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PLANS FOR HIGHWAY
DEDICATION READY
Ceremonies to Be Conducted
on Crown Point Wednes
i day at 4 P. M.
HIGH OFFICIALS INVITED
First Work on Vista House to Bo
Started; Guillotine Used at Bat
tleship Oregon. Launching to
TInfurl Flag at Opening.
The same Guillotine used to launch
the battleship Oregon at San Francisco
In 1893 will cut the rope that unfurls
the flag when the Columbia- River
Highway is dedicated next Wednesday.
The instrument has been resurrected
from the relics in the City Museum at
the City Hall.
President "Wilson will touch a button
at his office in Washington, D. C. This
will set the Instrument in motion out
at Crown Point. The touch of the but
ton will drop a heavy weight with &
knife on the under side. The weighted
knife will fall on a rope stretched un
der the knife. The cutting of this rope
will drop other weights and the flag
will be unfurled. It will be operated
by President AVilson, more than 3000
miles away.
The instrument is being set up by
Charles Savariau, superintendent of the
t.-ity's fire alarm telegraph system. At
the launching of the battleship Oregon
the instrument cut the rope that re
leased the ship. In this instance the
button was pushed in Washington, D.
C, by the President. The instrument
Is about 2 feet in height.
Vista House Workers Active.
. Dedication of the highway will mark
the end of the campaign conducted by
the Vista House Association to collect
funds for the construction of the Vista
House on Crown Point. The Idea of
building the Vista House first was
suggested by Samuel C. Lancaster, the
highway engineer.
The organization was perfected in
October, 1915, and the following were
chosen as officers; ' President, H. L.
Plttock; vice-president. W. E. Conklin:
secretary, William J. Piepenbrink, and
treasurer, Adolphe Wolfe.
An executive committee was formed
consisting of the officers and the fol
lowing committee chairmen: J. H.
Dundore, F. C. Riggs. Samuel C Lan
caster, Julius L. Meier. William Whit
field, George H.- Himes and J. B. Wer-
lein. All have been very active.
Vista House will serve a threefold
purpose. It will be an observatory
from which the wonders of the Colum
bia Gorge can be seen as from no other
point. It will bo a memorial, to the
Oregon pioneers. It will be a" public
comfort station.
Programme Is Announced.
The ceremonies at Crown Point on
Wednesday, June 7, will commence at
4 o'clock P. M. under the direction of
W. E. Conklin, and will be as follows:
Music by Benson Polytechnic School
band of 40 pieces.
Addresses by Samuel C. Lancaster,
Julius L. Meier, Kufus Holnian, Adolphe
Wolfe, Frederick Holman, Marshall N.
Dana and taymond 1111, tne lattet
representing the schools of Multno
mah County.
4:30 P. M. Arrival of Queen Muriel
and official Columbia River Highway
dedication party at Crown Point.
4:40 P. M. Turning of first spade of
earth by H. L. Pittock, president of
Vista House Association, assisted by
Julius L. Meier, president of Columbia
River Highway Association, Samuel C.
Lancaster; engineer of Columbia River
Highway, and officers of the Vista
House Association.
4:60 P. M. Scattering Portland
roses over Vista House site by Queen
Muriel and her maids of honor. Greet
ings from Governor Witnycombe,
Mayor Albee and Rose Festival of
ficials. Signing the "Book of Build
ers" under direction of William J.
Piepenbrink.
5:00 P. M. (8 P. M. Washington
time) President Wilson .will Dress a
button that will unfurl a huge Ameri
can flag over Crown Point.
b f.al. National salute of 48 guns
ty tiattery A. under direction of Cap
tain W. C. Helme, and playing of "Star
Spangled Banner" by band.
Provision for Antos Made.
Provision will be made for parking
automobiles on the highway Itself at
Crown Point, so that those who do not
go to Multnomah Falls and those who
return before the exercises there are
completed will be enabled to enjoy the
impressive ceremonies marking the be
ginning of construction of Vista House.
