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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIATf, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 19, 1922
NEW SEATTLE CLUB
Washington Birthday Ban
quet to Be Next Event.
ELECTIONS TO BE TEST
Old-Time Democrats Who Had In
fluence With Wilson Adminis
tration Join Organization.
PUGET SOTJN"D BUREAU, Seattle,
Z Wash., Feb. 18. On the semi-official
Z assurace that the newly organized
j Washington Union Leagu club is to
Z function politically as a body of re
publicans, It may be announced that
I the next important republican party
1 gathering in this state will be for
the Washington birthday banquet, to
Z be gicven under the auspices of the
; new club In Seattle next Wednesday.
The most recent and clear indlca
Z tion of the new club's partisan slant
; was given in its prompt and unquali
Z tied indorsement of the treatise and
; agreements of the international arms
conference. The club's action was
Z in direct response to the daily de-
nunciation of the conference and all
its works by the Seattle Post-Intel-Z
ligencer. Bringing resolutions were
adopted in praise of the initiative of
' President Harding, tho far-sighted
J statesmanship of Secretary Hughes
and the senators from this state were
J speciall called upon to sustain the
notable achievements and give effect
Z to the high purposes of the republican
national administration.
J Perhaps the partisan character of
'J the Union Leagu club need never have
been questioned. Clubs of the same
Z name in other cities are republican
; organizations. No one has ver
doubted the party loyalty of Judge
J R. A. Ballinger, ex-secretary of the
interior, who is leader in the union
Z league movement in this state and
president of the first club. The club's
Z executive,, committee and membership
Z lists show a heavy preponderance of
I men who have long been active re
I publicans in etate politics.
- Old Time Democrats In t'lnb.
But when first public announce-
ment was made of the formation of
Z the new club many persons who take
a speculative interest in politics were
J puzzled. On the executive committee
list appeared the, names of the . Rev.
Z Mark A. Matthews, pastor of - the
First Presbyterian' church of Seattle,
J and L. C. Oilman, western vice-presi-
dent of the Great Northern Railway
r company. By record of many years
both men had been rated as lifelong,
hardshell democrats. In days gone by,
when he was practicing law in this
J city, Mr. Oilman waa a democratic
J party leader and a dependable cam-
paign orator. He has not been po
J litically active for a long time, but
the date of his departure from demo-
cratic principles is not known.
The case of Dr. Matthews is more
curious. R-ight up to the last minute
J of the second term of President Wil-
- son, Dr. Matthews was out in the
! open as a democrat. He was a demo
; crat down south, before he came to
- Seattle nearly 20 years ago, and he
Z continued to be a democrat, so far
Z as the politically-Interested public
knew, until he suddenly turned up as
Z executive committeeman of a republi
Z can organization. All the while that
Mr. Wilson was in the White House,
Z for the whole stretch of eight years,
it was generally believed in this city
J and state that a direct pipe line
Z stretched from the executive offices
in Washington into the study of the
First Presbyterian church of Seattle.
Z Every once in a while Dr. Mat-
thews went back to Washington.
Z Always it was understood here that
f ho had been sent for. on matters of
great moment, or that he had ac-
cumulated Information of sufficient
Importance to justify him in laying
- it directly before -the nation's chief
.: executive. There are probably not
a dozen democratic politicians in the
- state of Washington who did not
give Dr. Matthews credit for exer-
cising great influence with the ad-
. ;- ministration, especially in the dis
" tribution of federal patronage. That
Dr. Matthews was a welcome visitor
at the White House is well known.
What influence he had, or what in
fluence he exerted if he had any.
has never been so clearly demon-
'" strated.
Republican to Be Supported.
In any case, Dr. Matthews and Mr.
' Gilman are now prominent members
and officers of the Wasihngton Union
League club, and the more active this
, . organization becomes the more cer
tain it seems that its whole weight
.. and effort will be contributed to the
, support of the republican party in
all partisan concerns.
But party contests are not the first
political business at hand. The Union
League club is exceedingly busy just
now in city affairs. The city election
" is on a non-partisan basis. So are
. . the port district and school district
-' elections. All these elections are to
,' be held this year on the same day,
' May 2. The city will elect a mayor,
controller, treasurer and three coun--'
oilmen. One port commissioner and
j two school directors are to be chosen.
