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1-L THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1920 OREGON ND051E5 TO STUDY MARKETS A. G. Clark Will Visit Cities With Similar Bodies. PORTLAND IS TOY CENTER Practical Building Blocks Find Rapidly Increasing Demand and. Factory Expands. A. G. Clark, manager of tha Asso ciated Industries of Oregon, will have about the middle of September for an extended trip through the east and couth, which promises to be of value to the organization in enabling Mr. Clark to build up the associated In dustries to an even bigger scale than at the present time upon hi3 return. He will be gone about six weeks and will visit large industrial plants in the east and also confer with various city and state home products associa tions. ' Much as the larger stores and In dustries of this city send their repre Eentatives east each year to enable them to get in touch with the latest developments along their respective lines, so It was decided by the direc tors of the Associated Industries to 6end Mr. Clark east to investigate conditions there with the view of ex panding the manufacturing field in this state, enabling the local manu facturers to widen their markets and to bring in new industries. Many other communities, particularly in the east and south, are known to be rap idly developing the "buy home prod ucts" idea and Mr. Clark will also visit the officials of these organiza tions to see how they do things and adopt their best features for the use of the Oregon association. Many Citle on Itinerary. While Mr. Clark has not made out lis complete itinerary as yet a few of the cities which he will visit are as follows: Minneapolis, Davenport, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Rochester, Binghamton, New York, Providence, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal timore, Washington, Atlanta, Bir mingham, New Orleans, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Children of the United States are learning the fundamentals of build ing as the result of the product of a. Portland industry founded four years ago. In the factory of the Ivonstructo company, at 441 East Fif tieth street, -60 employes are now on the payroll, engaged in the man ufacture of the sets of the toys that keep the hands of the tots busy and develop their minds along construct ive lines. The owners of the Kon fitructo company are E. J. Clough, R. H. Groves and G. V. Perclval, and they have established a toy-manufacturing plant of importance. Growth of Industry Shown. The story of the growth of the in dustry is Illustrative of the develop ment of local manufacturing. Four years ago 250 sets of the toy were placed on the market as an experi ment. The following year a demon stration was made at the meeting of the association of toy dealers in New York with the result that mar ket was found for two car loads. The third year the demand hatt in creased to the" extent that 26 cars were shipped in 1919. For the pres ent year the production is one car load every week. The product is cut from alder wood brought from a for est near Troutdale. It is distinctly a local enterprise and all of the money raid for labor goes into local chan nels of circulation. In the old days when horse-drawn vehicles were a commonplace rather than a curiosity, the best-kept farms were equipped with automatic gates, so that a driver approaching with horse and buggy could reach out from his seat and pull an overhead rope and open the gate without hav ing to stop to get out of the buggy, tie his horse and open the gate by band. Now the same principle has been applied to the automobile and the re sult is the Universal garage door opener, an invention of a Portland wan. A company has been formed to manufacture the appliance and it is expected to sell it ail over the country. Patents covering the door opener have been taken out. Olil Idea Improved. The appliance is the invention of Claude V. Smock, formerly a business man of this city, and the company formed to manufacture and sell the automatic opener is known as the Universal Garage Door Opener com pany. Officers are: Hugo Kerble, president; Claude V. Smock, vice president; Lawrence Silversteln. sec retary and assistant sales manager; John J. Greenberg, sales manager. Temporary quarters are at, SI Park ctreet, but