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the Institutiofc.ari the
"jTi if summer owioui
-.-oiuaeniS'
One of the leading Institutions
ofits kind in the whole I pf the
United States is the Oregdn Nor
ma!jKhool jtMjomouth. I ;
i r.Dvrtn r the"schoot year 19 24-2 5.
jail, students of the state pt Ore
fiojw wire;- enrolled at the Oregon
Normal school : located in! f Mon-
II', k i 111',
linoutb. T,he Oregon Nor- !
mal school, which was
formerly filled the Chris- .
.(ain College, was founded
laciJielf tie?. jjnjproperty -
oelonglng to the -Chris-
Jam church. ?ThU proper
ly was later transferred
in 1882 to the state to be
Med-as a normal school j.
ind the title normal
school was conferred up- .
on. It. -At the same time '
Ashland ' college at. Ash-
(and. Oregon, was allow
ed the privilege of the '
lame - title. In 18S5i
i Weston academy was ad-""
ded to the Oregon normal
, J V W V A V. 1 VV, AAWWM .
,was added. The addition '
jof '.Waso !" Independent--
academy at The Dalles to ''
the same title made flrcu
normal ' schools . for the '
t - j:- . - - . : t
state oft Oregon all bearing
the
normal school title but receiving
!no. financial aid from the state
,Each of these institutions was at
,the time receiving aid . from de
nominatlonal or,A private in's'titn-.'-tlons,-
' tn 19 09 the five normals,
four of them, were -forced to sus
t JenA jjperatiqn through lack . of
leglslaUvejipproprmlon ln191I
the Oregon Normal. school was re
organized as & standard normal
t school.: -;'rB ranch normals, have
vbeen.-used in ; Pendleton and -Ash-
' land 'during the summer months
(for. the conveniVnce of those peo-
pie. who. live. in. the eastern and
- " southern parts of jthe .state though
1 jthe Oregon.Ndrmal school at ifon-
; iraoath draws the. greatest parV.o?
jits students from the Willamette
Xyalley. ?.-. . ; ..CV ; : ;
czr !The jtajndard course of theOre
jMlJonaal liwo
;year8 ,t work, including pne term
iof practice, teaching, under the su
pervision of critics and is done in
4he Monmpnth , of Independence
training center, The elementary
cojuiewhlch certifies the itudent
o-teach-after 36 -weeks of train
ing includes six weeks work Jn one
ot theI,rurar4rafningt centers of
, fthe Oregon formal school located
j at Oak Point, FalrpIayEola, Elk-
ihs Rickreall and Mountain View.
Oak,Polnt,Fairplay and Eola are
one-room schools,. while' Rickreall
a4Mountaia-Vie w are two-rovm
. 93w.Ch!ldren's. JgrmHome
has been added as a rural training
j center during' the last two years
j and tis a two-qpm building, while
Fairnlay has beta, added only iur
fing the present, school year. Star
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'T1IE SSLEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS Hftn 4RSR
pupitsflpEiiLiiioiisi
ti
k fiKc"d' bV the
:"vwiuu.uiLjviore.inaa3U Ark txceHent Svs-
. tem of PubUc Schools, With Good Equipment j
x. -
Oeorgr W. Hug, superintendent
of schools of the- galem district, is
now wonting on his annual report,
From a rough draft of this report.
I the u Slogan., editor was yesterday
f 'Me, to , glean a. number of xery
1 Interesting and encouraging facts,
, toiigvi: i . .
i The attendance of f the Salem
i public ichpols In June of last year
j was as follows f High achool, 10$0;
I JunJorllilghrschooIs, 1126; grade
,-achooi2 4 2.Totalr.4 CSg. The
j. year before the total was 4399.;
The following are some.excerpts
I irom ine lonncoming report, quot
ed.liferallyj... r
i "In fSv? jrearsourse of time
' all rrar a kpnnt. u i ....
i . : --v"'" iwen iuiea
ana liorary and basement rooms
nave p been. .converted Into clas
rooms. I Englewood had two va
cant rooms in. 1920, .but all are
now filUd.Gartie.ld U tilled with
me aaauion of a basement room.
Grant 49 crowded aad.use Is made
of the old manual trainlne shon
pfcriJt-ii3l:ropm-JIJrbland; is
. Hsing ail available space incliiri.
ing fthe tibrafy( f or, a class room
The auditorium has been divided
into two class rooms, Lincoln Jis
using an, undesirable room fori a
ciass room ana also a iploak room.
