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TITE SUNDAY OREG ONI AX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 2, 1921
TO HAVE
FIESTA OF MUSIC
Week of Nov. 27 to Dec. 4 Set
Aside for Event.
PROJECT IS EXTENSIVE
Churches, Industrial 0Mants, Col
leges, Clubs and Theaters Are
involved In Cultural Plans.
The first music week to be held In
the Pacffic northwest will be ob
served In Portland during- the week
beginning November 27 and ending
December 4 under the auspices of
the Community Service organization.
Leslie Cranbourne, chairman of the
committee, already has received many
enthusiastic responses to the pro-
. pcsal. and plans for the city-wide cul
tural fiesta are taking- definite shape.
Within a few days, at the most, the
committee will present a tentative
programme.
"It certainly is a most worthy ob
ject you have," wrote Governor Ol
Cott, in his acceptance of the hono
rary chairmanship, "It being, as you
cite, your great aim to spread the in
terests of music and the knowledge of
its benefits more widely. I am
pleased in the extreme to see the
great number of churches and other
t organizations which are displaying
an interest In this plan to give an
enlarged Impetus to the love of music
among the people."
Tomorrow afternoon, at o'clock,
In the T. M. C A. assembly hall, the
advisory council will hold its first
meeting for the consideration of a
probable programme. Representative
of a variety of public organizations
and Interests, the committee will -plan
the musical campaign, accepting to a
certain extent the outline of those
successful music weeks held in New
York and Washington, D. C.
Musical Education Aim.
"The inclusive nature of music
week." said Mr. Cranbourne, com
menting on the plans, "leaves no field
of civic activity unreached. Primar
ily, of course, it is sought to stimulate
the love of good music that Is common
to all. We do not term it a crusade
for good music, but the evident con
trast between good music and bad
for some of the popular music of to
day Is distinctly bad cannot fail to
prove tonic. We think, and we have
the unqualified success of music week
elsewhere to bolster this opinion,
that Portland's music week will prove
to be an event enjoyable to many,
many thousands."
Among the organizations that will
participate in music week, each with
its own plan to reach Its membership,
ars these: Churches,, industrial
plants, colleges, conservatories, mu
sic schools, public schools, musla
teachers, music clubs, women's clubs,
motion picture theaters, theaters,
concert halls, hotels, public libraries,
welfare organizations and public in
stitutions. The possibilities of such
a cultural project have been demon
strated elsewhere. In New York, for
example, music week reached 1.000.000
children through the public schools,
and approximately 400.000 adults
through the churches. Estimates of
those reached through other mediums,
as the theaters and industrial organi
sations, far exceeded these., In Port
land the participation of the churches
has been pledged. Rev. Edward Con
stant, president, and Ralph McAfee,
secretary of the church federation, al
ready are busied with plans.
Organ Recitals Planned.
In the churches special organ re
citals and musical programmes will
be given, while reference to the pur
pose of the week will be made in
sermons. In commercial and indus
trial houses there will be noon-day
sin kb and Instrumental programmes.
Various music teachers will arrange
public recitals by their pupils. Civic
organizations will feature musical
programmes at their luncheons and
may arrange public concerts. Motion
picture houses and theaters will fea
ture special musical programmes.
The public schools will participate.
In brief, every civic or industrial
unit of the city will be a participant
In music week.
SOUTH MMIS HERE
J. JOUBERT STUDENT AT ORE
GON COLLEGE.
Visitor Enrolls as Senior In School
of Agriculture at Corvallls.
Return Home Intended.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis, Oct. 1. (Special.)
J. Joubert, from Western Cape prov
ince, South Africa, has come more
than 12,000 miles to register as a
senior in the college school of agri
culture. He Is majoring In horticul
ture and comes with advanaced stand
ing, having studied 2V, years at the
University of Stellenbosch, South Af
rica. He expects to return to his na
tive land, where he will put the
knowledge gained here into practice
on a farm of his own. It is possible
that he will spend a year in practical
farming in this country, however, be
fore returning.
Mr. Joubert left Africa with six oth
er students, some of whom stopped In
England and some in New York. He
said many studens from his province
go to England and Scotland.
The South African Indicated that he
was surprised to find that the work
in horticulture at the college was
carried on In such a thorough manner
and on such a large scale.
A bright future for the commercial
horticultural industry in South Africa
Is predicted by Mr. Joubert.
"Export trade has been Increasing
rapidly in recent years In the western
province." he said. "While many of
the farmers are conservative and stick
to old methods, and others go to the
extreme in carrying out new ideas,
as a whole the fruit growers are
progressive."
Trats" Pledge More Students.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Oct. 1. (Special.) Eight more stu
dents have been pladged to fraterni
ties and sororities since the beginning
of the year. The total now exceeds
200. The following are the new
pledges: CM Omega, Olive Gates of
Htllsboro and Sadye Ercles of Ogden,
Utah; Beta Theta Pi. Donald Wood
ward of Portland, Milton Steiner of
Salem and Lawrence Smith of The
Dalles; Delta Tau Delta. Ruvsel Gow
ans of Portland; Kappa Theta Chi.
