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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAIf, PORTLAND, AUGUST 20, 1916.
PENINSULA YARD
TO INCREASE CREW
Framework of One Auxiliary
Lumber Schooner Is Done;
Keel of Another Laid.
150 WILL BE EMPLOYED
"Vessels Under Construction Due for
Launching in December and
, .February 3 More Ways
j AVill Be Added Soon.
With the framework of one wooden
auxiliary schooner almost completed
and the keel or the second laid the
plant of the Peninsula Shipbuilding
Company, foot of McKenn'a avenue. Is
assuming: an important place in the
shipbuilding' activity of Portland.
The programme of the concern calls
for the construction of two vessels this
season which are to be followed by
several others of a similar type. The
vessels are to be put in the lumber
trade, according to present plans.
The first of the two vessels now on
the ways will be completed by the
latter part of December, according to F.
C Knapp, president of the company.
Jt wi'l be a four-masted schooner
equipped with semi-Diesel engines and
twin propellers. The engines will be
of 950 indicated horsepower and will
give ths vessel an estimated speed of
right knots. It will be 251 feet long,
43 feet deep and with a depth of hold
of 18 feet. She will be of 1600 gross
tons burden and will have a dead
weight tonnage of 2600.
The schooner will have no "tweeh
decks, in that respect being similar to
the City of Portland turned out at
the SC. Helens shipyards.
The second vessel will be of similar
design and will be 255 feet long. It is
expected that it will be ready for
launching about February 1.
A large number of additional men
trill be added to the force at the plant
this week in order to rush forward
the work on the two vessels. There are
100 men on the payroll now and prob
ably 50 will be added.
Three additional ways will be put
In later as they are needed to carry
out the building programme of the con
cern, making a total of five ways.
Not only is there considerable
activity in the construction of ocean
going vessels at Portland, but work is
also being done on river-going craft.
The Portland Shipbuilding Company
laid the keel for a new river boat
yesterday. The steamer which is to
be built for the Columbia-Cowlitz River
Transportation Company, of Rainier,
will be 110 feet long, 26-foot beam and
4.5 feet depth of hold. She will be
operated n the towing trade and will
be completed this S ail. The same yard
is constructing a number of barges for
the Port of Portland.
RIG SHIP EXPERTS SUMMOXE1)
Secretary Redfield Wants to Mobil
ize and Organize Sea Kesourccs.
Forty leading American shipbuilders.
presidents and general managers of
American steamship companies and
American naval architects have been
invited to meet with Secretary Redfield
at his office in Washington, D. C.
Wednesday, September 27. for an ex
change of views on the subject of load
lines and bulkheads and other phases
of the construction of steamers on the
ocean and Great Lakes.
The United States Is said to be al
most alone among maritime nations in
having no regulations governing load
line.
The subject of bulkhead and hull con
struction was carefully considered at
the London international conference on
safety of life at sea, and the American
delegates had an important part in
framing the chapters of the interna
1 ional convention on that subject. The
United States, however, has as yet
taken no steps to give effect to the ac
tion taken by the international conven
tion. Joseph P. Grace, of the W. K. Grace
fk Co., and George F. Dearborn, presi
dent of the American-Hawaiian Steam
ship Co., are among those who have
been invited to meet with Secretary
Redfield.
KENKON MARC CHARTERED
Japanese Steamer May Take Cargo
From Columbia When Repaired.
Report was current on the water
front yesterday that the Japanese
steamer Kenkon Maru, which is now
undergoing repairs on the Port of
Portland drydock at St. Johns, has been
chartered for taking a cargo from
the Columbia River. The Kenkon
Maru will be available for service early
'in October, and it is considered prob
able that she will be used for handling
a cargo of wheat. No bookings of
vessels for Portland loading for handl
ing this year's wheat crop have yet
been announced.
The British bark Birkdale has been
chartered by Balfour. Guthrie & Com
pany to load a cargo of barley at San
Francisco, according to announcement
made yesterday. The rate was 140
shillings.
Another charter reported yesterday
was that of the brig Geneva which is
said to have been booked by Balfour,
Guthrie & Company for taking a cargo
of lumber from Knappton to the West
Coast.
SAILING DATES REVISION' MADE
Late Arrival of Steamer Alaska
Causes Alaska Route Changes.
A revision of the sailing schedule of
the steamers of the Southwestern Alas
ka route, operating out of Puget Sound
to Alaska, has been made, according to
advices received by Frank Bollam.
Portland agent for the line. This re
vision was necessitated by the fact
that the steamer Northwestern is to
be sent off her regular course to Ber
ing Sea and the steamer Alaska is sev
eral days late on her schedule.
