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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1916)
NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Crop Shortage Will Be Offset by Higher Prices This Year Washington, D. C. The monthly bulletin of the Federal Reserve board, issued this week, disscussing business conditions of the Pacific Coast, says : "While the crops of this section will be less than the average, due to dam age by late frosts and drouth, the farmers and fruit growers will be pro tected from, loss through the greater prices which they will receive for their products. Peach growers who last year permitted their crops to rot on the trees because of the unprofitable prices prevailing are this year con tracting to sell their product, which will be 40 to 60 per cent of the aver age, at more than double the prices prevailing at the same time last year. "The damage from the frost to ap ples and pears in the Northwest has been quite serious and general but the prediction is made that notwithstand ing this the year's crop will exceed that of 1915. This year's grain crop of the twelfth district will be from 20 to 30 per cent less than that of last year. This short age is due to the unusual drouth which has prevailed during the Bpring in cer tain parts of California. A material decrease in acreage is reported from the Northwest. It is asserted that the carry over from last year's wheat crop in Oregon and Washington equals 20 to 40 per cent of last year's crop. "Mining during the past year has been the most profitable industry within this district. The next most profitable one has been livestock. "Recent rains in Idaho have greatly benefitted the grazing lands. Sheep, wool and cattle are all bringing high prices in all of the states of this dis trict. Dairying is also prosperous." Representative Sinnott Now Wears Oregon Jackrabbit Fedora Washington, D. C High-grade felt hats can be manufactured from the fur of Oregon jackrabbits. This is no longer a theory, but a demonstrated fact, and Representative N. J. Sinnott, of Oregon, is today proudly wearing the first and only felt fedora ever man ufactured in the country from jackrab bit fur. Last winter Mr. Sinnot discovered that felt hat manufacturers were em barrassed because their supply of Ger man rabbit fur was cut off with the war. It occurred to him that jackrab bit fur might be substituted and he sent to Oregon for a consignment of jackrabbit skins. These he turned over to the largest and best-known hat manufacturers in the East, , with the request that they experiment with the rabbit fur and determine its suitabili ties for hat manufacture. The jackrabbit hat seems to be the equal of any $5 felt hat on the market. It is of fine, soft texture, smooth to the touch and clear in color and grain. Members who examined it pronounced it a first-class headpiece and one that ought to command a good price in the market. Mr. Sinnott was told by manufactur ers, who entered upon the experiment with some doubts, that the Oregon jackrabbit fur made a much better hat than they had anticipated. He also learned from them that jackrabbits; to be valuable for hat manufacture must be killed in the winter months, when the fur is heaviest, and must come from the colder portions of the West. New Route Proposed. Klamath Falls A new road to shorten the distance from Eugene to Klamath county points and to make a new route for tourists from that sec tion bound for California, is being con sidered in this city. Arrangements have been completed for taking the question up with the County court next week at its regular July term. The present route from Eugene to Crescent is via McKenzie Pass and Bend, a dis tance of 170 miles. The proposed route, in connection with the old mili tary road, would make the distance from Eugene to Crescent 109 miles and would have the effect of routing the southern-bound tourist through Cres cent via Crater Lake and Klamath Falls and on into California via Tule Lake road, through the Modoc lava beds. New Coast Line Hinted. Cottage Grove The fact that sever al routes from here towards the coast have been tentatively surveyed and that it is known that owners of large bodies of timber in the vicinity of Lo rane wish to find a cheap way of get ting it to market, leads to the belief that a railroad from here in a westerly direction is a possibility of the next few yearB. The extension of the Ore gon Pacific & Eastern in this direction was announced about three years ago, but was abandoned on account of the stringency of the money market Record Mortgage Filed. Astoria One of the largest mort gages filed in Clatsop county for many years was recorded this week. It was given by the Crown Willamette Paper company to the Continental & Com mercial Trust & Savings bank and Frank H. Jones, of Chicago. It covers all the paper company's extensive tim berland holdings in Oregon and Cali fornia and was given as security for $6,000,000 in 6 per cent bonds, issued by the company. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS Portland Wheat Bluestem, 96c per bushel; fortyfold, 86c; club, 83c; red Fife, 83c; red Russian, 83c. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $23 24 per ton; valley timothy, $1819; alfalfa. $1415. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $26 26.50 per ton; shorts, $2929.50; rol led barley, $31.6032.50. Corn Whole, $37 ton; cracked, $38. Vegetables Artichokes, 75c$l per dozen;' tomatoes, $1.50 1.65 per crate; cabbage, $22.25 per hundred; garlic, 10c per pound; peppers, 25c eggplant, 10c; horseradish, 8Jc; let tuce, $11.25 per crate; cucumbers, 75c$1.15 per dozen; spinach, 45c per pound; asparagus, 75c$l per dozen; rhubarb, 1J 2c per pound; peas, 4e; cauliflower, $1.25 per crate; beans, 89c per pound; celery, $1 1.15 per dozen; corn, 6575c. Potatoes Old, $1.50; California, new, 22Jc per pound. Onions California red and yellow, .25 per sack. Green Fruit Strawberries, 75c $1.25 per crate; apples, new, $2 per box; cherries, 35c per pound; canta loupes, 50c$2.25 per crate; apricots, $1.351.75 per box; peaches, $11.10 per box; watermelons, 2c per pound; figs, $11.50 per box; raspberrieB, $2.252.75; plums, $1.35; prunes, $1.75. Eggs Oregon ranch, exchange prices: Current receipts, 21 Jc per dozen; rots and cracks out, 22c; ex tras, 23ic Jobbing prices: Oregon ranch, candled, 25c. Poultry Hens, 14c per pound; stags, 10c; broilers, 17J18c; turkeys, live, 20 21c; dressed, choice, 23 25c; ducks, 1520c; geese, 1012c. Butter Cubes, extras, 25c; prime firsts, 24 jc; firsts, 24c; seconds, 22 J c. Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 27 29c; butterfat, No. 1, 27c; No. 2, 26c, Portland. Veal Fancy, 10Jllc per pound. Pork Fancy, 1010jc per pound. Hops 1915 crop, 8llc per pound; 1916 contracts, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, fine, 23 25c per pound; coarse, 3032c; val ley, 3033c. Caseara Bark Old and new, 4c per pound. , Cattle Steers, good, $7.607.75; cows, choice, $6.757.50; good, $6.25 6.50; heifers, $5.50 5.75; bulls, $35.75; stags, $4.607. Hogs Prime light, $8.058.25; good to prime, $88.05; rough heavy, $7.507.75; pigs and skips, $6.60 7.10. Sheep Yearlings, $6.50 7.50; wethers, $5.506.50; ewes, $4.756; lambs, $78.25. Higher Prices for Beans Are Named in California Advices Portland There was some talk of an 11-cent bean market Wednesday, but jobbers were adverse to putting out such an extreme quotation, not withstanding the further advance in the South. In fact, Portland jobbing prices are below a parity with Califor nia. It is believed there are enough beans here to meet the restricted re quirements during the remainder of the old-crop year, but if the supply is exhausted, it cannot be replenished at existing prices. While the main fac tor in the Btrength of the market is the government demand, there is little doubt that speculation has played an important part in bulling prices in the South. The available supply of white beans in California is limited, and ap pears to have passed into strong specu lative hands. Advices received from San Fran cisco said small whites were practi cally cleaned up at shipping points at 91 cents and very few Lady Washing tons were left at 9 cents. There was a good demand for Limas, which were advancing in sympathy with the high prices of white beans. Baker Wool Not Sold. Baker, Or. Out of 148,000 pounds of wool, practically all fine, offered this week in Baker at the annual wool sale, only 23,000 pounds were sold, al though other deals which may be closed later were pending. High bids on fine wool ranged from 23 cents to 25 cents, while for 4000 pounds of coarse wool from the Sels-Ashford ranch, in Grant county, a high bid of 28 cents was received. Isador KoBh land, of Portland, was the bidder. With the exception of 10,000 pounds sold by Walter Steiger, of Baker, at 25 cents, to John Glorieux, of Woon socket, R. I., all the clips offered were from Grant county. The only other clip sold was that of J. C. Moore, who sold to Mr. Glorieux at 24 cents. Mrs. Kenneth McRae, of Prairie City, had the largest clip for sale, 615, 000 pounds. It is understood that a private bid made tops the price being offered openly. Mascall & Ringsmyer, of