THE , OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE - 26, . 1915.
11
PERHAPS YOU'VE NOTICED THAT BUSINESS
ERRY MARKET HAS
ADVANCED PRICES
Willi SHORT SUPPLY
Strawberries Climb as High as
$1.60 a (Crate Today; Rains In
terfere With Picking; Loganber
ries Hard to Move.
With the exception of loganberries, which
are bard o nove at any pries' Just now, the
market tot be:
rlea la firmer throughout today
atreet and on the East Side
both on Fron
fanners marl
let. .
showers of yesterday make It
The heavy
practically imbuasible to pick berries in local
ttectlooa and for that reason- supplies were
fxtreraely scatce thla morning with demand
showing the iiual week-end increaae.
, Strawberrlod advanced to $1.00(31.60 for
beat, quality ion the Farmers' market thla
morning, and kvere generally quoted about the
game figures era Front atreet.
Raspberries
were also very scarce with
sales on tLe Farmers' market aronud $1.10
1.25 crate ana front street generally around
tbe higher prjee.
Small shlpiaents of local blarkberrlea were
offered on the Farmers' market around $1.75
a crate, bat here was scarcely enough to es
tablish general market.
Loganberrlea continue far more plentiful
than demand Justifies. On Front street sales
were reported during the last 24 hours as low
as ooe a crate, although the market ruled
from- that price up to 0c. The higher price
was only occasionally recelred for something
extra select.
PAINT ADVANCE IN EFFECT
In answer
Ito the report of local paint ln-
teresta June 12 that values will be higher, the
following adjvanees were forced today . per
rrepored paint, white ana bouse col-
snc, green xve, lenow ijoc. ver
milion 50c, Peerless red 60c, stock white, all
grades 30c, asbestos barn and roof paint and
10c, wagon painta 33c, shingle
stain 5c. bath tub enamel 50c, waabable wall
finlah 15c, interior flat white 15c and con
crete 25c.
BANANA
TRAIN IS DAY LATE
Tralnload
pf bananas due today from the
gulf, is repon'ted a day late, therefore will not
be unloaded I until Monday morning. Market
continues firm at the advance of ic a pound
quoted yea let.
day.
GREEN CORN IS
SLOW SALE
Very alow
sale la reported for green corn
by Front street lntereats with receipts quite
liberal. Moat deals in beat quality are taday
at 25c a doien. Poor stock can scarcely be
moved at all.
CANTALOUPES ARE FIRMER
; Market Is firmer and la likely to advance
for cantaloupes within the near future. The
earthquake In southern California la aald to
have done Immense damage. Crest of the
shipments hi already been reached. Quality
good.
PRICES
OF EGGS ARE MIXED
. Rather mljxed situation la shown In the ejfg
trade along f Front street with various quali
ties offering. While for No. 1 atock dealers
re paying she country 22c a dozen, it is stat
ed that the bulk of the sales along the street
are at -.'tfJc a dozen.
cIraj
NSPORTATION
San Francisco
(Without Change En Boat)
The! Biff,
Clean,
Comfortable,
Elegantly Appointed,
SeafGrolng- Steamship
EAR
Sails From Ainaworth Sock
9 A. M., JULY 1
1
IOO Golden Miles on Columbia River.
All Batjss Include Berth and Meals.
' Tables and Service Unexcelled.
the Saa Francisco & Portland S. S.
Co, Third and Washington Sts.
(with O-W. St. XT. Co.) Tel. Broad
way 4SQ. A-6131.
-r-
S. S. "GREAT NORTHERN"
S. S. "NORTHERN PACIFIC"
S-Deck, Triple
Screw.
84 Knots.
non . a,iu.i
Ships
in Facifio
Waters
-For
SAN FRANCISCO
June 128. July 1 and 3, and
rvsry Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Steamer
train ieava aorvn bus stauon :su A. Jl.
S. S. arrives 8. F. 8:30 P. M. next day.
t EXPRESS SERVICE AT FREIGHT RATE
North Bank Ticket Offios
Phones: Broadway 980. A-B671. 6th and Stark.
Freight and Faaaenger
STEAMERS) TO THE DALLES
and Way landings
A IT CV r AT7CDTM
l - wfiiut. a un a a
OaTea Portland dally at 7 A. M. except Sun
day and Monday. Sunday excuralona to Cas
cade ici.a leave u u. Keturn o :4o p. m.
"DALLES CITY"
Leaves Portland Tuesday. Thursday and Sat
urday at 6:30 A. M.
Sunday Caacads Lock exminion II. oe
Fare to Xhe Bailee and return ..$2.00
ALDER STREET BOCK, PORTLAND
Phone Mala 914. A-5112
COOS BAY
AND ZTTREKA
S. S. Santa Clara
SAILS TUESDAY, JUNE 29, P. II. .
--o4th PACIFIC steamsetp CO.
Ticket Offiee Freight Offios
122A 3d St. I """o Nortbrsn .
MAlj 13i A-1314B way 5203; A -5422
Line
oos
STEAMSHIP BREAKWATER
8aQa from Ainaworth Dock. Portland. S a. 'as.
Thursday. Freight aad Ticket offioe Aina,
wertk liock. Phone Lata 600. A.-UHSI. City
Ziokst sffice, SO kiixth at. Phone Xarakail
JibO. A-felSi- oruasd cooa Bar a. S. Ua.
4S
R GEORGIANA
i leaves daily except Monday for
aSTjOBXA AIS WAT XJLBTDXaan.
LeaTlnisT foot of Washlnrton St. I
k m., returnlnr 9 d. m. "
STEAMSHIP
- j saUs Blrect roc .
SAW 7BABCZSCO, xos Axraxxsa
AHB sab smao.
Angeles
t
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1
TEAME
Monday, 2:30 P. M., June 23
; S Alt BBAW CISCO. POSTSAHB Si
Z.03 AH8IiS SXEAHSSIP CO.
FRANK BOBBA2J, Affest.
ICi Tlira tt. ' A-43S. SlfVia S3.
EUROPE ! PAYING
MORE FOfr WHEAT .
DURING THE DAY
WHEAT CARGOES HIGHER
Inodori, Jure 26. Wheat cargoes on passage
d to 12d higher. ; j -
NORTHWEST GRAIN RECEIPTS
-Cars-
Wheat. Barley. Fir. Oats. Hay.
Portland today.. ,27 - . l
Year aeo. .
12
lO
6
34
7
4
2
,44
18
Total thi week
12
29
Year ago
78
34
Season to date.. 16.672 1915 1S82 2017
2i as
Year ago..
.15,779 2S01 28S3 1743 2765
Tiid, Friday 5
Year ago '10
Season to date.. 9.170
Year ago ; 9,307
Seattle. Friday. 8
11
. . 8
ena 3231
500 2079
2
ei7
S32
Year uo. ...... :? 4
7
4
Season to date.: 7.R02 1133 244 12.M 5S07
Year ago... 6.8Si 1176 2227 1855 6205
Portland export this week: f-ifl.829 bualifla
wheat. Last week, 18,667 bushela wheat, 2.2y3
barrels flour.
While Chicago showed small lorn for
wheat in the early trading today, there was
greater strength to foreign markets. Liver
pool was quoted unchanged to 8d higher. Fur
ther exiK-t business was reported along the
Atlantic coast , and there was rumor of
foreign business at Gulf points.
