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low price was TIN cents. In 1904 the high
price was 81 % during the months OF Septem-
Der, October and December. In January OF the
same year the low price reached was S1A
cents.
Tn 1898 another crowd Of bulls made a cor
ner and ran the price up TO S1.S5 In the month
of May. In Oceober of the same year the
low price was 81 cents.
The highest price ever recorded on the
Chicago board Of trade in 1869. when the
price reached $247, in the month Of August.
In December the same year, the low point was
7GM cents The next highest price 1920,
paid I'm July 1868. The cheapest wheat that
year was s1.041k, and there was no corner.
In September, 1888, the high price WAS 81
and the low price II u cents in the month OF
April The lowest price ever reached OFT the
Chicago board was 50 cents In September,
1894
During the corners engineered by Letter,
"Old Hutch" and other Chicago spectators.
prices never held at the high points but a
short time and the corners usually fell OF their
own speculative weight The Patten corner
tottered several times, but with boundless
nerve and with millions behind him, Patten
mas always stemme1 the tide of the enguhng
market by buying everything dumped on the
market with such an abandon that the timid
bears were forced to cover and fall in line
with the balls.
In cornerins any kind OF grain the operators
must have a sure knowledge Of economic con-
ditions, at least a simulated knowledge,
before they begin operations. After once
starting the huge speculative ball to rolling
IL is an easy matter to keep 1t going provided
one has money and nerve eLough. for the
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Well, they don't know the conditions. My cor.
respondents throughout the country trained
men who get right down TO earth when they
seek information. Postmasters and farmer
here and there comprise the staff Of Secretary
Wilson's forecasters. The high price Of wheat
had little effect on bread rates. Bread would
have been high anyway because there wasn't
enough wheat. Lots OF that price Increase
probably went into dealers pockets anyhow
But once for all, let me tell you, no living man
can corner wheat"
When the careful housewife was figuring UP
the cost of the grocery bill and she pointed out
to her husband during their discussion of
household economics the item, "24-pound bag
of -four, 80 cents" he said:
"What-1our has gone up"
yes, that's What the grocer said; Patten
has 'cornered' the wheat market and bread
costs more" Then the housewife wanted to
know more of wheat corners" and how IL was
done.
Probably no bulge" in wheat ever affected
all classes of people more than the one said
TO be engineered by james A. Patten, the Chi
cago speculator.
Mr. Patten and his followers say the situa.
ton puts the stamp OF denial on the assertion
that there is corner" in the grain. They
say that the real wheat is scarce--that the
world is short millions of bushels, compared
with normal; that it has been short for prac.
tically two seasons and will be short for
other year. However. government experts
have taken Issue with the assertion that there
Is world shortage, or in truth, shortage
In the United States.
One authority says that there were virtually
100000 more bushels Of wheat at the close
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fact that hitherto he had exhibited fondness
for newspaper men.
Ihen May wheat dropped But with the re-
turn OF Mr.. Patten, the July edition OF the
grain began to soar and the word went out
that the corner was on in that months grain.
the May delivery having been effected
Think Of putting an average Of $4,000, 900
into the bank each day. while the Patten firm
was closing out its May wheat That is what
Jim Patten did and before newspaper report
ers became too pernicious in their activities
he would occasionally talk about IT, In fact
ne seemed to like to talk. But when the great
city dailies began to jump upon him editor
tally and when Secretary Of Agriculture viii.
son declared that there was no reason why
May wheat should sell at S130 per bushel. be-
cause there was lots in the country, plain Jim
Pattsn got mad. Thereafter he talked-but
only in monosyllables.
Before adopting the sphinx attitude he gave
the writer long interview. the gist OF which
Is as timely to-day as the day he gave Il out
II follows:
"l'm only a farmer rube. don't know any.
thing but wheat, but man ! tell you, I know
wheat from the start. Corner the market7
Mol There is not man alive who can corner
wheat. tell you IL is an inpossibIIity. The
idea that my movement In grain sent prices
up is absurd. The price Of gain, as In every
thing eIse-you know IL as we'll as { dds
gagged according to the law Of supply and de-
mand. The wheat went higher than