Park s nsing thei principars office
for a class room. Richmond is
full nd we. expect to-use the li
brary for a class room this com
ing' year. The-' auditorium1, as n
the ca?e of ,lhe, Highland school,
j Has beea cutrp.. into-two -class
j rooms. The" Washington building
abandpned aftertheconstt9c
tion of the iParrish" Junior high
school, ai a school building, two
primary 'grades bejnf hpuse In a
THE 0 flEGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
ISEIIbiTillllTIl-
K" " -r, - ,
Bays Been GiSduafeafrorrt
Attendance tf a$ Grdwn Stead-
nas.a Large tnronment or
t
dents, completinjg f the elementary
or one-year course receive a certi
ficate entitling them to teach one
yearand j this Certificate Jnay be
renewed for!'anbtiwYear if -the
teacher so desijres. The comple
tion of the twbfyear ! coarse. en
titles the student ultimately to a
Administratioa Building-of the Oregon
.H'e certificate
i The control
school , is , exerc
- of . the : n'ormal
sed . by the Board
oc .Regents consisting of nine
members, the six appointive mem
T '"'-."-'V.:.1.,: ' '' - w rs- -.-9.'T--.'.
t, : A ''v :'l:r ":f:'-:: :-: r- .,--r: . ".:: i '
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4-
bers serving for: six years eachAeourse after the reorganization of
The present board i ts ' constituted
as follows: J Govern'or Walter M.
Pierce, president; i i Secretary : of
State Sam A. Kozerr Superintend
ent of " Public
Instruction J. A.
ge A. " jHartman,
Churchill; , Geo
Pendleton
.B.KEjBragg,irLa
Grande;, Frank
J. Miller, Albany;
Portland; W. C.
and J. H.. Fuller,
Landers, president
C L. Starr, .
Bryant,' Moro;
Ashland. J. g;
of the " Monmouth Normal school,
is secretary of th board.
j,"- The Kquipment , .1 l( '
The normal -jschool Includes an
administration ( building, a train
ing school, a Roman's dormitory
which accommodates 200 girls, a
gymnasium, i a cottage- for senior
girls which accommodates ' 20
girls, a house for junior girls, fa
culty house , and ;. heating" plant.
ine campus' consists ! of about ele
ven acres. During the fall of this
year wdrk will be begun on the
Independent training r school
which1 was voted for ' the Normal
school during jthe last legislative
session. . The I plans, which hav
been drawn up by Knighton and
Howell, Portland architects, have
recently been approved ..'by the
board of regents. The new train
ing school -t: located 'at Independ
ence, Oregon, will be 'on the sita
of the i present training school lo
cated in that city. '
The normal school faculty - Is
composed of fifty members during
: ! -'Ml
SamegnJ Safe Will Be a
two room portable, erected thr
years ago on the grounds. - It is
evident , that wing to crowded
conditions the building will again
be used this year. Mckinley. Jun
Ipr high school : accommodated
more than 200 pupils,' while the
new J. L. parrish i Junior ; high
school has practically reached its
capacity: with nearly 1000 pupils.
Two years ago, 1923, an annex to
the senior bigh t school was ' built
living usatjEommpdioua gymna
sium and several more class rooms,
but all are tilled and the plan to
accommodate the Increase is the
use of the Janitor's store room for
a class room as well as the! office
of physlpal director for another, h '
Prediction of Growth! lt'
-, "According to the past statis
tics .and, condition? and with the
rapid, Increasept ihp population
of the cityi our; schools should
show at least an enrollment as fol-iowsf-
.;:v.j: -;lf ,':!,n.u.u:f f:fj:;'. j;
benlor high school: 1920, 711;
192.1000 JL.19301 400 or 1500.
Junior hiihechoolStil920. 902;
1925. I126;ll930 1400 or 1500.
: Grades: i f 1920, 1984:
1925,
442; 1930,! 3000 or 3200.
Total enrollment: 1920J
3597;
19254S58J:W30ti5800ior!
6200.-
Populatlon Of Salem taccoriUfle
to increase Jn enrollment) :i 1920,
17,67; I92, 22,894; 1930, 28,
500 or 30,500. ' . j:jj!j..t j'fu,
In;Jooi:FiBaBcial, Shape f
"The, bonded . Indebtedness n
the d istrict is $2 94,000 ($74,000
old sbond: jtloo.0flohl2h Ischoni
anaex.and LlmproremeJita L land
$220,000 Parrish Junior hizh
echool), or 2.8 per cent of total
valuation. jf assessed -property,
about fifty-fire during th9 present
summer term, ten having, been ad
ded during this summer to fake
the place of those who have leave
of absence or who are resigning.
