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PAGE EIGHT Tk OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oresoa, Sunday Uoraias, January 24, 1S37 Colleges Weed . Larger Funds New Sources For Revenue ' or Curtailed Activity Inevitable, Shown Reporting 'Increased expendi tures reflecting increased enroll-- ment for the year ending Jane SO. 193. state department an dtt of the Oregon system of high- er education points oat that new sources of revenue must be found for the consideration of the state ' legislature. . was filed with the - board of control Saturday. Current disbursement for the year were 153,329 in excess of the Current year- income, or an ln- crease In expenditures of 4. SI per cent over the previous year, the audit showed. ' - The-increased cost was due, the audit said, to a 8.82 per cent boost In enrollment and enlarged ' salaries for the teaching staff, - Salaries constituted the largest Item in the disbursements of the . schools and' aggregated $2,524. 053.12 tor the years 1935 and - 1936.In 1934 and 1935 the sal- ariesand? wages totalled $2,353. 323.87. T o t a 1 ' expenditures of the schools listed in the audit report showed 13,582,425.84 was spent In 1935 and 1938 as compared to ,v $2,328,273.78 spent the previous I year. This - was an Increase of $254,052.05 .Total income for 1935 and 1936 was S3. 529.096.- 9. or 853,329.15 less than the expenditure for the same period. Total net income for the preced ing year was 3.429,302.97. There was $99,793.72 more income in 1935-36 than in 1934-35. Profit On Building; ; Profit for the year ending June 80, 1936, on the state owned re serve and surplus in the same amount, for the year ending June 80, 1936. A total unappropriat ed surplus of $130,593.81 as of June 301936, aslo was listed. This figure Included relief allot ments and the expenditures of , federal funds made available for work relief and assistance to needy students at the various in- stltutlons.. ; The audit figures showed that t dormitory operations at "Oregon State colege were1' In the black for the first time in several years with' a profit of $2534.08. The dormitories at the university showed a reduction of loss from $16,429.40 In 1934-35 to 89, 184. 43 in 1935 and 1936. Figures on the net deficits of the associated, students at the un trerslty and college did not shew Statesman Book Nook Reviews of New Books and Literary ' - - News Notes By CAROLINE C JERGEN j ; By CAROLINE C. JURGBN . , ; Andnbon. By Constance Rourke. 93.UO. 193G. . Naturalist, artist, woodman- an or these descriptions fit the John James Audubon In this bio graphy of his life by Miss Rourke -"He was never whollva uien- . list; he was what he claimed to be an artist, a woodsman, even a - Backwoodsman.- with more than touch of the broad humor that sprang ud on the frontier." There is, according to Hiss " Rourke's account,' some mystery surrounding ma Dirtn. Captain and Madame Audubon are not, it would appear, his parents. That . Is: Madame Audubon is. not bis mother. Whether or not the Can- . tain is Lis father seems to be de- ftateable, but Miss Audubon rath- . .er leaves her readers with the op- Inlon that she believes he is, and " that his mother might be a Miss Rabin: "Evidence has come to light showing that during his stay' xn banto uomingo a boy was born to a Mademoiselle Rabin for whom -Captain Audubon evidently felt a ' responsibility." ' There Is also some suesestion. more or less veiled, in Miss Rour ke's book, that -Audubon might be Dauphin, the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. .However, his lineage does not seem of prime importance in comparison to bis me. it is or interest only as It ears upon some of his youthful ambitions and abilities. C -His foster parents wanted vounr Adubon to become a naval .off leer er an engineer. But when the Cap tain was away at sea. Joung you gere. as he .was then known was more likely to be in the woods . than studying mathematics or me chanlcal drawing. His absorption to the life of . the . woods and orchards and fields . be came a passion; he thought of lit tle else, nor was it enough to fol low and- watch, the birds. He must draw these creatures of the out of ' doors. Later .his wife, the young Lucy Baskeweu, remarked: "If I were jealous I should have bit ter tune of it, for every bird is my rivsL" ,.