THE SUNDAY OREGONTAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 6, 1914.
6
THE INCOMPARABLE
BED WARMER
mHOTWATERBOnLEL
FOUNTAIN SYRINGE
PILLS AND PELLETS ROLL BY
THOUSANDS OUT OF MACHINES
Manufacturing Department of Wholesale Drug House Makes 70,000 Tablets Daily, Fills Hundreds of Cans of
Toilet Powders and Extracts Beneficial Juices From Boots and Barks to Heal Miseries of Mankind.
UP TO the year 1896 the Laboratory
of the Blumauer-Frank Drug Com
pany was in a sort of primitive
state. At the time 01 us inception mo
total amount of space covered for the
purpose of manufacturing preparations
was a little corner not more than 12
feet square in the Wilson building on
Fourth street, near Alder. A superin
tendent and only one helper had entire
charge. The department gradually grew
from day to day, as new preparations
were added, until on the completion of
the new annex adjacent to the old
buildintr. the entire third floor of the
new structure was allotted for the
manufacturing department.
One by one. new machines were In
stalled and steadily the line of phar
maceuticals, remedial preparations and
toilet articles grew until a full stock
was prepared and marketed under the
name of "The B. F. D. Remedies and
Toilet Requisites." A great many
staple pharmaceuticals were also in
troduced and sold in large quantities to
the dealers throughout the territory.
On the removal to the present build
in, the fourth floor covering one
quarter block, was dedicated to the
manufacturing department. A contln
uous growth has cramped these quar
ters so that there is now barely room
to produce the output required.
At this time it became apparent that
a trade name for the various efficient
preparations produced by the company
should be established. A name origi
nated by H. J. Frank, president and
manager of the company, was then
adopted "Purola." This was in Jan
uary, 1913, and gradually the B. F. D.
line was converted into the "Purola"
line, done up in handsome and uniform
packages.
Line Everywhere In Favor.
This line was given publicity
throughout the territory of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, California, Alaska
and Honolulu and everywhere it has
met with favor.
The "Purola" preparations have been
inaugurated with superlative quality
as a basis and the greatest business in
tegrity enters into their makeup. They
have met with great favor among the
dealers, who are assured of a contin
uous trade from their customers after
recommending these goods. "Purola"
serves as a link in the friendship that
binds them to their customers.
Each is sold with an absolute money
back guarantee and the dealers
throughout the entire territory are in
structed to refund the full retail price
of any preparation sold under the
"Purola" brand that does not give ab
solute satisfaction. This Insures the
customer of the absolute quality of
goods under this brand as the burden
of proof is put uuon the manufacturer.
"Purola" remedips and toilet articles
are carried by most dealers and are
backed by the maker's guarantee.
The twenty-five years' reputation of
straightforward business qualifications
of the Blumauer-Frank Drug Company,
producers of this line, stands back of
every preparation sold under the "Pur
ola" trade-mark.
Any person could, with interest and
profit. pass an entire day on the
fourth floor of the Blumauer-Frank
building watching the many manufac
turlng- processes. Here is a dlstin
tegrator, which travels at a speed of
3400 revolutions per minute, as it
grinds barks and seeds. There is an
almost innocent-looking machine that
will transform bulk powder materials
of any constituency into tablets of any
conceivable size. This clever device
will turn out 125 tablets a minute, or
more than 70,000 during a continuous
working day.
The "sifters" used to sift the pow
ders, particularly face powders, have
120 meshes to the inch. Another ma
chine, in which rocks are tossed about,
has first converted the original powder
into one that is almost indivisable.
After watching the tooth paste
mixer, ointment mixer and simi
lar mechanisms, the visitor is at
tracted to machines where pastes are
automatically crowded into tubes that
are hermetically sealed as soon as they
are filled. At each turn another ma
chine throws out 50 suppositories.
Ponder Canned by Machinery.
By pulling a string, a pretty girl in
the powder-room, dressed in white in
keeping with the general atmosphere
about her, draws a stated quantity of
powder by machinery from a reser
voir and fills it into its can. This
machine effects a saving of 80 per
cent in labor.
If one grows tired of these processes
he Is at liberty to step across to the
effervescent salt plant or where the
famuus Robertine liquid face powder
is made. Near by is the drying closet
where immense batches of powder are
being prepared for the tablet-making
machine. And there also is the water
still, connected with a regulated steam
system which operates five gallons of
distilled water each hour.
