The Sunday Oregonian., April 21, 1918, SECTION THREE, Page 5, Image 45

THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, POItTTiAIfD, APKIL 21, 1918.
LOUIS SIMPSON RISES FROM RANKS OF THE
LABORER TO HEAD OF GREAT CORPORATION
Tottowiag Closely His Father' Policy of Fairness in Every Way to Employe, There Has Never Been a Strike
or Threatened Strike at the Coos Bay Plants Operated by the Simpsons.
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Cej. ! i5sm-oj. HS? jjij "affnSt) jiff;
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N these days of shipbuilding- booms
loa- th Oregon coast and in the
Oregon rivers, ss well ss along- the
Coast and la ths rivers snd harbors to
th north and sooth of on, w sro apt
to forget, or perhaps nsver knew, th
thsrs was for many years a shipbuilder
n ths Pacific who was In reality a
pioneer and whose labors for a half
cm lory were towards building op snd
ntsntalnlng a merchant marine on the
Fariflo and ths waters of ths Occident.
Ws learn day after day of area!
Shipbuilding- schemes, both of private
and public Interests: we hear of the
Vnlted States Government throwing
pen ths doors of Its Treasury to shipbuilding-
firms; ws hear of guarantees
betas; granted by ths Government to
assure shipbuilders a profit on each
vessel built: ws hear of the great rivalry
among ths various plants of ths ship
builders aa to which caa turn out a
ship in the shortest time: ws sea every
videnoo that ths shipbuilding business
la sweeping op snd down the coasts
f California, Oregon and Washington
and that It is hers to remain ss one
f ths great assets of thrss Coast
states.
Oh. yes, we ars doing wonders! With
aa abundance of capital, with ths
money vaults of ths banks and ths
Vnlted States Treasury thrown open
to ths shipbuilders, with ' I nele tara
guaranteeing them a profit, with
every branch of the gams made 'easy
by ths commandeering of men and ma
terial oh. yes. ws srs doing wonders!
Ca Bay nana lteatr Plaat.
Take a reef In your think tank and
east your eys down the coast to Coos
Pay. Oo up ths channel from the F
clflo past ths old city of Kmplra, under
the great bridge of the Southern fa
clflo Railway, up to the old sawmill
that standa along the water front of
ths present city of North Bend: then
go farther around to a shipbuilding
plant, whers you will see two or three
vessels under construction snd as many
mors being repaired. lis, ha. you will
say. Coos Bay has caught the ship
building fever, too.
Why. dear readers, that shtpysrd wss
established about S years sgo and has
been In active operation ever since. It
sever had sny subsidies. It never had
any guarantees. It never had a kindly
and fathsrly Government to comman
deer men for It. never had any man
er any set of men to establish the
rrtces of labor, never had
kusranteed.
when the American flag waa far flung
snd proudly flung to ths breeses on
every port of ths seven seas: when the
Tankes captain and the Yankee tar
were looked op to by ths maritime
folks of all nations.
material
Kb. Ths Indomitable
J ghting owner of that plant had for
vsr years to right his way alone
and nnalded.
That man was Captain A. M. Simp
son. of ths last few yeara perhaps
oftener spoken of as "Cappy Kicks.1
for the Inimitable Peter B. Kyne. with
hla facile pen an 1 the virile Imagina
tion of a Scott or a Dickens, hss given
A. M. Simpson a nlchs In the gallery
of fiat snd thereon has bulliled up
"Csppy Ricks. s character so strong
and yet so lovely, so masterful and
yet so sweet and tender, that every
person who has read ths stories In
the Saturday Evening I'ost Is asking
for further contributions about this
ftrst-slaas flghtlr.g man. who always
fought fair, always fought in the open,
this man who never took advantage
of a. fallen foe. this man who never
begged or even asked for favors.
aCe)sey Rlcka Wears Khaki.
But. to distress a moment. Peter B.
Kyne. who knew Captain A. M. Simp
son so well, who Isbored for him In his
offices and mills. Is not writing storlee
now. lie bss laid aside the pen snd
has taken up the aword and weara the
uniform of khaki that Is now In evi
dence slong the lines of the Huns In
France snd Flanders. He. like "Cappy
Ricks." is a sturdy, virile American,
lis believes bis country worth fight
ing for. worth dying for. If necessary.
So he has for the time forsaken the
desk and Is going out to the trenches
to do his duty like a man. He Is do
ing It of his own will as a patriot, for
hla aae would have kept him home
hsd he but asked.
