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TTTE MOllXIXfi OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, MARCII 2f, 1910. DEPTH IDEA VAGUE OREGON BACKS EAST ill;. IV 16 ........ ....... t TRIO OF SQUARERIGGERS AT ONE WHARF TO R ECEIVE CEREAL CARGOES FOR PORTS IN THE I UNITED KINGDOM. I 111 AM Alavy Not Posted on Correct Conditions in Columbia. ERROR IS ACKNOWLEDGED Channel Is . Ieclared Sufficiently Large to gVdmlt Cruiser Pitts burg, Had She Keen Sent Here as Was Expected. Millions of dollars expended on the channel from Portland to the sea. in dredging and permanent works; large sums annually paid out In work of the weather bureau as it pertains to river conditions; maintenance of a branch hydrograiphic office, connected with the avy. and for several years tho annua visits of warships, have neither served to keep the Navy Department posted as to the correct conditions as to the actual depth of water or the influence resulting from tides and freshet waters. following such a colossal blunder as his statement, spread broadcast, that there was 2tf feet of water in the Co lumbia River entrance, while as a mat ter of fact- the main channel, on which (iovemment funds and efforts have been centered, has a depth of 35 feet, Secretary Daniels has telegraphed that the statement should have read "rec ords indicate channel leading to Port land is not more than 26 feet in depth at certain places." Zero Mark In 27 Feet. The selfsame Government records, if properly maintained and if carefully perused, would have shown in the first place that the least depth in the Co lumbia River is 27 feet a't zero. A dif ference of one foot, while not much over which to debate, means, as all (iovemment data of the character, that the depth was either ascertained when the stage of the river was at zero or the soundings were reduced to the zero level. Government records would likewise indicate that if the cruiser Pittsburg had been sent here this week, as was expected, she would have found abun dant water, as. the average for March in 1914 and 1915 was a depth of 6.2 feet above zero, so if there had been only 26 feet of water the ship would have had 32 feet at least to go on. In reality the stage here Saturday was 10.2 feet and yesterday was 10.3 feet above zero. In February. 1S14, the average depth was 6.3 feet above zero, in April 8.3 feet and May 13 feet. In 1915 the Feb ruary average was 6.2 feet, April 8.2 feet and May 12.9 feet. Depth Hirnri at 35 Feet. The ruling depth of 27 feet in the Columbia River, based on records at the office of Major Jewett, Corps of Engineers. United States Army, as checked yesterday, is due to the St. Helens bar. Yet the stage there Sat urday was 8 feet above zero, giving 35 feet of water. and yesterday it was slightly more because of a rise. United States Senator George E. Chamberlain telegraphed the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, replying to a message from that body Saturday, that "Secretary Daniels has corrected the statement to the press regarding the depth of the channel at the Columbia River's mouth." Secretary Daniels, to whom the Chamber also sent a mes sage, replied yesterday, duplicating his message to The Oregonian, which was received Saturday, acknowledging the mistake with reference to 26 feet on the bar and including the statement as to 26 feet of water in the channel to Portland. Recordii Found at Variance. Records of the United States engi neers do not agree with those of the Port of Portland Commission that there is 30 feet of water in the Willamette River, from where it Joins the Colum bia, to Portland, but E. W. Wright, manager of the" Port of Portland, said yesterday that there was not the slight est doubt that 30 feet was the depth when a survey was made in December. "Dredges of the Port of Portland have been operated in widening and straightening the channel since 30 feet was obtained, and it stands to reason we would not have undertaken that work before the 30-foot project was finished," said Mr. Wright. The armored cruiser South Dakota, of the same class as the Pittsburg, be ing 502 feet long, beam of 69.65 feet and mean draft of 24.1 feet, having a displacement of 13,680 tons, was here in June, 1915, and on arriving drew 27.8 feet, and when she departed, June 13, her draft was 27.6 feet. At Eureka, well down the Columbia, the gauge showed six-tenths of a foot above zero, yet the vessel did not so much as "smell" terra firma. The Maryland, here in 1912, under command of Cap tain J. M. Elliott, not only made the trip both ways without delay, damage or danger, but maintained a speed of 15 knots from Portland to Flavel, get ting under way here at 9:10 o'clock in the morning and at 3 o'clock that aft ernoon she passed the O.