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Newspaper Page Text13 rnODAy'S; MARKERS Reports Indicate That the Coming Sea son's Acreage ot Potatoes All Over the r Coast Will Be as Heavy as a Year Ago. THB OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. ' PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, - FEBRUARY 2, 1908. SCRAPPER MAY .... V LOSE HIS LIFE -'. ,, - -' 1 , l.w35" u':- PLLivraT h III POTATOES- GROW SUGAR BEETS 1 1 If n n PI T A Tl M fl IN WALLOWA COUNTY !U UK III TIM Will rs I s SjS II Low Price Causing Some Shipments to Los Angeles r and Southwest. . Front street features: -Km go to lOo and lower. Chicken market half-firm. Fin oranges arrive from south. Local wheat 1 So bushel down. Butter market hold well. Onion market la retting shsky. Potatoes ahow small movement. mall Movement Is Fotatoe. Local shippers report a small move Fment In the potato market. At coun try shipping points the trad Is paying from 40 to 60o per hundred pounds, I with the average purchases around the 46e mark. Shipments are generally 'mane to far southw cneduled (Speeltl Dispatch te JTbe loarnaL) La Grands, Or.. Feb. II. Field representatives' of the LaGrander-O sugar factory will go to Wallowa1 4 county early next week with a lVffe quantity of sugar beet seed, which will be distributed free to Wallowa county farmers with' the understanding that . thorough tests In beet growing I be made la that county this sea- e eon. The sugar oompany ex- e sects to have several thousand, acres of beets . planted In the e Wallowa valley as soon-as the e e O. R. & N. branch line Is com- e pleted Into that county. The ' e soil, climate and conditions of e e Wallowa are all favorable to a 4 e heavy yield of beets of a htgtl 4 percentage of saccharine. IVHtA T ROOTS Severe Damage Has Already Been Hone in California by Fly Larvae. ' ro'SouthirrCallfornl. VnT. SrCJ ithwest. although a few cars are ooei. UoOll; PffV.' ftnorfr,fd 1J 0 (Called Pre Leased Wire.) Berkeley. CaL. Feb. . The depart- meni or agriculture at the state unl vcrslty here received for the past two months reports from various parts of the state of the devastation wrought by a certain worm that haa eaten .rut and grain root. Damage has been re ported from as far north as Marysvlllo to MarlDona on Ilia annth and from tha Ban Jouquan and Sacramento valleys i . considerable disUnce Into the looimus. Worm Bats Boots. The worm seema to take tha roots of the growing grain and grass and ut- erty Destroy in crop. Experts at he unlveriltv have bean In the field for some time atudylne the problem ities. The northern markets are giui-1 yv-m, jt-kk" - ih . i..... u tea with supplies. and Instead of w-.nt- InouM lettuce, sm7 time stud vlnV Mr? iFJsrsstfZ : b nT-r dishes b kj vjl .surplus In this direction. The locsl gerpiant si potato market shows a good movement cr,f,'Cranberri kto city buyers, consumption is lncreas-1 Tr' ,"f' p"; I n k!.. .... k. u... ..i... rv-1 40q lb: sDlnach, ioers are ready sellers at tills time and a9.ma bunches. eists n7'oOroYo "on the mend:" ThV worm" 1. tb. , ' ik. larvae of the crane flv. Thev are at 1 .It hn-r- nnln..' I thlS time DrSCtleallV full KTOWn Snd i . , V W V . . m.ww.. V'liutl., I- u nave ioi aii nope ai m uaurr range during the present season. Oaloa Market Zs Getting snaky. Despite all utterances made by in spired, ones who seek to blindfold the Llregon onion producer and set him ;o 1101a nia supplies wnue iney sii heir eastern onions In California and .he north, there is a' very shaky tone n im local as wen as in an coast before Ions will become files and tha damags for this sesson -will be over. Ho Bemedy for Vest. The crane fly appear to be peculiar to this locality and haa occurred be- iuib. ii uevvr naa viiuwn neu in nuch large numbers as this year and there 1 a strong prospect that It will barrel. 10o; boxes, tto I not recur again next year, as It has aroeerlss, Vats, ate. SUGAR California and Hawaiian Cube, 16; powdered, $6.; berry, 16.66; dry granulated, ifc.oo; aax LOCAL WHEAT 2 -mm Sharp Loss in Price Is Due to Higher Values Here Than Elsewhere. ' I AAA I B II ulated, 16.40; conf. A., $5.66: extra B.. goiaen u., o.uu; u. ycnow, beet granulated, $6.46; bar- If I6.lt; 14.?: rela. lie: half advance on sack oasla (Above prices are 10 days net cash 1 L UBal lil . . i -V nlon markets. 8upplles of eastern '"SVJL'S.I"-' .. . tocks are Increasing both In the north cafKan-Zplakimm Lranda IlLtIA nd In the south, and all lata arrivals COF KB Mokefe wrands, fli.HO ire giving satisfaction according to the I i? IV m r...u.tf im. L-ecelvers themselve. This 1 having I. , JTo Wtonr o 114.0" tahlV XairV somewnat depressing errect wpon Front iinZ, aa. i&n. 