The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Geherally fair tonight and Colder tonight. Wednesday, “ESTABLISHED 1878 | ASSERTS SLOPE | Results of Trip, Says it Is PROGRESS NOW + ISGREATEST C. R. Kositzky, Summarizing Going Into Diversification PERSONAL EXPERIENCES Declares Talks with Farmers Show Remarkable Change in Farming Methods Greater progress is being made in diversified farming in the region west of the Missouri river in North Dakota than any other section. as- serts Carl R. Kositzky, state land commissioner, Who has traveled 10, 000 miles in the state since June 1 in connection with business of the land department. The central section of the state, between the Missouri and Jim rivers, and the eastern section cannot com- pare with the Missouri Slope and northwestern North Dakota in this regard, he asserts. Returning from a trip in Missouri Slope counties and northwestern counties, he declared that a remarkable change in farm- ing is taking place. * In many counties in the south- western part of the state where three years ago aid was sent from the outside by the Red Cross and other organization he declared he found a changed system of farming, @ surprisingly optimistic feeling and a confiderice in the future of the sec- tion. Diversification in farming has wrought the change, he declared. One ‘farmer in Hettinger county has Sold 1,600 quarts of ever-bearing strawberries ‘this year, he said. An- other, he said, was adding fruit raising to his list of products, he successfully propagating tame plums and cherries. Another farmer, he said, told him he realized more off 50 acres of corn this year than his. neighbor realized off 200 acres of corn In another place he meaaured sev- eral ears of corn that were 16 inches long. A farmer near Rhame told him he had been’ raising corn for 16 years, had never had a failure and this year raised corn that will make 50 bushels to the acré. This same farmer was quoted as saying that if Iowa farmers knew they could raise such corn and hogs here they would flock to North: Dakota. An- other farmer made good money off watermelons. Milk cows, turkeys, geese, ducks, corn and hogs spell the change in the method of farming in the sec- tion, he said. i Denial of extensive eredit in the last three years, he said, was attri- uted by some farmers as a primary cause for the change in farming, and bad experience with small grains a powerful reason. Many farmers, he asserted, have quit raising wheat or materially re- ced the acreage, He declared that hte found a mixed sentiment among the farmers on the question of a government fixed price, many favor- ing the price and many more oppos- ing any such action. Many farmers, he said, ate looking to diversifica- tion as the sole method for improve- ment. NEW FOREST ~ FIRES SEEN Light, Rain, However, Gives Promise of Success in Fighting Fires 1 St. Paul, Oct. 16.—Reports that a light drizzle of rain began falling at Duluth shortly before dawn to- day with indications that it extend- ed west for a considerable di ie a spirit of optimism in for- try men today after spending a nuous night directing forest fire fights by long-distance, telephdne. Early reports Monday of raig.and snow throughout the )forest area led forestry officials to believe the |. danger for tRis season had been liminated: and they were enjoying heir rst speriog of relaxation after month’s constant vigil when me: ges from several points . warned them that’ a terrific southwest wind prang, up and wes threatening to in the embers of smoldering fir Field forces were at once mobil- id in. the district: ‘where the’ fire emed moat likely to break out but More organization was complete e flames had: broken out and .re- ts of “out of control” began ‘ar- ing at the office of -W. T.°Cox,: ate forester. “ TRE 6,—Sam‘ Dun, suffered a DISASTROUS N. D., Oct. , farmer near ivy financial loss ‘when his barn, Mry and: sll contents were fyed ina fire of unknown origin. actically, all harnesses on the 1,000 bushels of grain and. a.