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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1918)
TIIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, TORTLAND, JUNE 2, 1918. GUY 1ST SPEED UP HOE BUIL DING One House Going Up Where Nine Are Needed, De clares City Inspector. of line and begin a mad race around the circle. Just as often as the soldier with the belt can get within lashing distance the runner In the lead receives stinging slap on the legs or back with the strap. There is-another game called "catch- ng the boohe." A swift runner Is se lected .o run, and then the entire com pany in full cry gives chase. The great fun comes when the drill sergeant sud denly cries out, "How did Mrs. Grady die? This game calls for all sorts of athletic stunts. The. men will laugh sc hard at some ridiculous attitude as sumed by some soldier, that he also strikes a ridiculous attitude. Then there is a thing called "Mind. Alert." The drill sergeant will strike one. attitude and then every soldier must do the opposite. This stimulates quick thinking. First Mr. Drill Ser geant will make the soldiers do Just as POPULATION GROWING FAST AVltli Demand for Dwellings Double Average of Recent Years, Con struction Shown to Be Far Short of Xormal. , - Construction of new dwellings In Portland. at the rate of 4000 per year Is needed properly to care for the in crease in population due to the new war industries that have been estab lished here and others yet to come. Portland now is building at the rate of 445 dwellings a year. That in brief is the statement of H. E. Flummer, city building inspector, who has gathered statistics for the benefit of the housing committee of the Chamber qf Commerce. Mr. Plum- mer says: "In the previous statement I showed that the normal annual increase of population in Portland has been about 12.000 and that in 1917 and 1918 the average was twice the normal, or 24",000 ; ter year. "Before attempting to determine the rate at which dwellings should be con ' structed at the present time and under present conditions, it is desirable to know the normal rate of dwelling con etruction. Ten-Year Average Shown. i "The records of the building depart ment relative to dwelling construction began in 1907, and during a ten-year period ending in 1916 20.642 dwellings were constructed, or a yearly average of 2064. Inasmuch as during this period there was some rebuilding, the rate of erecting dwellings was between 1900 and 2000 houses per year. "The number and valuation of dwell ings constructed annually during the ; ten-year period from 1907 to 1917 by years is shown by the following table: Tffar. No. dwellings. . 107 2064 J08 2r.:i3 11" 237 . 5010 . . . .8141 3911 7T y-'4 J-2 " 276. 3U1S .. .170:1 1014 1487. mi. -i jo 1010 473 Valuation. J4.336.188 v 4.031.100 4.B92.270 7.215.930 7.915.2S0 6.:S47.2S3 3.020.875 . 3.108.28.1 2.173.8B5 1,314,150 Totals 20.642 .S45.955.346 "If, during this period, the growth of , population was approximately 12,000 ;.- or normal, it may be seen that there was one dwelling built for each in -crease in population "amounting to six .' persons. The average size of a fam ily in one dwelling is less than six; but as hotels and apartment-houses house many, the ratio of one dwelling : to six persons is reasonable. Normal Building Indicated "Confirming figures with regard to - the ratio of dwellings to population are found in the United "States census - report of 1910, where the population of Portland is given as 207,214 and the number of dwellings 37,436, which is . a ratio of one dwelling to five and one " half persons. . . "Using the normal Increase of pop- ulation as 12,000 and the ratio of one to six dwellings to- population, the nor - mal construction of dwellings is 2000 , per year. 