THE 3IOKMNG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 21, 1919.
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0. A. GROUT ELECTED
T
HE-YEAR TERM
Slight Opposition to Long Pe
riod of Service Shown.
BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD
School Board Programme for -Xew
Buildings Provides for Expen
diture of $3,000,000.
In brotherly amitja with the elngle
cit-senting- vote of Chairman Drake, the
J'ortland school board yesterday after
noon voted to elect D. A. Grout as
superintendent of schools for a period
of three years from June 30, 1919, mem
bers of the board commending him
l:ihly for efficiency and progress dur
iui? his tenure as acting- superintendent,
loilowini? the removal of Superintend
ent Alderman.
Also, the board, in line with Its an
nounced policy of aiding- through the
reconstruction era, officially ordered
preparations for a special election, to
be held within 30 days, at which a
S3.0u0.u00 bond issue - for new school
cons; ruction will be submitted to the
oiftrict.
Clerk Thomas was instructed to pre
pare the arrangements for such an elec
tion without delay, the date to be an
nounced some time during the coming
week.
Little Opposition Appears.
Prospects that dissension would arise
over the election of Mr. Grout, inas
much as the educational affairs commit
tee had recommended that he be elected
for a one-year term from June 30, 191$,
while Director Somnier was known to
favor a Ion; er term, were emoothly dis
pelled when the amendment to the reso
lution found entire agreement among
the board members, wittt the exception
of Chairman Drake.
When the recommendation for th
cme-year term was read, and opened fo
I c bate, Director Sommer spoke in favor
of the longer term, advocating a three
year tenure from June 30. He said
that Mr. Grout, as acting superin
ttndent. had demonstated exceptional
ability, that amon? the applicants for
the position he had been unable to
find anyone superior to the incumbent
aud reque.tej that consideration be
uiven to the need for sufficient time
in which the superintendent might
work out his policy.
"I object said Director Sommer, "to
the superintendent being made the an
Tiual football, as he has been in the
past. If he is the correct man, why
not pive him a term commensurate
with his worth?" "Whereupon he moved
uie longer term.
Coafldeoce In Mr. Groat Shown,
In a flash. Director Thomas had sec
onded the amendment, though he was
one of the three directors who con
urred in the one-year resolution. Both
Director Plummer and Director Or ton
a. mo expessed f heir confidence in Su
perintendent Grout and their agreeable
disposition toward the longer term.
In elaborating upon his vote. Direc
tor riummer said that he had always
been a partisan of former Superin
tendent Alderman, and that he had in
nowi.se lost faith in him. He added,
however, that he had become convinced
of Superintendent's Grout's fitness for
the position, and was not disposed to
stand in the way of any action for the
bct interests of the district.
.bout this time, the sexeion was ag
itated by the uprising of Samuel C.
May, instructor in Jefferson high
.-hoot, who starred last year in a some
what celebrated controversy and sus-
i.,-nsin case, following fisticuffs with
a belligerent pupil. Mr. May came up
with entphai, demanding to be heard.
"This is not a question for your die
i iisrion," dryly commented Chairman
Drake, rearhing for the gaveL. "Keep
your seat."
Mr. Thomua Ciet An cry
The insurgent Instructor shouted
that ho stood upon bis rights as a
ttizen and a taxpayer and that hi.
1 1 li t to be heard should not be ruled
iluwn thus rudlv. The directors gave
ui avc njisent, stipulating that he must
l-c brief.
Mr. Mav harked back to political his
tory ot the recent school election, re
minding the hoard that ho was a pros
pective candidate for director at the
imio that Thomas and Orton announced
l heir candidacies. At that time, he
n:-l, he .had uiscus.sed the situation
v ith the former.
"Mr. Th'.Miiao promised roe, excitedly
claimed Mr, May, "that ho consid--red
Mr. Alderman's usefulness to be
Soul over, aud that he uld not br
lu ve any loval man could bandlo the
: t tin t Ion."
'T tit's an infernal falsehood," ob--red
Director Thomas. In rising 1n
i 'ci ti"n. "1 didn't know you at that
t Ilie
Mr. May's oxoression is best described
i.s patnc J and shocked. Me stared
;-t the bristling dtrector and vented his
o-o-o-h, Mr. Thonia! lie reproved.
The cave! fell. With Directors Orton,
frr rer. fl ii miner and Thorn us voting
for the long-term amendment, and with
Chairman Drake snapping out a nega
tive. Superintendent Grout was chosen.
. Citizen' Committee rirget Work.
'chool district in hurrying work so that
the employment problem may be solved
a committee waited upon the board,
headed by Emery Olmstead. Other
members were George Trowbridge,
William Comfoot and R. W. Schmeer.
Otto R. Hartwig, president of the state
federation of labor, and Harry Ander
son, president of the central labor coun
cil, were also present.
The committee was assured that the
board already had prepared a pro
gramme calling for $3,000,000 in new
construction, including a new high
school in the James John-Jefferson dis
trict, and probably ten grade buildings
elsewhere, and that Its members were
unanimous in believing that such action
was imperative, not on'.y to meet actual
school extension needs, but to aid in the
reconstruction work as well.
During the presence of the committee.
for which Mr. Olmstead acted as spokes
man, the board authorized Clerk
Thomas to begin preparations for the
calling of a special election to ratify j
or reject the proposal of the 13,000,
000 bond issue.
School Lodging Discussed.
As chairman of the war camp com
munity service committee, Mr. Olm
stead also reopened discussion of the
charge of -lodging at the Atkinson
school, which had been fitted up to ac
commodate bedless soldiers and sailors.
A fortnight ago. in violation of an
agreement between G. I Stannard, for
mer local secretary of the war camp
community service and the school
board, an attempt was made to inaugu
rate the charge. Director Thomas tore
down the sign announcing the charge,
and all members of the board con
curred in his stand that the Atkinson
school quarters should not be commercialized.
Mr. Olmstead explained that inves
tigation bad proved that it was the an
nounced policy of the war camp com
munity service not to give free beds.
unless In case of special emergency,
and that the local committee was under
the jurisdiction of the higher authority,
Mr. btannara came in for a severe
roasting from various members of the
school board, who accuse him of
double-dealing in not informing them
of the true state of affairs at the time
the school was fitted out by the board.
It was declared by Director Thomas
that the board would not have sane
tioned such an arrangement, had it
known that any attempt to charge was
In prospect.
Members of the board, when Mr. Olm
stead had made the situation clear.
and had added that the war department
also held to the policy of payment
when possible, agreed that the war
camp community service should tiot be
hampered. The matter was referred
to the buildings committee for further
investigation.
LA GRANDE DRIVE STARTS
Livestock Exposition Mass Meeting
to Be Held This Morning.
O. M". Plummer, general manager of
the Pacific-International Livestock ex
position, to be held in Portland the
week of March 24. left last night for
La Grande, Or., where a meeting of
ivestock men, bankers and commer
cial men of L'nion county has been
called by the Union county chairman.
The purpose of the meeting is to
secure pledges for subscriptions to the
fund being raised in a state-wide
drive for $250,000 to cover the costs
of the exposition. Half of this sum Is
to be raised in Portland and the re
mainder in Oregon outside of this city.
Mr. Plummer is very optimistic over
the outlook for the campaign for funds
and Teels confident that he will re
turn from the La Grande meeting,
which will be held in the Union
county courthouse at 10 A. M. today,
with 95000 of Union county money in
his grip. The quota set for that
county is $4500.
Similar ruass meetings will be held
at each of the county seats of the
state In the near future, according to
Mr. Plummer. An organization, he
says, has been perfected similar to
those of the recent liberty loan cam
paigns and no trouble is expected in
raising the full amount.
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Make this wonderful old-time breakfast
the easy Aunt Jemima way!
Buckwheat cakes with sausage!
Oh, how that combination does tempt
the appetite on a wintry February
morning I
Perhaps you've been forgetting
how "powerful good" buckwheat
cakes really are! Give yourself a
treat tomorrow see what pleasant
memories the first taste brings back!
Memories of all sorts of healthy out
door things hickory smoke curling
upward in thin blue wisps skating
on the old pond, coasting down the
big hill into drifts of snow
It's the simplest thing in the world
. to make buckwheat cakes if you
make them the easy Aunt Jemima
way!
All you need is a package of Aunt
Jemima Buckwheat Flour you add
nothing but water. Everything
necessary to make the best buck
wheat cakes you've ever tasted is
already mixed in the flour.
Order a package of Aunt Jemima
Buckwheat (in the yellow package)
from your grocer and give your hus
band this wonderful old-time break
fast tomorrow! Aunt Jemima Mills
Company, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Jmmim Buckwheat
lour
A perfect blend, of buckwheat, com mod wheat
Copyright, 1919, Aunt Jemim Mill. Company, St. Joseph, Missouri
route along the foothills, which was
considered recently by M. O. Bennett,
division superintendent, was found not
as practicable as that alontr the river.
One of the features of the latter route,
the engineers state, will be a tunnel
which will pierce Cape Horn at a point
above the railroad.
IAN0 COMPANY WINS SUIT
Court Cpholds Claim of Excessive
Tax Asse'Mnenes.
Decrees were handed down by Circuit
J mi te Kavanaugh yesterday in two
nits of the Kced-French Piano com
pany against Multnomah county in
favor of the plaintiff, which alleged ex
cessive tax assessments.
One assessment was made March 1,
917. on a valuation of $20,220. while
the real assets were held worth only
I3..ui.6. ine other assessment was
made March 1, 1918, on a valuation of
43.300, wl'irh. it was said, should have
been only $15s0. Judse Kavanaugh
eclared the plalntiic s statements cor'
rcct.
J ho county 9 aluations, it was
said. Included a large number of piano
sale contracts on installments which
ad been assigned or sold to brokers
which the piano concern alleged it
ad no zuture Interest.
