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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03
MAGARA'S BEAUTY N
GREAT DANGER
CLEAR CUT ACCOUNT OF COM
MERcIAL DEVASTATION
OF THE NOBLE FALLS.
One of the most active workers in

One Of the most active workers in
the American Civic Associations
crusade for the preservation Of Mia
CARA Falls is the president, J. Horace
Mcfarland. Speaking Of the need
for immediate action, President Nc
FaTland recently said;
Niagara Falls, that wonder Of God
as a scenic possession Of all the world
ought to be removed from the realm
Of uncertainty and sealed through a
ratified treaty. To accomplish this
effective work is needed. By reason
Of the expiration Of the Burton bill,
next June. it is imperative that the
American people, to whom Niagara
belongs, should pursue promptly
some policy that would insure the
preservation Of those wonderful wa
tiers.
sWe can not afford to wait until
Congress reassembies in March; and
what ought to be done, in my iudg-
ment, is to have the people Of the
country appeal to their representa-
lives in the national Congress ant
prevail upon them to insist upon
re-enactment Of the Burton bill Th'
American Civic Association is in fav
or of ten-year extension OF thi
measure. would urge that evei
larger discretionary power be give
to the Secretary of War, and tina
there ought to be sufficient apprc
priation, as was provided in the pres
ent bill, for carrying out the wor
OF the commission of supervision"
Being based upon scientific invest
CATION, the report of DR.. J. W. sper
Ger. Of Washington, upon the change
at Niagara Falls is significant and
especial interest to Americans COT
cerned in the crusade to preserve ii
falls. Dr. Spencer's report was mad
to the American Civic Associatio.
which has fought for years to prc
tect Niagara Falls from further spoi
alton. In part, the report read:
Stretching across the river, at tt
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03

factory yards, as would also the
American cataract"
In a previous address before the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science, afterwards
published in The Popular Science
Monthly, DR.. Spencer said;
Preservation of Niagara Falls is
now a question Of inches, Under the
conditions, the whole Of Horseshoe
Falls have shrunken from a crest line
Of 2,950 feet to 1000 feet, and their
diameter will have been reduced from
! / 200 feet to 800 feet They then will
be entirely within Canadian territory,
leaving a narrow strip OF rock be-
tween Goat Island and the great cata-
ract. If the full franchise be used the
American falls, which are 1000 feet
across, will have their southern half
drained and will be further broken up
into narrow sheets or strings OF water
Until such time as the use Of the
water shall become imperative the
preservation Of the international
Park and the falls is a very small bit
Of luxury or extravaganza compared
with the value and cost of great city
parks, or even Of one Of them, such
as Central Park Of New York There
also is a commercial side to this
question The yearly number Of visi-
tors to Niagara Falls varies from
100000 to 100000, and the expendi-
ture in transportation and at the falls
is estimated as high as $250O0,000 in
single year, giving pleasure and
recreaton to many persons over the
whole country. Are these considera-
tions to be set aside for the gain of a
few companies, or for political pur.
poses?"
Dr.. Spencer called attention to the
efforts to extend the spoliation Of tht
falls to "the utmost limit" and asks
4 the international action.
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algous 70 the Greek presentation ~
the templc,
With The Reformation though came
a reaction against the custom and
iron that time since Il has lost the
greater part of its religious aspect
even in the Latin countries, In 1854
John BAH issued 4 proclamation de.
claring that too much honor was be-
ing done TO the virgin and that the
honor done unto her should be done
unto Christ This brought the char
aster Of the celebration back TO its
Greek meaning
II is from England, Germany and
Scotland though that the Ground
Hog day custom comes. There the
day is observed as one Of celebration
in some parts but mostly a day Tor
weather representations Many Of
the rhymes that one hears about tue
day are from English and the Scotch
In Scotland on this day it Is q custom
| for the children TO bring presents Ntc
the teachers. Each tries TO rival th'
other in the amount Of the gift and
the boy and the girl that give tbs
most costly ones are hailed as kins
and queen. School is then dismissed
and the children march through th'
village streets carrying the king anC
Eoneen mon their shoulders,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-03
GROUNDING DAY AND
ITS SIGNIFICANCE
WHERE THE DAY AND ITS
STORY CAME FROM - LIE
GENDS GIVEN OF 1T,

