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To Cool a Bum and Take thsFireOu k Ba Prepared lFor X AccidBt A HoathoU Rimtdy HAN FORD'S Balsam of Myrrh A LI N I M I NT For Cub, Burnt, Jw Bruise t, Sprains, ' Strains, Stiff Neck, X Chilblains, Lame Back, OldSores, Open Wounds, I -Is IT i 1 Made Since 1846. . Prica 25c, 60c ana $1.00 All Dealers SS EUROPE ASKS BIDS ON TRENCH STAKES Allies Want 8,000,000 Feet fir From Portland ffl ifllO ID AEROPUNES BUCK LEG iosses sumr wmwtii Fill. prtcd, trub. mUIbIs; .refrrrsd WMlsrn locsm.a mwuh Writs for bookIM tad tHUuenlsl. ig-ffM RKII. OlM" n IOI.m H. Slsisltt fills M Th rapsrlorltr of Cutur product! Is dm to erst K fun of ipwliuilnf In MIM MTOM1 nit. I mill on Cuttsr's. If gnobUlDlMo, Jrdsr dlrfrt. THE CUTTER LABORATORY, Slrtslsy, Callisrslt The Byplay Minstrels. "Mister Interlocutor, can you tell ma why a room tull of married people is like an empty room?" "No, Mr. Bones, I cannot. Will you tell us why?" "Because there is not a single per son In it." - "Good, Mr. Bones. And what have you to say this evening, Mr. Tambo?" "Can you tell me how many eggs a man can eat on an empty stomach?" "No, Mr. Tambo, I cannot. Will you tell us how many?" "One. Because after that his stom ach wouldn't be empty." "After the smoke has cleared away and the blood has been mopped up from the stage, Mr. Letts Lynchers will render that pathetic ballad, 'Ten Million Squirrels Have Starved to Death Since Henry Ford's Ship Steamed Away," Shake Into Tour Bnoea A Den's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It em n.lnfnl. swollen, martin, weatlnv feet. Mas. new shoes easy. Bold by all Druggist and Sbo. Stores. Don't accept any substitute, Sample rKUrJ. Address A. a. UHnstea. koj. . . Costs Two Cents to Feed Governor of Washington. University of Washington, Seattle. Governor Ernest Lister was a guest recently at the practice cottage of the home economics department, and the trio of young women living in the cot tage entertained him with tea. - When the students figured up the expense of their hospitality (as they are required to figure all expenses) they found they bad served the state's chief executive with tea, candied orange peel and waf ers at a cost of two cents. The same girls found their break fasts, for a period of nine days, cost 8 cents a plate; luncheons '4 cents and dinners 17 cents. Not 8nobblsrk "Old Van Geld, the railroad king, Is quite a democratic sort of a chap, isn't be?" "Yes, indeed. When be travels he never thinks of using a special train. He just has his private car bitched on to a regular train and travels quite like one of the common people." nave Healthy. Strone?. Beaatlfal Eye. Ooullste aud Phyelclana uied Vurlu. Kje Remedy many yeare before It nl offered ae a Domeotto Kjte Medicine. Iliirlne la Still Com pounded by Our Phyalclao. end guaranteed by them ae a Reliable Relief for Bye. that Need Care. Try it Id your Bye. and In Baby. By.. No Smarting Juat Eye Comfort. Buy Uurloa of your Druggist accept no Substitute, and If interested write for Book of the Bye Vree. atUUlMat EVB UHHKDs OO OUIOAUO Patriots Change Their Minds. Patriots can change their minds, too. Senator William Alden Smith, one of the bravest of the belligerents on the floor of the upper house, wired a young friend who was going to Europe that he ought to sail on a neutral ship. Pittsburg Dispatch. You Betl A book of Jingles underneath the bough, A little grupe Juice now and then, and thou Beside me sitting in the wilderness Oh, that beats boote a hundredfold, I vow! Soothing. Editor Your Jokes are good dope, old man, Contributor That so? Editor Yes, they put me to sleep twice. California Pelican. Do Him Good. "I've got to sit up with a sick friend tonight," he said. "Well," she retorted, "I hope you do him good," and from the way she said It he knew that he hadn't got by. Detroit Free Press. The Aspect "My family has a very high de Scent." "Yes, I understand It took a big tum ble." Baltimore American. For "Backward" Cows II ron biTi Mch i cow, bar iwciaga f Kow Core .root your feed