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sam e n u m b e r of game, w ith .each
tea m in th e P a c ific c o a st c m f e r -
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! ence, its sc o re s d o n e t c o u n t in 1
j ta b u la tin g th e s ta n d in g s of its
of opponents, its ow n s ta n d in g s , j
THE ART OF PLAY
Will C. Wood, California state superintendent
public instruction, believes that “ jazzman ia” <and other: however are tabulated.
kindred ills of youth could he eradicated if public schoolsÍ
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taught bová and girls hew to amuse themselves in whole-j
-ome ways. While there is no dcubt that more wholesome J
wavs of amusement would furnish .a substitute if not a!
corrective for “ jazzmania,” it should not be forgotten
that many modem mechanical inventions have tended to
eliminate the art of play as formerly developed by chil­
dren. So much is done for the'entertainment of the
vounger generation that it no longer knows how to en­ W IN N E T K A , H ., F eb . 19. —
To h e r o th e r la u re ls of h iv in g , a s '
tertain itself.
a tte s te d by a re c e n t u n iv e rs ity j
Before the advent of moving pictures and so many p ro fe s s o r'a l su rv ey , th e b e st-m a n - '
mechanical toys children were dependent upon their re­ aged tow n of its size in t i e U nit-!
sources. They invented all manner of games. Each had ed S ta te s, as w ell as a school sy s­
. t h a t excel- ir, m e th o d s and
to play a part and there was exercise for-the imagination. a tem
c h ie v e m e n ts ip o st of th e la rg e r
Today the vounger generation pays its admission to a c itie s, W in n e tk a , a n o rth -s h o re
regular show, and in many other ways is entertained with­ la k e s u b u rb , se v en te en m i'e s from
out* effort of its own. The result is that it is blase and C hicago, h a s a d d e d a th ir d w re a th
bored at a time when it should he full of enthusiasm, and of c o m m e n d a tio n . I t is a c o rre s ­
fo r th e blin d . Its
its jaded appetite craves excitement. It takes premature­ p p o u n p d ils en ce in c school
lu d e re s id e n ts of all
ly to the wrong kind of pleasures.
se c tio n s ôf th is c o n tin e n t a n d of
Public schools may do something to help change this f a r off In d ia n a a n d C hina. T w enty
•ondition, hut they cannot do much without the coopera- fo u r s e p a ra te c o u rse s a re ta u g h t.
p u p ils choose th e ir ow n
ion of parents, sensible enough to realize that no matter T co he u rses,
writh th e aid a n d s u g g e st­
how rich, they may he they cannot satisfy their cbild^p’- ion of th e school. T hey inclu d e
f they begin letting them have everything they wish and g ra d e school, high school and
Brigadier-G eneral W illiam M itchell, A ssistan t Chief cf th e Army
A ir Service, vortex of a controversy raging in C ongress over A m erica's
their own wav in everything. Though the old rag doll was college w ork.
rial defense, spoke over t i e radio from a New York sta tio n while
lie best that the toy making industry of its day could do. T he p u p ils receiv e th e in s tr u c ­ a M e rs.
M itchell s a t beside him. M itchell told his inv.isible audience th a t
t a n y cost.
N ew York City .would be defenseless ag a in st an aerial a tta c k * because
t had the virtue of drawing upon and thereby stimnlat- tio T n he w ith ir, o u titu
tio n is called T he th e U nited S ta te s has not tak en aviation seriously.”
ug the child’s imagination. Nothing in the world can H ad ley C o rresp o n d e n c e School fo r
compensate for the loss of the art of play, and there th e B lind. It ta k e s its n a m e fro m ;
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C o m p le t e T i lls L im e r ic k
H e’s never a sleepy n o r slow "boy,
A nd be it pro claim ed th e re is no
boy.
T h o u g h p ro u d as can be,
Q u ite a s m odest as he:
Of co u rse , I re fe r to th e -----------
— E. W B.
Why have a dark, ugly
room when a little paint
and wall paper will make
it bright and cheerful?
