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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 36, 1914. COST OF LIVING FIGURES COMPILED Family of 5 May Live Cheaper in Southwest Washington Than in Eastern Part. RETAIL QUOTATIONS GIVEN Annual Expense to Family in South western Portion of State $405.93, Eastern Section $4 28.94 and In HerfMMit $4 16.82. OLYMPIA. Wash.. July 25. (Special.) The cost of living In the State of Washington Is least In the southwest ern section of the state, according to figures compiled by State Labor Com mlssloner Olson. The annual cost of ' food supplies and fuel for a family of five in the southwest Is 1405.93, while in the eastern part of the state it 1: $428.94. and In the northwestern sec tlon S416.8Z. These figures were gathered In towns of 1000 population up, excluding the three chief cities of the state, Seattle. Tacoma and Spokane. Of the big cities the cost of living is lowest In Seattle and highest In Ta coma. its neighbor on the Sound, while Spokane strikes an average between the two. The figures for the three cities are: Seattle. $418.46: Tacoma, $431.57; Spokane. $424.03. Retail Quotation Taken. These totals are based on retail price quotations on small lots of supplies gathered from merchants in each of the towns and cities. The quantities used were determined in a previous inquiry carried on among the families of work Ingmen. The statistics were gathered for possible use in wage inquiries. There are many Interesting compar isons in the list, which proved a sur prise to the Labor Commissioner when he received a tabulation of the figures. It had been his belief, based on talk of high freight rates and other condi tions, that the Spokane figures would be higher than the rest. Instead, with the deduction of the wood and coal prices, the Spokane total is least of all. Prices on meat are noticeably lower in Spokane, which makes up for a difference in favor of Seattle In some other commodities, but the Tacoma prices, almost throughout the list, range considerably higher. This Is true even of fresh fish, which are largely shipped to Spokane from Tacoma and other Sound points. Some of the comparisons In the list are: Comparisons Are Recorded. Sugar, granulated cane. 260 pounds Seattle. $13: Tacoma. $12.48; Spokane, $14.04; southwest. $14.04: northwest, $14.04: east. $15.60. Klour, fancy patent, 14 sacks, 49 pounds each Seattle. $19.08; Tacoma $19.60: Spokane. $19.08: southwest. $18.69: northwest. $19.18; east, $18.96. Potatoes, eight cwt. Seattle. $9; Ta coma, $8.80: Spokane. $5.56; southwest. $7.30: northwest. $6.80: east. $7.84. Lard. 74 pounds Seattle. $11.66; Ta coma. $12.08; Spokane. $11.10: south west. $11.54; northwest, $11.10; east. $11.47. Canned peas. 20 cans. No. 2 Seattle, $2.60; Tacoma. $3.03: : pokane. $2.80; southwest, $2.70; northwest. $2.70; east, $2.60. Meat Figures Given. Roast beef, 150 pounds oeattle, $30; Tacoma. $0; Spokane. $24: southwest. $27: northwest. $27.50; east. $29. Smoked ham. 20 pounds Seattle. $1.36: Tacoma, $4.70: Spokane. $4.28; southwest, T4.60: northwest. $4.70; east, $4.70. Fresh fish. 68 pounds Seattle, $7.62; Tacoma. $8.84; Spokane. $8.50: south west. $7.71; northwest. $7.89; east. $9.97. Wood, four and one-half cords fir, stove length Seattle. $25.52: Tacoma, $25.88: Spokane. $35.46: southwest, $21 47: northwest, $28.94; east. $34.34. Coal, three tons Seattle. $18.75: Ta coma $21.76; Spokane. J25.50: south west. $17.25; northwest. $22.25; east, $24.75. TWO COUNTIES HELD WET fmsisl and Clearwater Commission ers May Grant Licenses. LEWISTON, Idaho. July 25. (Spe cial) it has been decreed that Lewis and Clearwater Counties are wet and saloon licenses can be granted by the board of Commissioners for all points outside of the Nes Pierce Indian reser vation. The decision was handed down bv the Supreme Court at Boise In the case entitled the Village of American Falls versus W. A. West. The court holds that new counties created in Idaho In whole or in part out of one or several counties, irrespective of whether the territory of the new county is all dry or all wet or part dry ... a-, to he considered as wet territory and subject to the saloon license sytenu SERUM IS TO BE INSPECTED Federal Expert on Tloir Cholera Be ing Sent to Idaho. MOSCOW. Idaho. July 15. (Special) The I'nlted States Department of Agriculture will send to Moscow at once one of Its experts on hog cholera serum to remain here a week to make a complete inspection of the plant at the university and of the serum that is now being turned out. as well as ts study the effect of