II 11111
yiSliiniitWUiii-
of nun
SHDVIi BY TABLES
Great Saving in Time and Cost
of . Fuel Seen Saving in
Coal Alone Will Be Vast
Sum in Year.-
Tables riving the distances by way
of the Panama canal ' and alternative
. routes and tables showing the ..dls-
tances and time saved by the Panama
. canal' have been compiled' at Whlng--ton
with the assistance of the Hydro
graphic office, and the Jocal branch of
that office has received the first Is
sue, wfflch Is -calculated to be ef ln
trest ' to shippers ana marine men to
general. . .- ' ,V .
While it has always been understood
that watex transportation charges ere
less than rail, exact figures have not
been given out before In regard to the
saving In distances and consequently In
rates and fuel that will take place when
the canal is opened to the traffic ot -the
maritime world. ' "
The.yoyage between New iTork and
Portland is shown by the tables to be
iessenecrio the extent or 7ts nauu.
cal miles,-the distance by the canal be
ing 5912 rotles. while by tha StralU
of Magellan His 1S.785 miles a matter
of 41' days saving in time with. low
power ship of eight knots' per hour.
The saving in nautical miles for-the
same class of steamer between Liver
pool and Portland' will be 6666 or SO
days' travel. . , ' r
This means that all that freight
. which heretofore could .not wait the
" extra 41 ' days, Magellan travel, will
now be sent by water routes and In ad
dition to this the saving In coal to the
steamers which - will probably mean
- lower rates, will be enormous.'
From the tables the immense econ
omy In fuel, as well as time, is .easily
seen, and, taking coal for the fuel, this
means conservation 'of stupendous
amounts of that article and the sav
ing of great sums from both coal and
labor expense accounts, which? is the
argument advanced for the cost of
freight laid down on the docks here be-
Ina much Inn. v ""v-. ... '
Taking, an eight-knot tramp, for ex
ample, a saving of practically $4250 will
be saved In coal at the present rate,
taking 4.50 per ton as an average rate,
on the' voyage between here and Liver
pool, it la figured that a tramp running
from eight to nine knots an hour will
burn . approximately one ton of coal to
very six knots. , . ,
K. OP G, MEMBERS TO ASTORIA
About 400 Knights of , Colombat
Make Trip ta Steamer Potter.
Bent on having the time bf their lives;
about 400 members of the' Knights of
Columbus, V No, 678 of Portland, em
barked on th 0.-W.,R. & N. steamer
T. J. Potter ldst night it the Alnsworth
dockland started on their Journey .to
Astoria to install a new lodge, there.
The big river excuslon steamer was
scheduled to leave the Alnsworth dock
at IP o'clock last night nd returntng.4str- Beaver, San Pro,vN;yMar. -
leave Astoria at 11 o'clock tonight. It
is said that about 40 members will be
initiated in the, city at the mouth of
the river today,
J N, TEAL TO SAIL
River Steamer to Make First Trlifj
Since Latter Fart of December.
. Makins her. first tf.ip io ,The Dalles
alnce the latter part of December, the
Open River Transportation company's
steamer J.-N. Teal was scheduled to
rail at 7 o'clock this morning f rose the
Oak street dock. During the time-she
was' tied up and the ' steamer Tahoma
was on " the run, the ' Teal underwent
. sx tnl v ovarhftullnar . tovher . hull. un.
perworks and machinery, while her "for-
. ward cabin was enlarged by being ex-J'
il-iiupu. j ne Bieamera DeiunKing ii mi
rompany en-theAipper CQlumbl' river
ere e.xpeoted to be placed In operation
by the latter part of this week, of early
in the next. . . : '
ALONG THB WATERFRONT
Laden with fuel oil, the Standard Oil
tanker Catania, Captain Canty, arrived
up last night at Portsmouth from San
Francisco.
Carrying genend freight on jhe JE,jr.
