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- Reading from left to right' top row -Susan McKinney. Jennie Reasoner, lira Claud Oreer. Professor W." J. Wall.
Bva Weathered. Jennie Onw, Iepba Bubble Middle row Mrs. Elsie Schulm erlch. Nettie Whit. L.ucy Humphreys,
Qertrude KendaJL Pearl Smith. Bird Sapplngton. Lower row-BUncha Huato n. On Ford. ' .
I,? IHGfl TATER
RIVEGS THIS YEAR
Snowfall IrT" Mountain Lighter
Thn It Has Been in ;
Many Winters.
CASCADES HAP, ABOUT -
.'.; HALF USUAL AMOUNT
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Streams and Lakes Lower Than
i They Have Been In-More "
-'-" Than Decade,:
The fall of' iiuw ' In the Blue noun
talaa waa lighter thle winter than It
wa la It years. Report war rcelTd
rrom the aectlona eralned by the Colum
bla mad Snake, rivere, and from this
data, it la Inferred that there will be
practical y no high watar tn th Colum
bl tola year compered with former sea.
Bona. Retail v to the snowfall th sev
aral correspondents of th local weather
bureau contributed th following Infor
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Oregon Th amount of anow la th
mountains at th and of March . was
much leas than uaual In - all parts of
th state. Purine th laat 1 days of
th month eonstderabl anow fell,1 which
greatly in ar eased; the amount of watar
available for Irrigation and mining dur
ing th aprlng montba; but aa th snow
preceding this fail was light eiw not
wall packed It la feared tber will be
a scarcity of water during .th summer
moat ha, -la ah BM -saowntains nura-
-bar. of .correapoadeats reported tk win
ter's fall of anow to Be tn smallest la
la years, and in the Caaoada mountains
It was laaa than half as much as that
of laat year. -. t . (
' , Washington At elevated stations the
snowfall .waa vary light In November,
about two feet la Deoember, about the
same In January, about a foot In Feb
ruary, and only a- few . Inches during
March, while -at th and of th latter
month th ground waa generally bar,
except at high . elevation, Mountain
oorreapondenta reported the snow In the
Cascades lesa than half Its uaual depth
In February, and railroad officials dur
ing t)t winter reported lea than half
the uaual depth of snow In th moun
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Idaho The snowfall la Idaho during
th paat winter has been far below aver
age, particularly In the northern portion
of th atsta, . Considerable j-et snow
fell during-tie -letter half ht March,
which may help the flow from the high
er mountains. - but Us principal . effect
will be to Increas the early flow. Cor
respondents -are about evenly divided
In oplnlona aa 1 whether ft la loos or
solid; it is probably not so olld aa is
usual at thla season...
. . Montana The snowfall during the past
winter and also March was decidedly
DOOLEY ON PETITIONS
(Not by F. P. . Donne.)
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"l see.' said Henneaev, that another
Dimmycrat re-gistered yisUddy.'
' "I that or asked Dodey. Tv not
bla readln' th' paaper closely sine th'
rayvlvaJlata wlnt to Seyattle, where lvry
waa was glvta thlra" th' Jilgti sin Iv
dlshfrlss Wld Wan hand' an explorlnlh
pockeu Iv thlra fid th' other. Sayattle
nlvlr had such a harvlst alne Swift
wblaky BUI cam from Allaky wld th'
pooket v his bearskin coat bulgin' wld
nougats an summonses In dtvorc eases.
But pwhat did he do that forr ..
"Pwhat did who do pwhat for?" asked
Henneaay, - "-
' "Pwhy. pwhat did ' th Pimmycrat
re-glster forr .? -. , '----."Oh,-1
dinnaw; mebbejthe poor "lad
was out Iv a lob. an' time was hangln'
hivy on th han's Iv him." .
- "If he'd nawthin better .. to do but
kill time he might Just aa wUl have bin
otrculaUn' a petition askin' the paypol
to (i ve him their eonalnt to run for
mayor f the Dimmycrat ticket.'