steps are being taken now to secure manufacturing quarters on the east side. The door opener operates from an electric plug, like the electric iron or any other of the many electric devices now provided for the home. It consists of an electric motor in geniously arranged so that it can be made to open or shut the door auto inatically upon the throwing of i switch. A lock switch which responds only to a special key is placed wher ever desired at the side of the drive way on the approach to the garage, within reach of the driver without leaving his seat, like the old rope used to be placed for the automatic gates. The driver approaching the garage reaches from his seat, inserts his key in the lock, turns the switch with his key and causes the doors to open. At the same time, the electric lights turn on in the garage, if this additional little convenience is pro viaea. ine ariver Drings in his cai and turns a switch inside, which closes the front doors again. In the same way, if the driver is taking his car out he turns the switch in the garage, after entering through his service door, and causes the front doors to swing open. He drives out stops at the outside switch long enough to reach out from his seat, Insert his key and turn this switch and the doors swing closed behind him. An automatic lock keeps them shut until he returns Additional features which the in ventor has provided are a third swatch which may be installed inside the house for opening and closing the doors, and an automatic burglar alarm provided to ring a bell in the house in case anyone should try to force the garage doors. The officers of the company expect to find an ex cellent market for their automatic door opener all over the country, as it Is claimed to be the only thoroughly practical arrangement of the kind which has been put on the market at a figure within the reach of any large number of automobile owners. , Jersey Cattle to Go on Tour. CHEHALIS, Wash... Aug. 29. (Spe- cial.) Under the auspices of the Lewis County Jersey Cattle club. N. C. Sears, well-known breeder from Winlock, has arranged to take his herd which he exhibited at the south west Washington fair the past week, to the fairs at Spokane, Walla Walla and Yakima, in turn. The cattle in clude animals of all ages and cover the various classes. The attractive booth that was erected by the Jersey club here will be taken along with the exhibit and Mrs. Sears will be in charge. Hood. River Orchard. Sold. HOOD RIVER Or., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) E. T. Folts, who has been. In charge of the old E. H. Shepard orchard on Avalon way for the last two years, has purchased from Thomas E. Avery the latter's 20-acre Eggermont orchard on the east side. Mr. Folts will remove to the new place at once. Mr. and Mrs. Avery will make their home in Portland. Apples Orr for Cbina. HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 29. Spe cial.) D. E. Rand, formerly with the Apple Growers' association here., but who more recently has been connected with apple shipping concerns of We natchee, has returned to Hood River to become affiliated with Kelly Bros., a local apple-buying concern special izing in oriental exports. Kelly Bros, have already started shipments of LOWELL, -MASS., COW, 15 YEARS OLD, BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR MILK PRODUCTION. 5 s. &t, t "iH 317 . , 1 Photo by Underwood. Champion Jersey, Sophie XIX. One of the most remarkable records of milk production by any cow in the world has been made by a Jersey, Sophie XIX, of Hood farm. Lowell, Mass. While the fact that the record made by this cow establishes a new world's record is notable in itself, the most remarkable thing about the record is that it was made by a cow 15 years of age, and who was formerly a champion Jersey, but had been surpassed by greater producers. Now, however, when most Jerseys are about ready for the scrap heap, Sophie XIX has registered the most remarkable come-back known in bovine circles. Sophie XIX. who ha just passed the age of 15 years and 9 months, in her nine yearly records has given 110,918 pounds of milk and 6353 pounds of butter fat or an average of 12,324 pounds of milk and 706 pounds of butter fat a year. Her owner, Mr. Hood, explains her long record of production by the fact that she has