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12 CHRISTMAS BUSTLE AFFECTS MARINERS Waterfront Offices and Docks Are Scene of Joyous Holi day Activities. LIGHTHOUSES ARE VISITED Government Tenders Make Calls Where Seas Permit and Dis tribute Seasonal Cheer. Customs-House Closes. In the general hustle of preparation for Christmas on the beach, which really began yesterday and the aft ernoon was akin to a holiday along docks and in offices, some of the plans to spread joy to the entire marine pop ulation fell short, because lighthouse tenders were unaDle to overcome the elements in reaching lightvessels and light stations the never-failing fuardiana of the aeep. Several days ago Robert Warrack, Inspector of the Seventeenth Light house District, outlined his programme for the week so each of the three tenders would make calls at the nu merous poBts not accessible to land be fore Christmas. He had visions of every man enjoying himself, and had the delivery of supplies timed so the crews of the tenders would be in quiet waters for the day as well. But the unruly weather of the past few days failed him. Some of the de liveries were made and yesterday the tender Heather's crew succeeded in landing stores, mail and coal aboard the Columbia River lightship, that b lng an easier task in such weather than making a call at a land station. The tender Manzanita got under way early for Tillamook Rock, but there the seas would not permit landing In the swinging cage that is lowered from the rock. The tender Rose, after a lengthy layup on Piiget Sound for overhauling and adjustments, she be ing new, reported in Astoria after failing to visit Destruction Island be cause of the restless seas. At that, the men missed fully appreciate the dan ger that would have been undertaken and they have witnessed the same dis appointments many times in Winter, so will, no doubt, find pleasure in the thought that shortly the tenders will reach them and they will have a larger store of mail and remembrances from the mainland because of the delay. While the crew of the steamer Math oma, used on the Upper Willamette for dredging and snagging, are operating above Corvallis and, other than the of ficers, will not be home for Christmas, they did not forget the staff at the office of Major Jewett, Corps of En gineers, U. S. A., a barrel having reached there yesterday by express that was crammed full of mistletoe. The Mathloma's company gathered the well-known kissing excuse along the banks of the river, and there was more than enough for the entire personnel. Kris Kringle made early calls at the Custom-House yesterday and found the various departments busy during the morning, but in the afternoon the customary "dog watches" went on duty and the building presented a deserted aspect. Not until Tuesday morning are the numerous attaches expected to again report for duty. For the first time in three years, "Captain"' Ed Budd anC others on the payroll of the river line of the O.-W. R. & N. are to enjoy Christmas at home, except those who must be on duty aboard the steamer Harvest Queen. In the past the entire crowd had been held at work for days before the Yuletide period preparing for the feast to un employed guests of the company, as high as 1800 having been received at dinner one year. With hardly an idle man in thecity this year the Christmas dinner was eliminated, so the steam boat family can have the day to them selves. Asked yesterday what would be an Ideal Christmas for him, "Captain" Budd ruminated as follows: "I would like to have the money to arrange for a private car. fill it with my friends and start for Los Angeles. It would be fitted with every comfort, stored with all delicacies of the sea son and made as cheerful as possible, while a feature would be a mass of electric buttons, so every time one of my friends moved, his action would ring a bell and bring a porter to his Bide to ascertain what his heart might desire. That would be Christmas." On the "Big Three" liner Rose City, vailing yesterday afternoon for Cali fornia, everyone expected to land in Pan Francisco tomorrow in time for dinner ashore, but Stewart "Billy" Young took no chances, the lardor be ing stocked with seasonable edibles, decorations were on hand for trans forming the saloon into the customary festive appearance and every detail worked out, so should the ship be de tained the travelers will have Christ inas dinner like "mother used to make." GRACE DOLLAR NOT FIXED Investigation Shows Cargo for Brit ish Columbia Xot Foreign Goods. Captain Clements, of the steamer Grace Dollar, was a. much surprised man yesterday on being informed the Custom-house authorities at Astoria had taken steps to fine the