THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 3, 1919.
iL STEEL
VESSELS TO JOIN
aOI CARRIERS
Three or Four Ships of 8800-Ton
Class to Be Released to the
Pacific Steamship Company.
TO RELIEVE CONGESTION
Wooden Steamers Benvola and
Makanda Also Released by
Shipping Board.
Three or four more steel steamers of
the 8800 ton class are being released by
the United States Hhipplng board under
charter to the Pacific Steamship com
pany for the purpose of carrying flour
to the Kastern Coast which ia intended
for further - shipment to Europe.
February 25. the West Harcuvaty con
structed by the Columbia River Ship
building corporation, will be dispatched
to the fc."ast Coast with a .full cargo of
flour under charge of Captain G. A.
Whitehead. The West Modus, built by
the Northwest Steel company, with
Omar Humphries as master, will sail
about March 1. and the West Togus,
also constructed by the Northwest Steel
company, will be dispatched on this
route about March 9.
The crew has not been assigned to
the latter vessel yet. It is also planned
on this mission in the next three weeks.
AIL of these vessels will carry their
cargoes to Norfolk, Va, where the West
Wauneke was sent January 29 with a
full cargo of flour. About 10 steamers
have now left this port under charter to
the Pacific Steamtihip -company during
the past six months. , This order Ib,
however, the largest number of ships
leaving near one time and is Intended
to help relieve the grain congestion ex
isting in the port of Portland.
The wooden steamers , Benvola and
Makanda have also been released by the
Hhipplng board and are due to leave for
the Panama canal zone next week with
cargoes of lumber, consisting mostly of
railroad ties. The Benvola is under
charter to the Sudden & Christenson
company and the Makanda to the Pa
cific Steamship company.
MERCHANT MARINE PLANS
C.liiiirman Hurley of Shipping Board
Makes Suggestion.'
Suggesting that the United States
Chamber of Commerce hold a national
convention of business, banking, labor
and shipping experts for the purpose
of preparing a number of plans for the
best operation" of the United States
merchant marine was the gist of a let
ter received by Mayor Baker Friday
from Chairman Kdward N. Hurley of
the United States shipping board.
William V. Woodward, chairman of
the Oregon State Council of Defense,
has also received telegrams from the
national headquarters of the Council
of Defense, which is cooperating with
the shipping board in preparing data
necessary for presentation to such a
conference.
The purpose of the conference is to
formulate plans for a permanent mer
chant marine policy and it is sug
gested by Mayor Baker in . messages
Bent to President Corbett and Secretary
"Dodson of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce that a state conference be
called by the local chamber with the
purpose of formulating definite plans
for presentation at the national con
ference and that every thing be done
to promote Portland's Interest in this
undertaking.
Mr. Hurley believes that a meeting
of Chamber of Commerce representa
tives from all over the United States
would do much toward planning the
use to which the idle carriers result
ing from the intensive program of
building during the war may be put.
KEEN TRADE IS COMING
West Munhan Is Already Assured
2500 Tons for Far East
Indications that the days of keen com
mercial competition afe, fast coming to
the Pacific coast were seen in San Fran
cisco last week when a Japanese ship
ping line running between that city and
Yokohama reduced the tonnage rate on
a shipment of steel to the Orient to $S
a ton.
This rate Is $4 under the rate estab- I
lished by the shipping board a'hd indi- I
cates that foreign concerns and espe
cially the Japanese, intend to control all !
business possible. There may be no limit
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ANNOUNCEMENT
We are pleased to announce that
we have purchased the entire stock
and structural business of the North
west Steel Company and are pre
pared to furnish all classes of fabri
cated and structural material, bolts
and rivets.' We hope to give all or
ders, both large and small, the same
careful attention and excellent serv
ice of which our predecessors have
been so Justly proud.
NORTHWEST BRIDGE & IRON
COMPANY
F. O. Box So. SS. Fortlasa, Oreg-oa
ADDITIDNf
CONCRETE VESSEL SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
fi- .
:tv SS
ijsst ""''s s'rtKSl I uary the veBsel- which is 100 feet long
V ?Vi? .jrtxggJ and ia classed as a 500 ton carrier was I
The
first concrete vessel con-
structed in the Northwest, as she j
was launched into the water broad- ;
side at the Great Northern Concrete
Shipbuildings yards at Vancouver.
Miss Margaret Scott, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Scott of
Portland, sponsor of the concrete
ship.
