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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1917)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 30, 1917. " CLOSING DAY OF FAIR IS BIG ONE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT OREGON'S BIGGEST STATE FAIR, " WHICH CLOSED TESTER DAT. .15,000 People Crowd Grounds and Great Interest Is Shown in Exhibits. ess a ssas?o 10 i - i- i. mow-1 1 . s i ft H H ft r r n -' "... . . ... " .- "5 v.s:,'!i IS Sill! i at with luti&s" ' I Photon by Iiicific Photo Company, tialem. AIR-IN, "The Coat xith Luiis," is a raincoat with, a brand . new idea. First of all, it's a real rain coat it -will keep you dry and comfortable in a down -pour. But an AIR-IN doesn't look like a raincoat, because it made to look well when the sun is shiiT.in&. In appearance an A1K-1I i resembles a smart. snappy top-coat it has th fabric look. Ten feet away it looks like a stylish top coat, because it is made in a variety of fashionable fabrics and in the newest styles. Before buying a li&ht over-coat, investigate the AIR-IN the real rain-or-shine coat. The co Besides its smart appearance, the AIR-IN has two great points of superiority. The Second Bi& Feature An AIR-IN is really rain proofnot just shower proof. Be tween ths outer fabric and the inner lining there is a thin film of robber which makes an AIR-IN absolutely waterproof. You are sure to keep warm and dry in an AIR-IN becauso all seams are doable sealed with cement and orerlaid with tape. You will feet a world of wear from an AIR-IN because it doesn't look like a raincoat. There are several popu lar models ranging from the newest belted trench coat to ataider styles for the more conservative. The First Bi Feature The special AIR-IN construc tion xaakes it a ventilated raincoat. Undor the plait in the back of every Alf l-IN are a series of vents or openings which cpen or close as the wearer moves or walks. Inside these vents are thin folds of perforated robber sheeting which let in the air bat Aeep oaf the rain. The expulsion of hemted air and admission of fresh air through these vents keeps the body temperature even and normal. The wearer of an AIR-IN will never ex perience any uncomfortable perspiration under the arms or around the neck and shoulders or that feeling of "stuffiness" that some raincoats give. Special Introductory Prices ran&ing from $13.50 to $25. Ask your dealer now to show yoa an 'AIR-IN. GLOTHtNG WS3 WEATHER IS PROPITIOUS Talr Board Trusted In Providence to Recoup for Heavy Expenses Incurred and Were Xot Disappointed. fALEM. Or., Sept. 29. (Special.) The manufacturers, the grange and patriotism wer given the day today at the State Fair, while tonight the concessioners held sway. Probably 15.000 people today joined In to make the day a successful closing one. While on the racetrack a large crowd in the grandstand were watching the best events of the week's racing pro gramme, another big crowd was surg ing through the exhibits and paying especially to the manufacturers ex hibit and the machinery pavilion the attention which their own day war ranted. The manufacturers have more than done their bit this year to make the fair a success and their exhibits throughout have been a high-class type. Not only have there been more f them, but they have been better, as a general rule. Advanced t3pes of farm machinery which have developed during the past year, particularly through the use of gasoline or other motive power, have put considerable pep Into the ma chinery exhibits, and these have had a crowd almost from the opening of the Kates on the first day of the fair. Fair Mfi Another Stride. From the interest shown by the farmers in general it is probable this fa i r will mean another far stride in the manner of handling agricultural products in the state. Mayor George Kiiker. who was scheduled for a speech toniht. did not come. An excellent talk was given on art i this afternoon, however, by Mrs. Alice ! "Weister, of Portland. Mrs. Weister has been one of the most faithful In a.4 ffisting to develop the State Fair into -what it is. As superintendent of the art department, she has practically built it tip. Taking It when it repre sented but a few pictures, she has de veloped it into a genuine necessary adjunct, where it is becoming more and more a center of attraction. This year she also has secured the services of outside lecturers, who have been in teresting farmers and others in the artistic of life. Mrs. I. A. Olsen. of Silverton, and Archie Smith, of Salem, were the so- i loists today. A resume of the State Fair week In dicates that the i?taie Fair Board this year ban accomplished, more on Jess money than preceding state exposi tions. Cramped from the start by lack of funds caused to a considerable ex tent by the 6 per cent limitation amend ment and legislative failure to appro priate up to the point needed. , the board took the bull by the horns and proceeded to furnish the people of the rotate a top-notch show anyway, and to depend upon providence to keep the weather sails trimmed aright. Provi dence kept its part of the agreement . and Ideal weather gave the fair on its big days the greatest crowds it has ever seen, and on the days of lesser Importance kept the crowds above the average for those days. The board was compelled to malce a lnrge number of improvements before the fair on almost sheer nerve, and these improvements cut into the sur plus needed for entertainment. But It was decided to keep the entertainment Ftand-ard up and this was done, also largely on sheer nerve. M nslclans Were f1 eat tired. This year the fair has had musicians from everyvaection of the state; it has furnished a class of entertainment that lias appealed to every