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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1901)
o GEORGE WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON AS BUSINESS MAN. Probably the Largest Land Owner In the United Mates. Ah a man of business Washington wai extremely methodical. Everything wai figured down to the penny, aud there wag no guesswork about the returns from any of bin properties. He was eminently successful, and his property outside of Mount Vernon, and not Including bis wife's estate, amounted to $530,000. He was probably the largest owner of land In America, his holdings exceeding 50,000 acres. The Mount Vernon estate came Into the possession of the Washington family in 1074. It originally consisted of 5,000 acres, but when it was Inherited by Washington from his brother Law rence the property was just half that size. Washington was in the market for all the avuilable land adjoining, and at the time of his death he owned 8,000 acres in the immediate vicinity of his resideuce. He made wise selections of lauds which were tendered to ofllcers of the French and Indian war, and by buy ing out the patents of other officers he secured ownership of more than 40,000 acres of laud in the western part of the colony. He made large sales from this domain, but what was left was valued at over $1100,000 in the inventory of his property. Just after the Revolutionary War Washington aud Gov. Clinton of New York obtained 0,000 acres in the Mo hawk valley. Two-thirds of it was sold t a big profit and the remainder he held at bis death. In the location of the new capital on the Potomac Washington invested heav ily in the vicinity of the present city of Washington and built many houses, lie also built houses in Alexandria. As a farmer Washington early drifted from the exclusive cultivation of tobacco to other crops, and later introduced a system of rotation by which the soil did not become exhausted, In time Mouut Vernon became the manufacturing cen ter for the population of ISOO people who lived on the plantation. Everything that onlil be made on the plantation was produced, and the necessity of buying from the outside was reduced to the low est limit. He had looms, blacksmith shops, wagon shops, flour mills in short, every variety of Industry where slave labor could be utilized to advantage. He became devoted to improving the breed of sheep aud of stock generally. He was interested In a couple of banks which paid good dividends -ml put money into several canal companies. All in all, he was a business man on a large scale, and while he suffered heavy losses from the depreciation of currency during the revolutionary struggle, they were more than recouped by his successful ventures In land speculation. Had Washington been born 100 years later he would have been undoubtedly one of the "captains of Industry" of the present era. The Richest Man of Ills Time. As the years went on Washington's lands increased in value, and when be died he was one of the richest men of bis time. He owned lauds and stock and negroes, and his estates amounted to thousands of acres. He had houses In Alexandria and property in Washing ton. He had valuable lands near the present site of I'ittsburg. He was throughout his life a money-maker, and I was told at Alexandria that when he was a boy he got $5 a day and upward for his surveying. He put his surplus money into lauds, and au advertisement In a Baltimore paper of 1773 states that he had 20,000 acres of land for sale on the Ohio river. His will, which is now kept about twenty miles from Wushing ton. in the safe of the old court house at Fairfax, Va., gives a detailed state ment of every article ho possessed down to the calves aud sheep. His personal estate was then put down at $532,000, and thrRf included a vast amount of to bacco, large numbers of cattle, sheep and horses, nearly all of which he willed to his wife. This will is now kept in a wooden box, the top of which is covered with glass. Washington's Rules for Conduct. When Washington was 12 years old his elder brother, Laurence, found neatly written in a book rules for behavior, which the lad had set down for his own guidance. No one had suggested such a plan to the child, which, of course, makes the fact the more remarkable. We give a few of these noble rules: Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. livery action In company ought to be with some sign of respect to those pres ent. Speak not when others speak; sit not when others stand; speak not when yon