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Of General
SENDS PRECES UP
About Oregon
In terest
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS;
GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS
TRUE AT THE LAST
Baltimore, Md.—On the second an-
Portland— wheat— Biueatem, $ 1.06 Wolf-Dog Deserted Master, But!
niversary of Germ any's declaration of
per bushel; fortj/fold, 98c; club, 97c; ,
_ .. .
.
war against Russia, the German sub­
red fife, 97c; red Russian, 97c.
Still LOVed Him .
Millfeed—Spot prices: Bran, $26(8
marine merchantman Deutschland set
26.60 per ton; shorts, $29(829.60; rol­
Reports of Hail, Black Rust and Blight out from Baltimore on a return voyage Oregon Will File for Share in
barley, $31.60(832.50.
Answered "Call of Hla Father * , " 1
Government Good Roads Fund led Corn—Whole,
to Germany with a declaration of con­
$38
per
ton;
cracked.
Though He Proved Loyal When
Cause of Sudden Advance.
fidence from her commander, Captain Salem — Oregon’s full share of the $39.
Loyalty Meant Death by the
Paul Koenig, that he would take her Federal good ^osds appropriation, Hay — Producers’ prices: Timothy,
Fangs of His Pack.
Eastern Oregon, $18.60(820 per ton;
home in spite of the heavy odds she amounting to $78,000, for 1916, under alfalfa,
$13.60 <8 14.60; wheat hay, He bad been called Wolf since pup-
would face when the three-m ile lim it the Shackleford bill passed recently by $13.60<r( gl4.60;
oat and vetch, $12<8 pytiood. He stood nearly forty Inches,
in the Atlantic ocean is reached.
congress,
will
be
claimed
at
once,
12
60;
cheat,
$11;
$10.
with a small ragged, rull-llkc body, and.
The submersible was towed out of members of the S tate Highway com­ Butter — Cut>es, clover,
extras,
26c per unusually
long
legs that
the slip where she was berthed 23 days
ke f<jeL
Jack ended
8tern> in great,.
stev*
ago, at 6:40 o’clock Tuesday after­ mission and advisory board decided pound. Jobbing prices: Prints, ex-
Most Damage in North Dakota, Min­ noon.
Monday.
"'“-No- *•
.;r7. »«£■*
After getting into m idstream the Governor Withycombe, in behalf of N r tS f M 1
nesota and Manitoba— Orders
the
State
Highway
commission,
within
tow line of the tug Timmins was cast
price, current receipts, 26}c per dozen;
.....
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off and the Deutschland proceeded the next few days will make a formal Jobbing
prices: Oregon ranch, cam
tfie able and chairs an.i seriously
Cancelled by Merchants.
down the river under her own power. request of the secretary of Agriculture died, 26*@27c; select*. 27<&28c.
endangering the stove and other furni-
The Timmins went to one side, the for the money which it is desired to Poultry — Hens, 14<gil5c per pound; j t,re '
coast guard cutter Wissabickon to the use this year, if possible. He will re­ broilers, 16@17c; turkeys, live, 20 (a ,
«wening, ns Steve and Jack sat
Chicago-- flail, black runt and blight other and the harbor police boat Lan- quest Attorney General Brown for an 22c;
ducks,
ll@
14c;
geese,
8(§i9c.
playing
a game of ertbbage In their
damage to the spring wheat crop of nan brought up the rear to prevent un­ opinion regarding certain features of Veal—Fancy, l l |c per pound.
ranger
cabin,
a wolf howled lugubrt-
crowding by the small fleet of the Federal law authorizing the appro­ Pork_Fancy, l l j c per pound.
ously
from
the
side. After a
the Northwest caused an advance of 4 due
priation, and then will tender his for­ V egetables-A rtichokes, 75c<8$l per moment came mountain
that followed.
the
answ
then an-
cents a bushel on the Chicago board of launches
Capatin Koenig and his crew of 27 mal request to the government for the dozen; tomatoes, 60c(8$1.10 per crate; ^ h e r caught up the call, er;
and
another,
trade Saturday. A 6-eent advance was men embarked with the knowledge money.
