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EVENING ROSE8UR0 REVIEW IHKUHII DAILY HXCKPT 8UNDA . -BT i KKVIEW Fl BI.1HIII.NO OOMPA.VT Enured it Rosebur. Ornoh, Post oBleo Second-Class Matter. lu Wlmberly V. I.. Walsh DAILY Per year, by mall 13.00 Per month, delivered 00 Per week, delivered 15 SEMI-WEEKLY Per year 12 00 Bit mouthi 100 M AllCII a, 1913. THE CEMRNT INIH'HTHV OX TUB PACIFIC COA8T. History of Mwlianh-al Installations and Study of Advance Mwlat In tlio QuaJit)'. Vera Uiultlng natural rUiont from arg siliceous limestones ociurrllig at JaulUl In Kouthcrn California and at Bantu Crtis In the central iart of the state. A ilant at lleiilriu to lite northeast f Sun Krant-lsco as mak ing a cement from a ralrareuus coii Blriinernte. At those nlailts the nut- Iural rock waa quurrled and broken up by hand. This roik. without fur ther t rt-ut rui'nt, waa burned In statin . Iiik kilns of coiui'le construction. The 1 burnt rock wur cooled and then ! picked over by hand. The. . I that showed the proper dearee of burning were crushed and ground to a powder In Ihe old faahloned burr mill. The equipment of oneo f thi'se natural cement plants probably would not coat to exceed !1000 earn. The whole process waa exceedingly crude and the Investment very small as compared with the modern cement plant. Movcover Ihe cement made at these early plant waa untrustworthy aud (By Charles A. Newhall In Pacific Builder and Kiiglneer). The Induatry here on the coast 1b little more than twenty-nine, yenrs old. In the late eighties and early nineties, two plants In California ftfll i ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE T1lAnliiKplicrwrf"j'''k"Jl',,' tajr lor Ik feet lor quailrr err I II cetuurv. .ni.w.FisBii,.i AddrrM. Allen S. Ohn.trd I f gov. N t. TIM Uasotepallkf la FEET. You Can Buy Drugs Cheaper at JOHNSON'S DRUG STORE ON THE NORTH SIDE .Because we pay less rent than any oilier drug store in town. We pay uo clerk hire. Our lights cost tbc minimum Socialist-Lyeeum Course Five consecutive, constructive lectures on the great economic and political strug gle ol today. By five authorized representatives of the Socialist Puitv. The Socialist Challenge, March lf 1). W. IVnin What Is Socialism? March 22. . . Robert Rives I.aMonlc The Class Conflict, March 25) I.ticlla Twining What Socialists Want, April 5, I.. F. Fuller The Socialist Movement, April 12 Robert Knight Lecturers especially selected for this state from a corps of sixty speakers, toured under the direction of National, State and Local Organizations of the Socialist I'.nty These Lectures will be held at the ARMORY on the dates above stated. ARE YOUR COLLARS PERFECTLY SATISFACTORY . If not, why not glvo us n trial. We wash Ihein clean, starch them to the proper degree i.f atirfnevi. Iron II i smoothly. n.t sliinr. ami without wrinkles, ami give them Ihe Mulshing touches that spells com fort and elegance, fur which purimu we have Just Installed the latest and moat up-to-date itiuchluo In the market. PHONE 380 LONE STAR LAUNDRY stock of fssey and Mania greoe Ira always on hand at ths WEST SIDE GROCERY Is tha best money cm b.iy nail la ariliMnn to right prices w gn.ir anteo tha qunitty. gar lima and mens? br trading irfrh us DO WELL & FOSTER PHONE Vi WT.S1" ROSKIU'RC. OKI.. ! exceedingly irr sr-ilar lu Quality, The cement made at Kenicia was used In the rot.ritriictlon or the city hall ut San h'rai.ci; u it ml l In- ( -or (iilal.ty j e!I shown In llii ruins :i'it the hii; ear thtiunkr in 1 :;. ' Tho poor fiuullty of (lit? product In ; romp til Ion with Imported Cortland ivnuiii rauseij iii'-H natural cement plants lo eeas operations. I l-'li'nt I'liint in Ontinn, The first plant to make a true : Portland cement of y,urul iinalfty was operated In Oregon. Several parly j that U was the first to successfully I uno a rotary kiln. I had long trld to get particular nhout thifl plant. None of the 'Mnfiu men on this coast had heard of It and I have never found anything In the literature more than tin statement given above. So while In Portland InHt, I took pains to find out something about the long lost plant. After going