ti:j cnrc ; daily jouhi'al, tohtland, avcdiiziday sv.
els M
V ws 4
. lI:! CQ3 CESUtTS lil THE
;ZJ Of Li
P7ATIP7IP0 fnr.
-1
i::.:l's eoucitc:l;l contest
. i;o;jg, say
Ml
LiDOfltflS
nrU Yuuii Mw nd YJomen Who' Labor ' Faithfully Art-
Forynjj, Ahsad and Making Their Advantageous Po-
v sitions Secur in Ract for Scholarships.
,, sTAsnro o ooJrwTAjrw yotbs. "
tlmn JL VOM W Halsey St, ."ortland. Or.. ....... '.. .0.10 4
NsllH Ms HhtnaonJM Tenia.
K
IXllaaMcYlcker. SU Johns. Or............
Gur Graham. Trouulaie, or,.....
Rhoda L. Stalnaker, Albany. Or..,-.
-Mildred fcr3smsna;-Crilrarslty Talk,
Charles Gross. T. M. G A, JPrtUa4,. ....... -.......-...... .....J1.I0
Kdlth It. Harris. 41 Oxford 8L. Portland. Or.-.. ......... ....... Jt.47
Bertie 3t Chan.' 1J Clay BE,' Portland, "Or.. ... ...... ....... .X8.0J4
Carl Bhalton. Fortylgbth Bt, Mount Tabor, Or. ....... .. ... .....x7.0
Mas Psndergrsss, lil North Seventeenth St, Portland. Or. ...... .H,01
Boy Johnson. 1 IMvlalbn St.. Portland, Or., .,." .It.tS
Oar Jones. 0 East Twelfth W Portland, Or... ............... .l,m
Mary E. Powell, 41T Salmon Bt, Portland, Or. ,.tl,l
Paul Nygren. tit East Third Bt, Portland, Or... ...... ..........1M0
John Benson, Chemsws, Or.................... .............. ....ll.4
Malsis O'Donnell. Buxton. Or................ ..................
Dorcas Van Schoonhoven, Cora, Or...........,,' ................. ,14,m
Mabel Magness, Amity. Or
Dun Knox, Corvallla, Or,.,.
Ruth Turner. 0t Kerby Bt, Portland. Or
Harry Brant. The Norton, Twelfth
Uoyd Riches, Bilverton, Or.. .............
Clay Cary, Salem, Or............................
.Slenn PstiHo, Grants Pass, Or........,..'...... .
Alleen Hackman. Myrtle Park. Portland, Or...... ....... ...
Guy Johnson, 101 Grant Bt, Portland. Or.......................
Louise BcotC Central addition, Portland. Or.....'.................
R. W. Cyrus, Bdo, Or......................... .............
Ivy Owens, Cedar Mills. Or..., ........
Edward l' Kinsman, Unnton. Or....;....
Acnes Evans, Letourell, Or
W. B. Qwynn. 4l Bast Thirty-seventh Bt, Portland, Or..
TrtTTr'iT'. "?" O'-
4 Richard W. Gilvln. Roseburg. Or.................
4 George D. Kins, Kingston, Or.................
Mildred I Clemens, during the last
four .-working days, hss reported 44 new
subscriptions to The Journal. ' "The
Lltth Mark Twain," from the Peninsula,
takes first rank In today's lineup on the
relative production of new business in
' The Journal's educational contest . ..
In the same length of time, Nellie
May Shannon, who for tt days held the
leadership of the route t, secured 21
subscribers. Miss Shannon Is exerting
every effort to recover the leadership
which waa taken away from her by Hor
ace A.- Wilson. By a narrow margin
Contestant Wilson has kept, ahead of
Miss NeUle May for H days. By the
next Issue his honors as a steady leader
will eual those of Miss Shannon. .
. From the way Mildred Clemens of
University Park Is moving tip ths line
. there. Is indication that she may bold
the scepter of contest power before the
scholarship race comes to a doss,
.-.') Tht Widow Bos...' - -'
Ouy Graham, the widow's son 'at
TroutdaJe, Is Just above Miss Clemens.
