Morning Oregonian., January 21, 1918, Page 9, Image 9

TUTS MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1918.
POLICE FORCE BUSK
Work of Registering Enemy
Aliens to Start Soon.
WAR MAKES MORE DUTIES
Clilrf Job n ton Point Oat That It
Will Be cceary to Reorganise
I'olice System la Order to Take
Core of Added labors.
Never In the history of th! city baa
the bureau of poltca been so heavily
taxed aa at rresenL With talks of the
greatest Importance assigned to this
branch of the putillo servlcav. Chief
Johnson declared yesterday that a com
plete reorganisation of the system
terns Inevitable, in order that the ut
most capacity of every member may be
devoted to those things which are of
a-rest necessity to the general good of
all the people.
War conditions have Imposed a great
amount of additional duty on the police
forre. on of. the most difficult of
which Chief Johnson Is now organising
a staff to handle. This is the rstit
tration of alien enemies, of mhlch there
are 20O Germans alone In this city.
I'nder Government refutations, these
must resrlster with tha police and. when
It Is understood that this big piece of
work must be done from February to
t Inclusive. It will be acen that It la a
bis Job.
Pketecrapks Bf Takes.
Not only doea the Government require
these alien enemies to register, but the
poltca most also photograph each one
and also make a linger print of eacn.
these to be filed with their regletra
tion card. This means that tha police
will have to bsndl each on at least
twice in addition to assisting them In
making out their record on the cards
provided for to purpose.
Chief Johnson Is working; out details
for this work and baa already assigned
Captain Jenklca to have chars of
force that will be put on the Job wben
the days for registering arrive. Aa con
siderable space will be necessary for
the handling of German during the
period, the chief baa decided to sat
aside a part of the police athletic club
room on the fourth floor of th bead
Quarter building for th purpose, it
will be provided with counter and
about It cierka.
Under th requirements of tha Got
ernment. the registration room will be
open from A. it. to P. iL. with soma
on In charg to take car of those
wishing to register. V hether members
of th bureau will b asslcnad to the
clerical work In connection is undeter-
mined, but It Is nrobbl aoma dviUanai
wKI be employed.
Keclaterlna thaaa neoDla. who will
Include all German roaiea mor than It
years old. I sufficiently difficult wlih -
In Itself, considering tha Urn allowed average engagement across th bor
for It. but photographing and making ar- B"l Plays a dashing; and fearless
finger prints of each presents still outlaw, then a railroad detective and
mor comDllcated features, llowavar. clean-up man Just as dashing, fear-
arrangement wiU b mad to car for I
all.
Dcllaeoeats) Are Le-ratea.
Other war work that Is being eon
ducted by th small fore of police at
nana is mil qi running oovo Ufl 1 ! n -1
quents who hav. failed to turn In Ih.lr
baud Is that of running down delln-
questionnaires. This alone Is requiring
practically all of the tlm of all th
sergeant In th bureau, they alon be
In a to available supply of men for the
purpose, with posts stripped of the
patro;men for water front duty.
Name, of these dellnquests hav been
pour.ng Into headquarter at a rapid
rat within th past few days, and
running down th various namea entails
a great deal of work and often trails
aul over the city.
-Po:ic work today, a compared with
that of a year ago, la absolutely a new
thing." said Chief Johnson yesterday,
as he surveyed a stack of reports. Ut
ters and documents that had piled up
en hi desk over Saturday, wben he wai
obliged to be absent from hi office.
"Th war ha revolutionised our busi
ness and made It vastly mor Important.
In addition to mor than doubling th
volume of business. We shail do our
best with the force st hand."
1918 GLASS HEARS TALK
ESSENTIALS or SICCKSSKIT. LI KB
OlTU.EI) BY PASTOR.
Dr. Jeakaa Staaaftrla Say Peblle
bcawal la Aaserlca Greatest laati.
tatlea Self-Ceafideaee Seeded.
"Hav confidence In yourself and In
your principles" and such confluence
wtll be a great factor in Insuring
noble life and success." said Dr. Joshua
Sunsfleld. of the First Methodist
Church. In his baccalaureate sermon,
"obligations and Imperatives of Edu
cated Youth." yestenlay morning to
the graduating class of th Washing
ton High School.
