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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1922)
THF SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, . DECEMBER It, 1922 ford process was installed in this plant. The commonly accepted practice of carbonization is to place cord or slab wood in large oven retorts made of steel plate. Fires In the furnaces beneath are started. Vapor outlets from the oven are provided, these outlets leading to condensers for the recovery of the liquid prod ucts of the distillation. The char coal is withdrawn after the wood has been carbonized. Carbonization Is Spontaneous. The retort used in the Stafford : method is a cylinder, 32 feet high i e "BABY SHOP" AT RANDOM Infants' Hot Water Bottles in plain rubber or decorated in dainty little designs P I OC for baby; 1.5, $1.50, ' ,AJ Very pretty assortment of Infants' Coat Hangers, ribbori covered and hand painted, at 'f $1,00 and , v Baby Rattles, made in every little shape that is attractive for the little ones. We also have the Amloid indestruct ible rattles. Bubble Sets that will nc interest the children, Pli Rag Dolls, all dressed in pretty colors, J gQ Please do not try to gauge the extent of our important offer ings by this small advertisement. The prices herewith are merely a reflection of the vast and various displays which greet you when you come to Shanahan's. It would require several full pages of this newspaper to jot down the interesting things we have in type. Take our word for it you can't afford to buy elsewhere. Biennial Report Gives Fig ures for Past Eight Years. 'ngiwSts. and 9 feet in diameter. The cylinder is set vertically and the appliances I HE.MIY J. DITTER, MGR. are such that the wood to be car bonized is fed continuously into the COST OF CARE DOUBLED top. while charcoal is withdrawn Gift Goods Cost Much Less Here! $1,373,000 Required for Mainte nance, Including Those in Charitable Homes. f an tAiiora toxuv Jisewiiere: s lis of on TOTAL ABOUT 5000 I. - YouC SALEM, Or, Dec. 16. (Special.) The 11 educational, eleemOBynary and penal institutions of Oregon now cave a population of 4203 wards, not including- approximately 800 orphans, foundlings and way ward girls in charitable homes re ceiving financial assistance from the state, as shown by H. B. Goodin. secretary of the state board of con trol, in his biennial report filed with the state budget commission. The cost of conducting these in stitutions aggregates approximately 11.150,000 annually, not including $125,000 a year paid by the state for the support of the charitable homes in which state wards are housed. The population of the state Insti tutions on December 1 showed a substantial increase compared with the population eight years ago. Increase of Feeble-Minded Largest. During the biennlum of 1913 and 1914 the average dally population of the institutions was 2895, with an annual maintenance approximating $587,500, less than one-half of the amount needed to conduct the in stitutions at the present time. Figures showing operating costs do not Include appropriations for Improvements, new buildings, re pairs and other items not classified as maintenance. The largest increase in popula tion was in the state home for the feeble-minded, from 230 to 709. The per capita cost of conducting the state penitentiary has increased from $16.11 in 1913 and 1914 to $33.55, due, officials said, to the high cost of supplies and materials and numerous improvements made. Comparative Figures Given. The population of the various in stitutions as set out in the reports of the board o control for the bi ennlum 1913 and 1914 and the year 1923 follows: 1S22 1843 Ml 4B7 7011 147 4i 120 48 ISO 122 24 Institution - 1014 PtHte hospital 1529 Eastern Oregon asylum 347 Penitentiary Xit Feeble-minded home 2S0 Boys' training school 00 (iirls industrial school 18 Tuberculosis hospital CO School for blind 2 Kchool tor rteat KH Soldiers' home 1st) School for adult blind During the same period the cost of feeding and care for these wards lias increased as follows: Institution J914 Flute hospital J14.fi!) Kastery Oregon asylum .... 17.85 Penitentiary 16.11 Feeble-minded homo 18.34 Boys' training school 2.1.28 Girls' industrial school .... 29. 80 Tuberculosis hospital 89.71 .School for blind 83 62 Kohool for deaf 24. 