The Ashland faculty for the
summer, ' months . , of, the present
year totals- 13, while the Pendle
ton faculty numbers $.;tThe Ash
land branch is under the direction
of George Briscoe, superintendent
of schools, Ashland Oregon, and
at the present time is accommo
dating 160 students, while Pendle
ton which Is under ; the supervi
sion of H. E. Inlow Is offering
work to 55 students.
A Large Attendance
The enrollment durlngthe pre
sent summer ..term :ln . the, Oregon
Normal school proper Is 921. This
summer session Is the thirteenth
annnal summer sessIonslnce the
Normal School at Monmouth
reorganization of the normal , In
1911. This enrollment is an in
crease of .132 over- that of last
summer which was 1,000? The
first registration for! the summer
the Normal school In 1912, was
133.
' ' Many Graduates
The summer graduation "class
of the Oregon Normal school on
July 24 of this year. will total 75
and it is expected that the class
iWilch will finish the standard
two-year course in August will ap
proximate this number. This will
bring the total graduation for the
summer months close to 300.
Since the reorganization of the
Normal school in 1911, 2064 stu
dents have been graduated and
received normal school . diplomas.
There has been a steady Increase
since the first graduation class in
wnich totaled 26 students,
wfth the exception of the years
during the World war. ,
, ; In . order . to take - care of the
students during . the Rtimm
months, who wish to take practice
teaching it has been necessary to
use two grade schools of Salem
and one of Corvallis. These are
in addition to the regular normal
training centers at Monmouth and
Independence and are under the
direct' supervision Of the Orppnn
Normal school at Monmouth. Onlv
one of the rural centers, Fairplay,
ueen in use.uring.the present
summer term in order to accom
modate those students who wish
to
complete the elementarv
course.
S t i is . expected that the enroll-
niAwt -- x
. " W 1 V u
whcih is S14.000.000. There Is
yet to be spent S180.000 of the
bond Issue of $500,000, of which
$100,000 was spent for the new
high school annex and improve
ments and $220,000 for the Par
rish Junior high school. The dis
trict may be bonded up to 5 per
cent oMts valuation, or approxi
mately $750,000. : " ;
- "The policy of the board Is to
reducejndebtedness by paying one
tenth each year. There will never
be 4 danger of Issuing up to the 5
per cent limit.
f-f i 3Iany From Outside
"Three hundred eight-two pu
pils are in the high schools of Sa-I
lem from outside . the district.!
These pupils are known as county
high school pupils who do not live I
within any high school district In'
the state. These .pupils include!
ine.nintn grade In the junior high
schools as well aa the 10th. nth
and 12th grade pupils In the sen
ior nign scnooi. . ;
296 are trom Marion county.
2 77 are from Polk county.
i-i 3 are from Linn countyj
- 2 are from Lane county.
2 are irom Clackamas county.
1 Is from -Tamhill county. .
1 is from Tillamook conntv
The average cpst per pupil in
is-za was $90.66. J' " 'l
. The average cost ' perTpupIl in
iase-z was $92.10
. The average .cost per. pupil in
1922-2 was $90.18. ... J s , s
i. .The. average cost per pupil in
was $93.13. : - i
The average. cpst per pupil in
1920-21: was $96.08.
eany 24.ooo Is secured
irom -Marion county, over $C,0CTO
from Polk-county and -over $300
from the other counties. ; f i
VQaeinundred severity-tw days
were taught and the" per cent pf
attendance t In the high school
grades was' 95.2. - V t '
The Tracbers-Are Qualified I .
"The Northwest Association pf
Secondary and Higher Schools pro
hibits us from employing any one
to teach academic subjects in the
high school who has not graduat
ed fromva, standard college or uni
versity with a degree., Salem has
Bt .violated , this: rule for two
years.; .
"At least college or normal
graduate? are the realrp4eens of
4
t 2
ii
i
(
the academic teachers in Junior
high school
;;;Normal graduates ,ot at -least
two years are required for teach
ing in the grades.
"During the past few years new
courses of study were prepared by
me elementary supervisor in read
ing, arithmetic geography; hygiene
ana, health,., and , language. : a
thorough course in physical edu
cation was made by the physical
training supervisor. A music
course was also made by the music
supervisor. Heads of departments
In junior, and senior high schools
constructed - courses in such sub
jects as English, mathematics, his
tory and civics, science, art and
other subjects. . These courses are
supplemented by regular super
vision by the supervisor or head of
department concerned. ,
Some High lights ,
"Among the most noteworthy
achievements of the school are: ;
"First, -definite . .purpose , and
stress of the fundamentals, veri
fied, by standard tests.?.. -
"Second, inauguration of a com
plete physical education program
from the first grade on through
me fliga. scnooi. . . .
