The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-10

A. F. HAAS, 1o3 soth AVENUE SOUTH
resident of Seattle since $780, and has been con-
nected with large business enterprises and has been
successful. Has very practical knowledge of the
city's public works. Stands for a clean economical
business administration, and demands that the city
get full value received for every dollar expended and
that all public and local improvements be made at the
lowest cost possible secure good material and work.
manship in full accord with the park, boulevard and
playground systems of the city, Believes that the city
should encourage manufactures to locate here by be-
ing able to offer cheap location sites and power Fa-
vors the enlargement and extension of the city water
and light plants to be able to furnish cheap water
light and power to all people. Will devote entire
time to the city's interests member of John F.
Killer Post No. 81 G. A. R.
Favors Clean economical and business like adj
ministration
Favors present policy of development of parks and
bouevards.
Favors measures to attract factories
Favors enlargement of city lighting plant.
Favors business like and reasonable control of pub
lie service corporations.
The preliminary work in the manufacture of bam-
boo straw is done by the The bamboo after be-
ing feltd is allowed to wither in the shade for from
three to five days. and is cut up into sections at the
node with hoo. The nodes are trimmed off. Since
the sections toward the bottom would produce too
short material and those at the top too weak straw,
the middle section only (from ten to twenty n num-
ber) can he used for the purpose Each section is
split into three pieces lengthwise and the in
part is split away with short, sharp stubby
knife until there remains but about oneeghth of the
original thickness including the green outer skin.
ThQ mat sniff no sin no
straw obtained from it would be too coarse and weak.
The strpper must be expert enough to know when he
has obtained the proper thickness. The remaining
strip of bamboo is fattened by placing end
bench and forcing the rest down fiat as to remove
the The strpper then cuts two lines the
top, deeper than the other but not through the
material, and prizes and pulls the bamboo into three
layers lapat J. each of which can again be reduced
to thinner layers in the same manner, so that from
four to ten layers, beside the green outer skin (baat
can be obtained though the usual number is five or
six and it is very seldom that than eight are
produced. The layers then boiled in water for
about half hour and beached in the sum- siren
ghtenng and whitening process.
The bamboo layers divided into grades accord
ing their distance from the green outer skin. While
the green outer skin itself is useless and is thrown
away the layers next to it produce the best material
it being of dark straw color and of the strongest
and finest texture AS the layers occur further away
from the skin they grow lighter in color, of less
strength and coarser in texture The finer hats are
therefore produced from the first few layers, those
from No. on being used for coaser hats only. The
very finest hats usually produced from layers Nos
l and g.
The bur! palm is of the most valuable products
of the Philippines From the blades of the unopened
leaf are derived rope eafa CLOTH fancy articles and
string, hats, mats, baskets and bayones. From the