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PIFTY-tECONO YEAR Nov SO.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918 '
ESTABLISHED 1868
MILLIONS
ADDED TO
RAILROAD
WAHIUMiTON. July 24. Wage of
railroad hopmen were Increased to
U cent n hour today by Director
Owxtrat McAdoo, with proportional
advance (or assistant and miscel
laneous 'cles In mechanical depart
ment.
The new rate, which are retroact-
IM
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II, B. Anderson, County Food Ad
ministrator, hat appointed deputls
In varloua loculltlt) In the county to
assist In the work of food supply dur
ing tho war. believing that it will be
for tlii) convenience of people In gen
eral and at the same time relieve the
office nt Oregon City of an amount of
work which It la difficult to perform
The lint of deputlo appointed 10
far are a follow:
Estacada, II. C. Stephen; Molalla,
Win. Mackrell; Wilson vllle, C. It,
Gunwl; Handy, Fred Proctor: Oswe
go, C. C. Ferry; Cnby. C. N. Walt.
Thane peraon should be applied to
for any Information 111 regard to food
upplle by those who live In the ter
ritory tributary to these varlou
town. '
Retailer and all uaer of (UKarare
warned against a careleu "Je of
sugar. The aupply for tbl state I re-
BILL MISER IS
AN INMATE OF
Kill
Ive to last January 1, are from 5 to
IS rent an hour higher than wage )t fitted by the Government and un
paid the men In mot hop under t.a we stay within the allotment
the goneral wag advance allowed two
month ago by the Director-General,
but are aoraewhat U than the la
bor organisation sought.
Iteglnlog August 1 eight hour
would be reoognlwd a a standard
working dy, and overtime, Sunday
and holidays will be pntd t the rate
of one and one-half time the uiual
rate, Jtack pay will be given to the
men a oon a It ran be calculated.
Tim advance apply to about 600
000 men and apply flatly to all pftrta
of the country, despite local differ
ence prevailing heretofore. The addi
tlon to the aggregate annual payroll
I estimated t nearly 1100,000 000.
The advance I the flint extensive
modification of the new wage cale
and w made on recommendation of
the commUalon of rallroud wage and
worktng condition, following repre
sentation of (hop craft that high
wagea paid menhlnleta and other me
chanical worker In shipyard remit
d In discrimination against railroad
ahop emoloye.
The new scale of wage waa an
nounced a follow:
Machinist, bollormakara. black
smith, sheet metaj workers, mould
er and first clan electrical worker.
88 cent pr hour,
Car men and second clns electrical
workers, 58 cents per hour.
Helper, 45 m per hour, '
Foremen paid on hour nasi, 5 cent
per hour more than respective craft.
Foremen put J on monthly basis. In
crease $40 per month, minimum $155,
and maximum $250.
further reduotlon my
says Judge Andron.
be expected
THOMAS
F.
RAN
MAY
MAKE
RAG
E
AS INDEPENDENT
CLACKAMAS AIL
Among the visitor In Oregon City
Thursday wa Captain W. K. Hemp
stead, stationed t Fort Canliy, Wash.
FOR PUBLIC TRAVEL
The river road between Gludstone
and Mllwaukle, which ha boon do
ed for a few weeks, will be opened
for travel next Friday morning.
With the completion of this par
tlcular piece of county highway, the
road from Steel avenue, Gladstone, to
the Portlund city limits will either
be paved or of oil-bound macadam,
with the exception of Island hill, near
Mllwaukle, which is of water-bound
macadam.
Upon completion of the river road
the county crew will swing onto the
Mllwaukio-Clnckamna road with
view to paving a dlBtnnce of nearly
three miles, beginning at the eastern
city limits of. Mllwaukle, to connect
that roud with the Eighty-second
stroet road.
lllll Kaiser Is In jail In Oregon City
Ho was arrested Wednesday at Sa
lem by Deputy Sheriff Soyner and
Frost and declare be wm rot In dur
ance vile before he pay a fine.
Kaiser, who first name I really
William, was In Oregon city July 2
with a Joy party, much the worse for
drink. With him was William Hayden.
and both men were released upon
their own recognizance by Justice
Siever to appear bore later for hear
ing, but they calmly Ignored the
courtesy of the court, so the officer,
rrned with vagrancy warrant, drove
to Salem Wednesday nd accompani
ed by Sheriff Keedham, of Marlon
county, proceeded to the Hayden resi
dence and found that Wlllam bad
again Imbibed freely, and bad been
all cut up by hi brother, Cleel Hay
don. It appear that whenever William
overflow, he I obsessed with the
Idea that be can lick Brother CI ell
and be tried It on. He fastened a hair
nelson on Cleel, who drew a knife and
the Hayden residence speedily became
a shamble.
