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ANSWERS LONG-FELT DEMAND OF CITY
Tree Lectures, Baths, Musicales, Debates and Gymnasium Add to Facilities Offered in Peninsula Playground;
Park Season Opens and Children and Adults Ft olio in Natural Recreation Resorts.
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C IX hundred to 3000 children will
splash In the wading pools, tobog-
' a-an down the low aides disregard,
ful of the annihilating effect on cloth
ing, "skin the cat" on horizontal bars
ad lounge comfortably In the shade of
Portland' eight playgrounds each day
this summer between listening to, tales
and stories, read and told them by the
Instructors In charge.
The North Parkway playground, the
first ever owned and operated by the
city, is the most popular In the even
ing. The City Park grounds are best
appreciated and most used on Sundays.
In the early morning children begin to
come and by evening It is crowded.
Columbia playground is the picnick
ers mecca. It is here that those people
who can get off from the daily grind
one day In the week, go to eat their
basket - lunches and rest. Brooklyn,
Sellwood and Lincoln parks average an
even dally crowd, while Kenllworth
ranks lowest In popularity. The rea
son for this Is that It has not yet been
fully eaulpped.
Peninsula playground Is ' the most
liked and the best attended of alL Here
are hammocks, swings, tennis courts,
trapeses and the slide.
' Cwununr House Lnrea.
It Is at this playground that the first
community house In the city Is being
built; a place where families may go
to spend their evenings, listening to
free lectures, reading popular litera
ture in the rooms set apart for that
purpose, exercising in the big municipal
gymnasium and bathing in the swim
ming pools. In this building . com
munity lectures may be held, neigh
borhood glee clubs, orchestras and
bands can hold recitals and give frea
entertainments and questions of politi
cal and social Interest can be discussed.
It Is the community house of the pub
llc playground that takes the place of
the cheap theater, the beer hall and the
green table joints. In the lives of poor
laborers and professional men who can
not afford the better class of enter
tainment. It Is the poor man's "club"
where he may hold his Jinx and where
he can meet his neighbor.
With the close of the schools the
time of the playground has just be
gun. At times there are 3000 children
playing In the eight different grounds
of the city. After the recreation places
are overcrowded and the park manage
ment is constantly being brought face
to face with the fact that there is an
Insufficiency of equipment. A the
Summer wears on and the boys and
girls begin to hold inter-park baseball
contests, basketball games and tennis
tournaments the congestion Is bound
to become more and more evident.
E. T. Miache. Park Superintendent. Is
one of those who is taking an interest
in the work, and he prophesies that
Portland will soon be forced to estab
lish playgrounds in the Central East
Side, In South Portland, In Southeast
Portland and In North Portland In or
der to keep up with the demand of the
children at ail.
Portland Still Backward.
"Portland Is far behind other cities in
this respect." declared the Superinten
dent. "Seattle has 32 playgrounds and
four community houses, while Portland,
an equally progressive city in other
respects, has only eight and no com
munity houses at all.
"The community house is the latest
development In the movement to fur
nish municipal amusement places in
the poor and congested districts of a
city where the Ill-paid workmen can as
semble and get a little enjoyment out
of life. It draws them away from sa
loons, pool halls and places of like
character. '
"Chicago has spent 36.000,000 In twe
years on her playgrounds and commu
nity houses alone. Portland can do
equally well, according to her size, and
there seems to be no reason why within
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a few years this city should not have a
sufficient number of community houses
to keep up with the needs of the peo
ple. In the Central East Side In par
ticular do we need more playgrounds.
Here the children are forced to play
in the gutters and about alleys where
they come Into contact with disease
breeding fUth of all kinds: and all be
cause the city does not furnish sani
tary Dlavs-rounds In this locality. A
new bond issue providing for a syste
matic parking of the city will come up
before the people at the next election
and they will have a chance to provide,
then, for the abolishment of such con
ditions. "In North Portland there are no play
grounds, and if I were to try to pick
out all the localities In which I know
there are demands for such parks I
would name prettv nearly every portion
of the city. Seattle, with her 2K play
grounds, does not consider herself ade
quately supplied. Portland has only
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NEWS FROM THE BEACHES
CO.XTl.MED FROU PAGE 8.
