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NEW SCHOOL IS OPENED
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Parents Exasalae Hew BaHding snd
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"berg Recall Old Times.
THE SUNDAY . O REG ONI AN, PORTLAND, MAY 10, 1903.
The formal opening of the "Woodlawn
sew schoolhouse took place Friday aft
ernoon. Between 2 and 4 o'clock a largo
number of the parents visited the fine
building- and were shown through all the
rooms from the basement to the top floor
by Principal E. A. Miner. Visitors were
shown into the classroom while the reg
ular work was going forward, and were
thus afforded opportunity of seeing the
methods. Rooms and halls had been dec
orated with dogwood blossoms In honor
of the occasion, and the pupils wore
sprays of bloom.
After the building had been Inspected,
the visitors and pupils were assembled in
the basement, where brief exerclss were
held. The school sang In concert a patriotic
air, when Principal Milner made remarks
thanking the parents for their presence
and expressing the hope that they would
come again. Their presence was needed,
he said, to encourage the teachers as well
as the pupils.
Herman Wittenberg, of the Board of
Education, congratulated the "people of
"Woodlawn on having so fine a school
house, and expressed pleasure over the
fact that he had helped to secure the
erection of the building. Mr. Wittenberg
pointed over to the southeast and said
that about a mile off. there his parents
had first settled when he was a boy
about 3 years old. That was over 40 years
ago, and the trees stood sd close together,
said Mr. Wittenberg, that one could hard
ly get through them, but all these were
gone and fine new schoolhouses had come.
Mrs. Slttoh, of the board, was also pres
ent, but made no remarks. After the
school had sung "America," the audience
was dismissed, but many of the parents
remained to get acquainted with the
teachers.
The Woodlawn schoolhouse contains
eight rooms. It stands on the old ground
donated for school purposes in Lower
Woodlawn. xjftorts were put forth to se
cure another location further north on
the higher ground, but there was so much
contention over the matter that the Board
of Education built on the old site, mov
ing the former four-room building to one
side. All the eight rooms are occupied.
The building Is heated by forced draft,
the same as the Sunnyside schoolhouse,
which Is considered much In advance of
any other method. The grounds about
the building need some fixing up, but as
two members of the Board of Education
were there yesterday, they doubtless made
a note of all the conditions.
ODDFELLOWS ARE GROWING.
Increase of Nearly 10 Per Cent In
Oregon Membership.
The report of Grand Secretary E. Sha
ron, of the Oregon Oddfellows, will show
when the grand lodge meets In Portland,
May 2L great gains throughout the state.
Eight new lodges were Instituted in 1S02,
and four have been instituted since Janu
ary 1, 1903, the total number of lodges in
the state being 153. There were for the
year 1543 admissions and 632 dropped, or
withdrawn, leaving a total gain of 911
and a total membership of 9215 for the
state, the gain being close to 10 per cent.
The order does not solicit members.
There are 2 CSS past grand and 356 repre
sentatives to the grand lodge. The total
Income of lodges Vas J134.212.9S"; paid for
relief, f 42,943.36; paid for expenses, $48,
SS3.25; total lodge assets in the state. $621,
918.22; a gain In assets over 1901 of $59,
991.98. Six new encampments have been Insti
tuted the past year, bringing the total
number up to 46. There were 45S admis
sions, and 116 were dropped, the net gain
being 342. Total membership at, present
Is 19S2. Encampments paid $1631 for relief
and $4642 for expenses. The total income
waa $8981.11, and total assets are $31,673.50.
The Rebekah Degree branch made a
gain of 1000 members, and very soon will
equal In membership the subordinate Odd
fellow lodges.
NEW BRANCH RAILROAD.
Portland Railiray Company Has
Started on Alberta-Street Line.
Work was started yesterday on the Alberta-street
branch of the Portland Kail
way Company to the Simon tract. The
branch connects with the Woodlawn &
Vancouver Railway, Just north of High
land, and will be extended east Just a mile
to the new addition. The iron and ties
are stacked up on Union, avenue. Besides
reaching the new addition, this branch
will accommodate a large number of peo
ple along "Its route. A few years ago the
Cloverdale branch was operated for a
mile east of the main line, but was with
drawn. At the rate the grading is going
forward, cars will be running over the
branch in two weeks.
It is understood also that the Portland
Railway Company will extend Its double
tracks through to Woodlawn from High
land as soon as Union avenue Is improved.
Under the new schedule Woodlawn Is en
Joying as good car service as any Port
land suburb. With a double track and
the many switches cut out it will be even
better than at present.
East Side Notes.
The Improvement of Union avenue, be
tween Alberta street at Highland and De
kum avenue, with gravel will be made
this year. The avenue was widened to 80
feet, and houses and fences have been
moved back to the new street line. Noth
ing is in the way of the improvement,
which means a great deal for that por
tion of the city.
