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W - . .. v mAmmmm SECTION TWO Pages 1 to 6 CLEAN AND VIGOROUS SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1927 AMERICAN FIELDS OF HONOR OVERSEAS RAISE FUND TO BUY HERG TldGS fif CESML PRIDE DIGTIDM it',, -.ww'S- i J. . -j w - ffc- t--lf?v Group Piano Classes in the Schools Requiring Instruc tors of Talent The Lee Poultry Plant Is a Real Industry, and Capable of Great Good Here Prof. . Horner,. B'eVes ? -It Makes Vs.Stnr t6 Ren der Better Service t! Sacipttf i CtdssiHeu 111 PROFESSION PEN TO TEACHERS BQDmINB POULTHt HUSHES ON m . . X.' y : ... i . ' ii i ii ,T i iii. III I'lii ! W ill i,l n i . i i,i , imi i . to A new solution to the vocation al problem of aspiring pianists is presented by the remarkable growth of group piano classes In the public schools.' It is estimat ed that several hundred cities are now offering such piano teaching in their schools. Definite figures are being obtained in the course of an investigation by (he Nation al Bureau for the Advancement of Music, as a follow-up of its pamphlet, "Piano Classes in the Schools." Copies of that pamphlet are obtainable without charge from the office of the bureau, 45 West 45th Street, New York City. In pointing out the new oppor tunity for phanists, the advocates of this plan call attention to the fact that in the past the profes sion of the pianist has been ah overcrowded one. There has not been enough demand for solo pi anists and enough private pupils to keep all the teachers busy. It is pointed out that the school pi ano classes not only give employ ment to more teachers, but pro vide new raw material for ad vanced work with the private teachers. One city, Fayetteville, Ark., reports that 75 per cent of the children in the group piano classes have gone on to private study after two terms of class work. School superintendents and su pervisors in replying to the bur eau's inquiry have in many cases stated that the classes were handi capped only by a lack, of properly trained teachers. The young pi anist who Is technically well grounded, and who to enter this new branch of the profession is advised to obtain special normal training in group teaching. Sev eral institutions are now offering such training, among them nor mal schools, musical conservator '... and colleges such as North 'tern university. New York university, Teachers College at Columbia university, Oberlin col lege, University of Oregon and the University of Wisconsin. Testimonials to the value of the piano classes have been given both by superintendents and supervi sors. For instance, from Glen Ellyn. Iillinois, there comes this report: "Piano class lessons for school pupils, particularly our lower grades, are worthwhile, in that they give many youngsters an op portunity to satisfy their curios ity about music, arid give the teachers and parents an opportun ity to discover any latent ability and inclination Jor the work." Another typical report as to beneficial results is that from Leavenworth, Kansas, where, it is stated, "the piano class work re acts favorably upon the other work of the school, it brings the parents of the children in cloaerJ contact with the schools, and it helps the music department in bringing the community into a wider and deeper appreciation of music CONNECTICUT FIRST TO ELECT GOVEHuDR State Possesses Distinction of Having Elected Chief First of All MA UT FORD, ( AP ) People of this state cherish a distinction not sharrd with any other of the original thirteen states. Connecticut was the only colony ruled by an elected instead "of a royally appointed governor at the outbreak of the American Revolu tion. The first written constitution known to history that created a Kovernment was the "Fundament al Orders" adopted by the Connec ticut colonists in 1639. It contain ed no reference to king or parlia ment nor any pledge of loyalty To "71 sovereign power. j 1 ne colonists assumed fhe rtgnt I" govern themselves and Invested h Ultimate tiAvn in "all that nr Ad mitted freemen and have taken tho oath of fidelity and do cohab it within this jurisdiction." ; Thanks to this asumptioiL.and th very liberal royal charter se- urprf by Governor John Wlnthrop. Jn 182 Connecticut was goyerneff hy "Brother Jonathan Trumbuil,! chosen by the people, when'" the Revolution began. ; - . , 1 . Us lAYLTGHf'f!rir5ROIT' fKTROIT. Because of Mlchi Pn's geographical- length there are approximately 100 more hours f summer daylight In the extreme Vpper penlnsil-tfeas ir iff' j S STEP OUT Tenderfeet's Flattery Trans forms Men's Bashfulness to Egotism GLACIER PARK, Mont., (Special) The influence of east ern tourists not only has banished the cowboys' bashfulness but the adulation has aroused enough egotism so that many of the