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HEAVY
STATE NEW S r » j $ FRUIT DAMAGE
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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.
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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.