4 THE - SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULT 15. 1917. ' HOSPITALITY WINS PRAISE OF 11 E. A. Portland Is Convention City Extraordinary, in Opinion of Many. Visitors. ROSES' BEAUTY PLEASES Mary C. C. Bradford, Newly-Chosen President, Appreciates "Sheer Gladness" Shown In 'Wel coming City's Guests. Portland sets the unanimous verdict of the National Education Association delegates and officials as the conven tion city extraordinary. Many visitors left yesterday, but they did not get away without singing out loud the praises of Portland and the hospitality of the Portland people. Among typical expressions heard around the hotel corridors yesterday were: Mary C. C. Bradford, newly elected president The hospitality of Portland and Oregon people is equaled only by the opulence i nd beauty of their roses. If I were asked what seems to me the keynote of the Portland greeting to tha school people of the Nation, I should call it the note of sheer gladness in welcoming guests. The perfection of the arrangements equals the reputation of Portland for efficiency. Comfort and beauty enfold each visitor, and each face and each voice seems radiant with the phrase, "We are glad you are here." That the "stranger within the gates" is also glad goes without say ing. The memory of the roses of Port land and the charm of Portland people will always crown the recollection of the 1917 N. E. A. Retiring President Grateful. Robert J. Aley, retiring president It was a great convention. The dele gates meant business and performed their business admirably. The spirit of patriotism that prevailed throughout was an inspiration to us all and must have made a beneficial impression upon the community that entertained us so royally. Dr. A. J. Mathews, treasurer-elect and president of the State Normal School at Tempe, Ariz. I can't begin to Bay what I think about Portland. I have attended 20 of these meetings in as many states, but I have never been in a city where the people have done so much to make our stay agreeable; where they have thought of every com fort of the delegates. Josephine Corliss Preston, State Su perintendent of Washington This is one of the best meetings I have ever attended. The spirit of the meeting was all that could be desired. We all came to get the Vest and we got it. The citizens of Portland are exemplary i ntheir hospitality. They have shown the most gracious courtesies that coulc" be shown. I cannot say too much for Portland. Miss Kathery.n Devereaux Blake, of New York Portland is one of the most beautiful cities I have seen. The la dies of Oregon are adorably hospitable. They met us on the borders of their state with their wonderful cherries, beautiful roses and charming sweet peas. They showered us all with arm fuls of flowers. There is a personal touch in Western hotel service rather than the impersonal and mechanical touch that prevails in many places. Other Visitors Give Praise. Carroll G. Pearse. president- State Normal School. Milwaukee, and presi dent board of trustees Portland has the attributes of a thoroughbred. She went ahead with her preparation for this convention just as if she were ex pecting six or eight times the number registered. I am proud of the way Portland has handled this meeting. James Ferguson, principal Coachella "Valley Union High School, Coachella, Cal. We have had most delightful en tertainment in Portland. One of the N. E. A. CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS PROMINENT among the Americans who could vitiit with the Belgians on their recent visit to Portland was A. J. Gantvoort, president of the music section of the National Educa tion Association. As a boy Mr.- Gant voort lived in Holland and skated all over Belgium. In 1915 he was sent by the United States to the International Musical Congress, in Rome, where the representatives of 18 governments as sembled. At that fonress the speak ers were permitted to use only English, French, Italian and German. Mr. Gant voort was olocted president of the con press because he was the only one of the delegates who could fpeak all these languages. Interviewing- 1387 newsboys and writing- and classifying the. results of the interviews has been the delightful experience of Anna Y. Reed, specialist in vocational guidance, Seattle. Wash. luring the past year this distinguished writer and investigrator produced a volume known as "Newsboy Service." a. study in vocational guidance. While the newsboys interviewed stand a trifle below the average of other boys f the same.ae, yet