-,. - The story of .his unflagging en ergy which drove him from Penn sylvania to Texas, from Florida to Labrador in his unending search for birds Is fascinating. His friend ships for Lewis . and., Clark, for Daniel Boone and for .other char acters out or tne pages .of history grip the imagination. Courage and Independence seemed to arm him equally against frontier dangers and the slanders and flatteries of civilization. His singleness of pur- pose never, failed, from his: boy hood to his deatn. -. To make her picture of Aud ubon real and authentic. . Con stance iRonrke : has followed his trails, seeing .the. rivers and keys 4 of Florida, the Louisiana Bayous, 'the Ohio river and the Mississippi country with as beauty-ioTinjp eyes . v aa A nrtnTinn'ar own iVram'nlanta- tlons ,oi reuciana,- in sw j- rancis - till e -Natch e- and New -Orleans, Henderson and, Louisville aha ga ithered from personal sources col v orfuI traditions about AudubOn. ..This is a book nature lovers will want to own. It Is Illustrated with reproductions in full color of IS of the folia prints from "Birds In America' and many drawings ia black and white, done In the spirit of the bird lever friend, Bewick,' Sage ; of f Salem ecula&es il-;f";i .i-i:-;. .";-.,.i;f.-'j:-.4:3-':" 2 '";: By D. H. TALMADGB - .HIS SECRET - Old Henry Wooster of Turkey Run He sort o' stands put 'mongst . ; men I've knew; - He had' a rare gift for gentle fun . And to. folks, he liked he was ."... true,. 4,!., I call him old. but he wasn't old A bit stooped, mebby, but not -.-.- from years; u - He liked the heat and he liked the - cold, :im ; i . .-And he called the world a vale - of fears. ':.:" Most of the Ills of the world, he said. ;,. , . ' Are due just to ' plain dumb spinlessness; Most of our grief springs from things we dread . But few Ills come accordln' to ,- " guess. - '-" j- : ' So Henry Wooster he - breezed along. ' ' Doin' his full share of honest work; ; . -Now and then bustln' into song. Dealin' out frequent a playful quirk. The time come, -o'course for him to go, . . . And he whispered to them who gathered near How folks had thought sixty years or so . That he had been free from the curse of fear. ' well under the i continued exis tence of the non-compulsory fees at the two schools. Students In Red The non-com plsory plan of stu dent activity fees was adopted in the serine of. 1934. In 1935 the total deficit of the associated stu dents at the university was $6,- 925.75 and at the collere. S27. 552.02. By the end of the school increased to 824.469.66 at the university and to $42,215.15 at oregon state college. The auditors! pointed out that as these fees 'collected from the students for the activities of the pulsory In nature they "will not" uwCTMruy increase or decrease with fluctatlons of student enroll ment at the particular institu tions.'' V Th Souri nt ffa,.l.. By Josephine Lawrence. Frederic a. cos:es. 1837. 