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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1928)
v-f 10 wsm-. IE AS GLASS PROJECT Pupils of 4B At Garfield Represent African Life On Sand Table 1 tug recuses and before classes cob- meat of , labor lareatlf atlon resola- ene pupils take turns la earlas.tioa through, brou &t doire oa . Sixteen pupils six boys and 10 girlsof the fourth B class . at Garfield school hare brought the Nile rlrer with Its delta right Into their school room and are study lag it. "first hand," under the di rection' of their teacher. Miss Ag nes. DaRetta. The pupils hare constructed In a sand table at the rear of the room their conception of life and customs in the fertile Nile coun try, as they hare gleaned It from the pages of their geography, out side reading and the play of their own imaginations. It is a part of the special project work the geog- - raphy class has undertaken In con nection with the study of Arabia and which corers the first six weeks of the present semester. . v The Tigris and Euphrates to the east of the Nile in Asia were stud led the the. first part of the six weeks' period; this week and last the Nile has- been under consider ation; and later they will recon struct the sand table to accord with their study of the Nile Hirer . south of the delta, the lakes about the rlrer and the White Nile. . The children hare cut from green paper a number of palm trees and "planted" them on the shores of the Nile . and hare - brought from their collection of toy animals all those which they hare found to belong to that re gion: wild elephants, baoons, black and brown bears, lions, camels which the Egyptians use in their trarels, burros and tame - cattle. That some of the toy animals are greet large ones and other small enough to carry In a vest pocket makes little difference to the pu pile; they all belong to life on 'the Mirrors hare been placed in the sand to designate small lakes about the region and blue cardboard un der glass shows the course of the rlrer. Practically all the work has been done in the classroom, eren to the construction of small clay houses typical of the squat little dwellings found along the rlrer. About the make believe land may be seen several minarets built of clay and even containing the cir cular railing, which the children have decided the appointed per son must climb to give the often repeated signal for prayer to his fellow Mohammedans. The children's interest in the project extends further than mere school work, so much so that dur- for the project and keeping erery thing In its proper place. While the project work. has .on ly been conducted by Miss DeRette since the beginning of this semes ter, she helieres this method of in struction permits the students to. cover their work about -one-third taster than under the old purely book methods. Moreover, and with this she Is most pleated, Miss Du Rette finds the greatest benefit to their silent reading, the child ren, seeking books at home and the libraries to further widen their knowledge of the topie under stu dy. This work is done with out def init assignment from the teach er, too. - v wnererer possible the geogra phy, project work is correlated with, other studies, particularly language and reading. THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON , TIIXJBSDAY MOBNING, MARCH. B. izg I . . ... t. Ml,tr.tn.J UIII Dipthrtav Tilth InffV Ta MnvA . mooesi mu. ncu nni mm ' W-T.' JWIIIb I VI VvU 1 W Mv v ; j I S Because Rent Doubled his head a deluge of real demo cratic oratory. SEBS 111 FI6HT WALSH OP MONTANA TOUCH EX EXFLOSIOX WASHINGTON, Mar. AP) An old fashioned political foray in the senate, with Walsh, demo crat. Massachusetts, defining the issue of the coming campaign as prosperity, propaganda versus ac mat - unemployment, featured a congressional day otherwise, de void of high lights except for n eepton of the senate coal nvestl- gation. y The house. after putting through a public health service bill expanding activities and fix ing up pay rates of that service, got down to smaller agricultural bills on the calendar and did a little slow motion legislation. One of the bills was for study of new uses for cotton. It goes back to morrow to the anti-lame duck congress fight. The senate's real business was Muscle Shoals and It finally got back to that with. Heflin of Ala bama, shouting for fertiliser, not power. But Smoot of Utah, an swering charges of widespread un employment circulated by Wagner of New York in getting his depart- UtD GETS fllK Five Tear Old New-Yorker Now Millionaire , NEW YORK. Mar. 7.