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OREGON, SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1312. r : the ceiscuns- LOSE MIltlCE Educational Report' Shows the ler Institutions Well Patronized. Washington, ;Juiy 20. Ar Tewer children born? Do larger numbers die per mlllloir f 'population now than 2d years Or-1 the average- length of human JUfe .materially Increasing? ' ' ?, These are questions suggested In the Introductlon'of the statistical report of the-Unlted-State bureauofeducatlon for 1911, following the statement that the percentage of, the total population enrolled In the schools- In 1910 was less than In 1890. ' , - " ; It Is. pointed out that important meth- -nAa tt irnthorlnn'-KtntlatIca aecouttt t fir a part of the loss, but on the other hand other authorities note that compulsory education laws and like social agen cies are bringing a greater and greater proportion, of children to school. The introductory statement to the education bureau's document say part: Common Schools X,oi. ' -There was an apparent decrease In the percentage " of the total population enrolled In the-schools as a whole from 22.64 in 1890 to 21.H In 1910, The loss may be given in numbers as 919,723, In other words, the grand total of school -enroHmenn-1 910 would hv been-3 0, 731,645 if the percentage of 1890 had been maintained, In place of the 19,811, 922 grand total. "All this loss and more is suffered hv the Alementary schools, for the higher institutions made substantial gains and the secondary schools show marked increase in enrollment as com pared with-the total population. Tewer Children' Reported. "There Is n reason for the belief that the schools have lost ground in reality. This comparison is with total popula tion, not school population, and it is probable that there are relatively fewer children now than formerly. "If there are not so many children proportionately, there will naturally be proportionately fewer pupils. Further more, It is well known that the con stant Improvement In statistical meth ods has resulted in the elimination to an increasing extent of duplicate enroll ments. The decrease that results is apparent only and causes no concern." Decrease Is Relative. In further support of the contention, figures aredted Which show that had the apparent relative, decrease of 919.723 in enrollment been real, the loss would have been more than made up in the In creased efficiency of the common schools, for the per cent of average' daily attendance Increased from 68.61 In 1890 to 71.30 In 1910; the average length of school term Increased from 1 3-1,7 days to 1 57.5 days between the same dates. At the same time the aver age number of days' schooling received by each child of school age Increased from 52.2 in 1890 to 80.5 in 1910, while the average number of days attended by each pupil enrolled increased from 86.3 In 1800 to 113.0 in 1910. Family Is All Together First Time in 29 Years C 4 l r v ! 'f m A - sit 3h JM i '. . .... ..,. I - vMiM . s- nil I mm m III i ' ki -l :k lK 'W ' n ill AiU2J; rrS m -vfe :jl&-kL - A X m :A :-n.w 'a Members of J. C. Johnson family 'la reunion at Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson -shown in center. Salem, Or., July 20. A family reun ion at the home of J.C. Johnson on Winter street In Salem, brought to gether" the family for the first ;time since the marriage of1' the oldest daugh ter?? years ago.' There were pres ent J. "C. Johnspn, the father, who was born, in Pike county, Illinois, on May ' - 1 , . s ' ' ', 29, 1842; Violetta. Johnson (nee. Gun saules) the mother, who was born in Knox county; Illinois, on April 19, 1846, and the following children: r Llz ile A., wife of J. H. Daniel of Eugene, Or.; A. J., of Corvallis, Or.; Etta A., wife of J. C. Simpson of near Alrlie, Or.; C. V of Portland, Or.; Pearl I., wife. of. A, S, Sbawof Salem;. also the husbands and wives of the above child ren and 15 grandchildren, making a to tal of 27. This Is one of the early pio neer families of this state, th parents having come across the plains, the father in 1847 and the mother in 1853. both families settling in Marion county, near Jefforson. IB PROJECT SAVES LOW LANDS Kelso Experimenter- Proves Value of New System of. Treating Land. BRIEF REVIEW OF THE WORLD'S NEWS Portia nder Visits in Washington. (Washington Bureau of The Journal.) Washington, 1. C. July 20.11. A. Tcwnsend. a real estate dealer of Portland, is visiting here, after making a tour of New England. (Continued from preceding Page.) week of the arbitration committee ap pointed to settle the differences be tween eastern railroads and 30.000 loco motive engineers who voted overwhelm ingly to strike last March, is regarded as the -most important effort at peace ful arbitration of a labor dispute ever made in the United States. Contracts with th coal miners In Wy oming and Montana will expire on Sep tember, after having been in effect for the last five years, and demands for a general . Increase in wages are antici pated by the operators. By an almost unanimous vote, the Western Federation of Miners, in session at Cripple Creek, decided that local unions could make long time contracts. The action was precipitated by a dis cussion of the action of the Butte, Mont., union In making a three year contract. Miscellaneous MANY sections of -the country were visited during the week by torren tial rains, cloudbursts and disas trous floods, causing loss of life and immense damage to property. A cloud burst sent a wall of water 25 feet high through Denvejr Colo., during which three persons were drowned, 500 houses swept away and the city damaged M, 000,000. At Alton. 