'Under present conditions, with an Increase of . population during 12 months of not less than 24,000, the i number of dwellings constructed should . be 4000, provided, of course, the num b'er of vacant houses is normal. Va cancies vary from 2 to 5 per cent. The . . survey made by the Realty Board dur- !.' ing the latter part of February showed ;C approximately 1500. vacant dwellings -r in the city, a ratio of 3 per cent of 60,000, the approximate number of - dwellings in the city. Showing: Far From Adequate. "Because the percentage of vacan r cies is not at all excessive, the num- ber of dwellings which should be con structed in a year's time now is 4000. ' "The records of the bureau of build . ' lng show that we are falling far Short Z. of this number. For the first five ; - months of 1918 the following result '- is shown: - No. dwelling. Valuation, LITTLE GIRL IS CLEVER DANCER, , i ' . : Photo by Peasleys. , " . Marjorle Reynolds. v:. Esthetic dancing "has a clever exponent in the per'sfon of little Miss Marjorle Reynolds, the 11- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Reynolds? of Univer sity Park. The youthful artist has been entertaining . -Portsmouth audiences,, her every ap pearance attracting much atteni ' tion and earning- for her enthu siastic applause. - She has been studying dancing for some time and critics predict for her a splendid future. . ' g ...fflp BBpli j diT JHw S?j IBs I'm Bk M.mM? fm lip -j5ezr i , r ri . H-jJ . Private Entrance , "tR, n Flfth Street- Hi ffiiMJ EVERY FAMILY head should go through the Finley Institution. It is a great relief in time of bereavement to know the service of an . Institution of this character. Located in the quiet, residential section of the city," the Finley Institution offers the quiet, restful, and refined atmosphere of the finest home. January. 1918 A. . . ir ..' February. -'. . . 18. -- March -April , r May .. . ...... 49 . . 44 ..80. ..166 A 16.550 S8.840 ' 104,225 128.600 S378.675 .". Totals - Estimated. - ' "The construction of 186 dwellings r. at a valuation of 1378,675 in five '.'"months is. at the rate of 445 yearly, with ' yearly valuation average of '. J905.000. Seattle Rererds Submitted. "Thus we are now building only one- - ninth as rapidly as we should in or , der to properly house the increasing r population. That these figures for . dwellings that should be constructed are not excessive can be seen by the records of the Seattle department of " buildings for the first four months of 1918 as follows: No. dwellings. Valuation. Z ;jnuarv 211 307.225 - hruary 263 - 409,340 '.V .March 295 439.235 - April ' 332 428.625 ho does. Suddenly he will give a com mand and then the soldiers must do the opposite. If you are not convinced that it calls for quick thinking, just try It with some one. Go through the exercises doujble-quick. Frivnte Smith Is nappy. On my Journey to a big city In France (no, not Paris), who should I run into but the twice Pacific Northwestern golf champion, Russell Smith, formerly of Portland, now a. soldier in France? I never before saw Russ when he wasn't dressed a la fashion plate, even If he was going on a fishing trip. On this occasion he was dressed in Uncle Sam's best private-of-the-f irst-class uniforms, and looking 100 per cent healthier and happier than when he was leading a golf tournament at Gearhart- or the Waverly Golf Club course.. I'll wager there is hardly a road in France that Russ hasn't driven a motor truck over. Because he was good at the game his commanding officer tried to make a non-commissioned officer of him. Russ tried the chevrons for one day, then because the chevron foozled and sliced his nice unny, he asked to be reduced to the ranks. His wish had been granted a moment before I shook hands with him and he was another of the many happy American soldiers In' France. Here, where the men are billeted, many funny things happen. Some of the soldiers have sleeping quarters in lofts and. stables. A week ago these buildings had the accumulation of dust and cobwebs of a century ago, but to day they are as clean as a good, house wife's pantry. This morning I was passing a billet. - It fcad been a pigeon loft and I heard what sounded some what like- the cooing of a dozen pigeons. I shinned up the ladder and what do you suppose. I found? Just a lot of husky soldiers playing pigeon, strutting around and flopping , their arras. . - All Entered by Ladders. At another billet the entrance to all of them is made by ladder still an other bunch were playing firemen. One private, Jnnior Malarky, howling like mad, "Save, oh, save me-e che-ild, while halfva dozen others Were strug gling to see who would be first up the ladder. They all got on the ladder at once, when Junior jumped astride the ladder and slid into violent ' contact with those who were attempting to climb up. Then they fell to the ground and there was a tangle of flying feet and arms. , Friday is market day at this village. Peasants from miles