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CROVS ARE QUICK iLHlllE TRICKS OF WARFARE Member; of Biological Survey , Tells of Impressions Gathered While Fighting Black Pests. lOLD CROW SITS AS SENTRY Poisoned Meats and Melons Are Soon Avoided; Finally Whole Flock of 30,000 Goes Off. Have crows learned tricks or war fare? Do tlfey detail a scout to watch enemy movements? Do they leave poisoned wells and food sup plies alone after several of their number have succumbed, as armleB have learned to do ? L. lb Gardner, bureau' representative of the biological survey and fresh from a' fight with 30,000 crows at Goodnoe Hills, Wash., believes "yes" Is the an swer. He was In Portland Friday malt ing a preliminary survey of crow trouble !n Oregon and said that next spring his bureau expects to have men detailed here to begin a fight against the large loss brought by the black wasters. Gardner wag In North Dakota, Inves tigating apple troubles occasioned by j birds, when wire Instructions sent hlrn :-to Goodnoe Hills; In Klickitat county. !b,0 15 ONE FLOCK There he learned that for years the almond crop has been spoiled by hordes of crows who breed In sheltered nooks !?iear the Columbia river. But this year I the crows proved so numerous and de i stroyed so much property that govern ment help was appealed for. "I never saw so many crows In my life," says Gardner. "I estimated that there were at least 30,000 of them In one flock. They came In a black elond with only an occasional interval for an hour. When frightened, they would scat ter themselves over 50 or 60 acres. "The crows In Klickitat are abnor mally fond of almonds. The loss there Is S12,000 this year. The birds pick at the soft shell, eat the almond and then refresh themselves on watermelons rearby. I eaw holes In watermelons as big as the crow's head. Having access to the watery delight within, they eat find leave only the shell. TAKE HINT AND LEAVE "In an effort to get rid of the pests, we tried poisoning. First we put poison on dead rabbits and left them about for the crows to eat. But after three of their number died they left all rabbits alone. We switched to dead horses, i watermelons and other' crow delights. ; (They learned to leave these things alone. Then weS" tried picking almonds, cutting 'them In two, putting a little poison in 'the layer and placing the almond in a I tempting spot. It had never before been done, but it worked admirably. "I think we poisoned 300 crows this ;way. A flock would be flying along when of a sudden five or six would be ' seized with convulsions and finally die and drop to earth. The crows had never Been this before and became frightened. They left the Goodnoe Hills region. 8ENTKT KEEPS WATCH "But all the time I was there, my as sistants and I were continually watched by a single crow. Whether it was the same one, I do iot know, but one of the flock kept on sentry duty, it was as If lo warn the others where we had poi soned their foods." Hood River, St Helens and the Wil lamette valley will be vlBited next spring by government agents, who will attempt to rid the country of the pests. Attempted Suicide An attempt at suicide was made Fri day night in the city jail by Grace Glaring Headlights Menace Obey Law, Make Driving Safe A Lifjht set so that rays waste themselves in sky in addition to .glaring into eyes of ppracohlng pedestrians and automobiles. B Light set so that rays strike ground too near ear and give no warning to those approaching and do not light travel area a safe distance ahead. C Lights spread apart too far, so that travel rea is left in darkness. D Lights crossed and rays are wasted. E Light directed straight ahead in correct elevation.. F Lights set so their rays take parallel courses, thus lighting both travel area and edges of roadway in correct manner. t- - "ZZIt u g u -Jf J3r Bright, glaring headlights are con tributory to many accidents. In summer they are bad enough. In winter when pavements are wet, they are an awful menace, according to Motorcycle Ser geant Frank Ervln, who is now fighting the evil under specific orders from the chief of police. At any time of year a large number of .accidents can be laid to glaring head lights, the officer says. Not only Is the safety of drivers of approaching cars endangered but absolutely helpless pedestrians meet a glaring headlight and are so blinded that their faculties for locomotion are utter paralyzed