The Union League, which promul
gated the model platform for Seattle,
-- - recently published by The Oregonian,
IT '. has its organization pretty well
JC ; spread through the city precincts and
- is reaching out into the county. It
ZZ '. has, been looking for the "right kind"
; of candidates for all the offices to be
P filled. Of those who have declared
'. themselves of been mentioned as can
j; didates the club, so far, has indorsed
- none.
- Spring Election to Be Test.
2 In a way, the membership of the
'- Union League club looks upon the
ZZ ' local spring elections as a test case.
ZZ I Whatever happens, the new organi-
zation will be maintained and will be
spread out through the state; but tho
Z l rapidity of its growth elsewhere, in
membership and influence, may be
JI I affected by success or failure in the
; Initial venture on the home grounds.
1 - With the Washington birthday ban-
quet on Wednesday the Union League
club makes its first formal appear-
-ance as a political "Drganization. The
S affair will be held In the same audi
ZZ '. torium that housed the Lincoln day
banquet of the Young Men's Repub
JSIlican club; and responses to invita
;tlons indicate that it will draw quite
-"aa large an attendance, which means
tTlall that the auditorium will hold.
-NETTIiETON PORT CAXDIDATE
"Former Newspaper Publlslicr Would
; ; Serve Public as Commissioner.
: PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
I i Wash.. Feb. 18. Clark Nettleton, for
mer publisher of the Seattle Post-
Intelligencer, is a candidate for com
' I mlssloner of th port district of Seat
' The election takes place May J.
! .'There are no primaries in connection
; " rt-lth the port election, candidates b-
-Irig nominated by petition signed by
ITnot less than 104 freeholders of the
I FORMER PORTLAND GIRL WHO
Underwood & ks'WK'WfMm r
Undersood.MYi SJ
CORIMVE BARKER, PHOTOGRAPHED REXEVTLY AT PALM BEACH.
district in, which they reside. Mr. Net
tleton's home is in Kirkland, in the
north district, which is now repre
sented1 on the port commission by Dr.
W. T. Christensen, Whether Dr. Chris
tensen will be a candidate for re-election
is not yet announced. When Mr.
Nettleton' retired as publisher of the
Post-Intelligencer,' following the
change of ownership in April, 1921, he
resumed his place as the active head
of the Nettleton-Bruce-Eschbach com.
pany, general contractors. i
12 ARE CAUGHT IN IDS
LIQUOR AXD DRUGS SEIZED AT
THE DALLES.
Prohibition Officers in Town for
Week, .Buying Illicit Products
And Getting Infirmation.
TUB DALLES, Or., r'eb. 18. (Spe
cial.) Twelve arrests, seizure of more
than 400 gallons of moonshine whisky
and other liquors, confiscation of a
quantity of opium and other narcotics
resulted from last nights series of
raids here by eight federal prohibition
enforcement ' of fleers, under the lead
ership of Dr. Joseph A. Linville, pro
hibition director for Oregon.
Those arrested were:
J. G. Giannik, W. H. Woodard,
James Allen, Ted Mandrones, T. H.
Epperson, Earl Garrett, Clarence Gar
rett, Rex Jarrett, Chew Kee, Long Pie,
Wong Fung and Chin Sing, the latter
four being Chinese.
The alleged bootleggers and dope
peddlers were taken completely un
awares by the raids, which started
at . about 8 o'clock and lasted until 3
o'clock- in the morning. The officers,
a number of whom had been in The
Dalles in disguise for the last three
weeks buying liquor and drugs, were
armed with federal warrants in many
instances, and swooped down on
"hangouts." making arrests as they
went.
CIVIC . LEAGUERS, MEET
Need of Adjustment in Taxes Out
lined bq J. D.- Brown.
Need for adjustment of taxes go
that contributions for the mainte
nance of government shall be re
quired of those best able to pay was
emphasized by J. D. Brown, ex-president
of the farmers' union and now
a representativo of the Tax Reduc
tion league, in an address at the
luncheon of the Civic league at the
Benson hotel yesterday.
The speaker declared that if the
farmers were compelled to liquidate
at present, 50 per cent of them would
fail.
That the farmers are unable to ob
tain jugt prices for their procfucta
was the declaration of Thomas Withy-
combe, who discussed the farm bloc.
