. TTTE MOKXTyO- OREGOXTAy. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1912. 1
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GRANGE SCORES
RURAL TEXT BOOKS
i4Blots" on System Is Charge
Made by One Speaker; More
Aid Is Urged.
HOPE IS FOR EFFICIENCY
Mate pTinlendnt Advise Per
Tapirs F.rjxTi- for Student la
Coantry I S13 Aalnst
fit In the) City.
FtOPEBt'TKI. Or. May T (Special )
After a hard day ' routine work
the f tate Grange closed lt annual ses
sion with the Installation of the new
officers. The lime a wholly taken
op In hearing reports of standing com
mittees until late In the evening, the
session ending about midnight.
Fo much time was taken up by publl
rity seekers earlier la the aeaalon that
manr valuable tioura were lost and a
resolution was adopted that hereafter
thoee desiring to get a hearing before
the State Grant will hare to present
their request through the committees.
This rule will apply to future ses
sions. The following- are lha officers In
stalled for the next two years: Master.
. K. fipence. Un-oa City, re-elected;
vrreer. I. I. Lee. Looking Ulars.
Ieuclas County: lefture. II. A. Parnall.
Ints. Multnomah County; steward. II.
- Grant. Waverly. Harney County: as
sietanl steward. Charles Hayes. Siier
wood Washington County: chaplain.
Cyrus Walker. Albany: treasurer. II.
Iltrschherg. Independence: secretary.
Mrs. Mary R. Howard. Mullno. Clarka
Tnas County: gatekeeper. C. C. Bore
land. Oswego. Clackamas County.
Mae Aid fr Rarel sieaieol I rged.
Troposed changes In the bylaws con
cerning representation and raising of
per capita tss were all referred to a
rommltlee of lire to be appointed by
the Orange Master with Instructions to
report at neat session. The committee
on education was sustained In Its ap
proval of country school supervision
and advised that there should be no
extension In the systems of higher edu
cation ontil the rural schools are pro
tkixi for. Mate Superintendent Alder
man was an earnest exponent of rural
supervision. He eatd:
I consider the rural school problem
the most vital problem In Oregon. The
mot expensive school Is that one which
Is so poor thai It drives people away
from it." the most economical school Is
the one that drawa people to It.
Hural supervision has been the
greatest factor In in- Improvement In
the city and rural schools. All city
schools have supervlslin and country
schools must hsve supervision also.
Komit srhols have been Improved 101
per cent this year. We are spendtnK
til for the country child's education
against J tor the child In the city.' -(reseat
Testfeeoka III.
The Granite cheered when one
.pesser declared that the present text
hooks were "rotten Many spectnc
Instances of the unfitness of the books
now In use were mentioned which were
stigmatised as "blots'" on the system.
The Agricultural Vollrge committee
reported IJ pupils on the rolls tills
year, of which I'll are In the agri
cultural department. 110 studying en-,
ginerring and III enrolled under do
mestic science. The remainder are
weltered throughout the other
Branches taught.
The cost of the session has been over
tJ&. the greatest In Ktale Orange his
tory In Oregon.
ELECTRIC PLANT IS BEGUN
Tono, T"h., to Have rower station
for Development Work.
CKNTRAU1A. Wash.. May 17. (Spe
cial. r'.aravatlng for the new electric
light riant at Tono. an appropriation
for whl. h as recently made by the
Washington Cnlon Coal Company,
started yesterday. Theitructure. when
finished, will be sufficiently large to
supply power to a town several times
the slse of Tono. but the site of the
Plant Is large enough and the building
l so constructed that addittona may be
built on later.
The beginning of operatlona on the
building of the plant recalls specula
tion as to Its ultimate purpose. The
Washington I'nlon Coal Company Is a
branch of the llarrlman system and the
Plant Is only a part of a . appro
priation recently made for the lmprove-
meat of Tono. It has been rumored on
several occa-lons that the o.-V. K. w
N. Intended building an electric line
from Rochester through Centralla to
Tono. and the fact that the plant now
under course t.f construction will be
amle to supply power f.r such an en
trriTtye strengthens the rumor.
FRANCHISE IS GRANTED
Improvement Work I Put I ndcr
Way al Mllwautlc. Or.
M1LWACK1K. Or May 1 7. (Special.)
-.t a regular meetirg of the City
Council last night the franchise grant
ing the Southern Pacific Hallway Com
panv the right to construct an elec
tric line telephone and telegraph lines
firovgh Mllwaufcte along the route of
the preaeat track was passed unani
mously and was signed by alayor
Mrelb.
