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I. i if:-: THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OKEGUN,- SUINIJAt: mujttmJNU, jtOVi&lBER 27. 1SS7 3PLEID PICTURES TO BE SHI BE Leslie; Junior High School Complete Arrangements " For Holding Exhibit iThe Leslie Junior High school will be tbe scene of a wonderful ar. exhibit on December 8. and 9 ;." when over . 100 famous,. pictures will be placed on display. This exhibit is being planned under the ausplcfes of the Art department however the entire" school Is co operating and tbe proceeds will be used to buy pictures for the school, which was opened this fall . for the first time. i 'Among some of the interesting pictures, which are being supplied by The Colonial Art company of Oklahoma City, may be found the following: - - ' -. '. -; "Tbe Money Changers" ': ?;This is one of Murtllo's early subjects, one of his genre type, ; and Is a farorile, of this period or his workvi He' is - generally placed at the head of the Adalu slan school. There is good rea son for it,' for though Murillo .was not the great painter he was some .times supposed, yet he was ' not the spineless man some of his modern critics would make out. J Murillo pointed religious pain t- isgs full of . beauty and depth of feeling, however, he also gave to tie world studies of the little sun browned urchins. and ''gypsies. basking In the . sun, relishing their macaroni, or luscious fruits or eagerly engaged in tossing coppers and playing other games the chil dren love- No other artist has more successfully pictured, the life . and games of the children of the poorer class. His.colors In this priod were dark and heavy and his shadows l -and - backgrounds brown. Outlines hard, with sharp contrasts of light and shade. -, j. The children's faces la "The ' Money "Changers' easily reveal their nationality.; Their ragged clothing is painted In a true man ner. Notice the boy's rather sly little face wrinkled In a grin, as ha. Intently watches the little girl counting the change In her Band. The red dress and hair ribbon of the same color are true to her lore for bright colors. At her side hangs a purse in which she Is to carry her coin received from her sale of fruit. The fruit In the basket, the basket itself, and other details In the foreground . of this subject are painted with ; great care, while the background is of lesser Interest. tThis frank bit of realism la a striking example of Murillo's abil ity to seise upon a momentary sit uation and portray it skillfully. Ha has gone to everyday life for It' and has dealt with it in a be comingly fine fashion. The pyra mid, a favorite form of arrange ment with Murillo, is used as the basis of this composition. EDUCATORS DISCUSS WORLD 3 l ' PROBLE1VIS AT INSTITUTE T4EETING - , ' , 'V v ' " 'i v ; ; X wjcr- ? V REUTIQilOFl'll F I lit ORESTS FJ Four Effects of Forests Upon Stream Listed After . "; Investigation; fDr. Rufus B. Von KlelnSmld (upper left), president :of the Unlrersity of Southern California; Dr. Aurella Reinhardt (right), president of. Mills. College.-Cal., and Dr. Karl C. Leebrick (lower left), are three of the educators who will attend the institute of International Relations meeting at Riverside, Cal., near the peace ower on Mt. Ribidoux (below), i;v.:y;'.:.A : r , :j - - : Riverside, Cal. (AP) -PoliUcal. economic and ; religious problems the world ever will be the" sub Jects "of lectures, round-table dls cussions'and general conferences at the"second annual session of the International Relations which con venes here November 27. ; The Institute,' of hlch Dr. "Ru fus B. von KlelnSmld, president of the UniTersIty of Southern California,- Is chancellor, and Dr. Karl C. LeebrJck, professor -of history and r political science at the Uni versity of Hawaii, is director will meet at picturesque Mission Inn. almost in the shadow of the peace tower -on Mt. Rubidoux. ' - . Many well known ; educators. both men and women, will partic ipate in the-seven day conference. Among the women speakers will be Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt, presi dent of Mills College, California, chairman of the international re lations committee of the Americas Association of University women. Directors - of , the Institute ln elude Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, mem ber of the Versailles Peace Con ference; Dr. William W. Campbell president of the University of Cal ifornia; - Coleman DupOnt, New York City; William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasurer; Dr. Robert A. Mlllikan, world-fa-mous scientist; Henry ;M. Robin son, internationally, known finan cier; Chester Rowell, " newspape editor; and Frank -A. Vanderlip financier. ! 