Among the other dedicatory features
which will keep the highway in a stir
Wednesday afternoon, will be the dedi
cation of Fort Rock, Angel's Rest.
which will be taken up by the pageant
cn route for Portland after, the cere
mony at Multnomah Falls.
Samuel C. Lancaster will give the
dedicatory address and H. L. Plttock
will touch the button which will un
furl the flag on the pinnacle following
ine dedication.
PENSION IS FOR GEESE
Pair Will Have Pond and Grass Plot
at Cleveland Zoo.
CLEVELAND. O., May 30. Age,
cook executioner, a platter on the din
ner table and a hungry family have no
terrors for a goose and a gander penned
up in Mrs. Ray Boey s back yard.
Having reached the ripe old age of
36 years, "Dick" and "Mary" for these
geese have names are going to be
pensioned. They will spend their de
clining years In luxury on a pond and
a plot of grass in Brookside Zoo.
These geese were raised by Mrs. John
Benns, Mrs. Boey's mother. It was her
wish that they be allowed to die a. nat
ural death.
Mrs. Boey. unable properly to care
for her elderly charges, appealed to
Councilman Dickerson to provide
home where they might enjoy comforts
which the confines of a back yard de
med them. Councilman Dickerson se
cured their admittance to pension priv
ileges at the Zoo.
BASE HOSPITAL IS GIVEN
American Red Cross Presented
With 50 0 Beds.
NEW YORK, May 29. Desiring the
American Red Cross to be ready for
any great National emergency, Mr. and
Mrs. George Blumenthal have provided
It with a completely equipped base
hospital of 500 beds.
This Is the fourth hospital unit to be
organized during the past two months
under the directioh of the local branch.
With the $24,000 given by the Blumen
thals, more than ?S3,000 has been con
trlbuted for that purpose. The new
unit is to be organized in connection
with the Mount Slnal Hospit"'. and will
require 20 doctors, 26 nuraj and 125
orderlies.
SOME PROMINENT FIGURES IN CONVENTION OF STATE BANKERS'
.. HELD IN PORTLAND THIS WEEK.
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BANKERS WILL MEET
State Association Session to
Be Held This Week.
FESTIVITIES ARE ARRANGED
Portland Committee on , Kntertaln
ment Headed by K. W. Schmeer.
San Francisco and St, Paul
Speakers on Programme.
Bankers from an parts of Oregon
will assemble in Portland thla week to
attend the annual convention of the
Oregon State Bankers' Association.
Coincidentally mey will attend the
festivities arranged in connection with
the Rose Festival.
The convention proper will open on
Tuesday and will continue for two
days. Meetings will be held at the
Chamber of Commerce.
Prominent bankers from other parts
of the country will Join in the discus
sions which will cover some of the Im
portant problems now confronting the
DanKing interests of the land.
J. B. McCarger. assistant cashier of
the Crocker National Bank of San
Francisco, and Howard R. Smith, of the
First National Bank of St. Paul, will
be among the principal speakers from
points outside the stae.
The committee in charge of local ar
rangements has prepared some inter
esting entertainment for the visiting
bankers and their families. R. W.
Schmeer, cashier of the United States
National, is chairman ofithe committee.
It is probable that a theater party
will be arranged for the visitors on
Tuesday evening. Tickets for the Port
land-Oakland games of the Pacific
Coast League will be provided on
Wednesday and on the same evening a
complimentary banquet will be ten
dered at the Chamber of Commerce.
The complete programme is as fol
lows:
'The Banker and Rural Credits," J.
McCargar, assistant cashier Crocker
National Bank, San Francisco.
Oregon's Part in the National Thrift
Campaign," Charles E. Cochran, assist
ant general attorney O.-W. R. & N.
Company.
'Livestock an Important Factor In
Making the West Prosperous," Howard
R, Smith, First National Bank, St- Paul,
Minn.
