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TnE- SUNDAY. OREGOXIAX, 'PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 21, 1919.
SCENES AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE STEAMER WEST SILETZ.
TWO SHIPS OFF FOR
FLOUR VESSELS MAY
TAKE LUMBER CARGO
CAREER OF SHIPYARD
AT ALB! F J A FINISHED
ORIENT N TOO DAKS
Big Plant to Go Back to Its
Pre-War Basis.
17 STEEL VESSELS BUILT
Works of Which William Corn Toot
Is Head Hereafter Will Engage
in Repair Work Exclusively.
CORXFOOT Marine
The Albina Engine & Machine works
will build no more ships. The plant,
which constructed 17 steel vessels, is
being dismantled and in a short time
will be back on its pre-war basis, oc
cupied with general machine and ship
repair works. The decision of the com
pany to dismantle the shipbuilding
plant was announced some time ago by
"William Corn foot, president of the Al
bina Engine & Machine works, and the
actual work of demolition began last
week.
When "William Cornfoot arrived in
Portland in 1903 he decided to go into
the marine repair work and built a
Email machine shop on the present site
of the Albina Engine & Machine works,
at 2S Albina avenue, where he did' all
kinds of general machine shop work.
He started with two men in his shop
and this number gradually increased
until he employed about 100 men. At
this time he was doing a great deal of
marine repair work and often found it
necessary to send men to Astoria for
work on vessels which were not coming
tip river.
Rotable Achievement Made.
In recent years the largest repair
Job done by the Albina works was on
the Kenkon ' Maru ir, which was
wrecked in Puget sound. She was
given up as a total loss by the under
writers, but the Japanese owners
brought some divers from Japan and
got her off the rocks and patched her
up so that she could be towed to Port
land. It took two months to make the
repairs and put this vessel in condi
tion for the sea.
In the fall of 1916 Mr. Cornfoot made
a contract with A. O. Anderson & Co.
to build two vessels of 3300 tons capa
city. He leased the ground and se
cured the vacation of streets between
the two east side ferry slips and built
a steel shipyard of five building ways.
A complete fabricating shop was
erected on the site, together with a
machine shop capable of constructing
the marine engines and deck machinery
to be used in these vessels. In Decem
ber, 1916, he took a contract to build
four additional vessels of 3800 tons
capacity for Norwegian interests. The
first four vessels were being con
structed when the United States gov
ernment commandeered all ships un
der contract on August 3, 1917.
Other Contracts Follow.
He was subsequently given contracts
for 13 additional vessels of 3800 tons
capacity by the United States shipping
board. Eleven of these latter vessels
were constructed and outfitted -by the
yard, and the last one was launched
during the recent Rose Festical. June
12. and delivered to the emergency
fleet corporation August 19. The last
-two vessels under contract with the
emergency fleet corporation were can
celled. For some time it was thought that
the yard would continue the building
of ships for private owners, but it was
recently decided by the board of di
rectors that the company would dis
continue the building of ships and dis
mantle the yard. This is now being
done and the machinery is being placed
on the market for sale.
Mr. Cornfoot has decided to return
to the repair business in his former
chop at 28 Albina avenue, which has
been rebuilt, and a number of large and
up to date machines installed. He will
do all kinds of machine repair work
and will make a specialty of marine
work on vessels calling at this port.
"WHISKY CAUSE OF MUTINY
Sailors at Mariska Drink Cargo and
Trouble Results.
A mutiny that reads like a page from
a Robert Louis Stevenson tale recently
occurred aboard the American steamer
Mariska, bound from Baltimore to
Brest, according to accounts of the af
fair published in English papers. The
Mariska, which is owned by the Pitts
burg Steamship company, had thou
sands of casks of liquor aboard, and
the temptation proved too great for
some of the firemen, who broke open
the hatches and filled themselves with
whisky.
A mutiny followed in which the cap
tain was overpowered and locked in his
cabin; the other officers were knocked
unconscious and tied and loyal mem
bers of the crew were placed in irons
by the mutineers.
Before the wireless cabin was
wrecked the operator managed to send
out an S. O. S. call, which was picked
up by the British Standard oilship War
Kahn, then 200 miles off the south
Irish coast. An armed party from the
Wax Kahn boarded the Mariska, which
was drifting with her fires out, and
found most of the mutineers in such a
complete state of intoxication that
they offered little resistance. The of
ficers and loyal members of the crew
were released, and the tables turned on
the mutineers, six of whom were placed
in irons. The Mariska then continued
on her way to Brest.
