THE STJM)AT- OREGOMAX, POKTIiAJTD, OCTOBER 25, 1914.
WOULD-BE SOCIAL
DOfl'T LAUGH, SAYS
THOMAS M'GUSKER
A Quartette of New Piano-Bargains
AND A LIST OF NEARLY NEW AND USED
S ELF-P RO CLATMTj D 'TBI END OF MAN IN OVERALLS."
LlOfl IS LAFFERTY
PIANO AND PLAYER PIANO SPECIALS
IS
Most Snobbish Club in Wash
ington Is His Home, in Hope
of Entering Society.
OVERALLS WEARER BARRED
"Speech" Declaring "Entire Ener
gies Are for Man With Overalls"
IVever Spoken, but Is Sent
Broadcast AVlth Franks.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 24. "I stand for the man
who wears the overalls. All the news
papers turning against me and all the
'highbrows' turning against me have
had one decided effect. They have
burned the bridges between me and
them, and henceforth and forever my
entire energies are devoted -without
qualification, evasion or exception to
the cause of the man' with the over
alls." This is an extract from o.ne of Rep
resentative A. W. Lafferty's canned
speeches, never delivered, but inserted
in the Congressional Record under
"leave to print." It is one of 50
speeches which the Portland Congress
man has printed In the Record, In order
that he may send them through the
mails, postage free, under his Con
gressional frank. He has . sent thou
sands of copies of this speech and of
all other speeches through the mails at
the expense of Uncle Sam in promotion
of his candidacy for re-election. Ac
cording to the postoffice of the House
of Representatives, Representative Laf
ferty has mailed more speeches, under
frank, than any other member of Con
gress, and the postage, had any been
charged against him, would have cost
him all or more than his Congressional
salary.
Man In Overalls Shunned.
"I have neither the support nor the
indorsement of any party. For three
years anyone feeling that he needed
it little leg exercise, especially If he
lived in my district, has taken a kick
at me. I am for the man in overalls,"
runs the speech.
But about this "friend of the man In
overalls." Does he mingle with the
"man in overalls" when he is in Wash
ington during sessions of Congress? He
does not. On the contrary, he has kept
as far from the man in overalls as
ery man in Congress, and he has lived
as far above the man in overhalls as
money could place him.
When Representative Lafferty first
canoe to Congress, he went to the Wil
lard Hotel, not only the highest-priced
hotel in the National Capital, but one
where prices are notoriously higher
than at most of the leading hotels of
New York. The man in overalls never
stays at the Willard Hotel, and is never
seen there outside of the boiler-room In
the sub-basement. Few members of
the House and few Senators are able
to live at the Willard Hotel, and aside
from Mr. Lafferty, those who have
lived there have been men of wealth,
most of them millionaires.
Millionaires' Hotel His Home..
Naturally, men ot that class, being
able to afford the luxuries.of life, and
caring for the society that naturally
centers around the leading hotel of a
big city, but not caring to maintain
homes of their own, sought out the
same hotel that was patronized by Rep
resentative Lafferty for three, years.
It Is in this hotel that brilliant social
functions, dinners, dances, teas and re
ceptions are held. Down the famous
peacock alley" one walks, of an even
ing, between rows of social leaders,
mingled with wealthy men and women
temporarily stopping at the hotel. In
the dining-rooms of this hotel million
aire Senators give their big dinners,
and society leaders, having no homes
of their own at the National capital,
give their big parties. This hotel, se
lected by Mr. Lafferty as his abode
during three sessions of Congress, is
the last place in Washington to hunt
for the "man in overalls," and should
the "man in overalls" attempt to pa
rade through "Peacock alley," or ven
ture Into any of the sumptuous dining
rooms during the dinner hour, he would
be promptly escorted to the door.
Employes' Entrance for Overalls.
Should a man in overalls have called
at this hotel to see Mr. Lafferty. and
should Mr. Lafferty have been dining
amidst the splendor that that hotel
affords, would the caller bo taken to
the dining-room? He would not. Would
he be taken to one of the hotel parlors
for conference with the "friend of the
man in overalls?" He would not. He
would be shown around to the entrance
used by employes. But there, under
those surroundings, where he passed
among handsomely-gowned women and
millionaires of various walks of life,
where he had orchestral music with all
meals, and everything to contribute to
case and comfort, Mr. Lafferty chose
to live during his first three sessions
in Congress.
