THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
16
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1921.
PORTLAND, OKliiUuii. J
AND GIRL IN
PORTL
CHINA SEES POOR
IN FAMINE AREAS
The Buffering and misery of the
famine etricken Chinese in the farm
ing districts of Honan, Klansu and
Pechilll provinces is told by Miss
Mary Keating, a' Portland girlwho
is making a tour of the world, In a
letter-received by Mrs. Robert Mul
ler of 361 Tillamook street, last
week. . ......
MUw Keating wrote from Peking. She
in now on her way- to India and will
return to Portland by way of the
Sues canal, Europe and New vYork. -
Telling of her stay in Japan, sne
says :
"We spent three weeks in Japan.
The day we arrived It was raining, so
we did not behold the much-discussed
beauty of Fuji. The next day. how
ever, was a blaze of sunshine and I
beheld the mountain, but really I much
prefer the beauty of "Mount Hood.
"There are wonderful flowers in
Japan, but so lacking in fragrance. I
' viBlted all the tea shops, silk stores
and temples.- .... . ,
"The Japanese are most affable, mil
very crafty, and unfair when given an
opportunity, especially the officials, who
seem to regard Americans as rather
suspicious persons. .The students Jn
tiie academies I found to be more
broad-minded and fair, seeming to wish
the relations between America .and
Japan to be the most cordial.. So
much for Japan.
J'AMISE DISTRICT HORROR ,
"The Empress of Asia carried us
from Japan to Shanghai. I remained
but two days In Shanghai and then
came to Peking.
"Coming on the train I passed through
the heart of the famine district. I
shall never forget the misery and suf
fering. The people live in mud hovels
and come to the trains begging for
crusts of bread. They are thin and
their clothes are so patched that there
is no trace of the original. Isn't it a
pity that such conditions mujt exist
in a world of plenty? r
"Here in Peking It is hard to realize
that you are living in the Orient The
houses are very nice and one may pro
cure the services of the Chinese for a
very small sum. Life In China is very
.Jazy for the foreigner, although the
days pass quickly in the gay social
whirl of the Chinese capital.
JOl'RXAI8 ARRIVAL ETE5T
"The biggest event In our lives is
,the arrival of the American mail. I
receive all issues you send of The
Journal and read every item from the
workings of congress to, Jiggs. After
I am finished reading the papers I
pass them along to eager friends, and
The Journal is becoming more than
popular.
"Although the Japanese and the Chi
nese are of the same race, there is a
great difference in characteristics. The
Chinese are peaceful and most oblig
ing. They regard the Americans very
highly and center: all their hopes In
America. To. America they look for
help In adjusting their external and in
ternal troubles. All the nations with
-the exception of America have annexed
a part of China. The Chinese cer
tainly dislike Japan's tactics and
frankly show their dislike."
New Auto Camp at
Peninsula Park to
Be Ready March 1
Portland's new auto camp park, op
posite Peninsular park in Albina avenue,
will be ready for automobile tourists
entering the city by March I, if weather
renditions permit the carrying on of
the work as now outlined for that long
delayed tourists' haven by Superinten
dent Keyser of the park bureau..
The 12-acre tract, recently leased by
the city, with a two 'year option to pur
chase, is being rushed to completion.
Miss Florence Holmes, recently employed
as city landscape architect, is directing
the laying off of the grounds and drive
ways, and C. W. Weigant is speeding
up his park crew in completing the
kitchens, comfort stations and many
other, conveniences in keeping with a
thoroughly modern auto park.
Construction is well under way and
visiting autoiuts will be received by
Portland in one of the most modern,
thoroughly equipped campgrounds on the
Pacific coast this year, according to
Commissioner Pier, who Is responsible
"for the city's new campgrounds. Many
suburban towns are also rushing work
on smaller auto parks to assure 1921
motoring tourists of pleasant camping
'grounds, the commissioner said.
Mrs.; Anna .Worth, ;
Pioneer of 1851,
Is Buried at Peoria
- Mrs. Anna M. Worth, pioneer of 1851.
died February 4 at Salem. She was
buried in the Pine Grove, cemetery at
Peoria by the grave of her husband,
John Q. A. Worth, who died 54 years
ago. .. i ! ; .- ,. .
v, Mr. Worth was born in Ohio In 1843
and came to Oregon by way of the Isth
mus of . Panama with her father, the
Rev. E. R. Geary; in 1851. She was a
member of the Presbyterian church and
present at the organization of the Pres
bytery of Oregon, the first to be formed
west of, the Rocky mountains. -
One daughter, Mrs. Ada I Condit of
Salem; two sons. K. G. Worth and J. E.
Worth of Portland ; one " sister, Mrs.
Martha Perham of Portland ; two broth
ers, Dr. J. W. Geary of Burns and Dr.
E..- P. Geary of Portland, and two grand
children survive her.
OREGON
HAS
SCOR
E
OF 100 PER CENT IN
Cll
TEKRANC
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ruim
Enrollment Data Is "1
Prepared at; III of 0.
University 'of Oregon, Eugene, Feb!
14. The office force in the registrar's
-office axe working hard these days
preparing the annual statistical report
of enrollment. This report Includes
comparisons of enrollment for this year
and years past, data , concerning the
residence and home address of the
students ; of the university, amount of
work being carried by students and num
ber of students enrolled in each depart
ment of. the university.
Oregon has the distinction of be
ing one of the two states that scored
100' per' cent last year in the work
of its scientific temperance instruc
tion as outlined by the National W,
c. TV-tr, , '..j -r ,,Vf ! ;r i I
This announcement ; was made at the
Joint luncheon of the W. C. T. ;U. and
the Oregon Civic league, held Saturday
at the Hotel Benson in honor of visiting
W. C. T. U. workers. Mrs. Elizabeth
O. Middleton, national chairman of this
department, made the announcement and
at the; same time presented to the Ore
gon chairman,, Mrs. G. L. Buland, who
is responsible for this record, a ' small
silk ' flag. " The other state with a per
fect record is Missouri.
OREGOIT. SCORES AGAIN !
Oregon got 'a second pat on the back
from Dr. -Valeria II. Parker, head of
the department of social morality, who
said that Oregon la the birthplace of
a voluntary social hygiene society and
that it is the only state in the Union
that receives a .state appropriation to
carry on its' work.
Each of the visiting women made
short addresses Mrs. C." J. Vayhinger,
director ' of Americanization, urged the
teaching of English to . adult foreign
ers, declaring that when only the chil
dren become Americanized they , become
ashamed of their parents and a break
occurs . that '. often ends in tragedy for
both . parents and children. '
Mrs. Middleton said that the securing
of the eighteenth, amendment was direct
ly traceable to educational work among
the young,, who finally became voters.
INDORSE CHAMBERLAIN
Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingstone, su
perintendent of Christian . citizenship,
urged just law enforcement on people of
all classes and conditions, and. said that
the program of her department was. the
stressing . of . moral .. legislation for the
safeguarding of the citizenship of the
future. '--..- s, .
Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins, head of the
child welfare department, said that her
department had. a five-pointed program,
namely, that a child has the right to
be well born ; it has the right to an edu
cation ; it has the right to protection
against commercialism : it has the right
to be morally safeguarded and spiritually-
trained, : - ; ...
The league gave its unanimous in
dorsement to the appointment of Senator
George E. Chamberlain on the shipping
board.
WELFARE
BUREAU
TO SALVAGE JUNK
AND PROVIDE JOBS
Hens at La Grande
Are Still on Strike
La Grande, Feb. 14. Despite reports
from Western Oregon and other sec
tions of the country to the effect that
the price of eggs ia tumbling because
the hens are working overtime, La
Grande egg prices remain steady at from
45 to 60 cents retail. The demand ex
ceeds the supply here, the local hens
still being on nhelr winter strike.
An industrial department Is soon
to be opened by the public welfare
bureau of Portland, 'of which A. R.
Gephart is secretary. ' The purpose
is to be the capitalization of waste
and unemployment through the col
lection and sale of things that other
wise wquld be wasted, using the par
tially unemployed for this work.
The definite objects of the new de
partment are : To salvage second hand
articles, particularly clothing and house
furnishings, now often wasted or sold
for Junk ; to give employment . and
training to the handicapped and par
tially unemployable, who would other
wise be dependent upon charity : to se
cure reclaimed clothing, and house fur
nishings, which are greatly needed by
the social agencies of the city for dis
tribution among those who are- depend
ent, and for sale at moderate prices to
Belf-supporting persons of small means ;
to collect and sell any kind of waste
that may be converted into cash for
furthering these objects.
A suitable three story brick building
at the corner of Thirteenth and John
son street has been secured as a ware
house and factory where donated mate
rials will be collected . and renovated.
Tfie factory will engage in any kind of
activity that wilt increase the value of
the goods donated and at the same
time give employment or training to the
handicapped. Among such activities
will " be the mending of , clothing and
repairing of shoes ; the making of chil
dren's - garments from v men's and
women's clothing that cannot be profit
ably repaired; the manufacture of rag
rugs from worn out clothing ; the laun
dering, dry cleaning and pressing of
used garments; the repairing and re
finishing of ' furniture . and household
furnishings. ' "
; The goods produced by the industry
will be placed on sale in a store In the
retail district, The relief department
of the Public Welfare bureau and other
accredited social agencies will be asked
to pay the actual cost of collection,
renovation and selling for such goods
as they secure for' free distribution to
the needy. . 7 "
Should the industry show a net profit,
the money will either be turned back
into the industry for increasing its use
fulness, or into the relief fund of the
Public Welfare bureau.
There will be conducted during the
week of February 28 a city wide col
lection of clothing, shoes, hats, furni
ture, house furnishings, dishes, books,
bric-a-brac and any other- articles
which may no longer be of use to their
owners, but which , have la them eco
nomic possibilities for the unemployed
and the needy,
K. F. Johnson heads the general com
mittee created under the auspices of
the bureau for the handling of this
project He already has a score of
prominent men and women .., working
ih him and additional people repre
senting the club, civic commercial an
avMai ifr life of the city will join
In the work. .
Drat These Indigo
Laws! No Dancing.
: As Mortgage Burns
The heavy heel of the law stepped out
to tread harshly on the light fantastic
toe when residents in Irving street com
plained to. the' police that a public dance
was being conducted at Linnea hall,
Irving and Twenty-first streets, Sunday
night, in defiance of. a city ordinance.
Two motorcycle patrolmen put the "how
come" to F. Anderson, manager of the
hall.
Anderson :- pleaded ignorance of the
law. said it was a private party, any
way, and explained that the dance was
held in celebration of the burning of a
mortgage. The patrolmen agreed that
the burning of a mortgage was suffi
cient cause for celebration and depart
ed after Anderson assured them there
would be no more dancing.
Reducing
Tire Costs
Assuming that average annual
tire expense for Oregon autoists is
$100 per car, Oregonians spend
$12,500,000 for tires each vear .
based upon 125,000 cars. . Figuring
there is 20& less wear over resil
ient, bituminous pavement, a low
estimate) than over- a rigid pave
ment, : there would be a saving of
$2,500,000 annually In tires Vlone In
favor of the resilient, bituminous
type - of pavement. : providing all
road a used were paved. Resiliency
is typified in ; .. . , .
WAR RE NIT
BITULITHIG
Other Papers Give Additional Meier & Frank News for Tuesday
The February Sale of
Furniture
brings reductions of 20 to 50 on a repre
sentative collection of suites and separate
pieces from the regular Meier & Frank stocks.
- ' Meier Frank's : Eighth Floor.
Tncr Quality' Store or Portland
The Sale of Lamp Shade
Materials
continues tomorrow with extraordinary values.
FREE INSTRUCTIONS in the making of
lamp shades to those who purchase their ma
terials here.
Meier & Frank's : Seventh Floor.
All Perfect Quality 75 or More Wool
Me o:
44 P
anr
E
.Ukefts
$25
$2:
$25
S2;
Wrap
Just Received by Express
Special Purchase of
1 GO New Spring
Most Remarkable Values
New spring coats and capes at twenty-five dollars! Unusual?
' Amazingly so. .,
Of serge, twill, polo cloth and yelour. Navy, brown, tan, copen.
Plain three-quarter belted, fancy cape and draped models, many
with braid embroidery. All fully lined for spring wear.
V See Fifth Street window display. .
1 i i Meier & Frank's : Fashion Salons, Fourth Floor. Mail Orders Filled.!
Entire Center Aisle Bargain Squares, Main Floor,
Devoted to This Sale, in Which , Compared With
Costs for Like Grades Last Fall, M any Are
About
Price
Because we took over the
1920 surplus of the Santiam
Woolen Mills of Stayton, Ore
gon, we can stage this extraor
dinary sale.
The blankets are characteris
tically ""Oregon Made," first qual
ity, thoroughly good and service
able. Nearly all are pure Oregon
wool throughout, a few have part
cotton warp, but in every instance
the blankets are 75 or more
wool. There are white and col
ored blankets in a variety of pat
terns and border effects. Single
and double." Three-quarter and
full lengths. Blankets for bed,
outing, camp and beach use, suit
able for automobile throws, etc.
Special attention is directed to
a lot of 250 all-wool "Hudson
Bay" blankets in two sizes.