| just THE BIS SS ooo — BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, ‘LOOD MENACES OKLAHOMA CITY “ AFTER THE JUGGERNAUT HAD PASSED This wreckage strewn along the right of way, marks tue site where eight school children were crushed to death when a tast ‘passenger train hit the school bus at a grade crossing near Ravenna, 0. Of the 18 tots who were in the carry-all, on ly six escaped uniiurt. ‘I'nis nuniber leaped from the rear of the coach when they saw the express bearing cowr on them, and gazed with horror on the death and multilation wrougiit among thoir ¢ompanions. CONTESTS HERE | BRING OUT FINE “CORN SAMPLES Yellow, White and North- western Dent Corn of, Finest Quality Is Entered PRIZES ARE AWARDED Cream, Flax, Foiatoes and Other Products of Finest “ Quality .on Exhibition > Yesterday Some remarkably fine samples of Burleigh. county agricultural pro- ducts are on display in numerous stores of the city today, being en- tries in the prize contests conducted yesterday in. connection with Com- munity Sales day. ‘Outstanding. in all the contests were the corn: -pntries.. There were prizes offered in|three separate corn contests, yellow corn, white corn and Northwestern Dent. One of the fin- st exhibitions of corn ever seen in this section of the state is on dis- play in these contests. that Burleigh has. “arrived” as a quality corn growing county is con- tdined in “them. Even the judges id many others who have been fami with the progress made in corn raising in the county expressed surprise and grat'fication at the high quality of the samples placed on ex- HKibition, Many suggestions were heard in favor of the idea advanced recently for a Burleigh county corn show, as a result of the exhibition. Numesous other products of fine quality,’ including flax and potatoes, were put exhibition. The cream contest brought many samples to the Ne&thern Produce company, where the cream was test- éd under the direction of W. F.. Reynolds, state dairy commissioner. Carl Nelson, manager of the North- ern Produce company, saig that the cans of cream for which prizes were awarded were classed as “extras” from which is made the finest butter that“ is produced anywhere , in the world. “Anyone who says that you can’t produce cream in North Dakota to make the best butter in the world is mistaken,” he said. All the cans of cream, there being 15 to 20 entered, graded No, 2. The prize: winners were announced today follow: id Corn’ Contests. Northwestern dent corn, First Na- tional. bank—4st: prize, ; Wilbert Fields, Bismarek; M.. F. Agnew, Menokea; . Paul : ‘Brown, rola tas Prizés, $5;-$3 end $1. ae Yellow corn, First Guaranty bank —1st prize, R.C, Day, Brittin; sec- (Continued, on’ Page '8) s Ample proof i Women Cannot Escape Punishment Rutes Judge Lowe | Gresby, N. D., Oct. 15—Womea who believe that they can violate the liquor laws and escape jail senience punishment because they have a ! amuy of ch.ldren will be dealt with ‘the same as othet individuals, Judge John C, Lowe of Mimot said here, folowing the senteneing of Mrs. Ma- bel Janiausky of Noonan, to,99, days in the county jail and to pay a fine of $200 and costs. Mrs, Janlausky pleaded guilty to a charge of having Stensils in her possession for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. | The woman evidenced no regret lover the punishmeat inflicted upon her, despite the fact that a family | of seven small children are at home, most. of thdm too young to realize why their mother should be taken away from them. Judge Lowe or- dered that the woman’s husband take care.of the children during her { punishment. . 4 dy, BOND SALEIS -. NEXT STEP IN WATER MATTER | City Commission, in Meéting Last Night, Canvassed Vote in Saturday Election The city commission, in meetirig {last night, canvassed the vote in the | bond election Saturday as. one of | the formalities toward consummation | of the bond sale expected to be made to provide funds for the purchase or construction of a waterworks. Sale of the bonds awaits the dis: | Position of legal formalities, Mayo | Lenhart said, It is expected that a leonference will be ndéld with George P. Flannery of St. Paul, president of the Bismarck Water Supply Com: pany, soon. ‘Work on the additions planned to 'the old plant, which has not been ‘taken over, are proceeding rapidly, engineers report. M. A. Edburg appeared before the commission last night to ask that water mains be extended on Eighth street froth Avenue D to F, saying that if this is done he wilh build’ a double house there in the ‘spring. Farmer Boosts Killdeer, N. D., Oct, 16.—George ranching and wheat farming in Dunn county, has sold off all his serub stock cattle and is purchasing pure bred Holstein stock. Morton, who has been closely af- filiated with the activities of the Nonpartisan “league and’ served for three terms in the lower house of the state legislature, has come to the conclusion that “you tan’t legislate big wheat crops and big wheat prices, but that butfer fat always finds a market.” ' PRAIRIE CHICKENS HAVE LUCKY The prairie. chicken season closed in North Dakota today, with” some hunters. disappointed over the sed son-and other sportsmen happy in that they say the prairie chickens bullets in many, years. 