some of the serum turned out heretofore. The purpose of the visit, it is under stood." Is to investigate charges that the serum turned out at the plant is ineffective. ASTORIA HAS LIGHT RAIN Pastures Revived and Bruh Fire Danger Is Lessened. ASTORIA. Or.. July 25. (Special.) Astoria was visited by a light rain this morning. It continued for several hours. The pasturage In the dairying sections was freshened and the under brush wet by the rain, thus lessening the danger of fires. The rain was not heavy enough to injure hay, a large quantity of which has been cut during the past few days. CENTRALIA NORMAL SHUTS Term Most Successful in History of School, Says Faculty. CENTRALIA. Wash., July 25. (Spe cial.) The Centralia Summer Normal School, which has been conducted this year independent of the Ellensburg Normal School, closed naay. it is as serted by the faculty that the session was the best in the- six years' history of the school from the standpoint of work accomplished and attendance. The faculty was an exceptionally ef ficient one. Including R. E. Bennett, former Lewis County Superintendent, who will head the Vader schools next year, and Frank Drake, Jr., principal of the Centralia High School. The manual training work was a feature of the course. Overtures have been made to the Bellingham Normal School and next year will likely see the Centralia PIONEER MARION COUNTY WOMAN DIES IN HER 79th YEAR. Mrs. Electa Ann De Long. SALEM. Or.. July 25. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Electa Ann De Long, widow of Theodore De Long, died July 19 at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. F. N. Derby, at 537 South High street in this city, after an illness of five weeks. Mrs. De Long was born in Yates County, New York. July 20, 1835. As a child she lived in Iowa County. Michigan, where her mother, Mrs. Charity D. Millard, 99 years old, still lives. The De Long family moved to Oregon 21 years ago from Sioux City, la, and resided on a fruit ranch near Salem until the death of Mr. De Long in 1906. Mrs. De Long is survived by her mother, Mrs. Charity D. Millard, two brothers and two sisters, who reside in Michigan; two sons, Walter E. De Long, of Salem, and Eli De Long, of Sclo; two daugh ters. Mrs. F. N. Derby and Mrs. Minnie Watson, of Salem: nine grandchildren. Mabel and Lola De Long. Ulva Derby, Madeline and Charity Watson, of Salem, and Mrs. Nellie Derby - Collins and Arthur Derby, of Portland, and two great-grandchildren, Katherine and Marian Derby, of Portland. The funeral services were held Tuesday morning from the First Christian Church. Burial was in City" View Cemetery. School operated as a branch of that in stitution. DAIRYMEN AWAIT FARMERS First Meeting at Union Postponed Until After Haying. UNION. Or.. July 25. (Special.) A meeting called for this afternoon to or ganize a dairymen's association was postponed until August 8. Many promi nent dairymen were in attendance, dui the delay was advised that other farm ers, now engaged with haying and har vesting, might be present. Claud C. Gates, an expert on agrl culture, will deliver an address at the postponed meeting. This is the first movement to organize sucn an associa tion in the county. Infantry Reach McMlnnville. winvNVii.T.K Or. Julv 25. (Spe cial.) Company E of the Twenty-first lnrnirv arrlvrf here at 10 A. ss. ney marched from McCoy, is miles souin atnn R thlu morninsr. Li o u t ii an t L. M Wheeler was in command and Lieuten ont n w Hsrnnd. of tne Medical Corps. was with the company. Captain Stay will arrive tonight rrom -ortiana. .to morrow they will march to Newberg mill he in Portland Tuesday, where mill .intrnln for Salt i.aKe City, Utah, for ten days' encampment with the Utah National Guard. Governor to Return Friday. cil.PM dr. Julv 25. (Special.) til: Vm-ti Hfihhs nrivaie eecreiary 10 Governor West, today received a tele gram from the Governor announcing that he would return nome nexi un lay. The telegram was sent rrom sa em, Ohio. The Governor said he would . r.iva in rhlracrn tomorrow nisrht. He will return to Oregon via the North ern Pacific. ASSISTANT SURGEON OF NA VAL. RESERVES LEBANON MAN. iy.-"Yr?.ai Dr. C. W. Rosa. LEBANON, Or.. July 25. (Spe cial.) Dr. C. W. Ross, of this city, who was recently commis sioned Assistant Surgeon in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Navy, with rank of Junior Lieutenant, was born on the Ross farm near Lebanon in 1886. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1907 with the degree of A. B. and a schol arship in the medical department. He graduated from the medical department in 1912, winning the William Saylor medal for the highest average scholarship for four years. He has been ordered to report to Mare Island for duty October 1. He will go to Washington, D. C, to enter the Medical Navy Col lege for a six months' course. STATE BANKS GAIN AS FEDERALS LOSE Lull in Business Is Thought Cause of Decrease in Na tional Deposits. AVERAGE RESERVE HIGH lid Savings Increase in Millions, Be lieved Due to Hoarding of Cash Until Markets Become More Steady and Trade Active. SALEM. Or.. Julv 25: (Special.) Re- rofllin? a. material falling off in Na tional bank deposits and a large gain n state bank deposits, a statement is ned todav bv State Bank Superintendent of Oregon June 30, while indicating a decreased volume of trade as compared with the same period last year, reflects sound financial conditions. Mr. Sargent Is unable to account for the decrease of National bank deposits unless It Is due to the Nation-wide lull in business, and with that decrease he is also unable to account for the In crease of almost $2,000,000 In deposits in state banks. lank Reserve High. The average reserve of all banks Is 9A ..-hh-l, Id Q ner ppnt hieher than that required In Portland and 19 per cent higher than requirea else where. Mr. Sargent based the statement on the reports from the third call, and he is confident that the can imm diately after the crops are moved w show a vast improvement. Savings deposits Increased $4,661 ni? an whlr, Mr Kflrcrent believes largely due to a general waiting for opportunity to invest. When the call was made there were loz state pans: three savings banks, four private bank 86 National banks, one foreign ban and four trust companies. I-ri.-iM-rliv Thought Outlook. "T in 9(1 mtatexa while nWnV." fin. ,r. Sargent, who returned today from the East, "and all of them have record-breaking crops. The crops are sim ply Immense. I talked with bankers in v- t w rlar Puffaln St Pn.nl. ne a uj rv, luvBgu, ..- , Detroit, Washington. Philadelphia and other cities, ana au wero upimnonu aa tn tHe fntnre. Thev said the large crops were bound to bring prosperous conditions. M - Cap7ant ntterr!er4 the meeting of the National Association of Supervisors of State Hanks at Atlantic a-hj. aauu - - - ... I v. .t, r - nf tlie Federal cumei icu im . .' - - Reserve Board in Washington. He also visited the DanKing departments at - .... n .anltcila cinri obtained sug gestlons which he may put into effect in Oregon. a ,.....,..jri.nn nf the enndttlon of Ore gon banks June 30 this year with the corresponding call of June 4 last year is as follows: State banks Loans and discounts. 40,561,459.24, . 1 179. 999 On an mi;i.cABe va Overdrafts, $205,333.84, a decrease oa $18,612.95. Securities, bonds, etc.. s.1)j,iui.sj, an increase of $475,93S.8J. rash and amounts due from banks. $20,239,928.73, an incrctse of $634,- 480.06. Capital stock, $9,063,592.50, an in crease of $502,412.95. Surplus and undivided profits, $4, 248.322.93, an Increase of $405,982.90. Total deposits, $67,708,277.04, an in crease of $1,841,888.03. All banks in Oregon June 30, 1914, as compared with June 4. 1913: Loans and discounts. $87,669,484.51, a j rtf t r. i 0 ftfl7.0R. LI , ' a-o u T -- Overdrafts, $356,448.63, a decrease of $40,738.28. Securities, bonds, etc., $16,212,727.42, a decrease of $1,154,723.96. Cash and amounts due from banks, $43 625 204.59, a decrease of $486,653.69. Capital stock. $18.949.592. c . an in crease of $652,412.95. urni.i. and undivided profits, $10,- 064,535.82, an increase of $40,886.19. Due. to banks, $12,139,383.Ja, a oe- f 9S9 9J1Q 7T. Commercial deposits. $78,520,233.79. a decrease ot id.ajo.oa.:. i . Time and savins; depo' oo,ia, 849 51 an increase of $4,661,032.60. Pn.Vai savlnes deposits. $1,292,790.42, an Increase of $163,619.22. Total deposits. ii,'im,m(.Hi a in crease of $2,064,250.72. Average reserve, i per nui, u change. HAMILTON RECALL HALTED Writ for Review of Action Obtained by George McCauley. nrvwDTA WuKh .Prllv 25. George McCauley obtained a writ of certiorari ,a. -.....-......n fn,iT-t tmlav for a re in AAA O .. ,1 . mmw .... . ' --- ..i ., rtf the aettnn he started in the King County Superior Court to re strain the count Deing maue in aho i. r u.n.ntnn rncaii ea.qe until a state ment is Hied by the backers of the petitions, which would snow not umy . i .... mntplViiilMl nnrl snent in AllO 111 wit. .7 ...... . .