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THE OREGON "STATESMAN, 5AUSM,' OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1925 f : HIGH SCHOOLS OF STATE ENTERTAIN OH CAMPUS THIRTEEN CITIES REPRE SENTED n233 STUDENTS Instructors 'Also Guests at First Smith-Hughes Week-end Held at OAC." Thirteen Oregon high schools t,ent 233 students and instructors to the first Smith-Hughes week end, at Oregon Agricultural college recently. This week .end of in slruction and entertainment, plan ned, and sponsored by the Agricul tural ciud or tne college, was the development of an Idea conceived by H. H. White supervisor of ag ricultural education in the Cor vallis high school. He hoped to bring the Smith-Hughes students cf the -state to Corvallis once a year to show ""them the work of thei college. He and . Donald Hill, then, president of the Agricultural club, cooperated with the beads of departments and instructors of the school of agriculture in ar ranging a program and laid the foundation for an annual evert for the high scboor boys '-of the s'ete who re. studying; .scientific agriculture under the Smith-Hughes act. 1 - ' Satu rday morning the" boys int speoted the animal husbandry .jand dairy departments. After 10:30 o clock, they were free to vielt the greenhouses, ; farm mechanics buildings, ; or J any other depart ment of the. college in which they wcie interested. Saturday after noon 'they saw the May day festi val on the lower campus,-and from 7 until 9 o'clock at night they swam in the big tank in the men's Prt nasium. Schools: represented with in- elructors and numbers of delegates present are- a follows: M. , A. Schrjeber,"" Woodburn, 12; Leston L,ove, Seaside, 21; Forest Rycraft. Lebanon, 20; J. K. Edwards. Cot tage Grove', 6; H. W. Grove, Inde pendence, ;.,9; .H...M. .Jlqreland, Roseburg, 26; J. W. Smith, Ra nfer, 17; Kenneth Fendall, New burg, 24; William Cyrns, McMlnn y'Ae 11 ; George Jenner. Greshani, 19;, ,L. E, Smith, Scappoose, 11, i 1 4,,MA u,le. worvauis, zj. . V V ny farmers -were with the boye touring the agricultural de f .2 -partments and the experiment sta jilt"on grounds. The agricultural :' I t luh plans to make this a more wortli wnlie event each year, im proving ftj in various ways is the (fe?a. ?rows and more, schools throughout the state become' In terested. XEW HOOKS Vija'em Public IJbrary Father Abraham I. A. Bachel- le?. Davld Blaize of King's E. F. Benson, ij No. 13,! Rue du Bon Diable A. S. Hardy. v Les TVliserables Victor Hugo. The Right "of Way Gilbert Pa f ker. :' ' A Girl of the Limberlost G. S. II Porter. i , I The Nervous Wreck E. J. Rath, pseud. Economics for Helen Hilaire Belloc. ! ' Education for Citizenship J. C. Almack. - ' s Tinkering Wife" Tools H. II. Savior. : aC The Ways of the Circus Geo. ?tJ Iemoits of an Editor E. P. Mitchell, f ' I or the Children Little Men L. M. Alcott. ' Little Women L. M. Alcott. Little Lorl Fauntleroy F. H. Burnett. Official. Handbook, 1924 Boy Scouts of America. Peter Pan in Kensington Gar dens .1. ' jvi. Barrie. Peter Pan J. M. Barrie. Aesop's Fables. Rrogressive Road to Reading, vol. 2 Burchill and others. STUDENTS WILL OFFER FARCE COMEDY.FRIDAY i : : ' : : . GIRLS', I'ART IX PLAY WILL BE I TAKEN BY BOYS i;: ; ,., ..... V,, "Safety FIRST" Contains Hilar! uns Moments; Is Presented By K. O. Clnb The . three aft farce-comedy, "Safety First," by Larmer, wil be presented by the, K. O. club at the Salem high school auditorium Friday night. The"'; plot f 6f the comedy is laid in the residence section of New York and is ex pected to be'-very amusfng as the complications are. well . worked out and the comedy contains a DaiHUMPt3D'BVfl I Robust Mother of FIveHealdrr. Jfj Happy Children Keeps Tit Tvftw ini jam m a. WKen I fcl dferkoKSci eomioc eow Itakaoof two Saechua' Pilhw . ' ! SJ t bcaMky.rpbiMtnodierwfeh fcPTT chfldfgn. thapkj to Bum cbm'. Ids ail IkCMsewafic. besides awinc wabdiiflt araoiaab and carina tot thm cfatidxea. Mn. Albeft Onnecod. Fall River. Maaa, For FREE SAMPLE Write B. F. ABern Cav, 419 Caaal Street. New Torft Buy from