I fought annv man cud aapir to
anny affla In th' gift Iv th' bosses and
run aa far as ha liked afther It." -
; "Te did. HlnalsayT An' y were right,
yiattddy an' th' day befur. but not this
year, nor th' year afther. '
-If y want an affla, ye re got to
ehas it, aa it iaa't anny hnntln be
11k our coualn Tlddy has, pwher a
crowd of bould gif lifa-dlaplaln' cow
boys' g out be fur the break Iv day
has chased slap from eye tired , wld
-"'" th' - hofiala hr fure-fluhes.
weerywatehtn h' llghtnln -Ilk- move
mints tv yure opponents hold-out, or
heavy Wld th' sight Iv , th mountain
turnln Into molehllla tv chips, aa' th'
Inthrlpld laada shoo th stall-fed bear
aa'vta hus-baok. coyote wld In th'
deadly rang Iv. yure . cousin Tiddys
rifle an' vole. ' -
"If ye want th! affla, Hlnnlay, ya git
laad to write a petition, sayln he
I kaswed re whin ye , wurrked la the
rOranln maaheen shops or over at the
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WUtyamlt boiler facthory, and that ye
ware a sober an aan laad before ye got
lntq pollytlca.'an' juat aa likely aa the
lave tv the bhoys. Tbla y git another
frind '-to writ - platform.' tellln' the
voters; why ye- think' the 'tmpror iv
Japan shud beat th ear la Roosla, ln
forrmln' the paypola that th way th
affi baa been run In the paat has been
th cryia sham Iv th dnthuryy an'
haa' give ye f rinds Lincoln Stepphina
an' Tom Watson night sweats an
writers' Itch; an' that If ye are lllcted,
aa why shudn't y be aa ya nlvlr hild
affla befur. ye'U rloee 'all th saloons,
rata th rtnt on- th T. Imm Bay 'A,
make the mia kap out Iv th parrk np
by the city hall, foorc Bin Ely to at
one hire Jahnny Doyle for first base
man tv th Otyanta, raydooee th prloe
tv free lunchea, an' make Frank Huber
Chang th cur on hla corned beef."
, It'a a gud platform,"? sid Uenneasy,
with a nod of his bead. -
lt la that . Thin. . If ye can hire
enough mlmbers Iv th' Protictid an'
Blnlvolent Candidates' Frlnds an' Peti
tion Slners Toonlon to alne yure peti
tion, ye take It down to Tom Devlin an
till him to give ye a preflrrld position,
top column, nlxt reading, matter, oa
anny but th' Idlatortal page, wld local
notices twict-aweek. on th afflahal
ballot An' If a here that we Intirely
dlaplns wld th' aarvioe -Iv Jack an
yure unci Jahnn Hiram an' Slg SichlL
Th paypola go to th' polls, an' If they
think ye'll have amy money lift to pay
yure 111 let lea Ixplnsls they nominate ye.
wateh la what they- call, dlrlct primaries.
. "But if ya have splat all yure money
for slgnatoorea, an' ye are : lucky.
Hmniaay, " ye'll eontlnyo ' at yer ould
Job Iv eonductherln the 8t John patlnt
nomadl air-brake ear, only atoppln'
betohun th ateel bridge sn Pademunt
for to let on the prltty gdyerle, ringing
up. fares on th Janus-faced boiler
facthory, an, wanca In a whU knockla'
down to buy'Maym AU'ane a bargain-
priced sate at the Bthar or the Orrand.
Steamahlp companies operating from
PacMo coast porta will get all the
freight from the eastern states that they
can poaibly 'handle as long aa the Rus
sian war vessels . are lying In oriental
waters. The eonfpanles operating from
the Atlantic coast hesitate about as
suming th1 risk of having their steam
ers captvred. ' "'
' Local exporters say - that a freighter
going ,f rom New Tork to Japan for la
stance, will be obliged to pass close to
the' Baltic squadron. The underwriters
her wlU.tnsur a freighter and her
cargo' at a rate of lee than two thirds
of on per. cent, but th rates on steam
ers sailing from New, Tork and other Atlantic-
coast porta-are In the neighbor
hood of 15 per cent.