ship, it being assumed that she carried for eign merchandise and did not enter there on arrival. It transpired that she had no foreign cargo, though the an Francisco office had marked her cargo "in bond." The freight origi nated there and is in transit for Van couver, B. C, to be loaded on a'ship for the Orient. Captain Clements says he handed his manifest to one of the pilots to enter the ship, so she could proceed without delay. The matter was fully explained here. The Grace Dollar has an assorted cargo, ranging from chewing gum to Kteel flanges. She worked 423,000 feet of lumber at the Peninsula mill and left late last night for Vancouver. Captain Clements took the steamer St. Helens to Vladivostok when she was sold to Norwegians, and this is his first trip on the Coast in a year. TUKBIXEB TAKES FULL LOAD 6hip Presented With Big Holly Wreath on Eve of Departure. Cargo was left on the Great Northern Facific dock at Flavel when the tur- biner Northern Pacific got away yes terday for San Francisco, she having been unable to take all. partly due to space limitations as well as time in which to get more aboard. More than 250 passengers were aboard the vessel, tome of them bound for California to pass the holidays. Christmas spirit reigned aboard the liner. Among the decorations was a holly wreath live feet In diameter. FLEETMATE TO BEAVER AND ROSE CITY, OF SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S LINE, ARRIVES FOR FIRST CARGO. Stemming into the harbor yesterday afternoon from Seattle, the liner Northwestern, chartered by the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company to operate for a time with the Rose City and Beaver, passed her sister ship and fleetmate. the Rose City, Just above the St. Johns bridge, the latter sounding a three-blast whistle salute to the newcomer, which was returned. The Northwestern, in charge of Captain Hunter, berthed at Ainsworth dock soon after 4 o'clock, and until after dark she was gone over by the dock force. Unlike the Rose City, she has a smoking observation room aft on the "topside" and aft of the bridge are officers' quar ters. Iter main house is somewhat alrierent as well. bhe will be loaded trip to San Frpncisco and Los Angeles. contributed by clubmen of Portland. It was suspended in the main com panionway of the ship, where everyone saw it. The greeting from the city of Portland made a hit with the California passengers who came north aboard the vessel Thursday. Commissary Superintendent Blair prepared extras for the passengers at tomorrow's dinner, in keeping with the festival spirit. Tomorrow afternoon there will ' be gift-giving among the members of the crew. Captain Hunter received congratulatory messages yes terday before sailing, and many Port land friends were remembered by him. NESTOR STICKS IN COWLITZ Riverboat Not Thought Much Dam aged; Scow .Will Help Raise Her. Going aground near the mouth of the Cowlitz River, the steamer Nestor, of the Columbia & Cowlitz Trading Com pany's line, was reported .yesterday to have listed somewhat and was resting with one guard under water. A barge was secured to be used in righting her. and it was not believed she had been injured materially. Another steamer for the same trade is being finished at the plant of the Portland Shipbuilding Company and will be ready for service soon after the opening of 1917. In spite of a large amount of dredging having been dona in the Cowlitz, there are places where sternwheelers have trouble during low water stages. STEAMER MAUI IS LAUNCHED Vessel of 17,430 Tons to Ply From San Francisco to Honolulu. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23. Another addition to the American merchant marine on the Pacific took to the water today wiui the launching at. the Union Iron Works of the Matson Navi gation Company's new 17,430-ton steamer Maui. It will be placed on the San Francisco-Honolulu run when fin-. ished. The Maui is 501 feet long; has a 58- foot beam, and will make a speed of 16 knots loaded. She will be driven by twin sets of geared turbines of 5003 shaft horsepower to each unit. j Coast Free of Gales. Moderate south to southwest winds are forecasted for today along the North Pacific Coast. Except southwest warnings at Coos Bay. all warnings were discontinued yesterday by the Weather Bureau. North Head report ed the sea smooth with a southeast wind of four miles an hour prevailing there at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and it was said no high winds had been re corded anywhere in the district during the day. Washougal Wins 35 to 8. WASHOUGAL. Wash.. Dec. 23. (Spe cial.) In the first game of the season last nicht the Washougal Hign bcnooi quintet defeated the Union High School team, of Mill Plain, 35 to 8. The local team nlaved fast ball, but failed to show much passing or teamwork. Eight players were used by Washougal, of whom L. Kiser and weger snowea to best advantage. Blair, of Mill Plain, was the star for the visitors. New Ship Plant Incorporated. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 23. The Na tional Shipbuilding Company was in corporated here today by O. D. Treiber and F. C. Norbeck, of Seattle. It is capitalized at $40,000, and will build ocean-going wooden auxiliary ships. The new company will take over the old shipbuilding plant of Johnson Bros. & Blanchard, of Seattle. Foreign Trade $31D,275,000. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 23. Custom- House figures show that the foreign commerce of the district of Washing ton in the first 11 months of the calendar year amounted to J319.275.000. being more than double the total of the nm 11 months of 1915. Trade with China. Japan and Vladivostok was re sponsible for the increase. Marine Notes. rare was at a premium aboard the liner Rose City when she left yesterday for Cali fornia ports. An average passenger list was reported. The steamer was decorated at masthead, on davits and other parts of the "topside" with small fir trees. Second Stew ard Teres Chamier left the ship here to serve as second steward of the Northwestern during the two months she will be In the same service. Captain Vic DeRestedt, master okhe river steamer Beaver, stole a march on hi breth ren yesterday, when the vessel came in from Clatskanle bedecked in cedar, boughs of the eversrreen growth being used with artistic effect on hogposts, Jackstaffs, and around the railing. On her third trip to the river, the steamer Norwood, Captain Knfght. reached here late last night from Sail Francisco to load a cargo of wheat for the Globe Grain & Milling Company. News has reached Puget Sound that the French bark Marechal de Villars, (loaded with grain dispatched from there by M. H. Houser, of Portland, was torpedoed off the Scilly Islands, September 10. Her crew es caped. She was loaded here several times. Lifting of the- embargo by the "Big Three" line Is showing effects in many quarters, par ticularly in shipments from the Willamette Valley, the steamer Pomona having arrived yesterday from the end of the run with 1100 sacks of "spuds" for delivery at San Fran cisco aboard the steamer Northwestern. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. Dec. 23. (Spe cial.) The steamers Avalon and Quinault arrived last night: the former is loading at the Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle Company, the latter at the American mill. The steamers Doris, Grays Harbor and J. B. Ptetson arrived. The Doris Is loading at the fuama Eastern. jniU. the Grays Har THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, rORTIiAXD, DECEMBER 24, 1916. -a bor at the Hulbert mill, and the Stetson at the Eureka mill. The steamer Daisy Freeman cleared from the National mill, Hoqulam. All vessels in Grays Harbor on Christmas day will lay Idle on that day. NORTH BEND. Or.. Dee. 23. (Special.) "The steam schooner Florence Olson was successfully launched today at 10:30, the tide having waxranted slipping the vessel into the water before the set hour, 11. Owing to the cold rain and advance tide, only a' few were present. The launching was most auspicious, the Florence Olson sliding into the water and floating nicely. She is moored to she Kruse & Banks shipyard dock and will be finished in two weeks, ready to depart for San Fran cisco. Mrs. Hutton, wife of Captain Hutton. who superintended construction of the craft, christened the ship. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 23. (Special.) Loaded to capacity with general freight and carrying a targe list of passengers, the steamer Northern Pacific sailed today for San Francisco. The steamer Johan Paulson called for San Francisco today with a full cargo of lumber, from Westport. The steam schooner Daisy sailed this morning for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber from Knappton and Rainier. Carrying a full cargo of lumber from St. Helens, the steam schooner Nehalem sailed today for San .Francisco. The Bteamer ' Northwestern arrived today from Seattle and is to take the place of the steamer Bear on the run btwen Portland and San Francisco. Laden with a cargo of lumber for Sydney, the barkeiitlne Benlcia waa brought down from Westport this afternoon. The vessel's crew arrived from San Francisco yesterday and she will probably be ready to sail to morrow. The steam schooner Norwood arrived to day from San Francisco and will load paper at Portland for San Francisco. The tug Navigator, having oil barge Mon terey In tow, arrived from California en route to Portland. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 23. (Special.) The O. S. K. liner Itsukushlma Maru arrived today at 1 P.. M. from the Orient with a general cargo of 40O0 tons for this port. Other ai rivals were the oil tanker Col. E. L. Drake, from San Francisco, late tonight; the steam schooner Bee. from " San Fran cisco, at 6:30 P. M., with freight; ttie steam er Kllhu Thomson, from San Francisco, via Vancouver. B. C, at 10:15 A. M-, and the schooner Halcyon, from Juneau, at 5:30 P. SI. Departures today were the freighter Juneau, for Southeastern and Southwestern Alasxa. with a cargo of lumber and supplies, and the Salkal Maru. of the Waterhouse fleet, for Vladivostok, with goods consigned to the Ru3slan government. The shipping firm of Frank Waterhouse A Co. today gave all employes a month's extra salary as a Christmas gift. W. H. Todd, head of the Seattle Construc tion & Drydock Company, gave personally S to each of the -3000 employes here, or a totat of 115.000. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23. (Special.) Struthers & Dixon dispatched the Japanese freighter Kolsu Maru for Dalny and Shang hai today. The vessel took out a full cargo and goes to Dalny on account of the em bargo on private freight at Vladivostok. From Guam." In 53 days, the schooner Bertie Minor arrived today with a full cargo bf copra, consigned to Atkins, Kroll & Co. The schooners Mayflower and Albion were sold today by the Sparks estate to the Amer ican Products Company. The price was not announced. Both vessels are old-timers, and for many years operated in the lumber trade between this port, Albion and the Coquille River. The new owners will install auxiliary engines in the schooners and use them In the kelp industry In Southern California. The Norwegian steamer Tanored arrived today from Wellington. New Zealand, with a full cargo for Hind, Rolph & Co. The Japanese steamer Kanagawa Maru, from Yokohama and Hongkong. 'en route to New York, put In here today for fuel. ' Among lumber steamers to arrive from the north today was the Pasadena, from Albion, with 280.(H0 fet of lumber for the Albion Lumber Company. The Hardy steamed for Coos Bay; the San Jacinto left for Grays Harbor and the Hartwoodl sailed for Willapa this afternoon. 3LVKIXE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. DUE TO ARRIVE. From Name. Date. In port .Dec. 25 North estern F. A. Kllburn Beaver Northern Pacific. -Los Angeles. . . . . San Francisco. . . Los Angela. . San Francisco. .Dec. . Dec. .Deo Jan. 27 27 2 Breakwater San Francisco Rose City Los Angeles DUE TO DEPART, ante, For Yale 8.F. for L.A.-S.D F. A Kllburn San Francisco. . . Harvard S.F. for L.A.-S.D Wapama San Diego Northwestern Los Angeles. . . . . Northern Pacific. . San Francisco. .. Beaver Los Angeles Breakwater fan Francisco. Klamath San Diego Rose City.... Los Ang)!es. ... , Date. Dec .Deo. Dec. .Dec. .Dec. Dec. .Dec. .Dec. , Jan. Jan. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Dec. 23. Sailed Steamers Rose iCity. for San Francisco and Pan Pedro: Grace Dollar, for Vancouver. B. C. ; barken tine Benl' la. . from Westport. for Sydney; steamer W. S. Porter, for San Francisco. Arrived-r-Steamer Northwestern, from Se attle. ASTORIA. Dec. 2S. Sailed at 0 A. M. Steamer Johan poulsen. ,for San Francisco: lighthouse tenders Manzanita and Heather, for cruise. Arrived at 8:10 and left up at 9:20 A. M. Steamer Northwestern, from Se attle. Sailed at 10 A. M. steamer Ne halem, for San Pedro; at 10:5 A. M.. steamer Daisy, for San Pedro. Arrived at 10:25 A. M. Tender Manzanita. Arrived down at 11:30 A. M. Barkentine Betucia. Arrived at 2 and left up at 2:30 Steamer Norwood, from San Francisco. Sailed tit 2:30 P. M. Steamer Northern Pacific, for San Francisco. Arrived at 2 and left up at 3 P. M. Schooner Monterey in ' tow tug Navigator, from San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23. Arrived Tancred (Norwegian. from Welllnsrton Kanagawa Maru (Japanese, from Hollo. Sailed Steamers Hardy, for Coos Bav: President, for Victoria; San Jacinto, for Grays Harbor: Newport, lor Ancon. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 23. Arrived Steamers Colonel E. I- Drake Bee and Klihu .Thomson, from San Francisco; itsukushlma Maru. from Yokohama: Alameda. from southeastern and houtnwestern Alaska schooner Halcyon, from Juneau. Sniled Steamers Juneau, for Southwestern Alaska; balKai Aiaru, lor viaajvosioa. EAN PEDRO. Sea. 23. Sailed BUamer so as to sail Wednesday on ber first Beaver, for Portland. Arrived yesterday Steamer Santiam, from Columbia River. EUREKA, Dec. 23. Arrived Steamer F. A. Kilburn, from San Francisco. TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 23. Sailed Steam er Crown of Leon (Br.), for London, via San Francisco. Marconi Wireless Reports. (AH position reported at II P. M., December 23, unless otherwise designated.) Hyades. Honolulu for San Francisco, 1191 miles from San Francisco. December 22. Manoa, San Francisco for Honolulu, 897 miles from San Francisco, December 22. Lurhne, Honolulu for San Francisco, 1251 miles from San Francisco, December 22. Enterprise, Honolulu for San Francisco, 90e miles from San Francisco, December 22. Adeline Smith, Coos Bay for San Fran cisco. 5'2 miles ncrth of San Francisco. Celllo. San Pedro for San Francisco, eight mile's south of Point Sur. Newport. San Francisco for Balboa, 18 miles south of Pigeon Point. Richmond. Honolulu for San Pedro. 831 miles from San Pedro. Topeka, Eureka for San Francisco, 25 miles north of Point Arena. Wapama. San Francisco for St. Helens, 64 miles no.-.h of Blunts Reef. Asuncion. San Fedro for Powell River, 720 miles from San Pedro. Governor, Seattle for San Francisco, eight miles south of Blanco. El Segundo, Astoria for El Segundo, 603 miles north of El Segundo. Oregon. Grays Harbor for San Pedro, 318 miles south of Grays Harbor. Breakw.Uer. Coos Bay for Eureka. 77 miles north of Eureka. Kilburn. San Francisco for Eureka, bar bound off Eureka. v Willamette. Grays Harbor for San Fran cisco, 108 miles north of Blunts Reef. Senator, Seattle for San Francisco. 38 miles north of Cape Mendocino. Coronado. Aberdeen for San Francisco. 235 miles north of San Francisco. Klamath.' St. Helens for San Francisco. 20 miles south of Blanco. Lewis Luckennach, Chilean ports for Van. couver. 359 miles north of San Francisco. Lucas, towing barge 95, Richmond for Vanconver, 512 miles north of Richmond. Ravalli. San Francisco for Seattle. 135 miles south of Umatilla lightship. Grace Dollar. Portland for Vancouver, 40 Utiles from Portland. , Northern Pacific, Flavel for San Francisco, 108 miles south of Columbia River. Jim Butler. Santa Roualla for San Fran cisco, 10 miles north of Cape San Lucas at 8 P. M., December 22. Colusa, San Francisco for' Callao. IrtRS miles eouth of San Francisco at 8 P. M., De cember 22. Peru. San Francisco for Balboa, leaving Champerlco at H P. M. December 22. Santa Cruz, San Francisco for Chile. 1102 miles south of San Francisco at 8 P. M., De cember 22. Columbia. Salaverry for San Pedro, 2475 miles from San Pedro at 8 P. M., Decem ber 22. Bradford. San Pedro for Chile, 355 miles south of San Pedro. Cauto, San Francisco for Balboa, 127 miles west of Cape Corrlentes. Alliance. Salinas Crux for San Francisco, leaving Mazatlan. Pennsylvania, Pan Francisco for Balboa. 1ft , , . . V- A. . . , miles east of Point Concepclon. t-ozco, boutn America lor San Francisco, 22."! miles south of San Francisco. Moffett, towing barge 93. Colon for San Francisco, 167 miles from Balboa. Kentra, 1001 miles south of San Francisco. Col. E. I Drake, barge 91 In tow. Rich mond for Seattle. :t5 miles from Seattle. Yosemlte, Port Gamble for San Francisco, off Port Tovnsend. Queen, San Francisco for Seattle, two miles east of Slip Point. Curacao. Son Francisco for Seattle, off Umatilla lightship. Spokane, t-'eward for Seattle. 78 miles east of Cape St. Ellas, December 22. U. S. Naval Kadio Reports. NORTTT HEAD. Wash.. Dec. 23. Mari posa, discharging at Kllamar. noon. Decem ber 22. Spokane. Katalla for Yakutat. 78 miles east of Cape St. Ellas. 8 P. M.. De cember 22. Steamship Venezuela. 539 miles west of San Francisco, 8 P. M., Decem- !. r . SAf DIEGO. Cat.. Dec. 23. (Special.) Arrived U. S. S. Glacier, at Gulf of Fon seca, 7::iO P. M. December 20; U. S. S. Gla cier at Corinto. 12:40 P. M-, December 21; 7'. S. S. Buffalo, at Ma'nzanlllo. 11 A M., December 21. Departures U. S. S. Glacier, for Corinto. 5:40 P. M, December 21: V. S. S. Saturn, for San Francisco at noon, De cember 21. RAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Dec. 23. (Spe cial.) Arrivals Saturn, from San Francisco, December 23. Departures Admiral Farra- gut. from Pan Francisco for Seattle, Decem ber 23; Glacier, from Pan Francisco for San Diego. December 23: S. S. Costa Rica, for San Francisco. 88 miles south of San Fran cisco at 8 P. M. CAPE BLANCO,. Or., Dec. 23. Gollah. towing Wallacut. northbound. 