"Bank Preparedness," E. G. Crawford.
president Lumbermen's National Bank,
Portland.
'Trade Acceptances. From a Mer
chant's Standpoint," E. M. Underwood,
treasurer Failing-McCalman Company,
Portland.
The Trust Company Idea," R. L.
Sheppard, trust officer Title & Trust
Company, Portland.
John M. Calkins, of San Francisco.
acting deputy governor of the Federal
Reserve Bank, will speak on a topic to
be announced later.
J. M. Poorman, of Woodburn, is pres
ident of the state association. The other
officers are:
F. L. Myers, La Grande, vlce-presl
dent; W. G. Tait, Tillamook; J. L. Hart-
man, secretary; E. D. Cusick. Albany:
t. U. Crawford, Portland: T. G. Mont
gomery, Baker; J. W. McCoy, Ashland,
and Mark' N. Tisdale. Sutherlin, execu
tive committee.
Invalid's Chair Needed for Wroman.
Anyone in Portland who has an In
valid's wheel chair not in use can per
form an act of mercy by delivering it
to tne .Fisgah Home. One of the women
MEMBERS OF
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Seated (Left to Right) J. A.
President, Portland; F. W.
P. Norton, Portlands M. E.
I. F. Harrington, Banks.
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and a chair is needed to convey her
between the dining-room and the
sitting-room. Call Tabor 2492 and of
ficials of the home will arrange to get
the chair.
MASONS HOLD REUNION
THIRTY-SECOND DEGREE IS CON
FERRED VPOX 17.
Following: Addresses and Degree Work
Social Gathering and Banquet Given.
Class Officers Are Elected.
Addresses by prominent members of
the order; the conferring of the thirty
second degree upon a class of 17 and a
social gathering and banquet In the
evening featured the closing day of
the Fcmi-annual Scottish Rite reunion
at the Cathedral, 163 Lownsdale street.
yesterday.
The day's programme opened at 11
o'clock with an address, "Higher Phil
osophy of the Scottish Rite Degrees,"
by E. G. Jones, of Portland.
Louis G. Clarke, presiding officer of
the consistory, called the assembled
bodies together at 3 o'clock for work
in conferring the thirty-second degree,
tfio highest of the order.
The officers of the consistory are:
Louis G. Clarke, venerable master of
Kadosh; A. M. Wright, prior; Adrian
McCalman. prior; Norris R. Cox, prel
ate; Brydon H. Nicoll. registrar; Ar
thur O. Jones, treasurer; W. C. Cooper,
marshal; Arnold Lindsay, captain, and
Ben S. Backman. sentinel.
Too class officers elected at the re- ,
union were: Edgar H. Sensenlch, presi
dent; F. W. Schilling, secretary; James
O. Convlll, orator, and C. W. E. Deter
inrr, treasurer.
Tho address at the evening ceremony
was delivered b- Itev. George V. Hop
kins, of Portland. The response was
made by James O. Convlll, class ora
tor. A banquet followed in honor of
the members of the class at the re
union. FEDERAL AID IS SOUGHT
Crescent City Starts Movement for
Harbor Improvement.
Judge J. L. Childs, of Crescent City,
Cal., was in Portland yesterday to con-
CATHEDRAL CLASS, SCOTTISH RITE
Gale. Mllwauklet A. B. Hansen, Eugenes
Schilling. Class Secretary, St. Johns; R.
rogk, Corvallls; A. H. S. Haffenden,
OREGOXTA!7, PORTLAND,
ASSOCIATION WHICH WILL BE
fer in a preliminary way with the
Chamber of Commerce on securing the
co-operation of Portland business men
with the people of Crescent City In a
movement for Federal aid In harbor Im
provement at that place.
A bond issue of J100.000 is pending
before . the people there now. and In
case It carries a determined effort will
follow to enlist the Federal Govern
ment for active assistance In carrying
out the harbor development programme.
