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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 15, 1914.
ATTENDING SCHOOL IS BIG ROUND
; ; OF-PLEASURE AT JOHNSON, WASH.
Pupils Co-operate With Teachers in Classrooms, and Instructors Join in Play Curing Recreation Periods, and
Tardiness Is Hardly Known at Institution in Rich Palouse Country.
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small girls have a merry time "cliaslngr
the rabbit' or jumping the rope. Tne
intervals of play pass all -too quickly
for teachers and pupils alike.
Sometimes the passenger train on the
Northern Pacific spur which runs
through the town passes in the midst
of an exciting game, at which the train
crew cheers the contestants and the
engineer sounds his salute as his iron
steed trundles along on its way to the
station. Is it any wonder that school
life in District No. 47 is a constant de
light?
The material is on the ground and
the work is progressing nicely "n a full
set of playground apparatus, consisting
of swings, teeter-boards and merry-go-
rounds. The little tots can hardly
wait until they are completed.
Another point must now be spoken
of before the story is done. The pu
pils of the surrounding country dis
tricts, hearing about the good times
enjoyed by the pupils of the school,
are no longer content to attend school
in their home districts, and so they
come to the grade school or the high
school. Thus the inevitable movement
has already set in which soon or late
will result in this becoming a consol
idated district with provision for the
transportation of distant pupils to the
centrally located school. After other
districts come in the revenues will be
greater and still greater things can be
accomplished. '
Parents are beginning to realize that
It is far better to have their children
attend school near home than to have
them to go away to a city high school
or college. The moral tone is excel
lent 111 such communities as the one
spoken of m this article and the temp
tations are much less. The people of
Whitman County have some sense and
so have the patrons of this school, and
they know a good thing when they, see
it. If the taxpayers can be convinced
that they are getting the worth of their
money, their pursestrings will be
loosened and the needed funds will be
forthcoming immediately. The , public
school is destined in the not far-distani
future to be the social center or the
community and its usefulness is Jusl
beginning to be realized. Washington,
whose name the beautiful "Evergreen
State" bears, said wisely that. "The
common school is the Nation's safe
guard." and how true that immortal
saying is wc of today can begin taint
ly to understand.
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ET I T. BABCOCK.
, OHXSON, Wash.. Feb. 14. (Spe
cial.) The good old days when
"llckln' and larnln' went hand in
hand"' arc past, and not many people
are longing for their return. Modern
school life is based on an entirely dif
ferent idea. The 20th century plan is
to accept childhood for what it is
worth and to deal with it according
to its inherent nature. The attempt
to put an old head on young shoul
ders is likely to spoil both the head
and the snoulders. The right kind cf
a man or a woman has to Orst be the
right kind of a. boy or a girl. Natural
flesh and blood boys and girls like
to play and if this instinct is gratified
they will have more relish for work.
It is the time-honored maxim which
says that "all work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy." We of today are
just betrinnintr to realize the full mean
ing of this maxim.
Johnsoi is a little, insignificant ag
ricultural village in the midst of one
of the richest fanning sections on the
globe the f.--fained Palouse country.
It Is surrounded on all sides by the
rolling prairie which reaches out to
the mountains. The citizens are all
boosters and the knockers are well
nigh extinct. Failure of crops is un
known and as a result the farming
population is in good circumstances
financially. If it were not so this
article would never have been wrlt
trn. The purpose of the writer is to
nhow what can be done by an enter
prising community if the people all
pull together.
In the nrst place, then, let it be said
that the school district which is known
as District 47, maintains a full four
year high school course in addition to the
eic;ht grades in the common branches.
