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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1910)
f OREGONIAN HISTORY IS TOLD BY H. . SCOTT Editor Wto Took Up Work in 1865 Describes Paper's Tonndinf and Half Century of Progress. The fntJewtns historical sketch. -Fifty Year Aro. ' wss written by H. W. 8cott and primal lo The Oreonian DKtmlwr 4. I). tb Vita taolTtrunr ot the founding of tbis aewspaper: Fifty rrs ago today the lint number of The Orrgonian appeared. The popula Uoa of Oregon by the census of that year u lXr-. The territory that existed then under the designation of Oregon In cluded the whole region srest of the Rocky Mountain between the Cd and ttth parallela of latitude. Within this region at the preeent time He the States of Oregon. Washington. Idaho, part of Wyoming and a larger portion of Mon tana. Portland, when the first number of The Oregonlan wa issued, had probably aw Inhabitant. The Oregonlan baa been a witness and the main chronicler of all the growth of this great region, contain ing now 1.SO.0O Inhabitants, and Port land remains the most considerable city In lu The modern state finds a history, or transcript, of Its life in the growth of the newspaper. In the olden time there was no newspaper to record the birth and growth of states. The state grew and the newspaper came later. But In the modern time the newspaper appears In the beginning, and Its work and Its growth are coincident with the progress of the state. Paper Came With Pioneers. 80 The Oregonlan appeared with the eery beginning of development in the FacLito Northwest. American pioneers had. Indeed, been In the country 10 or IS years, but their number was too few to constitute an active social organisation and living community. But as Portland began to grow Into a Tillage the ambi tious men of the place were resolved that there should be a newspaper to make her name known, to record her growth, to ad vocate her Interests, to carry her message to the world. She must have a news paper, moreover, to set forth her attrac tions to the country, to represent Its pos sibilities, to prove to all who would read thit here was a seat of coming empire. The time had come for Portland to reach out for trade, to exert her position In respect to external and internal com mrce: and In the early part of the year IKS) William W. Chapman and Stephen Comn. two cltliens who took a leading part In all undertakings to establish Portland, determined to visit Ben Fran cisco on various business of this char acter, and one considerable part of their purpose was to make arrangementa for establishing a newspaper here. First Issue In 1850. On this errand they were in Ban Fran cisco on July 4. 1S5. There, and about that date. Mr. Coffin happened to meet Thomas J. Dryer, a native of Ulster County. New York, who had recently ar rived In California. Mr. Iryer had worked on the country press In his state and was a vigorous rather than a pol ished writer. He had brought with him to California a hand printing press and a small lot of printing material, and was looking for a place where he might start a newspaper. Mr. Coffin Introduced him to Mr. Chapman, and the two explained to him that they wanted a newspaper at Portland. Mr. Dryer at once consented to come to Portland. "Now we shall have a paper at Portland." e&id Mr. Chapman, "and we will call It The Oregonlan. " As soon as practicable Mr. Dryer's press and material were shipped, but did not srrive at Portland until November. Messrs. Chapman and Coffin took great Interest In the forthcoming Journal: they assisted Mr. Dryer In furnishing a publi cation office: they sat up all the night preceding the Issue of the first number; and there was a series of solemnly amus ing ceremonies as the first paper came off the press. It was a sheet of four pages, six columns to the page, and was to be published weekly. On the morning of December 4. ISSo, the first number was delivered through the town by Arthur and Thomas, sons of Mr. Chapman, and by Henry Hill, stepson of Mr. Coffin. The subscription price of this little paper was IT a year. Mr. Chapman hired a man to go on horseback and de liver the first number as far as Corvallls (then Marysvllle). on the West Wde. with Instructions to cross there and deliver it on the East Side on his return. Thus The Oregonlan was given to the world. The office was at the northwest corner of Front and Morrison streets. In a shark that was pulled down a year or two later. Pioneer Journalism