dealer or druijlit and M according to directioae. You'll be urprtad at the differenca ll makes in her general haaiih sad anil a yitld. KowKure la especially reconueaded a preventive and ear for Abortioa, Darreeaees. Milk raver, Scouring. Lost Appeji.it. Buacaes aad Mbm common ailment. Write tor lm Traatl. Ta Htata Caw DAIRT ASSOCUTIOH CO. LyndonTlU(Vt, Daatar. fatftfWK. H isw' m m m m " NORTHWESTERN AGENTS Portland Seed Co., Portland, Oregon Railroads Buy Material for Thousand Freight Cars Order Must Be Filled in Three Months. Portland Lumber mills Jiave been asked to bid on an. order for 8,000,000 feet of trench posts and pickets for use by the allied powers in the war ne. The posts are to be 2x4 inches and four feet long, sharpened at one end, and will be used for stringing barbed wire along the trenches. They are to be used on the fighting front in France, and delivery will have to be made from Portland within 90 days. This will insure them reaching Europe, barring marine accidents, by Septem ber. The order may be for all or part of the 8.000.000 feet. A large domestic order for lumber for railroad cars has been placed with the Douglas Fir Lumber company, of Portland. The order calls for 2,000,- 000 feet of fir. The European governments are also in the Portland market for as much high-grade spruce as can be obtained, it was learned on good authority here. This spruce brings $30 to $100 a thou sand, and is for building areoplanes. The allies agents for trench posts have been authorized to ask for bids in Portland and British Columbia. It is presumed by local lumbermen, ship owners and agents in Portland that about 4,000,000 feet will be taken from Portland. The posts would be cut from Douglas fir and tied in bun dles of 10 to 20. The cost would be around $15 to $16 a thousand feet, bringing to Portland, if the order is placed .here, between $50,UUU and t (b, 000 for the 4,000,000 feet. The local river mills could turn out the order within less time than the specifications now in Portland hands require. The lumber posts could be handled easily by two of the large steamers, and the canal route could be taken. The domestic order which has been placed with the DouglaB Fir Lumber company of Portland calls for Z,UUU, 000 feet of Douglas fir to be used in the construction of 1000 automobile cars and 500 stock car for the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. The order was placed by the Western Steel Car & Foundry company, of Chicago. It will take 80 cars to carry it East. E. B. Hazen, vice president of the Douglas Fir Lumber company, said that the order has been put in the hands of local and Bridal Veil mills and would be finished in about a week. The order represents about $50,000. The European powers, it was estab lished beyond reasonable doubt, are ac tually seeking large spruce orders in the Pacific Northwest, principally Ore gon. Local lumbermen admit that they were unable to fill the orders as fast as they were being received. The spruce required is of a fine grade and brings from $30 to $100 a thousand feet. In the last two years about 10, 000,000 feet has been taken out of the Northwest for the construction of aeroplanes for the European powers. This confirmation lends considerable credence to the report from Marshfiled that the Russian government was seek ing 50,000,000 of spruce in the Coos Bay country. Blame Denied by Berlin. Berlin No German submarine could have been in the vicinity of the spot where the Dutch liner Tubantia was sunk, and no German mines had been laid in this region, the German ad miralty announces. The official state ment says: "A German submarine iB out of the question in connection with the sinking of the Tubantia, as the place where the accident took place is less than 30 miles from the Dutch coast, which means that this place is within the territory declared to be not dangerous for shipping by the mani festo of February 4, 1915. " Hospital Ship Is Sunk. Berlin The Austro-Hungarian hos pital ship Elektra was torpedoed Sat urday in the Adriatic sea by an entente