around come to town bringing their produce to sell. From asparagus to goats' kids is a far cry, but they were all at the market yesterday. . It was a rare sight to see these very old women bringing their wares to market. . I never saw outside of an old folks' home as many old wom en together'at one time as I saw yes terday. Though their hair was snow white, their faces seamed and wrinkled and their fingers. knotted and gnarled like limbs of twisted oak, their gowns were spotlessly clean and the fire of a J. P. Finley & Son Progressive Funeral Directors ' Montgomery at ' Fifth . ;-- ' ;. - . m I. Totals 1101 .Sl.584,420 "The construction of dwellings In Seattle for the first four months is at" the rate of 3300 per year, and the aver- : age cost per dwelling Is $1440. - S8 ; attle 'experienced a business depres 2 sion just as did Portland a few years ' ago, but Seattle recovered from the ZT, depression sooner than did Portland. "Portland must speed up the con , struction of dwellings nine times the ' present rate if the increase of popula tion continues and is to be cared for. jr.. In a subsequent statement I -will sub- " mlt data on the class of construction - - that should be adopted in Portland lm- i mediately. SOLDIERS' DRILL COUNTS ZZ (Continued From First Page.) bunkle and pall. So interested was he Tin springing something new on his sup posed .enemy that he jerked his over seas cap from his head as he rushed . 1 at the "boche." as he called his pal. and threw it with terrific violerce in his face. The next thing he knew Mae- Mahon had him down and stripped of X his rifle all this before the sergeant V. could take him by the neck and hoist Z'l him from the struggling soldier under ; neath. V- Play Time Rough Enough. IS The play time is Just as rough as Jjany part of the Tiew drill. Soldiers are always Inventing something new." They have a new one here. It's "Sting U". 'em Bill." The company forms into ti a single-file circle, each soldier bent almost double. Then the sergeant re . moves his heavy canvas belt and quiet ly hands It to the nearest man. This .... fellow straightens up, runs the circlo-j t; for the space of two or three men. He touches a bent form and that is the '- t fcifical Xor the touched one to' break, out great resolve and courage burned In each pair of eyes. After the selling had been done, after Mess Sergeant Frost had quite bought out the entire stock of eggs, 60 dozen, the band gave a Concert. Leader Dow ney and the band members felt Justly proud of a diploma which the band won at a field day meet, held Saturday last at Division Base. There were three bands present and the Oregon band had Just . arrived. After playing a tbree htur concert, the boys not even know ing they were in a contest. Leader Dow ney s men brought home the bacon. The French love for music was never more clearly displayed than during the concert the band gave to the old women farmers and villagers. The public square was crowded. Each old mer chant farmer had brought along her war bread, and while the band played, they either sat or stood nibbling at their bits of bread and smiled as only old French peasant women can smile. SCHOOL YEAR ENDS Closing Exercises for Exten sion Classes Arranged. - 60 JOIN ROWING CLUB MAW" FORM Ell ACTIVE MEMBERS SOW WITH COLORS. Picnic at Ross Island and Intraclnb Regatta Are Events Scheduled fr This Season. . ' Sixty new members have been added to the depleted ranks of the Portland Rowing Club since -its formal opening for the present - season. which took plaoe last month. Practically all the active members joined the service when war was de clared,' and there are more than 125 stars on the Bervice flag. More women joined this year than at any previous time. They seem to pre fer canoe sailing and canoe motoring. The members of tne Rowing Club are planning a picnic to take place in the latter part of the month. Ross Island will probably be the location for that event, and dancing, will be one of the features of that picnic The members will leave the clubhouse in their ca noes and paddle to Ross Island. The Rowing- Club will hold an intra club regatta on July 4. Doubles, fours, single scullers and four paddles will-be the rowing events.