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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 9, 1913. 13 PLAYGROUND E QUI PUN BY WEIR Comparison of Area in Parks Shows Portland Behind Other Coast Cities. NEED OF TEACHERS TOLD Acquisition of Close-In Plots He ola red Imperative and Vsc of School Buildings for Recrea tion Purposes Is Urged. A comprehensive survey of the rec reational facilities of the City of Port land has Just been completed by L. H. Weir, Pacific Coast superintendent of the playground movement, and a com mlttee. working under the auspices ot the social survey committee of the Con sumers' League. The aims of the re port are twofold, setting: forth present play and recreational conditions, and offering suggestions for meeting pres ent and future needs. At the outset the connection be tween recreation and the minimum wage Is made clear, for the question of efficiency is one of major Importance in any attempt to fix the standard, and efficiency depends moat upon health and physical fitness, which, in turn, depend upon proper recreation, the forming of healthy Ideals and habits in youth, in fact the best use of leisure time. Some ConjreMlon Shows. In brief this survey covers ten main heads, the last three of which are incomplete, divided as follows: First, facts in connection with the acreage, population and street area; second, parks; third, neighborhood " surveys; four, playground development in Port land; five, park concerts; six. physical training in public schools; seven, wider use of school properties; eight, libraries and reading-rooms; nine, private Insti. tutlons; ten, commercial amusements. In the first part, after giving statis tics of the area of the two sides of the river, which show that Portland is a city of magnificent distances and that taken as a whole there is little con gestion, the report goes on to show where there is most congestion. In Alblna. Central East Side, Brooklyn, that area between Stark, East Twenty fifth, Division streets and the river, and that bounded by Killingsworth, Union, Fremont and Patton avenues, are five crowded districts on the Fast Side, not one of them having any play ground facilities, save Brooklyn with a small tract of 1.7 acres. Five acres Df playing space is all so far provided . for the West Side districts known as extreme North Portland, business dis trict. Central West Side. South Cen tral and South Portland. A comparison of the park area of Portland, having 25 parks with a total area of 653.26 acres, with that, of other Coast cities, shows this city to be far behind. Tacoma has 1700 acres. Se attle 1580, Los Angeles 3892, San Fran cisco 1516. "Reckoning the desirable relation of population to park acreage as 100 per sons to an acre, and considering Port land to have a population of 250,000. the city should have at least four times the park area she now has, if the Hill side parkway, which is practically a boulevard, and some very insignificant and valueless tracts be eliminated." continues the report. "As it is there is a population of 383 persons to each ark acre. Inside Aereaare Desired. "Considering the rapidity with which the city is growing in population, it ran be seen readily how tremendously Important it Is that something be done peedily for the increase of park acre age, and especially within a one. two and three-mile radius of the heart." In order to arrive at the social and recreational opportunities of two of the most congested districts of the city, a survey was made, taking actual count of the children seen in the streets and of facilities of every kind in these neighborhoods. The two selected were the South Portland and the Albina dis tricts, in each of which practically no play places were extant, with the ex ception of the street, "a sad state of affairs." Many properties were found which might be used as recreation rooms for evening, but as yet ti" com mittee found that nothing of i.uport snce on these lines was being done. Pioneer Work Done Privately. In 1910 the city, through the Park Board, took over the management of playground work, which had been started three years earlier by the Peo ple's Institute Club, with a playground on one of the North Parkway blocks. It opened and operated four in addi tion to the old ones, equipped two moro the next year and last year added Lincoln Park, making a total of eight now open and under the supervision of the Park Board. Except for a recommendation that more money would be spent to better advantage on "that best play appara tus," the play leader, the equipment was found satisfactory and the con struction work well carried out. but the supervision was not considered at all efficient. The committee suggests a plan for a recreation system which Includes play grounds, large park spaces, boating cen. ters. municipal camp grounds, system of public baths, system of excursions, municipal band and orchestra, fuller use of public library, school and mu nicipal gardens, boy scout and camp fire girls, organisations and evening recreation in school buildings. Various special officers are suggested and the appropriation of a larger sum of money urgently requested. The popularizing and cultivation of a love of good music among the people .s one of the ideals aimed at. School System Urged. In connection with physical educa tion in the schools, the necessity for the devotion of more time to this branch, and for making it a compul sory part of the school curriculum. a least for the first two years, is urged. Night schools. vacation school. school gardens, monthly neighborhood meetings, lectures and entertainments, as well as a variety of other forms of activity are urged in an increasing de gree in the schools, which form splen did auditoriums. 