WASHINGTON, Feb 2-Today
is candlemas day, or Ground Hog
Day, as ii is more generally known.
Ii is the day that is supposed 70 mark
the turning point between winter and
spring, but whether spring comes or
winter stays longer depends on sun
shine and shadow and the little
ground hog, AT least, so say the
old time prophets, and while the ex-
perts Of the weather bureau and the
agricultural department sniff at such
prophecies as being groundless super
stitions, the ground hog will not lack
millions Of devotees today. For
is it not written in the old jingle;
''As far as the sun shines out on
candlemas day,
So lar will the snow blow in before
May,
AS far as the snow blows in on
Gandlemas day,
So far will the sun shine out before
May"
It all depends upon the weather on
that day and the little ground hog,
as 10 what the weather for the next
six weeks will be, The ground hog,
il when he emerges from his winter
hibernating place, chances to see his
shadow, he will beat hasty retreat
to his little hole and wait for fairer
weather, knowing that a meteorolog-
ical change is due. But if it is DARK
and gloomy when he emerges and hs
sees no shadow the little animal will
! figure that winter is almost gone and
that above ground is the place for
him. 1t is the habit Of the ground
hog that gave this feature Of Gus
tom otherwise so different.
The custom was instituted by Celia
sius in the latter part OF the fifteenth
century. In many respects it resem
bled soge Of the pagan celebrations
land particularly that of the pagan
FebruaIia, which was held at abou
this same period
In fact, the Candlemas day celebra
ton is substitution Of the Februali
which furnishes the only logical rea
son for the use OF the candles in tn
festivities attendant
February has been dedicated to tn
internal gods by the Gentiles becaus
at its beginning Pluto stole Prosper
inc and her mother; Ceres sough
and rescued her at night and carrie
lighted candles. The Februalia celC
bration was in honor OF Ceres and III
celebrants carried lighted candle
too.
The holy fathers tried to stop th
celebration, but failed and decree
that which had been done unto Cert
y should be done unto the virgin. TIL
is how the festival came to be know
y as the Publication of the Blesse
Virgin, During the Middle Ages
=" was also favorite time for the GER
monv among Christian mothers al
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NOBLE enterprise To-
BE PERPETUATED
WORK ALL OVER THE NATION
TO COMPLETE AND Ex-
TEND GREAT HOSPITAL,

NEW YORK, Feb, 2-Solely
through the efforts oi dozen earn
est women. more than $4,000 has
since Christmas time been received
toward making the Lincoln Hospital
and Home in this city perpetual
monument TO Abraham Lincoln on
the hundredth anniversary Of his
birth With more than four times
that sum still to be added 20 the half
million fund needed Tor this living
memorial, these women managers OF
the institution are now hoping that
their project viii succeed Relying
on ready response from the women
OF the land. as we'll as from each adj
mirer Of the marYred president and
friend 81 the race he emaueipa'ed,
they declared to-day that the meas
ure Of the cour,ry's offering should
be limited By the eSten, to which
their simple story became known
! Forty-iour hundred white and col.
ored patients have IN the last year
alone occupied the beds Of this see
ond largest hospital institution IN
Greater New York, the records show
to-day while almost hundred and
fifty thousand days OF expert treat
ment have been furnished itee tc
poor and iriendless members OF both
races alike. In the last ten years
more than million and q half days
Of Tree treatment have been given ,c
the needy patients OF this institution
which it Is proposed to endow 't
l.incoln's memory
Twenty-one young colored women
trained a nurses according to th'
best professional standards, are toda!
leaving the Lincoln Hospital ans
Home TO carry on its work in man!
sections Of the country From th
training school Of the institution a
which these girls have just bee
graduated hundred such negro nur
ses have in the last ten years bee
sent to give the profession and ihel
own people throughout the eounIr
, the benefit 81 their experience Wit
scores Of these Lincoln graduates BE-
ing spread over the country year Al
ter year, the medical authorities her
believe great good will result in hell
J ing solve the problem OF nation'
! health.
Many OF the former patients an
/ poorer friends OF this work, which
Q is proposed TO make live in Lincoln
d name, have to-day volunteered to o.
Q the New York women who have u
;, dertaken the direction Of the nation
|, memorial movement Graduate
!. ,urses working in the great wint
i resorts and among the colored peop
. Of the South are this week cireula
ing dime coin cases to be filled, ea'
with a dollar in silver, and return'
to swell the half million dollar fuI
on Lincoin's Birthday. Substanti
" checks and bills OF all denominaiio
Is are already beginning TO be receIv
o. by Samuel Sloan who has been pla
i ed in charge Of the memorial ful
le at AIS Fifth Avenue in this city. i
Z committee who have undertaken
a accomplish this national Lincoln pr
r. iect are; Miss Mary w Booth, M
ls Arthur c, James, Mrs A. D, JUL
e. ard, Mrs. Henry l. Stimson, N
y Frank II. Platt, Mrs, Samuel c. v
Dusen and Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Jr.
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-23
NEWS FROM FAR NORTH
Ships From Alaska Bring Interest
ing News to Seattle. Ice Bound
Many Days

