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V THE MORXIXG OKHGOXI AX. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1918. 11 GOOD HEWS GOMES TO WHEAT GROWERS Food Administrator Fixes Water Rate of $3.50 From Portland to New York. PARITY' WITH EAST GIVEN FMnplnr Board Undertake to I Transport Etc Production of Wheat and FToar From Padfto Port to Atlantic Seaboard. (Cneffna.! Fwm, First r r ) bring-In- I2.17H. aa tha price for tha Nw Tork ltrmln) ta fixed at 11.11. "hlraro' baalo prtca la 11.10. -with aa l--nt rata to New Tork. Dlsratcbea from Washing-ton, D. C detailing; (ha seeming; controversy b- tween Admlnlatrator Hoover, tha Ad imnixration mnd tha Shipping- Board, related that Mr. floorer, when Informed of tha Shipping- Board promla to as tabllsh tha low water rata, at one declared that auch action would place Portland on a parity with Chicago, Ir respective of tha proclamation. Lale la Ititaaalaed. Varlotra Portland men. acquainted with the craln bostneaa and the alma of the OoT.rnment. and holdlna; that Port- land Is entitled ta a parity price with hleaco. recoa-nlsed the logic of the Food Administration's position, bat were Plainly uncertain aa to tha eat come. Inasmuch aa fhe prloe appeared ta be arbitrarily decided. The proclamation which fixed the Portland prtca at I1.0S. coupled with the promised water rata, was eom mented apoa aa aa evidence that mla underataadlna; eilated somewhere In efflelal elrclee at the CapltoL ani that co-ordination seemed lac It Ins; between the Admlnlntratloa and Ita war-chll dran. the SMpplna Board and tha Food Administration. Otherwise, they ara-ued. tha baxtc price for Portland woald have been fixed at fl.lt. All believed that tha tancle woald be unsnarled, bat sev era! expressed doubt aa to tha North western wheatsrower'a chances for aa established parity price. ftoaovted Breech Oamlaeaa. The Iloover teleirram Is vood tldlnr la Itself, but affords no hint of what action may be taken to revise ie ITesMent'a proclamation of I10S wheat for Portland, and tha reported breach between lioover and Secretary alrAdoo appeared ominous to some, who be lieved that tha Administration might remain firm In Ita stand, disregarding tha showing, and that tha Shipping Hoard might be compelled to revise Its water rata upward. Inasmuch as the rata la admittedly low and un precedented. Assurance of the water rate, from Herbert Hoover, la taken, however, to Indicate that the misunderstanding has been satisfactorily arranged, and that the promise of a parity rate for Port land and tha Northwest will b kept la all essentials. Messages received several days ago. by J- IX Brown, president of the Farm- era Union of Oregon, from members of tha Fanners" Vnlon delegation to the Capitol, from Oregon and Washington. forecast tha water rate and complete satisfaction, said Mr. IJrown yesterday. nr. Heswt blvee Oalaiaa. -If the Shipping Board has com mitted Itself to the 11 S rate for wheat from thla port." said Max Houaer, Fed era! grain administrator for the North west, "and tonnage Is available. It seems to me that wheat her would be worth the terminal market price. less tha freight to some basic terminal market. "If the rata ia put Into effect It be- omea self-operative. I cannot see what would Binder anyone from shipping to I New Tork and receiving the prt-e ea tabllshed there. Of course, there would be some charges, from three to five cente per bushel, covering loading, un loading, marine Insurance, etc "Apparently a misunderstanding it- lets, said Mr. Houser. "atyd that. In xi me. win properly aa jimeo. - i Water Rat Aajaato Dlrfereaeev I While an established price for Port, land of 12.0S per bushel would not, ihl.very element of operating cost ls ah m opinion, vm iur 10 turn growers, lam I promised water rate would automat- rally adjust the difference, tn the be- lief of J. D. Brown, president of the r!Z?'"' of , , . ,v -The II OS price ia not fair to the promised water rate would automat-1 farmers of the Northwest," said Mr. rirown. In comment, "and they would feel that they were discriminated against. As for the water rate of 13 SO. I can hardly think that Hoover la la a position to assure any next rata, la face of th proclamation. "But tha water rata, if operative. would b perfectly satisfactory to our growers. It would cost about 10 cents per bushel from here to New Tork. under auch a rata, or 1H cents differ- enca when compared with the Chicago rat of eight cents to New Tork. . Baal Price Mar B"-1TH. "If that la true, we ar practically on a parity with Chicago, and have no complaint to make, for in the past our defferenttai has been from six to eight cents oa aa average, and often greater. If we can deliver wheat In New Tork for 10 cents we ought to get a basic price for Portland of 11.17 Irrespec tive of the price fixed by the Preei SenU "A Farmers' Union delegation has been tn Washington for several weeks, working mainly for racifle Coast par ity with Chicago. We received a tele gram a few days ago saying that they thought they had succeeded In getting In av oarltr rata. Undoubtedly tney naa i In mind the Shipping Board and its '"Z:Z... Theodora B. Wilcox, chairman of the North Pacific Coast milling division. f ederal ooa Aamuiniriuuu, u-iiuu to discuss the basic price or the prom lsed Shipping Board freight rate. "It is evident that there ls some mis understanding." said Mr. Wilcox. "Noth ing definite has been given out with re sard to the freight rate. Portland wheat never has been on parity with Chicago, and there haa never been auch a freight rate. I do sot car to dia- -Portland should hav th aam basic whsat price as Chicago, namely 13 20 a bushel." said R. N. Stanfleld. candi dal for th Republican nomination for United States Senator, yesterday. "It costs Just aa much to raise wheat In Oregon a It does In Minnesota or Da kota, and tha Oregon farmer ebould re ceive the same price. The transporta tion charge between Portland and Chi cago la not a sufficient causa for a large differential. Oregea Delegacies Haa Werfc te Dei. "It Is up to th Oregon delegation In Congreae to secure for Portland a baale market on a parity with Chicago, other wise the Oregon producer la placed In the position of being denied equal treat ment In his trads relations, and the common cause which we are all en deavoring to aid must suffer. "Takmr It for granted that, aa re ported, the "hipping Board haa fixed a rate of fl.SO per toa for wheat from ASPECT OF RED CROSS J" 3..t ; :., t .r Jr Warn Q -iUW mnW4 L. Caatcoaj Waw tuiv? That'a nnr tiafflt." ' Th.i I. what tha man in a cartaJn thera of tha Red Crosa canteen. Tha 9 . a MM r 7i Cro.a. with some deecrlptlon of tha eaateenwork. -Tomi et a On breakfaat orar thara.- a jonna; offloer told la smile.- Thaea canteens are mostly self-supporting. Tha capital expense, py wnictt Cross war funds. Portland to Kew Tork, then la Justice Oregon farmers ahouid receive a price equal to tha New Tork price, leaa the aotual freight charge "A wheat price la Portland or iX-So. aad New Tork of ll ll, or la -"nari ton and Savannah of 11-17 per bushel Ls at least t or 10 cents discrimination against tha producer of the Psciflo Northwest," commented W. D. B. Dod- son. executive secretary e the Port land Chamber of Commerce. "Fair costs of water transportation from Portland to New Tork or perhaps. better ret. Liverpool, ahouid be the do termlnlng element. In peace times Liverpool waa the baa upon which we sold. We were then within S or ( cents a bushel of the Chicago prices. Water Rata te Be Considered. "When tha first aet of prlcee were fixed by the Government, no account waa taken of the water transportation element la fixing our prices, but ws were arbitrarily put at the Chicago price, minus rail freight, because the Government argued there waa no com mercial movement . of wheat through the Panama Canal to New Tork or Europe. we had tha first prices changed In our favor by ahowtng that there waa potential water transportation; that the Uovemmnt owned th vessels avail able; that It coord fix any fair rata It desired for. Its own vessels through the canal, and that if the vessels were not so used or If a fair freight rate were not given on them , through the canal. It wag evidence ofthe Uovernment'e ill. regard of the, INclflc Northwest wheatgrower'e normal rights. tktaalag WUI Be Asaple. The same transportation condition exists today. . Our Oovernment will have far mora than 1.000.000 tons, dead weight, of new shipping finished on the Pacific Coast before the crop on which price arebelng fixed will move. This total could attain 1.000.000 tona by April or May of next year. Th normal wheat crop for export.