TauncWrig of the first concrete ves
sel ever constructed in the Northwest
was successfully carried out Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the yard of the
Great Northern Concrete Shipbuilding
Company at Vancouver when the W-l,
a 500 ton water tanker built for the
quartermaster corpa of the United
States army was slid broadside into the
Columbia River.
At the same time the Great Northern
company established an additional pre
cedent by bestowing the honor of spon
soring the first concrete vessel on the
North Pacific ocean on the youngest
lady that has ever had the honor of
christening a boat irt the Columbia
River section. Miss Margaret Scott, the
10 year old daughter of Ambrose B.
Scott, agent of the company.
Vessel 160 Fact Long
For nearly a month the W-l has been
held on the ways awaiting an oppor
tune time for the launching. In Jan-
to the cutting of rates in the future,
according to local shipping men. Six
months ago rates as high as $40 a ton
prevailed.
It is pointed out by Southern Cali
fornia interests that the Japanese do
not have the, carriers to get away with
the tonuage this rate should bring.
Scarcity of bottoms is still being experi
enced and will continue to be felt for
some time in the Pacific coast, so it Is
not deemed likely that the shipping
board will make a further1 cut in rates
for the present at least.
The Pacific Steamship company,
which is chartering Oriental exports
through Portland is having little trouble
however, in getting cargo for the first
of the line, the West Munhan. which will
leave early in April. Until this morn
ing over 2500 tons of far eastern cargo
had been actually booked.
MASTERS ARE ANNOUNCED
Pacific Mail Names Captains for Shlp
' ping Board Freiahters.
San Francisco. Feb. 22. (I. N. S.)
Sigurd Anderson has replaced John Q
Wefring as master of the tug Arabs,
John G. Wefring has replaced A. R.
Pauls in command of steamer Coalinga,
563 tons.
Masters to command the new steel
shipping board freighters recently as
signed to the Pacific Mail Steamship
company for operation to the Orient
were announced yesterday by the com
pany. .
Captain George G. Dockstader has
been detached from the George - W.
Elder and assigned to the Archer, which
will 'leave the Alameda plant of the
Bethlehem Steel company on Febru
ary 26.
First Officer F. J. Pearce was de
tached from the Newport before her
sailing yesterday and assigned to the
command of the steamer West Havana,
which' will leave the Moore Shipbuilding
company's yards March 10.
First Officer Thomas Fleming was de
tached from the Venezuela before her
departure and assigned to the West
Vaca. which wiil leave the Schaw
Batcher plant on March 20.
The Admiral Dewey of the Pacific
Steamship company has completed re
pairs which tended to increase her speed
three knots an hour, and will return to
her place in the company's coastwise
schedule on February 28.
SHIPPING GETTING aCK
Conditions In Pacific Still Below Nor
mal, Says Captain Dollar.
San Francisco, Feb. 22. (IT. P.) Pa
cific shipping is still demoralized ships
in the Pacific service number only about
30 per cent of normal. Captam Robert
Dollar said today. Captain Dollar said
the trend Is toward normal, however,
and that freight rates are falling rap-;
idly as a result He is head of the
Robert Dollar company, largest individ
ual concern engaged' in Pacific freight
shipping.
"Freight rates from theu. orient here
are as low as $3 a ton in some in
stances," Captain Dollar said. t"I know
of at least six ships that have come
over in ballast because they refused to.
load at such a low rate, t
V'Freght rates -on government ships
bound for the orient stand now at 12
a ton. while other business Is carried at
$20 to $25 a ton," he said.
Captain Dollar said that In so far as
goods from the orient can affect the
"W-l," first concrete vessel con-
uary the vessel, which is 100 feet long
and is classed as a 500 ton carrier was
completed, but high water in th Col
umbia River which threatened for a
time to float the boat before tie sched
uled time held back the launching.
Once again the launching of the ves-
but WM tne cond time to
await the arrival of Major P. M. An-
derson of the quartermaster corps of the
United States army and assistant to the
chief of embarkation for the army.
Particular interest was exhibited in
this vessel, the success of which may
decide whether t. Is feasible to build
more of this type of carriers in the
Northwest. In addition to Major An
derson, W. S. Hebbard, inspector for
the federal government, and the follow
ing officials of the yard were present.
Joseph Paquet, manager of the Great
Northern Concrete Shipbuilding Com
pany; J. W. Sadler, chief engineer, who
supervised the"1 construction of the W-l,
and A. B. Scott, agent of the company.
