The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
WORST FOR TWELVE YEARS.
Professor Wickson on Crop Condl'
 ditions and Prospects in California

,~ BERKELEY, March 3-Professor E. J Wickson of the agricultural departmen' .of. the university stated to-day that, II spite of the good done by the recent rain /: fall all over the State north of Fresno :, the present year is the worst that has been experienced in California since tht terrible dry season of 1S76-H
 :. ..':The recent rainfall" he said, mas helped along crops for the time belng :. but so far in most parts of the state = there has been only about one-thlro ol = the normal precipitation. Here In Berke- ley we have had about one-half the nor mai amount. Of course, things are not
 nearly so bad as they were in 1S76-U. In that year the total rainfall in San Fran
 cisco was about g inches, and this sea son we have had that much already. we have been known to have l0 lncneS ol n rain in March, but from present 1nd1ca, -tions there is not much prospect TOT Il
 this year IL, Co.,. .1nento Valley, the lower San Joaquin ana
 the. lower Salinas valleys have had enough rain to bring the grain along: The farmers do not seem so blue apoul :. prospects as one might expect or course
 there is always some compensation Tor
 d dry year in the form or crops rom low lands that would otherwise be
 flooded.
 =: Should Magee Bandage Woundsp
 BERKELEY, March 3.-The complaint made by a number of practicing physi- eians of Berkeley against Physical D1rec- . tor Walter E. Magee of the university TOT alleged encroachment upon their practice
 by attending to the cuts, strains ana oth- : CT wounds of the college athletes has
 created storm of wrath at the uniVer- ~ sitV. The doctors claim that Magee, not
 being licensed physician, has no right to dress and bandage wounds. MT. Ma
 gee declares, however, that Tn all cases
 hot water or simple bandageS he fnva- riably orders the injured students to con-
 suit physicians. and moreover, that his Services to the athletes who sustain hurts
 are entirely gratuitous.
 <. Berkeley News Notes.
 BERKELEY, March S.-Miss Rosa L. 'Scrivener "A, who was the first lady grad
 uate of the State University was yis-
 itOr at Berkeley this morning.
 = Professor M. F. Jaffa and D. T. Fowler left Berkeley this evening to hold a farm CTS institute at Corning, Tehama County.
 pr. A A d'Ancona of San Francisco
 has presented to the library complete set-of Addison's Spectator.
 CIV. Dickie of the Union Iron Works made an addresss to the civil engineering students this afternoon at the university. = Coach Cochran will meet all candidates for positions on next seasons football eleven at the gymnasium. Captain Hall to-day issued a call for the players to be present especially candidates for the po- sLtions of center, quarter, end and full. ::- The residence of Mrs. E. Dutton, at the corner of Fourth street and Charming way, West Berkeley, was destroyed early this morning by fire caused by the over turning of a lighted lamp.
 s|. The. University of California debaters to-day decided to choose the affirmative side of the question to be debated with Stanford in the intercollegiate debate The question is on the preferability of a system of free sale of prison made goods in the open market to the system in op- eratfon in the State of New York at pres ent.
 The Students Congress has elected the following officers: Speaker, w. T. Moon- ey '99; clerk, Ira Abrahams '99;. treasurer, E. E. Christensen 00. Next Tuesday even ing the-congress will debate the repeal of the '"mile limit law.