The Sunday Oregonian., May 21, 1922, SECTION FOUR, Page 9, Image 65

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 21, 1922
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RECLAMATION LAW IN UNITED STATES
IS DECLARED TO BE BORN OF NECESSITY
Westward March of Pioneers Exhausted Cultivable Public Domain and What Remained Was Not Habitable
Without Costly Works to Provide Water, Says Secretary Fall.
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BY ALBERT B. FALL.
Secretary of the Interior.
Encouragement of home building
and ownership of land has been
a strong policy of the govern
ment from the inception of the re
public. The reclamation of our pub
lic lands by the federal government
is merely an expansion of that
policy. - -
The past century in the United
States has been marked by several
important economic measures affect- I
Ing our domestic affairs. These in
clude the Louisiana purchase in
1802; annexation of Texas, 1845;
establishment of American titles to
Oregon territory, 1816; cession by
Mexico of California and areas In
cluding Nevada, Utah and portions
of Colorado, Arizona and New Mex
ico, 1848; the Gadsden purchase, 1863;
signing of the homestead law by
Abraham Lincoln in 1862; acquisition
of Alaska, 1867, and the reclamation
law ' signed by Roosevelt in 1902.
These laws opened the door of oppor
tunity to millions of hiome'-makers to
whose indomitable courage and in
dustry we. owe the conquest of the
wilderness of the middle west and
the subjugation of vast arid and
semi-arid desert. By these laws the
continental area of the United States
Was expanded enormously.
The reclamation law was born of
necessity. The westward march of
those "conscripts of an endless quest,"
our pioneers, exhausted the cultivable
public domain. What remained was
not hab'table without the construc
tion of irrigation works t00 costly
for individuals, and not attractive to
private capital.
For a brief period the government
projects met the needs of the land
hungry, and nearly half a million
people are now established on the
friendly breast of the reclaimed
desert.
Desert Made to Bloom.
By their efforts they have made
the desert blossom and their success
has kept alive a national desire for
a home on the land. We have laid the
foundations of national irrigation
broad and deep. Its importance as
a policy and its relation to national
growth and industrial life are now
a permanent part of the common
stock of knowledge.
The accomplishments of federal
'engineers and the home-jnakere in
the desert hav6 penetrated the slow-
yielding surface of popular thought
and quickened the imagination of the
public. Gradually there has grown
np a sentiment in many parts of the
country favoring the inauguration of
a reclamation policy In other than
arid states, whose large areas, of
fertile but unused lands offer attrac
tive opportunities for development.
President (or Reclamation.
President Harding in a recent ad
drees said:
"Every practical proposal for water
ing our arid and semi-arid land, for
reclaiming cut-over forest areas, for
protecting fertile valleys from inun
dations, and for draining the poten
tially rich and widely extended
swamp areas, should be given the
full encouragement of the govern
ment. All this should be a part of
recognized permanent policy. Not
otherwise will it be possible to keep
the nation self-supporting and as
, nearly self-contained as it has been
In the past."
Our great problem, as I eee It, is
to check over-urbanization. Popula
tion must be redistributed so as to
restore and maintain a proper bal
ance between the city and the coun
try. Cities Gain on Farm.
For the past ten years the Increase
in the number of farm homes has been
disproportionate with the growth of
our urban centers. City population
Is now growing 7 times faster than
that of the country. These tend
encies and conditions of our times,
whatever may be the causes, empha
size the immediate and pressing heed
of a new era of home-building, na
tional in scope, eelf-sustalnlng and
self-continuing. To this great pur
pose the present administration is
etrongly pledged. Detinue plans nave
been worked out by those who have
made profound study of the question,
and measures which have my ap
proval are now before congress.
We are cognizant of the fact that
our habitable public domain, once re
garded as inexhaustible, has shrunken
to a few million acres of desert
wholly unfit for cultivation without
costly Irrigation works.
Slogan Kow Myth. .
The old slogan "Uncle Sam has a
home for every patriot" has become
a myth. We realize fully that unrest
and discontent increase as opportuni
ties to acquire homes diminish. We
must arouse to the fact that if we
are to continue as a stable, self
supporting nation, we must venture
forth on a new and broader policy
of internal expansion.
