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16 THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST G, 1919. STOCK in ihon ID STEEL WORKS SOLD Officers and Directors Acqujre Interests of Others. POLICY TO BE UNCHANGED Independent Foundry Plant to Be come Adjunct and Bid Will Be Made for Many Classes of Work. Officers and directors of the "Wil lamette Iron &' Steel Works for the past three years yesterday became the sole owners of the interests of that corporation, through the purchase of the stock of others who have not been actively identified 4n the operating af- fairs of the plant. It is said no change will follow in the management or gen eral system there. Included in the stock purchased is that of the W. H. Corbett estate. Mr. Corbett having been president of the organization at the time of his death, February, 1911. In addition was in eluded the stock of the Henry Failing estate, that held by Colonel H. C. Cabell, 'William C. Alvord, W. L. Brew ster and C. K. Grelle. Besides the Willamette Iron & Steel Works also took over Mr. Grelle's stock in the In dependent Foundry company, which the WilVamette will operate hereafter, Mr. Grelle retiring as president of the corporation. Independent Foundry Adjunct. Bert C. Ball is president of the Wil lamette Iron & Steel Works; Antoine G. Labbe, vice-president: M. H. lnsley, secretary; H. V. Carpenter, treasurer, with Charles F. Swigert, H. L.' Colvin and E. C. Pape directors. They repre sent' the interests which took over the holdings of the others and will con tinue the business with unchanged pol icies. The Independent Foundry plant becomes an adjunct of the Willamette, and with the facilities of botfi avail able it is contemplated to bid for all classes of marine repair work, as well a3 continue the manufacture of marine boilers, logging machinery and such auxiliary ship gear as had been turned out in the past. The boiler shop of the Willamette has been classed as the largest single plant of its character in the United States, and at times since the opening of the present year its production has attained a pace of a boiler a day. The first 24 steamers of the 8800-ton class turned out by the Northwest Steel com pany were completed by the Willam ette Iron & Steel Works, which meant the latter took the bare hull and fin ished it with machinery and all other equipment to make the vessels ready for service. Aumerons Contracts Held. Some of the wooden steamers from the Standifer Vancouver plant were fitted out there and last month the Willamette's force finished overhauling and installing new boilers in the tank steamer Oleum. The job cost more than 125,000. At present contracts are held for Scotch marine boilers for steel steam ers of the shipping board under con struction at the Standifer yard, as well as at other ports from Puget sound to San Pedro, and others are being manufactured for the Foundation com pany to be installed in wooden steam ers under way at Victoria for the French government. INSPECTOR'S STAFF FILLED Captain II. T. Payne Appointed to Investigate Halls. Completion of the staff personnel at the office of United States Steam Vessel Inspectors Edwards and Wynn is an nounced throutrh the appointment of Captain H. T. Payne as assistant inspec tor "of hulls. Captains Edthofer and Astrup are senior to Captain Payne in that department, which rates three as sistants to Captain Edwards. Engin eers Weldon, Duffy and McDonald are in the boiler department under In spector Wynn. Captain Payne will leave San Fran cisco today anu rennrt here for duty. He has been on coast steamers for sev eral years and for a time was master of tle United States dredge Chinook, when she operated at the mouth of the Co lumbia while latterly he has been in command of the steamer Necanicum, a freighter originally in the Hammond fleet but which of late has operated between Brookings and San Francisco in the lumber trade. 8800-TOX L1XER TO TAKE DIP Sirs. John C. Slattery Sponsor for West Karilan Today. Mrs. John C. Slattery. wife of Colonel Slatt-ory. corps of engineers. United States army, in charge of the second Portland district, is to be sponsor for ..the hull of the KSOO-ton steamer West Karitan, which the Northwest Steel company is to launch at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The vessel is tle 33d to be made ready there for floating. The general expectation is that re instatements will be matte at the Northwest plant, the same as at the Columbia Kiver Shipbuilding corpora tion's plant and that of the G. M Standifer Construction corporation lth the launching of the West Kari tan there will remain onlv three others to be sent down the ways under contracts that have remained in force Ftnce the cancellation orders were is sued. HARBORMASTER HOME AGAIN' Oregon Has Enviable Reputation at Capital, Says Port Chief. After being absent from the citv since July 16. Captain Jack Speier harbormaster ot