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THE . OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAIi PORTLAND," SUNDAY :; MORNINO, JULY; 23, 1007. 1 PORTLAND CONTESTANT nil vjiw iHIOlHEl! Dill LIKES COUNTRY WORK D v. 'VT'- ;''. i V,'; ' - "'-:'.-. 'V,', trv-:-' ,v-".':'.' ; H.i v. W . ' ' ,'..---."''.'- ."'; ', . '.'-','..,".,'- - .f V :'V '.f ;,- i .... -.if.--' SPL END LVORK FOR PORT All Hilda Brant, One of the Leaders in Multnomah County in" The Journal Educational Contest, Is Determined to Win Scholarship Working Hard for Honors. Hilda Brant, one of tha leading eon tastanta In Multnomah county, mad I trip down tha Columbia Thursday to ' gather aubacrlptlona She hart been do In ao well eanvaaalng In Portland among hr frlenda and among airmner imi .1.. ,iMd to try her skill at eoma ppw - outside oolnt Mlii Brant waa curloua to know, too, what tha country conteatanta have to C do and Juat how hard they hava to work In order to ret vote. She la oeiermmea to lead the Multnomah county conteat ., .u it h pui and also to lead the - miihi. if it la possible for her to. do .h wants to know tha posslb.l Hies of the fields In which her contaat- .. nhnrrintioilir. Her first excursion into tha country - rlvea Hilda Brant a good opinion of . i.ii ini fields for conteat woric . i fe houri eanvaaalng yielded her s,7ii rotes, 10 new aubacrlptlona with 'collections ajnountlng to 14.60 and thru nid aubacriDtlona oald In advance. - Hilda's caah eommlaslone amounted to till which mora than covered me i TTxnu ta her of the trln. " She went, determined to secure 1.000 votes and aba rounded up nearly a.vuu. Courage Win Whs. In tha beginning there ware three young people living In Rainier who were nominaiea o ramiwu lur The Journal aent receipt boo ice to all ' of them. One boy wrote that ba tried - to canvaaa for aubacrlptlona but that tha mllla were abut down and be could do nothing. Tha twp glrla probably did not have tha courage to try for acholar ' ahlpa which they need. But a Portland Sri goea to Rainier and although know g nobody carrlea away aeveral thou sand vote. She haa tha courage to tell her atorv and to aak people to aaalat her. ' All good men and women admire her pluck ana tney caicn mi contagion or bar am bit Ion a. Local conteatanta could do much more In Rainier than did the Portland girl. If they only would go to ' work earnestly and with determination. . Conteatanta may take aubacrlptlona anywhere, Mlaa Brant made the trip ' on her own account and aha deserves ". credit for her originality and enter- prise. Iter Oanvaaa aarwher. Conteatanta may encroach upon the eubecrlptlon fields of their rivals. They may go before the regular traveling and - - local agents of The Journal, making col , - 'lectlona come alow to them. During the . period of tha content the whole north . '.;wet la open to them to make advance i',v collections from new and old subscribers :ti The Journal The reward of the; worthy will be schooling for a year fol lowing the close of the contest ! The Journal spends Its money for building circulation with .the young peo le who want to atudy and Improve bemselves. Mlaa Brant la a fair type of 45 clr- . culation builders who are now calling at homes and business houses In order to secure and collect aubacrlptlona for ; tola newspaper. Orefoa City Homiaae. - Carl A. 8c h ram of Oregon City cornea Into the educational conteat highly reo " ommended by Senator Linn wood Jones "of the same city, and also other proml- nent men of that locality. Coxl starts In The Journal race a -- little lata hut he la not discouraged by !5 this fact for he la so well and favorably known In hla home town and vicinity . that ha will gather votea like "ta whlri- -, WlW." - i -. I. ' $ Carl ia now ! 14 years old but not- ' withstanding hla youth he haa made a ' , record for popularity and efficiency. He waa graduated from the Oregon City grammar grade when only 12 yeara old, ' then he took a year of high school work. - - He waa always the leader of his class. . and hewon the respect and love of his teachers and classmates. Carl was very fond of hla school, but the sum mer when he was 18 he decided that he . ; should like to try "a hand" In the wheel work of tne world. So he sought and . obtained a position In the office of the " Willamette Pulp A Paper mill. Carl be came ao Interested In hla work that he continued In It without finishing the high school. The of f Icera of the Wil lamette Pulp ft Paper company apeak highly of the bright and manly boy who '; haa been working for them and are de- si rotis of retaining him In their employ. But Carl realises that in order to obtain a position in the world that la worth ' while ho will need a good education. -:' In Tha Journal'a educational conteat he sees tha chance, by a little hard work