The Sunday Oregonian., July 01, 1917, Section One, Page 18, Image 18

TIIE ' SUXDAT OREGONIAX, rORTLAXD, JULY 1, 1917.
LUMBER SHIPUEH1S
GAINING STEADILY
1Y TALES TOLD
COMBINED HARVESTER INVENTED IN YAMHILL
COUNTY BY L. T. DAVIS HALF CENTURY AGO
First Machine Bnilt on Samuel Davis' Farm Near McMinnville Fire m Portland Foundry Stops Industry and
Patent Is Sold to California!!.
Grizzled Veterans "Swap'
Stories at Reunion.
Remainder of Unshipped Or
ders Reduced During the
Week by 1243 Cars.
Camp
Equipment
"MUD'S" WAYS RECALLED
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CAR SHORTAGE DISAPPEARS
Manufacturers Expect to Continue
Ratio of Gain on Undelivered
Stock Until Surplus Is
Entirely Disposed Of.
A net pain of 1213 cars was the ac
complishment of the "West Coast lum
ber manufacturers in handling un
shipped business last week.
Reports from 145 mills affiliated
with the West Coast Lumbermen's As
sociation show that an asrprregate of
3010 cars were shipped, while orders
for 1767 cars were accepted.
The remainder of unshipped orders
on June was 14,222 cars, compared
with 15,465 for the previous week.
Now that the car shortage has en
tirely disappeared, the manufacturers
expect to continue the same ratio of
frain on their unshipped business until
their surplus is entirely disposed of.
Railroad Organization Aid.
The organization of all the railroads
fnto a harmonious body for the prompt
dispatch of war materials is expected
further to aid in relieving the situa
tion. No delay will be permitted in
handling- Government business. The
Kastern lines, under the new arrange
ment, ars required to make prompt re
turn of cars, so it is apparent that a
constant supply of equipment will be
available a-s rapidly as the mills can
load it.
Doubtless none of the mills in the
Xorthwest will be compelled to build
temporary sheds to protect the surplus
Ftock from the storms of the coming
Winter, as they were compelled to do
last Winter.
From all present Indication, the car
riers will have an ample supply of cars
to take care of the business as it de
velops after the present diminishing
surplus is relieved.
Last week's review shows also that
the mills continue to operate at nearly
a. normal capacity. The production for
the week was 93,313,000 feet, which is
only 2,298,920 feet, or 2.41 per cent,
below the normal.
. , HlKh Production Continues
One reason for the present high
capacity production is the desire of
the millmen to clean up their back
orders, which piled up on them while
the car shortage was at its height.
The actual production last week was
28,629,610 feet in excels of the week's
orders, all of which excejs was ab
sorbed by the surplus shipments.
On the other hand, the local orders
most of which is represented, by retail
lumber business were 1,171,950 feet in
excess of local deliveries, indicating
that the mills are eager to get their
rail shipments out of the way.
Substantial m-o stress was made in
overcoming the surplus of' domestic
cargo trade, but the balance of un
chipped orders for export business in
creased materially.
Vnnhlnped Orders Reduced.
Th unshipped orders for domestic
cb rgr business were reduced from 80,
2:i8,.tS0 feet to 75,558,010 feet a gain
of 4.680,370 feet. This was Accom
plished by shipping 11,580,310 feet in
the face of C.889,940 feet in orders re
ceived.
But the balance of unshipped orders
for export grew from 54,965,660 feet to
67,609.930 feet. The export shipments
were only 1.635,370- feet, while the new
business received was 1,685,370 feet.
Few of the West Coast mills have
begun to book orders for the Govern
ment shipbuilding projects, for which
i7C,000,000 feet are to be cut in mills
of Oregon and Washington.
As soon as this business begins to
show up in the returns the net surplus
doubtless will increase. The mills are
well prepared and expect to dispose of
it as fast as the shipbuilders can take
the material.
OLD VETERANS IN REUNION
Frist Oregon Cavalry and Infantry
Volunteers Meet Again.