she found them brierht, intelligent, quick and intensely human. Her volume. "Newsboy Serv ice," fairly tingles with real life, and one does not wonder when be hears her tel. the story of her experience and sees her eyes fairly sparkle as she tells of the newsboys. Taking- the National Education con vention seriously has been the pastime of the L'tah delegates, numbering 60 educators. Every morning at l o'clock the delevtes from l'tah met at the L'tah headqual Cers. room 727. Multnomah Hotel. After studying the day's pro gramme they planned systematically to cover all the meetings of the day. and to keep careful reports of the conven tion. These reports, supplemented by the reports of the dally pres. are to be taken back to the state of Utah and given to all the teachers of the state. This is what is commonly called tak ing a convention seriously. Meanwhile the delegates from Utah find time to ride on the Columbia River Highway and to ste other places of interest in and about Portland. Various delegations from the N. E. A. have expressed themselves as delighted with the work on exhibition in the Kailing School. This work is especially lnteresting, as it represents the labors of many nationalities. These little foreigners nlso have an attractive school garden near the school building. The principal. Miss Fannie Porter, ex plained that the garden is planted with vegetables suitable to the use of the people of that section. Many interest ins experiments suggested by the gar den fcupervtsor have been carried out from time to time, making the work both practical and educational. Miss Bertha Maueromn, delegate to I . r-l I T7 -7Tj!CTrrf 1 . T Jit .w-iiJ - - . " - rss s -V , SW ' W , - J . Mill VV. V s-v i N t . s - ... - II It ' ' - ' i f" , 1U most profitable meetings ever held in the United States. O M Elliott, president State Normal School. Lewiston, Idaho Portland has outdone herself. , George L. Towne, educational Pub lisher, Lincoln, Neb. The roses of Port land are symbols of the beautiful way In which we have been entertained. Thomas W. Butcher, State Normal School. Emporia, Kan. Glorious! Glor ious! This has been a great conven- t'Hal -Fl. Ruerh. School of Educa tion. University of California, Berkeley Portland h-s shown us a most de lightful time. 13. O. Sisson, president-elect Univer sity of Montana Portland has set a new standard for entertainment. Arthur H. Chamberlain, secretary California Council of Education. San Francisco. Cal. A wonderful meeting. The whole Nation will feel the Influ ence of it. R. H. Wilson. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Oklahoma City. We have all been charmed by the gra cious courtesies shown by the. Portland ladles. Albert Shields. Superintendent of Schools. Los Angeles. Cal. It has been a pleasure to be in Portland this week. Adelaide Steele Bailor, State Super intendent of Household Arts. Indian apolis, Ind. The meeting has been big, with new thought for a greater coun try. the N. E. A-. from the Seattle Teachers Club and active member of the asso ciation, had written a song, dedicated to the N. E. A., which she entitles "America's Song." The inspiration was given by the association. The song fol lows: ' May the heart and the soul of Amerira Ting, And an enii to the world-wide horror brln;; May htr aim in the cause of humanity' liwht Bring- t he world-peace in the midt of the fight. In tbrriys caus may she ever stand strong. As she seeks .o right human wrong. With a thought for the right. May sht win In the fifirht. And fill the whole worid with her eons. A. H. Chamberlain, of San Fran cisco, besides being one of the heavy weights in the N. E. A. convention and a utility ni?i in various departments, is one of the most pervasive "rays of sunshine' in the lobby of the Multno mah Hotel, where the headquarters were. "He don't seem like a school teacher, somehbw," was the remark of one of the elevator boys. with whom Mr. Chamberlain's large gracious ness had made a deep impression, apparently. "He seems more like a regular fellow, the way he acts.' Mr. Chamberlain is former secretary of the California Commission of Edu cation and chairman of the National thrift committee. When he was asked to "hunt up some other Californian of equal illus triousness," to pose for a photograph, he cut out Charles H. Covell from the crowd of educators that was milling about the lobby and dragooned him in front of the camera. Mr. Covell is from Redlands, a mem ber of the California Commission of Education, former president or the California