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WAR-TIME- MENU TO
START ON TUESDAY
BROTHERS PHOTOGRAPHED WITH SISTER BEFORE LEAVING FOR
HONEY PLEDGED
WAR.
IS NOT YET PAID
$1250
F. o. b. Racine
1 20-inch Wheelbaae
40 h. p. Motor
$1525
F.o.bu Racine
1 27-inch VVheeIbas
43 h. p. Motor
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Public Asked to Accept Patri
otic Substitute Without Let
ting Disposition Suffer.
City's Record for High-Tide
Spontaneous Giving to Red
Cross "May Be Clouded.
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CAFES PLEDGE SUPPORT
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$30,000 . SHORTAGE EXISTS
TIIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 23. 1917.
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Fowl and Sea Food to Take More
Prominent Place, While Salads
of Various Brews Will Be Pop
ular Bread to Be Saved.
Patriotism is to be put to the test
at the tables of Portland's restaurants
and hotels next Tjesday, when the food
conservation menus, adopted by cater
ers at the request of Herbert Hoover.
Kederal Food Administrator, bo into
effect. The grumbler will be open to
a suspicion that he is not in harmony
-with a plan that is designed to
atreng-then the fighting: arm of Amer
ica and the allies by conserving food
resources.
-The hearty co-operation of hotel
and restaurant men is assured." de
clares W. B. Ayer. Federal Food Ad
ministrator for Oregon, "but the public
must back the project if it is to achieve
the important results desired. The
present is no time for individual whims
In the matter of menus, but hotel and
restaurant patrons may be assured that
the revised service will be wholesome,
appetizing: and nourishing:. There is
no hardship attached, as a fair trial of
the plan will demonstrate."
In similar vein does R. "W. Childs.
manager of the Portland Hotel, and
chairman of the committee of promi
nent caterers, who drew up the plan
at the direction of Mr. Hoover, eive as
surance of the unswerving; support on
the part of the caterers.
Restaurant Pledse Gives.
"It is our intention," declares Mr.
Childs. speaking for the hotel and res
taurant men, "to comply with the re
ouests of Mr. Hoover and Mr. Ayer in
the programme of food conservation
outlined. The duty is a patriotic one,
and is shared with us by the public."
On Tuesday, then, the first organized
policy of serving war bread, conserving
wheat, flour, beef, mutton and pork,
will be put into practice. Hotels and
reHtaurants which have signed the
meaningful little white pledge cards
will refrain from serving white bread
on Wednesdays and will request pa
trons not to order meat on Tuesdays.
In their stead palatable and nutritious
substitutes will be served in ample por
tions. Caterers have pledged themselves to
use more chicken, fish, rabbit, duck,
coose. lobster, clams, sea food and. egg
dishes. Mutton is to be served in pref
erence to beef or pork. If these are
served the dishes will be of "per per
son" portion. Beans will occupy more
prominent place on all menus. Fried
dishes will be avoided whenever pos
sible. Butter will be. served in stan
dard pats. Honey, maple syrup and
molasses will be urged for use on hot
cakes and waffles, in order to conserve
butter and sugar. Brown sugar will
be used in cookery and honey will be
used for sweetening pastry and cakes
when possible.
Salads to Be restored.
Salads will appear on the menu in
arreater variety. Fruits and vegetables
will vie for the distinction of forming
the most attractive dish. Vegetable
dinners and vegetable salads will be
featured. By the adoption of fruit and
vegetable menus the surplus of these
food stuffs will be utilized to appetiz
ing advantage.
Nine hundred pledge cards have been
sent to hotel and restaurant men of
Portland and Oregon. Responses from
catering establishments in this city
have been general and enthusiastic
Those from the state at large are nat
urally slower to return, but a sufficient
number already have been received to
Indicate that the sentiment is strongly
in favor of this feature of patriotic
service.
At any rate, on Tuesday, the Port
land public, dropping into a favorite
liotct or restaurant for the noonday
luncheon or the evening dinner, will be
introduced to innovations on the mena
that are there for the winning of the
war. just as certainly as the American
troops are in France for similar pur
pose. The official poster of the hotel
and restaurant food conservation cam
paign puts the matter pertinently up
to the public.
"Our hoys are sacrificing their lives."
reads the last line of black type. 'TV'e
znust make sacrifices, too!"
BANK OPENS OCTOBER 1
FPDKRAL RESERVE BRANCH TO BE
. HOIKED OX FIFTH AXD STARK
Choice of Ioca t ion Recommended by
V A. Day Deputy Gtveratr, la
Approved Director Awaited.
