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the aroRxiNo oregoxian. Saturday, September 18, 1915. BABY RIVALS WILL BE SHOWN AT FAIR PORTLAND GRADE TEACHERS ELECT MEMBERS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ADVISORY COUNCIL. :'X:V... :::: T f ....... Iinil .,r , , , -Stem. Many Prizes Await Infants Selected by Judge at Gresham Today. CALL ISSUED TO PARENTS OREGQN-WASHINGTON J ROUND-TRIP "1 I FARE: ' f - i jC - VM i 1 & ? A TV. " . J!- r i hi I tv i Feature of Programme Yesterday Is Close Contest in Races. Another Good Card Is Promised. feabtes of all religions, races and temperament and the best behaved babies and the sweetest according to the respective .mothers will attract all the attention on the closing day of the Multnomah County Fair. If you are the mother or the father of a baby that you think could make a score of 100 per cent at any eugenics contest, or Is destined to rival in your judg ment Helen of Troy or Beau Brum m,el, take "it" to the County Fair at Gresham today and see if the judges of the contest are of the same opinion. You may be sure of impartial judg ment, for Phil S. Bates has charge of the contest. There will be prizes awarded for the prettiest baby unaer one year, for the smallest baby, the fattest baby, the baby under one year having the best head of hair, the baby under three years having the best head of dark hair, for the one having the best head of light hair, for the baby having the prettiest dark eyes and the one having the prettiest light eyes, for the pret tiest pair of twins and for the pret tiest triplets. So there is plenty of chance -that your baby will be one of the prize-winners, and maybe there .will be a grand prize or a sweepstakes r something like that. Mary Anne Smith Gerber. publicity manager of the Majestic Theater, has been chosen by Mr. Bates to judge the babies' win ning possibilities. All Gresham Attends Kalr. Testerday was Gresham day at the fair, and all Gresham was there. Not a. business house was open in the fair city after 10 in the morning. All those who had not attended before went through the exhibit buildings and ad mired the displays that had been pre pared. Then they lined the race course and filled the stand to witness the races on the second day's card. The races yesterday were full of thrills and no horse took first place in any two beats. The best time in the 2:30 pace was 2:22. This event was run for a purse of 1150 and because of the way the horses finished the money was split between Amy May Zolock and Lena Patch, each of these horses taking a first, second and a third. The entries and the results, giving the owners names, follow: First heat Lena Patch, O. J. Brown, first: Amy May Zolock. C. J. Johnson, second; Ruth Hal, Sam Wise, third, and "Wallace Hal, Merrill Bros., fourth. Second heat Wallace Hal first, Lena Patch second. Amy May Zolock third and Ruth Hal fourth. Third heat Amy May Zolock first. Patch second. Amy May Zolock third, and Ruth Hal fourth. " The 2:40 trot, for a purse of $100, was closely contested. It was won by Oregon Patch, owned hv .T T. t. Second place went to Effie M.. owner, M. J. Myers, and third place to Hal owner, a. Mall. in the three n-eats that-were run in this event. Ore gon. Patch took two firsts and one sec ond. Effie M. one first, second and third and Hal Wilkes one second and two thirds. The half-mile pony race was won by Mrs. Green's entry, second place going to A. C. Ruby and third to E. Thomas. Good Horse Run Today. Today there will be a 2:30 pace a 2:40 trot and a half-mile pony race. In addition to these it was learned late last night that four of the best run ning horses on the Coast would be seen this afternoon fn a five-eighths-mile race. The entries for this special event are Leo H.. Sea Fowl, Midget and Miss Condon. It was announced yesterday that the pyrotechnic display will be reproduced at the State Fair to be held at Salem the latter part of this month FALL DOWN SHAFT FATAL 3 Japanese Elevator Boy at Willard Hotel Is Killed. Stepping into the elevator shaft after rTr!!fd fne l the toP floor- .... nuiei, leu rrom the fourth 7.,: , , i oasement at uwwn. last nignt, and was killed Instantly. A patron in the hotel had sent Kido to