TTTE MORXlW OI?EGO?TCAX. WTOXESPAT, DECEMBER 37, 1911. BOARD MINORITY FAVORS BOND ISSUE Between $500,000 and $750, 000 Needed for Replacing Old School Buildings. ULTIMATE ECONOMY SEEN Rronmnirndation Not to Be Made at Taxpayer' Meeting Friday, aa Majority of School Board Ad here to Present Polk-y. Although the recommendation will Dot be mads at the tiptyer' annual mooting- Friday night, a minority of the members of the Board of Education favors the Issuance of between $100,000 and ITS.oO of bom!. In order to pro Tide the neressary funds for repUcin a number of the old school buildings with modern, ".reproof t mrtures. Thts proposed recommendation was considered at the last meeting; of the Board, but was rejected by a decisive vote. I. X. Flelschner alone supporting; the plan. -For some time T hare been con vinced." said Mr. K'elschner yesterday, "that the dl.irlit should Issue from lioo 110 to I ; OO.iiOO of bond and use tn proceeds for tearing down the touch. Failing. Shattui-k and Alns worth eVhool buildings, on the ! Md. and the Buchman and Hawthorne schools, on the Kast Hide, and replace all of them with modern nreproof structures. Issvpwsesseata Badly Seeded. -The buildings I have referred to are the oldt that are used for schuol pur poses and some of them are rapidly aproachlng a dilapidated condition. If the d:strlct feels that It Is not able to do all this In one year. It would be well to distribute the expenditure over two years, but the work should' at least be gin net season. There Is urgent need for the suggested Improvmenta. -The sooner we can replace these old structures with new and permanent buildings the better It will suit me. and. I believe, the great majority of the taxpayers of the district. The is suance of the proposed bonda would of course Include provision for a sinking fund to the end that the bonds would be retired at maturity. The otlier bulldinga used In this dis trict are In fair shape. Some of them were built only recently, while others have been provided with spacious addi tions In recent years. I believe we should levy a small additional tax every year until we have succeeded In replacing all of our school buildings with modern structures. "Annually the repair bl'Is paid by the dietrlct are enormous and they are Increasing every year. This Item, of expense would eventually be wtped out when the frame buildings are replaced with the more substantial fireproof structures. M. . Munlv. another memher of the Board, said lsst night that he was de sirous of having the taxpayers of tha district express themselves as to the advisability of proceeding; wtth such a bond Issue. W hile not opposed to the Issuance of bonda wtth whli:h to re plsce the old buildings now used. Mr. Munly maintained that It was a mat ter for the taxpayer to determine for themselves. "I favor continuing the present policy of tha Board which constructa neces sary grammar school buildings under a direct tax levy as the money Is re quired." ssld J. V. Beach. raessbell Favara Present flee. Although II. C. t'ampbell was not reached yesterday, it Is known that he entertains the same views as his associate. Mr. Beach, and Is opposed to the bond Issue plan. R. L. Sabin. the tlfih member, expressed himself as op-p.-d to any Chang In the present policy of tha Board. He favors contln uinz the practice of providing for new grade buildings with funds by current taxation. The city and countv now have too menv bonds outstanding and for the hi.ol district to mak an Issue would onlv add to the burdens of the tax payer." said Mr. 8 bin. "There should be no further bond Issues for any pur pose except there exists a great emer gency." The annual report of tha Board of Fducatlon recommends that tha present policy of the Hoard In the construc tion of new buildings be continued. This will be the report Jo be consid ered at the annual meeting of the tax payers Friday r.lght. Through a move ment Initiated by the Civic Council last week, hoaever. !t Is altoRether prob able that an effort will be made to re ject this portion of the Board's report and at- the same time Indorse the plan for a bond issue, adequately large to provide for all necessary additional school buildings aa well as the recon struction of the old structures. WOMAN AUTOIST INJURED Inltrd Kallwajs Train Strikes Car P riven by Mrs. II. V. Manning. Ftruck by an outbound United Kali ways train at Twenty-second and Favler streets late yesterday. Mrs. F.Ua Manning, wife of IL W. Manning, a dealer In electrical goods, was thrown forward upon tha floor of the automobile In which she was driving wtth her fsmP.y and was severely shocked, sustaining Injuries to her sptne which are considered serious. The automobile, going