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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATTJRDAT, APRIL 1, 1916
PLOTTERS AGAINST
CANAL ARE TRAILED
Von der Goltz Insists German
Attache Approved Plan to
Destroy Waterway.
BIG INVASION IS INTENDED
Scheme Was to Raise Force for Ex
pedition Into Canada Suffi
cient to Engage Troops in
Training in Canada.
'A'ETC YORK, March 31. Officials
here of the Department of Justice were
reticent today concerning new develop
ments following the arrest yesterday
of Captain Hans Tauscher. husband of
JIne. Gadski. on the charge of partici
pation in a conspiracy to blow up the
Wetland Canal in Canada
It was said, however, that two of
. the five men believed to be involved in
the plot against the waterway now are
in custody as material witnesses and
that a third is being trailed with the
prospect of an arrest within 48 hours.
The two men now held are said to
have confessed all they know of 'the
plot against the canal. Their stories.
It was asserted, furnish a connecting
link in the chain of evidence.
Spy Held at Ellis Inland.
Official. admitted late today that
Horst von dcr Goltz, also known as
Hridgman W. Taylor, who says he is a
German baron, is being held at the
Ellis Island immigration station. He
was not formally admitted to this
rountry when he was brought here
Monday by a Scotland Yard representa
tive, and therefore can be deported,
it is contended, after the Government
has obtained his testimony in the Wel
land Canal case.
After his arrival here Von der
Goltz asserted he had entered into an
agrtement with the British govern
ment, under which he would not be
rxecuted as a spy in case he testified
in this country regarding pro-German
activities, but would be sent to one of
Great Britain's colonies, where he could
be safe.
A statement was issued today by the
attorneys of Captain Tauscher in
"which it was said:
"Officials of the Department of Jus
tice will bear out the statement that
he has repeatedly during the past few
months freely and cheerfully given
them any and all information which
they have desired and on one occasion
they expressed themselves very strong
ly as being under obligations to him
for his assistance in investigations
they have made."
Plan Indorsed by Von Papen.
Von der Goltz is quoted as saying
that Captain von Papen, the withdrawn
German military attache, hail inlnrs
the Welland Canal proposal after It
liad been decided that it would be im
possible to lead a large armed expedi
tion into Canada from the United
States. Von der Goltz had sought to
enlist Germans in Baltimore, Hoboken
and New York, and department agents
say he declared he was acting with
the knowledge of Von Papen.
Von der Goltz came to the United
States in July, 1914. from Mexico, where
lie had been on General Villa's staff,
nnd reported to Von Papen. The plan
to invade Canada, he told Department
egents. had been his, not Von Papen's.
Aftr a time. Von der Goltz said, the
plan was abandoned. The intended
point of invasion, officials said, was
"west of the Great Lakes." The force
which Von der Goltz wanted to raise
for the expedition was to be suffici
ently large to engage the attention of
the troops which Carada was training
to send to Europe.
HARBORS FIGHT IS OPENED
All Proposals but One for New
Projects Are Eliminated.
WASHINGTON, March 31. The an
nual fight over rivers and harbors im
provement was opened in the House to
day with Chairman Sparkman urging
rasage of the 40. 000,000 bill framed by
the river and harbor committee and
Representative Frear and other Re
publicans attacking it as an extrava
gant "pork barrel" measure. General
debate will continue tomorrow night
and after that there probably will be a
week of discussion on amendments.
Mr. Sparkman -pointed out that the
committee had stricken out all pro
posals for new projects, save that for
deepening the approaches to the Brook
lyn Navy-yard, urged by President Wil
son and Secretary Daniels as a pre
paredness measure. He insisted that
unless adequate appropriations were
made for continuing work on projects
already under way, much of the past
expenditure would go to no purpose.
CONGRESS FAVORS BREAK
( Continued From First Page.)
change has taken place in the policy
already determined upon of breaking
relations should the state of facts ap
pear to be that which the evidence al
ready collected indicates. So that Con
tress might be informed. Secretary
Lansing conferred today with Senator
Sitone, chairman of the Senate foreign
relations committee, and Representa
tive Flood, chairman of the House for
eign affairs committee. Mr. Lansing
showed copies of the dispatches he had
received to his visitors, including the
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confidential information he has re
ceived from Ambassador Gerard.
Members' Sentiments Changed.
There Is reason to believe that a
great change has occurred in the sen
timents of both Mr. Stone and Mr.
Flood as a result of what they learned.
There is no question of armed mer
chantmen involved in the present crisis.
