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T 10 THE SUNDAY OREGONTAN. POTITTjATSTJ. DECEMBER 1014. ASPHALT TESTING ; PLANT BENEFICIAL I FOUR GENERATIONS OF VANCOUVER FAMILY GATHER BE FORE CAMERA. The Store of 100 Per Cent Service. Here, Men, are $25 Suits, Overcoats and Balmacaans at Simple Laboratory Installed by Corvallis Helps to Make Better Pavement. Total Number of Graduates in Three Years Leaps From 26 to 107. ONE EXTRA MAN NEEDED $72,000 EQUIPMENT ADDED NORMAL SCHDULA MO 1UTH GROWS $19 Various Analyses Are Safeguard and Faulty Spots Are Prevented by Examinations at Base and on Street. T BY C. A. MURPHEY. CORVALLIS. Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) Every one has noticed faulty spots In asphalt pavement, and has often been led to wonder what the causes were and what would prevent them. While there are a number of causes contributing to fcuch defects, one of the most common Js the lack of uniformity of the mix ture. Specifications for pavement call for mixtures of certain amounts of hot asphalt or bitumen, with certain amounts of crushed rock or gravel and Band ' and dust, the sizes of the ma terial being Indicated by the fineness of the screen through which it shall pass and upon which it shall be retained. . Regardless of the good intentions of contractors, foremen or employes, mis takes are not Infrequent. Something may go wrong with a screen; some thing may go wrong with the weighing ecales; something may go wrong with the heating apparatus, and so, for some unforeseen reason, the paving mixture - may not be up to the standard called tor in the specifications. Testing Plant Installed. In Its attempt to eliminate faulty pavement construction, the city of Cor vallis has Installed at its plant a pave ment testing laboratory, operated un der the direction of the City Engineer. Every load of the mixture is tested and the temperature taken before leaving the plant. On its arrival on the street where it is to be laid the temperature Is again taken, the location of the load Is recorded, and the proper amount of rolling Is required. Should the paving plant tend to go wrong, the fault will be caught before the error becomes cerious. While the expense of the labo ratory increases the cost of the pave ment a few dollars a block, in the final count the laboratory has proved to be a means of economy. Last Summer, through the use of the laboratory, the city of Corvallis discovered and correct ed at the plant enough faulty condi tions to save the property owners and contractors, In quality value of pave ment, many times the cost of the lab oratory supervision. One Extra Man Weeded. The laboratory tests are simple, con sume tout little time and require the labor of but one extra man. When a wagon has been loaded, the laboratory employe takes a sample from the load. motes the time of day, the load number and the temperature. The analysts is then made by placing 500 grams of the mixture In a Dulln Rotrex, or centrlfu gal extractor. In which the asphalt Is dissolved by benzole and etxracted from the sample. The remaining aggregate, or rock, sand and dust, is then dried and weighed. The difference between this weight and the BOO grams repre sents the amount of asphalt that the eample contained. The remaining ag gregate is passed through a series of screens having the number of meshes per linear inch required by the specifi cations. The particles retained on the several screens are weighed and from the weights the percentage of every size of crushed rock or gravel, sand and fine dust in the mixture is computed ine uneness oi tne line dust that passes through a 200-mesh screen is further determined by elutriation or water separation. These percentages are compared with those required in the specifications, and the suitability of the mix Is. determined. Softness Ganges Life. The life of an asphalt pavement is dependent upon the life of its asphaltic content, and the life of Its asphaltic content' is dependent upon the amount of asphaltic oil it contains Its softness. Thus the pavement's life depends upon its amount of asphaltic oil. So the suitability of asphaltic cement for use In paving, other characteristics being all right, is shown by its degree of softness an important factor in pro longing the wearing life. The asphalt Is graded with reference to its soft ness by determining how far a No. 2 sewing needle, loaded with 100 grams, will penetrate Into it In five seconds at a temperature of 77 degrees Fahren heit. This Instrument is called a pene trometer. If the grading of the aggre gate in the mixture is one that elimi nates the large, coarse material, the hardness of the asphalt must contrib ute, to a great extent, to the stability of the