The Federal Reserve Branch Bank of
Portland will open for business on Oc
tober 1, it is expected, in- the south
part of the quarters lately vacated by
the LfUmbermens National Bank at
Fifth and Stark streets.
VT. A. Day, deputy governor of the
reserve bank, who is delegated to es
tablish the branch here, " recommended
this location be secured and his choice
was approved. It was at first thought
the branch would open as soon as a
home was found for it. but the date has
been deferred until October 1.
Five directors of the new branch are
to be named by the officials of the re
serve bank at San Francisco. These, it
is assumed, will be well-known bank
ers of this state, and Mr. Day expects
to cive way to some duly authorized
person as manager after the bank Is
established and under way.
tvfiitman Students Answer Call.
WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla,
Wash.. Sept. "2. (Special.) President
Penrose, of Whitman College, has post
ed a list of Whitman students and
graduates who have answered the call
of their country. The list, although
Incomplete, contains 113 names, nearly
half of whom were active students in
college last year. This honor roll will
be revised from time to time, and will
contain he names, addresses and rank
of Whitman men who are serving their
country.
Defense League Wants Recruits.
Company A. of the Multnomah County
defense League, will meet at the Ar-
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fleers hope to be able to recruit the
organization to run renKin, in uiur
to do so it will be necessary for a
number of business and professional
men to join, for the company lacks
several of having a full quota. The
purpose of the organization is to do
necessary police duty during the war in
the absence of the National Guard.
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It was a sad but proud sister who said farewell to her two brothers a short
time ago. and they were two happy and proud brothers who turned their faces
toward "somewhere in the United States'! preparatory to leaving for "some
where in France." The two brothers were L. H. Rosenthal and Corporal C. V.
Rosenthal, and the sister was Miss Muriel Rosenthal. Corporal Rosenthal Is
now with the Eighteenth Engineers abroad, while his brother is stationed at
Vancouver with Company A, Fourth Infantry, awaiting orders to depart for
foreign service. K. M. Rosenthal, the father, is a traveling salesman, and his
home is at 3 fc.ast Ninth street South.
BAD FRUIT-BARRED
Nothing Having Value to Be
Condemned.
NEW SCHEME IS ADOPTED
City Authorities and Dealers ' to
Work Together (or Food Con.
serration as Well as
Health.'
ResDonsibility for decayed fruit in
this city is to be fixed upon the In
dividual selling or offering tor sal
any such by means of a system, of re
ceipts, it was decided 'yesterday aft
ernoon at ' a conference between city
and state officials and members 01
the Front-street commission firm in
volved in a .condemnation of bananas
by Municipal Market Inspector Melton
yesterday.
A number of bunches or Dananas,
soms of which were admittedly over
ripe, were offered for sale at fatein s
market. Third and Yamhill streets.
When Inspector Melton found them h
condemned the entire lot. poured coal
oil over them and thereby raised- a
storm of protest, which finally re
sulted in a complaint being laid be
fore the Mayor. He, in turn, referred
the subject to John M. Mann, -om-
missloner 01 i-uduc luihics, m
supervision over the Bureau of Health.
A meeting was canea tor oci
the office of bevy & Speigel. Ill Front
street, from whom tno retailer pur
chased the fruit.
Present at the meeting were commis
sioner Mann. City Health Officer. Par
rish, W. K. Newell, from the office of
V. B. Ayer, local Federal food ad
ministrator; Deputy State Dairy Food
Commissioner Jewel and members of
the firm of Levy & Spiegel
Explaaatloa la Offered.
It was explained that the commis
sion men had sold the bananas to
Stein, the latter knowing that some of
them were bad: he was to assort them.
the statement ran, and sell only those
which had food value remaining;, the
others to be destroyed.
Stein asserted that he bought the
fruit, understanding that it was good,
thus involving the case in complica
tions. It was at first the plan of the
Health Office to arrest those concerned
in the deal, but it was dropped after
the conference, when the agreement
was Reached whereby it is hoped by the
city and state officers that no more
transactions of the kind will occur.
It is planned to have the commission
men obtain receipts from retailers,
with brief statements indicating the
condition n which any fruit is sold
and stipulating what action is neces
sary by the retailer to safeguard the
public.
There has been much complaint of
late regarding the sale of bad fruit.
especially in the markets along Yam
hill street, adjacent to the Public Mar
ket, Health Officer Parrieh has rec
ommended the licensing of every fruit
dealer in the city and the revocation
of licenses upon the third conviction
for selling decayed products.
