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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. ORE. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1918. 1 CAPITAL JOURNAL CLASSIFIED DEPT. - QUICK REFERENCE TO FIRMS THAT GIVE SERVICE ON SHOET NOTICE WHERE BITER AND SELLER MEEME RECOMMEND OtlR ADVERTISERS EVXKTTHINO ELECTRICAL Bilem Electric Co, Masonic Temple, 127 North High TRANSFER AND DRAYAGE Salem Truck & Dray Co., corner State and Front Streets AUTO DELIVERY BAGGAGE AND PARCELS DEHV ered anv place city or country. Phone 64 or 2081 B. W. W. Fisher. AWNINGS DO YOU WANT new awnings for atore or hoiv.ef Call or write C. Dill man; 9C0 Highland Ave. 5-18 DENTIST DR. V. L tTTEE, DENTIST, ROOMS 413-414 Bank- of Commerce bldg. Phone 606. 114 FINANCIAL MONEY TO LOAN On Good Real Estate Security THOS. K. FORD Over Ladd & Bush bank, Salem, Oregon HATTERS-CLEANERS ELLSWORTH, TIIE HATTER Men 's and women 'a hats cleaned, reblocked and rotrinvmcd. Old hats made to look like new. We carry a large stock of fine ribbons. 495 Court St. LAWN MOWERS THE FJXIT SHOP Let us Topair and sharpen your lawn mowers. SiUl Court. Phone 1022. OSTEOPATH DRS. B. H. WHITE AND R. W. WA1 TON Osteopathic physicians and nerve specialists, u radii ate of Amor, loan school of Osteopathy, Kirkville, Mo Post graduate and specialized in nervous diseases at Los Angeles Col lege. Offices 505 508 U. S. Nat. Bank Bldg. Phone 859. Residence 1620 Court. Phone 2215. Dr. White Eos. Phone, 4C9. FOR RENT FOR RENT The storeroom at 141 N. Commercial street, now occupied by Oompton's 15c & 25c storo, will be for rent May 1st next. For particu lars inquire at . room 22 Broynian Dlock. tt LET US ESTIMATE ON All your Printing an Up-to-Now office to meet your print ing demands. TOE CAPITAL JOURNAL PHONE 81 RAILROAD TIME TABLES SALEM- GEER LINB No. 73 Arrive at Salem 9:15 a.m. No. 74 Leave Salem .. 3:05 p.ra BALEM, FALLS CITY ft WESTERN 181 Lv Salem, motor 7:05 a.m. 183 Lv Salem, motor ...9:35 am. 165 Lv Salem, motor 1:40 p.m. Through car to Monmouth and Arlie 167 Lv Salem, motor .3:48 p.m. lS9Lv Salem, motor .. 5:57 p.m. S39 Wy frt. Lv Salem 5:00 a.m. 168 Ar at Salom 8:30 am. 164 Ar. at Salem Jl :00 a.m. 156 Ar at Salom 3:00 p.m. 108 Ar at Salem 5:35 p.m. 170 Ar at Salem ... 7:20 p.m. 40 Wy frt Ar Salem 2:30 p.m. OREGON ELECTRIC Southbound Traia Leave Arrive Arrive Hol Portland Salem Eugene 1 6:30 am 8:35 am 10:50 am 0 Ltd :S0am 10:11 am 12:25 pm f , 10:45tm 12:50pm 8:05 pm 4:15 pm 6:35 pm 13 Ltd 4:45pm 6:40 pm 6:50 pm 17 6:05 pm 8:07 pm Salem only ia ,, , 9:20 pm 11:20 pm Salem only PI 11:45 pm 1:55 am. 6:50 am "North Bank Station (leave Jefferson Street 15 and 20 minutes later) Korthbonxd Leara ATrive Bugene Salem -12:65 am 4:35 am 7:15 am Train Ho. a 10 Ltd.. Arrive Portland 6:50 am 9:25 am 11:30 am 1:20 pm 3:55 pm 5:45 pm 7:40 pm 10:00 pm 7:35 am 9:45 am. 1120 sin 1:50 pm 4:00 pm -5:30 pm 11 14. 11:20 am iO Ltd 1:55 pm 80 .MOpm "5.25 Dm 7:55 pm xNorth Bank Station (Arrive Jefferson Street 15 minutes earlier) .Leave Cor vallis. OOSVALLJS CONNECTIONS Leave Corvallis Arrive Salem 8:25 amNorthbound..9:45 am 12:1! pm..Northbonnd..l:50 am 8:41 pm.Northbouml....4:00 pm 4:10 pm Northbound....5:30 pm 6:18 pmNorotound....7:55 pm 8:35 anu.-Southbound..9:57 am 10:15 am 8outhbound..ll:33 am J2:50 j)m.South'no me " pm 4:15 pm....Houthbound....5:40 pm 6:40 pm.8onthbonad8:00 p TRY JOURNAL WANT ADS JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY Telephone Main 1200 Main7 LODGE DIRECTORY KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS MEET AT McCornack hall on every Tuesday at 8. P. Andresea, Q. a W. B- (iil son, K. R. & S. . MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA Oregon Cedar Camp No. 5246.meets every Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in Derby building, cornet Court and High streets. R. F. Day, V. C; ,1. A. Wright, clerk. SALEM HUMANE SOCIETY D. D. Keeler, president; Mrs. Lou Tillsrcn, secretary. All cases of cruelty or neg lcet of dumb animals should be re ported to the secretary for investi gation. ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA ' ' Oregon Grape Camp" No. 1360. meets evory Thursday evening in Derby building, Court and High St. Mrs. Pearl Coursey, 214 Court St . oraclo; Sirs. Melissa Persons, recor der, 1415 N. 4th St. Phone 1430M. . UNITED ARTISANS Capital Assem bly No. 84, meets every Thursday at 8 p. m. in I. O. O. F. lial!. Norma L. Terwilliger, M. A-j C, A. Vibbert, secretary, Crown Drug Store, 838 State street. SECOND HAND GOODS BUY, SELL and EXCHANGE- Men's clothes, shoes, hats, jewelry, watches, tools, musical instruments bicycles, guns, rifles, revolvers, suit cases, trnnks, cameras, typewriters and furniture. Capital Exchange, 337 Court street. Phone 493. SCAVENGER SALEM SCAVENGER Charles Soos proprietor. Garbage and refuge of. all kinds removed on monthly contracts at reasonable rates. Yard and cess pools cleaned. Office phone Main 2247. Residence Main 2272. STOVE REPAIRING STOVES REBUILT AND REPAIRED 50 years experience. Depot, National and American fence.'' Sizes 26 to 68 in. high. Paints, oil and varnish, etc. Loganberry and hop hooks. Snlcm Fence and Stove Works, 250 Court street. Phone 124. VETERINARIAN DR. W. G. MOORHOUSE COUNTS veterinarian, graduate Cornell Uni versity. Office Cherry City Feed Stables. 544 Ferry St. Phones, office 2199; Res. and night 1510. WATER COMPANY SALEM WATER COMPANY Office corner Commercial and Trade streets Bills payable monthly in advance. THE MARKET '( 36 fl(C )fc )fc S)C 3(C ifCsfC l(C 3 Only aninor changes in fruit and veg ctablta are to be noted in today's mar ket quotations. drain Wheat, soft white $1.85n 1.87 Wheat, red $1.65 Wheat, lower grades on sample Oats 96c Hurley, ton $03 Bran $36 Shorts, per ton $38 Hay, cheat, new $19(3)20 Huy, vetch, new $2022 llay, clover, new lo Butterfat '. 42c Creamery butter . Country butter - - Pork, Veal ami Mutton Pork, on foot Veal, fancy .. , Cows Hulls Spring lambs Ewes -.. .. . Ijimbs, yearlings Kjjgs, cash Hens, pound . Turkeys, dressed Turkeys, live, No. 1 Hens, dressed, pound . Frys, dressed Ducks, live Oeese, live . Old roosters Young roosters ... Potatoes ..,...... 1516c 16Td)17c 79c 5rai6'4c 56c llfVt; I2e . 5(a)7C 10c 29Ca31c 20Cf621j 26(ii28: 21f23c 27(a29c 2628 18(n-20c 14(i15e 1820; , lc Vegetable String garlic . Green onions ..... Onions, in sack . Ixttiwe. crate Artichokes Catbago .. , Florida tomatoes Rhubard Asparagus 6c 40c $1.25 $3.25 90c 4c $5 40c c Tigs and Dates 1 Black figs 13c Fruit Apple Oranges Giapo fruit $6fcs 6 0 FOR SALE FOR SALE 200 cords oak wood $3.51 per cord oa place, r $0 per cord a; Crowley, station. Address John Young Kickreai, Ore. , - - . 5-30 350 ACRES', 100 acres cultivated, 100 bottom, 3o beaverdam, 225 brush and timber, igood pasture, no white land, living water, river front, land prac ' tieally all tillable, lft miles from Wacouda, Or. Price $85 per acre. 640 acres, millions of feet Df fine saw timber, lays well, affords good grazing, living water, 3 miles of railroad "station. $15 per acre. Own r, Room 341 State St. Salem, Or. 5-26 BUYERS ATTENTION! I have a com fortable 5 .room cottage for sale, with good lot for $700; also a mod ern five room eottage one block from paved street. This is a cheap property at $1400. I have a choice buy for $1500, two blocks from car lino and one block from paved street I have several valuable lots for sale cheap; also a house for $600. Square Deal Realty Company, U. S. Bank building. Phone 4T0. tf 240 ACHES, 200 cultivated, 40 timber pasture, running water, fair improve mcnts, 3 miles from Pratum, best Waldo Hill soil, price $23,000. 