Under these circumstance It is said
that nearly all th freight Intended for
ahfpment to Japan from eastern states
will be sent apross th continent by rail
and placed on board the big liners ply
ing from Portland, .San Francisco, Be
aUle and .Victoria at least until a de
clslve naval battle has been fought be
tween' th contending forces, , In the
event that the opposing fleets engage
In dilatory maneuvers a now seems
probable the Atlantic ooaat ' will be
practically cut off from th . oriental
trade.
OU aHera-Waeele
atajot eVay Seward era
deficient over practically all - of the
Columbia watershed in Montana. At
the elose .of March there was not to
exceed st per cent of the usual amount
in drifts at elevations of f.OOO feet and
above, In th main rang and Bitter
Root mountains. . Locally In th Cabinet
ransW-Kootanat watershed, and Mission
range Flathead watershed, there . are
nearly '' the normal amount. ' All th
stream and lakes ar tower than for
many year at this season and flood
water from snow, will be scant and of
short duration , . . , .
HAD TO PRY FtGHTING
OYS APART WITH CLUB
IftM'flrlillii. Ilka hulldoera for at
least l minutes, with SM or SO per-
sons of, both px erowainc tne inter
section of Seventh and Stsrk streets,
little Frank .Wlllox and Johnny Carr
taken ..- into custody' . yesterday
by Patrolman;. Venable. - Both bey were
covered with gore, and th patrolman
had to threaten to spank them before
they would keep away from each otiiar
oa the way te the polio station, where
tney were followed by half hundred
youngsters.- i.i j
Though so many parsons witnessed
the affray nobody was Inclined to. inter
fere exoept women end girls. ,
At ths police station the boys lnalsted
on telling Jhelr .versions of the affair
to ' Captain Qrltamacher at ' the same
time. llM)i right-- grew vat of an ex
Chang cf blcyclta. In which Iankle s
machine was injured. .
. Captain Orltsmaeber advised the Carr
boy to repair the., messenger's - wheel.
Both ' were ordered to - make- their ap
pearance - in the police court Monday
morning at iv o ciock.
, Not many Portland peoplew!U ' take
prolonged vacatlone next summer.
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11 so,' come here. We have the. very best tailoring
' skill applied to the making of our clothing. Then
: . ws carry, stocks so complete in the assortment of
sizes and proportions that we- can . fit practically
.'; -;. ' every man ytho comes to .vs.,
; Single and Double-breated Three-piece
$12S0 to $30
1 r : Outing Suits $10 to $20
Copyright lo J by '
Hart SchaffncT o Mars . :'L
' Samm'l RossriMatt 'St: Co.
Meantime local shippers and steam
ship . representatives - expect a greater
volume of eastern tram than ever be
fore to pass through this port en route
to Japan. Knormous quantities of ma
chinery, railway material, cotton, and
tobacco are shipped to Japan every
month from ports on the Atlantic sea
board, i- In order to handle the Increased
business the companies operating regu
lar steamship lines on th Pacific will
be obliged to charter tramps more freely
than they have done before. ven with
these aux411arte It la thought doubtful
that the t raffle can be handled.
Very likely freight rates will fhcreas
materially, , Yesterday U was said that
companies on th sound war quoting
a slightly higher figure than It a ton
for flour to Japan, which shows that th
probability of so much' freight coming
here from the east for shipment to the
orient is already having the effect of
stiffening th freight market. .
U NORTHWEST STILL IN IT,
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Areaae the
Oehua-i
- "While coming up the Columbia yes
terdays the. steamer Northwest . and
Major Guy Howard tried their speed
for short distance; th former won.
Th Howard 1 owned by th govern
ment, and la used for carrying supplies
and soldiers, between the forts at th
mouth ef the river. She was coming to
Portland yesterday whe she ted In with
the North west, near SU Helena, Wiui
a defiant blast of her whistle sb shot
ahead of the Cowllts river trader, which
waa plodding along at a lelaurely gait
Uncle Sam's men on deck bga to jeer
the , freighter,- Engineer W. E. lAnn
heard the taunts; motioning hla firemen
to get busy he soon had more steam up,
and when everything was In readiness
th valves ware.. opened wide, and th
old Northwest began moving at a speed
sb develops on special ocoaslona. In
10 minutes, she was In the lead, and
then she made a circuit, came back end
paased the Howard. Than the famous
old stern-wheeler fell back to her old
Salt and allowed the fort tender to ereep
ahead. But - there waa no cheering.
