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Explanation ol tha Pricea Made by an
Unylitli Firm Which Bids Under All
American Manufacturer«,
Mlx-iiklng m r u tly tiefore the Terra-
:■ '■ «'lull of Philadelphia, Eugene G.
GlUCC, PloMdl-Ilt o f 11149 BCtlllehelU
Company, «aid in part:
In a peculiar mciiiu ' Bethlehem Hteel
<i-ves flu- American |«-«ple.
For
iiuiile, though we have been
111 *li- to o'it a In in Enrol«? a I too« t nny
price, v « have mllirred, in mir charges
to t In* Cm led State Government, to
the haniN o f prices t-Htuldislied l>cfore
tin* war begum
WcagriH.il— If the Government would
! abandon Its plan« for a Federal plant—
to make armor for o u r‘ Navy at any
price the Government Util/ miyht con-
aider f a ir .
(h ir ordnance plant« arc nt the dis
posal o f the nation at a fair ojicriiting
coat, (dun a small margin, tliua saving
the Government investment and de-
I predation.
One o f the «iieclal need« o f the new
navy 1« «lateen-inch guns - guna slaty
fn-t long and capable o f hurtling u
2000 |«,und slieil with such power and
aceuruey as to hit a 50 foot »i/uare tar-
< get fifteen miles away.
W c have undertaken volunturlly to
i construct, ut a cost o f $4,5oo.OoO, a
plant lilted to build sixteen Tin b guns.
t'nder no conceivable circumstances
. ran orders wlileli we may receive for
tills plant pay even n fa ir return on
i tlie investment.
Considerable comment has been made
upon the fa t that a British mnnufae-
turer reiently Idd less thnn American
lininufueturers tor sixteen and four-
I i i - ii liicli shell« for ttie navy.
I am unit hie to «ta le the basis upon
which the English bid was made. It
should he reu emhered. however, that
till» tild wu« tor a «prelftc «hell, sam
pies o f which arc tieing sent over for
teat—a test not yet made.
Farmers & Merchants
Bank of Stayton, Oregon
C a p ita l $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 .0 0
Blossom Time in
The Golden State
A friend just back from Southern California
says:
“ The weather was fine, in fact too
warm for heavy clothes.
Many were bath
ing at the beaches.
Oranges were ripe in
the valleys, while the mountains nearby
were covered with snow.”
With warm sunny weather it will not be
long before the blossoms on the trees will be
everywhere announcing that spring time is
here.
Take a vacation trip now where life is different;
where climate surroui.riings and amusements are
out of the ordinary.
Spend a Different February
Three Trains D aily
Senic Shasta Route
will take you there in com fort.
Ask the agent
John M. Scott, G eneral Pa.senger Agent, Portland
Southern
Pacific
Lines
‘WEINHARD’S GOLDEN NECTAR”
“ WEINHARD’S AMBER NECTAR"
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‘ The Drink that Satiafirt ard doea not Intoxicate”
ICE COLD AND A LW A Y S ON TAP IN KEGS AND B O T TLES AT
Fred Rock’s
Tho "Pastim e Biliunl and Cigar Store
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N u letter to the New York Tim es
Mortimer I «mips--u o f Mountuln
Lakes, N. I., late assistant aur
geoo Thirty-sixth I'nlted Stat
Volunteer lufuiitry. Army of the
JamcM, to ll how a few word« from
Abraham I.in -oin In the White Flo'
aided him hi «o w in g the Union l.i civil
wur day«. .Mr. Lawpsou wrote:
I remember how I thrilled a » I me:
tho«o deep brow)lug eyes looking doe i,
at me. W hat he said I could never
accurately remember, hut It was In
substance nearly a« fo llo w «:
“ W ell, my young friend, what are
you doing for your country In these
days?" There wu« comdderuhle more
to the Interrogation, but 1 was so star
lied that I he ame nine st tqieecblos»
Recovering myself, I told him that 1
was very desirous o f serving uiy coun
try that my ancestor« had fought to
establish as a free and Independent na
tion; that I was a young medical stu-
deut, and that I was In Washington to
undergo an examination for appoint
ment ns medical cadet and hoped to
pass the ordeal. He then put his hand
very kindly on my shoulder, still keep
ing my hand, and putted me and said:
“ Th at Is right. You w ill never regret
U.” And again: "T h at Is good! Every
young man should do something. You
w ill be proud in the future. I wish
you every success now nnd In the fu
ture."
W ith another pat on ray shoulder I
passed on. lmw or whither I could nev
er remember I know that I was much
elated and full o f courage. I went at
once to the office o f the examining
board, where 1 was placed on the
I rack.
Hut now. strange to say, the
answers to the questions seemed to be
on the end o f my tongue almost before
they were finished, although the exam
ination was a pretty stiff one. But my
troubles were over, and my mind work
ed as though Just oiled up. I was re-
i l*nsed finally, after a couple o f hours,
with a complimentary observation and
told to present m yself at the surgeon
general's office the next day. I did ao
and was Informed that I bad passed.
That Is m y story, and It Is not much.