Style Shows. Plunging Into the discussions that attended the efforts to settle a new country and to lay the foundations of Its growth, and adding no little to the controversies and contentions that grew out of such a situation. The Ore gonlan at once became well known. An Incisive vigor, characterised Its work. Mr. Dryer was an aggressive and spirited writer, well suited to the requirements of pioneer Journalism. There was little of what would now be known as news; Oregon was remote and Isolated: Intercourse with the out side world was Infrequent, and the Journals of that day gave little atten tion to reporting- the ordinary Incidents snd affairs of their own localities. Petty political contention formed the staple of the newsoaper"s work. A fw months sttcr.The Oregonlan was started at Portland the Statesman was started at Oregon City, then the capital of the territory, and as one was Whig and the other Democrat, each was a spur to the partisanship of tha other. In those days there was no rivalry in the obtalnment and pub lication of news, the rivalry of news papers wss sbown in the champion ship of the claims of their respective localities, and In the rough discussion of local and provincial politics. During; the first ten years of the existence of The Oregonlan. the territory, and then the state, were controlled by the Demo cratic party, and the opposition was virtually hopeless. But The Ore gonlan never relaxed its efforts against overwhelming- odds In politics, and it waa a steady champion of Portland against all rivals. At first It received Its news from abroad at Irregular in tervals as vessels came In from San Francisco: but after a time there was a monthly steamer, and later two steamers a month, while San Fran cisco herself received the news of the world from New Tork by the Isthmus of Panama, often after It was a month old. Many times The Oregonlan ex hausted Its slender atock of white pa per, and for weeks together would be compelled to sppear on colored sheets, but It never missed an issue or begged the indulgence of Its readers for Im perfections or omissions. It waa al ways on time with the best It could give. H. L. Plttock Takes Helm. The paper had been published nearly three years when Henry L Plttock came to It. He was a practical printer, a youth ot steady habits and untiring Industry, and he It Is who has made The Oregonlan. He came acrosa the plains with the emigration of 18jJ. was In Oregon City In October of that year, and about November 1 came to Portland to seek work at his trade. wss engaged at once, and upon htm gradually fell the duty of publishing the paper. Mr. Dryer gave little at tention to details, and the office needed a man who was steady and methodical. jfr. Plttock wss Just the man It wanted, and to thia day ha has con tinued to shoulder Its management, carrying tha paper from one stage of Improvement to Mother, and rising continually to sinel evey opportunity and to fill every new demand of the situation. Nay. more: he has antfcl , pated posslblitles. and has kept The Oregonlan at all times ahead of the general development of the country. To him. mora than to all others. It owes the triumph of Its csreer. It was alow business for msny years, for growth was hardly possible under the limitations of pioneer life In so small and so spare a community. The earnings of the paper were small and debts accumulated. Mr. Dryer through Its columns and through his activity In the small politics of the times, kept himself continually before the people, and was one of the prominent figures of the day; he was several times a member of the Territorial Legislature, where he was as aggressive as in the columns of his newspsper; and later be was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the state. He waa not a man of business habits, yet. as he was owner of the paper, he did what be chose with Its and ita fitful methods of work and management were hlndrancea to busi ness success. Nevertheless. Mr. Dryer waa a steady character, the man for the times, and the paper under his di rection wss a positive fore In Port land and throughout Oregon. pryer Gives Cp Editor's Chair. In 180 Mr. Dryer was chosen one of the electors of Oregon on a Lincoln Presidential ticket. Ha now Jokd for official recognition from the Ad ministration and obtained It- After an experience of ten years he had found that there was no proHt In the way of business In conducting a weekly paper in a new and sparsely settled