The Sunday Oregonian., June 29, 1913, SECTION TWO, Page 6, Image 22

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own, and gives some Idea- of the tem
perament of Its youthful builder. One
which stands out prominently among
the others la Imposingly painted black
and Btrlped with white, while Its name,
"Black Devil," Is easily read at a' con
IERPIECE
BOYS WITH COASTERS MADE FROM
ROLLAR SKATES SWARM ON STREETS
Most Modern Vehicles and Their Juvenile Inventors Drive Automobiles Off of Some Streets of City by Sheer
Force of Numbers.
siderable distance. Another Is chris
tened "Black Beaver," while another
tells you that It Is "8pe.ed Buster."
Others have names that equally are
as modern In this period of fast travel.
The Irving-ton district paved streets,
too, are crowded dally with the new
vehicle.
Hospitality of Portland Is
Lauded by Oaks
Hands - I" p - and.Down-Coaat Move
ment Declared Fostered by Spirit
of Rose City.
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Have to o Some." 4, ISeek and . c-W on a Downgrade With the Pavement Clear. 5, Hand-Painted Decoratlona
Add to the AttractlveneM of the Coaater. , Some Boy Have Devised Ingrenloua Brakes. T, One Pair of Roller
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. BT FRED E. REED,
Chairman of the "Royal Oaks." of Oakland,
returning from an extended tour throuzb
. the Pacific Northwest.
IT would be Impossible for the Oak
land guests of this splendid city to
pass througrh Portland on their return
home without leaving- an expression of
their appreciation and gratitude. So
much was done for us, so much worth
while, so much that will remain with
us as long- as we live for the better
ment of our lives, that language seems
strangely poverty-stricken when we
search for words to convey our feelings.
We came almost as strangers to your
city to view your festival. You gave us
a spectacle far more beautiful than we
had expected and then you added to it
a hospitality the like of which we had
never known. You opened your gates
to us and bade us enter, and then you
gave us to share your hearthstones and
a companionship that meant everything.
We did not expect such open-hearted
hospitality. There was no reason for
your giving it no reason we could
think of when we came; but there must
be great Joy In playing the part of hosts
such as you were. And we, of Oakland,
shall try to know the same pleasure
hereafter by treating the stranger In
our midst as Portland treated us dur
ing Festival week.
"Portland Hospitality." It Is now a
word on everybody's tongue from Pasa
dena to Spokane and beyond. It did us
all good, and we shall not hesitate to
place the credit where it belongs. We
have been taught the true art of en
tertainment. You have passed to us a
heritage. And we shall try to pass It
on to the countless thousands who will
hereafter visit "My City Oakland," and
many of them in turn will pass it on to
others for the betterment of our en
tire Pacific coast
"Hands up and down the Pacific
Coast" means far more because of our
having come to visit your Festival and
because of your having set us such a
splendid example.
We made friends, warm friends, dur
ing our short visit and it Is so easy for
friends to speak kindly of one another.
And is not our city stronger because
of these friendships friendships with
such men as C. C. Chapman, H. L. Plt
tock. C. C. Craig, W. J. Hofmann. Dean
Vincent. Fred Hyskell and all the oth
ers? And will not these friendships
mean much for the mutual advantage
of two sister cities such as ours? I be-
Jleve that It will.
"My City Oakland" is under a deep
debt of gratitude to the men and women
of Portland. And she will not soon
forget!
ROELOFSOU CLAN MEETS
MEMBERS GATHER AT SCENIC
FOR AXXCAL REUXIOX.
WHAT an active boy can't do with
s decrepit rollfer-skate and a
piece of board and a box isn't
worth mentioning. He even can dis
turb the peace of mind of a great com
munity and cause turmoil in official
circles. As an Instrument of a mild
form of sabotage, he may go so far as
to make his primitive device the vehi
cle upon which an enlightened ' policy
of playground establishment may ride
Into, public approval.
Twenty-second street, north of
Washington, has a decided slope and a
hard surface. It passes through a dis
trict where dumb-waiters and eleva
tors are more common than grassy
plots. Its environs are inhabited, in
large part, by husky specimens of
Young America of both sexes. It is
traveled and traversed by many auto
mobiles, seeking the dense umbrage of
the Llnnton road or other open spaces.
This is the seenarlo. The dramatis
personae are some scores of red-blooded
youngsters, cooped up by circum
stances in the pent-up Utica of the
cllff-dwelllngs. The plot Is the world
old one of conflicting interests try
ing to possess one thing at a time.
