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Feature r Society Better Homes -Classified i SEVENTYSEVENTH YEAR ! - '.. jt . SALEM. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 10, 1927 T PRICE FIVE CENTS .liMIiiL HOME BUILDERS;' WARNED AGAINST WHITE AI CITY AWAlTS-ETURNOFi VETERANS 'n nr ku ur, P EARLY SAtEM DAYS . fflCOOPEITIOlI SHOULD BE CHANGED 'X '1 Jhomas.H.: Gentle Gives In terest jig .Address at Edu w cator's Meeting Phi Beta Kappa Meeting Suggests Should Be "Am-' erica the Beautiful" Mrsi'At'H. Farrar Tells Fred Lockley of Some Pioneer - " pregon History ; .HI MM. IN nrnn irrvrin IlLuULLCui IL , ? 'I tl ii.. ' I f- : i 1 .. .. - -- -riO).i.,-. ' . 4T- 1 i 13 i 1 : One, of the speakers of the Na tional ' Educational Association meeting in Seattle . recently wu f Thomas, H. Gentle, difector of Training, Schools at, Monmouth, Oregon, The summary of his ad dress on "The Farmers School and Cooperation" follows: f Twenty-five years ago, most of the American farmers, who are now 46 years of age. were leaving the upper'- grades of the rural school. To what kind of influ ences' "had they been subjected? What.. was the dominating idea I wnica naa kept prominent in their minds . in these, schools? A bit of ii iiourjr. w. . answer oom.ques- t tions. - ' " ' . " -.: At that time there were prob ably ,. lSQ.OOJI one-and-two-room country, schools, These were pre j sided, of erbrVbout 250,000 teach- ers. one-half of which had no pro- f itesionai training whatever. 20, i 000 of them, had not even com pleted high school. 66 2-3 per f cent of them did not remain long ? , er than one year in the same school - Only' a negligible num j ber.of them believed themselves to J be earninsr mora than thv worn VW p,id ' wh dI beHeTe 11 leu, ana gone 10 me cuy schools. Many of them were not country bred and intended to re turn to the city as soon as they had secured teaching experience. Practically none of this vast army of Instructors had formulated any well thought-out view of life they possesBed.no educational vis Ion which might have enabled them to forcast the future for which they were to prepare their pupils. They, did not conceive the schools as functional or dynamic. On the dbhtrary they believed it to be a. static Institution. Their conduct of the, school was. individ ual Uflc. It was not 'social. The lVllstic was taboo. -.They con jff&yj'd no socialised' " recitations, b quite on the contrary forbade their charges to work together. E TO REDUCE ; DUTY r Commissioner of Education Presents Figures Concern ing Work iri Nation VASHINGTON. (AP) Loc al Impulse and favorable action by state legislatives la needed to reduce illiteracy in this country, . believes Dr. John J. Tigert, U. S. Commissioner of Education. He estimates there ar approximately 5.000,000 illiterates in the United States. Discussing the probable revela tions of the new. literacy census which will be tajcen in 1930, Dr. Tiger t said, "No program of public insfruc , tlon ever was. universally and in stantly adopted in this country. Development always. has grown a.s rommunUiea. at. the instigation of . theiK leaders, reached out for a higher standard of education. .Department of Interior statis : Uca 'ahow slightly: more than 20 m ii iiiti . a. i I.' DIV T ir1 population iiiuerHie in StWl70,' By 1920 ' illiteracy had ,(; c h il d ren en'r ol led, in h Ig h. school s. L-f ;; Nevertheless," .Dr. Tigert con- ' f..,ul "nAnitla wit m, . ha tiitrh scholo idea has developed rapidly . In late years. In 1&S0 only about i 8 of the children of high chdol age " actually- attended. J whereas 47.1 were enrolled in ' i The fisst public high school in America opened li IToston in 1821 with about 0 bbys.-;: By-'t 1925 'there, wereu 2200.. hlgb. rschoJ oh . with a total enrollment of S,50,- : 903 boys and glrln. .' The high school system became more; popular," pr, Tigert :, said, "witn: the incorporation of trade j Vod business ;courses? Colleges VlV universities have Wept relative iieergrowing in number "trom 602 . in 1910 to 911 in 1924 and in at- .tendance "from" 2 C 6,65 f to ' 66 .f'-.36l.i' '- Tfci mlal cost of nubile elemen- ; .i I y J': ': tmrri and secondary education . la B J HI; 1924. as reported Jby, ato depaTt; ' tty-jnents of education, was I1.S20.