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THE OREGON7 DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1918. DEVELOPMENT OF LUMBER INDUSTRY IN HALF CENTURY HAS BEEN WONDERFUL E AH AD HA SEEN MARKED PROGRESS MADE 1 American Lumberman Tells in . Interesting Fashion Develop t ment of the Last Few Years. COAST BECOMES BIG FACTOR Decade Ending in 1893 Was ' ' Most Notable One for This 4 ? Section of United States. Dnerlbin the volution' of the lumber Industry during the past 45 years the Arris rlcJi Lurnberrnan says: Ths one great and noteworthy de velopment In the lumber Industry be iiti and 1513 was adoDtlon and improvement of railroad logging. This. gradually toofc the muu away irom me water and led to the marketing of lum ber In carload lota. Thie actually was the beginning of the lumber industry tsa national industry, the beginning of the movement that has resulted In the shipment of lumber from one corner r th. United States to all other cor ners. The Dana mm. nowever, wm un developed. All over the country were sawn to the hungry whine of clr sular as well as slabbing and stock gang saws. During m this time the sources of supply of the different woods began to show a change, i , Hardwood production for more than local consumption began in Tennessee, Kentucky and Went Virginia. The cut of. white pine in Wisconsin and on the iinnat MtmiafliDni was Increased largely. Associations in the lumber business; were either almost unknown or oi wue use other than for local ends. The wholesalers were dominating figures in he Industry and those that made the greatest success wens those that "stood in" with the railroads, for those Were the days of rebates and secret fates. Shipments of yellow pine be , gan to find their way into the North (The decade from 1883 to 1893 was a momentous one for the lumber industry. At the beginning the swing of the price pendulum was upward ; at the end It swung downward with the panlo of 1892. Southern pine secured a strong position In ths northern markets. -"Cypress came into prominence and, perhaps most notable of all, the Pacific coast woods Douglas fir, spruce, red wood and cedarbegan to find their ftesltating way .eastward over the Rocky mountains. The trend to move the mills away from the water and locate them on railroads continued and by 1893 a large percentage of the mills famous In the early history of lumber ing were cut out. The band saw also came into general use. Coincident with the shipment of lumber by rail came the riaveloDment of the olaniner mill at the sawmill and the use of the dry kiln both primarily Introduced to save in fra'arhf. j In the decade from 1893 to 1903 there were few radical changes, though there - Were manv developments in the in dustry. Manufacturing and logging methods - were improved, though not Sreatly changed except for the lntro uotlon of steam engines in logging operations. The peak or wnite pine production in tne rxortn naa Deea reached by the end of the period and MICHIGAN MANUFACTUREKS DIRECTORY I Followlnc to an alphabetical directory of all idvartiaMi on thaaa two pacta. Arnatrons Machinery Co.. 848 Thunnan at.. - kanaiaeturera of ice machinery and refriger ating plaau. t apphgath. O. 6. (O. V. UnmraeHn tk Son), inanafajturer of fur garment. 2d and Wash. 1 anen Brans Braat Trot, worker in Soppar, braav aluminum, tc S69 TJpahur at f Brattoa G1U -(Portland afachlnary Co.). but en of drag aawa. 03 lit ft. . roop7. Chat, military and ei-rfl tailor, ' Royal bldg., Morrison and Broadway. J Cryatal Spring FlnUhing Works, wool betts, huttrejae. 188 10th at. : J Coaael Lumber Co., Sam, ready cut hooae. 64 Ankeny t. - . . Columbian Carbon Paper Co., manufacturer! af earboo paper. E. 83d and Broadway. - Cutler Fruit Grader Co., manafaoturera of rrnit trader, and machinist. East Tenth and ' ilia at. " Coast Chemical Co., Janitor' supplies, 349-8! Columbia at. . Coin Machine Mfg. Co.. manufacturer of braat, cooper, steel and iron products, 984 K. 17th tt. .- lxtrabl Roofing Co.. snekere of highest grade roofing ppr, Keaton station, Portland. Darto-BeoU Belting Co.. leather belting auk en, 30-200 Hawthorne are. , Portland Galvanising Works, galrarrlwing, : i2d at. N. and Reed at. . Enamel Bake Ovens, auto and other lag. 04 Burnsid st. . Eastern Novelty Co.. 202. 89 Bth at. . . taw neckwear. ;. Gem. Winder Co.. tatting ahuttl wladara. 