1- , "rr'; I' - :;f ;. ' ; - "Tho Boy PtoBeer' . Typical of the early days of the ' Pioneers of America, "Harwood's Boy Pioneer" ie -n- exempllflca-i tion of the childhood life of the early settlers of the western country. , ; . : lit Is Interesting to know that Mr. Harwood's own son posed for the picture and It represents that young age of boyhood, living In an interesting manner, ihe actual lite of the pioneer. A glance at the picture Is sufficient to note, ; undivided attention Is given to the making of his bow and arrow: Like WhJttler's "Bare Foot Boy he has no cares, "except his loTe of nature and the flowers, he likes the thickets and the .beautiful mountain streams, ' and - many I times he has halted by the side of these beautiful streams to quench "his thirst and incidentally to wade in the cool, refreshing wa ters. . V ' v ;':' Shoes were of no Interest to this young American. He gave them no thought at, all. But a knife, was always parried by him. It was indeed about the only tool he j needed to make his - bow and ar row. It Is Interesting to note he la rhoeen the shade of a beauti- -" ful tree, under which he can -complete h!s operations. Here he can ; work entirely Undisturbed. Here, there Is no danger of traffic of any nature. Here he is manifest ing to us,t the "true spirit; of the rioneer Boy of America. .- ; vPor many years Mr. Ha r wood - H u d led in Paris in the Academy - Julian under Jean Paul Laurens, and in 1903 was the winner! the . Laurens medal also: won other prizes for the painting of the torso of a man. - He exhibited in the TarU Salon, S. A. F. of 1892 and Rgaln at the World's Fair at Chi cago.' Mr. James Taylor Harwood, was born in Lehi. Utah, in 1860, and was 25 years old before glr- Irz himself entirely over to the subject of paletlng. At present he Is the Art Director of the Uni- varsity of Utah, and Is recognized i one of America's foremost, pres- .e it day artists. j r . 3IotheT, . Mr. Whistler, -with all his lore a id tenderness has shown us this r "cture of his mother, : not as he . r membered her In ' her - younger diys. but as she was when old I a painter has paid a higher trib v e to motherhood than has our J nericaa artist in this study. This I cture Is done in black and gray t lieved by the white of the cap i handkerchief and the dark t -sen of the curtala- "The framed trial on the wall, the dark floor. t 3 lare curtain, and all the da- t 13 throe -tout the picture are f tremely well placed.' ; TLa gentla cIJ lady Is seen ia . I iflla, f ?att- J, rands in lap in .an t'.!tc2 cf rtreslty and peace. It i. : 'j r:t ta f::l eTizlz. symbolism -the , nearness of old hear the church bell. Its great age to the Infinite. This is one of the greatest pic tures ever painted in this or any other age. It personifies mother hood- universal motherhood and Is the most remarkable conception of a mother ever put on canvas. The face has been reproduced with great tenderness and delicacy. If we look at -it a sense of stillness and peace and utter quiet possess-. part of it great charm. It is a marvelous study of ej us character. It rereals the sweet ness and self-sacrifice of motherhood. Besides being -a . great , painter Whistler was a grejit etcher, per-! haps the greatest since Rembrandt. He wae also a lithographer paint ed many oil, pastel and water col or pictures. HisLpictures are orig inal and possess great Individual ity. Rlsm range of subjects ' was wide. ; " ' Whistler was a great admirer! of Japanese art and many of hie paintings show a direct Influence of a study of . Japanese prints. He was born at Lowell, Massachusetts. but went to Paris at the age of 12. In .1859 he settled in London where he spent the remainder of his life. . i ;x Mona Lisa The subject of this portrait was the wife of Francesco del Glocon da. y Leonardo wisned - to - make something more than a mere like ness, he wished to paint the char acter and soul of the woman. .' It was a difficult task for after four years :work i on the painting : he pronounced It incomplete - Whether the artist intended to paint a face that no one could un derstand or the lady's moods were so changeable and her expression