The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, April 21, 1920, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextV 14 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21; 1820. A- , ;.v,f:.f i. v?;v LARGE DEAL FOR KOM E PHONOGRAPH PRODUCT IS CLOSED Ob of the largest merchandise contracts ever recorded in the North west was closed Tuesday afternoon by F. N. Clark, representing the Pa cific Phonograph Manufacturing company, and H. J. Prank, head of the Blumauer-Frank. Drug company. ' According to the terms of the con tract the Blumauer-Frank company undertakes marketing approximately IS, 000, 000 worth of Stradivara pho nographs during the next five years. The territory controlled by the com pany includes Oregon. Washington. Idaho and Alaska and the machines con tracted for represent practically one half the estimated output of the Stradi vara plant during the five year period. -OBEGOIT PRODUCT ATTRACTS "I have been looking Into the possi bilities of this line of business in con nection with our firm for two years," Frank said this morning, "and have Just returned from an extensive trip through the East daring which I made thorough Investigation of many of the - best known lines of phonographs. It may come as a surprise to many people that the instrument finally chosen Is manufactured In Portland and that the materials entering Into Its manufacture are largely Oregon products. Oregon spruce Is recognised as the best wood grown for the manufacture of sounding boards and Its use by the Pacific Pho nograph company has given distinction to the tonal qualities of the Stradivara." rtAKS ABE PERFECTED George Muggy will have charge of the Stradivara department of the Blumauer Frank Drug company, and has perfected plans for the introduction of the ma chines in all sections of the territory controlled by his company. "It is a matter of considerable pride with this firm that we are able to choose a home-made product that ranks ahead of eastern phonographs. Purchasers of Stradlvaras will not only receive as good a machine as any made In the country but will save the higb freight rates paid on Eastern makes sold in this territory. Officers of the Pacific Phonograph manufacturing company are: W. B. Wiggins, president; E. W. Barlow, vice president and general manager; S. L Eddy, treasurer; Ira F; Powers, F. A. Douty, George Broughton and F. N. Clark directors. The company's plant is located at East Thirty-third and Broadway, In the building formerly used by the O. K. Jefferys company. The concern has been in operation about one year. About 100 operatives are employed at the Pacific Phonograph factory in the manufacture of Stradivaras. The pres ent output is 40 machine dally and the annual pay roll aggregates J200.000, ac cording to Manager Barlow. TO I Jf CREASE OUTPUT The output will be increased to 50 ma chines by July 1 and Is expected to reach 80 machines dally by the first of August. The company has reserved a large por tion of the western territory and will continue to supply Stradivaras io deal ers in California. Nevada, Arizona. Utah and Western Montana There are now three lines of phono graphs manufactured in Portland, the Cremona machine being turned out by a company headed by F. W. Cuttler and C. G. Wakefield, and the Emmerson pho nograph, manufactured by John E. Cronin A Co., at 500 East Lincoln street. The Edison company recently leased a building for a distributing plant and the city is rapidly developing Into the chief phonograph center of the Pacific coast. SPEED RIVAL RIVER BOATSJEET IN RACE (Con tinned from Pi One) hundreds of dollars on the results. Contests between the Lurline and Un dine, when under the management of Jacob Kamm, they ran against the Okanogan, the Hassalo and the Waeci., 'cere also recalled. Harking still further back the stren uous dashes between th Cyclone and the Typhoon, little river steamers which plied between the foot of Stark street and Aiblna. were recalled In the days when bridges were not and there was no railroad service between Portland and Alblna. SEW BOILERS HT STALLED The Georgians reentered service to day after a lay-up since last October. In the meantime she has been equipped with two brand new boilers and a new propeller. While the Georgians was on the ways In South Portland, the competition from Puget Sound slipped in with the speedy Astorian, also a propeller type. As the