FEW BUYERS IN
MARKET FOR
WOODEN SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Disposal of more thafi
1,500,000 tons of wooden shipping
406 vessels of various types—built as
s# part of the government’s war time
merchant marine program is one of
the most difficult problems facing the
shipping board. Twenty-one of the
craft, aggregating 82,000 deadweight
tons, were offered recently but no
buyers could be lound.
Only 194 of these wooden craft are
now in operation. Seventy-three are
tied up at various ports under manag
ing caretakers and 139 are in storage
yards. One hundred and seven of
those in “storage” are finished hulls
while 32 are converted barges.
Officials of the board says that
_^;hen the serviceability of the wood
en fleet has been demonstrated little
difficulty will be experienced in turn
ing it over to private ownership at
about $90 a ton. These vessels were
built in an emergency, many of green
timber, and some of them made poor
showings a year and two years ago
but now that they have “seasoned”
officers of the board consider them
practicable cargo carriers.
% Because of the bad record ol some
of the wooden vessels operators have
condemned them all, officials declare
whereas, the records of those now in
operation show very creditable per
formances. One wodden ship out of
six round trips across the Atlaantic
♦ ocean, at sea 500 days and in port an
equal number, was laid up for repairs
only 22 days.
To date 432 wooden and composite
ships, aggregating 1,948, 250 dead
weight tons, consisting of 322 sJ?ips
one tanker, 115 finished hulls, ter
sailing craft, 56 hulls coverted into
barges and 20 standard barges, have
been delivered to the board. A total
of 114 vessels, aggregating 397,28E
deadweight tons, has been sold and
12 totalling 44,546 tons have been
lost at sea.
The total cost of the construction
of this fleet, estimated by the board
at $170 a deadweight ton, was approx
imately $333,000,000. Sale of the
1,500,000 tons now held by the board
at $90 a ton would yield $135,000,000.
Those already sold brought about
$28,000,000 so that if the 4% remain
ing in the government's possessior
are disposed of to private owners the
total loss through the wooden shir
venture would be something like
$170,000,000.
ITALY TO HAVE
INSURANCE FOR
ITS LIVESTOCK
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* WASHINGTON, Aug. (1 (by Asso
ciatjd Press).—life insurance for
cowts, siieep, pigs, horses and otbei
live stool: on the farm has been pro
vided fo: in Italy by the government
In the part, the Italian farmer carrioc
all his livestock insurance with loca
mutual benefit insurance companies
wrhich were unable financially to pro
tect him against abnormal death rate
due to p'ague or other calamity. Tin
der the new * decree branches of the
National Institute for Local Insurance
of Livestock will he opened in all im
portant centers, and its large lunde
will be .available for insurance againsl
normal as well as abnormal losses
Graham Bread fresh every day at
the City Bakery.
Don’t argue. The Club Billiard Hall
M arries fresh tobacco. 27-tf
Just arrived—A shipment of the
250-3000 Savage Bolt-Action Model
1920 sporting rifle. Come in and give
it the once over. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
Shower and tub baths at the Club
Barber Shop. Open day and night. 3-tf
WOMAN MAKES
MAIDEN SPEECH
IN REICHSTAG
BERLIN, Aug. 11 (by Associated
Press).—A little grayhaired, sharp
featured woman, stepped briskly up
the steps towards the speakers desk
in the reichstag. Tired after a long
acrimonious debate on Germany’s
shattered resources between the for
mer imperial finance minister Helf
ferich and the present holder of that
office, Dr. Wirth, most deputies were
smoking democratic pipes in the vast,
red-carpeted lobby, whilst jaded re
porters munched black bread sand
wiches in the press gallery.
Attention, however, at once became
riveted on the frail figure in drab,
unfashionable clothes, which oddly
contrasted with the opulently carved
and gilded figures of Teutonic wom
anhood that support the ceiling.
The speaker was Clara Zetkin, the
first Communist member of the Ger
man parliament. Members came
trooping in to listen to the newcom
er’s maiden speech.
One could not escape from a sense
of extreme contrast which she pre
sented to the former speaker. Helf
ferich, a rigid Prussian type, with his
haughty, staccato voice, quick as
lightening at mordant repartee, a rep
resentative of a system that is dead
and gone, and this earnest little
woman, vibrant with passionate ener
gy, almost prophetic in her vision, yet
curiously awkward at meeting matter
of-fact posers from a chance heckler.
Clar Zetkin opened a perspective
of a future Germany which would
be closely allied with Soviet Russia;
a Germany where a revolutionary
dictatorship would hold sway; where
the bourgeoisie would be forced to
surrender arms to the proletariat;
where everyone would be compelled
| to work; where large estates would
i be divided among ithe peasantry.
The house smiled tolerantly; the
extreme Radicals alone cheered tu
multuously.
Wienie rolls and pastry of all kinds
at the Alaskan Grill. 17-tf
Sun Maid Raisin Bread, always a
favorite at the City Bakery.
Meals well cooked and properly
served at the Alaskan Grill. 17-tf
Best coffee in town served at the
City Bakery.
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SEAL CENSUS
BEING TAKEN
FISH BUREAU
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The annual census of
the seals, now being taken by the
bureau of fisheries is expected to
show about 600,000 of the animals,
or three times as many as when the
government undertook the custody of
them a half score years ago.
Although the seal spends much of
its life at sea, its habits make the
census-taking very easy. Hugh M.
Smith, commissioner of the bureau of
fisheries, explains the “count of
noses” is of importance to prevent
“blind killing” of the animals for their
furs, possibly resulting in their ex
tinction.
Under present government control,
Mr. Smith asserts that the seals are
increasing about ten or 12 per cent of
their number annually. Last year’s
count showed 550,000 of which 26,000
were killed for their pelts.
In the middle of Bering Sea, lying
40 miles apart, are two islands—St.
George and St. PauL the only laud
to which the seals ever resort. Every
spring they visit the islands to raise
their young, leaving in the fall to
winter in the north Pacific and it is
during the summer that the census is
taken.
The killing of the animals is also
done in the summer, this under law
being confined to the surplus males.
Last year lack of labor resulted in
10,000 fewer animals being killed
than government officials had then
planned. Japan and Great Britain,
along with the United States, share
the revenue produced by the seal kill
a treaty giving this country seventy
per cent of the animals, with the
other two countries each receiving
15 per cent.
“In the old days,” says Mr. Smith,
| “when 100,000 seals were being killed
annually the government obtained $10
per skin, while we are now getting
$140, which nets us about $120 per
skin. Increase in the value of furs
and the different method of conduct
ing the business explains this.”
Besides the sale of pelts, the gov
ernment is operating a fertilizer
plant on the islands for disposing of
the carcass, from which there ilso is
extracted an oil used for dressing tops
of automobiles.
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prices. They are rig . Rovig, 2229
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