SUNDAY !QIviiilG I"ZIUAIiY C, 1-1 -r, rr,- ihr.'njrami .luirUii LubiUIOil t 1 FARhiERS FEEL SURE FORCED BLOOMS SHOW" BIG APPLE PROSPECT . IN HOOD RIVER. VALE Old Spitzenberg Trees Heavily Two Engines Derailed on Snowbound Athena, Or., Branch GRAIN BAG MONOPOLY v HAS THRUST UP PRICE UNITED COLLEGES OF iLUIIIi Proffered ; Sites inspected by Rev. C, C; Poling; City Is Well Placed Geographically a Many 'Places Snow! s. From 7 to 12 Feet Deep cin Level Ground, r . Sacks Quoted 'Last Year at , ' 6 3-4 Now Call for 1 1 Cts.j Appeal to- Legislature, , Laden;-Other Limbs. Bios-! -som Like Mad Under-Heat. THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. CASTLE -. '-',. - .:."; '- . .-; - ' .. : " .-:.- - - : -. . ' , Jpw'"" ' "" ' ' ' r.SaaQE3BD3- n Tw J --"-afar liar " J!: " f - - ; r-, - - JS--- MV'f'-h:- ':-xV';..;:';:-'.?.v::..i:-vvA:av'': i t ' " s - ; Yl lE lKER COiTRY DALLAS PHIIf! Ill (Special to The Journal j) , r.ikev Or., Feb. 1. Ther. is more m:uw in the mountains of eatatern Ore ton at the present time' than for sev- ral years past, and Indications are that (bo coming spring and Eummif will see 1 1 ore water available for Jrriration and i iaeer mining than there hap been, for m v-ral yars. 1 The deepest enow on the level report ed front -any of the nearby tJerritory ia twelve feet at Cable Sove In lthe Sump tcr district," alxmt; 7000 feeti above sea level. At Sumpter there is flv feet on the level, at Greenhorn aiil Bourne nine feet, and about the sanae depth at Cornucopia, in the northeast tentt of the comity. 1 The steady fall, which continued al most incessantly for ten days, up to two or three days ago, has made logging very difficult and some ofJ the local lumber companies have been! obliged to temporarily :;: suspend ; somej, of i their i -imps. ' ''. ( i-' Five to six" feet Is the rwle around Austin and Whitney, where tthe greater lart of the present logging! operations i re under way," and it is extremely dif ficult to handle teams and tbnbcr under the condi tions, A thaW . at - present would probably i mean serioas trouble irora liooas ana iresnets. 5 To Vote on Water Bunds. v (KpefM-1 Tbe Joraat.V r - - Faker, Or., Feb. I. The taxpayers of this city; on February 21 vwU vote on "tha separate 'questions of '.Issuing city bonds in the Sum of J94.70S'tto repair the irosent city water works (system by instructing a -new line frokn the aciyf, Tims lanit 10 me uisiriouungKreservwirai ii nd tSie issuance of bonds fn the sum" of $165,000 to complete the work noted above and extend the line to impound tlie waters : of seveval other streams to uhirh the city ha title. , . The Socialists are circulating a peti tion to have submitted at the (same time amendments to the city, cba.yter giving candidates for city office tt right to run ss candidates of a political partyi Dial by jury in municipal coiirt and the ugljt.if ary qualified -voteur. to. vote ut ail bond and other electkfris. ;;;:'uj;?:':i ' t . Uiikcr 1'. 31. C. A. to Opcnhlarch 1. (Special to Tie Jonrml.fl" Taker, Or., Jan. - 29. Bakjer's new Y. M. C, A. building will bet ready for occupancy March 1. The Elks and oth r. lodges liavs appropriated! funds to furnish various tfcoma and departments, making It possible to fit tip tbe Interior in wui h better condition thar anticipa ted. The election of officers tof the or (.iinlzation this Week placed in Ofrice Die following to serve for the coming year: President, A. I ; Jasliesf vice-president,-' Ir. J, W. Huff; secretary, T. Af. Baird; treasurer, H. B. Ruder; board of . directors,-'.. IVT. h NotStEugana ( "rosby, George H. Foster, Wk A; Halli Oay, Prof. J. A., Churchill, O. T, God win, C. E. Porter, W. H. Ellis, H. B. Ryder T.; M.. Balrd, Dr. Ilutff, Arthur James. . .:.,. NORTH BEND, OR., ill AN BEATEN NEAR TOj DEATH (Special to The Journal) .. '. JIarshfield, Or., Feb. 1. Charles Fos ter of this city Is at the Hospital In North Bend in an unconsciwua condi tion as the result of a terrible beat ing at tha. hands of several ifien, whoso Identity has not yet been positively es tablished. Foster