And did he live as does the "man In
overalls?" He did not. He lived on the
fat of the land, and he paid a price for
it that would have bankrupted any
"man in overalls." Think of the "man
in overalls" paying 60 cents for an
order of celery, 50 cents for an order
of consomme. $1 for an order of boiled
salmon, or 60 cents for baked beans
and pork. Yet those are the prices Mr.
Lafferty paid. Or, would the man in
overalls long pay 60 cents for a slice
of roast beef, $1.50 for roast turkey, $1
for Spring lamb, $2 for broiled chicken,
0 cents for potatoes. 75 cents for suc
cotash. 40 cents for green corn. 50 cents
for beets, 75 cents for string beans, or
TO cents for plain tomato salad? Those
are the prices Mr. Lafferty. the friend
of the man In overalls, paid while he
stopped at the Willard Hofel.
He Pays Two Bits for Pie.
He paid 25 cents for a slice of pie,
SO and 40 cents for hisice cream (and
Mr. Lafferty is passionately fond of
ice cream); he paid 65 cents for sliced
peaches, 50 cents for an order of grapes,
50 cents for a cantaloupe and 20 cents
for his coffee.
But even the Willard Hotel was not
good enough for Representative Laf
ferty. When the present Congress con
vened, he deserted his elegant quarters
Bt that hostelry and Med him to the
exclusive Army and Navy Club, and
there he has made his abode during
the recent session, or through so much
of It as he was in Washington. And
there, amidst the pomp and grandeur
that no other club in Washington
knows, Mr. Lafferty hied himself even
further than before from the "man in
overalls." At the Army and Navy Club
no- man in overalls could get to Mr.
Lafferty. The "buttons" at the door
would never admit a man in overalls,
even though he sought conference with
Representative Lafferty, associate mem
ber of the Army and Navy Club. The
Army and Navy Club is the last place
in the city where the man in overalls
can penetrate.
Club Is Most Snobbish.
And why not? It Is Washington's
most exclusive club; it Is the most
snobbish club in the city, and the most
clannish. Mr. Lafferty became a mem-
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REPRESENTATIVE A. W. I. A
ber under a rule which confers asso
ciate membership upon members of
Congress while they are members. But
when Mr. Lafferty is retired from Con
gress he will simultaneously retire
from the Army and Navy Club. He was
admitted because of his official posi
tion, and when he loses his official po
sition he will lose his membership in
the Army and Navy Club.
The Willard Hotel, with all its so
cial activity, with all its elaborate
equipment, palled in time on the Con
gressman from Portland: his tastes had
advanced, and he needed something
even more exclusive. He longed, to
mingle with the active members of the
Army and Navy Club; he longed to be
near the gold braid and brass buttons:
the dress uniforms that form the most
conspicuous feature of every White
House function. He longed for further
entree into social circles at Washing
ton that could not be gained through
residence at a hotel; he wanted to mix
with the Army and Navy set the most
difficult social set to penetrate.
Club Farther From Overalls.
Membership in the Army and Navy
Club gave Mr. Lafferty the lever he
desired to gain further social prestige,
so to the Army and Navy Club he
moved. And with Army and Navy offi
cers, bedecked in gold lace and gaudy
uniforms, he has mingled, unmindful
at the time, of the "man in overalls,"
but bent upon promoting his standing
at social teas. Army and Navy recep
tions and other functions to which he
might secure invitations as a member
of the Army and Navy Club, but not
as a member of Congress. '
It was in this club, and through his
membership in the club, that Mr. Laf
ferty, "the friend of the man in over
alls." was able to start upwards on the
Bocial ladder, and it was not until he
put behind him the most expensive
hotel, and moved to the even more ex
pensive club, that he was able to start
to climb. Each step up the ladder was
one step further from the "man in
overalls." ..
But now that the "man in overalls"
is about to exercise his right to vote,
the Army and Navy Club has been for
saken; Mr. Lafferty's dress suit, his
white kid gloves, his high silk hat
and dress overcoat, have all been laid
aide.
Real Lafferty Unknown Here.
Portland never knew the real Mr.
