- i - TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. DECEMBER 10, 1916. V M'GREDIE WEIGHING SITES FOB TRAINING NEWPRESIDENT OF OREGON SPORTSMEN'S LEAGUE AND "SOME OF THE BOYS" WHO HELD ANNUAL MEETING HERE LAST WEEK. WORLD'S (?) SERIES HERE, IF W WIN Al! 'Portland Has to Do Is to Capture Coast Pen nant Next Season. gridiron Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The Washington team was one of the strongest teams In Southwestern Wash ington and the soldiers' eleven, while new, has a number of stars on it,' In cluding Owens and Bumholz. who played with Washington until re cently. MOUXT AXGEL STRENGTHENED ' r J I -"1 . 1 i ' Sacramento Favored by Port land Manager, but Stock ton Is Considered. CUBS MAY BE SEEN HERE Chicago Players May Accompany Beavers Kroni California Next Spring for Two GamesLineup Is Bis Problem Also. If Walter McCredle had to render a decision right now In the, argument between Sacramento and Stockton aa to which qity will be selected aa the 1917 training eite of the Portland Pa cific Coast (League club, Sacramento would be the winner. Walter Is think ing the subject over deeply, and at the best Stockton has only an outside chance. The Portland club trained at Sacra mento last Spring, where the excellent weather and the fine accommodations at the Land Hotel pleased the man agement. There is not a good reason for leaving that city, and apparently It will be selected. The Idea of train ing in Walla Walla, Boise or some place like that does not meet with the Portland manager's approval. The chances of running Into cold, rainy weather cannot be afforded. According to McCredle, Portland may witness a couple of games Between the Beavers and one of the two divisions of the Chicago Cubs on the Vaughn street grounds before the season opens at Salt Lake April 3. He saya the Cubs will take a chance with the weather up here, and that If It happens to be nice the trip will be profitable to the McCredies as well as to Charley Weeghman. It Is probable that It will be the second team of the Cubs, If any. The Portland club and the Cubs would Jump straight to Portland from Sacramento and probably play a few games at points on the way to Salt Lake, from where the Chlcagoans would go East. Charley Weeghman, owner of the Windy City Nationals, has already queried Judge W. W. Mc Credle about the trip, and It looks likely. Walter McCredle Is commencing to worry about lining up the 1917 Beavers. He announced yesterday that McGinnis, the young Spokane shortstop, would be taken to the camp for a trial. According to advices from Cleveland, Ivan Howard will be recalled next Spring to play the utility role for the Indians. Lee Fohl says he will hit better than .187. his mark In the Amer ican League for 1916. Boss Walter was cheered considerably yesterday at re ceiving word from Bill Stumpf that he Is as sound as a dollar and entirely recovered from the severe attack of rheumatism which threatened to end his baseball career last July and which did put him out for the balance of the season. Stumpf is at present on the ranch of one of his friends, living the simple life, eating- plenty of fresh eggs and country butter, and says that he will cinch an infield Job next Spring. Alack says Bill will be shoved on first base if no one else is obtainable. The Herculean leader of the Mack , men expects to have Pitcher Grover Lowdermilk under his wing again next Spring or obtain a good trade for him . with some team in the American Asso ciation. The "wild man" chucked ex cellently In that circuit a couple of seasons before going to the majors, and they may still fall for him. When the Pacifio Coast League mag nates lifted the ban on Spring exhibi tion games they made a pronounced hit with the sidewalk brigade In Califor nia. The directors put themselves on record one year ago as opposing Spring exhibition games between their own training squads and the big leaguers, but nobody offered a word of criti cism. The reason for this was that there was no big league squad out here last Spring. The directors declared that ex hibition games took away the interest In the regular season opening and fur thermore that it was unjust to the dear public to make it pay to watch a bunch of rookies from the bushes get itself In condition, said rookies being usually advertised as the second team of the big leaguers. To all this the fans agreed. But the situation has changed. A big league club is coming out next Spring to train In California and if It had been fixed so that club could not have played In each California city In the circuit there would have been a yelp all around. Chicago has Larry Doyle. Vic Saier, Jimmy Archer, Fred Mollwltz, Cy Williams. Roily Zelder. "Rowdy" Elliott, Elwood Martin and a lot of others whose names are big In base ball. Catcher J. T. Bradley, who was sent to the Beavers late last season by Cleveland and In turn given to the Oaks, has been released by Cleveland to New Orleans. . Outfielder Luther "Doc" Cook, who was sent to the Oaks by the Yankees last year, has been released by Donovan to Memphis. ' The