Richard Harding of Eugene; Sigma
Chi, Dwight French of Portland.
MID
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BY HARRY B. CRITCHLOW.
WHEN war was declared In
April. 1917. and a call was
made for volunteers, prompt
ed by both patriotism and a spirit
of adventure, thousands of boys
well under the age that marked
their majority sought to enlist.
The lad who had been 1 the day
before the war was 21 the next after
noon when he faced the army, navy or
marine recruiting officer. Once In the
service these boys who had scarcely
known the use of a razor, developed
into real sojaiers. xne nara iraining
developed their youthful bodies and
filled them out, but it could not
change the expressions of their faces
they remained boys until the exper
iences of war added years overnight.
One of the best pictures that Le-
Roy Baldrldge. the Stars and Stripes
artist, sketched in France was that of
little "Scotty Cameron, the lad who
died on his rifle after stopping a Ger
man patrol of a score of men. "Scot
ty," who had not reached his 18th
year, was on outpost duty with one
of the first fighting divisions to ar
rive in France, when he saw, ap
proaching, a patrol of Germans. Plac
ing himself flat on the ground in a
sheltered place he opened fire and.
one by one, he picked off the enemy
as they came into view. When his
body was found the rifle that had
taken more than a dozen boche lives
was clutched in his cold hands and
his head, bullet-drilled, was pillowed
on the stock.
Wllilam I. Engle, a private In an
infantry regiment, wrote a poem
which he called "Private Jones.
A. E. F." This was first published In
the Stars and Stripes in Paris and
later found a place in "Yanks." The
verses follow: ', t
Whs is the boy and what does he de, sad
what do the gold stripes mean? '
And why is his mouth so (rim and hard,
while those .yea of hi. r. a-rirm t
Only a private soldier, eh, and he holds his
neaa that Blsn7
Putting on aire a bit, V& say; Bottoms
about him that's shy.
He's been through hell three times, yea
say. snd turned dd with & irin ,
He's faced the treat unknown so much It
holds no fear for him?
He's seen the highest lights of life sad
deepest shadows, too?
He knows what glory means when mixed
With mud, red blood and blue?
He's slept In slush and rain and hummed
a tune as the big guns barked?
He's eaten a single meal a day, and kept
ractime in his heart?
He's fallen three times, you say. In the
aarx, with limp, still things around.
And he called the nurse "kid" and asked
ner to help him get back to that
ground?
No wonder the mouth is grim and set, no
wonder the eyes a-dream;
The best and worst in life and death the
plain buck private has seen.
Ah, well. I suppose he'd like to quit and
get an easier Job.
No? Not he? He told you. you say. he
wouldn't trade bunks with Ood.
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T. T. Chave, a member of Over One
Top post of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, is back in Portland after spend
ing a number of months as a timber
foreman at West Point, Or..
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'Say, comrade," said a veteran to
Jim Alexander at American Legion
headquarters one night last week, "I
think this business of selling bonds
to raise 110,000 is a fine thing. I'd
like to have one of the application
blanks."
'Do you -want to sign up now?"
asked Alexander, shoving a blank to
wards the veteran.
"No. I can't do It now as I havs
no money," he replied. "But I will
next week."
Can you lend ms a dollar until
next week?" he went on. "I want to
get home."
The line of approach was too good
for Alexander. He reached down In
tils pocket and produced the dollar.
J. W. Jones, who was elected senior
vice-commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars at the recent national
encampment in Detroit, will make a
report of the big convention at the
meeting of the post tomorrow night.
Mr, Jones now holds the second high
est office in the organization. He
thinks the Pacific Coast received its
full share of the, honors to be dis
pensed at the encampment when
Seattle was chosen for the next con
vention and he was elected senior
vice-commander. Richard S. Jones,
who was chosen Junior vice-commander
formerly lived in Seattle.
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E. C. Mears. who is leading- the
drive of Portland Post of the Ameri
can Legion in an effort to sell its
bonds, became a member of Over the
Top post of Veterans of Foreign
Wars at the regular weekly meeting
held Monday night.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars are
planning a dance to be held in Mult
nomah hotel Armistice night. A com
mittee to make arrangements has
been appointed, as follows: R. C.
Stevenin, A. "D. Montieth, Grant E.
Getchell, George E. Sandy and J. S.
Hyatt. The auxiliary of Over the
Top post held a card party In the
headquarters in the courthouse last
Monday night. The committee In
charge was composed of the follow
ing: Mrs. Charles A. Smith, Mrs. G. E.
Getchell, Mrs. J. M. Stevens. Mrs, A. C.
Hoggatt and Miss Madge Brown.