92.50. If you are feelinr a Uttla fa- pressed or down, this new novel Dy the author of "If J Had Four Apples" will not greatly aid in your recovery it Is one of the hopeless novels which undoubted ly contain more hopelessness than comfort. Miss Lawrence knows what she is talking about and she is deft enough to make her read ers know in no very uncertain way. That a cancerous ahoddiness is eating America la the belief of Miss Lawrence, she makes the readers feel that America lacks Ideals education and "guts" or the lack of money would not be the evil thing we have made It. The story centers around a small real estate firm which has barely kept Its head above depression waters. To the employees, the bro thers who own the firm are "Bloated Capitalists." To them selves, they are two middle aged tired men with too much worry and too much financial burden. It is the story of the "old men" of fifty hanging on to their work and tbrowlna frizhtened arlanM ha fe at the snarling pack of youngsters trying to get a "bone" of a Job, while all are batting their head against the wall of knowledge that there aimply aren't enough decent Jobs to go around. - - -The book is true, but there fun't much poetry to it. Ski Tracks. Edited by Charles and Percy Oltoa. William Morrow A company. 193d. f3.0.- If you haven't already made up your mind to Join - the winter sport's seeker on ML Hood on Jan uary; Si;, a- perusal of this, book will likely complete your plans. The collection of 190 photographs of skiing taken In the high places of our country Is most tempting, and lessons in technique may be garnered from the captions by the editors. The views cover snow banked slopes i of Mount Hood. Mount Rainier. Vount Travinw ton, the upper Yosemlte. Whlte-J iaee, Mansfield, and Tuekerman'a Head wan :wlth lota of places In between. Many of the photographs are taken by such well-knownJ skiers as Winston H. Pote and Christine Held.: c A tense story of stolen govern mental documents, International crooks and U. 8. secret service men Is woven into Valentine Wil liams "The Spider's Tonch. (Houghton Mifflin Co. 1936. 82.50.) Fane. attahMl tn h Am erican Embassy In London. getsJ wio iron oie tnrougn the machin ations of the notorious Clubfoot. Many of the characters ' have ap peared in other Clubfoot stories A new Indian atarv for the youthful reader is James Willard scnultx, "The White : Buffalo Robe (Houghton Mifflin Cow, 1936.' S1.7SI. It la IIia itan nf m white boy's adventures among the w a v maians - or . ins Nortnwest. - Red FOX. the -white boy. is almost an Indian himself, and when he kills a ancred white hnffaln anil -dm. senta its hide to the Sun priestess, he becomes a hero In the great eiffli. Then one mornlnr. bid. An masked dkSMr mmih ant the, priceless buffalo hide vanish- ea, ena noventure segins. - v 1 Twas a Joke, he said, and not so bright, . 1.4 i: ; For he'd suffered a heap from fear inside: ; i A jTwaa't fear of what would, but oiwnat might , ; That dam might and he smil ed and died. ; I reckon a name is likely as not 10 e wnat anytning ain't as it la to oe wnat Anything is. Topics InsDtred bv the ly cold weather have largely pre- vauea in - general conversation during the week, among the rest me relative merits of pajamas and Towns, or nightshirts as some sensitive male Demon nrrr to term them. And, so far as I may judge, as one who has merely cnancea to . listen in - on seversl groups of male talkerai that hum. ble- nightgown, or nightshirt, has had the better of it. -1 A comfort. Indeed, at bedtime's a. a com nour. ; , The gown with the spread of a ' . ; tent! ; . : - - - ' ro other . garment possess such power - i 1 A wriggle, a snuggle chill's went! . Such sentiment, at loaat r v er from the nightgown, or night shirt, contingent, the idea of h. ing that pajamas do not permit of saiisxaciory wnggies and are quite oeruia 01 tne essentials to a per feet snuggle. nut. of course, there is a dif ference of opinion as to the re latlbe merits of the two styles In vogue, as there Is a difference of opinion unon all other matr We humans have our moments of wnat seems perfect harmony, but such moments come mnaiiT ha. cause some of us are in a mood tor peace or perhaps have tempor arily lost our voices, as in the case occasionally when flu is preval ent, aa Kikins. up the gulch, had his nose broken tnr nn hMln. son than that he objected to Hank uouop s liking ror red flannel un derwear. It la nrettv lll-r mohh but that's thb way we are. s At noon the innv