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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY. DECE3IBER 13, 1911. ' drivers, delivery wagons and packers FARM CHARMS TOLD from being overworked more than al ready Is ttie case. It Is generally admitted that the shop assistants ajid cash girls In all the HOI OF WARDS stores, as well aa the customers them selves, are gainers by a large propor tion of purchases being made aa early In the day as possible. Bankers to Aid' Promotion Teaching in Schools. IS CONVENTION VISITS UNIT BIDS ARE REGULAR Grant Hair In Regard to Broadway Superintendent Gardner, of Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, Fetes County Heads. MORE SUPPORT IS ASKED JaSse Clocton Aks Confreres to In dorse Convict-Labor Bills, but Sanction Is Delayed State Forester Make Appeal. The County Judjres and Commission ers of the state visited the Boys and Girls Aid Society, at East Twenty ninth and Irvlnr streets, yesterday, be- Insr entertained by superintendent oaro . ner at lunch, and boldicr a convention , session afterwards. W. F. Woodward, : a member of the board of directors, ad , vo-ated mora families In the manual training department. lie said It Is de - sired to add plumbing- and blacksmltb , lea to the carpentry and shoe-making1 now taught. It Is also desired to have . the Board of Education of School DU , trlct No. 1 co-operate by ser.dlns; a man ' ul training- Instructor to teach at the Institution. Superintendent Gardner said that al though there are 34 counties In the 'state, and any one of them may send , children to the society, only II are sup porting the Institution, each contribut ing f 10 a month. Judge Moses said that while, heretofore, the money for the support of this Institution has been j raised by subscription, be thought the society ought hereafter to be supported 1 by the state. The Institution bas EiO wards In prt rate homes under Its supervision, and bas (I In the Institution. There are accommodations for HO. John Teuscher told of the caution necessary on the part of those employed by the society to Investigate reports of J. I treatment or neglect of children. Cleetoa tor Ceavtrt User. After leaving the society the Judges and Commissioners reassembled at the Commercial Club convention hall. Judge Cleeton. chairman, suggested that the convention Indorse the two convict la . bor bills presented at a prevlons ses slon. This was met with the objection that some of the Judges had left, mak ing the delegation too small to show the actual wishes of the convention and that the judges had not had an opportunity to examine the bills. E. R. Avers, highway engineer em . ployed by the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, spoke on "Road Location and A-ralnage." saying the amount of trafflo and the weight of the traffic going over . roads should determine the character of the improvement to be made. lie said this ought to be checked up accurately before macadam r- hard surface Is de- termlned upon. lie said that In cases , where a good roadbed disappears In the mud before the season la over a spring ougni to oe looked ror and drained. He said It Is useless to put on more gravel or crushed rock In a case of mat kind, without the drainage. - "With clay soils you want a road twell crowned but not so much so as to be dangerous. With sandy soils you want exactly the opposite, for yon want as much water on It as you can get," said Air. Ay era. Care t Bridges Aavteed. ' R. X. Basford urged that more care be used In building bridges. He spoke of the evils of dishonest contractors or workmen, telling of . supposed ce ment foundations, discovered to be sand and gravel with only enough cement to bind them together. He also urged that the steel be obtained at a factory suffi ciently equipped to turn out a good product. "Bridges It feet wide ought to be able to support a 20-ton traction en gine, he said, "and bridges wider than .20 feet ought to support two 20-ton , traction engines abreast. Highway bridges of today are required to be as heavy as any railroad bridge built 20 years ago. "All work ought to be Inspected as it progresaea.. The inspector need not be an engineer, but should be a man of broad mind and sound common sense.' A. T. Sprague pleaded that the County Courts take more interest In the pro tection of the state's Umber. He said twice aa much timber In Oregon has been burned aa has been cut Into lum ber. Plate Forester Heard. State Forester Elliott followed, say ing ii is a question among tlmbermen whether burning out the brush every few yeara does not do more barm to the timber than good. All the young iimoer ana some or the merchantable timber are destroyed, he said. He urged the burning of ridges where there is no timber, however, under proper su pervision. Speaking of burning slashings with out permits, be said that of a0 slash- . Ings burned this year where permits were granted, only one did any damage. There were more than 40 slashings burned without permits, he added, where the fire got away from those In charge. He also urged that the fire law be better supported by the county officials, saying that of 64 arrests In ' Washington. 