Thia places the company In position
to electrify its present line, known as
the Ueavrrton cutolf. anJ It was an
nounced that this Is the Intention of
the compens. but how soon It Is not
known. Mavor Strelb said he had as
surances that the steam track through
Mllwaukle mill be electrified.
proceedings were started to pave the
Foster road, from Main street to the
cttv limits southeast, with a hard-surface
improvement. The distance Is
more than ha:f a mile and will be the
first hard-surface pavement In lht
place. Proceedings are under way for
the Improvement of Front street, part
if the pacific Highway.
J. E. MORSON ASSAILS WEST
Head of IsriK-hutra Land Company
Telia of Hl Trouble.
LA PINE. Or, May 17. (Special.)
J. k. Monua. president of the Deecau
tea Land Company, at a largely attend
ed maa meeting held Monday night
under the ausplres of the la Pine Com
mercial Club, bitterly arraigned Gov
ernor West aa having hampered hia
company In It legitimate operations.
Mr. Morson. at the request of the club,
went Into detail regarding his differ
ences with the executive officer. Ho
declared that he voluntarily furnished
a bond for 130.000. approximately 11 an
acre, for hl holdings.
Difficulties with the Federal Gov
ernment because of reservations and
through Individual contests started by
prospective homesteaders were In good
faith. Mr. Morson declared, and were
accordingly settled with little difficulty
and with no rancour. But for Gov
ernor West he had no good word.
Friction commenced as soon as the
Governor took office and had a seat on
the Desert Land Board.
Mr. Morson declared that for two
years he had been trying to have a
friendly suit brought to determine In
a competent court where hi company
stood.
Professor Smith, agricultural expert
of the O.-W. R. A X.. spoke in praise of
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Hears llsltrrsss,
Phil Metscban. Sr.. of the Im
perial Hotel, yesterday received
a copv of the menu used at tlie
opening banquet of the Henry
Waltrrwin llot.il at l.ulsvtll.
Kv. In addit'on to being one of
the great editors of the country.
Mr. Watterson announces his In
tention of showing how to dis- a
pene hospitality. The menu car-
rles the latest photograph of
Marse llenrv" and the great
editor is said to have msde one t
of the best speeches of hl ca- 9
reer in responding to the toast s
"Jest In Karnest."
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the country and
close attention.
listened to with
ARMY USES AEROPLANES
OEM UAl, MAIS SKKKS DEPAIIT
l KM OKUKR.
Various MciIkmU ot Slgnalinc Will
lie Tried When firays Harbor
ManeuTom Arc Held.
VANCOCVKR HAHRACKS. Wash.
May 17. (Speclnl.) Aer.planc will be
used In the maneuvers of the 5000 reg
ular troops and National Guard of Ore
gon. Washington and Idaho In the
;rays llnrhor country, beginning July
2. If General Marlon P. Mans' appli
cation to the War Department Is grant
el. It Is proposed to have aeroplanes
assist In carrying messages and other
wise tested for their efficiency In case
of war.
Other nietlio.ls that will he used In
signalling will include the wireless
telegraph, the telegraph, the telephone,
mounted messenger. tg agglng. flag
semspliore. light semaphore for work
at night, an.l the heliograph.
The cavalry at Roise Itarracks. Idaho,
comprising a squadron, .which Is four
troops of i men each, will come to
this post on a special troup train, run
In two sections. From here they will
rl!a to the point of concentration near
Centralla. The Twenty-first Infantry.
In this post, a Men arrived Monday from
a three years' stay in the Philippine
Islands, mill march to the war field, as
will the Infantry at Fort George
Wright, near Spokane. and at Fort
loiw-ton. near Seattle.
The movement of the troops during
the 10 dsvs' encasement will he be
tween Centralla an J Gras Harbor to
Tscoma.
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WEST OEHIES HITCH
Strife With Boards Not On,
Says Governor.
ROSEBURG TALK CLEARED
Address Not "Necessarily" Indica
tive of Dissension, Declare Kx-
ecntive Grange Stand
on
I load Bills Is Explained.
SAI.KM. Or.. May 17. (Special.)
"The statement which I made at Rose
burg has not necessarily any bearing
on the institutions which are -governed
by the State Board, or Boards,- de
clared Governor West today on his re
turn to the Capital.
