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QIOSEH PREMIER
DAIRYING i INDUSTRY GROWS
B u lH r, Cheese and Condensed Milk
. * Make Rapid Climb.
The dairy
George Calls Council to
Avert Cabinet Crisis.. *
Industry o f
Oregon ia
R o w in g at a rapid rate, its progress
• ahown by ■tatlsU jf which have Just
been completed b| J. D. Mickle, state
dairy and food commissioner, o f the
production o f butter, cheeae and con-
LAW REFUSES POSITION
O e S mJ u ? i rln| thu i «
ending
October I, 1910, as compared with the
output in the preceding year
Commissioner Mlckle'a flgurea are
aa follow s:
—V
Bril Uh Government la Coalition,
, « ü UUOr .
v'
Pound..
« ? .................................. . i6,2HN,:m
1816...................................... 18,643.728
W m Old
llaruMMiy Larking
and New Eart lona Created.
Increase............................
2.644.668
‘ i 1* " -
..................... ...............
Pounds.
8.967,908
a, uor. uuff
8,890,887
i vi u ...... .....................
don (11 p. m. Wed ineaday.
| Lloyd G eorge had o v e r * r own
laqtilOi cabinet and w ill become
i minister him self. The new gov-
ant will be m alltlon, like the old
[but probably without the aame
i of harmonloua support which
the form ation o f the first co-
i government, because Its birth
a ted additional factional differ-
Increase........,
2,061,021
Condensed Milk - Cases.
Pounds.
1916 ... ....................
564,916 27,116.000
19167 . ..............
446,290 21.870,910
Increase......... 118,686
6.746,090
It will surprise msny persons to
know that the butter, cheeae and con­
densed milk business has Increased to
•uch an extent in the past fea r. High
price* obtained by manufacturera and
farmer* have been the great factor in
the building up o f the Induatry, and
da result has em erged from an- these high prices can be laid directly
> day o f a ctive and hurried party to the war. The Oregon market for
tires and a day o f intense sus these commodities ia now on an Eaat-
amt
In ten
t hr ou ghout the • « » basis and w ill continue so as long
as there ia Eastern demand.
I .erge
s was a prospect during the af- shipments o f butter have already gone
that the personal offices o f the Í Eaat and more would be shipped were
might aolve the situation and it available. About e dozen carloads
thought that the Asquith regime o f Oregon cheese have also been sold
continued. The k in g called for Eastern shipment end they will be
ty leaders to Buckingham Pal- started aa soon as the cars can be ob­
I conferred w ith them fo r more tained. Eastern and export buyers of
condensed milk bave for many months
hour.
Asquith end Mr. I^loyd George, kept the Oregon and other Northwest­
Liberals; Mr. Boner Law and ern markets cleaned up.
lalfur, o f this Unionist«, and Mr. [
trson, o f the labor party, w e r e 1
Klamath Beata Are Rich.
i sovereign. It ie many ye a n
Klamath Palls— The Klamath Com­
i a British ruler assembled the mercial club ia in receipt o f a letter
entatl vea o f the different fa r­
ises to face when they had from the American Beet Sugar com­
pany, o f San Francisco, in answer to
In themselves unable to settle
differences. But no such serious its request for a test o f the sugar beets
i has before arisen to require auch grown in Klamath . county this year.
The answer contains an analysis o f tha
by the K ing.
Beets sent by the Commercial club as
itever passed in council Is held
made by the company's chemists, and
, but the Inference that the K in g
covers the auger properties o f beets
to arrange a reconciliation ap-
grown in five different kinds o f soil in
i a moat natural one.
The five
Klamath county.
The sugar content
amen departed separately, four In (
o f the beets mentioned runs from IS .2
’ motor r a n and the workingm en's j
per cent to 20.2.
an afoot,
arward the K in g ga ve -an audl-
Sugar Tumbles 30 Cants.
| to Mr. Bonar Law , who declined \
Portland— A 80-cent decline in sugar
rrukte the form ation o f e new j
try. and then to
Mr.