The sailing dates from the Sound for
the remainder of the year will be:
Alameda, August 25; Alaska, August
31: Mariposa. September 5: Northwest
ern, September 12; Alameda, September
18; Alaska, September 24; Mariposa,
September 30; Northwestern, October
6: Alameda, October 12: Alaska, October
IS: Mariposa, October 24; Northwestern.
November 1; Alameda, November
Mariposa, November 16; Northwestern.
November 24; Alameda, December 1;
Mariposa, December 8; Northwestern,
December 16; Alameda. December 24.
ROSE CITY STEAMS AWAY
Big Liner Takes 125 Passengers
and 1700 Tons of Freight.
Captain Rankin got away from Alns
worth dock yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock with the steamer Rose City, of
the "Big Three" line, bound for San
Francisco. Aboard were 12o passengers
and 1700 tons of freight. The cargo
VIEWS SHOWING ACTIVITY AT PENINSULA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY'S YARD, WHERE SEVERAL
WOODEN VESSELS ARE TO BE TURNED OUT.
nrr
consisted principally of flour, there
being in addition 1270 sacks of bran
and 925 cases of canned goods.
With but two steamers. Rose City
and Beaver in commission, the San
Francisco & Portland Steamship Com
pany is now operating- one veesel a
week each way between Portland and
San Francisco. A steamer leaves Port
land every Saturday and one leaves
San Francisco every Monday.
TWO LVMBEK CARGOES TAKEN
Two Other Carriers, Daisy and Daisy
Gadsby, Arrive.
The barkentlne Georgian, which ha3
been loading lumber at Knappton, got
away yesterday for Sydney, carrying a
cargo of 1.083,000 feet. She is one of a
numerous fleet of vessels now operat
ing in- the lumber trade between the
Columbia River and Australia.
The coasting steamer Shasta, which
is operating In the lumber trade,
cleared yesterday for San Pedro and
way ports with 920.000 feet of lumber.
The lumber was loaded at the North
Pacific Lumber Company's mill and at
Rainier for the American Export Lum
ber Company. The Shasta also has
aboard 25 tons of oats.
Two other lumber carriers got into
the river yesterday. They are the
steamers Daisy and Daisy Gadsby and
both will take on lumber for California
shipment. The Daisy is now loading a
Rainier and the Daisy Gadsby is taking
on cargo at Knappton.
XIPPO MARU BEING UNLOADED
Japanese Steamer Expected to Get
Away Willi Lumber This Week.
The work of unloading the Japanese
steamer Nippo Maru at Municipal Dock
No. 1 is proceeding in a satisfactory
manner and it is predicted that the last
stick of timber and the last bag of
sulphur will be discharged Tuesday.
The vessel will not be worked today.
After the cargo has been discharged
the steamer will load lumber at three
mills on the river for the west coast
of South America. She will first take
on a part cargo at St. Helens and will
then go to the Clark & Wilson plant
at Linnton and the Portland Lumber
Company's mill. It is thought that she
will be ready to get away the latter
part of this week.
News From Northwest Porta.
ASTORIA. Or.. Aue. 19. (SpeciaL)
Coming to load lumber at Knappton, the
steam schooner Daisy Gadsby arrived from
San Francisco today. She will shift to
Wanna to complete her cargo.
The steam schooner Daisy Freeman ar
rived from San Francisco with freight for
Aftoria and Portland.
The barkentine Georfrina sailed for Syd
ney, Australia, with a cargo or lumber
from the Knaooton mill.
The steamer northern facing sanea tor
San Francisco. She carried a full cargo of
freifrht and a fair list of passengers.
After pumping out oil here large o. 91
was towed to Portland during the night.
The steam schooner Wapama is due this
morning from San Francisco.
Bringing a cargo or ruel oil ror Portland,
the tank steamer Atlaa is due from Cali
fornia. The tug Navigator arrived during the
night from California, having the oil-laden
barge Monterey in tow. She proceeded to
Portland.
The steam schooner Daisy arrived during
the night from San Francisco, and went to
Rainier to take on lumber.
A. Benson Lumber Company's log raft
arrived from Wallace Slough, and was
moored in the lower harbor to await the
arrival of the tug Hercules, which wlil
tow it to San Diego. The raft, contains
about 7.000,000 feet of sawlogs. and it
went aground yesterday at the mouth of
Wallace Slough, but was floated at high
tide. This will bo the fourth and last raft
which, the company will send south this
year.
The new lighthouse tender Rose, Captain
Modeer. arrived from Seattle and will go
into commission at once.
FLORENCE, Or., Aug. 19. (Special.)
Gasoline schooner Ahwaneda, which ar
rived from Portland last night, was held
here today with rough weather outside.