101 eth si ' Grandma Cookie Co.. wholesale cookie Task : era. 880-884 . Stark st. Grass's Economy Jar top lifter, sold at stone. ' Hesse-Martin Iron works, foundry anC saa Cblns works, 484 Belmont st , Independent Cracker Co., cracker, confeo v Uona. stb, 480 E. Deris st. 1 Jeoob. Inc., men's shirts to order. 82TH Bsh. 1. i. Xaddsrly. Kadderly furnae. 180 1st it Kent, Thos. JC.. men'a shirts to order. Mscleav bids.. 4th and Wash, ata.. . Knight Packing Co.. pickles, fruit Juice, aider, vinegar, etc. 474 K. Alder st, j KoQs, in. U. W., improved optical naa ' rl-o. 70S Wilcox bide. Lafayette Nursery Co.. manufacturer eele- ' Tprated Brooks aaad Holler and Pulveriser, La Iivetle. Or. . Laytoa Cooperage Co.. 827 Water St., barrels, keg, tub. i Lusterol,' B. J. Schwsnberg. piano and fumi ; ' lire Doliith. 4810 Woodstock are. Mill made Count ruction Co.. ready built gap. . age, etc, 844 Hood st- i Multnomah Trunk Co., trunks and bags, sult essos. 84 E. Water st. w National Vault Co.. concrete burial vaults. Tabor 2621. Oregon Paper Box Factory, paper box, aar tens. 248ai Stark st. -Oregon Brass Works, copper, brass and sjuminusa. 2d and Everett st. . Oregon Door -Co., doors, sash. eto foot Spa. ken are. Oregon Chair Co., chairs. 1190 "-- viirs rd. Oregon -Nursery Co., grower of fruit, shade. sutand ornamental tree,; lawn, shrubbery, roe, vines, etc., Orenco, Or. Pacific Stone Works, pottery stoneware. . slower imu, vorvvw einijaw ave. reruana -urnirara rn.it- w,, lunutnr. rap- HUWUf, i,lfI BHWHI IWk Peainsula , Iron Works, f oundrymeB and ahinista. Alta and - Bradford its. Pecxileton Woolen Mills, woolen sloth, Indiaa blankets. Pendletoa, Or. Portland Stovo Work, ranges, evoking and hasting stoves. Derby st and Columbia bird. Phoenix Iron Works, foundrymen. machinery, : 880 Hawthorne sve. Portland Basket St Handls "-Works. ; baskets, handle. 1821 Macadam road. ' - PortUnd Rubbe MilTn, everything is rob ber, rubber heel, soles. 868 K. 9th st Portland Bolt V Mfg. Co.. bolts. 209 18th t, n.. - .. ,. . Royer Implement Co., farst mschlnery. manu ' faernrer Uttla Timber Bus Drag Saw, Harst Fruit SDrajrers. 288 Front st. Bear Madison. Rssmussssv sV Co., paints. Tarnishes. Sd and Taylor at.' .i . Robs, W. J", Co., mfg. Jewelers. AUsky hldg. ituoagrsss s WTiinms. met uie nip tningw. S S H H,wt)iArM tM .. - . Sharkey, P A Tbh fstaad korso eoV lar. H8 Uniaai seeu - Sella Ante Works, Sd and afadkwa ts., sute bodies, truck bodie. bearsea. wheals. Sells auto starters. . Thayer, Shave .& Gutter, snto truck buOd- ra, maeninuta, as Jaast Water at 5 U nl vernal Tire Filler Co., non-puncture auto nrrn, i-4ss nawt Borne ave, (.Costlases sb Vxt 7sr, southern pin had come to be the lead ing wooa in production, as it la today. Marketing methods were, however. greatly, changed. The wholesale yards in the northern markets to a consider able extent dluomttrd ; and the uw mills had far more to do with the mar keting ox tne finished lumber than pre viously. During this neriod the national for ests were established and the forest service became a factor In govern mental affairs. The price pendulum re mained In the loss segment of its swing until tne recovery Irom uie panic ox 1893 was well under way and then the swing was steadily upward This was the last long period of prosperity ex perienced by the lumber manufacturers. The annual fan car shortage began to make Its appearance about the middle of the decade and was especially bad In the South. Prices Were sensitive, es pecially during the last half, and while these years were the most prosperous the evils of over-production began to be plainly evident. In 1902 again much, prosperity was experienced, especially or the Pacific coast, where the sawmills enjoyed the best business in their history. Cars were scarce more so in the South than elsewhere but late in the fall the situa tion, improved. Lumbermen's associa tions in this period multiplied and be gan to exert a telling influence The decade from 1903 to 1913 was an active if not very profitable period for the lumber manufacturers. Associations keDt ud their growth and publicity re garding business affairs began to .be thought wise instead of suicidal." Elec tricity in saw and planing mills Degan to come into use and electricity was even tried- out in logging operations. Means to reduce the cost of production and of handling were tried on all sides. Tet the decade was not a profitable one, on the whole. The period from 1913 to 1917 is so fresh in the memory of lumbermen that anything other than brief comment is uncalled for. Hope springs .eternal in thn breasts of lumbermen, but it had been springing there for se long while the dollars had been springing out of their pockets that the necessity for serious trade development began to be realised. Better manufacturing methods and a closer touch and understanding- of the retailer's problems were sought for, trade-marketing of lumber began on a large scale, national advertising of lum ber and lumber products was tried, and the results proved the worth of pub licity. Big manufacturing companies began to go into the retail business heavily, with strings of yards. Motor trucks that, before, had not been used In the lumber Industry be gan - to come Into common use in the woods and at retail and manufacturing Dlants. The war came and almost de stroyed the lumber export trade ; there was a period oi depression, ana men the prosperity that comes to a great neutral nation during a war started a boom in the lumber business. The United states entered the war and then there came the great wooden snip program, tne cantonment schedule. the demand lor airplane lumber, to supply much of this demand the trees in the woods have been selected before they have been cut. Not only is. the use of each species of lumber being urged for the uses for which it is. best suited, but the loggers are going into the woods and felling the trees that will cut up Into the re quired lumber with the least waste and the best results. This may be the big gest development of the period. When time allows the true value of progress to be calculated the war period will Drobably be found to represent the greatest and most rapid development of tne lumoer inaustry in us History. Ship Knee Plant The Putio, Finer Ac Co. are putting a new sawmill and shipknee plant on the Gipson place south of Molalla. They have about' 200 acres of good timber. Their mill machinery, except the boiler. has been placed on the ground and they will soon be in operation, getting out rush orders for shipknee and lumber. TOWN CAN TEACH .Thayer, Shaver Gulley Machine Co. General Machinists and Builders of ''EVER-READY' TRUCK ATTACHMENTS for all makes of cars 1-ton Attachment ....$' IVi-ton Attachment S4t S-ton Attsehment ..$478 Phone East 7487 193 E. Water St. Wis ' sila-w I, l.ii Wood Baskets Ours are ornamental as well as useful, and the floor from dirt. Ask for 'em 8a ve the hands and clothes from pitch at ths stores. FOBTLA3CD BASKET HAHiLE CO. Mais 8997. 1M1-SS Vaeadam St, PENINSULA IRON WORKS Founders, Machinists, P a 1 1 e r n mskers, "Peninsala" Gray Iron and. 8emi-Steel Castinss for all purposes. Transmission and Special Machinery. Mill, Marine and Oen eral Repair Work. Phone Colum bia 14. 8C Johns. Portland. Or. Old Autos Made New la sppesrsncsv by nss. eUog Hoods sod rea ders like done at farters- J. C WARNOCK Enaasl Baa Ovens. 808 Bvrnside at ltts. Staia Sali. A-2iS. Barrels and Caoko And All Kinds of Cooportg t Finke Bros. CooperaireWork US Madison. Hear Bridge Haia 91m "Superiot" Mattresses are not surpaaeed oa earth. TTaey are made la Portland br tba United Mattress & Pad Co., 27 Hancock street. Phone East BTfa Hsve as renovate or snake over your . nsed mat- . mot x rmx TBTTS INDEPENDENT CRACKER CO. Maaufaetorer and Dealers tm Cracker, Cake; Italian Paste 38-30 cast Basts 81. Portland, Oa Fboaasi Bast 1949. T ls1 MINE OPERATORS And prospector have ten patroalslas tba Huaiana aanaj urnws lor 20 years. Wo are sea yen. sold, stive and platinoimrefineT! bov hish srsd er lewelenr'eepinWoto silver. tuUatsa. etav rodno dsotal iuid jnnsV M-at tieoND TfiKrr ' . - SIMM IMrshaU 7 " PaciHc Stoneware Co., - -S9S Sherlock Ave . JWelsm-Ossta, -"-4 ' n. ETerjrthlns;;;irpottry, Mineral Production Surprisingly' Large V According to figures compiled by B.A. Haggen of Vancouver. . British ; Colum bia's mineral production fn 1917 was only about $1,000,000 less than ths ban ner year of 191. This Is despite the loss of production brought about by strikes at Trail smelter and In the coal fields, placer, gold production shows an In crease, lode gold a decrease, silver a de crease, copper an - increase and sino a decrease. The total for the year Is placed by Mr. Haggen, at 141,299,668. against $42,290,462 in 1916, POTATO DEALER SAYS SHORTAGE IN SPUDS IS LIKELY NEXT FALL Uncertainty of Market and the Present Low Price Expected to Cause Reduced Acreage. If you have a large family or are otherwise Independent of the labor prob lem, plant potatoes this year, is the ad vice of C. B. . Buchanan of C. B. Bu chanan & Co., who are ' among the largest dealers In the state. This advice is tased.on his belief that the shortage next year will be such that potatoes will sell regardless of grade, but he admitted that if unable to take care of the crop without hiring high price labor or taking tho chance of getting it at any price, growers were bound to face to uncertain ty and acreage will probably be reduced. Potatoes are now bringing around $1 a sack with no great demand. The new Inspection rules are now In force and Mr. Buchanan laid stress on the impor tance of growers sacking in order to meet the Inspection.; Sacks must be branded with the grade they contain, and if they fall to pass the inspection must be either resacked or remarked with the lower grades. While the grades run from fancy to grades 1 and 2, Mr. Buchanan said that practically the only grade to be considered in shipments of last year's crop Is grade No. 1. As Is known. In quality this crop was ths worst In years, and for this reason, he says, there are no potatoes which will grade fancy and the quotation on No. 2 is too small to make handling worth while. English Town Has Own Poultry Farm In view of the great shortage and high price of fresh eggs, the health commit tee of the city -of Bradford, England, established last May & poultry farm which promises to be a profitable en terprise. It Is said to be the first municipal poultry farm In the country. It is estimated that about 70.000 eggs per annum 'are needed to meet the demands of the medical institutions maintained by the municipality. TRAVERSE CITY SAW IT SO WENT AFTER THEM Home Factories Well Patronized, Example Which This City Could Afford to Emulate. Traverse City, Mich.. Is located at ths head of Grand Trarerse bay. It Is a beautlfnl town of about 12,000 popu lation. It has a lire cltlsenry, 'which has never permitted, ths accumulation of moss on their spines nor has selfish ness distracted their attention from the best Interests of all the people. Traverse city citizens wisely concluded that the best .way to build up their own Interests was to unite them for the upbuilding; of the city. To build up the town there must be payrolls, so they went after factories. Among; those se cured was one for the manufacture of shoes. A building; was erected and fac tory machinery Installed. A competent man to operate ths plant was found and In due time a hlshly profitable business was worked up. But a few months agro the manager was taken suddenly ill and lived but a few days. Thereupon the Institution was without a head, and another must be sought. - ' There Is in Portland a man who was once the traveling representative of a large shoe factory located In Massachu setts. Traverse City was among; the places visited by him. He knew the shoe dealers there, and 'upon ths death of the msgiager of their factory the Portland man was communicated with and offered the Institution gratis If he would so there and conduct It. His WRINKLES! How removed la 15 sUnntet; how to prevent rem in"; dmont rated and sold Woodard A Clarke's drat store. Particular for So stamp, addressed to Nikk-afarr Laboratory. Dept. J. No. . 2d floor. S86 H Wash St.. Portland. Or., or call offiea, 1 to p. m. .Free bottle rouse, or small boa powder to each customer, at drug store. ive cent sacs at efQoe for returned cream jars. - Jrnooa Main 82 il. . NEW FARM IMPL KMENT Brook Lan Koiior ess rFuivsrtzsf (mil octsS ky u. s paUnU). Isermii eras yleid from C U 40 tor rr use amoas crops planted In rows, as com. potatoes, beans, kale, cabbage, nursery stack, cotton, etc. -By firming- the soil and crashing the clod between, the rows, complete control of mois ture can be retained. Scores of teetlmeniala of users on file. U is the best investment farmers, gardeners and nurserymen can nuke. Write at ono for fro booklet of full particulars. Maaafao NEEDED INDUSTRIES StraOdles tne Rsesj Uba TaskMaeaa sxuithia. lureamna soia sy urTITTI NURIIRf OO. Lafarstu, orsoon. . ... MACHINES PILE LUMBER amsmwsnsnsnnsnramwassmnm t ' ' i ' 'jriS. I t 7 ' ,t ' " ? ' x - t! fi I i k st " r ' . - Sim K ' 5 I " . til p: ... w 1 i . ,, Coortmy O-W. B. If. Thirty-five foot pller at Shevlin-Hlxon milt st Bend. Japan Is Launching Shipbuilding Boom EL F. Crowe, Canadian trade commis sioner at Yokohama, in a report to the department of trade and commerce. states that Japan is launching upon a shipbuilding camaign which will involve the construction of 250 ships a year. He states that at the end of September there were In Japan lit shipbuilding slips, owned by 42 firms. In each slip a ship of 10,000 tons can be built. This Is more than three times the number of ships Japan owned before the war. Many more are also building and 24 are expected to be completed before the end of the year. When all these berths are put Into full operation, subject to a supply of steel and Iron materials, Japan" will be able to build more Chan 250 ships, aggregating 1,000.000 tons, yearly. PORTLAND business Interests here, however, are too Important to forsake, and he will re main In Portland, "but." he says, "the spirit of Traverse City Is one that founds prosperity. Seeded Here "It prevails In many of those eastern cities. It Is the life of Akron and trans formed Kalamazoo from a sleepy, lob ster village to s, live, thriving city. It predominates In Seattle and there Is a taint of tt in Tacoma. From a differ ent angle it Is extant In California, In that the towns of that state are ex- remely loyal to their home manufac turers. While California is not strong- on factory bonuses tt is robust In sup. porting them once they are In motion. but until recently in Portland there was no manifestation of loyalty to anything- but ths personal purse and Individual Inclinations. The Journal has made fre quent reference to this trait of Portland character, as, for example. In the matter It mentioned some - time ago of Port land men who rented their premises to tailors and had their garments made In tne icast itinerant "order takers' hav ing; no Interest la the city, come along and sell suits and shirts to . Portland business - men and capitalists. Their quality and make often are Inferior to those of the boms workman. Never do they excel those of ths local shop. Their prices are no less and if they happen not to lit the body, a local tailor must be paid for makin"; .the necessary changes. All this Is wrong. It is against ths interests of not only local Indus tries, but of those of the man himself the person who spends his 'money for such thing as are produced by ths hands of strangers in strange factories. Every dollar he is instrumental In send ing away from Portland, as has often been explained by The Journal, is a wrong Inflicted upon himself, because It places that dollar beyond his own reach It is a wrong; to his neighbor, for the same reason, and It has given me great pleasure to note ths attitude xf The Journal In. relation to this subject. Un fortunately It stands practically alone as the conservator of ths Interests of our local manufacturers. Like The Journal this man has srreat faith tn Portland. Be likes the town. He likes . the people, but thinks them inougnuess in many things they! do. Everv Inveeta fn War Bsvtafi Certifies ta is driving a Betas nail in Germany's coffin. T. OTOr GENERAL MANUFACTURING '! Special Tools Designed and Built, SCREW MACHINE WORK Steel Stanp!nrs rear Cottinc Macbiad 2hop .Work COIN MACHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY " 984 East 17th St. -C-' 23ZX.-yr3rtmQ0 Liberty Bonds accepted at THE VAUGHAN Kumm Jt - 471 EAST MAIN. STREET ; " vvV;. " Bnilds and repairs all lands of njachinery,-. v, , i Makes Vaug-han's Celebrated DRAG SAWS, produces : : FINE GREY AND SEMI -STEEL CASTINGS - ovs speczaxtzzs ciab svonna STiti xrarxa Leonard Sdiad, Foundry Superintendent. . . ft v t Co. Good Profit Made Cutting Ship Knees There is generous profits In making Bhip knees. Prices paid by the yards range from 60 cents an Inch to $1 an Inch. An 8-inch knee, sound and of healthy timber growth. Is .worth $3, a 10-inch knee, $10, etc. A few months ago D. J. Foote, of the Royer Implement company, completed a saw device which rips the knees out of the trees as a dragi saw cuts cordwood, and the three men operating it are making from $10 to $15 each per day, they report. Ship knees of necessity must be of the best and soundest material and natural crooks. The grain of the tree must run with the shape of the knee, else they would not withstand the tremendous strain to which they are subject. Tba wrlttas ta or plcaa iay roa mw ad tn aalUns Tb Journal. dverUMB LESSON ON BOOSTING HOME Kay in Washington; Flax Outlook Good Eastern Masnfaetsrers See Great Pre daetioa Possibilities Oregon- st Seskt Advisability of Factories Hers. Washington, Jan. 26. (WASHING TON BUREAU OP THE JOURNAL.) Thomas Kay, here on his way home after a flax investigation at Towanda. Iwockport, New York city and Andover, Mass., says the outlook Is bright for a flax Industry In Oregon. Mr. Kay found manufacturers agreed that Ore gon Is second to none In production possibilities, but they are not agreed concerning ths advisability of manu facturing on the Pacific coast. The problem hinges on the securing of machinery and expert labor. Mr. Kay will consult with , government of ficials here with regard to the possi bility of cooperation for war needs.. Hs Is not prepared to announce his conclusions on suggested plans until his report Is rendered te the' Portland Chamber of Commerce. Australia Finances Additional War Loan Vancouver. B. C Jan. tt. A new Australian war loan of 40.000,000 pounds. or nearly $200,000,000. has been an- nounosd by Premier Hughes of Aus tralia, according; to a cable received here Friday. 1 Hesse-Martin Iron Works, 4w0-47 XL. Taylor St. aswtoeer. ronadara. Machinists Marine stachlnery.-Coatrsetors' Equipment " Sawmill htacniacfT Txemo coAlroTCT .ro 7ACZTX0 COAVT rjnUTIJBaL 101 In payment for work . . . J o n.ii mats, cttwi asts vabts or coaxn hone East "726: HI6HL if PROSPEROUS YEAR IS ENJOYED . BY COPPER MINERS Reports Show Greatest Prices for Metal in Past Half Cen tury Prevailed a . All' reports for 1917 Indicate a highly prosperous year tor copper miners. They kept their mines operating to ea pacity and enjoyed the highest prices for ths metal In 50 years. The American output, which was 1,497,000 tons, falls short of the previous year by mors than 67,000 tons.' Ths de crease In production was general. The war impaired land and sea transport tlon to such an extent that Its effects are reflected even in the remotest min ing centers. The United St-.tee ard Great Britain fixed the price of copper at 22 cents a pound. In order to prevent a runaway market. This measure has greatly bene fited copper miners. Had the price not been fixed, there would have been price fluctuations, which would have led to ir regular demands for the metal. The average production cost before the war was around 8 cents a pound. Some mines roduced at around 6 cents. The cost lss now about 10 cents, with many of the larger mines producing at 7 cents. The prices of many metals, including lead, sine and iron, have lately declined. I The present average price of the prln- I cipal Industrial metals is 86. as oom I pared with 100.74 in September and i 87.83 In October. Tin and silver, on ac count of abnormal conditions, have sold for high prices In recent months, and these have raised the average of the metal Index. American copper exports are running about 8,000,000 pounds per day. nearly two-thirds of the American production. Under ordinary conditions this would lead to a copper famine, but exports are controlled by the government and will probably not adversely affect American Industrial conditions. The world's copper production and con sumption are rapidly increasing. Elec trification of railroads, the extension of public utilities using electricity and the Increasing employment of copper in the arts are all leading to new demands for the metaL Arrangements Made To Open Log Camp Arrangements are being made by W. H. Ellwood to open a logging camp west of Columbia City. There Is contained in the tract to be logged between six and seven million feet of fir and cedar tim ber. Mr. Ellwood states that he hopes to have the camp going by the end of this month. The logs will be hauled by auto truck to Columbia City and dumped Into the river there." The old railroad grade of the Peninsula Logging company will be used. THIS HURST SPRAYER wfll IriQ the criminals that destroy yvmr fraK. It's so good and perfect that more than 100. 000 erebardists sad the United flutes govern ment have it in eerviec IT'S THE ORE AT PEST EXTERMINATOR OP THE AGE! It's need at nearly all state experiment sta tions and pronounced invaluable. It is seed oa 'pey-a-yoT-Tle" terms, and gaarantead for five years. Let as mall too booklet. ROVER IMPLEMENT CO.. ESS Pre St, rerUanS, Or. stale 791 S. I4a Aswata Can Haas Sare, aicfe Meevey The "MANNING" Kerc t ene-OU, Gas-ProchiciDg BURHERr lTeei AVTTALrlUETLB sTT H. W. MANNING Lighting & Supply Co. n mni ei u, stra tt.. ortiiv or. OABAOIl rttlit Uats 1 1 S7 44 Boost st, Sootlay so4 evealags.' Woodlawa SflS. VoolBalsMatlresses Ajnr arxsi ajtz vrsxanr. . Bar SlJeoi aToaa sMmf setaxee. Blankets. Mattress a a a Testsus aumovates. We Oastess CardJLaj. CrrjUl Spring Fmistinx Worb I3 iwta. Vfv aids. sTrbese Maxa 3874 TXXZrHOaTS We Xa It Broadwer 0o A-0t - . Best-Freof fOXTXJUr-0 OAI.TAjrXZZSO . WOsUCS Bae sad Eleecra Oareaalswrs. ruiinsismiiiis . KAaVTQf tKlM.lt. 1 ataaagae. -Offfea sad Wawaay 124 aad Seed w Twrt1e W. F. ROSS & CO., Msnofsetarinc Jrwe'rs, Dtaaaeos sWttera Watchntakars, Engravers, Ag-ate Csttera.., . Ajsay .SaiAttg. Zertlasa . laBtsvsftsy tawSpin .- tea UvX?fL' 'vVa T I ?ftTa ssse esoea. v vi. Mi"" atructlon C. non ZUT 87S for' Highest graOe ,v tjrpwrltr and pencil.' , - , CARBON PAPERS , Msds la rerUaad aa sMruseed ... Gold and Silver Weighed 22 Tons Twenty-two tons of gold and silver bullion arrived In Seattle and were de posited at the United States assay of fice during the calendar year 1917, the coining value of which was $11460.- 718.86. The total for Alaska was $(.868.- 761.56; British Columbia sent $2,115, 424.08 ; Tukon territory, $1.241.11114. and 424.08 ; Yukon territory. $1,241,888.14. and Nome continues the banner producing district, with the Idltarod second and Southeastern Alaska third. FLOODS IN SIAM ARE CAUSING GREATEST DAMAGE SINCE 1831 Heavy Loss Done to Rice and Cattle by Incessant Rainfall During September, October. Advices from Slam, under date of No v ember 10, report the greatest floods since 1831, which are devastating the country, causing great loss to the rice and cattle. The floods are caused by the inces sant rainfall during the months of Sep tember and October. The rice fields have been completely submerged. In many section of the country the rice just beginning to ripen, and, due to the continued high level of the water. Is entirely lost. According to the latest estimate, 400. 000 acres, representing 297,000 tons of paddy, have been already lost, and as there has been no abatement of the floods, the process is steadily going on. Of the 130.800 acres planted in the province of Krung Kao, the cultivators will be lucky if 40,000 acres Is saved. The cattle are dying in great numbers by drowning and starvation. 1200 head, chiefly water buffaloes, having been re ported. This number represents at least a loss of. $22,000 gold. The hardship caused by the floods is inestimable, as in the affected regions the farmers have become destitute. A relief commission has been appointed and everything is being dons to alleviate the distress. Portland Payrolls Constantly Growing It Is pleasant to read In the dally press of the constantly expanding pay rolls of this city. We are told by this Information that the shipyards hav about 15.000 workers and the sawmills half as many more. This is fine as far as it goes, but if the women of Portland would confine their purchases to the products of our local factories, so far S)s this Is possible, 20,000 other names would be added to the payrolls. It is within their province to thus add 50,000 to ths city's population, j Ths Attention of the Patriotic Conservation league Is called to this. FORTY CORDS WOOD DAILY afay be cot with this drag taw. It wfll saw a cord in from IS to 20 minutes. W1U ew Inge 0 feet in die oxter. Two men can carry It saywbers. It's the caantpiosk DRAG SAW of O race a, gead for drwalax. Portland Machinery Co. X flret St. Ptasao Mais 1ST. Durable Roofing SCaae ta orUaad te sral leeal nt. dltteas by DURABLE ROOFING KtFG. CO. sTCentea Station. Fartlaast. Or. atfidlxf HoffiPUfos Fad j C4d9 In Portland Ash tor tTortlsnd tlon 1 - . " ' 1 1 N Hare you tasted KNIGHTS NEW Rogue Ri?cr CATSUP? It is-delicious. Aik your Grocer. KNIGHT PACKING CO. Portland, Oregon CASH REQUIRED A fotnr rortlaad factory, waable te fin Sis ant erdefs, desires to eeJargs and erect ewa wnUdlng. This m a rare