TWO VIEWS OF BIG IMPROVEMENT UNDER WAY AT MONT A VILLA.
HOUSE IS PRAISED
Vacationists!
Writer for Country Gentleman
Tells of Work of Port
land Institution.
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country with you, from Eilers Music House.
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HOMEMAKIMG IS TAUGHT
Visit to Place Is Described by Kan
dall K. Howard, AVho Outlines
Practical Accomplishments
by Boys and Girls.
The work which is being done by the
Vernon Community House in making
practical homemakers out of the boys
and grirls of the Vernon Grammar
School of Portland is related in an
article appearing in the Country Gen
tleman for July 17. written by Ran
dall R. Howard. The writer also treats
of the character moulding influence
of the community house.
"At a distance Vernon Community
House seemed only an ordinary six
room structure just an average home
in one of the outlying suburbs of
Portland," says the writer. "Drawing
nearer there was soon evidence of a
difference. A girl of 12 was mowing
the lawn: a boy was digging at the
side of the house: in the back yard
could be seen a large, well-kept home
garden. On the other side, at the end
of the porch, several more boys were
stretching wires for more vines.
inaiue me nouse was like the aver
age home of the community, except
that there were, schoolgirls every
where and except that practically all
the furniture and furnishings were
the handiwork of the pupils.
Girl Are at Work.
"In the dining-room two girls were
framing pictures and hemming cur
tains. Two other girls were arranging
a small table for an unexpected lunch
eon. In the kitchen and in the pantry
several more girls were, preparing egg
salad, baking oatmeal cookies and
fluffy hot biscuits and making tea.
Lpstairs the bedroom and the bath
room and the storeroom were in home
like order. More girls were appro
priating the front sleeping chamber
as a sewing-room, making practical
articles of dress and house furnish
ings. "Such is a .general picture of the
ZZi u Ut, ,f a novel educational
idea. The girls and boys of the upper
three grades of the Vernon Grammar
Scnool of Portland have become prac-
uv.nnr,,, actually keeping
bouse, learning to do by doing"
The article takes up a brief history
01 the Inception and organization of
the community house.
Mount Long Planned.
"Vernon Community House, which at
the time of my visit was Inspiring 105
girls and almost as many boys with
the home-making spirit. Is in the sec
ond year of its history;' said Mr. How
ard Its beginning goes back to the
r? ay.,f e incumbency of the pres
ent Portland City Superintendent, L. R
Alderman. The idea is still older tor
both Superintendent Alderman and the
principal of the Vernon School, William
Parker, had long had the germ of the
community-house plan." 7
tLthe rfini"sr which the house gives
says? 8 0t the 8cho1 the article
hn'K the ,gro?p stimulus girls who
work tbten ,the habit of doinK
Z J?t hme found fun an lost no
Th L scrubbinS and oiling floors.
I hey made curtains that would have
cost about $2 a pair for 24 cent,-
SELL WOOD "RT?
ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY CENTER
Be., Bundin. rilled tofeu , s.r,"re r.r Pp o.e .d Pop.Ur r,, f s.ud,
LIUItIren Have Room for Amusement and Work. J
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THE new home of the Sellwood
Branch Library, on East Fifteenth
street and Nehalem avenue, is con
sidered a model of convenience and
beauty. It is a bungalow type of build
ing, erected at a cost of $3000 and
leased by the Portland
ciatlon for five years. The structure I
occupies a portion of the full lot facing
Nehalem avenue.
The main room Is 26 by 50 feet and
Is furnished in oak. The books are in
shelve, along the sides of the room,
with reading tables placed about. Near
ly 4000 books are carried on the
shelves. The library also will supply
calls for special books from the main
.building. The main room is a pleas
ant, light and airy room, and the at
tractive feature Is its convenience.
A children's room for the story hour
was provided, which Is 10 by 10 feet,
and has a family of dolls, which are
a delight to the children. The story
hour is one of the interesting features
of the library work. The Campfire
girls, a Sellwood organization, meets
In this library. In the Summer the av-
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fine dresser scarf. listed in the depart
ment, mores at cost only 52.