He and his mother, who both are very
popular at Troutdale and along the Co
lumbia river, are strenuously striving
to keep up among ths cash prises that
1 go with the scholarships. The boy hss
written a letter with his last remit
tance, which shows his determination
and purpose., 1 is neat In-penmanship,
contains but one erasure, and Is brief
and clear In statement. The letter fol
low: " , - , -
"The Journal.' Portland, Or. Since it
has been necessary for my mother to
work so hard to support myself and sls
rter. I am very anxious to reoelv an ed
ucation, that I may be better prepared
to belp her. I have not accomplished so
much as the others who have entered
,uie conteat, but I am not quite id dldr-
T am willing to work ' hard, both In
and ont of school. I am In the seventh
'.grade in, the public school and fourth
grada In music, - i t.
"During ths holidays this summer I
am office boy for ths Union Meat cdra
, - Psny. When -1 -hav a few- spars mo
, ments I sm soliciting for The Journal
"With ths help of my mother in this
.work -I am In hopes of getting a cash
,. prise as well as a scholarship. ,
"l consider this opportunity to get mir
- education offered by The Journal a
, chance of a lifetime, and I shall have
ambition enough to make use of sny
scholsrshlp I may get whether it be
.my choice or not for all scholarships
. offered by The Journal are worth work
- ing for, and I sm Indeed grateful for
the votes given me by Iror many friends.
X3UY GRAHAM, r
' Troutdale, Or."
i Records Worth Mention. ' 1
," Haisie O'Donnell of Buxton. '' the
Washington - county candidate, shares
second honors with Nelllo May Shan
non in the number of new subscriptions
reported In four days It. Her recent
' debut in the contest circle and hsr phe
nomenal popularity already, ha vs been
- noted. .
Horace Allen Wilson,' ths sturdy
... leader of the contest comes within one
new subscription of squaling the record
, of Misses O'Donnell and Shannon. Mr.
Wilson took 2t new subscriptions . in
, fourdsys. . . v . - -,.v,
Prodseers of sw "Subs." ..
With regsrd to ths comparative num. 1
"bar of subscriptions produced In four
Twice
One Third
Every day
price of caa
f
i-orxj.no. vr. . ...
, tin M.lrtft.
; .....
i, ha a
...... .V, .
.,........-....,-
rwtlnd. Or
e
and Morrison, Portland, Or
1
- 'i iV i . 4
.....f.....
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- I0; e
days the contestants may ba enumer
ated in ths following order: -
1. Mildred Clemens.
1. Nellie it. Shannon. ''-.'-
S. Mai sis O'Donnell. - ' - .
4. Horace A. WUson.
t. Clsy Jones. .
" . Rhoda U SUlnaker.
7. Edith Harris. , r
t. Ouy Graham.
' . Bertie Chan.
10. Roy Johnson. - : . :
; 11. Dorcas Van Shoonhoven,
it. Dean Knox. - !
. 19. Ruth Turner. . ' ; v
T 14. Paul Nygren.
' 14. Mary K. PownlL .
' IS. Lillian McVicker.
' If. - Charles Gross.
IT. Mabel Msgness.
' II. Harry Brant
It. Carl Shelton. '-
10. . Mas Pendsrgrass. - ' - ! f
Resltated. bat esssdsd.
Maisle O'Donnell, ths Washington
county candidate, hesitated to enter ths
educational contest after It had been
in operation for more tban five weeks.
Shs lives In a locality whsrs ths fam.
