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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TOItTXAXD, JANUARY 21, 1917.
ASTORIA SHIPYARD
LAUNCHES VESSEL
Ernest H. Meyer Is Christened
and Takes Water as Big
Throng Cheers.
TWO MORE TO BE BUILT
Company, as sponsor. The Mabel Brown
is the first of 10 auxiliary schooners to
be built here. She will carry 1,500,000
feet of lumber, will step five masts
and will be equipped with two auxil
iary engines.
The schooner Mabel Brown slid about
three feet alone the ways and then
jammed fast. An effort will be made
to complete the launching tomorrow.
POWERBOAT
TAKOM.V
DIPS
Announcement la Made at Compli
mentary Luncheon Typo of
Schooner Just Turned Out
i -v; Will Be Followed.
ASTORIA, Or, Jan. 20. (Special.)
Gliding Into the water like a thing of
life, the new steam schooner Ernest
H. Meyer, the second ocean-going ves
sel built here for the Charles R. Mc
Cormlck Company, was launched from
the ways at the "Wilson Bros.' shipyard
at 9450 this morning. More than 1600
persons witnessed the launching, and
among them were several officials of
the company, as well as invited guests
from Portland, St. Helens and San
Francisco.
A cheer of greeting broke from the
throats of the assembled throng as the
craft slid slowly down the incline and
floated out over the bay, riding the
swells as gracefully as a swan on
an inland lake.
Girl Christen Vessel.
The ceremonies were under the di
rection of H. F. and N. B. McCormlck.
At a given signal the blocks were
Knocked from beneath the keel and,
as the big hull began to move, Miss
Gertrude Cochrun, the 9-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Cochrun,
smashed a bottle of champagne across
the bow. and christened the vessel
Ernest H. Meyer. Two minutes latel
the new craft was floating on the bay,
having- made the first start on her
mission to carry the products of Ore
son's forests to the markets of the
world.
The steam schooner has a length of
222 feet. 40-foot beam, 16-foot depth of
hold, and will carry about 1,200,000 feet
of lumber. She will be equipped with
triple-expansion engines of 850-horse-jiower.
Her masts will be stepped at
the local yards, after which she will
receive a cargo of lumber and be towed
to San Francisco to have her engines
Installed.
She was to have been christened the
Latourell, but yesterday she was sold
toBroughton & Wiggins, and at the
new owners' request she was named
after the Portland manager of the Mc
Cormlck Interests.
Complimentary Luncheon Given.
- Following the launching, a compli
mentary luncheon was arranged at the
"Weinhard Hotel in honor of the own
ers and builders of the new vessel and
their guests. Miss Gertrude Cochrun,
who was sponsor of the craft, occupied
the seat of honor. During the luncheon
many remarks of appreciation and
congratulations were expressed, and the
official announcement was made that
the keels will be laid at the Wilson
yard at once for two more vessels,
similar In construction to those just
launched.
The guests at the luncheon were:
Mr. and Mrs. George Brougrhton,
J. M. Anderson, I. Winding, P. A.
Stokes, C. H. Callender, J. S. Delaney,
Charles Wilson, R. S. Shaw, H. F. Mc-Om-mick.
N. B. McCormlck, Mr. and
Mrs. 6. J. Cochrun. Gertrude A. Cochrun,
"W. R. Hewitt, Jessie Hillard, Charles R.
Wilson. L. Hammond, Charles R. Me
Oormick. H. B. Settem. J. A Byerly,
W. B. Wiggins. C. R. Hlggins, G. W.
Roberts and Morris Staples.
BETA IS NEXT TO LATTVCH
Peninsula Stay Adopt Additional
Greek Names for Schooner Fleet.
-Beta, the second auxiliary , schooner
f the Peninsula Shipbuilding Com
pany's fleet, takes the water the last
of the week. Her sistership, the Alpha,
looks like a real vessel since the masts
have beep stepped and rigging finished,
but delay in the arrival of her engines
may keep her in port tor a short time.
; F. C. Knapp, head of the company,
opines that four vessels to follow may
be named properly in rotation under
the Greek alphabet, such as Delta,
Epllon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa,
lambda. Mu, Nu, Omlcron, Pi, Sho,
Figma and others, but some of them
undoubtedly would cause mariners to
balk, such as PI. With more ways
available the company will expand in
ship construction and as No. 3 is started
where the Alpha was built ample provi
sion is being made for the others.
TENDERS MOVE BIG DREDGE
Columbia Leaves TJpper Harbor for
Lower River to Work.
Friends of Captain Turppa. of the
Tort of Portland navigating staff,
likened him yesterday to the skipper
of a Mississippi barge fleet, when he
left for Puget Island with the dredge
Columbia, which was in tow of the
tenders Pronto and John McCraken.