was found Ut the old fctave mill In the north part Of the city. He had been kicked and beatcta so badly that ho will likely die. The police are vorKing on tna case and anrests will probably be made. . j WOMAN WITNESS STEPS FROM STAND ANDf HITS DEFENDANT WITli FISTS is o (TJnlted Preiw Uasod WiBe.V Seattle. Wash.. Feb. l.When Kata Anderson finished I givinr ; her testimony In her suit fegainst Frank J. Lewis," In Judge Mitch-"" eit iiiutam's department tt the superior court today, she teppd from the . witness stand and struck the defendant '. (several times on the head with Mr fists. The woman asserts that, with her earnings Lewis bough;, five year lease on the Portland hotel and property In Hoqulatn T and after getting It all in has name deserted her. Develop Ydurust 50c Package FREE-f to Any Woman Who VinU a Beautiful Figttre , Women rt& no longer be humilUied ind rm. bsrranned twntiie they are thin, flt eheatrd and not developed, for ci noe ha find etmple yr to the beut. fill cnr !of porfeot ''iron!. To iPTOTe thU, let u tend y.ta free f "'"'(re eoo p(j ttrnt will how yeu bow ellT the Iwt c!i be derelopeU from two to eoren InWiet, iudbeoom full, lilump nd' firm. Thl" d!cowjr thlit ii ef urh n, ,nierclt to ill thin women. U rthe retult of long etndy kfnd Inrestlfira. Jlon by one of the k-ad-ing women Iphysldina of New yorit tte, who, in eckinj to loTcrcome the nefectt In Iher own fig ure wltboii the ne of "pada" . er forma, dl covered appy combin ation of rtlaaue-bulldlns element Oiat loereaaed her bot xn four inch e, nude lmr arma round aud ahapel) and her neck end ahoiildw plump and ruimetrk-rl. - 'ilil , prfwlptlos of i ia a reali dliunrv ir I'.itlerent ' Hue from the opdlnarr fieure l.nliiliitf Ireatcient. and tbl explain it tiiv-i inlf,)rin auwea, If. Kflly pot onlr ruined f. r.ii tir lu-r own "prescription. a , beaatifgl but ud It nc TSf,riiiir . wits uanr if lur lUrnlH. Women, I lila i a perxonal mea t,c from a ibHtcia of .'i.r tiwe , and nil w k Is tbe ni'por'uultr ( fh.ur yuu wlibout anf i'in, on currpart, ii.ii I'r. Ki'lljr'a twin l-"'l.if will give yon a h. -r, . t fi;uri. tu'Biiufu) cfjvFoar BOO l'reatmant DBt JTEtLTB . ;ro&ai ... . OEVTX.OPES '.8 A. T. : lim mid 1 in prove the. trSneral hi-allU. tho Utile ew:Min elu.ve ajl ie for ex. ' - "t e fiiir treelnvnt 'Till be malUd f. 4w-ntli iwa. mi ?ni up. ee..iy f ' ..... ..w.. J ' 1 (Specliil to Th Jmrnl.) ; ' Pendleton,- Or., Feb. 1. Warmly re senting the apparent operations of a grain bag monopoly, which seems to be planning a double priced holdup of the grain growers of the northwest for the coming summer, local farmers through the county union of the, Farmers' -Co operative and' Educational Union are planning to ask aid from the legisla ture and from the national congress If necessary. At this time the grain baff brokers are asking 11 . cents for bags for : the coming: harvest This price is regarded as. outrageous by the farmers since the Indian Jute crop this year is reported as remarkably heavy. It is. pointed out that the 11 cents per bag quotation bow given is prima facie evidence that the supply of bags Js monopolized. At this time last year grain bags were quoted at 6. cents. , : v:!,, ;: -'":' In order to make their feelings known in the most forcible manner possible, members of the Farmers' union, through County President Manual . Friendly and other officers, asking that body to me morialize congress requesting an inves tfgatlon ( be made at once as to the operations or the "grain bag trust. Paul Niepel's , Burial . Provided for When It Is Found He " Is S.-A." Veteran, ' (Special to The Journal.) Pallas, Or.. Feb. 1. At 1 o'clock Thursday morning, the last rites wen performed over Paul NIepel of Polge Vllle, (N. T., who killed himself about September t, :lSll,near Eola,' Or. Cor oner Chapman has been In charge of the body J.7 months, awaiting Informa tion jas to identity. ; , , On . September 8," 1911, parties dis covered the Body of a stranger. The body was nearly . covered with brush, The coroner's Jury came to a verdict of premeditated suicide, ' - A minute description m-as sent, to the chief of police of Portland, who printed the story In a Portland paper, and H. K. Trlckey ef Portland was able to identify the man by the tattooed marks and letters D. T.. V. upon the body.1':. 