THE: OREGON SUNDAY 1 JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNING. AUGUST 14, 1C2L
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PORTLAND CENTER
OF COPRA INDUSTRY
IN UNITED STATES
South Sea Product Used as Basis
for Output of Big Local Plant
Big Copra Importation Coming
: WARNING FOR OUT-OF-TOWN CROOKS ; i HUSBAND. CAUSES
To the. average, dweller la Western
climes, copra is a mysterious rubetance
produced In the South Seas which: the
natives gather when they Are not busy
playing ukuleles, divine tor pearls, prac
tising the hula-hula or posing for mov
ing: pictures. . ' . ; - :
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some Portland readers of Graugln and
Frederick O'Brien to learn that this dry
is In the, way of becoming the terminal
, for a large quantity of the romantic
harvest of the ingenuous Islanders. rv':
. t More a plant is already well under
construction here in which this same
copra will be. converted into prosaic com
mercial uses at the .rate of $1,000,000
worth a year. If the South Sea enthusi
ast. feels like it. is even can buy stock
in the factory or, after September, get
a job in: it ,- .:i-r - --
The name of the copra concern is the
Portland Vegetable Oil TMills company
and its creation is a new and interesting
chapter in the history of Portland com
mercial enterprise.
.PRODUCT OP COCOAKTJT
Copra is nothing more nor less than
the dried meat of the cocoanut. It Is
grown wherever cocoanuts grow and is
"shipped all over the world for conversion
into products ranging from chicken feed
to the better varieties of here Romance
shudders soap.. - . .. 'j ..
. For years the big iron wanderers Of
the r Pacific have been bringing copra
from the seven seas to the western shore
of America. But, until a comparatively,
few years ago, they brought nono of it
to Portland. It all went to San Fran
cisco, where there are mills with a ca
; pacity of 600 tons a day. Then C A.
Fainton organized a company here. . It
.prospered and, in 1917, was absorbed by
ith Pahnoitve company, C-lac December;
-1919, the mill a big one of recent con
struction burned, and Portland's copra
'career received a check.
i Now it is about to start again on a
larger scale than ever before. The Port
,lana vegetable Oil -Mills company,
tformed about a year ago with Palnton
"as its president and H. H. - Ward as
financial director, has completed three
buildings on a 20 acre site near the foot
-of Twenty-second street, and expects to
be turning out copra products at the rate
.of 175 tons a day by October.
BEADY FOR REFIJfERT
; The copra bins, a mill building and a
meal building are all practically com
plete, according to an I announcement
made Saturday by Ward. Ground has
vbeen- broken for the refinery building,
where the crude cocoanut oil is convert
ed into the finer product needed for table
uses. A 10 ton crane, which will serve.
' the plant both during construction and
. afterward, was installed last week.
.Sixty thousand dollars worth of tnaehln-
";ery from the wrecked rPalmoflve .plant
-has been installed and $100,000 worth of
additional machinery purchased in the
East. A dock where the big iron freight
ers will discharge their cargo is almost
completed. AH machinery is to be in
stalled by September 15, By October
the crushing and grinding part of the
mill is expected, to be in full operation
' and by December the "refinery plant is
to be running at capacity. . . . ;
Charles A. Edwards, a i veteran copra
buyer, who is a director of the company,
will sail August 27 for the Orient to pur
chase the - immense supplies of copra
needed to - run the new Industry. Ar-
. rangements are being made by which
"U is thought the copra can be shipped
on Portland ships which discharge their
cargoes of lumber in the Orient
MERELY A START
"We believe this is merely the first
step in the copra business which Port
land has awaiting It," said Ward. "We
are building our present plant with the
- Idea of enlarging It, and eventually of
adding a soap factory. The possibilities
are immense. . 3
The whole " project 1$ peculiarly1 a
.Portland one. oPrtland men are the large
. stockholders.. Everything, in the mill
that could be purchased in Portland was
purchased here. We win use Portland
ships wherever possible." j w .
"There is no question about the Suc
cess of the project. The old mill always
ran at a jprortt. - in our: plant we are
installing machinery which will extract
five per cent more oil from the copra,
and reduce the amount of labor required
40 per cent -And at that runnlnr on
three shifts, we will be i able to . offer
employment to 75 men within a couple of
' montns.
4 "More than three quarters' of the
- million dollar stock issue : is already
.floated. We said we would not start
building until $700,000 worth was sold.
ana we didn't we already have tent
live offers for the purchase of our prod
' net Everything is in line for a suc
cessful development Of the whole propo-
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, At its estimated capacity of '175 tons
a day, the mill will use $3,000,000 worth
of copra a year and turn out about
$4,000,000 worth of finished products.' At
first this will consist chiefly of special
foods for stock, but fine cooking and
soap oils are to be turned out as soon as
the refinery can be constructed. .. .
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BOY SCOUTS . TO CAMP
' Ashland, Aug. IS. The Boy Scouts of
this vicinity to the number of 40 will
leave Tuesday for their: annual: summer
camp at lake of the Woods under Scout
Masters C F. Koehlef and John Rlgg:
C&sn wood, Jackson county Y. IT. C. A.
secretary, will spend a week at the
camp. -i,
reeriess
1919 Peerless S. Just out of the paint
shop, and looks like new. Biggest
snap in Portland, equipped, with
. rear tonneau wind shield and priced
at only . i .
$1475 i
Covey Motor Car Co.
Slct at Wasatagtoa Sts."' i Mais CSIi.
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Dance Sunday Night
-OPEN-AIR EQAT SWAN ;
"OWTM PARK WAV OLUK
YAMHILL POCKrt:4ty. . MAIM 47t
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BREAKS RECORD
V
View of Kelly Butte rock quarry, where connty prisoners help In highway
construction by "making little ones out of big onesn 'or county road
crew. Sheriff SEIurlburt took party of city and county officials and news
paper men to View recently-completed rock -crushing facilities and give
idea of hard lajbor In store for undesirables. Lower picture shows one of
unfortunates manfully swinging sledge to earn his dally bread.
I). OF 0. MILITARY
UNIT HEAD IS SUED
Former Wife of Sergeant Reid in
Complaint A$Hs $20,000,
Alleging Defamatioji.
Eugene. Aug. 1S. Demanding $20,000
damages for alleged defamation to her
good name, Edna S- Reid Tiled suit In
circuit court today against Major Ray
mond Baird. TJ. S. A, commandant and
professor of military tactics at the Uni
versity of Oregon, j She accuses Major
Baird of being responsible for her hus
band divorcing her, the Joss of her good
name, and a chance to remarry.
Mrs. Reid alleges: that prior to 1930
she was happily . married to James C
Reid, first sergeant, coast artillery
corps. stationed atj thn University of
Oregon. - She - declare that, last year
Major Baird preferred charges against
a fellow officer, caused his trial by gen
eral courtmartial, and that he charged
that the officer had been intimate with
Mrs. Reid. The officer was not con
victed, but her good name was damaged,
she alleges. , :l .. -
Mrs. Reid also charges Majoc. Baird
last May said publicly before a body of
students at the university. ' '
: "I will not have anybody break up
families this summer.". t : rj
She declares that this reflected, on ber.
alleges that because of these' utterances
and charges of Major Baird she lost her
husband, the respect of her daughter,
her good name, a chance to remarry, and
that her automobile and furniture have
been involved in litigation.
Big Camp Meeting of
; Methodists, Opened
: Cottage Grove, Aug. : IS. The Meth
odist camp meeting opened at Cottage
Grove, Thursday, Bishop Meade of Den
ver preached . Thursday evening.. Many
people are arriving and the tents are
being filled. Next week . will be the
big ..week . of ; the meeting. Rev. T. -1
Jones, 8 years old, arrived - Thursday
from Portland. Rev. 8.VA. DanforUt is
superintending the meetings. ,
ASHLA5D fKtSH OSXETR '
.Ashland. Aug- IS- The . tragic death
of John Jakway brought sorrow to 'Ash
land friends. - The Jakways ware former
residents of Ashland, where Bernard
Jakway,' his father, was on the staff of
the old Ashland Record. ; Mrs. Almena
Averill of Garfield, lost In the wreck.
uiq-iime inena oi tne U, li
J Johnson family of Ashlaad. '
New York Man Is
To Fill Vacancy in
Willamette Faculty
Willamette University, Salem, Aug IS.
Professor C. M. Panunsio of New York
City has been selected to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Professor
Franklin, who has been , appointed li
brarian... Professor' Panunsio has done
graduate work in -Harvard university,
Columbia university and the University
of New York, specializing in sociology,
social ethics and Immigration Questions.
He has been., assistant in Boston - Uni
versity School of Theology, a profes
sional lecturer . at Hunter college, New
Tork City, and superintendent of Social
Service institute of Boston.' During -the
war he was T.- M. C A. director on the
Italian front '. Since then he has been
superintendent of immigrant labor divi
lion of the Inter-church movement.-
The summer school, which has bee:
attended by nearly 69, wilt close the last
oi next weea. - - . -s . -,
Southern Pacific
Employes rFrl)lit) !
, At Annual Picnic
Salem, Or.. Aug. IS. More than
thousand employes of the Southern Pa
cific railroad, Oregon division, mads
merry at the State Fair grounds here
today on the occasion of the annual
picnic of the 8. P. club, the first since
the country entered the world war.
Official lines were entirely eliminated
in the days program and superinten
dents and. other bosses vied with, the
boys 6? the rank and file for honors iq
the athletic and sporting events, which
formed the feature of the afternoons
JoniDcaUon. 'Two special trains brought
the- picnicker, hers from distant, parts
of the state. .
ARREST OF WIFE
AIIO HER 'FATHER'
Tells Strange Story of How An
drew Cramer Claimed to Be
Uncle j Then Parent of Woman.
The story of Joseph Edwards, dejected
husband, who believes ' he has been
robbed of his wife by an old faker, led
to the arrest Saturday evening of Mrs.
Edwards and Andrew Cramer, who are
alleged to have been living together sine
Wednesday. The man and woman are
being held in the county Jail In., lieu
f $100 baft each.
Edwards told a wierd story to Investi
gators of the district attorney's office,
which would indicate that Mrs. Edwards
was misled by blandishments into the
belief that she .- was the daughter of
Cramer,, who is 25 years her senior.
AIX UTED TOGETHER
Edwards said that he and his wife be
came acquainted with Cramer when all
were living at the Alexander apartments.
From conversation with Mrs.. Edwards
Cramer learned much of ber-historr and
later, so the husband averred, had shown
her what appeared to be a telegram
reading -Mary Etta is your leral niece.
Letter with full particulars follows."
Accepting' Cramer as her uncle. Mrs.
Edward Insisted on hi living vwtta
them, and he remained for three months,
hts conduct proving distasteful to the
husband. When the Edward moved to
the east 'side, he said Cramer followed,
and when Edwards undertook to repulse
him a mysterious letter of threatening
Character was received by aim. " " ' .
CU1XS PABE2TTAGE ; ' . f .
Then, so the husband . said. Cramer
told Mrs. Edward he really was her
father, long missing and supposedly
dead,
Edwards 'said Cramer had , mentioned
his membership In the Ku Klux Khu
and veiled a threat that Edward should
not act in hostility to klanamen oa pain
of personal damage.
Although: no evidence "of actual mis
conduct oa the part of the wife and the
self-styled father was found by inves
tigators, the . arrest was ordered as a
mean of preventing such possible con
ditions. --.'."-.:;;;-.-.,.-
Edward W. McGraw:
Dies at Oakland
From Oakland comes word of the death
of Edward' W. McGraw, first United
States attorney for Oregon and fir
chief of the-Portland volunteer fire de
partment McGraw. aged S4, died at his
home in Oakland,. August I. . The body
was shipped to Port Orf ord for burial In
the family cemetery. . ;. .. v
BOT TJECLAJf AT10X CHAMPKJlC
Centralis, Wash.. Aug. IS. Ray Sow
era, 11 -year-old son of Mr. land Mrs. F.
S. Sowers of Fords Prairie, won a gold
medal declamatory contest, holding the
championship of Lewid countyt.
BRITSH
EDIIOS
PRAISES PRESS
OF UNITED STATES
Says Paper of United Kingdom
r Have to Be More Careful Be-
:, cause - People . Are Sensitive.
. Fundamentally the newspaper of
America and the newspapers of England
are operated on the same basis, although,
those in the United Kingdom have to be
more careful than those in this country
because of a more sensitive attitude' on
th part of the public, said H. Wickham
Steed, editor of the London Time In aa
Informal talk at a luncheon held in hi
honor at the-Multnomah hotel at: noon
Saturday. r . - f -. ; j .:.
Steed la head of th most Influential
newspaper In Great Britain and Is Ithor
ughly familiar with the American news
papers. He told the Portland men that
lie did not have a fault to find with the
American press and praised. its enter
prise ana method -. i
. "Th London Time employ 1500 per
sons,- sato steed, -ana th building.
which is of the older ktoud of build
ings in London, has such extensive ram
ification that new reporters sometime
get lost tin Its long corridors and ; con
necting rooms. -
During the war' the Times voluntarily
"de preened'' It circulation from 170.000
to 160,009 a a means of conserving
newsprint paper, j Since th ' war. how ever,
h said, the circulation has been
brought up to the former standard.
The luncheon In honor of the . cis
tinguiahed visitor was arranged; by the
chamber of commerce and W. D." Wheel
wright served as host InaddlUon there
were' present' J. j C Atnsworth. alariv
Skinnea. Philip Jackson; J. EL Wheeler,
W. J. Hofmann, R. G. Call vert and it
W. Chllds. , ' . . . ; -r
Clinical College
Of ' Surgeons Will
V Meet fiere Aug. 29
With eminent surgeons and specialists .
from all parts of the United States as
lecturers, the Oregon section of the
CUnlcal Congress of the Amerleaa col
lege of surgeons will convene for the
second annual session August IS. . Head
quarters Of th congress will be at the
Multnomah hoteL -
During the two-day session papers will
be read and clinics held tn the various
hospitals by Dr. Franklin H. Martin,
secretary general of the American Col
lege' of Surgeons; Dr. Allen B. Kan a
vet professor 'Of surgery at Northwest
ern college; Dr. Mark 8. Polak of New
Tork city; Dr. Malcolm T. McEachern
of the Vaneouver. B. C general hos
pital: the Rev. . Charles B. Moulinler.
president of the Catholic Hospital asso
ciation of Milwaukie, and others.
Under th direction of the local offi
cers a meeting of the section will be
held at the Chamber of Commerce on
th night et August 29. The civic dubs
of Portland, have been Invited to attend
the banquet . - ..
Local officers of the college are: Dr.
Andrew C Smith, chairman : Dr. Jo
seph A. Pettit secretary, and Dr. Er
nest F. Tucker, oouncellor. '
Portland Has Completed Most
Extensive Program, in Its His
tory, Report Shows.
That Portland has Just completed' one
of the largest programs of home build
ing in its history. Is Indicated by a re
port made by the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company Saturday that
more new homes bad been given electrto
service connections during July than dur
ing any . month ' in the history of 'the
company. 4 , ,
A total of 403 new homes scattered
in all sections of the city were reported
by the company engineers to have re
ceived electric connectiohs. This num
ber Is well in excess of any previous
month's record and is independent of
service connections which - might have
been extended by other companies or by
individuals. -
This record is also an Indication that
home builders are considering their
buildings complete only when they have
electrto installation. The number of
homes being completed without electric
service being provided is a . very small
minority, according to contractors.
A a result of . these service connec
Hons, the power company has" found it
necessary to extend transmission lines
and that with the cost of connection
will necessitate a service of four years
to these homes before the amount paid
by owners compensates for the expense
of installation,, report company engin
Apple Growers Vote
To Meet in Seattle
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Wenatchee. Waslw Aug. 15. "An over
whelming maority vote was cast today
tor -holding the- 1922 convention of the
International Apple Shippers , associa
Uon in Seattle, but owing to custom, the
executive committee will take a refer
endum mall vote toTiecide the location,'
said A. R, Currte of Wenatchee, attend
lngthe appleerowefs'. meeting in Cin
cinnati, in a telegram' to F.' W. Schultz.
president of the Commercial Bank dt
Trust company. - -
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Oh, Min !
Perk Chop for
Dinner! c
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Columbia
Beach
SUNDAY.