Portland, returned ves terday from Washington. D C. where he went in connection with important shipping matters, and also to aid in drawing vessels of the new Pacific fleet to Portland. Captain Speier ex pects to leave for San Francisco Satur day to attend a conference of naval authorities, when it will be decided WhatSSe''s are to be dispatched to the different ports before the fleet is finally reassembled for assignment to permanent stations. Captain Speier says he was accorded consideration . by the Oregon delega tion and all department heads he met in connection with his work at the cap ital and that ship construction, liberty loan drives and other war work have given Oregon an enviable reputation there. WAR VETERAN GETS POSITION H. O. Berger to Be Assistant Secre tary of Taoojna Traffic Bureau. TACOMA Wash.. Aug. 5. (Special.) 11. O. Berger, who was with the Port land, Seattle & Spokane transconti nental freight bureaus for nine years and has just been discharged "from service, has been selected as assistant secretary of the traffic and transporta tion bureau of the Tacoma Commercial club. Jay W. McCune is secretary of the bureau and is devoting most of his time to work of the Portland district rate commission. He is a member rep resenting the shippers. Scott Z. Henderson, who represented Tacoma's interests at the Portland rate hearing, said it would be necessary to go to the legislature at the next ses sion with some plan for terminal ac commodations on the sound, not the tri terminal plan submitted at the last legislature, but one which will elimi nate duplication of certain terminal facilities. SHIP TO BRING COPPER ORE 100 Tons of Material Salvaged From Wreck to Reach Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 5. About 400 tons of copper ore salvaged from the wreck of the Alaska steamship Mari posa will arrive here tomorrow aboard the steamer Redondo. Several months ago 300 tons of ore, salvaged from the Mariposa, were taken to the Tacoma smelter. The Mariposa was wrecked Novem ber 18, 1917, on Strait island reef, Sum ner strait, in the inside passage to Alaska. All the ore on board the ves sel has now been recovered. $10,835 CONTRACT IS LET BUILDING TO RISE AT ST. JOHNS MUNICIPAL TERMINAL. A. C. Meyer Obtains Award From Dock Commission; Steel Rolling Doors Also Are Ordered. On a bid of J10.835 A. C. Meyer yes terday received the contract from the commission of public docks for the construction of an administration build ing at the St. Johns municipal terminal. The five proposals for the work ranged as high as $13,550. Tenders opened a. few weeks ago for the delivery of steel rolling doors for installation on dock sheds and such places at the St. Johns property were disposed of yesterday, when an award was made to the Variety Manufactur ing company for $14,150. The Timms Cress company was next lowest bidder, with a proposal in the sum of $14,900. W. R. Bagot, who has been instru mental in the formation of the Eagle Flouring Mills company, which leased space at the St. Johns terminal for a mill, yesterday requested the commis sion for permission to assign the lease from himself to the corporation. The request was referred to the city attor ney. Mr. Bagot has been informed by the commission that the ground is ready for construction of the plant, which is expected to be undertaken im mediately. J. M. Dugan company, contractors for the shed on pier No. 1 there, set forth, in a communication, that delays had been met with and that added costs must be shouldered as a consequence of increases in wages. The matter was referred to the city attorney for a report. It was ordered that copies of the letter be sent to Elliott & Scoggin, contractors engaged in driving piling for the completion of the wharf of pier No. 1, as well as all of the wharf of pier. Ito. E. It was thought the com munication might later be made the basis of a claim for the additional costs. Hofius & Co. wrote that through changes in the market there would be about $700 added to the charge for frogs and such railroad track gear pur chased recently. This matter also was referred to the city attorney and chief engineer. CHANNEL DEEPENING GOES ON Dredges Take Up Work In Columbia Following Spring Flood. Having finished channel work be tween the mouth of the Willamette and Vancouver, where the least depth at low water is 20 feet, the govern ment dredge Multnomah shifts from there today to Morgan's, to undertake her first work in the Columbia since the subsidence of the annual freshet. The Wahkiakum, of the same fleet, is to tow from the Linnton moorings to Slaughter's tomorrow, and next week the Tualatin, of the Port "of Portland, goes into the Columbia to assist in channel work. Federal engineers have inaugurated work on the first dyke at Willow bar, and two others are about under way at Martin's, where there is an old dyke that was put in years ago and a second finished in 1916. The