; THE OREGON- DAILY JOURNAL, X PORTLAND; ;WEDNESDAk EVENING, " AUGUST '1 21, t 1007.
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NESTOR OF AMERICAN
ROSENTHAL'S FIRST SEMI-ANNUAL
IRON TRADE GROWS OLD
SAL
Mritz Passes Eighty-Fifth Milestone of Life Today.
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CLOSED TODAY-SALE BEGINS TOMORROW MORNING AT 9
ruinous ior renecuon- tu Anuur xiauj
Prpcesses and Many Inventions.
(Journal Special Barries.)
Bethlehem, Ph., Aug.y21. This U the
eighty-fifth birthday of' John Frlti, Iron
master and Inventor, famous for hla
perfection of armor-plate processes and
one of tho irrand old men In the Iron and
steel Industry. A flood of congratu
latory messages waa received at hla
home In ihlc city. Among the aendera
were leading members of the engineer
ing profession In America and Europe,
captains of Invention and industry and
the central figures of finance allied
with the Iron trade.
John Frit Is the Neator of the Iron
trade In America. He began life aa a
blacksmith In 1838. and In hla long ca
reer has been Identified with almost
every Important step In the process of
making Iron and ateol, which has re
sulted In an Increase of the American
product of 1.000,000 tons In 1838 to up
ward of 28,000,000 In 1906. The crown
ing ef4 of his life was ,the eoncep
UonJmtG designing and erection of the
jrfnforge and armor-plate plant of
yne Bethlehem Steel company, or which
"he was the cnier engineer ana super
intendent from 1860 to 1893.
Mr. Frits Is a striking example of the
typical American, Dorn oi poor parents
who were solid, substantial and God
fearing. With only a district school
education, gained In the middle part of
f ennsyivanla, he started lire witn tne
stimulus and opportunity that American
citizenship gives, and attained a position
In the steel industry that Is recognized
by the whole world.
He Is the only man now living of the
small group that Introduced Into the
United States the Bessemer steel pro
cess. A great economical revolution waa
thereby effected, from which haa flowed
the tremendous development seen today
in steel manufacture In the United
States. The leading men In the Indus-J
try luuay are me pupils or jonn rmz.
Bao elves Oold IbnL
In 1898 the British Iron and Steel In
stitute gave Mr. Frits the Bessemer
gold medal, which la about the hlgheat
distinction a steelmaker can receive.
In 1902, on the eightieth birthday of Mr.
Fritz, the occasion was signalized by the
founding of the John Fritz gold medal
for achievement In the Industrial sci
ences, the medal being awarded annu
ally bv a committee of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, the Ameri
can Society of Mechanical Engineers and
the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Born on August. 11, 1822, In Chester
county, this state, Mr. Fritz, at the sge
of 16, left the farm to work in a coun
try machine shop with a view, of learn
ing the trade of a machinist. After
varloua experiments in steelmaklng at
Norrlstown and Safe Harbor, Mr. Fritz
In 1864 went to Johnstown, where he
remodeled an old mill und built what
is now known ns the Cambria Iron
Works It was at this period that. In
connection with his brother Oeorre, he
designed and erected the well-known
"tliree-hlh bloomers," with their auto
matic tables, and the "three-high mill."
These Inventions started an economical
revolution In steel manufacture.
In the early days of the Bethlehem
Iron Works the newly discovered pro
cess of mnking stepl by blowing air
through melted cast Iron reached Amer
ica, and, outside of the few nersons en--
gaged In the experimental plant at Troy,
New York, there was none more Inter
ested In the study of the process than
Mr. Krlfz. His experiments were con
ducted to ft most successful Issue.
Makes Bg Prediction.
Mr. Fritz played an Important part
In the upbuilding of the Iron and steel
Industry In eastern Pennsylvania, only
to see the center of steel production
shift to the westward under the mag
netic attraction of the ore supply. But
he Is of the opinion that this tendency
Is not to be continued uninterruptedly. !
He says thst some day the eaat la again
to Decome a great iron and steel dis
trict His prediction Is based upon his
faith In tho extensive ore resources of
New York. New Jersey and Cuba, and
In the perfection of the concentration
and roasting processes. This unusual
predlrtlon gains weight when considera
tion Is given to the accuracy with which
Mr. Fritz has forectsted other Industrial
movements Twenty years ago he ex
pressed the belief that the Bessemer
steelmaklng proceus would finally be
come supreme. The latter was then an
Insignificant factor In steel production,
but the tendency of the present la un-
misiaKnmy as ne predicted.
