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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 5, 1917.
PRIGES GO TO DIZZY
HEIGHTS IN 2 YEARS
Food Cost Is Doubled and
Even Trebled in Many Items
of Necessary Products.
MILK SITUATION IS GRAVE
Advance of Mlllfced and Poor Pas
lii rage Due to Drotith Lead to
Jtcport That Many Dairymen
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Advances In food prices, by compart
eon. with the Quotations nrevalent ii
the same months of 1915, show a tre
mendous increase in all staples. In some
Instances doubling- and trebling the
normal figure.
In the year 1915 flour sold at $5.90, an
ven-keeled price on the tide of com
merce, it is now quoted at 11.40, or
lacking but a few cents of doubling the
lormer quotation.
iwo years ago breakfast ham was
procurable at 20 cents per pound. It
is now 28 cents. Bacon in other days
's 28 cents. It has increased almost
60 per cent and now is 38 cents.
Armies fight on beans, according to
axiom and fact. Hence there is naurht
of surprise in the fact that 100 pounds
of beans selling: for $6 two short years
SO, now commands 116 and are hard
to find. The wary ones who watched
the war and the bean crop cleaned
Handsomely by their foresight.
Sukmt Advance Is Bin.
Sugar was quoted at $5.50 in 1915
Nothing less than $8.25 is the whole
sale quotation of today, and the re
tailer sells it at a trifling advance of
1U cents per 100 pounds.
As for condensed milk, a favorite
fcrand of which sold for $2.65 to $2.90
per case In 1915 is now $5.80, and the
little cans that once retailed for a
nickel are pushed across the counter
lor a dime. The dereliction of milk
Is wrapped in the same parcel with
the advance of millfeed.
The advance on millfeed varies from
55 to 50 per cent. Ton quotations for
the present are: Shorts. $35.50: bran
$?2; middlings, $43. Full comprehen
sion of these advances is gained by
comparison with the quotation of 191a
on rolled oats, the bulk breakfast dish,
which was then quoted at $29.50 per
ton. or considerably less, than stock
leed now commands.
When millfeeds soared the dairyman
became despondent in many instances.
Fo little profit remained that he yielded
to the prevailing high prices for meat
end slaughtered his herds for the
butcher block, Milk leaped up the price
scale.
England Grabs for Surplus.
Tet the manufacturers of canned
milk were fighting to keep the price
down. The purchasing agents of the
allies, notably Kngland, were desper
ately striving for a food surplus. They
bought condensed milk whenever they
could find It, for it is a simple mat
ter to extract butterfat from the
canned article.
The condensed milk manufacturers
denied the allied agents anything but
their surplus of production over home
consumption. Whereupon the wily
agents sought out the small retailer.
They told him they would pay an ad
vance of 60 cents a case on all canned
milk he could deliver to them. The
retail grocers, in many instances, or
dered cases of condensed milk and
passed them along to the purchasing
agents, netting a profit of $6 on every
30 cases so handled. In defense, it
in contended, the manufacturers were
reluctlantly forced to raise the price.
Because farm laborers In Maryland
and other Southern states left the pro
duce fields to work for higher wages
In munition factories, the price of
fanned vegetable staples rocketed, it
1s declared. Maryland and neighboring
etates produce much of the staple veg
etable crop for canning. Caught by
the consequent labor shortage, growers
were made to pay higher wages and
to curtail their production.
Peas Now ?3 lcr Dozen Can.
That canned peas, which sold for
$1.30 per dozen cans in 1915, now sell
for $3 was one result to which this
situation contributed. Tomatoes, sell
ing in 1915 for 75 cents to 90 cents
per dozen cans, now bring $1.60.
Portland may soon be deprived of an
Important part of its fresh milk supply.
In the recent report of Dr. D. W. Mack,
chief of the city's milk inspection
bureau, the conditions confronting
dealers and dairymen are presented as
serious, and rumor is prevalent that
some dairymen may retire from the
business.
