A A A 4 4 4 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A. A A . A HEAVY STATE NEW S r » j $ FRUIT DAMAGE ---------------- ento G rape C rop ia C ut 40 P er IN BRIEF. ♦ S acram C ent and A pricela P ro b ab ly 70 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ *♦ *«*♦ $ No Mags r» n be purchased in A lbany. Ho g re a t has been th e dem and th a t the supply th e re wus e n tire ly ex h au sted . R eports from B aker aay th a t the long, cold w in ter, to g e th e r w ith the a ra r r ity o f feed, haa le ft th e atock in |KH>r condition, G. G. Ilrow n, clerk of th e S ta te Land Board, auya th a t May 252 haa been •**t aa th e d a te for opening bida on the n ex t iaaue of ru ral cred it* bonda. The n e x t iaaue w ill be for $000,000, The g a th e rin g of caacara bark ia g e ttin g to be an ind u stry of aomu im p o rtan ce in th e W illam inu com m unity, A. It. Ford, m erch an t of th a t c ity and B utler, ahip|>ed out 40,000 pounda o f it thia week and received $.'<500 for it. I)cputy D is tric t A tto rn ey C harles Kohiaon, o f M ultm onah county, who haa ch arg e o f th e araon a«|uad in th a t county, haa been ap|M>inted D eputy F ire M arahal under F ire M arahal S tev- ena by Inaurance C om m issioner H arvey Wella, P e r C ent by Severe Front. M arysville, Cal. F iv e m illion dol la rs ’ w orth o f dam age was done In Yuba and S um m er counties early Mon day by th e h e av iest fro st th a t has v is ited the S acram en to valley in 25 years. E stim a te s made by g rap e m en, w ine and raisin grow ers, in d icate th a t 40 per cent o f th e 1917 crop w as dam aged. A piricot gro w ers declare m ore than 50 (ter cent, and |**rha|»t 70 |>er cent, of th e crop was destroyed. P runes are, in Home sections, a to ta l loss, w hile in o th e r sections th ey es- ••aped all dam age. Peaches, w hich would have made hundreds o f gro w ers rich in S u tte r county th is y ear, ex cep t fo r th e fro st, are in som e orchards a to tal loss. In all th e larg e orchards th e fro st did g re a t dam age. Less th an 40 per cent w ill be harv ested . Peaches in S u tte r county w ere co n tracted for a t $35 to $45 a ton. The peach loss w ill per haps be $2,000,000. T om atoes and all truck g ard en s w ere badly dam aged. In v arious p a rts of the county sm udge pots w ere kept burning all n ig h t. In th is way th o u sands o f d o lla rs’ w orth o f alm onds w ere Haved. T hosuands o f d o lla rs’ w orth o f alm onds w ere destroyed, how ever, in Y uba and S u tte r counties. BISHOP TELLS HOW TO SEE YOURSELF GO BY C hicago.— H ere are ten ru les to “ Hoe Y ourself Go By," an laid down by Bishop C harles B ayard M itchell of St. P aul, In an a d d re ss h e re : Don’t tld u k you so«; yourself In a mirror. D on’t Im itate C harlie C h ap lin ; be yourself. D on't expect somebody to do your Job. D on’t w orry about your h ealth . D on’t w ait fo r dead m en's shoes. Don’t lone your nerve. Don’t th in k y o u n e lf a failure. D on't be u misfit. D on’t sto p until you find your pluce. Im n ’t try to m nke your chil dren d u p licates of yourself. paid. He sim ply could not stan d th e stra in and le ft bis place. T his Is a pic tu re of w h at m ay be seen and is dally being rep o rte d all over Europe. Sw it A tto rn ey G eneral Brown haa re n zerland, H olland, Greece, tell of m ul dered an opinion to th e effect th a t un titu d e s In d ire nei*d of food. T he S can d er a law w hich w ill becom e effective dinavian co u n tries suffer less for food May 21, a county aaaeaaor m ay aaaeaa but m ore fo r som e o th er necessaries. w h eat in a w arehouae, even though th e N eu trals Also Suffer. ow ner ia unknow n, and th e ow ner will Yet It Is not safe to presum e th a t In be |>eraonally liable for th e p aym ent th e outside w orld the w heat fields und of th e taxea. th e stock resource* of C anada apd In By a deal recen tly cloaed, M. J . dia and Egypt, the A rgentine and A us R aspberry C