The Columbia is the pioneer of the
SO-inch pipeline dredges owned by the
Port and as she moved from the yard
toll the Clumbia River Shipbuilding
Corporation through the bridges,
covered considerable space. Larger
steamers have been used in shifting the
dredges, but at the present stage of
water the tenders easily proved equal
to -the task. Captain Turppa essayed
the role of pilot, being on the hurri
cane deck of the digger and directing
aer movements.
Name of Norwegian Vesel Is at Last
Moment Changed.
SEATTLE. Wash- Jan. 20. Th i.r
wooden powerboat Takoma, 250 feet
long, was launched today from the yard
ot xne wasnington shipping corpora
tion. The Takoma and a sister shin, to
be launched next month, are owned by
the Pacific Motorship Company, of
Christiania, Norway, and the Orient.
ine .Norwegian owners of the boat
having given no name to her, the build
ers decided to launch her under the
name of Samuel H. Hedges, an official
of the shipbuilding company. At the
last moment, however, the name Tako
ma was given to the boat.
CUSTOMS REVEXCE GROWKVG
January's Receipts Equal Those of
December; Future May Improve.
Custom-House officials, who nroh-
ably feel more keenly than others the
TWO GRAFT ENGAGED
Steamers Republic and Poto
mac to Call for Lumber.
'SECRET" VESSEL COMING
Palm Branch Is Under Orders of
British Admiralty Other Ships
Will Take Lumber Here
for West Coast.
Lumber Is to be carried from Port
land to the West Coast ports by the
American steamer Republic and the
British steamer Potomac, according to
yesterday's reports, and in tjiat con
nection it is said an order for 3.500,070
feet of material was placed recently.
A few days ago the schooner E. B.
street dock yesterday in command of
Captain Olson. The gasoline schooner
Mirene, from Newport, in charge of
Captain Casslday, la looked for there
today.
Snake Shipping Suspended.
LEWISTON. Idaho, Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) On account of heavy ice floes In
the Snake River, all navigation has
ceased. Steamer Lewiston. of the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation
Company, is tied up at Lewiston:
steamer Spokane, belonging to the same
company, has been working on the
Snake River below Lewiston. moving
grain from the warehouses to Riparla,
but on account of the sudden cold wave
that hit the lower river, was compelled
to go into the harbor at Almota where
the boat is now frozen In solid.
Phillis to Be Launched Soon.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) The double-ended steamer Phil
lis. being built for Bigbsy & Clark, of
San Francisco, by the Peterson Ship
yard, will be launched the first of next
month. As soon as it is in the water
the Peterson plant will lay in its berth
the keel for an auxiliary schooner sim
ilar to the Columbia River recently
launched here. This is to be built for
the French-American Shipping Com
pany, and will be 251 feet over alL
Pacific Coast Shipping Xotes.
ASTORIA. Or .Tn 20 fn.rial 1 Car.
Jackson was taken for the same bust- rylng- a full cargo of lumber from the
NOTED SKIPPER DIES
Captain Gore, Father of Attor
ney of Portland, Succumbs.
118 mllM soattt of
Columbia
two
DECK TO BRIDGE IS RECORD
Columbia River Steamers and Those
of British Colombia Waterways
Commanded by Master Who
Knew Treacherous Streams.
NELSON. B. C. Jan. 20. (Special.)
Captain John Clancy Gore, for 19 years
superintendent of the Canadian Pacific
Railway inland lake and river service,
who died Thursday, was one of the
early navigators of the- Columbia and
Willamette Rivers. Heart disease was
the cause of death.
He leaves a son, George Gore, an
Francisco,
River.
YACHT VEXTTA, San Francisco,
miles west of Point Vincent.
ASUNCION. Portland for Richmond, bar
bound inside Columbia River.
I AQUA. Tacoma for San Pedro, off Cape
ArtKO.
GOVERNOR, Seattle for San Francisco.
IS miles south of Blanco.
r K I IT .( i Kverett for San PnnHiM 3
miles north of Blanco.
EL fEGL'NDO. with bar re St. Seattle for
Richmond. 97 miles WNt of Seattle
RICHMOND. San Pedro for Honolulu. 1000
miles from San Pedro.
ENTERPRISE, Hllo for San Francisco,
S70 miles from San Francisco.
STANDARD ARROW, San Francisco tor
Orient, &6 miles west of San Francisco.
Teasels Entered Yesterday.
Breakwater American steamer, gen
eral cargo, from San Francisco.
Colombia River Bar Report,
NORTH HEAD. Jan. 10. Condition ef the
bar at 5 P M.: Sea, obscured; wind, south
IS miles.
CHILDREN MAKE $117,306
Interested
Rldgefield Schools
Work of Canning Clubs.
