The Yakima herald. [volume], December 27, 1911, Page 3, Image 3

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BUSY SESSION
FOR KRESS
Senator Wesley L. Jones Outlines
Some of the Activities That
Will Engross Attention
TARIFF REVISION
SEEMS MOST LIKELY
Both Parttea in Congress WiU
Want to Go Before the People
on a Record of Something Ac
plished
"Though little has been dona In
congress u*p to the holiday season.
we have ahead of us a busy session
and one of great lntereat to the peo
ple of the northwest," said 6enator
Wesley _ Jones, who returned to his
North Yakima home Friday to
. spend the Christmas holidays. "The
main legislation of the session," con
tinued Senator Jones, "will be on the
tariff, and I really believe that in
spite of the diverse opinions in con
gress on this question that there will
be some tariff legislation passed.
"The democrats of the house will
draft and pass a bill that meets their
Idea of a revision that leans toward
tariff for revenue, and the republi
cans of the senate will pass a meas
ure that holds more closely to the pro
tection features. The conference mod-
mentions will be In the nature of a
compromise but I look to see some
tariff legislation along some very good
lines affecting the wool schedules, the
ootton schedules, steel and possibly
sugar. Politics will mark the work
of the session on framing the tariff
laglalation but I believe that both par
ties had rather go before the people
with something done in the way of re
vision than to deadlock over the mat
ter.
"Aside from the tariff legislation
for Alaska Is certain to be a feature
and in this our people In the north
wast are directly interested. The pres-
idemt's message on Alaska is expected
soon after the holiday recess and It
will, I think, follow the lines already
laid down In Secretary Fisher's rec
ommendations. The big problem In
Alaska is the problem of transporta
tion, and It seems likely that the gov
ernment will find It advantageous to
construct and operate some trunk lines
for Alaska. This Is applying social
legislation to special conditions and
it seems justifiable. Following this
some form or measure of local self
government will undoubtedly be de
vised to meet the conditions. At least
the country should have an elective
legislatures conduct Its local affairs.
The leasing system for operating the
development of Alaskan resources
seems the trend In that direction.
"Next to the Alaskan legislation In
Importance to this section Is the leg
islation relative to the fixing of tolls
for the Panama canal. The move
ment for free tolls for our own ships
engaged In the coastwise carrying
trade Is growing In favor and the adop
tion of such a regulation would mean
a great thing .for the Pacific coast. I
' am inclined to think that such legis
lation will be passed at this session."
Senator Jones referred to other
questions of local and state wide in
terest to which he was glvinsj atten
tion In the departments and reported
satisfactory progress. He will re
main here till after the holidays and
will be accompanied east on his re
turn to the national capital by Mrs.
Jones.
■ .1
LOCAL NEWS
J!
Miss Ella Ridgeway arrived in the
city Friday evening from Seattle <o
spend Christmas with her parents. Dr.
and Mrs. J. W. Ridgeway, of 415
South Naches avenue.
Most Worshipful Charles D. Atkins
of Tacoma, Grand Lecturer of the
Grand Lodge of Washington, F. & A.
M. was in North Yakima Friday even
ing and at the meeting of Yakima
lodge exemplified the second and third
degrees. s
George Prior has been ill at his
home for several days having con
tracted a severe cold.
H. M. Ensign was a passenger out
of North Yakima Friday, over tha
0.-W. R. & N. for Chicago.
Mrs. Shearer and her daughter left
the city Saturday for the west side of
the state.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Ernsdorff on Broadway on Friday.
Several of the members of North
. Yakima council. Knights of Columbus,
will go to Seattle next week, to take
part In an elaborate Initiation cere
mony of the Fourth Degree.
Marlowe Lesh and William Irish,
who are students In the Washington
State College at Pullman, arrived in
North Yakima this morning to spend
the holiday vacation at their homes.