rop H u rt. K inney, of A atoria, Hold to th e Crown W illam ette I’.H|>er com pany, o f Oregon P uyallup, W ash. — V alley grow ers tra lia . can he looked U|wn th is y ear C ity, a tr a c t o f 100,000,000 fe e t of are g re a tly troubled by th e prospects to m ake up E u ro p e’s deficiencies. Neu spruce, fir and hemlock tim b e r in th e o f th is y e a r’s b erry crop, according to tra ls a re suffering through the sain« up|a-r l.ew ia and ( ’lark R iv er d ia tric t. 11. S. P alm er, head o f th e P uyallup causes, even If not so acutely, th a t a re dim inishing th e productive pow er of T he p rice ia underatood to be in th e V alley F ru it G ro ew rs’ union. neighborhood of $175,000. ‘‘The C u th b e rt red ra sp b e rry is E urope. L ab o r ia scurce, m achinery h u r t,” said Mr. P alm er, “ and I fe a r n/id c red it a r e alm ost Im possible to se The d ire c to r of th e U n ited S taten cure. M an u fac tu red articles which rep G eological Survey haa o b tain ed from seriously so, from th e re p o rts th a t resen t the len st of E urope’s trouble* g ro w ers a re b rin g in g in to m e daily. S e c re ta ry o f S ta te O lco tt a lint of all th u s fa r a re n o t to be bad by reuson autom obile owner« in O regon, to p ro T his is th e re su lt o f th e e a rly fro st of tm th th e In dustrial and financial last fall w hich is b eg in n in g to show in vide them w ith d a ta re la tiv e to the breakdow n. to|K igraphic map* of th e a ta te . T hese the new shoots. T h e o u tsid e world cannot produce “ T his dam age to th e b erry crop e x a re ma|m, th e d ire c to r aaya, in which fo o d for blockaded G erm any and Aus every autom obile ow ner in in tereated , tends also to th e loganberry, w hich is tria . T h e nav al pow er o f th e allies h u rt to an even g re a te r e x te n t. In and he deairea to g e t th em in to th e deed, if a n y th in g can be told from th e will not p erm it It to feed them . W heth hand» o f all such c a r ow ners. e r It will be ab le to send its su rp lu s to W ith sh ip m en ts o f s tra w b e rrie s early in dications it is very do u b tfu l if th e e n te n te nuttous m ust depend on th e th e loganberry crop w ill be m uch m ore s ta r tin g , Spence W o rtm an , deputy cap acity of un overw orked and u n d er se a le r of w eig h ts and m easu res, haa th an 25 |>er cen t o f norm al th is season. tonned m erch an t m arine. T h ere la sen t o u t le tte rs to all o f th e d ia tric t Lind, W ash. — S p rin g seed in g is m ore acu te n«*od fo r shipping th a n ev er se a le rs in th e s ta te u rg in g th a t v ig o r S ev eral good before In m odern tim es, w hile the su p ous prosecutions follow any violation n earin g com pletion. rain s have fallen recen tly , and condi ply of It Is being dim inished day by o f th e berry-box law s. H e d eclares day. T he w orld Is no longer on a n o r th a t th e d e p a rtm e n t has ex h au sted tio n s so fa r a re fav o rab le fo r a good m al basis. C redit and money, even crop th is y ear. T he W oodard B roth ev ery effo rt to acq u a in t th e m erch an ts gold money, m ean little. T he to n nage and g ro w ers w ith th e law , and th a t ers, who own sev eral thousand acres u n it of shipping rap a c ity Is th e stan d south of L ind, a re seeding six sections. any vio latio n s in th e fu tu re will m ean a rd by w hich th e ra p a c itie s of nation* prosecution. to live and su p p o rt them selves m u st “ A d isease com m only know n as the be gauged. hip and leg ulcer is p lay in g havoc By all accounts th e re Is no real hun am ong th e hogs and s h e e p o f various g er In E ngland as yet, but Mr. Lloyd sections o f th e s t a t e ,” says N. S. G eorge has Inform ed th e nation th a t Robb, county a g ric u ltu ra l a g e n t a t P o rtlan d — C a ttle — S teers, prim e, 1 Its food supplies a re low er th an ever E ugene. " T h e d isease confines its e lf ; $9.75 (a, 10.50; good, $9.50 0 / 9.75; b