E. Coiltns, New York; U. F. Greenfield.
Cleveland; Walter Knledler, Salem: and
the following of Portland: Frank Smith,
C. Gooley. Mrs. Charles T. Gooley. a A.
Eyman.
Mr. Routledge, of the Portland Seed
Btore. with his family, is at Long
Beach.
Slg Slchel and his sons are down for
a few weeks.
The Long Beach Hotel shows the fol
lowing for the week ending June !: J.
E.. Webber. Seattle; A. E. Van Duzen,
South Bend; Mrs. J. L. Beckett and chil
dren. Shoshone. Idaho; H. C. Schu
rhr MarvvlllA- Wash Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Frodsham. Farmington,
Utah: George D. Lewis and Mrs. Lewis.
Providence, R. L; E. A. Derland, South
Bend; A. E. Bennett. Astoria; and these
from Portland: E. Waldman, E. R. Bal
seger, George H. Hall and Mrs. Hall.
E. J. Scott.
It was reported at the beaches that E.
J, gcott. a railroad man. had been down
to appoint a man at each beach to vali
date tickets for all the Elks who are
expected next week.
The -Portland Hotel housed the fol
lowing Portland people this week, end
ing June 3s: L. J. Wattaon. C. D. Baker,
Theodore Watthes, J. H. Seymour. P.
A. Chittenden. C. W. Pterson. Guy Rog
ers. Mrs E. P. Hoglund. F. A. Haskell.
Rev. and Mrs. William Potsmtth. Ells
worth, Wash.; George F. Crum. Ray
mond; Charles Stuart and Stuart Tay
lor. Ocean Park; Miss Sew ell. HUlsboro;
P. A. Rows snd Miss Rowe. Rockford,
Wash.; Mrs. E. C. Simmons and James
A fimnlj, n H Mm Smn1- Of DflDTSr:
IMJss Mary J. Shoulter, Marysvllle.
TA- Kindred, with Mrs. Kindred and
their daughter. Edna, are living in their
cottage at Long Beach.
At the Driftwood cottage the follow
ing registered during the week ending
June It: F. A. Coffin. J. F. Theda and
Mrs. Theda, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Cable,
J. M. Albert. Clayton U. Stearns, H. J.
McGinty, all of Portland, and Carl
Mott. Chehalls: C. H. Ewlng, South
Bend: E. H. Wright and Ellas Pierson.
South Bend.
At the Sunset Hotel. Beach Center,
Mrs. Dedraan.has welcomed numerous
guests. Many Improvements have made
the place dearer than ever to those who
visit from year to year at Sunset. The
register shows Mrs. V. A. Schindler and
son. Page. Mrs. I N. Harmon. Miss
Margaret Allen. Mrs. Sarah Allen, Mrs.
Laura Herrick, all of Portland; Mrs.
Florence Armstrong, Vancouver. B. C;
Mrs. F. B. Swayzee ajid daughter Doris,
son Fred, Jr., of Hermlston. Or.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hoare. who have
the Shellburne, have had the following
until June 2: Mrs. John Pontius, M. B.
Emett. D. M. Raym. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas O'Neal. Frederick M. De Nett,
John Murphy. Jr., Mrs. A- A. Sanborn,
Miss G. Fields. Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Seim. William Parker and Mrs. Parker,
B. D. Heitschmidt. Carl Schlewe. Leo
Schiewe. H. H. Farnham. J. A. Ottesen,
F. N. Heath. Arthur Strand, all of Port
land; Mrs. E. J. Mason, of Spokane; R.
S. Sulzer, San Francisco; Miss Lilley,
Scappooae; George Blersdorf, Hlllsboro;
William Sinclair and mother.