They are accompanied by another
student, Mr. Armstead of New York,
"with strength and aais
they always plaaso"
TWO HORSE
OVER_ALL,S
MASS »T
LEVI STBAUSS <8l CO,'
who will spend the vacation w*h
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Hill of
Tamplco, are spending- a few days In
North Yakima. They leave for Se
attle on Monday, to remain until the
end of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Anderson
of Tamplco and children, Veraa and
Bernice, departed today for Ravalla,
Mont., where they will spend a week
with relatives.
Art Cameron of Tamplco was In
North Yakima today for a brief visit.
K. W. Dooley has returned to the
city from a busln ess trip to Seattle.
The Misses Dooley accompanied him
home for the holidays.
Word reaching P. J. Buwalda from
hta son In California Is to the effect
that the young man is steadily Im
proving In health.
School teachers of North Yakima
on Saturday received their pay checka
for December an order of the board
having made the checks available be
fore Christinas and thus giving the
teachers two pay days this month.
Secretary Kumler was compelled to
make ont the checks between the
time the school records up to Friday
night were turned over to him and
Saturday morning, before banking
hours. Many of the teachers left the
city Saturday to spend the day else
where with friends.
City schools will not be called again
for studies until a week from Tues
day, or January 2nd. The coming
week will be devoted to the Institutes
of the State Educational association
Horticultural Commissioner Hunt
ley Is In the city to spend Christmas
with his family.
Reports from the bedside of H. It.
Tucker are that he Is In a very weak
state of health.
Mrs. E. V. Lunn has gone to Cle
Elum for Christmas.
Thomas Carlyle of the Yakima
Grocery company left the city Satur
day for Seattle to spend Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prior of Spo
kane are in North Yakima for Christ
mas with relatives hare.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Campbell of
Spokane are here visiting Mr. and
Mrs. M. B\ Campbell.
H. N. Lichty was in North Yakima
Saturday enroute from Sunnyslde to
Seattle for Christmas.
Dr. Alfred J. Helton has returned
from a brief trip to Portland.
Miss Nina Needham of the county
auditor's office force will leave this
afternoon for Walla Walla, where she
-will spend the holidays with friends.
Miss Philena Dalton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dalton, who has
been attending school In Seattle at
the Academy of the Holy Name, Is
home to spend the Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Felton of Mt.
Vernon, Wash., are visitors In North
Yakima for the v next fortnight Mr.
Felton was actively engaged In news
paper work here for a number ot
years till last year when ha removed
{his family and interests to Mount
' Vernon, where he is editor of the
Argus.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Clemmer are In
Ellensburg to spend Christmas with
their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Stelner at the Antlers.
N. P. Linn of Ellensburg, formerly
an employe of the Herald, but now
with the Ellensburg Record, was In
the city Saturday night, on his way
tc Mabton to spend Christmas with
relatives.
Mrs. Halsey R. Watson left for
southern Utah on Friday last, called
by the Illness of Mr. Watson's sister,
who for several years past has been a
Presbyterian missionary teacher
among the Mormons and Navajo In
dians of Utah and Arizona. —Zillah
Free Press.
While returning home from Grang
er Monday evening C. Olsen, wife and
child were run over by a team coming
from the rear. Mr. Olsen waa knocked
out and jammed up a considerable
while Mrs. Olsen and child escaped In
jury to any great extent.—Zillah Free
Press.
Miss Myrtle Steel of the normal
school at Ellensburg Is home In North
Yakima to spend the holidays.
L. H. Linbarger of North Yakima, a
i wealthy contractor, was In Pasco this
[ week on business. —Pasco Progress.
•Miss Rhodla Burroughs of North
Yakima came up this afternoon to
spend Christmas and the following
week with her cousin. Miss Katheryn
Burroughs.—Ellensburg Record.
Misses Helen Hunt, Clara and Ella
Berg, Myrtle Steel, Mollle Brown, Eda
Lilzee and Eva Scott, all dormitory
girls, left yesterday for their home in
North Yakima.—Ellensburg Record.
J. M. Bennett, who for some time
past has been employed as bookkeeper
for the Tim Kelly Nurseries, has re
signed his position to accept a similar
one In the county treasurer's office.
