21 BILLION IS VALUE OF
U. S. CROPS THIS YEAR
Nearly 1,000.000,000 BushoU
More Grain Was Raised
Than in 1916.
CORN LEADS ALL THE REST
Production of Grain and Othar Farm
Produ ct! Far Exceeds Any Othar
Year In Hlatory o f C o u n tr y -
W eather Rulna Flax.
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Washington.— Farmer« contributed
approximately f21.000,000.000 to the
wealth o f the nation thla year In th«
production of grain un<l other fnrm
pnaluctx, far exceeding any other yenr
In the hlatory of (ho country. Of thla
lliimcnac total the corn crop Irmla with
an eat I mu ted value of $4,068.672,000.
'•’he oata crop la valued at $1.0*11,427,■
««HI; wheat at $848,372,000, and pota-
toea at $543,806,000.
•
I'Inal report on the cropa hna Juat
been 1 aimed hy the department of ag
riculture, and It ahowed that with the
exception of wheat the leading grain«
eatnhllahed records in production. A
l>lg wheat area waa planted, hut aevere
winter killing cut down the crop heav
ily. Cotton waa caught hy an enrly
froat and aufTcred a aenaatlonal loss
o f approximately
hale« from
early eatluiatea. A late «caaon and
early froat a hurt the corn crop, hut
more In point of quality than quantity,
and there la more aoft corn In tha
country thla year than ever before.
FRANCE’S AVIATION ARTIST
one nnd 1« given a « 1,687.280,000 bush-
ela, compared with l,2fi 1,837,000 huah
e l« laat year. Th e live-year average
waa 1,230,400,000 buahela.
Production o f rye 1« placed nt 00,-
14.r>,000 huaheln, ngnlliat 48,802,000
huaheln laxt year and five-year uver-
age o f 41,300,IKK) huaheln.
Th e barley crop 1« filially entlmnted
nt 208,073,IKK) huaheln, against 182,300.-
IKK) huahel« la «t yeur.
'Phe bumper potato crop 1« uni In
tnlued In the linai report ; In fa rt the
figure o f 442,330.000 huahel« 1« a little
In excea» o f the preliminary eatluiut)-
and compares with 286,0GB,000 huahela
laat yeur.
W eather Rulna Flax.
Unfavorable weather condition« ru
ined Hie llax crop ami the yield 1« eatl
mated at only 8,473,IKK) huahel«, against
14.200.000 hualiel« laat year. Produc
tion o f hay waa 70,7)28,IKK) Iona o f tuun*
ami lf>,402,(KM) tona o f wild, compare«!
with 01,192,000 tons to d 10,100,000
tona reapectlvely laat year. Th e rice
crot> totaled 30.278,<KK) huahel«, ngalnat
41.082,0tl0 htiHheln hut year.
Buck
wheat pnaluctlon wiu 17,400,000 hu«h
eia, compared with 11.840.IKK) buahela
In 1010, Th e kalllr corn crop wua 77>,-
800.000 huaheln, aguhut
50,340,(KKl
huahel« hut yi-nr.
Follow ing allow« urea, yield per acre
M. Ilenrl Furro, ofllclnl aviation ar
and production In huahel« o f the lead tist of th«« French government, who has
ing crop« :
brought to this country a remnrkable
HOMESTEADS FOR SOLDIERS
Opening o f Reclamation Projects Ad
vocated by Irrigation Congreaa.
Yakima, Wash.— Soldiers and «ailora
returning from the European war w ill
find the government ready to give
them home«teadfl on reclamation proj
ect« and prepared to net them up in
husinena i f leginlation projected by the
Wanhington Irrigation institute is en
acted by that time. Legislation fo l
lowing the Australian plan an outlined
hy Dr. Elwood Mead in hi« address be
fore a recent meeting o f the institute
w ill be fostered here.
A t a meeting o f the executive com
mittee o f the institute held here Fri
day evening, the proposition wa« dis
cussed at length and a legi«lative com-
rnitee composed o f R. K. Tiffany,
chairman, E. M. Chandler, George E.
Rodman, D. V, Northland and E. F,
Henson wa« appointed to draft a bill to
be presented to congress through
Washington members.
The commit-
I tee also decided on the date and place
for the next annual meeting, fixing
j December 17 and 18, 1918, at Yakima.
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STATE N E W S
IN BRIEF.
T
Fire which originated in the Odd
fellow s' Building at lone Thursday
night wiped out half o f the city ’s bus
iness section. The lr/ss is estimated at
$40,000, with about $20,000 insurance.
The Bear Creek Logging company
has purchas«® seven miles o f railroad,
two locomotives, cars, logging engines
and complete logging equipment o f the
Sorensen Logging company, near Sven-
sen.
An ordinance which prohibits all
youths under 21 years o f age from
playing cards, pKXil, billiards or bowl
ing was introduced in the North Bend
city council Friday night. The council
expressed the opinion that the age
should be reduced to 19 years.
As long as he buys a dollar’s worth
o f th rift stamp« weekly, Clarence
Steinkopf, o f Redmond, who pleaded
guilty to a charge o f desecrating the
United States flag, w ill have his sen
tence suspended. He has promised to
buy four stamps a week as long as the
war lasts.
Cotton Grown Along Colombia.
Ellensburg, Wash. — T. Brulett, of
For many years there have been ru
McPherson’s sheep ranch at Rich mors o f oil in the Rogue R iver valley,
mond’s ferry, on the Columbia river, oil prospiectors have come and gone,
has raised some cotton. It is o f fair but aa yet no oil has been found. Be
quality and good color, but is not long lieving there is oil there, and that
and had not fully matured. Those in propier organization w ill find it, the
terested in its cultivation think that Rogue R iver Oil company has been
because o f the long growing season organized in Medford.
and the hot, dry summers, and the fact
The experience o f Lew Pritchard, a
that the country there is only 435 feet
Y ield
collection of paintings, depicting the above sea' level, the cotton may be well-known young man o f Klamath
per
Falls, in entering the Arm y service
aerial battles over the firing line and grown on a commercial scale.
A re«, acre. Production
indicates the great need o f men in get
W i n t e r wtieut..., r . « ' M M O
I S 2 « I X Incidents
. 070.000
o f uvlntlou life high In the
Hprlnc wheat ............ 19 , 6 1 1 . '/OQ 12 . «
222.7SX.00Q clouds.
ting out spruce for Uncle Sam’s aero
As machine gun observer he
C om
. ...................... lll.7SS.000 20« I.I5I). «>4.000
plane manufacture, and how quickly
took part In many o f the encounters he
o a t a ...........................
.................................... « 2 , 6 7 -\«XJO X « 1,4X7.2X8.000
the government fits a man into his
so graphically portrays on hi« can
I l y a ............................
......................................................................... « . 102.000 1 « «0.146,000
7
P a r l a y ...................
......................................................................... « .X M .O C K ) 2 2ra.976.000
37
propier niche in the service.
vass«-«. A'rungeinent« are being made
1,000,000,000 Buahela In Excess.
K a f f i r c o r n ......... S . 1 S 3 . 0 Q 0 14 7
7X.rW.000 to exhibit this notable collection In the L
Governor Withycombe reached a de
Neurly l.ooo.i xxi.txx) huaheln more I ’n t n t o e * .................. «.«¡xi.nori ino i
442,33«!.000
principal cities of the United States
H w a a l p o ta t«> a a ...
143.000 91 «
cision
Friday to retain the special
X7.14I.000
Wheat—
Bulk
basis
for
No.
1
grade:
grain waa rulaed than In 1010. The H a y , I x m a .......... S 3 . S l i . 0 rj 0 1 49
•79.S2X.000 under the auspices of the Aerlul Club
agents stationed in Clackamas county
Hard
white:
Bluestem,
Early
Bart,
•Inal eat I mate xhowa a total prraluctlon H a y . w i l d ............ 1 8 . 4 72 .O O 0 >4
•14,4*
o f America.