-W. R. & N. dock at Astoria. Conditions Known by Master. But she was in command of an offi cer who had been stationed here two years, in charge of lighthouse work and knew the conditions. To him was given credit for bringing the first big Xavy ship here. But at that he turned his ship over to a bar pilot entering and leaving the river, and another han dled the vessel between Astoria and Portland and return, the same as would have been done with the Pittsburg. Channel conditions in San Franoisco Ray. leading to the Navy-yard at Mare Island, are such that the Government has built the dredge San Pablo in the East' and she will be -used there per manently. In advance of the digger being ordered Navy ships have moved to and from Mare Island without ques tion. . Yet Portland has a deeper chan nel that is sufficient for the" accommo dation of vessels asked to come here, and finds, after the visit of the Mary land, almost four years, that it Is listed with the Secretary of the Navy as an undesirable port. Those four years have witnessed marked improvements In the bar and river depths, wider roads in both places, with five Navy ships having been here in that time, and not a single scratch was sustained by any. Shipping men are asking the ques tion why the Government does the channel work, stands behind official statements as to depths, and yet is, at least in the case of the Pittsburg, the last to demonstrate that the channel La all that is boasted for It. r'DIE IS OX KELSO TJOTJTE " 'I State of Washington Replaces Dia mond O for Short Time. For the netwo weeks the .steamer T'ndine will operate on a" new run for her, that between Portland and Kelso, she having' been taken over yestenday by the Kellogrg: 'Transportation Com pany while the steamer Joseph JCellojr is undergoing an overhauling. The lat- J tor has been in constant service fjt two years, and while out of the water is to have some of her planking- re newed and. similar work done on the hull. The steamer State of Washington is In service now under the banner of the IMamond O line, jtho steamer Diamond , r , " ft f , - -. y ? ) j Lqi inwr iij.i.T j wwjgr i wwmilI'- Ji i li i i'i - - i " j -j 'J"- l' -u ij ' uL i i uJCrT"' " '"' VM'M' 1 1 " " ,''l'Vl'f'1frt''ft'1"' n trV'1''"' J f y ' S X-- : " " M T BRITISH BARK HOLT HILL,, FRE.CH BARK HOXCHAMP AND NORWEGIAN BARK MUSSELCRAG AT NORTH BANK DOCK. Even during" the height of the cereal season in normal times. itis seliTom that three of the big canvas fleet are moored at the same dock for cargoes, but that was the case last week, when the Holt Hill, Bon champ and Musselcrag were strung along the face of the North Bank dock. The Holt Hill shifted to Irving dock and finished yesterday, while the Bonchamp received the last of her load and the Musselcrag will be loaded this week. O being out of commission to be over hauled. The State of Washington is to go on the night run between Portland and The Dalles about April 3. The Dalles City and Stranger will remain in service as day boats and when the excursion season opens the Bailey Gat zert will be added. SriT AGAIXST WAPAMA WON Court Allows Woman $599 of S 1 2, O00 Asked for Personal Injury. Federal Judge Wolverton yesterday granted a judgment of ?599 and costs for the plaintifT in the libel suit of Rose Clifford against the steamer Wa pama and the Wapama Steamship Com pany. The plaintiff, while a passenger on the Wapama, was injured when a roll of the vessel threw her from a steamer chair against a baby carriage, which the steward of the Wapama had fastened under a lifeboat. Judge Wolverton held that, inasmuch as there was a choppy sea at the time, more than ordinary precaution should have been taken to protect pas sengers from possible injury, And that the steward was negligent in having left the baby carriage under the life boat. The plaintiff sued for $42,000 dam ages, and one of the allegations of the complaint was that she had suffered permanent injury to the spine. Judge Wolverton said he was not convinced that the injury was permanent, and allowed ?500 damages. The additional $91 of the judgment is for doctor bills. OLIVEBAXICS CREW CONTEXT Work on Plates Provided l'or .and Ship Will Ixad Flour. Objections raised by the crew of the Norwegian bark Olivebank against