Bora Have Dntir, Too.
"Likewise there were duties for the
boys. In the manual training depart
ment of the school they planned out
and began making furniture for the
house. At a total cost of J6.50 for ma
terials they were able to make a fumed
oak library table worth 140."
Relative to the social life of the
place the article says:
"To the end that the community
house be made all that a real family
home should be. occasional entertain
ments are planned.
"The house must never bo permit
ted to berr.rrif n lnhn,.iA... . .
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r ine turning out of domes
tics." the writer says In speaking of
ROTARIANS START SOUTH
AFTER BREAKFAST I.V PORTLAXD
200 LEAVE O-V STEAMER TRAI..
Party tor San Francisco Comprlaea lOO
' From Minnesota and 30
From Oregon.
Arter breakfasting at the Benson
iotei at 8 o'clock yesterday morning
the Northwestern and Minnesota dele
gations to the annual convention of the
International Association of Rotary
Clubs at San Francisco left at 9:30
from the North Bank Depot for Fiavel
where they were to take the steamer
Great Northern for their destination.
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bers, of which number 100 were from
Minnesota, 30 from Portland and the
remainder from other Northwestern
cities.
Ti Northwestern delegation arrived
In Portland yesterday morning on the
7 o clock train. Among the cities
represented by the party were OHiIgary
Victoria and Vancouver, B. C; Seattle"
Tacoma and Spokane.- '
The Portland party included Mr. and
Mrs E B. Morris, E. W. Tilden and
party of four, Mr. and Mrs. A B Cal
der , Mr and Mrs. F. C. Riggs,' Miss
Mabel Riggo, Mr. and Mrs. J. H Diin
dore. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Waters,' Jacob
Grebel, Mrs. S. D. Levy, J. o. Esberg
Fred Spoerl Mrs. Joe Sandvall Mr'
and Mrs. C. E. Cochran. Charles H
Carder, J. L. Wright, Mrs. George b'
Lee and C. P. Little.
The nntllno ,lva r,. i. .-.
recall, was made r.oslb!e br an fniL.
mon "r .l"001" The Germans came to
. , , , 11 " . aim now an attempt Is
E?Blan,d- Professor Perkin firBt pro
ducerl colors from coal tar. '
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erage circulation of book, is 3000. but
in the Winter it runs up to 4500 a
month.
Miss E. W. Jones is the librarian in
cht-rge of the Sellwood branch. At the
opening day the libraries of the city
were entertained at the Sellwood
branch, and they admired its beauty
and arrangements. It was built accord
ing to the plans approved by the Li
brary Association, and Miss Isom saya
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SEWER BEING LAID
Work On at Three Points on
.Montavilla Trunk Line.
JOE QUARTER FINISHED
Project to Be 20,000 Feet Long
From Kast Sixty-Third and AVII
low to Base Line Road and
Cost to Be 9148,000.
Contractor William Lind Is workino
at three places on the trunk r.
the Montavilla diatrir-r v ciTiv.
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she regards it a model communitr li
brary building.
Sellwood , Branch Library was first
to organize as a reading-room and
maintained by the people by subscrip
tion In a building still standing on
Umatilla avenue, opposite the Sellwood
school. It was taken over and moved
to 570 Tacoma avenue, which it occu
pied until moved-to the new quarters
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thlrh and Wfllow streets. East Seventy
seventh and llalsey streets and East
Ullsan and East Eightieth streets, and
approximately about 25 per cent of the
construction work, including the mak
ing of the big sewer joints, has been
accomplished. Construction of the sewer
Joints, which are of reinforced concrete
and range from five feet to four feet
in diameter, was started first, and the
main proportion of this work has been
completed.
The trunk will be 20.000 feet long
from where It starts at East Sixty
third and Willow streets to the end of
the Base Line road. The large sec
tions of the pipe used are being laid
;.r,om. East Slxty-third street to East
fc.lghty-second street on lialsey street,
formerly called the Barr road. Here
the pipe line will be five feet in di
ameter inside. The trunk turns aouth
at Halsey and East Eighty-second
streets and the size is maintained for
some distance southward.
