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c::r. DAILY itcct ! ES LH OODSTED BY Prizes for Children in That -School District to Be Dupli catedEducators Explain Value of Earth Education. Irvinjton popl irmde plans last night for duplicating in every respect for their school district the prtza list pro vided in the all rity school garden con test in which' it is said 10,000 children from the 62 nchools have enlisted. A well attended meeting wai held In the auditorium of the Irvington School. Jtwaa the first of a series planned for the various neighborhoods, of the city in the developraont of the school ns a social center and as a means of pro moting the garden contest work and arousing the desired "Interest in it among the parents of tbe youthful contest 1 ants, ... In an eloquent address President W. J. Kerr of Oregon Agricultural college ..emphasized- the valua to children. of city garden making. ; "It is , adapting education to "life "needs," he said. "It is bulldinff A citi zenship that will be the -backbone of this country. It is teaching that what ever is honest is honorable, that he who till iha-SoU-ls-not tO-he ileapisedJaut to be honored and respected. , The suc cess of the nation depends upon the lractlcal value of the training given the children of today." Utilize Vacant Xi&nd. rresldc.nt Kerr further, declared that the people of the city may use the ad vantages of the country as well.aa those who actually live in the country pro vided they attempt to utilize the vacant . land that would otherwis lie idle while waiting building. lie told Of a small boy of his ac quaintance that raised vegetables and chk'kens-.and made profits In sales that encouraged and kept him at the work and concluded by asserting: "The children, boys and girls, who enter the gardening, her growing or cooking contests in Oregon, or Portland should be permlttertov get all they can cam in this way from the sale of their products, r. They learn independence, business and" system and self support." George M. Hyland, D. O. Lively and Thomas Hawkes told what the estab lishing of the schools as social centers may mean in the development of. neigh borhood interchange of thought and frendliness.- Eugene Brookings, presi dent of the Progressive Business Men's club, described the success attendant upon a campaign- for Industrial and rarth education In the state of braska, - Early Vegetables. Vs. J. Jaeger told of the .plan for giving prizes for early vegetables in an exhibit at the Armory, also the plan of the-Irvington contest Mr. Jaeger is chairman of the subcommittee on prizes of the general earth education commit tee. Marshall N: Dana, chairman of the general earth education committee, out lined the plan for garden contests in Portland with its accompanying prize Hats, neighborhood contests, advisory Committees, and concluded by asserting that ttie program in Portland will be ' succerf&ful because it la supported by a committee, each member of which is working, and because the parents, prin cipals, teacher and children are alike interested. ' On the speakers' platform there were also Principal VJ. C. Ryan f the Irv ington school,' Ralph R. Routledge County Superintendent R. P. Robnson, J. Q. Eacher, who made valuable sug gestions about practical gardening, In a paper read before the audience. - O. M. Plummer, presided. Garden Contest Committee. A meeting of the general garden con test committee was held yesterday afternoon In, the green room of the .Commercial club. A committee com posed of O. M. Plummer, E. J. Jaeger, IV O. Lively and C. C. Craig was ap pointed to see what could be done in the securing of permanent headquarters for the greatly increased work of . the committee and this committee reported within an hour that a room at 420, In the Selling building had been secured for . the point Mea of the Great er Portland Plans association and the "Affiliated : Business committee on Earth Education. Removal to the new office is being accomplished today and a telephone is being installed. There were In attendance at yester- ' day's general committee meeting D. O, Lively, C. C. Craig, E. J. Jaeger, Eugene P-ookings, Ira L. Iliggs, Albert Ehr Kwit, J. - W. Palmer, James J. Sayer.-O. M. Plummer, R. R. Routledge and the chairman. C. C. Craig for Hartman & Thompson, offered or the use of the committee and the school gardeners several tracts of land in' Parkrose addition, just be yond Rose City Park, which he said would be fenced and plowed and gotten ready for planting. The. offer was ac cepted wth a vote of appreciation. It was reported that 8000 bulletins issued by the Oregon Agricultural col lege at the expense of the State Bankers' association, were on their way t6 Port land for. distribution among the con testants here. .