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MORNING OREGON! AN. FRIDAY. JANUARY 31, 1913. .. m THE i . 1 : . i TIE TO GET TO WORK, SMS WEST Governor Refers to Legislative Warfare at Salem Board of Trade Banquet. STATE'S UPBUILDING IS AIM Head Counsel for PnrtlMid, Eugene KjiMern THls or $12,000,000 Ilevclopnient Plans and Cnpi tnl Hears Good News. SALKM. Or.. 3n. 30. (Special.) "It Is lime to forpet it all and Bet down to work for the state's needs." Thus declared Governor West last tilKht at the annual banquet of the Salem Board of Trade, when. In a semi humoi'ouK address, he referred to the re cent warfare between his office and the 1-eKisliitiire and the threatened veto club he has been pictured as ready to swl nr. This declaration was made In con nection with the numerous addresses ..n the upbuildiner of the state through all the various agencies. There were L'ilO at the banquet, and co-operation on the state's needs was the keynote of the principal talks. Among the speakers were Governor Vest. Mayor Steeves. P. H. IVArcy, president of the Board: 1 N. McArthur. Speaker of the House, and Ralph K. Moody, head coun sel for the Portland, Kugene & Kast ern. Salem Hear Good Mr. Moody was greeted with vocifer ous apnjause when he announced that $2.".0.000 of the IIJ.OOIHOUO which the road proposes to expend soon In com pleting its two main eleirtric lines through the valley and the numerous feeders would be spent in Salem alone on a new depot and adequate terminal facilities. Judge C. H. Carey, on behalf of the Mill lines, gave a brief resume of the railroad situation in the country as compared with previous times and with the roads in other countries. He sup plemented Mr. Moody's remarks as to the great danger of stopping all the railroad work in the state through ill artvlsed legislation, and pleaded with the lawmakers only to give the roads a brief breathing spell. We stated that so far the road had no objection with any pending laws. V. D. Kenton was then railed uport and made a stirring appeal to all those interested in the welfare of the state to get together and to stamp out the growing feclinir of class consciousness which he said would be fatal to the existence of the present system of gov ernment. He recalled Ills lifelong residence in Oregon, stating that the railroads and people of the state all rose or fell together and that they should all work together. He spoke of the changed attitude of the roads toward the people and urged that cap ital be not frightened from investment in Oregon. .Map Showa UeTelopmeit. Judge Burke, president of the Im migration Ltanue, said its purpose briefly was to bring the people on to the soil and thus create more wealth for the state. Kepresentative Allen Katon, of Lane County, concluded the list of speakers and reassured their men as to tiie atti tude of the Twenty-seventh session of the Legislature. He said the session gave promise of accomplishing more work than previous sessions. The railroad development of the state was graphically Illustrated by a large chart on the wall, showing the proposed lines of the Portland, Kugene c Kastern when completed and on the reverse of the menu was a small simi lar map. The dinner was elaborate and was served In the main dining room of the Hotel Marlon. At the conclusion Speaker McArthur expressed the Legislature's appreciation of the t nteruiinmcnt and also thanked the "out-of-town" speakers for their at tendance. INDORSEMENT IS NOT GIVEN .Mount Tabor Club Hears Alternate Stop Method Diseussed. f. J. Kranklin, superintendent of the Portland Rllway. Light & Power Com pany, reviewed the stop-over method before the Mount Tabor Progressive Club Wednesday night at a banquet held in the Presbyterian Church. East Fifty rirst street, and wJiile he said that alternate stops are an improvement, the club withheld Its Indorsement until the next business meeting of the club. Mr. Franklin told why the alternate stops had been started on the Mount Tabor line and pointed out the ad vantages, showing that the round trip to Mount Tabor can now be made in TO minutes as compared with more than Mi minutes on the former plan. Mr. Kranklin read a number of letters for and against alternate