Judge Childs was entertained by the
following committee, representing the
bureau of trade and commerce: H. E.
Pennell. George E. Hardy, G. B.
Hegardt, W. P. La Roche and W. D. B.
Dodson.
PAPER ERRS OVER FETE
Chamber Corrects Statement of Clos
ing of Festival.
The publicity and conventions bu
reau, of the Chamber of Commerce,
telegraphed the San Francisco Bulle
tin yesterday to correct an error of
one week in the chronicle of the oven
of the Portland Rose Festival.
Apparently through a mistake In
reading the release date on a story
sent from the Chamber of Commerce,
the Bulletin published a story on June
l. aescriDtng the features of the Port
land Rose Festival and telling that It
had been a tremendous success and had
closed on that night.
The Festival will run from June 8
to 9," said the Portland Chamber, "and
will, we trust, be an even more brilliant
success than you have already, said it
was.
DESERTED PURSE TEMPTS
Paper Carrier Admits Theft of S50
and AVatcli From Home.
The robbery of W. F. Finch's resi
dence, 5113 Forty-seventh street, on
Friday, was traced to Charles Styles,
a 12-yearlold paper carrier, when City
Detectives Hellyer and Tackaberry in
vestigated yesterday. The stolen money
and property were recovered by the
officers, with the exception of $1.
The boy finally admitted the theft.
He had secured a purse, containing
$56 in money, a gold watch and chain,
gold ring and valuable documents,
when he called to deliver the paper.
Through an open door he saw the
purse on a table, and temptation over
came him.
The boy was given into the custody
of the Juvenile Court.
MASONS, UPON WHOM THIRTY-SECOND
C. W. E. Deterlng, Class Treasurer, Portland James O. Convlll, Class Orator, Portland) K. U. Sensenlch, Class
L. Chapman, Dallas; William Goldman, Portland. Standing? (Left to Right) E. L. Mot lain. Jr, Hood River; a.
I'ortland ; Frank Lfje, Engne) C. C. Byers, Portlands Oscar li. Dahlaiuiat, Portlands G. II. Grombacher, l'nrtlaad ;
JUNE 4. JOIG.
NON -SUPPORTGASE
Peter B. McCraken Convinces
Court He Has Been in
Financial Straits.
MRS. M'CRAKEN TESTIFIES
Wife Declared Her Property Had
Been Dissipated After Marriage,
but Husband Retaliated
With Similar Charges.
For- five months past that he has
been In the employ of his father, James
R. McCraken, head of the McCraken
Motor, Car Company, Peter B. McCrak
en did not earn a cent In commissions,
he testified in the District Court yes
terday. He convinced Judge Joseph H
Jones that he was not In a financial
position to support his wife, and the
charge of non-support, brought by airs
Emma McCraken (Emma DeGarnett).
was dismissed.
The sole Income of the young man
this Winter was the $30 a month that
his father raid him. he testified, and
he lived with his father and mother.
Accusation and counter accusation by
the parties involved livened the trial.
Doth Recited Grievances.
"We claim, your honor, that this
woman stripped the defendant of every
thing he has In the world." declared
Attorney Wallace McCarnant. "He beg
gared himself when she forced him to
give her a $10,000 promissory note eight
days after marriage.
On the other hand. Mrs. McCraken
asserted she had property and money In
her own name when she married Mr,
McCraken and that it was all taken
from her. until she had left only an In
come of $140 a year from a mortgage.
"Everyone thought I needed my head
examined for staying with him as long
as I did, she declared, vehemently, on
the stand.
Asked If it were not true that she
had ordered her husband to leave her
In San Francisco, she replied: "I don't
remember that I did. but I don't know
what good he was doing sticking
around. He took every bean from my
vanity box every morning, and even
made me pay for his cigarettes.
Stock Declared Valueless.