In the cases which are absorbing the
attention of the United States, none
of the ships had guns aboard. The
German government had pledged itself
not to torpedo liners without warning,
yet in the case of the Sussex it did so.
It did not pledge itself not to attack
freighters. But this Government has
insisted from the beginning that it
was under a greater obligation to pro
vide protection for Americans serving
in the crew of a ship than to the pas
sengers aboard a vessel.
A crew have to earn their livelihood
and can do so only by going to sea.
SOTED ARCHAEOLOGIST WILl.
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Dr. II. R. Falrclongh.
Dr. H. R. Fairclough, known
through Canada and the United
States as one of the greatest
American archaeologists, will
speak at Central Library tonight
at 8:15 o'clock. Dr. Fairclough
for many years has been a mem
ber of the Stanford University
faculty and secretary of the
Western States Archaeological
Institute of America.
"City Planning in Ancient
Rome," will be his topic and he
will analyze the relation of the
methods and ideas of the Ro
mans, to the present modern
means
Dr. Fairclough was born in
Canada and was graduated from
the University of Toronto. He
luuk ms uoctor s aegree at jonns
Hopkins University.
The passengers may or may not be en
gaged in business which requires them
to make a voyage. Germany further
declared that before a vessel was tor
pedoed consideration would be given to
the state of the weather and sea and
distance from the coast. The men of
the Eagle Point had to tumble ,into
small boats in a rough sea 142 miles
from land.
It has been noted in Administration
circles that a change has taken place
In Congress with reference to the ques
tion of calling Germany sharply to ac
count for the resumption of her sub
marine operations against defenseless
merchantmen.
It is now believed that the Presi
dent's purpose to break relations will
be approved, provided, of course, the
evidence should be conclusive.
FUGITIVE BEGS RESCUE
SEW YORK FORGER IS HELD AS
SPY I' LO.VDO.V.
Man Appeals to Detective, Recalling
Meeting: "When He Denied Identity;
Cae 'ot Extraditable.
NEW YORK, March 31. Although
there is an indictment against Charles
H. Ahle here charging extortion, Ahle
would rather return to New York and
run his chances before an American
court than stay in London under
suspicion of being a German spy.
Much to the surprise of the police de
partment, Ahle has written from Lon
don telling of his predicament and beg
ging that the authorities here certify
to Scotland Yard that he is an Ameri
can citizen. Ahle's letter came to De
tective Barney Flood, who savs that
six years ago he recognized the indicted
man on the Strand in London. When
the detective accosted him at that time,
Ahle indignantly denied his identitv.
Now he writes to remind Flood of the
meeting and seek his aid.
Ahle was indicted October 13. 1905.
and, it is said, jumped his ball of $5000.
His alleged crime is not an extraditable
offense. A deposition setting forth the
facts about Ahle s career is now on its
way to London.
QUAKE SHOCKS VICTORIA
Instrument at Seattle Also Registers
Movement.
VICTORIA, B. C, March 31. Two
earthquake shocks which took place
within a comparatively short distance
of Victoria were recorded on- the seis
mograph of the observatory at Gon
zales Hill this morning. The first,
which F. Napier Denison, the superin
tendent estimates to have occurred
about 300 miles away, took place at
3:12, and appears to have been a well
defined quake, with a pronounced ver
tical movement. The record showed
that the vibrations continued more
than 50 minutes. The second, which
was much less pronounced, took place
at 8:39, apparently from the same
point of origin.
SEATTLE, March 31. The seismo
graph of the University of Washing
ton recorded a sharp earthquake this
morning, beginning at 3:15, becoming
strongest at 3:19, and ending at 3:30.
Professor Landes, of the university, es
timates that the quake took place 450
miles north of Seattle, probably in
British Columbia.
DANIELS
ABANDONS
SAL0NIKI IS CONFIDENT
Entente General Thinks Teutons
Will Not Risk Attack.
ATHENS, March 30. via Paris. March
31. "I do not believe the Austro-Ger-mans
seriously Intend attacking Salo
niki," said an entente General to the
Associated Press correspondent today.
"They have an excellent intelligent
service in Macedonia and are fully
aware of the great strength of our po
sitions. I do not think they will throw
away men needlessly in trying to take
it, especially after the Verdun experi
encei "In respect to a possible offensive by
the entente allies, it is impossible to
say anything. I believe Salonlki to be
absolutely impregnable."
LARGE SUBMARINES
Additional Navy-Yard on Pa
cific Coast and Further
Bases Advocated.