The high price and scarcity of feed
and labor and the scarcity of pasture,
owing to the prolonged dry spell. leave
no profit In the production of milk,
say the dairymen. It is declared that
the cost of production, raw material
alone considered, has increased 8
cents per gallon. The normal retail
price of milk is 10 cents per quart
Is now selling for 13 cents.
Pessimism at the outlook was dis
counted by at least one authority on
milk production, however. He declared
that the Fall rains will work wonders
with the -milk supply and afford fine
pasturage to relieve the scarcity before
dairymen are forced -to the extreme
measure of discontinuing.
WATER USERS ARE UPHELD
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Public Service Commission Decides
Against Northwest Trust Co.
BAL.EM. Or.. Aug. 4. (Special.) In
the first Irrigation controversy to come
before the Oregon Public Service Com
mission, water users of the Sutherlin
Valley, In Douglas County, were upheld
in an order Issued today. The case Is
that of II. I. Merriam et al, plaintiffs,
against the J. F. Lube Company, by W.
JS. St. John, receiver, defendant, and the
Northwest Trust Company, of Bt. Paul,
and Ira C. Ohler. trustees, as Interven
ors. The plaintiffs are granted a reduc
tion to $1 an acre from $3.00 an acre,
charged as maintenance fee for 1960.95
of the 3S29 acres in the project, and
from $3.50 an acres, which has been
charged for the balance, except land
owned by the defendant.
at the Multnomah, from Billings and
Seattle.
Max Vogt, ? The Dalles, is at the
Portland.
Virgil Reeves, of Lebanon, is at the
Cornelius.
Tom Kennedy, of Woodburn, is at
the Oregon.
Ethel Tucker, of Denver, is at the
Multnomah.
Mrs. J. B. Shipp, of Prineville, is at
the Seward.
John K. Blunt is at the Cornelius
from Dallas.
J. M. Crawford, of Walla Walla, is ac
the Portland.
Arthur Taggart is at the Portland
from Palouse.
Mrs. C. Cook, of Los Angeles, is at
the Norton ia.
C. B. McFarland is at the Imperial
from Kugene.
L. F. Taylor is at the Oregon from
San Francif" .
P. Bogardus is at the Perkins from
Cascade Locks.
C. J. Edwards is at the Imperial
from Tillamook.
James Gibson is at the Carlton from
Port Huron, Ind.
Signa M. Larson is at the Seward
from Marshfield.
George E. Dix is at the Portland
from Marshfield.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hoskins, Con
Btance. Sylvia and George W. Hoskins
BOYS TELL OF
HAD
Letter Received in Portland
From London Children.
BOMBS CAUSE OF TERROR
Air Attack Lasts Half Hour and
Writers Speak of It as "Dread
ful" Older Children Sing to
Keep Xoise From Little Ones.
Two letters, written by Morris and
Ernest Leton, aged 10 and 8 years,
respectively, and addressed to their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Brown,
252 Alder street, have just been re
ceived in Portland from London. In
simple and intensely Interesting man
ner they tell the story of a recent air
NEPHEWS OF MR. AND MRS. H. A. BROWN, OF PORTLAND, WHO
WROTE THRILLING DESCRIPTION OF LONDON AIR RAID.
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MORRIS AND E RXEST LET03T,
constitute an auto party at the Perkins,
from Tillamook.
Roy Buddingham, of Klamath Falls,
is at the Carlton.
Mrs. Frank D. Lee is at the Multno
mah from Seattle.
E. B. Hyde, Jr., is at the Nortonla
from Fort Stevens.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brown, of Albany,
are at the Nortonla.
Catherine Anderson is at the Cor
nelius from Silverton.
Wallace Larson, of Dayton, is at the
Cornelius from Dayton.
Dr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Fife are at
the Seward from Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. Branden C. Welch are
at the Imperial from Raymond.
CHICAGO. Aug. 3. (Special.) The
following Oregonians are registered at
Chicago motels today from Portland:
At the La Salle, Miss L. L. Tifft and
Miss Hazel Mumford.