Hiss are mors or less scattered, and shs
realised that, shs would have to walk
and drive long distances in order to
canvass many people. Ths candidates
living In the towns might talk to as
many. people In-one hour ss she could
ses In four hours. But Miss Malsis wss
eager to possess ths scholarship, and
shs matriculated as an educational con.
testant , The first day's work gave her
twenty-seventh' place. On ths fourth
day shs advanced to. twenty-second; on
the thirteenth day after shs began to
canvass shs ranked as No. 14; now shs
has risen to No. IS. When Forest Grove
U HlllsbBis mid
8 hsr ntoBpetai
towns of Washington county realise that
the Buxton lassie Is their official repre
sentative in the- greatest educational
contest this stats has sver seen, the en
terprising people of those localities will
nut their subscription . monsv toa-ether
and put M'lss O'Donnell op among "ths
high six" winners of both cash prises.
Chases for Others. - -But
what Malsis O'Donnell has dons in
advancing herself through Ths Journal's
educational contest any young man or I
founff, woman oeienninea to .gain an
education may da The contest Is open
to all who may wish to strivs for Its
prises, and nominations will be received
at any time.
The scholarship In optometry, or the
measurement of vision and ths fitting
of glssses to ths syss, recently arranged
for and announced, so far has not been
called for. Ths trade of the optician Is
ons that psys ths expert from 2S a
week up to (40 a week, and msy be car
ried on either by a man or by a woman.
,.- v Baas by Xtastt. . . . v j
Hers is a chance for a woman of an
aga to squip herself to become self-sup
porting. A widow thrown upon her own
resources could not do better than to
apply to The Journal for this scholar
ship. The contest for this scholsrshlp
In a technics! school may be made a
separate contest or It msy be added to
ths other scholarship - prises, to be
striven for and called for by any and
all contestants, according to ths num
ber of sppllcants . for this particular
scholarship. Anyone having this schol
srshlp In mind Is Invited to call on or
as Gdcd
the Cost
is bars-aln day la tb '
War Circle. Com la and jet ac
quainted. K C will help you cut
dcrsrn-tht living axpaoaes and tnaka .
doctor's bOla a thing of tha past. Do .
yon rtalixe that yo caa fet tat beat -and
parest baking powder la th world
BAICirJC
POWDER
at ona-thlrd what you've been paying
for anywhere near K C quality. An
nnttmHMst$ne. Think of the saving I
baa you makt money any eaeler 7 oet
It to-day. The grocer retoms the '
if you are not Mtlaned.
AUCroctrs
AQUta aero. oo.
vnicafjo . - -
Dny Wases Have Advanced at
"nat2rattrj7Trninrv
' v r Cost of Uvlny;.
PORTLAND LABOR LEADERS
SAY IT IS NOT THE TRUTH
' - , 4tMBBBBSBSBSBSBBSBBSBBSBBBBSBS
Bureau of Labor Hat Mads Sad Mis
take,
nVr P... t , arW
Similar statements,
Ths recent report of ths .. United
States bureau of labor to the effect that
wans are rlalrnr innr ranMlv. than ths
cost of living is, railing forth denials
from labor leaders -from all parts of
ths . country.. Unionists especially are
aroused to emphatic protest their state
ments Invariably being that ths cost or
living, outlegs the pries of wages two
to ons.' .f ...v-.
"She text of the bureau report says:
"In 1D0S ths sveroge wages par hour
In. ths principal manufacturing and
mechanical - industries of ' the country
weretj.4 per cent higher than . in. 1004;
ths retail price of food was only .04
higher, and hence In HOS-the purchas
ing power of both hourly and weekly
wsgsa wss - ' per cent higher . than in
104."
Charles Bhnls, president of the, Port.
land Federated Trades council, declares
this statement to be incorrect, at least
as far as Portland is concerned. '
; ' aUtaatloa bt rorOaad. '
"Wsgss were not raised around Port
land from 1904 to 10S," said Mr. Bhuls.
