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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1933 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON WAYWARD GIRLS By ROVENA EYRE A home away from home in that phrase we have a description of the Oregon State Girls Industrial school, which la situated Just a few miles southeast of Salem. One morning recently the sun was shin ing and I decided it was much too nice to stay Indoors ... so I hopped in the car and In a few minutes was on my way to the school. j As I drove up the entrance way ; I had a splendid perspective of the cottages, vine covered and sur rounded by a glorious garden simply filled with fall flowers in bright shades. Mrs. Clara Patterson, the superintendent, greeted me and when I asked If I might be shown about she volunteered to do it her self. So off we started through the clean, well kept corridors, thence to the kitchen, where a corps of girls were putting up picallilli. It smelled so good and I started raving about the delicious, spicy odor. Mrs. Pat terson inquired if I'd like to see the fruit room. Certainly I would so down cellar we went. Shelves and shelves, row upon row of the most beautifully canned fruits and vegetables I have ever seen. We next visited the commissary, where provisions for the girls are kept materials for the bright cot ton frocks they fashion for them selves, practical sturdy shoes, and things of that sort. I inquired about the educational system in the school. Mrs, Patterson answered my question by taking me around to various school rooms where the girls were deep in thought and absorbing the three B's. Classes take the girls through three years of high school work and they are given a thorough foundation for any advanced work they may wish to take later. In addition to educa tional fundamentals these girls are given a full knowledge of home making in that they learn cooking, sewing, the proper way to serve a meal and the thousand and one things the housewife must learn. They are equipped . for a full life when they leave the school. And In addition to these rudiments they re ceive Instruction in sports. Next I wanted to see the girls' rooms. Each girl has a room of her own . . . and attractive they are, too, with their white walls and tie cur tains. Gay plants at the windows, colorful rag rugs on the floors and THE SCHOOL A Home that WOMAN GRABS TURKEY THIEVES Klngsville, Ohio (LP) A turkey thief suffered two unforeseen Indig nities at Harold Robinson's turkey farm near here. First, he was cap tured by a woman; secondly, he had the unpleasant experience of his captor's husband sitting on his head while his wife chased his two fleeing companions. Strange sounds roused the Robin ions one night. The fowls seemed to be stampeding. The next morning they found missing two turkeys, val ued at about $12. The next night, Mr. and Mrs. Ro binson went to the brooder house, planning to spend the night. About midnight they were awakened again by the stampeding of turkeys. Mrs. Robinson picked up the shotgun and stepped outside. One man was steal ing a big turkey hen. She leveled the gun at him and ordered him to halt. He did. Mrs. Robinson turned over the man to her husband, then ran to her auto mobile with the gun and pursued the man's two companions in the car. At North KlngsvUIe, near here, she lost the trail, but meanwhile had picked up Marshal Eugene Harlock. Sheriff's deputies Intercepted the fleeing pair at Ashtabula, Ohio. Meanwhile, Robinson had had to sit on his prisoner's head to hold him until help came. The three were held on petit lar eeny charges. Deer Killed By Car In Suburb Of City Cincinnati (IP) In a suburban street, not so many miles from downtown Cincinnati, a SOO-pound deer was bumped accidentally and killed by Lawrence Penrod's auto mobile. The animal was one of a herd that had traveled here from In diana, Howard Bowersox, state game detective, said. Crystal Cltv. Tex. (LP) Cold wea ther with the mercury dropping to 34 degrees, has had a dulling effect on me iresh vegetable market, here, The tomato suddIv has drooped off, but spinach has benefited greatly by the cold weather. Car loadings of uroccon, parsley, turnips and beets JIT . i r, on the increase. ,,0 S.,5 Lie. a.-'r Left to right, upper Boys at with boys at work in field. A few miles north of Woodburn,, just off the Pacific highway, is lo-i cated the Oregon State . Training school for boys. In addition to a farm of 274 acres, of which 100 acres are under cultivation, there is a general course of practical train ing in most of the trades, such as carpentry, painting, tailoring, shoe repairing machine work, baking and cooking. Aside from the main building; in pictures of their parents, or perhaps a younger brother or sister, make the rooms even more livable. The living quarters on the first floor of the "administration build ing" constitute a large recreation room with a radio, victrola and pi ano. Here the girls congregate until lights are out at 8:30. The dining room was filled with sunlight the FOR GIRLS Is worth while '.,' "W J. c ?i If: htH I" T V3 rf V Room Most Comfortable 8 CLASSICS ON 1935 SPEEDWAY Washington (LP) Speedway stars of all nations are expected to compete In eight outstanding auto mobile racing classics scheduled ior 1938. The Contest Board of the Amer ican Automobile association, u. 8. sDeedway governing body, an nounced that the new International Sports Calendar lists 78 events, In cluding eight coiorrui races in au parts of the world. America's Grand Prix, the 600- mile Indianapolis Sweepstakes, Is regarded as one of the foremost In the International group ana is usi ed second on the schedule. The major races are: April 22 Grand Prix of Monza; May 3 in. ternatlonal Sweepstakes at Indian- nnolis: June 23 Grand rax oi Prance; July 14 Grand Prix of Belgium; July 28 Grand Prix of Germany; Aug. 31 Tourist Trophy Race of Great Britain; oepu. o Grand Prix of Italy; Sept. 23 Grand Prix of Spain. GOVERNOR COLONEL Concord, N. H. (LP) A Kentucky colonel will govern the state of New Hampshire. Governor - eieci n Htvles Bridges received a commis sion from Governor Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky which stated that he had been made an aide-de-camp to to Chltf Executive of Kentucky. SI "P. XI BOY'S TRAINING SCHOOL work in haying time. Group o which are the administration office,' there are some six or eight two story cottage buildings. In these are housed from a dozen to fifteen boys each under an instructor. They have their own dormitory and din ing room and live like one large family. Boys of from 10 to IB years are sent here for a chance to become good and useful citizens. Sam Laughlin is the superinten morning I was there. I noticed a radio there too, so that the girls are able to listen to symphony mu sic or any feature coming over the air as they have their luncheon or dinner. The reception room and main offices are also located In this building. TREATED AS HUMANS In the other cottage the girls' rooms are practically the same. The large recreation room Is built lor the enjoyment of the younger girls who occupy this cottage. Girls from 12 to 25 are admitted to the school, There are some 67 girls at the school at the present time. Each cottage has its own laundry and the girls do the washing, lron lng and some mangling. Mrs. Patterson completed her 14th year as superintendent at the school in mid-August and has watched the growth and development In the girls who have been at the school. She can tell many an interesting story about their lives . . . how they have married and reared families of their own . . . gone Into secretarial work and "made good" . . , becomo effl. cient In the domestic field . . . and a few who have slumped back Into their old ways and gone the way of the habitual criminal. In asking Mrs. Patterson about I girls who have been In the school II oaneu ii tt gicai, many vi Kiicm &c(ii in touch with her. She told me of the many girls who send a Christ mas card each year . . . and some who send a card on Mother's day. And others write letters or call when they are in town. The school Is a human Interest story In Itself. A tremendous plant to reconstruct the lives of human beings. And from what I saw that morning not long ago I believe it to be something that would Interest all Salem people If they would only visit It. Right In our midst we have an Institution which Is building finer womanhood under the supervision of an understanding and most effi cient staff. HOW HERBS CURED IS TOLD BY MAMMY Fredericksburg, Va. LP) Old herbs, which self-styled "doctors" of slave days sold "for what alls you," are being exhibited here at Kenmore, home of George Wash ington's sister, Betty. The collection of roots and "yarbs" was presented to the Ken more association and Includes In structions for the speclflo use of each remedy. A Negro "mammy"' has been em ployed to preside over the collec tion. Her duty Is to tell the public how each of the remedies will act, and how they have helped members of her race In the past. "Ef'n you Just take one of dese t'lngs for whatever alls you," "Mammy" claims, "it wont ail you no mo' and doctors ain't gwlne have no chanst at all." Beer Mug Twixt Eyes And Loosened Tooth Cleveland (LP) A direct hit be tween the eyes with a heavy 30 ounce beer mug and a loose tooth from a well aimed tight punch on the Jaw resulted In Common Pleas Judge Lee E. Skeel's giving the county probation department the responsibility of keeping two sisters out of beer parlors. When Mrs. Martha Kleps was found guilty by Judge Skeel of hit ting her sister, Mrs. Lydla Mlllt zkl, with a stein, she said: "Sure, I hit her, but two weeks before that she knocked one of my teeth loose in a beer parlor fight." Bingham, Me. (LP A 100-pound white spike-horned buck deer was killed by Preston Drake. It was be lieved to be the first ever killed In tint territory. f f n f visitors. Lower Boys making good dent and under his able manage-1 ment this institution has shown very marked results. , A boy who may be Incorrigible and have gotten into trouble at home, either through had associates or other causes, is given every chance to make something of him self. No unusual restraint is exer cised. On the contrary the boy is put upon his honor and pride of SCHOOL FOR BLIND , ,,,, t Only