J. O. RIGG
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L a b o r saving
e le c tric devices
h av e caused th e
e m a n c ip a tio n of
th e
A m erican
ho u sew ife. She
c e le b ra te s h e r in d ep en d en ce by
SOME PHASES OF WHEAT’S RISE
fin ish in g h e r
h o u sew o rk
in
tim e to e n jo y som e of th e re-
To the resident of an agricultural district such* at
c re a t'o n fo rm e rly m onopolized
ours, the first and most general reaction to the recent
by t h a t lord and m aste.- fellow
rapid rise in the price of wheat is one of gratification at
t h a t fo lk s seem ed to th in k w as
an in s titu tio n . May we serv e
ihe seeming indication of increased prosperty of the
you?
farmer. A study of details regarding the movement re­
veals other interesting phases of the situation.
There is little wheat now in the hands of American
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farmers, certainly not more than *20 per cent of last year’s
A. LI YE WIRE
C hicago, w ho w as su d d e n ly s tr ic k ­
crop and probably little more than 10 per cent. This is
en w ith b lin d n e ss in 1915.
V IC T O R IA , B. C., F eb . 18—
THE PIONEER
to be deplored, for the farmers who already have sold
P ro fe s s o r H a d le y w as stu n n e d .
CHICAGO, F eb . 19. — Q’ty W hatling s ta tio n s a lo n g th e B r it­
For ten years the old cripple had stood.on the street F o r five y e a rs h e s a t in darknies? c h ild re n a r e f a r h e a lth ie r th a n ish C o lu m b ia c o a st a re fin d in g
the great bulk of the crop obtained for it an average oi
not more than $1 30 or $1.35 a bushel. All above that corner, grinding out discordant music on his wheezy hand a n d in th o u g h t.' A fte r th e f ir s t c o u n try chi d re n , a c c o rd in g to a b u sin e ss m uch b e tte r th is y e a r M urphy E lectric S hop
ELECTWICftL SUPPLIES b SERVICE
y e a rs of 'sig h tle ssn e ss beg an to n a tio n w id e su rv ey , d e c la re d A. W . th a n last.
price that wheat has brought has been the profit ol organ and gathering indulgent coppers from the passers- be
P hone ea C or e . M ain Y O a k
so rtiew hat a ssu a g e d in
th e F ry e , su p re m e c o m m a n d er of th e
Up to th e p re s e n t m o n th m ore
handlers or speculators. Thus there will he no advantage by. Then one day building materials were unloaded across re a d ju s tm e n t of h is life a n d his M accabees, in an a d d re s s h e re a t th a n tw o h u n d re d to n s of w hale
to the fanner in whatever further advances last year’s the street, and work was started on a many storied, fash­ affair®, a n d in th e g ro w in g belief a child w e lfa re co n feren ce.
oil from th e s ta tio n s
of
th e
th a t h is loss m ig h t be m ad e a
“ H a lf of a ll th e c o u n try c h il­ Q ueen C h a rlo tte
wheat has made or is making. On the contrary there is ionable hotel.
Isla n d ^
have
The work continued for over a year. Finally the last g ain to o th e rs b ecau se of h is fo rm ­ d re n ex am in ed h ad te e th o r jaw been sh ip p ed to E n g la n d .
a disadvantage to fanners who, like those of Eastern
e r s tu d ie s a n d ex p e rien c e s as an
c ts ,’’ a id Mr. F ry e . “ Only
Oregon, lost their fall sown grain by frost and are now window was polished, the last bit of gilt paint dried, and in s tr u c to r , he decided to tr y an d o n e fe
e -th ird of th e city c h ild re n had
buying new seed wheat at prices as much as a dollar a an imposing liveried doonnan took up lift station in front. e x p e rim e n t. It w as th e s ta r tin g s im ila r d efects. T w o -fifth s m ore BODY OF DROWNED
ORDER YOUR
“ Here!’’ said the doorman to tliee organ grinder. of his, c o rre sp o n d e n c e school for c o u n try c h ild re n th a n cr.ty c h il­
YOUTH RECOVERED
bushel above what they received for their own crops.