80 let us now drop ths name of Cap
tain A. M. Simpson and substitute.
without any quotation marks, ths name
of Cappy Rl a- By that name those
who knew htm In lire and lovea nim
will bo glad to know him hereafter, for
Mr. Kyne has bullded a character wnicn
WTtl live in history.
Let us now take a far Journey to
the little seaport town of Bath, Maine.
Ws might on ths way stop off st vari
ous small ports along ths shores of
Connecticut. Bhode Island. Massachu
eetta. New Hampshire and Maine.
Lengthy stops should be made at Nan
tucket, Portsmouth and finally at Bath,
la all of these ports ws find ths remi
niscences ars mostly of ths men who
went down to the sea In ships. We
will learn of families who for four or
five generations aon succeeding father
generation after generation, either
building or sailing ships. Ws coujd
learn from them how ws at ons time
had a great merchant marine. There
are thousands of men now llTlng In
those ports whs remember the time
Good Old Days Recalled, '
Those were ths good old days of a
half or three-quarters of a century
ago. Conditions have greatly changed.
We have no merchant marine now. Our
flag Is not far flung to ths breezes
snywhere. WbyT Go down to the halls
of Congress snd ask that question. Oo
down there and ask why it is necessary
at the present time to exhibit all of
this feverish hasts to build ships, snd
then more ships Ask ths members ofl
ths House or Senate why it has hap
pened that ws allowed England. ranee,
Germany. Norway and Sweden to chaae
the American flag off the seven sees
snd all other seas aak why these and
all other natlona took away from us
whst the sturdy men of Bath, of Nan-
tucker, of Portsmouth and other ship
building ports fought for snd won
lor nt
Never mind cogltstlng sbout that. It
all came about through too much fool
legislation. We are now paying dearly
for It. and the toll Is only beginning to
be taken. It may be that sanity has
returned to our lawmakers snd that In
time Old Glory msy proudly bs seen
flying, ss of yore. In every consider
able port of the universe. Let us hope
so. And. anyhow, after this little war
la settled, let us one snd all. Individu
ally and collectively, awear to swat
with a mtghty swst any dam fool Sen
ator or Congressman who attempts to
Pass a law giving the United States
the woret of It In our battlea for the
world a sea trade.
In Baths. Mains, thers lived In the
middle of the last century, a family of
anipouiiamg and shlpsalllng folka by
the name of Simpson. Thla waa- the
third generation of that particular
sunpaon family, and we havs only to
deal with three of ths sons of that day.
say ltoO. These were A. M.. L, P. and
Robert. A. M. (Cappy Ricks) was born
In lSSC He went Into a shlpysrd ss a
boy and learned the trade. He was
s thrifty lad and saved his money, so
by the time be waa 23 yeara old he had
a little nest egg, hla principal asset be
ing the one-thirty-second Interest in
ths vessel Just then outfitting at ths
dock of his father's shipyard ths Bir
mingham.
Vafortaaate laTeetrmeat Costly. -
When the news of the gold strike
of 1S49 cams to the Bath shipyards
there waa a feverish anxiety to get
vessels started for the new field, and
one of the first waa tbs Birmingham,
upon which waa the embryo Cappy
Kicks ss supercargo. This vessel ar
rived In ths Golden Gate harbor on the
i:th of April, 1850. It would make
too long a story to tll of ths trials
nd tribulstlons Cappy Ricks bad In
Stockton. But this snd the share held
In the Birmingham soon was lost In an
unlucky venture In operating the ves
sel.
Then, with little capital save elo
quence and Imagination, he went Into
the lumber business, with particular
Interests In its transportation. He was
successful from the start and by the
following year he was Interested- In the
Potomac and she was wrecked on the
Columbia. Soon Cappy came to Oregon
himself and made several ventures
hers. At that time Scottsburg, on the
Umpqus, waa a better business point
than Portland, snd he visited that town.
While there he heard of the Coos Bay
country and walked down there. That
Is. he got down to the channel and
found a settlement near what was
soon known as Empire, a town that be
came ths county seat when Coos Coun
ty was organized. In 1862 Cappy had
a lumber mill at Astoria, soon another
at Hooulam. Then the coal mines on
Coos Bay were opened snd Cappy built
vessels to carry It to San Krancisco,
whers hts headquarters were. He lost
three vessels In this venture.' and the
Astoria mill turned out to be a failure.
But Cappy Kicks never recognized
defeat. He never carried any Insur
ance on his mills, vessels or cargoes
nor on his lumber. Uurlng his active
operattona he lost more than 25 vessels
nd cargoes and many thousands of
dollars' worth of lumber. His losses by
fire all told were about J 1.500.000. But
never a grumble from Cappy.