the third floor for cigarettes. The boy 'went to the fourth floor instead. He ran from the car, leaving the shaft door open, the police say. The car e",tei t? e top of the building. The Japanese hurried back to the shaft when, he found that he was on the wrong floor. e Kido died from a fractured skull and internal injuries. The body was taken Smifh rUe by DeP"ty Coroner m Was about 30 yea"S old. Sfss bee" UVinS at the PaneSe CARE OF 'EVIDENCE' COSTS County Gets BUI for Board of Seized Fighting Cocks. An echo of th sj r. ' , iunburt s s.""11 ary was heard yesterday when the , ""issioners received a bill Jt', , . T0r "Preserving the evidence." as District Judge Jones had ordered. The evidence" was 15 or 20 husky fighting cocks which the Sheriff turned over to a local concern to care for during March and April, while the Judge's order was still in effect. The County Commissioners demanded an explanation of the amount of the bill. ReDlvina. Chi nf t , . . . . c-1 R. H. Thompson declared the bill for taic ui .ne oiras was not exces sive because of th-eir "pugnacious ten dencies." "They had to be kept in separate pens," he explained. "They would kill one another if they weren't.;' Main Street Paved. OREGON CITY. Or.. Sept. 17. (Spe clal.) The resurfacing of Main stree from Moss street to the basin with Kix inch asphaltic concrete was practically lumjjiBiea ioaay by the Standard Pav ing Company. The finishing touches are yet to be applied on the northern end of the straet rr vA0.an ... gust, and the cost of the improvement 1 m n hnii, 11 7 AAA 0 wui. fll,uitfi h? "-Jf r : v-r?T'il - l TEACHERS ARRIVING AT LIXCOLS HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SELECTIONS OF TWO FROM EACH GRADE WERE MADE. SCHOOL AIDES. FORM Grade Teachers Elect Mem bers of Advisory Council. MORE EFFICIENCY IS AIM Mr. Alderman Outlines Plan to Bring Instructors Into Closer Touch "With Officials and Work Done by Pupils. Several hundred teachers of grade schools of the city gathered at Lincoln High School yesterday to elect two rep resentatives from each of nine grades to serve on the elementary schools' ad visory council. The teachers of each grade assembled separately for the election. L. R. Alderman, city superintendent of schools, who recommended and cre ated the advisory council for school systems in Portland, assumed general supervision over all meetings, and prior to the elections briefly outlined the council plan to each. In the majority of cases there were more than two nominations for mem bers for the council, and balloting was necessary- for the election. In the grades, in which only two nominations were made, the elections were unani mous. Members to Serve One Year. Members of the council will serve one year. Superintendent Alderman an nounced that he hoped to call a meet ing of the council in the near future to elect officers and to appoint com mittees to take charge of the work of the council. Those chosen to represent the various grades are: First Krade, Eva Rice. Falling School; Rozene ' Kpple. Kllioxt. Second grade, Jean Brownlie, Woodstock; Anna Bowie. Arleta. Third prade. llla".i Ropers, Holladay; Mrs. N. C. McAdam. Buckman. Fourth grade, Elsie Schmeer, Sunnyside; Incy Baker, Ken ton. Fifth grade, E. Catherine Graves, Thompsjn; Madge Hill, Failing. Sixth errade, Estclla Kickey, Arleta; Atobie Wright. Sun.lyside. Seventh grade, Harriett E. Monroe, Hawthorne; Mrs. Emma Bl-nd-ford, Creston. Eighth grade, Nellie Wash burn, Shattuck; Jennie Umbocker, Ladd. Ninth grade. May I. Rathbun, Sunnyside; Emma Whitney. Elliott. Higher Efficiency Is Sought. '' "The advisory council for the school system of Portland," said Superintend ent Alderman, "is modeled along the lines of similar school councils in Min neapolis and other cities of the Kast. We hope one year of the council in Portland will see a change wherein teachers will be brought into closer touch with school officials with the end in view to bringing about a more com plete organization in the school sys tem, and also to bring the pupil into closer touch with the teacher. "Meetings of the advisory board with school officials will be frequent, and at these meetings problems of the school work will be taken up. It is hoped that under the system a high standard of efficiency in the school system will fol low." Superintendent Alderman announced that the first meeting of the advisory council would be called probably within a month. HEALTH "METHODS GIVEN W. Earl Flj-nn Tells of Training Champion Knee Bender. How he maintains his endurance and how he trained Professor Barnes, of Cincinnati, so that he could v.