In
RIDGEFIELD. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Professor T. J. Newbill. of the
Washington State College at Pullman
and state organiser of the canning and
garden clubs, and W. E. Dudley, County
School Superintendent, visited Kidge
fleld last week In the Interest of the
PORTLAND'S SECOND STEEL SHIPBUILDING YARD TAKES FORM RAPIDLY IN PREPARATION FOR TURNING OUT A FLEET OF SIX FREIGHTERS FOR NORWEGIANS.
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RAIN BRINGS HOPE
Steamboat Men Expect Co
lumbia to Be Cleared of Ice.
ROCK FOR JETTY HELD UP
VIEW OF" COLUMBIA RIVER SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION'S PROPERTY".
To the left of the picture Is shown the administration building of the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation, formed last Fall by Portlanders, and with the occupancy of that several
weeks ago by executives and heads of departments other parts of the plant have gone ahead rapidly. Beyond the office is shown the main shop and above it part of the overhead gear cov
ering the three ways, so material can be delivered direct to the point desired from the shops. To the right other units of the plant are being prepared for and the last of a dredged fill is being
pumped onto that section of the property. The company has contracts for six modern freighters of S800 tons each, that will operate under the Norwegian flag. The plant adjoins that of the
Northwest Steel Company, where the first of eight ships of the same size will be launched in about a month.
lull In water commerce the European
war has brought about, because the
pulse they steer by is monthly revenue.
began to sit up and take notice yester
day when the financial indicator proved
that receipts were about $20,000 for
January, which is equal to that of
December and the latter was larger
than for several months.
As yet the returns are far below
Portland's banner days, and it is
realized this district has been more
severely dealt with through the war
than some others on the Coast, but with
a limited revival in wheat exports and
a better feeling as to offshore lumber
ships, it is hoped the cereal year will
not be closed with such a drained ex
chequer as last Summer's operations
forecasted.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. Jan. 20. Sailed Steam
ers Daisy and Despatch, for San Fran-1
Cisco: Multnomah, for San Francisco
and San Pedro; British steamer Wear-
wood, for Jamaica, for orders; steamer
Asuncion, for San Francisco. Arrived
Steamer Breakwater, from San Francisco.
ASTORIA, Jan. 20. Sailed at 9:50
A. M. Steamer J. A. Chanslor, for San
Francisco. Arrived down at 4:30 P. M.
and sailed Steamer Asuncion, for San
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. Sailed at
midnight Steamer Daisy Freeman, for
Columbia River. Arrived at 4 A. M.
Steamer F. A. Kilburn, from Portland
via Coos Bay and Eureka.
SAN PEDRO. Jan. 19. Sailed
Steamer Northland and motor schooner
Sierra, for Portland via San Francisco.
Arrived Steamer Santa Monica, from
Columbia River.
Vessels Cleared Yesterday.
Despatch, American steamer, general
cargo, for San rancisco.
Breakwater. American steamer, gen
eral cargo, for Coos Bay, Eureka and
San Francisco.
C. S. Naval Radio Reports.
JEFFERSON. Skaitway for Juneau, six
miles south of Skagway, 12:30 P. M.. Jan
uary 19.
ALAMEDA left Latouche for Seward.
P. M., January 19.
ADMIRAL GOODRICH, Kanalmo Tor Ban
Francisco. 0 miles south of Cape Flattery,
January 19.
' NORWOOD. San Francisco for Belllng
bam, 50 miles north of Cape Blanco.
LATOUCHE. Prince William Sound for
Tacoma. 20 miles east of Stelas.
TURRET CROWN, towing bara-e. Port
Townsend for Balboa, 10 miles north Point
Artrueilo.
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, Seattle for San
Francisco, 116 miles from Seattle.
ness, $32 being paid for the voyage
from the North Pacific to the West
Coast. Sha may be given her cargo
here.
Another vessel mentioned yesterday
as on the way was the British steamer
Palm Branch, of 2523 tons net register,
which is numbered with other "secret"
vessels of the British Admiralty and
was said to be heading for the river,
though marine publications fall to
herald her recent movements.
The Republic and Potomac are In
southern waters now and are to load
ore for the Tacoma smelter, coming
here when discharged, so It will be
several weeks before they are looked
for. Of vessela now on the way the
schooner Henry K. Hall Is out 20 days
from San Francisco and is to load for
Sydney under engagement to Comyn,
Mackall & Co. The schooner W. IL
Marston is less than a week out from
Adelaide. She Is controlled by a Port
lander, Harry Pennell, and J. J. Moore
& Co. will load her for the return to
the Antipodes.
The schooner Irmgard is listed from
Cape Town, consigned to Balfour,
Guthrie & Co, and the American Trad
ing Company has the schooner Alum
na, 42 days out from Levuka. The
British schooner David Evans, owned
by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., is coming
from Port Pirie for lumber, having
left there 79 days ago, and Hind,
Rolph & Co. have listed the schooner
Lizzie Vance, which Is to come from
Newcastle, N. S. W.