pavement, in addition to binding it together. This requires that an as phalt having less oil shall be used, and the result will be a shorter-lived pave ment. But if the aggregate in the pave ment includes coarse material as well as fine, and is well graded, the aggre gate will in itself provide stability, and a softer asphalt, one having mora oil, can be used. Insuring longer life. The asphalt used with the aggregate In the latter case is merely to fill the voids and bind the pavement so that It will not ravel under traffic Penetrometer's Mission Important, Thus It Is readily seen that the de gree of softness of the asphalt, as well as the size of the aggregate. Is an Im portant characteristic In paving mix tures, and the penetrometer becomes a necessary laboratory instrument. In addition to testing shipments received from the asphalt refineries, It Is used to determine whether. In heating the asphaltic cement at the paving plant, any of the volatile oils have been lost, and the -asphalt deteriorated by being hardened. The fineness of the 200-mesh material Is of great Importance. The 200-mesh screen is the finest manufactured, and although it contains 40,000 openings per square Inch, experience has shown that the presence of dust material finer than 200 mesh adds to the durability of the pavement and the better class of speci fications contains such a requirement. In making the analysis to determine the percentage of such extremely fine material, screens no longer serve, and resort must be made to the capacity of water to hold fine particles In suspen sion. This method of separation is called elutriation and the specifications containing the elutriation requirement ask that 75 per cent of the 200-mesh material shall pass the test. Siphon Used In Test. The apparatus used in the elutria tion test consists of a beaker of spe cified dimensions, holding about a half pint, equipped with a siphon so ar ranged that it will withdraw the con tents of the beaker from its center at a point one-half inch above the bottom. The beaker Is filled to a certain height with pure water, into which is placed five grams of 200-mesh material. By means of a glass tube and air pressure the water Is agitated until it is thor oughly roiled with the material. Fif teen seconds after the agitation Is .-' , ' ' ' .- V. " ; V- ,2.., ,j a. ,mn,i-mi. rnrl YOUJiGEST IX PICTURE IS M OSTHS AND OLDEST IS 56 YEARS. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 26. (Special.) Just 66 years old and a great-grandmother is the unusual distinction borne by Mrs. M. M. Arnold, of this city. Marguerite, the youngest of the four genera tions, is now nearly 6 months old. Mrs. Arnold seems no older than many women at 40. She says she expects to be present at the wed ding of her great-granddaughter. The four generations are: Mrs Arnold, the great-grandmother, 66; her daughter, Mrs. A. Signs, 88 years old; the granddaughter, Mrs. G. I. Hays, 18, and the great-grandchild. Marguerite Hayes, 6 months old, the only native daughter of the quartet. The first two were born in Michigan and Mrs. Hayes was born in Iowa, stopped the elphonic action Is started, and regulated so as to empty the beaker in 15 seconds. The beaker is again filled with pure water and the process of agitating and siphoning is accom plished a second and third time. The 200-mesh material remaining in the beaker after the third siphoning is then separated by filtering, and dried and weighed. The appearance of this material is much doarser than the origi nal, owing to the fact that the finer particles have been separated and car ried off or elutriated by water. The weight of the remaining portion Is then subtracted from the original weight placed in the beaker, and the difference represents the amount of filler finer than 200 mesh that has been elutriated, and is expressed as a percentage of the original five grams. Fine Dost Strengthening. The use or function of exceedingly fine dust or particles of matter is to stiffen or solidify the asphalt, and the finer the matter the more complete is the solidification. Also, within certain limits, the more there is of such fine matter present, the more asphalt can be used. Or, with a given amount of as phalt used, the more there is of such fine matter present, the softer the as phalt can be. Such an effect Is to pro duce a pavement of longer life, other things being equal, for asphaltic oil Is the life of asphalt. The equipment of the Corvallis labor atory consist of a balance weighing from one-tenth of a gram to one kilo gram, or from .00022 pound to 2.2 pounds; a Dulln Rotrex, or centrifugal extractor; a small stove for drying pur poses; a thermometer; sieves of mesh required by specifications: a