-in the deep-knee-bending contest was dem onstrated last night by W. Earl Flynn. who is conducting the Health Chau tauqua at the Eleventh-street theater. Mr. Flynn's subject was "How to Train to Keep Young." Professor Barnes on his first trial went to the floor 210 times, but after being trained by Mr. Flynn won the championship by bending his knees 5101 times. SCHOOL FIRE GUARD ASKED Marshal Stevens Advises Changes in Protection System. Although Fire Marshal Stevens says he has no power to enforce the lnstalla- tion of needed Are safeguards in school buildings, he has arranged a series of recommendations for Improvements which he will urge the School Board to adopt. He says some of the schools are unsafe, and he considers it the duty of the School Board to make improve ments. Following are Marshal Stevens rec ommendations : That there be direct exits to grade. That all doors open out. That panic bolts be placed- on all doors out of the assembly halls. That exit lights and signs be placed to indicate all exits. That all seats be fastened to the floor. That the seating capacity e limited. That automatic sprinklers be placed In all basements. That the oil burners be removed from all frame scr.onlhcuae. PUBLICITY VALUE GREAT RETURNS OP CHAMBER EXPENDI TURES BELIEVED INESTIMABLE. Portland and Oregon Much Advertised Through Efforts of Commercial Organization. Portland entertained visitors and re ceived advertising of inestimable value at minimum cost during the principal months of the tourist season for the present year, according to the financial report of the bureau of publicity and conventions of the Chamber of Com merce, made public yesterday. Inclusive of salaries, entertainment and conven tions, photographs and printing, the bureau has expended between April 15 and August 31 $8619.14. as shown by the books of the organization. With allowances and refunds, the bureau hopes to reduce the item $1000. This figure, it is said, is lower than the estimate for carrying on the work. It is believed the heavy entertaining season is past and that each succeed ing period will show a large saving in the publicity department. During five months newspapers and magazines have .been supplied with 896 photographs of Portland and Oregon. Through the courtesy of Henry Berger his color plates of Oregon scenic spots have been shown to a large number of visitors; 15,700 rosebuds' have been dis tributed in one and two dozen lots to visiting women, while several lots of from 1000 to 5000 have been sent to conventions held in neighboring states. Citizenship Denied Man Who Thinks Judge President. V. Pl(tliac-Ui, "Who Couldn't Name One Officer of Nation, State or County, After Votine for Years, Pleads In Vain. VPIGLIACELU didn't know who was head of the United States Government; he couldn't name one Na tional officer, state officer, county of ficer or city officer. But he had lived in the United States for many years and had been voting on his "first pa pers" for six or seven years. He wanted to become a full-fledged citizen. "Well, can you tell me what position I hold?" asked Circuit Judge Gatens despairingly. "Oh, yes, youra da President," replied the Italian, his face beaming. "No," said the judge sadly. "I'm not the President just now at least. You go away and learn some more about this Government before you can have your hyphen removed." HOMES FOR 3J30YS SOUGHT Juvenile Court Aide Says - Youths Want Places on Farms. Miss Mae Norton, of the home-finding department of the Juvenile Court, is interested in finding suitable abodes for three boys. The first is aged 12 and he wants to go out on a farm where he can work and go to school and be treated kindly. The lad has lost one eye. The second boy Is 14 and has been neglected. He is willing to work and would be industrious if placed in the right environment. The third is 