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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1009 A -T 1 .. til, V ll HH7FI FFRN I SNA ' I MAYOR SIMON. MEMBERS OF THE PAEK BOARD AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN PARK MATTERS I PHOTOGRAPHED JTJST AFTER nHLLL ILnil LfillU ,:; INSPECTING the hazel fern tract, near sunnyside, yesterday morning. 1 VISIT- v TO BE PURCHASED 5 - Mayor and Board Pleased With Proposed Park Site Near Sunnyside. - . - .: : r . , THE MOST POPULAR SEASHORE RESORT THE MOST EASILY REACHED AN ALL RAIL RIDE-NO CHANGE OF CARS QUICK SERVICE-UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT VIA ASTORIA & COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD LOOK OVER OTHER TRACTS Sloro Property Will Be Acquired at Mount Tabor, but Hawthorne Blocks Do Xot Ira press Favorably. Alayor Simon and members of the Park Board, accompanied by others in terested In park projects, spent yester day mDrning viewing the Hazel Fern farm tract, near Sunnyside. the Mount Tabor properties under contemplation of purchase, and the Hawthorne blocks, at Hawthorne avenue and East Twelfth street. About 25 acres In the Hazel Fern tract will be purchased, and con siderable ground at Mount Tabor also, b-ut there Is little probability of the city taking over anything In the Haw tnorne tract. Judging- from statements made by the Mayor and members of the lioa rd. Every member of the party was loud In praising the beauty of the Hazel Fern tract, and the opinion seemed unanimous that It would be a shame to permit any one to cut off the large fir trees there, which will make of it a distinguishing feature of the park eystom. There is also excellent oppor tunity to make an artificial lake, with out great cost, and It is understood that the Mayor and members of the Hoard will, at their next meeting, recommend to the Council the purchase cf about 25 or 30 acres of this land at $3050 an acre. The party left the City Hall at 10 o'clock In three large automohiles and went at once to the Hazel Fern tract on the Ease Line road, where C. K. Hnry piloted the members about through the woods and showed them the manv advantages of the site for a pa rk. From the Hazel Fern tract the party went to Mount Tabor, where they were escorted around by President Laldlaw, of the improvement association, and Messrs. Perkins and Howells, members of he association's park committee. They viewed the property acquired through the recommendations of the former Board, and the portion recom mended for purchase, but which has not been taken over. Mayor Simon later expressed the belief that It will be wise to pay for this, which will In clude e.iousch to Insure ground for all necessary purposes there, but said he "will discuss the matter wiUi the Board. After the Mayor and members of the party had viewed the city and other places from the various points of vantage on the summit of Mount Tabor, tney were pleasantly surprised by an Invitation to partake of ice cream and watermelon, which was served by the women of the community. From Mount Tabor the party went to Hawthorne Park, where the members remained but a few minutes. It being the sentiment of everyone, so far as coula be judged by their remarks, that the city would not be warranted in ex pending $100,00 for the four blocks that aro offered. The Mayor and mem bers of the Board uppeared to be much surprised at the ruin that has been wrought In the premises, practically all of the large trees having been cut down, and much of the former beauty of the place marred. At the next session of the Board the entire park project will be gone over, and It Is probabie that the recommen dations to the Council for further pur chases Trill be made. SUBURB WANTS PLAYGROUND Montavllla Will Lay Request Before Mayor Simon. At the meeting of the Montavllla Rose Association, Monday, night, in the gymna sium. W. 1 Bartlett. presiding, it was de cided to ask the city to purchase two acres In Montavllla for a playground. Henry Freeborough. H. B. Dickinson. Mrs. H. B. rXckineon. Mrs. J. D. Sullivan. Mrs. Lundy and Mrs. LaFollet were appointed a committee to wait on the Mayor and ask him to look over the situation. This committee met Mayor Simon yesterday morning at Mount Tabor, but he did not have time to take up th matter then, and promised to do so at some future time. The association is not particular where the playground shall be located. It was decided at the meeting Monday riight to undertake the purchase of roses on a Co-operate plan. All who wish will go In together and purchase choice rose bushes by wholesale. By this plan the bushes ran be bought much cheaper than In small lots. The association accepted an Invitation from the Greham Grange Fair Associa tion to have a day at the fair in October and also to compete for the prizes given for October roses. Arrangements for the day will be made later. "BIG RED CAR" NOT FOUND ! Censure Heaped on Detectives for Failure In Auto Murder. Yesterday was without developments in the hunt by detectives for the two tin-knem-n occupants cf the "'big red touring car," which ran down and