rlt mwtA night the 'sun will fnk ith it. old grandeur in the sea and yet touay a mend died ... nature smiles on our mortality. Can you reneat from imtmnn the wording on a threaten t stamp? I am not insinuating that yon cannot ao so without looking. But you might devote an fdla mo ment to the exnerlment. It la tonishlng sometimes how little we know about the most familiar things. - , I nicked nn a woman 1,ih .r,K lication the other day, and in glancing throurh it 1 Mnrkt thia statement: "Woman can do any thing that man can do." Far be It from me to deny the allegation. Just the same, I have never yet seen a woman spit through her teeth. There have come to me dnrinr the week two verses of a dmik which the sender thinks should oe republished "for the comfort they mar carrv lota muv aIA hearts." The first verse concludes with the lines aV till l. v-i -a ua- . J au, uvi uu iu ocst ol uie seems past ' The best of life begins.' The second verse la here Mint ed in Its entirety: - 1 But the world widens when Such hopes of trivial gain that ruled us lies Broken among our childish toys, ror tnea We win to self control. ' We mail ourselves to manhood, and there rise Upon us from the vast and windless helrht Those cleaner thoughts that are unto the soul What stars are to the sight.' Tla. at 11 nta - m ' kaa.Mfal thought. I thank you, sir. For' almost 1 A dava' a faa been, without puddles. A fallow does miss the darnedest talngsl - I reckon a. heap of gems of pur est ray serene are burled In old serapbooka here and there, and many a flower of thought e'ermors to be unseen (which metro may cause Mr. Gray to stir uneasily fa his grave. It ho orer hears ot it. which ho probably ; wont) the gloom of closet shelves and trunks do bear. ' An Iowa newspaper once re ceived one of these old dlx-ups. Bat the sender did not dig it out of a scrapbook. It was a. poem, he said, which had been written by his grandfather in the bask of a ledger. And he thought It was Pretty good. It was, too, and it was, duly printed. But it tailed to make the hit In the newspaper office that the sender's letter made. The letter stated, among other things, that the poem had been "written by my grandfather who has been lying in his grave for 25 years merely for pleasure." And some ot us thought that was pretty good, too. . A comma or two. properly placed. may make considerable differ ence.. THIS AND THAT A bright kid says he. doesn't like a go-through wind. Two of us, bud. . . The weather gave an Imitation of a bliszard Tuesday. Pretty weak . . . One spring hat seen In uesdays snow. It wont be long era roses blow ... "The odora," despite unfavorable wea ther, did well at the Grand tor seven days. Just going Into its fourth week in Portland ... Jack son Day celebrations were. Back ing In these parts or did I miss an announcement? , . . . Major Bowes income -"upwards of a million dollars" . . . After oil, it Is I good to have a man like1 Hilter in the world. " Somebody must take the , blame for whatever goes wrong . J . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morris have moved into their new house on North" Nineteenth street V, V A. nota front Rhode Island,: "Pansies, snowdrops and violets are bloom ing in 'our gardens. How sweet! . . . .An outdoor worker, holding a smoking pipe between his teeth. Informed me yesterday that he carries the smoking'pipe between his teeth In order to prevent his nose from running. While he was giving out this information I gath ered a number of -whiffs from the pipe. I reckon' the man's' nose Is absolutely, stampede-proof. . i . Pap. Eye 4s growing up; A two-reel feature- in technicolor at the State theater, during the week V: ; The Northwest Poultry Journal la out for January. Editor Conner .oc casionally supplements the Jour-' nal's contents of particular inter est to poultry raisers 'with sensl-' ble suggestions pertaining to hu man" hens and roosters and baby