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np ATTvJAnK PLAN IN WOOD
RECLAIMS , 21,000 ACRES OF SWAMP
Ex-Senator Weed, of California, Makes Productive Vast Area of Useless Soil and rinds 14 Valuable Artesian
Wells Twenty-seven Miles of Canal Drain Big Acreage in Klamath Wonderland.
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(Special.) Fourteen valuable ar
I teslan wells have been opened up
on the Weed ranch, in Wood River Val
ley, one of the most remarkable ranches
In the Klamath country, according to
a report brought here by ex-Senator
Abner Weed, of Weed. Cal.. owner of
the place.
Senator Weed is engaged In draining
a ;i.000-acre marsh in Wood River
Valley, and found the artesian wells
after several feet of water had been
drawn off. He has 1400 head of cattle
ranging on reclaimed land, and has put
400 acres Into potatoes.
Eight thousand of the 21,000 acres
have been reclaimed, and work is
progressing rapidly on the remainder.
The land was originally marsh, but
when diked and drained it proved to be
rich soil, a combination of black loam
and peat.
The undertaking is probably the big
gest "one-man" reclamation project in
the Pacific West. It is expected to
mean an enormous fortune for Sena
tor Weed. The land had a low market
value as swamp land, but with dikes
and drainage canals the property has
Increased manifold in value. Senator
Weed said he could not estimate ac
curately what it is costing him an acre
to reclaim it. and he did not care to
estimate its present worth, but it is re
ported that the total valuation of the
ranch as it stands today is a million
dollars or more.
The reclamation work was delayed
HUSBAND, STRANGELY AFFLICTED,
LOSES ALL MEMORY OF MARRIAGE
Nine Years Lapse Prom Walter Roberts, and Again He Woos Wife-Ex-Portland Resident Invents Process for
' Saving Rhigolene. Valuable Gas, From Oil Fields-Summer Widowers Have Secretary to Write Wives.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. July 27. (Spe
cial.) After a week of pathetic effort
to awaken the personality that knows
and loves her. Mrs. Walter Roberts, of
Lordsburg. whose husband has aPP"
entlv lost nine years from his life
through some strange mental disease
that causes him to forget the past ana
to assume an entirely different person
ality has resigned herself to present
conditions, and from now on will de
vote herself to making happy the pres
ent Walter Roberts. -
Until a few days go Roberts had
been missing since May IS. He visited
Portland. Seattle and San Francisco,
and was finally recognized by an ac
quaintance at Bakersfield. He remem
bers perfectly what he did in the time
of his wandering, and talks convlnclng
Iv of his experiences, but he doesn't re
member anything about his life for
nine years prior to the time of his dis
appearance. His case has caused wide
spread Interest among medical men.
presenting as it does a remarkable ex
ample of an apparently healthy man
oresentlng two distinct egos.
"I love Walter as no one else in the
world." said Mrs. Roberts yesterday.
"He is all I have, and yet he does not
remember me. My hope now Is that a
new love from this strange personality
will again bind us together."
Xtw Love Spring: l
Mrs. Roberts for several days was
-prostrated over the odd fate that had
befallen her husband, but while she still
entertains the hope that her husband's
memory rlll be restored to him. she
has ceased to make it the all-absorbing
subject In her mind, and as a re
sult her physical conditions shows a
marked Improvement. She is more
cheerful and nearly contented, and
passes her time explaining to her hus
band the many details of their married
life for four years. Roberts, realizing
from the testimony of scores of people
. . 1 kin. .11 an letl-
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matply for years that his memory has
lapsed.
pas accepted uia tion:uiiiB
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r,-cniiv hir th burninsr of a dredger
used in the construction of dikes and
drainage canals. The Senator expects
to have the dredging completed within
a year.
Eighteen miles of drainage canals
have been dug. and Senator Weed es
timates that nine more miles will be
needed.
Forty miles of fence baa been erect
ed, more than 20 miles of it being
woven, wire. '
-W'e have been saved expense in re
claiming the lajid. inasmuch . as no
pumping Is necessary." explained Sena
tor Weed. "When the dikes are built
and the drainage canals dug the water
runs off without further aid.