ever before is simply because the country Is
short on wheat. The United States bureau Of
agriculture says there Is plenty Of wheat7
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bushels; 1905. 69S.OoO.OO bushels: 1904. 552.
100000 bushels.
Jim Patten doesn't care for money. He likes
TO make It, but he sheds no tears when ne
loses. That's one reason why he wears $25
suit and tells funny stories.
1t is not many years ago that he
blowing on the old home farm at Sandwich.
Ill That's what makes him such forceful
figure In the pit; he knows the game intimate
ly from the growing of the crops to the ship
ping, marketing and manipulation. Later he
tended store" and then made quick grab
at an education. studying at Northwestern Uni
versity in Evanston, the classic Chicago sub
urb. which is now his home.
He didn't stay long. plunging after year
or so into the hurly-burly of the board of
trade.
Up and down. in his meteoric career, sue
ceeding and failing. he has always bobbed up
with the hearty laugh and merry joke.
God didn't make man for tears" Is his
motto. IF you're sad It's your own fault
Riches are only toy. If you lose them find
another The only good in life is to be
happy"
Riding now the top wave NJ success, he
is hailed in Chicago as the legitimate success
sor of "Od Hutch" Partridge. Gates, Armour
Letter and the other giants OF the pit who
swung those tremendous deals that I'm years
gone by were the wonder OF the world.
The characteristics of Patten. therefore, are
now being noted in great detail The other
day the Chicago pit was in a frenzy.
wild, shrieking mass OF men surged over
every inch OF the long quadrangle. The din
as the tangled chorus rose UP from the mob
struggling for foothoId, echoed far down La
Sale street To the packed galleries OF
spectators the scene was like an immense
gridiron where hundred football teams were
simultaneously trying to buck the center"
Hour after hour the pandemonium increased
Give LIS for wheat" a below could be
heard above the upTcar, but no answering
voice or raised hand come in answer Only
more din
Give 1875 for 100000 bushels" The hoarse
cry only fed the fame OF frenzy. and success
sive bids Of 1854, 1.27 and 1.2s seemed but
TO increase the fury of every broker on the
floor in the despniring effort TO buy
Finally toward the closing hour, az the anx
iety Of the Shorts" grew greater, disheyeIed
broker raised himself up out Of the fighting
mob and, waving his clenched fist yelled.
"One twenty-nine" There was stiffness for
the one instant e took the clamorinR seekers
OF grain to realize what that meant: then I'm
greater volume ascended the roar as from one
end of the room TO the other came the cborus.
One twentynine one twentynne"
But it beat futilely against the gray walls
The market in wheat was apparently
"cornered"
Outside In the rotunda a heaviest tvink1ine.
eyed man sat in chair. tilted back against
column beside the fruit stand of annie
Mary" calmly and joyously sucking an orange
Curious ones from the galleries filtered down
to gaze at him from distance while excited
brokers rushed out to tell him OF the SOARING
prices.
1t was the new King of the Pit"
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reach OF thousands Of poor people. So
plain Jim" Patten went to New Mex.
leo for a rest" he said, land to get
away from you Internal reporters"
The monarch of the chief grain DIT
stayed in New Mexico for a long time
He said he wanted rest and to all ap-
pearances he got 1t. for he returned
TO the strife In Chicago with a bronzed
skin, clear eye. and with the Patten
smile which is the market index on
sne Chicago board OF trade. He was
cheerful to his associates. but to the
feporters-no. He seemed to have
taken q dislike to them, despite the
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asked: where Is this enorm-
Gus amount Of grain? Mr..
Patten declares II does not
exist. The consumer shakes
his head and says: Another
corner In wheat"
Millers had bid $1.40 per
bushel for wheat. Not since
war days, a half century ago.
was wheat higher In the
capital city. The majority
OF the dealers had no recol-
lection OF the price ever be-
ing any higher and declare
that $40 was the record
price. There was a scarcity
OF milling grain. but the $1.40
Offering failed to bring out
much wheat. Farmers who
had not sold stood pat ask
ing $50 for a part OF their
holdings. II was a curious
coincidence, however, that
since wheat reached its high
point there was comparative
ly little to be had, which en-
phasized the corner" point.
There have been a few
CORNERS" in wheat. In 1905
a crowd OF Chicago bulls"
with Joseph Letter at the
head, cornered the supply
for a time and ran the price
I'D to $1.24 I'm February. In
Auoust that same wear. the
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FIRE INSURANCE

