NUMEROUS LAKES MAKE FLORENCE ATTRACTIVE RESORT FOR SUMMER Arrival of Railroad at Tidewater of Siuslaw Eliminates Long and Tiresome Trip Over Mountains Route Followed by Tracks Lies Amid Beautiful Scenery Ressnrces at Mouth of River Yet Are Undeveloped. '7- - - ' ; ' .-; . ' r . . . . - , . . ... I lis. j:5?'d 1 1 , PLOREXCE. Or., July 10. (Special.) With th arrival of the railroad at tidewater on the Siualaw Kiver. one of the most beautiful sections of a beautiful state is coming into its own. "When a trip to Florence meant a tire some stage trip of 60 miles over the mountains from Eugene, still there were many lovers of the real outdoors who found the tedious journey worth while for the sake of what waited at the journey's end. Now with the railroad coming to JIapleton, work trains running to a point seven miles from the ocean, and the assurance that another fortnight will see passenger trains coming to Acme, where the bridge across the Sius law is being constructed, many for whom the stage ride was too strenuous are coming. It is a beautiful ride by train, every mile of it from Eugene on. The new Willamette Pacific road has been well built. For miles the route lies besides the Siuslaw Kiver with big trees ana Deauurul shrubbery all around. Arriving at Florence there is a choice of places and amusements and any lov er of nature may find some delightful spot. Just south of Florence lie Clear (Whoahink) Lake, and Ten Mile Lake, better known by Its Indian name of Tsiltcoos. Here are found most excel lent hunting, boating, fishing, and a variety of sports. Tsiltcoos Lake has a shore line which Is irregular, and is said to be as much as 90 miles, were one to go around each of its many arms. On its shores are the resorts, Westlake and Buckskin Bob's Camp, and a boatrlde of a half mile down the outlet brings one to the chore of the mighty Pacific. On these lakes is excellent duck hunting in sea Bon. North of Florence, another chain of lakes stretches away to the northward. Many of these lakes are small, the larger ones being Mercer, Sutton and Lakemarr. where the authoress. Lis chen M. Miller, has her country home. Here, too, hunting and fishing abounds. Mercer Lake lies en route from Flor ence to the government trail to Saddle Mountain, a trip much favored by real lovers of the wilds. " While the beach at the mouth of the Siuslaw is yet undeveloped it is full of natural resources. There is a great stretch of smooth sandy beach, while crabs, razor clams, rock ' oysters and another giant clam are found in plenty. At Heceta Head, there are many won derful rock formations, fishing is excel lent, there being rock cod, kelp and other varieties of sea fish, as well as the mussels which abound on the rocks. Here, the Devil s Churn, Needle's Eye. and Parrot Rock are of interest. Heceta is the first stopping place in the now popular hike from the Siuslaw to Newport. r .-- ;- I V2 JbWX4MM!iAM- 1 J OLtZ2eZ Sit 7en INCIDENTS AND GOSSIP MET BY NEWS WRITERS St. Johns Police Head Has Nothing to Say to Reporter Chinese, 5 Years Old, Shows He Is Progressive. a REPORTER who went with Port land officials Thursday Xo witness the taking over of St. Johns was on the lookout for color for his story. He saw a big opportunity in the dingy little basement of the St. Johns City Hall,- where a lone prisoner sullenly basked in the pungent odors of a small Jail. This prisoner was the sole oc cupant of the jail and with the rest of St. Johns was taken over by Port land. The reporter hunted up "Chief Poff, of the St. Johns police depart ment. "What is the rime of the prisonc-, chief?" he asked. The chief sized up the reporter a moment, then as though satisfied that his first impression was right, replied: "What do you want to know for? You're a reporter, ain't you ?" "Yes." answered the- reporter. "I'd like to make mention of the prisoner as one of the things turned over to Portland." "Well, sir." said Chief Poff. "never since I've been marshal o' this here town have I give the name of a prisoner to a newspaper and I don't intend to start now." "Well, chief, would you mind telling me what he is in for? - It