- -- preparing and circulating the peti tions, but also a list of the names of all persons, firms and corporations who assisted. i,,h-i. untehell GllHnm of the Kinc County Superior Court, held the certifi cation of the financial contributors was all that was necessary. tne nu preme Court will review the case on July 31. FISHING CASE IS ARGUED Jndge Eakin Takes Under Advise ment Text of Law. ASTORIA. Or.. July 23. (Special.) The case of the State of Oregon against Orazlo Catholic was argued before Judge Eakin, of the Circuit Court to day. The matter came up on an ap peal from the justice uoun. iainonc had been convicted on two counts. One was fishing for salmon in the Columbia River, without first securing a license from the state. The other was fishing for salmon in the Columbia River and not being at that time a resident of either Oregon, Washington or Idaho. Judge Eakin took the case under advisement. Bay City Electric Plant Improved. d a -v prTV ri- .Tiilv 25. (Snecial.) The Tillamook Public Service Company, the local electric company, is luiiuis improvements to its plant. Among the most important nas oeen tne auuitiun of a crude oil tank with a capacity or 12,000 gallons. A pipeline will connect the tank with a railroad spur near the depot. Santlseptic Lotion relieves and prevents sunburn, tan, mosquito and insect Dues. Adv. Be Square With Yourself; Get All the Clothes Value Possible Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Always yield the greatest profit in worth and satisfaction; any man who has" worn them will tell you that. A Clearance Price of 25 Off makes these good clothes a "snap" for you. You get our profit in addition to your regular gain all we want is the room for our new Fall arrivals. All bright, new Spring and Summer goods many of them plenty heavy enough for Fall and Winter. $20 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits, $14.95 $25 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits, $18.75 $30 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits, $22.50 $35 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits, $26.25 Blue, Black, Full Dress, 20 Off Men's Furnishing Goods of Standard Makes Also Go at Great Clear ance Prices. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Shop for Quality and Service Northwest Corner Third and Morrison Coprrlfbt Hart Pohlffner fc Mir All Straw Hats Half Price PRO-SALOON TALK MADE ORATOR AT M'MINNVILL,E SAYS OFFICIALS ARB TO BLAME. John Chapman, of Sherwood, In Ad dressing Hopffroiren Declares Tax System Is Real Harm. M'MINNVILLE, July 25. (Special.) Placing the blame for the present agitation in favor of Prohibition on the shoulders of indifferent city and county authorities, John Chapman, of Sherwood, spoke before 200 hopgrowers here this afternoon. "We have laws," he said, "which if applied conscientiously by the police and county officers would control the undesirable and lawless saloon. The fact that control by means of the li cense system is a success has been demonstrated in Portland, where three licenses have been revoked in less than two months. "There are those in every business who disrespect the law. There are saloonmen who violate their license provisions. These men should be ar rested and their licenses revoked, where it has been proved they have become constant violators. Under this system the law Is respected, temper ance Is advanced and a legal check Is placed upon the so-called liquor traffic. "The people at large are not against the hopgrower. They are against the abuse of liquor, and it is this aversion that has been played upon by the Prohibitionist to force his theory down the throats of all people. If the au thorities do their duty or if they had done their duty there would now be no Prohibition supporters." A. J. Ray, president of the Hop growers' and Dealers' Association, ex plained the work of his organization. W. J. Bishop, of this city, spoke on the importance of the hop industry as related to state prosperity. Phil Metschan. a Portland Hotel man, also addressed the meeting. .By unanimous vote Tom Rogers, a merchant and extensive hopgrower, was elected vice-president of the Hop growers' and Dealers' Association in Yamhill County. ' CANDLE FLAME IS FATAL Men at Hanover Retire, One Burned to Death, Other Escapes. BAKER. Or.. July 25. (Special.) Elmer Ajer. 39 years old, was burned to death in a fire at Hanover, between Sumpter and the Columbia mine, at 4 o'clock this morning. The tire was in a house owned by Mrs. Dora Gllsan. The house, an old structure, was de stroyed. Ajer was doing assessment work with Alec Colley. It Is believed ho and his companion fell asleep witli lighted candles beside the bed. Colley escaped unscathed. Ajer was one of the party who was in this same district