THE SUXDAY OREGONIANV PORTLAND, OCTOBER 27, 1918."
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Whole Burden in Real Estate
Sales Not on Seller.
RULE IN LAW IS SET FORTH
Although Fraud Is Tr Permissi
ble, Courts Hold That Purchaser
Should Make Investigation.
BT W. B. SHIVEXY.
Chairman Legal Committee Portland
Kealty .Board.
What duty rests upon buyers of real
state to Investigate and verify rep
resentations of fact made by sellers
to induce a sale?. To what extent must
buyer rely on a seller's misrepresenta
tions to enable him to rescind the sale
and recover the purchase money?
With reference to Instances when
the buyer and seller .are dealing; "at
arms' length." having- equal opportuni
ties for investigation and the ability
to investigate, the Supreme Court of
Oregon has stated the rule, in the case
of Reimers versus Brennan, 4 Ore. 63,
164 Pac. 552, as follows:
A purchaser, must use reasonable care
for his own protection and should not rely
blindly upon statements made by a seller,
and between parties dealing at arma'-length.
whert no fiduciary relation exists and no
device or artifice is used to prevent an In
vestiratlon. It la the general rule that
purchaser must make use of bis means of
knowledge, and railing to do so ne cannot
recover on the ground that be was misled
by the seller.
And our Supreme Court hss held
that a buyer cannot be permitted to
disregard Information obtained from
sources other than the seller and rely
upon an apparent falsehood. A man is
bound to make use of his means of
Information. As stated In Wheelwrigh
versus Vanderbilt. 63 Ore. 3:6. 13S Pac
i7:
Bayer Skoal Be 0 Guard.
A mere naked lie a falsehood though
told with the Intent to deceive, upon which
nobody acts and by which nobody is tie
celved is not actionable.
No rule, applicable alike to all cases,
however, can be laid down, except that
it may be generally stated that a duty
rests upon the buyer to use his ability
and opportunities to prevent a fraud
being practiced upon him. Each case
Is to be determined on its particular
circumstances.
It Is well settled, however, that be
fore a buyer can obtain any relief
through the courts on account of
seller's misrepresentations he must
have in fact relied on the representa
tions as made and have been Ignorant
of their falsity. Our Supreme Court
laid down this rule in the early case
of Wimer versus Smith, 22 Ore. 469,
30 Pac 416. and said:
Even where misrepresentations are made.
If a person relied upon his own Judgment,
when he has full means of knowledge, he
Cannot complain of such misrepresentations.
In the case of Wheelwright versus
Vanderbilt, above mentioned, the buyer
Investigated the representations of the
seller before concluding his purchase.
Later he sought damages from the
seller for the tatter's alleged fraudu
lent representations. Practically the
sole - question before the court was
whether or not the buyer had relied
upon the representations in making
his purchase. The court held that if
the buyer had in :'act relied upon the
seller's representations he would not
have Investigated them, and that inas
much as he had made an investigation,
he showed himself as not relying on
the representations, and therefore not
entitled to any relief.
Fraud Not Permissible.
While the duty rests upon a buyer
to make an investigation when the
same is practicable, the seller is not
permitted by the courts to evade lia
bility for misrepresentation of facts,
knowingly and intentionally made,
merely because the buyer failed to in
vestigate. It Is settled, said the Supreme Court In
fteen vs. Weinsten, ul Ore. V4 Pac.
Kr.4. that where one assumes to have
knowledge of a subject of which another
may be ignorant, and which the other re
lies upon to his injury, the party who
makes such statements will not be heard
to say that the person who took his word
and relied upon It was guilty of such neg
ligence as to be precluded from recovering
compensation for Injuries which were in
flicted on him under cover of the false
hood. Buyers are usually relieved from the
burden of investigating a seller's
statements where the land offered for
sale lies at a distance, under which
circumstances the seller is held strict
ly accountable for all statements as
to location, condition, value and the
like. Robertson versus Frey, 72 Ore.
69. lit Pac 12S.