isn't neces sary to mention his name." "I have absolutely nothing to say," replied the chief as he sauntered away with a none-of-your-blank-business air. Tom Tubbs, news agent at Third and Alder streets, has lost both his legs, and uses a covered hand carriage to sit in while vending .his papers. He wheels the carriage along the street with his hands when he wishes to move. Mr. Tubbs is a close friend of Police Captain Circle, and frequently wheels himself down to the police station for a visit. On his way to the station Wednesday night. Mr. Tubbs picked up a Chinese boy about 5 years old, and took the child for a short ride. The little Celestial was delighted. car. the child ran along the street behind the machine, clapping bis hands and shouting in his native tongue. Scarcely had Mr. Tubbs descended from his seat to enter -the police sta tion before the child had replaced him, and was attempting to start the hand car. "Sea there!" shouted Mr. Tubbs In delight. "Don't tell me the Orientaii are not progressive. The yellow peril is learning how to steal automobiles as well as the whites." Senator Harry Lane is going down Into Curry County some time before Congress reconvenes and claim a for tune that he knows is waiting for him there. As a youth the Senator worked as a trammer in one of the placer mines down there. The mine produced a fair return in gold dust, but operations continually were handicapped bv the presence of great quantities of 'plati num along with the gold. It was with difficulty and a great deal of patience that this platinum was separated from the gold and dumped onto a waste heap. Now platinum is worth. 146 an ounce. A short while ago an aged aunt of Senator Lane sold a bottle of platinum dust gathered from this same mine for $1900. "I bet I dumped at least a ton of that stuff away," laments the Senator. "I know right where I dumped it and be fore long I'm -going to sneak down there and gather It up." Now the County Commissioners know what "nunc pro tunc" means. They got one yesterday from Samuel H. Pierce. Deputy District Attorney. It isn't a dangerous Instrument, either. Mr. rMerce's letter said that "At torney Johnson herewith presents a 'nunc pro tune" order on the petition of B. Lea Paget and Frank Legg." to open a gateway in an Eastern Multno mah County road. Commissioner Hol brook handed the letter to Commis sioner Holman. Commissioner Holman frowned slightly and handed it to Com missioner Lightner.' Mr Lightner shud dered and passed It to Miss Clobessy. clerk of. the board. Miss Clohessy sought an encyclopedia. "It means 'now for then" she ex plained. "Ah, yes." sighed the Board. "The order is presented now to cover Its absence when the gateway was opened. What is next to come before the board?" "Say. my automobile has been stolen from Third and Pine streets." said a masculine voice over the telephone to police headquarters Wednesday night. "All right, who're your' replied Desk Officer Niles. "This is D. J. O'Neill. 41 East Fif teenth street." continued the voice. "All right. Mr. O'Neill, we'll look out for your car." said Officer Niles. and he made out a report of the theft which was telephoned to all the police. A few minutes later Patrolman Day saw Mr. O'Neill's automobile. The of ficer took the occupants, m. man and two women, to police headquarters. The arrested man said he was Captain Thomas S. Burley. staying at the Mult nomah Hotel. All three assrrt:l that they had Just left Mr. O'Neill's home, and that Captain Burley was using the car with Mr. O'Neill s conaent. The police called up Mr. O'NeilL "Why I didn't report that my ma chine had been stolen." said Mr. O'Neill. "Somebody has been playing a Joke on you." "You'll have to come over here after the machine," responded the officer. "So It looks to me like the Joke's on you." Captain Burley was released, fuming over his detention. Mr. O'Neill went to the police station after his automo bile at 2 o'clock in the morning, angry because he had to be out so late. The police raged because they had been fooled and put to a lot of extra trouble. Now, who was the Joke on, and who played ItT Asslstarft