NEWS ITEMS
Of General Interest
About Oregon
Oregon Has Overlooked Many
Valuable Permanent Resources
University of Oregon, Eugene.
Amour the coming ureal liuluiitrlen of
OrtiKon, H. I). Mlllur cIiihmph flux grow
Ini;, inlllt coiiiIuiihIiii:, manufacture of
forUllxor, rnlNlnj; of hroccoll, and
mni'iufncturon from lumber. Mr. Miller
In director of tlio ntuto university
MCllOOl Of COIIIIIHTCO, wlllcll IIIIllCOB III-
vdHtlKittloiiH of iiiurlcotM nnd ponnlblll.
lien for Indtwtrlon.
Hroccoll ho iroiiuiincMl well adapted
to thu Wllluuiottu valley climate, an
CXCdlloilt Mlllpper, Itllll IIKIlllll) when all
other green vegotnblen nro gone.
Tlio HourcoH of fertilizer may bo
two: from tlio nitrogen of the nlr anil
from tlio IkmIh of curtain nontlt central
Oregon In lieu, notably Hummer anil
Abort hike.
For tlio manufacture of fertilizer
from tlio air, Mr. Miller until groat
development of Ori'Kon'ri 3,250.000 lillo
horsepower would bo neeoHBnry; atnl
tlilH hornepower, lie huIi), would play
the greatest part In futuro economic
growth.
"Oregon inailii a ureal mistake when
It welit extensively Into tlio applu bunl
neH," mild Mr, Miller. "Oregon's spo
olal adaptation to apploit wan skilled
labor. Skilled labor In transferable,
anil no today other flections nearer tli
big inarlietH are producing an good
fruit iih Oregon, with Oregon unable
to meet tho competition becauso of
traiiHportatlon."
London Crowd Hunting Relics of Zeppelin Wrecked in Suburbs.
Movable Schools.
One of hIx day movable nchools will
bo conducted by tho extension norvlco
of tho Oregon Agricultural col lego
throiiKhout tho year, tho typo of nchool
work being changed during the varloun
neanoiiB,
Any local organization, nuch aB a
farmern union, grange or other or
gnnlzntlon In which farmern of tho
community are Interested, may pro
moto a movable nchool. In counties
liavlni: county ngontn, It In necessary
to arrange for tho nchool througli
them. Such organizations or persons
Intercnteil In Hccurlm; a movable
nchool, nhould take up tho matter with
tho extniiHlon norvlco, Oregon Agrlcul
to nil college, Corvallln.
Owing to thu heavy demand mado
for thin typo of work tho pant fow
yearn and to the failure of nomo polntn
to meet tho expectations of tho or
ganlzern and the extcuBlou norvlco,
few apodal rcqulremontn are being
mado of all commuultlen requesting
thin norvlco.
1. Organize a clasn of not fowor
than twenty pcoplo for a ono day
nchool and of not Icbs than forty por
noim for a longer nchool, theao pcoplo
agrooliiR to attend all ncsnlona re
quested.
2. I'rovldo a room In which to hold
tho nchool or a place for domonnlrn
Hon, take caro of heat, light and Jan!
tor norvlco, and furnish conveyance to
nnd from tho railroad station for In
Htructora In charge of tho work.
3. rurnlBh tho demonntratlon ma'
terlal necessary for tho typo of nchool
desired.
4. Agree to issue 1000 copies of
program for tho movablo nchool and
dlntrlbuto these an Instructed.
5. To advertlno tho nchool as wltlo
ly us ponnlhlo throughout tho com
munlty.
Tho following linen of work will bo
taken up In movablo nchool work dur
Ing thin year: Horticulture, agron
omy, poultry, dairy, animal husbandry,
homo economics, and special subjects
an may seem desirable
For further Information wrlto tho
extension norvlco, Oregon Agricultural
college, Corvallln, Oregon, or aoo tho
necrotary In tho Information booth at
state fair.
Ochoco Project is Passed.