An excellent frame building has been
erected by the people of the district
and this contains five roomy, well
lighted rooms. There are suitable
bookcases in every room and every
grade has its library. The lower
grades are equipped with plenty of ap
paratus for effective work and the
pupils make rapid progress as a re
sult. The high school is furnished with
an elegant library and laboratory, and
cases of up-to-date maps are found In
all the rooms. Everything about the
premises Is kept in perfect order and
not a bit of litter is tolerated in the
school yard. Tall, majestic shade trees
have been planted which lend an at
tractive appearance to the surround
ings. The rooms are kept scruplously
cles.n and tidy and pictures adorn the
wells In every department, appealing
in their silent way to the higher life
which they repreaeat.
Tardiness is almost an unheard-of
event. Children trip lightly to school
in the morning and leave for home re
luctantly after the exercises of the day
are over. Perhaps the reader will un
derstand why by the timo he has fin
ished reading this article.
Cast of Characters Formed.
A cast of characters has been formed
from the high school students for dra
matic interpretation, and there is strong
probability that the debntlng and de
clamatory clubs will be formed later.
The intellectual activities of the school
are well cared for and the students ars
ready and active in all departments of
high school work. Costly works of
reference are found on the shelves of
th bookcases and a copy of the Niw
International Dictionary is In easy
reach of all. On the reading table of
the high school are found leading
magazines. These afford ample oppor
tunity for occupying profitably as well
as' enjoyably the spare moments in
school which might otherwise be de
voted to mischief or disorder. Fur
thermore, there is a place for every
thing and everything Is in its place.
it is fitting now to speak of the ath
letic activities of the pupils, these be
ing under the supervision of an athletic
association which has its regular offi
cers and manager. There is no gymna
sium at present, but there exists a
growing sentiment favorable for the
erection of a suitable one in the near
future: Until such time as the tax
payers see fit' to grant the necessary
funds, the school is getting along the
best it can without it. A fairly good
building for some lines of athletic ac
tivity is leased eacli term; the expenses
being derived from the sale of admis
sions to the games and other enter
tainment programmes. Here a happy
crowd of youngsters spend many a
mi
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BUREAU OF FISHERIES' STEAMER TO
EXAMINE OREGON HALIBUT BANKS
"Oceans' of "Holy Flounder," Etymological Name for Pish, to Be Found, But Trawlers With Heavy Gear
Are Required to Make Big Catch Present Work Done With Hook and line Only.
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Black Lace Frills on White
Frocks Revive Old Style
Butterflies A light Everywliere on
ISew Spring Costumes Sllfc
Dresses Promise to Be Popular.
Buttoned Boots Are Correct.
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Tiny frills of black lace on white
frocks are a revival of an 'ild-fash-loned
style. A new French frock, just
finished for an Easter trousseau, is of
white net and narrow black chantilly.
There are 11 flounces on the skirt, each
I edged with the chantilly. and an over-
I hanging bodice try is trimmed
with a five-inch ba .' f.:c black lace.
Black buttoned boo.j end an airy black
hat fittingly accompany this lovely
frock.
.Butterflies are alighting everyv.-'-.cre
on the new Spring costumes. Sometrr.
they poise on hats; again they IV. . to
the back of. the bodice, or hover
against the skirt, at the knee. They
re fashioned of gauze, of lace, o" chi
fon, of beaded net, even of mourning
crepe, and they give the final note ot
race to the suggestion of arrested
movement which the fluttery new
rocks convey.
Silk dresses promise to be as popular
as ever. There is a new taffeta called
pussy willow taffeta, which is a lus
rous and soft and altogether capti
vating as the real pussy willow after
which it is named. A gown of tr.is taf
eta in the real pussy willow color ;
brownish green was displayed in i
Fifth-avenue window last week. Bands
of much darker brown taffeta edged
tunic, skirt and bodice fronts, a collar
joined to the wide revers turning over
loosely at the neck. Inside this pose
collar stood up a wired frill of shadow
lace and the chemisette of shadow lace
had buttons made of imitation black
pearls surrounded by white pearls.