to win a scholarship In a good achool. Carl enters tha conteat with tha deter- i mlnatlon to win the scholarship offered bjr The Journal In the Portland Acad- Carl ia kail known ana much liked by the bualneaa men of Oregon City aa well aa by the boye and girla of hla own age. He Is ao gentlemanly that no one can help liking him. Jtaa Good Ba eking. Carl'a mother la a native of the Bea ver atate. She waa born In Macksburg. Oregon, and lived there until aha was a f'Oiing woman. The father, A. 1L Schram. a a carpenter In Oregon City. He la now engaged on the building of the Masonic Temple at that place. Carl will have Influential people to assist him In gathering subscriptlona. Among theae are Dr. W. E, Carll, a well known pioneer and physician of Ore gon City, Charles Schram, designer and retoucher, of Portland and A. K. Sln nott, also of Oregon city. Carl la tha only child and hla father and mother are well known and well liked by their town frlenda and ac quaintances. Although Carl haa been a busy and Industrious lad he haa also found time to enjoy the sports dear to the heart of youth. Hla artistic tsstea find ex pression In drawing, dancing and musla In vigorous sports he takes a hand, be ing assistant managerlof the Oregon City Oraxa baseball teanj. Aa Others See Ua. Mr. H. V. Reed, the Portland manager of tha International Correspondence achool of Scranton, haa been calling upon conteatanta or The journal to acquaint tbem with the wide field of study covered ty me scnoiarsnips offered aa awarda In the Educational Contest. Mr. Reed reports most favorable upon all but one contestant. He haa never seen atudenta of finer ability, lie lias never called on young people more anx loua and more determined to learn. Al though an exDerlenced and successful talesman himself he has never observed better talent In the line of taking or ders than la exhibited by some or the boys and girla who are now gathering subscriptlona In order to go to achool next winter. Self-Confidence Wanting. At a point out In the state It will not be mentioned Mr. Reed found one aspirant for a scholarship who has not sufficient self-confidence to take sub scriptlona The young lady described Reed baa not communicated with The Journal, and It Is not likely that she will ever win anvthlna in anv con test in life. She Is the kind tha't will have to be taken care of by somebody The real namea of the parties to tnia Interview for obvloua reasons will not be and need not be given here. Mr. Reed wrltea that aa soon aa ha met Miss Maud Corn well he discovered that she had a chill at her feet. She had been Induced to try to win a scholar ahlp In music by her friend, Mrs. Yolex who mistook Mlaa Corn well's desire to learn music for ability aa a contestant. And this ta the atory that the unsuccess ful aspirant ror scholarship nonora tola. Che Waa Too Shy. "Mrs. Tolex. the lady who I to try the conteat, drilled me In malting a canvaaa. tine told me wnat to aay, to take an order for The Journal, and how to aay it. Then f got up In front of a glass and watched myaelf do It. Then I. went over to aee Mr. , who la a friend of papa's. I got up to the door and nocaea. . "He came to the door. "Whf. good morning. Mlaa Cernwell," be said. "What can I do for your' "Mr. . why why I want no, I don't either. Papa wanta to aee you. "He looked at ma and smiled, and know I got red." "Are you aure your father wanta to MM! mm h asked "Oh, yea air," I aald and hurried away. "Mr. came down that afternoon and papa did have aome bualneaa ha wanted to talk about" Only One fclks TMa. This ia the only report that The Jour nal haa received of a young person be ginning the conteat and then backing out on account or timidity in approach lnr people. mere are now 40 contestants striving for tha scholarships, and every one of tnem is Drovlna- that bova an1 eirla and young people, aa well as profes sional canvassers, can gather subscript Ordained to the Deaconate in 1883 and Jo the Priest hood in 1884. Rev. Qeorga B. Tan Water, D. IX, rector of St David's Episcopal churoh. was bora at Renaselaer Falla, N.,T August It, 1156. H waa educated in Kenyon college and Bexley Divinity achool, from which ha took tha degree of B. D. He was ordained to tha dea conate In ISIS and to tha prleathood In 1SS4. When called to Portland ha waa rec tor of Christ church, Oreensburg. Penn- 4s :.:::;'. .i 9 '. ; at WIl'J, Rer. George B. Van Water, D. D. Every one of them is learn In a- lessons in DUBiness ana renin a. salesmanship that becomes part or hla education. training In a valuable EXTRA LOCK NEEDED AT TEN-MILE RAPIDS i Engineers Contend Improvement. Absolutely Necessary' to Safety of Celilo anal During High Water in the Columbia Eivef Money Available for Work. sylvanla. Bishop Potter's first parish. Here Dr. Van Waters built