W AR SPEEDS UP COALING SHIPS tra n sfe rrin g coal from cars to barges. Hugo steel dum ping m achines now tak e up u 50-ton cur bodily, elevate It nnd em pty Us contents Into the barge by tiltin g the e n tire car on tho side—a g reat Im provem ent over the process of unlocking a trapdoor In tho bottom , of the car and lettin g the coal slide through. T hese m achines have a capacity of 9.000 tons each a duy. High Speed Coal Dumper* and Llght- Huvlng of tim e to the shipow ner here is shown by com parison w ith ara Simplify Work— 10,000 Tona • urdlfT, the E nglish port w here tho Can Be Loaded In Six* largest tonnage of E nglish coal Is teen Houre. loaded for export. In loudlng a ves Now York.—W ur bus speeded up sel. for exam ple, the English shipper ronllng of ships In tho p ort of Now use« n railro ad cur of ten or tw elve York until no o th e r p o rt In th e world tons, while th e A m erican uses one of ut tho proaont tluio I* na well equip fifty to ninety tons capacity, so th a t the ( ’nrdlfT docks m ust discharge from ped to bundle thin Im p o rtan t task. Ho fuel huu become th e coaling of five to ten carloads to every one dis b ig v c h n c I n th a t enorinouM liner* like th e Im pcriitor can have th e ir bunkers filled to th e ir capacity of 10,000 tone In 10 houre. T h e reason for tho Increneed speed la largely high-speed coal d um pers and fuel lighter«. Euoh one of the Blow Up Their Boats in Waters la tte r Is able to give u «hip 1,000 tons Around the Emerald of cool In eight hours, un achieve m ent due m ainly to speclul coal ele Isle. v ating m achinery. Hut ahlps req u irin g 1,000 tons or less tire In th e big m ajority, w hether tra n s a tla n tic o r coastw ise tra d e la considered. A n d 'I t Is not essen tial th a t for such ships th e re should be a loading device s e p a ra te from tho coal To Remark, "We Thought You Liked the Irish," They Retort, "Ah, You barg es to enable u continuous stream of barg es to ply to an d from coal Don't Know Ue Yet”— To dum ping stntlons. Cut Food Supply. In a Single Day. Sklbbereen, C ounty C ork.—G erm an F o r th e av erag e vessel a to ta l of subm arines hove been actively en .'KM) tons la usually sufficient, and this m eans th a t a ship of th is so rt may gaged In the destru ctio n of th e Irish d ischarge n cargo and ta k e on a new fishing fleets lu the w aters around one all In th e course of <v single day. these coasts. Of course It Is Im possi W ith th e adoption of th e m odern ble to dexlguute hero tho ex act local lig h te r It Is an easy u iu tte r to load ities w here or the d ates w heu th e P ru s coal w hile th e cargo U being u n lo ad sian p irates did th e ir cow ardly work. ed and a new one tak en on. O ne m od Hut th e ir purpose Is plain to all th e ern high-speed lig h ter can coal th ree w orld—to cu t off p u rt of Ire la n d 's and E ngland’s food supply, fo r m ackerel such ships lu an eight-hour dny. T h is developm ent of m odern lig h t teem In these w uters. ers Is equalled by b e tte r facilities for T he su b m arin es w ere busy m any m iles outside from K enm are In K erry to llo w th on D ublin buy. Many fish ing ernft a re a t th e bottom of th e sea, and the men who owned them and th e ABOUT 5.000,000 DEAD fisherm en who w orked on them ore IN BATTLING ARMIES ruined financially. Affixed Bomba on Boats. New York.—F rom a carefu l On a certain evening about seven study of w hat h as been mado o'clock the fishing fleet p u t out from public reg ard in g ca su a ltie s In H nttlm ore, on R altim ore bay, near th e th ree y e a rs of w ar, It ap p e a rs Sklbbereen. T he first num bered about th a t about 6,000,000 co m b atan ts eighty boats of all clusses and em have lost th e ir lives and about braced several boats from Arklow, 5.000,000 have been killed, cop- C ounty W icklow. A few hours a fte r tu red , rep o rted m issing or so the fleet set o u t a G erm an U-boat of badly w ounded tb u t they can the la te st p a tte rn , about 300 feet In not re tu rn to th e fro n t. T h is length, appeared. The subm arlno did ta k e s no account of th e m illions not w aste torpedoes or shells on th e of «lightly w ounded men. defenseless fishing b o a ts; th e crew T|)e tab le below gives the sim ply placed bom bs on 13 of them losses of all th e lighting n atio n s and so destroyed them . In killed nnd In men p u t out of Only th ree m inutes w ere allow ed th e stru g g le by d e a th , wounds, the hapless fisherm en to get Into th e ir sickness o r c a p tu re : sm all b o a ts ; then nil th e ir belongings, E N T E N T E A L L IE S . which In tunny cases Included con T u ts i K illed c a p t u r e d or siderable sum s of money, w ere sen t to p erm anently th e bottom . H ad It not been fo r the In ca p a cita ted ap p earan ce of n Ilrltlsh p atro l, which K ille d for nghtlUK 766,000 G i « a t B r i t a i n . . . . 