The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 21, 1917, Section One, Image 15

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JTANTJA'RT 21. 1917. 13 LUMBER ORDERS IN -EXCESS OF OUTPUT Volume of New Business Ofr fered North Pacific Mills Above Shipments. RAIL MOVEMENTS LEAD Car Shortage Still Serious Handi cap to Industry-V-Anmial Meet ing of West Coast Lumbermen Held at Tacoma. to Be tion, who attended the meeting last night: Rev. Hugh Elmer Brown, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church of Seattle; Rev. Cleveland Kleihauer, pastor of the University Christian Church at Seattle; Frank CS. Moran, director of the Moras School at Rolling Bay; Wesley F. Rennie, assist ant boys' work secretary of the Se attle X. M. C. A-, and Carl Hollings worth, state student secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Notwithstanding- the retarded build ing operations, due to Nation-wide "Winter weather, buyers of quality in forest products continue offering North Pacific mills a volume of new busi ness that is in excess of both produc tion ana smpments. In a supposedly dull season, with salesmen generally off the road and with retailers busy taking inventory and attending annual conventions, mills of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association booked new orders for the Week amounting to 67.684,137 feet, which was 4.29 per cent in excess of production and 10.29 per cent in ex cess of shipments. Mills participating in the weekly trade" barometer show production to liave been 64.778,462 feet, an average a mill of 502,236 feet, as against a normal average a mill of 698.419 feet." The average production at yellow pine mills of the South for the same period was 663,751 feet a mill. The volume of 67,684,137 feet of new business was made up by 1945 carloads, equivalent to 48,625,000 feet, from transcontinental and other markets reached by rail. The -estic cargo business added 8,671,743 feet, the export cargo business 3,828,000 feet and the local business 6,559,394 feet. The aver age of new business a mill was 624, 8V2 feet. Shipments for the week totaled 60, 720,174 feet, of which 44,575,000 feet, or 1783 carloads, was shipped to rail markets. Local team and auto deliv eries accounted for, 6.267.864 feet; coastwise domestic cargo. 6,499,500 feet, and overseas clearances, 3,677,810 feet. The unshipped balance in the rail trade was 13,466 carloads, the highest point reached since car shortage set-In. That Is approximately 336,150,000 feet. In addition there is an unshipped bal ance in the coastwise domestic trade of 62,653.933 feet, and in the export trade 60,571.903 feet, making a grand total of unshipped orders at approx imately 129 mills 459,375,836 feet. CHICAGO, 111.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Tteports compiled from all sources by the various lumber associations indi cate that the year 1916 marked ; ie completion of a total of 25,000,000 square yards of woden block pave-j--nt in the United States. The use of the wooden block has grown im mensely in the last few years, espe cially in view of the discovery that It is more clinging to the automobile wheel than most other forma cf pave n.jt. In the Middle . at, -ugh ! cost Is greater, a slignt aet -ee in eome places, 60 per cent higher cost In other -alities. farther from the forest, the wooden block is being put In in preference to tho other forms of pavement. . The second of a series of four talks en the cost and uses of Douglas fir was given by O. P. M. Goss, consulting -engineer of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, at the Oregon Hotel Thurs day night. In the two talks given Mr. Goss has covered many technical points relating to strengths, values and internal stresses in timbers used in beams and columns. He has shown that for equal weights Douglas nr surpasses in strength any structural timber on the market and as an example the value of this was given as a car material. Cars built of Douglas fir, on account of lighter weight, will require 50 to $100 a year less for operating cost, he said. Ia