west on tjav lr street tt the home of the Man nings, at Savier street, waa struck In the rear by the train going north on Twenty-second street, aud was hurled about and knocked into the curb. No other members of the party, which Included Mr. and Mrs. Manning, their twa sons and a daughter, were Injured. Mrs. Manning's injuries were con sidered so serious that a Red t'rosa am bulance was summoned to iake her to her home, where she Is In a erltlcal condition. CULVER SEES FIRST SNOW Crop Proeprcls I-ook (mkmI and Farmer in Central Orrgon Happy. CULVER. Or- Dec. ti. (Special) The rlrst snow of any consequence to fall this season is here and crop trospevts for the coming season are exceedingly good. Many acres of potatoes will be planted this Spring and a potato growers sssociatlon will ba formed for marketing the product. Tha crop will be sorted and packed as carefully as are the fruits in the fruit section of Oregon. Thla year many potatoes were grown Is this section weighing from two to four pounds each. J. L. Wlndon raised three and four-pound spuds this year and one Till, weighed IS pounds. This fanner lives to the southeaat of Culver In the Haystack section and others there did equally as well. On tha west side of the Deschutes River is a ter ritory of something like four town ships that Is being connected with the railroad here by a new wagon road and bridge now under construction and this section also will be a large potato producer. This section of tha country west of the Deschutes lies from six to 15 miles from Culver and has been Isolated from railroad by reason of .the fact that they were compelled to drive 40 to 59 miles to reach transportation until this new road Is completed. Foot bridges have been built for use while the wagon road Is being built and a mall service and postofTlce to be served from Culver has been petitioned. The Culver Development Leaitue has been Instrumental In securing the con struction of this bridge end also the road now being opened. This or ganisation, under the leadership of F.dttor Toung. of the Deschutes Valley Tribune, has done good work. The president recently elected Is William Boer I. owner of the famous Cove Orchard, a leading farmer, and ha Is carrying on the work In the Interest of the entire community. The Culver Development League Is not a town or ganisation but Is composed of mem bers consisting of farmers and busi ness men and looks after the develop ment of the farming interests as well as the npbuivdtng of the town. GAS HEATER FUMES KILL WOMAN BAIHISfi IN" SMALL KOOM SUFFOCATED. Mrs. I-ulu Movers I Second Victim In Vrar In Same Koom, First Sufferer Keraplng- Death. Fecond victim within a year of fumes from a gas heater In the bathroom of th tiouss at ISIS Moore street. Mrs. I.ulu Meyers, widow of M. E. Moyers. died last night, three hours after sha waa discovered prostrate on the floor of tha bathroom. Harry Otterson. three weeks a Benedict, now living at t Williams avenue a streetcar motorman. was affected slmlllarly In the same pluce almost a year ago, and it was several days before he was restored to health. Dr. O. W. Tam lesle. of lotl Williams avenue, was the physician called In both cases. Mrs Moyers about 1 o'clock yester dsy afternoon entered the room to bathe, and lit the gas heater to warm tha room. An hour later Mrs. O. 8. Race, a roomer In tha house, who had recently come, to live with Mrs. Meyers. cum to the house, and. not receiving response to her knock, looked about her. Finding a note on the tablet which told of Mrs. Meyers' Intention to bathe. Mrs. Race knocked on the bathroom door, found It was locked and receiv ing no answer, called for help. Dr. Tamiesle was summoned and worked over Mrs. Meyers for three hours. When she began to breathe she was hurried off to Bt. Vincent's Hospital in tha Ked Cross ambulance. When doctors there examined her. life waa extinct. Otterson. who was 39 years of age, was threatened with death under slm lllar circumstances, but relief was sooner In reaching him. Neither pois oning from the gas escaping from a leak nor suffocation from exhaustion of tha air In the small, tight room Is given as the cause of death by Dr. Tamlesle. who points out that the gas Jets were still burning clearly when the room waa opened. The waste fumes of the gas and the carbon di oxide formed by the burning of the oxygen, he sav. Is the cause. PLUMBING HIS CITED SIMMON'S SERVED OX IX) UK POKTLAXB CONCERNS. All Told to Appear at Los Angeles In Connect km With Suit Against Alleged Trut on February 5. The suit by the I'nlted Stales to dis solve the alleged Plumbers' Trust of the Faclflc Coast has gathered in. as some of the defendants, the following Tortland plumbers and the Arms which they represent: Charles Gauld. M. L. Kline. 