COOS BAT, Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.)
The steam schooner Hardy arrived from
San Francisco at A. M., bringing 325 tons
01 ireignt.
Toe steam schooner Prentiss sailed with
lumber for San ITrancisco at 5 o'clock.
The steamship F. A. Kllburn is due from
San Francisco Sunday forenoon. The Kll
burn comes direct to Coos Bay and will
be followed Monday by the Breakwater.
Captain H. Michelsen. of the steam
schooner Hardy. Is enjoying a vacation on
Coos Bay aud will remain until after the
jubilee.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. Aug. 19. Sailed Steamers
Rose City, for San Francisco and San
Pedro: Klamath, for San Diego; Shasta, for
San Pedro via Rainier. Arrived Btirge No.
VI. from San Francisco; schooner Mon
terey, from San Francisco.
Astoria. Aug. 19. Left up during the night
uarKe -n o. ui. Arrived during tne nignt
Steamers Daisy and Daisy Gadsby. from San
Francisco. Arrived at 2 and left up at 3
P. M steamer Daisy Freeman, from San
Francisco. Sailed at 2:15 p. M.. steamer
Northern Pacific, for San Francisco. Sailed
at ::15 P. M., barkentlne Georgina, for
Sydney.
San Francisco. Aug. 19. Sailed at 11 A. M.
steamer Great Northern, for Flavel. Arrived
at noon and sailed Steamer Willamette.
from Portland, for San Pedro.
Sailed last night Steamer F. A. Kliburn,
for Portland via Lureka and Coos Bay. Ar
rived last night Steamer Cannel. from
Portland.
San Pedro, Aug. 19. Sailed Steamer
Beaver, for Portland.
EUREKA. Aug. 19. Arrived Steamer V.
A. Kilburn. from San Francisco, for Port
land.
San Francisco. Aug. 19. Arrived
Steamers Multnomah, from Grays Harbor
City of Puebla. from Seattle: Kiyo Maru
(Japanese), from Hongkong: Tancred (Nor
wegian), xrom Nanaimo; Elizabeth, from
Bandon: Lakme. from San Jacinto
Coaster, from Coos Bay; Willamette, from
Astoria. Sailed Steamers Brooklyn, for
"Random Celilo. Wlllaoa. Adeline Smith.
for Coos Bay; San Gabriel. Umpqua. Great
Northern, for Astoria; President, for Vic
toria-
Hongkong, Aug. 7. Arrived Steamer
Tiisondari. from San Francisco.
Callao, Aug. 17. Sailed Steamer Cuzco,
for San Francisco.
Antofagasta, Aug. 18. Sailed Steamer
Pnc-ific. for San Francisco.
Seattle. Aug. 19. Arrived Steamers Spo-
knne. from Jefferson. Southeastern Alaska
Admiral Evans, from Southwestern Alaska
Ei Segundo, from San Francisco. Departed
Steamer Despatch, lor boutbeastern
Alaska.
Notice to Mariners.
California. Humboldt Bay entranc
Smith -ieltv outer end buoy 2. replaced
August 13. about 33 yards northwest of
former position, in 3 Vx fathoms of water.
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Above
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-Framework of First Vessel. Which Is Kapidly AMnmlng
the Yards, llelow End View of Same Structure.
C. & G. S. chart! &S32, 5702. Buoy list.
Eighteenth District, 1!16, p. 2S.
Hp authority of Commissioner of Light
house. H. W. RHODES.
Inspector.
MAKIXE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule
DUE TO ARRIV3.
Nime. Prom Dt.
Northern Pacific. .. Bar Francisco... Aug. 23
Great Nortnera. ... San Franrlsca. . . .Aug. 21
Breakwater. ...... San Francisco. ... Aug. 22
i-eaver. .......... Los Annclfs Aug.
Rosa City. ........ Kos Anaels. .... Aug. 80
b A. Kiiburn San Francisco. ... lnueft
DVE TO DEPART.
Nam. For
Multnomah ...... San Diego
Great Northern. ... San Francisco.
Hi euk water. ...... San Francisco.
Wo.pa.ma ..San Diego
.Aug. 20
.Aug. 22
Aug. 23
Northern Pacific. . .San k raiclsco. . . . Aug.
24
ceaver . . .Los Angeles. .....Aug. -
Hose City L. Anjrelei Sept. 2
F. A. Kilburn. . . . . Pan Francisco. . . . Inueft
Murine Xotes.
The steamer Daisy Freeman arrived in
the river from Saji Francisco yesterday at
2 o'clock, bringing general cargo. Sh will
discharge at the Columbia Contract Com
pany's dock.
