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VOL. XXXVIII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTE3IRER 31, 1919.
NO. 38.
FLOWER BEDS AND STATUARY BEAUTIFY WASHINGTON PARK
Zoo and Playgrounds Are No Little Attraction for Children While Picnickers Have Acres of Green From Which "Keep Off the Grass" Signs Have Been Removed.
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VISTA OP WASHINGTON- PARK, SHOWING At'TOUUBlLE ROAUWAV LOOK1NU FROM. "FOLSTAIN" OF VOITH."
BY JAMES T. OLSON. . I was known as City park. This name.
'1 lEW people there are In Portland I said former city fathers, carried with
it no special significance, so a move
ment was launched to rename It. Names
of all sorts were suggested but Wash
ington was selected in honor of the
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M who, at one time or another, hive
not visited Washington park, the
parent of all Portland parks. And few
people there are who paid Portland a
visit of any duration who have not seen
Washington, park and all its varied at
tractions. For many years this combination
playground, amusement center for
picnickers, favorite haunt of children
and general delight of all Portland,
was appropriated to purchase the land
which now is only a part of the park.
The original tract was only 40.78 acres
and considerable protest arose from
the residents of the city who averred
that the price paid for this land was
first president and "father of his coun-, fabulous. The Judgment of the city of
try-" ! ficials, who ignored this criticism, has
For even as George Washington was
the father of his country, so Washing
ton park Is the father of all the parks
within the city of Portland.
It was In February. 1871, that 132,624
long .since been vindicated, for it is
probable that no park has equalled
this one in patronage.
Later, 62 acres adjoining the original
site and owned by the water board
were transferred to the park bureau
to enlarge the park. The water board
has continued to hold certain rights in
the transferred property, several reser
voirs being located within Washing
ton park.
For years the park remained in a
natural state. Little effort was made
to Improve it and It was not until 1900
that any change of note was begun.
And it was not until 1905 that the park
underwent a thorough "improvement.
And each year more work has been
added, until today the park is almost
perfect.
The authorities still plan many
changes to make the park facilities
more convenient. Among these Im
provements will be the change In loca
tion of the xoo, now In the park proper,
which Is to be removed to the side of a
hill, on the outer edge of the park. The
playgrounds, including the swings,
teeters and the other paraphernalia
that brings Joy to the hearts of the
kiddles, will be moved from the hills
to the more central location, making It
far more accessible for the children
than at Us present location.
Like a circus. Washington park draws
a large number of visitors because of
the animals exhibited in the zoo. Al
though at present there are fewer
denizens of the wilds In the cages than
there have been in years past, an ef
fort is to be made during the winter
to augment the number greatly for the
opening of the park season next year.
But even now the zoo has a large
variety of animals and birds that at
tract more than passing note. Nero,
the king of beasts, who for years had
been the center of attraction at the
zoo. died a few months ago and will be
replaced.
Flower beds. can be found In all parts
of the park which contain many va
rieties of foreign and native flowers.
Here, too, can be found the official
test garden of the Portland Hose so
ciety, affiliated with the National Rose
association. Rose growers of every
city are sending their plants to this
gorden in due time to be tested and
rated under the national garden rules.
Portland's fame as a rose center and Its
climatic conditions, which produce in
the highest perfection the queen of
blossoms, caused the establishment of
this garden.
Tennis devotees are prone to choose
Washington park for their games, for
there are tennis courts that expen
players claim cannot be excelled.
Washington park serves as the meco
for picnic parties of people who do n
desire to travel out of the city for out,
ings. The green sward, acres In ares
provides an ideal ground, and letU
be known that in Washington park, oi
any other municipal park, the "keep off
the grass" signs have been cast Into th
discard. The grass Is grown to be
used, say park authorities, much to the
delight of all who visit the parks of
the city.
Beautiful pieces of statuary are lo
cated in this park, one group called th
"Coming of the White Man." donated
to the city by I. I. Thompson. The
historical significance of this group la
the white man's Invasion of the wilder
ness home of the Indians. One statute)
portrays Sacajawea leading Lewis anA
Clark through the virgin Oregon coun
try. Washington park's beauty has
brought comment from thousands of
eastern cities. Its many attractions
draw large crowds every holiday and
during the summer months. There ia
hardly a day passes throughout the
year that a few people do not find their
way to the park.
Washington park, probably the best
known of all Portland parks, can be
reached by taking the Council Crest
car to Park avenue and then walking"
west, or by taking the Twenty-third,
street car and walking west from
Twenty-third and Washington.
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ARE
ENTERTAINED BY "Y" IN PARIS
E. B. Lockhart Signs New Contract to Serve Soldiers Stationed Near
Coblenz Work of W. S. Parks, Secretary, Is Praised.
BY E. B. LOCKHART.
WS. PARKS, "native son," Junc
tion City, Or., has seen one
year's service with the Y. &L C.
A. in PariSj being one of the guides in
the sight-5,eeing department. He con
ducted par'Jes of doughboys, gobs and
officers or j out-of-town trips to Fon
tainebleau, :' Malmaison, Chantilly and
Saint Gerrlain. He also covered the
Paris district for, a time and conducted
special parties to Chateau Thierry. Al
together he handled about 15,000 peo
ple personally. He has changed his
opinion of France and French people
and says there is a great chance for
many reforms. The effects of the reign
of royalty still mark the people. They
are not half so democratic as they think
.they are and are "far behind the times
in many things. The boasted politeness
of the French people, as a wnole is a
myth. Their one great feature is art.