killed Mr. May Real, of lo Eiet Sixth street North, ore week ago last night on the Linnton road opposite the ExpoJition grounds. It was stated yesterday by a person thoroughly conversant with the case that the detectives have been running down Improbable clews Instead of getting at the bottom of the matter By quirzmg the waiters and proprietors of the Lake View and Cliff Inns on the Unnton road, which were visited by the man and wo man described as the occupants of the unknown car. It was stated the Men titv of the couple Is known to these per sons, but they are being protected by them. Just how true this is. is unknown, but certain It Is they have not been sub jected to a rigorous examination. The miserable failure of the detectives to reach any tangible conclusion In the case has called forth general critical comment and It Is) said Chief Cox feels ciisgusted- Albany Now Has Four Banks. ALBANY. Or.. Aug. 10 (Special.) Ths Albany State Bar.k. this city's fourth hanking Institution, opened Its doors this morning In its new building at First and Ellsworth streets. There was quite a string of depositors In line and the honor of being the first depositor in the new bank was shared by A. K. Curtis and S. C. Worrell. The bank is In charge cf William Bain, president; P. D. Gilbert, vloa-prsaident, and H. N. Bouley, cashier. Perkins, Ur. J. A. Pettlt, W. G. TIME IS.CUTD0V Dispatchers on Northern Route Adopt New System. EXTRA MAKES FEW STOPS Second Section Runs Ahead of Reg ular Train on Portland-Seattle Schedule and Tedious De lays Are Eliminated. Northern Pacific train dispatchers at Tacoma, who are handling the traffic between Portland and Seattle, have de vised a new method of sending out trains, which Is proving a great lime saver and a big convenience to through passengers. Almost since the first days of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacinc Exposition at Seattle, it has been, necessary to ooerale the trains between Portland and the Exposition City in at least two sec tions, and following customary railroad BIG DECREASE IN THE SALMON CATCH Secretary of the United Fishermen Puts the Biame Upon the Fishwheels in the Colombia River Narrows-Impotent Legislation to Prevent Destruction of a Great Industry, He Says. .-v. STORIA, Or., Aug. 9. (To the Edl J tor.) The present Summer fishing i season on the Columbia River, run ning from May to Aug. 26, is a failure for all canneries and gear, except those oper ating above tide water In the narrows of the Upper Columbia. As only three weeks' fishing is left, and the tules, the late fish of whitish nnd inferior color ana quality, are commencing to enter the river, all indications point to a steady lessening of even the poor up-to-date catch, fannerymen state that this sea son s pack will be 30 per cent less than last year's, which wa the smallest out put of salmon since active canning was started on the Columbia. On the other hand, the fish wheels and seines on the Upper Columbia have man aged so to corral the salmon that, for Instance, the Scufert Cannery at The Dalles, already in June had more than Its ordinary annual pack. The writer of this communication, talking in June with Mr Gram. State Factory Inspector, was told bv him that, discussing with the president of the American Can Company at Portland the salmon outlook, the lat ter told him that while he believed the seaeon would turn out all right from catches then reported, there was this year a peculiar feature la. the business. "Mr. SeuJert. of The Palles. buys tin and makes his own cans. Then hen he gets more fish than he expected our com pany sends him a few crates of cans. This year, however, while furnishing him with the usual amount of tin. we already have sent him three carioaos oi . concluded the president of this company. ni. -nji,nn l the ITnner Columbia accounts for the continued decrease of . -1 v.. - sr.imnn for the L'nner Co- mi i liiuilivm . - ," J m lumbia contains more than two-thirds of the natural and best spawnin oeus oi the Columbia. Ana tnese spasmus w .i .i 1 nr enawn because the eelnes In the narrows of the Columbia destroy the spawn deposited, and but fery few sal mon pass Celllo. the strategic point of salmon destruction caused by the wheels. Salmon fishing permitted aDove neaa oi tide, the shortening of the fishing sea- c.tnHnv closlne laws, simply op erate to give more fish to the few wheel- owners of the Upper Columbia msteaa oi aiding our hatcheries and natural spawn ing e rounds, as they were ostensibly in tended for. Ex-Master Fish Warden Van Dusen. in his report for 19-16 and 1907. after seven years of close investigation, ga-e of ficial data as to the destruction caused to our salmon by fishing above head of tide, especially with wheels and seines, but he was removed from office through the in fluence of the wheelmen. His successor. Mr. McAllister, voices now. in and out of season, that the tsouble causing the decrease of the Columbia River salmon lies with fishing st the mouth of the river, evidently entirely oblivious of the fact that in no salmon stream on the Pacific or in Kurope has drifting gillnet gear