Smith & Howard are setting up a pilo
drlver preparatory to commencing the
work of building the elevated roadway on
East Oak street, between East Water and
East Second streets. They have consid
erable lumber on hand now on East Oak
street. Business houses on that street
will be glad to learn that at last work Is
to be started. The street has been torn up
for several months.
A pleasing entertainment was given Fri
day evening In Woodlawn M. E. Church.
It was called a "National Entertain
ment" from the character of the pro
gramme. In the exercises, all of which
were musical, England, Wales, Scotland,
Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Switzer
land. China and America were represent
ed. The programme was as follows:
Overture, Down's Mandolin Club; bass
solo, "Sailing," Mr. Oott; Welsh solo,
Mr. Arthur; violin solo, "Blue Bells of
Scotland," Roy Lancaster; two-part song,
"Scots Wha' Hae Wi' Wallace Bled,"
Misses Waltz. Pitman, Spurrier and Roy
al; solo, "Kathleen Mavorneen," Mr.
Fatch; soprano solo, "Marseillaise," Miss
Healy; solo, Lena Beckman; violin solo,
Roy Lancaster; vocal duet. Misses Mabel
and Clara Johnson; duet, "China," Jennie
Teo and Byron Hammond; music, ladies
quartet and chorus; closing, "America."
IRRIGATION IN OREGON.
Series of Question as to Matarlzig
Most Profitable Crops,
WOODSTOCK, Or., May 8. (To the
Editor.) Mr. Meed, at the meeting of the
Board of Trade Tuesday last, gave an
Interesting discourse on the possibilities
of Irrigation In Eastern Oregon. Those
most interested In the matter of Irriga
tion in Oregon require some further use
ful Information to guide them, both In
the use of water for lrrlgatlop and the
amount necessary for maturing such
crops as are most likely to be profitable.
The general land office at Washington
must be best posted in such matters, as
that office must nave gleaned the re
sults of the best Irrigation system which
-& o lar peon practiced in the United
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We are Five Years old today and
we submit our record to the mer
chants and shoe wearers of the world.
Our actual shipments for this,
our Fifth Year are $4,006,560.46, and
we show a gain in shipments over
last year of $1,005,141.17. This is
the largest gain ever made in a single
year by any shoe house in the world.
To the wearers of shoes, this
record is certainly a guarantee that
practically Three Million pairs of
Star Brand Shoes were worn by the
people of the United States last
year, and the people don't buy unless
they are pleased.
To the Merchants we submit the
immense volume of our business and
the record-breaking gain made last
year as the best possible evidence
that our shoes are pleasing the peo
ple, and merchants who succeed must
carry lines that are in popular demand.
Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co.
ST. LOUIS.
SON
States. It Is desirable that the bulletins
on this subject, already published, should
be made of easy access in Portland, Ba
ker City and Grant's Pass. Or. The prac
tical Information that would-be irriga
tors want Is (1) the duty of water per
cubic foot per second flow. That is, the
number of acres of wheat, alfalfa and of
roots which can be irrigated with that
amount of water. (J) The time required
to irrigate that arts. tajr, 109 acres or
more, at" the flow one cubic foot per sec
ond. (3) The intervals between each Irri
gation and the number of times each crop
will require to be irrigated to mature
the same. (4) The best plan for distribut
ing the water on. say, 100 or more acres,
from the -main ditch or canal.
It must be remembered that in Eastern
Oregon the irrigable season is probably
only of six . months' duration, from-April
to Octobtr inclusive. During the dry
months. July. August, September and Oc
tober, the streams which afford the water
supply are usually at their minimum
amount of flow. This makes it necessary
to gauge the average mean flow of the
streams at that season and not rely upon
any gauging done at an earlier part of
the season. In estimating the probable
supply -that will be available. During
this -dry period there ls mote evaporation
going on, and this" nut fee v
Some lands, will absorb more moisture
than others, and this must be allowed for
in any general district system. It was
stated at the meeting that the common law
In regard to riparian, rights did not ap
ply to Oregon, as it does In California,
It may be that the speaker was referring
to state lands only. It Is diflicult to un
derstand why the common law should
not apply to the public; laads. in Oregon.
' It is iaqjattajE to fe&va -this queaon
correctly answered, since so much of
the land requiring irrigation to Induce
settlement is public land.
R. M. BRERETON.
Saeeess Fall te Saeceea.
Albany Democrat.
- The Medford Success has suspended
publication. The editor says: "With thl
Imu the fiteccsM will 4toeeatlau4.
The reason for this action la that an. en
ergetic paper, one that la out-spoken and
allye to tho Interest of the- people, and
which Is not a time-server .and the tool of
some grasping combination, is out of its
element here In Medford." 'Tii ever thus.
The. energetic papers are all dead-
Aericss greatest saedicina is Hod'
Sarsaparllla tht best, DgfUir
Gt Heed's.