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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1917)
THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX,. PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 25, 1917. WINTER PLAYS JOKE ON PORTLAND FOLK Summery February Has Only Real Snow Weather Man 5ays It Is Last Storm. CHILDREN HAVE FINE TIME Summer Underwear Is Hurriedly Packed Away When Snowbirds Reappear for Day Trains, Wires Little Affected. K.AIX AND WARMER FORE- CAST. Rain, warmer with aoutherly winds! Such is the weather man's fore cast for today in Western Ore gon. The snow and cold are at an end he believes. Testerday the temperature va ried only one degree, being at 32 at its coldest and 33 at its warm est, which accounted for the steady fall of snow. The precip itation amounted to .52 of an inch. Winter had the last laugh. Just when everybody was writing the folks back Bast about the balmy weather in these parts and how it was so mild, the boys were wearing their B. V. D.s. and all that, along came the only real snow storm of the season. It was a last effort, the weather man says, but it was enough to turn the laugh. Having had its little Joke. Win ter eased up last night and a warm rain is scheduled as next on the pro gramme. Summer Indications Retire. While the frigid streak lasted, some Tierfeftlv DnAI .... .J .1 . had been rushing the season, along wii.ii tiiany w j now duos ana robins, went back to the cedar chest. The boys Will be less enthusiastic next time. Who would have thought it of innocent-seeming little February? To set out, as it did,, with every appearance of fcpring, and wind up with the February snow-fall record of 23 years? Statistics Tell Story. It sounds absurd, sure enough, but among the figures that never lie are Weather Bureau statistics. They show that the snowfall for this month, up to 5 o'clock last nlKht. when Winter gave its final ha! ha! and called it quits, was 12.9 Inches. Five inches of that fell after 5 o'clock Friday night, and the whole of it came down after February 19. Not since February, 1S93, a month by which all the oldest Inhabitants swear, with its total recorded snowfall of 20 inches, has such a thing hap pened in our fair city. Right at this point somebody with an evil memory calls attention to Feb ruary of last year. Wrong again. Only 8.2 Inches of snow fell last February, though January had 32.9. What snow there was last Febru ary was no Joking matter, though, for the mercury fell to 22 degrees and there was a shrieking east wind. Whereas the coldest it has been during this cold snap is 30 degrees, and yes terday the thermometer had a hard time staying down to 32. Whatever the grownups think about the weather of yesterday and the day Deiore, it was great fun for snowbirds and children. ' The snowbirds were about as badly rooiea as tne rest of the population They thought Spring was here, and those that hadn't already flown were all packed up. When the weather double-crossed them and snow came down by the inch, they Jumped for the snow banks like chickens at a dust neap. The pheasants, the robins and others of the bird family did not enjoy it at an. carl XJ. Shoemaker, State Game Warden, who has the welfare of all Turds at heart, sent out an appeal yes tcrday to scatter bread crumbs and wheat. It was answered generously. Country pheasants have a harder time of it than their city brothers when it snows. Many of the farmers are look ine out for them, however, and provtd ing wheat, though at present war prices it would be about as cheap to throw cut gold dust. Old Sleds Dragged Oat. As for the children, they dragged out last year's sleds and hiked for the nearest hill. Cement walks, hard- NOT A PARTICLE OF DANDRUFF OR A FALLING HAIR Save Your Hair I Double Its Beauty in Just a Few Moments. ' 25-Cent Danderine" Makes Hair Thick, Glossy. Wavy 1 and Beautiful. 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Get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store or tot- let counter, and prove that your hair Is as pretty aud soft as any that It has been neglected or injured by care less treatment that's all you surely can have beautiful hair and lots of it if you will Just try a little Danderine. Adv. "55f Jjetf 4. k 5A2t - - ------- pr . , Sit Vpt:7s ill 'w-8 - & r - 7t -if-'r L . ,f , - , - t -A ' - - VI ' ' v vyN (1) The Snow-Covered Trees Were Reflected In the Lake at Laurelhnrst Fare:. (- "Don't Hit Me, Tn Mean Thing." (3) Gallant Defenders of a Snow Fort. Wear East Ninth and Brazeet Note the Ammunition Wagon la the Background. (4) Her snow Woman. Complete With Muff, Towered High Above Nellie Green, U Tears Old, of 30O Vancouver Avenue. , surface pavements and other modern Improvements of up-to-date city life do not make the best sliding places, but wherever there was an incline and the least bit of a snow covering, some child was negotiating the descent on a sled. Cl.y kids nowadays don't realize what they miss from the old days of real bob-sledding and such. There is something about snow that makes a real boy lust for battle. All over town where "the fellers" got to gether they built forts and had snow ball fights. One bunch of boys l'vlng in the neighborhood of Kast Ninth and Brazee streets