City Physician Harding, at the police emegency hospital, received a box of cigars last week from a pa tient he had cured of alcoholism. "Have a cigar?" said the physician to Jailer Kecgan. who dropped Into the hospital about that time. "Thanks, doc: and congratulations." said the Jailer. "Who's the bride?" "There ain't no bride." replied Dr. Harding, firmly If Inelegantly. "Ail right: thanks, anyway." re joined Mr. Keegan. Coin? downstairs the Jailer informed Captain Circle that Dr. Harding was passing out cigars to celebrate his wedding. Captain Circle ran upstairs to get In on the treat. A doien other police men accompanied him to extend their congratulations. Dr. Harding produced the cigars. "Which of these 'Janes' Is It?" de manded Captain Circle. "You doctors have so many girls up here that I can't tell which Is which." "Dr. Harding dived lnt bis office and reappeared with a long club. "Now. all you fellows get out quick." he ordered. "There'll be a death no tice tn the paper about some of these cops' yet." he added darkly, as a long blue line of officers vanished through the hospital door. Constant readers of war news whose heads are becoming dissy In vain en deavors to master the pronunciation of some of the names might turn to the following clipping from a Honolulu paper for restful diversion: "Married In Honolulu. June 14, IMS. John Kaapana and Mrs. Malta Kaletkoa. Rev. John K. Kekipl. pastor of the K-eaiauia i iiuri h. officiating: witnesses. uooKana tianiuam and A. I. Bright." Both were evidently tourists. He was a stout, prosperous-looking business man from the East, she a slender, rather proud creature. She entered a Portland Heights car and sat down gingerly beside him, keeping well to her end of the seat. Her delicate nose was tilted up Into the air in a rather disdainful manner. He glanced at her a number of times, thereby showing his Interest and a desire for a greater warmth of attitude, at least, between them; but she remained unmoved. The car ran out Washington street and began to climb the Heights. Thls reminds me of a climb the trol leys have to make tn my home town back In Vermont." he declaraxi innr- tlally to the atmosphere, looking at her out of the corner of his eye. She relaxed perceptibly, although she did not glance his way. As the car began to near the crest both turned to enjoy the beautiful view. I believe that's cot old beat, he aald. It's beautiful" she added: "I am also from Vermont." The reporter, who had been alttlna- In the seat Just behind, had to leave the car at the next corner to Interview gardener on the extermination of rose pests. As the car began to get under way again he saw ihrouth the open window two heads perilously near togetner. it was the Oregon scenerv that's all. i Here Is a true yarn on the humorous Cronan brothers. Recently the vounc- est of three brothers motored to Cra ter Lake with William Stelwer In the machine belonging to the latter'a father. W. W. Stelwer. Shortly after the boys had reached Southern Oreirnn John Cronan he who advertises mort gages and loans received a telegram from his brother to this effect: "Need a tire, w ire me twenty." Lou Cronan. a third brother, hearing of this laconic appeal, hurried to the telegraph office and sent this message to bis brother In Southern Oregon: "Will be out of town Indefinitely." BIBLE CONFERENCE IS SET Cnitcd Kvangelloal Church Socictlen to Meet at Qulnaby Park. The Most Remarkable Economy Event of the Year. This Great Midsummer Sale got old Vermont admitted, and I Af FANCY SU I rr Serges, jGabard f r f?2i.50 Suits $29.50 Suits $39.50 Suits $42.50 Suits $48.50 Suits 4UI SILK . Crepe do W $14.50 l $17.50 $27.50 WW ALL c3 ITS AT HALF PRICE ine?, Toplins, Novelties, Silk Poplins. Now S12.2:, Now S 14.75 Now S 19.75 Now SU1.125 Now SIM. 15 DRESSES AT HALF PRICE Crepe Meteors, Poplins. Dresses Now R7.25 Dresses Now S8.75 Dresses Now S13.75 Dresses Now S124.25 WASH DRESSES 14 OFF Women's Dusters Half Price and Less $ 2.00 $ 2.50 $ 3.00 $ 5.00 $10.00 Dusters, Dusters, O.lf Dusters, $1,50 Dusters, S2J0 Dusters, JjCJ.OO Sale on Third Floor. Elevator Service THERE WAS in stant response to my week-end an--nouncement of a com plete clearance of appa rel for women and misses. The store was thronged with buyers on Friday and Satur day. Tomorrow, with ,-v stocks rearranged, I " eVt11 si... V. mitxii iciicw cue ttunuer- ful opportunity to choose from hundreds of fine garments at HALF PRICE. ALL SILK COATS ALL FANCY COATS HALF PRICE Regular ? 