111., the principal streets were flooded to a dPth of nine feet, causing the death of four persons and doing $500,000 damage. A 10 inch rainfall in the vicinity of St. Louis did damage estimated at $1,000,000, while n tornado at Grand Rapids. Mich., left 40 Injured persons In its wake and enor mous property damage. Washington city was flooded by a five Inch rainfall and the government suffered heavily from loss of goods In submorged baser ments. The greatest damage was done In the Btate of Guana.luato. Mexico where cloudbursts wrecked two cities and many small towns, killing 1000 per sons and destroying all crops within an area of 1000 square miles. Thirteen persons were killed, eight of them women, and more than 40 were Injured in a wreck on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad at West ern Springs, a suburb of ChJc,ago. due to a dense fog which hid tho1 signals. John Armstrong Chaloner has deeded his entire property, amounting to II, 600,000, to the Virginia Trust company, in trust, to make certain that no part of It1"1 got into the hands of his New York relatives, who have been tryln? to prove him insane. He retains a life Interest in the estate. Specific bequests are made to half a dozen Institutions of learning. Ex-Senator John L. Wilson Is now sole owner of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, having purchased the minority interest of William Wallace Chapin, who resigns as general manager. Through the Weeks' bill, passed for the purpose of protecting the headwaters of navigable steams, Oregon has re ceived 110,000 for forest fire protection. A force of 60 men under the state for ester will be distributed In the timbered sections. Five were added to the death roll this week of those attempting to conquer the air. At Palo Alto, Cal., Victor Morris Smith Jr., was instantly killed while his mother, two brothers and fiancee looked on; the noted French aviator, Ollvares, fell 500 feet at Paris, and on the same day Lieutenant f"ki!St! lost his, life by a fall from a military aeroplane at Sevastopol; at Quincy, Mass., Lawrence Stafford fell 2000 feet Into Quincy bay and Lieutenant Pres- sen or the German army, was xuiea when his monoplane' collapsed at Lelp sig. In the national typewriter contests at Spokane, held under the auspices of the National Commercial .Teachers Feuera tlon, Mlse Florence E. Wilson of New York, copied 7219 words with 68 errors, from unfamiliar copy, breaking all world's records. Fifteen bodies have been recovered and many more are believed to be burled In the debris of a cloudburst 30 miles from Lovelock, Nev., Thursday night, which destroyed the mining camp of Ma zuma and partially destroyed the nearby camp of Seven Troughs. Because the city council of Charleston, Wash., had granted a fourth saloon II cense against the emphatic protest of Real Admiral Cottman, the admiral has ordered the Charleston gate of the Puget Sound Navy Yard closed to all sailors and marines, thus practically cutting the town of Charleston off from all trade of the yard. - PUBLIC BUILDING PLANS LACK DEFINITE POLICY (tlnltfd Pre Leand Wire.) Washington, July 20. Extravagance and waste in public expenditures for buildings is charged in the report of the house committee on public build ings, just submitted to congress. Pos sibilities of fraud are also pointed out The committee recommends that gov ernment buildings be standardized and endeavors to point out what it considers tlin follv of maintaining a bisr force (of draughtsmen and architects to make plans for every building constructed by the government. The report finds that since 1902 721 buildings have been erot"V and that there are now pending bills for 750 buildings, to cost an aggre gate of $70,000,000. William Free, a prominent business man of South Bethlehem, Is dying hera to dayTheywere-found-4aat-nlghHylng side by side la the girl's apartments, Patrolmen, were attracted to the scene by the sound of five revolver shots. An actor was seen to leave the girl's apartments on the run. Free, though . fatally wounded, was able to tell the district attorney that he-was calling -on the- girl, and while they were conversing the ' actor ap peared,' fired five times at them and fled. .i - It was reported that . Miss Caynes Jilted the actof yesterday. Iw1nl tn Tb ' JottmeLV ....... - . Kelso, Wash., July 20. Success in the diking of lowlands in the Columbia