The difficulties ahead of us in
shaping the necessary plans, though
varied and complex, are really
nothing to worry about. Our engi
neers have demonstrated their ability
to remove the obstacles of nature
which now close to production vast
areas. Already they have transferred
rivers from one ocean drainage to
another, penetrated mountain masses
with huge tunnels, blocked stupend
ous canyons with massive dams to
store and harness the floods, and to
make 2,000,000 acres of desert fruit
lul and the abode of prosperous
citizens. Why, then, should we hesi
tate in attacking the simpler recla
mation problems of regions nearer
at hand?
Hard Tasks Conquered.
For 20 years'the reclamation serv
ice has beeif meeting and overcoming
the difficult tasks of desert subju
gation. It has grown into an effi
cient and thoroughly business-like
organization, functioning today along
tne lines of a great publio utilities
corporation, and operating in 15
states. It is serving at the present
time the important needs of thou
sands of persons in furnishing the
water without which existence would
be impossible, and the power whioh
moves the wheels of innumerable
industries, lights and heats the farm
and city homes, and lessens farm
burdens by operating many mechan
ical devices.
Its operations are conducted much
the same as that of large private
corporations with this important
exception: When the present cus
tomers of these plants have repaid
the government's expenditures in
construction, they become owners
and operators.
Expense to Be Repaid.
The expenditures for reclamation
work are to be reimbursed by the
beneficiaries. No other national
work is conducted on this principle.
The position of reclamation engi
neers, tharefore, is Infinitely more
trying and difficult than that of one
whose funds are provided by general
appropriations from the government
treasury In which there is little
Individual concern.
The farmer who must pay out of
his own pocket for the work done to
reclaim his farm, is quick to detect
Inefficiency or waste, and is not slow
in voicing his protest. Naturally
avoidance of mistakes, keeping down
of costs, -and the development of
economic practices are constantly in
the mind of the reclamation engineer.
Loaiu Only Temporary,
Generally speaking, national reola
mation is meeting the test of repay
ment. If it has to ask a loan, due
to the enormous deflation in values
of all farm crops and livestock, this
will be only temporary and the
security is ample. The investment in
plant is perfectly sound. The works
are of the best and will not be shut
down.
As security for its net investment
of 3130,000,000 in engineering works,
it 'holds a first lien on 2,000,000 acres
of land, the taxable value of which
is estimated at $300,000,000. During
the past 16 years less than half of
this land has produced crops having a
gross value of more than 1400.000,000.
Within the projects are 223 towns,
and more than 33,000 irrigated farms,
with a total population of 450,00.
There . were reported in 1920, 879
schools, 649 churches, and 247 banks,
.with a capital stock of about $16,-
000,000, and deposits by 284,000 da-
positors of nearly $150,000,000.
The area actually irrigated on the
reclamation projects now totals
1,223,000 acres, and the gross-crop
production in 1919 amounted to $89,
00,000. The area Irrigated Is al
most equal to the improved acreage
of Connecticut and Delaware farms,
and the gross returns from crops ex
ceed by $6,000,000 the proceeds from
all crops of Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Rhode Island.
In addition it should be noted that
the reservoirs of the government fur
nish a partial, and in many cases, a
complete water supply for the irri
gation of nearly a million acres In
cluded in private Irrigation systems.
These lands produced crops valued at
564,000,000 in 1920, or three times the
value of Delaware's crops in the
same year.
Small Farms Provided.
Reclamation is the agent of immi
gration. It means an increasing
number of small farms and comfort
able homes, intensive cultivation and
many Independent owners.
Reclamation, by enlarging the
boundaries of our heritage, the land,
perpetuates and strengthens the
institutions of our nation, and makes
better conditions of living for the
people. The products of fields and
feed lots flow in increasing streams
to consumers and manufacturers to
be exchanged in part fori the pro
ducts of labor from mill .and factory.
Reclamation enlarges the manu
facturers' best market, the home
market. The desert farms are re
mote from large manufacturing cen
ters. Millions or dollars wrung
from the desert soil are put in cir
culation in the purchase of autos,
tractors, farm machinery of all kinds.
lumber, steel, cement, wearing ap
parel, and other classes of manufac
tured goods.
Crops Jiot Competitive.
