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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1914)
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION To Tune of Tomtoms Savages Watch Exponents of Modern Dances Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle Dance One Step Before Indians Who W ere In Northwest Last Sum mer a t Various Fetes and Festivals. i to«, however. It waa with great serf» ousneee that Medieine Owl offered Mrs. t'aetle s pair of elaborately beaded moccasins, telling her they were much better for dancing purposes than her long heels. ’ * The dancers of two eras met in St. Paul. The Indiana had arrived from Glacier N ational park, Montana, en route to the Shriners’ convention at Atlanta. . Indian Suggests M eeting. Pish Wolf Robe learned that the Caa- ties were in the city, and ho suggested the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Castle agreed, and, following their matinee performance, they hastened to the ho tel where the Indians had been apetid ing much of the afternoon enjoying tho thrills of numerous rides in the elevators. The program of dances was lengthy. A fter each number Fish Wolf Kobe and Medieine Owl insisted on exchang ing compliments with Mrs. Castle through the interpreter, Eagle • alf. Tho absence of an orchestra almost prevented the Castlea from dancing, fox Mrs. Caatlo feared to take the stage without music. Then Eagle * alf sug gested the tomtoms, and the d ifficu lty was bridged. Mr. and Mrs. Castle in vited them to be the honored guests at the ball at Castle House and the ac ceptance was as formal as the signing Credits For Work on Farms. The school board of the North Y ak. ima district has adopted the recom mendation of Hupt. A. C. Davis provid ing for the giving of one credit iu agriculture to each student who after declaring his intention of earning such credit shall during the summer vaca tion do 250 hours' agriculture work and a like credit for each additional 250 hours. Work may be done in vegetable gardening, feeding of stock or poul try, thinning, picking, packing, mar keting, cultivation or irrigation of fruit; eradication of tire blight nr «the» rehard diseases or pests from orehardsj growing o f cereals, grass or forage eropa, keeping records of dairy ani mals; or care of bees and handling of honey, i t is provide«! that careful records must be kept of work done and these mint be signed by the parent or employer before credit will be given, nnd the pupil must obtain snch informa tion by yeading or by questioning those with whom he works to satisfy the i n structor iu charge that the work dong has been of real educational value. < Think» Wenatchee Best. W. C. Hunter, of Caldwell, Idaho, a practical hortienltunst, has visited ev* cr y fruit section of the Northwest and my» he can find nothing to compart with the Wenatchee valley. He waa seeking a heme and pnrehased tho sin» acre tract e f Ham Brewer nf Sunny* Mope, paying fer the six acres gl2,00tt F ive —Tea of the tract are planted t® apples of good commercial varieties which are ia hearing at the present time. The other acre is in soft fr u it À Cash Register Bargains Our price» »bout half other dealer». W« pay highest priee for seeond hand regia- tern. Wa do expert repairing and guar antee oar work. Will exchange to »nil our requirements. RUNDVAIxL CO., *03 2nd avenue, Seattle. Phone Mein 1180. U. S. and Foreign Patents Obtained. Send Sketch and Description forOpmi<< as to Patentability. P E T B R H A B E R L IN , K 200 V ictor B ldg , W ashington. D O. CHIROPRACTIC A w w n. . t h . l m—«» O. - n<— I . 9 Í « r l — » !•* la « ■ » . IICM - U » " U l * a n w w h l uou s w s. K m .r • s e -l-a -w a m *L— yoa o -w - p n U a u . aaot k a u « a ;« s w -w y . W a k a . a l k . k - « r- I WWH K lt M lU O » . P a c if ic C h ir o p r a c t ic C o l l i «« ;O U M O N W I* L T H HE grass dance of the aborigine and the m axixe in its newest de velopment» were given expres sion in St. Panl recently at the same tim e and on the same floor, and it »«« to the oldest savage music o f which America has record that the exponents o f eiv iliza tio n ’» most modern terpsi eborean achievem ents kept time. T Eagle Calf, Medicine Owl, Fish W olf Robe and Frank White Quiver whirled aud shook their silver bells while the Castles watched and applauded. Med icine Owl and Eagle Calf beat their tomtoms for both old and new dances. When the Indians danced their musi cians sang in weird tone» They Forget the Chant. When the C'aatlea’ turn came the Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle danced the one step, wuUe stolid rod aaiu cd •Baal waa lorgotvaa, waits Urn Imliaaa died intently the whirlwind maze of ures that make up the Castle walk 1 its companion dances. rhe Castlea were loud in their praise the dances o f the aborigine«. If the bans were lea» prodigal aa to words waa not because they were lacking appreciation. Offers ■ o e r L > " L> B U IL D IN G O R « - - - BEST SPRAYER Moccasins ■ataiMar U , Parkaako»»