(AP) A five year old New York boy has Joined the ranks of millionaires. John Mortimer Coward. II, of Glen Ridge, N. J.. Is to receive at least two-thirds of the more than 14.000,000 estate of his father. J. Mortimer Coward, head of the Coward Shoe stores, who died in Havana last Saturday. - His father's will bequeathing him two-thirds of the estate after a bequest of $100,000 is made to his mother, was filed yesterday in probate court. Mrs. Coward la to receive the Income from the one third residue for life if she re mains unmarried. If she marries the trust fund created for her Is to be deceased to $500,000 and the residue paid to her eon. : Part of the fortune which the five year old Inherits Is $1,000,- 000 from an Insurance policy his father took out. last July. Mr. Coward himself inherited the bulk of the estate barely three years sgo from his father, the first John M. Howard. The grandfathers estate was estimated to be around $4,000,000. The present estate Is believed to be well over that total. powder la other counties of the state wjin success. . J , " The demonstration will consist of blasting out about 100 feet of iltch which has been filled with sediment and Tcgetatlon. This method -of -ditch construction baa proven . to be the cheapest and Quickest for the typical Willam ette valley farm and with the use of the cheap pyrotol powder it is even cheaper than where the usual commercial powder la used. , This powder can also be used in other farm work where explosives are used. ..Information concerning the purchasing of the powder will be given at . the demonstration. Another almilar demonstration will be conducted Saturday morn ing oa the Brixey place about two miles south, of Gervals on the Pa cific highway. : All farmers of the valley Interested In seeing the demonstration are Invited to at tend either or both demonstra Jona, - Read the Classified Ads Demonstrate Pyrotol Use On Fletcher Farm Friday A free demonstration of the use of Pyrotol. the new government blasting powder, will be conduct ed tomorrow morning .-on the Fletcher place about one' and one- half miles east of the fairgrounds on the Sllverton road. The dem onstration which will begin about I o'clock in the morning will be conducted by Earl Price of the ex tension department of the Oregon Agricultural college, who has been demonstrating the use of the to The ELOINOEIE Sunday and Monday R3 The Original Blackbirds lips? 11? PARIS (AP)- Marshal Jeffre. victor of the battle of the Marat, has been vanQuished by the high cost of living. " France's great soldier, with a salary of $200 a month, must leave his handsome old Paris ap artment because the proprietor has doubled the rent Joffre can't pay the doubled rent and so he Is going to move. He la 71 years old and not as strong as In the dark days of the war when he was the commander of millions, in and out of uniform. Joffre, nevertheless, will find a place to live. He still has his but he win hare no difficulty i getting, another ':. apartment In Paris. It was a Spaniard, whose son" and grandson both fought under Joffre, who was the first to offer "Papa" Joffre a home. This gentleman, hearing of the mar shal's, plight, offered him an apartment either in Paris or in Nice, in buildings he owns. Joffre etill Is oa "active serv ice" for Marshals, of whom there are six, are never retirerd. ,They have become. In these times of peace, sort of consulting engineers to the army and various problems are referred to : Joffre and the others by the Superior War Coun cil, and their advice la asked al though it may not be followed. Meets At Clifford Home . m v W ROSEDALB. Mar.- 7. ( Special j The Red Hill Birthday club met Friday eveaing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Cannoy . visited near Yamhill at "the home of Mr. and Mrs. Burton, laat week-end. Mr. Allen of Liberty has moved to the Free place, and Mr. Free has moved to Liberty. ; ' Miss Laura Cammack visited her relatives here last week-end. PLANE HEADS SOUTH PORTLAND, Ore.,; Mar. 7.