cabbage,
$1.76
per
hundred;
garlic,
0111,1
the
lonesome
wall
echoed
scored Thursday. At the high record that a man hurried to a telephone with Decision to ask for Oregon’s 1916 10c per pound; peppers, 6(87c; egg- mountain top to mountain top. from
prices were 83 cents higher than the a message to agents for the entente al­ share of the Federal allotment provid­ plant, 10c; lettuce, $1 per crate; cu- Suddenly there came a howl, nearer
the Deutschland had started. ed under the Shackleford measure was
75<880c per box; peas, 4(8 5c and more deep-throated.
low point in June. September closed lies that
knew how long he had watched made as a result of a conference of the I | cumbers.
per
pouM
beans. 4(87c; celery, $1 Stern opened the door.
at 1 3 4 December at $1.38}, and They
at the end of a nearby pier, day and Highway commission with members of 1 per dozen; ; corn,
May at $1.43.
30@40c.
j “Come here, Steve!” he said, and
night, but the little captain went out the advisory board and a delegation Potatoes — New,
Reports reached the trade that in of
$1.05
(8
1.85
per
the ranger stepped to his side.
harbor smiling and wav­ from Portland. The Portland repre­ Bacl{-
some sections of North Dakota and ing Baltimore
j
On a small, treeless mound, not far
sentatives were urgent that action to Onions — California, $2 per sack; ¡from
his cap.
Southern Manitoba the crop had been His
the cabin, sat Wolf. He was
get
the
money
be
immediate,
fearing
words in the harbor were of
ruined by hail Wednesday night and praise last
Walla
Walla,
$2
per
sack.
^
squatting
on his haunches, with his
for Ameirca and for his treat­ that to delay until the legislature Green Fruits—Apples, new, $1.25<8 nose pointed
Thursday. Several large insurance ment here
toward the sky, while
meets
m
ight
result
in
the
state’s
los­
Baltimore customs au­
companies with headquarters in Chi­ thorities. by To Guy
1.75
per
box;
cherries,
5<810c
per
from
his
throat
came a cry quite un­
surveyor of ing its allotm ent from the govem m e'.t pound; cantaloupes, 90c(8$2 per crate; |lke his usuul howl,
cago received messages saying that customs, he said: Steele,
for
this
year.
"W e came here du­
the crop was a total loss.
peaches 35@75c per box; watermel- ~It.9 the ca|, of hls fathers, Steve-
about our reception. We go Under the provisions of the govern­ ons,
li O li c per pound; figs, $1(81.50
Jack
day you-u have no
Most of the hall damage was in the bious
ment
measure
Oregon
must
match
the
back
certain
that
the
friendliest
of
northern part of North Dakota. The feeling exists in America for Ger-1 Federal appropriation with an equal per box; plums, 75c(8$1.35; pears, $1 dog; hell be gone with the pack.1
crop in Bottineau county is ruined. many. You have been more than j amount of money, which is to be ex­ (82; apricots, $1(81.10; grapes, $1.75 Steve laughed at the idea. He had
blackberries, $1.25; loganber­ brought Wolf, an awkward, bench-leg­
Mercantile companies in that section
and the fatherland will not pended as may be deeided upon by r (82.25;
ie
s
,
$1.26;
$1.50(81-75. ged puppy, out to the ranger cabin in a
have cancelled all orders for future de­ courteous
state highway officials and the Secre­ Hope— 1915 raspberries,
it."
crop,
8@
llc
per pound; sack ; the dog had always been faith­
livery. Even orders for such necessi­ forget
Captain Koenig knows th at eight tary of agriculture.
1916
contracts,
nominal.
ties as shoes and stoves have E>een can­ warships
of the entente allies are In matching the government appro­ Wool — Eastern Oregon, fine, 23(8 ful and contented with his lot.
celled.
waiting
for
him at the edge of the priation, assurances were given by the 26c; coarse. 30(832c; valley, 30<833c. But one morning In the spring Wolf
Ordinarily a 33-cent advance in the three-mile limit,
Multnomath county delegation that the Cascara Bark—Old and new, 4c per was missing.
price of wheat in a little more than a of five miles. spread out in a rudius county
was already prepared to expend
At first Steve clung to the hope that
month brings fortunes to many of the
e shall have to pass unseen w ith­ $35,000 on road work on the Columbia pound.