cow men have stepped right out and commercialized their abilities, whether the vehicle to public praise and purse be rodeo show, vaudeville, lecture platform, the stage-pulpit or what not. The hero-Idolizing tourist from the East keeps right on flattering these picturesque fellows and each year new broncho busters have to be brought in from the "back country to replace those who, spurred by this "east to west" flattery, go forth toward the rjsing sun to capitalize on their pictur esqueness 'before paying audi ences. Fortunately in this "back stage country" there still is suf ficient supply of real cowpunchers to meet the increasing first-step demand in this evolution that now seems to .be reversing eastward. But they are a restless bunch since the passing of the great range herds and are not long con tent to remain in their western environment as guides, herding L humans over the mountain pas ses. It's a novelty at first, just "posin" with the 2 -gallon hats hung on the backs of their heads, curly haired chaps dangling from their belts, arid wearing colored silk "tough rags" knotted and nonchalantly slung around their necks. This lasts happily until they gather from the elated talk of admiring tourists that there are "millions of people back east who'll scramble to pay to see 'em in those togs." Jim Whilt, Glacier National Park guide, and "Poet of the Rockies," is the latest to "buck" into the limelight, and he now is ridin through the country ori Pullman cushions, en tour, "re citin " his verse to Rotary Clubs in the middle west and near east. The applause showered on Jim and his rhyme up to date has con tinned his journey, for each Ro tary Club sends him on to the next town with high praise. So Jim's got his feet pretty well in the stirrups and probably'H go through without a fall. If he ever gets as far as New York and gains entree to one of those regular night clubs, he's sure he can tune In on the "weeping Jags" with some sympathetic strains of na ture's " mournful mountain music" that'll keep his audience overflowing until the light of day pervades the atmosphere with more serious thought. Jim is frank about it! He says egotism is not an inherited trait. It just comes over you and takes possession of a naturally back? ward fellow after his flatterers (Contiaaed oa pr B.) Kicking Clubs to Aid French Government Some PARIS- (AP) Organized "kicking" to' tell the government how to govern, is under way in Paris. " More than- 1000 have already joined the "Syndicate of Kickers" in the ward where the founder Marcel Chartrain lives. The "kickers" believer that they can collect and put Into useful form the complaints of the masses end their ' suggestions for .reme dies? Partisan politics are ban ned for the ."kickers: are organ ized for the .benefit of their stom ach, and all tfiat afreets them di rectly or indirectly. They are concerned with the cost of living which includes taxation and there by brings In most all public ar- ...... . . COWBOY n 11 I-: I Hi BELLE AU AND FE RE-EN-TARDENOIS The American militray cem eteries in the Marne salient By IticliartI Seelye Jones As you come through Uelleau Wood and look out onto the little valley beyond, a very peaceful scene unfolds itself. The valley is full of nicely tilled farm and, but like most French farms, there are no buildings on the land. The farmers live in little villages at crossings of the roads, whence they go forth to work their fields, and whither they , bring in their crops. Historians say the system developed in days when a single farm house was quite helpless against bands of marauders, so there were no single farm houses. Thus France is dotted with vil lages, which are clusters of farm homes, barns, and one or two lit tle stores, with maybe a tiny inn as the community center, and cer tainly a church. Two such villages Jie in the val ley beyond Belleau Wood, at quite some distance from where one comes put of the wood. But between the visitor and the larger village, off to tbe left, lies another striking feature of this quiet land scape. It is the American ceme tery, officially known as the Aisne-Marne Cemetery, and more often called Belleau Cemetery, be cause it lies so near the north east corner of the hill on which re the woods. v . Here, will come part of the 30,000 American Leg ionnaires when they make their (Continued on page 4.) NINE AIRSHIPS HAVE CONQUERED ATLANTIC VgV-SCOTT jtr ff LOS ANGELES ' s- v ticuT . "mil ii law k x2P? ml "W It Routes taken by these aviiUors NEW Y O R K. Commander Francesco de Pinedo's recent feat in crossing the Atlantic ocean in approximately 15 hours has stir red the imaginations of those who believe air-line commuting be tween London and New York is in the not far distant future. Pin edo's plane is" the ninth