Ixvally the market seems to be hampered
both by the extreme prices that were formerly
paid for charters and the fact that exporters
are trying to force values down to the normal
before the new crop la available.
It was hinted this morning that one of the
leading exporter had made connectiima with
certain foreign governments to supply wheat
for the coming season and that strenuous ef
forts would be made to force the price as low
aa possible on thie account.
FIX) LB Selling price: Patent. $100; Wil
lamette valley, $8.00; local straight, $5.40;
bakers' local. $6.00; Montana spring wheat,
$6.80; exports, $4.50; whole wheat, $3.60;
graham, $5.00 per barrel.
HAY Buying price: Willamette valley tim
othy, fancy, $13.00; eastern Oregon-Idaho
fancy timothy. $16.00; alfalfa, $13.00gl3.50;
vetch and oata, $11j00; clover. $8.009.U0 per
ton.
GRAIN SACKS 1915, nominal; No. 1 Cal
cutta. Sjfg9c.
MILLSTUFFS Selling nrlce: Bran, $27.00
27.50; aborts, $28.002.o6.
ROLLEDBAELEY Selling price: $25.00
26.50.
CORJ White, $35.0035.50; cracked. $36
S37.
Wheat bid were advanced lVi4c a bush
el for spot on the Portland Merchants exchange
today, placing blaestem at HSo, but none was
offering. It la not likely that any spot blue
stem would be available at thi time below
$1X5. The only sale for the day was a lot
of 5000 bushels July red fife at 3c.
Spot oats bids were stronger with sn ad
vtnee of 60c a too. No sales.
Spot barley was weaker with a loss of
25c a ton. No aales.
Merchanta Exchange spot prices:
WHEAT
Saturday.
Bid.
Friday.
Monday.
Ask.
-B11-
Bluestem ..$ .98
Foityfold ... .W
Club im
Bad fife 4
$ .OHVs $ .90
94
4
.94
.93
.91
.01
' 25.00
23.00
24.00
24.00
.90
.!0
24.50
R. Russian. . -S3
OATS
. . .25.00 28 AW
Feed
BARLEY
...23.00 24.00 23.25
MILLSTUFFS
Feed . .
Bran 24.00 28.W 24.50
Kborts 24. W 2b.00
24 .SO
Futurea were quoted:
WHEAT
Bid.
. . . -OS
. . . .w
. .. .SKI
. . . .0
... .04
. . . .ss
... .90
. .. .
. . . .90
. .. .80
...25.50
. . .25.00
Afk.
.95
!t5
'.m
.94
.92
."96
26.00
28. UO
24.00
July bluestem . .
Auiruet bluestem
July fortyfold . .
Anirust rortyroia
July club
August ciuo
July fife
Auiruat fife
July Russian
Auguat uusaian .
OATS
July
August
. BARLEY
July
..23.00
. .20.00
.-.24.00
. .24.00
..24.50
. .24.50
Auguat
BRAN
Bran
20.0O
20.OO
26.00
27.O0
Bran
SHORTS
July
August
RESERVE BANK STATEMENT
- vt-.i-m Imia Oft Trio f ttilnwlTiir
ttemnt of condition of th Federnl R-?serre
bank of Sau Francisco, at close of buaiuesa,
jjine 25, 1915. was tsmied here today:
A) Gold coin and gold eerttflcates.$10138.000
0 k iegai itsuucj.
... 1 l . ... anil antwiMiarv coin. .
8.000
2,709,0(10
1,636,000
410.000
1,382.000
() Bills discounted and loana
iD Investments
(E Due from ojher Federal Reserve
(F) All other resources
(G) Total resources
' ' LIABILITIES.
jTfl fsnlt! nahl in -
. ..$l.33S.OOO
. ..$ 3,934,000
. 12.404,000
(I) Deposits net f-
(K) Total liabUltlea .....$16,338,000
Gold oepositea witn rtumi
serve gent to retire outstanding
Federal Reserve notea . 2,040,000
DAIRY PRODUCE ON COAST
t
Karkfit.
...ui. oft iTt P Hotter
N.tira wasnitiaton creiuKij. ,
olid pack. 26c. ,
tTrSTto Trlpws. 17?r Washing
twins. 16c; Young America, 18c.
Kggs Select rancn -1.
San Francisco Market,
c inr. on ( IT P. t Ea-es. ex-
tras. 24c; firsts, . 20c; pullets. -0V.C.
Butter EXtrss, ic; prime '-
Cheese California fancy, 11c; fireu, 10c;
seconds, 8c. - -
POTATOES ALONG THE COAST
Seattle Market.
... H. -r . na TT T .titnns
Seattle. v aau.. a unc v- - r wj.v...-.
California reds. $1.50: Australian browns,
$2,50; Bermudas. l-OO!. . . . -
Potatoes 1 laiuui ucuio, v-,
Montana. $35 37.
San Francisco Market.
San 'Francisco, June 26. Potatoes, new,
$i.23Q1.50 per cental.
BRIEF NOT3S OF THE TRADE
Pressed meata eontinne slow.
Poultry market stagnant with liberal carry.,
over. ' . ,
Better market la firm a former prices.
String beans are atill neglected; much atock
jlnmntsft
Spring chickens are lower.
New potatoes continue to ahow weakness
with more offering.
Cheese market very quiet with trade buy
ing in limiud supply. .
SHIPPERS' WEATHER NOTICE
Weather bnreau sends the following notice
to shipper. -
Protect shipments as far north as Seattle
against maximum temperatures of about 70
degrees; northeast to Spokane, 72 degrees;
southeast to Boise,' 76 degrees; south to Ash
land, 78 degrees. : Maximum temperature at
Portland tomorrow about 70 degrees.
Foreign Exchange Rates.
Merchants National bank quotes foreign ex
change: ' V--
- London Sterling, $4.79.
Berlin Marka 20.88.
Paris Francs. 18.70.
, Vienna 15.65. ,
Athens 19.2S. .
Uosgkong Currency, 43.35.
St. Louis Metal Market.
St. Louia. June 28. Metals:
Lead Weak. $5.23(35.75.
6pelter Dull, $170.
i Shippers. Attention! : :
r We pay net cash, no eommlsalon. Hogs. No.
1, BfeiOc per lb.; hogs. No. 2, SHfebc per
lb.: veal. No. 1. 10KHC per lb.; veaL No.
2. 7c per lb.; hens. 1010He per lb.;
springs. 16gj:18o per lb.; fresh eggs, straight,
lKVstftlSHc pee down. We want all your pro
duce. Highest market prices guaranteed. Checks
Dialled daily. THE SAVINAR CO., SC7-8 Stark
Es.. near Front. UarshaOi 6S7. ' : : -
Edited by Hyman H. Cohen.
BUSINESS IS BETTER
1 PORTLAND; SAY
LEADING INTERESTS
Marked Improvement Is Shown in
Jlost- Wholesale and Retail Lines
During the Last Ten Days; ; Pres.
ident Wilson ; Given Credit.