chicks . . -. A story is circulating about town. of a Salem .man who went into the ice box to get warm one day during the week ... Cred ited to. The Duffel Bag. the fol lowing appears in the January 15 number of Abundance, R. A. Har ris's lively little publication, and it Just goes to- show that such things are not always the. result ot heateu weather, as is eommonly supposed: "A forester' frOm the Amazon put nighties of his gram azon; the reason's that he "was too fat to get his . own , pajamazon." . . . Flu experiences sre being traded around numerously. That is the flu's sole redeeming virtue -it moves the average victim to talk fluently afterwards ... An inveterate reader of newsprints tells me that thus far he has fail ed to note a' sparkling reference to the person who writes it 19SC. and he is feeling quite depressed because of it. And no wonder! It is the first year since 187S that he has missed the titillating little Item . . . Spring Bylngton. who plays the part of the leading gos sip of the village lathe "Theodora Goes Wild" picture. Is the daugh ter of a superintendent of schools at Colorado Springs. Colo. She is remembered here as having been In the cast of "Little Women" . . . Emil Carlson, Salem dealer in magazines,, who has been oft duty for weeks,' because of an Injured leg, expects to have the cast re moved within a week or 10 days. POLLY AND HER PALS t r-i 4oei rr STEMS LIKE WEU. VTS-1 V-IASTQC1JBLE NEVER SETT, ,WnWBCADrAAP5 VNUERE WERE AK SUCH-LIKE WE i i r n r . a w , .. i MICKEY MObSE ICKEr FINDS THAT THE A&EKT WHO 18 AFTER PR. CINMU61 piscovEy IS NONK OTHET? THAri TOOTS AND GASPER 2 MAM SMOOCXtS PHUSII Laaw Pfifila II W. I rci l 'r.l i Illy r -H I L-?fy- . V I I LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY " ' Out of Harness BY BRANDON WALSH J FOR "THE LANDS SAtOE. AfJKSE .TOV AMD 3ST R MXJ WMOW VJMAT, IL1 JZrJ I GUESS EVEUy OmE IS LEBPr - 6CE , WEPTINF ANT ASLEEP - I THAT MAM M6VCR OOBS BUT W rT LOTSA 1J ePMO4 STIU- SLC646 UhEMB. LJCHe WAS SO OR 60METWW4. I EAT SLEEP AND READ CMAtBS8AfUr- F EM BACK -AKl'TWCKl JffT p Vl04 VAMKLB DID . , . . . I COTTA GET MRS. LAKE , ap T ABADABA MOTOR- TODAX "TOOT IT WENT US POUR DOLLAIW SHARS AND 1 OWN ONE THOUSAND SHARES OOT-RlirMT THIMBLE THEATRE rrrs OKIUGHT BEEN UP fNLL .NIGHT. ) V3CI WJntu I NaraSiDFQ f LL AH" uxm THE, T ,ONE THOUSAND " " fCKCv SHAPES - i r. S B m i. mm mm . WITCH ;Hov Docs YburlGardcn Grow? Tips to Newcomers on Clare Berry Among VccJYs Sugestiona for Gardeners ? v 4 j By ULLXB L. MADSEN fROM Mrs. P. A. at Salem comes JL "a request for; some lnforraa- jtion about gooseberry and raspberry bushes. She says the family bought a small place short way out ot Salem and that there . are a Tew raspberry 'and gooseberry bush es in a .? vary much run down" condition' at the' lX . . 1 - f vus 01 ilia aavwji. She wan to' to save them.'. ' First.-all -dead and broken wood should" be re moved. carefully ' J with a sharp hz nrnnlhc - shears. J 8 t a b le manure al tar. has been said to la-SfsaMa be the best fertilizer for raspber ries. These are heavy feeders.'- If it is inconvenient to obtain this,' get a balanced ;fertiHler and Put on early In the spring. Fertiliser from the poultry barns - is said to bo best for gooseberries; Goose berry bushes should also be spray ed;; v ,; v.".:..;. Sprayiaia; impovtmai " ' ". X On the first clear day when the weather isn't freezing, spray thor oughly, with lime-sulphur, ; dor-; mant strength. Two weeka later spray .with ; Bordeaux, also . dor mant strength. ' Be very sure to spray thoroughly up and down the trunk . of the 'gooseberry and ion the ground beneath it. . : 8eme gardeners' will be setting out a few tulip bulbs this spring. Most gardeners put them in, as they should, in the autumn. But others were afraid ot rodents-eating the bulbs. There is now on the market a peatmoss 'that is treat ed with chemicals harmless to bulbs and roots but the-odor ot which keepe rats, mice and moles way. ; ; - A new. porous. mat for house plant culture is on the market. It placed in the saueer of the pot. it cares, for the extra moisture in jurious to plants.