dykes are in the way of permanent works and consid erable labor of the same kind was per formed last year with appreciable re sults in the channel. LUMBER TO BE TAKEN TO INDIA New Steamer Doylestown to Carry Cargo to Bombay. Lumber will be loaded here aboard the 3800-ton steamer Doylestown, which the Albina Engine & Machine Works will start on her official trial trip a week from yesterday. This lumber is to be delivered at Bombay and it will represent the first cargo to go to In dia on any of the government ships completed here. The vessel is to be as signed to the Pacific Mail Steamship company for the voyage," but will be managed by the Pacific Steamship com pany. The Doylestown is the last of the federal fleet to be turned over by the Albina plant. The first, the Point Loma. was delivered March 12, 1918, and with the delivery of the Doylestown there will have bee,n 17 carriers turned out for the shipping board. The Albina plant has negotiations under way with Scandinavian interests for the con struction of steel steamers, as well as for the building of others for the French government. Statement Made by New Agent. A statement by A. E. Barnes, busi ness agent of the longshoremen's union, that the longshoremen are not taking part in the strike of shipliners and rig gers, was erroneously attributed in last Sunday's Oregonian to F. E. Bucht mann. Mr. Buchtmann has not been business agent for the union for sev eral weeks, and did not express him self in regard to the matter. Longshoremen on Strike. EVERETT, Wash.. Aug. 5. Long shoremen on the Great Northern oil dock here struck this morning soon after beginning to unload the Japanese oil steamer Meiwu. They asked $1.05 an hour for day work and $1.40 for night work. No settlement was reached and at noon today, the ship left for Se attle. Tides at Astoria Yekterday. Hiftb. Water. I lw Water, 10:::? A. M 5.3rt.4:S0 A. M O S ft. 9:47 P. M 7.3 tt.3:S4 P. M 3.3 ft. Columbia Kiver Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Aug. 5. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Sea smooth; wind north west. 10 miirs. Wheat Thrives Without Rain. MILTON'. Or.,' Aug. 5. (Special.) Iespite the dry season here Vonderhae brothers report a yield of 50 bushels of spring-sown grain on their foothill farm, seven miles south of here. This grain has had practically no rain for 100 days and little since it was seeded but was grown on some of the best wheat land in Umatilla county. Read The Oregonian classified ads. EIGHTY MORE SHIPS WANTED FOR PACIFIC Additional Carriers Asked United States Board. of FOREIGN TRADE DEMANDS Portland Gets 12 or 48 Bottoms So Far Allocated; Total Tonnage Assigned Is 400,000. t. SAK JCISCO. Aug. 5. Alloca-' tlon of .80 vessels by the United States shipping board for foreign trade from tne .Pacific coast in addition to 48 al ready assigned to ports of this coast has been asked by the San Francisco division of the shipping board, it was announced here today at a meeting of L.os Angeles and San Francisco ship ping representatives. It was also announced that the 75.000 tons of shipping to be used in trans porting coal from the eastern coast to the Pacific fleet would be available to carry back cargoes from Honolulu and coa,st ports. The 48 vessels already allocated ag gregate 400,000 tons deadweight, it was announced, and when completed in August and September are to be as signed, 20 to San Francisco; 12 to Port land and 16 to Seattle. The recommendation for the alloca tion of additional Bhipf, approved by John Rosseter, director of operations for the shipping board, is for: lvSr,i,nISC?Fifteen vessel- with week Zri - t,.JIfpan- hna and the Philip- id h Wth "lontniSr ilinss to China and Manchuria; four sailing to India and Vu?u tCl1 EuSt. Indie: lwo iin to Hono lulu. Tonga and Apia. ATneIe and Portland Four each sall- Seattle Fourteen sailing for Siberia, Man churia Japan. China and the Philippines t5 2an rncIaco, Portland and Seattl -rUUaet;a sailing for European ports. rancisco nH p. . San 7 ' 6 ... -usrana and New Zealand; three sailing for the west coast of Mexico. Central and South America; three for the West Indies. Venezuela and Colombia: 15 tiamp ships sailing for China, India and Australia. ' John H. Rosseter. director of opera tions of the shipping board, whp was in the city yesterday, said last night the assignments were those he had rec ommended in a telegram sent from Se attle to Washington Monday. He said the 12 mentioned for Portland were to cover additional routes, four ships be ing already listed for the oriental service of the Pacific Steamship com pany, three of them, the "West Munham, Coaxet and Waban, having already been assigned. The - 14 recommended for Puget sound, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, he said, were intended for plying to the Atlantic and Europe and, in answer to a question, said it was a possibility that in the Pacific coast-European