Dr. Stansfteld used a the text T am
a dtbtor. 1 am ready." taken from the
L'plstle of it. Paul to the Romans.
"I would have you young people of
the class of 1 of Washington High
bchool realise this." said Dr. Stansfteld.
"Yon are her today a product of
our common system of public educa
tion. The public school is our most
distinctly American Institution. It baa
made and moulded the life of America
more than any other on Institution.
Th Intent snd objective of our schools
la an educated, moral and responsible
citizenship.
"What ha been th best part of
your education thus far? Th facts
which you bar learned and the stores
of Information you have touched dur
Ing th years? No! Valuable as tbes
may be. they hav been a small part.
The largest and best part of your edu
cation, has been, first, th discovery
of yourself and of your powers, and,
second, th discovery of the principles
and laws or lire wblch you can use, and
thereby bring certain definite results.
"I am glad to learn that 41 out of
the 2 of you purpose going forward to
college or aome higher Institution, and
th next three or four years will mean
mor to you than even th paat four,
I would hav you say, 'I am now ready.'
that Is. I am properly disposed and
felly purposed to meet my obligation
to my people, to my-state and to my
Nation. And If three two words. I am
debtor and I am ready, aball truly ex
pres th purpose of your life, tnen th
promise and the prophecy of your
graduation shall be well realised.
Pasco Railway Employe Elect.
PASCO. Wab Jan. 10 (Special)
At their regular meeting Friday night,
the following officers were Installed
to serve Pasco Lodge, No. ST1, Brother
hood of Railway Clerks and Station
Kmployes. for the ensuing year: Presi
dent. C. N. Boulter; vice-president. Miss
Alice Hogan: recording secretary. Miss
Rhode May Snyder: financial secretary.
Harry Custer: chaplain. Olll Martell;
sergeant-at-arrns. George Swybold; In
side guard. Joe Roup; outside sreerd.
Oscar Bradshaw.
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0HK IS XAKltG riLM DEBIT AT MAJESTIC THEATER.
TODArS riLM ITATTRES
Star Marguerlta Fischer. "Molly
Go Get "Em."
Sunset "On TrlaL"
Liberty William S. Bart, "Dsad
or Alive."
Majestic Mary Garden. "Thai."
Peoples Douglas Fairbanks. "A
Modern Musketeer."
Globe George Be ban, "The Bond
Between,"
Liberty.
Wbethar It ba "Dexl nr Atlve
- !r . R . BIU Hart..
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ut,t nd Perhap his beat. Artcraft
Photoplay., la one which will be long
I remembered by hi admirers. In this
production, where aa many shots are
""1 a In a Mexican revolution, and
n casualty list I greater than In th
na aucceasrui. wnn in in lat
ter role he essays
lover part In a
manner to endear
femininity.
him further to
The horse plays an important part
In Hart's newest production, but for
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Bill present some daring riding, with
a fall down a bluff, a drop from a second-story
window Into the saddle, and
leap from a springing horse to a
flying locomotive as th features. He
also gives an uncanny . exhibition of
"aix gun" skill, with a victim toppling
at nearly every shot.
Buck Andrade. chief of a gang; of
desperadoes who make war on the
railroad, la th latest Hart role. Bill
decide to reform at the behest of
his dying mother and Is kept stead
fast by his sweetheart, who Is Volt
Vale. Buck's miscreant, ever fret
ful under his domination, and rebelling
against bis tender attitude towards
woman, refuse to quit th holdup game
when he does. Circumstances place
Caaeidy, a detective. In Buck'a bands,
and be assumes th papers of th
sleuth and clean up th division. His
defense of th railroad headquarters,
salvation of a train of soldiers and
rescue of the Mxicn-blrurd
railroad town, earn for him a getaway,
a check for liooo. and a wlfe-to-b.
A trick bear. cat. goat, bird or two.
and a school of fish contribute hilar!
ous support to Louis Faaenda. Slim
Cummervill and other Sennett
funaters in i he Kitchen Lady, one
of the best of recent comedy offerings.