And the buyer is also relieved from
the duty of investigation where the
seller by some artifice endeavors to
prevent or discourage an investigation
Such a case Is Aitken versus Kjerkvig,
77 Ore. 397. liO Pac 27S. There a
tract of Lincoln County land was of
fered for sale. The seller represented
It to contain 30 acres of cleared land
which had theretorore Deen under cul
tivation. The buyer, a carpenter, igno
rant or farming land and processes,
was taken by the seller to look at
the land.
They arrived there in the night, and
the next morning went to view the
premises. The seller pointed out a tract
that was grown up with tall ferns and
weeds, and said:
"No one has been living on this for
over two years: ferns grow up mighty
quick In this county."
Buyer Gets) Damages.
The buyer then proposed to go Into
the ferns and examine the land, when
the seller assured him there was no
use going through the ferns: that the
buyer could rely upon his word. The
ferns were very wet at the time, and.
taking defendants statement as true,
the buyer made no further examina
tion of the land thus covered with the
ferns. Subsequent examination showed
that only about seven acres of the
tract had ever been plowed, and that
the remainder pointed out by the
seller as land ready for the plow was
covered with logs and stumps con
cealed by the weeds and ferns, and
that It was utterly unfitted for plow
ing and could not be made arable, ex
cept at great expense.
Upon discovering the fraud, the buyer
ought to recover damages. The seller
urged to the court that Inasmuch as
the buyer had had an opportunity to
inspect the land but did not. owing to
the wetness of the ferns, he must take
the consequences of his own neglect.
The court upheld a verdict in favor
of the buyer, and said:
In our Judgment the litigants In the In
Stent ease did not have equal opportunities
t know the truth. . . The statement of
the seller of the farm that hte buyer rouid
rely npon his word, and that there was no
use of his going Into wet ferns to examine
the land, bad a tendency to dicsuade htm
from close Inspection. A different case
would h presented if fact the plaintiffs
bad possed a generf. knowledge of such
lands, nasi If the defendants had miu no
statement calculated to sorestall mlnut in
spection. If the defeneMtnts spoke at all
with a view of Influencing the conduct of
toe plaintiffs. It was their duty to speak
the whole truth.
Courts will also grant relief where
the buyer by reason of gross Ignorance,
111 health, imbecility or. advanced age
has been fraudulently imposed upon
An instance of such an application of
the law is found in Sherman vs. Glick
71 Or. 451, 1iVPac 606.
There a widow, 67 years of age. al
moet without education, wholly ignor
ant of business and without knowledge
of real estate values, was prevailed
upon to exchange a farm worth $3000
for $500 In cash and a house and two
lots which were represented to be
worth 12500. but In fact were worth
not to exceed $750. Though It was
shown that the widow examined the
house and lots, the court held that the
parties were not on equal terms, owing
to the advanced age and inexperience
of the widow; that the representations
as to the value of. the house and two
lots were so gross and glaring as to
amount to fraud. Justifying a rescission
of the sale and a restoration of the
parties to their original holdings.
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN IS OX
O. H. Skotheim Conducting Drive to
Add Members to Realty Body.
Peal estate men associated with the
Interstate Realty Association may
adopt an insignia. In connection with the
campaign for 1000 new members from
the Northwestern states and Alberta
and British Columbia, it has been pro
posed that every member of the Inter
state Realty Association have promi
nently displayed upon his stationery or
TWO BS00TON STEEL
FREIGHTERS FLOATED
West Zeda and West Cobalt
Successfully Launched.
TONNAGE STEADILY GROWS
Grand Total for Oregon District
Yards for 1918 to Date Re
ported as 537,700.
Launching of two 8800-ton steel
freighters here yesterday brought the
total tonnage of that class floated so
far in 1918 to 225,200 tons, represented
by 23 steamers of that type and six of
southeast from the North Pacific Mod
erate southeasterly sales, shifting to
southwesterly, are forecasted for to
day, y
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
ASTORIA, Or.. Oct. 26- (Special.) The
French steamer General Barratier which ar
rived yesterday morning Xrom British Co
lumbia shifted today to the Port dock.
where she is to discharge 2773 tons of coal, j
Portland, the tank steamer Captain A. F.