18 years of age, and'he, too. wants to go to a farm. He is the. eldest of a large family. His mother is a widow. A place for this boy is needed immedi ately. Cruiser Killed in Fall. OLTMPIA. Wash.. Sept. 17. (Spe cial.) Charles P. Carlson, of Seattle, a timber cruiser employed- on a survey in the Snoqualmie National Firest. was killed today by a fall from a high precipice near Sllverton, Snohomish County, according to word received by the State Land Office.' DELEGATES ARE HERE Advance Guard for Power Con ference Is Arriving. FEDERAL CONTROL IS ISSUE Clyde C. Dawson, of Denver, Who Will Give Address on Development of Water Energy in West, One of First Reaching Portland. Delegates from many Western states to the Water Power Conference, which will be held here next Tuesday, Wednesday and' Thursday, are begin ning to arrive in Portland, and it is expected many others will arrive be fore Monday. Clyde C. Dawson, of Denver, who will deliver an address at the conference, was one of the early arrivals yesterday. Delegations to the conference will include the Governors and members of the Congressional bodies of 11 West ern states in which 70 per cent of water power energy in the West is developed and utilized. The 11 states are: Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Mon tana. Colorado, Utah. California, Neva da, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming. Federal Control Chief Issue. The chief topic for discussion at the conference will be whether water power shall be developed through individual initiative or be placed under the con trol of the Federal Government. The question of irrigating vast arid areas in the West by water from pumping plants also will be discussed. Many lands available for settlement will require irrigation before they will sustain homes, and in most of the far Western districts where such irrigation is needed the lands do not so lie that they may be irrigated through storage reservoir and gravity systems, but must be supplied by water from pump ing plants. Banquet for Delegates Arranged. The problem of operating pumping plants cheaply will confront the con ference. Delegates- to the conference will be guests at a banquet given by the Port land Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night at 6:30 o'clock in the main dining-room. Commercial Club building. Brief informal talks will be given by delegates and Henry J. Pierce, of Seat tle, will give a moving picture and stereopticon lecture on "Commercial Necessity of Water Power Develop ment." Members of the Chamber of Commerce are urged to attend the ban quet. JUDGES TO C0NFER TODAY Xew Court Rules Recommended Will Be Discussed at Meetinsr. The six judges of the Circuit Court will meet in Judge Gatens' chambers at 10 o'clock this morning to consider the new court rules recommended at a joint meeting of the judges and the bar association. The new rules provide practically a return to the presiding judge system, in which the presiding judge desig nates the department in which each case is to be tried. At present the cases are assigned to the various de partments by County Clerk Coffey. Un der the proposed system, too. the pre siding judge would hear all motions, demurrers and default divorce cases, and criminal cases would be assigned to the different judges Just as civil cases are assigned. CITY SCHOOLS DESCRIBED Mr. Alderman Tells Parents of Ac tivities and Show Views. An illustrated lecture by Superin tendent Alderman on "The Public Schools," at the Rose City Park Metho dist Episcopal Church last night, was followed by a social hour. To a large audience he outlined the needs and ac complishments of the schools, defining the requisites that make a school and community ideal. The church was well filled and the assemblage, composed principally of parents, was delighted with the slides, which illustrated the activities in the RAILROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY (Union Pacific System) The DIRECT LINE To Pendleton's Big Show 4 Trains leave Union Depot daily, 12:01, 7:50, 10 A. M. and 7 P. M. TICKETS RESERVATIONS INFORIMATION CITY TICKET 0FFICE---3d and WASHINGTON BROADWAY 4500 TELEPHONE . A 6121 schools and the recreation and study of the children. Mr. Alderman also spoke of "School and Home Co-operation." BONANZA FAIR ARRANGED Date Set for October 1 and 2 and Officers Chosen. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Sept. 18. (Special.) The annual district fair to be held at Bonanza has been arranged for October 1 and 2, and officers have been elected as follows: President, John T. Bradley: secretary. John L. Harris; chairman of agricultural com mittee, J. L. Sparretorn; livestock and poultry, William Woods; fruit and vegetables, L. D. Burk; dairy products, Fred W. Bold; school work. Professor Ray T. Burke; advertising and prem ium list, L. O. Hamaker; fancy work and domestic science, Mrs. L. D. Burk. The Klamath Falls Military Band will furnish the music, and refresh ments will be provided by the Aid So ciety of the Methodist Church. BANKRUPT PETITION FILED Mrs. E. T. Colwell Gives Assets as $360, Debts $13,119. In behalf of Mrs. Eleanor T. Colwell. secretary of the Board of Municipal Moving Picture Censors, a petition in voluntary bankruptcy was filed, in the United States Court yesterday by her attorney. Eugene Brookings. Mrs. Colwell's debts, as detailed in the petition, aggregate $13,119.62. She lists her assets, exclusive of her salary of $90 a month from the city, at $360. Among the creditors named in the petition are the jewelry firm of A. & C. Feldenheimer. to whom Mrs. Col well owes a note for $100 and $15 in terest; F. P. Mays. $200; W. N. Jones, $2265, and K. L. Sabin, $9350.35. COURSE WILLBE CHANGED Furniture Making to Re Included in Manual Training, at Roseburg. ROSEBURG, Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.) The manual training course in the putlic schools will be changed con siderably this year, according to J. Lewis Johnson, the new instructor in this department. THirough Mr. Johnson, who recently arrived here from San Francisco, a full line of the finishes taken by the dif ferent woods used in the construction of furniture and by interior wood work has been obtained. This ac quisition Mr. Johnson considers val uable, as he plans to make each stu dent efficient in furniture making be fore completion of the course. Union County Fair October 5-8. LA GRANDE. Or., Sept. IS. (Spe cial.) Workmen are billing Union County with posters for the Union County fair and race programme to be held October 5-8. The date has been set back to avoid a conflict with the State Fair, as many farmers want to exhibit at both places. THREE DAYS' FREE STORAGE The Only Broadway 1 1 1000 j B In Portland Authorized to Check Baggage at Your Home to Destination. Baggage & Omnibus Transfer Co. Corner of Park and Davis Streets. PENDLETON. OREGON I SEPT. 23-24-25, 1915 I EXCURSION FARES Wild and Wonderful yfrV Furious and Exciting PONY EXPRESS RACES StS-M New Contestants for Cloty BRONCHO BUSTINQ JAoifA. Old Champions, man and I INDIANS, COWBOYS Ait5 ti K beast, hold you spellbound P OUTLAW HORSES H B ?5s?L3 with their nerve and orhg Get Fares and Particulars lljfpi q.W. R. & N. j YOM KIPPUR OBSERVED ATONEMENT DAY SERVICES ARE BEGUN BY HEBREWS, Special Prayer to Be lird In Syii asoKiiea Pleads for Peace to Come to Warring Nations. At. sundown yesterday followers of Judaism began the observation of Yora Kippur. the Day of Atonement. Ser vices in all the Jewish synagogues were held last night and will continue throughout the day in commemoration of the most holy day observed by the Jewish people. The Day of Atonement, as observed by present day Jews, is founded on tho ancient ceremonial performed on th 10th day of the "holy" seventh month, or Tishri, the Gregorian calendar des ignating that day as September 18. A long as the Temple at Jerusalem stood a long sacrificial service was gone through. The high priest was the cen ter of the religious service, and accord ing to the Talmudical tradition he was to separate himself from all others seven days preceding the Day of Atone ment. On the eighth day he appeared at the Temple, confessed his sins and those of the people. Two goats, chosen by lot, were brought in. One of them was killed and the blood sprinkled In front of the Holy cf Holies. The othe one was taken to the edge of the wilderness and released. On that day work .of any kind was forbidden and