5 Bad weather for bunting since the season opéned orf Scptember 16 hes. most hunters; get out, was counted a good day. ey While a jarge, umber: of hunters have ‘been entirely satisfied with their luck this "season, and have ob- tained a few chickens every time have had’ the -hest luck in evading| they’ have gone out, other hunters, many of them good ones, complain of ‘noor ‘luck. The ‘chickens, they say, have been wild. ¢ The survival of a.largér number of Dairy Cattle Morton, for many years engaged in| N. D, HAS BEST 19: COOLIDGE ASKS WHEAT RATES President Makes Suggestion to President Rea of.Penn- sylvania Railroad ALSO ON EXPORT COAL ¢ Believes Action Would be Helpful in Meeting Pres- ent Situation, He S Washington, Oct. President Coolidge today .suggested to Samuel Rea, President of the Pennsylvania railroad, that a freight rate reduction be put on wheat de- signed ‘for export and that railroads institute the same rate on export coal as on coal for domestic use. , The suggestions were made by the President to Mr. Rea at a White House conference 16. — CORN CROP IX ITS HISTORY i Opportunity Offered to Ex: hibit Corn at Intefnational Show in Chicago Fargo, N. D., Oct. 16.—“North Da- kota has the finest corn crop in its history,” declares Dr, H. L. Walster, agronomist at tne North Dakota Agricultural college. “North Da- (kota with nearly three-qfarters of y: million acres of corn which wilt return yields ‘this year averaging, anywhere from. thirtyefive to fifty bushels of corn to the acre, must inform the rest of these United States, in no unceftain way; that-this state does wise corn. In the most recent. bovk published on corn, the state of North Dakota, as a corn tate is practically ignored. We ave ‘only ourselves to blame. “North Dakotans should make corn exhibits at their community fairs, at their county fairs, at their staté fairs, and perhaps most important of all is the great International Hay and Grain show held in Chicago this year from Dec. 1 to 8. Applications fonentry in the International shows must be in the hands of the super- intendent of entries not later than Nov, 10, Write to the department of agronomy, Agricultural college, N. Daffor entry cards for. each ‘en- try, or ask your county agent for thé same. Exhibits must be shipped addressed to the International Live Stock exposition, Grain and Hay ‘show department, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill., plainly marked with the name and address of the shipper. These shipments must reach Chi- | cago not later than Nov. 26, “The International Grain and Hay jphow offers \prices for ten-ear sam- les of yellow dent corn, ten-ear amples of white dent corn, ten-ear ‘samples of any flint corn, and sin- | gle ears of these three types of corn. Northwestern dent, a popular variety in this state, is not eligible for entry. jit you are growing Minnesota 13, Rustler, white dent; Mercer flint, Dakota white flint of any other vari- | ety similar to these, be sure to pick 'a sample for the show. Pick the hest: ten ears out of several ‘hun- dreq that you have laid out before you. # Picking Show Corn, “Pick ten ears of the same length, the same diameter, the same size or kernels and the same shape of ker- nels. “Pick ears with straight rows of kernels, ci sf Pick ear® of uniform color. “White varieties should have | white cobs, yellow varieties, red cobs. i “The kernels of dent corn should jbe rather shiny, with a moderately {smooth dimple dent. Avoid picking ! kernels that are narrow, tapering [and ghoe-peg ih’ shape. frem seven to eight inches long and from-six to six and one-half inches in circumference, but be i ten ears of exactly the Flint varieties may. what longer, but with a somewhat shorter circumference.” Skull Fractured < By Angry Woman Deadwood, S)-D;, Oct. 16—Profes- sor Ohmatead, Pweg) of the Cen- tral-Gity high school, is in a Dead- “Pick ears of dent corn that are | © and the Pennsylvania execu- tive probably will: consider them in conjunction with executives of other large rail- Toads, 4 Like his predecessors, Harding and Wilson, Pres- ident Coolidge is adverse to carrying out the directions of Congress embodied in the merchant marine act of 1920 that commercial treaties pro- hibiting the United States from instituting preferential rates be abrogated. With respect to reduction of the shipping rates on wheat. for export the Pres- ident said he felt that such action by roads would be helpful in the wheat. situation and, would prove a wise policy for the railroads to under- take at present. | { Although the suggestions were presented solely to