10 THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1901. PACIFIC COAST FREIGHTS HIGH HATES FOR WHEAT CAUSE ADVANCE XITRATE CHARTERS. - Will Check Movement of Tonnage In Tills Direction Two Trannports 'Returning to Portland. titrate frlenghts on the vrest coast of South America, and wheat freights from the west coast of North America seem to have very much In common. A year ago the high rates paid for nitrate ships sent wheat rates out of North Pacific ports up to the highest rate reached in eight years. Nov conditions ere reversed, and the high rates paid for wheat ships are lifting nitrate freights along with them. A month ago nitrate ships went begging at 22 shillings to 25 shil lings, but now they are up around 30 shil lings, with a number of fixtures reported at 2Ss 9d to 29s. The advance was caused by a number of ships sailing away from west coast ports in ballast for Port land, Puget Sound and San Francisco. Under normal conditions, there Is a dif ference of about 10 shillings In favor of the nitrate men, as compared with North Pacific Coast wheat exporters, but when wheat chartering began a few months ago this differential widened out to 15s and 17s 6d per ton. This started the ships north, and Port land has already loaded 10 vessels that came up from "West coast ports, and eight more are listed for this port, with as many more for, San Francisco and Puget Sound. Those coming to Portland are the East Indian, Falls of Hallidale, Celtic Chief, Mayfield, Klnfauns and Mooltan, from Valparaiso, Galgate from Callao, end Samoena from Mollendo. The ad vance in nitrate freights will undoubted ly check the movement of ballast tonnage to the north, but it came too late to force wheat freights up to any apprecia ble extent, as enough tonnage has been headed In this direction to make the sta tistical position of ships about the same as it was a year ago. The only charters reported this month have been at 41s Sd, which was exactly the same rate as was paid a year ego this month. CHICAGO'S ATLANTIC LINE. Promoters of Steamship Enterprise Satisfied With the Experiment. NEW YORK. June 12. A special to the Tribune from Montreal says: Warren F. Purdy, manager of the Northwestern Steamship Company of Chicago, who is In town, says that the company is satis fied with Its venture In having ships ply ing directly between Chicago and Great Britain by way of the St. Lawrence route. There is $1,000,000 Invested in the four steamers already running and two more are to be constructed Immediately. Mr. Purdy says he Is satisfied that the an nouncement of the Dominion Government that there Is 14 feet of cjear water In the St. Lawrence canal. Is well founded, as on the voyage of the Northtown, which has just come through, he held the tape himself and found a minimum depth of more than 14 feet. Mr. Purdy predicts that other Chicago shipping firms will follow the lead set by his company, and expects to see half a dozen different lines plying direct between Chicago and Europe. There is, in his opinion, an astonishing future before the St. Lawrence waterway. THYnA AXD KINTUCK. Tvro Big Transports Will Return to Portland From Manila. The United States transports Thyra and Kintuck will both return to Portland from Manila, and the former has already sailed for Portland with a company of volun teers, which will be mustered out in San Francisco. The Thyra was turned over to the Government in this city, and It is supposed that she Is coming back to Port, land to be returned to her owners. Oth erwise, she would probably go direct to San Francisco with the troops. Just why the troops should not be mustered out In Portland is a matter which is not easily explained, except that the San Francisco pull is heavier than that of Portland. The Kintuck will probably bring a few soldiers when she returns. She had ex cellent luck with her outward cargo of horses and mules from Portland, losing but four animals on the voyage. SCARCITY OF SAILORS. Mnny Ships Delayed at San Fran cisco by Shortage of Crews. There is a great scarcity of sailors in San Francisco, and several ships have been tied up for over a week, endeavor ing to get crews. Meanwhile blood money has advanced to extravagant figures. For tunately for this port, there are but few ships loading, for if there was a large fleet in the river it would be almost an impossibility to secure crews with which to man them, and the old cry of extor tion would be raised. There is so much profitable employment on shore that the allurements of an ocean voyage are not sufficiently great to attract sailors at the present time. There will be quite a fleet of July ships this year, but by the time they are ready to sail the deserting tars will have had their fling ashore, and will be ready for sea again. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, June 12. Sailed at 5:30 A. M. Steamer Geo. W. Elder, for San Francisco. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind northwest; weather foggy. San Francisco, June 12. Arrived Steamer Condor, from Tacoma; steamer Alliance, from Portland: steamer New bury, from Gray's Harbor. Sailed Schooner Helen, for St. Michael; steam er Columbia, for Astoria; schooner Re peat, for Astoria; schooner Mayflower, for Coquille River; schooner Lizzie Vance, for Gray's Harbor; schooner Mary E. Russ, for Coos Bay. London Arrived June 1L rltlsh ship Clan MacPherson, from Tacoma. Hamburg Arrived June 12. British ship Province, from Astoria. Rotterdam, June 12. Arrived Staaten dam, from New York, via Boulogne. New York, June 12. Arrived Kara mania, from Naples. Sailed Majestic, for Liverpool; Frlesland, for Antwerp. Liverpool, June 12. Arrived Lusltanla, from Montreal. Queenstown, June 12. Sailed Ultonla, from Liverpool, for Boston. Southampton, June 12. Sailed Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse, from Bremen, for New York. Hong Kong, June 10. Arrived Indra velll, from Portland, Or., via Yokohama. Seattle Arrived June 11. Schooner Vega from Nome. Tacoma Arrived June lL Schooner Marlon, from San Pedro; steamer Lakme, from Alaska. " Port Gamble, June 12. Sailed Barkcn ttne Gardiner City, for Hilo. Comox Sailed May 31 Brig Courtney, for St. Michael. Yokohama Sailed June 8 British steamer Victoria, for Tacoma. Arrived May 15 Japanese steamer Toza Maru, from Seattle. Antwerp Arrived June 11 British bark Sofala, from Tacoma. Hong Kong, June 12. Arrived previous lyPeru, from San Francisco, via Hono lulu and Yokqhama, New York, June 12. Arrived Peruvian, from Glasgow. Cherbourg, June 12. Sailed Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse, from Bremen, for New York. Queenstown, June 12. Arrived Com monwealth, from Boston,, for Liverpool, and proceeded. KInsale, June 13. Passed Germanic, from New York, for Queenstown and Liverpool. Queenstown, June 13. Arrived Ger manic from New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded. Lizard, June 12. Passed Fuerst Bis marck, from New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg. COLLECTORS WITHDRAWN. Expenses of Getting; Bicycle Tax Grcnter Than the Receipts. The iO bicycle license collectors who have been stationed on the bicycle paths were ordered withdrawn yesterday by the County Commissioners, and it Is probable that no more Deputy Sheriffs will be put on this work until city paths are built. The bicycle tax was coming in slowly, con siderably less than 52000 having been taken in at the time the outside men were put to work. The amount has since Increased to J2SO0, which represents 2800 tags alto gether that have been disposed of. This is a small showing when It Is considered that during the first year under the old law over $12,000 bicycle tax was realized. R. G. Morrow and T. Brooke White, as representatives of the Bicycle Council, ap. peared before the Commissioners with a list giving the receipts and expenses of the outside collectors as follows: May 20 to May 31, 1001. Tags. P. Kelly 40 Clyde Ryan 50 William McLeod (2Sth) 15 Alonzo Perkins 27 H. Nunn 90 Jacob Bloch 47 F. Sherlock ...... 25 G. B. Pereli 22 J. F. O'Neil 41 S. J. Werthelmer 43 Number sold 4005400 00 Salary paid 2S2 CO Net gain to bicycle fund ?U8 00 June 1 to 11, 1001. Tags. P. Kelly 23 Clyde Ryan 22 William McLeod 49 Alonzo Perkins 9 H. Nunn 35 Jacob Bloch 27 F. Sherlock 19 G. B. Pereli 10 J. F. O'Neil 34 S. J. Werthelmer 14 Number sold 2425242 00 Salary to June 11 250 00 Net loss to blcj-cle fund 5 8 00 Sheriff Frazler was present, and, ad dressing him. Commissioner Mack said: "These gentlemen of the bicycle" organ ization think it is costing too much to collect the bicycle tax." Sheriff Frazler, in response, said: "The present condition of affairs is not alto gether agreeable to me. I have followed the law as best I could. I have had ten men on the paths, and It should be re membered that they not only sell tags but induce persons to come to the Court house and purchase them, but whatever Is agreed upon Is agreeable to me." Mr. White expressed the opinion that the deputies should be dismissed at once and have some man or men put on the paths occasionally, to make arrests. He did not believe It was a paying proposi tion to hire men to collect the license when It Is being spent in salaries almost as fast as It Is collected. The Commissioners agreed that there appeared to be little object In keeping the men out and ordered them dismissed. Messrs. Morrow and White had plans and specifications with them for city paths, and wanted the Commissioners to advertise for bids right away, but this was not consented to. The Commission ers did not examine the plans and speci fications, and the gentlemen who brought them did not leave them with the Clerk of the County Court. Commissioner Showers states that he desires to obtain the opinion of the Dis trict Attorney before proceeding with these