20 miles north of Cape Blanco at 8 P. M. NTotlcj to Mariners. The following affects aids to navigation in the 17th lighthouse district: Oregon Yaqulna River buoys 5 and 6. re ported by Captain L. O. Carter, December 19, as having gone adrift. To be replaced as soon as practicable. Columbia River Entrance Outside bay gss and whistling buoy 1. heretofore report ed extinguished, was relighted December 23. Piiget Sound Eagle Harbor, Tyee Shoal buoy HS, reported out of position, was re placed December 14. Eagle Harbor Sand Spit buoy 3. reported by commanding officer U. 8. S. Scout. De cember 21, as having drifted to westward near Eagle Harbor Sand Spit buoy 1, to be replaced as soon as practicable. ' ROBERT WARRACK. Lighthouse Inspector. Vessels Entered Yesterday. Grace Dollar, American steamer, cargo In transit, from San Francisco. W. t?. Porter, American steamer, oil. from San Francisco. Vessels Cleared Yesterday. Rose . City. American steamer, general cargo, for San Francisco and San Pedro. W. S. Porter. American steamer, ballast, for Pan Francisco. . Grace Dollar, American steamer, lumber, for Vancouver. B. C. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Dec. 23. Condition of the bar at o P. M. : Sea, smooth; wind, south east, four miles. Tides at Astoria Sunday. High. I,ow. 0:43 A. M 6.8 feet) 6:02 A. M 3.5 feet 11:03 P. M....t feet 7:lrt P. M 1.7 feet Snow Falling at Astoria. ASTORIA, Or.. Dec. 23. (Special.) Astoria Is tonight having her first genuine snow storm of the season. The snow Is wet, however, and is melting almost aji soon fcs It strikes tbo ground. '. ALPHA IN WATER AT PENINSULA PLANT Launching Twice Delayed by Trouble Finally Accom plished With Success. MARINERS LOUD IN PRAISE Craft or AH Sorts Assembled In Vicinity Open Tlirottles Wide in Congratulation Another Keel to Start at Once. Gracefully as any water fowl, sedate ly aa a queen and floating: as buoyantly as the famed John Roach ships, the four-masted auxiliary schooner Alpha was launched at 4:46 P. M. yesterday at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Com pany's yard. The lmo of 4:4 o'clock waa Just a few minutes In advance of when It was calculated the Alpha would be In her bath, but she appeared to go when she was ready. Just as she refused to make the long- glide into the Willamette De cember 7, her official launching day, and ag-ain two days later. Mariners aesert it was not exactly stubbornness that held the Alpha, the less harsh reference of independence being used, and they aver that this is one of the, reasons a vessel is referred to as she. At any rate, tho Alpha could not have made a more spectacular debut than that of yesterday. She was cheered by the hundreds of men In the ship and mill yards, while screeching whistles from the deep-throated steamer Grace Dollar to the higher-pitched signal of the harbor patrol launch, coupled with those on the tug- Charles R. Urelner and donkey engines nearby, gave a welcome to the Willamette that echoed across the western hills. Worj-si Are Greased. One reason for the ease with which the ship went overboard was that she had been "soft soaped." Since the Initial attempt, failed, because grease used on the ways "froze" In the chilly atmosphere, hardening so It was im possible to shift the vessel more than a few inches at a time, F. II. Knapp, head of the company, and Theodore Knudson, superintendent, had delved Into the archives of the manufacture of soft soap. Mr. Knapp says he got his start that way back on the farm. The ways had been gone over thor oughly with the new lubricant, and after the ship was "wedged up" yes terday and the men had moved most of the shores, the word was passed that the ship was moving. Then the rest of the shores were knocked out. and away she went. The Alpha did not exhibit great speed, but in spite of the damp ness the weight of the ship brought smoke from the ways as she gained momentum. ene struck the water easily parts of the cradle floating to the surface as she rolled to port and then attained an even keel and moved toward midchannel, her stem swinging tne-currenr. until it pointed sea ward. Finish Set for March 1. The tug Charles R. Grelner anil the harbor patrol launch shifted her to a Dertn at the long dock of the Peninsula Lumber Company, where she will be finished and is expected to be ready aDout aiarca 1. Since the vessel was christened, the ceremony being performed as she started to move the first day. much ad dltional work has been completed. All or me deck Is on. the taffrail placed, jackstays made fast from the libboom. winches set and hatches ready. Her sister ship, as yet not planked, will be sent down the ways as soon as ready ana rour other ships will be built, the first of the new ones being started im mediately on the ways vacated by the Alpha. The latter will carry 1,750.000 feet -of lumber and will be driven bv twin Winton engines, while she will have a full schooner spread of canvas. Captain W. C. McNaught, Captain Andrew Hoben. Harbormaster Sneier. and other mariners represented among tne spectators, pronounced the launch ing as successful as any they