w THE OREGON SUNDAY ( JOURNAL, PORTLAND, V$UKDA -MORNING, ; NOVEMBER Xl.-- ISOfc
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INDICATIONS OF HIGH
PRICES FOR POTATOES
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' Shortage Sliown Eyerywhere, Even in California May
' ; Be One Year in Five.mereby It JVould Pay the PrW
' ..'" ducers to "Study Conditions Before Selling.' ' ,
94 SIXTH STREET
By Kyman K. onen. ' - 1
I" the present year one 01 nose out
of 'every. flVO'.whenrit.pays tho- farmer
to turn speculator and hold his potatoes
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for better prtc UiitlV th. turnof th
yThi lsVaufret'lon that a taking the
fancy of the entire ootatp trade ; h
Facitio coast and ia especially Attrac
tive to the producer of this state.
- With a- shortage of over 9 per cent
In the tJnlted 6tat.es as compared Jith
last year's crop, according to the Octo
ber figures mt vuuu 1
ber figures i iot "ST.vT-l
ment of agriculture, mere ns ui wi
been a quiet search among; the dealers!
nf the Paclfid coast to iina exacug
where they oould lay their hands upon
the fancy stocks of this state when oo-1
Mitmi' should arise. Borne of the most
venturesome ox--.. ' Vmora 1
have purcnasea ullry,." " ...I" have Urge supplies of poUtoes thio sea
n0'Pu.one 'u!a?vAneI aonnd en that section is .aid.frdta
. v Ua atMba rtAtatna.
in our sontherni -commonwealth should
become rather scarce. - - -
, While the government report Issued
some uj v , , , "
the dama go by frosts wore
""2Bi? than a yea? Ui-lTtv "inowVthat They "effia -'for"i
,uny-ii ?rnmnir thin ythoL"omeSt be compared to the Salinas of
ago .and -, per cent -a 'mailer than tno CftllfoxnU or th tr quality of Ore-
averagefxr tho past 10 years. It Is be-
actuatf digging, that the loss of market
ablo potatoes in this state will average
fully 2S per cent from a year ago, de
ep! to the larger acreage. - . . ; . 5 ,
. - Banmro Zs Quito eaL v
- That this damage Is real nd Vot
merely the exhaust air of some one who
wants to bu)l the . market is omply
shown on all oides. In some InsUnces
a larger crop of potatoes will be pro
duced by growers xhan a year ago. but
where there ia one" grower who will
have allghttv Increased amount there
will bo several dosen with a severe
hTgctua?"lo.o 1; poUtoo. will
nrobably v not be -much, more, ,tnan
fl per nt aa shown by - the gov
ernment figures, but the comtac ot the
frost klUed all growth of the ylnes and
among these were many that had Been
Planted so late that they had scarcely
Wun to form potatoes. Therefore
theren will be a lafgo amount of very
imaU-slxed potatoes which "sannot bo
put on the market -just
Xooktng fox Their Health.
A most luhable feature of the pres
ent situation in the .potato market is
that most of the California buyers now
coming here T under very heavy expense
s2y that our poUtoes are - knotty, Un-der-slsed.
rough and several Other
things, while California has J-he best
qualftythi.t could M wished. They also
add that growers should let ? tnel
supplies fust, now to them, although a
CALIFORNIA III
BRVAH COIUEIH
Claim BasS on the Results
of Recent Still Hunt
; Close, of Campaign. f
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. ' (tJnitf d PrM leeied Wire.)
fur.UAn t, v it. The final
mWlngs of the "bemocratlo campaign
. 111 1... vi Anf,)if at in, ivivsi
pivtllon.. Tho chief speaker will bo
Theodore A. Bell, tho Democratic leader,
who after stumping several of tho east
ern states for Bryan and after a brier
campaign In California is due here late
fhia afternoon. The Democratic state
committee this afternon claims the
state for Bryan by ovor 80.000. '
Bell in hio address tonight will re
view tho effect of both his eastern and
V 1- namnaiirn At tha DmOra.tlO
sUte central committee's rooms It. was
announced today that 60,000. men had
been quietly j electioneering, through the
state and that the result of their work
would give. Bryan the electoral vote of
California. -
The Republican campaign will, reach
Its climax in this city with a big meet
ing at Dreamland pavilion tonlgnt, and
will be closed by a similar rally Mon
day evening. At the rally tonight Samuel
It. Bnorirmira win . u niw vunuvii
speaker: Monday night the various Re
publican candidates will be the speak
ers. Smaller meetings of Republicans
throughout the city- will bo held tonight.