Lafferty. He has led a double life; in
Portland "the friend of the man in
overalls;" in Washington a would-be
social lion. The National capital never
saw Mr. Lafferty in overalls; Portland
never saw him in his swellest evening
clothes. Solomon, in all his glory,
never saw such as Mr. Lafferty when
parading in his evening clothes, with
gold-braided and goid-epauiettea Army
and Navy officers at the Army and
Navy Club.
WATER PROJECT BLOCKED
Injunction Sought to Prevent En
larging Canal at Hood River.
HOOD RIVER. Or, Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Work on the proposed widening
of the main canal or the irrigation
system of the East Fork Irrigation
district in this county, which the suc
cessful contractors. Andrus & Bode,
had planned to begin at once, may be
indefinitely delayed. Notice was
served this morning on George R.
Wilbur, attorney for and secretary of
the irrigation district, by the Oregon
Lumber Company, to appear Thursday
before Circuit Judge W. L. Bradshaw
at The Dalles and show cause why a
temporary injunction should not be
granted to restrain the construction
work.
The lumber company, which has
pending a suit against the irrigation
district relative to water rights on the
east fork of Hood River, maintains
that its mill plant at Dee, which is
electrically driven, the power being
generated by the waters of the east
and middle forks of the Hood River,
will be seriously handicapped in case
further water is withdrawn from the
river. '
OFFICIAL WOULD CUT PAY
lVuit Inspector Living- at Cottage
Grove Thinks He Gets Too Much.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) County Fruit Inspector Stewart,
of this city, is trying to arrange things
so that the county won't have to pay
him so much money. He has told the
County Court that much of the expense
necessary when he is compelled to
travel from here to other parts of the
county could be saved by having depu
ties at these points to look after minor
matters, such deputies to be paid only
when their services are required.
Mr. Stewart receives pay only for the
actual time he is employed and his ex
penses. Inspector Stewart only fills the office
of fruit Inspector because of his deep
Interest in the horticultural progress
of the county. He la a recognized fruit
expert.
Copyright by Harris & Ewlng.
FFK.K'I V, LOOKI.VG THE PART.
IS
CLX'B TO DEDICATE SONG TO MEM
ORY OF LATE RAILROAD MAN,
Special Performance of "Mother" Will
Be Occasion of Impressive Ceremony-
Bands to Aid.
A song written by William H. Brews
ter and composed by De Caprio, will
be dedicated to the memory of the late
E. H. Harriman Wednesday night at
the old Heilig Theater, Eleventh and
Morrison . streets, . when the Portland
Harriman Club will have full sway at
the performance of "Mother," the Jules
Eckert Goodman immortal play which
will be produced at the Eleventh street
playhouse all this week.
The Harriman Club entertainment
committee, headed by P. IL Cremere,
has made elaborate plans for an even
ing of entertainment to be sand
wiched in before, after and between the
performance of "Mother," in which
Florence Roberts, George Baker's star
character woman, will carry the title
role. The play will be significant also
for the fact that it was written by a
Portland playwright, Jules Eckert
Goodman.
The Harriman Club Band, assisted by
members of the Shriners' and Rosarian
Band, will play before and after the
play and between the second and third
acts solos will be sung by O. B. Hughes,
tenor. Between the third and fourth
acts there will be solos by Mrs. Fred
L. Olsen.
The dedication of the sbner to E. H
Harriman will be an impressive cere
mony, and 60 per cent of the seats
have been aken by those identified
with the railroad system which the late
railway magnate built up. J. D. Far-
reii. president of the O.-W. R. & N.
Company; J. P. O'Brien, vice-president
and general manager; W. W. Cotton,
general counsel; Spencer, general at
torney: William McMurray, general
passenger agent; President McMath, of
the Harriman Club, and other influen
tial business men of the city have re
served boxes.
This entertainment is'only a prelim
inary to a long line of entertainments
to be given by the Harriman Club.
LUMBER PLANTS CLOSING
Tie-Loading at RJdgefield Over, hut
Shingle Mill Operates.
RIDGE FIELD, Wash.. Oct 24. (Spe
cial.) The tie-loading plant hers
ownea Dy tne uwii River Boom &
Logging Company, completed its final
run yesterday, when a small shipment
was made, and the plant will be in
closed definitely.