'n a "k.i.. .,. kh.. i l ..1. i...,t I !'"'V'''" v.v-. Wr uv aje,wrii vmuiisi iitu j us v niiitou ire. ne fact that Texas onloni novlna to market and ahlomrats oon iari irora uocneua and x nermai. inn, i aa 1 anrornia. tia caused some or die nrii... .... n ... htrong Imlder here to weaken n their than car lots. Car lots at special prices biews snd the bet onions are obtain. I .abject to f luntuatlona) 100. arrived .J j 00. 4t jj.uo: extra fine arrels, U ns are (, ,nj 10. $4.6006.60; Liverpool lumf ts will tockt I20.6O per to; 60-lb rock. $11.60, ror tne last three months. There seems to be no remedy for the peat, and un told damags ha been wrought thereby. OREGONlPPLES SELL BETTER Ifj LONDON ble along the street at $i.763 with Tiost sales at the former price. Hop Continue to Move. It's the old and oft repeated story in he hop market. Sale continue to be nown at tne low levels wnicn nave een quoted during the past month or Is week. The business now coming la rom all directions; aome export and ome local. However, the movement i iot startling; in any one direction. In act ll la not Heavy in Its entirety. fine Oranges Arrive From tne South. Much finer ouality la shown In the nlon now arriving here from Callfor la points. Color are vastly Improved ver the shipments In this direction ven s week ago. Sales are growing gain because of the larger eonaump- lon. Price, however, are still low be- auan of the enormous supplies In the outh. Orange arowers are turninic all heir fruit Into cah with all possible peed and thla haa proven no help to- era maintaining values in tne soutn Eggs Go to BO Cents and Lower. The egg market struck 20o today with very loud thud. In fact some dealers RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1. to: No. 3. Vtfc; New Orleans, bead, Tc; AJax, 6c; Creole, 6c. littANSSmall white, $4 16; large white. $4.10; pink, $4.10; bayou. $$.0, Lima a. .60: Mexican reas. c, NUTS Peanuts, Jumbo. ?u per lb; Vlre-tnla. fcc per lb: roasted. o per lb; Japanese, 6H w$ttc; roasted, IH0 There was a sharp decline of tc bushel today In the price buyers are of ferine- for Paclflo northwest wheat. Tho new prices are sue ror ciuo and wmam ette valley. 78c for red and 82c i buahel for bluestem. Even this sharp reduction In value does not put the local market on a par with the price ruling In Kurope. It Is not believed that a cargo of bluestem could be sold In Liverpool today at any thing over (Otlc here. This market 1 at the present time fully 2c a bushel higher than a Liverpool basis, and buy era are gradually putting the price where some roreign Duaine can t ee cured. The late sharp loeae in Euro pean and Chicago value have left the Pacific northwest marget high and dry on the beach, and dealers here say that no shipments oan be made until the various markets get together. There Is nothing of interest In the foreign flour market, no new snle to the orient being reported. Local busi ness Is good and steady, but that's about all that can be said of conditions here; Millfeeda are still scarce and hlah. Hay Is showing a laraer volume of of ferings, with some willing to brlns down gneir values. BUILD TURBINES FOR II I JAPANESE MDOUID f HI10IIII W. Dennis St Rons of Coven t Garden Market report the London market un der date of February 7 as follows: "There Is little change to report In the market position here. Best quality apples are in very short supply and the market upon them remains firm at prices ranging from 120 to 124 ner bar rel. Wa hava tnriav anM nmarlon Mo l4 per 10; waiuuia, ainoruia, io par iv, stocK, Baldwins, Greenings and Spies at pine sun ioq per id, nicaury nuia, sZI to $24 per barrel. There la. how luc per id: uraxu num. ioc per id im- vAr a win m.,.in n v.. , - .. - n.nan. Ill Dill. I t . ' - - ' ... VWkWVOIl iriw, in h iu, .;'"- v,.u ,nla oesi stocK or which w are speak per lb: almon!. 16a ing-, and the second best. The latter li Ksi. rim miu rivrwimi, I sellln DKLsb&U MEATS tront street Hogs, fancy, 7c lb; ordinary, 7c; lurge, 6Htic lb; veal, extra, )ttll'.'c; per lb; ordinary, c per Id; heavy. 7 4lo per lb; mutton, fancy, llo per lb. HAWS. BACON, ETC. Portian.i paca (local) hams. 10 to li ids., lZfto per id; 14 to 16 lbs.. 12o per lb: 18 to 10 lbs., $n to $18 per barrel. Lighter si 12c; breakfast bacon. ltH22Ho per are, we understand, coming f lb; pieties. Do per lb; cottaus roll. 10c from Halifax, and It will be refi Der lo: regular snort clears, smoked. lie per lb; unsmoked. 10c per lb; clear backs, unsmoked. 10c: smoked. 11c; union butts. 10 to ISO lb: unsmoked. 