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TIIC OULGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, POI1TCAND, SUNDAY I.IOllNIN'G, MAIiCII ,iJ, 1317. BULK vGRAIN PLAN ; HELD NECESSARY TO ADVANCE PORT AIMS Inland Grain Growers to Handle Cereal in Bulk; arid - Portland Has Opportunity. BOND- ISSUE IMPORTANT . Yalne ofTelaX inevator TacUltlea . Xera a Xplau4 br O. B. Kagardt, 1 Sock Commission. Chief Xgleer. . From the proceeds of the $8,000,000 public bulk grain elevator bond Issue, which the' voters of Portland are asked : to approve at the election June 4, the construction of a comprehensive ter mlnal to facilitate principally the handling of wheat, but including other commodities, for lack of which this a port now suffers, is proposed. ' ' . So far no opposition to the plan has developed, all classes recognizing that Portland must provide these facilities or lose leadership to Seattle as north west grain terminal. Grain growers of - the Inland Empire have announced in tention to handle train in bulk exten sively hereafter. They arc building: lo cal "bulk elevators, and declare thev 'will ship only to the terminal which provides facilities. "-- The following information sbotit the rplan has been furnished by G. B. lle gardt, chief engineer of the commis sion of public docks. Economy Idea Emphasized. " TTis terminal elevator facilities which are-proposed for this port will furnish the means for the expeditious and economical handling of grain in bulk, and It also provides In a limited - way, and in connection therewith, cer . tain facilities for the handling and storing of lumber, steel rails, struc tural steel, soy bean oil and other bulk material and freight, for which there l are now no convenient accommodations - available the absence of which other porta have already supplied, greatly to their advantage. i "It will be noticed that the proposed terminal layout is a departure from the usual type of construction so char acteristic to xnis port, in place or the present quay construction, which is a ' Wharf of dock parallel with the river, pier and slip construction have been adopted. It makes possible much bet ter connections with (present rail lines and- a trackage system along the face Of the pier, and there is positive eco- nomy In the amount of river frontage required for the facilities which It is necessary to provide for the ships and hipping to, be accommodated. Trackage Facilities Essential. ' "In modern dock terminal construc tion it Is an essential requirement that trackage bo provided along the front . f a wharf or pier to permit of the di rect transference of cargo from vessel to cara and vice versa, and in quay construction this is a much more diffi cult problem than in pler and slip con struction, because of the greater , amount of land It would- be necessary to acquire to bring such trackage to the face of quay dock on anything like workable curves. , v The pier and slip construction makes a more compact, and, for the accommodation of ships, more efficient . terminal than quay construction, and Is almost universally adopted where this class of construction can be used ' "Referring in detail to the layout of the particular facilities, it is proposed to provide for the handling and storing Greater Reductions Than Ever During This Last Week of OurRummageSale which combined with our easy terms leaves no excuse ror you and your family being without the comforts of a well furnished home. TREMENDOUS JREDU C TiONS ON BED ROOM FURNITURE, IRON AND BRASS BEDS, LIVING ROOM SUITES, CHAIRS, ROCKERS, ETC. We allow highest price for used goods in ex change on all sale goods this week. Watch our windows. In the Low-Rent ' District, three blocks east , of the Morrison Bridge. 1 !- RRAIN Fl FVATOR FAHII ITIFS TERMED ESSENTIAL TO PORT EXPANSION I FRENCH Io a a S 3 a ft 3 n a o J Ha bom Ltvc Plan -of proposed public grain elevator terminal for Portland as submitted by commission of public docks, which to finance enterprise needed to recover Portland leadership as grain in bulk and auch other articles of commerce as are outlined above, the tentative plan herewith shows the ele vator with necessary trackage in rear, a two-story dock shed on- warehouse along a slip of ample width and across the slip an open dock. Storage Capacity 2,000,000 Bushels. "The elevator ls of a capacity of 1, 000,000 bushels, as a first unit, with space and connections arranged to In crease the storage capacity to 2,000,000 Increases, later arise. The elevator will be a. combined hulk and sack elevator, which-' fa In keeping with the best (prac tice found advisable at Other ports, and enables grain to be, shipped by either method as requirements may demand. It Will be a, modern, fireproof, rein forced concrete structure, the work house to contain the elevator legs, au tomatic scales, separators, smutters, automatic suckers and other machin- "I"' a a a a is iibs, , .. Cwos's SeenoM Smowins; Picosep Ghaim Cuvator with Cewvtvom. Two 9rromr Transit 5mp. Su amp Qmn Do ex wnBum chsa ail l a ME T T C ery. From the trackage provided the grain Is unloaded by power-driven un loaders lntd car pits below the level of the track. Equipment will be provided for unloading four cars at a time. "The storage annex consists of 48 bins, 16 feet in diameter and about 83 feet high and 35 interspace bins be tween the circular bins and having the same height. In shipping In bulk the grain 13 carried by belt conveyors in galleries to the face of the two-story shed and there spouted aboard a ves sel. The capacity each belt conveyor provided ls about 10,000 bushels per hour. Automatic Backers restore. "For grain which ls not to be stored or shipped iabulk there will be provid ed automatic Backers. The sacked graih is carried by a suitable flat belt conveyor to the second story of the' dock shed or warehouse, and there stored ready for shipment. Grain which may be received in sacks and U not for bulking in elevator will he handled on the lower floor of the dock shed. "The elevator equipment, of course, will be, modern In every respect, and will be electrically driven and con trolled. "The two-story dock shed or -warehouse, in addition to the uses already mentioned, would also serve the pur pose of taking care of some inbound cargo or cargo to be assembled there in case of congestion at the other mu nicipal docks, doing away with extra harbor moves of vessels, which are strongly objected to by shipping Inter ests of the larger class of vessels com ing to this port. This feature will be of distinct advantage to the port. "In the pier and slip construction proposed it Is necessary to give the fcllp a considerable angle downstream to facilitate the convenient docking of vessels, and this, with the position of the elevator, as shown, furnishes a considerable area of filled ground, which, can be used to good advantage for some special industry and for open storage of raw material, the handling and storage of lumber, rails, structural steel and other heavy bulk freight. Slip of Ample Width. "The slip will be of ample width, not only to accommodate the berthed ves sels, but will also permit of coaling and other barges to tie up alongside ves sels moored on both sides of the slip. The slip will be dredged to a deDth of 30 feet, or more, at low water. "Across the slip It will be. necessary to provide some sort of permanent con struction to allow for the safe and con venient entrance of vessels, particular ly when there ls a current In thte river, and it is proposed to construct there an open pier or dock, with adequate rail and crane trackage to furnish ef ficient handling and loading facilities, with the view of giving best possible dispatch to vessels taking on or dis charging cargoes of special commodi ties. "It ls proposed to make the slip S00 to 1000 feet long, depending on the depth of the property which may be acquired ror ttyi intended terminal, so that two vessels may be berthed at one time on either side of the slip, thus providing tne greatest possible dock age space, and avoiding the necessity of vessels having to go into the streams to make room for other vessels imme diately upon completion of loading. This arrangement also permits vessels to dock awaiting cargo, particularly wheat. It keeps such vessels out of the channels, where anchorage space at the present time is extremely lim ited, and in case of increased shipping prevents the blocking of the channel by vessels at anchor. Tatar Enlargement Flaarfed. ' "This proposed terminal lavout "haji been carefully planned for possible fu ture enlargement and the furnishinz of additional ajict greatly increased sbed and cargo handling facilities at a comparatively small cost, aa coniDared with new and separate port develop-: mem woenever the shipping of the port demands auch additional apace. The furnishing of , additional cov ered storage space for the accommoda tion of general cargo movements mv be. readily effected in a tvery short time by tjie construction of a transit shed, either on the open dock across the slip, or on Ibat portion of ihe open dock ly ing along the harbor line back of the two-story sned. as the sub-structure in either case will already be in place, the RIVER DEAD AVIATOR'S HEIRS CLAIM HIS IRE BASIC AEROPLANE PATENTS Will Seek to Have Govern ment Pay $1,000,000 for Montgomery's Plans, San Francisco, March 24. (U. P.) Heirs of Professor John J. Montgom ery, who was killed at San Jose In 1911 while making experimental aero plane flights, announce they have re tained an attorney to appear before the aeronautical investigating board at Washington, in an attempt to es tablish Montgomery's aeroplane pat ents as the basic patents covering heavier than air machines. Congress has appropriated $1,000,000 to purchase the basic patents, and the Montgomery heirs claim that the pat ents belonging to the Montgomery estate are the ones which congress must purchase with that fund. The Wright brothers are the other claim ants of the basic patents, the Wright patents differing from the Montgom ery in providing for flat planes, while the Montgomery planes are built on a principle of curvature. If the Montgomery claim ls success ful, the attorneys declare they will sue for an accounting on all royalties which have been collected by the Wrights. Art Smith, aviator, declares all successful modern aeroplanes fol low the Montgomery principle. construction of which requires the greater time and constitutes the larg est expense of a terminal, and no addi tional dredging will be necessary to permit vessels reaching the docks, as this is taken care of in the proposed terminal layout. Must teet Any Demand. "While it is possible for the com mission of public docks to anticipate to a certain extent the type of con struction to be used in any waterfront development and the facilities which should be furnished to accommodate shipping and different cargoes to be handled it can do so only to a limited extent, because of the limited water borne commerce which during the last couple of years has been handled through the port, and it. therefore, seems Imperative that the commission at t hi time should be placed in the po sition to be prepared to meet anyi de mand that may be made on it by ship ping interests, new steamship lines coming to the Dort. etc.. to furnish such additional facilities as may be necessary to care for the handling of cny special commodities and cargoes not particularly covered by the ter minal layout herein described, and thereby enable this port to provide, on short notice, such facilities as compet ing ports have already supplied or are in a position to provide upon demand, under present authority and with means at their disposal.. ; ? . ; Bond Issue Essential. "This would seem an absolute neces sity, for 'either the port must be pre tared to' accent anv aiu! all busineRs offered" when normal and increased shipping of the port is restored, or face the necessity, of '.losing 1t. It is be lieved no .other course than that just outlined would meet with the approval of tne people ortne city-or rortiand. There is no middle course. :t ' , t "The proposed bond issue would ac com oil sh this. ... . : ''The terminal layout shown on the accompanying plan is applicable to sev era! possible sites on the harbor, so that the commission of public docks is tot under the; necessity of acquiring any particular, site in ase the neoole I authorize the proposed bond issu of $3,000,000." , . . , . . ' Area 1 ApAPTABLg ; with request for vote of $3,0 00,000 by voters in Jane, with northwest grain terminal. Daring Outfits To Be Barred at Bathing Resorts Chicago, March 24. (I. N. S.) The city 6f Chicago will tell bathing girls Just what to wear ai'd wnat not to wear on beaches this season, if an ordi- $ nance presented to a council committee is made law. The draft was framed after a dele- gation of club women protested -Jfc against daring outfits worn by $ some of the beach nymphs of 1916. Girls who violate the ordinance will be fined from $5 to $2t White and flesh colored suits will b absolutely barred. The chest must not be ex- He posed below a line drawn from $ 4t arm pit to arm pit. Bloomers must rover the Hr swimmer to at least four lnohes it above the knee. $ Jerseys may be worn pro- ft $ vided the arm holes are close fitting and there is a skirt ef- feet The proposed ordinance has the O. K. of the park superln- - tendents. City Is Threatened By Petticoat Rule fevanston, I1L, March 24. (U. P.) Weary of having mere men mayors and council men who spend their wak ing" hours working in Chicago and let municipal affairs in this exclusive su burb go hang, the women of Kvanston have drafted a system of petticoat politics and plan to elect woman-manned city administration this spring. Glycerin Produced From Kitchen Waste London. March 24.-Waste from the army camp kitchens is now supplying enough glycerin yearly to produce the cordite necessary for 10,000,000 1S pound shells. Moreover, this glycerine is, being supplied to the army at the pre-war price of $200 a ton, whereas the present market price is ?lzoo. a portion of the profits made on the rocess goes to the messing depart ments of the armies, which are now receiving about $150,000 monthly from .nis source Humphreys' Seventy-seven For Grip, Influenza, First Feeling At the first feeling of taking Cold ; lassitude, w e a kn ess, shiver, chill, sneeze, or cold, f est; if possible rub " your feet : with alcohol, and a rough t towel, put on ' fresh stockings and take "Seventy - seven, to start; the blood tingling through the veins and break up the Cold. If you wait until your bones begin to ache, it will take longer. -; At Drrs-ta25 cents a ad $1j0O or malted. Hampk Iloorro. Madleina Cat. 1H WU- jiuav Dinn, xw lore v EVELOPMENT, EASTER WAR RELIEF APPEAL IS SENT OUT BY FEDERAL COUNCIL Channels of Distribution Said to Be Open; American Con tribution Small So Far, The sixth war relief message of the Federal Council of the Churches of , Christ in Aroerjcs, called "An Easter ; Message, quotes Herbert C. Hoover as saying' that "America Is only be ginning to allow the awful burden of suffering and destitution to rest : upon her conscience." The message has just been mailed to 1 nearly 1,00,000 individual churches. The first message was lsssued in May, ; 1916. ' It lays stress upon the spirit of self sacrifice shown by the peoples of the countries which have been involved in the war. While . America has given 9 cents per eaplta for relief in Bel glum, Tasmania has given $8.60 and New Zealand $1.25, Canada haa given much more in proportion to her num bers than the -United States for Bel gium and for the relief of Armenians and Syrians, besides raising an army of a half million men and boys with all the accompanying burdens. The people of the warring countries, it is said, have definitely accepted the spirit of sacrifice during the contin uance of the war. This, the message asserta, few Americans have done. , The liberality of certain churches and individuals ls recounted In the ' message. While the American people have given less than 20 cents per capita per year since the war begsn, a little church at Owlngs. S. C. of 40 members, half of them children and none well to do, gives $40 per month. A small church at Pom fret. Conn., gives regularly at the rate of $5 per capita per year. An Episcopal rector was given a legacy of $1000. He wrote that he didn't need it at that time and couldn't use It