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The attempt on the part of Cala-
poola post of the American Legion In
Brownsville to erect a community
house has stirred up opposition from
three of the ministers of the city who
say that the building will be used as
a "dance hall where immorality will
run rampant." '
Doughboys, will you ever forget
How good it felt when you threw
your Jaws over a piece of good Amer
ican pie once more?
How light that pack and those army
shoes, et al., seemed when you were
marching -to the boat which was tal
Dring you DacK 7
How hard it was to go back to your
outfit after being in Paris on leave?
How soft kitchen police work
looked after doing shovel duty in the
mud for a week?
The first time you tried to corner
the French liquor supply and discov
ered it couldn't be done?
How fluent you felt in the French
lingo when you first learned to sav
"bon Jour" and "combien"?
How sore you used to get to gee
the guardhouse prisoners take their
place' at the head of the line for
chow?
How quick you could get results
In a French cafe by breathing the
made word "cognac?"
How the second loules used to snap
Into it when General Pershing came
to camp?
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The S7th engineer regiment, one of
the fanaous organizations of Its kind
durtTisr the war. will hold a reunion
Saturday evening, October 15. in the
St. Germain restaurant. 60 Ellis eteet.
San Francisco, according to an an
nouncement received from R. A. Bel
Ing. 301 Twelfth avenue. San Fran
cisco. He requests that all members
of the regiment who can attend the
banquet communicate with him.
At the reunion banquet of the 91t
division association of Washington,
held In Seattle a week ago last nleht.
many of the veterans, as Is often
their habit, had taken on more cog
nac substitutes than really was good
for them. During the speaking Lieutenant-Governor
Coyle. as toast mas
ter, had endeavored to preserve quiet
among the engineers, who were more
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BRONZE PLAQUE CALLS ATTENTION
OF THE BANK SERVED DURING THE WORLD WAR.
Banks ars' not generally regarded as breeding very warlike individuals,
but a bronze memorial plaque set in the lobby of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce branch in the Chamber of Commerce building, Portland, serves
to prove that this is a false premise. This plaque calls attention to the fact
that 1701 members of the bank undertook war service and that 268 of them
laid down their lives. Nearly 50 per cent of tho men enlisting; wars either
killed or wounded. '
The Portland plaque, a beautiful design showing- the caduce, or staff, of
Mercury to the left, which is the modern emblem of commerce, bears on its
face the names of the employes of the Portland branch who served in the
allied forces. Their names, most of them having enlisted with the Stars and
Stripes, are: Sergeants F. E. Burton,
poral A. W. H est on. Rifleman B. Kydd, Sergeant-tMajor S. A. Peters, Private
W. G. Philp, Coxswain W. J. Wells and Private D. E. Wright.
There are approximately 360 branches of the bank, of which four are
situated in the United States, at Portland, New York, Seattle and San Fran
cisco. The head office of the bank at Toronto has issued two full-sized
volumes, entitled "Letters From the Front," which carry the proud history
of this institution in the war, the photographs of the men who sacrificed
their lives and a full list of honors and awards embracing tributes from
nearly all of the allied nations. Lieutenant Edmund DeWind of th Rnval
Irish Rifles earned the Victoria Cross
, ana me oaon aisa receiver iour
the field.
noisy than their comrades. It came
the turn of Chaplain Balrd, the "fight
ing parson" of the 361st Infantry, and
he arose to make one of the greatest
addresses the men in the banquet hall
had ever heard. He endeavored to
preserve order through the power of
his 'oratory, but failed when it came
to the table where the engineers were
seated. Presently he directed his at
tention to the men who at the front
had been equally handy with rifle,
pick and shovel.
"You engineers will remember the
death of Corporal B ," he said, and
all was silence In the ranks of the
disturbers. "It occurred In the
streets of Waerghem, Belgium, not
far from the old church in the town
square. I remember the morning, as
I was within a block of the scene
when the bomb struck that brave sol
dier." The chaplain never made a bet
ter address in a revival meeting. He
painted a picture of that scene and
graphically told how the soldier who
had been a comrade and was loved by
those engineers had been killed. Be
fore he had completed his narrative
of bravery and death every man of
the 700 gathered around those ban
quet tables was picturing in his mind
a scene he had often witnessed in
reality. There was not the moving
of a foot or. the faintest murmur that
detracted attention from the speaker.
Chaplain Beard won even a greater
place in the hearts of the hardened
Powder River men than he had ever
held before.
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If the charges that he "forgot the
war is over" and surrounded himself
with a sort of "general staff," made
against National Commander Emery
of the American Legion during his
trip to Europe, are true, the legion
leader deserves the attacks that are
being made on him. Men of the le
gion who accompanied him to France
to visit as guests of the French the
battlefields of the great war com
plained following their arrival home
that Emery took all the honors for
his own and forgot most of the other
men with him. It is said that he
picked out "favorites" and made them
sort of a staff.