What ws ars most Interested In Is hts
activities on Coos Bay, for there were
his interests in Oregon centered for
almost half a century. It was in 1656
when-he decided to begin operations on
Coos Bay. So he bought "the makings"
of a mill on Sutter's Creek, California,
and shipped the outfit on a schooner to
what is now North Bend. The schooner
and cargo were lost and with them, his
brother, Louis Simpson, who was ths
captain. So his first Coos Bay venture
was a disastrous one. and a man of less
caliber might have quit then and there.
But that was not the Cappy Ricks way.
In later life he once said to an Inter
viewer that his life work had been
"getting knocked down and getting; on
nis ieet again."
Some of the machinery for the mill
" a&ivagea xrom tne waves and
little sawmill was erected. But what
a mill! Its capacity as the enormous
output of 5000 feet a day some days
wnen everytning worked well. Then
the shipyard began and a vessel was
built after a design whittled and
carved out. and canvas and spars af
fixed by Cappy himself. A few years
sgo. since his death, the old office
building of the old shipbuilding plant
was torn down to make way for the
Southern Pacific Railway office and
over 80 of such lrfr.de) were found
therein, a model for every vessel built
at the yards.
First came the old eouafe-rire-ers.
followed by the two-masters. Then
the three-masters, schooner rigged.
Then In order the four, five and six
masters, each one being an Innovation
Introduced by Cappy Ricks, and each
model whittled out by him". And then
came the steam schooner, the lumber
carrier of today, another innovation of
Cappy Kicks. .
And so the work has gone forward
for more than half & century. Cappy
at one time had more than 30 vessels
plowing the seas. He had all sorts of
interests In sll sorts of places was
always getting knocked down and get
ting on his Ieet again! But always In
fair fights, always recovering in good
humor always and ever he was square
In all of his dealings.
Fair Treatment Held Best.
Along the latter part of his career
his activities were carried on under
two corporative names. A. M. Simpson
& Brother snd the Simpson Lumber
Company. His brother. Captain Robert
w. Simpson, his partner in the former
company, died in 1887 and Cappy pur
chased ths brothers Interest.
In 1899 his oldest son, Louis J. Simp
son, who had for several years been
employed in the North Bend mill or
shipyard, as occasion required, took
over the management of all the SiPTp-
son interests. He. up to that time.
received $1.60 a. day, the same as the
other laborers. From the time he was
given cbargs he ran things about his
own way, which was really the follow
ing out or his father's policy to the
very letter fairness in every way to
every employe, -from the day laborer
to the most skillful artisan.
Consequently there has never been
a strike or a threatened strike
at any of the Coos Bay plants
of the Simpsons, and there were many
until the death of Cappy Ricks and
the sale of the operating plants. The
town of North Bend was platted and
was really a creature of Louis J. Simp
son's brain. The great 80 -acre park,
one of the finest in the etste, 'was
given to North Bend by "Louie" Simp
son, as his friends call him.
To get back to where we started, let
me say to any wiseacre who knows all
about the present activities-, in the
slilpbiulding industries, that If we had
had In Oregon 50, 40, 20, or even 20,
years ago a few men with the pre
science, the "grip," the fighting quali
ties, the breadth of view of the Simp
sons, particularly Cappy Ricks, ws
would not be where we are today. TVs
would have ships in all quarters of the
Occidental waters, which really means
well ths Oriental waters But our
capitalists were, apparently, afraid to
lend their Influence or money to any
thing that as for the most of the time
out of their sight. They wanted their
investments where they could find the I
security at any time of the day or I
night. And If they did make an In
vestment that turned out bad It was
goodbye to any others of the same
character.
Yes Oregon has lacked men of the
Cappy Ricks stripe men who spent
their lives In 'getting knocked down
and getting on their feet again."
H.LIEBES & CO.
Garefully-Chosen Suits
for Small Women
are prorfiinently featured in
the LIEBES' display
WE DO not attempt to fit the petite
type with suits designed for large
women. Neither do we put her off with
misses' clothes; the lines are not correct for
her more mature figure.
Instead, we provide the small "woman
with suits or dresses that fit her personality
as if made to order. And she is sure of
models in all the latest styles and materials.
In the Usual Sizes
suits run a wide gamut of style. There
are eminently practical ones of trico
tine, gabardine, serge and wool mix
tures, redeemed from ultra plainness
by their distinctive trimming. And
then the more elaborate combinations
of satin and gabardine, or satin and
serge, play their part for the ' more
. ' formal occasions.
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SINGLE-DISH MEAL, OLD AS
CIVILIZATION, IMPORTANT NOW
Soaps and Stews Main Dependence of People of Food-Rationed Europe in
War Time Great Possibilities Found in Fish Available at Easy Prices.
