TTTE MOllXIXfi OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, MARCII 2f, 1910.
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TRIO OF SQUARERIGGERS AT ONE WHARF TO R ECEIVE CEREAL CARGOES FOR PORTS IN THE
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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