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er First, Leg of Rob: 4 ABE LINCOLN Snowshoe Trail Cruel but Bear MONDAY, FERRUARY 19, 1 ns “CITY HONORS Clubs Unite to Honor Great} Emancipator y of Lincoln's birth. = The celebrat! + day in Seattlo will be marked by : many adresses deplctitux the Life and | work of the great emanctpator Prof, Extmond Meany, of the/ University of Washington, will speak | at the regular meeting of the Lions'| ub in the Masonic club rooms at| £ 12:15 Monday. His theme will be J “Abraham Lincoln and What His| L Work Meant to the Nation.” + A patriotic dinner will be held pi ‘Thursday at the Ravenna Boulevard| Presbyterian church at which Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer will be the! principal speaker, The rooms will be| @ecorated in red, white and blue, Lincoln readings were gtven at the ¥. MC A. Sunday by Mra Nettle Shreve-Rayman, a lyceum dramatic reader of Now York. Patriotic in. gtrumental music was furnished by the Y. M. C. A. orchestra, All banks, city, county and federal Offices were closed Monday in ob- gervance of the birthday of Lincoln, The customs, immigration and prohi- Pition departments of the federal building wil! remain open. ill address the Young Men's Re fiean Club of King county Mon. day night at their twenty-first annual | Lincotn Day banquet at the Crystal| Fully 1,200 persons are ex-| p to attend the banquet, it was fated by Bert A. Northrup, secre-| tary of the club. jas Lesson to Be Learned From | Abraham Lincoln” was theme of the sermon delivered | Banday evening by Rev. Honor L.| ‘Witheim, of the Ballard abyter- | fan church. The service “was at-| W a erryman and Bob Bermaws, |greaves’ comfortable ranch house at Robson station, 18 miles from the point where the real series of articles by Bob Ber mann, Star reporter, on the as- cent of Mount Robson, highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 928. , On the trail to Mount Robson. The figures are Jean The inset is ‘the home they cent of the mountain began, * #* * (Following is the third of a * * * Per, gulde—and our protector for the next few days. He explained that his ranch was about half a mile away and that we would have to load our outfit on @ rade sled which he J fended by @ large body of members| which is now being attempted by [had driven to the railroad. A few @f the American Legion. | four Seattle men, Lambert Stem- [minutes later we were clumping Clark Prescott Bissett, Drofessor ath bergh, Jean Landry, Jacques | down the trail. few at the University of Washington,| Bergues and Charles R. Perry. ‘The house that we found was a bas written a book on Lincoln which | and will be off the press next week.| hundreds of books have been Lincoln, this treats of an entirely new angie readers a clearer under. the great princtples for and died. now has 1,787 books on in Mbrary, at 914 24th which he has collected dur. past 25 years. As may be he is an ardent student of ings of Lincotn and ts am- of writing of his life. BANDITS WORK DESPITE SNOW to Crook Bands it ot i 73 ; ot I a3 g jan Fe Hi 10 ze gehe 22283 ‘The heaviest loser was Ralph H. Higgins, vice president of E. H. Hig- gins & Co., importers, who lost three | diamond rings worth $4,000 and other Jewelry and gold coins to the value ~ 0f $1,500 when his home at $31 20th _ aye. N. was looted. 3 coins valued at approximately ‘s all A Mrs, E. T. McCafferty, 6332 61st 8., surrendered $8 to a man who fang the bell and menaced her with tevolver when she answered the door. _. Mrs. Joe Chernikoff, 128 22nd ave, better. Her two sons inter. & robber entered her and demanded money. In the struggie the Intruder lost overcoat and hat, and the boys one of his eyes. Other burglaries reported included the robbery of three residences and Of a gas station at 1628 Fifth ave., where bandits got $26 in cash. _ REFUSES TO STOP SMOKER Despite the fact that a complaint | Was issued against him Saturday in _ &n effort to top the smoker which he |s promoting for Tuesday evening at the Crystal Pool, Nate Druxin- President of the National Ath- Club, Inc., announced Monday ave would take place as Druxinman branded the complaint Sgalnst him, which was sworn to by Malone, another local boxing | Promoter, as pure spite work and ng hip on Malone's wit to ne in “Malone \s angry,” said Druxin- man, “because the boxing commis. _ Hon refuses