always been very carefully cared for. He tarries life and accident policies upon her aggregating $50,000. apples to China. They expect to ship heavily of earlier varieties of local growers. BIG PRUNE DRYER READY Slicrldan. Plant Is Declared to He i Largest One 'in State. SHERIDAN, Or., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) The prune dryer constructed here this summer is now completed", according to Contractor J. C. Gross, who has had charge of the- work for the Oregon Growers' Co-operative as sociation, owners of the building. They dryer, costing J20.000, is of 40 tunnels capacity, and is said to be the largest dryer in the state. The as sociation contemplates erecting a 60 tunnel fruit dryer at Eugene. A large crop of fruit is reported In this vicinity and within a month it will tax the capacity of the new dryer. APPLE CROP INCREASES Hood River Growers Estimate 7 0 Per Cent Klse in Tonnage. HOOD KIVER, Or.. Aus) 29. (Spe cial.) Growers and shippers are again increasing their estimates on the 1920 apple crop. Fine growing weather of the past few weeks and the rainfall of Friday, it is declared, will increase the tonnage to 70 per cent of last year's yield, when 2,000,000 boxes were harvested. "I have never seen the quality of the crop finer," says H. F. Davidson, shipper and grower. "I look for at least 2000 cars of fine apples." Mrs. Braoen to Handle Exhibit. SALEM, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) Mrs. Winnie Braden. manager of the Oregon industrial exhibit in Portland. has been named by Governor Olcott to arrange the Oregon display and exhibit at the northwest reclamation and irrigation congress to be held at Seattle September 17 and 18. The governor has been invited to attend the congress, but it is not believed he will be able to accept because of business matters. INSURANCE MAN GOES SEATTLE. TO Photo by Emma Morton. William D. McAIIen. Effective September 1, "William D. McAIIen, heretofore special agent of the Atlas In surance company with head quarters at Portland, accepts a position with the Firemen's Fund Insurance company at Seattle. Mr. McAIIen was a lieu ' tenant in the air service during the war. p - . "i ' hi, 1 ' s it I i r . v J if "- y. rv"' ; r mmmmmmmmmmi ! IS T Vegetables and Small Fruits Being Shipped Everywhere. DAILY SHIPMENTS LARGE Soli and Climate Adapted to Canta loupes, Thousands Are Being Sold. BY CHARLES F. CLARK. . Verily, Wasco county is a "county of certainties!" This season its cherry crop brought growers larger profits and higher prices than ever before, and also topped all eastern markets in demand and sales. This 'season its wheat crop will be larger by four bushels to an acre than ever before, and now, to add more laurels to its crown, it is shipping daily by express and boat more vegetables and small fruits than any other section in the state of Oregon. Authentic figures compiled by the American Railway Express company show the vastness of these shipments, and the large sum received for prod ucts, they showing that an average of 30 tons of garden and orchard prod ucts 59.000 pounds, to be exact are picked, packed and shipped fresh every day now. These shipments are not confined to a small area by any means; they journey to eager buyers east, west, north and south. Dally Shipments Large. Boat lines running out of here are also carrying huge quantities of veg- eiaDles and small fruits. h.i. howing an average of four tnn nt these products being shipped out of ere every otner day. That the county is reaping a rich arvest from its smaller nrndnMi r.t the vegetable kingdom is evidenced ay ine lact that the total value of nipments or vegetables, ptr- fmm here in a year is estimated to be 300,000. Boat and express shipments, figured every day in the year, aver age $830 a day in value. The county raises and shirn rro every weu-Known variety of TCKeiauie, principally sweet corn, to Min.ueo, cucumDers. snuash rnt oupe, eggplant. peDDers. rarrnt, ,k uases ana onions. Production and fiupineni or strawberries, loganber nes. piums, apricots. grapes and jjtauues are also extensive- At mis time of the season th trv mato is king. Every day now 20 tons of the succulent vegetable are being shipped from here. Cucumbers come next in popularity, shipments aver aging 10,000 pounds daily. Cantaloupe Yield Immense. The