Such an attitude if It was taken
by Emery doe not show the spirit
of the American Legion, which rec
ognizes no rank, and A-aa formed be
cause the war was at an end. The
man who still feels that he is entitled
to military courtesy because he was
an officer during the war Is breeding
disapproval for himself. The enlisted
men who still "sir" and stand at at
tention when they address their old
officers are out of place.
If war is again declared and the
veterans once more don the uniform,
they will obey the rules of the army,
and do it gladly and proudly, for obe
dience and pride are part of the sol
dier make-up, but now that there is
no war the former colonel back in
civil life should be "George" or
"Oscar" and the discharged buck
should be "Bill" or "Jack."
.
John Clark Burgard, who is' In the
Insurance business in Seattle and who
was severely wounded in Flanders
while fighting with his regiment, the
363d infantry, spent two days in Port
land last week. He came down to
visit his mother, .Mrs. John H. Bur
gard, on her birthday anniversary.
.
"Why didn't you put the number of
the house where you resided before
you enlisted on this application?" In
quired one of the legion men of a
bonus applicant Thursday.
"Box cars don't have house num
bers," replied the veteran.
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"In what company did you serve
when you enlisted in the army?" I. M.
Kafka asked a bonus applicant In
American Legion headquarters one
day last week.
"The Standard Oil company," was
the prompt response.
Reports on the progress of the
campaign for the sale of $10,000 in
bonds to defray the Indebtedness of
the organization will be heard at the
meeting of Portland post of the
American Legion in the clubrooms at
Sixth and Pine streets tomorrow
night. - .
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Veterans of the 91st division from
all parts of the state gathered in the
Multnomah hotel last night and held
their annual banquet and reunion.
More than 1B0 men were present, and
those in attendance were exclusively
men who had served with the Powder
River organization either in Camp
Lewis or in France. Arthur A. Mur
phv was toastmaster.
Speakers were Dr. W. Carlton
Smith of Salem, representing the
316th sanitary train: Robert Kuy
kendalL representing the 166th field
artillery brigade; Judge Jacob Kani-
ler of the 361st Infantry; Ben Dorris
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Arthur Cook and T. A. Crowe, Cor
at the time he met his death in March,
meaais lor distinguished conduct in
of Eugene, of the S62d infantry;
Frank Sever of the 363d infantry,
Henry Boyd of the 364th infantry.
Colonel Pegrara Whitworth, who
commanded the 362d Infantry until
it reached France, and Lieutenant
Colonel Arthur Bradbury of the 69th
Infantry, who was with the 362d in
fantry during its existence in Camp
Lewis and France. A special pro
gramme of singing; . and dances en
livened the affair.
With the receipt of the application
for charter for a post of the Amer
ican Legion at Boardman. Or., by
Lane Goodell, department commander
of Oregon, the 104th post In Oregon
came into being.
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Alvie R. Morton, formerly mess
sergeant for L company, 162d in
fantry, when the organization was
stationed atContres, France, has been
spending the summer in Dawson City,
Y. T., as a government mail clerk.
He Is due to return to Portland about
October IS.
Forest Foster, president of the
Reed college student body, who dur
ing the war was a sergeant of in
fantry detailed to the postofflce de
tachment of the 1st division. Is eager
to organize an association of 1st divi
sion veterans In Portland.
There are more than 100 men here
wno served with the organization
that was "first to go over and last
to come home," and Foster hopes to
be able to unite these men in a per
manent organization.
S. P. Hatch was appointed tempo
rary commander and W. A. Price tem
porary adjutant. Mr. Hatch was the
prime organizer, having made a spe
cial trip to Portland to confer with
legion state officials on the feasi
bility of a legion post in the vicinity.
A live post is anticipated within a
short time. A committee has been
appointed to look around for suitable
locations for- post club rooms. Legion
state committee has formally ap
proved the application and it is now
on its way to Indianapolis, Ind.i for
approval of the national body.
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Sunset Post, American Legion, at an
enthusiastic meeting In North Bend.
September 24, decided upon celebrat
ing Armistice day in a fitting style.
The celebrations will commence in the
early hours of the morning- and will
last until midnight. A series of
games in the morning and a football
game in . the ' afternoon" between
Marshfleld and North Bend will be a
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LEFT TO RIGHT AUDREY WIENCKEN, ELIZABETH FEHRENBACHER AND ELIZABETH DUNNING.
.After winning championship honors in the canning contest at the county fair at Gresham. the Portland canning
team, composed of Audrey Wiencken. captain; Elizabeth Fehrenb.acher and Elizabeth Dunning won first prize at
the state fair at Salem last week. As the result they will be awarded the trip to Spokane ad two weeks at the
Agricultural college offered as a prize. The award was made principally upon the time taken to do the canning
and the appearance of the finished product. This was the first team of Portland girls to win the championship In
Multnomah county in a canning contest.