stops from Moun: Tabor and Sunnyside people, the formet being more numerous. One favoring alternate stops was signed by 2j Mount Tabor citizens. ABALONE GRIPS . CHINESE Victim Caught by Powerful Shell fish Perishes in Surf. SAX DIEGO. Cat, Jan. 30. Caught in the powerful grip of an abalone, a Chinese was drowned In the surf at Point of Kocks. Lower California. The body was found by fishermen, who re ported the death when they arrived In San Diego tonight. The Chinese had evidently tried to tear the abalone shell off a rock and the powerful univalve had closed on his fingers, holding him helpless until death came. REBELS NEAR CAPITAL Ambassador Wilson Keports City Dark When Enemy Cuts Wires. WASHINGTON". Jan. SO. Rebel ac tivities continue without abatement within 15 miles of Mexico City, accord ing to advices received at the State lepartinent yesterday from Ambassa dor Wilson. Mr. Wilson said the city was plunged Into darkness and streetcar traffic was nl c standstill Monday night, when the tvhels cut the electric power wires. continued since January 8. preventing the induction into office of the newly elected Democratic state officers and balloting on the election of the United States Senators. Mr. McKinley was elected by a combination of Democratic and Republican votes. There was much explaining of votes and, while no intimation was made of money bribery, it was freely charged that a deal had been made involving the two 1'nited States Senatorships. It was a notable coincidence that the new Speaker should have been elected on a day observed in memory of the President of the same name. The new state officers will be inaugurated Feb ruary 3. Kighty-three votes were cast for .McKinley. divided as follows: Demo crats, 36; Republicans. 46; Progres sives. 1. In view of the charges re garding a Senatorial deal, several Democrats who had voted for McKinley on previous ballots refused to support him on the final ballot. So direct were the charges that Mr. McKinley rse and made a statement denying that he was a party to any understanding re garding the Speakership and announc ing that he would preside over the House impartially if. elected. Leaders of the Republican side do not deny that they expect to land the six-year term Senatorship. At no .time until today was there an indication that McKinley could be elected. Only four of the 50 Republicans failed to vote for Wm. Members of the same firm will pre side over both houses of the Legisla ture, McKinley's law partner, Barrett O'Hara, being the newly-elected. Lieutenant-Governor. Mr. McKinley was born in Clay ton County, Iowa. FREE PULP MADE ISSUE T FT TO i:C I DE O V OK DEK GIVKX IX Qt'liBKC. Ouunla's Kinovl of Kxport Tax lYom Tiii-lwr of Crrtuin Crown I ,nn ds Doomed Discrimination. WASHINGTON. .Inn. 30. As the re sult of complaints against the recent order given In Quebpc, Canada, pur porting to remove all restrictions of export tax from the timber of certair crown lands of that province. President Taft must decide whether wood pulp and paper made from the timber af fected will be entitled to free entry into the United States. According to representations to this Government, Quebec's action amounts to a discrimination against United States holders of crown lands and to grant the free-entry privilege, it Is declared, simply would defeat the real intent of the wood pulp and paper clause of the Canadian reciprocity agreement. The State and Treasury Departments have investigated the sit uation and will make a joint -report to the President. The only operative clause of the reciprocity act admits free of duty all wdod cut from lands where exporta tion is unrestricted and wood1 pulp and paper made from such timber. Its primary purpose, it is declared, was to obtain from Canada the removal of all restrictions upon the exportation of timber into the United States for man ufacture into pulp and paper here. Complaints to this Government de clare that the Canadian government has removed restrictions on the tim ber land where the province has re ceived practical assurances that the timber will not be exported, but only the wood pulp and paper made from It in Canada. It also is alleged that the province has refused to