Teachers' Association S. S. (which he says means "Southern Sec tion" and not "Sunday School") and superintendent of the schools cf Red- lands. "Here are your travelers checks, Mr. Origgs." said one of the solicitous'; friends of Howard R. Driggs, profes sor of the English language in the University of Utah and prominent el der in the Church of the Latter Day Saints, as he handed the professor a registered letter containing the travel ers' checks which had been forwarded to the N. E. A. headquarters by an anxious neighbor who saw the profes sor leave home -with a new suit of clothes. Professor and Mrs. Driggs are prom inent educational figures at the con vention, but it is evident that Profes sor Driggs had changed trousers before the convention. By dint of temporary loans and profuse promises he man vf h .S5 i n p,,;': the diner and in the Pullman until he reached Portland. Here he found frfiends willing to lend him money. "I am very grateful to you for these checks." he said. "I thank the Lord that 1 have a good neighbor." PERSONS AND SCENES CONCERNED ,WITH PORTLAND-MADE" MOTION PICTURE. ; ; r . r.4 53rnb7ui?Sie-n? t MOVIE MADE HERE C;, 'Nugget in the Rough" Pro duced in Portland. NEW COMPANY IS PRAISED Studio. Columbia Highway, Parks and Homes of Prominent Per sons Are Used in Filming Picture i n Oregon , After several years of patient effort Oregon's scenery has been preserved In celluloid; a real modern feature pho toplay has been made in Portland. It is called "A Nugget in the Rough," re quires six reels, or 6000 feet of film to tell the story and has been declared by many experts who have viewed it, to be extremely creditable for a first effort, and in many respects the equal of productions turned out by the Southern California film colonies. "A Nugget in the Rough" is not an amateur picture but was produced in a regular motion picture studio at Port land, along the Columbia Highway, in Portland's, parks, at the beautiful Josslyn home, in Oregon City and at other points adjacent to Portland where good locations abound. It was directed by Lewis H- Moomaw who has established a reputation for camera work through his year with Burton Holmes in making travelogues and the cast of players was chosen from among a number of actors and actresses who have enjoyed previous screen experience. The production, which had its first private screening last week at the Peoples Theater, was viewed by George Walsh. Paul Powell. Seena Owen and the Pox camera-men who were with the Walsh party and they commended the production highly. The cast in "A Nugget in the Rough." nearly all of whom are professionals with stage and screen experience, in cludes besides Miss Wetland: Harold Grady, as Bob; Sam Rose, as Fatty: David Bald ridge, as the father of Isabella; Jack Berry, as Steve Bolder; Virginia Carlisle, as Mrs. Dougherty; Bert Porter, as Mr. Northrup: Mrs. Bert Porter, as Mrs. Northrup; Kather ine Graham as June Northrup; Melville W. Brown, who was co-author of the comedy-drama, as Clarence Northrup; Charles Wilson as the butler, and Hazel Hansen as a most attractive maid. Be sides these players, the company in cludes cowboys, miners, society people, musicians and many other local people whose faces will be familiar to Port land audiences. The company has also completed a two-reel comedy entitled "A Tale of a Dress," which relates in amusing man ner a domestic mishap and its conse quences. The comedy is notable be cause it Includes a number of Portland society people, scenes taken at former Mayor Albee's home, some, wonderful views on the Columbia Highway and many more local scenes. Besides it tells a clever story. Arrangements are now being made for distributing the six-reel feature and the comedy and within a short ttme, as soon as negotiations for certain well known players to join the company are success tuny concluded, the company will start duction. on a more ambitious pro- Members' Council Takes Vacation. No meetings of the members' council of the Chamber of Commerce 'will be held during: the months of July and August, the weekly luncheon last Mon day being the last of the season: Ses sions will be resumed regularly the tirst Monday in September. In case special emergencies arise before that 1 ... , . , time. Chairman E. L. Thompson will send out a call to members. I I The white poplar has been', used as a natural lightning rod. Wonnaii in. S- I li1t &3?Zc woo Z 5 STAFF WRITER OF NEW YORK MAIL SEES PORTLAND AND HIGHWAY Entertaining Description of a Hurried Trip Through Oregon at