Oregonian, clean, good and instructive. There have been more bands at the fair than ever be fore and Campbell's American band )iere throughout the week has met with decided satisfaction. So well pleased .were the crowds, in fact, that the board extended its original engagement, which was to have concluded Friday, over today, with a farewell concert on the track tonight. The bands this year Included all Ore pon musicians, which is a feature that has pleased the people. The fife and drum corps of Portland, veterans all, also received big hands wherever it appeared during its few days' engage ment here. The vocalists were all highly appre ciated. The fair this year also had a better array of speakers than ever be fore. The state was sifted for the best, both of men and women, and they nil came with addresses which brought httrhly merited applause. The prediction made early in the week that the people were going to take more Interest in the exhibits of agricultural products also proved to be good prophecy. Kach exhibit came in for Its share of attention from the thousands who were here, and each one was worthy of it. People of all classes had a warm personal feeling1 for vege tables and fruits this year, and county exhibitors have talked themselves boar.se explaining how and where this cabbage or that potato was grown. - Mention also should be made of the t3ouglas County exhibit, which failed to get a place, but which hundreds of people feft was worthy of a real blue ribbon. The exhibit was a magnificent iiisplay of garden and field products, the like of which ts seldom brought to gether.. The Judges seemed to feel that the exhibit contained too many prod ucts that Talked commercial value to wa rrant a first place, but nevertheless it was an exhibit which received enough personal compliments from visitors to ma ke up largely for the disappoint ment felt in not securing a blue rib-issii. Simple Way to Ead Dandruff There is one ure way that has never failed to remove dandruff at once, and that Is to dissolve It. then you destroy St entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, common liquid ervon from any drug store tthia ia ail jou will need), apply it at night when retiring: use enough to moisten the scalp and. rub It In gently with the fin ger tips. By morntng most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dis solve and entirely destroy every single ign and t re of ' it. no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find all itching and digging of the scalp will rtop instantly, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glos sy, silky end soft, end look and feel a hundred times better. Adv. REAL SAVING URGED Judge S. A. Lowell Tells of Need for Food Economy. PATRIOTIC DUTY SHOWN Extreme Care Xot to Wcsto Grain, Flour, Meats, Dairy Products and Sugar Said to Be Vital Step Toward Winning AVar. " Judge S. A. Lowell, of Fendelton. in his talk on food conservation at the State Fair at Salem Friday, appealed to the people of Oregon to lend every assistance to the Nation by battling to conserve every ounce of food that they possibly could. He told of the prob lems that now face the people of the United States in the matter of food conservation. His talit in part fol lows: "Patriotic duty now demands of each individual, wherever he may be, what ever his surroundings, extreme econ omy in the use of grain, flouY. meats, dairy products and sugar. At home we can conserve other food articles and maintain health and strength. Ample supply of these five fundamentals for the Army and Navy is Indispensable and must be assured by the exercise of extreme economy on every side, among all our people. City Dweller. Affected. "The problem which confronts the Nation touches most intimately the dweller in town and city, the hotels, the restaurants, the markets, the hab its of domestic servants and the adap tionof instrumentalities of preserva tion in the realm of perishables nota bly the fruits and vegetables. It reaches the domain of fuel, of oil. of gasoline, of woolen, of paper, of rubber, of leather and of iron. .-First. the Legislature ' must be called" in special session to enact a comprehensive system of laws adapted to this emergency. The Dairy and Food Commissioner should be clothed with almost unlimited power in the realm of foodstuffs. "Second, there must be established a bureau of information through which the producer and consumer may be brought daily in touch with each other, to the end that the market may not at any time be glutted and yet that there may be ample supply. Th. Public Service Commission and the transpor tation companies should voluntarily co-operate to the end that prompt de livery is assured. Municipal PrrfrrlBn Advoc.ted- "Third. each municipality should be authorized and ; required to establish a preserving plant. under competent management, to which shall be gath ered from market all the fruit and vegetables unsold at evening, that the same may be d-ied by approved meth ods, hermetically sealed, ready for Win ter consumption and stored for ale or shipment. In fruit-growing regions te counties may well erect and main tain public evaporating plants. "Fourth, in every home there should be installed some one of the several tes'ed home evaporators, to th end that an abundant supply of evaporated fruits, root vegetables and legumes may be ready for emergency, and thus help win the war. "Fifth, the state must intervene to save the beef cattle and the dairy herds. Sufficient funds, enough depu ties and added powers will enable the Dairy and Food Commissioner either to bring fOQi to the animals or to transport the animals to the source of feed. In thia field there is some thing radically wrong. The consumer is paying enormous prices and the pro ducer I receiving low prices. Some where between the two there is a man retaining too much. Kither the Fed eral Government or the atat. must lo cate him. Uir o. 