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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1913)
TTTE STJTTDAT OHEGOXIAN, rORTXATTD, NOVEMBER 2," 1913.' she wants as her sister when "pledge day" arrives. Probably the biggest Item that contributes to success of "rushing" for the sorority Is the man agement of the culinary department of the chapter-house. No little notice is given to the careful and artistic prep aration of the teas, luncheons and din ners. Every conceivable method of con vincing the freshman that "my sorority is the best" is resorted to. For the freshman used to a life of formality formal functions are scheduled". For the lively, active, first-year girl prob ably a ripping house vaudeville is put on, in which sorority talent makes up the programme. " For the theatergoer a theater party is arranged. The old tESHMEN GET TOUCH OF HIGH LIFE IRRIGATION PROJECTS OF CENTRAL OREGON PROGRESS NOW VIGOROUSLY Although State Has Been Compelled to' Take Over the Old Columbia Southern, Promoters of Other Enterprises Are Sanguine and( Expect to See Work Completed Within Few Years. DURING COLLEGE "RUSHING" SEASON t igton Greek Letter Sororities Ply Their Wiles on All Newcomers Organizations for Promotion of Good- reuo-wship and Success Overlook No Opportunities to Increase Their Memhership. hands at the game aie close observers I or the merits of their candidate. . The freshman is quickly sized up and her measure taken. Sorority life as seen by the little out side girl is one most inviting and en viable. Ret Period la Brief. After the freshman irirl has met all g1" """"""" ' A '-t"!' A S' ) 1 J" BY FKED A WOELFLEK. " J UNIVKUSITY OF WASHINGTON. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 1. (Special.) "Wont you come over to my house anj live with me?" Is a familiar unwritten savins' among the membere of the University of Washington Greok letter fraternities about this time cf the college year. On the calendar of these secret organizations, which play such an impcrtant part in maKlng col lege life lively, the most important function Is what has been termed ' rushing throughout the country In universities ttnu colleges where fra ternities are located. At the University of Washington there are 1'3 Greek letter fraternities iimong the co-eds. Tl.eso sororities are organizations primarily promoting all that woodfeliowship itrpltf-s all that tends towarl college success. From the day that the high school senior girl receives, a piece of paper (signifying that she has completed her Iublic-school education she is sur rounded by a horde of sorority scouts. If this little prospective college fresh - wan is what is called "sorority ma terial," she must consent to making dates three months before she knows whether sh will ever enter college. When the freshman girl set3 foot me Washington campus sb usu- , rr . jf iJ'-V' p " ! - i ' - 3 1 - -.M..I1JI., .-.. V . ally has a list of dates as long as your arm. Long before her graduation day she has been invited "over" to be In spected. This prospective - candidate generally knows very little of sorority conventions. She must keep every date promptly, else her chances are damp ened. Sleep Out of Question. Just so soon as the freshman enters the university and Is registered her "rushing"' time begins. From morning until late night her time Is occupied with dinners, dancing parties, theaters, picnics and jaunts. In maKir t life miserable, rather than a pleasutv tl1 sorority elr! has, reached. the ti'irty- H " n I 5 IBlTlitfi IB .1 4-w third degree of perfection of the question. Sleep is out During the first 10 days of the col lege year the very finest in the chap ter-house is brought to view. Girls residing 3n the city "work" father for the use of his automobile, in which the little freshmen are whirled to all parts or me city to places of interest. Finest of apparel -is worn, mother's china and silverware is confiscated and brought out to the frathouse. Expensive Orien tal rugs ana draperies are seized and used. The freshman is the idol of the university for- these few days. Worn out by "functions," if. is difficult for the little girl to make up her mind who her dates "she has a brief period of rest before the crucial day when she is to receive her bid. The sororities send all their bids by mail and it is frequent that the freshman has to : make up her mind in a hurry as to ' what her choice will be. She must do 1 It alone, because the sorority women cannot advise her after bids are sent ; out. When the bid day arrives she must go to the house she chooses. The i scene upon her arrival is one of many embraces and sobs of Joy. She dons her coveted ribbons the first step in her sorority life. After the close of the first semester she is initiated into the mysteries of the order, that is. pro vided rat she does not "flunk" in too many of her scholastic hours. Quite different is the freshman's life after she goes into the fraternity. From the idolized person she becomes a lit tle household maid. She must lend an attentive ear to the telephone, she must see that the house is kept warm; she must keep rooms in perfect order and obey all the mandates of the up perclassmen. The word of the senior is law in a sorority house. Every sorority house has its rules. Some read like this: No loud talking after 10 o'clock; no piano playing after 7:30 P. M.