Very few of the Irrigated crops
are in competition with those of the
humid Btates. It is not conceivable
that the government ever will be
able to develop farms fast enough
to depreciate the value of good land
anywhere. There is therefore no
warrant for fear on the part of
farmers that any future Increase of
farms or crops brought about by
government agencies is likely to re
suit In deflating either land or crop
values. Only by the most strenuous
effort, and by the appropriation of
millions of dollars, can we hope to
satisfy the normal demand for farms,
due to the natural Increase of
country-born citizens.
The applications from some of the
eastern states are as follows: New
York, 9780; Pennsylvania, 8680; Mas
sachusetts, 2860; New Jersey, 2200
Connecticut, 680; Maine, 480; Rhode
Island, 400 Vermont, 320.
Areas Are Enumerated.
The greater portion of the land
remaining to be reclaimed by irriira
tion, and drainage particularly, lies
in the south, the west and the south
west The crops produced from these
sections enter into competition with
those of the great corn-growing
states to a very small degree. Where
alfalfa is raised for feeding cattle,
the matured cattle generally go io
the corn belt for fattening, as it does
not pay to raise corn under irriga
tion.
The proportion of rural popula
tlon to the other population in this
country is growing less and less all
the time and yet demand for farms is
shown by the fact that Canadian
immigration offices in 20 or more
cit'es or towns in the United States
have reported recently a very great
deal of interest and the movement of
thousands or. American citizens to
Canada.
Veterans to Bo Cared For.
In all the efforts put forth toward
land reclamation first thought must
be given to redeeming our pledge that
opportunities to establish homes on
the land shall be offered freely to
tnose wno came to the nation's de
fense This Is indeed a strong justi
ficatton for the home-making policy
I have mentioned.
The number of farm-trained vet-
erans who seek this opportunity la
large, as Indicated by the applications
and inquiries which have been re
ce'ved. The vocational board has
14,000 disabled men who, during the
period of rehabilitation, are receiving
training In agriculture. It is most
fitting that consideration of their
needs should be given. The hunger
for land on the part of the ex-service
men is illustrated by the reports of a
recent farm-land opening.
25,000 Seek Land.
Inquiries from more than 25,000
were received, and 3676 made appli
cations for the 279 farms available,
which included 15,733 acres. The
applicants registered from 86 states,
the District of Columbia and Canada.
The government gave the ex-service
men a preference right to file, but
otherwise regarded them as citizens
and collected full charges. In other
words, no gratuity was granted to
the veterans.
There is one matter regarding the
proposed policy of reclamation con
cerning which there is some doubt
and not a little misapprehension, and
that relates to the land the govern
ment will reclaim. I want to make
it clear that there is not the slight
est chance In, the world the govern
ment will permit itself to be hood
winked into the purchase of worth
less land, or be held up by specula
tors..
Our experts who have Investigated
the vacant lands in most of the
states, found areas adapted for agri
cultural development far in excess of
our needs for many years. It is
silly to suppose that with so much
to choose from the purchase of un
desirable or high-priced lands would
be approved.
Purchases Are Safeguarded.
A glance at the safeguards in the
bill thrown about the purchase of
any land shows the impossibility of
such a blunder. In many Instances
it is believed that purchase will not
be necessary. Many owners have In
dicated a willingness to offer their
lands for development and accept
payment on the same terms which
the government will be repaid by
the farmer. It is anticipated that
some of the states will co-operate
by furnishing the lands to be re
claimed in order to control the set
tlement of the lands.
The map herewith shows the lo
cation of the irrigable and swamp
lands. In addition there are mil
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who heard Calve sing three Mar
guerite arias, one from Boito's "Me
flstofele," one from Berlioz "'Faust"
and the "Recitation and Jewel Song"
from Gounod's "Faust," and also the
Santuzza "Racconto" from "Caval
leria Rusticana," will long retain the
memory of the thrills she gave them.
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Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed will pre
sent Mrs. Mildred Hult Colton and
Mrs. Irene Strowbrldge Wheeler in
public recital next month.
Miss Irene A. Reynolds will pre
sent her students in piano recitals
at 8:15 P. M., May 26 and 27, in her
home. Ira D. Morgan, baritone, will
assist. '
Miss Mary Wylie, contralto of the
First Presbyterian church quartet,
sang three numbers at the Reed col
lege chapel service last Thursday.