12c per lb; smoked, 18c per :b; clear ave Jeen,-. secretly selling their, sup- bellies, unamoked. lJHo per lb; smoked, lilies at this figure for the past 48 hour. Receipts are showing a con stant Increase. Some of the dealer Ire still piling their eggs because of I he smaller outward movement than that which has recently set In toward Portland. It Is stated that some dealers kre willing to clean up their supplies low as ivo and this rigure seems ikely In the local market. It la yet oo early for storage. and as production increase the price will drop. There i Iiowever, some Increase in consumption lecause of tho lower price. rl:f Votes of the Trade. Chicken market Is just about half- lirm. Receipts are quite fair. It Is" useless to send poor quality tur- 13 He per lb: uhoulders. 10c; per lb: picKiea tongues, vuc iacn. LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. 10s, 12 Vic per lb; 6s, I3e per lb' 60-lb. tins, lc per lb; steam rendered, 10a, 11 Ho par lb; 6s, 11 Ho per lb; compound. 10s. c per jd.i FISH Rock cod. 12 He lb: flounders. tc per lb; halibut, 7o per lb; atrlped oass, isc per id; cat nan, lie per lb; sal mon, chlnook. ltttc; steelbead. 12o per lb; frozen, tc; herrings, Sc lb; soles, 7o lb; shrimps. 10c per lb: perch. 6c per lb; tomcod, 11c per lb: lobsters, 26o per lb.; fresh mackerel So per lb: crawfish, 250 per doxen; stur- feon, 12 He per lb: black bass. 20e per b; sliver smelt, 6 7c per lb; Columbia smelt. 6c; black cod, 7 He lb; crabs. A I la uw: i w t iu oviiu jw" H""" -T i wiiivi , vs f uiava vi to market and expect favorable II. 00 iff 1. 60 dor eh. Ieturn these days. Can t be done. OYSTERS Shoalwater bay. per gsl Ovster trade Is showing A decrease. Ion. $2.(0; per 100-lb sack. $6.00; Olym- Itun of smelt Is still rmall. Plenty of pla, per gallon, 13.40: per 100-lb sack. lalmon. Price on latter will likely drop $.ootp.&0; jcagie, canned, soc can; 17 ext week. dosen; eaatcrn in shell, jl.76 per nun- Cabbage market Is firmer because of dred. I mailer local supplies. CLAMS Hardshell, per box. $2.40; Celerv is gaining In strength and most rasor clams. $2.00 per box: lOo per do. I ales today are being made from $4.35 Paints, Coal OIL Bto. Io $4.60 a crate. A few as low as ROPE Pure manlla, 14c; standard. 4.26. ' 12c; sisaL 1014c. Front street sells at the following Coal Oils I rices. Prices paid shippers are less Iron Bbls. Cases. Wood Bbls. legular commissions: I water White ..11 o 16 rain, nonr and TeeC La VV uV?",ir adii uinsr.in.ni. a. i.r.. ?' Light ..12Ho . . . i . a . , " IOIB selling round about $16 to $17. We do not Include. In second best stock. Nova Scotlan fruit, nor indeed much of the iruu tnat is coming rrom New York. "There In a lot of stuff In poor condl Hon coming from the latter port whlls the Nova Bcotlan fruit la all on the nmau sue and Is selling anywhere from upplles forward rafreahtnv ' " nnn mt mantei wun no heavy weight of Inferior quality fruit on It we anaii men see an all round Improvement. Boxes of California Newtowna are in hotter demand at from $8 to $9 for four-tier and from $7 to $8 for four and a half. Oregon Newt owns are also nomg Deter at rrom $11 to $16 per box. We are quite of opinion that theae lat ter varieties may now De expected to noiu ineir price. 6 ARRIVALS ARE FOR A HOLIDAY PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. Hoars. Cattle Rhr louiy gig 1807 180 1906 60 691 126 wWEAiTra'cVlcelub. 80c, K' ww.:i4Ho d Russian, 78c; bluestem, 82c; val- Extra Star' 18Ho 19V4o 21Hc led COPN Whole. $S; cracked, til ton. BARLEY New Feed. $28 per ton: lolled $2S31; brewing, $29. Bijfl -bo- per cwu OITR New Producers' nrice No. white $27 per ton; gray, $2926.60. fLOUK Eastern Oregon patents. U.80: straights. $4.36! exports. $3.70; I alley, $4.46; graham, b, $4.60; rnoie wneat. xi.io; rye. svs. .60. I ale, is. 28 o UHo 16Hc 18 He Extra Star Gasoline Iron Bbls. Cases. V. M. and P. Naptha ...12o 19Hc Red Crown Gasoline ...18 Ho 25 He Motor uasollne IS ho 26 H 86 por cent Gasoline ...10 o 27 He No. l Engine Distillate. .10 c 17 o BENZINE 86 deg.. cases, 26o per gal; Iron bbl 28c ner caX TURPENTINE In cases. 72o per gal; wood bbls, 69 Ho per gaL Lirwsn;ti;ij uiij naw, onls GZc, cases juiLL Hxurtnn Mominai tiran. i:e hniiari r.i. m en. . i- "...- V4. "iS.-'XilrL 71ii ' lots or zau gallons 10 less. juiiii J, i , v.j, f .y, vnu, iiuia HAY Producers' price Timothy, IVIllBtriette valley, fancy tIB: ordln- ry. $12.50013; eastern Oregon, $1( 7: mixed, $l610.60; clover, $1012; rain, ( ); cheat, ( ); alfalfa, $12 2.60. Batter, Eggs and Vouitnr. BUTTER FAT F. o. b. Portland Iweet cream, 86o; sour, 84a BUTTER Extra fancv fresh cream- Iry, 87H; fancy, 854j)S7Ho; choice. 3&c; rdinary, S2Hc; best storage, 27H80c; econd grade, 26c; store, 20c a pound. eujs Jxtra iancy, candied. lSi 10c; eastern storage, 15c dozen. t.