8. W. Hughes and H. D. Curtis, These were served yesterday by I'nlted Ptates Marshal Scott with sum mons to appear In the United States Circuit Court for the Southern district of California, at Los Angeles, on Feb ruary S. to answer the bill of complaint that has been tiled against them. This suit, brought by the. Cnited States. Is one In enuity against the leading plumbers on the Tactile Coast, alleging that they have formed and are a part of a conspiracy In restraint of trade in the sale and distribution of certain necessary plumbing articles. Iietectlvea employed by the Inter state Commerce Commission are known to have visited Tortland three months ago and made an Investigation of the plumbing supply business In this city and as a result the firms and indlvld uala summoned as defendants yesterday have been made parties to the suit. It Is a civil, not a criminal proceed ing and If It Is finally decided In favor of the Government, damage may be assessed against the defendants In such sums aa the court may see tit and in addition may direct that the combina tion or trust, If one la found to exist, must be dissolved altogether or crimi nal action mny be taken against its members. TOO MANY RELATIVES HURT Man Objects to Visit by Wife's t ou-dn; Divorce Asked. OREiHiN C1TT. Or.. Dec 2. (Spe cial.) "What In hell Is she her for? It seems as though you've always got t'j have some of your d relations around' here." This Is the statement Frank It. Berges Is alleged to have made to his wife when her cousin waa visiting at their home in Tortland last year. Mrs. Berges brought suit here today for a decree of divorce. She was married to Berges in Watersville. Minn.. Janu ary I. 190. and they have one daugh ter. Hazel, aged 1 years. Though Berges is a skilled mechanic and earns $100 a month. Mrs. Berges says she has been keeping boarders to support her self and her daughter. She asks for the custody of the girl and 125 a month alimony. Eva Johnson has brought suit against James A. Johnson for a divorce. They were married June 1. ISSi. at Ulllsboro. Or. and ahe chargea desertion by her husband in August. 190T. Mrs. Jennie M. Mossman. who was married at Portland. Or.. September is. 1S. to Fred C. Mossman. has Hied suit for divorce. She says he deserted her In February, lsus. and she aska to be awarded the custody of their son. Earl, aged II yeara LAKEVIEW IS EAGER TO KNOW PORTLAND Coming of "Iron Horse" Re minds City That Oregon Has First Claim. W. LWR THOMPSON TALKS California Makes Attempt to Cap ture Trade of Lake County Rail road Day Set for January J Invitation Given. "Lakeview and Lake County are not only enjoying the prosperity which has so long prevailed there, but are also enjoying the distinction of being en the railroad map." aald W. Lair Thompson, a prominent Southern Ore gon lawyer, of Lakeview, at the Im perial yesterday. "About 10 days ago the first locomo tive engtna entered Lake County and Lakeview. 'Many young people, born and bred in Southeastern Oregon, at that time saw a railroad for the first time. Track Is laid Into Lakeview and the work of ballasting will be com pleted January 1. 'On January T tha advent of the railroad will be celebrated by the good people of Lake County who have been waiting years for Railroad day. A apeclal train over the Nevada. Califor nia Oregon Railway will bring vis itors from Reno. Nev Sacramento and San Francisco. Baalaeaa Uoea ta California. "Of course, during all of these years the business of Lake County has gone to California cities, because nature has made that great Interior country tribu tary to San Francisco, and now the merchants of those cities will Join with us In rejoicing over rail connection with the world. Wet people of Lake view have always suspected there was a world outside our own rich country, but the rest of Oregon apparently has never suspected the existence of the greet valleys of Lake County, rich in fruit, cereals and alfalfa. "Now that Lakeview can be reached by train, we hope to become more closely related to Portland. We are a part of the great State of Oregon, and Portland merchanta should go after the business there. It is really worth go ing after. The wholesale houses of Sacramento and San Francisco send men Into Lakeview regularly and do a profitable business. We would like very much to entertain some Portland people In Lakeview January 7. Railroad day. Land Betas Reclaimed. "It may nqt be generally known that In Laka County private capital Is being put In irrigation systems to reclaim some of the best land In the State of Oregon and that within a vear and a half at least one of the systems will be completed, and Goose Lake Valley, in which