REVIVES PLAN PUHTWG MOOSE OLYMPIC FOREST Supervisor Frouune Takes up Matter With Alaska Game Warden. Taking up again the question of down from the Kenai Pen insula, Alaska, several head of moose to be placed on the west side of the Olympic mountains, R. L. Fromme, supervisor of the Olympic National Forest, today wrote to J. A. Baughman, at Seward, territorial game warden for Alaska, reviving a matter that has been under con sideration for three years but which promises this year to materialize. Conditions on the west side of the Olympics, says Mr. Fromme come as near being identical to those found In Canada and In the northern New England states, and he belelves this larger variety of moose would thrive In that locality. The natural food of these animals abounds In the lower Bogachlel and Hoh river dis trict, where it is proposed to release the animals. Because of the scant snowfall in the Kenal peninsula district the last two years it would have been difficult to capture the moose wanted, the animals having had abundant food. It is proposed to capture them at a time when the snow lies thick on the ground and when their food la scarce, feed them through the re mainder of the winter and in the apring transport them from Seldovla to Port Angeles, from which point they will be trucked to Forks, then to the lower Bogachiel south of Forks and released. .. The estimated cost of capturing and ie?4ing a moose to the time of ahlpmenl from Seldovla is $l5O per head. Recently Mr. Fromme took up the question of funds with State Supervisor of Game and Game Fish J. W. Kinney and was given assur ance of some financial aid from the game fund. With this aid and what can be obtained from the U. S. biolo gical survey, the Moose lodge, and the U. S. Forest service, Mr. Fromme be lieves the arrangements can be com pleted this fall, the moose captured this winter and transfer made In the aprlng. The region in which the moose are to be released is sparcely inhabited by elk, unlike other sections of the Olympic peninsula, though it affords the elk a splendid feeding ground. It is in the Olympic storm tone, but this tact has not curtailed the sup ply of food there for either moose to fishing bv order of the Thurston County Game Commission between the •dates October 15, 1921. and Novemb 1 1921 inclusive, between October 15, 1922,"and November 30. 1922, inclusive, and between October 15, 1923, and No vember 30, 1923, inclusive: further, that said Angel creek shall be entirely closed to flshliiK for a l>er|od of Ave vears from September 9 1921. to Sep tember 9 1926; and any person or per sons fishing In said *tream between said dates snail oe guilty of a misdemeanor as provided Dated this ffth day of September, THURSTON COUNTY GAME COMMIS- SlON ' By E N. STEELE. Chairman. Pub. Sent. 9, 16j25i_Jj!jl:^_— I Stories and Facts of Alaska resources I ''of' gSl'd ,\,i of liviiur. Government railroad Met* A K u.de Into and nl » thro™h ALASKA The mlne. -nj. on CH go. L-^ti-Tin ROY GARDNER SEARCH VIRTUALLY ABANDONED BY WARDEN MALONEY Recalls Forty Prison Guards Who Have Been Picketing Interior of McNeil Isliind United Press. M'NEIL ISLAND, Sept. 17.—The search for Roy Gardner, escaped con vict, on McNeill island was virtually abandoned today when Warden Thos. Maloney recalled the 40 prison guards who have been picketing and patrol ling the Interior of the island. Special agents of the Northern Pa cific railroad are still working on the theory that the escaped bandit is in hiding here, but Warden Maloney apparently has given up hope of cap turing Gardner—at least by the tac tics which after 12 days have result ed in complete failure. All the warden will say, however, is that Gardner "might have escaped'' to the mainland during the heavy fog that has blanketed this vicinity dur ing the last two dys. It is recalled, in this connection that the first day following his escape, Gardner might have taken advantage of a fog also. Maloney is still maintaining his water patrol. Twenty-five guards in 15 rowboats are keeping watch around the shores of the island. Today it was learned that Gardner had made a previous attempt to es cape from the penitentiary shortly after his Incarceration. He was caught with a coll of rope, it is said, with which he Intended to ascend from an excavation in the prison grounds at some opportune time. One of the latest "Gardner casuals" is the pet cat which a farmer's wife found riddled with shot. Two guards were preparing to col lect the reward for Gardner's capture when theApme upon a man sleeping behln#lKarn. He proved to be a logger working here. In the meantime agents of the Southern Pacific railroad are looking for Gardner in Oregon and Callfor« nia. FORMER RESIDENT VOICES GRATITUDE FOR BONUS WARRANT Appreciation of the action of the people of this state in voting com pensation to veterans of the World War who entered service from this state is voiced in a letter Just re ceived by C. W. Clausen, state audi tor, from Fred S. Mathias, who be fore the war was deputy county auditor of Levis county, and who now resides In New York. Acknowledging receipt of bis com pensation and expressing his appre ciation to the state officials and the people of the state, Mr. Mathlas says: "Let alone the money value of the act, which may have accomplished more than you may realise in these solemn days that follow the war, it i-came as