Lucas sailed at S:30 this morning for Cali
fornia. The steamer Alrlie, from Portland, sailed
at 7:30 this morning for San Francisco in
ballast.
The steam schooner Santlam arrived at
10:35 this morning from San Francisco en
route to Portland, where she is to load
boilers.
Bringing- freight and passengers for As
toria and Portland, the steamer Rose City
arrived at six o'clock this afternoon from
San Pedro and San Francisco.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 26. (Special.)
Steamer Corliss sailed this afternoon with
lumber cargo for San Francisco.
Captain Strottenberg arrived today to take
charge of carrier Dove, replacing Captain
Wilson, assigned to steamer Manhattan,
Portland, by Emergency Fleet Corporation.
SAN FRANCISCO, , Oct. 26. (Special.)
Officials of tho Pacific Mall Steamship Com
pany announce that the Champerico and San
Jose de Guatemala have been quarantined on
account of yellow fever. Salvador. Honduras
and Nicaragua have placed restrictions
against these ports. The Pacific Mail has
decided that as long as these conditions pre
vail no freight or passengers will be booked i
for these ports and the steamers will not
COMFORT OF SHIPBUILDERS AFTER WORKING HOURS INSURED BY MODERN HOTEL, BIG APART
MENT-HOUSE AND NUMBER OF MODERN BUNGALOWS AT VANCOUVER.
VIEW OF HOTEL LIBERTY, ONE WING OF WHICH IS OCCUPIED. . I
business card some characteristic em
blem to be recognized by the public as
a guarantee of responsible dealings.
U. 1L Skotheim. with offices in th
Henry building, is conducting a vig
orous membership campaign and re
ports that up to the present 6000 com
munications to representative dealers
the Northwest and Western Canada
have gone out from his offices.
" e are working night and day.
says Mr. Hkotheim. "to carry out our
programme for expanding the mem
bership and influence of this wonder
ful organization by personal appeals
to every responsible dealer in the entire
territory."
KLAMATH FALLS RAXCH SOLD
. A. Bunting Place Purchased by
Arthur 1'razicr, or Milford.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Oct 26.
(Special.) The sale of the Q. A. Bunt-
ng ranch, a mile and a half from Jler- ( afloat oefore the year ends.
the 3800-ton design. In all 22 have
been delivered to the government.
In the same period 66 wood ships
have been launched for the Govern
ment in the Oregon district proper, not
including hulls floated at Coos Bay,
representing 239,500 tons, while 17 ves
sels for the French government and
nine built for private account bring the
total up to 312.500 tons. -About 30 of
the Government wood vessels have
been delivered or are about to be, and
14 of the French ships, with eight of
the private vessels turned over.
So the 1918 launchings to date have
contributed a grand total of 537,700
tons from the Oregon district.
Steel Short Last Month.
In November there should be five
steel ships launched, but there' is doubt
if any will go overboard in December,
because of a steel shortage in Septem
ber that held back construction. Of
about 70 wood ships on the ways and
remaining under contract it is esti
mated that half the number will be
rill, on Lost River, to Arthur Frazier,
of Milford. Cat, has been made through
the agency of J. F. Maguire.
The Bunting place is reported to
have produced 500 tons of alfalfa this
car. The consideration was.l2,uuu,
alf cash. Mr. Frazier is a stockman
of long experience and expects to fol
low this line in Klamath county, mi
takes possession of his new property
anuary 1. ,
Steamship Company Takes Quarters.
The large store room at the south
west corner of Third and Stark streets
the Railway Exchange building has
been leased for a term of years to the
Pacific Steamship Company, through
the agency of the Portland Securities
Company. ' The lease of the Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, which
formerly occurred the premises, has
just expired. The room in the same
building on Third street, formerly oc
cupied by the New York Central, has
been leased to L. J. Struette for a tailor
shop.
WESTERN SCOUT FASTEST
NEW STEEL FREIGHTER HOLDS
RECORD IX HER CLASS.
Rate of Over 13 Knots Over Meas
ured Course Credited to Ship
Built by Northwest Steel.