-; no evenings out during the college week; notify an upperclass man of your whereabouts when out. All these things tend toward disci pline. One little freshman said today: "If I was ever up in the air in my iife it wa3 from the time I came to school to the day I was pledged. All of this date stuff was sure Greek to me. I had a long list of engagements. Tes, and what is more, I had to fill every one of them. I was anxious to join a sorority. Why shouldn't I be? Talk about your rush dayj, a sorority rush lug season has them all cheated! "When I got through with the siege I didn't know Alpha from Omega. I didn't know one Greek letter from an other, and I was expected to know the alphabet from the jump. "But it's different new. I have learned to jump like I was scared to death when the phone rings. Mother never had anything on an upperclass man when it came to getting work out of me. I believe that when I get out of this college I can cook as good as mother. I am learning fast. I am a real obedient freshman, I think. "You can write as much as you like about baseball scouts in the major leagues. Why, a sorority scout in high school ranks have the baseball heralds beat a mile. I have found that they shadow a high school girl like a de tective." ' This was a statement of a pledge who went through the mill. Every year cities of the Northwest contribute their share of sorority ma terial. Sororities watch carefully the graduating classes of its schools. Port land contributed a larger number this year than ever before and they are prominent in all lines of student activ ities in which women are eligible. PRICE OF TALKING CUT London-Paris Brokers Kind "New York Cable Quickest Way. LONDON, Nov. 1. (Special.) Fi nancial men will welcome a notifica tion about to be issued by the postof- ilce that the cost of telephonic com munication between London and Paris is to be halved. - The agreement be tween the United Kingdom and France regulating the telephone service be tween the two countries has been rati fied and as soon as the preliminary in structions are issued to various offi cials and arrangements made the pist office will commence the reduction. One class especially will rejoice. yiose interested- in brokerage business, who have found the easiest way of communicating with Paris from Lon don was via New York by cable. Hitherto the fee for communication with France or Belgium from towns in England and Wales admitted to the Anglo-French and. Anglo-Belgian serv ice has been $2 for a conversation for Bordeaux, Lyons, Marseilles and St. Etienne, for which the charge was $2.50. For communication between Paris and those towns in Scotland ad mitted to the Anglo-French service the charge has been $2.50 for a period of three minutes and conversations over the Anglo-French and Anglo-Belgian circuits for double periods at re duced rates could be obtained at night by subscribers who agreed to make one call each night for a month at least. No person is entitled to use the lino continuously for moe than six min utes, i ne cnargo ior a six minutes conversation between 7 P. M. and 7 A. M. is the same as for a conversation of three minutes in the daytime. As soon as the new rates are in op eration the postoffice will open a serv ice to Switzerland. FLYER FACES STIFF WIND Moreau Wins Automatic Stability Prize in Paris. PARIS. Nov. 1. (Special.) The prize offered by M. Bonnet, of the French National Aerial League, for the first aeroplane to solve the problem of auto matic" stability, has been awarded to an aviator named Moreau. The conditions of this competition were severe, as the pilot was required to fly for at least 20 minutes in a wind with a velocity of more than five meters a second with out touching any of the controls used to maintain the equilibrium of an aero plane. He was only allowed to make use of the horizontal rudder. M. Moreau, accompanied by Lieuten ant Lafon, of the French navy, who controlled the experiment, rose to an altitude of about 280 feet, and for near ly an hour made a series of circles in the air without touching his controls. Spectators on the ground could see him waving both arms above "his head as he passed. QUEER NCfTES FLOOD BANKS Swedish Gang's Counterfeits Are Said to Be Perfect. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 1. (Special.) The police at Stockholm have arrest ed a Swedish gang for making false $50 and $20 ;notes. The forgers were detected at a Stockholm bank, where a member of the gang tried to change some $20 notes. Genuine notes were imitated per fectly, and during the last three months the gang has succeeded in changing many at banks In Stockholm and Christiania, and notes of about $1000 in value in London. SALEM, Or., Nov. 1. (Special.) Al though the progress of the work has been disappointing, the mem bers of the Desert Land Board believe that irrigation projects in Central Ore gon under the Carey act have passed the experimental stage, and that most of them will be completed within a few years. The state is in active charge of one of the projects Tumalo, or old Columbia Southern, and the promoters of the others are san guine as to the outcome. Several of them, however, face difficulties, but they are-pushing ahead. At the last session of the Legislature $50,000 was appropriated for co-operation with the United States in making comprehensive plans for the develop ment of all feasible irrigation projLects, and particularly those in the Deschutes Basin. An equal amount has been con tributed by the Department of the In terior and joint worn is actively under way. Much information has been ob tained, which will be compiled for sub mission to the next Legislature. The last Legislature also provided for sub mitting to a vote of the people in 1914 a constitutional amendment through which bonds may be issued for the construction of irrigation projects, and for the development of cut-over tim ber land. Completed Project One. Governor West, who is a member of the Desert Land Board, made the fol lowing statement of conditions: "So far Oregon has but little to show in the way of results through the Carey act. The only completed project is a small one of about 1000 acres near Redmond, controlled by a few old settlers. "The Columbia Southern project was a dismal failure, and has been taken over by the state. The Morson project on the Upper Deschutes, while having been under way for a number of years, has as yet no watered land. "The Central Oregon Irrigation Com pany has the largest project in 'the state. The company has spent perhaps $1,250,000, and has done much good work, but it will need to spend per haps $750,000 more to complete the de sired units of its project. The project has passed the critical stage, and its completion. In my opinion, is an as sured fact, if not by the company, then by the state. "Other projects are in Initial stages. Some if them undoubtedly will be car ried through, but others will blow up. In my opinion the state should take over and complete all these projects in the same manner it has taken over the old Columbia Southern, or Tumalo project. If no bad luck comes the lat ter project will be completed and the lands will be thrown open for settle ment not later than next Fall." 1SOO Acres Are Sold. The Carey act provides for the reclamation of land owned by the Fed eral Government. Promoters of the state segregate the land, the work of irrigation is started, and, in some in stances, the settlers pay the promoters on the installment plan. In other in stances setflers are excluded until the work is finished. The work completed, the Federal Government deeds the land to the state which In turn deeds it to the settfers at a price of $1 an acre. The promoter holds a lien on the prop erty until the settlers pay for the wa ter rights, which approximate about $40 an acre. In the case of the Tumalo project .$450,000 was appropriated by the state with which to do the work, the state expecting to get its money back with Interest when the land and water rights are deeded to the settlers. The Tumalo project comprises 27,000 acres in Crook County. Secretary Lane, of the Interior De partment, has intimated that after the state has selected the lands to be irri gated with the $450,000 appropriated for 'his work the Federal Government will give a like amount for the exten sion of the project. About 1800 acres in this tract were sold by the old com pany of 275 settlers, 35 of whom moved off the land when it was found that the water supply was sufficient fof only about one-fourth of the land sold. This Sisters Company Initiates. The work was started in 1902 by the Three Sisters Ditch Company, which was soon succeeded by the Three Sisters Irrigation Company. That com pany in turn assigned to the Columbia Southern Irrigation Company, and later the Columbia Southern Irrigating Company-took over the project. That con cern being unable to fulfill Its con tract, an unsuccessful suit was brought by the state to cancel the contract. Then an assignment was made to the Oregon-Washington & Idaho Finance Company, which being unsuccessful in financing the proposition, deeded all the rights back to the state. The bill iiiiiibiil mi i i I 'u i v-xr ' "Vs 1 -i -.Lfj?ff- . ill t , i! - -z -v k tya& mit v tr - 3 Ct. '..: Ji 't I So I w n Caycsmj&z. 3 . eA 2Z-?z C?iT. C?2 oa7-Co. 9JZ27ej- Tlx- J7 -Zjt J'Tcc f sevjre u&e. cSz zzf'-Z? cattery zTe7 & jQcJcZztrze-cf appropriating $450,000 for completing the enterprise was passed at the last session of the Legislature. A reser voir site has been purchased by the state and preliminary work carried out on the dam site. A feed canal to con duct water to the reservoir has been almost completed and the first unit of the distributing system planned. It is expected that construction work will be started within 30 days, or as soon :s the people pledge their land as .ecurity for the money expended. A project embracing 31.000 acres is that of the Deschutes Land Company. This work was started May 15, 1902, by the Oregon Development Company and at that t 'O embraced 67.000 acres. According 't ist report f.6 miles of canal had be completed. 