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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST ' 19r 191?. 110 TRUCKS WANTED INDIVIDUALITY OF EXPRESSION SAID TO BE GREATEST NEED OF AMERICAN ARTISTS Arthur Wesley Dow Declares Students Are Copyists and Lack Originality Selection of Good Design Possible Only Through Appreciation and Experience. Objections Raised to Opening Boulevard to All Traffic. COUNCIL TO HOLD HEARING Terwllliser Heirs and O.-W. R. & 2i. Co. Slnsl Give Consent Before Any Cliangre Can Be Made in Present Status of Road. 14 I There will be determined oposition to the proposal of the city to throw- open Terwilliger boulevard to unre stricted traffic, in an effort to form an inexpensive link between Tualatin Val ley points and the Portland markets, according to indications. The original nor!: was done and the property ac cepted from the heirs. on the guarantee that the roadway would be used only for pleasure vehicles. ; Mayor Baker has promised, that all who wish to be heard on the subject will have an opportunity, and the City Council has fixed Friday morning:. Sep tember 7. at 10 o'clock as the time for the public hearing. There will undoubt edly be many present in active opposi tion to the plan. County Could Pave Road. Mayor Baker's proposal is that the boulevard shall be thrown open to all kinds of traffic by means of the city turning it over to the Board of County Commissioners as a county road. He maintains that it is in dire need of many repairs or a complete new pave ment and that the city has no fund with which to do this, whereas the county is able to do so. The proposal, however, caused so much opposition that nothing further has been done on it, pending the public hearing. The boulevard right of way was do nated for an entire mile's length by the Terwilliger heirs, of whom there are three. It is paved for this distance. To the south, the right of way and is 0411 e adjoining property is that which was donated by the O.-W. R. & X. Company. Roth parties to the donation required that the city stipulate its willingness ami furnish a guarantee that nothing but pleasure vehicles would be permitted to operate on the boulevard, and it was upon this basis that the then Park Board, of which Joseph Simon, as Mayor, was chairman, took over the property. It was the plan of Emil T. Mische. who at the time was Superin tendent of Parks. that Terwilliger boulevard should connect up with other boulevards and parks as a pari of the general system and that none but pleas ure vehicles should be permitted on it. Mr. Mische is among those who stren uously object to the proposed letting down of the bars. Heirs Munt Consent. Nothing can be done toward, changing the present plan without the consent of the Terwilliger heirs. James P. Mof- fett. speaking for the heirs, said yes terday that' they' will hold a meeting soon for the purp'ose of taking up Mayor Baker's proposition and deciding upon what action to" take. In advance of that session, he would make no defi nite statement. However, when a sim ilar plan was broached some years ago, they refused to consent and it was abandoned. The attitude of the O.-W. R...& N. Company with regard to the proposi tion, is not known at this time, as J. r. Farrell, its president, is absent from the city. The subject has been laid before him by Right-of-Way Agent Morrow, however, and. he has asked for the data pertaining to the entire trans action. He will make known the com pany's position later. Meanwhile, interested parties are in vestigating the feasibility of a substi tute proposition for a road running out Fourth street and connecting with the arteries leading o and from the Tual atin Valley in that direction. They de clare that the same purpose may be served in this manner without detri ment to any paved roadway. MRS. GRACE DRAPER DEAD . Funeral of Portland Woman Held : (. at Salem. Mrs. Grace Draper Parvin died at the Good Samaritan Hospital, August 2. The funeral services were held at iRigden's Chapel. Salem, ' August 4. Rev. Elliott, of the Salem Presbyterian Church, officiated. Mrs. H. P. jDurdell Rang "Ever Remembered" and "Abide With Me," accompanied by Mrs. Walter Denton. Mrs. Parvin was born in Indiana and moved to Salem in 1891, and from there to Portland. Grace Draper Parvin was a direct descendant of the Revolutionary hero. General Draper, who was later Gov ernor of South Carolina. She was an accomplished musician, having gradu ated under Dr. Z. M. Parvin, and taught music several years. She and Chester A. Parvin were married July 23, 1902. Mrs. Parvin is survived by her husband and son, Zedoc Z. Parvin. jfZj""" " " .,,. .