Having averaged 13.7.4 knots over a
measured course on Puget Sound, the
8800-ton steel freighter Western Scout
has earned first place as the fastest
steamer of her model and sUe yet to
be turned out for the United States
Govern men P.
This announcement was made by Bd
ward Pape. plant manager of the Wil
lamette iron A Steel Works, after
check had been made as to the per
formance of other ships.
"The Western Scout is undoubtedly
entitled to be flagship of her class, ac
cording to the best information we
have obtained." says J. R. Bowles, pres
ident of the Northwest Steel Company,
which built the ship and sent her to
the Willamette plant for machinery in
stallation.
The day she entered Puget Sound,
where the official trial was held over
a measured course off Alki Point, a
new 8800-ton ship from Japan, the first
built for the United States by the Nip
ponese in return for shipments of steel
plates to that country, was met off
Port Townsend. The two ran neck and
neck for 40 miles, when the Western
Scout drew ahead and made Seattle
about a mile in the lead of the Oriental
vessel.
The Western Scout Is fitted with a
3000-horsepower turbine engine and is
the first with that gear to be tried out
officially. Captain . D. Parsons, of
the entrance pilots at Astoria, took the
ship over and Ham Hewitson, of the
W illamette force, was chief engineer.
The vessel was accepted by the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation at Seattle and
then turned over to the Pacific Steam
ship Company.
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
High. Low.
31 A. V 7.1 ft!.:A A. M e.O foot
1.V2 P. ai 7.0 ltll:4l P. M 3.3 Xcet
River ForremM.
The WillamMte River at Portland will re-
main nearly stationary during the next two
or three days except as affected by the tide.
Hifca tide will be aDout urn follows: Sunday,
I A. M . 3. tt; l:3u P. M.. 3.S feet; Men-
lay. 1:13 A. ii.. 3-7 IceU Z:3v P. 31.. 3.9
The steel launchings yesterday start
ed with the West Zeda leaving the
ways at the plant of the Northwest
Steel Company at 1 o'clock. Mrs. W.
Lair Thompson, wife of a well-known
attorney and sister-in-law of C. D.
Bowles, a stockholder In the company,
acted as sponsor for the vessel. The
second event was the floating of the
West Cobalt at the Columbia River
Shipbuilding Corporation's yard at
2:30 o'clock, Mrs. C. D. Bowles being
sponsor. Besides being interested in
the Northwest yard, her husband is
first vice-president of the Columbia
River Shipbuilding Corporation.
Ship Direct Contract Work.
The West Zeda is the second of the
vessels the Northwest's force has float
ed that was built for the Government
under direct contract, previous launch
ings having been of ships requisitioned.
The West Cobalt is ,the first direct
contract ship built at the Columbia
River yard. The receipt of steel at
both establishments has improved of
late and the organizations are pre
pared to take on more men immedi
ately to insure capacity construction
during the Winter.
PORTLAND SKIPPER IN ACTION
Transport Service Held to Be Finest
Kind of Organization.
In a letter received yesterday from
Captain Clyde F. Parker, formerly on
the steamers Rose City and Beaver, on
the Portland-California route, who is
row a Lieutenant-Commander In the
Naval Reserve force, and in command
of one of the new steel freighters of
the Atlantic fleet, he says the life is
run or interest and work.
"This, is the place to get action: no
monkey business in the Naval Overseas
Transportation Service, which is all
speed and no red tape, and they cer
tainly have a fine organization now,'
he writes. With him is Chief Engineer
Townsend, formerly of the Beaver.
Training of the men is carried on while
tne vessel is at sea. and as fast as the
best develop proficiency they are as
signed to other vessels. As to the Ger
man undersea menace, they are referred
to as tin fish.
make any calls there. Owing; to the vast
demand for ship space for both passengers
and freight this will not lessen the amount of
cargo handled on the steamers of the Pan
ama run and the passenger lists will not
suffer. Bvery precaution will be taken to
keep the disease In the confines of the pres
ent infested districts.
Shippers announced yesterday that despite
the numerous cases of influenza along the
waterfront the vessels are being discharged
and loaded on schedule time and there have
been no delays resulting from the disease.