also discussed grading and cut ting of lumber to get the greatest etrength, showing how knots in one portion of a beam materially affect the fctrength. while in other portions they nrr of little effect. The two meetings already held have been for the benefit of persons inter ested in producing and selling lumber, in showing them how it can be manu factured to the best advantage and how to meet the arguments of technical buyers and substitute materials. In the next talk Mr. Goss will dis cuss the various uses of timber as brought out in the Structural Timber 3 land Book recently issued by the West CToast Lumbermen s Association, includ ing construction, paving, wood pipe, creosited piling, bridge timbers, rail- v juau Live, eiv. v The fourth lecture will be illustrated with lantern slides showing the proper and improper use of timber in these various capacities. On account of the annual meeting of the West Coast Lum bermen's Association in Tacoma on Fri day. January 26. there will be nS meet ing next week, but the date of the next talk will be announced later. The annual meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association will be held in Tacoma next Friday. This meeting is considered of importance. inasmuch as both J. II. Bloedel, who has served the association as president for two years, and Thorpe Babcock, who has been secretary since its organ . ixatlon. will retire. Mr. Bloedel because of pressure of other duties and Mr. Babcock to accept the management of the North Western Lumber Company at lloquiam, ash. Directly after the meeting the newly elected directors will meet to elect of fleers. President Bloedel succeeded an Oregon man as president and Inasmuch as the association is the general or ganization of all Douglas fir manufac turers, there is talk of returning the presidency to Oregon this year. There are many applicants for Mr. Babcock's position. MR. SHEPPARD WINS POINT Probability Is Tbat Sale of $25,0 00 Home, Will Be Set Aside. The effort of Attorney C A. Shep pard to have set aside the sale of his home and other property in Irving ton, valued at $25,000, for $505 under the Sheriff's hammer, was partially successful yesterday when Circuit Judge Gatens asserted that he was con. vinced the signature to an Important agreement was genuine, and took the matter under advisement. Judge Gatens asserted that he would endeavor to have a settlement of the $420 claim involved in the litigation, following which action he would set aside the sale. An execution was issued against the property of Mr. Sheppard by Attorney Charles E. Lenon on an alleged judg ment for $420 obtained by Mrs. Mallnda 37 MASONS GO UP Thirty-Second Degree Con ferred and Banquet Held. REUNION IS THIRTY-FIFTH Prominent Members of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Branch Attend Festivities Address es and Music Are Heard. After conferring the 32d degree on a class of 37 members, the 35th semi annual reunion of the Ancient & Ac cepted Scottish Rite Masons of Oregon closed last night with a banquet at the cathedral, Lownsdale and Morrison streets. The gathering was attended may be relieved of the cares of busi ness." A number of visitors from outside Jurisdictions, some of whom live in Portland but hold memberships else where, were present at the sessions. They included A. J. Hilton, Aberdeen. S. D.; Phil Esterday, Lincoln,' Neb.; H. F. Schuknecht. Washington, D. C: Daniel F. Mason, Minneapolis; Sard Wiest, Denver, Colo.; John T. Dougall. Fort Wayne, Ind.; William H. Bard, Seattle; H- Root. Guthrie, Okla.: N. W. Hann, Boise, Idaho; W. C. Stone. To ledo, O-. and A. Johnson. Tacoma. Class Roll la Gives, The members of the class: Charles Kurz. Portland; B. P. Grif fith. Reedsport; Worth Harvey. Cot tage Grove; W. L Cole, Portland; R. H Byng. Portland; G. W. Mettler. Port land; E. G. Wendllng. Portland; H. H. Wilburn. Condon; Collin Lewie. Fossil; I. Helmer, Portland; D. F. Stewart, Portland; N. W. White, Cottage Grove; G. A. tephan. Portland; B. H. Gold stein. Portland: O. H. Skothelm, Eu gene; A. C. Hough, Grants- Pass: Wil liam F. Stiltz, Portland; C. D. Moore. Portland; " Dr. M. G. McCorkle. Port land; C. G. Wilson. Linnton; Charles Coopey, Portland; Charles E. Burgess. Fossil: G. L Koehn. Portland; F. C. Atwell. Portland; M. D. Swift. Portland: J. T. Thompson, Sheridan: J. P. Ander son, Circle, Alaska; Lewis Denham, Elgin; S. E. Westover, Portland; Henry Jenning. Jr., Portland: O. W. T. .Muell haupt, Portland; C. H. Wain, Junction City; J. H. Harden, Yoncalla; L. L HANDSOME NEW BUILDING RISES AT PORTLAND UNION STOCKYARDS COMPANY PROPERTY IN NORTH PORTLAND. fi Vli iP : :y . . s; -.