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8 TlEAHGOXIE HOTEL AT GEARHART BURNS ; Historic Beach Landmark of i: 25 Years Destroyed in Less. ':. Than Hour by Flames. iLOSS IS ALMOST $25,000 I As Blaze Progresses Frame Struc ' tare of 100 Rooms Raied and J I Contents Lost Extension to J: Xew Hostelry May Result. - r.F.ARHART BEACH. Or.. March 19 (Special.) The Neahcoxie Hotel, for merly the old Gearhart Hotel, which for . i years has been an historic: beach 'landmark, burned to the ground here ' tonleht In less than an hour. Only by aid rendered by the Winter visitors to , the beach were the inhabitants or oear- hart successful in savins the postofflce, "an adjoining apartment-house and sev- - erai cottages from the flames. The loss Is between I22.000 and $25,000, it is - estimated. The property was owned ; by the Gearhart Park Company, of which O. W. Taylor, of Portland, is the President. The blase is believed to have started in the basement of the hotel, ine onu . iwTimAnt at the time was Mrs. Reese. ! who. with her husband, lives at the hotel during the Winter. " . The Vi-aheoxie was a three and four story frame structure of 100 rooms. It .was practically comp,eieiy equippeu. though some of the better furniture was . in storage. Only this was saved, the entire contents of the hotel groin? up ' with the blaze. The hotel would have "been used this Summer to handle part . of the Summer traffic. It was practi ' cally booked for the season, beginning June 1. ' The fire was discovered at 5 o'clork. '.The volunteer fire equipment was called out Immediately and with the residents and guests of the beach resort the ' flames were fought. When it was seen '. that the hotel itself was doomed, the hose was played on the postofflce Just ; across the street on the south Bide. Tie postofflce is scorched but not damaged. .But for the work of the volunteers the postoffice. the apartment-house and ) several cottages would have burned. About 100 people joined In the fight on ; the flames, which ate Into the old structure as If it were a tinder box. As a result of the burning of the ! Neahcoxie, it Is likely that the Gear- hart Company will add n extension to '. the new hotel this Summer to care for the traffic, according to O. W. Taylor. I president of the owning company. When advised of the fire last night he said: I "It is likely we will have to add to the new Gearhart as a result of the ' fire, although at this time we cannot j say. The Neahcoxie was built by M. J. Kinney, of Portland, a good many years I ago, possibly 25. We Intended to use It this Summer. The loss I should esti mate Is between 2!,000 and I2S.0U0, which Is covered by Insurance." P0E VALLEY WORK HURRIED f Reclamation Service, Begins Active Operations in Surveys. -KLAMATH FAlIE?. Or., March 19. (Special.) The Reclamation Service i has begun active operations for the season, by sending a party of engineers ', to Poe Valley, to finish the surveys, and to measure work being done by the " contractors. The survey of the lndl '. vldual land holdings, to determine the Irrigable area of each, will be made J later in the season. To provide for the Increase In irrl ' gable area, owing to the lowertng of the waters of Tule Lake, the Adams ' canal will be enlarged to double the present capacity. B. E. Hayden, irriga ' tion manager, will have charge of this T work. He will do what Is possible - prior to the opening of the lrrlgatton ' season and complete the work in the Fall, after the water is turned out of - the canal. It was intended to let con tracts for this work, but the season Is so far advanced that It is now too , late for that to be done. There was delay in approving the proposed work. ; LIBRARY ONE STEP NEARER ; Hood River Council Proposes to Ef ! feet Change in Charter. ; HOOD RIVER. Or., March 19. (Spe- ciaL) The possibility of the loss of the - recent appropriation of $17,500 by the Carnegie Commission for a library building here was eliminated Monday ' when the City Council adopted a reso i lutlon to proceed with the necessary steps to change the charter of the city, . which at present prevents the Council from purchasing any property for a ; library site. The freeholders of the ! town may vote