The members of this team have also won many Individual prizes at recent shows. Audrey Wiencken won
first prize for canning at the Gresham fair this year. T.- D. Klrkpatrlck is head of the boys' snd girls' clubs of
this city, which are conducted under the auspices of the extension department of the Oregon Agricultural college.
Mrs. William Fehrenbacher, club leader, coached the girls of the winning team. . ,
feature of the celebration. A line of
street amusements to be followed by
dances will also be on the programme.
Marshfleld and vicinity is expected to
Join in with the North Bend celebra
tion this year, due to the custom In
the past of alternating the celebra
tions between the two cities, and
Marshfleld having charge last Armis
tice day.
Dr. Archie Van Cleve of Portland
recently spoke before the Alden
Abbey post No. 54 of Toledo, at the
booster meeting held in the legion
clubhouse In that city. Many mat
ters of interest and Importance came
before the post, and refreshments and
entertainments were on the pro
gramme. Dr. Van Cleve spoke on the
activities of Portland post. The post
had charge of the recent funeral of
Private Paul Washington, who was
killed overseas. Paul Washington
was a grandson of the Klamath sub
chief. Pushwash. one of the bravest
of the Klamath warriors. The fu
neral was a military one, and firing
squad, pallbearers and bugler were
from the post.
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Disabled and unemployed ex-service
men will benefit by a planradspt
ed by the Alfred E. Babcock Post No.
10 of Albany at a recent meeting.
Entertainment will be put on at the
fair and a fully equipped 1922 Ford
sedan will be given away to the per
son holding the lucky share of stock.
The final event will be the American
Legion dance on the final evening
of the fair at the armory. The
money so derived will be used
for helping the ex-service men who
are in need. Last winter the Albany
post expended S500 in caring for dis
abled and unemployed. The commit
tee in charge is composed of Gene
Shea and Dr. G. E. Riggs.
The disabled veterans will hold a
benefit dance at the Park Rose danc
ing pavilion on Wednesday . night
Proceeds will be turned over to the
disabled veterans. The hall has been
donated for the occasion. The dance
will be under the direction of George
F. Hastings, who has been appointed
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee. The hall can be reached on
the Rose City car to end of line and
transfer to Park Rose car. Get off at
Richardson road and walk one block
south. v
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Suggested programmes for Armis
tice day applicable for use by local
posts of the American Legion have
been sent out by state headquarters
to the 103 posts in Oregon. The pro
grammes were prepared under super
vision of Community Service, Inc.,
New York city, material being fur
nished . by . the American Legion
weekly. Celebrations by the posts
this year will be more general, and
Invitations for city and state officials
will be sent out. Practically all of
the 103 posts of the legion in Oregon
will be participants and holders of
Armistice day celebrations and pro
grammes. see.
One of the features of the October
4 meeting of Medford Post No. IS
will be a Joint social session with the
members of the Women's Auxiliary
and many forms of entertainment of
fered. The meeting will be held In
the legion hall. The post at a re
cent meeting made the I. W. W. of
that city the object of a severe at
tack and a special commltfte ap
pointed to report back at ,the next
meeting of the post on the activities
of the wobblles in that district. The
committee on the Armistice day cele
bration reported plans for the big
gest day in the history of Jackson
county under the auspices of the post.
By a unanimous vote of the post it
was decided to enter into a lease for
another year forfjhe legion hall and
clubrooms in the M. F. & H. building.
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Funeral services for Private John
Anderson, who was killed in action
in France on September 29, 1918, were
held last Sunday from the American
Legion hall of Rainier. Rainier Post
No. 31, headed by William C. Luken
bill, post commander, were partici
pants with other fraternal, organiza
tions. An invitation from the secretary of
war has been received by the Amer
ican Legion to participate In the cere
monies pertaining to the burial of an
unknown American who was a mem
ber of the American expeditionary
force and who lost his life during the
world war. Each state and territory
In the union will have a representa
tive on hand who is a member of the
American Legion, and the Oregon rep
resentative's election will come up at
the next meeting of the department
executive committee. The body will
be brought back to this country and
will lie in state in the rotunda of the
capltol from the night of November
9 to 9 A. M. November 11. when the
funeral procession will proceed to
Arlington cemetery for final Inter
ment in the memorial amphitheater.
Wearers of the congressional medal
of honor will be official pallbearers.
Americsn Legion headquarters in
Indianapolis is to have a newr home,
according to an announcement made
by the department of Indiana. Plans
are now under way for the raising of
funds for the erection of a memorial
building which will accommodate the
national offices. In the plans for the
memorial to the world war veterans
two city blocks are included and the
building will be large enough- to ac
commodate the offices of the Grand
Army of the Republic as well as the
national offices of the legion.
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STATE HISTORY PRIZE WON
BY GEORGE ROBERT SUCKOW
?The Name Oregon; Its Origin and Significance," Subject of Essay
by Jefferson High School Student.