abstention from food, drink and pleasure was commanded. The recital of this Temple service, as handed down by tradition, is one of the parts of the modern Jewish ceremonial in the observance of Yom Kippur. The service of the Day of Atonement is taken from the 16th chapter of Leviti cus. A prayer has been written in poetic form that will be used in the observ ance of all Jewish ceremonials this year. God of the English, the Germans and the French, Italians and Serbs, of Bulbars and all: God of the country despoiled of its all; Even of Russians who shall know Thee. God; Call thy archangel and send hfm afield To blow the itreat trumpet. Send out a blast. Shall shake all the camps and silence the suns. Make all the mad warriors sink on their knees And, trembling, confess that the hour has struck When Peace should be born of blood sacri fice. As daylight of darkness rainbows of storm. We he-ir the Tckiah sound loud and sound shrill. Our souls make the answer, may peace by thy will. The Feast of the Tabernacles, begin ning September 22 and contihuingfor eight days, is the next Jewish cere monial. At the Hall-street synagogue last night the service in observance of the day of atonement were conducted by Rev. X. Mosessohn. An address was delivered by David Mosessohn. an at torney of this city, in which he made an eloquent appeal for material aid for the stricken Jews in the war zone. Many of the congregation that heard Mr. Mosessohn Inst nirht have- rela 117E Check Baggage v v from Home to Desti nation Without Extra Charge. When your BAGGAGE arrives in town, phone us the number of check and we will promptly deliver baggage to your home, thus eliminating all bother and worry. , & O. To Company BAGGAGE tives who are suffering in Europe as a result of the war. Services will be resumed at 7 o'clock this morning and continued until 6 o'clock tonight. DEEL CANCELLATION ASKED Title to Monmouth Property In volved In Suit. MONMOUTH. Or., Sept. IS. (Spe cial.) Asking to have an alleged war ranty deed re-established, and to have another deed canceled. Lucfle Curtis and her son. Harold Vance, of Port land, have filed suit in the Circuit Court of Folk County against T. J. Campbell. Orpha Dashiel, R. L. Dashiel. J. D. Smith and O. C. Smith, of Dallas. The property consists of a house and two lots in Monmouth. In 1902. it is asserted, T. J. Campbell executed a warranty "deed to his stepson, W. E. Vance, and the deed was delivered to Monroe Mulkey for safekeeping. The complaint sets forth that it was under stood the deed was not to be recorded until after Mr. Campbell's death, and that consideration for the deed was the assumption by Mr. Vance of some claims against Mr. Campbell. H0QUIAM SCHOOLS GROW More Than 140 0 Pupils Enrolled First Week of Session. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) This city's public schools have shown the largest growth for the year 'of any city in the county, according to figures just gathered. The increase in enrollment at the opening of the term over last year in Hoquiam is nearly 10 per cent. The total enrollment at the end of the first week of school this year was 1421 in the public schools, and 96 in the parochial school. In the public schools the enrollment at the end of the first week last year was 1S00. and the parochial school had little more than 60 per cent of the enrollment it has this year. The high school enroll ment this year is 200. a big gain over last year. TAX SALE IS PROTESTED Southern Oregon Company Kiles Complaint in Douglas County. ROSEBURG. Or.. Sept. 17. (Special.) That the Southern Oregon Company intends to offer protest against the sale of its lands through foreclosure of tax liens levied in the year 1909 was as sured today, when a lengthy answer to the complaint was filed in the Circuit Court. In the answer the Southern Oregon Company asserts that the lands em braced in their grart were forfeited by a decree of the state courts for the rea son that they had not been sold to ac tual settlers at $2.50 an acre.. Although held to be worth only $2.50 an acre, the Southern Oregon Compajiy declares that Its holdings In Douglas County aro assessed at approximately $14 an acre. 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