rhaaoa fee hv stmant, laTeWsTstlcsj .wlmnat . U-4SS. JcwrasL $3000 WANTED ' I 4mew s He, snfaaf - Vastnes. bat need aboot taeOS eUara sku ta Use cars of orders already booked, and ethers coning dsUr. A rich taeeauneat; good chance lar steal se lrea worker. S-le. Jasrsal. -. More Hear 11 - i is n m an COAL OF WASHINGTON. MAY BE COMPLETELY RECLASSIFIED SOON Maximum Prices Are to Be Fixed for Every Grade if Plea of -Administrator Accepted. The coals of Washington will be com pletely reclassified with maximum prices fixed for every grade and preparation " of coal produced by the mines, if recom mendations forwarded to Washington by David Whitcomb. state fuel adminis trator, are accepted by the national ad ministrator. Dr. Harry A. Garfield. Mr. Whltcomb'a recommendations are based upon the report of the mine price board which spent Six weeks In formulating the new classification and new prices. No information as to the prices sug gested will be made public until the national administrator takes action. "The recommendation which has been forwarded to Washington asks some radical readjustments tn prices, some increased, some decreased all based on as accurate a knowledge of mining costs' and rank of coal as the commit tee could obtain. But all subject to such changes as further investigation may show to be necessary. said Mr. Whlt eomb. "I believe that In defining the sises and composition of mixtures, and tn making different prices for differ ent grades, the revision which has been recommended will work no hardship upon the producer, and will In a great many ways be of distinct benefit to the consumer." Delicious Sea Food Here From Aberdeen Thinking and speaking seriously, the water, occupying three-quarters of the face of the earth, ought to be our bread basket. Doubtless if we knew how to utilise the contents of the rivers and lakes and oceans, this would be the case. Fifty years ago tomatoes were not con sidered food and were called "love ap ples." Forty years ago fltuiermen in the Great Lakes would not carry sturgeon ashore, but tossed them overboard for food for other fishes. Today fve have prepared for our tables the moet'delic- lous luxury, of minced dams, healthy and palatable food unknown to our cuisine a .dosen years ago. This latter delicacy is caught and prepared for food In great Quantities by the Sea Beach Packing company, of Aberdeen. Wash., and sold by most food dealers every where on the Atlantic as well as the Pacific Coast. They are known as the "Pioneer" brand, and the packers say the formula used In their preparation is a secret with their institution, and that by its use the delicious salt sea flavor is preserve. Anyway, they are dainty morsels. The Trots bvt n allium Th firat eonpM offtrtel rrrnrd of the Ststfcm in Bvtgtua br itrand tVWtloes. t?n4 But ainirtr to Belgium, will m pablih4 , nrtallv la Th Sudsy Journal besianks lu ear, raeraary 17. - PRODUCTS WINNERLING'S EGAH0 POWDER The great snbsUtnte for Eggs. Alt pack see will supplant 1. Eggs. Boy it from grocers, factory sad office. A02 East 6th St Aorta, Phono Wowdlawa 441. Portland Stove Works MANUFACTURERS Of KXOZ OBAOI Stoves and Ranges ASX TOOB BBAXXm. OREGON BRASS WORKS, BRASS FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS Bremen. Brees. Cottar. Altrmfnnna sag Cornposltloa Castinss. nniahloc rs. usc aaa PUtlnSasa Bars and Brass Relllaga. Seecmcl sag Bvesets St a, rortlasA. Or. fbsseei Sieedway UTS. A4t7t, The National Vault Co. auiSr aioro ' con- INDIVIDUAL MAUSOLEUM AtrUgbt, Waterproof and Eveilatn-. caaaet. but a casaet container, root Montgomery Sf Phone Tabor PHOENIX IRON WORKS FOUNDRY tarlnewra. foosders, Uacalaista, atollarmakara, at slldi as ssd Strae tarsi Iron War. Noted far quick and saOsfsctsr rspsirs. -- rVe Cnaraatee grerytblag. AM. BRONZE AND BRASS 5 WORKS cm mm stszr Cssts sB' kinds of eoasserclai araaa, ms. chlnery. red brass, dlppiag ssetaL sUoyed slamtaom. ahsapo, alusatnas a ad Kaewisa hroasw ar ether cesiiaga. tiraeU ea. largee,' sew steaMat. atrgw caattat. --.It Je Ones . -BtAB T OaECrOST -w a a " e -'.' Portland Colt & filig-r Co 9. he. VLXWXLX.TK, SffT,, S10 X4tB Strset sroitk. BalU. Bade. Upset Kads. loola, Dtea, rorglaea. Wldias lrea af AlT sUsJa. - Msre S4SS. ' ' - Something for NoUiing! ' Let yow sate trwahlee he eon. . 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