- - New Train" to McMinnville. On March 3, Southern Pacific train Xo. 6, leaving Portland Union depot t dally via Fourth street, was extended - to McMinhvlIle, jirrlvlug there at 7:50 p. m. . Returning, this train leaves Mc Minnville at 6:45 a. m. daily except Sunday (Sunday at 6:60 a. m.), arriving , Portland 8 a. pi., giving five trains each way ; between these, points." ; Two. via Fourth street, one from Jefferson street, and two from Union depot. Warehouse for Rent Low rental, in new " brick building 53x100, just being completed at Hood and Baker streets, This is the beat proposition" in South Portland from rental standpoint A. L. Fish, care The , Journal. - .. . . Dry flab 13.78. Edlefsen Fuel Co. A WEAK n i r I f . Mil' Mil , UlULl i llUli Can be quickly strengthenedyour liver can be made activeyour bowels will be regular if you will but take pOSTETTER'Slrffi It has a proven reputation in cases of Poor Appetite, Heartburn Headache. Indigestion. rnTivrP fVM ii GriDDe. Malaria. Fever Jirift .. V. ' .. " IN THE REALM FEMININE f ' ' J i - H - I Iff ' - mv M-m &7fttLTT-x I x ' 1 V i. v- j t' ' ., It Mrs. Helen Hot Greeley of -New York,, equal, suffrage in Portland and er.thu.sed all suf fragedom In an in , tervlew said that equal suffrage was the very foundation of the Child-Welfare movement and would mean more to it than any other One thing. .. ""''' '':' CHTT.l) WELIAES SEPASTXEST. Edited by Frtneee Marlon Hawkes. People's Institute, MM Vilentine Prlcbard, 1)1 rector .- .Fourth and Bnrnalde streets, Portland, Phone Mala 1871. Dv Karaery and Flower Mission. SS North Ninth street, Portland. President, Mrs, W, B. Fechheimer. Poont a-SBSl. Nelcbborbood House, Sernnl and Wood ftrceu, Portland. MIm Sadie Block, Head Worker. , Pbone Main 6223. Consumers' Lwrue. Mlm T. B. Trerltt," aerretary, 777 Handera itreet Mala 2&2S. Juvenile Court eonrtbonae. -William Catena, Judge; probation officer, B. Wblte: bnad or a! Emma Butler. Pbone Wood la wa Courthouse pbone, . A-6766. , . CoS. Child Labor Commlaaion. Mrs. M111U Trnmbull, 250 H Third street. Fhone A- "?5 053t..,,-,.,'i.,..i..,,":. ; . ., Big Srotbers.-J. O. Clark, T. M. a A. Boji' Department J. W. Palmer, : T. M. C. A. Tb Big Sisterhood. Mrs. J. Allen Gil bert, secretary, Pboacs A-1223, Main 1223. Oregon Congrma of Motbtrs. Mrs. Robert if.. Tate. Tabor 177. , Tor what grander, holier purpose under heaven does a human being need knowledge, than for training of child hood." Horace Mann. Montesorri, the Magician. T HE "society columns" of our dally papers are filled with Items and announcements of women who are doing nothing but pursuing their own pleasure. What people see given prominence they naturally assume to be worthy of prominence, and as usual the people are mistaken. In Rome, Italy, there Is a quiet woman dressed in unfashionable -black, whose name and whose achievement, If we had any proper sens of values, would fill columns, ojg space in our., papers. Let's talk a little about her. What has she done? She has found the way by which humanity ts to arrive at the superman stage. She has discovered not children In tbe lump, but the child the individual child in each child's body; , the child who is not just like any other child in the world; the child who," If he Is to return to society all the true values In him, must, be let develop not his similarities to every other child,, but his differences from any other child. "Dottoressa Maria Montesorri" traces her wonderful work back to the time of the French revolution to two physi cians, Drs.'Itard and Seguin. One of these studied defective children through the medium of a child whom he found running wild in the forest, like any wild animal. , There was a scar on his mroat, wmcn snowed that some kind grownup had taken him out In the woods,,- cut his throat and left him to die, But nature was even then Intent upon the development of the superman. She healed the wound; the child lived as other wild things do, and when he was 12 or 14 years of age be was caught. The doctor experimented with him, but found that he was an Imbe cile, but he started his benefactor on a line of research. The good doctor died, but his mantle . t ell : upon his disciple, who still further, worked out theories of treatment for defective children and put his conclusions and experiments in a bbok; That was In 1848. Some years ago"Monte8sori stumbled upon this book. It