TEACHER HAS YEAR OFF
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR TO TAKE
COMMERCIAL POST I' EAST.
PERS0NALJYIENTI0N.
' V. H. Moore, of Dallas, is at the Ore
Bon. H. L. Smith is at the Oregon from Se
attle. J. D. Springer is at the Perkins from
Boise.
H. M. Stevens is at the Seward from
Boise.
U. E. Canie is at the Imperial from
C'amaB.
Late Wolf, of Pendleton, is at the
Carlton.
H. Bornsted Js at the Nortonla from
Maupin.
Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Allen and Mrs.
3V..U. Howiud are members of a party
Dean Morton Excused on Theory That
Year's Experience Will Be for
Good of School.
EUGENE, Or., Aug. 4. (Special.)
D. Walter Morton, dean of the school
of commerce at the University of Ore
gon, was today granted a leave of ab
sence from the college for the school
year of 1917-1918. He has accepted
a position with a large Boston concern
and in connection with his work in that
city will leave for the East Tuesday
and take up the duties of his new posi
tion immediately upon his arrival.
President Campbell, in recommendinsr
that Dean Morton be granted a leave
of absence, said he believed Mr. Mor
ton's work in the East would cive him
an opportunity to develop himself along
ine line oi commercial practices and
mean a stronger faculty at the uni
versity for the year 1918-1919.
For the year opening October 1. the
work of the school it is expected will
be in charge of Professor C. C. Jere
miah, graduate of the Wharton School
of Commerce at the University of
Pennsylvania, who has had three years
of educational work in eastern institu
tions and who was chosen a member of
the Oregon faculty in June.
President Campbell believes the
school of commerce teaching force will
be further strengthened by the addi
tion of C. C. Edmonds, of Madison, Wis.
He was graduated from the University
of Wisconsin and the New York
university. He has - had experience
both as an engineer and as an expert
in commerce. He has lately been en
gaged at the United States arsenal at
Springfield, 111., assisting in the work
of speeding up the preparation of sup
plies fof the Army.
A great deal of ingenuity has been
expended on the design and construc
tion of lunch boxes to be stowed away
in automobiles for picnic use.
raid by German planes, during which
bombs were dropped perilously close
to the schools which the boys attend.
Morris wrote as follows:
"Dear Grandpa and Grandma We re
ceived your postcard yesterday and. as
you are anxious about the air raid, I
will tell you all I can.
"We were doing our lessons in school
when, about 11:30, we heard a big ex
plosion. At opce we rushed downstairs
into our sned and were huddled up in
a corner. All the time we heard bombs
dropping all around us. In fact, one
dropped Just opposite our school, but
luckily it did not touch us.
Older Onei Stnip Loudly.
' Our master told us to sing, and we
at once started singing at the top of
our voices, so that the youngsters
should not hear the noise. Indeed, we
were very lucky to escape unhurt, as
bombs were dropping all around us. I
must not mention places, because the
censor will be sure to cross it out. At
any rate, as long as we are all right
it doesn t matter.
"I hope the war will soon be over, for
then you will come to England. But
you will find a very different England
than what you went away from. In
stead of parks you will find potato
plots, and everywhere you go you find
some signs of the war. We were grow
ing some flowers in our windows, but I
believe the air raids have frightened
them, for they have all died away."
Children Say Irayera.
And here is Ernest's contribution:
"I am answering to your postcard
about the dreadful air raid that oc
curred in London on Wednesday. I am
in a different school than Morry and
can write different. We were all work
ing hard on that fatal day, when we
were alarmed by hearing the first
bomb drop. We at once got away from
the windows and said our prayers. Then
we kept silent, every minute expecting
a bomb to fall Into the classroom. The
windows rattled as If in fear and
many were cracked. Teacher was also
very frightened and went pale.
"It began at 11:30 and finished at 12.
Thank God, we are all right and no
one (of us) is hurt. Mamma caught a
terrific fright without us with her.