penetrom eter; a small pressure gasoline torch and porcelain crucibles for burning out of the 200 material whatever oil It may retain from the oil flame used to heat the aggregate in the plant, so that the material will mix with the water; glass and rubber tubing, glass funnel with stand and filter paper, and a few hand tools, such as trowel, dusting brush. stirring rod, etc. The total cost of equipment Is about $150. The advice of the experimental engineering department of the Oregon Agricultural College was of great as sistance in choosing the equipment of the laboratory. Careful consideration of the subject discloses the usefulness of the plant control over asphalt construction, and from the practial results of the Corval lis experience it1 seems hlchlv essential that every community should place such controlling safeguard over its asphalt paving operations. MINIHG IS IRE ACTIVE PLATINTM VALUES ARE FOUND AT WHISKY RUN. NEAR BANDON. Good CI ran lip Reported and Treasure Burled 25 Years A ago Is Said to Have Returned 93600. MARSHFIELD, Or Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) Whisky Run. an old mining camp a few miles above Bandon, has taken on new life during the past six months and several mining concerns have employed men, dredging and sluic ing. The greatest values found now are In platinum. Much of the work that is being done is on old claims that were worked over in the early days. In those times no miner saved plati num and thus the modern miner, who has learned the secret of taking the platinum, gets fine returns. One of tne most successful compa nies operating at Whisky Run Is the Beach Dredging Company. C. C. How ell, the manager, shipped out 16 ounces of platinum and three ounces of gold this week, resenting a four weeks' run. valued at J754. William Rohrer, an other miner, had about $800 for four months mining when he quit work. In 1913 an old man came through Marsh field and said he was going to Whis ky Run to obtain some platinum he had secreted there 25 years ago.. He had hidden the platinum in glass Jars and burled it near the corner of a house which stood there when he had mined at Whisky Run. He found the house still standing and two hours' work uncovered the buried mineral. which, according to values In 1913, was worth $3600. There Is another story that two five- gallon cans of gold amalgam are hid den between Whisky Run and Coos Bay, with the marks obliterated. Enterprise Church, to Rebuild. ENTERPRISE. Or.. Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) The Baptist Church of Enter prise, burned two weeks ago, will be rebuilt at once. . Subscription papers have been circulated and enough money has been pledged, added to the sum due from insurance, to erect a building to cost about $7000. The new church will duplicate that which was burned, which was built In 1910. It Is planned to begin work as soon as possible, to give members who are carpenters or other tradesmen an opportunity to con tribute their labor, bef ore the Spring building season opens. The church has no pastor. WALLOWA TAKES CREDIT SHORTAGE DISCOVERED BY COU.V. TV, NOT STATE OFFICIALS. Published Report of Insurance Commis sioner Errs on Shortage Discov ery, Is County's View. ENTERPRISE, Or., Dec. 26, (Spe cial.) The published report of the State Insurance Commissioner, that his department had discovered a shortage of $2867 in the accounts of the County Judge of Wallowa County, has caused much surprise here. As a matter of fact the insurance department discov ered nothing. The shortage was discov ered by local officials, who promptly took action against the Judge, who was convicted and sentenced a month after the exposure. He made, arrangements to pay back the shortage. In the Fall, the State Department sent two experts to audit the county's books, at a cost of $15 a day and trav eling expenses. The cost was more than twice what It would have been for an equally accurate audit by local men. These experts departed without finding anything wrong with the accounts. When the November grand Jury met. the evidence against J. A. French, the County Judge, was presented. He was indicted, and later pleaded guilty and was sentenced. After his resignation had been reported to the state, with the reasons, another special examiner was sent here by the state Insurance department, and .the officials showed him the evidence they had unearthed in the French case. It seems now that the State Department claims all the credit' for exposing the shortage and for the subsequent prosecution. As a matter of fact, Wallowa County alone handled the case, and it received nothing In re turn for the special examination by the State Department for which It has to pay a high price. PACKING PLANT PLANNED New Industry to Be Launched at Albany In Few Weeks. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) In a few weeks Albany will have an important new industry, a meat pack ing plant to be established by D. E. and H. L. Nebergall. Equipment is being procured and as soon as a site is selected the plant will be assembled and placed in operation. Nebergall Bros, have been engaged in the retail meat business in this city for three years and recently have been doing packing at the plant of the Albany Ice Company. This work demonstrated the feasibility of such an industry here. Temporarily the new plant will con fine Its work to hogs and will be equipped to handle 3600 a year. Later It is expetced that the size of the plant will be Increased and perhaps other kinds of meats handled. Nebergall Bros, now have a payroll of $1000 a month and the new plant will Increase this materially. 100-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES Mrs. Mary l)oak, for 2 5 Years a Resident of Wasco County, Passes. THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) Christmas day marked the pass ing of a Wasco County woman who had lived a little more than a century. Had Mrs. Mary Doak survived until next August she would have been 1P1 years old. j She passed away at the home of her son. A. C. Doak,' at Pleasant Ridge, 15 miles south of The Dalles. She was born In New York State and had been a resident of this county 25 years. The Bora and one daughter, Mrs. Sarah Butler, survive, besides ten grandchil dren and 15 gTeat-grandchildren. Her husband, William Doak, died nine years ago, aged 79. STEAMER HARVEST QUEEN Resumes regular service today, leaving Ash-street dock, daily except Saturday, o x-. jm., ior Astoria ana way points. Tickets and reservations at the dock or O.-W. R. & N. city ticket office. Third and Washington. Adv. Court Upholds Linn' Board's Action. ALBANY, Or., Deo. 26. (Special.) The action of the Linn County Board of Equalization in rpfnsino- n innr assessment of the First National Bank oi Amany on tne 1914 assessment roll was affirmed by the Circuit Court yes terday in a decree handed down by Judge Galloway. ,The First National Bank had filed a petition with the Board of Equalization, requesting that the assessment of its capital stock and surplus be reduced, it being claimed that part of the valuation so Included was covered by separata assessments of real property. To Provide for Future Expansion ot Institution Tract of 3 Acres Has Been Purchased Iying Between Normal and High School. MONMOUTH, Or.. Dec. 26. (Special.) A four-week's session in January, fol lowed by the graduation of 26 stu dents, will complete three and one half terms of work carried on at the Oregon Normal School since 1910, when, by a popular vote of the people of Oregqn at the general' election, with approximately 60,000 for and 40,000 against, the Normal School was rein stated as a state institution and placed upon a millage basis. A steady, con sistent growth in attendance through out the period, the "placing of 203 teachers into the schools of the state, numerous improvements upon the campus, and an accelerrated Interest among county and state educators feature the work of the Normal School under the new regime. The growth in attendance has been met from the" beginning with corre sponding improvements in equip ment. In 1912 the Stata Legislature appropriated $50,000 with which a new girls' dormitory was constructed. An other appropriation of $15,000 followed. $8,500 of which was used In the equip ment of the dormitory, and $4,000 con structed a central heating plant for all buildings on the campus. Last year a new $10,000 gymnasium was erected, the funds for which were obtained from the regular tax of one twenty-fifth of a mill which the school draws from the taxable property of the state for support and maintenance.! To provide for the future expansion of the institution a tract of three acres of land, lying between the Normal building and Monmouth High School was purchased last year at a cost of $5,000. The money came out of the annual millage income. Departments in the school were Improved by addi tional equipment. Eighteen Instructors now are in the faculty, and during the year of 1913-14 a provision was made to meet the needs of rural schools when a department of rural education was established. Growth Shown la Flgrures. When thA RtnnflarHfl fn. quircments and for graduation were oci ouiy a. Email numDer or students from over the state, wishing to com mence A. nrnfpmilnnal . -1 m, Ann n the first term, according to 'a report ' io registrar. ine Administration Office this week prepared the follow- ' baIa till VI L IX I. the beginning and end of each of