should hold your peace; walk not when others stop. Wherein you reprove another, be un blamable yourself; for example is better than precept. Labor ta keep in your heart that little spark of celestiul fire called conscience. Let your recreations be manful, not sinful. Seek not to lessen the merits of oth ers; neither give more than due praise. Be not hasty to believe flying reports to the Injury of any. Go not thither where you know not whether you shall be welcome. Give not advice without being asked; and, when desired, do it briefly. Gaze not on the marks and blemishes of others, and ask nut bow they came. What you may speak iu secret, deliver not before others. Think before you speak; pronounce not Imperfectly, nor bring out your words too hastily, but orderly und distinctly. Treat with men at right times about business, and whisper not iu the com pany of others. Be not in haste to relate news if son know not the truth thereof. Undertake not what you cannot per form, but be careful to keep your prom ise. Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust. Show not yourself glad at the misfor tune of another, though he were your worst enemy. The Thoughtful Parent. "And now, my son, I want to give you a little lesson. We have here a cherry tree, a little hatchet and the life of Geoige Washington. I take a little branch from the tree and gives you a little licking thus and now you may read the book anil enjoy it, while you have the advantage of the father of your country in experi ence aud I will save my cherry tree, giving you a valuable lesson at the same time." Chicago Chronicle. George Wuslilnntoii. Down the road to Valley Forge, in the grip of winter weather, Death, defeat aud hunger stalked along; l'tiuutoius grim upon uis vision; woud ring if his lioii would ever Crush the tyraut, hv.p the helpless, right the wroug. Patient In disaster he, misery and want around him Who a ragged band of heroes led; Blackest specters of the night ever vigilant tbey found him, True aud fulihful to a cause so nearly dead. Out of depths like these be came, and the dawning of a nailon Was the guerdon that he wrested from the foe; For himself the wreath of laurel, steadfast love and adoration Of a hundred million freemen here below. Gone the day of Valley Forge, gone the misery and sorrow, Like the clouds before the sun all melt away; And memory Immortal will hall his nam to-morrow As bis countrymen remember It to-day. Washington Conundrums. "Where did Washington take his first ride?" "When he took a hack at the tree." "How do we know he slept in an upright position?" "Because he could not lie." "When was he apprenticed to a blacksmith?" "When he spent a win ter at Valley Forge." "Where would he always meet defeat?" "On a postage stamp anyone could lick him." "Why was he like a piano?" "Because he was grand, upright and square." He Delighted in Dancing. Washington was given greatly to danc j throughout his life. Even when President he was a constant attendant at daueing assemblies in New York and Philadelphia. It was ten miles from Mount Vernon to Alexandria, but the trip was none too long if there was to be a dance at the latter place. GOOD Short Storie$ Speaking of the difficulty students ex perience In remembering the exact sit uation of the mitral and tricuspid valves of the heart. Professor Hniley once remarked that be remembered thut the uiltral (so-called from Its re semblance to the headgear of the I church dignitary) must be ou the left side, "because a bishop could never be In the right." In one of his earliest cases, Daniel j O'Connell, the famous Irish liberator, I made retort which attracted consid erable attention to him. He wag cross- examining an awkward witness, who declared that he bad drunk nothing but his share of a plut of whisky. "Ou your oath, now," thundered the young counsel, "was not your share all but the pewter?" According to the testimony of an American correspondent In Porto IUco, we still woefully lack popularity among the natives there. This Is his descrip tion of the manner In which a suit, to which an American Is a party, Is con ducted Iu one of the Insular courts there: Court You are plaintiff In this cose? Litigant Yes, your honor. Court You are an American, 1 presume! Litigant Yes, your honor. Court You lose. "MacBiilay Improves, Macaulay Im proves:" Sydney Smith remarked one day; "I htve observed In him of late (lashes of silence." The "sonorous vi vacity" of this enormous talker nettled Smith, who found It Impossible often to voice his own