60 acres, 58 cultivated, 18 pasture, 2 timber, all good soil, spring water, good improvements, 1900 prune trees, 50 English walnut trees, good team of horses, wagon, harness, 3 Jersey cows, 100 pure bred hens, 1 mile from Aumsvillc, a snap, price $8500. Terms. Socolofsky, 341 State St. phone 870. 10 110 ACRES, 80 cultivated, 30 timber pasture, 40 acres in crop, good build ings, on rock road, two miles from town, some stock and tmplemonts, priee $1100, will take $3000 Salem residence, some cash and easy terms oa balance. 100 acres, 00 cultivated 50 bottom, 5 timber, all fenced, good road, new 6 room bungalow, barn close to achool, $11,000. 20 acres Yamhill county, exchango for 6 room bungalow in Salem. Equity in 40 acre Idaho irrigated farm fo ranch near Salom or Dallas, not over $3000, price $0000. 20 acres dose to Salem, 6 cleared, good improvements, rock road, $4000. 58 acres, 45 culti vated, 25. beaverdam, 12 pasture, 1 j orchard, good Barn, lair bouse, join ing town, running water, $6200 easy terms. Modern 5 room bungalow, furnace, paved street, $1500. Mod ern 5 room bungalow, furnace, fire place, bath, Dutch kitchen, close in, $2000. $8500 worth of acreage and residence property to exchange for ranch any" where. 6ocolofsky, 341 Bananas 7Vi! Retail Prices Creamery butter 45(W50o Flour, hard wheat $2.702.80 Flour,' soft wheat $2.50(52.60 Country butter 40c Eggs, dozen 35e Sugar, 11 lbs. for Y Sales limited to $1 PORTLAND MARKET Portland, Ore, May 1. Butter, city creamery 44c Eggs, selected local ex. 3637c Hens 28c Broilers 40e Geese 20c Cheese triplets 15'al6c Daily Live Stock Market Cattle Receipts 380 Tone of market steady, unchanged Good to choice steers $14(ctl5 Medium to good steers $12.75(al3.75 "Common to medium steers $11 12 ChoicrTcows and heifers $1314 Canners $4.25(a6.23 Bulls $6.2-)ll Calves $8.7513.25 Stocker and feeder steers $"090 per bead nogs Iklceipta 34S Tone of market steady, unchanged ftime mixed 17.65(a 17.85 Prime heavy $17.2517.50 Pigs $16.2u1650 Bulk $13(S16 Sheep Receipts 84 Ton of market steady, unchanged Spring lambs bid $20 Western yearlings $15.25(915.50 Valley yearlings $15-2515.50 Wethers $13(fi;13.50 Ewes 'ftl212.50 NOTE PortJand market on shorn sheep, 2 to 3c nnder quotation. Hearst Buys Herald frcajair.es Kceley Chicago, May 1. The Chicago Her ald Was combined today with the Hearst morning papeT here and will be issued hereafter as the "Chicago Herald and Examiner." The paper will abandon the Herald plant, being is sued from the Hearst building under the editorship of Arthur Brisbane. Chi cago now has two morning papers the Tribune and the new combination. The Herald for four years has been under (the editorship of James Kceley, who loft the Tribune to merge Ihe old Rcteord picra'fl and the liT-Ocean in the spring of 1914. An announce ment in the Herald says Kecley will go abroad for three months to make investigations for two European coun tries. Toms of the wle were not annonnc- EXPLORER VERY WEAK New York, May 1. VUhjalmrrr Ste fanBsoa, the explorer, greatly, weaken ed by a two months nege of typhoid fover, has arrived at For: Yokon, Alas- ; Willamette Valley News 4 Marion News Notes I '(Capital Journal Special Service) Marion, May 1. Rev. and Mrs. A. w. 8. Chandler. Mrs. C. H. Taylor, W.; MUFarland are the happy parents Mrs. Harry Pearson, Mrs. W. T. Dav if a nine pwiud babv boy. jidson, Mm. Raymond Titus and Mrs- Last week was agriculture week and I u"!;i.s' The additional guests were was duly observed in the Marion school !"" J?' J008' ,?rs- ,Johl1 