the mice years, ana tne corresponding number of graduates: Opening- " Total Grad- ' enrollment, at end. nates. Term 111-12 81 142 Term 1912-lg JBS 201 70 Term 1913-14 100 263 107 Totdl . A A n ttne -n- Present enrollment. .250 The total enrollment of the Sum mer school session for the three years is shown by the registrar as fol lows: 1912, 153 students; 1913, 280: 1914, 491. Standard of 10O Graduates Set. A standard of 100 graduates a year has been set by the Normal School, and the decrease in attendance caused by the large outgoing classes is to be made up by the enrollment of new students the following year. After 107 graduated last year, a large num ber of new fa-ces appeared In the stu dent body this year. Two-thirds of the students attending are here for the first time, as shown by the rolls. This is charged partially to the serious ness of the economic status of the state this year. President AcUerman says a fair percentage of the teachers is unable financially to attend the Normal School more than one year at a time. Then they must get a posi tion in a school and teach for a year In order to raise funds with which to complete their course at the Normal, he declares. "With building Improvements now ended, and the Inadequacy of the pres ent Training School building already aiiecting our work, the Normal School faces a serious crisis." said President Ackerman. "In their senior year students are required to have five hours of teaching experience each week for 20 weeks. This year the number of students who wish to grad uate exceeds the 100-mark. but with the Training School building owned by the Monmouth district, and used for practice work by the Normal School, it Will be extremely difficult, if not Im possible to give each of the graduating students tho 100 hours of teaching ex perience required. "When a High School graduate enters here two years of work are required before graduation. Tho Training School practice is a large and necessary part. If the Normal School cannot furnish the full time required, owing to in adequate facilities, the student does not receive what the schools owes her. and she is cheated. Oregon needs over 700 new teachers annually, and the Normal should supply a largo part." Seven Washington Papers Suspend. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) Weekly papers at Rochester, McCleary, Satsop, Little Rock. West port, Ocosta and Moclips have ceased publication. The papers were edited by J. M. Dunning and were printed at the plant of the Oalcvllle Cruiser, which was leased by Dunning. 'Through resi dents of Oak vi lie, however, arrange ments have been made for the Cruiser to continue publication. Dunning, who has disappeared, has been publishing the papers for the past year, but lately his business declined to such an extent that ho could no longer keep them go ing. "Wallowa Pioneer Dies. ENTERPRISE, Or. Deo. 28. (Spe cial.) S. H. Biggs, a pioneer of Wal lowa County, died at his home near Lostine Sunday evening. He was born in Ohio in 1838 and came West more than 30 years ago, first locating near Walla Walla, Wash. He came to the Wallowa. Valley a few years later and had lived here ever since. His widow and five children survive. Kaolin Deposits Are High Grade. ASHLAND, Or, Dec. 2. (Special.) Deposits of kaolin, which are to ba found In abundance a few miles north east of this city, have been submitted to experts for analysis, with the result that the product has been found equal to any throughout the country. The kaolin proper Is adapted to pottery work, while its residue may be used for remedial purposes akin to those for which antl-phloglstlne is employed. Kuppenheimer and Cambridge $25 "Winter Suits, Overcoats and Balmacaans in all models and in blues, blacks and fancies now selling at SX9.00. New Year's Gifts Reduced Holiday Gift Merchandise at redactions of 25 to 50 per cent. $1.00 Combination Sets 65 $1.00 Neckties .". .6o $1.00 Collar Bags 5 $1.50 Combinations 95 $1.50 Neckties 95 $2.00 Combinations $1.35 $5.00 Toilet Sets '. $2.50 All Holiday Leather Goods at Half Price. Women's Coats Reduced $30, $25 and $20 "Women's and Misses' Coats now reduced for final closing to only $9.85 GUS KUHN", Pres. Successors to Steinbach & Co. ST. F ni:l.IEF WORK TO BE COSTISUED AXD OFFICE WILL BE KEPT. Clothes Contributed, to Be Turned Over to Woman's Club for Distribution. Woolen Mills Give Dinner. ST. JOHNS, Or., Dec ' 26. (Special.) The relief work started during tho past two weeks will be continued. V. W. Mason, chairman of the relief com mittee, estimates the amount collected in cash and articles of food and cloth ing at $600. there being $200 in cash. The St. Johns schools were liberal .con tributors, nearly 600 Jars of dlferent