.TTIE - SUNDAY - OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCII 14, 1915.
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A simple home wedding: "occurred at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
31. Tarish. IS4 East Twenty-third
letrrel. Tuesday afternoon, when their
daughter. Mi.s Uina .1. Parish, was mar.
ried to Alfred C. Mulloy of laurel. Or.,
toy the Rev. J. J. itaub. of the Sunny
side Congregational Church. The cere
nmny was witnessed by a few of the
nearest relatives of the contracting
parties. The spacious rooms, artistical
ly decorated with daffodils and ever
greens, became the scone of a happy
reception later in the day. when nu
merous friends gathered to bestow their
well-wishes on bride and bridegroom.
The bride was charming in a sown of
creme charmeuse. trimmed with pearls
carrying an arm bouquet of bride'a
roses. At the reception Miss Mar
:uer!te K. Moore wtiiit "The Songster's
Awakenins." by l K. Fletcher, and
ioncr of Joy." by Waldo F. Chase. Miss
Klsie Smith plaed "Troisieme Medita
tion.'- by Alfred .laoll. C. H. Parish
sang "Life's Lullaby." by Clerald Lane,
nd "A Dream." by H. Kiehl. Mrs. J.
Auierson contributed several piano se
lections. Refreshments were served,
tisses Fannie and Mabel Parish, sisters
f the bride, assisting.
Love-Land.
Miss lessie Land and "William J.Love
were married March 2 at the home of
the bride's mother. Mrs. 1". 11. Land,
343 ijrand avenue North. Rev. W. L.
MeliinRer omciattnr- The wedding was
attended by a few relatives and friends.
Miss Clara Love, sister of the bride
croom, was maid of honor and X. G
Anderson acted as best man. IMrcctly
after the ceremony a light collation was
cerved.
Mr. and Mrs. Love will return to
Fortland after a short trip.
Salvage-Wnush.
Kred C. Salvage and Miss Edna
"Waugh. daughter of AJ Waugli, of this
city, one of the pioneers of the county,
were married Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Kalvage is a Toledo business man.
AXVOrXCEMEXTS.
Miss tJreta Moore, daughter of Mr.
nd Mrs. Lawrence K. Moore, will
become the bride of Archabold J.
Thompson, of The Dalles, this noon.
Mrs. M. It. Baird announces the en
gagement of her daughter. Grace Mary,
to Charles Duane Chamberlain. The
wedding will be an event of the near
future.
today from a six weeks' visit In Call- Kast and are domiciled in tno jsiown
Mr.
SOCIETV PKKSOXALS.
and Mrs. M. Slchcl will return
fornia,
Mrs. John A. Child has returned from
a visit in 4-'an Francisco, and is at her
country home in Cliildton.
Robert B. Beat, of SIS East Twelfth
street North, has returned from a vis
it to his parents and relatives at Syd
ney. Australia.
Mrs. Howard Taylor, of Seattle, is
visiting friends in this city for a few
weeks, and is being entertained with
informal affairs.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Sohn and
daughter. Miss Bessie Sohn. have re
turned from a three months' trip in the
apartments.
Pr. and Mrs. A. L. Richardson, of La
Grande, Or., are in the ity for a short
visit, at the Campbell Hotel. Mrs.
Richardson will sing at Mrs. Rose
Coursen Reed's advanced students' re
cital. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph .W. Marsh, promi
nent Pittsburg, Pa., residents passed
last week in this city as the guests of
Mrs. Frederick W. Berry. They were
entertained while here. Mrs. Marsh
is a state regent of the Daughters of
the American Revolution and well
known throughout Grand Army circles.
WOMAN NOT AT ZENITH
OF IDEALISM EVEN YET
Granting: of Ballot Means That Stern Duties Have Only Begun Spirit of
'76 Still Lives and Much la to Be Accomplished.
BY MARY H. PERKINS.
3elearte from Eugene Chapter to D A R.
State Convention.
THE woman who was living in Eu
rope or in America at the end of
the 18th century, whether her In
terests were circumscribed by the limits
of a little colonial town on the sparse
ly settled coast of North America, or
expanding in all the influences of the
great capitals of Western Kurope. found
herself at the -threshold of a new world.
This woman's mother had lived in an
age wonderfully brilliantly Intellectual,
but an age characterized ,by material
Ism and conventionality. It was an
age that had looked down on enthusi-
asm as bad form.