January will be a fair month In
lumber exports from the river. The
Japanese steamer Unkai Maru No. 2 is
working a cargo at Xnman-Paulson'8
for Bombay, as is the Norwegian
steamer Capto at West port, from
where she shifts this week for Linn
ton. The schooner Honoipu, loading at
Westport for New Zealand, is counted
on to finish tomorrow. Before long an
other of the Columbia River marine
products, the auxiliary schooner Asto
ria, will 'begin taking on lumber for
Australia in the interest of Balfour,
Guthrie & Co.
Marine Notes.
Hammond Mill, the steam schooner Solano
sailed today for San Pedro,
Having- discharged fuel oil at Astoria and
Portland, the tank steamer Asuncion went
to the lower harbor this evenlns and will
sail for California tomorrow.
The gasoline schooner Roamer arrived from
Rogue River with a cargo of canned salmon.
After discharging fuel oil at Portland, the
tank steamer J. A. Chanslor sailed for Cali
fornia. Loaded to capacity with general freight
and carrying more than 200 passengers, the
steamer Northern Pacific sailed this after
noon for San Franclaco.
A schooner was reported outside today, but
she must have been bound, north as the tug
could find no trace of her.'
COOS BAT. Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
Captain John Swing, of the gasoline schooner
Tramp, left late this evening for South Bay
to rescue Charles Baker, who la marooned
there with a broken-down gasoline craft.
Captain Swing expected to return tomorrow
forenoon.
The steam sohooner Hardy and Yellow
stone, loading at North Bend, will aall to
morrow morning for San Francisco.
GRATS HARBOR, Wash.. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Hart Wood Company, of San
Francisco and Raymond yesterday closed a
contract with the Matthews yards for the
construction of a 200-foot-long ateamer
attorney of Portland, who has been
serving with the National Guard on the
Mexican -border and who is now on
leave of r.bsence at San Francisco. He
is survived also by a widow, now in
Nelson; a daughter, Mrs. J. E. L Corbet,
of Vernon, B. C; a brother, Charles
Gore, of Klamath Falls, Or., and a sis
ter. Mrs. Bronson, of Fort Wrangel, Or.
Captain Gore was born in 1853 at
Gibraltar, Mich, and served for 50 years
on steamers on the Great Lakes, the
Willamette and Stikeen rivers, and the
4rrow. Kootenay and Okanagan lakes
of British Columbia. He rose from
deckhand to skipper.
Tub; Commanded at 18.
Before he was 15 years of age he
was running- on mall boats between
Marquette, Houghton and Hancock. He
served four years at this work and then
engaged for a short period in ship con
struction, but by the time he was II
years of age he had worked himself
up -from deck hand to master of a
tug. He piloted the first boat to run
through the canal between Houghton
and the lake.
He came West to Portland. Or, in
1S78, where his father had a ranch.
He engaged In ranching for a short
time and then returned to the steamer
which win cost S20O.UO0. She win have service. He became deck hand on the
boys' and girls' clubs for this section
of the country.
The boys' and girls' canning and gar
den clubs of the state last year made
H17.306.12 and there are more than
17,000 club members in all clubs.
Mr. Dudley Is planning to assist such
schools as wish to organize for the
coming year.
Ton boats Unable to Draw Barges
Through Floating Mass , Above
Vancouver Precipitation
Is Extensive in Ares.
Rain falling- over the ;Willamette
and Columbia River district, extendlnr
upstreara on the latter at least to Hood
River, buoyed steamboatmen with the
hope that ice would shortly be a
thing of the past.
The most serious Interference made
known yesterday was that the Colum
bia Contract Company was unable to
handle the customary number of
barges of rock for the north Jetty
work. The material is Quarried at
Fisher's landing and delivered at Fort
Canby. Ice running in the river above
Vancouver made it difficult for the
towboats to move barges against it, and
several barges were held in shelter
behind Hayden Island.
Major Jewett, Corps of Engineers,
IT. S. A-, was advised yesterday tuat it
would be impossible to move any rock
to the Jetty yesterday, though it was
fully expected material would be on
hand for distribution Monday. Two
barges had reached Fort Canby from
which material was taken yesterday.
It is the second time this Winter the
quarry has faced obstacles, the first
interruption being during the first
snow of the season, which was ac
companied by a driving east wind that
made the quarry untenaDie tor ui
men. .a that nappenea just ueiure
New Tear's, only two or three days'
time was lost.
As to navigation possibilities on The
Dalles route. Captain Charles Nelson,
of the People's line, was advised from
Hood River yesterday that rain was
falling there and It was hoped a rise
in the river would help move out io
ice quickly. With the exception of
two clear stretches. Captain Nelson
says, the stream Is blocked by Ice from
Memaloose Island to The Dalles.
