THE SUNDAY- OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 21,. 1923
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BY A. GARDEN GROWER. .
RHODODENDRONS. our , hand
somest flowering- shrubs, will
undoubtedly be at their best
during the coming week, and, while
H is not generally known, Portland
has the largest single collection of
these wonderful flowers of any place
In the country, and this week I am
going to, drive out the Boone's ferry
road to J. B. Pilkington'e nursery, for
by foresight he succeeded in getting
the largest collection of rhododen
drons, I believe, that has ever been
rathered together at one time in any
nursery or private estate. It will be
recalled that the late C. W. Ward,
when he established his proposed in
ternational garden and propagating
station in California, searched the
world over and gathered together a
most remarkable collection of rhodo
dendrons. This was before the plant
quarantine regulations went Into ef
fect, and as rhododendrons can no
longer be imported, this collection Is
really looked upon as this country's
available supply of plants and from
which many future plants will be
propagated. When Ward's venture
failed with his health Mr. Pllkington
saw an opportunity to get this col
lection and he brought it to Portland
with the idea of making this city the
rhododendron center, the same as It is
In other floral matters. There ere
omewhere between 8000 and 10,000
plants in the collection, and as they
are now coming into bloom, a visit
to see them will really be worth
while. Mr. Pilkington has taken a'
number of the plants from the col
lection and has them In a cold stor
age, hoping to retard their develop
ment so es to bring them Into bloom
during the Rose festival and give
Portland visitors a, treat.
Possibly the finest private collec
tion of rhododendrons in Portland is
to be found In the garden of Mrs.
T. B. Wilcox on St Clair street The
banks surrounding the formal ar
rangement of beds are covered with
rhododendrons and each one Is a
peclmen plant. At many of the hand
some estates on the highway between
Portland and Oswego there are gar
dens in which rhododendrons are
largely featured, while the various
parks about the city have fine plant
ings. To those who have this wonderful
hrub In their garden a few sugges
tions as to Its care may be of value,
tor from now on the care given rho
dodendrons will be reflected In next
year's flowers and also the size of
thB bush. As soon as the flower
wilts you should snap It out; that Is,
pick it off right at the base of the
flower. Do not let the bloom go to
eed, for otherwise there will be no
opportunity for the bush to make Its
summer growth. It Is during the
summer when the plant grows, as you
will notice, that Immediately after
you snap out the flower new leaves
will form and this will be followed
ty new growth, which will end In a
terminal bud, and this will be next
year's bloom.
No one should attempt to grow
rhododendrons in a soil that has lime
In its composition or where the water
used in irrigation Is hard "and has
lime. This is one reason why In a
number of sections In southern and
astern Oregon rhododendrons will
not thrive. They like a leaf-mold soil
and no manure or fertilizer should
ever be used on them. When John
8. Bradley, the veteran timber man,
lived" on Portland heights, he had a
wonderful stand of rhododendrons
surrounding a large fir tree, and he
Informed me that he got his wonder
ful results first by careful planting
in a leaf-mold soil and then putting
around his bushes all the leaves he
could gather. If you will simply put
leaves all over the bed and let them
rot vou will find that your rhododen-
F drons will thrive. The bushes seem
to thrive on a soil which contains a
good percentage of magnesia, and if
your soil does not contain this.
strange as It may seem, a dose of
epsom salts will do them gooa, as it
will supply the magnesia which may
be lacking. Give them a dose three
times a year, once in the early spring
when you are working over the bed,
again just before they come into
bloom, and the third dose in August,
when they are putting on their sum
mer growth and need a stimulant.
Each dose should be about a handful
scattered over the ground.
A warning that should be given
everyone Is relative to moving rho
dodendrons, as the greatest care must
be exercised, and it is usually the
best plan to get soms one experi
enced. The plants have to be moved
with a large ball, and if they are old-
established plants you may lose them
unless they are handled By an ex
pert I believe that F. J. Cole of
Seattle Is the best posted man any
where on rhododendrons, and friends
have told me that he has a theory
that a certain kind of plant bacterium.
which has riot yet been Identified or
classified. Is essential In the success
ful growing and also moving of
plants. I believe he always has on
hand a stock of soil which ha has
gathered from the mountains where
the rhododendrons grow wild, and
whenever he plants or moves a rho
dodendron he always puts in a small
quantity of this soil, only a handful
or so, the theory being that this soli
contains the bacteria that are essen
tial.
If you have not been out to Laurel-
Burst park during the week my ad
vice is not to delay, but go out and
ee the wonderful educational dis
Hilay of tulips which Park Superin
endent Keyser has put in there this
year. The majority of the single tu
lips were in bloom during last week,
but there is still sufficient to get an
Idea of the display. Each variety Is
properly labeled so that you can make
up your planting list for the fall.