Dayville, were offered 23 cents for their 40,000-pound clip by Mr. Kosh land, while C. H. Green, of Portland, offered to take over the 16,000 pounds of fine wool from the Sels-Ashford ranch at 23 cents. Growers To Be Helped. Hood River The Apple Growers' association has just sent out letters asking all affiliated growers to desig nate the different kinds of commercial fruits grown by each. Where the as sociation does not handle the product of a grower, it will guide the grower to the trade that will handle it. Royal Ann, Governor Wood and Centennial cherries are maturing this week. The fruit has been told to the cannery at The Dalles for net price of 5 cents per pound. The prospects for black cherries are better than ever before. HEROINES A remarkable trio are the BaronesB De T'Serglaes, her husband, the baron, and Miss Chisholm. who are shown In this photograph made in London shortly after their arrival from the front where they spent 19 months. They went out almost at the beginning of the war, and the ladies won for themselves the title, "Heroines of Pervyse." They have been awarded the highest of all Belgian military orders by King Albert. The baron has been twice decorated by King Albert for bringing down German aircraft. The combination motorcycle shown here was especially de signed by the baroness for use at the front. REORGANIZED SERBIAN ARMY JO I N STIIEALIJES Reorganized and re-equipped, a Serbian army of 100,000 has joined the forces of the allies in Greece. The photo graph shows part of the first section of this army marching to the camp at Salonlkl. SENATOR A. B. CUMMINS II " " " " 'I Latest snapshot of Albert B. Cum mins, United States senator from Iowa. Sternly Rebuked. A large firm In Aberdeen, says Pearson's Weekly, recently engaged as office boy a raw country youth. It was part of his duties to attend to the telephone in his master's ab sence. When first called upon to an swer the bell, in reply to the usual query, "Are you there?" he nodded assent. Again the question came, and still again, and each time the boy gave an answering nod. When the question came for the fourth time, however, the boy, losing his temper, roared through the telephone: "Man, a' ye blind? I've been nod din' me head off for the last half hour!" It Works, Too. A small toy's idea of leaving foot prints on the sands of time is to sneak across a newly-made cement walk. Columbus, Ohio, Citizen. J c7 - rM i 0 I OF PERVYSE VISIT JOLLY MILLERS Si pt The "Jolly Millers" of song and story have given way, like other time honored occupations filled by men, to women. Nottingham, England, has a number of girl millers. They attend to- all the work excepting the heavy weight lifting, which is done by men. Garbed in ovoralls, from early dawn till set of Bun the "Jolly Millers" go about their task with a song on tholr lips. Arab Brlckmakers. Arab laborers are now successfully operating two American brlckmaklng machines In what is said to be the original site of the Garden of Eden. When the contract was given by the Turkish government to a British com pany, the use of concrete was consid ered. When this plan proved too ex pensive, it was decided to use bricks made by the Arabs in the vicinity. But these bricks were made by hand, and were as costly as the concrete. Ma chines for making bricks were next Imported from England, Germany and Belgium, and each was In turn found to be too complicated to be used by the Arabs. Finally a couple of Ameri can brlckmaklng plants were In stalled, and these proved so simple that the laborers could easily work them. Those In charge of the LONDON ra OF NOTTINGHAM scheme to Irrigate the Tlgro-Euphrates valley are so pleased with the results that other kinds of machines are be ing sent there from America. Go to War In Autos. Tha soldier goes to battle nowadays Just as you go to your office, Bhop, or mill In a motor-bus nr tramcar. Eighty thousand men went Into the battle of the Marne in taxlcabs from Paris. Now motorbuses are working like tramcars all along the frontt They form an almost endless procession. Plain Speech. "I'm a plain-spoken person," said the aggressive man. "That's lucky. You're at least one subscriber who saves the telephone operator the trouble of asking you to repeat your number." PECULIAR EYES OF FISHES Scientific Study Has Demonstrated' Many Facts Not Hitherto Known to the World. In the effort to discover why fishes are so near-sighted, scientists have been making some remarkable experi mental studies of their eyes. One of the many interesting facts which these studies revealed was that fishes' eyes compared with human eyes