so TarieMwerdo not understand, but it Is more interesting the long er we study it. One reason the portrait of Mona Lisa Is considered the greatest ever painted is be cause it represents the mystery of human personality. . It seems Jthat each side of the face has an ex pression of site own. i Cover the left side of the face and the right side is smiling, covering the' right side reveals ia thoughtful - expres sion on the left; her yes are sad. The mouth is cheerful, yet firm. There is hidden . strength behind her face. , J ' ' , -. . -1,---:-yr-. The hands are beautiful ! and the details of ner dress and scarf ere exquisite, ghe swears ho orna ments of any kind.,. A few years ago tb is painting was stolen from the Louvre. : The whole country was arousea, . onui at length a young Italian workman was cap tured,; when he tried to dispoee of the painting. at;Florence, Italy. There : was great rejoicing when the picture , was discovered unin Jured, - except - for -f two ; slight scratches. ; After being exhibited at the Uffltl Gallery in Florence, where great ievowfe came to Tiew It,' It was returned to the Louvre in Paris, where it is constantly under guard. At present Mona Lisa Is said to be rained at $5,00.0,000. - . 4,Tbe Angelas - ; . As a child MUlet was greatly Impressed by the sound of the An gelas or bell for prliyers, that rung each morning, noon . and night. The Angelas was one of his favorite4 pictures. In it ire can see the brightness of the sun set and silhouetted against the horizon, Yleled in haze Is thet church tower., - But mostproml- nenf In the picture are the two fig ures, a man; and a womaa, who hare . been working ' la the field. digging potatoes. Busily engaged vriih itzlr wcrk.- tley suiculj tone coming far across ; the fields reminds them It 1 the hour of prayer. ' So leaving their work they stand with bowed heads as they.repeat the evening prayer. . It seems almost as If we could hear the bell and we are greatly im prssed with the silence and solem nity, of 'the hour. y:A t' ?-i The simplicity of the landscape, The' quiet dignity of t ithe -t peasants, standing with bowed beads; ' the peacefulness of the scene and! regularity of stream flow, the for- ..The much misunderstood relation- between forest", cover and stream flow is thoroughly covered in a pamphlet by Dr. Raphael Zon, copies of which have just been re ceived at the U. S. Forest Cerrice, Portland,, Ore. .-A .lu - The full title of the publication Is 'Forests and Water In the Light of. Scientific Investigation." - and the text was issued originally In 1912 as a -part or the final report of the National Waterways com mislon, but has now been reprint ed a.nd made available for the public -l ? "-: - 3 ;r -y? Dr. Zon, the author, now direct or of the Lake. States Forest Ex periment station, is one of Ameri ca's leading foresters,' who has de voted 'many years of study to' the question of water and forests.- He is - an , accomplished linguist, has consulted.-the foremost scientific publications of the world on this sibject; t the bibliography in this pamphlet covering 3 pages Is said o oe me most - complete 'ever drawn up on the subject, accord ing to the. Forest Service. . The whole question of forest cover, . stream flow and floods is a lire one at this time. It is point ed out; and Dr. Zon's bulletin win therefore" be read with interest. federal foresters believe. The con clusions in . the bulletin may be said to represent those of the U. S. Forest Service ; on this , deeply scientific and misunderstood rela tion. : i ne errecia ot . zorests " upon stream flow are sumamrlzed by Dr. Zon thus: , v - : j H ,- ' ------ -.''--.:" 1. The total discharge of large rivers depends upon climatev pre cipitation, and evaporation. The observed fluctuation in " the total amount of water carried by rivers during a. long period of years de pends upon climatic, cycles of wet and dry years. ;- - . " v-r- 2. The regularity of flow of riy- ers and : streams throughout . the year depends upon the storage ca pacity of , the watershed," which feeds : the stored water to the streams during the summer thru underground seepage and . by springs. In winter the rivers are fed ; directly by precipitation, whleh reaches them chiefly as sur face run-off. .J 3. Among the factors, such climate and character of the soil. which affect the storage capacity of a watershed and therefore the 17113 wmm UDBYILS. Document Sets Aside