PROGRAMME IS ENLARGED
Secretary Reveals Tact That if Gen
eral Board Had Prevailed In
1903 America Would Have
Reached Second Place.
WASHINGTON, March 31. Secre
tary Daniels touched on all sides
of the naval preparedness programme
in continuing his testimony today
before the House naval committee. He
proposed various modifications in and
additions to the five-year building pro
gramme endorsed by President Wilson,
Including elimination of the provisions
for great sea-going submarines in the
1917 estimates.
Instead of appropriating for larger
submarines, the Secretary suggested
building three 800-ton type boats for
test purposes, three 1000-ton Schley
type craft already having been author
ized. The remainder of the submarine
fund, he urged, should go into coast
defense boats of a standard type that
could be quickly organized. The L
type or K type boats may be agreed on.
New Features Outlined.
Other new features proposed by Mn
Daniels were:
Construction of a great drydock at
Norfolk and possibly at Philadelphia.
Establishment of a marine, aviation
and submarine base at San Diego. Cal.
Study of the Pacific Coast to deter
mine the best lofcation for an additional
navy-yard there, probably at Los An
geles or San Diego.
Expenditures of $175,000 to clear the
approach to the Charleston, S. C, yard
for heavy draught ships.
Authorizing the rank of full admiral
for the chief of operations and fixing
his powers by law on an equality with
those of chiefs of bureaus.
In connection with the building pro
gramme, Mr. Daniels made public the
famous report of the General Board in
1903. which set a continuous building
policy for the Navy for the first time
and aimed at a battleship fleet of 48
by 1921. If it had been approved, he
said, the United States Navy would
have reached second place among the
powers of the world and remained
there.
Board's Programme Revealed.
The Board proposed that the fleet
built and authorized should be com
posed as follows by 1919: Battleships,
48; armored cruisers, 24; protected
cruisers, 48; scout cruisers. 48; de
stroyers, 48; gunboats, six additional.
In addition the following auxiliaries
were recommended for each squadron
of eight battleships: Five colliers, one
ammunition ship, one supply ship, one
repair ship, one tank ship, two trans
ports and one hospital ship.
As an annual building programme
the Board proposed two battleships,
one armored cruiser, three protected
cruisers, four scout cruisers, three de
stroyers and three colliers.
The Secretary also presented a table
of the world's naval tonnage which
showed that Germany and the United
States passed France In naval power
about the same time, in 1911. Accord
ing to these figures the United States
Navy never has been in second place,
France dropping from second to fourth
at that time, while Germany became
second and the United States third.
BOOZE SALES WAVERING
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violators during the month of March
is $1100. Little clemency is shown, ex
cept in misguided and exceptional
cases. The "drunks." illegitimate by
products of the traffic in liquor, con
tributed $882 in fines.
Liquor Influx Increasing.
For "drunks" and "vags" who were
unable to pay the fines imposed, or
who were held by Municipal Judge
Langguth to be beyond the pale of
clemency, the aggregate of jail and
rock-pile sentences would make a dent
in several life-times.
The stream of liquor that pours in
by express shipments, however, is in
creasing to the proportions of a small
flood, according to figures and esti
mates of the County Clerk's office.
During January the amount of ship
ments was small," owing to the fact
that many imbibers had laid in sup
plies when the drought came, and also
because of a general unfamiliarity with
the shipment affidavit privilege.
3317 Permits Taken in February.
February claimed the issuance of
3317 affidavits for the shipment of
liquor from "wet" states by express
a strong and heady slant upward from
the January number. But mad and
merry March romps over the record of
the preceding month by almost 100
per cent.
Although the figures for the month
are not yet compiled, it is estimated
that the March affidavits for liquor
consignments will reach 6000.
The majority of the orders are for
the maximum amount and apply for
two quarts of whisky. Shipments of
beer are increasing. The exact figures
on express shipments will be available
about April 10.
"Jor-Rlders" Are VanUhlng.
With the progress of the prohibition
statute, the Public Safety Commission
and the police force are drawing a
long-pent sigh of relief. The "joy
rider" may soon become a rare species.
Compared with the same months of
1915, he already is. There were only
two arrests of intoxicated motorists
during February, and only one in
March.
Last year the booze-born joy of flight
in a fast car was so common an ob
session that the police were constantly
bringing in offenders. Accidents were
frequent, particularly on the Milwau
kie and Linnton highways, in the vicin
ity of the roadhouses. This condition
has passed away, or largely so, the po
lice assert.