13.50 Coats half price, S .7." Rejfulsr $18.50 Coats half price, $ 0.2T Regnlar $22.50 Coats half price, Reg-ular $25.00 Coats half price, S 1 2.."V( Regular $27.50 Coats half price, l:t.7. Regular $32.60 Coats half price, ;i..'S Skirt Half Price Regular $ 5.00 Skirts half price. .552.50 Regular $ 6.00 Skirts half price. .Stf.OO Regular $ 7.50 Skirts half price. .S3.7." Regular $ 8.50 Skirts half price. .SITi Regular $10.00 Skirts half price. .So.OO Regular $12.50 Skirts half price. SJ.2.' Regular $15.00 Skirts half price.. S7-"iO Regular $180 Skirts half price. .$9JJ5 Girls Coats naif Price Regular $ 5.00 Coats half price. ,S2.."0 Regular $ 7.50 Coats half price. .S:t.7." Regular $10.00 Coats half price. .So.OO Regular $12.50 Coats half price. .SUJ.I Regular $15.00 Coats half price. ,7"0 ETery Adrcrtined Reduction Is Absolutely Genuine I Permit No Exaggerations. BEN SELLING MORRISON AT FOURTH Rev. C C. Tollng- Portland; Rev. A. A. Winter, Salem, and Rev. S. S. Mil me. saiem, have completed prepara tions for the annual Bible conference of the United Kvana-ellcal Church to be held at Qulnaby park, near Salem. July 22 to August 2. The annual camp meeting will be held at the same time. The Bible conference will open July 2 In chara-o of A. A. Winter. Among; tne speakers durlna- the conference vrill be Hev. C. :. Kollne. Rev. A. A. Winter. Rev. C. I. Uates. Rev. K. H. Neff. Rev. 8. K. Muraey, Rev. M. J. Ballentyne. Rev. G. U.-1-ovell Rev. N. W. Phelps. Rev. H. II. Karnham. Rev. A. P. Layton. Rev. B. W. Wood. Rev. A. R. S-chmalle. Rev. O. R. Stover. Rev. K. Kina-leton, Rev. M. t. Phelps. Rev. O. E. Krrkine. Rev. V. I'rblno and Rev. J. L. Burns. The Women's Missionary Society will have a programme July 30. The Key stone iJeaa-oe of Christian Kndeavor Societies will meet July St. Kvenlns; services will be evangelistic. LAW MAKES TAX CHANGES Washington. County Auditors Have to fOxtcnri Rolls. May OLTMPIA. Wash.. July 10. (Spe cial.) In rhaniclna- the composition of the State Board of Equalisation by re moving; the members of the Tax Com mission, the recent Legislature appar ently has shifted the duty of extendlns tax rolls from the County Assessor to tbe County Auditor, and may prove to have changed the composition of the County Boards of Equalisation. By a law passed In 10. the County Assessor wos made a member of the County Board of Equalization and riven the duty of extending the tax rolls. The M-Ardle bill removing mem bers of the Tax Commission from- the hoard of equalisation, however. Inci dentally re-enacts a portion of an old act. tn effect prior to 10. making the County Auditor accountable for the tax rolls. This law also made the Auditor a member of the County Hoard of Equalisation, but It Is considered doubtful whether this portion has been re-enacted. sewport is rnoii) ok girl SWIMMER. . .1 I ' t STUDIES AS ADAPTED TO PUPILS ARE ADVOCATED Colonel Hofer Presents Mews of National Commissioner of Education as Expressed at Conference Shorter Courses Are Urged. THE most Important uplift In the history has been the visit durl : Aaaa MayhalL NEWPORT. Or.. July 10. (Special ) Newport residents are Justly proud of Anna May hall, a 11-year-old Newport schoolgirl, who won second prise In the boys' swlmmlna; race on Independence day after other Newport itlrls had refused to race with her. The jouni woman Is a prom ising; pupil of Donald Vlckers. swimming; Instructor of the Nyebeach natatorlum. and If she progresses In proportion to her years the country will undoubt edly hear of her dlvlna- and swlmmlna; feats before many years. BY CO!XNL C HOFER. HE most Important educational of OreKon ins; the past week of National Commissioner of Education P. P. Claxton. at the Oregon Agricultural Colege. where the Com missioner became