W. G. Winstock gave a brief address
on Washington. E. M. Welch told of
plans for the Ad club's excursion to
meet business men of Hood River and
The Dalles Wednesday.
LA GRANDEJVIAN IN RACE
Colon R. Eberhard Seeks Election
to State Senate.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 18. (Special.)
Colon R. Eberhard of La Grande
today filed with the secretary of
state his declaration of candidacy for
the office of state senator from the
19th senatorial district. This district
comprises Umatilla, Morrow and
Union counties.
Mr. Eberhard's platform reads:
"Continue to give the public my
best efforts and judgment in the disr
charge of the duties of the office. I
believe it imperative that a way be
found to reduce expenses of state
government."
Mr. Eberhard has adopted the fol
lowing slogan:
"Member faithful 14. asking return
upon my legislative record."
Mr. Eberhard was a member of the
state Benate during the last session
of the legislature. ;
A. C. Libby's Condition Serious.
JEFFERSON. Or., Feb. 18. (Spe
cial. . A. C, Libby of this city, former
member of the legislature and well
known Marlon county man who was
seriously injured by a Southern Pa
clflo . train running Into his dairy
wagon, and who was in the hospital
at Albany for dome time as a result,
is in a serious condition, .
WILL STAR IN MUSICAL COMEDY
EMM GIRL STAR
CORIXXE BARKER IN MUSICAL
COMEDY.
Contract Is Signed With Comstock
and Gest Theatrical Firm ; Ward
robe Purchased in Paris.
Portlanders who have followed the
theatrical career of Corinne Riely
Barker, an Oregon girl, will be in
terested to know that she has just
signed a contract with the Comstock
& Gest theatrical firm to be starred
in a new musical production. A
New York exchange, telling of Miss
Barker's engagement with the Com
stock & Gest firm, says:
"The new musical piece is a dis
tinct novelty. The music is written
by the same composer who wrote the
music for 'Irene,'-Harry Tierney, and
the lyrics by Joe McCarthy, who com
posed the lyrics for Irene. It is this
piece in which Miss Barker is to star,
and it is probable that Edith Day,
who played the title role in 'Irene,'
and really made the part, will come
over from England for a part in the
cast. She and Miss Barker will be a
fine contrast, as each is of a different
type of beauty."
Miss Barker is now at Palm Beach,
and photographs of her and accounts
of her beauty and the wonderful
wardrobe which she purchased in a
recent trip to Paris, are to be found
in all the news sent out from Palm
Beach. One news account says:
"Of all trousseaux and this is a
veritable trousseau, although not
originally intended for a bride that
of Miss Corinne Barker, who, with
her mother, Mrs. A. J. Riely of New
York, are stopping at the Breakers,
is one of the most fascinating pos
sible to the imagination. Miss
Barker Js a stage and screen favorite,
and after a holiday at Palm Beach,
will return to New York to go to
work on a new film of "When Knight-
nood Was in Flower. "
Miss Barker is a close friend of
Marion Davies ar.d has appeared in
several pictures with her.
In one account of Miss Barker's
Parisian wardrobe a description is
given of dozens of hats, wraps and
gowns and beautiful sports togs, with
the following paragraph about her
bathing suit:
"And then there is her black vel
vet bathing suit of the softest fabric.
The knickers are adjusted at the knee
with black jet buttons; the model is
sleeveless, round neck in back and
medium, holds the blouse in place.
The blouse is one of the tied-on tri
angular effects in black and silver.
"Miss Barker is a frequent visitor
to Palm Beach, and besides being a
noted screen and stage favorite is
a golf and tennis expert, a crack
swimmer, and rides a wheel with
equal grace and ease."
Corinne Riely Barker is the only
child of Mr. and Mrs. A. Charles Riely
of Salem and Portland. Seven years
ago. accompanied by her mother, she
went to New York, following her
divorce from William Barker, a lo
cal man whose family is well known
and wealthy. She immediately ob
tained a theatrical engagement as
leading woman in "Potash and Perl
mutter," and the next season waa
Julian Eltin'ge's leading woman, fol
lowing that with a season in Elsie
Ferguson's company.. Then "Miss
Barker went into pictures and a year
ago married Hobart Henley, a well
known director and producer of pic
tures. She is now returning to the
legitimate stage by way of a new
venture in musical comedy. She Is
a very beautiful young woman, tall
and stunning in carriage, and viva
cious. She has a wealth of blue-black
hair and dark eyes.