at the mouth of a river been blamed for preventing the salmon from entering such river. Mr McAllister, in his report for July, published in part in The Oregonian of August 5, says: During the month the catch of salmon on the Columbia River has been spasmodic, ana to date, as tar as I can lm. the rack 1 below the average. The bl catches re ported has invariably been taken on Bun- HowelU, W. A. Laldlaw. practice, the 93cond section has been made an extra following the regular train. The regular train has made all the stops, as has the extra, and as both trains have been carrying the limit of equipment. It has been found impossible to make up lost time. The result has been that the first section has been any where from ten minutes to half an hour late, anjj the second section 15 minutes or more behind It. Commencing this week a new plan was adopted, and so far has proven most ac ceptable. . This has been a simple re versal of the process. In which the sec ond section has been run. ahead of the first, and Instead of being run as a part of the regular train, lias been run as a special. Effort lias also been made to place only through passengers In Its cars, and with the exception of stops at Centralia and Kalama. the trip of the train has been interrupted only to let off passengers holding tickets to interme diate points. The result has been that the second section, running as an extra or a "spe cial." has made fast time, kept out of the way of the regular train, and reached Its destination ten minutes or more In advance of its schedule. The dispatchers have been given practically no extra work, and passengers have been paved tedious delay and loss of temper. The regular train, on the -other hand, has adhered to its time-table as nearly as possible, and has handled local traffic with fair expedition. As one railroad man has put it: "Xow we only have one train late, and that not so very much behind, which Is a whole lot better than hRv-Ing a string of trains loafing along behind a late one, with everybody cussing the road." day ninhts and the following day. which. In my mind. Is proof positive that the oat unlay niKht and Sunday closed sason. dur ing which no nshlnc of any kind is per mitted, allows the Ealmon to enter the river unmolested, whilst, on the other days of each week, the mouth of the river Is so completely choked with nets that they form an almost solid barrier, which absolutely prevents the salmon from coming inside and Is no doubt the means of directing hundreds of salmon to other streams farther north. . . In my annual report, submitted last De cember. I urged that our Legislature be asked to pass a law prohibiting bar fishing, and at that ttma gave my views, as well a those of others, covering the matter. Io action was taken, and In consequence hun dreds of boats are dally fishing on the bar. some even going two or three miles cut- "de- . . . Xow. where Mr. McAllister received his Information that' the big catches were on Sunday nights and the day following is of considerable Interest to the lower river fishermen. The truth of the mat ter is, and can be absolutely proven by records of fish delivered at the canneries, that on some Mondays, as the result of the cessation of all fishing from Satur day night to Sunday night, a slight in crease of catches was noted, which, of course, was but natural. On other "Mon days the catches were even less than on days in the middle of the week, showing fhat when there were no fish to enter the mouth of the Columbia the cessation of 24 hours" fishing made absolutely no dif ference. On Sunday night. July 25, and on Monday. 'July 26. the best catches of the season were made. But these fish had commenced to enter the river already on Friday night and Saturday, as shown by increased catches a the mouth of the river durln that time. They stopped en tering the river on Sunday morning, with no r.et-s fishing during the day. as was proven by the fishermen drifting on Sun day night from the upper end of Sand Island to the bar, catching hut a few hundred pcuinds and others catching no fish, getting "skunked." The good catches were made on this Sunday night and the following Monday from the upper end of 3and Island to Tongue Point In a distance of nine miles. On the other days of that week these fish were caught farther and farther up the river, they traveling about nine miles In 2 hours. The distance from the upper end of Sand Island to the bar is seven miles. No fish on Sunday night In this territory meant no fish entering the river during Sunday, as the veriest tyro In salmon fishing knows. Now what becomes of Mr. McAllis ter's theory that the nets at the mouth of the river so choke the entrance that no salmon can enter? The truth is that south of Alaska, in all salmon streams, except the Colum bia, salmon fishing has been stopped with traps and wheels. In nearly all salmon streams, except the Columbia. no salmon fishing is permitted above head of tide, that Is where the ocean tides cease to affect the rise and fall of the river, where the river becomes narrow that is where the salmon com mence to spawn. On the