- kyx 44 j 5a ti i 6 - i. !fc, a- 1m5 vy,?si? ?!ff 1 Ax A. ' 1 I X ", i t , ... t-, ff , j y . . PO(fcT 0 -TXS.J?i 1 fsX7-0 citz-oas coeiteiwosr ariso The new administration building being erected by the Portland Union Stockyards Company at Its plant In North Portland is nearing completion. It will cost $150,000 and will be a distinct addition ' to the facilities of the company there. Lewis Irvine Thompson is the architect and F. J. Leonard is the contractor. "The new building will be four floors in height, with a convention hall and brokers' offices on the first floor. On the second floor will be the Cattle Loan Company offices and bank in one wing and in the other will be the executive offices of the stockyards management. On the third floor will be offices and headquarters for brokers, while later the fourth and top floor, covered by a skylight, will be fitted up as a banquet hall. The new building is located near the proposed new structures to be erected by the Pacific International Live stock Exposition, plans for which are well along. Mitchell. Mr. Sheppard contended that not only was the decree favoring Mrs. Mitchell not a Judgment but an af firmation that this money was due, but also that he had a signed agreement by which Mrs. Mitchell consented to the payment of the money by install ments. Mr. Lenon had announced that Mrs. Mitchell would repudiate any such greement, but Mrs. Mitchell yesterday was not certain on the score. She said she did not believe she had signed any such instrument. Attorney W. D. Free man testified that he saw her sign it in the chambers of Judge Gatens, and Mrs. Mitchell did not deny directly that it was her signature. ROAD WORK IS PLANNED Clarke County to Begin 1917 Sea son About February 15. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 20. (Spe cial.) The making of roads in Clarke County for the 1917 season will start about February 15, according to the County Commissioners. About $150, 000 will be spent in improving exist ing roads and making new ones during the Summer. The county rock-crushing plant at Yacolt is being repaired for the Sum mer operations. It produces from six to seven cars of rock daily, which is shipped to all parts of the county. The county owns four large auto trucks, which are used in hauling the road material. The hauling costs have been reduced to one-quarter what they formerly were with teams, according to statistics on file. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD JT wo Hundred Boys Expected to At tend Gathering at Centralis. CEJJTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Spe clal.) The programme for the confer ence of Sunday school boys of West ern Washington, which will be held in Centralia on February 2. 3 and 4, at th came time as a conference of girls in Cliehalis, was outlined at a meeting held last night by local committees ap pointed for the purpose, of which Wal t-r Preble is general chairman and George J. Galvln secretary. A ban ciuet on the night of the third will be feature of the programme. About 200 boys from all parts of Western Washington are expected to attend the local conference, the rail roads having granted reduced rates. Those who will fill prominent places on the programme are W. C Moore, of Seattle, secretary of the Western Washington Sunday School Associa- Sledlcal Appropriations Topic. An Inquiry Into the medical appro priations will be one of the topics pre sented Monday night in room H. Cen tral Library, at a meeting called under the auspices of the Oregon