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RURAL RESI DENTS OF CLARKE
WELCOME SOCIAL CENTERS
DAY AT GRANTS PASS
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Petitions ' Indicate Keen.- Con
tests for Municipal Places
December First
Resolutions Adopted" Covering
Suggestions for Qhanges
..' . in Measure, ;
THE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY.. MORNING. NOVEMBER lo, 1913.
READY FOR ELECTION
COUNTY
' I 'Albany, Or.. Nov. JB. Te egpraaa tha
' I change desired In the proposed cur
rency bill, a committee which wu ap
' pointed for this purpose St the meat
'V tog of Group a of tha Oregon Bankers'
' association, bald here November l met
In Salem yesterday and framed i'rei
lutlon, a copy of whloh baa been wired
' to Senator Chamberlain and Robert
Owen, chairman of the aenate flnenoe
committee,' at Washington. Copies are
to be tpalled to other Oregon represent
atlyee in congress. Group 2 of the
bankers' association eomprlaea Marlon.
- Linn, Benton, Lincoln and Polk, taking
. in 3 country banks, ,
The following la the resolution:
"We commend the efforts of conrreaa
to secure the passage of a much needed
. ' currency aot, but believe that . some of
the provisions of the oui aa proposea
will work hardship' on the country
banks, .
."Wa would respectfully suggest
First, that the matter of compulsory
stock investment be eliminated la so
' far, at least, as applied to banks of
less than 1200,000 capital I la the
. sentiment of the banka of the (roup
mat tma matter anouid be thrown open
, to popular subscription.
. ''Second, that the requirements of the
bill forcing country banka te keep their
.-.reserve in the regional banka without
, Interest be modified ao at te permit
these banks te carry their reserve with
. former correspondents, aa dona at pres
' went. - " ' , "'
:Tj "Third, that provision be made-for
, the Immediate redemption at par of the
i 7 2 per cent bonds new held by national
V ...,u. . . .1,-
'deposits."
COUNTY ROAD WORKERS
f MAY GET TOGETHER
, Roseburg, Or., Nov, 15. In further
ance of his plans for. a general system
of good roads building; in Douglas
county the coming year, County Judge
IKIee will call a convention of the road
supervisors of the county, perhaps the
latter part of January. This convention
is to be held In Koseburg and every
roSd nupervlsor In the county is ex
pected to be present. They will confer
.together with the county court and the
county riad engineer, and perhaps de
vise concerted plans for carrying on
a general plan of good- road building
throughout the county. This action and
the provldlnr of a gopd road fund for
C every district, whether it votes a spe
cial road tax or not, will doubtless re
raull in the greatest' year of genuine
rund building In mi, this county baa
kever seen.
. The county court la taking up the
matter of good road building In a corn
jprehenslve way. Jt is proposed to levy
i a roan tax or rive and one-half mllla
whlch will ralss a general road fund of
f200,000. Under the law one-half of
una must be distributed to the several
,road districts of tne county. In proper
ktlon to their assessed valuations. '
The other half of the funds will be
tsppuea -py me county court in maiding
;rous as mey see nt.
UQHN MILES DAVIS
WAS STURDY PIONEER
tsueu, ur., Nov, 15. John Miles Davis
83 years old, and a resident of Busll.
JFolk county, Or., died at his old home
Sunday morning, surrounded by his wife
;ana cnuaren.
i Mr. Dav)s had been a resident of his
jrqm county rarm ror nearly it yeara
,e was born near Baltimore, Md in
'.1130, and when a Joy emigrated with
.'his parents to Mercer county, Ohio, and
.soon settled Just across the Ohio line in
jay county, Indiana Ha married Vlron
,lca Hunt at Fort Recovery, September
18, 185?. (Soon after hla marriage he
twent to Page county, Jowa, nar Red
fcOak, In tba southern part of the state.
J Early In 1881 he decided to emigrate
to the Paciflo coast...
The son, Frank Dvla, waa aummoned
,from Mexico, Jblhed by his wife in Los
Angeles,. Car., and arrived but a few
'hours before the father breathed hla
Uast. The daughters are lire. E. Porter
of-Roerburg,- Mrs, :-3rTr DohnerT San
,Joee, Cal., and Mrs. O, A. White of
ASTORIA WILL CAMPAIGN;
FOR Y. M. C. A. HOME
Astoria, or., Nov. IS A Whirling
.campaign lasting one week will be
.started , tomorrow In this city for the
pui puce m raising tiu.uuu to build a
M" "f"' here,. Mrs, D, K.