Harry P. Coffin, chairman of the
Public Safety Commission, declares
that the absence of promiscuous liquor
sales has greatly lessened the strain
on that department.
Druggists Favor Regulation.
The assertion is advanced by some
that even bootlegging has been les
sened since January 1. These say that
a drunken man can be traced to his
source of supply, when the sale of
liquor Is forbidden, and the offender
detected.
They assert that, under the saloon
system, confirmed drunkards of the
"black list" were supplied with liquor
through the activities of a large corps
of bootleggers, who could not be de
tected, whereas they now provide an
agency for the detection of illicit ven
dors. Druggists of the city are disgusted,
generally, with the abuse of alcohol
sales. The signing of an affidavit,
under the law, permits the applicant to
purchase a bottle of alcohol for "ex
ternal application only." The pestered
pharmacists bitterly protest that they
have no means of determining the ap
plicant's sincerity or character, and
admit that many of the names upon
their books have probably been affixed
by thirsty perjurers.
Defender Reports Canvass Results.
Many of these "alcohol" cases appear
In court, where it is shown that the
liquor has been used to console the in
ner man rather than to loosen a
sprained ligament.
A canvass of the Portland drug
stores, by Public Defender David Rob
inson, revealed the fact that none arn
more anxious for the placing of re
strictions upon the sale of alcohol than
are the reputable druggists of the city.
Several pharmacists already have re
fused to deal In alcohol, unless the ap
plicant is a doctor or nurse.
Many Instances are cited by retail
business men to prove that conditions
have improved materially under pro
hibition. The little stories of real life
are intimately human. One business
man relates how one chap used to ap
pear at the end of the month and ask
for the loan of a dime or two until pay
day, and that the amount be added to
his account with the store. The dimes
went to the saloon across the street.
Merchants Report More Trade.
The customer still trades with the
merchant and his account is a valued
one. But he hasn't asked for a dime
since prohibition pounced on Portland.
The same episode is familiar to other
business men.
The merchants speak emphatically of
the increased volume of trade, and the
novel promptness with which bills are
paid. Many of them relate specific in
stances. Overdue accounts from sal
aried patrons are lessening, and an
cient statements are being marked
"paid."
The scores and banks report an in
crease in the number of pay-checks
cashed with them. Before prohibition
became effective, the merchants and
bankers agree, the pay -check was com
monly cashed at the corner saloon.
One of the "boys," who used to cash
his Saturday night check at the ma
hogany bar, smiled sheepishly when
this was recalled to him.
"Yes, and it used to cost me $1 or $2
to cash it." ho commented.
Better Living Is Indicated.
So many little straws in the economic
stack seem to be influenced by prohibi
tion that it is difficult to enumerate
them but all point one way, toward
a higher standard of living and more
home comforts. Butchers, lor instance,
report that workmen who used to buy
and take home 10 or 15 cents' worth
of meat in the "good old days" now call
for 25 or 50 cents' worth.
Mayor Albee has taken much inter
est in the progress of the new reform.
He has interviewed many business men
and bankers.
"One merchant told me." .declared
Mayor Albee, "that his cash sales had
increased 25 per cent and his collec
tions 35 per cent since prohibition.
Just a small percentage of the busi
ness men of Portland are dissatisfied.
Of these I know that one or two were
in the liquor business."
Portland banks note a growth In the
savings deposits made by wage-earners.
BLACKMAIL. CHARGE FAILS
Seattle Preliminary Hearing Frees
Miss Elsie Coots.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 31. The
charge of blackmail against Miss Elsie
Coots, who was arrested in San Fran
cisco in connection with the opera
tions of an alleged blackmail syndicate
in Seattle, was dismissed today by
Judge John B. Gordon in Justice Court,
where Miss Coots was given a prelim
inary hearing.
A. M. Bailey, a former real estate
dealer, of Vancouver, B. C. the com
plaining witness, alleged that Miss
Coots had obtained $1200 from him
under threats to disclose certain busi
ness secrets to his wife, who was su
ing for divorce. Judge Gordon said the
prosecution had introduced no evidence
to substantiate such a charge.
The preliminary hearing of Miss
Lillian Peterson, who was arrested in
San Francisco with Miss Coots, will be
held next week.
TWO BOOTLEGGERS FINED
Sentence of One Arrested In Camas
Raid Is Suspended.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 31.