roar, dnanbt In Sf wmd Tar ctmdpstio, biViuxmrn m. tick flc2 v I , . ; Z- ' ." Hippodrome : t "Oddities of 1925," starring pretty "Avis," will be seea-ju . the, Bligh theater as the headline attraction, on the : new bill today. The offering is made up off dancing, singing and music. Five pretty girls make up the com pany, headed by Avis, who has scored In1 marry of t her large cities. With her company she has put to gether an -act that so far on the Ackerman & -Harris j circuit has been a show.aJtopper. With special scenery, costumes ' and musical numbers the act will be a big hit Appration,IExpreed for Fht Made to Save Historic Tree in Road Ella M. Finney Winn in Attempt to Retain. Beautiful Oak Standing o 8aletn-Charapbeg Highway Which Is to lie: Paved ? One of the first battles fought out in Oregon to save historic and pioneer trees-alcrbg the beautiful highways built by" the counties and the state was by Miss Ella M. Finney, assisted by theSave Beautiful Trees committee of the Rilverton Woman's club of which May Risteigen is chairman. This grand oak rtree stands In the Sa lem and Cahmpoeg highwayk that is to be paved this summer. It was the old stage road and has been.j travelled by the people of Oregon for, three-quarters of a century; It leads from the state capitol to the site of the founding of the Oregon territor and provi sional government that first rais ed the American ' flag over the old Oregon country that then em braced what are now the states of Washington, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and parts of Utah and California.,- JJn a letter to Mrs. Risteigen,'. Ella- Kinney expreses here gratitude to allwho helped: 'Thank you, as chairman pf the committee in Saving Beautiful Trees of the woman's ; clugs in Oregon. Thanks is but a feeble word to express ray gratitude; Thank' all the ladies for me. It's a great thing to have-a friend, a friend who loves you with a "heart felt feeling. It was thus I loved and jSaved'tny tree, j i ;- . "I sent fetters, and they began to close in, and around from afar, and swamped the resistance that lay close at hand.- i. The old oak numbef'of hilarious' moments. An interesting feature of the play is that the women's parts will be taken by boys. Clarence Hamilton and Ezra Webb playing In this capacity, The leading mas culine parts will be takeruby John Minto and Vernon . Ferry. ' Progress on the work necessary to successfully put on the play is being made under the direction of "Miss Leila Jonhson, dramatic coach, and under the management of Edgar Tibbits. : ) l ' Tentative arrangements are: be ing made by the Junior clasis at the high school to put on a candy sale during the intermissions and it is also probable that a high school orchestra will entertain; be tween .'acts. ' r i ! The ticket saler is under the di rection oi miss Ada ito88, neau oi the high, school English depart ment. i : Buenos Aires Wrestles With Traffic Problems! ' 4- ; . ' i . i BtjENOS AlRES The city authorities of Buenos Aires, whose population is f approaching " the 2,000,000 mark, are faced with a transportation and traffic problem that Is ever trowing, more perious. The city possesses oter-250 miles of surface '.and .ttb"ay.ilines,t.h?. former. carrying $00, 000.0.00' pas sengers annually and the subway 60,000,000. but these are Insuf ficient to handle the daily passen ger movement without over-crowd- nr Afia-r and rntir(loir.- Additional subways llakihg-un At the Bligh Today vs. , ,i I i . ' J . ! '-A. I at the "local playhouse. Another bright spot on the bill will be Oliver, Twist, who j has a new offe'ring for the theatergoers; He promises to keep the fans en tertained all the time he is before the footlights alld .will stand oat on the current bill. j j Fuller nd Vance are a splen did comedy pair, -who are j bound to hand out many laughs during the course of their act. Lew Ful ler is a droll comedian of talent, and Miss Vance is a clever foil for his witty remark's. ! ' tree was destined to be a great tree. It-frew,inthe middle of historic road. '. It grew, and grew, till the outh that passed by grew gray rand paBed - over. "leaving none to tell the oak's great age; progress at last caught up to it, and it 'would have been, no more without a 'friend- . It had , a friend; that friend cheated a pow er; that .power saved it. Without the friend, aBd the power created the tree would have diedjj ; The tree and the friend and ,thej. power created a law to save its. kind, its kindred trees along the?