5 It developed that the dead man had been a member of the Dolgevllle Turn Vereln, a German society. After Mr. Chapman had made photographs of the body, which he sent east, he was able, after much inquiry, to locate a brother of the deceased. Max Nelpel. The brother was., without money to give proper , burial, so Mr. Chapman held the body, He was a German about 30 years old. It also proved that tha deceased was a Spanish-American war veteran, and the state of New York has a law providing for the burial of ex soldiers. A check was received cover ing the cost of funeral and burial and for & tombstone, and more than 4 year from the time .of the death of tho un fortunate man the body was laid to-rest in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. LOWER RATES TO EAST . TO BRING BEND TIMBER . 1 1 i . i , (Special to The Journal, t Bend, Or., Feb. 1. Local lumbermen nave received announcement from the rauroaa companies of the lowering of rates on nun products to the east. This town Is given a rate which is only one cent sdovs wnat Spokane has. The re auction means . a saving of about 60 cents a thousand feet on shipments to Aiiuneauia ana oiner eastern points. While nothing definite has been irlven out by the Brooke ard Mueller timber interests, n is known that they are now negotiating with , the railroads retard ing rates westward for tbe machinery lor me proposea minion dollar mills to oe located here. . CONTRACTORS BID LOW: CITY TAKES OVER JOB (Special to Th Journal.) Bend, Or Feb. 1. The contractors, the South Portland Crushed Rock com pany, of Portland, to whom was award ed the contract for constructing the city's sewer system, have had the work taken over from them by the city. Their bid was so low that they have been losinjr money every day and were not pushing the work satisfactorily. The council therefore canceled the contract and will complete the system under its own direction. In charge will be En gineer It. E. Koon, who designed the system. He is now in Portland ar ranging for additional drills land other machinery. . STATE SHELL LIME PLANT MAY SWEETEN SOUR LAND (United Pre Leaeed Wire 1 Olympia, Wash., Feb. 1. Based on the renort of Professor Francis Thom son of Vullman. a state plant may be opened on Puget sound for the manu facture of Bhell lime from bivalve shells found in great quantities on the bars. the product to be ' used in fertilising; Washington, lands soured by organic acid, as the result of heavy rain fall. PARDON FOR HOPKINS, EMBEZZLER, PREDICTED (Uatred Preaa Tae4 Wire.) Seattle, Wash., Feb. 1. -That R. M. Hopkins, former clerk of the United States court, now serving two years at McNeils island for embezzlement, is due for a pardon, was the Information given out here today, following a visit of R. V. La Dow, of Washington, D. C, president of the federal parole board. La Dow Is today en route for Ban Fran cisco.; , ' . ; ' : .. ,.. ,' . Rise In Liquor rrlcca. ' Seattle, Wash., Feb. 1. Announce ment Is made today following a .con ference between the liquor dealers, that the price ot whiskeys now selling ut $1.25 has advanced to 11.64 a quart, and U'BUlSJlJ bidU)MJold at .UircA-bolr tics lor a quarter, will now. sell cl 10 cents straight., . . . ' (Special to The Journal.) - Hood River, Or.. Feb. 1. That Hood River valley will have a very large! crop of apples next year seems evident'. irom the results secured in tha bloom ing of the standard varieties. V Tlie tav- T ldson Fruit 'company has for many years followed the, plan of forced bloom ing of the several varieties, which has given it a concrete basis upon which to base estimates of the annual yields o apples in the valley. . ' rm i .i J j, . m : m. - ,aho muuur arcuKru, ' comiwsieu oi u large number of limbs taken from fruit trees and .bloomed by steam incubation, Jsmow prophetic, of. what the orchards will be later. The old Spitzenberg trees show art extraordinarily' heavy crop. Jonathans are also very .heavy with bloom.1 f i; New'towns, 'Winter . Banana. Oregon Red, Black Tw iff. Red Cheeks and Ortleys are also showing a full crop for next season. The estlnfate for net season's crop is about 1.250,000 boxes. .y .. - GUILFORD SKINNER, WHO CAME IN . 