'4
.45
Choose From Eight Wonderful Price-Groups
$11 $9
EXTRA
Hudson Bay Blankets
of pure Oregon fleeced wool with
fancy colored borders at about half
the usual prices:
3 lb. 62x80
4 lb. 68x86
Sg.95
4
.45
$g.95
$6
See Double Corner Window at Fifth and Alder
Meier & Frank's : Center Aisle, Main Floor. (Mall Orders Filled.)
46 RbomfSize Rugs
The assortment includes an excellent selection of pat
terns in various qualities of standard Seamless Brussels,
Velvet and Axminster Rugs. J All are in size 9x12 feet. Re
ductions are from the NEWXOW prices.
$35.50 Seamless Brussels Rugs . $27.50
$57.50 Seamless Velvet Rugs . . . $41.85
$60.50 Seamless Velvet Rugs . . . $43.65
$46.00 Axminster Rugs : . .$39.75
$68.00 Axminster Rugs . ; . . . . .$43.65
5ee Sixth Street Window, display. ; .
Meier & Frank's r Seventh Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
Reduced
3809 Yards in This
Sale of New Cretonnes
69c
Regularly $1.25 to $1.80 Yard
A noteworthy special purchase accounts for this remark
ably good disposal of new cretonnes at 69c yard.
There is wide diversity of charming designs and colorings.
Three large tables will be piled high with these new cre
tonnes. ; ' . ' ' " '
See Sixth Street Window Display
' Meier & Frank's : Seventh Floor. (Mall Orders Filled.)
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HUNGRY THIEF
IS !
CAPTURED: ADMITS
JOBS, SAY POLICE
Many bunglaries committed during
the last two months are said to liave
been cleared up Sunday, f following
the arrest of E. B. Hodd. alias
Wood, alias Way, Saturday night r
Hood, called the "hungry burglar" by
some of hla victims because of his raid
on their pan tries after he had looted
their homes of Jewelry, confessed to de
tectives Sunday of the looting of seven
houses since the middle of December,
police say. . ;
He had stolen jewelry in his possession
which he was trying to dispose of when
he was picked up by a couple of motor
cycle patrolmen, it is asserted. Much of
the loot has been disposed of to -downtown
Jewelry stores and pawn shops.
Hood told the police. He told detectives
of a cache, where he says come loot
remains. x
CAJi'T REMEMBER ALL
; Hood's operations in east side resi
dences have been the source -of much
worry to the police department for the
last two months. He has prowled about
In the eariy morning, using a screwdriver
for a Jimmy to open the windows of
residences. . V . .......
It is believed that other thefts than
the ones to which Hood has already con
fessed were committed by him. He has
loot which he is unable to. account for,
but police believe that their records will
clear up many robberies that Hood is
unable to remember. ,
Following is a list of the burglaries
to which Hood Is said to have confessed :
HE LIKES THEIR FOOD
W. H. Foley. 89 Kast Twenty-second
street, December 26; William Turner, 61
East Eighteenth street north,. January
9 ; Joseph 111k, 500 Tillamook street, De
cember 18; Ueorge W. Burt, 990 Kast
Burnside street, January 30; !. Bittman,
22 Kast Fifty-second street. February
5; Dr. P. 8. Kaadt, 1312 East Stark
street. February 10 ; J. U Hangenburg,
603 Greenwood avenue. February 12.
: Hood said he eould recommend the
cooking in most of the homes he has
visited. The appeal of the pantries has
been much stronger than the jewelry
in several instances, he said. ,
THIEF STEALS 8oi
When M. K. Moaner, 107V4 Fourth
street; awoke this morning, he found his
room had been ransacked during the
night and $55 stolen from his trousers'
pocket Mosner told the police he left
his door unlocked when he retired so his
roommate could enter. He -believes the
prowler entered before the roommate
returned.
The apartments of Charles French. 870
Kast Kelly street were robbed Sunday
evening. When French arrived home
about midnight he found the place ran
sacked and five gold nuggets worth $18
and two gold athletic medals had been
stolen. Entrance was gained with a
pass key. The lower unoccupied apart
ment was entered. - ,
With the arrest of Florence . Brrg
stasser, age 22, Spokane police believe
they have solved the mystery of a.
loiifr series ot forged checks passed On
Spokane dry goods -stores since last
March. -
49 Lb. Sack Flour 32.49
Kerr's Best milled in Portlands
Phes Prunes, limited quantity,
io-Ib. wrapped J- QQ
boxes ......... tDAeOi
Snowdrift Shortening, No. 8
tins $1.55, No. 4 HQn
tins 4 7i
Salad Oil, Wesson or Mazola,
Jl!Ln $.1-7.9,..h".'. . 90c
Campbell's Soup, nearly all va
rieties, doz. $1.55. OQn
three cans ........ 07U
Karo Syrup, Blue Label, No. 10
cans 75c, No. 5 OQ
' cans Oi7U
White Beans, small hand picked,
8 lbs. 48c. OKf
four lbs. dO
White Figs, California cooking,
4 lbs. 48c. OKa
two lbs. UOKs
Minced Clams, Royal Chef, tall
cans, doz. $1.95. Kf
three cans OUU
BAKERY BULLETIN
28c
Cup Cakes,
dozen ........
French Ptry, with : "I H
prune filling, each.. -LUl
Bran Bread, "l'CT
loaf IOC
Brn Cookies, Of")
dozen UC
Meier & Frank's : INintn Floor.
Trie Quality" StoXc or- Poktlahd
Features Tomorrow
the following specials for men, women and children, as well as 13
unusual values in domestics. ;
500 BUNGALOW APRONS 98c
Were 1.98. Women's Amoskeag gingham bungalow aprons neatly
trimmed. Open back or side fastening styles.'
80 BREAKFAST SETS $1.69
Were 12.49. Women's two-piece breakfast acts in plain colors and
plaid combination gingham and percale. '
600 GOWNS, CHEMISE 69c
Were 89c to f 1.49. Women's gowns made of soft muslin with round
yoke and wing sleeves, chemise ot fine nainsook with lace trimmed yoke.
1000 WOMEN'S OUTING GOWNS 98c
Were XI. 39. Women's pink and blue striped outing flannel gowns In
round neck long sleeve style. ;
500 WOMEN'S UNION SUITS 35c
3 for II. Women's light weight white cotton union suits in low neck,
sleeveless, knee length style. .
1200 PAIRS INFANTS' WOOL HOSE 29c -
v Infants' white wool hose with eilk heels and toes. Seconds.
2000 PAIRS WOMEN'S HOSE 25c .
Were 39c. Women's fiber silk hose in black, gray, navy and brown.
Seconds. ,
3600 PAIRS HOSE, 2 PRS. 25c
Women's cotton hose in black, white and cordovan. All sizes. Seconds.
1200 PAIRS CHILDREN'S HOSE 19c
Were 35c pair. Children's fine ribbed black cotton hose. Sizes to 10.
150 MEN'S SHIRTS 79c
Were 31.25. Men's full cut black sateen shirts with turndown collars.
Sizes 14 to 19. -. -r '
500 PAIRS MEN'S HOSE 39c
Men's French worsted hose in brown, green and blue heathers.
Seconds.
750 BOYS' CAPS 59c
Were 79c. Boys' one-piece top caps mostly In dark shades. Leath
erette sweatbands.
DOMESTIC SALE
1000 YDS. PERCALES 15c
Regularly 19c yard. 26-inch percales in light and medium colors.
5000 YDS. GINGHAMS 15c
27-inch ginghams in plain and fancy colors.
2000 YDS. OUTING FLANNEL 15c
Regularly 19c yard. Regular width outing flannel in stripe effects.
2000 HUCK TOWELS 2 FOR 25c
Good size huck towels in plain white and with red borders. -
600 TURKISH TOWELS 25c
Full bleached double thread heavy Turkish towels.
1000 YDS. TOWELING 10c
Regularly 15c yard. Heavy twilled crash unbleached toweling.
200 BEDSPREADS $2.49
Were 33.98. Full size heavy weight Honeycomb bedspreads In pink
and blue.
2000 YDS. DRAPERY 25c
3 to 38 Inches wide. Cretonnes, plain and colored burlaps and print
ed etamines in designs for aprons, dresses and drapes.
5000 YDS. MUSLIN 15c
3d Inches wide. Bleached and unbleached muslin, also soft finished
cambric.
100 BEDSPREADS $1.49
Were 31 98. Crochet bedspreads in several designs. Good weight and
size for beds. . . . ; ,-
100 BOLTS LONGCLOTH $1.69 BOLT
10-yard bolts of 36-lnch soft finished longcioth for lingerie and in
fants' wear. Regularly 25c yard.
300 YARDS SHEETING 45c
Heavy bleached sheeting 31 Inches wide. .
100 YARDS CURTAIN GOODS YARD 18c
Regularly 25c yard. 32 to 38 Inch white scrim with fancy colored
borders, some dark al lover designs,
' Meier 4c Frank's : Lower Price Store, Balcony Basement.
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