Salom. HonldontH on tho Ochoco
Irrigation project In Crook county will
voto on tho question of bonding tho
projoct for $1,000,000 to socuro funds
to carry out contemplated improve
inonts, It became assured when tho
office of Stato Engineer Lewis np
proved In Its general features tho ro
port of K. V. Ilea, projoct engineer,
Notlco of tho roport'a approval was
nont to tho directors of tho project.
Tho project as approved by Englnoor
Lewis embraces 20,000 acres of land
In Crook county. It Is proposed to
Isnuo bonds on tho basis of $50 an
ncro valuation for tho project.
Qlrl Wlno Trip to Fair.
Pendleton. For tho second succes
sive year, Carmtno Jones, daughter of
a McKay crook farmer, last woolc won
first honors In tho stato-wldo turkoy
raining contest, In connection with tho
industrial club work ot schools. Slio
In 14 years of ago. With threo other
Umatilla county pupils she nttondod
tho fair last woolc as guests ot tho
stato. Arthur Crono, of Uplno, was
awarded soeond prlzo In pig-raising.
Drys Gain Four Towns.
Now I la von,, Conn. Tho socallod
"llttlo town elections" In Connecticut
woro foatureil by lively contests ovor
tho oxcIbo questions, and tho "dry"
forcos mado a gain of four towns, Of
tho 108 towns In tho stato 01 aro now
nollcenso,
TliousnmlH on thounandn of London
em have Journeyed to tho npot whoro
Lieutenant William Leofo Hoblnson
GREAT GAMBLING
RING DISCOVERED
Operations Believed to Have Extended
Throughout United Slates.
MILLION A DAY CHANGED HANDS
Chicago Believed to Be Center for
Big Syndicate Expose Result
of Blackmail Case Trial.
Chicago. "More than $1,000,000
changes hands every day as u result
of racing handbook operations In Chi
cago," Bald United States District At
torney Charles F. Clyno Thursday, who
declared ho bad positive information
of this.
Thero Is not that amount of monoy
Involved In Chicago, he said, but gam
biers of tho city control betting to
that extent throughout tho country.
Whllo District Attorney Clyno wns
preparing federal action, Mayor
Thompson indicated, after a confer
enco with Chief llealoy, that a minv
tier of police officers will bo transfer
red as a result of Judge Laudis' ox-
pose.
"I understand." nald tho mayor.
"that Chief Healoy will shift certain
policemen to clean up tho gambling
situation."
l'ostofflco authorities iti cities fur
nUlied with racing nows from Chicago
were ordered to seize tho records of
tho gamblers.
Thin action wan taken as a result of
a conference between District Attor
ney Clyno and Qonoral J. I. Stuart,
chief postal Inspector.
Qonoral Stuart Immediately sent or
dors to the poatofflco authorities of
Cleveland, St. Louis, Denver, Houston,
Now York and San Francisco to ferret
out tho records of tho gamblers and
hold thorn.
"Chicago is tho hub of all this race
track betting," Bald District Attorney
Clyno.
"Thoro is llttlo doubt that wo can
obtain tho Indictments of tho gamblers
now for using tho malls to dofraud,
Tho only thing loft to do Is to prosont
our ovldonco before tho federal grand
Jury."
Judgo Landls discovered n pokor
and brldgo game In tho Hotel Astor,
184 North Clark stroot, whon tho first
witness testified after tho inquiry into
gambling conditions was oponod.
Tho Judgo lntlmatod lator in tho day
that ho would Investigate tho baseball
pools also.
Officials In Washington aro aiding
in tho Investigation, and announce
ment was mado that tho government
might sook indictments against cortain
Chicago gamblers as violators of tho
lottery and postal lawn,
brought down tho first Zeppelin to bo
successfully attacked in England. Most
of tho ruin bad been swept off, but
Binder Trust Has Absolute Control
of World's Supply, Says Steenerson
Fergus Falls, Minn. ItcproBentatlve
Halvor Steenerson, after completing
an Investigation begun in Washington
relative to tho big advanco in tho
price of binder twino this year and the
further advance that is expected next
year, has returned to, Fergus Falls
"The binder twino situation Ib In the
control of tho Commission del Merca-
do do Ifennoquln Rcguladoro of Yuca
tan," tho representative said. "This Is
the most Iron clad trust In the world
and controls absolutely tho world's
supply of sisal, out ot which binder
twino is mado. This trust was organ
Izcd by tho military governor of Yuca
tan, who controls It. Tho orcanlza
tlon was approved by Carranza and
tho trust was financed In tho United
States with tho approval ot tlio stato
department
"Norman Llnd, whoso father. John
Llnd, was sent as President Wilson's
personal representative to Mexico, is
its American representative. This
trust already has doubled tho prlco of
sisal to tlio stato of Minnesota, which
means an extra tax of at least 10 cents
an aero In Minnesota. This monoy
goes to tho military government and
Carranza."