Dodge steamship' line, the steamer
Coaster is scheduled to arrive at Oak
street dock tomorrow from Ban Fran
cisco. To take on the first of her flour cargo
for. the orient, the British steamer Su
verlc is scheduled to shift, from the
North Bank dock to the Portland Flour
ings Mills Monday. -
With passengers and freight, the "Big
Three" steamer Beaver, Captain Nelson,
arrived at 4:0 yesterday afternoon' from
Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The steamer Northland .will be . due to
arrive hera Wednesday from San Francisco-
with general cargo and a deck
load of asphalt She will discharge at
the Oak street dock. -
The steamer Francis It Leggett,
whloh sailed from San Francisco yes
terday with the French bark St. Louis
In tow, is bringing 1600' tons of cement
en the Dodge steamship line and some
general frelghj for Olson A Mahony.
. M1RINE JVOTES
Astoria, Feb. lT.JCltlon at the
mouth of the river at I p. m., moder
of the Deaf
Actual'
, Sis
This ad Is to deaf people
who have ahnut ' riven UD
V who are (ailing in hope and
v think their cs.es unlike othef
' ,"''!r' can whlrh hiva hMB cared.
We dont want any money. ' Just lend for a book
that tells about Wireless Telephones (or the
i ErsM-llttle devices that 390,000 dea( people are
ualnar today became they HEAR with them.
1 hink 6( it, men and women; these tiny wonders
are io im all that they fit In the ear tivgkt and
so toft that you nkver feel them, even when lying
down! Ytt-tm heit nktsert Is your case be
yond?uch simplicity? Not a bit ot It. One ot the
C (fleer of this company is a deaf man. He be
came desperate, and in desperation developed
this marvelous ear dram. It is one of the inveo
. ttons of Mother Necessity an injiroio. Talk
to hint today. You'd nevereven suspect his affllo-
(or fO years. There is nothing else to compare I
with it anywhere. ' Don't you want the book be
na written about ft a book by a man who
nderitsndr deaf people became tie- Is one of
theraf Yqu do, if yon want 'to ret back your
bearing. Just tay, Send the book," on a poat
,crd, and mall It to WILSON EARDRUM CO,
Ji lodd BidgLouUvUle. Hj. . ,
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The British ship .Wttllam' T. Lewis,
which sailed a few days ago for the
United Kingdom laden with a cargo of
wheat, set afloat-at this port. Wnlle
ate; wind southwest 14 miles weather,
raining. .-
Arrived at 7:20 and left up at 10 a.
m., Steamer Beaver, from San- Pedro
and an Francisco. - Arrived at J :$0 a.
m. -Steamer - DalsyGatlsbyi- from Ban
Francisco. Sailed at 8:45 a. m. Steam
er Rose City, for San Francisco and
San Pedro. Arrived at 9 a. m. Steamer
Catania, from San Francisco. Balled at
11 a.. m.-Jflteamer Geo. W. Fenwlck,for
San Pedro: at 11:10 a. m. Steamer
Johan Poulsen, for Saa Francisco,
steamer Yoaemlte, for San Pedro; at
11:16 a. m.-Steamer . Carlos, for San
Francisco; at 11:20 a. m. Steamer Al
ltancet for Coos Bay. and-Eureka; at
11:30 a. m. Steamer Geo. W. Elder, for
San Diego and way ports; steamer
Wasp, for San Pedro;- schooner No
komls, for Rdondo; at 12:80 p. m.-Brlt-ish
steamer Hartlngton,' for Adelaide.
Left up at l:16Tr-m Steamer Catania.
SanVErancisco, Feb. 17. Sailed last
night Steamer Roanoke, for Portland.
: Redondo, Feb. 16. Arrived Schoon
er C. S. Holmes, from Columbia river.
-Tides at Astoria Sunday High Wa
ter 1:26 a, m. T.8 feet; 1 p. m., 8.4
feet. Low water 7:23 a. , 2.8 feet;
7:28-p.. m.. . 0.1 foot
MARINE INTELUGE XCD -
Sn to Arrive.