Captain Kruse, master ef the Northwest,
says that no steamer oa the river eaa
peas hla eraft If the engineer seee her
la time, ,. , v.
; "R. P.,L1S COMING
Sokwsrla Kay stave
. BenS SaOt Te Ooaeveria Seniue.
R, P. 'Schwerin, general manager' of
the Harrlman steamship lines, , Is ex.
pec ted to arrive oon and draw up plaas
to enlarge the company's docks' and got
other Improvement work started on the
waterfront property owned by the Port
land dt Asiatic Steamahlp company. .The
matter of adding another steamer to th
company's coastwise fleet will be defi
nitely determined by him. When he
wss in Portland laat summer he stated
that' the service would be Increased, and
very probably before spring. Sine tbe
Law's and Clark fair la coming on it
Is aaid that the travel ap the coast will
be three times what It waa at this data
laat year, but so far hla company has
taken - no steps to derive any benefit
from it. Mr. Schwerin aaid last sum
mer . that hla company would build
modern boat expressly for th route, and
It Is possible that he has already don
s without any one locally knowing any.
thing about It. Th craft may now be
ready for launching at one of tbe At
lantic coast ports end then again It
may not t . . ; "1
ALONp THE WATER FRONT.
The British ship Holt Hill's 'eargo
amounts to a trifle less than 1. 609.000
feet. Six weeks ago th. vessel first
began receiving cargo at, the North Pa
cific mill, but on a number ef occasions
she moved out in the stream to permit
coasters to occupy her berth, which very
materially prolonged the work of getting
her ready for sea. She will ssil the
first of the week for the west eoaet
of South America.
Early this morning the steamer Alli
ance la due from Eureka and Coos Bay,
with 0 passengers, all that aha haa a
license to carry,-and' five carloada ef
redwood lumber for eastern .shipment,
and the usual quantity of general mer.
ehandlae for Portland. . ,
- Last night the steamer Columbia
sailed for San Fisnclsco with the usual
line of freight, produce and grain,, and
a big paaaenger list- -
' Looal Inspectors Edwards and Puller
Inspected the stesmer Fannie yester
day. With Admiral Kempff they alao
superintended a number of fir afrd boat
drills In vthe harbor. .
'British bark Dumfriesshire moved
taom the lower harbor yeaterday to the
Inman-Pouleen mill, where she will take
on part of her lumber cargo; the balance
wui be received et the North pacific
mill. She goes to Melbourne.
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- :-r - .- pimpJat wWch 'sppest ia th Sprinis..
....-...' mm smofnla awn. salt : rbemua or ' " ' ".
N ' ccmobs sad ttUtrm ths Hehinf sad"' .
burning ; adapts iataU eoally irall to,
and also etuea dyepepsla and all stom-
; ach trooble'; earea rbegmatlnn and'.
, catarrh) eares Bcrvoaa troabei der ;
.' bilitjasd that tirad feeliagv ',' I '::,
' " This is not BMialy a-todenT theory.
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Farmer at well a city teeople are
Improving their -PxemUts .Jmdre ' tliaa
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: HEAR REV. MR. MXOMB
k Large eongregat'lona have gathered In
Trinity M. E. church. East Tenth and
Grant streets, to hear Mr. McCorab. the
open-air evangelist, Friday night he
preached from the text. Matt. xUit.
The Invitation, the evangelist said, was
broad and comprehensive In its mighty
sweep. . It Included all who were bur
dened with a sens of sin, and. bade
those bowed down ' with doubts ' snd
laboring under a sens ' of their own
unworthlness to find rest In believing
tn Jesus. Men tried to find rest In th
pleasures and f rlvojtles of this world
instead of realising the truth that In
the aalvatlon of Jesus . there waa full
ness Of joy. Mr. McComb will speak
Sunday night at 7:3 o'clock la th
same church- ,
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" Hardwood floors for sll kinds of rooms
in all .kinds of... hnlldlngs. -,- For - old -houses'
as well as new. Eastern ' oak ,
laid and finished from 11.44 per square :
yard up. Portland Hardwood floor Co., '.
tt Yamhill street. phone West 201.
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