a token of appreciation from the state in which I formerly lived and for which I have always held a deep regard. The bond of friend ship which held me to the state of Washington is now lined with gold. "In an instance of this sort, the money means more than sacrificea—- the people have sacrificed from their daily needs to bnild this fund. Re >gardless of what the soldier may have sacrificed, his heart is llghten en when he knows that he is not for goten, that even after the glamor of war Is gone, his uniform dis carded, he still is remembered for what he d!d or what he strove to do." ENACTMENT WATER CODE AIDS COURT Litigation Over Water Rights on Hunter May Be Settled Within Few Days. An action which has been pending in the courts for eleven years past is rapidly reaching the stage of final settlement through the enactment of the water code by the last legisla ture. A decision will be forthcom ing within the next few days. The action was started in 1910 by the Hunter Land Company to quiet title with injunctive relief .agalnßt a large number of water users along Hunter Creek, a tribu tary of the Columbia river in Stevens county. The courts found settle ment of the dlsnnte Impossible until ■ the enactment of the water code, four months ago an order of refer ence was made to the state super visor of hydraulics, who ordered all parties to the controversy to file a schedule or rights. C. J. Bartlett. assistant supervisor of hydraulics as referee, has been taking testimony in the case for the past week, complet ing this work yesterday. Mr. bartlett is preparing his report on the case which will go to the court and form the basis for a decree. THE WASHINGTON STANDARD. OLYMPI A. WASHINGTON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1021 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OUTLINES PLAN FOR COMMUNITY AND CIVIC BETTERMENT Board of Trustees Aims to Start Mov emi-nt Which Will Develop Social Consciousness and Unify Entire Population of Capital City. Deflniteness of the position of the Chamber of Commerce In the city and Its full effectiveness for com munity upbuilding is to be achelved, according to a program of activity adopted by the trusteees this week. While covering the entire field of the work of the organization. The program includes such a line of action that will bring about not only a closer relationship among its mem bers, but of the community as a whole. Wholehearted support of the plan by the membership of the Chamber of the city the trustees feel will be of broad benefit to the pub lic, civic and commercial welfare of Olympia. To get and to exchange ideas and opinions, to feel the pulse of the citizens on important matters of gen eral public concern, it is proposed to hold monthly evening meetings at the Chamber of Commerce. These meeting will be fostered by the Chamber of Commerce but whoever is Interested in the subjects to be considered will be welcome and are urged to attend. It is pointed out that many problems which affffect the city are at all times being dis cussed by Individuals, groups and organizations. This does not refer to matters which can and are handl ed by individual clubs, but to mat ters of a taxpayers' concern or of significance to the civic betterment of the city, things which all should jointly consider. Consider Commission System. Attention is called to one subject which might well be considered — whether or not Olympia would profit by a commission form of government with direct information being given through a speaker or speakers where it had been a success or was a fail ure. Some systematic scheme ot im proving and caring for parking strips, or in more general terms, the brushing up of Olympia's appearance »as a capital city, is mentioned as a topic. The much discussed city lighting subject is another, while matters of other nature and of gen eral concern to citizens would be come pertinent from time to time for gatherings. These are sugges tion contained in the program for monthly meetings. Noon-Day Luncheons. The trusteees considered at length the holding of noon-day luncheons, with the final decision to include them in the program. Although the other clubs are holding luncheons it was felt that a Chamber meeting once or twice a month, carried off on time and with snap would be the means of bringing together all mem bers in good fellowship. The plan provides for turning over a part of the time to some other organization to arrange a half hour's entertain ment. Among organizations men tioned are Auto Dealer's Association time to be given them Just prior to its auto show; the Sportsmen's As sociation, the Farm Bureau, Rotary Club, Klwanls Club, Business and Professional Wamen's Club, Ameri can Legion and new National Guard unit, and others. The first lunch eon will be held either the first or second week in October. In con nection with the luncheons two groups are to be organized each playing its part as an auxiliary. One is a block group on attendance; the other a glee group. Believing that there is a trend to day towards a new civic and social consciousness, behind which stand very prominent and practical men and women in America with very practical ideas the Chamber believes that it would be filling a worthy nltche in helping along such a move ment. The proposal is to gather together people In the community who are interested along these lines