300.000 caused tho subm arine to subm erge a t F ranca ............... . . . »Ti.OoO 2,080.000 once. It Is c ertain th a t all th e fleet R u s s ia ................ ...1.W O .ÜU0 4.600.OU0 260,000 I t a l y ....................... . . . 12 0.I«« would have been destroyed. Those I t o lj f lu r n ............. 120,000 th a t escaped retu rn e d to p o rt w ith an joo.ooo H e r b ! « .................. l(< » u n n n l n ___ 350.1«) abundance of fish, but a re not v e n tu r »1,000 M o n to n o x r o .. ing out agnln. so th a t In one night S m a ll l ’o r l u x a i ........... L 'n lt o d H tu tss th e fishing fleet of UaUlm ore h as been Japan .................. S m a ll p u t out of action by the Germ ans, 8.175,000 which m enns a loss of m any thousands C E N T R A L PO W ER S. of pounds to th e poor fisherm en nnd (lo r m a n y .......... . . . 1 . 120.000 4.650,000 th e ir fam ilies. Among th e fishing A u s tr ia .............. . . . 820.000 2,000,000 hoots sunk w ere tw o fine m otorboats T u r k e y ............... . . . 146.000 36) ».000 H u l k - a r ia ........... 24.000 belonging to th e H nltlm ore P iscato rial schools, u m otorboat the pro p erty of T o tn ls fo r b o th 16.0*9.000 Jo h n Beam ish, Sklbbereen, nnd two m otorboats owned by Mr. C ottrell, No Port In World as Well Equip ped as New York to Han dle Work. SAVING IN TIME IS SHOWN charged In New York In order to m ain tain the sam e speed. C arried by Steal Colliers. Steal colliers ply betw een Hoston Crop E stim a te s in O regon and W ash and H am pton Iloads. a distance of 000 Many Serious Enemies Can Be in g to n A re Low ered—Red Hpider tulles. E ach one of th ese ships la capa Checked by Use of Poisons. hie of m aking a round trip every week C auses D am age in O regon. nnd tra n sp o rtin g 850,000 tons of coal u year. A vessel of th e sam e tonnage, P o rtla n d —T he hop m a rk e t is clim b however, carry in g a cargo of coal from ing fa st. Only a few w eeks ago buy Coal T a r Treatment of 8eed Will Cardiff to u p o rt (KM) miles away ■ally Repel Attacks of Birds ers would not consider new hops a t any would tn k e a week a t Cardiff to load . price. Now co n tra c ts are stro n g a t .nd Burrowing Rodents— Spe Its cargo and a n o th e r week at Its dea- 11 cents. F ive hundred bales of 1917 cial Formula Is Needed. ttnutlon to discharge It. Thus New Y akim as w ere sold on c o n tra c t a t 15 York laden ships can mnke three trip s | cents, and th e sam e price w as paid for (From the United States Department ol to one for a C ardiff laden vessel. Agriculture.) ' 1000 bales of M endocinos and Sonomas. I Huch things as th ese are w hat placea B uyers w ere freely offering 15 in both A nim al and Insect p ests o f corn— New York as the g re a te st port In the th e C alifo rn ia d istric ts. p rairie dogs, ground squirrels, gophers, world and m ukes A m erican coal op The m a rk e t is quoted a t 15 cents blackbirds, crows, cutw orm s, e a r e ra to rs feel th a t th e re Is a great op and it is d o ubtful w h eth er any hops worms, w lreworrns. chinch bug«, g rass p o rtu n ity fo r ex porting American coal. | could be bought a t th a t price. hoppers— can be effectually com bated. Five different com panies w ithin re The Pacific C oast crop is not looking F o r cut-w orm s, lum ps of poisoned cent m ouths have established fleets of good. U n til recen tly i t w as th o u g h t bolt, m ade by m ixing ab o u t fifty specially designed carriers on the the reduced acreag e in O regon would pounds of b ran o r corn m eal w ith two theory th a t w ith o u r trem endous coal produce 40,000 bales. Now some of pounds of p a rts green, six finely