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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1920)
-y- r - - 4 - 1 . r TIIE MORNING ORE'GONIAX, "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1920 13 r FULL WHEAT CROP DUE iRTilEST Prospects Declared to Be 100 Per Cent. DRY WINDS DANGEROUS All Oregon Counties East and Wert of Cascades Report Condi tions Satisfactory. tlon on the poorer places slumped to la bushels per acre. The added production tils year is attributed to recent rains, which have caused the wheat to head perfectly. In the early season cold .weather thinned the .stands so that it was feared that wheat production this year would be very light in Wasco county. Wheat crop prospects in the Pacific northwest are 100 per cent, according to crain men here. Weather condi tions at the present time are ideaL Up to the beginning- of June the out look wu not so promising, but the general rains that have fallen since then have practically made the crop. Barring- hot, drying winds later, there will be a bumper yield in tho three states. The crop is not expected to hi a record breaker, but the yield to each acre may surpass previous . records. All the Oregon counties east and west of the Cascades report most sat isfactory conditions. Umatilla is al most certain to have its usual 6,000.-600-bushel crop and Sherman and Wasco counties have no complaint to make. Grand Rondc Prospects Better In the Grand Ronde valley the prospects are 50 per cent better than last year and central Oregon will raise more wheat than ever before. Throughout Washington the rains have changed the outlook from a poor to fair condition to one exceptionally good. The government estimate of n 82 per cent condition, made from a survey in the latter- part of May. is certain to be revised when the next monthly forecast is prepared. In the Walla Walla country the outlook is distinctly better than a yearago and elsewhere in eastern Washington prospects are very favorable. Idaho Acreage Larger. Southern Idaho has a larger wheat acreage than last year and also an improvement in condition. Gains ranging from 25 to 200 per cent in wheat prospects are reported. GRAAiD ROXDE CROP LARGE First Bis Yield Since Wheat Readied High Price. TjA GRANDE, Or., June 22. (Spe elal.) Although statistics are not completed by the county assessor re garding the wheat acreage for the coming fall, real estate, flour and grain men estimate that the prospects for the 1920 wheat crop are BO per cent better than last year. If so this will be the first time that the Grand Ronde valley has really had a fine crop during the high price of wheat. Although the spring was rather cold and has held the wheat back, mill men believe that the crop not only has brighter prospects than last year but that the yield will be much better and that there is 15 per cent more acreage in wheat this year than last. So far only a few grain buyers have been in the valley but one local agent is offering 2.40 per bushel. Only a few have sold. No hail has fallen to damage the wheat and the early frosts were not severe enough to do any harm. In the lower cove region farmers are fighting an epidemic of grasshoppers. About 30 acres have been eaten over and County Agent Paul Sprillman with a Bcore of workers have, tried poisoning, coal oil and numerous other remedies in stamping out the pests. No sooner do they have them under control than a new crop hatches out and the situation is beginning to look serious. HEAVY YIEIvD IS ESTIMATED Adams County Expects to Have Best Crop in Years. RITZVILLE, Wash., June 22. (Spe cial.) Prospects for a good yield of wheat in Adams county are very bright. Cool weather has been favor able and while the stand was a little light in some sections, it has stooled out well and with the rains the fore part of June the crop is practically assured, barring hot winds. While the acreage this year is not as large as last, the grain is much better and the yield promises to be much heavier. In the southern part of the county, where the crop has been a failure for the past two or three years, the pros pects are for a big crop this year. Considerable winter wheat in this section was either winter killed or blown out but practically all was re- seeded and is now looking good around Ritzvllle, Benge and in the Carico hills. The grain is good color and stand and with warm weather from now on will make a heavy crop, The northern part of the country has been favored with a large rain fall this spring and all growing grains are in prime condition. Taken altogether, the prospect in Adams county is for a bigger yield of better quality grain than for several years, RECORD CROP IS IN SIGHT Central Oregon Has Had Ideal Grow Ins 'Weath'cr. BEND, Or., June 22. (Special.) With more than a week of intermit tent rain followed by unusually warm weather for so early in the summer, prospects for a record wheat crop in the cereal producing sections of cen tral Oregon are Ideal, reports received here indicate. The wheat to be raised in Des chutes county and adjacent districts tributary to Bend will be negligible, as grain is chiefly planted for hay, due to the late frosts and short growing season. In the lower dry farming , country tributary to Madras, however, ranchers are expecting a crop which - will make up for some of the less . fortunate seasons. Because of labor shortage there has been little In crease in acreage. LrEWISTOX PROSPECTS BRIGHT Largest Wheat Crop in Sight Sec tion Has Ever Known. LEW1STON, Idaho, June 11. (Spe cial.) With unusually heavy spring rains, especially this month, and with as large acreage as last year, wheat prospects are bright for the biggest crop this section has ever seen. The Camas prairie region, includ ing the Grangeville-Cottonwood coun try, shows spring wheat 200 per cent better than last year when many crops were a total failure. Fall wheat is 25 per cent better than last year. On the Nez Perce prairie, including the country surrounding the towns of Nes Perce and Craigmont. fall wheat is estimated 25 per cent and spring wheat 50 per cent greater than last year. In the Falouse region, north of Lewiston, including' Union- town and Genesee section, fall wheat is about average and spring wheat 60 per cent greater than 1919. The Tammany-Waha section near Lewis- ton shows unusually fine spring wheat prospects, probably 50 per cent above last year, which was .a fair yield. Farmers show no signs of lessening wheat acreage. Other grain plant ings are insignificant. There is com. paratively little summer fallow. I'JfATI ILA OUTLOOK IS GOOD heads' were emerging from the "boot. in many fields turned fair prospects into excellent ones. Despite the fact that the acreage this year Is below that of last season, the yield is ex pected to be better aolely on account of the recent rainfall. Conservative estimates are now for yield of approximately 4,500,000 bushels, though the weatWer of the next few weeks will have much to do with the final outcome. The grain is still subject to injury from hot north winds, which are always a men ace until the grain is ripe. weeds have been a problem this year. Owing to the cold spring, the weeds got ahead of the wheat, but the recent warm rains followed by irm growing weather enabled the wheat to get a good start and in most of the fields the weeds will not bother much. - Eureka fllat, the big wheat area of the county, expects a crop better than the average. The foothill wheat, always favored by moisture. as the rains follow the hills usually, will have a heavy crop and 50 and 60 bushel yields are expected to be numerous. The light land sections west and north of Walla Walla will have big yields this year, barring un favorable weather. The rainfall in the light land sections was very generous. JUKE RAIXS GREAT BENEFIT Preliminary Estimate for Washing ton May Bo Exceeded. SPOKANE, Wash.. June -22. (Spe cial.) On June 1, Idaho had in sight a total wheat crop of 23,124,000 bush els, according to the report just is sued by Julius H. Jacobson, of the Idaho crop reporting service at Boise. Winter wheat contributed 7,227,000 bushels to this total and the' spring wheat crop made np the remaining 15,907,000 bushels. Just a year ago the prospective wheat crop was 23, S40.000 bushels, but continued drought made possible a harvest of only 18, 705,000 bushels. Spring wheat acre age is 644,000, or a decrease of 56,000 acres from last year, and the present condition is 95 per cent of normal against 91 per cent a year ago. The area of winter wheat to be harvested In ' Washington is esti mated te be 735.200 acres, or 183,100 acres less than the acreage sown last fall. The abandonment this year is 20 per cent of the sowing as com pared with S per cent abandoned in 1S19, 5 per cent In 1918 and 13 per cent in 1917. This year's acreage is 254,800 acres less than the 990,000 -harvested last year. The average condition of winter wheat in the state is perhaps 82 per cent, compared with 98 per cent last year. Eighty-two per cent Indicates a yield of nearly 22 bushels per acre and a total production of 16,000,000 bushels (based on the estimated acre age), against 19,800,000 bushels last year. The poor condition of the crop this year Is due to several factors. A dry fall resulted in late seeding and most of the wheat had mads but little growth, no snow had covered in many localities and much wheat was frozen. Strong winds did a great deal of dam age in the Big Bend section, while la eastern Washington the wheat fields suffered from' considerable erosion, especially on the steeper hill slopes June rains have aided materially and the crop might exceed the 16,000,000 bushels estimate. LARGE CROP IS ASSURED Wallowa Fall and Spring Wheat In Fine Condition. WALLOWA, Or.. June 22- (Special.) There is good prospect for one of the largest and best wheat crops the county has ever raised. There have been several hard rains and fall wheat in the hills and dry farming district is sure to make a big crop, even if it should happen that there .would be no rainfall between. now and harvest. RESEARCH IS ENCOURAGED RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY UNI VERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS. Leaves of Absence Given Dr. Smith and Professor Rosenberg ajid -Relief to F. G. Young. EUGENE. Or.. "June 22. (Special.) The fcoard of regents of the Univer sity of Oregon at a meeting yesterday afternoon adopted a resolution en couraging research work in the uni versity. A leave of absence was granted Dr. Warren D. Smith, professor of ge- Sprlng wheat Is also in fine condi- ology. for a year to work in the Phil- tlon, and 'the yield will undoubtedly Ippines under the direction of the be double what it was per acre lastUnited States bureau of geology. Dr.. year. The acreage planted to wheat Smith has previously spent -a number I thin year is also nearly double. of years in the Philippines In similar' work and has nearly completed a geology of the Philippines. It is his intention to complete this work dur ing the year he is away from the uni versity. - . ; Louis C Rosenberg, professor of drawing. Is to study in Rom a year. Professor Rosenberg recently received the Rome scholarship granted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy. Prof. F. G. Toung, who has been carrying the double position of dean ship of the graduate school and the school of sociology, asked to be re lieved of the deanship of the graduate school. No appointment has as yet been made to fill this position. Earl Kilpatrick, division manager of the northwest division of the Amer ican Red Cross, was elected director of the extension of the university. Staytoa Defeats Mount Angel. MOUNT ANGEL. Or.. June 32. (Special.) Stayton's nine was too much for the Mount Angel aggrega tion Sunday and beat , them by the score of 9 to S. iPIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIHIillllllllM Luncheon Will Be Served in Our Tea Room, 4th Floor, Every Day This Week. Beginning at 11 A, M. j Shrine Emblems and Souvenirs of Portland and Oregon 1st Floor Manicuring 2d Floor Soda Fountain in the Basement Under price Store' Conditions in County Are Better Than Normal. PENDLETON, Or.. .June 22 (Spe cial.) Generous showers, during the past couple or weeks have resulted in a marked improvement in crop con ditions in Umatilla county. Today wheat men consider that the situation Is better than normal and the promise is for at least a 5,000,000 bushel wheat crop in the county. It is surprising the difference that the past two weeks of showers have made in the grain fields surrounding Pendleton, grain men assert from inspecting the farm lands. During the spring the weeds made better headway than the grain and June rains were the only chance of saving the wheat crop from smothering. The June rains came and the crop is saved. It would not be possible yet to say that the situation Is all that could be asked for. The fields are still heavy with weeds and there are many thin spots, but considering the fact that a large amount of the wheat last fall was sowed in the dust when the farm ers became tired of waiting for the fall rains, prospects are excellent, and far better by 10 per cent at least than they were this time last year. RAINS COME AT RIGHT TIME Walla Walla Estimates Crop , of 4,500,000 Bushels. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. June 22. (Special.) Crop indications in Walla Walla county are better this year than last, despite the gloomy outlook up to about three weeks ago. " The un usually generous and widely distrib uted June rains coming just as the PRESSURE SAVE TIME, FUEL AND MONEY Will brown and roast the toughest meats in 35 minutes; 3-yr.-old hen, 45 minutes; ham, 45 minutes; cans fruit in 8 minutes; meats, salmon, string beans, etc., .45 minutes. ALt, S17.RS FOR HOMES, RESTAURANTS AND INSTITUTIONS. Send for Catalogue and Prices. PRESSURE COOKER SALES CO. With Umc -Mfg. to, 1S1 loarlk. Happy Kids! TJ-gKK Is what every Borne aarda far happy, healthy kids and care-fra. mother the ideal wear for boy or girl, the genuine one-niece suit 'OVERALLS bc v. s. rx. ox. Pro tact the body sad aadeA wau, aaT washing and aara- : RAIXS ADD TO PRODUCTION Yield Per Acre in Wasco County ,.. Will Be Greater. THE DALLES', Or., June 22. (Spe cial.) From present indications Wasco county farms this year will . produce 1,080.312 bushels of wheat, -against i,04z,6t3 Dusneis last year. 'The acreage plantedtthis year is about .1000 acres less than planted in wheat last year, which was 57, 859 acres. While actual figures upon this year's acreage are not released from au thentic sources, the foregoing figures are approximately correcc. While the acreage planted is some 'what less, last year's record of an average of 18 bushels to the acre will be lopped by a bushel clear through. The best farms last year produced 40 bushels to the acre, while the produc ing, tsaicoanoiea ooraou u r n bnttoaa on to .tar. Many - J'-Sr. fabrioa, faat colors. jaj(v $2.00 tie ait, aad s. Ttl Jet ffeHgr A Nmm Suit FREE ilSi If Thmy Ri VfiJ afl1w" 9X'WWB " IfYI STWJOoO. Keep in .pood health. Eat a salad Try day made with imported POMPEIAN OLIVE OIL KEEP ALL KFRU ITS, VEGETABLES, MEATS Sharpens Vision Its a system of treating the eyes at home; is practised daily by hundreds of thousands of people with great satisfaction. The Bon-Opto system quickly relieves inflammation of the eyes and lids.1 It cleanses, soothes, and rests tired, dusty, work-strained eyes and is a help to better eye sight. Ask - your druggist. He knows. . He will refund your money without question, if you are dis satisfied. There is no other home ye treatment like Bon-Opto. Adv. Glenwood Butter 2 Lbs. $1.15 Fourth. Floor No delivery except with other purchases made in the Grocery Department. Glenwood But- " J? ter priced special today, 2 lbs, OX.itl The Standard Store of the Northwest 01ds,WortmanMii Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Toilet Paper 20 Rolls SI Basement No telephone, C. O. - D. - or mail orders accepted and not more than 20 rolls to any one purchaser. J" f( Toilet Paper special, 20 rolls OJ.sU" Shriners and Rose Festival Visitors We Bid You Welcome! Make' This Store Your Headquarters Meet Your Friends Here Use Our Telephones, Rest Rooms, Retiring Rooms, Etc Annual Exhibition, of Choice Portland Roses Grown by Employes of Olds, Wortman & King Center Circle, Main Floor Today, Thursday and Friday June 23, 24, 25 This has become one of the most enjoyable features of the Rose Festival and is viewed each year by thousands of people. Shriners and other vis itors to Portland are cordially invited to come and see the profusion of beautiful roses grown by the employes of this store ''Roses Fragrant, Roses Rare Roses, Roses Everywhere" "The Whole World Knows the Portland Rose." . . - Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded Basement Underprice Store $2.50 and $3 Shirts $1.49 Size 14V2 Only " Basement Here is a sale of Shirts that should be of great interest to every man who wears size 14. A celebrated make, extra good grade materials, neat' patterns. Regular $2.50 to fl- AQ $3.00 grades. Priced special at OX.- Men's Union Suits At $1.39 Basement Men's White Gauze Union Suits with short sleeves and ankle length. AU sizes from 34 up to 46. d Oft Cool and comfortable. Special OAsOSJ MEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS, OP. -inch hem; special 10; 3 for awOl MEN'S SUSPENDERS, special at 45 Men's Black Hose 10 and lO1 6 Pairs $1.00 Basement Underprice Store Sale of Women's Wool Jersey Dresses Women's Tub Dresses $3.951 Basement Cool, summery Frocks for all occasions. Large . assortment of dainty styles many with overdrape tunic ef fects. Made up in sheer voiles in many beautiful patterns and colors to select from. Extraordinary values at this price. On sale in the Base- C0 QET ment Underprice Store at only DJJJ Georgette Waists At $3.98 Basement Georgette Crepe Waists an odd lot offered at a big saving to close them out quickly. Many attractive styles but only a few of a kind. On special sale in the Basement $ 1 DJ5 THE BASEMENT GARMENT STORE offers for today a special group of Women's Dresses at close to makers' cost, ' Smart, serviceable frocks of Wool J ersey trimmed with fancy colored stitch-, ing, belts, pockets, etc. Also a number of good models made up in Serge and a few Velvet and Messaline Dresses. AU sizes 16 to 44 in the sale, but not all sizes in each style. . On 3" A Qr special sale in the Basement Store at O J.U.t Tricolette Dresses 12 Price Basement Tricolette Dresses trimmed with beads in beautiful embroidered "effects. This season's best styles. Tan, brown, Pekin blue, navy, black and taupe. Sizes 18 to 40. Dresses formerly priced at $52.50; special at $3.98. Women's Motor C oats Special $13.95 Basement Women who motor will appreciate this extraordinary offering. Splendid serviceable Coats in loose fitting and belted styles some have ad justable cuff bands and large collars. Made up in medium heavy mixtures in gpod colors. Make it a point to see these Coats first thing this O QK morning. AU sizes in the eale. Basement Underprice Store special 0-i.O7tJ Undermuslins 1 $1.391 Basement Underprice Store Women's Pumps, Oxfords At $4.98 Main Floor-Special Clean-up Sale of Wom en's Pumps, Oxfords and High Shoes. A won derful opportunity . to choose . from a large assortment of stylish footwear at a substan tial saving. Vici Kid, Gunmetal and Russia Calf leathers.' Military, full Louis and low heels. Turn and welt soles. All sizes in the lot, but not all sizes' in each sty le. Qi QQ Priced 6necialin Basement Dr.0 Men's Dress Shoes at $4.98 Basement -You'll agree $4.98 is a very low price for Men's Shoes these days! However, we -have a broken assortment to close out quickly. But toned and laced styles. Vici Kid or Calf in tan or black. Mostly 3A QQ in large and small sizes. On sale in the Basement Store the pair &r.0 Envelope Chemise, Skirts And Night Gowns Basement Over 300 dainty garments in this of fering. Envelope Chemise, Night Gowns and Skirts in many different styles. Made up in excellent quality materials trimmed with laces and embroideries. Why not take advantage of this sale? Undermuslins priced spe- 1"1 OQ cial in the Basement Underprice Store DA.O7 Knit Envelope Chemise Special 95c Basement Women's Knit Envelope Chemise of fine grade cotton. Made in sleeveless style with low neck. These are nicely finished and QKp very attractive. Basement Store special JOK Odd Neckwear At 49c Basement - Women's CoUars and other pieces of novelty Neckwear grouped and priced for immediate clearaway. Many dainty styles and materials. New A 1920 6tyles. Priced special, at Beads 39c Basement Women's Bead Necklaces in a great variety of different styles and colors. Regular 50c values. On OQ sale in the Basement Store; only Jiv Handbags $1 Basement Odd line of Women's Hand bags and Purses. Many different styles. Some with inside fittings. !- ff Priced special for this sale at OX.UU m S26.25 a Smocks and Middies $2.98 Basement Women's and Misses' Middy Blouses and Smocks in plain colors and combinations. Made of Beach Cloth and trimmed with fancy stitching around neck and pockets. Very latest C0 QQ styles. On sale in Basement tDaCi.iO Boudoir Caps 49c Basement Sale Lace and Ribbon - trimmed Boudoir Caps in many dainty styles offered at a reduced price for today. These make appropriate gifts. Priced spe- Qy cial in the Basement Store; only Sleeveless Vests 25c Basement Get a good supply of these for they are exceptional values. Wom en's Sleeveless Vests some with plain yokes, others with crochet edges. Pure white elastic ribbed cotton. All OF, regular sizes in the sale. Special ail Talcum Powder of good quality, specially priced for today's sale, can Purity Castile Soap in medium size cakes.. Priced very special, at Ol-o-Palm Soap priced special in the Basement Store, the cake Glycerine Toilet Soap of good quality. " Priced special, the cake Writing Tablets choice of 2 different sizes. Priced special at 9c--Specials--9c In the Basement 9c 9c 9c 9c 9c Women'sCoutilCorsets Special $1.98 Basement Hundreds of women buy inexpensive Corsets. This fact is proven by the great volume of business done in our Basement Corset section. Today we place on sale a special lot of Coutil Corsets front or back lacing styles, with rust-proof boning models for nearly all C- QQ types of figures sizes 19 to 30. Priced special DAs0 Hosiery Specials Women's Black Cotton Hose in medium weight. Made with double heel, sole and toe. Sizes 8, QC 9, 9'A. .Special, pair OOC We Give S. Women's .White Mercer ized Lisle Hose of good, quality. Double heel,- sole and toe. Sizes range Kf 9, 9 and 10; pair ""t & H. Stamps! '1 illlillllllllllUllllllillillllllllllllllllM ".' C- v J" r h, t , it ' r " : '