In view, of the prospects the steamer
Tahoma, of that line, was shifted to
the plant of the Portland Shipbuilding
rvtmnunv vesterdav for an overhauling.
She will be there until the latter part
of the week, when it is tnougnt. nav
igation will have been reopened. The
Tahoma was hauled out two years ago
and it Is intended to take advantage
of the forced layoil to go over
hull thoroughly.
Steamers arriving from Astoria re
ported ice as far down as Gobie, but not
enough to impede headway.
LOriSE NIELSEN TAKES DIP
Ship Contracted For Through An
dersen & Co. Leaves Ways Soon.
At the launching of the steel
steemer Louise Nielsen, which takes
jiM'e at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
at Swinrier & Eddy's plant, Seattle,
Arnold Relman. head of A. O. Ander
sen & Co. in the United States, will be
present, as the Andersen interests
placed all contracts in this country for
the owner of the ship, B. Stolt Nielsen.
of Norway.
The Norwegian steamer Capto, load
ing lumber in the river for Bombay and
which shifts today from Westport to
TVauna to take more cargo, is owned
by Mr. Nielsen, as is the Niels Nielsen,
which left Puget Sound a few weeks
ayo and put back after losing her
wheel. In addition there are five more
of the type contracted for by him at
Skinner & Eddy's yard. The Louise
Nielsen will be christened by Miss Mary
F. Little, of Seattle.
LUMBER CARRIER IS STUCK
Schooner Mabel Brown Refuses to
" Leave Vancouver Ways.
VANCOUVER, B. C Jan. 20 The
wooden schooner Mabel Brown was
rtarted down the ways today at the
Wallace shipyards, with Miss Betty
Brown, daughter of H. W. Brown, head
of the Canadian West Coast Navigation
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of the Sellwood Epworth League.
Is also superintendent of the t
Junior Epworth League work for T
the Portland district, which em- J
braces a large numoer of Metho
dist churches. Miss Marcy IS de
voted to her work and is winning
success in her efforts In behalf
of the organlxation ehe represents.
In preparation for the establishment
of Its yard in South Portland, the
Scandinavian - American Shipbuilding
Company has taken an option to lease
land from the O.-W. R. & N., and plans
are being drawn for vessels, while ne
gotiations are said to be on for con
tracts. Sailing from Portland tonight the
steamer Breakwater will be on sched
ule once more and is to call at Marsh
field and Eureka en route to San Fran
cisco. The F. A. Kilburn leaves the
Golden Gate today and steams via the
Coast ports, sailing from Portland Friday.
Aboard the Border line Bteamer Des
patch, which sailed at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon for San Francisco,
was a full cargo, included in it being
10,380 sacks of oats, 2391 sacks of po
tatoes, 1173 bundles of staves, 170 cases
of paint and general freight. Captain
Anderson, who left the vessel here be
cause of illness, was suceeded by Cap
tain A. W. Westerholm.
Arrivals in the river tonight are ex
pected to Include the McCormlck flag-
snip wapama and she is to be dis
patched for the return to California
ports Tuesday. On the last voyage of
the vessel from Portland passengers
were turned away.
It was not until yesterday afternoon
that the steamer Multnomah got away
from fct, Helens ror Southern Califor
nia ports, and it was reported that fog
was hanging heavily over that part of
the river. The Johann Poulsen sailed
from Westport with lumber, bound for
San Francisco, and the steamer Daisy
left Linnton with a full cargo of lum
ber. With a grain cargo, the British
steamer Wearwood got away from the
harbor yesterday morning, Kingston,
Jamaica, being her first port of call,
and there she receives orders as to
the disposition of her cargo.
Information has been received from
the East that 200 tons of steel for the
new shipbuilding plant of the Albina
Engine & Machine Works has been
shipped. As soon as all is in readiness
the keel of the first 3300-ton steamer
is to be laid and the six vessels con
tracted for there promise to be deliv
ered in record time.
Repairs to the cruising launch Sea
Otter have been finished at Supple's
yard, where worK Is also being don
on the gasoline packet City of Ridge-
field, the steamer La Cross, of the
Wind River Lumber Company, and old
llghtvessel No. 60, the latter being re
built and fitted for the Mexican trade.
As soon as more water is available
she will be hauled out on the ways.
Hailing from Marshfield, the gaso-
tanks large enough to supply her with oil
for a Journey from San Francisco to New
York.
The steamer Nehalem cleared ' from the
Blagen mill for San Pedro today.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. (Special.)
Carrying a large number of second-class
steerage passengers and capacity cargo, tbe
Japanese steamer Ayo Maru. which arrived
in port Thursday from South America, con
tinued "on her voyage to the Orient today.
