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THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, FRIDAY, MAY 4, . 1917. - 13 HEALTH FEATURE OF SCHOOL WORK TOPIC Superintendent Alderman In forms Board Lack of Pre caution Costs Time. FRANKLIN HIGH IS CLOSED Minneapolis Head, Who Is Visitor, Says That City Employs 8 Physi cians and-2 8 Nurses; Portland Has 4 Doctors and 1 Nurse. Health of Portland school children and the lack of what was considered proper inspection was a problem tackled by the School Board at its reg "ular meeting- yesterday. It was decided to confer with the City Commissioners and procure, if possible, more health inspectors for the city schools. "We are losing a good deal of time in the school work because of the fact that contagious diseases get a foothold and cause us to close our classes for a few days at a time," said Superintend ent Alderman, in suggesting the need of more inspectors to the board. Director Drake said he had Just ap proved bills for fumigation during the past month that amounted to $325 to materials alone. It was asserted three times as much medical inspection as is "Tltforded is required here, and the sub ject of issuing health certificates to .children who recover from illness and return to school was also deemed un satisfactory. The Franklin High School, it was de clared, closed yesterday because of three cases of "scarlet fever in that school, and it will remain closed "Until Monday to give an opportunity for fu migation. "The city has always been backward in appropriating money for health pur poses." said Dr. Alan Welch Smith. Professor Frank E. Spaulding;. super- intendent of the city schools of Minne apolis, who has Just been elected to a similar position in Cleveland, was pres ent, and was asked how the prb lem was managed in Minneapolis. He said there they have eight physicians and 28 nurses in the school service. In Portland there are four physicians who give part time to the work and one nurse. The nurses.- said Dr. Spaulding, are more useful than the doctors because of the fact that In addition to dealing with epidemics and contagious diseases they do a vast amount of constructive work and health instruction. Director Plummer suggested that the .board has power to .employ nurses under the theory that they are also teachers. It was thought highly de sirable that a more central authority over the health officers who look after the health of the children be vested in the board instead of in the city. In Minneapolis, said Professor Spaulding, the schools have complete control of the health forces, who- look after the children. , First-aid work is to be introduced into the Summer schools of the city, patterned after similar work as out lined by the Red Cross. This was rec ommended yesterday by the commit tee on educational affairs, and ap proved by the board. 1 ALBANY CANNERY FIXED W. H. Paulliamus, of PuyaUup, Wash., Will Be Manager. ALBANY. Or.. May 3. (Special.) A cannery will be operated in Albany this Summer by the recently organized Linn-Benton Fruit Association, which is composed of local men. This was decided upon at a meeting of the stock holders in this city yesterday. Unless a larger acreage is promised, though, a new building may not be built this year, but- instead quarters will be rented. . The stockholders organized at yes terday's meeting and elected A. C. Schmitt, Percy A. Young, G. A. Flood, W. ..A. Bastburn and H. Bryant di rectors. W. H. Paulhamus, of Puyallup, Wash., who has established a big co operative fruit-marketing Industry in that vicinty, was chosen manager. ASHLAND RED CROSS WORK Elks Lodge Provides Quarters and Merchants Furnish Rooms. ASHLAND, Or., May 3. (Special.) A squad of humming sewing machines, a platoon of embryo nurses and a com- pany of privates armed with needle and thread make the Red Cross head quarters in Ashland one of trre busiest hives of industry in the city. Through the courtesy of the Elks' Lodge quar ters in the Elks' Temple are occupied by the Red Cross, and business men have aided In fitting up the rooms. The Ashland Auxiliary now has about 200 members. x One hundred dollars , was added to the treasury recently by a Red Cross ball ami J140 was realized for the Red Cross by the Civic -Improvement Club at a "country store." "SOPHS" HAVE ELECTION William Teutsch, of Xyssa, to Be Next Year's President. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallls, May S. (Special.) William Teutsch today was elected president of next year's sophomore class at the Oregon Agricultural College. He is registered from Nyssa, Or., and is ma joring in agriculture. ""Other officers elected were: Lois Dorn, of Pasadena, Cal., vice-president; Esther Shea, of Pendleton, secretary; Raymond Wilkes, of Pendleton, treas urer; George Busch, of Portland, ser- geant-at-arms; George Manning, of faalem, student councilman. Following the custom of previous .rears, the green caps worn by all fresh Snen were publicly burned. FIGHT BEGUN ON GAMBLING Med ford Discusses Card Tables After Charity Patient Loses $4.50. MEDFORD, Or., May 3. (Special.) . At the meeting of the city Ceuncll Tuesday night Mayor Gates launched a vigorous campaign to stop all forms of gambling in Medford. The city executive said that a charity patient whom he had befriended recently lost S4.60, which was alt the cash he had, in a game of poker at a local pool room. "I am investigating this case," said the Mayor, "and if I find the facts are correct I intend to close this place." The members of the Councif vigor ously supported the Mayor, and an ordinance was passed licensing card and pool tables. The proprietor of any establishment in which .gambling Is suspected will be refused" a license. ROAD SURVEYS ACCEPTED Coos County to Construct Highway on Haynes Inlet. NORTH BEND. Or., May 3. (Spe cial.) County Roadmaster R. B. Mur dock, County Surveyor C. S. McCblloch and Henry C. Dlers, as viewers, have inspected the North Bend-H. user unit of the county good roads programme and accepted the surveys and passed upon the rights of way, all of which have been donated to the county. The highway will open an entirely new ter ritory north and east of Coos Bay to highway travel. i The plan contemplates a ferry from r ........... ........... IF, X . vi v. - - It l t - 1 ' - r - it f x " it . "V I r 1 - y- t A?-' - I x. 21 i-Owfc .... J I Joan K. Stevens. Formerly of Portland, Who Has Beea Kamed by President Wilson to Go to Russia on Knglneers' Commla- 1 Slon. , North Bend to Glasgow, whence the road will skirt a point of land Jutting into the bay at the mouth of Haynes Inlet, and will provide the finest scen ery of any highway in the county, since it commands a view of the upper bay, the lower bay to-the ocean and for sev eral miles on North Inlet. Domestic Science - By-Lilian Tingle. PORTLAND, Or.. May 2. Kindly give directions for canning salmon. MRS. N. CLEAN, the fish and cut it into strips suitable for packing very closely' into the cans. Scald .in boiling water five minutes, then pack as tight ly as possible Into thecans. sprinkling three level teaspoons salt between tho layers as you pack it. Be sure to have no space wasted in the Jars. Add nothing but salt. Adjust the tops. Place on a rack in a washboller and boll three hours, counting from the time boiling actually begins. Tighten the J lops, invert and store in a cool place. .... Portland, Or., May i. Here is the recipe asked for by a reader of The Oregonlari in last week's paper. It may be called "chess pie," though the Southern people call it chess cake. I call it chess pie because it calls for rich pie crust. I am happy to be of some help to you. I will also send you a recipe for devil's food cake and a fine chocolate nut cake. I am a con stand reader of the paper and have never seen either of these recipes in your column. Mrs. H. C. H. Many thanks for your recipes, which I am glad to print for the benefit of other readers. Owing to lack bf space I am reserving your question for an other day. Cbess Cake or Tie (Mrs. II. C. II.) Five eegs, : cups of sugar, 1 cup of cream, U. cup of butter, juice of two lemons, heap ing tablespoon of flour, cream butter, yolks and sugar together well, then add the flour, lemon Juice, beaten whites of eggs and last cream; lino two pie tins with rich pie crust and bake slowly until solid.. Devil's Food. First part: Half cup of chocolate., half rup buttermilk cooked -until it thickens, stirring constantly, then add the beaten yolks of one egg, and one teaspoon of vanlila. let cool, while mixing the remainder. Second part: Yolk of f egg. 4 cup of butter, 1 cup of sugar, half cup of sour milk with scant teaspoon of soda, flour to make a good stiff batter. Mix with first part and bake in two layers. Put together with boiled iang. For Icing: Two cups of sugar, 8- table spoons of hot water, boll until It threads good, and beat while hot into the whites or 2 eggs; beat to a froth. Chocolate Knlj Cake. First part: One-half cake or one cup of pulverize chocolate, cup of milk. 1 cup of sugar. 