Marine Notes.
The steamer Moosabee started loading
yesterday at Municipal dock No. 1.
The steamer Lassen shifted yesterday
from Rainier to Prescott.
Captain L. O. Hosford, manager of the
Harkins Transportation company, will leave
early this week for Seattle on a pleasure
trip with his family.
The American destroyers Tarbell. "Wool
ley, Wickes. Lea and Warnell, left Van
couver yesieraay morning.
A. C. Stubbe. general manager of the
Colu..ibia-Pacific shipping company, left
for San Francisco last night on a business
trip.
All work in the plant of the Xorthwest
Steel company was stopped at 10:30 o'clock
yesterday morning, an hour earlier than
usual, by the breaking of the eight-lncb
compressea air mam.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. Sept. 20. Sailed at 8 A. M.
from Vancouver. U. S. destroyers Tarbeli",
wuuitoey. v ici&es. jjea ana warnell.
ASTORIA, Sept. 20. Arrived at 6:45
o'clock last niRht. schooner Else, from Tonga
jsianas via vvemnslon and Honolulu: ir
rived at 10 last night, schooner Muriel, from
San Francisco. Sailed at 0:30 last night,
steamer Rose City, for San Francisco: sailed
at 7:30 last night, steamer W. F. Herriru
for Gaviota. Arrived ax 6:30 A. M. from
trial trip and. sailed at noon, steamer "West
Segovia, for China.
SAN PEDRO, Sept. 19. Arrived Steamer
Mayfair, from Portland.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 20. Sailed at 11
A. M-. steamer Johan Poulsen, for Columbia
t river; sailed at 11 A. M., steamer City of
Topeka. for Portland via Eureka and Coos
ny: sailed at 6 o'clock last night, steamer
Wapama, for San Pedro.
PORT ANGELES, Sept. 20. Sailed at 7
A. M. Norwegian motor schooner H. C.
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STEAMER WEST SILETZ TAKING THE
SPONSOR FOR THE VESSEL.
The 8800-ton steel steamer West Siletz was launched Thursday by the Co
lumbia River Shipbuilding corporation. The vessel, which is the 29th hull
launched at this plant, was named in honor of Lincoln county. Or., which
surpassed all others in subscriptions to the Victory loan.
Mrs. Mort H. Abbey, of Newport, Or., who christened the West Siletz, was
chosen for the honor of sponsoring the vessel by her brother-in-law, E. J.
Abbey, who was chairman of the Lincoln county Victory loan committee.
Hansen, for
Kingdom.
Columbia river and United
BALBOA, Sept. 17. Arrived Steamer
Corvallis, from .Portland for United King
dom. AVAXCE'S TRIAli TRIP SUCCESS
Motorsliip Attains Average Speed of
Xine Knots.
The motorship Avance, built by the
Columbia Engineering Works at Linn
ton, made her river trial trip Wednes
day and performed to the complete sat
isfaction of her builders. The Avance,
which is a 1000 deadweight ton craft,
is the first vessel built on this coast
to be equipped with. Avance surface
ignition engines. These engines are a
semi-Diesel type and were imported
from Sweden. They proved their worth
by driving the vessel at an average
speed of nine knots, which was one
knot more than was expected.
The Avance is 172 feet in length and
30 feet in breadth, with a moulded
depth of 17.4 feet. She has two holds
15 feet deep. The engines are amid-
ships.
TACOMA PLANT BREAKS RECORD
Macliinists Complete Boring on Stern
Frame in 2 1 Hours.
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 20. (Spe
cial.) Machinists at the Todd Drydock
& Construction corporation's plant in
Tacoma set a new record in shipbuild
ing when they completed the boring
on a stern frame and bulkhead on hull
9 in 21 hours.
An eastern shipyard had the record
heretofore of 37 hours on boring alone.
The eastern record was eclipsed by the
Todd workmen on hull 10 when they
completed the job in 23 hours and
then went out and bested their own
record.
Now the waterfront division of the
plant is keeping pace with the con
struction department.
Japanese Start Xew Ocean Line.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 20. Es
tablishment of a new line of Japanese
steamers soon to begin service to New
Orleans, via Cape Horn and South
American ports, was announced here
today by a representative of Nakamura
& Co., of Tokio, Japan, the operating
company.
Vessels In Port.
