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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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