He removed with his family to North
Yakima Monday*.—Wapato Independ
ent.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Chllds and little
daughter will spend Christmas with
Mr. Child's parents In North Yakima.
—Wapato Independent.
Miss Esther Short, who is attending
-school In North Yakima came home
the latte part of the week to spend
the Christmas season with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Short.—Cle
Elum Echo.
W. H. Maxweli, contractor of the
federal building here, la a guest at
the Commercial Hotel.
A. J. Rose and J. P. Oilman of El
lcnsburg are guests at the Commer
cial Hotel.
J. D. Cornett of Toppentsh was In
North Yakima for Sunday.
George B. Frye of Tacoma la regis
tered at the Commercial.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex McCredy of
Wapato came to North Yakima Mon
day to spend Christmas at the home
of B. F. Barge.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams of
Toppenish were in North Yakima,
over Chrintmati
L. K. Davis of Baltimore, 0., is In
North Ysklma visiting at the home of
B. F. Kumler. Years ago Mr. Kum
ler was a school teacher at Baltimore,
which Is the place of his nativity, and
the youngest son of Mr. "Davis was
one of his pupil*. Mr. Davis is a
civil war veteran Who has been trav
eling since October first last. Be is
anronte nor* to California.
Christmas cigars Were presented to
the Northern Pacific railway freight
office by the Yakima Grocery company
THE YAKIMA HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1911.
'and the Yakima Hardware company
and the latter company also presented
cigars to the police department.
Engineer Martin of the drainage
work on the Yakima reservation was
In North Yakima part of the day
Mondsy.
Mrs. Dollle Heldbreder of this city
has gone to Algona, Wash-, to spend
the holiday .season with her father
and .son there.
Manager Schroeder, of the Yakima
Hotel, presented Christmas cigars to
the ticket agents of the Northern Pa
cific railway, which were much en-
Joyed by the recipients.
Pending the arrival of a son from
California no funeral arranaements
have been made for the burial of
the body of Thomas Chambers.
Deroy Cronkhlte, of the United
States marine service, located at
Bremerton, spent Christmas as the
guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.
B. Cronkhlte, of Selah.
Bert H. Barker, foreman of the
Sunnyslde Sun, master of Intricate
typesetting, spent Christmas In North
Yakima with friends.
The Musical Davis family, of Sun
nyslde, are visitors In North Yakima
for Christmas time.
Ed. Rowan, an employe of the
North Coast Lumber company at Sun
nyslde, spent Christmas with friends
In North Yakima.
Charles Bunnell, of Toppenish. was
here Christmas. He resembles the
President in a way, from the fact that
he has a smile that will not come of?.
Leroy Pierce of Sunnyslde. enjoyed
himself In this city Christmas.
W. M. Pearce, a carpenter of
Granger, was In the city Christmas to
enjoy the Christmas good cheer.
Charles R. Curtlss, of the United
States Collection agency, spent
Christmas with relatives and friends
In Seattle.
H. L. Sommervllle, popular public
ity man of the Tleton country, Is In
North Yakima for the purpose of en
joying himself during the Christmas
season.
Mr. and Mrs. J- A- Adams left Sun
day for Toppenish to spend Christmas
with their daughter, Mrs. Roy D. Da
mon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Shaw and little
son, of South Eighth avenue spent
Christmas at the home of Mr. Shaw's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Shaw,
near Sunnyslde.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Butt and Mr.
S. E. Ferris spent Christmas at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E Goodwin
of Parker Bottom.
Messrs. R. C. and A. G. Adams are
spending the holidays with their sls>
ter, Mrs. Roy D. Damon of Toppenish.
Sam Poulos, proprietor of the Busy
Bee restaurant, celebrated his twen
ty-fifth birthday anniversary Christ
mas with becoming formality.
Wilson Ashley Haynor, aged 86
years, died Saturday at his homes
410 South Third avenue of nephritis.
He was a native of California and
had worked here some time ago as a
street car conductor. He became ill
some time ago and was taken to
Medical Lake from where he return
ed Friday, dying here the next day.
Fire destroyed the harness shop of
Wesley K. Garrett, 112 West Yakima
avenue, at 7 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. The proprietor had lighted a
gasoline stove, then stepped out. When
he returned the room was in flames.
Stock was a total loss, insured for
$3,000. The building, owned by the
Yakima Commercial company, was
badly damaged.
Poultry Association
There Is a rapidly growing Interest
In the poultry show to be held here
the first week in January and many
inquiries concerning the conditions.
The premium lists have been placed
with all the hardware stores In the
city and with other stores engaged
In selling supplies to the fanciers.
These premiums may be had for the
asking and they supply all the need
ed Information to intending ex
hibitors.
Yakima Highlands Irrigation and
Land company has served notice oa
Henry J. Lotz and wife and David
Longmire that petitions for condemn
ation of certain of their lands will be
petitioned for in superior court on
January 6. The above company Is
constructing an Irrigation ditch, ta
king water from the Wenas, and
wants the land for that purpose. The
lands described are in the southeast
quarter off 12-15-17 and the northeast
quarter of the northwest quarter and
the northeast quarter of 19-15-18.
Six couples were made happy at the
office of the county auditor Saturday
when they obtained marriage licenses.
The names of the different couples are
as folktws: Perry Everett Taylor and
LauraXUmira Farr, both of Selah;
Noah Sutton and Edna V. Wakerfield,
both of North Yakima; Andy Best
Wallace and Maude Ellen Perry, both
of Outlook; Raymond B. Stevens and
Edith L. Vail, both of North Yakima;
Ivory Ellis Webb and Lora Aller, both
of Wapato; W. J. Jewell, of Moxee,
and Emily Chamberlln, of North
Yakima.
That the growing here of quality
fruit Is a certainty In this valley and
not an accident was again demon
strated this week when at St. Paul, at
the land show there Yakima won the
prize for the best display made by
any commercial club, Individual or
community, the prize being offered by
the Great Northern railway, and the
award consisting of a silver cup. The
state of Washington was also the
winner of the finest state Hisplay
made at St. Paul. These winnings,
coming after others made by Yakima
this year tell their own story.
The 25th wedding anniversary of Mr.
Amd Mrs. M. B. Campbell of Broad
way avenue was celebrated by them
Friday at their home, when they en
tertained 60 of their friends. The
rooms were beautifully decorated in
holly wreaths, and potted ferns and
palms. A silver fountain surrounded
by pink carnations was the unique
centerpiece. The wedding cake bear
ing the dates "1886-1911" was cut by
the hostess and a piece wrapped in
stiver paper was presented to each
guest as a favor. Mr. and Mrs.
Campbell were the recipients of many
valuable pieces of silver.
■A daughter was born Friday to Mr.
and Mrs. William Addington of the
Cowlche.
NOTED MEN WILL ATTEND
FUNERAL OF JOfciN BIGELOW
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Many noted
men will attend the funeral of John
Blgelow, the author and statesman.
Though he had celebrated his ninety
fourth birthday, Nov. 25, his death
Tuesday morning was a surprise, as
he had been in good health and had
often expressed the belief that he
would live to be a hundred. For
many years after 1850 Blgelow was
associated with William Cullen Bry
ant In the editorship of the New York
Evening Post. He represented the
United States at Paris during the
civil war, part of the time as consul
general and part of the time as minis
ter.
SAY WOMEN
ARE § BUSY
Clubs, Church, Philanthropic and
Social Meetings Leave Them
Little Time
MAKING CALLS GOING OUT
OF FASHION PERFORCE
Choice of City Flower Between
Rose and Geranium—Woman
Has System of Christmas Giv
ing Warranted Not to Worry
That there are too many things In
North Yakima to belong to and that
the wome*h of North Yakima belong to
too many things, is a complaint fre
quently heard. It Is no uncommon
thing for a woman to belong to six
or eight different societies, counting
culture clubs, church organizations.
card clubs and what all. While some
of the societies meet only once a
month, the programs are so arranged
that each week brings one or two
meetings of some sort to be attended.
Sometimes three or four meetings fall
the same week. The result has been
a mad pursuit of this meeting and
that, with card parties, dances and
the theater thrown hi. Calling, which
used to be recognised as a social
amentlty, has gone by the board.
Something had to go.
Don't Dare Count Them
Time was when the woman who
did not make her party call never got
Invited to any more parties. The wo
man who maintains a calling list to
day and faithfully returns obligations
as they are understood In this line Is
a rara avis, Indeed.
"Mrs. Recently-Come-to-Yakima'
appears a charming person. I'd like
to call upon her, but where will I get
the time," wails one woman.
"Calls." deplores another. "I don't
dare count up how many I owe. But
there's the Woman's club, the D. A. R.
and the Portia club and the presi
dent's council and the health com
mittee and the art committee and the
advisory board and the guild and the
missionary meeting and a few parties
In between. I don't mean that I belong
to quite all of them, but I would If I
didn't have occasional spasms of
strong mindedness. I wish somebody
would consolidate us; make us into a
club trust."
Whether the city flower should be a
red rose or a red geranium Is causing
some discussion. The opinion on the
color seems to be fairly united, but
when the matter was brought up at
the president's council at Its last
meeting there were those who felt
that the geranium had proved Itself
such a fit flower for Yakima grow
ing that It should have consideration.
The great objection to the geranium,
of course, that It has to be taken up
and housed for the winter. The rose,
once well started, takes care of Itself,
save for a little packing about its
roots and possibly a wrapping up In
burlap tor exceptionally cold weather.
In case the art committee, after re
ceiving the reports on the matter from
the presidents' council, decides to
make a recommendation of a rose, It I
will probably content Itself with rec
ommending a red rose merely, since It
seems hard to unite upon a single va
riety which will have general support.
The choloe of many experienced rose
culturlsts ia the Gross an Teplitp,
but there are those who prefer the
Richmond, the Liberty or other red
varieties.
Telephone Tram Despatching
NEW YORK—The Central Hallway
of Georgia has recently installed tele
phones for Its train despatch"*,
————— FROM THK '
WIDE, WIDE WORLD
Wool Growers Meeting Ends
OMAHA, Neb.—What Is regarded
as the most successful convention of
the National Wool Growers' associa
tion is being concluded here. Between
1000 and 2000 delegates and exhib
itors attended.
Restoration of Canteen Favored
WASHINGTON, D. C.—MaJ.-Gon.
Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the
army, favors the restoration of the
canteen to army posts. Ho declares
In his annual report that the conse
.sensua of opinion in the army Is that
the canteen should be re-established.
Wreck of Maine to Bo Distributed
WASHINGTON. — Parts of the
wreck of the battleship Maine are to
bo given to cities, patriotic societies
and veterans of the Maine, under an
arrangement presented to the House
In, the urgent iloflelenc-y hill.
The entire bill carries |1,270,000.
It authorizes an additional appropria
tion of $250,000 for raising the Maine,
making a total appropriation of $900,
--000 for that purpose.
The chief condition upon which the
grants would he made is that the la
bor ami (*ost of obtaining the pieces
of the wreck bo paid by the city or
society getting tho relic
Han Course in Highway Work
NEW YORK—Columbia University
has established this year a courso In
highway engineering, a new depart
ment of education, rrof. Arthur 11.
Blanchard, a former state engineer
of Rhode Island, has the department
under his direction.
Heretofore It has boen taken for
granted that a civil engineer was a tit
high way engineer.
So much has been learned about the
waste In bad road building in the last
few years that civil engineers them
selves have come to acknowledge that
highway engineering is a distinctive
branch of their profession in which
they have not been trained.
Danish-American Park In Denmark
CHlCAGO—Announcement Is made
here of the election of an executive
committee of Danish-Americans to
make plans for the dedication of the
proposed Danlsh-Americitn national
park near Aalborg, Denmark, Aug. 1,
1912.