The Japanese steamer Tsushima Maru.
which arrived in port last Sunday with a
fire in her hold, resumed her Journey to
New York today. The fire did little damage
to the cargo. Merchandise amounting to
4K tons, consigned to this port, was un
loaded before the vessel steamed.
Balfour. Guthrie & Co. today chartered
the American schooner Inca for a voyage
from Manila to this port with a cargo of
copra. Tbe charter price was given out at
SO a tou.
Three vessels carrying coal aggregating
5S76 tons, arrived in port today to help re
lieve the fuel famine which has been menac
ing San Francisco and the bay cities. The
barge Acapulco brought 3226 tons to the
Western Fuel Company; the steamer Senator
150 tons to the Pacific S. S. company, and
the steamer Eureka 250O tons to the Rolph
Coal & Navigation Company. The Norwegian
steamer Tancred is due tomorrow with
C500 tons for the Western Fuel Company.
The Acapulco, Tancred and Eureka will
eave for the north lor more coal as soon as
they discharge.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
4 line schooner Roamer reached Couch-
boats running on ' the Willamette and
Columbia, soon winning promotion to
mate. In 1S84 In this capacity he went
ap the Stikeen River, but the boat on
which he sailed was sunk on the trip
and he returned to Portland.
Columbia Steamer Piloted.
There he entered the Government
snagboat service, becoming a deck hand
on the Corvallls. He was next em
ployed for one season by the Oregon
River & Navigation Company. The fol
lowing year he returned to the Govern
ment service and fitted out the new
steamer Cascades of the Columbia. He
was her first master.
He resigned to return to the O. R. A
N. Company, and remained with It until
September, 1S90. when he went to
Revelstoke, B. C-, to Join the Columbia
& Kootenay Steam Navigation Com
pany's service. He was chosen be
cause of experience in swift and treach
erous waters. He succeeded in keeping
the service open throughout the year,
instead of for six months In the year
as before. He was master of the Co
lumbia, later burned.
In 1898, a year after the Canadian
Pacific bought out the Columbia &
Kootenay Company, he succeeded Cap
tain J. W. Troup at Nelson as super
intendent of the company's steamer
service In the Interior of British Co
lumbia. He has held that noRftlnn ever
Steamer Admiral Watson, which was ashore ' since. His son, George Gore, is a Yale
in Fldaigo Bay. soutnwestern Alaska, ar-1 graduate. Mrs. Gore was Miss Ida B.
here this afternoon tor arydocmni nlt a resident nf rrerr.n. Shu vi.
in 1886.
rived
ana repairs. iir.r, 1' married to Cantaln Rnr.
made at Cordova. tone naa snipments or " . . - '
fresh copper ore and salt Itsh, which were
aboard when she went ashore. The passen
gers had been transierrea.
Steamer Spokane arrived from Southeast
em and Southwestern Alaska with 50 pas
sengers and cargo of 600 tons of copper ore.
She will be laid up for Winter annual over
hauling.
Captain Gore was a member of the
Nelson Masonic Lodge.
All of the old-time Willamette and
Columbia River steamboatmen remem
ber Captain Gore and the part he
played in navigation development here
Oil tanker CoL E. L. Drake, and tanker until he left the region to enter the
Oleum arrived from San Francisco. Steamer I swif twater service in British Colum-
seattle Maru. or tne Osaka snosnen K.alsn. bla He had made a number of visits
.-.v. tni,h f-r,,., vi,h. ' I here since and had many friends. The
Steamers City of Seattle, for Southeastern
Alaska, and the Mariposa, for Southwestern
Alaska, were the departures today with
passengers and general freight for toe
north.
Passenger steamer Admiral Farragut and
the oil tanker El Segundo, towing barge SI,
were the day's departures for San Francisco.
Schooner Harold Blekum was towed out
today by the steamer Progress, bound for
Seward. Alaska. The new steamer Panuca
began loading last night here for Cuba un
der charter to Williams Dtmond. of San
Francisco, and today shifted to Tacoma to
add cargo and will complete at San Fran
cisco. Notice to Mariners.
The following affects aids to navigation
in the Seventeenth Lighthouse District:
Washington Sound Point Frances buoya
2 and 4 replaced January 16.
Washington Sound Rosarlo Strait, Belle
Rock Buoy. "Belle Rock," replaced in po
sition January 15. '
Washington Sound San Juan Channel,
Turn Rock light, heretofore reported as ex
tinguished, was rel.-ghted January 15.
Columbia River Aids to navigation dis
continued: South Channel range lights, Jan
uary 1; South Channel bell buoy, SC, De
cember 31; Jetty sands range lights, Janu
ary 1; Skamokawa Bar buoy. 1, Decem
ber 31-
Walker Island to Martin Island: Channel
buovs 2 and 4, December 31.