The facial pie. paste, soap-suds, smoky
pistols, the fak legacy, ate, are utl
lUrd with side-splitting effect.
W. A. Scoy's pictures of the Salmon-
berry and Nehalem rivers la another
InieraaUn feature of the programme.
Sunset.
An extraordinary degree of suspense,
maintained through a story unfolded
through a courtroom struggle with
murder, mystery and romance Inter
woven Into the story fabric, makes
"On Trial." the latest Sunset Theater
film feature, a decidedly entertaining
offering. With this production Is be
Ing shown the two-reel "Fatty" Arbuc
kle hit. "Oh. Doctor."
Sidney Alnsworth, Barbara Castleton
snd James Tdung. the latter the near
divorced husbajid of Clara Kimball
Young, are among the principal players
in a most competent cast while Toung
directed the Clma tion of the successful
play. "On Trial."
Alnsworth plays the role of Strick
land, the aelf - confeased murderer
of Trask (Young), and apparently
cares little about defending himself.
His sttorney. first In cross examination
of Strickland's daughter. Doris (Mary
McAJister). brings out the suggestion
of an affair between Trask and Mrs.
Strickland (Miss Castleton). This Is
sufficient to call for a verdict of not
guilty from eleven of the Jurors, th
twelfth holding out because money dis
appeared from Traak's safe on the
nlirht of the murder and. with all
evidence with th exception of the
stories of Mrs. Strickland and Doris
pointing to Stricklsnd as both thief and
murderer, he still believes the prisoner
guilty.
However. Glover (Patrick Calhoun),
re-examined, breaks down and con
fesses to the robbery, thus clearing the
way fot Strickland's acquittal and rs-
urion with his family.
The suspense la maintained chiefly
by keeping the spectator totally In the
dark at the very outset and only en
lightening him on the details of the
murder snd its causes bit by bit as
supplied by the testimony of the va
rious witnesses aa they take th stand.
"Dong After Tennis Honors.
Douglas Fairbanks, star of "A Mod
em Musketeer." Isn't satisfied with
wbst he has already done for the
American Red Cross no. not by a whole
lot. Tb fact that his rodeo cleared
almost 111.000 did not prevent him
from entering the Red Cross Tennis
Tournament, soon to take place In
Southern California.
All the tennis celebrities now winter
ing In Southern California have agreed
to take part In this championship
tournament. Including Mrs. Mary Sut
ton Bundy, National champion several
years ago. Mary 4t. Brown, who held
the same till Xor three years. Maurice ,
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SHE APPEARS W THAIS." Vf WHICH
McLaughlin. Mrs. D. Farquhar. Wil
liam Do Millc. Florence Sutton, Roland
Robert. Mrs. B. O. Bruce, Ray Green
berir and Mrs. P. H. Williams.
Fairbanks will play double with
Mary K. Brown aa bis .partner.
Fine Role for Margarita.
Miss Slargarlta Fischer, best-looking
of the light comedy stars who have
mad names for themselves in photo
drama, has been fitted with a swash
ing good part in her new American
Mutual comedy, "Molly Go Get 'Em."
Tha play is a take-off on the trou
bles of a youag bud of society who
rtsents having ber elder sister In
vited to all the parties and dances
while she, being only seventeen, is
doomed to retirement at the very
hour when real gaiety Is beginning
below stairs.
Molly's big sister, a severely plain
dsmsel whose chances of marriage
are becoming more nebulous as time
flies, tries to keep the attractive
Molly in the background, and thereby
courts plenty of trouble. Miss Molly
steals the men who com calling, goes
motoring with them In her sisters
best togs, and otherwise endears her
self to an already adoring populace.
Mary Garden Superstitions.
Mary Garden consulted a clairvoy
ant to learn what luok awaited her in
the realm of motion pictures Just be
fore leaving Paris to make her first
screen play, "Thais."
This Is quite In Una with Miss Car,
den's usual superstitious practice.
Those who know her Intimately are
well aware of the fact that th prima
donna consults a soothsayer before
undertaking each new operatic role.
CHURCH DEDICATES FLAG
CERKXOXT HELD AT ST. STEPHEN'S
ET HO.VOR OF SOLDIERS.