Bla; Pipe. Iiradr.
The big concrete pipe sections for Eaat
Eighty-second street have ail been fin
ished and are strung along the street
preparatory to the coming of the digger.
At East Slxtyuecand and Willow
streets the excavation for tha trunk
lok a canal was being
built. The trench Is more than 20 feet
deep and about eight feet wide, and
nTinterlalJ 1" p"ed alonf side,
being dumped back as the concrete pipe
Joints are lowered In the trench. Each
pipe, section weighs more than a ton
"t1,-"" iowe th ivy block
On East Glisan street a smaller
,. vi ii i y-second to
Last Seventy-fifth street.; where it
TL?".n1eCt w,tn th trench already
completed to that .... . r
north .ye East Cillsan .treeY com!
.rlc,jr tatcen up with the sewer con
struction . k,. t, ? con-
Slin ."."k" ?a.8t allMan- the trench 1.
to prevent caving.
' ""tract Prlee la 14K.OOO.
This is th
under way m th. ..uJ -T"" l?nl"cl
contract price 'iuloooV which u
e.toubid25;?,'V"" than the "t
est bid. Contractor Llnd expects to
have the Job completed by about No-
Th? S.T TdlUon' r favorable.
The district m- nj.. . L .
th?a--a--io""toVto
StarkV.tr... . " part or the East
into thi .,r"nk wh,ch empties
of vi.t lV"tme,te U,ver the foot
system. h.V. k "m"U Cwer
systems haVe been completed at Ta-
..UIIn on can Stark street
Engineer Mnrri. i... . .
the people of Monta Mia that Tt would
rout ttnnnonn t. .. . . ""l 11 would
th. nt-iii 1 ou"" tie trunk from
trlci tm.erft,te..R,V" through that dl"
ii,.. Jrdctlon that has been rea-
fortataenral,tlanrd W," b near,y S00
ttr .h."! "dprl.vat connection. f-
-m iunK nag oeen finished.
CALIF0RNIANS SET PICNIC
State Society Will Hold Annual
. Gathering at Oaks Wednesday.
The' California State Society wm
hold Its annual picnic at The Oaks
Wednesday evening. A basket lunch
will be served at 6:30 P. M.
.T?a8t. t0 Ca"fornIa will be respond
ed to by Senator Lane. ex-Governor
Oeer, Frank Branch-Kilcy and others.
A committee of 20 is In charge of
'e rra"ements for California Day
at The Oak. and active charge of the
preparations has been taken by Frank
nn,""' President of the society.
Mr Hilton, says it is the aim of the
?h .ly,t,Jnake the picnle bigger than
that held by any other state society.
CHARGE OF MURDER FAILS
Jury at CortallU Acquits (icorgc
Avery of Death oT lurcly.
CORVALLIS, Or., Jufy 17. (Special.)
George Avery, who was accused of
the murder of William Purdy on the
night of April 23, was released from
custody today when the Jury returned
a verdict of not guilty.
The arguments in the case cloned
shortly after noon yesterday and the
Jury went out at 2:30. Between that
time and 10:30 this morning they re
turned twice for further Instruction,
the latter time asking to have the in
structions re-read entire.'-.
Here are some used ones:
Several, regular price S25.00. reduce tn.
Reduced price includes one
Two regular price $35.00, reduced to S21.40
Reduced price includes 28 selections of best records.
Two regular price $100, Machines reduced to SG5.00
Reduced price includes 30
selections of best records.
Quite a number of others,
some old-style ones for $8,
$10 and $12, records included.
All of these and other
machines sent by mail
receipt of price. Will
be sold on the well-know
be sold on the well-lcnoWn-i71v4aWfAVJa ! Uhv' ;- K
Eilers easy payment plan
2d Floor Eilers BIdg
PARTY ON LONG TRIP
Georgia Autoists Arrive' on
16,000-Mile Tour. .