Rose Fes tival Time and What Was Seen Here. (The following article on Portland i written by Zoe Beckley and printed in the New York Mall on July Jltss Beckley l a staff writer on the Mail who has been mukins a tour of the principal American cities and writing feature articles for her paper. ) BY ZOB BECKLEY. r F YOU were deprived of maps you could tell Oregon from California by its mere color. Greens replace yellows. Vast undulating valleys plant ed with apple orchards and vineyards lie emerald tinted between rich-timbered mountains. Deprived of sight, you could smell your way into Oregon. Acres on acres of fresh-hewn forest trees sweeten the air with a tang all their own. Besides the scent of the sawmills there is the ever-present hum and squeal of them as the train with Us two straining engines hauls you through one mountain pass after an other. And when you get fairly to Portland you see great pungent-smelling log rafts that come down the Columbia River with lights at bow and stern, to be taken care of by somebody, 1 suppose, at the end of their journey. Oregon. I am told, has one-fifth of the standing timber in the United States. I should think it had four fifths, judging from the logging camps we passed through. I want to come back some day and get acquainted with the women I saw standing in the doorways of their un painted homes big, fresh-faced ma trons, with white aprons and sleeves rolled up, sturdy wives of sturdy men. Portland has much besides logs. It has the Rose - Festival. Mount Hood, Columbia River Highway, and culture. Portland. I should say, is the Boston of the West Coast. Hoars Frightened Back. It is a good-looking city, with shady residence streets, which follow the Western fashion of running up hill. The .houses are enormous. I should think the pioneer families must never have had fewer than -0 children. In the newer sections the homes ar smaller, and if the families have di minished the taste in architecture has not. People had told me of Portland's Rose Festival, and by chance I arrived in tts very midst. Two blocks on Park street have been fenced and turrfed Into a mosaic of flower beds. A flat tering replica of the Statue of Liberty, all ready to be unveiled by the push of a button beneath President Wilson's thumb, stands In the midst, and gar lands of electric lights are everywhere. Games and children's parades, led by a Juvenile King and Queen, are a-doing. And all Portland is to turn out. flower decked and flag-draped to march for liberty and roses. The only trouble is that there aren't any roses. A laggard Spring has left them in unyielding buds on all the garden bushes. Housewives have ca joled and watered them in vain. They simply would not come out. So the decorators did their best with peonies, poppies and geraniums, prim roses, thyme and yellow marguerites, putting a rose here and there for sug gestion. i Under . the . misapprehension that I was going to see the Columbia High way, I engaged passage on a rubber neck wagon my favorite method of seeing a town (the "lecturers" give you so much interesting information, unspoiled by facts). Rnbbernecker Is IJned. We went out to the City Park in stead and then it was I learned that, even as Portland was short on roses, the cautain of the sightseeing ship was short on facts and totally lacked im agination. "Ladies and gentmun.'he mentioned, hoping we were all rom the Far East, "that there mountain you see to your left is Mount Hood, perpetually crowned " "Go on !" ' interrupted a voice in the rear seat. "That's Mount St. Helens. I lived at the foot of it for 3(1 years. Hood's to the right." We all gazed to left and right, seeing respectively a vast white circus tent and a collossal dish of ice cream upon the horizon. They use a picture of Mount Hood with a spoon stuck into it as an ice cream advertisement, so I know the man who had lived near St. Helens was right. "Now, just before you," went on the guide, nothing daunted. "Is a grand piece of bronze statuary, 'The Coming of the White Man..' " It is beautiful. I asked the lecturer who the artist was. "It ain't an artist." he answered po litely, "it's an Indian." "But who." I persisted amid the gig gles of the tourists, "designed it some famous sculptor, I suppose?" The poor, fat guide scratched his head and wiped his brow; it was avery hot day. "Oh. you mean the man that made it! Xow. leave me think! I know his name, but I can't just say It. . . . Smith Brown no. . . Tell you what I'll do. lady; I'll find out at the ofTice and let you know." (He