Inspector la Upheld.
Commissioner Mann upheld the ac
tion of Inspector Melton in his en
forcement of the law, but Issued .in
structions that no more fruit having
any food value whatever shall be sat
urated with oil until it ha been
passed upon by Dr. Parrish.
"Any food fit for use must be con
served," said Mr. Mann. "However, de
cayed fruit must not be sold and we
will co-operate with the dealers as
long as they will work with us."
Deputy State Inspector Jewel says
his office will watch the situation
closely and will prosecute all viola
tions. He agreed to co-operate with
the city in the new plan as long as the
fruit men act in good faith.
More Than 2000 .Who Agreed ' to
Contribute, One Way or Another,
. 3 Per Cent of Whole .Num
ber, Are ow Delinquent.
Unless many of those who signed
Red Cross pledges in the recent cam
paign ; step forward with alacrity and
open purses before October J. the city's
record- for high-tide spontaneous giving-
is. apt to rest under a. cloud.
The payments received so far on
pledge accounts are reported to be
very Incomplete and unsatisfactory ;
figures have been given out to illus
trate the tardy manner in which the
pledges are being redeemed. Of the
triumphant total of Portland's contri
bution, 240,000 was in signed pledges,
to be paid July 1, August 1, September
1 and October 1.
Deficit la Larre.
By the terms of the pledge cards ap
proximating $200,000 should now be in
the Red Cross treasury on these ac
counts. The truth is that little over
J-171,000 in' pledges has been paid, and
that an actual present shortage of more
than $30,000 exists In these accounts.
The entire 240.000 of pledges was to
be paid by October 1. . -
A total of 5154 Portland residents
signed the cards, which mean mercy
and relief for American soldiers wound
ed and ill In France. The amounts
pledged ranged from 25 cents to $10.
Of theae, 1K47 have paid their pledges
in full, amounting to $53,536.54. Regu
lar payments have been made by 1134,
amounting to an additional $103,649.50.
Forty-one agreed to pay their pledges
at a later date than October 1, and
hence are not looked to for immediate
payment.
Here are the figures that cause the
executive committee of the Red Cross
campaign most concern: Exactly 20-2.
or a trifle over 39 per cent of those who
signed pledges, are delinquent. Those
who hold the unenviable distinction of
having paid nothing-on their pledges
are numbered at 1092. Those who have
made but one of the promised payments
total 312.
Some Have Doubled Amounts.
To offset the discouragement caused
by these statistics there have been 617
persons who have doubled the amount
of their original pledges and completed
payment.
"It seems a pity, that some of the
people of Portland fail to realize the
seriousness of the. situation, for their
tardiness can be accounted for In no
other way," comments Robert H.
Strong, who was campaign manager
of the Red Cross drive. "Advices from
Washington inform us that we will
soon be called upon for our money. We
haven't got it. This situation not only
delays the work of the Red Cross, but
gives our city the unenviable reputa
tion of having . promised money and
not redeemed that promise."
No collectors are employed by the
Red Cross for the collection of the
pledged amounts.' Payments should be
forwarded, without delay, to Elliott R.
Corbett, treasurer of the Red Cross
fund, at 313 Corbett building.
PASSING OF STRIKE BOOSTS
NORTHWEST LUMBER BUSINESS
Summary of Mill Stock Situation by West Coast Lumbermen's Association
Shows Unprecedented Dearth of Materials.
IN prospect of the passing of the
strike in the lumber industry, lum
ber production last week went up
to 60.841,213 feet at 149 mills participat
ing in the weekly trade barometer re
port of the West Coast Lumbermen's
Association.
Production for the week averaged
408.330 feet per mill. New business
averaged 407,547 feet per mill. Ship
ments averaged 395,914 feet per mill.
Notwithstanding the regional agita
tion by labor organizations against so
called 10-hour lumber, business booked
for strictly local trade established a
new record In the industry with a to
tal of 9.389.763 feet.
In the transcontinental rail trade,
new acceptances totaled 1559 carloads
as against shipments of old orders to
transcontinental points amounting to
1596 carloads.
Situation Is Summarized.
The unshipped obligations In the
transcontinental trade amount to 10,
634 carloads; in the domestic cargo
trade, 79,069.337 feet; in the export
trade, 45,928,591 feet.