A Salem physician dreseed Wll
Hum's wound and the same brother
Cleel deposited a check for $50 ball
to guarantee W illiam appearance
here when hi wound heal.
The Clackamaa county officer
- therefore, brought back a $50 check
oirru n. ii. m p(i,i. ' snd Rill Kaiser and ought to be well
are prepared for circulation for put- "at,sfled over the W work-
ting the name of Thomas F. Ryan on
the bnllot a an Independent candi
date for state treasurer, according to
report going the round here. Judge
Hyan wa defeated In the recent
primary eloctloa for the Republican
nomination for that office by O. P.
Hoff, the present labor commissioner.
Some' of the friends of Judge Ryan
have been urging him ever since the
results of the primary election were
definitely known to make the race a
an Independent, end It is assumed
that they have overlooked the letter
which Judge Ryan wrote to the Re
publican club of Oregon on May 2.
lust 15 day prior to the primary elec
tion. The letter wa addressed to F.
W. Mulkey. Ralph R. William and
Ralph W. lloyt, comprising a com
mittee on arrangement for a lunch
eon, to be attended by all the candi
date. Judge Ryan could not be pre.
ent, so he sent a letter In which he
ad:
"In the matter of the pledge to
your club, a presented In your com
munlcatlon, I beg leave to state that
I am 100 per cent, and over, In the
affirmative with regard to the loyal
support of our country In It present
crisis and will give my unqualified
support to the nominee or the Repub-
llcan party for the office of tate
treasurer and will do all I can to as
slut in the advancement of the Re
publican principles and policies and
the upbuilding of the party In this
state,
"'I deslve to state that, In the event
I am not successful in .securing the
Republican nomination for state treas
urer, 1 pledge my unqualified support
to him who does secure this nomina
tion and will do everything in my
power to promote his Interests and
secure his election In November."
FILE REPORTS FOR
INSURANCE WAS
PROFITABLE IN
COUNTY IN 1917
SELECT MEN FOR
SERVICE IN U. S.
SPRUCE DIVISION
All thrcshermen In Clackamas
county will be required to make re
ports monthly to the County Agent on
tho amount of wheat threshed, This
Information Is for the Food Admin
istration and must-be accurate. As
soon as tho blanks are received by
the County Agent, they will be dis
tributed to the various threshermon;
meantime It would be well for every
outfit to keep track of the amount of
all grains threshed. This applies al
so to wheat threshed by the owner.
The County Agent will apprec.lute the
help of the threshermen In this vital
matter. The Importance of the wheat
crop has been fully, explained, and
this i just one step In the direction
of holplng the government in it's food
policy.
DIMICK WILL FILED
The will of the lute G. W. Dlmlck,
who died at his home near here on
June 30,' wns yesterday filed for pro
bate by O. D. Dlmlclt," administrator
of tho estate. The property left by
the deceased comprises eome lots In
Clalrmont Acreage Tracts, to the val
ue of $2500. There are sevoral sons
and daughters listed In the will as
heirs, ' i . , . , ; , . . i ; v
Clackamaa county has no men In
either clasBes 2, 3 or 4, who want to
enlist In the produce production di
vision of the signal corps. Such Is the
conclusion of the selective service
board after holding a call open for
15 days for volunteers In this branch
of the army. Not a single volunteer
appeared, although there were sever
al class one men who would have tak
on the work In preference to be call
ed to training camps.
The call closed here last night, and
the following were Immediately se
lectee: from the limited service ranks
of class one men to fill the guota.
Those chosen were, John B. Hahn,
Oregon Olty. route 5, head-bucker;
Fred John Yodor, Oregon City, head
bucker; Walter Harrison Vlgles, Oak
Grove, head-bucker; Albert George
Sehunk, Oregon City, hend-bucker;
Norman Archie McKenzIe, Estacada,
Oregon, head-bucker; Xugust Dhooge,
Oregon City, route 6, chokerman;
Theodore, Kopper, Portland, choker
man; Clarence James Jubb, Estacada,
chokerman; Earl C. Wink, New Era,
planer trimmerman, and Gunnar Val
entlne Anderson, of Boring, plainer
trimmerman. Two substitutes have
been selected for this call,' and are
Walter Dule Hyde, of Portland, and
Henry Relmer, of George.