cause of temperance . was elo quently promoted in the official aver ages of Pacific Coast League players, for It is- found that Coffey, of San Francisco, wound up with a .223 mark and Beer, of Oakland, only hit .045. Oscar HorBtman, the Los Angeles pitcher, secured by the St. Louis Cardi nals for next year, ranked No. 32 in roentage of games won in the league B-.id that on a team that won the pen nn At, but In effectiveness he shows bfter. his mark being 2.57 earned t-ts allowed to the game, a better ,'rcentage, by the way, than that of Jlen Sutton Sothoron. the Portland star, .recalled by the Browns. "Hack" Spencer in San Francisco after his grand finish In the American League, permits himself to be quoted as of the opinion that the league now is not aa fast as It was when he was In It before, some six or eight years ago. It may be true and, not casting any flings at Spencer, who seemed to look as good as ever. It must be true, else he could not have staged -the re markable "come-back" he did. But It is ungracious of him to advertise the fact. Pittsburg surely held the honors In one respect for 1918. the number of men who tried their hands at the different infield positions. During the past sea- ' son (besides men who played only a few games and dldn t break Into the official fielding averages) Callahan tried three first basemen, Johnston, Hlnchman and Wagner; no less than even second basemen. Itnabe, Carson Bigbee, Balrd. Vlox, McCarthy, Farmer lend Sehultz an so on. down the line. (Several men tried out for each posi tion both infield and outfield. ( t w V XXI A r4" " " J1 aW ww p "4 " -jr TED FAULK IS HERO Washington Football Star Yet Works for Education. ORPHAN ON OWN RESOURCES Grays Harbor Boy Fast Developing Into Typical Young Man of Amer ica Who Has Known World's Hard Knocks From Youth. " BY PORTUS BAXTER. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec 9 (SpeclaL) The Grays Harbor district Is develop ing a lot of fine athletes, prominent among whom Is Ted Faulk, who played end for the University of Washington football eleven during the past season. Faulk Is' more than a great athlete, but he Is so busy working his way through college that it Is doubtful If he ever has taken time to analyze his own qual ities. One might call him a human dynamo. Since watching him play football and incidentally learning something about him personally I have commenced to wonder If he Is one of two Aberdeen, Wash., boys that gave me a chance to break" into a magazine eight or 10 years ago. The story, briefly told, is as follows: A small boy appeared at one or Aberdeen's lumber -mills and asked for work. He was so young that the fore man thought it a Joke. The boy's per sistency, however, appealed to him and finally he fourftt something for the lad to do. The boy was a live wire and gradually became a favorite with the foreman and others about the place. Leave of Absence Asked. Several weeks had passed, when Young America requested a leave of absence, promising to provide, a sub stitute. . "I do not know," replied the fore manr "that your substitute will be able to do your work."- ' v "He Is all right." said the lad eager ly; "why, he Is a better worker than I." "Of course," mused the foreman, ap parently serious, "If you can guarantee that your substitute will till the bill you can take a 'layoff.' " ' The substitute proved to be a lad smaller than the original, but ha was Just as energetic. After a while tne nrst ooy came DacK to work and the second disappeared Then the. "substitute" came back and lad No. 1 disappeared. This programme became the regular order of events. Cnrlositr la Aronaed. Finally the curiosity of the owner of the mill was aroused and he requested the foreman to investigate. It appeared that the mother of the two boys had died and that -their father had gone away, leaving the chll dren to their own resources. 'While one of the boys was, working In the mill the other one went to school and In his spare time worked on a small- house which the boys were building. They did not ask for help; they stood on their own feet. Ted Faulk is fighting his -way through the University of Washington Just as those two small lads were fight ing their way through the public schools of Aberdeen. . - When Faulk showed up at varsity last Fall he had 60 cents In cash, a wonderful physique and astonishing en ergy. His cash capital did not permit him to board and room at his frat house. . "'Huatle For Job" FiraJ Work. . "I've got to rustle, a Job,' said Ted to the other boys as he went out of the front door. "Go to It.", said the crowd. A little while later a man appeared at the frat house and said that he was establishing 'a new dairy and wanted someone to rustle up customers. , The boys told him that they had the right man for him, but that be was out. , "I can't wait." replied the dairyman; "got to have him right off," and away he-went." It looked as if Ted bad' lost the chance, but he came back to the frat and was tol. of the situation. "I'll find him," was ail he said, and away he went. .Ten minutes