Wolf would return when the “running”
Cattle
—
Steers,
choice,
$7@7.50;
big o|>erators on the board of trade. in "W
that radius in order to escape," he River highway.
good, $6(87; cows, good, $5.60(86.25, season was over. He had heard of
That has not E>een true during the said.
e shall have to make that S. Benson said th at he would give heifers,
$4 @ 6.60; bulls, $3 @ 4.75; doS*
that. But spring merged
present rise. Nearly ali of the big lo­ passage "W under
not entirely $15,000 for road improvement, and the stags, $4.50(u
Into
summer,
and summer into fall, yet
6.
cal trailers have E»een fighting the mar­ advantageous. conditions
Were the water at that highway commission decided to allot Hogs — Prime light, $8.50(4 9.35; the dog did not come back.
ket, or rather fighting the damage re­ point 160 feet deep
would E>e easier. $18,000 rem aining in the highway good to prime, $7.75(88.10; rough Then they began to hear that Wolf
ports, and prices have gone up without We could submerge it deeply
enough to fund for work on Ruthton Hill on the heavy, $7.50(87.75; pign and skips, had been seen running at the head of a
their aid.
pas.
underneath
the
warships.
But Columbia highway, in Hood River $6.60(87.10.
band of wolves.
Even the Northwest, where the the water there is not 160 feet deep.
That leaves only $10,000 to Sheep — Yearlings, $5.75 @ 6.25; small
When
snow had crusted so that
damage was taking place, was a seller We shall, therefore, have to pass be­ county.
complete the $78,000 needed to match wethers. $4.75<86; ewes, $2.50(85.50; it would the
bear
up the weight of a man,
of wheat in this m arket until a few tween the w arships."
lambs. $6(88.25.
'
Steve threw hi* rifle across his arm
days ago. That caused the belief that There was a determined look on the I the government allotment.
and walked over the breaks of the
the damage reports were exaggerated captain’s face as he expressed confi­
i Grande Ronde. He was nearing the
by the m arket bulls.
Mine
Makes
Big
Clean-up.
dence
that
he
would
get
through.
Hop
Crop
Is
Doing
Well.
Some of the Ex>ard’s exporters have
t>roken lands when the sound of a run-
Grants Pass—The largest individual The Oregon hop crop is doing well ning pack came to his ears. A moment
made large winnings, and a coterie of
cleanup ever reported in Josephine and hop men are particularly pleased later a small bahd of wolves, perhaps
W all-street grain men, who are said to
county is that of the Sammona-Cam- with the condition of the yards. The fifteen in .iumt>er, burst from the tim-
have large holdings of wheat under Austrian Army Cut Off from
is decidedly dull.
bar, running toward him. And at their
$1.20 a bushel, are credited with prof­
German
Aid
by
Russian
forcesi
eron;Lo,f*"
Kmine. * to w this
*ldo- city
£> ^ for i9 m arket
•
I county, mnd brought
The Chicago Brewers’ Bulletin says head ran Wolf,
its of around $2,000,000.
of the trade situation in the E a st: The ranger forgot his danger. He
shipment Wednesday.
The disaster in the Northwest has
proved a blessing to the winter wheat London—The second anniversary of Four hundred and eighty-four ounces "B rew ers are not buying except an cried, “Wolf, don’t you know me?"
growers. Thirty days ago they were Germany’s declaration of war on Rus­ of pure gold, molded into three hand­ occasional small lot for immediate The sound of his voice brought the
„
, ,
able to get only $1 a bushel for their sia finds the relative positions of the some pale-yellow bricks, were brought wants. Most of the brewers are cov- ___ , .
belligerents very different from thoee to the banks of this city, the same be­ ered by contract for some months to * ? * l * ? g Y ¿ v ' an.d Y pack
grain. Now the price is a third of
the first anniversary. The entente ing valued at $9000. It is reported come, Dealers are offering to sell at * * * * * aqulver,
w,lth h' he
m' stood
No*e a ln moment;
the alr-
higher.
allies are now pursuing a succeesaful th at the balance of the cleanup, dis­ somewhat lower figures than of late, sides
then, with a low bay of recognition, he
offensive on all fronts, and the central bursed in other channels, will bring the decline in the Coast m arkets hav­ sprang
toward his one-time master.
powers are virtually everywhere on the grand total up to upward of $14,- ing made itself felt in the local and
Shackleton fails to Rescue His
The pack, evidently mistaking their
the defensive.
000 Thirty-four days of actual labor Eastern trade."
Men from Elephant Island Emperor William celebrated the oc­ are represented in the m aking of this The British embargo on hops is not lea<ler 8 intention, likewise rushed at
casion by the issue of proclamations to handsome return. This reliable old very strict, according to the Kentish Steve. And the next instant, with his
clubbed, he was In the midst of a
army and navy and people which hydraulic deep-gravel mine has E>een a Observer, which says: "N otw ith-
Iiondon—Sir Ernest Shackleton has his
standing
the
fact
th
at
the
order
prohi-
8rmrling,
snapping mass of famine-
breathed
a
spirit
of
continued
confi­
steady
producer
for
over
50
years
and
again failed to rescue the main body
in ultim ate victory for Ger­ never fails of a handsome return to its biting the im portation of foreign hops crazed wolves.
of his Antarctic expedition left on Ele­ dence
came into force on June 8, imports When Jack arrived on the scene he
owners.
phant island, says the Daily Chronicle, many.
continue to be received. The Board found Steve sitting ln the snow, with
The operations on the Eastern front
and has returned to the Falkland is­ continue
of
Agriculture rr^'o.ts th at the im-
shaggy head of Wolf pillowed in
to
surpass
those
in
the
W
est
lands.
Grant Crops in Danger.
ports for last week were 6195 cwt., his lap. Around him, with their mangy
in dram atic interest. The m ilitary
Sir Ernest returned on board the critics
express great admiration for Baker — Grasshoppers and gophers against 3334 cw t in the corresponding pelts torn and bloody, lay half a dozen
ateam er Emma, says a Reuter dispatch the Russian
one of the import­ are causing serious damage to hay, week of 1915. The exports w ere; dead wolves.
from Fort Stanley. The ship was ant objectives tactics,
of
which,
in their opin­ grain and gardens in G rant county. British, 390 cwt., against 432 cwt. in The ranger's clothing was torn to
forced back by heavy gales and ice and ion, has been to isolate the
shreds and one arm and leg were a
In the Long creek district the grass­ 1916; foreign and colonial, 199 cwt., mass
it was found imposBi ble to get near from the German armies on Austrians
of cuts and gashes; but there
the
Rus­
against
21
cwt.
in
1915."
have invaded hay fields. W.
Elephant island through the pack ice.
were tears In his eyes.
front. This, it now is contended, hoppers
H.
H
iatt
reports
that
his
tim
othy
is
The ship win badly damaged, the en­ sian
been virtually accomplished by the
“He fought for me. Jack.” he said,
seriously damaged and he
gines were damaged, and the Emma has
Big Prune Crop Indicated.
Russians’ driving a wedge into the becoming
pressing
the stiffening lids over the
fears
th
at
they
will
attack
his
grain
was obliged to proceed under sail.
Ridgefield,
W
ash.—Prune
growers
Austro-German
positions
along
the
glazed
eyes
of the dead hound. “He
fields. They are known to have in this part of the county are jubilant
Sir Ernest, the correspondent adds,
of Kovel-Vladimir-Volynsk.
gave
his
life
for me. How he fought 1
caused
considerable
loss
to
other
fields.
recognizes th at it is useless to force a front
over
the
bright
prospects
for
one
of
The
view
here
is
th
at
if
the
Ger­
And
against
his
own blood, too. Yon­
ranchers are preparing to fight the the greatest prune crops in its history,
passage with a light ship and he is
have thus accepted severance The
der
lies
one
of
his own pups. Why
pest
which,
it
is
feared,
may
become
w aiting for the steam er Discovery to mans
notwithstanding
the . . large
damage
from
the
Austrians,
the
most
decisive
„
.
.
.
.
.
shouldn’t
I
love
him?”—Youth’s Corn-
general.
Gophers
have
been
invading
come from England.
by the silver thaw last winter. {vmiou
result of the whole of the Russian gardens in that district and the loss is done
Although it is about six weeks before
General Russiloff’s strategy will have very heavy, although it is not thought harvest,
trees in the orchards are
been
obtained,
it
being
argued
by
the
Trench Retake Tnree-Mile Strip
it
will
t>e
as
general
throughout
the
breaking
down
the load of green The Amiable Pockets
m ilitary observers th at without Ger­ county as that caused by the grasshop­ fruit. In some under
Imbecile who Is always
prune
orchards the springing something
from Germans at Verdun man support the Austrian arm ies will pers.
on the unwary
ground is already strewn w ith . broken has a new one. He rushes
become demoralized and collapse.
up to you
branches
and
growers
have
been
shak­
Florence Mill to S tart.
and
cackles:
“How
many
pockets
you
London—Joffre's men are masters
ing their trees rigorously in an effort got? Answer quick." You answer,
Cotton M arket Advances.
now of a bloodstained strip of ground
Eugene—According to word reach­ to prevent further damage.