CSpecial.) Tony Paramatis and John
Granikos, of Camas, arrested in a raid
in a pool hall in Camas Wednesday
night, and charged with maintaining a
place in which intoxicating liquors
were sold, today pleaded guilty to the
charge and were fined $50 and costs
by Judge R. H. Back, of the Superior
Court. Two barrels of the "near" beer
were confiscated. The men maintained
that they were assured by the brewing
company making the product that they
would be permitted to sell it in a pro
hibition state. Paramatis, arrested on
a charge of selling intoxicating liquors,
pleaded guilty but was released under
bonds of $100, his sentence being post
poned upon his good behavior.
NEWBERG PLANS CORN FAIR
Farmers Express Interest tn Con
templated Fall Exhibit.
NEWBERG. Or., March 31. (Spe
cial.) The Commercial Club of New
berg is arranging for a corn fair this
Fall. Committees have been appointed
to attend to the details and every pos
sible effort will be made to render the
display one which will be a credit to
the farming community in this vicin
ity. Representative farmers have been
seen in regard to the matter, and have
expressed great Interest in the propo
sition. The growing' of corn In this neigh
borhood is gradually increasing, as in
other parts of the state. In 1913 the
corn crop of Oregon was 850,000 bu
shels. In 1914. 2.500.000.
ASHLAND SHRINERS HOSTS
Gala Entertainment Is Given to
Members Throughout Valley.
ASHLAND. Or., March 31. (Special.)
A gala social event tonight was a
Shrlners' entertainment on a -big scale
at the Elks' building. Hillah Tem
ple, of Shriners, was host to guests of
the order throughout the valley.
The invitation list extended as far
distant as Roseburg and Marshfield.
The social features included a recep
tion, ball and banquet, with more than
100 couples present. C. W. Nlms is
illustrious potentate of Hillah Temple.
FALLS CITY SAFE BLOWN
Robbers, on Second Attempt, Get
$35 and Escape.
FALLS CITY, Or., March 31. (Spe
cial.) The safe in the store of N. Sellg
was completely demolished Thursday
night by a charge of nitro-glycerine.
About $35 was taken. The sound of
the explosion was deadened by sacks
of bran. The robbers made their en
trance through the front door by means
of a skeleton key.
This is the second attempt to rob
the store, the first being made last De
cember, but the charge then failed to
explode and the safe was not damagd.
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Solid Alcohol Outfit, consisting of pint-size
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X-Ray Demonstration
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Fine Black Long Grain Travel
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Other styles in black, long-grain
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A "Likly" five-year guaranteed
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50c Pocket Knives 370
$1 Pocket Knives 780
75c Pocket Knives 630
50c Tinted Stationery the latest style
envelope 370
35c Riverside Linen Stationery, per box. . .220
50c Composition Dominoes 390
35c Composition Checkers 270
$1 Gillette Safety Razor Blades
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50c Ever-Ready Safety Razor
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35c Gem Safety Blades 310
$2 Monarch Bath Spray. $1
$1.50 extra heavy Oiled Aprons,
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25c Nail Brush and White
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75c Ladies' Hard-Rubber Comb
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Dupont Whalebone Headache
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60c Paraffin Oil 490
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KELSO HEARS TALKS
Many Farmers Attracted by
Visit of Railroad Party.
TOWN SHOWS PROSPERITY
W illi Reclamation of Rich Land, Dis
trict Is Expected to Forge to
Front as Dairy Country and
Smelt Important Industry.
BV ADDISON BENNETT.
KEISO. Wash.. March 31. (Special.)
Kelso has every Indication or being?
one of the most prosperous places In
Western Washington. As business men
generally say that trade Is good and
collections first-class, the Indications
are all on the side of prosperity. Speaking-
in general terras Kelso is one of
the prettiest little cities we have visited
on the trip. No city of its size has
better paved streets than Kelso, no
place of its size has a better class of
buildings, no like place has stronger
banks, better hotels or better news
papers. Which is saying a good deal,
for those things go a lonir way towards
making a prosperous city.
It would evidently be out of place to
write from Kelso about this time of
the year without saying something
about the smelt Industry. The city, as
the reader ought to know, is on the
Cowlitz River, about four miles from
its confluence with the Columbia. The
principal business portion of the city
is on the east side of the Cowlitz, but
a fine bridge spans the stream and a
large number of the inhabitants live
on the west side. Now the smelt that
come up the Columbia in the Winter
and Spring go up the Cowlitz in verit
able swarms, often the river being
practically alive with them. The fish
erfolk hereabouts catch them by the
ton and ship them to all parts of the
West, for they are considered by many
a great delicacy. They often sell here,
in the rush of the season, for as low as
10 cents a "bushel." which may seem
a strange way to sell fish. As a rule,
however, they are sold by the box or
pound, the shipments being made in
boxes, some holding 100 pounds and
others E0 pounds. The annual ship
ments run from 2000 to 3000 tons, or
something like 30 tons a day during
th run.