HARD
COAL
Delivered in your basement
$12.50 Per Ton
Call East 8984
THRONGS EXPECTED
E
Corvallis , Campus Activity
Promises New Record.
COURSES WILL BE VARIED
State and Xational Conventions
Will Increase Attendance at
College Extension.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Or., Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) With hundreds of students
and visitors assured during the col
lege 1922 summer eesslon. by several
state and national conventions, many
well-known speakers, and' an unusual
variety of courses, more summer ac
tivity than ever before on the campus
is predicted by Dean M. Ellwood
Smith. The record of 1026 partici
pants in summer sssion activities
lat year is expected to be; eclipsed
by a wide margin.
The Oregon State Editorial associa
tion will hold its convention July 21
22. The yearly convention of the
American Home Economics associa
tion is scheduled for August 1-5, at
the close of the summer's work. The
Presbyterian synod will have Us an
nual meeting July 10-12, and the
western division of the American
Physical Education association will
divide its convention between the
University of Oregon and the college.
Extenalon Worker Interested.
"Robert G. Foster, one of the dele
gates to tihe extension workers' con
ference in Portland, became much in
terested in the programme," said
Dean Smith. "In fact, he became so
interested that he plans to return
with his wife from Washington, D. C,
to attend the entire summer session. "
Figures from last year's enrollment
indicate that 1026 took part in the
work, 578 of whom were regular stu
dents. The remainder took special
work in swimming or other subjects.
Those who come to the home eco
nomics convention, who can take in
only part- of the session, may enroll
for special short courses of three and
two weeks, arranged particularly for
them.
Dr. Caroline Hedger, child special
ist from the McCormack Institute of
Chicago, and Dr. Edwin R. Snyder,
California vocational education com
missioner, are the outstanding iectur-i
ers obtained thus far. Di. Hedger
lectured at last year's session, and
her addresses drew the record crowds
of the six weeks' session. Dr. Snyder
will be in charge of the courses on
the principles of education, as they
apply to vocational education prob
lems, and the administration of the
Smith-Hughes law adapted to school
officials and supervisors.
Specinl Cnnrnes Numerous.
Special courses in rural recreation
and public speaking, in industrial
Journalism, story telling, playground
methods, will be conducted for per
sons engaged in extension activities.
Full provision is to be made for a
wide range of choice in coaches for
physical education. It is possible for
teachers without previous training in
this field to acquire enough pro
ficiency In the six weeks of the sum
mer session to handle the courses in
their schools during the year. A full
staff of instructors will provide
courses ranging from elementary
gymnastics and coaching various
competitive sports to pageantry.
No examinations or credentials will
be required from students. Anyone
may attend who shows evidence of
interest in the work, and! who be
lieves the study will benefit him.
Courses also will be offered for stu
dents who wish to make up collegiate
work which they have missed, or who
wish to shorten the time of residence
by carrying some of their required
work during the vacation period.
TWO DIRECTORS ELECTED
Cowlitz Valley Cheese Association
Hears Annual Report.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) Elmer Boone and G. W. Gries
were elected new directors of the
Cowlitz Valley Cheefee association, a
co-operative organization which opcr
ates a cheese factory at Toledo. Ar
rangements were made whereby for
year at least tne output of the plant
will be marketed under the Darigold
brand of the United Dairymen's asso
ciation at Chehalis.
In his annual report P. J. Cleaver,
president of the cheese association,
showed that the organization received
for its cheese the past year 21.1 cents
per pound, as compared with prices
of 19 to 20 cents received by similar
organizations operating in the south'
west Washington counties. An aver
age price of 46 cents a pound was
received lor butterfat.
PASS SYSTEM APPROVED
Tacoma City Council ' Authorizes
New Streetcar Fare Deal.
TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) Official and unanimous sane
tion to Commissioner Shoemaker's
proposal of the installation of a pass
system for the reduction of street
car fares in Tacoma was given by the
cfty council today, when the commis
sioner's resolution petitioning the deJ
partment of public works to allow
the. Issuance of $1 passes good for
unlimited street car rides during the
I 1 V 1 V i
RECORDS
BY
Reinald
Werrenrath
11
SESSION
who will appear at the
HE1LIG THEATER, FEBRUARY SS
64897 Gypsy Love Song.
64863 Duna.
64914 Stein Song.
84931 Colleen o' My Heart.
64964 Love Sends a Little Gift of
Love.- .