7 Soldiers' home 16.72 School for adult blind . Examination of the above figures snows tnat the increases in the cost of conducting the state institutions during the last eight years has not oeen as large as in the average pri vate home. 1922 $20.30 19.84 S3. 55 18.50 85.75 43.80 49.80 40.82 86.92 83.57 61 03 WASTE OF WOOD SOLVED . (Continued Prom First Page. 1 before action was obtained E. It Badger & Sons company. Boston, chemical engineers and manufac turers of chemical equipment, made a proposal to back up further pre liminary experiments. Experiments Are Success. In the summer of 1918 Professor Stafford went east on a leave of absence from the university. He directed the work of practical dem onstration in a plant having a daily capacity of 100 cords erected espe cially for the ttfsts 'in Cambridge, Mass., by the firm of engineers. The entire personnel of the Badger organization always was available and, in addition. Professor Stafford had his own organization of work men. The outcome at Cambridge was so successful that a large manu facturing corporation utilizing by products Of the carbonizing indus try was interested. In 1920 the work was continued in a plant of 200 cords daily capacity at Kings port, Tenn The plan had orig inally been erected by the national research council during the war for chemical experimentation. The spe cial equipment necessary to con tinue demonstrations of the Staf Ml J Professor O. F. Stafford of the University of Oregon, discoverer" of valuable mood-waste salvage process. continuously from the bottom. A remarkable feature of the process is that no heat is applied to the cylin der after the process once is started, the carbonization of the wood being spontaneous under the cond'tions which the Stafford invention main tains. Until the Stafford process was de veloped the principal difficulty en countered in the use of small waste wood has been that of transmitting heat to the interior of a mass of finely divided woody material In the retort. Such a mass is a poor con ductor of heat. Only the portions of it in contact with the hot walls of the retort can in any reasonable time reach a carbonizing temper ature. The numerous attempts to handle such material have had to do principally with Overcoming this d'fficulty. New Principle Involved. The Stafford method depends upon an entirely new principle. Before Professor Stafford began his experi ments, the wood used In carboniza tion work has always contained moisture. Professor Stafford ex perimented with perfectly dry wood. He found that when the dry wood is heated under his process to the tem perature at which the charring be- g'ns the carbonization went along to completion without further ap plication of heat from outside sources. This is referred to by chemists as an exothermic process. The cost of installing a plant under the Stafford plan is consider ably less than that of building an oven retort plant of equivalent ca pacity. It has other advantages among which are low depreciation and low labor and fuel costs as com pared with other systems. Utility Testa Not Complete. It has not yet been demonstrated whether the charcoal made under the Stafford process can be used in the iron industry. The charcoal produced from small waste wood would have to be briquetted for direct use in a blast furnace. A practical test of whether the bri quets can be used in blast furnace work has not been made. ' In the working out of the Staf ford process in the-Pacific north west, Douglas fir. would be the most available species of wood. It occu pies an intermediate position be tween the hardwoods and the soft or resinous wood, such as the south ern long leaf pine. Hardwoods give a high yield of wood alcohol and acetic acid, while the southern pine gives low yields of alcohol and acid but a high yield of turpentine oils and resins. - Douglas Fir to Be Used. While Douglas fir will not prove as favorable a material for wood distillates as the hardwoods or resinous woods, it is. the judgment of those familiar with the Stafford process that the growth of the Pa cific northwest industries and the development of foreign markets will Justify a wood carbonization indus try here of considerable magnitude. Professor Stafford is a graduate of the University of Kansas. He joined the faculty of the University of Oregon chemistry department in 1900 and two years later was made head of the department. Phone your want ads to The Oregonian, Main 7070. 