"Ths wages In some of ths skilled lines
were slightly raised from 106 to 101,
but la nowhere near the proportion
that the cost of living wsnt up. Rents
Tiava-rone-un-601xer cent In tha past
two or. three years. Ana meat arm
groceries have soared. Evsrybody
knows that . At ths sams tims ths
wsgss hsvs nearly stood still. 8psak
Ins for ths painters sspec tally,. I can
positively ssy that they are. not making
as much money aa they were a couple
of years ago. This report may ba trae
In regard to ths east, put it is certainly
not true in regard to Portland." -.
correspond with the contest editor, room
311. The journal building, roruana. vrs-
gon. . - ,"
'-'"--wnaaa a srsas : '' ,
Tuition In best Oregon schools, f 740
In gold snd eaah commissions. ,
Following is tne list or scnoisrsnips.
with -approximate cash value of each,
offered ss prises. . Detailed Informatloa
concerning them will be published from
tlms to tints, or furnished on applica
tion to ths contest department: ,
Academy of ths iiuiy . Names, As- -
torla. valus n
Albany College. Albany, valus 10
Behnke-Wslksr Business College,
Portland, valus
let
i
Capital Business College, Balsa,
- valus
Columbia - . University, Portland,
-vslus
Dallas College, Dallas, valus
Gillespie School of Expression,
Portland, valus
HIU Military Academy. , Portland,
valus
Holmes Buslnsss College, Portland,
100
10
It
19
valus
Holmes-Flanders . Private School,
Portland, vslus
International Correspondence -
Schools. Scranton, Pa., vslus.,..
Oregon College of Optometry?.... . . .'
McMlnnvills College. MoMlnnvUls,
valus
Oregon State Normal, Ashland,
- Oregon, cash prises and .........
Oregon i Conservatory of , Muslo,
10
is
lie
4
4
SI
Portland v .
n'tPlflnTPfru B li'l'inihln,, Talut
une vioun ocnoiarsnip. vaiue.... lit
Ons Guitar and Mandolin Scholar, '
ahlp, value 10
Pacino College, Newberg. valus...,. too
Pactflo Telegraph . Institute, Port
land, vslus i lie
1 Portland School of Domsstlo Sci
ence, Portland -1. '-W. C X.K
vslus 104
Sacred Heart Academy. . Salem.
valus IS
gt. Mary's
eademyP ortland,
valus i ....... ..109
Besides the easb - commissions which
ths students receive when they secure
new subscriptions, cash purses to ths
total sum of SIS will be awarded' as
follows: , ,
' -. 1. A purse of 1100 for the general ex.
penss of the winner while attending any
publle or private Institution providing
free tuition.
. S. A purse of $10 to bo used In ths
asms mannar as ths above.
I. A purse of S100 for incidental sx
psnses to supplsnt a scholarship se
lected from-the foregoing list -
. 4. A purse of fTS In sddlUon to on
Sf ths foregoing scholarships.
I. A purse of tit In sddltlon to ons
of ths foregoing scholarships.
4. A purse of SIS in addition to ons
of ths foregoing scholarships.
NEW SCHOOL ADDITIONS
NOT READY FOR OPENING
Additions' to publlo schools under con
struction will not be hslf resdy when
school opens September 17, but It Is
hoped by ths directors thst ths -consequent
crowding will not be any worss
than last. rear. ,. - i ' ...
Ths Esst Bids High school will hot
be ready before soms Urns In Novem
ber, and the high-school students must
be accommodated In the rooms of ths
grammar schools.
The sddltlon to the Holtnaa school In
South Portland will not be completed
until the latter part of October or early
in November. .The six-room addition to
ths Sunnyside school will be ready soms
time In September. Work on this annex
haa-bsen-rushed during the past month.
Tha new rooms at Midway will probably
be In readiness when school opens.
Those st East Twenty-eighth street are
expected to be resdy In October... . . ,
Judging from the attendance last year,
which was 17.011, It seems probable that
tha enrollment this yesr will be close to
it.eoe.- - ' ,
COWLITZ REPUBLICANS
. ASSEMBLE IN KALAMA
(Ipeelsl Dtasetck t The inarsal.)
Kalama, Wash., Aug. tt. The Repub
lican county central committee of Cow
Ills county met at Kslsma yesterdsy
snd set ths data Of ths county conven
tion for September I, snd recommended
that the primaries be held September I.