"I do not care to make an estimate
of what the market value of the land
would be if it were for sale. I am not
looking for a purchaser. We are run
ning i400 head of cattle on the meadow
land, have 400 acres in potatoes and
some land in grain this year. I be
lieve the ranch will be profitable from
the outset.
"The soil is such that it is ideal for
the production of potatoes, and this
year for the first time the farmers on
Wood Klver are going in lur gram
growing. There are more than 1000
acres In grain in the valley this season,
and there will be a real grain harvest
for the first time since the valley was
settled.
"We have not put much acreage into
grain on our ranch because we decided
to devote our energies principally to
and proofs of his identity and has set
tled once more into the tenor of life
he had for years pursued. He eagerly
listens to ail details and is rapidly
learning anew all facts connected with
his dual personality. Although he has
no recollection of ever having married
Mrs. Roberts, she appeals to hira more
than any one else, and he confesses
he has a tender regard for her which
seems prompted by some strange im
pulses not present In his mind when
he meets and talks with qthers.
Dr. J. E. Hubbell, who with Dr. J. K.
Swlndt is handling the case, says that
it is possible that some abnorma. con
dition of the blood may have caused
the baffling mental hiatus of Roberts.
"There has been no change In his con
dition." said Dr. Hubbell. "He is ap
parently in splendid health with the
exception of possible languldness,
which, however, may be simply the re
sult of the warm weather. Roberts is
living an entirely new life to him. and
is learning over again all facts con
nected with the last nine years. He is
patient and pliable, and although every
thing is strange to him. does not com
plain of his odd fate. There is a pos
sibility that some abnormal condition
of his blood may have caused the aph
asia or amnesia, and on the return of
Dr. Lorena Breed, an expert bacteriolo
gist of Pomona, who is now taking a
vacation in the Tosemite. we shall have
some blood tests made."
Ex-Portlaad Ma la Inventor.
William C. Cutler, formerly a prom
inent business man of Portland and
San Francisco and recently resident at
Sawtelle. has astonished his friends
with the announcement that he has
discovered a process for saving rhlgo-'
lene. a gas-producing refrigeration by
expansion. To the layman rhigolene
may sound like a prehistoric animal,
but In business circle, especially among
fruit-growers and shippers, Mr. Cut
ler's announcement has caused a pro
found sensation.
In tha oil fields of the country rhigo-
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cattle raising, although we expect our
potato patch to prove very profitable.
"There are 14 fine artesian wells on
our place, and some of them give a
mighty strong flow of water. We con
sider 'Old Faithful" one of the finest
artesian wells in the country."
Senator Weed says the Wood River
property is similar to the land that
was reclaimed by diking near Stockton,
Cal. He has had experience in ranch
ing in the Stockton country, and now
owns a place of 1660 cres 20 miles
north of Stockton, near Knightson Sta
tion, on the Santa Fe Railroad. He
declares the Stockton reclaimed land
is a veritable gold mine, and that the
land in Wood River Valley may be
truthfully called the same.
"More people ought to know of the
Klamath wonderland and the wonder
ful farming possibilities of this Pacific
Coast country," he declared. "Efforts
should be made to interest the railroad
advertising officials, in order that they
may devote more attention to this sec1
tion in their publicity matter.
"It would probably be interesting to
the people of the East and Middle West
to hear the story of swamp lands that
are converted into fine farms."
The Weed ranch in the Klamath
country Is worth while from the sight
seer's point of view. The entire 21,000
acres are nearly surrounded by water.
A trip could be made by launch around
three sides of the farm, and when the
canals are completed it would be pos
sible to circle the place by boat.
lene, and a still higher grade of gas
called cymogene, are now going to
waste In vast quantities dally. Cymo
gene, also, can be conserved, says Cut
ler, by the process he has devised. Cut
ler has built a machine in which rhigo
lene Is compressed into a liquid and
allowed to expand through a needle
valve Into coils which are covered im
mediately with frost. Down goes the
temperature to freezing and below
while the gas expands still more and
may be piped for refrigeration pur
poses. What is more strange the gas
can be used from the same pipe for
cooking and Illumination.