"If there la anything that needs at
tention at any of the Institutions it
m-lll be a matter to be taken care of
by the Board. It does not neceaaarlly
mean because I have declared for a
policy of retrenchment all along the
line, that there are any dissensions on
the Board or that It will disrupt the
cordial relations which exist among
the members.
Boards Faver Retrenchment.
"The other' members of the Foard
are aa much In favor of retrenchment
aa I am. The Board Is m-orklng in per
fect harmony and Is a unit for retrench
ment in any quarter where evidence of
extravagance Is found.
"However. I have a number of things
in mind as to retrenchment In certain
quarters, where the power to bring It
shout Is wholly under my control and
in due time will proceed to make them."
The Governor would make no definite
statements as to what his eventual
policy will be. but reiterated that he
will Issue statements In a short tlma
as to the various Boards,, offices and
Commissions.
linusp Matter Kxalataed.
He also lysued the following formal
statement as to the proposal of a com
promise, which he made to the State
Grange at Roseburg:
"The newspaper reports of my pro
posal of compromise to the Grange were
confusing due largely to the fact that
the press correspondents were not fully
advised as to the provisions of the dif
ferent bills and the compromise sug
gested. "I found that mhlle both the "har
mony bills' and the Grange's bills were
meeting with opposition from the dele
gates to the State Grange, each plan
had Us supporters. I found the prin
cipal objections to the "harmony bills'
to be the lack of a provision providing
that tha power of locating the roads
should be left In the hands of the peo
ple. In the "harmony bills" It Is left
In the hands of the County Court, as It
Is now. and my proposition was that
the bills prepared by the Grange be
withdrawn and that the "harmony bills"
be Indorsed and that the features which
they seem so much to desire. I. e.. the
matter of leaving the location of roads
to the people, be taken care of by the
Initiation of a new bill carrying that
lone Drovlslon. This would place the
matter squarely before the people and
la a privilege which they could secure
If they so desired.
Jolaiag of Forres Hoped For.
"The proposition of withdrawing
some of the "harmony bills" was made.
I Informed the Grange committee that
I did not feel 1 had the power or the
authority to make such a concession,
and, furthermore, that I was personally
not in favor of such action: that-my
proposal that we get together and In
itiate a separate hill In reference to
who should have the power to locate
the roads to be constructed by the
counties, would remove the seemingly
serious objection which they had to the
hills and result In our Joining forces
In the Interest of this greatly needed
legislation.
"A committee was appointed by the
Grange to give the matter careful con
sideration, and a vote was taken by
those present, which, as I understand
It. was in favor of a.-ceptlng my propo
sition and recommending such action to
the main body of the organlxatlon.
"'I have not been advised as to any
contrary action by that committee or
the State Grange.
"If the orange accepts the proposi
tion It will mean the withdrawal of
their bills and the Indorsement of the
harmonv bills." but If the Grange does
not accept same It will mean simply
that each organlxatlon goes on with
Its fight and behind Its own set of
bills.
If we fall to secure good roads leg- '
NEW OFFICERS OF OREGON STATE
i lm... c. I- Shaw. Kxeewtlve Cesaaalteel H. A. DmmsJI. Leetareri Mary S.
iaekeepert T. I- Ie, Oserseert C.
Member Legislative I'esassittee.
K.
islation It cannot be said that It Is due
to a failure on my part to use every
effort toward bringing about an ad
justment of the differenoes between tht
various Interests."
SCHOOLS AT DUFUR CLOSE
Students Graduated From Eighth,
Ninth and Tenth Grades.
DUFUR, Or, May 17. (Special.)
The closing exercises of the Dufur pub
lic schools were held this week in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. This year
there are five graduates from the tenth
grade, four from the ninth and five
from the eighth.
The exercises opened with music by
the Dufur Orchestra, and a piano solo
by Miss Era Knowles, a graduate from
the tenth grade: then followed an es
say by Miss Bertha Giesxler. repre
senting the eighth grade: oration,
"Lincoln A Model." by T. A. Strachan;
recitation. "A Second Trial." by Miss
Kate Johnston: oration. "Victory," by
C. E. Collins: essay. "IdeaJ Woman
hood," try Miss Violet Benedict: reci
tation. "Jlmmle Brown's Prompt
Obedience." by Miss Alice Sandera.
The orchestra gave several selections
and Miss Florence Johnson played two
piano solos. The programme was con
cluded with an address by the prin
cipal. J. F. Gibson, presentation of di
plomas and remarka by the chairman
of the school board, P. W. Knowles.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE LAUDED
Instructor Sas Girls Should Be
Taught How to Cook.