Str. Roanoke, San Pedro........ Feb. 12
Str. Breakwater. Coos Bay. , . . . .Feb. 18
Str. Bear, San Pedro ,...., ..Feb. 2
Str. Alliance, Eureka JFeb. 23
Btr. Kose- city, san feavo. . . . .Feb. 27
Dne to Sepan.
Tale. Am. ss.; from Ban Fran. . .Feb. 17
Harvard, Am. ss., San Francisco. Keb.l 8
Str. i Elmore. Tillamook ,..,, Feb 19
Yale, Am. ss., from San Fran... Feb. 19
Str. Brcakwater.'Xoos Bay, . . K. .Feb. 20
Str. Beaver, Sap Diego ....Feb. 21
Str, Reanolca, San Pedro, Feb, SI
Str. Bear, San ' Pedro. ...... ...Feb, 26
Str. Oeo..W. Elder, San Diego.. Feb. 28
Str, Rose City,. San Pedro .... ...Mar. 2
Miscellaneous Vessels Enzonte.
Cstherlna, Nor. bark....... . Valparalse
Orals Tonnage En 6nte. t
Duquesne, Fr. sn..,..i......MIJlllones
La Peroase, Fr. sn. ..........Liverpool
Marechal Oontaut, Fr, bk. Newcastle. A.
Pierre Antonine. Fr. bark.... Newcastle
:-;?: . - TesseU . la . Fort.--- -
Boston. U. SS. Jefferson St.
Berlin. Am. bk.... ..Oobl
Port Stanley,, Br, sh. ...d .,.. Llnnton
Rose City. Am. ss........... Ainu worth
C'latsor. 11. 8. Dredge ..........Astoria
tHazel Dollar, Br. ss. . . . . . ..... .Llnnton
rLord Templeton, Br. bk. T . . . St. Helens
Bcflurbek, Uer. sh. ...... North Pacific
AMENDMENT TO LIMIT
POWER 0F STATE COURT
''(Tjalted -press lestd Wtre.) v ;
Denver, Feb. 17,. A limit upon the
power of the state supreme court to
declare laws unconstitutional' will be
fixed If tha Direct Legislation league at
Iwrneettng next week takes-te-the peo
ple an amendment to the constitution
prepared by Judge- Ben Llndsey. - ,
The power to deblare laws unconsti
tutional is taken away from all courts
except the supreme ' court.. The su
preme court Is barred from invalidat
ing any law passed under, the initiative
and referendum: Laws passed by the
legislature shall be unquestioned after
nine months, provided that, within this
period, the attorney general or any. citi
zen may bring an originaHproceedlng
in the supreme court which shall speed
ily determine the matter.
, All existing -laws may be contested
within a year but,; after that no court
shall have power to touch them.. All
city and county ordinances shall be un
questioned six months after their pas
sage but may be tested within this
period by the supreme court. A vote
of five of the seven supreme Judges
is required to declare any law uncon
stitutional. . .-
WOULD TEACH GIRLS HOW
HOUSE SHOULD BE KEPT
(United Pro Leased Wire.) '
1-Denver, eb. 17 Believing that all
ordinary girls intend to marry eventual
ly, and that a large -number of girls are
unfitted to assume the responsibility of
matrimony. Superintendent of Schools
Chadaey contemplates' the establishment
of a school In the higher grades of the
common schools which shall teach all
the, branches of domestlo' science and
offer a complete course in housekeep
ing. The institution will be called the
Prevocatlonal School of Olrls, ind will
train its pupils to- become ideal wives
and -mothers. - -m .
CABMAN WHO -"ROUGHED"
PORTLAND WOMAN FINED
1 San- Francisco.- Cal., Feb n.Frea
Battler, r. a cabman, accused .of , rou ghly
handling Mrs. Margaret Graves f Port
land at the ferry last Sufiday while
trying-to urge her to hire his cab. was
convlpted of disturbing- the ' peace by
Police J udRe Shorten this morning a,nd
fined ISO, with the alternative of-spending
80 days in the county Jail- The
court also ordered Settler to compen-
sate Mrs. . Grares.f or the $7 Which she
lost during' the souffle with the cab-
ra m n
' Tlcketa showing the amount ot fare
to be paid are printed by a new taxi--otr
tut nuhUa v abides.
pluck Wheat to United Kingdom
bound, for Portland from San Francisco
in tow of the tug Dauntless there was
a tragedy enacted, the steward, John C
Brooks.1: hating Ultra his life when
out two hours from the Golden Gate by
?