Art is everything. The women are the
mainstay of the country and the con
tact of some two millions of Americans
with Uiem can never be effaced. They
have discovered that the American
woman gets better all-around treat
ment and therefore they will never be
satisfied with what was their lot in
the past. This is one of the important
effects of the American army in France.
Mr. Parks states he will be glad to
leave "the City of Dreams" and return
to the land that "God made and we dis
covered." Before coming to France Mr. Parks
was secretary of the Tri-State Auto
club, covering the district of south
western Washington, Umatilla county,
Oregon, and Nez Perce- county, Idaho.
He was also secretary of the Walla
Walla , Motor Trades association and
had been connected with good' roads'
work throughout the northwest for
ten years.
That the T. M. C. A. in France has
been doing much to make the stay of
the doughboy, the gob and the officer
Interesting may be seen from the fol
lowing figures, which give an idea of
the efforts of the sight-seeing depart
ment in this direction:
The total number of persons receiv
ing this service during the month of
January, 1919, was 6285; February, 44.
015; March. 127,263; April. 114.070; May.
206,577; . June, 174.760; July, 103.334;
August, 89,657. The grand total up to
August 30 being 865,(71. The regular
work of 'the sight-seeing department
closed at this time,, but various mem
bers of the department who are still
in Paris awaiting sailing orders have
continued taking parties of sightseers
over the city and will continue this
work probably through the first week
or ten days in September, which will
probably bring the total number of per
sons handled close to the million mark.
The records of the claims department
and hundreds of articles which it is
hoped will be restored to soldiers to
whom they belonged, or to their rela
tives, have been eent to New York.
The articles include watches, rings, war
souvenirs, cameras, pocketbooks, eye
glasses, false teeth, field glasses, money
orders and love letters.
Upon closing up my work here as
chief of guides and lecturer at the
Louvre, the need for roe at Coblenz,
Germany, with the army of occupa
tion, was presented, with the result
that I have changed my plans. I shall
not return to America at once, as I
hoped, but go to Germany this week
and begin work on a six months' con
tract. The Y" yesterday cabled Mrs.
Lockhart at Salem offering to bring
her and our youngest child to Germany.
I do not know that this can be ar
ranged. "I want to go home," but ap
preciate the need and opportunity for
real service to the lads In Teuton land.
Last week I met Sergeant Otis C. Mc
Dowell and Corporal R. L. Heryford.
McDowell worked for the Oregon
Washington Railroad & Navigation
company at La Grande. Corporal Hery
ford is a farmer at that place. They
are both members of the central records
office at Bourges. Sergeant McDowell
is also a member of Al Kader temple
of Shriners.
James Stevenson has recently re
turned from a visit to points in Ger
many and leaves this week for America.
His home Is in Portland.- Mr. Kilpack,
i another Portlander, who a few days
ago left for home, visited his relatives
In England Just before sailing from
Brest. Lee Clark of Htllsboro. who la
on the transport Matsonla, expects to
be home in a couple of months. I met
him a few days ago in Paris. He ia
looking well and has enjoyed his ex
perience over here. He is Interested in
a big dairy farm at Hlllsboro. now be
ing operated by his brother John.
Sepulchcr Dates Back, to 27 B. C.
BRINDISI. Italy. A sepulcher of
terra-cotta has Just been discovered
in the excavations forth e new docks
here. It dates back to 27 B. C. Be
sides containing the bones of an an
cient warrior it contains many coins
and tralnkets, some of which relate
to the consulship of Marcus Vespasani
us Agrippa. The sepulcher will be
placed In the Italian civic museum.
Drama's Infancy Revived.
LONDON. A scheme is on foot here
to build theaters on motor lorries for
the purpose of touring country dis
tricts. It would be a return to the
methods of the drama's Infancy in Eng
land. The old mystery plays of the six
teenth century, were performed on plat
forms on wheels, and the theater was
wheeled from point to point.
CHAINS OF AMBER BEADS NOW
PART OF FEMININE APPAREL
Silk Bags Are Being Made With Very Obvious Metal or Shell Frames.
Some Models Are Covered With Beads. .
IN some foreign countries little
children wear tight strings of
amber beads which are supposed to
guard their small possessors against
sore yiroat and kindred ills.
But fashion, which has now taken
up amber with enthusiasm, scorns the
Idea of amber as a preventive of sore
throat and uses it merely as a delight
ful color touch to give "tone" to dark
frocks and blouses.
So the amber beads are strung on a
long metal chain and the ornament
falls almost to the waistline. A very
smart new amber chain from Paris Is
pictured. Light and dark amber are
combined, the faceted beads dark
amber, and the carved, elongated
beads, light amber. A slender, dull
gilt chain encircles the neck and Joins
the beads to each other.
Silk bags have very obvious metal
their frames, the beads running quite
up to the closing of the bag over the
frame.
Here is a new bag model which
shows this effect, and also a very
ornamental "ladder" handle, made of
beads to match the bag. Wine colored
beads are used throughout except la
the conventional motif of decoration,
which combines black, cream and rose
colored beads.
Anzncs at School In California.
BERKELEY. Cal. One hundred sol
diers, nearly all. of them land owners
or formers In Australia, are being sent
by the government of Australia to the
University of California for training in
hog raising, irrigation and alfalfa
growing, it was announced today by
Dean Thomas Forsyth Hunt of tne col
lege of agriculture-
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