-In the Northwest ta but little above 1.000. one tons. Last year It waa put at but 150.000. If Chairman Turleya promise of 11. SO a ton on wheat from Portland to New Tork by Oovernment Teasels were maintained, the operating department of the Shipping- Board would secure fair revenue. "Take one of our 1100-ton. dead weight, steel steamships being finished here. She would carry nearly that amount of wheat aa cargo, with coaling facilities aa they are provided. Her earning would be nearly 111.000 tor a 10-dav voyage, or a little less than ..no 000 for a rear. -x. tha coat of tha vessel at 11.800 ana taka Into consideration that .ni.,l - within tha control or tna UOV .rnment, the owner or th oa wm appreciate that a ,nr cf 400 000 a year for may be mad to yield a r .t profu. rnm.nt- tn. owner of tha vessel, and gross earn auch a craft remunerative Caaal Ratea Toe nigh. "Oar Oovernment -haa declared that the commercial ratea through tha Canal are too high; that there haa been too much profiteering In certain lines. The power preaching thla doctrine should make tha ratea through the Canal as low aa poaslbl. and put all operating cosio ana in prouia io u ita vessela low, especially when by so doing the effect is to give a atrong Impetua to the production of the vitally needed wheat. A rate of 13.60 a ton through the Canal ls slightly above 10 centa per bushel. Ten cente.a bushel. If this rate Is fair, should bo our difference under New York. Nina centa a bushel ls the proper difference if we base upon Charleston or Savannah. The pew Tork flnrure would give us 12.1a. If based upon Liverpool and direct Ball ing from the Canal to Liverpool were possible, aa In peace timea, we ahouid have nrobablr about IT.20 a bushel. w. B. Ayer. federal r ooa Adminis trator for Oregon, cneerruiiy swept aside all doubt, and asserted his belief that all waa well with Northweetern wheat, offering In evidence the message had Just received from Adminiatra- tor noover. BIGGER HOTEL NECESSARY Camp Iwls Structure) Building Va equal to Demand. TACOMA. Wash, Fb. 24. (Special.) great haa been th demand ror accommodations at the new hotel to be built at Oreene Park, Camp Lewis, that th Benson Hotel Company an nounced today that a second unit will be built as soon a the first la com- P11" - The flnrt unit will hav 660 rooma and cost , 500.000. according to A. A. Ben son, president of the company. Th dining-room of the main unit will ac commodate 4000 diners, according to present plans, and th cost of th sec ond unit will be 400.000 It I planned to finish th first unit by July 1. Hundreds of officer will make their homes at th hotel and many who ar married will house their families there. Soldier Bound for Spruce Camps. SOUTH BEND. Wash.. Feb. S4. (Spe cial.) One hundred and. fifty soldiers from Vancouver Barracks, Washington, are In temporary barracks her await ing orders to proceed to spruce camps tn th county.' Phone your want ad to Th Orgo- I nlan. Main 7070, A (015, WORK THAT FINDS FAVOR WITH ',4 i J at AMarleaa Aviatlaa Tralalaa; 9ckaol American aviation oamo In Franca said first photoaraph of thla work arflred yesterday at tha Portland chapter of the Red . . r 10 VESSELS LAUNCHED SLOAJ YARD lEJTOS FIRST SHIP GLXDLXO DOW WATS. tfra. R. M. Calklaa, Wife ef Tlee'PresI- deat ef Hllwaakee Railread, Chrlateaa New Craft, OLTMPIA. Wash., Feb. 24. (Special.) Six daya ago L. O. Waldo, of Seattle, took charge of tha partly Idle Sloan Shipyards as general manager, with Andrew Peterson, of Aberdeen, aa su perintendent, tinder tha Emergency Fleet Corporation Administration, The yard Saturday launched its first ship, on that bad laid on the ways for more than a year. It la a 1500-ton wooden vessel with twin screws and schooner rig. Mrs. R. M. Calkins, wife of R. M. Calkins, vice president of tha Milwaukee Railroad at Seattle, christened th ship Cethana. The vessel launched Saturday is the first of the Cllnchfleld Navigation Com pany contract ships that attracted