to permit him to stage _ Amokers. So he's trying to break up _ the boxing game in Seattle.” iman reported to Sheriff “Matt Starwich as soon as he learned ig the complaint had been insued, ‘Was released on his personal Tecognizance. His case was set for ~~ hearing before Judge C. C. Dalton Friday, wis or wh pe Abraham Lincoln) e, the people all ‘of the time” knew that to be really free people must be a from prejudice. Don’t let old customs keep you from trying Nucoa The Healthful Economical | __ Spread for Bread man. In the opening install. the where the real expedition began.) In one way the “biggest moment” off the train at Robson station. moment we were in the very center side by all the luxurious appotnt- ments that a railroad can provide— close to nature as one can get. The atmoaphere was the first bie change. steam-heated warmth of an observa- tion car to the cold, crisp, dry alr of | that’s a transition which one must But the change of scene was even more impressive. were members of the highest type of ctyilization which has yet been con- celved, the next we had returned to stark first principles. where we had alighted, drinking it seemed against that striking pano- rama. But our revery was soon disturbed. ing up to us, his moccasins almost noiseless on the packed snow, and in- {troduced himself fo us as George | Hargreaves, packer, outfitter, trap- Miss Irene Coryell Is tles Bore Bald Bachelors!” No. 2 chosen not only because it Is difficult amusing. vocal cords, but most of them did not make complete sense or were ro- fected for Ike reasons. and 1s the most difficult #o far pre- “Legisiative, words, however, can be used In any closely restricted by the rules, it Is belleved that the editor will not ex- perience the same difficulty In choos- ing the winner this week. all that was necessary for a good tongue-twister was neve ficult to pronounce. This fs not cor- rect. and must be amusing or timely. must be used; Legislative, Lobby, Laws, These words, however, can be used in any order desired. Name. «+ CUY . visenareeressererenerenes pleasant surprise portrays him 4 “Untversal Man.”| ments the writer 't was, ft was tremendously com- ‘This volume will be published by the| events leading up to the arrival | fortable and essentially a home John Howell Co.. of San Francisco, | of the party at Robson Station, | There we were introduced by Har greaves to his three brothere—Jack, Roy and Frank—with whom he ives, and to Mrs. Jack Hargreaves, the only feminine resident of the community, ‘The Hargreaves are real folks ‘They accepted us without reserve or qualification—and within half an By Bob Bermann our trip came when we stopped One civilization—surrounded on every basta dack Hargreaves was natural ly the figure of the hour—as he had sealed Mt, Robson himself, the summer before, in company with Windsor Putnam, a young Californian, He was deeply inter. ested In the present explolt, and offered many helpful sugges: tons, but was frankly dubious as to our chances of success, “When we went up we slept out for three nights on the mountain,” he explained. “That wouldn't be Doanible tn winter time, tho, You'd freeze to death if you tried to spend more than one night in the open— and I don't believe you can make id the next we were just about as Woe stepped direct from the below in the ‘mountaine—and perience in order to appreciate, One minute we iar road tracks and the telecraph [the top in that time.” Robbers were undeterred by the| wires, there wasn’t the slightest ‘The mountaineers refused to be Old weather over the week-end, sign of buman kind fn sight. | @iscouraged, however. They went ‘ the t dust one vast expanse of undis- | ahead with their preparations—fit- Sepredations Guring the twoay D&! tured anew, cupped within a ting their boots to skis and fom Hod totaling more than $6,000. circle of lee-eapped peaks, among [trons, going over the camera equip- ment and filling up their packs—and by morning they were ready to start the trip. I was responsible for the firet de lay. Landry and Berguen had ad vised me to make the trip on akis— #0 I tried out a pair the first thing in the morning. It was lotn of sport —but I found that I spent more time on my head than on my feet and I finally became convinced that, handicaped by a heavy pack, I'd never make it, So I tried snow- io. How small and puny we roughly-dressed