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HEPPNER
OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Teamsters of New York are on
strike.
Italy has sent a cruiser to Turkey
to protect her interests.
A Philadelphia man left $2,500,000
to establish a home for fatherless girls.
Dynamite has been used to break the
ice jam in the Niagara river near the
falls.
The Santa Fe road has a device
which it is believed will prevent many
train wrecks.
Taft wants to visit the Pacific coast
and Alaska and will ask congress to
provide the funds.
G. M. McCain, of Philadelvhia, has
been arrested in Turkey as a spy be
cause he was taking photographs.
A New York man has been arrested
for attempting to bribe a naval officer
to get a recommendation lor a patent
Judge Hunt, of Montana, is coming
to Portland to dispose of the remaining
land fraud cases. He is expected
about May 1.
Philadelphia has not vet decided de
finitely to let the Liberty bell come to
the coast, but it is probable tnere win
be no opposition.
Castro has been ordered arrested by
Venezuelan courts for murder.
A pioneer miner of Sheridan, Mont.,
has been killed for his savings.
Famine in Macedonia and Servia are
adding to the revolutionary troubles.
Taft is having much trouble in find
ing suitable persons for foreign posts.
President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, is
preparing to move against Honduras.
The Cudahy Packing company has
been indicted for wholesale oleomar
garine frauds.
The University of Nevada has just
received two gifts, one of $250,000 and
one of $100,000.
The Waters-Pierce Oil company, re
cently ousted from Texas, will pay the
state $2,000,000 fines and costs.
Mrs. Castro hints at revolution in
Venezuela and advises present officials
to "make hay while the sun shines."
It is reported on good authority that
H. W. Scott, of Portland, will be
offered the ambassadorship to Mexico.
A raid was made on a Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul diner while it was
passing through Iowa and a quantity of
liquor seized.
A Chicago man has married his step
mother. A dispatch from Naples says Mount
Etna is in eruption.
German East Africa has had 60
deaths from the plague. j
Flour has advanced in price in all
sections of the United States.
Two dynamite bombs were found un
der a Santa Fe bridge near Stockton,
Cal.
Several members of the Japanese
diet have been arrested for having
taken bribes.
Wilbur Wright, whose successful
aeroplane flights pleased France, is
now giving exhibitions in Italy.
The first act of the new chief of po
lice of Los Angeles was to throw the
"king of Chinatown" bodily out of the
station.
Poland is preparing to honor Mod
jeska's memory when her body is taken
there for burial. A statue may be
erected.
The Brazilian government has con
cluded arbitration treaties during the
past week with the United States,
France, Portugal, Spain and Mexico.
The Massachumsetts assembly has
turned down a direct election bill.
A large part of Elyria, Ohio, has
been destroyed by fire.
Mme. Nordica, the singer, will marry
a New York banker.
Roosevelt declined a public reception
at Mombasa. Good hunting is in pros
pect. A new cabinet has been installed in
Turkey and the Young Turkey party
defeated.
Japan attributes rumors of British
discontent with the alliance to Ger
man policy.
News venders at Los Angeles have
been fined for selling papers having
racing charts.
Night riders have made their appear
ance in Indiana and are attempting to
fix house rent rates.
American soldiers will conduct tests
of dirigible balloons during the anuual
maneuvers at Fort Des Moines.
A religious riot in Mexico ended in
15 deaths.
Germany is to establish an aero
nautic school.
Taft has rented a house at Beverly,
Mass., for a summer home.
BREAD PRICES UP.
Bakers of Chicago Will Xdd Two
Cents to Price of Loaves.
Chicago, April 20. Following in the
wake of the action of Jewish bakers of
Chicago in increasing the price of
bread and biscuits, definite announce
ment came today from President Ma
thias Schmidinger of the Master Bak
ers' association that 1 cent and possibly
2 cents will be tacked onto the price of
bread before May 1.
After a thorough canvass of the sit
uation, Mr. Schmidinger declared that
bakers throughout the city face the al
ternative of charging more for their
product or going into bankruptcy. The
Master Bakers' association, which rep
resents nearly all of the bread bakers
throughout the city, will meet next
Saturday, and it is said to be certain
that at that time a decision will be
reached to give bread prices a substan
tial boost.
The high cost of flour is not the only
problem confronting the bakers of Chi
cago. Their employes, including the
bakery wagon drivers, are demanding
more wages.