These men were chosen from among
the qualified woods-men, as shown In
their questionnaires, and every one
la an experienced man for the Job.
They will be Bent from here to Van
couver Barracks about the 29th of the
month, and from there will be as
signed to work In the mills and camps
for tha production and manufacture
of spruce Into airplane materials.
SALKM, Or., July 18. (8pecial.)
Sixty-three. Are Insurance claims ag
gregating $20:234.39 were paid by in-
urance companies to uiacKamas
county owner during 1917. accord'
Ing to data which ha Just been com
pleted by State Fire Marshal Wells
The total amount of Insurance
force on the property damaged by
fire In that county during the past
year was $966,774.50.
The classification of the losses
showing the class of loss, the in
urance at risk and the loss paid on
the various classes of property was
as follow; ,
Thirteen mercantile building and
contents, insurance at risk, . $31,300
loss paid, $3,97.93; one fain ware-
warehouse, Insurance at risk, $1,700
loss paid, $55.20; one general storage
warehouse, Insurance at risk, $89:
000; loss paid, $4f0; two hotels, in
gurance at risk, $5500; loss paid,
$84.30; one church, Insurance at risk
$1,000; loss paid, $1,00.0; one theatre
Insurance at risk. $1,000; loss paid,
$18.50; 34 dwelling and contents, In
surance at risk, $26,040; loss paid,
$11 096.73; six farm dwellings, insur
ance at risk, $4,850; loss paid, $1381.-
15; one barn, Insurance at risk, $184.50
loss pntd; 184.50; three miscellan
eous, Insurance at risk, '$3,200: loss'
paid, $1976.09; total loss paid, $20.
234.39. Segregated as to causes of the fires
were as follows: .
Sixteen overheated or defective
flues, Insurance at risk. $19,490; loss
paid, $7,851.50; two overheated or de
fective stoves, etc., Insurance at risk,
$1200; loss paid. $28.70; three from
matches. Insurance at risk, $2984.50;
loss paid, $2189.60; careless smokers,
insurance at risk, $350; loss paid,
$350; 16 conflagrations or exposures,
Insurance at risk, $909,100; loss paid,
$3 354.92; two lighting, electricity,
etc., Insurance at risk, $1300; loss
paid, $337; three petroleum and Its
products. Insurance at risk, $2000;
loss paid, $640; ten hot ashes, tar as
phalt, etc., insurance at risk, $10.
950 loss paid. $3,251.50; three sparks,
insurance at risk, $3300; loss paid,
$34.75; one open Are, Insurance at
risk, $f700; loss paid, $55.20; nine of
unknown origin, insurance at risk.
$14,400; loss paid', $2141.32.
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AVAILABLE HEN
FOR ARMY CALL
TO WAIT DRAFT
The local exemption board ha been
advised to release no more of the
1918 list of registrants for either
ARE BESTOWEDUPON
TEACHERS OF COUNTY
County School Superintendent J. E.
Calavan has announced the names of
those who were successful In secur
ing certificates at the examination
held here June 26. 27, and 28. Those
to. receive the sheepskins were:
Mable Larson, Julia Buscb, Elizabeth
emergency tleet, marine corps, or Roach, Adelle LovelL Laura Brenner,
Captain W. E. Hempstead
Captain Hempstead entered the ser
vice while a resident of Oregon City,
and coroner of Clackamas county.
Soon after entering the Medical
Corps, he was promoted to Captain.
Captain Hempstead has been sta
tioned at Fort Stevens, Oregon, much
of the time since being in the ser
vice, and 1 now in charge of the Med
ical Corps at Fort Canby.
VOLUNTEERS FOR
SPECIAL COURSE
GO TO SPOKANE
navy enlistments, but to hold every
available man for the August call,
which they state will equal the July
calls, and which are calculated to take
all the new registrant a well a the
1917 llsL
- Immediately after the departure of
the draft Increment for Cam; Lewi
Wednesday morning, the exemption
board sent out calls for nineteen more
men. to go to Camp Fremont, Calif.,
on August 6. These, men, and ten for
Vancouver Barracks, and five for
Spokane Mechanical school,, consti
tute the only calls now being filled
by the local board, but more are ex
pected any day. To fill tha Camp Fre
mont quota, the following have been
selected. Carl M. Troxel, Gray don
Pace. Bruce Rumlnskl, Frank F. Pay
ee!, and Ray S. Welsh, of Oregon
City; John Schoppert, Clackamas;
Elvy A. Beebe, Estacada; Amos Short,
Camas, Wash.: Paul Travallnl. Port
land; William E. Baltimore, Jennings
Iodge; Thomas W. Jubb, Portland;
Alfor L. Johnson, Oswego; Marinus
Madsen, Portland; Indlto Asti, Um-
berto Minelll. Mllwaukle; Delbert
Hutchinson, Molalla; Alex John
Schmltz, 8andy; E. Albert Grinde-
land. Barlow, and Philip Massinger,
Jr.. of Hoff.