TN food-rationed Europe every nation leach of whom In return received his
is living on some form of soup or I share of the prepared dish. The French
atew.
When foodstuffs are scanty
and high priced, a family meal out of a
single vessel contains- more nourish
meat. Is better flavored, and generally
more appetising and filling than if the
Ingredients had been used In two or
three separate dishes, as Is usually
done In times of peace and plenty.
This single-dish meal harks back to
ths very dawn of civilization. Esau
sold hts birthright to Jacob for a one-
dish meal of pottage, a thick soup
made of lentils. Chaucer speaks of the
'hocbe-pot," snd Shakespeare, In the
Merry Wives of Windsor," refers to a
hodge-pudding" or "hodge-podge" a
pot of mixed Ingredients, meat, vege
tables and grains a sort of medley of
nutritious foodstuffs.
In the fishing villages of Brittany a
large cauldron was provided In which
getting started on his way to fame and! a mess of fish, biscuit snd savory con
fortune. Ue soon accumulated about I dlments were cooked a hodge-podge
11500 by work In the gold mines near' provided by the fishermen themselves.
seem to have carried this praotice to
America, as on the banks of Newfound
land and In New England we have
the chowder or cauldron dish con
sisting of fish or clams boiled with
pork, potato and onions.
Modern Have Similar Diahea.
Fepys, in bis famous diary, speak:
of dining upon a Spanish "olio" (mean
ing pot) a one-dish meal again.
Coming down to modern times, the
Spanish have tneir Olla Fodrlda, a Na
tional dish of thick soup or stew. The
French have the pot-au-feu, and the
East Indian has his Mulllgatawney
soup, consisting or meat or fowl,
strongly flavored with curry.
There Is the French ragout, a savory
meat stew, and the Oriental pilau.
dish of mutton, kid or fowl, flavored
with spices and raisins, all cooked in a
broth.
Scotch broth, with its mutton stock.
thickened with barley, peas and diced
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A committee of members of Webfoot Camp. No. 66. Woodmen of the World, journeyed to Mount Scott last Sunday
and planted a war garden for the family of a member who is with the Oregon boys In France. Webfoot is not only
the oldet camp In the city, but also Is one of the most progressive. It not only cares for the dues and assessments of
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Much of the beauty of the frocks and separate skirts lies in
their lovely colorings never was there such a range of shades
through all the notes of blue, rose, green, gold and gray. And
" never such a hint of our grandmothers' days in surplice and
ruffle, combined with slender straight lines and cunning
witchery of design.
the Frocks $22.50 and up
Separate Skirts $9.50 and up
FUR NECK
PIECES of all torts are vogue
for Summer wear.
Beautiful blue and
silver fox. Kolinsky,
mink , table and
others.
FUR
STORAGE
Lel'us store and care
for jour Winter furs
in our cold-air stor
age chambers.
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Fresh as the very blossoms are these new
Lingerie Blouses $3.95
In organdie, in batiste and voile. Pure white or in
the new popular colors. All styles from smart sport
models to the daintier lace-trimmed designs.
Blouses, Main Floor '
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vegetables, with bits of meal floating
around, is a good example 01 a one
dish meal, well known to all the
British.
We also have the Irish stew, which
Americans seem to have dubbed -Mulligan."
Beef Prices Prohibitive.
With number one sHeers costing the
rotnll butchers 20 cents pouna, me
meat soupbone will be taboo in the
average family. But the thrifty house
wife can turn her attention to the con
coction of thick soups, chowders or
purees from ,flsh. and delicate bisques
,h mniinsks or shell fish. A pot
of thick soup can be made sufficiently
nrlhlna- to make it the principal
ji.l th fa 1 and. with the addi-
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tion of a green salad garnished with
hard-boiled eggs ana wen-mauo
bread, such a meal will conform to the
balanced ration.
t im7itinr. I find that a fish
family called the skate, pro
duces the best fish stock. At 8 cents
,ha MK&TB IS lllIUftWlo .v.
.1 V. Bn,m
rrv.- i.t of the skate consists of
crabs .oysters, mussels and the young
of the very small fish. The meat of the
i... i. -ar-s tough and improves when
i. i- , r tha water a day or two. It
is much esteemed by the - Italians in
onr community, who simmer it down
into a hodge-podge, or fish stew, with
vegetables and savory condiments.
The uart of the skate which comes to
ths market here is usually the barndoor
wings of the larger skates; me small
er ones, with their almost human, lit
tle old-man faces and queer bodies, we
seldom see.