48 convictions were ob tained, while of IS arrests In Oregon only one conviction followed, and In . that case the line waa remitted. He vi wnv laaiuc in woicn in. man arrested wanted to plead guilty and pay his fine, but tha County Judge re fused to accept the plea, preferring to turn his case over to the grand Jury, with the result that be waa not In dicted. It waa voted to hold the next con vention In Portland January It. ltis. Judge Cleeton and Commissioners Ughtner and Hart were appointed aa the programme committee. Ail ex Judges and commissioners were Toted members of the association. Officials attending the convention will visit the county Institutions today. Bridge Superstructure. I'nlt bids, as suhmltted by contrac tors for the Broadway bridge super structure, were regular, declares City Attorney Grant In a written opinion read by the bridge committee of the Executive Board yesterday. Several of the bidders complained re cently that the specifications as ar ranged by Engineer Modjeskt called for bids .on a lump sum basis and that the bids of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, which were lowest, were on a unit basis. City Attorney Grant, af ter an Investigation, declares the spe cl flea t Ions call for bids on a unit bants. Uayor Rushlight received a letter from Engineer Modjeskl yesterday in forming Rim that the work of selecting the form of bascule draw to be used has been taken up and a report Is ex pected to be ready In a few days. The claim of Itobert Wakefield that $11,000 is due him for the erection of the Hawthorne-avenue bridge, will be Investigated at a special meeting De cember it of the bridge committee of the Executive Board and the ways and means committee of the City Council. EXHIBIT PRIZES PLANNED Iresldcnt of Agricultural Colleco Cites Success of Yamhill in I1 recting Efforts or Pupils to Productivity 'of Land. HOLIDAY RUSH AT HEIGHT , Business at Store Thursday Report ed Biggest Tel. Besieged by crowds, every store yes terday reported that the day's business bad been tha biggest of the Christmas season. From tha moment the stores opened until they were closed thousands of eager ahoppers examined, aaw and pur chased. That the early shopping cam paign has been not without much good became obvloua when those with leis ure took the morning hours la the pur suit of Christmas presents. Merchants continue to make the same plea that all who can find the time .nop in in morning. 1 ney as K also that thO!e able to do so cam awav their small packages. This Is not be cause of any unwillingness to deliver, they assert, but simply to save their SOIL EXPERT WILL SPEAK Professor H. V. Tartar Will Address Orchardlsts at V. M. C. A. "Soils and Fertilisers" will be the subject of the weekly address for ap pie-growers In the auditorium of the Portland Toung Men's Christian As sociation tomorrow night at t o'clock. The speaker will be Professor 11. V. Tartar, of the department of chemistry of the Oregon Agricultural College. Professor Tartar and other members of the Agricultural College faculty have devoted much time to the study of soil chemistry, believing the selec tion of the best soil should be a sub ject of serious study by the prospec tive horticulturist. Professor Tartar will have many Interesting facts con cerning Oregon sjIIs to present, with which the average layman Is unfamil iar. The meeting Is free and open to both men and women. AUTO REPAIR BILL HEAVY Police Machine Costs $20 for No vember Driver to Bo Secured. A bill for 1390 for the repair of the police automobile In November was the direct cause of the adoption yesterday by the police committee of the Execu tive Board of a measure providing for three drivers to handle the now auto patrol, which will be In service by Jan uary I. From the looks of the bills submitted to the committee by a Portland repair shop, every part of the old auto patrol has been broken and replaced several times In the last month and a half. langer of the new machine meeting the same fate led to the committee's asking the Civil Service Commission to hold an examination fog chauffeurs at once. Chinese Baby Show. Saturday after noon. F oor Show, auditorium. Oregon bankers have initiated movement' having for Its purpose the Introduction of an agricultural course in the public schools of the state. The Idea of the campaign Is to educate the boys to remain on the farm and become producers Instead of moving to the city and Joining the already too large army or consumers. Another object of the proposed in struction In the schools is to make farm life more attractive and show the agriculturist how to Increase his pro ductlon. Having this purpose In mind, the Oregon Bankers' Association at Its an nual meeting last June appointed an agricultural committee." consisting oi emery uimstead. or Portland, chair man; J. H. Booth, of Roseburg: J. H. Albert, of Salem; C. A. Do-bell, of Cor vallls, and T. J. Mahoney. of Heppner. The committee held Its first meeting at me commercial Club yesterday. Fans Work Is Oetltaed. Messrs. Albert and Mahoney were not present, but others attending the con ference were W. J. Kerr, president of tne Oregon Agricultural College; P. L. Campbell, president of the University of Oregon; J. L. Hartman, secretary of the btate Bankers Association; L. R. Alderman. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Lydell Baker. President Kerr, of the State Agrlcul tural College, outlined what was be ing done at the Corvallls institution to wards disseminating agricultural In struction and Information among the farmers of the state. Superintendent ' Alderman suggested that arrangements be made for com petitive exhibits of agricultural prod ucts by the pupils of the public schools t county and district fairs. As evi dence of the Interest In such a plan and the valuable results that attend such exhibitions, the speaker referred to a recent exhlbtlon of these products by the pupils of the Yamhill County schools. Plaa Proves Merita, With a school' population In the county of 4500. there were 100 partici pants. He strongly urged this plan as the most direct and effective way for Imparting agricultural information among the young people. The practicability of the plan sug gested by Superintendent Alderman was recognised by the members of the committee who assured him that they would co-operate In every possible wsy In introducing the experiment in this state. The plan as outlined by Superin tendent Alderman contemplates the employment of a competent man Who will visit the various counties In the state, enlist the assistance of the County School Superintendents for the double purpose of Introducing agri cultural studies In the publto schools and also holding competitive exhibits i "3 NORTH COAST LIMITED NOW RUNS TO AND FROM CHICAGO Via new short-line cutoff of the Chicago & North-Western Ry., by way of Hudson, Eau Claire and Milwaukee, Wis., into and out of the magnificent Wk A NEW PASSENGER TERMINAL CANAL AND MADISON STREETS, CHICAGO This "crack train of the Northwest" now carries (on and after December 17) drawing-room, . compartment and open section sleeping car, tourist sleeping car, coach, dining car and observation-library car, all. entirely electric lighted. . YTV-Vv v"? (TO TT.-. T IT LT- T i.Ti 1- J rll5 Aiuuia xicbweeu ixuxm racinc ioast ana umcago. "The Best of Everything." NORTHERN PACIFIC EXPRESS ATLANTIC EXPRESS The fast, through standard and tourist sleeping-car trains to and from Chicago via Burlington-Northern Pacific line will be maintained on tho . same high plans as heretofore, affording TWO DAILY THROUGH CHICAGO TRAINS "VIA THE PIONEER LINE." Through Minneapolis and St. Paul Buy your tickets and ship your freight over the road with service that set3 the pace. A. D. CHARLTON, A. G. P. A, Portland. TICKET OFFICES I Third and Morrison St a. and Colon Depot, Phones Main 24, A. 1244. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY ! yiJSJ Bfe wa I of farm products, by the school chll- rcn oi ine state. Lowls County May Try East's Plan. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Dec. 14 (Spe cial.) Kx-County Engineer Beachly, who Is now servlns; as a deputy In County Engineer Ward's office, recent ly returned froffi an extended trip East. He visited New York. New Jersey and other states that have made great prog-. ress In recent years along road bulld lnfr lines and made a study of roads wherever he went. Mr. Bechly has made" an Interesting and comprehensive report to the Lewla County Commls slonera. He recommends the New York system hlehly, where a centralized re sponsibility Is fixed In the State High way Commission, with local officials to look after details and te responsible for the same. New Jersey's roads were highly commended also. Charles Robertson Speaks Tonight. Services will be held at Congregation Ahaval Sholom, Park and Clay streets, tonight at 8 o'clock. Charles Robert son will address the congregation on the subject "The Jew as the Gentile Sees Him." Tomorrow morning serv ices at 9:30 o'clock. The Feast of Lights will be celebrated by the Sab bath school children Sunday night at 8 o'clock. Rabbi R. 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Southern Pacific Company Route of the SHASTA LIMITED A strictly high-class train in every respect, unexcelled dining car service, quick time and di rect connections to all points south. Special -Bound-Trip Bate of $55 Portland to Los Angeles and Return. ' With corresponding low rates from all other sections of tha Northwest. Liberal stopovers in each direction and long limit. Interesting and -attractive lit erature on the various resorts and attractions of California can be had cn application to any S. P. agent, or from John M. Scott, Gen. Pass. Agt, Portland, Oregon. r 4