e fo re ; he h as req u ired a d ra stic lim i to these tw o classes of livestock and is 1 m edium , $9.00 O r 9.50; cows, choice, ta tio n of Im ports o th e r th a n sh eer n ^ especially bad in sheep. I t sp reads $8.500/9.00; m edium to good, $7.95<ii; j cessltles of life so th a t th ere m ay b* much m ore rapidly in sheep th an in 8.25; ord in ary to fa ir, $7.00fri7.50; cargo apace to bring th ese necessaries. hogs and unless its ap<>earance in th e h eifers, $6.50 (V i 9.00; bulls, $5.50 (d ; I England tins not only to supply lta ow n flock is checked by th e isolation o f the 8 .0 0 ; calves, $8.00@ 10.00. req u irem en ts from a b ro ad but largely v ictim s th e resu lts a re bad. H ogs — L ig h t and heavy packing, to provide the shipping th n t shall bring Two thousand gallons o f w ine be $15.00m 15.80; rough heav ies, $14.00 food to F ran ce and to Italy . It m ust longing to F red S te tle r, w as d estroyed ■ Oi 14.50; pigs and skips, $13.50i«/.14.00; find mean* to ca rry troops and su p a t th e S te tle r ranch, 14 m iles from stock hogs, $12.00(«z 13.25. plies to th e n e a r E ast nnd n ecessaries S h e e p — W ethers, $9.76 (a 12.00; o f w ar to R ussia. H illsboro by S heriff A pplegate, actin g on a C irc u it C ourt decree. Some of ew es, $9.00f</ 10.75; lam bs, $10.25f«/' W astage Also a F actor. th e liquor w as 17 y e a rs old. S te tle r, ! 13.50. T his rough outline ex p lain s how th a W h eat— B luestem , $2.35; fo rty fold, w a r Is coining to be looked upon as one who w as allow ed to keep 350 gallons club, $2.30; red R ussian, m ore likely to be determ in ed by eco fo r personal use, w ill h ^ e to pay a $2.29; $2.27. fine of $1184 and costa. nom ic th a n m ilitary a ttritio n . Economic O a ts— No. 1 w h ite feed, $50.50. The S iuslaw h arb o r w ill be in v e s ti w astage, breaking down th e physical B arley — No. 1 w h ite feed, $54.50. g a te d as a sh ip b u ild in g site , according stre n g th nnd the m orale of arm ies m ay F lo u r — P a te n ts, $11.20; s tra ig h ts , help bring the w ar to th e d eterm in a to E arl S tan ley S m ith, of E ugene, who sa y s he w as so inform ed by Theodore $10.00(<z'10.40; valley, $10.20; whole tive m ilitary o r naval victory. I t Is B ren t, vice ch airm an o f th e U nited w heat, $11.40; g rah am , $11.20. for th a t decision th a t E n g lan d nnd h er M illfeed—S pot p ric e s: B ran, $37 allies nre d esp erately bidding. T hey S ta te s S h ip p in g bureau. Mr. B ren t w hile a t M arshfield gave in stru c tio n s per to n ; sh o rts, $41 per to n ; rolled believe th n t If G erm any is now begin to lay out 12 w ays fo r th e building of barley, $53.00. ning to feel th e pinch of hunger sh* Corn— W hole, $68 per to n ; cracked, will feel It m ore acu tely n y ear hence, ships in th a t harbor, according to Mr. $69. S m ith. w hen the blockade will have becom e H ay— P ro d u cers’ p ric e s: T im othy, tig h te r nnd only p n rtlal crops will have T he g u ard s on th e O regon S h o rt E a ste rn Oregon, $240/26 per to n ; a l been raised. E ngland nnd h e r allies, L in e b rid g e n ear O ntario , w here an fa lfa , $180/20; g ra in hay, $16(^18. u n afraid , are tig h ten in g th e ir belts and en co u n ter took place b etw een g u ard s B u tte r — Cubes, e x tra s, 38c; prim e p rep arin g fo r Just th is kind of w ar. and prow lers T uesday n ig h t, have been firsts, 3 7 |c . Jo b b in g p rices: P rin ts, doubled. I t is believed one o f thef e x tra s, 41Jc; cartons, lc e x tr a ; b u tte r- G erm any h as u n d ertak en to sta rv e E ngland ; th e alllea to sta rv e G erm any. s tra n g e rs who a tte m p te d to place a fa t, No. 1, 42c; No. 2, 40c. bom b w as badly wounded and h is body E g g s — O regon ranch, c u rre n t re Ducks Froze In Ice on Millpond. w hirled aw ay in th e s w if t stre a m . ceip ts, 32 0£ 33c per dozen; O regon R ushford, Minn.