1847, IS DEAD Special to The Jonrml.) Ritter. Or., Feb. I. Guilford L. Skin ner died at his home at Patter, .Grant county, January 23, age 70 years. He was born in Greon county, Indiana, in 132 and came, to Oregon when five years old' with bi3 'mother and step father, ESmuel Cooper, who crossed the plains with an ox , team. His parents settled In Llnri county near where the present town of Lebanon now standa He. spent the earlier part of his life on the frontier in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho and California, .-t the age of 28 he married Miss Susan E. Pickens, also a resident of Llhn county. They moved to eastern Oregon in 1882, lived a short time at Fossil, then moved to Klickitat county, Washington, and in 1886 to Ritter, whore he and his family have lived ever since. , Mr, Skinner leaves one .brother, Wil liam A, Skinner of Lone Rock, Or., three half prothers, George, Poel and Samuel Cooper; two half sisiors,' Mrs. Martha Frum of Arlington, Or., Mrs. , Livonia Purdons of Albina, Or.T a widow and seven children, whose names are Wil liam I. Frank, George F Charles G. ana Roy G. Skinner. Mrs. Margaret M. Andrus and, Mrs. Mildred M. Goff. SPRING BEGINS TO SHOW IN HOOD RIVER ORCHARDS (Special to Tbe Journal.). Hood River. Or., Feb. 1. Evidences of spring are manifesting themselves in the Hood River valley. The pussy willows are beginning to throw out their buds. Fruit growers are anxious, for the weather to remain colder so the eapjn the trees may not be started too soon and permit lata frosts to in Jure the trees. A heavy snow and lateJ spring weather ara usually conducive to good fruit crops as the ground is kept cold and "the sap in the trees Is materially retarded. - Hood River has never used smudge pots during the early spring to combat frosts. OIL WELL OPERATIONS TEMPORARILY STOPPED (Special to The Journal.) Dallas, Or., Feb.-1. -For the past few weeks the engine at the Whltaker oil well, near this city, has been silent on account of inability to secure fuel, due to the recent heavy snow, which has made the roads leading to the well im passable. However, the promoters ex pect to be able soon to put in a supply of wood when drilling will begin again. The drillers recently found traces of crude oil and it is expected that the vein encountered a few weeks ago will give further evidence of a strike. COL. BLETHEN AND TIMES AGAIN SUED, FOR $90,000 (Cnlted Presa Leaned Wire.) Seattle. Wash.. Feb. 1. -R. IL Thomp son, former city engineer of Seattle, filed his second suit for $90,000' dam ages against the Seattle Times and A. J. Blethen today. Thompson al legos that his efforts to obtain employment are rendered difficult on account of ar ticles published in the Times on August 23, 1311, accusing him of fraud. ONLY COUNTRY EDITOR ON BOARD OF VISITORS Elbert Bedo of tho Cottage Grove, . 3iv .Sentinel. ' . ,: (Special to Tlie l.mrnal.) Cottage Grove, Or., Feb. l.'Elberl Bede, editor of the Cottage Grove Sen tinel, beading the list of Oregon editors appointed as a board of visitors for the Journalism department of the Uni versity of Oregon,; bus the honor of being the " only editor of a country weekly appointed on the board, lie camo to Oregon Jrom Mlitnesota.lt months the Juurnajifiiu Ut-f aritnciit .01 tho uni versity. "V. v :'.. . fa i It '.J- Vv'- I VP ' ti II C l . ft v : y i K -&'-, j ' f - "The line from Athena to connect . i ' " ' (Special to The Jem mat.) Pendleton, Or Feb. . 