wit and wisdom. "I wish I could write poetry like yon," he complained to a friend; "I would write n 'Inferno,' and I would put Macaulay anion:; a number of disputants and gag liiin!" Another contemporary de scribed Macaulay as "slopping all over on every subject and standing In the slops." Among the clever epigrams which oc cur In Mrs. Crnlgle's new society drama, "The Wisdom of the Wise," ore: "Mrs. BlHtcrn has made so many ex periments that she tins bad no time to gain experience." "What a man has done bores everybody, but what he Is going to do Is ulways delightful." "1 hate a man who can only love those whom he esteems. He always runs away with his friend's wife." "It Is easy enough to be faithful to some one you love, but to be faithful to some one you don't love that. In my opinion, is true virtue." "Where Is Sarah now? In bed with Ice on her temples! She may be a woman for a crisis, but we have to know It for weeks afterward." In his "Eecenutricltles of Genius," Major Pond tells the pnthetlc story of Ralph Waldo Emerson's last lecture, delivered In the Old South Church In Boston for the fund to save that build ing from demolition: "As he began reading his lecture the audience was very attentive. After a few moments he lost his place, and his granddaugh ter, sitting In the front row of seats, gently stepped toward him and remind ed him that be was lecturing. He saw at once that he was wandering, and, with the most charming, characteristic, apologetic bow, he resumed bis place an incident that seemed to affect the audience more than anything else that could possibly have occurred. A few moments Inter he took a piece of manu script in his band and, turning around with It, laid It on a side table. Just then one of the audience said to me (I think It was Mrs. Llvermore or Mr. Howe), 'Please have the audience pass right out,' and rushing up to Mr. Emerson, said, 'Thank you so much for that de lightful lecture;' then, turning around, waved the audience to go out. He probably had been speaking about fif teen minutes. The audience passed out, many of them In tears. It was one of the most pathetic sights I ever wit nessed." . Cottonseed MealandQuality of Butter It Is the general experience that cot tonseed meal produces a hard butter, and In some Instances a small amount of this feed Is given for that specitle purpose. Crude cottonseed oil has been found to contain a quantity of so-called vegetable stearin, which Is separated from the cottonseed oil of commerce in the process of refining. Its fatty acids have a high melting point, and Its general composition Is not unlike that of other oils which have been found to produce hard butter when fed to cows. Corn oil, on the other hand, contains practically no stearin, and Us fatty acids, like those of Unseed oil, are liq uid at a temperature considerably be low freezing point. Time's Mutations. "Really your face Is very familiar, sir, but you seem to have the advantage of me In names." And she looked at the distinguished stranger with a puzzled air. "1 fancied," he said, "that you would know me. My name Is Bangs, and four years ago I had the honor to be your coachman." The face of the lady blazed. "Sir!" she fairly gnarled. "But a remarkably lucky series of stock Investments," he went on, "have enabled me to become your next door neighbor." The lady's face softened. "So pleased to renew our acquaint ance, Mr. Bangs," she smilingly said. Our Overheated Houses. A Mexican newspaper declares that when Mexicans visit the United States In winter they suffer more from the overheated houses than from the cold outside. Trolleye Carry the Mails. In Pennsylvania the trolley Is carry ing the mall and thus supplanting the star routes. One Lone Populist. There la only one member of the new legislature of Tennessee who is not a Democrat He Is a Populist No matter how erect a general may be be Is apt to lean more or less on his staff. A "finished poet Is one who gets dis couraged and goes to work. A girl's mission in life Is to change her dresses, her mind and her name. SUPPOSE WE SMILE. HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS. Plasaat Incident Occurring tha World Uver-fcaylaga that Are Chcr ful to Old or Young-Funny Belro tiona that Everybody Will tnjoy. "Do you see that man over yonder? n has just bad greatness thrust upon him." "How so?" "Why, he's the only public man In the country who wheu asked to tell what would happen In the new cen tury said he didn't know." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Can Get Alone. "Do you think It Is desirable for a man to study the dead languages?" "No, sir," answered Mr. Cumrox, with emphasis. "If queer words are what a young man aspires to, the golf and base-ball reports In any good dally newspaper will supply all bis wants." Washington Star. The parson (on a visit) And how long do you pny at night, my boy? The Boy Winter or summer? Puzzling. Dlckerman There's one thing that puzzles me. Itawley And, pray, what Is that? Dlckerman How It happens that the now woman Is generally not a very young one. Boston Transcript. The Cornfed I'h lo.opher. 'There Is nothing a woman more en Joys," said the Cornfed philosopher, "than monkeying at making something out of something It ought not to be made out of." Indianapolis Press. Quick Kxit. "Mr. Lew iold me that he was a Yale inn n. IK) you know what class be was graduated from?" "From the sophomore class." Har lem L!fe. Accommodating Old Mas. He I asked your father's consent by telephone. She What was his answer? He He said: "I don't know who yon tire, but It's all right." Harvard Lampoon. A Valuable Toe. Friend Magnificent dog that. Mr. Suburb Yes, he's a splendid watch dog. Paid $500 for blm. Friend Well, he's worth It splendid animal! Splendid! Finest I ever saw! But, by the way, what's this other dog for? He's a mere mongrel! Fact is, he's a common cur. Mi. Suburb Yes. 1 had to get him to prevent the thoroughbred from being stolen. The One Concerned. The Bride (three times widow) That Dicky Small Is one of the most Im pertinent men I ever saw. Why, Alfred, just after the ceremony he came up and wished me many happy returns. The Groom (after figuring ou It a minute) I guess it's up to me to go out and smash lift head or go and take out a life Insurance policy. Denver News. Gnol Advice. Willie Sonnet In what magazine would you advise me to publish poems to give them the highest position? Editor The powder magazine. A C5re.it t-urprlse. Jack Huggard Miss Pechy's father made a surprising statement to me last night. Dick Danser That so? What was It? Jack Hugg.ird He sneaked Into the parlor ond cried: "Aha! That's the time I caught you kissing my daughters-Philadelphia Press. HU Glorlou Kecord. "Let me see, Colonel," she said o her sweetest manner, "where was It you won your spurs?" "At Cape May," he replied. "Cape May?" she echoed. "Why, there never was a battle at Cape May." "No," he admitted, "but there were three grass widows in the house when I stayed there last summer, and I got away from the whole crowd." Then, with her nose pointed In the direction that all good people hope some day to go, she left him alone In the corner. Chicago Times-Herald. Fhe Was Fpeaklnv. Nurse Girl I lost track of the child, mum, and "Good gracious! Why didn't you speak to a policeman?" Nurse Girl I wuz speaking to wan all the toime, mum." Not rerioua. Passenger (to station porter) Now, It's 4 o'clock and the time table says the train arrives at 3:14. Station Porter-Oh, well, you mustn't take the time table too seriously. Flle jrende Blaefter. A Auction's Shrine. "Pauline has one side of her boudoir devoted to photographs of her lost beaux." "So many dead?" "No; married." A MtTertnca. P"- r - at l 1 C V FrmV of Fortune. Mlkey - Chlmmy's got a pair o' skates for Christmas, an' a red pencil, au' a one-bladed knife, an' Ave cents' wort' o' gum an' a bean shooter, an' a pair " uspender. a' - Terrenee Gee! Some fellers teem ter be born wit' a silver spoon In delr mout'! Puck. I'ntur mount ah'. Wunn I seem to have the worst luck In the way of getting my feet stum bled over In street cuts. Tuther It's their size, I guess. Peo ple dou't stumble over mine. Wunn Just run again them, do them? Indianapolis Press. Inml vcrtentljr I'leaannt. "1 didn't know It was to be a comic opera." "Well, you knew It was to be an opera given by an amateur company, didn't you?" Chicago Becord. X Uncertain. Brlggs How long has Miss Pertly been on the stage? Griggs Two or three marriages. Chicago Becord. Ftoly In t cnnomlc. "She accepted me, but wouldn't let me sit by her ou the sofa." "Why not?" "Said she'd Just paid eighty cents to have her white dress done up." A Domestic Kiplonive. L.itle girl Papa, what Is powder? Father It Is something people gel blown up with. Little girl H that what makes you scold mamma so when she puts It ou her face? An Illiterate. Jane What did you ever reject John Gray for? Kitty He was so Illiterate. Jane Illiterate? Why, I thought he was a mau of superior education. Kitty-Well, he wasu't. lie didn't even know the