The Firt Oregon Cavalry and In
fantry Volunteers' Association held its
3tth annual reunion at Marsh Hall,
Forest Grove, June 27. Comrade J. E.
Henkle presided and the following
comrades were present: J. M. Shellev
A. It. Simpson, H. C. McTimraonds, T.
J. f ryer, A. T. Drlsko, G. E. Henkle,
Company A, Infantry; James M. Kelty,
Cicero Hines, W. B. Lousignout, John
JMcrxemar, u. N. Halo, Alonzo Sigler.
Alfred Davles, Marcus Talmage, John
W. Cullen, Cyrus If. Walker, Company
is, jniamry; nenjamin AI. Donaca, W.
A. Kins. r. It. Hubbard, Company C,
Infantry; It. C. Welch. Company D,
jnianiry; ueoree A. Harding. . P.
Fish. A. J. Killim, Company E. In
fantry; V. M. Hilleary, Company F.
Infantry; C. B. Sutton, Company G, In-
lantry; It. V . Downing:, Company C,
Cavalry; J. 1". JlcCracken, Company G,
Vavairy.
Twenty-one comrades have died
during the year. Officers for ensuing
year are: Commander, W. M. Hilleary,
jirownsvjue; sergeant, V. J. w. Cullen
Portland: Adjutant, Cyrus II. Walker,
Albany, Or.; Quartermaster, George A.
Harding. Oregon City. The next re
union will be held at Albany.
CHIROPRACTORS TO MEET
Annual Convention of State Assocla
t
tion Set for July 5 to 7.
The Oregon State Chiropractic As
sociation will hold its tenth annual
convention in the Portland Hotel. July
6, 6 and 7.
It is expected there will be nearly
ZU0 in attendance.
Lectures wilt be given beginning
each day at 1:30 and the convention
hall will be open to the public.
Mayor Baker will deliver the ad
dress of welcome to the convention on
behalf of the city at 1:30 P. M., Thurs
day, in the convention halL
Each day at 11 o'clock a clinic will be
held at which time severe chronic cases
will be handled.
Ship Programme to Be Discussed
What a lumberman who knows
thinks about the wooden-ship pro.
gramme and the situation at Wash
ington. will be the theme of the meet
ing of tile members' council of the
Chamber of Commerce at noon tomor
row. Lloyd J. Wentworth. who re
turned recently from a visit to Wash
inston to confer with the Shippin
Commission, will be the speaker of th
day. Other speakers will be called
upon from, the floor at the close, of
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M'MIXNVILLE. Or., June 23. (Spe
cial.) It la not generally known
that the combined header and
thresher now in use throughout the
country is the Invention of a Yamhill
County farmer and a resident of Mc
Minnville, who more than B0 years ago
devised a cheaper and more effective
method of harvesting grain by machinery.
The original machine, which has
ince revolutionized farminsr opera
tions, was built on the Samuel Davis
farm, four miles southwest of McMinn
ville, and Is the product of the brain
of Levi T. Davis, who was assisted in
the manufacture of the machine by his
brdfher, William. Mr. Davis made the
first machine in 1862 and operated it
on the old Davis place for several sea
sons. He obtained a patent on his in
vention and it cost him $200 to have
the model made from which to obtain
the Government patent. He believes.
however, that the model was lost when
the Patent Office at Washington, D. C,
was aestroyea by lire.
Kir Is Disastrous.
"Our first machine we built right on
the old farm. Of course we made pat
terns and had them cast in Portland.
and much of the blacksmithing was
done by Charlie Johnson, who ran a
shop here. We saw that there would
be a demand for this machine and de
cided that time would be saved by hav
ing them built in Portland," said Mr.
Davis.
It was at this time, the Summer of
1867, that a fire swept the building of
the Oregon Iron Works in Portland,
where the Davis machines were being
built. The . Davis brothers lost four
machines and various accessories in
the disastrous fire.