man came strid- Winner of Tongue Test “Bawling Babies Breaking Bottles Bore Bald Bachelors” Wins The following rules govern The Star's tonguetwisting contest: This contest ts open to every- » one—except Star employes and their families, and the employes of other newspapers. Every week The Star will 2 print a tongue-twister, The coming week contestants must start each word with the letter “L” and the completed sentence must contain the words “Legislative, Lobby, Lawn.” These three words may be used in any order destred. A cash prize of $25 will be paid to the best tongue-twister submitted during the ‘week. 3 All tonguetwisters must be » orginal, Neatness will count. Origiriality will count. Timeliness will count. No tongue-twister Is barred because !t 1s amusing. BY TONGLE-TWISTER TED “Bawling Bables Breaking Bot- Ladies and gentlemen, meet the inner of TongueTwister Contest If Mian Irene Coryell, 4533 86th ave. ‘W., will come to The Star office, 0 will receive the $26 prize. Miss Coryell’s tongue-twister was pronounce, but also because It is forme T. T.’s were harder on the Contest No, 3 is now under way, nted. Three words must be used the tongue-twister. They aro, Laws, Lobby.” The ‘der desired. Each of the seven words must be- in with the letter “L.” Inasmuch as contestants are fo Some contestants in former com- titions have gone on the belief that words dif- 4 All tongue-twisters submitted » during the week must reach this office not Inter than Saturday noon. The winner ench week will be announced the following Monday, 5 The Tongue-twister Bditor will « be sole judge of the contest. To compote, merely fill in the « accompanying blank — one word to tach blank space, Each word must start with the letter “1.” Iach tonguetwister must contain the three words: “Leginlative, Lob- by, Laws.” 7 Send your completed tongue « twister to “Tongue-Twister Editor,” THE STAR. Tongue-twist- ers must conslat of only seven words. ‘The sentence must make sense Sond in your tongue-twister early! TONGUE-TWISTER NO. 3 Tear this out. Tin in the missing words. Send to the “TongueTwister Editor,” The Star, before Satur- day noon, February 17, Start thin week's tongue-twister with the letter “L.” Three words on Climb De: Rudely built tho) hour we were all on « first name| THE SEATTLE STAR WASHD Fet ; s } renal a. “ th nomina- qi tion of Gen. ¥ rowder as ame { itiful a | a2 4 “age . y population, and offers new settlers Tutenkhamen’s. Chariot of Charge Wealthy Man With|Says It Is Wot Frigid and ceed eee cade 1 State Discovered Leading Dual Life Barren Land | Governor Bone sayst 4 | “Almont everything t* grown ts 4 LUXOR, Ff 12. aturday next MILWAUKE wie Feb. 12. WASHINGTON, », 12-—The ge-| Alaska except corn, cotton, beats . BH [han been tentatively wet by Lord| Maj. Kobert Connor, milljonaire| ography writers have it in for Alas-| melons and fruit. Wheat of finest yay j | Carnarvon an the day for opening |mberman and former m °f! ka, nays Governor Scott C. Bone, of | grade has averaged from 26 to 86 “a Marahtfie accused of vile “ jthe inner tomb of King Tutenk:| gual life, was sought by that territory, tn telling his troubles | bushels to the acre. name n today to the secretary of the interior in an “Bmall homesteaders near markets Following a weekend in which| 4 heriff who went to|annual report. They’y ne it dirt,| thrive and industrial population will jthe presence of distinguished vi «| Marshfield arrest Connor on| be saya. timulate agricultural development work of the excavators almost | charges that the ilionaire he ap the outer tomb was umed Marshfield and also the father of|®°F Uninhabitable, nor full of polar| “fierrles grow wild in great abunde Two char te of decayed | three children here under the name| beara, Bone mays, ng occasion to| ance everywhere. Millions of acres — rehly en 1 with gold|of Robert Brown, returned today | refute the ideas * says the|of inland are naturally adapted t@ jeaf, were brought out and carried; saying attorneys for the accused grad 4 dairying and the pros wee 3 . | echool ooks have general! grazing an iryin gingerly past un interested group of | man had given assurances he would me ave generally 94- victs in this direction ate wail |aightacers, ‘Then followed the finest | surrender this weok vanced. | bright.” el lot et seen, rmounted by y 1 by" k enics } goon 2 urmounted bY! sheriff Phil Westphal had pre Alaska 19 a scenically beauti-| pone sayn folks who dont Hie preva leopard tread. Originally | viously been advised that Connor | ful, unknown territory, strugsling |ferming can make money raising! | but 0 ‘yj wi eS Oren oti see head™ | had been taken into custory against hard odds te be understood,” | reindeer or fur-bearing animals, bo ov i roken off, the exca-| The charges egainet Connor fol | Bone contenda | And then there is money Gaus Tas teres lowed an investigation by Mra.