There were many peoplo killed and in
jured and much damage done."
The Letons have now moved to Wind
sor, about 20 miles west of London, a
much safer place, as the raids never go
beyond London.
Moscow, Idaho; A. H. Cordley. CorvaUls,
Or.; L. V Kitrh. Moscow. Idaho; K. N.
Bates, Bureau of Markets, Spokane. Waah. ;
P. P. Peterson, Moscow. Idaho; Haymond
L- Baldwin. Washington. D. C. ; K. F. Qoaa,
Moscow, Idaho; . W. Working. States Re
lations Service. Washington. r.' C. ; J. K.
Larson. Corvallis. Or.; C. V. Ruiek, Cor
vallls. Or.; Rupert I Stewart. State Col
lege. f. M. ; K. 1j. Adams, Biggs, Cal.; C.
W. Warburton, Washington, D. ". ; A. K.
Chase. The Dalles. Or.;, John K. Cooter,
Corvallis. Or.; J. A. ' Clark, Washington, D.
C. : C. Aicher, Aberdeen. Idaho: L. M.
Jeffers, Portland. Or. : M. A. Willis, Moi
fow. Idaho; K. H. Forbes, Tucson, Arts.:
Byron Hunter, Walla Walla. Wash.; Georfre
R. Hysloo. Corvallis, Or.; Charles H. Clark.
Washington. D. C. ; E. B. Stookey, Puyallup.
Wash.; H. W. Hulbert. Moscow, Idaho; K.
B. Hitchcock. Moscow. Idaho; Wright A.
UarJner, Moscow, Idaho: K. H. L,indley,
Moscow, Idaho; W. I. Power's, Corvallis.
Or.; J. S. Jones. Moscow. Idaho; M. A. Mc
Call. I.ind. Wash, and U. P. Fishburn.
Moscow, Idaho.
The problems up for discussion in
clude the possibilities for' the elimina
tion of summerfallow, WJnter whc:.t
production, rotation systems for irrl
gated sections, rotations for the Pacific
Coast and intermediate sections, dry
land rotations, wheat production in the
Columbia basin of Oregon, irrigation
and alkali studies, economy in the use
of irrigation water, effect of differ
ent croDPins: systems on crop produc
tion, milling qualities of wheat, and
time of sowing as a factor in the pre
vention of smut.
WUXTRY I THE HUSTLER !
OKEGOMAS REWSIES IS CREDIT.
'. ABLE PUBLICATION.
FARM PROBLEMS ARE ISSUE
Crop Experts and Investigators of
11 Western States in Conference.
STATE COLLEGE, Pullman, Wash.,
Aug. A. (Special.) Farm crop experts
and investigators from experiment sta
tions and agricultural colleges of 11
Western states are meeting at the State
College for discussion of problems af
fecting farm production in the Western
part of the United States.
Those present at this week's meet
ings are:
H. E. Selby, The Dalles. Or.; O. R. Rail.
Washington. D. C. : F. J. Schneiderhan.
Moro, Or.: F. S. Harris, director of iha
Utah Experiment Station, Logan, Utah: J.
W. Jones, Nephl. Utah; M. T. Scudder, Cor
vallis, Or.; I.. R. Breithaupt, Burns. Or.;
D. K. Stephens. Moro. Or. ; B. L. Byrns,
EDITORS OF THE HUSTLER, NEW PUBLICATION ISSUED BY THE
OREGONIAN NIGHT HUSTLERS CLUB.
First Eifltlon of Club's Organ la Dedi
cated to Mayor Baker, Long
Friend of Youngsters.
The first issue of The Hustler, of
ficial organ of The 'Oregonian Night
Hustlers' Club, is off the press and Is
highly creditable to its staff of news
boy enthusiasts.
The Hustler is a l-page brochure re
plete with -gossip the profession
original compositions, and a general
spirit of exuberant liveliness. Its edi
tor is Sam H. Wilderman, otherwise
"Shakespeare," whose nightly stand Is
at Second and Alder streets. Samuel H.