More than 30 varieties are shown in
the plot near the Laurelhurst club
house, and then there is one bed con
taining about 2000 of the Clara Butt
variety, which was a wonderful sight
a few days ago. It would be impos
sible to give a complete list of all1
and description of all the varieties
noirn, but among those I noticed and
which took my fancy, aside from
Clara Butt, was Marconi, a large
bloom of purple violet with a con
spicuous white base. Another, and
which I know is a favorite with many
growers, is Pride of Harlem, a bril
liant deep salmon rose, shaded scar
let. Rev. H. Ewbank, silvery laven
der and heliotrope, was also striking,
but I want to tell you about it later
on in another section of this depart
ment. Painted Lady, a creamy white,
which I really think, is the finest
white tulip, was a striking feature of
the display, and much admired. Val
entine, a violet purple with a blue
center, was another novelty. Pro
fessor Rauwenhof, a bright cherry
red, shaded salmon, with the inside a
lighter shade, is one that will make a
wonderful garden display. A brief
listing of some of the others which
attracted my attention were Love
Loveliness, satiny rose pink; Farn
comte Saunders, rose scarlet; Gustave
Dore, rose pink with a silvery edging;
Bleu Aimable, bluish lilac with very
large flowers. Bartigon, fiery red;
Ouida.. fiery scarlet with a pale blue
base, and Whistler, crimson scarlet
ioith blue base edged white. .Not
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only is the tulip display well wortn a
visit to Laurelhurst park, but the
other plantings are worth studying.
Superintendent Keyser has had nearly
all the shrubs labeled so that one can
easily ascertain the name of any
plant admired. The tulips were
especially imported from Holland by
the Routledge company.
If the spirit of prophecy should
come over me I think one of the first
predictions I would make would be
that before many years pass we will
see the Willamette valley on of the
greatest floral centers of the coun
try. Seeing what I did, with many
thousand other Portlanders at Salem
during last week on a visit to the
new plantation of the Oregon Bulb
company, I feel I have ample grounds
for such a prediction. But there are
more supporting facts which the
average visitor did not have the op
portunity to get. Some years ago
W. C Dibble, who for years had been
an amateur flower grower in Salem,
specializing somewhat in sweet peas,
began a series of experiments in
propagating tulip bulbs. These ex
periments demonstrated that the sec
tion around Salem . could produce
bulbs which could be cured naturally
and would successfully stand ship
ment. He made vain efforts to in
terest Salem people into making a
demonstration planting on a large
scale, and about the only one from
whom he received support was W. F.
Franklin,, who owns a farm just
across the river from Salem. Mr.
Franklin was willing to give the use
of his land and services in making
the demonstration, but still funds
were needed to obtain the supply of
parent bulbs. Finally this help was
obtained from Portland. As I came
away from the demonstration farm
last week and knowing what I did
'of the struggle Mr. Dibble made to
interest his fellow townsmen, I have
wondered what these fellow towns
men now think and what they will
think in a few years when the value
of this enterprise becomes really
known. Last year Mr. Dibble and
Mr. Franklin had their first crop.
While persons in Salem may not have
been awake to what the quiet work
of these two men means, I want to
say that the importers and growers
of bulbs in Holland were awake to it
and that is the one reason why Ore
gon this spring has been visited by
not merely agents of the two great
est bulb-handling ooncerns of Hol
land, but in one case by the presi
dent and in the other by the general
manager. These gentlemen did not
make a trip all the way from Holland
to Oregon except for the reason they
wanted, to see what Messrs. Dibble
and Franklin were doing and study
the results they have obtained. This
is the one reason why also the de
partment of agriculture has kept In
such close touch with the Dibble
demonstration and why Dr. David
Griffith of that department, and pos
sibly the greatest bulb expert in the
country, has paid several visits to
the Franklin farm the last two years.
It must be remembered that one of
the greatest industries of Holland Is
the growing of bulbs, and If another
country can produce as good a bulb
as does Holland one of its Industries
is threatened and the men who man
age that industry must enter a new
growing field. It would not surprise
me to see in the next five years or so
prosperous settlements of Hollanders
in the Willamette valley engaged 'n
bulb culture. That, I think, will fol
low unless the Japanese growers get
in first. While the Willamette valley
has climatic conditions right for bulb
culture not all soil is right. In fact,
the right kind of soil Is very limited
Not only do I believe there will be
successful tulip bulb farms In the
Willamette valley but I also believe
there will be farms for producing lily
Dulbs. In fact, I know of one man
who has finished his experiments and
so successful were they that this
spring he purchaed 60,000 lily bulbs
from florists and is now propagating
them. The production of lily bulbs
has been something which the grow
ers in Japan have enjoyed for years
and not only are the government ex
perts watching with Interest this lily
bulb demonstration but you can rest
assured that the Japanese also have
their ears close to the ground. I in
tended when I started this part of my
week's contribution to tell you about
the wonderful tulips I saw growing
at Salem, with stems from two feet
to 30 Inches long, but the possibilities
of what hangs on the Dibble and
Franklin demonstration appealed so
strongly that I will have to wait until
next week to tell you about the
flowers.
The postponement of the Rose fes
tival until June 20 was welcome news
for the rose growers, as it will mean
there will be plenty of blooms. The
fine weather of last week has cer
tainly made the bushes put on a won
derful growth, but the flower buds
are still miniature and many of them
will not show color for three weeks.
Not only was the postponement of the
festival welcome news to the rose
grower, but the announcement that
the show would be held in the armory
instead of the auditorium also made
a strong appeal. While the auditorium
is a more handsome and ornamental
building, it has its disadvantages as
a place in which to show flowers.
Usually the blooms have to be staged
in the two wings, which have com
paratively low ceilings, and a mass
of persons surging through makes
the place so warm that the flowers
either wilt or lose their brilliancy.