bonds to the extent of ' $7000 for the purpose of securing a building site. The Woman's Club has already se ; cured a plot of ground, formerly a por I tion of Fifth street, between Oak and ' State streets, for library purposes. This was found too small for the proposed Carnegie building, and a portion of the I block on which is located the residence ' of E. L. Smith will be purchased by the city. ? W. B. M'GUIRE FIRE CHIEF Hood River Department Gives Ban quet to ex-Chief Ganger. HOOD RIVER, Or.. March 19. (Spe ciaL) W. B. McGulre has been made chief of the local Volunteer Fire De partment to take the place of William clanger, who has resigned. H. H. Hus bands takes the place of Mr. ilcGuire. who has been Assistant Chief. A ban quet was given in honor of the ex-Chief by the firemen. Mr. Ganger will move to Buil Kan. where he has purchased an SO-acre tract of farming land. Mr. Ganger has been a member of the Fire lepartment for seven years, and Its Chief for the last five years. On his resignation he was presented with a diploma, showing that he had served the seven years. This diploma releases him from jury service In the state. RECOVERY OF LAND IS AIM Washliifrton Officials Prepare to Set tle Dispute. OLVMFIA. Wash.. March 19. (Spe cial. Clerk SavUiKe. of the State Land Commissioners, and Attorney-General TV. V. Tanner, say that following the signing of the Mil appropriating 130.000 for the work, that negotiations will be opened at once with the federal Gov- eminent relative to settling the school land dispute. Washington Insists that the Govern ment has locked up In forest reserves lands upon which the homesteaders have been allowed to settle and secure title, or In lieu of land due for lakes and other waters. 730.000 acres of school lands estimated to be worth $20. 00.000, belonging to the children of the state. In several instances tie Government has given states similarly situated land in exchange, out of forest reserves for this school property and now that the Legislature has appropriated $30,000 for the purpose, Washington expects to recover its property at an early date. The Government gave Washington for school purposes Sections 16 and 36 In each township, some of which have not been delivered, and this is causing the trouble. BAND0N LIBRARY BENEFITS Tag aod Trade Pay Proves Attract ive to Many People. BAN DON. Or., March 19. (Special.) It was "tug: and trade day" yesterday. Tags were sold for the benefit of the Bandon Public Library and many of the leading merchants gave appreciable concessions to their customers and to the Library in order that a larger num ber of people than usual might be at- PREACHERS WHO FIGURE IN GRANTS Left to Right Rev. W. M. JeHrex, Pastor of Grants Pass Methodist Church! Rev. Hubert B. Joknioi, U. I).. Superintendent or Japanese ior me Pacific Coast) Rev. Henry J. Coker, Kducatlonal Secretary for the Metho dist Commission i Finance. tracted to the town and the library benellt thereby. Miss Elizabeth J. Rotters, of the nign hool facultv. organised a team of young women to act us taggers, sev eral of thn DUblic school teachers and high school students were members of the team. The team worked in relays, the first division being at work at 5 o'clock in the morning in order to tag the passengers of the early up-river boats and tne last oivision lurnca in their receipts to the team captain at 11 P. M. At the next meeting of the city Council It will be asked to make pro vision for the maintenance of the li brary In the cit ybudget. NEW MILL'S CAPACITY HIGH Iiuedlnghaus Bros. Electrically Op erated Plant Sow Busy. PRTAD. Wash- March 19. (Special.) Luedinghaus Bros.' new electrically operated sawmill yesterday cut tne first lumber under the present arrange- ent of the plant, or since It was changed from one operated by steam. The mill la the first of Its Bind to oe built In this vicinity, and, from present Indications, will orove a greater suc cess than Its owners t first antici pated. The firm has been at work making the present repairs for many months past, and since the first announcement that the p4nt would resume opera tions, many sawmill men have come to Dryad simply to view at first hand th nioneer plant of its kind In the