several months ago in a drinking bout when one of the number was killed. Scotty Cosgrove, now in jail on a charge of manslaugh ter awaiting trial, was arrested, for the ONTARIO WOMAN, AGRICUL- Tl'RAL COLLEGE GRAD UATE, d;:ad. i ii lIHffi Mrs. B. E. utter. ONTARIO, Or., July 25. (Spe cial.) Mrs. B. E. Utley, wife of W. H. Utley, and the only daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Pogue, who died here recently, was born at Firth. Neb., March 9, 1886, and moved to Ontario, Or., with her parents 25 years ago. Mrs. Utley was " in the first class that passed through the Ontario public school, and grad uated from the Oregon Agricul tural College in the class of 1909. A widower, father, mother and two little daughters, 4 years and 17 months old, respectively, survive. kllline. and Aier was one of the state's important witnesses. J. J. TURNER, 83, IS DEAD Prominent Cattleman of Medical Springs Leaves Nine Children. BAKER, Or., July 25. (Special.) J. J. Turner, of Medical Springs, a pioneer of 1862, died last night at his home at the age of 83 years. Mr. Turner was born In Missouri in 1831. He married in his native Btate and crossed the plains in 1862, settling at Cove, in Union County, whence he moved later to Medical Springs. He was a prominent horse and cattleman and was widely known in Eastern Oregon. He leaves a widow and nine children, three daughters and six sons. The daughters are Mrs. Ada Hammersly, of Medical Springs; Mrs. Lizzie Gordon, of Baker, and Mrs. Lulu Mayo, of Med ioal Springs. The sons are Ed, Elmer and Cyrus, of Medical Springs, and Al, Frank and Claude, of Baker. STANDARD RULES READY REGULATIONS WILL, BE FORWARD ED TO SCHOOL OFFICERS. State Superintendent Churchill Expects Notable Improvement to Result In Educational Way. SALEM, Or., July 25. (Special.) Rules for the standardization of the rural and village schools of the state will be mailed to the County Superin tendents next week by State Superin tendent of Public Instruction Churchill. The rules were adopted at a recent meeting of County School Superinten dents held in this city. Rules will be posted in all school rooms and when all requirements have been met certlticates will be provided by the state department. It is be lieved that the plan will result in Ore gon not only having the most sanitary schools of any state, but will make the schools leaders from an education I standpoint. Mr. Churchill announced his plan of standardization at a meeting of the State Teachers' Association In Salem last December and a committee draft"! a set of rules. Oregon waa one of the pioneer states in standardising school x in districts of the second and thlrl classes, much progress along that l!n having been made in Coos. Polk, Ma rion. Linn, Lane. Douglas, Jackson, Klamath. Umatilla and Yamhill coun ties. Almost all schools In those coun ties have been improved, althourb a i i . . . i ,, .. nnt ohfiAlnMl all point BSHVflll " ' " - ' - . necessary to ho standardized. Teacher. pupils, School Boarus ana pirom om.o united to obtain better equipment. The most Important rule relates to sanitation and Mr. Churchill la deter mined that It be enforced if possible He believes It will save the lives of many pupils and will make for effl clency by conserving the health of th puplls. Thre are sbout 0 brbr shops In MM Thlrtsea W th. .scr.d numb.r of lh M ianT d sr.rl.nt psopl; of Toeauj-. Their .ek had 13 ,h,r M inako icod. B. 1 James Montgomery Flagg In Words and Pictures THIS paper takes pleasure in announcing a most attractive fea ture consisting of a series of full-page articles written and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg. A caricature of the author and artist by himself. (Copyright 1914) Mr. Flagg is todav the most popular American illustrator. He has also the faculty of expressing his wit and humor in words afl well as pictures, and within the last two years has come to rank as one of our foremost American humorists .and satirical writers. Society, its foibles, games and pleasures; our modem home life and social tyfws are the subjects which appeal to Mr. Flagg, and he depicts these with his versatile pen in a most amusing and entertaining manner. Each article in the coming series will deal with a seasonable topic, the opening one on Sunday, August 2, describing the expe riences of a young couple incident to the purchase of a first auto mobile. Everyone who has an auto and everyone without one will get a laugh out of Mr. Flagg 's treatment of the subject. The text is highly amusing and the page is illustrated in Mr. Flagg's best 'style.