CAR DRIVEN 6500 MILES
"o Trouble Encountered on Journey
Iom Macon to Portland by Way
of Tla Juana, Mexico, and
North Along Coast.
unving a 6000-pound ,slx-KlxtvM
automobile a party of tanned nl.i.nr.
seeker, arrived In Portland last night
from the South on the last leg of what
is thought to be one of the longest
pleasure automobile trips ever taken.
Dr. A. B. Hinkla and Mr nH .--
George Otto comprised the party that
ien .Macon. Georgia. April 27. and ar
rived In this city happy, and enthusias
tic over the trip that has already con
sumed close to three months. The
party ha. traveled 6500 miles, and by
the time It again arrives at Macon will
have traversed practically everv ruri
of the United States over which a ma
chine could travel, and will have cov
ered close to 16.000 miles.
After leaving Macon th. Innrl.l '
Itinerary took them through Atlanta
Chattanooga. Loul.-vllle. IndlanaDolls.
St. Louis, Kansas Cltv. Denver. !.... ki
Colorado Springs, the Royal George and
Canyon City. They then doubled back
to Pueblo and took the Santa Fe tr.il
to New Mexico. '
Gransl Caayea Visited.
They visited Albuquerque and
Sprlngervllie and were delayed for two
days in the latter town on account of
a slx-lnrh fall of snow. From New
Mexico to the Grand Canyon or the
Colorado they went, and then they came
across the California desert by way of
Needles. No difficulty was experienced
in crossing the hot sand and the tem
perature of 110 degrees in the shade
was to them only a passing inconveni
ence. From Needle, the tourist,
crossed to Los Angeles and then south
to San Diego and to the Mexican bord
er, stopping at Tla Juana. Mexico.
From Mexico the party c.ime north to I
CROSS-CONTINENT AUTOMOBILE TOURISTS WHO REACHED
nmiLAAu lUitKUAY ON TRIP THAT WILL
COVER 16.000 MILES.
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San Francisco and stopped at the Fair
for a week. While there their car was
on exhibition at the Transportation
Building.
The extreme Coast route was taken
on the way up from California, and
they passed through Crescent City.
Urnnts Pass. Rugene and Corvallls In
Oregon.
While coming through the mountains
in Northern California this trans
continental party had the thrill of see
ing the front wheels of their machine
go over the bank on one of the hair
pin turns In the Wilder Kldge Pass,
but Dr. Hinkle. who has driven the car
every mile of the way. controlled It be
fore any damage ma. done.
While en route Dr. Hinkle said that
he had had no engine trouble, and the
only delay caused by the machine oc
curred when the pinion shaft was
broken. During the ride over the Call-
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rornla desert and on to Sun Dleiro and
Angeies not even so much a. a
puncture was sustained.
Dr. Hinkle was enthusiast). over the
trip thus far. saying it had been an
unusually successful one because of the
weight of the machine and its load
However, this is not lr. Hlnkle's first
extended trip by automobile, for he
lured 21 states and part of Canada in
., Ur- Hinkle carries with him an out
nt consisting of refrigerator, stove
beds, chairs, etc, and has his camp"
"s"' i nigni Dy electricity that the
machine generates for him during the
day.
Dr. Hinkle and Mr. and Mrs. Otto
were entertained last night at the
Automobile Club by II. G. Terry, a local
real estate operator, and thev will leave
for Seattle today. From Seattle the
route they intend to follow win take
them through Spokane. Glacier Nation
al Park. Yellowstone 1'ark. Cody
Cheyenne and various other cities
en route to ChicaKo. They will fol
low the Lincoln Highway from Chicago
to New York, and the National High
way from there to Washington Th.v-I
expect to arrive in Macon by October 1.
Dr. Hinkle reports royal treatment
wherever his party has stopped.
PORTliNDFIElJDRAliVS
I". S. TILER, TACOMA AUVKHTIMNU
.M.,. LOCATES 1IKRK.
Policy of Portlaad Maanfartarcra la
Declared More Agareaalve Tkaa
That la Seattle.
- ' " mo i ) it r Advertising
vi lacoma. lias located in this
Ul mna "i associated with Arthur
H. Deute. a Portland advertising agent.
Before engaging i business in Tn-
y" air. jyier was with the Ben B.