The armory has a lofty dome and the
air circulation is perfect. It has the
added convenience that it is all on
the street level, therefore more con
venient, and the show can be staged
as a ttnit instead of being divided be
tween two rooms. While the dome of
the armory is unattractive, I feel that
the florist who will have the dec-
oratiiig ui the show room this year.
can so trim it and the overhanging
balconies into floral displays that
will long be remembered. Some will
remember the transformation the
florists wrought in the armory dur
ing their big mid-winter shows sev
eral years ago. And with the wealth
of flowers and greens at their com
mand at this season the matter of
hiding the unattractive roof trusses
can be left to the decorative Bkill of
the florists. Plans for the rose show
are being completed. Mrs. S. S. Mon
tague, chairman of the committee in
charge of the classification, has re
vised the entry list, so as to give
plenty of opportunity to new growers
snd persons with small gardens to
enter the competition. There will be
three classes for amateurs who have
never won a prize, and there will be
two classes for persona who have not
more than SO bushes. These classes
have been Inserted to aid the timid,
who. while they know they have good
roses, are sometimes afraid to com
pete among those more experienced
in showing. My own advice is that if
you have roses worth showing put
them in the class in which they are
entitled to exhibit and you will soon
learn how good your roses are and
will also learn by comparison how
poor they are. It Is a great educa
tional proposition. . There are hun
dreds of gardens In Portland which
have just as fine, if not finer, roses
than shown at the show, but the own
ers ' are apparently afraid of their
judgment or too apathetic to make a
display. If some of these growers
of good roses would make the plunge
and get Into the competition they
would learn what a fascinating game
it 13 to show roses and other flowers.
Mrs. W. C Seachrest, chairman of the
committee on prizes, is completing
the work of that department. While
there will be a number of silver vases
and similar trophies, I understand
that the majority of prizes to be of
fered this year will be utility prizes.
such as the new type of pruning
shears, which holds the flower after
it is cut, spraying outfits, the finest
illustrated books on rose culture, sub
scription to flower magazines and
similar prizes, which will be of real
value and use to the winner...
Of the many interesting visitors
.
Portland has entertained recently I
know of none more so than Peter Bis-
set of the department of agriculture.
Not only has Mr. Bisset a wonderful
personality but as. a scientist and
conversationalist he Is most interest
ing. For years Mr. Bisset has been in
the office of foreign plant introduc
tion and it has been through him that
this country has imported many nov
elties in flowers, shrubs, trees, fruits
and grains. . He has been the one man
who hag kept In close touch with the
plant explorers who have been search
Ing all parts of the world for new
things, and these he has followed
through from the time of their dis
covery until they have been propa.
gated or discarded as useless. At
present he is in charge of all plant
experimentations and on a tour of
all the experimental stations stopped
off in Portland to see the work which
the park bureau is doing in the nurs
ery at Mount Tabor park and also to
study the progress of the Interna
tlonai rose test garden. When last in
Portland the garden had just been
projected and he has been keenlv in
terested In its progress. While here
he took opportunity to renew his
promise to Superintendent Keyser and
to the officers of the Portland Rose
society to see that the botannlcal sec
tion of rtie test garden is equipped
with all the species of wild roses
which have been discovered. Upon
his return to Washington he will take
steps for their propagation and fur
ther promised that if Portland heard
of any rose plant it desired and it was
not available In the government's sup
ply he would see that It was obtained
from abroad. While In Portland Mr.
Bisset gave me much valuable In
formation which will be of use to
amateur gardeners and from time to
time I hope to give some items of real
Interest and value which he Imparted.
So keen is Mr. Bisset s Interest In
Portland rose growing that he took
advantage of the opportunity to en
roll as a member of the Portland Rose
society. 1
During the last week I have had
several calls asking for Information
regarding Bishop's Weed, which :
some time ago recommended as suit
able for planting where the soil Is
poor or in shady places. If you have
never seen this plant or made a study
or it you will find It interesting.
think possibly the best lnformat'on
regarding it is to be found in Bailey's
Encyclopedia of Horticulture, which,
In describing it, says that Bishop's
Weed, Bishop's Hat, or Barrenwort as
it is sometimes called, is really Epi
medium, found originally In Media and
its name came from the Greeks. Con
tinuing, Bailey's book says: "This
genus contains some of the daintiest
and most , interesting plants that can
be grown In the hardy border.' Epi
medium macranthum, particularly, is
as distinct,, complicated and fasclnat
ing as many of the rare, tender and
costly orchids. . . , . There are 11
species, all natives of the northern
hemisphere, but some are found as far
south as North Africa. There is none
native in America. The plants retain
their foliage all winter, especially in
sheltered spots under trees. .
Epimediums thrive best in partial
shade and are particularly well suited
for rockeries and the margins 1 of
shrubherles. Almost any soil will
answer. The peculiar bronze tints of
the young foliage contrast well with
the variously colored flowers. Prop,
agation is by division."
In-one eastern plant catalog I find
seven varieties of epimediums listed
and for the information of my readers
1 give them: Alpinum. reddish vel
low; grandiflorlum album, large pure
white flowers; lilacinum, lilac colored
flowers; luteum. bright yellow with
red center, resembling an orchid
flower; macranthum, large white
flowers; musschianum, double white
flowers; p'nnatum elegan, golden yel
low flowers.
Efforts to modify the provisions of
the plant quarantine which regulates
the importation of plants from for
eign countries is opposed by the Ore
gon growers, for when the executive
committee of the Pacific Coast Asso
ciation of Nurserymen met in Port
land last week they passed resolu
tions opposing any changes. For some
time the jobbers and plant importers
have been endeavoring to- get the
quarantine modified so they could
bring into the American market the
productions of cheap European labor.