soil and climate of the countv seems especially adarited tr v. growth of cantaloupes, fo an av-r,o of 4000 pounds of the toothsome mel ons are leaving here every day now. v.a.uuaKt3 Biuprnems are alsq run ning well, averaging two tons daily. w uiie average daily shipments of 2500 pounds of sqaash are also being made everyf day. Shipments of eggplant, peppers, carrots and onions are in the minority as regards poundage, though o.i e exceptionally good. wasco county small fruita. noriia ul ieir navor ana Keeping qualities, are in large demand all over tha country. Today and every day cranes. plums, apricots and apples are leav ing here for points all over tha natinn supposed to. be wonderful fruit-pro- u.-w.s tcmera. jvppies. lor instance. are going to Santa Monica. T.n a geles, Whittier and other southern California places, while an average of 600 pounds of grapes are leaving daily for points in the east, middle west and south. Oregon Itself is nnr n.air i """"K wasco county products in large quantities. It is a fact that Red mond, Bend. Prineville and Madras are taking an average of from four to six tons of vegetables and email imua every aay now. THE DALLES, Or.. Aug. 23. Thi i. to certify that I have carefully yv and checked the above story by'F. C. lliu. una it accurate in every Agent American Ry. Express Co. 125 Cars Apples Sold. irtr,i.A, wasn.. An sr. ciaL) H. G. Bohlke. GrandView. nr. nounced yesterday that his farm had soiu in carioaus or apples, of which carioaas were to go to Cnha an 30 of Newtown Pippins to European niuiieu. . jrnces announced were Winter Bananas, $2.75 a box: .Tnn . thans. $2; Black Ben, 2; King Davids, -.J.O, ana uencious. $3 a box. J Xew Chicken Food Discovered. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) H. B. Leonard, civil war vet eran, wnose hobby is poultry rasin and gardening, believes he has dis WASCO COUNTY REAPING HABVES covered a profitable - feed crop for chickens in Oregon. Mr. Leonard. while in Montana last year, gathered about an ounce of the seed of a heavy forage grass, called hog millet, that was formerly grown there. From the ounce, sown in a little plo't In his gar den, he has harvested a peck of fine seed. He says the millet is rich in food value for laying hens, and that it will thrive in arid districts. Oats Yield 108 Bushels. CASTLE ROCK. Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.) Thompson Cunningham has just finished threshing his oats, the yield being 108 bushels to the acre. Last year Mr. Cunningham sold $13,000 worth of potatoes from 19 acres and retained some 300 sacks for seed. . Pears at Peak of Season. YAKIMA, . Wash., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) -Pear shipments from the Yak ima district now average 70 cars a day; but growers and shippers yester day declared the peak had been passed and production would decline sharply within another week. BREEDERS DINE 111 BARN 2 00 GUESTS OF JACK RUPP AT HOLSTEIX GATHERIXG. Xear ly Every Raiser in Tillamook Connty Attends; Xoted Live stock Men Among Guests. An effective lesson in. model dairy barn sanitation was given to the Hol stein breeders of Tillamook county last Thursday, by Jack Rupp, one of the foremost dairymen and breed- rs of the Tillamook country. Two undred guests eat down to a boun tiful banquet served in the immacu late aisles among the stalls and mangers of the big Rupp barn, which is kept in a spotless condition that would do credit to many a fastidious housewife's kitchen. That the Rupp barn had not been specially cleansed for the banquet was attested by Coun ty Dairy Inspector Dolph Finnestett, who told the guests that he always found this barn In the same Immacu late condition, no matter how unex pected his visits. The occasion was a special meeting f the Holstein Tillamook County as sociation. Nearly every Holstein reeder in Tillamook county, as well as many breeders or otner iivestocK, ttended and the mothers, wives and daughters of the breeders provided he lunch. Among the Items on the menu were salmon caught that morn- ng in the Wilson river, cheese from the Holstein cheese factory, and a .uge angei iooa c&ite hijuucu wim hocolate, emblematic of the Holstein reed. Among the noted livestock men from outside points were F. S. Stlm son, Hollywood farm, Hollywood, Wash.; C. A. Harrison, livestock