Columbia River Clatsop Spit gas buoy 12.
color of light to be chanced to red about
February 15. 1J17. or 40-candlepower; with
out other change.
Willamette River Postoffflce Bar range
front lifrht. moved November 15 35 yards
1 flj ix degrees from former position, without
other change. :
Wlllapa Pay Toke Point to South Bend,
beacon 6 reported carried awav Decem
ber 24. ROBERT W ARRACK. Inspector.
Tide at Aatorla Sunday.
High water. Low water.
10:49 A. M....8 feet4:53 A M.. .3.9 feet miles" north 'of Manaanlllo.
lb:U8 P. Jkl..1.0 feet
Gore family of steamboat operators
have been regarded as Oregonians.
since they came to the river at a time
when Its steamboat history was being
made.
Marconi Wireless Reports.
(All positions reported at 8 P. January
20, unlews otherwlne aetngnatea.)
GRACB DOLLAR, Tacoma for San Fran
cisco. 201 miles north of Mendocino.
YOSEMITE. Port Gamble for San Fran
cisco. ft3 miles south or Blunts Reef.
WILLAMETTE. San Francisco for Grays
Harbor. 175 miles north or San Francisco.
ECUADOR, Orient for San Francisco, 106S
miles west of Honolulu at 8 P. M., Jan
uary 11.
ATLAS, Honolulu for Richmond, 1840
miles from San Francisco, 8 P. M., Jan
uary 19.
HILON'IAN. Ssn Francisco for Honolulu,
1730 miles from San Franclaco, 8 P. M. Jan
uary 19. -
LURUNE. Honolulu for San Francisco,
1152 miles from San Francisco, 8 P. M. Jan
uary 19.
VENEZUELA, San Francisco for Orient,
1050 miles from San Francisco, 8 P. M. Jan
uary 19.
MANOA, San Francisco for Honolulu. 1018
miles from San Francisco. 8 P. M. Jan
uary 19.
PRESIDENT. San Francisco for Seattle.
97 miles north of San Francisco.
TOPEK A, Eureka for San Franclaco. 18
miles south of Point Arena.
SAN JOSE, at San Jose de Guatemala, 8
P. M. January 17.
PERU, Balboa for San Franclaco, at La
union, 8 P. M. January 19.
NEWPORT. Balboa for San Francisco, ar
rived Champerlco. 8 A. M. January 20.
KLAMATH. San Francisco for Ban Pedro,
55 miles east of Point Concepcion.
OREGON, San Pedro for Balboa, 1100
miles south of San Pedro.
PAN JUAN. San Francisco tor .Balboa, so
COQUILLE MILL TO RESUME
Member of Dollar Company Says
Prospects Are Bright.
EUGENE. Or- Jan. 20. (Special.)
The Dollar company's sawmill at Co
qullle will soon resume operations, ac
cording to Stanley Dollar, son of Cap
tain Robert Dollar, president of the
uoiiar Company, who passed through
cugene on nis way to San Francisco,
alter visiting the Coquilie mill. The
mill bas a capacity of 100,000 feet of
lumber a day.
Mr. Dollar says there are bright pros
pects ahead for the lumber industrv
no predicts mat loiiowing tne war the
Pacific Coast will enjoy the greatest
properity it has known in many years.
CRUISER MAY ROLL OVER
Fear of Losing Milwaukee's Ord
nance Is Increased.
EUREKA, Cal., Jan. 20. Fear that
the United States cruiser Milwaukee's
ordnance cannot be saved Increased to
day with the continued listing of the
cruiser to a point where she is liable
to roll over on her beam ends.
Several hundred men are quartered
on the beach endeavoring to salvage
tne Milwaukee and the submarine H-3
which the cruiser was trying to pull
seaward with the cable, when she her
self, was dragged into the breakers.
Chickens to Go to Denver.
EUGENE. Or, Jan. 20. (Special.)
Oregon is to be represented at the
Western National Poultry Show at Den
ver next month, according to an an
nouncement made by Dr. J. O. Watts,
of Eugene. Dr. Watts won the highest
honors on Barred Plymouth Rocks at
the Oregon show in Medford and will
send Borne of tbe same birds to Den
ver.
MOTHER OF - FIRE MARSHAL
IS LAID TO REST.
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Si
lit
NORTHERN PACIFIC. Flaval for Ean
Charlotte Stevesua.
Funeral services for Charlotte
Stevens were held Wednesday at
the Holman chapel. The body
was taken to Weston, Neb., for
buriaL Mrs. Stevens died Jan
uary 13.