'Waste O.eatlal. "Sixth, a state inspector with ample powers, preferably a competent and devoted woman, should visit all the hotel and restaurant kitchens daily, to mure not only economy in serving, but elimination of every source of un necessary waie In cooking. Public ity in this field will be a force sure to command r.sults- "Seventh. the wives of the opulent must assume command In Lhetr own kitchens. No longer will public inter est permit servants to indulge in wasteful habits just because the cost falls not upon them. Next to the mar kets, the hotels and the restaurants, it is true that waste abides with wealth. "Kighth. an inspector must dominate the grocery stores, the storage plants and the market places as absolutely as does the President the wheat and coal industries of today. Wherever there is danger of toss erther by decay or notable deterioration, that official should have power to order any article to the municipal preserving plant, the city or county to pay reasonable value under condemnation. Gdacatloa of Public Needed. "The adoption of these suggestions will not be a panacea for every evil, because the ever-varying factor of hu man selfishness enters into the problem, but their adoption will go a long way toward that public education in the rudiments of thrift so imperatively needed throughout America today. It will be meet indeed for every citizen to ask himself each eventide the ques tion: -Am I performing my full duty as an American? Am I willing to change places with some other Amer ican under arms tonight upon Europe's field of carnage! Am I entitled to either gain or luxury now? "For after all the prize, the supreme prize of freedom triumphant, will be worth the cost, and however much we sacrifice at home, the sacrifice will be as nothing beside that made by the boy who sinks beneath the dark waters upon the battleship of his country or falls amid granite battalions to sleep forever beneath an alien sun." BUSINESS FALLS OFF LABOR CONDITIONS DEFLECTED IN SEPTEMBER REPORTS. Bank Clearings Sfcevr Substantial Increase, bat P.stal Receipt, and Buildiaa? Permit. Drop. Probably on account of : the delays and discouragements attendant upon the strikes in the shipbuilding and lumber Industries, the business statis tics for last. month show that Portland is not prospering as it was during the months Just preceding. The bank clearings for last month were $68,743,768. as compared with but S58.935.03S for the same month of last year, a considerable gain, but postal revenue and building permit figures are on the unfavorable side of the ledger as compared with September, 1916. and with August. 1917. Postoffice officials estimated yester day that the receipts would amount to $98,000. as against $103,231 for the month previous and with $100,698 for September of last year. Last month's showing is the poorest for any month this year. The building permits for last month totaled S2.&.555. whereas they amounted to $436,700 in August and $1,394,160 Tor September. 1916. The dullness of the building market is due largely to the high cost of labor and materials, which has prompted many investors to delay building projects indefinitely. FUNERAL SET FOR TODAY Body or Rev. Egbert L. Smith Will Be Sent to Seattle for Burial. The funeral of th. Uev. Egbert L. Smith, who died Friday, will be held this afternoon from the Central Free Methodist Church, corner of Kast Sixty fifth and Flanders streets. The body wl! be sent to Seattle for burial. While never in a Portland pulpit, the Rev. Mr. t-'mlth had been a resident of the city for the past six years. He was at one time the minister of the Free Methodist Church of Newberg. He was 12 years old. He is survived by a widow and two children. Mr. Clara Lelse. of Seattle, and Mrs. George Edwards, of Newberg. The residence here ts at 1500 East Flanders street. Ke came here from Edmund, Wash., and was born in Waukesha County. Illinois. Federal Court Calendar Advanced. Because of the absence of both Judge Welverton and Judge Bean, the motion calendar in the United States Dis trict Court was advanced yesterday from tomorrow to Monday morning, October 8. Judge Wolvcrton went to San Francisco yesterday to sit with the I'nited States Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Bran was unexpected ly called to California by the erio-" Illness. ut a son. .. WAR FILMS SHOWN Intimate Glimpses of Fighting in Trench Zone Given. PICTURES ARE OFFICIAL Kxliibltion Is Under Auspices of British Societies of Portland and 7 0 Per Cent or Proceeds Go to War Relief Funds. Intimate glimpses of fighting in the I trench zone on the western front, as well as all of the side issues and angles of modern warfare, are furnished in the moving pictures depicting the Battle of the Somme, which commenced a week's run at the Majestic Theater yesterday. The pictures are actual photographs taken by official photographers of the British government and are being shown In Portland under the auspices of the British Societies of Portland, with the provision that 70 per cent of the proceeds will go to the British war relief funds. .The Battle of the Somme was filmed as the official British war picture and the assurance that there is not one faked scene was taken at face value by the crowds which witnessed yesterday's perform ances. Conspicuous among the audiences at the Majestic yesterday were silent groups of American soldiers who saw the stern realities of warfare illustrated On th'e screen before them. These uni formed lads studied the pjctures seriously and went away with sadder