| 4, r 1,,| made in mining, which, in Alaska, is han OY RE Cowl of the chariot | Lydia Ritt, a soctal worker for the| “Jt 1s still figuring in the popular merely in its infancy. my Hake. with magnificent chisel- | stiiwaukee Federation of Church-| fancy, due to minieading textbooks of | 19 speaks of the enormous wealth Ane erated writ Lie rw a ay bya yea generations gone, as a forbidding, ice-| of the country’s fishing industry, tte q processions DIN | anne EE mS sa} onl ant oh ow lacier-crowned | timber, and of itn great ¢ oners and other scenes depicting the | a cartouche of the king, but not that | Vee Slacier-crown so an deposits fuccess and splendor of Tutenk-|of his queen, indicating he never | ‘Ss 4nd polar bears “Capital is Alaska’s most urgent | seo st war was mpanied by her when using| Governor Bone says these school | neeq and is entitled to reward cone ne vehicle evidently was uved on jthe chariot. The outer chamber 1s| books are scaring settlers away from | sistent with its hazards,” the gove * practical the greatest state occasions. It bear Landry (leading), Charles R. left behind them’’—the Har- FIFTH * * * | | shoes, and found the going conaid erably easier. Bternbergh followed |miy example, after a gallant half. | mile with skta | ‘Tho first day's trip was just a taste of what we were to «et later. Only etght and a half miles long, the trail Iny over fairly even coun try—the whole hike entalling no} more than 600 feet of climbing—and the mow was “only” about five or six feet deep. However, thls doesn't mean | that we had an easy time, Even tho Landry, Bergues and Perry. man are all experienced moun- taincers they were all puffing long before we reached our des- | tation. And as for me—well, | frankly, I think I'd still be out | on the trall if Landry hadn't taken pity on me and carried my pack for the last two or three miles | It waen’t alt drudgery, tho, by any means, The air wan the finent I've ever breathed; the scenery wns ab |most unbelievably inepiring, and leven the aheer physical work of drag: |ging one snowshoe after another | [had a certain allure to tt | | But we were all sincerely grteful | | when we pulled Into the unfinished |eabtn at Kinney lake, where we were | to make camp for the night. | TH for George and Roy Hargreaves had arrived at the cabin a few minutes | before, and they already had a fire |]! roaring on the floor, in scarcely as |}| much time as it takes to tell about it, we wire devouring huge portions of fried mountain goat and hannock | —tho bread of the North, “baked” tn | a frying pan, over an open fire— and we felt that our trip had really started, heels. | Coue Jubilant on American Success NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—Emtle Coue, | | professor of the “day by day” theory [of auto-suggestion, was on his way/| | today for his home in Nancy, France, | aboard the iner Olympic. | ‘The little, white-haired French | | druggist, who has spoken to enthus- | {antic audiences thruout the country, | exprensed himself as aatisfied with! | the results here, before he salled Sat- urday, My only unhappiness during the | entire trip,” he said, “came when poo- ple refused to believe that I do not|}) Perform mfractes, When no miracles | wore performed they were dissatis- | fled, “Otherwise my expertences have been very gratifying.” Urge Tariff Relief | for Import Firms The foretgn trade department of the Chamber of Commerce {s support- TH orings of Strawbe here Knitting Worsted At 50c Skein the Pacific coast wero affected by the new tariff on account of its sudden passage before they could clear thelr goods In transit. 