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THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FBIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1915. MARKET NOW INACTIVE HOP PRICES' QUOTED BELOW COST OF PRODUCTION. Eastern Trade Reported as Being Quite Indifferent, Which Has Effect of Holding Figures Down. Efforts to arouse buyers' interest in Oregon hops do not meet with success, says The Oregonian. The season is nearly a month old, but only a few minor transactions have been report ed. Not many hops are being offered by growers, yet a certain amount of business could be done if dealers were able to make sales. The prices quoted around 10 cents are far from satis factory to producers, and if accepted, would mean a net loss to some of them! There is nothing in sight, how ever, to indicate that prices will be better in the near future. Eastern brewers cannot be tempted to take bold at this time. Some of them have supplies that will carry them well in to next year and a few are known to have even a two years' supply. Oth ers are influenced by -the sprfad of prohibition and all of them feel the effect of the country-wide business de pression. A few dealers, in their efforts to secure business, have named lower prices. It is known that offers have been made to brewers as low as 12 cents, delivered and probably a lower figure has been indicated. In the face of a declining market, consumers are, therefore, disposed to hold off. It was thought there would be export busi ness before this date, but the English buyers are also holding back. Cabled offers to London on the basis of 10 cents to the Oregon grower have met with no response. Either the Eng lish brewers ate in the same position as those in America, stocked up and afraid of the future, or else financial conditions deter them from operat ing. If it is the foreign exchange sit uation that is pi-eventing English buy ing, there should be relief on this score before long. In the meantime the growers, while disappointed, are not forcing their hops on the market, and this is keep ing prices here about steady. Some of the dealers would like to buy cheaper, particularly those who still have sales uncovered, but the market remains at the 10-cent level. A few lots of Oregons were offered on the ' market yesterday at 82' and 0 cents, but they were below prime in grade. RAIN NEEDED IN OREGON. posed line from Portland to Newport, Resolutions to this effect were unan imously adopted at a mass meeting at the Commercial club Monday night, the condition being that actual con st ruction be commenced within 60 days of the acceptance of the bonus. J. II. iitzgerald, manager of the rail road company, has advised the Com mercial club that if the offer were ac ceptable to the company construction would begin within iO days. PHEASANTS BY CONTRACT. Crop Conditions Throughout the State Reported Excellent. Following is a summary of the crop conditions in Oregon for the week ending September 28, as reported to the weather bureau by special corres pondents throughout the state: "Although showers fell in the west ern counties on the 23rd, 24th and 27th, and in some limited areas of north-central Oregon on the 24th, which benefited pastures and gardens to some extent, there is still need for rain in all portions of the state. The warm weather has been favor able for the maturing of fruit and garden truck. The picking and dry ing of prunes has been about com pleted and the harvesting of apples and pears has begun. In the eastern Oregon valleys the peach crop was very heavy and the quality excellent, but owing to an oversupplied market many tons of the choicest fruit are going to wast. Threshing has been practically completed, and the farm ers are preparing the soil for seeding, but little wheat will be sown until the fall rains have commenced. While waiting for the rain, the ranchers are hauling their wood and winter's sup plies. Irrigated crops of alfalfa are very good, and the third crop is be ing put up in some sections. Tomatoes are plentiful and of excellent quality. Seasonable fruits and vegetables are in the local markets in abundance, and the quality is very good. TO STUDY APPLE CROP. Government Will Send Experts to Hake Study of Distribution. Complying with numerous requests from the" growers' councils, chambers of commerce, growers' and shippers' organizations in the states of Wash ington. Oregon, Idaho and Montana, the office of markets and rural organ ization of the United States departi nont nf atrricnltnrp has made plans to establish temporary headquarters in the northwest tor tne sniay ot me distribution of the 1915 boxed apple crop. The plan as outlined is based upon assurance that the otlice of mar kets and rural organization will re ceive the co-operation of all those in terested in the apple industry, for without this eo-operation the efforts of the office would not produce valu able results. The work which the office will do is not that of a telegraphic market news service, but rather contemplates the eolleetion by mail and the compilation of data and issuance of weekly bul letins concerning the shipments and destination of the northwestern boxed apples. In this connection similar work will be earned on to a certain extent in the apple sections of Col orado, Utah and California. Newport Off en Bonus. Offer of a bnnn of flOO.000 has been made bv the citizen of New port to the Portland West Coast Railroad and Navigation company as an inducement for the early construc tion of the first 15 miles of the pro- Commission Gives Corvallis Man Con tract to Supply Game Birds, The state of Oregon officially with drew from the pheasant raising busi ness when, by unanimous approval of the State Fish and Game commission at a meeting in Portland on Tuesday, an agreement was made with Gene Simpson, superintendent of the pres ent state game farm near Corvallis, to raise the pheasants himself