service, ' which has been started by Williams, Diamond & Co., a division might be made through which some other line might be given vessels, both operating to dif. ferent fields. Mr. Rosseter said there had been dif ferent applications for ships on the coast and he did not know which would be granted and that his telegram was simply a recommendation, and might not be carried out. i Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. SAN" FRANCISCO. Aug. 5. (Special.) The official announcement of the elimina tion of the freight-space scalper, made more than two weeks ago, was premature, accord ing to officials of two of the largest local concerns. Today one of the experts who has charge of the freight booking for a steamship company said that the merry game of taking over space and disposing of it to the needy at a fat and handsome profit continues as it did during the war, and there is no relief in sight. The scalper is taking advantage of the fact that the rates on the United States shipping board vessels are lower than on the Japanese vessels. The scalper ties up space on the pipping board craft at $12. it is said, and then turns it over to the other chap at something like l-a-ton profit. Fred Hooper, general freight agent for Williams, Dimond & Co.. announced today that the shipping board has assigned addi tional vessels to direct service between this port. Puget Sound, Portland, San Pedro and the various ports of Europe. The West Calumh. an KSOO-ton vessel built by the L-ong Beach Shipbuilding company, and the West Katan, constructed by the same com pany, have been alfotted to Hooper's com pany and will be placed on the berth for Europe. Vessels have been assured for September. October and November. The Union liner Tofua, which was de layed by a recent fire in her bunkers, de parted today for Australia with 100 passen gers and capacity freight cargo. The Matson liner Manoa, Captain Soule, sailed for Honolulu today with passengers and general cargo. The Pacific Mail Steamship San Juan, Captain Pierce, sailed for Balboa via ports of Mexico and Central America at 1 P. M. with a capacity list of passengers and gen eral cargo. The United States steamer Marblehead, Captain Williams, arrived from Juneau to day. The' Standard Oil tanker Atlas, Captain Thompson, arrived from Juneau in ballast. The shipping board steamer Glyndon, Cap tain Jory, arrived from H tlo wrth sugar. The government steamer Coconino, Cap taln Enpland, sailed for Grimsby, England, today with a cargo of barley. The training steamer ris. Captain Mc- Avoy, sailed for a cruise that will probably extend as far as Seattle. The motorshlp Annie Johnson, Captain Murray, sailed for Hllo with general cargo. The United States steamer Nanshan left out for a cruise. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 5. 'Special.) Demands for increases in wages made re cently by steamship employes were dis--cussed today at a meeting of representa tives of Seattle steamship companies. The results of the conference were not made public. Masters, mates, pilots, engineers, firemen, sailors, cooks and waiters em ployed in vessel's plying on all Pacific trade routes have dmandd advances In pay ranging from $1) to $15 a month, effective August 1. The unions are insisting that anv increases granted " be retroactive. Four hundred tons of copper ore salvaged from the wreck of the steamship Mariposa. whlch was lost November IS, 1017, on Strait Island reef. Sumner strait, will arrive In Seattle tomorrow evening aboard the steam ship Redomhj. The ore on the Ttedond'o is the second consignment salvaged from th wrecked liner. Three hundred tons were recovered recently and taken to the Tacoma smelter. " The ore is believed to 'be all of the consignment which was aboard th ! Mariposa when she was wrecked. TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 5. (Special. The brig Geneva. Balfour, Guthrie & Co.. is due here tomorrow to load lumber for Australia. The vessel has been overhauling at Eagle Harbor. The harbor has been pretty well cleared of lumber vessels this week. Although several carriers are due herp. The Colorado Springs, loading flour here ror tne east coast. proDaoiy will finish Thursday. Several shipping board vessels were expected for flour, but nothing definite on vessel movements is known to the local millers. Copper shipments from Tacoma .to Japan continue to be heavy. Each outbound oriental vessel carries from 300 to 500 tons. Some of the copper is going via San Fran cisco. Marine N'otcs. ' t. M. Callis, assistant manager of steel ship construction in the northwest for the shipping board, and H. G. Cosgrove. gen eral counsel In the district, were in the city yesterday from Seattle. In conference at the office of Fred B. Pape. assistant man ager in charge of steel ship construction in Oregon. Captain John F. Blain. former manager of the district, waa in the city, as well, yesterday. Inspection