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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAyP, JANUARY 30, 1916. WBECK OF VANCOUVER BRIDGE CRIB CAUSED BY RIVER ICE. FIRST RABBIT HAT is ii siioirs Maker Testing Western Pelt Promises Headgear From . .. Samples Offered. PROCESS IS DESCRIBED r i . i Smithsonian Institution in Bulletin Juf Issued Tells of Method of Manufacture That Will Be -Employed With 'ew Fur. OR EGO XT AX XEWS BUREAU. Wash Inrton. Jan. I. Within a month Rep resentative Sinnott. of Oregon, expect to be wearing a fine felt hat made largely from the fur of Oregon Jack rabbits. Through Representatives Edmonds, f Pennsylvania, the consignment of Oregon Jackrabbit pelts received by Mr. Sinnott have been turned over to a .Philadelphia factory, which manufac tures high-grade felt hats. With the pelts went Jlr. Sinnott's head measure ment. The manufacturer has written Mr. Flnnott acknowledging the furs. Faying they will be thoroughly tested ana promising him the first hat made from them. If the Oregon Jackrabbit fur proves suitable for hat manufacture. Mr. Sinnott is prepared to put the manufacturer in touch with various of his constituents who will find a market lor a product they have heretofore regarded aa worthless. Bulletin Describe Manufacture. By coincidence, while Mr. Sinnott Is having experiments made with Oregon jackrabbit fur. the Smithsonian Institu tion has published a bulletin describ ing the process by which felt hats are made. The story is especially timely in Oregon, and is as follows: In the manufacture of one of the most popular brands of American hats the fur of North American beaver, touth American nutria, Saxony hare and English and Scotch coney are used. "When the pelts of these animals are received at the factory they are first washed with whale oil soap, after which the long, coarse hairs are removed, fince they would tend to make the felt too rourh. The skins are then treated with nitrate of mercury, a process called carroting.' which gives the fur its felting properties, making it knit to gether when hot water and pressure are applied. feklna aid Fur Separated. "The skins are then brushed by a machine which removes all the dust and other foreign substances. "Having been brushed the skin next goes tto a cutting machine, where re volving shears strip away the tur, cut ting It so close that it appears to have been shaved off. From this machine the fur is carried away on an endless belt or apron, on which it lies com plete. Just as it was in the-pelt and it is hard to realize that the skin below has actually been removed. This is to facilitate the work of the sorters, who select from the belt as It passes them. Just the parts desired for various grades of hats. The sorting is according to color and quality, each eorter selecting a different part, such as the side, belly or back, suitable for a particular grade of hat. Seaaoalaa; Process la Given. "Although it' is now cleaned, car roted and sorted, the fur is by no means ready for use: it has to be sea soned. Just like lumber, and is stored until feady for use. Some manufac turer have Jl.000.030 or i.O00,0U0 worth of fur seasoning in storage. "When the fur is properly seasoned. It is mixed in certain proportions to produce the desired texture and color and from here on the work is not done mechanically but by hand, being main ly a question of art and skill. After various portions of different kinds of fur have been selected, the actual mixing is done by a machine which Mows them about in various compart ments until the blending is perfectly even. "A certain amount of fur Is then weighed out, according to the weight of the hat to be made, and blown upon a copper cone perforated with many thousand tiny holes, so that it looks like a Move. Material Sticks to toae. "The cone is about three feet in height and as wide at the base. An exhaust fan operates insido and below the cone o that the air and far are drawn from the outside. The air passes through the openings but the fine particles of fur stick and cover the whole surface. "The cone holding the film of fur is enclosed In a snugly fitting Jacket and lowered Into a vat of boiling water. This develops the felting properties cf the fur, the particles of which mat and lock together. enabling the thin delicate film of wet fur to be lifted from the cone. The resulting cone of fur Is a very delicate embryo hat. except as to size: in that respect it might be the hat for a giant. A bundle of about 12 of these large forms Is rolled in a wet condi tion until the fibres knit together lightly, giving the hats hardness and strength. Hot Water Treatment I aed. "Then they are put into a sizzling "kettle, where they are shrunk in hot water.' beaten and manipulated until they are between 10 and 14 inches in diameter. Each hat is then stretched, pulled and blocked with the aid of hot water until it takes the form of a regular hat with crown and brim. "If the hat is to be a soft one, it Inas only to be placed on a block and finished with fine sand paper, which Fives it a velvety appearance. The outside band and binding and the sweat band are then added, after which the brim is curled. "Stiff hats, or derbys. are saturated with a solution of shellac, before they are blocked. They are then put Into in oven until they become pliable, whea they are blocked with a tremendous pressure on a mould which shapes and :urls them at one operation. Follow jg which they are lined and trimmed." W. C. A. EVENTS PLANNED Corvallis Organization Preparing to Take Part In Seml-Centennlal. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis. Jan. 19. (Special.) The Young Women's Christian Association at the Oregon Agricultural College is preparing extensive programmes for events to commemorate the 50th anni versary of the organization of the Y. W. C. A. The celebration will be held next month in connection with a world-wide commemoration of the anniversary. Plans for a pageant in which 170 women will be participants are being completed. Miss Alberta Cavendar. of Portland, is chairman of a committee of IS to fpprMa. ??" taugjr' n- d-I rl of to- BRIDGE LOSS FACED Builders Unable to Protect Parts Exposed. PIER CRIBBING DISPLACED Effort to Drive Protecting Plies Fails and if Cofferdams Are ' moved by Breaking Ice Jams Work Must Bo Done Over. VANCOUVER, Wash- Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) Ice in the, Columbia River, formed during the last few days, may postpone the final completion of the bridge, but to what extent cannot be estimated. The Pacific Bridge Company probably will pay several thousand dollars on account of the storm in time lost, dam age and extra work. It was intended to bring the big pile driver from the Oregon side to the middle of the river today and drive piling above the par tially completed piers and out in booms to shear off the big fields of floating ice. but the ice was thicker and is growing worse, so the piling could not be driven. The crib for Pier No. 3 has been par tially overturned in the river and pusned down stream by the action of the Ice. The hole for this crib, which weighs 100 tons, has been dug. and if piling can be driven in the river and a line attached, it is Deuevea xno cnu can be pulled back into place. The dredger Titan yesterday at tenuated to work around Pier No. 2, but was compelled to stop by the heavy ice- As yet no serious damage has Deen dono to the bridge work or any of the piers in process of construction, but the eravest danger will be when the jams break higher up, and it is feared the cofferdams, which are on lop oi three of the piers, to keep them dry inside so that men can work there, may be displaced. If this should hap pen they could not be replaced, and that portion of the pier, now built, would have to be destroyed to make place for a new pier. The weather does not make so much difference to 'Porter Bros, and Mc creary & Willard, who are assembling the spans, as their woric is on snore, but the weather has been too cold for the men to work on top of the spans that are now being assembled. It is thought, however, that four spans will be completed ready to be floated out the latter part of February. And the residents of Vancouver are saying, "Next year we won't care whether the ferry runs or not." PROFESSIONAL LINE DRAWN J. G. Anderson. Withdraws From Trade to Save Amateur Standing. DENVER, Jan. 29. The first inti mation of the attiude of the United States Golf Association on the ques tion of .amateur golfers taking em ployment with sporting goods houses is reflected In correspondence made public tonight by Frank L. Woodward, president of the association. John G. Anderson, runner-up in the National amateur golf tournament, has withdrawn from the golf depart ment of a New Tork firm, according to a letter to Jlr. Woodward from An derson's employer. "This adjustment Is most satisfac tory, as it will keep Anderson in the amateur ranks." LUMBER MANAGER QUITS Simpson Company Loses A. K. Ark- ley, Who Leaves for New Post. NORTH BEND, Or, Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) The resignation of A. K. Arkley, for nine months manager of the Simp son Lumber Company, was accepted today, to take eflect at once, u. s. Winsor, of North Bend, being installed in his place as temporary manager. Mr. Arkley said he had been con templating a change . to Washington for some time, and that, coupled with the probable sale of the company's holding, decided him upon accepting the Washington management. Mr. Ark ley did not say what new position he had accepted. J. H. Clyde, mill superintendent at Porter, also resigned to leave with Mr. Arkley. LODGES INSTALL OFFICERS Oddfellows and Rebekahs Hold Joint Ceremonial. RIDGEFIELD. -Wash.. Jan. 29 (Spe cial.) The Oddfellows and Rebekah lodges held a Joint installation of of ficers recently. The new officers are: Benjamin G. Brown, noble