Columbia River, unfortunately, fishing with traps, wheels, drag and other nets is permitted above head of tide, vis., on the spawning grounds. Naturally, our salmon, not permitted to spawn, is rapidly decreasing. But the fishwheel owners at the narrows of the upper Columbia have become millionaires and are flShtlng against Ri 10 SEATTLE OFF Too Many Obstacles in Way of . Auto Club. FERRY FACILITIES POOR Several Enthusiasts, However, Will Go to Seattle This Week, Although Formal Day at Exposition Is Canceled. All plans for the run to Seattle next Sunday have been abandoned by the Portland Automobile Club. Conse quently the festivities which were, to be held in connection with the Port land Automobile Club day at the A-T-P Fair on Tuesday. August 17, are off. The action was taken by the officials of the Automobile Club yesterday Im mediately after It had been learned that a number of unforeseen obstacles had true salmon protection. All they wish is a few more years of unchecked ex ploitation and they will have doubled their fortunes, when they will retire to New York or Europe and try to break into the Astor class of pluto crats. The people of Oregon, desirous of saving this great industry, which, next to lumber and grain, is uregun o greatest wealth, in June, 1908, gave a majority of 26,000 for the bill to stop salmon fishing at the head of tide in the Columbia. By a trick bill, which practically abolished lower river fish ing, the wheelowners countered. This latter hill received a majority of 6000. By the friends of true salmon protection steps were immediately taken to onng these two bills on the question of con flict before the State Courts. But be fore this could be done, the Federal Court at Portland Issued an injunction temporarily suspending the enforce ment of both laws. Before the United States Supreme Court could decide the Chris Nelson case, bearing upon these two laws and the Injunction, the fish wheel owners, last Spring, succeeded in having both initiative bills repealed by the Oregon Legislature, though the friends of true salmon protection urged delay, and the trial of the two Initia tive bills in the State Courts. In stead, besides repealing the initiative laws, a Sunday law was enacted and the season shortened In the Spring, so as to give more salmon to the wheelmen. That the fishwheel owners knew ex actly what they were about and did not waste their work at Salem, their very much Increased catches, in the face of a general failure for all other kinds of gear, fully proves. The Columbia River can be compared to a funnel. The wide mouth is at the ocean, the small neck is where the wheels operate. These wheels, under ordinary water conditions, act like a permanent sieve, absolutely closing this small neck to the saimon endeavoring to reach their spawning grounds. At the wide mouth of the funnel the glllnets operate only six hours ont of 24. At the narrow neck of the funnel the fishwheels operate the entire 24 hours, and during closed seasons wheels at the falls have Iron gates at the upper1 side of the wheels, so that salmon are retained until the open season commences, when they are caught- Thus the more closed seasons at present are enacted for the Colum bia, the more profitable for the fish wheels. Our Columbia River salmon will continue to decrease as long as fishing is permitted above head of tide in the narrows of the Upper Columbia. In conclusion, a few words about Puget Sound fisheries. There is now a great run of salmon. Cannery floors are groaning under the harvest from the sea. But on all Puget Sound rivers, both American and Canadian rivers, fishing is stopped at the head of tide and only gill and setnets are permitted to operate within these rivers. No wheels are permitted. Traps and seines operate only in the open Sound, and are forbidden to come within three miles or tne muuin oi any of these rivers. There the curtailing of the seasons and the weekly 36-hour closing law is of true benefit to salmon protection. It is not sham protection like the 24-hour closing law for the Columbia. ED. ROSENBERG. Sec United Fishermen of the Pacifle. A arisen wnicu practically disrupted all hope of making the run with comfort. Upon Investigation President Wemme ascertained it would be an impossi bility to carry the electric and lighter powered cars across the river on the Vancouver ferry, as first anticipated. The huge barges adaptable for the purpose are now being dismantled and In no condition to meet the require ments. Other and smaller barges would prove Impracticable. This obstacle cropping out at the eleventh hour in the plans for' the run, combined with the diminutive list of entrants, served to stop further plans. President Wemme. in behalf of the Portland Au tomobile Club, cancelled the date set aside by the exposition management, and apprised the Seattle Automobile Club, which was preparing a reception for the local motorists, of Its action. Some regret has been expressed that the run is off. After weeks of effort. President Wemme succeeded in bring ing influences to bear with President Chliberg and the A -Y-P Fair manage ment