"Third, provision for exception
al children by; giving instruction
In separate, rooms and classes and
a director of research in charge of
the work.
, "Fourth, classification of pupils
according to ability installed where
possible, especially in junior high
school. . :,... , .
"Fifth, inauguration of a com
plete health service and health ed
ucation In charge of the Marlon
County Health Conservation com
mission. This . is a five year pro
gram with an available budget of
1200,000 from the child health
foundation of New York, Work
began this springy .
. -"'Sixth, economical and syste
matic expenditure of school funds.
Some Concluding Facts
There will be over 160 teachers
in the Salem public schools the
coming year. It is predicted that
MT. flfJGEL COLLEGE ONE OF THE
LEMIHB SCHOOLS OF SfllEM DISTRICT
This lnstitutibn Has Had a Long and Useful Career 1 and Is
- Better Equipped Than Ever to Render a High . Order of
bervice to This Sectiofr
r T-l - ' L ' i a i
Far Reaching and Ambitious
Mt. Angel college Is situated
one mile east of the town of Mt
Angel, on the Southern- Pacific
and Willamette Valley Southern
railroads,. 40 miles from Portland
and 14 miles from Salem, with
paved, highways all the way, in
different directions.
... i .. ..
It was founded in 1887; char
tered by . the Oregon s legislature.
The seminary for training candi
uiiies . ior ipe i.pnestnood was
opened the- fallowing year.. . The
buildings are ! modern and up to
tne. minute. They are wonderfully
attractive;, solid as the rock, pf
ages; .fashioned of the native gray
. fx. . ...
o.uuc. . iucie: are uospnai laciii'
ties, two . dormitories, 50 private
rooms. Ior - students, dining hall.
museum, physical laboratories, bi
ological laboratories everything
up to date.
Ambitions Plans ,-
The faithful people behind Mt.
Angel college and seminary have
plans, to be worked out in the
future, for a tronn of bnildlnes
that will render this one of the
outstanding institutions of the
United States and that will ac
centuate Salem as an educational
?enty-.lTll8 ..ambitious scheme
will take millions, and years will
be required to work it out. '
The monumental structures al
ready on that -beautiful hill are
an earnest of what may be ex
pected concerning the larger pro
posed undertakings. These took
years of patient and painstaking
labor; building from: the 'ground
np. out of the solid rock of the
mountain. But there was prog-,
ress all along the patient and
weary way; and It will be the
same with this ambitious dream
and major undertaking. It Is s
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FALLS CITV TJBVS OF THE IVFFK
BY THE II HE REPORTER THERE
Malro O Qnlonrtlrl Dkaa.I
.v h iicuuiu eti uctmp Lewis New York
vP?1!?8 Bcim Permanent Residents of That Live
. virv vvuiuy I UWII .
FalU City PI ys Winning Game
,wn ladepeiMlonce on . the " :
' Independence Ground
- Last Sunday. in a 6 to, 5 game
Falls City won from Independence
on -the. latter 'S diaroond. by play
ing better ball There were no
spectacular playg they simply won
out by hard work and theanperior
pitching of- Green. Batteries
Falls City: Green and Towner. In
dependence: ... Rosenberg. Baker
and Shrunk. : Umpires: Independ
ence, Byers; Falls City. C. L. Ellis,
a am neii . game scneouied for
Fall4 City grounds Is. on July 25th
when Jlonmouth will meet the lo
cal nine..-..'..":-..,;;: '
lganherryjlcjcjccncnt"j- ,
Falls City Canning comnanr la
completing the pack of loganber
ries this week. They expect to be-
T
there will be a total of 4800 to
40Opvplla. v ...
- Fif teen. janitors will be requir
ed, to care for the buildings.
The mcmheraof 4h. board are
P. M. Gregory, Wm. Gahlsdorf.
r. is. eer. Dr. H. H. dinger and
L. j; Simeral, and the clerk Is W.
H. BurghardL
' There are eleven buildings be
longing to the Salem. school dis
trict now; . with two . addiUonal
rooms for special instruction," and
one portable building.
Start . Schools Late
Many visitors to Salem wonder
why our puulic schools , open so
late. They have been opening
around the first of October, but
wlll open this .year on September
21. The fair fruit season, which
Is pretty well over the latter part
of September, is the: explanation.