-. imin-mri HHimflllIWirT"" IHHMiHI'I'B' I'll " ) III 111 nil ' ll UMIIIM . V i 1 mi 1 iiMBiniiiin ii mi mi iniMiiir n ; - .t.ry .. TurttiiTirrMMf nr"-- CHRISTMAS 6C w HOUSER FIRM ORGANIZED pacific Grain Company Profits Will Go to Red Cross. '- 'Articles of incorporation of the Pa cific Grain Company were filed yester day. This concern will handle the extensive grain business of M. H. Hous cr during the war, the net profits going to the Ked Cross. Mr. Houser is serv ing with Herbert Hoover's food ad ministration. The new company will have head offices in Portland and- will be incor porated for $250,000, with Sherman C. ' Draper as president. The others sign ing the incorporation articles are J. P. lloben and Ralph AVilbur. .air. xiouser lias .extensive grain in terests in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and the profits from this busi uess will mean a substantial donation to the Red Cross during the entire period of the war. TRUEMAN ADAMS IS DEAD East Side Business Man Is Victim of Heart Trouble. Trueman LeRoy Adams, junior mem ber of the firm of Kennard & Adams, East Side merchants, died yesterday at his home. 8t8 Dunckley street. Death was due to dilation of the heart. Mr. Adams bad been a. resident of Portland for 25 years, and the firm with whicli he was associated was founded 20 years ago, at 539 Williams avenue. He was a member of Columbia Lodge. No. 141. Ancient, Free and Ac cepted Masons. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Blanche Adams: his mother, Mrs. J. Q. Adams, and Miss T. H. Johnson, an aunt, p.ll of Portland. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced, but are in charge of J. P. Finley & Son. Phone your want ads to The Orego . nian. Main 7070, A 6095, ...... HAT we Americans need is not only national appreciation. but individual expression. We are too much copyists. We are too prone to adapt what some one else has already felt or seen." Arthur Wesley Dow said this yesterday at the Art Mu seum in his slow, deliberate, almost shy manner, that has become familiar to all students of art" who know him. "People have a notion," he continued, "that art is something to be spoken of with awe, and only after much study. Of course, what they mean by art is really the painting of pictures. But art real art is one of the fundamen tals of life. It surrounds us on every hand, yet we Americans are perhaps the very last people in the world to realize what it means. You cannot get away from design try as you will. Every time you ar range a room or a mantel, every time you select a dress or a tie, you are ex pressing your appreciation of art of design to a greater or less degree just as you possess it. You make a de sign when you build a house, when you plant a garden, when you place a pic ture or a clock against the wall and the important thing is to have appre ciation enough to recognize a good de sign. 'Yes," he smiled, "appreciation is my favorite word, because through appreci ation only can we eocpres3 our impres sions. Art Matter of Evolution. "Jfo, there is no rule of good and bad in design. An expression or a selection of good design comes only through ap preciation and experience. You choose what you like and you grow to like what is good through experience. It is a matter of cultivation of evolution. To a large extent appreciation can be cultivated by a study of masterpieces of painting for harmony, for rythm, for light and dark, for pleasing lines and arrangements. But our greatest need is expression. Just as-primitive peoples express themselves through crude drawings and writings, so we must -learn to go back and express our real selves. And we are beginning to express to originate." He threw his head back and peered out through half cl6sed lids as though a vision were be fore his eyes "a real American art is coming into being. Perhaps it is the war, perhaps it is well, at any rate, there is an awakening. "Yes. art is national there is Japan ese art. Russian, Scandinavian, Italian and so on, and now a true American art is coming out of chaos." Right here be it known that Mr. Dow is called the father of American design, although he is far too modest even to agree with such a statement. He mod estly admits that he has been teaching his. method (which is now the accepted modern method . of American design) for the past 25 years at Columbia Col lege, New York, that it was wholly original with him and that his stu dents are spreading the "message" to every nook and corner of this country. The inspiration came after studying and traveling through the Orient with Mr. Fenellosa. who was an authority on Japanese art. "But, he added quick ly, "my work has been wholly Occiden- , tal American." ImpreHftlons Are Expressed. "For