or act erratically and lead them into the very path of danger. The city ordinance requires that the center beam of light, or direct ray of light, must not strike higher than 42 Inches from the ground at a distance of 60 feet In front of the machine, the measurement being taken on level ground. This does not "mean that no raya of light at .all may be seen above 42 Inches 50 feet away from the ma chine. The law 'directs that no "glaring or blinding" rays should be seen at this height. The law Is equally as good for the man driving, explains Sergeant Krvin. He says that when a light is pointed upward that the rays go . up into the sky, where they do the driver no good. If both lights are pointed outward. merely the edge of the road Is lighted and not the driving area. If both or either light is set eo the 'rays cross the other the light is wasted. Ervin says the best light Is obtained by setting the fixtures so that the direct rays range straight ahead of the lamp and adjusted as to height as is prescribed by law. This arrangement gives the driver the opportunity of plainly seeing the driving area, about 75 feet in front of the machine, which is sufficient distance in which to bring a machine to a standstill 'if the machine is under complete control, as the law directs it must be. Those unable to avail themselves of the free test givin during the past week by the police can test their lights at home, by setting the machine 50 feet from a building on a level with the machine or 50 feet from a dark object In the street. If the direct rays strike under the 42 Inch mark, the lights are within the law. If they do not the brackets must be bent slightly so as to throw the light rays down. This la best done by removing the lamp from Its bracket and with a heavy wrench slowly and carefully bending each upright downward. A suggestion in this connection is that the city make it compulsory for an automobile dealer to sell a car with headlights adjusted in comformity with the law. Stanley, 39, who is being treated by the city physician In an effort to break her of the drug habit. About 9 o'clock she cut her left wrist. As the matron dis covered her shortly after the act, no serious results are expeAed. Car Disappears; Bill, Not Theft, Is Cause Oregon City, Sept. 13. What was at first believed to be a daring automo bile theft here this morning, turned out to be a move for the collection of a bill. W. F. Schooley, real estate and auto truck "dealer, left his car in front of his office on Main street and later missed it. Investigation brought to light the fact that the machine had been taken away by a representative of a garage firm, Miller-Parker com pany, and was being held for a bill of approximately $29, said to be for re pairs to another machine damaged by Schooleys son, now in the naval service. Officer Has Eecord For Dodging Death London, Sept. 13. (I. N. S.) Lieuten ant Ramsdale, British navy, holds the world's record for dodging sudden death in submarines. He has served in five different submarines, all of which were sunk with all hands within four days after he left them. The last submarine he left was the L-55, sent down in the Baltic by a Bolshevik shell. Previously he was rowing away from the E-49 when she was torpedoed. SCHOO CHEN L EAGERLY WAITING FOR COUNTY FAIR Exhibits of Rabbits and Poultry Being Prepared; panning of Fruit Also Claims Attention. MONDAY IS CHILDREN'S DAY Rural School Scholars Grooming Pigs, Sheep, Calves and Goats in Competition for Prizes. i . .. ' - . Quits Law; Jnes nappy London, Sept. 13. (I. N. S.) At a meeting of the International Council of Women, Miss E. C. Van Dorp, a Neth erlands representative, herself solicitor and barrister; said she had been happier since giving up practice. Further, al though many people went to a woman solicitor for their advice, her expe rience showed that they atf liked a man barrister to fight their case. DO NOW' With household help scarce and high and laundry prices sky' high, now is the time to put the Electric Washing Machine in your home. Instead of drawing wages it pays its own way. The best salesman for a THOR ELECTRIC WASHER is another THOR. It does the trick every- washday. The, rest of the week the women spend recommending t to their friends. It will wash dirty clothes clean without the slightest damage to the goods. It will handle dainty laces or heavy blankets. School children In Portland and elsewhere in Multnomah county who are enrolled -in the industrial club work being carried on under the di rection of T. D. Kirkpatrick for the city and Miss Mabel Calkins for the rural communities are on tiptoe awaiting the xspening of the Multno mah county fair. For the children the fair is an aus picious event, marked by a brand new club building all their own in which will be displayed the results of their sum mer's labors exhibits of pigs, goats, calves and rabbits, displays of garden produce and canned products designed to defeat old H. L. C. OLD STOCK 18 BARRED Judges will have difficulty making their decisions, say club leaders, be cause of the uniform excellence of the children's work. A new rule prohibiting the entering of any stock older than one year, will prevent parents giving their children prize animals for entry. Thus the $100 rabbit which one Portland boy possesses will have no show at all. Walter Anderegg of Gresham has one of the finest calves In the county, says Miss Calkins. To his calf Walter has given the aristocratic name of' De Kol Segis Burk Korndyke, but he calls him "Billy" for short. Billy is a pure-bred Holsteln, weighing 785 pounds. Walter feeds him hay, bran, water and skimmed milk. When he first got him. he thougnt the best was none too good for so valu able an animal, so Walter fed him cream. It was too much, and Billy al most turned up his toes, but he finally recovered and is looking fine. Walter curries and brushes him every morning and evening and makes a soft bed for Ivm every night. Walter also has a pony. VIOLA RAISES CHICKENS Viola Welch, who lives in Portland, is one of the expert chicken raisers. Viola goes to Creston school. This year she has raised 150 chickens, besides many rabbits, finding time also to work in the garden and help her mother in the kitchen. Portland children will have rabbit, garden, canning and poultry displays, and rural children will have pigs, sheep, calves, poultry, rabbits, goatB, baking, gardening and field products. A shed will house the livestock, while the new club building will be devoted to the other displays. Ribbon prizes will be given, and the prize winners will attend the state fair, and the winners at the state fair will spend two weeks at the Oregon Agricultural college. Commissioner R. C. Holman has of fered $10 to the city and country school putting up the best booth, and all the clubs are striving for this honor. This is in addition to the $100 given by the fair board. SCHOOLS ARE COMPETING Monday will be Children's day, and a club parade will be held, in which all the children will wear club emblems and special floats will represent the differ ent products. '. Gilbert school has some fine garden exhibits from the 18 children enrolled in the club work. Gresham will have one of the best sewing displays, and Lynch school is striving for the live stock honors. Canning demonstrations will be held daily, and a team of boys from Gilbert school will put on a'cbok ing demonstration. County children have been specializing somewhat on the rais ing of pigs this year, and at least 50 pigs will be entered. Miss Calkins pre dicts. Local fairs were held in the different rural schools Saturday in preparation for the event. RABBITS ARE SPECIALTY From Portland there will be canning demonstration teams from Buckman, Clinton Kelly, Holman, Sunnyside, and Woodlawn schools, Kirkpatrick says, with probably teams from five or six other schools. These teams have been putting on demonstrations at their re spective schools during the past week, it being one ot the requirements that a public demonstration be given before entry at the fair. PorUand children will display an es pecially fine lot of rabbits this year. IR.ONER will do 85 per cent of your ironing. Puts a beautiful finish on the linen, and all at a cost of a few cents an hour. Phone Main 8011 for Free Dem onstration in Your Home DOWN BALANCE EASY TERMS Smith-McCoy Electric Co. 104 Fifth St., Bet. Washington and Stark Also 571 Wellington St. Main 8011 See Daily. Demonstration of the Thor, At Our New Appliance Store SPECIAL We have a limited number of 6-pound General Electric Irons which are regularly priced at $6.00. (J A pTr While they last we are selling them at tyr 01 These electric Irons are manufactured and fully gusranteed by the General Electric Co. They are complete with 8 feet of cord and attaching plugs, and are equippel with the con venient tip-up stand. This is your opportunity to get a splendid iron at a big saving. Come in early if you wish to be sure to get one. NEW" HOUSEHOLD. ARTS ; INSTRUCTOR ARRIVES i W &t Miss Lila O'Neale Mysterious Murder Of Young Bride Is Minnesota Sensation Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 13. (U. P.) Police today tried to find the motive and the man involved in one of the most mysterious murders of Hennepin county's history. Ralph LaCount, chauffeur for Charles J. Winton, wealthy Minneapolis man, drove to the Winton summer home at Lake Minne tonka to find his 17-year-old bride dead her akull crushed with a baseball bat and her body slashed with a bread knife. Neighbors said they saw a man on the drive about noon Friday and later saw him drive away in an automobile. No motive for the murder was uncovered there was no attempt at robbery, nor evidence of a struggle. Gomes Gels. Three Vears Manuel Gomes, found guilty by a Jury in Circuit Judge Gantenbein's court of a statutory charge Involving a 14-year-cld girl, was sentenced this morning by the court to from 3 to 10 years in the penitentiary. LARGE REGISTRATION 01 ECONOMICS SCHOOL IS EXPECTED Two New Members of 0. A. C. Faculty Arrive; Changes in Courses Necessary. Oregon Agricultural College, CorvalUs, Sept. 13. Reports from the school of home economics at O. A. C indicate an enthusiastic spirit of preparedness for an expected large enrollment. The entire building Is being polished and Bhfned and set in order and every arrangement made for efficient handling! of registra tion and class work. Many staff mem bers have returned and two new faculty members. Miss Lila O'N'eale and Miss Melissa Hunter, have arrived. Miss O'Neale, who will he assistant professor of household arts, was for merly connected with Stout institute, and this summer taught In Berkeley summer school. She is a graduate of Stanford, of California State Normal and of Teachers college. New York city. Miss Hunter will be in charge of the tea room project and institutional man agement classes. She is a graduate of Indiana university and last year was in charge of cafeteria work at the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan. The institutional management course planned wilt take the place of the college board ing houses training, given last year to upper class women. The work Is to be conducted in the basement, of the home economics building, where dining room $20 Reward For . return of Boston bulldog, male, name "Monty." Lost Sunday night at Fifth and Jackson streets. White mark on head ; has one white foot. The same reward will be paid ,f or any information leading to the recovery of this dog. Any person keeping this dog after five days of publication of this notice will be pros ecuted to the fullest extent of the law. License is registered at city hall. Phone Main 4804, Main 350 or Main 2395. 286 Morrison street. No questions asked. Adv. and kitchen are attractively and mod ernly equipped. .Lack of accommodations la the home economies building made it necessary to equip a large, light reading room on the first floor of the new library for house hold art classes. Miss Sarah Lewis, who has spent a two-year leave of. absence at Columbia university, has returned as head of the household science department. Miss Bertha Davis returns as professor of home economics education after a year's absence at Columbia. Man Gives Fiance v 'Love Pat1 j Is Fid Chicago, Sept 13. (I. N. S. Oed Foley was In court charged 'with ministering a 'love pat" to the cheek of Miss Mamiie Stlckfort, fiancee. Foley told the Judge H only a lever's "pat." but. Miss Stifttf said it hurt. The "pat" cost Foie; and costs. 1 Player Piano Specialists This is the day of the specialist. We are specializing this fall in the Autopiano, " one of the greatest players on the market. Why? Because the Autopiano Company manufacture only players. They specialize in this intricate line of industry. They are experts. The Autopiano has taken more gold medals and awards than any other player piano in the world. It is used on the battleships and cruisers of the American navy because of its great dur ability in all kinds of climate. It is endorsed by many of the world's great " musicians because of its beautiful tone quality. Come to "Our Musical Floor," the 7th, and hear the Autopiano. WE GIVE TERMS MeiAanrjiseof cMeriJt Only All Harvest Sale Prices Hold Good Until End of Sale or Until Quantities Are Exhausted. Share in These Bargains! We Want All to Grocery Specials Ripe Olives, large can 30c Holly Milk, 3 cans 40c Olympic Pancake Flour, 9-Ib. sack ........75c Popcorn that pops, 2 lbs....35c Van Camp's Catsup, bottle. -25c First, Second and Alder Streets Fine Aluminum Ware For Dainty Kitchens No. 8 Tea Kettles only. . . .