community. When all the Joints have been loosened up and everything is running smoothly, the mill will have a capacity of 125,000 feet In ten hours. Steady operations will begin within a few days. DIPLOMA CANDIDATES CUT Diversity. Students, tl3, Would Graduate In Two Departments. March 19. (Special.) One hundred id thirteen stuuenis expect i ie;cic diplomas from the colleges of liberal arts and engineering of the University of Oregon next June, i ne m . dldates for graduation was given out from the registrars office today. Ninety-eight of these are enrolled in the college of liberal arts and 15 In the college of engineering. In addi tion, eight graduate students are can didates for the masters degree In tne college of liberal arts. The equilibrium between the men and women Is almost perfect, there be ing 67 men ana i women in ine Excluding- the college of engineering, however. In which only men are en rolled, the women nave a majoruj. There are 66 "women and 42 men in the class which will be graduated from the college of liberal arts. This probably will be the second largest class ever graduated from the University, that of 1910 holding the record for size. GRESHAM WOMAN IS DEAD Mrs. W. R. Blddle, Victim of Can cerous Growth. GRESHAM, Or.. March 19. (Special.) Mrs. Stella C Biddle. wife of W. R. Blddle, died yesterday at her home in Greeham. Mrs. Blddle has been a suf ferer from cancer for some time, and her death was not unexpected. Mr. Diddle came to Gresham about a year and a half ago. Last year Mrs. Blddle taught the Cedar School and also assisted in her husband's store. About six months ago It became cer tain that she was afflicted with cancer. Every effort was made to stay the dis ease, but without avail. Some time ago she made arrange ments for her funeral. The services will be held at the chapel of the Portland Crematorium at Sellwood. and will be conducted by Rev. Melville T. Wire, of Gresham. and Rev. C C. Rarlck, of Portland. Jacob Stocker Best Orator. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem. Or., March 19. (Special.) Jacob Stocker last night won the local try out of the Willamette University Pro hibition League. Three orators spoke. Fred McMillan was second and Harvey Tobie third. The winner of this con test will enter the state prohibition oratorical contest from which a rep resentee will be selected to compete In the National contest. Willamette Is believed to be very strong this year in oratory and should make a creditable showing wherever competing. Temperature Rises at Montesano. MONTESANO. wash.. March 19. (Special.) Snow to a depth of two inches fell in the Chehalis Valley last night. A cold northwest wind swept the valley for 4S hours prior to the snowfall. The weather Is much warm er today. MINISTERS ON WAY Six Parliaments to Be Held in Northwest Cities. GRANTS PASS GETS FIRST Following Three Days Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Folk Will Visit Portland, Then Taooma and Seattle. . GRANTS PASS. Or.. March 19. (Spe cial. Depleting "The World for Christ.' a dozen or more ministers, bishops and officers, being speakers of renown, will hold six great parliaments In the a clfic Northwest during the months of March and April of this year and under the direction of the General Conference IMPORTANT COMING MEETING AT PASS. commission and finance, representing the benevolent boards of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The themes for-this religious move ment and the personnel are wide and varied and consist of dissertations upon every topic touching religious senti ment and Ufo. The first of these great parliaments will be held at Grants Pass on March 2. 