Mr. Rea the executive feels that whatever action the Pennsyl- vania might take would be followed by other roads. ‘ | TWINE PLANT CARRIES OVER HUGE AMOUNT Has 2,000,000 Pounds of Un- sold Twine on Hand, New Warden Says Failure to sell ‘all of the twine mé@nufactured in the state prison twine plant during the current year has left Warden J. J. Lee facing a difficult situation in the operation of the plant next year, according to the result of a final check-up and audit of the twine® plant property and accounts. . Warden Lee succeed- ved L. -L. Stair as warden after the close of the twine plant season on September 1. * ‘The twine plant had on hand Sep- tember 1 when the, new warden as- sumed control 2,000,000 pounds of. twine and accounts of $189,000. The twine pla which is operat- ed by prisoners and has a capacity of 3,500,000 pouhds a year, has form- erly been a money-making branch of the prison, In 1922 there was an extraordinary demand for twine. During the past summer competi- tion from outside private twine-mak- ing concerns and prison twine plants of other states became so keen that the North Dakota penitentiary plant has 2,000,000 -pounds of unsold twine. The bills, receivable also have increased greatly. ‘The new warden plans-a campaign for 1924 to get North ‘ota farm- to/use prison twine*and to re- duce the accounts on the books, many of which are old. The value of the plant, including cash money earned, twine and. raw nmiaterial on hand and bils receivable, is about $660,000. The state has $350,000 in buildings and machinery in ‘the plant. —& BIG WHISKY’ HAUL IS MADE wood hospital suffering from. s frac- tured skulf. and . numerous body bruises as 0 result of an attack: on |» rhim alleged to. have been made by Mrs. Tony Fickey at Central City. chickens’ and}chickens than’ usual odght to insure| °Circting-.around: the Fickey:dwell- grouse being hot then usual. One|a plenitude of chickens’ and grouse|ing at which’ Ohmstead had call hunter, today’ asid tl ed ‘days in tl chad ” been | next. will) now turn to ducks. fii inquire why one of. rer chil been absent: from: s is New York, Oct. 1.—Twenty-tour RAILROADS CUT) PRICE: FIVE CENTS ASK BIDS-ON MISSOURI RIVER Bids will be received until noon, ; October 22, for furnish.ng materials for the revetment work which 1 government and state will undertake on the Missouri river here just north of the Nortuern Pacific bridge this winter. It is expected that the re- vetment work, which will preserve the channel and prevent eroson} on the west side of the river which might lead to dangezous conditions in flood” days, will, cost more than $76,000, , Bids will be received at the United | States engineer office, Postal Tele- graph building, Kansas City, Mo. The work to be bid on is classified as fol- lows: e 1. Furnishing 9,00@ cubic yards stone, riprap (native nigger heads) f.o.b. cars. / 2. Or if found wagon haul to Mandan milepost 641 on the west bank of the Missouri riyer, delivereg at that plan. It is provided under this class that the stone must be ve nigger heads, sound, durable limestqpe or sandstone that will not disintegrate under action of air or water, to be in pieces that will average 100 pounds each, no piece of, stone to we'gh less than 25- pounds ang no Piece to weigh mage than 100 pounds. ~~ Stolen Car Is Recovered Roy Eliason of jmarck, whose Ford car disappeared after he left it on the road southwest of Baldwi ‘ago, was found abandoned two miles from the point by John Eliason, his uncle, who lives six miles southwest of Baldwin. The tires and tools had been taken from the’ car. CATTLE WORTH $194,000 T0 BE SHOWN HERE Northern Pacific Train Also Brings Finest of Horses and Ponies to City STOPS HOUR AND HALF “What makes a cow worth $10,000 will be explained in Bismarck on Friday afternoon, October 19, when the special train carrying the world’s champion dairy stock and horses ‘stops Bismarck between 4p. m. and 5:30 p. m. The special train is traveling over Syracuse, N. Y., where the, National Dairy Show was held, to Portland, Oregon, for exhibition. The train will stop at Valley City, Jamdstown, Bismarck and Mandan cattle. With the train will be L. R. Oosterhuis, general manager of the Carnation Stock Farms and G. S. Pacific. The train will have on it ‘Hol- steins, Jerseys, Guernseys apd Short- horns &nd Devons. There also will be on it \Per- | cheron horses. Hackinly horses, a carload of ponies adn saddle horses. There will be a total of 68 cattle and 46 horses, valued at $194,000.00 on the special train. PLAN BOOZE. FIGHT ANEW Conference. in Washington Takes Steps to Obtain * Cohesion’ Washington, Oct. 