Partial INDIAN TRAINING SCHOOL. CHEMAWA The Salem Indian school, located at Chemawa ft few miles from Sa lem, has been operated as a school for training Indian youth for fifty four years, ' The social progress of the educat ed Indian has been gradual, but, In general, the second generation has taken well to modern life. Into the Indian life there have entered many factors to retard educational progress and of these conditions many seem to present problems from which there appears to have been little opportunity for escape. Perhaps in the old days Indian school children could have worked consciously to earn their posses sions as they are required to do now at boarding school, and thus abol ished a feeling of dependency and a lack of understanding of values; but It Is hard to conceive of a sit uation where Indians In their na tive state of education and normal resentment to the encroachments of 'the white man could have been handled peacefully otherwise than through confinement on a reserva tlon. And with this confinement came as an Initial necessity the matter of rationing. There is little doubt that rationing has had more vicious effect In bf nklng down ambition and accomplishment on the part of the American In dlan than any other detail of their life, confinement on the reserva tion in Itself could not do this, be cause the Indians were confined only temporarily to an extent great er than the confinement of any farmer who makes his living from the soil. Rationing, however, should have either been discontinued put on ft basis of work to secure the aid. A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED Such conditions as Just enumer ated have entered into the problem of schooling. We hear people say, "What Is the use in educating In dians when they return to live In their native ways?" We seldom question ourselves to determine the reasons why they do this. It would seem impossible for the average In dlan boy or girl, just graduating from high school and without vo cational training, to compete with the white child having a similar education. The Indian youth would lack all contacts essential for se curing the "white collar" position for which he has been educated, and, possessing ft strange mixture of pride, resentment and ft feeling of Inferiority, he very soon decides that he Is not capable or else that the white man will not give him a chance. With this in mind, com blned with the average white man's lack of knowledge of the Indian. It . One of cottages doing their work. The farm work is both healthful and instructive and is bringing out a real character among the in mates. The population is rather decreas ing the past few months. Vegetables are growing now In the garden which keeps the tables supplied. Of course there is in addi tion to the variety already canned during the fall. View of Grounds is a wonder more educated Indians have not "reverted to the blanket." EDUCATION IS HELPING There seems now, however, to be a change coming. Perhaps it Is the effect of a second generation of ed ucation. At any rate, Indians are now accomplishing in ways which lamette university last year three they have not previously. At Wil Indlan students graduated, only one Indian student has graduated prior to this time although many had attended previously. An Indian boy came to the Superintendent's office a few days ago and an nounced that he was going to at tend the Oregon Institute of Tech nology for two years. When asked where he planned to secure the funds, he stated that he had a part time Job in Portland and that he had saved $350 from the I.E.C.W. camp work. A thrifty Indian, in- deed. Is it new to you "Indian thrift?" BECOMING SELF RELIANT Two Indian boys are attending the Portland Advertising Art School and work for part of their expenses. Some day you may know the work of these two boys, With one exception the entire personnel of the administration of fice of the School is Indian. Many of the instructors are Indian. The last addition to the teaching staff is an Indian who teaches Beauty Culture to ft class of girls. This young lady set out to make her way two years ago. She secured a part time job In a home and gradually worked up ft cllentelle. She had no equipment and no funds but she now owns a beauty shop, completely equipped, near Portland. When you call the School on the phone the young lady who gives you a courte ous response, the Superintendent's secretary, Is an Indian. These two young ladies are graduates of the Salem Indian School in Beauty Culture and Commercial work, re spectlvely. The old saying that there are three generations between wealth and poverty docs not as yet apply to the Indian, but it may soon, for you find burning in the breasts of many of the Indian boys and girls a stormy desire for accomplishment. The Salem Indian School is now a strictly vocational school. It ac cepts no children under sixteen years of age and keeps few of them for a longer period than two years. During this time training In char acter, trade and academic subjects Is being given and it would appear that the orders of the Indian Office to change all non - reservation boarding schools to strictly