Men were beginning to question the
right of the few who had Inherited
wealth and position to govern the
many: the more fortunate were begin
ning to study the condition of the un
fortunatethe criminal, the debtor and
the poor and to find ways to help
them. New and better theories of edu
cation were being formulated. Plans
for better community organization were
everywhere in the air. some of them
too much in the air. perhaps, but still
signs of the spiritual awakening. No
wonder Wordsworth felt that to be liv
ing in such a time was Joy enough, but
that to have one's life ahead, so that
one might hope to see some of these
things coming to pass, was the greatest
Bift ot all.
Wider Straggle Appears.
This world movement toward ideal
ism reached us on this side of the At
lantic. The watchword of liberty,
equality, fraternity, the inherent rights
of man. were on every one's lips. I like
to think of the spirit of '7S. not merely
aa the expression of a localized rebel
lion of a collection of colonies against
the encroachments of what was flt to
be an unjust ministry, but as a part of
the wider struggle for political free
dom. Those who fought in it were akin
to those who were struggling toward
all freedom everywhere. It was in the
hast analysis an expression of political
idealism, for which men, and women,
too. were willing to give their lives.
The first Daughters of the American
Revolution, these women of the latter
18th century, were sharers in this spirit.
They were the rearguard of. the Revo
lution. While the men were at Sara
toga and -Valley Forge- and Yorktown,
they "stayed with the stuff." They ran
the farms, sold goods across the coun
ter, worleed in factories and taught the
schools. They kept society organized
at home and extended their activities
beyond. Philadelphia women organized,
raised money and furnished clothing
for the soldiers. Other boards of wom
en in other colonies did likewise. "The
women of every part of the globe," said
a newspaper of the time, "are under
obligations to those of America for hav
ing shown that females are capable of
the highest political virtue. Those of
posterity will also acknowledge that
they derive happiness and glory from
them."
Werk hat Dimly Recorded.
We trace our descent from the patriot
fathers of the Revolution. We must not
forget that we are descended from the
patriot mothers. Their work could not
go on record in the files of the Gov
ernment. It lives only in letters. In
scraps of history, in tradition handed
down in our families. We catch only
here and there glimpses of their ag
gressiveness, their resourcefulness and
their courage. But it is quite as much
a matter of pride to be able to claim
descent from a woman who kept her
family fed and clothed and even taught,
on some little, unproductive hillside
farm, or from a woman who managed
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some great plantation of the South
with all its manifold responsibilities,
while their husbands were at the front.
And when the war was over, these
women, who had felt the stirring of the
wider thought that was coming in
with the new century, asked for the
right to control their own property
and their own children, to be allowed to
speak in public without forever losing
their reputation as sane and womanly
beings, to share in the government of
their towns without being looked upon
as spreaders of dangerous and seditious
doctrines. Abigail Adams, wife of one
President and mother of another, made
herself the spokeswoman for her sex
and asked that women be given a share
in the new government. But organized
society was too strong for her. In all
the turmoil of the new departure and
Its overthrow of established institu
tions,-the leaders among the men hesi
tated to Introduce Into. the experiment
of democracy an untried element.
Vision Not Lost.
But the vision was not lost.' After
their broader -experience some women
could never again be satisfied with the
old order. Denied political representa
tion, they devoted themselves to the
education of women.
Women before the Revolution had not
been admitted to the schools. When, in
1684, the question arose about admitting
girls to the Hopkins School at New
Haven, it was decided that "all girls
be excluded as improper and inconsist
ent with such grammar school as ye law
enjoins and as in the designs of the
settlement." But It is added that "cer
tain small girls whose manners seem to
have been neglected and who had the
natural curiosity of their sex, sat on the
schoolhouse steps and heard the boys
recite or learned to read and construe
sentences from their brothers at home
and were occasionally admitted to
school."
The movement toward the education
of women in America, not merely
"higher education." but grammar school
education, was due to the efforts of
these daughters of the revolution.' One
by one, towns opened the public schools
to women, first the . primary schools,
then grammar schools, and, last of all,
the schools that prepared for college.
Six years after the close of- the Revo
lution, Boston graciously allowed girls
to attend primary schools from. April
to October. A year later Gloucester,
gave two hours a day to the instruction
of "females." and zu years aner mere
were at least three academies in Massa
chusetts exclusively for women.
Tendency 1" Significant.