7410 Herodiade Vision Fugitive,
74519 Cantlcjjue d Noel (Oh Holy
87669 Don Giovanni La el darem la
v. Mano, by Mabel Garrison and
Reinald Werrenrath.
Moll Orden Given Prompt Attention
G. F- Johnson Piano (lo.
148 Oth It, Bet, ItetiiMa and Aide
current week was adopted by a, unan
imous vote.
A request that the state depart
ment take Immediate steps to Insure
a Bpeedy return of the fares to those
named in the franchise under which
th etreet car company. Is operating
is included in the resolution.
The resolution created little com
ment. Commissioner Silver asked if
the pass system would prolong the
present high fares and delay an early
reduction, but was assured that It
would not and voted for the measure.
The proposed pass would sell for
il and would insure the owner any
number of rides during the week. Its
use would be beneficial to both the
passengers and to the street car com
pany, according to Commissioner
Shoemaker.
LEGIONNAIRE BUYS RANCH
Cornelius ex-Servlce .Man Takes
ITp Ochoco Alfalfa Land.
PRINEVILLE, Or., Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) A- C. Alexander, an ex-service
man, from Cornelius, Or., this week
purchased a 60-acre irrigated ranch
in the. Ochoco project, four miles
north of Prineville, reports R. L.
Schee, local farm locator for the
American Legion. The land has about
50 acres in alfalfa and the price was
$70 an acre. Mr. Alexander has re
turned to Cornelius to make arrange
ments to move his family here by
March 1.
The choice alfalfa tracts of the
Ochoco project have been chosen for
sale to ex-service men and the local
legion post is bending every effort
to get ex-service men to take the
land at once in order not to lose
their season's work.
STUDENT IS SENTENCED
Youth, 19, Pleads Guilty to Charge
of Burglary.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 18. Carl
Sorenson , 19-year-old high school
student, pleaded guilty in superior
court today to a charge of second
degree burglary and was sentenced to
a term of four to 15 years in the
state reformatory at Monroe.
Sorenson told police he had par
ticipated with two other boys in rob
beries of local stores involving more
than $12,000 worth of goods. J. Mc
Ginnis and George Turner, named by
Sorenson, as his accomplices, were
sentenced at Great Falls yesterday to
a term in the Montana penitentiary
for a robbery committed there.
General Company Incorporated.
MONTESANO, Wash., Feb. 18.
(Special.) Articles of incorporation
for the C. A. Cooper company were
filed here today. The concern has a
capital stock of $8000 and its direc
tors are C. A. Cooper of Pacific Beach
and W. J. Patterson of Aberdeen. Of
fices will bo maintained at Pacific
Eeach. A wide range of purposes is
stated, among them that of purchas
ing and dealing in real estate and
timber land, and the accumulation of
water for domestic, manufacturing or
storage purposes and for creating
electrical current.
Flu Crest Thought Past.
THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) The crest of the influenza
epidemic is now believed to have been
passed in The Dalles, local physicians
declared. There were 100 absentees
among the pupils at the high scllool
Friday, including four teachers, com
pared with 150 pupils and seven teach-
rs out Thursday. The grammar
schools showed an increase in sick
ness, however. R. L. Kirk, superin
tendent of schools, said. More than
100 children were out Friday in the
grammar grades, because of influ
enza. Schools have been reopened at
Dufur.
Logging Camp Will Resume.
KELSO, Wash.. Feb. 18. (Special.)
The Eufala company's camp west of
Kelso is making preparations for the
resumption of logging operations.
Machinery and equipment is being put
into shape, and falling of timber will
be started at camp No. 1 next week.
Actual logging probably will begin
about March 1. The Columbia Shin
gle company's mill at Kalama will re
sume operations the first of the com
ing week.
Spokane Gets New Pastor.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 18. Morgan
Chambers, pastor of the Strawbridge
Methodist Episcopal church of Bat
timore. Md., has accepted a call to
the pastorate of the Central Metho
dist church of this city, it was an
ncunced today by Dr. N, M. JoneS;
district superintendent. He will suc
ceed Dr. John M. Walters, who re
cently accepted a call to the First
Methodist church at Eugene, Or.