In order that the medicinal qualities
may be incorporated thoroughly and to
prevent the liability of fire, also to
overcome the danger of scorching the
material used in salves and similar
preparations that are affected by di
rect heat, the salves are heated by
unusual-looking stoves that have a
large number of coils hidden beneath
their flat surfaces.
The heat energy used in the manu
facture of syrups and elixirs is Jacket
ed carefully, obviating the danger that
comes from direct flames.
Immense percolators extract the ac
tive constituents of the drugs through
the agency of alcoholic menstruums
of different strength, which penetrate
the cells of the drugs slowly.
The finished product obtained re
sults from the slowly diffusing of the
alcohol menstruum of various strengths
with glycerine or glycerine and water,
or other vehicles through these im
mense percolators.
Possibly the biggest money saver in
the entire plant Is the alcohol still,
which recovers the alcohol after the
drug has thoroughly been exhausted.
It requires a certain amount of alco
hol to exhaust the active ingredient
of nearly all drugs. After the drug
lias been thoroughly deprived of the
extractive material the waste alcohol
that remains in the drugs is recovered.
This single piece of machinery re
duces the cost of the different prep
arations, such as extracts, elixirs,
ayrups and tinctures.
Goods Carefully Checked.
A strict check system is used by the
Blumauer-Frank Company to avoid
any mistakes. Each parcel is checked
first by the chemist who makes It and
then by the foreman who supervises
its filling, before it is transmitted to
the finishing room. Here the foreman
hands out the proper labels and wrap
pers. But before these are placed on
the respective preparations, the goods
are again Inspected and O. K.'d by the
foreman in charge. Then they are
packed, finished, labeled and wrapped.
Every label is cross-indexed to facili
tate dispatch as well as provide cau
tion. All of the printing, including the
color work on the "Purola" packages
Is done in a well-equipped printing es
tablishment adjoining the laboratories.
The toilet preparations are done up in
two shades of blue and a gold. Every
package, even the jar cover, is stamped
with the name "Purola." special moulds
being made for the glassware. The
medicine bottles, manufactured on the
Pacific Coast, and the tinware specials
also carry the trade mark of purity
coined by Mr. Frank.
"Purola" products embrace house
bold and toilet preparations. Fharma-
l Row of IT Pnmp-FlIHng OH Tanks Which Operate on the Bowser Self
Measuring System, Insuring Dispatch, Cleanliness and Economy of Ma
terials. - The EnBine-Room Showing the Percolators and the Drying
Closet. -
ceutical lines powders, compressed
tablets, solutions, tinctures, elixirs and
syrups are prepared under the label of
B. F. D. (Blumauer-Frank Drug Com
pany), These goods are prepared for
the dealers to dispense.
Oils of various descriptions are taken
care of by the oil tank system on the
fourth floor. In the olden days, when
an order for 10 gallons of turpentine
came in, it was necessary to make sev
eral trips with a bucket and then it was
difficult to make certain of exact meas
ure. This old-fashioned way involved
a loss of materials and kept the prem
ises and the workmen forever smeared
with dirt, grease and oil.
Under the self-measuring pump-filling
system all one needs to do is to set
the needle indicating how much oil is
needed, turn the crank, and the filling
will be done automatically without any
possibility of spilling the materials and
scattering dirt.
Each of these tanks cost the Blumauer-Frank
Drug Company J10O.
There are 17 in the Portland building,
making it probably the largest tank
filling outfit on the Pacific Coast.
In one section of the floor, Mr. Stock,
manager of the laboratory, called atten
tion to the "gold mine." It was a series
of closets containing the crude material
for the manufacture of perfumes.
These contained many of the foreign
synthetics and high-grade floral odors,
many of them running in price from
J50 to J80 per pound. These, when
manipulated properly and blended
thoroughly, make the famous line of
"Purola" perfumes a product which is
no small factor in this Important line.
'Jewelry to Autos" Is Range
of New Cleanser.
Solution of "H. H." Soap Will Ren
ovate Furniture nnd May Even Be
Used as Shflrupoo.
rfi HE "H and H" cleaning compound
I is so scientifically made that it
will clean practically everything from
jewelry to automobiles.