But. although accomplishment was
slow, it was the tendency that was sig.
nif leant. In the 18th century literature,
women were "the sex," they now felt
their humanness.
Those of us who trace our descent
from those men and women have chosen
to join ourselves into a great national
organization. Such an organization
claims a certain conspicuousness for its
members: it imposes upon them a re
sponsibility. The greater the society
grows, the less, some will feel, is the
honor of membership. But those who
are most kin in spirit to those first
daughters will welcome this growth as
a means of greater usefulness. "The
best thing any of us can do for our an
cestors." says Mrs. Gilman. "is to be
better than they were, and we ought to
give our minds to It."
The spirit of the new century, this
Renaissance of Idealism, had two ex
pressions. One was that of love and
reverence for the past, and it showed
Ifself in the revival of Interest in the
great writers of an erlier time and in
the legends of old days. The other was
that of the forward look, a vision of a
better commonwealth, where labor
should have Its Just due, where the lives
of women and children might be saier
and happier, where the Government
should be of the people, by the people.
for the DeoDle. And true to Its origins.
our society expresses these ideals. We
preserve the ancient landmarks; but we
are also working for home and. country
Accomplishment la Coming.
Many of the things that the first
daughters only hoped for are already
long accomplished facts higher educa
tion for women, opportunities for self
expression in work, political equality.
If Abigail Adams and Mercy Warren,
Emma Willard and Mary Lyon should
return to earth, perhaps they would
say, "Lord, let now thy servants depart
In peace, for our eyes have seen the
glory." But I am more inclined to think
the spirit of their age would still be
with them, and that our new occasions
would teach them new duties.
I suppose we have here in Oregon no
further use for argument as to whether
women should be granted the suffrage.
Perhaps, in a few years, books on the
subject will be placed In the basement
of the libraries, along with Government
reports and the Congressional Record.
But when Thomas Huxley came to
America to speak at the opening of a
great university, he said, in the course
of his address: "In my experience of
life a truth which sounds very much
like a paradox has often asserted itself,
namely, that a man's worst difficulties
begin when he is able to do as he likes.
So long as a man is struggling with ob.
stacles he has an excuse for failure or
shortcoming; but when fortune removes
them all and gives him the power of do
ing as he thinks best, then comes the
time of "trial. There is but one right
and the possibilities of wrong are in
finite."
. We have the opportunities that the
patriot mothers only dared to hope for.
The women of Oregon can no longer
plead lack of opportunity. We must
give to the state service of high quality,
disinterested and intelligent. Jf we can
furnish leadership, well and good. But
after all, leaders are raised up as the
time demands them, and they are noth
Ing without a sane, controlled body of
toilers. There is a rush to put laws on
the statute books, only to have them
nullified or repealed. One legislative
body undoes the work. of the preceding.
Since we are founded on tradition, we
can afford to learn from the past and
to show in our public service, intelli
gent conservatism and rational idealism.
PARENTS' BUREAU HELD TO BE GREAT
VALUABLE AID TO YOUNG MOTHERS
Lectures on Training of Children Given at Institution Conducted by Oregon Congress of Mothers Subjects Ar
Announced for Lectures to Be Given in Near Future.
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Abolishment of Clerkships
in Mail Service Assailed.
tltlsen" Kinds fostoffiee Depart
ment Hon ot Followed Law and
Thinks Koonomy Move Fntlle.
PORTLAND, March 13. (To the Ed
itor.) Orders have been issued by
General Superintendent Stephens, of
the railway mail service at AVashlng
ton, D. C, abolishing 19 positions in
the railway mall service in this divi
sion, comprising Oregon, Washington
and Idaho. -
The positions that this order abol
ishes are those of various transfer
clerks at important railroad centers.
The salaries of these 19 positions
amount to $25,000 a year. Nearly 430
of these positions are to be abolished
in the United States, and the Tostof-
fice Department expects to save about
8600,000 yearly by their discontinuance.
The duties ot the men holding these
positions are to superintend the trans
fer and handling of mails, seeing that
it goes out on the trains it is due to
go out on in order to be delivered at
the earliest possible moment; to trans
fer registered mail from one train to
another when the connection is close;
to see what all trains departing have
full crews, etc. They are practically
in charge of all mail trains while In
their respective yards, all railway pos
tal clerks being, to a certain extent,
under their orders while In the rail
road yards.