Influenza Rages in Rainier.
RAINIER. Or.. Feb. 18. (Special.)
Influenza is raging in Rainier. The
public school has been closed for one
week, as 115 students were absent
from school yesterday and four of the
teachers were off duty. The basket
ball game, which was to have been
played here tonight with UJatsKanle
has been postponed.
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STATE SAFETY ACT
El
Record in Washington Good
Under Present Control.
MISHAPS LESS FREQUENT
Official Report Shows Excellent
Results, but There Is Room .
for Great Improvement.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Feb. 18. Reduc
tion in accidents among workmen of
the state who come under the pro
visions of the state safety and indus
trial Insurance act was a little bet
ter than 25 per cent in the fiscal
year ended September 30. 1921, as
compared with the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1918, according to fig
ures recently announced by H. L.
Hughes, superviaor of safety in the
department of labor and industries.
"These two years from the stand
point of the most equal number of
men employed of any of the years we
have had experience under the act
offer our best statistical comparison,"
said Mr. Hughes. "The close of the
fiscal year in 1918 showed a record
of 12,384 non-fatal and 315 fatal
claims compensable under the act,
while the year 1921 showed 910 non
fatal and 287 fatals.
Safety Movement Disregarded.
'This constitutes the state-wide
showing for results in accident pre
vention under the state safety act,
and while it Is very good this sort
of comparison by no means shows the
actual possibilities of intensified ac
cident prevention work. Taking the
state as a whole, there are too many
employers and workmen who are still
disregarding the safety , movement
through both ignorance and lack of
interest.
"The most successful and better
class of employers have inaugurated
intensified safety work in their
plants, and there it is that we are
getting results. Tou can take many
large plants employing from 300 to
800 or more men and you will find
accident reduction running from 50
to 75 per cent, and in some cases
better than that- These showings
are being made because these firms
are giving the management of their
plants over to genuine, intensified
business-like safety work.
Good Work Minimized.
'But looking at the accident sta
tistics of the state as a whole, the
good showing made by those who d&
real safety work is minimized by the
other class who go right on maming
and killing workers because they do
not care. That this class of employ
ers do not care is not due to the
fact that they are vicious or stone
hearted, but ratner to the fact that
they are ignorant of the possibilities
of the safety movement and of the
methods of going about it. The de
partment is now bending its energies
to the task of waking up this ele
3 ACCIDENTS
How Shall You
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF PORTLAND OREGON
THE FIRST
OF THE
ment and enlisting them in the move
ment ' for accident reduction.
"It is astoundine that in this one
state last year we should have had
287 fatal accldentB in our industries
and 9140 other compensable injuries.
Why, if 287 persons were to have been
kiled in some one great disaster like
the Knickerbocker theater at Wash
ington, D. C, recently, it would be
come a national horror and the news
would be carried around the world
in flaming headlines.
Individual Suffering Shown.
"Yet each of these 287 persons.
crushed and mangled in our indus
tries, has unquestionably suffered a
death that has been quite as horrible
in its individual way, yet robbed of
its spectacular feature because suf
fered in a place and under circum
stances that were remote. "
"We must stop this terrible sacrifice
of human life and limb in so far as
these accidents are avoidable, and
we know very well from the history
which we have here in the depart
ment of these accidents that the vast
majority are avoidable. The installa
tion of proper safeguards for all ma
chines, proper equipment and regular
inspection to know that they are at
all times in safe condition for use,
and tho education of both workmen
and their employers to safe practices
in their work are some of the things
that will avoid these accidents."
GROWERS TO CUT MELON
Cash Dividend of $175,000 to Be
Distributed This Week.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) A cash dividend which will
reach between $175,000 and $200,000
will be paid growers next week, ac
cording to announcement made today
by the Apple Growers' association
This will bring the total of advances
on supplies and distribution of cash
to $1,380,000 on the 1921 crop.
Th total D'Anjou pear crop re
turned $73,266. Charges of the asso
ciation, including storage, reached 16
cents a box.
Boxcar Riders Captured.
. MONTESANO. Wash., Feb. 18.