Search Continue 15 Years.
Cutler's search for a refrigeration
agent and experiments lo making It do
his will have run through 15 years.
After learning finally of the existence
of rhigolene he was foiled for a long
time by inability to secure a supply.
Chemists knew little about it; some
encyclopedias make no mention of it,
while others describe it but briefly.
One encyclopedia conveys the informa
tion that the word is derived from the
Qreek rhlgos, meaning frost or cold,
and that it is a petroleum naphtha, in
troduced by a Boston physician as a
local anasthesia.
In scouring the world by mall Cutler
was ' partially rewarded at length by
receiving a can of liquid from London.
He experimented with it, but found
that it was simply a high-grade gaso
line, yet his colls were tinged with
frost in the expansion. His investiga
tions next led him to the oil fields.
While watching what oil men call the
"weathering" process, which permits
the highly volatile gases to pass off.
Cutler was seized with the belief that
he could conserve the rhigolene by
pressure and gradual reduction of tem
perature. He so declared himself.
-Tou can't do it." Insisted the oil
men, and they continued In their scoff
ing until by means of a vacuum pump
the gases were forced through a series
of sines, cooled ia ataca varying by.
t ; ; ... - : v
several degrees, until a. temperature of
&DOUI zv uesrcw i ... . ..n ...... .
Ma,.hA.i a. ..eh t-ih lift I nn nf the tem
perature the gas. Cutler contends, will
arop & portion oi i lb immu. ui.muo
possible the segregation of the differ-
. . . - - miuilln. t v.ll the
Cllt eiouco .....
rhigolene and Cymogene. thus doing
away witn tne need oi wemur. wle
and Is consequent tremendous waste.
Proceed or Tbeft 35oMWO.
Earl Standard, according to his at'
om.fi hA nfrirlals of the Ameri
can National Bank of Pomona, is a
wealthy man" througn tne investment,
of $160,000 of the bank's funds. Th
non ic .tin In on the charge
of embexxlement of the bank's funds
he has admitted that he embezzled, an
. 4. . nl institution's
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capital stock but the bank has agreed
to taKe its legitimate
Standard's investments, and apparently
is not going to prosecute the youthful
teller.
When the case against fcianaara, me
. . . 1 ...1. . ooniint Kilt WlthOUt
lamer, i n whuod " - " - -
whose knowledge, he Juggled the fig
ures so tne oniciais &uu BAauiinei3i
not discover it for more than a year,
a 1. 1 - 1. .- wan rn i 1 P d thft bank
nil 'I m uiuii't " ' 3 , ,
failed to enter an appearance and tne
i -am -l J .. 1. . Clan.
case was wipea uit me wt.ci. --...--dard
appeared in court early this week
and asked of the Federal Judge further
time in which to enter his plea and it
was readily granted.
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attorney, said, as he and his client, with
the latter s pretty ana youimui ..ne.
loft the courtroom, after having been
granted until September 16 in which
to plead:
"We have not been able to do any
thing with Standard's property until
today. But today an option has ex
pired between the Pomona Bank and
a- Los Angeles firm and we can take
over the 8S00 acres which Standard
purchased. We know that It can be
sold at once at $100 an acre. This
makes Standard's present wealth $380,
000. Standard deeded the land to the
directors of the Pomona Bank, but they
agreed to accept a reasonable propor
tion -for the sale of the land. I have
organized a syndicate to take over his
holdings to pay his shortage with the
bank and to develop the land. There
arc two apple orchards of large size
on the property and abundant evidence
of oil."
Young Wife la Hopeful.
Standard appeared pale and delicate
when he came into court. Mrs.
Standard said, as she accompanied her
husbar.d back to Jail: "I am sure
everything will come out right.. I was
in hopes that the ball would be reduced
so that we could find a bondsman and
get Earl free. But we must make the
best of it and we are now sure that
all will end well. Colonel Johnson has
made me see the advantage of not per
mitting Earl to plead until every cent
he took from the bank has been paid
back, with good substantial Interest.