Bums Oa Friday Supervisor Smith and Muoif E- " ,M c- A- Tucker' Cowtfill of O. A. C, were rit the school and .M: lr. The next andV'ke " the subject, after, which lU be w,th M w- s- he School gave a short program. There u,a.n,Uwr- ... , ' ,, was a good attendance of parens and lun,frfl ReyaoMs was a visitors which encouras-ed both the ! cek nd, P' ' the hwiie of her tea-her and speakers. ! V1 .M'- and Mrs. W alter Reynolds D. Flovd Morgan, pastor of the I Christian church in Albany, gave an i ereterrai anient in the W. O. W. hall on April 19th, under the auspices of :he Marion Red Cross. The latter re ceived half the door receipts and sold ice cream and cake, so that a neat sum was added to their treasury for the purchase of supplies. Marion school eecmw to have a nitty bawc.ball 'teaim this year, as they have come off victors in all but the first name played this year. They expect to play a return game with Staytoa next Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hoag spent the week end wtith, their parents in Polk county last week. A very pleasant surpriso party was given Miss Viol Kcpnart last innay evenine. it being hcT sixteenth birth- nleasure, Ward Owens has joined the navy and expects to leave this week for San Fianciaeo to -.start in training. Laat Thursday evening the Camp fire girls nuet with Mrs. Belle Palmer and after a social hour, enjoyed a tfiffy pull. Mr. Adams and family have moved to Brooks for the suntmer, to work in the onion fields there. Misa Laura Thrauas, who' is attend ing business college pn Salom, was homo for a few daya visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thomas, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Miltoo Brown of Sa lem have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. J. A. Colgan. Sirpt. W. M. Smith and family spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. M a Smith Ron TtiiHRftll and wife of Albany wero callow at the S. H. Rnssell honue Sunday. Mrs. Doerfler and eon and daughter motored down froiiii their home in the Waldo Hdlla Monday and spent the day with the former's uaugmer, airs. Hal Russell. . Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Taylor M bcous Mil's spent the weelt end witn meir daughter, Mrs. L. C. Russell, and fam ily- , . U, A. ueorge ia chjiu-b , from his boyhood friend, Mr. kuuciui of Woodland, Idaho. Mr. Horning, Mr. aeni anu w, xy- noth. of Salem motored out to nianm. to visit tne tormer s uaugui.i-1, E. E. Berjga. T?niini nr 5 the nroeiain for tne Jefferson district Sunday school con vention to be held Sunday, May 5, at tho Christlinn churen in rw. Mrs. Van Winkle of Jefferson og leader. -" 10 Song service. 10:15 Devotional service, Rev. i. M. Ittena. ' ,., 10:25 Reading, Mrs. waicn. dbio- tfions by mala quartet, fcvangeuem Sunday aclioou .: 10:4O-Biblo in tho Sunday school, Mia. Enos Presncll. Song, primary and iunior classes, Christian Sunday ch.l 11 Atfoiress, iw. jv" 1 1 .qoj Ttiv.iuinn into classes for study of the Sunday aekool lesson of tho day. Primary and beginners, Mrs. ti v t.,!,. and Leah Powell. Jun ior boys and giirls, Flora Maritz and t r i,U Toon affe boys, Mrs. mro. ii. . ----- -,, Ed Smith. Teen ago gi'is, mi i""" ., ir: I'.. ...is Bvron, Above eighteen years, us- " man. 12 Basket dinner. 1:30 Business committee meeting. 2-8ong service. 2:10 Devcitional service, Rev. U v. 2-25Reiport of secretary -treasurer , O. O. Epley. Report of schools. Report of business coninuiiiw. u-" idon S?ho"K ,. . ... v, 2-50 The ikl' religion, Miss Inez Goltira. Mo, Mra Van Winkle. 