Mr. Fritz !s a firm believer In work-
constant, enthusiastic work. In speak
ing on this subject he says:
"Industry and application are the key
note or my career. I studied at nlaht,
spent lona hours after 6 In the mills.
and while the other employes were di
verting themselves In the usual wav I
added to my surplus knowledge. I
learned something every day. studied
things and conditions outside of the Iron
business, and after IS years of applica
tion I found I had aoquired more useful
Knowledge than college-bred men."
Portlands Best
Shoe Store
Cor. Seventh
and Washington
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Do you know what house cleaning means at Rosenthal's? IT MEANS the ab
solute clearance of all Summer Footwear that's left, and at a price so far reduced
ii . i. . .ii. .i ... I- - . .- - i r .h.iiw in ismin i i s mii
as to insure a positive clearing out in the next three days.
A GREAT THREE-DAY SALE
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Just three days to sell out every pair of summer shoes. Time is short, that's why the reduc
tions will be more than extraordinary, and remember, every pair is the famous Rosenthal Qual
ity Footwear shoes that are high grade and dependable, stylish, sightly examples of all that's
best in the world of footwear the production s of the world's most renowned makers far, far
reduced in price a third to a half off, and every pair with the same guarantee as though you
paid regular prices.
DOORS OPEN AT 9 TOMORROW MORNING
You all know when Rosenthal has a sale, it's a real sale one that means something with honest, legitimate reductions. Every Item
quoted gives the exact former price and the sale price. Today we are closed making preparations. Sale begins at 9 tomorrow morn
ing. Be early.
CHOICE . . . $fl.95 CHOICE
SALEM IS FIGHTING
BRIDGE
Council Refuses to Accept
Structure at Figure
Named by Builders.
(Special Dlapatcb to The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Aug. 21. The town coun
cil of the city of Salem at a meeting
t held yesterday evening decided to ac
" cept the bridge over North Mill creek,
on condition that the company would ae
, cept the sum of $2,976 In full of all
demands upon the city.
The original contract was for IB.S00
and a supplemental contract was added
to the effect that the city should pay
n additional 2000 on condition that
the bridge should be made of suffi
cient strength and width to admit the
track of the Portland General Electric
company, this sum to be paid to the
cltv by the company.
une payment or ;.tzo nas oeen maae
to the General Contracting company
who are building the bridge, and tne
sum which the city asks the contrac
tors to accept in full of all claims
makes the total 15,600. The street car
company cannot run their line over the
bridge permanently chiefly because It Is
too narrow, having been built 18 Inches
narrower than the width required In the
specifications. It Is the additional 12,-
000 that the city offered on condition
that the bridge could be used by the
carllnes that It now refuses to pay.
The contractors have the city at a
disadvantage on account of the near ap
proach of the state fair. It Is desired
to temporarily run cars over the bridge
In order that the state fair visitors
may not be compelled to make the awk
ward transfer at that, point in going
from tne city to tne grounds. The com-
any asked permission to temporarily
ne rails over tne Drldire but this
was not granted by the city council as
It would have implied the acceptance
of the work under the original terms
of both contracts. The streetcar com
pany has announced Its Intention to
build a new bridge for their tracks and
to use the bridge just completed only
for temporary purposes. If the contrac
tors refuRe to accept the city's com
promise Its position will certainly be se
rious consiaerinsr tne nearness or the
ime for the fair.
COUNCIL
AURORA
fian;
uy
AT
SEARCHES FOR WATER
Well Drillers Will Go An
other Fifty Feet and May
Then Use Dynamite.
(Special Mapatch to Tb Journal.)
Aurora, dr., Aug. 21. At the last
meeting of the city council It was de
cided to have the well drillers go down
to a depth of 450 fet at the well the
city Is having drilled to secure a suf
ficient flow of water for the proposed
cltywater works system.
The prospect now. as the well Is al
ready down 400 feet, of striking water
at the present location is acknowledged
by both the council and the well drill
ers to be extremely doubtful. The coun
cil wants to give the project a fair test,
and for that reason hasleclded to go
to 460 feet, and If no water Is struck
at that depth the project of trying to
secure water there will be abandoned.
Some of the council are In favor of
shooting the well with dynamite if
the drillers fall to strike water. They
realise that this plan Is uncertain as
to the desired results, but the council
wants to use all possible means to get
results from their costly experiment.