allied submarine, according to the Overseas News agency. One sailor was drowned and two Red Cross nurses were seriously wounded. "Vienna re ports that the hospital ship Elektra, of the Austro-Hungarian Red Cross, was torpedoed in the North Adriatic by an enemy submarine. The steamer stranded. The Elektra was not unkown to the enemy as a hospital ship, and was provided with visible marks." Two In Counterfeiting Net. Seattle John Ryan, alias J. E. Mur phy, and a man giving his name as Jim Ryan were arrested by the police Monday and held for investigation by Federal officers in connection with the circulation of counterfeit Federal re serve bank notes in Pacific CoaBt cities. Captain Foster, of the United States Secret Service, said John Ryan had served a sentence at Walla Walla. The local Secret Service office received word that the plates with which the counterfeit notes had been printed had been found in San Francisco. Auto Kills Bridal Pair. Dubuque, Iowa T. J. Fitxpatrick, an attorney, and his bride of two months, were killed, and Mrs. Marga ret Morrison, mother of the young wo man, and Mrs. David Hack, daughter of President Gorman, of the Rock Island railroad, were injured when their automobile left the road and fell down a 10-foot embankment near here. The occupanta were pined under the car. Mr. Fitspatrick ia believed to nave lost control of the machine. GENERAL fUNSTON ASKS WAR DE TRIMENT FOR "ADEQUATE fORCE" San Antonio, Tex. General Fred erick Funston asked the War depart mnet Tuesday for more troops to send into Mexico, after long consideration of the advisability of continuing the operations against Francisco Villa with his forces now commanded by General Pershing. General Pershing suggested that another regiment be sent to him, and General Funston asked the department for what he characterized as an "adequate force." It was announced at General Fun- ston's headquarters that the Fifth Cavalry, of which one squadron is at Fort Myer,. Va.; another at 'Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and the third at Fort Sheridan. 111., would be brought to the border at once, and sent forward along General Pershing's line of com munication to Casas Grandes. The only reason given for strength ening ' General rersning s lorces, known by the public generally to be considerably more than 4000, was that COL H. J. SL0CUM In command of the Thirteenth cavalry at Columbus, N. M., who sent the first soldiers across the border in pursuit of Villa and his bandits. inspection Day at O. A. C. Oorvallis, Ore. Military Inspection Day, one of the really big days of the college calendar, baa been set for May 16, 1S16. Review of the cadet regi ment and inspection of equipment and military efficiency will be in charge of Captain Ross of the General Staff of the U. S. Army. . Military exercises will occupy the entire day. In the forenoon will be held a regimental review and general inspection. In the afternoon there will be individual and competitive drills held for the benefit of privates and officers. Upon the character of the work done in thtse exercises will depend the classification of the college cadets for this year. Because the college cadets repre sent almost every portion of the state of Oregon a great many visitors are usually present on this day to witness the exercises. Leading state officers, including the governor of the state and distinguished military leaders of the state and national divisions of the army are usually In attendance. Groups of Portland visitors and dele gations of other nearby places are ex pected to attend. This is Captain Ross' first inspec tion at O. A. C. Heretofore, during the last two years, inspection has been performed by William T. Merry, also of the General Staff. Captain Ross will have charge of the inspection of the military departments of twenty two colleges, universities and other schools. He will come here from in spection of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, and after finishing tho work at Corvallis will go to Seat tie, Washington, to inspect