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of fX
Sobody barred
a the
"BATTLE
PIG RUN"
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FOR SALE'
A sterling opportunity, for anyone who is familiar with
ladies wear. This is a going concrrrtbat , will stand the
closest investigation. One oi the firiest equipped plants
on the coast. -Plant now running and doing a good bus
iness. 'Easy terms to the right partj;. In'ouropinion, this
is a wonderful opportunity as there is a large "demand here "
for this factory's goods. Apply to O. A. COTE, Adjust
ment Bureau, 641 Pittock Block, Portland, Ore.
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Immense Savings Offered This Month; in,-' All-Departments Take
Advantage of Our Service, Our Experience, and Our Facilities!
Sales!
Special August Disposal of
Bed
Davenp
AO of superior construction and ftnish. Price greatly lowered.
325 Bed Davenport, tapestry upholstered, spring QOOC flfl
cushioDs wmUOJJ
200 Bed Davenport, tapestry upholstered, . spring Afi
cushions e. , OJ-OJelU
Golden Oak Dining
Suite Special Only
$85.00
Six pieces: . Extension Table,
fet, and four Dining Chairs.
Delivered for $10 Down
S7.50 Monthly.
Bur-
Oak Cromwellian
Dining Suite ;
Regularly. Priced $521
Reduced to Only
$335.50
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Nine splendidly matched pieces:
Large Extension Table, large Buffet,
China Closet, Carver and five. Din
ers. One of our most substantial
suites. Sold on terms, if desired.
Walnut Bedroom
Suite
Regularly $198
This Week Only
$121.50
Four matched pieces: Full size Bed,
Dresser, Chiffonier, and Triple-mirror
Dressing Table.
Delivered for $15 Down
$10 Monthly.
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Tapestry Overstuffed Davenports
at Midsummer: Reduce
$210.00 Overstuf fed Davenport....... V... $145.00
,$ 97.50 Overstuffed pavenport.". . . 67.0O
Oak Extension
Tables "
for the Dining Room
Deeply Reduced
"All solid oak; se veneer. '
$5f.50 Dining. TablesS27.75
$55.00 Dining Tables $32.50
$59.50 Dining Tables $3J?.50
$65.00 Dining Tables $43.50
Mahogany Bedroom
Suite
Regularly $535 s .
This Week - Only
$328.50
Four handsome pieces: . Full-size
Bed, Dresser, Chifferobe, tai Triple
. mirror dressing . Table. - Terms, if
desired. -
Two-Piece Living Room Suite
Oversttuffed iii Velour
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Made with pillow arms,; spring seat and cushions. , '
$375 Davenport reduced to ........ $235.00
$150 Easy Chair to match ; ...,...'.;.$ 97.50
Columbia
Records
Ask for iao latest kiU
. We have them in our very
complete stock.
FULL STOCK OF COLUMBIA
GRAFONOLAS
Three -Piece Living Room Suite
Tapestry ' Upholstered Regular Price $340
: Special $i85
" Three pieces Settee, Chair and Ttocker- upholstered .
m oiue ana goia tapestry, a oargaini
Attractive New Reed
Suites
Seamless Axminstei:
:s :;;.
In 9x12 Size
Regular Price $55
1 $39;50
We are closing out ri large
number of! these ; splendid
rug s. In the
Oriental patterns.
Take" advantage
this week-of this
timely offer.
$39.50
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and Single Pieces
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We have just placed in stock a number of the ve'ry
newest designs in beautiful reed furniture. Inspection
s invited. hown on the third floor.
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Grass Rugs! Reduced
$20.00 Grass Rgs,
$18.00 Grass Rugs, ,
912 feetX'...J
8x10 feet.... J
$13.50 Grass' Rugs. '6x9 feet.,., J
$ 2.75 Grass Rugs, 36x72inches.
$!2.25 Grass Rugs, 30x60 inches.
$.1.75" Grass Rugs, 27x54 inches. . J
...... .$15.75
.;.u:.$i3.50
...t...$ 9,75
.......$ 1.05
$ 1.45
.....l...$ 1.15
FaidflessTwo-Burner Gas Plates
, ; 'Regularly $75(J
Special $5.25
Then low-priced plates have the same' burner and air
mixer that are supplied -ith those at higher prices. We
have only a limited number to offer at the above attrac
tive price. , j" - 1
JENNING
Complete Home Furnishers
The Home )
of 'Good
WASHINGTON AT FIFTH
Nine Floors -of ' Furniture