No member 26, 1789 As Day i ; of. Thanksgiving HOT.Y LAND SURVEYS DECADE OF LIBERTY FROM MOSLEM KULxilC? r above all, the sound of the sweet toned Augelus give us a feeling of restf ulness and peace. Millet was a French peasant and painted the people he knew about . and loved the French peasants. It Is ald he sold the Angelas for an amount of 00 yet not many years ago a French collector paid f 150,000 for the subject and it now Jiangs in the famous Louvre Gallery of Art, at Paris. ' . - I. - est plays an Important part, es pecially on impermeable soils. The mean low stages as well as the moderately high stages in the riv ers depend upon the extent of for-j est cover on the watersheds. The forest tends to equalise the flow throughout the year by making Lthe low stages higher and the high stages lower.. - : - r.'.,j--: 4. Floods which are produced by exceptional meteorological condi tions can not be prevented by for ests, but without their mitigating WASHINGTON (AP) The first presidential proclamation des ignating a day of Tranksgiving Is one of the most treasured docu ments in the manuscripts collec tion of the Library .of Congress. f Signed "G, Washington at New York, October 3,1789, it may have been the first proclamation issued by him under the authority from the new. congress. The document is in the neat. legible handwriting of ; William J ackson, Washington's " Secretary. who had -been a major la the con tinental army and: had served as secretary of the constitutional con- rention at Philadelphia in 1787. Washington merely filled In the date and affixed his signature. The proclamation does not bear the great seal of the United States, nor Is it attested by the secretary of atatev? T ' . - How the document got Into pri rate hands before Its purchase at auction by the Library of Congress Is one of the mysteries which In volve a number of the Nation's valuable public papers.' It is clear, however, from the condition of tbe paper . on which the proclamation was penned, that those who held it for many years did not know how to preserve It to best advantage. Nevertheless it can still be readV The document sets aside Nor 26, 1789, f'to be devoted by the people of these states to the ser vice of the great and glorious Be ing who :1s the beneficent author of all the good that wae, that Is, or that will be," and asks citizens to unite In thanks, v f -, :- V, And . we may then unlte. the proclamation continues, "in most, humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler.of nations, : and ,beeaect him, to pardon our national: and other transgressions .;.', to ren der our national gorernment i blessing to all the people by con stantly being a - government of wise, just and constitutional laws. discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed to protect and guide all sovereigns , and nations (es pecially such as hare shown kind ness unto us) and to bless them With good government, peace and concord to promoter the knowl edge and practice of true religion and virtue and the . increase ot science among them and us and generally to grant unto, all man kind , such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best." s ClUfSElIEElllE idle nma HUH Pasadena's Farm Tract Pro vides Satisfactory Dis posal For Cities Influence the floods are more se vere md destructive. A limited -number of copies oft this bulletin have been received at the District Forester's office. Portland, Ore., for public distri bution.' Copies may also be se cured direct from the U. S. Sup erintendent of Documents, Wash ington, D. C, for twenty cents each. MAHARAJAH BIDS ELITE O F EUROPE ; TO HELP CELEBRATE 50-YEAR REIGN r ECONOMIC STATUS El IliFLU VICES CHURCH Farm Population Now Just About One Fourth of To tal In. United States 1 rfeS7?rc ':s- "r - The Maharajah of Kapurthala (left) wlU throw open his magnificent palace (above) on Not. 2S to 1,000 leaders of European society at a house party celebrating his fiftieth y ear as an Indian ruler. . Fireworks, a tiger . hunt and feasting wlU entertain the guests, among whom will be the Comtesse de Per lgny (right), formerly Margaret Thaw of Pittsburgh. .Kapurthala, India . (AP) The wealth of the Maharajah' of Kap urthala, third richest monarch ot India, has been lavished in pre paration . for the celebration this month of fiftieth year of his reign. A thousand men and women, leaders of European society, will be welcomed November 25, for a jreek of entertainment challeng ing all modern records for hospit ality, and la their wake will come '.he richest potentates fL India, for mother .Week of revelry ;rirallng hat of Arabian nights.