- i ! - - :i; . THE OREGON SUNDAY , JOURNAL, PORTL AND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1918, 4 SPRUCE DIVISION REVIEWED ' j -1 , - - - - MMsVassVBsV99K2NK& GREAT GUN PLANT , " . - i TO COST AS MUCH AS BEST TOGETHER Government j Has Completed 15 : Factories and Has Another and Biggest Under Construction. PRIVATE GUNS EQUAL BEST , ; j ; Official Statement Is-That Plants Changed Over Are Doing Work : asMiood as Those in Europe. -I Washington, Ag. 3. (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Fif teen gun plants for forging and ma Shining light and heavy artillery have tow been completed by the ordnanoe department of the army. The slx . teenth factory, which will cost nearly a much aa the other 15 combined1 lo- (a ted on Neville Island, In the Ohio $rer, near Pittsburg-, Pa., Is under way. The. government has spent $34,763, 397 on the 15 completed plants, and -will put. about 130,000,000 Into the Ne ville Tsland plant. Construction of the plants was begun In July, 1917, for What was practically & new Industry. A (mall amount of ordnance was then made at government arsenals and at two private steel plants, Bethlehem and Mid vale. The output of the latter was Consumed almost entirely by the navy. These cannon plants are all erected hy private flrmsi with money advanced by- the government. None Is farther -went than Chicago or farther south than ' Baltimore, all In "the land of pteel." The locations are Erie, South ethiehem, Oakmont, Pittsburg, Burn Jtant and Philadelphia, Pa. ; Rochester evnd . Watervlleti N. T. ; Bridgeport, jponn. ; Gary, Ind. ; Columbus, Ohio ; Chi cago, 111. ; Milwaukee and Madison, Wis. ; Detroit, Mich., and Baltimore. Md, -' Caanon Equal to Any Workmen at all the plants. Including few not fully completed, are now turning out cannon or forgings for fruna ranging from IVi to 10 inches, taken mostly from factories which had been employed In various kinds of casting and machine work, from rail way equipment to machine tool making. While all these plants were new- at producing ordnance, It' Is officially stated 4hat the guns being turned ou are Vqual to the best guns of France and Britain. . They are hastening the day heri th'e American army can be com pletely equipped with American guns. One of the biggest housing '.plans of the government is for the war work ers in the steel plant and ordnanoe yorks at Bethlehem, Pa. Between 1200 nd 1500 houses will be constructed on it tract of SOO acres across the river from the steel plant, no closer lo Cation being available. The government will here establish a little city of Its own. having awarded contracts for construction of sewers, .electric light plant, water supply, In jIs and sidewalks. Later It will build stores, a moving picture theatre and a recreation building. Joining with local authorities In new school build ings. Recreation Rooms The houses are to be of brick. In , rowa of four and six, with lots 40x100 ' feet The houses will have five and Ix rooms each,. It Is said there are 7000 sets of household furniture in storage in 'the town, waiting for houses to be occupied. a addition to these plans of the Industrial housing corporation at Beth lehem. It will build a men's club room ' close to the steel corporation plant. In a district now devoid of recreation aside from the -saloons. Also, the ord nance department will provide a dormi tory" of 1000 rooms, in another section : of the town. .Boldlers in active service can be de pended upon to wear out over eight pairs or light wool socks and six of ths heavy .variety in a year. Wool trousers last a little over six months hats something over seven months and Shoes about five months. This is ths estimate compiled by the Tiuarter- master general from opinions given by a large number of officers. The war lnduntries board has fixed maximum prices for New England pruoe lumber, on a schedule which will run to November 1. The prices run from $48 to. $80 a thousand for speci fied lengths of 20 feet and under, on ths basis of freight paid to Boston, with $1 per thousand added for every two feet beyond 20 feet. Random lengths are priced from $3$ up. The general scheme is closely parallej,' to the price fixing plans agreed upon with ths lumbermen of the south and the' Pacific Northwest in June. V si?- .. KM A fa-; IX"Z Mi- tlW .1 iA Hi. 7t j ' v' -ss. K t ' 4' 4 if if x,y$ ' Left to right Lieutenant Colonel Van Way, commandant at Vancouver barracks; Johi D. Ryan, director of aircraft production, and Colonel Brice P. Disque, In charge of airplane spruce production in the Pa cific Northwest, reviewing the soldiers in the spruce division at Van couver barracks. 1917 WAS BEST YEAR SOUTHERN PAIFIC HISTORY, SAYS REPORT President of Road Shows In crease of 38.70 Per Cent in Net Incomes Over 1916. The year 1917 wasi the most successful in the history of the Southern Paclflo company, according !to the thirty-fourth annual report o Julius KruttschnJtt, chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of the company. The net income of the company for ths year was $40,123,418 88 compared with 135,422.513.96 for 1S16, an Increase of 88.70 per cent. The gross operating revenues of 8183, 971,483.54 exceed tSe earnings of the previous year by $30,544,066.62 and were the largest on record. Industrial and military activity as a result of the war increased passenger; revenues 22.28 per cent and freight tcafflo revenues' 17.98 per cent. Economy of Operation, and general efficiency effset I ths great . in creases in the cost of labor, material and supplies, which j were as follows: IncrmM la pric of !fuel..,...S S.190.000 Incree4 price of other material . 8.690,000 Inereued wiim du to Adamsoa law 1,711.000 Other loerewes la tn....... 8.869.000 TROU URGED T RAISING IS AS MEANS TO EXPAND FOOD SUPPLY State Biologist Says Cost Prac tically Nothing Once Fish Pond Is Started. Totl i 4 . . . 814.960,000 An Interesting feature I of the report is that of the net ? revenue of 873,369, 668.72 from railway operations, railway tax accfliiala consumed $13,792,176.17 or 18.80 per cent, and of each dollar of the increased net revenue over 48 cents went for increased taxesj The total increase In taxes was over five anl one half mil lion dollars. ',; j , Reviewing the achievements of 22 yearn, the report says that 1917 found I the Southern Paclflo with the esprit de corps and discipline of its working or ganization, the physical condition of Its property and the safety of operation at a higher standard than ever before at tained. In the ten years lending Decem ber 81, 1917, the company transported 422,000.000 passengers with but ons fa- tallty In a train accident. Exercise of great care In purchase and Inspection of rails; and other material and equipment hare resulted in a great saving during the ten year period just past, compared with the record of previous decades. Due In a measure to more careful loading, 19 ! per cent more gross miles per pcwjnd of S fuel consumed, 45 per csnt mors ton miles per freight car. and 86 per cent more ton miles per freight locomotive owned, were saved in 1917 than in 1900. ; ; Twins, 80, Celebrate Sparta, Wis., Aug. Si(I. N. S ) George B. Hall, of this city, and William O. Hall, of Parkers Prairie, Minn., twins, recently celebrated! their 80th birthday anniversary here. ' j Trout raising to increase the food sup ply of Oregon is being urged by State Biologist William L. Finley, who says that the propagation of this game fish Is easier than raising chickens, and if put on a commercial basis, more profitable. He believes that as a result of the war one of the' great natural resources of the state' may be developed and Instead of waste land, swales and swamps may become trout ponds, returning annual revenues at little cost and furnishing no Inconsiderable food supply. ."We are urged by the government to raise some chickens. Why not also, if we have places that are adapted to such purposes, raise more fish?" is the way Mr. lniey puts It. "Ana l assure you that it Is Just as easy,' and the cost, after you have prepared your pond. Is less than that of producing poultry. I think every Oregonian with a spring branch oh hts place should have a trout pond. And he will, when he sees how profitable and successful are those that have bean established. The time should come; and I believe it will, when ' the ranch trout pond will be as ordinary, In those well watered districts, as the chicken yard, and of the two the trout pond may become the more profitable." After the trout pond is prepared, there is Ilttl or no cost From the Oregon fish and game commission may be oh talned fry in quantities needed, at the nearest railway station. J. C. Porter of Hood River, owner of one of ths largest east