told me later, bless his heart, that the man's name was Thompson. I found out afterward .hat Thompson was the philanthropist who presented it to the City Park). ,Rtrnslosr You Ride. "Now that river you see. ladies and gentmun. is often took for the Colum bia. It ain't. It's the Willamette, and it's pronounced Wil-LAM-ette, not Wil- la-METTE." Voice from the back seat: "Hey. Bill, how'd the Willamette get its name " And he winked wicked to the other passengers. "Well, I I guess it's a Indian name I'll ask the driver." offered poor Bill, getting warmer and warmer, for he was exceedingly fat and the mercury was high. "Naw that ain't It." said the tourist. "It was this way: A pioneer and his fambly was traveling west. From a hill the man thought he spied a river and sent his boy ahead to find out. 'Will, am it a river?" he says when the lad came back and that's how it got its name!" This seemed satisfactory to all the tourists and the guide wrote it down in a book for future use. At the end of an imperfect day I de jectedly called to pay my respects to the editor of one of the oldest and most widely read of West Coast newspapers. The Oregonttm. "And you are -goinir away from Fort- land without seeeln the Columbia Highway?" he gasped, running his hands wildly through his mop of hair. " ell. I tried hard enough, I de fended. He grabbed his telephone. 'Have my car ent round in Ave min utes!" he shouted. Then, calling an other number: "That you. John? Well. drop everything, call up your wife and bring her over to my office at 5 o clock. "There s someone here from a Isew Tork paper who is leaving town with out seeing the highway! We're going to see it if it means an all-night trip! Trip Hlickivay Ib Harry. Bang! Swat! Wow! That's how they do things in the West. So I saw the Columbia River High way, and my day turned from failure Into triumph. Had I not seen it I should never have dared tell I was at Portland. No wonder the Portlanders mention it as a Parisian speaks of Xotre Dame or a Buffalonian of Niag ara! I am inclined to accept their estimate that It is a road of unparalleled scenic wonders, the finest highway In Amer ica. (Or is it the world?) Forty-three miles of it stretch east of Portland into Eagle Creek National Park, where anyone may camp without cost in Government-provided tents amid virgin forests, trout streams and waterfalls. Forty miles of it stretch west toward the Pad tic Ocean. And that is only half, costing between J1.000.0O0 and 2. 000.000. When finished the road will thread 160 miles across the state and it is expected that sister state Wash ington. Just over the river, will build a similar boulevard bordering the mighty stream the two to be connected by bridges. The height and wildness of the crags beneath which it winds are breath taking. The reaches of the river snak ing its way through hills, mountains and tablelands feathered with giant trees or smiling with farms, are some thing to stir the imagination. Sunset paints the peaks with purple and gold, and soft blue mists settle in the val leys. Every few miles are majestic water falls, one of which makes a sheer drop of 620 feet. And about these beauty- upon-beauty spots have been built paths with bridges that span the can yon and make a parklike place for picnicking or Just dreaming. There are several beautiful inns along the way. one built and managed by an efficient little woman named Henderson, whose taste In decoration is no less exquisite than her skill as a cook. . Some day, when Portland realises what a rare possession It has in this highway, the homes of legging mil lionaires will fringe It. But it is more to my liking as it is, wild, pungent- smelling with flowers and forests, its borders unbroken save by an occasional huge sawmill or waterfall. The blessing of it all is its ready ac cessibillty. Any working girl who has a friend with a Ford and who has not, west of the Mississippi?) can leave her desk or factory at 6 and have plenty of time for the run. to Multnomah Falls, and a long drink' of lung-filling, soul stimulating beauty before the long northern twilight has fairly set in. Sam Hill, son-in-law of the famous railroad man. James J. Hill, is credited with first thinking of this splendid highway. He sent Samuel Lancaster, an engineer, to study the finest roads In Europe, being instructed to adopt the best features of each. Many of the retaining walls and cop ings were built by Italian workmen in the exact fashion of the best Italian roads, no cement being used. This 'dry wall' enables heavy