There have been live of these trans
fer clerks at Portland, between the
Union and North Bank depots. Their
hours of duty are from 7 A. M. to mid
night, working in shifts and averag
ing about 48 hours a week each. This
force has been ordered reduced to two
as soon a6 the details can be arranged.
These men were appointed under au
thority given the general superintend
ent of railway mail service by t-on-
gress, which reads as follows:
'The general superintendent may as
sign railway postal clerks, when neces
sary, to perform duty at important
Junctions, to be designated as transfer
clerks." (Section 162, Postal Laws and
Regulations, edition of 1913, section
1408 of 1902 edition.)
This has been the law for years and
these men were all appointed transfer
clerks under its provision.
The routine that is gone through
with prior to their appointment Is as
follows:
The chief clerk of the. railway mall
service makes a request for their ap
pointment,- showing the necessity for
It. This goes to the division superin
tendent, who investigates the matter
and then makes his recommendation.
From him to the general superintend
ent at Washington, who frequently has
the Inspection .department investigate
the matter before making the appoint
ments. These 19 men. were all appointed
more than a year ago, some as long as
15 years and most of them five or more
years ago. when the mails were much
lighter than now, and their appoint
ments were made because It was rep
resented that they were necessary by
the officials named above, who were at
the time, as far as Portland is con
cerned, either Division Superintendent
Stephens (now General Superintendent
Stephens, who is ordering their abol
ishment) or his successor. Division Su
perintendent Vaille. of Seattle: Chief
Clerk Whitney (now, postoffice in
spector), or his successor. Chief Clerk
Rand.
If these officials recommended ap
pointments that were not necessary
they should be called to account for it.
As a matter of fact, the appoint
ments were necessary, and are more so
now since the advent of the parcel
Pst- . .. ... . , ,
Good mall service oemanos inai inej
be maintained more now than ever
before. "
These 19 men nave naa a cnance to
transfer to vacancies in other posi
tions, but their places are not to be
filled. The positions tney are onerea
are vacancies which have been kept
open until this change couia Do puti
tliroucrh.
, SecUon 1544, Postal Laws and Kegu-J
HE Parents' Educational Bureau,
conducted by the Oregon Congress
of Mothers in the Courthouse,
room 551, is one of the most helpful In
stitutions In the city, for It gives to
young mothers information in the care
and .training of young children, and it
gives it all absolutely free. livery
Friday the bureau conducts a demon
stration and lecture that is invaluable.
The general theme is child welfare, and
the most experienced specialists in the
city give the addresses. When the care
of babies is demonstrated, trained
nurses, generally from the "Visiting
Nurse Association, are there to show
just the right way to care for, feed.
bathe or clothe the baby.
Next Friday's topic is one that will
attract the attention of all who have
children of the kindergarten age. Alias
Gertrude Talbot will give the talk
which will be devoted to "The Montc
sorri Method Its Practical Working
Out and Demonstration." All who wish
to avail themselves of the opportunity
to hear Miss Talbot will be welcomed.
On March 26 Miss Anna B. Crocker,
curator of the Art Museum, will speak
on "The Child's Artistic Sense.
On April 2 Miss Jocelyn Fouikcs will
speak on "The Awakening and Develop
ing of the Child's Musical Feeling."
"Equal Opportunity for Every Child
in the State" will be Mrs. Robert H.
Tate s topic April 9.
Mrs. C. P. Jordan will assume the
duties of Mrs. C. W. Hayhurst as
chairman of the Social Service Club
untH Mrs. Hayhurst returns from her
visit to San Diego, Los Angeles and
San Francisco. The pupils of the Sun
nyside school are co-operating with
the Social Service committe in its ef
forts to increase the sum set aside to
provide shoes and clothing for the
needy children. This will be accom
plished if the benefit performance, to
be given at the Echo Theater on Thirty-seventh
and Hawthorne, Tuesday,
Is a' success. The Ockley Green Isis
Theater benefit netted $38 and that at
Sellwood fit).
Friendly visitors are reporting that
several families have lots ready for
polato planting and any one who has
any potatoes lo donate may phone JIrs.
A. J. Hoabes. Sellwood 2462.
The Montavilla matrons arc busy
making quilts, any one who has a mat
tress to exeftange for some form of
labor should telephone the Social
Service Bureau, Main 3402.