The basis of representation was taken
on the vote cast for Coagrove,' presiden
tial elector, and gives a totsl of It
delegates in the convention, which will
be ksid at Castle Bock -
-' - - . ; '.....,. ' . ' ', .
) - .;; -v '
W..H. Fitigersld. seoreUry and busi
ness agent of ths Portland rsasraiea
trades, ax Dressed the- sams opinion.
Jt la . h.rii matter to present ns
res to prove ths colhl. but i
o ths opinion that ths cost of living
hss risen faster than wages. Ths wages
of only s, fsw of ths organised trades
have gone up, while the rents and food,
stuffs bsvs become universally elevated.
That seems to be ths opinion held gen
erally In Portland by union members."
' Other Cities Jeay Zt
. Laboring men of other cities" amy
"nay, nay," also, as dispatches from all
"ssr43'BFl
"Despite ths assurance of ths bureau
of labor that ths ad vanes in wages has
outstripped the advance In ths cost of
living, It would be difficult to convince
Pittsburg families of this fact House
rents areJS per cent greater in Pitts
burg than fivs years ago and are
higher than ever before In the history
of the city. Prices of all; kinds of pro
duce sre at fancy figures. Mills ars In
fuller operation than ustm.1 during Ths
summsr months an there ars com para
tlvsly few unemployed, yet ths laborer
finds that It ' tskss all he makes to
live, just as It did whsn his wagerwsTS
from 10 to 2S psr cent less tban - at
present"" -'.. ," ..-v ' V -. '
From Chicago comes the wire
"Skilled labor Is better paid In Chi
cago than ever before, but labor lead
ers assert - that - ths advanoss have not
kept pace with the advances In ths -cost
of living. .JTbey ars wondering . where
ths figures for ths government statis
tics wsrs obtained.
A correspondent at Lewlston, Mains.
says
"Ths sdvants of I psr cent in wagss
In Lewlston, Augusta, Rumford, Liver,
more Falls and Lisbon Falls mills doss
not offset ths ' Increase In living ex
penses In thsss towns. Careful Investi
gation shows that In asvsn out of ten
cases ths laborers live only from week
to week. No pretense Is mads to
any money. - While there Is rejoicing
tnw - i in gsia jinwage, i is cumeow
that the advance Is hardllff proper tlnn
to ths Increase In living expenses."
Columbus, South Carolina, sends tha
following dispatch: .
'In ' clerkships and -other . vocations
hers and In cotton manufacturing ths
advance In wages has not been as
marksd as ths increase la ths cost of
living." . - - '. ;
SAYS CITY HEEDS
Colonel Miller Discusses Ques
tion of Permanent Home for -
Academy of Sciences.
NATURAL SCIENCES SHOULD
BE DEVELOPED, HE SAYS
Should . Be Musenm Organixation
Capable, and Equipped to Draw on
" Endless Resources Existing in the
Pacific. Northwest States. .
"The city of Portland should hsvs a
museum worthy ths extent and dignity
of Ut commonwealth of Oregon," said
ColJfiel A. W. Miller, curator of ths
Portland chamber of commerce exhibit,
dismissing tha n,nrnton of a horns for
tha academy of science. . "Ws'Tieed a
museum of art, a museum of antiquities,
geology.- mineralogy, botany," natural
history,, and also a historical museum'
He declared Portland to be one of ths
young giant cities of America, and urged
that it should take a place at the fore,
front of development of natural sciences.