The selections were "Before the
Crucifix" (La . Forge), "L' heur
d'azure" (Holmes) and "Over the
Steppe" (Gretchanlnoff).
Mrs. Minnie Duden Mapes presents
several advanced students in piano
recital, assisted by Dorothea Ander
son, soprano, and Robert Christie
Walsh, baritone, in Sunnyslde Meth
odist Episcopal church. East Thirty-
fifth and Yamhill streets, tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock.
Tom Ordemann, with Miss Evelene
Calbreath accompanist, sang "Give a
Man a Horse He Can Ride and
Painting That Mother of Mine" at
the annual luncheon of the Catholic
Women's league, held last Tuesday in
the Portland hotel. A trio composed
of Miss Ellen Costello, pianist; Miss
Prosper Pozzl, cellist, and Miss Truth
Terry, violinist, played eeveral pleas
ing numbers.
Mrs. Jean Warren Carrick presented 1
Merl and Merz Wiley, ll-years-old
twin daughters of Professor and Mrs.
Wiley, in a piano recital and dem
onstration of foundation training in
her home on Tabor Heights, May 13.
Great praise was given the girls for
their Intelligent rendering of their
Chopin and MacDowell numbers as
well as their thorough understanding
of the fundamentals of music.
Mrs. Misha Pelz and her Melodlan
chorus will sing the incidental temple
music off stage in the pantomimic
dance arrangement of Mozart's "Magic
Flute at Alice May Browns annual
dance-revue to be given at the pub
lio auditorium Friday night. An 18
piece orchestra under the direction of
Misha Pela will furnish the musical
settings for the various ballets.
Among Mie musical numbers to be
played will be Henry Hadley's
Flower Ballet Suite," music from
"The Magic Flute" and selections by
DeKoven, Herbert, Sibelius and
Freml.
Paul Petri presented to an audience
that overflowed his spacious recital
hall Sunday Mrs. Juanita Heaton-
Judge,- soprano, in recital. With a
voice under excellent control and of
ample range, Mrs. Judge sang a pro
gramme of songs and arias that was
exacting and acquitted herself to the
satisfaction of all present. The pro
gramme was opened with the beauti
ful aria from Mignon, "Connals tu le
Pays." which she sang with charm.
Another aria, "Vissi d'Arte," from Puc
cini's "Tosca, showed her talents as
a dramatic singer to the full. Two con
trasting songs by Sidney Homer were
well sung, and the humorous "Behave
Yourself Before Folk" was much ap
plauded. -
A large and appreciative congre
gation heard the spiendid rendering
of Gaul's "The Holy City" last Sunday
night In Sunnyslde Methodist Epis
copal church. .The large adult choir
of nearly 60 voices, under the able
direction of P. A. Ten Haaf, together
with the Sunnyslde girls' chorus, di
leoted by Mrs. Ten Haaf. gave a most
Interesting interpretation of this
beautiful oratorio. The- ensemble
work was characterized by prompt
Intonation, fine shading and tonal
quality. All the soloists, acquitted
themselves exceptionally well. Mrs.
St Grover and Mrs. Ella Scott were
the accompanists. The choir has been
requested to repeat the choruses of
the "Holy City" at 7:45 o'clock to
night.
John B. Siefert, tenor, and Leland
A. Coon, pianist, members of the fac
ulty of the school of music, Univer
sity of Oregon, appeared recently in
concert in the Presbyterian church,
Eugene, Or., under the auspioes of Mu
Phi Epsilon and Phi Mu Alpha, na
tional honorary musical fraternities
These two organizations have been
the means of giving a large amount
of good music to the campus and
community. The concert was quite
a musical success and Mr. Slefert and
Mr. Coon were complimented for the
fine quality of their music. The pro
gramme: Tenor, aria, "Lend Me Your
Aid," "Queen of Sheba" (Gounod),
I "Care Belve" (Hanael), "Tex Yeux'
lions of acres of cut-over lands and
large tracts of abandoned farm
lands which may be developed as
need for farms increases.
The development of the national
mineral resources of the public land
states under the lease law of 1920,
is growing more and more rapidly
and will continue to grow because
of the need of oils and' the coals,
phosphates, potash and other min
erals in the thickly settled portions
of the states.
Business Volume Aided.
In addition the agricultural devel
opment . of these states and of the
south, necessitates the development
of minerals for the use of the new
settlers, thus adding to the volume
of business of the entire country.