Mrs. C. M. Hayhurst addressed the
Albina School upon the subject of the
sortal service work last Tuesday night.
One of the most attractive events
of the week in parent-teacher organ
izations was the tea given on Wednes
day by the Kenton association. Mrs.
Frank Nichols is presldnnt of the cir
cle. Her gifted little daughter, Mil
dred Nichols, is one of those who took
part, and Mrs. M. B. Stone, an active
worker in the district, arranged the
programme, which follows:
Kenton School orchpstra, Hallio Thomas.
dirpotni la) Barcarole, -Love Tales of
Hoffman. (h t ecllo wait.; vocal solo,
"Littlo Clray Homo in the Wext." Mrs. J. V.
Fvir, Jr.; comot sol., (a) "Bohemian'
Oirl'' (Tovani), (b serenade i belmtierl 1.
Halfred Young; vouul eolo, "A Heart l-'ioni
Kerry" (Beverly) Mrs. Alden Anderson;
piano solo, Helen Anderson: -voeal duel
(al 'Hear me, Norma, (nj r.iru rtvtu
init." Misses Harriet and Florence l.eatli:
violin sulo.'-tJt TravlRta" isirKelie, Mildred
Nli hols; roalinu, Mrs. Blanche J.ittle. from
Oil les:jlf School of Expression; voeal solo,
Mr. Walter M. Burrows; dame, .Barcarole,
Miss Kllzabelll Chupin; vocal solo, Ml"
Goldi Peterson: piano solo, Miss Helen
Anderson; reading. Mrs. Blanche I.lltle;
vocal solo. Miss Dorothy l.ewls; music,
Kenton Hchool orchestra; solos. Mrs. II. ti.
Bell and Mrs. F. I". Hammond.
The Parent-Tcaohcr Assot iation, of
Oregon City, met Tuesday. Mrs. 1:. Jt.
Frazelle. ot the Oregon Congress of
Mothers, gave an address on "Our Op
portunity for Service." The schools
children entertained the circle with
folk songs. A rapid increase and de
velopment ia taking placo iib this association.
The regular meeting of the Terwll-
liger Pai-f nt-Teachcr Circle was held
at the schoolhouse Thursday, March
II. Alter a short business meeting the
following programme was given:
"A Rnwl of TIiiscs'' (Henley), "."lust a
"Margin for Von" (farrte .lacohs Honl. by
Mrs. U. AV. r-ianio.; piano
uera Ji. No. ' I Mcn-tieKsonn i
nance" (M.ldrll). .y
Miss Hawthorne rae
for Children."
Miss Lets
a talk on
herr.o.
"Hpanlsh
Me Hi l.le.
'Itcndlnn
For the benefit of sotial
work, two performances of
Esther" and other educational Hlma
will lake nlace at Laurel Theater. K.ast
Twenty-eighth ami Biirnalde
service
"Qtiren
pt reels.
ent-Teacher Association. Tlio special
features of those events will Include
numbers by Miss Mildred Klngslcy, so
prano; Harold Hudson, baritone: Ma
dame ravtowa No. 2. dancer, and the
school orchestra. Each performance
will be In the nature of a roinmunlt"
social.
The UlRhland I'nrcnt-Tcachcr Asso
ciation held a meeting Friday. Addi
tional literature provided by the Cit"
Beautiful Itoso Festival Committee was
distributed, and plans for currjltig on
the work ot beautifying the district
were discussed. Arrangements were
also completed for the Tuesday meet
ing, March 1(1. when Rev. Ir. Hoyd
will glvo an address, followed by an
illustrated lecture by Alice V. Juvciv
showing the ork that Is brims dje
in this country and abroad nloim vJc
and industrial linos.
The Albina, Homestead savi: a inu-i-
cal and literary entei ta Inumnl Wednes
day night in tho school.
ThosK who took part In I lie iilT.itt
were: Mrs. F.dna G.-iuel, Miss Kethcr
Bodeinan. Mrs. Ella B. Jones, Mi.-w. Lily
Miller. Miss Lenorn Peterson, Mrs.
Hayhurst, Miss Alice Coy. Miss Gene
vieve Frame. Mi.-s Mnr Sclimi-r, A.
Philip. George Jankansky. ("lay El
wood. .1. Boyd. Several choruses, and
orchestra selections wore given.
.
The Story-Hour Club had an unu.-u-ally
Interesting mewling on Tuesday.