-- (AP) The Caseadian took off fori 8an Francisco at 11:1$ a. m., Im mediately after the arrival from Seattle of the Cruaader. JAP PIUXCESS DIES TOKYO, Mar. 7. (AP) Prln cess Hisa, the 4 six ; months' old daughter of the Emperor of Japan died today of pneumonia. She was taken ill a week ago. COLLECTOR XAMED - --- I ; ; - WASHINGTON, Mar. 7 (AD George D. Hnbbard waa nomin ated by President Coolidge today to be collector ot customs at eat- Ue, Wash, ;;;:V y ' Read the Classified Ads Book soon (or your 1923 European trip IS great Canadian Pacific liners this year assure cornfott and hospitality for alL Ship's plana, rite dates re ready now; choice cab Ins go to those who take time to settle details early. .Write or call for complete? information. (Cmadiii Pseifu Trewfor CkM Good lJu WmU cWj LSUft WKDeaconfrjif Aatnt Passr De I Multnomah SSThlidSuFbnlandl i hotel ! Market Fuif n JL inij o Lis sUi AwA v ' uare l J7B1? 1 (5v3irfiimfj 39c perSq.Yd. This is a felt base material 6 feet 'wide' in tile and figured patterns. - " Size 6x9 Here is the rag for that bedroom. It is a rag rug with plain matted center, dark border with stenciled design. It is washable and revers- -:ible. ; .The triangular shaped dustless mop, ' r mis ". These are a very good quality of carpet"""bound on' both ends and made up into rugs. - - 18x27 .69c 27x36 !i:.-:11.98 - EDcccrattcCl- -EroaIiCcbC:Cott This is a 6 piece'breakfast set dec orated in Orange and Black. An oval drop leaf table with 4 round top, panel oacjc cnairs. -, - : i Priced ati mm Sette You " will find here 'a complete assortment of unfinished break fast furniture that you may dec orate to fit your own require ments. See this straddle leg, drop leaf table and four chairs. 5 Piece Set Complete . Decorated to - Order" . . ' ' ;- . ' v - . You may select your set and have it decorated to salt your individual requirements at a veryTeasonable charge. . . . . . r , y Half round mahogany finished end tables, with. turned legs and cross 'bars.', . . -'. ' EBacEsettc We have just received a shipment of these fine willow baskets in a full line of sizes priced as low mm UOl?GtuflaGQ Ssi?G3jni 0 This is a one piece black screen trimmed with brass- mountings. 32 piece BDOnaeGi? SGtt This is your opportunity to get that set of dishes for every . day use. There are a number of ; patterns' from which to make your selection. 3C3! These are a four tie, white handled , broom madexf a fine broom straw. They are light-weight and easy to handle. 7 - ' ' AT ' m n IT E0E HACKBiT Commercial Street at Marion Out of the congeited district Drive your car. Purchases will be carried to your car park as long as you Hke. ,We are here not alone to save you money but to serve you to your advantage. Fea turing Furniture, Drugs, Lunch counter. Electric goods, Music department, Fish and Poultry department, Dairy Products department, Houseware department, Fresh Meat department, Cigars, Cigarette and Candy department, Florist department and last but not least Dan-Ada-Dbnuts the kind made digestible by the absence of grease. Made while you wait. , Open Evenings for You and Your Family FRESH MEAT. DEPARTMENT ROAST Young Pig Pork y2 or whole piece 15c lb. PICNIC SHOULDERS Sugar Cured and Smoked with Real Smoke per lb. 16c BACON SQUARES Sugar Cured 18c Best Creamery BUTTER FreshlyC- CROWN FLOUR 49 lb. sack $1.85 WHITE RIVER FLOUR $1.95 Pure Cane SUGAR 18 lbs. this week only $1.00 Crystal White KARO SYRUP This is the Red Can 5 lb. size M Local Grown SPINACH 43 c MBER KARO i Blue Label Can v " STlb. size ' oc 39c Full Cream" CHEESE Pound 30c FRESH FRUIT and Garden YEGETABLES , New Mustard GREENS Young Tender Green ONIONS Solid HEAD LETTUCE and New CABBAGE PIE PLANT CAULIFLOWER Nice White Solid Heads Nice Lot of CARROTS PARSNIPS BEETS YELLOW TURNIPS PURPLE TOP TURNIPS CELERY HEARTS STALK CELERY SWEET POTATOES Nice Ripe BANANAS NAVEL ORANGES SUNKIST LEMONS Large Luscious GRAPEFRUIT Oregon Yellow Newtbwa APPLES per box $1.63 , '.-(- i V 5 gallons KEROSENE Bring Container 98c Silrer Leaf " LARD 4 lb. pails 69c 8 lb. pails $1.35 10 bars Assorted TOILET SOAP 43c BREAD and PASTRY Fresh from the Oven -Daily ; Made by Busick's and sold here at the same price as at the Bakery The Sunday Oregonian will print a Coupon good for a Can of . Puritan Malt Free. These Coupons will be redeemed by Busick's Store as well as at the Market Gro cery department.' Bring in your Coupons. F-m 0 r We are now in our New Building 889 North Liberty St Fresh Car Load of Coal Arrrnns Daily Alto Good Dry Wood Special on Washington Coal per Ton $11.00 and Un , Telephone 930 - . - - - - --:.... Local and Long Distance Hauling, Moving, Crating " ; Down Town Of fice k 1 43 South Liberty Mi w i it 4k