- There will also be canoe races and canoe tilting will be one of 'the feature events on the pro gramme. Fred Newell, captain of the Portland Rowing Club. Is waiting until the weather gets a little steadier and it gets a bit warmer before he takes up the job of coaching the members in the fine points In rowing. DR. CAMPBELL WILL SPEAK "The War and Education" AVUI Be Subject of University President's AddressExcellent Musical , Programme Assured. A varied 'programme has been ar ranged to mark the close of the Unl versity of Oregon extension courses for the year 1817-1 S. .. Exercises will be held in Lincoln High School audito rium Wednesday x evening, June 5. President P. L. Campbell. of the uni versity, will give an address, and Dr. George Rebec, head of the department of philosophy, -and a a active member of the extension faculty, will preside. Students who .have" succesfully com pleted courses during the last semester will be awarded certificates. . President Campbell's address will be on "The War' and 'Education." . This will be President Campbell's first pub lic address on his return from Wash ington, where he has spent a large part of the year in organisation work con nected with thje Emergency Council of Education, of, which he is secretary treasurer. ' ' Musical numbers will be rendered by Portland musicians who are accredited lrfembers of the University of Oregon school of music. John Claire Monteith will sing the "Toreador Song" from "Carmen-" Miss Abble Whiteside will play Dohnanyi's "Rhapsody in V Sharp Minor," and Mrs: Pauline Miller Chap man will sing "If I But Knew" and the prelude from the "Cycle of Life." Other features of the programme will be two one-act plays written by mem bers of the extension classes and pro duced by students and their friends.' "Illayok" is a playlet picturing a tragic story of Eskimo life, written by Mrs. Josephine Stott. The cast of charac ters will include: Illayok. an Eskimo. Harry Pennel; Kara, his wife. Mins Dorothy Miller: Carter, a missionary, Orin Stanley. The other play Is a comedy. "Close CROOK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BAND ADDS GIRLS TO ITS ORGANIZATION, KKf Stf a- 1 to ... . - . I seisss ' I ' PROFESSOR BACGHMAN, LEADER, SEEN ON EXTREME LEFT. "PRINEVILLE. Or., May 2D. (Special.) The Crook County' School band was organize ly Professor H. C. Baughman-two y - ago and has made rapid progress under his leadership. Se .eral girls were added the organization this year, and ave shown remarkable ability. . - VG2pS j 'fet ZyjA Juist How Proud Are Yovl ? ( Afrs. jfrmttrtnz it a htalthy jtmtg matrtn with an unusual j amount tf common sense. She enters the drug store and Miss Grey, an attractive and amiable fieri, catches sight of her.) Miss Grey "Good Morning, Mrs. Armstrong. What shall it be some really nice soap? We've got a new " Mrs. Armstrong "No, Miss Grey I've done nothing but buy soap for the past month, it seems. We ought to be a very clean family. No, I want two bottles of Nujol, please." "Oh that's at the other counter, Mrs. Armstrong. This is only toilet goods, you know. - "That's why I came right here. Miss Grey. You have soap and tooth paste and 'cold cream and wash-cloths in this show case every single thing to keep our precious 'outsides clean and fresh. But our precious, 'insides' must o along as best they can until some fine day they give up and then we cry for a doctor." (Mrs. Armstrong turns titvard anether counter) Miss' Grey, nodding assent) "I'm afraid we pay the price of vanity, Mrs. Arm strong." , , (.Mrs. Armstrong, turning iaci) "Pay the price! I've been through it all and I'd no more think of forgetting my table- spoonful of Nujol than I would my bath or my tooth brush. Two. years ago I had a lesson. Just before my t little girl was born I think I had every kind of constipation a woman can have. Of course I had to tryall the. 'cure' laxatives there were advertised piils, and salts, and tabloids and mineral waters. They were so violent, and I found they were weakening me ' I needed a stronger dose every time. I almost drove the doctor crazy. And then he took matters into his own hands." . , "How, Mrs. Armstrong?" " 4 "He came in one day after I had had one of my 'spells' and said; 'Mrs. Armstrong, you're only pois oning yourself. Your body is not getting rid of .your food waste properly. It gets just as far as your lower intestines your "colon" and there it stops, and decays. The body absorbs about four-fifths of the water in the food through your -colon walls, and that water is carrying disease germs all through your system because you aren't getting rid of that poisonous waste. That's where almost all disease starts.' 