For over 200 feet below the 188-foot
depth, where a small vein of water was
struck several months ago, and which
was pumped out in less than an hour
by the big pump that has been Installed
for the plant, the drillers went through
solid blue clay, and had to reduce from
an eight-Inch to a four-inch caslnsr. and
had extreme difficulty In driving even i
that small-sized pipe through tho hard i
clay. The well drillers say that the
proportion or successful wells are
about six out of ten that are drilled
through ground similar to what they
are working in here, and It begins to
look as if the Aurora well was one of
the four that don't materialize.
All our women's kid and . pat
ent colt 2-hole Gfcbson ties,
newest models, large assort
ment; alr$3 values. Sale price
Women's $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00
finest kid and patent kid Ox
fords, exquisite styles, patent
or self tips. Sale price.
$2-65
CHOICE
Women's finest garden ties and
pumps in patent kid, gunmetal
and white buckskin, including
Corts make. $5.00 and $6.00 values,
CHOICE
Women's kid Oxfords, this
season's newest styles, all
sizes; former price $2.50, all
reduced to, pair.
$11.35
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ALL SUMMER FOOTWEAR MUST GO
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MEN'S mSI jj.5 OXFORDS $6T) 85
rtll our men's best $3.50 and $4.00 Oxfords in Blucher, lace 1
and button, the most approved styles and leathers, including jr m
patents and gunmetal, various styles and every size many I
times over in the assortment. Finest $4.00 and $3.50 grades, gj
Sale price
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ALL SUMMER FOOTWEAR REDUCED
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MEN'S
$5 AND $6
SHOES AND
OXFORDS $
This offer includes Boyden's and other noted makes, highest
grade custom made footwear, patents, vici and gunmetal, all
sizes but not all widths; a great opportunity for men who
usually pay $5.00 and $6.00 for their shoes to save almost half.
Pair
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House-Cleaning Bargain Extraordinary
Come early for these. Clearance lots, remainders and broken lines, all grouped in one immense 95c assortment
This offer includes Women's $2.50 White Canvas Oxfords, Misses' $2.00 and $2.25 Tan Oxfords, Children's $1.50,
$1.75 and $2.00 Fancy Dress Shoes, in black kid and patent leathers; Boys' and Misses' Barefoot Sandals; also Wom
en's $2.00 Strap Slippers. Early comers will find ample choosing. All at one price, pair
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riANAN'S $5 AND $6 OXFORDS
roken lines of women's Oxfords In the most wanted ft f q m
tathers, Including Hanan & Laird, Schober & Co Jji
lakes. Regular JS and JC values; sale price VMeUtP
WOMEN'S $3.50 OXfORDS
romen's Oxford In lace and Gibson cut. In patent, A ft a m
olt and mat quarters; all popular lasts. Our best JC W '
1.60 values; sale price (?aJ ltf
$3 AND $6 TAN OXFORDS
Women's tan Oxfords; Thos. Corts make, Gibson a j Apr
nd Blucher styles; narrow widths only. Sold all fT
;ason at $5 and $6; sale price VJllW
INFANTS' 75c SHOES ,
Infants' Shoes of soft vicl Kid; hand-turn leather soles; tfi
all sizes; our usual 76c grade; sale price 17V
WOMEN'S $5 AND $6 SHOES
st custom-tpade Shoos In patent, vici tndAA flm
ass kid; all weight soles; $6 and 16 values; Kr
price J $UUt)
S3.00 PUMPS AND TIES
$2.65
Women's gray canvas Gibson Ties and Pumps;
also blue and black Suede Slippers; all 4 and
$6 values; sale price
SKECT SHAFT
TO DOiYORS OF LAND
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Aug. 21. At a meeting
of the cltv council last night Mayor
Rodgers was asked to appoint a com
mittee of ways and means for the erec
tion of a suitable monument to William
H. Willson and his wife, Chloe A. Wi.l
son who donated to the city of Salem
the ground used for Marlon Square and
Willson Avenue, the city's two parks.
Those who are promoting the project fa
vor the ereciion or tne monument in a
conspicuous spot In Willson Avenue
park. , i
INDEPENDENCE WILL"
OPERATE FREE FERRY
INSPECTOR COMPLAINS
OF BAD ORDER CARS
S1.25
CHOICE $1
.00
PR.