GEORGE ROBERT SUCKOW. a
student of the Jefferson High
school, has won first prise of
160 in the 1921 C C. Beekman history
prize competition. This and other
.i wards was announced yesterday by
George H. Himes, secretary of the
Oregon Historical society.
The essays for which, the prizes
were awarded were written on the
bubject, "The Name Oregon Its
Origin and Significance."
Miss Helen Whyman of the Rose
jurg High school was declared the
winner of the second prize of S50.
The third prize of S40 was awarded
to Miss Margaret Skavlan, another
student of the Jefferson High school
of Portland, and the fourth prize of
30 was won by Miss Edith Jacobson
r f the Astoria High school.
. In addition to the cash prizes the
Oregon Historical society, which con
ducted the contest, will award honor
medals to all of the prize winners.
These medals are now being designed
and will not be ready for delivery for
several months, but the cash awards
will be forwarded to the winners by
Mr. Himes immediately.
Forty-Six Essays Submitted.
The competition was opened to stu
cents of the schools of the state who
were more than 15 years old and un
der 18 years. The essays were
Judged according to their general ex
cellence and literary worth. Forty
tiX essays were submitted in the com
petition. The winner of the first prize.
George R. Sucko(w, resides with his
parents at 955 Gantenbein avenue,
while' the other Portland prize win
ner, Miss Margaret Skavlan, resides
3t 493 East Eleventh street North.
The first prize winning essay fol
lows: The Name "Oregon," Its Origin and
Significance An exact account of the
origin of the name "Oregon" is a rid
dle that has continually, baffled the
world's most earnest investigators.
Even though account after account
has been given for its origin, almost
all of them have been centered on
circumstantial evidence or on the
creative ingenuities of their respec
tive authors. Yet. as time rolls along,
present-day investigators are profit
ing at the expense of those preceding
them and consequently more exact
uccounts of the name's derivation are
being formulated.
Name Applied te River.
In endeavoring to make the various
explanations of the name's origrn
clearer and more complete, it is quite
necessary to bring out the fact that
"Oregon was originally applied in a
larger sense as a name for the River
of the West (Columbia river). The
Columbia probably would have been
called the Oregon up to the present
day had it not been for Captain Rob
ert Gray, its nautical discoverer and
tiamer. He, ignorant of the tact that
the river he had discovered was the
Oregon, most sincerely named it after
his ship, the "Columbia." Thus it Is
shown that the name "Oregon" was
first applied to tne Columbia river.
It was later changed to apply to the
territory in the vicinity of the Co
lumbia. Among the most outstanding of the
explanations of the name's origin is
tnat centering about the French word.
"Ouragan." This is a word that does
not differ much from Oregon in either
spelling or sound. It means "wind
storm " "blizzard," or "tornado." and
is very literally descriptive of the
climatic conditions of the region In
the vlclnltv of the Columbia river's
tource. The word is supposed to have
originated among and applied first by
French trappers, who were trading
among the Sioux Indians a short dis
tance east of the vlcinitv of the Co
lumbia river's source. These Indians
.rg said to have adopted the word In
its original state Into their language,
and to have, from that time on. called
the River of the West by the term
"Ouragan." From the Sioux, the
word was supposedly communicated
to Jonathan Carver, a visitor among
their tribe who accordingly recorded
it in his book of travels in the Inte
rior of the North American continent.
Mechanical Explanation Given.
Considering that Jonathan Carver
could not sneak French, thus support
ing the supposition that he made an
error in spelling when he recorded It
"Orecan," Instead of "Ouragan": and
considering that the French were the
first active whites in tnat vicinity,
the supposition seems quite correct.
Iut on the other hand, when it Is re
called that Carver was the only white
man among all those preceding and
bucceeding him that heard the name
"Ouragan" spoken by the tribe, the
supposition seems quite strange. The
statement might be made here that
Carver Dossibly made the name "Ore-
rn" nn or heard it from some white
oerson whose works he was familiar
with. This last statement seems
quite probable when Carver's method
in writing his book is brought to
light. . ......
plicated explanation for the origin of
tne name "Oregon is mat inrmumru
bv John E. Kees and involving the
Shnnhnnl trlhe. Acoordlne to this ex-
olanation the word "Oregon" Is de-
-ived from a Shoshonl Indian expres
inn mennlnir "the river of the west.'
originating from the two Shoshonl
words "Oe.wi" (river) and "Pe-on
.west), or Og-wa Pe-on. The Sioux
pronounced this word In the more
euphonious manner in which we now
hear it. a characteristic In which
their language excels, and the Sho
shonl "Gwa" underwent, etymological
lv. a variation in the new language,
jnd became changed to "r, thus giv
.Tic- th sonorous word which Jona
than Carver, who first published the
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George R- Suekow, who won
first prise In Beekjnan histori
cal essay contest.
name to the English world heard
spoken by them during his visit with
the Sioux Indians.