"Did not your husband give you all
the property he had in the world?
demanded Attorney McCamant. 'Didn't
he give you 7500 shares of stock In the
Smelterville Townslte Company?
"Yes, he did." was the reply. "But he
can have It back. It's not worth any
thing."
'"Didn't he give you a. $5000 life insur
anre policy?"
"Yes. but he borrowed so much on It
It wasn't worth hardly anything, and
I have been paying the premium on it.
"Didn't he give you an order for
$585 on the Anglo-Pacific Concession
Company for money due him?
"Yes, but I couldn't get anything
on It."
On the stand Mr. McCracken said he
had sold 2000 shares of the townslte
stock for a dollar a share several years
before he gave the stocks to his wife,
and thought they were valuable. He
admitted, however, that the $585 claim
and another for $140 had been given
his wife only after he and his attor
ney had failed in efforts to collect on
them.
Separation Follows 'Rtir."
The pnobe of Attorneys McCamant
for the defense and Elton Watkins and
Deputy District Attorney Pierce for the
prosecution, dug into the events on the
night of January 30, 1915, when both
parties decided to live apart after what
Mrs. McCraken described as a "row" in
their apartments, 1530 Jones street, San
Francisco.
"I had been bothered by people call
ing me about checks my husband had
Indorsed and which were returned
marked "no funds,'" said Mrs. McCrak
en. "and was almost out of my head the
night we had the final row. He beat
me up, scratched my face and chest
and threatened to kill me. I told him
to go ahead and kill me. I didn't care,
and I didn't then."
Mr. McCraken's explanation of the
epieode was that his wife became angry
at some trifling matter, and upbraided
him in a "regular rage" before their
company, and at 2 A. M. put on her
street clothes, called a taxi, and de
clared her intention of going to a
Turkish bath.
Salt on Koto Pends.
"I told her no wife of mine would
go to a TurKlsh Data at - o clock in
the morning," said Mr. McCraken. "and
held her. I unintentionally scratched
her face. The injury was not larger
than a plnhead.
Airs. JicuraKen aumitted she had a
well-to-do son. 23 years old. "Is he
not worth $100,000?" asked Attorney
McCamant. He Is not, was the reply
DEGREE WAS CONFERRED
QUICKLY DISMISSED
and the court ruled that such t
mony was Irrelevant, and the question
in? was not pursued further.
tSuit of Mrs. McCraken for the pay
ment of the 810.000 note given her In
San Francisco is still pending in the
Circuit Court.
SCHOOL ANNUAL IS OUT
Vancouver Seniors Issue "The Alkl'
AVith Iteports of Activities
VANCOUVER. Wash.. June 3. (Spe
cial.) The students of the senior class
of tho Vancouver High School have
just Issued the eighth annual publica
tion of the school. "The Alkl." The
book contains 104 pages, including pic
tures of the faculty, members of the
ocuiur viiisB, classes, urg izsuuns, ain-
letic teams and other school activities.
with accompanying articles.
Twelve students, chosen by the
senior class directed its publication.
nowrt Smith was business manager:
Philip Custard. assistant manager;
Arline Scanlon. editor in chief, and
Ernest McFarlane and William Price,
assistant editors.
ELECTRICIAN IS DROWNED
Oakland Man Falls Off
Dredge
Working at Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or.. June 3. (Special. 1
Louis K. Reynolds, of Oakland. Cal..
chief electrician on the Standard Amerl
can Dredging Company's dredge Long!
Heacn. was drowned this afternoon In
the Columbia River off the city front.
He was removing the wires from the
cribbing on the sands opposito the city.
where the dredge has been working,
and fell overboard. He was carried
some distance by the strong running
tide, and when seen was endeavoring r- estival parades and attend the other
to swim back, but soon sank. Hisu'jor features of the fete.
body has not been recovered. I The Alumni Association of the Medl-
Mr. Reynolds was about 43 years of
age, and leaves a widow, one son and
one daughter, who arrived a few days
ago to visit him.