null incuts, for when I told him "No" and thought sure he would read between the lines, would you believe It, the guinp picked up his lint and went home. Detroit Free Press. The First Conrte. "Miss Keedlck Is taking the first course in the Female College of Jour nalism. It wilt last three months." "What Is the subject for the first few months?" "Learning to sharpen a lead pencil." Looked Like It. Dog I wonder If those are what they call goo-goo eyes? The Feininarjr Kind. Johnson Does your wife speak French? Thompson She thinks she does. "You don't speak It, do you?" "No." "Then how do you know she doesn't?" "I watched a French waiter's face the other day when she was talking to him, aud I'll be blamed If he didn't look as If he had the toothache." Injustice. "Won't you give a veteran something to eat, mum?" said Tired Thompson to Mrs. Whiffet. "Y'ou a veteran," replied Mrs. Whif fet, unbelievingly. "You were never a soldier, I'll be bound." "Madam," added the tramp, "you do me a grievous Injustice. I have done nothing but soldier all my life." Had Them in III Head. Professor to Student of Surgery Please Inform the class the names of bones forming the skull. Student Ah er I do not at the mo ment remember, but I know that I have them all In my head. Pnut Tense "She married a millionaire, didn't she?" "You mean that be wag a millionaire at the time she married hliu." I'ldn't Mis Anr. Mrs. Statestreeth Did she marry her first love? Mrs. Stockyarde Oh, my, yes! Her first, second, third aud fourth. Norrls town Herald. To Divert Them. Pittsburg Man What would you folks do If a mob of rioters should come charging down Broadway? New-Yorker (busily) Start a police man to shooting at a dog. New York Weekly. Told In Washington. "Is the correspondent of that publi cation a well-Informed man?" "I should say so!" was the answer. "Half the time he's the only person In the world who knows whether what he tells Is true or not" Washington Star. An American Sign In Egypt. "American Bazar," In huge letters over a shop In Alexandria, Egypt, at tracted the attention of an American. Curious to know what kind of goods might be for sale, be entered and asked the proprietor If he were an American. In French came the an swer: "Yes, I am an American." "From what part of America?" "Buenos Aires." "Do you keep American goods for sale?" "Yes, certainly, I have American goods." o "What kind of goods?" Whereupon the shopkeeper took from a shelf an article which he handed to the visitor with the remark, "These are the only American goods we have at present." The "American goods" consisted of a single fountain pen! New York Even ing Sun. - Landlords in Holland. In Holland no landlord has the power of raising the rent or of evicting a tenant BLIND BARBER IN MICHIGAN. fc'hirpnrsa la Hearlav Make Up for HI Lark of Vision. In Detroit, Mich., there Is a barber who Is stone blind, yet does a thriving business in spite of bis inability to see. Edward Max, proprietor of the Cadil lac barber shop, during his blindness, which lasted for seven years, has man aged his business entirely by touch and bearing. One would think that even customers ef longest standing would hesitate be fore golug to a man who could not see, but Mr. Max has not only not lost auy of his old customers, but has added many new ones to his trade since he lost his sight. Mr. Max Is a young-looking, pleasant-faced man, who carries out his ap pearance Iu his disposition. He was quite ready to describe the way In which he carries ou his business In spite of his great handicap. "I can tell whereabouts iu the shop my men are and whut they are doing, Just as easily as though I were look ing at them all," he said, good-naturedly. "I know them all by their step, aud when they move I can tell where they go. Every man, as you know, has uu ludlvldtiul walk. Just as he has an in dividual temperament, and as the differ ent barbers Iu my shop walk about the marble floor I kjiow whether It Is Jim my, who Is nervous, or George, who Is slow and very careful. It Is, of course, easy to toll whether a man's hair or beard Is being cut, the ring of the shears being very different In each case. "I can tell when s man Is being shaved by the scrape of the razor, and sometimes I know whether the beard is a stiff or a soft one. "When a man Is having an egg sham poo I hear the pgg shell cracked and the egg beateu aud I hear the customer go to the fountain afterward to wash his head. "This may seem a little farfetched, hut everything done In a barber shop has some very characteristic sound, and If you bad been In the halr-ctittlng business as long as I have you would recognize these movements and sounds as I do. "I can tell Just about what the day's business has been and what we ought to have made. My daughter Is the cashier, and when she Is away I make the change myself. I can tell all the coins by the feeling, but, of course. 