-HKESE New Full cream, flat. 5 Ho. per lb; Young Americana, 17o per POULTRY Mixed chickens, 12Hlo ern iunev iiuiib, lovf'iau iu WHITE LEAD Ton lota. 7e ner Ih: 100-lb lots. 8c per lb; less lota, SVtc. WIRE NAILS Present basis at $2 10. R PRODUCE EOF IN SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, Feb. 22. Wheat No. 1 California club, per cental, $1.57H4 1.60; white milling club, $1.651.67H; white Australian, $1,704 1.72 H ; north- bluegtem, $1.65)!. 67H ; northern i fnnn iinna I - irt I xa. ry I r rnnei at-a . id. Too;" fryeFsiro- IbV broiler Mo W&Jt'if1 lnrer,0r Krades of wheat fr dTukrkWV)ill?ri,3c0ldberib- Bley-No. 1 '"d, $1.351.37H. with "ssed: lisfbjsqua'bs1, Vlo.ln; tJu.li2L;JTmV to ,falr- Igeon J 1.26 doi.; dressed poultry, I J JH22M5. k" wlnS.atanK,FranclSC; lTn ner lh higher- wllrl ireeae I Y An $l-401.60 brewing and Rhipplng at He per 10 higher, wiia geese, t ) dox. J.ort Costat ji.4of.45; chevalier, 11.65 Hops. Wool and nice. HOPS 1907 crop, first prime, 6c; rime, 6Ho; medium to prime, bc; tedium. 4to6o lb; 1906 crop. iee2o lb: bntracts, 1908, ( ). WOOL 1907 clip Valley, 16 18c; isteru Oregon. 12 H 018a. ', MOHAIR 29 j 29 He HltES Dry hides. lZWUo IP: green. 36c; calves, green. 6 7c; kupe, to j: hulls, green salt, 3Qf 4o 10 N SHEEPSKINS 8harln. 6cO20e ach; short wool, 26c9vc; medium. ood, oueyiii eacn; long wool, ioc(t .ko eacn, TALLOW Prime, per lb; 3c 04c; o. Z and grease, 2 2 Ho. CHITTIM BARK -6c. Traits and Tsgstablse. POTATOES Select, 70 75c, sell- ng; ouying, Willamette valley, ,40c; PS' 1.85. according to aualltv. Butter Fresh California, extras, 32c firsts, 28c; seconds, 23c; storage Call- lornia extras, 2bc; rirsts, 23c; seconds, zzc; eastern extras. 24Hc: firsts. 2c; seconds, 21c; ladles, eastern, 20c; firsts, ic. Fresh eggs, per doxen Extras, 19Hc; rirsis, ihc; seconds, 17 He; thirds, 16Hc. New cheese per pound California flats, fancy, 12c; firsts, 11 He; Califor nia xoung America, rancy, 13 He; rirsts, 13c; storage, eastern fancy New York, 17Hc; Oregon, llHc Potatoes, per cental Salinas Bur banks, 75c$1.00; lompocs, $1.001.16; Oregon Burbanks, 75c1.00; river whites fancy, SOC 85c; do choice, 40c 50c: early rose. $1.104il.3O: river reds. , iiujiiibi ,r luaui.iio van., vii, ... v , w v f ,.im jjc. tern Multnomah and (Jlackamas. tbu I crate. ilc per cwt: sweets, 8 He. ONIONS Jobbing price, $2.60 2.75: uytng, spot $2.002.26; garlic, 7c lb. Affui,a select, jz.us; rancy liws; iol-. tl.D6Ol.60; ordinary. 90c$1.00. FRESH FRUITS OraiiM. new. 12.00 $a.60T bananas, 6o per lb: lem- is, satst.oo box; graperruit, xs.bo oox; neopples. $4 6.60 dozen' pears, fan- k.' $6041.76; ordinary. $i a box; Un- prines, $1.76 a box; Jap oranges, 40 0 o a box; persimmons, $1.76. VEGETABLES Turnips, new, 60 & po, sack; carruts, 60o per sack; beets, i07ia per sack; parsnips, 86c 0$1; cab- x,atra. Onions Oregon yellows. $2.76: reds nominal; eastern yellows, $2.66. Oranges, per dox Navels, choice, $1.762.00; with some fancy at $2.25: tangerines, 76c $1.26; mandarins, $1.25. Are Baying Horses. (Special Dlipstcb to The Journal.) North Powder, Or.. Feb. 22. Th Portland horse buyers, Skiffton A Todd, who were here and In Powder valley some time looking up a mixed lot of horses, secured three carloads at prices Portland Union Stock varda. Feh 5 2 For a holiday, today's arrivals In the yarn were quite lmeral in hogs, small In cattle. No sheep arrived. All mar kets continue to show a very firm tone with prices holding right at the top. Today 32 horses arrived. A year ago today all liner were firm; price were stationary. Official yard values today: Hogs Best stuff, $6.26 & 6.85; stock ers and China fats, $4.606.00. Cattle Best eastern Oregon steers, $4.3biai4.60; cows and heifers, $8.50 a.io; uuus, ..i.uydrz.ijb. Sheep Best wethers, $6.766.00; iBiiiua, u.uv'tj;o.ia, ewes, id.UO(0 6.60. SHIPMENT OF STEERS. Choicest Lots of the Season Sold at Echo to Union Meat. (Speciil Dl.patcb to Tbe Journal.) Pendleton, Or., Feb. 22. Three hun dred and twenty-four steers, which were soia -.nis wen oy it. b. Stanfield and Fred Andrews of Echo to the Union Meat company of Portland, yielded the Reiiern zv,uuu, or aDout 2 per head. This I one of the choicest shipments yet made this spring. There are about 7,000 head to go from the Echo feeding uiBiiiub uuo b Bason. PRICE OflADA SHARES IN FRISCO San Francisco Feh. i..t ni.Kf. closing: UOLDFIELD DISTRICT. Sandstorm 29c, Red Top Ext. 14c, Co lumbia Mt. 22c, Jumbo Ext. 46c, Silver Pick 29o, Black Butte Ext. 3c, Atlanta 30c. Great Bend 4lr jrinrer, n Pn,am B,v ? Cons- 15c- Comb. Fraction ?.; K 0C' nfa slc, i.ou IHllon 4c Yellow Tiger 16c, Yellow Rose v, v-ui. an, ut, no, uoior. cons. $4.97, BULLFROG DISTRICT. Llge Harris lc. TONOPAH DISTRICT. ion. Nevada $4.96. Ton. Montana $1.90, o...ii,atit atv, ion. iieimont bzc, Ton, North Star 16c, Jim Butler 40c. MANHATTAN DISTRICT. Granny 9c, Jumping Jack 68c SCATTERED DISTRICTS. American Company Con structs Engines to Jc Used in Japs' Navy. (United