Perhaps the most elaborate of the
beach homes on North Beach is that of
"N. eapaoo" of Mrs. Isam White, high
on the ridge near the Breakers, Wash.
Built slong ' bungalow lines, with
11 spacious rooms, furnished simply but
elegantly in mission furniture, the
"Neapsco" Is In plain view from any
point on the- shore line. The color
scheme throughout the house is dark
brown and red. except the dining-room,
where the blue rugs, curtains and em
broidered linens and the deep blue
water in view give a pretty contrast.
A small library In the living-room af
fords plenty of good reading on dull
days and the fireplace is just the spot
to huddle olose to on some of the rainy
days when its blaze cheers the whole
room. Mrs. White shows her hospitality
to her friends during the Summer by
making them her guests. Mr. and Mrs.
I. N. Llpman have just returned to
Portland, while at present Mrs. C. A.
Flcheimer and Mrs. T. A. Frank are
with her for the season. The three are
contemplating a trip to the Canadian
Rockies.
Mrs. David Nelson, accompanied by
her small nephew, Master Dick Jacob
sen, returned to Portland from Long
Beach on Monday, where they had been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Stewart, for the past three weeks at
their cottage by the sea
BAYOCEAX IS ATTRACTIVE
Event of Week at Coast Resort Is
' Visit of Portland Party.
BATOCEAN, Or.. June 29. (Special.)
The event of the week here was the
visit of a party of Portland business
men, members of the Commercial Club,
with tbelr friends.- Special entertain
ment was the order. A dinner, fol
lowed by dancing, was given the visi
tors Wednesday night. There was a
constant round of gaiety until the
party left tor home Thursday after
noon. On Thursday night, an informal pri
vate dance was given, at which many
from Tillamook, Bay City - and the
Garibaldi beaches were present.
Recent organization of two hockey
teams la attracting a good deal or at
tention. The first team Includes O.
E. Lily. M. R. Colwell, N. S. Kohn and
Harold L. Jensen, representing - the
guests, with Arthur Cavill and Frank
McClure, swimming instructors; George
r. Lea and Melvin H. Doyle, represent
ing the hotel. Tennis and bowling are
We want to save you time, worry and a lot of money in furnishing your home, and will take pleasure in
dnini so on the most liberal, easy-paying credit terms. All you have to do is to come in, make your selection
under ttJ "ctZZ guidance of ourSfsmen, pay a little down and the balance in small weekly or monthly
hlSSecoSnt:,of our. economiflocation, we're able to give you better quality, for less money, than any other
, furniture dealer in Portland. - y - ,. v .
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MORGAN-ATCHLEY FURNITURE CO. Ssk
Tust think of it This splendid 3-room Outfit for only $183.00. It is a fair example of the superb values you
just tnins ot iKP . Tr. to trade on the East Side. Your Credit Is Good. ;
Living Room
Furnished in quartered .oak, and up
holstered in. genuine leather. Good, i
guaranteed quality throughout.
Axminster Rug, 9x12.--. .... .$17.85
2 Auto Leather Seat Rockers $21.00
Wood Seat Arm Rocker $ 7.00
Library Table .$16.50
Dining-Room Set
See this beautiful quartered oak
, Dining-room Set. '
Extension Table,: seating 10 per
sons $21.50
6 Quartered Oak Chairs. ,$15.00
Axminster Rug, 9x12 . . . . .$17.85
Bedroom Set
A swell outfit. You'll want this set, if
nothing else. '
Quartered Oak or Birdseye Maple
Dresser. $20.00
Brass Bed, 2-in. cont. posts. .$11.00
Good Steel Spring $ 5.50'
Cotton Felt Mattress $12.00
Axminster Rug, 9x12 $17.85
Big Values in Carpet Dept.
' TouTe surely going to take advantage- of these
epfendfd bargains lis an opportunity you may
neve hav again this year.