through the State Oeologieal Survey reports and old newspaper flleR.I found a refer eitco tff- i ho Portland Cement Com pany of Portland together with names of offlrfrs. One of thfiH mn ! found is Rtlll HvIiir fn Portland. Tills gentleman told mo that he had not thought of the plant for 25 years, lu lKftl, when he was 11 yomiK fol low he had put nil his money, about f.'tOftO,. uto the proposition nnd had served as secretary for the company, The plant wan located at Oregon City on the spot where tie city pumping plant now stands. The faetory was designed and managed by a Mr. Middleton. Thin man must have been a genius In his line for his plant wn built iiloug pin ns that did not roinn into general un even in the older cement plants in Ihe Hast, till ten years later. The nw material, a pe rn cut rock from Soul hern Oregon, was ground In pebble mills and this raw mix was burnt in a pot rotary kiln. Tiie resulting rllnker was ground to a cement In a pebble mill. The. gas w:ih miide for the most part from AuHiriiliuu coal, though local coal was uei to some extent. Power was derived from the falls of the Willamette, jm-t above the plant. The t. input of this pioneer plant was I no barrel . per t!;iy, of true Portia ml cement. The product wad liu great demand uml v;ih superior In I quality lo the Imported Portland ce ment. The cement was used in side walks nnd curb work ami in making artificial stone. They operate,! on Ibis scale for someubat over a ye:ir and thin de elded to I'iihi- t he capita ligation to $."iO,nHU uml tn reii-je tlie rapacity of the pliiut. Ah. ml this time tint di rectors oiili Tetl a Minev of the quar ry. It was discovered that the rock n.-s pnn ! h ally evhaiistid. They had beta opeiaiing m a I h in :-aucer like aodv ol sii'ii itiat was standing on edi;e imamsi the t.- oT the hill. What they hail suppose, in he ;ni im Ahau'-iable mount. liu of stnue was in realM a I bin veneer. Thi-' dl!-ioery led to discord. Some of Die .stoi lilmideis ilil. Middleton i iest slot Ubolders at r. build lb-1 plant ami I ler ll I Ties, but w if li ,imm!' Miiei-vs Th'-v ll H:i 1 1 V i:ae Up 'and along alum! 1 M"t the machinery ! was biolten in ami sold. I " i l i ( ''liu Miiim. one of ei'ieiiced lu l li in I he ce an I ou to r i.f a larue i k. plantieil lo start l.n. Ancel.s. Al that id pl at tit ally ou tied iincing him along als called and pre- and the (-mpti d upeiate In lt. tlte niot e; 1 1 1 -1 1 f busirn factory in . a pla nl m a l lime Me- railn California. ,ti. s. rat in.MiMis I he olTic ('timmitics inin con I'-ienei sent. him Mitb a tariff sin fl These ran s ( ' ii in M i m r disi iiM red. bad been flcand to evaitly hilalire ill-' profit he had roillil'd oil Hl.ikilt. told them thai they were working a hold up uame and that tiny could "go to hell" with t heir rales. t 'u minings uave up all plans of operatiim a plant on t he coast and w eut b:o U l-'ast. The first plant to operate success ful was started In by the Cali fornia Portland Cement Company, at li. J. DcnnTransfcr Company lleitsclHiM pootU, p!aiio, baKtfntfv I timber, wi-ed und h grnenil transfer I "msln-'ss. Ibmgage rhTk called for j M $ tods car fully batnllcd. Chnrgof j easi'lillbltV Uflce phone. 102, residence plin i l :.!,. Ketcburg. Oreijon. , W hv is a I'iKK mason like a locomo- i 1 1 ,. TTTT' r I " 1 r Yes, we have it Fort Jones Creamery Butter the best in Roseburg LOUIS KOHLHAGEN .Phone 19 107 Cass Street Absolutely Pure Absolutely hmm no substitute Many mixtures are offered as substitutes for Royal. No other baking powder Is the same in j composition or effectiveness, or so wholesome and economical, nor will make such fine food. Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar ll. -i' .mis,' In1 lias Iriiilor! I'lir ; I.