Christian Science Wins Right to Practice
Albany, N. Y. Christian Scientists
In Now York state may treat persons
afflicted with dlscaso without obtain
licenses to practlco medicine, provided
they conform to tho toncts of tho
Christian Sclonco Church. It wns clear
ly ruled In a decision handed down by
tho court of appeals. Tho test caso
which brought tho decision was Inst!
tutcd in 1911 against Willis Vernon
Cole, a Christian Sclonco practitioner.
convicteu in iui2 ot practicing medl
clno illegally and fined $100. Tho
Judgment wns roversed, tho flno order
ed romlttod and a now trial ordered
by tho higher court.
Deputies Drink Evidence.
Soattlo, Wash. Tho suit of tho Chi
cago, Mllwnukco & St. Paul railroad
against Sheriff Robert T. Hodge, to
recover $2500 worth of liquor solzed
oy tlio sheriff at Maplo Valley Sop
tembor 13 becauso shipped to a flctl
tlous address, was continued In a Jus
tice court. Tho railroad had a lion on
tho liquor for $158 freight charges,
Sheriff Hodgo tostiflcd that ho ordor-
od tho liquor destroyed becauso his
deputies woro "nibbling nt It."
Richard Flower I Dead.
Now York. Hlchard Flowor, known
throughout tho country for stock-soiling
operations, from which ho was
credited with having notted more than
$1,000,000, droppod doad in a Ilobokon
thentor Sunday, Rolntlvos Idontlfiod
tlio body. Flowor, who oporatod under
many nliasos, was in turn lawyor,
preacher, "hoalor," and "alchemist,"
with a sccrot for tho manufacture of
rublos, and a Wall-street mlno opera
tor. Ho was 73 years old.
Million for Two Milk Plants.
Soattlo. Ono million dollars cash
was paid Thursday by Charles E, Pea
body, formor prostdont of tho Alaska
Stoamshlp company, to tho John B.
ftgnow company of Seattle for tho con
densed milk plants of tho company at
mount vornon, Skagit county, and at
Femdalo. Whatcom countv. Thn Mount
Vornon plant has a capacity of 3000
cases a day,
Brewer Offers Solution.
Buffalo, N. Y. A reduction In tho
amount of alcohol in boor was advo
cated by spcakors at tho 20th annual
convention of tho Master Brewers' as
sociation. Hugh S. Fox, socrotary of
tho United States Drowors' associa
tion, declared that tho solution ot tho
whole liquor problem would bo prohi
bition of tho salo ot spirituous liquors
and llconso for tho salo ot boor and
light wines.
tho relic hunters dug Into the ground
to find small pieces.
BUSINESS GOOD IN NORTHWEST;
PRODUCERS REAPING BENEFITS
Washington, D. C. Generally pros
perous conditions arc reported
throughout tho Pacific Coast in the
federal reserve monthly bulletin. Of
conditions on the north coast, tho bul
letin says:
"Grain crops, though of less than
the usual volume, are commanding
such prices that tho money returns
nro above tho normal. Although there
have been large shipments of wheat
by rail from the Pacific Northwest to
tho cast, many farmers have not yet
sold, holding in tho expectation ot
higher prices. The barley crop fell
considerably short ot the earlier esti
mates, but with tho carry-over there
wero approximately 350,000 tons (near
ly 15,000,000 bushels) beyond domes
tic requirements and available for ex
port Prices are $S and $10 a ton
higher than last year.