Press Laatd Wlra.) Boston, Mass.. Feb. 22. A pair of 144- inch diameter turbine engines of 24.000 horsepower each for the Japanese gov ernment have Just been built at the works of the Fore River Shipbuilding company In Qulncy. They are to be shipped to the Japanese to he installed In the armored cruiser Ibutlx, which is being built at the navy yard In Kure. This will be the first pair of tur bines ever put into a Japanese ship. The engines will go to Japan In a British vessel which will probably come to the Fore River yard snd then sail direct to Kure by way of the Sue canal. A number of employes will go on the trip to assist in the Installing of the engine. California Machinist Prob-I ably Fatally Injured in First King Contest. tdnlted Press Latd Wire.) Long Beach, Cal.. Feb. II. AJ Cooper, a young machinist who wae knocksd out by Jimmy Davis In the fourth round of a boxing contest at the San Pedro Athletic club a week ago. Is In a serious condition from concussion of the brain. . " .' It was Cooper's first fight and he was severely punished, but apparently recovered from the knockout without ill effects. Two days after the fight, however. hatook to his bed and his condition has grown steadily worse. B0GERS' NAME NOT ONE FOB CONJURING Couldn't Bare William Foley of Walla Walla, Bad Clieck Man Bingham In Trouble. (Sptdtl Dlspsteh to The Joaraal.) U'alla Wails. Wash.. Feb. 23. Wll- liani Foley, a dapper young man who drifted Into Walla Walla a few weeks ko and traded a bocua $166 check for a diamond ring and a watoh at a Jewelry . ...... v. .. ........ 1.,4 I t h. .nnartnl I court on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses and passing bogus paper. The check waa drawn on the Mccormick Brothers' bank at Salt Lake. Foley gave the diamond ring to a Walla WaHa girl but after his arrest she re turned the ring to the Jewelry store by mall. The watch was reoovered from Foley when he was tsken to Jail. Foley posed as a nephew of Henry Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate, whlls In Spo kane and uD-eountry towns and It is said he Is wanted at several other places or passing fraudulent ohecss. W. c. Hlnarham. a stranger, was ac quitted in the superior court yesterday of a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses but was Immediately re arrested by Sheriff Havlland on a Marge of passing a check given him In connection with the alleged crime he was acquitted or using an assumed name In making the deal. Bingham la wanted at several other towns lor al leged transactions and if the Walla Walla authorities cannot secure a con viction he will be turned over to out-of-town officers. INSTITUTE CLOSES AT CASTLEROCK (Special DUpatch to Tha J annul. 1 Castlerock. Wash., Feb. 22. One of the most successful and enjoyable teachers' Institutes ever held in Cow lltx county closed yesterday afternoon. It was a Joint Institute of Cowliti and Wahkiakum counties and was held in the Methodist Episcopal church here. All the sessions were well attended by the townspeople as well as by the teachers enrolled, especially the even ing sessions, which were given over to programs or a literary and musical na ture. The ( astlerocK Mign school or chestra assisted at the evening sessions. Tho orchestra Is composed of seven of the high school students, all boys in their teens, and Is under the leadership of Rev. W. J. Getty of the Methodist Episcopal church. They have been practicing less than two months and their work Is truly excellent for boys of their ages. The total enrollment or teachers was 116. 21 being from Wahkiakum and 96 from Cowllts county. The instructors from outside the two counties were: President E. A. Bryan and Professor II. C. Sampson of the State college, Pull man: ir. hi. u. Hisson or tne state uni versity, Seattle; Nellie A. Gray. Belling ham State normal; H. B. Dewey, assist ant state superintendent, Olym pla. Those from cowllts county were: Eva Talbot, primary department. Ka- ama: l.ucla Jenkins. Drlmarv depart ment, Kelso, and Mrs. Francis Alford. Carrolton. The two roiintv ailnarlntanilan ta E. C. Marsh of Wahkiakum and Miss C. Hurcham of Cowllts county cooper ated In the utmost harmony, and tho result was a trihute to their seal and efficiency. JAMMED LOCK HALTS CITY GOVERNMENT (Special PUpateh to Tht Joarnil.) Hoaulam. Wash.. Feb. 22. City Attor ney Campbell has been in a dilemma for the past 48 hours on account of the refusal of the sate in his oriice to open when the proper combination is used. Many trials were made by himself and others, but to no avail. Mr. Campbell finally became desperste and tried force, but succeeded only In breaking the hare die off the safe. It will probably be necessary to call In an expert. Meanwhile Mr. Campbell had prepared a