supply nnd su p erio r port faculties It the d ealers believe it w ill n o t go over chopped oranges or lemons, and enough will only be n question of time before 30.000 o r 35,000 bales. In addition to cheap m olasses to m ake a stiff dough, A m erica Is shipping her coal to all I the bad effects o f th e prolonged dry should be sc a tte re d along th e corn p a rts of the globe. Hpell and th e poor cu ltiv atio n , due to row s a t p lan tin g tim e o r as soon a i the labor sh o rtag e, th e red spider is Injury from cutw orm s Is noticed. causing dam age in m any sections. T re a tin g the seed w ith coal ta r will W ashington w ill n o t produce over usually repel a tta c k s of bird s and. In 20.000 hales o f hops th is y ear, accord som e cases, those of b u rrow ing rod- ing to a u th o ritie s in th a t s ta te . The to ta l U nited S ta te s crop may be under B altim ore, w orth several hundred 150.000 bales, w hile a co n serv ativ e es tim a te of the supply needed by brew pounds each. T he p ira te s did not spare even the ers is 185,000 hales. HOPS REACH 15 CENTS ' GUARD AGAINST PESTS SUBMARINES RAID IRISH FISHERMEN THREATEN COAST VILLASES sm allest craft, fo r they bombed two open boats. W ith a great ham m er they sm ashed to h its the engine of a little boat belonging to John Dono- vnn of C astletow nshend and left It to d rift about. No lives w ere lout, hut for th a t the H uns deserv e no thanks, for they re fused the fisherm en perm ission to tak e oars Into th e ir punts. One C ape C lear m an, resenting this refu sal, ven tu red to rem ark to the cap tain of th e su b m arin e: "I th o u g h t ye G erm ans would do n o thing to th e Iris h —th at ye liked us?” “Ah, my d e a r fellow , you don’t know th e G erm ans y et,” w as the com m and e r’s c u rt reply. T he G erm ans Intim ated th a t they hud sunk all th e K lnsale fishing boats ns they had come along to B altim ore, nnd th a t off D unm ore they had de stroyed th e W aterfo rd fishing fleet. T hey m ade no secret of the fact, b u t on th e co n tra ry boasted about It and declared th a t they would have every Irish fishing boat a t the bottom of th e sea before n m onth. F u rth erm o re one of th e su bm arine crew said they Inteuded shelling villages on this co ast shortly. "IPs All Up Now.” C onsternntlon and d esp n lr hav* seized our u n fo rtu n a te flslierfolk. " It Is all up now, sir,” said a B alti m ore skipper, “when they ore sinking o u r fishing bonts.” W heu I told him I would expose the H u n s’ d ev iltry be Joyously ex cla im e d : “Oh, then, do, s ir! Tell nil A m erica th e G erm ans are th e w orst savages on earth , and th at th is Is th e ir m ost cow ardly blow yet. and th a t we hope nnd tru s t th a t with the uld of o u r kith nnd kin over th ere th e archfiends will soon be sw ept from th e face of the e a rth .” Auto Turn» Turtle. W right, K an.—I. W. S teln m ate of M ucksvllle w as trav elin g along n road w est of hero In his new six-cylinder nuto and sm oking a corncob pipe, w hen a re a r tire on the car exploded. T he m achine turned tu rtle , burying th e d riv er beneath. W hen S teln m ate craw led out ho still held his pipe in his m outh. Bathing de Luxe for Soldiers. F o rt O glethorpe, Go.—B ath in g de luxe will be furnished th e m en of the officers' tra in in g cump here by the A m erican Ited Cross. A t the sugges tion of the wife of MaJ. Gen. L eonard Wood, a big stone q u a rry Is being converted Into n sw im m ing pool, which will accom m odate 600 m en a t a tim e. PIE W ILL NOT ENTER WAR TRAIN MAIMED FOR NEW JOBS'ROPE FAILS; STEW DOES IT Nsw England Lads Mutt Fight W ith out Pastry, Declares Woman’s Organisation. Red Cross Starts Movement to Fit War Victims for New Vocations. Boston.—T he w a r w elfare w ork of (he M assach u setts W om an's T em p er ance union does not Include th e esta b lishm ent and o p eratio n of a pie facto ry a t Ayer, w here p a rt of th e d ra fted arm y from New E ngland will be train ed , Mrs. K n th erln e L. Stevenson, p re sid e n t of th e o rganization, a n nounced. “ Wo do not expect to s ta r t such a fo cto ry ,” she said, “nor sh all we serve th e th o u san d s of m en assem bled th e re w ith dally nnd hourly slices of pie, g ra tu ito u sly or on a financial basts. T h e pie will not he a w eapon a g ain st G erm ans tf left to th is organizatio n to fu rn ish It In sufficiently larg e q u an ti tie s to re n d e r It effective." New York.