The great stores of wheat around which the present ‘You can’t set up with your hand organ in front of-our th e b lin d . T h e ie e d w as p la n te d d re n had bad to n sils a n d tw ice
PO R TLA N D . F eb. 18.— T he
w hen a n o ld frie n d a sk e d one tim e as m an y c o u n try c h ild re n had
speculatino is operating are not in the Pacific Northwest. aotel.” ’
body
of R o b e rt F ritz . 13, one of
if it w ould n o t he possible to
en o id s.
T h re e tim es as m any
“ What do you mean, you old donkey?” came the in- tea c h th e B ra ille sy stem by m ail. ad
There is practically no surplus wheat here. The stocks ol
th
e
tw
o boys drow fied y e ste rd a y
c o u n try c h ild re n h ad eye defects
wheat of the present are held in Chicago and a few othei lignant answer. “ Ain’t I let you set up your hotel in P u b lis h e rs of th e M atild a Z ieg­ and m ost people w ill be asto n ish ed w hen an, o v e rlo a d ed row boat
collided
ith «•
a. riv
“ ,eu w
Wlin
riv er
e r b a rg e , was
le r M agazine, a p u b lic a tio n for to le a rn t h a t m ore th a n tw ice ? s i ! vu“
middle western cities, in New York and New Orleans, in front of my organ?”
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th e b lin d , w ere in te re s te d in th e
Canada, in Argentina, in Australia and in India. ,
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riv e r. T he
p ro je c t.
A th re e -lin e p a ra g ra p h fe rin g fro m m a ln u tritio n . E n la rg ­
A young lady who married recently tells us she just in
Practically the whole of Europe is buying, or trying
b
o
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of
C
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D
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sh
ire
, 16. th e
t h a t p e rio d ical a n n o u n c ed th a t ed glandi-i,
ear and
b re a th in g
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boy
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t
been
reco
v ered .
•an’t
get
over
listening
for
the
chaperone.
to huv, wheat except Spain. So are China, .Japan, Egypt
P ro fe s s o r H a d le y w ould be glad tro u b le s w ere tw ice as p re v a ie n t
to c o rre sp o n d w ith a n y o n e in te r ­ a m o n g children: in th e c o u n try .’) Tw o o th e r boys an d a g irl, also
Morocco, Brazil and the West Indies, in some of the
in th e b o a t, w ere rescu ed .
European countries named the shortage is acute and
Boys are not as much trouble as girls. You know a e ste d in rec e iv in g in stru c tio n ,
o u t a n y cost.
there is distress or starvation. Prominent among these hoy will do things he shouldn’t, but you always hope a w ith
T he resp o n se w as a n a v a la n c h e
E u g e n e — C o n tra c t let
f o rj
A .-toria— C o n tra c t l'et fo r $12.-
is Russia, once a great wheat exporting country but re­ girl won’t.
of rep lies.
Dr. H a d le y 's frie n d s b n ild iu g N in th s tr e e t b rid g e , fo r 00(1 b u sin e ss h o u s e o u S ix te e n th
duced no.w, through communistic misrule aggravated by
in W in n e tk a w ere a p p e ale d to on $1 1 ,2 3 6 .7 5 .
‘ s tre e t.
crop failure, to a position of begging bread for its daily
A confiding daughter is one who tells mother all th e p lea t h a t in such a case a ll
who" a sk e d fo r it sh o u ld be given
needs.
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about her little necking parties.
th e in s tru c tio n . W in n e tk a n s g e n ­
Grain market authorities are agreed that-the basis oi
e ro u sly su p p lied
th e n e c essa ry
I O regon a g a in s t th e A ggies w ill fu n d s.
the present high price of wheat is in a genuine shortage
J s tr e n g th e n th e
hold o f Coa,ch
of world supply. Undoubtedly the rise has been furthei
F o r th e fir, t y e a r th e re w as
R e in h a r t’s m en on f ir s t place. In n e c essa rily som e little h a p h a z a rd ­
enhanced by hectic speculation. Not much is to he ex­
! th e o p e n in g g am e b etw een th e
n ess in th e f/n a n c iri';
of
th e
! tw o in s titu tio n s , played a t Cor-
pected from Russia, hut the other countries which had
school. Since th e n , h o w e v e r, th e
short crops last year may have full crops this year. Wheat
, v a ll’s, O regon w’as th e w in n e r,
from
school h a s b een p u t on a firm
j
B o th th e O regon an d W ash in g - o rg a n iz a tio n s tr u c tu r e , w ith som e
acreage in the United States is increased over last year.
i
to
n
Team,-, ta k e th e ro ad w ith in o f C h ic a g o 's m o st e m in e n t m en,
These conditions indicate that there is no certainty
Eagle Market
th e n e x t tw o w eeks.