The gas schooner Mirene, W. H. Clark,
master, cleared yesterday for Florence, New
port and Waldport with 50 tons of miscel
laneous merchandise. She entered witn a
quantity of clocks and oil barrels.
The gas schooner Fatsy. commanaea Dy
Captain John Finding, cleared for Bandon
and Coos Hay with 150 tons of miscellan
eous cargo.
The Standard OH Company's barge No. v
entered yesterday with 24,000 barrels of fuel
oil.
The llehthouse tender Rose arrived at As
toria yesterday morning from Puget Sound.
She will come up the river to Portland this
week.
Government inspectors reinspected the
steamer Undine yesterday.
After having caused some difficulty oy
getting aground in Wallace Slough, & log
raft belonging to the Benson interests, was
towed to Astoria yesterday on the first leg
of its trip to San Diego. The raft contains
between 6,000,000 and 7.000.000 feet of lum
ber and will be the fourth dispatched by
he same concern to San Dieiro thl season.
The raft was towed to Astoria by the Shaver
towboats.
Members of the O.-W. R. & N. Company
employes band left for Ocean Park yester
day on the steamer Hassalo.
The American barkentine Makaweli, wnieh
to load lumber at Westport for Australia,
expected in the river in a few days, ohe
sailed from Honolulu f or the Columbia River
August 2.
Marconi Wireless Reports.
I Position of all 1 r-rif W nhown at S P. M
August 19. unleH. otherwle designated).
LraKe. El feeisundo for Honolulu. 808
miles fronr El SeKundo. August in.
Lucas. beeundo for Katiului. 8S2 miles
from El See -do. Autrust IS.
Manoa. ti po-uiu for ban rranciBco, iuij
mifm from San Franrlsco. Aucuit 18.
Enterprise. San iranclaco lor Honolulu.
1513 miles from t-an Francisco. August la.
Lurline. San v rancicco for Honolulu. Moo
miles from San Francisco. Ausust 18.
Logan, San ranctsco ror Manila. 4D3.S
mll.fl fptim San Franc sco. Auarust 18.
Yoseraite. San t rancisco- ror drayi narDor,
lo miles north of i?an r ranclseo.
Breakwater, San J: ranclseo ior uurexa, oil
Point Reves.
Adeline smun, ean prancieco ror joos
Pin v 41 miles north of San Francisco.
President, ban rrancisco ior Seattle, in
miles north of San Francisco.
San Jose. San Francisco for Balboa,
mliM umth of San Francisco.
scofield. Rlcnmond for Seattle. miles
north of San Francisco.
a I lance. San Dietto ror Mexico. 135 miles
north of Caoe San Lucas. Auirust 18.
San Juan, ran r rancisco for nainoa. tju
mllM south of San Francisco. AuKust 18.
Ecuador. New York for San Francisco. 935
miles south of San Francisco. August 18.
Soeedweli. ran rearo zor nauaon. 211 miles
west of San Pedro.
Coronado, san pearo for san. irranclsco, 2V
miles west of San Pedro.
Atlap. Kicnmona ior roniana. iiui miles
from Richmond.
Richmond and barge 5, Richmond for
Seattle, 60 miles north of San Francisco.
Northern Pacific. Flavel for Ban Fran
cisco. 110 miles south of the Columbia
River.
Great Northern. San Francisco for Flavel,
five miles south of Blums Reef.
Kilburn, San FranclFco for Coos Bay, 10
miles north of Cape Mendocino.
Senator. Seattle for San Francisco. SO
miles south of Blanco.
Asuncion. Ketchikan for Richmond. SIS
miles north of Richmond.
Governor. Victoria for San Francisco,
seven miles south of Blanco.
Wapama. San Francisco for Portland. 145
mils south of the Columbia River.
Moffett, towing barge 03. San Francisco
for Balboa, 1283 miles south of San Fran
cisco. August 18.
Umatilla. Cordova for Seattle, 30 miles
west of Nootk. Sound.
Grar-e Dollar, San Francisco for Tacoma,
100 miles from Tacoma.
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
High. I Low.
B:lrs A. U B.8 feet! 0:18 A. M
5:55 P. M 7.9 feetlll :53 V. ii
.0.9 foor
3.3 feet
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD, Aug. 19. Condition of the
bar at 5 P. M. ; Bea smooth; wind north'
west. 30 miles.
lXLE
in
Shape at
3 STEAMERS ORDERED
SEATTLE COMPANY. WILL, BUILD
STEEL FREIGHT CARRIERS.
Norwegian Contract Increase Payroll
to 20OO Men and Involves 9,tt50,.
OOO Order la Record.