And when that Is done, what reason
will anyone have to prosecute him fur
ther? He has done well and shown
such ability that our old friends have
come back to us and many more have
rallied to us."
It is hardly a Sunday school story.
But this boy he's only 21 now has
proved a financial genius, his friends
.. A. n vmith with nhenomenal luck.
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as others point out, that he makes J.
Rufus wallingiora ito nive a. iiwci
in the flancial game. A year and a half
ago he had not a cent and was depen
dent upon his very meager salary as
teller in a country hank for his living.
Today, although in Jail and still unpun
ished for the looting of the bank, he
Is worth nearly a quarter of a million
clear, with every prospect that his
name will also be cleared, beoause of
his good fortune and saving of loss to
the bank.
OLD ORDER CHANGING
BISHOP AVARXE TEXIiS OP MIS-
SIOXARY WORK IX IXDIA.
In His Opinion Visit of King and
Queen to Durbar Calmed Strong
Rising Unrest.
That the visit of the King of Eng
land to India was a great political
stroke in that it dissipated tne iaea in
tho Hindu mind that the Hindus were
a conquered people, and made them
feel that they are cruiso nuojctio,
h nininn -rnr.sstd last niirht by
Rinh.m Frank W. Warne. of the Meth
odist Episcopal unurcn. resiaent ui
India, who la in rorxiana iur a. unci
stay. Bishop warne left India in
March to attend the General Confer
ence in Minneapolis and to Dring oe
in, Afthodlt churches of this
..., ih, statim of affairs In the
missionary field in Inaia. tie win re
turn to his home in LucKnow in tne
Voll
nrhiiA v.n riiirhnr wajt a costlv cere
monial, it was not by any means as
costly as the unrest mat prevaiieu uc
fore the King's visit. Prior to that
. I v.a& wan a trnnn deal of oolitical
agitation and frequent assassinations
of English officials, xnere naa ocu
a great change in the past six months
in the feeling toward the British Gov
ernment. In tne event oi war win.
the yellow race I believe that the dun,
Ann nnn nr Tnriln. would identify them
with tha rrhristian nations. The
King's visit made the people feel that
In passing by i;anaa.a, aumrmin,
. v. . u ,. i-rcrA Rrttish Dossesstons.
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India was being especially honored and
they began to feel that they were not
Inhabitants or a conquerea wuuu
.....i. h TlrltiKh Kmnlre."
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Bishop Warne expressed himself as
hopeful for tne exienaiun ui v.iiit."
civilization in India. In the 25 years
. m . , BMnM thorn the converts in
Lucknow alone have Increased from
8000 to 275,000. Converts are Deing re
i..-J tha rain of 100 Der day.
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"The general beliefs of India were
....i.. n when Christ was crucl-
i.i" oaM RlHhon Warne. "While the
nirt Meas and customs are slowly
.i i ,1111 cannot transform- 300
nnn nnn n't neonle suddenly. The first
step In the evangelization of the Hindu
. . li. nfliloncp The neoDle of
IS to get mo '
the lowest classes are u pci ooLamM
by the other classes mat wnen wo
seek to help tnem tney m ubV.i..u
of us. When they finally understand
that we have no wish to Injure them
they soon break with Hinduism. .The
people of India are naturally a spirlt
. .... i After their conver-
ua ny - in i n' I L1 " - .
sion their prayer-life is wonderful. In
some ways I believe they understand
Christ better than we do. The caste
has nnn advantage in that it
brings the body up to the highest
stage of perfection, a young n.o..i
bride is chosen witn, tne greatest uim
with the result that each caste repre
sents a splendid physical type."
Bishop Warne will speak this morn-
i- it-.. on -vtAthorlist Church, and
this evening will speak in Taylor
Street Church. At the morning serv
ice in Taylor Street Methodist Church
Bishop R. J. Cooke will officiate.