tbe cadets of that university. University Offers Tested Trees. During the coming spring the De partment of Forestry will again send to Idaho citizens a limited number of tested shade and forest trees approx imately at the cost of growing same. A bulletin giving the size, age and cost of each species, as well as the number which may be sent each per son, will be mailed on request to C. H. Shattuck, Moscow, Idaho. his field of operations had become so extended that his main line of commu nication and the subsidiary lines were much weaker than they should be. Protocol Is Accepted. Washington, D. C President Wil son and his cabinet Tuesday decided to accept a proposal for a protocol be tween the United . States and the de facto government of Mexico for co operation in the pursuit of General Villa and hisoutlaws. Mexico City Although the terms of the new arrangement which, on the direct instructions of General Carran za, is being sought with the United States have not been made public here, it is understood that many of the pro visions entered into between the two countries in 1882 regarding the pursuit of outlaw Indian bands are included in the proposed protocol. The United States is asked to agree not to occupy any town, village or camp, and not to penetrate Mexican territory farther than may be necessary for actual pur suit of Villa. Furthermore, a pledge is requested of immediate retirement of foreigners as soon as the expedition is an admitted success or failure. Senate Passes $11,000,000 Armor Plate Factory Bill Washington, D. C The Tillman bill to provide for the erection of an armor-plate factory by the government at a cost not to exceed $11,000,000 was passed by the senate late Tuesday by a vote of 58 to 23. Democratic senators supported the bill solidly, regarding it as one of the important measures include the Na tional preparedness program. Nine progressive Republicans joined with the majority in voting for the bill. Passage of the measure-in the house is regarded as assured. Administra tion leaders are planning to bring it up soon after passage of the army reorg anization and immigration bills. The bill, which has the approval of the administration and Secretary Dan iels, was bitterly opposed by several Republican senators. Black Cat in Four Wrecks. North Yakima, Wash. One closed Northern Pacific freight car, in which a black cat was locked at Auburn, was responsible a few days ago for four accidents. The train had two derail ments on the west side of the moun tains, the same car figuring in both. The ill-omened car jumped the rails in the Roza canyon and Bpilled a shipment of flour and automobiles. After passing this city it caused another wreck in the lower valley. When the car was opened at Pasco the cat disappeared, and no more trouble was encountreed. Fortunes of War. First Recruit What do you think of the major. Bill? Second Recruit 'E's a changeable kind o' bloke. Last night I says to 'im, "Oo goes there?' An' he says, 'Friend;' an' today he hardly knows me." Punch. UfAUTCfl Everyone to know about DAD'S If nil I eW ULrXTKll' nANU LrUHT. A real, great biff light, safe, bandy and cheaper than oil; wind snd storm-proof. Fully illustrsted cir cular. MedieScdaFlsnlb., 169 21 SL, fsniud. Potash Plant in Favor. Washington, D. C The senate com mittee on agriculture Tuesday virtual ly agreed to report a bill appropriating $150,000 for the establishment of a government plant on the Pacific Coast to experiment with processes for ex tracting potash from kelp. By means of this plant, department representatives told the committee, they believed they could develop a commercial process for the manufac ture of potash fertilizer. Ground kelp, they said, is worth now $40 a ton. Million Dollar Oil Fir Rages. ' Tulsa, Okla. Damage estimated at not less than $1,000,000 was done in the oil fields near Drumwright Tues day night, when a fire starting in a pile of refuse spread to the wells. At midnight 12 wells were burning, 24 derricks had been destroyed and many thousand barrels of oil in tanks con sumed by the