go ing to sea again until certain rivets were replaced in the stern of the ship have been overcome through the com pletion of the work Sunday, though there will be others replaced in the forepeak when part of her flour cargo is loaded aft, so the bgw of the ship may be raised. The British ship Alice A. Leigh will be drydocked Friday and she is to have rivets substituted on the hull for a few now past usefulness, besides which minor work may be done on the stern and probably to the rudder, depending on what is determined when she is lifted from the water. Marine Notes. Lumber aboard the schooner E. B. Jack son, which cleared yesterday for Bombay, India, measures 820,007 feet and Is valued at f&200. Collector of Customs Burke and Deputy Collector Pike were taken for an official trial spin aboard the Custom-house launch, H. W. Scott, yesterday, going as far as Llnnton, and they feel assured that her new CO-horsepower engine Is just what is required. Lewiston is -being- visited by "Captain Budd, of the O.-W. ft.. & N. river packets, who is there on an inspection of the Snake River carriers. Traffic Manager L. S. Williams, of t-he Parr-M eCormick fleet, returned home last night from San Francisco, accompanied by Mrs. Williams. They reached Astoria on the steamer Wapama and came from there by train. Close to 10,000 sacks of sugar were aboard the steamer Wapama when she berthed at Couch-street dock last night from San Franc Iscd and her entire cargo aggregated 1005 tons. The steamer Coquille River was to have loaded the sugar, but the ship ment was diverted to the Wapama. The former L due today with 2(K tons of cargs, in addition to which she discharged 70 tons at .Astoria. It was 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the steamer Bear reported at San Fran cisco, having been 49 hours on the way from Portland. Because of exceptional hazards involved, the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, of the tTnited States Treasury Department, has is sued a circular to the effect it will con sideV certain ports only when application is made, those In the list being in the United Kingdom, others on the European continent except Spain', ports of Asia Minor. African ports in the Mediterranean and in colonial possessions of Germany and Turkey. Due to rains, the Willamette is expected to rise moderately here for & few days, say Weather Bureau forecasts. Hansa, a German shipping publication, has advised vessel owners that the mag netic deviation of ships will have to be altered, among those that have been moored to docks for ko long because of the war. and that when the ships are again in service thlr magnetic conditions will be unstable through having lain o long on one course. As a remedy it is suggested that all ships .L'ti P be- turned at their moorings so as to face in tlTc" opposite di rection. , ' ' vs From Xortliwest Ports. COQS "BAY, Or., March 20. -(Special.) The steam schooner A. Simpson arrived from Kan FYanei&co at 7:30 this morning. Waitingin the lower bay over night, the steamer Nann Smith sailed for San Fran cisco at 10:.'U -with passengers and lumber. The steam schooner Hardy sailed for San Francisco this morning at 10:30 with lumber from ..he Porter mill. The steamship Breakwater is d"ue from California points early Tuesday morning and will sail for Portland at' . Opining of the Courtenay mill by Hugh Mcl,-tin wMr necessitate the charter of an other steam schooner between Coos Bay and Southern points. x ASTORIA, Or., March 20. (Special.) The French bark Bosstret arrived this afternoon after a remarkably fast run of 31S days from Ellesmere, a port close to' Liverpool. Cap tain Henri, her master, 'reports an uneventful trip, but says that last night about 11 o'clock when his vessel was 40 miles off the mouth of ihe river, the malts called him, saying a steamer was on fire. What he saw was the fire in Astoria. Captain Henri baa two sons serving in the French army, but so far as he lias been able to iearn neither has been injured. One has been an officer !n the- army for several years, but the younger boy was here with Captain Henri as an apprentice three years ao. When the- war broke out he left the sea and enlisted as a private. The steam schooner Daisy shifted last nisht from Westport to Kr.appton to finish loading lumber and will sail tonight for San Francisco. The steam schooner Wapama arrived this morning from San Francisco with freight for Astoria and Portland. She will load lumber for a return cargo. The steam sciooner