27 and 28. The Methodist Episcopal Church of this city Is making plans for the entertainment of the ministers and getting everything in readiness for the three days' programme which is to be carried out here during next week. Delegates will be sent from all the other towns in the Rogue River Valley and as far north as Roseburg. while there will be many visitors from Klamath Falls, Ashland, Central Point and Medford. Reduced railroad rates have been secured. It was through the efforts of the Grants Pass pastor, William Riley Jeffrey, that Grants Pass is to be favored with the meeting of these noted men. Among the names appearing on the programme are: Bishop W. O. Shepard, LL. D., Kansas City, Kaa. ; Bishop Fran cis J. McConnell, Denver; Bishop Rich ard J. Cooke, Portland; Rev, Charles M. Boswell, D. D., Philadelphia; Rev. Clar ence True Wilson. D. D., Portland; Frederick D. Fischer, D. D., New York City; Rev. Harvey Calkins, D. D., Evanston, 111.; Rev. D. D. Forsythe, D. D 'Denver; Rev. Henry J. Coker, D. D., Denver; Rev. J. W. Hancher, D. D., New York City; Rev. H. B. Johnson, Berkeley, Cal.; Rev. W. N. Brewster, Hinghwa, China; Rev. A. A. Parker, D. D., Baroda, India; Rev. Walton Skip worth, Lewiston, Idaho; Miss Bertha Fowler, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. A. N. Fisher, Portland. The meetings held in the' Northwest will be under the control of and di rected by Mr. Coker, assisted by the local pastors of the particular district In which the meetlpgs are to be held. From here the pastors leave for Port land, where they will hold a parlia ment, thence to Tacoma, where meet ings will be held April 2, S and 4; Seat tle, April 6, 7 and 8; Walla Walla, April 9, 10 and 11; Spokane, April 13, 14 and 15. BOWLBY SCORES ROAD LAW Highway Officer Says Washington Legislature Made Mistake. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 19. (Spe cial.) jHenry L. Bowlby, executive of ficer of the Pacific Highway Associa tion, with headquarters at Portland, in commenting on the work of the Wash ington Legislature in road legislation, takes a sharp slap at the road laws of the state. He says that it is poor policy to allow the Legislature to determine where the funds raised Bhall be ex pended, and that this should be left with the Highway Commissioner. He declares that it was a grave mis take for the Legislature to appropriate such large percentage of the road funds for the construction of the Snoqualmle Pass and Rainier National Park roads, and says that the major portion of the funds should have been specified as for the Pacific Highway from Pierce County to the Columbia River. Monmouth School Joins League. MONMOUTH, Or., March 19. (Spe cial.) The Monmouth High School has entered the Polk County High School Baseball League. The line-up will probably be as follows: Catcher, P. D. Quisenberry; pitcher, Byron White; first base, Rainle Burkhead; second base,' E. S. Evans; third base, R. O. Thompson; shortstop,' Clarence Daniel; right field, Wilmer Powell; left field, Clares Powell; . center .field, L. P. Arant. The boys have a good diamond this year and are practicing daily. Assessor Opposes Timber Cruise. MONTESANO, Wash., March 19. (Special.) Preparations are being made by Assessor Robert A. Wiley for gathering evidence in the suit brought by the Simpson Lumber Company, of Shelton, to have the first cruise on eight sections of timber set aside and a later cruise used for taxation pur poses. Crop Prospects Good at Monmouth. MONMOUTH, Or., March 19. (Spe cial.) The outlook for a large grain and clover crop here this season is bright. Farmers say that grain and cloier have gone through the Winter better than for some seasons past and they are busy preparing for a large acreage of clover. Mrs. B. F. Hendricks Is Buried. SPRINGFIELD, Or., March 19. (Spe cial. ) Mrs. Margaret Hendricks, wife of B. F. Hendricks, was buried today, having died Monday at the age of 75 years. She was born In Illinois and came across the plains with her parents and settled at Pleasant Hill In 1852. Fifty-one years ago she was married t& - i ,-; Those Pimples Are a Fright There's No Excuse for Blotches, Black heads and Pimples The Eight Way to Get Rid of Them Is by Taking Stuart's Calcium Wafers. Many people are continually using lotions and creams on the face and wondering why they make so little Im pression upon pimples, blotches and blackheads. It Is Such a Wenderfnl Change to Be Kid of All Pimples and Other Skim Eruptions. It's because pimples and eruptions come from the Inside from Impure blood and you can t cure them by rub bing stuff on the outside of the face. Purify the blood and the blemishes will disappear. Stuart's Calcium Wafers will often clear the complexion In a few days' time. That's the wonderful