1 Bun don to Have Public Library. BAN DON, Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) Famion la assured a public library. A mafs meeting was held Tuesday to discuss plans for the establishment and maintenance of a library. A con siderable sum was raised as a nucleus and a soliciting committee was ap pointed to continue the work until the sum of $500 was secured for the special purpose of buying more books and $600 Tor a maintenance fund. The directors of the Library Board have assurance that a new building will be erected and that the city will make an appro priation for its maintenance after It la shown that something can be done. DANISH KING HONORS FAIR WOMAN GYMNAST Mile. Sally Hogstrom, Teacher of Swedish Exercises, Receives Gold Medal Because She Has Taught Many Women and Children Ling System. . tm f ; I .'(fife . ft- K MuXJf&z$ M1.L.K. SALLY UOGSTROM, WKLI. -KNOWN TEACHER OK SWbUlgn CONK HHIt '.! I'H OWISIl l!G Kl.Vfi OF POMARK RKCE.VTLV EXERCISES, IPOJf WHOM TH OLD MEDAL OF MERIT. STOCKHOLM. Feb. 8. (Special.) The King of rvnmark, on the oc ' casion of his recent visit to Stock holm, personally conferred upon Mile. Sally HogBtrom the rare distinction of the Danish gold medal of merit in acknowledgment of the excellent work she has done In Introducing into Den mark the Swedish Ling system of gym nastics, t Mlie. Hogstrom has studied gymnas tics for women both at home and abroad, and has done a great amount of excellent work for the propagation of this cause. Last year's Olympic games showed the world what Ling's system has done for the Swedish na tion. Miss Hogstrom' does not confine her self to practical teaching. She often lectures on the subjects coming under the head of healthy gymnastics for wo men and children, and has also earned for herself a reputation as a writer. Her writings deal with such matters as pedagogic gymnastics, mental over-exertion at gymnastics and breathing exercises. And her enthusiasm Is bid ding fair to make the women of Nor way and Sweden patterns of strength and health. CLUBS PUN FETES Lincoln Day Observance City to Be Elaborate. in sional Musicians' Association is called for tomorrow at the Portland Hotel to make a protest against the plans for the proposed civic auditorium on the ground that these plans do not pro vide rooms to be used for concerts and musical affairs generally. BANQUET CROWNING EVENT Programmes at Schools and Com mercial Organization Arranged and Campaign for Display of Flags to Be rade. The anniversary of Abraham Lin coln's birthday, Wednesday, February, 12. will be celebrated in Portland more elaborately than ever before, commer cial organizations and the public schools adding their observance to the Lincoln banquet at the Commercial Club, which has been arranged as the crowning event of the day by the Lin coln Club. Preliminary arrangements for the banquet Wednesday and reports of progress in arranging for the school exercises were made at a meeting of the committee at the City Hall yester day afternoon. A final meeting, at which all plans will be perfected, has been called by Charles A. Johns, presi dent of the club, for Tuesday after noan at 2:30. George L. Baker, chairman of the committee on school exercises, an nounced yesterday that programmes will be given in every school in the city at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. He expects to have his list of 57 speakers for the school completed by tomorrow night. The club will promote the raising of flags from all buildings in the city and at the banquet the American flag will be the ruling motif of the decorations. Tentative announcement of speakers and programme for the banquet was made yesterday. C. A. Johns will pre side, and music will be furnished by the Grand Army of the Republic quar tet and the Illinois club quartet. The Illinois Society has been co-operating with the Lincoln Club in the prepara tions and is to play an important part In the celebration. More than 300 in vitations have been sent to members of the club. A member of the club will respond to the toast "Lincoln and Illinois." The list of speakers announced yes terday includes C. W. Fulton, who will speak on "Lincoln and the Constitu tion;" Lionel R. Webster, "Lincoln, the Statesman:" B. F. Irvine, "Lincoln and the Newspapers;" J. D. Lee. "Lincoln and the Pioneer;" Rev. Benjamin Young. "Lincoln and the People;" Sam uel White, "Lincoln and the South;" L. D Mahone. "Lincoln and the Volun teer" H. H. Noithrup. "The Blue and the Gray;" Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden, "The Character of Lincoln." and Mrs. Emma B. Carroll, whose subject will be as signed later. Committees that have been working on the celebration are Finance, A. L. Barbur. I D. Mahone, Mrs. G. L. Ba ker C. A. Johns. Mrs. S. F. Gilbert, Mrs. D. H. Johnstone and J. C. Wil son; schools. G. L. Baker, J. D. Lee, Mrs. Ellen Mills: banquet. J. H. Bur gaxd, June McMillan Ordway, Mrs. L. Bronson-Salmon, Mrs. J. Schwlnd. G. H. Himes. Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden. S. G Hughson and Bert C. Jones. Officers of the club are President, C A. Johns; secretary, Mrs. Laura B. Bartlett; treasurer. A. L. Barbur. Besides the celebration plans of the Lincoln Club, the commercial and civic organizations will join in celebrating the day at a luncheon at the Multnomah Hotel at noon Wednesday, as guests of the Portland Ad Club. H. J. Blaesing will be chairman, and the speakers will be Father M. J. Conaty and M. G. Win stock. WHIPPING POST FAVORED Judge Gatens Speaks on Moral Re form at Woodlavrn Grange. rfie whipping post as a punishment for men who live with or accept the earnings of fallen women was advo cated by Circuit Judge Gatens in a speech last night in which he stacked as impractical the morals code idea as embraced in the bill now before the Legislature at Salem. The talk was delivered at Grange Hall, Woodlawn, under the auspices of Woodlawn Grange. Miss Emma Butler, a deputy in the Juvenile Court, was also a speaker, her subject being delinquent and dependent children. Judge Gatens said: "The Morals Court is designed for the reformation of moral delinquents of the age of 18 years and over. The plan is theoreti cally beautiful, but what is the result? A crippled state fund and the contam ination of hundreds of younger men and women, whojire now only partly bad and for whom there is some hope, through associations with those who are far beyond the pale of redemption. "Even if we haii a reformatory of any kind prepared for adult delin quents, such a law would only give these hundreds of persons a short va cation, after which most of them would undoubtedly return to the old life." FRUIT ASSOCIATION FORMS Growers of Western Oregon and Washington Organize Here. The Pacific Fruit Association will be Incorporated Tuesday by H. C. Atwell, Fred J. Heavens and H. A. Lewis. The Incorporation was authorized by a meeting held here yesterday by a large number of fruitgrowers of Western Oregon and Washington. . It is the out growth of action taken at Albany in March. 1911, by fruitgrowers of West ern Oregon. Its principal place of busi ness will be Portland, and among its objects are the establishment of uni form grades, distribution of reiable market intelligence and affiliation with central marketing agencies. The association will attempt to en courage the best methods of growing, handling and packing and to promote the general use among its members of a cost system. Another object will be to secure ad vantageous freight rates, and the mat ter of advertising and popularizing ap ples and other fruit will be taken up by the association. Harney Man Loses Eight Toes. BURNS. Or.. Feb. 8. (Special.) Thomas W. Sullivan, an old resident of the southern part of Harney County, had the misfortune a few weeks ago to get his feet frozen, and it was only this week that he was brought to Burns for surgical attention, when it became necessary to amputate four toes from each foot. Mr. Sullivan Is 64 years old. but It is thought he will survive the operation. Hotel Proprietor Accused. STEVENSON. Wash., Feb. 8. (Spe cial.) A complaint charging Mrs. M. St. Martin, proprietor of St. Martin's Hot Springs Hotel, at Carson, Skamania County, with violation of section 10 of the hotel inspection law. relating to the unsanitary condition of the plumb ing, has been sworn to before Justice A. R. Green, of Stevenson, by J. H. Snyder, deputy hotel inspector for the state. Musicians to Voice Protest. A meeting of the Portland Prof cs,- ' from which they originated. Burgess Bill Is Fund Aid. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or, Feb. 8. (Special.) Under the Burgess bill. which passed tne benate today, all fees from auto licenses after the expense of I administration is deducted will be re I turned to the road fund in the counties The 15th 1899 One Store 107 First Street Portland, Oregon Birthday of -l 1913 40 Stores; in Every Pacific Coast City Our Fifteenth Birthday. Just fourteen years ago, in a little store on First street, this great business was founded. Founded upon ideas and ideals then altogether new; 'ideas that were funda mentally so sound, principles that were so correct that in these fourteen years this enterprise has grown from comparatively humble beginnings to the "Nation's Largest." Grown from handling two or three of the Nation's best makes, to handling over forty of them. Grown from sales records that then seemed big, even though they totalled but thousands, to Sales records now that xceed the million - dollar mark during any three - months period. Revolutionary It seemed at first, when instru ments were to be sold under the Eilers policy at. not only one and the same price to each and ail alike, but at a price so very much lower for the best and most dependable makes, as to prove at once the commercial death knell to practically all high-price charging, and all the. commercial waste existing in the Western piano trade up to then. Because of the development of the Eilers estab lUhmAnt. nnri the nrinclnles of selling, "shopping around," when it comes to piano buying, has "prac tically ceased In the many cities where the Eilers stores are now located canvassers, agents, solicit