in- urance man. Seattle; George A. Gue, famous Holstein auctioneer of Yaki ma, "Wash., and General Manager O. M. Plummer of the Pacific Interna tional Livestock exposition, all of whom were on the informal speaking programme. BOY RAISES28 HOGS Start Three Years Ago Made With One O. A. Ct Animal. HOQTTIAM, Aug. 29. (Special.) rchie Inman, who lives near Ford Prairie, is a boy who three years ago became the owner of one O. I. C. hog and joined the Boys' and Girls' club with hog raising as its object. This year he has 28 registered, and ligible for registry, thoroughbred O. I. C. and Berkshires. Last year he won the Armour contest at the state fair, which entitles him this year to go to Spokane, where his animals will ompete with tnose irom janaaa. Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. If he Is successful he will get a trip to the Chicago national livestock exhibit. 1MSURANCE REPORT MADE 400 Companies Operating in Ore gon Yield State $275,000. SALEM. Or.. Aug 29. (Special.) There are 400 Insurance companies operating in Oregon at present, while the aggregate license lees ana prem- ums received by the state amount to S275.000 annually, according to A. C. Barber, state insurance commissioner, Reports of these companies tor tne last six months indicate that their respective incomes have increased. and that the business transacted sets a new record In Oregon. Some of the nsurance companies attribute the marked increase in business to the campaign of education along pro tective lines conducted by the gov ernment during the world war. SCHOOL BUILDING VOTED Irrigon District Sells $40,000 in Bonds for Modern Structure. IRRIGON. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) Irrigon is to have a new school hutlriintr. Bonds for S4U,uuu nave Deen voted and sold. Plans and specifica tions have been submitted . so tnat bids will be opened not later than the last of September. Although the present enrollment is onlv about 60. the Increase in popula tion during the last two rears and the establishment of a standard nign school have had their influence in prompting the move for more aae quate housing for the school work. NEW SCHOOL STARTED Contractors Begin- on uakvine, Wash., High Building. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug. 29. (Special.) Work on the new Union high school at Oakvllle, for whicn bonds were voted last spring, will Ktart next week. The faculty consists or Joseph v. Lyon, superintendent; Miss Agnes Christensen, Parkland, n;ngnsn; miss Benthelm. Tacoma, home economics and girls-'-athletics; Miss Frances Mc intosh. Tacoma. grammar grades Miss Erma Olin. Bothell, fifth and sixth grades: Miss Bessie Sweitzer, A-thlrd and fourth grades; Mrs. Faith Perry, beginners and first grade. $3,000,0 0 0 Paid Fishermen. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) Approximately $3,000,000 has been paid out by the local DanKs during the last few days in cashing fisher men's checks.' Some of the purse seining craft are reported to have re ceived more than $30,000 each for their catches during the season. 3 Log Camps Shnt Down. ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.) Camps 4, 5 and 6 of th Simpson Logging company have shu down for about three weeks on ac count of the' necessity for repairing the railroad bridge across the Neeby river. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. PORTLAND Russvvin Builders' Hardware, Plumb's Tools, Village Blacksmith Hand Made Butcher Knives WHOLESALE AGEStV FAILING - McGALMAN CO. 88 -SO FRO.VT Specialty Foundry & Machine Works 3CAST SEVENTH AND MAIN ST9. Small Castings and Small Machine Work v, - Our Specialty PHONE COMMERCIAL IRON WORKS ENGINEERS FOUNDERS MACHINISTS QUOTATIONS GIVEN ON SPECIAL MACHINERY AND CASTINGS, REPAIR WORK, GENERAL JOBBING. PHONES E 7213 E 7275. Pbone East 3510 , Portland Top Co. East Water and Alder Sts. Expert Auto Top Repairing Anto TTphoIsterine of All Kinds. SEAT COVERS, CURTAINS. L. P. DUEBER PLI'MRER, S accessor to Wllli&m Mnlrbead. Prompt and thorough attention given to all plumbing, jobbing and repairing. 27 NORTH SIXTEENTH STREET, Near Washington. Bdny. StthO. KNIGHT'S "ROGUE RIVER BRAND" Tomato Catsup J. E. Durham Tbe fender man whs takes the kinks out while you wait. Radiators Also Repaired. 