built an elaborate fort and a big snowhouse. Any pacifist will tell you that a fortification is a challenge for war, and so it proved in this case. The fort was Just nicely built and aching for a scrap when it got one. Down swooped a hostile gang from Al bina and attacked it and its gallant de fenders. Lively Fight Ensues. There was one lively fight for a time. The garrison finally beat off the attacking masses and there was great rejoicing in Paris. But there is more to war than glory, as the boys soon learned, for back came the Albina army with huge reinforcements. What they did to that snow fort In the course of the second pitched battle that now waged, with artillery barking all along the front and machine-gun squads mowing down heroes on both sides, would make a 42-centimeter gun perspire. The defenders did manage to save their snow house, slightly damaged, but their ramparts were battered into ruins and their fortifications demolished. The snow yesterday was wet and sticky, which made it Ideal for snow Images and snowballs. All over town you could see snow men and snow women standing guard over the prem ises. . One of the most artlstlo snow women found in a Jitney dash about the East Side in search of snow scenes -was modeled by Mrs. Viola Cruickshank, of 390 Vancouver avenue, to please the children of the neighborhood. It pleased them, too. you bet. Little Viola Green, 6 years old, stood beside the snow figure while a camera man took both their' pictures. It tow ered high above her, but she " wasn't afraid. Cold Is Only Braclntr. One Jolly thing about this snow storm was that it came ' in weather just cold enough to be bracing ' but not cold enough to chill anybody who kept active. Winter, moreover, keep ing up the joke to the end, stopped the snowfall Just short of Its doing any damage. . There . was virtually no damage to telephone and telegraph wires. A few trains were delayed, but there was no blockade. On the city lines of the Portland Railway. Light k Power Company service was not Interrupted at all during the day. The company was ready for any con tingency, however. Five power snow brooms were kept busy all day clear- J ing the city lines, and five snowplows SNAPSHOTS ABOUT TOWN IN 1 - L- i T - - ' . were held In reserve for heavy work needed on any of the company's 32 lines. There was a delay or two on the Council Crest line, but the crews went out there and In a Jiffy got things straightened out. The only line on which a enowplow was really needed during the day was the Bull Run division, where more than a foot of snow fell. Other interurban lines, including the Oregon City and Cazadero divisions, maintained sched ules with little difficulty. . SNOW FAXIi HEAVY IN LAJfE Since Monday Total of 21.7 Inches Is Reported by Observer. EUGENE,. Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Lane. County today experienced the most severe snow storm of the Win ter. All lumbering operations in the woods have been suspended and mills have closed. Mr. Mayor said tonight a total of 10.1 inches of snow had fallen during the last 24 hours and that snow on the ground measures 14 inches. He reported a total snowfall of 21.7 inches since Monday. The weight of snow on roofs of buildings became so great during the day that men were put to work shoveling it off. Fay C. Newton, an employe of the Southern Pacific Company, while shov eling snow, fell from the roof of the depot and was severely bruised and cut. On London Hill, south of Cottage Grove, there is four feet of snow on the ground and men were stationed over quarter of a mile by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company In an effort to keep wires open. The minimum temperature during the night was 29 degrees in Eugene, and the snow remained on the ground. Other towns in the county report heavy falls of snow and depths on the ground of from 10 inches to two feet. The snow in the mountains is deeper than for many years, a message from Oak Ridge said. Livestock men are worried, as some are - not prepared to feed, depending almost wholly on the range throughout the Winter. Streetcar service In the city Is ham pered. Schools in some of the rural communities have suspended. MAKSHFIELD IilN'ES ARE DOWX Telephone and Telegraph Cut Off for More Than 12 Hours. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Damage to the amount of sev eral thousand dollars resulted here from the heavy fall of damp snow last night and all the telegraph and telephone lines were leveled. There was no com munication to the outside for more than 12 hours. The Coos & Curry Tele phone Company had 600 telephones out of service; the Oregon Power Company wires had about 25 breaks in Marshfield ti j n.rtiiMfi: YESTERDAY'S SNOW STORM. -' T and North Bend, but resumed service at 8 this morning after early risers had been obliged to utilize candles and kerosene lamps, where they were ob tainable. There was only five inches of snow on the ground, but It had thawed as It fell. . Communication was cut to all parts of the county and the only line in serv ice outside the cities was to Lakeside. 