Coquille River ar rived this morning from San Fiunciaco with freight for Astoria and Portland. Tho tank steamer Atlas sailed for Cali fornia after discharging fuel oil at Portland. Run From Mersey Is 1 1 S Xays. From Ellesmereport, on the Mersey River, to the mouth of the Columbia in 11S days, is a. rattling voyage- the French bark Bossuet ended yesterday morning-. As she was spoken January 6 well off the east coast of South Amer ica her run since then was speedy and apparently devoid of delays. In 1912 the French, bark Ia Perouse made the voyage from Shields to the river in 116 days and the German bark Herzogrin S. Charlotte was 115 days on the way from Bremen in 1908. so the Bossuet did not make a record. The vessel loads a cereal cargo here under engagement to Strauss & Co., and will leave up from Astoria this morning in tow of the tug Wallula. If her ballast is taken care of without de lay she- will be at a loading berth in short order. MAR INK INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Scheduled DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From Breakwater -San Diego Beaver Los Angeles. Date. Mar. ;! . Mar. .Mar. l3 .Mar. la Mar. Northern Pacific. San Francisco F. A. Kllburn. San Diego Bear Los Angeles DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Harvard S. F. to L. A Vale S. F. to L. A Wapama. ....... San Diego . . . Breakwater. San Ditgo Beaver Los Angeles Northern Pacific. San Francisco Northland San Diego F. A. Kilburn San Diego Bear Los Angeles Portland-Atlantic Service. DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From Georgian New York DUE TO DEPART. Date. .Mar. 22 Mar. Mar. 4 Mar. 24 Mar. 2j .Mar. Mar. Mar. . Apr. 25 31 1 Date. April 1 Name. For Date. April 4 Georgian Honolulu. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All position reported at 8 P. M. March 20 unlet otherwise designated.) Asuncion, Ketchikan for Richmond, 1050 miles north of Richmond, March 19. Manoa, .San Francisco for Honolulu, 1607 miles from San Francisco, March 10, China, San Francisco for Orient. 1011 miles from San Francisco, March 10. Great Northern, Hon -olulu for San Fran cisco. 704 miles from San Francisco, March li. Lurline, Honolulu for San Francisco, 655 miles from San Francisco, March 1. Celilo, San Pedro for San Francisco, 20 miles south of Point Sur. Porter. Seattle for Port San Luis, 052 miles south of Seattle. Governor. San Francisco for San Pedro, 12 miles south of Pigeon Point. Lucas, Richmond for Kl Segundo, three miles west of Point Montara. Elder. Balboa for San Francisco, off Point Sur. Great Northern, Honolulu for San Fran cisco. 214 miles from .san Francisco. Beaver, San Francisco for Portland, 20 miles north of San Francisco. Breakwater, Eureka for Marshfield, 100 miles north of p;ureka. El Segundo, Richmond for. Seattle. 241 miles from Richmond. Nann Smith, Coos Bay for San Fran cisco, SO miles souUi of Coos Bay. Y osemite. San Francisco for Portland, 12 miles north of Blunts Reef. Ooronado. Aberdeen for San Francisco, 127 miles north of San Francisco. Mills. Seattle for Martinex, 247 miles from Martinez. Speedwell, San Francisco for Ban don, 344 miles north of San Francisco. Queen, San Pedro for San Francisco, eight miles east of Point Concepcion. Colusa. San Francisco for Callao, 497 miles south of San Francisco. Chanslor, Point Wells for San Francisco, 107 miles south of Cape Flattery. Herrin. Gaviota for Llnnton, 10 miles south of the Columbia River. Atlas, Portland for Richmond, seven miles north of Cape Mears. President, San Francisco for Seattle, 23 miles from Seattle. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, March 20. Arrived Steam ers Coquilks River and Wapama, from San Francisco. Astoria, March 20. Arrived at 7 A. M. and left up at 2 P. M. Steamer Coquille River, from San Francisco. Arrived at 7 :;i0 and left up at 9 A. M. Steamer Wapama. from San Francisco. Arrived at 0:u0 A. M. French bark Bossuet, from Ellesmere. San Francisco, March liO. Arrived at 11 A. M. Steamer F. A. Kilburn, from Port land and way porta for San Diego via way ports. Arrived at 4 P. M. Steamer Bear, from Portland for San Pedro. March 19 Arrived at 5 P. M. Steamer Northern Pa cific, from Flavel. Sailed at 8 P. M, Steamer Yosemit, for Portland. Point Reyes, March 20. Passed at 11 A. M. Steamer Daisy Putnam, from Columbia River for San Pedro. Tacoma. March 20. Arrived last night Steamer Wasp, from Portland. San Pedro, March It). Arrived Steamer Shasta, from Portland. Seattle, Wash.. March 2. Arrived