There should be a museum organisation,
eapsbls and equipped to draw upon ths
endless resources known to exist in ths
rParlflr nnrthwest, Thrrtjsnnltn a col-
fORTIIYLIUSEOn
lection of brlo-a-brae at the city hannut"1"1"" mtndjeysrneedjtccept any
seum, but he says that In its present
stats it Is Incomplete and disjointed and
ths collection needs to be transformed
from a cabinet of curiosities Into a mu
seum of living thought. .i w
"Under ths sams roof there should be
a laboratory and aiUbrary," says Colonel
Nutter. "Such a mussum would be of
the greatest importance, and would pos
sess great educational value for visitors,
as well as for ths people of Oregon. - It
would be of constant practical service In
answering ths questions of scientific
msn all over ths world. No textbook
can supply ths placs of an up-to-date
mussum, where a lew hours spent in
study would be worth sny number of
lectures In a bars hslL -.How many boys
or men know the. xharacter or valus of
ths stones they soe on an ordinary Jour
ney Into the wools and hills T
. 'It would seem .that the nature of thess
natural resources of our stats would be
SHRE.VE
& Company
will occupy about Sp
V tember first,' their tem
. porary building at
Van Nets Ave. and
Sacramento Street
' Complete stock of
""DIAMOND ' and
GOLD JEWELRY,
WATCHES,-. SIL
VERWARE. GLASS
WARE, STATION
ERY, ETC, . navr on .
sale at -. .
Post Street and
0 rant Avenue ;
SAN FRANCISCO
c
v. v
of any suit,, in a large assort
ment of
handsomely
They
dow this
CU1L
RATES
tt. Oold Crowna.. ...........
li.ee ooi Crowaa......
5.4)0
8.60
tt.OO
T.60
tl. PUtea
tlt.e Plates
rulings, ap from.
Boston .Dentd Parlors
aH
of sufficient importance to Induce a
mors general and practical knowlsdgs of
them, and that the young men of our
stats should pay mors practical ,atten
tlon to thsss things. . Ths advantages
offered by a museum of natural science
often lead to ths most Important results.
As museums do not deal with fiction
nor traditions, but only with facts, ths
thing until It is provenT The depenenceTT
by modern civilisation upon- science for
all rssl progress la bsoomlng mors and
more recognised. .
"Ths Portland museum should be pat
terned after ths highest models. Ths
museum of ths Natural History society
of Buffalo, Nsw Tork, of which I havs
tha honor of being a corresponding mem
ber, was organised In 111. It at first
occupied ths basement of ths publlo li
brary, situated In Lafayette placs, in ths
business esntsr of ths city. -Ths public
library occupied the first floor, ths ol
lection of ths Buffalo Fins Arts acad
emy and ths Buffalo Soeisty of Artists
occupied the second floor. On ths third
floor was ths collection of ths Buffalo
Historical society and ths Mlcroscople
club. Tha director of ths museum Was
a woman, and the different departments
wsrs presided ovsr by professional sci
entists or learned amateurs, who served
without psy. In 101 ths museum con
tained soms .00 specimens. Ths doora
ars open to ths publle dally from t to i
o clock, and admission is tree."
i-ivt AUnto ur UNUUI
WHEAT ARE BURNED
(Special Dlspetcs to Tie JoeraaL)
'Pendleton, Or., Aug.. at rivs aeri
of uncut wheat and two pllss of
threshed grain. were destroyed by firs
yesterdsy sfternoon on ths ranch of
Polydora . Moons on Wild Horse ereeji
near, this slty. Th firs Is believed to
bava originated from cinders flying
from ths thresher sngtns which had
movsi from ths plscs a short tims be
fore. There were two piles of wheat on.
the place, ons containing goo sacks and
ths other a smaller-- smounfc These
were partly burned snd msoh of ths
grain will need resscklng. Of ths out
grain about five sacks were burned,
when ths fire was gottsn under control
by ths harvest crew. The wheat -.was
Insursd. .'..-,. . '
BANNISTER CROP IS "
BEST IN UMATILLA
(Sperlsl Dispatch to Tee tamal.)
Weston, Or, Aug. 1 2. The crop of
JT. M. Bsn nlster, who hss a wheat farm
near this city, Is believed to be tha bast
crop ' In Umatilla county. The exact
figures on his field of Dais Qlory whesr,
ons mile west of town, era M41 sacks
from 31 seres, at 14 pounds to ths
sack, which makes a fraction mere thsn
tt bushels to ths sere, which la eon
sldered a bumper yield.
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