The H. J. Potter sawmill, here, re
sumed operations for only a half day,
yesterday, when a huge log which was
left on the run from the last dav's
cutting was completed and sawed into
lumber. The mill will remain Idle until
aooui tne nrst oi tne year and prob
ably longer, unless the lumber market
Improves. This mill always has em
ployed a good-sized crew. The planer
is still running. The Bratlle-McClell-and
shlngle-mill here is running full
blast, but the men are working on re
duced wages on account of the dull
market.
BROTHER AND SISTER MEET
John II. Clark and Mrs. II. I. Jenks
See Each Other After 4 1 Tears.
LINDEN, Idaho, Oct. 24. (Special.)
John H. Clark, of Kmmett. Idaho, and
his sister, Mrs. H. Isabel Jenks, of
Kendrick, Idaho, met the first time In
more thanv41 years at the home of Mrs.
Jenks' daughter, Mrs. L B. Cole, at
Midvale, Idaho.
The brother and sister crossed the
plains with their father, Cornelius
Clark, in 1S66, traveling in Captain
Bean's train, and with the families of
Harris. France, McLure. Scott. Town
send, Bean. Couch and James.
There are a number of the younger
members of that company still living
and Mr. Clark and Mrs. Jenks would be
glad to receive a letter from the friends
of pioneer days.
David Kile, Trout Lake, Is Suicide.
PROSSER. Wash.. Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) Coroner Merle Chapman ' re
turned today from Trout Lake, in West
ern Klickitat, where he went to in
vestigate the supposed murder of David
Kile. The Coroner found that the man
committed suicide by shooting himself
,n the head with a .22-caliber rifle and
did not deem it necessary to hold an
inquest. Kile was about 42 years old,
a horse trader by occupation, and for
merly lived at Hood River. He leaves
a wife and seven children. Despond
ency over financial affairs is thought
to have been the cause of the act.
Chamberlain's Methods Ridi
culed and Arguments Bared,
as Foolishly False.
'SUGAR CHEAPER,' ONE PLEA
Writer Exposes War Tax as Subter
fuge of Democrats, Shows Aspir
ant Voting Frequently Against
Interests of Hl9 Own. State.
BT THOMAS M'GUSKER.
It is a cold-blooded fact that for
considerable more than a year times
have been "hard," and you can count
on the fingers of one hand all who
have prospered in Oregon under the
present Administration. Say what
you may, dollars and cents are the
language of political patriotism, and
any one who preaches to the contrary
brands himself a hypocrite or fool.
There are two political parties in
Oregon, the dominant party being Re
publican, but by reason of petty sel
fish bickerings we have heretofore
divided our forces, and the Democratic
party, with little more than half our
strength, governs our state, which
may also apply to the Nation.
For the first time lr a number of
years, however.y the Republicans are
united and will win,
. I frankly admit that I never wit
nessed such a dirty, mudslinging, con
temptible campaign as they are con
ducting now, and every self-respecting
Republican man and woman
should repudiate It at the polls by not
only voting for the entire Repub
lican ticket, but from now until No
vember 3 by working, as they never
worked before, for an overwhelming
Republican majority.
There is no kindlier, cleaner man in
Oregon than Dr. Withycombe. yet
they do not hesitate to endeavor to be
little and besmirch him.
Attack on Mr. Booth Shameful.
There Is no man in Oregon whose
private" life is more clean, whose busi
ness Integrity and honor more highly
regarded than R. A. Booth, yet they
circulate the most contemptible false
hoods about him in a vain endeavor to
poiBon the minds of those of our citi
zens who have more recently located
in our state and who don't know the
source of the venom.
They charge C. N. McArthur with
being a hydra-headed monster, who, if
elected, will swallow the entire Ore
gon system, because at one time he
was opposed to the adoption of some
of its principles. But it is nowhere
on record that his Democratic op
ponent ever favored the system, even
when attempting to obtain office under
it, surely not from" his speeches, as all
we glean from them is that President
Wilson is a great man, and should
have him back there because he is in
harmony with him, but at the same
tlmq believes a Governor in harmony
with the Legislature is a dangerous
animal.
George Chamberlain in his speech at
Baker said in substance that free wool
gave the woolgrower higher prices for
his wool, and that the. necessities of
life, and notaljly sugar and clothing,
were cheaper.