The solution is made by dissolving
one cake of "H and H" soap in six
quarts of hot water. This constituent
is of proper strength for most pur
poses, being sufficient to clean 12
yards of carpet- Before using "H and
H," the colors in goods should be tested
with clean hot water. If hot water does
not affect the colors neither will "H
and H."
Here are some of the articles that
"H and H" will renovate: Lace, cur
tains and draperies, flannels, cotton,
woolen and mixed goods or clothing,
silks, ribbons, plush, straw, fur goods,
hats, caps, carpets, rugs, billiard and
pool cloth's, pianos, mahogany furni
ture, cane willow or wicker ware, pic
ture frames, furniture, woodwork, mir
rors, window glass, hard dry paint
brushes, shoes, harness and leather
goods, hard finished painted walls and
ceilings, oil paintings, painted wood
work, bathroom fixtures, tiling, marble
and various toilet, cooking and laundry
utensils.
The company has many testimonials
as to Its efficiency for shampooing pur
peses. ROSE GARDEN" SCEXT BOTTLED
Myriads of German Flowers Are
Grown for Perfume.
THE pioneer firm of Heine & Co., of
Leipsig, Germany, holds a foremost
position among the German manufac
turers of natural ana artiticiai scents
for perfumery and soap-making.
The company was founded consider
ably more than half a century ago by
Dr. Karl Erdmann Heine. Step by step
the volume of the company's business
doubled and redoubled, until now it re
quires two great factories at Leipzig
and Groba, Germany, and maintains
branches at Berlin, New York. Paris
and Calcutta.
At selected spots in different parts
nt PxrnnA thA Heine comnanv now
conducts rose harvests, pasmin har
vests, tuberose harvests and harvest
of orange blosoms, cassie. lavender
and violets. The largest flower garden
in the world, which has been for years
the center of culture of flowers for
perfumery, encircles the small town of
Grasse in the mountains close to the
sea in Southern France. Enormous
quantities of sweet-scented flowers of
nearly all varieties are cultivated there
annually. The great Heine plant also
imports large shipments of such in
digenous and foreign drugs as sandal
wood and mustard seed.
ONLY HOT WATER
BOTTLE ON EARTH
that will keep your
head, feet and body
warm the entire night
without refilling.
HOLDS BOILING HOT WATER.
CANNOT LEAK. LASTS A
LIFETIME.
Sold by leading drug
and department stores.
BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG 00.
Wholesale Distributors
Portland, Or.
These trade-mark crisscross
lines on every package.
Cresco Grits and
Barley Crystals
BREAKFAST AND DES
SERT CEREAL FOODS
For Cases of Stomach, Intes
tine, Kidney and Liver
Troubles.
Delicious food for sick or
well. Unlike other goods. Ask
your physician. Leading gro
cers. For book or samples, write
Farwell & Rhines, Water
town, N. Y., U. S. A.
Blumauer-Frank Drug Co.,
Wholesale Distributors.
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles,
as the prescription othine double
strength is guaranted to remove these
homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine
double strength from any druggist
and apply a little of it night and morn
ing and you should soon see that even
the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have
vanished entirely. It is seldom that
more than an ounce is needed to com
pletely clear the skin and gain a beau
tiful, clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back if it fails to
remove trees: les.
Blumauer-Frank Drug Co., wholesale
distributors.
Richmond's
Samaritan
Nervine
If you are nervous, don't sleep well,
suffer from Epilepsy, Fits, St. Vitus
Dance, or any nervous ailment, Samari
tan Nervine, the Great Nerve Conquer
or, is the medicine to take.
Made Only by
THE DR. S. A. RICHMOND NERVINE COMPANY
St. Joseph, Missouri, U. S. A.
Trade Supplied by Blaumer-Frank Drug Co.,
Portland, Oregon.
Send 10c postage for free trial bottle direct to makers.
Facsimile Tm '.r -m ttuZ
Packages "S fi?,r jLftrf
as sold 3j I liliM'fuf.HM
Warner's Safe Remedies have proven
their worth as superior medicines bi more
than thirty-five years', world-wid- use.
They have given remarka! le re
sults in the treatment of nu.nber
less severe and almost helpless
cases.
The words of praise from the many
who have been benefited by thir use
prove their great value.