Drop out along Twenty-second street
any afternoon and you will see an ac
tion picture, which, if you are one sort
of a person you will call inspiring.
If of a certain other sort, you will say
that "the police ought to put a stop to
it." From 50 to 100 boys and girls,
each equipped with a cobbled-up con
trivance consisting of one roller-skate
and a board or box, whirl madly down
the incline, some upright, otherB su
pine, all making sounds of delight and
exhilaration. It Is the city boy's best
substitute for the New England snow,
the bob-sled and the pasture lot.
Bigger youths also make use of
Twenty-second street, with their own
5000 substitutes for bob-sleds. The
law says that they may proceed along
the street at the rate of 35 miles an
hour, and they do. Naturally, it is un
pleasant to run the risk of mangling
their humble f ellow-ehauff eurs on the
roller-skate machines. So the police
are brought Into the plot.
The children must be kept off the
street, says Patrolman Griffith, or some
of them will be killed. He cites in
stances where that sad outcome has
been narrowly averted. The youngsters
coast all the way from 'Washington to
Hoyt streets, taking all sorts of
chances. Their parents, he says, seem
to think that the practice would not
be dangerous If other traffic would give
way, as they seem to think It should.
And in this view they have the sup
port of Chief of Police Slover. "The
kids must have some place to play,"
he says. "There are plenty of streets
for other traffic, so that one here and
there can be given up to the young
sters. It is a little late for me to adopt
a policy, but I would even favor set
ting aside certain streets and having
them fenced oft for certain hours of
the day, in order that the little folks
may have their sport. The automobile
is largely a plaything, and the grown
up players should not have all the
fun."
"Sure thing," says John M. Mann, a
member of the Automobile Club. "Let
the youngsters play and let the big
fellows keep out of their way. There
are plenty of streets, and If a few min
utes are lost 60-horsepower soon can
make them up."
"It's fierce on us kids," says one
roller-skater. "There isn't any fun liv
ing In town if you can't get out and
yell a little. Seems like they might let
us have a little sport without a big
'cop' ordering us around all the time."
The vehicle is a cross between a
motorcycle and an automobile, minus
the gassy odor, and carries a strain
of the genus roller skatus. The motive
power is one foot of the driver, unless
going down hilLhen the machine of
many mixtures, will attain a speed of
20 miles an hour on a paved street.
Each vehicle has individuality all its
Many Grandchildren of Founders
Present and Xew Officers
, Are Elected.
The seventh annual reunion of the
Hoelofson Clan was held last Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Jacks,
Scenic, on the Mount Hood Railway,
more than 50 being in attendance.
A repast was spread of "made In
Scenic" products, which was followed
by a programme of songs, recitations,
reports and short talks relative to the
history and growth of the clan. The
clan song, composed by A. F. Johnson,
and a song of welcome, composed by
Miss Alberta Schneider and Mrs. 13. D.
Jacks, were sung. Recitations were
given by Maurice Henshaw and Orval
Johnson. Talks were made by Joel and
John L. Johnson, Ralph R. Dunlway
and H. L. Bt. Clair. Mr. and Mrs. St.
Clair were elected honorary members
of the clan.
Officers elected for the ensuing year
are: President, John L, Johnson, of
Woodburn; vice-president, Mrs. Abigail
Scott-Dunlway, of Portland; secretary.
Alberta Schneider, of Cottrell; histo
rian, Nina B. Johnson, of Portland. It
was voted to hold the next meeting at
Woodburn.
The following grandchildren of Law
rence and Mary Roelofson were present:
John Lawrence Johnson, of Woodburn;
Mrs. Rosa Roelofson Tait, of Seattle;
Joel H. Johnson, of Portland: Mrs.
Sarah Johnson Jack, of Cottrell; Mrs
Minnie Goudy Chenowlth, of Portland.
Other grandchildren of the founders
of the clan are: John T. Goudy, Charles
and Edward Caffee. Mrs. Abigail Scott
Dunlway, Mrs. Mary Scott Cook, Mrs.
Harriett Scott Palmer, of Portland, and
Mrs. Mary Hall Johnson, of Independ
ence, Or., who is the oldest living
grandohlld.
Others present were: Mr. and Mrs.
George F. Gardner, Mrs. Robert Tait
and son, Mrs. J. IT. Johnson, Miss Joella
Johnson, Miss Nina B. Johnson, Mrs.