Is the cheapest and best security a
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perhaps from ruin and his family from
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I will be pleased to give them to any
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grain world. like frightened sheep always
follows its leader until tired out.
Figures compiled by statisticians showed
the worlds wheat crop follows: For 1907
there were 3.062.120.000 bushels raised; for
1906. 3.414.40O.O00 bushels; for 1905, 3249. 7O0.
900; for 1904. 3.134.120,000 bushels or these
amounts the United States grew the following:
1907. 634.OO0.OOO bushels; 1905. 735. 900 600
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HICAGO board of trade
gossips declare that
Mrs. James Patten.
wife of the man who
so ce s s fully
cornered May wheat
and was declared to be
engineering a move
ment in July grain.
caused the cereal king
to let go the market
and allow Ii to break
because she could not
conscientiously let her
husband boost the staff
or life outside the
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OF the last years crop
than there were in the
previous year. Allow
ing 100000 bushels
for the extra increase
in consumption. there
are still 100000
bushels unaccounted
for. The question is
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
HULLS INSPECTOR
DISSATISFACTION
A. N. Walton, Who Was Sta-
toned at Juneau, Is No
Longer in Service
Formerly Had Trouble With
Taft When President Was
Governor of Philippines

A. N. Walton, for the last three years
local Inspector of hulls at Juneau. Alas
ka, severed his official connection yes
terday with the United States govern
ment. For some time Walton has been
out of favor and 1t has been expected
that his head would roll into the bas-
ket, but it was not until Supervising
Inspector John Birmingham tele-
graphed the department at Washing
ton yesterday that Walton had failed
to report for duty that final action
was taken.
Trouble for Walton commenced in
the Philippines at the time President
Taft was governor of the islands. He
was dismissed at that time from the
transport service for neglect of duty.
the charge being preferred by Presi-
dent Taft. For some time Walton
was out of employment, when three
years ago he passed the examinations
for the inspector service and was sta
toned in Alaska
Some time ago Mrs. Walton secured
a divorce, and the court in giving her
the decree ordered Walton to pay his
former wife half Of his salary, amount
ing to s85 a month. Shortly after this
order of the court Walton came south
from Alaska. He remained in the city
for time and then disappeared. The
last heard from him was in New York.
It is expected that Captain John
Deering will take the place of Walton.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
MEYERFELD SATISFIED
WITH THE NEW ORPHEUM
Inspects Completed Theater and
Hears a Pin Drop

The new Orpheum had a dress re-
hearsal Friday night. 1t was turned over
to committee for testing and proved
itself worthy. Nothing remains to COM
plete the interior but a strip or two
of carpet and some portieres. So last
night Morris Meyerfeld, accompanied by
G. Albert Lansburgh and Bernard J.
Joseph, architects of the fine building;
W. e. Leland. consulting engineer, and
Max D. Baron. electrical engineer. went
over the building, turned on the thou
sands of lights, tested the ventilating
apparatus, and inspected the structure
from the plenum chamber-where the
air is pumped into the building under
the floor of the orchestra-to the roof
He approved the completed work.
For the first time the acoustic prop
critics were determined. The building
was empty save for the examining
committee, one OF which went on the
stage while the others stationed them
selves in different portions OF the audi
torium. The dropping of a pin on the
stage was audible in the upper gallery.
President Meyerfeld declared himself
satisfied with the building outside and
in. and believed the public would ap-
prove the work that had been done in
OFarren street where the old Orpheum
used TO be and the new one is.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
CONDITION IN INDIA
SUBJECT OF LECTURE
Professor H. Morse Stephens to
Speak at Mechanics Institute

The last of the IL lectures in the
university extension course on THE
History Of the English in India" which
Prof III. Morse Stephens has been de-
livering for the Mechanics institute.
will be given at Lane hall tomorrow
night. This last lecture will deal with
the India of today, the English adj
ministraticn In India and particularly
with the matter OF the present unrest
In India. Professor Stephens intends
in connection with the lecture to read
from the works of Rudyard Kipling
in illustration of present conditions
in India
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Prescription for
Nervous Men and
Women. Try 1t

