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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1915)
TITE MORXTXG OREGOXrAN. SATURDAY, MARCH 37, 1915. , - . : RURAL CHANGE DUE Community May Organize for Neighborhood Help. METHOD HERE OUTLINED Co-operation in Business and Social Affairs Means Much for Country in Future as Viewed by Gov ernment Kurnl Experts. WABHIXGTO.V. March 18. A scheme for the organization of rural com munities for both business and social purposes is worked out in an article which is to appear in the forthcoming v-earbook of the Department of Agri culture, and which has already teen printed as a pamphlet for the use of the department s Office of MarKcts and Rural Organization. The scheme calls for ten committees, five of which are to deal with business needs, and five with social needs. Every member of the organization is to serve on some one of these committees. In addition, there is to be a central or executive commitee composed f-f the president of the organization, ua ccv retary. its treasurer and the chairman of the ten other rommitees. This cen tral bodv is to direct the general policy of the organization, raise all funds and .,frnl their expenditures. The com- rr.iM that are to iea) with the busl ness interests of the community are as follows: . , 1 1. Committee on farm production. 9 Commitee on marketing. i. Committee on securing farm sup plies. . 4. Committee on farm finance and accounting. . 5. Committee on communication and transportation. Various Subjects to Be Handled. Siilarly. the five committees that at tend to the community's social inter ests will deal with: 1. Education. 2. Sanitation. 3. Recreation. V 4. Beautif iration. 5. Household economics. The work of most of these commit tees is Indicated sufficiently clearly by their titles: for example, the committee on production can do' much good by improvinK the breeds of livestock in a community through co-operative pur chases of pure-bred males. It can e'l rourage the formation of corn, poultiy. pisr. cattle, canning and gardening clubs, which already hove demonstrated their value in the sections where they have been established; and it can carry on useful studies of the type of agri culture best fitted to local conditions. In the same way. the committee on marketing can secure the rtandardiz ation of Ihe community's products and thus obtain holier prices than are pos sible when nondescript goods are dumped upon the market. The com mittee also can rearch out the best markets, make contract? on a larpe scale which will be more favorable than any individual can secure for him aelf .and in many olher ways economize In the selling of the community's goods. FIven if co-operative marketing is not actualy resorted to, the informa tion which the committee collects hard ly can fail to be of great assist mce to the individual shippers. IXuajr In Iluyliiir Placed. Just aa the committee oh marketing ean facilitate selling, the committee on farm supplies can economize in buying. Farmers are warned, however, not to underestimate the cost of running a store or commercial agency, and not to overestimate the saving which this can effect. The co-operative society, of course, "does away with the necessity of the store's making a profit, but somebody must manage the store and that somebody must be paid for his time. His salary, therefore, corresponds In a way to the ordinary store's profit, and It is not always possible to secure a good man for less than he would be fhle to make In business for himself. There are. however, several methods of ' purchasing farm supplies co-operatively, which will be found to he of ad vantage. The simplest is the joint order, in which a group of fanners can buy a given article in large quantities, therehy effecting a -onsil'ib:e sav ing in the expense of handling, coin missions, etc. Sometimes when this method is adopted a warehouse is add ed which 4s owned it rented co-operatively, and in which the g.Mids are stored until the associated purchaser need them. If these two methods hnv been tried sn-1 tound successful, it may be desir able to carry tliein out lo their logical irvelopment and lomluct a co-operative store whi'-h renders the s;imo service to its oustoinej-1 that a private enter prise would. This, n mover, inevit ably leads to complications and should oply he undertaken after some exper ience with ;"imp!er methods of co-op-cm t ion. With the committee on farm finance and account lnr. the first duly is to as certain what f.trm