later Ted f 4 w DH. HAIU. C. announced that he was the official rus tler for the new dairy. The frat gave a party and Ted was there looking for business. He proved a -."howling" success as a business agent and before long the dairy had such a thriving business that It com menced to tell on the business of rivals. Then Ted became a bone of contention between the rivals. In the meantime Ted conserved his resources by sleeping in the gymnasium and cooking his own meals. Despite his strenuous efforts to make money he kept up in his studies and turned ouc regularly for the football scrim mage. Ted played football with the same energy that he dug up customers for milk and he made the team. It was Faulk's spectacular catch of a high-thrown ball back of the goal line that enabled Washington to beat California In the Thanksgiving foot ball game. If the same kind of a play had been pulled in baseball Faulk's name would have been In the head lines. Washington had the ball close to California's line, but It was a serious question whether a buck would make the required distance. In the moment of susDense H. CI. Force, an old Harvard player, re marked that "an emergency called for desperate means." He had hardlv spoken the words when the ball went Bailing over the heads of the Califor- nians. And then, from somewhere, a tan ngure shot out, leaped into the air and came down with the ball securely In his arms. Faulk had made the catch anA 1 the play that decided the great battle, because California was dangerous to the last moment. Basketball Starts at 'University. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Dec. 9. (Special.) After the exciting season of football the entire student body has settled itself for a few quiet weeks, watching the results of the basket-shooters as they apear on the floor each evening for a ehort work out. Woman Calls Men to Kill Bear. DALLAS. Or.. Dec. 9. f SDeclal.1 Wiley Gardner. William Lee and Cecil Smith, .living near Bridgeport, a few mile west of Dallas, were called by Mrs. F. A. Wolfe, living a mile from x ails City, to come to her aid yes terday. She said bears were on her place and were killing sheep and de stroying prune trees. The men huf rled to the scene, placed a hound upon the trail and soon had a bear and her cub in the open. Both bears were killed. Banish Minister at Junction. JUNCTION CITT. Or Dn 0 f Sn.- clal.) H. J. Morgensen, the new Dan ish Minister, has arrived here from Friendville, la. There is a large com munity of Danish people In Junction City. A- large reception was given In his honor. - COLUMBIA CLUB FOOTBALL 9 i : f'-'Ji-Jt' 1 i .Left to Right, StitndlnK Baekland. Lanajhardt, Mattlla, Neaa, Mortrmri, Malasamba. Slem. Brattice, Mnna ' aerl Sommera, V. Larson and Leon Larson. Front Row. I.r ft tn Riirh T'nlflnn Iiih. ir.ttlln. A.Olirtn. Tan. u nna loui .noore. jo&antoa, J. Olson, A. Larson, Lang hard t and Kearney. I ". ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) By winning, S to 0, from the West Astoria football team on Thanks 4 giving day, the Columbia Club eleven, of this city, 'won the undisputed championship of the Lower Colura I bia for the 1916 season.- Leo Larson, former Oregon Agricultural College athlete, won the Turkey-day i ' game with his 85-yard drop kick. The Columbia Club eleven finished the year without being scored on. .ll'KALA.D. SHUT RIVER IS PLEA Commercial Fishing Opposed by Dr. E. C. McFarland. LAKE DRAINAGE DEPLORED President of Oregon Sportsmen's League Points Out I low Malheur Lake Is - Great Breeding Gronnd for Wild Fowl. BY DR. EARL C; M'FARLAND. President Oregon Sportsmen's. League. Having been asked to express my opinion en the several important ques tions on which stands were taken at the annual meeting of the Oregon Sports men's League last Monday I will herein endeavor to do bo. When the league decided to apply the, lash to the Willamette River commer cial fishermen It pleased me Immensely for I fought for this end. In the Spring salmon go up the Willamette In great schools and the net men have been cleaning them out to a nicety. It would be one of the best advertisements that this state will have. If the Legislature passes a law closing the river and to have it open only to anglers. A fisherman will go from here to Alaska to fish If he has the money, pro viding the fishing Is good. No spot in the world will excel the Willamette If It Is closed to the net men. Many Eastern men come here to fish for salmon each year and this number will be doubled if the Legislature acts like the Oregon Sportsmen's League wants It to. Question Xlaa Two Sides. I am ifot familiar with conditions at the mouth of the Rogue River and therefore am not in a position to ex press an opinion. I do know that 1 have heard many reports that fishing for steelheads in that stream Is not as good now as It was some time back. I will take side with the sportsmen of Medford and that locality, however, who seem to want seining at the mouth stopped. Both sides have their arguments. There are a couple of canneries at the mouth of the Rogue and consequently