Three alternates held for the call
are Henry Peter. Portland; Fred
Babbler Utiger, Mullno, and Matt
John Macho, Boring.
Edith Parker, Ozella Anderson. Mable
McLean, Hilda Meander, Edith An
derson, Estelle Salisbury, Edith Karr,
and F. D. Braly,
The following pawed the examina
tion and are qualified to -teach, and
will have certificate issued on de
mand; Ruth Elklns, Ruth Boylan, Eva
Hansen Lulu Miller, Lnclle Duncan,
Harriette Duncan, Anna Sallle and
Augusta Romig.
The -paper for the examination
were graded by the state board of
education, at Salem, and the certlfl
catea to teach in the schools of the
county are Issued from the state of
fice. .
The names of the five volunteers
for the special course at the Spokane
Mechanical School were released by
the local war board Monday, and
disclose the following: Glenn M.
Larking, Mullno; Samuel C. Roake,
Clackamaa; Roy Paddock, Canemah
John Thoma Lageson, and W. 3. Mo
Larty. of West Linn. Roake Is a class
4 man and padiltck Is a class 2 reg
istrant, but
claim of exemption. The remainder
of the Increment are all members of.
the 1918 clas of registrants. The
boys will leave here for Spokane
about the 15th, where they will take
up a two months' course In mechan
ical art.
DRAFT DOCTORS
WAR SERVICE
IS LATE ORDER
SUPREME COURT '
UPHOLDS 6-CENT
FARE DECISION
T
IN
1
PORTLAND, Ore., July 22.(Speclal)
More than 2000 anxious homeseek
ers atteuded the drawing at the Unit
ed States Land Otllce in the Wor
chester building which determined
the successful applicants for ap
proximately 50 of the choicest tracts
Included in 150,000 acres in the Ore
gon & California land grant. In tho
aggregate, 848 fillings have been made
on this limited number of tracts.
The first number drawn was that
of Richard Olson Muller, of Colton,
Or., who becomes tlie purchaser of
130 acres, liBted aa Tract No. 21, and
located in T. 8 S, It. 1 E. There were
77 fillings on one choice tract of 20
acres located two miles southwest of
Boaverton.
SALEM; Or, July 23. The author
ity of the Uregon public service com
mission to adjust the street car fores
of the Portland Railway. Light & Pow-
thpW hnth waived TV company was upheld by the ' u
freuie iuuii luuuy wueu u amriueu
the lower court for Multnomah coun
ty in the case of the city of Portland
against the public service commission,
known as the 6-cent fare case. The
opinion was written by Justice Burnett
The city's contention in the main
was that Its franchise, granted to the
company, constituted a contract
which the action of the service com
mission could not impair. In sub
stance the court holds that such a
franchise could not have been grant
ed by the city unless the state had
delegated its power to do so, and that
In granting the company the right to
maintain railway lines In the city,
the municipality acted as a govern
mental agency of the state and vir
tually entered into an arrangement
on the state's behalf. The court fur
ther holds that the state, having del
egated authority to the city and made
the city an agent for the purpose of
granting rights to the railway com
pany, has the right to revoke that
agency and establish another. and
that the state has created another
agency In the public service commission.
II
WASHINGTON, July 22. "The
time has come when congress should
reconvene and pass a maximum wage
law," Senator Thomas of Colorado de
clared on the floor of the senate this
afternoon. T trust the rapidly spread
ing menace of strikes," he continued,
'will find response in eome form of
legislation that will strengthen the
hands of the government In dealing
with these difficulties."
Denouncing the 31,000 men and wo
men who are on strike la New Eng
land and the 5 000 in New , Jersey,
Senator Thomas stratled the senate
by accusing the strikers of "giving
aid and comfort to the enemy."