WOMEN'S OXFORDS & PARTI SUPPERS
WORTH $5 AND $6
Odds and ends, probably 300 pairs in all, of finest
vici and patent kid, remainders of some of the
best makes, including Hanan's Laird, Schober &
Co., and others, all sizes, but mostly
narrow widths; all at the one price,
$5.00 and $6.00 values; choice
, acnoDer at
$1.00
CHILDREN'S SilOE SALE
Rare values In misses' and children's Shoes and Ox
fords, for dress or play; patent colt or vici Kia; Kiucn
er or lace; foot-form lasts; misses' sizes 114 to 2;
regular $2 and $2.26 values at $1.45; sizes 6 to 11;
regular $1.75 values, palp.-
See Ihe Windows Tonight and Get Posted on What a Sale at ROSENTHAL'S Ueans-or better yet-BE HERE EARLY. THE SELLING BEGINS AT 9 TOMORROW
WANTED Experienced Shoe Salesmen-Apply Before 830 Tomorrow Morning
BOYS' $2.50 AND $3 HIGH SHOES
$1.50
WOMEN'S J$5 AND $6 OXFORDS
men's patent colt and French kid dress Oxfords; A m m
id-turn soles, full French heels; our finest IS and r
grades; sale price yUtXtl
CHILDREN'S $1.50 AND $2 SHOES
; 95c
BOYS' STEEL SHOD SHOES
mous Brennan A White make; regular $$ grade, tj A A
. to EH, at $1.75; regular $2.50 values; sizes XI nil
. Pair $1UV
BOYS' SHOES AND OXFORDS
$2.35
$1.65
The best Boys' Shoe Bargain of the year. Strictly
high grade and all solid leather; best box and was
calf; genuine Goodyear welt soles; most all sixes;
ti.bo ana is values; pair
Misses' and children's Oxfords, High Shoes and Strap
Slippers; broken lines; all slses; $1.50, $1.75 and
values; sale price
Boys' patent colt and gunmetal Oxfords and tan calf
Oxfords; all $3.50 values; sale price ,
Boys' $2.50 fine tan calf Blucher Lace Shoes; ex
tension soles; regular $2.50 values; sale price ,
(Special Dlanotch to Th Journal.)
Salem, Op., Aug. 21. At a meeting
of the Ma'rlon county commissioner's
court held yesterday the city of Inde
pendence was granted the right to op
erate a free ferry across the Wil
lamette at the point where the city Is
situated. The sum of $1. 000s will be
paid to George Jones who has been oper
ating the ferry up to the present time
and the counties of Polk and Marion
Will each contribute $26 towards its support.
(Special Dltpatcb to Tbt Journal.)
Olympla, Wash., Aug. 21. A. W. Per-
ley, Inspector of tracks and safety ap
pliances for the state railroad commis
sion, has filed a report, In which he
complains about the practice of the
Northern Pacific railroad of hauling
bad-order cars even after receiving noti
fication not to do so. He says that on
July 3, four chalned-up cars were
hauled out of Seattle, tne train being
In charge of Conductor McKlnley ana
Engineer Reed. Perley notified Master
mechanic Norton of the practice, but
In spite of that the same crew was sent
out on July 4 with a train. In which
there were 10 chalned-up cars.
Inspector Perley also gives a list of
13 bad-order cars hauled from Pasco
to Ellensburg on August 4, and 17 out
of Ellensburg'' August 6. Car foremen
and master mechanics have been noti
fied by Inspector Perley of these
movements of bad-order cars.
TRIES TO SWINDLE
HIS FRIEND IN NEED
(Special Dlapatch to The Journal.)
Spokane, Wash., 'Aug. 21. A man giv
ing his name as George Lambert, when
he learned that the marshal o( Wash
tucna had resigned, obtained from
Frank Gildersleeve $15 and made prepa
rations to leave town. A posse of citi
zens surrounded him and held him until
the justice of the peace could appoint a
marshal to arrest the man.
COMMISSIONERS' MAN
IGNORED BY ASSESSOR
Conflict in Pierce County, Wash., Be
tween Old and New Tax Regime
on Timber Lands.
Solid Silver flatware Ware
The newest patterns, the best, shapes in medium or heavy
weights. Prices to meet any and all competition, just a little
better.
Comer Third and Washington Streets.
Manufacturing Jewelers, Opticians, and Diamond Importers.
(8oclal tMspatcn to Tha Journal.)
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 21. The board
oi county commissioners has cut the
Gordlan knot In a hot dissension from
County Assessor Rallsback as to who
shall have charge of the cruising of
the timber landB of Pierce county by
appointing L. E. Duval of Thurston
county fl.s head cruiser. The county as
sessor declares he will not accept the
statistics furnished In the reports of
Duval, but will assess the timber lands
on the basis of the old assessment
mado by Inexperienced deputy assessors
for years past: Mr. Rallsback asserts1
that as he has to be responsible for the
all property, it Is right
that lie should have Jurisdiction of all
that character or worn. - ...
The commissioners win lmmeaiaieiy
put 12 crews of cruisers In the field
under Duval and will try to cruise all
th oniintv',1 timber before enow flies.