30 N. ELEVENTH ST. MULTNOMAH SHEET METAL WORKS. Successor to Sloore - Meaicher Co. Sheet Metal Jobbing Galvanized Iron cornices ond sky lights. Restaurant and dairy work , a specialty. 223 ASH. , BROADWAY 92. MS OFFEKD TOUTHS CHANCES OPEN TO BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS. Awards for Exhibits at State l'air Include Cash and Trips to O. A. C. Summer School. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Aug. 29. (Special.) Nine first prizes are offered by Portland business men to boys' and girls' club members for exhibits in the pig, sheep and calf projects. Each of the nine prizes will - be a trip to the two weeks' summer school for boys and girls at Oregon Agricultural college In 1921, with all expenses Paid- . . Additional prizes are onerea oy tne State Fair board second prize 10. third $S. fourth 6 and fifth $4. The American Berkshire association is also offering a special prize of J50 and the National Duroc-Jersey, Amer ican Poland-China, Chester wnite Swine recond associations are offering prizes valued at J50 to members ex hibiting their breeas ot pigs. One of the big barns at tne rair grounds has been set aside for club members exniDlts, ana irom present Indications it will be filled to ca oncitv.s Club members all over the state are busy fitting and grooming their animals and most of them wllH exhibit at the county fairs Detore go ing to the state fair. RISE MUST BE ABSORBED Mill Men Say Temporary Dullness Expected From Rate Charge ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 29. fSoecial.1 W. H. Wood ot San Fran cisco, member of the Mart-wood Lumber company, in Aberdeen on a visit to his mother, Mrs. A. D. Wood, stated today that until the retail buy er of lumber has recovered rrora tne effect of the increase in freight rates ho lumber market may be expectea to be a. little off. The great need for buildings in ail parts of the country. however. Mr. Wood expects. will make the dull season short. Mr. Wood, with Mrs. Wood. Is spend ing his vacation in this section. They came from San Francisco Dy auio mobile, making the run to Portland from San Francisco in 27 hours, actual running time. SCHOOL COST UP $3123 Lowest Bid for Astoria Gymnasium Is $57,685. ASTORIA, Or., "Aug. 29. (Special.) Bids were opened Saturday after noon bv the "building committee of the board of school directors for the erection of the proposed new gym nasium at the high school. The lowest bids submitted showed the construction, heating and plumb ing will cost J57.685, or J3123 more than the bids received several weeks ago for the erection of the same structure. -The proposed building is to be of concrete, 56 by 122 feet and two stories high, with a basement. Schedule Continuation Urged. ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.) Petitions will be sent by 'natrons of the Northern Pacific beach' line for the retention of the regular summer passenger train schedule for the winter. It will be stated that the traffic la now euffl MANUFACTURERS AND STREET E S40S. WORKS EAST SEVENTH AND MADISON. Use ELECTRIC STEEL CASTINGS and avoid eAKCiisive breakdowns. ELECTRIC STEEL FOTrNrnuY That Give You rvn. t ideuc iik V our Mmcblnerjr. J. C. BAYER ROOFING AND SHEET METAL WORK, SKYLIGHTS, METAL CEILINGS, TANKS PHONE MAIN 461 204 MARKET STREET BEAVER DOARD FOR BETTER WALLS AND CEILINGS LAvrfi BOARD RASMUSSEN & CO. N. E. Cor. Second and Taylor Streets Read The Oregonlan classified ads. TRAVELERS' GLIDE. Ventilators soil Order. Kepalrtnf Chimney Tops to ft General Jobbing JACOB LOSLI Tnf. COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WORK. Tin and GrsTel Koof Repairing tlO First Btrvet. Portland. Orexom. Phones Main 14i. cient to warrant the running- of the train through the winter months. Sus pension of the full service, it is said, will mean serious discomfort and even loss to many residing along the ine. MARINES. ADD RECRUITS Full Strength ot 27,400 Expected to lie itcachea soon. . WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. (Special.) Recruiting for the marine corps is rapidly increasing and Is expected to reach the highest peace-time point for midsummer recruiting this month. Before the war 500 men a month was considered a fair average for the smallest of, the three branches of the service, and the present indica tions are that the August figures easily will double that number. The marine corps is now recruited to about 60 per cent of its authorized strength of 27.400 and at the present rate of progress will reach the maxi mum number within a few months. While the passing of the pay and bonus bills have had a stimulating effect on enlistments, recruiting offi cers believe that the educational ad vantages now offered to marines are leading large numbers to enlist- BUSINESS FOUND1 SHAKY Eastern Retailers Declared Uncer tain by Salem Man. SALEM. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) That business conditions in the east are uncertain and retail dealers are afraid to give large orders for fear of a financial reaction, was the informa tion brought here yesterday by N. C. Kafoury. senior member of the firm of Kafoury Bros. While in the east he visited at New York, Chicago, Phil adelphia and other commercial cen ters. "There Is a painful uncertainty In all. lines of merchandising." said Mr. Kafoury, "and nobody appears to know what Is going to happen in the matter of prices. The retailer is afraid to order heavily, and as a re sult the manufacturer and wholesaler are operating under a handicap." VALUATIONS MAKE GAIN Increase ln Pierce County, Wash ington, of $1,067,860 Xoted. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) A net gain of 1, 067,860 in real estate valuations in Pierce county as a result of the biennial assessment for 1920 was announced by County Assessor Austin yesterday. Losses of $919,445 in valuations of 17,974 acres of timber land that had been logged off in two years were made up in part by classing the acre age as unimproved land. The loss on all county lands except town and city lots was $f53,995, due principally to changes in the classification of coal lands made necessary through supe rior court decisions. Castle Rock Has Xew Store. CASTLE ROCK. Wash., Aug. 29. (Special ) R. M. Hadding, who owns a string of stores in Washington and Oregon, has opened a general mer chandise store in this city in the Mueller block. He owns three stores In Cowlitz county, one at Silver lake, one at Kalama and the other here. The store in this city will be for mally opened September 1. Fifty thousand Indians from all parts of Mexico recently completed their week of homage to their pa tron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and their pilgrimage to the shrine of the virgin. 'ortland B Tb Castinr a J. L. Austin Sheetmetal Works Contractors and Constructors of Cornices, Skylights, Steam Tables and General Sheetmetal Work. 385-87 East Alder Street EAST 5534. DO YOU KNOW. THE - BELMONT BATTERY SHOP GRAND AVENUE AT BELMONT, IS GIVING THE SORT OF SERVICE THAT PROLONGS THE LIFE OF YOUR. BATTERY! AUTHORIZED WILLARD SALES STATION TIVES AND ACCESSORIES. EAST 1063. THE PORTLAND CORDAGE CO. Manufacturers of ALL KINDS OF CORDAGE N. 14th and Northrup Sts., Portland, Or. BARRELS AND CASKS And All Kinds of Cooperage at Finke Bros. Cooperage Works IS3 Madison, Near Bridge. Main 0143 TRUNKS. TRAVELING BAGS. PISTOL HOLSTERS A I CAR TRIDGE HKLTS, MEN'S LEATHER PUTTEES, LADIES' LEATHER LEGGI.NGS MADE TO ORDER. PORTLAND LEATHER CO, 23 Washington St. PORTLAND TINWARE SHEET METAL MFG. CO. Wholesale and Retail Manufac turers and Repairers of Tin, Cop per and Galvanized Ironware. 47 First St. Bdwy. 3444 East Side Mill and Lumber Co. LUMBER, BOX SHOOKS. GEN ERAL MILL WORK. Srllvrood S97 B 1563 Phone East 1S35. Res. East 1797. E. K. Shope. President and General Manager. SHOPE BRICK CO. FACE AND MANTEL BRICK A SPECIALTY. SSl1 East Morrison Street. R. B. Good in "Watchdog" of State's Treasury. Accounts AgKrrgatlns Sl.500,000 Approved in Two Years. QAL.EM, Obuffe Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) A er, in tne language oi weD- ster's unabridged dictionary. Is a cushion or apparatus with strong springs to deaden the concussion be tween a moving body and one which it strikes. What a buffer is to a mechanical device R. B. Uoodin, secretary of the state board of control. Is to the com monwealth. In other words, he Is the man among all state officials wno stands between the state treasury and the manufacturer, the shopkeeper, merchant or other persons, firms or corporations who have "some article to sell. Mr. Goodin, in a phrase coined by a man long in the service of the state. might be termed the "watchdog" of the treasury, for