More than 50 bakers in this city
have been driven out of business with
in a comparatively short time, on ac
count of the high price of materials
and the enforcement of the ordinance
pertaining to sanitation.
MARS MAY BE HAILED.
Professor Pickering Says it Would
Cost Only $10,000,000.
Boston, Mass., April 20. "If man
kind cares enough about it to put up
about $10,000,000, there is no very
good reason why the human race should
not be able to talk with Mars, and that
so soon as next July."
This is accoiding to Professor Wil
liam Henry Pickering, Harvard uni
versity's celebrated astronomer.
Communication with Mars will be
made possible, Professor Pickering de
clares, by adopting his method of flash
ing messages when Mars approaches
the earth to within 35,000,000 miles,
or about 5,000,000 miles nearer than
ever before. Ten millions of dollars
is a large amount, he admits, but he
predicts that once this means of celes
tial communication is established, mes
sages will be easily recognized and un
doubtedly answered, if there is intelli
gent life on Mars; and that in such
case, hitherto hidden mysteries con
cerning Mars will become an open book
to the people of the earth.
Hobson Easiest to Spare.
San Francisco, April 20. In the
course of a lecture today on the Span
ish-American war, or such portions of
it as came directly under his notice as
commander of the battleship Iowa,
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, re
tired, mentioned the sinking of the
Merrimac in Santiago harbor, saying
he never knew just why Admiral Samp
son had selected Lieutenant Hobson to
command that expedition, "unless it
was the admiral thought he could spare
him better than any other officer of
the fleet"
Alaska Miners Are Starving.
Nome, Alaska, April 20. News
from the Kuskowim, derived from late
arrivals at Kaltag and the Russian
mission, is that there is much suffering
in that country from lack of provis
ions. Beans and flour now constitute
the bulk of all available supplies of
food, and these are held at high prices.
Relief expeditions are being formed
and food supplies will be sent with all
possible haste to relieve the prospect
ors.
Funds Saved to Salonica.
Salonica, . April 20. The director
general of the Ottoman bank, having
ordered the Salonica branch to send all
its cash to the capital, a measure de
signed to embarrass the organization
of the forces there, the commandant
of the Third army corps placed an em
bargo on $300,000 which constituted
the funds of the three vilayets.
Flour Advances in France.
Paris, April 20. France is beginning
to feel the effects of the prevailing
high price of wheat in the United
States. The price of flour has increas
ed three francs per 100 kilos in the last
fortnight and the bakers association
is considering the raising of the price
of bread.
Hailstones Are Heavy.
Des Moines, Iowa, April 20. A ter
rific hail and wind storm struck Des
Moines and Central Iowa today. Plate
glass windows in down town stores
were plown in and cellars were flooded.
At Stuart, hailstones weighing half a
pound fell, doing much damage to peach
buds.
Massacre of 2,000 Reported.
St. Petersburg, April 20. Advices
to the Russ from Teheran report a mas
sacre of 2,000 persons, including wo
men and children, by Turcoman tribes
men at Astrabad. The Russian gov
ernment is sending troops thither.
Sultan's Brother Succeeds.
Paris, April 20. A special dispatch
from Constantinople says that it is re
ported that Rechad Effendi, brother of
the sultan, and heir apparent to the
throne, has left to join the Young
Turks.
Sultan Planning Abdication.
Vienna, April 20. The Neues Tagr
blatt's Monastir correspondents say it
is reported that the sultan is negoti
ating with the committee of union and
progress with regard to his abdication.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE
PAPER FROM FIR STUMPS.
Smith Lumber Company of Coos Bay
to Test New Discovery.
Marshfield The manufacture of pa
per pulp from the wood of the fir tree
and waste products of sawmills will be
attempted on Coos bay. Spruce is
chiefly used for making paper pulp,
but a new chemical discovery will be
employed to make possible the use of
fir.
The chemical discovery was made by
Dr. George B. Frankforter, a professor
in the University of Minnesota, and
the experiment will be backed by C.
A. Smith of Minneapolis. Dr. Frank
forter is expected here in Z about a
month, when an experimental plant
will be established.
The invention is a process of distil
lation by means of chemicals which re
moves from the fir wood those proper
ties which now make it impossible for
wood pulp. There will also be a num
ber of by-products, among them alco
hoi, turpentine and rosin. From this
rosin India ruhber can be made.
If the newly discovered process is a
success the whole of a fir tree when cut
for lumber can be utilized. The by
products will also be a source of big
revenue.
