Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-08-14
AMONG THE HOP GROWERS.
Crops and Prices in the Great
Hop Centers.
OREGON, WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK
What Lane County Has to Re-
port About Hops.
A LANE COUNTY SPECIAL.

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year, lice have nearly all disappeared,
and with favorable conditions from
now on, Lane county will harvest 5000
bales Of choice hops. Dealers are try
ing to make contracts for the 1913 crop,
at l5c; none have been made 30 far.
One lot ofseventy-fiv We bales of old hops
were sold this week 9l5c; offers Of 17c
are made on lots stilI in growers hands
out refuse to sell. thinking prices will
advance yet before the new crop is
ready for the market. Mr.. Mitchell,
general agent for Lilienthal," is here
looking over the ground.
J. P. Meeker, of Puyallup, made this
section a call the first of the week.
g. w. Hubbard has car load of hops
side tracked, awaiting exchange. Hop
buyers will be compelled to carry their
money with them this fall. as it is inn
possible to draw enough out OF bank
to get breakfast, let alone buying a
car load Of hOps-
FROM PUYALLUP.
Citizen: 95 bales shipped from here
this week, from G. F. Miller and
Haruns crop of AldertOn, to New York
for Liiienthsl 4 Company.
A. e. Campbell & Son are still con-
tracing at Yakima for 1Sc. They
have now contracted over 700 bales.
Herman Klaber is still contracting
for 15e.
AT ORTING, WIN.
Oracle says: The crop that promises
In most yards the full old time yield In
quantity aud quality, with certainty
Of good prices being realized, the hop
growers are in fortunate conditions. A
few contracts are being made down the
valley by growers pushed for picking
money at l6 and IL cents and one as
high as 10 cents.
AT SEATTLE.
Freeman Farmer says: The market
is better than it has been any time since
February. Buyers are anxious to con-
tract at l6 and IL cents.
AT SUMNER.
Herald says: Some of the hop grow
ers here have been offered contracts on
their hops at Is cents per pound. Sew
eral Of them will contract portions of
their crops at those figures, as 1t will in.
sure to them plenty of picking money.
AT CHPHAIJs
A representative of the Pacific Hop
company Of Seattle was about Chehalis
last week trying to contract hops at Is
cents. 1t Is understood he secured two
lots.
Turner Roundtree of Boistfort, has
sold three tons Of his new crop at l5c
securing payment for the same in sd-
vance. This settles the question of
picking money with him.
AT YAKIMA.
For the first time IN the history of
Yakima hop growing English money is
here and direct contracts are entered
into and advances made. The firm is
William Noakes, Son & Collard, of Lon
don, who are represented locally by A.
q. Campbell & Son. They have made
many contracts and are putting cosid-
cradle money In circulation.
Harry Campbell and Louis Lach.
mund estimate the contracts for this
seasons hops as follows: Hanson q Co.,
OF Milwaukee, by Charles Carpenter,
800 bales; Lilienthal q Co., Of san
Francisco, 700 bales; A. G. Campbell 4
Son, 600 bales; Horst Bros., 500 bales,
aud A. b. Weed, 500 bales.
Prices-well, the dealers say IS cents.
but buyers are intimsting that they
have contracted, or have been offered !
from cent to a cent and half In ad- |
vance Of this figure.
Republic says: Messn. Lachmund !
md Pincus, representing Horst Bros.
md Lilienthal, respectively, are buying
lops In Yakima this week. They OF
cred lsl cents on contract; and say
hat, before the week is over, the price
will probably reach % cents. Mr..
does not think the Yakima
rop will go over $4,000 or ZOO bales,
gainst 1900 bales last year.
AT AUBURN.
James Rankin contracted his '0S
rop to Herman Klaber at l6I GENTS
he highest contract price recorded In
his locality. Mr.. Rankin has S5 acres
{ hops.
Joseph Branan sold his lot Of ninety
We bales to James Pincus this week at
cents, The highest offer made for
his lot during the past few months, Is (
? cents.
Geo. Hummell, Mike Burns and b. .
. Patton have concluded to ship their 8
ops TO LONDON aud sell them on the
pen market These three parties have :
g bales. e
Col. HAller has sold bis sI bales Of I
kagit hops TO Livesley at 10 cents. y y
.. Haller had been holding these at d
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