grand; John Coburn, vice-grand; Grover G. Herschberger, recording secretary; Jerry P. Richards, financial secretary: Stephen McAndrew, treasurer; Nathaniel S. Allen, warden: B. C. Hoyt. conductor; Joseph C.Burns, chaplain: Earl Allen, right scene sup porter; John W. Bennett, left scene sup DEMOLISHED CRIBS SHOWN IX FOREGROUND. porter; John W. Blackburn, right sup porter, noble grand: Theodore Perry, left supporter, noble grand; Ernest H. Olsen. right supporter, vice-grand; George W. Hoyt. left supporter, vice grand; John E. Rose, inner guard; N. G Hall, outer guard. The officers of the Rebekahs are: Noble grand, Mrs. Bert C. Hoyt: vice grand. Mrs. H. J. Potter; secretary, Mrs. Stephen McAndrew; treasurer. Miss Annie Coburn; inner guard, Mrs. John W. Bennett: outer guard, Mrs. Charles E. Brice: right supporter, noble grand. Mrs. Jane Brice; left supporter, noble grand, Mrs. Leslie Packard: right supporter, vice-grand. Miss Ellen An derson; left supporter, vice-grand, Mrs. Benjamin G. Brown: chaplain, Mrs. Vir ginia Fales. A banquet was served after the installation. CREDITS TALKS PLANNED EUGKKE PROFESSORS TO GIVE LEC TURES I PORTLAND. Series of lo Is Scheduled to Take Place at Library on Wednesdays Beginning; This Week. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Jan. 29. (Special.) Arrangements have been completed for a course of lectures to the Portland Association of Credit Men to be given under the auspices of the extension department of the University of Oregon School of Com merce. The lectures will be delivered by D. Walter Morton, dean of the School of Commerce, and Don C. Sowers, professor of Municipalities. They are to be given ia the Portland Public Library on alternate Wednesday evenings begin ning next week. Six -to ten lectures will be included in the course depending upon the in terest and convenience of the members. The list of lecture topics has been announced as follows: 1. "History, Theory, Principles and Uses of Credit." 2. "Credit Instruments and Kinds of Credit." 3. "The Credit Man: His Duties and Qualifications; the Credit Department." 4. "Sources of Credit Information the Mercantile Agency." 5. "Sources of Credit Information; Methods of Safeguarding Credits." 6. "Salesmen, Bank Reports, Credit Exchange, Attorneys." 7. "The Collection Department Qualification of a Collector and His Methods." 8. "Adjustment of Bureaus; Retail Credit Association." 9. "Credit Men's Association; Credits and Crises." 10. "History of Bankruptcy Legisla tion and the. Present Law." A pamphlet is being prepared by the School of Commerce containing a list of its courses for next semester and some prospective courses, to be sent to high schools throughout the state. WRECK ESCAPE NARRATED Girl Kecnlls How First Slide Turned Car 0er and Xext Buried Her. CASHMERE. Wash., Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) Howard Murdock left Thursday for Bellingham to bring home his sis ter. Miss Fern Murdock, who had a thrilling experience in the train wreck last Saturday morning at Corea. Miss Murdock suffered seven lacerations, an artery being cut in her arm. She will be unable to go on with her studies on account of the nervous shock. In her description of her miraculous escape she tells of the slide striking the car, overturning and crushing it in. At this stage of the disaster Miss Mur dock broke through the double window, fell into a hollow place and rolled down the embankment. Another slide following the first one completely buried her, but not so deep but what she worked her way out. ONTARIO HIGHBEATS VALE District Debating Supremacy to Be Settled Friday at Nyssa. ONTARIO. Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) The debating team of Ontario High won ' from Vale Friday night In an elimination contest for the champion ship of the southeastern district of the Oregon Debating League. The question was: "Resolved, That the United States should adopt the Swiss system of mili tary training." The high schools at Ontario, Vale and Nyssa are the only ones in this part of the state holding membership in the league. The championship will be de termined, at Nyssa Friday night. School Launch Is Proposed. MARSHFIELD, Or, Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) Coos County probably has more consolidated school districts than any county of its size in Oregon, and this convenience has been the result of Superintendent Raymond E. Baker"s activity. The latest proposal by the County Superintendent is to Join three districts lying along Isthmus Iniet for a distance of eight or nine miles with a high school building of four rooms at Flagstaff. To accommodate such a district it would be necessary to oper ate a launch along the inlet morning and night to transport the scholars to and from school. The meeting of patrons of the three district for dis cussion of the plan will be held at Flagstaff on Monday. The Peruvians and Bolivians make boats ot straw. . EUGENICS IS ON LIST