- . - i . Tips About Poppies O) ; Gardeners complain that orien tal, poppies claah with other, gar den flowers and yet they want them "very muck." There are truly Oriental popples for every garden. HAS OX THAT &IVB MB PROTT Of &51 FIRST OF LAST NOT DAD.sTM T HATE TO LOSE Starring Popeye THAT ATAaXjf. - Bf VcjLt ircTurDT I'M GOTO BED ANT DOHT. " S at'Waaaaaai a a VtaA GOING TO WORRY ABOUT KOTWL- MAGIC FLUTE. HERE Ott ScT BS YA PROTECKVA THE TABLE.U)HU. ftPCTOF FROM THAT Ou I -vitruiT ri SS. - V-rs'J but some care mast be used in selecting and in the location they are planted, some -ot the salmon pinks are gorgeous with, the blue iris, blue flax, the veronicas and dwarf anchusa. The orange and scarlet ones are good with yellow columbine, yellow ins, feveriew. ,. Last year I saw border ot deep scarlet poppy and a purple iris. Sounds awful, but Just the right shades rf the scarlet and the pur ple had been used to make a strtk ing combination. ." Splashes . of bright Oriental popples are' good against backgrounds of green as laurel and other- hedge shrubs. About Garden Colors . : People write to tell me that such and such a color combination is awful in their garden. You wouldn't, they write, wear a cos tume of .those combinations.- That may be; very - true. ; But neither would I wear pink or blue or pur ple blouse with a green skirt, and yet we think that-roses, delphin iums and iris looke rather well with their pretty green leaves. Do not try to grow your garden ac cording to the way yon dress. Cer tain colors such as oranges and reds or oranges and pinks are bound to clash In a garden. -; r . ' Other colors which we "would not use in dress, work oat rather well in nature. It may take a-little studying to fit Oriental poppies into the garden, but the results are usually worth while. ' j ; r Heat Hay Bo Overdone ' j ; Question; My paper white narcissus grow long, weak stems that fall over. What is wrong with them? . ' . Answer: Probably toe much heat. They should have been kept in a cool and .dark place (not on the top shelf in the cupboard) to de velop roots before the leaves. I have seen bowls of narcissus placed on a radiator! That is one sure road to failure. Paper-white narcissus bulbs set In a bowl now should come Into bloom In about 28 days. ---, i . Question: What care should I give paper-white narcissus when they are through blooming? What about hyacinths In pots?. Can I plant them out of doors? C. J., Mt. Angel.- - ... - . - j . Answer': Paper-whites are Sel dom worth saving. Tou can't force them again. It you particularly Anybody. Gotta Compass to 'Spare? rr's-TT-usreEC? TDWVE BACK FROM ViHtRE V PICK UP My - - Terra Firma Was Never Like This Where Casper Shows Partiality, A TOTAL, wvianr Oatf SINCE THRj WEEK - 5AY, IT MY,; Cariosity, Yon Funny Thing! rHO OOUT NOO LPWe THE. a a a a aj touch rr,ujHLt rn OUT IN THE WTCHEN DOMT TOUCH krr . ! IT-1 GIVE YOU J V W BJORO rtp V u wish to keep them drain part of the water from the bowl so tnat only, roots are moist. Cover with sand to prevent too rapia arying. Store them in a cool ' place ' and nlant them out ot doors later. Hy acinths will likely bloom the sec ond year when planted outside Occasionally the narcissus will, hut by no means always." ' Plant Holly Boom ' ' Question: What time should I plant holly? I have admired it so this winter. First time I have over seen it grow. Is it difficult to make grow? From South. Dakota. - ' - Answer : Purchase a holly v in February or early March. Bo sure to get one from a reliable grower so- that you will have the kind that fruits. . - V ;:' -; . It is not; difficult to. grow. But It is not always as good as it has been this year. Plenty ; ot rain through June helped