VANCOUVEH. Wash.. May 17. (Spe
cial.) To teach the girls of the Van
couver High School how to cook to re
duce the high cost of living, by teach
ing the girls how to do things with
their own hands, to make labor an
honor these are some of the objects
to be attained by present-lay educa
tion, said C W. Shumway. City Super
intendent of Schools, at a luncheon
served Wednesday by the girls of the
domestic science classes for US mem
bers of the' Vancouver Commercial
Club.
Every one of the appetising dishes at
the banquet was prepared by the girls,
and served by them. The menu Includ
ed veal loaf, chicken, several klndsof
sandwiches, coffee, pickles, olives, fruit
salad and strawberry shortcake. R. H.
Bark was toastmaster.
The Commercial Club of Washougal
sent an .Invitation for the members of
the Vsncouver Commercial Club to eat
dinner with them some night early In
June, and it was unanimously accepted.
A special train may be secured to take
the trip. E. J. O'Connell. of Barber
ton, president of the Home Sweet Home
Club, of 14 bachelors. Invited the Com
mercial Club to a chicken and straw
berry shortcake dinner, and this was
also accepted, the date being June IS.
COMPANY BUILDS FOR MEN
Homes on Installment Is Plan of
Oregon Taper Manufacturers.
ORKGOX CITV. Or.. May 17. (Spe
cial.) The Willamette Pulp A Paper
Vomnanv has under consideration a
home-building and co-operative scheme
for Its employes.
Tha comnany is negotiating for
tract of land near the city and tha
mill, and If the nlan meets with the
approval of the men for whom it is
Intended. S5 or 60 homes will be erected
this Summer and Fall. A similar num
ber will be built next year and prob
ably the year following.
It Is planned to sell the homes to
the employes on monthly Installments
without additional outlay. The man
agement believes that the co-operative
building plan will not only be of great
benefit to the workers, but also to the
company, inasmuch as the men and
their families will -be better satisfied,
and after obtaining a home will take
more Interest In their work and the
city.
Homer's "Odyssey" In ricturcs.
ALBANY. Or.. May 17. (Special.)
The Albany Chautauqua Association has
arranged to present the motion-picture
production of "The Odyssey of Homer"
In this cltv on June 7 and t. The pic
tures will be shown In the Albany
Opera-Housc each evening of those two
days and at a matinee Saturday after
noon, June 8.
Telephone Service Enlarged.
ALBANY. Or.. May 17. Ppeclai.)
Thirty miles of new copper wire is now
being added to the telephone lines ot
the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph
Company between Albany and Lebanon.
This will give two additional circuits
between this city and Lebanon. The
estimated cost of the work Is $6000.
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HILLSBORO GETS WATER
CONSUMERS WILL. BENEFIT BY
NEW FRANCHISE.
City Council Authorizes Paving of
Many Blocks With Different
Kinds of Material.
HILLSBORO, Or., May 17. (Special.)
The City Council has granted a fran
chise to the Washington-Oregon Cor
poration permitting it to bring moun
tain water into Hillsboro, and it Is
expected that a pipe line will be in
operation, tapping Sain Creek. 17 miles
southwest of the city, inside of 90 days.
Heretofore the water franchise has
been tied to the lighting franchise,
and the company made the proposal
to put in a gravity system provided
the franchises were segregated. The
present system Is from a chain of deep
wells, and the water is insufficient
during the Summer months. The new
ordinance gives consumers 3000 gal
lons of water for one dollar, as against
2000 gallons under the old ordinance.
The company Intends putting in a big
storage reservoir near Pilley, with a
capacltv of 1.000.000 gallons. Water
will immediately be piped to the
county seat in a direct pipe line, and
the reservoir built afterward.
The Council passed ordinances for
ta-rvia pavement on three blocks on
Second street, to pave clear through
to the Southern Pacific, and for two
blocks on Washington street, leading
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Photo by Maacell, Portland.
Howard, Seeretaryt Cyras H. Walk
Mr
Lssra MeMorrls, Ceres.
Baker; H. Mlrachberg,
Mrs. .
'The
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' Metal Lining
SJnsiise Matched Case .
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Pebbled Cnarcoal
-.Charcoal Smsathmc
Outside 'Pahncled
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Up to $ ISO The Hotel
and Restaurant Size
lion Alaskas in Use
from Second to the Pacific Railway &
Navigation Company's Tillamook line,
and also passed motions to pave Third
from the Oregon Electric to the South
ern Pacific Railway, and Washington
street from the Oregon Electric depot
to Sixth street, where tse survey of
the Southern Pacific proposed electric
line will be located. The declaration
of the Council was to pave Third and
Washington streets, east of Second
street, comprising seven blocks, with
gravel base bitullthic.