and turn them over to the state at a cer tain sum for each bird. Mr. Simp son owns the land on which the state game farm is situated, but the build ings and equipment are owned by the state. Under the agreement he will have the use of these buildings and equipment, but rears the birds at his own expense and on his own respon sibility. The new policy is expected to save the state money, but to some extent is an experiment, if it proves satis factory to both the commission and Mr. Simpson at the expiration of the agreement, which is for one year, it undoubtedly will be continued. Mr. Simpson is a recognized authority and expert in the raising of pheas ants. If his plans work out, he will be able to turn over to the state to be liberated in districts where game replenishment is needed from 3500 to oOOU young pheasants a year. A Youthful Congregation. A proportionately larger number of students at the Oregon Agricultural college are church members than in any other college or universiry that has come to his attention, acconlinsr to the Rev. C. C. Curtis of Corvallis, who was in Dallas on Tuesday to con duct the burial services of the late Mrs. Anna Williams. Mr. Curtis wns formerly pastor of the Pallas Chris tian church and now occupys a pul pit in the college town. He says that his congregation is largely made up of college students, who also take an ac tive interest in. the Sunday school, Bible study classes and the Christian Endeavor society work. Mr. Curtis is well acquainted with the Rev. Mr. Mc Comull, who will take charge of the pastorate here next month, and says much in praise ot that gentleman and his ability. i National Guard Inspection. The quarterly inspection and mus ter of Company L, O. N. G., was held at the armory on Tuesday evening, with forty members of the organiza tion in attendance. Captain Stafrin inspected the command and checked the muster roll. He accounts for the small attendance by the fact that many of the members are still in the fields and orchards and considers this a good representation for .the second drill period after the summer season of rest. The adjutant general's of fice did not send an inspecting officer to muster and review the company here,, but inspections of all commands in the third regiment will be made this week. Captain Stafrin has re ceived official notification of the ac ceptance of the resignation tendered by Second Lieutenant Rich. Warden To Be Selected. Sheriff William Esch of Marion county, former police Bailey of Port land and John W. Minto of Portland, brother of Warden Harry Minto, who was killed Monday night by the desperado, Otto Hooker, are being mentioned prominently among the possible successors to Harry Minto as head of the state penitentiary. Esch and Minto are especially well known here and their ability to fill the position, should .it be tendered them, is generally conceded. The ap pointment probably will not be made for several weeks. An advertisement in The PLANT YOUR FALL CROP Notice to Club Members. The regular meeting of the WTo- man's club will be held Tuesday, Oc tober 5 promptly at 2:30 o'clock. There will be business of importance to transact and a large attendance is urgentlv requested. Delegates to the state federation are to be elected. I extend to every member a most hearty greeting after the summer vacation, and will appreciate it if you will each consider this a personal invitation to this first meeting for the year. ELLA J. METZOER, President. Clover Seed Growers Lucky. The farmers in Polk and Yamhill counties who raised clover seed this year are among the fortunate ones. According to Harley O. White, who returned last evening from a two weeks' bnving tour, the farmers hav. been receiving from 15 to 16 eents a pound for their clover seed, and the yield this year is about 40 per eent greater than a year ago, when only 12 and 13 -cents was the prevailing price. Capital Journal. Fair Prizes. In the hop exhibit at the Polk coun ty fair last week one name which did not appear in The Observer list was that of E. V. D. Paul of Buell, who was awarded first prize. In the vege table display Tom Bowman, rather I ban Tom Brown, was awarded second prize. Observer brings results. That 's why representative Dallas bus iness houses use its columns. "Big circulation" may be con sidered the leading require--ment of a newspaper to make advertising pay, but even bet ter is buying space in a news paper that is sought by the people within its field a news paper that gives the news while it is news. The Observ er has both "circulation" and the "sought," and therefore is a valuable advertising medi um. It goes into the home; it is the family paper ; it is read because it carries in its two . issues-a-week more local read ing matter than all the other newspapers in Polk county combined, while the price of its semi-weekly is no more than that of the weeklies. Ad- -vertisements here have brought, good results to others why not to youf APPEAL BUSHEY'S DECISION. Twenty-One Widows' Pension Cases Carried to Circuit Court An appeal was made in Marion county on Tuesday from the decision of Judge Bushy in the twenty-one wid ow's pension cases being prosecuted by Ulenn O. Holman and Walter L. Tooze, Jr., of Dallas. -This turn of affairs brings the cases to an issue in the Marion county circuit court which meets at Salem next Monday. At this time the Dallas barristers are. confi dent that they will secure a reserval of Judge Bushy 's decision. those appealing through Holman and Tooze from Judge Bushev's or ders are as follows: Sarah Kemmer, Eva Smith, Lydia B. Keene. Marv Covey, Jessie V. Loter, Zora Baker, Ada M. Wilson. Dora B. John. Eva" Wolfe, Jennie Headriek, Jennie N. White, Ida M. Masey, Kesiah Hoff man, Robnia Ector, Ollie Lewis, Let tie Yoho, Carrie M. Chace, Cora M. Kephart, Olga Pederson, Matilda Chamlee and Mary L. Finley. 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