speech to deliver before the Young Men's club last night, which Is still In safely held In the recesses of the safe. Keeping it company are all the local improvement assessment rolls, city money and valuable papers belonging to both the ty snd his Individual cli ents. The affair Is causing consider able Inconvenience. How Drugs Cause Disease "Drug medicine do but cure one disease br producing another." Martln Payne, Professor In New York University Medlcsl college. -Dr. That la why men who dope them selves with doctors' concoctions and other nerve wrecking dope never get well. Dr. Soakem sella you a lot of nauseating drug for the cure of aome acute disease. You fill your poor stomach with that stuff, and the first thing you know you have developed a case of chronic stomach trouble, heart, kidney or liver dis ease, or a serious derangement of the bowels. You should remember when you take poisonous drugs Into the stom ach that every vital organ will be affected by that poison. The stom ach suffers roost of all, for it get the full force of the poison. Drugs have killed many people who would have recovered If left to nature. When nature can't cure It la be cause she needs help, something that gives strength, nourishment and vitality to ths body. Drug s don't help nature; Instead of building up, they tear down. What nature needs Is electricity, but It must be applied a certain way to get good results. My way Is the best way of apply ing electricity. It's the only method that has proven successful. I've had 20 years' experience In t. eating dis ease with electriolty and I know more about applying this force than any other doctor on earth. My Electro-Vigor Is the result of this $0 years' experience. Electro-Vigor Is a dry cell body batterv that sends a soothing, glow ing current of electricity Into your nerves and vitals while you sleeD. It doe not shock or blister all you fee1! U a gentle warmth that Imparts new energy to every organ. Electro-Vigor makes Its own power, therefore It never require charging. It is not an electric belt. My health has Improved very much under the use of Electro-Vigor. The backache and diarrhoea are cured, and I am feeling better generally than I have for years past I am an old resident of Portland, having lived here for about 20 years, snd will be glad to vouch for your treatment at any time. H. F. BRUNK, $76 Sandy Point Portland, Qrrgon. Get One Free Write for my 100 page Illustrated book, which explains everything about my method of treatment This book contal" a lot of valuable In formation that you need, snd Is written In plain language no pro fessional rot. I'll send this book. In plain wrapper, close r sealed, free. If you will mall me this coupon. S.A.HALL,M.D. 1314 Beoond At., Seattle, Wash., or 1883 milmore tU Cornel Bddy, Baa Francisco. Please send me, prepaid, your free 100 page Illustrated book. 2-::-$ Name Address DEPOSITORS WILL GET DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR CASLER0CK MILLS THAT RUN AGAIN (Special Dltpitch to Tba Journal.) Castlerock, Wash., Feb. 22. Three new shingle mills tributary to Castle rock have resumed operations this week after being idle since last December. Work was begun In each the first of the week, but owing to a few break downs and the usual Irregularities due to new machinery they did not run full time until the latter part of the week. The Qouber Lumber company, whose mill Is located at the mouth of the Toutle river, is now running reculnrlv and employs about 14 men. John Robin & Sons have Installed two new upright saws and employ 12 men. They turn out about 120.000 shlnerles a dnv. The Cowlitz Shingle company's plant, for merly owned by the Metcalf Sh ncln company and popularly known as the Dig mill,' has a capacity of 120,000 to 160,000 per day and fmclovi l men The company has Just Installed four new upright saws. (United Press Leaed Wire.) San Francisco, Feb. 22. President Martel of thn Market Street bank, which failed to open yesterday morning posi tively declared that everv depositor whft has placed his money In the bank of whtch he Is the president would receive every dollar which he had deposited Martel positively declares that if th bank fall to pay the claims of the de positors he will place his entire personal rortune at tne disposal or the deposi tors. Martel asserted that he had enough dollars In his own name to assure the depoHltors of secnrlns; dollar for dollar upon the money deposited In his bank. IDA HO AN BUYS FINE j GRAND RONDE RANCH (Special Dispatch to Tba Journal.) La Grande, Or., Feb. 22. One of the largest real estate transactions In this vicinity for some time was consum mated when William B. Graham of Ben nington, Idaho, bought James McCoy's lbO-ncre .farm in r rultdale and his resi