West Munham, Pacific Steamship company,
St. Johns municipal terminal.
West Hartland, Pacific Steamship com
pany, St. Johns terminal.
Alum ma, A. F. Tfcu.e & Co., Inman-Poul-sen
mill.
Berlin, Alasa-Portland Packers' associa
tion, municipal dock No. 1.
Dertona, Columbia-Pacific Shipping com-
Danv. Victoria dolphins.
Brentwood. Columbia - Pacific Shipping
company. Victoria dolphins.
Oakland, . Albers - O'Ncil, Inman - Poulsen
mill.
West Cheswald, Pacific Steamship com'
pany, municipal dock No. 1.
Moosabee. Columbia-Pacific Shipping com
pany, municipal dock No. 1.
Aspenhill. Coiumbla-Pacific Shipping com
Deny, Astoria.
El Segundo, Standard Oil company, Wil-
bridge.
Colindo. Pacific Steamship company, P.
M. I. dock.
Lassen, Dant & Russell, Prescott.
La Merced, Standard OH company, St.
Helens.
Halco. Hammond Lumber company. Tongue
Point.
Harvard. Chas. Nelson A Co., North Pa
cific Lumber company.
Klamath, Chas. R. McCormick & Co., St.
Helens.
Else, A. O. Anderson & Co., municipal dock
No. 1.
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. Sept. 20. Condition of the
oar at o ir. -M. sea smooth; wind north
west, 18 miles.
Photos by Angelus Commercial Studio.
WATER, AND MRS. MORT II. ADBEV,
FUNERAL IS INEXPENSIVE
Latest Word in Burials Ordered by
London Officer.
LONDON. The latest word in neat
but expensive funerals is that of Wil
liam Henry Syrett of Nightingale road,
Clapton.
He was notice server to the Hackney
borough council, who left an estate of
983 ($4915) and who desired his body
cremated "and the resultant ashes
placed in a large old Jam jar which
belonged to my mother, that Portland
cement and sand mixed with water
may be poured therein until a solid
block of concrete is formed, and such
block buried in some place unlikely
to be disturbed or alternately thrown
ito deep sea water."
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
High. Low.
0:07 A. M 7.7 feet!:0H A. M 0.0 feet
0:10 P. M 7.8 feet6::iO P. M 1.2 feel
The age of 90 is known to have been
reached by a gray parrot, and there
are many statements of birds of the
parrot family having lived for. over
oentury.
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STEAMER BRK.VrWOOD.
The new wooden steamer Brentwood was originally allocated to carry a cargo of lumber from Grays Har
bor to Cuba, but defects discovered in the hull of the steamer Dertona on her loaded sea trial made it neces
sary for her cargo to be. unloaded eo that she could go into drydock for repairs, and the steamer Brentwood
was selected by C. D. Kennedy to take the Dertona's cargo.
Considerable interest was aroused in shipping circles by the feat of the stevedores in loading 1.551.716 feet
of ties aboard the Dertona, as this is the largest lumber cargo ever loaded on a wooden shipping-board vessel.
Because of the difference in the tonnage of the two vessels, only a portion of this record cargo can be placed
on the Brentwood. The Dertona is a Ballin type vessel of 4500 tons, while the Brentwood, of the Peninsula
type, has a tonnage of only 4000.
The Dertona arrived in Portland harbor yesterday from Astoria, and the transfer of cargo will be made
here by Brown & McCabe, stevedores.
A vessel from Puget sound. Mr. Kennedy said yesterday, will probably be designated to carry the lumber cargo
from Grays Harbor to Cuba, as no other ship is available here at present.
Both Steel Carriers and Both
Go Heavily Loaded.
BIG LUMBER CARGO SENT
West Segovia Has 4,500,000 Feet of
Timber Aboard West Hartland
Takes General Cargo.
Two steel ships dispatched to the
Orient in two days will be Portland's
record upon the departure this after
noon of the steamer West Hartland
from the St. Johns municipal terminal.
The steamer West Segovia, loaded with
4,500.000 feet of lumber, sailed from
Astoria, where she has been coaling,
at noon yesterday. The departure of
the "West Hartland was set for 2 o'clock
in the afternoon.