J. D. MIckle.
J. D, MIckle, a practical dairyman Of
Forest" Grove, Jias announced his candi
dacy for the office of dairy and food
commissioner, to succeed J. W. Bailey,
the present- lnctynbent This is Mr.
Mlckle's patform: " . .
"ijure milk" and pure food. ; Protec
tion for the people. Education J5 the
dairymen. Fair, Impartial treatment to
all." ."' - ' '.
Mr. Mickle'a candidacy is indorsed by
W. K. Newell, president of the state
board of horticulture, and by E. T. Bux
ton, past member of the state grange.
It is understood, too, that he has the
Plucky Worn
SEEKS ELECTION AS
DAIRY COMMISSIONER
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Miss Frances" Roberts. Succeeds la Building lp The News and la Educating the Men of the Town to Cooper
,ate With the Local Newspaper In Working for the Good of the Community; Miss Roberts Comes From
- a Pioneer Family of Newspaper Workers, Learning the Printing Business Back in Old Missouri. -
- - - r - - .r o -
By Caroline Wesson ThomasonJ
. One of he pluckiest and most alive
women In Oregon is Miss Frances Ida
Roberts, pubUsher, editor arid propri
etor of the North Powder News. Among
the newspapers .In Oregon, over 200 in
number, only two other women are pub
lishers, Mrs. E. F- Skaggs of Flora, and
Mra Nate Otterbeln, Merrill. Miss Rob
erts has Occupied her position on the
North Powder News since July. 1906
She had reoently come west, and was
living at Cove, when she received a
telegram from W. 8. laxwell of the.
Union Scout, asking her to go to North
Powder and "run" the .News for him
until he could get a printer. The man
he hed-ther had taken a sudden de
parture, leaving the paper "hung up"
with five legal notices running.
Miss Roberts went to, North' Powder.
She describes the little office as being
knee-deep In old exchanges, and waste
paper, the forms unwashed on the
press; and the rusty stove standing in:
a quagmire of quids and tobacco Juice,
while a pile of bottles in the bunk
room of the office suggested a reason
for the poverty of the Httle paper. She
went to work, got out the issue on
time, then saw that the office came to
rights.' Growing- interested, she bought
the plant and the business.
Woman of All Work. ' ,
The business being small she does all,
the writing, sets all the type, makes up
the forms, and makes up-the mall. She
Is also manager, doing al the outside
work.' She never has a printer 'except
when a tramping 'brother needs work
for a few. days to help him on bis way.
Her widowed suiter, Mrs. D. -I Grace,
handles the job department, while she
gets two boys to do the press work.:
The North Powder. News Is as nearly
non-partisan as It can be made, for the
tt tor takes into consideration that It Is
thr pniy paper in a to;wn where Its pa
trons are of all parties, ho sne touches
politics only to give the gist ofh
news Before coming to uregon she
worked on numerous papera She is
a firm advocate of the "Oregon sys
tem." She believes that equal suffrage
tends to make women "sweeter, purer,
daintier, better mothers and housekeep
she will enlist In the cause for equal
rights in Oregon.
"My sex has never been a hindrance
lis m la business, gays Mis Roberta,
putting a bullet In his temple. He was
burled at sea on January JO. The
Lewis is well known here and - she
loaded wheat at this port during the
season before the present ne. ?
personal support of M. S. Shrock. presl
dent of the State Dairy association.' -
"I think Mr. MIckle is one of the best
candidates that could be put In the
field." said Mr. Newell. "It. Is purely
a case of the office hunting the man.1
-To Salse Standard.-,
"Mr. MIckle Is-a -man of splendid per
sonal character," was Mr. Buxton's com
ment. "He Is honest. lie Is intelligent.