There are few children past the'
ages of 10 or ll years that no not
have some definite part in the fruit
harvest. It gives them money for
their school needs, it provides the
homes with fruit and with other
necessities, and it starts the hab
its of Industry without which the
most flowery education is only a
worthless cew-gaw. , Coupled up
with the increasingly valuable In
dustrial program of the junior
high schools this urge to the child
ren to. help live the h'elpfu life is
a wonderfully good start for any
child. Iwhen'it is made unrespect-
able to not work, the net gain to
society is beyond computation.
Tiicy lc8ervo Thanks
The Salem school directors are
volunteers; they draw no pay for
ail their efforts. -To carry-on a
year's program . of. almost.micro
scopic school , detail, to handle
funds aggregating hundreds of
thousands of dollars every year, to
meet every two weeks In regular
session and almost every day in
some form of committee work, is
some job." The board has given
a vast amount of attention to this
public service, and the flattering
financial and educational results
are an eloquent testimonlalo their
fidelity to the public.
Has Some Plans That Are
way those people have. They live
In the present and look to and
build for the future.
Thinjcs of the Present
, The , largest , private printing
plant west of Chicago . Is, there;
with a double supplement , Hoe
press. The . newspapers printed
there have nation-wide circula
tions. There is a large gymnas
ium and fine athletic field.
There is a four-year .course
leading to the degree ot bachelor
of arts; . a, two-year pre medical
course; a two-year pre law course,
and the same for engineering and
journalism. ;
There Is a junior college de
partment, providing high school
work. ..
There Is - an academic depart
ment, with the usual requirements
and courses. ...
The institution has a thorough
ly trained faculty of over 30.
There Is a postoffice at the in
stitution St. Benedict. Oregon.;
ine opening of the comine
scnooi year will be Seotember R.
tor registration; formal opening
tne am.
, All work, of the academic and
junior college departments at Mt.
Angel is recognized by the North
west Standardising association.
Mt. Anzrl Aradcmv -
Mf. Angel academy and normal.
at Mt,. Angel, Oregon la a first-
class boardins snd . day. school for
sins. inis infvtitution - wil. m
laousned - la 1882 - at Gervals?
moved to Mt. Angel and opened
mere in uepiemtier ' 1888 . ' Tt It
conducted by the Benedictine Sis
ters. .Teaches all grades; gives
iour years or high school and two
years normal training, and has a
vuuimerciai - course. Has f (no
ouuamgs and . beautiful . grounds.
.. . .
m o . .. 3 J.
. i
gin on Bartlctt pears shipped from
soutnern Oregon early in August
.a "
pacs: -nears and evergreen
blackberries during noxt monthi
The loganberries were of excellent
quality this year, though the crop
was Deiow normal.
Falls City Boys Give Good Accnont
, or TIiemoIyr at C"mo l-wli j
The Falls City delegation to the
citizens military training ramp
arrived home last" Saturday; WIN
lard Hatch and Kenneth Thresher
returning fcy -train, , while FloyL"
Lee and' Wm.' Rldenous. Jr.. and
i John . Wattdrove down, making
w , The two Kauffman boysV w'alter
and. .Charles,, went tc Carbonado,
Washington, which will be their
future home.
, The boys are all very enthusia?-
- . . THURSDAY- MORNING. JULY 23, 1925 ' J
l . , . : : ! 1 -i
tic over ,the month In camo. and
whila reporting some disagreeable
incidents want to go again next
year. Among the unpleasant
things, the loss by one of the boys
or a rive dollar bill taken from his
trouser pocket, some other mn
losses, and the "borrowing" nf m
soiled bed linen 4o make un some
other chap's loss, but which Uncle
Sam required him to nay for.
John Watt had the experience of
celebrating the "glorious fourth"
In the hospital, where, he had a
week's rest, the result of being
overheated.
; -Captain Lamar Tooxe, son of
Walter Tooze, a former Falls
City boyr was one of the Instrue-
tors incamp, and posed. with,. the
boys for a group photograph which
will appear in the camp annual.
' Charles Kauffman stood first of
the Oregon boys in the manual of
arms, receiving a medaL and Wal-
ter Kauffman stood second. Wal
ter also was appointed on the car
toonist staff.
WHIard Hatch has Jthe unusual
distinction of receiving two med-
,als for marksmanship; in machine
gunnery he made the rank , of
marksman" and in. pistol shooting
received the , rating . of . expert
marksmen, the highest rating giv
en, ior pisioi snooting. Some, of
trie other boys ranked well both
in the manual of arms and
shootlns.
cwr lork .Scate Families Settle In
I-all City
c a. campoen of Elmira, Xew Harry A. Crawford. I stopped to
lork.,with hia family., and E. S.lask a Wni rpMn nwtinn
iicn or .Hornen, isew York, have
-
lucaiea m i-aus UKy. They have
"Ul 1TeH uul meir pians tor the
future other.tban to exnresa thefr
. - r
viitiuu oi staying inaennuely. as
frae can oi tne west was so strong
they turned , back, after visitina
Oregon, upon their way back to
CW York state and h a to .m
. iu
Oregon to stay.