During the last 10 days there baa been a
very marked increase In ..the volume of busi
ness in most lines of foodstuffs, both whole
sale and retail,: according to reports made to
The Journal by leading wholesale grocara and
retalleraJ ' 4
Country business Is showing a very liberal
volume at this time. .Net only has there been
an Increase In the, volume of orders bnt trade
conditions are much more satisfactory that
1. there la much leas quibbling regarding
prteea.
City biiFlnesa has abown almost ss liberal
improvement during the same period.- One
leading wholesaler today attributed the im
provement to the recent action of President
Wilson in foreign affairs, stating that people
are Juat, beginning to forget politics and are
attending to business Instead
Small store keepers in various linear also re
port a noticeable Improvement in their trade
for the tame period.
JOBBING PRICES OF PORTLAND
These prices are those , at which wholesalers
sell to retailers "xcent urn otuerwlse stated.
They are corrected up tn uoon each day:
Dairy Produce.
BUTTER ..omlnaL Will-mette valley
creamery cubes, sell-ug price, 23 He; staid
prints, 2SHg27sc; ranch butter, lttfee; city
creamery, cae jts, 2i V. c.
BijTitRKA' l.o. 1 Portland delivery, 26c.
EGGS F. O. B. buying prices subject to
candling ruiea Portland Egg & Poultry Deal
era' association; No. 1 grade 22c, No. 2 grade
1614tel7c, No. 3 grade 13ftl4c dozen. Sell
ing price by dealers nearby freshly gathered,
candled, 22&24c.
LIVE POLlXKY - Ben. Plymouth Rock,
10i9 lie: ordinary chickens. 10c; broilers,
H-i to 2 Mi lbs., 1822c; turkeys. lsQiuc;
dressed, 225c; pigeons, $1 Si 1.5; squabs ( )
dozen; geese, live. t.(ti9c; t'ekln duck, old,
loc; young, 174fl8c
CHEESE Fresh uregon fancy full cream
twins and triplets, H15c; Young America
15 stilts V4c; storage is 14c
Fruit end Vegetables.
FRESli 1KL1I Oranges, uavsl, $3.503.75;
tangerines, $1.25; bananas, 44tic lt: lemons,
t-J.j!U.5.mj; llaiKB, Tl.oo per iwt; grape fruit.
.ootu4.to per case; ;-iueppiea, ic 10.; pears.
$2.50; strawberrlea, local, $1.60; gooseberries,
J'!i3Vic; currants. $Llol.Z5; raspberries,
H.lOi.tl.15; cautatoupes, iugauber
rlts, &0'y8T.c; blackcapa, crate: black
berries. al.75 crate.
A1'PIL! Local, new, 754j,85c per half box.
according to auality.
ONlUisS Local No. 1, 50c4i$1.50; new Cal
ifornia yellow. $1.75 aack; red. l.dO sack;
garlic. 17ViC.
foi'AlOiiS Selling .ice: Kxtra choice ta
ble stock. $2.OO4fiJi0 per cental; new crop,
1.754t2.O0; aweets, $3.25.
VEOtllABLU luruipa. $1.75; beets, $1.75
sack; carrots, new, t.i j'it.2.lA sack; parsnip.
$11.25 per sack; cabbage (local) U0c&t$1.25;
green onions, 'rac aoxeu luncnes; pepper.
Delia, 2U4i.iiOc; bead lettuce, local. 35c dozen;
celery, per doxen. l.oO; rhubarb, aiilc;
cnuliflower, $l.lo per ausen; Freuvu artichuxes,
85c per doxen; string beans, 3(i5c; cranber
ries, eastern, $9.O0 per barrel; peaa, 3(yi4c
ter lb.; sBparagus, local. Siicjjtl.li per dozen;
radishea, 20c per doaeu buncbea; corn, 25c doz.
ucxeu.
Meata, Fish and Provision.
DUKSStu AlEAiil toelliug price Country
killed: Fancy hoga, 10c; rough and heavy,
b(a9c; fancy veals, 10c; ordUia.jr, t(uUc; poor.
8c; goats, 364c; spring iaiuus,
heavy mutton, 5c.
UAllh, BACON. ETC. Uama, 15(3 10c;
ureaktast bacon, l&'j&'JUCl boiled hams, 28c;
uicuicn, 12iac; cottage roil, IOC.
UYSTElUi Olvatpia, per gallon, $3.60;
canned eastern. 55c can.; $6.50 dozen; eastern
tu shell, Sl.80 per 100; rajr clams. $2.60 box;
eastern oystecs, per gallon, solid pack. $a.uu
t tsil iiresaed liouuden., 7c; ateelbeud sal
mon, 8c; Royal Chinook, 9s10c; perch, 648c;
lobsters. 25c lb.; silver smelt, be; salmon
trout. 18c lb.; halibut, 8&iuc: sJiad, dressed,
3c; shad roe, lie: roe auad. 6c lb.
LAUD Tiercea, ketue rendered. 13c;
tttunuuril, 12c
CKAlid Large, $1.75; medium, $1 -25 dozen.
Hops, Wool and Hides.
HOPS Buying price, choice, ,13C; prime,
13c; medium to prune, Htu,Uc; inealum, loc,
1913 contracts, lie
VvOUL Nominal, 1913 clip: Willamette val
ley, coarse Cotswool, 2831c; medium Shrop
shire, 21c: choice Iucy iota, Zjia,zmc; eastern
Oregon, i4Ui.UVc.
UiDliii aaiteu hidea, 2b lbs. end up, 14 He;
salted stags, to lbs auu up. loc; aalted kip,
15 los. to 25 lbs., 15c; sailed calf, up to 15
lbs 18c; green hio.es. 25 lbs. and up, 13c;
green stags, ou lbs. and up. 8 Vie; green kip.
15 lbs. tu ib lbs., iac; green calf, up to 15
Us., 18c; dry tunc hides, 34c; ury flint calf,
up to 7 !. bc; (u-y salt uidMS. 2uc; di-y
horsehides, each, 50c to $l.uo, salt horaehides.
each, 2.u0 to $U.OU; Uoraeuair. ac; dry luug
wool Delta. 15 lit; dry short wool Delta. 1114c.
dry tmeep abemiinga, each, luc to loci aaited
. . t. 1 ... . . . , IK
sheep buenruia, iu, iw w mv,
TALLOW ao. 1. aic; teo. 2, HQ5c;
grease, 3lsS4c.
JiOHAlil 1915 31c.
CtlilTIM OR C A SCAR A BARK Buying
price, car lots, 4U4c; leea than car lota, 4c.
Urooriea.
SUGAR Cube, $7.40; powdered, $7.20; frnlt
or berrif. S6.90; oeet. -o.u; ury eraaulated.
Jti.SK); it yellow, $o.so. I Above viuwutuoua are
du days net cash.)
. KICK Japan atyle No. 2. 43i.3c: New Or
leans, beau, O&tttt'Js.c; blue rua, o!e; Creole
be.
SALT Coarse, half grounda. 100a, $9.73 pet
ton: 50a. $10.50; table dairy, bus. i6: lus.
$17.50; bales, $2.25; lump rock. $20.00 per ton.
HONEY New, &3.2o(t3.60 per case.
BEANS Small white. Zj.so; large white
$5.80; piuk, 0.o0; Luas. 5J0; bayou, $5.75
red, $ti.50.
Painta and Oils.