The government officials have found
so many diseases affecting . foreign
plants since the war that they have
been very active in curbing importa
tions. Nurserymen are permitted to
import sufficient stocks to propagate
and the government is giving them
earnest co-operation so that the pub
lic can get the novelties which the
foreign plant breeders produce, and
by thus confining the imports, the
government is able to control the dis
eases and plant pests. It is pointed
out that the San. Jose scale, the citrus
fly, the gypsy moth, the browntail
moth and the chestnut blight are all
traceable - to importations and have
cost this country millions of dollars.
Unless the imports are controlled and
confined to areas there is no telling
when some new pests will invade this
country. The quarantine regulations
only aim to prevent the broadcasting
of plants direct from foreign lands,
but the jobbers and brokers who find
they cannot reap the profits they for
merly enjoyed are endeavoring to get
the regulations modified. The plant
experts of the government, knowing
the dangers which lurk in indiscrim
inate importations, are opposing
these moves, and as the Pacific coast
nurserymen do not want their stocks
uined or damaged by diseases or
pests which may come from Japan or
Europe, have joined the government
experts in fighting the jobbers of the
east. In answer to the claims which
the - jobbers and others make that
they are deprived of getting the new
English productions, I can cite the
experience of the international rose
test gardens in Washington park. To
get new roses from Europe and other
countries so their value may be de
termined, the government experts
give every aid, with the result that
the garden receives all the new roses
which any foreign producer desires
sent to Portland for testing. While
some modification in the plant quar
antine may be desirable, so the aver
age amateur whp wants to get direct
from Europe some new novelty may
be desirable, I believe it is safe to
leave such matters in the hands of
the government experts and that it is
not necessary to throw open wide the
gates as some seem to want, and let
in a host of pests.
Notes of the Garden.
George W. Fowler of 409 Halsey
street has Just finished planting
choice collection of dahlias. Including
such varieties as Andrew Carnegie,
Baron de Grancy, Methus, Phenomene,
Miss London, Oregon Beauty and
Harbor Light
W. A. T. Bushong had added to his
aquatic plants in his pool at his home,
821 Hawthorne avenue, a collection
of water lilies In white, pink and yel
low shades. In addition he has put
in a planting of pink rhododendrons
and other shrubs, including English
laurels, flowering dogwood and
smoke trees. To his perennial garden
he has added a collection of 12
delphiniums, in addition to galllardia
and phlox. ,
J. A, Ferguson of 1728 Clarendon
street will feature in his garden this
year a large planting of geraniums.
including such varieties as Alice of
Vincennes, Madam Chapotan, Mrs. A.
Blanc Mrs. J. M. Garr, Alphone Rl
card, Golden Dawn, Madam Barney,
Madam Recamier and S. A. Nutt.
S. H. Jobse of Wilsonville has put
in a large planting of dahlias, in
cluding the Freda Newnfan, Baron de
Graney, Yellow King, Oregon Beauty,
Polar Star, Schwan and Van Dyke
varieties.
L Durick of 55 East Buchtel avenue
hag improved his garden with a
planting of enonymous, in both the
green andi variegated types.
The grounds surrounding the Jason
Lee Memorial church at Salem have
been improved by a well-arranged
planting of white birch, English
laurels, snowballs, spirea and holly.
Mrs. Hamilton F. Corbett, who Is al
ways improving her gardens, has
made additions to her perennial gar
dens by a large planting of forget-me-nots,
delphiniums and Michaelmas
daisies.
The Chewelah park commission has
placed orders w'th a Portland nursery
for a number of hydrangeas and flow
ering crabs, in addition to roses with
which to start a park rose garden.
Frank Owens of Medford, whose
garden is always attractive, is devot
ing considerable attention this year
to bedding plants and among the fea
tures Installed s a planting of 100
sweet Williams, including the New
port pink, as well as garnet and
shaded varieties.
C. H. Pearson of Trout Lake, wash..
has Increased his collection of shrubs
by a planting of daphne, Junlperius
sablna and native azaleas.
Mrs. C. O. Mikle of 489 East Fortieth
street North is making a large border
in her garden this spring, In which
will be featured an edging of eTlca
vagans, or Cornish heather.
Dr. T. Ji Rederick of Vancouver,
Wash., has added a planting to his
perennial garden of columbine, scabl
osa and bleeding hearts.
Mrs. MacCormick Snow is making a
number of Improvements to her gar
den near Beaverton and has just fin
ished plant'ng a collection of sweet
Williams and hollyhocks, in which the
light colors predominate.
Dr. Samuel C. Slocum of sss sum
mit avenue has added to his shrub
bery a planting of renlnispora, or
Japanese cypress in three varieties.
among them being the thread branch
in both green and goia. fie nas aiso
planted a selection of Chinese Juniper
and tamarix.
Mrs. M. E. Root of 5735 Sixty-seventh
street Southeast has put In an
attractive corner planting in which
evergreen azaleas, rhododendron Wil-
sonii, dwarf veronica, English yew.
Swedish bell and cotoneaster pannosa
and horlzontalis are featured.
A. Thrane of 1020 Bryce avenue has
added to his rose garden such varie
ties as Ophelia, Madam Herriott,
Juliet, Hugh Dickson and Lady Hil-
lingdon.