Dates for Wool Sales.
Portland The Eastern wool buyers
who operate in the Northwest, have
prepared a schedule of wool sales dates
for Oregon. The dates differ in some
particulars from the schedule as pre
pared by the Woolgrowers' association,
as the buyers claim that it would be
impossible for them to make railroad
connections according to the associa
tion dates. The schedule of the buyers
follows: May 24, Pendleton ; May 27,
Heppner; May 29, Echo; June 1,
Shaniko; June 4, Pilot Rock; June 5,
Baker City; June 7, Ontario; June 15,
Shaniko; June 18, Heppner; June 21,
Vale; June 22, Ontario'; June 24, Jo
seph; June 25, Enterprise; June 29,
Shaniko; July 1, Heppner.
Rail Facilities Examined.
Salem Railroad Commissioner Atch
ison has returned from a week's trip of
inspection into the eastern part of the
state. The depots at Ontario, Vale
and Nyssa were inspected, also the
stockyards at Baker City and The
Dalles. A conference was held with
delegations from Canyon City, Prairie
City and John Day regarding the serv
ice on the Sumpter Valley railroad re
garding which much complaint has
come m recently. The officials of the
Sumpter Valley and the forwarding
company at Austin were also inter
viewed by Commissioner Atchison.
Oregon Milk Is Seized.
Seattle Pending a chemical analysis
of samples of about 300,000 cas of
condensed milk manufactured by the
North Coast condensery at Coos bay,
Or., State Food Commissioner Davies
is holding the shipment. Two samples
furnished Mr. Davies by Philip Brady,
broker, who is endeavoring to sell the
milk here, will be examined at the
state university. The milk is claimed
to be "lumpy," but Mr. Brady far
from attempting to disguise this de
clares the lumps are butterfat and that
the milk originally was the first-class
article.
Gather Albany Rubbish.
Albany Albany will soon inaugur
ate a system of placing receptacles for
rubbish on its streets. It is planned
to place tin boxes, neat in appearance,
at uniform distances along the leading
streets, probably on telephone poles,
for the reception of such rubbish as is
ordinarily thrown upon the streets by
passers-by. The receptacles will be
installed when the street paving work
is completed. The movement was be
gun by the Ladies' auxiliary.
Defunct Bank Gets Coin.
La Grande One hundred thousand
dollars has been divided pro rata be
tween 707 depositors of the Farmers &
Traders National bank as a result of
the arrival here of 45 per cent dividend
checks from Washington. There are
several heavy depositors, but the aver
age checks range between $50 and
$100. The largest check is to County
Treasurer Frawley, for $9,515.84, a
part of his deposit of county money in
the bank when the crash came.
Harney Seeks Good Road.
Burns The County court of Harney
county this week sent a letter to the
courts of Malheur, Crook and Lake
counties, asking their co-operation in
the building and maintenance of a per
manent highway through these counties
that will make easy travel the year
round for carriages and automobiles,
the idea being to encourage tourists
and immigrants into this country while
waiting for a railroad to be built.
House Minutes Transcribed.
Salem The work of transcribing the
minutes of the journal of the house of
the recent session of the Oregon legis
lature has ben completed by a force
of clerks under Attorney Walter Wins
low, and the work of transcribing the
senate journal is now under way. The
wrrk of printing the laws is nearly
completed.
Clatsop County Renigs.
Astoria The County court has made
an order directing the clerk to draw a
warrant for the first half of the state
tax as levied by the state board on Jan
uary 2, 1909. This means that the
County court will not recognize the
$4,000 increase which the Btate board
at a later date made in Clatsop coun
ty's apportionment of the state tax,,.
STATE OF OREGON
ANOTHER LAW INOPERATIVE.
Measure Regulating Salmon Fishing
in Umpqua Has No Penalty.
Salem Owing to the omission of a
penalty clause in a law passed by the
last legislature regulating salmon fish
ing in the Umpqua river, the law is
inoperative. The text follows:
Section 4069 It shall be unlawful
to take or fish for salmon in the Ump
qua river, or any of the bays or tribu
taries thereof, below the points herein
after named, from April 10 to May 10,
and from November 20 to December
10 of any year, or to take or fish for
salmon by any means whatever, except
with hook and line, commonly called
angling, and for propogating purposes,
above the points specified on ;:each
stream, namely, North Fork above a
point 600 feet below the dam at Win
chester, South Fork above the south
boundary of the town of Roseburg.