Gordon, known to his Intimates as
"Cincinnati," is associate editor.
Of the numerous features of the cur
rent issue, the most masterly excursion
Into fancy is, perhaps, the short story.
"On Battle Field," by Sam Wilderman.
Yet critics may feel, after careful
perusal that Abe Hirsh's effort. "Meet-
ng a Tramp, has not been given a
square deal in this appraisal. Both are
good reading.
The Initial ' Issue is dedicated to
George L. Baker. Mayor of Portland,
with the following appreciation of his
friendship for the newsboys: "For
many years Mr. Baker, as a private
citizen, and as an official In civic life,
has always shown his interest in the
affairs of the newsboys and for the
principles for which they stand. The
editors of The Hustler take pleasure in
thus recognizing, publicly, their ap
preciation of his efforts in the news
boys' behalf."
The venture Is fairly well patronized
by advertisers and is launched with a
circulation of 2U00. It sells for 6 cents
per copy and yearly subscriptions are
priced at 60 cents.
SCORE ON CAMPING TRIP
PORTLAND MEN IV PARTY GOING
TO CLEAR LAKE.
Start Is Made From Lebanon for Caa-
. cadia and Summit of Cascades
on Santlam Paaa.
LEBANON. Or., Aug. 4. (Special.)
About 20 men left Lebanon this morn
ing for Cascadia and Clear Lake, at
the summit of the Cascades on the
South Santiam Pass from the Willam
ette Valley to Central Oregon, on a
camping trip. About half the party will
go only to Cascadia, which will be
made by automobiles.
Those going to the lake are Dr.
Hughes, engineer for the forestry
roads; District Supervisor George H.
Cecil, C. J. Buck, of the Forestry Serv
ice; C. C. Hall, of the Santiam Forest
Reserve; M. G. Nease, timber dealer, of
Portland, ex-County Judge of Linn
County C. H. Stewart, of Albany; M.
G. Nye, representing the Cascade Moun
tain Wagon Road Company.
Among those who will go only to
Cascadia are W. F. Woodward, A. King
Wilson, W. H. Crawford, E. E. Larrl
more. Dr. E. T. Hedlund. Addison Ben
nett, Louis I. Herz and M. A. Miller, all
of Portland, and District Attorney Gale
S. Hill, of Albany, and a number of
Lebanon men.
PHELAN'S NEPHEW GOES
Xoel Sullivan Off to France to Drive
Ammunition Truck.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4. Noel Sul
livan, nephew of Senator James D.
Phelan, of California, left here late to
day for France, where he will drive an
ammunition motor truck for the French
government. He will pay his own expenses.
Sullivan, who Is 28, is a well-known
San Francisco organist and musician.
He gave a recital for the Red Cross recently.
Young Sullivan was in Germany
when war was declared. He was in
terned for a short time, later going to
Paris. His draft number was not
among the first quota called for serv
ice and he decided not to wait to be
called for the second National Army to
see duty at tne rront.
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FIRES NEAR VIDA ALARM
Blazes Break Out in Woods and In
cendiarism Is Feared.
EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 4. (Special.)
Residents of the vicinity of Vida and
Walterville are in a state of excitement
as the result of four fires started In
the timber between the two villages
about dusk last night One of the fires,
on Indian Creek, had spread over about
40 acres of slashings end was burning
in the green timber today.
Frank Willis, a farmer, who came
to Eugene from Vida this afternoon,
said the farmers in that neighborhood
suspected incendiarism. Fire Guard
Swansen and a force of men are en
gaged in fighting the fire on Indian
Creek. The distance fronTVida to Wal
terville is about 19 miles. '
FIRM NOT ACTUALLY SUED
Partners Named to Make Action Le
gal, Says George W. Ingram.
George W. Ingram, plaintiff in a $10,
000 breach of contract suit against the
United Brokers Company, John Wal
gren and Al Henneman. explained yes
terday that his relations with the Unit
ed Brokers Company in every way were
satisfactory, and he was compelled to
name them ns defendants in his suit
against Mr. Ingram in order that his
complaint might be drawn properly
and legally.