Steamers President, from San Diego ; Aro line. Wellesley. Col. E. L. Drake, from San Francisco; Chicago Maru (Japanese), from Hongkong; La Brea, from Port Harford; Prince Rupert (British, from. Prince Ru pert. Sailed Steamer Admiral Schley, for San Francisco ; Curacao, for Southeastern Alaska; Prince Rupert (British), for Prince Rupert. Yokohama, March 20. Arrived Steamer Kaifuka Maru. from Tacoma for Vladivostok. Sai:ed Steamer Canada. Maru, from Hong kong, for Tacoma. Callao, March 17. Arrived Steamer Tam plco. from Portland, Or. Manila. March 13. Sailed Steamers Hazel Do'lar, Henrtk Ibsen, for Seattle. San Francisco. March 20. Arrived Steamers Adeiirw Smi'h, from Coos Bay; Avalon, from Grays Harbor: Bear. F. A. Kilburn from Portland: schooner Ysabel May (British). from Victoria. Sailed Steamers Carlos, for Aberdeen; Doris, for South Bend. . Tides- at Astoria Tuesday. High. Low. 1:37 A. M....9.0 feet'8:23 A. M 0.1 foot 2:15 P. M....7.6 fcetlS:13 P. M....1.8 feet FRUIT PLAN SHOWN Federal Experts Heard (by Chamber Members. MARKETS TO BE EXTENDED Present System of Cutthroat Com petition to Be Replaced by Co operative Effort for Bettor System of Distribution. Relief for the fruitgrowers of the Northwest in the season of 1916 was predicted at the luncheon of the mem bers' council of the Chamber of Com merce by C. E. Bassett, one of the three Federal Commissioners who are in the Northwest perfecting a plan of co-operative marketing which is de signed to do away with the worst of the evils that have, sprung up in the industry. "Selling agencies have multiplied until it has become a case of cut throat competition between them to get business, and the whole fruit-growing industry has suffered from the effects," he said. "Proper steps are not taken to de velop new markets, while the produce is dumped into markets already exist ing until they are congested and the whole industry suffer from stagna tion." "Orderly control of shipments must replace the present methods, and we believe that the co-operative plan we are developing will bring this about." The Commissioners have interviewed about 90 00 growers and shippers in the Northwest since they began their in vestigations and have found the vast majority eager to participate in the movement. The plan provides for a uniform contract between grower and selling agency, which makes it man datory for all selling agencies in the new organization to co-operate within reasonable limits. Complete and ac curate information as to market con ditions will be furnished by the Gov ernment which will enable the selling agencies to handle their fruit with more certainty than in previous sea sons. A neutral board will preside over- the organization and will arbi trate any differences. "Oregon and the Northwest went into the boosting business a few years ago and brought numerous new growers out here and persuaded them to put in orchards," said W. H. Kerr, also of the Commission. "You haven't done your duty by them, however, if you leave them at that. You must apply your boosting ability to make a mar ket for the products that you have urged them to grow." Not only will the new co-operative organization be used to insure balanced supply of the markets already opened, but it will also develop new markets, according to C. W. Moomaw, third mem ber, of the Commission. "The most effective method of ad vertising is by brands," he said. "The organization will not handle the goods under a single brand of its own. The product of each locality differs from the product of all the others, and there should be as many brands as there are qualities of fruit produced. Our cam paign in new markets will be to take a certain percentage of the output of the members of the organization and put it in the hands of a skilled sales man and send him into new territory." FIRE PREVENTION IS TOPIC Charles H. FJory Presides at Meet ing of Forest Hangers. BAKER, Or.. March 20. (Special.) Special heed to the problem of fire pre vention was paid today by Charles H. Flory.-of the District Forester's office of Portland, when he presided at a meeting here attended by the rangers of the Minam National forest held in the office of Minam Forest Supervisor Ephraim Barnes. The entire territory of the forest was coverevl by maps, each ranger required to explain how much of the range was covered by lookouts and how much must be iooked after by patrol. No changes in the work were recom mended. 