Members of the committee said
they had bought 400 acres of the pic
turesque Jutland heath and that more
than one thousand Danish-Americans
from all parts of the country had sub
scribed to the fund. It It planned
to deed the park to the Dutch gov
ernment for use as a public ground
and that on the fourth of July each
year the park shall bo given over to
Americans for the celebration of In
dependence day.
NORTHWEST NEWS
Form Now Whaling Firm
OLYMPIA, Wash.—As a, result of
the success of the whaling industry In
Washington another company has
filed articles of Incorporation to do
business here, the Alaska Whaling
company of Minnesota being the new
concern to enter the field. The capital
stock of the company Is placed at
$200,000.
Close OH Delivery Deal
SPOKANE, Wash.—ln anticipation
of lower freight rates from the coast
to Spokane, contracts for tho dolivery
of 60,000 barrels of oil per month
have been closed by the Palmer Union
company. The contract price Is 75
cents per "barrel, delivered at Portland
or Seattle.
City to Own Street Itullroad
SEATTLE, Wash.—Seattle, after
forcing the Stone & Webster syndi
cate to cut trolley fares to 4 cents. Is
prepared to put Into operation a mu
nicipal car line. Bonds In $800,000
have already been authorized, and
work will start immediately on the
new line.
Contraband Opium Poured Into Sewer
SAN FRANCISCO — Contraband
opium valu.vl at more than $100,000
was poured Into a sewer manhole in
the rear of the custom house today.
As the drug In smoking form Is
prohibited In this country, all seizures
WENATCHEE FRUIT
POOL PRICES GIVEN
President Holcomb Is Well
Pleased and Thinks They
Show Good Returns
Wenatchee Fruit Growers' associa
tion pool prices for the year Just clos
ing have been announced by Presi
dent Holcomb, who thinks the show
ing a remarkably good one for a sea
son marked by many perplexing prob
lems. The Wenatchee World says:
Association Pool Prices
Variety Extra Fancy Fancy
BV4-4 4*4 3^-4 4 % 5 C
Winesaps 1.80 1.65 1.65 1.40 1.15 .91
Arkansas Blacks 1.50 1.35 1.3 5 120 .91
Spitzenbergs 1.80 1.65 1.65 140 1.15 .11
ißome Beauty 1.44 1.30 1.30 1.15 1.00 .91
Jonathans 1.44 1.041 l.so 1.15 l.On .91
Stayman Winesaps 1.41 1.26 i.|| 1.11 1.00 .91
Delicious 2.75 2.60 2.50 2.00 .91
Winter Banana 1.50 1.36 LSI 1.30 .91
Yellow Newtown Pippin 1.40 1 L'li'" 12.-, 1.10 .91
Grimes Golden 1.35 1.20 1.20 1.05 .90 .76
King David 1.40 X'.il 125 1.10 100 .76
Gano—Black Ben 1.24 1.09 1.09 .94 .76
Black Twig 1.26 I.U 1.11 1.00 .76
Senator 1.35 1.20 1.20 1.05 .10 .71
Odd Variety 1.22 1.07 1.07 .92 ,71
White Winter Pearmaln 1.52 1.17 1.17 t.Ol .7«
Ben Davis 1.00 ,f* ejO .76 .76
Mo. Pippin 1.30 1.15 1.15 is .71
must be destroyed. Since the last de
struction, 2685 tins, weighing more
than ISOO pounds, have accumulated.
Most of this was seized from Oriental
liners, where It had been hidden by
smugglers, and a large amou-nt was
found in Chinatown by customs in
spectors. .
In order SO prevent the recovery of
any of the drug custom officers open
the tins and dissolve the contents In
boiling water, the solution being
known as "dope soup." The "soup"
is poured Into the sewer.
Black Hills Gold Output 97.f1i0.50n
PIERRE. S. D.—The annual report
of State Mine Inspector Daugherty,
which has been filed with the gover
nor, shows the total output of Black
Hills gold for the year ended Nov. 1,
was $7,625,506.28.