3:l.V-Addross, The greatest need of the Sunday acfaool, Rev. A. W. McFar- land. . WHY WOMEN TVrrM fllri M V lt.r.AU ULII rtUL ' . Don't worry about Ola age- won i worry about being in other people's way when yon are getting on ia years. body in good condition and ST Voutrrthhen Wd.y.nUd Tdnt. WdT ayree causes of senile afflictions, rxeep . clean and in proper working enndihon. irive the poisonous wastes from tne .vnlrl uric acid accumula tions. Take GOLD MEDAL Haarlem j turns, lake UU j". wiii ?lW.l tata find that the system w u ' wti ii ii enlivened your muscles made stronc and your face have once more About two thirds of the April con- previous two weeks for. Vie same per the look of youth and health-. atruction was completed in the last half i-jd. it biioi.d be very gratifying to v.... u -nlv nnn iruaranteea urnnu , a of Hnarlem Oil Capsules, UUL.U yir.u Ali. There are manv faked on nie mar ket. Be sure you get the Original GOLD MEDAL Imported Haarlem Oil Capsnles. They are the only reliable. For sale by aTl first class drugjj'Sl- ka, according to a telegram reteived here. operation mihr e fi(Vfirrr t one. Children Cry TSS FLfTClHER'S ASTORIA He said that ne mane - w,n Th wrtrtcr wneat jtcV prormii y - 4 $1415; medium to "good the mountains in his wese,( -Jwill be at ,a 140,000,000 bnshels m umi. fair 0 medium -fcerg Won beca.i.je he feared n" f "WMt' mta ,te' U.75(&)13.7S; common to fair steers suffering fnrsm typhus and that an ,-.,-;., i jr.! i,,.i,.. .. . vsM Susnyskle News The-Red Cross met Friday at the heme of Mrs. Walter 'Reynolds. Those n r-V.,. t m i.rtk Afr 12 TT II.. . I, . M .. Misa Daisy Sterling, who has been ,t the C. A. Tucker home for the last few months left Saturday for her home at Eugene. A fiiw cases of liberty measles are reported in this community. H. F. Chandler vLuted the home folks recently. ! minima Pearson is seriously ill. Ray Reynolds ,who is employed in a drug store at Giendalc, Oregon, re turned to his work after spending his vacation with hb parents. Staytoa Items . ; (Capital Journal Special Service; Sitavton, May 1. Mesdanies T. W. Creech, C. H. Brewer, J. H. Missler, A. jC. Thomas and C. A. Luthy were Sa- Adam Burns and son were Stay ton visitors Monday. Mrs. Horace Lilly was called to Cor vallis the first of ithe week by the ser ious illness of her father. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Nott visited the fSrtit ctf the week at the J. E. Kimsey home at Silver Creek Falls. C. E. Taylor and family are now com foTbably located in thedr new home on the ditch, at the end of Third street. Bruno Boedigheimer of Salem, was a Staytou visitor this week. Adam Shepherd is home Irom i'hilo inial'h,' where he had been employed by tho Mary's River Logging .company. P. C. Frerea of Vrm Kidge was in fawn Monday. Rev. Father Laimk of Sub'.&inity was in Stayton Monday. Chas. Gehlen is hane from a busi ness trip to Portland. . Stayton has received a 200 per cent honor fhig for her liberty loan worK. The flag ia on display at the Fanners & Merchants bank and will scon be flrine from Itho flag pole. ' The Methodist church gave a fare well dinner on Sunday to I'rot. ii. i. Ford, who left April 30ith for Camp Lewis. Rev. Father Lainck, who has just re-' turned from San Francisco, delivered an excellent address to the student bedy at tho high school auditorium on Tuesday. Mrs. E. MaitTwi of Salem is a guest at the hoitne of her daughter, Airs. M. J. C'rabtreo. Tuesday was little Mips Constance iBoauehaniip 's 0th birthday aud ia hon or of tho event he entertained a num ber of small t.iemls at the homo of her parent, Dr. an I Mrs. H. A. Bcaucbamp (lames an, a c.ran y lfn h were en joyed by th.'. 