March 9. in Library Hall. Tho audi
ence heard Miss Blood, of the children"
department. Central Library, who told
a bird story. A nature story ma dram
atized by second-grade pupils under
the the direction of Miss Elton, of
Mount Tabor. Several other nature
myths and songs were rondcred.
Woodstock Parent-Teacher Circle
have arranaed lor a parcel post social
at tho schoolhouse for Friday eveninc.
Each person is requested to bring a
parcel properly -wrapped lor the post,
and to buy one, the value of each bring
limited to ten rents. All the parents
of children attached to the school are
Invited. Elaborato ref rcshinrnls will
be served.
Al the various Pa rent-1 eaoher elrrte.
during the fust week. Mr. Alderman
has been Ihn chief object or discussion.
So pronounced Is Mr. Aldernmn's popu
larity and the Indorsement of hl efforts
In tho schools that at a culled meeting
of tho circle- presidents a resolution to
petition the School Board for the reten.
tion of Mr. Alderman, was adopted.
The Concord Parent -Teacher nsseai
ation met nt tho sdionlhouso lrrl'la.
There was a brief buslnras session,
after which there was a t.ilk about
"A School Clrl'a Press' by Mrs. Mont
gomery, of Portland. Miss Tvra War
ren sang. Tim net meeting will l
held April 2.
The Hose City Park Parent -Trm ltn
Association will meet Tuesday ilht '
S o'clock in the schoollioiise. Dr. C
H. Chanman IU bo the st-wakt-r. A
Monday and Tuesday nights, under the musical programme ill bo Rive,, r-v
direction of Kerns Public School Par-J Itlie s.-t.ooi oroMos.r.
lations. Eays: "Any vacancy in the
regular force of clerks shall bo tilled
by appointment of the first substitute
in the state entitled by proper appor
tionment to the appointment." If this
law had been followed, the vacancies
to which these men are to be trans
ferred, some of which have been open
for more than nine months, would have
been tilled by a substitute long ago.
The first part of section 1544, Fostal
Laws and Regulations, paragraph 3,
provides: "One substitute niay be ap
pointed for every eight clerks in each
state." By not filling the vacancies
which have occurred, and by appoint
ing additional substitutes the Portland
district now has about one substitute
for every 5 clerks in the state in
stead of eight, as provided by the law
quoted above. In other words, there
are nearly 40 of them where the law
allows only about 2d. The result is
that these men are not making a liv
ing, averaging only about S30 a month.
when they should be making nearly
twice as much, and several of them
would have had a regular appointment,
making $900 a year and been in line
for. promotion. Some of them have
been substitutes for about two years
and most of them more than a year.
They are the ones who will suffer most
(next to the public) by this order of
General Superintendent Stephens.
The first Intimation of this change
was given out in January of this year,
but it was not until March 5 that the
positive order was given out by the
different chief clerks. It may be only
a coincidence, but it is significant that
this was the day after Congress ad
journed. Another instance of the way the law
is administered by the Postoffice De
partment is in the reduction of the
salaries of the men engaged in the col
lection of mail In the cities.
There are 10 of these positions In
Portland, and for several years they j
have been paying $1200 a year. They
were recently reduced to $1000 a year.
The wife of one of the men arrected
went to Assistant Postmaster Durand,
and In discussing the matter with nim,
asked why, if the Department had to
economize, it did not cut the salaries of
the Postmaster and his assistant. Mr.
Durand informed her that these sal
aries were fixed by law. This was in
effect saying that the salary of the
collectors was not fixed by law, and
that they had been receiving more than
they should have received.
Before becoming Assistant Post
master at Portland Mr. Durand was an
inspector in this district, and as such,
it was his duty to (and he did) in
spect the Portland Postoffice to see
that it was being conducted In accord
ance with the law. Why did he not
at that time call attention to the sal
aries paid in these positions? If he
did. why was not his report acted
upon?
There have recently open inree em
ployes of the Postoffice Department
sentenced to McNeil's Island for break
ing the law. and It was rignt mat tney
were, but what can we and what can
the public expect - from the rank and
file of employes ween tne omciais snow
such a disregard ot the law as these
capes show?
Thcso changes are all made because
the Department holds it is necessary to
economise. Still the Journal ot March
9 -says editorially that the Department
for ilie first time Is showing a profit.