These mineral resources have lain
dormant for 15 years or more because
of the enormous withdrawals made
for the many reservations. A com
prehensive law is now upon the
statute ' books under which these
reservations are being rapidly de
veloped. From this development the
government now obtains a direct
revenue in royalties, and the people
of the country . generally benefit 1
through this augmentation of our
national wealth.
Royalties Are Divided.
The royalties are divided, a por
tion going to the states in which the
minerals lay, the proceeds being de
voted under the law of congress to
the maintenance of schools and the
construction of roads; a portion goes
direct to the national treasury, and
the remainder is devoted by law to
the extension of reclamation by irri
gation. It is estimated that the reve
nues thus derived and to be received
by the irrigation-reclamation fund
ultimately will amount to more than
J5,000,00O,00O.
In my judgment In the extension
of reclamation, particularly that by
irrigation beyond the extent of proj
ects now under construction, a sys
tem should be worked out along the
lines of the rural credits through
which 40 years' time should be given
for repayments under an amortiza
tion plan.
Oregon Men Seek Land.
Inquiries from ex-service men con
cerning opportunities on the land re
ceived to March 25, 1922, from the
state of Oregon number 3520. The
total of inquiries from ex-Bervice
men from all sections of the country
amount to 193,000.
(Rabey). "'Chant Hindoo" (Bemberg)
piano, "Scherzo B-flat Minor" (Cho
pin): tenor, "Am Meer," "Liebesbot
schaft" (Schubert), "In Waldeseln-
samkit" and "Meine Liebe 1st Gruen'
(Brasms) ; piano, "Allemande, Ga
votte and Musette" (D'Albert), "Feux
Follets" (PhilLlpp), "Cantique d'Ar
mour" (Liszt); tenor, "Call Me No
More" (Cadman), "Do Not .Go, My
Love" (Hageman), "The Bird, of the
Wilderness" (Horsman)
.
Ira D. Morgan, tenor, last Sunday
morning in the choir of the White
Temple sang in impressive, fashion
and fine taste "Mother's Hymn" as
part of Mothers' day service.
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Mrs. Ella B. Jones will present her
students in piano recital, Portland
hotel, 8:15 o'clock, Friday night,
May 26. .
v t
Christ Is Coming Soon," a new
sacred song, words by Marvin W.
Pond and music composed by Daniel
H. Wilson, has been received for re
view. The words have a true re
ligious message, and the music, with
chorus, is melodious, stirring and
easy to sing.
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Miss Edythe Duback. lyric soprano,
sang for the bridge party given by
Myrtle chapter. Eastern Star, last
Tuesday afternoon. Her numbers
were "Love Sends a Little Gift of
Roses" and "By the Water of the
Mlnnetonka. Miss Duback is a stu
dent of Mrs. Francis Fischer, who's
a vocal student of Harold Hurlburt
Judging by the inquiries coming
irom various points of Oregon and
wasnington, the contest for two
scholarships offered by F. X.' Arens
for his seventh annual summer
course promises to be a most inter
esting musical contest. It will be
neio at the residence of J. Ross
Fargo, 499 Third street, June 3. The
course begins on Monday, June 6, at
Mrs. W. R. Scott's residence, 870 Ala-
meaa anve. in addition to his regu
lar vocal course M. Arena will mn.
duct master classes in diction, style,
interpretation and. repertoire, to
which only advanced singers will be
admitted. Short lectures, illustrating
the elements of style and musical
CHURCHES TO RECEIVE GIFTS
OF CLOTHES FOR NEAR EAST
War and Famine Sufferers Declared to Be in Terrible (Condition, While
100,000 Orphans Are Without Toys.
FLOUR SACKS ARE ALL THE
PORTLAND churches will be open
to receive clothing for the war
and famine victims of the near east
and southeastern Russia on bundle
day on Wednesday. This is a nation
wide movement. ,
Robert Speer, world missionary
leader, just returned to America after
several months in southern and east
ern Europe and Asia, says.
100,000 Orphans Need Toys.
'1 made careful study of general
economic conditions in these coun
tries. There was great suffering
among children and common people
but the worst conditions of all I found
In Armenia. I visited Erivan, the
Armenian capital, and Alexandropol.