In its summary of mill-stock condi
tions, the West Coast Lumbermen's As
sociation states:
"Never before In the history of Pa
cific Northwest lumber manufacture
have mill stocks been so short or in
such poor assortment as at the present
time.
"This Is particularly of trade signifi
cance in view of the fact that the
mills Of Oregon and Washington, with
few exceptions, never have made a
practice of carrying large stocks.
"That report accurately shows stock
conditions at 130 representative milli
in Oregon and Washington, including
every mill which makes a practice of
carrying: so-called large stocks, with
one exception in the state of Oregon.
"This report shows 4-lnch No. 1 V. G.
flooring stocks, in mill hands, to be 68
per cent below similar stocks held by
practically identical mills on November
1. 1916, and 57 per cent below the
stocks carried by the mills reporting
GRAND OFFICERS OF THE NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT WIIO WERE ELECTED TUESDAY.
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Fmt Haw, Seated. Left to Right G raad Baober, Bertha Sumner Learfc Grand Clerk. J. 1.. Wright; Past Grand
;aardiaa. Kanua Uoodeoonarht Grand Guardian. Mra. C. C. Van Orsdall; Grand Phylclan, lliiam Knykendall. M.
l.t Grand Advisor. Amandn t-Hndleberar. Back Row. Left to Right Grand Attendant. Mary Stevenas Grand
Maarielau, Rnth Wllaont Grnnd Mnnnaer. Minnie Hlmeit Grand Minacer, Emmn McCallami Grnnd Miuser,
Anna Mardalls Grnnd )laocer, Annie Hnwklno; Grnnd Manager. Mary J. Hunt; Grand Mannger. Cora Wllaon;
tirand Inner Sentinel. .Vet lie Renfroi Grand Outer Sentinel, Carrie Parker.
The grand officers of the Neighbors of Woodcraft were elected at Tuesday's session of the order. Mrs. C. C.
Van Orsdall. of Portland, was re-elected grand guardian. Mrs. Bertha Sumner Leach, of Portland, was re-elected
grand banker and J. L. Wright grand clerk. ,
The Neighbors of Woodcraft have been in session for 12 d.ays, and during that time have added several
amendments to their constitution which will prove to be a great factor in the future growth of the organization.
On Thursday noon about 66 past guardians of the organization were luncheon guests at the Multnomah Jiotel.
The session has proved to be instructive and a large amount of business has been transacted.
Fifty Surprises
In the Latest Mitchells See Them
No matter how well you know fine cars, scores of fea
tures will surprise you in the Mitchells, we believe.
These are examples of the extra values which efficiency
methods cari give. And they are fine examples. All are pro
duced complete chassis and body under John W. Bate,
the efficiency expert. And in a model plant, where up-to-date
methods have cut labor cost in two.
Wanted Extras
We have taken pains to learn what "
features men and women want. And
they are all in the latest Mitchells.
There are. 31 features' rarely found
in cars. These include a power tire
pump, dashboard engine primer, re
versible headlights, etc
There are shock-absorbing springs,
found on no other car. They make the
Mitchell the easiest-riding car. In two.
years since we adopted this feature :
not a single spring has broken.
Double Strength
. But the greatest Mitchell feature
is the 100 per cent over-strength. In
the past three years we have doubled
our margins of safety.
Safety parts are vastly oversize.
Castings are almost eliminated. Over
440 parts are built of toughened steel.
,Ve spend $100,000 yearly on radical
tests and inspections.
The result is a lifetime car. Two
Mitchells that we know of have already
been run over 200,000 miles each.
8 Smart Styles
There are surprising luxuries and
beauties. In the past
year we have added 25 per
cent to the cost of finish,'
upholstery and trimming.
There is heat -fixed
finish which stays new.
There is extra-grade
leather which lasts. There
is a light in the tonneau,
a locked compartment,
handles for entering, and
countless dainty touches.
There are all the at
tractions our experts
found in 257 show models
r all in a single car.
The
Sixes
TWO SIZES
(tl MC Mitchell a roomy
"P-t JJ 7-passenrer Six. with
127-Inch wheelb&ae and a highly
developed 48-horsepower motor.
Tlute-PsnnipYRAaflfitn', S1490
Cluli Koadster, fiseo
Sedan, 2:75 Cabriolet. S1B60
Coupe, S2135 Club SeUan,$21&6
Also Town Car and Limousine.
11 OCftMltctaeH Junior a 2 or
"PIWU 5-paaaenser Six on
similar lines, with 120-laeh
wheelbase and a 40-horsepower
motor, tt-lnca smaller bore,
dab ftnadster. S1SSO
Sedan. 1950-Coupe. lSSO
All Prleos t. o. b. Raelae.