He would give Impartial consideration
to producers and consumers of milk- and
fool products and he would win and de
serve the confidence of all."
"If I am elected I will make it my
first effort to raise the office of dairy
and" food commissioner to a standard
where-It will serve th interests' of the
people and Ot the dairymen," was a fur
tber pledge made by Mr. MIckle.
"I haven't any political aspirations.
I think I do see an opportunity to make
the office as important to the welfare of
thin state, the public health and the edu
cation of dairymen as it should be. 1
must admit that the office as at pres
ent administered falls' far'abort of its
duty to the. dairymen and..tathe people,
I believe In using common sense and
common honesty In dealing with the pro
ducers of tnllk and . milk products and
the manufacturer of food products." .
Ban Good Record.
. Mr. MIckle has been Operating his
Forest Grove dal-y for seven years. He
went from a residence in Portland to
do it. - He has made his dairy a success
In cleanliness and profits,-it is said. He
has been prominently identified with
educational work among dairymen and is
now president of What is eaid-to be the
Only cow testing "association" in 'the
slate. Cow testing means that the milk
given by each cow In a dairy herd shall
be dally measured for. quantity and
amount of butter fat, and If she is not
producing as she. should to eliminate
her. Cowl that make good have to be
healthy, properly fed and free from dis
ease. Mr. MIckle says that If he Is elect
ed he will strive to have cow' testing
associations organised all over Oregon.
Clemens Builds at Bayocean,
(Special to'Ths Journat -Bayocean,
Feb. 17. W. J. .Clemens,
preslSelit Of the Portland Auto club, has
signed contracts and has had ;plans
drawn for the Immediate erection of a
summer borne on Bay boulevard. '"'
For use in small gatherings there has
been Invented an attachment for a
phonograph which illustrates songs as
they are sung by . projecting lantern
slide views on a small screen hung in
front of the phonograph born. .
Good
IIss .rrances ,L Roberta. r--
"except that X find 1 cannot attend and
report' the commercial, 'political - and
other local meetings, I have found that
men In .:..yiUagcsf!elosaJ$helishopsk..-utd
get together to discuss such things
only late in the evening;, then they
want to relax, to take easy attitudes
with feet up on something, and mess
with tobacco and something stimulating
or edible. If a woman drops In ever so
unobtrusively,-they feel they have to
sit up and be conventtonaL Hence they
- Mlckly "break Up and go home, to meet
agaur Btitwu.ii, do a i uomcy ana
the men are prompt In bringing in re
ports of their meetings. I can always
pick up the life and color in the Inter
views. ,,i-.v j ... . ' :,- J.. '."-
"Men regard my work from all angles.
one eia sataonmsn.waen ne gaee u
spree,' alway s eomes In and assures me
respectfully that he Is 'shorry to see -
j lone, girl1 workln' s' hard -gotta pay
eAB 'vsate rsJk rvAs 1 f sa siiir a srnr tet' Vim
fer 'ysr paper, sister, sure gotta'.
vaw
a); Awn
PLENTY OF 7A7ER .
ON COLUMBIA BAR
32 Feet One Hour After High
7 Water Reported Other
r Reports.
hat there is no dlmlrtotlon in the
deptn of the water at the mouth of the
Columbia river is shown by the most
recent report of soundlnics made there
to the .United State branch hydro
graphic office of tne navy, which has
Just Issued a report on the Paclflo
coast harbor entrances. The. sounding
which was taken, by the tanker W. S.
Porter shows a depth of 32 feet one
hour after' high water on the morning
of January 20. The report is as fol
lows: -jr ...
Umpqua, River" Bar---Feb. 8, 112.
Chart plane depth 11 H feet. Aids In
good condition. Open range lights
slightly? to the southward. By Corn
wall, Gardiner, Or.
Taquipa BayBar Jan. 7. 1912. Chart
depth 7H feet; H feet at high water
Jan. 7. Report by Captain Levi Snyder
of Portland, Or. .
Slualaw River Bar Dec. 21, '1911.