—Miss S arah W in T he prow lers and g u ard s fo u g h t a b a t ranch, selects, 34c. ters, living nenr here, w as forced to tle, due to th e g u ard s k ick in g a bomb P o u ltry — H ens, 21(r/;23c per pound; saw h er flock of ducks o u t of th e Ice ofT th e rails. bro ilers, 30(1/'40c; tu rk e y s, 22@ 23c; on n m lllpoiul nenr h e r home. T he B. B laser, who re p re se n ts a chem i ducks, 22(</24c; geese, 12(Vill4c. ducks nppenred little th e w orse fo r cal wood by-products concern, has been V eal— F ancy, 140i'15c p er pound. th e ir experience. on Coos Bay fo r sev eral w eeks fo r th e P o rk — Fancy, 19c per pound. purpose of e sta b lish in g a m a n u fa c tu r V eg etab les — T om atoes, $3.75 per Church B uilt In Single Day. ing p lan t th a t would handle 100 tons c r a te ; cabbage, 5 (gl 7c p er p o u n d ; Chicago.—R esidents o f B erkley, • o r m ore d aily o f charcoal and o th e r eg g p lan t, 25c; lettu ce, $2.25tf£2.75 per suburb, sta rte d one S atu rd ay m orning lum ber by-products, w hich a chem ical box; cucum bers, $1.25 (til 1.75 per process would save. Mr. B laser has dozen; celery, $1(«/)1.28 per dozen, $6 to ere c t a church and had It com pleted been n e g o tia tin g fo r a su ita b le s ite ( d l l p er c ra te ; cauliflow er, $2; peppers, fo r w orship th e follow ing m orning. and has discussed th e m a tte r w ith th e 45k/50c p er pound; rh u b arb , 2 0 /3 c ; T h e stru c tu re w as w orth sev eral hun N orth Bend cham ber o f com m erce and peas, 9 id) 10c; asp arag u s, 8 @ 12c; d re d dollars. p ro p e rty ow ners a t E astsid e. spinach, 8JO/ 9c; sp ro u ts, 12Jc. Invents S ubm arine Kiss. P o tato es — O regon bu y in g prices, A P endleto n Home G uard w ill be G rand Rapid*, Mich.—Rev. F ran cis $4.00(T/4.10 p er hundred. form ed th is w eek to tra in Pendleton- O nions—O regon jo b bing p ric e s: No. 11. Godolphln Indulged In subm arln* ians in case th ey a re called to th e col kissing, according to a w itn ess In th* 1, $12.50 per sack. ors. A m e e tin g has been called and G reen F ru its — S tra w b e rrie s, $1.75 divorce su it of John W. Goodspeed. T h e p a sto r and Mrs. Good*pood w er* Dan P. S m ythe, fo rm e r c a p ta in in the 0 /2 p er c ra te ; apples, 85c(fz$2.35 box; N atio n al G uard, w ill preside. m adly In love, said th e w itness, and cran b erries, $8 per barrel. H ops— 1916 crop, 3(ii6c p er pound; w hen they used to go sw im m ing to Snow has seriously in te rfe re d w ith g e th e r they would dive and kiss an<l«r l.a G rande g ard en ers. F or th re e days 1917 co n tracts, nom inal. Wool — E a ste rn O regon, fine, 35c th e w ater. snow haa been fallin g . In harm ony w ith th e balance o f th e w in te r th e per pound; coarse, 40(<z'44c; valley, R u ssian railro ad s p ro tect tie* and w e a th e r is th e m oat unusual th is week 40((il45c; m ohair, nom inal, 65c. teleg rap h poles ag ain st decay by so ak C ascara B ark — Old and new , 7@8c o f any m id-A pril m onth of w hich th e re in g them for several m onths bettor» per pound. is any record. u se In ataoog brine. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT BABIES STARVE IN THE STREETS Neutral Traveler Paints Harrow ing Picture of Pitiful Con ditions in Vienna. ONLY THE WEALTHY 6ET FOOD Men, W omen and C hildren Succumb to H unger and W ant— Gloom and D epression W eigh H eavily on People. London.— From a n e u tra l who has spent prolonged periods In A ustria- H u ngary several tim es since th e w ar a B erne correspondent learn s th a t n ev er h as th e A u strian cap ital been In such a plight ns now. Men, women and even children lately have suc cum bed to hunger nnd w ant, and he Is assu red th a t children have been lit erally dying In th e stre e ts. N ow here Is th ere enough to eat, he says, except uruong th e w ealthy classes and th e well-to-do farm ers. T he organization fo r th e d istrib u tio n of provisions Is w retched, d esp ite tlie fa c t th a t a “ Peo ple’s Food Office" has existed In V ien na since