Monday night. Congressman Julius Kahn
and E. A. Hayes will be "among the Re
publican speakers.,
George M. Stone chairman of the Re-
fmbllcan state central committee, today
ssued a statement claiming 'tho state
for Taft by 45,000. , , ,
MACK SAYS IT'S
: h LAHDSLIDE
Three Hundred Votes for
r Bryan Lamb Makes It
; . About the Same. '
(United PreM Leued Wire.)
w York, Oct National Demo-
cratlo Chairman . Norman E. MadK
clalmo the election will be a landslide
for .Bryan, giving theebrasKin 300
electoral votes. f He says Bryan or
talnty will' carry New York.
National Chairman Hitchcock, for the
Republicans, on the other hand, An
nounces that -Taft wU have 35 elec
toral votes and will carry New York,
Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska and tho- west
"and.;Monta,na - . o.-.. . .-
.Chicago; Oct '81. -John B. Lamb of
the Democratic Rational .committee Is
sued -a - forecascV today claiming . 284
electoral votes for Bryan.' He- declared
thnt besides the eolld. south, tho follow
lowing stated would ga f or-Bry-nt
KentuckyrATArylaiid; Oklahoma In
diana, Ohio. New York, Kansas, Mon
tana. NVAria. Nw - Jrv lWahraalra
and .South Dakota. This Would 'give
Bryan a total of 295 electoral, votes.
Ho conceded that : .Taft Would carry
Maine. Massachusetts, - New Hampshire,
Pennsylvania, Vermont, a total of 78
electoral votes. He calls the others
doubtful. " --.-y ----i
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UF A ilALo
ATTORNEY ROBBED
'- (UaiteO pae leaff Wire-lv, .
New Torlr, Oct 1. Tho police wore
notified today that the home of Joseph
Shay, one of the attorneys for the Halns
brothers, who are- charged with the
murder of William S. Annls, was robbed
ly this ef ternosn.' Jewelry valued
at $1,609 and valuable, papers-' '-were
nam. n i. Dcnevea tne mievos sougnt
paperf hearing on the Harns ase. : 'iie
homo -or Attorney-Mcjntyrer who ir
asaoclated with Shay in the case, was
cobbed a short time ago, -- -. - -. -.
.... --; . - Of -
moment rater xney wouio say-wmi. v-a-y-
,Upp,,tnat ,ute until eternity, besides
ftuowing the residents of Oregon, Wash,
lngton, Idaho, .Colorado. .Arisona and
Tn. Vn4 rwrhank the rest Of tnO
American states, to have Callfornia,po
a. - 1 t. JBt IxhmU an1 A 1 n nt
for yea or vw-r-. V
While maklnr th! funny atateinent
Jest tho California buyers are trying
to secure conUol-of alt the fancy Oregon
potatoes they can possibly secure by
outngnt purcnase si present jiriuea r
ErVt"" - Ki." A,.-, o
ui iuiu uiiiw . um .
to speculate upon future prospects l-
itnougn -openiy swims; ibk i,uumu
has the large! and best ever seen In
potatodom. ' , .: . .
w.ha river districts of California
latest reports to be falling considera
ly from previous estimates. While the
best ouallty potatoes they have ever
produced.1 thrsfts- not saying very much,
for every' one at all posted upon potato
Irons. It Is likewise known mat witn
la short crop elsewhere in California, ex
cent alonar the rivers, and- tho latter be
gin to deteriorate quickly' af tor th
first of the year, that California will
be calling for our. potatoes, in rormer
, V. aa a ihnrtktii in
this state and prices' looked as If they
were uoui ii riao iieni'ij, --u-
custom of the larger California buyers
to teringt In supplies from Minnesota or
Wlannhiln. huf.v annrdln ' tO til A COV-
eriiment -report Tilnneaota has U per
cent lesa potatoes than a year1 ago, and
T per cent less than tho average for the
produced. only within 11 per cent of the
of th average crop ftfr the pat 10
year. Kvn Idaho, upon which Call-
aom4b - li.uallw AAllnrsI llfUlrl alii Fin I VI D IT
AVI istflo uouau va.i - Ht.v.a wr -
that state with cheap potatoes, shows
a shortage of 10 per cent from a year
ago and T per cent from tho average for
the past 10 yeara -
While no one can absolutely foresee
what may happen in the markets, it
certainly does sppear a if this is one
of the Ave years when growers do not
provo foolish speculators. v
RAINFALt j$ JUL AID ;
TO INLAND Ef.lPlRE
4 The rainfall was quite gen-
w oral throughout the Inland E-i.j
o pfe during the ras week. . and, o)
4 much good was dons - In tho
grain belts. Plowing.. io now
- genecal tin most- sections ten 4
w preparations are being made to t
' put In a heavy acreage of fall .
grain. There will very likely, bo .