to make the trans-Atlantic flight and many of the hazards which beset Com mander Albert C. Read when he made the first trans-Atlantic flight in the, frail NC-4 in May, 1919, have bee it lessened. Break fast in London dinner in New York is a, dream at present, but many believe it may be realized in the lifetime of those whose grand parents to this country in Bailing NATURAL PUZZLE Drilled 458 Feet; Blasts Air From Depths and Inhales Air at Times PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A well which provides an Eastern Oregon ranch with excellent water and at the same time warns the family of the approach of a storm while the disturbance is yet dis tant, is being investigated by geo logists. The barometric well is situated near Maupin in ,a district where many varieties of geological form ations and phenomena have been discovered and which now is little less than a "Happy Hunting Ground"' for scientists. This well, drilled 4 58 feet through a blanket of basalt which overlays older formations, alter nately blasts air from its depth's and Inhales air with remarkable velocity. For a period of from 12 to 24 hours before the coming of a storm, and before other visible signs point to a decided weather Cont!pnul Dga 6.1 MET UEUtCOMM0J?.CEAt 00MMDK. Ff?AHCO la their trans-Atlantic flights are In these nine air voyages, no two fliers . have taken the same course. Read took off from Trespassy, N. P., and flew to Lis bon and. Plymouth, England, by wayj of Azores. - ' . A, month. later Capt. John Al cock and Lieut, Arthur W. Brown made thj first non-stop -trans-At-Iantif flight from St. John's, N. P., to Clifden, Ireland. - la I July. 1919.; the.BriUsh dir igible, R-34, under the command of Maj. G. II. Scott, flew from Eas ' Fortune, Scotlands, to Min eola;L. I., and returned to Pul ham, England. Tyro Portuguese,- Capts. Saca duraand Couhlnto went from Lis bon to Pernambuco, Brazil, - by way; of the Canary Islands and There is a notable development taking place in the poultry indus try or the Salem district, for the great, good ,of this section. The Salem district has in ten years changed from a large importer of eggs to one sending out many cars of eggs annually to the eastern markets. Well informed men in the field say the poultry industry in the Sa lem district will increase 25 per cent this year And the real grfcwtri 13 only just started A growth destined to make Sa lem the Petaluma of Oregon, with upwards of $20000,000 annualin come from the sale of poultry pro ducts. There are many angles to this development here; all tending to the building up of a balanced busi ness; solid; enduring. 141,000 at a Time The Lloyd A. Lee Hatchery and Poultry Farm, with a slogan, "Ore gon's Most Modern Hatchery," is a notable institution in this devel opment. This plant is located two miles east of the state hospital (asylum), just beyond the eastern suburbs of the city; in fact, is a part of the suburban district join ing the city on the east. Here are just a few high lights concerning this remarkable plant remarkable for its completeness. and for the fact that it has been developed in so short a time: It has three mammoth incuba tors, each with a 47,000 egg ca pacity. That is, 141,000 baby chicks every three weeks. It has a brooder capacity of 10,- 000 chicks. In these brooders there are be lug raised from chickhood towards the point of maturity some of the highest class individuals of the various breeds of poultry in the whole of the United States;. from strains oflfie very bluest, of the blue blood of all poultrydom. From eggs that cost 50 cents each (Continued on pace 4.) indicated on the map above Two- years later Lieut, Lowell H. Smith and Lieuti Erik Nelson of the planes Chicago and New Or leans, respectively, made the trip from Kirkwall Scotland, to Hawkes Bay, N. F. s In. the . same year the dirigible ZR-3 (now the Los Angeles) was brought to the nanger at Lake hurst,. N. J-, from Friedxichhafen, Germany, by Dr. Hugo Eckener. Commander Ramon Franco ar rived at Pernambuco in 1926 from raloa, Spain, by way of the Can ary Islands, Cape Verde t Islands and 'the Island of " rernaidto do Noronha,, Brazil '- ' r.i.1- Commander - d Plnedo also chose Pernambuco a. his. destina tion, flying by way of Ckgllari, Sardinia, French Senegal and the CapeVrrdf Wands, - 14 Baito. leader of the 'dog team which came to the rescue of Nome, Alaska, diring the diphtheria scourge of 1925 by bringing serum through Ajaskan snows, is to take up his residence in the Cleveland zoo. if s citizens of the Ohio city raising a fund to buy him and his six companion huskies have their way. The dogs have been on exhibit in a Los Angeles street museum. An inter esting pose of Balto is shown a)ove. PASTon mm Would Compete With Corner "Pub" ancll Give Young People Enitertainment WOLVERHAMPTON, England. (AP) It waf, because this town had been voteI as "absolutely dead" on Sundt.y nights that the Rev. G. D. AValker decided to transform ; the Presbyterian church into a Sabbath night club, so as to compete with the corner "pubs." One of the cardinal rules'is that religion .is not to be discussed, the pastor!s idea bging to arrange an entertainment which will appeal to young men 'and young women and keep them off the streets after nightfalll Mr. Walker, explaining the pur poses of the Sunday night club and cabaret, said he had been prompted . to organize this form of entertainment to . give the "boys and girls something to do on Sunday nights other than stroll auoui me streets ana make re marks about the passersby." "Wolverhampton is absolutely dead on Sunday night, as you all know, and there's nowhere to go except ,the 'pubs' after the church es are closed. The idea is to pro Vide the. kind of Sunday evenings such as we should like to have at home." Mr.Walker added that the club had already proved itself a success as a definite social insii- tution and that it was proposed to open new centers in other towns as rapidly as possible. The musical program is given in the church's lecture hall, and on the inaugural night consisted of pieces by an all girls' band, songs by popular local baritone and soprano and humorous sketches. The young people sit at small tables containing copies of maga zines and popular Weeklies. In a corner is a bar where sandwiches may be bought for two pence each, packets of biscuit for a half penny, and also tea, coffee, lem onade and other light refresh ments. Mr. Walker's announcement of intention , to open the club was made after the hearing of sum monses against 36 boys. and girls who had been charged with street obstruction, and fines of about 60 cents were imposed in the ma jority of the cases. Scenes of Carnage May . Become Beautiful Park FREDERICKSBURG. Va., (AP) One of America's greatest scenes of carnage, a small section which could be included in a semi circle of 12 miles, will be preserv ed as the Fredericksburg' and Spotsylvania National Park Battle field. Seventeen first line generals, in cluding Jackson, Longstreet, Cobb, Hays, Bennett, Gray, Jenkins, Sedgwick and Wadsworth, were killed along with 100,000 casuali tles of men in nine days of fight ing in the battles of Fredericks burg. Chancellorsville, - Salem Church, the Wilderness and Spot sylvania Courthouse during the Civil war. . ,- . ;i .-s-,'v;; t. v Senator Wadsworth. grandson of one of the generals killed, is chairman t" of 5 the'! senate' military affairs' committee, which recom mended passage of the" bill for the creation of the parte, ' CABARET, IN CHURCH I I ANCIEHTS, TRAVEL AiyD RELIGION LEAD Old Standby Detective Story stronger Than Ever Before, Report new YORK. (AP) Ancients handled by moderns, religion and me perennial ravorite the de tective story inspire the volumes that tumble from the presses this spring. Sweeping them along to the readers' shelves is a high-tide oi travel books. An increase of ten per cent over 1926. is Indicated in the number of ejiring, boks. Publishers' Week ly finds from an index of 3100 volumes. This continues the mod erate fate of increase which. has been characteristic of publishing in the last eight years, and com pares with an increase of about 14 per cent over two years before in the consumption of books, and pamphlets, reported by the United States census of manufacturers. With continuing enthusiasm for John Erskine's books says Pub lishers Weekly, there are indica tions of other authors- trying books with ancient backgrounds like "The Immortal Marriage," by Gertrude Atherton, which , ig a story of Pericles and Aspasia; "Brother Saul," by Donn Byrne, a romance of Saul of Tarsus; "The Ardent Flame," by Frances Winwar, a story of Paolo and Francesca, and "Dawn," by Irving Bacheller, a romance of the time of Christ. The interest in religous books has not lessened, and four out of five of today's leading .sellers ip non-fiction have that type of ap peal. This interest was extended by the publishers of "Elmer Gan try," by Sinclair Lewis, a story of preachers. The interest in sex discussion appears to have ebbed, and in the first ten best sellers in fiction there is only one said to make any appeal on that basl3. The standby, the detective story is stronger than ever, and there is one on almost every publisher's list. After two years of . quiet, ,tbe crossword puzzles have .found a successor in the "Ask Me Anoth er!" book of questions., The interest in travel books is unabated, and the spring is likely to, be the high-tide of this type. The volumes seems to fal I into two classes the books of high ad repture, such as . Colonel Law rence's "Revolt in the, Desert," and McGovern's . "Jungle Paths 'Continued on par S.) Reichstetj Puts Std LJghts on Speakers ; BERLIN,--(AP) Lon g wind ed ness o.n the part of so many Reichstag speakers has. prompted the installation of a system under which the flow, of. oratory in that body. is . being:, regulated along street, traffic control lines.. . . On either side of the tribune" in the. great session .