flames. Without means of checking the fire, oilmen feared that the loss would extend into many millions of dollars. STUDY MUSIC EASIEST WAY OUR SCIENTIFIC HOME STUDY METHOD Brings quick results. Success guaran teed. Costa leas than half 01 oral Inttrue tion. Piano. Organ. Violin, Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar and Cornet taught. Write today tor Catalog and 4 free lessons. American School of Mask, 500 (eawewcsn Hal., F0RTIAND. OMSM Hospitable. The Vicar Hullo? What's all thlsl Tommy The funeral ot the mole, father. The Vicar But I thought you bur ied Mr. Mole last week. Tommy Yes, but we dug him up, 'cos we've got friends to tea. Passing Show. Confused. "Do you admire Raphael?" said the young woman. ' "I Bhould say so. He's better than Sherlock Holmes." "I said Raphael." "Excuse me. I thought you said 'Raffles.'" Washington Star. School Candy. Bobby Won't you give me some cough drops, auntie? Aunty Why you haven t a cough. child. Bobby No, but I'm going to school, and that's the only kind ot candy we can eat there. Boston Transcript WANTED Agents, live ones, in every locality In the state. Unly Daylight h,gg Tester In the coun try. No comoetltion. Money-back proposition. 8end S1.60 for tester and explanatory matter and get busy In your neighborhood. Address A-Kay Egg Tester. 606 Railway Exchange. Portland. Or. . Penalty of Carelessness. Mr. Flubdub I lost my umbrella to day. Mrs. Flubdub That's Just like you, John Henry. I told you when you left the house this morning to take one of tbe borrowed ones. Puck. How you can get rid of eczema with Resinol Resinol Ointment, with Resinol Soap, usually stops itching instantly. It quickly and easily heals the most distressing cases oi eczema, rash or similar tormenting skin or scalp eruption, not due to serious internal disorders. Sold by all druggists. The Old and Reliable . Dr. Isaac inompsons EYE WATER la both a remedy for weak, inflamed eye and an Ideal tja wash. Keep loar crci well ui ibe? will help keep you. OC.it ill ii7tttjriM.bf '' Miil aim receipt af price, WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET JOHN L. THOMPSON SONS & CO. 143 Rifer St.. Troy. N. Y. mm Progressing. "I've taken up a course in memor izing." "When does the class meet?" "I've forgotten whether it's on Mon days and Thursdays or Tuesdays and Fridays." Accommodating. Her Father The fact is, I can not give my daughter a dowry juat at present. Suitor That's all right, sir. I can love her for herself alone in the mean time. Boston Transcript For The Schoolboy. Wise I'm glad I won't be going to school after this war. One Why 1b that? Wise Just think how much more history there will be to learn. Siren. His Natural Bent Orubbs Do you believe that Mr. Bryan Is sincere in his opposition to preparedness 7 Stubbs Certainly. He Is sincere in his opposition to everything Richmond Times-Dispatch. Obliged to Leave Early. "Daughter, your new beau doesn't remain very late. The last one used to bang around until the milkman called." "Well, you see. dad, this one is a milkman." Louisville Courier-Journal. HAWTHORNE AUTO SCHOOL TIm only Automohito School on tha Pa etfie Coaat maintaining a Gaa Tractor Dept.. Ua.a Holt Cattorpillir. C. U Baat Tracklayer and Wheel Traclara. both la Um achool and opantina; told. 4U BiwUtHM At Partlajad, On. Monamobile Oils and Greases and FEDERAL TIRES AND TUBES Fran Tire Serrlea. "THE HOUSE OF SERVICE." MOTOR CAR SUPPLY CO, tno. U Broadway No. Portland, Ore. Are Forced to Economize. Methods of industrial efficiency such as are habitually ascribed to German establishments actually pre vail in the automobile Industry of the United States to a greater extent than is ordinarily understood. Par ticularly in the handling of waste materials is extraordinary attention paid to details that are seemingly in significent. The advantage of these efficiency methods and detailed saving possi ble has been strongly emphasized by conditions prevailing in this coun try at the present time. For instance the scarcity ot aluminum has placed what was once a common