ors, sales-closers, subsidized music teachers, com mission giving to go-betweens has practically be come obsolete In the Western trade. Nowadays even a child may step Into an Eilers establishment and buv any one or dozens of the Nation's best pianos as safelv and as confidently as a spool of thread is bouglit at a dependable dry goods store. No chicanery, no secret visits and manipulations; the sunshine of ralr dealing streaming over every transaction all the time, in the bright glare of th motto, "Money Back"; for no transaction, great or small, in any Eilers tstablishment is considered right or finished that does not mean satisfaction to tne Duyer. All the advantages made possible in a system commercially correct and carefully planned In piano selling, combined with the colossal purchas ing power represented by a chain of stores from Bellingham to San Diego, are placed at the disposal of the piano buyer. Tn everv community where an Eilers establish ment Is located it is the leading commercial insti tution; thriving because of the most generous fol lowing of music lovers, artists, and most of the piano buyers. 'mis success is uue: iti-at tn imhoMinsr at all times th highest artistic element in the pianos that are sold. Second, by placing tne selling oi pianos on a rational and definite business basis. Third, by conducting every transaction in the utmost spirit of fairness and so as to prove of greatest possible service to the musical com munity, and , " Fourth, hv 'makinff the buviner of the best in struments possible to all by means of a most lib eral and strictly confidential partial-payment plan, giving each buyer tne utmost limn oi time in wmcn to complete the purchase. Trs-iv stated, the Eilers plan saves to the piano buyer everything that systematic, economical, correct, careful and up-to-date business method and management can effect. Thus there is not today a hamlet of even the smallest imaginable, size where there is not to be found one or more of Eilers Music House customers and loyal adherents. Thus the Eilers plan has enabled hundreds of thousands of homes to secure highest-grade pianos for money that heretofore and otherwise has been paid for medium grades. The Eilers plan insures rigid inspection of every instrument by a competent expert before it leaves th fmttorv. and it makes certain the correct and careful handling from source to final destination. And the Eilers plan gives to each buyer a definite, honest, trustworthy, binding guarantee, meaning money cheerfully refunded if purchase, after delivery, is¬ found satisfactory in every respect. Tomorrow morning, then, the fifteenth anni versary niano exhibition at Eilers Music House will commence. The greatest array of fine Instruments, many of them specially built for this occasion, will be presented to irienas ana music lovers. The Anniversary Exhibition A Retrospect and a Cordial Invitation to Old-Time Patrons and New Comers The Great House of Chickering has sent five special art designs. Each a different period piano. Several are displayed in the large Seventh and Alder-street show window. Others in suite 312, third floor. The Chickering is the Nation's oldest estab lished and most highly honored piano. No mah ter what may be claimed elsewhere, the Chicker ing is entitled to the distinction of the Nation's best. The name of nearly every man or woman prominent in educational, musical, social, profes sional, commercial, political, manufacturing, ju dicial or transportation affairs, in the Pacific Northwest will be found now among the list of purchasers of Chickering grands and uprights and Chickering Flexotone player pianos from the House of Eilers. The Great House of Sohmer, and Hazelton and Decker of New York, have each sent numerous specimens of their greatest achievement, beauti ful instruments never shown heretofore. The Nation's Greatest Musical Instrument Mak ers, the Kimballs of Chicago, have contributed a superb collection of baby grands and the new Kimball Acmelodic player pianos and also several pipe organs will be shown. ' The Now Famons Steger Works of Steger, Illi nois, the immense establishment of Smith, Barnes & Strohber, of Chicago and Milwaukee, and the painstaking industry of Haddorff of Rockford, 111., have each contributed for this occasion the choicest achievements ever seen in this or any other country. Exquisitely beautiful and unique designs in large numbers; real chef d'ouvres rep resenting the highest attainments in the piano making art. Our Own Make, the Truly Excellent Eilers Or chestrelle and the Eilers Duotonal pianos. New styles of the Eilers Bungalow player pianos, aud alt-o A New Style of Our Player Piano De Luxe will be on display in almost endless variety. And finally the 1913 Achievements of America'" Most Tri umphant Piano, the Now World-Renowned Auto piano, will be shown hi numerous new styles and designs. In the Talking Machine Department the very latest achievement of the Wizard Edison is to be shown, as also The Victrola in its numerous styles, and the latest successes of The Grafonola, including the new $500 automat ically operated Grafonola Grand. The supreme achievement iu electrically operat ed instruments and artist reproducing pianos will be shown, such as The Welte Mignon, The Chickering Artigraphic, and The Peerless Orchestrions; all will