enterprises safelv ean be financed. This is only possible when aectirute accounts are kept and carefully analyzed After this has been done, the next step is to secure the most favorable trrm.s for financing proper and sound enterprises. This Is frequently not difficult If the commit tee has mastered thoroughly the sub ject and is ahlo lo put it clearly before local bankers. "Where the local hank ers are unwilling to finance, genuinely productive enterprises at a reasonable rate of inferest. the committee must consider otlur ways of securing capital. One of the simplest plans for accom plishing this is a credit union or co operative credit association. The es sential features of this plan arc that a group of farmers organize themselves to receive deposits and make loans. Tty keeping Jhe expense down to a mini, mum it has been possible In some, cases for such associations to pay interest on deposits, that is. within 1 per cent of the interest it charges on loans. Orgaaiird rlf-llrli Aim. The committee on communication and transforation should ileal primarily with the reads and telephones. The keynote of the work should be organ ized self-help, not appeals to get Gov ernment help. Just as the five business committees are to grapple with the fundamental problems of producing and selling in their various forms, the five social committees should direct their efforts to the improvement of living conditions In the country. To increase the farmer's income Is not the only thing needed to make rural life what it should be. As a mat ter of fact, says this article, it Is the prosperous farmer who is more in clined to move to town than his less fortunate neighbor. Having accumu lated a competence, he wishes to enjoy It, and there are five principal reasons which lead him to believe that he can de this better in the city: First, there are usually better facilities for edu cating his children; second, the sani tary conditions are frequently much better in towns, and the time does not seem to be far distant when the citlee will be actually more healthfu,l than the country. Again, household conveniences. jch as hot and cold water, heating nnd lighting systems, etc are more abundant tn the towns and add greatly to the comfort of living. Finally, there Is more opportunity for recreation In the city, and frequently, strange aa it may appear, more to appeal to the sense of beauty that is inherent in practically every man. Co-operation on the part of rural communities can do as much to alter these conditions aa it can to increase the average cash " income. The com mittees that , have these matters in charge should, therefore, be regarded as quite as important as those which deal with business questions, and they should receive the same support, from the entire community which they are endeavoring to benefit. The result will be a community spirit which, in its way, is capable of producing as valu able results as the National spirit. In fact, says the article in closing. "Patriotism, like charity, begins at borne that is, in the neighborhood." As an appendix, the pamphlet con tains a brief list of suggested readings for. the various commitees. Many of these are Government publications 1 which may be had free of charge by addressing the Division of publications of the Department of Agriculture, or at a nominal price from the Superintend ent of Public Documents. REALTY'BOARD ELECTS F. E. TAYLOR BECOMES PBESIDEST AJfD PACI COWGIIX SECRETARY. Friends of Dean Vincent Urge His Can didacy (or Presidency of jtiationul Association. The members of the Portland Hcalty Board at their annual meeting yester day elected F. E. Taylor president. As chairman of the entertainment commit tee of the Realty Board Mr. Taylor has - - : F. E. Taylor. Hard-Working: Member Whom Realty Board Rewards With Presidency. done noteworthy service in obtaining prominent speakers for the Board meet ings, and is one of few members who has been present at every rollcall. There was a lively race yesterday for the secretaryship. F. L. Purse, who has served three years, Paul A. Cowgiil and H. I Idleman being nominated, air. Cowgiil winning over Mr. Purse by one vote. The Board elected Frank McCrillis first vice-president; W. M. Umbden stock, second vice-president, and O. S. Hubbell, third vice-president. Samuel R. Norton was re-eletccd treasurer. , .Mr. Taylor succeeds Dean Vincent, who has headed the organization for two years. Mr. Vincent's friends are urging him to become a candidate for the presidency of