GIRL OF 5 LURED AWAY
Police look for Pervert Who Prom
ised Candy to Child.
The police are seeking the man who
decoyed 6-year-old Barbara Ackerman
from the home of her aunt. Mrs. Mary
Mann, bit Savler street. Friday.
Assuring the child that he would
give her some candy he led her to a
vacant house and entered the base
ment, where he attempted to attack
her. When the child returned home she
told her aunt. City Detectives Cahill
and Hammersly are assigned to the
case. The pervert is described as about
35 years of age. dark complexioned, un
shaven, and wearing nose glasses. His
clothes are dark colored.
H0SPITAL TO GET MONEY
State Is Ordered to Pay $25,000
for Condemned Property.
SAI.EM. Or.. June 3. (Special.) In
accordance with the stipulation between
attorneys for the state and the Salem
Hospital Association and Oregon Chil
dren's Aid Society, Circuit Judge Kelly
today ordered the state to pay $25,000
over to the hospital for the property
which the state acquired through con
demnation proceedings.
The last Legislature appropriated
$2a.000 for acquiring the property,
which adjoins that of the Oregon State
Hospital. The property will be used by
the State Hospital.
50.000 TIES TO BE LOADED
First Contract of Rldgefleld Com
pany Is for O.-W. II. A X.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. June 3. (Spe
cial.) The tie-loading plant of the
Lewis River Boom & Logging Com
pany at Itldgefield will start opera-
tlons Monday after having been closed
nearly two years.
ximiy men m ue tuiiMoyca ana i
about 50.000 ties from the mills of the!
Columbla Tie & Timber Company and
-iai r. aismio, on ine wwis xiiver. i Kreatest percentage of members pres
will be loaded for the O.-W. R. & N. ent. and Millard avenue Presbyterian
One-Man Strectcur Success.
VANCOUVER. Wash., June 3. (Spe
claL) Further extensions of the one-
man system of operating streetcars In
this city will be made tomorrow by
the North Coast Power Company, op-
erating the local system. Three of the
five cars operated on local lines are
now run by one man. who acta as
motorman and takes the fares also.
The system has proved successful, the
labor expense being cut to half.
Lecture on Memory Is Tuesday.
Louis E. Jackson will give the eighth
lecture of a series of "Analytic and
Synthetic Memory" lessons at S o'clock
Tuesday night in room A. Central Li
brary. "Consciousness" will be the
topiiv
YESTERDAY.
ElMrrniipp pm nnr
lllLCIIItUG UHLUnD
SET FOR THIS WEEK
Time Regarded as Most Aus
picious for Getting Attend
ance at State Gatherings.
FFSTIVfll R R ATTRAr.TlnM
Sessions Visually Are Arranged so
That Delegates can Participate in
the Major Festivities Without
Missing Any of Convention.
Many conventions will be held in
Portland this week. The Rose Festival
time Is always the favorite oocr-sion
for calling together various state
gatherings and this year It "eems the
number of reunions, conventions and
other meeting to be held concurrently
with the Festival Is greater than ever.
It Is the best time of the year to get
representatives of all parts of the state
to Portland, for there is the added at
traction of Rose Festival events. Tho
conventions Invariably adjourn thlr
I sessions so that members can see the
I cal Department of the University of
I Oregon will open a three-day annual
I meeting June 6, which will prove to be
medical convention with an extend
ed programme made up by the discus
sion of topics of Interest to the mem
bership.
Bankers of the state will open their
annual convention on the morning of
Wednesday, the first day of the Fes
tival, and Queen Muriel and her retinue
will greet the bankers.
In the afternoon the Oregon State
Title Men will open their convention
at the Chamber of Commerce.
The Oregon Association of Presiden
tial Postmasters will meet, as will also
tie optometrists of the state.
Golfers of the state will gather for
the championships to be fought for at
Waverley links.