1. The - little branch line connecting Athena with the Pendleton-Pasco branch lias caused the Northern Pacific company Its share of trouble and expense this winter, ; For ; i : : T : APPEAL TO CONGRESS Call Siuslaw National Reserve . a Hindrance to ' Settler, Rfid by Theorists,- (Special to Tbe Journal.) ; Eugene, Or.. Feb. 1. A petition con taining the names of 230 residents of the Stuslaw forest reserve end vicinity, asking senators and members of con gress from Oregon to take steps to have the Siuslaw reserve, returned to settle ment and make it subject to homestead entry, was forwarded from Eugene to day. The reasons; set forth in 'their petition, are In substance: "The national forest la a detriment to people who live' in its vicinity; all kinds of natural resources within the national forest are withheld from use; the forest is operated so as to favor the big. man and to help the homebuild er; ' the homestead land is taken away from settlement for ranger Stations; the forestry officers are opposed to. settlers and are anxious to keep the country a wilderness by reporting against all claims, whether good or bad; the'for, estry officials are all eastern theorists, who know nothing about the west; tim ber sales are handled in the Interest of a monopoly for the lumber trust: the forest reserve stops settlement and lm provement, thereby reducing- the amount of taxes for schools and roads, which are greatly needed in the 'Sius- law national forest," .-'' In their plea for the cooperation of the people of the state with representa tives in congress to accomplish, this end the petitioners say: "We, the signers of this petition, do, ask the citizens of the state of Oregon to lend us a helping hand to relieve us from this imprisonment, as we are shut in without proper roads and schools and hundreds of good homes that could be taken if the reserve were abolished." (Special to The Journal.) Eugene. Or.. Feb. l.At a meeting of the Lane County Horticultural spclety in Eugene this, afternoon the invitation of the Oregon State Horticultural so ciety to hold Us annual meeting In Eu gene this summer was accepted by the society. The invitation was delivered in behalf of the state society by H. M. Miller of Portland, representative of the state organization, of which he was at one time president. The principal speak er of the meeting this afternoon was Charles A. Park, -member of the state board of agriculture, who spoke of .the future 6f the fruit industry in western Oregon, predicting it will flourish more than ever after the Panama canal la in operation. . - TACOMA HEIRESS JAILED OVER INHERITANCE TAX (United Preaa Leased Wire.V Tacoma, Waeh, Feb. l. While visit ing her aged and wealthy aunt In Ger many, Mrs. R. W. IL Oesterreicb of Tacoma, has been detained by the Ger man authorities and is under arrest in Rostock, accused of attempting to de fraud the government inheritance tax collectors. The American embassy has been no tified by Robert Miller of Tacoma, who Is a son of Mrs. Oesterreicb. by her first husband, and efforts are being made to obtain her release.. Mrs. Oesterrelch left Tacoma In 1911 to visit her aunt, Frau Tunn. Arriving in Rostock, tbe aged woman told her niece that she had decided to make her sole heir to the Tunn estate. To avoid the inheritance tax, a deed was made out to Mrs. Oesterrelch, a lawyer being engaged to make the transaction. There was a dispute over ' his fees and he filed charges against the women. Anniversary of 8cattle Storm. (United Press teased Wire.) Seattle, Wash., Feb, 1. Twenty years ago today, Seattle saw the start of the heaviest snowstorm In the last quarter century of her history. Beginning with March, 26, 1883, there was a cold snap during which the thermometer touched zero twice, and on the morning Of Feb. ruary 1, a snow storm commenced which kept up until the white stuff was 44 Inches deep on the level. Count Clerk Becomes Grocer. (Special to Tfia Journal.) - The Dalles, Or., Feb, 1. F. R. Angle, who retired from the office of county clerk tbe first of the year, after having served four years as deputy and four years as .clerk, has bought the East charge, today. Tbe 'Lust Hill grocery is one of the biggest stores in the city. SETTLERS IN FOES STATE ORCHARD STS L MEET IN EUGENE llftlsaT llaS vwMebSflW lH Will SSI flMi irlitiaillrMlawisi aSSJiStMeyJsJ.