Mrs. G. M. Weister of 755 Stanton
street, has arranged an attractive
planting of cotoneaster and laurel
this spring.
Mrs. L. R. Wheeler ol 601 Montgom
ery drive has added a number of new
things to her garden this spring, In
which the Elizabeth Campbell va
riety of phlox is featured.
Mrs. Grey of 61 East Forty-sixth
street North is featuring snapdragons,
perennial phlox and canterbury bells
in her garden this year.
Problems or trie Garden.
Recently I separated and transplanted
my daffodils ready for next year's bloom
ing. From your article of last Sunday I
judge this was wrong. Should I dig them
up now and. put away in box of dry dirt
until fall or Just leave them where they
are? " McMINNVILLE GROWER.
Answer Tou will note that I ad
vised that bulbs other than daffodils
and narcissus should be cured. Daf
fodils and narcissus can be planted
immediately after dividing, but before
digging them you should have allowed
the foliage to die down. If you cut
off the leaves you have in all prob
ability damaged a number of the
bulbs so they will not flower next
year u tley should. Never out off
the foliage of bulbs until after It has
wilted and died down.
About one-third of my tulips cam up
with only one leaf and did not bloom. Can
you tell ma the trouble? . I may have dug
them a little early last spring, but burled
them in the ground. Should 1 plant the
bulb that did not bloom?
OVER TON-STREET GARDENER.
Answer Possibly you dug your
bulbs too early, before the foliage
ripened and you may have removed
the foliage, which would prevent the
bulb from ripening. If you are care
ful this year and follow the directions
given In thto department last Sunday
your bulbs may be back In blooming
shape next year, but you must realize
that the damage they received last
year was quite a shock, and it may
take longer than one year to recover.
I notice In your recent article you men
tion yellow seam, or orange, rather. Will
you please Inform me where I can order
seed? I would llhe heldrelchli or double
orange geum. As I seldom force my
perennials to bloom the first year, it being
late spring win make no difference, as I
prefer to sow later and have good strong
plants for the coming year. Can you tell
me of any perennials running in shades
of lavender or blue or purple or all these.
Some such flowers like anemone Japonica,
coreopsis or geum, something single or
semi-double? 1 bave anemones in white.
pink and red. I would like something to
match In blue shade. I have larkspur.
scablosa, Australian lace flower and aster
in blue shades, but entirely different in
flower from what I want for my purpose.
What Is the difference between anemone
japonloa and St Brlgid's anemone?
VANCOUVER AMATEUR.
Answer As you sent me a stamped
envelope I have informed you where
to get the geum seed. Your second
inquiry aa to some flower similar in
6hape 'and size to the Japanese ane
mone I am going to refer to the read
ers of this department and aSk them
to send me suggestions and hope they
will solve your problem. St. Brigid
anemones come In various colors and
forms, some of them resembling
asters. They are also dwarf in their
growth, while the Japanese variety
is classed as tall growing. If you
have never raised any St Brigid ane
mones get a packet of seed, raise
them and I am sure you will find
them most interesting, not only be
cause they are easy to raise, but be
cause of the variety of color and
shape you will find when the plants
come into bloom.
i
T WAS at the end of the first sem
. ester, during my sophomore year,
when I flunked in- mathematics
and science for the second time, that
dad decided some drastic measures
must be taken. One day he came to
school and had a long conference with
our mathematics prof, old Strassie, as
we called him behind his back. I dis
covered later It was during thl3 Inter
view . that Strassie told dad, among
other things, tha't if I put as much
time and attention on the Inside of
my head as I did on the outside, I
might be able to get my grades. This
was intended as a sarcastic allusion,
no doubt, to my coiffure, which, if
I do say bo myself, always looks as if
I had just come from the beauty
parlor.
I knew when I entered dad's study
that evening that an ultimatum had
been reached, hastened, undoubtedly,
by old Strassie's unkind thrust I was
to be sent east dad informed me. to
become a member of the household of
an old college friend of his, for six
months, who would instruct me In
all the studies In which I was back
ward. This man had never married,
having an invalid sister, who was de
pendent on him.
At first I was inclined to be rebel
lious and refuse to go, but then I re
membered how set dad was upon hav
ing me obtain a college education and
I thought perhaps the work might be
made more interesting for me this
way.
When I arrived at Professor Kent's
home I was not sorry I had, come. The
professor was a handsome man, and
although I did not anticipate a flirta
tion with him, he being dreadfully
old, all of 40, I should imagine, he
was most fascinating and I enjoyed
my lessons with him. I soon discov
ered that some one else found him
fascinating. That was Miss Lake,
who acted as companion to the pro
fessor's sister. The professor, ap
parently, was entirely occupied with
his teaching and his Invalid sister,
The affection between them was quite
touching to see and made me think
constantly of the beautiful devotion
which existed between Charles and
Mary Lamb.
But one afternoon I had the sur
prise of my life when I discovered
that a man may be an expert at
trigonomettry and Euclid and still
not be Impervious to Cupid's shafts.
I was to take my lesson at 2, instead
of 3 that afternoon, as the professor
was to attend a committee meeting,
He had evidently forgotten he told
me to come an hour earlier, for as I
entered the studyv I found htm gaz
ing at an emerald brooch, which ' I
knew belonged to Miss Lake, who
had been in there a few minutes be
fore and eyidently dropped it The
look in his eyes and the start which
he gave when he saw me were evi
dence enough for one with the acu
men in such matters which I possess.