state, and the day of the dally news paper here had not come and could not be foreseen. An official position much below the first class wss considered better than The Oregonlan of that day. and Mr. Dryer was elated with the offer of the mission at the Hawaiian Islands. Owing Mr. Plttock quite s sum for services, which he had no other means of paying. Mr. Dryer gave Mr. Plttock The Oregonlan for the debt. and in a short time took bis departure for Honolulu, where he remained for several yeara as the representative of the United States. Afterward he re turned to Portland, -where he died in 1879. Oregonlan Becomes Dally. Mr. Plttock now bad a fine means to publish a paper on his own account. Its fortunes, never promising, were at tne lowest ebb. The paper was quite an amount of credit stood on its nooks, little of which was, collectible. There were other newspapers, ta Port land that divided with It the little busi ness there was. and two of these papers, the Times and Advertiser, had begun to Issue dallies. Mr. Plttock' s ""tJJ solve on coming Into possession of The Oregonlan, was to start a dally also. As yet there wss no room or business lor a dally paper, however, but Mr. Plttock had to compete with his rlvala. ordrop out altogether; so February 4. 16L .he Issued the first Issue of The Dally Ore gonlan. The weekly had then been pub lished 10 yeara and two months. The first number of the dally was a paper of four pages, four columns to the i page. Aa the Civil War was Just break ing out, great efforts) were made to get news, and the energy of The Oregonlan, under the direction of Mr. Plttock. soon put It In the lead of Ita competitors. The contest wss one In which P'Uence. Industry, application and skill had the usual result, and the contest was soon decided In Mr. Plttock's favor. Another helpful thing was The Oregonlan a vig oroua espousal of the National cause in the crisis of the Rebellion. The peo ple began to look to it, not only for the news, but for the expression of the National sentiment of the Northwest. Telegraphlo News Obtained. Then, and for a long time afterward, the news of the world came to Oregon wholly through San Francisco. In ISol there was a weekly steamer from San Francisco to Portland, which waa tne main dependence; so Portland not . a week's news at a time. California now had telegraphio communication with the East, and not much later the extension of a line from California to Oregon be gan. As this line spproached Oregon, the time was shortened. Brief news reports were taken off at Redding, then at Yreka. then at Jacksonville, and for warded to Portland by dally mall, then first established. The Oregonlan waa foremost in getting news by this man ner, and as the wsr news of those days was eagerly sought, the paper quickly took the lesdlng position ss a medium of newa that it has ever since main tained. In the early part of the year 1S64 telegraphic communication was e tsbllshed between San Francisco and Portland. sid The Oregonlan began to receive regular telegraphic reports, which, however. i for a long time gave only a bare outline of the most Import ant news. The rates were high the re sources of the psper were small, there was but a poor system of gathering news at that dsy, and even the Journals of Sen Francisco were obliged to content themselves with scanty reports, though the news was of the roost important character. Competitors Come and Go. Though The Oregonlan's competitor, soon after it started a dally, dropped out of the field, other papers were start ed no long time after; but they. too. were short-lived. It Is unnecessary to make any list of them here. In the year IS a more pretentious and for midable effort was made. The Oregon Herald, dally and weekly, was started; jt was e. Democratic paper, backed by a good deal of money, and as time went on was able to Jnveet a good deal more. The Herald was published nearly 10 yeara. It was able to get the same telegraphic news as The Oregonlan. but it never was prosperous, probably never paid Its way. and when Its resources were finally exhausted and It was forced to succumb. Its various propri etors had sunk fully IISO. Yet while this competitor was In the field. The Oregonlan had still another to meet. In lra Ben Holladay atarted the Oregon Bulletin. This paper he backed lavishly, but It was slwaya a losing business, and after sr career of a little over five years It, too, gave up the ghost. In that time It had sunk nearly, or quite. .W0. A