metal now almost in the semi precious class. Prices on many manufacturing met als have in many cases doubled and quadrupled over the ordinary rates prevailing before tbe opening of the European war. By the use of electric magnets, scrap, which was formerly wasted, is now carefully gone over and the Iron and steel fragments automati cally lifted out. In fact the automo bile industry in tbe United States gives keener attention to details than is bestowed in any country. Both Unnecessary.. Former Speaker Cannon tells this story of his early impecunious days: "One of my friends was a strug gling physician. Neither fame nor for tune bad come to either of us, but we were always hopeful. The years had weighed heavily upon my friend, however, for he soon lost his hair, be ing quite bald. "One day I greeted him with a beaming countenance and exclaimed: "What do you think, Henry? I have Just bought an office safe.' "Then, Joe,' he said with the ut most gravity, '1 shall buy a hair brush.'" GUARD YOUR FAMILY Peruna protects the family against coughs, colds, catarrh, bronchitis, catarrh of the stom ach, liver and kidneys. It is just as sure to relieve a case of ca tarrh of the bowels as it is a case of catarrh of the head. Anyone suffering from catarrh, severe or mild, acute or chronic, in any organ or part of the hu man body, should at once get a bottle of Feruna. As soon as the value of Peruna if fully appreciated in every household, both as a preventive and a relief from catarrhal af fections, tens of thousands of lives will be saved and hundreds of thousands of chronic lingering cases w,ill be prevented. Peruna, indeed, is a household safeguard. A course of Peruna never fails to bring relief in such cases, since there is no remedy like it, as thousands of people have tes tified. Peruna Tablets are now available in convenient tins Easy to take. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS L On tbe Atlantic coast It Is now possi ble to use a continuous highway from well up Into Maine to a point below Washington and from north ot Rich mond nearly all the way to the end of Florida. In one county of Virginia there are two road lengths, the non completion ot which positively debars all touring except during the dry per iods ot the summer and tall. 1HI s Keep Up Your General Health Watch your health this Spring and be on guard against an at tack of Spring Fever, Bilious ness or a general run-down con dition. HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters is a splendid medicine for the Spring months. Try it H Portland 'Wheat Bluestem, 98c; fortyfold, 90c; club, 90c; red fife, 90c; red Russian, 90c. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $20 21 per ton; valley timothy, $16; al falfa, $20. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $23 23.50 per ton; shorts, $25.5026; rolled barley, $31.5032.60. Corn Whole, $37 per ton; cracked, $38. ' Vegetables ArtichokeB, 7590c per dozen; tomatoes, $4(5)4.25 . per crate; cabbage, $1.25 2.25 per hundred; garlic, 10c per pound; peppers, 17J(g 20c; eggplant, 22Jc; sprouts, 89c; horseradish, 8c; cauliflower, $1.15 2.25; celery, $4.50 per crate; lettuce, $2.25; cucumbers, $1.251.50; spin ach, $11. 15 per box; asparagus, 15 17ic per pound; rhubarb, $2.252.75 per box; peas, 12 Jc per pound. Potatoes Oregon, $1.401.50 per sack; Yakimas, $1.501.75; sweets, $3.253.50 per hundred. Onions Oregon, buying prices. $1.60 f. o. b. shipping point. . Apples Spitzenbergs, extra fancy, $2.25 per box; fancy, $2; choice, $1.251.50; Yellow Newtowns, extra fancy, $2; fancy, $1.75; choice, $1.35 1.60; Rome Beauty, fancy, $1.50 1.60; Winesaps, choice, $1.151.36; Stayman, choice, $1.25(3)1.35. i.ggs Jobbing prices: Oregon ranch, candled, 19J20c per dozen; uncandled, 18c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 1617c per pound; springs, 17c; stags, 1213c; broilers, 25c; turkeys, live, 18(S!20c: turkeys, dressed, choice, 2425c; ducks, 13 16c; geese, 10c. Butter Prices from wholesaler to retailer: Portland city creamery prints, 60-pound case lots, standard grades, 