Columbia Favored River.
Continuing with the Rees explana
tion. It is noted that throughout their
various periodical habitats the Sho
shonis never dwelt in the Columbia
River valley, even though they did
inhabit the region of the Salmon and
Snake rivers. Yet they were acquaint
ed with the physiography of the Co
lumbia, and they surely knew their
rame for it. If they had any, which,
however, has never been learned by
tradition. The Shoshonis originally
inhabited the great plains, but they
were driven by other Indians across
the Rockies to the west. Here they
continued to retain their prairie
habits and they often went back at
the risk of their lives across the
Rockies to hunt buffalo. They knew
the Rockies better than anyone else,
and they were familiar with the lo
cality which gave rise to Columbia,
Colorado and Missouri rivers. (They
were acquainted also with these
rivers.) The Columbia was their
favorite river because it yielded sal
mon, their principal food. Because of
-lieir special knowledge of the Co
lumbia and because of their frequent
trips back east to the plains, the
Shoshonis communicated the name of
"Og-wa Pe-on" to the Sioux, who
changed it to "Oregon."
As a result of the French and In
dian war, the treaty of Paris (1763)
divested France of all her posses
sions in North America, and from that
lime on the English assumed control.
Jonathan Carver, a captain of the
conquering English army, made an
exploring expedition toward the In
terior of thi newly acquired terri
tory during the years 177S-7-8 for the
purpose of securing information end
knowledge for the English people. He
traveled bv way of the great lakes
toward head waters of Mississippi
and ascended the Minnesota river 200
miles above its mouth, his object be
ng to study character of country,
customs of inhabitants and to ascer
tain the size of the continent by
traversing It. The information he se
ruren was published In a book en
titled "Travels Through the Interior
Parts of North America."
Sioux Give Information,
From the Indians Carver learned
'hat the fou. greatest rivers on the
continent were the St. Lawrence (he
meant the Colorado) the Mississippi,
I he River o' Bourbon, and the Ore
gon, and that all these had their
sources in the same neighborhood.
Carver secured this information from
the Sioux, who undoubtedly got It
from the Shoshonis.
The above explanation Indeed seems
very complex. It almost seems too
complex to be true, liy this explana
tion the name "Oregon" was to have
originated among the Shoshonis. But
smonK all the settlers who lived
among the Siioshonls, not a single
ine heard the name spoken by them,
bo far us is known today. But, on the
ether hand. If a person would inquire
cbout the name "Oregon" (e. g. men
tion it) from a member of the present
.shoshonl tribe, the Indian would re
ply by pointing in the direction of
tne west and saying I'e-on-nah. (In
the direction of the big water of
west ). The acceptance and re.lcc
tlon of the explanation seem to bal
unce each other: there is room for
acceptance and room for apology.
Aragon May He Oregon.
"Oregon" may have originated
from "Aragon," the name of a king
Corn of Spain. According to this be
iief. Spanish refugees, especially from
he persecuted kingdom of Aragon,
fled from Spain on account of politi
cal tyranny and ecclesiastical perse
cution. Some probably came to the
Oregon country and named It after
their beloved homeland. They stayed
there long enough to get acquainted
with the country and to circulate Its
name, "Aragon," among the Indians
ot that locality. (They might have
named Oregon after some Spanish
hip of that name). "Aragon" de
veloped into "Oregon" because the
first and second "a" In Aragon. by the
natural process and according to
phonetic laws, have imperceptibly be
come transformed into "o" and "e."
Oregon is certainly of most Spanish
formation and sound, especially so
when It is supported by the principles
from which rests all linguistic devel
(pment ancient and modern.
This explanation Is Intensely Inter
esting and inspiring but it is too real
and is not based on historical facts.
Aragon was a Spanish kigdom of very
little prominence, from which no emi
grants are known to have come
Oregon. If any did come tfieir pres
ence here has been new to us,. It Is
quite probable that "Oregon" could
have come from "Aragon." but the
rest of the arguments in the explana
tion are bottomless.
Rrown Solves Myntery.
Professor Josiah D. Whitney has
learned and believes that "Oregon"
came from "Ore-Jon" or Big Ear. a
name supposed to have been applied
to the Indians of the northwest coast
by early Spanish explorers. His be
lief is quite general and covers a mul
. itude of facts, but it has not gained
much prominence or acceptance.
In 1842, in Hunt's Magazine. Junius
Henri Brown niot wonderfully solved
Ihe great myele;- by attributing the
whoie matter to a supposed tradition,
said to have prevailed among the In
dians of the Lake Superior district,
of a mighty river of the name "Ore
gon" which flowed into the Pacific
It seems certain that Mr. Brown must
have been a great creative genius, for
l.e has been the only person who ever
beard of such a tradition.