-ttlV rf--J-Wrtffll jff ' with the Eendleton-Pasco Northern Pacific 'feeder has had unusual dlffl culty this month. ' . three . weeks the three cuts along Its course have been blocked so high with snow that there has been absolutely no traffic over It., Two engines have top pled over In v' vain effort to. plow through the big masses of packed snow and the damage, done to these engines : JSpetial to Tbe Joorcat) . Camas, Wash., Feb, 1. The large ditch that furnishes the water supply for 'the. paper mill at this place, broke Thursday nd the water tore madly down the hill, partly flooding the town. The break ! happened a short distance west of the school property, at tho same spot where the first break occurred in 1905, but was slight. The greatest damage happened to C E. Farrell, who had . just received mil linery that invoiced f 2000 and was ruined. The invoices of this had Just been checked, the work being completed abotitTnidnlght, and the array of millin ery left on ther floor in that branch of the building. McMaster & Co.'s stock was damaged to the amount of $200. In the Grand theatre the damage amounted to $50 exclusive of what the Injury may be to a new 1760 piano. ' -, It took about IS minutes from. the time the Janitor, R. Larson, was awa kened, before the basement of the Urll building was . filled, the water being 18 Inches deep when he awoke, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the rise was . 7 V feet. Mrs. Teeson estimates that her property between Burton and Clara streets, has been Injured In the sum of 200. Rufus Blair estimates his loss at flOO, . i , HOTEL AT INDEPENDENCE IS SOLD TO PORTLANDER . (Special to The JoornaL) -Independence, Or., Feb. 2. -The Hotel Lerana, erected last spring by A. L. Sporling, was sold this evening to W. F. Stein, a Portland man. The con sideration Is said to be 30,000. . M. W. Walker, who holds a lease of the build ing, will, continue to run it for a term of three years, when his lease will ex pire. E (United Pre Leased Wire.) Seattle, Wash., Feb. l.rWhat Is de clared by Captain Simon' Brunn and officers of the steamship Northland to be one of the greatest fish tragedies ever enacted took place at Klawack bay, Princes of Wales island, January 20, when at one stroke more than 2,000,000, 000 herring lost their lives. According to Captain Brunn, Klawack bay was full of herring three days be fore the Northland arrived,1 when a sud den "freeze" caught them in the narrow necked harbor before they could escape to sea,; ,. . .;,. ., . . They were first noticed by in employe of a cannery January 19, when they m Hillllli DITCH BREAKS CAUSING 21 10 BILLION HERRING AND CAUGHT I N SUDD "38" Touring Car $4300 Left-Hand Driye Central Control Board-Electric Se!f-Starter These important advanced features com-" . bined are7 found only -in the Packard t Cornell TltfffHIftMrlK Jillllllllllllllli ' will amount to $2000, Several crews have been at work night and day In an ef fort to open the line and the' present good weather continuing, they will be successful within the next few days. The blockade began with ' the fierce wind and snowstorm of January 7. t LEGISLATORS PUT IN Wenaha CIub" Gives Them an Evening Spread and 'Fast Mail Brings TJiem to City. i (Special to The Journal,) ' Pendleton, Or., Feb. l.In a party 20 strong, members of the legislature and state- of flclals -were here- today- for' the purpose of Inspecting the Eastern Ore gon State hospital. ' " , ; t They spent the day visiting the lnsti. tution, observing Its need and in en joying social courtesies extended by local business men through the Com mercial club and the Wenaha club. With the legislative committee are State Treasurer T. B. Kay. Dr. R. E. L. Steiher, superintendent of tbe state hos pital at Salem and State Architect W. IV Knighton, . who built the hospital. G. B. Kerth, traveling representative for tbe O.