Just imagine. If you can. nigner wool
and cheaoer clothing! According to
this theory if we want to cheapen the
cost of the manufactured article, all
we have to do is to increase the cost
of the raw product. I wonder how
many believe that!
War Taken as Eitme.
He tells you that the reason for the
war tax is the war in Europe, which
shuts off the imports, thereby causing
a deficit, but he does not tell you that
without the war, no matter how large
the Imports, these same goods on the
Free List would produce no revenue
and the deficit would be there Just the
same. As a matter of fact, on July 1,
before the war, there was a deficit of
$0,000,000, which at the same ratio
for the year would make a deficit of
$60,000,000, and Congress was discuss
ing a "Deficiency Tax" to take care of
It, when the war came along and gave
us the "War Tax."
He says sugar is cheaper, when the
consumer not tne politician mows
that it is higher than it has been for
some time.
He resorted to a pettifogging trick
when discussing Chinese eggs. He
asked an audience in Baker to stand
up, or rather that portion of it thai
raised eggs for the market. The Dem
ocrats press said the audience saw the
point and laughed mirthfully.
He then proceeded to snow tne citi
zens of Baker that cheap Chinese eggs
benefited the many consumers as
against the few producers.
I am going to try tne same on a
Portland audience.
All who raise sugar, wool, wheat or
lumber stand up. What, none? Still I
don't hear any mirthful laughter. No.
It is .too serious a subject for laughter.
The price of wool by reason of the
war is temporarily high, but clothing
is no cheaper, and will not be, for the
reason that Mr. Chamberlain with a
Democratic Congress compels our
woolgrowers to compete with free wool
from abroad. But there was no reduc
tion in the. manufactured goods that
are imported,- hence there is no neces
sity for the clothing trust in the East
ern states reducing of the price of
clothing.
Beet Sugar Imperiled.
There is a small diminishing tariff
on sugar, and when in full force will
destroy our beet sugar industry, com
pelling us to depend on imported sugar,
and In case of war, as at present, with
our Industry destroyed, we would be
obliged to pay "war prices." Then
the consumer suffers. No wonder we
don't hear any laughter.
The same is true of our wheat and
barley gcowers. and after they have
carefully digested the facts, you won't
hear much laughter from the farmer.
Lumber, the greatest Industry of our
state, is struggling for Its very life,
and without which the wheels of prog
ress for Oregon turn backward. Few
of our citizens are sufficiently famil
iar with the transportation business
of this country to appreciate the seri
ousness of this situation.
The westbound freight revenue into
this territory is conservatively $25,000,-
000 a year, but notwithstanding this,
the carload business eastbound is three
times that of the westbound, as there
are one loaded and two empty cars west
bound for every three loads eastbound,
and the rates are so adjusted that the
three loads eastbound and the one load
westbound must pay for hauling the
two empty cars West.
The bulk of the eastbound business
is lumber. Destroy this business and
tho westbound rates must be raised,
the consumer paying the raise, or the
railroads will be forced out of business.
1 wonder if anyone sees cause for
laughter here?
A few days ago & Democratic Sen
ate, mostly Southern, of which Cham
berlain is one. attempted to force
through a bill providing for the Gov
ernment Issuing $250,000,000 of bonds
to relieve the cottongrowers of the
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full description. We pay freight to any point In Oregon, Washington or Idaho. 'Buy now and have it shipped when ready.
Every piano or player piano purchased carries with it the Graves Music Co. guarantee of satisfaction, as also the
usual guarantee of each manufacturer of these new tauslcal instruments; besides, we take it in exchange within one
year, allowing the full amount paid, if desired.
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South, and in the same paper announc
ing this was an interview with Presi
dent Wilson showing the great In
crease in the use of cotton goods. Won
der how the bond issue was to be di
vided r
Being a Southern Democrat. Cham
berlain of - necessity is In sympathy
with what would benefit the South.
But you did not hear of him asking
for relief for the lumber Interests of
Oregon.
He voted against free lute bags, no
doubt because Jute is not grown in
Oregon, but he did vote for free raw
jute material.
If our farmers are to compete with
free foreign wheat, why should they
not have had free lute bags?
Iron ore Is another American indus
try that is unable to see any r-irth in
tho Democratic tariff, and there are
many more.
We hear of the accomplishments of
the present Administration, and par
ticularly to the Clayton trust bill and
the currency bill.
