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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01
REJECTED BY NAVY; DRAFTED
Man Is Accepted for Service IL Army
After Qualifying as
Postman.

Corvallis, Ore.-Ernest Chase, rural
mail carrier, enlisted in the navy.
After his final physical examination
he was discharged as being physically
unfit. Then he got q Job as rural car
rier and invested $40 in e rig, horse
and outfit. After working 20 days he
was called in the military draft, passed
by the local examining board, and or,
dered to camp.
he doesn't know now whether to
sell his rig and give up his Job, or
whether to take n "lay off" and trust
to being rejected by the army as he
was by the navy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01
PROOF THAT WORLD MOVES
Simple Little Experiment Will Con.
vince the SkepticaI Of Fact Pretty
Generally Conceded.

Take a good-sized bowl, fill it nearly
floor of q room which is not exposed to
shaking or EARRING from the street.
Sprinkle over the surface of the water,
a coating of l%ycopodium powder. Then
upon the surface of this coating of
powder make, with powdered charcoal,
a straight black line, say, an inch Or
two in length.
Having made this little mark with
the charcoal powder on the surface
of the contents Of the bowl, lay upon
the floor close to the bow. a stick Or
some other straight object, so that it
will be exactly parallel with the mark.
If the line happens to be parallel with
a crack in the floor or with any sta
tionary object in the room, this will
serve as we'll.
Leave the bowl undisturbed for q
few hours and then observe the po-
sition of the black mark with reference
to the object with which it was
in the direction opposite to the move
ment Of the earth on its axis. The
earth in simply revolving has carried
the water and everything else in the
bowl around with it, but the powder
on the surface has been left behind a
little.
The line will always be found to
have moved from. east to- west, which
is perfectly good proof that everything
else has moved the other way.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01
Use,o Of rorpedoes In Warfare.

Between 1873 and 1898, when the
Spanish-American war broke out, there
the torpedo had been used in actual
warfare. The Russo-Japanese war in
1904 afforded many opportunities for
the use of this deadly weapon Of de-
struction, and Whitehead's Invention
caused great havoc. The combination
of the submarine boat and the torpedo
had its first real trial in the present
war.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01
Wales Pioneer Has Gone

The community of Wales and vi
clnity for miles around was greatly
shocked on Wednesday of last week,
the 24th inst, when the news came
that ''Pat'' McDermott, who had for
years been we'll and favorably known
here, had passed away at an early
hour that morning in a hospital at
Grand Forks. A few weeks previous
he had undergone an opera ton at the
hands of one of the most prominent
surgeons in the Forks, returning home
again. Not feeling his strength re.
turning as he would wish he decided
to return there for further t. treatment.
leaving his home at Wales and taking
Mondays train. But it would seem
to have been all in vain as he became
weaker and his condition rapidly got
worse soon after his arrival, the end
coming within forty-eight hours, when
he breathed his last WEDNESDAY morn.
ing shortly after three O'Clock. His
wife had been sent for, but the he wv
condition of the roads from recent
rains of the day before did not per.
nit of her reaching the bedside of
her dying husband before he had passed
away.
The body was brought to Wales on
Thursdays train, accompanied by Mrs.
Pat McDermott and her son, Arthur
Porter, from Minneapolis. The partv
also included Michael and John Nc.
Dermott and the latter's wife. The
remains were taken to the farm.
south of Wales, where his home had
been for the past thirteen wears.
Burial took place in the Catholic GENE.
terry on Saturday in the forenoon at
eleven O'Clock. and in spite of the
heavy condition of the roads and tho
rain there was a large turn out of
%neighbors and friends.
Patrick Henry McDermott, was born
at GAINESVILLE. Wis.,, on March Ii.
1859, and at the time of his death
was aged fifty-nine years, four months
and thirteen days. For a large
number of years he had been overseer
in a large numbering camp in Mime.
sofa. On March 21st, 1904. he was
married to Miss Luella Porter, who
will greatly miss him, as there is no
one who can fill his place in the
home, where Il err life had ALWAYS
been a pleasant one with his iollv
countenance and cheerful disposition
to lend a helping hand. He was
the true friend of the needy in time of
sickness and always there to do all he
could to alleviate the suffering of
others where he found it.
He leaves to mourn his death his
loving wife, four brothers namely.
Martin and William McDermott of
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, John living in
Minneapolis and Michael at Brecken.
ridge. Minn. /; two sister, Mrs. Julia
Conner of Menominee, Michigan and
Mrs. Mary Norton, of BROOKLYN,
Wisconsin and two step sons, Arthur
Porter of Minneapolis and Clarence at
Camp Grant. Ill. The latter who is
expected here any day to have
charge of the farm for his mother un.
til the crop is off.
Help our bows in Franco hv buy;no
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01
CAVALIER RED
UOUNTY '-'
HOTES
MAKE PLEDGE PAYMENT TO
THE LOCAL CHAPTER