Moyd prices went into*effect Thursday morn­
who accepted the. reeponaibil- ing, which put the list price o f stan­
This
everyone expected hie would dard cane granulated at 97.96.
ia the first change that has taken place
i opportunity came to him.
official announcement ffcat Mr. in the market since October 21. The
George had undertaken'the task, decline comes aa a consequence o f a
| the cooperation o f Mr. Bonar reduction in the Eastern market. Lo­
was a notification that the new cal jobbers expected an even greater
nment would be e coalition. Any cut. New crop cane sugar J * coming
government would be impos- on tiw market and this has caused the
brrauee neither the Unionists weakness.
Liberals have e m ajority in
|house o f commons; either one
; attach the Irish Nationalists or
thorites to its e lf to commend e
rity.
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT
NEWS ITEMS
* Of
6ERMAN PRISONERS AT WORK IN FRANCE
General Interest
About Oregon
M M ’
Week of Hog School 0 . A. C.
'7 Feature for First of Jaqgary
Corvallis, Ora. — The place o f the
hog in Oregon's farm ing industries ia
to be made the subject o f a w eek's
bog school to be conducted at the A g r i­
culture! College January 2 to 6. The
work w ill be in the hands q f some o f
the state's leading producers, buyers
and packers, aa wall as college spe­
cialists, who w ill consider moat o f the
leading problems implied I n the
I
sue-
cessful production o f pork.
B. C. Darnall, who has charge o f
merketing the livestock products o f
the Union Meat company o f Portland,
and A. R. Bohaaky, in charge o f se­
lection and purchase o f meat animals
fo r tha aame company, w ill explain
«nd demonstrate to the farm ers and
producers the technique o f selecting
...
and developing the most desirable and
profitable market types. Thomas H.
These Ueriimn prisoners o f war In the limnis o f tlie French do not neetu to be having a very bard time, fo r their
Brunk. tbe noted Salem Poland China »ccupation, when they were photographed, waa peeling potatoes.
breeder, end president o f tbe Oregon
Swine Growers association that w ill
meet during the week, w ill g iv e tw o
demonstration« o f judging breeding
cIsaacs, and Mr. Bohaaky w ill demon­
strate judging market claaeee. Mr.'
Darnall w ill point out prevailing con­
ditions o f the provision market and
•how how to take advantage o f them.
Professors Potter and Nelson, o f the
college, w ill give a management dem­
onstration, and Professor Samson will
discuss fattening and feeding rations
for hogs. Robert W ithy combe, o f the
Eastern Oregon Branch Experiment
station at Union, w ill present the ad­
vantages o f forage and other home­
grown feeds for hogs, including alfal­
fa, peas and bald barley. The grow ing
o f forage crops fo r swine w ill be dis­
cussed by Professor Hyslop, and Pro­
fessor Potter w ill consider bow many
hogs Oregon can profitably produce.
A pork products exhibit w ill be held
on the afternoon o f Friday^ the 6th,
•bowing approved methods o f handling
Tin ve been driving Von Mackensea’s army
An artillery train o f the Russians who, with the aid o f i.te itouuu*
all products and by-products in the in­
hack in Dobrndja.
terest o f profit. A new feature o f the
exercise w ill be the assignment o f cer­
WANTS TO E N T E R T H E NAVY
tain hours during the entire week to
consultation with producers on prob­
lems o f greatest importance to them.
Specialists In charge o f this work w ill
be Professor Potter, head o f the de­
partment o f animal husbandry, Pro-
essors Samson, Nelson and Allen, and
some o f the Oregon growers.
No activities other than those con­
nected with the hog school w ill be car­
ried this year by the department, leav­
ing to tome other tim e the special
work with cattle, sheep and horses.
But the work with swine w ilj be made
more complete than ever before, part
o f the exercises consisting o f an in­
spection o f the new and modern swine
barn just completed and equipped for
effective use.
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RUSSIAN ARTILLERY TRAIN IN D0BRUDJA
DISPATCH RIDERS IN 6AS MASKS
Bend Sells Rail Bonds.
Bend— Bend is tbe first Central Ore­
gon city to sell its bond issue fo r the
aid o f the Strahom lines proposed to
link up the ends o f the several roads
which now touch tbe boundaries of
thia section.
The Bend bond issue o f 836,000,
voted almost unanimously by the peo­
ple laat August, was sold Saturday to
Keeler Broa., o f Denver, at per. Fred
W. Glenn, o f Portland, represented the
purchasers at the sale.
A Toledo,
Ohio, firm also bid par fo r the iasue.
I t is expected that the terminal
property, which is intended to be
bought with the proceeds o f the bonds,
w ill be acquired early in January,
ready to turn over to Mr. Strshorn
912 60
Butter — Cubes, extras, 87c per when desired.
pound. Jobbing price«:
Print«, ex­
tras, 89®40c; butterfat. No. 1, 40c;
Ruling Profits Nimrods.
No. 2, 88c, Portland.
Salem— Under a ruling from the at­
Egga — Oregon ranch, current re­
ceipts 38 ® 40c per dosen; Oregon torney general *■ office trappers and
ranch, candled, 42@48c; Oregon ranch, hunters o f Lake county w ill be saved
thousands o f dollars.
O. C. Gibbs,
•electa, 46c.
Poultry— Hana, 12J®14|c per pound; district attorney fo r that county, asked
springs, 14®16c; turkey«, li va, 18® the attorney general to decide whether
20c; dressed, 23@24c; ducks, 14®16c; it la necessary to «ever the head or
acalp o f coyotes in taking auch scalps
g e m , 10c.
•nd akins before the county clerk to
V eal— Fancy, 12®12|c per pound.
collect the acalp bounty.
I t was
Pork— Fancy, 12®12Jc per pound.
Vegetables—^Artichokes, 75c@81.10 stated that such mutilation o f coyote
per doaen; tomatoes, 81® L76 per hides depreciated their value by about
crate; cabbage, 82®2.26 per hundred; 60 cento apiece, which mounts into a
peppers, 20c per pound; «««p la n t, 16c; large aggregate fo r all o f tha trappers
lettuce, 92 cucumbers, 91®1.25 per and hunters during the course o f tbe
dosen; celery. 84.26@4.60 per crato; year. The opinion o f the attorney
I held that auch mutilation is
pumpkin*. l @ l » c per pound; cauli­
unnecessary.
flower, 9 L 7 6 ® 1.86 per crato; paaa,
16c par pound.
Portland Banka Growing.
Potatoes — Oregon buying prices,
Salam— Great increases in the re-
81 26 ® 1.40 par hundred,
country
points ; ■wests,***.5 0 par hundrad
aoureea, deposits and cash o f the 26
Oniona— Oragon buying prices, 12.50 Portland banks and truat companies
par sack, country point«.
I
during the past yaar waa lasued Wed­
(Jraan Fruito — Applaa, naw, BOe® nesday by S. G. Sergeant, State super­
11.60 par box; paare, 81®1.60; grapaa, intendent o f banka.
^ ,
lugs, 89; caaabaa, 9L86; cranberries,
The statement shows that the total
910.50@12.50 par barrai.
resource« o f the 26 institutions o f
Wool— Eastern Oregon, fina, 25@27e Portland on November 17, 1916, were
per pound; coarta, 88@84c; valley, 88 9110,141.686.80, an increase • » « » » -
@8 5a; mohair, 86®48o.
pared with -November 10, 1916, o f
Cattle— Steer*, prime, 97 . 00 ® 7.25, 221.881.429.1«, and an I n « « * « «
good. 88.60®7.00; common to g o o d . 218,637,464.87 «inca tha laat atato-
84.60®6.60; oowa, choice, 88.76®6.15, ment o f September 12, 1916.
medium to good, 86.60#6.76- * inary
to fa ir. 88 . 00 ® 6 . 60 ; halfara, 26 - 60 ®
Escaped Convict Retentenoed.
8 . 11 ; holla, 82.75®6.00; calve», 83-00
Salem— Word was racal vad at the
#7.00,
State penitentiary Wednesday that
H o g»— Prime, 89.60®9.78; good to
Eddie Bell, who «aeaped fr o m to e flax
in te rm ix e d , 29.60 ® 0 . « 0 j rough
eamp here laat August, has been asn-
fS.60®9.10; - p if» »nd »kips,,
tenced to serve » lx yaar» at San Qoen*
tin on a bigam y charge. H e w a a » « ^
L»mh»i 17.00 ®
y y ing a aentanoe on th » » » m » enarge
-*
87.60®M 0; old
I here.
Wheat— Bluestem, $1.50 per bushel;
fortyfold, 11.46; club, 81.44; red Rus­
JMANIAN C APITAL FA LLS
sian, 91.40.
ITO H AN D S O F G ERM ANS Oats— No. 1 white feed, 86.60.
Barley— No. 1 feed. 888.00.
Flour — Patents, 98.00; straight«,
rlin— (B y w ireless to S a y ville).—
rest, capital o f Roumania, has 86.80@l7.20; exports, 86.80; valley,
captured, it wae officially an- 87.60; whole wheat, 88.20; graham,
88
Wedneeday.
M illfeed — Spot
price«:
Bran.
ichti, the Important railw ay junc-
own 36 mi lee north w eat o f Buch- 816.60 per ton) shorts, 830.60; rolled
barley 840@41.60.
also has been taken,
Hay— Producer«’ price«: Timothy,
capture o f Ploechtl, on the mein
Eastern
Oregon, |17®20 per ton; tim­
sy line running north from Buch-
cut the main ra ilw a y line o f re- othy, valley. 916@17; a lfa lfa ; 816®
i for the Roumanian armlea oper- 17; valley grain hay, 918®16; clover,
•
Restrict. Meats In London,
on— The board of trade, under
i o f ik e realm act, has la-
order that a fte r December 18
1 exceeding throe courses be-
p. m. and 9 :S9 p. m. o r tw o
• t any other tim e may be
in any hotel, restaurant or pub-
i announcement adds that it ia
to iasue an order at an early
forbidding both in public place*
private houses the consumption
tlan days o f moat, poultry and
Motion fo r P ea ce L ost.
-A motion Introduced by tha
1 In the chamber o f deputies
peace was defeated by a voto
47.
«.
1 pho votad in tha m inority
■y Socialists. Prem ier Bo*
I fo r the rejeetfòn o f the mo-
j he said, because ha wished
Hon parliament to veto against
I hU agaln,t an ,nltlatlT* ,or
4 \
T w o British dispatch riders la a shelled village in tire Balkans. They are
wearing gas masks, fo r they are In n region where gas attacks by the Teutons
are frequ ent
. .
c
V/.
T—Iff
.
: in the Buchareet region,
i official statement doee not indi-
whether the en try o f the Teutonic
into Buchareet and Ploechtl was
ptaneous.
,
> capture o f Ploechtl before that
capital would bo fa r more seri-
thc Roumanian«.
ny m ilitary obeervera looked fo r
oumanlana not to attem pt a do­
th« capital at the last, expect-
evacuation in tim e tn eave the
> defending it by a withdrawal by
lliw ay route rem aining to them.
taking o f Bucharest virtually
etes the conqueet by the Teutonic
* the southern section o f the
nian kingdom, em bracing terrl-
M more than 60,000 square miles.
;
BRITISH WOMEN WORKING AS MEN
W illiam Vanderbilt, son o f A lfred G.
Vanderbilt, who perished aboard tlie
Lusitania, and Elsie French Vander­
bilt, Is to try fo r an appointment to
the naval academy at Annapotlo. He
Is now a pupil In St. George’s school,
near Newport, R. L
As the Months Are Named.
Th e names o f the months are all of
Latin origin and they fitted the an­
cient Roman year, which began with
March. Undilr that a y stem. July, now
the seventh montl\ o f the year, was
called Qnintllls, signifying fifth, anti
August, now the eighth month o f the
year, was called SextUls, signifying
sixth. W ith the adoption o f the so-
called Julian calendar, in the time of
Julias Caesar. B. C. 46. the names
Quintals and StxtUls were changed, re­
spectively, to July and August, but the
names o f the other months were not
changed.
Consequently, their names
o f Latin origin do not fit their places
In the present calendar.
Positive Genius.
" I admire the Ingenuity o f the man
who compiled this pocket dictionary.’'
“ For w hatt"
-F or getting in so many words that
nobody would ever have any possible
occasion to use.” — Louisri lie Courier
Journal.
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Quiet Girl.
Caller—That new girl o f yours
sems nice and q u iet
Hostess— Ob, very q u iet th e doesn't
even disturb the dust when ahtfa denn­
ing the room.—B oston Tran script
lu u boiler factory to Glasgow many women have t
men whu have «on» to the front One 06 then is here i
hydraulic riveter.
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