"Tho apple crop ot California, Ore
gon and Washington is estimated at
5,800,000 barrels, which Is a little
abovo normal. Tho quality is excep
tional and high prices are ruling.
"Hops will yield about 280,000 bales,
or 20,000 bales moro than last year.
This Is far In excess ot domestic re
quirements. Tho British embargo on
exports has affected prices most un
favorably, bids of 10 to 12 cents com
paring, for example, with 43 Hi cents
In 1911.
"Tho salmon pack of the Pacific
Coast, including Alaska, is about 20
per cent below normal. A leading
packer says that from tho sollers'
point of view tho salmon markets of
tho world aro in bettor condition than
at any time since 1900.
"Mining continues its great activity,
with expanding output.
"Thero has been no material chango
In tho unsatisfactory condition of the
lumber industry, lack of transporta
tion facilities being tho greatest handi
cap. Ships for tho lumber trade, with
an nggregato carrying capacity of 30,-
000,000 feet, aro now building on this
coast."
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS;
GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS
Vote by Mall Proposed.
Madison, Wis. Governor Phlllpp
hns callod a spoelal Bosslon of tho leg
islature for Octobor to pass an act per
mitting aoldlora on tho Moxlcan border
to voto by mall.
Many Mexicans Starving.
Laredo, Tex. Deplorablo conditions
exist in Lampazos, 80 miles south ot
tho border In Nuevo Leon, where 20
deaths from starvation occurred in two
days, according to reports received
hero. At least half of tho crops have
boon confiscated by tho government
for military purposes. Tho poorer
women in Lampazos are unablo to
clotho themselves proporly, and chil
dren of both soxes aro virtually naked.
Wheat Hits High Mark.
Chicago. Highest prices this sea
son woro scored In tho wheat markot
Thursday as a result of increasing
drouth damngo in Argentina. The
closo was firm, 202V4o to 2&c not
higher, with Doconibor at $1.58 and
May at $1.5751 Corn showed a
not advanco of Vj to ?ic, and oats
of to H0c. Provisions finished
nt a rango varying from 35 conts do
ollno to a rlso ot 2c,
Czar Gives Jews Schools.
Potrpgrad, via London. Jews will
enjoy grentor educational advantages
'In Russia In tho future. A sorles of
high schools and technical schools ex
clusively for Jewish studonts is to bo
established by tho government and
groator froodom will bo accordod with
ropoct to tholr entry Into tho universities.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Dlucstem, $1.3C; fortyfold,
$1.30; club, $1.28; red fife, $1.30; red
Russian, $1.27.
Oats No. 1 White, feed, $28.
Barley No. 1 feed, $33.
Flour Patents, $0.80; straights,
$0.2000.60; export. $0.20; valley,
$C40; whole wheat, $7; graham, $0.80.
Mlllfccd Spot prices: Bran, $23 por
ton; Bhortn, $25 per ton; rolled barley,
$35.50030.50.
Corn Whole, $42 per ton; cracked,
$43.
Hay Producern' prices: Timothy,
eastern Oregon, $10.50018 per ton;
timothy, valley, $15 0 16; alfalfa,
$14.50015.50; wheat hay. $13,500
14.50; oat and vetch, $13013.50; cheat,
$12; clover, $10.
Butter Cubes, extras, 31c. Jobbing
prices: Prints, extras, 33035c; butter
fat, No. 1, 32c; No. 2, 30c, Portland.
Eggs Oregon ranch, current re
ceipts, 30037c per dozen; Oregon
ranch, candled, 40c.
Poultry Hens, 14015c; springs, 15
017c per pound; turkeys, live, 200
22c.
Veal Fancy, 12012c per pound.
Pork Fancy, 12 013c per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes, 75c0$l per
dozen; tomatoes, 50 0 00c per crate;
cabbage, $1.35 per hundred; peppers,
405c per pound; eggplant, 500c per
pound; lettuce, 20 025c per dozen;
cucumbers, 25 050c per box; celery,
C075c per dozen; corn, 10020c per
dozen.
Potatoes Oregon buying price, 90c
0$1 per hundred, country points;
sweets, 202c per pound.