had wit nessed. PERMANENT WRIT ASKED Lumber Itailroad Wants Property Owners and Guns Restrained. CENTRA LI A. Wash., rec. 23. (SDe- clal.) Whether or not the temporary restraining order issued to the Skoo- kum Lumber Company agaia.st property owners living up the kookumchuck River from Temno will be made per manent will be decided at a hearing in the Thurston County Superior Court next Wednesday. The property owners against whom the company has started condemnation proceedings in a separate action, are alleged to have blocked the company's line and threatened the members of a train crew with shotguns If they ran the blockade. The owners of the land assert that the lumber company has no title to its right of way. POSSUM DINNER IS SERVED Fire Chief Dowel I Host to Associ ates in Department. Fire Chief Uowell enjoyed his first "possum dinner" yesterday with his as sociates as his guests in the feast, at the Chamber of Commerce. Chief Powell discovered that he could buy two 'possums in the local markets the other day and decided at once to have a real Southern feast, with all the trimmings. So he turned the little ani mals over to the chef at the Chamber with orders to get some "sweet taters" and fix It up with all the approved trimmings. Chief Dowell'a guests were First As sistant Chief Laudenklos. Second As sistant Chief Stevens. Battalion Chiefs Holden and Young and Cplonel Milton Weidler. Sirs C. V. Hare Dead. Mrs. Chester V. Hare, aged 39, died at her home. 910 Belmont street, yes terday morning after a brief illnees. Mrs. Hare was the daughter of W. S. Elkins. of Dallas. She Is survived by her husband, a brother, Ross Elkins, and one child, a girl 5 years old. Fu neral services will be held at Skewes' undertaking parlors Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. "Track Laid In Cliehalis. CHEHALIS," Wash Dec 23. (Spe cial.) The Cowlitz. Chehalis & Cascade Ril way Company have a crew " men laying track on -i'ront street, near the junction of Pacific avenue. The com pany will run its new gas car over the o" . Chehalis & Cowlitz tracks up Front street. A building owned by John Loughran has been leased b'y the company: i lor. Its station. SEA FOODS ON OREGON COAST ENOUGH FOR ALL POPULATION If Price of Meats Continue to Rise It Is Pointed Out That People Can Sus tain Themselves on Oysters, Clams, Mussels and Other Ocean Edibles. '-) " ' 'TV IF the skyrocketing of food prices i continues and the worst comes, what will Oregon do for fats and protelds? Will the commonwealth have to go meatless to bed? AH along the coast between Astoria and Brook ings is the answer. Oregon will have recourse to her shellfish. Her 700.000 citizens will eat rock oysters for chicken, clams for beef, mussels for mutton and barnacles for pork. It Is thought that the Oregon oyster could be made a food of great economic importance. Experiments around Coos Bay have, been made with the inten tion of restocking the waters in that locality with native oysters. Indications plainly show that at one time there existed large beds of oysters in Coos Bay. That they no longer exist Is due to some catastrophe in the past, as an influx of fresh water, which reduced the salinity of the water of the bay lower than that in xhleh the oyster can live, or the washing into the bay of great quantities of mud, which has smothered the oysters. It is thought probable by Professor Albert R. Sweet ser. of the University of Oregon, that if oysters were reintroduced they would flourish as in the past. Clam Is In Favor. The Oregon clam is already an im portant diet. Long ago wise old set tlers and retired sea captains planted thenvin the mud flats along our ocean going streams where they were not al ready indigenous. Everywhere along the beach the big razor buries himself in the sand. There was a time, a few years ago, in Florence, Or., when the two meat shops of the town dwindled to one and when this one. a few months later, closed Us doors for lack of patronage. And while these meat shops were going out of business an energetic and perlpataeic clam mer chant,' who sold his wares from a wheelbarrow, was making $5 a day. All of which was as It should be. The town was without a meat market for close onto a year and all the while the people were apparently as well fed and four times as cheaply fed on clams. In a time of necessity there is hardly an Oregon coast town that could not dispense with steaks and chops, as this Lane County town did. and with the better means of transportation that now generally exists, many valley towns could share in this independence and this economy. The sea mussel, which for many years has annually furnished Great Britain with 35.000.000 pounds of food. Holland