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(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)
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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
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MacL.urie.sne tmnea. -,t - v
her.) i He seldom did this, hut other ladies being present he deemed
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SEVENTV-SIXTH YEAR,
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Risk Of Life Justified
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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.
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THE REASON a professor of
Greek gets only 83,000 a year
while the' college football coach
draws' down $12,000. is because
no one ever heard 40.000 people
cheerln' a Greek recitation. 1
IF NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
were literally true there wouldn't
be half enough aquariums to hold
the motorists k who "turn turtle."
OUTSIDE Of the drivelin'' of
a feeble minded 'person, I know
OJ nothing sillier than the : words
of our popular iazz. songs. V'-::
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SAD i BTrT ff RUE', public
never knows the many fine qual-
(Cestiavel vn pegs' ST. rf0
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1ST EASTER STOBY
ISTOLDBYPASTDR
Rev. E. H. Shanks -Writed
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juvenne narraxive Tor
Statesman
By Rev. Ernest II. Shanks
Just outside o fthe city where
there Was a road, scarcely more
than a path, that led down past
a quiet garden and then urf ove$
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
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. ; 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: