THE OREGON SUNDAY - JOURNAL, , PORTLAND, SUNDAY- MORNING, JANUARY 3,,! 1603.'
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11 .Records Show 'Increase
J of 30 ;Perv Cenf Over
; Last Year's; Work. -: ;
Mlsa Mary F. Xsom, librarian of the
rtland public library, In her annual
ort saya: ' a;, -
The, reeordaof tht library, shoir an
;reaea over the ; preceding ' year ' of
out 10 per eent and It la Indeed
awnt duty td chronicle 'the work of
jh a constantly growing institution.'
With 'tha eatablishment of additional
vding-rooma and of tha thraa branch
carl, which,' though tha beginning
mall and: tha equipment meager, win
rva tha widely aeparated diatrlcta of
lna. East Portland and gellwood, tha
specta for the coming year are most
resting. - The problem now la not
w lo create an Interest la tha library,
t ho to encourage tha reading of ita
ka, but now, wan a resinciea in
ns, to meet the demands Justly and
rly from all-sides and from, all ta-
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" n tha circulating department the new
.mhara number 1.648: total number of
mbers. 11116; attendance (approxl-
te), : jea.mi : circulation 01 hooks,
1.140.. This 'denartment shows an In
ane In tha Use of Ita hooka of nearly
.tiQ volumes over tha preceding year,
in 1 10 a very small beginning toward
1 "Intermediate collection" of book!
r the boy a and girls Just transferred
m ma cuiiaran 1 rwia , was maoa,
ia has grown quletl but affectively
1 there ara now about 1.000 volumes
i active circulation. Enthusiasm lo
Stagioua and It la possible by friendly
ort eiaea oy attractive eaitiona to
jstltute interesting booka for tha
orless volumes most In demand, Tha
lection la inclusive and offers soma
ng In aver class, but a special effort
4 been made to encourage the reading
j me-aiauaara novelists. . .
acre., la Children's Department
The llfct of the required college en-
nce bnguan waa posted in tnie room,
h for the benefit of those reading
(fnr examinations) and aa a attggestlon
those who are denied tha oollege
-ort unity. Aa an experiment, this
termed I ate collection" baa proved
,t worth whlla . . . ' . .
Mnoo tha first of December the addl-
na te tne UDrary hare been ahelved
f inspection one week before going
o circulation. This ! meeting with
,rirvsj, ma h rives an equal opportun
j to-averyone to look over the wew
ka. Reserve posUl curds left for
sa books ara filed by date and time
day,.-
n the children's department 'the new
mbers number 1,748; total npmber of
mbera.' ,6t; attendance (children).
-i0; attendance adults), 10.SOO; clr
Ulon, 4,034 ;- circulation (school),
sol; circulation (pictures). lt.SBI.
"he first of .last March a very dc
ltful bird talk was given ona evening
'William Finler. author of Amarlcun
1s. Illustrated by slides of tha won
ful photographs of Oregon blrda
n by i. T. Bohlman. The room -woa
waeci witn a most appreciative aud--e
and tha newly purchased bird
ka and freshly mounted bird pictures
"e In circulation for weeks. - . . .,
ba Friday story hour which has bo
ia an institution in tna children a
i, was continued through tha year,
special days, such aa fit. Patrick's
tna llbrary'a birthday, flag day and
V day. were also celebrated.
club of the older boys who ffequeht
cnuaren a room waa organised in
ember with a membership of aeven.
eh baa since Increased to IS. It
aiioa tne jjots current icventa ciud,
ita Interests ara distinctly sc len
to. on Saturday evening. Decemb-ir
I soma of the members gave a aun
Atul exhibition of wireless teleirranhv
a roonuui ot lntaraaiea young peo-
he teacher'a card Waa withdrawn
i year In favor of tha teacher'a cla-s
1. Thla card permita tha charging
21 volumes at one for tha term of
r weeks and it Is proving a very
ful Innovation, especially In favor
h the -teachers In the auburban
jools whose scholars ara too far away
Flatt the library. , n
':,- aooto ta Motor Cm.";;;' 4
ha report of the circulation of the
ks of the county schools covers tha
pol year from September to SepUm
I Looking to tha tranafer of thi
fk to the county department thla
, the children's librarian and the
i of the county department made a
J i iiounvjuu lv mi ur away no
a of the county, ' packing a large
for car with tha boxea of booka and
,-verlng them at the achoolhouse door,
I county superintendent of schools,
F. Robinson, kindly - planned the
rent routes, so that with few ax
Itlona .the county r schools were" air
i ted in five daya Announcements
e ! aent to tha teachers beforehand
I parents and school directors were
ted to "Library day." , ,
jtany responded and there waa often
iileasant group- of - older . people aa
i as euir ciuiurea w .wwioorae ine
k and the "library teachers." Many
'ha echoolrooma were decorated with
'is and wild flowers.- time waa al
M for a story In addition to the
talks and tha greatest Interest and
liusiaatn were abown. v Tha effect
n the children's reading can bade
kilned later, but ona result of these
nrilv palla nna nlrAQv h.n nntinil
Hy avery teacher whoaa school was
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Ckrf eno ; Will .' appear at " tW Ma fqam ', TUeatre Monday Evening,
reDruarr oeai cam upens Next JPTiaay. .