Con gressional Inquiry. Her -present owner ship la not stated, farther than that R. M. Calk Ins, appears as agent for the ownership. There are three vessels covered by the Cllnchfleld contract still on the ways, and four more have been contracted for with Sloan by the Shipping Board. It la expected that the Oovernment will eventually take over the Sloan yard fleet, which will number It, Including th four Cllnch fleld ships. The flv-mated auxiliary schooner Korsnaes, third of a series of 4000-ton ships built by th Olympla Shipbuild ing Company for Portland ownership, represented by W. C. Bristol, also was launched Saturday. leaving the ways shortly before 6 A. M. This vessel is consigned to the A. O. Anderson & Company, of Portland. ' charter not stated. Sister ships, the Wergerland, now at Port Blakely. and the General Pershing, fitting for aea here, are slated to casry lumber to Australia. It Is reported that E. R. Ward, owner of the Olympia yard, has contracts for four more ships and that work will begin promptly. CAPTAIN FDvAIXY FINDS SOX Skipper Meets Boy at Camp Lewis By Happy Cliance. TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Captain Johnson, of tha achooner Dav enport, and his eon, George, have met after many vicissitudes. Three times th aktpper has been In Tacoma since hla son was drafted Into the Army from San Francisco. He haa Bought to see him each time In vain. Captain Johnaon went to Camp Lewis again Thursday, but hla son was out with a aoouting party "somewhere near Olympla." He left a note. When Private Johnson came to town he went aboard th Davenport, but his father was absent. Ha left a message telling hla father to meet him at camp. Last night at 7:10 the aklpper hove to at the cantonment, but he could find no trace of hla son. Then he drifted into the Liberty Theater and heard a famil iar voice. It waa his boy doing a stunt on th stage. -It did not take him long to convince (he stage manager who he waa and today father and son spent a tew nours together, the first in many months. Pacific Coast Shipping Sotes. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 34. (BDaelal Can-v. Ing lumber from Portland, the motor achoon er Pauline sailed at 11 o'clock today for Aatofafasta via San Pedro. The tank steamer J. A. Chanslor arrived at 10 o'clock from California. I-aden with a full urn of fretaht anil . fair Hat of passengers, from Portland and Astoria, tha steamer Beaver sailed at 1:30 this morning for Saa Francisco and San Pedro. The tug Navigator, with oil barra Mon terey la tow. arrived at 3 o'clock this after aoon from California, bringing fuel oil for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO. Fab 4 Riwwl.1 Untouched by a paint bruah for the past two years, 11 German sailing vessels In terned at Santa Rosalia since 1914. ars fast sinking into decay, according to word brought hero today by Captain Knblo, of the Mexican steamer Korrlran III. The crews of the vessels deserted immediately after tney were interned ana the vessels were left to the haphazard attention of several shift less caretakers. The Korrlcan III Is owned by a French concern and comes here for a general over hauling, and If price ars not too steep. It Is reported her owners will have her length ened and turned into an oil carrier. Motorshlps figured largely in the move ments on the Pacific reported at the marine department of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce today. The motorshlp Laurel v halen sailed for Vancouver, while the motorshlp 8. I.- AUard arrived from Hono lulu after a voyage of 14 daya. Th AUard carried 85,847 bags of sugar beside shipments of canned pineapples. The Japanese freighter Tukl Mara arrived from Kobe today and Captain Tasuda re- ported that he had encountered stormy weather sll the way across. The waves dsmsged the vessel's bridge and superstruc ture and flooded the mean room. The Tukl Maru brought 4100 tona of general ' mer chsndlse. The schooner Esther Buehne, 71 days from ?avo Savo, with a cargo of copra, arrived n port today showing th effect of a stormy voyage. The British bark. Louisa Craig,. from New Zealand, arrived late. tonight, ' Movements of Vessels. AaTriTA, Teh, S.I. ai:ed at midnight, steamer .beaver, for Saa J' -"Cisco and San WOULD-BE BIRDMEN. K 'Mi la France. when they wara asked about tha work a newspaperman, "and what's more, you'll ret It with . uey are equipped, comes irom ins nia Padre; arrived at :80 and left at 11 A. M-. steamer J. A. Ch anal or .from Oavlota arrived down durlna the nlcht and sailed at 11 A. M., auxiliary schooner Pauline; tor Antorogaeta; arrived at 1 ana leir up ax i P. at., sohooner Monterey. In tow tug Navt gator, from Monteroy. PORTLAND. Feb. 28. Arrived Steamer J. A. Ch anal or. from Oavlota. Sailed etsamer Klamath, for San Francisco and 5an Pedro. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2. Arrived Steamer Rose City, from Saa Pedra. . TJ. S. Naval Radio Reports. (An reports are for S P. M. yesterday unless otherwise Indicated.) AROTLL. Oleum for Tacoma aad Seattle, 4S miles from Tacoma. P. M. Columbia River Bar Report, NORTH HEAD. Feb. 84. Condition ef the bar at 6 P. M.: Sea. moderate; wind, north west. 12 miles. Tides at Astoria Monday. Hlrh. Low. 0:5S A. M....7.T feetT:o A. M....1.8 foot 0:43 P. M 81 feet!7:28 P. M....0.1 feet DOLLY VARDEN GOES FAMOUS TRA1X, PRECURSOR OF RAPID TRANSIT, NO MORE. Old-Time Flier Successfully Cosabata Twentieth Century Limited, bat Ia Knocked Oat by War. NEW TORK, Fb. 18. Th famous- aye, more than famous tha Illustrious Dolly Yarden Express, that romped up and down th Hudson River Jong be fore the 20th Century Limited, or even the Empire State Express, was dreamed of. ls now a thins; of the past, a dim and distant past, that hallows the memory of railroading, when there was romance to It. Notices posted in West chester County stations inform the public that the Dolly Varden will be discontinued to permit the use of the rails exclusively for war freights. While only about 20 persons regu larly traveled on the Dolly Varden Ex press, between Thirtieth street, Man hattan, and Spuyten Duyvll, the loss will be felt keenest among the many thousands of Washington Heights housewives whos apartments overhang the Hudson and who daily set their clocks by tha flight of the Dolly Varden. The Dolly Varden was the first noted train on th New Tork Central, and in that day, many years before the Grand Central Station was built, when the main "depot" was -down at Thirti eth street and Eleventh avenue, the Dolly Varden'a dally flights between New Tork and Albany elicited such high praise throughout the world that she soon became the mother of such standard railroad expressions aa the "Cannon Ball Express" and the "Lightning Express." Later, when the Grand Central Sta tion was built, and the New Tork Cen tral tunneled under Park avenue and ran a line skirting' the Harlem River to Spuyten Duyvil, more modern trains were put on the route Into the city. but the Dolly Varden retained her ait premacy as the finest passenger train operated on th Hudson side of Man hattan. Newer trains took th Dolly Vartlen's Albany business and her schedule was cut down until It Included only points as far north aa Osslnlng; or PeekskllL Gradually freight trains crowded all the passenger trains off the west side rails excepting th Dolly Varden, and for many years she had held her soli tary sway against th encroaching freights. Twice a day ah ran north and twice a day south. Seldom did she have more than 20 passengers, and usually a dozen was a fair "load." In recent years the Dolly Vaxden consisted of one of the oldest but most faithful locomotives of the New Tork Central lines and a single day coach of the type long obsolete, but which In th roman tic days of the Dolly Varden's prime was described as "a veritable palace on wheels." Th Dolly Varden was able to con tend against everything: except war, and thus the' mailed fist causes "an cient and holy things to fad like a dream." WOMEN ENTER TRAINING Volunteers Are to Be Assigned to Active War Work. NEW TORK, Feb. 18. Over SOJ wom en have registered for the war time training course for volunteer being presented at the Hotel Biltmore, New York. This is the second In a series of 12 lectures presented under tne auspices of the committee on social welfare, to gether with the extension department of Columbia University. Miss Mary Richmond, director of