Alaska's First Dining Car
Alaska has Its first dining car, made
•out of an old coach In the Cordova
shops and managed by a man and his
wife. It Is on the Copper River *.
Northwestern road, running between
Cordova and the interior.—lndianaD
olls News.
MnbeTs Hobble Skirt
Mabel had s hobble skirt.
It was n peach, you know.
And everywhere that Mabel went,
She OOUldn't hardly go.
She couldn't climb a street car step,
Because It was sg tight.
And getting Mabel in a car—
Well. It was Just a fright!
One day «j"he chanced to drop her
glove;
She didn't dare to bend,
Lest something snap, and bring her to
A most untimely end.
So there she stands and waits today,
Because she can't exert —
Take warning, all ye comely maida.
From Mabel's hobble skirt!
The Day That Nothing Happen*
Some folks are ulways fussing
For something more to do,
Their one Idea of pleasure
Is to play a game that's new.
But the more I mix with people
And the more of life I see,
The day that nothing happens
Is the happiest day to me!
At first It Is alluring
To have one's program filled.
To join the merry dance of Life
Wlt'h new emotions thrilled.
But the aftermath is weariness,
Its end—satiety.
|The day that m thing happens
Is the happiest day to me.
We may climb to heights of pleasure
Or fall to depths of woe.
But the way for me Is straight ahead
No heights or de-pths to know.
To work and feel 'twas ably done.
Then rest Is ecstasy.
The day that nothing happens
-a the happiest day to me.
>As each day dawns to face It
I Replete w-it'h energy,
Rechristen "work" and call it "play"
Presto! "Success," 'twill be.
And realize in God's program
Monotony cannot be!
The day that nothing happens
Is the happiest day to me!
—Anne McM. Irwin in Nautilus.
*irst Professor—My dear colleague.
I'm' a little puzzled. When did the
first Peloponneslan war begin?
Second Professor—43l B. C.
First Professor—Quito right, quite
right. That is the number of my
doctor's telephone. I waa to call him
up and toll him my wife Is sick.—
Fllegende Ulaetter.
Arabs Arc Fierce, Fighters
LONDON, Dec .25.—The Malta cor
respondent to the Ohronlola sends a
letter received from Tripoli describing
the recent surprise attack by 16,000
Arabs with artillery on Alnzarc. The
attack was so fierce It required the
Italians six houn. to repulse thorn.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tbs Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the SJ? Sltt^"
Signature of t>»eCaV*^fA£&l24f
"That a recent report gave $2.3*>
as a sample offer now open for the
grower who has stored his Wlnesaps
l»nl can now furnish them In carload
lots, Is not dec-nieel significant by the
.association president. He is certain
that such a .lemand Is very limited
land would soon dwindle If the supply
we»c anything like the volume of the
association pool. At any rate, no such
price Is being offered back east where
most of the fruit must be sold.
"President Holeombe is certain that
the above prices obtained by growers:
in his organization, will average better
than what dependent shippers realised.
"The last check in full settlement
with growers for the season of 1311
was mailed out last night."
The pool prices announced were as
follows:
FROST TESIS
MAY BE HERE
State College Horticulturist Will
ing to Experiment in
Orchard Heating
FATAL TEMPERATURES
ARE NOT ARBITRARY
All Sorts of Fruits Last Spring
Lived Through Cold Suppose/
to Be Too Severe—Peaches
Survived Pears
Pra.-tic-al experiments In frost
fighting, in the Yakima orchards may
lie made this spring by Prof. Morris
of the department of horticulture of
the state college. Prof. Morris is
anxious to get data from orchardlsts
who have used pots and to arrange
for tes|s. with records kept, and re
sults compiled, in which different
sorts of heating devices aro used. The
state colleges of Oregon. California,
Colorado and other sections In which
valuable crops are menaced by late
spring or early full frosts have car
ried on such experiments In the or
chards and undoubtedly similar ex
periments In the Washington orchards
would he productive of information
Important for the fruit growers.