Eva Mead, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dunlway,
of Portland; Mrs. Nina Amory and
daughter. Jean, of New York City; Ar
thur Jackson and son, of Corbett; Mr.
and Mrs! S. R. Timberlake and family,
of Newberg; Mr. and Mrs. George Hall,
of Wlllamlna; Mr. and Mrs. Slg Knigh
ton and Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair, of
Gresham; Mrs. M. I. Henshaw. of Sea
side; Mrs. Ella Schneider and daugh
ters, Eva and Alberta, and son, Harvey;
Mrs. Sarah Jack and Susie Jack, of
Cottrell; Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Jack and
family, of Scenic.
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Thog. A. Edison.
Edison '8 wonderful invention marks
the attainment of an ideal by a man
whose ideals are many years in ad
vance of the age in which he lives. In
1878 Mr. Edison invented and patent
ed the first disc phonograph. This in
formation may come to many as a sur
prise, but not until now, the year 1913,
has the great master permitted a disc
phonograph to be offered to the pub
lic in his name.
Grimly scornful of others ' bombastic
claims and calmly indifferent to op
portunities of commercial exploitation,
Edison, with characteristic patience
and tenacity of purpose, continued to
seek the solution of these baffling
problems of acoustics, which until
now stood in the way of a perfect rec
ord and a perfect reproduction of
music.
Mr. Edison set for himself the
seemingly impossible task of repro
ducing the exact character and qual
ity of the finest music and the richest
voices. This called for the reproduc
tion of every tone color. It required
thousands of experiments with differ
ent kinds of reproducers.
The reproducer may well be called
the voice of the phonograph. The
comparison, if not exact, is at least
enlightening. We know what the
varnish and wood contribute to a
Stradivarius violin. The contour and
texture of the diaphragm of a phono
graph reproducer mean almost as
much to the tone quality of a phono
graph. At last every -musician of note
agrees that the true record has been
made. The record produced by Mr.
Edison is made of a by-product of
carbolic acid, an unbreakable sub
stance, and as smooth as velvet, giv-
A Special Invitation
is cordially extended visit
ing; delegates of the World's
Christian Citizenship Confer
ence to attend free of charge
and enjoy these "noon hours
of music,"
ing the most wonderful reproduction
of the human voice and musical in
struments ever heard.
The entire machine, or rather mu
sical instrument, represents thirty
five jears of Mr. Edison's life work,
but in those thirty-five years he has
accomplished the feat of producing
a single article for which Ohio capi
talists have offered the enormous sum
of one million dollars.
During the past week several thou
sand people visited Eilers beautiful
recital hall to see and hear this wol
derful invention. Many were turned
away for lack of room. For this rea
son we have decided to continue our-noon-hour
concerts and feature Mr.
Edison's wonderful invention, along
with the brilliant demonstration of
the hand-played Rythmodik musie
rolls by Mr. E. C. Blackwood.
Every one knows the hour, 12 to 1.
Doors open at 11 :30 Monday, at Eilers
Music House, Broadway at Alder. Of
course, there is no admission charged
and more of the handsome souvenir
catalogues will be given to attending
visitors at all concerts.
AT 70 WILL HIKE
DAN O'LEARY, EXPERT WALK
ER, TO STEP 7 0 MILES TODAY.
Brooklyn Garden Awards Made.
The local garden exhibit of the
Brooklyn school was held Thursday,
speciul prises being given by the
Parent-Teachers' Association. Follow
ing are the awards: Garden freest
from weeds, Alice Ritter; best leaf
growth, Rudolph Bayer, Ruby Wanlesa;
best Individual efforts. Kenneth Hoyt.
Kenneth Urfer, Melvin Urfer and Gertie
Cameron; home garden contest, first.
Katherine Forbes, Allen and Stewart
Cox; second prize, Jessie Viar and Ora
Vlar; third Maxwell Puree. Prizes were
in cash ranging from BO cents to II
Mrs. J. B. Kerr contributed f2 and the
Parent-Teachers' Association the re
mainder.
County Jail Is Moved.
The County Jail was moved yester
day from Its temporary home on the
eighth floor of the east wing of the
Courthouse to permanent quarters in
the west wing of the same floor. The
jail, abandoned was erected to serve
temporary needs when It became neces
sary to tear out the old jail In the
basement of the old Courthouse and
it was found that all the prisoners could
not be accommodated at Kelly Butte.
The private elevators leading from the
ground floor to the Jail have been
switched around from the east to the
west wing of the building.