A number of men are absenting themselves
from till of the docks, but . those remaining
on the job are working just a bit harder. The
constant need of drydocking the numerous ,
wooden ships built since the beginning of
the war has resulted In a shortage of dry-
docking facilities at this and other ports.
Unless some method Is discovered which will
make it possible to permanently caulk the
craft'that are constantly manifesting a de
sire to permit a liberal portion of the ocean
Into their vitals It may be necessary for the
Government to take action to construct some
new docks or ways to accommodate the
wooden ships during caulking and repairs.
in wooden steamers at this port needing
attention in the matter of caulking before
tney are loaded lor the- outbound voyage
consist of the Abrfgada, Qulnault, Blooming-
ton, itajan and Jocon.no.
The Standard Oil tanker Royal Arrow,
captain "Bill" Davis, arrived from Manila
today with the largest and most valuable
cargo of cocoanut oil ever brought into an
American port. The big craft carried 11,500
tons or on, valued, at $4,500,000.
COOS BAY, Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.) Sail
ing this evening at 6:04 the steam schooner
Martfea Buehner carried a lumber cargo for
San Pedro and en route back to Coos Bay
will call at San Francisco for a freight
cargo.
The steamer C. A. Smith sailed this eve
ning at 5:30 for San Francisco and Bay
Point, having on board a million and a half
feet of lumber from the Smith mills.
While in the Upper Bay yesterday after
noon for supplies, the dredge Colonel P. S.
Michie operating here at the bar, cut 100
feet from the Coos and Curry Lappone cable
across the bay supplying Eastside with serv
ice.' The accident put a large number of
phones out of commission. The damage Is
being repaired and communication will be
resumed Sunday.
A telegram from President A. E. Adels
perger, of the Coos Bay Shipbuilding Com
pany, now in Washington and Philadelphia,
declares that the Marsh field yard is one
of 10 credited by the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration with 300 per cent efficiency.
President Adelsperger is Seeking new con
tracts and expects his company will be
awarded construction on the new 9000-ton
vessels.
The Johanna Smith, now loading at the
Smith Electric dock, goes to San Fran
cisco on this voyage to have her machinery
and engines installed. Captain B. W. Olson
will remain In the South with the Johanna
until ready for sea and First Mate Ander
son will be master during the interim. i
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HOTEL LIBERTY IS OPENED
GUESTS ADMITTED TO BIG
STAADIFEB STRUCTURE.
Building When Completed Will
Have 350 Rooms for Workers
at Shipyard Plant.
BAXDON CHAXXEIi HAS DEPTH
Xew Jetty Will Compel Tidal Flow
to Keep Port Open.
MARSH FI ELD. Or-" Oct 26. (Spe
cial.) The Bandon bar, for tho first
time in several seasons, is adequate for
all shipping and reports ffiven out by
the port commission declare the least
water sounded during the Fall and
Summer was 17 feet. Craft plying
there need 13 to 16 feet f water to
navigate successful'y. Of late the Port
of Bandon has been prosecuting jetty
work on the south side of the chan
nel and will finish the jetty by January.
The rock work will cut off a large la
goon where tidal now spread over a
considerable area and failed to scour
the channel. With this confinement
the good depth of water is confidently
expected to be maintained. A mistake
of ensineers was discovered in driving
the piling for this jetty. Government
engineers bad believed the bedrock
would not permit driving piling, but
operalions proved the bedrock was only
hard-pan and piling has been driven
to a depth of nine feet for the entire
distance, laying the foundation for much
greater strength in the jetty's resist
-Storm Warning Issued.
Small-craft warning was ordered
flown yesterday at 11:30 A. M. at all
Washington and Oregon stations. A
moderate storm is . reported moving
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. Oct. 2. Sailed Kt.a-n.r-.
Johan Poulsen and Barrinffton, for San Fran
cisco; steamer .Daisy Mathews, for San
Pedro.
ASTORIA, Oct. 29. Arrived down at mid
night and sailed at 7:30 A. M. Steamer
Airlie. for San Francisco. Sailed at 8:30
A. M. Steamer Capt. A. F. Lucas, for San
Francisco. Arrived at 10:35 A. II. Steamer
Santlam, from San Pedro.