The impairment OF the nervous force
in men and women is first manifested
by extreme nervousness. sleeplessness,
dread. worry and anxiety without rea-
son, trembling of the hands and limbs,
with the slightest exertion. heart pal
pitation, constipation. kidney trouble.
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In half pint bottle get three ounces
of syrup sarsaparilla compound and add
TO this one ounce compound fluid balm
wort. and let stand two hours; then get
one ounce compound essence cardiol.
and one ounce tincture cadomene COM
pound (not cardamom) mix all to-
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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
NO REASON TO Be DEAF
UNLESS DEAF TO REASON
For every evil meath the sun.
There IS a cure or, there is none.
II there is one. try to ind II,

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IL there fsn't-never mind IT,
II there isn't a cure for deafness.
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If the auditory nerve Is not wholly
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The little instrument is a marvel OF
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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO
HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE
Bishop Nichols to Preach at
Cypress Lawn Chapel

The regular Easter Monday memo
rial service will be held In the chapel
at Cypress lawn cemetery tomorrow at
IL a. m.
Bishop Nichols will preach the SER
mon, the service being conducted by
Rev. C. H. L. Chandler. superintendent
of the Armitage orphanage, San Ma
teo. The boys of the orphanage choir
will sing at the service.
The cemetery can be reached by San
Mateo car from Fifth and Market
streets at $40 a. m, or from terminal
In San Mateo at 10 a. m.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
Declare Airshlp q Nuisance.

Los Angeles.-The extent to which
navigation OF the air by means of
airships and balloons is being under
taken in Los Angeles at the presen>
time is illustrated by complaint
made to Chief of Police Dishman to-
day by w. d. Campbell, owner Of flats
on Grand Island. near where the Aero
club is holding its annual show.
Campbell declares that his lawns,
even the paint on his flats and the
laundry of the occupants are being
ruined by sand being thrown over
board by the aeronauts during their
flights.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
Bnslness Men View Ditch.

Grants Pass, Ore.-The business
men of this city who subscribed funds
to build irrigating dltches were given
an insight today of the progress o.
the work During the entire day au-
tomobies transferred parties on the
south side Of the river to the Fruit
dale line ditch at the point Of intake,
four miles east of town. After view
ing three miles of completed ditch
that curves the mountain side above
Fruitdale, the slghtseers were taken
to the north side of the river near the
city limits and there given a view of
the gravity ditch now being graded
into the city. There is completed
and under construction now close to
nine miles of ditch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
GEORGE W. BowLEs.
$4,000 Loss in Prison Fire.

Salem, Ore.-After a careful in
spection of the ruins of the shops OF
the oregon penitentiary, gutted last
night by fire, Superintendent c. w.
James is OF the opinion that $40,
600 will cover the loss to the state.
While some shafting and machinery
owned by the state was ruined, the
equipment was old and not very val
liable. Loewenberg, Going & Co., or
Portland, will lose heavily, their loss
on patterns alone probably reaching
$4,000 to $4,000. They will also
lose several thousands on machinery.
The penitentiary officials now believe
that the fire did not originate in the
foundry, but in the polishing room or
front shop, where there are several
emery wheels. As a result of the
fire about 225 convicts VIII be out of
work and will be kept locked up ex-
cept for a, short outing twice day
day for exercise. The prison board
is expected to hold a meeting some
time this week to arrange for rebuild
ing the shops.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
Slaps Man in Face.

Butte Mont.--John Berkin of
Butte, president Of the Raven Mining
company, a prominent mining man Of
the northwest, alighted from his au-
tomoblle IN the heart of the business
district last evening to slap the face
Of young man who had addressed
vile eplthet to his party, which in
cluded several ladies. a mob gather
ed and the police arrested Berkin and
Walter O'Malley and Bert Malloy anu
took all to Jail
Later, w. G. MILESTONE son-in-law
of Mr.. Berkin, was found unconscious
on the steps Of the Inter-Mountain Of
flee. He had been felled by a blow
from behind and kicked and beaten
frightfully. He had not recovered
consc! c!ousness, and is in a serious con-
dtion.