Diego country f or thrs yean and but little the fourth yea.r. It was fortunate tbat" this dront occurred when the city was small for it spurred the authorities on to provide against such a calamity in the future. In 1914, whe I re mained in San4 Diego for' some time, the city had two reservoirs on the Oti river, one called the Upper Oti and ths other the Lower Otl. from which: the city was get ting its supply In conjunction with the Cuyumaca pipeline heretofore mentioned. The lty had s,lsd, anticipating a rapid growth, con structed a dam on the Morena river, some forty miles away,but had not connected that reservoir with the city' mains. Tfatlonai City (adjoining cityj had a reservoir on the Sweetwater rlrer . av few miles above the town. - : " ' The reader"- will " . remember, probably, that the Morena reser voir (unconnected with" the city water system as yet) had never been anything like tall although no water had been allowed to pass the dam. In 1116V rain maker, one Hatfield, was N em ployed to produce rain that the If ore na res ervoir might be filled with water for an -emergency supply: V Tt k city had a , population of , abo ut fifty-five thousand, and was fro Wr log rapidly, . and In case of a drouth Morena might be connect ed npvt' will not detail the Hat field story but will say that La went to the reservoir district ':wlt the result that an nnprecedente4 rainfall followed, which filled the reservoir tq overflowing to aucU an extent that . the city sent a crew of' something' like 15 ta: . to keep the drift wood froia ecl lectlng on the dam In such qua tlty as to endanger th structure. The Lower Otl dam went entire!? put, its waUrs Inundating- tba whole . country below inf Its -waJ. e-, ' entirely destroying v a ; , qnartec mile of costly railroad construc tion of the San Dleeo Ari: railway and ; drewnlnr fiftcca people seriously damaged ' the Sweetwater dam o'f the Katlor.al City Wtr company. . The Swec t water dam baa been' repairC:! tB 1 the Otl dam replaced by a moia. dam ' of ' permanent construction. But' in the meantime the'cltr San Diego bas grown to a" popula tion of. about one - hundred, ai-i twenty-five thousand souls, ar.l today the-water supply la ins ficient to carry the city over tT, a dry 'l years, condition wt!; might occur at any time. Whca I left San Diego v oul the . tth " ilarch of this yeari there were 1 prospects for rain, to make a r x off Into the reservoirs," and t Impounded"' water suprly ' about one-fourth , below nor: 1 and ibe city authorities -rer? ' tie anxious seat. Thera I tat one fartl: