THE MORNING OREGONTAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1922
HlliCQLLISi;
IE AUTO WRECKED
Machine Smashes. Phone
Pole and Turns Over.
INJURIES NOT SERIOUS
Both Drivers Claim Right of Way
at East 50th and Lincoln
Street Intersection.
Five persons suffered minor in
juries, an automobile was turned
over and practically demolished and
a telephone pole broKen when two
machines came together yesterday
afternoon at the intersection of
East Fiftieth and Lincoln streets.
The injured were W. L. Worth
ington, driver of the wrecked ma
chine; Cora A. Worthington, E. B.
Worthington, Helen Worthington,
Dale Worthington and F.H. Wheeler,
all passengers in the one car. None
suffered more than cuts and bruises.
They were taken to the Worthing
ton home at 177 East Twelfth street.
S. H. Sands, 385 East Fifty-sixth
street, driver of the other machine,
escaped without injury. His car
:was only slightly damaged.
Both drivers asserted that they
had the right of way, but according
to police who investigated the crash
Immediately afterward. Rands' car,
going east on Lincoln street, was
almost across the Intersection when
the Worthington party, traveling
north on Fiftieth street, attempted
to pass ahead of them.
In attempting to avoid a crash the
driver of the latter car struck the
Hands machine & glancing blow and
crashed over the curbing Into a
telephone pole- and there turned
over.
An ambulance carried the mem
bers of the Injured party to their
homes.
Unconscious and with a probable
fractured skull, Robert B. Watson,
67, was taken to the Emanuel hos
pital yesterday and last night was
reported in Critical condition. He
was struck down as he stepped
from the curbing In front of his
home, 130 Grand avenue, and out
from behind a parked automobile
Into the path of another machine
driven by H. W. Broeder, 706 East
Powell street. The accident hap
pened late Saturday night.
He was taken to his home and
yesterday removed to the hospital.
9 COUPLES TO MARRY
Licenses Obtained After Closing
Hour at Courthouse.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 24.
(Special.) Nine couples have ob
tained marriage licenses since the
closing hour at the courthouse last
night. Four couples obtained li
censes last night and five today.
Those to whom licenses were is
sued were: ,
P. S. Bictiardeon, 31, Albany, Or., and
J. M. Taeo, 24, Portland.
Adam Schlotthauer, SO, Portland and
Mrs. Bessie Riggs, 42, Portland.
Kenneth T. Edge. 21, Salem, and Zel
ma Williams, 18, Salem.
Harold B. Marsh, 21, Tumalo, Or., and
M. Blenore Williams, 20, Portland.
B. L. Buckley, Redmond, Or., legal,
and Neola Chapman, legal, Lowny City,
Mo.
Albert Sternberg, legal, Albany. Or.,
and Mrs. Dena Dennis, legal, Portland.
Daniel D. Kllcut, 21, Portland, and
Gertrude M. Zerbach, 18, Portland.
Edward J. O'Neill, 28, Portland, and
Minnie Jefke. 28, Junction City, Or.
John P. Bell, 23, Astoria, and Edith
Tucker, 3, Boise, Idaho.
flood Menaces sound
Heavy Kalns and Melting Snows
Raise Washington Streams.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 24. Floods
caused by heavy rains and melting
snow in the mountains during the
last two days tonight were menacing
several districts in western Wash
ington. The Snohomish river was re
ported rising rapidly and late this
afternoon had nearly reached the
crest of the dikes which protect the
district between Everett and Sno
homish. Scores of families spent to
day making preparations against
high water, many moving to Everett,
driving their cattle and horses be
fore them.
Reports Indicated that floods are
also threatening in Skagit county
north of Snohomish, where the
Skagit river Is steadily rising. Res
idents of the White river valley,
south of Seattle, were also expecting
trouble and are making ready for
hasty departures.
PENDLETON MEN BOOMED
W. R. Taylor and Manuel Fried
ley Mentioned for State Jobs.
PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) Two Pendleton men who are
being boomed for appointment by
Mr. Pierce to state jobs have not
indicated whether or not they will
take the position, if offered, but
it is understood that they will ac
cept. W. R. Taylor, brother of the late
Sheriff Taylor of this county and
at present chief of police in Pen
dleton, has been suggested for ap
pointment as warden of the state
penitentiary.
Manuel Friedley, city c6uncilman,
who was defeated by an anti-klan
candidate for re-election to the
council, has been recommended for
state insurance commissioner.
Both men were active in the cam
paign for Pierce and were said to
be prominent in Ku Klux Klan
activities.
SCHOOL FOR WAITERS AND
WAITRESSES IS OPENED
Ex-Eugene Girl Is Instructor of Class Held at Salem Under Auspices
of Federal Government Public Demands Expert Service.
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MISS JENNIE BAKER, INSTRUCTOR IN SCHOOL FOR WAITERS AND
WAITRESSES.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 24. (Special.)
A school for the training of
waiters and waitresses, the first
of its kind established on the Pa
cific coast, has been opened in Sa
lem under the direction of the state
department for vocational work.
The expense of conducting the
school is defrayed by the federal
government and the applicants for
training, and no appropriation of
any kind is asked from the state.
The first of the 14 classes includ
ed In the course was held in the
dining room of the Marion hotel
here this week. The classroom has
been donated by Al Pierce, man
ager of the hotel, and Miss Jennie
Baker is acting as instructor. Miss
Baker has been employed as su
pervisor of the dining room in the
Marion hotel for more than ten
years, and was Baid by her em
ployer to be one of the most effi
cient women serving In this capac
ity on the Pacific coast. She is
paid for her work out of the fed
eral appropriation.
E. E. Elliott, vocational director
for Oregon, in a statement today
said that the theory upon which the
federal government proposes to pro
mote vocational education is based
upon the idea that the improve
ment of the civic and technical in
telligence of people who are en
gaged in the various productive in
dustries of the country is one of the
best educational movements that It
can undertake.
IT, 8. Appropriations Made.
On this theory the government
makes the various states certain
appropriations which are to be
spent through state agencies in def
inite lines of instruction. One of
these lines is designed to assist the
various trades and industries in
training and improving the techni
cal work of those employed.
In many of these trades, it was
said, there is no such thing as an
apprentice system, and no organ
ized scheme by which a person de
siring to enter the trade can learn
even the foundation facts of the
particular craft except by the un
satisfactory method of "picking it
up."
There is no opportunity for any
workman, even though skilled and
competent, to study his trade in a
systematic manner. All this jus
tifies the efforts of the federal gov
ernment to provide such instruc
tion, Mr. Elliott said.
Class Declared Desirable.
"A class for the instruction and
improvement of those employed or
wishing to enter employment as a
professional waiier or waitress,"
said Mr. Elliott "is just as desirable
an undertaking as a similar class
for any other trade or profession.
There are in the city of Salem to
day fully as many people earning
their living as waiters in hotels and
other eating houses as there are
carpenters.
"There is an' actual shortage of
such competent workers. One of
the most popular establishments in
the city recently carried an adver
tisement for two months calling
for ten additional helpers and had
difficulty in obtaining these.
"Few people realize the actual
training and preparation which is
needed to make a successful worker
In this line. A good waiter is vast
ly more than a slinger of hash, or
smasher of crockery. Upon the
character of service and the treat
ment given patrons depends the
actual success of the business of
catering to the public as purveyors
of food."
15 Attend Opening: Class.
Approximately 15 persons attend
ed the opening class. The instruc
tion starts in the kitchen, where the
food is assembled, and follows step
by step the operations of a success
ful waiter until the patron is served
and the dishes are removed..
Mass Baker said today that effi
cient waiters and wtaitresses are
difficult to obtain, despite that
thousands of men and women have
entered this profession. She at
tributed the shortage of help in
this line to the fact that many
purveyors of food, who are trained
under unsatisfactory conditions,
drop out of the work when they find
that they cannot hold a position in
a modern hotel or eating resort.
"The old-time system of calling
out 'ham and' are gone," Miss Baker
said, "and in its place there has
been installed a modernized and
highly respectable method of serv
ing patrons. To develop into - an
efficient waiter or waitress one
must work hard, and subdue the
hard knocks that go with the oc
cupation. Service is demanded by
the public By this I mean prompt
attention. Delays are inexcusable
and will not be tolerated by the
proprietor of a first-class hotel.
His patrons must be satisfied, and
dining room service is equally as
essential as the matter of provid
ing a. room.
Patrons Shouldn't Be Rushed.
"No patron should be rushed
while eating his food. I mean by
this that he or she should be given
ample time between courses, and
that the dishes should not be re
moved pre"maturely. Neither should
the delay between courses be too
prolonged. Serve the food promptly,
be courteous and by all means use
your head," is the advice that has
been imparted by Miss Baker to
her students.
"Although sometimes unavoidable,
the dropping of dishes in the
dining room is a vital mistake. It
often causes confusion, and in the
minds of many people leaves the
impression that the waiter or wait
ress is not trained and efficient. A
smooth operating dining room, in
charge of trained workers, is as
essential to the success of a hotel,
as is the treatment that they are
accorded at the desk." "
Miss Baker declared that the
members of the class had taken an
active Interest in the work, and
that with the completion of the
course many of them will be able
to hold responsible positions. Others,
who lack the ability to grasp quick
ly the essential trai,ts of the call
ing, may need actual work in their
line before attaining the success
desirable.
Before coming to Salem Miss
Baker lived at Eugene. She has
been employed in a number of lead
ing hotels in the west, and was
recommended highly to investi
gators for the federal government.
In her work she is receiving the
co-operation of Mr. Elliott and the
hotel management.
M SOLON URGES
FREE SCHOOL BOOKS
Plan Economical, Declares
William F. Woodward.
LETTER WRITTEN PAPER
School Director and Representative-elect
Denies That Pro
posal Is Unhygienic.
DRIVER HURT IN CRASH
T. J. Shanahan Escapes Serious
Injuries in Wreck.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 24.
(Special.) T. J. Shanahan of St.
Johns, a suburb of Portland, was in
jured today when his automobilo
ran .ff an embankment leading to
the bridge over the Cowlitz river at
"Woodland. The car was wr'.',ed by
the tumble down a 30-foot bank, but
the driver escaped with scutches
and slight injuries to his back.
Mi. Shanahan was brought to
Vancouver in an ambulance. He was
taker, to St. Joseph's hospital. He
said the accident was due to the
breaking of his steering gear
Judge Dies Decorating Tree.
NEW TORK. Dec. 24. Thomas I.
Chatfield, federal judge, of Brook
lyn, died suddenly in h's home to
day, while decorating, a Christmas
t-ee. -. ' "
TURKS DMA - MOSUL
ENVOYS REFUSE TO ACCEPT
BRITISH PLAX.
key's answer, forwarded today, is a
refusal to accept the British arguments.
Settlement of Boundary Receives
Setback at Conference Now
Under Way at Lausanne.
LAUSANNE. Dec. 24. (By the
Associated Press.) Settlement of
the Mosul dispute received- a set
back today when the Turks notified
the British delegate that they could
not accept the British contention
that Mosul is part of Irak and
therefore of Mesopotamia, over
which there is a British mandate.
The allies and Turks have been
trying to solve this question ever
since they arrived in Lausanne by
means of private discussions: it will
come into the conference in con
nection with the general fixing of
Turkey's boundaries.
The Mosul oil fields are said to
be among the richest in the world.
Under the San Remo agreement
England gave France 25 per cent of
the output, but Turkey came to
Lausanne with the argument that
the Mosul Vilayet, containing most
of the oil property, belongs to Tur
key chiefly because the population
is Turkish. The Turks want Eng
land to recognize Mosul as Turkish,
but say they will allow the British
to work the oil fields.
Recently England sent a memor
andum to the Turkish delegates
arguing that on ethical, historical,
political and- economical grounds,
Mosul was really part of Irak. Tur-
Washington Valleys Flooded.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec. 24. (Spe
cial.) A heavy rainfall Saturday
night with hastily melted snows In
the foothills brought down an un
usual rush of water that has flooded
the Chehalis , and Newaukum val
leys. Tonight the water is still ris
ing slowly and rain is falling though
not much rain fell during the day.
This is the first semblance of a flood
this winter.
POINTS IN MR. WOODWARD'S
BRIEF FOR KKKK BOOKS.
Many major cities have long
practiced the policy of fre
textbooks, the system dating
back to 1818.
That the adoption of such
a system places the educa
tional burden not wholly upon
the parent or the child, but
where it should be placed
upon the community and the
state.
That the present system
permits of extravagance in the
retirement of textbooks, with
a heavy loss upon the home,
owing to the discarding, year
after year, of works pre
viously adopted.
That the state of Oregon
would pay, if the free text
book measure passes, approx
imately the initial sum of
1160,000, but that the actual
saving would be at least as
great.
That hygienic objections to
the plan are not supported by
fact and that a comparative
instance is the. distribution of
books by the public library.
William P. Woodward, member of
the Portland school board and rep
resentative-elect, proposes to re
introduce at the coming session of
the legislature his measure for the
establishment of a free textbook
system In the schools of Oregon.
Such a course he advocates as both
economical and equitable, consti
tuting not only a great saving, but
distributing the burden oi education
equally.
In a letter to The Oregonian, of
recent date, Mr. Woodward outlined
the case for free textbooks, support
ing his proposed legislation with
statistical and individual argument,
The communication follows:
Letter Is Quoted.
"At the last regular session of the
lee-islature the writer presented a
free textbook bill. It was defeated
by a small margin. At the coming
session he proposes to reintroduce
It. somewhat modified. With a Arm
belief in its efficiency, economy and
regard for the well-being of our
school children, he oners tne ioi
lowing as a basis for enactment of
such legislation:
"There Is nothing new in the law
or the idea. In 1818 Philadelphia
provided free textbooks for its pub
lie school children, this action be
ing quickly followed by -cities in
New Jersey. Pennsylvania, New
York and Massachusetts.
Many Cities Try Plan.
"Prior to 1884 the following cities
furnished free textbooks as well as
many of lesser population which
spaqe will not permit of inclusion
Philadelphia, Pa 1818
Jersey City, N. J J 3"
Newark, N. J 138
Elizabeth, N J 150
Hnhokm. N. J 18;."
Charleston. S. C 1836
Paterson, N J
Chester. Pa
PaSRaio, N. J s
Fall River, Mass
I860
1864
1870
1874
Wilmington, Del J8io
Johnstown. Pa lo
Woonsocket. R. 1 1
New York, N. Y 1878
Lowell, Mass 18H1
Yonkers. N. Y 188:
La Crosse, Wis 1882
Holvoke. Mass 1883
Camden, N. J 1883
"Massachusetts passed a manda
tory state-wide free textbook law,
effective in 1884,
"Nineteen states supply free text
books under permissive or manda
tory laws. California and Kansas
not only supply but publish their
Dublic school textbooks, for both
high and elementary schools.
Educator Favors Flan.
"The following extract is from a
letter written by the superintendent
of schools, San Jose, Cal.:
" 'As far as the elementary school
law Is concerned, I favor it. It
seems to work satisfactorily and
have no suggestions to offer In re
gard to an amendment to the same.
Free state distribution, I believe, is
better than haying the pupils buy
their own books.
" 'We attempt to keep the text
books in good condition by forcing
every child .who uses them to cover
them with good paper or cloth, so
that when the next child gets the
same book it Is not too much worn
out. So far, we do not know of any
unpleasant results from passing the
book on to the next child.
"The basis of free textbooks
that our nation is committed to the
principle that every boy and girl in
our country shall have an elemen
tary and secondary school educa
tion and that the support-of our
schools shall he placed, not wholly
upon the, children or their parents,
but upon the community or state.
Upon this rests the argument for
ample grounds, suitable buildings,
equipment, textbooks and a trained
teaching force suitably compen
sated. Every effort should be put
forth to make possible the attend
ance of children at these schools,
Present Law Cited.
"Our state now has a law which
permits the giving or loaning of free
textbooks to those who are indigent.
It Is partially effective only. Often
parents too poor to buy books fori
their children will not so declare, i
and to avoid It keep their children I
from school.
"The present privately, owned
textbooks constitute a heavy tax i
and a heavier loss upon all con
cerned. Books are often used but
one term, then either destroyed, cast
aside or disposed of at a nominal
figure at second-hand stores.
One of the first lessons for a child
to learn is the care of property,-and
particularly public property. Teach
ers in distributing books to the chil
dren caution them that their mis
use detracts from school credits; in
the event of loss or destruction, they
must be replaced. The unanimous
vocsensus of opinion among experi
enced teachers and educators is that
the plan tends toward better care of
the books and greater regard for
them.
Books Ordered Year Ahead.
'At the close of the school year.
required book lists for the succeed
ing term are turned in by each
teacher with the result that on the
day school opens In September
pupils find their books ready for Im
mediate use and avoid the delay and
annoyance incident to the prepar
ing of lists and purchase of books
after the school term has com
menced. It is the writer's experi
ence as a parent and school direc
tor that delays under the present
method of distributing school lists
hinder the orderly taking up of
school duties to a marked degree,
ranging from two to five days at
the beginning of each school year.
There is often a shortage of books,
and it Is impossible for the classes
to function efficiently until all the
children are supplied with all the
books they need.
'Superintendent Churchill says:
1 believe it would be better for
Oregon to buy its books from the
publishers and distribute them free
to the children of the state. The
books could be adopted as they are
now by a textbook commission.'
IT. S. Bureau Backs Plan.
'The following reasons for free
textbooks are offered by the United
States bureau of education:
" 'In no single case is there any
movement looking toward the re
peal of the free textbook law.
" "Each one of the 20 state super
intendents testifies that free text
books enhance the efficiency of the
teaching In the public schools.
'Seventeen of them testify that
the free textbooks system tends to
prolong the school life of the child.
The other three have no data on
which to base answers.
"Fourteen of the 20 testify that
the free textbook system makes the
adoption of new textbooks easier.
In other six cases new adoptions are
regulated by law and so are not affected.
" 'In a similar way 14 superintend
ents wrote that the free textbook
system makes easier the securing of
uniformity of books. In the other
six cases this is regulated by law.
Ten out of 13 superintendents
answering the question state that
the free textbook system has no ap
parent tendency to take away from
the child the pride of personal own
ership which might come through
having privately bought books.
'School books bought by the com
munity cost the community about 20
per cent Jess than they do when they
are bought by individuals.
High School Roll Increases.
" 'One unforeseen feature of the
passage of the Massachusetts law
was immediate increase of 10 per
cent in high school attendance.
' 'From a comparative study of
public school systems in the 48
states, division of education, Russell
Sage Foundation, 400 Metropolitan
tower, New York city, 1912, p. 29.'
"The cost of school books, accord
ing to government reports, averages
80 cents per child per year. This
estimate was made, however, before
recent cost advances, and It might
well be estimated that the taxpayers
of the state of Oregon will be called
upon for approximately $160,000, in
the event that the bill passes. There
will, be a saving effected, however,
over the present method of at least
as great a sum.
