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APPLES
FANCY ROME BEAUTIES
Now $1.25
COFFEE
SEE WINDOW FOR PRICES
It will pay you to lay in a
supply for the next few
months.
Phelps Grocery Co.
TO BUILD SHIPS
AT COST PRICE
fer to Uncle Sam,
BIDS 0N16INCH NAVY SHELLS
AT MINOR & COMPANY
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m m mid-winter wsm II
LOCAL
iMI-i
a is up from Lex.
s'l ty, transacting
"i i !( io i ( e
M With Ralph
ii s iiroiher Jim,
iU in Ueppner
Cethlehem's Did on Shells
for the United States Navy
To the Ameriran I'roplf:
Tin' SuTi'tnrv of the Navy lm awarded
outline Is HiiiimntiriK t over $1,000,000
In h lritii.h bidder for li mill Ifr-inch
projivlili'H fur lite Nay hecana of vary
tit i-li lower pricea offered l.y the Kngliti)
bidder.
r know mithini iif the hai iimn which
I lie I in I iili ItiiU were made, lint tbr pub
ln' i entitled to know the facta upon
liiili i' oiirtrlvra liiil fur I Ilia work.
'I an tear, ago r took eon I r acta
i make 4.200 U-liieh ahella at
price nf II.M.i.lKXI. p a naw
lint ainale alirll ha. hsen ae
nptrd lit lh (.iiierunieiit, al
IIiimikIi m liaia ripended. In
v.hk, material., Mr,, aa thaaa
order. t.i22.niM, and ha.a not
rirei.ed a MM. I K Wl AH an
litre innlrarta.
In l.litla. a Html ltp'tuw af
Uw ism Irs, I .Ihl mak. a. II.M. (at
Itf-nxlna .tnMiDU.a l. HMI.
In lite litilil nf our experience, and oar
ing mi other lia.ia, w Iml fur In-inch
lnll approiiiitalelv the twine rata f
I-mn.l n lltnt alitili the Navy Depart
in.Mit ncliially awarded a It tn h ahall
ronttac! one )ear ago.
llrllilrliriii Slrrl Company
I IU1 M N M.MI I hitau
I 1 1. 1 St I. t.UAt K.
for MfVt-ia! d s l.al week.
J. VV Stevenson was a passen
ger Saturday morning for Pilot
Rock.
Prof nnrl Mrs Win Livingston
trf iIih parents of a dataller
born on Jan. 29, in Portland.
The. parents spent last summer
in Ileppner.
Contractor Johnson has just
finist id a number of repairs in
the County Court house The
work was mostly in thf School
Superintendents and Shnnffs
oftiees.
Lon WaUennerger, wlm f iin,s
a large rar.eh on uppor 15m tor
Creek, opened an artesian well
on his place Sal u t day The well
is deep and runs about 50 khHui s
ier minute It is located ri Kt
near ihe house mm Mill l. Very
convenient, us well ns addiii"
greatly ,to Ihe value of the pn
erly.
J Oi v Rasmus has taken over
II pp i r agency of Ihe Wal
ther-W'illiums Hardware I'mii
puny of The Dulles, mid hits open
id sales riioins in eomii'i'i ion
with the Ileppner (inrage and
Accessory Department in the
Yeager Hldg. Mr Rasmus wil sell
Kurd mid Dodge cars hihI access
ories, advising the Ileppner pub
lie of full line of parts in stock
at all liii.es.
No Chanca For Profit In Them Under
Present Tetts, Grace Says Possible
Explanation of the Prices Made by an
English Firm Which Bids Under All
American Manufacturers.
Speaking recently liefore the Terra
pin Club of Philadelphia, Eugene (!.
(I race, President ' of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, said in part:
In a peculiar sense Iiethlehetu Steel
serves the American people.
Tor example, though we have heen
able to obtain in Europe almost any
price, we have adhered, In our chorees
to the United States Government, to
the basis of prices established before
the war began.
We agreed if the Government would
nb'.mdon its plans for n Federal plant -to
make armor for our Navy ( uiiii
price the Government itsdf might ion
litter fair.
Our ordnance plants are at the dis
posal of the nation at a fair operating
cost, plus a small margin, thus saving
the Government investment and depreciation.
One of the special needs of the new
navy is sixtocn-ineti guns guns sixty
feet long and capable of hurtling a
2(100 pound shell with such power ami
accuracy as to hit a 50 foot square tar
get fifteen miles away.
We have undertaken voluntarily In
construct, at a cost of f 1,500,000, a
plant fitted to build sixteeu-lucb guns.
Under no conceivable circumstances
can orders which we may receive for
this plant pay even a fair return on
the Investment.
Considerable comment has been made
upon the fact that a liritish manufac
turer recently bid less than American
manufacturers for sixteen and fnur-tcen-inch
shells for the navy.
I am unable to slate the basis upon
which the English bid was made. 1 1
should be remembered, however, thai
tills bid was for n speclllc shell, sain
pies of which are being sent over for
tost - it lct not yet made.
SOME SUGGESTIONS
FURS We have an excellent display of furs, Muffs
etc. In the varities of Squirrel, Coney, Fox.
A supply of furs from which all can make
satisfactory selections.
BLANKETS Our assortment of wool and cotton
blankets cannot be excelled, plain and fancy,
Prices from $1.00 to $12.50
SWEATERS A real showing of real sweaters. Reds,
greens, greys, browns, in fancy stripes, nov
elty belts and plain designs.
WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE
S. METZ 8c SONS
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
PERCHERONS. BELGIANS, SHIRE STALLIONS
AND JACKS
(uik to Pendleton, Oregon, and we w ill show you JO
In ad of stallion that ou will say are real drafters. Uest of
Initio, cleanest lot of stallions you ever saw under one roof.
O ir stallions won first and (iriiml Championship at the lead
ing State Fairs this fall, which shows you the kind you w ill
expect to see w hen you visit our barns. If you want the
best and the most for your money U' sure and visit our
st ahles where you can ice more stallions than at any other
place in the Northwest. We know we can please you.
prices light, terms to suit. F.vcry horse guaranteed to
pass State Inspection. Kelialile guarantee. Write us for in
formation, or better still, come and see us.
We have SO head of registered liereforvl and Of
Shorthorn Hulls all of srrvicaluV age foralo. OU
0 MCT7 P 0,W Commercial Barn..
Two years ago we tool; an order for
2100 fourteen iin h aninir-picrcing shells
at a contract price of STUS.iuki, to be
delivered within a certain time or we
had lo pay a large penally.
The only specitical Inns for making
these shells are that they shall be
of a certain size ami must pierce
armor plate at a certain velocity on im
pact. It Is mpnslli!o lo fi.retell the
exac t conditions of the tests.
We had made large ipiaiititics of shells
In Ihe past which bad been accepted,
lint In phi' lng this particular order the
Department altered the angle at which
the tested shells must pierce nrmor
plate. The result, however, has been
absolute Inability on our pnit to pro
duce In liny ipiantiiv, shells which will
meet these novel tests. In fact, we
know of no process nf projei tile-nnik-Ing
through which It Is possible to pro
duce hi ipialitllics shells whl. h will
conform .t the le.piiiemeiits.
The result Is, that up to now on that
contract of J'THS.tMio, we bale put into
actual operating expense JIIT.ssi.. a, id
have been penalized for non-,leli rry
JIH5.7II., a total "f i:t. i;.'.".., with no
receipts wliaCever.
j Such was the experience In the light
of which we were called upon recent
ly to bid for pKlccn-ltnh shells.
We bid on these shells at approxi
mately the mne rate per poum! at
, that of A fourteen Im h shell conlrnct
of one year tigo upon which the Gov
ernment awarded contracts.
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We have not the slightest Idea what
profit there will be In the making of
these shells. We do not know that
there will be nny. There Is im eertain-
I ty that It woul.l be p. ssjl.le f,.r us io
(lelli er II shell to 1 t the test.
j I'or olllce.ra In Ihe Nuy to nssnme
th:it any bid made under such toioll.
1 lions Is "exorbitant" is utlcily unfair.
r bid on the new battle cnii-rr.
nuns which Ni y tlepin tuieiit experts,
nOor cainiiiall..ii of our books, found
would lc!,l a pr.mt of less tlutii ten
per cent. We auieol to assume iis.,
for Increased c..s(s of materials ai d l.t
bor. that made it os.il. I,, that t.,,,
contia.t, might ; lei I no tdit what
e er
The cost, run Knon.l the amount ap
r .pllate l bv t oic-rcs.- on (lie l-a-is of
the tot C't males t.ct.le a lear it .
.l.,t I i , '.!n -llMot s . .ct'.l f,,t(
aitfl the Ic.Xol.tl. e I o.t fa Is ,. r
ttllie lids to eat!) tsrinint,.. ,.f )u,
Nn i j I 'epni 1 1 oen t . t';e pi I. r a ic . n I. .1
'rot l.naet "
II weti'tl Lr n tea: n, imttt-o t,i ho
rr I, ed of fits tnn ,li , i o ! f ,
pioiu fcnii i , acicl p....,' a, aiK-.iutl
MINOR & COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
LOST, FOUND, ETC.
Watch the shows at the Star
! Theatre this week.
Baled Hay and Grain for sale
'at White Front Barn.
i W. T. McRoberts.
j Remember your light and wat
er bill is due the tenth.
Ueppner Light and Water Co.
WANTED
To trade residence property in
Salem for Ueppner property.
See Glenn Y. W Us.
HUGS
Varied and Universal. Ranging
from a Crcx grass to a Persian
Silk are now on display at The
Case Furniture Co. Store.
First class furnished house
keeping rooms. Mrs. G. V.
Swaggert.
Quality, Service
& Sanitation
Our Fresh Meats are the best in the City. Our
Extension Cooling Plant assures. Fresh Sweet
Meat at all times.
If you are eating our Hams and Bacon you
know how good they are. K you are not we are
both losing. Phone us your orders, we guarantee
entire satisfaction.
Cm Meat & U
J Sin Co.
Johnson Bros., Props.
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