1 egg yolk, add together; cook un til this thickens. While hot aoxl one cup of chopped walnut meats, X teaspoon of va nilla.. When cool, add this to batter. Second part: One cup sugar. cup of butter, 1 cup of milk. 2 eggs. 2 scant cups of flour, 2 heaping teaspoons of baking powder, mix the first part with second part and bake in a moderate oven. STRIKEBREAKERS HIRED Southern Pacific Guards Workmen in Beaver Hill Coal Mines..', MARSHFIELD, Or., May Br (Spe cial.) Strikebreakers are employed at the Southern Pacific coal mine at Bea ver Hill, according to word from Co quille, where men were sought for "guards" to watch the mine. The Co quilie men who were engaged under stood they were to watch the mines to prevent damage by aliens, but on going to work they learned they were expected to protect the strikebreakers and immediately returned home. Several Southern Pacific detectives have been at Beaver Hill for some time on account of the strike of coal miners, but no disposition has been shown to damage property. State Engineer Starts Survey. GRANTS PASS. Or., May 3. (Special.) Work was started today on a sur vey by the State Highway Engineer for permanent location of the Pacific Highway between this city and the Jackson County line. The county will make the permanent grade on this line, preparatory to asking the State High way Commission to hard surface the same road. Salmon Catch Is Smaller. ASTORIA. Or., May 3. (Special.) i ne eaten or salmon iast night was considerably smaller than during the previous night, although a few of the gillnetters made good hauls. What fish there are in the river appear to be in small schools and the gtllnet that strikes one of these gets a goodly number cf salmon. Moving of Station Refused. SALEM. Or.. May 2. (Special.) The application of Dr. B. F. Swick and others, of Oak Lawn, on the Port land-Airlie branch of the Southern Pacific, asking that the depot be moved from Its present location, today was ucniro oy tne ruouc eervtce Com mission. ENGINEERS TO HELP John F. Stevens, Formerly of Portland, to Go to Russia. LINES TO . BE REBUILT Commission to Solve Transportation Problems of Country Ex-Prea-dent of Wabash Also Named on Board of Advisers. WASHINGTON, May S. Immediate assistance to Russia and France in strengthening their railroad systems is planned by the American Government. The first step will be the dispatch of a commission of four railroad experts, Including John F. Stevens, a consulting engineer, who was chief engineer of the Panama Canal Commission before General Goethals. The plans for aiding France In solv ing hf railroad problems, which have been drawn tip in detail by the Council of National Defense,' will be made pub lic within a few days. President Wilson -had planned to make Mr. Stevens a member of the po litical and economic commission headed by Ellhu Root, which is to leave for Russia oon,,but at the request of the council Mr. Stevens was released for service on the special railroad mission. Other members will be John C. Grein er. of Baltimore, and Henry Miller, ex president of the Wabash Railroad and an official of the Burlington Railroad. The plans of the defense council call for sending the entire American sur plus of rolling stock and expert em ployes abroad. American railroad schedules will be altered so as to run only necessary passenger trains to free equipment for the movement of freight and leave as large a surplus as possible. MR. STEVENS IS KNOWN" HERE Member of Commission Once Had Charge of Panama Canal. John F. Stevens is a former resident of Portland. He was president of the Oregon Trunk Railroad for two years during the period of its construction up the Descutei 'Valley into Central Oregon and for about a year, ending May 1, 1911, was president of the North Bank and other affiliated roads aa well as the Oregon Trunk. After leaving Portland he engaged in the construction business in New. York and was retained by some of the big Eastern railroads as consulting en gineer on several important projects, including a series of subway contracts in