The Lamar register., 1908-08-26
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Thomas A. Ayres. Fort Collins, Colo,
has been appointed scientific assistant
in connection with the Agricultural
Department.
The retirement of Rear Admiral Ev-
ans places Rear Admiral Spar E.
Goodrich. commandant of the Navy
Yard at New York. at the head of the
active list of rear admirals OF the
navy. Admiral Goodrich will be re-
tired in January.
At banquet at the National Press
Club in Washington Saturday night,
Capt Thomas S. Baldwin. who has
just delivered dirigible to the United
States army at Fort Myer, announced
that he had been given contract, soon
to be signen, to construct airships for
an aerial passenger line to ply be-
tween Philadelphia and New York, III
corporated in Massachusetts about six
weeks ago by Charles J. Glidden.
The reclamation service Saturday
was advised that high pressure gates
in the outlet tunnel of the Shoshone
reservoir lave been successfully In
stalled and that water is flowing
through the tunnel. This marks an
important step in the construction Of
what will be the highest dam In the
world. which the government is erect
ing in the canon of the Shoshone river
in northern Wyoming. for the storage
of water to irrigate 100000 acres in the
vicinity of CCdy.
The United States army now owns
tn, Baldwin military dirigible balloon.
On the 18th inst after three signal
corps officers. Lieutenants Lahm. Fol-
cuts and Selfridge. had made eight trips
in the airship. General James Allen.
chief signal officer. Informed Captain
Baldwin that having fulfilled his con-
tract he could turn over the balloon at
any time This was done after Captain
Baldwin had trained three officers of
the Signal Corps to handle the craft to
| General Aliens satisfaction.
That the Panama canal can be co:.l-
pleted within five years and at much
less cost to the government that has
been generally supposed is the informa-
ton which Colonel Goethals. engineer
in charge of the work. is expected to
bring Secretary of War Wright from
the isthmus next month. Colonel
Goethals will visit Oyster Bay to dis
cuss the situation with the President.
He will return to Panama before the
various congressional committees ar
rive there early in November to in
spect the work.
| Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
! left Washington on the 10Th inst. for
a months vacation in the Rocky
Mountains, where he expects to hunt
and fish.
The secretary of the interior has sus.
pended the contract with the s. II. II
Robinson & Co. Contracting Company
of st. Louis for construction of the di.
version dam and headworks of the
North Platte irrigation project Ne
braska-Wyoming, and authorized the
reclamation service to complete the
work by force account. This structure
is located near Whalen, Wyo.
The recess appointment OF Griffith
r. Lewis to be postmaster of Cripple
Creek, Colo. in place of Daniel NJ. Sui
Ivan, whose commission expired Jan
4. 1908, has been made by the l'resi
dent, and was announced Friday by the
Postoffice Department.
Charles Street. catcher of the Wash
ington baseball team. FRIDAY won =
bet of $500 made with John RiIdIe o,
Washington by performing the unpre
cedented, though oft-attempted feat o
catching a regulation basebu,l drop
ped from the top of Washington mon,,
ment. distance OF $50 feet He onl,
succeeded on the thirteenth attempt.