Cold !,a .-let I ticmg
Fire pots were used to a consider
able extent In the Yakima valley last
year, oil being the commonest fuel,
but the cold spell was BO severe anil
of such duration that many orchard
lsts were caught insufflclelly supplied
with oil, so thnt, whilo some believe
they proved the worth of the artificial
heating devices, others feel that they
did not have a fair chance to try out
the frost fighting method*
About Frost
Frost may be looked for when the
temperature, as reported by the sta
tions of the wsathar bureau, falls to
a point 8 or 10 degrees above freez
ing. Frost Is formed on surfaces
which are at freezing or below freez
ing. A clear, cloudless and compara
tively calm night Is also favorable for
frost. Clouds retard radiation or loss
of heat from -plants and act as a
screen to prevent the heat collected
from the sun's rays during tho day
from escaping Into the upper air.
Moisture, when a considerable eleva
tion above the earth, is condensed In
to clouds; when tho process of con
densation Is more active and the
temperature of the air Is above freez
ing .rain falls; when the temperature
Is below freezing, snow Is produced.
When the moisture of the air in |m
me-llato contact with the earth is
condensed at temperatures above
freezing, dew is formed; whi-.i at
temperatures below freezing, frost is
deposited.
A severe frost about the end of
December, 1K «* K. caused great dam
age to the orange crop In the River
side section of t'allfornln, and started
the frost fighting campaign. It is a
good Idea, according to the report ol
the Oregon state college on prelimi
nary frost fighting studies In the
Rogue River valley, for every or
rhardlst to make a practice of keep
ing iha rqlqlmum temperatures as
well/as the dew point for every day
throughout tlie season. Tills will
give him eliitti to go by for his par
ticular location and it has been found
that nrliltrary rules nn a temperatures
cannot be given for different locali
ties. Each fruit grower will llnd It
of value to keep a psychrometer,
which Is a simple Instrument com
posed of two thermometers fastsned
to a rigid back, the bulb of one ex
tending below the bark ami thu de
vice so arranged that It can be
whirled rapidly, A pled of muslin
Is put around the hulli which ex
tends, it is saturated nrlth Water and
the psychroineter whirled. Both
thermometers arc rend and the dif
ference) noted, Th« whirling is doss
several times, until the reading on
the wet thermometer is constant.
The dew points is found by v i of a
chart furnished hy the Fedc-il
weather bureau, the difference in
reading bstwoea the wet and dry
thermometer Indicating It.
Teinpoi-uliiies Not Fatal
From experiments i( t ('m-vallls,
Ore, last spring, It was seen than an
arbitrary table of tSfnpsraturai for
front injury could not be made.. In
most of the tables which are printed
the tempuieif uri's between which In
juries will occur tin- given as from
27 to 30 degrees. With all kinds or
fruits, both in the Rogue River and
the Willamette valley, it was noticed
that these temperatures did not ap
ply this spring. In many Instances
peaches passed through a te-mpera
, ture of 27 and II without Injury, in
I other cases pears and apples In the
bud were injured at _'.» degrees. The
peach is generally considered more
susceptible to frost Injury than the
pear, but in one orchard whero poach
. fillers were used with pears, the
pears wen- about 10 per CI tit killed,
while the peaches suffered no Injury.
Out of Town Guests
Miss Marian EC. i.'oumbe. who is at
tending Hoiy Names Academy at Se
attls, arrived last night to spend the
holidays with her parents accompa
nied by her frit ml. Miss Bdwlna Kel
logg of Seattle.
..iiss Harriet Pergoeon formerly of
Battle Creak, Mich , but .tow engaged
In teaching piano 81 the Annie Wright
seminary In Tacoma, arrived yester
day in spsnd the holidays with her
friend. Miss Hi/el Green at 108 Sev
enth avenue aouUft.
Because a mtcn in an Eastern town
not long ago wore a pink shirt and a
green tie at his wife's funeral, hi«
sanity Is now questioned, and his will
is In dispute in the courts
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