the town of Lakeview is situated, will have nearly 100 000 acres of land under the ditch. The Goose Lake Valley sys.em Is di vided Into what Is known as the Drews Valley Reservoir Irrigation System, commonly called the Lowland Ditch, and will Irrigate 62.000 wcrea of land, and the Cottonwood Valley Irrigation Reservoir System, which Is the high ji..i. . m Irrlirate 20.000 acres of land, taking the water through the town of Lakeview ana aiuug mo of mountains which forms the eastern ii i. rwu Vailev. The land un der this system Is of the character which produced .Winter Banana. Pjjj .. nHu at tha aDnle mat oaww w"1" . . . - - show at Watsonvllle, Cai.. for several years. "We people In Lakeview give a great , i I fnn the rADld and suc cessful construction of the Goose Lake Valley Irrigation System to i. v. rtice, chief engineer of the company, which Is spending its money upon their faith In Eastern Oregon. The coming of the railroad will make It possible to bring In the people to farm these newly Irrigated lands, and the general belief is that Lake County will' see greater development during the next two years than ever before. Thorn xa May Be Venator. "Although C. C. Chapman, of the Portland Commercial Club, will very likely call the matter to your attention, I cannot resist the temptation to speak of the next meeting of the Central Oregon Development League, which will be held In Lakeview nxt June, the particular date to be determined later. Portland merchants and people genei-allv who are Interested in the development of the groat State of Ore gon, and In creating a closer relation ship in a business way between the metropolis of Oregon and those rich communities lying esst of the moun tains, cannot afford to miss this oppor tunity to visit Lake View and Lake County and see something of the great future In store for the eastern section of our state." Mr. Thompson was a member of the Oregon Legislature in 1911. being representative from Crook. Harney, Klamath and Lake. He Is being urged i wi- f.i..it. to tifffome a candidate for Senator from the same district next year to succeed Lr. ueorge n. -ierry-man. of Klamath Falls, who Will not be a candidate for re-election. Mr. Thompson has the matter under seri ous consideration. ASYLUM FARM IS PLAN NOW Pendleton Institntiou Site of 840 Acres May Be So Utilized. n 1 1 rr rir Ttr- SC. (Sneclal.) That the 640 acres of land at Union, bought several years ago for an East ern Oregon branch asylum site be used for an asylum larm in connciuun wn.-i ... i..,tni Orpcnn institution at I no n" - - - Pendleton. Is a suggestion made by Governor West to the State Board to day and It Is probable that the Boar 4 will aaK me Board power to utilise the land as It sees fit. .... the land is being used as an experiment station at a cost of $7500 a year, saia ino uovernor. n . i . when T believe is nciu -" . . - we could use it at a profit. If It were used as an asyiura irm n uui ui , . ..-i.i. turn vnrlment station innners " ' - work and I believe, even though we would have to snip ui luviutio, would be profitable for us to use it as a branch farm." CHILDREN GIVEN PRESENTS Christmas Tree Held at Boys' and Girls' Aid Society- Home. - Many frlenda and neighbors as sembled at the Receiving Home of tha Boys' and Girls" Aid Society of Oregon last night to attend the Christmas ex ercises of the children, given under the auspices of the Toung People's So ciety of the First Baptist Church, head ed by E. V. Floyd. v Mrs. J. J. Kennedy, daughter of Su perintendent Gardner, trained the chil dren and acted as accompanist. The assembly-room was decorated with ropes of fir and Oregon grape and the Christmas tree handsomely decorated" with ornaments and Illuminated with colored lights. The gifts, which were donated by the Toung People's Society, were appropriate to the children and bags of candy were freely distributed. A number of the girls and boys who were out in homes in the city also at tended and were not forgotten by tne management. Dr. T. L. Eliot made a few remarks. The programme con sisted of songs and recitations by tha children, of which there were ten num bers. Tasso Swartx acted as Santa Claus and the following members of the Toung People's Society of the White TemDle attended and assisted: Messrs. Morgan, Lewis. Green, Taylor and McCoy and Misses Hattla Floyd, Agnes Eborall. Lydia Filter, Winifred King. Mabel Lewis. Florence Lewis, Florence Pollard and others. PRESS CLUB JOY SECRET TARDT MR. CIACS TO VISIT AT JIXKS TOMORROW. Star Vaudeville Attractions Will Be Included in Stunts and Gifts May Have Sting. According to the calendar, Christ mas ended at 11 o'clock Monday night, but It will be revived with an aug mented cast, new