85c; lower grades, 32c; Ore gon country creamery, prints, 60-pound lots, standard makes, 8234c; lower grades, 3131 Jc; packed in cubes, 2c less. Prices paid by jobbers to pro ducers: Cubes, extras, S0(oj31c:- firsts, 2828Jc; dairy butter, 1519Jc; but terfat, No. 1, 33c; No. 2, 30c. Veal Fancy, 9J10c per pound. Pork Fancy, 10Jc per pound. . Hops 1915 crop, 1013cper pound; 1916 contracts, lli12c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 2030c per pound; valley, 2728c; mohair, Ore gon, 2829c. ,. Cascara bark Old and new, 4c per pound. Cattle Prime steers, $7.608.10; choice, $6.507.60; good, $6.757; medium, $6.506.75.; choice cows, $6.506.75; medium, $5.256; heif ers, $47; bulls, $2.505; stags, $3 5.25. Hogs Light, $8.60 9; heavy, $7.508. Sheep Yearlings, $78; ewes, $6 7 lambs, $89.25. ; Wool Season Opens. The new wool season is getting un der way in the Yakima country, where shearing has started. The few sales already made, which range in price up to 27 cents, are in line with quotations elsewhere for this class of wool. Shearing will not begin in Eastern Oregon until about the middle of next month, and in the meantime, it is not thought that much business can be put through, as buyers and sellers are apart in most sections. Isidor Kosh land, of Portland, has contracted for 50,000 fleeces in Baker county at 20 to 21 cents, and also secured 10,000 fleeces at Condon. This and the Stan field sale already reported is the ex tent of the business done in Oregon to date. There has not been as much contracting to date in Western Idaho. The London market continues irreg ular, and for this reason the feeling in the trade is still rather nervous. . Fine reports are received from the first lambings east of the mountains, there being practically no loss. More than 80 per cent of the wool clip of Utah has been contracted by buyers from Eastern houses and prices paid for 11,200,000 pounds under con tract range from 21 to 28 cents, ac cording to Dr. S. W. McClure, secre tary of the National Woolgrowers' association, says the Salt Lake Herald-Republican. Apple Storage Stocks Declining. Portland The office of markets has issued its report of apple holdings on March 1, showing that on that date there were 2529,238 barrels in 411 storage houses in the country. The same storages reported 1,767,214 boxes of apples on the first of this month. On February 1, 407 storages reported 3,457,999 barrels and 2,651,908 boxes, or a reduction of 928,761 barrels and 883,994 boxes during the past month. The holdings of barrel and box stock are about 750,000 barrels more than this time a year ago. Present hold ings of actual barrels are more than last year, while the stock of boxes is some less. Total exports of apples to March 4 were 223,958 barrels, agairiBt 97,924 barrels the same week last year. To tal exports for the season up to Satur day of last week were 1,196,838 bar rels, against 2,431,902 barrels the same period a year ago. Grain Bags May Be Cotton, Pendleton, Or. If a satisfactory quality can be furnished and the price is agreeable, it is probable that many of the Umatilla farmers Will use cot ton sacks this year instead of the jute bags which have been exclusively used. The situation was discussed thoroughly at a recent meeting of the Inland Grain Growers' association. The farmers' grain agency had about decided to con struct elevators to take care of the crop, but many are loathe to go into the proposition because of the ex pense. 