1 do not know one bill from another, and I never attempt to mnke change for anything but a $1 bill." HUMOR IN THE AMBULANCE. Doctor's Story of a Man and Woman with Hroken l.cm, "When I was an ambulance sur geon," said the young family physl clan, "I used to start like a fire horse at the sound of the call. I was Just as much Interested In the work at the end of two years as I was the day I began. It was the excitement of tha life that made me so fond of It. I had all sorts of experiences at all sorts of hours. There was an element of dan ger In It, too, but that only added to the charm. "One night I had a call from the West Side In the neighborhood of Chelsea square. It was for a drunken man who fell down and broke bis leg. On the way back to the hospital with blm I picked up a drunken woman to whom a similar accident had hnppeued. There was nothing to do but put her In the ambulance along with the man. "After that the ride across town was exciting enough for a cowboy. At first the patients sympathized with each other. Then they began to cry In chorus. At Broudway they fell to kiss ing each other. At Third avenue they were fighting like a pair of Kilkenny cats, and I had my hands full In keep ing them apart. The woman had scratched the man's face dreadfully and he had Learly closed her eye with a punch. When we struck the asphalt In 20th street they were singing, 'We have all been there before, many a time,' and such singing! The uproar attracted a crowd who evidently thought I had an ambulance full of lunatics. When we reached the gate they swore eternal friendship and at the office they parted in tears." New York Sun. Mr. Gillette' Tobacco Habits. William Gillette claims there Is no righteousness In his tobacco reputation. He admits he likes a good cigar, but denies that smoking Is with him a con tinuous performance, and asserts that coincidence rather than Intention has made it necessary for him to simulate a devotee of the weed In the majority of his plays. It was Conan Doyle, he says, who made Sherlock. Holmes a worshiper of pipe and cigar, while It was the dramatic effect of tobacco, as indicative of the stoicism of the smoker, which appealed to him when he equip ped Col. Thorne of "Secret Service" with the habit. Yet he does not deny that a cigar Is bis most frequent stage companion. An odd result of the association Is the pref erence which the actor now has for the extremely dry cigar. Before he smokes a cigar he places It on a steam radiator and lets it dry almost to the crumbling point "I found," he explains, "that a damp, fresh cigar would go out If I laid it down for a few moments. That would not do, for the relighting might prove decidedly embarrassing. A dry cigar will burn on. So I took to drying the cigars I smoked on the stage, and after a time I got to like them. Now I can not smoke a freshly made cigar." Bos ton Post. Wants More Settlers. A body of capitalists has contracted with the Ontario government under heavy bonds to place ln'Algoma, west ern Ontario, 500 settlers per month for five years. The representative of the capitalists, Mr. Clergue, sailed for En gland recently and will open emigra tion agencies forthwith. It is expected and honed that the emigrants will b chiefly British and will consist largely or SKllieu wor&mea. A Cruel American Parent. The Mother Mr dears, vour father ta obdurate. He says that after raking and scraping, as he vulgarly expresses It, and getting Into debt, and making other sacrifices, he can only allovr you $500 apiece for your clothes. The Girls (In chorus, weeping) Well, we'll get even with blm yet! Life. ! BRADSTREET'S REPORT. Trade AdvlMi Art Reported to be Mors ! Cheerful. J Bradstreet'i says: Trade advioea ate rather more cheerful. This applies as ' much as to current retail buslues which bus been enlarged with wintry ; weather as it does to the opening ; spring trade which finds stimulation i in the general confidence felt as to the ' general outlook for the year. Price , show exceptional strength, all thiugs considered, the one weak spot being raw : cotton which share a the rather usual tone manilostud by the cotton growers : and yarn markets. Foreign demand ' for our breadstuffs has been rather bet '. ter. Spocially cheerful reisirts come 1 from the shoe and leather, the lumber and the iron trades, the strength of prices of the latter having been in creased by the talk of pundug consDli dations although the volume of business is restricted from the same cause. Failures are smaller than of late and curreut railroad earnings show large gnius over good returns of a year ago. Despite the check given to business by the talk of consolidations, a fait volume of trade is doing at all leading iron markets, and the adavuees iu these columns last week are firmly 'held. Bessemer pig is still selling at 13.S5 at valley furnaces, equivalent to $14 at Pittcubrg and sales of 10,000 tons are reported. Immediate deliver ies of steel billets still cost 50 cents to $1 more than pool price $19.75. Chi cago reports manufacturers' price lists . withdrawn pending the consolidation, hut that billets are $j a ton higher on sales of L'0,000 tons. Wheat, iuculding floor shipments, : for the week agrgegate 4,814.878 buBh els, against 4,1)07,813 last week. ! Failues for the week in the. United States numbered 21'ti as against !i5U last week. Canadian failures numbered 89, against 34 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market. Onions, new yellow, $2.50(88. Lettuce, hot house, $1.60 pur oase. Potatoes, new, $18. Beets, per sack, $1. Turnips, per sack, 75o. Squash 2c. Carrots, per sack, 75c Parsnips, per sack, $1.25(31.50, Celery COo doz. Cabbage, native and California, 2c per pounds. Butter Creamery, 25c; dairy, 15(3 18c; ranch, l(!c&)18o pound. Cheese 14c. Eggs Hanch, 20c; Eastern 20o. Poultry 13c; dressed, native chick ens, 13 He; turkey, 15c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $19.00. Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $24; feed meal, $24. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.40; blended straights, $3.25; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00; shorts, per ton, $16.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal, per ton, $29.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef steers, price 8c; cows, 7)ac; mutton 7?4i pork, 8c; trimmed, 10c; veal, 10c. Hams Large, H.'4'c; small, breakfast bacon, 13c; dry salt sides, 8,'c. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. B5c; Valley, nominal; Blues tern, 56 Ho per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham, $2.60. Oats Choice white, 45c; choice gray, 43c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew ing, $16.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $16.00 ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $18.50; chop, $16 per ton. Hay Timothy,$12 12.50; clover,$7 Q9.50; Oregon wild hay, $67perton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60 55c; store, 27 He. Eggs 17 Ho per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 18c; Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs, $2.003.50; geese, $6.00(37.00 doz; ducks, $5.00(36-00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1 lc per pound. Potatoes 4550oper sack; sweets, $1,65 per lOOpouna. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, lJio per pound; parsnips, 85c; onions, $22.25; carrots, 75c. Hops New crop, 12(3 14o per pound. Wool Valley, 18(314o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10(3 12c; mohair, 25 per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers $4 75; ewes, $4.50; dressed mutton, 6H7c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.25; light and feeders, $5.00; dressed, 6 7c per pounds. Beef Gross, top Bteers, $4.50(34.75; cows, $4.00(34.50; dressed beef, 6(3 To per pound. Veal Large, 7 (3 7 He; small, 8H(3 9c per pound. San Francisco Market Wool Spring Nevada, ll13oper pound; Eastern Oregon, 10(3 14c; Val ley, 15 17c; Northern, 9 (3 10c. Hops Crop, 1900, 1520o. Butter Fancy creamery 21c; do seconds, 17c; fancy dairy, 19 do seconds, 14c per pound. Eggs Store, 22c; fancy ranch, 26c. o Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 (3 20.00; bran, $15.00 16.00. Hay Wheat $913H; wheat and oat $9.00(312.50; best barley $9.50 alfalfa, $7.00(310.00 per ton; strew, 3547iO per bate. Fotatoes Oregon Burbanks, 0$1; Salinas Burbanks, 75c(3$1.05; river Burbanks, 85 60c; sweets. 50 $ 1.00. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia $2.758.25; Mexican limes, $4.00' 6.00; California lemons 75c$1.50; do choice $1.75(32.00 per box. Tropical FruitsBananas, $1.60 J.50 per bunch; pineapple, nom inal; Persian dates, 6 (2 6 Ho pez pound. -