—T he lte d C ress will s ta r t here w ithout delay a plan w here by men m aim ed In th e w nr nnd ordi nary occupations will he train ed and fitted for new vocations. A big building In th e business p a rt of tho city has been tu rn ed over to th e organization by the ce n tra l coun cil of the New York C hnrlty O rganiza tion society. T he ouly provision In tho gift Is th a t p referen ce shall be given to tho helping of p erm an en tly crippled soldiers and sailo rs to become self-supporting. T he organization on the e n terp rise Is u n der th e direction of Dr. E dw ard T. Devine, d irecto r of the New York School of P hilanthropy. T h e In vestm ent In th e electrical In d u strie s of th is cou n try Is equal to th e assessed valu atio n of real pro p erty so d Im provem ent In G re e te r New York. F o r one b atta lio n to win six V ictoria crosses In a single action Is su rely n record, yet the L an cash ire F usiliers, on whom the honor has been bestow ed, have won lastin g distinction In every b a ttle they have fo u g h t Suicide Uncertain With "W ar Substl- tutee,” Is Experience of Hol land Artlat A m sterdam .—A P rnguo new spaper re la te s the sto ry of an a r tis t th e re who found It Im possible to kill him self w ith poison or a rope, hut succeeded In hla aim by eating a re s ta u ra n t stew . T he new spaper's account of th e trag ed y Is as follow s: “T ired of life a t forty-five, tho a r tis t procured a portion of a vloleut poison and tried to poison him self w ith 1L In vain he aw aited a fa ta l effect, and on the follow ing dny had th e rem ains of the vlal analyzed. It w as a ‘w ar su b stitu te ' poison. H e then procured a rope and hanged him self, b u t th e rope w as mode of p ap er pulp, an d It broke. “T h e tw ofold failu re of h is atte m p t a t suicide th e m an reg ard ed as a sign of fate, and a fresh Joy In life Inspired him . Proceeding to a c ertain well- know n re s ta u ra n t he ordered and con sum ed an alleged m eat stew . It was a ‘w ar su b stitu te ' stew , and tw o b o o n la te r be waa dead." NO FAILURE; BUT SHORTAGE Inland E m pire C rops in F a ir Condi tion, D eclare In v estig ato rs. S pokane— D. W. Twohy, presid en t of th e Old N ational bank, accom panied by J . K. M cCornack, m an ag er of the Union S ecu rities company, and Thom as F. W ren, p resid en t of th e N o rth w est Live Stock association, have retu rn ed from th e Palouse, L ew iston, Cam as p ra irie and th e N ez P erce p ra irie sec tions. S p eaking o f conditions in these te rrito rie s Mr. Twohy said ; " T h e re will be less th an h a lf of last y e a r’s crop and it w ill b rin g 75 p e r , cen t o f th e money received la st y e a r. ! I arriv e d a t th is conclusion a f te r con- frences w ith m any of th e farm ers and ban k ers of th e sections we v isited , , Worm Eating on Ear of Corn. also a f te r going into a g re a t m any of ents. A teaspoonful of ta r is enough th e g ra in fields and h av in g them e x fo r a peck of corn. Mix the ta r w ith am ined, analyzed and te ste d by Mr. W ren and Mr. M cCornack, who are a q u a rt of boiling w ater. A fter the m ix tu re h as cooled som ew hat b u t Is both good farm ers. " T h is year b rin g s out th e d an g er of still hot, s tir In the corn u n til every the fa rm e r a tte m p tin g to handle too g rain Is coated, and then sp read It out much land or to overw ork h is farm . to dry before planting. Corn m ay be The b est re su lts are shown by th e pru im m ersed several m inutes In m oder d en t fa rm e r who took good care of his ately hot w ater w ithout affecting ger m ination. T he ta r tre a tm e n t does not land and w orked it carefully. " O u r conclusion is th a t th e re is no repel m ice or ground squirrels. D estruction of corn by ground crop failu re, b u t a sh rin k ag e in the yield, show ing th a t th e land o f th e In squirrels, p ra irie dogs, pocket gophers, land E m pire w ill, even under adverse or mice Is best prevented by poisoning circum stances, produce a reasonable the anim als a few days before th e