the National Associa tion of Heal Estate Exchanges at the annual convention- to be held at Los Angeles in June. He has also received voluntary assurances oi support irom prominent realty men in all parts of the country who saw him wield the gavel during an important business session of the National association at Pittsburg last year. Mr. Vincent was, the only vice-president of the association who was called upon to preside at an im portant session. The annual reports of the officers of the local Board yesterday showed that ISO Portland tirms are members, and that the average attendance at the meetings during the past year has been 80. WOMAN READS BIBLE DAILY St. J-ouis Ite.-idcnt, Aged 81, Now Takes l"p .Study or Bis Book. ST. LOUIS. March 18. Mrs. Herman Tliiesmaim, SI years old, who has been a resident of St. Louis 65 years, is de voting an hour each day to reading a new and complete edition of the Bible, containing 5000 pages. By reading an hour each day, Mrs. Tliiesmaim ex pects to finish reading the Bible in several years. Her children. grandchildren and great-grandchildren gavo her a birth day party at the home oC her daugh ter. .Mrs. Henry Winter, at whose home she lives. At the party Mrs. Thies inami read aloud a chapter of her Bible. Mrs. Thiesmann was born in Mulhausen. Germany.- Sixty-five years ago she came to St. Louis, the trip across the ocean taking her 52 days. Her first husband. John Henry Meyers, who died in 1S66, was proprie tor of a shoe store at Broadway and Franklin,, avenue. She married Her man Thiesmann in 1870. He died in ISM. .Mir. Thiesmann is yet active. She insists on doing light housework, and sews and knits. She is-the mother of eight children by her first husband, four of whom are dead, and four children by her sec ond husband. She has 14 grandchil dren and five great-grandchildren. STORED FOOD RAISES PRICE Wnrelivusos Glutted With Supplies by Speculators. Healers Say. CHlCACoO, II'.. March 18. ':Todny we have the largest stocks of food on hand in the history of the country. Canned meats, fruiw. potatoes and apples glut the warehouses. We have an excess of 75.UU0.000 bushels of wheat ready for shipment, with no foreign'outleU" J. C. Merrill, secretary of the Board of Trade. "Warehouses throughout the country havo enough food on hand to supply the Nation. Big crops are in sight and no people In the world were ever more comfortably situated as to prospects for supplying their own wants. fc.d ward Lubart, representative of Morris & Co. " In view of these statements and the rumor of a possible embargo on ex ports, the question was raised in com mercial circles as to .why high prices for foodstuffs prevail. Business men expressed the opinion that, something had interfered with the operation of the law of supply and 'demand. An inquire among the food dealers gave rise to the charge that the prices are kept artificially high by the specu lative clement, which has poured the accumulations of small capitalists into wheat futures and stocks for cold-storage houses. They have been used to forestall distribution in a Nation-wide concerted, but unorganized, scheme to exact war prices by stopping the flow from producers to consumer. CHINA TO BE AIDED Rockefeller Foundation to Be gin Battle With Disease. . HOSPITALS TO-BE BUILT Doctors and Xurses Will Be Trained to Assist and Epidemics, Long Kampnnt, Arc to Find Foes. Force Ordered to Orient. 1 . NEW YORK. March 13. The Rocke feller Foundation announces that it is going to improve medical and hospi tal conditions in China. This action, based on the report of a special com mission which studied conditions there last year, will include aiding two or more medical schools in China, the strengthening of the staffs of the mis sion and other hospitals there, the establishing of six fellowships to en able Chinese graduates in medicine to study abroad, Jhe appropriation of money for Ave scholarships for Chinese nurses and the possible establishing of two tuberculosis hospitals. The Rockefeller Foundation has formed a special organization to carry out this work. It is to be called the China medical board of the Foundation, made up of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., chairman: Wallace Buttrick, director; Harry Pratt Judson, Frank L: Good now. Dr. ' Simon Flexner, Jerome D. Greene, John R. Mott Dr. "William H. Welch. Wickliffe Rose, Starr J. Mur phy. Dr. Francis W. Peabody and Frederick Gates. E. C. Sage, is- the secretary. Mr. Green, who will be the resident director