30 Discount! On Eversharp Pencils x This Week 50 Discount On All Stand Frames and Kodak Albums 25 to 50 Discount On All Pens Except Contract Lines II I I I Ml II. .. Our KODAK Prices Cannot Be Equaled Don't Overlook This Sale NDY'S Portland's Kodak and Pen Man Across From the Hazelwood 124 BROADWAY AND 152 FOURTH Service With a Smile Compare Shanahan's values to those of any other store in Portland,, large or small, and see if in your own judgment we do not merit your patronage. Every day, almost every business hour, you can hear someone shopping in our aisles remark: "Things are so much less here," and we vouch for the quality of every article we sell. Shanahan's will please you and save you money, COMPARE! Save on These Towels and Linens Qualities of Unquestioned Worth, Which You Can't Afford to Buy Elsewhere w He Is Here In TOYLAND Daily from 10 to 12 and from 2 to 5 old Santa greets the chil dren and presents them with a GIFT! ; TOYS "Acrobato" Monkey, has no springs or key and is full of funny tricks spe cial at ...$1.50 Hossmobile, 12 in. long, has a crank and also brake very special at..8otf American Flier, complete with eight pieces of track special at.... $2.25 POLLS 18-Iri. kid body toll with curly Vair and sleeping eyes, at $1.50 Horsman art Mama Dolls special at only . ...$3.95 A wonderful selection of Dressed Dolls chosen from our fine Doll De partment. These dolls were from $2.95 to $6.50 and are marked very special at ............ $2.25 Large Bath Towels, Specal 69c Each Extra heavy double thread Towel in pink and blue border, size 23x48 inches; you can select a swell' gift from this lot of Bath Towels. Reg ular value 75c each. Large Assortment of Fancy Bath Towels In an endless variety of designs and colors, sizes 20x44 and some larger. These will make a very de sirable gift at a great saving to you. Regular price up to $1.50 each special, each $1.00 A Guest Towel to match, each 490 And Wash Cloth at, each. . .. .200 18x36-inch fancy Bath Towels of finely woven terry cloth in pink, blue, orchid and gold; place for monogram .in' border. Regular value 65c special ...... ......490 18x33-inch heavy Bath Towel with tints and blue border, extra heavy, strong towel at this price. Regular 35c towel special 290 18x36 all Irish linen hemstitched Huck Towel, a heavy, durable towel and place for monogram in border special, each 850 Irish Linen for handkerchiefs, beautiful sheer linen, ' 36 inches wide, at, yard . . .$1.50 Japanese Lunch Cloths Special $1.00 Each All Japanese Cloths in sizes 48x48 inches and 54x54 inches, at this saving to you. Floral designs and bamboo. Regular price $1.39. 70x70 Inch Linen Pattern Table Cloths, $5.49 Regular $7.50. All Irish linen dam ask cloth in the most popular sizes and designs, a very useful gift and a saving to you. ' Lace Edge Scarfs, Regular Value 85c, Special 59c 50-inch Scarfs for sideboard, bu reau or buffet, 4-inch lace edge on fine quality linene center. Regular value 85c. Silks Mixed Lingerie Crepe, Special 69c The best material for camisole, gowns and underwear; colors pink, flesh, orchid, maize and white, also pink and white, mercerized char meuse. Values up to 89c yard. 70-Inch Irish Linen Damask, Special $3.29 Yard Regular $4.75. An all-linen Dam ask in several beautiful floral de signs, rose, spot and pansy; you should see this value to appreciate the saving.' Regular value $4.75. HOSIERY Qualities Women Prefer, at Prices Especially Low Women's finest quality .pure thread silk, full-fashioned stocking, double sole, lisle hem top. Colors black, cordovan, PO PA beige and lark P.dU Box of three .$6.75 Women's wool and silk and wool mixed heather stocking, in novelty and plain weave. Colors black, medium gray, (IJO Af also blue and gold U33 Box of three ; $5.65 Women's pure silk ribbon back, also pyra mid and plain heel stocking. ?P Priced, pair j)A.Ut Box of three $4.50 Women's heather stocking in dropstitch weave with hem top. Cordovan, fl1 OC navy and green ; J)1.J Box of three ....$3.50 Women's fiber silk stocking with double sole and fiber hem top. Cordo- ?