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Show THE IRRIGATION WORK Administration Will Be Absolutely Ab-solutely Impartial in It. EXPERT ADVICE WILL GUIDE Opening for a Healthy Young Man ln the Department of Agriculture The Kecall of Wu Tlng-rnng His Great Popularity in the East Troposed Changes in the Uniforms of the Army The Appointments in the Census Bureau Some Exaggerated Ex-aggerated Rumors. Washington. July i: There hiving been current for sevenl dass n rerort that the administration of the new- Ir-rlgttlon Ir-rlgttlon law would confer Its benefits sooner In some States than others, hec-r-tary Hltchcok has had a full and thorough conference with Mr. Newell, the rhlef of the Bureau of Irrigation In .,rE',? glcal "urvey and ' "I"' Instructions In-structions as to how the law Is to be d.r.3 ZYIh0"- JIn "fhk de-the de-the h , tr" ,'ha,l bc no no"" In r,,;ftaU" reservoirs In himself to 'hn'5.ihoat he wl" not nllow orsuch J?i.S'UnnuenceJ ,n the choice Sort than . I y nuetions of any other of ,he Miv.hveact,lal "Online reports M XathZ 8fortr0c8crlo,,r.CPOrtTne proceedr,yohf'?h8e0t a,pari "'" ?'o"e boused in Lal". ' nublle '"nds to m used in prosecuting surveys during he ""Tjnter In all the States where U Is at all possible to get water for lrr . gating purposes. n ,aya that It w no ny b Possible to start work n hut "ih'.V'Vf """o'" "flV next sen? h. !.'." ' rlln that work will 5oir ThlJ,S l"eT numbfr of "" out nh.0hy.W "'b distributed through-Vi through-Vi ".J1", rld sttes and the bene- ?othe vvlUTeeH1," be ,rqual,y allot" nrolec who' '"f'tory Interested In the tlcil and J.he, Sftry takes a prac-iSi prac-iSi Jl 1" ,ne Mme time a hopeful Mew of the work ngs of the new law and says that It will In a few ye redeem nearly the who" West that la now regarded ns a desert. rl"" Is ." opoprtunlty at the Department De-partment of Agriculture for phllan. throplc and healthy young men to get (,"."' he department and a man of fnhn laily res"rch Is Just now looking of viri1"1, ?.f ,he etteet " 'oods ?L , ''". '""clients used for color-Ing color-Ing or flavoring purposes He wants h.tnyi,,U.nK men of 00d hblts and !d ?h' n,.nt.Vnl'T lnt0 a contract Sdih i.h?.p.artn,;t.,t0 Mt hateerhe ca?efl 'n0"" '.hcm ani1 submlt to a servant"? ""n"tlc course of oh-servatlon, oh-servatlon, to see how for It Is safe m eat poisons and how far It l" nrac" tsein Duy and neginn to tonv t, tests will last for ten da?s and Th h?iil3lMf" ,or "" '"necure will ' evy da'v hJ.P.?? l ,h'. Der"nent T.n 2.yi. etl'tn c"tln hours nnd tell how- they feel rach test of nil. JarTe.'t".! V Mlnn by " iw ?."" K?od' "tib'tantlal, normal food The scientists of the Denart. ment will then make a comparison .of the conditions following the use of fm. k.ln.'' 1f f00''' "ni the resutt vvH ultimately be reported to Congress wilt hePPnICHaVn ?C ,hls "- o" "s" JVil.i,.t.0','rm'ne whther this coun. J..i u.l? nu"uf n retaliatory course irimi1n3..,ih0"e nnl nn" ,hat Practice ills-Stuffs ills-Stuffs 'on. ""'il Amerlcan food-V.!i food-V.!i S' the flrFt tests to be El. t"M b'. 1o ,rcW'' Whether the S,... f rax ln lhc Preservation of Oerm.nvh.i8 " df",tlou. or not oermtns has a new law soon going Into effect excluding our meats that have beer, preserved Jn this way and portant" " """ t,mely "d 'm Wu Tlnp Fang the Chinese Minister who Is reported to have been recilled by his government Is one of lhe ablest diplomatists and one of the most r" markable of the shrewd and nhle men who have changed the Western world's notion about Chinese capacity and civ- rift". ,0.n .J' " J"1",'"0' Wu doe, not relish the Idea of going back to China He must align himself with the pro. h?w ii'w ,,n',"' whlch mean that he will probibly Incur the Jeilous dis. like of the Dowager Empress, and that way sooner or later Imperil his head It has never been necessary to make allowances for Wu Ting Fong. or to concede him a point because he was a foreigner. A soung woman once ex. pressed surprise to the keen old states, man that he spoke English as well as she did The retort was Instant I speak It better than jou do lou talk the slang of the day nnd use care-ess care-ess