third formidable effort was made in 1S80. when the Dally Northwest News appeared. This paper was as unsuccess ful aa its predecessors. The original proprietor, after losing a great amount of money, abandoned It and It passed from the hands of one to another, until finally, after a career of six or seven years. It suspended. Its losses bad also been very heavy equal probably to those of either of the unfortunate ventures that preceded It. There have been other efforts of like kind, vigorous, yet unsuc cessful, needless to recount here. These statements sre presented ss part of the history of The Oregonlan. since they tend to show that It does not owe Its position and success to absence of competition or to the fortune of opportunity, but to vigilance, management and hard work. Editorial Management Strong. Of the editorial management of Tha Oregonlan, after Mr. Dryer's time. It now remains to speak. During some months there wss no regular editor. Mr. Plttock got work done as he could, and superintended It himself. In 1SS1 Simeon Francis, who had long published the Manicuring and Soda Fountain in Today's Specials aft" fllhie Greater Our New Location at Morrison, Alder, Tenth and West For Full Descriptions of Each of These Articles See Sunday s Papers - - - " - m m v. . 1 Great Sale of $25.QO Linen Suits Special at $7.45 $6.50 SHirtWaists at Low Price of $2.55 $1Q Dress Shirts Special Price of $4.95 SilK SKirts Special at Mr Regular Price $20.00 Silh Dresses Special $10.00 $350.00 Gowns Special at $175.QO Gowns and Dresses at One-Half Price $18.5Q SilK or Linen Coats Special Price $7.95 $25.00 SilK or Linen Coats Special Price $9.75 $1.25 Bed Spreads at Special Low Price of 95c $1.25 Table Linen Special Low Price of 98c Yd. $1.5Q Bed Spreads at Special Low Price of $1.18 $4,OQ Dozen NapKins at Low Price of $3.45 TW C,irKamslttHe Extra Low Price lOc 35c Gingham Aprons Special Low rnce ol Oc Children's dresses, at C9S L1 -1,49 Women's hosiery, regular 85-cent qualityat 53 Regular 25-cent hose, special 3 pair for only 501 Children's regular 30-cent hose, special at 14 Realldd gloves, regular $2.00 quaUtyatonly$l-29 Great sale of blanketB, special Springfield. Dl.. Journal, came to Oregon and tick the editorship of The Oregonlan. His experience as an editor and his gen eral knowledge of newspaper k ' very serviceable. He waa an old friend of President Lincoln, who presently made him a paymaster In the Army, and In IS?: he withdrew from The Oregonlan. His successor was Amory HolbrooK, an able man. but an Irregular worker, who held the position about two years. After him John F. Dnmon, now of Seattle, and 'Samuel A. Clarke, of Salem, were editors, successively. In May, Mr. Clarke resigned and Harvey W. Scott aucceeded him. Mr. Bcott had come to Oregon In his early boyhood and edu cated himself against great difficulties and was glad of an opportunity to show his willingness to work. hands continuous and laborious editorial work upon The Oregonlan. by one who had no thought beyond doing hie best and his utmost for the paper, began. Mr. Scott Becomes Partner. With the exception of the terral be tween October, 1872, snd April. 1877. The Oregonlan has ever been under the edi torial direction of Mr. Scott. that Interval the editor was W. Lair HIU. an able lawyer, well known through out the Northwest, now a resident or Oakland, Cal. Mr. HIU came Into the paper in consequence of a partial change In the proprietorship. Mr. Plttock had sold to Hon. H. W. Corbett and others. Including Mr. Hill, a controlling Interest In the paper, but Mr. Plttock retained the business management. in ftiarcn. 1877. Mr. Scott bought the Interest that had been sold to Mr. Corbett. snd Mr. Plttock and Mr. 8cott together bought the shares that had been sold to the others, and Mr. Scott resumed editorial charge. Since then The Oregonlan. as known today, has been created. HILLIS' AID COMBS HERE Famous Brooklyn Man Accepts Call to Portland Church. r tt rmnkr. associate pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church, of Brooklyn. N. T or wnicn ur. Dwight Hlllla Is pastor, has accepted a poaltlon as pastor of the Atkinson Memorial Congregational Church, at East Gllsan and Twenty-eighth streets. He will take up his new duties Septem ber 1. At present there Is no church build ing, although the property haa been purchased and a temporary structure erected. Most of the money for the two lots waa given by members of the First Congregational Church. 