The wise woman provides her boots
for the season early, before sizes are
broken with the consequent annoyance
about fittings. Buttoned boots will be
the correct choice for street and
dancing boots, which should differ con
siderably in style, the former sort
navlng moderate heels while the
dancing boots are as frivolously pretty
as boots can be fashioned.
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Do You Know That-
Beethoven was deaf, yet startled the
world with his music?
Mrs. Charles Dickens had the tern
per of a vixen and once attacked her
husband with a comb and brush?
Frank H. Hitchcock, ex-Posmaster
General, wiped out a postal deficit of
J17.5QO.00O in two years?
That George Cohan writes the plots,
dialogue, verses and music of his mu
sical comedies, then stages them and
acts and dances them besides?
The Pennsylvania Railroad has more
than tS35.000.000 of assets?
The Duke of Teck, brother of Queen
Mary of Lngland, is barred from the
throne of Wurteniburg, to which he is
next heir, because his mother was the
left-handed bride' of Prince Alexander
of Wurtemburg. his grandfather?
Ex-Senator Jyelson W. Aldrich, of
Rhode Island, once called the general
manager of the United btates, was a
private in the Civil War?
That Milton was 7 years old when
Shakespeare died?
Spring Styles at a Glance.
leisure hour which might easily be de
voted to worse purposes. They are al
ways under the careful supervision of
one or the other of the high school
teachers who enter into the spirit of
the games with an interest scarcely
less than the players.
Games Are Exciting.
Basketball teams have already been
organized one consisting of the boys,
and another wholly of girls. As long
as the weather is good in the Fall, the
teams practice in the school yard.
Many an exciting match game is played
at recesses and noons which sends the
blood bounding through the system
carrying Its quickening influence to
the remotest tissue of the body. Thus
the instinct of play is satisfied and
the variety and alternation of the daily
exercises adds spice to school life.
The small boys have a part of the
spacious schoolyard set apart for their
use and they engage in frequent hi
larious games of "shinny" and "Rugby"
football. Their aeal to succeed and
their evident desire to overthrow their
adversaries is only excelled by the big
fellows, who sometimes seem to think
the school Is run for their benefit, and
pleasure alone. The teachers often
come out and turn the rope and the
Bouffant draperies at the hips with
narrowness at the ankles is a pre
dominant feature of Spring styles.
Suit coats flare and reach to the
waist line or slightly below. Separate
coats are half and three - quarter
lengths and flare at the bottom. Cape
and cape effects will be fashionable.
Skirts with ripple flounces, short
draped -tunics and narrow pleated
skirts with tie-backs are prominent.
with a few bustle effects.
Waists are very transparent, much
Moused and easy fitting. There are
many simulated boleros. The outside
forms include peplums, coat tails and
girdles.
Sleeves of coats, bodices and ' waists
have the set-on. raglan and modified
kimono forms with wide armholes.
The Japanese, medicl, upstanding neck
irms ana various styles of flat ar
rangements will be worn. Collars stand
away from the back of the neck and
are either high or. low in back, but low
in front.
Suits are fancy, with a bolero, loose
in front, and attached to the waist line
In back. Novelty sashes , and wide
draped girdles are prominent.
The prevailing colors are yellows,
blues, flesh tints, reds, greens and pur
ples, with increased use of black.
Coats, evening gowns and waists are
in vivid colors. Dresses, negligees and
petticoats are in softer tones.
Among materials are worsteds, crepe
effects, gabardines and crepe poplins.
Among silks are chiffon taffetas,
moires, crepes, tussahs and fancy cot
tons in an enormous variety.
Negligees are in Turkish trouser
forms, classic draped models and bustle
arrangements.
Hats are small and include eccentric
turbans, high at side or back, short
front shapes with high flaring sides.
odd trlcornes and oblong sailors. Prom
inent trimmings are ribbons, very small
flowers and clipped ostrich pompons.
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EWPORT. Or.. Feb.