Advice is received from the Cen
trail Trust Company of New York,
assistant treasurer of the second Red
Cross war fund, that payment on ac-
count of pledges obtained by local
war fund committees are being re-
ceived in Washington at the rate of
several hundred a day. Chapters are
requested to make public announce
ment to the effect that pledge pay
ments are to be made locally to
the county chapter and not to Nh. Nc
Adoo's or national headquarters, nor
to the division office.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders,
%laborers. rely on DR.. Thomas Eclec-
tic Oil. Fine for scalds, burns,
bruises. Should be kept in every
home.
Chattle mortgage and note blanks
for sale at this Office.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01
Get Your
Writing
Materials
Here

We're handy for you. We
carry a sensible line of writing
papers. The prices are right.
Why should you pay exor-
bitant figures? When you
run in again ask about our
writing materials. There are
other things here that you
can save money on. too.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01
quite we'll known to me.
Her husband is a soldier of his
country. So is she.
RET O

A meeting of the Langdon branch
of the Red Cross will be held at the
school house at 8 o'clock Friday night.
The committee on meals at the fair
will give a report, and plans for a
drive for the renewal of memberships
in this branch will be discussed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01

ibid you manage to give your boy
much schooling?"
FINEST possible" rejoined Farmer
Corntossel. "Josh Joined the army and
is being educated abroad"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01

The officers of the Langdon branch
wish to thank the fair association for
the concession Of the dining hall at
the fair grounds to serve meals dur
ing the days of the fair.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01

You that wish to buy a piano or
sewing machine can save money by
seeing A. o. Void & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01

Help our boys in France by buying
q war savings stamp.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01
FOR SALE.
Team of Heavy Work Horses.
Set of Double Work Harness

Three Good Wagons.
One Pair of Bob Sleighs.
Cavalier County Lumber Company.
TEACHERS EXAMINATION,
An examination of applicants for
teachers certificates will be held at
Langdon on Thursday and Friday,
August 9Th and 9th, 1918, beginning
each day at $3.50 q. m.
Dated at Langdon, North Dakota,
July ~, 1913.
Fred j.. Reher,
County Superintendent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-01
SERVICE

in connection with keeping count of
he hours of service given by workers,
he following schedule has been ad-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
Germans Hear Stories
of American Brutality
to Prisoners of War

Washington, April 22.-(Special.)-G
mans have been told that if they be
captured Icy Americans they will be first
subjected to torture, then executed, ac-
ccrding 10 testimony brought to America
by DIR. Lincoln Writ physician of Bos-
ton, who is at present in Washington.
DR.. Wrist has just returned from "over
there
To the correspondent of The Age-Her.
aid DIR. Writ said:
zone German who was of a party
which gtormed an American trench suf-
fered a severe wound. When soldiers at
tempted to lift him into an ambulance
he fought desperately, and thereby made
his injury all the more serious. In the
ambulance he continued his resistance,
and was not at peace even when in a
cot at tne hospital.
Some hours later, his wounds dressed,
we asked him through French interpre-
ter the reason for his strange action.
He thcn declared that German officers
had notified the men that while they
would receive fair treatment at the
hands of English and French soldiers,
Americans, in the event of their cap
ture, would first torture them and then
put them to death.
That afternoon the German heard
someone playing an accordion, and
asked that he be given permission to
play it. The accordion was the property
of Capt. Archie Roosevelt. 1t was deliv-
cred to the German with the compliments
of Captain Roosevelt After he had
played II while he stopped suddenly
and his eyes filled with tears.
TO think he said, that / have re-
ceived such treatment after all that !
have heard of American brutality Why,
you are giving me the same attention,
in the same place, that you bestow on
son of the former President"
DR.. Writ is connected with the medical
department of the Red Cross
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
Demand nn Demand