17 miles. i ROSEBCKG WIRES DROPPED Southern Pacific Sends Out Patrols After Serious Snowfall. ROSEBURG. Or.. .Feb. 24. (Special.) With a snowfall of more than eight Inches on lower lands and much more on the higher elevations, the people of Roseburg and Douglas County last night and today experienced the worst storm for many years. Telephone and telegraph communica tion was interrupted during the day, and a number of electric light poles crashed to .the ground under the weight of the snow. As a precaution against accidents due to washouts, the Southern Pacific Company has men pa trolling its tracks in the canyons south of Roseburg. Stockmen say sheep have suffered seriously as a result of the storm. In the event of a warm rain within the next few days, high water is feared. It was still snowing here late tonight. There is 30 inches of snow at Gendale, which is on the dlv.ide between Douglas and Josephine counties. TELEPHONE LINES ARE DOWN Forest " Grove Snowfall for Winter . ' , 2 3.8 Inches. FOREST ' GROVE. Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Fifty telephone lines were put out of commission here yesterday by the snow, which fell to a depth of eight inches. Hundreds of tele phones are rendered useless, the man agement of the local system finding It Impossible to make the needed repairs while the inclement weather prevails. A hard freeze last night made matters worse and many are without telephone service. The local Government weather bu reau reports 23.8 inches of snow here thus far this Winter. Astoria Sees Real Winter. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) The dropping of the temperature during last night to 29 degrees above zero checked the melting of the snow and gave this section an extra touch of real Winter. Reports received tay there are about two feet of snow in the hills on both sides of the river, and as a result none of the logging camps are able to operate. Klamath Snow Does Damage. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.,' Feb. 24. (Special.) The present heavy snowfall, which has been causing considerable EL damage to electric power transmission lines through the county, has pre cluded, however, the possibilities of ' r rigation Interests and dry-land farmers from suffering from drouth this next Summer. The snow In the mountains has been much lighter than usual this year until the last few days, when con siderable more has fallen there than in the valleys. A heavy fall In the moun tains will insure a good water supply for the season of 191 VANCOUVER SXOWFALIi HEAVY Traffic on Interstate Bridge Mate rially Reduced. VANCOUVER. Wash, Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Snow fell steadily in Vancouver today and the records-show that the total fall up to 5 o'clock was 3.6 Inches, bringing the total for the month of February to 8.6 inches. This is not nearly as great as the February snowfall of last year, but It Is the flrxt time in the local weather records that so great a fall has been recorded at this time of the year, according to A A. Quarnberg, local observer. The minimum temperature was 30 and the maximum 34. Down town, the snow melted nearly as fast as It fell. Traffic on the Interstate bridge was very light, few vehicles crossing and the passengers carried by the street cars were less than the usual Saturday average. SNOW THREATENS ROOFS Cottage Grove Gets Foot of Snow, Most in 25 Tears. . COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Cottage Grove today experi enced the heaviest snowfall in perhaps 25 or 30 years, fully a foot having fallen. There has been no wind or other dis agreeable conditions with the snow, but the snow is so wet and heavy that it has been necessary to clear flat roofs to prevent their becoming overloaded and giving way under the strain. Seaside Swept by Snow Storm. ' SEASIDE. Or, Feb. 24. (Special.) This locality has experienced the hard est snow storm the past five days that has occurred this Winter. Six inches of snow fell last night in the city. Re ports from the mountains say 18 inches fell at Hamlet, while on the divide be tween here and Ecola there Is little or none at all. - Lane County Snowfall Heavy. EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) There has been an almost continuous snowfall In Lane County for four days. Reports from points above Oakridge are to the effect that the snowfall In the mountains has been much heavier than the average. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. GAR AND AUTO HIT B. K. Clear and S. L. Roberts Are Seriously Hurt. SNOW OBSTRUCTS VIEW Molormtn and Driver Unable to See Each Other Until Too Lato to Stop Mr. Clear's Skull Is Fractured "by Smash. The heavy snow storm of yesterday is held to have been responsible for a disastrous automobile an streetcar col lision at Glenn and Hawthorne avenues, in which B. K. Clear, of 1000 Stephens street, and Seth L. Roberts, of 990 Stephens street, suffered serious In juries. Both were taken to Good Sa maritan Hospital, where It was said that Mr. Clear's condition was pre carious. Mr. Roberts, a public accountant, of the Crandall z Roberts Company. Northwest Bank building, and Mr. Clear, a public accountant and' secre tary of the James Amusement Com pany, at 8 o'clock were en route in a light runabout to their offices. They were driving north on Glenn avenue, while a Hawthorne tripper streetcar was running east on