SI, OOO an Acre for Orchard.
Hood River The record price for
orchard land in young trees was paid
here when A. L. Paddock, of St. Louis,
Mo., through the agency of the Briggs
Ament Land company, paid $10,Q00 for
10 acres in 2 and 3-year-old Newtown
trees. ' The place purchased has no im
provements on it and has strawberries
set between the trees. The price paid
for the young orchard, which belonged
to William Reavis, was net, the com
mission being paid in addition. The
orchard is situated on the west side of
the valley, a few miles out of the city.
J. C. Ainsworth Again Regent.
Salem Governor Frank Benson has
reappointed J. C. Ainsworth, of Port
land, member of the board of regents
for the University of Oregon. Mr.
Ainsworth is president of the United
States National bank, at Portlannd.
He succeeds himself as university re
gent, having been appointed four years
ago to serve out the unexpired term of
former Federal Judge C. B. Bellinger.
His term for which he has just been
appointed is 12 years.
Good Price tor Mohair.
Dallas The sale of the 1909 pool of
the Polk County Mohair association
was held here last week. The pool,
aggregating about 50,000 pounds, was
sold to Wm. Brown & Co., of Salem,
on a bid of 25 cents a pound. U. S
Grant, of this city, entered a bid of
24 cents. Mr. Brown s price is
cents higher than the price for which
the 1908 pool was sold to Mr. Grant
last year.
Sugar Beets Being Planted.
La Grande Planting sugar beets in
2,000 acres of land owned or leased by
the Amalgamated Sugar company has
begun here. This is not quite as large
an acreage as usual. When the irriga
tion project has actually brought water
on the land, the sugar business in this
valley will leap forward enormously.
Eberhardt in Office.
La Grande Colon R. Eberhardt has
been notified that his bond as receiver
of the local land office to succeed A. A.
Roberts has been accepted and has as
sumed the duties here.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, milling, $1.25
1.30; bluestem shipping, $1.17
1.18; club, $1.141.16; Turkey red,
$1.15; Russian red, $1.08(1-09; val
ley, $1.10.
Oats No. 1 white, $40(941 per ton.
Barley Feed, $32.50(933.50.
Hav Timothv. Willamette vallev.
$1416 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $17
19; clover, $1112; alfalfa, $14
14.50; cheat, $14(0)14.50; grain hay,
$1314; vetch, $13.5014.
Apples 65c(9$2.50 per box.
: Potatoes $1.301.40 per hundred;
sweet potatoes, 2(93c per pound.
Onions Oregon, $2 per hundred.
Vegetables Turnips,'$1.25 per sack;
carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets,
$1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; ar
tichokes, 658fic per dozen; aspara
gus, Oregon, 75(385c per dozen ; cab
bage, 2siAc per pound; lettuce,
head, 852 per dozen; onions, 40(950c
Der dozen: parsley. 35c per dozen:
radishes, 35c per dozen ; rhubarb, 5c
per pound; ppinach, be.
Butter City creamery, extras, 27 H
(929c : fancy outside creamery, 25(929c
per pound; store, 1820c. Butterfat
prices average 1 c per pound under
regular butter prices.
Eegs Oregon ranch, 22c per dozen.
Poultrv Hens. 163 (9) l4c per
pound; broilers, 25c; fryers, 18(922c;
roosters, old, 10(9 lc; young, 14(915c;
ducks, 20(S22c; geese, 10llc: tur
keys, 20c; squabs, $2.50(3)3 per dozen.
Veal Extras. 10(910Kc per pound:
ordinary, 8(9 9c; heavy, 7(98c.
Pork Fancy, 9(910c per pound;
large, 8(99c.
Hops 1909 contract, 9c per pound;
1908 crop, 6(97c; 1907 crop, 34jc;
1906 crop. 1A(d2c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(918c per
pound: vallev. medium. 18.j(919c:
coarse, 17(f?17Kc. Portland; mohair,
choice,' 23(9 23 .c.
Cattle Tod steers. $5.25(95.50; fair
to good, $4.75(35; common to medium,
$3.25(94.50; cows, top, $4.25; fair to
good, $3.504; common to mdium,
$2.50(93.50; calves, top, $r(ft:5.50;
heavy, $3.50(94; bulls and stags, fat,
$3(93.50; common, $2(92.75.
Hogs Beat, $7.25(97.50: fair to
good, $6.75(3(7; stockers, $5.50(9 6.50;
China fats. $6.75.