LINSEED OIL Raw bbls.. 77c gallon; ket
tle boiled, bbls., 7c; raw, cases. ao; boiled,
cases, 84c gaL ; lota of 250 gallons, lc less;
oil cake meaL $44 per ton. ,
COAL OIL Water white in drums and Iron
barrels. IOC.
TCRI'ENTINE Tanks 61c; eases 68c gallon.
WHITE I.JSAU ion lots. s"ic id. ; 000 lb.
lots. 9o lb.; less lots, 9 Vic per lb.
OIL HEAL Carload lota. (34.
COAST BANK STATEMENTS
Portland Banka.
This week.
... ,.$1,800,535.08
...... 1.567.972.23
1.019,268.95
. .... 1.451,563.8;!
1.243,647.27
1,253,653.48
Clearings
Monday ...
Tuesday
Wednesday
Tlmrsday . .
Friday ....
Saturday .
Week'-. ....
Year ago.
$1,981,167.68
1.581,9.89
1,570.201.74
1.632,868.62
1.4O3.O54.50
1,964.341.00
.$8,936,630.63 10,134,723.43
Tacoma Banks.
Clearings ..
Balances . .
.$ 186.816.00
27,434.00
Los Angeles Bank.
$2,681,249.00
. 99,972.00
Clearing
Eulances
Seattle Backs.
Clearing
Balance
.$2,023,672.00
330.729
San Francisco Banka.
.....$6,878,637.00
Clearings
Various Wheat Markets.
Liverpool Cash wheat ' unchanged to 3d
higher. -
liuenog 'Aires Wheat unchanged.
Paris Cash wheat lc higher..
Minneapolis Wheat closed, July, $1.19;
September, $1.03; December, $1.034A.
Duluth Wheat closed. July. $1.25B; Sep
tember, $1.04: December, $1.05 A.
St. Louis Wheat closed. July .9Vi; Sep
tember. .88 ; December. $1.0294. -
- Kansas City Wheat closed, July, .97V.
September. -5s; December. .9ta. r
Winnipeg Wheat cloned. July. $1.30; Sep
tember, $1.02; December. $1.0246.
- New York Metal Market.
5 New Tdrkv Jone 28.-Comercltl bar allver,
unchanged at 4H-, r" "
Copper Electrolytic, 2022O4e; Lake. 22
23c. , $
, Lead $5.75. . ' ' - -'I '.
. Tin $49.25 ' ,
: Castings $19 jfXXaittO. ... ; , - "
- i'--- aasastaMiasB.as aw .-p-- ''
? If a European soldier la cowardly
he ia likely to be shot, and if he i
brave his general is likely to ltia him.
War certainly is hall.
IS SHOWING
WEEK ENDING
SHOWS A VERY.'
SLOW MOVEMENT
HOLUtAT JULY
Owing to the fact that July 4 falls on Sun
day and that the next day, Monday, 1 a le
al holiday, the Portland uvestoca xenange
a. iwi t u talA aalae at North Portland
en that day. - Shippers should govern ' them
selvea accordingly.
PORTLAND- LIVESTOCK RCS "
Huts. Cattle. Calves. Sheep.
Saturday , 167 . . , ..
Friday ......... 893 147 . 26
334
24
Ttnrsday ....... 08 39
Wedneaday ..... 495 ... i
12 - 1691
11 ' 3
43 JW2
8 729
7
6 i mo
2T0
Tuesday ........ 319 53
Monaay zoix iw
week ago....... 4io 01
Year ago........ 190 10
Two years ago. . do - lai
Three years ego 29
Only two ' loads of livestock entered Tthe
North Portland market over night. General
trade conditions are quiet, t
A load of boars from Pomeroy sold at $7.75
for tops. -which i practically " the same as
slmUar quaUty was bringing the previous 24
hours, x "
Hog ; markets in the east were . generally
steady to higher for the day.
General -hog market range:
Best light $7.i3'7.80
Medium light 7.6o'7.70
Good to heavy v........... '-wrsj 00
liougn to heavy., o.wi
Cattle Continue - Unlet. -Martrat
tnr ntlh continues oulet at North
Portland. General trade condltlona in this
lin alncrriah. but it is aimarent that there
will soon be forced-a better feeling here in
sympathy . with - the etronger tone shown -of
lte in the east. Only a rery nominal run
put In appearance overnight. - - -
Cattle trade was generally quoting a steady
tone in. the east for the day.
General cattle market range: r.
Select steers . $ ""
Best hay fed steers 6.85tS.00
Good to choice-,.... Si.
Ordinary to fair 6.00((J6.S5
Best cows f-22?H2
Good to prime .' 5-'55:X
Select cafvea 7.OO4J7.B0
Fancy bulls .15?
Ordinary bulls Ki 4.00(84.25
Mutton Not otrerea.
No arrivals of mutton were shown at North
Portland overnight. Real good quality la
finding favor with buyers lu the open mar
ket although their former direct purchases
mutton axe still being usea aa a oeanu
price argument.
. Mutton market was steady to firm In the
eastern stockyard trade for the day.
General shorn mutton market:
Choice spring lambs $7.00(gi.lf
Common aitrlnc lambs 0.0"frj6.50
Choice yearling wethers 5.2565.50
Good yearlings w-y' :.v
Old wethera 1i5i12
Choice light ewe 4.504.75
Good ewes 4.
Common heavy ewes., 4.00
Today's Livestock Shippers.
Hon W. L. Whltemore, Pomeroy, Wash., 1
load. ,
Mixed aturr 11. a. roe sum, srounju, m.
load cattle and bogs.
Comparative statement of North Portland
livestock run:
Cattle. Calves. Hop. Sheep.
Mnnrh to date. 3.657 388 lfi.S"7 18.301
Same. 1914 5.749 386 12,239 27.252
Gain. 1915 ...
3.56S
iioiios
113,410
Loss. 19 in . .
. 2.092
, .33.504
.37.471
8.9S1
103,397
144,472
Year to date.
1012
1146
Same, 1914 ..
Loss.
1915 3.877 134 2,912
Friday Afternoon Sales.
STEERS
41.075
Section.
No. Ave
lbs.
Price.
$6.00
6.00
5.75
K.50
6. CO
5.O0
, 4.50
$5.75
5.50
5.50
5.35
5.23
$8.00
Oregou
Oregon
Ore iron
6
12
2
3
6
2
1
COWS
1
1
8
11
2
CALVES
1
HEIFERS
1
BULLS
1002
932
970
940
715
870
610
1140
RIO
986
8S5
1040
290
670
1050
Ore gun
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Orea-on
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon .
Oregon
Oregon
$5.50
$3.75
$4.50
Oreo-on ............... 1
MIXED CATTLE
Oregon 2 695
. Saturday Morning Sales.
HOGS
Section. No.
Ave. lbs.
196
175
150
553
Price.
$7.75
7.25
7.25
$3.73
$3.75
S.73
$4.00
$3.75
Washington 61
w aabington
Washington , 25
STEERS
Oreron 18
CALVES.
Oregon 16 409
Oregon 1 360
MIXED CATTLE.
Oregon 14 700
STAGS.
Oregon 1 1240
Chicago Wheat Goes
To Higher Mark at
The Opening Today
Chicago, in.. Jane 26. (L: IT.-. S.) Prices In
wheat pit at the opening of the market today
were. higher. Option were up 3?se.