Warner's Safe Remedies are care
fully prepared and absolutely pure
Each for a Purpose
1- Wont'i Safe Kidney sad Liver Ren- dy
2- Wmr' Safe Rheumatic Remedy
3- Warner'. Safe Diabetes Remedy
4- Warner's Safe Asthma Remedy
5- Warner's Safe Nervine
6- Warner-. Safe Pill. OBSESS")
Write for a free sample giving the nun ber of
3LJ1 remedy desired to
WARMER'S SAFE REMEDIES CO.
Dept. tOO Rochester. N. Y.
Freckle Ointment
Positively removes Freckles
and All Discolorations, giving
Beautiful Complexion.
Two Sizes, 50c and $1.00.
Dr. C H. Berry Co., Chicago
BLUMAUER-FRANK
Manufacturers
DRUG CO., Wholesale
Distributors
JACK LONDON
SAYS:
(WE QUOTE THE FOLLOWING LETTER BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE DEFINITE EXPERIENCE
OF AN INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUAL WITH A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION A MAN WHO IS
FORCED TO MEET UNKNOWN TROUBLES AND MUST BE PREPARED TO HANDLE THEM. WE
HAD NO IDEA THAT MR. LONDON HAD EVER HEARD OF CHINOSOL)
GLEN ELLEN, SONOMA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA, May 7, 1913.
"Traveling as I do in the out of the way places of the world, it
has been compulsory that I should learn the value of drugs and be
prepared to meet emergencies and believe me those emergencies
arise incessantly. With no possibility of help from outside civili
zation, I must carry with me the things that I may need. The
principal demand is for a remedy which will take care of cuts,
bruises, burns, guard against poison ivy, in fact, a reliable anti
septic which I can and do use at the very moment of injury. I
previously carried several antiseptics. I now carry but one and
that one is Chinosol. It is the best of them all convenient, ridicu
lously cheap, most efficient, cannot poison me nor my dogs easy
to carry in my pocket can be applied in two seconds. The instant
application of Chinosol has prevented many serious results.
In the treatment of poison oak Chinosol is invaluable. Mm.
London has tried every remedy that has ever been suggested. She
obtains more relief from Chinosol than all of the others combined.
Chinosol is the most efficient antiseptic that 1 have ever found
and my fellow sportsmen and explorers may thank BM for telling
them so." Yours sincerely,
(Signed) JACK LONDON.
ChINOSOLT- most powerful antiseptic
known to chemistry and non-poisonous.
Obtainable From
Blumauer-Frank Drug Co., Portland, Or., or From
omroaeti co.
PARMELK PHARMACOL CO.
M SOUTH ST.. N. Y.
WHOLESAIG DISTRIBUTORS.
We Make Exceptionally EASY TERMS
on Soda Fountains and Carbonators
We are sales agents for the well known "Liquid" line of soda fountains manu
factured by The Liquid Carbonic Company. Their Chicago factories are the
largest independent soda fountain factories in the world.
With these splendid facilities for delivery we are able at the present time to
make unusually liberal terms on soda fountains and carbonators. This includes
all of our regular stock soda fountains, both marble and wood, and in most any
lengths. The proposition that we want to make to you is so easy that you can
have a soda fountain installed immediately by simply making one small first
payment as evidence of good faith. Then you are welcome to operate your brand
new soda fountain all Winter when it will undoubtedly pay you good profits dur
ing the hot soda season. Then Start paying us for it next Spring.
This offer is in effect now, but may be withdrawn at any time. We advise our
friends on the Coast who are contemplating purchasing a soda fountain, to get in
touch with the B. F. Drug Co. salesman at once. Talk to him while our stocks
are complete so that no time need be lost.
"Liquid" Carbonators
Our same liberal proposition on soda foun
tains made above applies to the entire line of
"Liquid" carbonators. We carry them in elec
tric, hydraulic, belt drive and hand power
styles. Why not order a "Liquid" carbonator
into your store this week. You can have it set
up and equipped quicker than you ever thought
possible.
Ask for Our Catalogue
We shall be glad to mall you a
copy of our elaborate soda fountain
catalog to any address. This cat
alogue explains the manufacture of
our soda fountains and carbonators
In detail and (Ives a complete de
scription of our many styles of
wood and marble soda fountains
and other equipment. The catalogue
Is free. Ask for a copy at once or
ask the B. F. Drug Co. salesman to
explain our liberal soda fountain
and carbonator offer next time he
calls.
This is the
front of our
12-foot all
marble
PEERLESS
OUR CATALOG
is sent FREE to
any address and
describes our com
plete line.
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