Rain or Shine, Veteran Will Attempt
to Reach Mount Hood In Cele
bration of TOth Birthday.
Dan O'Leary, who for 70 years has
been advocating walking as a health
builder and, who certainly looks as if
it meant something, says he will cele
brate his seventieth birthday today by
walking to Mount Hood, rain or shine
or sleet.
Each year since he has been walking
for exercise, he has made it a point to
walk the number of years which his
birthday registered on the anniversary.
Mount Hood is not quite TO miles on a
bee-line but O'Leary expects to make
It so.
Mr. O'Leary has been walking with a
vengeance for 40 years and in that
time has kept a record of his special
walks. The total would bring him
four times around the globe and a good
walk besides as the grand total
amounts to 104,862 miles.
Some scientist has taken it upon him
self to announce that the average
ground covered by a man in the ordi
nary daily life amounts to nine miles a
day. "O'Leary was formerly a book
agent so he was far above the average.
A conservative estimate would bring
his mileage over 118,662 miles.
O'Leary was one of the country's
most famous pedestrians when he was
younger. He still says: "Why I am
only 70 j'ears young."
His most famous walk was made on
a bet in 1889 when he walked 1000 miles
in 1000 hours, walking one mile In each
of the 1000 hours and Bleeping and eat
ing in the remainder of each period af
ter his sprint.
In his walk today he will be accom
panied by three younger men of Port
land but he wagers that they will drop
by the wayside before the end. They
are Edward Donovan, James R. Smith
and William Woodward. The start was
made from the Postoffice at 4 o'clock
this morning.
Bogrgs, Alleged Forger, Returned.
George W. Boggs, charged with pass
ing forged checks on Setmour H. Bell
and others in Portland, arrived in Port
land yesterday in charge of Deputy
Constable Hunter after a three months'
extradition fight in Canada. He was
arraigned in Circuit Court and given
till Tuesday to plead. Boggs served
time in the penitentiary at vValla Walla
for converting funds of the City of
Tacoma, of which he was Treasurer
for a time.
Glencoe Prlxes Awarded.
Award of preliminary prizes for the
school gardens of Glencoe were not
made until Friday, when they were
settled by the official judges of tho
annual exhibit for all of the schools,
who made a separate list of local
awards for Glencoe. Winners of the
prizes follow: Best individual display,
Raymond Porter; best head lettuce,
Herman Frohmayer; best loose leaf let
tuce, Donald Finzer; best bunch of
onions, Raymond Porter; best ounch
short radishes, Frank Sears; best bunch
long radishes, Ruth Washburn; best
peas, Raymond Porter; best beeta, Ray-,
mond Porter; best turnips, Edwin Am-,
qulat
Ironside "Woman Elected.
IRONSIDE, Of., June 28. (Special.)
Mrs. S. D. Duncan, elected school
director, is the first woman ever to
serve on the school board In this sec
tion. There is a movement afoot to
divide this district, to favor some of
the more isolated pupils. The haying
season will open early in July and
every available man is engaged for
work in the fields. Having had a
fair rainfall the past Spring good
crops are assured. Malheur, now en
joying a mining boom, is making ex
tensive plans for a celebration of the
Fourth of July, which will last three
days beginning July 3. Races, base
ball and a dance will be the chief
amusements.
Logging- Camps Are Closed.
ASTORIA. Or.. June 28. (Special.)
All the logging camps in the lower
Columbia River district are now closed
for the midsummer shut-down. Some
of the larger camps will not start up
until about August 1. but the others
will resume operations as soon as the
orews return from the Fourth of July
celebrations.
GIRLS' HOSE TEAM OF LENTS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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LEFT TO RIGHT MARIE HtALEV, CHARLES BRESHEARS, MART HARBIN, KAY RATBIRV, (CHIEF)
HAZEL EMERY, FLORENCE Ll'TZ, OPAL DAVIS, FRANCES' EWOLDT, VIVIAN DAVIS, RANDY WRISLEY.
Portland is to have novel representation at the big celebration at Astoria on the Fourth of July. In addi
tion to the annual regatta there will be other features and contests and the girls' hose team of the Volunteer
Fire Department of Lents will be among the features. This organization will take part in the Fire Depart
ment tournament, being entered In three events which are classiDed as the speed, wet and dry races. Charlos
Breshears is also a member of the hose company, which Is a well-drilled affair that plans to go after all the
honors attainable at Astoria. . -