example, take that little group of drawings," pointing to the sketches reproduced on this page. "I asked the students to express in design some thing they knew intimately Just as the Indians used to do. What came of it? Why. those things that you see every day Mount Hood, Portland roses, the Columbia River, an ocean wave. Another student made a de sign of a bird." He looked around at the work on the walls. "This is far more than mere abstraction. It is expression of indi viduality. , Just as no two people look alike, no two think alike and certain ly they would not give forth expres sion in the same form. "I could talk indefinitely of the in tensely practical nature of this work. It affects people in every walk of life from the humblest working man to the most elevated and its appreciation and application would change the aspect of our streets the houses, the costumes yes, and the very outlook on life It self." He went on to say that we have just emerged from a period of hideous by realistic wall papers and rugs that President Eliot, of Harvard, after in- - 1 WORK DOXK BY STUDEXTS IV ARTHUR WKSI.EV DOW'S FIVE WEEKS' COURSE IN DUSIU.'V AT 'I'll 10 ART MUSEUM. Above is a design of "The Pillars of Hercules, Columbia River," by Bertha M. Shahan. Below is a group of designs inspired by everyday sights. In the tipper left corner is "The Sea." To the right of that is "Mount Hood," and next "Portland Roses." In the second row to the left is "Mount Hood and the -Columbia River," and next is "Mount Hood" and to the right more roses. Below is a "Sea Wave" and two designs of "The River." This group was done by Nadine B. Hickman, of Hanford, Cal. vesigation, says it is unquestionably true that Americans are lacking in ap preciation of the artistic, but it is also true that we are awakening to its importance. "The movement will be furthered through the most practical channels costume designers, dressmakers, textile manufacturers and in 110 small way by those interested in the graphic arts printers, advertising men and mer chants. Today large sums are offered by manufacturers for really good de signs and recognized artists are lend ing their services to this end. Cards Are Shown. To show how simple and inexpensive it is to obtain artistic results, Mr. Dow brought out some cards which had been printed by running a piece of linoleum through an ordinary kitchen clothes wringer. You, could not em ploy more simple instruments. After the design is carefully worked out it is transferred to the linoleum. This is inked, placed against the card and run through the wringer. At Columbia tney have made as many as 7000 im pressions from one such "plate." show ing how easily this process could be put to commercial purposes. Examples of wood blocking on sulk suggest end less possibilities for individual costum ing. And one began to wonder if in a few years we would not see women .wearing costumes of real individuality if the "made-in-Paris' 'label would not be cast into the discard heap. If Mr. Dow carl-spread his gospel far enough and fast enough, we shall soon see streetcar cards, newspaper adver tisements and bill posters blossom into things of beauty and the pretty, pretty girl, with puckered lips and inviting eyes, will have outlived her usefulness as a magazine cover. Arthur Wesley Dow is inspirational and one needs but to see the work of Wis students done in a live-weeks course here at the Art Museum to real ize why he has been a figure of such importance in modern American art. GOAL LAND INSPECTED LARGE VBIS REPORTED EXISTING K EAR HEPPXER. H. V. Gates SayB Quality of Product Is Excellent Preparations Reins Made to Operate Property. HEPPNER, Or.. Aug. 18. (Special.) H. V. Gates, president of the Hepp- ner Light & Water Company, who ob tained an option some time ago on the old Heppner coal mine, 22 miles up Willow Creek from this city, for the purpose of making a thorough investi gation of the property with a view to putting it on a producing basis, came down from the mine Thursday and re ports the outlook most encouraging. Mr. Gates is a practical business man and his report is the cause of much satisfaction in Heppner. This coal prospect was in the public eye some 15 or 20 years ago and many persons always have contended that plenty of coal existed there, but that for some reason it was smothered in one old tunnel which was abandoned as being no good. Mr. Gates has uncovered a six-foot vein of coal, more than one-half of which is pure coal. He declares there is a large deposit of coal there and quality is better than the best Wash ington coal. The only difficulty in the way of getting out an abundance for all local needs this Fall is the question