part of it they act right off in a hurry. That's because' they're made of just the in gredients needed to drive all poisons and impurities from the blood. That's why doctors prescribe them so con stantly. You will speedily enjoy a beautiful complexion if you use these wonderful little Wafers. Your face will become as clear and pure as a rose. Nobody likes to have pimply-faced people around. With Stuart's Calcium Wafers you don't have to wait for months be fore getting results. Even boils have been cured in a few days' time with these remarkably effective blood cleansers. Your whole system will feel better in a marvelously short time, and my, what a difference in your looks. You can get Stuart's Calcium Wafers of any druggist at 50 cents a box. to B. F. Hendricks. Rev. R.- G. Callison, a pioneer minister of the Christian Church and her former pastor, had charge of the funeral service at Pleas ant Hill. GERMAN VISIT ARRANGED Hillsboro Dairymen Will Try to In fluence Immigration. FOREST GROVE, Or., March 19. (Special.) Frederick Schomburg, a wealthy resident of Hillsboro and owner of the Mountaindale farm. Is preparing to visit his old home In Ger many next May. The State Immigra tion Commission will provide Mr. Schomburg with a quantity of descrip tive literature of Oregon, printed in German, which he intends to distribute among his countrymen in an effort to Induce a number of families to come to America and settle in the Oregon country. Mr. Schomburg will work entirely among expert dairymen. COLONIST RATES. The Canadian Pacific Is now making low rates from all the principal East ern points to Portland and points in Oregon. For particulars inquire Third and Pine (Multnomah Hotel Bldg.) County Assessors Get Advice. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 19. (Spe cial.) The State Tax Commission has just replied to a letter from a County Assessor advising him that It makes no difference if money Is kept in a sock under the bed mattress; that it should. If discovered, be assessed for taxation. Neither, says the statement, does Incarceration In a tin can under the back porch justify the Assessor in passing by the money property. State Official's Mother Dies. SPRINGFIELD, Or, March 19. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Melissa Ryckman, mother of M. L. Ryckman, superintendent of the state fish hatchery at Vida, a few miles above this city on the Mackenzie River, died Sunday and was buried to day. She was aged 72 years. She was a resident of Clackamas County for many years. OREGON H ELECTRIC j LOCAL Leave Portland.... Arrive Salem ...... Arrive Albany . . . Arrive Corvallis . . . 6:30 . 8 :30 . 9 :40 .10:07 .11:15 Arrive Eugene Portland time shown is at minutes earlier. TWO LIMITED AND THREE LOCAL TRAINS CORVALLIS TO PORTLAND Trains leavino- Portland start from North Bank Station, making stops to accept passengers at Tenth and Stark street, Tenth and Morrison streets, Fifth and Salmon streets, Second and Salmon streets and Jefferson-Street Station. - CITY TICKET OFFICES FIFTH AND STARK STS. TENTH AND STARK STS. TENTH AND MORRISON STS. PASSENGER STATIONS ELEVENTH AND HOYT STS. JEFFERSON AND FRONT STS. r..., .: ,.,:p-Vl'S,3.4A.vu?',i, .-Arus-!fe .-5S;ir:SU V-C' V; "K 'i 1 Good HOT ROYAL BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY, Inc. SEE THAT- YOXJ GET THE ROYAL MADE BUNS COMBINE IS FORMED Hood River Applegrowers Con solidate Interests. LEASES ARE AUTHORIZED Shipping and Selling of Products of Rich Fruit District to Be Han dled Through One Concern as Result of Action. TlftATl T3TT7T7,T n Ufa rb 19. 1 Sufi- eial.) At a mass meeting of the Hood River apple-growers held here today from 10:30 o'clock until night, the pro posed plan of the dealers to combine ELECTRIC Opens New Line to Corvallis Tuesday, March 25th 2 Three-Hour Limited Trains Observation Parlor Cars and Coaches 3 Local Trains First-Class Coaches and Smoking Cars Portland to Corvallis DAILY SCHEDULE LIMITED LOCAL 11:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. 2 :05 P. M. 2:30 P. M. A. A. A. A. A. M. JL M. M. M. 8:40 10 :10 11:15 11:39 12 :30 A. A. A. A. P. M. M. M. M. M. Jefferson-street Sation; at North ROYAL f .-. .'... . Friday K-'-!jS:'j'?