The West Segovia, with her Plimsoll
mark flush with , the. water, was loaded
with as large . a lumber cargo, accord-
ng to her operators, as will ever be
loaded on a' vessel of her type, and the
largest ever . placed on a -shipping
board vessel leaving this port. She is
being operated to China by tKe Columbia-Pacific
Shipping company, with
a cargo supplied by Dant & Kussell,
local lumber . exporters. . She will dis
charge part of her cargo at Teing Tau
and the j-est at Shanghai. It is re
ported t At ' sue will be turned over
to the Robert .Dollar company in Chi
nese waters. to carry a return cargo to
the Pacific coast
Trade. With Orient Grows.
The West Hartland. due to leave this
afternoon, will be the third sailing to
the Orient in the service recently es
tablished by the Admiral Line, Pacific
Steamship company. She will carry a
general cargo, consisting principally of
steel, machinery, paper, lumber and
chemicals. This sailing was scheduled
to take place in August, and was to
have been, taken by the 9500-ton
steamer Waban. The sailing was
postponed because of delays in the con
struction of the Waban at the Van
couver yard of the G. M. Staodif er
construction corporation.
v hen It became evident that the
Waban would not be available for the
August sailing, the West Hartland, an
8800-ton vessel, was assigned in her
place by C. D. Kennedy, agent of the
division of operations of the shipping
board. The Waban, now nearly com
plete, will be turned over by the build
ers this week, and is expected to sail
about October 4.
Beginning with the sailing of the
Waban. according to the promise of the
operations division of the shipping
board to the Pacific Steamship com
pany, the regular 28-day sailing sched
ule of the company will be ne-estab-lished,
and as fast as the vessels are
available, will be made to include four
9500-ton steamers, the largest built in
this district.
Weekly SaMlnga Planned.
It was recently reported that the Pa
cific Steamship company has asked the
shipping board for a fifth steamer for
the oriental run, but this request has
not as yet been acted upon. Accord
ing to A. F. Haines, general manager
of the company, it is planned to estab
lish a schedule of weekly sailings from
Portland to the orient within the next
six months if the vessels can be ob
tained from the shipping board-
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 20. (Special.) Five
destroyers arrived from Vancouver, Wash.
and sailed for San Llt-KO.
The pteamer Aponhill, lumber laden from
Grays Harbor for Kurope, lout more of her
crew today. "William Marseh, first assis
tant engineer, was requested by the chief
to resign, and says that no reason was
given for this step. On learning thi
Marseh had been discharged nine oth
members of the engrineroom crew quit. The
Aspenhill wiil sail on her trial trip to
morrow.
. Carrying: freight and passengers from Port
land and Astoria, the steamer Hose City
sailed tor ban rancijro.
After discharging fuel oil In Portland
the tank steamer Wm. F. Herrin Balled for
California.
The schooner Klse arrived last nlpht. 20
days from Honolulu, after a tempestuous
trip from Tonga islands, with a cargo of
copra for fortiand. The vessel came here
In command of Captain Wall, who took
charge of her at Honolulu, where Captain
Zoning, muster oi tne era it, let t on ac
count of sickness. The Else put into Well
InKton In distress and made repairs there.
but before reaching Honolulu she em:oun
tered severe storms, sprang a leak and lost
most of her sails. Accordingly she put Into
the Island port and wa.s there three weeks
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while repairs were In progreaa. The Els
left for Portland tontirht.
The schooner Muriel arrived from San
Francisco and will load lumber at Wt-
port.
The tank steamer Oleum arrived from Cal
ifornia with fuel oil for Astoria and Port
land.. The. steam schooner Halco sailed for San
Pedro with lumber from the Hammond
mill.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. SO. Speclal.
The Booth fisheries steamer Chlcas". which
arrived In port Friday after spending sev
eral days off the Alaska coast on the hali
but grounds, experienced quite a storm off
Cape St. Ellas, say members of her crem-.
who declared that for two days a lively
blow rocked the vessel, tearing away a top
mast and wireless equipment. Captain
Johansen, however, weathered the gale in
fine shape.
Captain M. M. Walk, who piloted the Seat
tle steamer West Helix on her eventful
maiden voyane from Seattle and return to
pan Francisco, is expected to arrive in Seat
tle Sunday from California, where the West
Helix is now being loaded by Ktruthers
Dixon for her next trans-Pacific voyane.
Captain Walk has been assigned to com
mand the West Ison.
Augmenting their steamship Queen City
service between Blubber Bay and Seattle,
tho - Pacific Lime, company, a British Co
lumbia firm, has launched the 1 son-ton
steamer E. D. Klngsley, which will operate
to California points.