Big Week for Farmers Opens at La Grande Tomorrow. RANGE OF SUBJECTS WIDE Good Roads Addresses and Demon strations Friday Expected to At tract Largest Gathering, as Subject Is Pertinent. LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) Farmers, homemakers, women's clubs and mothers with problems of eu genics and home management to be solved will be in La Grande Monday for the opening of the farmers' and homemakers week which is to be con ducted by Oregon Agricultural College and Government agents and experts. The first day will be devoted primarily to registration, but throughout the week several events of special interest are announced. Good roads addresses and demonstra tions on Friday by Government, state, college and other good roads experts are scheduled. Due to the fact that Union County is now in the midst of a good roads propaganda, this event is of special interest. This day .probably will draw the biggest crowd of any. On the same day a eugenics test will be conducted for babies of Eastern Ore gon. Mrs. A. Bayly, of Portland, will spend three days here at the week-end, at which time the State Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher associa tions of the state will hold conferences. Friday is the day of the baby show. It begins at 3 A. 11 and continues all day. All the doctors and dentists in town have been recruited on the judg ing staff. On Saturday there is to be a gather ing of Grangers and Farmers' Union members. Domestic science enthusiasts of East ern Oregon are to have their inning, and among outside clubs giving special attention to the week are officers and members of the Alpha Club at Baker. Special trains will be run to bring In Wallowa County visitors. Every day and night there will be lectures and demonstrations on topics of interest to farmers, their wives and housekeepers. The La Grande Commercial Club has made arrangements to provide enter tainment in the way of rooms for all who might come, being in shape to handle hundreds in, addition to what the regular accommodations at hotels provide for. Social and fraternal gatherings and other events that might detract from the attendance have been eliminated in order to insure the success of the week's course "GO-TO-CHURCH" MOVE ON Kelso Denominations Unite to Get Big Congregations In February. KELSO, Wash.. Jan. 29. All the churches of Kelso have united in a "Go-to-Church" campaign to run dur ing February. During that month all these organizations will co-operate for concerted church-going by members i Th. hpKt nt feelins exists among the -various denominations in this place, ana ine campaign ia ex pected to secure good results. Tomorrow night a union service of the Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Christian churches will be held in the Presbyterian Church with the pas- x ii n Hi irrtips rtHrticfnstintr and telling "why everyone should go to churcn. rreccums mo uu meeting the young people's societies of the four churches will hold a union meeting at the Presbyterian Church. WILL R. KIAIG VISITS HOME Reclamation Service Counsel Comes Back on Private Business. ONTARIO, Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) Will R. King, . chief counsel of the piimiiinn Service is visiting friends in Ontario, his former home. He arrived on an eariy mormos irun today and went up to Vale to attend '-- . hiiGlnM, mttira He re- iv v" . . , . turned this evening and has an appoint ment with a commmee ul iub uuuuw Commercial Club. ' He will be here two or three days. Marshfield Scots Celebrate. it T)CTIT7II.T T) nr ' Jan. 29. (SDe- clal.) The Caledonian Club, of Coos Bay. celebrated KODert Burns- Dirmuaj tonight with' the usual programme of i. : - jsnttish Th. nro&Tramme was made up of readings, songs and imper sonations. Bobby uaiiantyne, a iocai man celebrated for character imper sonations in the Harry Lauder style, responded to a number of encores. The won nreideri over bv Dan MacDonald. formerly of Butte, Mont, and the affair was under nis manage ment, assisted by Allen Todd. The event was the third annual Robert T-I-. .nfartafitmftnt of the Club, and DUIlW . - was the most appreciated of all. Dancing followed the more serious ana the amusing portions of the evening's round of pleasure GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY Buy Your Clothes at This, Our Great Removal Sale Hart Schaffner & Marx Fancy Fabric Suits and Overcoats At257r Off $20 Suits and Overcoats now $15.00 $25 Suits and Overcoats now. . . .$18.75 $30 Suits and Overcoats now $22.50 $35 Suits and Overcoats now $26.25 All Blue and Black at 15 Off Great Removal Prices on Furnishing Goods Lay in your supply of Winter-weight Under wear, Arrow and Manhattan Shirts, Etc Contract goods only excepted. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. TEMPORARY LOCATION 265 Morrison, bet. Third and Fourth-sts. FOLLOW THE CROWDS TO THE NEW COZY DAIRY LUNCH Sixth and Washington Streets. Day and Night Anything you can wish for at all times. Highest quality foods at lowest possible prices MR. ALEXANDER PUZZLE IDAHO DEMOCRATS DON'T KNOW WHERE GOVERNOR STANDS. Captain Davis Attacks Newspapers. Candidacy of Guv Martin, Progres sive, Not Opposed. BOISE, Idaho. Jan. 29. (Special.) anwmnr Alexander mav not be a can didate to succeed himself, and may re tire to private life after one term, ac cording to reports circulating here this week. Governor Alexander, however, is non-committal, and Democratic lead ers are evidently puzzled. Leadership In th nartv now means success. It is said here among well-posted Demo crats that Governor Alexander is tne party leader, if anybody is, and that he will not have to turn over his hand if he wants to be renominated. They include re-elected also. The newspapers, apparently, are to come in for some attention during the campaign, judging from the address made by Captain E. G. Davis, who is now conducting his campaign for the Republican Gubernatorial nomination. He spoke at Blackfoot during the week and there took the newspapers to ac count. "No proprietor of an honest newspaper would sell its editorial ut terances," he declared. "Tet I have the best of reasons for believing 'that a few thank God the number is small of the newspapers of this state have accepted money from candidates in re turn for editorial support which their readers supposed reflected honest edi torial opinion." Regarding the proposed candidacy of Guy Martin, Progressive party standard-bearer three years ago for Gover nor on the Republican ticket, the Leader-Herald, one of the strongest conservative Republican papers In Can yon County, says: "There is no reason whatever why Mr. Martin should not become a candidate. If the Progres sives, who cast something like 20,000 votes in Idaho in 1912. are to affiliate Continuation At Our Rl5TEHtU t , w IP i.Jk Hwk 11 Jr 1 RO SENTHAU S with the Republicans Jn 1916, they must be given fair consideration." R0SEBURG MAN CANDIDATE Land Office Receiver Seeks to Be Democratic Delegate. ROSEBURG, Or.. -Jan. 29. (Special.) n R Turner receiver of the local United. States Land Office, today an nounced that he would be a candidate for delegate to the Democratic National Convention to be held at St Louis, in June. Mr. Turner is a native of Vir ginia, and was educated at Washington and Lee University at Lexington. Mr. Turner came to Oregon in the year 1904, and was elected superin tendent of the Grants Pass schools. In the year 1914 he was appointed receiver of the Land Office by President Wil son. Mr. Turner is an enthusiastic Wilson supporter. On the ballot after Mr. Turner's name will appear the follow ing words: "Endorsing Woodrow Wil son's policies, I pledge myself to his nomination." Pipe Starts Fire That Burns Barn. MORTON. Wash., Jan. 29. (Special.) Fred Pierce and James Kalles, of Bremer, lost their barn full of hay by fire this week. The men were filling the barn with hay just bought, when Mr. Kalles dropped his pipe. The wind was blowing hard and within a few minutes the hay had caught fire and it was all the men could do to get their team and wagon out. The hay and the barn were destroyed. Governor on Y. SI. C. A. Board. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Jan. 29. (Special.) Govern or Withycombe, J. O.. Blachledge and Rev. C. A. Rexroad, of Corvallis, were elected this week to serve three years on the advisory board of the Young Men's Christian Association at the Ore gon Agricultural College. Governor Withycombe has always been one of the most active workers for the wel fare of the local association. of the Consolidation Sale Store, 129 10th Street Owing to the unfavorable weather we have decided to continue our sale for two weeks longer. We are obliged to unload a goodly portion of our stock in order to relieve the congested condition in our salesrooms. Hanan's and Boyden's fine Men's Shoes, for- ti? QC .merly $8.00, $9.00 and $10.00, now DU.7J Hanan's and Laird-Schober's Ladies' fine dC QC Royal Kid Button Shoes, formerly $7.00, now DJ,JU 300 Pairs of Ladies' Gun Metal and Patent Vamp Button and Lace Shoes, with gray and fawn cloth C0 QC tops, to clean up, at a pair jaii Ladies' Evening Slippers, formerly $5.00, Jq OC now JJO.IiJ Misses' and Children's and Boys' and Youths' Shoes at great reductions. 129 10th Street. WE HAVE SO BRANCH STORES. HMUlM Hilt frhtlhmt h Ma FUTURE LOCATION Southeast Corner Fifth and Alder sts. DENTAL SERVICE COMBINING SKILL GENTLENESS PROMPT' SERVICE AND MODERATE PRICES Dr. B.L Wright Twenty years' actual practice in Portland allows me to speak with authority on all matters in dentistry. I guarantee the best possible re sults in every case. My claims are indorsed by thousands of satisfied patients. rainless Extraction of Teeth. DR. B. E. WRIGHT Northwest Corner Sixth and Wash - ington, Northwest Building, rhonea Main 2119. A 8119. Office Hoars. 8 A. 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