-"high-ways. Truly fit is; a monarch of all the, pioneer trees. ; "My desire is to plan flowers and to make both sides of the road beautiful, all along past 'my farm; also a space near the tree. I will plant the lilies of the val ley for you and the women's clubs you represent. ' rustic beauty, so restful to city eyes. If I should die before my dream Is fulfilled, I leave It all to you the . oaks along the road, on the west side. Climbing roses and Virginia creepers j could climb them. The tree, in the road would be prettier perhaps in its own. grandeur, without the creep ing beauty of vine or roses. climb ing. " Something low around i its feet (slippered with lovely f low ers left to live to a grand old age.""-; ' ' :-i . .. r J-v i ELLA. FINNEY, Grvais, Ore. - distantly -separated railway ter minals with motorbus feeder lines are the necessary solution of the problem, transportation authorl ties sayv bnt although- the- com pany operating the present sub jway presented a proposition to the, city some three years ago to construct a new one, inability to agree on terms has so far prevent ed its being started. i t;,?-, ; j Many motorbuses have been in operation during the last j year, but have eased the' transportation facilities of the city only to a slight extent. Indeed, traffic con gestion is -increased largely by their use,, together with the In creasing numbers of automobiles. - Streets? in the business section of the city are restricted lo one way traffic, . but even, so vehicles in them move at a snail's pace during the busy honrs. i f Omaha Plans to Welcome Disabled Veterans in June , OMAHA, Neb. Formation of a definite -and active, (ftogram of legislation looking-forward to a more liberalized insurance provi sion of the present Reed-Johnson veteran's bill i will constitute the main .work ,of T the msrabers of the Disabled Americaa veterans of , tho world war, when they Tneet In an.4 nual convention at Omaha, June 22 to 27. Adoption "or'resofntions on rehabilitation,; hospitalization and compensation are expected to initiate the veterans program for 1925-26. The convention la expected tn - attract between- 8,000 and-10,OC& f -.v -- .y -o ; Billy Smith, who bills himself "The Boy From Old New England" opens his performance with a lit tle comedy-talk at the piano, sing ing and playing some of the old time songa that were heard ;10j( years ago; also some of the song that he composed lately. Ethel De Lyte and Billy Mar mon, presenting "A Story Book Revue," have a neat offering. It is novel and quite out of the or dinary. Miss De Lyte proves to be a dancer of no mean. ability. J disabled veterans. "Aiding these members- willt be probaly the largest arra yofiarmy generals and leaders of the rprld war ever to address a single convention. ' In cluded, on the speakers' .. roster are: General John r Pershing, General. Frank, T. Hines, director of the United States veteran's bureau; Major, General James G. Harboxd, . retired, and.., General John Dunn, national commander of. the veterans of foreign wars, of Boston. Other prominent speak ers will be Myron T. Herrick, former American ambassador to Franc and now national com mander of the Spanish-American war veterans; James C Drain, national commander of the Am erican legion, and Governor-Adam McMuIIen of Nebraska. j Omaha will extend itself In en tertaining the veterans. Madam Schumann Heink, eminent singer, will give several concert, wh.il the celebrated trench rats, the fun organization of the veterans, will have control of the traditional stunts and initiations. Horse-rac-ing and a civic carnival will also be 'provided for the visitors. " Tax