SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917,
PAGE FOUR
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HAMILTON GARAGE
Bert Hamilton, Prop-
days. Baker and Wallowa counties
show losses of about 20 per cent dur
ing that period.
In the Willamette valley the crop
hut. 2.000.000 bushels, due
both to the greater spring seeding
and the dry weather. I
Should there be a rainfall in the
irtapUr Jui-inir thn next few davs it
-would add a number of million bush-1
els to the grand total, and severe hot
winds will cut down the yiold an equal
amount. ' " - i
CORPORATION COMMISSIONER
MAKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT
WHEAT GROP OF NORTHWEST
IS ESTIMATED AT $ 108,000.000
fsuch planting. -In
the Columbia river counties the
BY HYMAN II. COHEN '
(Written for the United Press)
Portland, Ore., July 21. Aside from
the other grain crops, the production
of wheat alone in the three Pacific
Northwest stutesf today indicates a
total value of $108,000,000 compared
with an estimated value of $75,000,000
of the 1910 crop in the same sections.
Many more millions of dollars will
be added to the grand total value of
the northwest cereal crop by oats
and barley which promise to show un
usual values.
damage uy hot weather was great
There as much real good wheat in
Gilliam, Morrow and Deschutes coun
ties, but the percentage is much be,
low normal. In Sherman county there
was also d greater planting of spring
I wheat than normal, but the prospects
7" I there are considered within 10' per
ing of wheat been done in the fall cent of a year ago. In Umatilla coun
enil winter months, the 1917 crop sH- ty, the banner wheat section of Ore
uat'ion would have been materially I Kon, the outlook i3 badly mixed.
arouna rcno, tne situation si not
changed production reaching record
figures.
Oregon, Idaho and Washington are
essentially fall wheat growing sec
tions. At least fall planting gener
ally produces a far greater average
good ;it is within a fraction of norm
al in the Pilot Rock country and is
damaged perhaps 20 per cent from
the ordinary year around Athena and
on the Umatilla reservation proper.
Further east, up toward Weston and
per acre than tlio spring wheat; this around Miltpn, the outlook is improv
ising due entirely to the fact that e'; n fact h's improvement reaches
the interior which grows most of tho''nto the. counties of Walla Walla, Co-
grain usually runs shy of moisture. I lumbia and Garfield in Washington,
Salem, July 21. (Special) Cor
poration Commissioner H. J. Schul
derman reports a further saving in
expenses and a steady increase of
business of the Corporation Depart-1
4 Tm a .wtmma ain marA 9 tllA '
expenses incurred and business done
the result shows that more - business
has been handled for the State and
at much les cost per cent than during
any like period in the history of the
department.
During the fiscal year, July 1, 1914,
Uo June 30, 1916, tho operating ex
penses of the Corporation Depart
ment amounted to $19,961.77. The
The expenses for the following year,
the first full fiscal year under Mr.
Schulderman's administration, were
. .$16,120.86, a saving effected by the
present Commissioner of $3,840.91.
The expenses of the Department for
the year just ended, July 1, 1916, to
June 30, 1?17, show a further reduc
tion to $15,608.95, a saving of $4,-
352.82 as compared with two years
ago.
During the first year from July, 1,
1914, to June 30, 1915 the receipts
were $189,105.61; for the fiscal year
July 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916, the re
ceipts amounted to $199,356.70; and I
during the fiscal year of July 1, 1916, !
to June 30, 1917, the receipts of the !
Department were $203,318.30. This
comparison shows that the business I
of the Department has increased $14,
212.69 during the past year over the
same period of time two years ago.
During the past year the operating
expense of the Department has been
7.7 per cent of its revenue received,
which sets a new record in the cost of
administration of nny department.
TTp to July 1st of this year the Cor
poration Commissioner had turned
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While the general cereal crops of If the erop is extremely late as shown j In none of these sections, however,' over to tho State Treasurer $187,-
tho three states will bo somewhat
below that of the bumper production
of 1916, still Oregon, Idaho and Wash
ington growers are promised a far
greater sum for their year's labor
than evr before known. In fact this
much is already assured.
The total wheat crop of the three
northwest states was greatly cur
tailed by tho protracted dry weather.
June and July of this year are the
dryest known to tho interior for many
years, despite the long extended cold
and rainy spell in tho spring.
Crops suffered rather severely for
this reason. Had the bulk of the plant'
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during tho present season, there is with the exception xerhaps of Colum- 709.35, to become a part of the gencr
much danger of the spring nlantinir ''a will the production reach moreial fund and as such to be used for
being severely damaged by hot winds than 85 per cent of the normnl while other State expenses.
and protracted drouth. It wnB the
spring wheat that is bearing the brunt
of the hot weather attack this season
more so thnn usual because tho dry
spell was not only longer continued
but it caught the spring grain just
as it was really in need of added pre
cipitntion in order to show
growth.
A rainfall during the last week
would have added at least $10,000,000
to the' value of the wheat crop in Ore
gon, Idaho and Washington and the
coarse grains in some sections would
also have been directly benefitted.
While Washington and Idaho norm
ally plant considerable spring wheat
and thoso states therefore suffered
loss in proportion than did Oregon.
this state as a rale puts in most of
its grain during the fnll months. At
least the best results are secured from
in Columbia the production will show I Principal among the corporations
a loss of but 6 to 10 per cent. organized during the past year are 15
In Whitman county, Wnsli., the ' shipbuilding companies. These cor
spring seeding was unusually exten- Iporations represent a total authorized
sive and here the damage was in- capital stock of $5,952,000.
creased by hot winds. Spoknne county
shows almost a normal crop while in T Study Thrift.
good I the Big Bend district the production
nns been cut at least zO per cent dur-
ing the last 10 days.
In Idaho the showing around Latah
county is for a loss of 10 to 15 per
cent, due to the greater spring plant
ing than normal. In the Lewiston
country the crop has been hit about
the same proportion. Up on Camas
prairie, the planting consists of fully
90 per cent spring sowing and this
has been damaged 20 to 35 per cent
during the last week or 10 days.
East of Pendleton the showing has
been rather poor during the last few 'the school
New York, July 21. (Special)
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the world to re-write her text books
so that the children of this country
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committee of the National Education'
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