corn Is planted. S trychnine Is th e best c ro p ." ______________ poison In all cases, b u t to ob tain sa tis facto ry re su lts a special form ula Is needed fo r p rep arin g the poison fo r each kind of anim al. Such fo rm u las have been w orked out by th e b u reau of biological survey of the d e p artm en t of P o rtlan d — W h e a t— B luestem , $2.20 ag ricu ltu re, and special In stru ctio n s per bushel; fortyfold, $2.15; club, will be fu rn ish ed upon application. $2.14; red R usisan, $2.12. P aris green and strychnine a re poisons F lo u r— P a te n ts, $11.40. and should not be placed w here chil H ay — P ro d u cers’ p rices: Tim othy, dren or dom estic anim als can get them . E a ste rn O regon, old crop, nom inal; al falfa, new crop, $18@$19; valley WHEN TO CUT SWEET CLOVER cheat, new crop, $15@16; valley oat and vetch, new crop, $16@17. Work Should Be Done When Plant Is V egetables— Tom atoes, $1.25@2 per About Three Feet High, to Avoid c r a te ; cabbage, 1 Jc p er pound; le t Woodinesa In Stalks. tuce, 35@40c p er dozen; cucum bers, 40@ 85c; peppers, 15@30c per pound; Sw eet clover should be cut w hen It beans, 7@ 8c; corn, 30@35c p er dozen. Is ab o u t tw o to th re e feet high, In P o tato es— New Oregon, 3 J@ 3 |c per o rd er to avoid w oodiness In th e pound. stalk s. If th e p la n ts have begun to G reen F ru its — C herries, 5@10c per stool out, cu ttin g should not be de pound; apricots, $1.25(0,1.50 per c ra te ; layed a day longer th a n necessary. cantaloupes. $ 1@ 3.25; peaches, 75c@ T he crop should be cut from th ree $1.25 p er box; w aterm elons, $1.85(0 to fo u r Inches from th e ground In 2.25 per hundred; apples, $1.75(02.50 o rd er to prev en t In ju ry to th e plan ts. per box; rasp b erries, $1.75 per c ra te ; As sw eet clover hay cures m ore slow plum s, $1.50 @ 1 .7 5 ; loganberries, ly th a n does alfatfa, c are m ust be $1.75; pears, $2@ 2.25; blackcaps, $2; tak en In handling so as n o t to s h a tte r grap es. $2.50. th e leaves. T he leaves a re th e m ost B u tte r—Cubes, ex tra s, 40@ 40Jc per valuable p a rt of th e hay. pound; prim e firsts, 39Jc. E ggs — Oregon ranch, c u rre n t re ceipts, 36c per dozen; ranch, candled, FIRST OF CROP SAFEGUARDS 38c; selects, 39c. P o u ltry — Hens, 15@17c per pound; Farmer 8hould Sow Nothing But Care fully Cleaned Seed of Strong Germ broilers, 20@ 21c; tu rk ey s, 18@21c; inating Power. ducks, old, 13@15c; young, 17@ 18Jc; geese, old, 8@9c. T he first of th e safeg u ard s Is good V eal— Fancy, 15@16c p er pound. seed. Only carefu lly cleaned seed of P ork— Fancy, 19J@20c per pound. Hops— 1916 crop, 8@10c p er pound; strong g erm inating q u alities should be sown. T he grain s should be given the co n tracts, 15c. form aldehyde tre a tm e n t fo r sm uts, C a ttle — B est b eef s te e r s ................$ 8.50(0 9.00 seed po tato es should be carefu lly se Good b eef s te e r s ................... 7.35@ 8.00 lected end tre a te d fo r scab and o th e r B est beef cow s..................... 5.75@ 6.75 diseases, seed com ought to be tested, O rdinary to g o o d ................ 4.00@ 5.75 pure g rass seed sown, and every p re B est h e i f e r s ......................... 5.75@ 6.75 caution tak en to avoid fa lla re to get B u lls......................................« 4.50(0 6.25 a stand. C a l v e s .................................. 8.50@ 9.25 S tockers and f e e d e r s . . . . 4.50(0 7.25 Place for Cowa Only. H ogs— I t la desirab le th a t th e place w here P rim e lig h t h o g s ...............$ 15.50@ 15.60 the cowa are kept be used fo r no o th er P rim e heavy h o g s ........... 15.40@ 15.50 purpose- P i g s .......................„•............. 14.00@ 14.50 Bulk .................................... 15.50@ 15.55 Buttar Without Equal. S heep— N b a tte r can quite equal home b a t W estern lam b s..................$ 12.00@ 12.50 te r, If It la m ade r ig h t V alley la m b s....................... 10.50@ 11.00 Y e a rlin g s ................................ 8.50@ 9.00 S wee tena tha Soil. W e th e rs................................ 8.00@ 8-50 L im e aw eetens the soil aa generous E w a a ....................................... 3.50@ 7.00 deeds aw eeten the aouL j NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT