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THE OREGON SUIO)AY J0UrjAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING; DECEMBER 3' - 1922. SCHOOLFOiiGLIil. TRAINS GIRLS WiD BOYS FOR SERVICE iiaraifliiTES- VHERE SIGHTLESS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TAUGHT USEFUL-TRADES IN POULARITV CONTEST EtITEil SliliffiS' POPULARITY DRIVE -I 1 ;-f,,J:,''V''-y,ivtti 4 : J.' 1 - 'I , , . 4 - " I I i 1 - J " -': - ' " 1 1 State Institution Provides"' fri structioft in Useful Trades fcf I J More.Than Two Score Pujiilsj Most Popular Younk VVomeh ahd Most .Popular Babies to Bel Selected in fiallotmg. T . mm 2 U ' -This fall marks the fiftieth annivef-i nrr of the "Oregon school foi-tne blind at Salem. Oir October S4.. 1872. 3ov4 ernor. . Lt .F", Gr6verepproved - an act . tc establish a school for th4 educatlori of the blind. The original ' board In cliirge of the school consisted of Gov- ernor I F. Grover, Secretary of Statd " SL, V Chadwfcir an "State Treasure "Ik Fleischnerv Governor !(OTt served as president of the boad-and Jienry v i H, Gilfrey as secretary nd financial agenti ; . ?, '-' t'i'.'C V-,- .lv:J -! ,On february .81878. at . neetin Of . the; board v .contract was .-entered .Jnto with Mr. and Mrs. "tvilliam Nes-j bit, ir ho agreed 15 furnish board, lodgf rj: log,- washing:, mending' rand necessary care of the pupils for the sum- of $5.66 per week for each, pupil. Miss -NeUie s Simpson -was employed at a wage of , 830 per month to teach the blind chil . dren.. with the understanding that she .should furnish (the books required as well as an organ for -their Instruction in music.-. 1 - ..--r . , -j The board agreed, to furnish xnedioal attention as weU asj beds nd bedding; . N stipulating, however, that hot mora ' ' than five children should be admitted , tta the school during the. first six . ., months and that not more than seven . students, should be cared for during the subsequent year. - ; On December 1, 187S, the board era ployed Rev.. J. IL.Babcock as superln tendent and teacher of the school at a salary of 125 a month." stipulating that no money should be paid to him when the school was not: in session, - k On January 1, 1874, Dora Hernandez was employed as superintendent of the " musical department at a stipend of $25 - ' a month while the school was in ses sion. . ti StVDtSTS ES ROLLED The present . enrollment' is 43. the , -largest in the history of th institu- '. tion. 4l of whom are in residence. Jerome W. Howard, the present su . perratendent. , is a native of Michigan and has taught -school for th pest 18 years, for much of that time in schools for , the blind, , at Lansing, , Mich., and elsewhere. Mrs. Howard also was a teacher in the school for the blind at Lansing, Mich. With ' Howard I viewed the various activities , being carried on in' the school aad secured information! that Z am going to pass on to the i producers of the state who pay the taxes and foot the bills. .,.!!-... On each 81000 worth of taxable prop ." erty we pay- 21 mills toward the - maintenance of : the school foe the blind. The object toward which we re looking," said Howard, "is to ren der tho students of the school self- supporting, and thus self-respecting. : Going to the piano tuning room he i. pointed to a pec It or so of parts and ., ' said; "Each pupil who studies piano tuning is required to dissect and re - assemble this piano .--iw-v wen a .the - piano player beside It.- " They- must " .ot only have a good ear for music i but they must have . thorough fa- mlllantv withe, the feeling uw kx tlon of every screw and- every other part of the intricate . mechanism of From this department we went to the -". wood working room, Where the - boys were making cedar chests, .coat , racks, broom holders and many other useful articles of woodwork. We next visited the broom making .department, where the boys sort the broom straw, match It no and after fastening it on the handle press it In- an iron form and sew it into shape, it is next sub-? J acted to the guillotine, i where the ragged edges of the straw are trimmer evenly and after, a thorough inspec- tion the brooms are graded and packed .ready for shipment. - The boys also are taught to repair the cane backs and bottoms - of chairs and also to - weave rugs. The girls are taught sew . '-'ing, housework, rug making and var ious other arts and crafts. To care for1 the 41 pupils- now tn-' attendance there- are Is employes. X- w.' Howard. - the superintendent, receives in addition to his Hvtng a salary of SMOtf a year wnite nis -wiie, wno serves as matron. . Is - paid $099 year. The following teachers receive salaries ranging from? SS5 to tlle-per month : . ,ir. - F. Hoi- brook. Rj B,, Hirsch. Sara K. Potter, Aita xl. jmx, AJtina Kockxora, lena V. Robbina, Frances Byram. Helen Kelly, Members of the National Restaufant Keepers Assocktion v;4 - SERVICE SANITATION QUALITY . Broadway V . . 1 Ann ' - Vashingtoh Ste; PIRST FLOOR AND : -BASE M EN T- 4 ENTRANCES THE MOST TAlkED OFND THE BEST .THOUGHT OP EATING PLAGES ; IN THB GONTIIY V- ! REASON I PLENTY FOR TWENTY" ' I 17 1 j l3- f i i Huh1 . Scenes lif Oregon Scboot fortfce ECSnd at Salem. AbreWb lttstrucUoiK In weaving and piano tuninjr is Raven, ana, Dem, s aaai m Carrie MarGn, ttf ; 3 ' Severs ; Burger and Iy)ulS?rrlngtoa, . In addition to the teaehersi there are a number f superrlsera firemen ceoka, watchmen, - lanndresse. housekeepers, waitresses, nurses, clerks' arid laborers, the total payrott for- the past bientdam being $33,985.(8; ' la addition to this sum fas the cost of supplies, amounting to $9,942.27, of heat, , tight and power, $1,043.04, - and various other Jtems amounting in alt to $4ff.2W. 01. making the cost- of matrrteaancev exclusive of the payroll, $17,283.43. In addition to tUs $5,259.84 was spent la the purchase of Braille books, music; typewriters, furniture repairs and ether replace ments and -on Kerns of equipment. . The requirements of entrance to the school for the blind. are that the ap plicant most be between- the ages of S and 3. must be free from contagious and infectious disease and not mentally deficient The 41 children enrolled hail from the following counties: Baker, 1 ; Clackamas, t; Clatsop, 1 Columbia, t; Jackson, 1; Linn, 1 J Marion. 12; Multnomah, 9; Polk, ij Tillamook, S; ttaatlBa, 9 r. Washington. X ; Yamhill, 1; Alaska. 1: of whom 2$ are boys and 16 are girls.;: i ". : -: V i - Ot the 65 pupils Who have been In attendance during the, past two years three were 21 years old; five were 20, two were It, four were 18. five -were gg aSSSgBB BSg II ' I 1 , BBBBB3BBWSBSS8Ba g ' y -- o e- -. . - f .. 9- . ' c' l. '. .7'-. :.r- " .: . IF . .-fr 1 i i it,. k r 0 y i 9i M pnysicat culture, xne exterior Pi luq 17. seven were-18. six "were IS, aad the other rapged doWBto t-year-old chn dren. ' Accident was responsibJe forlS uses- of blindness, eight eases were congenital, nine were from ataracta. the other assigned causes beigg SyphO lOo infection, ulcers, glauconoa, hyper obia, enthabnla, etc. Of tjse pupils who attended dtrfing the psstfwo years, S3 were totally, blind while4 t were able to distinguish light from dark ness. . .-; , Wells 0. Cooper, ! Veteran of War: in Philippines, D ie s McMlnnville, Uea 2. Wells' Calvin Cooper, third son of Mr. and ilrs. J. C. Copper of MeMlnuvllle, bora In this city December tl. 1876,1 iea .November 34 tn Seattle He and his brother r Paul Bv : Cooper J ' were members of Company- A, Second Oregon volunteers,' during the Spanish-American and Philippine wars.' Weils wa the first Imattoad pat ashore at the 'eap tnre et the. Island of Gran, ini at i the capture ef I Manila, Auiiust U, -1S9S. -anrf in the battle: of Matabun and all of the campaign - and . eugagemcatsl bis regiment during thee Philippine war.. Most of the time since hi mum tc the states, be has lived to Seattle, where he w credit man for the muhlclpal light system. On February 2ti Iii7 tw married Miss Cecelia B. Nelson. His wife and parents survtve. Mrs, AL, P. McCroskey of Portland is -a sister. . OBSERVfe GOLDEN WEDDING f7 . Mr. and Mrs, John Clark -Moffat celebrated - their golden wedding , an niversary last Sunday at their home jn Irvington surrounded by their rrj-Zren, crsndchiMren and cc-e j r 1 scnopi pqiinirig is snovm u center. Former Mayor ot'm .Cottage. Grove Is Dead at Age of 76 Cottage " Grove, t5ev 2. Winfield Scott, Clu-isman, 76, died last Sunday from j a compiicatioa of diseases. .- He came to Oregon .hen iv- small lad. in 1858, with his parents, ; crossing the plains by ox team and settling it Cenyonvilla,; liv ing afterwards at Corvaliis, Walker, Eugene, Cottage Grove and Row river. He married Caroline Boren and of their eix chil dren, there survive, Wesley Chrism an, Row River i Mrs. T. MVRanktn. Hil- gard, and Mrs. T. K. tiirs, uot.Uie Urove, at whose home Mr. Chris man diedr - Mr. Chrismanr was the.4irst mayor of ceteags Grove, deputy sheriff for sev eral terms, store keeper and livery Stable man la Cottage Grove building tne etorerocrra at the eorner t West Main and .Pacific 'highway when Cot tage Grove wae all on the west Bide of the river. - Sheriffs Jaw Is . Broken by His Aide r Paseo. Wash, Dec 2. Chief of Po lice J. E. Sullivan Wednesday evening suffered fracture of hi Jaw in two places while arresting a man., who, he said, had -been amusing himself by or dering persona to dance to- the rausie of a eix-ahooter. The man is -alleged to have, turned his gtm on Sullivan, who- grabbed him by. the wrist. The J seven- children, one of whom, . IttC C C Moffat, died during the influenza epidemic here. The others are Mrs. Oscar Mor? of Slaton. Slinn. ; Den ton Moffat. Alberta. Canada ; A. P. ?-r.3t, F'm't'ai. Cel.; Zlra. D. II. I - :.r. . r t f-f 11 1 1 1 "i t. , N.-J TAXES ON LAND Lands and; improveirients Shown L to Represent 75 Per Cent of total Assessed Vatue of State Salens; Or., Dee. 2. Lands arid the improvements thereon represeht ap proximately 75 per cent of the state's total assessed value this year while money, notes And; accounts have dwindled to less than t per cent of the - total, according to figures com piled . by Frank A. i LoveU, state tax commissioner. While the total taxable wealth of the state this year shows a. decrease of nearly. $10,000,000 as compared with the figures of 1911, the value placed upon lands and Improve ments shows- an increase of nearly $4,000,000. Money, notes and accounts, on the other .hand, i have diminished from a bumble $20,19S471 on the rolls of 1921, to a still more humble $18, 445.417.84 on the rolls of 1922, a de crease of nearly 20 per cent. The assessed valuation placed upon farm . landstillable - and untiliable and the. livestock and equipment in cident to farming and ranching in this state aggregates $411,828,195, showing that nearly one- half the state's total tax burden is borne by the farming and stock raising interests. Public utilities, with an apportioned value of $123,707 J)4.0, -represents .aUghtly mora than It per cent of the grand total. Assessed valuations this year on the various classes of property as compared with valuations of last year, are shown In the following tables: TIDabls bodt nmMr lands Noo-UUsUt Impraremcats on deeded or patented faujkla. Town sod atj lots .................. IiBprovciaeBts on town sad city low . 1. Improrrment en Und. not deeded er pmfented . . Sailnads under eoasttnetiaa. hesios road.... 1 8tambota, Kftchinery, etc. 4 navoaaaau na noes in xrxa ............. Famine ImgtommU. vmsooa, etc ........... Moa7, a4ea aad socoaats Shan -ef stock i ..... . Hotel aad efhee fomitai HeoMt and amies ....... Csttla ...... Bbeev aad sorU ....... Swine" Doc . . . MiectlTsneoas . ... ,1 ... . TOtabJ Soldi en' exemption Fsblio aUttOes , Grand total sweated fmlne. . two went to the mat, A dpeuty United States marshal rushed to the chiefs assistance with a club, but, missing hi marls, struck Sullivan In the Jaw. The man arrested said his name was Mul len, ; 25Toreign-Born ; Agree to Enroll In Night School Twenty-five foreign-born persons residing in the TerwUllger district sig nified - their intention of enrolling in the free public night schools, . at a community meeting held Tuesday evening at the schoolhouse under the sponsorship of the Portland Aroerican isaUon Council, There were 150 pres ent and. Miss Catharine A. Bradahaw, field secretary of the council, pre-. Ide4-';-yftl--H-:fVL3:'j v s ; The Ingrain ; IncTuded' - short ' ad dresses ont the value ef learning Eng lish and the opportunities for educa tion .offered la the, night schools, by H. Langoe of . the council ; . Mrs. George ALl Reed, regent of Multnomah chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, and 1 P. Ferguson, princi pal of- the scbooU The' film., "Ameri can Ideals, compiled fcy , the Ameri- -eanixation committee of the American Legion, was loaned for. the occasion by the T. M.- C A. and Judge' J. B. Easter xve the , lecture .accompany-ing- It, . . . ' In response to - request that a night school be .opened in the -Clinton Kelly building, a similar community meeting will. -be held- there - Monday eventngf - at -which, ' time the. speakers ; FRIENDLY Lincdui LUL1P- INCREASE, WHILE MONEY TAX WANES rnn A -HA 3-Tpn JLoU or Mor, CI 0-50 Per Ton j ':- Delivered ia. Your Bin Pal that im met hmrd. on your purse. A coal that la le im - ash. - Ne clinkers, bone er slate, - Try H. . Several additional candidates- have bntered tti' two "contests being 6n- ducljsd ".by vM'vVder, teniple -tst , the Mystic Shrine, -eince' the- first -check teas made lest Tuesday J.Thcse names win be announced after the pext count Monday, night, -.As a result ot the con tests, ,.the -Shrwiers. .purpose tellinjr the- peopie oi jrortiaucL-wno are the most popular -young . vs. omen . and ' the most popular - babies in the .city. ' The- con test will end 'December 14 and prises, consisting of ai automobile and five diamond rings, wille be awarded to the winners. -5- , , '- ". x PBIZES OFFERED ' The contests are features of the In door circus and Arabian fete which the Shrine "WW -put on7 at The Auditorium December-4 to 14, and the proceeds will be used In-sending' a big delega tion, of. -Shrtnersv their bdnd and Arab patrol to-Washington, Dt C., next June when the Imperial council meets.' - " cSa far there have been entered In the contests 21 young .women and 16 babies. . They are : ' -- Toung WotoenMlss BertHa f Msi Schwann Miss Ruth ; Chenowlth,-Miss Grace Louise Sanders; . Mirs Myrtle Alexander.1 Helen Weinrick, Catherine Hutch, Mildred O. ' Wakefield. Melba Stewart, Urs. ,W, S. Thurlow, Vlrgihla R. Carter, Clara Louise Meyef, Alnta Harper, Aim Lavenson, Alice Kraenick, Opal Bowen, Lillian Bennett, -Frances Taylor, Irene Louise Taylor, Eleanor Richardson, Helen Olsop. Dorothy Mc CaBunvA" -1 '-- BABIES EKTEBED - Babies Mary Johnson. Phlllis Jane Rudeen, Frederick Oliver Van Kirk. Billy King Richardson, Lorain Lee, Helen Elaine Anderson, Klngdon John Dunham, une Beatrice .EU-tcksou, MarUyn Jean Jones, Stanley H. Tre awny, Anita Ben Austin Jane Dolores Nelson, PhyUkr Anne Trosidorf, Elisa beth Kerts, Lavin Mae Merriamv Deb ores Mae Rotay. , - .The initial performance of the circus, consisting ot what is announced as" 10 high class acts, will be given Monday night;- . -v- ,., -, . . Washington School Cost Growth Is Fast -Cbehalls, Wash., Dec 2. Speaking before the Chehaua Citlsens club here, William E. Xeeley; assistant state su perintendent of schools, told of the growth of education in Washington in the, past decade. In 189Q. he aald, the state spent $500,000 for education. The cost last year, he asserted, waa-$24, 000,000.: The percentage of profession- anr trained teachers, he satd. Jncreasea from 5 per cent In 1917. to 77 per cent In 1S2Q. Neeley said he taught school l Western Lewis-couhty 25 years-ago, receiving $30 a month tor tiva monuia The man- in charge at; present i paid $150 a month for nine- months. ; . , . 1S1 i54.T8.80:eiiIr 2027,S l2.0w 70.it.i4.oovv r - 4.4se.sa.ee 82.Stt7.S88.ee- M.sia.M2.oe 101,882.650 SO ,"5P877,44.0 1.82825.09 l6d.T5.00 i, 706.6S8.O0 1.458.S85.00 J,4J.8H.60 - S1.25e.57.09 7.8ftflJ28.00 20,lS,871.OO ie.58e.s,oe 8.17,278.0: 8.765,890.60 16.096.658.00 , 8,667.24 1.09 S73.S7S.