tha organization department of the Russell Sage Foundation, will lecture on "The Family as the Center of Social Service." Her disoussloto will cover the following subjects: "Friendly Visiting in the Home." "Child Welfare," "Medical So cial Work," "The Home Service of the Red Cross." At the satisfactory completion of the course the women will be placed In ac tive volunteer service by the committee on women's war work of Columbia Uni versity. JASSY IS SOMBER War Works Marked Change in Roumanian City. TOWN NOW IS CAPITAL Temporary Seat of Government Is Haven of Stricken Natives. Scenes of Borrow and De pression Noted. JASST. Roumania, Feb. 10. (Corre spondence of the Associated Press.) Few cities inr Europe have been more profoundly affected by the war than th little cltv of J ass v. now the nro visional capital of Roumania. From V quiet, tranquil municipality with a pop ulatlon of less than 75,000, the place has suddenly grown to such proportions that tha government authorities have found It difficult to provide comfort able living quarters for the civil pop ulation, which now numbers 300,000. After th evacuation of Bucharest this modest little city became almost over night the home of the King and Queen and the seat of the entire gov ernment. - Here also ar located the legations of all friendly -foreign gov ernments and tha headquarters of the Roumanian Army and of important di visions of th Russian forces. Before tha war Jassy was known chiefly as the ancient capital of the Province of Moldavia, and aa a city of Interesting churches and historic as soelatlons. It is now th center of all official, commercial and military so tlvity In the unoccupied territory of Roumania. When Bucharest and the southern portion of th little Latin kingdom were evacuated, a larga part of th population of that aaotlon sought re fug bar. Schools, colleges, churches, stores, barracks and Indeed, any form of structure that afforded shelter, had to be converted quickly Into living quarters to provide for th great In flux of homeless people who fled be fore th invading Germans. Provision also had to be mad for the various de partments of th government and for th many branches of th army. City Ia Unnsual Interest. To th American observer tha city presents many features of uncommon interest. Along the main streets are to b seen great throngs of Roumanian Russian, French and Serbian officers or soldiers. In uniforms so varied tn color and pattern that all strict stand ards of uniformity seem, to be sacrificed to utility ad comfort Here and there an American Red Cross officer in his distinctive garb of yellow gives added color to th animated scene. Number less military automobiles, bearing Gen erals, Colonel or other officers on im portant missions, dash back and forth at feverish speed. I Scores of motor lorries, laden with the materials of war, make their lum bering way through the streets with utter disregard of the comfort of pe destrians. Now and then a Red Cross motor ambulance, fresh from an errand of mercy to the front, stops in front of a hospital and discharges Its burden of sick and wounded. In a few minutes it ls off again to the rear-line trenches to gather another batch of the coun try's crippled soldiers. Marching up a side street, under guard, is a large, number of Austrian and German prisoners. Just in from the front, some of them ragged, thin, un clean and disheveled, but all apparently happy at being relieved from the hard ships of war. In another section of the city, accompanied by several armed soldiers, ls a small company of desert ers on slackers, most of them dejected and spiritless, with crowds of curious onlookers commenting derisively on the lack of courage which made them seek freedom from military service. At the railroad station a long train of cars enters, bearing hundreds of Russian Transylvanians captured by tha Russians from th Austrians and now turned over to the Roumanian military authorities for service under the Roumanian flag. The men seem happy at the prospect of Serving the country of their nativltiy, but are con scious of the grim fate that awaits them If taken prisoners by the Ger mans or Austrians; for if retaken by the Teutonic forces they