are rela tively large. The length of the eye of a fish is ordinarily about one-twentieth1 of its length, while the length of the eyeball of a man is from a sixtieth to a seventieth of his height 1 The eyes of fishes are in constant use except when they are asleep Most fishes have noyellda, their eyes; being protected from Injury by a shiny' material or by a thick transparent skin. The puffer, or swellflsh, which habitually burrows in sand at the bot tom of the water, has eyelids which cover the eyeballs when closed, the lower eyelid being larger than the upper. In the experimental work the eyes of normal fishes were first examined with the retinoscope, then by electrical stimulation the focus was changed from distant to near objects. It was found that, contrary to state ments sometimes made, the eyes of fishes when swimming were focused for distant vision. Fishes are able to focus their eyes on near objects as close as four inches by the action of the superior and Inferior muscles; they have no ciliary muscles. It was found possible by operation on the oblique muscles to make the fish near-sighted, far-sighted, or astigmatic LESSON FROM THE FLOWERS Gentleners and Tolerance Are Taught by Sweet Things of Garden and Field. ' What a freedom from cares and perplexities one finds among the flowers. They are never unkind; you may be with them from morning till night and not have one bitter mem ory or disagreeable thought to take with you to your pillow. A tiger lily won't dig its claws into your breast, the calla lily will not prolong her call indefinitely. The sweet William's honeyed personality is honest and sin cere; sweetness fiat will not under fancied provocation turn Into vinegary revenge. The snowdrops will not chill you with cold words and looks. The dog wood will not bark at you or dog your footsteps. There is a clump of the beautiful variegated variety bend ing over a quiet corner of the fish pond, its pretty leaves reflected In the water. It baa no canine faults, but all the canine virtues, fidelity no run ning away from the mistress to follow strange masters. Jack in the pulpit does not preach too loudly or make awkward gestures, taking your mind insensibly from the heavenly message he is striving to de liver and which your soul desires to grasp, the mind being willing but tha body weak. V The Swiftest Thing We Know. ? So far as we know, Galileo was ther first to try to verify the suspicion that light was not really free from the conditions which trammel ordi nary motion. In hie endeavor to meas ure the speed of light, Galileo' sta tioned two observers a couple of miles apart at night each armed with a dark lantern. One of them suddenly dark ened his lantern, and tho other was Instructed to do the same, the moment that the first light disappeared. Gal ileo reasoned that if light really took a finite time to cross the distance, it would be measured by half the Inter val between the darkening of the first observer's lantern and the disappear ance of the second light from his gaze. The argument was perfectly sound, but as the time in question was about one-fifty thousandth part of a second, it is no wondor that the observer failed to detect it. Yet it is on a quite similar plan that all the modern experimental determinations of tha speed of light have been made. Surely Prize Scarecrow. An American tourist bad been boast, lng again in the village Inn, says Lon don Tlt-Ilits. "Talking of scarecrows," he said, with a drawl, "why, my father once put one up, and it frightened the crows so much that not one entered the field again for a year." He looked triumphantly around his audience. Surely that had settled those country bumpkins. But he was to meet his match. "That's nothing," retorted one farm er. "A neighbor o' mine once put a scarecrow into his potato patch and It terrified the birds so much that ona rascal of a crow who had stolen some potatoes came next day and put them back." The Locust as Human Food. The curious spocles of insect llfo, known as the locust, which, according to its family traditions, visits and pays Its respects to the outside world once In 13 or 17 years, has furnished much food for discussion among scientists, students and farmers. In addition to these there are others who anticipate with pleasure the advent of the locust, for whatever might be said about tho strange creature, in spite of Its de structive ability and Its appetite for choice foliage, it has one good qual ity which was probably discovered by no less a person than John the Bap tist when he decided that specimens which he found In the desert war good to eat