which resulted in the local or ganization being accorded Tuesday, August 17, as the Portland Automobile Club day. This was the first time in the history of expositions that any au tomobile organization had been hon ored with a special date. Despite the action taken by the Au tomobile Club as a body, several of the entrants who signed up for participa tion In the proposed run will carry out their plans. A half a dozen of the motorists and their parties will leave at various intervals next week for Seattle. MUNICIPAL BUILDING SITE This Writer Prefers Fourth and Jef ferson, and Tells Why. onpTT.iNn An, fi. f To the Editor.) It is believed that the location of a city building which shall provlae room lor ino Municipal County Jail, etc.. Is a subject in Av (,,,, ,.. n- .houid have, an interest, and fairly entitled to express his views witn tne reasons uyuii w bis conclusions, and this leads me to give tnese suggestion: First, it would seem that the grouping OI tlVe Structures OWlieu aim i . v. - ni... i. va.tiv mnra imnartant than the same structures could possibly be If segregated and scattered about the city, here and there. Second, tor the convenience of all persons who have business in city affairs and es pecially lawyers whose duties call them to various departments of the city's govern ment. It would seem that the records should . ..... i.i. naac at hand be ream : y hcccuiui, " - - . , without need of going from one end or tne city to the other to ascertain a fact which the records shouia aisciose. lnira. roierrmg s building st Park and Everett streets, near the United States Custom-House, and be tween which and the Custom-House Is the Park playground for children, if there are any persons wuu uk. ' 7," Ine the entrance lor the City Jail on a side or tb building away from direct v ew of the plavground that the boys and girls who congregate there for play would fall to see what was going on. they do not know as well as the writer of this the curiosity and natural Impulses of young people. It may be set down as a fact that whenever the city patrol wagon arrives there or is seen coming that way there would be a congre gation of boys and girls hi the near vlcln itv where a full view could be had of all the forbidding sights presented on the de livery of the contents of the wagon. It is palpable that if the location mentioned is used for a city Jail, the playground should De fenced In and used for other purposes than for recreation grounds for children. Fourth, it sufficient space can be had lit the near vicinity of the present City Hall and at a reasonable price. It Is believed that a vast majority of the cltisens would not only approve but applsud the selection, and especially as it Is understood that the au thorities having the subject in hand Pro pose to erect a building somewhat Imposing in character. The grouping of that class of buildings Is always more Impressive and pleasing to the eye than the same buildings totaled and standing in distant portions of the city It is understood that the heating punt of the present City Hall I. quit, suf ficient in capacity to supply all needed heat for a new city building in its mmed ate vicinity, and If so there Ts W iKSJ of saving to the city, not only In the Install ment of a plant for heating, but In lu, op- "inTaylng this I have no Interest In one locality above another, save such Interest as cv'ery cltlren should feel in the placing of the city's buildings to the best advantage convenience '(fflAgff'' YOUNG MAN ALLEGES ALIBI Accused of Robbery. Mother Swears He Was at Home. The trial of Frank Thompson, a 23-year-old youth arrested Sunday by De tectives Coleman and Price on a charge of holding up and robbing John Meister, proprietor of a Division-street saloon last Friday night, which netted the robber $25, was commenced in Municipal Court yesterdav morning. On motion of At torney T. B. McDevltt, Jr.. for the prisoner it was continued until tomor row in order that further evidence, sub stantiating an alibi, which the young man claims for himself, might be in troduced. jira F. Thompson, moiner oi tne prisoner, took the stand and swore her son was at home at the time the rob bery was committed. Meister identified Thompson as his assailant, though not positively. Harris Trunk Co. tor trunks and bags. -LOW Week-end Tickets, $3.00; TRAINS LEAVE PORTLAND UNION DEPOT 8:00 A. M. DAILY 6:00 P. M. SATURDAY SPECIAL 2:30 P. M. Ticket Offices: 255 Morrison St., Corner Third; 122 Third Street, near Washington; Grand Central Station. Don t Wait for Bandwagons hoping for a chance to ride fall into line and march, march! Just so long as you delay special business preparation, just that Ion" will you fail to reach the "firing line." The position as stenographer or bookkeeper is yours just as soon as you are prepared, we place our graauatea. n,i ratnloa-ue and Success for them. Day and evening school. The Leading SPEED 15 TO BE TABOO AtTTOISTS TO START CAMPAIGN AGAIXST KECKLESSVESS. Meeting Called for Tonight by Pres ident Wemme to Discuss Plans for Coping With Evil. A meeting for the suppression of the speed plague will be