paths. He also remarked that peo ple who want to get their Winter's wood In will object to bicycle paths alongside the curb, and that other objections have been urged. Auditor Pope states that there Is a balance of about 55000 In the bicycle path fund, realized from the old bicycle tax. and against this paths are being laid out which will cost about 5500. The outside deputies which heve been at work have been paid by warrants drawn on the old fund. The Sheriff has disposed of about 2S00 tags under the new law, and this makes about 57300 available for bicycle paths. What it will cost to construct paths In the city, and how they will be built, re mains to be determined. The cost of building the paths In the country dis tricts was from 550 to 5200 per mile. Some times banks had to be cut away and grading done, which was expensive, but this did not often happen. On some of the county roads the paths are eight feet wide, and wnen placed on both sides of the road are six feet In width. They are about eight inches high, topped off with screened gravel. It will cost but little to keep them In repair, probably 510 to 515 per mile. EASTERN MULTNOMAH. Planting; and Seeding; Done Filling; Silos Now. GRESHAM, Or.. June 12. Seed time Is about over, all crops being In the ground, excepting on a few pieces of low land In different localities that are still too wet to plant. The heavy rains of last night and today will do an Immense amount of good and very little harm. Late-planted crops will sprout readily and come on about as soon as If they had been put In earlier. All crops are looking well, and the yield promises to be Immense, but there is no telling what the cutworms are deciding upon, nor whether the sun may not conclude to get to work overtime and scorch up a few hundred acres before going on another strike. The last of last year's crops Is going to market in small and not very at tractive lots. Almost every farmer has or had a few sacks of potatoes left over after planting, and there were a few bales of hay scattered about over the country. These are being hauled to town while the prices are up, for It Is almost the last chance to sell them. Filling; Silos. F. T. Williams has just finished two silos of 75 tons capacity each, and has a cut ter In place ready to begin filling them with green clover. The problem of pre serving a clover crop In rainy weather has been solved, as It makes no difference how wet and green the grass Is when it Is put away. Numerous other farmers will also fill their silos In the same way with green clover, and then begin feeding It out so as to have the silos empty by the time that corn fodder Is ready to fill them again for Winter. Seven Graduates. Seven pupils of the Gresham School have passed their final examinations from the eighth grade. They are: Etta Manning. Clarence Cleveland, Bert Metz ger, Lillle Ross, Laura Harvey, Grace Dorerty and Maud Rowley. Graduating exercises will take place in Metzger's Hall on a later date during this month. The entertainment given by the school and Miss Grace Holmes a few evenings ago netted 515, which will go toward the library fund. Professor WInchell- has conducted the destinies of Gresham's school for six years, but will now retire from teaching and devote himself to his poultry, bees and farming. Brief Notes. Measurements have been made and stakes set for telephone poles along the Base Line road from Russellvllle to Rock wood. Work on construction of the line will begin In a few days. The teachers, families and pupils of Rockwood and Terry school districts joined together in a picnic at Sandy bridge yesterday. There was a very large attendance and a splendid time was re ported. Multnomah Grange will give a straw berry festival at the G. A. R. Hall, Pleas ant Home, next Saturday, assisted In a programme by the pupils of the advanced grades of Orient School. Other literary exercises will be held in the evening, com mencing at 8 o'clock. ANOTHER COAL PROSPECT PROJECT FOR BUILDING RAILROAD TO IT FROM HBPPNEB. W. S. Lytic Says He Has Found Rica Bituminous Coal, and He Is Pro moting; a Development Scheme. W. 8. Lytle, who was formerly con nected with the Northern Pacific Coal Company at Roslyn, Wash, and later was auditor of the Columbia Southern Railroad, has been spending several months in Morrow County, where he has set on foot a considerable development project. It Is no less than the organiza tion of the Oregon Railroad & Coal Com pany, with a capital of 5500,000, to build a railroad 25 miles southward from Hepp ner to a coal prospect, and to open and operate coal mines. Mr. Lytle is presi dent of the new corporation, and -chief promoter of the development project. As sociated with him In the corporation are D. E. Herrln, the sheepman; Attorney Redfield and Banker Conser, all of Hepp ner. Mr. Lytle, who is now In Portland to promote the Interests of his develop ment project, says