D ecem ber 1 last. A ccording to the organ of th e W hole sale P u rch asin g A ssociation of A us tria n C onsum ers’ associations, prices have risen, tak in g A ustria as a whole, by 104.67 per cent since th e w ar be gun, but In Vienna p ro p o rtio n ately fa r m ore. It Is not m erely th a t all neces sitie s h av e becom e so exceedingly ex pensive, but th a t they a re not p ro cu r able. T he few w ho have m oney still co ntrive to p u rch ase enough, b u t th e g re a t m ajo rity who have not m oney e ith e r go co n stan tly hungry o r depend on public kitchens, w hich since th e ir creatio n h av e supplied th e poorer classes in V ienna alone w ith 38,253,815 m eals, a t a to ta l cost of ab o u t $2,- 165,000. 474,300 D ependents. At th e eud of 1016 th e re w ere also. In Vienna alone, 474,300 persons In receip t of governm ent relief—g ra n ts of assistan ce— in o th e r w ords, about one In fo u r of th e e n tire population of th e A ustrian cap ital. T h ese govern m ent g ra n ts since th e s ta r t of th e w ar ! u n til th e end of la s t y e a r had reached , th e sum of $50,000,000, besides w hich ! th e re Is n larg e num ber of d e stitu te 1 refugees In Vienna who have cost th e s ta te since th e w ar began $11,625,000. And yet th e b u rg erm elster of V ienna h as Just been w arn in g the public th a t they m u st be p re p a re d fo r w orse tim es still to come in th e nex t tw o m onths. T he clothing question, especially th e problem o f how to provide any kind of boots or shoes, is alm ost a s difficult of solution as th e food question. Ac tresses and o th ers, who before the w a r w ent ab o u t in eleg an t fan cifu l shoes, now a re glad to w ear any cast- ofT footgear, o r even clothing, th ey can get, ns also a re m any g irls an d women eu rnlng th e ir living in offices. Even m ore a cu te is th e fuel q u estion In A ustria-H ungary. T h e gloom nnd depression • of Vien na. in sh o rt, w ith its re stric te d tram service, re stric te d electric lighting— even In p riv a te houses—lim ited gas consum ption nnd, w o rst of all, re s tric t ed heating, w ith n degree of cold sel dom experienced. Is so d istressin g th a t th e n e u tra l who tells th is sto ry said If he toad not been able to leave he w ould have lost his reason. T he h o sp itals, public nud p rivate, nre all overfilled, and d eath is reaping p ro p o rtio n ately a s g re a t a h arv est am ong th e civilian population as am ong th e soldiers a t th e front. In V ienna, and, indeed. In all th e la rg e r A u strlnn cities, th e re a re now large num bers of houses and business prem ises to let. M oreover, a s little rem oving ns possible is done, because $50,000 TO DIVORCED WIFE D eserting H usband Becomes W ealthy A fter W ife Severs Tie and M arries A nother. Chicago.—W illiam K oenem an d e serted his w ife fo u r y e a rs ago, th en w rote to ask If he m ight come back. A lthough he w as told he m ight If he would cense to m nke his re g u la r sp rin g disap p earan ces, he did not re tu rn , and his w ife divorced him. T h ree y ears ago she w as m arried to W illiam B etters. K oenem an d rifted down to Jam estow n, Tex., and becam e rich. T hen, having redeem ed him self, an he figured It, he a d v ertised In th e p ap ers of K enosha, Wls., his fo rm er hom e town, fo r new s o f his w ife. T h u s he learn ed of h er divorce and r e m a r riago. Mrs. K oenem an-B etters h a s received from h er fo rm er husband a d ra ft fo r $50,000 fo r th e benefit of th e ir tw o •one. “G et a n o th e r divorce an d rem arry him ?" she m id In reply to a question. “No, I love B e tte rs too much, even though he la only a yard m aster and th is h as becom e so costly owing to th e sh o rtag e o f labor, of vans and of horses. In m any cases young m arried women have retu rn e d to live with th e ir p aren ts, o r several women friends have clubbed to g eth er to ta k e a flat or house. It Is not dw ellings