3::,le f'ks. Geoiio Wuiif d, who has been em ployed in ioit'ffliJ, is nw seriously ill at the ay: on hotel, having come down fnsni the city Saturday evening It Is stated that he ha leakage of the heart and that his condition is serious. friends heTe hone' that hlis !'onditdon will soon be improved. To Fix Maximum Price of Machinery Washington, May' 1. A bill to fix maximum prices or farm macnincry and fertiliwr is being drafted by r.. .,. i ; l unairman iever or tne mmse bkihmu- .,tural committee lor liitroaucuou mir week, The proposed measure is one niore step toward increasing America's food supply by encouraging farmers to greater production. Preliminary investigations have shown "rank profiteering" among agriculture implement men, some man ufacturers Teaping as high as 40 peT cent according to committee members. To Stamp Out I. W. W. Washincton, May 1. A bill to stamp out the L W. W. was favorably re- portd by the sub committee of the sen- ate judiciary committee. The full committee considers the measure Thurs - day. . .n i . i 1 U..1 j Tne D1" 0Itlarel' ""WIU1. tions nurnosine by force, violence or injury to inng aooui any kuvwuu""iuu social, industrial or economic chango an the Imlefl states." Ship (dSOD Shows Good Increase Wasliingtou, April 30 Ship construc tion for the month of April aggregated 240,000 deadweight tons, Chairman Hur " 'ley of -flic shipping board announced to ! to dait, 1250. Cat r-''('"et aiB of s'tav below the requ ; e(,f,0o thus over the bet previous re-'ket, although this cord, which wa,s in June last year. - . nr the montn. SPRING WHEAT OUTLOOK Washington, May 1. Spring wheat yields should increase twenty to thir-, ty per cent over estimate recently made by the agricultural department, fol administration telegraphic reports ini.',n..ea. Hav the Journal Job Dept. . estimate on your printing seeds yoa get the benefit of earh buying. Phone 81. fM 1 -jiu.iuiwi4.iui uafi avTTO nuu .vra.ao Synopsis of the Annual Statement of the V mted states Branch of the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, (Limited.) of , Liverpool, England, -on the thirty first da of December, 1917, made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State f Cregon, pursuant to. law: CAPITAL V. Amount of capital paid up, deposits .. $ 662.000.00 INCOME '; Net premiums received - . during the year... $1174013.32 Interest, dividends and rents received during . the year a 743.104.52 Income from other sources received during- the year v 516,148.20 Total income $12,833,266.04 DISBURSEMENTS Net losses paid during- the ,year $ 5,200,621.15 Commissions and salaries paid during the year 2,870,040.'54 Taxes, licenses and fees paid during Iht-'year 857,424.34 Amount of ell other expenditures s..., 1,763,181.48 Total expenditures $10,691,267.51 ASSETS Value of real estate owned (market value) $ 3,619r.55.9S Value of stocks and bonds owned (market value) $ 3,619,453.9S Loans on mortgages and collateral, etc 183,600.00 Cash in banks aud on hand 1,738,093.30 Premiums in course of ; collection written since September 30, 1917.... .2,061,862,63 Other items . 208,962,49 Interest and rents due and aecrued 115,265.64 Total uwets $16,475,925.47 'Less special deposits in 'any state (if any there be) 81,520.00 Total assets admitted in Oregon - $16,394,405.47 LIABILITIES Cross claims for losses unpaid $ 1,540,104.65 Amount of unearned premiums on all out standing risks 9,473,694.76 All othor liabilities 204,153.13 Due for Taxes 869,013.89 Total liabilities, ex- elusive of capital stock $12,086,966.53 Total premiums in force December 31, 1917 $18,450,243.20 BUSINESS IN OREGON FOR THE YEAR Total insurance written during the year $ 7,768,112.00 (iross premiums received during the year 178,384.68 Premiums returned during the year 60,273.83 Losses nr. id during the year ... 34,706.38 Losses incurred during tho year 33,637.88 Total amount of insurance 1 outstanding! in Oregon Docember 31, 1917 ........ 