-W, R. & N., is in personal charge of the party for the railroad company. After being breakfasted by the Com mercial club, the party was taken to the hospital and spent the morning In Investigating the further needs of (be Institution. Individual members ex pressed themselves as highly pleased with, the new asylum. - They were banqueted tonight by the Wenaha club and left for Portland on the fast mall. Appoplcxy Kills Dalles Resident. The Dalles, Or., Feb 1. Thomas Col-. Una died of apoplexy at his home, 709 East Second street, Thursday ' night. Mr. Collins was 73 years of age and was a blacksmith by trade. E swarmed Into the harbor In such num bers that those on top were being forced out of the water. The freeze came witn great suddenness January 2, when about six Inches of ice formed on the harbor. Millions of the herring at the entrance could be seen dumbly fighting to get out of tbe cold waters, . . , Ai, When Captain Brunn arrived January 23, the tide had receded and for 20 to 60 feet on the beach and several hun dred feet out In tbe water for a dis tance of three and one-half miles around the harbor lay the frozen fish. . Careful measurements showed the fish tightly packed for an average depth of three feet " ."' "' v:;- v illllli Packard J-i-S- NTE KLAWACK BAY N FREEZE P PERISH Immediate Delivery .v.; 'z'rw Road, 23d and Washington T?mr IIIHfllfltllMIIMimt mi Ii i Castlerock, Wash., Feb. 1. Rev. C. C. Poling of i Portland, addressed , a large audience here last evening, on the subject of the proposed college to ba founded In or near this city, lie stated . that Philomath college at Philomath, Oregon, which has heretofore been un der the control of the United Brethren church, and the collegeat Dallas, Ore- PTITI H'Vl i n Vl fi-a hull innflllntiifl V. I. tl-B 1 United Evangelical church, had decided to federate for the purpose of conduct-" lng one college instead of two, because there are now such a large number of . colleges and academies in the Willam ette Valley. He stated that the Evangel ical association was .also a member of the federation, that the school while it would be conducted to some extent ' on .religious lines, would be absolutely non-sectarian, and that students of all -shades of religious v belief would ' be required to attend the churches which they were, in the habit of attending at home, sectarian teaching being abso lutely eschewed. ;;- uiereni sites Art ontrsa. Poling is chairman of tho com- - mission which was selected by the as- ; sociatod churches to find a suitablo lo cation for ; the new collogo, and with two other members of the commission visited Castlerock Tuesday in re sponse to an Invitation of the Caatlo rock Boosters' club, - and were shown ; different. sites which the citizens were c willing to give to the institution should It be located here. . ' . : Mr. Poling in his ' address partially ; outlined what would be required from Castlerock people ift order to secure the college, but expressed no partiality for this city, beyond the fact that he ' thought It well located geographically, ' owing to the fact that it was nearly half way between Portland and Ta coma, the nearest points at which there are institutions where the higher edu cation can be obtained. - ' Mr. Poling stated that the argument ! has been advanced that Castlerock Is tod small for such an 'institution, but that he did not agree with that view,vJ as ms peope;Wouia .rainer jnaaq a com-, munity . than be ia4versely af focted by one which was already established. ' Castlerock has a Boosters' club com posed of men, many of them young, . ' who are full of energy and push, and ' If -determination counts for anything, they will succeed In their efforts to se cure this school. They are also Working to secure other enterprises which -will make this city the best In this section. A Short Time Left ' in wjlch to take advantage of Niccll the Tailor's Great Reduction Sale of suit and extra trousers for the . ,: price of the suit alone. ; $25 to $SO The extra pair of trousers prac tically , doubles the life of your suit WILLIAM JERREMS' CON3. 108 Third Street TAILOR FOR TOUNO MEN. 1 Stt. f