Taxpayers' Association. The results of the in quiry will be made public and school medical inspection and the Corbett bill, recently introduced in the Legislature, will be discussed. W. T. Vaughn will preside. by prominent members of the order from all sections of the state, in ad dition to visitors from other states. The session yesterday afternoon opened with an address by E. G. Jones, who took as bis subject "Higher Philosophy of Scottish Rite Degrees." The first section of the thirty-second degree, the highest degree conferred by Scottish Rite bodies, was exem plified at 3 o'clock yesterday. T"he second section of the degree held the attention of the gathering at 8 o'clock last night. The presiding officer was L. G. Clarke, venerable master of Kadosh. The music last night was a special feature of the session. Pipe organ numbers were given by Ralph Hoyt. There was also some chorus work by members of the order. Alaskan Among Class The 37 members of the class repre sented all sections of Oregon, and the. a wr.s one from far-off Alaska. J. P. Anderson, of Circle City. The officers of the class are A. C. Rough, class president. Grants Pass; O. H. Skothelm. class orator, Eugene; William F. Stilz, class vice-president, Portland; C. D. Moore, -class secretary, Portland, and B. H. Goldstein, class treasurer. At the reception of the United Scot tish Rite bodies of Oregon given to the new members last night the ad dress of welcome was delivered by L. G. Clarke, one of the most eloquent speakers of the order. The response for the new members was made by A. H. Skothelm, of Eugene, -class orator. In his address delivered Snodgraes, La Grande; Thomas A. Dick son, Portland; James Rogerson, Port land. PICKETING T0BE DEBATED Cliambor Tomorrow to Consider Bill to Prevent Boycott. "Banner, boycott and picket versus the right of a workingman to support his family unmolested" is the subject announced for the addresses at the luncheon of the members' council of the Chamber of Commerce at loon tomorrow. . William K. Woodward and B. C. Ball w..l be the speakers of the day on t'-ia subject, and the whole argument for the bill to eliminate picketing, ban nering and boycotting will be gone over thoroughly. David S. Rose, of Milwaukee, for merly Mayor of that city, will be an other speaker, and be will discuss the development of Oriental commerce and transportation from Portland. afternoon, E. G. Jones urged the ne cessity of "dreams" to temper the seriousness of life. "Dreams" Are Recommended. "The real truths of life when ex pressed without tempering' the rigor of a fact plainly stated always carry with them the conviction of the tragic," he said. "Man finds a consolation in the illusive, and the elusive Is life; dreams that may not come true, but dreams that reconcile him to the hard problems of living. The wise man gives nis serious attention to the practical affairs of life during his working Wood Sought $30,000 Policy. When Richard Wood, the man of many aliases, now held by the Federal authorities for impersonating an Army officer, visited the office of II H. Ward, of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, he made application to one of the agents for a policy of $30,000, rep resenting himself as Otto A. Anderson. yesterday consulting engineer for the United States Navy, stationed at Pearl Har bor. He was unable to secure the pol icy requested, or otherwise to turn the visit to his financial advantage, states Mr. Ward. Redmen Install Officers. At the Joint installation of the Im proved Order of Redmen Monday, Jan uary 15, the following were the newly elected officers for Willamette Tribe No. 18: Sachem, T. C. Reichle; senior sagamore, w. seanoim; junior saga more prophet, M. M. Flynn; collector of wampum, I. Strasel; keeper of wam- hours and is a child-again when he pum, M. J. Gardner; chief of recorcs. Seven Passenger $128S f . o. b. Tolado k The New Willys-Knight You will concede the luxuriousness and beauty of this car without argument. Its practical advantages1 finally determine its purchase. The motor has no equal no near approach in any similar