From the Washington Star
THE war is demanding great things
q u.s. but it's Il holy war, and We
don't mind"
The speaker was a representative.
He continued:
NO we don't mind--on the con-
trary. were glad--but the wars de-
mands somehow. remind me of Smith
erS.
"Smithers entered a ha,ter's and
produced a very dirty check for $40
which he asked the halter to cash
for him.
:" Cant do it, Mr.. Smithers,' said
the halter couldn't possibly do it."
"'All right said Smithers Iron
the durn thing for me, then
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
HELP WANTED-MALE AND
FEMALE

WANTED-Colored day laborers; coal
diggers and coke pullers; local and out
of town work. coke pulers and falkers
for West Virginia; carpenters for Ala
bama; day laborers for Indiana; coal
leaders and other work for Kentucky
and Pennsylvania; other work open;
man and woman (colored) first and sec
ond cooks for school. pay s125 per
month. Employment Office, 306 North
26th st. near Terminal Station, Br-
mingham, Gala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

ToR SALE1MIsCELLANEoUs
SPECIAL BARGAINS
IN USED PIANOS
THE TRUSTEE IN BANK
RUPCY OF THE E. E.
FORBES PIANO co. HAS
THE FOIL O w N G
PLAN OS ON HAND
WHICH HAVE BEEN
TAKEN BACK, AND
WILL BE SACRIFICED
AT LESS THAN THE
AMOUNTS DUE ON
THEM.
ONE FORBES PIANO,
M A H 0 G A N Y CASE,
GOOD CONDITION, S88.
ONE FORBES PIANO,
OAK CASE, HAS HAD
LITTLE USE, 1872.
ONE AUTO-PIANO, PLAY.
ER-PIANO, MAHOGANY
CASE, USED, BUT IN
|. GOOD CONDITION, S165.
lone FORBES PLAYER
PIANO, GULBRENSEN
ACTION, HANDSOME
| CASE, $218.
ONE BRAND NEW BUSH
& GERTS PLAYER
Plan 0, MAHOGANY
CASE, REGULAR PRICE
$3.50, WILL TAKE $500.
|ONE BRAND NEW UP
RIGHT Plan 0 OF
S T A N D A RID MAKE,
WORTH FROM $3.50 TO
S400-AT 1926.
STOOL AND SCARF
P P1sEd WITH EACH
BENCH, SCARF AND 20
ROLLS OF MUSIC FREE
WITH EACH PLAYER.
| CONVENIENT MONTH
LY PAYMENTS CAN BE
ARRANGED ON ANY.
| OF THESE INSTRU-
! MENTS, OR WILL
MAKE A DISCOUNT
FOR ALL CASH.
lit WILL PAY OUT-OF-
TOWN Gu S O M E R S
WHO CONTEMPLATE
| BUYING A PIANO TO
| MAKE A TRIP TO BIR-
MINGHAM TO SEE THIS
! STOCK.
jE. r. FORBES PIANO co.
BANKRUPT
1909 THIRD AVE.
| THOSE wishing to preserve the Roto-
era WIRE Section of Tho Herald
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
HELP WANTED MALE

HELP WANTED MALE
WANTED-Competent and
experienced bookkeeper,
/. capable to take charge of
office; a permanent posi-
ton with excellent oppor-
tunities; apply with self
written letter, stating in
full past experience, for
mer employ, age and sal
airy willing to start. Oster
Bros Furniture Co., 1920
2O22 Sd ave.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

WANTED-Daily, 100 col
ored iaborers; can earn S24
per week. Muscle Shoals,
Sheffield, Ala. Apply
l2l IL n. 2lst street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
HELP wANTED-FEMALE
WANTED-Experienced
salesladies in woman's
ready-to-wear depart
ment. Apply Superin-
tendent, Louis Pizitz.