and with them as a nucleus start at least one definite thing to be accom plished during the next few months, 'something for the general good and entertainment of the whole commun ity and in which the whole com munity can take part, thus bringing together various groups in the city. This community service work would be not a department of the Cham ber but a movement started by it and behind which it would stand, lit was felt that a program too com prehensive could not be started at Ifirst, rather that it should he a 'growth. Th!s idea, as one instance lis suggested for getting into action. Community Christmas Tree. That plans be made for a real 'communfty-wide Christmas observ ance, which need not do away with the Christmas, at home. This would include, as has been done in tlie past a community Christmas tree. It would include mass or community singing and other novel features In keeping with the spirit of the occa sion, and possibly, early Christmas morning, the singing of carols throughout the city by truck loads of young folks, all starting from a common point and radiating to the various sections of the town. Such a movement might also, It Is suggested, look forward to acom munity week, one day given over to story-telling to little folks In the parks, another day a boys' and girls' field me'et, ending on Sunday with a program fitting for that day. These are merely suggestions included in the program. Commercial Development. Those affairs in which the Cham ber is primarily Interested and work ing for, and for which any commer cial organization is sustained, will be attended to by its committees for those purposes and the trustees, and from time to time will be subjects for discussion by the membership. This refers to such problems as rates industries, roads, harbor, taxation, publicity, etc. This work is the principal burden of a chamber of commerce affecting, as it does, the commercial and industrial develop ment of a community. From the secretary's office each month a mimeographed circular letter of information will be sent to each member of the Chamber. This 'letter will be snappy and condensed and will concern the activities of the Chamber during the preceding month and at times touching on plans for the near future. It will include the number and nature of correspondence out of the office, the organizations that have utilized the C hamber rooms for meetings, the aid and service that has been given individuals and groups, resume of meetings, and all other matters of interest to the membership. The Chamber is at present com piling new up-to-date literature. This will be in the form of a handy folder, with one section devoted par ticularly for tourist information. The rest will cite briefly what the city and county offers. Y. M. C. A. OPENS WINTER PROGRAM MONDAY MORNING Monday is the opening day for the winter program at the Y. M. C. A. Each day during the week new classes will start until all activities ihave been launched. For the past two weeks men and boys have been registering and getting their lockers and gymnasium suits ready for the winter's sports. The men's enrollment promises to be a record breaker as does the boys, nearly, two hundred of the latter havlnb already made applica tion. The gymnasium clases for men will come on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. One class will be at noon and the other will be at 5:15 in the evening. The evening class /or men will be at 7:15 on Monday and Thursday. The boys classes will be arranged according to ages. Boys ten to twelve years old will be Preps and will have classes on Wednesday at four o'clock and Saturday at nine o'clock. Boys twelve to six teen years will be known as pioneers and will come on Monday and Thurs day at four o'clock. Boys sixteen and over will come on Monday and Thursday at seven o'clock. Women and girls classes will start on Tuesday September 27th.. Band practice comes on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. A class for mature men in public speaking and another In salesman ship. LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES DE VALERA MAKES PEACE CONFERENCE' IMPOSSIBLE Claims Recognition of Irish Delegates as Sovereign Emissaries Prejudicial GAIRLOCH, Scotland. Sept 17. A peace conference between British and Irish representatives is impos sible while de Valera insists that the Irish delegates confer as emissaries of an Independent sovereign state. Premier Lloyd George said today re plying to the republican leader. "It is idle to say that a conference in which we already had met your delegates as the representatives of an independent sovereign state would be a 'conference without prejudice,' " Lloyd George said in his message. '•lt would constitute formal recogni tion of Ireland's severance from the king's domains. "It would entitle you, If you thought fit, to make a treaty with the king or not to make a treaty: to break the conference at any point and negotiate a treaty with a foreign power and also to claim the rights of lawful belligerents. "We cannot consent to any aban donment, however informal, of the principle of allegiance to the king on which the whole fabric of the empire la based." Lloyd George's message was in reply to a telegram from de Valera in which the latter explained his attitude in insisting that the Irish delegates would come to the con ference as representatives