Hawthorne avenue. Automobile and trolley-car met at the intersection In a collision which wit nesses say was unavoidable. Snow Hldea Auto From Slotorman. - Motbrman R. D. Coulter said that he did not see the approaching automobile until It was within 35 feet of the tracks, owing to the veil of falling snow. He at once attempted to check his car. which was moving at a mod erate rate of speed, but struck the automobile squarely and carried it be fore his car for about 75 feet. The motorists were not thrown out by the terrific shock, but sat upright in their seats amid the wreckage. When lifted to the street, Mr. Roberts stood erect for a moment and then sank in a faint. Mr. Clear, who was seated on the side that took the Impact, was bleeding about the head and at once lapsed into unconsciousness. Both were taken to Goo Samaritan Hospital by Patrolmen Shaffer and Jeff Thompson in the police patrol car, owing to an unavoidable delay in the arrival of the ambulance. They were attended by the Drs. Rockey. Mr. Clear In Critical Condition. Mr. Clear was thought to have & fractured skull and possible internal injuries. It was at first thought that death would be only a matter of a few hours, but late yesterday it was an nounced that hope was entertained of his recovery. A fractured Jaw and collarbone were sustained by Mr. Rob erts. The collision was witnessed by A. Dooney, fireman of engine 23, who was on the front vestibule of the streetcar. Mr. Dooney told Detective Craddock and others who Investigated that the accident appeared to have been un avoidable and that both automobile and streetcar were moving at a moderate speed. He gave as Ms opinion that the snow storm obstructed the view until too late to avoid the crash. Father, Not Typewriter, Called Baby Girl "Boy." City Hall rnosrapkrr Hai Certifi cate to Throve It. and Says Only Box of Candy Will Appease Her. WHEN Miss Watklns. the young and fair daughter born February 1 to Dr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Watkins. grows up, this fact may stare her in the face. that, whereas, she arrived a bouncing baby girl, the official rec ords at the City Hall showed her to be a boy. The "obstreperous typewriter." blamed yesterday for an error in transcribing the. record for newspaper official birth notices, came back bucking and bray ing yesterday. The "'obstreperous type writer" was not to blame at all. as on the original birth certificate turned In to the City Hall by Dr. Watkins himself, it Is clearly and legibly writ ten out that the child is a "male." The certificate Is signed "J. M. Short, M. D, per Dr. Watkins." Notified of this fact yesterday. Dr. Watkins admitted that he and the nurse who made out the certificate must have been a little flustrated at that time of great excitement. It was the first born of the household. The stenographer at the City Hall who is the operator of the "obstreper ous typewriter." blamed at first for the error, says only a box of candy will remove the stigma caused by the accusation of Inaccuracy on her part. PRESIDENTS FORM UNION Heads of Ladles of G. A. R. Unite to Increase Order's Membership Presidents and past presidents of the Ladles of the Grand Army of the Re public organized a Presidents' Associa tion Tuesday. The association Intends to Increase the membership of the Grand Army of the Republic and at tend to neceseary work that does not fall under any department of the order. The meetings will be held the first Tuesday of each month at 2 o'clock. The officers elected are: President, Mrs. Valence G. Benlre: vice-president. Mrs. Laura Hants; secretary. Mrs. Mary Horner; treasurer, Mrs. Clara Tifft; guard, Mrs. Georgia Stayson. The next meeting will be held March 8. at 2:30, in the Oddfellows' Hall, be tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth on Alberta etreet. Presidents and past presidents may enroll at that time. CARVER RIGHTS DUE SOON Last Two of Three Sought to Come Up for Final Action. Two of the three franchise sought by Stephen Carver for- a city-wide Jitney service will be before the City Council Wednesday for final passage. The third franchise was passed two weeks ago. All three franchises will go Into effect the latter, part of ApriU at which time the Carver service will be started unless the measures are held up by referendum. The franchises call for a regular schedule of Jitney service throughout the city, with transfer privileges on a 6-cent fare from one line to another. It has been reported that the Jitney Drivers Union plans invoking the ref erendum on all three measures. WAR REFERENDUM ASKED 56 Reed College Members Oppose "Militaristic Tendency" Bills. Fifty-six members of the Reed Col lege community signed a letter which was circulated yesterday, asking Sena tor Lane to oppose the Chamberlain mil itary service bill, and the Overman bill and other "militaristic tendencies." Al though the number of signers is large, there were a great many students and faculty members who refused. . to at tach their names to the letter. They averred that, although their tendencies were not warlike, they thought the let ter too extreme. The text of the message is as fol lows: W. the undcralcncd. citizens of th state of Oregon, hereby express to you our fun damental desires