Mitchell line now includes
eight exclusive styles. All
ae designed by our ex
perts, and built in our
own body plant.
They include open
cars and closed cars, con
vertible cars and sport
cars. All of them distinc
tive. They come in two
sizes, at two basic prices.
No other cars in the
Mitchell class offer so
many appeals.
MITCHELU MOTORS
COMPANY, Inc.
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Mitchell-Lewis & Staver Go.
Sales-Service and Parts
EAST FIRST AND EAST MORRISON, PORTLAND, OR.
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3 Models on Display at Salem This Week
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on the November 1, 1915 stock sum
mary. Flooring; Stock Decreased.
"Four-inch No. 2 V. G. flooring is
83 per cent below the etoclc on hand
November 1. 1916, and 80 per cent be
low the stock on hand November 1,
H15
Tour-inch No. 3 V. G. flooring is 67
per cent below stock on hand one year
ago and 61 per cent, below the stock
on hand two years so.
"Four-Itch F. G. flooringr. No. 2 and
better, is 64 per cent below that of a
year ago and 66 per cent below the
stock on hand two years ago.
"Six-inch F. G. - flooring. No. 2 and
better. Is 66 per cent btflow the stock
on hand one year ago and 43 per cent
below the stoc on hand two years
ago. .
Five-eighths by four-inch Veiling.
No. 2 and better, is 61 per cent below
the stock on hand November 1, 1916,
and 66 per cent below the stock on
hand November 1, 1915.
"Five-eighths by four-inch -ceiling.
No. 3 is 74 per cent below -the stock
on hand one year ago and 78 per cent
below the stock on hand two years ago.
"Six-Inch drop siding. No. 2 and bet
ter, ia 64 per cent below the stock of
one year ago and 6 per cent below the
stock of two years ago.
"Six-inch drop - siding. No. 3, la 51
per cent below the stock of a year ago
and 12 per cent below the stock of
November 1, 1915.
"Six-inch rough clears this year show
stock on hand 58 per cent below that
carried on November 1, 1916, and' 26
per cent below that carried on Novem
ber 1, 1915.
Stoeka Covered by Orders.
"Boards and shiplap show 77 per cenf
below the stocks in the hands of Pa
cific Northwest mills November 1. 1916,
and 39 per cent below the stocks of
November 1, 1915.
"Common dimension shows 3 per cent
below the s,tock of November 1. 1916.
and 30 per cent below the stock of
November 1. 1915.
"It is definitely known that a con
siderable volume of the extremely
short stocks reported by the mills this
year are covered by orders.
"The weekly trade barometer shows
390,847.978 feet of unshipped orders in
the hands of mills participating in the
barometer for the week ending Sep
tember 15, 1917, as compared with 252.
K20.917 feet for the mills reporting on
barometer for the corresponding week
in 1916.
"The unshipped obligations in ths
rail trade for the week ending Sep
tember 15 totaled 10,634 carloads as
compared with 6217 carloads in the
same trade unshipped for' the corre
sponding week one year ago."
SERIOUS CHARGES FACED
August Perry, Alleged Assailant of
" Girl,. Has Bad Record.
August Perry, arrested Thursday for
an alleged attempted attack on a 15-year-old
girl, will be held pending fur
ther investigation, following the iden
tification of a ring found on him aa
one stolen a week ago from the home
of Mrs. J. J. Keyes, 167 East Thirteenth
street.
Perry has been in trouble on numer
ous occasions and is now on parole,
having been sent to the state peniten
tiary from Clackamas County to serve
from one to seven years for burglary.
A more serious charge than that of
contributing to the delinquency of a
minor will be -filed against him, it was
announced yesterday at police headquarters.
CITY ZOO TOO EXPENSIVE
Council Visits Washington Park and
Discusses Situation.
Whether or not Max Muller shall be
given an opportunity .to demonstrate
his proposed plan to care for the ani
mals and birds in the city zoo and try
to make the same self-supporting by
the sale of birds and other pets soon
may be determined by the members of
the Council. They visited the Wash
ington Park yesterday and inspected
the cages and the inmates.
No decision as to what action will
be taken was announced, but it was
said by Commissioner Kellaher that
something must be done At once to re
lieve the situation there. He says too
many animals are kept, too much feed
is required, and too much expense in
curred in the maintenance. He said
yesterday some action must soon be
taken to straighten out the situation.
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