Here was a pretty kettle of fish, I
told myself. The professor in love
with Miss Lake and Miss Lake in love
with the professor, but with no hope
of marriage, for the professor feared
his sister would not take kindly to
the idea.
But I experienced the second sur
prise of my life when Miss Fannie,
as' every one called her, said to me
a few days later, "Isn't StTss Lake a
girl of wonderful character and beau
ty? How I wish Horace would take
to her, for I know my stay on earth
can't be long and then I would feel
that Horace would have some one to
watch over him.
Here, I said to myself, was an op
portunity for me to use tact and In
genuity in Handling a delicate situa
tlon and bring two lovers together. I
was sure even father would not
grudge the time and thought I gave
to such an end. But fate intervened
and made my efforts unnecessary.
Some days later Miss Lake was go
ing down the little flight of stairs
which led to Miss Fannie's room. In
some way her foot slipped and she
fell the entire flight and lay a little
crumpled heap at the foot of the
stairs, unable to rise. The professor.
who was seated not far away, sprang
up and lifted her up in -his arms, and
apparently oblivious to his surround
Ings, poured forth the most fervent
love phrases, as he bent anxiously
over her. Miss Fannie was seated
at the window and heard everything.
and you should have seen the expres
sion on her face.
Miss Lake was not seriously In
Jured. When I went up to see her,
she had the most radiant face. But
Miss Fannie, I really believe, was the
happiest of the three. t. A,
City Dads Brest Monument.
PARIS. The community of Clar
ente has recently erected a monument
to its pons killed in the late war. In
order that they themselves might not
be forgotten by future generations,
each member of the municipal council
has had his name engraved on the
monument, alongside of the departed.
The families of the former combat
ants, profoundly shocked at the action
of the municipal council, have taken
the matter up with the minister of
the interior, who has replied that he
has no power to act in such a matter.
Meanwhile, the members of the mu
nlcipal council refuse to remove their
names from the monument in spite of
the protest ol the inhabitants.
MsofMlandBou Scouts
What' Doing. '
May 24 4:15 P. M-, ban prmotlce,
Atkinson school.
May 27 8 A. M., ex&mlnationa Lincoln
and Jefferson high schools; 1:15 P. M.,
band practice, armory; 4 P. M., swimming
lessons. Couch school tank; 7 P. M., swim
ming, Couch school tank; 7:30 P. M., radio
class for beginners, East Side library, East
Eleventh and Bast Alder streets; 7:30
P. M.. radio class for advanced Scouts,
Scout headquarters.
May 29 7 P. M tests for working
boys, headquarters.
June a 1 P. M-, field testa Rose City
Park speedway. .
June 10 1 P. M-, field rally, Multnomah
athletlo field.
July 5 Start for summer cmj at
Wahtum lake.
Have you registered?
Radio.
The scouts all over the city are
showing an Immense amount of in
terest in the radio classes that we are
operating, one for beginners, at the
East Side library, and one at scout
headquarters for advanced scouts in
radio, these being held at 7:30 P. M.
each Saturday. The advanced class
has for its instructor, J. B. Weed,
president of the Shipowners' Radio
company, who is considered the best
expert In the northwest on radio, as
he has spent 18 years In this work.
The interest shown in the class last
Saturday determined Mr. Weed to
give at least five or six more nights
to this work, and his Instruction will
be of tremendous value to all who
attend. - . . .
This class is not only for the ad
vanced scouts, but each scout Is per
mitted to bring one additional boy,
as we want everybody possible to
have the advantage of these lessons.
A listing of all the radio scouts has
been made and it is found that two-
thirds of the scouts in the beginners
class have crystal sets, ranging from
$1 to $10 in price, while two-thirds
of the scouts in the advanced class
have Audion sets, ranging all the way
from 31.20 to 3200. Our executive
committee expects to install at Wah
tum lake a sending as well as a re
ceiving set for our use this summer,
J the receiving set having a magnl-
oox, so mat ail scouts wno attend
camp will be able to get the muslo
and messages from Portland.
Exams.
Perhaps all scouts know that we
are trying very, very hard to push
as many of the second and first class
scouts over the finish line of their
grade before the field rally, and, in
order to give scouts the greatest op
portunity to complete the work, we
had a special examination for them
yesterday at both Lincoln and Jef
ferson high schools, but we will have
the regular examinations next Sat
urday at 9 o'clock, at both Jefferson
and Lincoln high schools. The dem
onstrations of first aid will be given
at 10 o clock. We will have exami
nations for working boys the follow
ing Monday, May 29, at scout head
quarters, from 7 to 9 P. M. Field
tests will be held at the Rose City
Park speedway, June 3, at 1 P. M.
We are hoping that a large number
of scouts will complete their grades
at these examinations. We will not
expect any scout who has not taken
advantage of these examinations to
ask for special examination periods
so that he may get through his tests.
We want to do everything reasonable
for scouts, but we expect them first
to do something for themselves.
Thrift Stamps.
For the last two years scouts of
the city have been saving their money
by means of a thrift stamp, cards
being issued upon which 20 5-cent
thrift stamps might be placed, these
stamps being obtained from the scout
master at each meeting, with possi
bllity of also getting them at the
bank and at scout headquarters.
