îydgeorge ts
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.
” I
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.
'
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.
•** t ìM M r iT ì3 ^ 1v ù t ìS ff , Ì I « ? |7.00®7.80; sws»,. 9*i00#7«f8.
»
\ . . jrtsV
cSe