The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-20
FOR PICKING HOPS
GROWERS ADOPT OLD SCHEDULE
OF 40 CENTS.

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OF 40 GENTS.
Hold This Is All They Can Pay,
and More Than Former Returns
Warranted-A Costly Watch
An ex-Slave Sells Himself Back
| into Bondage for 81 900.
| WOODBURY., Or, Aug. 14.-Forty
cents was fixed as the price for
picking hops at a called meeting of
the growers of this section held
here today. A committee compos-
ed of James Winstanley, John F.
Riseley and Mckinley Mitchell
brought IN report recommending
this figure, which was unanimous
ly adopted. The principal argu-
ment advanced for main tanning the
old price for picking was that here
tofore growers have paid more than
prices received have warranted. A
gain, many have contracted at pri-
ces ranging from 10 to - cents per
pound, and an increased price would
do them a great injustice. Further
more, while present indications are
fer good prices, there is no reason
that such values will rule when the
hop crop is in the bale. .
Of f1roo
pointed to confer with the various
transportation companies for the
purpose of inducing them to make
a low rate of fare to hoppickers
from Portland and other points, It
developed during the discussion
that pickers were and had been en-
gagged at 40 cents per box and that
the supply promised to be ample,
if not more than needed. Francis
Feller, who went to London to the
growers pool last year, cautioned
the meeting against "cross- pack
ing," caused by carelessness in fill
lug the baling hopper, thereby caus-
ing the bale to be wedged-shaped,
especially noticeable when samples
are drawn; also against false pack
ing,', which IS nothing more nor
less than mixing up the several
grades. He advised keeping the
several grades separate.
New York Times: A watch said
to be worth $4,000 is going the
rounds Of the pawnshops up town,
and as yet has found 10 purchaser.
Since its owner hypothecated it, it
has passed into the hands of sever
al spectators, and the end Of its
peregrinations up to the present
time has found it still lacking a i
purchaser. It was pawned some
five years ago in an uptown pawn
shop for $4,000, and its owner,
whose monogram is engraved on
the case, has never attempted to re-
deem it. 1t is said to be the most
expensive watch ever manufacture |
in any country.
Its works alone, it is estimaed by
experts, are worth $4,000. They |
were put together by the most skill
ed workmen in England. It re-
quired nearly year to perfect the
wonderful and delicate pieces of
mechanism. There are so many
hands on the face of the watch it
seems difficult to distinguish the
time hands. It has, of course, the
large time hands, second and split
second hands, and double hair
springs. Besides the large dials !
there are three smaller ones. 1t
has a second dial, a minute repeat
er, a minute register and chrono-
graph. The jewels used in the
works are of the most expensive
kind, and there are nine of them in
all. The watch weighs, case and |
all, seven ounces four penny
weights.
The case is studded with 154 dia-
monds, Sc Of which ale gems weigh
ing from half to three-quarters of a
caret. 1t required the buying of
many, even three times that num-
ber, in order to select those of equal
size. That, of course, has much to
do with the high value of this |
watch. The largest stones are laid
in circle around both sides of the
case, and when the watch is open
ed the back of the stones set through |
the covers may be seen. They are
not backed by anything that would
give doubt as to their value. On
the face cover the, initials of the
owner are set with SO smaller
stones, reading "E. J. P"
Knox vile, Tenn, Aug. 14'-Jer-
ry Logan, the aged janitor of the
state supreme court, has sold him.