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I WHAT9 THE USE Paying more when you can get the best at these prices. AT EASTERN SUPPLY COMPANY K5' Ladies' Shoes Soled Sewed or Nailed Men's Shoes Soled Sizes up to 8 V v J Portland Live Stock Report Portland Live Stock Reporter, August 31. Cattle Receipts of cat tle for the month held up quite well, although they were much lighter than last month, when 8,172 head were received. Total receipts for August were 5,468 against 8,036 re ceived last year. Steer prices during the month showed a decline of fully 75 cents for the month, making the decline for the two months $1.75 on all classes. Prime heavy steers closed the month with a $ 6.75 top. The mar ket was a draggy affair most all month in the killer division. Pack ers were well supplied the biggest part of the nionth on account of the record receipts of cattle during July. After last month's weak cow mar ket a steady Improvement was in evidence. There was a light supply up to the last week and were meet ing fairly good demand. Prices closed the month on a steady to a little higher basis. Best cows brought $3.25 to $3.40 at the month's close. Bulls showed a 25 cent loss for the month. Prime heavy bulls brought $4.25 against a $4.50 top at the start of the month. Demand is limited. Stockers and Feeders August made a reputation in the feeder dif vision at the Portland Union Stock Yards. During the month 1.100 head of all closses of feeder stock were purchased on this market. Feeder cattle are still in good de mand and buyers from all points in the northwest are beginning to look toward this market for their stock. Prices closed steady with last month, although during the middle of the month sales were off a good 60 cents, but regained the loss by the end of the month. Best feeders are selling at $6 with bulk of good steers going to feeders from $5 to $5.50. A good many cows and heif ers were brought here during the month. Best stock cows and heifers brought $4.50, with $3.50 to $4 tak ing the bulk. Hogs Hog recepits continue to show increases each month. August receipts totaled 17,859 head against 14,907 last year. Increase for the year to date is approximately 60,000 head. Prime light hogs sold at $9.85 today. There has been a very firm sheep I trade all month. Lambs have sold on a steady basis all month, best east of the mountain lambs selling at $8.25, while bulk of valley lambs brought $8. Butcher sheep have shown an advance In prices of 25 to 50 cents. Best yearling wethers "brought $6.50 against a 6-cent top last month. Choice light ewes were quoted at $5.50. Breeding ewes especially were in heavy demand and have sold up to 8 cents per hun- Progress at Pass Beet Sugar Mill Grants Pass Observer: A new of fice building is the latest addition to the buildings at the sugar factory. This building Is forty feet square and contains modern conveniences, a large vault of concrete construction, five rooms for office details and bookkeepers and clerks, of which a number will be needed in the sugar- making campaign. This is situated at the south of the main building. Nearly all the machinery is now In place and will be ready for a tryout before the month of September rolls by. This if the railroad strike holds off a few days longer. The parts most wanted now are the beet slicer and the diffusion bat teries. These have been three days on the road from the manufacturers. Should they fail to arrive into the hands of the Southern Pacific before Monday there will be no knowledge of when they can arrive in Grants Pass should the railroad men and their employes fall to settle their difficulties. However, as the beet J crop will not be a very full one owing to the lack of irrigation facilities the sugar-making campaign can com mence later, perhaps when the Btrike Is over. The beet flume sare about done. The notlcable activity now is the placing of the stringers upon which train loads of beets will be run far up over the flumes to unload. The California & Oregon Coast railway is employing a number of men and teams making grades to the flumes upon which tracks will be constructed. There will be no cov ering or roof over the flumes as the mildness of the weather here does not require such protection being given either' to the beets or the flumes. One hundred and fifty by three hundred feet is the size on the ground of the mammoth silo that is being constructed to hold the beet pulp for the farmers to feed out. number of workmen are now busily engaged in laying the floor on this space. Forty-five thousand square feet would make some dancing floor for the opening celebration. Another week will show all things fairly in order and a better concep- tlon of the Immensity of the instltu tlon can be more readily obtained. dred. Receipts of sheep for the month were 19,974 against 21,648 last year, Pulled Wools The better grades of pulled wools are firm and quiet. Last week we said, "The prices quot ed are from 56 cents up." Some few eneanings sold at 25 cents in the grease, on a clean basis of about 56 cents. ' ' C .1 .