Collector Resigns M l Rather Than Grind Poxr Li i - ' i : ' SOUTHAMPTON ,The most- talked-of man. in Southampton is A. G. Parry, tax collector of the South Stoneham Union, who re signed his job because of his con science which, he said, wouTd ndt permit him further to collect the high taxes which he felt were causing distress among; people of the district. Mr. Parry has a wife and three children and no work in sight. His position paid 11,500 a year. "I could not continue squeezing people for taxes," he said recent ly, "as I have realized for two years that when I took $3 from many persons, it meant they would be short of food. I under stand there have been several hundred applicants for my job. If LUX Sun and Wind Bring Out Vfrjjr Spots. How to Remove Easil- Here's a chance. Miss ; Freckle face, to try a remedy for freckles, with the guarantee of a reliable concern that it will not cost, you a penny unless Jt removes., the freckles; while if it does give you a clear complexion the expense is trifling. .Jj J. qi. Simply get an, ounce f of'O thine.; djpuble strengtb---rrom aiiy" Jru& or department store, and a few applications should show, you-how easy iw-is ,to rid yourself of the homely freckles and get a beauti ful complexion. Rarely Is more than . one ' ounce needed - for the worst case. ; ; Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othine as this strength I3 sold , under .guarantee of money back if it fails to remove your freckles-. . ' - .AVe recommend Othine Complex ion Soap for use with Othine. for; bobbed hair shampooIt's worn derful for bobbed hair- 25c a cake at all drug or department stores or by' mall. Othfne "Laboratories, inc., Buffalo, N. Y. Advy Parrish Paragraphs ? I By DORIS A "play called , "The Country Cousins," will be given in the gym Thursday, May 21, at"7:30 o'clock; --under ; the direction of Miss Rauch. A small admission of ten cents will be charged. - The science classes have been making field trips as a , part, of their class work. These trjps prove very profitable as the pupils get first hand . information ' con cerning nature. -,'"'..,' , The 9A : English, classes are nearing the completion of "The Merchant of Venice" and ' will soon commence the study of Scott's "Lady of the Lake." Mrs. C. Thompson has adopted a very unique, way. of drilling her 7B pupils on the technical side of English. - She has worked out a cross-word puzzle, which the pu pils in turn will, solve outside of class. The correct solution in class will be the means, no doubt, of impressing the correct forms of English. ' ' ; ' rMrs. Creech, supervisor of, the cooking department, has recover ed from her recent illness and is again at her post of . duty, much to the joy of the, hungry. The girls' physical education classes have t been having an inter-class elimination baseball tournament. The final game was played on Thursday evening be tween Feriod 1 and Period 2. The score was 14 to' 3 In favor of Per iod 1. Mrs. Creech and class ser ved the winner. with icecream and cake. ! . . CONVENTIONS TO BE BROUGHT HERE Pacific Northwest to lie Ilost to Great Number of Civic, liodlfs WASHINGTON; I. ; C, Ameri cans are waking i up to the' fact that in the Pacific. Northwest mo torists have a summer playground with unexcelled attractions; that this playground has been brought to the doors of minions of east erners by the automobile,, by im proved highways I and ' by trans Today OREGON I k :; NEVER BEFORE litive Oregon crowds responded to screen prewrntatioii an the) have to thif amazing and unusual production. rl f J: .jnw an v Vt ' ' ALSO 4 The Spat Family in LostDog" McDonald at the Organ TODAY: . 'j .-; ,- tit MONDAY a. SAlO'THEfBRUTEV -r 'XA v K V'L'lL" -1 -. .... . ' " 1 1 . .. -r GODSEY Miss McCune and Mr. Durham are : rejoicing over the addition of a new filing case to , the office furniture. In this case, will be kept the records, good or bad, of the pupils. The pupils of Parrish will strive to have every record In the : case a good one. ; Mrs. Grace Thompson, head Of the Latin department, gaven the students in the two 9A Latin classes a real treat Friday. On Thursday the. pupils were given mottoes in Latin to be translated and read in answer to rool call. Some selections were state mot toes such as "Salus populi sup re in a lex esto."'