car selling for so moderate a price or for hundreds of dollars more. It is a Willys-Knight sleeve-valve motor, 12000 produced last year and giving the most remarkable satisfaction. Everyone knows that nothing has ever seriously challenged the noiselessness of this type of motor. It has the softest "purr" combined with the greatest power for its size. Its velvet smoothness puts all other motors of like power to shame. It loves carbon and hates the repair shop. It will serve you years longer thousands of miles farther than any other type of motor. And it is the only "motor known that does its best work in its old age, after putting all rivals to rout in its youth. The Willys-Knights are value pre-eminent be cause they share proportionately in the econ omies of our vast productionof a complete line of cars. See us now about your new Willys-Knight and avoid the possibility of delayed delivery dur ing the spring rush. Overland -Pacific, Inc." Broadway at Davis Street Phone Broadway 3535 Mada In U. S. A." WILLYS-KNIGHT The New Willys-Knight Eight Saren Passenger $1950 t.o.b. Toledo Winya-Knlflht Foot Toortnft . S133S Willy a-Knliibt Foul Coup . . SI 650 Wlllya-Kniiiht Fow Limousin $1950 WUlya-niAht Four Sadaa . . 19M Co. b. Toledo Ik C Berghaus; trustees. J. V. Lamkln, A. Rausher and A. E. KoesseL Aberdeen Plans Paving Extensively. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 20. (Sper ciai.) The construction of at least five miles, and possibly ten miles of con crete pavement between Aberdeen and , expense to be met by making It a toll Montesano this Summer is being seri- I road. ously considered by the County Com missioners. Money to pave five miles of this road is now available. Former Representative R. H. Fleet is urging the construction of a hard-surface boulevard between the two cities, the M it TWENTY-EIGHTH CATHEDRAL CLASS OF THIRTY-SECOND DEGREE SCOTTISH RITE MASONS, PORTLAND. IS LARGE. U Wm .i.U yv-yrrr ji-lUm'l jWfWJWy HWMaWIUil 'I J Hill W Km IJHW.PILJ.W.-IUJI.l I1L!.i.I.WI I J WPIIHIMI I JJJUPUW nhinuiyWimiimSi. m.tt - "TS a ' ' i. .yv. V , , , ... 0N vv 11 ' ' X0 1 "V V 1 Jl'WHaT'P .SI'HIM I iiM.ia : Ji ( VTA " h' , 7 J 4. 'i r r N -X 2i 4 " it ;: 4 J a I t u n r ' w First Row, Seated (Readlnc From Left to Right N. . White, Cottagre Grove; G. A. Stepbea, Portlandi II. It- Goldstein. Claaa Treasurer, Portland O. H. Skothelm, Class Orator, Eo areitei A. C Bonark, Claaa PreaideMt. Grants Pans; William K. Stlla. Clnaa-V'leeaPresldamt, Portland! C D. Moare, Class SerretJtry, Portland; Dr. W. G. MeCorkle, Portland; C. G. M 11 aon, Linnton; Charlea Cooper. Portland; Charles E. Snrajeaa, Fossil. Second Row G. L Koehn. Portland; F. C Attvell, Portland; Kl. D. BVwlft, Portland; J. T. Thompaon, Sheri dan; J. P. Anderson, Circle, Alaska; Lewis Denham, Klffin; S. E. Westover, Portland; Henry Jenninfc, Jr Portland; O. W. T. Moelhanpt, Portland; C. M. Wain. Junction City; J. If. Harden, Yoncalla; I L. Snodsraaa, La Grande; Thomas A. Dickson, Portland. Third Row Charlea Kara, Portland; t2. P. Griffith, Reedaport; Worth Barrey, Cottasre Grove; W. I. ' Cole, Portland; B. II. IS) ax, Portland; G. W. Mettler, Portland; t G. WendUnx. Portland; H. II. Wilburn, Condon; Collia Lewis, Possil; I. Helmer, Portland; D. K. Stewart, Portland. An English Inventor's electrical tool for removing boiler scale delivers 8000 hammering and tearing strikes a minute. BREAKS A COLD IN A HURRY "Pape's Cold Compound" is pleasant and affords Instant Relief. A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a co Ki lt promptly opens clogged-up nostrils and air paasagea In the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, re lieves sick headache, dullness, feverish ness, sore throat, sneezing- soreness and stiffness. Don't stay "uffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Eaae your throbbing head! Nothing else in th world gives such prompt relief as Tape's Cold Compound." which costs only 25 oanta at any drug store. It acta without assistance, tastes nice, causes no Incon venience. Be sure you get the genuine. Don't accept something else.