- 743,936. or accordins to.the t921f federal ' report. ; Thia w 7.84 of -the volume of state" and local taxation, and 22.64 of the whole tax burden. ; ? ' i . w T It amounts to 2.87 of the tot W iscopje oJLtht.Amrrtcan. people, WHItE ANT ENlAR&eO MORE THAN NATURAL. SIZE. J&Ci-TOf VIEW OF fL-OOPJirslG'- '1 1 r 2y2f S250O0 DAMAGE I ,WA4 iSTKUCTUBE W?i? TEST' SHACK'lNTCANA I BUICT OF CHEMtoSuG' W6W WOOD. SEALS TO PROTECT Experts Prepare Crop Re ports and Utmost Secrecy Maintained by All j A Unfted States marshal stands guard. The doorsrjjadlocked. Gov ernment seals fasten the l win dows, and the shades are drawn. Inside eight men sit at an ob long table. Before them: are sheets of priceless figures. The United States Crop Reporting Board is at work. Why the secrecy? Within a few hours the nation's most nearly perfect estimate of farm yields will be flashed to all the markets in the world. Instantly -prices will rise or fall. Speculators ev erywhere stand close beside their private wires, or bend in tense anxiety abo ve the ticker tape. nl the next minute fortunes may vance. just a moment's ; lead, be made or lost. One word in ad- would give opportunity for tre mendous profit- to buy or sell with accurate knowledge of the market trend. That's the stor of a federal function. Reporters know its value to each tick of a signal watch'. In a bare room the newspaper reporters stand, behind four white chalk lines. Four feet away their private telephones are "set up," ready fo rthe first word. When the report is finished a tabulated sheet is laid, face down.! beside each 'phone. None is allowed to see it. A timekeeper calls each man to his mark. Nerve-taut, they stand neither having; slight est advantage. At "Go!' they spring to their wires, andjshortly the quantity, quality and value of crops, are known1 wherever a newspaper is read. To thettrop reporters themsel ves the incident means nothing but work. If preparing ja fore noon release, they assemble at 5:30 a. m. Their breakfast is sent n to them. If tne report is finished before schedule release it must' be held in confidence un ti lthe designated hour! j There is no end to precaution. Even the window glass wUl not , ' ( t'OlltillUi (Ml page Iowa Farmers Growing Brand of Strong New Oats DES MOINES. (AP)-tFor the first time, Iowa farmers ill har vest this year a new seiejetion of the Kherson oat under tlie name of 'logold." f - I- ; i The specie was developed froni a single plant selected by Prof. L. C, Bnrnett of Ames. Iowa, in 1906. It was brought to Us present stage a tier .20 years; of cooperative ex lei!ments x tie'towa grjcultural experimsL; .station ; and the U. S. department of agricultore;: v Outstanding' 'characteristics ; of "logold" are high yielding power, stiffness of straw and resistance to stem rust, ,' The average acre yield Is 3.3 bushels as compared with, 64 ? bUsfgriripwa:. GU BOLTS 10 IE DONE V Fifteen million dollars damage every year is the toll which fed eral entomologists estimate is taken by the boring proclivities of the termite or white ant, of which there are 42 species in the United States. The little pale-colored, soft bodied, social insects of the order Isopetera, some of which are to tally blind, destroy the .founda tions and woodwork of buildings and articles in them, as well as living fruit and other trees, crops and various forms of vegetatiaon. The federal bureau of entomol ogy has several specialists c6n stantly at work to determine methods to keep this "enormous damage down to a minimum. It is urging city building officials to slightly modify 4heir building codes to thwart the pests and is advising county agents to give helpful advice to farm home build ers. Some localities where termite damage has been serious are changing their building regula tions in accordance with the bu reau's suggestions. When the untreated wood of buildings is in direct contact with the ground, termite damage in the eastern section. Gulf sttaes, the southwest, central west and (Continued on Pgt 8.) v--,-ihmy AH- 1 - sr -s A' I A 'irCr a, ... r ....... POWER AND EFFICIENCY WILL MEET N OF FU I'ppcr to Lower Plowing MOx uvrvH p-r day on Campbell indus trialized farm: part of standard lU-HHgon freight train, capacity A4(M) lUHhels of wheat; seeding hihI iMickiug l."0 acres per day; new mctlnxl of windruw harvest init, much i iit is one of three work if g together. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP, Twen ty years hence less than one-fifth of the world's present "farm pop ulation will be following agricul tural pursuits- and . production st,ill will be ample. ' - f Such i the prediction of Thom as D. Campbll, premier wheat prodocer of the world and Amer ica's foremost exponent of indus trialized farming. 3 ' 'llired raen will do' more work and earn more," explains7 Camp bell, who is farming 100,000 acres on a Montana Indian reservation. Ojf 'this acreage 35,000 acres are in -winter wheat. 5,000 In spring wbeaV and 10,000 in flax. i. The remainder is summer fallowed. .Skilled! labor 9ft the- farnj.ultK Mb-? 1 i..',,: .. 1.1. ,.- n 1 ... r . I... CIVILIZATION TAMES LAND W CATTLE WAR Days'of Cattle Baron Rustler Wars Dim Memories in Many Places PECOS, Texas. (AP) If Bil ly the Kid-were i to come back to the land west ofthe Pecos, from which-he was summarily banished by Pat Garrett's barking six-gun in '80, an alien scene would meet his gaze. For civilization has leaped that narrow, serpentine stream which meanders down frbm New Mexico across Texas into the Rio Grande, and the days of the cattle baron rustler war are but dim memories of the past. The government has appropriat ed $2,000,000 for the building of the Red Bluff dam in New Mexico to bring water to the irrigation (Continiifd oti pg 6.) .mately .will .bring as much as skilled labor ' in the city, . Camp bell believes.- Such a situation exists on. his farm. ', -'i "Modern farming is 90 per cent engineering." he continues. ' "In dustrialization of farmings togeth er, -with cooperajlre : marimlns. (Writing in the current num ber of The Congregationalism Bos ton, leading journal of that de nomination, James S. Stevens asks that "America the Beautiful" be made our national hymn, in the following article:) At William and Mary college f there has been recently celebrated the sesquicentennial of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. One of features of the program was the singing of America the Beautiful written by Katharine Lee Bates, and honored member of tho fra ternity. More recently there has been of fered a prize for the best tune which shall be composed to ac company the words of this an them. All this is as it should be. In the first place we have no proper national anthem, and in the second the piece to which I have referred is admirably adapt ed to fill such a role. When I say that we have no national anthem, I am notunmindful of the fact that the Star Spangled Banner has been designated to fill that posi tion. During the war it shared about equally with America in popular usage. America has an excellent tune, if one's patriotic pride is willing to permit him to use the property of other countries and its sentiment is excellent. The Star Spangled Banner is a very stirring piece of music when play ed by an orchestra or band in which high-pitched instruments are conspicuous. As I listened to it, last summer, on a journey from Amsterdam to the Isle of Marken, a? it was played by a cornetist who stood several feet above us while we were in the locks, it had a marvelous appeal.. When, how ever, it is undertaken by voices less trained and powerful than that of Caruso, it usually becomes a dismal- failure. Someone has written: Oh, say, don't you; wish that some one would write A singable tune to our National Anthem? Tls The Star Spangled Banner, that wonderful thing That everyone loves, but no one can sing. Even though this anthem could be readily sung, the sentiment is not everything that, might be de sired for a national hymn. If we have to have wars it may bo ap propriate to sing of "the rockets' red glare and bombs bursting in 'oiitiniied on paffi' 6.1 EEDS . TURE, BIG WHEAT ' vf ' ' wjil do morerto solve. the farmers problems , than any other plan so far