interested In the thorough work of President Kerr, as presented at the National educational conferences by the hea4 of the Oregon Institution. A friendship and real admiration has sprung up between the two men that means a great deal for progressive work In this state. Oregon will be a factor In the National reconstruction of the American educational system lonr the lines of vision and far-reaching work outlined at the Corvallls con ference. There were present the presidents of the State I'nlverslty and State Normal School, both of which Commissioner Claxton will visit on his return from California and Alaska arfd In both of which he expressed deep Interest. Those Oregon Institutions stand hlKh with the department of education. The con ference was also attended by heads of denominational colleges and the moat prominent city and county superintendents. The high school as the college of the common people was given a great deal of attention, and the new programme. pretty well agreed upon, was that the four years course be made a three years' course for students who can fin ish the work in thai time under spe cial dispensation. Students under the new arrangement. which la now partially In effort, will be allowed to take five studies and finish In three years with IS units Instead of four years with 1C. Prwteetlea fer Maw ' 1 1 Irsrd. The Plan as outlined by Mr. Claxton U to protect the slower-maturing stu dent by not forcing; three-year courses upon all. It was shown by statistics thst In the best high schools one out of eight or ten now finish in three years, and In the poorer-equipped high schools a larger percentage, some grad uating all In three-year courses. It waa shown that in the Washington lllsn t-cnool of Portland only two fin ished the course In three years during the past eight years. Commissioner Claxton has had an al most Ideal preparation for his great llfo work, which Is now to be crowned by a personal examination of the school systems of all the state and terri tories from Alaska to Mexico and from Cape Cod to San Plego. An educator 11 his life. Mr. . Claxton came to this grest task as a native of Tennessee. though much of Ms life was Parsed teaching In North Carolina. lie was appointed by President Taft. free-trade Democrat In politics and the first man to hold this office from south of Mason and Dixon's line, and reappointed by President Wilson. It Is not necesssry to say thst politics does not enter Into the administration of his department. Krom the kinder garten to the university this Commis sioner lias a clear, firm grasp on the educational problems of our country. Coming up from the little country school built of logs and slabs In the mountains of Tennessee, hungering and thirsting for knowledge, he finished the high school and college courses of eight years In less tnan five, became In rapid succession county and state superintendent. . university presidrnt' and took degrees and traveled In the educational countries of Europe snd was named National head of the Ameri can school system. lacreasea Effieieary Seagfct. Commissioner Claxton speaks t!:e eloquent and fluent English of a hlxhly educated Southerner, with the strong Southern accent, and occasionally drops a word that belonics to the patois o! the mountaineer. The auto that rushed him over from Corvallls to Albany to catch tbe Shasta limited collided with a top buggy on the ellpprry pavement In tre rush for the train, and he re marked: "Those wheels drug quite a bit." Claxton Is a master of the German language, which he speaks in good conversational style. He haa forgotten most of his Greek, but has Increased his enthusla sm for Greek literature, and the Homeric talea and poeni . his dally bread wren he !rop out of the ever-Ilvlns; present. He is familiar with the great German classics end philosophy, for which he has profound admiration. He dors not hesitate Intiv that un der the German educational system the average youth Is as far advanced at is as the American youth la at 21 though perhaps not pot-scsslng the ini tiative and precocity. The keynote of tne Claxtonlan educational philosophy Is