articles being turned in by the chil dren of the schools. Several Portland firms 'contributed supplies. Chairman Mason plans to turn over new and second-hand clothes to the women's club to use as they think best. The re mainder of the supplies will be distrib uted the ensuing week. For the pres ent the headquarters of the relief com mittee, at 202 Jersey street will be re tained. The dwelling of Joseph Stoerm. at 619 Oswego street, was destroyed by fire last night. Mr. Stoerm and one son were absent, but the rest of the family were in the house and escaped with only their night clothes. The house and contents were insured for $2000. The Portland Woolen Mills gave a turkey Christmas dinner to the employes at the mill plant. E. L. Thompson, manager of the mills, attended and carved the turkeys and spoke words of encouragement to the employes. Sev eral turkeys were left, and these with some other supplies were turned over to several needy vfamilles known to thd employes. The Bachelor's Club held its annual banquet tonight in the Geneva parlors. The affair began at 6 o'clock. It was attended by the active and honorary members and was in the form of a social reunion of the members and their invited friends. An Informal pro gramme was rendered, consisting of short talks and songs. The club re lieved 20 families in St. Johns this week. A sacred concert was held tonight in the St. Johns Baptist Church by the cnoir and orcnestra. bolos were -rendered by P. W. Coffyn, T. Nugent. H. H. Rawson, Mrs. Bessie Murray and Miss Flora McNlven. The orchestra gave several selections, t: w. Coftyn Is the leader and Miss Pauline Toung accom panist: SELAH WAREHOUSE TO RISE Fruitgrowers Plan Common Storage and Community Packing. NORTH 7AJCXMA. Wash., Dec. 26, (Special.) Tho Fruitgrowers' Ex change of Selah, one of the branches of the Northwestern Fruit Exchange in this valley. In a short time will be gin the construction of a new ware house for common storage and com munity packing It will be completed in time to han dle orchard supplies in the early Sum mer. The Selah exchange has shipped 41 carloads so far this season. -The officers are: President, Walter Clift; vice-president. Professor I. W. Bow man; secretary-treasurer, William F. Mueller; additional directors, H. A. Da vis and E. A. Movius. Merging College Boards Favored. CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) A public meeting was held here Thursday night at the citizens' club rooms, under the auspices of local alumni of the University of Washing ton. Professor Cockerlll, of the uni versity, was the principal speaker. Dis cussion revealed that there is no ob jection on the part of the management of the state university to having the boards of regents of the university, the state college at Pullman and the normal schools consolidated or to hav ing one president act for both the state university and the state college. Low Market Halts Trappers' Activity AIRLIE, Or, Dec. 26. (Special.) Trappers who commenced active opera tions in the regions about Airlle this Winter have abandoned practically all efforts to secure furs for the market. owing to the low prevailing price paid by Eastern fur buyers. Skunk skins, of which there is an abundance each season near Alrlie, commonly bring $3 under the normal market, but trappers claim they canot get more than 60 Morrison At Fourth cents a hide. Large numbers of weasels usually are killed along the banks of the Luckiamute River, but low figures have made this kind of trapping unprofitable. Little interest is shown now in the catching of any fur-bearing animals. PIONEER WOMAN IS DEAD Mrs. Catherine May Lemastcr Gross ' Passes at Age of 76. BROWNSVILLE, Or., Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) Catherine May Lemaster Gross, who died here December 19. was born December 25, 1838, in Glllam County, Missouri. She came to Oregon in 1852 by ox team. The family settled In Yamhill County and later moved to a farm near Harrisburg. Miss Lemaster was married to David H. Putman July 30, 1854. Eleven children were born and six are still living. David Putman died March 18, 1888, and Mrs. Putman was married to An drew Gross February 1, 1892. He died January 18, 1910. The six children who survive are Mrs. D. C. Roberts, of Bothell, Wash.; Mrs. J. Ernstberger. Brownsville, Or.; w. t. putman, Brownsville, Or.; Mrs. J. C. Morgan, Brownsville, Or.; J. T., putman, Holley, Or., and J. B. Putman Seattle, Wash. There are 26 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. ASYLUM CHANGES ARE DUE Washington, to Transfer 2M Pa tients to Hospital at Sedro-Woolley. OLTMPIA, Wash, Dec 26. (Special.) nearly 200 patients will be trans ferred by special train early next week from the Western Hospital for Insane, at Steilacoom, to the Northern Hospital. at Sedro-Woolley, to occupy new build ings just completed. The Northern hos pital was opened with the understand ing that it was to be merely a farm home for harmless patients.