Slid Made Broaduld
The launching of the concrete vessel
in no way resembled the launching of
a wooden or steel vessel. The craft was
slid from the waya oft which the con
struction was made into the water
broadside. Having -had no example by
which to form their launching plans, the
launching. was anxiously watched to see
that .- everythingr was accomplished
smoothly. .
. - Miss Margaret! Scott with the spon
soring party stood on the deck of the
which occupies the ways just above
t&a; position of the W-l and as the
bonds which held the boat- to her berth
cost of living here, there is sure to be a
substantial decrease.
"Products Are cheaper in the orient,"
he said, "and the low freight rate will
soon cause a drop in the price of hides,
shoes, rice, spices, coffee- and other
foodstuffs. I have compiled a list of
140 different products of the orient that
we' bring. " 1
Captain Dollar said the fact that ships
are coming from the Far East in ballast
may, in part, be "accounted- for by the
fact that business is demoralised.
"They are afraid to trade ; they don't
know what is going to happen." he said.
"But I am sure confidence will be re
stored . shortly." ......
Reports from Japan are that a great
new shipping concern is being formed
there to build thousands of tons of
ships.
TAFT SEES A LAUNCHING
Ex-President Guest at Grant Smith
Porter Yards.
Celebration of the first anniversary of
the launching of the Wasco was carried
out in a' remarkable way at the Grant
Smith-Porter yards at St. Johns Mon
day afternoon, when William Howard
Taft, ex-president of the United States,
and thousands of workers and visitors
gathered to hear the speeches and wit
ness the ceremonies attending the
munching of the Aculeo, the twenty-
ninth wooden steamer launched at that
plant.
The yard band assembled at the gates at
4 :30 o'clock and at 4 :45 formed an escort
through the yard . to the ways of the
Aculeo for . the notable visitor. A plat
form was provided at the bow of the
Aculeo and the invited guests assembled
here.
Three addresses of welcome were
given by workers at the yard Elmer
O'Callaghan, head rigger of the plant;
Phil Jennings, construction foreman,
and A. K. Johnson, one of the members
of the yard force, who was selected by
the United States shipping board to
tour the country, addressing the workers.
Mr. O'Callaghan outlined the laboring
conditions, saying in the course of his
talk that, as a representative of the
workers he knew that they could not
suggest one thing that would improve
the working conditions at the plant, and
that he believed that if one-half the
interest between the employers and the
workers existed for mutual benefit, many
unfortunate labor conditions would not
exist ' in other yards throughout the
country.
Having been Introduced by Mr. O'Cal
laghan, Foreman Jennings then gave an
outline of the accomplishments of the
plant since its Institution. He also paid
tribute to the cooperative spirit exist
ing at the plant, saying that the work
of placing 29; hulls in the water In a
year was due to the hearty cooperation,
good will and good fellowship of the
workers and the employers.
A fiery speech was then made by Mr.
Johnson, who In the course of his re
marks said: "I have traveled through
all the best shipyards in the United
States. I have seen Hoe; Island, and I
don't put- it or any other shipbuilding
plant above ; the Grant ' Smith-Porter
yard. Nowhere have I seen as high a
degree of cooperation between the work
ers and the employers."
The honor guest was then Introduced.'
Mr. Taft heartily acquiesced In the re
mark made by Mr. Johnson that there
never existed a better fraternaLplrlt in
shipyards than that which had been
pointed out to him at the Grant Smith -Porter
yard, and to which he paid his
visit mainly for the purpose of seeing
were cut, UC bottle containing the
christeninrmid was allowed to swing
from the deck of the-W-2 to the star
board side of the W-l so that it broke
near the waterline."
Men Have Thrilling Experience
Held upright by a carriage sliding on
six ways the vessel plunged portside
first into the water and tipped over
until the deck on the port side was al
most awash, giving the 25 men includ
ing Major Anderson, who rode the ves
sel into the water, a thrilling exper
ience as it looked like the boat was
going to turn completely over. The
boat finally righted herself and settled
into the water looking exceedingly trim
in her native element.
The W-l is the first of five carriers
designed for the quartermaster corps.
It has a small hold capacity and the
superstructure will be mounted with
water tanks to supply larger boats. The
cabins and pilot house will be con
structed ofwood.
Two other concrete vessels rest above
the berth of the W-l and the company
expects to launch both of them during
the next two weeks. The W-2 is com
plete now and only part of, the can
vas covering under which they are con
structed remains to be removed before
she Is ready for the initial plunge.
Many View Launching
Hundreds of people journeyed from
Portland and Vancouver to witness the
launching and the Interstate bridge was
lined with hundreds - spectators who
were interested in the manner of the
launching of this type of vessels. Mov
ing pictures of the event were taken by
several national film news men.
the actual working conditions.