held tonight at 8 o'clock, in the convention hall, at the Commercial Club. President Wemme. ot the Portland Automobile Club, with a score of his constituents, nas aeiemiuicu to wage an unmerciful war against the horde of reckless motorists and speed fiends In the city, and accordingly, has Wued the call for the gathering tonight. The score of avoidable automobile ac cidents and killings which have occurred during the present season has occasioned the drastic measures which are proposed to be taken. The meeting is to adopt ways aiid means of coping with the ap parent plague of speed fiends In the out lying districts. A call for volunteers will be made to supply their cars at various intervals for deputies from Constable Wagner's otflce who will' paitrol the favorite speedways for the reckless drivers. Speeches will be mada by Sheriff Stevens, Chief of Police Cox and others. It is anticipated that an organization will be perfected at the meeting whereby all the local motorists who are Interested in the movement will co-operate with the authorities In their efforts to" suppress the increasing evil. PARENT MAY SLAP CHILD Even Though She Be Grown, Disci pline Is Right, Says Judge. As long as children remain under the parental roof, no matter how old they be. they are subject to chastisement by their parents. This doctrine of law was laid down yesterday, morning in Muni cipal Court by Judge Bennett in the case of H. J. Leuder. of 1051 Commercial street, arrested for slapping his 20-year-old daughter because she persisted in in- STICK. TO IT Until Coffee Hlta Yoo Hard. It Is about as well to advise people to stick to coffee until they get hit hard enough, so that they will never forget their experience, although it is rather unpleasant to have to look back to ft half dozen years of Invalidism, money and opportunity thrown away, which is really the terrible price paid for the weakest kind of a "mess of pottage." ' A woman writes and her letter Is condensed to give the facts In a short space: "I was a coffee slave and stuck to it like a toper to his 'cups,' notwithstand ing; I had headaches every day, and frequently severe attacks of sick head aches, then I used more coffee to re lieve the headaches, and this was well enough until the coffee effect wore off, then I would have sick spells. "Finally my digestion was ruined, severe attacks of rheumatism began to appear, and ultimately the whole nerv ous system began to break down, and I was fast becoming a wreck. "After a time I was Induced to quit coffee and take up Postum. This was half a year ago. The result has been most satisfactory. "The rheumatism Is gone entirely, blood Is pure, nerves practically well and steady, digestion almost perfect, never have any more sick headaches and am gaining; steadily in weight and strength," There's a Reason." Bead "The Road to Wellville, in pkgs. Ever read the above letter! A new ne appear, from time to time. Tbey are genuine, true, and full of bunion Interest. RATES - Season Tickets, $4.00 Album will interest you. Send Business College. vitlng young men to the house and en tertaining them until too late an hour. 'I had repeatedly cautioned her about it." said leuder. "I am a working man and must have some sleep. The parloi Is near my bedroom and I was kept awake by the merriment of the young people. I want my daughter to .have a good time, but there are tlmee and places for such things." Judge Bennett dis charged the defendant and commended him for his action. Pat Bruin Behind Bar. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) Pat Bruin, for the past seven months on the night police force here, has resigned that position to take charge of the bar of the Albee Hotel. P. B. Vanciel. recently of Tillamook, succeeds Captain Bruin as night officer. THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY The Fruit Basket of the World A poor man has a small eltance of ever becomin wealthy In the Far Eastern States. Even In the Middle West the openings are be coming: scarce and many energetic men see that they can better themselves by coming to the Northwest. Some who have come West find they have not. suffi cient knowleda-e of taa country to be able to lo cate at once in a business which will pay them weiL If you are of this number, why not investigate the district which has more openings and opportunities for men of imall or large capital than any other sec tion of the North west f The Columbia Klver Val ley cannot be surpassed as a desirable place to live wheu you consider the many lines of business that are still needed, the large population which will sure ly settle here, and the vast Increase which will follow any small investment made at this time. It will pay you to look . Into the conditions In this lsnd of opportunity. Kenne wick and Paseo are al- ready the Important com mercial centers of this dis trict. For Information con cerning openings in all Hues of business address KENNEWICK COM'RCIAL CLUB KENNEWICK, WASH. or PASCO COMMERCIAL CLUB PASCO. WASH. SMOKB "Best of the Best" A- SANTAELLA CO, Makers, Tampa. 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