and perhaps Inelegant phrases I learned English from Milton. Shakespeare, Shake-speare, Drjden and Burke, and use the speech of the great masters of the language After pursuing lhe usual course for soung Chinamen nf the higher class In Chinese classics he studied the English language, nnd In 18TI went to England, where he was enrolled as a member of Lincoln's Inn He was called to the English bar nnd practlted his profession with great sue-ress sue-ress In Hongkong Ills knowledge of English nnd American Institutions, so accurate and comj rehenslve that mere, ly from hla speches It would not occur to nnsone that he was a Chinaman or foreigner, came from study and experience, ex-perience, but hla extraordinary ndaptn-blilts ndaptn-blilts to the wass customs and even habits of thought of this country wns due to his Innate extraordinary ability For the pa3t two sears his duties have been difficult nnl no man could have performed them with greater credit to his country The Hoxer uprising In China threatened the disruption of his rountrs and his lihor It became to urge moderation patience, Justice and even meres. The Chinese exclusion campaign come on In Congress nnd Wu Ting Fang was n forceful nnd persuasive per-suasive pleader for fair play, using with rare skill and tact every available argument ar-gument In helnlf of his government from the golden mle and the Peclarn-tlon Peclarn-tlon of Independence to the benefits which would accrue to our expanding trade by conciliating the Chinese Empire. Em-pire. If he can find time, Wu proposes to write two books which, h hope will he tlits means of advancing his tountrs In Importance and Influence. One ot these will be devoted to America In which he will give hla observations while hete, nnd which Is Intended for circulation In this country. Tho other will give lh results of his observations and tho upplltitlon thnt can be mads of Western method to the conduct nf Chlnosa affairs, public nnd private, nnd this work la Intended to he printed nnd circulated for the benefit of I Is coun-Hymen, coun-Hymen, The Chinese work will hive for lie nuiln object the propagaudt of Wue Ideas for the advancement of his country, which In hook form, can he carried to every enlightened chinaman china-man The work assigned him of rodl-fling rodl-fling the laws of China nnd tha Introduction Intro-duction of European and Amerlcin Ideals will occupy much of Wu n time, and may delay his nurpose to prepare the riuullcttlnni he has In mind Wu t as ro Idea vhen he will he calli d upon to liuve Washington, It la probable this will not be determined unill the arrive 1 of Sir Liang- Chen Tung, who Is now In London, whither he went to be present as one of the ofl'clal representatives repre-sentatives of the Emperor at the coronation coro-nation of Edw nd VII. Linns H no s ra-ger ln Washington hivleg served here years ago as on of tin se. u tirli-s ot legation He was partis c lot itcd at Hnvird. and, of course, spml.s English Eng-lish fluently He Is a conipitnt.vc young man being about tt ye irs old. I ike Wu, Chen Ii a prog essivo mir, whose opinions havu been fo incl from his education In mis coun'.i and Europe. Eu-rope. If the recommendations cf th board o'ofllcers appointed to cons' l.r chine,) In the uniform nf the nrmy lv np. luntca theie will be a very decided cinnge In gurm-r.n of the mllPaiv es. tab'ieliment and -si eclalls In the dr-s cotts of offlccrs The prsioitl fu.l dresi coit. as romrarcd with th gnr-nvn gnr-nvn now worn, i a oriuui prsduc-tlon prsduc-tlon The general elfcct of the coit nnd Its dicoratlons Is that of the (lei mm army garment It Is so made that the lapels, which, buttoned, form a double breutt, may be tumid luck to any de-B-c" it the option of the wear r, i. roung the nether face of the coit fronl, nu knowing a ted, yellow or light blue cloth, according to the nrm witn which the v enrer I connected Anothir Important Im-portant change suggested bs the irmy board Is the overcoat, which Is n loosely loose-ly hanging nffnlr extending to the nn-kits. nn-kits. A stiap nt the bick of the coit draws It to the form of the wearer There nre no visible buttons