-ikLm" slake A juii y chop. Diivct your fnnlsteps I'd our slicp. Our saws arc slai p: Clcavcis, too We'll trim tlain up Just tilit for you. The Economy Market (i-o KoliHiAircn, 1tip PHONE 58 Colton, about r0 miles to tho cant of Lou AuK'des. The Initial capacity was only fiOU barrels per day. The pro duct was untrustworthy, of very low quality, and In all made a poor show- Iiik against the Imported cement. Later this old plant was remodeled and four years ao a new mill was built. Increasing the capacity to 2500 barrels per day, of "Colton" cement. With modern machinery and new met hods of controlling the raw ma terials, this plant 1b now making a high grade cement.. In 1903 two plants were started: the Standard Portland Cement Com pany, at Napa Junction, and the Pa cific Portland Cement Company, at Cement. Both nf these ulunta are near tide water on Sun Francisco bay. I loth companies were very successful right from tho start. The cement compared favorably with any on the market at that time and was In great demand on account of the price be ing a little lower than that of the Im ported cement. Both plants were en larged from time to time aud In 11)0(1 each company built a new mill. Th new mill of the Pacific Port land was located only a short dis tance, from the old mill. The com bined capacity of tho two mills ot the Puclflc Portland Cement Com pany Is about a nop barrels per day of "(.olden (late Cement." The .Standard Company located their new plant, the Santa Cruz Port land Cement Company, nt Davenport, near Santa Cm., nhout lf.tt miles south of San Francisco. The raw ma terials used at this new plant were vastly different from the materials usei at the old plant at Napa Junc tion and consequently there was a irreaf difference lu the quality of the finished product. Later the com pany was reorganized. The Napa Junction plant marketed the "Stand ard" brand. The factory at Santa Cruz was remodeled aud a different kind of raw material used. The pro duct wiih marketed as the Blue Cross" Brand. The Santa Cruz plant is the largest single unit In the world, with a rated output of U.uin) bar rels per day. In I:n7 (he Washington Portland Cement Company started operations at Concrete, In Skagit County. Wash ington, with n capacity of son bar rels per day. Three years later the capitalization was raised to $Too, mio. and the capacity was increased to II'. nil barrels of Washington ce ment per day. The next year. 1!'0S, the Superior Portland Cement Company. was started, their plant being less than one-half mile from the plant of the Washington. The Superior Is capi talized at S1.Oiin.oiio, with an out put of l.'.eo barrels of "Superior" brand per day. In ll'Ol two plants were started: the plant of Itherside Portland Ce rium Company, at Riverside, Califor nia, with a capacity of IIOOO barrels per day of "Itiverslde" brand; and the plant owned by the I.oa Angeles Aiiuedtict Commission of tho city of I .os Angeles. Tin history of this experiment In municipal ownership Is Interesting Sufficient to say that when the Aque duct commission called for bids on something like a million barrels of cement the manufacturers put in figure that seemed unduly high nnd savored of a hold-up. The engineers of the commission figured that they could build and operate their own plant and still save tho city a good sum. so the bids were rejected and the municipal plant constructed Kver since this time, the municipal plant, the engineers and the whol commission have been subjected to ruthless attack by the cement inter- est 4 Figures given by Mr. Mulholland the ihief engineer, show that the city ha been saved a considerablt sum ocr the original bid of the man uf.icturers but would break about even nt the price for which cement i-; now offered. In HMH the plant of the (lolden State Portland Cement Company was started at Oro (.ramie on the Mo lave Desert in Southern California. The plant is capitalized at I'.'OO.OOO and rated at lOmt barrels per day. In I '.Ml the Inland Portland Ce-im-nt Company, a subsidiary of the I.ehigh P. C. Company, of Allcntown. Pa . began operations nt Metaliuc. north of Spokane. In I M :t three new plants w ill be in operation Ihe International, just out of Spokane; the Ml tuple In Bel ling ham. and the San Juan, near Wat soli v file, ou Monterey Bay. Cal. In the twenty-nine ears since InM the cement indu-try here on the const has grown from the single plant at Oregon -'ltv wilh lts onP hundred barrels per day capacity and $"0. 