Tapeatry Brussels Carpet for halls andjtalrs In
, pTr .wn-tnno browns and greens; reg
ular vlue 85c; sewed, laid and lined; spe- ggc
nlol a t
All-Wool Ingrains, small
aU-over designs, suit
able for dining-room ana oearooro, 5, km
tol ivals'; sewed, laid and lined: special at DC
I.UId Linoleum lUmsutt. r0m,.0n,i 2.V l!
"ryour bathroom or small kitchen ; -I QC
regular 1.B0 grade; special at. "
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GRAND AVENUE AND EAST STARK
Each Customer Shares
the $25,000 We Save
Annually in Interest
and Taxes Because We
Built on the East Side
proving popular and many take ad
vantage of the presence of the two
swimming masters to venture Into the
surf often. . . ,
Among those registered at tne ni
during the past week were: N. S. Kohn,
W. R. O'Connell. O. S. scnwaran,u..,
R. Sehwardmann and George V. James,
of Portland; Miss I G. Hatch, of Sa
lem; Miss U. Murray, i " . V. f.
u, Wichita. Kan.: r D.
Flora and 'wife, of Portland. These
were present at the weeK-euu.
I. C. White, of Portland, was a vis
itor here during the week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lily, or rom.na,
arrived during the week lor an ex
tended visit. Mr. Lily is a hockey en
thusiast and was instrumental m or
ganizing competing lewm.
B. Casev.. of Dallas, was a nwi
during the week.
Among the out-of-town visitors u.c
Is T. J. Casey, of Butte, Mont.
J. N. Miller and Mrs. Miller, of . The
Dalles, ars visitors here now.
Tillamook was represented here dur-
. . , i. i tt w iimh.r nf ffuests.
- v, wrj Miss Sadie Smith,
Miss Pearl Foland, Carl Dawson and
Clifford Hiner. .. E. tiinn, reyi "
tive of the Tillamook press, was also a
guest here Wednesday evening.
Mrs. faui neios, '
passing a few weeks here.
Miss E. Evert, of New York, arrived
. -. tnr . short visit.
She Is delighted with' the location and
the beauty of tne racme v.oi "
parison with that of the Atlantic
Miss L. Parker and Miss Genevieve
Thompson, of Portland, were guests
here during tne wee,
wimam Schumann, of Portland, was
a visitor here during the week.
Judge and Mrs. WODSter noimw '
Tillamook, made a short ' visit here
C J. Caldwell and Mrs. Caldwell, of
Portland, arrived last week for a short
visit They are registered at the
t.w.1 ii.. wv.nil visitors includes-!
M. R. Colwell. of rortiana; jars. v r.
Chastaln, of Klamatn raus; niroio j-
.Tensen. of Banks, ur.; o. n. uueuoi. i
Portland; Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Petsel,
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Nash and child, and
H. Woodhouse, of Portland.
Among tne visitors curing uh
week were J. Wesley Ladd, a prom
inent banker of Portland, wno maae
only a short stay, being called away to
. .TC,iai cnnventlon of the Oregon
State Bankers' Association: 8. I. Hum-
phrey and sister, Pauline Humphrey, of
rortiana; itome ol. wawuu, unw vl
leading real estate men of Tillamook
and prominent "booster"; F. A.- Lin
thlcum, a prominent business man of
Portland; James W.. Merry, of Aber
deen; Dr. Gertrude French, E. W. Gru
bles and Miss Elma Cox, of Portland;
C. A. Hudd, of Hlllsboro; John Gebbl,
H. A. Fortlcede, of Portland; Arthur
Cavill, the famous swimmer, of Port
land; George McClure. who will have
charge of the swimming and bathing
at the beach during the Summer; Mel
vin W. Boyle, of Portland; M. E. De
maiiis, of Walla Walla; A. L. Hartell,
of San Francisco: W. R. Miller, of Se
attle; William Henshaw and wife, of
Portland; J. C. Cooper, of McMlnnvllle;
J. A. Taylor, of Spokane; W. A. Sunder
and wife, of Seattle; George W. Feld
man and wife, of Portland, and R. I
Oliver and S. B. Niel, of Pendleton.
