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Eat Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition
WaiMakes Insatiable Demand for Munitions
Cotton Prove Important in Connection With European War: Census Bateau Seek Information.
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The European wnr has created an
insatiable demand for ammunition
New establishments are being erected
lor the manufacture of eiploslvcs,
id the possibility of Increased prof
it If Inducing firmi engaged In other
Industries to enter this field. Thlf
state of affairs, of course, has an
Important effect on the price of cot
ton, which Is largely used as a mate
rial In the manufacture of explosives,
Director Rogers, of the bureau of
the census at Washington, Is carrying
aa extensive correspondence In hi
endeavor to obtain statistics of all
establishment using cotton as a ma
terial. Consumers of cotton natural
ly fleelro to keep the total quantity
used In all lines of Industry, and they
cam aid In the compilation of accur
ate statistics by furnishing the cen
sus bureau at Washington with the
a&jags and addressee of establlsh
Veate which have begun the use of
cotton as a raw material since the
commencement of the European war.
Mr. Rogers says that a great many
letters are being received requesting
laforaatlon as to the quantity of cot
ton and linters used In the manufac
ture of explosives. Some express the
fear that the bureau is not aware of
the extent to which these materials
are now being used for this purpose.
The director desires to state that the
census bureau Is aware of the great'y
Increased demand for coton and lin
ters, and has been endeavoring to col
lect complete statistics concerning
the total quantity used by all con
sumers of cotton, In compliance with
the law which requires monthly re
ports on this subject.
Statistic Not Available.
Unfortunately It la Impossible to
supply statistics as to the amount of
cettnn used in the manufacture of ex
plosives alone. The act of congress
authorising the collection of cotton
statistics directs the census bureau
"to collect and publish statistics con
cerning the quantity of raw cotton
consumed 1n manufacturing estab
lishments of every character."
While some manufacturers of explo
sives purchase the raw cotton and
subject It to ths necessary processes
ef purification In their own estab
lishments, many of them buy It from
other establishments which purify and
treat the fiber so as to render it
suitable for use In the manufacture
of explosives. Many of these estab
lishments prepare cotton not only
for manufacturers of explosives but
also for manufacturers of wholly dif
ferent products, and It Is not feasible
for the census bureau to obtain separ.
ate attalsttcs of the amount of purl
fled cotton trned out by such estab
lishments for use In the manufac
ture of explosives.
There has been a great Increase In
recent years In the production of
linters and hull fiber. Linters are
obtained at the oil mills by reglnnlng
the cottonseed, the object being to
remove the short fibers so that the
fine particles of the kernel will not
be carried off with the hulls, making
possible a greater yield of oil and
meal. The total quantity , of linters
obtained from the crop of 1899 was
114,144 bales of BOO pounds each;
but fifteen years later the output of
this by-product of the cottonseed-oil
Industry had Increased by more than
A Round-Up Rope Performer
his bureau is defined and limited by
law. He appreciates the Importance
of statistics concerning the annual
production of clothing and food pro
ducts, of chemicals, of metal and
wood products, etc., but congress has
not authorized the collection of such
statistics, and until it does so his bu
reau cannot undertake the work.
PRIEST AROUSES MEN
OF ITALY TO FIGHT
AGAINST AUSTRIANS
TIIK SINGING ( IIAl'MN OV KING
DOM COMK" UK IS CALLED
BY SOLDIERS.
by the younger Indians, showing the
influence of civilization upon the
younger generation. The wierdness
of the ancient dances and colorful
costumes, however, were the princi
pal attractions that drew tens of
thousands of spectators from far sec
tions of the southwest especially for
these exhibitions.
THE OLD COWMAN'S APPEAL.
(By Chaa. Badger Clark, Jr.)
I rode acrows a valley range
I hadn't seen for years;
The trail was all so spoilt and strange
It nearly fetched the tears.
I had to let the fences down,
The fussy lanes ran wrong,
And each new line would make me
swear
And hum this little song:
Twas good to live when all the sod,
Without no fence or fuss,
Belonged In partnership to God,
The government and us.
With skyline bounds from east to
west
And room to go and come,
I loved my fellowman the best
When he was scattered some.
When my old soul hunts range and
rest
Beyond the Great Divide,
Just plant me In some stretch out
west
That's sunny, lone and wide.
Let cattle rub my tombstone round
And coyotes mourn their kin;
Let horses come and paw my mound,
But don't you fence it in.
I Calls on Troop to Think of the
I Greater Kingdom of Italy When
tho Knrmy's lSutlrtN are Hying
Fast and Men arc Being Torn to
hlircds by Bursting Shell!).
BY ALICE KOHE,
(I'nited Tress Staff Correspondent.)
HOME, Aug. 25. (By Mail.) "The
singing chaplain of Kingdom-come"
tiny called him up In the blood
drenched valley of the Isonzo. For
when the Austrian bullets were
chicking past and the shrapnel was
tearing human lives Into shreds and
bombs were making a writhing hell
war he typified the spirit of religious
Itajy, bound to the church but bound
to the Patrla by blood ties.
All the soldiers loved this brave lit
tle chaplain who was always there
to give the saving rites to the sol
diers who fell.
The first Sunday that Giannuzzl cel
ebrated mass on the battlefield and on
"redeemed" Italian soil, before one of
the portable army altars supplied
Italy by the pope, when he saw the
Italian soldiers gather round worship
ing the church and state in one, as
he said, his prayer had been answered.
Then he hurried away to help some
poor fellow cross the Divide into King
dom Come.
"Don't be afraid of Austrian bul
lets think of Kingdom Come," he
cried while the officers endeavored to
dissuade him from taking so many
chances.
But the army chaplain whose
thoughts are of his country and of his
religion finds his place beside the
men who are falling. And Giannuzzl
as always near the front.
"They wouldn't kill a priest" gasp
ed a young soldier from Tlvolll, his
lung pierced by an Austrian bullet.
The chaplain was bending over him
and the last rites of the church were
being given the dying boy when a
bullet flying true and certain struck
GYPSUM.
The Geological Survey Is now dis
tributing Its annual report on the
production of gypsum In 1914. Crude
gypsum was mined In the United
States to the extent of 2.476,465 short
tons during the year, with a value of
(6,895,898.
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Everywhere Demand
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FIRST No Underwear has recognixes its superiority and Garments are built (not
ever been made of better value will not be satisfied with any- stretched) to fit
In construction, In fabric, in lit, thing less.
and In finish. , . , , . , ....
SECOND Every woman who ately and from individual pat- P'3 J"81 the Prlc 1a
once wears "MUNSINGWEAR" terns by hand.
Complete stocks now on dls-
to pay.
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Merchancise of Highest Quality Only
ent. tlii? nur
60 er cent, IIW number of bales
turned out from tho crop of 1914 bo
Ing 166,100.
Making Hull rlher.
Hull f:ber Is obtained by a treat
ment of the hulls which breaks tip
their structure and mukes available
short fibers which have not been re
moved In the dolinting process. Sev
eral establishments have been en
gaged in the production of hull fiber
for a number of years, and addition
al ones are taking up this line of man
ufacture. The publication of statistics of cot
ton production and consumption has
called public attention to the desira
bility of similar data concerning nu
merous other and totally different
commodities. The census bureau I
receiving numerous roquests for such
data concerning various articles the
production of which has beijn stimu
lated by the European war or by
economic conditions due In a measure
to tho war. ,
There seems to te a general Im
pression that the census bureau Is
engaged In the collection of such
statlKtlcs. Director Rogers wishes to
emphasize the fnct thnt tho work of
of that mountain paradise, tho little
chaplain of Ctiati'llann was calling to
the men who were fighting to think
of tho Greater Kingdom of Italy and
to the men who were falling to think
of the still Greater Kingdom to Come.
In between battles the little priest
from Castellano, who was one of the
flint to offer his services as an army
chaplain, used to sing as the bersag
lleri and the other soldiers had never
henrd singing. Sometimes his eyes
grew dim as he thought of his parish
in Castellano and his singing school
founded In honor of the great Va
tican music master Ternsl, where he
tnught the boys of Castellano to slmr
the beautiful church music. I'letro
Ciinnnuzio, lieutenant chaplain of the
regiment left behind him one of
the accomplished ambitions of his llfo
a real singing school, when he march
ed awav for the .war. But when he
saw tho stars upon his arm he sa'd
he had done a bigger thing, he hart i
seen a great bond woven between the!
country he loved nnd the church he !
worshipped. Olnnnuzzl was one of
those brave priests who had suffered,
b ng when dissensions between church
nnd state made the dutv of Italian (
clergy obscure. When ,he marched to
him. He died there on the battlefield
with the sacred words of the church
oti hii lips the first Italian army
ihaplaln to full.
ANCIENT GAMES OF THE
INDIANS ARE REVIVED
SAN DIEGO The first consolida
ted flest of the "Mission" Indians of
southernmost California Just conclud
ed at San Diego Exposition after four
days of celebration such a notable
success that the chiefs and prominent
white men have begun a movement
to make it an annual event to sup
plant the segregated tribal fiestas.
llore thnn a thousand Indians were
gathered with headquarters at a
great ramada erected on the Expo
sition grounds for the officially par
ticipating tribes, including the Bin
son, Pain. Iji Jolla. Pauma and Pe
chnnga tribes which were removed
in large numbers from their reserva.
lions. War nnd varied " ceremonial 1
dances were performed dally, to
gether with exhibitions of tho chief
Indian gambling games of peon and
the athletic games of pelote, gamo
ai.d others. Modem dances ere held
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