Chart plan-, dpth 5 feet. Report by
Captain Snyder, Portland, tor.
Columbia River Bar rJan. 80, 1912,
24 feet. Chart" plane. . Report by
Englund, Str. W. B. Porter, Captain
Maderson. Found 32 feet one- hour
after high water on a. m." of Jan. 30.
Coqullle River BarFeb. 6, 1912.
Chart plane depth 3H feet. Aids in
good order. Channel straight. By
Kronenberg, Bandon.
San Diego, Cal. Jan. 1, I9127Chart
plane depth 31 H feet; dredger still at
work on bar and middle ground. By
A. A. Morris, San Diego, Cal. "
San Diego, Cal.,' Bar-rJan. 31, 1912, 80
feet, chart, plane.- Gas buoy on west
side of bar in proper place.' Nq. 3 ted
outside in 21 feet water, 150 feet east
of 30 feet No. 4 red nun in same po
sition as charts Middle round.has
SO feet. Spar No. I is. In 19 feet, 28
feet at 200 feet east of same. By A. A.
Morris, San Dlego, Cal,
Humboldt Bay bar. Dec, 8. 1911.
North channel Is 18 feet Aids In good
condition.' ! , Straight channel wlt
depth of IS feet, at low water, has
opened, range masts of wrecked steamer
Corona in line with dwellings at fog
signal houses This channel not depend
able and may shift or shoal up at any
time. By Petteraen, tug ' Relief Eu
reka, ,'; . .
Humboldt Bay -Bar Jan. 6, 1912.
Chart plane depth 18 feet : In .north
channel. -North channel Is very nar
row and, bard to navigate. Straight
channel masts of Corona In line with
fogslgnal dwellings, depth IS feet at
low water.- By Pettersen, Eureka, Cal.
Rogue River bar Dec. 2, 1911. Chart
plane 3 feet. - Channel- straight to
northward. Water no yet. confined to
one place. By Fred Caughell, Wedder
burni Or- ' . ' . . .
GRIDIRON GUESTS . "
MADE' MERRY, BY
'CLEVER JESTERS
.(Continued from Page One.)
shell that plowed Its way right through
the ranks of the would-be nominees.
It was a merry war. Nobody waa se
riously hurt and Inasmuch as tl ere was
much laughter and no tears, it was the
kind of a war that President Taft, ar
dent adVocate of peace, heartily enjoyed.
A few-ecatterlng shots must have
reached -Oyster Bay,- for Roosevelt's
name was quite frequently and irrev
erently mentioned. J2ven . Henry Wat
terson. in far off Florida, probably
heard the detonations to the burlesque
court of honor and wondered who had
pulled a gun. And Harmon and Wilson
and Champ Clark and all the rest of
the presidential bunch were not forgot
ten. , : . . .- .
Many Slstlxvrnlf bed Onesta -The
president of the United States
headed the list of guests and the Brit
ish,. German and Russian ambassadors
gave, by their presence, kn Internatlorrkl
dlgnity-te the event Speaker Clark
was there, together with . ex-Speaker
Cannon,, whose attendance at a Grldlcpn
function is as certain as death, and
taxes. Cabinet officers, senators and
representatives, Army and navy offi
cers, distinguished men from every
part ot the country, were present
There Was a wonderful floral display,
at North Powder
Is paid many years ahead now. For the
most part the men are big-hearted,
clever, busy, kindly folk, f4rio let
me go my way. In peace so long as X
fall in line and keep . step with the
business world they, have created."
Journalism la the Blood.
Miss Roberts comes from a race of
journalists and printers. Her great
grandfather learned the printing busi
ness in Baltimore before the Revolu
tion, Her father", Thomas IL' Roberts,
set his ; first stick of type in his
father's office, "The Microscope," In
Louisville, Ky.. In 1824, later serving
seven years with the noted Louisville
editor, Shadrack Penn.