the Intention Is to put a force of men In the field next week. The opening of a coal mine and the sur vey of a railway route to It will proceed at the same time, he says, and no time will be lost In getting the work under way. Mr. Lytle has specimens of coal assaying as high as 55 per cent fixed carbon, which he says he obtained from an outcropping near the crest of the western spur of the Blue Mountains. That spur forms the watershed betwepn the Columbia and the John Day. He says there are three dls tlct measures of coal In that spur, and that all of them crop out on the John Day side also, where blacksmiths have used the coal for years. The coal cokes readily, and the coke Is 87 per cent car bon, according to the figures Mr. Lytle has. He says his company has control of two sections of the coal land, 12S0 acres. The route outlined for the proposed .rail way Is up Willow Creek. The altitude of the coal cropping is about 4000 feet, or 2000 feet above Heppner, and thu ascent is said to be easy. In connection with thin project It Is Intimated that the route to be traversed by this Hns is j'ust the one that would be taken by the O. R. & N. Co. In case it should ever build a cut-off by way of Heppner, the Upper John Day. Sumpter and Baker City, to escape its present grades In the Blue Mountains. Valuable as would a good coal mine In that locality be, the coal would not be all the traffic for a railroad there. A large area of excellent pine timber covers that spur of mountains, and would yield a vast volume of business for the road. The country between Heppner and the moun tains Is also capable of great agricultural development. The opportunity for gen eral development In that region Is good. THOSE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES. All Thnt Have Gone Abrond Have Foreign Modifications. NEW YORK, June 12. "They have no real American locomotives abroad, strictly speaking, and the critics of these engines do not know what they are." So said A .M. Waitt, superintendent of motive power and rolling stock of the New York Central Railroad system. He was speaking of the cabled reports of the unfavorable criticisms passed by foreign railroad officials upon the American-made locomotives with which they have lately been experimenting. "The locomotives they refer to," Mr. Waltt continued, "are American in make, true enough, but they are English and foreign in dimensions, caliber and power. Owing to the restrictions made necessary by narrower and lower tunnels and oth er essential differences which character ize English roads, as compared with ours and the same Is largely true, I under, stand, on the Continent It Is simply lm possible for them to utilize such a ma chine as we now regard as a truly Amer ican locomotive. The result Is they get a sort of hybrid affair, built by American skill, but on foreign lines, and to meet foreign requirements, and then. If It does not prove to bei all they had hoped for, they proceed to criticise the American locomotives." Mr. Waltt went on to say that In Eng land the practice Is to nurse locomotives and let them grow old, while In this country the practice Is to run them hard and use them to their fullest capacity. Angus Sinclair, editor of Railway and Locomotive Engineering, years ago drove locomotives on the Caledonian Railroad in Scotland, being a Frenchman by birth. He visits Europe yearly, and he has studied the subject of locomotives in every country there, except Spain. "Prejudice, prejudice," he said, when the subject of American locomotives was broached. "Two-thirds of It, at least, is simply prejudice. It Is hard to get a British or a European engine-driver to make a favorable report on a Yankee ma chine or a Yankee Invention of any kind. But they will come to It, In spite of their prejudices. The American locomotive will win Its way In Great Britain and Europe that Is certain." DISPATCHERS END SESSION. Ask Change In Train Orders New Officers Chosen. SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. The Na tional Convention of Train Dispatchers this morning discussed and adopted a me morial which It Is purposed to send to the American Railway Association, relative to various changes In the existing method." of hauling trains, and particularly as re gards the use of a positive waiting point between trains of the same class, and concerning "wait" orders. A paper wai also read on train signals. This afternoon the members listened to the reading of more papers on matters applicable to the operation of passenger and freight trains. Tonight the nominating committee rec ommended the election of Vice-President J. P. Mann, of Ennls, Tex., as presi dent, and the election of F. S. James, Cherokee, la., as vice-president. There were no other nominees and the election of both candidates was made by accla mation. J. W. James, of Tucson, Ariz., and J. F. Mackle, of Chicago, were rival candidates for