Foreign strength, continued to be the Influ
encing factor in the upward movement.
Liverpool today ahowed independent strength
on - a broadening demand and unfavorable
weather conditions In Europe. Early weather
reports showed scattered rains in some sec
tions. The movement of new wheat is slow,
but is being readily absorbed by the .milling
demand.
Corn prices were practically unchanged at
the outset. Oats started with a alight advance.
Provisions were weak.
There was s reaction In the market In the
later trading. All grains dropped In value.
Closing prices In wheat were lH2M1e below
the opening figures, corn was off 4 ftt 1 H c at
the close and oats finished with a decline of
4c. Provisions were lower at the close.
Range
beck Sc.
building.
of Chicago prices furnished by Over
Cooke Co., 216-217 Board of Trade
WHEAT
lgh.
$L04
1-06 .i
CORN
-73
.73J4
.65
OATS
.4414
T3
.401,4
PORK
16.75
17,15
LARD
9.3t
9.57
RIBS
10.82
10.62
Open.
,.$1.04
. . 1.03
.. 1.064
.. .934
.. .73
.. .65
.. .44
.. .73
.. .40
..16.75
..17.15 ,
.. 9.30
.. 9.57
..10.32
..10JG2
Low. Close.
$1.03 $1.034A
1.01&4 i.fK
1.0414 1-05
.73 .73 B
.714 . .714B
.63- .03 B
434 .43HB
.71 .71B
.39 .39aB
16.90 16.60 B
17.00 17.00 B
9.22 9.22 A
9 45 9.45 B
July
Sept.
Dec.
July
Sept.
Dec.
July
Sept.
Dec.
July
Sept.
July
Sept.
July
Sept.
10.20
10.50
10.20
10.50
TJ. ; S. Government . Bonds.
Kew York, June 26. Government bonds:
Bid. Ask.
Twos, registered . 98
do, coupon 97
Threes, registered s ..i.iuv
do. coupon ................. lO0
Fonrs, registered "'iJx,i
do. coupon 1yt
Twos, Panama 97
1938a -
New York Cotton Market.
Month.
January .
March .
May
July i...
August . .
October -December
Open. High, Low.
. .$ 9.95 $ 9.97 $ 9.93
...10.17 1O.20 -r 10.17
Close.
$ 9.94
10.18
10.S9
9.21
.... 9,13
.".- '.2
9.88
0.22
.". -9.90'
9.15
8.87
9.63
' O.&O
. 9.t
9.86
San Francisco Grain Market.
- San FTanelBco. Jnne ' aB.-t-fC. ' P.) Wheat,
rlub. 81.65(&1.67H per' cental: Russian red.
$1.U5&1.67H; Turkey redV $1.75ei.77,4: bliie-
stem, $1.1 Vi$i.oo; iorijiom. ti.uaidi.io.
Barley -upon, xeea. ai.uxii.uo.
New York Sugar and Coffee.
Jew York, June,. 26. Sugar, ne, market. ; s
Coffee. -spot -New York, Ne. 7, Rio, 7Jc;
Ka. . Santos. 9-&C. ,
IMPROVEMENT
Fl
N TRADE IS
BOOMING PRICE OF
HOPS IN OREGON
Actual Business in 1915s Reported
for , European Account at 14c
Pound; Less Acreage and Poorer
.Crop Prospects Abroad.
'IIop market Is booming with foreign busi
ness offering In somewhat- larger volume for
the coming crop.- Some business has recently
passed here at 14c a pound for 1915s and the
outlook for, trade ia now tar the. best for many
rnontha. .'-: '-
The fart that practically all this recent bus
iness offering has been , for foreign account,
makes the situation', that much better. It waa
generally feared among the trade as well aa
among growers that the European war would
practically, put a stoppage to foreign trade In
American hops, but this has not proven a fact.
With a heavy decrease in the acreage of
bops in Europe and with prospects for the
picking of the crop exceedingly poor. - It is
now believed . that Europe will import more
bales of boss from this country than for many
seasons. .
While American brewing Interests are show
ing signs of life, they have not aa yet really
entered the market for hope. The buying of
the better yards by forelgnere may even tuilly
force them to bid higher.
Stock Market Has
Upward Swing in
Today's N. Y. Trade
New York, June 36. (I. N. S.) The entire
stock list was strong at the opening of the
market today.
Advances were recorded in a majority of the
leading issues. Ralls continued to feature the
trading. Reading waa strong, advancing to
150 .early.
The revival In the railroad securities seems
gennine. It Is held that two factors sre re
sponsible for the strength and activity In the
rails, namely, the advancing steel prices i and
the approach of the crop moving season.
Lehigh Valley was active, selling up to 144.
Canadian Pacific opened a fraction higher at
14S. but reacted later. Missouri Pacific j con
tinued weak.
United States Steel was strong. It sd
vanced to 61. In the industrials Westlnghouse
continued In good demand with the issue sell
ing around 100. Bethlehem Steel was in light
demand. U. S. Rubber waa weak. Copper
was steady. .
The stock market closed strong. Reading
was the conspicuous figure In the late deal
ings. The issue sold at 150 at the close.
Range of New York prices furnished by
Overbeck A Cooke Co., 216-217 Board of Trade
building: '
INSCRIPTION
(Open I Hiarbi Low I Close
Amah?. ?onner
Co... I
L, e..l
74
34
44
Am. Car A Found
Am. Can. c.
Am. Can. nf
Am. Cotton OIL, c...
Am. Loco., c.........
Am. Sugar, c
Am. Smelt, c ........
Am. Smelt, pf
Am. Tel. & Tel
Anaconda Mining Co..
Am. Woolen, c
Atchison, c
Atchison, pf
Baltimore & Ohio, c.
Beet Sugar
Bethlehem Steel, c...
Brooklyn Rapid Tran. .
Canadian I'acific, c...
C. & G. W c ...
Central Leather, e ...
Central Leather, pf....
C. G. W., pf
C, M. A St. Paul
C. & N., e
Cbtno Copper ........
61
83
101
101
101
100
76
49.
76
49
170
170
8S
88
148
147
11
40
11
40
111
40
l ii esa pease at omo . .
Colo. Fuel A Iron, c. .
Colo. Southern, c
Consolidated Gas ....
rvwn Vrtitncta i .
15
15
14
Com Products, pf....
lien At Kin t.rsnoe. c. .
Den. A Rio Grande, pf
9
26
4l""
9
26
Krie, c ................
Erie. 2d pf
Krie. 1st nf
41V,
General Electric
G. N., ore lands.....
G. N.. pf t.
171
171
Ice Securities
Illinois Central ......
106
106
0"Z
106
Inter. Met., c
22
75
22
luter. Met., pi
iA-high Valley
Goodrich
Alaska Gold
Mn Kan. Sc. Tela, c.
75
75
143
144
143
1
52
bl
37
10
38
38
10
10
Mo., Kan. & Texas, pf
Mo. I'acmc
National Lead
Nevada Consolidated . .
New Haven ......
N. Y." Central
N. Y-. O. & W
69 89 89
Norfolk & Western, c.
North American
KnrtUern Pacific, c . . .
107
107
107
Penn. Railway
P. G., L. k C. Co...
Pressed Steel Car, e. .
