CONVICTS AT'PEN" TO
. START FLAX GROWING
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Portland Chcffiber of Commerce and
University Industrial and Com
mercial Survey to Assist
Convicts at the state prison at Sa
lem will be pioneers in th# flax in
dustry in Oregon. After an appro
priation of $50,000 for the purpose
of trying out the industry had been
made by the state, it was decided to
launch the new enterprise first at
the state penitentiary. Accordingly,
‘^work will commence as soon as the
necessary machinery, for which a buy
er has already been sent East, ar
rives.
Such is the information given out
yesterday by Hon. H. B. Miller, Di
rector of tht University School of
Commerce. In company with Dr. E.
A. Pearce, chairman, and William
McMurray, General Passenger Agent
of the O. W. R. & N., both of Port
land, the other members of the com
mittee, Mr. Miller will meet with
Governor Withycombe at 10:30 next
Tuesday, May 25, at the latter’s office
in Salem. A report of an investiga
tion regarding the industry, which
the committee has just made, will be
given.
“Our report will include a state
* ment that we are in favor of estab
lishing the industry at Salem, and
will also offer the services of the
Chamber of Commerce at Portland
and of the Industrial and Commer
cial Survey of the University in fur
thering this enterprise,” said Pro
fessor Miller.
A conference with the Salem Com
mercial Club is also scheduled by the
flax committee at which the assist
ance of the latter will be tendered in
the work of furthering the growth and
manufacture of flax. The Commer
cial Club has also been conducting
an investigation regarding the pos
sibilities of the new undertaking at
Salem.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WARNED j
AGAINST “PREP” SORORITIES
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Letters being sent out this week
by Dean Guppy to high school girls1
of the state contain a warning of the
action of the Pan-Hellenic Congress
regarding high school sororities.
The action of the congress was, J
“High school sororities will have to
be non-national, with no ‘chapters,’
holding no conventions, having no
Greek letter name, non-secret, no
‘closed membership,’ and ‘some reason
for being’ other than purely social."
A paragraph from Miss Guppy’s j
letter reads: “Girls entering the Uni- j
versity of Oregon next fall, and be- j
longing to an organization coming
under these heads, will not be eligi
ble to receive invitations to join col
lege sororities, unless they resign be
fore the date set (September, 1915.)”
WOMEN’S LEAGUE WILL ELECT
OFFICERS NEXT TUESDAY
Election of officers for the Women’s
League will take place in the music
room of the Civil Engineering build
ing next Tuesday afternoon at 5:00
o’clock.
The Women’s League is the largest
women’s organization on the campus
and the offices are ones which any
woman should be proud to hold.
The offices are: President, First
Vice President, who has charge of all
the social functions, and the Second
Vice President, who is President of
the Athletic Association; Secretary,
Treasurer and Sergeant-atArms.
OREGON RUNS AMUCK
OF RAIN AT CORVALLIS
(Continued from Page 1.)
Fee is a good all-around second man
to Muirhead, besides toeing a good
bet for first place in the pole vault.
Another race that is likely to go
down in history is the two mile grind
in which Payne will try to repeat his
little stunt of the California meet, in
which he outsprinted Hobgood in the
last fifty yards. Huggins is a good
bet in the mile against Captain Rey
nolds and “Ad” Dewey.
SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMONWEALTH CON
FERENCE
(Continued from Page 1)
C. C. COLT,
President Portland Chamber of Commerce.
Discussion, led by:
Representatives of Commercial Clubs of Oregon Cities.
Utilization of the Amortization Principle in Securing
Needed Capital for Agricultural Improvements—
Paper by:
HON. W. K. NEWELL.
Discussion, led by:
DR. HECTOR MACPHERSON,
Oregon Agricultural College.
Credit Organization and Loan Contracts for Securing
Capital for Oregon Highway, Municipal and Indus
trial Improvements—
Address by:
C. K. WILLIAMS,
. Manager Morris Bros., Inc.
Reorganization of County Administration for Highest
Efficiency and Economy'—
RUFUS C. HOLMAN,
County Commissioner, Multnomah County.
Discussion, led by:
C. C. CHAPMAN,
Editor “Oregon Voter.”
Principles of Highest Economy in the Public Affairs of
Oregon—
J. H. ALBERT,
President Capital City Bank, Salem.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Session Topic:
CONSTRUCTIVE STATE GOOD ROADS PRO
GRAM.
Planning of State and Counties Through Medium of
Rationally Ordered Road Systems—
EDWARD I. CANTINE,
State Highway Engineer.
The Concrete Road Applicable to Oregon Conditions—
ELLIS W. LAZELL,
Civil Engineer.