11200 be ing left from the sale of Pilgrim Chapel, a mission on Second street on the East Side. Dr. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of the First Church, said yesterday that the reason for changing the location of the church lte was that the chapel was In a neighborhood chiefly Catholic and Hebrew, and that rather than proselytise among these persons the Congregatlonallsts decided to move to a Protestant neighborhood. Methodists to Sleet at Hlllsboro. The annual session of the Oregon conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church is to be held at Hlllsboro Sep tember SI. So far as Is now known there are no church trials to take place, and no business of a special na ture. Bishop C. W. Smith will preside for the aecond time. This is a -very unusual thing, it being customary in the Methodist church for the council of bishops to change the appointment of the officer to preside at each suc ceeding conference. Bishop Smith Is also to preside at the Idaho conference, to be held at Joseph; at the Columbia, Kiver conference, at Couer d'Alene, Idaho, and at the Puget Sound con ference at Centralla. Food time approaches, and as the toad rather enjovs feasting on the honey bee lad.n with honey his appjUte shl J Jjon sldsred. The toad In the act of catching hi. rame remains on the around, never Drtnra Into the air. and the bees may be Jroi"?ed by setting the hire well above the ground. Fur Newa. The Munich Pest pays ' a remarkable trib ute to Herr Joaeph Fischer, who for 40 veara. without a single break, has been a dallr customer at the Deleth brewery In the town of Straablng. and during that period i,U Kit HW la beer and $118 la t&a. Hairdressing on tne RPmpnt-Grocery. Delicatessen ana liaivery on New Fall Tailored Suits in quamyana price. VIEWS ABE BROAD Ideas of Life and Death Show Philosophy of H. W, Scott. ADDRESS GIVES BELIEF In Eulogy at Funeral of Veteran Reporter, Editor Says Sweet and Pure Influences From Honor. able Life Never Perish. It was in an eulogy st the bier of E. I "Jerry" Coldwell. veteran reporter of The Oregonlan. that Mr. Scott, on March 18. 1908. gave expression, briefly, to his views on life and death. In his address, which was purely spontaneous. Is dis played a ripe and blg-souled phlloeophy and it affords as much an insight into the character of the editor as aleo Into that of the veteran reporter In whose praise he was speaking. His -remarks follow: "It Is fit, and at such a time and on such an occasion as this, to ask the ques tion what human life is, whether It is worth living, and to try to find some answer to the question. The answer Is that the life of the good man or the good woman is all there Is In this world that Is really worth attention or consid eration. Everything perishes but the sweet and pure Influences that proceed from an honorable life. They are im mortal, extending In ever-widening cir cle, we may believe through time and eternity. "The life of our deceased friend was such a life. He lived close to nature and close to man; in every relation of life he did his duty. Fldelltywas an absolute part of his nature. I should scarcely say he was guided by determina tion to do his duty, for he did it uncon sciously, and was far and away above the need of strengthening his nature by resolve. "The testimony of these friends toda bears witness to his honorable, generous and energetic life. The testimony of his fellow workers assembled around his bier shows in what esteem he was held by those who, outside his own home, knew him best. The work he did on The Oregonlan for years. In no way obtru sive, yet had marked significance. Its qualntness. Its good nature. Its gentle humor. Its nearness to the heart and life of its author, and of all those who read It, gave proofs that though the author was not known very much except In our own community, nevertheless wherever The Oregonlan was read, hers was the work of a distinctive hand. "He was a moral man. of mental equl pose, of even temper, never subject to excitements- Of his religious beliefs he was never obtrusive, but his attitude towards the sacred mysteries of life and death and futurity was always reverent. Though never publicly proclaiming it, he shared with all other thoughtful hu man beings the idea that man has sure relations with infinite. Tet he did not dogmatise on the subject His idea was that we have come, we know not how, out of ' the .infinite unknown; that we shall return we know not how, to the Infinite unknown. Yet