anj no loops ncrosa the front There will probibly be no decorations A sort of Icelandic hood of generous proportions Is oltlxable. lhe color of the coat will probibly be the "olive mix" of the khaki uniform Among the chinges lecommended Is that the chevrons be placed with point up, Instead nf down, as nt present, It being asserted that It Ii Incorrect to place them with point down If tho recommendations of the uniform board nre carried Into effect, the characteristic colors of several of the stnrf departments will bo changed the distinctive colors as recommended being for gene.al ofllcers. the Adjutant-General Adjutant-General s department, the Judgc-Advo-rate-Geneinls department and the pay department dark blue, for the quarter, master s department, buff j for the nub-slstence nub-slstence department eras : for the medical med-ical department, maroon piped with white, for the englneeis, scirlet, piped with white for the ordnance, black, piped with red, foi the signal corps, orange piped with white, for the cav-ally, cav-ally, el!ow, for the nrtlliery, scarlet, and for the Infantry light blue. The report that the entire Cenius bureau had been Improperly appointed under the recent law that made the bureau permanent and that all the clerks would be turned adrift In consequence con-sequence raused something of a commotion com-motion todas. especlully among the clerks The matter when sifted down proves not to be so bad ns that, but it Is evident thnt the transition his been attended with rome Irregularities at least. The new law made It Incumbent Incum-bent on the director of the census to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a list of clerks who were to be retained re-tained as eligible from their examinations examina-tions and record of service to be placed under the classified civil service und retained ln the bureau. This was done on the last day of June nnd the secretary secre-tary approved the list of 870 clerks Every formality was complied with and no flaw can be detected In the title of these clerks to their places It seems that Director Merrlam. however, is In some trouble nnd largely from his own misconception of the law- He supposed that ns he was to continue at the head of tho bureau he was a continuing official, of-ficial, and It was not necessary to re-appoint re-appoint him. He consulted the Attorney Attor-ney General and got an opinion to this effect A week ugo the President tele, graphed to Secretary Hitchcock asking him to forward the commission for Dl-rector Dl-rector Merrlam at once and the secretary secre-tary proceeded to rompl) On the same day Mr Merrlam telephoned the secretary sec-retary to hold the commission ns he was a continuing! officer nnd It wns unnecessary to reappoint him He snld he had an opinion from the department depart-ment of Justice to that effect Sure enough, that sitne day along came an opinion from the deportment of Justlie Just ns the director had sild That night there was a, conference between Assistant Attorney General Vandevan-ter Vandevan-ter of the Interior department nnd An-slstnnt An-slstnnt Attorney General Russell of the department of Justice nnd It wis concluded con-cluded thit as Mr Merrlim s silary wos reduced from J750O to jrooo hs the new law he was not a continuing of-fleer, of-fleer, and furthermore that ns he had not been confirmed by the Senate he rould not draw any snlary until next December Of course he would have to lose his silary for the first nine dass of July The law- was exnmlned care-fully care-fully and It was decided that the MO and more clerks were safe In their ploces. The director the other day nsked th secretary to dismiss n number num-ber of women cleiks that he found he had recommended for nppolntment and found were over li seira old, which is besond tho civil service limit The sec-retnry sec-retnry refused to dismiss them nnd snld they had been legally appointed nnd must stay until chnrges should be preferred pre-ferred ng-ilnst them ho It nppears thit the onls person to be much hurt by the change from the temporary to the permanent per-manent bureiu Is the director him-"" him-"" J F. T. |