suggested I feel cooperative marketing is inevitable, but it will nver be a success until at least a majority' of all of the different crops: grown.' Ijx.tJ-.ls sQUUtrjr rare " - - - ruLS i 1 v -Til T in Auuernarde, Beigiuin, taion rrom fleeing Germans by local sol diers extends welcome. PORTLAND, tGre. (Special.) The city of Audernarde, Bel gium, captured from the Germans after four years of occapation by the soldiers of the 91st division from this state, has extended a warm welcome for local veterans to pay a visit while abroad with the American Legion for the Jiinth annual convention to be held- in Paris, Sept. 19 to 23, Howard P. Savage, National Commander ad- THE BLACK HILLS By "Mir ELVIN Qur iForrrier Salejn Pastor Tells How the West Wel comes the President (Everyone in Salem knew Rev. James Elvin, pastor of the First Congregational church for several years, who was chairman of the committee of the Salem Chamber of Commerce that had to do with developing new ideas of advertis ing; who in that capacity invited all of the other 4 7 or -more or less Salems in this country to get off the map: to change their names and leave in peace - our peerless Oregon icty with the name mean ing peace, Salem, to enjoy the ti tle for various and divers rea sons that Mr. Elvin mentioned in his invitation. All of which led (Continued on pga 8.) GROWER PREDICTS .under control of ' some head." J" ''W ' Born bn a farm in North Dako ta! Campbell learned in the school of experience the lessons he since has applied with spectacular-uc- -y. .....v -f - V i i vised Carl R.. Moser, Department Prance Convention officer of this state. The Legion has arranged a special battlefield and cemetery tour for the local veterans which w ill include Audernarde and other sectors where they saw hard fight ing during the World war. The local Legionnaires will find Audernarde market place and the city hall much as lt was the day when they pushed through on the heels of the retreating Boche. The holes in the buildings made by the artillery fire have been patched but the wooden shoes are still be ing sold in the market square and life in the Belgium city is going on much as it was when the local soldiers were there in 1918. The 91st, "Wild West" division with a loss of 249 officers and 5590 enlisted men, by brilliant fighting won the distinction of en tering the Belgium territory. Proud of this distinction, the west erners on the night of October 29 entered the struggle between Waereghem and Steenbrugge' tast of Lys. Fighting through under brush, trees, trenches and wire they stubbornly pushed on and crossed the Scheldt river. Advanc ing against terrific opposition they captured Audernarde, in hand to hand fighting in the streets. The special tour for the 91st di vision men will start on September 21; beginning and ending in Paris It will be. made by motor and cost approximately $15. The towns to be visited include Audernarde, Nederzwalin. Syngem, Eyne, Crus hauten. St. Joenshoek and Worte- gen,- all engraved indelibly in the minds of the 91st division men. It will also include a visit to the Fanders field Anferican cemetery at Waereghem where many of the 91st division men rest. Local veterans planning to go abroad with, the Legion who have not already done so are advised to get their reservation in at once. Many of the ships arel already filled and the time is short in vrhich reservation will be taken An attractive two color "On to Paris" folder describing the trip and containing full instructions for making a reservation will be sent upon request by the Depart ment of France Convention officer named above, or the Legion Na tional Headquarters, Indianapolis. Indiana. . L . . Fad for. Big Dogs Arouses Protests of Hotelkeepers LONDON. (AP) -TJogs are on the defensive In English hotels. They used to have the run of hotels, - even those of I the first rank. That-was when whraen car ried Pekingese , and Pomeranians lo their. muffs and fed them cake at public dining tables.1 f r 4 f . But since pet! dogs have taken on the size . of overgrown wolves and "kindly" Alsatian pets have bitten a number of persons ' the long-suffering public has, turned. ;Keep dogs out of the pnbic rooms of hotels" In a cry that has risen ; all over England. .This 1s especial ly true of motorta g areas. "Why turn hotel Iouages Into Zoos?t, ''Provide arena for folks who carry.packs of trained wolves around with tbem.VfWhy can't I be, allowed to drink wy tea'with out having an Alsatian swish his tail in. it?" are samples of the protests-which reach the - British newspapers, --I- (The following ' " appeared on Wednesday in " the department ot the Portland Journal conducted by Fred Lockley super historian and biographer of the Oregon country;) ' r ': "1 wa shorn in Oregon City, . March 28. .