But so long as I live I shall continue to
thrill with pride when I recall that hot
Jnly day when Abraham Lincoln, one
o f the great figures o f history, put his
hand on my small shoulder and wished
. me luck.
T w o yours ago wo took an order for
.¡400 fourteen lm h armor-piercing shells
at n contract price o f $7<V*<.<»«>, to be
delivered within a certain time or we
I t Is better to back out than to be
had to pay o large penalty.
thrown out.
The only specItlenMbns for making
the«e »h ell« are that they shall be
Many Filipino women catch and sell
o f a certain size nnd must pierce fish fo r a living.
armor-plate at a certain velocity on 1m I
-Us a rule, more things are easy going
pact, it Is impossible to foretell the
than easy coming.
exact conditions o f the tests.
W e had made large quantities o f shells
Ignorance ceases to be bliss a fter you
in the past which had been accepted.
begin to get wise.
Hut In placing this particular order the
Department altered the angle at which
Bacteria are killed by a pressure o f
the tested shells must pierce nrinor- 3,000 atmospheres.
plate. The result, however, lias been
Australia boasts o f the tallest trees
absolute Inability oti our part to pro
duce In any’ qnantlty, shells which will grown on British soil.
meet these novel tests. In fact, wc
Nine cubic Inches o f water frozen
know o f no process o f proje tlle-mak-
w ill measure ten cubic Inches.
Ing through which It Is possible to pro
duce In quantities shells which w ill
I f advertising does not pay why do
¡conform to the requirements.
!>eoplo dress up?— Dallas News.
The result Is that up to now on that
There nre nt present more thnn 1,500
contract o f $7<N.OOO. we have put Into
actual operating exi*euac $- 147 .ski., nnd Esperanto societies In the world.
have been penalized for non-delivery
It Is a serious offense to ride n bicy
$405.744., a total o f $043.025., with no
cle anywhere near Constantinople.
receipts whatever.
A ll white garments should be hung Ha
$hich was the experience In the light tho sunlight; colored garments in the
o f which we were called upon recent shade.
ly to bid for sixteen-inch shells.
"W h at are dreams?"
W e bid on these shells nt approxi
"T h e movies o f slumberland.” -—Bos-
mately the same rirte |»>r pound ns
Ihut o f n fourteen-lneh shell contract tou Transcript.
o f one year azq upon which the Gov
T e d — You know, money Is your best
ernment awarded contracts.
friend. Ned—Yes, and the trouble Is
that the best o f friends must p a rt
W e have not the slightest Idea what
profit there w ill be In the making o f
Pop— A re yon fam iliar with mathe
those shells.
W e do not know that matics?
Weasel—Sure; I call ’em
there w ill be any. There is no certain
“ math” for short.—Princeton Tiger.
ty tlint It would Is- possible» for us to
deliver a shell to meet the test.
T o build n tw elve story loft or office
For officers In the Navy to assume building, 50 by 100 feet In area, re
that any Idd made under such condi quires 000 tous o f fabricated steel.
tions is "exorbitant" is utterly unfair.
" I s your country place finished yet?"
“ Oh, yes. W hy, I have already begun
W e bid on the new battle-cruisers
slim « which N avy department experts, alterations on It.” —Boston Transcript.
after examination o f our books, found
A nut ami a Joke are alike In that
would yield a profit o f less than ten
pet- rent. \Y • agreed to nssinne risks they can both be cracked and different
for Increased o«ts o f materials and la in that the Joke can be cracked again.
bor. that m i !c It possible that these
"P rid e goes before a fall, you know. ’
contracts might yield no profit what
"M ayb e It does, but It goes a lot
ever.
quicker a fte r one.” — Boston Tran script
The cost« run beyond the amount ap-
proprlnfcd by Congress on the basis of
When the sun’s center is six degrees
the ■ t estimates made n year ago.
below tho horizon In Alaska the
And because shipbuilders could not brightest stars are visible on a clear
xllcr the Inexorable cost facts and ro day.
llin'« bids to early estimates o f the
Some people may have n splendid ear
N avy Department, the prices nre called
for music, but the trouble Is they can’t
“ exorbitant."
It would lie it real advantage to bo sing with their ear.—Charlotte Ob-
relieved of this naval construction. The j server.
profit from It oaiinot possibly amount
to niueh, and the responsibility Is enor
nioua.
Wc have determined to make this
offer to the American Government.
" i f yon w ill build tw o o f the battle
cruiser In Government navy yards,
we will build t lie other tw o nt the as
certalneil eost o f building the ships In
the Government vnrds. without addi
tional expense or commissions o f any
kind. We will also contract to have
our ships ready for service ahead of
the Government ships."
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On a large ocean liner the amount o f
coul used per day varies from 800 to
1,200 tons, according to the speed o f
tho boat.
Tliore Is many a woman whose epi
taph ought to be. "Nobody ever saw
her hands folded but once."—Youth’s
Companion.
O f all tho Balkan people, the Ser
vians are the only nnmlxed race since
they came Into their territory, eight
centuries ago.
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