OREGON,
SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY
MORNING,
JULY 21, 1312.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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. 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
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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
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