editor of the official organ. Mackle was elected. The following ex ecutive committee was elected: James W. James, Tucson, Ariz.; A. D. Caulfleld. Louisiana; T. W. Evans, Jersey Shore, Pa., and F. S. Rodgers, Kansas. Resolutions were adopted expressing thanks to transportation companies and others who had assisted to make the trip of the delegates pleasant. Pittsburg, Pa., was selected as the place of meeting In 1902. The delegates will de vote several days to sightseeing in Cali fornia. NORTHERN PACIFIC AGREEMENT. Purpose to Establish Community of Interest In Transcontinental. The Wall Street Journal of June 6 prints the following concerning the recent agree ment between the Harrlman and Hill In terests In New York: "There has been a good deal of guess ing as to the scope of the Northern Pa cific agreement. It has been declared by some to be very narrow, affecting only Union Pacific, Northern Pacific end Great Northern. It has been declared by others to be so broad as to Include all the Pacific and Granger roads and the Trunk lines. "The truth lies, as usual, between the extremes. The Northern Pacific settle ment Is explicit and binding upon Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, North ern Pacific, Great Northern and Bur lington. These roads may do certain things and may not do others, the pur pose being to protect each in its ter ritory and each In Its rights without the probability of Interference "by the others. "The settlement, however, goes some what further than this. Without abso lutely binding other properties to the strict performance of certain duties, it has been assented to by those Identified with other properties and will exert an. Influence upon the policy of the North western, St. Paul, Atchison, Missouri Pa cific and some other roads. "The purpose was to establish com munity of interest In transcontinental lines, to avoid unnecessary building, to prevent local jealousies or ambitious In terfering with broad policies, to maintain rates subject to wise supervision founded on general conditions, and to promote the welfare of each line in its own field as distinguished from the fields of its neighbors. "We are not able to say just how far this agreement will control the policy of the Northwestern In the matter of an extension to the Pacific Coast. The In tention, however, Is that the Northwestern and St. Paul shall be given on existing lines facilities fully equal to any which could be obtained by building. "We do not know exactly what has been pledged to Missouri Pacific, but it Is known that George Gould is closely con nected with the Kuhn-Loeb syndicate and it is probable almost to the point of certainty that Missouri Pacific will have no occasion to extend Its Texas lines west to the Pacific, as long as Southern Pacific Is held by Union Pacific. "It Is uncertain what arrangement has been made with reference to Atchison. But Mr. Steele, of Morgan & Co., was elected yesterday a director of Atchison, and there Is reason for believing that other than Morgan Interests have been large buyers of Atchison stock in the last ten days. It would surprise nobody to learn that there was a Joint control of Atchison as well a a joint control of Northern Pacific." Importnnt Traffic Arrangement. MINNEAPOLIS, June 12. An Important traffic arrangement for handling passen ger business on the Pacific Coast has been made by the Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific. By Us terms the North ern Pacific secures through service to Victoria, B. C, and ttie Canadian Pacific Is permitted to run Its trains Into Seattle. There Is a tremendous traffic through the Northwest for British Columbia, and the westbound business of the Canadian Pa cific represents a large percentage destined to Seattle. Denial by Rnllroad Officials. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. June 12. Penn sylvania Railroad officials today denied positively that the company had acquired a controlling Interest In the Pennsylvania Steel Company, and a!so that the Penn sylvania Railroad had purchased the Ber-wind-Whlte Bituminous Coal Company. At the office of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany the officials would neither confirm or deny the rumors. Nine Million Bond Issue. MEXICO CITY, June 12. The bond issue of the railway, taken over by the Still well group of American capitalists, and which they will extend to Tamplco, giv ing this city a direct route to that port, is 59,000,000. Loenl Freight Agents. DENVER, June 12. Nothing but rou tine matters occupied the attention of tho Local Freight Agents' Association to day. The: car service men re-elected their old officers. Railroad Notes. The Southern Pacific weather report yesterday morning showed a full Inch of snow at the crest of the Siskiyou mountains. Not since that stretch of road has been operated from Portland has there been such a snowfall at this sea son of