"As to costs, the writer recently
requested from the J. K. Gill com
pany of this city, who are the of
ficial distributors for the publishers
of school books throughout the state
of Oregon, a statement on this mat
ter, and they write as follows:
" 'It has taken considerable time
to go through our records and the
figures we are sending you repre
sent approximately the amount of
our sales. They cover the period
from September, 1921. to June, 1922,
inclusive, and Include grammar
school books only. The figures do
not include classics for supplement
ary reading. Retail value of books
sold in city of Portland, $73,703.16;
retail value of books sold in state
of Oregon (exclusive of Portland),
$114,625.51; total, $188,228.67.
" 'These sales cover the new books
which incoming or promoted pupils
have to buy, but many of the pupils
have books on hand that have been
used the previous term. The value
of such books would probably be
from 40 to 50 per cent of the ambunt
of our sales.
Objections Taken Up.
"Reference is made to the senti
mental value which attaches to the
ownership of books by the child
'tis a question. The bill, however,
makes provision for those children
or' parents who elect to own their
books.
"The hygienic objections based
upon the transfer of books from
child to child, as has been well said,
has little merit to support it. The
public libraries of the nation, dis
trlbuting millions and millions of
books to the public, necessarily
without previous investigation as to
their ultimate location or manner of
use, with no attendant noticeable
results, seem to reply fully to such
an objection.
"The writer served as a member
of our library board for ten years
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Store Open Today
9 A. M. till 1 o'clock
BILL FLEMING
Sporting Goods Man
5th & Washington Sts.
Hotel Campbell
23d and Hoyt
Clare B. Garoutte Cecil M. Ellison
Proprietors
Christmas Dinner
December 25th
5 to 7 P. M.
MENU
Shrimp Louis Cocktail
Ripe Olives
Salted Almonds Pickled Peaches
Du Barry Soup
Sweet Bread Cutlets, Cream Sauce
Frozen Egg Nog
Roast Oregon Turkey
Oyster Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
Sweet Potatoes Potato Snow
Creamed Toung Onions
Baked Hubbard Squash
Grape Fruit Aspic Salad
Cream Scones
English Plum Pudding
Hard Sauce
Hot Mince Pie
Neapolitan Ice Cream
Christmas Cake
Cheese Crackers
Coffee
Nuts Raisins
Hugo Wick, Chef
tion and experience in this statement.
, "The measure makes for construc
tive economy, it replaces a wasteful
method with a conservative money-
saving method, But above and be
system."
Snow Damages. Fruit Trees.'
WHITE SALMON, Wash., Dec. 24.
(Special.) Considerable damage
to fruit trees in this section was
yond all else it fulfills in a right--caused by the recent snows, which
settled a foot or more after a heavy
crust had foyneC. Many bearing
trees were split in the main trunks
and twisted off. More damage was
experienced during the last storm
than ever before, notwithstanding
the precipitation of November, 1921,
was murh havtpr.
Wliere would we be anyway
if it weren't for advertising?
What a lot of time advertising saves us ! We need
something. We see it advertised. And we go straight
from where we are now to where the article is sold.
Have you ever gone around from place to place seek
ing for something which you knew existed but which
nobody else seemed to know anything about, not even
the storekeepers?
You have wasted an hour, maybe several hours,
possibly half a day. You have worn out your patience,
and before the end of the quest probably you began to
figure that the thing which you sought was not, after
all, so good as you thought it was, otherwise other peo
ple besides yourself would know something about it
The manufacturer who advertises, invests his
money, therefore, not alone to tell of the merits of his
goods but to save you time. The manufacturer who is
willing to pay for advertising space in newspapers or
magazines in order to point out to you where his mer
chandise is sold, so that you may get there quicker and
buy it easier, is not joing to skimp or cheat in manu
facturing it.
After going to all the trouble and expense of telling
you just where you may find it, he is going to see to it
that when you do buy it, it is good enough so that you
will buy it again.
And in making up your mind about merchandise
which is advertised, consider this last thought the
manufacturer can well afford to make it as good as it
can be made because one sale means hundreds, even
thousands of others following naturally and costing
him nothing extra.
PnMished bv the Morning Ore&onian. in co-operation
with the American Association of Advertising Agencies
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