This is the way we like to have
people come among us to come
because Oregon, and. especially
our own particular corner of the
state,, has made an appeal not to
be resisted.
Epworth League Procram la Ontltne. road, in a clearing of a few
The official program for the En-
worth League institute, to be held
In Falls City August 3 to 9. shows
a very interesting daily program,
oeginnmg with 6 a. m., when the
rising bell will awaken all to the
beauties of early morn In k in the
woods, and including a carefnllvi
arranged plan of class work beeln-l
"ing at :30 and lasting until
iz:0. The afternoon hours will
be given over to rest and recrea-
tion. The evening program begins!
at 7 with a social clinic, followed!
by an inspirational honr, closing ant Balnted us. - Supporting them
with campfires and prayer groups. 8elTe b! their hind legs they rose
The names of the institute offL UD land weaved back and forth.
cers and faculty Includes some of
tne old members, as well as sev -
eral new to Fall City institute
among the latter Dr. I.'M. Har-
gett, pastor of the Grand Avenue
Methodist EpiscoDal chnrrh in
Kansas City, and Miss Dorothvf
rerrls, of Chicago, editor of the
Epworth League Quarterly. Dr
E. C. Hickman, Kimball School oflfrom the two ounces of eggs. :I
Theology, Salem, is dean of facul-1
ty., .Mrs. A.- It. Maclean of
land .is dean of women." and Marvl,y fee them with the naked eye.
Findley of Salem, dean of children. I
This institute will be the thir-llwa
teenth for this district and the
fourth to be held in Falls City. It
includes the territory from
Brownsville to The Dalles. . I
About $1000 has been sDent on
Improvements since the sessions
last year.and there will be some
improvements on the road leading
to the park. j
Personals . - I
Mr and Mrs. J. D. Mover were
capital cityvisitors on Tuesday. .
Mrs. , A. R.. Meyers was hostess
on Monday evening to the follow-1
ing,out.of town guests:. Mr. and!
Howerth and Mr. and Mrs. Frank I
Hoberman of Salem, and Mr. and
Mrs. M. F. Ryan of Stavtnn. . .. I
Mrs. Joe Hudson la visitlnx with I
her sister, Mrs..Tom Allen, In Val- of 8Hk to make a thread. The-co-setx.
. . : . Coons vary creatlv In the afnAnn
V. Hadley spent "the week-end
with his parents near Newberg. I
ii. N. Johnson, of Dallas, reo-1
resenttlng the Oregon Fire Relief
association of McMinnville, was a
business caller on Tuesday. . ,
and Mrs. J. G. Melius, who
own -considerable property In and loui story. I was born at Wash
near town,, were un from CorvaUia llneton. D. f!. Rnt.mK. ii'io
Tuesday looking after their inter-
XT trill . - I
air. Millard Thompson of Shedd.
uregon, was a business caller last
Friday. - I
Mrs. Frances Speerstra. daurh:led a' slde.dor Pniim.. .. .
ter tllen, and. sons. Gerald and
bam my, were visitors to our cltr
last Friday, coming up from Shedd,
WW., West drove to Salem Mon-1
day afternoon for a brief visit I
VrliTJ: Wert'. lec Mis. Alice rode the rods, blind baggage, side
Blair, whose home is in Winona, door Pullman. , '.
Minn.. Miss Blair la ttuklnr a i,u
ihrnn.i, .v i
ft iug ncai, lnciuaine uaiuii
iJItLl'. her -.T"'
kIV t . " 1 e'y..".na -
K v , ""t'- on win
have the pleasure of meeting Mrs.