A. A. PEASE OF
MT. PLEASANT
.UNDER ARREST
A. A. Pease, resident of the Mount
Pleasant district, ,was arrested here
Saturday afternoon and taken into
custody on a federal charge. Pease Is
accused of uttering seditious lan
guage, and It is said he charged the
Red Cross Society with being a graft
ing organization. The accused man Is
on the bond or P. W. Meredith, who
has been indicted by a federal grand
Jury on a similar charge. The two
men are neighbors.
Pease has not assisted in any of
the war activities, except to buy a
bond of the Third Liberty Loan,
which he purchased after receiving an
anaymous letter threatening him with
a coat of tar and feathers it he failed
to buy a bond.
WASHINGTON, July 18. The Gov
ernment 1 about to assume controV
of the entire medical profession in the
United States to obtain sufficient doe-
tors for the Army and at the same
time to distribute those remaining to
the localities or services where they
are most needed for civilian work.
This mobilization is to be accom
plished either by the enrolling of all
doctors in a voluntary Service corps
under the pledge to accept whatever
service, military or civilian, assigned
them, or, If the voluntary -plan is not
successful, ' by legislation providing
tor the "drafting of them into service.
Medical officers of the Government
believe compulsory conscription wID
not be necessary.
Of the 143,000 doctors in the United
States, it Is estimated between 80,
000 and 95,000 are in active practice,
and 23,000, or about one-fourth, are
in the Army or Navy. Nearly 50,000
wHl be required eventually for the
Army.
Organization plans for the volun
teer medical service corps have al
ready been made and enrollment has
started in a few states under author
i'y of the Council of the National De
fense. .
Instead of enrolling In this corps
only those physicians not suitable for
military service, either because of
age, physical infirmity, dependency or
institutional, or public need, as plan
ned at present, tie Government is ex
pected shortly to throw open the
membership to all doctors, and to
bind them with a pledge ."during the
present emergency to accept service,
military or civilian, wherever and for
whatever duty he may be called by
the central governing board."
IMPORTANT
(X IDE
BI1IE8
linti
PARIS, Jnly 24. Highly important
gains by the French and American
forces on the AJene-Marne front are
reported in the official statement of
the War Office tonight. .
In the center of the line an advance
of nearly two mile waa made.
Desperate engagement were fought
in the direction of Epled and Trugny
Epieds, which village the Americans
again recaptured from the Germans.
To the north of Epieds the Franco
American line is how beyond CourpoiL
The statement reads:
"Between the . Ouicq and iiarne
out attacks, resumed this morning,
were continued successfully through
out the day.
"On our left we hold Armentieres
and Chatelet wood, beyond which we
advanced as far a Brecy, which we
occupy. ,
"In the center Franco-American
troops made an advance at certain
points of more- than three kilometers.
"Desperate fighting has been in
progress in the region of Epieds and
Trugny-Epieds, which, retaken by the
Germans yesterday at the end of the
day, were reconquered again In a
counter-attack by the- Americans.
North of .these two villages we have
carried our line beyond Coarpoll.
"On our right we made progress In
the forest of Fere, north of Chartevee
and Jaulgonne."Further to the east
i we extended our bridgehead at Tre-
loup and occupied, the southern corner
of Ris forest
"In this sector we captured . five
cannon of 150 millimeter and about
50 machine guns, as well as consider
able material."
HIGHER FREIGHT
RATES ON W. V. S,
ARE SUSPENDED
SUGAR MUST BE
SAVED ELSE WE"
RETARD VICTORY
WASHINGTON, yJuly 24. Massed
German reserves are keeping open the
jaws of the trap General Foch has
sprung in the Aisne-Marne region, in
a desperate enort to staDiuze tneir
lines without the crushing of the forc
es withdrawing from the Chateau
Thierry and Marne salients.
Official reports to tho War Depart
ment show the enemy has but a single
railway to get material out of the
pocket Into which he has been forced.
FARMERS REQUESTED
I
Lost All But Pants
Send Me $20 Quick
Had a L o v e 1 y Swini
' Wire me $20 P. D, O. Had good
swim. Lost everything but my pants.
Seth lost everything but his under
shirt. Thank heaven it all happened
in the good old summer time."
This telegram from Lisle Gault, of
Gladstone, chief petty officer in the
engine room of the San Diego, to his
brother, Victor C. Gault, Sunday an
nounced the sailor's safety after the
exciting experience of being torped
oed. The Seth referred to is a ship
mate and chum.
SALEM, Or., July 23. (Special to
the Enterprise). Proposed increased
freight rates on the Willamette Val
ley Southern Railway, based on the
25 per cent ihcreose ordered by the
Railway Administration was ordered
suspended today by the Oregon Pub
lic Service Commission.