remove tho restrictions from other crown lands in the same province .controlled by United States owners. Until the question is settled by the President, Secretary MacVeagh has is sued a temporary order for the col lection of duty. N. C. EVANS MAKES DEN.AL Hydro-Electric Company Not Ab sorbed by Pacific Company. HOOD RIVER. Or., Jan. 30. (Spe cial.) Rumors that havebeen circu lated here to the effect that the Fa cific Power & Light Company has se cured control of the Hydro-Electric Company, the competing concern which entered the local field about this time last year, were emphatically denied this morning by R. S. Danforth, the new manager of the company. Mr. Danforth, a young engineer, who re cently came from Massachusetts to Portland, purchased the Interest of J. T. Thompson in the Company last week and the reports of a purchase by the Pacific Power & Light Company have been based on this deal. "The Pacific Power & Light Com pany has absolutely no connection with us," says Mr. Danforth. "Reports that the Hydro-Electric Company has been nbsorbed by the Pa cific Power & Light Company are ma licious untruths," asserted X. C. Evans, president of the Hydro-Electric Com pany, who was at the Imperial Hotel last night. Mr. Evans is in Portland purchasing wires and poles for ex tension of the Hydro-Electric system from Hood River to The Dalles, Mr. Evans having recently secured a fran chise to sell light and power in the Wasco metropolis. OKA I. IX ILLINOIS CKKD1TKD William McKinloy Elected Streaker of House on McKinley Pay. St'RIXllFlELO. 111.. Jan. 30. The Speakership deadlwk in the lower hoiife of the Illinois Legislature was broken lat night by tie election Of William McKinley (l.-m.). of Chicago, .n the IHt'i ballot. The deadlock has AMERICAN STORIES BEST England Finds British Magazines 10 Years Behind States'. LONDON. Jan. 25. (SpeciaL) The literary newspapers here have been full of discussion as to what kind of stories the average Englishman prefers to read. Critics look at the London maga zines and shake their heads and say: "The English prefer cheap, obvious, sensational, or love, stories. They have no eye for character, no feeling for at trfDsphere, no love of artistic construc tion." Suddenly Robert Hahn, of Xew Ha ven.. Conn., butted into the discussion. "Naturally." he wrote. "I as an Amer lean, am prejudiced, but I should say that the fiction readers of America are 10 years ahead of their English friends in the matter of taste!" This has set the Thames on fire with a blaie. but the general feeling seems to be that compared with "Harper's," "The Century," "Scribner, "Munsey and "McClure's" magazines, the British magazines are poor, thin, helpless af fairs, with no backbone, no policy, no iBitiative. and very little given to brains. Pome of their best contents bear quite obviously the mark of their origin the United States. Federal Road Aid Proposed. WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Senator Jackson, of Maryland, introduced to day a bill proposing a plan of Federal co-operation with the states for high way improvements. The bill would authorize the Government to pay one half the cost of improving highways used by mailcarriers and would ap propriate $10,000,000 annually for the work. MASONS HOLD FETE Grand High Priest Hayter Hon ored at Reception. PORTLAND CHAPTER HOST Oni-innsil owns muiiKlpa! MDBuy r'-al railway not B trolUv line, but a sl.sm railway running to Oliattunooea. Th but'.nm? of inc rojtl was auiaorwu d a r.-fer'-ndutu us far hack as th The rai'way is t pr.-s.-nt operated under a lease by a pi-ivatcly owned company. Surviving Royal Arch Charter Mem ber, Now 111, Remembered; Sev ern! Oregon I-od;res Repre sented at Banquet. Portland Chapter No. 3. Royal Arch Masons, held its annual banquet at the Commercial Club Wednesday evening, preceded by a reception of Its members to Oscar Hayter, grand high priest of Oregon. Many prominent Royal Arch Masons from various parts of the state were present. Portland Chapter was organized In 1859. Of the charter members all have passed away except Colonel J. R. Mc Craken. who was unable to be present on acccount of illness. A toast was offered to Colonel MeCraken in felici tation of