A fte r th e re s id e n ts of W in n e tk a , s e r v ir g as
wheat will bling an unusually high price after the coming
O. A. C. g a m e h e re , O regon plays ad v iso ry o ffic ia ls. B u t th e ro s te r
U N IV E R S IT Y O F OREGON,
harvest
W h itm a n a t W a lla W a lla , F eb. o f p u p ils g ro w s a s te r th a n r e ­
There is another phase of the present situation that E u g en e, F eb. 19. — (S p e c ia l) — 23; W. S. C. a t P u llm a n , F eb . 24; so u rc e s. S tep s a re now being
T he U n iv e rsity of O regon b a s k e t­
is worthy of consideration. It relates to the consumer. ball te a m , le a d e r in th e P acific Id a h o a t M oscow, F eb. 26, an d ta k e n to re m e d y th is. In t h ’s 1
There are forecasts of an early and considerable rise in C oast a n d N o rth w e st c o n fe re n ce s, W a sh in g to n a t S e a ttle , F e b . 28. ctA inection th e re is sem e d isc u ss­
the price of bread. Indeed nothing less than that can w ill p lay O regon A g ric u ltu ra l W a s h in g to n 's sc h ed u le in clu d es ion a s to w h e th e r C hicago U n iv er­
g am es w ith W. S. C. a t P u llm a n . sity w ill ta k e o v er th e school as
.
ABig
be expected when bakers exhaust their present stocks, C ollege in E u g e n e n e x t F rid a y F eb. 20; Id a h o a t M oscow, F eb. a b ra n c h of t h a t g re a t in s titu tio n .
n ig h t in o n e of th e m o st im p o rt­
and go into the market for new purchases of flour.
T h e re is a w o ild of hum an: in ­
a n t g am es of th e seaso n fo r b o th 21; M o n tan a a t M issoula. F eb.
REDUCTION
23;
O
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O regon h a s won th re e gam es in
I
“ DIANA OF THE DUNES”
school, w hich is lo ca ted on th e
th e Pacifiic N o rth w e st co n feren ce, th e O regon g am e F rid a y .
on
Here is a vagrant story of life, brought from Chicago. a n d lo st one, g o in g dow n to de­ P a c ific C o a st C o n feren ce S ta n d - second flo o r of a sm a ll b u ild in g •
/ i t No. 5 84 L incoln a v e n u e. W in­
It tells how one of the hundred million or more human be­ fe a t to th e U n iv e rsity of W ash in g -! in g s:
Toasters
n e tk a . One of th e firs t blind s tu ­
P
ct.
W. L,
ings in the United States reacted to full opportunities. to n w hen th e E u g e n e tea m w as in i
rm fro m th e a fte r-e ffe c ts O regon .......................... ..3 1 .750 d e n ts to ta k e a c o u rse in e h o rt
This woman, a college graduate, found that the p o o f o r v a fo
Percolators
c cin a tio n s.