will be sum marily shot as traitors. Not far from the center of the city are the residences of the King and Queen which in times of peace were the quarters of military companies. In keeping with the tendency of the times, they are severely plain in their ap pointments and surroundings, and it is difficult for the visitor to realize that within the plain, rude walls are housed the sovereign heads of a natlen. The Queen may be seen almost any day setting out from the royal residence In an automobile, unguarded, and attend ed only by one of th ladles-ln-waitlng from the court. The King, likewise, is a familiar figure on the streets of Jassy. He usually travels by motor, accompanied by one of his General or military aides. The royal family ls much loved by the people, and both he and the Queen mingle amongtheir sub jects with a spirit of democracy and catholicity that ls deeply Impressive to the visitor from other countries. BUTTON SUPPLY DWINDLES Manufacturers Unable to Cope With Abnormal Demand. WASHINGTON. Feb. 18 The Govern ment demand for large Quantities of buttons has led manufacturers to at tempt to purchase back the stocks of wholesalers and jobbers of buttons at the price asked tha outtins;-up trade, in order to fill Government .requisitions promptly. The flg-ure furnished by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestics Com merce show also that there has been a greater demand abroad for buttons made In this country. The exports of buttons and parts from the United States for th fiscal year ending; June 80, 1917, amounted to 11,982,104, as compared with $1,902,656 In 191 and ,654,372 in 1914. Buttons, especially the larger sizes, 40 to 65-llni such as are used on over coats, of metal, horn or vegetable ivory, are now much wanted. Th de mand has not only absorbed the Amer ican product, but lias apparently stim ulated the Import trade in buttons. POLLY' SOLD FOR CHARITY Parrot Becomes Sacrifice to Aid French Orphans." ST. PATJl Feb. 20. ''Telephone! Tel ephone!" called a shrill voice above the din of the throng of buyers at the sac rifice sale of the Fatherless Children of France Society,., which opened this morning in Field, Scnliclc & Co.'s rug department. ' " Is ' 1 It was not on of the society 'sales women, or one of the store clerks. . It was the voice of Mrs. Louis Hill's par rot, sacrificed to care for ' a French war orphan. Polly." who has been In the Hill family for years, is in tha habit of The Bank of California National Association Portland Branch , Third and Stark Streets Capital Paid in Gold Coin ....$8,500,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits... . 8,431,115 TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Issue Commercial Letters of Credit, covering importa tionof merchandise, as well as Letters of Credit for use of travelers throughout the United States and Foreign Coun tries. - Interest Paid on Time and Savings Deposits APEX LAND PLASTER MINED and MANUFACTURED in the NORTHWEST. Endorsed by the Oregon Agricultural College. Place your order now, while quick delivery is possible and before advance in freight rates becomes effective. UNION MEAT CO. calling members of th household whenever the telephone bell rings. DAILY KKTEOROLOOIOAZ. REPORT. PORTLAND. Feb. 84. Maximum temner- eiure, so aegTees; minimum. 84 decrees. River reeding at A. M., 6 feet; ohanse in last 24 hours, none. Total rainfall (6 P. M. to O r. M. ). none: total rainfall nines Ban tember 1. 1917, 81.65 inches; normal rain fall since September 1. 89.84 inches; excess ox rainian smoe September 1, 1H17. t.l tnoiu Sunrise. 6:58 A. M .: sunset. fi.SO P. M. Total sunshine February 24. 3 hours: possible sunshine, 10 hours, S4 minutes. Moonrlse, d:ov r. M. ; moonset. 6:09 A. M. Barometer (reduced to sea levall. at S P. M 80.25 Inches. Relative humidity at noon, ST per cent. -THIS WEATHER. g g "B Wind I f It f STATIONS. f ? I weaker 3 : " : : S e : : : 3 5 : : j , Baker 24 3210. 00 . .IN Clear Boise 86 30.04 12iNW Pt. cloudy Boeion 4i0.60!luiSW Cloudy Chicago 68:0.00.. NW Clear Denver 62i0.00 . .SW Cloudy Dee Moines 6010.001. .SW Pt. cloudy Eureka 48i0.84l26ifJ Clear Galveeton 7u;0.0012:S Clear Helena 30 84 0.02 10 NW Snow Juneaut 38,0. Oo Kansas Ciy 6SI0.00 10 SE Cloudy Los Angeles 6410. 