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Piaifsleaal. Two Former choir
Members March Beside Service
Emblem la Army L'alferma.
With Impressive ceremony and pa
trlotlc music, the congregation of St.
Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, headed by
the dean, the Rev. ,. II. McCollls
ter, dedicated its service flag yester
day and united In prayers for the men
in the Army and Navy representing
tha parish in France and In home train'
Ing camps.
In the processional an unusual fea
tore noted wa the appearance of two
of tha former choir members, who wer
In th city on furlough and who
marched In their uniforms next to the
flag bearer. All other members of the
choir were, as Is the custom, in their
white vestments, but Jerome Blalsdell
and Joseph B. Simmons, the soldier-
singers, wore the olive drab.
One stsr on the flag represented a
woman. Miss Amelia Kenny, who has
enlisted to go to France with the Ore
gon hospital unit The flag was do
nated to the parish by Mrs. R. D.
Sweet.
Dean MeColllster gave an Inspiring
address urging the church to get a
broader vision. "Only whan we hav
th vision can - we accomplish big
thing," he declared. He spoke par
ticularly of th Importance of having
strong church leaders and Tlnancial
backing In college towns and In the
work with young people.
ATHENA TO HAVE ELEVATOR
Pilot Bock and Mllton-Frecwatcr
Sections Also to Build.
PEXDLETOJT. Or, Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) Athena is to construct a grain
elevator during the year, according to
the announcement made here yester
day. It will have a capacity of iou.000
bushels and will cost in the neighbor
hood of 15.000. The building is to be
located on the site of the present Tay
lor warehouse and will ba managed by
the Farmers' Union which built and
operates the big elevator here. About
120.000 has been raised for this plant.
Pilot Rock la assured of an elevator
this year. Sufficient stock has been
subscribed to make its erection a cer
tainty, th Farmers' Union headquar
ters office announced yesterday. Plans
also are being worked out for an ele
vator for th Milton Free water coun
try. Damage to Plant Great.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) The flood damage to the Pow
rdal plant of the Paclfio Power A
Light Company was greater than first
estimated. In addition to sweeping
away more than 100 feet of flume, the
Hood River destroyed a part of the
bead works and tore away cribbing pro
tecting the dam. Crews of men are
engaged In constructing a cofferdam
to divert the water from the bead
works and permit repairs. Two thous
and earth-filled gunnysacks will be
need th construction of the dam.
SPIRITUAL IS URGED
'Hygienics of Religions Life,"
Discussed, by Pastor.
NEED OF BIBLE IS TOLD
Rev. II. II. Grlffis, of First Chris
tian Church, Declares That Per
sons' Requirements Spiritual
ly Are as Those Bodily.
"Some Church members I know are
suffering from spiritual starvation;
others, from spiritual Indigestion," de
clared Rev. H. H. Grlffis. yesterday
morning in his sermon in the First
Christian Church. His subject was
The Hygienics of the Religious Life.
. "In the Christian life it Is a case of
do or die." said the pastor. "In the
final reckoning there will be two
classes those who did and those who
did not The supreme need of the
church today Is workers. The respon
sibility of the church Is building char
acters. In this task Cod has honored
us by making us His partners. Don't
get gout of the soul. Appreciate your
opportunities and get busy, then you
will be healthy In soul. Vigorous ex
ercise is Just as necessary in spiritual
life as it is in the maintaining of bodily
health."
Bible' Valne Emphasised.
Dr. Grlffis urged his hearers to stand
by the Bible as a source of spiritual
nspiratlon and sustenance. "The
Bible gives us the Bread of Life," he
said.
Bad literature Is like bad pastry.
it gives one moral and spiritual dys
pepsia. Health Is wealth. Health Is
nobility. Health is Godliness. There
never was a. beautirul disease. If we
admire a healthy person, how much we
should admlr a healthy soul, said
Dr. Grlffis.
The requisites of a healthy body and
of a healthy soul he gave in common
as being wholesome food, th right
environment or atmosphere and plenty
of exercise.
Spiritual Diet Held Need.
In speaking of food as an Influence
n the lives of humanity Dr. Griffls
aid: "The world Is only Just begin
ning to realize the full value of proper
feedinft. ' Now they know that food
will win the war. If a man isn't fed
right he can't live and work riffht.