aroused her interest. She opened a school for defective children in Rome. After some months of her training, they were compared with nor mal children trained in the usual schools and were found t equal them in development and intelligence. Natur ally -inevitably, MOntessorl asked her self and the learned doctors who were observing her experiment, "What is the matter with, the normal child that he STOMACH Anna &"' " M who started the campaign for has no advantage over the defective child of his ageT" Four years ago the opportunity came to this great woman to test her theories upon normal children, with the Tesult that they far outstripped her defectives of the same age, and Indeed many chil dren twice their age. . Let me tell you how this beneficent virus is 'taking," and then I will give you some quotations from Montessorl herself. In June, 1811, . Switzerland passed a law- establishing the Montes sorl system of teaching in that brave little republic, please note: A real re public took the lead in this matter. Last September Paris opened two Mon tessorl schools, one of them under the direction- of the daughter of the French minister to Italy, she having studied with Montessorl InaRome, England, In dia, China,, Mexico, the Argentine Ke publlo and Honolulu have caught the good contagion. New York and Boston have started schools, and Montessorl has received applications from teachers from nearly every state in the union who want her training, who want to study with her in order to apply her methods. ' So in response to this de mand, the Dottoressa," opened a train ing; school In Rome last winter, and at least one American girl took the train in;. The thing that we call s school Is, in the eyes of Montessorl, a place where children should never be put. No whole some methods -of education for her. Each child must be free to educate him self, and Montessorl begins as early as 3 and zH Here are some of her sayings:';-.... J'.;'j.y v'J YJ '.. -. :.: "The external world, transformed by the tremendous development of. experi mental science In the last century, must have as its master the transformed man. If the progress of the individual does not keep pace with the progress of science,-civilization will find itself checked," "The pupil must be left free for spontaneous manifestation." Josephine Toiler, who writes of this new idea InMcClure's, says: ."Montessorl alms to give the child an environment that liberates his personality. . She places him In an atmosphere where there are no restraints; where there Is no opposition, nothing to make him per verse or self conscious or to put him on the defensive," As a result of the senses having been developed in the child, a sense of his material surroundings and a facility in accommodating himself to them Is a part of him. He learns to manage his body deftly, to walk without stumbling, to carry without dropping, to touch ob jects delicately and surely in short, to move among the Immediate things which surround . him . with ease and freedom and with the least possible fret and wear to his spirit and to his body. Every element of embarrassment and self consciousness Is overcome, and he inevitably prefers harmonious action to the discord by which the untrained and awkward . child so often tries to hide his lnadeptness." : It is "the potential Individual, which is In every child's body," says Montes sorl, "which must he kept away from those things Which distort and destroy It or force it Into a given mold. We are trying to insure this Individuality a chance to reveal Itself, rare or common place, whatever It may be. "We cannot, know the consequences of suffocating .spontaneous action when the child Is just beginning to act; per haps we suffocate llf e, Itself." j . y , ;, I'm not going to tell you any more about this wonder, except that the chil dren of the slummlest of Roman slums respond to this respect for their Indi viduality just as the children of the wealthy do. I want you tto be : inter ested in this for yourself. Our Port land librarian, Miss Isom, is always wide awake about new books, and no doubt just as soon as Montessori's book on this system of child culture is put into. Englls-h It will be tn our public library, but even now if you go to the library and ask for May and Decem ber McClure's, mi; and January, 1912, you can learn enough to fill you with thankfulness that the coming genera tions will not be subjected to the dis tortions -and -suppression-and- tortures and, arrested developments under which the present generation and all who pre ceded it, have come up. j,nevworia is