WANTED-An immediate reply from
those receiving our communications rel
ative to lady invoice and pay roll clerk
at $50 per month; these are good po-
sitions. yet none have qualified. Ma
tional Reference Co. Bessemer, Ala
WANTED-A COOK wnn husband or SIS
ter to live on place; no children good
pay for right woman; references re-
CURED. Address 1870 S. 18th ST. Call in
morning.
WANTED-Colored women to do light
housework. Apply Clark Bldg, 4th ave
and 10th st. Room 222. upstairs.
oW ANTLp-2C oloreu woman TO wash
dishes. Apply at Savoy Dairy Lunch,
2131 5th ave, N
W ANTED-A COOK; also nurse. Apply
Mrs. II. S. Goodman, Hanover Court
apartments.
WANTED-Nurses for training. Tri-Cities
hospital, Sheffield, Ala. Box 461.
HELP WANTED-MALE AND
FEMALE
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

WE are offering steady employment to
men between the ages of IS and 45 for
government work and regular CONNER
cial lines; our factory operates six
days per week, on three S-hour shifts;
while learning operations we pay you
SIC per hour. plus 10 per cent bonus on
all wages for steady attendance, COM
puted in weekly periods; you are able
to earn from IS to Sc per day, and bet
ter; we have a housing department.
which will assist our applicants in Sc
curing houses and rooms at the lowest
rates. We also need a large number
of girls, ages q to So, for steady. profit
table factory employment. Physical
examination required. Apply in person,
or communicate with factory employ
ment office The Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company Akron, o.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

Purest water in the world Tripure
Water Co. IA N. 2lst st. Telephone
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

Andrew j. Murdoch, for 30 years
prominent business man of Huntsville
and during the last two years engaged
in ranching enterprises in Washington
state, has returned from the west to
make his permanent home here again
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

tUk SALE-Iyl4 mouel 4-cyInder CAD
lilac car, in good condition; might con-
slider trade for lighter car. Phone
Woodlawn 1104.
AUTO parts nickel plated like new s.
NJ. Bernheim Co.. 2023 1st ave. Main
800.
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LOST AND FOUND

~1CS~-Uo-C~~~ c-c-~~o~~~7-0~~~S-~--~~.11
reward will
be paid for'return of hand
bag taken from Drennen
millinery department. Re-
turn to Mrs. Agee. No
questions asked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
Anti-Amendment Campaign
in Madison County Started

Huntsville. April 22-( Especial Local
optionists of Madison county and others
opposed to the ratification of the prohi-
btion amendment to the constitution of
the United States are laying plans for an
aggressive campaign for the election of
senator and two representatives in the
lower house of the Alabama legislature
to represent their views. A mass meet
ing was held in the county court
house this afternoon and plans
were made for the opening of the cam
paign. A full ticket will be brought out
within a few days. Opening of the cam
paign has been deferred so far because
of a general desire to not let political
feeling be aroused during the third Lib
erty Loan campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

FOUND-An article on 18th and LIST ave;
Identification necessary. Address Els,
Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

WANTED-S Salesman meat cutter, good
pay; watchman; truck driver white
lunch counter man, good pay; carpen-
tiers, good pay; house man, house maid,
good pay, no cooking; good cook, 81
week, small family; other positions
open, Home Employment Office, 1So1R
I'd ave.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

STRAYED or stolen from our stable In
s Avondale. about II o'clock Tuesday
night, the 9th, one large gray mule,
weight about 1000 pounds; in good work
ing con 1ition; wire cut on top of hoof
on right forefoot; SIS reward for in
formation leading to recovery. BIZ
mingham Box and Veneer Works, Main
212s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

FOR SAI.E-Eight cypress tanks, 1000 to
1000 gallons capacity. l air compress
err inches by inches by inches:
one shingle machine power feed, and
y 1000 feet of 2-ineh iron pire; 100 feet
A5-16 of line shaftins A. r. Rob-
inson, zoe Chamber of Commerce
Eldt
FOR phone. complete set
dictaphone> combination recording
and reproducing dictaphone; tran
scribec cistaphose reproducer; shay
ing machine for Shaving cylinders.
all in good order: Will sell reason
ably. III, care Age HERALD.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

THREE resourceful, clean
cut statesmen of good adj
dress for permanent posi-
tons. Do not waste my
time or yours if you are any
other kind. Mr.. Lawton,
9O2 First National Bank
building.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
WATEf

WATCH Iepairing and jewelry at pop
ular prices. Meyer Goldncr. so2 N. 2Otn
street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
ITRUNKS

TRUNKS
BIRMINGHAM TRUNK NFACToRY: ev.
erything for the traveller. Sl5 N. I'm
st. Nj. 22o3.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

,WANTED-First-class jew
elryman; good salary and
permanent position; none
but first-class need apply.
Apply 317 10Th ST., Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

Miss katherine Phillips, a Red Cross
nurse, who has been on duty near the
firing line in Belgium and France dur
ing the last two years, has raised $1,000
in Huntsville during the last two days
to be applied on an ambulance unit in
France. Miss Phillips lectured at par
Tor meeting at the home of Miss Vir-
sinia Mccormick Thursday night, and at
the Elks' theatre last night, and told
graphic story of her experience. She said
$1,000 is necessary for the ambulance unit
and the balance was subscribed at the
two meetings. The unit will be desig-
mated as the Huntsville Alabama ambu-
lance unit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

" ANTED-Three neatly dressed young
men to travel with manager and do
soliciting; experience not necessary;
good money for right parties. Call
at Room 502 Hillman hotel, a. m. to
o. IN.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

Planting of cotton and other crops in
Madison county has been delayedd dur
ing the last few days by unusually heavy
rains in some places the delay is seri-
Gus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
WANTED, 100 PEOPLE

Who need help in keeping
up their payments upon
Liberty Bonds and who wish
to finance their winter
supply of coal.
THE MORRIS PLAN OF BIRMINGHAM
l07 N 21st st.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
WATCH REPAIRING


w. T. WOOD & SON. SIS S. 2eth y
Main 1925.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

TRUNK REPAIRING
EXPERT trank repairing Birmingham
Trunk Factory. SIS \. 10th ST. M. eaN.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

WANTED - 20 railroad
track men, So a day; good
houses; want family men:
chance for promotion. APP
ply Lathrop, Ala, on Mobile
& Ohio railroad, 80 miles
west Tuscaloosa. Lathrop
Lumber Company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

Tx UCkS
ALABAMA INpIANA TRUCK Co. 1919
Empire Bldg Phone Main 42oe. W. Il
Mabry. Sales Manager.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

GRADE foreman; five years experience;
best of references. Address B-9. care
Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE

WANTED-Position by young married
man; 10 years experience railroad Of
flee work; can use typewriter: employed
at present; not subject to immediate
military service. Call M. 921-J, or ad-
dress 10, care Age-Herald
WANTED-Position as shipping clerk or
lumber checker; best of references; 10
years experience lumber business. Adj
dress CO. care Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23
SEEDS. BULBS AND PLANTS


and tomato plants; all stand
ard varieties of cabbage; Improved
Acme; New Stone and Globe tomato
plants, 81 SO per 1000, 5000 for Sc;
good llants AMI prompt shipment
guaranteed. w. w. Morris, Palatka,
Fla
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

LARGE corporation wants young man
to start as tracer and learn structural
steel business; excellent chance for
advancement. Address Opportunity
ca care Age Herald
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-22
SHIPBUnDERS
OREGON ARE
WORKING FAST
History of Construction Of
Ships in Past 80 Months is
Remarkable.

Portland. Ore. July 22.-The his
tory Of shipbuilding in. Portland for
the past thirty months Is ons OF re-.
markable achievement. ! Almost un-
known as a shipbuilding center in.
l9l6, the city today occupies a pre-
eminent position as a producer Of
both wood and steel vessels. Short
ferlnE contracts were placed with
was the Portland record that moro
and more contracts became available,
with the result that today four i'm
mense plants are building steel vessels
while in the district seventeen yards
are building ships of wood.
On July IL, according to tatistics
compiled by the Chamber Of Com
merce, oregon had produced twenty
six steel cargo vessels and ninety-six
wood ships had been launched. Ships
on the ways, under construction and
awaiting launching, numbered ninety
four, Of which eleven are steel ships.
Unfulilled contracts on hand in the
Portland district totalled the Immense
sum Of 5000, 000, o00.0 0
dustry in Portland Is worthy Of spe-
cial note. In Oregon, and directly
tributary to Portland, the greatest
lumber manufacturing city in the
world. as a stand Of commercial tim
Nber oficially estimated in excess of
$50, 10000 900 900 feet, and yet Portland
Shas in less than three years become
one of the great steel ship building
centers of the country. This remark
table development partly is attributed
to the climatic conditions which pre-
vail. Workmen in Portland can work
every day in the year. There are no
extremes Of heat or cold, and workers,
not only.in the steel and wood ship
building industries, but in all lines OF
work in a given time than in climates
not SO favorable.