alone, however, w hich a re everyw here to let, but rows o f business prem ises, shops, etc., also a re stan d in g em pty. T he fifth A u strian w ar loan, which w as to have closed on J a n u a ry 10 last, nnd which before th a t d a te w as an nounced as so b rillian t a financial suc cess, h as not yet been close«!, and the banks In S w itzerland a re being Inun d ated w ith circu lars, som e of them m arked “confidential,” an d Issued by th e Vienna B anking association, offer ing all m an n ers of Inducem ents to th e Sw iss fly to w alk into th e A ustrian sp id e r’s parlo r. T h ere is not a single Sw iss m nnaged bank In Sw itzerland w hich has b«**n tem pted by th ese re- lterate«l ««ffers of A u strian w ar loan stock. A ustria, as a m a tte r of fact. Is alread y b an k ru p t. H er governm ent does not allow any mdtaey to leave th e country, even to pay fo r goods p u r chased In Sw itzerland since th e w ar. »S S » :|i GIRL Gil NOW BOARDING OFFICER ON COAST Ran F ran clsro .—W omen have long serv ed U ncle Sam In th e m any bran ch es of his affairs in th is city, but now a new field has been invaded. M iss E lizabeth C lark, young and p retty , h as es tab lish ed h erself a s th e pioneer w om an boarding officer of th e im m igration service. H ere a re some of th e things she h as to do: B oard Incom ing foreign ves sels in every kind of w eather, from su n rise to sunset, arising a t 3 a. e l du rin g th e sum m er m onths. Scale th e Jaco b ’s lad d er to get ab o ard ships d u rin g rough w eather. L eap from th e w h a rf to a roll ing custom s tu g and from the tug, bobbing in th e choppy seas of th e B ay of San F rancisco, to th e side la d d e rs of steam ers. PROUD OF 19-CENT TUBERS P en n sylvania F arm er W ho Minimized P o tato Cost, P roduces Some Real W hopper». D oylestow n. P a .—F a rm e r E d w ard C h ittlck of P lu m stead tow nship, w ho raised 209 bu sh els of p o tato es on an ac re of ground a t 19 cen ts a bushel, brought som e real “ta te rs " to th e coun ty se a t of Bucks, ex h ib itin g “M ur p h y s” th n t nverage«l a pound each, to show w h at kind he raised —and they w ere w hoppers. T hirty-one p o tato es filled a h a lf bushel b ask et heaping full. One a fte r a n o th e r a dozen w ere m easured, and th ey w ere fa irly uniform in length. M ost of them m easured six inches across. T hey w eighed a b o u t a pound apiece, and Mr. C hittlck say s he had som e th a t tipped th e scales a t one and th re e -q u a rters pounds. Mr. C h ittlck ad m its th a t he m ay h av e been a little low In som e of his expense Ite m s ; b u t it w as very little. H e did nearly all th e w ork him self, nnd consequently th e cost w as less th a n If he h ad to h ire th e kind o f la bor m ost fa rm e rs m ust. T h e U nited S ta te s survey figures, he says, show th a t he w as not m uch too low on h ls lab o r cost. As fo r c u ttin g potatoes, he says he can cut ten bushels w ith a k n ife In h a lf a d a y ; b u t he keeps rig h t down to business. not as w ealthy as K oenem an. B u t I am glad to have th e m oney fo r th e boys.” EVEN PICKLES ARE HIGHER U nited S ta te s G overnm ent Buys T hou sand B arrels fo r Army and Navy. New York.—A governm ent o rd e r for sev eral th o u san d b a rre ls of dill pic kles fo r th e arm y nnd navy h as served to Increase th e price o f n ex t season's crop a t R iv erh ead nnd C alverton, L. I., w here a lnrge p a rt o f th e pickles are grow n. Y esterday, I. F re d Sm ith, buy ing ag en t fo r a large B rooklyn pick ling house, w as Interview ing farm ers a t R iv erh ead and C alverton reg ard ing nex t seaso n ’s crop. H e m ade as m any c o n tra c ts as he could sign up fo r th e e n tire crop, th e p rice being $8 p e r thousand. T he ru lin g price had been from $2 to $2.25. T h e U nited S ta te s m arketed 3,731 sh o rt tons of asb esto s of dom estic p ro duction la st year, a gnln of 39 per cent fro m th e y ear before.