The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-24

In other parts Of the State. Senator
IllIman home is in the county, and his
predecessor, General Butler. lives in
the town. The county has two candi-
dates for governor and has lot failed
IN many years to have some Of the men
Of the county in high Office EdgefeId
county was the BIRTHPLACE Of Judge
Longstreet. the famous Georgia iurist,
preacher, and humo~ist. of Gen. James
Longstreet, of Senator WigfaII Of Texas.
Of George McDufie, Preston Brooks,
Governor PiCkens, and other eminent
men.
Capt. W. F. Halleck. head Of the Pat
ent Office watch. has returned from
vacation trip TO New York
Almost every department has a num-
Der of baseball teams. In the Agricul-
tural Department and Government.
Printing Office they are numerous. The
championship in the pTintery is said TO
be a matter OF dispute between the
fifth division and Job room.
Facts of considerable interest regard
ing storage possibilities on the Loup and
Platte Rivers in Nebraska. have been
furnished lately to the United States
Geological Survey. These streams have
been the subject Of photographic inyes-
tigation at Camp Clarke, on the North
Platte, and Columbus on the Loup. for
six consecutive years. and from the OBJ
servations and measurements covering
this period, the deductions were made.
The remarkable uniformity in the flow
of the Loup. whose volume may be pre-
diCted for any month of the year with
but a slight margin OF error, is noted
On the other hand, the Platte shows
great extremes OF flow, amounting in
proportion to from three to four times
that Of the Loup. Storage problems on
both Of these streams are already be-
ginning 10 demand attention, bit in con-,
sequence Of the comparative uniformity
Of discharge of the former, very little
storage would be required to render its
supply almost absolutely unIform-an
Ideal condition for power purposes. For
its complete utilization for irrigation,
however the construction of reservoirs
viii be necessary TO store the waters
which would otherwise flow away when
not used for irrigation. The North
Platte, on the ether hand, presents an
entirely different problem; its minimum
flow is already insufficient to supply all
the irTigators along the stream and
the food volume. II drawn upon for
a single irrigation
The study Of these streams has shown
that the discharge Of the North Platte
was sufficient with proper storage, be-
tween April and October, inclusive Of
the six years under consideration to
have covered each year an area OF one
and one-thiTd million acres to a depth
Of one foot, while the capacity of the
7 fo- he
one-fifth million acre feet. Compared
with the supply furnished by the Cache
ia Poudre to the celebrated communities
of Greeley and Fort Collins in Colorado
the service Of the Loup would be three
and one-third, and of the North Platte
four and five-eights times as much.
The plan to move all the models in the
main part of the Patent ONCE TO the sec
ond floor Of the old Postofice Building
on Street, meets with favor and it is
thought the change will be ordered An
entire 1oor. the one lately used for. cen.
sus work, is now entirely bare and the |
model rooms above are crowded. One
of the main troubles with the model di- !
vision as Il now stands Is that Il is any
thing but q model It is almost impos-
sible 10 see the various displays
Mr.. Cornelius c. Billings, law clerk, OF /
the Patent Office. is q competent man for
the eKacting position he occupies Mans /
knotty problems IN connection with pat 1
ents come up. Mr.. Billings is a native of |
Connecticut and was appointed from /
Vermont
Mr.. L. G. Powers, chief Of the agricul- |
turaI statistics division OF the Census /
Bureau, has made TO Director Merriam /
a report on agricultural figures concern 7
ing Hawaii IN the Territory OF Hawaii /
there are 1710.1t0 acres of the public
lands. OF this area the Government re
ceives SO, S02 in rentals or the public 1
lands So per cent is included IN the j
Territory's 2.2T3 farms. OF the farmers
81 per cent are whites.
Messrs. Edwin s Jones and John
Leech, who left this city several months
ago for Manila to work in the Govern
uent Printing Office being established
here. have written numerous letters to
friends here. The new Office is well
Under way, and English and Spanish
work viii be turned out with great
AGILITY. Native printers will be in
stalled as occasion requires, and as their
ability TO handle wo-k according 10
American methods is ssta blished-
The comments of these young men on
he people, the climate. and things gen
rally are decidedly original and enter
aiming. They are eloquent on the eE-
oTtions practiced by the people OF Man
la toward anybody attached to any sort
Il uaI office. Messrs. Jones and Leech
ave been elected honorary members of
he Columbia Union out Of regard for
heir standing as pioneer printers.