106
106
103
49 49 49
Pressed steel tar, pi..
Ray cons, copper
Reading, e..:
Reading. 2d pf
O.aflincr Int. Tit.......
231A
24
23
150
147
85
'85
Rep. Iron A Steel, c..
2
29 1
88
Rep. iron eteei, pi..
Rock Island, e
88
16
17
S. L. & S. V., .lilt pi
Pontnern rarure, t.
fcl,t tu.-T, Rallwav. c.
S8
88
88
16
16
16
Southern Railway, pf.
Tenn. Copper
37T
14
128
Texas & Pacific. . . .
Union Pacific, c
14
128
II. S. Kuuuer, c.....
U. S. Rubber pf
54
106
60
109 i
54
106
61
109
U. S. Stoel Co., c...
V. S. Steel Co., pf.
rrtan dinner
66
7a,
Virginia Chemical ...
waoasn, c...
Wabash, pf ......... -
Vt estern Union Tel . . .
Westlnghouse Electric
Wisconsin Central, c.
100 100
78'l 'TO
Sfndebarer
"Total aales 204.800 eharea.
BOSTON COPPER MARKET
Boston. June 26. Copper bids:
Adventure 2
Miami 25
Ahmeek ........ 98
Alloues ......... 56
Amalgamated ... 'jA
Arcadian J2
Alaska 38-
Baltle ?
Belmont 4
Bohemia 2
Boston Ely....... 25
Michigan -a .
iionawx ii 1
Nevada Con 14
Nlplssing
North Bntte ..... 3 (
N'orth Lake 214 ,
Ohio Conner 21
Old Colony ....... 4
(lltt uonvnion ... -t
Osceola 4
Quincy C ........ . 86
Butte Bal f
ntla rvuilltfon. . li
CaL A Arts.,. . .5
nay v.oaw. ....... 04.
itanta Fe . . 2
Cal. A Hecla oj"
Centennial ...... 19
Chief Cons 1
Shannon 8
Shattnck 27
Superior 29
i-i. i us . 45
Cons. Cop Mines.
sap. .Boston..,. oi ;
Swift Packing.. . 109 :
Tamarack 37 .
Trltittv 6lAf
Conner Ranee... 0
Cortes W ,
Davis-Dalr..... 1 "-16
1 Tuolumne ....... SO f
East untie..
First Nat'l..
12T4
United Tuit 130 (
l. Shoe M'y..... 51 t
TT Sho M'vnf. 28. 1
2
lO
Goldfleld Cons..;, 1
L nitaa z.inc...... on
Greene-cananea,w j
Granny -.SS
Hancock . - . -... i'ts
Helvetia e W
Houghton
Indiana .....1...
New Inapiratiou. SI
1.1. Pnrl..,.i. 29
V. S, Smelters... 43
C S. Smelters, pf 47
Utah Apex 4
Utah Cons........ 14
Victoria ........ 2
Winona . --: ' Vi
Wolverine 61
Wyandot 1. '
Ynkon Gold 2
KWweenaw ..... 21
La Salle .--
Lake Copper..... 1
ir.i.tj. 92
Crown .......... . 75 I
Algonah ......... 2 1
Verde Extn ,. 4 '
Mason Valley... .2
Mass. Mining.... 13
Mayflower ...... , 4
iCanada ..,.11-16
McKhiley ....... 53 - I
Kerr Lake... 4
Mexico Cons Z4
Nebraska Day Planned.
I Oregon City, Or., . June 26. On one
of the days on which Senator Ev. J.
Burkett will lecture , at Chautauqua,
Gladstone Park July 10 and II, it Is
planned to hold a '"Nebraska ,day"
Secretary H. E. Crosa and natives of
that state In Oregon City are endeavor'
ing' to get the" "Nebraska society of
Portland to cooperate. .
REIG
DREDGE OREGON WILL "
BE USED ON 'THE BAR
BELOW THE JETTIES
Digger Now at Grays Harbor
to Be Taken to Vancouver
at Once.
Vancouver, Washv June 86. The
commissioners of the Port of rancou
v er, yesterday, through the assistance
of government engineers at Portland,
secured the . use of the government
dredge Oregon for deepening the chan
nel across the bar in the river Juet be
low the Jetties, .which were constructed
this year.
The dredge Is now at Grays Harbor
and will be brought here at once.
Soundings will be taken by engineers
to determine the exact benefits already
derived, from the construction - of th
Jetties, after which a channel will be
dredged across the bar. The channel
will be 200 feet wide and from 20 to.
24 feet deep.
Mrs. Gabrielson Sues.
Vancouver, Wash., June 26.- Suit
for divorce waa filed in the superior
court 'yesterday by Bendtkte Gabriel
son, against Hans , Gabrielson,
whom she married . in Norway in
April, 1881. Cruel and Inhuman treat
ment la alleged. They are the parents
of eight children, seven of -whom are
living, and own 120 acres of land and
considerable personal property. Includ
ed in which, are 19 bead of cows and
20 head of sheep, near LaCenter.
Plaintiff asks that a restraining order
be issued to restrain the defendant
from disposing of any of the property
until the matter can be settled in
court. -
Teal Carries Grain,
Vancouver, Wash., June 26. The
first big shipment of -grain from the
Snake river country arrived here tbia
morning, on the river boat J. N. Teal.
It consisted of 970 sacks, of barley
.which were consigned to the Vancou
ver Flouring mllla fim a point near
Lewlston, Idaho. The trip, aside from
a few hours' delay on account of high
wind, was uneventful. The boat con
tinued its trip -to Portland this morn
ing and will make the return trip- to
Lewlston Monday.
Mrs. Dillow Files
Suit for Damages
Oregon City, Or., June 26. Injuries
alleged to have been received In a
train, wreck on the Portland, Eugene A
Eastern railway In West Linn April
18 are made the basis of a damage
suit against the railroad company for
$30,000 by Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Dil
low. The suit was filed in the circuit
court of Clackamas county Friday by
George C. Brownell, plaintiffs attor
ney.
The wreck? was caused by a head-on
collision between an electric passenger
train and a heavy freight engine. Mr a
Dillow was the only passenger on the
car. The motorman Jumped before the
crash and Mrs. Dillow's escape was re
garded as miraculous. The car was
demolished ' and she was thrown
through the floor and under the
trucks.
Chinese Visitors
Will See Mill
Oregon City, Or., June 26. The hon
orary commercial commissioners of
China, 25 in number, will be extended
the courtesy of an Inspection trip of
the West Linn paper mills Monday.
The bsrtriness men from the new repub
lic will come from Portland to West
Linn in automobiles, accompanied by
25 members of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce. After the trip through
the mills, the party will be the guests
of the Willamette Navigation company
on the steamer N. R. Lang from Ore
gon City to Portland.
Oregon City Licenses. .
Oregon City, Or.. June 26. Marriage
licenses' were issued as follows, Fti
day: Leonard Sudan, of Oregon City;
and Mias Alene Tornare. Raymond E.
Rlchey, of Boring, and Miss Nora
Yerkes. Clarence O. Dallas, of Beaver
Creek, and Miss Mabel S laden.
Youngsters ; Are Divorced..