Allen, Galgalus, Martin Amber, $2.05. to cope with the strike situation in
of r.,nt«I,r^H,000 huahela of the five Klxiwril .......... 1 , 101.00 0 4 .7
8,473,000
Soft white — Palouse bluestem, fo rty the mills there, after he had conferred
leading grain«. Thla compare« with
Curiosity Aids Red Crosa.
• T o n i.
fold, W hite valley, Gold Coin White with a large delegation o f mill and
4.686.263.000 huahela laat yeur, and 1«
fVitton production thin yenr 1« esti
London.— A farmer In a village In Russian, $2.03. W hite club — L ittle business men o f Oregon City, headed
doae to the record aggregate produc mated nt 10.949.0tX) equivalent 600-
southeast England raised $1,000 for club, Jenkins club, white hybrids, So- by Sheriff
Wilson, o f Clackamas
tion In 1010.
pound bales. Tobacco yield j« given ns the Red (¿rose through the agency of
Red Walla Walla— Red county.
The total wheat yield 1« given a« 1.106.461.000 pounds; sugar beets, n Zeppelin bomb which fell In one of j nora, $2.01.
Russian, red hybrids, Jones fife, Cop-
O.'itl.K'j.s.txxi huahela, compared with 0,237,000
A service flag with 80 stars, repre
ton«;
beans,
15.701.000 his fields. Thousands of people came
030,318,(MH) huahela laat year, and 800,- pounds; onion«, 13,544,000 bushel«, and from nearby towns to see the crater, pei, $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less. No. senting the boys and girls among the
3 grade, 6c less. Other grades handled students who have answered their
¿101,UK) huahela, the 1011• 16 average.
cabbage, 502.700 tons.
which Is described us "big enough to by sample.
country’s call “ in the last war for
Corn production 1« estimated «t
The apple crop was 58.203,000 bar put a house In.” The furmer charged
Flour— Patents, $10.
8,180,494,(KKi huahel«, about 31,000,000 rels; jx-nrh«-*, 45.(106,000 barrels; penrs. each visitor n small admission fee and
human liberty,” was presented to the
M illfeed— N et mill prices, car lota: Eugene High School Friday.
Boys
huahela under the preliminary figure 13.281.000 bushels; cranlierrles. 245,000 turned the proceeds over to the local
Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32; mid- from the school have volunteered in
und compared with 2,r>00,927,000 huah bur rets, and orange«, 12,832,000 boxes. Red Cross.
idlings, $39; mixed cars and less than practically every branch o f the war
el« ralacd In I0P5. 'Phe five-year aver
carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $60 forces o f the nation.
age wa« 2,77)4.104,000 buahela and the
i Oi 62; rolled oats, $62.
prevloun bumper crop lu 1012 wn«
Enlarging o f the North Bend mill,
Corn— Whole, $75 pier ton; cracked,
3.124.740.000 huahela.
which commenced six months ago, is
$76.
The yield o f oata waa alao « record
Hay— Buying prices delivered; East nearing completion, and the mill w ill
ern
Oregon timothy, $27 per ton; val opierate under the new conditions on
fm ,
ley timothy, $250/26; alfalfa, $23.50; February 1, it is announced. The im
; valley grain hay, $24; clover, $22; provements, costing upwards o f $100,-
GERMAN AGENTS START
000, comprise drying kilns, planing
' straw, $8.
Butter — Cubes,
extras, 50c per mill and warehouses, together with a
FOOD SHORTAGE SCARE
pound; prime firsts, 49Jc.
Jobbing spur track connecting the mill with
prices: Prints, extras, 52®53c; car the Southern Pacific.