Mr. Taft invited his audience to sup
port the idea of the League of Nations,
saying : "Such a step will do much to
prevent was. It may Incur some bur
den for a while, but this will be slight In
comparison to the burden we would have
to bear if there should be another war.
With this idea enforced, any little ban
tam nation which gets any idea of start
ing things will find that it is going to
be spanked." ,
Following the address by Mr. Taft,
the band on board the Aculeo struck up
some lively airs, and as the last wedge
was knooked from under the hull, Miss
Wlnnifred Mitchell, niece of Grant
Smith, christened the steamer.
At 5 :22 the Aculeo made her initial
plunge, while the band on board the
steamer played the "Star Spangled Ban
ner." NAME PUZZLE SOLVED
Paper Asks Source of Names of Ships
and Their Meaning.
Commenting on the vagaries of names
assigned to vessels launched for the
United States shipping board, Heave
Together, the official paper of the
Northwest Steel company, gives the fol
lowing happy solution of the problem
the sponsor has of remembering the
name of the ship when it is launched :
"Some of the names with which our
hulls are blessed are so wierd that it has
become the duty to paint a name plate
and fasten It just, before the sponsor's
post on the platform, so as to enable
the sponsor to readily grasp the name
at the psychological moment."
Vessels recently sent into the water
by the Northwest yard are the West Ta
cook. West Togus, West Harcuvar and
West Nohno and coming soon will be
the West Chana.' The question that has
often been asked is: "Where did they
get all these names and what do they
signify?"
News of the Port
Arrival February 22
Cotteral, American steamer, from trial trip;
ballast.
BeBvola, American steamer, from Asotria;
ballast.
Departures February 22
Celilo. American steamer, for San Francisco,
Baa Pedro and San Diego, from St. Helens;
passenger aad general.
Departures February 21
Johaa Pouisen, American steamer, for San
Francisco; lumber, from West po rt.
- MARINE ALMANAC
Weather at River's mouth
North Head. Feb. 22. Conditions at tbs
month of the rivet at 5 p. of.: Sea, moderate;
wind, southwest, 16 miles: weather, clear.
Sun Time
Bus rises 7:00 Sun seta 5:49
DAILY BITER-READINGS
Hgbt lChnge.K'nfU
Umatilla 2.1 -0.1 0.00
Eugene . . 5.S 0.2 U.35
Albany 4.2 -U.S 0.32
Salem 8.8 -0 . 7 0.0ft
Oregon City 7.0 -0.4 0.00
Portland 6.0 -ff.S 0.07
() Bising. (-) Falling
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RIVER FORECAST
The Willamette river at Portland will fall slow
ly daring the next two or three days.
Tides at Astoria Monday
High Water. I Low Water.
7:07 A. M... 7.4 ft 0:52 A. M... 3.8 ft.
8:5S P. M... 6.5 ft. 2:50 P. II.. . 1.3 ft.
AT NEIGHBORING PORTS
'Astoria. Feb. " 22. Left up at midnight
Steamer Benvola. Sailed at 2 a. m. Steamer
Johan Poaben, for San Francisco. Sailed last
nightSteamer Providapeia, for Santa Rosalia.
Arrived at 3 nd left np at 4:15 p. m.
Steamer Asuncion, from San. Francisco via
Knrrka.
Eureka. , Feb. - St. Sailed at midnight
Steamer Asuncion, for Portland.
GIRL RESERVES ARE
IP WORKERS IN
El
Miss Gamble Tells of Activities
of New Organization for
Girls' Betterment.
Gracious in manner,
Impartial in judgment,
Ready for service,
Loyal td friends ;
Reaching toward the best,
Karnest in purpose.
Seeing the beautiful.
Kager for knowledge.
Reverent to God,
Victorious over self.
. Ever dependable.
Sincere at all times.
The above acrostic, spelling Girl Re
serves, is the code of that new depart
ment of T. W. C. A. .work specially
planned to unify and standardize the
girls' club work of the association
throughout the country and in the in
terests of which Miss Lula Gamble, na
tional girls' work secretary for the
Northwest field, is in Portland.
"Nationally all big organizations doing
any reconstruction work realize the im
portance of the 'teen age girl in their
program," said Miss Gamble.
Unifies Groups of Girls
"And when the Young Woman's Chris
tian association began looking Into its
girl activities it found that there were
no less than 73 clubs, leagues, bands,
corps, etc., all of different types. Im
mediately it was seen that the first
great need was to unify and standardize
this work if definite ends were to be
attained. The Girl Reserves, whl(5h dates
only from last September, includes in its
membership grade school, high school
and young employed girls. The object
of the movement is to give girls through
normal, natural activities, the habits,
insights and ideals which will make th'em
responsible women, capable and ready
to help make America more true to its
best hopes and traditions.
"The slogan of the reserves is 'To
face life squarely,' and its purpose is
'To find and give the best. The unit
of organization is a corps made up of
from six to 20 girls, two or more corps
form a company and all the companies
in a city or community form a division.
Acting as an adviser or leader to each
corps may be a teacher, an interested
mother, a young business woman or a
college graduate. f
Activities Along Four Lines
"The activities for the reserves are
worked out with special reference to the
type and age of girls comprising the
corps and are along four general lines
the girl's physical life, her mental life,
her social life and her moral life. AJnder
the first head comes athletics and
games, indoor and outdoor sports, folk
dancing, camping parties, calisthenics,
contests, etc. Under the head of mental
life comes reading, story telling, infor
mal discussions, formal class work, vo
cational training and hand -york, dra
matics and music. Under the line of
social life comes parties and teas, ral
lies, exhibits fairs, circuses, and under
the head of moral life comes the devel
opment of character standards, personal
service, community service, community
betterments and national service. Hon
ors are conferred by the national asso
ciation for attainments in all of these
departments.
"Portland has such a wonderful asso
ciation and such a good foundation laid
in its girls' work that we are hoping
to make Portland the demonstration cen
ter for the Northwest, so that when
questions concerning the value of the
work are asked, we can point to Port
land, as an example of its value and
feasibility."
No Longer Bankrupt
Pittsburg, Pa.. Feb. 22. (I. N. S.) Jo
siah V. Thompson, former coal king, has
been discharged from bankruptcy and
what is claimed to be the biggest indi
vidual bankruptcy case of the United
States is ended. Thompson's liabilities
were approximately S40,000,000 and the
assets $58,000,000.
LAUNCHED AT MANILA YARD
New Motorship Constructed Entirely
of Native Hardwood.
The midnight launching of a motor
ship constructed entirely of native hard
wood was recently successfully accom
plished at the construction plant of the
Copper company on the Paco Estro,
Manila, Philippine Islands. The boat
launched was the Duchess of Manila,
which is 101 feet long with a 15-foot
beam, intended for interisland trade.
Planking, decks and trimming of the
vessel are made of Mindanao lumbayao
and the frame of especially selected
molave. It is listed as a cargo tow boat,
for besides it being a powerful tow boat
it will carry 120 commercial tons of 40
cubic feet. Work on the craft required
six weeks. The launching was set for
midnight as that was the time for high
tide.
FORECASTS
Portland and vicinity: Sunday, rain.
Oregon and Washington: Sunday rain west
portion, rain or snow east portion.
EDWARD L. WELLS. Meteorologist. .
OBSERVATIONS
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Boston I 40
Calgary 1 30
Chicago ... I 38 I
Denver . . .. 40
Des Moines 38
Galveston . . I 8 1
Helena . . . ; 30
Kansas City 38
Ix Angeles. 5tt I
Manthfield - 50 f
Medford . .. 4U 1
Minneapolis I 34
New Orleans. 74
New York .. 40
North Head I 44 I
Phoenix . ..) 64
Portland ...(47 I
Rosebnrg . . I 4 6 I
Sacramento . 6S
St. Louis . . 88
Salt Lake .. 38
San Diego . . 60 I
San Fran . . 54
Seattle 46
Spokane ... 34
t Valdez ... . . I
Walla Walla 44
Washington 40 j
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LOCAL DATA
Portland. Or.. Feb. 22. Maximum tempera
ture, 47 degrees. Minimum temperature, 40 de
grees. River reading. 8 a. m.. 5.0 feet. Change
in last 24 hours. 0.6 foot. Total rainfall
(5 p. m. to 5 p. m. 1 . .11 inches. Total rain
fall since September 1. 1918. 27.27 Inches.
Normal rainfall since September 1. 30.45 inches.
Deficiency of rainfall since September 1. 1918,
3.18 inches. g ,
Sunrise; 7:02 a. m. Sunset. Sr:4 7 p.- m.
Total sunshine. 6 hours. Possible sunshine. 10
hours. 48 minutes.. Moonaet. 1S:06 a. m.
Moonset, 9:45 a. m.
Barometer (reduced sea level), 5 p. m..
MANY UNO
MINGS
29.94 Inches.
Relative hamJdity at noon. 74 .par cant.
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INTERESTING STORY OF
TRIP TOLD IN LETTER
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- ; - JM &
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Chesiey F. Cuff
Leaving 'Portland with a cargo of
Oregon flour on tie steamship Western
Plains for an Atlantic port, Chesiey P.
Cuff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Cuff
of this city, writes- an interesting ac
count of his trip through the Panama
canal as shipfitter in the United States
service.
On November 14, just as they had an
chored in the bay at Panama, a sub
chaser appeared and, inquiring the name
of the ship, its destination and whence
it had come, the men of the Western
Plains were told tiat the war was over.
The next morning they continued their
Journey through the canal. Young Cuff
writes that they are still hoping to go
to France.
AUTO MECHANICS ARE
PROVIDED IN NEW LAW
Senate Passes Bill Which Cre
ates Board and Also Licenses
Auto Mechanics at $5 Year..
Salem, Or., Feb. 22. After having
once been defeated, senate bill 280, in
troduced by Senator Shanks and-Representative
Stewart, was reconsidered in
the senate this afternoon and passed. It
creates a board of three members to
hold examinations for automobile mech
anics. The bill provides that auto mech
anics must be licensed and pay an an
nual license fee of $5. It is estimated
that the bill will turn into the state
treasury $10,000 a year.
Other bills were passed this afternoon
by the senate as follows :
S. B. 246 by Handley Providing one
additional deputy for the dairy and food
commissioner.
S. B. 295 by comrnjttee on revision of
laws Correcting an error in . section
3301, Lord's Oregon laws, relating to
plumbing.
S. B. 296 by judiciary committee To
declare the law in regard to deeds made
to parties in trust or where the grantee
EXAMINATIONS
FOR
IsY our Blood Starving For Wsmtof Itoe?
Modern Methods of Cooking and Living Have Made an Alarming Increase
in Iron Deficiency in Blood of American Men and Women ..
WHY NUXATED IRON SO QUICKLY BUILDS UP
WEAK, NERVOUS, RUN-DOWN FOLKS -Over
3,000,000 People Annually Taking It In This
Country Alone To Increase Their Strength, Power,
. Energy and Endurance.
Is your blood starving for want of
iron? Iron ia red blood food. If you
were to go without eating until you be
came weak, thin and emaciated, you
could not do a more serious harm to
yourself than when you let your blood
literally starve for want of Iron iron
that gives it strength and power to
change food into living tissue." says Dr.
James Francis Sullivan, formerly phy
sician of Bellevue Hospital (Outdoor
Dept.), New York, and the Westchester
County Hospital. '
"Modern methods of cooking and the
rapid pace at which people of this coun
try live has made such an alarming In
crease in iron deficiency in the blood of
American men and women that I have
often marveled at the large number of
people who lack iron in the blood, and
who never Buspect the cause of their
weak, nervous, run-down state. Lack of
Iron in the blood not only makes a man
a physical and mental weakling, nerv
ous, irritable, easily fatigued, but it
utterlv robs him of that virile force,
that stamina and strength of will which
are so necessary to success and power in
every walk of life. It may also trans
form a beautiful, sweet-tempered woman
into one who is cross, nervous and
Irritable. I have strongly emphasized
the great necessity of physicians mak
ing blood examinations of their weak,
anaemic, rundown patients. Thousands
of persons go on year after year suffer
ing from physical weakness and a high
ly nervous condition due to lack of. suf
ficient iron in their red blood corpuscles
without ever realizing the real and true
cause of their trouble. Without iron , in
your blood your food merely passes
through the body, something like corn
through an old mill with rollers so wide
apart that the mill can't grind.
"For want of Iron you may be an old
man at thirty, dull of intellect, poor In
memory, nervous, irritable and all run-
down.' while at 60 or 60 with plenty of
iron in your blood you may, still
be
young in feeling, full of life, your whole
being brimming over with vim and
f ncrsys
"As proof of this take the case of For
mer United States Senator and Vtee
Presidential nominee Charles A. Towne,
who at past 58 is still a veritable moun
tain of tireless energy. Senator Tow.ie
says: 'I have found Nuxated Iron of
the greatest benefit as a tonic and regu
lative. Henceforth I shall not te with
out it. I am in a position t testify for
the benefit of others to the remarkable
and immediate helpfulness of this reme
dy, and I unhesitating recommend Nux
ated Iron to tlltise who feel the need of
renewed energy and the regularity of
bodily functions.
"But in my opinion you can't make
strong, keen, forceful men and healthy
rosy-cheeked "women by feeding them
on metallic iron. The old -.forms of
metallic iron must go througtf a diges
tive process to transform them into or
ganic iron Nuxated Irpn before they
are ready to be taken up and assiml-
la ted by the human system.- Notwith
standing all that has , been taid ami
written on this subject by well-known
physicians, thousands of people still in
Klxt ln-dowine: themselves with metallic
iiron simply, I suppose, becauive it. costs
any
beneficiary being designated.
S. B. 228 by Lachmund Authorizing
the -state board of control to purchase
for the use of tars state penitentiary. 1
S. B. 158 by Orton Relating to ex
amination of poll books.
Differences Over
High School Bill
Are All Ironed Out
Salem, Feb. ' 22. Differences among
members of the -house-over the matter
of school funds were smoothed over to
the satisfaction of the advocates of
both the county fund law and ' the tui
tion fund law today b ythe adoption
of an amendment to Senator Patterson's
till, which was reconsidered f o rthat
purpose. ' .
The bill, as paased by the house ear
lier In the week, killed the county fund
law and perpetuated the tuition fund
law. The compromise is said to pro
vide a means for subsidizing the small
school districts in which high schools
are maintained, and at the same time
provides a means whereby school dis
tricts which do not maintain high schools
are compelled to pay the tuition of the
children, who attend high school In some
other district.
TWENTY-EIGHT MEN
HOME ON U.S.CRUISER
Contingent All of 150 From City
With Co. L, Third Oregon, Re
maining With Old Command.
Dallas, Feb. 22. rOf the 150 men who
left Pallas in March. 1917, with Com
pany L, Third. Oregon Infantry, only 28
are returning as members of that com
pany. This information was contained
in a wireless message received today by
Mrs. Conrad Stafrin, wife of Captain
Stafrin, from the TJ. S. cruiser Pueblo,
which is bringing the third battalion of
the Oregon regiment and will dock at
Hoboken Sunday, Captain Stafrlnp.ho
formerly commanded Company L, is now
in command of Company M.
Fourteen other members of Company
L arrived a few days ago with the head
quarters and band" of the 162d, and sev
eral others have already arrived at
home, coming over with casualty com
panies. The balance are scattered In
many different outfits still In France or
Germany or are occupying graves in
France.
Among those who arrived at home
this week are Sergeants William A.
Himes and William J. White, who sev
eral months ago were assigned to mili
tary police duty, and Walter and Frank
Muller, brothers. The Muller boys were
both wounded in action. Walter was
struck in the forehead with a piece of
shrapnel in the St. Mlhiel battle and
was unconscious five days. Frank was
wounded in the rightankle last summer,
but soon recovered and was again in
action in the Argonne battle, when he
was gassed. . '
John Guy, who went across seas with
the Twentieth engineers, also returned
home this week from Camp Lewis, where
he was mustered out.
Nearly Loses Tongue
Kansas City. Mo.; Feb. 22. (I. N. S.)
Morris McKnlght. 30, a bank clerk, al
most lost hi3 tongue' In an accident here
when a box from a second story window
fell, striking him on the head and ren
dering him unconscious. 'He was taken
to the hospital, where It was found his
tongue, which had been between his
teeth, was almost bitten off.
a few centS less., I strongly
advise readers in all cases to
?et a physician's prescription,
or organic iron Nuxated
Iron or if you don't want to
go to this trouble, then pur
chase only Nuxated Iron in
its original packages and see
that this particular name
(Nuxated Iron) appears on
the package. If you have
taken preparations such as
Nux and Iron and other
similar iron products and
railed to get results, remem
ber that such products are
an entirely different thing
from Nuxated
Iron." In com
menting upon
the value of
Nuxated Iron
as a means
THK TIRED
NERVOUS
HOUSK WIFE
for creating red blood, strength
and endurance. Dr. Ferdinand
King, a New York Physician
and Medical Author, says:
"Scarcely a day goes by but
that I see women whose care
worn faces, dragging steps and
generally weak, tired appear
ance show unmistakable signs
of that anaemic, run-down con
dition usually brought on by
lack of Iron in the blood.
"There can be no atron g,
healthy, beautiful women with
out iron and Inasmuch as refin
ing processes and -
modern cooking
methods remove
the iron of Moth
er Earth from so
many of our most
common foods
this iron deficien
cy should be sup
plied by using
some form of
organic iron
just as we use
salt when our
food has not
enough salt.