"This fire almost broke us up, as we
had a whole lot of materials on hand
in the building. Things to build with
were -much higher in those days than
they are now," said Mr. Davis. "We had
not sufficient capital to continue the
manufacture of the machines and were
forced to sell our patent. This we did,
to a Californian D. M. Creary, and
also one machine which we had manu
factured In Portland. Mr. Creary
shipped this machine to California."
California CI n Iras Invention.
California has claimed the invention
of the combined harvester, but it was
simply the Davis machine to which the
Californians gave popularity. An old
picture shows the combined header and
the age of the machine, for those hats
have almost passed out of fashion ex
cept for "dress occasions," such as are
seldom seen in a town of the size of
McMinnville.
This first machine was not so primi
tive as one might imagine, for it did
the work well and satisfactorily, and
it was not an unusual thing for the
Davis machine to thresh Trom 1200 to
1500 bushels a day with three men and
10 horses.
Other interesting documents In the
possession of Mr. Davis besides the
old photo are the invoices for materials
anl labor for the construction of the
machines at the Oregon Iron Works
plant. The invoices are dated 1867.
Inventor Is Modeat.
Yamhill County has shown but little
interest in this Invention. Here was
born a machine that has since revolu
tionized farming operations; here was
invented and built the combined har
vester by a McMinnville farmer.
Mr. Davis, the inventor, is a modest
man, but probably more so about being
the inventor of the header and thresh
er, and only close Questioning elicited
the facts that he originated and built
thresher. Mr. Davis is sitting at the the first machine of this kind operated
machine, driving a four-horse team.
His brother, John, is at the steering
wheel and also operating the lever
which regulates the header. The tall
hat worn by Mr. Davis brother phows
1 in the United Slates. He says that the
only difference between the Yamhill
County-made machine and what has
been termed the California model is
the position of hitching the horses.
TINY GUNS HOT TOYS
Vest Pocket Pistols Have In
teresting Story.
OWNER ONCE SAVED LIFE
Xew Xork Patrolman, Attacked by
Three Negroes, Presents AVea
pons to Man AY ho Pre
vented His Murder.
Thirty-two years ago last Septem
ber, a Deputy Sheriff by the name of
Charles Falter was assigned to take a
desperate criminal to Sing: Sing. He
did so. When, at the end of his journey,
he was requested to turn in his fire
arms, he astonished the officials by
producing two diminutive revolvers.
They are not toys in any sense of the
word. Both are 22-caliber. one is a
single-shot and the other a double. The
latter i3 equipped with two barrels.
each of which holds a bullet. When
one is fired, the other may be In
stantly snapped into place. They are
especially made to be carried in and
fired from the vest pocket.
One day, years after Falter took his
desperado to Sing Sing, J. C. Fred
ericks noticed a commotion around a
saloon on New York's notorious Kast
Side. Three negroes were attacking a
patrolman. One fired point blank at
him and missed. He then drew a knife
and started again for the officer.
Fredericks, who entered the door at
this time. Instantly sized up the situa
tion and pulled a revolver on the negro
with the knife.
The policeman turned out to be
Charles Falter, whom Fredericks knew
when the former was a Deputy Sheriff.
Falter, remembering that Fredericks
had always admired the little pistols.
presented them to him as a token of
gratitude.
Falter is now dead. Fredericks
came "out west" to Portland three
weeks ago, and is living at the West
minster Apartments. He has refused
offers of J50 each for his diminutive
cannons, which he prizes very highly.
OAKS GIVES OPERA
"Allah's Garden" Is Free Fea
ture at Riverside Resort.
SPRINKLING LIMIT IS OFF
Lawns May Be Watered Every Day
Within Kegnlar Hours.
The alternate day lawn-sprinkling
rule, which has been enforced by the
city water bureau during the last two
years, was knocked In the head yes
terday by City Commissioner Mann as
one of hi first official acts. Sprinkling
is now permitted on both sides of every
street every day within the regular
morning and afternoon hours.
Mr. Mann says that as long as the
city has plenty of water there Is no
reason It should go to waste. If the
question of undersupply of water arises,
as seems improbable this Summer, the
old rule will be applied until condi
tions change, but It is not intended to
limit water use until necessity demands.