00 .. SB Cloudy Marshfiald ... 82 6010. 10 .. NW Clear Medford 440.00 Minneapolis 4SW00..SE Clesr New Orleans 800. 00110 SW Clear New York 82!0.00il8isW Cloudy North Head... 88 42!O.0012iNW Clear North Yakima 22 480.00. .INW Clear Phoenix 74I0.00I12INW Rain Pocatello ..... 84 36i0.2638iSW Cloudy Portland 84 4i0.00.. W Cloudy Roseburg 82 480. OBI. . NW Cloudy Saoramento .. 46 JS4O.00..N Clear St. Louis 6810.001.. W Pt. cloudy Salt Lake 60!0.20;86 NW Snow San Diego (. .. 62(0.011. .ISW Cloudy San Francisco. j .. . 640.22 . . NE Clear Seattle 84 420. 22 . .N Clear Sitka S60.00 Spokane 28 3410.08 .. W Pt. cloudy Tacoma . . 82 42;0.02..N Clear TatooBh Island 38 44I0.0OI..8W Cloudy Valdszt 20) 26,0.20 Pt. cloudy Wall Walla.. 32 42i0.30. .SW Pt. cloudy Washlngon 1 640.00. .W Cloudy Winnipeg 82j0.2024!N Snow t A. M. today. P. M. report of preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity . Probably, rain tnoderata southeasterly winds. Oregon and Washington Probably rain west, fair east portion; fresh southeasterly winds. Idaho Fair nd colder. EDWARD L. WELLS, Meteorologist. DAILY "CITY STATISTICS Births. ' KEEDHAM To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Needham, 643 East Fifty-seventh street. I'enruiiry is, a aaugnter. POP1EL To Mr. and Mrs. Mike Poplel, 4u snerrett, eDruary ih. a aaugnter. LINQUIST To Mr. and Mrs. John R. Lln- qulst, 938 East Twenty-third, February 14, a son. HOCHULT To Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Hochull. 227 East Fifty-second, February Id. a son. MODIN To Mr. and Mra Alfred Modin, 101 Grover, February 15, a son. PRIMROSE To Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Prim rose. 300 Crosby, February 19, a son. ANDERSON To Mr. and Mra M. O. An derson. 671 Kerby, February 16, a daughter. 8CARPELLI To Mr. and Mrs. Antoni F. 8carpelll, 174 West Watts, February 19, son. HUSKET To Mr. and Mrs. Henrv H. Huekey. 1325 Yamhill. February 6. a son. WALKER To Mr. and Mra C. C. Walker, 7U3 ueimoDt, eDruary n, a aaugnter. STARR To Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Starr, 2224 East First, February 18, a son. FREDERICKSON To Mr. and Mra Al fred Frederiokson, 20 East Seventieth, Feb ruary 15. a daughter. ' PORTER To Mr. and Mra Frank 8. Porter, 7517 Forty-seventh, February 16, a daughter. BRITTON To Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Brit ton. 35 East Eightieth, February IS, a daurhter. CASH To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Cash, iast salmon. February 2U. a son. HOYT To Mr. and Mra C. E. Hoyt, 824 wasco. 'eoruary 14, a son. McCLEERY To Mr. and Mrs. John E. TRAVELERS' OtTIDE. 12 Third St. Main I. ALASKA iT.Mhikia WrnngeU. Juneau, Dour las. Hiiaia Skagway. coraova. vsiuej. Seward and Anchorage. CALIFORNIA eta Seattle or fian Franclsoo to Los Angelas and Saa Diego direct. Largest nips, unequaled service, low ratea In eluding berth and meala Make resar atlona S. S. ROSE CITY SAILS 8 P. M. FRIDAY. MARCH 1. FOR , San Francisco and Los Angeles The San Francisco A Portland S. S. Co.. Third and Washington Sts. (with O.-W. R. A: N. Co.) 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Wed., Sat The greatest double crook play ever written. CHEATING CHEATERS By Max Marcln, Thrills, suspense, comedy, surprises. One year at Eltynge Theater, New Tork, with Marjorle Rambeau. Evenings, 25c, 50c, 75c. Mats.. 25c. 60c. Wed. Bargain Mat., 28c only. GERTRUDE HOFFMANN In Gertrude Hoffmann's Rerue. Mr. Leo Beers, J. C Nugent. Kelly Q.f. vin, Kerr & Weston. Alfred Latell. Ornheum Travel Weekly, Concert Orchestra. LYRIC MUSICAL STOCK Mat. Daily at 2:30. Nights start 7: SO. Bargain Night Tonight. 20o. This week, The Lyric Musical Comedy Company. "THE HEART BREAKERS." A riot of fun and music. Tues. night Country Store. Thurs., Ladies' Souvenir Night. Frl., Chorus Girls' Contest. DANTAGE H MAT. DAILY 2:30 GRUBER'S ANIMALS. Childhood's Best Production. Six Other Big Acts. Three Performances Dally. Night Curtain at 7 and 8. D1RECTOKY FOR THE GREAT EST ECONOMY BUY King Goal V tab's Best by Gov ernment's Test. Ask for Bulletin No. 22. Depart ment of Inter ior. Bureau of Mines. 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