going to fee a pretty- nice piace ior every body- one ef -1 heee days. Help It by helping spread this Montessorl gospel. We want some of jur Oregon girls to go to Rome or Paris to study and bring it back to us. - Buffforgwt. Of eoOTsethecliadsof "a presidential election, the money that will be spent fcy men striving for officol and all the other futile activities of our! present Irrational mode cf es!tetiee wi'.l absorb public attention, and this rtisoov err cf the "potential IndlvMual" In each child will pass unheeded and unnoticed will It? Mother Lotp. rer Mrs. Hawkes: An article headed "Mother Love," In a recent Issue of the Child-Welfare page of The Journal greatly interested me. We often hear the question, "Why do boys and girls fleave home?" To my mind, the first cause Is the lack of the "fireside circle" In the home. A good home with every thing In it that money can buy is not always aa much a "fireside circle" as that of the humble cot. The home where the parlor, library and music room are kept closed with the window shades pulled down for fear the health giving rays of sunshine may fade the draperies or' carpets. Is not conducive to cheer and companionship. A fireside circle means a bi bright light brought down to the family table, and where possible, an open fireplace-; if not that, then a stove where little fingers and toes can come close to the fire, The home must be & place where the boys and girls can Invite their friends to spend an evening without fear of spoiling the furniture or mussing up something which they will be called to task for. Where they can alt witlrtneir favorite books and enjoy themselves. A corner for the plaything of the younger children that they may early learn to manage and care for that particular part of the room, thus lnculcatlnr an order and Independence that will affect them through their after life. Each child should have his 'own books and magazines and parents who study their children can soon learn what particular kind of reading each child will take ,up and they will be surprised to see the different lines of thought In the same family. ; If the children are early taught to respect the Ideas of each other and are allowed to give expression to their own thoughts and are listened to as we ex pect children to listen to their elders. the family circle would not be broken, but would be a harmonious whole where boys and girls would not want to leave home. Children should never be scolded nor criticised, but reasoned with. We often make the mistake of naming a1 quality In children "stubbornness," which In ourselves ws name "determi nation." n. P. a. Neighborhood House Doings. if you Will go to th Xeiehhorhond House Sunday morning from 10 to 12 you will witness a most unique and in teresting Sunday school. Last Sunday was celebrated the Purlm or the spring holiday. .Purlm meaning lots. It is the beautiful story of Queen Esther, who risked her life to save her people. The average for February was 92 in the 8undaygphool and the keen interest is due to the careful work of the teach ers, AnBeln Boskowlts, Miss' Mollie Se gal, Harry Selberbaum, Miss Salome Bernstein, Miss Helen ZidelL Miss Han- ita . Frledenthal, Miss H. A. Barr and Miss Clara Flelshmann. These teachers are especially fitted for the Sunday eahool work and the results SDeak aa nothing else can. Next Wednesday, the thirteenth. th Junior Boys club will give an entertain ment at the Neighborhood House for the benefit of their piano fund. The Jewish Girls' Social club and the Orgonia club will assist the juniors ,ln their enter tainment. ' The average attendance for irahnm at the Neighborhood House, not includ ing visitors or library, attendance, was (988. The Busy Bee Club is enmnnm.il nt young girls and the object of their be ing a club Is to stimulate hand work oi au ainas, rama, embroidery, etc. At the last meeting of the club there were 27 present. Now that summer is at hand they are going to turn their at tention to out of door play and activi ties. The Wednesday afternoon antivtti.. are under the direction of Miss Marlon Jacobs. . v Let us have mora KirhY.nrji Houses. - .. News of the Circles. J The Portland Council of Mother. their meeting in the city hall on Thurs day afternoon instead of at the home of the president. There was a large at tendance and the reports of the activl- uea ana vanea experiences of the cir cles was most interesting. .. . Oak Grove, Just organised, was well represented and the clans . fnrtt. elaborate for an infant Mrs. Fleblg, the ujr-ittwa appomxea. - t-- -.