of the new 9500-ton steamer Waban, built at the Vancouver yard of the G. 1. Standifer Construction corporation, is to be completed todity, under the direction of United States Steamvessel Inspectors Edwards and Wynn, She waa on trial trip Monday. The steamer Moosabec, one of the prod ucts of the Standifer wooden yard at Van couver, towed back there yesterday after blng on the dry dock for a short time. Carrying a cargo of ties for the Atlantic, the steamer Okiya departed last night from W est port. The steamer Coltnda. built by the St. Helens Shipbuilding company, leaves that plant today for the dry dock. The steamer City of Topeka, of the Ad miral line, which went on drydock yester day for minor work on her wheel, is to atl tonight for the Golden Gate via Marsh field and Eureka. , Th schooner Oakland comes off the dry dock today and shifts to Albers dock No. 1 to lay up until negotiations are closed for a lumber charter. Captain Dorris, who ran here before the war as master of the steamer Homer, has been given command of th new f ricrt rr IVest C'hatala. , oicBiuci J" r wane, reporifq in the river yesterday from Puget sound to load cereal shipment for the Atlantic side. Officers of the Merchants' Exchange as sociation are to be elected tomorrow, when the annual meeting will be held. J. H. Noyes, K. J. Patterson and M. G. Russi have been named on the nominating com mittee. It was said yesterday that the steamer harvest wueen will be launched in a few days at the Fulton plant of the Portland Shipbuilding company, and about a week iaier Bn will be ready for service on the Port land-Astoria route of the O.-W. R. & N. The vessel has been given a thorough overhauling. When the steamer Rose City got awav t noon yesterday she had lfift nBnn0-n In the cabin for San Francisco. hiu t-. ervations had been made at Astoria for the rriiminaef or ner accommodations. In addi tion there were 25 steerage passengers from here. Movement of Vessels. PAN" TRANCTSTO A A 4 . Steamers D. G. Scofield, from Seattle; (Jap) Mincn MH.ru. xrom Kobe. Sailed Krnm. ers Atlas, for Marblehead, Juneau; Olyndon, SHANGHAI. Aug. 4. Arrived Steamer Melville Dollar, from Vancouver, B. C. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 5. Arrived Steamer Governor, from Kan PoHm roiuh Steamers Admiral Schley, for San Diego; maru, ior lOKonama; Men den, for Honolulu. TACOMA, Wash.. - Aug. 5. Arrived Steamer Fulton, from Powell river. Sailed Steamer Quadra (Br.). for Brittania Beach. PORTLAND. Aug. 5. Sailed at 9 P. M. Steamer Okiya, from St. Helens, for Atlan tic port via Astoria. Sailed, 8 P. M. Steamer Santa Barbara, from Westport for San Pedro. Sailed at noon Steamer Rose City, for San Francisco. Arrived, at 1 A. M. Steawer Askawake, from Tacoma. ASTORIA. Aug. 5. Arrived at 6 and left tip at S A. M. Tug Daniel Kern, from Vic toria, B. C, towiryr barge 39. CRISTOBAL. Aug. 5. Sailed, yesterday Steamer Fort Sill, from Portland for Car diff, England. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 4 Sailed at 10:50 A. M. Steamer Aurelia, for Portland via Eureka and Coos Bay. TATOOSH, Aug. P. M. Steamer F. for San Francisco. 4. Passed Inward at 1 5. Loop, from Portland XT. S. Naval Radio Reports. (AH positions reported at 8 P. ML Aurnut 5 unless otherwise indicated.) LYMAN STUART. San Luis for Rfltfl 283 miles from Seattle. ' ARGYLE. Oleum for Seattle. 802 mllea from Seattle. C. A. SMITH, Coos Bay for San Francisco. 17 miles south of Coos Bay. PHYLLIS, San Pedro for St. Johns, 35 miles suth of the Columbia River. ARDMORE. from Vancouver for Sa n fnn. Cisco, 180 miles north of San Francisco. SANTA RITA, towing barge W. J. Pierce, from Tacoma for San Francisco. 140 miles north of San Francisco. ADMIRAL GOODRICH, from Seattle for San Francisco, 87 miles south of Cape Blanco. WASHTENAW, from San Pedro for Men. dow Point, 558 miles from Meadow Point. HART WOOD, from San Pedro for Gravs Harbor, 145 miles south of Grays Harbor. MULTNOMAH, from San Pedro for Se attle, off Blunts reef. SACHEM, from San Francisco for Hono lulu, ICS! 5 miles from San Francisco: Aueust 4. 8 P. M. MONASSES, from San Francisco Tor Hono lulu, 1615 miles from San Francisco: Ausruitt 4. 8 P. M. WEST KASSOX, from San Francisco for Kobe. 1240 miles from San Francisco; August 4, 8 P. M. SILVER SHELL, from San Francisco for Shanghai. 20.10 miles from San Francisco; August 4. 8 P. M. QUEEN, from San Francisco for Seattle, 60 miles north of San Francisco. PRESIDENT. from San Francisco for Wilmington, 115 miles from San Francisco. SCOFIELD. from Richmond for Point Wells, 070 miles south of Point Wells. CHANSLOR, from Gaviota for Linnton, 113 miles north of Gaviota. SAN JUAN, from San Francisco for Bal boa. 70 miles south of San Francisco. TL'CKANACH, 75 miles south of San Fran cisco. IRISH, from San Francisco for San Diego, 17 miles north of Point Rur. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Or..' Aug. 5. Maximum tem perature, 7l degrees; minimum temperature, 57 degrees. River reading, 8 A. M., 5.7 feet; change in last 24 hours, 0.1-foot fall. Total rainfall 5 P. M. to 5 P. M.), none; total ralniall since September 1, 11M8. 41.34 inches; normal rainTall since September 1, 44.56 Inches; deliciency of rainfall since Septem ber f 1. 1W1S, 3.22 inches. Sunrise. 5:58 A. M.; sunset, 8:35 P. M.; total sunshine. 14 hours 37 minutes ; possible sunshine, 14 hours 37 minutes. Moonriae. 4 :31 P. M. ; moonset. 12:57 P. M. Barometer produced sea level), 5 P. M.. 30. OO inches. Relative humiditv: 6 A. M., 86 per cent; 1 P. M., 33 per cent; 0 P. M.v 37 per cent. THE WEATHER. 5 2 3 s-S i " B o c o 3 S 2. 5" S " : P 1 ill ! ! It STATIONS. linker 4 80:0.00!. .INE IClear KOJ8. 52 SO O.OO;. .!N W Clear ... ..I IMi U.UUj . . I 661 S4 O.OO10 I 30 TlliO.OOUO; 1 78 K8 0.181. . nosion Calgary Chicago Denver Clear Pt. cloudy IPt. cloudy Clear )W ...I I 8X0.00 Des Moines I. . . I o o. XI . .ISE IPt. cloudy Eureka Galveston Helena Uuneau . . . . Kanbaa City. Los AnKeles. Marshtield . Medford ... Minneapolis . New Orleans. New York . . . North Head. o-J iIO.OO. . W sal sto.oo(. .Is 541 74 0.00,14:NrWi Pt. cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear 04 "T4 0.141. . W 9610.001. .SW 74i.0O'12ISW 72 0.00h12;NW 8810 . OO . . 'o.oo. . SSIO.O0I. . 74'0. 00114 NW Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear -'!0.02!10:NW North Yakima. 50! 8410.001. .IE Clear Clear Phoenix Pocatello Portland Roseburfr Sacramento . . St. LfOuis . . . . Salt Lake San Diexo . . . San Krancisco. Seattle Sitka 70!100i0.00. . XW 5H! SttlO.OO ISiW Clear 711 O.OO . . N 80!0.0O . .INT S4 O.OO . .IS Clear Clear Clear HO'O.OOl. .INW Clear Si O.OOH2!N 700.00 12lW 60 0.00124ISW .0.00. .W Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Clear 6110. 01 . . E IRaln Spokane 541 74 0 . OO . . X Tfloudy mcoma I -i ii.ihh., ltle 68 n.ooi . . v 'i'o.02: . .iw Tatoosh Islandi V" ti't'O.Oa: . .W Oloudv tValdez I 4VfiO'0 .04;1. .1 . . .. Pt. cloudy 40 :"0'0.04!l .1. .. 5SI 84 0.001. .jS 701 84 0.401 . SE 62! 76 O.Ool. Js vtana vtaua.. . o.ii'n. . s near Washington .. 70' 84 0.401. SE ICloudy Winnipeg 1 f,2 76 0,Ooj..!s ICloudy tA. M. today. P. M. repgrt of preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair and warmer; gentle westerly winas. Oregon and Washington Fair and warmer, except coaat; gentle westerly winds. Idaho Fair and warmer. Professor Studies Power Plants. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Aug. 5. (Special.) To gain .the latest ideas on the appliance of electricity was the object of an extend ed eastern trip from which R. H. Dear born, professor of electrical engineer ing at the college, has just returned Professor Dearborn visited the General Electric plant at Schenectady, N. Y. He visited several large power plants. Canneries Ready for Work. SITN-NYSIDE. - Wash, Aug. 5. Spe cial.) Machinery has been, tested and MAN HAS GAINED30 POUNDS Collins Says Everybody Who Knows Him Is Talking About His Improvement Since Taking Tanlac. '"Tanlac has made such a hie- 4mnrAv. ment in my condition that I feel as well in every way now, as I ever did in my life, and I have actually grained 30 pounds since I commenced taking; it." said F. T. Collins who lives at 572 East Fortieth street. Portland, a few days ago. "I began to have indigestion about three years airo" continued Mr. Col lins, "and this condition iust kent on getting worse all the time until it fin ally became chronic My .stomach was in such bad condition that everything I ate disagreed with me and caused me to suffer afterwards. Gas often formed on my stomach, and I would have the worst sort of cramping spells, and sometimes I would be so nauseated that I could not retain what I ate. I also suffered with pains in the small or my hack, and if I stooped over I could hardly straighten up again. I was badly constipated all the time, and would often have headaches that would last for nearly a week at a time. I finally got so weak and run-down that I had to give up my job. Then my nerves went back on me and I never got a good night's sleep after that. I tell you. I had just about reached the point where I was a complete nervous wreck. I didn't think any medicine would do me any good, Dut I thought -I would try Tanlac anyway, and to my surprise I began to improve by the time I had finished my first bottle. "Well, from that time on I just kept getting bet ter right along until I am now as well and strong as I ever was. I never had a better appetite, and can eat just any thing I want without suffering after wards. I honestly believe my stomach is in as good condition as it ever was. The pain has left niy back too. I am never constipated now, and those awful headaches are a thing of the past. My nerves are as steady as a clock, and I get in eight or nine hours' good, restful sleep every night. I have regained all my strength, and have gained so