A few days ago a Democratic mem
ber of Congress denounced the Clayton
bin as a farce, and in effect was an
apolosy to the trusts.
We were told that with the currency
bill would come so much money that
we would be unable to carry it. Go to
the banker and ask him if money is
easy and just try to borrow some.
All you who find money plenty,
stand, up! Why doesn't somebody
laugh?
Chamberlain takes credit for the
Alaska railroad bill, notwithstanding
that it was introduced by Jones, ot
Washington, in 1911, and approved by
President Taft. But a close scrutiny
of this measure will show that the
greatest benefit from It will accrue to
Washington. No wonder they let
George do it.
Open Columbia Asked A bo u t.
Have you found Chamberlain trying
to obtain an open Columbia River into
British Columbia, which would be
second in importance to the Panama
Canal and would draw the entire
Northwest into Portland?
What -was his attitude on the Bourne
Federal aid to good roads bill, a meas
ure that would be of inestimable value
to Oregon, and which is favored by
Booth and McArthur?
Did he offer any assistance to Sen
ator Bourne? Not that you could notice.
I have heard it said that Chamber
lain obtained a promise from Secretary
Lane to appoint Governor West as
chief railroad commissioner in the
event that Chamberlain was re-elected.
This . carries with it a salary of
S10, 000 and the spending of about
$40,000,000. I don't say this is true,
but, in the phraseology of the Dem
ocratic press, we would like to know.
If it is true, it may account for the
fierce attack made on Booth.
' And, again, if it Is true, is it not a
violation of the corrupt practices act.
which is an important part of the Ore
gon system which is so sacred to our
Democratic friends?
NATIVE SERVANTS SCARCE
Labor Commissioner 'Will Report
That Foreigners Are Preferred.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 24. (Special.) That
the majority of women employed in
domestic work are foreigners, that they
are preferred to native-born ones, that
the service is improving, and that fami
lies with more than three children have
difficulty In employing servants is in
formation which will be contained In
the biennial report of Labor Commis
sioner Hoff. The report will say fur
ther: "Domestic science is favored. The
average size of a family employing
one domestic Is three. All help has had
school advantages. Women prefer
other vocations to that of housework.
Domestic help is more difficult to ob
tain than two years ago. Hours of
work range from seven to nine a day.
Wages are increasing, and range from
S20 to S40 a month.
"Many servants have afternoons off,
but help some in evenings. Early
breakfasts and late dinners are the rea
sons for muclf of the dislike for house,
work. Were it possible to begin work
at a specified time and quit at a speci
fied time much of the dislike for house
work would cease."
Couple Observes 5Sd AniTersarr''
LEBANON1, Or, Oct. 24. (Special.)
The 53d arlnlversary of the marriage
of Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Connet was
celebrated at their home In this city
October 17. It was also a celebration
of Mr. Connet's 80th birthday. Mr.
Connet has been a minister in the Con
gregational Church for over B3 years
and has held important pastorates in
the East. He retired 12 years ago and
the family came to reside in Lebanon
one year ago. Mrs. Connet was born
in 1841. Eight children were born to
them, six of whom are now living.
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out a piano at these prices.
Rlcra Ron Clr. Walnut. .f4M sow $395
oiroiiDeiw Manocmny ......... ov root
Letting- MaJiochUiy now
lirewrrter Oak S?5 now
St robber Oak. 4 '5 now
Welter Oak 4M now
Bennett-Mahogany .......... 475 now
IrefMott-AiHlis-ny 43 aow
Klnntburr Oak 400 now
Kennett Maltvcany . . . 47A now
llodard- Walnut 375 now
Fischer Colonial 475 now
SOO
45
215
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205
2S5
245
295
210
260
235
210
215
190
105
135
210
155
145
1S5
235
195
10
210
885
260
295
5
55
85
215
85
75
Smith A Barneti Mahogany 450 now
Hodard Clr. Walnut ........ S75 now
Vow A Son Walnut S75 aow
Gay lord Mahogany ......... S50 now
Muelhauser Piano Co. SOO now
liwhfr Rosewood 44)0 now
Hodard Cir. Walnut S75 aow
Emerson Rottewood 40O now
Schubert & Co. Rosewood. 400 now
J. fc C. FiHcher Ronewood .. 400 now
W'eiler large Walnut 875 now
KuKnell t: I.ane Walnut .... 400 now
Kroeger Mahogany 400 now
Kimball Mahogany S75 now
lret(cott Baby (rand Mahos. 650 now
Hard man, Kplendld model.... 600 now
Everett MUion-l prigtit 5AO now
Cl lard A Co I lard L pright . 250 now
Hallett Javl Old Model.. . 400 now
Haines Bros. Old Model 4O0 now
lbMimeister Mahog.-U pright.. 350 now
Kruthe Old Model 4 IX) now
lec'ker Bros. Square Grand.. 4&0 now
Terms Cash or 96 Monthly Tpwards.