His action, lie Bald, is against Mr.
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In our $5,000 dealers' gasoline economy
contest in May, 1917, 1092 Maxwells aver
aged 27.15 miles on one gallon each.
In our $50,000 owners' contest in June,1
il 9 17, 2040 Maxwells averaged 29.04 on one
gallon each.
And every car used was an owner's car Li
everyday service. '
This great mileage showing proves one fact
absolutely.
JThe Maxwell IS mechanically righir
In its wonderful motor; in its wear-proof
efficient clutch, running in oil; in its simple,
trouble-proof transmissions; in its mighty;
axles, and in every mechanical detail.
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Touring; Car $745
Roadster $74 5 ;. Town Car $1095 ;
Sedan $1095. All prices f. o. b. Detroit
C. L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington St.
Walgren alone, so far as the monetary
transaction is concerned. The suit in
volves commissions on the buying and
selling of potatoes and onions under a
contract which he says he purchased
from Mr. Walgren.
The report in The Oregonian of the
filing of the suit was in every way cor-1
rect, but might have left an Incorrect
Impression relative to the accounting,
which is only a dispute between Mr.
Ingram and Mr. Walgren.
Mrs. Cora Stcbbins Dead.
Mrs. Cora J. Stebbins. 53 years old.
residing near Tremont, died Friday at
her home. The funeral will be held to-
morrow at 1:30 o'clock from the Ken
worthy chapel In Lents. Interment will
be at Mount Scott Park Cemetery. Mrs.
Stebbins is survived by her widower,
C. Stebbins, and one daughter, Mrs. '
Grace Wiseman, of Portland, and four
sisters and one brother, residing in
Wisconsin.
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Last Week of Shoe Sale
Women's Stylish Footwear Reduced
Now, ladies, is your final opportunity to buy these fine Shoes and
Oxfords below their value lower, in fact, than we could now buy
them for ourselves.
Bear in mind that these are some of the finest shoes that it is pos-.
sible to manufacture and that every pair is deeply underpriced.
100 pairs Women's Shoes in gunmetal or patent colt in lace or button;
Cuban-French heels in leather or wood. Sizes 2Ms to 4Ms. (IJO QFC
Reduced to tDAu7eJ
300 pairs, young women's" and growing girls' Shoes in gunmetal or
patent colt; lace or button; oak welt soles. All widths in (PO QfT
sizes 2V to 7. Reduced to DOJO
Women's Pumps and Colonials in gunmetal or patent calf in Hanan
or Laird-Schober & Co.'s make; welt soles, military or Cu- flpr QK
ban-French heels. Reduced to DO,UO
Women's Blucher Oxfords in gunmetal, tan Russia calf or patent colt
in Hanan's make. These are very desirable for outdoor- (I A Q pT
walking. Reduced to DeUO
Get Aboard for
the Shoe Sale
Here are hundreds of pairs of fine,
stylish shoes and Oxfords all to be sold
under regular prices. Buy now, men, for
a year to come.
Men's Shoes in tan Russia calf in Han
an's make; Blucher or button. Splendid
all-the-year-'round shoes; in PQ
nobby styles. Reduced to. .. . DOeJ
250 pairs Men's Shoes in black vici kid,
kangaroo or calf; Blucher, lace or but
ton; Goodyear
soles. All toes.
welt
Reduced to
single (g4 QP;
:ed to Bt.7eJ
Men's Oxfords in gunmetal or tan Russia
calf; just the footwear for midsummer
and Fall comfort. Every pair is under
price. Reduced to .$3.93, QP
$4.93 and DOUO
We need additional shoe
salesmen. We want men
of experience, courte
ous and of good appearance.
W.lti mmw -WLM J J I M rjj
129 Tenth Street, bet. Washington and Alder
S. & H.
Trading
Stamps.