George M. Hyland and wife, of Port
land, have arranged to open their cot
tage here on the first of July.
Mrs. Jack Campbell, of Portland, will
arrive early In July and will open up
her beach cottage for the Summer. She
will be accompanied by her two young
sons.
CROWDS SEEK OCEAJT PARK
Colony From All Districts Gather
at Popular Resort.
OCEAN PARK, Or., June 29. (Spe
cial.) There Is quite a colony of peo
ple already assembled for the beach
season. The following list shows who
are at Ocean Park, many of them In
cottages: Katherine Warner, 738 Jeffer
son street; Ruth Connell, 710 Broad
way; Anna Keller, 608 Taylor street;
D G. Warner, 774 Hancock street; Mrs.
A." N. Helllster, Mildred Soden, S61 East
Third North; Dorothy M. Corinell, T.
J. Starker, Mrs. A. Olson. M. F. Hull.
Mrs. M. Sutherland, A. U. Silver and
family. Mr. and Mrs. TJ. C. Johnson,
Mrs. C. H. Fox, Charles A. Fox. S. Mc
Danlel, Mrs. I. A. Rohrer. Boise, Idaho:
Mrs. William Swing, Spokane, and
daughter. Miss Alice Ewlng, Mrs. G.
E. Wederkind, Spokane; D. F. Vozier,
Los Angeles: Avis G. and Rosa B.
Chapel. Spokane: George Hlbbert,
Chinook; C. H. Gennlng, South Bend.;
Blanche Beckwlth, Eugene; Gordon
Van Gundl, Sycamore, O.; Helen M. Mis
Guiel, The Dalles; M. B. Lower,. Miss
Gregory, Mrs. S. D. Lower, V. M. Lower
and N. M. Lower. Spokane.
HOOD RIVER GIRL OF 15 KILLS 800-POUND BEAR IN CENTRAL
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HOOD RIVER, Or., June J9. (Sped
big game tn the state Is Miss Adrienne
J. A. Epplng. of this city, who, last wee
father on the Metolius River In Centra
youthful Diana handles a rifle with, as
big bruin was brought down by the fi
The Intrepid young woman declare
ened when she and her guide discovers
river. After killing the brute Miss Ep
her quarry to camp. She now has the b
SB EPPIJfG.
al.) One of the youngest huntresses of
Epping. the 15-year-old daughter of
k while on a fishing trip with her
1 Oregon, killed a 800-pound bear. The
much skill ts any old-timer and the
rst shot.
u that she wasn't the least bit frlght
d the bear in a little ravine near the
ping secured a pack horse and brought
ear skin as a trophf .'
HEILIG'S LEADING MAN
WANTS TO BE CREATOR
Sydney Ayres Returns to Portland to Head Masculine Players in Summer
Engagement of Cathrine Countiss, Who Opens Here July 14. .
IT Is a new and vastly, .different
Sydney Ayres who returned to Port
land yesterday. A greater depth of
experience, a maturity that Is the gift
of four added years of hard work and
a broader vision mark him, who Is to
be leading man at the Helllg Theater
in the starring Summer engagement
of Cathrine Countiss, which begins
Sunday, July 14.
In fact, Mr. Ayres practically con
ceded this when he declared shortly
after his arrival yesterday that a man
cannot hope to do his best work until
40 Winters and Summers have passed
over his head. And as Mr. Ayres today
is but 29, It Is easily obvious that he
has, by his own account, in prospec
tive, yet another 11 years of develop
ment. Ayres has just as much enthusiasm
as before.. In addition, he has acquired
a histrionic temperament that is not
the gilt gingerbread often mistaken for
the real thing and not the tempera
ment produced for press purposes only.
He has learned to participate In other
people's joys and to feel their sorrows,
and the Ayres that Portland is soon to
know again gives every promise of
leaving an Ayres that Portland will not
soon forget.
B. D. Price, who will manage the
starring engagement of Miss Countiss,
engaged Mr. Ayres on the reputation
that has preceded him in Portland. He
said he had never seen Mr. Ayres act.