New York City. ' Mr. Stevens has an International rep utation as an engineer. Among his early experiences was his connection with the engineering staff of the Great Northern when that road was extended across the continent. He later served as an operating official of the Great Northern and for a term was operating vice-president of the New Haven road. President Roosevelt appointed hlmjhtef engineer of the Panama Canal under the Canal Commission. He organized the work there, but when the Commis sion did not make satisfactory progress with its end of the plans, the President gave the task into the hands of the Army engineers with Colonel Goethals in charge. In his own accounts of the Canal project. Colonel, now General, Goethals, gave Mr. Stevens high praise for his success as an executive and as an engineer. NORTH BEND SENDS MORE Coos Bay City Furnishes 3 0 for Military Service. NORTH BEND. Or, May 3. (Spe cial.) Adding to this city's complement that is to aid in the war with Ger many, seven more recruits departed for Vancouver yesterday morning to Join various departments. The party and their dispositions are: Chester Murphy, Signal Corps; Lawrence Rus sell, Signal Corps; Arthur M. Wingler, Signal Corps electrician; Steve F. Wright, infantry; James Wallace, Medi cal Corps; Jesse D. Stevens, mechanic in Signal Corps; E. V. Bloomqulst, steamfitter for the Navy. With this forwarding. North Bend's offering to the Government totals over 30. 18 having departed in a body a week ago. Leaving next Monday are two more recruits, Arthur Harris, an en gineer and Harry Conro, for the Sig nal Corps. MILLAGE TAX IS AVAILABLE Highway Board May I7se Funds to Complete Old Contracts. SALEM, Or.. May 3. (Special.) The State Highway lpartment may use funds available In the treasury out of the $300,000 derived from the one fourth mill tax to complete contracts entered into before the present com mission went into office, according to an .opinion by Attorney-General Brown, sent to State Highway Engineer Nunn today. - The Attorney General says that there is an apparent conflict between the Highway Commission act and the act which provides for raising of funds to meet the provisions of the Shackle ford bill, but the Highway Commis sion act was passed last, the Attorney General states, and its provisions control. 1200 CHILDREN .IN "FLAG" Spectacular Features Planned for Eugene Play Festival. EUGENE. Or.. May 3. (Special.) A great American flag formed of strips of bunting of solid colors, red. white and blue, supported by 1200 school chil dren and covering Kincaid Field at the University of Oregon, will be the crowning feature of the Eugene patri otic song and play festival May 25, ac cording to an announcement made to day. .The schools will pome upon the field one at a time, representing foreign nations, and when all the schools have assembled, the transformation of the groups into the great American flag will take place, as the children sing The Star-Spangled Banner. Albany Schoolboys to Oet Leave. ALBANY. Or., May 3. (Special.) Any boy of the Albany High School who desires to engage in farm work or gardening may be excused for 10 consecutive days. The School Board has made this order. When the stu dent returns to school he will have to produce a certificate that he has spent the time he has been away from school In agricultural work, and this will answer for his attendance during the period. A EEdDeecemeEil: Prices of flour and other ingredients used in making bread have advanced enormously. The following list, show ing average prices we paid before the war and prices that are in effect now, will tell the story: i Average Wholesale Prices Flour. Sugar. Before the war . . ... . . . . . . . . . .'. . $ 4.50 $4.00 NTow 13.50v N 8.50 Short'g. Cond. Milk 9c 5c 22c 8c Tfie 5c loaf had to be gradually cut in size until it can't be called a loaf any longer and now cannot be made smaller without injuring the quality. It is a fact well-known to housewives who bake-or used to bake their own bread that best results are obtained when the baking pan is fairly filled up after the dough raised sufficiently." The 10c loaf also suffered considerably and its weight was cut until the standard size pans are too.large now to bake a 10c loaf in them. Smaller pans had to be secured in order to get best results. Rather than to lower the quality of our product, we decided to make the following CHANGES IN PRICES Taking Effect Monday, May 7 TIP-TOP BREAD (with about 8 oz. added weight), 10 a loaf. No more 5c size. HOLSUM BREAD (baked in a smaller pan), 10 a loafwvvrapped. .HOLSUM BREAD (baked in the Standard Holsum Pan), wrapped, 15 a loaf. We strongly recommend the 15c size of HOLSUM BREAD, which makes an ideal slice, especially for toast. Remember that you get fully 5c worth of more "bread in the 15c size than in the 10c size. As much as we regret to have to make these changes, we trust that the public will appreciate the facts and give us their support in solving the bread problem. t . LOG CABIN. AKING "CO: ENGINEERS GET ORDERS RESERVE OFFICERS TO BE AT SAN FRASCISCO MAY 8. cultural agents by Dr. W. T. Kerr and Professor R. D. Hetxel at the recent Portland conference. The council con sists of 18 men, each from a different tiection, who. collectively, represent every community and farmed district of the county. Some Make Initial Mistake of Military Careers by Questioning Date . of the Reporting. Portlanders and others in this dis trict to the number of 150, who have been commissioned or recommended for commission or to attend training camp at Presidio in the Engineer. Officers' Reserve Corps. received telegraphic orders yesterday to report at the rendezvous May 8, and some made the initial mistake of their military career by questioning the date, because orders have been issued for candidates in the infantry, cavalry and artillery reserve corps to report May 15. "Obey orders " Is a military lawome are grasping for the first time and learning that instructions from wasn tngton mean exactly what Is set fornh. As to the engineer company. It is as sumed the members are being ordered to camp a week in advance of others so they may be) Initiated into one of the important things that their corps Is called to do. laying out camps. In being on the ground early they will be afforded first hand opportunity In gaining an insight into those details, how. why and when certain conveni ences are provided and a score of other necessary pointers. WAGES ADVANCED 25C DAY Buclinrr Mill at Jiortli Bend Puts Minimum at $2.75. NORTH BEND. Or., Mayv3. (Special.) The Buehner Lumber Company today announced a straight increase in wages for its employes of the logging camps and mills of 25 cents per day. which places the minimum for men at J2.75. effective May 1. The company had this raise under consideration for some time past and It is the first advance above wages generally current in the best paying companies. The order applies to nearly 375 men. The action is the first.of several ex pected to become effective in the near future. County Commissioner Archie Philip, who Is identified with the good roads programme of the county, started an agitation for better wages for the men that will be employed on the con struction of the bond issue highways and It is believed the minimum on this work will be $3 per day of eight hours. GIRLS LEARN AUTO REPAIRS i Grants Pass Honor Guard Organ lies In Three Classes. GRANTS PASS, Or., May. 3. (Spe cial.) The Grants Pass Chapter of the Girls' National Honor Guard, with a membership of 92. has organised and is conducting weekly classes in auto repairing. telegraphy. stenography, first aid and social service. It iay be sign!fic-i.. of the trend of young women's thoughts that the auto repair class drew more than double aa many as any other. It has" been nec essary to divide thjft section into three classes, meeting weakly at different garages an: taking part in tho actual work of their repair shops. Josephine County Lays Plans. GRANTS PASS. Or.. May 3. (Spe cial.) The Josephine County agricul tural counclll will meet Monday to start work on a programme of carry ing Into every corner of the county the plan laid before the county agri- PAROLED GIRLS FARMERS Report Says Six From Industrial School Are Commended. SALEM. Or.. May S. (Special.) Trained gardeners and farmers are be ing turned out at the Girls' Industrial School, according to a repdrt made by Mrs. Minnie Darst, head of that school, to the State Board of Control today. Six such girls, now on parole and em ployed In thoae pursuits, have received high commendation, she states, and this branch of the work will be con tinued, in addition to the regular branches of domestic science that are taught. Another