Sheep TcPp wethers, $5(95.75; fair
t" good. $4.50(94.75; ewes, c less on
all grades; yearlings, top, $6.50(97;
fair to good, $66.25; spring lambs,
$77.50. I
ABDICATION OF SULTAN.
Tottering'Throne of Turkey Seems
About to Fall.
Constantinople, April 19. The most
serious crisis in the history of - the
Turkish empire is thought to be at
hand. It is persistently rumored that
Abdul Hamid, forced by the uprising
against the tyranny of the party in
power, will abdicate the throne.
The committee of union and pro
gress, representing the party of the
Young Turks, with whom are allied
the revolting Salonica soldiers, are en
deavoring to regain the power obtained
by the revolution of last July, which
has been gradually undermined by the
cleverness of the sultan in getting rid
of or winning over by bribes the lead
ers.
The Salonica soldiers are at the
gates of the city and threaten to enter,
The military in the capital is in a state
of fear and no resistance is looked for,
To complicate the situation, an up
rising is in progress in Asia Minor in
which more than 1,000 people have
been slain, among them two mission
aries, and untold property damage has
been done.
Foreigners and many Christians "have
taken refuge in the consulates. The
local troopsand the governor are doing
their best to protect the town, but
there is great fear that it cannot hold
out much longer against the invasion
of the Moslems, who are sweeping
down in large numbers. The Amen
can vice consul at Mersina, John Deb
bas, has been unable to proceed to
Adana, owing to the interruption of
communication.
A British warship is proceeding to
Alegandretta, which is threatened by
the Moslems. Several American farms
in that neighborhood have been de
stroyed.
Alarm is felt at Kharput because of
serious depredations by the Kurds in
the surrounding villages, although the
town itself has not been the scene of
any particular disorders.
The tension in Turkey over the situ
ation is very great. The people of
the capital are more concerned with
the advance of the Salonika troops
than they are with the massacres re
ported from various quarters.
MUSIC FOR THE FAIR.
Management Has Provided Well Along
This Line.
Music will be a big feature of the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, and
during the exposition season the finest
musical organizations of the United
States will be heard. Liberati's,
Innes' and Ellery's bands will divide
the season and these will be heard
daily.
The temple of music is centrally lo
cated, and in this beautiful building,
continuous concerts will be given free
from the first day of June until the
closing day on the sixteenth of Octo
ber. A number of handsome band
stands have been erected at various
points, and these are so dispersed that
music will be heard in every part of
the grounds.
Shorter concert seasons have been
arranged for orchestras and bands from
foreign countries, and among these
will be heard the Philippine Constabu
lary band and the national band of
Mexico. Vocal and solo instrument
concerts will as a rule be heard in the
auditorium, and this new permanent
building represents one of the very
finest halls for such purposes that is to
be found in the United States. Of
ere at importance and assistance to
concerts held in the auditorium will be
the new organ which has been installed
for the exposition. This instrument
is one of the largest pipe organs yet
built, and in tone and possibilities is
not surpassed.
Interesting novelties in music will
be heard, and among these will be
noted a native Philippine band whose
instruments are entirely composed of
bamboo. The range and class of music
produced by these rudely constructed
instruments is remarkable, and the ex
tremely crude appearance presented is
in strong contrast to the equipment of
other organizations.
Cuban Police Arrested.
Havana, April 19. Ricardo Arnuto,
the secret police agent of the palace,
and his brother, Jose, substitute in
spector of the detective squad, were
found tonight hiding in the house of a
friend, and were taken to the city pris
on. They are charged with the ab
straction of correspondence from the
baggage of Jose Cisneros, who attempt
ed to kill ex-Governor Nunez a short
time ago. Both men deny the charge.
The criminal branch of the Audencia,
before which the prisoners will soon
come for trial, refused bail.
Disturbance is Subsiding.
London, April 19. The Foreign
office has received a telegram from
Major Daughty-Wylie, the British
vice consul at Mersina, who went to
Adana at the outbreak of the trouble.
In substance the vice consul says that
the situation is improving. He men
tions incidentally that his arm was
broken while he was attempting to
check the disorders. The Foreitrn
office has asked the admirafty to send
warships to the disturbed area.
Many Cities Are Burned.