- 4 V The ' foreign guests, ; most - cf hem from Prance and England. rlU be entertained in the Euro pean manner, with trorts during the daytime end "fireworks and feastir at niht. r They will go sn"-sr hunts an I u'J sit dowi io Lanqfufv boarda !iden with Frt oh..1 cooking and ;with Europ 2aa ar.j American i'sverages.' :' Amo t th9 E- jts will be the ormer, liargaret Thaw of Pitts burgh, now the Countess de Pe rlgny. " - . For the second house party the maharajahs f India will come tc Kapurthala. on their favorite ele phants, caparisoned " with costly silk and relvetsset . with precious ;tonea. Each potentate will bring Ms suite, every member of - thf suite will have a servant and each errant will have another menia' o attend him. A modern camp has been erect Min the palace grounds and ii rhe royal park to house the guests. sach-4ent will have a reception oom, a sleeping chamber and i bath. ' The Maharajah of Kapurthala ascended the throne when he was fire years of age. He Is a host as well known in Paris as in his native land, and his annual gar den party at his home In the BoU ie Boulogne is an event of the Paris season. -His, majesty gave this year for the poor of Paris 50.000 francs 1,000 francs foi aach year of his reign -In toker f his anniversary as a ruler. Wtesane i ctaung tbe tenth year, of its freedom from the UAdamman -wnlr irnnrll tha IMderlhiD OI LOra Alienor which was followed by Earl Baliour's (right) mandate placing the Holy Land (shown in map) under British protection. . ... - Jerusalem (AP) T h e Holy Land is this month celebrating the tenth anniversary of Its freedom from the yoke of - Mohammedan rule. -. ' - - It was Just a decade ago In No vember that Lord Balfour, noted British statesman, quickly follow ed ? the , smashing rictorles In Pal estine of General Allenby by Is suing . the famous 'declaration of independence which cut off .Mos lem rulership for the first time In centuries, the land ' In . which Jesus Christ lived and was cru cified. Palestine has awakened to a new like, according to church lea ders. . . . : Jews and Christians are dwel ling side by side in complete har mony, mutually thankful for the ten . years of relief from oppres sion of the infidel. The Christ ians come from the far ends of the earth to worship at the shrine of the founder of Christianity, bide awhile . and - pass on. . The Jews, come to settle in the land of : their fathers, to which peace an4t safety, have once more re turned under the guardianship of the British mandate. - Immediately after the war Pal estine, had a Jewish population of 75,000, Including repriated fami lies. - The whole country had suf fered.- A large part of th- popu lation had fled from the Turk. Those who stayed behind suffered from- starvation - and agriculture was- practically ruined. Today there is a Jewish popu lation of 150,000. Some 1 5 0,0 00 000 has been invested in Pales tine, mostly by JewsvT The Valley of the Jordan, which witnessed the baptism : of Christ by John the Baptist, and the cross ing" of -the river by' the nation of tbe Israelites has been," perhaps, most : greatly .transformed of all Palestine. Under '.the British Mandate the valley was made san itary and organizations Interested In the re-development of pales- tine purchased thousands of acres for settlers h ' 'i ' - ;'-r;" The -new generation growing up in Palestine has been caller1 by officers of the Zionist organi zation -; the "New 'Jews, They are educated in Hebrew schools, elementary, secondary, and high schools. Hebrew is the language of Instruction, but English and Arabic are taught as well. Two years ago ; Lord Balfour opened the Hebrew unlversity here. . The New Jews look to the uijiversity to become a center of culture in the east.. ;?- i.