considerable money Invested and the question is indeed a serious one. I certainly do not want to see Mal heur Lake drained. I understand that there is a company being organized which plans on draining this body of water and putting- the land on the'mar- TEAM, OF ASTORIA, OR, UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS OF LOWER COLUMBIA. MS.' Y h a: s y k,. :- v -tor: ket. It Is one of tne biggest breeding spots In the country. As many birds breed and rest there as in Alaska. The Oregon Sportsmen's League went on record last Monday as favoring the cutting of the limit on trout from 75 to 50. Trout are growing scarce and 1 would, have liked to have seen the or ganization in favor of cutting the limit to 35. It's up to the sportsmen to pro tect them or else It Will not be long be fore they are exterminated. Six-Inch Limit Favored. Nothing was mentioned at the meet ing about allowing any sized trout to be put In creels. I was against that anyway, for I think the six-inch rule is the best. "If It was not in effect many boys would go out with single egg hooks, get In a school of small trout, and clean It up, for they are easiest to catch. . .. There are some anglers who believe that a less than six-inch trout is as good as dead when chucked back In the water after once being hooked. Now, here is the argument against the taking of less than six-inch trout: . In the first place, very few anglers will take home a small fish. If the fish Is not hooked through a vital spot and if the angler wets his hands and removes the hook carefully the troufe will, in most cases, be uninjured and will grow to be a big fellow. I am in favor of prohibiting the kill ing of female China pheasants, and also of reducing the limit of ducks from 30 t(X20 In any one day and allowing the sportsmen to feed them all they desire. It will' be a. good thing if two weeke of the open season on deer is lopped off. I think that the open season on China pheasants in Hood River Coun ty from October 1 to October 10, with a bag limit of three male birds, is all right. The Necanicum River should be closed to commercial fishing and the season on bear could be closed In June. July and August without spoiling any of the sportsmen's, fun. Every club in the state must be as sessed 15 cents a head each year to keep the Oregorf Sportsmen's League going. The press has certainly treated us white and personally I wish to thank the newspapers for the publicity that we have been given and the efficient way In which all of our "doings" are covered. Our meeting next year will un doubtedly take two days, as we were kept pretty busy getting through last Monday. Willie Hoppe Here This Week. William F. Hoppe, champion bllliard ist of the world, plays exhibition match games at Bowie & Caldwell's billiard parlors next Thursday. Friday and Sat urday. He is assisted by Charles C. Peterson., of St. Louis, champion fancy shot bllllardlst; "Chle" Wright, cham pion of the Pacific Coast and the great est lecturer in the world on "How to Play the Grame," and Young Jake Schaefer. of Chicago, who hopes to follow In his father's footsteps and be come champion of America: S!, i i C t f.r BIG LEAGUES APPROACHED Moguls at Eastern Meeting Expected to Pass on Proposal for I liter Leagues Games Other News Dlscnssed. r Cheer up. baseball fans! These wintry months will not seem half as long " when you know that Portland may have a miniature world's series all its own late next Fall. President Allan T. Baum. of the Pa cific Coast League, and J. Cal Ewlng, of Oakland, accompanied by their wives, left Salt Lake yesterday morn ing to attend the National League meeting scheduled for next Tuesday at Ne York. They will also go to Chicago next Thursday to sit In with the American League moguls. Last week in Boston Vice-President T. H. Murnane, of the National Asso ciation, announced that the committee which would represent the minors in conferences with the major leagues over the "plan to organize a new base ball court of appeals would consist of Ewlng, Thomas Chlvlngton. presi dent of the American Association, and Edward Barrow, president of the In ternational League. Chlvlngton and Barrow, with Allan T. Baum, consti tute the committee that will ask the majors to eliminate the draft from the class AA leagues. . It Is expected that In the meantime the Association and International will have acted on the plan for an lnter-league series, and It Is hoped that an arrangement can be made with the Pacific Coast League representa tives, for the winner of this series to meet the champions of the Coast later on In the Fall. Now to get back to the first para graph. All Portland has to do to land the "world's series" Is to win the 1917 Pacific Coaet League pennant. Walter Henry McCredle is willing to play the winner of the Association-International series. m .Judge William Wallace McCredle, president of the Portland Baseball Company, is que back from the annual racmc coast ijeagrue meeting ion ijc n l ... First admission by President Charles Weeghman. of the Cubs, that he prac tlcally Is