Reclamation Im Important.
Just now, as for a year or so past,
the Kelso people are building largely
on the reclamation of several thousand
acres of overflow lands lying between
the town and the Columbia, and east
and north of the town. It is true that
only a few hundred acres of this land
will come under cultivation this year,
but it will not be many years until the
last acre of it is reclaimed, for there
is no better land known than this. It
will be used mostly for dairy purposes
and when it Is all under cultivation
Kelso ought to be the largest place
well, one of the largest places between
Portland and Tacoma.
Even under the present conditions
Kelso has a magnificent farming coun
try surrounding, and gradually the
dairy c.ow is coming to the front- The
O.-W. R. & N. Company, through
Farmer Smith, has been distributing
seed corn and talking cows, corn and
hogs here for several years, and the in
terest is being intensified annually. At
first the bankers and other business
men here, as in many other places, were
skeptical and the teachings fell upon
comparatively barren soil: now all is
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N. j yickel plated, stiver plated and bran
ltnouC trouoie djiqii wonaer ponu.
Two size, fiold by rn.il Grocery, iiard-
ware and Drug Stores.
Look for Photo on Can
changed, and everybody Is standing up
for the dairy cow and the good things
that follow her.
Samplra of Corn Shown.
This was shown by the three meet
ings held yesterday, one at the Hisrh
School, at 10:30 A. M.. another at the
theater at 1:30 P. M.. and the other at
7:30 P. M. Farmor Smith was the prin
cipal speaker, of course, but his son,
Lou S., at each meeting talked about
the Babcock tester. All of the meet
ings were largely attended and great
interest manifested. At the afternoon
meeting there were a good many farm
ers present, and some of them brought
in samples of fine corn raised from
seed distributed hereabouts last year
by the O.-W. R. &r N. Company under
the direction of Farmer Smith. The
farmers are no longer asking the ques
tion: "Can we raise corn here?" but on
the contrary are clamoring for seed
corn, and there will be perhaps 50
bushels given away here this spring
by that company.
This is the home of The Kelsonlan,
one of the brightest little newspapers
of this section. The Kelso State Bank
is one of the big institutions of Cow
litz County. F. L. Stewart is cashier
and manager. It has deposits of about
$225,000. The First National is a young
er institution. C. C. Bashol is its
cashier. It has deposits of about $200,
000. The Rockwood and Washington
hotels are the principal stopping places.
There are 18 passenger trains a day
stopping at the Kelso joint station,
nine going northward towards Seattle
and the same number soiith towards
Portland. Then a boat makes connec
tions at Rainier for all trains on the
Portland-Astoria road. It is only six
miles by water to Rainier.
There is a larce creamery here. The
Commercial Club is a live concern.
C. J. Shipley is president, J. L Sparlins.
secretary. They have large, well-appointed
rooms. The Granger Tele
graph & Telephone Company, a large
cuncern, has its headquarters here. It
owns practically all of the lines here
abouts off the railroad. It is Just now
connecting up with Skamokawa. and
thence on the Gray's river and Willa
pa harbor.
EUGENE HEARS SEX TALKS
Scries of Successful Social Hygiene
Meetings Closes.
EUGENE. Or., March 31. Special.)
A series of successful social hygiene
meetings closed here today when hun
dreds of mothers and adult women
heard Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin and Dr.
Bertha Stuart, of Portland, speak in
the afternoon at the Oregon Theater.
Dr. Bertha Stuart, now of Reed Col
lege, was formerly director of physical
education for women at the Univer
sity of Oregon.
At recent meetings In Eugene and
vicinity. Mrs. E. W. Allen. Miss M. L.
Cummings. Mrs. J. M. Miller and Mrs.
J. H. Johnson, local women, have
taken prominent parts.
START NOW!
A good merchant takes his dis
count on ALL his bills if pos
sible. While a large majority of the
people of Portland are taking
their discounts through S. & H.
Green Stamps, are you getting
this discount on as MANY of
your purchases as possible?
It's a Habit
That Pays
20 Years in a Thousand Cities
and in Portland to Stay.
Sperry & Hutchinson Co.
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