16—Plaris to carry the fight for a more rigid en- forcement of the prohibition law into every city, town and village of the country were approved at the closing session. of the citizenship conference here yesterday. They completed a nation-wide campaign designed to in- crease respect for the 18th amend- ment coupled wit! united commun- ity campaign in each community ‘to support aggressively the local, state and federal authorities. Meanwhilé. the result of the citizenship ‘conference was avail- fable to the comference of the Gov- Hl of President Coolidge to consid- er means of more effective cooper- ation ‘between the national and state governments to consider not only en- forcement of the prohibition act but e’ narcotic immigration and kin- dfew laws. Some of the recommenda- tions of the citizenship, conference probably will be placed before the jovernors. $ BURNS FATAL, > Cando, N.: D., Oct. -16.—Bobbie Ford, @ years old, gon of Mr.- an Mrs, M. R. Bord of this place, died from burns Feceived playing at roast- ine potevent in a bonfire two days earlier. | 4 in a convenient- ernots which will meet here at the~ REVETMENT WORK TO BE STARTED THIS FALL NORTH OF N. P. BRIDGE’ The second class is for 3,000. poles, ; three to six inches at the butt and | | from 15 to 30 inches long, of any na- | | tive timber, cottonwood or equal, | Three thousand deadmen, four feet | long, 12 inches in diameter, of any | native timber, This material to be | delivered along the Missouri ziver, on the west/bank of thé river. The third class is for 2,260 cords | of brush and wWil, the specifications | providing that it shall be of bar; growth willows cut no longer than | | two months in advance of being used, | and having a diameter at the butt | of one to two and one-half inches and a length of from 10 to 25 feet. | The brush shall be compactly and evenly corded. This shall be de- livered on the right bank of the river. 3 The announcement that bids would | be received at Kansas City came as a surprise to many in this city, who | have been working to get the pro-/| ject under way and who were’ anx- | ious that local bidders, farmers and should bid. Since it is pro- vided that bids must be received in Kansas City by noon, October 22, local bidders must act quickly. It is expected the revetment work will provide employment for many men this fall and winter. ‘MOBS RIOT IN ' BERLIN; POLICE ~ USBBAYONETS | Storm Town Hall in Heart of Berlin, Traffic Is Stopped In Busy Center NISTS L ‘ LeoMMU EAD Riot Blame Is Placed on Them By the Police; Riots Also in Other German Cities Borlin, Oct. 16-rSeveral thousand } unemployéd attempted to storm the | town hall in the heart af the city this morning but were repulsed by the police who charged the mob with | six bayonets. The demonstration, which authorities’ say was led by ‘communistic agitators, Zlocked traf- ‘fic in what is ordinarily one of the | most congested parts of the city and forced numerous shops to pull down j iron shutters as a protection. Mobs in greater Berlin outlying sections kept the police busy all dur- {ing the morning. At one point the: crowd, three being wounded. 15,000 FLEE, WATER NEARS ~ CITY CENTER Business House Proprietors Move Stocks of Goods from Basements as Flood Rises MANY ARE IMPERILLED Res: Work Desperately Throughout Night ‘to Save People From Death ruers: TWO LIVES LOST Oklahoma City, Oct. 16.—The first definite report of loss of life in the floods which struck here early today was received when the police rescued R. H. Loos, and his daughter, aged 10, in a tree top in Wheeier park and learned from them that a boat In which they at- tempted to escape had cap- sized, drowning Mrs. Loos and a daughter, aged elabt. Nineteen persons are in hos- pitals cuffering from exposure and one fs not expected to live. The river was falling at 2 Lars and It was ex all ger in the business dis- tricts way passed. The water jell Nkpgee than three blocks Backed up sewage, however, flooded nearly every basement. Oklahoma City, Oct: 16.