-1850." said Mrs. Abi gail H. Farrar when I Interview ed her recently In Salem. "My father ' with; his wife and child came to 1 Oregon in 1843 from Honolulu, on the bark Fama, With him were Mr. and Mrs. I Francis W. Pettygrove and their child, Mr, and Mrg. Phillip Foster and four' children, and Nathan P. Mack. Mr. Pettygrove came from ; Maine.- He opened -a store at ' Oregon City and built a warehouse at Champoeg to store the wheat of settlers pn French Praire Phillip Foster -.was also from Maine. After a year or two at Oregon City, Mr. Foster settled . at what is known s Foster's, 16 miles up the Clackamas river from Oregon Clty. This was the first settlement the early-day emigrants came to, so most of them remem ber the Foster's. Mr. Mack hail ed from1 Massachusetts. After several ' years at Oregon City, working las a carpenter, he took up a place east of Salem and later moved to Salem. ' "My father was born in Maine, December 20. 1810. He shipped through a whaler as carpenter, though really a : blacksmith, lie sharpened harpoons and did the carpenter work on whaling ships. In 1838 he settled' in the Sand wich Islands, At ' Honolulu he met Miss Susan Colcord, born ,in Maine. ;They wcts married in-the Islands August 7, 1841, and their child, David, was born there. Cur- iously enough, my half-brother, David Hatch, voted for years is Oregon without realizing he was not a" citizen. Susan.: the next child, was born shortly after their, arrival at, Oregon City. My fa ther's first wife died in 1844, (Continued on pace S.) ALASKA SETTLEIUIENT HAS LITTLE THEATER Class Meetings Held in Red Dragon Clubhouse; Inter est Manifested CORDOVA, Alaska. (AP) The Red Dragon Little Theater of Cordova is the '"farthest north" little theater In America, it not the world. ' Performances of John Kendrlck Banr,s"A Proposal Under '.Diffi culties and August Striadberg's "The Stronger Woman" have been given successfully to an aud ience of, 125 persons, many of whom saw for the first time In their lives a dramatic production of the speaking stage. The pro gram was presented on two succes sive nights because of the limited seating capacity of the building. W. F. Parish, U- S. Commission er of Cordova, la the founder of the Alaskan movement. in the lit tle theater, and the Rev. L. F. Kent, pastor ot St. George's Epis copal church, is his lieutenant, who attended to the mechanics of the' project in every detail. The little, theater project mad 3 such an impression locally that . already, while casts are at work preparing the plays for the second performances, there is talk of hay ing the company present a pro gram at Valdez. a "neighboring" community in southwestern Alas ka, reached by a day's steamer travel." ' -."'"'' The Alaskan little theater pro ject IS a development In the prog revs of a winter class in the appre ciation of modern drama, a course which! was offered! local residents" by Judge Parish. V For many weeks daringhe winter's darkest nights a " few ' faithful ones huddled around the Red Dragon stove, Im jibing culture from - the lips of a septogenarian educator while the wind chased Its tail around the buil'Mng and the sleet beat against. -the window panes. 1 ' .' Judge Parish., formerly director ofexte'nsion. work at Belllngham, Wash, Normal school and director of ;th; Metlakatla- Indian settle ment', jcontinues the, course In mod- . era drama. , . '. ; - Class meetings are held; In the Red (Dragon clubhouse, "j which houses the. public library as well. The building Is located on church Ptojerty.'. - LL , -v