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug:. 19. (Spe
cial.) C. TV. "Wiley, vice-president and
general manaarer of the Seattle Con
struction & Drydock Company, today
announced that he had closed a con
tract with Norwegian interests for
three 7o00-ton steel freight steamers,
representing an investment of $2,650,-
0O0. The order just placed with the
Seattle plant is the largest single con
tract for merchant craft ever awarded
to a North Pacific shipbuilding firm.
The order means an increase of the
1760 employes of the Seattle Construc
tion & Drydock Company to probably
2000 men and a still greater payroll
for this city.
Mr. Wiley said that the new steamers
would be delivered in 15 or 16 month
They will be big modern carriers of
7500 dead weight tons, equipped with
reciprocating engines, Scotch , marine
hollers and the very latest gear for the
handling of freight. The steamers will
De duplicates oi the lour Pig cargo
vessels ordered recently by Norwegian
interests from tne Seattle Construction
& Drydock Company, the keels for two
of which have been laid.
The company has now contracts for
14 vessels, including three submarines
and one torpedo-boat destroyer for the
United States Navy. The total valuo
of the vessels is more than $9,000,000,
SIIIl CONTRACT IS AWARDED
Coos Ray Lumber Company Orders
$2 00,000 Lumber Craft.
NORTH BEND, Or.. Aug. 19. (Sne
clal.) The Coos Bay Lumber Company
has contracted with the Kruse & Banks
shipyard for the construction of
wooden vessel to replace the steamer
Nairn famith. recently sold.
The vessel will be built in five months
and equipped with turbine engines. The
new craft will be 260 feet long, with a
50-foot beam, fehe will carry 1,250.000
feet of lumber In packages and ply
between Coos Bay and San Francisco.
The cost of the new craft Is estimated
at over $200,000.
LOCAL GIRL INVENTOR
XOX-REFILLABLE BOTTLE PRODUCT
OP YOUNG WOMAN'S GENIUS.
Miss Resrlna Widahl Smith Perfects
Invention Notice Is Received That
Patent Uas Been Granted.
A Portland girl is entitled to the
honor of having invented what so many
inventors have been trying for years
to perfect a non-ref illable bottle. She
Is Miss Regina Widahl Smith, 1185
Royal Court. Miss Smith has lust re
ceived notice from the patent office at
Washington, D. C. that a patent has
been granted to her.
The principle involved In the Inven
tion is the collapsibility of a weighted
rubber tube,' attached to the neck of
the bottle, which will allow only the
passage of liquid when the bottle is
being emptied.
Such a bottle can be used for many
purposes, where It Is desired that the
original contents be not tampered with
and the bottle can be used only once.
It is said that it can be manufactured
at a cost that will not make its use
prohibitive.
Oswald West Cliecks Tax Records.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.)
Oswald West, ex-Governor of Oregon,
now special counsel for the Federal
Government in the Oregon-California
land grant case, went over the records
of the State Tax Commission today in
connection .with the Impending litlga'
COOS BAR DEEPENED
Local Engineers Advised
Dredge Work Is Rapid.
30-FOOT CHANNEL GOAL
Depth Is Reached at Mouth of Bay
and Inside Digging Begins.
Progress Is Made Toward 4 5
Foot Columbia Channel.
Rapid progress in the development
of a 30-foot channel at the mouth of
Coos Bay Is being made by the Gov
ernment dredge Colonel P. S. Mlchie.
according to advices received by United
States engineers here. A channel of
that depth has been opened up across
the bar proper at the mouth of the
bay, and the dredge is now at work
inside, where a quantity of material
must be removed. I
From the advance made by the
dredge this month, engineers predict
that no difficulty will be encountered
in completing a 30-foot channel en
tirely into the bay. thereby making it
available for large ocean-going vessels.
Reports received by engineers in
charge of the First District are that
the Mlchie removed 124.900 cubic
yards of material during the first 16
days of this month. In case she con
tinues at the same rate of speed dur
ing the remainder of the month, she
will very nearly equal the record hung
up in June of 263,131 yards of mate
rial. With the new jetty put in and a
30-foot channel completed this Kail,
the harbor at Coos Bay will be fully
equal to some of the larger Eastern
harbors that handle heavy commerce.
It is predicted that the Improvement
will make for an Impetus in the devel
opment of the lumbering, agricultural
and other industries of that section.
The dredge Chinook, which is oper
ating at the mouth of the Columbia
River, is still working at the steady
deepening of the channel there. The
work is necessarily rendered much
slower now, owing to the fact that
she is operating in a channel more
than 40 feet deep. The distance which
the material must be raised and trans
ported is consequently a great factor
In the progress made by the dredge.