15.000 Sheeo Contracted for. Baker, Ore. Not only is wool being Anntit,u1 umll In advance of tha cliD this year, but wool-bearers are also being spoken lor in large quantities, as was evidenced here when George n.n. ov nr rma iirv rannrrea nitvini? contracted for 15,000 head, June deliv ery. Of the total 5000 are wetners from the A. H. Hampton flocks, 3000 are lambs owned by M. F. Cundiff and 7000 are lambs from various flocks in the John Day country. Mr. Densley was reticent as to the price paid, but intimated the lambs brought $4.60 to $5 1916 Catalog SEEDS Plants, Bulbs, . Garden, Orchard and Poultry Supplies, Fertilizers, Etc. A reliable Wester. Catalof for'wnMni bam OUR "Hlstiest Quality" atMlta HrMt to bityc mfy-ii4) aaMta. Yoo .... tins aad uoDsjr by buriiuj of as. New Catalog No. 64 Fro. R0UTLED8E SEED & FLORAL CO. 168-171 2nd St PORTLAND, OREGON Phone Broadway 6588. Prompt Senrlea BONNER & SON Specialty Machine Works Gear Cuttlnr. Weldlne, M.ehin. Shop Work, G.t. Engine Experts. Masnetoe Repaired. Parts of all Kinds Made for Automobiles. Your Patronage Solicited. UN. Front St. Portland. Onton Phonea: Main 7606; Res. Tabor 2041. W. S. HURST & CO. 202 Alder St.. Portland. Ore. -WHOLESALE PRODUCE Wlieat, Oats, Burbank Potatoes, Onion., and Onion Seta in Car Lota. Warehouse, at Hub bard, Aurora, Canby, Oregon. Hiatal MaAet Price Paia fer AD Kiadi ef Piehct Cream Higher! Beennlno; Monday, March 13th, we par for Number 1 Butterfat 34c. and for sweet Churning Cream. 36c. delivered Portland, HAZELWOOD CO. PORTLAND. OREGON - HIDES, PELTS, CASCARA BARK We want all yon have. Write for price, and shipping tags. THE H. f. NORTON CO. S3 North front St., Portland, Ore. Double Tread, Puncture Proof Tires Made from your old ones. Last lona; as Bran New Tires. WE ALSO BUY OLD TIRES. We pay aa high at 10c per lb. for such aa we can uae in Double Tread work, and the highest market for junk. Ship your Tires at once or write us. OREGON VULCANIZING CO.. 550 Wutaftai St. ParlEaaaV On, State's Coal Resources Reported to Government. University of Washington, Seattle. The United States Geological Sur vey will shortly publish a compre hensive bulletin on Washington's coal resources, bringing together in one report what has heretofore been printed in fragments. The bulletin is being : prepared by Dean Henry Landes, ot the college of science, during his year's leave of absence. New fields, such as the Whatcom county anthracite and Lewis county lignite beds, will be the subject of discussion in the report, in addition to the better known King, Pierce and Kittitas county fields. Washington coal operators are feel ing the competition ot the California oil fields, according to Dean Landes, but the mines are nevertheless fairly prosperous. The hard coal of Washington will draw only conservative comment Dean Landes describes it as in the prospective stage, and says only de velopment work' will tell -the story 0 quantity and quality. - Some Job. The man in the next flat was pounding on the wall. "Look here," he cried. "I can't sleep with that kid yelling like that. If you don't make him stop I will." "Come right in," said the baby's father. "You'll be as welcome as tha lovers in spring." "Some ot these Juvenille court en thusiasts are carying matters a trifle far." "Huh?" "Seem to think it would be a good thing for every boy to start life under a suspended sentence." Louisville Courier-Journal. "Sadderman seems to be always worrying about something." "Yes; he is generally troubled with three kinds of trouble at the same time all the trouble he has ever had, all he has now and all he ever expects to have." Puck. Retort Courteous. "I suppose there's nothing doing for a live wire like me in this stupid town of yours?" "Well, I don't know. There are sev eral live wires like you doing time here." Baltimore American. Liked the Eats. "Did the new cook come this morn ing?" "Dropped In at 12." . "How do things seem to suit her?" "Well, she liked the lunch I gave her so well that she has agreed to stay for dinner." Louisville Courier-Journal. "He was on fire with love when he called on her." ... "Well, what happened?" "Her father put him out." Balti more American. Including Himself. Wife What do you say to taking baby to church with us this morning? Hub No, no; she might wake peo ple up. Boston Transcript HELP A $50,000 Corpora tion desires to secure within next ten days the services ot Hitrh Grade Representative in each town. No canvassing, soliciting or selling;; refer encea; experience unnecessary. Guaran teed income to right party. Dept. 8 628 Pittock Block, Portland. 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