TRUSTED INDIAN PAYS FINE
Judge Grants Freedom and Waits
Until Redman Obtains Money.
THE r ALL.ES, Or., Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) Sam Jones is an honest Indian.
He may imbibe too freely of drugstore
bitters, but financially lie meets his
obligations in a way that would shame
rvfnv of the white rnrfl. Jones was ar
rested January 18 on a charge of
drunkenness. Haled before City Judge
Cates, Jones was fined $5, but as he
had no money and the city didn't want
to give him free board, he was granted
his liberty. The fine wasn't even en
tered in the police court docket.
Yesterday the red man approached
Chief of Police Gibons on the street
and handed him a crisp new five-dollar
bill. .
GROWERS ATTACK RATES
Inland Empire Shippers'
File Protest.
Ivcague
WASHINGTON",
grrowers in Idaho,
incrton, organised
Feb. 20. Grain
Oregon and Wash
as the Inland Em
pire Shippers' League, filed with the
Interstate Commerce commission today
an attack upon the 25 per cent in
crease in frslght rates on grain and
grain products made by the railroad
administration last June.
The complaint of the shippers asserts
that the increased rates from points
in the three state to Portland, Or.,
"were, when exacted, and still are inherently-and
relatively unjust and un
reasonable," by comparison with otber
portions of ths general freight rate
structure. They ask a return to for
mer rates and reparation.
interstate commerce committee said to- since early in January, were practically
day when open hearings, conducted concluded.
Railway Solution Put Off.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Congress
will attempt no legislative solution of
railroad problems until the next reg
ular session, members of the senate
PIM'W.V.SIUMI'J
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Sodas-you
ALLEGED SLAYER IN JAIL
Kcnnrwlck Man Said to Have Made!
Murder Confession.
fVf'y --fear I
TASCO. Wash.. Feb. 20. (Special.)
Pat Murphy, accused of the murder of I
Joe Carter, was brought to Pasco and I
lodged in Jail by the sheriff of Benton
county Mouday. as the Benton county
Jail Is not considered safe. Murphy and
Carter went to Kichland together Sun
day and Carter's body later was found
in the Yakima river with the head
crushed and a bloodstained handax I
was found nearby.
Murphy was traced to Pasco and was I
taken back to Kcnnewlck. Monday he
look tne siieriir and a deputy to where
he had left his overalls, which were
stained with blood and, it is said, broke
down ana mado a full confession.
Did You See Edith at the
Danzant Saturday Evening;?
She looked so spiffy. Her new dress
i a dear, so different, and so suited
to her particular style. She told me
she had hard luck tn deciding on it
though for there were so many to pick
f-om at Cherry's, where she always
buys her clothes, that she could hardly
dr-cide wh'.Fh one to take. I'm going
down there just as soon as I can. And
the best is, she only has to pay on
liberal credit terms, and that does help
much. 5S9-91 Washington street,
1 .;'.ociv block. Adv.
TELEGRAPH COMPANY SUED
$25,000 Demanded for Failure
Deliver Telegram.
For alleged failure to deliver a tele
gram costing the sender 75 cents, the
Werftern Union Telegraph company I
has been sued for 725.000 damages in I
an action brought in the circuit court I
yesterday by Clara Roy Clark.
On the night of July 14. 1918. the
plaintiff telegraphed her sister, 'Mrs.
X. C. Love, of Baker, from Portland
the news of the death of Margaret
Ellen Nunn. a sister; Earl and Frank
Nunn. nephews, in a collision between
an automobile and train near Cas
cade Locks. It is alleged that the mes
sage nevar was delivered.
WOMEN'S SUITS
UP TO $45.00 AT ONLY
HIGHWAY ROUTE IS CHOSEN
Commission
Seuferts
Adopts Route From
to the Deschutes,
THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 20. (Spe
ciaL) According to state engineers
who arrived in The Dalles this week
to work on the preliminary surveys
and estimates of the Columbia river
highway, the route from Seuferts to the 1
Deschutes river has been chosen by the
state highway commission. It will fol
low the original line, approximately I
alum tats railroad ruJe. Ttie new I
mJm The GXaniSite dainty MM f
HjUnH Sodas will appeal to visiting M
MlTkW Rotanans just as they do to M Wfa
Wmmmm them every day. , W ( HffiM 9
264 Alder St., Near Third. Opp. Gill's Book Store
LIBERTY BONDS TAKEN AT FULL VALUK
CLEAN-UP SALE
Hundreds of Suits, Coats, Silk Dresses, Skirts, Waist
and Spring Samples to be closed out at once. A most
important sale.
During this sale the Globe Sample Shop will ex
change all sale goods and your money back if not
satisfied within 21 hours of purchase.
Liberty
Bonds
taken at
full value,
change
given in
cash
COATS
Fur trimmed, up to $40, at only
14.95
COATS
Up to $27.50, at onlv
$8.95
Spring Samples Half Price
sses$l9 qc;
Up to $32.50, at only W t 1
Spring Waists $2 95
Up to $7.30, at only
OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS TILL 9 O'CLOCK
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