much in weight that everybody who knows me is talking about it. I never lose a chance to say a good word for Tanlac" Tanlac is sold in Portland by the Owl Drug store. Adv. everything is in readiness for canning pears and other soft fruit at the Sunny- side cannery. According to the esti mate of fruit to be sent to the cannery between 60 and 75 women will be re quired to handle the output. Eleven cars of cans have been ordered for the plant. " ARMORY CONTRACT IS LET Modern Structure at Marshfield to Have Indoor Itirie Range. SALEM, Or., Aug- 5. (Special.) A contract for the construction of a new armory at Marshfield was awarded tod-ay, according- to a message received here by Adjutant-General Stafrin. The armory will be about 150x200 feet and will be etrictly modern in every par ticular. In addition to the usual audi torium, drill room, officers' quarters, athletic department and civic head quarters, the building- will contain an indoor rifle range. Kstimated cost of the structure is $40,000. The name of the successful contractor had not been received by the adjutant-general to night. Work on the building will begin with in the next ten days and it is proposed to have it under roof by the time the fall rains set in. BRAVE WOMEN TOUR COAST Powder Puffs Only Weapons Carried by Tennessee Matrons. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 6. (Special.) For the pleasure and thrills of a trans continental auto tour and the distinc tion and novelty of being the first two women to make such a trip alone, two young Memphis, Tenn., matrons. Airs. George Hyatt and Mrs. L. K. Moody left their husbands' homes and sur roundings on June 17. With only the protection afforded them by the friendship of each other. their touring car, parses and powder puffs, they motored to the Pacific coast and are now following the torn up Pacific highway through Oregon to California. They reached Albany to day. ROSEBURG HUNTER KILLED Al Bradley Dies When Gun Is Ac cidentally Discharged. ROSEBURG. Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) Al Bradley, well-known automobile dealer, was instantly killed tonight while hunting near the city limits. He had presumably fired one shot at a duck in the river and was climbing over a fence for a better shot when his gun was caught and accidently discharged. The bullet, which was of .32 caliber, penetrated his neck. Mr. Bradley is survived by a mother. Mrs. Anna Meyers, of Hubbard, and a sister, Mrs. C. A. McReynolds, of this city. COUNTY AGENJCOCKS HAY S. V. Smith Reports Labor Shortage in ;Fpx Valley. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) S. V. Smith, senior county agent in the state in years of service, pulled off his coat and cocked hay' all day yesterday for a Fox valley farmer who was -short- handed. Mr. Smith returned to Albany today from a five-day trip and reports a serious labor shortage existing in the farming country around Lyons. High wages and short hours In the nearby logging camps around Mill City are drawing laborers off the farms and causing hay and grain to ripen faster than it can be harvested. ASTORIA LIVENS UP AGAIN Two Robbers Hold Up Pool Hall in True "Movie" Style. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 5. (Special.) The first holdup Btaged in Astoria for several months occurred shortly before midnight last night, when two men lined up the occupants of the Endicott pool hall at the point of revolvers and relieved them of approximately $300. The robbers then departed and have not been apprehended. Woman, Wedded at 62, Sues at 65. SALEM. Or., Au. 5. (Special.) Harriett Hall, aped 65, yesterday filed suit for divorce in the Marion county circuit court against W. K. Hall. Mrs. Hall charges desertion. They were married in 1916. Besides a decree. Mrs. Hall asks restoration of her maiden name, together with $50 for prosecu tion of the case. " Ralph Budd Visits City. Ralph Budd executive vice-president Roll-Me Mattress ft Have stfift One rif W r I iIome II "Roll-Me" Mattresses are filled with pure imported silk floss and made of the reliable striped A. C. A. Ticking. "Roll-Me" Mattresses never pack down and become hard as other mat tresses do. They may always be kept as light and soft as a feather pillow. If you have not seen them come and see them, now on display in our north window. "Roll-Me" Mat tresses are the most healthful because they are non-absorbent, because they never pack down and become hard, be cause they are easy to keep clean, having no tufts to catch and hold the dust. Special Terms on "Roll-Me" Mattress and Double-Deck ' Coil Spring $5 Down $5 a Month PATHEPHONEl PLAYS ALL RECORDS Pathe. Edison, Victor and Columbia. Ask for demonstration. Don't buy half a phonograph, buy one that plays all records. Our terms are easy. We charge no interest. $12 Down and $8 Per Month 'HOME fqf S3 -TO- F"F"TH of the Great Northern railroad and of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle and Oregon Trunk, is a Portland visitor. Accompanied by E. C. Lindley, vice president and general counsel of the Great Northern, Mr. Budd has been making an inspection of the Great Northern lines. He came to Portland for a brief visit with his mother and sister and to confer with President Turner of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle. The party will leave for the east today. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Vancouver Marriage Licences. KING-TISSUE Autio Kingfc 39. of Port land, and Apnen Tissue. 25, ot Portland. WHITTLR-McMULLEN Rurene Whittlf. 35.. of Wirnila. Kan., and Nellie McMullen, 21, of Wenatchee. Wash. . , ZAROVAL-TARMEAHILL Rudolph Zaro- val. 31, of Spokane, Wash., and Bessie Tar- meanui, ji, or spoKixne, wa$n. ALEXANDER-DAY Alforti Alexander. 29. of Victoria. B. C. and Elizabeth Day. l0 of Portland. KNAL'S-HAMEL Arthur Knaiu, 33. of Portland, and .Maude Hamel. 2j. of Fcrt land. McCULLOCH-SHRAKE J. E. McCulloch 21. of Portland, and Mildred Shrake, 11, of roniana. Marriage Licenses. JOHNSOX-NYSTROM Axel Franklin Johnston, legal, Gresham, Or., and Lulu Anna lmelia iNystrom, leal. (ires ham. Or. LdACH-POWBLL Henry Frederick Lach. 22. Oregon hotel, and Iva Powell. 19. 22ti Johnson. TAYLOR-MERRILL Alfred Beresford Taylor, lepra!, Oakland, Cal.. and Mabel Clare Merrill, legal, 45$ Fifty -second street north. COBURN-OLSEN Earl G. Coburn. legal G19 To 1 man avenue, and Selroa Olaen, legal. 545 Linn avenue. m 1RV1NE-VINSON Harry S. Irvine, f5, Vincent's hospital, and Delia A. Vinson, 528 South Ivanhoe street. KAr.LES-PTAHL Arthur Kibl-;s. 1 R04 Drummond street, and Emma Sta.nl, St. 11. 21. I3U4 irummona street. JACK-TAT T David M. Jack. legal. 610 Grand avenuo south, and Beatrice May Tate, legal, 110 Grand avenue south. JOHNSON-HAAPANIEMI Armas A. Johnson, 29. 124 Lawrence street, and Aino Johanna liaapanieml, 24. 124 Lawrence street. ' F.UCHER-PINCH William Buchcr. 23. Multnomah street, and Alice Marie Finch, 20, 640 East Twenty-first street north. 11ENSHA W-SCHULM E1STER Fred Hen shnw. 1 " 1. 1 4ti era m en t o treft. and TRAVELERS' GUIDE, UTEAMSHIP .JvADM iR-AI LINE. S. S. "CITY OF TOPEKA" sail 9 P. M. August 6th, 14th and 24th, for Coos Bay. Eureka, San Francisco, connecting with steamers to Los Angeles and San Diego. Reduced Round-Trip Fares Fares Include M en s and Berth CALIFORNIA San Franeisco $36. OO I.os Angelea 58. OO &afl Oiego C:t.OO ALASKA FROM SEATTLE Juneau $.72.00 hkagwar KO.(H) Sitka 80.00 Seward 122.00 Anchorage 145.00 Ticket Office, 101 Third St Main 14Rii A 8332 Freight Office. East 4331 Willamette Flyer Fast, safe and comfortable pleasure boat (capacity 200). Along the scenic Willamette Portland to Oregon City stops at Rock Island, Oak Grove, Cedar Island, Magoon's. Fare 25c Each Way. Leaves Taylor St. Eock Ties, Wed, Thurn. FrC 9 A. M.. 2 P. M., 7:39 p. M. Sat and Sua, A. M, 11 A. M, 2 P. M.. & P M. Leave Oregon City Tues.. Wed, Thurs, Pri.. 10:30 A. JtL, 4:30 P. M.; Sat. and Sun. 9:30 A. At, 12:30 P. M. and 8:30 P. M. Rom u far Macoon'a only. Special Grass Rug Sale 8x10 size, very slightly damaged, blues and old rcse, S9.75 Combination Cast Base 3 Fuel Range, complete with coil and connection, Slf)5 $17 down, $8 a month. Large line of gas and steel ranges. "Lentz" famous solid quar tered oak and walnut Ex tension Tables, all sizes now in stock, all sold on our reg ular advertised easy terms without interest. Maud Rose Sohulmelyier, leal, 573 East Thirty-ninth street north. O'CALLAGHAN-H ERRI VGTON William O'CallaRhan. legal, 530 Failing street, and Mrs. Kate Hcrrincton. legal, 530 Failing Visiting Noti Every visiting merchant handling mattresses should not fail to see the "Roll-Me" Mattress dis play at Calef Bros., 68 70 Fifth St. These pat ented "Roll-Me" Mat tresses are made and sold exclusively by Calef Bros, in Portland. How ever, a live dealer is wanted to take'the sale of same in each town in the northwest. Come in " and see them and get our proposition. home FURNISHERS q-7U-F-IFTH ST. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. fRENCH LINE Compagrnie Generate Transatl antique. Express Font Service. PROPOSED DEPARTURES. Subject to Chance Without Notice. w York-Havre. France Aug. 20 l.a To u mine Aiir. I .a Iourraine Aug. 87 I. a Savoie Sept. 3 t ranee Sept. New York-Bordeaux. Niagara Auc.19 Xucazl Bro., Pac. Count Airents. 109 Cherry St., Seattle, or Any Local Agent. STEAMERS The Dalles and Way Points. Sailings, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 7 A. M. DALLES COLUMBIA LINE Ash St, Dock. Broadway 3454. AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH SEAS Via Tahiti and Karatou-. Mall and paa encer service Irom baa i: rancifcca averjr.24 ua LMON S. . CO. OF NEW ZEALAND, 34) California St.. Sao Fraadav, local tuaauhip and railroad arni-aa Travelers to All Parts of the World , See tan for itPMnnblp reHtrvaHoai I.ldell 4b Clarke, JOS 34 St.