-00 141.885.00 is,e7s,878.ee 48,1U88.00 6.471.178.00 16.886.181.00 16.446.417.84 9,804.840.00 8,862,040.00 18.4B2,S78J0 S.208.280.OO - 629.788.0O 15 8,8 56. OO 868.486.00 . .$ 807.4e,T24.6o - $ 887,712.745.84 . 1.580.890.00 L l.e21.650.fr 8 83.H84.50 . 8 888,792,0984 1SS.811.472.1S V 123.7OT.O64.60 I I I II "I- - T .81.018,229.866.63 ' tl9.49,la.4 will be Judge Jacob. Kan der, vice president of the council ; Dr. EL O. Sisson, director of the council, and A. M. Gray, superintendent - of -the night schools. . ' - ' Eev. G. S. Hunt of Portland to Help ! Dedicate 1 Church Rldgafield, .Wash, Dec 2 Dedica tion of Rldgefleld'a new $50 JJaaa rene church edifice, recently completed and formally, openedwith a cornmuaity service last Sunday . afternoon, will take ' place Sunday morning -vat Xi o'clock. The Rev, O. 8. Hunt of Port iand, district supertntetadent of the North Pacif ie district. - Portland- di vision. . in annual conference at the churchv here, will deBver - the ; dedi catory address. All Protestant churches will unite In the, special service. The church- is -44). by 60 and of tile, built by labor within . its membership under the supervision of Its pastor. Rev. D. P. Henry, in fh first year of his pastorate here. : Rev. -Mr - Henry constructed a- similar, church at Ka- lama In 1920. J--.- FIBEVE3T TiAlfm flees . ': Montesano, Wash, Dec A With a dinner and. its 29th annual ball; the Montesano Volunteer fire department Thanksgiving- day raised more than $1000 for support of the department. " Paving ef the Apple Way from the Idaho line to Post Falls was completed last week.'-- - - .. ... .. CHEERY HOT Per ii 2L Ton . -va Ne.' I Above, left to right XlVrfj Atexaxider, Bertha Mae Schwaa, 1Tglnla 11. . Carter. Below, left fo rlffht - Bennett 'W'". -?v1 ,v "- " PortlaLnd.Frslinlett Are Mo'stlliiiiijBrdus :' Oregon Agricultural College. Corval lis, Dec. .Portland has .203 .of the 743 regular freshmen ; registered -this year, according .to figures in the office of E. B, Lemon, registrar, , Jeff erson high school sent 4a, Washington - 29. Franklin 27 and - Lincoln . 1$V v Benson Polytechnic. HHrh School of Ctrttuneree, James John, Oregon Institute of Tech nology, St. Helena hs.il, NewiU tulorlal. Ct Marys academy. 1IU1 Military 4icaC rtSi T,i ..rA,r. ' V S eawPSSBJBwaa - i i ni l l i ; i v i .... Heavy ; tif tinjj injures Hodtli Try out our laundry service" this weekT Let us show you.tHat our work is really: high-grade in every respect. " - f . -' ' WE DO A COMPLETE FAMILY WASH .15- iBS. FOR . ONLY (Over IS Poa&d t 6e Potmdy . ; Jast phone' ahd one r:. , AU the FUt Nev Syotem Laundry . 507 East - mssiB-BsaBmmamim 1 1. , 1 1 1 letajeaaw-wacaeaarr i i . i in j i, a. n i , 1 1 1 n jti i.i ii '- Many graduate of this' great Aula School now cper- ate iheirowa Battery- Service Stations: This course v is bnetrf the rainy specialized branches taught here, u The field isr nnliinited, the work pleasant and prof ital!e' - -r , A iewrraonths invested 'in study in the-Day or Eve fiaiii classes of the Oregon Institute dXiY 'X-zute. school wi3 tqvdp you to earn-bigger money,-, , ' Let ns;tca yen bow. .Write for Cat- .-, ,r ,,a ,Q-1 today or call, write or f " ' " I phone Main 87C0. State Aid to Ex- : ' ServiceXien'7 . ) ' Tr- 'K- , 'Administrative OfUces '. I :" : 4th Floor YM. C.A. ; -; ! v.-- - - - . jT: - v -- ' - "- ' ;-- ?l " i I it Sal Bowfh, Alice Kraenick LiUian 1 emy. -Columbia university and Clrls Polytechnic : are the other Portland scfaootk 'represented. A total ot 1025 new student entered school this year. Aside-from the Hi freahmen, 15rar transfers. 64 special etudents and 63 vocational student. t ;. BCTUnrO TO BE REMODELED Jlelsd, Wash., Deo. 2. N. A. Strnd has been awarded the contract lor re-j ttodeUng the- X, O. O. F. building on th west -aide, which Is being acquired by Wesley v Vandercook. - The- former Olson Store Will be -divided into three store rooms which will face oa Main' street. Work Will be started ,e t onre.i 90c r OF - of out dragons will call Worlc Is Ironed . Flanders BATTERY 'EXPERTS IN 7 GREAT DE1.!AI1D . - - 3