Career Has Beea Varied.
Bo, at the meeting In Portland, it
was quite natural that the conversa
tion should run in the channels of
what Mr. Ayres has done since he left
the old Baker Theater. Possibly, most
people are aware that he played a long
season as stock star at Ye Liberty
Theater In Oakland, CaL; later at the
Burbank in Los Angeles and the Al
cazar In San Francisco, In the same
capacity. He filled an engagement
with the Selig-Polyscope moving pic
ture concern and was engaged as di
rector by the Angelus concern. It is
in the pictures of this latter company
that Mr. Ayres has become very fa
miliar to Portlanders, and It was with
the Initial film, "The Angelus," that he
really made himself a name as a pro
ducer. Some of the artistic features
of this one film- are said to have
brought Director Ayres world-wide
recognition.
Although he never expects to go
back to the moving picture game, al
though he says that he is a firm be
liever in Its educational possibilities,
he admits the value of the experience.
Some of this gained knowledge he will
have the opportunity of employing
practically as stage director and pro
ducer for the engagement of Cathrine
Countiss.
Ayres says he is no longer wait
ing and anxious for the ripple of ap
plause that sweeps over a crowded the
ater. He wants, it he can. In future
to devote himself to direction. He
wants to mold the finished production.
"It was instant recognition that I
always craved," he remarked, "but
now I prefer to use tact, brains and ex
perience and watch the result myself.
I want to be a creator."
. Henri Bernstein's "The Thief," In
which the engagement for the Summer
will open, offers the actor, he thinks,
magnificent possibilities.
It will be remembered that It was
in his love scenes that Ayres always
was able to hold attention, even more
thoroughly than in his other parts.
Plays and players, theaters and dra
matists all were scanned In the con
versation. The big revolving stage of
Te Liberty Theater hobnobbed men
tally with Drury Lane, London, and H.
B. Irving satirized, while Wilton Lack
aye cracked jokes through the mouth
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Sydney Ayres, Wko Betnras to'
Portland for Engagement at
Heilig Theater.
of Ayres. There was a tribute to Ber
card Shaw, and a discussion of Gilbert
Chesterton.
Cariosity Arouses Likes. "
After it had been commented that the
great stars of America today ware be
ing recruited from the ranks of stock .
actors, the conversation turned to
whether there was a real demand for ..
the salacious. "The play of doubtful -tendencies
Is not encouraged by wo
men alone," remarked Mr. Ayres. "It
Is true they go out of curiosity, while .
men go because they know facts and
they desire to see bow they may be r
presented. 'The Thief,' for instance, of
fers tremendous dramatic possibilities,
yet it demands a delicacy of treatment -that
in the hands of Miss Countess I
know will be accorded, for it must be.
remembered that In Portland we shall ,
be playing to young as well as old.
"L believe the doubtful play is over,
A man will not take his wife, nor a .
young man his sweetheart, when the
play Is not one they can discuss 'tween -acts..
And In the end that Is going
to keep the stage clean."
SONS START LIQUOR SUIT
Now Father Goes to Jail Because .
He Refuses to Testify Frankly.
GRANTS PASS. Or., June 29. (Spe
cial.) A sensation was sprung In the -
trial of Lee York yesterday upon al
leged charge of selling intoxicating
liquor, when James Trimble, a witness
for the state, refused to answer a ques
tlon put to him concerning whether he
had had any understanding with York -as
to the delivery of the liquor or lor
the purchase of the same. -
Judge Johnston Issued an order that
he be placed in the oounty jail until. 2
o'clock tomorrow, at which time the :
trial will be resumed.
The whole affair grew out of a hot-. .
tie of liquor being found in the wash-,
room near the blacksmith shop which
Trimble operates. His two sons dis- .
covered the hidden bottle and turned
it over to the police. Trimble asserts- .
he will stay In the Jail and will not
tell, no matter how long they keep him ,
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