. Let the safety of the! people be the supreme law, while others were sayings of not ed iauthors. Much interest was shown by the pupils. The 9B Latin classes j are giving oral re ports in class from the book, "The Private Life of the Romans," The reports were j of Interest to the pupils. On Wednesday afternoon, at Oxford Park, our boys played Mt. Angel high school. Parrish boys were defeated by a score of 10 to 6. ' - ' ! .Friday during fifth period, the students of the occupations class es were privileged to hear a lec ture by Miss Marvin, state librar ian or Mr. ! Davis, 'teacher of salesmanship at Salem high. The pupils were 1 allowed to choose which lecture they wished to at tend. Both lectures were very profitable. ! continental lines. ' ; This was the message which Douglas Shelor of Seattle, -. man ager of the Automobile , club of Washington, brought to the con ference of the AAA secretaries In session in' Washington, April 30 to May 1. Proclaiming . his s i o g a n of "Westward ho!," Mr. Shelor came into the conference of motor .club secretaries with facts, and figures to prove that this is the slogan .of an ever-increasing number of mo torists and tourists from the east and middle west, j ,. Indicative of the western move- Monday TOMORROW A TH RI LU N Om D RAMA OF; THErG OLDEN WEST ALSO COMEDY ' A?CI NEWS 1 i- ment this eirmmer is tie list of 126" national conventions to-be held on the Pacific coast, with 38 of thtm in Seattle, including the Knights Templar. Conclave, the National Foreign Trade conven tion and other notable groups. The Shriners, the Elka and the Odd Fellows are other large fra ternal bodies which will meet on the Pacific coast. - j v. Reservations made at' the . na tional parks, including Yellow stone, Glacier and Rainier Nation al Parks, are at least thirty-five per cent heavier at " this time than they were In May of last year, said Mr. Shelor. (What the tourist trade means - to the west can be seen by the steady addi tion of hotel facilities and Seattle has, with the completion of a new $5,000,000 hotel and additions to established hotels, taken rank as sixth hotel city in America. "Tourist trade in the-Pacif ic Northwest; is now becoming an in dustry, carefully fostered," said Mr. Shelof. "Just, at this time. CATCH : ' ... a THE "IWIDfJIGHT - ;b STARRING Elaine Hammerstein 4-THE MOST MELODRAMA1 loYA Comedy jQ - TODAY MONDAY ! - - - : .. 1 J GRAND ORCHESTRA ANOTHER BLIGH 1 U THE SPOTLIGHT ' focUS On ' the young folks at gradu-' ' . attOTliThey'are the?t$r of ; Interest land parental pride, t ; Less in the limelight, perhaps but just as interesting are their shoes, N Those that are roomy with comfort, graceful in Jine, stylisf .and benchYr made are the shoes that will serve thera " BeSL j' '!: :. " . ' ' '.- : : : V'' - " : When they, step out into the world, have " them step along, in shoes from ' Ti . Everythinrx Correct in Footwear and Hoseing at Moderate Cost. when the average American citi zen is wrestling with the annual prpblem of where' he will spend, his vacation, the transcontinental railroads -, and ; chambers ; of com merce serving the Pacific North west are conducting a vey inten sive advertising campaign." f Britain's Trade Prospects ' Painted in Dismal Colors LONDON A gloomy view of Britain's trade outlook j was. ex pressed by Sir Robert Jlorne at a recent dinner of the British Over seas Bank association. He said he had just come back from a Journey abroad. -which had taken some months, and he was of the opinion j 'that ; we are in a worse position today .than we '. were six months ago, and that was bad enough. , If we .look at the staple trades of the country we cannot help (having V feeling of anxiety and apprehension as to the fu ture."- .; ; . : - -; V - j - - . ' ; . . m m . EJIPRESS" r . THRILLING i OF THE YEAR nn News BIG SHOW THEATER