the year. No particular damage was reported. General Passenger Agent Craig, of the O. R. & N., yesterday issued a circular quoting reduced rates for the Fourth of July. At each station on the system, In cluding Lewlston, Idaho, agents are au thorized to sell round-trip tickets for one and one-third fare, sales being made on the 3d and 4th, with return limit until the 6th. A neat and useful pamphlet devoted to the description of Summer resorts reached over their lines in Oregon has just been Issued by the Southern Pacific and Corvallls & Eastern Companies. It Is mostly devoted to setting forth the at tractions of Yaqulna Bay. Numerous half-tone Illustrations add to the value of the Information presented In the let ter text. Protection from raw wind Is made the keynote of Yaqulna's attrac tions. Features 'of Interest thereabouts are illustrated and described and the pamphlet Is made a sort of tourist's guide book for that resort and for others in the Cascade Muntains. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. No Reason Why OrcRon Shonld Not Be Literally Covered AVith Routes. WASHINGTON, June 7. A. W. Machen, superintendent of the free delivery divi sion of the Postollice Department, and having direct charge of rural free de livery, recently returned from a hasty tour of the Western States. Mr. Machen visited Portland, Tacoma and Seattle, among other cities. Aside from favorable comments made upon the growth of the cities themselves, Mr. Machen was much pleased to find that a high degree of suc cess had attended the establishment of rural free delivery In Oregon and Wash ington. "The service Is not so extensive In those states as It Is further East," he said to; The Oregonlan correspondent, "but every route is giving universal satisfaction and surpasses our expectations. In fact, I can say. In a general way, that every rural free delivery route that has been estab lished In the United States Is giving sat isfaction to the patrons. I had but lit tle opportunity to nee the rural districts of Oregon and Washington, but what I did see convinced me that those states are exceptionally well fitted for the In auguration of this service, where the rural districts are sufficiently populated to meet departmental requirements. The roads are good, and good roads Is one of the first requirements. The limitations of the population In the eastern part of those states alone operates against a more gen eral establishment of the service. The people there seem to be waking up to the great advantages of this new- form of service, and we are being piled more and more for the establishment of new routes, which are being Installed as rapidly as we can have Inspection made. There Is no reason why these two states should not be literally covered with rural routes, except In the sparsely settled sections east of the mountains." PERSONAL MENTION. Judge T. E. Jones, of the Trinity County, Cal., Superior Court, left yes terday for San Francisco, after a month's visit with relatives In this city. Edward M. Hulme, a cltl:en of Portland, formerly a teacher In the High School here, and who afterward ook a course at Stanford University, and,, after he gradu ated, entered at Harvard University, where he won a free scholarship, has evi dently earned distinction there. He Is to spend his vacation In England studying political economy in the Interests of the university, his expenses being paid by that Institution. NEW YORK, June, 12. Northwestern people registered at New York hotels to day as follows: From Spokane J. Tan Dyke, at the Grand Union. At Seattle E. Holher, at the Rossmore; C. E. Crane, at the Hoffman. THERE IS A CLASS OF PEOPLE "Who are Injured by the use ol coffee. Re cently there has been placed In all the gro cery stores a. new preperation called GRAJN-p. made of Vpure trains, that takes the place of coffee. The most dell:ate stomach receives It without distress, and but few can tell It from coffee. It does not cost over i as much. Children may drink tt with great benefit: 15. and 25c per package. Try It. Ask for GRAIN-O. END OF SCHOOL YEAR COMMENCEMENT WEEK AT ST. HELEN'S HALL. Attractive and Entertaining; Pro gramme Summer Plans of the Teachers. The friends of St. Helen's Hall have been out In force this week to enjoy the novel and entertaining programme pre pared for them to celebrate the close of the school year. Commencement week opened Monday night with a "court ball," Intended to be held on the tennis court, but Oregon skies being unpropltlous, the young people had to seek the kindly shel ter of a roof, and In the spacious school rooms they danced the merry hours away. Yesterday's programme composed fea tures of varied Interest. An attractive callsthenic drill filled the first hour of the afternoon. Miss Mollie Buckenmeyer, in structor of the Multnomah Athletic Club, has charge of this department at the Hall. There was a wand-drlll given by 16 