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visited has taken out .a teacher'a clasa
earn ana ia maaing gooa vae oi it.
Tha reference librarian la usual me
With the freshman classes of. tha two
high schools and talked ta tnem upon
tha arrangement of tha library and the
use of Its booka. Twenty lectures were
given witn a total attendance or ia
SDeciai work has been done witn tna aa
batlna cluba both at tha central library,
the east aide branch and the aresham
reading room. One hundred and sixty'
ona booka have been cent out from the
main aepanment co uia orancaes, mosi
ly to meet this demand.
The arlee of exhibits on the "Mak-
lna- of the Book." bosun in i90l. con
tlnued through tha year. The printing
exhibit was very successful for through
tna Kindness or jar, it. u. coroett sna
W. Jd. Ladd fine examples of tha work
of . almost all tha Important private
presses wera snown. -,.
Tha exhibit on binding waa also at
tractive and wa ara greatly Indebted for
help In that to Allen aton of Eugene,
who. arranged a series showing a book
at eacn stage or tna process.
In October this exhibit was removed
for one of. Old English book-plate,
wnicn waa rouowed later oy -tne manu
aoriptr or tna wu son collection.
Advanoa Tachnloal Xiaaa.
The extension of the library along
technical lines haa baetf'a nartloular ob
ject .thla year, In view of tha constant
and growing demand for auch informa
tion. , - ...
The -work or thla deoartment would be
greatly facilitated and would ba of Im
mensely mora value to the community
If it were in telephone Connection with
tna outsiae worm, to nave imormaiiun
furnished ia valuable, but' to have it
furnished Immediately without waste of
time often doubles ita value.
in tha neriodicai room tha attendance
haa greaUr exceeded, that of last year
and it ta ortea too crowned iQr tne com
fort of those vlsitina: it. Every avail
able chair la oocuDled ' durlna certain
hours of tha day and it is nothing- un
usual to see men standing leaning
against tha window, magazine in hand.
The available wan space,- too, ta now
entirely filled with racks and there
seems no room for expansion in any
i direction. -
The moat important development of
tha year haa been the establishment oi
the three branch libraries at Sell wood,
Alblna and in Eaat Portland. - These li
braries wilt serve three districts widely
separated irom eacn otner, ana eacn a
long distance from the central library.
Each ona is now Jargely-a children's
library because, tha one small room is
crowded with tha children when if
should ba reaching and satisfying the
men and women of the community as
well . Each library would be more sat
isfactory to the community If it could
be kept open all. day. this is particularly
true of Alblna and tha east side. The
Sell wood library is in such a distinct
section of tha city that It haa many of
tha features of a vlllaere library. If It
bad larger and more attractive quarters
on the main, street and were not so
near the school - it would immediately
become the center of ail tha. town In
terests. The - Alblna branch, from Ha
statistics Indicates that it la tha loca
tion that Justtfiaa the hardest work and
tha greatest expenditures. Ita ona room
on the noisy street Is at times crowded
to suffocation with men, -women and
children. A gpod sited building ' not
far from the present location la an im
mediate need.
The east side library opened In tha
basement of the high school haa been
practically a echool library up to thla
time, but the Immediate prospect of a
building upon the fine lots presented to
the ' library association on tha corner
of East Eleventh and Alder streets will
give tha branch tha opportunity It
needs. ,
Beading Boons.
Attendance, 41,191; new members,
1,449; circulation, 19.944.
The readina: rooms have nroved an
economical and affective method of book
distribution. A small group of refer
ence books baa been placed in each
room and between 100 and 100 circulat
ing books. These . are keot f reah bv
weekly exchanges and a weekly deliv
ery of books specially requested sup-
Elements this deposit collection. The
irst readina room waa ooened at South
Portland on January 1. and followed
by Montaviua on February 9. bl Johns
on April 17, Peninsular on April 27 and
uresnara on May in.