side orchard places, Is an exponent of the home trout pond. Mr. Porter utilized a bog on his ranch. Now" he has fresh trout for breakfast whenever h desires them. Some of the residents ot that city across wnose home lots flow spring Drancnes, nave provided themselves with fiSh ponds, and despite their limited confines they report their efforts suc cessful. And there Is another side to trout raising, the commercial aspect. Fresh mountain trout are always In demand by city restaurateurs. H. C. Elliott of vvyeth derives a fair sized Income from a pnvai iroui pond. Mr. Elliott gets irom -is cents to 81 per pound for .his iisn, jive weight. In addition to giving fry for starting trout 1 ponds, the commission will pur chase eggs of the trout raiser and will buy back his adult fish. If ha wishes to aispose pi tnem. The past can never be undone. Th iooa you snouia have conserved will never reach a hungry mouth. THE "ANSCO Cc. America's iirt amateur camera a simple, con venient, picture-making instrument, so simple that any man, woman or little child can use it, to take, make and finish photographs, perfect, in detail and finish, giving to the owner, the user, and all who have to do with it, the t eal joy of creating pictures and all that that go with the knowledge that hfre has been j by. this means preserved .for years, or f r all time, scenes, incidents, features in your daily life, otherwise lost forever. THERE IS NO DOUBT no question of uncertainty as to the results of work done with the ' . r .Ansco Camera ! The good results are as certain as human j - skill and science icah make possible. WOODARb; CLARKE C0i AfaSCO CAMERAS USE SPEED'fv FILMS-These films are, without ques tion, the last word in giving perfection of detail, lights and shadows, depth, con trastall those features which a nega tive must possess in order to produce the finest results. . ..-. . j: ci .very Purchase RYAN INSPIRES FAITH IN BATTLE PLANE New American' Aircraft Produc Coordinated Effort and terial From Far Off Places of a- SWIFT PROGRESS IS MADE Splendid Organization j Enables Quickened Production and As sembly of the Necessary Parts. EVANGELIST WILL HEAD SALVATION ARMY rjfclVfc By Marshall X. Sana Everybody in the Northwest, of course. has long known everything there wals to know about airplanes. For instance! an airplane la a man-made bird principally composed Of spruce. Since all the au thorities have said the war Is to be won in the air and since wellve in the only part. of ths country where nature pro duces regular Hun-defying spruce,! the ginning of the war almost from ihs be frirning has ln largely In our hinds. Whofcould wonder, then, that we were a bit Wiesty with the prids of responsi Why, when the kaiser some cataclys mic morning in Germany thrusts) his head out of a royal window of the) im perial palace in Potsdam and sees an American bombing plane hovering close. we have been expecting him to be quoted as exclaiming, "Dot Oregon, she does fly mj ner own wings I" J But hero came John D. Ryan, who is only getUng a dollar a year salary from the government as director of aircraft production, last week, and gave us :o understand that airplane assembling Is an international proposition.: T "The tribes of Africa, tha states of Central America, the islands of tha sea, the iron and copper mlnea, the automo bile factories and the spruce forests of the Northwest must all be drawn kipon in order to assemble an American air plane," he said. (I am Quoting him from memory, but believe that I have enumerated pracUcally all the points of the compass that he mentioned). 1 The African blacks came in with ma hogany for propellers. Down in Central America, before mahogany logs could be loaded aboard ship, toys had to be) sent to the children to Increase the mjorale of the naUves, and a fleet of steam boats had to be built in order to I float the logs down river. When it begkn to appear that the supply of propeller ma hogany would run short, the Boy Sjcouts of the east evolved the novel idea of cruising through the woods, marltingand reporting all the walnut trees they might find. Boy Sconti Serve "The plan Is proving successful,"' said Ryan. "The boys found on one estate 650 trees. The owner came to us de lighted that he could render suchsub stantial service to his country. Take them he offered with tears In his eyes. Take them, by any means you wish. Don't mind the damage to my property and I won't take a cent for them.' " One of the greatest of world shortages is in the linen supply. When the re ceipts from the Irish linen mills dwin dled, the government began i experiment ing with fabrics woven from the bounti ful supply of sea island cotton. "We haveproduced. finally, a cotton cloth for airplanes," said Director Ryan, "that many authorities believe to be as good, If not superior to linen." j The Liberty motor as the Joint prpduct of the nation's best engineers, has been frequently discussed, but the director of aircraft production called attention! to a new feature. The manufacture of pleas ure cars at the great automobile center, Detroit, has been much curtailed in 'order that the factories may speed up Liberty motor manufacture. j "The ' aeronautical engine," he ob served, "is as much superior to the fin est automobile engine we know anything about as the Swiss watch is superior to the Waterbury. The Liberty motor is not 100 per cent perfect. But It is the best motor for fast work and for heavy work on either side of the war." I Great Britain has requisitioned jl7.000 Liberty motors; France, 9000. and j Italy $000 altogether 60,000 Liberty motors are on order, stated Mr. Ryan. Produc tion Is speeding up. In May it was at the rate of 150 Liberty motors a wek ; in June. 250 a week ; in July, 400 a week and during August it will be 500 a Week. By November or December, the aircraft director anticipates that the maximum plane of production of Liberty motors will be reached. The big bombing planes will be built in this country the smaller scout planes will be built! prin cipally in the American factories On he other side. : America's Battle Plane j Director Ryan's description of the bat tle plane that will be sent against the Germans, say by next spring or summer, was a thriller. "It will carry froift two to four Liberty motors of 400 horse power each. That means more poer In an airplane than you are putting into the 3500-ton ships being launched on the Columbia river. Such a plane will; carry eight or nine men, a dosen or more ma chine gun's, 4000 or 5000 pounds of explo sives. It will have to be able to I oper ate 1200 to 1500 miles and back. It wiU weigh 80,000 pounds, 15 tons I" The aircraft production division knows it can build such airplanes and that American aviators can fly them. Berlin will yet be bombed. j What did Director Ryan find In the Northwest spruce belt? "Itiave traveled 1000 miles through this section," said he. "I have seen the work in the lagging camps and jn the mills. I have seen rail read construction under way to reach the spruce. I have been through the wonderful cut-up plant at Vancouver. I am firmly convinced that the spruce di vision Is In good hands. ; Colonel Disque and his organization seem to have the good will and support ot the business ele ments and of the men who work with their hands. The magnificent organisa tion of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen has done finer work in the promotion of war purposes than any thing else I know. There are no slackers among you. If there were you jwould drive them out of the country. The log gers and soldiers are doing magnfflcent work under Colonel Disque. I an con fident that we will get the vittil neces sity, spruce, in the quantity, quality and. ume requirea." . Director Ryan left one final thought "What are we building airplanes for? To win the war. Our boys deserve the best aircraft that brains and money can build. We will make mistakes because we are one division of the war dealing with an unknown quantity! But w won't make the mistake of falling down In pro duction, we won t try to producel something-so good that we won't buili any l JLh- N I- -- wmaaammmmmmmmBsmmmmwmu i SALVATION ARMY WAR DRIVE WILL BEGIN AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER Evangelist Linden Tells of Splen did Work That Is Being Done I by - Organization. John M. Linden, who will promote Salvation Army campaign In Ores on. Dr. William Wallace-Toungson, gener al of the Salvation Army War Service drive for $50,000 In the state of Oregon, $25,000 of which was raised In the city Of Portland last winter, announces that the remaining $25,000 will be raised throughout the state In a campaign which will open the third week in Sep tember. The organisation which so suc cessfully conducted the city campaign will ' manage the state campaign, - Dr. Youngson being the general, O. C. Bortsmeyer, office manager and William Ladd. treasurer, with Kvangellst John M. Linden of the Billy Sunday party and formerly pastor of the First Bap. tlst church of Oregon City, as compalgn manager. Mr. Linden, who is a Chicago man. is taking his vacation by helping the Salvation army with its war work. "I was in Camp Lewis Jast week, at the opening of the Salvation army's new hotel." said Mr. Linden. "Just as the Salvation army is a' little different from any other organization, so its institutions and its hospitality are dif ferent. The building is magnificently equipped and the care and comfort of the men la carefully looked after, but the unique thing la that the Salvation ists have not forgotten the women, one floor of sleeping rooms are set aside for the wives, mothers and sweethearts of the men. unfortunately there are but 17 of these rooms and It is needless to say that If there were 100, they would be filled constantly. Twenty-five per cent of the money raised In this cam paign, goes to the erection and main tain ance of such houses of cheer . and hospitality and the other 75 per cent goes to service overseas, where the Sal vationists minister to the needs of the soldiers nearer the front line trenches than any other organisation." TJie war work of the Salvation army Is approved by the United States gov ernment. the leaders in the army and by the Council of National Defense and the state drive will be conducted by the county chairman of the latter organisa tion, they having been appointed by John K. Kollock. executive secretary of the Oregon division of the Council of Defense. Ill Corbett building. Three as sistant campaign managers, one for the Western, one for Central and one for Eastern Oregon, will be appointed soon and they will cooperate with the 26 county chairmen In raising the fund. Man Almost Blind Sees Sun's Eclipse Pasadena, Aug I. (L N. 8.) Ths hap piest man in Southern California today is G. Frank Otis, a former astronomer. Despite the fact that he was practically blind, Otis, accompanied by a number of other astronomers, went to Selaroa, Colo., in the hope of viewing the recent eclipse of the sun. He was overjoyed when he was able to view the sun's corona dur ing the eclipse. His sight has been gradually improving since that date. SALMON EGG TAKE ON 1 UPPER WILLAMETTE IS GREATEST IN HISTORY First ,Fish Lead -at Oregon Is Having Wonderfully Beneficial Effect. 1 City The salmon egg take at the upper Wil lamette, McKenxie and Santiam stations of he Oregon fish and game commission will be greater this year than ever be fore, according to Carl D. Shoemaker, state game warden. This Is directly due to the fact that the first lead to the $10,000 fish ladder at the Oregon City falls has been completed, and Ttas per mitted a larger run of salmon this year than ever before. The steps of the ladder nre so' easy that salmon swim thouRh the openings Instead of jumping, and 360 have been counted going through in one hour, an average of about 200 fish an hour being maintained during th run. Less than a score of dead salmon were fcund below the falls during the period of the run, despite stories to the effect that tons of the fish were dead or dying below the falls. The game warden as serts these stories are put out by peo ple interested in abrogating the dead lliXg on the Willamette river and in or der to foster a sentiment for future leg islation against regulation of commer cial fishing in that stream. . Thief Victim of j Joke r Teneka. Kan.. Aur. a-T . w Someone broke Into the desiccating S.) and an- IT Is more than ever appreciated, as proven by the wonderful response. Our governments wish that thrift be exercised in purchasing essentials, sug gest advanced buying, while these remarkable savings due possible. Anticipate your needs. Buy several pairs: "Thrift" Special Extraordinary S 038 Brown calf street pump, hand turned sole, dressy covered heel- all sizes wonderful "buy." fteduced from $600 2215 Brown Calf Oxford, military heel, imitation wing tip. Reduced from $7.50 to i 2055 Brown Calf Pump, welt sole, Cuban heel, leather tailored bow. Reduced from $6.50 to 7220 Men's Brown Cordovan Ox ford, English last, heavy single sole. 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