Holy flounder. '
This is not an ejaculation,
equivalent to "holy smoke" or "holy
Moses," but is the etymological mean
ing of halibut, or holibut, the older
form of the name of the fish sold in
all markets and known to every lover
of sea foods. It is supposed to have
been so named from an early custom
of eating it especially on holy days.
So far as halibut is concerned, all days
are now "holy" days, for it is eaten
every day in the year and its flesh is
so prized that the fish have become
scarce on the more accessible fishing
grounds.
Oregon, the state of surprises and
unfathomed resources, is about to "put
one over" on the encyclopedia. That
ponderous compilation of knowledge
does not include this state in halibut
territory, but when a contemplated
Government survey is made it will be
matter of official record, that the
holy flounder makes Its deep-sea home
on off-shore banks at Newport and
Tillamook, Or.
E. Lester Jones, acting commissioner
of fisheries. Bureau of Fisheries, De
partment of Commerce, makes this of'
flcial announcement in a letter received
by the manager of the Manufacturers'
Association the past week:
Steamer to Investigate.
'The bureau is aware that there are
halibut banks off Newport and Tilla
mook, Or., . . . The steamer Alba
tross will be dispatched for an ex
ploration and investigation of these
banks about April 1, and will prob
ably continue operations until Fall.
The results of these investigations will
be embodied in a report, a copy of
which will be sent to you when issued."
Fishermen knew as early as 1885
that halibut was native in the Pacific
at Newport, but no halibut fishing was
done until the late Summer of 1912
when deep-sea fishermen, out for other
catch, brought in some of this impor
tant food fish. Real halibut fishing, as It
Is carried on at the Banks of New
foundland and in the waters of Alaska,
has not been developed in Oregon.
There are no boats on the Taquina Bay
that can operate regular halibut gear.
Such halibut fishing as has been done
has been from small boats with hand
lines.
Oregon's climate holds an advantage
for halibut fishing not had by any other
known halibut banks in the world.
Halibut is a northern, marine fish, and
all developed halibut fishing is in th
waters off Iceland, Greenland. New
foundland and Alaska, where fishermen
are subject to the rigors of an almost
Arctic climate and the storms of those
tempestous seas. Widows and orphans
in little homes at Glouchester and Rock
port, Mass., and other towns of the New
England Coast know the tragedies of
the life and the death of deep-sea fish
ermen who go to the Newfoundland
banks.
Season Always Open.
There iff no "closed season" for hali
but, except as closed by weather. The
fish is good every month of the year,
and it is said that at Newport a prop
erly equipped halibut schooner could
make a catch practically every day and
have the fish in Portland and Wlllam
ette Valley markets when 24 hours out
of water.
With climate favoring the fishing
operations and with the proximity of
the Oregon banks to markets, it is pre
dicted by men who understand the fish
ing industry that -the development o
these banks offers a new industry for
Oregon and the placing on Coast and
Eastern markets of a grade of halibut
.that is not surpassed. It is pointed
out that the freshness with which It
can be delivered, added to its natural
fine quality, will give Oregon halibut
the fame of Oregon apples.
Deep-sea fishermen at Newport esti
mate the banks at that point to be from
nine to 12 miles wide and 30 miles long,
and the supply of halibut practically in-
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exhaustible. The bottom is said to be
smooth, a condition extremely favor
able to certain methods of trawling by
which It is possible to take from 10 to
25 tons of fish in a single drag.
Small boats at Newport, the Ollie S.,
Pilgrim. Fremont, Sea Dog and others
on the Yaquina Bay. have made catches
of from 1000 to 4000 pounds with hand
lines, going out in the morning and re
turning at evening. Trawling has
never been attempted at Newport be
cause the small boats cannot carry a
complete equipment of gear.
is used by halibut schooners.
"Real" halibut fishing in Oregon
awaits development. Herring is used
for bait, and the sea at Newport is full
of it. "Oceans" of halibut are there.