RIVER CLAIMS VICTIM
Deckhand Walks Ofr Speeding Boat
Backwards and Drowns.
THE DALLES. Or., May 17. (Spe
cial.) Misjudging distance due to his
inexperience, it being his first day in
the service of the Open River Trans
portation Company, Archie M. Eggars.
deckhand, aged 19, waJked backward
off the steamer Teal yesterday after
noon while dragging: stage planks
across the bow of the boat.
He was drowned in the swift waters
of the Columbia River before he could
be rescued.
The steamer was gong full speed
at the time of the fatal accident, which
occurred one-half mile below Collins.
The boat was stopped as soon as pos
sible and lifeboat was lowered. Eg
gars was able to swim, but his con
stant cries for heip in disregard of
warnings of other members of the crew
caused him to take in so much water
that he went down before aid reached
him.
Eggars was a member of the Wood
men of the World. It is not known
whether he had any relatives. He
formerly lived in Minnesota.
SCAPPOOSE PIONEER DIES
Asa Holaday, Born in 1828, Had In
teresting Career.
SCAPPOOSE, Or., May 17. (Special.)
Asa Holaday, whose death occurred
here recently, had been a pioneer in a
number of states. Born on the banks
of the Wabash in 1828. he drove with
ox teams to Sacramento in 1853, re
turning via Panama and New York to
Indiana in 1856 xir 1857, and going from
there to Franklin County, Kansas, in
1857 with his mother, four brothers and
three sisters. They were a Quaker
family and helped to establish the Qua
ker Church in Kansas.
Mr. Holaday again visited California
in 1872. In July, 1873. he moved his
family to Denver, where he remained
until the Spring of 1883, driving from
Colorado through Wyoming. Idaho.
Montana and Washington in search of
a permanent home. He arrived at
Scappoose and for 29 years has made
his home here. He is survived by one
brother, four sons and 11 grandchil
dren. 109 PUPILS TRY; 43 PASS
Hood Rover Examinations Prove
Too Much for Majority.
HOOD F.IVER, Or.. May 17. (Spe
cial.) C. D. Thompson. County School
Superintendent, has finished the correc
tion of papers for those who took the
eighth grade examinations here last
week. Out of the 109 students taking
the examination only 43 passed; 38 re
ceived below 70 per Cent in only two
subjects and will be allowed to enter
High School. They will be examined
at the next tests in the subjects in
which they failed.
-Most of the failures were due to a
lack of preparation," said Professor
Thompson. He declares that the num
ber of students who failed is no great
er than kast year.
The students who received the high
est and second highest grade respect
ively, are Josephine Dart and Armas
Jakku, the former getting a grade of
H S-l per cent and the latter 94 1-3.
Oregon Itires Europeans.
ALBANY, Or., May 17. (Special.)
That there will be a heavy immigra
Alaska
At Special Sale
Prices
tion of European residents of Mexico
to Oregon this Summer as a result of
the revolutions in Mexico is indicated
by letters which are being received by
the Albany Commercial Club. Several
requests for literature and information
about this part of the state have been
received recently from Mexico. Man
ager Stewart, of the club, received a
letter yesterday from Juan Balme Hijo,
manager of the Avacado Nurseries at
Queretaro, Mexico, in which the state
ment is made that many Europeans,
principally farmers and orchardists, are
preparing to leave Mexico for Oregon.
Portland Attorney Honored.
BOISE, Idaho. May 17. (Special.) It
is seldom that the chief executive of a
state presents to the Supreme Court of
his state the name and person of an
applicant for permission to practice be
fore that tribunal, but Governor James
H. Hawley today took this identical
action. He presented William R. King,
of Portland, to the members of the
Idaho Supreme Court and offered his
application to practice. The honors
were done in chambers and Mr. Kins
was personally presented to Chief Jus
tice Stewart, Justice Ailshie and Jus
tice Sullivan.
Unidentified Remains Buried.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., May 17.
(Special.) The body of an unknown
man found floating in the Columbia
River by Ari Short, a rancher living on
Chamberlin Flat near Cliffs, was bur
ied at Goldendale yesterday by the
Coroner of Klickitat County. The body
was that of a man five feet 10 inches
in height, dressed in a blue serge suit.
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