powerless to re-engage Joe Tinker as manager, though he desires to do so, was made by him last week, when he said that the other directors wanted a new manager and that it seemed to be up to them to decide on the man. Inquiries as to whether the new man would - be Frank LeRoy Chance or Fred Mitchell got no satisfactory an swer. Former Feds will be practically eliminated from the St. Louis Browns next season, though a new one will ap pear to maintain the balance. He is Bill- Kenworthy. ex-Kansas City Fed, who Is going up from the Oakland club. Fielder Jones always fancied his play, but wag so loaded down with players when the Feds broke up & year ago that he could not take him on. Kenworthy Is a second sacker by trade, and if he makes good on the Job with the Browns thre may be some interesting developments, for it Is a surety that both Pratt and the new man cannot both play second. The conversation In a Chicago fan ning bee turned to Frank Chance. "There was a great fellow," said Artie Holman, former utility star of the Cubs. I used to travel around with him keeping tab on our players three or four times a week. "One night Chance was loafing in the lobby and insisted on my remain ing with him to keep him company. We were all supposed to be in our rooms by 11 o'clock, but we sat and saj; and sat. Finally it got to be half past one. "'Why don't you go to bed. Frank?" I said. 'If I had as much money as you I wouldn't worry whether the fel lows got In on time or not.' "Chance glanced at the clock. 'Go to bed yourself," he snapped. 'You're breaking rules.' And me sitting up to keep him company! Can you beat It? "And could Chance call a fellow?" continued Hofman. "Well, rather. I remember we had a three-game series with the Giants one week, and Ritchie went in to pitch the first for us. He won It. "Right after the battle Chance told him he'd have to work the third, too. Meaning he'd get only one day of rest In between. Ritchie was willing. "The night after he won. Ritchie stayed out late, and what he didn't get in the clubhouse was a caution. Chance landed into him proper. He told him thefe wasn't a chance for him to pitch. Then, five minutes later, he told Ritchie he had decided to send him tn. "Ritchie pitched his head off and won, 3 to 1. Ag soon as tie gang reached the clubhouse Chance dug into his locker, before he'd even changed hl tegs, and drew out a fat roll of bills. He stripped two fifties off and handed them to Ritchie. ' 'You're a funny guy, said Chance, 'but you can certainly pitch." ... The Cubs were playing at fet. Louis one day and got a 6-rnn lead In the opening Inning Then King Cole went In to' pitch. Zing. zing, zing! He passed the first three '. en. Then he walked another, and Chance yanked him out of the box. He asked Ritchie if he had his controL Ritchie said yes. So In went Ritchie. He passed the first and second bat ter, forcing in two more runs and making It 5 to 3. Chance started for him, but Ritchie waved him.back. Then he walked another and another. Chance raved. He took Ritchie out and sent Reulbach in. "I've had the guys with control in." he said, "so now I might as well try out the wild ones." The Cards scored nine runs that first inning. It used to be a standing Joke with players on the Chicago White Sox team that Ed Walsh never would admit to I feeling well. Big Ed always had Btrjnei-niug uio matter wun mm, in his own" mind. And the worse Ed Walsh felt the better he pitched. Fielder Jones would approach Walsh on the afternoon of a'n Important game and say: "How are you feeling today, Ed?" Walsh would make an exclamation of pain, "Oh, fierce," he would reply. "My head aches, 'I have a sore throat and the old arm Is sore as thunder." Fielder would have a sly smile when he left. 'TjOoks like a victory today, sure." he would say. "I'm going to start Walsh. He's right." Football at Barracks Today. VANCOT7VER, Wash.. Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) The Washington Athletic Club football team will play an eleven from Vancouver Barracks on the Barracks Return of Nat Schanedllng Changes Llne-Tp of Quintet. ST. BENEDICT. Ox.. Deo. 9. (Spe claL) The Mount Angel quintet was considerably strengthened by the return of Nat Schanedllng. of Vancouver. Wash. Nat was the stellar forward of the Mount Angel team last year. As running guard he is equal to any in tbe state. His swiftnefes, combined with his excellent shot, are his main assets. He is & former Lincoln High star. V 1th his return the week s practice has brought about an entirely new line up. Classic, a Portland lad, is doing nicely as the first forward. He is a former Junior star from Christian Brothers. The other position Is a tossup between Sohler and Brost. Soh ler has the advantage in having played on the first team last year, but as he Is not any too anxious to try out for the team. It Is likely to go to Brost. Spear, of Seaside, is doing well at center. His ability In dribbling and his fine breast shot are his best qualities. For thi remaining guard positions Kasber ger is the only certain man. For the second