'Those remedies' you've been tak ing are 'drug medicines', Mrs. Armstrong. They act quickly and they act hard, and the more you take the more you're going to need. Now I'm going to put you on a new treatment its called the Nujol treatment You've got a double responsibility now, and you've got to be gaining strength, not losing it.'" "What effect did it have, Mrs. Arm strong?" . "None at first. I was disappointed, because there weren't any results for two days. Then I began to be regular as clockwork." "Why that's wonderful, JIrs. Arm strong. Did you" "It is wonderful. The doctor says the reason is siviply that Nujol not only softens the waste "'matter, and so makes your system function more easily, but it lines the intestines with a film that makes the food pass smooth ly no friction, you seer It doesn't upset the digestion and leave you feel ing hollow, as pills do, it's harmless, and. its gentle and sure, and delight--fully clear." . "It sounds like such a reasonable way to treat your system, Mrs. Armstrong. "That's it. I don't mind telling you privately that I'm just as proud of a clean system as, I am of a clean face. And a clean system means a clean face, Miss Grey." - ( Mrs. Armstrong mates her purchase ana leaves the store. She has been gone about ten minutes xvhen Miss Grey approaches the pro prietor xvith a petitioning smile and the follovr ing remark ) "Mr. Wilkinson will you make me a special employee's price on a bottle of Nujol?" For your own protection insist that the druggist give you the genuin Nujol, in a sealed and capped bottle, bearing the Nujol trademark in red never otherwise. Inferior sub stitute, may give unpleasant results. Nujol is absoluteif ture and harmless. At all druggists in the U. S. and Canada. Send 5f cents and we will ship new kit size bottle to U. &. soldiers and sailors anywhere. Write for attractive free booklet on the Nujol treatment. Section 5, Nujol Dept, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), Bayonne, N. J. . aw -r.,jx. jot h Quarters," by Mrs. Ernestine G. Swarts. The parts will be taken as follows: Benny Langdon, an heiress, but self supporting, Elsie Lee; John Mem weather, her uncle, Sam May; Minerva Merrlweather, her aunt. Dorothy Deer Ing; Robert Campbell, Betty's wealthy suitor. Chester Kelsey; Mrs. Goodwin, the landlady, Jessie Famham. The plays are under the direction of Mrs. Helen Miller Senn. J.-W. ALDERS0N ARRESTED Son of County School Superintend ent Held for Ileckless Driving. I , Jesse W. Alderson. eon of County Superintendent of Schools Aldersen, was arrested at 1 o'clock yesterday morning by Patrolman Travis on a charge of reckless driving. Municipal Judge Ronaman yesterday fixed his bail at i00 and the trial will be held some day this -week. Another young man and two young women were riding in the car when Alderson drove his machine into a street flusher at Fourth and Taylor streets. Miss Marguerite McCabe, of 868 tj Irv ing street, who was riding in the front seat beside Alderson, received serious cuts about her face and head from flying pieces of glass from the wind shield. She was removed to Good Samaritan Hospital. While Patrolman Travis was placing Alderson under arrest the couple who had occupied the rear seat of the car made their escape and the officer was unable to learn their names. - HELP YOUR GOVERNMENT Order your coal today. Best Utah and Wyoming coals. Prompt deliver ies. Both phones. WILLAMETTE FUEL & SUPPLY CO. Adv, Lift Corns Out! Doesn't Hurt! Few drops stop corn- soreness, then corns lift right5 ; -. .off with fingers No pain! Magic I Tor a few cents you can get a small bottle of the mapic free zone discovered by a Cincinnati chemist. Just ask at any drug store for a small bottle of freerone. Apply a few drops upon a tender, aching corn ' and in stantly that old bothersome corn stops .. hurting, then shortly yon can lift it out, root and all, with the fingers. Just think! Not one bit of pain before applying free zone or afterwards. It doesn't even irritate the surround, ing skin. Hard corns, soft corns, or corns between the toes, also hardened calluses on bottom of feet shrivel up and fall off without hurting a particle. Ladies! Keep freerone handy on your dresser. Wonderful!