TWO TINY PISTOLS USED IN THE SAFE CONDUCT OF PRIS
ONERS TO SING SING, WHICH HAVE FOUND
THEIR WAY TO PORTLAND.
LAUGHS GALORE PROMISED
West Extravaganza Company of
Vaudeville Singers and Come
Clans Present Lively Farcical
Song Melange This Week.
DIMINUTIVE HAXD
CAXSOV NOW PROPERTY OP J. C.
FREDERICKS
The Willis G. West Extravaganza Com
pany of vaudeville singers and come
dians at the Oaks have a lively farcical
song melange this week, beginning to
day, entitled "Allah's Garden." Two
United States sailors, represented by
Willis G. West and Nell McNeil, stray
into the sultan's garden, where a bevy
of his wives surround them and for the
length of the entertainment' the com
pany sing and dance and march in
many striking costumes to the lilt of
popular songs.
Dorothy Raymond, a slender, grace
ful blond, with a sweet soprano voice,
and Hazel Boyd, a dashing little cap
tain of recruits are the leading soloists.
Hazel Boyd is the little live wire sou-
brette who danced last season with.
Leon Errol, of the Follies. Flo Cun
ningham, another favorite on the Coast.
will delight Oaks patrons with her
beautiful contralto voice.
George Ford, well known in theat
rical circles, as Allah Mahamed. plays
the leading part, and around him are
deeloped many ludierous situations
that cause the laughs to come fast and
furious. There is an exceptionally
snappy chorus with pretty girls galore
who will sing, dance and march to the
many catchy numbers accompanied by
the Metropolitan Orchestra. This mu
sical comedy will be free to Oaks pa
trons and Manager Condray bills it
as the best attraction at the Oaks this
season.
W. E. McElroy and splendid band will
give an outdoor concert in the Oaks
Park this afternoon and evening un
doubtedly picnic parties will make
special effort to be there for both con
certs. It is a rare treat, indeed, to hear
this assembly of wonderful musicians.
Their programmes include classical,
popular and rousing patriotic selections
the kind that everyone will enjoy.
Eloise Anita HalL the young prima
donna who was so well received at the
opening of the Oaks season, has been
re-engaged as special soloist at the
Park for today and several days this
week. It is safe to say that Miss Hall
is one of the most popular singers in
Portland. Her beautiful. birdlike
voice, perfectly trained, brings her well
to the fore as a coloratura soprano.
Swimming is now a big part of the
days' programme at the Oaks. The
spectators say it is as much fun to
watch the bathers diving, splashing
and swimming in the water as to go
in themselves, but the bathers them
selves tell a story very much to the
J. E. Hurble Finds 25 of nis Reg
imental Comrades at the Forest
Grove Meeting Story; of B
Company's Captain.
BT ADDISOX BENNETT.
FOREST GROVE, Or, June 18.
(Special.) "We had a great charac
ter in our company," said a grizzled vet
eran to me as he lighted a "stogie" I
gave him. "He was a Jolly little Irish
man ly the name of 'Mud,' at least that
was the only name he was ever called
by to my knowledge. He had & splen
did brogue, was always playing prac
tical Jokes, but was one of the most
lovable chaps I ever met. The cook
of the officers' mess was a German,
who spoke English Indifferently, and
'Mud' was always Joshing him because
he was a 'demned furriner as 'Mud'
expressed it. But this German was as
ood an American ss any of us, true
blue all the way through. As a matter
of fact, G Company would not have
amounted to much had we lost the
Germans and the Irish, for they com
prised a big majority of our number.
remember one short colloquy between
Mud' and the German cook that struck
me as fully showing the troubles of
each with our 'American' language.