sure belief In some thought or suggestion of Immortsl ity was shared by him. He was too thoughtful and too serious to think oth erwise. "He was a lover of Nature. His work on The- Oregonlan during many years gave continuous proof of the closeness of his' observation of Nature, and mat ter and all the phenomena of animal and vegetable life. He never undertook to expound these subjects learnedly, but gave them his light quaint and sugges tive touches, day by day, aa one thing and another came to his attention. Dr. Eliot has said that it is fit that upon this day of opening and sunny Spring time we should pay this tribute to him for these manifestations of nature wars the Second Flo or-A sK Abotxt Otir BirtHday CaKe French $21.50 Great sale of fine linens, special qualities and prices. Investigate the specials in our grocerydpartaient. Delicatessen and bakery departments on 4th floor. 8V-inch jaxdmieres2gar6entfcmd for 45 Set of Rogers teaspoons, at the low price of 89 Set of Bogers tablespoons, at the low price of $1-78 . . . . , j T .. ml.M hv Tr. wnai no ivvcu. a . j Eliot's remark of a passage in a very great poem, which since It Is not tedious. I will repeat, for it seems very appli cable here: Through wood and stream and Sold and hill and ocean, A Quickening life from the earth s heart has buret. As It has ever done, with change and motion. From the first morning of the world when God dawaed on chaos. In its stream Im mersed, . The lamps of heavon burned with a softer All baser 'things pant with life's sacred thirst Dlffuee themselves, and spend in love s The beluty 'and the Joy of their renewed might. The leprous corpse, touched by the spirit Exhalelfliielf -In flowers of gentle breath; Like Incarnations of the tt'.when..,!,P1nI Is chs.ged to fragrance, they Illumined And mockh'the merry worm that wakes be neath. Naught we know dies; shall that alone which Be alna"sword consumed before the sheath By siKhtless lightning? The Intense atom A mfmem. then Is Quenched In a most cold repose. He fo'niade one with nature, there Is heard His breath in all her music. 'Tt is the life of a good man. a man who does his duty in the various rela tions of life ss our departed friend has done, that shows i that It Is worth while to live. Even the memory of us may be lost. But the work we do. If It be rightly done, wlU rot be lost. With similar work. It becomes a cumulative force for a benefaction to the race; for after all our striving it remains as an other poet has said: Onlv the actions of the just Smell sweet and nloesom In the oust. NOVEL EXCUSE IS GIVEN Disorderly Young Man Tells Police lie Is "Student of liife."' Eugene Goodwin, the name given by a young man arrested by Patrolmen MarUne and Johnson at Third and An keny streets on a charge of disorderly conduct Saturday night, chose a novel ex cuse for his actions by declaring him self to be a "Student of Life. Goodwin was detected in the act or accosting several women on the street and peering into their faces. When collared by the officers he said, I am studying human nature I m a student of life. I chose those women for my "UAtheadquarters Goodwin was booked as a 'Student of lAt eS" Oregon Electric Starts Suit. ALBANY, Or.. Aug. V(SPet!Si,)rt Suit to condemn a right of way through some land in the Eastern part of th s cfty was begun in the State Circuit Court here last evening by the Oregon Electric Railway Company. The owners of the land who are made defendants in the suit are Louis M. Moejnch. Buby K. Moench. John E. Moench. William H. Moench. Charles J. Moench Noah A. Moench and Mary M. Moench. The land is situated where e Fifth street line of the Oregon Electric will enter the city. JACKSONVILLE GETS BANK Medford Branch Institution Taken Over by Local Men. JACKSONVILLE. Or.. Aug. T. (Spe cial.) Jacksonville will have a new bank September 1, the Farmers & Fruitgrowers' Bank of Medford, which has been operating a branch house here, having sold out the local insti tution to local men. A recent ruling by the State Bank Examiner made a change in the mode of operating nec essary, and rather than go to the trouble of reincorporating both banks, as demanded by the ruling, the Medford bank decided to dispose of the Jack sonville branch. The new institution will begin Its existence under favorable circum stances. All Oregon Is prosperous and the country near Jacksonville is on the eva of industrial activity greater than any of the early "mining days. Lingerie at Vz the $16.50 