8,625,291.00 ROLLA V. WATT, Manager and Attorney Pacific Dept. Statutory resident general agent and attorney for sorvice: C. 1. tlauriel ' son, Pcitland, Oregon. Homer H. Smith, Resident Agent, Mc Cornack Building, Salem. i Lack of Government Control Was Expensive New York, May 1. Herbert Hoover, addressing representatives of the grain trado hero today, doclared that the wheat sin plus in the United States from the 1917 crop was ouly 20,000,000 bushels and that fifty per cent of the mill output is beiug shipped to the allies. Consumers In the United States, Hoovor said, have an unnecessary spec ulation and milling profit of $200,000,- 000 for the 1916 wheat crop, because of the unsettled condition of the market then in tho absence of govern iuont control. Hoover estimated the 1918 crop at between 800,000,000 and 900,000,000 iiiiiiiiiiil Ap bushels, compared with 620,000,000 last year. The price to the farmer, he said, would be $2.50 a bushel for number one northern, at base maTkets, but that this guarantee would not go to buyers and dealers, as generally believed, WHEAT FIELDS OF KANSAS. Topeka, Kan., May 1. The great wh(l,t fi,.i,l of Kaunas are furhtinir for Un(,ie gam x muion acres strong, i j-Ulg year' harvost will cover the 1 f uli Bcuflg0 under cultivation, estimat- I -a t C.310.000 acres. J. C. Mohler. state ' ' ' ' . agricultural secretary, predicted today, unueu ovaits i " iv 1 r. ,,,,. nt -i-ZL',,. .. 77;Orceon. to the highest buldor at no percent. With especially favorable. V?" ' 'V TT . ,m J t th weathcr. he .aid, soma wheat reported bJ th,, notice, .ale to be .ubt to th. past tolp may be reclaimed. wTth "an Ur Cattle Receipts Are - Below Requirements Noith Portland, May. l.-Cattle eeipts louay, -au, toiai ior tne weea Cattlc receipts are still requirements of the mar- week s receipts are at least 100 per cent better than the shippers who patronize this market to note that cattle prices are an even 75c to $.100 per hundred higher than any ol'ber market on. the coast. Prime ,tcrs are wiling at $15 and in some I eftse- , few scattering steers bave brought 25c higher than that. Cows are j ,c;jiug at very strong prices up to $14. Y!,e mUikj: in all cattle lines is extreme- ttmno. Ouotnt nna aw: linod to $13(bvl4; medium to good cows and heifers $9.75(a)12.75; fair to medium cows and heifers $7.00(S8.50 ; cainwrs $Xa7; bulls $712; calves $8.75(5;13; sttM'kers and feeders $70(u)90 a head. Hog receipts today, 400, total for the wcpU 'j date, 2750. Hog receipts were fairly good yesterday, the market, Lte$! m iii DAPvKtN GRAY HAIR Bring Back Color, Gloss and YoaiMulness with Grand - ma's Recipe of Sage and Sulphur . Common garden sage brewed into a heavy tea, with suiihur and alcohol added, will turn gray, streaked and tadea hair beautifully dark and tax- : uriant- Mixing the Sago Tea ind SuV : phur .recipe at home, though, is trou blesome. An easier way is to get tha ready td use. preparation improved by 1 the addition of other ingredients, cost- : in? about 50 - cents a lartrrf : but tie. at drujr stores, known as "Wyeth's Sags and Sulphur Compound," thus avoid--in? a lot of muss. While gray, faded hair is aot sinful, w all desire to retain our youthful ap pearance and attractiveness. By dark ening your hair with Wyeth s Saga and Sulphur Compound, no one eaa tell, because it does it so naturally, so evenly. Yon just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning all gray hairs have disappeared After another application or two your hair becomes beautifully dark, jrlossy, soft and lux uriant and you appear years youngor. Wyoth's Sage and Sulphur CompounJ is a delightful toilet requisite. It is not intended for the cure, mitiiratioB or prevention of