songs, new dances. novel scenic and lighting effects, with refreshments on the side, at the Port land Press Club tomorrow night, when the club will hold its Christmas tree oartv. The festivities will be, the Press riuh's holiday Jinks, and Charles I. Ryan, manager of the Empress Thea ter, chairman of the entertainment committee, which is arranging the fes tival, says It will eclipse all previous Jinks efforts. And he ought to know. Every member of the club who can tear himself away from work will be on hand, and many will bring friends. Already Li Hung Chung, the club's houseboy, is complaining of his heavy duties as Santa Claus. lA is caring for the gifts that will adorn the:tree costing 1 cent to two-blts until the proper and crucial moment when Santa fllaus begins his address and distribu tion to the company. 1I will not be Santa Thursday night. The laenmy of Mr. Claus Is a secret. The entertainment committee has en listed all the vaudeville talent in town to participate In the Jinks, and a startr ling array of "stunts" will be unfolded to the merrymakers. The committee members say it will be an all-star pro- irru m mo The tree Is already on hand and It will be draped behind closed aoors. sgalnst the great, grand, gorgeous illumination Thursday night. So says Mr. Ryan. Owing to the lengtn ana ihomteness of the Drogramme, the festivities will begin promptly at 8:30 o'clock. Santa Claus' last call was Issued from the entertainment commit tee's headquarters last night; and a "crowded house Is expected. SENATOR CLAPP MAKES AT TACK ON" "REACTIONARIES." La Eolletle to Open Campaign at Younsstown Tonight and Con tinue All Week. SALEM. Ohio, Dec 26. "People are beginning to lose faith in platforms and pledges, declared cienaior tiapp, of Minnesota, here tonight opening the Progressive'" Republican campaign in Ohio, as he led up to the declaration that Senator La Kollette was tne togi cal candidate of true Republicans for the Presidency In 1912. Senator Clapp is the first of the La Follctte speakers to Invade Ohio In th ramnaiEn opposing the renomlna- tion of President Taft. It rained .and there -was a small attendance. Referring to the reported split In the Republican ranks in Congress In recent years, brought about, lie saia, by the struggle between the so-called reactionaries and the insurgents. Sen ator Clapp reached the climax of his address when he declared that the out come of those struggles had suggested the name of Senator I -a Follctte as the most available candidate to lead the Republican party to victory in He took occasion to assail the so called "reactionaries." headed by Aid rl-h and Cannon." whose policy .dur ing the past four years, he said, was to reverse the policy of the preceding eight years, "which formed the bright est chapter in tne nisiory oi nip ne publican party." "The real struggle of the "progres sives' has been against reactionary measures and the only hope of the nroirressives." " he continued, 'is to nominate men who will stand for "pro- rresslve' policies." Senator La Follette speaks tomorrow in Younastown. and he and other speakers will continue on the stump at points In Ohio throughout the week. NEWBERG FAVORS RIGHT Iropcrty Owners Would Give Roads Franchises on First Street. NEWBERG. Or.. Dec. 26. (Special.) At a mass meeting tonight property owners unanimously voted In favor of granting a franchise on First street to the Southern Pacific and Oregon Elec tric roads. When the Southern Taclfic represen tatives were here last Thursday night they were asked by Councllmen if It would be practical to have yie Oregon Klectrlc use the same tracks with tho Southern Pacific and they replied that It would not. The representatives of tba Oregon Electric were asked the same question today and they said It could be done. Both companies are anxious to get on First street and the Oregon Electric also wants to run a line on Third street from one end of the city to the other and wants to put a line on Day ton avenue from First street to the city limits. 