- The question as to whether the'eoun cil could work to advantage under the same constitution as the state organi sation was decided by a unanimous vote to have a committee on constitution and by- laws appointed. . It was generally conceded that some drastic action was In order to discour age the sale of cigarettes to children. Three tnen had been arrested in one school district, but the names had been withheld. One mother thought ciga rette smoking "a fashion." for when she stated to a group of boys that she would not want her boy .to smoke, she Was -met with the staggering argument Successful Growth After all is said and. done the most practical proof of a suc cessful financial institution is its steady growth. This bank ever since it opened for business 19 years ago has enjoyed a most satisfactory growth, especially in the past two years during which time its deposits have doubled in amount. We cordially place our facilities at your disposal. Accounts subject to check are received and 4 . interest paid on savings. 7."A Conservative Custodian." Hibernia Savings Bank SECOND AND WASHINGTON STS. ;.' . , .1 .:...:.. . -j , . . ' . ...live . ' . .., ;, r Open Saturday Evenings 6 to 8. We Now Have Some of the Best Land in Oregon to Offer Homeseekers Location' and soil ideal for BERRY, POULTRY, FRUIT and .DAIRY FARMS. Several openings for small, industries, "such as PLANING MILLS, SASII-AND DOOR FACTORIES, FRUIT CAN . NERIES, CREAMERIES, VINEGAR WORKS. -Otif-land -reached by fast electric trains. Frequent service. For information address RuthTruot 235 Stark St., Portland, Oregon.' SCHOOL GARDEN CO, (Note Th Jnurnal each Saturday hereafter will devote space to explain ing and answering questions about the school garden contest work and the proper methods to be used in success fully raising the vegetables' for which prises are offered. Contestants who de sire Information may address the Gar den Contest Editor, care of The Journal. Questions will be answered by R. R. Routledge, an expert Look for the valuable suggestions. In next Saturday's Journal as well as the prise list printed today.) When to riant Vegetables, 1 Garden Contest Editor, Oregon Jour, nal How soon can I plant .my vegetable seeds T AMATEUR. Spade up your garden Just as early as the ground .will work up fine without clogging or sticking together. You must must not work the Soil when It is wet or soggy, for It does much harm. There is nothing gained by planting seeds be fore the ground is well prepared. It would be better for you to put three or four days' extra time in the prepara tion of your seed beds and get the soil In loose, loamy condition than to plant In poorly prepared beds. 4t Is time to plant early peas, onion sets, radish, lettuce, etc Early cab bage plants can also be had now. It hardly pays the . small gardener who only wants a dosen or two cabbage or tomato plants to bother raising them. of "Why, you wduldn't want yeur coy to be .different from all the other boys. would yo.uT" It is a fad, a fashion, the same as It is with the girls about wearing corsets. Not to wear corsets puts the girl outside the regular order of things, places her in the class of un conventional Unpardonable! rv Mrs. McCourt presented the idea of school saving banks to the council. One dealer near the school admitted that his sales of cheap candy fell off one third after the banks had been es tablished. ; ' The bank system hasDtoen established in 27 states and in California, a state that leads in things educational, the children soon had over 110,000 to the good. " The American boy er gin does not know the first principles of economy. Ana nuvr huuuiu iuvj 4 , . Dr. C. H. Chapman will lecture be fore the Child Welfare league of the Ladd school Wedneseday afternoon, March IS. ' . , " .' .: At Arleta, Friday afternoon, Mrs. W. J. Hawkins spoke to the Parent Teacher association, on, Tlow to Tell the 'Truths of Life to Our Children." The meeting was well attended. Evil of Congested Districts. In a lecture given at the Art Insti tute on "The Ideal to Be Striven for In City Planning," the evil of congestion in large cities was dwelt upon, and m view of the probability of Portland graduating in that class, her tendency to congestion was deprecated. This congestion referred to the crowding of people into confined districts and crowded tenements. -y w It was stated that in New Tork, Bos ton, Philadelphia and Chicago there were from 1400 to ittoo people "living- 10 the acre, about 80 , square feet per capita and that our American cities were more crowded than any European ones. " ' .! i j. :' - ;jv,,.':. - v J, i-v: ,-. ; Our plea is for the child's welfare and congestion, whether in the home or In the city militates against it we cannot too early, too earnestly and too frequently make our protest against It. Playgrounds and small parks absolutely necessary In crowded neighborhoods are at best but a relief and a palliative. One of the Ideals in city planning to obviate -the deadly menace . of conges tion of city dwellers is A system of "Garden Cities" , in the suburbs of the larger cities; each adjacent to a manu factory or a group of factories con nected with belt lines to railways with cheap and rapid transportation lines to the city. Suchirtowns are rapidly springing up over England where toe communities own their land and houses in common with large gardens and open spaces where children can be brought up in a sane and moral manner. These "Garden. Cities" are wonderfully suc cessful (even financially so). The children raised there are bigger, health ier and happier than those bred In the city proper. " - ' " "Can you "picture " to ' yourself one small block containing within its con fines a population of 2000 people? This is a condition that actually exists in Chicago.- Can you picture to yourself a 25 foot lot with four houses on it from street to alley T Can you picture to yourself a tenement building swarm ing with little children whose lives are pinched and starved?" And yet, these things be. ; - When Chicago had , only Portland's population there was no sign of such crowding. The tenement house, flat building and apartment' house had not come Into being, but the signs are with us here.- V - Gompany Main 5076. A-3774 'fi - rt but if you wish to do plant the eed at once in a box of well prepare soil and set It in the warmest location you have a piece of glass over the top helps the seeds to make Quicker growth. For a Small Garden. Garden Editor, Journal I have only a small spa e for a garden. What shall I plant for best resultsT - TOUNQ GARDENER. What yod should plant depends largely on your soil, location and what you like best. We suppose you are going- to grow something- for the garden contest, therefore look over the list and select two or three varieties of vege tables that appeal to yen. By Inquiry and reading learn what soil is best adapted for certain vegetables. Remember soil that grows beans to per fection will not grow crisp radishes. The successful gardener must study soils, fertilisers, drainage, amount of sun re Quired, eto. ' This doesn't mean that yVm need get a book and read a lot of dry matter ask someone who Is posted on such matters. Tour district garden com mittee will gladly advis you. , Ask your teacher who these men are and do not be afraid of bothering them, that's what they are appointed for. Don't forget that It la better te grew one or two vegetables and grow them to perfection than to grow quite a num ber fairly well. Planting and Laving Oat Garden. Look over the available ground you have and plan your garden out before yon etart planting-anything. -In this way you. can get the greatest results from every foot of ground you have. " Ton may as well have It look nrattr and attractive and nave some flowers la the background or around the edges. iou win nnd small beds very desir able for small vegetables such as rad' ishes. lettuce, onions, beets, etc. By making the beds about IH foot wide and any length desired, with a path around them. It Is an easy matter to eultivate and dig between the rows without step ping on the bed. Toil toan work from eacb side and accomplish the best re sults.' - . Mound no these beds so they will ba a little above the pathways and be sure to make the beds square and the paths smooth. - . Sow the seed In straight rows (the short way ef bed). Do this bv larlnsr down a narrow board and mark along we eage. . . Peas, beans, corn. eta... axe generally planted in long rows,' As they grow taller1 they generally need some sup port: They are usually planted to one side of the garden. Do not plant any tall growing vegetables where .they will keep the sun off from smaller: plants that need .it. ' v The depth to plant seeds Is generally primea on the packets along with cul tural directions, but you can always remember this rule the larger the seed, the deeper It Is planted, for lnstano, potatoes are planted six to eight Inches deep, garden peas, beans and corn about Announcement to all dealers in Men's Wear throughout the Northwest The substantial growth of our Husiness in the great northwest during the past few .years has made necessary the open ing of a Branch House in PORTLAND, OREGON