water to run off or run through without damage. By loops, figure eights and other ex pensive devices all grades have been kept within 5 per cent, and the turns are wide enough for four motors to pass abreast. Forgive me if I have grown too flow ery over Portland. It Is the first place where I have been comfortably warm since I left Charleston. That and the Rose Festival and the Columbia River Highway may have gone a little to my head. Portland. June 25. RED CROSS THANKS GIVEN Dr. Mackenzie Recel-es Letter of Gratitude From 11. P. Davison. An appreciation of the activities of Portland in the recent Red Cross cam paign, and of his own prominent share in 'the result, has been received by Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, chairman of the Portland chapter. American Red Cross, from H. P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross War Council. "At the close of the wonderfully suc cessful campaign for the Red Cross war fund, I intended. In behalf of the War Council, to send you and your asso ciates. a telegram of thanks and con gratulation for your splendidly effect ive work," wrote Mr. Davison. "On reflection, however, I decided, in view of the Nation-wide extent of our or ganization. that it would be more eco nomical, and equally satisfactory, to write to you instead of telegraphing. "We of the War Council are deeply grateful to you. to your colleagues, to the devoted men and women of local Red Cross chapters and auxiliaries, and to every element and Individual in your community who aided by service and contribution. "There is no method by which we can reach the legion of individuals, or ganizations, churches, newspapers, so cieties, banks, companies and firms whose united effort has provided this great fund for humanity, and if through your press and by other means you can make public expression of our grati tude we shall deeply appreciate the courtesy. Their Joint accomplishment has stirred the pride of every Ameri can. "I wish to add my personal thanks to you. and through you, to all who con tributed to the splendid result." PORTLAND GETS PYTHIANS Owing to War Conditions 1917 Meeting at Marshfield Is Changed ALBANY, Or., July 14. (Special.) The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of Oregon will meet in Port land next October. Instead of at Marsh field, as originally planned, according to word received by members of the order here. While the change in meet ing place has not been announced offi daily. It is known that Harry G. Wort man, of Medford. grand chancellor of Oregon, has concluded arrangements to bring about this result. This was done at a meeting in Marshfield this week when the lodge there consented to the change in plans. When the grand lodge held its sea slon last year In Portland it chose Marshfield as the 1917 meeting place. But now that the war is on and manv lodges are caring for financial matters for members wno nave enlisted, and as greater burdens may come. It has been felt by many officers of the order that the grand lodge should economize. The expense of meeting in Marshfield, it is said, would have been about $3000 greater than the expense in Portland, because of the greater distance most of the representatives would have had to travel. For these patriotic reasons the change in meeting place has been de termined upon. Australia has prohibited the importa tion of jewelry. . CANIIG EXPERT 18 HEARD BY TEACHERS Various Methods of Drying Fruit and Vegetables Ass Shown and Explained. OBJECT IS CONSERVATION Agents of Boys and Girls' Clubs Asked to Pass Information on to Others and Series of Ad dresses Is Scheduled. Many women, all experts in the culi nary line, meekly listened yesterday . afternoon in the Lincoln High School domestic science laboratory while a mere man told them a great deal about -the preparation of foods from the con servation angle of dryinir and canning. The instructor was George E. Far rell. of the United States Department f Agriculture, and his class was com posed of boys' and girls' club agents from Oregon and Washington and do mestic science Instructors of the Port land schools. The drying of perishable vegetables, fruits, etc, lor Winter use, thus con serving the surplus supply and aiding in the food situation, was exhaustively discussed by Mr. Farrell. while he con ducted practical demonstrations In the various methods. One method of drying that was strongly advocated was the evaporation process by means of an air current, preferably from an electric fan. the current for a 12-inch