Oregon City, Or., June 26. A de
cree of divorce was granted to Nellie
Ruth Smith, aged 17, and Robert Guy
Smith, aged 20, by Judge Campbell
Friday. They were married a year
ago. They represented they were over
the ' legal age when the license was
secured. Both live tn Bolton.
AMERICAN LIVESTOCK PK1CES
Denver Hogs Steady.
Denver. Colo., June 26. Cattle; 300. ! steadr.
Hoga 100, steady with a few : here sold at
$7.45. - i.
; Sheep 1000. steady.'
Kansas City Hogs Higher. :'
Kansas City Mo, June 26. (I. X. S.I
Hogs receipts, isoo. higher; balk, $7.d07.;
heavy. $7.00(3 7.65: psckera and botcbera.
$7.60a7.T; light. $7.60(37,70; plg, $7.00
Cattle receipts, 900. steady; prime fed steers.
$0.1O9..V; dremed steers. $7.fKXS9.00; west
ern steer. $7.,0'aW.9.': stockers and feeders.
$1.258.25; bulls, $fl.O0iB7.5O; calves, $6.50
10.50. . j ..
Kbeep receipts, none; steady; lamba, $7.50i
9.M); yearlings, $6.50it8.O0; wethers, $5.00
0.00; ewes, 4.70 dio.bo. .
St. Lou U Hogs Higher;
St. Louis. Mo., June 26. (I. N. S- Hoga
Receipt e.000, higher. Pigs and lights,
$6.507.75: mired ami butchers, $7.80(88.00;
heavv. S7.854r7.4. .
Cattle Receipts 200, ' steady. . Native beef
ateers, . $7.50(9.40; yearling steers and heif
ers $S.00e9.40; : cows, $8.O04i7.6O; stockers
and feeders, $6.0O8.25; southern steers, $5.25
4J8.65; cows and heifers, $4.0t36.50; native
calves. $6,004x10.00. -
Sheep Receipts 300, steady "Clipped native
muttons. $5.0Oa5.25; cupped lambs, , $7.0O&
80; spring lamns, i.oot iu.j. -Omaha
Sheep Steady. "
Omaha, Neb., June 26. fl. X. 8.) Hogs
Receipt 7.700. Heavy. S7.ZU4I..3S; light.
$7.40(37.50; pigs, $6JiOQ7.40; bulk, $7.35
7.40.
Cattle Receipts 100, steady. Native steers,
70t9.35: cows nd heirere. $8.60fii7.75
western steer. $6.50i8.30; Texas steers, $6.00
617.65; cows ana oeuera, xa.juxai.35; calves,
a4.ooct 10.00. "'- ' .
Sheep Receipts 1O0. steady. Tearlings. $6.50
ftH.OOi werners. ea.2ao.xa; lamo. attsoS
Chicago Hogs Lower."
. Chicaire. June 26. II. ' V. 8. J Hogs Re
ceipts 10,000, slow,-a shade under yestesday's
average twn, i wl(.w; nenu, J75i(7.90
mixed, v-45t7.a; - neavy. $7.15437.7$
roueh. ST.1&(7J; pigs, SJt7.eav
Cattle Receipts 200. steady. Native beef
steers. J3.2541 9.6o: westers steers. $7.00a.2rt
rows and heifer, $3.2S&9.40; calve. $7.O0
Sheep Receipts 6O0O, steady. Sheep $3.503
6.40; lambs, o. (OOiV.i-jr spring, $7 J10.50,
WORLD'S GREATEST WETWEEN GERMANS
AND ENGLISH, BEING
Jl
FRANCE
orrespondent on Scene Describes What He Saw and
Heard Along Fifteen Miles , of Battle Line on First Day
of Summer Fighting; Ypres Most Fascinating Point,
By William C. Shepherd.
United Press Staff OorresootideTit.
(Copyright. 1915. by the United Prase; Copy
rigntea in ursat ormin.)
' Headquarters of " the British Army.
Northern France. April 2L (By mail
to New York) Lunch in the little Bel
gian village which this morning had
had its first taste of German shell
fire wasn't appreciated by me. Three
of General French's flying men sat at
the table across the way.
"My quarters were blown to bits this
morning," aald one. "t don't suppose
I've even got a comb left." v:'-."
A worried: young woman, dressed In
black, came up; to us. .
"I can't give you 1 much,' she said.
Madame has gone and : the cook has
gone and the woman' who washes the
dishes has gone, too,
When are you going?" asked one of
the flying men.
"Oh, if mcfre shells fall I suppose I
must go. too," she said. . She brought
up coffee, rolls and oranges. .:r. -.
-Ah, those bosches!" she hissed.
They were three weak words that did
not expressr by a hundredth degree.
her feelings.
Brave Girl Serves Soap.
She was too busy to stop and talk.
At least 50 officers were seated at the
great long j table and - other smaller
tables, demanding- something to eat.
And this one winsome faced German
hating Belgian girl, who had stuck to
the Job, ran around among them, with
the coffee pot, with bread, cheese and
fruits, and to top it all came Jn to the
dining room at last with a huge bowl
of soup, which she had been, cooking
while doing all other tasks.
.- .met, "I. l 1 L D jWl, iSUV M1U,
And so soup was the dessert, made
by a girl who has stuck to her stove
like a soldier sticks to his gun.
A Canadian soldier had seated him
self near us.
"Everybody eating In spite of
shells." h said in tones that were
strangely American. He ; had seen,
from another part of the trenches, the
German - gas fumes. He said they
rolled up in clouds. The clouds were
many colored. The men who were laid
out turned: blue and gasped for breath.
Their lungs hurt them. It was like
inhaling fire. :
German Onaaj Stop Tlrlaf.
"I didn't used to be so sure of those
outrages in Belgium," he said, "but
now, by God, I believe it all."
His words rang with a tremendous
earnestness. But they seemed as weak
as the three words which the girl had
used, to express her feelings.
We went back to the hospital at 1:80.
A minute ; later the doctor came out.
gave orders to the driver and climbed
into the car. We started off, while the
doctor ransacked a canvas bag and
hauled out some crackers and a can of
preserved meat.
He had ' heard officially what hap
pened In the town. Twenty shells had
been fired, and then one of General
French's British batteries had been
ordered to "find the German battery
ana silence It.
With the long fingers of their shells
the British artillery had felt out the
German guns and had stopped the Ger
man tornado. Whether the German
guns- had been blown up or whether
they had stopped firing in order to
hide their whereabouts from the Brit
ish battery, was not known.''- But the
point waa tliat-they had stopped..
Bespect Han Who Battel' Germans. -
I began to understand as - we sped
out of this town why the Belgians I
meet revere Sir John French's soldiers,
the men who batter Germans, because
Germans battered Belgians.
How is the man whose Jaw was
shot away?" X asked the doctor. Ills
long, nimble surgeon's fingers were
opening the tin can with-a Jack knife.
"Pretty bad," he said. "Ha waa sit
ting up in bed, sopping away at the
lower half of his face, with blood all
over everything."
"He s an old Belgian merchant, he
added. "Lived here all his life, with
everything quiet . and peaceful until
this morning. He can t live.
He didn't curse the Germans. Per
haps he .knew what the girl and the
Canadian! hadn't known, the weakness
cf wordsi
Our automobile, after an hour's run.
stopped at the foot of a hllL The fir
ing had j sounded near and nearer as
we went; along.