If a Simon Peter will declare, like
the apostle of old, "I go a fishing," and
will launch a halibut schooner off the
shores of Newport there is every rea
son to believe he will not be able to
draw his net "for the multitude of
fishes."
NATAL DAY OF GEORGE
WASHINGTON INSPIRING
Opportunity for Any Number of Patriotic Diversions Offered Colonial
Style Dinners Are Not the Least Pleasing Features Possible.
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F COURSE, everybody is delighted
to have a holiday on February 23.
It affords opportunity for an aft
ernoon at the theater, or a special danc
ing party, or allows one to run out of
town to see if the pussy willows are
showing signs of Spring. How many
self-termed good Americans, however,
really give a thought to the great
American whose natal day the holiday
celebrates? The singing of National
airs and listening to patriotic har
angues has become a bore to this gen
eration, but at least a savor of Colonial
times may be given to the day in spe
cial dishes and decorations and there
is the vast array of clever and appro
priate dinner and dance favors to
choose from.
Place cards for Washington's Birth
day should certainly show cherries in
their decoration. small hatchets are
equally appropriate and cocked hats
are also in favor. A new idea is the
Colonial dame as a place favor, and
she may take the form of a water-color
drawing on a card or a tiny doll dressed
in looped-up gown, sleeve-frills, ruf
fled cap and other Colonial furbelows.
The upper part of a doll, mounted on
a full silken skirt 'wtih looped pan
niers of the material, makes a decora
tive shade for a table lamp If elec
tricity Is used. Four of these dolls,
placed over four electric bulbs, will
light the table satisfactorily.
At a Washington's Birthday party
for children the small guests may 'be
asked to come in Colonial costume and
the effect will be very quaint, the lit
tle boys wearing knee breeches, buckled
slippers and long-tailed coats over fril
ly shirts, and the little girls looped
up gowns, with square-cut necks and
el how sleeves trimmed with wide ruf
fles. The hair of both boys and girls
should be well powdered and the girls
may wear patches of black courtplas-
ter.
The supper table should be decorated
with flags and striped candy, the Jack
Horner pie In the center taking the
form of a huge cocked hat or a "cherry
tree" made ot any tall table plant dec
orated with artificial cherries, which
may be tied on with sewing silk. The
"cherry tree," in its earthenware recep
tacle, should stand amid a heaped-tip
mass of small favors, wrapped in green
paper to imitate rnoss, and from each
favor may run a red and white striped
ribbon to the place of a guest.
At the home dinner on Washington's
natal day Colonial dishes might be
served if no other attention is paid to
the occasion. Roast young pig with ap
ple sauce, succotash, fricassee of
chicken with dumplings are succulent
dainties that gra-ed the groaning
board of many an old Colonial mansion
in General Washington's time. And the
feast should most assuredly end up
with a Martha Washington pie. which,
as the descendant of Colonial stock
well knows, is really a two-layer cake,
deliclously tender and put together
with rich, creamy oustr.rd.
RECEIVER FOR OWLS ASKED
I. O. Hoover, of Chicago, Says Order
Owes Him $ 10,000 Fees.
SOUTH BEND. Ind., Feb. 10. James
O. Hoover, of Chicago, has asked the
Circuit Court of South Bend. Ind., to
appoint a receiver for the Order of
Owls, a fraternal organization with a
membership of 267,000. the headquar
ters, of which are in South Bend.
The suit is also directed against John
W. Talbot, supreme president of the
order. Hoover avers the order owes
him $10,000 for attorney's fees.
DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD
Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call It, "Hamburger Brust Thee," at
any pharmacy. Take a tablespoonf ul
of the tea, put a cup of boiling water
upon it, pour through a sieve and
drink a teacup full at any time. It is
the most effective way to break a cold
and cure grip, as it opens the pores,
relieving congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus breaking a cold at once.
It is Inexpensive and entirely vege
table, therefore harmless. Adv.