feature that has been in augurated at the school is the selection of a council of ten, which is a move toward developing a spirit of self government among the girls. Canning Company Incorporates. ' ASTORIA. Or.. May 3. (Special.) Articles of Incorporation of the Light house Canning Company were filed In the County Clerk's office last evening. The Incorporators are: V. A. Fisher. P. A. Stokes and James Bremner. The capital stock is $50,000 and the com pany Is authorized to operate can neries. This is the company which es tablished a clam cannery at Cordova, Alaska, recently. MANY MAY RE-OPEN SUITS TECHNICALITY I-V PROCEDURE IS BASIS FOR HOPE?.,, Flood of Cases Impending Over Deci sion. That Proseentor Most At tend Divorce Actions. In the hope that the decision .of Cir cuit Judge Tucker In the McCauley divorce suit Wednesday will be upheld by other Judges of the Circuit Court and ultimately the Supreme Court, not a few divorced husbands, dissat isfied with the alimony terms which they are complying with, may seek to reopen cases In the Circuit Court. Judge Tucker held that the failure of a representative of the District At torney's office to be present during a divorce case, contested or uncontested, invalidates the proceeding, and ie dis missed the McCauley case on those grounds. As not ono out of 100 contested di vorce trials are ever dignified by the presence of a representative from the District Attorney's office, the ruling of Judge Tucker has stirred up quite a bit of speculation. Cases might be reopened and decrees set aside with little difficulty if this decision should be upheld. The advantage might be temporary, as new suits could be filed immediately and tried in the presence of a Deputy District Attorney, but there would be a chanco of more fa vorable decrees for the losers if re trials were had. If new trials were set before the judces who tried the first cases thero probably would be no advantage. "FIRELESS MAY" HAS FIRE Chimney Spark Sets Roof or Gov ernor's House Ablaze. SALEM. Or.. May 3. (Special ) In surance Commissioner Harvey WellV dreajn of firelesu May" was ended to day. A spark from the chimney alighted on the roof -of Governor Withyeombe's house on Chenietka. street and when slchted by a passerby the spark had started a f ull-f leds'-'l flame. The fire was put out by th.s department, but a hole was burned in the roof. The little" fire spoiled what whs hitherto a clean record since the In surance Commissioner Issued his proc lamation intended to bring about a tireless month throughout the state. Silverton Home Guard Klects. SILVERTON. Or.. Mny 3. (Special.) At a meeting of the recently-organized home guard held last cvenlntr the following officers were elected: Captain. Rev. K. M. Smith; First Lieu tenant, It. It. Mount; Second Lieuten ant. Professor A. Stranghn; first ser geant. Professor B. H. Conkle. The guard has a membership of more than fifty. National Parks to Be Opened. WASHINGTON. May 3. All National Parks will be open to visitors this year as usual. Secretary Lane announced to day. His statement was prompted by reports that the parks would be closed. SIMON POINTS the WAY Si ' to GENUINE ECONOMY in buying Groceries. Dry f i Goods, Men's and Women's Furnishings, Clothing, ' J Hardware, Shoes, etc. 2 1 5 LBS. SUGAR for S 1 Saturday with purchases of 51 or more of any thing EXCEPT GROCERIES. Limit of one order of 15 lbs. Sugar to each customer. A BARGAIN LIST OF GROCERIES t ' - l f. SIMON'S I 1 for Palats. (iarden Tools. 4 j Lawn Mowers. Oardea Hc- r j in fact, anything yoo srrd. Baseball Ulov and Masks est her Cloves IOC to HOC White Laundry SOAP, 8 BARS for CATSUP. Del Monte Brand, reg. 15c bottle CORN', PEAS. TOMATOES TWO CANS for 25 C MELNZ BEANS, reg. 25c, 2-lb. can E. C. CORN FLAKES,Cr special, the package. Italian PRUNES in heavy syrup, 20c can now f" for only J.UC California PRESERVES Regular 23c bottle -i now for 25c 5c TOES !5c 19c SHRIMP, very spe- - - cial, the can XVC COOKIES, fresh - asstd. Reg. 20c lb. IvJC MUSTARD SARDINES Regular 13c cans O C special 3 CANS... -' C Snider's TOMATO SOUP, reg. 20c size TOILET PAPER, spe cial, the Roll Cow Brand SODA, special three PACKAGES for 23c lb. "' FRESH MIXED CANDY, the pound for 10c 4c Decial 10c 15c POTATOES THE SACK S3.9S 9 SALVAGE lS STORE CORNER FIRST AND ALDER STREETS Opposite T. R L. & P. Co.'s Station SIMON 1 i V