A v ic to ry fo r O reg o n A ggies .........i...5 2 .714 s to ry w-riting ex pressed h e r g r a ti­
“ world is too much with us.’’ So, out of the myriads of
tu d e by w ritin g :
“ W h en th e lig h t w e n t o u t of
< hicago good and bad, she went out into the wilderness
Irons
i Pjcpfessor H a d le y ’s eyes, th e w in ­
to “ be herself.” Not into the great open spaces of the
dow s of H eaven w ore opened fo r
-/I Train Blown Off Viaduct
J ar West. One can he as alone and aloof within a hun
Electric Grills
th e r e s t of u s ! ’’
<lred miles of Chicago as a thousand mi^les away. This
A pd P ro e ss o r H a d le v h im se lf
woman—here is the story:
re c e n tly expre s e d tlie th o u g h t be­
at
h in d h 's w o r k 'w h e n he re m a rk e d
“ Mrs. Paul Wilson, known as the “ Diana of the
le th e w rite r:
1 ames,’’ because of her life on the dreary wastes of Laki
- “ If I had to choose betw een
Michigan between Michigan City and Gary, died vaster
h a v in g m y s ig h t back o r m.v w ork,
The Ashland
day of uremic poisoning.
I w ould choose m y w o rk .’’
• “ Her husband was with her as she died in their shad
Electric Shop
I
as she had refused to go to a 'hospital. In accordance
:
S p rin g field — E le ctio n «cal’i d
240 E ast Main S t
: fo r M arch 3rd, to v o te bonds fo r
with her request, her ashes will be scattered from the toj
I?•! orers. are hurrying the work on the p'».riiy c ur.’-l • i grand
. gea
I new school house.
of Mount Tom.
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st:'.r:.l in front of the Capitol at W ashington w here President CooJi ’ge
will 1 h > inaugurated on March 4. On the top of the sfam i wi. 1 be a
“ As Miss Alice Grey, an honor graduate of the Uni
E u g e n e — B ond issu e s to be series of am plifiers which will carry the P resident's inaum irai address
versity of Chicago, member of the Phi Beta Kappa, dis
p re se n te d a t com ing ele c tio n will to the ih m s a n d s expected to w ituess the. cerem onies, and to nniliotir
who will listen in ot, the rt dio.
tingnished in mathematics and astrology, she took up hei
to ta l $550,000.
Winter is the best time to
promotive life on the sands in 1916.
have replacements and
■'As a girl she lived ‘back of the yards’ at Thirty-
seventh street, west of Ogden street, in Brighton, and war'
overhaul' on
America’s “Sole Defense” Against Air Attack »
graduated in 1S96 from South Division high school,
.'.mong her classmates were Grace Nathan and Sarah
Your Ford Car
Adler and the trio were known as the ‘College Class.1
Miss Adler was wealthy and had won a scholarship at tin
W hen sp rin g ru sh com es you
I niversity of Chicago, which she gave to Miss Grey, who
will be glad you had th e w o rk
graduated from the university in 1901.
d o n e in w in ter.
“ Fifteen years intervened and nine years ago she
went to live in a shack between Michigan City and Gary.
Indiana.
VIADUCT
“ Frolicking on the beach in early, morning and at
twilight in the costume of Eve, she astonished deputy
w n ile crossing a tre s tle over a deep arm wine ravine in
H A R R IS O N
sheriffs and reformers, but they could not induce her to Ireland,
a tra in w as blown off th e rails and several of the cars fell
Above is pictured the F irs t P u rsu it Squadron of the United S ta te s Army Air Service, stationed at
Brothers. Garage
return to her home. Four years ago she married Paul forty feet to the bottom of th e valley, causing the d e a th s of four per­ Selfridge
Field, M t. Clem ens, Mich., w here M ajor L am phier is the com m anding officer. T his is th e fam otu
l'ord,
Lincoln, Fordson D ealers
sons
and
serious
in
ju
ry
to
nine
others.
T
b?
victim
s
lay
for
hours
in
the
Wilson, 6 feet 5 inches tall, and he adopted her mode of storm before help reached theta. Photo shows the w-reck of th e train
p u rsu it squadron nam ed by Brigadier-G eneral W illiam M itchell, a s sis ta n t chief of th e a ir service in hie
O OF 0 CLASHES
T
life.
and th e deb ris from the sh a tte re d O w encarra V iaduct which piled
down on the passengers.
testim ony before a C ongressional com m ittee, as being A m erica’s “sole defense” a g ainst a tta c k from the
air. T he squadron consists of nineteen fighting airp lan es, said to be the only ones in th e country eouinDed
to give b a ttle aloft with m odern foreign m achines.
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