Show I I I I i I GOVERNOR OF I OREGON DIES AT HIS POST POSTWar I War r ar E Executive r Was as Active on Public Business Till Week vr eek Ago l salem Or Ore OreL 1 March arch James 3 3 James Wilh Withycombe Withy Withy- combe con governor of Oregon died at his homo home here herc tonight He Ho had been Ill III for man many months but ut had continued to transact official business until a a week ago He lIe Io was as C 03 years ar old While It lad nd been realized b by his pf i H J y for tor several months months' past th that l the goI governors governor's gov go condition was wasi grave the time end I came unexpectedly Althou Although h con confined tined to his home Governor had spent a L portion of or toda today examining ext and signing or vetoing bills passed b by bythe tIme the legislature legislature- which closed last week Ho He did not seem particularly weak Until until until un un- til tonight when he hc collapsed and died at Under the constitution o 0 or Oregon Ben Den W. W Olcott secretary of or state slate will wIn succeed to tho office of or governor In In politics Secretary Olcott tt Is a Republican can as was Governor James combe was t s' Oregon's v war ar governor In the record of or the tho state which ranked high In volunteer enlistment enlistments enlist enlist- ments ment money contributions and bond buying buln throughout the nineteen months of or warfare his was isas the time guiding hand II n. was on his record as war governor that ho was elected re-elected without difficulty difficulty diCt- diCt cull culty b by Oregon Republicans In the theU U 1918 18 elections A As farmer fanner educator breeder of or improved im pro proved veil live e stock state veterinarian for nine years and director of ur the state experiment station Mr Ir Withycombe I had Imail made a a. name for himself tin the affairs of his chosen state for more than forty years rears before ho was made mado Its chic chief executive Mr Withycombe was born in England but had lived hived in Oregon f since s 1871 |