Reporting that Nome is very inoig-
nant over the recent arrival there of
German steamship crowded with
Russian immigrants for whom there
is no work, Capt. George M. john
stone, of the Montara, which arrived
at Seattle recently, states that he was
asked If he could not take a part of
them out of that port and to the
United States. The Russians are said
to be like a band of helpless child
rem, unable to speak English, with
out money or work and burden
upon the community already heavily
laden with American unemployed.
The Montara brought down $42,-
900 in treasure and mail, after
taking a full load of freight from San
Francisco for the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company to Nome, St. Michael,
Solomon and Goloyin. She left San
Francisco June and had an unevent-
full trip until striking the ice pack
n the evening of June 8 off Romanof
Cape, or about 63 degrees north.
The ice was all to the eastward and
in company with the st. Helens, the
Montara plunged into the bank OF
fog to the westward. They made I'M
successful efforts TO pierce the ice
walls until the night OF June "a when
it showed clear to the southwark
About ] o'clock on the following
morning the Montara got out OF the
field and into clear water. She made
Nome June Is. She discharged q
$50 tons in Norton Sound ports. in
Guiding 1900 tons for st. Michael,
and celebrated the Fourth of July by
sailing from Nome for Seattle. Two
hours after sailing she was fast in
the ice. where she worked around for
twenty-five hours before getting clear.
OF Cape Michigan she met the VIC
toria, of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany. and told Capt. John o'Brien
which course to take TO avoid the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-23
CROP PROSPECTS
ARE BRIGHT
j. =. O'Brien, General Manager Har-
riman Lines, Predicts Big
Yield

The heaviest grain movements in
the Pacific Northwest are to be ex.
pected within the next month, &C
cording to ]. p. O'Brien, general man
ager of the Hartman railroad sys-
TEN in the northwest, who returned
last night from an extended inspec-
ton tour OF the Washington division.
mo such crops were ever pro-
duced before this year in the Walla
Walla, Palouse and Grangeville dis
tricts," said Mr.. O'Brien this morn
ing. "A large portion of the Colum-
bia river districts are not SO good.
This is particularly true in Gillian,
Wasco and Moro counties.
But in other sections l never say
such crop assurances. Two weeks
of favorable weather will bring the
harvest season on in full force. Par
ley being harvested in the vicinity
of Dayton and Grangeville is bring
ing 80 bushels to the acre"
Mr.. O'Brien stated that his tour
of the Washington division was emil
nently satisfactory. New work is
proceeding rapidly and the tracks
are in the best of repair. The Des-
chutes railroad situation, so far as
could be learned, is about as it was
with Twohy Brothers of Spokane
simply waiting the granting by the
governor of right of way through
the Deschutes canyon to push The
new railroad into central Oregon.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-23
GRAIN AND MILLING

Jacob Nickle, who recently pun
chased the Ilo Roller Mills, Ho,
Idaho, has changed the name to
Craig Mountain Roller Mills.
Careful estimates of the grain out
put of the Northwest place it at
55,000,000 bushels. The recent
rains have benefited the yield great
ly.
The departm of agriculture es-
Inmates that on June I there were in
farmers hands in Oregon 1876, 900
bushels of wheat; in Washington,
1000; in Idaho, 100000
The Greer, Idaho, Rochdale Com
pany has allowed its lease upon the
Kerr-Gifford warehouse to lapse, and
will probably retire from the field.
The company showed large paper pro-
fits, and had taken action to declare
on per cent dividend but discover
ed that there was no surplus forth
coming, while manager John Hensel
rests under a felony charge, because
the grain warehouse is empty with a
number of receipts outstanding.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-23
ALASKA MAY USE PEET
Government Geological Survey Dis
closes Inexhaustable Beds of
That Fuel