in China, will make his headquarters in Pekin. Mr. But trick will supervise all of the board's activities, particularly those of the home office in New York. -Need Reported Great. President Judson, of the University of Chicago; Dr. Peabody, of Harvard, and Roger S. Greene, Consul-General at Hankow, made up the special com mission which reported that the need of medical relief In China was great; that many preventable diseases have prevailed there unchecked; such ter rible scourges as the bubonic plague .have been Introduced; occupational diseases have sprung up with which China is unable to cope, and a "special obligatidn rests upon Western civili zation to mitigate this suffering, for which it may be held directly respon sible." First among the steps to be taken, the Foundation will help two or more ting of well trained doctors. The com mission reported that there is no med ical school in China adequately equipped and manned. Accordingly the Foundation will help tow or more of the schools there to put themselves on a satisfactory basis for the train ing of graduates. The staff of hospi tals are to be strengthened and the pay of young Chinese doctors aa house officers will be furnished by the Foun dation when necessary. Tuberculosis Fight On. The commission reported itself im pressed by the work done by mis sionary societies in hospitals, but stated that such work requires more costly equipment than these societies can afford. To help build up a body of Chinese medical men to lead in the work the Foundation has decided to establish the six fellowships, each of $1000 a year. Six fellows have been appointed, one of them already is in this country. The nursing scholarships will enable Chinese nurses to come fo this coun try for training. - The commission recommended the es tablishment of two model tuberculosis hospitals, because it found that China suffers greatly from" this disease and has no institution especially equipped for the treatment of it. ESTATE OF LIVING DIVIDED Tacoina Man Proves to Be Man Long Mourned as' Dead. GREENSBURG, Pa., -Mar. 1C. Jacob Hilzinger, formerly of Tenn township; this county, who was declared legally dead 15 years ago, and whose J2S0O es tate was distributed among his broth ers and sisters; Is in good health in his home in Tacoma. Wash. This information has reached Regis ter of Wills David A. Miller here. In 1300 a petition was presented to- the Orphans' Court in Westmoreland County for the presumption of Jacob Holzinger's death for the reason that he had disappeared many years pre viously. The estate included $1600 deposited in the Dollar Savings Bank of Pitts burg. . It was testified when the case was called for hearing by brothers of Jacob Ilolzinver that the man had been em ployed by the Tittsburg & Lake Erie Railroid Company in Pittsburg. He dis appeared suddenly one day, and all ef forts to find the man were fruitless.' Presumpticnr of death having been es tablished, the estate was distributed. ISLAND TO BE PRESERVE New York Tract Held by Family Since 163, May Be Transferred. XEW YORK. March 19. Under a long-term lease, with a purchase op tion. Clarence H. MacKay. president of the Commercial Cable Company, it was announced recently, bad come Into pos session of. Gardiner's Island, consisting of 3000 acres, off the easterly end of Long Island, which he will use as a shooting preserve. The island has been In possession of the Gardiner family since 1639. "One large black dog. one gun. some powder and shot, some rum and a few Dutch blankets, the value of f5," was the price originally paid for the island, according to record, by Lyon Gardiner, who made the deal with Wyandanch. chief of the Manhanketts. of Long Island. It is figured today that the island is worth J3.000.000. RIOT ENDS STUDENT DINNER Soplis Attack Freshles-- and Cafe Is Wrecked in Tnrmoil. NEWARK, X. J.. Mar. 18. Fourteen students of Columbia University were locked -Op in the First Precinct Police Station here after a free-for-all fight 50 freshmen were about to hold their 50 freshmen wer about to hold their class dinner when 75 sophomores raided them. The dining-room of the freshmen was wrecked. Waiters and policemen joined in the fracas and one student and two policemen were hurt. China and glassware. tables and chairs went down like reeds before a ummer aephyr. and some of the soph omores went down the stairs and right through the glass doors of the restaurant. Then the fight was oyer, and when the young men looked around they found themselves