dence In 8outh La Grande for $23,600, on n basis of $20.ono for the farm and $3,500 for the residence. This Is con sidered one of the best piece of land in the Grand Ronde valley. With It goes a water right. KEG OF BEER WEARS CREPE AT STANFORD Men Cured BB. TATXiOB, Te Leading- BptUOtU No other physician employs a like method, and so thorough Is my work that there need not be the slightest fear of a relapse Into the old con dition. It is not a question of whether you can be cured, but whether you will be cured. Don't wait until It is too late. My method Is perfect and quick. The cure I absolutely certain. I us NO KNIFE, cause no pain, and you need not be de tained from your work for: one day. I es pecially solicit those case where many so called treatments have failed or where money has been wasted on electric belts and other appliances. My special treatment cures "WEAK NESS" In men In a very ehort time. My cure of thla disorder are permanent and last ing. No tonics that stimulate temporarily, but thoroughly scientific treatment for the removal of conditions responsible for the functional de ranfl'Ament. " W a kn.it" I m.r.lv mvmntnm nf Inflammation or congestion In ths prostate gland, and under my own orig inal iocai treatment mis giana is promptly reduced to its normal state and complete runctionai activity is me lasting result. My Fee for Any Ailment d 1 A A A in ant simpxjb of Men Is Only J)1 UUU AILMENT PAY WHEN YOU ARE CURED Can any reasonable man dMlr a more fair test ef kit matkoda tkan ta 14 Mam con ma tun mna to pay m nu wnen ne If WeilT No man could be fairer than that. I take all .the risk.. You take none whatever.. You have everything to gain and absolutely nothlna? to loaa. Those In any trouble aufferlna- from SPKRMA- TllnHHUKA, LOSSES AND DRAINS. VARICOCELE. HYDROCELE, BLOOD POISON or any other dlaease ""i'iu'b uconu; aim ui.unurQ anu 10 rvnoer nappi- nes Impossible are urged to call upon me without delay. COBVTXTATXOaT AYS ABTXCS rSXTS. My office are onen all dav from 9 a. m tn a n m 10 to 1. BTOT A BOXW Zt aTEBDBH raxo uifTUa onia and Sundaya from the DR. TAYLOR cb. COBWEB SBCOVD 834 H KOBBISOW STBEBT, ABD MOB.BMOB STBEBTS, FOBTIVAHTS, O&XOtOB (United Preti Teased Wire.) Stanford University, Cal.. Feb. 22. Four hundred male students In ridicu lous costumes marched on the campus this morning In the annual Washington Birthday parade, special features of tho parade were a "hoochlo koochle." dhnco and a beer keg dressed In mourning, followed by the pallbearers. ABERDEEN BOASTS OF HER OWN CARNEGIE Nevada Hills $3.06, Pittsburg Silver Peak $1.36, Eagles' Nest 22c. Northwest Crop Weather. Western Oregon and western Wash ingtonFar tonight; warmer interior. Sunday fair, except rain near coast; winds- shifting to southeasterly. .Eastern Oregon, eaatarn tvii.ii.a. and Idaho Fair and warmer tonight and Sunday. " Morrow County Wooigrowera. (Special PlaiMtfb to Tbe Journal ! Heppner Or., Feb. 21. The Morrow County Woolgrowers' association has 5SntA 2?or".iJ- Currln; vice-president, W. B. Barratt; secretary and treasurer; W. S. Spencer; executive committee. Emmet Cochran. Oeortra. J. Hnrrin -a F. Hyns, W. S. Spenoer, Oeorge Perry. I W. B. JBaett and John Kilkenny. I (Special Dlapatcb to Tbe Jon ma I. Aberdeen. Wash.. Feb 22. K. Zelna- ko, a wealthy business man of this place, says he will not only contribute to the fund for the purchase of the lnt next to the Carnegie library site which the trustees have decided to buy, but win sen some oiner property as soon as times Improve and Invest the pro ceeds In land for public parks for tbe city. "I have all the money I need, and a little to spare," said the "count," as he is ramniariy Known, "and I am going I Itev. W. II. Adams Dead. (Special Dlmatch to Tha Journal.) Belllngham, Wash., Feb. 22. His ears drinking in the strains of "Nearer My God to Thee," and his eyes resting on a now-whlte dove that aliehted on the window sill. Rev. William K. Adams, 40 years a minister In the Christian church, Thursday evening sank into uncon sciousness that lasted until his death at the home of his daughter. Socialist Ticket at La Grande. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) La Grande, Or., Feb. 22. The Social ists of La Grande have slated the fol lowing ticket for the city election which will take place early in March: Mayor, Bird F. Lewis; recorder. H. A. Watson; treasurer, J.K. Fitzgerald; marshal, I. H. Stoll; councllmen, J. R. Watson, A. J. Warren. E. Rlesland, W. T. Grieder. Cancelling Bank of England Notes. From Tit-Bit. When the Bank of England note re turns to the bank it Is never reissued. It l.s canceled by having the signature of the chief cashier torn orr, WE CURE MEN ONLY! Our Fee $5 to $30 It Pay Unless Cured Seek Help Where It Is Certain to Be Found This Institution has built up It splendid practice more by the free advertising given It by Its PER FECTLY SATISFIED PATIENTS, who have received the benefit of its modern, scientific and ' legitimate methods than In any other way. If you are not a per feet man come to us. Isn't it worth tha little time it will take when you are CERTAIN that you will have the benefit of HONEST, SINCERE physicians who never attempt to deceive you in any way T A con sultation costs you nothing EXCEPT your own tin. Consult a live, wide-awake specialist about your case -nna wrhn perience, skill and ability, ons who can give you the best treatment to be had on the Paclflo coast, regardless of price. "W. cur men. and have cured more case of weakness and special ailments of men than any other specialists In Portland. If you do not know what the trouble la, eonauit us fraa of chares and find out. vwuaiui. In selecting a physician or specialist, when In need of one, aome eon. slderation and thought should be given to the qualifications, exoerlanna and length of time an Institute or medical man haa bean wi .Jrr city. It stands to reason that an Institution that has stood tha test nf time and numbers its cure by the thousands is far superior tn muah room institutions that spring up In a night, last a few months and are nna We have been curing men 29 years snd are the oldest specialist eurin men in Portland. ... " We Invite those who have deep-ssated and chronic taaA . . ' be examined. Consultation and examination la free, ana .i. .l"."!u? obligation to engage our servioes. ,B . Our office are equipped with the most modern and sclentlfirt tnaoh.nl cal devices for the treatment of chronlo diseases. Our charges arJSPf able and In reach of any man. r.rgea are reason- Write If vou cannot call. Our system nf hum. ' -' . CERTAIN and most successful All correspondence sacr.rt . ".AV HOURS 9 s. m. to 5 p. m. Evenings, 7 to 8:30. Sundays, V iv n ta li 0nf:Worad CONSULTATION FREE ST. LOUIS "surqical1 DISPENSARY dOsWEB BECOTO ACT TiMILIi sTTBMnfy 3POT&ajrD. OKBQOaf. . A dav's signatures thus detached to use the surplus for the benefit of I often amount to a weight of 20 pounds, Aberdeen." i so some Idea may be gathered of the BUKKETT OPPOSED TO FEDERAL OWNERSHIP (t'Dltad Press Leased Wire.) Washington. Feb. 22. At the annual convocation of George Washington uni versity today 8enator Burkett of Ne braska told why in his opinion govern ment ownership of railroads was Inad visable, constitutionally, economically or politically. '-'The circumstances surrounding the DOlltlcal. commercial, social and finan cial conditions of the people have de termined the relation of the government and the railroad," he said, "but none of these Influences Impels America to seek government ownership." enormous quantity or notes dean witn In a day's business. After the signa tures are torn off the notes are pricked off in tho register and sorted into the dates of Issue. They are then placed in boxes in vaults, where they are kept for five years, after which they are burned in a furnace placed in a court yard. Every morning at 7 o'clock this fire Is lighted and the notes which were received at the bank five years pre viously are consigned to the flames, 420,000 notes being consumed in this manner every week. From present indications the Demo crats of Wisconsin will be the first to name their detegates-at-large to the Denver convention. The Wisconsin con vention lias been called to meet at Mil waukee, February 3. . , BIGGER LUNGS AT YALE. Dr. May of the University of Michi gan has. compared the statistics of his freshman class with those of the Tale freshmen. He develops the fact that In one particular only have the Yale freshmen any decided advantage, and that is in lung capacity. The flrurea are 256 against 24$. Dr. May ascribes this to the greater opportunities for physical training in the schools of the east The average age and weight of the eastern 1911 man Is slightly greater. Yale haa rrTor habitual tobacco users.. Of the Mich lgan freshmen 2S.76 per cent use to- Dr. May report that 14S ot tha 100 students he examined wore glasses, bat more should have had them. Of the Biuucma imii isw euiierea rrom vari V Notwithstanding the ' great distant from New York to Denver Tm ' Hall la arranrlnc to n.l art unn.,.t large delegation to the lemcr :; .I...I &hhu..w.1..h .a K t.ul.t I 1 4 ill. 1 ous deformities, such aa stoop shoul- ter city nexti July. ran rom Burrows CATAioava Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Etc Address " - , 9 J. J. BUTZER. SEEDS ders. . flat feet and mm. hip. nf spine. However, they are better rhv ically than the 111 els at Miriu-m, Snd Dr. May hopes that his 1'.U will hare bigger lungs than tii li men, ..r.,