voca tional schools is accomplishing for the children who are fortunate enough to be admitted Into such a school the goal which has long been sought adjustment to normal earning capacity. GREAT WORK PERFORMED By FRED ZIMMERMAN Despite lack of housing facilities to properly care for persons in need of hospitalization, there has been a constant Improvement in the trend of tuberculosis In the state of Ore gon during recent years. In fact there has been a 66 2-3 per cent decrease in the death rate from the disease since the founding of th Oregon tuberculosis hospital in the Waldo Hills southeast of the city 24 years ago. During the past blennlum five states of the union showed Increased death rates al though the nation as a whole im proved seven points and Oregon Improved seven points. Considering that Oregon Is 24 points below the national average, it gives the state approximately 17 per cent improve ment. Washington stands 19 points higher In death rate than Oregon and gained five points or 8-5 per cent these two years. Aa pointed out in the biennial report of Dr. O. O. Bellinger, i perintendent, this speaks well for the organized health work which is being done in Oregon by the van ous health agencies suo has the State Tuberculosis association, the Visiting Nurses association, the County Health association and the physicians in the various parts of the state. The cost of operating the local hospital with the various services has averaged about $2.48 per capita per month less than during the 1931-1932 period, $1.47 of this de crease being due to the cut on sal arles by the legislature and $1.01 because of decreased cost of com THE BIG Considered By FRED ZIMMERMAN Although constructed many years ago when sanitation and ventila tion were merely two words in the dictionary, the Oregon state peni tentiary has been gradually im proved until today it is one of the cleanest and most airy in the coun try. This improvement has been particularly noticeable since James W. Lewis was appointed warden, Persons who visit the prison re mark at the absence of odors, gen erally prevalent around penal In stitutions. This desirable condition has been brought about through the replacement of old floors, constant efforts at cleanliness and the un IDAHO IS READY FOR BIG HUNT Boise, Idaho (LP) The eero hour for at least six Idaho "killers" has been set. With the first permanent snowfall will begin a hunt that will end in it blaze of gunfire and cou gar rugs. George Lowe, veteran hunter, has been delegated by the state game department to spend the winter months on the trail. He and his dogs, trained in cougar hunting, will get under way as soon as enough snow has fallen to make tracking the am mals easy. Action was taken by the game de partment to rid the state of one of the "worst enemies" of big game. For several years cougars have grown more and more troublesome. Each year the reports of deputy wardens have listed an increasingly large number of deer, elk and other big game whose bodies have bscn found mutilated, half eaten. Among those cougars singled out for special attention are three rang ing near Pocatello, another one or two far back in the mountains on the Boise river and a couple near Shoup, Idaho. Santa Anna Spur To Be In Exposition Dallas, Tex. (LP) An ancient Mexican spur believed to have been worn by Santa Anna when he was defeated at Ban Jacinto in the bat tle that gave Texas Its independ ence Is to be given to the museum collection at Texas centennial eel ebration in 1038. The spur weighs more than t pound and a half. It la made of iron, and appears to have been plated with gold. Barely discernible on It are the initials "ASA" the same as those of Antonio Santa Anna. R. A. Slack of Dallas at present owns the spur. His sons got It from a Mexican in Chihuahua, Mexico. The Mexican said his father was In Santa Anna's cavalry when the Mexican army was defeated. LIVE ON YACHT Tacoma, Wash. (LP) Jack and Al len Teitge plan to live on a yacht while attending the University of Washington. They will anchor their new craft, 28 feet long, with a nine foot beam, on Lake Washington, near the campus. The sailboat has berths for four persons and all con veniences of a modern ship. The Teitga brothers are members of the Tacoma Junior yacht club. modities. During the first 18 months of the blennlum the average per capita cost was $38.54 per month with a dally average of 250 patients. Total expenditures for the entire plant, Including payroll, medical supplies and foodstuffs average In the neighborhood ot $12,000 per month. Due to the upward trend in the price of commodities, however, It Is expected this level will be foro- ed higher during the next two years. The total inventory value of the plant Is estimated at $337,317, with $239,798 In buildings, which house patients, employees and ad ministration office. . Realizing the value of a supply of pure milk sufficient to take care of the needs of the Institution ap proximately 125 gallons dally the hospital keeps its own herd of 49 Guernsey cows. A special effort Is made to keep. the milk at ft high standard of purity, butterfat con tent and health protective value. The