Conditions, especially among children,
were too pitiable to need an interpre
ter. Numberless men, women and
children are destitute of clothing and
thousands have no covering whatever
save the thinnest rags." '
The chief question being asked the
bundle day committee is, "What kind
of clothing shall we send?" Garments
of every sort that will give either
warmth in winter or service in sum
YOUTHFUL SCHOOL THESPIANS TO PRESENT COMEDIES IN PUB
LIC SCHOOL AUDITORIUMS BEGINNING THIS WEEK.
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Mildred Burks as Josephine In the comedy, "Joe, while the august yonng
doctor standing by her is youthful Raymond Shank In the role of Sam
Blanchard.
A series of dramatic offerings by the Girl Reserve Dramatic club has
been arranged for the youthful thespians by Mrs. Everett M. Hurd, dra
matic leader of the organization. The
at the Vernon school May 25. On the
he held at the Ockley Green school, while-they will present their offerings
at the Highland school on June 2.
The comedy, "Joe," which won tho
last March, will be repeated by request, while "Trouble at Saterlee's" is to
be another comedy, featuring episodes at a fashionable girls' seminary. In
addition to these two plays each school represented by the club will pre
sent a "Japanese Wedding Ceremony," in which a boy and girl from ten
different schools will take- part.
The following children will take
Oliver. Norma Woodman. Billy Oliver.
ginia Trask, Thelma Powell, Raymond
Dow, Josephine Du Bois, Kathleen
Edna May Root. Elizabeth Battin,
Ottls Anderson. Frances King, Helerr
Watson. Claudine Humphrey. 1
expression in general, and their ap
plication to the various schools and
epochs In particular, will precede the
vocal offering. .
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Mrs. Goldie Peterson Wessler, so
prano; Mrs. Virginia Spencer Hutch
inson, contraltos John Ross , Largo,
tenor, and John Claire Monteith,
baritone, will be soloists at the ren
dition of the Coleridge Taylor can
tata, "A Day in Japan," at Pacific
university. Forest Grove, Or., June 12.
Another of Dent Mowrey's profes
sional piano students who has been
appearing in recital lately with fine
success, is Miss Frances Yount. Her
last appearance was in a lecture re
cital in Vancouver (Washington) high
school. Miss Yount played a pro
gramme for the Athaneum club of
the same city earlier in the season.
An open-air operatic festival is
planned for June 3, 7, 10 and 16 in
the stadium of Stanford university,
Stanford, Cal., when a large chorus,
with soloists and directed by Gaetano
Morola, will appear in "Pagliacci,"
"Carmen" and "Faust". The Stanford
university chorus of 75 voices, under
the direction of Warren D. Allen, and
the a-capella choir of the College of
the Pacific, under the direction of
Charles M. Dennis, are now rehears
ing for the event, and to these units
will be added a third chorus now be
ing trained in San Francisco. The
orchestral part of the performances
will also be on a large scale, as there
will be an instrumental ensemble of
more than 100 musicians, principally
members of the San Francisco sym-
phony. Giovanni Martinelli, tenor .of
LITTLE TOTS HAVE 1ST SUMMER.
mer for men, women or children are
wanted. More than 100,000 war or
phans over there will be grateful if
unbreakable toys and picture .books
are included.
Flour Sacks Unsatisfactory.
A flour-sack nightie in place of
clothing is all very well for children
in summer time, according to Miss
Margaret Reid who recently returned
to Fortiana after two years of moth
ering 2000 children in the near east
relief orphanages at Marash. But
when It comes to the chill blasts of
winter, a cotton flour-sack as the only
garment leaves something to be de
sired.
"Not that a single flour sack is
scorned," says Miss Reid, "small com
fort as it is. For every stock, stick
and stone is used in the near east,
where economy is something more
than thrift where to thousands it is
the very breath of life. But that is not
saying that flour sacks take the place
of warm suits and coats, outside a
small boy's Imagination. And when
the temperature is below zero, the
warmest imagination will scarcely
make up the difference. -.-
first of these plays will be given
following night a programme will
.
chndren much favorable comment
part in the dramatic work: Mildred
Ruth Burks, Mildred Burks, Vir
Shank, Thelma Barton, Margarette
uuigley, violet lireK, XNaomi nonman,
Gracie Fidcoe. Irene' smith, joe unnt,
Crietz. Virginia Danforth, Jack
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the Metropolitan, will be heard in
three of his greatst roles those of
Canio, Don Jose and Faust Other
artists who will appear are Vicente
Ballester, . baritone of the Chicago
Opera association; Leon Rothier,
basso of the Metropolitan; Ina Burs
kaya, the Russian mezzo-soprano;
'Bianca Saroya, soprano of the San
Carlo company; Doria Fernanda, the
San Francisco mezzo-soprano, who
has won laurels with the Scotti com
pany, and Marsden Argall, baritone.