-hall of. " the Reichstag building ; goW' , lamps, electrically . oonnected with, the desk; of the" President i of the Chamber, .were recently, installed!. Five minutes before the expiration. of ; the f orator's time the" glowl lamps farn; : warntngljr .'"yeUpwy When time" is up the color changes to red. ? ;;. w V , C ,V - tNot tefreqaentlt. however." the red signal Is calmly Ignored: The J effectiveness for the whole house Prof. J. B , Horner., veteran teacher of history a'ty the Oregon; J Agricultural college, was,, the, noonday luncheon, speaker at. the Corvallls Lions club ont Thursday; and, as reported in the Gazette Times of tha$ city,, he had the fol lowing message, to give to the peo ple of this state: "There are many high school students,-and others of that age today, who cannol tell, the full names of their. grau viatherj" said Professor Horner, and he made a plea for taking more Interest in the family and ancestors, , more pride in past history, cad declared it Is a calamity tht,Tso many American .families ca:mot . trce their ancestors except at random, and in a Tery hazy manner , "The presence in Corvallis at this time of the Oregon .'Daughters ' of . the American. Revolution. ,. in which, each daughter has. careful ly inquired into the;record,pf her family, through several genera tions suggests, to. us, that out Jn tne' newa west but little . js Vnown of our ancestry and family history," said Mr. S. Horner, . Pioneers Lose History "This is mainly due, o .the.,fact that a majority, of, ourpipeera were cut off for a, Ions,. period from their early homes. ia;yarioua " states and foreign countries, and that . during, f heir .prolonge4,, ef fort to build,, homes and pccupy he new country, they los.t.rthat keen interest . in their . ancestral ; history which, those, llv lag, In the " old horaep were permitted to cul tivate and enioy. , , , ... . .. "It would be very unnsuajia the west for a iather. to .recite to his son the. noble deeds of his grandfather great-grandrther, grea t-great-grand father, , and. so on. Yet Mr Jesse Hanson pr any other poultry specialist knnwa.the history 'OfT each" favorite . chick through a number of generations. Professor. E..L. Potter has. on. rec- . ord a pedigree of his fine stock, and ex-Governor West can recite twenty generations of history of any of. r his-.graceful trotters." Yet the average man out west cannot give the full names. of his great- grandparents nor describe many if any of their nobler deeds; and few can, without stopping to tount, teH you how many there were of them, ... Family Ancestors Miaty "Under these conditions the his tory of the family fades into f 1c-' tion and the fiction grows misty. And the people instead of looking (Continued on pars, 5.) i S FOR CRUiSEBS HABO Report Methods for Select ing Names for Such Ships Ndt Yet Devised WASHINGTON. (AP) '.The selection of names for new vessels of war. especially cruisers. Is al ways a .problem because of the Interest aroused among chambers of commerce and other local or ganizatlons which; desire .to have their cities honored at the chrls tenfngi Bids have been invited by the navy department for three crui sers, and since that is the only class of war' vessels which' bears the names' .of cities, the competi tion Is already keen. In addition names must, be chosen soon for- six river gunboats under construc tion in China.' The method of se--lectlng. names, for them has . not ' been. .determined.. . .- . ,That is about the only type o . warcraft for which a naming sys tem has not been devised. Battle ships are -.named; after states, while the names of naval officer' who have given distinctive service are always chosen for the desroy ers and the light; mine-layera. io ,iD9 ueia ot ornothology the navy - turns for the name of mine-sweepers, such as the Robin' : Quail and - Tea!. Submarines are designated , by letters and numer--als each letter .Indtcatinr a tvrm' a nr.. the"; number the sequence of the vessel 4ri that type'.. - i Aircraft ,:. earners -' ere ' namft ftefcf old frigkteei;. aviation. pioneers ana rivers are used for designation. 6f , the. oil ,tank'r?,' while the colliers are named after characters of ,my.tli6jogy, and .car go ships' affer.the stars. The two hospital.' ships were given the characteristic nahics, 'Relief and, Were.'-. - ' - ELFCTirjM is ! 1.