—A catss trophic flood ripped Oklahoma Cit today. With virtually the entire south side inundated flood waters of the North. Canadian river, rising rapid- ly and creeping -relen' ly upward fram the lbw lands, already are lit- erally lappirig at the threshold of the retail business. center of the -city, with every prospect that: the crest of‘the high waters will not be reach- ed. for sometime. Sweeping ‘savagely - sbutheastward the raging torrent swollen to unpye- eedented proportions by' rains which have fallen virtually without inter- ruption for four days ‘in the west and north ‘central ,sections of teh state; broke: threugh the municipal reservoir 10 miles west of here early today arid flufig’s' pent up nife-foot wall of water downstairs to spread further disaster to the already stricken-lowlands of Oklahoma City’s south side. ; This volume of water reached here about’ 4 o'clock’ this morning and within an hour-had spread to within 18 blocks of the principal businer~ district both from the northwest and southwest corners. Many Are Imperilled. So far there has been no loss of life reported but a number of per- the Northern Pacific railroad from! police were forced to fite into the | Sons are believed to. be imperiled. A swirling current with = power- | Renewed foot riots are reported in ; Germany. A elash oceurred at Mann- heim where two were killed. Leipzig continues to be the scene keepers chose to give away bread nd oleontirgine in preference to, ‘having their shops looted. The po> i show. windows of display or shut | , down. APPROVE BILL Berlin, Oct. 16.—The cabinet last *night approved a bill granting achar- | ter for a gold annuity %bank, whose | capital wilt be furnished by indus: ,try, agriculture, banking and com. merce through compulsory hypothe- tication of their realty and other holdings. On the basis of such ms- terial values, the bank will be em- powered to issue interest—bearing "obligations of annuities computed in new currency, which is’specified as “renten” or annuity mark, which will rank as legal tender. ; The present bill specifies that the newly founded bank is to place 1,200,000,000 new gold marks at the government's disposal, in return for j which the reichsbank will cease to dis¢éount the government's ‘treasury bills, thus placing it ina position to accomplish an immediate curtailment of inflation. 4 A The current paper mark will con- tinue as official legal tender, the present bill merely providing an in- termediary solution to the impend- ing scheme of general cyrrency re- form. In connection with its present plan of approving an issue of gold annui- ties secured by hypothecated pri- vate properties, the government will immediately authorize the igsue of 200,000,000 marks worth of gold loan certificates in small denominations for the benefit of small investors. London, Oct. 16.—A mob tried to force its way into the Berlin stock exchange this morning, says a Cen- tral News Dispatch from the Berlin capital. The doors were proniptly closed and the police took, up the problem of dealing with the attack- fe moh alee felnd my city jail, the message Police appeared in,st ‘ful undertow rendered powerl ef- forts of firemen to reach doze person in the Mulligan district «f the lowlands. Rowboats were to give people a chance to see the’ of renewed rioting and many shop able to effect a rescue after eat!’ efforts had resulted in the resc several, One man is said to be ha Bulkley, vice-president of the same’ lice are guarding the market halls, desperately to a rafter in a churcl company, and H. W. Byerly, general! while most of the shops in the heart while the angry waters sweep immigration agent of the Northern of the city either have cleared the | through the chureh below hi In a smail grocery store a man his wife, proprietors of the I are isolated, awaiting the rescuers who have so far been un:ble to reach them. 15,000 Abandon Homes. ” Ordered to’ places of safety last vening by city authorities approx- imately 15,000 persons abandon? their homes in the flood path con: prising 117 city blocks and are be. ing ‘ sheltered and ‘fed by hastily formed relief organizations. National guardsmen are patrolling the stricken residential. section to aid civil authorities in possible res- cue work and to prevent looting while mer ts are removing their basement stocks and records to places of safety. - ~ Ordered to Shoot. Following reports to pvlice head-. quarters that 75 to 100 men were looting homes--a force of specially deputized police were ordered to the section with ofders to shoot anyone found pillaging. Bread and coffee lines were open- ed-by the city’s two largest hotels. FLOODS IN TEXAS : Dallas, Tex. Oct. 16, — Man; streams in the north, east and cen- tral .Texas-areas are at flood stages following almost a week’s unceasin: rains, according te reports receive:i here today. The property loss is ex- pected to be heavy. -The railro traffic has been delayed by wash outs. lephone and telegraph. ser- vice is almost demoralized. No loss of life is reported. Ke SEE SAME HOPE Oklahome City, Oct. 16.—Water- at the city reservoir a few miles west of here had fallen six.fget since. mid- night, according. to, Tt hy C. E: Brets,'si 3