ABERDEEN. "Wash.. Sept. 20. (PpeclaO
A total of 14H whales have been taken to
date by the three whalers of the Bav City
station. The catch Is but 10 under that of
the same date last year, although four
whalers were In use last season as againsc
three this ear. The vessels are still going
out regularly over the bar and a few whales
are being added weekly to the catch. Only
a few sperms have been taken this year.
The motorship Belen Quezada now here for
a cargo of lumber for Cuba has had a check
ered career In the 30 or more years of her
existence. She originally was the British
ship Zafiro. and happened In Manila harbor
with a cargo of coal at a time when Dewey
needed coal for his fleet, and she and her
coal were promptly taken over by the Amer
ican commander. Later she m-as known as
the naval ship Bowler. Following her career
as a collier fhe was sent to the boneyard at
Victoria. B. C and when the war came on
she was resurrected and rebuilt and placed
In commission and ran the submarine block
ade for many months, coming through un
scathed. The emergency fleet steamer Fassett ar
rived today from Seattle and will load cargo
at the American mill. Aberdeen.
The steamers Carmel and Tamalpais sailed
today for San Francisco. The Carmel loaded
at the Hulbert mill at Aberdeen and the
Tamalpais at the E. K. Wood. Hon. u am.
Ships in port tonight are Daisy Freeman.
Svea, Fassett and Belen Quezada. The Free
man and Svea expect to clear tomorrow.
SHARE IN MILLS PROPOSED
PRESIDENT EMERITUS OP HAR
VARD OFFERS LABOR PLAN'.
Laws to Prohibit Strikes on Public
Utilities or in United States
Service Also Suggested.
a BOSTON. Dr. Charles W. Eliot, pres
ident emeritus of Harvard university, is
in favor of universal adoption of co
operative management of industries,
with employer and employes having
equal representation on managing? com
mittees. He further favors tho passage
of legislation to bar strikes 1 nail gov
ernment service and in public utilities
that have to do with the necessities
of life.
"But," he says, "I doubt very much if
either of the political parties will pass
effective legislation of this character.
I have advocated a slow-working treat
ment for the strife between capital
and labor, requiring no new treatment
whatever. My plan require, first, on
the part of the employers:
"Abandonment of despotic govern
ment of industries dealing with neces
sities. "Adoption of means to promote the
health and education of employes and
their families.
"Universal adoption of co-operative
management and discipline throughout
the plant, employer and employes to
have equal representation in managing
committees.
Careful provision for dealing with
complaints of employes.
"General adoption of a genuine part
nership system between capital and la
bor whereby the returns after wages
are paid shall vary with the profits.
Employes should have full knowledge
of the accounts.
"Universal acceptance of collective
bargaining through elected representa
tives on each side.
On the part of the employes the plan
calls for the following:
Abandonment of the doctrine of Urn
ited output.
Abandonment of the idea of working
as few hours as possible and without
interest or zeal during those fevb
Absolute rejection of the idea that
leisure rather than work should be the
object of life.
Abandonment of 'the, idea that capi
tal is the natural enemy of labor, and
that unorganized laborers are traitors
to their class.
Abandonment of all violence toward
persons and property in industrial dis
putes. Read The Orefronian cla-Hsified ads.
TIES TO ATLANTIC
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Cereal Workers and Long
shoremen Continue Strike.
TWO VESSELS LIE IDLE
Grain Handlers on Docks Seem Un
decided Whether to Join
In Walkout.
Further efforts at a reconciliation
between the striking cereal workers
and longshoremen and the dock op
erators were unavailing yesterday and
the situation on the water front re
mains unchanged with two shipping
board vessels, the West Munham and
the West Cheswald, lying idle and now
awaiting cargoes of Hour.
The West Munham was shifted Fri
day night from the Portland Flouring
Mills dock to municipal dock No. 1
where a small quantity of "fair" flour
was lying. which the longshoremen
were willing to load. It developed, how
ever, that the quantity of flour there
was insufficient to complete the ves
sel's carco, so after longshoremen had
been ordered to work there yesterday
morning they were called off before
the loading was started. The operators
deemed it inadvisable to add to the
West Munhara'e cargo without complet
ing it on the ground that it may be
come necessary to remove what cargo
has already been slowed ami loail tne
vessel with lumber or some other prod
uct which the longshoremen are will
ing to handle without reservation.