The Portland Postoffice reports In .Ian.
uary of this year a falling off of 13
per cent since January. 1914. SHU the
canceling machines which automat
ically count the number of pieces can
celed, showed a larger number of
loiters hnndlri this year than laHt.
The decrease. If there was any. was in
the parcel post, which was originally
intended to compete with the express
companies in service on passenger
trains, but which has been extended to
compete with freight shipment by In
creasing the weight to 50 pounds. This
business is practically all of it handled
at a loss, for the reason that the De
partment charges for an air-line haul
and pays (or will in time pay) for
actual haul, and that thoy charge no
more for stage hauls than they do ror
all-rail hauls. The result is that prac
tically all the 50-pound shipments are
to and for points on stage lines.
The more of this business the De
partment does the further behind it
will go, and rather than acknowledge
its error, it evidently Intends to make
up the difference by reductions In force
and salaries. ... .
It recommended several reductions to
the late Congress and was defeated on
every one or them. It remains to be
seen what It will do now that Congress
has adjourned. The saving of $600,000
bv abolishing and reducing the trans
fer clerks is the nrsi Rien.
the next one be
CITIZEN.
Unsightly Lot Now Made
Sightly.
W. F. Woodward Tells How Vacant
Property Can Be Made of Service.
blocks lo garden patch, which h
has prepared nil one of these vacant
quarters, II Is surely a slthl to gladden
the eye. lie furnishes v solubles foi
his family and many of the n. Inrlmr
fin heads off nrlerln-sohlcroi-l inl
stands a chance of outliving many "f
his fellow s. M ould there ero mot
such:
All this prompt the writer In '
the parents tf each boy In the Cit'
of Portland If they don't rrallv l -lleve
that It would be well to t.leect
the energies of the crowing lad iiIit;
this safe and healthy road; to
whether we would require .luvcnlW
Courts. Detention homes and the like.
If every parent did his or her dul.
Shortly the writer and his fellows wlit
pass along and tho ucueratlon nn
growing will take Ihoir places in n
recting the affairs of this Nitinn. Are
we. as parents, performing nir w hoi'
duty when we neglect to Instill In
the minds of growing boys nd girls
a love of useful, productive work, than
which there is no bettor than the
simple, old-fashioned, kltch'n garden?
BY WILLIAM F. WOODWARD.
EACH day the writer passed a vacant
quarter block lying between his
residence and the carline. Just now it
presents a queer mixture of beauty and
ugliness. The grass is green and here
and there a dandelion is beginning to
rise, like the morning sun in all its
glory; its neighbors, however, with a
number of unsightly brush heaps, tin
cans, broken dishes and all the other
flotsam and jetsam indicative of man
kind's habits of life today. It serves
also as a boneyard for the predatory
dogs and cats of the neighborhood.
There are other vacant lots and quarter
blocks in this community many of
them: and and all of them could
be had tor garden purposes, simply
for the asking. and after that,
would be merely a question of muscle
and ordinary common sense.
The writer has a neighbor, a man
past middle life, who. through the
Summer, goes from his home four
INDUSTRIAL CLUBS IS PLAN
Pupils of Baker Schools lo Take l'i
Many Subjects During Summer.
BAKER. Or.. Mar. 11. (Special.)
To stimulate Interest among the pupils
of the schools in gardening, domestic
science, manual training and the like.
City Superintendent of Schools A. C.
Strange Is Inying plans tor me ior
matlon of Industrial clubs. He also
expects that these plana will caus
better displays at tho county and
state fairs next Fall, He plana to
have seven clubs in the fifth, sixth.
seventh and eighth grades alone.
Teachers in each of the buildings
will act as advisors and It la expected
one of the parents will assist In di
recting the pupils. The club were
started last year, but late In the sea
son, so that an early start this yer
will assure much better results.
2 CLEAN-UP DAYS PLANNED
Dallas and Falls CHy to Act on Sanw
Day In April.
DALLAS. Or., Mar. 1 (KrKviaJ.)--Dallas
Is to have a general cleanup day
in April. The date has not been set m
yet, but Mayor Van Orsdel is waJt
ing until the Commercial and Wom
an's Clubs of Dallas tnke action.
Mavor Hubbard, of Falls City. "
intends to Issue his proclamation for
it cleanup in Fnlls City on the nm
day selected In Dallas. The Woman's
Club of Dallas and the City Council
of Kails City have, for a number of
years, made this an annual event.
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