French Gowns Special at $S.25 $39.QO French Gowns Special $19.50 $25 French Petticoats Special $12.50 $6Q French Petticoats Special at $3Q $4.75 Combination Suits Special $2.38 $39 Combination Suits Special $19.5Q $5.QO Howd Corsets Special at $2.98 $12. OO Bon Ton Corsets Special Price $5.98 fifi.OO Adiusto Corsets Special Price of $2.98 $11.20 Dinner Sets at the Special Price of $7.75 $27.5Q Dinner Sets at Special Price of $16.25 $17.75 Dinner Sets at Special Price of $10.65 Dinner Sets at Special Price of $14.85 . S9.5Q Dinner Sets at Special Low Price of $5.75 $$.OQ Chocolate Sets at Special Price $4.00 Set of Rogers table forks, at the low price of $1.78 Set of Rogers fruit knives, at the low price of $1.3o Set of Rogers dessert forks, at the low price of $1.56 Set of Rogers dessert spoons, at the low price of $1.56 Set of Rogers table knives, at the low price of $1.69 Set of Rogers salad forks, at the low price of $1.78 FARMERS HOLD GRAIN MARKET IS AT STANDSTILL IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, WASH. With Harvest Nearly Over, Growers - Hold for Higher Prices Crop Is 25 to 85 Per Cent Short. DAYTON, Wash.. Aug. 7.-(SpeciaI.) Except on a few scattered farms along the Blue Mountain foothills, the grain harvest south of the Snake River will practically close this week. Figures received frlm Waitsburg. Starbuck, Turner, Alto and other shipping points In Columbia County, place the yield this year at 2,250,000 bushels. Of this amount 1.600.000 bushels are barley and the remainder principally wheat- The estimated decrease in yield over last year Is 25 to 35 per cent. Grain dealers here place' the average yield per acre at 35 bushels for barley and 20 bushels for wheat. Many fields have yielded as high as 50 bushels of wheat and 65 of barley to the acre. Market conditions here are at a standstill. buyers contending that prices now do not warrant extensive speculation and growers believing that prices will advance before Spring as they did last year. However, the farmers are not so completely masters of the situation as they were last year. Many refused to sell then, but now 40 per cent of the old crop is on hand and the financial tension will have to Piano An $800 Apollo Player Piano Like above cut and only used six months, left with us to be' sold at a sacrifice. Now is your chance to get the finest player-piano in the world at a great bargain. Do not delay. ;.,!.. PIANOS AT HALF PRICE NEW AND SLIGHTLY USED Now is the chance for the man with cashlike wise for the party who can only pay $5.00 per month. There are only a few in the lot, so if you can use one you will have to call soon. Think of pianos from $68.00 up , Hovenden-Soule Piano Co. 106 Fifth Street, next to Perkins Hotel. me r ourinjunu Park Streets Regular Price be relieved through disposal of hold ings. Portland grain buyers predict that in two weeks more a large per cent of the farmers will be offering if the prices hold up. Half a dozen lots of barley have been sold this week at prices ranging from tl to 2 above tha . Portland market quotations. Flouring mills In the Tounhet "Valler are still closed and are not likely to resume operations for another month. Two things are responsible for this condition lack of water and lnablllty to get milling wheat. Comparatively no grain has teen shipped from Columbia County to Port land or other Coast markets, due to the fact that California Is offering its crop at prices not met yet by local producers. Mills and exporters are re fusing to stock up at present prices. This has been" the shortest harvest ever known in- this county, due to the large amount of new machinery and the light crop. Weather conditions have been ideal for harvesting. Court Moves to Witnesses. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 1. (Special) For the first time In many years In ; -S ' Linn County a session of the County, Court will be held outside of the reg- yi ular courtroom tomorrow. County ), Judge J. N. Duncan will convene courtj . at Lebanon to hear further testimony In the petition for the appointment o.f i a guardian for Marshall S. Clalk? alleged Incompetent- As a great many; witnesses from Lacomb would have . . to travel a great distance to reach thev i county seat. Judge Duncan decided to accommodate them by holding a ses sion at Lebanon. One of Clark's brothers -., desires a guardian appointed for Mar shall, while the other insists jnarauo.ii uei LJ trapsact his own is fully able to affairs. Bargains