Hampton Advertising Asrencv In v.w
ork City, the firm that handles all
the advertising for th. I'.c. i v. v.
Company. Insersoll Watch a n.
'"""o company. It. ae G. Corset Com-
pany and many other large companies
iie r.a. oeen In the NorthWeM for six
;r.m. passing niOUt Of that lim. I
Seattle and Tacoma. and comes to Port
land with a comprehensive knn.l.j
cities. v
' uusmcss conditions In th. Vnrth..
In the opinion of Mr. Tyler there I.
more advertising done In Portland than
In Seattle and Tacoma. wl.ln. i.
tributes to the more aggressive policy
of Portland manufacturers.
Mr. Tyler a t
business
associate.
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Mr. Deute. ha become well known
here through his advertising work for
the Pacific Coast
mscuit Companv
I ortland Seed Company. Coin Machine
Manufacturing Company. McClanahan
Incubator Company and Klrstin stump
Puller Company.
The new agency will be known as
the Lee-lHute-Tyler Company and aft-
ei .nuKUM i win do located
Dekum building.
in the
Gopher Valley Moles Fought.
SHERIDAN. Or.. July 17. (SpeclaL
Farmers or Gopher Valley have be
gun a war on moles. To date C.
Rhondes claim, the championship a
mole catcher with a record of 0. m.
next best competitors are the cats of
J. N. Grohe. whtt-h have caught 25 of
the little animals.
m. GRIFFITH IS ELECTED
HISPANO-AMUItlCA SOtlKTV TO
nnoiDKX scope of woiik.
-New President Look a Forward to Cam
Pa'sra for Isrrrasrd Intttnt
After Vacations.
At a meeting Thursday night of the
Hispano-Amerlcan Society of Oregon.
Gaylord C. Griffith, first vlce-preisdent
of the society, was appointed president
to fill the vacancy cu used by the resig
nation of Hamilton Johnstone. A pro
posal to broaden the scope of the so
clety". work was unanimously adopted,
to the effect that steps be taken to
make the society a medium for the in
terchange of information of commer
cial interest, as well as in other lines.
between the general public of the Pa
cific Northwest and the Latin-American
countries. A committee was ap
pointed to work out the details of a
plan of action with that end In view.
Mr. Griffith look, forward to an ac
tive campaign along these lines and to
an Increased interest by the public In
the society's work In general when It.
meetlnna are resumed In September,
following the Summer vacation period
which beplns this week
CITY YET MAY CUT WEEDS
Threat or Arrest Kail on Out-of-Town
Properly Owners.
Inability to force out-of-town owners
Of Portland property to ci;t weeds by
threats of arrest may result In the city
. lofting tlie system again of mowing
the gr.is and assessing the cost to tho
property as a lien. The plan Is being
considered by Commissioner Pie., k.
Poll.-e. through threats of arrest,
have forced resident property owners
to cut the weeds on hundreds of lots.
It Is impossible to reach out-of-town
owner. In this way. and it is said the
assessment plan is the only one which
can be made to work sin-cessf ully.
Delay In I!oal Work Investigated.
DAYTON". Wash.. Ju'y : T. Special. )
Mayor W. C. Ciodarri. County Com
missioners Georce Spalinscr and
Richard Prster. with a party of rep
resentative business men. met State
HlKhway Commissioners Roy and Kge
Thursday to find why the appropria
tion for the permanent highway be
tween Dayton and Wnitshurg Is not
being used. Th.- location of the road
has been definitely decided. In ail
probability the eroding will be brs-un
In th. esrlv Atitnmn.
Your Glasses
Were Fitted
When?
If your eyes have not been
examined within the past two
years they should be looked
after now ; particularly if you
have suffered from a severe
illness.
Improper lenses can prove
harmful not only to your eyes
but to your health as well.
In all Portland there is no
better optical service than
ours.
Let us test your eyes and
prove it to you.
THOMPSON
OPTICAL INSTITUTE
209-10-11 Corbett Bid?;.
Fifth and Morrison