Show 18 BACK the well known gorju of major littlefield democrat is io be seen about the streets again he having returned yesterday from a trip to new york and other eastern points the return to utah of frank J cannon and the major at the same time has no special significance as the latter saya that although he was in new york at the aade time as was furious J be could not find him in agite of his endeavor to do ato late yesterday afternoon the major was seen to emerge from the office ot the state journal and more la a spirit of fun than anything else a leporter on this paper approached him and asked what do you think ot your republican paper major kaow anything about taft change until then the doughty old warrior caught and continued saying im not talking for bubli cation 7 but it was evident that iho old war horse ot lu the local change of polica of the sheet up tho hill the major would talk anything but politics he lidny kneir the situation DROUGHT IN california san francisco bov 2 the weather bureau for october chows that california is suffering from an extraordinary protraction of the dry season agricultural ri interests in certain sections of the B tote are seriously threatened by the drought north of the sacramento riar in particular the farmers tear great losses in that section of the state leas rain than usual fell last season and the lack of moisture hs fall makes the outlook serious abo last rainfall was on may 8 which was nearly six months ago only alna in the last fifty years has san francisco had a rainless october in 1890 no rain fell during october or november |