siir rounded by the police reserves. The Charqe Purchases Made Today Will Go on Your April Account Payable May 1st Baby Carriages, Go-Carts, Sulkies, Perambulators in Best Makes at Lowest Prices-4th Floor Home Journal Patterns Make up your Spring and Summer wear ables by Home Jour nal Patterns if you would have better re sults. Easy to use. Olds, Wortman Sc King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 Candy Day 2000 pounds of fresh, wholesome Candies on sale al the Bargain Circle today at spe cial reduced prices. Ileadquatcrs for Fast er Candies of nil kinds. Double ?H Trading Stamps Today With All Cash Purchases Made in Men's&Bom'Ciothing&FurnishingDepts. on 1st Floor Also in Shoe Dept. 1st Floor START NOW JZ beautiful and useful premiums given away by this store. Save "S. & H." Green Trading Stamps and you may choose from over 4000 articles without one cent of cost. Do you leave your change on the counter? Cer tainly not! Neither should you make a pur chase without getting these little Green Stamps, for they, represent money value to you in the truest' sense of the word. Don't wait another day start a book NOW. Special Showing of Easter Novelties At the Center Circle, 1st Floor Chicks, Kabbits, Fancy Baskets, Easter Eggs, Greetings, Post cards, Favors, Table Decora tions and hundreds of other seasonable novelties for Easter for your- choosing. Buy now. rT fc Girls9 Easter Apparel Second Floor Here are styles far re moved from the ordinary. Garments that are distinctive in style, and, withal, moderately priced. Stylish New Coats $4.98 to $16.50 Second Floor Any number of smart ctvlos for on'rls 6 to 14 vears of ace. Serges, checks and novelty mixtures. The prices range from $4.98 up to $16.50 Coats for Little Girls $2.85 to $10.50 Second Floor These attractive little Coats are shown in the popular black and white checks and plain serges. Ages 2 to 6. Priced fk Cfk from $2.85 up to P J. 1 J V New Middy Blouses $1.00 to $1.98 Second Floor New "Jack Tar" Mid dies in several styles for girls, 6 to 14 years of age. Prices ti f Q Q range $1, $1.49 and P - Todau!Men's lZ Suits $16.45 Our Greatest Suit Sale! V SeeSpecialDisplatiinlVindoiv! Fine Serges, Worsteds, Cassimeres and Cheviots in Latest Checks, Stripes and Novelty Patterns. Sizes 33 to 42. ! I This morning we inaugurate our ANNUAL EASTER SALE of men's and young men's Suits. Hundreds of our customers await this sale each season and have never yet been disappointed. This year we offer better values than ever before. Remember these suits were made by One of the largest tailoring establishments in Amer ica made to our special order from patterns and fabrics selected by us. Every garment is hand-tailored throughout with hand felled collar and hand-made button holes. Shown in the follow ing materials and patterns: Medium and Heavy Weight Blue Serges, Small Checked Worsteds, Black-and-White Checked Cassimeres and Fancy Striped Worsteds, ( Cassimeres and Cheviots, Latest Colors. The Extra Pair of Trousers given free with these Suits practically doubles the Suit service. Splendid assortment of smart models includinir conservative cuts for business men or stylish patch- Docket models for young fellows. Complete assortment of sizes from 33 to 42. During this sale all necessary alterations will be made Free. Two-Pant Suits Stylish New Easter Suits and Coats For Juniors and Little Women Second Floor NEW EASTER COATS for misses and juniors. Exceptionally fine showing of the season's most advanced styles, including the full Hare and high waistline effects; also many hand some Coats with belted and loose backs. Com plete showing of the newest Spring shades and white. Full range sizes in lot. f)fl Prices range from $7.95 to FJS.S 300 Women's New Dress Skirts Priced at Only $5.00 Second Floor TAILORED SUITS for misses and little women'. Latest effects in Norfolks, box backs, military, Dutch boy and other smart mod els. New military collars and patch pockets. Some trimmed with leather belts. Materials in clude serges, homespun, poplins, imported tweeds and novelty weaves in all colors. CO O Cfk Price ranee is from $13.50 to f'-O'-JV 16.45 Charming Easter Millinery Drugs and Toilet Articles Undervriced for Today Main Floor Substantial savings on standard lines of Drugs and. Toilet Articles. Make out your list and take advantage of these prices. Ask for Green Stamps. Five bars Ivory and one 1 Or ' bar of Lurline Soap at XO-W Above Soap will not be delivered except with other purchases made in the Drug Department. Limit, 6 bars to a customer. Come early. 