disease. huwever, was a little slow and the bulk of kales was somewhat lower. Tops. however, sold at the same pries, $18.00. Quotations are: Prime mixed $17.65(3 l".5j medium mixed $17.2517.50; rough heavies $16.25 (16.50; pigs $15 16; bulk $17.65. Sneep receipts are very light although t': s mouth's roeeip b wera heavier thaa receipts a year ago fir the same motath Sheep are in Hue with cattle and hogs in Portland and sales indicatd this t be the highest market ia the entire West. Prime spring lambs are selling as ingii as $20 with heavy lambs as big as $18. and a'Jier grades ia proportin. Quotations atV: Prime spring lambs, $2$ yearlings $15.15.50; heavy lambs, ifl6.50ira8.50; wethers $1313 ewes $12(512.50. "You can still buy Liberty Bonds to day. If you hsMtenl bought yourstNOW is the time." . ' LESS MLAT IF BACK HS HURT Take a Glass of Salts to Flush Kidneys If Bladder Bothers r n i . t sir iou-unnKLotsot water Eating meat regularly eventually produces kidney trouble in some form or othor, says a well known authority, because tho uric acid In meat excites the kidneys, they become overworked; tret sluKuiBh; cloe up and causo all sorts of distress, particularly backacha and misery in the kidney region; rhou niatio twinges, sovore headaches, acid stomach, constipation, torpia liver, sleeplessness, bladder and urinary irri- lauon. . The moment your back hurt or kid neys aren't acting right, or if bladdor bothers you, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of wa ter before breakfast for a rew nays and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from tha acid of grapes and lomoa juice, com bined with lithia, and has boon used for generations to flush clogged kid neys and stimulate them to normal ac tivity; also to neutralize the acids ia the urine so it no longer irritate, thu ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts cannot injurs anyone; makos a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which millions of men and women take now and then to keep tha kidneys and urinary organs eleaa, that avoiding serious kidney disease. - NOTICE OF SALE Of Govsramnnt Timbar Notice is hereby given that subject to the conditions and limitations of the Act of June 9, 1916, (39 Stat, B18V an,l the instructions of the 8ea retary of tha Interior of September 15, 1917, the timber on tha following lands will be sold May 15, 1918, at 1 I o'clock a. m. at publie auction at th .t r-i.i. i . k li-tlonL Hitianfll sum at one-fifth of one per cent thereof, being commissions allow ed, must be doposited at time of aalt. money to be returned If sale is not ap proved, otherwise patent will issue for the timber which must bs removed 'Lx;u A ...... ... niil, mrilt K VfXtiAi- Jr M State u . ,ucll atiaons ana eor- porations organized under the laws of the United States or any state, terri tory or district thereof only. Upon ap plication or a quaiuiea purcnasor. w timber on any legal subdivision will ha offered separately before being includ ed in any offer of a larger unit. T. 9 U. B. 2 K.. Sec. 35: NEK NEl, yellow fir 250 M , red fir 50 M.; NW NE4, yellow fir 600 M., red fir 800 M., hem lock 10 M.; 8W ye"0 fi 700 M., red fir 250 M.) SE' NEt yellow fir 350 M., red fir 450 M.; NE4 NW, yellow fir 750 M, red fir 23$ M., hemlock 10 M.; 8Ey NW, yel low fir 100 M., red fir 1200 M.j NE SW'i, vellow fir 200 M., rod fir 80 M.j SEVi SW, yellow fir 350 M red fir 850 M.; NE 8Ey4, yellow fir 450 M., red fir 600 M.J NW 8E, yellow fir 500 M.. red fit 600 M.J BW 6EU. yellow fir 50 Ml, red fir 180 M.; 8EU SE14, red fir 1550 M, nona of the fir to be sold at less than $1.7S per M., and none of the hemlock ta be sold at less than $.50 par M. CLAY TALLMAN, Commissioner, General Land Office. 61