Through this means scouts have been
enabled to save sufficient money to
buy their uniforms and, also, to pay
their way to the summer training
camp. Many a dime that would have
been spent after troop meeting for
ice cream or candy has, because of
thls opportunity of thrift stamps,
been saved for something more im
portant for the scout These stamps
were obtained at the State bank, but
all scout accounts are now trans
ferred from the State bank to the
Ladd & Tilton bank, and every scout
who has thrift stamps should go to
Ladd & Tilton bank and be regis
tered with them.
When a scout has filled one of
these cards, and thereby has one
dollar saved, the card is taken to the
Ladd & Tilton bank and a savings
account started, a savings book being
issued to the scout and interest is
paid upon such deposit Every scout
in the city who has a savings book
issued by either the Peoples or State
banks should, at once, take these
books to the Ladd & Tilton bank and
file signatures with the bank and be
properly registered. We owe a good
deal to, the Ladd & Tilton bank for
taking over all of these accounuts at
their face value, and we are hoping
that all scouts and their parents will
co-operate in making these accounuts
as large as possible, both on behalf
of the scouts and the bank. The bank
is making arrangements with troops
by which an entire troop is, on
specified day, taken through the bank
and shown the way the business of
the bank Is done, from the taking In
of the money to the paying of it out
This is an extremely Interesting and
educational trip, and we are hoping
that the scoutmasters will see that
their troops have this opportunity.
' Sea Scoots.
At a recent meeting of the naval
reserves, held in the American Legion
clubrooms, a committee headed by A.
B. George was appointed to co-oper
ate In establishing throughout the
city ships of sea scouts. This com
mittee Is actively at work and is
now planning a water trip for sea
scouts and their eligible friends for
June 17 and 18, the plan being to take
the sea scouts and their invited eligi-
bles on a river trip and delivering
them on Rock island, where camp will
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be made for Saturday night and Sun-1
day, the scouts being carried from
the island late Sunday night Through
the co-operation of the naval re
serves and the Portland Rowing club
we expect to see a large Increase in
the membership of the sea scouts.
Any boy of the city between 15 and
21 years of age, who is not in the
land division, may enroll in the sea
scouts by leaving his name at scout
headquarters.
Field Rally.
Our field rally was first set for
May 27 but it was thought that we
might co-operate with the Rose Fes
tival, wnicn haa planned to have tne
exhibition early in June. The date
was held up, waiting for a decision by
President Harding as to whether he
would be in Portland or not and the
date had to be changed eventually to
June 21-24 on account of the lateness
of the rose season. This date Is a
week after school closes and many
of our scouts get to work Immediately
at the close of school. It haa been
decided to have the field rally the
afternoon of June 10 at Multnomah
field. This will give opportunity for
further develdpment of the rally
activities and will give opportunity
for the regular examinations at the
end of this month. It ought to make
our field rally very much more effec
tive than it has even been. The rally
will be In charge of a committee of
our officers consisting of C. E. Grelle,
E. C. Sammons, J. M. Dunne and W. B.
Mackay. Judges have been selected
and the rally is all ready to start
We hope that the scouts and troops
are equally prepared.
Health Exhibition.
We have accepted an invitation to
participate in the Oregon health ex
hibition, which will be held la the
city auditorium October 1. A com
mittee of our officers, consisting of
Homer D. Angell, F. L. Shull and J. K.
Gill, has been appointed to co-operate
with the state board of health in the
promotion of this health exhibition.
It is expected that when the exhibi
tion is held the scouts will have a
space 60- feet in length and ten feet
deep In which to demonstrate their
health programme.
Memerlal Day.
Letters have been sent to every
troop In the city asking participation
in Memorial day observance. This
means the elimination of the noise-
making elements frequently attend
ing this day and means the assistance
of all scouts in Memorial day exer
cises. Every troop has been asked
to assist in cleaning up the ceme
teries, giving help to the veterans
of all wars, in taking care of their
comrades' graves and, when this is
done, co-operating in the cleaning up
and decorating of neglected graves.
There is a large amount of work of
this character to be done In every
cemetery and the scouts will, as
usual, give their splendid services
along this line.
In addition to cleaning up the
graves, scouts are asked to bring
flowers to the courthouse early in the
morning of Memorial day, so that
they may be distributed to different
cemeteries. Buglers are being pro
vided for the grand army at the
courthouse for the exercises at Lone
Fir cemetery and at other places.
Scouts should see that their flags are
exhibited during the day and, If pos
sible, also see that flags are displayed
by citizens and business houses.
Swimming,.
There are a great many scouts in
the city who do not swim. Sometimes
they let it go so long that they are
ashamed to come and learn. Every
scout ought to know bow to swim
and we give him a splendid oppor
tunlty for on the second and fourth
Saturdays of every month we have
swimming lessons at the Couch
school tank, between 4 and 6 in the
afternoon. James Burke is in charge
of the lessons and he Is absolutely the
best swimming instructor we have
ever known. He will teach you to
swim in one lesson if you will come
to these swimming periods. It is a
disgrace for a boy not to know how
to swim when this splendid chance is
given. Every scout going to summer
camp ought to learn to swim before
he goes.
Summer Camp.