In connection with the present International crisis: vve believe in the principles of democ racy and. therefore, are. opposed to the pass- i'is oi any militaristic leglaa.tion such as the Chamberlain - universal milil&ry service bill, or the Overman bill, which imperils free speech, free press, and the riant to association. We protest arslnst the declaration of war unless the country la in actual danger of Invasion until the people of the United states have been consulted through come sort of general referendum. e ask you, as our representative In Con. gress. to advocate these principle and to stand for them against all odds. RAILWAY OFFICES MOVE Southern Pacific Tak.es New Quar ters In Iron Building. This is moving day In the general office of the Southern Pacific In tact, moving day began yesterday and will continue for two or three days more. . . The Southern Pacific has rented the seventh and eighth floors of the Teon building, which hereafter will be the headquarters for the road In Portland. The old quarters in tho Wells-Fargo building will be vacant. The new quarters will afford the road considerable more space than that occupied In the Wells-Fargo building, and will permit of a more economical use of the space available. It Is probable that the Southern Pa cific's old quarters will be occupied by the O.-W. R. & N. Company, which has a . lease on the entire Wells-Kargo building above the first floor and which Is crowded for accommodations. ROAD BIDST0 BE ASKED Ten-Mile St. Helens Paving Job to Be Advertised. Bids for the grading and paving of 10 miles of the St. Helens road, not to exceed the appropriation of (240.000 made in the road budget for this project, will be advertised for by the County Commissioners next week. The culvert and drainage work will be attended to by day labor, but the other work will be let by contract. No particular type of hard-surfaced pave ment will be designated. The specifi cations will include ell sorts of pave ment, brick, wood block. Topeka. War renlte and concrete of various mix tures. The contracts completing the road to the Columbia County line should be let by the middle of March and the work under way in April. CROSSING JOB TO BE LET City to Award $5 0 7,000 Contract to Pearson Company. Award of the contract for the elim ination of the O.-W. R. & N. grade crossings on the Kast Side Is sched uled for Wednesday. The City Council has arranged to give the work at that time to the Pearson Construction Com pany for $507,000. The company was the lowest bidder in bids opened De cember 6. City officials have heard that an ef fort will be made by some of the prop erty owners to block the award of contract by Injunction proceedings. As soon as the contract is awarded work will be begun. The O.-W. R. & N. Company will start lowering Its tracks and the Pearson Company will start building the viaducts. Work will be completed In about one year. SUIT FOR ARREST FILED Minnie C.' Young Wants $ 10,000 Damages From J. F. Hawkcs. Arrested for the alleged theft of some cows on a complaint of J. V. Hawkes. In October. 1916. Minnie C Young, a worker for the Union Meat Company, says her good reputation was injured seriously, in a suit against Mr. Hawkes for $10,000 damages, filed In the Circuit Court yesterday. Malicious arrest Is charged, and as a proof of Innocence the plaintiff shows the record of the dismissal of the charge against her In December. 1916. by Justice of the Peace B. b Rollins, o Uresham. Castle Rock Knights Celebrate. CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. Feb. 24. (Special.) The local Knights of Pythias Lodge celebrated the 63d anniversary of the founding of the lodge Wednes day night. The knights were accom panied by their wives and sweethearts anri their hall was beautifully deco rated for the occasion. The lodge band played throughout the evening and Jack Loring and Leon Mosher gave a piano and cornet number. The' speakers were Delos Spaulding. Chancey Davis and J. K. Kalmbach. Dr. O. K, Wolf be ing master of ceremonies. After the programme Otto Doring invited the guests to the banquet room where lunch was served. CHILDREN HATE PILLS, CALOMEL AND CASTOR OIL Give Fruit Laxative When Cross, Bilious, Feverish or Constipated. 'California Syrup of Figs" Can't Harm Tender Stomach, Liver, Bowels. Look back at your childhood days. Remember the "dose" mother Insisted on castor oil. calomel, cathartics. How you hated ' them, how you fought against taking them. With our children it's different. Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realize what they do The children's revolt is well founded. Their tender little "insldes" are injured by them. If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only deli cious "California Syrup of Figs." Its action Is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless "fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to tako it: that It never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach, and that a teaspoonful given today saves a sick child tomor row. Ask your druggist for a BO-eent bot tle' of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. See that it is made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Re fuse any other kind with contempt. Adv.