-.' The chief difficulties f tbe pio neers experienced In settling Pal estine unaer tne Mandate were the two plagues, trachoma and malaria, whlc reoccurred con- stanUy. Through the help of the Hadassah. an organizatron of Jew ish women which had its begin nings in America, sanitary expe ditions were equipped and, -succeeded in eradicating the " epi demics. The mortality rate of Palestine Iras been reduced, to a minimum, and the mortality rate of - children compares . favorably with that of. other nations in the West. '.. ' By Benson Y, Landis. Ph. D. Z (Auwiiti 8eretsry, Research . Depart ment. Fde'ral Conncil of the Charehea.) The future of the rural church in the United States, depends largely upon population and eco nomic changes. - y i The farm population Is now Just about one-fourth of the total pop ulation. If the use of machinery and science In farm production continues, we will need still fewer people to produce the farm prod ucts of the United States. OneJ famous agricultural, editor stated 4to me recently that within fire or six decades the farm . population might' be only , one-tenth of the total. ' If. instead of 27.000,000 farm populaUon. we shall hare within fifty years only about 15.000,000 and a total population of 150.000.- 000, one can well Imagine what will happen to most of the church es In the open country. They will either disappear, as more than: a thousand hare in Ohio within the past fifteen years, or they will be in an impoverished condition. - The country church will ; then no longer send its stream of candi dates for the ministry or its large numbers of recruits for - the city cnurcn. : .. . i The city church administrator is, or should be, as much - con cernea about this matter as the one, responsible for the rural churches. Go Into a typical church In "Peoria oh a Sunday morning ana ask now many were born on the farm. Probably three-fourths or more will raise their hands. Should these population and economic trends continue they will also make r themselves ' felt in the treasuries of the religious bodies, large and smalls It is rural mi gration that Is largely sustaining the church in the small and the middle-sized city,, and ' even " to some extent in the metropolitan centers. . - . -: , (. Y- The latter however, have spec ial conditions. When - the .Tural migration ceases to come in such large numbers many- city church es are going to lose ground. ; Already the economic status ef the : countryside Is given as one reason for declining - Income : for some church boards. Within twenty-or thirty years. If present trends continue, it will be an in creasing factor in affecting benev olent Income.-; .-' v.. - , r These thlgs mean that churches serving farmers will - increasinrlr be located in villages, towns andl smaller-cities Instead of the open country. , They . also mean that Questions of relationships between religious bodies are going to be-l come more acute, and that cooper ation will be one of the necessary lecnniques to llnd a way out. Co operation , will sooner or, later be forced upon us. ' ' ' ,. . t The country church must also make more widespread and rapid adjustments to changing cultural and educational conditions In the country. Science has long been In use in farm production.: It is now entering Into the way the, younger! people live. If the country church; is to continue to minister to edu cated young-, people. It must change Its methods and program There are signs. In some sections of the country that there is emerging In the country, districts a new philosophy of religion. ' (The Statesman has made fre quent reference, for a Ion? ur,P ' to the fact that the time win - come when the city of Salem will dispose ot its sewage in the mod ern manner, that will make the proauct of yast economic alii to the city and the surrounding section; in a manner that will eventually result in the vtm " paying all its costs, and in the course ot time result in a profit to the city. A friend in soutberc California has sent to the editor a copy or the Farm and Orchard Magazine of the Los Angeles Sun- day Times of Nov.. 1 3th. contain ing the following article concern ing the' workings of the sewape disposal plant and system of the city of Pasadena, which serves al so South Pasadena and Alhambra. This is most interesting- to our people.: 'Following is the article:) J - By n. II. Bushnell A supplemental - synchroniza tion of correlatory processes! " That's what one engineer 1 talked to called the arrangement under ; which the cities of Pasa dena, South Pasadena and Alhani bra are regulating the disposal" of their' Bewage. It sums up. in : technical language, a plan where by the municipal trio not only get rid "of their sewage, but contrive at the same lime to make some use .of it. ei 1;, J ' t t Li T i I '. Th elxty home runs that Babe Ruth hit during thi 1927 season, and the two in the world series. brought the total number of home Consumption of Beer Is , t Reduced Greatly, Berlin m BERLIN V ( AP) Athletics, the "dT".movement and economic ne cessity hare reduced the consump tion of, beer In Germany by one fourth as compared ) with IS 13 according to figures compiled by the federal statistical buseau. Before the war, the average eon sumption of beer per year per per -son was 7 gallons. As this ar erage figure includes children and the very aged, it is safe to say that the average consumption of the beer-consuming German was at least. 