11! T?aChe8 LiDd5--'
"-..3. .,e8i is spenamg the
. uuftULur. , , i i
Grandpa" Westbrook. of x
bed last Monday. morning. His
forahenh,aUer' V, 9T"
to helphlm move ta. his ranch
near Falls City, and they retired
feeling as well as usual Sunday
night.. -On arising. Monday morn-
ing Walter found hU grandfather
gone to the bourne from-whencc
o traveler ever return,.", ;
sin: western Bamhart was call-
ed to Hillsboro Tuesday by the
sudden frits of her father.j
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Columbia'; Silk, Company; .Organiied in. Portland;; Hoping
io iniroouce inis inpqsiry on a Permanent Commer
cial Basis OriginatetJ by Man Vho Has a Thorough
Study of Silk Worm Breeding
..(T0. Statesman has printed In
the Dast J841 or w number of
articles on the possibility, of ,ln-
Producing new industry Into the
S111 - district; : the llndustry- of
J sericulture. The attention of the
I Slogan editor was first called to
tne possibilities ot this industry
Dy a resident of the Gervaia neigh-
borhood. . The German paper at
Portland had given the matter
some attention, at the suggestion
of a correspondent In Washington
and . also correspondents . In Ore
gon. - The - following interview
will show that the industry, of
breeding and developing, the silk
worms has already been well ,be-
gun In Portland. The Interview
Is by. Fred Lockley. the well known
writer on the Portland Journal.
The article quoted below is from
the issue of that paper of Monday
evening., the 20th:)
to M nr. ,rir . I f., a.
.It drove onf tn Parirnw tv vtit
I ' - w vwaui. u , W .X. WWU S.V
Mr Crawford's place. He said
VKeep on going east till you come
to the Parkrose bank. Take the
first mad that tnm.
w w . vi k-aa m uv
keep going north till you have
crossed two bridges. Beyond the
second hririr nn ih. wtt.A
side you will see a big white stuc-
I r i,-..-. - rr . .
iuuoc. i uiu lu me rig a i, mere
I on IShrock avenne and tavo
first road to the left. Just before
tne! road peters out, at the edge of
I the; jungle, you will see a two-
tory unpainted house. That's
I Mri' Crawford's bug-house."
II followed directions carefnllv
and found myself at the end of
acrea Plan"d to young mulberry
trees- Aa 1 8t out ot my car .Mr.
Crawfrd came to the door and
"'t -You are 3ust ,n tIme to. 8e
eeuing tne worms, i nave
3ast cut Dp a lot ot mulberry
branches. We will go upstairs
an yu can heIP me eod the anl
mals' a. large upstairs room
were a number of tables and
broad shelves, on, which were
branches of mulberry trees. As
We 8tePPei- Inta the room the 80.-
uuu suaworms came to attention
I fora11 the world like an awkward
8quaa 8a"itinK for the first, time,
Hand,ng me little silk frame,
Mt Crawford said:,
paId 5.for this frame, with
,ts contents of 40,000 eggs weigh-
'"l eMet'y one ounce. I bought
lwo ounces of eggs and I got
"mething over 80,000 silkworms
8eDt to Ita1' ,or them. When the
Port-Iworm9 are hatched you can hard
No"' as Y011 8ee- they are about
"Cbes long. .They feed for
8eTeral dflys voraciously, then
they Uke a day off and1 sleep,
1 ae repeat this process until
iheT haTe taken four naps. Tehy
then eat for about three days more
wnen they spin their cocoons. It
takes them-about .three days to
complete their cocoons. 1 They
will begin making their cocoons
in a few days now. About three
oays after the cocoons are formed
1 wfu Immerse SO.000 of them In
not (water, to kill the worms. The
remaining . 20.000 I will allow to
hatch. In from a week to 10 days,
aeendinS on weather" conditions,
they . break , their cocoon i and
emerge as moths. After the co-
coons are dry the llk la readT rr
reeling, v it ukes about 18 strands
of silk. They range frem 1500 to
4eo& yards of ailk..flbre lo each
ocoon Wausually use two to
three six-ply strands to weave silk
thread. .
"Ilow did I ret Into thla hnil.
ness? .WelL thaf a rt,
My father. made bank-note and
DOStaea Ktamnn TTa . ... 1 j
. n4 CUIUIICU
bv the roTemmenr i , v ...
of engraving. When I was 15 I
decided tn ca tn t .
out for Kan s v. v
a newabnv t rKi .
dropped off at "all of the larrer
aive them the auk.
my exrene h'v - .
i, .
;' - in san XTancisco
ran rmtt a .v
frm city. Professor Du
Mrai.;.;iie - was working for the de-
parunent of agriculture. We had
aulte a visit. He told me he was
?g ' down into Texas to ,tul,
the boll weevil. -A , i.
er I ran rrn him v- .