-y CROSS TO GET THEM YOU MUST ORDER FROM YOUR DEALER orElTHER of ourBRANCHES IN ADVANCE or you may be disappointed. We sell more than we can bake each year. the selling agencies of the district and to form a central association to han dle the marketing of the fruit was practically unanimously Indorsed and the stockholders of the union voted to instruct the board of directors to pro ceed to lease the properties of that concern to the new association. The storage plant and warehouses of the Davidson Fruit Company will also be leased and the new storage house of the National Apple Company will be purchased for 165,000.. The rental to be paid to the union and the David son Company will be based on an an nual percentage of valuation. Fifteen per cent of the value will be paid an nually on machinery, 12 per cent on real estate and 8 per cent on the wa ter power concern of the union. The new association will be governed by a board of directors composed of six representatives of the Apple-growers' Union and hree from the Davidson Fruit Company. The few dissenting voices that were raised at the meeting were from those growers who declared that they would prefer that the new combine buy out right the properties of the union and the Davidson Fruit Company. Repre sentative growers were present at the meeting from neighboring fruit dis tricts, which may be included in the new selling association when it Is fur- RAILWAY LOCAL 2:25 P. M. 4:30 P. M 5 :35 P. M. 6 :00 P. M. 7:10 P. M. LIMITED 5 :00 P. M. 6:30 P. M. 7 :30 P. M. 7:55 P. M. 8 :50 P. M. Bank Station time is twenty r. -v 1 BUNS ther perfected, according to the plans of those promoting It. The management of the Hood River Apple & Storage Company, one of the selling concerns of the valley, refused to lease or sell to the association. How ever, it Is stated by members that they may Bell their product through the new marketing organization. Predatory Animals Killed. ALB ANT, Or March 19. (Special.) The skins of six wildcats and one tim ber wolf, all of which he killed within two miles of his house on the South Santiam RfVer, between Foster and Cascadia, were brought to the County Clerk's office here yesterday by Jacob Menear for the collection of bounty. A MESSAGE TO RAILROAD MEX K. B. Bacon, 11 Bast St., Bath. Me., sends out this warning to rullroaders everywhere. "My work as conductor caused a chronic Inflammation of the kidneys and I was miserable and all plaved out. From the day I bepan tak ing Foley Kidney Pills I began 'to re gain my strength, and I am better now than I have been for twenty years." Try them. For sale by Huntley Bros.. Fourth and Washington Sts. New Guinea, with 323,000 square miles, is the larrept of the islands. EXPERIENCE OF MOTHERHOOD Advice to Expectant Mothers The experience of Motherhood is a try ing one to most women and marks dis tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not one woman in a hundred is prepared or un derstands how to properly care for her self. Of course nearly every woman nowadays has medical treatment at such times, but many approach the experi ence with an organism unfitted for the trial of strength, and when it is over her system has received a shock from which it is hard to recover. Following right upon this comes the nervous strain of caring for the child, ana a distinct change in the mother results. There is nothing more charming than a happy and healthy mother of children, and indeed child-birth under the right conditions need be no hazard to health or beauty. The unexplainable thing is that, with all the evidence of shattered nerves and broken health resulting from an unprepared condition, and with am ple time in which to prepare, women will persist in going blindly to the trial. Every woman at this time should rely upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a most valuable tonic and invigorator of the female organism. In many homes once childless there are now children be cause of the fact that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound makes women normal, healthy and strong. If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi dential) Lynn, Mass. Tour letter will be opened, read and answered by woman and held in strict confidence