10 gallons. . Today, the aT erage consumption Is' only 20 gal- lone per head per year. Only half of one per cent of this is : Imported beer, such as Pilsen. porter and ale.i The 9U r runs made tnr Ruth la i league career to 42 t, according toicent Is manufactured rirht in Gmr. an answered question la 'Liberty', iaany." . v.. ... That any city should be able effectively to accomplish such an end seems to call for commenda tion, since sewage disposal is for most communities a problem as difficult : as it is pressing. The three cities named are turning the trick by .utilizing a modern sew age treatment plan in combina tion with Pasadena's municipal farm. . - About twenty years ago the Crown -t City acquired a farm ol about , five hundred acres on the Valley Boulevard eight mi lea east of Los Angeles', adjoining tbe city limits of Alhambra. Those back ing the undertaking. had in mina some such plan as has since been worked out namely, the utiliza tion of sewage, and the water re quired for flushing It, for agri cultural purposes. Many will re member the troubles Pasadena en- countered In getting 1 ihe f7-w started. " The : whole countryside, it seemed, objected violently to the Idea of disposing of sewage in such an open fashion, and criti cisms flew thick and fast. Grad ually, the city went ahead, how erer, and developed Its idea. Flow ers and ornamental, plants for the Crown City parks were grown at first and then an orange grove and walnut orchard were established. In the course of time, field crops were aded. - "- V. ' Today, forty acres, of the land , is utilized for a sewage disposal plant and the rest is Intensively farmed.. Those who formerly pro tested are willing to concede that the layout is remarkably free from objectionable feature. Seventy acres Is devoted to citrus, mostly naval oranges. Walnuts grow on thirty acres. There Is some alfal fa, for the mules maintained on the place; some vegetables are grown for the, farm help. Field crops cover a large acreage. Some ornamentals are still grown for the Pasadena parks and about sev en acres Is leased to; a seedsman for flower seed "production. And the whole tract is Irrigated from sewage water and kept' id a state of fertility by the use of treated sewage. - .Potatoes, corn and other crops have been grown, and. grown to perfection, on this city-owned farm, but for" the past two eeas- ons, bush lima beans have been the main field crop. Last year the farm boasted fine yields of citrus fruits, walnuts and bans. The municipality holds .member ships in both ctirus and walnut as sociations and sells through reg ular association channels. B. C. Bougher is the farm su perintendent, H. A. Freer is his assistant and , both have their homes on the place. There Is a good-sized cook house and a bunk house; officers' and other build ings round out quite a group. The present model sewage plan Is vastly different from the ones that were objected to at the be ginning, tor two plans were tried before the Tight one -was hit up on.. There -was such an offensive odor at first that the management was driven In desperation to bury the 'sewage - on the land. Tbis couldn't go on forever, so a sec ond plant, crude enpngu fcyvoni par ison with present standards, but fairly modern for its day, was established. This helped some, but proved inadequate so that bur ial in trenches of part ot the sewt age-was resorted to. More troub-""N Ie followed when heavy rains washed out. some of the trenches. Pasadena determined to "do tbe thing right. regardless ot ex pense. - . Four years ago the pres ent plant, .known- as tbe Tri-Clty sewage disposal system, was built, after engineers had made a study of the best systems of - the kind to be found in the world. The new plant serves not only the three cities. that entered Into the ar rangement, but a part of the San Marino district as well. The plant, somewhat increased V v V i ' i (Cct!nal on IS)