of an in dependent nation. De Valera said that the clause was inserted In his reply to Lloyd George's invitation to the conference so that there would be no misunderstanding of the Sin Fein attitude. The premier's answer was dis patched after he had carefully gone over de Valera's telegram and been in communication with other gov ernment leaders. JOURNALISM CLASS GETS MAJOR STANDING High School Students Will Publish Bi-Weekly Newspaper as Work in Course. Journalism has been made a major subject at the local high school this year. As a result there is a class of 18 students, juniors or seniors, who meet the fourth period of every day to study the fundamentals of news writing and publication. Up to 1919 a monthly magazine was edited by the students, but as it was practically the only magazine pub lished by high schools of the state, the rest having turned to the paper, a change was made and for the first time there appeared the monthly Olympus in the form of a newspaper. Under the supervision of Principal L. P. Brown the class has been drilled in the editorial, business and even mechanical department of the mod ern newspaper and very soon will ba divided into a regular staff, as was had last year. There will be an editor-in-chief, associate editors, business and ad managers, and differ ent departments, such as Joke 3, sports, assembly, organizations, ex change, etc., being modeled on the metropolitan papers, but written ex clusively by students. The first issue of the Olympus will be printed between the Ist and 15th of October and from ttyen on every two weeks until the end of May. An annual will also be published this year, in which will be a resume of all the year's work. Those belonging in the class are: Fred Convery, Maude Dawley, Edward Gonyaw, Roberta Johnson, Beryl Miles, Ada Perry, Marian Simpson, James Lovejoy, Lillian Wilson, Mar garet Walthew, Helen White, Isabel Weaver, Robert Murphy, Norman Par r'ng, Frances Ranney, Wilson Tyler Stanley Knox and Lloyd Ounstone. The second division of the Ladles' society of the Baptist church will be entertained by Mrs. O. M. Dunham. 613 Adams street, Thursday after noon. BUILDERS' HARDWARE We have a large assortment of styles and patterns to choose from. It will pay yon to investigate our prices before you buy your BUILDERS' HARDWARE for that new house you are building. PLUMBtifG Get our estimate for installing your plumbing and heating. LIST BLUE and WHITE ENAMEL WARE A large shipment of List Enamel Ware arrived a few days ago. There has been a considerable drop in the price of List Ware, including the heavy tin ware, and galvanized ware as well as the enamel. Olympia Hardware Co. Olympia, Wash. BUY A BUTTON I MONEY TO LOAN ON RANCHES Hays & Blauvelt Real Estate Dealers Byrne Block, Olympia. Phone 1050 PAGE THREB '.STUDENT ACTIVITIES EXPLAIN'KI) AT FIRST HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY Thf first ail-high school ascemblv of the school year was held yester d i> in the liinh school auditorium at which time the formal presentation of the large silk flag presented to the school by the G. A. R. convention, which met here in June, was made. Also at this time the flag salute waa instituted and is to be carried on throughout the school year. The purpose of the assembly was to ac quaint the new students with the ac tivities of the high school. Talks and discussions were given on the honor rolls, which are pub lished at each report card period, and Coach Paul Jackson talked on the school debating. In addition to interschoiastic debates there will be interclass debates carried on In the school and the winning clas will be presented with a large cup, donated by people interested in debating, at the end of the year. Four Journalists Speak Four students in the journalism [ class spoke on the school publica tion, "The Olympus," which will be i issued twice a month. The sub3crlp ! tion price will be one dollar a year for students and outsiders. Sub scriptions will be received either at the high school or the Bookstore. Stanley Knox, Maude Dawley, Wilson Tyler and Fred Convery, members of the journalism clas, spoke on the school paper. Miss Maud McVey, member of the faculty, announced that she had sponsored a girl's club in the school to which only upper class girls can be members. The purpose of the club will be to serve the school in various ways. Already 50 upper clas? girls have signed for membership In the club. , Miss lone Jones, music supervisor, talked on Olee club work. REDUCE SALARY RETSIL HOME HEAP A saving of 1600 per year in sal ary of superintendent of the Veter an*' home at Retsil was*announced today when the admlnstratlve board fixed the salary of Dr. H. M. Francis* co, who has just succeeded H. W. Thompson at superintendent, at $1,600 per year. Heretofore the sal ary of the superintendent baa been SI,BOO 'and that of the physician $2,400. In the appointment of Dr. I Francisco the two positions are com< blned with one salary. CHEI/TON PEOPLE VISIT HERE Mr. and Mrs. Cole Leisure and Mm. Laura Hartman visited friends in this city this week en route to their home in Shelton, following a four weeks? motor trip through Eastern Washing ton. Oregon and Idaho. * • * Mrs. A. D. Sheldon has returned to her home in Olympia from Che hal's, where she spent the week-end with her brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. McCorkle.