'eighbors' Quarrel Settled. OREGON CITY. Or., March 20. (Spe cial.) Circuit Judge Campbell entered a decree today making permanent an injunction, wherein Kate M. Colburn is protected in tho construction of a divi sion fence, which her neighbors. Lu cinda and Wayne Bunnell, interfered with. A controversy grew out of the line between the ground of the dis putants. Columbia Biver Bar Rport. NORTH HEAD, March 20. Condition of the bar at 5 R. M. Sea, smooth; wind, southwest, 24 miles. Vessels Cleared Yesterday. American schooner E, B, Jackson, 820,057 feet lumber, for Bombay, Congress of Mothers Votes to Support Penn State. OFFICE ROTATION SOUGHT Resolution Adopted Asking That Na tional Organization Work for Im provements In Juvenile Courts. State Convention Is Topic. By unanimous vote yesterday the state board of the Oregon Cojigress of Mothers decided to support the Penn sylvania women in their campaign for a change -in the National constitution of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations. A stand will be taken by the Oregon women for rotation in office in the National board and for a larger board. At present the board has only three members, but it leaves the last decision to a larger body, including all the state presidents. This body meets in frequently, in fact, but once a year. Mrs. K. W. French, of The Dalles, was present at the meeting and spoke of plans for the state convention in October. Mrs. F. S. Myers and Mrs. C. W. Hayhurst were appointed on the state programme committee. Mrs. George W. McMath, state pres ident, will leave next Monday for Nash ville, Tenn., to attend the National con vention. She will go instructed to work for policies that are opposed to Mrs. Frederick Schoff, who has been presi dent of the National Congress of Moth ers for 14 years. v EFFORT MADE TO NULLIFY AVrong Tirm Sued by Mr. Bail lie. Attorney Asserts. BAKER, Or., March 20. (Special.) In an effort to nullify the suit of Frank S. Baillie for the possession of $14,000, Harris Richardson, attorney for the Columbia Gold Mining Company and tor the E. W. Backus interests, intro duced documentary evidence during the hearing .today to show that Baillie had filed suit against the wrong corpora tion. The evidence came in the form of a copy of amended articles of incorpora tion of the E. W. Backus Lumber Com pany by which the Backus-Brooks Com pany, incorporated under the laws of Maine, was made successor to the first corporation. Mr. Richardson asserted that the r Backus-Brooks Company, which is named in Mr. Baillie's com plaint, is a Minnesota corporation, and not a successor to the E. TV.. Backus Lumber Company. KLAMATH CONTEST FIXED Cliartipion Speller of County to Be Found by Final Test. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 20. (Special.) The champion speller of the Klamath County schools will be decided upon here next Friday night. At that time the winners of the district marches will meet here for a final con test. The following will enter the con test: Elizabeth Lusk and Harry Owen, Klamath Falls; Anna Rueck, Bonanza; Harold Brown, Dairy; Audrey Howell, Merrill; Harold Todd. Dodd Hollow; Christine Murdock and Erma Ager, Plevna; Helen Turner and Ruby "White, Fort Klamath: William Clark and Leon ard Lewis, Olene; Alary Vavrika and Joe SmidI, Malin; Charlotte Wright, Miller Hill; Jessie De Puy, Midland; Mabel Latta and Hazel Brown, Hen ley. JScauinont Meeting Is Today. Beaumont Parent-Teacher Associa tion will meet today. Playgrounds will be discussed. ee Coif Read what the 19th edition United States Dispensatory (page 253), the guiding authority for chemists, druggists and phys icians, says about the drug caffeine, of which there is about 22 grains in the aver age cup of coffee: "Given in large dose to the lower animals, caffeine produces hur ried respiration, restlessness, slightly lowered, followed by a markedly elevated temperature, . tetanic and clonic convulsions, progressive paralysis, and finals ly death from paralytic arrest of respiration." Although man is stronger and more re sistant, it is a well-known scientific fact that caffeine, in coffee, is a frequent cause of headache, nervousness, biliousness, heart flutter and many other ills. Not at one large dose, but little doses repeated regularly does this subtle habit-forming drug get in its work, and, sooner or later, many coffee drinkers suffer. Before that time comes, suppose you make a personal test; quit coffee ten days and use IPO Made of wheat and a little wholesome molasses, this famous pure food drink has a rich, "snappy flavour much like