PLAYER PIANOS
Lnslns BS-Xote. Kunrmloir
Model Mahogany 6So
Smith Barne. Kicta Mating. ?M
lytitcr l.'pright (Vrand Mali. 850
Kranii h A: Bach Late Model. 10OO
Ireher Bro. Pine Mahogany. 750
Vniveroal KS-ote. Mahogany 6-"0
Auto-Player Large, Mabog.. . 8."M
Haines Bros. Splendid, Mahoc 950
Primatone Bungalow, 3!uhog. 650
Annrt rong Sheraton Model,
Mahogany 730
VTeller S8-'ote, Mahogany... SO
S85
435
445
7.15
435
415
445
now
now
405
865
Terms CaMn or SIO or More Monthly.
Your Old, Silent Piano Taken la Part Pay
ment for Player Pianos.
will sell ouipklv wa have. mftdA nrlee.
SGHOOLS ALL THRIVE
Yamhill Reports Progress
Along Every Line.
FACTOR IN CHILD LIFE AIM
Methods Kevolutionized to SDeet 3few
Conditions, Especially In Rural
Districts, Where Clubs Give
Valuable Assistance.
BY HENRY O. MILLER.
M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) "The war has not affected local
interest in schools and school work,"
said S. S. Duncan, county school super
intendent, today, "and the splendid co
operation of the many rural school im
provement clubs continues with more
energy-week after week. It is the pol
icy of this office to make the schools
of Yamhill County what they ought to
be a vital force in developing the
character of each boy and girl In the
county and in shaping his destiny."
In this work Superintendent Duncan
has an able assistant in Ida Mae Smith,
county school supervisor, the office
which the last Legislature attempted to
abolish, but failed.
High School la rrlde.
"We are also proud of our junior
high school, here in McMtnnville. the
first in the state. It includes the sev
enth, eighth and ninth grades and is
conducted on the department plan. For
this school we have a new $30,000 build
ing and modern equipment. City Su
perintendent Rutherford and his assist
ants are making this a successful ven
ture in modern school methods. If this
junior high school plan had been in
augurated in some larger city we would
hear much more about it, but we are
modest.
"The most encouraging feature in the
school conditions in .Yamhill County Is
the increased interest that is being
taken by the people, especially in the
country schools. The disposition to
make the school the community cen
ter Is also bringing gratifying results.
'Rural School Improvement Clubs' have
been organized in many of the districts
and the members are doing everything
possible to co-operate with the teachers
and directors.
"A literary programme usually is
given at each meeting, sometimes by
the pupils and often by the older per
sons, and the remainder of the time is
devoted to discussing ways and means
of making the school a more potent
factor for good in the community. Last
year, after the completion of their
splendid new J5000 building at Spring
brook, the club . devoted one day to
clearing up and grading the grounds.
Clnb Beautifies Granada. .
"The club at Hopewell is responsible
largely for the fact that the building
was raised during the past year, a
basement added, new grounds pur
chased and improved to such an ex
tent that it was given a $20 cash prize
for making the most improvement of
any district in the county. Springbrook
received the $10 second prize. One of
our Indian districts was third in im
provement. "
"The club In Pairvlew. No. 24. gave
to the district its beautiful new build
ing, which is the pride of the patrons
and a model for others. From this club
we have one of the. most effective In
dustrial club leaders in the county, Mrs.
George Hamblin, whose untiring efforts
have done much to make a success of
that movement.
"About 25 industrial clubs have been
organized in the county, but we find
that these flourish best where there is
a live 'Rural School Improvement Club"
from which to secure the leader and
to which they may look for support
and counaeL
' Parents and Teachers Join.