- under the direction of the Western hospital. The board of control will ask the coming Legislature for sufficient build ings to provide accommodations for 1000 at the Northern hospital. The Western hospital will be left with 1250 patients after the transfer. Shortly aft er January 1, boy inmates of the insti tution for feeble-minded at Medical Lake will be moved to buildings just completed on a new site 1H miles dis tant. These buildings will increase the capacity of the institution from 260 to 500. CHEHALIS CHIEF NAMED Walter C. Doyle to Head Police De partment After January 1. CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec.' 26. (Spe cial.) The Chehalls City Commission has agreed on the appointment of Wal ter C. Doyle to be Chief of Police. He will take, office after January 1. It is planned in the interest of econ omy to reduce the day force, and if any extra men are added it is more than likely they will work at night. A. J. Long, who has been Chief of the Fire -Department, Is slated to be dropped the first of the year, in an effort to save the city another 91200 a year. The Fire Department will be di rected by C. F. Truett, and most of the work will be done by volunteers. MA LONE MILL SHUTS DOWN Operations to Be Resumed January 3 With Additional Logging Road. CENTRALIA. Wash., Dec. 26, (Spe cial.) The Vance Lumber Company's mill at Malone has closed down until January 3. During this time, how ever, an additional half-mile of log ging road will be laid and the mill thoroughly overhauled. The Elma Shingle Company's plant, forced to close down bv cold weathnr and snow, will resume operations after the holidays, until the Williams Creek Shingle Company's mill at Cal low, which recently closed down when its dam was washed out, is ready to resume operations. Alhany Boy Passes Federal Exam. ALBANY. Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) Miles McKay, a sergeant in the Fifth Company. Coast Artillery Corps, Ore gon National Guard, of this city. Is the only member of the Oregon Coast Artillery Reserves who has passed thus far an examination for chief plotter-. This is the word which has been.re- COPYRIGHT 1S14 M HOUSE OF KUPPENHEIMER H ouse Coats and Robes Reduced Men's House Coats and Bath Robes at Seductions of 20 per cent and more. $3.85 GARMENTS $2.95 $5.00, $7.50, $10 to $18 Garments at Similar Reductions. ceived by Captain Powell, of the local company. The Government examina tion is a severe one. Sergeant McKey is now a student at Albany College, having graduated last year from the Albany High School, where he was prominent aa a student, debater and football player. TREASURER'S BOND RAISED Lewis OTficlal Now Must Give $7 5,-0-00 Instead or $30,000. CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) The Lewis County Commission ers have increased the bond for County Treasurer from $50,000 to $75,000. The bond of the Clerk has been increased also from $10,000 to $15,000. Bids will be opened Monday, Feb ruary 1, for one mile of concrete rotfa, 16 feet wide, across Cowlitz Prairie, from Toledo, and for one mile and COO feet, extending from the end of the hard-surface pavement southeast of Chehalls, on the Pacific Highway. The mile on Cowlitz Prairie Is esti mated to cost $15,149.24. the section southeast of this-city $17,420.50. Bids will be opened February 3 for three steel bridges, one wooden bridge and one trestle. The Cowlitz Telephone Company has asked for a franchise over the roads of T ve w 1 s County. "ARMAGEDDON" FREE LECTURE BY PASTOR, WM. A. BAKER, of New York City (Formerly of Portland.) Oddfellows' Temple E. Sixth and Alder Streets 3 P. M. Sunday, December 27 Pastor Baker is well known to the Portland public as one of the ablest Bible lecturers of the West. He Is Just completing a fifteen-thousand-mile tour of Canada and the United States. Under Auspices I. B. S. A. ALL WELCOME. NO COLLECTIONS. BTART USING TODAY BALD PATE (Reg. United States and Canada) HAIR TONIC Beneflclal to the scalp. Stops the hair from falling out. PROMOTES THE GROWTH OF HAIR Reruors dandruff, gives a rich floss; highly perfumed and free from oil. An excellent tonic for ladies and gentle men's hair. A trial will convince you. PRICE $1.00 BALDPATE CO., NEW YORK Sold by All Druggists. TRUSSES should ba fitted by an expert who un derstands tho Technique. Anyone caa sell a truss but It takes an expert to fit one. Laue-Davis Drug Co, at 84 and Yamhill streets are truss experts. - , - V - fy'. - & i V J if ' 1