(Special.) Eleven more box-car tour
ists were rounded up in the railroad
yards here last night on the arrival
of an eastbound Northern Pacific
freight train. P. J. McMurray, head
of that road's special agents, assisted
by the sheriff's force, effected the cap
ture. On the evening before 13 men
were similarly taken. All but four of
the men agreed to pay their fare this
morning and were released. The four
were fined $10 each and sentenced to
serve seven days in the counjty jail.
Jersey Breeders to Meet.
MONTESANO. Wash.. Feb. 18.
(Special.) Jersey breeders of the
county will meet in the county agent's
office in Montesano next Monday aft
ernoon to discuss the formation of a
county association. The jersey men
also will take steps to form calf and
cow clubs among the boys of the
county as a means of furthering in
terest in the breed.
Pythians Hold Annual Recall.
RAINIER, Or., Feb. 18. (Special.)
The Knights of Pythias lodge had its
annual rollcall Monday night A large
number of visitors were present from
St. Helens and Seaside. M. F. Hardes
ty, grand vice-chancellor, of Seaside,
and C. W. Barrick, grand treasurer,
of Tillamook, were present and made
addresses. The Pythian sisters served
a dinner.
Your Bank"?
THERE is no reason why you should not
transact your business with the leading bank
in your community. In Portland, this bank
is the First National. The First National is not
only the largest bank in the Pacific northwest but
it is the oldest national bank west of the rockies. For
three generations it has been known for integrity.
"But," you say, "my account is small!"
Small depositors are very welcome at the First Na
tional Bank. Checking accounts are opened for
' any amount. A savings account requires an initial
deposit of only $1.00. Small depositors are given
the same careful attention and service as our large
customers.
New account window, main
banking room turn to the
left at the head of the stairs.
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ROCKY MOUNTAINS
MiY AMBITS POISONED
WINTER CAMPAIGN IS HELPED
BY LONG COLD SPELL.
Heavy Snows in Washington Aid
in Destruction of Large Num
bers of Animals.
OLTMPIA. Wash., Feb. 18. Excel
lent results have been obtained from
the winter poisoning of Jackrabbits
during January in Grant, Adams,
Franklin and Benton counties, ac
cording to Leo L. Couch of the United
States biological survey here. The
federal department has placed one
man in each of the counties to give
demonstrations on control of the rab
bits and to supervise distribution of
poison bait.
In Franklin county alone, as near
as could be accurately checked, Mr.
Couch said 208 jackrabbits were the
average number poisoned for each
ounce of strychnine, with a total of
18,000 poisoned in December and
January. It is estimated that 8500
were killed in drives and 10.000
trapped around hay stacks, making a
grand total of 36,500 in the county.
"The long winter and heavy snows
aided "in the destruction of the pests,"
Mr. Couch said, "is the rabbits were
driven from the sagebrush to the cul
tivated areas, where they fed on
grain, hay and alfalfa stacks. In the
Rengo and Mesa districts of Frank
lin county, cultivated crops to the
value of $5350 were destroyed.
"Nine rabbits will consume as much
green feed as one sheep and aa the
semi-arid areas of the state furnish
much winter and spring pasturage
for sheep, the jack rabbit is a serious
menace to the sheepman. One rabbit
killed now will mean five less next
summer and we plan to continue- the
drive with all the energy we can
muster." '
School Election Date Fixed.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) March 3 has been set as the
date for an election by patrons of the
Pine Grove school district, who will
pass on a proposed bond issue of
$35,000 to be used in the construction
of a new building. Proponents of the
issue declare that the present struc
ture, a frame affair, is the worst in
the county, although the district is
one of the fruit community's oldest
communities.
Damages Given for Arrest.
MONTESANO, Wash!, Feb. 18.
(Special.) A verdict for the defend
ant was brought In by a jury yester
day afternoon in the $10,000 damage
suit of Tony Cvitanovich versus Frank
Winkleman and wife. Cvitanovich
had asked this sum for the humilia
tion he suffered when Winkleman
swore to a complaint and caused his
arrest for the alleged theft of a cow.
Cvitanovich was released after a day
in jail and the charge was dropped.
North Bend Wins Debate.
NORTH BEND, Or., Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) The North Bend high school
won the county high school debating
honors last night by defeating both
teams, with which it argued the
Kansas compulsory law. North Bend's
antagonists were Marshfield and
Myrtle Point. This gives the two
local teams an opportunity to seek
thi state championship.
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