a handsome atone church, which he left to become the rector of 8L David's. The church waa then a amall wooden building sit uated on Grand avenue and Morrison street. The present atone building speaks for Itself. The rectory, which la the fineat church rectory lithe city, and the churoh have both been built during hla rectorship. The parish owns tha half block on Twelfth street, between Morrison and Belmont, property worth today aome 180,000. Dr. Van Watera la president of the standing committee of the diocese of Oregon and waa recently elected one of the deputies to the general conven tion to ba held In Virginia October next Thla position aa president of the stand ing committee of the diocese Dr. Van Watera haa held for the past 16 yeara. In Important matters the committee acts with the bishop and in hla absence Is the ecclesiastical authority in tha diocese. Dr. Van Watera was president of the last diocesan convention which elected Bishop Bcadding to hla preaent position. F I in pi c r l nrui TO DESIGN HERE Local Concern Secures Serv ices of Valuable Grand Rapids Man. An extra lock at Ten Mile rapids, three miles from the upper end f the CeHIo canal, is said by engineers to be i absolutely essential to the safety of the '; ij canal in high stages of water In the Co . lumbla river. Consideration of this j proposition by the United States en ; i S'neerlng department at Washington is now holding back the letting of further ii contracts for digging the canal, al V ' though there la an appropriation of ap ;fM proximately $600,000 available for the ''Swork. , New difficulties, unforeseen by the original designers of the canal, have ? K"V arisen, and are constantly likely to come - K? P feat work progresses. These , difficulties, although not difficult to aurmount, require time for solving by 5' be engineers on the ground, and con- V;? Jddaration by the chief authorities at V Wa."h!n5ton- Colonel Roeaaler, chief of V United Statea engineers on the Columbia r river, who haa i charge of the Celllo , canal work, aald yesterday: V . -We have found that another lock, to ba located at Ten Mile rapids. Is neces sary to eliminate upper pressure of the ; '' at high stagee of the river, at t which tlmee thla pressure is aa great ; aa 600 pounda to the square foot of 1 , canal bottom. Thla pressure. If not overcome, would force up tha bettom of tha canal. We might overcome It ' ' by putting in a concrete bottom ao thick , that by mere weight It would realat this . pressure. . , ; . But tha most feasible way, wa hava ' .figured out, is to put n another lock, which would enable ua at auch times to hold In the main trunk of the canal suf ficient water to balance the UDDer nrea- aure. Thla extra lock would coat about 160 000. I ta incorporation Into the schema of the canal would be a some what radical modification of the plana. mnA tha authorltlee of the department are not certain that they hava tha oower to accept such : a modification r,ii.fl annroved by congressional action. . Wo hava had extended correspondence between thli off lea and waaningtoB on " th"I'iaveCsubmitted "si pian for tha "pro posed lock. -and it la -now being con- aldered. It la likely that a conclusion will anon be reached. - We may ba au thorised to proceed witb the caoai work along- lines that will permit thla lock to ba Incorporated into It later, and leava Ha actual adoption to congress. In that case we can advertise for bids and let contracta within five or six weeks, and get work under way thla fall that will be continued throughout the winter." Another obstacle encountered In the canal work la a layer of fine aand and sediment, practically a quicksand belt, running through the slta at one point. This Involves tha entire . foundation scheme, and may necessitate the chang ing of the walla. Inatead of the heavy granite walls that are to confine the canal it may be neceasary to build sloping- banks and cover them with riprap, coated with concrete. Colonel Roeaaler Is now engaged In figuring out the bast way to overcome the aand bottom. Over a deposit of quicksand 97 feet In depth it would be practically impossible to construct a heavy stona canal wall that would stand ud to engineering require ments. The contracting firm havinr tha ex cavation of tha first section of the canal haa not yet completed Its work, al though the time limit expired January i. xne contractors are Davlnr the gov ernment Inspection costs, amounting to """ui ovv per monin, ana are wait mi ior me river to recede to .Its loweai stage before continuing tha excavation work, it waa ex Dec ted that tha con tract would ba fulfilled before tha high eaon ox tne present year. DROWNS WHILE ; WADING IN SURF The Doernbecher Furniture Manufac turing; company has engaged the serv- Pees of Otta A. Jlnerek, a resident