The West Cheswald, lined and ready
for flour loading, lay idle at her pier
yesterday and it is reported that this
vessel also may be loadod with lumber
if a ettlement is not reached within
a few days by which her cargo of flour
can be supplied.
t-irain handlers on the various docks,
after a special meeting called Friday
night to consider tho strike, con
tinued work yesterday. Another spe
cial meeting of this union wiil be held
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The grain
handlers are apparently in a taie of
unrest and are believed to be wavering
between striking and remaining at
their work.
NEW FOOD SOURCES FOUND
Important Discoveries Mude by
Chemical Researchers.
P1I1L.ADKLI'HIA. New food sources
nd recently discovered methods at
adapting familiar substances to a palat-
aoie and cheaper diet have been dis
covered, according to a bulletin issued
by tho American Chemical society.
In these days when fruits and veg
etables are soaring in price beyond the
reach of many persons, sprouted grains,
beans and peas are excellent substi
tutes. They develop the much needed
vitamines. the invisible power of
which adds to the nourishing qualities
of foods, and is so often destroyed by
improper methods of preserving can
ning or cooking. The sprouting, as it
does in the case of malted barley, de
velops the starch into a more digestible
form, which is quickly assimilated and
is especially valuable for the feeding
of children and invalids.
The Chinese hundreds of years ago
recognized the worth of foods of this
class, and employ them in savory
stews, adding a little meat to give
flavor. Thus chop suey. containing as
it does sprouts of rice or beans, ir not
drenched with oriental sauces, fur
nishes a far better food than is com
monly believed.
Modern industrial chemistry is con
verting many plants- formerly used for
breweries and sometimes for munition
and other war work into food factories.
Some of the new industries are con
cerned with the putting of milw into
more portable forms. As a large part
of the expense of milk is due to trans
portation charges, much freight is
saved by gathering it in remote regions
where it is plentiful and making it
into powders. dried milks. malted
milks and condensed and evaporated
brands.
As shown by recent researrho nf ih.
food chemists, milk, even at what is
regard-ed by many as an excessive price
as sold by some dealers, is still an
economic rood.
Dr. William Grelck. of St. Paul, a
member of the American Chemical so
ciety, who has for years made a tpe.
cial study of the milk problem, declared
a few days ago that there is a wide
field of nutritive values in buttermilk.
A method has-been discovered for con
densing it into a semi-solid smooth
substance of a consistency of ice
cream. Kight to ten pounds of this
material when added to a barrel of
flour produce a loaf of far greater food
value than that of the bread of the
ordinary baker shops. The vitamines
of tho buttermilk define the structure
of the bread and produce an agreeable
milk flavor.
The sugar of milk which still re
mains in the buttermilk is not only an
excellent food but also combined with
the dextrim in the flour makes a de
licious brown crust which appears at
a comparatively loss of moisture. It
w'l cause economy not only in the bak
ing -by the housewife, but also it will
make a considerable difference when
loaves of bread are prepared by the
thousand.
Dr. Charles La Wall of Philadelphia,
chemist to the food bureau of the
Pennsylvania department of agricul
ture, member of the American Chemi
cal society, draws attention to the in
creasing knowledge regarding food
values and their digestibility. The
most important contribution to science
along these lines is the recognition of
the existence of those food accessory
principles known as the "vitamines."
without which life and growth can not
continue no matter how pure the food
r how well balanced the ration other
wise. "To the .research chemist." he said,
"we are indebted for improvements in
the quality and nutritive value of many
staple foods such as bread, as well as
many prepared and manufactured
foods. To him also we owe many new
foods lige glucose, oleomargarine, the
hydrogenated fats, which include lard
substitutes or cooking compounds, and
many similar articles now of wide
spread economic and nutritional im
portance. Through the efforts of the
chemist has come our knowledge which
prevents- the spoilage of much food
which otherwise would go ta waste."
The experiments now in progress for
obtaining edible oils from tomato seed
and even from that despised roadside
pest, the cocklebur. are significant In
dices of the widespread efforts of
scientists to solve the food problems
o fthe day.
WHITE HOUSE EXPENSIVE
More Than $1,000,000 Spent Since
Beginnig on Refurnishing.
KANSAS CITY. Just 100 years ago
President Monroe indulged ina little
extravagance. He "blew himself to a
bathtub. It cost $20. and for a long
time thereafter was the only bathtub
in the White House.