guard Glatt. of Woodburn, and Schwall, of Forest Grove, are having a merry tussle. Coach HUdebrand Is anxious to se cure his schedule before the Christmas holidays. DALLAS QUTTO CONQUER ANOTHER FAMOUS BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE MAKING. Already Practice Has Started and Lin ing; TJp of Gamci Under AVay Cnrl Kenton Noted Athlete, Captain. DALLAS, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) Dallas, the "basketball center of Ore gon." again is to be represented by one of its famous championship teams, un less all tbe dope Is upset. With several of the old stars who have made basketball history already out for practice, and with some very clever players among the younger boys In line, prospects for a successful sea son were never before so good. Carl Fenton, who first secured Na-" tlonal prominence in basketball circles as a member of the famous "Oregons" who traveled all over the United States, winning as they weit, and who later upheld the honor of the University of Oregon in ..basketball, as well as upon the gridiron, has been elected captain of the local team. Practice already has commenced. The team will play strictly as a Dallas organization. Several Important games are being scheduled now, including the Germans, of Buffalo. N. Y.. champions of the United States, and the team that de feated the Oregons In 1908 by the score of 22 to 20. The.. universities of Cali fornia. Washington and Oregon, and the Oregon Agricultural College undoubt edly will be seen in action on the home floor. In addition, Multnomah Club. Dallas' old-time rival, will be given an opportunity to wipe 'out the many de feats suffered by the club boys Jn the past. Among the "stars" who have turned out for the team are the follow ing: Carl B. Fenton, Pebo Shaw, Walter Ballantyne. Laird Woods, Ray Gooch, Jack Hayes, Ray Boydston, Lynn Ma theny, R. S. Kreason and Wayne Bar ham. Barham is a pitcher, with Van couver, in the Northwest League. Fred Gooch. of Dallas, was elected manager, and all teams desiring to play the lo cals will communicate with him. 00 DUCKS LIKE CHINA? COOK INLET CAME WARDENS R AISF1 INTERESTING QUESTION. When Warm Spelt Comes Birds r'ly Southwest, Leading 'to Asia via Aleutian Iles. SEWARD. Alaska. Dec 9. Gam? wardens along Cook Inlet again have raised the question whether the ducks, which Summer in Alaska, pass the Winter In China and the Philippines. This question was first raised when the ducks with rice In their craws were killed on Reward Peninsula. This Winter the ducks summering on Cook Inlet had not migrated south on November 1. although zero weather al ready prevailed. Early In October re ports were received that ducks were migrating from Canadian lakes, and from California came word that ducks were arriving in the Sacramento Val ley a month ahead of time. It was then evident the migration of Alaskan birds had nothing to do with the ar rivals on the southern coast. Anchorage hunters, hearing that ducks in large numbers were still to be found on the flats, braved the cold late in October to bag them. Several hunting parties nearly came to grief. One party of seven left Anchorage late in October for a day's hunting at Fire Island and returned nearly dead from cold and hunger 10 days later. Most of this time was spent In an open dory bucking the ice. It was too cold for the duck hunters then, but not for the duck's,. On November 9 came a break In the weather and a anarp rise In the temperature. With the warm spell and rain, the ducks decided it was time to move add the last gasoline boats coming down the inlet noted the first of the migra tion. These ducks were flying, not southeast toward the coast states, but down Shellkoof Strait to the south-vest. This way leads to Asia, by way of the Aleutian Islands and Japanese archi pelago. FRANCHISE FUSS STILL ON Trolley Company, and .Vancouver -Trying to Come to Terms. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) The Vancouver City Council and the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company are still sparring over the proposed franchise asked by the com pany to enable it to run its cars into Vancouver, over the Interstate bridge. The company asked for the privilege of building a loop on First street near the end- of the bridge. The Council de nied the necessary permission contend ing that the company should run ita cars uptown. Yesterday at a conference between F. I. Fuller, of the company, and three Councilmen, members of a special com mittee, a plan-, was proposed by the Councilmen to build up Main street from tbe bridge to Third and then to return to the bridge. Children to Have Special Films. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec 9. (Spe cial.) Children's movie shows will be conducted here every Saturday after noon throughout the Winter under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher Asso ciation. Some of the plays, will be largely educational and the others will be for entertainment alone. The first of these will be held tomorrow, when 'Robin Hood" will be shown. w T .-. - r