his long and honorable ca reer. W. A. Cleland. responding to the toaFt of "Reminiscences" for A. M. Knapp. secretary and past high priest of Portland Chapter, who was unable to be present on account of' illness, gave a history of the chapter from early times, naming many prominent men. charter members of the chapter, whose names-are well known as pio neers and founders of Portland. Mr. Hayter. grand high priest, re sponded to the toast "Capitular Ma sonry." He delivered an instructive address. D. A. Grant, past high priest, responded to the toast "Rough and Ready Road." speaking in a humorous vein. John B. Cleland, past high priest. talked on "The Mark" and pleased his bearers greatly. "The Keystone" was the subject of the toast responded to by E. A. Pierce. E. G. Jones, past high priest of Washington Chapter, also spoke. William C. Bristol was toastmaster. The committee in charge of tlte func tion was composed of J. R. Rogers', Hopkin Jenkins. Hugh J. Boyd and James Hislop. Those present wera: A. R. Draper. H. I.. Bancroft. E. W. Amesbury. C. J. Buchanan, E. G. Jones, D. A. (Jrout. W. C. Bristol, John B. Cife laud. Walter O. Haines. Robert A. Miller. J. A. Allen. Thomas H. Crawford. Charles H. McOlrr, E. A. RehrieW, Weldon Darling, C. J. Pennieard. F. E. Taylor, Morris Perry, James F. Robinson. H. Blceg. George t. Bancroft, Fred P. Holm. F. H. I.eckler. J. W. Latimer. S. H. Gruber, N. I.. S. Lauryy, W. F. Agr.ew. F. S. Hart. E. S. Larsen. c. Bettman. Edwin IJndstedt, Philo E. Jones, D. H. Rand. E. H. Thornton. Achle Thur low. A. Tilzer, Alexander Muirhead, J. L. Painter. John Finley, H. T. Hutchinson. Walter M. Gadsby, Alexander G." Rlddell, Robert .1. Gordon. W. R. Osgood. B. K. Knapp, William C. Saunders, H. J. Strow hrktco. J. R. Rogers, W. S. Weeks. H. J. Boyd. Hopkins Jenkins. D. G. Tomaslni. Douglass W. Taylor. Norrls R. Cox. Oscar Hovttr. K. A. Pierce. W. A. Cleland. W. G. -tshellenbarger, Thomas Mann. George E. Hiff- gins. A. J. Stiles. A. P. Andrews, John i;. C a npbell. Sherman E. Wright, Albert FeUlenheimcr, Charles Feldenhelmer, J. A. Barnhart. H. F. Chapin, Alexander M. Oliver, George W. Hazen. A. L. Andrews, Frank B. Hampton. W. H. Brown, Charles L. Brown, C. J. Murbe, Philip Neu. George B. Cellars. Julius L. Ballev. Gus H. Hlmmetlkamp, W. N. Everett. Will H. See, A. M. Brown. H. W. Hegele, O. R. Ball, J. O. Hall and Ralph D. Robinson. - EARL ADDS TO HISTORY Tale of How Archbishop of Canter bury Vented Wrath Is Related. LONDON, Jan. 25. (Special.) One of the merriest house parties this season has been that recently entertained by the Earl and Countess of Pembroke at Wilton House, which contains a fine collection of paintings by Vandyck, Ru bens and Sir Joshua Reynolds, but what has, perhaps, thrilled its guests the most is the fact that it stands on the site where once stood the palace of the West Saxon Kings. It was there that Alburga, Egbert's sister, was born. Twenty years after that interesting event the palace was transformed into an abbey, in connection with which this strange story was told to the guests af ter dinner by the .Earl, who said that it had been duly authenticated by him self from documents at the British Museum. It appears that towards the end of the Thirteenth Century Sir Osborn Glf ford, a knight, stole out of the nunnery two "faire maides" and ran off with them Whereupon the Archbishop of Canterbury excommunicated him. with the conditions that he should not come within a convent or into the company of a nun: that for three Sundays he should be publicly 'whipped at the door of the church: that he should fast for a certain three months: that he should wear no shirt for three. years, and that he should wear apparel of russet color till he spent three years in the Holy Land. v The guests unanimously agreed that it was better to figure in adventurous society in 19"13" than in any century that began with "13." QUEEN'S FAVORITE MOURNS Cora Countess of Stafford Xot Aid ing Alexandra This Winter. LONDON. Jan. 25. (Special.) For the first time in. many years Queen Alexandra has been deprived of the assistance of Cora Countess, of Staf ford. In organizing her Winter enter tainments at Sandringham. The Countessr who was before