time drew near for the entry again of the Georgiana into service, there has been talk along the waterfront of little else than the coming contest. The Har- kins Transportation company . took up the gauntlet thrown down by the Puget Sound company and the Georgiana was placed in direct competition with the Astorian. In some respects the contest is un equal, but generally the points of com petition balance up well. The Georgiana has 650 horsepower, the Astorian 950. Both are propeller types, each has two boilers. The Georgiana is 80 feet longer and of slimmer lines, the Astorian hav ing more beam. The Astorian has but four stops to make. Oak Point, Cathlamet, Skamok awa and Astoria, against the nine list ed for the Georgiana. The latter will pause, and members of the crew as sured everyone that the stops would be nothing more than pauses, at Kalama, Rainier, Midway, Eureka. Cathlamet. Skamokawa, Brookfleld, Pillar Rock and Altoona, OWNERS ACCOMPAJTT BOATS Captain L. O. Hosford was la the pilot house of the Georgiana and Cap tain F. A. Wilson was navigating the Astorian. Captain L. C. Hosford, head of the Harkins lines, was with his son on the Georgiana, and officials of the Olympia-Tacoma line were on the As torian. i The boats are each due at Astoria at 1 :30 thta afternoon if they run on reg ular schedule, and each should arrive In Portland tonight at 9 :15. Agents for each line said this mornins that no race was on between the ves sels, and in the same breath claimed victory for their respective favorites. "If she beats us this trip it will be because a boiler tube blows out." said Bruce C. Rowan, agent for the Astorian. after giving assurance that no race was I on, ana inai nis vesBei. at leasi, wouia Correct lubrication is a science Something more than good, clean oil is needed for Correct Lubrication. It must be an oil that will meet the lubrication needs of the automobile in which it is used. Such an oil is Zerolene. It is high-quality oil made in various consistencies to meet the lubrication needs of each type of automobile engine. By exhaustive study and engine tests, our Board of Lubrication Engineers has determined the correct consistency of Zerolene for your make of automobile. Its recommendations are avail able for you in the Zerolene Correct Lubrication Charts. Get one for your car at your dealer's or our nearest station. Use Zerolene for Correct Lubrication. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) Agradefov each type qfengpie make Its regular schedule. "She bad a leaky tube this morning." CLATSS THEY'RE LICKED "We're glad they've got an alibi al ready, for they're licked now," said )Em mett Rathbun of the Harkins company after also giving his word that no race was on. . 'i "It will be hard to hold the crewfc in, though," each of these men admitted, when commenting on the probability of a contest. And In the meantime Captain Jacob Speler, harbormaster, sat at his station in the Stark street landing and critically watched the speed of the two as ithey sailed down the river this morning; for he had given warning that the speed of eight miles an hour In the harbor,: per regulation, was not to be exceeded. After passing the Portland flouring mills they were allowed 12 miles an hour until reaching the Linntory oil docks. After that, the sky and the ca pacity of their engines were the limits. ONE RADICA DSPELS L HOPE OF SETTLEMENT (Con tinned from Paca One) stated he would be ready to effect an agreement with the brotherhoods it he were assured of swift action for wage adjustments and a promise that none of the strikers would lose their senior' ity. i FREIGHT OF CONNECTING ij UNES STILL, EMBARGOED Railroad embargoes, which have prac tlcally shut off Portland from freight movements since April 10, continued to lift this morning, the O-W. R. & N, an nouncing cancellation of orders which have banned shipments from fnbvlng over the Oregon Short line and union Pacific railroad as far east as Omaha. On other railroads serving ,the Port land district no change was made in, em bargoes, which resulted from the sitch men's rebel strike in western terminal points, on the southern Pacific, freight is moving freely as far south as Kce ville, Cal., and east from that point to Ogden. Utah. The principal trouble in the Portland district today is the continued embargo against acceptance of freight from; con necting lines. A great number ofi cars are stored in the Brooklyn yards of the Southern Pacific and unless connection embargoes are lifted the congestion threatens to become serious. Only one new crew of switchmen! was added to the forces working in local terminal yards today. A total of crews, or 105 men, are now employed n the district, while normally 342 switch men are employed. The one new'icrew was added by the O-W. at the Aibina yards.- The S., P. & &. Southern Pacific and North Pacific terminal yards .have added no new crews since Monday. : 11 RADICALS ARRESTED IN" CONNECTION WITH STRIKE Salt Lake. Utah. Aniil 20 rtWer men, declared by federal .officers $o be w. w. ana among the most radical the WmL U'PTP ' siT-rAQtrl Kv r-tm-n- sentatives of the department of justice In this city today in connection with the railroad strike. They will be charged with aitatincr the strikn whih moult ed in delaying food transportation in violation or the tever act and in viola tion of the Interstate commerce-; law. Names of the men were given as fol lows: W. J. Lemon. W. J. Rodda.! Wil liam Moore. C. G. Sherman, A. B. Hill W. G. Hill, C. P. Wise, George W. Raney. R. E. Tolbert, W. T. Tierney aim ounn a. smitn. Short Line Lifts Embargo Salt Lake. Anril 81 p.mhun. against the acceDtance of nil frt-tM in. eluding livestock and perishables, were Hitea Dy me Oregon Short Line Tuesday". This also affects the Salt Lake route, which uses the terminal facilities of the fafcort Line. The embargo at Ogden was modified, and the Pocatello ban on freight movement was also completely lifted. LOANSTO STUDENTS AT REED TOTAL $11,368; MANY IK THEIR WAY Fifteen loan funds at Reed college have given students financial aid to the extent of $11.36$, according to figures announced today by E. B. MacNaugh ton of the Reed board of regents. Reed students have received 216 loans since 1911, and of these 107 have already been paid back for the use of other appli cants. The loan funds originally amounted to $6741.95. the gift of Port land citizens. Interest increased the amount to 17078.77, and as often as a loan has been returned, it has been re- loaned, so that total aid amounts to more than $11,000. The amount loaned averages $50. Reed students have taken" advantage of the many opportunities for self-help at Reed In addition to the loan funds. More than half the Reed student body is partially self-Bupporting, and there are Jobs in connection with- grounds and building, and Reed departments, which enable students to earn their way through college without great difficulty. Figures recently compiled show that Reed students earned $32,315 in one sum mer vacation. Most of the men at Reed are now benefiting from Oregon's state aid to ex-service men, all eligible for this bonus receiving $25 a month. This pays for tuition and room, and it Is proving a life-saver for man a student who would otherwise be working at low wages. Oregon Chamber of Commerce Launches Statewide Survey Announcement of a preliminary sur vey of the state as the first step tn a state-wide campaign to provide a budget with which - to carry on its activities was made Tuesday by the State Cham ber of Commerce. Action deciding upon this campaign was taken by the board of directors March 2, when It was voted to conduct an Intensive drive to raise funds to carry out a definite program of devel opment of benefit to every town and community in Oregon. The campaign is exoected to last several months. The preliminary purvey will consist of a study of local conditions ana tne or ganization of towns by districts for the Intensive eampaign to follow. The sur vey will reauire several weeks, s. Five men experienced In commercial organization work are already making the survey. After this, has been com pleted they will be followed by others who will direct the Intensive drive through local committees. Every sec tion of the state and virtually every city will be organised. Brakemen Refuse to Work Redding. Cal.. Anrii 21 ht iT5 Seventy brakemen at Dunsmuir,' who walked out Tuesday, refused to return today to operate trains made up by non union switchmen, it was reported, here. Man Cuts Through Four-Inch Root to Free Broken Limb Albany, Or., April 21. Clyde R. Har old was pinned beneath a wagon he was driving on a steep corduroy road near Gates when the tongue ol the veehicle hit a etump. causing it to over turn. His right leg was fracturjed In three places. ";. Harold is a contract driver employed by the Silver King Mining company. ms wagon was leaded with cement and lumber. His leg was caucht between wheel and the stump, under a root. By cutting through the roots, about four inches in diameter, with a pocketknife. he extracted the leg and crawled;! to a vantage point on the road, where he was found by motorists. He was taken to his home at Stay ton. , Tractor Topples Over on Farmer; Injuries Slight Albany, Or., April 21. ,T. L. McFar land escaped without Injury except minor bruises, when ho was rescued from beneath a tractor which held him pinned In mud on his farro near Tan gent. He had been plowing when the tractor became helpless in the mud and fell backward upon him In his efforts to drive it to solid ground. The steer ing wheel held him down In the loose wet soil. His mother called C. H. Ashton. neigh bor, when he failed to return home after nightfall. Ashton, with other neighbors, found McFarland shortly before 11 o'clock. He had lain In the mud be neath the tractor five hours. recalled before: the Inquisitorial body today. John L. Etheiidge, president of Morris Brothers, Portland bond house, which Is alleged to have realised unduly large profits through sales of municipal bonds to the state, was before the Jury Wednesday, as was Martin Delong. for merly vice president or Moms .Brothers. Others appeartag oeiore me jury niuui won Wed Glenn. Portland man ager of Keeled Brothers, bond buyer Earl Edwards and' Thomas P. Cherrlnf ton. t ' Snow Covers Hills Around Hood River; Cherry Trees Bloom Hood River, April 21. Following heavy rains and hail showers In the lower levels, the hills in this section were white with snow and the tempera ture was unusually low for this season of the year. In the lower valley cherry trees are in full bloom, and tome varie ties of pear are beginning to open out. presenting an unusually pretty sight against the background of snow. Continued low temperatures are wel- ! coined by the grower, who Is fighting ! against adva. icing spring to get his J spray on and his orchards In shape, i Grand Jury Calls Richardson Back For New Quizzing w Salem, April 21. Joseph Richardson, deputy state treasurer, who was before the Marion county grand Jury Wednes day testifying in the inquiry which Is being conducted Into the bond buying policies of State Treasurer Hoff. was Put Your Gears Under a Microscope They'll look rough as stubble fields. Dixon's works into those little irreg ularities sod makes a smooth, slippery surface that postively prohibits fric- lion, wear, and ; m LUBRICANT M wetter what it ee aiaak Dixoa'a oea't the presssre. That's better tkea pUia grease or eil A ad it set attested by weather eatresses. It give tfce sssse perfect result wkm the ser sury'e st either csd ol the thermoaseter . Yea know what a bi advantage that iel The ear that's lubricated with Dixoa'i has srerTtiiaf; im its farer. It ii sssootber sad "rt" ration, derelese greater swer aad sre aMe per gatloa of gas. Do yen think ye oea afferd to DisWs ? Year dealer hat it. Vss t't Ut Dixon't 677 ftr trim misifn and Jtjfmntnl. T&sr ftttlm fm Dnm't Cup Grtitt nd mtHer lukrifmti. All- ttwt ffj 1 do withoot JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE COMPANY Bofhlishod 1827 Jersey City, New Jersey a IMS.! iXSJLMXSki e V4 PACIFIC MARKET rbere Quality b Highest and Price Is Lowest S. E. Corner Yamhill and Fourth NEW CENTRAL MARKET BLDG. MEAT IS GOING SKY HIGH But nqt at the Pacific Market, because this is the only market in Portland which has stock of that Prime Steer ARMY EE! DON'T BE MISLED LOOK FOR THE SIGN mi BUB WHITIl TOILET PAPER 1 Qk&fdWut I LOOK OUT! SCARLET DAYS COMINCi Prime Steer Beef, extra fancy, per lb ST. CLAIR Right from the Corn Belt best on the mar ket whole or half lb. Choice Boiling Beef "Sto & II 1 ! I I II I . . Steer Beef, per V l i Tender and juicy, lb. , the best, lb. The best center Round Steaks or Sugar-Cured Picnics, per lb. . . . Bock Sausage First of the season, or our special mild sugar cured Bacon, lb Pure Lard No. 5, $1.25; No. 3 . . . ... . 70c Shortening No. 5 $1.20 In the Pacific Better Store Magnolia Creamery But ter, lb. 62c; jper J -I Ofi EGGS Strictly fresh Ore gon Ranch Eggs, A Wednesday special TTfciC Mild Full Cream Cheese. per pound, QCd only.....,.,. . . . .OpC IN CENTRAL MARKET BUILDING,, Southeast Corner of Fourth and Yamhill SU. Ii !