of transportation, the roads up the canyon not being in the best condition for trucking. The county authorities, howeevr, are working two road crews in the , canyon and doing everything possible to get the roads in condition for heavy teaming. book is the largest work of its kind xi - contains the latest income ac counts and balance sheets of industrial companies, in which there is a public interest. These are, in most cases, presented, in comparative form, show ing at a glance the growth ..of the Dusiness. In view of the fact that during the past year the industrial organizations have had a phenomenal volume of business. Poor's Manual of Industrials is particularly interesting at this time It is invaluable to the investor or banker interested- in industrial securi ties. (Poors Manual Company, 80 Lafayette street, I7ew York. Price $10 a copy.j SPECIAL PATROLMEN TO GO Extra Deputy to Be Appointed for Duty in City Attorney's Office. In reorganizing the police force, Mayor Baker contemplates withdraw ing all patrolmen from special service, he said yesterday, and two vacancies will be created that the Mayor thinks can be tilled by the appointment of an extra deputy in the office of the City Attorney. iea .iansing, a newspaper man 01 tne city, is slated for the post. wmeii pays $125 a month. The plan will be laid before the Council for approval at the next meet ing on Wednesday. The post is not designed to be that of special in vestigator, but the duties of the place will include some service at the police station as well as at the City Hall. INDUSTRIALS MANUAL OUT Poor's Revised Information Is Com plete to August 1. Poor's Manual of Industrials for 1917 has just been issued. The general in formation is. revised, to August 1. The FISH SUPPLIES SOUGHT St. Louis Firm in Slarket for Fresh and Frozen Food. nuge supplies 01 rresn nsh are sougnt Dy tne meietla Sea Food Co pany, according to an announcemen from the Chamber or Commerce on in formation from a representative of the company, who is in Portland looking over this field as a source of supply. The company has its headquarters in St. Louie. It is in the market for at least 1,000,000 pounds of frozen halibut a year, 100,000 pounds of some sort of j. .... ., r'fir-""'' fir 1 iihihimIi L LHead Type of Hih Power The new balance we have attained in the Willys Six whereby we com bine greater power with sturdier light weight makes it a snappier, livelier car and easier to handle We want you to compare its per formance with cars costing around $1600 the price of the Willys Six is $1295. That's considerably less and see if you don't consider the Willys Six a better performer. Also the Willys Six stands out as one of the season's smartest cars in a comparison of appearance. It would be hard to design a more beautiful car at any price new double cowl body slanting wind shield long low racy lines. It acts the part and looks the part of a $1600 Six think of the ex cess value at 12951 '45-horsepower motor; L-feead type of HgK"pqwe 120-inch wheelbase 48x2-inch cantilever rear springs 33 x 4H-inch tires, non-skid rear Two disappearing auxiliary, seats in toimeaU' . tH b. Toledo Subject to change without notice Overland Pacific, Inc. Phone Broadway 3535 -Broadway at Davis St. fresh fish a week, 78 carloads of black cod a week and & car of red snappers a week. KELSO'S MAYOR RESIGNS Friction Wltri Council Over Admin istrative Measures Is Reason. KELSO. Wash., auk. 18. (Special.) Dr. J. Ballard, who was elected Mayor of Kelso at the city election last Fall and took office January 1. presented his resigrnation to the members of the Council at a special cession last night. There has been much friction between the Mayor and members of the Council as to administrative measures. A year and a half of his term re mains. ft. A. Poland, Councilman-at-Large, will serve as Mayor until after the next regular Council meeting in September, when a successor to Mayor Hallard will be chosen by the Council. W. II. Prince Sues for Damages. Injuries to his back and spine, which were sustained when he fell in alijrhting from a Russell-Shaver car, June 19, last, are the basis of a $C000 personal injury suit started yesterday by '". H. Prince agrainst the Portland Railway. Lig-ht & Power Company. lit asserts that he "was aeriously and per manently injured. Assailant l ined $2 5. Joe Subotnick was fined J25 by Dis trict Judge Jones yesterday after beinij found guilty of an assault on Herman Freidland, aged 70. Testimony showed that the elderly man had made slight ing remarks against the Subotnick fam ily and the young fellow had resented the remarks with liis fists. Phone your want ads to The Oreso nian. Main 7070. A 6095.