her marriage to the late Earl of Stafford, the widow of Samuel Colgate, of New York, has been by courtesy, allowed to retain her title, although she married for the third time a commoner. Martyn T. Kennard, of Hougton Hall. Norfolk. Ever since she came to England and made her appearance in the rank's of society the Countess has been a par ticular favorite with Queen Alexandra and all the members of the Royal fam ily. But It was in organising juvenile gatherings that the Queen found her most useful at her Norfolk home. Every year she gave weeks of her time to festivals for little people which has always been one of the features of life at Phandrlngham during the Win ter. But the death of her mother has placed her in mourning this year and, to the regret of the Queen and hun dreds of the children, she cancelled all her engagements. WOMEN USE SIDE-SADDLES Practice of Riding Astride Discon tinued In England. LONDON. Jan. 25. (Special.) The majority ot the smartest American wo men are not riding astride, even in the hunting field this year, and in several instances smart mothers have ceased to allow their llttleslrls to continue the mode. The latest fiat that has gone forth Is that, especially where grown girls are concerned, this practice spoils the shape of the limbs and consequently ine wain. Not a few of the children who have al ways ridden astride have now developed The Noonday Luncheon Nowhere else will you find such a good, wholesome luncheon so carefully prepared, so courteously served. It's a rare treat for fifty cents. Any week day, 12 to 2. Main dining-room. . After the Theater The Portland Grill in the very heart of the theater district is excelled by none in the serving of de licious suppers. Our chef is a master of his art 'tis his delight to cater to . your every whim. Superb music. The Portland Hotel . J. Kaufmans., Manager. N. K. Clarke, Assistant Manager. bow legs after the manner of the jockey and In at least one case, a young girl had to undergo an operation to correct the trouble. Again, instead of being such a safe attitude several recent ac cidents have been directly attributed to it. When a horse plunges for in stance, its hind quarters in the air, or rears, a woman, having less strength a man la linnhla in BTtn With force and is In danger of being thrown on: wnereas ine pommel ui me ame- sacldie gtves ner a very iair noiu. T" v. ...t.iu ltuhlt nmonc women never caught on in England until after Hie death of King Edward, who had an intense dislike for it, and strictly for bade Queen Maud of Norway to adopt It Queen Maud is the best horsewo man of the royal family and at one time was very keen on adopting it. "POETRY'SHOPSUCGESS NOVICES ARE TACGHT HOW TO READ AXD WRITE VERSE. English Women and Girls Gather at Quaint Place to "Emote" With Languid Rhyme-Makers. LONDON. Jan. 25. (Special.) "The Poetry Shop," which formally opened recently in one of the quaintest and oldest thoroughfares in this city and is kept by a real live poet, Harold Munro. who sits in an old-fashioned parlor with benches and Ingle nooks and discourses about poets and poems to all newcomers, has had a curious success. It has shown that there is a very real demand for books of verse and about verse by American writers on the part of English readers of good taste. For Instance. Mitchell Kennerley's "Lyric Tear" has sold exceedingly well, and so have "Poetry." that J25.0OO magazine of verse published from Chi cago, "The Mask." and the works of that young American poet who hag carved his own niche in London, Ezra Pound. - If you are very keen about your verse, you can hire at "The Poetry Shop" an 18th century apartment with shaded lights and old oak and read your poems aloud quite solemnly to a most select circle of poetasters and critics. Or, if you do not know where to sleep (and some poets are like that) you can rent a bedroom in this estab lishment and live as a housemate with W. W. Gibson, the English poet, and Harold Munro, and other lights of verse, and be watched as you pass in and out by dozens of young English ladies who visit "The Poetry Shop" to make purchases, and dote upon poets, and stare at all verse makers with un disguised interest and emotion. A lady