When Frances Ida Roberts wa a few
montha old her father, who at the time
was one of the foremen in the Mis.
sourt Republican offloe, St Louis, went
into the highlands of Crawford county,
90, miles southeast Of, the city. Here he
bought a large farm on whiob was a
great ; double log dwelling of pioneer
typor-built of big oak logs hewn and
squared without showing the mark of
the ax. It had been erected by a Vir
ginia tiunter in 1810. Here Franoea
grew up, spending thewintera in St
Louis in school with her father.--
When' she was: 11 years old bar father
bought material for a country paper
and shipped it to. Oaklawn. the name
given tha country estate wfcich. then
contained 1000 acres. , ,
, There was on the. place a big log
barn with a double oak threshing floor,
where ia Old - times the 'farmers for
miles brought their grain to flail or
tramp it out Thomas Roberta had this
barn remodeled for a prlntims: tiffiae.
and bere In the great forest be started
nnfc rwWM, iriM.A- .
that has v.bad - a -continuous- -existence
ever since.. : .
In the office of the "Crawford Mir
ror" Frances learned the newspaper
business. Her two sisters were in turn
assistant editors and foreman,, her three"!
protnera ana irranoes were apprentice
Since her eleventh year Mia Roberts
has alternated between the school room
and tbe casea At present the Is di
viding her time between the Ttorth Pow
der News and a little paper In Star,
laehsi kaowii mm the Ooerisn This-paper
was started by Miss Roberts on her
"own hook.; Her experience-! and her
ability to mee conditions wake her
work invaluable to new pap.
Nolta Increases Activity in B:h::i!
Inter-State Bridge Across ColumH.
r
' 1 1 .' i ." 1 -t i .- ;' .'" ' " ' 'V
focused In a bower of American Beauty
roses that extended, from ttie floor to
the lofty celling. In the center of this
bower was a huge electric ttFidiron, the
brilliant radiance of Which encompassed
the newly installed presldrnt of the
club, Louis Garth, who bundled the
dinner with ability, and President Taft
who laughed heartily and added to the
enjoyment of the guests with his happy
speech. . .
Test Sis ritnesn.
Mr. Garthe, before his installation was
subjected to a grilling cross-examination
by ten presidential candldaltes in order
to test bis fitness. Champ Clark wanted
to knoW of Mr." Garths whiather he fa
vored tearing down custont bouses and
annexing Canada. La Fotllette asked
what he would think of "God's Patient
poor biting a piece out bS a fat cor
poration every daywhlla Oscar Un
derwood put his question .'into' rhyme,
thus: .; .. : ;. w, "-:
"If I out steel and steel -duts me.
Can I cut Ice as. a nomtneeT
The answer was: ,
'Not If Mf, Bryan aee you first"
"". Woodrow Wilson's " query, "Is the
schoolmaster abroad - safer than - at
homer was referred to Colonel Watter
son's "gentleman's court , of honor."
Several other knotty problems were put
up to the .same trlhunaL ...
Candidate Is Unmasked.
A candidate for initiation appeared in
the guise of an old time Ikard, who de
livered VThe Lay of the Lest Mfnlstrel."
Hla songs, though set . tot classte muslo
Were redolent ot present politics.
The whiskers were pulled from the
minstrel face by a suspkMouS- member
and the trembling neophyte stood re
vealed. Ha was warned, ahat only Am
bassador Bryca and Uncle Joe Cannon
were privileged to wear beards at grid
iron dinners and was tbjen questioned
as to his opinion of the various pres
idential candidates.
"What (a yeur opinion of Woodrow
Wileonr ' ; ," -i-
"If you want me to sink it I can give
you a lovely, melancholy funeral
march." .
"Have you ever beaM of Senator
Cummins?" ;
'Oh, he's that fellow wsho wrote "Every
Little Mpvameht, etd." . ;
"Can you give us a soac about Champ
Clark r - .
"I am afraid be mlghft not like those
old Folk songs of mine." . "
! Hot Tet, Bnt Soon. '.
"Has T. R. announced his oandl
dacyr x '
"Not yet. but soon.7
"Tou are a candldbte - for member
ship?"