A good, safe channel 45 feet deep
and wide enough to accommodate any
volume of commercial activity is the
goal which is now being worked to
ward by the dredge. It is believed
there will be no difficulty in achlev
ingr this by Fall, and the engineers in
charge are congratulating themselves
on the splendid showing which is be
ing made there.
No surveys of tho channel have been
made recently, and consequently any
definite idea as to the given depth is
not available at present, although it
is known by soundings that a depth
well over 40 feet has been attained.
Mr. Stein's Obstinacy Results
in Jail Sentence.
Pawnbroker Ktfun to Let Water
Inspectors on Ilia Premises.
P.
STEIX, pawnbroker, of 26 North
Sixth street. Is obstinate. This
trait of character will keep him in the
City Jail for seven days and a half.
When a city Inspector called to de
termine whether Mr. Stein was using
city water, which was supposed to have
been cut off from his place of business.
the pawnbroker refused to admit him.
He was arrested and appeared before
Municipal Judge Langguth yesterday.
Judge Langguth afforded the de
fendant every opportunity to compro
mise the matter. Mr. Stein remained
obdurate, even when his attorneys
counseled him to make an amicable ad
justment with the city. He denied the
right of Inspectors to enter his store,
maintaining that be was not using the
water.
Judge Langguth lost patience. He
told Mr. Stein that his fine was $15.
The defendant complained that he had
only fS.40, and that he would go to
Jail before he would pay. -
Let me pay S.40 and serve the dif
ference." he suggested with voluble
eagerness.
The court declined to bargain and
Mr. Stein began serving his term.
HUNTERS BAG BIG GAME
Damp Woods Make Quarry for Deer
Good, Say Reports.
Deer hunters are having exceptional
shooting, according to advices received
yesterday at the offices of Carl Shoe
maker, state game warden, from many
points in the state reports have come
that unusually good results are being
obtained by sportsmen out after game.
Throughout the deer territory hunt
ers are successful in their quest for
deer. One of the chief reasons given
for favorable conditions is that the
present damp season is conducive to
good hunting. Last year at this sea
son the woods were so dry that each
step of the hunter resulted in the
crack of broken twigs and brush so
that it was almost impossible to get
within shooting distance of the deer.
TAX ASSESSMENT TARGET
Suit Filed to Stop Collection on Hal
sey-Street Improvement.
Suit to restrain the city from col
lecting an assessment of 7296.7 for
the opening and widening of Halsey
street, on the grounds that the Bound a
rles of the district assessed were made
arbitrarily and do not contain 50 per
cent of the property benefited by the
improvement, was filed in the circuit
Court yesterday by A. M. Dewar and 46
other nroDerty owners.
The complaint charges cnaries r ,
Fisher, of the City Engineer's office,
with making the boundaries Ior the
assessment small for the purpose of
preventing remonstrance against the
nroceedings, such as would have been
the case had all property owners ben
efited been included in the assessment,
HUGHES BRANCH FORMED
Oregon City Republicans Expect
Nearly 400 Members.
OREGON CITr. Or., Aug. 19. (Spe
ciaL) With a charter membership of
52 obtained in a few hours, and with
prospects of 200 or. 300 more members
within the next few days, an Oregon
City branch of the National Hughes
Alliance, an organization favoring
Charles E. Hughes for the Presidency
of the United States, waa formed to
day by Walter Tooze, Sr.
E. L. Johnson is temporary chairman
of the local branch: Miss Iva M. Har
rington, secretary: F. J. Tooze. treas
urer. and J. E. Calavan. vice-chairman.
"From what I have seen, everything
points to a most successful Republican
said
Mr. Tooze.
Women are especially invited to
join the local branch of the alliance.
A large number have signed the mem
bership blanks.
BEND QUITS STATE FAIR
Commercial Club Backs County Af
fair for Same Date.
BEND, Or.. Aug. 19 (Special.) Be
cause the dates of the State Fair are
the same as those of the Crook County
fair, the Bend Commercial Club, at its
meeting today, decided not to carry out
the plan for the exhibit at Salem, pre
viously made, but to concentrate all
Its energies on the Prineville exhibit.
The money appropriated for the pur
poses of the State Fair will be used
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OBEOON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE, Corvallis, Aug. 19
(Special.) Dr. L. A. Rufener.
head of the department of social
sciences at Lombard College.
Ualesburg. 111., has been ap
pointed assistant professor of
economics in the school of com
merce of the Oregon Agricultural
College, succeeding Dr. E. J.
Brown, who goes to the Unlvcr
sity of Arizona as head of the de
partment of economics.