CORNELIUS BLISS IS
SEVENTY-FIVE TODAY
(United Press Letted Wire.)
New York, Jan. 26. Many messagea
of greeting wera received at the Madi
son avenue homa of Cornelius N. Bliss
today, anticipatory to Mr. Bliss' seven
ty-fifth birthday, which falla tomor
row. Mr. Bliss ia In excellent health
for a man of his years, and takea as
keen , an Interest as ever in business.
finance and politics, in all of which he
has distinguished himself in his career.
or many years treasurer of tha na
tional Republican committee and one of
tne most prominent counsellors or the
party, Mr. Bliss ia a conspicuous ex
ample oi mat rarity among politicians,
a man who Is not an office seeker.
Though ha could have had almost any
nign onica witnin me gut or the Re
publican party, tha only public office
ha ever held was the position of secre
tary of Via Interior ia President Mo
Klnley'a cabinet. Tha preference of Mr.
Bliss for tha-. Republican presidential
nomination has not been made known.
Me is an admirer of both Secretary
Taft and Governor Hughes, and he also
thinks-exceptionally well of Oeorae B.
Cortelyou, with whom he came in close
contact when th latter waa chairman
of the Republican national committee
and Mr. Bliss was treasurer.
Insnect Rosenthal's shoe store win
dow and got busy, : -'
Machinery, to Aid Han for
Economy and Kevoiution
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' Washington, D. 'Jan,' 20. Tha men
of no' industry recognise tha importance
of wactlclng eoonomy In tha utilisation
of product mora than the lumbermen
of, thlt country. Such la .not always
been tha case-but tha rapid depletion
st - tha fornata durln the cast decade
and tha consequent advance in siump
aga prlcas haa made necessary tha re
duction af. waste In order to Insure tha
nrn.n.r(i of ' tha busines 80 - far.
aside from reducing waste in tha woooi.
practically an errorts nave oeen Di
rected to better utilisation of tha log
of the tree, through 'the introduction
of machinery which works up the prod
uct with less waste. . -r
Lumbermen have for yeare been per
fecting their manufacturing so as to
reduce the waste In manufacturing logs
Into lumber. The old-fashioned, vertl-
pal, stiff-back aaws, which were oper
ates Dy waier power nmu. a cut niuiuit
half an Inch wide. Then came the clr
cular aawa, ' which . greatly increased
tha BDeait ofsawlnr. and reduced, the
waste. These have now been supplanted
by modern band saws, which In some
cases make a cut of not more than one-
eighth of an Inoh wide, and revolves
with tremendous speed. With the saw,
all of tha other parts -of mill machinery
have shown marked Improvement.
This condition has been brought about
by the ever-increasing demand fori
rrulir aonnomv and cheaDer and
quicker methods of manufacture. Waste
In lumbering has alwaya been an Im
portant consideration, out nas oecome
far mnre-ao-of lata on account of the
very rapid depletion of the forests. Com-
fietluon naa also greaiiy lncrauafu unui
t ia only, those lumbermen who have
kept pace with modern conditiona that
ara able to operate with success.
lVoggln Methods XarolatloalseA.
These chanced conditions have com-
niatLlv revolutionised tha logging metlw
oda of several of tha largest lumber
companies In the south. Instead of
felling the' tree and sawing It into logs
In tha woods, they simply trim off the
branches, and haul In the whole tree.
It ia then thrown into a log pond, picked
un on endless chains, snd sawed Into
logs of any desired length. One concern
In tha south with, which tha forest serv
ice hag been cooperating has built a
separata mill for thla purpose. Tha
savlnrs in the actual merchantable con
tents and coat of manufacture are con
siderable and mora than pay for the
Initial and upkeep costs of tha mill.
inntnur Ta&tura or me Dusiness which
Is Just beginning to be thoroughly ap
nrantatad la tha manufacture of the logs
of different slues Into definite products.
Thus, where boards were formerly
awed from logs of any diameter, many
lumbermen ara now beginning to use
only tha larger logs for this purpose.
Tha smaller loss are sawed Into those
commodities which require little handl
ing and coat of manufacture, such as
posts, poles, railroad ties, etc.
sTew Xailroad Ties.
Rallroad comoanles want heart' long-
leaf nine for their cross-ties, and in the
past nave had little difficulty In getting
them. Now, however, many lumbermen
absolutely refuse to furnish them, but
take tha logs of this quality and aaw
them into more valuable grades of lum
ber. Heart long-leaf pine ties ara like
ly, therefore to go out of use and their
place be taken by tha ties sawed from
amall trees and surfaced on two aides
only. Such ties are admirably adapted
to preservative treacment, because they
are entirely surrounded by sap wood,
and this readily absorbs preservative
Moreover, a tie cut from a small tree.
when treated with a preservative. Is fat
mora durable than an untreated tie cut
from the heartwood. and although its
Initial cost Is somewhat greater, its
final cost Is considerably less, Manu
factura of logs of certain sixes Into
definite products Is therefore getting to
be or increasing importance.