butterfat averages 5 per cent, or nearly so, at an times. A WAITING LIST With a waiting list of 70 persons, many of whom are badly in need of hospitalization, Dr. Bellinger Is hopeful the coming legislature will find its way clear to appropriate funds with which to build an addi tional floor on the hospital unit constructed six years ago. Such con struction would provide space for 40 -additional beds and relieved the crowded situation to some extent. Too small a number of patients are received at the hospital in the incipient of early stage of tubercu losis, Dr. Bellinger points out. Ot the total 340 patients received dur ing the blennlum, only 40 or less than 12 per cent of the pulmonary cases were incipient, 67 or approxi mate 20 per cent were moderately advanced and 157 or 46 per cent were far advanced. A concerted ef- HOUSE a Model Prison provement In the ventilation sys tem. Funds with which to build a din ing room and a hospital, both badly needed, will be asked of the legisla ture during Its session in January, The improvements in the prison have not all been In the physical plant, since an up-to-date bertlllon system, by means of which a close check can be kept on criminals throughout the country, has been Installed. J. S. Murray, expert in finger printing and criminal rec ords, is in charge or the system He receives close of 200 prints each month. While efforts are made to keep ail prisoners engaged In some line of work this Is not always possible. The flax department, especially during the retting season, ampoyi the largest number of prisoners.- Approximately 60 men are employed constantly at the prison annex, the former boys' training school, where a large dairy is in operation. Prisoners have learned to respect Warden Lewis, who rules the Insti tution with a firm, yet not unkindly hand. They know he means Just what he says and govern themselves accordingly. Moving pictures on holidays, athletic events occasional ly and radio programs constitute the principal forma of amusement. DEALERS IN ART PLAN PEACE DRIVE Brussels (IP) War Is very bad for the art business, and the art deal ers of the world Intend to come out strongly for International peace when they hold their second Inter national conference In this city in June, 103l. This, at least, Is the decision reached by the orRanlzlnR commit tee which has been meeting here. They have put "pence" rlnht up at the top of the agenda, other sub. Jects on which resolutions will be offered Include: "Customs duties and the art trade;" and "The social and artistic mission of the art dealer." PIQ AND KITTEN PAI.8 Union, Me. (IP) A bnby pig and a kitten arc pals here. They eat from the same trough and then crawl Into a little box and sleep logethcr The strange companionship resulted when James Griffin built a special pen for the little pig, which was not so rugged as other members of Its litter. To the Homeseeker If you are looking for any kind of an exchanRa in real estate you should see Homer D. Foster, 370V2 State St., he has listings from everywhere and most any kind of a trade can be matched. Farms for apartments Small tracts for houses, small acreage for farms. Auto camp on the coast for valley prop erty. He has many other trades ot Interest, It will pay you to see Homer D. Poster for any kind of an exchange. fort should be made by all to Indue patients to obtain a diagnosis soon er and to seek and be able to obtain admission before the disease has advanced to ft more hopeless stage. Of the 323 patients discharged dur ing the blennlum, 68 were arrested and cured, 78 Improved, 51 quies cent, 24 Improved and 65 died. One of the most promising fields in the control of this disease Ilea In the thorough check-up of all contact cases, as well as in a syste matic study of all school children, by a tuberculin test, followed by an x-ray study of the positive reactors, rled out by the county health or This type of check-up has been car ganlnatlon to a more or less extend In 15 counties followed by a chesb clinic in 12. This plan has also been used at the University of Oregon, the State college and Monmouth normal. Physicians of many com munities have rendered invaluable assistance to the medical staff of the local hospital through their willingness to cooperate in every ef fort to diagnose cases and to iden tity the "carriers".. All this haa tended to get the problem of tuber culosis under better control in Ore gon. Relief Meat Makes 20 Sick In Toledo Toledo (LP) Issuance of canned meat for relief families has been stopped here pending a laboratory investigation by Dr. Basil Brim, city health commissioner. The action came after 20 persons who ate canned beef became 111. Mice are being fed the beef as ft laboratory test. O. H. Orabenhorst K. B. Grabenhorsf Twenty-four Years ot successful Service to the publlg W. H. Grabenhorst & Co. . .REALTORS Kre and Auto Insurance City Property, Farm Lands and Investments Telephone 6468 14 S. Liberty St., Salem, Ore. . Drs. Olinger & Olinger Guardian Bids. Congratulating the Capital Journal on its new home THE IGLOO Home of "Creamello" and United Cigars F. X. 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