Two Pounds Sufficient.
Place two pounds of skate
pot and cover
in
with cold water, say
about two quarts. Let simmer for one
or two hours, and it should produce
about three pints of strong stock
rich as beef bouillon. The addition of
vegetables, as celery, onion and car
rot, enhances tne riavor ana 100a vaiue.
Strain through a fine strainer for s
clear soup. To make puree, thicken
with a whits sauce; two tablespoons of
mazofa corn oil and three of flour to a
cup of milk; pour skate stock over
this and add two tablespoons of onions
which have been fried colorlessly, then
season to taste. A spoonful of catsup
or Worcestershire sauce helps to give
it a sest. while a little finely chopped
parsley adds color.
If a chowder is wanted, dice some
potatoes and boll separately, then add
to fish stock, water and all; also the
remnants of the fish may be put
through a coarse strainer and added.
or ' any pieces which can be flaked
from ths skate, and fried onions. Sea
son to taste.
Carrots, turnips and onions, run
through the food chopper, may be added
to the thin soup stock, the same as for
vegetable soup, and the fact that the
foundation stock is made with fish,
rather than with meat, can hardly be
detected when skate is the fish used.
Another variation is to take a can
of tomatoes, rub It through a sieve to
remove seeds and chunks, add equal
parts of stock made from the skate,
and thicken with cooked rice. Season
highly.
A couple of bay leaves, or any desired
spices, such as clove or peppercorns,
or a sprig of thyme or marjoram, added
to the skate at the first cooking, then
make a curry seasoning by adding a
teaspoon of curry powder to the flour
used in the white sauce to thicken the
soup, will give another change in the
skate soup. ,
I find these curry seasonings are
very appetising and palatable. . Many
families, through being unfamiliar
with or prejudiced against curries,
have never used them. If the house
wife will try curry now and then when
she has some sort of a flat-tasting or
nondescript dish of meat or fish, espe
cially leftover remnants, she can pro
duce a dish with a decided, zestful
flavor which wiU be a great improve
ment and will be eaten with relish. .
In all the war cakes made todav
without eggs, butter and wheat flour.
where would we be for flavor to make
them palatable, were it not for the
Judicious use of spices to disguise the
lack or the ingredients to which we
havs always been used and to render
them eatable? To my mind, curries can
be used as a protein camouflage.
spices ars with the carbohydrates and
fats.
Red Snapper Good Fish.
To make a hodge-podge or one-dish
meat of fish, liquid is required for a
gravy, so the fish must be boiled. A
dry-meated fish, such as the red snap
per, at 8 cents a pound. Is very good
for this purpose. To boll a piece of
fish properly. It should be plunged In
boiling water for a lew minutes, then
add cold water and continue-the cook
ing slowly. If cooked in a large piece
this is the only way to avoid the out
side of ths fish being overdone, while
the heart remains half raw. Use as lit
tie water as possible and plenty of salt.
It Is a common fault to use too little
salt. A tablespoon of vinegar may be
added to the water and some sliced
onions, chopped celery, a few diced car
rots and some potatoes. When all is
tender, drain or ladle off the liquid and
use It with part milk to make a sauce
or gravy. Two tAlespoons of corn oil.
heat it, and stir In about four table
spoons of flour, add the cup of hot
milk, then the fish liquor, beat it until
smooth and velvety, season with salt,
pepper, paprika and add some finely
chopped parsley, pour all over the fish
stew. For a change, try putting from
one-half to one teaspoon curry powder
with the flour when making the sauce.
Another kind of fish stew a brown
one this time Is very palatable.
Cut your fish into pieces and brown
them tn a frying pan, cooking them
partially. Brown some onions, which-,,
have been mlnced and salted, in some .
oil in a separate pan. Add boilings
water to the browned fish, also th?.
fried onions, and let all simmer until ..
cooked. Some sliced potato will make"
it a complete one-dish meal. The--brown
gravy may be thickened with .
flour or cornstarch and some strained -tomatoes
added, then the whole well r'
seasoned. -.a
This meal could be prepared with the
breakfast fire, when the . fish and
onions may be browned and nlaced In a .
casserole, the gravy made with the.,,
brown waste obtained from rinsing out.,,
the frying pan, and strained, then the. .
tomato added to this and the whole-.",
thickened, boiled until smooth and -T
poured over the fish in the casserole. A
layer of sliced mashed potato may be'
placed in the bottom of the casserole,
then the fish and gravy and another 2
layer of potato on top. A few oiled'
bread crumbs, fresh or stale, will give...
a beautiful brown color when cooked.-'. '.
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