"I am not a Candida e, but Jf an over
whelming - majority -ahlnks -1 am - the
only man for the JobiS I will Uke It.11-
The tuneful operat-of "Robin Hood"
was the vehicle for the presentation of
a number of prominent progressives.
There was "little John (Jim) Gar
field" and Will Scarlet La Toilette"
and "Friar Plnchot"and Good "Dame"
Marketing, besides tRpbln Hood, who,
Introduced ' himself sss an outlaw, sang
"But outlaws, now"rov see, are men of
wealth and rank and pedigree,",
"The Democratlo presidential Steeple
chase "skit" brought out the candi
dates In full force,' A bookmaker ap
peared with bis . black-board, --sheet
writer and other apparatus and an
nounced the entriea. .
The funniest kind ot betting fol
lowed and the horses got away, but un
fortunately the GrWlron club failed to
enlighten its guests as to the identity
of the winner, f os Just as the ponies
were bunched in thev home stretch in
an exciting finish ithe police raided the
halt . ' ' .... ...
TOT MAY HAVE BEEM -KIDNAPED
NOT DROWNED
That t-year-oldiRoy Hendrlckson, son
of Julius Hendrlckson, tor whose body
City, Qrappler. Brady has searched for
more than li.heurs, near ,the Oregon
Tacht club, maj have been kidnaped
and not drowneJI as was first reported,
is the theory taat has been advanced
by the uncle of the boy. He appeared
at police beadqmarters . last night and
stated that shortly before the boy, was
missed from the houseboat where his
parents reside A well dressed man,
tall, wearing a 'brown rain coat and
brown soft ha, gave the child some
candy and taltaed to him for some tint.
The grief stricken parents, loath to
believe that the little fellow -had met
his death in the waters of the Wil
lamette, took "the other clew and have
asked the police to help them locate
the man tbatigavs the child the sweet
meats, v. ' : - " , ,.,
German lithographers , have found
they e - eleetroplate paper- f or -use in
their work without danger of it absorb
ing the plating bath -" liquid ; by first
coating the paper with varnish, ...
Yiitif:
If you are suffering from Eosema,'
Psoriasis or any other kind of skin
trouble, Jlrokt into our store for instant
relte,f.. We "wUi guarantee you to stop
that Hob - inirt we seconds. 4
We hava.siold other remedies for skla
troubles, .but none that- we could recom
mend as highly as this, a mild wash ot
Oil of Wlutergreen Thymol and a few
ether lagrediente iha, have wreeght
such wonderful cures all over the coun
try. I , . .
This compound is known as D. D. D.
Prescription for Eczema and it will cool
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Map shows site of proposed inter-
n , n . L.IJ. ' r. I vi. m
uiiuko across ViOiuiuuia auu
proposed road and trestle leading
to It - Below, J. A.;olU, father
! ot the movement for the proposed
Oregon-Washington bridge. .
ST. H. Nolta, candidate for the legis
lature from Multnomah oounty, is In
creasing his activity in behalf of the
proposed bridge across the Columbia
on the road between Portland and" Van
couver, Wash.
' hope the meeting of the farmers,
ranchers, artisans, laborers and business
men at the Commercial club on March
1 to discuss this great Interstate high
way will be productive of good re
sults," said Nolta yesterayT"It is a
publio welfare -move that should b
fostered at every turn. The bridge will
cost in the neighborhood of 11,000,000
and this divided betweenvthe two states)
will be burdensome on neither commun
ity Tt.la a'ttlln. vaallw Mn
neglected much longer." - , ";
which h Is the father, has gained tmioh
LpopuIarity and .he is confident that It
Colli fin. lit. m lli,.,i.V
Demand Is Big fop Logged Land.;;
- Iftn41nl fn Th Jonrnal.t
Chehalla Wash.1. Feb. 17. Tbe Bet
tiers' Agency office, which carries list
ings of logged-off lands handled -officially
under an off shoot of the South-,
west Washington Development league,
had nearly 400 inquiries this week from
the middle west and east concerning
logged off lands. Forty letters a day
are being answered by the local office.
Journal Want Ads bring resulta
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