Dr. Rufener. who is a gradu
ate of the University of Kansas,
where he also took his master's
degree, spent three years In grad
uate study at Harvard, where he
became a doctor of philosophy
and where he served for two
years as teaching assistant in
courses in economics.
to place sign boards on the roads lead-
ing Into town. Through Its member-
ship committee, the club is planning
an extensive campaign for new mem
bers. to culminate with a banquet-
smoker to be held in September.
It was also reported at the meet-
In tr that the O.-W. R. & N. Co. had
taken the exhibit of vegetables, grains
and grasses from Friday's flowe'r show.
to be placed on display in Tortland.
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FORGER SUSPECT INDICTED
K.ttraditlon From Tc.a9 Faces Man
RIamed for Hotel Swindling.
Indictments were issued by the Mult
nomah grand Jury yesterday charging
rnrrv aealnst "M. Grabfelder. alias
M. Gelsenberg." and "M. Gelsenberg,
alias M. Grabfelder." Uranteiaer was
the name under which he passed a
check for $100 on the Benson Hotel
August 5, and Gelsenberg the name he
used in cashing a 1100 note at the Port
l.nH Hotel Auirust 7. it is alleged.
He was arrested several days ago in
El Taso, Tex., by detectives, and er
fortu will be made to have him extra
dlted for trial in Portland. He is also
wanted for alleged bad-check opera
campaign in Clackamas County,'
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San Diego, the hotels' Sacramento. Alex- gether meeting at the Central Library.
"d,ri s- Grant havin bH!:lL,Trhry
tions in Sacramento, Los Angeies ana
made victims,
FLAX ACRE NETS $36.50
Oregon Vniversity Experiment Re-
port Is Made.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 19 (Special.)
The University of Oregon's experiment
with the flax industry showed, accora
ing to the report of Labor CommiS'
sioner O. P. Hoff. that the net return
to the grower amounted to $36.S0 an
acre.
Costs of producing no crop totaled
J13.B0. divided as follows: flowing.
12: harrowing. -: seed. J4; planting,
GO cents: cutting. SI: hauling. 14. The
rM-olnta ner acre were: Ten bushels
of seed. $20; straw, two tons. J30.
ASK UNDERGROUND WIRES
famrtalfrii Is Onoosed by Daly, Who
Says Time Is Not Ripe.
-A rnmDalirn nromoted by C. A. Appel
gren and others to get the Council to
force the public service companies to
place tho present overhead wires on
Broadway from tne Driage to umuu
avenue underground oeioro iuo amci
i- will come to nausrht if the
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the time is inopportune to
r.imnanlxio this expense.
The netitioncrs say the poles and
overhead wires are a nuisance and
he rilsriosed of now at much less
exDense than would be necessary after
the street is paved.
Methodist Superintendents Meet.
ASHLAND. Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.)
11 j. Van Fossen, of the Klamath
district: J. T. Abbett. of the Eugene
district: J. W. McDougall. of the Port
land district, and T. B. Ford, of the
s.ieni district, all clergymen of the
Oregon Methodist conference, met here!
this week, pursuant to invitation oi
lr. Van Fossen, of Ashland. These
district superintendents were visited
bv Dr. Frank L. Loveland, pastor of
the First Methodist church of Port
land: Dr. Feese, pastor of the Patton
church of the same city; Judue Bald'
win, of Klamath Falls, and Henry Jen
n intra, representative of the Methodist
Book Concern, of Chicago, who were
on their way to the Klamath country
on a fishing and hunting trip.
Slock Decrease Is Made.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.)
The Marine Supply Company, of Port
land, today decreased its capital "stock
from $100,000 to $25,000. Supplement
ary articles of incorporation were filed
by the Miniature Lumber Company, of
Portland. Capital stock is $4S.0i". A
decrease In capital stock from $10,00
to $3800 by the Gebhardt Lumber Com
pany, of Porlli-nd, was mndo today. The
Malheur Title & Abstract Company, of
Vale, incorporated for $10,000.
CAIRN FETE REVIVES
ROULETTE WHEEL
Fortune in Wampum Is Lost
by Hundreds Who Tempt
Old-Time Luck Games.
INDIAN MAIDS IN BOOTHS
Panel and Musical Programme
Kntertain Crowds Tliat Clve
Liberally to Ruy Shaft to
Mark Historic Spot.
SEASIDE. Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.)
To the spin of the roulette wheel and
the racket of a faro layout, the good
old days of gambling frontier gam
blingcame back here tonight and
added zest and realism was imparted
to the second annual carnival of the
Lewis and Clark Salt Cairn Associa
tion. The fete was an unprecedented suc
cess in a social way and profitable
for the Salt Cairn fund. There were
between 500 and 600 in attendance at
the programme, which was held on the
grounds of the Hotel Moore, and a big
step was taken in providing sufficient
funds for the proposed monument on
the site of the salt cairns.