the deeply grounded belief that from one to three years of the pedagogic siaric and lost motion under our ss lem can be taken tip tn the high school shd elementary grades with a net re suit or Increased efficiency in the product for the benefit of our common clt Ixrruihlp. Over and over tbe Commissioner flung It at the heads of the school men present that the child did not exist for the school or for any system, but the educational expenditure must be for the child, and In place of stretch Ing or contracting the faculties of the child to any Procrustean system or hard and fast rules, the public school sys tem must be made more flexible and adapted to the needs of the child and the service of the community, with the courses and universities fitting and adapting themselves to the high school standards. Instead of fitting the high schools to the requirements of the higher Institutions. Mi.rter rostra AdvsteateeL i ne .-atlonal Commissioner Is a champion for reducing the eight years or elementary work to six and start. r.f hish school work In the sixth grade. Introducing sciences and languages earlier, and extending the high school course to six years. II would give child capable of absorbing It an oppor tunity to do In ten years what Is now stretched over li years, and provide a two-year college course for those who were not seeking the professions. I'r. Claxton haa a hobby. It Is to gather complete data for an education al survey of the schools and colleges or the t nlted ststes cler bis direc tion. Such data have never yet been collected In our country. The need of this survey la based upon ine aemand that the people secure i larger net result for the enormous an nual educational expenditure. While lr. . laxton believes that the nation and the ststes are rich enough to af ford almost anything In the Una of educational equipment, and believes In the more highly trained and better paid teacher, he realizes that the people are not getting as much for trjelr rnooi lumis as tney are entitled to. The Commissioner of Education la an old-fashioned member of the Methodist Church South and an enthusiastic Y. M. C. As-worker. He combines the rare qualities of the dreamer and enthusiast with the still rarer talents among edu cators of the practical business man and what he calls "common mule sense." Believes la llara Ureu Commissioner Claxton favors extend ing the school year and mixing up work with Instruction for children. At Corvallls he said It waa the education al crime of the age to send children to school eliiht or nine months and then turn them loose for four months of Idle ness. He believed It waa perfectly good for the child to learn to hoe In the garden at 7 or C years of age and learn to ho'.d a plow or cultivator at 10 to 12. Mr. Claxton has been all hl Ills an ardent advocate of Indus trial education He went so far as to sav that better results might be obtained for soclrtv. the home and the child. If. after the ase of 14, boys and girls could he em ployed In Industries hslf the lime, al ternating two weeks In school and two wrrka out at work. The conferences at Corvalli were concluded by Commissioner Clapton making a strong pies, based on actual work done by him aa city superintend ent In North Carolina, for sending the grade 'teacher alontf with the cluMren to the end of the sixth grade. This system would demand belter teachers) and get better results for the children. Inatrad of shovlnc our children from one grade to another, aa boards are pushed through a pianino- mill, let the teacher develop and go along with tha Children In their development. rmlale Traclirr I llrl.le. SEASIDE. Or, July 10. (Special Miss Nell Claire Royhar. of Kerndale. Wah.. and John Albert Proutv. of Sea side, or, were married at Kerivdale last week In the presence of many friend, and relatives. The bride has besn one of the iwm popular teachers In the Kerndale H1h School for sev eral years. Mr. Prouty la president of the Prouty Lumber A Box Companv of Seaside, and aUo has business Inter ests In the lumber Industry Irs the vicinity of Kerndale. 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