000 capluliiallon, to ft total of thir teen plants capitalized at about $24,- wno.ooo and with a combined outnut of about 38,500 barrels per day. During this twenty-nine years of physical growth there has been an even more astonishing change lu tho quality of the cement. All of you Know that the Industry has grown very rapidly but few people realize or know of the revolutionary changes mai nave taken place In the meth ods of manufacture with the result ing change In the quality of the ce ment produced by these new meth ods. Here on the coast these changes nave oeen relt only within the last five years, though In Kuroue and the East the transition from old meth ods to new has been more gradual and has extended over a period of about fifteen years. Even ten years ago very little was known about the chemical und physi cal changes that take place In the manufacture of cement. The wholu process was shrouded lu an air of mystery. Kach mill superintendent had his own formula for "making tho mix" and for treating the raw materials. There were many "pat ent methods" and "secret methods" of making cement. I know one man who made a tidy sum by selling his secret formula for making cement to group of capitalists. Another took In a royalty on every barrel of cement sold for years because of a patent he held on a fluxing agent. Once, In all Innocence, I explained to the su perintendent of our plant how we calculated the mix. when my chief. an old-timer of the mysterious sort. (Continued on page f 1 The Heme of Quality Groceries The Top Notch in "GROCERIES We strive to Attain. As we succeed, our patrons gain? When it comes to selling things to eat, In quality and price, we'll not be beat! Try These -They'll Please! Pure II. V. Flour $140 Canned Corn 'Oc Fancy T. L. Tea K. C. liak. Powd., 25 ot, 20c Fancy Strained Honey Hi. 12'ic Mr. Farmer! We pay you cash for your produce. Try us. The Money Back Store R. STUBBS, The Grocer Corner Cass and Pine Streets. 188 ACIIKS KOH SAI.K CIIKAT. Nicely furnished and wcll-locnted j ' rnnTMs single or suite for terms Or will take part trade In house in M.plv nt desk of McClallen Hotel, or Roseburg; lHnd situated I mile from W'one Roseburg. Address Hoi 475, Rose- ... . , tjUrgi ; See McOanlels adv. top back page. KKi:i TIIK KIDNKYS WELL. Health Is Worth Saving, and Some KoNeliiirx People Know How to 8n ve It. Many Roseburg people tnke their lives In their bands by neglecting the kidneys when they know them or gans need help. Weak kidneys are responsible for a vast amount of suf fering and 111 health, but there is no need to suffer or rumaln In danger. Cse 1 Van's Kidney Tills a remedy that has helped thousands of kidney sufferers. Tho following statement leaves no ground for doubt. Mm. Ella Itlshey. R. Fourth St., Cottage (irova. Ore., says: "Doan's Kidney Tills have been used In our family and havo proven very effec tive In relieving kidney trouble. The person who took them was quits bad with this complaint, but ho Is now enjoying good health. This experi ence hag convinced us of the merits of Doan's Kidney Pills. Kor sale by all dealers. Price f0 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Huffalo, New York, sole agents for the Tutted States. Remember the name Doan's and tnke no other. - "You're Safe at This Store" That's the point we're mak ing. No matter how little or how much you bur here, we want you to feel PI' RE tl'.ut every purchase will be satisfactory TO TO!' or we'll do all In our power to make It s: What more can you expect or ak of your grocer? Try us and see. KENDRICK & Square Deal Growers Phon 68. North Jackson St Anything that makes for health is .ilnnys good Investment That's why It pays to keep a case of Rose burg's carbonated bev erages on hand alt the time. They havj -i tonic effect on liver and kidneys and are refreshing as ROSEBURG SODA WORKS Authorized Hottien of the Onuine IHre' Root Heer. Phone 186 Phone 186 II A V ITTTKIW PLOWS I'KEI) (ilUNDKRS THE BEST Pruning Tools AT J. F. Barker b Co. Implements andJVehicles Roseburg, Oregon ADRIAN STE1-L WlltK KKNC IO POST H0LK DIGGERS Phone 210-Roseburg Phone 28-Sutherlin Winnie Gaddis The Plumber