.warren of Astoria has donated a site
worth 110,000 provided that 140.60ft i
,ralsed for a building by the first of
: vie year, me lot is located In the heart
-of the city. A citizens' committee of over
'100 persons has been organised with
.Attorney O. C. Fulton as chairman,
Mopday night a business men' ban
quet will begiven at the Weinhaw
hotel at which time addresses will be
made by prominent workers of ' the
. state, ...
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ANOTHER PIONEER IS-
w ' MISSED AT PENDLETON
Pendleton, Or., Nov. 15. James H.
jones, pioner resident of tJreeon. rti.ri
t hlahome in this city tills morning
nm e oi s. xne runerai will be
held tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Jones
; erossed the plains to California, and
came to Oregon two years later, settl.
ng in- Lane county. He went to Lake
fM I fl t . i h IOTA . . . .
-v"uj u joiu aim (.'ttiiio 10 Umatilla
county-the following year.
-He la survived by his wife and four
. vnuuren.
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Plan to Unite Neighborhoods
Through the School House
Meets With Favor.
lr Calvin O. Thoniason,
Department of Education, Washington.
After spending two weexs in rum
community meetings in Clarke oounty,
Superintendent EliaabeHi Sterling and I
have found, to our entire satisfaction,
that there Is an actual craving In the
hearts of the people for the life whloh it
is proposed to bring them through the
use or tne scnooiueuse aa a social can
ter. Clarke county, encircling Vancou
ver, from Ridgefleld, on the Columbia
on the north, to Washougal, on the Co
lumbia, on the east, la the home of a
people representative in every way of
the best rural populations of the north
west, and living under condltiona rep
resentative of those under whloh the
avorage country people of the west live.
Ho their desires and their needs along
any Una, as expressed Dy tnemseivea,
should be t)f espealal interest in this age
Of universal study of country lire prou-
lema While the vigor of their enthusi
asms, the originality or their expres
sion, and the keenness of their analysis
of conditions are still fresh in my mind,
I will set down some or the things they
have said, and some of the things they
have started out to accomplish.
The machinery of the rural social cen
ter, aa planned by State Superintendent
Josephine Preston, is simple. An illus
tration may be round tn tne one organ,
laed at View. In the View unit are in
cluded the Diamond 11111, Highland,
Green. Mountain, Farghar Lake, Etna
and Hall districts. Hoy Duggan, prin
cipal at View, was appointed by County
Superintendent Elizabeth Sterling as su
pervising principal. He named an as
sistant and a secretary from neighbor
ing districts of hts unit In indorsing
the social center, the meeting of cltlnena
and teachers adopted a policy of holding
at least one meeting each month during
the athool year. The first will be a
spelling bee on the first Friday after
noon in December., A committee waa
appointed to make, the necessary ar
rangements. After the championship of
the schools has been determined, the
crowd or older zoias wiu cnoose eiaes
..SS1
bee suoh other annual meetings will be
held each month as a aeoiamatory con
test raoid calculation contest a lecture,
an athletic meet and plcnlo, and an agri
cultural and industrial school fair.
Durlnr the past two weeks organisa
tion meetings have been held and social
centers organized similar to that at
View at the following polntSr the asso
ciated districts in each case being given:
idgfiald, with Baker, Spenoer and Pio
neer and West Pioneer as associated dis
tricts, and K. E. Jones as supervising
principal; La Center, with Fajrvlew.
Pine Grove, Hayes, Oakdale and Jenny
Creek as associated districts, and Frank
10. Mcntira as supervising principal;
Yacolt. with McMunn and Dole as asso
ciated districts, and It. II. Goddell as
supervising principal; Amboy, with Che.
latchle, Dunnegan mil, Turn Turn and
Ariel a associated districts, and Charles
Alexander as supervising principal; Bat
tle Ground, with Venersborg, Kock
Creek, Crawford, Charter- Oak, Bee Tree,
Alpine, , HeiSBon and Cherry Grove, aa
associated districts, and F. N. Lash as
supervising : principal; Hocklnson, with
Fifth Plain, Salmon Falls, Garvel Point,
Brush Prairie, Mt. View and Union as
associated districts and Ralph Dickson
as supervising principal; Fellda, with
Lake Shore, Sara. and Salmon Creek as
associated districts and G. W. Dale as
upervising principal; Manor, with Glen-
wood, Pleasant Valley and Good Hope
as, associated districts and, Walter B,
La'nta aa .supervising prlnolpal; Or
chards, with Proebstel, Shanghai, 'Mc
Carthy, Barberton, Union and Burton as
associated districts and J. E. Petite, of
union, as supervising principai?-uaion
High School. With East Mill Plain. Grass
Valley, Harmony and Fishers aa asso
ciated districts andW. A. How aa Su
pervising principal; .washougal, with
Mt. '1'Jeasant, Firv Grove.) Bear Pjalrle,
Mt Norway, Sunnyaide, Forest Htli and
Larch Mountain as associated dstriots
and W. E. Thomas as supervlBlilg-' prin
cipal; Camaa, wUh Fern FrairiA.Wood.
burn, prune Hill and Paradiseaa asso
ciated dlstriots and J. E. Halleck as su
pervising principal, and Minrjehahawith
aiiey Ha. I
vjoiumDia, Hiiiaworiii, fruit vaiiey. Jua-
kel DU and Walnut Grove aa associated
districts ana w, JQ. uudiey as aupervis-
Ing prinoipaL . :'-"'.' - . ,- ;.
liaa aseeta wltl JFop)a ravtw,
f n addressing the audience at Or
chards Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Sterling,
oounty superintendent, said : "B will' tell
you, frankly, that when we started out
o organize this series of social centers.
I thought tma waa something whloh wa
would have to urge tipon-ihem, and in
some .Instances force them Jo accept
But, on the' centrary. we have found
them everywhere hungry for Just this
kind of thing. At nearly every meeting
there have been people who have come
f to 14 miles to sea if we did not have
something whloh they ware wanting for
their communities. At Yaooit there, waa
a woman rrom uoie, wno spoaa, ana
said, 'Can't you bring one of those good
leotures to our school? Ia there some
one who would come to us? a It seems
that we are shut off from any of the In
fluences which tend to urt boys anq
girls up to glimpses of higher things.'
I have heard many sermons on the "Call
from Macedonia,' but never one that
moved me as that real call did.
"A woman In an audience rose and
said, 'I have lived here aeveral yeara
now, yet am not acquainted with many
of my neighbors. Calling doesn't seem
to be much of a fashion here, and there
U no plaee to go to meet the neighbors.
"The Saturday nigkt dance Is the only
public social gathering we have. Ones
a year there has been a school enter
tainment, and everybody seems to go to
that' .This woman, it seems to me, put
the challenge squarely up to the school
to lead out" '
That ha-whole question-of social life
in the oountry Is very largely one of
leadership was further Indicated by the
remarks of a farmer in another rural
conference. "I don't believe the boya
and girls have aa good time as they
used to, . We used to go & or miles to
spelling bees, debates and sucn tnings.
1" J&" u":CET?TTBlr every meeting loaZr
crown Older. While we are all newconv
ers, no one seems to care who takes the
lead; but after awhile, when we all have
known each other for years, no ene
seems, to Ilka to .organize anything. I
am In favor of having regular social
gatherings at the schoolhouse, where we
all feel free to come."
A rural teacher's point of view origin
ally and vigorously expressed was given
by J. E. Petite, of Union district when
he said, "My pupils are fust hungerng
for something like this. We will accept
Mr. Dickson's challenge to spell, and. ha
need not fear our beating him, either.
Work of this kind helps the teacher get
acquainted with the rear side of his pu
pils' natures. In the . schoolroom they
are not always their natural selves; but
at a literary or social meeting of this
kind they are. It helps a teacher to be
well acquainted with Ms pupils. Then,
parents are not always their natural
selves when the teacher calls. They feel
they ought'to fix up a little, or cook ex
tra. But at a social, gathering they for-
At hard sti?1Qrn Cold that
hangs on, la broken up by.
Humphrey,' "Seventy-seven"
The. economy of the Dollar
Flask, holding more than si
twnty-i ive cent vials may appeal
tojrouf pocket book.
But the real economy in using
"Seventy-severV' is the saving of
time, because you can keep about
your business while your Cold is
being broken up. . - . .
"St venty-seven' Js for Grip,
CoughsTSore Throat, in fact for
every kind of a Cold. .
Small vial 25cts. flask $1.00
AU Drug Stores or mailed.
Humpkrey'a Hom. Medicine Co., 453 Wl)- i
lUm bueet, . few, Xwk,---AaTwtlteBieot.j.-
get all this and meet him in a natural
way."
"We had one aoolal meeting at the
school this year," said a woman at Or
chards, "and met some people with
whose children my children had been
going to school for years, and yet with
wham I was not acquainted. Before the
days of electric cars and bicycle paths
we had good meetings. It seems we
ought to be able to enjoy the same to
day." A farmer who had visited and looked
over the industrial school plant at a
state reform school said that It was ao
much better than the educational advan
tages most boys had to laarn to do
something practical that be thought
sometimes (t would be good for all the
boys to be just a little worse and get
sent there for their education. He said
he liked the agricultural and Industrial
contest phase of social oenter work.
Several lines of action have been
started through these organization
meetings which prove the spontaneous
power or public meetings In rural com
munltlea. At View the need of c-lav
sheds was mentioned. The ceonle took
up the idea at once, and a committee
waa-xormed anfl work volunteered to
build a play shed at the central district
Many delegates from the associated
distriota declared their purpose was to
start similar buildings In their own dis
tricts. A Dole delegate told of the plana
their industrioua teacher was making to
prepare not lunones tor her ohildren on
for prises for the spelling and other con
tests have come spontaneously,
A wholesome and promising curiosity
was expressed by one woman, who de
clared, "I will go to these social center
meetings, If they are started. I would
like to see what they do and how they
act at them."
An elderly gentleman said social cen
ter work should bring parents Into bet
ter relationship with their children.
"Many years ago my father took me to
school the first day. and I heard him
say to the teacher, 'Burnett I hope you
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CLOSING OUT
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ANDIRONS
- ' SCREENS
FIRESETS
-READING LAMPS
The ridiculous prices we have put on
these articles should close them out h
one dJy.
Anticipate your Christmas purchases
it will pay you.- ' - ,
Je C. English
12S PARK
don't whip thle boy, for I don't think he
needs It' To' this day I worship that
gather, because he believed in me."
What Social Centers Are Accomplishing.
There la no elaborate nor iron-clad
machinery to the social center plan
which State Superintendent Josephine
Preston la making state wide. The
prlnolpal of the central district is at
the head, unless for aome special rea
son he cannot act. Meetings are gener
ally held at the central sohool, but may
be passed around. If any of the associat
ed districts desire to play the host In
numbers there is both strength and In
spiration. So many small districts
would be unable to carry on a social
work alone, but gladly Join with a sis
ter dlstriot All over the country skat
ing rtnks and dance halla are flourish
ing, or being built Whatever may be
their Influence upon young people, it is
generally conceded that the social life
of the boys and girls must not be whol
ly of the commercialized, cheap, or sor
did kind. Mrs. Preston Is trying to in
spire the schools of the state to help
lead out along lines of higher Ideala. In
this she haa ample backing.
The Washington Boys' and Girls' Ag
ricultural and Industrial Contest asso
ciation, having for tta aim Instruction
UBdiipiratioa - of tfca boys an4glrl
alona- the nraotieal lines of training, in
dorses the social or community center
plan, aa it lends system and order to tne
contest work, and at the same time
forms the foundation of an enduring
quickening of life on the farm, wnere
more lightness of heart and spontaneity
of fellowship are crying needs. The
shihgton Bankers association is
maintaining an organizer In the state
superintendent's office. The Grange,
the Farmers' anion. State college and
other suoh widely recognized forces are
tn lint. .
Liberty Waa Brief.
Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 15. Frank
W. Howard, sentenced to the peniten
tiary from Spokane county, Who es
caped Wednesday evening, was oap
tured yesterday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriff Lee Barnes at Wallula. Howard
was returned to prison last night
Company,
STREET - -. '.
-Hocklnson school. 1 Battle
ground school.- 8 -View aohool.
i Manor gcnool. 5 Dale
achool. Mrs. Elizabeth Sterling,
euperintendent of schools, Clarke
county, Washington, and group
of social centers recently estab
lished In that county.
INSTRUCTORS WILL TALK
AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE
Mil ton. Or., Nov. 15. The TJniveratty
Extension Department of Oregon will
hold a course of meetings In the Colum
bia College auditorium November 28 and
29, and a representative local committee
has been appointed to look after the ar
rangements. The leoturer will be Dr. Clifton T.
Hodge who win lecture on nature study.
Dr. Qeorce Rebeck of tho department
of philosophy will speak on "Education
and Lire," rne Development or (deala
in History." and "Growth of the Spirit"
Dr. Joseph 8chofer of tho department
of history will lecture on the subjects
xne Kise and Progress of Democracy."
and the "Oregon System and What It
signifies to the Pupils of Columbia
College."
The Milton-Kreewater Hah and nub
ile schools will be given' a holiday that
the pupils may attend the lectures.