: The Commission also suspended the
joint tariffs calling for an increase of
freight rates on the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company and the Will
amette Valley Railway between Ore
gon City and Molalla. The suspensions
are for ninety days.
The increases were proposed in line
with the general increase of freight
rates as ordered by the United States
Railroad Administration. General Di
rector McAdoo notified the Oregon
Public Service Commission however,
that the Willamette Valley Southern
and the Portland Railway, Light &
Power company lines had been re
leased from control of the railroad
administration and consequently the
rates are still under the direct juris
diction of the Publie Service Com
mission. The proposed increases were to have
been effective August 3.
TACOMA YOUTH
KILLS MAN WHO
ANNOYS PARENTS
TACOMA, Wash., July 20.r-Clifford
Longway, an 18-year-old boy, today
shot and killed William Pollard, a
boarder in his mother's home at
Stoilacoom, a surburb of Tacouia.
. "He,-insulted my mother and kept
nagging at her and I shot him," Long
way said. .
The following rules have been made
to help in a fair distribution of sugar.
Will you give your aid to make them
effective?
' Retailers may not sell at any one
time more than two pounds of sugar
to any town customer, nor more than
five pounds of sugar to any country
customer. The retailer will do" his
best not to sell more than three
pounds per person per month. Co
operation of the customer with the
retailer is earnestly sought.
Retailers may not sell at present
more than 25 pounds of sugar to any
household for home canning upon the
householder's certifying that he has
not bought elsewhere, nd agreeing to
return any balance unused for this
purpose. The householder can obtain
more than 25 pounds upon approval
of the county administrator when it
Is absolutely necessary.
We need only enough sugar to make
our meals palatable. One and one-half
ounces, or about three level . table
spoons of sugar, or its equivalent in
honey, molasses or syrup a day for
each person will do this, this to in
clude sugar or sugar-substitutes used
in cooking.
How sugar may be saved: By using
sweet dried fruits such as dates, figs
and raisins to sweeten desserts and
cereals, and In place of candy.
By using honey, syrups, maple
sugar and molasses to sweeten des
serts and beverages, in making cakes,
cookies, frosting, and as far as pos
sible, in canning and preserving.
If a recipe calls for one cup of
sugar, use In place of the sugar any
one of the following: One cup of hon
ey, or 1 2-3 cups of corn syrup.
If honey or syrup is used, the
amount of liquid called for in the rec
ipe must be reduced Vt cup for every
cup of money or syrup used.
Portland dock commission
float $1,000,000 bond Issue.
will
WASHINGTON. July 22. The de
partment of agriculture, it was an
nounced today,, has asked farmers to
sow 47 000,000 acres of winter wheat
this fall. This would yield approxi
mately 667,000,000 bushels the great
est winter wheat crop in history.
While the request specifically men
tions 45 000,000 acres as the area to
be sown, it asks farmers If they can
not raise the total to 47,000,000 acres.
The latter acreage would be a 12 per
cent increase over last year, and
would provide abundantly for the
needs of the allied nations.
1 County Judge Anderson has receiv
ed from the U. S. Food Administration
Grain Corporation a bulletin of prices
to be paid for 1918 wheat, No. 1 grade,
delivered in store in approved elevat
ors and warehouses at Seattle and
Tacoma, Wash., . and Portland and
Astoria, Ore. The' prices given are for
No. 1 wheat, and it is stated that No.
2 wheat will be bought at 3 cents un
der No. 1, and No 3 wheat at 7 cents
under No. 1,'and mixed wheat and
wheat grading lower than No. 3 will
be bought by sample at its value. The
U. S. grain corporation states it Is
prepared to handle consignments on
a 1 per cent commission basis. The
following prices are for bulk wheat
and a premium of 9 cents per bushel
will be paid for sacked wheat:
Dark Hard Winter, $2.22; Hard
Winter, . $2.20, basic; Yellow. Hard
Winter, 2.18; Dark Northern Sprin;,
$2.22; Northern Spring, $2.20, basic;
Red Spring, $2.15; Red Winter, $2.20,
basic;. Red Walla, $2.13; Amber
Durum, $2.20, basic; Red , Durum,
$2.13; Hard White. $2.20, basic; Soft
White, $2.18; White Club, $2.16.
Hood River Apple production
which amounted to 1 300 - cars In
1917 is estimated at about 1,500 cars
for 1918 -