EUREKA. Oct. 26. Arrived French
steamer Colonel Driant, from Portland.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 26. Arrived at 10
A. M. Steamer Celllo. from Portland, for
San Diego. Sailed Steamer Celilo, for San
Diego. Sailed at 2 P. M. Steamer BJandon,
for Portland .
ASTORIA. Oct. 25. Arrived at 11:35 A.
M. Steamer Halco. from San Pedro. Sailed
at 2:0 P. M. Steamer Western Plains, for
an Atlantic port. Arrived at 2 P. M.
Steamer General Barratier, from Comox.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23. Sailed at P.
M. Auxiliary schooner Lassen, for Columbia
River. '
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 26. Arrived
Steamer Celilo. from Astoria. Sailed
Steamer President, for Victoria.
SEATTLE, Oct. 26. Arrived Steamers
City of Seattle, Catherine, from Southeastern
Alaska: Admiral Dewey, from San Diego:
Lyman Stewart, from San Francisco. De
parted Steamers Admiral Schley, for San
Francisco; Forster, Chimo, for Honolulu;
Jefferson, for Southeastern Alaska; East-
port, for "West Coast; -Admiral -Mayo, for
Hoagkong; Admiral Watson, for Anchorage.
TACOilA. Octo. 2. Arrived Steamer
Alaska, from Alaska; - Japanese steamer
Arabia, from Yokohama: steamer West EI
casco. from Seattle: steam schooner Yosem
ite. from San Francisco. Sailed Steamers
Daca, for San Francisco; Forester, for Se
attle; Skagway. for Alaska.
The G. JI. Standifer Construction
Corporation has informally opened one
wing of the Hotel Liberty, located just
north of its big steel shipyard at Van
couver, the formal reception planned to'
mark the completion of the structure
having been abandoned.
Special accommodations have been
provided in different parts of the coun
try for shipworkers and men in other
industries where housing conditions
were inadequate, but the Hotel Liberty
stands out as an establishment more
spacious and elaborate than most of
them, and considering the location and
the schedule under which it will be
conducted, it is said to be exclusive.
Manager Larrimore, formerly of the
Hotel Oregon, has been on the ground
for some time and no appointment is
to be omitted that would add to -the
comfort and welfare of guests. The
Government is jointly interested in the
success of the hotel and rates will be
in accordance with Federal require--ments.
The first guests were admitted
Friday night, but with the understand
ing that charges - could not ' be an
nounced until they had been officially
fixed by Uncle Sani.
Somewhat like the Hotel Multnomah
in structural design is the Hotel Lib
erty. There are three wings on each
side, extending as though from the cen
ter bar of . the letter "H." and the
ground space occupied is 14S by 262
feet. There are 350 rooms, with steam
heat, hot and cold water, built-in chif
foniers and wardrobes, wlth many of
the rooms furnished with two single
beds. The structure is three stories
in height, and is as near fireproof as
a mi'.l-construction building could be
made. Every air space is boxed in and
wherever opportunity offered firestops
have been put in, while an automatic
sprinkler system has been installed.
On each floor are 36 shower baths,
with a number of tubs also, and as
each room is an outside one there is
abundant light and air. There will
later be exterior decorations, provi
sion being made for a large lawn across
the front, while 65 feet of space in the
rear and 44 feet on each side of the
hotel will be in lawn and shrubs. Two
broad streets lead from the hotel to the
Standifer plant. The big lobby, read
ing and lounging rooms, billiard room
and the like are on the ground floor,
while the barber shop, laundry, boiler
and drying rooms are in the basement.
North of the hotel is being erected
another building as pretentious, an
apartment-house to cover two blocks.
with 240 apartments of two, three and
four rooms each. The smaller suites
have kitchenettes and all have built-in
beds and such effects. The original
expenditure of $350,000, which Is being
handled by the Vancouver Homes Com
pany with R. V. Jones, comptroller of
the Standifer Corporation, at the head,
includes the cost of 20 bungalows, the
latter to be 60ld to shipyard workers
on easy payments. Applications have
been filed for all of them, but the fact
they are not finished makes it impos
sible to fix prices, for the Government
has decreed that they be sold for cost,
profit being eliminated.