with 65.000.000 pounds and France with 400.000.000. has only very recently been recognized as a food In the United States. But in a short time it has attaained a wide vogue in the Atlantic states. Its popularity has not yet reached the Pacific Coast, but the two edible varieties. Mytllus edulls Linnaeus, In the protected bays and harbors, and Mytllus californianus Conrad, on the outer coast line, are found on the Pacific Coast as far south as San Francisco. The United States Government Is en couraging their use as food and the Bureau rf Fisheries. Department of Commerce, in economic circular No. 12. entitled "Sea Mussels: What They Are and How to Cook Them," gives some Interesting information- regarding this shellfish, against the eating of which we have so long held a conventional prejudice. Mussel la Good Food. Among many other things the circu lar referred to says: "Since they are abundant and easily taken, sea mussels are cheap. They are found in dense beds yet untouched, accessible to the market and easily reached by tongs and drecges. They can be placed on the markets at a lower cost than can either oysters or clams and a barrel of mussels contains more edible material than a barrel of oysters. The quan tity of actual nutriment contained in the edible portions (the meat and liquor) of mussels Is slightly greater than In oysters and clams and the mus sel therefore contains at least as much food, pound for pound, as is found in related shellfish In common use. .As the shells are thinner, a bushel of mus sels contains considerably more food stuff than an equal quantity of oysters. A peck of mussels in the shell will sup ply ail of the meat required for a meal for 10 persons." The adoption of the Oregon mussel as a food would mean much to the state. For example, at the mouth ot the Yahacts River, in Lincoln County, there used to be a veritable mountain of mussel shells, left by the Indians, who must have had many feasts there. These shells have since been used to surface the public road and there was enough of them to extend three or four miles In a thick and continuous cover ing. This indicates the quantities of mussels that exist along the Oregon bays. The Indian. whose gastronomic tastes we have not always' cared to follow, in this Instance at least was wise. This "Indian food" has received the indorsement of seasoned epicures and, has been cooked by. the greatest Co f. . chefs In the country. When Oregon falls in line it will mean the addition ot millions of pounds of food to the pub lic larder. llarnaclea Said to Be Fine. Professor Trevor Kincald. of tha University of Washington, recommends barnacles as an edible. food and gives them a high nutritive value. He has found on the Northern Pacific Coast a big variety, called the eagle barnacle, which often attains a size of 10 by 7 Inches and often furnishes a pound of meat. Where his little brother is so thick, Oregon Is probably not too far south for this mammoth barnacle to thrive if he were transplanted. The meat is yellow, like the yolk of a freshly laid egg. Scientists will find, it is not unreasonable to suppose, that this golden meat, of which the fish are so fond. Is pleasing to the palate and sustaining to the stomach of man. MILL TO SPLIT PROFIT ORKGO.V CITY WOOLEX COMPANY TO DIVIDE WITH EMPLOYES. Management Tells Workmen of Plan try Increase Pay by Adding, to Quality and Output. OREGON CITY, Or Dec. 23. (Spe cial.) Adolph R. Jacobs, president of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, today announced that the management has decided to adopt a profit-sharing plan, benefiting its 400 employes, and that the plan will be put Into operation tho firtt of the new year. The announcement follows closely on the heels of the statement by the com pany that improvements will be made increasing the output of the plant 50 per cent and adding 100 to 150 more names to the payroll. The employes were notified of tha plan by a letter which was given each one. accompanied by a each Christmas present. The letter says: "We are working out a profit-sharing plan for all of our employes, un der which it will be to the interest of every employe to do all he or she can to help the company make a good profit every year. This can be done in several ways: By increasing the output, by Improving its quality, by reducing the amount of spoiled work and sup plies used and by taking better care of the machinery and tools, so as to get more and better work out of them and make it cost less to keep them in re pair. "Increased output means both larger wages for the workmen and more profit for the oomnnny." Thompson's) Dts. Curve Lenses Art Better. 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