be in opera, tion. A veritable musical instrument exhibition of a scope simply undreamed of even a few years ago. No goods will be sold Monday and Tuesday. These days will be given over to our friends and visitors, to meeting the staunch adherents of the earlier days who bestowed their patronage so gen erously and confidently upon this enterprise, and without whose loyal and hearty support this un dertaking could not have succeeded. Tomorrow and Tuesday then are given over to renewing friendships and acquaintanceships and to meeting as many of the later comers into oor beloved Oregon as may honor us with a visit. The latch string is out ; our Fifteenth Birthday. Today we celebrate. Eilers Music House, Eilers, Building, Alder Street at Seventh. PLAY TO BE FACTOR Plan for School Term Is Out lined by Mr. Rigler. TEACHERS TO SPECIALIZE Slain Feature of Modern Idea Is to Have All Pupils Participate In stead of Few Taking Part IVbile Majority Look On. Siinorlnlpndent Rieler. at the assem bly of school teachers and principals Saturday morning', outlined a plan for organized play and athletics in the schools this term. This plan is said educational thought and method in the United States and also in harmony with the policy of the Board in acquir ing: larger areas for school grounds and the development o these grounds for the play of the children. The School Board in the past three years has spent nearly $700,009 for additional grounds and $60,000 for their develop ment. Superintendent Rigler's suggestions come as a practical plan for the effi cient use of these grounds. Briefly, his plan is: "Introduction of organized plays and games in every school in th . district this term and, for supervision, the selection of two teachers from each school, who Will be excused from all other monitorial duties and trained specially for this purpose; second, the introduction of a system of athletics in which every boy and girl can take vi- th athletic badee contest system, and, third, the appointment of a medical physical expert on the staff of physical educators. wnoHe amy ji fii h. tn pvamlnA everv bov before Itaking part tn the prescribed gym nastic, exercises or auueuc spurts au that no possible harm will be done through overexertion and also to de termine Just what form ot exercise will be of most benefit to the boy physi cally. In course of time a medical ex pert for the girls would also be pro vided." Mr. Rigler said: "The idea involved in the new plan of athletics is to in terest the largest possible number of pupils in some form of outdoor games and sports. Instead of having the majority of the pupila on the side lines watching a few play, opportunities will be given for every pupil to "ake part In certain forms of exercises. This plan is known as the-'athletic badge con test system.' Certain standards are set in certain events, such as running, chin ning the bar, jumping or throwing the ball, etc, the attainment of which by the pupil entitles him to a badge bronze or silver, depending upon his record as a token of physical profi ciency In these exercises. Special exer cises suitable for girls are also in cluded in this scheme." REPORT ON GLA VIS READY Special Agent Forwards Confidential Findings to Washington. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. F. C. Dez endorff, special agent of the General Land Office of the Federal Government, forwarded to Washington today his confidential report of the investigation undertaken by him into the relations of Louis R. Glavis with various lumber companies at the time he was secretary of two California conservation commis sions. With the report went a copy of the testimony taken before Governor Johnson, as a result- of which Glavis resigned. Dezendorffs report will go. to tht Commissioner of the Land Office and to Secretary Fisher, of the Department of the Interior. The Federal Government came into the case because the interests Glavis was supposed to be conserving were Federal property, although a state commission was Glavis' employer. Beach and His Wife Return Xorth. AIKEN, S. C Feb. 8. Frederick O. Beach, the New York millionaire ac quitted here yesterday of the charge of assault on his wife with intent to kill her, left today lor New York. He was accompanied by Mrs. Beach and a party of friends. CHAMBERLAIN AT" DINNER Oregon Senator Present at Califor nia "Exposition -Banquet." WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (Special.) The California State Association of Washington held Its third annual din ner here tonight. Representative Baker was elected as toastmaster, and Sena tor Works, Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon; Representatives Knowland. Kahn, Kent, Hayes, Needham and Stephens, of California, and Smith, of Idaho, and other, members of Congress were among the speakers. The dinner was an "exposition ban quet," the speakers all touching on the coming Panama-Paciflo Exposition. Representative Knowland made the principal speech. He declared that while there had been many great ex positions in this country, the San Fran cisco exposition would be the first great international exhibit and also the first great maritime exposition. Comment ing on the Rodenburg bill, which ap propriates $2,000,000 for a Government exhibit. 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