More homes are to be put up later.
the entire project being in the Interest
of men engaged in building ships. The
Standifer Corporation, with contracts
for 15 steel steamers, each of 9500 tons,
12 composite steamers of 4500 tons each
and eight remaining of 10 wood steam
ers of 3500 tons, is adding to its plant
force every day, and the men employed
during the next few weeks will nat
urally be the ones given preference in
accommodations whether bachelors or
heads of families.
Three Xew Ships in Service.
Leaving the St. Johns drydock yes
terday the steamer Salmon, second of
the vessels built by the McEachern
Ship Company to go Into commission,
was shifted to Columbus Dock No. 1,
and soon afterward the Anoke, which
the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company
constructed, left the plant on a short
trip to adjust compasses, and on her
return berthed at Columbia dock. The
Barrington, turned out by the Coast
Shipbuilding Company and now han
dled by Sudden & Christenson, departed
for the Golden Gate to work her initial
cargo.
There should be 16 Oregon-built
steamers completed during October in
addition to two from Aberdeen, 6cnt
here to be fitted out.
Ashley Ely Waives Exemption.
Inclusion of the name of H. Ashley
Ely, 767 Broadway, in the list of regis
trants called by local board No. 3 to
report aud make corrections in their
questionnaires, was reported yesterday
to have been an error. Air. .fcJly waived
all claim cf exemption, and this maae
it necessary for his wifev to sign the
waiver subsequently. This was prop
erly attended to 10 days ago, but it eo
happened that Mr. Ely's name was not
removed from the list of tentative de
linquents.
Eyeglass Supremacy
IVn-Mrrif 5 - - - - - . - -r.l
Years Have Been Spent in Perfecting This Instrument, Which Meaa- I
urea Astigmatism to an Absolute Mathematical Exactness.
It is my business to help others see. It is a worthy work and I. respect
it; and because I respect it I do my work carefully, conscientiously and
sincerely.
I give the best expert advice and furnish all the different aids to sight
eyeglasses and spectacles both single vision and Kryptok bifocals.
Model glasses, scientifically ground model adjustments, insuring
comfort model shapes, giving dignity to the face model clips that hold
firmly, but easily. ,
In dealing with me you are assured of the best service the benefit"
of twenty years specialized effort and the intelligent use of the latest
scientific instruments ror sight testing, giving the greatest ease arfd
comfort and at a moderate price.
Directory of Prominent
Life Insurance Agencies
Members of Life Uniermriler
Association of Oregon.
Wm. Goldman, (ieneral Manager.
NATIONAL LIFE OF VEKilOWT.
Oregonian Bldg.
H. O. Colton, Manager.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFS,
Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
JC. L. Harmon, General Agent.
PENN MUTUAL LIKE.
Northwestern Bank Bldg. -
Horace Mecklem, Manager.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE.
Northwestern Bank Bldg.
H. B. Albee. General Agent.
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIKE INS. CO,
Northwestern Bank Bldg.
Steamboat
NESPELEM
For Sale
Location Can be inspected at Taylor
Street Dock, Portland, Oregon.
This new Stern Wheel River Boat,
built in 1917, is offered for sale.
Capacity 200 tons; equipped with
600-H. P. engines and boilers.
Bids for purchase will be received up
to October 31, 1918, at the office of
the Secretary, F. W. Anderson, Hut
ton building, Spokane, Washington.
DR. WHEAT
EYESIGHT
SPECIALIST
207 MORGAN BUILDING
Washington at Broadway ; Telephone Main 4300
Do You Want Some
Boat Spikes, Bolts
Rivets
WE MANUFACTURE
MONTHLY
4,800,000 POUNDS
NORTHWEST STEEL CO.
Portland, Or. .
MARINE REPAIR & CONSTRUC
TS CO.
Ways anil Yard jfoot of Alblna Ave.
All Kind of Ship, llokft and Barge
Repairing;. ft-v W S-jiiclted.
MAJV 104.