“six " or "seventeen,” according to
three miles long and about a mile deep New York — A sensationally rapid ing Eugene from Florence, the Porter
your conservative or radical impulses.
ju st north of Verdun, which they have advance of about $1.75 per bale fol­ Brothers’ sawmill will soon begin cut­
Cowlitz
Fair
Dates
Set.
Amiable Imbecile grins broadly
won from the Germans in one of the lowed the publication of the govern­ ting 16,000,000 feet of lumber. It is
W ash.—The directors of The
and tells you to “count ’em.” You
most hotly-fought and bloody battles ment cotton report in the m arket here said th at there are 10,000,000 feet of the Woodland,
Cowlitz
County
Fair
association
of the long struggle on the Meuse. At Tuesday morning. Just before the offi­ logs in the mill pond, to which 6,000,- have put at rest completely, the re- j count them and find that you have
the close of three days of their offen­ cial condition of 72.3 per cent, against 000 feet more will be added ftm the ports that have been circulated that missed it by anywhere from two to
sive they have conquered ground 81.1 last month and the 10-year aver­ run. It is estim ated th a t the opera­ the association would not hold the an­ ten. If you are wearing a three-piece
which it took the Crown Prince’s army age of 78.5, was published, a canvass tions will consume six months and that nual fair this year, by announcing the sulL The Amiable Imbecile says he
more than four weeks to wrest from of local exchange indicated an average 100 men will t>e employed. The Porter de’
knew you couldn't tell how many pock­
3M as September 14, 15 and 16.
expectation of 76.6 per cent, and the Brothers’ mill has not been in opera­ The
ets you had, and goes away and tries
them.
school
exhibition
rooms
will
be
government report was far below the tion for more than two years.
improved, although th at part of the It on someone els»». The mind of man
most bullish of recent private figures.
Five-Cent Loaf Decried.
fair was one of the principle attrac­ does not seem equal to the task of
computing man's pockets on short no­
Big Sheep Shipm ent Made.
Chicago — The 6-cent loaf of bread
tions
last year.
Papers Cut Down Paget,
tice. He Is stampeded by an abrupt
m ust go. This is the cry with which
Baker — Robert Stanfield, of Stan­
Inquiry on the subjec* and makes the
400 Chicago bakers departed Saturday New York — Publishers of daily field, began Wednesday the shipm ent
Crop P rospects Are Bright.
for Salt Lake City, Utah, to attend the newspapers in G reater New York, at a of 9000 wethers and ewes from Baker Nez Perce, Idaho— Crop prospects most outlandish estimates. A woman
annual convention of the National As­ meeting Wednesday, took action which to a m eat company in San Fancisco. on the Nez Perce and Camas prairies Is different—a m arried woman, any­
sociation of Master Bakers and to at­ will result in a decrease of the numl>er The first shipment of 4600 started in a have improved during the last 10 days, way. If you really want to know how
tem pt to persuade th at body that 10 of pages in their morning, evening and special train. The rem ainder will be and the spring grain, which was sown many pockets a man has, don’t bother
cents is the lowest price at which a Sunday issues of 121 pages a week, to sent at once.
about three weeks later than usual, is with him. Ask his wife.
fair-sized lonf of bread can be sold relieve the newsprint paper situation, The sheep are from the grazing expected to make a good average crop.
which is regarded by the publishers as lands in the Sumpter valley and are Several farm ers have commenced cut­ Sanitation methods Introduced at
with profit.
In the party were scores of bakers serious. Action also was taken to part of an order for 100,000, practi­ ting the fall grain, and reported a Jerusalem by an American have mate­
elim inate returns of unsold copies.
rially reduced nmlarlu and several
cally all of which has been shipped.
from Eastern cities.
good average crop.
other diseases.
,
SPRING CROP BADLY AffECTED
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