Washington.— Th«* work of
A number o f important step« in fit
tons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 56®
German agents among hnure-
ting state regulations o f railroads to
57c, delivered.
wlves to cause ii disruption In
Eggs— Ranch, current receipts, 45Jc the system o f Federal control were
the markets of household n«*cea-
p>er dozen; candled,
47@47ic; se- taken by the Public Service commis
sltles iiik I Incite a dlsconP'Ut
sion Saturday, foremost among which
I lects, 50c.
with wnr conditions has caused
Poultry— Hens, heavy, 24(S25c per was the acquiescence in the demurrage
u falsi* shortage In some places
pound; light, 23c; springs, 24®25c; order issued by Director General Mc-
In commodities that really are
stags, 18®20c; ducks, 200/25c; geese, Adoo and givin g to the Pacific Car De
to he had In plenty.
150/17c; turkeys, live, 24c; dressed, murrage bureau authority to publish
The national foo«l administra
the
demurrage
rules accordingly.
choice, 35c.
tion, commenting on the reports
These
new
rules
start demurrage
Veal—
17®.
18c
p>er
pound.
o f three suctvsslve buying drives
charges at $3 a car and go as high as
Pork— 19c per p»ound.
hy housewives throughout th«*
Vegetables— Tomatoes, $2®2.75 pier $10 a day, while the state rule starts
the country on salt, laundry blue
crate; cabbage, l@ 2Jc per pound; let at $2 a car and go only as high as $4 a
ami matches, says there Is no
tuce, $1.75®2.25 per crate; cucum day. The Federal rules w ill become
lack of these coininodltles among
bers, 85c® $1.75 p>er dozen; pieppiers, ! effective January 21.
small retailers by the excessive
* 15c per piound; cauliflower, $2.25@2.50
The State Land Board has granted
buying, that the national stoek
pier crate; sprouts, 10® 11c per pound; to parties represented by Samuel Con
Is ns largo ns ever, with no pos-
artichokes, 85c®$1.10; garlic, 7®8Jc nell, o f the Sam Connell Lumber com
slhli* likelihood of shortage with
per pniund; squash, 2Jc; celery, $3.25 pany, o f Portland, the right to make
a normal demand from the con
¡0/4.25 per crate; carrots, $1.25 per tests o f the waters in Summer and
sumer.
sack; beets, $ 1.50® 1.75;
turnips, Abert lakes, in Lake county, to deter
The housewife 1 h warned to
$1.50; parsnips, $1.500/ 1.75.
mine the extent o f the soda deposits
disregard rumors and not to
Potatoes— Burbanks, $1.25®.1.40 pier in such lakes.
overstock, ns such unnecessary
hundred;
Yakimas,
$1.50 @ 1.65; j Captain C. E. MacFarlane, repre-
buying may cause real shortages
sweet potatoes, 5c pier piound.
! senting Colonel Disque, is on Coos
for a short time In certain lo
Onions — Buying price, $1.75 pier Bay consulting with mi Ilmen, logging
The National army's "single men In barracks” don’t find wintry duys and
calities.
nights unpleasant so long as they have letters from home, newspapers and hundred.
operators and owners o f timber on the
Green Fruits— Apples, $1®2.25 per ; peninsula, with a view to opiening sev
music.
box; pears, $2.25; grapes, 8Jc per eral new camp« in the spruce district,
|iound; cranberries, Eastern, $18 pier ! that the program for aeroplane stock
He heard her story, heard thnt her j barrel.
may be increased heavily.
daughter would not let her hake the
Hops— 1917 crop, 15® 18c pier pound;
The warm, wet weather o f the past
cookies, henrd how she had wnlted un 1916 crop, nominal.
month
has been a boon to the stock-
til the daughter had gone shopping
Wool— Eastern Oregon, 50®60c per
nnd then mixed the butter nnd done pound; valley, 60® 55c; valley lamb, men o f Um atilla county. In the hills
daughter won't let me go out o f the
goodies to a perfect brown. This , 45®50c; mohair, long staple, full year, where, during the last fe w weeks of
Naval Paymaster Helps Out hou««> much. She thinks I am too the
morning she had stolen away
! 50c; six months, 40® 50c; curry, 35 fall, the range was dry as tinder,
the grass is now green and succulent
old.”
He helped her Into his car nnd I ®40c.