Paris, April 19. Dispatches re
ceived from Constantinople say the sit
uation in Adana has become very much
worse; mat a numoer or cities nave
been burned, and that Tarsus has been
almost blotted out. The dispatches
further state that a French factory had
been sacked, and that the peasants
were coming down from the mountains
and massacring the Armenians. 1
DOZEN PERISH IN
FLIMSY LODGINGS
Refugee Home Erected After San
Francisco Quake Burns.
Building Once Condemned as a Fire
Trap Blazes Like Tinder Mostly
Occupied by Laboring Men and
Their Families. Had Caused Much
Trouble.
San Francisco, April 17. Fire in the
St: George hotel, a flimsy structure
erected shortly after the earthquake,
and since used as a lodging house,
snuffed out a dozen lives between 3 and
4 o'clock this morning. The buliding,
located at Eighth and Howard streets,
burned like tinder, and almost before
the sleeping occupants of the structure
could be aroused the fate of many of
them was sealed.
The great rookery had 600 rooms,
and was mostly occupied by laboring
men and their families. Five bodies
have already been taken from the
ruins, and it is believed that 30 still
remain buried in the smoking and
smouldering wreckage.
The St. George hotel was of the
most flimsy construction, and its pro
prietor, J. W. Shanan, has been ia
trouble with the board of public works
since the building was erected. On
December 13, 1906, he was arrested
for violating the building law,' but
was dismissed on promising to make
alterations which would increase the
safety of the building. According to
John T. Horgan, of the board of public
works, many complaints have been
made against Shanan on the ground
that the St. George was a veritable
firetrap.
Insurance agents estimated that the
fire resulted in a loss of $82,500.
SULTAN PREPARES TO FLY.
Civil War in Turkey is Cause of Panic
in Government Circles.
Constantinople, April 17. Panic
reigns in government circles and the
sultan is reported to be in readiness
for flight. The chief officers are mu
tinous, the Constantinople garrision
is rushing preparations to assist the
troops said to be advancing upon the
city from the Northwest, and the new
ministers are resigning as fast as pos
sible. It is doubtful if the soldiers here
can cope with the forces which, it is
rumored, are rallying to the standard
of the Young Turks.
Business is again at a standstill and
private citizens are taking all possible
precautions to defend their property in
the event that the opposing armies
shall clash in Constantinople. It is
realized here that alarming reports,
from Salonika may rouse the Young
Turks, who are eager to terrorize the
city. PREPARING FOR WAR.
Japan Greatly Increasing Navy and
Doubling Army.
Victoria, B. C, April 17. That Ja
pan fears another war with Russia and
is making the same careful and sys
tematic preparation for it as preceded
the recent war is the news given by
passengers from Yokohama. Two
large battleships of the Dreadnaught
class are being built, one at Kure to be
named the Setsu, and the other at Yo
kohama to be named the Kawachi, both
stronger and with larger guns than the
big Aki and Satsuma.
In conversation regarding the fear
entertained of the return of war with
Russia, an arrival by the Tosa Maru
said great additions had been made to
the fleet of Japan. In military affairs
preparations have been continuous, but
the greatest secrecy has been main
tained. The army is being increased
to over 20 divisions, so that a force of
1,000,000 may be mobilized when nec
essary. Frior to the last war 500,000
men represented the total number that
could be put in the field, including all
branches, and that number proved in
adequate.
Bread Follows Flour Up.
Los Angeles, April 17. Another ad
vance of 2 cents a barrel in the price
of family and bakers' flour, effective
immediately, was announced today by
the leading millers of this state. With
this increasing price, family flour is
advanced to $7 a barrel, which is the
highst mark ever attained in this state.
While many of the bakers had previ
ously reduced the weight of the loaves
of bread, those who had not done this
said they would prepare to do so in
order to prevent loss. Some will make
the loaves in three sizes.
Flour Raises at Portland.
Portland, April 17. Grocers all over
the city advanced the price of flour 10
cents a sack yesterday, as a result of
the rise of 40 cents a barrel announced
by the jobbers and millers. Flour is
now being retailed at from $1.55 to
$1.75 in the stores. People who do
their baking at home will hardly no
tice the increased price, unless they
compare it with what flour cost them a
year ago, when they will find a differ
ence of 35 cents.
Flour is at $7 per Barrel.
St. Paul, April 17. As a result of
the corner in wheat, flour has advanced
in the last two weeks 50 cents a hun
dred in St. Paul, and further substan
tial advances in prices may be ex
pected. Yesterday there was an ad
vance of ten cents a hundred, so that
the ruling quotation today was $7.