Onions Oregon buying price, $1.00
per sack, country points.
Green Fruits Apples, new, 50c
$1.50 per box; cantaloupes, C0c$1.25
per crate; peaches, 40065c per box;
watermelons, lc per pound; pears, 75c
0$1.5O; grapes, 75c0$1.4O; casabas,
lc; Turkish melons, 3c per pound.
Cattle Steers, prime, $6.5007.10;
steers, good, $G0C.5O; steers, common
to fair, $505.50; cows, choice, $50
5.50; cows, medium to good, $404.50;
cows, ordinary to fair, $404.50; heif
ers, $4 05.76; bulls, $3 04.25; calves.
$306.
Hogs Prime, $9.50010; good to
prime mixed, $9.5009.65; rough heavy,
$8.7509.25; pigs and skips, $8,250
8.75.
Sheep Lambs, $5.50 08.75; yearling
wethers, $5.7507.25; old wethers, $5.50
7.25; ewes, $3.5005.50.
Hops 1916 crop, 10012c per pound.
Hides Salted hides, 25 pounds and
up, 17c; salted hides, 50 pounds and
up, 12c; salted kip, 15 pounds to 25
pounds, 17c; salted calf, up to 15
pounds, 23c; green hides, 60 pounds
and up, 15c; green stags, 50 pounds
and up, 11c; green kip, 15 pounds, 17c;
dry flint hides. 28c; dry flint calf, up
to 7 pounds, 30c; dry salt hides, 24c
Wool Eastern Oregon, fine, 230
20c; coarse, 30032c; valley, 30 032c
Cascara Bark Old and new, 5c per
pound.
Pelts Dry long-wooled pelts, 21c;
dry short-wooled pelts, 17c; dry shear
lings, 10025c each; salted Iamb pelts,
75c$1.25; salted short-wooled pelts,
5Oc0$l.
Tallow No. 1, 6c; No. 2. 5c;
grease, 4c.
Sugar Recovers From Drop.
Sugar advanced 15 cents again yes
terday, making a total increase of 65
cents within the past 30 days. This
nearly wipes out tho sensational drop
ot 75 cents made about two months
ago, and all Blgns point to a continued
advance to higher prices than early
this summer, when all records wero
broken. Granulated cane sugar Is now
$7.75 a sack.
Potatoes are advancing in price. The
mlddlo western crop this year Is said
to be from 40 to 60 per cent short and
already tho Yakima crop is being
drawn upon for eastern shipments.
Tho local crop is not all dug yet, but
Is said to be normal. Tho price now
ranges around $21 a ton for locals
and $25 for Yakimas.
Frosty nights have caused some ot
the fresh local field products to be
come scarce. Tomatoes aro being
picked green by growers who want to
save what they can before a killing
frost destroys the remainder ot tho
crop. Blackberries In tho valley were
said to ho badly damaged by Monday
night's frost, but tho local demand Is
light and prices failed to advance.
Tokay grapes are still Jobbing at
$1.35 a crate but an advanco Is ex
pected soon. Elborta nnd Crawford
peaches are still running strong at
6,0 cents a box. Peaches aro rapidly
nearlug the end ot their season. Can
taloupes are getting scarce. Apples
are arriving in largo quantities.
Steel Company Buys Site.
Portland Fifteen acres of land sit
uated north ot the plant of tho Shell
Oil company at Wlllbrldgo have been
purchased as tho site for tho now
Portland plant of tho Pacific Coast
Steel company and an allied Industry,
according to A. C. Callan, whose orig
inal announcement at a recent pros
perity dinner that these two industries
wero coming to Portland was made la
Tho Oregonlan.
Approximately 10 acres of tho pur
chased tract will bo utilized for tho
plant ot tho steel company, construc
tion of which will probably bo com
menced within the next year. Until
tho final details ot tho entire plant
aro worked out, tho identity of tho
auxiliary Industry will not bo announc
ed, Mr. Callan said. Tho property
purchased does not front on tho Wil
lamotto river, but Is not far removed
from tho waterfront and has adequato
railroad facilities.