15c Pears' Unscented Soap VZt 15c 4711 White Rose Soap 13 $1.Tj0 Imported Bocabella Castile Soap priced special, the bar, 65 10c Monkey Scouring Soap at 50 10c Hand or Kitchen Sapolio 7 0 25c Massatla Talc. Powder lltf 25c Imperial Talc. Powder 120 50c Dora Bourjois Powder at 390 25c Petro, 1-pound jar, now 100 25c Denver Mud on sale at 150 50c size, 300; ?l-00 size at 600 25c Pasteurine Tooth Paste 150 50c Cold Cream in jars now 280 25c Ricksecker's Cold Cream 150 50c Swamp-Root on sale at 390 10c Fluff's Moquet, for hair, 50 50c bottle pure Olive Oil at 380 29c Hospital Cotton now at 210 50c Sanitary Napkins now at 350 50c Phenolax Wafers now at 350 Free Treatment Maurine Toilet Preparations. . On Second Floor. Extra Special Palmolive Offer Drug Department, First Floor For today's selling we make a very special offer of one 50c jar Palmolive Cream and 3 cakes Palmolive Soap; total re- OQ 25c Tooth Brushes now at 150 25c Vel-Chamel lor. cleaning. Priced very special at only 150 25c Lyons' Tooth Powder at 150 50c Sempre Giovine now at 280 50c D. & R. Cold Cream at 350 35c Fletcher's Castoria at 230 25c Packer's Tar Soap now 140 25c Corlyopsis Talcum now 120 10c Old Dutch Cleanser now 70 15c Toilet Paper, full 1500 sheets to the roll special at only 100 50c Hair Brushes on sale at 390 $1.50 Hedden's Toilet Water $1 10c Fairskin Oatmeal Soap at 70 50c Fitch's Hair Tonic now 350 25c Lehn & Fink's Talcum 170 50c Sterne's Rouge, special, 280 75c Pompeian Massage Crm. 490 25c Lustrite Solve and Enamel on sale today at low price of 180 25c Graves Tooth Powder at 1 50 25c Bathasweet on sale at 170 5c Emery Boards-on sale at 20 10c Jergen's Old-Fashioned Gly cerine Soap on sale at, cake, 70 Good grade Whisk Brooms 100 KLEAN-IT Cloths for Silver Main Floor Special reduced prices on Kleen-It Cloths today. 5c Kleen-It Cloths at, each, 30 10c Kleen-It Cloths at, each, 70 15c Kleen-It Cloths at, each, 100 20e Kleen-It Cloths at, each, 150 Demons tration Borden's Milk Main Floor An invigorating, healthful and nourishing bever age for old or young. Try a glass today at the special Dootn. Extra Special! $1 Hair Brushes At 50c Main Floor Half price for these excellent Hair Brushes if you buy them today. Splendid qual ity rubber-cushion Hair Brushes the quality other stores sell at 1. Special-'' Bathing Caps 25c to 75c Main Floor Complete line of women's and children's Bathing Caps in latest-1916 styles and colors. Exceptionally good qual ities. Priced at 250, 7 CZ K and UD to $3.95 to MVf Special Showing Black Hats Millinery Salons. Second Floor Dis tinctly new and charming are those new Hats of black, which have just arrived. The very lutcst effects are shown, including large and medium Sailors, small, close-fitting Hats, Tri comes and other, styles. Trimmings of fruits, flowers, velvet ribbons, figured crepes, etc. Styles suitable for all occasions and for young or old. The prices range Q1 f )D from $3.95 up to p J-JW $5 Shoes $3.85 Double Stamps Today With Cash Purchases in Shoe Dept. Main Floor Better choose the Easter footwear to day and save money! Women's stylish, new Easter Foot- n.ooi- with nlain. round toes ana snapeu neci. top pings of imported cravenette cloth in tan, gray and fawn colors. Also Women's Low Pumps and Oxfords of gunmetal and patent leathers in the latest strap effects. A complete range of all the wanted sizes. Regular CO" C-j J5.00 Shoes. Special, the pair f Women's $5.00 White Canvas Sneakers, $2.48 MEN'S $5 SHOES, $3.85 Men's Button or Lace Shoes of vici, box calf and patent leather. Splendid styles for comfort as ell as style. Flat heel English lasts also included m this g o 5 assortment. Regular S5.00 Shoes. Special, the pair V at the ance City's Balance Is 1.50. PAULs Minn, March 2). The"bal in the city's contingent fund is r.iv 1 50 and for that reason the Council a few days ago was forced to refuse a request of the St. Paul Auto- . r linn of moDlie HUD lUr dll a .... i v ! - ,200 toward blazing the interstate auto mobile trail from Kansas City to fct. Paul E. E. Fisher, who presented the request, said this is an opportunity "to Fortune Awaits Two Brothers. BETHLEHJSM, Pa., March 20. Chief t 4 v.nVl i-ss receiver Burgess .i. " .. cnmmilll ration liom a I'-l" -- :.. ! ihn v s. who inquired the III .... . . .rh .1. whereanouis ui i- - -." .., arwl James V Heady. Heirs to a -' estate left Dy their father, the le James Heady. The heirs are sunphsud to resido in this vicinity.