river valley has sent up the hopes of -those who have been: urging the work of" re clamation. For years many people have questioned th wisdom of attempting th worlrof diking" the lands" irr-the vicinity of this city, the claim having been made that the seepage through the dikes wpuld be too great for an ordinary pumping plant to handle. Engineers were never consulted as to the feasi bility of reclamation by diking and the theory was allowed to, retard progress until recently, when an experiment was made by W. J. Machette, one or the most enthusiastic believer in the cul tivation of the soli as the prime ele ment in the development of southwest-! em Washington, proved highly success ful. practical work Shown, Mr. Machette is postmaster at LaDu, and a southwest Washington fair' com missioner. This year Mr. Machette constructed a dike at his farm that, is successfully Tealstlng tho rising waters of the Columbia. There are 20 acres inclosed by the dike and Mr. Machette says the seepage is so slight that ne intends to construct a greater dike next year. The present dike was built at a very smair cost 20 days' work for one man and a team being required to com plete a wall 12 feet wide at the bottom, four feet across on top ana is ft reel high. Sltoh for Seepage. The dike at the Machette place will protect the lnclosure and reclaim 17 acres of swamp land, three acres of the land Inclosed being land that does not overflow. Inside the dike a foot-deep ditch has been dug, Into which all seep age fjows, to in turn be pumped out by a gasoline plant. Mr. Machette has a six horsepower engine and two inch centrif ugal pump, but asserts that a two and one half horsepower engine would eas ily do the work pumping only one hour a day, the larger motor having been put in for other work that is heavier. Oood Crops Grown. The reclaimed land has this year been planted in potatoes, artichokes and tur nips, and Mr. Machette is looking for splendid crops, as the reclaimed land, having been enriched by annual silt de posits from the Columbia river for many years, is the best on the farm. Mr. Ma chette says that while such a dike as he has constructed would probably not withstand the wash Of a swiftly mov ing stream, it could be easily and cheap ly built where backwater alone Inun dates, and thus reclaim some of the fin est of the land. Stanley Issues Denial. . 'It-alt- Pvtmrf ,i V;.-""7' Washington, July 20. Charging that certain interests r. have" been-circulating "distorted, and misleading Information" concerning the contents of t' f coming report of the bouse !( i vesttgating committee,t'hHlrrrtari f ley today emphatically dfnted tlit i report would recommend the dissolutl;i of the steel trust,' ". , WOMEN DRIVE BURGLARS ; WITH VOLLEY OF SHOTS J' ' , (United Fr- Letted Wire.) Berkeley, Cal., July 20. Two burglars are being sought by the police here to day, following an attempt to rob a house In which Mrs. N. Carson and Mrs. Jamei BelliesldeTTThewomerT burglars in the early hours this morning and drove them from" the bouse wltb. a volley of shots. Journal Want Ads bring results. ACTOR CHARGED WITH KILLING SWEETHEART (United I'rets I. inert Wire.) Allentown, Pa., July 20. Shot down, it Is alleged, by a Jealous actor, Lovanda Caynes, a 23-year-old girl, Is dead, and Nowls the Time! This Is the Place! . m7 lllltb Crown and Bridge Specialists EXAMINATION AND ESTIMATE OF WORK CHEERFULLY GIVEN FREE mm Good Plates .$5.00 Porcelain Crowns ..... $5.00 Gold Fillings . .... . $1.00. 22-K Gold. Crowns $5.00 22-K Gold Bridge $3.50 Silver killings ....50 Lady Attendant. All work warranted 15 years WE ARE ALWAYS BUSY BECAUSE Our success is due to the fact that we do the very best work at very lowest prices. ELECTRO DENTISTS CORNER SIXTH AND WASHINGTON STS. r In the Two Story Building. OPEN .EVENINGS. E. G. AUSPLUND, D. D. S., Mgr. re Ate 9 Yamhill Sanitary EoMic North Side of Yamhill, Between First and Second A Few Excellent Stall Spaces and Coo All litigation between I. Gevurtz S& Sons and the Yamhill Sanitary Public Market has been settled. We start remodeling August 1st, preparatory to making this the finest up-to-date public market on the coast. All city and suburban car lines pass by or transfer to this location. The Yamhill Sanitary Public Market has incorporated all the necessary features required to conduct a strictly high-class market, viz.: A refrigerating plant, cold storage, sanitary fixtures, stalls of uniform height, plenty of light, good ventilation, each street front has an individual entrance, spacious aisles, a quick delivery system, etc. Our lease is a model one and extends for a long period. We also have for lease the three upper floors and the basement of this building. The upper floors will be converted into a hotel having 117 rooms, equipped with all modern conveniences. This is an ideal opportunity for a hotel man. Y For Full Particulars, Call at Our Office O - Tr Tl Tl 0 Tl Tl i - n aminiiM aanEarv ramie M arlkeit 9 ....... -Office 528LumbermensB Ph0neMafshair46'!l" i