Mud." one day peering into .the cook's
omain, said, in his incomparable
brogue, "I say, cook, have yes anny soft
bread to aze (ease) a man wid a soar
moutr 'No,' replied the German, 'I
don't got sum, wen I get sun den I glv
you enny.' "
J. E. Henkle, vice-commander of
Oregon Volunteers, who resides at Phi
lomath, where he was in the general
merchandise business for more than 30
years, says that there are about 150
of his old regiment still living. Twen
ty-five of them were present at a meet
ing held here today, when new officers
were elected. W. M. Hillyer, of Browns
ville, being elected commander. It is
somewhat remarkable that such a large
percentage of the old First Oregon Vol
unteers should be living 52 years after
their discharge. It. however, simply
shows the hardihood of the "boys" who
composed that regiment. Comrade
Henkle looks like the ordinary man or
50, and many of his comrades carry
their years Just as lightly. And may
they continue to remain ever young, is
the wish of their fellow-citizens.
Sitting on the lawn of the Forest
Grove Hotel, which is the headquar
ters of the Ladies of the Grand Army
of the Republic, were a score or so
of the veterans and a number of mem
bers of the Relief Corps. One of the
veterans asked another, or, more prop
erly speaking, asked the rest of the
party, about Uncle John Gurdane, or
Pendleton. "I have been present at all
of the encampments since 1890," said
the veteran, "and he never before was
absent." "Yes," up spoke another of
the aged boys, "this is Uncle John's
first absence since I can remember, the
very first, but I hope and pray it is the
last. I mean I hope to meet him at
every encampment as long as I am
able to be present. But Uncle John is
now 92 years old. or, rather, young, for
it is only two years ago, when he was
90, that I saw him on the dancing floor.
can only fancy him as a youngster
who will never grow old." And then
for several moments we sat in silence,
each one no doubt thinking of Uncle
John, of his 92 years, of their own
years, and wondering how many more
encampments they could attend.
We had a dandy Captain did old B
Company Captain Dern," remarked
one of the boys. ''He was a New lork-
er, had come to the Western army with
regiment from ht3 own state and in
some shuffling of the cards he got into
our regiment, which was lucky for us
boys, for no company ever had a finer
commander. It was a sorrowful day
for us when he was promoted and left
us. To show how he looked out for
his boys I will relate one instance that
happened in Western Tennessee. We
had been having a pretty tough time
in getting our rations any way regu
larly and were hungry as wolves about
half the time. And to make things
more uncomfortable the General in
command of our division issued an or
der that all foraging must stop, and
stop at once. Gee! The only chance
we had to get enough to eat was to
steal it. foraging simply being a polite
way of expressing overt acts of petty
larceny. In other words, we, that is
B Company, was largely subsisting off
of the enemy. And now this must
stop! Dern read the order to the com
pany and then, in his sternest voice.
and in apparent anger, he said: 'Boys.
this stealing has got to stop.
You all are a lot of thieves, just plumb,
ordinary thieves, and the General
know it and is watching us. Why,
there is no company in the brigade, or
in the corps, for that matter, that
stands as low down as we do. And
this stealing has got to stop.
Just over that knoll yonder, behind
that clump of trees, is a big bankof
potatoes, and If any of you boys as
much as go near those potatoes he will
find himself in the guardhouse pretty
sudden.' We all had potatoes for
breakfast next morning, and for sev
eral meals after; and Captain Dern
had the most of all. Oh, a dandy Cap
tain was Dern!"
Vacation Time
Is at Hand
There is nothing more healthful for your own tired
self and family than outdoor life.
Living and sleeping out in the open brings back the
flush of health to worn body and mind and makes
your vacation one of real pleasure.
Down-to-the-minute improvements in camp equipage
make it possible to camp out in comfort, and is not
to be compared with the old method of "roughing it."
Chairs, tables, cots, stoves, etc., can now be had that
fold into the least possible space and make it easy to
fit up the camp comfortably without requiring a
freight train to carry the -camp equipage along.
If you contemplate a camping trip, visit our store
and let us show you some of the following needful
articles:
WALL AND WEDGE TENTS
FOLDING CHAIRS. STOOLS AND TABLES
FOLDING COTS AND BEDS
FOLDING CAMP STOVES
CAMP COOKING OUTFITS
CAMP BROILERS AND REFLECTOR OVENS
CANVAS HAMMOCKS
DUX-BAK, CAMP-IT AND ALLADDIN
OUTING CLOTHING
l-'or Men find Women.