"Almost every town In the county has
its 'Parent-Teachers' Circle,' whose
work is identical with that of the 'Ru
ral School Improvement Club.' They are
proving quite as effective as the for
mer and school boards are glad to have
their assistance and support. A con
vention of circles- and clubs is held
each year, reports of conditions and
work done are read and the best lec
turers are secured to tell of the plana
of these organizations in other places.
Many of them axe affiliated with, the
This New Artistic
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PIONEER MUSIC STORE
1S1 FOURTH STREET
'Mothers' Congress and find the rela
tion helpful.
"Believing that the boys and girls
should be trained to express themselves
freely and effectively in public and to
give to their written work the exact
shade of meaning they intend it to con
vey, the principals of the county have
decided ' to have a declamation and a
composition contest.
"Our plan- of holding rallies In the
country districts has proved quite sat
isfactory and has done much to create
and foster community effort. Lecturers
are secured wherever the best can be
found, and the teachers and principals
of the county have given effective as
sistance, as well as the pupils and
patrons of the schoolB.
"Our local institutes are well at
tended by the teachers of the county. A
booklet of suggestions and outlines Is
published each year for the benefit of
the Inexperienced teachers of the coun
ty. A report system of the work done -each
month and the work planned for
te succeeding month has been inaugu
rated. A plan is being developed for
sending out supervisory questions each
month to the rural schools to direct
their efforts in the various subjects.
Both superintendent and supervisor are
making every effort to assist the teach
ers in every way possible, both by
the methods outlined above and by per
sonal visitation. As a further means of
assistance we hold each year a week's
teachers' meeting. Manual training has
been installed in the smaller towns,
and an experienced teacher spends one
day in each week in each one. Domes
tic science is being introduced in the
same way. McMinnvlllc. and Newberg
have special teachers in each of these
branches, who give their entire time
to their respective towns.
"The interest in the school fair con
tinues active and every effort will be
made to make the 1915 fair surpass any
that has yet been held in the county.
We have the county high school fund,
and more than 700 pupils are enrolled
In the 19 high schools. The growth of
the high school In Amity is such that a
$20,000 building is being erected, and
Sheridan feels the need of a similar
one that will probably be built next
year. Dayton, Dundee, Willamina,
Whiteson, Lafayette, Carlton and Yam
hill have an aggregate enrollment of
about 250 high school students, and
several country schools have grades
above the sixth.
"West Chehalem is finishing a $3000
two-room country school building,
where grades above the eighth will be
taught. Two other modern country
school buildings have been erected dur
ing the year."
WASHINGTON WOMAN IS 94
Mother of Portland "Man Enjoys
Friends on Birthday Celebration.
RIDGE FIELD. Wash., Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) One of the oldest women In this
state is Mrs. Martha B. Wood, who re
sides with her daughter, Mrs. Talltha
Cook, of this city. She has Just cele
brated her ninety-fourth birthday. A
number of her close friends and rela
tives attended the birthday celebration.
Mrs. Martha B. Wood was born Octo
ber 19. 1820. in Bourbon County, Ky.
There she lived until she was six
years old. and then moved west with
her parents In 182S to the State of Mis
souri and located in what was then
called a territory of Marlon County.
Mrs. Wood lived in this county until
she reached the twenties. In the year
of 1842. in the month of September,
she was married to John L. Wood, and
11 children were born to them, five
of whom are still living four daugh
ters and one son all of whom live on
or near the Pacific Coast. Those liv
ing are: Mrs. William McDonald, of
Pioneer, Wash.; Mrs. Etta Burrow, of
Ridgefleld, Wash.; James T. Wood, of
Portland, Or.; Mrs. Adeline Woods, of
Athena. Or., and Mrs. Talitha Cook, of
this place.
ROAD OFFICIALS 0. K. WORK
Inspection of Paget Sound Railway
Brings "Favorable Comment.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) On a recent tour of inspection
of the new line of the Puget Sound &
Willapa Harbor Railway. Milwaukee
officials expressed themselves as
highly satisfied with the progress of
construction work. President Earling
asserted that the country which the
new branch traverses Is as rich in re
sources as any covered by the Milwau
kee. The dispatcher for the new line at
present is located at Chehalls. but
whether the division headquarters will
be there when the new line is placed
la operatioa is not yet known.
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