fan, at local rates, costing 3.6 cents for 24 hours Model Drier Shown. The model drier, constructed by Mr. Farrell for this purpose, was 18 inches long. 14 inches wide and contained several trays of wooden slats, 2I,s inches apart. On these trays were spread the fruits or sliced vegetables to be dried, with the air current from the fan directed at them. Among the products in process of drying were peas, string beans, carrots, loganber ries and raspberries. Mr. Farrell explained that a low temperature, ranging from 110 degrees to ISO degrees, is better for drying purposes than a higher temperature and produces a superior food article. After the drying process, he said, the product should be placed in an open oven for a sufficient time to kill weevil eggs. After the trays are emptied the product should be conditioned for two days by occasional stirring that the remaining moisture may be evenly dis tributed before packing in containers. Turning to other methods of drying food products, the instructor illustrat ed the oldest known method, that of sun-drylng. He advised that sun driers, which are faced with glass. should be placed on a slant, with vents at top and bottom, so that proper cir culation of air be given. A roof hot house, properly ventilated, he declared to be the finest sort of drier. Boys' Work Shows. Second In antiquity was the direct heat drier, an admirable type of which had been constructed by the boys of Washington High School. It resem bled a tin smokehouse, and Is priced directly over the flame or stove, the heated air passing through its traya. -spaced at three inches. Whila this made an excellent direr, he said, it possessed the disadvantage of occasion ally developing too high temperature and burning the product. Miss Helen Cowgill, of the- Oregon Agricultural College. described an apple-box drier of similar type, which she had used to good ettect. l ne apple-box drier is provided with trays and top vent, and Is elevated at a proper distance from the source of heat. In concluding his demonstrations Mr. t"i -ll expressed the hope that his put-. -s would take the newly acquired knowledge home with them, try it out and pass it on to the neighbors, who were to be asked to spread tne gospet. Miss Edna Groves, supervisor of do mestic science in Portland schools, with Georgia Swafford. Mrs. Kathryn Baker and Miss Koreen, who will conduct a series of drying and canning classes for housewives beginning Monday, were present at the demonstration. The schedule of classes, which are free, is as follows: Monday, July 16 Lents, Vernon and Woodmere. Tuesday, July 17 Franklin. High land, Fulton Park and Holman. Wednesday. Jdly 18 Woodstock. Holladay. Eliot and Sunnyside. Thursday. July 19 Sellwood. Ockley Green. Buckman and Kerns. Friday, July 20 Llewellyn. Penin sula. St. Johns and Capitol Hill. Monday. July 23 Thompson. Stephens, Richmond, Irvington and Fernwood. Tuesday, July 24 Woodlawn, Glen haven and Glencoe. Wednesday, July 25 Shaver. Clinton Kelly Mount Tabor and Hudson. Thursday. July 26 Albina Home stead, Montavllla and Hawthorne. Friday, July 27 Ladd and Rose City Park. "TIME OFF" BREEDS WOES Complaints of Discrimination Among City Employes Are Made; Complaints of discrimination amon?, city employes over "time off" have come to the City Council. An ordinance at present provides one day off in six for firemen, two days off each month for policeman and one day off in seven for all other employee. Also City Hall employes have Saturday afternoons off. Firemen in the fire alarm office have had no days off since the middle of May. Firemen who turned down the offer of one day off in five, while fighting for a two-platoon system, now want one day off in four. Mayor Baker has referred this to Commission er Bigelow. Janitors complain because they are not given Saturday afternoons off, like other City Hall employes. MISS ORTSCHILD HONORED Orrices in' X. E. A. State Director and Vice-President of Section. Miss Viola Ortschild, ex-president of the Portland Grade Teachers' Associa tion, was honored at the recent N. E. A. convention by being elected state j i ...,.- r, f rF..cnn nnH also vi r'p.i. ro i dent of the classroom section fo the N. E. A. As state director. Miss Ortschild will call the Oregon delegation together at the 1918 N. E. A. meeting and also will serve on the board of directors, which Is composed of the officers of the N.. E. A., and one director representing each state in the Union. The stat"T directors will choose the next meetlug place of the association.