it is he more than any other person who ferrets out the true costs of the great bulk of sup plies used in Oregon's public institu tlons. and consents to their purchase only when convinced that the state is getting value received. In a single biennium Mr. Goodin has purchased supplies and approved accounts aggregating $1,500,000, to say nothing of the many other countless duties assigned to his jurisdiction. Besides purchasing practically all the supplies used in, the various state institutions Mr. Ooodin approves all bills and cares for all cash, in the various betterment funds. These funds are vouchered out of his office and through his unique system of han dling the state's business a cofnplete record of all expenditures is at his finger ends. It also is his duty to re ceive and check all reports from the state institutions, handle the financial phase of the flax and brickyard funds and keep close tab on all hospitals, schools, homes and charitable institu tions receiving state aid. There has also been assigned to his jurisdiction the advertising and con duct of all procedure attendant to in stitutional improvements, as well as the handling of all requisitions for supplies. Each requisition, upon be ing received, is given careful consid eration, and if the article or articles enumerated are needed they are pur chased. Should it develop, however, that the requested expenditure would be without merit the requisition is re fused and the institution superintend ent is so notified. Twice a year, prior to January 1 and July 1, Sir. Goodin receives bids for supplies covering the half yar period, and after an exhaustive ex amination of the proposals the con tracts are awarded Because of th-3 ever changing market conditions this task is one which involves study mJ good judgment. He must not only keep in close touch with the selling price of supplies but he must be able to judge whether it is opportune to purchase a particular article and now much. Besides keeping posted on the mcrket pages of the daily newspapers Mr. Goodin receives many trade peri odicals which he reads carefully in order that he may be In a position to combat any attempt that may be made to gouge the state. Thus far his efforts along this line have been successful, anii In few Instances have clever salesmen been able to put over a sale without keen competition. Cowlitz Liquor Destroyed. KEISO, Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.) Three stills and a large quantity of liquor which Sheriff John Hoeeatt has 'accumulated at Kalama the last two months, were destroyed this week. Bonded whisky and moonshine was JOBBERS Rasmussen&Ccfc hi N.E.Corner SECOND nd TAYLOR Sti Phoenix Iron Works Kngi neers. Founders, Machinists, Boilermakers. Repair work given prompt attention. OFFICE AND MACHINERY SHOP COR. HAWTHORNE AND E. 3D. EAST Sl. AIT. 211-45 WE ALWAYS BUY WASTE PAPER, NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES LDEPEDE.T PAPER STOCK CO. Office nnd Warehouse 474 Johnson St,. Cor. . 23th. It rood way 2l03. ' I'assenser and Freight Elevators PORTLAND ELEVATOR CO. East Ninth and Mill Streets Portland. Oregon. Phone East 31. poured into the sewers, which carried it into the Columbia river. The stills were demolished. Town Is Incorporated. YAKIMA. Wash.. Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) Articles of incorporation of the town of Grandview were filed yester day, consummating proceedings in which an order allowing the change was granted in 1909. GOVERNOR COX PLEDGES. FLIESFLEE FROM OOD-LARK" REPELLENT TTFTirrENT AVO STMPf.15 FLT UP IN NEEDED MZES. Qnnrt, 60r; Half Gallon, $1: Gallon, fl.TA. Order from your dealer. If he hasn't it wa will send you one gallon, all charges pat4. for $1.75. Postage Stamps Accepted. Pre pared by Clarke -Woodward Drug Ca Portland. Oregon. PROTECT YOUR STOCK! From the Torture of Flies Qaflon Hair Gallon Ouart At Your Dsstar Cows Give Yi More Mitt Horses Do Mors) Worl on Less Feed when Pro tocted bySO-BOSSO. Applied bt a eu second ot a eomt of ( than 'i cwU par dot pmr hmad. Full Information on Request Ask for Catalog No. 3G6 HOTEL HOYT Strictly Fireproof. Near both depots and convenient car service to all rarts ot the city. Singrle ivooms Without It nth, $1 and up bingie ItoomH With Bath. $2 and up Kl.HKKT S. ItOBK, Mnnagrr. an ml rMii 1