Other Types of Road Construction for Different Classes
of Highways, as Determined by Oregon’s Supply of
Materials and Climatic Conditions—
PROF. H. M. PARKS,
Oregon Agricultural College.
How Should Different Classes of Oregon Highways b<;
Financed?
JOHN B. YEON,
Roadmaster Multnomah County.
Federal and State Legislation for the Construction of
Roads—
H. N. LAWRIE,
Chairman Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology Com
mission.
Some Comprehensive and Compelling Aspects of the
Good Roads Problem in Oregon—
Address by:
FRANK BRANCH RILEY.
Captain Sam Cook, despite a sore;
wing, is feeling pretty fit these rainy
days, and on some niee sunny day is
expected to pick up the little Jead
pill and throw it away.
In addition to these possible first
place men, there is a squad which will j
get its share of the seconds and thirds.
FROSH PLAY IS FREE FROM
OBJECTIONABLE FEATURES
“Tonight we take the hearse out of
rehearsal,” remarked Doc Sutton, the
producer of the Frosh class hour
play, This Way Out. “The cast in
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THE
RAINBOW
Eugene's Palatial
Sweet House
BOWLING
Ladies’ Day Every Vedaesd’y
a-"-<1
MARX’S
Barber Shop
829 Willimctti Strait
First-Class Workmen
And thebeat of service
CfyeClub
Eugene's Finest
Cigar and
Billiard Resort
Dipe Repairing and Inlay
Work a Specialty
a
eludes Jimmy Sheehy, Jack Dolph, Al-|
bert Gillette, Bill Vawter and Bill
Snyder, Don Newbury, Joe Hedges,
and Alice Gram and Gladys Colwell,
besides a mob of steppers, including
Adrienne Epping and Erma Keith
ley. There is no plot to worry the
audience, nor is there any lesson,
moral or sermon tucked away between
the lines for the student to think over
during his eleven o’clock. It is all
froth and music, with the foam at
the bottom.”
The new buildings of the Medical
School of Washington University
were dedicated with an elaborate pro
gram at St. Louis recently. The three
large buildings, which contain labora
tories, dispensaries, lecture rooms and
libraries, cost $1,200,000 and, with
the new Barnes Hospital, the St.
Louis Children’s Hospital and the St.
John’s Hospital, form one of th% larg
est groups of buildings in the world
devoted to medical and surgical pur
poses.
Harvard and John Hopkins univer
sities received liberal bequests under
the will of Gardiner M. Lane, the
Boston banker. Harvard will receivo
$250,000, while the medical school ob
i tained $100,000.
Chinese Noodles’ Boise
Everything in Chineie Noodles
10K)0 a. m. to IKK) p. m.
63 Sixth At— East
Our new premium department
will redeem Imperfales Cigarette and all othex
Liggett Si Myers cigarette and tobacco cou
pons and tags at tuil value. Fine stock ot
premiums.
W. R. WALLACE
The Obak Cigar Store
Eagene. Oregon
Thesis Paper
For Seniors
100 SHEETS
50 CENTS
C.OVERS FIVE CENTS
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Yoran’s
House
Printing
75 Eighth Avenue West
Telephone 103
Appropriate Commencement Gifts
FOR THE MEN
Waldemar Chains $2 to 12
Waldemar Knives $2 to 12
Cigarette Cases $4.50 to 10
Walus Belt with Sterling Buck
les ranging from $4 to 5
Sterling mounted Bill Folds
Cigar Cases
Pocket Combs
Pocket Books
Card Cases
Traveling Cups $1 to 5
Pencils 50c to 2.50
Cigar Cutters and Piercers
$1 to 7.50
Watch Fobs $2 to 8
Tie Clasps 50c to 5
Stick Pins $1 to 25.00
Traveling Clocks
Cuff Links $1 to 15
Desk Clocks $1.50 to 6
Cigar Lighters
Match Boxes $1 to 4.50
Suit Case Tags 1.25 to 2.50
Nail Files 50c to 2.50
Rings $5 to 18
OregonSeal Jewelry, all prices
Watches $5.50 to 100
Key Rings $1 It 2
Shaving Sets $4.50 ts 14
Dress Suit Sets $5.50 to 18
Picture Frames 80c to 12
Fountain Pens $1.50 to 10
MilitaryBrushes $3*80 to 10
Book Racks $2 to 5
Smoking Sets
Napkin Holders 50c to 2.25
Hat Brushes $1 to 3.25
Desk Calendars
Cigar Jars
Cloth Brushes $2 to 4.50
Collar Buttons 25c to 1.50
Shirt Studs $1 to 7
In the above mentioned gifts we have some very fine values. Do not overlook our Walrus
Hide Belts with extra heavy Sterling buckles for $4. We have many other fine values listed
above. Prices in plain figures
Luckey’s Jewelry Store