at Fourth and Ankeny Sts. This, with our SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES Branch House. on , ; the Coast, will give us the 'opportu. nity to serve the trade in the best possible way and with quick dispatch A large stock of our well known SILVER BRAND COLLARS and a varied assortment of Shirts that will supply your every need will be carried for immediate delivery. - ' ' - V . . . : i . " A cordial welcome awaits you when ever you are in Portland we invite , you to make our office your head r quarters. . Catalog mailed upon request GEO. P. IDE & CO. Fourth and, Ankeny Streets Reduced Rates-Colonist Rates . . . . . V: V - j FROM ALL EASTERN POINTS TO 'OREGON, EFFEC TIVE DAILY MARCH 1ST TO APRIL 15TH. Send for your, friends or relatives. ' V the. Burlinfrtnn Offir arA ..... .. ..... o - - - viivjwk vt 1UUIC9. - V " , H' ' . , ' ' I . ' ' ' , ; " Rates frornJPrincipal Eastern Points are as followt: Kansas. Qity, Mo. ... . .$25.00 Chicago in. .'T. .$33 QO Omaha, Neb $25.00 Buffalo, N. Y $42,50 Lincoln, Neb 325.00 New York, N. Y $50.00 St.' Joseph, Mo $25.00 Boston,' Massf . ....,.$50.15 Council Bluffs, Iowa : .$25.00 . Philadelphia, . Pa. l .$49.75 Washingotn, D. C. ...$49.75 Pittsburg; pa.". ... $42.00 Knoxville, Tenn..; . ; $45.30 St. Louis, Mo. 7. t7.7. $32 00 Indianapolis,- Ind. .... $35.65 Peoria,, UL .. . , . . . ,J, .$32 00 . . ' .: , . s , s ' . For further information, annlv m m,r liliililS'Ji!!! i-ct-i oT,J--i f-J, ft--., t ' t.- -. . .c er tfti l.ke panties, in; i J". : r barely covered, not more than sn t';Mn of an inch. Seasonable Suesllons. riant onion sets now. One pound of sets Is enough to plant one 25 foot row, or fill a bed about three and one half by six feet.' Open up a little furrow four Inches deep and place the sets In an inch apart, all crowns up, and fill In. The rows should be six to eight Inches apart. . J Lettuce Plant the seed thinly In rows and when the plants are about two Inches tall, take out the little plants ' where they are tod thick and transplant y t6 another bed, setting them abotitlour -Inches apart. These will grow Into heads providing they are head varieties, if not, they will make a large cluster of loose leaves. If you Intend to grow very large specimens, you will have to again thin out to 12 to 15 Inches apart. Radishes Sow thinly in straight rows, about eight Inches apart In the very best, rich,-loamy, sandy soil you have and cultivate well or you Will not ' raise those crisp, tender, brittle radishes so much desired. Do not plant your seeds too thickly. This wastes seeds and makes you more work later thinning out You can't grow- specimen Vegetables of any kind If you crowd them. Fertilisers If you ean get well-rotted cow manure. It la the best garden fer tiliser there Is. Fresh horse manure Is of little account, It Is also very dry. If your ground needs enrlohlng and' you '. want to use commercial fertiliser. It IS .' best to. apply this In limited quantities t along the rows Just before the first. cultivation. It can also bo. used tn the ground before seeding but should be X tuviuuiuij uiiavu wivu Kt mu, inn can get reliable Information on this sub ject from your seed merchant' - Any pupil In the publto school who has no ground to -make garden In or cannot afford to buy seeds for same or get the necessary tools. Is requested te give this Information to his or her teacher and the committees appointed to secure these things will give the appeal prompt attention. The affiliated business and commer cial organisations are working hand la hand with the school board and will see that every child who desires to Join this city garden contest Is properly In structed' and supplied with the neces sary material. - Japanese Fight 2 Likely to Die. , (SpecUl u The JooraaL) k Dayton, Wash., March . As a re sult of a serious affray among a party of Japanese employed In rail road repair work. - J. Murakami, 24, and O. Furaya, 27. will probably die. Mura kami's skull, was fractured and he was otherwise dangerously hurt Furaya was stabbed twice la the abdomen. Others less seriously wounded are H. Mlyaskl and T.; Tamanchl. ' The last nsmed and M: Oseke are In Jail, the others In the city hospital. Conflicting statements made .by the prisoners and tbe injured men render It Impossible at present to ascertain who were the print Clpali. r.,. :. ,. .... Select patronage with efficient serv ice makes Oaks Rink popular place. ' . ' ;' Portland, Oregon You can prepay tjie tickets at cprnr sti.-;.. u , R. W. FOSTER. Commercial Ant 1 C.r B.ft-QrR.HR. 100 THIRD ST. PORTLAND, ORE.