Joaquin Miller America's nature
roet. after 30 years of Investigation,
made the startling discovery that
Oregon comes from Spanish "Oye-el-aqua."
hear the waters. To the In
sight of such a man as Joaquin Miller,
no positive or negative discussion
should be added, although it may he
true that his poetical ability, through
music, overshadowed his Insight.
Bryant I'ses Name.
Very many other explanations of
little prominence have been offered.
Chief among these explanations is the
"wild thyme" myth, an herb of un
usual abundance found here by early
explorers, but which herb has with
the advent of civilization, so mysteri
ously disappeared. The others are not
wortny or mention, lor they are too
much a "supposition."
William Cullen Bryant, at the early
die of IS. wrote "Thanatopsls." a
ooem expressing a contemplation of
death. As proof of his stately thoughts -
on the gravity and universality or i
death, he appealed to the solemnity of j
the forest and wilderness and In so
doing chose the name of the mighty!
unknown Oregon, about which he had'
named from the works of Jonathan
Carver. Bv so using the name in his
i,oem he raised it to a cherished posi
tion. There has been great doubt con-
1 sected wtih the name's origin, but
there la absolutely no doubt concern
:ng its significance. It stands for a
: state that is self-advertising self-.
' supporting, self-perpetuating, a state
tnat contains within its boundaries
: innumerable developed and unde-.
, veloped resources. Also It represents '1
I a great treasured territory for the
I possession of which brave men gave
i their lives, our greatest diplomats
gave their services, and pioneers left
their homes. It brings to our memory
the crude Oregon provisional govern
ment, the government that defied all
the world that It might continue to
be protected within the folds of the
Stars and Stripes, the banner of the
world's greatest nation. The name
brings before us also Oregon's entire
mstory, the record that proves lU
and will ever wave.
Author's Note: In the first part of
'.his essay the fact may have been
roted by th reader that In various
places "Oregon" was spelled "Ore
gan." This condition will be attrib
uted correct when the fact la re
called that "Oregon" was originally
spelled "Oregan." "Oregan" changed
to "Oregon" through speech and rec
ord, for the people who used It were
Inclined to pronounce and spell tr
word according to the way whlca
bounded and looked beat to them.
NORMAL TERMS CHANGED
FOUR REGCIiAR QUARTERS TO
BE HELD AT MONMOUTH.
State School to Run at Maximum
Capacity Year Round to Supply
Demand for Teachers.
OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Mon
mouth, Oct. 1. (Special.) The Ore
gon Normal school will do its part to
help supply the nation-wide demand
for trained teachers. Its facilities
will be in maximum operation for the
entire year. In addition, the train
ing schools of Monmouth and Inde
pendence win operate through the
summer.
This programme has been aecldel
on by the board of regents, accord
ing to an announcement made by
President J. S. Landers.
The plan embodies an Important
change in the term schedule of the
Normal school. Instead of the three
regular 12-week terms and the two
six-week summer terms which have
been In effect, the normal will offer
an all-year schedule of four regular
terms, beginning In September, Da
cember, March and June.
The training svhools. which for
merly closed in June, will remain
open for the summer term, enabling
senior students to do required prac
tice teaching. The training schools'
rolls are made up of grade pupils
of Monmouth, and Independence,
which Is two miles east of Monmouth.
The arrangement will give these
pupils an opportunity to make up
Incomplete work, or they can go
ahead with advance work. This is
said to represent an Innovation In
grade school training- In the state.
While pupils will be enabled to
speed up their grade Instruction, at
tendance during the June term will
not be compulsory.
Decision to Inaugurate the all-year
plan of operation followed persistent
calls to the normal school for trained
teachers from all parts of Oregon.
University to Get Reels.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EU
GENE, Oct. 1. (Special.) The exten
sion division is awaiting the arrival,
within the next few days, of SO new
reels of motion picture films from
Washington, D. C. With the films
which were in use last year there will
be more than 130 reels. Among the
new reels there will be 12 loaned 'o
the university by the Dutch govern
ment, mainly industrial and scenic
films on picturesque Holland and the
Dutch East Indies. Another film
which was new last spring and which,
It Is thought, will prove popular,
shows the Olympic games of last year.
All starfishes have the power to re
store or regenerated Injured parts.
said a noted philosopher,
"build houses with their
eyes."
. When the eyesight of a
carpenter is defective it
naturally follows that his
work will suffer.
In sawing a board, it
requires keen eyesight to
fojlow the guide line, and
you can't plane or join
accurately if your eyes
are "off."
You shoulcl have your
eyes examined regularly
so you will be sure of
doing your best work. If
my very thorough, per
sonally conducted exam
ination shows a need of
glasses, a pair of KRYP
TOK SHUR-ON SPEC
TACLES, either Sheltex
or Rimless, would give
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k.nd or men and women the state r w
made of. Greatest of all, It slgnlff I
the territory where rolls the Oregl I
over which only our flag has evis
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