Grandmother In Distress.
and the stock is making up for the
Sho took a letter from a hnndhng. It whisked her to Cnmp Itoss. H e found
January 15, 1918.
lean months of late summer.
Roy for her an«l saw her weep for Joy
wax from Roy uud It rend In part;
Cattle—
•‘Grandmother: t leave for sen on on Roy's blue Jacketed shoulder. He Med. to choice steers.. . . $10.00® 10.75
J. M. Peters, superintendent o f the
She Stole A w sy From Home to Take
Friday nnd all that I lack to make ate one of the cookies. Grandmother Good to med. steers........ 8.75® 10.00 Clatskanie R iver hatchery, says the
Boy Goodies and Was Barred
me happy Is some of your rnlsln cook- nnd grandson visit«'«! and said good-by. 1 Com. to good steers........ 7.25® 8.75 5,000,000 young Chinook salmon now
by the Guard.
l«*s. The food here Is good, hut I had
Mr. Doyle took her hack to the de j Choice cows and heifers. 7.25® 8.00 in the ponds are in excellent condition.
Great Lakes, III.—Ono morning nn to leave without again tasting the pot, helped her on a Chicago trnin, nnd Com. to good cows and hf 6.00® 7.35 The warm rains o f the present winter
returned to his neglected work.
He I Canners..........................
3.00®! 5.50 pieriod seem to agree with the salmon
old-fashioned grnn«lmoth«*r from Chi cookies thnt I loved so much."
"I baked cookies for that boy since was tickled ns n kid.
| Bulls................................ 4.50® 7.00 * fry and an exceptional output w ill be
cago carefully ellmhod off n train nt
“ Jove, she loved thnt boy,” ho snld C a lv e s ............................
About 2,000,-
7.00@10.25 1 the result this season.
Great Lakes. She might have stepped ho was big enough to eat them, nnd
Stockers and fe e d e r s ....
6.00@ 8.50 000 o f the fry w ill be liberated in June
from the dnguerrotype pictorial page ho always had my cookies until he en ns he smacked his Ups.
and the rest in August.
Hogs—
of an old magazine. A black bonnet listed,” she resumed. "Ills mother Is
Camps for Homeless.
Prime light h o g s ............ $15.45@15.60
The quarterly report o f State En
crowned her silver hair and was tied dead. He Is In Cnmp Ross. I must
Washington.— Among the largest of Prime heavy h o g s .......... 15.50®15.65 gineer Lewis, completed Wednesday,
with Mack ribbons under her chin. see him before he goes away."
The gunrd wns Iron.
war relief work being carried on at P i g s ................................ 13.50® 14.50 shows that 109 permits to appropriate
She gripped a largo paper bag. Tho
Paymaster J. D. Doyle Is a busy the present time are camps for home Bulk .............................. 15.60
water and 10 permits to construct
guard stopped her.
Rut Paymaster Doyle wns not less thousands of persons In nnd
Sheepi—
reservoirs were issued during the quar
“ You can't com« In today,” he told man.
These permits include for the
her. "Wednesday la vlattors’ dny.” Her too busy to stop nnd h«*nr her story. around Salonlkl, which were started by Western lambs................$14.50®15.00 ter.
eyea filled with teara. "But Roy la go He Is not a young man nnd his hair Is Dr. Edward W. Ryan, head of the Valley lambs................... 14.00®14.25 irrigation o f land amounting to 10,639
ing to aen today," aha said. " I came to grny, but ho likes raisin cookies and American Red Crons In that region. Yearlings........................ 12.500213.00 acres and water supply for three mu
give Roy hla cookies. I had to run has a heart as big ns the administra There are 70,000 sufferers camping out W ethers........................... 12.00@12.60 nicipalities, the estimated cost o f con
In tho tents which have been set qp. E w e a ..............................
9.50® 11.00 struction amounting to $294,887.
away from home to get hero. My tion building.
i NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT
COMFORT IN NATIONAL ARMY BARRACKS
ROY GOT HIS D ESIO RAISIN COOKIES