-1 . vruuu niapie western wools are held at 66 to 68 cents for B Bupers, 68 to 70 cents for A supers, and 70 to 72 cents is charged for fine A supers. Eastern Bs are firmly held at 72 cents. Interest In this stock is not keen, as owners are confident that they can obtain full market rates at no diBtant date. Scoured Wools Scoured wools are quiet. What small quantities were sold consisted chiefly of Colonials, quoted at from 73 to 78 cents for Australians and at C3 cents for short Capes, carbonized Capes helng sold at 70 cents. Other grades show lit tle activity. Roseburg Review: The flying squadron, talking in the interest of tax limitation and rural credits efrGovernor Oswald West, Robert E. Smith and Charles E. Spence, head of the State Grange, will start a ten days' campaign In eastern and south ern Oregon September 14. Their first stop will be at Roseburg and the way will be through Medford, Klamath Falls and as far east as Tendleton. The trip will be made 2y automobile. Pioneer of 1875 Visits Ashland J. Q. Willits, brother of Rush, L. F, and W. W. Willits, all well known to old-timers of Ashland, arrived in Ashland last Wednesday morning from Grants Pass. Forty-one years ago August 31 Mr. Willits left Coun cil Bluffs, Iowa, for Ashland, arrlv ing here on September 6, 1875. That winter Mr. Willits and Miss Kate Thornton taught the Ashland public schools of 135 pupils. School was held In the little building standing on the site of the old South school grounds in the block where the White House grocery is now located. The school board was composed of Lindsay Applegate, Robert Garrett, Sr., and Mr. Parham. W. W. Kent nor, who for many years lived on Granite street just around the corner from Main, was the school clerk. Mr. Willits came to Ashland on this trip to attend the Iowa picnic, which unfortunately came a week earlier than he thought. The last time Mr. Willits was In Ashland was the year after the present Chautau qua building was put up, and he had not been up the canyon or in the grove since the old flouring mill near the plaza had been moved away. Mr. Willits' first wife was a sister of George Dunn. He 1b now located at Kerby, Ore., with his family and is teaching the high school at that place. Mr. Willits states that the chlfef industry at Kerby now is the shipping of chrome and copper-ore. Seventeen carloads of chrome of 43 tons each have been shipped from the mine near Holland since July 11 and is all freighted through Kerby by team for a distance of about 30 miles from the mine to the terminus of the railroad at Waters creek. About 100 tons of copper ore per week is being shinned from the r : n I Only AMERICANS I ' I 1 10 Cents Each We can promise our customers good treatment and their mon ey's worth in anything bought in our store. This is certainly true now of "Century Edition" Finest Shpet Music of which we carry the full line. It Is the most beautiful edition of nearly 2,000 of the standard classics and favorites both In vocal and instrumental music possible to find, and we offer it at a standard price of 10 Cents a Copy Cone la tit' ftl citalopK-FlftE We sell pianos on easy terms. The Music Shop Id (he 5, 10 and 15c Store "I'VE HAD ENOUGH CARTER. In Hew York Evening Sua OF IT!" Investigating Roseburg Railroad Umpqua Valley News: J. D. Mc- Vlcar of Grants Pass, engineer for Twohy Bros., Bpent yesterday in this city consulting with local men in re gard to the proposition of building railroad from Roseburg to Rock creek. Mr. McVicar is one of the leading ctvil engineers of the coast and his duties with Twohy Bros, is to travel about the country locating and investigating projects for the company to handle. Although refusing to make a statement whether or not his com pany was interested in the Roseburg & Eastern Railroad project, Mr. McVicar intimated that a bid would be made. He also spent consider able time in investigating the many mining and timber projects in this vicinity. The nature of the country was given careful consideration not only from the maps obtainable but from conversation with men who are well versed in the nature of the sur rounding country. Practicably the entire morning was spent in the office of City Engineer L. G. Hicks, where he looked care fully over the plans "and specifica tions for the railroad. The Twohy Bros Company is per haps one of the leading railroad builders on the coast. They do not spend their time and money on rail road construction and management alone, but on mining and timber de velopment projects also, and their coming always means an era of pros perity for the community about which they are working. They are careful, conscientious railroad builders, and should they make a bid which is accepted by the city council they will build the road according to the plans and specifica tions as adopted. , The Twohy Bros, are the builders of the road leading out from Grants Pass to the coast, the road for which to be used in constructing the first ten miles. Since it was