- The historic mansion has been pretty
t .. m :'-nisi i nrf't.
Various Methods
of Examination
Odd to tell, the large fact that
the eye is alive and not a rigid,
inanimate box is only too often
forgotten by both opticans and
oculists.
They think in terms of lenses
and anatomy, and too often forget
muscular tension, tissue strain and
the other vital activities.
THE LIVING EYE
is not a dead device or a scientific
instrument of precision. It is a
pulsating, adaptable, living thing
subject to changes of humor, health,
tone, fatigue, vitality, foods eaten
and drugs taken.
Years of study, much practical
experience and keen judgment must,
be used to determine the exact lens
to prescribe to assure Perfect
Fitting Glasses.
Here you receive the benefit of
more than 20 years experience
and the best equipped and rnosb
modern sight-testing establishment
in Portland.
This unexcelled service costs no
more than for the ordinary kind.
Dr. Wheat
Eyesight Specialist
2D FLOOR, MORGAN BLDG.
Entrance on Washington Street
expensive from first to last. Vp to
date considerably more than $3,000,00(1
has been spent on it, including Repairs
and refurnishing.
Its cornerstone was laid by George
Washington in a. bare field Octboer 1,
1 7 J . Since then it has been twice re
built after the British burned it and
again during the Roosevelt administra
tion. It was commonly called in early
days the Great House, or the Presi
dent's Palace.
Kcenetly Mr. Tumulty again gave
out the announcement that the White
House would be closed to visitors for
some time to come, "because of neces
sary repairs." It seems forever to be
needing repairs and refurnishing and
for the latter purpose much more than
51.000.000 has been expended since the
beginning.
Inevitably there will be a third re
building some day. Plans and a model
of the White House as it ought to be,
with added wings, have already oeen
made.
DARING LEAP SAVES CHILD
Telegrapher From Pilot Pulls Girl
From Railroad Track.
VALPARAISO. Ind. Clinging to the
pilot of a Cheapeake A Ohio passenger
train engine. Frank J. Long, telegraph
operator at Maiden, Ind., reached for
ward and pulled a 4-year-old child to
safety from the track as the train sped
down upon her.
Long saw the little girl playing with
cinders in the middle of the track as
the train whistled into his station.
There was scant time to act, and as the
train passed Long leaped upon the
pilot of the engine, held on with his
left hand, while he reached out with
his right to save the child. The train
rushed a bundred yards past the place
where the child had been playing be
fore it could he stopped.
TRAVELERS' CITOR,
S. S. CITY OK TOPEKA
Sll! t P. M. .Sept. 24. for Coos Bar,
Eureka'. Krsocisco. connecting: nith
eteaniers to Log Anireles and San Dirs;o.
Tii kels soM to all these points and bg
gaice eh eked through.
Hound trip summer excursion tickets on
sle to September 30th only. Three
Menmt-rs each wek from Seattle, to Cal
ifornia porfH. Maite reservations tlirve
tfteek in aftvanee.
Ticket effice. 101 Third street.
Slain 116; A
Local KreiKht Office- IS. 4331.
TAt'IEIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
SAN FRANCISCO
S. S. Rose City
Depart 12 Noon
SEPTEMBER 28
From Ainsworth Dock
Fare includes Berth and Aleais.
Gty Ticket Office, 3d and Washinstoa
Fhone Main 3530
Freight Gt.ice. Ainsworth Dck
Phone Broadway 263
SAN FUANfJlSCO & POKTLNU
S. S. LIN liS
STEAMER
for
SAN FRANCISCO. LOS ANGELES
AND SAN DIEGO
SAILING JIOMIAV, Si.tO P. M.
M. liollam. Agent, t22 Tt&rd St.
l'hone .Mai. J6.
STEAMERS
The Dalles and Way Points.
Sailings, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 7 A. AL
DALLES COLUMBIA LINE
Taylor St. Dock. Main
AUSTRALIA
Honolulu. Snra, Nrw Zrland.
The pHlmtial Fr nicer Mritnfn
R. M. S. "MAdAKA" K. M. S. "MAhCBA
20.000 Ton. I3.MM Toh
fail front Vancouver. li. 4.
For (arm. und ailiiic apply Can. I'ac. Rail
na, ." 1 lirl t.. Port land, or (anadiaa
Auatralanian Koyal Mail i-iae. 410 btjiuiiu
bU Vancouver to. C . ,
il UTEAKSTilPl
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