"Iron is ab
solutely necessa r y
to enable
your blood ,
to change
food into
living- tis
sue. With
out It no
matter how
m a c h-.'o r
what you
eat your
fwwl mil
THE
EXHAUSTED
BUSINESS MAH
passes through you without doing
you '
any good, and as a consequence you be-;
come weak, pale and sickly-looking, just,
like a plant trying to grow in a oil.
deficient in iron. Pallor means anae-
mia. The Skin of an anaemic woman iS
pale, the flesh flabby. The memory
fails, and often they become weak, nerv-' :
ous. irritable, despondent and melan-
choly. Give such a woman a short :
is " designated - aa trustee without
FROM DALLAS
COMING
: -- - , - j
RELATIVES WILL
uurri
i
Government to Send Card Tell
ing' What Hospital Patient Is
in and Description of Case.
ARMY ORDERS ARE AMENDED
Commanding Officers at Neces
r sary Points Have .Received In
structions to Comply Witlrrlule
Under new plans Just authorized by
the adjutant general of the army, upon
request of the surgeon general, relatives
and friends of all "patients, who are
sent to hospitals In .this country upon
their arrival from overseas, will imme
diately be notified of this fact, together
wKh ,a brief but complete statement of
the nature of the Injury, the patient's
condition and the date of his arrival.
This Information will be given upou
a postal card to be mailed to friends or
relatives of the soldier as soon as pos
sible after his arrival in this country.
, Soldiers who arrlva from France well
and sound generally notify their rela
tives by telegram , of their own accord,
but this is not practicable in many cane
with wounded or sick men. so that the
surgeon general's - office, has been be
sieged in a. great number of cases by
anxious relatives as to whether or not
their sons bad returned, and if so, ait
to their whereabouts and exact condition.-
While the soldiers themselves gen
erajjy write home. at once. the. surgeon
general deemed it better ro secure au
thority officially to notify the parents
so that there would be no doubt about
the matter. . ,
By virtue of authority . Just granted'
by the adjutant general, . as soon as u
patient' who ha recently returned from
overseas is admitted, transferred or dis
charged from a hospital, a postal card
will be at once sent to his nearest rela
tive or friend, giving the following infor
mation :'
Name, rank, organization and number
of the soldier. .
Name an( place of the hospital to
which he has been admitted, transferred
or discharged, together with the date.
The exact nature of the wound, injury
or disease from which he Is suffering,
and finally whether his condition ia
excellent, very good, good, fair or poor.
Instructions have been sent to com
manding officers of alt base, general and
port" of embarkation bospltals to act on
these instructions at once.
In order to secure authority to give
this information, aragraph 821, ami"'
regulations, has been amended so that
medical officers are permitted to "state
briefly the nature of the wound. Injury
or disease" from which the patient Is
suffering. In this way the anxiety of
relatives and friends will be relieved
at once, whether they hear from the
soldier himself or not. i
Man Reported Dead Writes
Dallas, Feb. 22. Cecil detchel of th's
city, who 'was officially-reported killed
In action on October 2, has written I.
D. Ott of .Hebo, his former employer,
under date of January 15, saying he hml
been seriously injured by shell fire, snri
was still in a. hospital In France, but
was recovering. Getchell , was drafted
from Tillamook county, where he was
employed at the time, and Is a member
of the Ninety-first division.
Who Should Take
Nuxated Iron
course of Nuxated Iron and she
often quickly becomes an entire
ly different individual stronj.-,
healthy and rosy-cheeked. t
have used Nuxated Iron widely
in my owji practice in most p
vere, aggravated conditions wit h
unfailing results. I have in
duced many other physicians to
give it a trial, all of whom have
given - me most surprising re
ports in regard to its gre.it
power as a health and strengtti
builder."
Mannfactnrvra. Note: Kusated Iron which Is
usd bjr lr. uliian and other with such mir-r-risinc
results, and which la prescribed and r.-
. -1 V. ..hMtianu 4. Mf,l -
bnt on. whirh ia well known to dr..,.
. everywhere. I'nltka the oll , inorasn i
iron products, it Is ranir assimilated, doe i.
injure the teeth, snake them black, nor ui i,
the stomach. The manufacturer guarantee sur.
reasful and entirely satifsctor result to e. rv
purchaser or they will rrfnnd your money. It m
dispensed in this rtty by Owl liug t., auJ .
otiwr aronglsta. Ad. -
pct MnTinri
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