$3.95 Round Roasters only $2.75 Combination Cookers only $3.25 Cast Fry Pans only $2.89 Tea Ball Tea Pots only... $1.89 In order that there may be the widest possible distribut ion of the merchandise which is now going out in tre- mendous volume at reduced prices, we are liiraig tie Harvest Sale Ailing Woman Leaps From the Fifth Story Los Angeles, Cal.,' Sept. 13. (I. N. S.) Suffering apparently from mental stress, Mrs. Mollle Goyle, 56, who came here four months ago with her husband and son from JWinnsboro, La., today leaped from a fifth story window of an apartment house, dying 15 minutes later. Mrs. Goyle was brought to California for her health. Purchases of flour by the United States grain corporation for the week ending September 9 amounted to 235, 145 barrels. Prices ranged from $3.5u to $10 25. COROKfA The personal writing machine writes anywhere, any time. Only, $50 In regular case. Weight 8V4 Lbs. Jn Case. E. W. PEASE CO. 110 8IXTJI STREET. Take Full Advantage of Portland's Lowest Prices on Quality Merchandise Great Harvest Sale of DRESS FABRICS Women's Outer Apparel Jjfl For Autumn Shipments of garment which we received last week by express from New York are Included in the Har vest Sale, thus affording many women an opportunity to buy a smart garment at a lower price. Visit ere and Inspect our offerings. Women's Coats $22.50 to $34.50 These warm, handsome garments in the latest shades oif silvertone. velour and broadcloth. Some are trimmed with fur, some with seal ette. Priced to save you money. Women's Suits $24.50 to $49.50 IiOvely tricotines, serB, velours md silvertones ; many have the hi?h waiHtline. All are smartly tailored in the 'most becoming styles. Har vest Sale prices on these. vromes'n Dresses, S16.75 to to S329.50. In serge and tricotlne. Womea's, Misses' and Children's Raincoats and Capes, S2.98 to 811. SO. Womea's Abtobs aad Hssse Dresses, 81.49 81.89. Selections made now five the buyer the advantage of lowered prices. Visit this rapidly growing; department and see the many beautiful fabrics we show. $2.50 French Serge $1.75 A splendid fabric, 42 Inches wide, which we show in navy, black, burgundy, gray, purple, etc. Shepherd's Checks. French Serge and Granite Cloths, to (Qj O $1.50 Values.:;: SyoC These hiehly desirable wool mixed mtatertals. which we show in practicaly all colors, are suitable for women's and children's Gar ments; they are very attractively priced. $1.75 Silk Poplins $1.29 A fabric of desirability and good wearing qualities. We show it in ail colors. All 36 Inches wide. Harvest Sale of NOTIONS A TREMENDOUS SAVING ON EVERY-DAY NEEDS J. & P. Coats' Mercerized Crochet Thread, all sizes and colors, 2 for 25c Clark's Sewing Cotton, spool 5C Safety Pins, all sizes, card 5C Safety Pins, best quality, card jfJc Pearl Buttons, all sizes, card 5C Children's 25c Tooth Brushes 10c Snap Fasteners; black, white; card .5c-10c Hooks and Eyes; black and white; card 5C Bone Hair Pins, box 5c-10c lSct20c-25c Wire Hair Pins, box 5c-10c Women's Black Kid Lace Shoes $4.98 These have white kid tops, with black scroll and leather French heels ; they are actual $7.50 values. We have them In all sises. Also fieldmouse kid with cravenette tops to match, and military heels ; alao brown kid, with tops to match, and military heels. Women's Broadcloth Spats Only $1.49 In light button style, formed on a boot-top model. Actual 12.25 values. Shown In white, brown, pearl gray, dark gray, fawn and brown. Regular $6.00 Gar- AQ ments tDt.ftO Regular 14.50 Garments Men's Munsingwear Union Suits $2.98 Men's Cotton Ribbed Union Suits Regular $1.50 Garments 98c Regular 2.50 Garments 1.59 Regular f 4.SO Garments. S2.49 20 -BOYS' SUITS Assorted sizes and patterns. Values tr'11.9S Harvest Sale Prices $5.48 Juveniles' Suits $3.50 to $5.95 Serges, Corduroys and Novelty Fabrics in ages 3 to 8 years. CHILDREN'S HATS 59c 25 -Children's Wash Suits Oliver Twist,- Norfolk and Sailor Regularly 1.35 to $3.98 . Harvest Sale Prices 89c to S2.68 Child's Play Suits. in heavy-weight Khaki and Blue Denim $1.50 values .$1.35 W