while the world ls suf fering so terribly, and turned It over to the Federal Council for War Re lief. A chauffeur sent $20. A wealthy New York man has given $100,000 anonymously In monthly installments and has recently Increased these monthly gifts. j The churches of the country are urged to take a special war relief of fering on Easter Sunday and to in augurate the plan already followed by many cnurcnee or giving regularly to war relief by a aystem of pledges of weekly or monthly gifte. j Swindler Confesses He Was Swindled Loa Angeles, March 24. iP. N. S.) ' Ansel Boyette who has confessed to stealing $36,000 from the Bank of Italy, where he worked as head bookkeeper, was himself swindled out of $6000 when he purchased a large consign ment of what he believed to be opium and later round it to be only molasses he told the police today. Boyette said he was anxious to return the amount of his defalcations to the bank and de termined to sell the drug for the big profit in It, England Has Eye on Internal Waterways London. March 24 Inland waterway advocates In the United States -will be interested In the promised revival of that means of transportation in thlt country; It was brought about here by the action of the government in an nouncing Its intention of taking con trol of "such of the non-railway owned canals' as are required ror essential control pf the railway-owned canals. PILOT SAVES LIVES OF TROOPS BY DESTROYING A U-BOAT Maneuvered Transport So as to Get , Submarine Under Stern and Crushed It. TORPfcDO FIRED MISSED Commander of Submersible, Watching Convoying' Torpedo Boats, Failed to Look Out tot Big Boat. Paris, March 24. (TJ. P.) Tha novel destruction of a German submarine through the quick wit of an unnamed French pilot is one of the war tales of i the sea -which will live for years to come. To this pilot's credit today is ma eamj 01 pernaps jiunareas or lives. At the bottom of the British chan- nel lies the battered shell of a German U-boat which, previous to Its demise. naa Deen notorious ror its deadly work among craft of all kinds that hap pened to cross Its path. To save the censor's blue pencil, more about the work of this steel shark of the sea and its habitual rendezvous is better left unsaid, bu.t the topic of interest Ls that it came to its end in a most unexpected manner. Braved Torpedo Boats. A great transport vessel loaded with British soldiers was the intended vic tim of the submarine. Despite torpedo boats convoying the transport, the U-boat audaciously appeared close to the French coast and shot Its torpedo. A few minutes before, a French pilot had boarded the ship to take her safe ly into the shallow channels which led to tha harbor. This pilot held the wheel when the aubmarlne poked her periscope above the choppy waves, lie saw the torpedo come plowing toward the ship. A piece of clever maneuvering caused the hslf A Piano of Unusual Quality ! The - Kingsbury ' '.: Nowhere at equal price may be found a piano of such quality, such musical worth, durability end beauty as the Kingsbury. More than twenty years of intimate knowledge and asso ciation have convinced us of the true worth of the prod ucts of the great factories of the Cable Co., of Chicago, where the Kingsbury piano is made. If you will test this beautiful instrument and compare it most carefully with others of like price, you cannot fail to recognize its many superior features. The Price $375.00 Easy Terms THIS WEEK'S ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS D. H. Baldwin, ebony case $160.00 Harrington, mahogany $150.00 Henry & S. G. 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Tha southern Min nesota division of tha Milwaukee rail way Is under water for 30 rallea be tween Rushford and Hokah. Tha Root river flood Is tha hlgheat for many years. All valley farmers hava -moved their stock to higher ground. ton of explosives to rush past tha transport, missing her by a narrow margin. Tha khaki crowd aboard watched the show with silent interest. Their lives were in tha hands of tha Frenchman up on tha bridge. Not a sound came from anyone. Tha only noise was that of the big craft veer ing sideways to miss the torpedo and " the swish of the latter as It passed, ; XMdat Watch tha Transport, The torpedo boats began to get into action. They could not fire for fear of hitting their convoy, but they rushed In circles in an effort to train ihelr guns on the enemy. The latter, how ever, was also constantly maneuver ing. The aubmarlne. commander was watching tha destroyers and psying no attention to the big unwieldy trans port which seemed to be wallowing in the trough of the waves. f The French pilot's part in the drama, though, was not so unimportant aa the submarine commander thought. By pulling of bell ropes and pressing of buttons the pilot- soon had his ship under control. He veered her about so sharply that tha submarine was quickly entrapped under the tran sport's stern. Every mortal aboard heard th grinding and ripping of steel plate as the pilot's swiftly revolving propel ler ate its way into tha U-boat's vitals. A rumbling sound and great patches of blue oil on tha surface of the water were soon the only evtdences of the submarine. Then the pilot calmly signalled for full speed ahead and took his ship safely into harbor. or Your Monty Back Oregon State Conclave BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN YEOMEN t i a i iuesoay, jpru o, iu a. m. 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