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Show BOYS EOR POLICE DUTY IN PORTLAND nortUnd Orp Mav 15 Five hundred hun-dred lads rnngiriK from nine to ninc-' ninc-' trn vears in ag'v nppeared at the 'county court house here yesterday to he sworn in as members of the Portland Port-land junior police force which is b-lnp b-lnp organbed to arwdot In 'he work ! of the juvenile court All under j twelve were ruled out as too young I in spite of their pleas Little was accomplished by Chief of Police Sloxer and Juvenile Officer J Mclntosfa m the way of organization. I owing to the unexpectedly large Dumber Dum-ber of applicants Stars were not ' distributed and Thief Slover decided :o chance the plnn of appointment basins selection upon the recommendation recom-mendation of principals of the public echools. The hove were given a general lec- ture on what was to be expected of them, and told that stars would be provider lnir |