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Show 'MfcLBOUiillCIHrERYIEWtD. Ue Talks GntrJelly 03 Ills Rain Tro-dsctng Tro-dsctng TliSviy, 111: 3i.iv sut i:xi'i:iH.Mi:r in:iir. TtierrrflplUtltmcrilaln la Canicil Ij tlie I'ai of (,'li'inkili. "Djotor" Melbourno anil hroth.r ar-rlrcl ar-rlrcl lu Ihla ctty ttili mirnlug ou tho o:IU tralu. Tu and n half lioura later they ulered thetr niniaa on the liolrl retliter nt th. Walker. Later atlll they were found In Mr. WnulUnJ'i office on Main Street by n Nnwarejwrter. Tha rldtr Mellnurne la the "rain ronilhr," nud receleed the liewl atairmau with n pleuaant amllo and n hearty haul make, "It ineeUh-M to any why I liaro called ou you," commenced tho reporter. re-porter. "It U," rmtnndel Mr. Melbourne, Killltniily. "at I luro len Minjerteil to no many luierelewa a I nee my arrlTal InAmt-ilm Hint I can niw, with Jilt dltlloulty, dlvlueyuur ol.Jett." In reply In tin, pit-athiti, "Am you nn AUitrallnnt" .Mr. Melbourne aaldi "Ha, air, I aiunn Irlihuian. I t nttractnl to Auatralu about twelve yniraniroliy tlie(1ilterlni;opiortunltlni of niakluti ru-ioey lu the land hualueaa that exlalel In certain rla of that country. I accordluitly became nnd wai n real mutte broker for leTrml ywira, Tlie realty mart In Auatralln haa tern noltilnit but u aur It i of hoonu and depreaalnua." "Wiiru did you nritbeiiin your ex. erlnirnta a. rain tdoducer""lnterrupt-el tdoducer""lnterrupt-el ttieriIter. "About four yean nx 1 tuJo my Ilritexpcrlmeiit.'' "Wero you MlcCenafllt?" "No, lr, I wi not. For nenrly thrie yeera my irrt. wero attended wllh falluni. Then for a few ruonlha 1 labored with InillllVrantauoceu, nnd only utawt u year ago iwrtucleJ my Invention." "Vuu nre confllent fiat yu oin caua. rain nt will?" "Ve., ilr. ltliiiowadcmonitratod faet." "And In tho quantlllea dcilrmi;" "t oan," "llnw about tho cmi;" "That la not went, iu tho rueana cm-tiloyoiinreoulyiltnile." cm-tiloyoiinreoulyiltnile." r(Jf ctairio you will not rcTrnl Ihla Ktr-il aecret thataeeoM to be ajllatlnir tht'uilnda of m many icnlu lu the Unlled Htatea today; but will you lUle In ii ayneral way yourmelhod of operation?" opera-tion?" A amllo and a ahako of tho head wai the ouly raiN,nae. "la It or la It not by the aid of chem-Inala chem-Inala that you lulriir about tho pur-lairtvil pur-lairtvil atmoaplierlo chaiiftw " "I (hrallailnKly) Vi-a, I oonfeM that I iiHtnccmbinatlouofchenilc.il, but how 1 Hi thrui li the iireat iiuri-tlou." iiuri-tlou." ' Mr. Wantlind (Into rrupllnir) "Tint I. tbo tint tluw that you liaeouTer inaJe tint mliuiaalou, li It not, Mr. Melbourne?" Mr. imiiwitne conceded mat It wia, hut that oilier rKirter ha.l tfiieaio'i u hefole. HnleTt-r, 1 liaTemw made the admlaelon that they nru the aru-t-lea I ute and I vltl not recatil," "My nraiiueccafulexairlnient wna mad In (luetnaland, Auairalla," con-tlnuwl con-tlnuwl Mr, Malbournr, "it llltlo letai than ayear agn. That country lain Kioatiimlefarlinelul Irrigation, aa It la aflllrtett with leTcin drouithla and la thinly jaipnlaled tin that account, 1 made twelve exivrlmenta then, all of ulilcuwcro tucceaatul In tho hUheat in rut. Only ono nay la nn-mury Dixie to hrlujc uiwut the drelred re-Mill, re-Mill, while hel from two to llirt-o dna are mceeaary. In New Zealand I operated live llmen with Mtlilaolory mmu. Iu crnealiii; the Atlantic ou ailtamir hut March. I eauatd aeveral atorrna. It li Juat aa eaay tu operate omen aa hnd. Itame lo the Unlle-l Htatea for the rriaou that there Ian much luiter field lu which lo work snd prove to tho world the truthfutneaa of my cUlmi. I Ian-Jed nt liiii Franclet-o on the I nth day of March laat, and proceele.1 direct lo Cautou, Uhhi, where 1 had two broth cm llvlriR. They had heard of my ilia, rovcry. I reanirmtal It to their eatla. lacllon. They not-ordlngly Inttrtitdl theniM-lTii In my Uhalf. My claim, were toon brought bt-fure the publlo and on thicnoccailona I proiluced rain there at-itordlrut to nirieemuut tlurlot; the mouth of May, Then tho new., jaipera aelected tholrown ila)a nnd n aerleaof twi-lvuaucctaaful rxierlmenli wuruiuade, Itlienlauwlit proclumn tlou lo the aoplo of Iho 1'nlu.d Htatea that I waa ready and tit-ilruu of further fur-ther auUlantla'Inii my claliua. Thla cln-ular wai e.-til in the Hoard of Agriculture Agri-culture In ovrry Huitu and hy that meana I waa Invited to Wyoming, where I rxerlmented ou the firat and i-eventh luat., with the heat of renin., although ou the last occoilou the rain waa aU houri lato lu falllni;, on Inn to n iliouir wind from the nurlhwcat. "Mr, Teriunluof your ctty," anlj Mr. lelbourue, t,py lomo mean, oti-tallied oti-tallied jaNa-taaloii olouo of my circular, and a correajanidenco o-ued up between be-tween ua. He Informed Mr. Wantland of inypretenaloni and that qentleiiun thinking It waa ouly a plain biialiiraa propotlllon came ovir tn Wyomlugaiid uti.rlu.l litruaoir lint the claim wax no fake, and Hint li why 1 am here." Mr. Mflluiimeiuldrutiher! "If tho condition! are unfavorable I ihall not experiment here ou Iho date men-tlouod. men-tlouod. What I mean la, If tho Indira tlona aro that rain will fall en the lElh luil., 1 celtalnly will not orale, aa I wnnttorxprilmoiiton aome occasion when all algna nru igaluat rainfall. If 1 am not iiiccreaful 1 maku no chnrgei. Today will probably tllacloao win tlier I wlllriioilmuiituiir)ug the meeting of the 1 rilgatlon Couitrrri lu thla t Ily." Mr. Multtouriiu la about forty.tlTe yraraofage, dark couiplexloued wllh lull It-ard, mil about live feet leu Inchea In helKht, Atler leaving Ulali lie will go to Idaho, Colorado, Knnaaa nud NehraaWa to fill engngenu nla, In no lualance, lieiaya, hoa liuuicu;ttd remuneration without complylnir with his niireenii'ut, JIU chargca are JIW a trial and ex-ur. He itam. to tu vi-ry tatrueit and anv. hM illaooxery will t prove a gnat laion to m-inklnd Ho w 111, he a.iyi, enter lutu negotlallona with the covi-rnmcut aooii. fortheaateol hll great irrrrt, A local weather prognoetlrntor called nt our etllcn early today and Informed tho wilier that ho waa al liberty to tell Mr, Melbourne that It would rain ou or alw.it the lth whether ho rxK-r. nieiited or uot. Thla win communicated communi-cated lo Mr, MtllHiurnuwlio did nut deny It, hut told If the ludlralloni were not for' fair v, rather he would uot oratc. I Dr. ( In ai ' al u in it nr oat ra in i I i. i ,'it., In 't . . n, i.-i it -t .iil'-i.liilliu.'y In. II, a f,.llnv..i ii l,r,ili lion lor Hei'temlK-r or thla ion. "Tlie .tr-!, and daja next theieto, night to I rim reactionary Nina, with n change to inotit plmaant weather. From tho ;th lolhelltli la a oombln-ntlou oombln-ntlou of cauic-nrhlrh will douUleaa. rmult in atlvo alorma. Many dry aectlom will have rain! nt thla lime. NotolheSlh to tho night of tho Ilth. Ileantlonary inovemenU will be more marked on and nUitil the 1.1th, tu ooiiaequenco nf Hie earth an'roachlng iaiilnox. The ISdi to the t-'lat li n rrgulir alorm a-rlod, with earth at iUluo, titormamuat reault, Ho vatchiul, cfperlatly on or uear lakeinud una. A center of minor till turbaUT. cut the S4tli. A regular la-rlotl b-gltiaon rteptember rOtli and rum Into Octolair." Hy much iluly linl comtantole acrvatlon and by the aid of cnrcful i.beervera over the United HUlca nud Inothcrcnuntrlei, tho ahoTo calendar liaalMeiitirought lo ni high nilatoof ptrrertlon naiaiotalhli-.. With thi-.i. fieli at.irliig tho Mo Kiuaraly In tho fnce.tlio rxirlmeiiUnf Mr. Mellnurnn will only be acceptej after corvful ntet-rratlon nyd itudy. |