She was the mother of Fire
Marshal Jay Stevens, of Port
land; Lieutenant Gilbert W. Ste-
4 vens, or Battery a. Oregon t leld
Artillery; Mrs. Lilly Henderson,
of Broken Bow, Neb., and J. C
t Stevens, of Culver. Or. Funeral
services were conducted by
I Minerva Chapter of the Order of
I Eastern Star. The body was
I taken East by H. C Stevens,
j husband of the deceased. Mrs.
f Stevens had lived in Oregon 11
I years.
POWER COMPANY TO MOVE
General Offices Taken to Tacoma
From Springfield.
vnciT.-xv.- Or- Jan. 20. General of
fices of the Oregon Power Company,
which have been maintained at Spring
field. Or., for the past year, are to be
-1 nnr-a to Tacoma, 'Wash., ac
cording to announcement made by the
officials of the company. The offices
were removed to springneia iruin
gene when the electrical system was
sold to the Eugene municipal plant.
The general bookkeeping i y
Willamette Valley plants win
be done at Tacoma. as that Is a more
central location lor tne .icB- -
other properties of the company.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. '
PORTLAND. Jan. 20 Maximum ternpr
atura. 41 degrees: minimum. vde1e
River" reading. S A. M-. 1.4 rU C h.
last 84 hours. 0.5 fool rise. Total ralnra l
(5 P. M. to 5 P. M.). .22 inch; total rainfall
since September 1. 1917. 13.34 Inches: nor
mal rainfall since September 1. 23.5S mcbes:
deficiency of rainfall since September 1.
10 24 Inches. Total sunshine, none: posslc-le
sunshine. 9 hours 12 minutes. Bromtr
(reduced to sea level). 5 P. M.. 30.04 inches.
Relative humidity at noon. S3 per cent.
THE WEATHER.
STATIONS.
Baker ........
Boise .........
Boston .......
Ca nary
Chicago
Denver .......
Des Moines
Duluth
Eureka .......
Galveston ....
Helena
Jacksonville ..
tJuneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles . ..
Marshfield . ...
Medford
Minneapolis . ..
Montreal
New Orleans - ..
New York ....
North Head . .
North Yakima.
Omaha .......
Phoenix ......
Pocatello .....
Portland
Koseburg-
Sacramento . .
St. Louis.
Salt Lake
San DleKO
San Franclaco.
Seattle
Sitka
Spokane
Tacoma ......
Tatoosh Island.
tValdea
Walla Walla..
Washington ..
Winnipeg
o 3
State of
weather.
24 0.00. . NV
2l0. !..
O 0.04' . . 'N W
SO 0.1"'10 NK
32 O.VO'12 NW
3(1 0.01' 12 E
8 0."6 1I W
4 O.Wdili, SEI
IS 0.0l . .1 N
54! 72 O.ou,. -
O.Oi' . . N
2S 36 0. 00 14, E!
40 4S 0.10,. .! NE
SOI 4i 0.10; . . SW
-irtl Urt.lHt!..NW
4 12 0. t")'l"'l r-
-4 0. OHIO; ?
7S 0.0O . SV
3 MO. 00 14 NW
42 0.3ti;18j S
24 0.00(. . SW
2 0.O0 101 E
60( 62 o.es 10( PW
81 1 0.02!. .NW
32 41 0.2212 s-w
S- 44 0.00 . . SW
321 5 0.00 14 NW
301 44 0.0OI. .) El
14! 20 0.3i. -;NWI
441 .'.2 0.1'J . . SW
3! 3b 0.001. .1
32:. . Jo. 00. . w
32. ..lo.oo!. .(nw
3(11 40 0. OS 10; SWI
3K! 4S 0.10;.. SW
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221 44 0.001 . . SW
-24110 0.0o . -I N
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pt. cloudy
Cloudy
Snow
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Rain
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tA. M. today. P. M. report preceding day.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The Southwestern disturbance has moved
to Colorado and there Is a secondary depres
sion over Interior British Columbia. The
Influence of these disturbances has resulted
In local precipitation In nearly ail sections
of the country except the Oulf and Middle
Atlantic states. A high-pressure area over
lies Central Canada. The weather is warmer
on most of the Pacific Slope. In the Southern
Plains states. Lower Mississippi Valley and
on the Appalachian Highland: It la colder
in Central Canada and adjoining- portions of
the United States, Nebraska. Northern Colo
rado and the southern portion of the Basin
states. Except In Western Oregon, temper
atures are below normal In this forecast
district.
The conditions are favorable for rain or
snow In this district Sunday, with slight
temperature changes and generally south
erly winds.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Rain; southerly
winds.
Oregon and Washington Rain west, rain
or snow east portion; winds mostly south
erly. Idaho Rain or snow.
L North Pacific Coast Ram; gentle south
erly winds. T. FRANCIS DRAKE,
Assistant Forecaster.
The doctrine of the globular form of
the earth was known among the Greek
philosopher of the second and third
centuries. B. C, but the name of the
man who for the first time announced
the idea is unknown.
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