Mrs. Kurrle Is Pead..
Pendleton, Or., Nov. IS. Mra Qott
Uefr Kurria, wife of a well known local
farmer, died here yesterday after a
long Illness. She Is survived by her
husband, five children and one slater.
ihe OldTR
What Our Guarantee Means
The Union Painless Dentists la incorporated under the lawa of the state
of Oregon, and the company is responsible for the guarantee that goes
with all the work that leaves this office. This affords the publio abso
lute protection against inferior workmanship and materials.
A great number of people must have plates. Sickness, neglect or
other cauHes have TdBdereti.., their own teeth useless. In that cues we
can fit you perfectly with a plate that will rv A blessing, U wlU
look well and feel perfectly comfortable, -
It may be necessary to extract a few useless teeth or stumps. This
we will do without causing you tho slightest pain,
When you have a few sound teeth we will build a bridge, without
plates, that will match your natural teeth perfectly and prove just aa
serviceable. . . ,;,..,. ... Tw.ii
All of our work shows skill and Intelligence, ' , . ', .
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Gold or Porcelain Fillings ..., iv;v. .i .... vf 1.00 - UP
. Silver Fillings ....,..,.;.,,.
Whalebone or gold Dust KUbbw
No Charge for Painless Extracting when other work is done
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Grants Faea, Or., Nov. H.Nomlnat- ,
lng petitions are now in for all city
offices, the time limit of 16 days before
election having expired tonight M .
With the declination of Mayor Smith '
to again accept1 the nomination for the i
office of chief executive, the eontest for
that place will be between E. T. Mc
Klnstry and Councilman A. A. Forter,
each of whom has filed strong nominat- -lng
petitions. . ' - .
For each of the five posltlona to be
filled In the city council there will be
contests, except possibly in the-Tlhrd
ward. Here there Is a single election to -fill
the seat now occupied by W. -P. ...
Counts, and as no one has filed nom- '
lnsting petition except Mr. Counts, he
Will probably be returned. V
The First ward will be the seat or a
keen contest. Two councilmen are to
be elected In that ward, one for a term
of a year, to fill the seat resigned by .
Councilman Culbertson, and now occu
pied by E. y. Bmith. eleated by. the .
council to fill the vacancy, and tho
other for a full two-year term to euo-,
ceed Councilman Caldwell. Both Conn-
oilmen Smith and Caldwell are cendi-:
dates to succeed themselves, and each
will have competition.
The petition nominating L. L. Jewell .
for the long term waa filed Friday ami
petitions were filed yesterday nominat
lng P. B. Herman for the short term. -
In ward two, Bert Barnes, elected last
fall for a short term to fill a vacancy, ,
waa the only candidate until S. W, Phil,
lips filed hla petition today. Mr. Phil-'
llpa was a former etty councilman from
the Second ward, but was defeated for '
reelection last December.. '
A new candidate for the eounoll from
ward four waa also qualified for the
race at the laat day. He la A, N. Par-' :
sons. Agatnat him will run Lea $iU.
RUSSIANS MAY LOCATE
ON VALLEY TRACTS
Monmeuth, Or,, Nov. lK-rAeoordtng ,
to a plan worked eut by Polk .
and Linn oounty men, 1000 acres of land -In
the vielnlty of LewlsvlUa, five miles '
south ef Monmouth, la to be subdivided!
Into 80-acre tracts for a largo colony
of Russian settlers. The tract aeoord-'.
lng to the plan, will embrace acreage
oq the Wing, MeBee, and Sevens ranoh-
es, The soil ia known to be rich,
purlng the past two months a repre
sentative of the Russian settlers haai
Deen visiang vandua aaotlona of Ore- -'
gon and Washington and finds the v
Lewlrvllla locality better adapted te the
Russian .needs, owing especially to the
moderate ollmata. It is bettered this
plan of colonization will bring a thrifty
olasa of people to Pplk oounty and the
plan, is generally approved.
SUNDAY
CHICKEN
DINNER
50 CENTS.
Our Prices Are -.
Based on Good
Food and Service.
Very Moderate Prices
WIU Prevail
UZBCTbTASTS' X.TTKCK SSe
3.1.(30 A. K. TO 8 P. X. &AJX.T.
peelal Breakfasts, 8 Be to goe.
New Perkins Restaurant
r. V. WUUama, Kg.
Sntraaee riftn Street,
One Doov Worth Hotel Zatraace.
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Will Be Pleased to Quota
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No trouble to show rooms si toy
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