Sylvia Tell will be the premier dan
seuse of the ballet of 50. Armando
Agnini, stage director of the Metro
politan . opera house, will stage the
operas.
Paul . K. Hutchinson, pianist re
ceived a letter from Edna and Clara
Low, two Chinese girls who studied
piano with him in this city, stating
that they will return to Portland
some time in June to resume their
study with him. These two girls are
visiting relatives in China. The Chi
nese newspapers had published arti
cles about the Misses Low previous to
their arrival in Shanghai and Mrs.
Low states in one of her letters that
the girls found they were well
known there. People crowded every
performance where Edna and Clara
played. . These girls are American
born and say they like America far
better in which to reside.
The Portland Ad club male quartet
has been busy for the last six weeks
filling engagements in surrounding
towns. They appeared at Woodburn.
Aurora, Camas and Beaverton during
the last two weeks, and also at Ore
gon City and Canby under the aus
pices of the high schools. This quar
tet was formed and trained by E.
Bruce Knowlton and is composed of
A. M. Fowler, first tenor; Raymond
Osborne, second tenor; R. T. Ander
son, first bass; Robert Tasker, second
bass; Mr?. Alvina Knowlton, accom
panist, and Ethel Hampton, violin
ist. The Ad club quartet soon will
appear at the Little theater and in
Gresham.
Edna Whitman Chittlck. wife of
Professor Chittlck of Reed college.
gave a varied and interesting pro
gramme March 13 on the Reed college
pipe organ, with members of Mu Phi
Epsilon, national musical sorority, as
guests. Mrs. Chittick is a Mu Phi
from the University of Washington.
Borowski's "Sonata in A Minor"
opened the programme, and was fol
lowed by two groups of four num
bers, including: "Sarabande in D"
(Bach), "Intermezzo" (Hollins),
"Shepherd's Song" (Merkel), "Grand
Choeur in G Minor" (Guilmant)
"Norse Ballad" (Wilkes), "Romance
Without Words" (Bonnet), "Within a
Chinese Harden" (Stoughton), "Vor
splel to Lohengrin" (Wagner).
Franklin B. Launer, pianist, re
cently gave two piano recitals in the
Methodist Episcopal church in Canby,
Or. In the first recital he presented
Miss Cora Ausve, an assistant in
structor of Mr. Launer's. in an inter
esting programme, playing numbers
from Chopin, Grieg, Thome, Godard
and Mendelssohn. The Canby high
school girls' sextet, directed by Mr.
Launer, assisted. Miss Ausve played
with splendid finish and creditable
interpretation before a large and en
thusiastic audience. In a recent re
cital Mr. Launer and two assistants.
Miss Cora Ausve and Miss Eva Beatty,
presented 30 students before a crowd
ed house. Miss Maxine Telford, vio
linist of Oregon City, assisted with
an attractive group of solos and
pleased her audience with her beau
tiful playing.
Mrs. C. P. J'osse will present 22 of
her piano students in recital at her
Sunnyside home, 972 Belmont street
Wednesday night May 31. Mrs. Josse
came two years ago from Fort
Wayne, Ind., where she had lived for
16 years, to make her home in Port
land, and says she has prospered in
business and also in her choice of a
new home city.
At this recital Mrs. Josse will be
assisted by Miss Vira Smith, violinist,
and Miss Rea Smith, oboe player.
These students will take part: Vir
ginia Brandes, Margery Brandes,
Helen McManus, Ralph Rhor, Myrtle
Rohr, Mae Anderson, Charles Hum
mel Josse, Margaret Thiele, Henry
Thiele, Elizabeth Painton, Elsa Nath
an, Alice Anderson, Leslie Anderson,
Ruth Hundley, Thresa Bartholomew,
Bernice 'Sigourney, Doris Sigourney,
Edna Rose Farrer, Lena -King, Doro-
thy Knrtoenaoker. May Agile Bart
and Lucile Belknap.