that of mild, high-grade coffee, and it contains no drug or other harmful element. There are two forms of Postum. The original Postum Cereal must be boiled; Instant Postum is the original Postum reduced to soluble form; a level teaspoonful in a cup with boiling water makes a perfect cup instantly. Both forms are equally delicious, and the cost per cup is about the same. The change from coffee to Postum is pleasant as well as highly beneficial, and with the better health that comes with freedom from caffeine, the drug in coffee, you'll know ( ttTl r 99 STOfftFP ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT.! Age(ablcEreparatbnforAs-! siraitaring theFootfantfRcgula ttng the S tomadis aMBcweis of Promotes DigcsttonJChcerfiJ ncssandRstontaInsneitttef Opium-Morphine nor Mineral Nor Nar c o tic. finvpkta Sndm jtlx-Stnna jbdstSad JiiCartLincttStda Clarified Sugar rn Cnirr Stnmarh Tllarrhoca Worms .Convulsions Jevenslr : riESS aildLO S S OF SLEEP, j IfccSimile Signature of j . i The Centaur Compast; NEW YUKK.. 1 Exact Copy of Wrapper. GENTRALIA HEARS TALK COMMERCIAL CLUB ENTERTAINS FARMER SMITH'S PARTY. High School Students Will Be Enter tained at Lecture Today Che halia Next to Be Vixited. BY ADDISON" BENNETT. CENTRALIA, Wash., March 20. (Special.) Farmer Smith and his asso ciates, conducting the agricultural campaign on behalf of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, passed Sunday here in their private car, and this morning left at 8 o'clock for Chehalis, where Mr. Smith spoke at 9 o'clock to the students of the Chehalis High School. City Superintendent R. E. Cook intro duced the speaker, who for the space of half an hour held the 300 auditors to the closest attention. It may seem strange to imagine a speaker talking to the boys and girls of a city school on the subject of agri culture, but Farmer Smith has suffi cient versatility to make an interest ing speech on any branch of rural life to any sort of an audience. He was particularly entertaining this morning and had the rapt attention of his every hearer. Tonight the party was entertained by the Centralia Commercial Club and business men at the splendid hall of the club, and tomorrow morning Mr. Smith will talk to the high school stu dents here, after which we will pro ceed to Chehalis, where we will be en tertained by the Chehalis Commercial Club tomorrow night. Clatskanie Election April 3. CLATSKANIE, Or.. March 20. (Spe cial.) The local City Council will hold a special meeting tomorrow night to pass an ordinance regulating city elec tions. The regular election board here- Facts mere s a Reason Grocers For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria a i : & .always v x .Bears ine iwj.gj.u.ixLUa.U Of in Use For Over Thirty Years nay THC CINTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. after will consist of one judge and two clerks, and the polls will be open from 12 o'clock until 7 o'clock. April 3 ha3 been set as the date for the election. An election board consisting of the. lollowing was appointed: E. S. Tich enor, judge; F. S. Gordon and O. Belk nap, clerks. MIMING ACTIVE IN GRANT uoki j-oficeis in canyon 3loiintaitt Keportcd Discovered. CANYON CITY, Or., March U0. (Spc cial.) Grant County's mining activitie have taken on new life since the ar rival of Spring. Claim owners on Can yon Mountain are doing their assess-f ment work. Several pockets carryin high-grade gold have been opened. The dredge at John Day. which is being constructed by the Empire Gold- ureuging Alining Company, is Hear ing completion and will be ready foi operation by the time the power lin being built from Prairie City i finished. A quicksilver mine about 12 mile. west of here is beinc- urosneotpd h-i local men. A mill is beinsr erected a t an asbesto I """o nrza.L .huuul vt:rnon. campjes nnov a high commercial value and goo strong fiber. Strike Not Looked l'or. "Open shop" conditions applying1 i shipyards along the river is one rea son why it is not believed the strik of ship workers at San Francist will be extended. Those conducting plants at Portland say they have no Beard of dissatisfaction among thei employes, and as to the San Francisc trouble spreading along the Coast, tha is not feared, as it is regarded as on having to do only with condition there. Wild dunks In Utah have found a doiiBlv ful Winter haven in Western Juab fii'mt where larpre tfenid sitrinKs afford them Pali Beach conditions without the necessity r wearisome migration. everywhere sell Postum. m tm . i. at KTI