Many a divorce case may be traced to
the breakfast table. Many a life tra
gedy has its beginning In Improper
nourishment and bad coking. Mothers,
beseach you, teach your girls to be
rood cooks. And if food for the body
be so Important, how about food for
the spiritual Ufa? Let the spiritual
diet be the good book. Hear gospel
sermons, keep good company. Shun
bad Influences."
BIG SERVICE FLAG TJXFURLED
First Methodist Church of Vancou
ver Holds Special Services.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Not to ba outdone In patriotism
by other congregations, the First
Methodist Church tonight held special
services, featured by the presentation
of a service flag by the Epworth
Leaguers. Another feature of the pro- j
gramme were the musical numbers ren-1
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You are conserving wnen you eat
Grape-Nuts
dered by a chorus of SO voices from
Vancouver Barracks.
Following are US men, represented
by the stars:
.Lieutenant R. B. Blair, Fort Riley,
Kan.; Everett Buchanan, Army; Hope
Blevans, Navy; Sergeant Rexford
Chamberlain; Sergeant Rolland Cash,
France; J. A. DeLotal, engineer, en
route to France; Frank Eberle, Ameri
can Lake; Lieutenant Don Bartow,
Nogales, Ariz.; Sergeant F. L. French,
en route to France; Sergeant Joyce
Flesher, American Lake; Thomas
Groll, Vancouver Barracks; Asa Ryan,
aviation, Dayton, O.; Dr. Nickerson,
American Lake; S. T. Heflin, France;
Malcolm Johnson, Navy, San Francisco;
Ernest Knight. France; Robert and
Fred McEneny, France; Sergeant Clin
ton Rice, San Francisco; Walter Rice,
Navy; Orvllle Rice, American Lake; Joe
Rasb. Bremerton Navy Yards; Wilbur
Sparrow. Vancouver; Sergeant Charles
Kasavage, Texas; Roy Thoroughman
officers' training camp, Chicamauga
Chauncy Smith, C. E. O'Neal, W. L.
O'Neal. Army; Harry B. Clough. Lieu
tenant Galen Truesdell, Waitsburg
Lieutenant Earl McClung, . American
Lake; Harry Dale Gonser, Ed Pullman,
Allen Bughan, Robert Snodgrass, Wash
lngton, D. C, and Alfred Burns.
JUDGES GIVE NINE SONS
Members of Washington Supreme
Court Do Their Bit In War.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.)
Washington Supreme Court Judges,
nine in number, have contributed a
total of nine sons to National military
service, all of whom volunteered.
Judge Mark A. Fullerton heads the
list with three sons, Roscoe, Linn and
Charles. Roscoe is In the Engineers
In France, Linn and Charles are Lieu
tenants in the Sanitary and Coast Ar
tillery Corps.
Judge O. R. Holcdmb's two sons,
Raymond and Maurice, are in the Am
bulance Corps and Navy. Wallace and
Frank Mount, sons of Judge Wallace
Mount, are in the Medical Division,
Judge & J. Chadwlck's son, Stephen,
is a Lieutenant at Camp Lewis, and
Theodore Parker, son of Judge E. N.
Parker, is in the Navy at Bremerton.
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Wasco Farmers Hold Annual Meet-
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DUFUR, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
The Wasco County Farmers' Educa
tional and Co-operative Union held its
annual meeting and election of officers
here Saturday with a basket dinner
served at noon. F. B. Ingles, of Dufur.
was re-elected president; J. W. Hix, of
Klngsley, vice-president; W. C. Bolton,
of Frletid, secretary and treasurer; H.
R. Richards, of Boyd, chaplain; Orrln
Moore, of Boyd, conductor, and I. M.
Underwood, of Boyd, doorkeeper. The
Union has enjoyed a very prosperous
year.
Frankfort Without Postmaster.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Jan. 20. The Postoffice De
partment has notified Representative
Albert Johnson of its intention to aban
don the postoffice at Frankfort, Wash.,
opposite Astoria, because of its inabil
ity to obtain a postmaster to succeed
Florence Hansen, who has resigned.