Hiss Jessie HacRM gave, the fifth
in a series of recitala now being given
by Dent MowTeys professional stu
dents. The programme which, was
presented last Monday night in the
Ellens building was played with
splendid attention, to the fine detail
of tone color! nig and smooth, effort
less technique. The brilliance of her
playing was especially effective in
the "B Minor Sonata" of Greig.
The Lavender club enjoyed, last
Tuesday, a distinct pleasure when
Dorothy Hawkins, a young pianists of
outstanding merit, presented a num
ber of compositions of much worth.
The unusual musicianship and ma
ture finesse of her playing called
forth much enthusiasm. The playing
of Miss Hawkins, which is an ex
clusive product of the training de
rived from Miss Marie Soule, has at
tained strong commendation from a
number of eastern authorities and
critics for whom she played laet
summer. J. J. Hattstadt, president
American conservatory of music, Chi
cago, and A. A. Van de Mark, founder
and artistic director American musi
cal festival, Buffalo, N. Y., both spoke
in the highest praise of Miss Soule,
who has trained her exclusively, and
is to present her in recital in the
near future.
John Claire Monteith will go to
Forest Grove June 12, where he has
been engaged to sing the baritone
role in the cantata "Io Old Japan"
(Coleridge-Taylor), which will bs
given by the Forest Grove Choral
society, under the direction of C. W.
Lawrence, dean of music at Paoif'e
university. May 26 Mr. Monteith will
sing in Salem with, the Willamette
Valley May Festival chorus. May 31
he will havsaicharge of the music at
the graduating exercises of th North
Pacific Dental college at the Whits
Temple. Last Thursday be sang at
the radio concert arranged by the
rrogressive Business Men's club and
at the meeting of the Parent-Teacher
council in Lincoln high, school audito
rium. Last Sunday be was precentor
at tne iirst Church of Christ. Sci
entist, substituting for Mrs. Pauline
Miller Chapman, who was out of the
city.
The Monday Musical club rare its
last lecture-recital of the season, at
the First Reformed . evangelical
church. Twelfth and Clay streets, last
Monday afternoon. Miss Martha K.
Reynolds rendered several charming
pipe organ selections, all written, by
American composers. An especially
attractive number was the "Russian
Boatmen's Song on the River Volga,"
arranged by Clarence Eddy. Mrs.
L. E. Cable sang three vocal solos
and delighted the Audience with her
beautiful voice and her charming
manner. The Monday Musical club
chorus, under the direction of Mm
Rose Coursen Reed, gave the re
mainder of the programme In fine
style. Mrs. Barreme Tyler Stone was
the accompanist. Mrs. A. R. Mat
tingly, president of the club, expressed
her approval of the quality of the
chorus and the wonderful manner in
which they sang.
Gorgeous Japanese Cabinet
Presented to Prince.
Historical Scenes and Customs De
picted fby Many Panels.
0s
SAKA, Japan, May 20. A gorgeous
ly decorated lacquer cabinet.
representing ten years' work by mis
ter carvers, was presented to the
prince of Wales during his visit to this
city.
The cabinet contains 54 panels de
picting Japanese scenes and customs
as represented in the Fujiwara or 15th
century period. The doors are dec
orated on both sides, plum blossoms
on the exterior and dances of the pe
riod on the interior. .
A set of four silk embroidered hang
ings also was given the royal visitor
as a token of the city's esteem. These
hangings are 9 feet by 7 and repro
duce floral works of a celebrated mas
ter in favor during the 15th and three
following centuries.
Priie Offered for Airplane Engine.
Scientific American. . . .
A prize of 1,000,000 francs has been-
offfered by the administrative coun
cil of the committee for aeronautical
propaganda in France for an airplane
engine which will give satisfaction in
severe tests of durability, reliability,
swift dismantling, erecting, etc Tests
will begin in June, 1923. Competition
Is open to the world.
ZR-2 Structurally Weak.
It is found that the design of the
"ZR-2" was never examined and dis
cussed by any official committee be
fore construction was begun. The
court of inquiry finds the accident
due to structural weakness.
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