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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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