A considerable number of registra
tions are coming in for the summer
training camp at Wahtum lake. More
registrations have been filed already
this year than have ever been re
ceived at this time in previous years
and we are looking for a record
breaking crowd. No one, who has
seen the moving pictures of our ac
tivities at summer camp will expect
to stay at home. We will give oppor
tunities for parents to see these pic
tures. A large meeting for this pur-
pose was held In Library hall a week
ago last night and a very large gath
ering of the parents in the Irvlngton
section was held In the Irvlngton club
Wednesday night. All of the par
ents In the Mount Tabor section are
to gather at the Mount Tabor Presby
terian church Friday night,, when the
pictures will be shown and knowledge
of what Is done at the camp will be
presented. Arrangements are being
made for the showing of the pictures
at St. Johns and other sections as we
have asked every district commis
sioner in the city to see that the pic
tures are shown at least once In
every district. Registration cards
for camp may be obtained at head
quarters and we are hoping that they
may be sent In at an early date.
Troop 13.
We now have in the troop seven
second-class scouts and we will have
about four more on the rally. Some
of our second-class scouts have passed
mot than half of their first-class re
quirements and we expect to have
two or more first-class scouts in the
troop by the time camp begins. We
have four patrols organized, and al
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though the fourth lacks two members
we have more than enough candidates
to fill the vacancies.
Troop 00.
We have just picked out our sema
phore team, and we want you to look
it over: Melvln Moore and Harold
Charters, senders, and Lawrence
Wills and Elton Strahorn, receivers.
Every scout received a letter of en
couragement from our deputy com
missioner, R. H. Thomas, at our last
meeting. It makes a fellow want to
"dig in and work," as it weae, when
he knows we have officials who take
an Interest in our work.
Tuesday night Bennle Cochran was
presented with his tenderfoot badge
and Melvln Moore and The.o Elklns
received the second-class badge.
A "feed" was prepared and greatly
enjoyed. Almost every scout was an
hand and the second-class scouts were
the K. P.s.
Troop 75.
You may be feeling gloomy,
Everything may seem to be.
Just the way you don't desire it but then
If you sit and think it over
And use wisdom, you will see
That the only thing to do la grin
again.
If the dough-god's in the fire
And the pup tent's floppin' 'round
While the sun comes up at midnight by
"Big Ben." , .
Then Just fry another dough-god; '
Pick yourself up from the ground.
And ss you chew your breakfast grin
again.
Sometimes this old world seems to be
AgainBt you every time.
You almost wonder If you have a friend.
Then the only thing that sets you right
And makes you feel alive.
Is the thought that you can always
grin again.
Now as you read these musings.
They may strike you rather queer.
They're not magnlf by any means, but
wh-sn
You read these very simple lines,
I hope they bring you near
To the attitude which makes you -grin
again.
Troop 20.
Our troop went to Oswego lake Sat
urday and Sunday, April 29 and 30,
and had a fine day. Everyone had a
little too much boating. The scenery
was very artistic.
Our next hike will be to Larch
mountain the first Saturday in June.
We will do our traveling in an auto,
which will add sport to the trip.
Troop 60.
With the coming of spring, troop 68
has begun to change the routine win
ter meetings and to plan hikes and
outdoor activities. We have been
slowly gathering momentum ever
since Dr. J. Earl Abbott became our
scoutmaster early lin April. We are
now ready to start our spring pro
gramme with an abundance of pep.
Almost every member of the troop is
interested in wireless and It Is hard
to do business with everyone talking
wireless
Every member who possibly can is
planning to go to camp. Although
this troop has been practicing during
the winter, the good weather has at
last given an opportunity to start our
outside field rally practice. We will
not have as strong a team this year
as last owing to the dropping out and
transferring of several older scouts.
However, we will enter every event
and will do our best to'put a well
balanced team in the field. The most
promising fact is that every member
of the troop Is determined to show
the rest of you that 68 is still up and
coming.
Sign of Weakness.
Dr. A. H. C. Morse, member of the
Court of Honor of the Denver council,
says: "Do you know what a boy does
when he swears? He does ten things
at once: He breaks the commands of
God; he violates the law of the land;
transgresses the tenets of good man
ners; outrages the standards of de
cency; insults all good people; pro
fanes sacred things; shows a bad
bringing up; dishonors his parents;
dots what he is ashamed of at the
time and what he will bitterly regret
upon reflection."
"Profanity is not the sign of
strength but of weakness. Man swears
because he wants to make up in wind
what he lacks In courage. One of the
pathetic things about swearing is the
readiness Into which the inmates of
an insane asylum lapse into profanity
when aroused.
"A blasphemer Is morally profane.
By which I mean he has deliberately
broken down all the moral defenses
about the temple of his soul and has
made his life an open common cross
which every evil thing may roam
and will.
"Show me a man who Is openly pro
fane and I will show you a man in
whose life every evil thing can ap
pear. Don't do it! Better bite out
your tongue than swear."
Think Right
Think smiles, and smiles shall be;
Think doubt, and hope will flee.
Think love, and love will grow;
Think hate, and hate you'll know.
Think good, and good is here.
Think vice Its Jaws appear.
Think Joy, and Joy ne'er ends;
Think gloom, and dusk dscanda
Think faith, and faith's at hand.
Think ill it stalks the land.
Think peace, sublime and sweet .
And you that peace will meet
Think fear, with brooding mind,
And Failure's close behind.
Think this: "I'm Going- to Win!"'
Think not on what has been.
Think "Victory." think "1 can!"
Then you're a Winning Man.
Prisoner Left in Doubt.
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to convict de prisoner, so I daffo de
clare him not guilty.
Prisoner1 Thank you, Jedge. What
must I do wlff de watch keep it or
give It back?
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