Lewis River Log Drive Ends.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 27. (Spe
cial Two log drives, one of the Lewis
River Boom & Logging Company, and
the other of the Dodge. Babcock Log
ging Company, are now lying in the
booms between Woodland and the
mouth of the Lewis River. Th clos
ing of the drives throws about 25 men
out of employment, but the opening up
of the mill o:' the Lewis River Lumber
Company, about 18 miles above Wood
land, which will take place Monday,
will give work to 50 men, possibly
more. A number of logs are still In the
channel above Woodland awaiting the
Fall rains.
CHICAGO MAN WINS COMPETITION
TO DESIGN AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITY
English Baron Boasts of Loyalist Ancestors on One Side and Signers of Declaration of Independence on the
' Other Member of Danish Royalty Known as "American Prince." ,
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NEW YORK. July, 27. (Special.)
Walter Burley Griffin, of Chicago,
recently won the international
competition for the design of the site
for the new Federal Capital City of
Australia, comprising an area of 25
square miles in what Is now a wilder
ness. The new city is to be called Can
berra and Is in New South Wales; 70
miles from the east coast. The value
of the prize won by Mr. Griffin is
S8750. The plan of the new city is of
the radical or gyratory type. There is
a principal center.from which streets
and boulevards radiate to other centers
from which in turn the thoroughfares
radiate to aubordlnate centers. The
plan is complete in every detail, cover
ing everything the city will need, in
cluding street and steam railroads.
Sir Francis Allston Channing was
created a baron on King George s
birthday, on June 13.. He was born
in this country and married a Boston
woman. Miss Elizabeth Bryan. He
takes great pride in the fact that his
mother's ancestors were Loyalists at
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WIDOW TO AID RICH MAN
TO FOUND GIRLS'SCHOOL
Noted Iowan Provides for Establishment of Agricultural College for
Women Near Los Angeles Prominent Persons Will Help Project.
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LOS ANGELES, July 27. (Special)
Through the generosity of "Fath
er" Lorenzo S. Coffin, the noted
Iowa philanthropist, now 90 years old,
agricultural colleges exclusively for
girls and young women, are to he es
tablished near several large cities, East
and West. '
Merely as an incidental, but perhaps
most interesting, is the fact that Mrs.
Elizabeth Newman, a charming young
settlement worker and author, and a
widow, has been adopted by Mr. Coffin,
and has changed her name to - Miss
Elizabeth Murray Coffin. Miss Coffin,
as Bhe prefers to be called now, will be
in active charge of the first new agri
cultural school, to be established here,
and she will undertake to carry on the
philanthropic work of the aged Iowan
as his own daughter.
The story of the adoption of the
young widow and the founding of the
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the Revolution and that on his father's
side he is a descendant of one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independ-
Prince Aage of Denmark, the eldest
son of Prince Waldemar and the late
Princess Marie, of Orleans, Is generally
known as "An American Prince." On
June 10 he attained his majority, which
in Denmark is reached at the age of
25. He is an officer in the "Life
Guards," an ardent sportsman and is
one of the best skaters in DenmarK
He is one of the handsomest Princes
in all Europe. His mother is responsi
ble for his nickname. "American
Prince." She repeatedly said that she
wanted him to be as much like an
American as possible. He has fulfilled
his mother's desire, as he Is one of the
keenest admirers of everything con
nected with this country.
Bishop Merrllman Colbert Harris,
who Is now in this country, character
izes the report that American mis
sionaries were Implicated in the plot
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(MRS. ELIZABETH NEWSIAN).
college is a romance come true, a nar
rative of lofty ideals and incessant toil
for others.
Miss Coffin is the daughter of the
late B. F. Murray, who died Just as
he was to enter Congress from Iowa.
Miss Coffin lives with her mother, Mrs.
Caroline Murray, and her sister, Mrs.
Maud Ward, a Los Angeles business
woman. She has taken courses at
Leland Stanford, Northwestern Uni
versity, Chicago, and holds a degree of
doctor of divinity from Lombard Col
lege, Galesburg, 111. Since she was 17
Miss Coffin has been writing for news
papers and magazines. '
In his lifetime Miss Coffin's father
was associated more or less with
"Father" Coffin, whose broad acres In
Iowa and the revenues, therefrom have
been turned to making others happier
and their lot easier.