The grounds in front of the hoti-l
were converted into a frontier
rendezvous where the roulette wheels
and faro layouts were set up and op
erated with Indian money. Nearby
booths conducted b- society women
and girls and a Japanese garden
were rallying places for thoe with
desire to buy novelty wares and
those who were set upon increasing
the fund for the monument.
Indian Girl Sell Klovrcri.
Girls dressed in Indian costumes
sold everything from flowers and
candy to wampum money and young
and old men in Indian costumes and
all manner of eport togs bought with
the avidity of true sportsmen.
A programme in the dancehall of the
Hotel Moore preceded the evening a
general entertainment. Music was pro
vided by Webb's orchestra, and Mis
Maurine Tapley delighted with a ballet
number. Mrs. J. C Harley. of Astoria,
contributed vocal numbers, and Jamrs
McDonald, costumed as an Indian chief.
uttered a monologue which was mani
festly diverting. Mildred Keats and
William Hawkins. Jr.. In a fox trot
and Catle canter, and Miss Keats In
an Indian solo dance, provided an ar
tistic interlude, and Miss Loris Uratke.
of Astoria, drew some exauisite musio
I from the violin. She was accompanied
U. Sanfnrd Si-hlussel. of Portland. Mrs.
H. w. Metzger. vocalist, of Portland,
was scheduled to appear, but was un
avoidably detained.
Explorer's Granddaughter Seen.
I. X. Klelschnor. president of th
Lewis and Clark Salt Cairn Association.
Presented Miss Anne Shannon Monroe,
who Is a granddaughter of t.eorg
I Shannon, a member of the Lewis and
Clark exploration party. Miss Monroo
nXH'X lnn'
George Hyland was master of cere-
I monies and was ably assisted by Mrs.
uan J. iuoore. rouoning ihb pro-
gramme, dancing was enjoyea in tne
grill while the activities on the grounds
assumed varied proportions.
The affair was marked for Its bril
liancy and artistic quality. Hundreds
came from Portland and Astoria for
the fete, which began at 8 o'clock and
lasted long into the night.
WOMEN DEMOCRATS MEET
timbering Will Re Held at Library
Hall August 2S.
The Women's Democratic Club, of
Portland, of which Miss Leon a Larra-
bee is president, will hold a get-to-
o'clock and the principal speaker will
be Mrs. Sylvia McGuire-Thompson. can
didate for the Legislature from The
Dalles. Other speakers will be Judge
Sam White. Judge W. X. Catena and
Dr. Esther Pohl-Lovejoy. There will
also be a programme of music
A special invitation has been sent
to the Woodrow Wilson League, the
Jackson Club, the State Women's Press
Club and the Daughters of tho Con
federacy.
ODDFELLOWS ENJOY PICNIC
Six Hundred Van-ouverites
Have
Cay Time at Outing.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug.
19.
wac-
fS5ncfij.11 Trains, automobiles.
ons and buggies carried more than 600
Odd Fellows to Battle Ground Lake to
day for the annual picnic of the Clarke
County association.
The gathering was one or tne dih
gest ever held at the lake. The sports
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programme piuvcn p. v.,uv, .....
swimmirg race.. diving contests, ooat
races, nail driving contests, women's
foot race and other events being large
ly contested. The attendance from the
various country lodges was very large.
in proportion to the number of mem
bers. REGISTER EARLY IS ADVICE
Secretary Olcott Says Total 56,000
Short of That in 191 J.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.)
Promptness in registering was recom
mended by Secretary of state Olcott
today that voters may get election
pamphlets to which they are entitled.
Registrations prior to the May pri
maries totaled 241.474. Since that time
6594 additional names have been re
ceived by the State Department
Prior to the general election of 1914
registrations numbered 304.730. This
would leave 56.0o0 registrations to be
maae Deiore tne ciose vr ti.e
tober 7. aside from the natural increase
in the state's population.
Lewis tJruin Crop Is Hea.v.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. Aug. 19. (Spe
cial. Weather conditions in this sec
tion the past week have been quite un
usual for August. Two or three nights
slight frosts were reported. Farm
ers arc having all they could ask. how
ever, for harvesting their grain crop.
Grain, because of the late rains of he
early Summer, will be unusually heavy,
wheat and oats being especially fine.
California Editor Drowned.
MILL VALLEY. Cal.. Aug. 19. X. F.
Douglass, editor of the Mill Valley
Hecord. was fovind drowned today in
the bay off Sausalito. He had just
bought the paper and his wife and
children are on their way here from
Montana. The county authorities are
Investigating.