4 a material Increase In tho com-,
' lng season's acreage of oats and '
barley because of the high prices w
o . In effect
CURED CATARRH
CSTXV WSSKS.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 1,
1908.
Arnold's Asthma Cure Co. .
'Dear Sir: . Twenty-two years since I
contracted catarrh of the head and
throat. And for twenly years I have
spent hundreds of dollars for help. But
to no benefit. I finally tried your Rem
edy, and in aevenwoeks I have slept
every night without getting up two or
three times each night to cough up ca
tarrhal mucous.
I wish to thank vou for tho only re
lief I have ever obtained.
Yours truly. MR. BILLINGS,
niO First Ave., Seattle, Wash.
SPECIAL, OFFER
For 11.25 I will send you enough med
icine to last you for 15 days, together
Willi m PvK Dl AIHUJU B rHIIlUU ftlHIIU
Cure. Hundreds are taking it Hun
dreds have been cured. I have given
Arnold's Asthma Curo to hundreds who
have sufferedv from tcbrontc Astnma,
Bronchitis 'and Coughs, and the results
have been so wonderful that I how ab
solutely guarantee relief or a curo or
give , you backyour monev.
f rom our-, w bia munma- win cura
the worst cases. Mv mndicino la a cure
long since proven good by tho first in
habitants Of our country the Indians.
It is the only preparation or its, nina
ever put on the market.
Arnold's Asthma,
.cure U).
J 1 Hamilton Bldg . TPortland.
TEETH W IT H OR
VVITHO UT PIATES
H Otrr o to-t noma '
VI om doron ositbro Crewm, Bridge
and tote work la.o day If neeessary.
rostUvely IHOnless trotUg Tree
when -olatee or bridges ere ordared.
Masltlve teeth and root tomoved, with
ont tho least - pain. -Ten chairs. Onlf
tho most sclentlflo and careful, work. J
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An AssootAras
Vainloso OoatlstOi
raillnf ldgs Third as "Wasklagtoa.
a. m. to 1 p. m.i Sundays to It,
Falnless Extraction, 0o iMales 15.0.
Both fhunea. A and Mala lOlli
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Monday and Tuesday, November 2
f mi: if ft
E$ra Pairof Pants to the First
100 Customers Eniring Our
Store and
Buying
Overcoat MADE TO ORDER
We have our own mills and manufacture all our woolens.
We make 150 styles of Scotch tweeds, fancy worsteds in fast
colors and all wool goods. This goods we guarantee to all
our customers, or refund their money if not as represented.
In our mills all goods are shrunk, pur goods is the genuine
article, and wetJierefore want it oh the market and this is
the way we are going to get it to the public in a hurry.
Any Suit or Overcoat in Our
House Monday and Tuesday
November 2nd and 3rd
Made to
Orderfor
Remember, we will only sell 100 suits with extra pants
free. Everything goes. No reserve on these daysl Nothing
goes after this sale is over for les$ than;.$45, $50 and $60.
Suits or Overcoats Go on Sale for
$20.00 Made to Order
All made and lined in first-class shape.
'l Our shops are the largest on the coast. We employ 100
tailors, nine cutters and fitters. Remember, we make every
garment in our own shops here in Portland. Double try-ons
in the bastings on all garments.made by us.,. ;
, . , Remember our Grand Opening is Monday and. Tuesday
- only (November 2d and 3d.)
; West of England blue serge is whatVe carry. Guaran
teed not to lose its color. Don't lose sight of the fact that we
nianufacture our own woolens and must have them on the
market.
If your, coats brea in the fronts, come to us -we know
how to remedy i frd, i"i'I.bc r7rrsH tr r?- f'- "-snry
. repairs. . . : '
Why Pay $4ffi-Why Pay $50 Why Pay
$60 We Can Sell You a Suit for -
With Extra
Pants Free -
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a Suit or
With Extra
Pair of Pants
FREE
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TOiPants Eree , i,
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