On Thursday Sheriffs of the tat
will meet at the Courthouse to form a
state organisation.
Osteopaths of the Northwest will
open their convention, meeting in the
Morgan building.
Music teachers will hold a conven
tion at the Hotel Oregon.
Most of these gatherings will cpn-
tinuo throughout the three days of the
other meetings that will bring addi
tional hundreds of people to Portland
during Festival week largely for pur
poses other than to see the Festival
but who will also take part in tho
city's annual fete.
ENDEAVQRERS IN RALLY
2S5 Jl'MORS .M-:Mnl.K AT ATKI.V
SON MEMORIAL. CHIHCII.
Attendance Banners Are Awarded umA
Programme Follawed by Outing
at Laurelharat I'ark. .
Two hundred and twenty-five Port
land Junior Christian Endeavorers as
sembled at Atkinson Memorial Congre
gational Church yesterday afternoon
for a rally. Eleven of the societies of
Portland and St. Johns were repre
sented and contests and talks were en
joyed. Miss Violet Johnson. Junior
superintendent of the Portland Union
r-irltian Endeavor Societies, presided.
and Lioyd Carrick. state president of
ln Union, awarded the banners,
n..n. R.ntist Junior Christian En-
I deavor Society won the banner for the
for the lnrcest attendance.
Others who
were represented are: Last biae t-.nris-tlan.
St. Johns United Evangelical.
Anabel Presbyterian. Mount Tabor
Presbyterian. Highland Congregational.
Atkinson Memorial v-ongresaiiuiiu-i.
Laurelwood Congregational. Sunnyside
Congregational and Oak Grove United
Evangelical.
novel feature of the rally was a
contest of finding Bible verses. Miss
Kulla Dunning, of Sunnyside Consrre-
eational Churca, was the victor. Sun-
ny8ide Congregational Church bore off
honors in the parable contest. Numbers
on the programme were: Song. Marjorie
Blessing; recitation. -Margaret .uteKrr,
Palestine map song. Irene Johnson. St.
Johns United Evangelical, and answer
to roll call wi-.h yells, quotations and
songs Benediction was given by Rev.
Thomas S. Anderson.
After the session in the church the
young peop.e went to laurelhurst
Park, where refreshments, games and
songs were enloyed.
PROGRESS AT MEDF0RD
fodern Stores Take Place of For
mer Saloon Buildings.
MEDFORD. Or., June 3. (Special.)
Front street in Medford is being trans
formed from a row of unsightly shacks
and tumble-down saloons into an at
tractive business street. Several months
ago Brown's saloon, at the corner of
Main and Front streets, was changed
Into a modern confectionery store.
Now the Royal rooming-house will
be remodeled by R. Nurmi. of the Nur
ml Baking Company, into a model
baking establishment, with new ma
chinery and fixtures, costing about
$4000.
CONTRACT LET FOR SCHOOL
Clatsop Building to Be Erected By
K. B. Vhile for $23,795.
SEASIDE. Or.. June 3. (Special.)
The Board of Directors of Union High
School, district No. 1. Clatsop County,
opened bids today for the construction
of the high school. The following bids
were considered: Greene &. t.reene. it.-
868; Roy Powers, $27,378: E. B. v fcltc.
$23.79.1; Sykes. $27,222: Tillman. $24.-
4S3; Goodhart. $2o.331: Gould construc
tion Company. $24,800. and Palmer &
Matson. $33,500.
The lowest b;d was that or Iv. l.
White, and he received the contract.
State Iu roles 22 Boys.
SALEM. Or.. June 3. (Special.)
Upon recommendation of Superintend
ent Hale, of the Oregon State Training
School, the Board of Control today
granted paroles to 22 boys now at the
Institution. The regular class work at
the school has now closed for the Sum
mer and. with tho Institution now har
boring ISO boys, its capacity. It was
deemed best to allow as many as pos
sible, to return to their bomea.