"We'll run up this hill and see how
It looks.? said the doctor. "We can see
the whole British front line from
here.". . j - ...
Ten minutes later we were on the
top. . i - " . - . . ,;
Boar of Cannon Terrific .
' "There's Ostend," said the ? doctor,
"and the English channel. You can see
the white line of the surf. ' Here's
Ypres arid here's Armentleres.
There before us stretched 60 miles
of battleline. . And, on 15 miles of it.
the fiercest and greatest battle In the
history of warfare was being fought
between the British and Germans It
was the first day of the new summer
war. The deep roar of a hundred
storms throbbed In the air.
We tried to take In the view and its
vast significance In one general sur
vey. It was impossible; clouds of
smoke, here and there; the thunder of
guns. , I !. , -, '
The eyes and .ears took them In, but
it was all so vast that my mind re
mainedi unmoved; it couldn't respond
to such a tremendous stimulus.
Men were dying in that landscape.
I knew. Others were , fighting like
devils; human life, down on that great
plain, was being quoted at sere; It was
being given, away, free. Down there
on those checkered farms, along those
canals; i in the groves, on the roads.
men, were killing with might and main.
Tpres Faadnatiatr Point.
- "This is the war between Great Brit
ain and Germany that novelists used
to write about and people used to
pooh! i Pooh.' said the financier.
.he looked over the landscape with his
glasses. He had (rotten a little bit of
the vastness of the scene Into bis
words.'
It was not pntll we began to pick
out various points and keep our eyes
fixed en. them that the sense of the
vastness of it all reached me.
! wonder if I can understand what
ft means if I look at. Ypres alone." I
calculated t myself., . . . v.
Ypres, a few miles away from us,
was, at first, the most fascinating
point, i In the sunshine the tall run of
the Cloth Hall Tower gleamed almost
white,; When I had -been In It a week
before it bad been only a time-stained
We could see white puffs burst Into
view around it, They were shrapnel
i shells; they were ! playing a tatoo on,
FOUGHT IN' NORTHERN
JOVAST FOR HUMAN MIND TO GRASP
the city. Two church spires stood up
In the sunshine; the shrapnel clouds
played about thorn, also.
, Suit Shines on Bead.
Below these three peaks of masonry
floated a sea of white smoke, I began
to understand. The great town square
In beautiful ofd Ypres was under this
cloud of smoke; the houses that line
the Winding, old streets were floating
about in bits; any minute we might
see pno of the spires wiped from view, ,
like a light going out, or the old
tdWer smashed from its place in the
world's small treasury of beautiful
architecture.
Few things could be left aliva
Ypres; in the sunshine that whole city
stood, a place of death and debt ruc
tion; Its stones, patiently built into
houses. Its homes, its churches, all the
generations of toiling Belgians had
built up through the slow centuries
were being torn down before our eyes.
And Ypres was only one of the land
scape..:. i-
Another spotwas Poperlnghe, jlx
miles from Ypres. Shells flew near
it; a huge black cloud came up from
the earth. In its suburbs. This meant
that a German 17-lnch shell had burst
there. The residents of that town had .
flown, after experiencing all the ter
rors and heart-straining that came to
t lie people or the little town we had
visited in the morning.
Great BlstlUery Burns.
"There goes a 'Jack Johnson' into
Ypres," said the financier. We saw
the black flash of a German 17-luch
shell break near the Cloth Hall Tower.
Wherever we looked in the half circle
of Flanders than spread before us.
shells were breaking. We picked out
fires.
we counted six great clusters ui
smoke along a - range . of 11 miles.
These were not houses,, but villages
burning. - Far away jWe could see an
Intense conflagration; blaek smoke
suddenly burst through the yellow. A
great distillery, to which the farmers
from miles around, had brought their
grain for many years, was burning.
"The black smoke means that the
alcohol tanks exploded,' said the doc
tor. The great distillery fire andthe
burning villages were also only hugo
dots on the panorama. Jnto our fore
ground flew a British aeroplane, fol
lowed by the white puffs of Oernian
shrapnel smoke, arranged as regularly
in the sky as -It they were Chinese
lanterns strung on a sloping wire.
"I wonder what Julius Caesar or
Napoleon would have thought of this
battle,' aaid the doctor, quietly.
Xtosr of Guns Deafening.
. TO im our Kiuaseai w v u .114117 w"vt
two miles away, a green farm, bord
ered by wood. At the edge of the wood
ran the German trenches, appearing
from our coign of vantage, like a strip
of sand. Another strip of sand ran
through the middle of the farm; they
were, the English trenches.
They were only two short strips or
the great line of 450 miles. More than
once when we tore our gaxe from other
spots and watched these trenches we
saw th burst of shrapnel over tneni.
The roar of the British guns, which
answered the German trench lire, was
at tlrm-s, almost deafening.
In the midst of all this tumult whs
system and order, for war la the most
systematic und sclentincany arransuu
affair that human beings conduct.
Ftrcm tall this great front wires
stretched, couriers rode, news hurried,
back to one point, to one tale, where
a short sturdy, wnite musiacneu man
sat and played his part of the giant
game of checkers on this vast board
of Flanders, with all . the weight on
shoulders and with the rortiipe ana
lives and welfare of millions in his
hands, and a page waiting In the his
tory of the world on which would be
written howwell he had, done today's
work. r ' I
: I thought f-him as I came down the
hill with my mind still stunned by the
immensity of what I had seen.
AVirv'liri-r Qnom' o 1
ZIUU UUU1 MUUiUl.
Election Is Planned
Oregon City, Or., June 26. The
Commercial club has started a move
ment to hold a second special election
to vote a bond Issueto construct sn
addition to the local, high school. A
meeting will be held in the club rooms
this evening to discuss the .matter.
Before the special election Thursday
hardly any one opposed to the bond
Issue culd be found. When talking
of it, the majority plainly favored the
plan, but" they evidently fell asleep
for only 67 of' the hundreds in Oregon
City known to favor the bond issue
voted at the election.
From the statements of school au
thorities trpsre seems little doubt but
that an addition: la needed to the high
school. There will be a freshman class
larger than the . entire number the
building was originally fitted to
handle, according to school men, and
nearly 800 In the other three classes.
PORTLAND FIRE RECORD
rriday.
'" No ''fires. ..fv
-. - Saturday. '
2:41 a. m. 295 Belmont street, Im
perial Transfer & Coal company office,
unknown cause, $5 damage.
4:35 a, m. 325 Kleventh street, bolt
er. room, Claypool apartments, over
heated furnace, $25 damage,
Billy Sunday Invited.
- Vancouver, Waslw June 26. The
committee In eharge of arrangements
for the Fourth of July celebration has
wired Billy Sunday, the noted even st
ilts, who is now at Hood Klver, Or ,
asking him to be present in Vancouver
on Sunday afternoon, July 4, at the tig
community sing and sacred concert.
Overbeck & Ccoke Co.
' ttooxs. SobOs, Cottoa, brala. rt
816-317 Board of Trade Btuldmr.
DIRECT PRIVATE VIPJT
TO ALL EXCHANGES
U ember Chicago Board of Traii.
- Copras pond en t s of Lor' i St I.ri .
Chicago, New iork.