-f AA van and black P-L.UU Box of three $2.75 Women's cotton heather stocking, with dropstitch weave and seamless foot. Colors oxford gray, blue and tan, gray CK and camel Utli Women's mercerized novelty rib, also drop stitch weave. Black and cordovan. CK Priced, pair Udt - . -- - $10 You can't afford to buy them elsewhere. In this extremely special lot are just 15 coats of the Polo variety, every one of them NEW. They have a substantial, warm and dressy fabric with plaid back. Some are full lined some quarter lined. So very special is the'price and so good are the coats only 15 that you will do well to come in early if interested. $ H 0 You can't afford to buy elsewhere. Here are one hundred dresses, fresh from their shipping cases, all offered in a great pre-Christmas sale at $10 each. They are worth to $19.75 by any accepted standard of value. They consist of good styles in velvet, metalasse, Poiret twill, crepe de chine and wool jersey. Sizes 16 to 40. See them. You will buy them. Gift Umbrellas! Men's Umbrellas, automatic opener, double framed. Spe cially CJO Kf priced at 5.0U Ladies' fancy silk Umbrellas, all col ors. Specially priced :,",'. 84.95 You Can't Afford to Buy Elsewhere Knit Ties 65c 2 for $1.00 All the new creations in weaves and colors. Hosiery 65c 2 for $1.15 Men's dropstitch heather mixed wool hose., Belts 50c to $1.25 V Fancy new slip buckles with solid leather and composition belts. Silk Ties 75c and $1.49 A wide selection of different colors and . striping ' in high grade silks. ; Hosiery ; 85c ;.; Men's full - fashioned silk hose, good weight, in cordovan, black and gray. House Slippers v $1.25 Men's felt slippers leather soles in all sizes. with Sheet Blankets $2.49 Pair Regular price $2.95. New Blankets in gray with pink and blue borders. Also all white, lze for double bed. Special.... S2.49 Imported Handker chiefs, Box of 3 $1 Finest quality imported Swiss and Irish Linen and Mull Kerchiefs, dainty em broldered corners, white and col ored centers. Novelty boxes. 3 to a box. New Handker chiefs 10c Woven colored border, pon.gee colored mull and embroidered cor-, ners. Novelty Kerchiefs 15c 10.000 new Novelty Col ored and White Hand kerchiefs, embroidered corner pongee eolsette woven borders. Imported Colored Linen Hankies 25c Beautifully embroidered fine Linen and Mercer ized Mull Handkerchiefs, Imported. Drawn cor ners and other novelties. NEW CANTEENS $1.00 Just received a new lot of Misses' Moleskin Canteen Boxes fitted with large mirror and metal findings. Women's Felt Slippers Women's Felt Slippers, elk soles, silk pom-pom, light blue, rose, copen, pink and purple; - .QA .....oi; $1.25 valuefor $2.95 Petticoats Radium Slk Petticoats, green, red, blue, Drown, henna, purple, jade, navy and copen; trimmed in small ruffles and scalloped bottoms, and jersey petticoats; Regular $2.J5 value Silk "Step-ins" Radium Silk Step-in, lace trim and tailored style, in flesh only; full cut and very durable; love lv for Christmas. QO AQ Special tP&ttV Corduroy Kimonos Corduroy Kimonos in blue, co pen, purple and fu- (jJJ fj? chsia, and coral D4r0 Crepe Camisoles ; Messaline, and Crepe de Chine Camisoles in white and pink; trimmed lace and insertion some plain satin with ribbon : shoulder straps 36 to 44 in the lot; $1.25 values QQ Shanahan's Fine Silks! You Can't Afford to Buy Them Elsewhere 7 " The Qualities and Prices Please, Compare, Then Buy Here 40-Inch All-Silk Crepe de Chine ,.,$1,00 Only a limited quantity. Colors white, flesh, black, ciel, scarlet, gray, orchid, navy, maize, henna and orange. 36-Inch Tubular Vest Tricolette Special, per length . . Requires of a yard for a vest. Colors white, flesh, pink and orchid, in plain and dropstitch. 40-Inch Princess Charmais Special, yard . . . . An extraordinary fine quality, in colors of navy, seal and black. $1.95 98 c 36-Inch Black Silks 40-Inch Heavy . Satin Faced Canton Special, $9 QC; yard This is a real bargain. Colors navy, seal and black. 33-Inch Dustless Pongee yard'31: . : t 98C This is government" stamped, free from dust, the kind that is used for 100 different purposes. Special, M 4Q yard ..f9Xy An extraordinary fine quality of Swiss Taffeta, Duchess Satin and many others. 36-Inch Silk Duvetyn, Special $2.95 Yd. An all-silk duvetyn. Colors gray, new; blue, taupe, beaver, henna, navy and seal. 36-Inch Black Satin Special, $1 ?Q yard pAy A very soft, lustrous satin, used for many purposes, such a blouses, dresses, skirts, etc. , 36-Inch . Colored Silks Special, M 7Q yard ...... .PA V Heavy wash satins in white, flesh, pink and orchid. Heavy taffeta in navy, seal and black. . Heavy satins in dark shades. 36-Inch Heavy Costume Velvet Special, H QCT yard , ...yO The quality for making dresses, etc. Colors navy, seal and black.