' X eductions ln Waste.
While the principal advances In the
closer utilization of the tree, so far,
have been made in working up the log
to better advantages, other reductions in
waste will come through the use of
every part of the tree which can be
handled with profit Varied commer
cial Interests over the country have
made good success in the last few years
In reduclna the enormous waste of for
est products by treating with preserva
tives woods wnicn are or nttie vaiue in
their natural state, reducing the height
of the stump, and utilising for various
by-products many parts wnicn were ror
merly wasted. Tha government through
the United States forest service, has
taken a nromlnent part In these experi
ments, and tna Knowledge rained naa
been placed at tha tlispos&l of the
business men of the country who are
interested.
lree Deafness Care.
A remarkable offer made by one of
the leading ear specialists in this coun
try. Dr. Branaman offers to all bddIv-
Ing at once two full months' medicine
free to prove his ability to euro perma- I
nentiy aearneas. neaa -noises ana catarrh
in every stage. Address . Dr. Q. M.
Branaman. 1186 Walnut street Kansas I
city, Missouri.
Eyeglasses II at Metsrer'a. '
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,mporary building. East Side branch
ii 7, mra?r n( jiievenin ana cast
r streets. The building w4U be
dieted by " February 15, wher)" a
leto library outfit, including 1,000
tnes of bound ' books, ma Ratines,
aiaala and newspapers will, be in-
stalled. -When completed the buildlna1
will have cost about 42,500. It is a
one-story frame structure,, containing
one large room. One end of which win
ba set apart for the use of adults; the
other to the children's department and
In the center will be the clivulating
department Miss Elisabeth. K. -Clark,
a graduate of . Pratt Institute Library
school,, has been appointed librarian.
.The lot on which the building stands
was donated by tha Portland ' Free
Library association by a member' of ttje
board eX dixoctora of tha association.
Architect Doyle end Patterson pre
pared tha plans of. the structure now
being built, which Is to bemused only
temporarily, as the directors intend to
erect a permanent brick or stone build
ing on the Bast Side as soon as the
financial situaUon will permit
facts relative to the merits ol
the iftVeotraerit offered ;Iy ' oib
dsiablishejdr lumber manofdctisr-
mg mdus
try.
PROPOSITION. This tjdmpany merely de
; sires to raise a sufficieiit amount of money
to complete the improvements' on its property
, in Southern Oregon, . nearly all of which is
finished. In fact, its mill .will be in operation
within 90 days. To this end it offers a limited
number of its shares of stock for sale at a very
low price. This is the first time in the his
tory of Portland that the small Investor has
been able to place his savings In an established
and recognized lumber manufacturing industry.
The profitability of such an in vestment requires
no argument s : ; ' z-1
ASSETS. The purchaser of stock in this com
pany is amply secured, dollar for dollar,' by the
assets of the company. By making this in
vestment, he becomes a part owner of these
valuable assets. They include 90,000,000 feet
of yellow fir, 35,000,000 feet of white and sugar
pine,' a saw mill, wagon road, rights of way,
railroad yard, switch, to wnsite and flume dump
at the station, as well as considerable lumber
on hand, already sold.
CONCLUSIONS. The time has arrived for
the .wage darner, in order to satisfy Narid protect
himself, to invest his own money, rather ! than,
leave that important function to a bank
this manner he saves all the acquired profits
for his own use instead of sharing the
part of it with another. Millions of ; dollars
have been made . in Oregon lumber; ; many
millions more are to be made; bankers now in
vest your Bayininicgoh lumber; they reap
huge profits; wby should you not do the same?
This stock will "pay dividend this year.
THEREFORE. ; This company offers you the;
privilege of taking part in the prosperity of an
Oregon lumber manufacturing enterprise upba
the investment of as small amount as you
wish. It gives you every possible facility to
investigate its standing, the personnel of its
.officers and the reliability of its assets. Best of
"all, .itpermiti ybu. to purchase as many or as
few shares of its stock as you wish, at a price ;
that is easily within your reach. i " , ':
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FINALLY. It will take but a very few min
utes of your time to call at the office of this
company and verify the splendid opportunity '
that is offered. If you find it difficult to call,
write for particulars.
'K'.Rvx.
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