Miss Coffin has gathered around her
as a board of directors for the college
Am&&iltlf timwiWiikM,TOflI -v:::
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to assassinate Count Teraucht, the
Japanese Counsul-General as absurd
and not worthy of serious considera
tion. He was one of the 19 mission
aries mentioned In recent cable dis
patches in connection with this matter.
Bishop Harris has been at work In
Japan since 1873. He was elected
Bishop of Japan and Corea In 1904. He
was born at Beallsville. O., July 9. 1846.
The new president of the Charter of
Deputies of. France Is Paul DeschaneL
His election to this position places him
among the more conspicuous candi
dates to succeed President Fallieres.
M. Deschanel is a member of the Acad
emy, a famous orator and writer on
political and social questions. He la
56 years old.
William H. Hotchklss, former super
intendent of insurance under Governor
Hughes, has been selected by the
Roosevelt progressive party as state
chairman. He has entered on his duties
and is busy organizing the coming
campaign. '
Mrs. Ellen Henrotin, club leader of
Chicago; Frank D. Carrol, of Iowa;
Professor J. A. James, of Northwestern
University, Chicago; Miss Mary Mc
Dowell, leader of the University set
tlement. Chicago; Mrs. Raymond Rob
bins, wife of the noted sociologist;
Rev. Cella Parker Woolley, head of the
Frederick Douglass settlement, Chica
go; Lincoln Steffens and Mrs. Julia C.
Helm, Iowa's suffrage leader.
Farm to Be Bought.
"It is our plan." said Miss Coffin,
"to purchase about 100 acres near Los
Angeles. We will equip the farm com
pletely. Homes of the students will
be In a series of pretty bungalows. The
main teaching building will be located
nearby. After we get properly estab
lished we will then move on to other
cities.
"Girls who desire to learn every do
mestic science and fit themselves at the
same time to become farmers will be
Invited to attend. There will be no
fees levied of any sort. Through the
work of the girls we expect to make
enough profit to maintain the college,
which will be the first woman's agri
cultural institution in the country.
"The students will wear sensible
costumes while at work. These cos
tumes will probably be modified over
alls and blousos, heavy shoes and large
hats. Each girl will be taught to do
every bit of farm work from plowing
and planting' to mllKlng and stacking
hay. S
;'The college is intended to give girls
who now are forced to waste their
lives as underpaid clerks in department
stores the opportunity of becoming fit
ted to take up Government land and do
the actual farming of It. We also aim
to make every girl better fitted for
wifehood and motherhood. Irrespective
of whether they marry farmers, mer
chants or bankers.
"Our college will be running within
three months or so. The Initial outlay
will be about $200,000, and accommoda
tions will be made for 100 students.
We shall draw our students' from tho
entire United States."
MUSICIAN WINS DIVORCE
Rose Coursen Reed, Formerly Mrs.
Hanscome, Alleges Desertion.
Mrs. Rose Hanscome, well known in
musical circles at Rose Coursen Reed,
was granted a divorce from Alpheus
Hanscome by Judge Campbell In Hllls
boro yesterday on the grounds' of de
sertion. She was married to Mr. Hans
come in Oakland, CaL, February S, 1910
and later came to Portland to live. Hs
went Into the real estate business.
On April 15. 1911, Mrs. Hanscome al
leged in her suit for divorce that h
deserted her and returned to Oakland
and later to San Francisco, where he
resides at present. The suit for di
vorce was filed about two months ago.
Attorneys for Mrs. Hanscome were
John F. Logan and Sam M. Johnson.
In addition to the divorce she was
granted her former name of Rose
Coursen Reed.
Unidentified Body Found.
ASTORIA. Or- July 2". (Special.)
The body of a drowned man was found
in the river this afternoon a short dis
tance below the Elliott seining ground
on the north side of the river. Identi
fication was Impossible