little kindergarten girls, a "baby pol ka," schottlsche, and a military salute, In which the wands were handled not ex actly with the precision of old veterans, but with pretty, unconscious grace that quite captivated the audience. Another class of older pupils followed. In which were given the Trilby two-step and other pretty, figures, free movements, both Swedish and Delsarte, ending with a live ly reel. The hour that succeeded' this was de voted to an enjoyable piano recital by Miss Snell, who rendered compositions by Schumann, Chopin and other composers of the romantic schotl. And then came one of the most charming- children's entertainments that has probably ever been given In Portland. This was the Lullabies of the Nations, by the primary department, under the di rection of Miss Cannon and Mrs. Walter Reed. About 20 of these little folks, gowned In Irresistibly pretty costumes, after the fashion of various natlonaltles, Norwegian, French, German, Italian, ne gro and Japanese, sang the famous lulla bies of the world to their babies. It made a charming picture, the curly-haired, fresh-cheeked 7-year-olds In gay peasant costume, each rocking a big doll in her arms. The enunciation of the foreign tongues was wonderfully perfect. In addl t.on to the national songs there- was an opening chorus and march, "Dance Lit tle Baby, Dance Up High," a solo, Weber's "WIegcn:icd," by a little round, faced German Gretchen, Flora Fentz llng, and a goodnight song by a group of small maidens In white nightgowns, with candles in their hands, the words of the song being interspersed with many a yawn. Those present gave demonstration of their approval in no uncertain fash ion, for the pretty effects of the cos tumes, the fresh, childish voices, and the mothcrlike ways of the little folks com. pletcly carried the audience by storm. In the evening the musical department engaged the attention of visitors, an un usually varied programme being present ed. The piano pupils of Miss Snell and Miss Hugglns, the vocal pupils of Mrs. Reed, and the violin pupils of Mrs. Sher man Brown combined to give solos, duets, trios, single and double quartets, that kept the hearers' interest busily occupied for two hours. At the conclusion of the programme, while good-nights, were being said, there was the usual discussion ol Summer plans and changes, and there will be still more tonight after the graduating exercises are over. Quite a number of the teachers will return next year: Mis? Mabel Lanyon, Instructor In English, will be back after spending the Summer at her home near Chicago: Hiss Dewey (mathematics) will return: Miss Curtain, from Columbia Col lege, who has had charge of the Interme diate department, will be transferred to science. In place of Miss Vale, one of the most valued teachers the Hall has had, who intends to take a much-needed year's rest abroad. She will make a brief visit to Toronto, Canada, from there going to London, England. A considerable part of her Winter will be spent at Heidelberg, Germany. Mlsij Catherine Gove (Latin and Greek) Is as yet uncertain as to her plans. As she Is still very young and has a promising career before her, her father who Is head of the Carey Col legiate Institute for Boys, Oaklleld, N. Y. desires her to finish her college edu cation. She will therefore defer a posi tive answer until she can confer with him on the subject. Miss Cannon, head of the primary department, one of the strongest teachers on the force, will re turn. The musical department will next year be In charge of Miss Hernlng, who has now finished her leave of absence, the time having been spent In renewed study of the Virgil Clavier system. Miss Snell. who has taken her place for the past year, will return to her Boston home. The art department will next year be In charge of Miss Florence Pearce, whose sound English training admirably fits her for the position. Miss Valentine Prichard, head of the kindergarten training de partment, and superintendent of the pub lic school kindergartens, will Summer at Berkeley, Cai., there to take up a course of child study under Dr. John Dewey (pedagogy), of the University of Chicago. Miss Curtail? will spend her vacation In her New York home, and Miss Hugglns. of the musical department, will Summer at Pacific Grove. Cal. Miss Tlbbetts herself will probably leave for New York about July 15. The school year which will close tonight with six graduates has been a prosperous and happy one. Franco has 584 towns with more than 5000 Inhabitants. NEED STEAM? The Place to Get It Is From Selected Food. It Is good to know the kind of food those with weak stomachs and hearts can get along with for when a man or woman is a little below par, an easily digested food Is the thing that goes right to the spot. A man In KIrksville, Mo., tells how he got out of trouble by using Grape-Nuts Food. 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