4 " ' A Stelnway Piano for rent or sale. Call at once. Sherman. Clay & Co.. Morrison at Sixth. WEBFOOT OU IJRESSEVQi The greatest shoe grease made. Pro longs the life of shoes and renders them absolutely waterproof- Lee It during rain weather. At any stare Conundrum: ' IUt took 3,003,000,000 gallons of water to move Goldsmith's Hill and construct Westover Terraces, what will it take to move the lots? I AM of the firm opinion that and responses to my Sunday ads show I'm right the greatest power on earth in the moving of real estatein the selling of it is about 3,003,000,000 pounds pressure of price. Now listen:" Westover Terraces is no wildcat-something- to-be -done-in-the-future sort of proposition. The thing is done 3,003,000,000 gallons of .water did it. The hill has been cut down. The dirt has been moved. And now you can see the most beautiful high-class resi dence property in the whole city of Portland and it's in the right location. ' It's ready for sale 75 sites are ready. To start it off to put it right before you so that you just can't help buying I am offering the choicest of these 75 sites at a price under a pressure downward of 3,003,000,000 pounds! at a price such that no wide-awake man or woman in Portland can possibly get away from. Here.it is: You get your choice, until 25 are sold, of 32 sites ranging from $5000 to $6750, and of 43 from $4000 to $5000 size and lo cation making the difference for the sum of $4000 With all the space in this paper at my dis posal, I could not describe this property one half as well as it will look to you when you see it. Phone today or drop a line to my office to make certain your engagement to visit Westover Terraces before sale begins. F. N. CLARK Selling Agent Westover Terraces and Easfmoreland. 818-823 Spalding Building. Main 2113 A 7617 ABERDEEN IS READY City Prepares to Meet Inva sion of I. W. W.s. KEEN OPPOSITION FOUND Workers' Placard Boxcars and Call Members to March Against Towii Where Free Speech Is Denied. St. Louis Band Starts. ABERDEEN. "Wash., Dec 2. (6pe- claL) Press reports to the effect that 250 -Worker! of tho World hare left St. Loula to aid the local mcmbera of the organization in their alleged "fight for free epeech" have excited renewed . in rerent I. W. W. trouble. According- to advices from police head quarters tonigni btwj ... be taken to meet the contemplated . i with tiu'tlr. slmlllarlv em ployed when several doen leaders of the organization we. city. "If-ISO members of tha Workers are m AWdMn." was the brief but emphatlo announcement of police headquarters mis anemuuu, w mu nllT6 1500 men on the borders of the .(,. on the streets and In the rail road yards to meet them." The organisation 01 me epeow. w llce appointed at the time of the flrst atttack on the dtr Is still intact, the members all being under orders to re port at a given signal. Meetings of the police will now be held and plans will be perfected to resist the St. Louis force. The agitation of the Workers against this city has not died down In Work era' circles. Through their literature, their correspondence and propaganda of various sorts a crusade has been preached throughout the United States against Aberdeen. Every boxcar between here and St. Louis has been placarded with notices calling the Workers to proceed against this city. So far. all attempts have been frustrated. Workers have been coming In bands of three or four from time to time. They have been met on their arrival here and quietly sent out of town by the regular police force. The latest move of the organization has been the posting of a notice offer ing 5000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the members of the spe cial police force who have assisted. In escorting Workers out of the city on the two occasions In which the spe cial efdeers have undertaken that task. St. Ioals I. W. W.s Coming. ST. LOUIS, Ma, Dec. 28. (Special.) Two hundred and fifty volunteers, members of the Indjstrial Workers of the World, tonight departed from St. Louis to enlist in the fight for "free speech," which they claim is being waged at Aberdeen, Wash. It is said that 600 recruits will leave 'January 2 for Aberdeen, unless the trouble there Is settled sooner. The organiza tion claims a membership of 46,000 throughout the country. The 6t. Louis contingent will travel "by freight" as one of the leaders expressed It. None will carry any money. ONE REMARK COSTS $25 Prisoner Who "Didn't Care" Tries to Talk by Signs. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 26. (Spe cial.) One saucy remark to A. 3. Big- bam, Police Judge, today made by Mar tin Claffey will cost him J25. Claffey was arrested for creating a disturbance and Judge Bigham said: "I think you are guilty, and fine you $25 and costs."- "I don't care a continental what you -give me," retorted Claffey. 'Til make it $50 and costs, then." re plied the Judge, "and If you gay another word I will Increase It to $100." Claffey wanted to explain, and tried to make signs with hts hands, but the Judge was obdurate. A Stelnway Piano for rent or sale, Call at once. Sherman, Clay & Co., Morrison at Sixth. Robert Grants The Convictions of a Grandf ather begins in the January SCRIBNER He touches upon modern life in America with wit, humor, and keen satire. Money, Divorce, Woman Suffrage, Education, etc eta, are discussed. Fred and Josephine and their f amilycircle are certainly an entertaining group.