Mr. Johnson has been allowed two
weeks to find a new postmaster.
Grant County Board Busy.
CANTON CITT. Or.. Jan. 10. (Spe
cial ) The Grant County local board
has completed the mailing of question
naires and Is busy finishing the vari
ous classifications. So far about 200
have been placed in Class 1. The num
ber of registrants in the county
was 630. v
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Conservative Government to
Result From Present Crisis.
STRUGGLES ARE REVIEWED
Most of Country's Misfortunes De
clared by W. II. Galvanl to Have
Been "Made In Germany"
Address Is Interesting.
William H. Galvanl spoke last night
on "Russia" before the Open Forum of
the First Unitarian Church.
After some preliminary remarks, Mr.
Galvanl wanted it understood that he
never considered himself as a foreign
American or hyphenated cltisen.
History la Reviewed.
"If I sympathized with Russia in her
terrible struggle against her cowardly
Imperialistic tormentors, I also sym
pathize with all others In like circum
stances; if I rejoice in the triumph of
Russia over that imperialistic syndicate
of treason I do so as a plain American
citizen, who as such would rejoice in
the triumph of liberty anywhere and
everywhere, even in the unhappy land
of the Hohenzollern banditti, with Its
military pan-Germanism, eccleciastlcal
pan-diabolism and professional Kultur
gang." he began, and then proceeded
briefly to sketch the history of Russia
from the original village democracies
down through the 10 centuries of civil
and ecclesiastical oppression to the
final triumph of the revolution in
March, 1917.
He gave- an Interesting account of
the struggle of the government against
what It called "Western poison" a
term it invented for home consumption
against the revolutionary propagan
dists. He also charged the Imperial
irovernment with having imported from
Prussianized Germany the system of
race hatred with all of its terrible con
sequences and a long line of disasters
and treasons in high places, which
finally culminated In freeing the coun
try from the Romanoff dynasty with all
of Its Prussianized satelites.
"Today the hope of All-Russia," said
Mr. Galvani, "is In the triumph of a
conservative republic over the Idle
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dreams of the radicals, or at leastof
a coalition government with a fair rep
resentation from each of the political
parties. In this, It might be said, is
also the hope of the Engrliih-speaking
world, on whom Russia above all oth
ers can count in her hour of distress.
"In my opinion, there is no doubt
that Russia will come out of this strug
gle Into which the radicals, or Bol
shevik!, have driven her stronger than
ever, loyal to her own people of every
creed and nationality, as also to the
cause of the allies. Indeed, it Is Im
possible that anyone in Russia at this
most critical hour should forget that
during the last 25 years at least every
effort toward universal peace and ar
bitration made by any government or
association of governments found iis
chief and only opponent in Prussian
ized Germany. Likewise, It Is no ex
aggeration to say that most. If not
all, of Russia's misfortunes were 'made
in Germany." "
FREDERICK CHECKS MAILED
Governor Lister Calls Attention of
Secretary McAdoo to Delay.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) W. G. McAdoo, Secretary of the
Treasury, today telegraphed Governor
Lister that 320,000 checks In settlement
of family allowances for dependents of
men called into military service were
mailed out from Washington on Janu
ary 14. These cover every allowance
application awarded up to January 11.
Governor Lister had previously tele
graphed Mr. McAdoo that failure to
forward the allowances authorized last
October was causing distress in some
cases and general dissatisfaction.
Blockaded malls contributed to the de
lay. The checks are reported to hav
arrived at Coast points tonight.
Apartment House Promised.
PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
Pendleton seems likely to have a
modern apartment-house soon. Nego
tiations to that end are under way and
it is reported that several business
men of the city have agreed to finance
the proposition. A tentative sits has
been selected at the corner of Court
and Willow streets, two blocks from
the business section.
Hood River Lacks Fish to Eat.
HOOD RIVER. Or4 Jan. 20 (Spe
cial.) Last week Hood River residents
were unable to obtain fish. Local deal
ers say that halibut has been unobtain
able In the Portland wholesale market -and
the cost of salmon, 26 cents a
pound In Portland, makes It so expen
sive as a food here that patrons can
not afford to buy It.
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