of Orand Rapids, Michigan, and one of tha moat accompllahed funlture de signer! In the country, to come to Port land and design patterns for the com ing year's atyles In high-class furniture to be manufactured by thla company. Thla la aald to be tne nrat instance where a man of Jlnerek's ability and skill, as a designer haa been brought from the big eastern furniture centers to the Pacific coast for the express pur pose of designing exclusive styles for western ractory. . Jlnerek will be here aeveral weeks and will get up aome very artistic pat terns for tne DoernDecner company. COMMANDER DUNCAN WILL LEAD SERVICES Col. Walter Duncan, commander of tha Pacific coast regiment, Volunteers of America, will conduct services at Mission hall, a North Fourth street, next Wednesday evening ana at layiur fimmmm gill V 'J - (Special Dispatch to Journal.) Long Beach, Oft July iT.- John Nuaabaum, 411 Goldsmith atreet. Portland, Oregon, waa, dwwnad thla afternoon while ceding la the surf. Hla wife waa wading near hint when he waa struck' by a wave and car-. tied out into the water, where ha drowned before assistance could reach him. ! iiilll lilliiliilll t r i ? i'polonel Walter Duncan, Street M.JB. church Thursday evening, August i-TLT '. " by Mr. MacMurray, singing evangelist, formerly with Francis Murphy. Those who hava heard Mr. MacMurray aay he Is Singer ano organist or unusual ability. Everybody is cordially invited to attend tnese services. Admission free. - Davoccan Park 4 , (b9 SZXAAXOOX BAT) Read' Management's Letter ... ;s : PACE si., f Location Desired for Scandl naTian-American Tinan cial Institution. As goon aa a looAUon can be seonred. tha Boandlnaviaa-Amerlcaa bank, now being organ lsad,' will begin doing busU neas In Portland. A , number of lead ing Bcandlnavlana and Amerioana, man Qjt wealth and prominence, ara said to ba behind tha, new bank, Tha projeot haa been" under dleouaslon for- aome time, and Friday niaht at a m satin -i i i : i . M . , uoiq an in ruunii ox mi unnminm club tha plana of tha organisation were perrectea. Tha new bank will. hava a capital stock of 1100.000 and a 126.000 aurclua both fully paid up. The banking room of the Board or Trade building, at Fourth and Oak straeta, among other jocationa. is aeina consioereo aa tne home for the bank. Practically all the siock naa oeen suoaeriDea. GLADi TIDINGS FOR PORTLAND WOMEN Mlsg Bernard Write, of Oreatlona of Pari Modiste Which Will Be Shown Here. Miss Bernard, head of the suit de partment of -Olds, Wort man A King, wrltea a moat Interesting letter de scriptive of the wonderful creations of the Paris modistes that the women of Portland will soon hava aa opportunity to Inspect, From Mlaa Bernard's let ter It la learned that oriental Jewelry will be the rage this winter; the crea tions in neckiacea, b-ucklee. hat pins, broochea and other noveltlea In that Una are described aa unique and beau tifuL Mlaa Bernard Is charmed with the fountain, parks, flowera, trees and other natural beautlee which ara found in all parts of Paris, and suggests to her Portland correspondent that Port land would do well to trtjee an effort to copy rana para ayatorav Mlaa Bernard sailed from Cherbourg, July 12 and Is now in New York, where she will remain until' about September 1 when she leaves for Portland. Potter Schedule for Beach. The ateamer Potter will sail from Portland, Ash street dock thla week as follows: Monday, T a m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, lam.; Sat urday 1 p. m. Oet tlcketa and make reservations at city ticket office. Third and Waahington atreeta, C W. Stinger, city ticket agent i Whatever a man needa to complete hla , rina at tne i dt Co.'a sale. summer outfit, he'll find at the loweat prlcea at Roblnaon page 11. 8ee According to a report Issued from Manchester by the International Fed eration of Textile Workers, the weekly wagea of English operatives at present are: Weavers. $4.86; splnnera, 69.72; cardroom workers, males, 17.29, and fe males t6.6; bleachers, males, 66.76, and females, 64.17.- The loom flxera ara the beat paid of the operatives, receiving a weekly wage of $10.20. $40 Summer and Outing Suits '$?8.00 $35 Summer and Outing Suits $24.50 .00 Outing Suits $17,50 Outing Suits $14.00 $30 Summer' and $25 Summer and Outing Suits $21 $20 Summer and $1 8 Summer and- Outing Suits $ 1 2.60 20 Ofi Blues and Blacks 311 MORRISON SJ. OPPOSITE POSTOFFICB slmi-anmja: SALIL -,'-1" j--. ' " - " Men's 3-Piece Summer Suits enormously reduced Men's 2Mece Outing Suits, all El Men's Straw Hats, all half Mice 9 1 . ;. ,-; Men's $5.00 Panamas, all $3.50 Boys' Wash Suits, all HALr PRICE f fi, f A X v f i :. , jL ' i . - "J u i am' i .. m m 1 J 1 1 -arvt wk- v - V When you sex it in our ad, its so f wo Stores: Third arid Oak WH&T'i'i'j &$-r&& W:i,fi rvv; :?S