PACK SADDLE BAGS
PACK SACKS, DUNNAGE BAGS
SPORTING SHOES
CAMP HATCHETS, FLASHLIGHTS
THERMOS PRODUCTS
HIGH-GRADE FISHING TACKLE
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2 GIRLS CLIMB HOOD
TOBOGGAJT SLIDE DOWX JIOCSTAIS
IS THRILLING.
Snows Never in Better Shape for Climb
to Top of Peak lee Caves
la Strange Form.
Helen Chown and Velva Weller. the
first girls to climb Mount Hood this
year from the Government Camp side
on the south, returned to Portland yes
terday with thrilling tales of toboggan
sliding down the side of the mountain.
Despite the fact that neither of the
girls is used to biking, they are en
thusiastic over mountain climbing and
are already planning another trip to
the mountain next year, when they
hope to disprove again the idea that
only experienced mountain-ers should
attempt the trip up the side of Ore
gon's famous mountain peak.
The girls report that the mountain
has not for years been in such perfect
condition for climbing and that new
ice caves and many strange forma
tions give added interest to the trip.
They say that the whole aspect of the
mountain from the "Hog's back" on
up to the summit is changed. The
snow is said to be packed solidly all
the way down to the timber line, mak
ing the fun of sliding down toboggan
fashion on alpenstocks more exhilarat
ing than ever.
While on their way up the moun
tain in company with Hans Fuhrer,
the famous Swiss guide, the two Port
land girls many times saw the tracks
of bear, wild cat, fox and coyote.
Those who have made the road trip
to Mount Hood recently report that
the highway is in unusually good con
dition to a point within one mile of
Government Camp, where there is still
snow in the roadway. A large num
ber are expected to make the trip to
Government Camp this week to spend
the Fourth climbing the mountain.
Woman lias Husband Arrested.
Grace Keele. 5903 Ninety-fifth street
S. E.. had her divorced husand. Fran
efts M. Keele. arrested yesterday after
noon for trying to force his way into
her home. Keele gained notoriety in an
attempt to commit suicide ten days
ago.
Grand Army Delegates Return.
DALLAS, Or., June 30. (Special)
The Dallas Grand Army veterans and
women of the Grand Army of the Re.
public were represented at the reunion
of the Civil War veterans at Newberg
by B. Lovelace. raviJ Darling. Mrs.
Charles McCann. Mrs. Clara Coats and
Mrs. H. P. Shriver, who have returned
and report a very enjoyable meeting.
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Dorothy Raymond. AVke Appears
at the Oak Thin Week.
Step Lively Pleas
Closing Out of Storage Pianos Continues
Last week was certainly a hummer. We have been send
ing out pianos as we used to in the good old days when
Portland was considered the best town in the world. You'd
better believe, folks, that the old town has come back. Our
business proves it. Our prices may look like HARD TIMES
PRICES, we admit, but we are making some money at that.
What's the answer?
The goods are bought right and we've practically no ex
pense. WE ARE UPSTAIRS. Lots of people are skeptical
and think it can't be done. Ask our competitors. They are
really worried. Here are some of the, reasons. Look over
the list of famous old makes all uprights all guaranteed.
Sohmer & Co., upright $ 50
Behning, upright 65
Decker, upright 73
Shoninger S.
Fischer 90
Remington 90
Cable 93
Kimball
Shoninger ......
Armstrong . . . . .
Haines Bros
Smith & Barnes.
Schaeffer
Chickering ... . .
$ 93
100
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, .... 120
133
150
,175
These among others to be closed out at once.
Remember, we thoroughly overhaul and guarantee each
instrument. Come and see us if you can write if you can't.
STORAGE & FORWARDING DEPARTMENT
. 151 Fourth St., Upstairs
Iso Fancy. Fixtures Just Business That's Upright and
Square
llr. Wentworth 3 address,
contrary.