purchaser came in all se riousness to Harold Munro yesterday and put this question to him: "I want to know how to tell good verse when I see it. Also bad verse. Will you help me?" Munro was staggered for a moment, but proved equal to the occasion for he suddenly remembered the classic lines: I put my hot upon my head, - And went into the Strand. And there I met another man Wnose hat was in his hand." "That is doggereL" he said ap he re peated this stanza. "Now here here is good verse" and he reached and handed her a copy of the new magazine "Poetry and Drama" (He edits that produc tion!) BARRIE'S AIM DEFEATED PIAVWRIGHT OXCE HOPED TO - BE DRAMATIC CRITIC. JIan Xow Fimous in Literary World Was "Unsociable" Newspaper Mant Says Veteran Editor. LONDON. Jan. 25. (Special.) The news that the production of J. M. Bar rie's parody of "The Taming of the Shrew" has not been abandoned, but will probably first take place in Berlin, has again set tongues a-wagging about the continued success of the creator of "Peter Pan" under the Charles Froh maii management.. There is one ex-newspaper editor and proprietor to whom Barrle's complete devotion to the art of the theater brings no surprise. This is Albert S. Brad shaw, who occupies a magnificent suite of rooms in one of the principal London hotels. "Barrie." he said recently, "used to be employed by m brother and myseif as general literary assistant on our paper. The Nottingham Daily Journal. He stayed with us for nearly two years, and I have no doubt that If the files of that old paper of 25 years ago were searched, some most startling and stim ulating articles by J. M. Barrie could be unearthed. We sold the paper years later to a rival, and have no access to the bound volumes, and, anyway, the Nottingham Journal has been long ab sorbed in the Nottingham Dajly Ex press. "Barrie was not very sociable at that time. He came to us with high recom- EXTRA! Great Sweater Sale Out Goes Our Entire Stock of V-Neck and Military Collar Coat Sweaters Colors: Gray, white, brown, tan, blue and red, many of them in combination colors Sold Regularly at $3, $4 $5, $6 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. This Store Is the Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes NORTHWEST CORNER THIRD AND MORRISON mendations from his university profes sors, and had had very little experience of newspaper men or their free and easy manners and methods. He was 1 i Ivo frpplv with X WO other Scotsmen on the staff and both of these men are now, i u". He was very devoted to cricket and on.? .rifift a.nrl boating ap peared prominently you will remember in his nrst play, wamei, "The most curious fact, however, was .hi. wii.n ha hnrf hftPTi in London a few weeks after leaving Nottingham he wrote to asK lr ne cuuiu London critic for the London theaters. i . 1. .. .1 T .) .1 nnt SPP OUr' WRV Kiy UlULUCi o.nu ' " ' " " . - to give him that appointment, but 1 have often wondered since what would have happened If we had. Would there have been no Barrie a playwright, only a kind of rival to Bernard Shaw and Clement Scott and William Archer, and nui- most keen and penetrating and illuminating critics?" ENGLAND HAS NEW CRAZE Palmists, Clairvoyants and All of Occult Seers Reap Harvest. LONDON, Jan. 25. (Special.) Were King Government and the Four Winds of Heaven to unite to banish the palmist and crystal gazer the comoine . , ,.iio u staving the WUU1Q tt 1 " stream. with sand. The seers have never flourished in England as ai mis uuui. Wealthy English society folk now pay an annual salary to some great au thority on occult matters, he or she be ing expected to come at any moment to discourse with any member of the si.. v. rutnrp- Thev find this works out far cheaper than going at intervals ot a lew wck prophets. The family clairvoyants are frequently requisitioned at house par ties where they are the sought-after members of the gathering and the most privileged, and are entrusted with se cret histories for the sake of advice. Apart from their salaries they receive handsome, often princely, gifts. Men are said to be as interested in a, ob tha vainest and most luese neco ; - ambitious of women. It is averred that one of the most prominent oi ine lnet Ministers is wont to consult one of these diviners before he takes any defi nite steps. During the holiday season It was put forward by hostesses as a special attraction that their own clair voyant would be In attendance. DUCHESS IS DOG FANCIER Bulls -and Water Spaniels Favored by Vanderbilt Girl. - LONDON, Jan. 25. (Special.) Fol lowing the example of her brother. Wil liam K. Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough is building up a reputa tion as an enthusiastic dog fancier. At one time the Duchess Ignored the dog craze and'it was a matter of com mon talk that she was practically the only woman in the "smart 'set" circle who did not possess a dog of some class among her household pets. Now she appears to be tailing into line with her friends and Is paying fancy prices for bull dog breeds and water spaniels. That pain around your heart means pressure of gas, the result of indigestion. It does not mean heart disease. Pain in the region of the heart is almost never present in organic heart trouble. Strength for the stomach is the one thins; needed. Dr. -Williams' Pink Pills, one after each meal, and a little care in the diet, .will quickly restore yon to health. This is the proper treatment for indigestion and you can begin it to day and start onHhe road to health by getting a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People from the nearest drug store. A copy of our new diet book, is free on re quest and the pills will be sent yon by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, 60 cents per box, six boxes for $2.60, by addressing the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, ecbenectadr. M. Y. Her experiences have not been en tirely favorable, for a few days ago a valuable animal which was being con signed to her from Ireland got suf focated on the journey and as the con signment was at owner's risk the loss will mean something in the neighbor hood of 'J5000. A well-known veterinary surgeon connected with Dick Croker's racing stables Is acting as her commissioner in Ireland and his instructions to secure any valuable specimens of the water spaniel variety that he comes across in the course of his professional activi ties throughout the country. Next year the Duchess hopes to join the ranks of the society women who have been for a number of years an active and conspicuous element in the Ladies' Kennel Club. INDIANA CORN IS WINNER Ten-Ear and Single-Ear Trophies Go to Hoosiers. COLUMBIA, S. C, Jan. '30.--Corn from Indiana won two prizes today at the fifth International Corn Exposition. Charles Short, Greensborough, Ind., won the Indiana ten-ear trophy, valued at $1000. and Joe Helms, Richmond, Ind., won the Kellogg single ear trophy, valued at $1000. The only other premier prize of the day was "the Colorado oats trophy. o iisnn. for the best neck of oats on exhibition. This went to J. C. Hill &. Son, Lloydminster, Saskatche wan. M.tlnn.l rarmer-i1 TTnion dflV Will be celebrated tomorrow with Sir' Horace Plunkett, leader of the agriculture re AM nini'.maiii in Trpland. as the nrin- clpal speaker. The National Farmers' Union will meet tomorrow. Astoria Case Is Heard. ASTORIA. Or- Jan. 30. (Special.) Judge Campbell arrived yesterday to hold a session of the Circuit court. T.ctimnnv wa taken in the friendly suit brought by C. G. Palmberg against the members of the sanitary ana nec- "It's the Water" that has made OLYMPIA BEER famous. "It's the Water" that makes it so wholesome, refresh ing and invigorat ing. "It's the Water" that accounts for its unequalcd excol lence. Order a case today. Phone Main 671 or . A 2467. Olympia Brewing Company lamatlon Commission, to test the con stitutionality of the charter amend ment creating the commission. Before leaving. Judge Campbell will hear the evidence and arguments in the a-.-ti m brought to restrain the city from is suing warrants on the general fund to take up the warrants drawn to defray the expense of improving Irving .ivc- One of the rarest books in the T'lilttsl States, there bPlns only live or six known copies. Is William Cullen Bryant's bai go, or Sketches ot the Times: A Satire, by a Youth or Thirteen." 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