It Is estimated that there are 250.000
acres of timber lands in the county that
will warrant cruising in order that Its
actual value may be- arrived at. At
present the timber lands of the county
are assessed In the main about as farm
lands, and only a pittance of their actual
value shows on the assessor's books.
King county and" other timbered coun
ties of the state are ordering systematic
cruises of timber lands within their
borders.
sary If the supply Is to be taken from
the Clearwater river as at present.
One of the first developments In the
vast Irrigation project of the company
at Waha, on which nearly $250,000 has
already been expended, was the driving
of a system of tunnels near Lake Waha
at a point where a large spring was
breaking from the mountain side. The
result of this work has astonished
even the promoting company, for from
a spring of a few hundred gallons a day
the work has developed a gushing tor
rent that Is sending forth more than
16,000,000 gallons every 24 hours. It is
with this pure spring water from the
mountain side that the company Intends
to All the reservoirs of Lewlston.
INSTALLING BLOCK
SYSTEM NEAR EUGENE
NEW WATER COMPANY
TO SUPPLY LEWIST6N
(Special DIapatch to Tha Journal.)
" Lewlston. Ida., Aug. 21. The Lewis-ton-Waha
company Is preparing to make
a proposition to the city to furnish
Water to the municipality from Waha
springs, 25 miles away, at a rate lower
than is possible under the system of
pumping water Into high reservoirs and
through a filtering plant, as la necea-
(Speclal Dispatch to Tha Journal.)
Eugene, Or., Aug. 21. The block sys
tem is being Installed along the lines of
the Southern Pacific here by a force of
men under Foreman Charleton. The
work is quite intricate and it will take
at least two months to block that por
tion of the line that will be covered
from this point,
Paralyzed But Proves Up.
(Special Dlspatcn to Tbe Journal.)
Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 21. Al
thpugh helpless from paralysis Miss
Lucy Bauman. a Dayton girl, grlttlly
stood a trip to the Walla Walla land
office yesterday in order to prove up
on a homestead which she located sev
eral years ago. Miss Bauman had to be
carried Into the land office on a
stretcher by friends and relatives.
Cures Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom
ach, Torpid Liver and
Chronic Constipation.
Pleasant to take
Laxative Fruit Syrup
TOM SJXS BY AZSt DBVOOXSTI.
Cleanses the system
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexions of
pimples and blotches.
It is guaranteed
CLDIBERS LOSE THEIR
WAY ON MT. OLYMPUS
Three Seattle Men Go Without Food
for Three Weary
Days.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Hare Always Bought
Bears tha
Signature of
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(Special Dispatch to Tb Journal.)
Seattle, Aug. 21. Lost on Mount
Olympus for three days without food
was the experience of three Seattle
men, members df the Mountaineers'
club and of the second party In history
to reach the top of the mountain.
On the way to the main camp of the
Mountaineers the three men went on
ahead to blaze a trail for the rest. It
was foggy on the mountain and when
the men attempted to make a short
cut thev lost their way. In vain they
wandered around the ridge above the
camp. xneir food was quickly ex
hausted, for they had enough for only
one day. It was raining and the three
nearly froze. It was dangerous even
to attempt to find a way out, for great
crevasses yawned on all sides. For
two days they wandered, half starved
and fearful that they would never find
their way out Then on the third day
the fog cleared and the camp became
viaiDie.
Seventeen years ago a literary party
climbed the highest peak of Olympus,
but no record of their presence could
be found. k
Miss Winona Bailey, the young
woman who fell over a 75-foot cliff on
the first attempt of the Mountaineers to
reach tha summit of Olympus, la rap
Mly recovering, according to the six
members of the party who reached Se
attle yesterday.
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THE
CALL OF
BAY CITY
ON
TILLAMOOK
BAY
This is an appeal to the man with $100 and from that amount up
e 1 AAA Vai. r" kiiM In. jM U glt - . .
iu 4,uuu. x uu van uu m ui oay vuy i or ciuier amount, sou
can live in Portland or New York City and your money will
double while you are sleeping. If you would rather go to Bay
City, do so. There opportunity stands beckoning for tha man
with money and brains to build and become- a factor in tha de
velopment of the best part of the state of Oregon. With all tha
multitude of tremendous resources enjoyed by Bay City, thera Is
a fighting chance for a hundred men to make a million dolkra
each in ten years. Und is the basis of all value and ha who would
make his fortune in Bay City in tha next half score years, had
better buy and develop that land now and live u ease for tha rest
of his career. Ask the Bay City Board of Trade about it.
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