Ur pi t v-A " ""
around the .-.A,fL.?n
me ane. and lrtt :to
go to college or go to work - He
told me that If I wanted to' ,!
alonr with h, L "L,, !me
traveling expenses " furni.hX e
Lnentn I .1 S1 J .rae
and, traveled , with him' throuah
Texas. - Mexico. cmriJ i JS!?
and snnth inu ,7. " . . .
in for C:,. L. "8 waloor
the 0U rliiT pretS
ElOUBLIST
nearly, put tha cotton planters out
of . business. . He taught me to
care for the Insects that he caught
and how to mount them. He loan
ed, me . books. byrHolland. - How
ard, Kelly and other authorities
on insects. .
"After putting in a year with,
him I came back to the States and
when the Spanish-American war
broke I enlisted in the hospital
COrpS. "T went to the Philllnlnaa
and nnl t th,i. t i
mivc J Cttl a in lag jg.
l the is- jT,
'ing the J
in myT
Ilk busl- I
and In- I
a . ii ' T '
lands, and in China daring
uoxer rebellion. I put
spare time studying the silk
fess and collecting bugs
"eFis.. upon ;my return to the
tnlted States I decided to make a.
trip to. Japan. and, learn all I
could about raising" silk worms.
Later I decided to go back to Ja
pan and study silk weaving and
spinning. I made three trips to
Japan and also another trip to
China to study their methods. I
discovered that the Chinese pongee
silk., if the product of a wild silk
worm, in pice of domesticated
worms. - ,
... "In 1911 Ll went' to -Klamath!
Falls. : From there I went back to
California. Five yeans ago I came
to Portland. Three years ago
with my two partners, I cleared a
few acres here, and two years ago "
last February we set out our mul- i
berry trees. We hare organised
the Columbia Silk Company and
are hoping tojntroduce sericulture
on a permanent commercial basis
here la Portland. We have 80.000
silkworms working for us now.
A I told you, I am going to let
u,uuu ot tne worms complete
their life cycle and become moths.
Each female moth lays 600 to
1000 eggs. They will avaVge
about 830 eggs, so you see w
should have more than a milliotf
eggs from this lot of cocoons.
Ask the first woman you meet
what , poor worm , furnished ber
the silk stockings she is wearing,
and she will say, M7 husband
As a matter of fact, however, the
worm that furnished her silk
stockings is . known as . Bombyx
mori Linnaeus. .It feeds upon the
leaves of the white mulberry or
the osage orange. The silk worm
of commerce today does not exist
anywhere in a wild state. You
are rather prond of your family
tree if you know the name of your
grandfather's grandfather. Com
pared to the average American
the silkworm is an aristocrat, foyr
it can trace its ancestry back to
the time of Whang-TI, who was
emporer of China 18 centurie be
fore Christ. His wife. Si-Llne-Tht
greatly improved the breed o
silkworm and also made improve
ments in the method of manufao
turing silk, so that today the Chi
nese look upon her as the goddes
oi tne silkworm. For more thai
2000 years the outside barbariani
were unable to learn the secret ol
making silk from cocoons a'nj
weaving cloth from, it,'..
'(The above from the Portland
Journal . ought to .be very interest
ing to a lot of framere In the Sa
lem . district. The - Slogan man
would be glad to help the people
interested to keep posted glal to
get and-to. print all the news in
this field .that cornea to. the sur
face. The land. of diversity is
about to have another string &dd
ed to its bow and It may devel
op Into a very important- string.
Ed.- ....
Did Yo Ever Stop
-To-Thiiik? ..
- - - By. B- B. WaiU, acrUry
Shawn. Okl, Board of Com
itre
That J. E. Gorman, nresident of
the Rock Island lines, says:
That travelers returning from
Europe tell a tale of hardships in
all countries, of :that continent.
such. that. should make every per-
aoa inaniciui Ior the privilege of
living here.. . ,
That ours Is a most favored
country in ,the matter of transior
tation. .
That efficient railway transpor
tation is an. economic, not a po
litical problem.
That even the, most. exacting of
railroad critics must record the
fact, that railroads hare given a
commendable service to those de
pendent upon them.
That unless the railroads func
tion successfully there can be no
rear prosperity. .
' That the farmers problem can
not be solved by reducing freight
rates. f
That the benefit to the individu
al farmer from 10 per cent re
duction la rates on farm products
would be practically negligible
and would probably bankrupt most
of the- western railroads.
The policy of the Rock Inland
lines if that ertiy patron ami em
ploye moat btr given m square deal.
Oakridge- 7.000.000 salmon
trout fry in state batcbery here.
Best Laird Co. will takeout 1,
000,000 Coos-county logs for ex
port. . - - '
" Wooden rallrad between June
tin City and Hrton under con
struction. v- ;- " - '
Tillamook Addition to Tilla
mook hotel wiircost 180,000,
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