1.3 miles of canal had bet;i partly completed and the right of way for 17.' miles had been cleared. One later: knowyi as the Pratt lateral, has bt Improved sufficiently to supply watt The Des ert Land Board has nevei authorized the sale of land in this project, but options redeemable in land have been sold. The company has a reservoir at Crescent Lake and the machinery is there ready to begin work next Spring. It also has a right to use water from the East Fork of the Deschutes River. The land is in Crook and Klamath Counties. J. E. Morson is at the head of the company and he is confident that he will complete the work. Company Has Three Canals. The largest reclamation undertaking in the state is that of the Central Oregon Irrigation Company, which is making substantial progress with the irrigating of 139,000 acres in Crook County. The tract is composed of sev eral withdrawals, among them being one by the Pilot-Butte development Company and another by the Des chutes Irrigation & Power Company. Water is obtained from the Deschutes River, and flows through the follow ing canals: Oregon Canal, diverting water south of Bend, thence flowing east toward Prlneville, skirting Powell-Buttes Hills. Pilot' Butte Canal, same intake as other, flowing east of Bend, near towns of Deschutes, Redmond and Terre Bonne. North Canal, diverted by dam across Deschutes River below Bend, built only to intersection of Pilot-Butte Canal About 60,000 acres of his project have been sold and about 25,000 acres deeded to settlers. About 38,000 acres have been patented to the state and during 1912 about 16,000 acres were cultivated. The Central -Oregon caital has been found to be of Insufficient capacity to water all the land and the company is enlarging it. It has com pleted one-half mile of the work since & "$ a - w. 14 J s i M October. With the enlargement of the canal, it is expected that all lands sold will be certified for patent to the state. The Paisley project. In charge of the Portland Irrigation Company, comprises 13,000 acres in Lake County, the con tract with the state having been exe cuted in 1907 and revised and re executed in 1912. The amount of water available for this project is not known definitely, an adjudication now being under way by the State Water Board. The company has built a part of its main canals and laterals and some work has been done on the dam. Right to sell stock has been given the company and It expects to complete the work within two years. It is planned to make the stock redeemable In water rights when the state authorizes the opening of the land for entry. Comprehensive Plan Urged. About 1000 acres have been redeemed by the Deschutes Reclamation & Irri gation Company on the east side of the Deschutes River, near the tract of the Central. Oregon Land & Irrigation Com pany. The system is a success in every particular and the land has be'en deeded to the settlers who promoted the project. A project comprising 74,000 acres is planned at Benham Falls, and the Cen tral Oregon Irrigation Company has made application for the segregation of 13.000 acres. The 1912 report of the Oregon Con servative Commission strongly urges a comprehensive development plan. It says there lJ available from the streams of the state a water supply sufficient to irrigate more than 4,000.000 acres. It further says there are at least 2,000,000 acres in the utate which can be irri gated at a cost which is fully war ranted under present conditions, from $30 to $60 an acre. Service Gets Value for Dollar. It is urged by advocates of this plan that It would lead to intelligent, con structive criticism for the improvement of both state and Federal service. The state officials would be fully advised as to Federal plans, the lack of com plete information as to detailed plans and cost of Government projects hav ing been given as a reason for the in definite charges as to the high cost of Government projects. - "The Riclamation Service gets more actual work for $1 than do the Harrl man lines," Is a statement made by H. T. Corey, who closed the break In the Colorado River and saved the Imperial Valley, and who for six years was in charge of the maintenance and opera tion cf the H-irriman lines in California, Arizona untl Mexico. He says his state ment is based on a study of detailed costs in connection with a number of projects which came under his observation. I A i