hearts, perhaps, but with even stronger determination to do their share In the great world war for democracy. Parade Take. Place. To impress on the public the impor tance of this picture a patriotic parade In ' which the local Navy, Army and Marine recruiting offices took part took place on downtown streets last night. It was headed by the character rep resentation of th "Spirit of 1917" an Cncle -Sam of determined mien and youthful vigor. With him were the British and th. French, the biggest allies. Then followed several machine loads each of sailors, soldiers and marines and banners telling the features of the film and the plea for recruits for the different branches. The Scotch kilties band added their approval by playing "Marching Through Oeorgia," and other American tunes, on the bag pipes. Several members of the girls Honor Guard occupied another machine and the parade finished with another car advertising the other feature film, "In the Wake of the Huns," also authorized by the allied governments. Local British and Canadian socie ties also took part in the parade and Had machines in the lineup decorated In the colors of the Empire and of Canada. Other cars carried trophies from the battle of the Somme. The parade formed in front of the Pathe Exchange about 7 o'clock and covered the downtown crowds before dis banding. ' All Aspect, of War Show.. All aspects of the warfare along the western front are shown In the pic tures. The firing of giant guns is given in definite detail. The effective ness of the airplaaes is demonstrated by numerous illustrations of how they fly across the enemy lines and photo graph the trench formations in order to rush valuable Information to the officers' headquarters. The fate of the wounded Is traced from the time they fall on the field to the first-aid quarters and on to the base hospitals, through the aid of am bulances. Even the horrible scenes of the after-battle, with shell-torn bodies of men and horses are not spared, and the method of burial afield la also shown. Nor are the happy scenes of camp life, with burlesque shows, meal times and cigarette smoking neglected in the pic ture. The smiling faces of the Ger man wounded feature the scenes of the prison camps. After the pictures showing the men in the act of "going over the top." many of them to come back hopeless wrecks within the next hour, ara thrown on the screen, liberal attention ia given to the scenes In England, i where fresh recruits are being trained to fin the places of men who are drop ping in the trenches, and where the noble women are turning out shells and other munitions to be used by their men at the front. Judging from the applause given the women and the eager recruits, the residents of Port land appreciate that there Is a fight to be waged at home as well as afield. GALVANIZING FIRM LEASES New Concern Allied With Ship In dustry to Start Tomorrow. Still another factory allied with the shipbuilding industry of Portland will commence operations this week in the brick warehouse building at the south east corner of Fourteenth and Lovejoy streets, which has been leased by a new concern, the Northwest Galvanizing & Engineering Company, of which H. A. Herzog Is business manager and Leo J. Rose, engineer. With a payroll of approximately 50, this company will open Its doors to morrow. Although the activities of the company will be centered for the time being on galvanizing work. It is , equipped to handle industrial, effi ciency and architectural engineering, "to test boilers, locomotives, gas en gines, power plants and to design blast furnaces of the gas. oil and coke types. WAGE INCREASES FAVORED City Laborers, Policemen and Fire men Probably" Will Get Rises. A general Increase in wages is in store for laborers in the city service and probably" for policemen and fire men. Members of the City Council have in formally agreed that the increase to laborers shall be 25 cents a day of eight hours, except laborers In the sewer bureau, who will be raised to $3.50 a day because of the hazardous features of their work. All laborers now are getting 2 a day. Increases for foremen and policemen will be de cided probably this week. Mayor Baker is In favor of increases for po- licemen and Commissioner Bigelow, who has charge of the fire bureau, favors increases there. Rat Blamed for Small Fire. A hungry rat is held responsible for a slight fire early yesterday morning In the rear of the building occupied by the Neptune Meter Company, 360 Everett street. The fire started in a coffee drum, where there was stored an old pair of trousers. ' A rat is sup posed to have gnawed around In the barrel and started off a match in one of the pockets. The damage was slight. HOW FAT FOLKS MAY BECOME SLIM Reduce Your Weight Happily- Fat persons, particularly those from ten to sixty pounds above normal weight, will be interested to learn how they may easily reduce without starva tion or strenuous exercise. If you are above normal weight you are drawing on your reserve strength and are constantly lowering your vi tality by carrying this excess burden. Don't jeopardize your health or be a joke any longer. Spend some time daily in the open air. practice deep breathing and get from any good druggist a box of oil of korein capsules; take one after each meal and one before retiring at night; also follow the simple directions that come with the box. Surprising weight reduction eftcn is reported even after Just a few days' treatment. With proper riddance of superfluous fat, the flesh should be come firm, the skin smooth and the general health should be Improved. This treatment is guaranteed to re duce . ten to sixty pounds whenever desired. 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