built it has paid a profit instead of being a loss as had been predicted by many. Several representatives of bonding houses have also been in the city during the past few days and there is little doubt, according to . their statements, but that the city bonds will sell for at least par and accrued interest. Big Offer for Flax By Millionaire Queen of Bronze mine near Takilma. that clty raIged the BUm of $200,000 First Big Sale Hood River Apples Hood River News, Aug. 30.: G. M. H. Wagner & Sons of Chicago, who are one of the most prominent operators in the western box apple deal, made the first sale of impor tance of the season last week. The sale was made through the firm's western representative, J. H. Dengel, and consisted of 78 cars The sale was confirmed and the fruit is to be accepted, inspected and paid for at Wenatchee. News of the transaction was re ceived with a great deal of interest by parties in the box apple deal, both growers and operators, because 01 Its probable influence on later prices. Some were inclined to think that the prices, which ranged from $1.10 to $1.50 per box, were too high and would have the effect of starting prices off on a baBls which would curtail consumption early in the season. Prices on the different va rieties sold are as follows: Arkan sas Black and Winesaps, $1.35; Spltzenberg and Deliicous, $1.50; Jonathan, $1.15; Black Ben Davis. $1.10. The California Grape Protective Association is offering cash prizes for essays against dry laws in the effort to stem the tide of the prohi bition sentiment, evidently fearing that their vineyards are in danger of being destroyed. Eugene Register: An offer of $450 a ton for a certain grade of flax grown in Lane county has been received from Dr. Henry Deimel, mil lionalre linen manufatcurer. The grade of flax to receive this sum must be good enough to be spun into numbers 50 and 80 warp, and he said in his letter that he would amplify his offer by agreeing to re mit in addition whatever amount his spinner may consider the flax to be worth above $450 a ton. Eugene Bosse, in charge of the flax experiment here, informed Frank C. Miles, representative of the office of fibre investigation of the United States Department of Agri culture, that the Lane county acreage average will be twelve tons. Mr. Miles said the average of straw is about ten tons to the acre. ' "Whether it proves . a financial success the first year or not," Mr. Miles says, "it appears to give pretty good proof that flax growing can be conducted successfully as a commer cial enterprise in Oregon The farm ers who co-operated with the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and the Port land Chamber of Commerce worked against the handicaps of unfamiliar- ity with the crop and the late start they had. Mr. Miles left this week for Mon tana, where he is to inspect some of the flax plantings that have been made. He was in Oregon last March to help launch the Eugene project and his present trip enabled him to see how successful the enterprise had been. Cattle "After The War" Live Stock World: Tha the live stock market is at present on a war basis is not to be disputed. What will happen when Europe reaches a peace basis Is a subject for discus sion, also difference of opinion, but It must be obvious that as long a the domestic industrial situation continues healthy beef will be re quired in large quantities. Over production is impossible. Prices may ease off, but if feeders operate with reasonable caution they are not like ly to be hurt. The long drouth in Australia has given the industry a serious setback there. Canada is us ing about all the beef It can produce, imports from South America have been reduced to small volume, an the few head of scrub steers that dribble in from Mexico do not fur nish enough product monthly to sup ply an Interior town with free lunch material. Considerable fresh, pickled and canned beef is being exported, and that trade will probably continue for a considerable period after the war. Oregon Troops on Way to Clackemas The first troop train to arrive from San Diego reached Ashland at 1:40 p. m. today, and after a stay of forty minutes proceeded on the way to Clackamas. It consisted of 21 cars with 20 officers and 440 men under command of Colonel McLaugh lin. Major Bowman is in command; of the first battalion. The entire tralnload consisted of headquarter company and machine gun company with companies A, B, C and D mak ing up first battalion, all of the third Oregon regiment. The troops are in most excellent physical condition, no fatalities hav ing occurred in the regiment during their stay In the south. The entire regiment has been ordered to Clack amas. Six trains following the first, are scheduled to arrive at intervals until ,3 o'clock tomorrow morning. Only 126 men were sent home for all reasons during the entire time it California a remarkable showing. - fcsified Advertisements TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. 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