The geological survey has become
interested in the possibilities of Alas
ka peat as a fuel for the camps and
cities of the territory. 1t is conduct
ing Investigations along this line, and
the following notice Of the work is
given in the survey bulletin of this
week:
The high price of coal and other
fuels in Alaska, due to the fact that
they have to be taken from a dis
lance to the more remote regions
away from water transportation
routes, makes it advisable to consid-
er the possibility of utilizing peat
great areas of which are common
in the territory. More than 10000
tons of this feul are prepared and
used annually in the countries Of
northern Europe. while in the Unit
ed States and Alaska not 1000 tons
were used in 1908.
Peat is partly decomposed vege-
table matter that is intermediate in
character and fuel value between
wood and coal. When properly pre-
pared and air dried, it burns freely
and gives off more heat than the
best wood, but not so much as BIZ
luminous coal of good quality. The
chief difficulty in using it for fuel
is that it is always saturated and has
to be dried before it can be burned.
The drying can be done most cheap
| iy oy exposure TO the wind and sun.
Machines for drying and shaping ii
into bricks are in common use in Eu-
rope, and peat thus prepared makes
more desirable fuel than cut peat
though it is somewhat more eXpen-
sive.
In the expectation that the great
stores of fuel in the peat beds OF
Alaska may be used to some extent
C. A. Davis, of the United States Geo.
logical Survey, has written paper
describing the differences, of prepar
ing peat for fuel $50 far as they are
applicable) and stating the costs O.
these processes. This paper forms {
chapter of Bulletin 379, which ma!
be obtained by applying to the di
rector of the survey, Washington, d
IC."
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-23
BARLEY GOES EIGHTY BUSHELS
Combine Near Waitsburg Clogged by
Heavy Grain

Harvest is on in the Touchet val
ley. A combined harvester owned by
w. E. Mckinney cut the first swath of
barley last Saturday at the McKin-
ney ranch, two miles north of Waits
burg.
Predictions of an enormous yield
are realized. E. NJ. Denton, manager
for Kerr-Gifford at Waitsburg said
that barley on the Mckinney ranch
is yielding from 80 to 90 bushels
per acre.
To handle the grain as it poured
from the machine is was necessary to
double the force of sack sewers. The
machine then stopped several times
to allow sackers to sack the grain.
That barley in the vicinity of Waits
burg and Dayton will go from so TO
80 bushels is the opinion of leading
farmers and grain dealers.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-23
CLOUDBURST IN OREGON

CANYON CITY, re.,-News has
reached here of cloudburst at Day
vile, which did heavy damage. Sheets
of water mingled with hail as large
as walnuts fell on Donald McDon-
AIDS ranch, situated below Melon
AIDS, running the greater portion of
it. Raging torrents washed the soil
out leaving great holes and gullies.
Seventy-five head of hogs were
drowned and a stack of hay destroy
ed A peculiar feature was of the
presence of sulphur, which seemed
to come from the rush of waters
from the black sky and scattered
over the ground Pools of water left
standing were thick with sulphur.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-23
AFFINITY" TRAPS HIM
Man Who Left Wife and Children
and Embezzled Funds May
Be Captured

His failure to give up a woman
for whom he had formed an attach
ment may lead to the capture of Har-
ry B. Rodgers, who is charged with
embezzling $500 from the Portland
branch of Schwarzchild & Sulzberg-
err, by whom he was employed up to
June 1.
After Rodgers departed leaving
the shortage in his accounts, no clew
was found until today, when the au-
thorities came into possession of a
letter written in endearing terms by
Rodgers to Miss Agnes Congdon, of
Salt Lake City. The letter had been
forwarded from Salt Lake to Denver
and then returned to Portland.
Rodgers in the letter tells Miss
Congdon he will be with her within
twenty days, and cautions her that
his whereabouts must be kept quiet.
He left a wife and child in Port
land, and as he has been known as a
quiet, economical man, his disap-
pearance and the charge of embezzle-
ment came as a complete surprise to
Ibis associates and employees there.