50¢ skein. Stamped Linen At $1.00 Each Centerpieces. Women’s Silk Umbrellas, $3.95 FEED the Kiverything frozen up in a hurry—-thla te really oritieal time for our feathered friends! Scatter some Cracked Com today! All birds that eat grain will relish it. It cannot sprout later In your lawn, Here in handy ten-pound sacks at 350: cracked fine enough for the amatlest birds. Tell us to send it If you cannot call, Help to Keep the birds alive! —Housewares Section, DOWNSTAIRS STORD. FREDERICK & NELSON Small-size Axminster Rugs At Special Prices Oriental-like patternings Tan, Mulberry, grounds, y AVE stripped of objects sribed TO OPEN INNER |FORMER MAYOR GOVERNOR BONE Alaska, when the territory FREDERICK & NELSON UE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE A Special Purchase of 450 Pairs Women’s and Girls’ Low-heel Shoes Unusually Low-Priced, Tuesday: * «$3.45 ing senate bill No. 4362, providing for fapml Knitting — Worsted the rellef of importers who had goods (884-ounce skeins), in Red, Ma- on whee biaiarted| ae vant roon, Purple, Orchid, Oxford Gray, into effect last September, ie | i 4£ pasned, will permit the goods to China Blue, Seal Brown, Tan, clear under the old tariff. Many of Fawn, Tangerine, Jade, Rose, tho importers of the intertor and of | Navy, Black and White. Price, —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORW E purchase includes Oxfords in Brown calf, wing girls, as pictured at top; Brown and Black Vici Kid Oxfords for women, as } tured in center, and Black Vici Kid Pumps, Sizes 24% to 7. Unusually low-priced, at $3.45 pair, Sample Untrimmed Hat Shapes Attractively Low-Priced $3.50 REE of the shapes as pictured, in combi- nations of Baronette hair cloth with artificial silk fabrics, and hair braid with straw. Sample Hat Shapes—no two alike; in the new season’s col- , Wood, Pebble, Brown, Al- mond Green, Navy Blue and Black. Attractively low-priced, at $3.50. #1 DOWNSTAIRS STORE Scarfs and Centerpieces A variety of attractive stamped de- signs on white Linen Scarfs and Scarfs 18x50 inches, Centers 34 inches. Price, $1.00 each. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Women’s Silk Umbrellas with plain wood handles—ring- and leather- BIRDS! loop-grips. Colors: Navy, Brown, ° Purple, Red, Green. Price, $3.95. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORD Conventional, small all-over and in these small-size Axminster Rugs; on Blue, Brown and Red In the following sizes: 27x54 inches, Special $4.25 36x63 inches, Special $6.95 —TH DOWNSTAIRS STORK pic- with elastic gore, as pictured at bottom, for women. All have best grade Oak Bend leather soles and Goodyear rubber WNSTAIRS STORE Children’s Bloomers At 20c and 25c Pair Children’s Pink Jersey Bloomers, with elastic at waist and knee. Sizes 4 to 8. Plain, 20¢ pair; reinforced, 25¢ pair. —2ue pownsTams store Cotton Union Suits For Girls and Boys 50c Light weight, fleece-lined Cotton Union Suits in high-neck, long sleeve, ankle-length style suitable for misses’ and boys’ wear. Cream color only. Sizes 4 to 14 years. Price, 50¢ suit. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORED Tape-bordered Marquisette Special 22¢ Yard A good quality, even-weave Mar- quisette, finished with 2-inch hem- stitched tape border; in Ecru, Cream and White. Width 86 inches, special 22¢ yard... —mm pownsTars stor thoroughly. Complete with long handle, needs | ernor says. O.CEDAR MOPS 79c O'Codar Dusting Mops in convenient size for cleaning and dusting, and in the shape pictured, that gots into corners A featured offering for three days, at TO¢. Housewares Section, THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE * ae as an} PAGE 9 CROWDER APPOINTED 13-~The epee cai RAREST BENE eR HOARE RTE ——FEBRUARY— Featured Values in SEWAR HOU ES WILLOW BASKETS 95c and $1.05 High grade Clothes Baskets of full-round Willow, with rein- forced edges and bottom. Attrac- tively low-priced; 27-inch length, 95¢; 29-inch length, $1.05. ALUMINUM PERCOLATOR 85c A six-cup Percolator, as plo tured, of pure, seamlesss alumi- num, with substantial ebonized wood handle and hinged cover with glass top, Extra good value, at 85¢. ALUMINUM Measuring Spoons 20c Set A convenient set of Measuring Spoons of good grade aluminum, In the following sizes: 1-table, spoon, 1, %- and %\-teaspoon, Complete set, as pictured; low- priced, at 20¢. \ WHITE ROSE BROOMS 85c High grado Brooms, thoroughly well made, having five (6) rows of stitching that Insure long wear, and white enameled hand. Un- usually good offering, at 85¢.

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