a lot; Which goes to show that holly should be watered plentifully during the summer.! It likes a well-drained clay and loam. soil. A mulch of leaves throughout the - year Is helpful in retaining moisture. ; . Don't Prune Spirea Now Question: . The. spirea around our house has grown rank and un gainly. Should we prune It now? When should we prune tulip trees and also eatalpas? A. M. Albany. Answer: It would be - better to wait .until the splreas have bloom ed. As soon as they have finished blooming, trim out some- of the older branches.' Most of the ornamental "trees such as the eatalpa and tulip tree should be pruned in early spring. Tulip trees' bleed badly but will heal in spring more rapidly than at any other time.. Sprays For House Plants - Question: What sprsy shall I use. to rid house plants of little white tiles? R.Q.S... 8alem. - Answer: A stiff spray of water every few day usually' takes care-Of this pest,- Just wash off ard drown the flies. Use same temperature- of water as the room. Loosen the soil slightly about the plant and dust the surface, with wood ashes. . Question:- Last- fall the leaves on a young hawthorns tree dried up and fell off. A sort of extra bark or .crust grew on the limbs of the tree. The crust is still on it. Should I scrape this oft during the winter? D. E. ' Answer: . Sounds . like . scale. Spray with a dormant-strength lime-sulphur this month, sprsy heavily. If you have any other leaf-trees, lllae or Japanese.nnlnce growing nearby, spray these also. ve have ABOUT TEN rVULES Wc CLWc T MUSBAMD.) tii Attourr the &SO.OOO.i7 TOU RAID FOR TOW STOW T CONCERNED ABOUT r , t IT; CASPER I OAWE, THE -luLaAta FLUTE U -'-irm aV ' B IS: LT7fl a I 1 3b-2 1 R I S HrAKM A I I f X ( COTE LVTTLE V I UHMT4- I Schools Show Big Enrollnent Cains Pre Depression Activities j . - Dailding Program j .;. Substantial increases in - the : enrollment in Oregon's school sys- ; tern for 19 ST over the' previous i year, are -shown . in the biennial ; report of C JL Howard, state sup- i erintendent of public Instruction,; now' hearing completion. Figures for. 1988 -and 198f ! showed an increase of more than ! 2000 ln: the enrollment over the i previous blennlum. The report showed that many school actlvi- ties had regained their, pre-depres- ; sion days level while others had expanded beyond that level. There has' been a. marked in- ; crease In the number of teachers. ' Oonstnictlon Beewmed The 1.1 98 8 school -building pro gram aggregated mora than 15,- 000,000. Tha lowest point In an nual: costs for -buildings was .es tablished in 193S-S4 when only SI 80,000 was expended. Several : thousand men have, been work- j ing. on school bunding projects ; since government aid stimulated j building in Oregon. , ,, The outatandlngr features in the public school program In Oregon during the. past year were adult education and . recreational, pro jects. : These programs were car ried on in all parts of the state. - - The " projects . employed. 298 teachers- with an. enrollment of between 18,000 and 17,000 per sons.. Approximately 20 nursery schools .were maintained. Question: I had ; trouble with my flrethorn last fall. The outer branches were - covered - with e webby substance. The leaves were not healthy. -What shall I do to improve the- conditions this spring? H. H., Dallas.' Answer: Don t wait until spring. Start at once by spraying with lime-sulphur, dormant strength. Sounds ,lke both flrethorn scab and red spider. Tou - msy have red spider on other shrubs about your' place.' Spray everything with llme-snlphur. Give your bush a liberal feeding of bonemeal. Neit month' or. early In March, prune back your flrethorn. It will recover more rapidly. r' Dy CLIFF. STEHRETT By WALT DISNEY By JIMMY MURPHY TOU CANTT BLAMS ME FOR CSINZ PARTIAL. TO -. MY. PR OFTTS. TOOTS 1 -ITZRA ZrAVC M3 Trdf SCX OOO.S2 BUT THS , V.w MADG. MYSELF By SECAR f ON ACCOUNT C MV HUSBAMD SLEEP-WALKS T