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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
FOR RENT-ROOMS

 FOR RENT-One furnished and one un- furnished room to gentlemen or couple in private family on South Highlands. Excellent board next door. Bell phone 1887.
 ROOMS for rent; first of April would like a few select roomers gentlemen or married couples; large comforta- ble rooms, newly furnished modern conveniences; large garage on prem ises. 1912 18th avenue, south. Peo- ples phone 575 Main 3747. THREE large, well lighted, connecting rooms suitable for light housekeeping; excellent locality. 721 17th street north. FURNISHED or unfurnished rooms for rent; also furnished room and kitchen for rent. on South Highlands. Phone 34S7 Bell
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Large, light rooms, fur nished or unfurnished, for light house. { keeping or rooms and board best loca- tion Northside; close in. Phone 5959 He'll Main.
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FOR SALE-Several desirable farms. % miles east of Birmingham located on pike between Odenville on Seaboard and Sprigville on Alabama Great Southern. Ohatchie Land Co.,. 211 N. Fist Phones 1O3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

FOR RENT-At Fairview. three fur : nished rooms for housekeeping; cleo
 tric lights, bath, gas modern improve
 ments; screened; scent limit: near
 cars. ". HalloclS, Oak Crest Station.
 2-26-3t
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FOR RENT-One or two nicely and newly furnished rooms to gentlemen or couples without children; close in, on car line; rent very reasonable Apply 2124 Sth avenue.
 FLAT for rent, four large rooms, cleo tric lights, water, bath: large lawn and back yard: convenient to car line; rent reasonable. Apply E. c. Miller. both phone 46, Woodlawn.
 HOUSE for rent; 3 large rooms two halls, four porches; close in: six or twelve months lease. 730 21st street North. Peoples phone 2245.
 FTVE-ROOM house. just finished, electric lights gas; a young man wishes to re- serve and furnish one room and give rent for board. No family with more than one child would be acceptable. N w. Crumbly, 800 2d ave. Call at p. s.s m. Main 3415. V
 FOR RENT-At Fairview, three fur nished rooms for housekeeping. e1ec-
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-31

n v AT didn't go to the Lockwooo
 NH lawn fete and did exeus' himself on the plea of being
 unable 10 leave the store Ih' afraid the young man had faint iono hope that Josie would be offended. bul his excuse was accepted without re monstrance.
 But the parfy came off without fan. and that on a wonderful still, moonn night. and everybody voted it spien' did success. The Citizen in it's next lS. sue recorded the event to the extent o' a column and a half of reading ma' ter, called it social function ana ue scribed the gowns of the leading ia dies of society present in bewidefl''S phrases. read the proofs with an au miration strongly tinetured with a"e and found it lacking in one parucuh. oniy-no mention was made of Roianu Barnettes first open faced suit.
 Roland had ordered 1t from q ciotn ing house in Chicago, and It arriseu just in time Having heard all about from Hollands own lips (they dlla'e' upon the matter to Watty, the tailol just beneath my window), l sort v hung round downtown Saturday even Ing in the hope of catching ghinpse of 1t and was not disappointed. "1s loitering in Graham's when Koian" sauntered nonchalantly in at about quarter to and called for a pacs of Sweets" Sam served him an. Duncan. happily for him disengageu ., the moment. after one look at Ko'an' retired precipItately behind the pi scription counter-overcome, Juuss~ from Hollands triumphant smlrS, v deepest chagrin Well. thought . might he have been: he could neNe'' by whatever widest endeayor na'' approximaied Rolands splendor.
 The coat was bobtaIled lat leasI ss
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that time old Sam was there in con versaticn with Burnham.
 That's part of my business" he heard Burnham say in his sleek. ole- aginous accents. "Sometimes I pick up an odd. no count contraption that makes me bit of money. and more times I'm stung and lose on it- There might be something to this gas burner of yours. and again there mightn't. I've been thinking 1 might be willing to risk few dollars on 1t if we could come to terms"
 Do you mean 1t reallyT said old Sam eagerly.
 Not to invest in 1t, so to speak; l don't think its chances are strong enough for that. But if you'd care to sell the patent outright and aren't too ambitious we might make a dicker. What d you say7"
 Why, yes" said Graham. quiverlng with anticipation. "Yes. indeed, if'-
 ''Well ?"
 'If you really think it's worth any thing. sir"
 Burnham laughed doubtingly and said:
 Well. as I say, there's no telling. but I was thinking about it at dinner. and sort of concluded I'd like to own
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toward her face in gesture of won der. Please sdo," he begged. his tone persuasive, ''as a favor to me"
 But she evaded him. stepping back q couldn't take 1t: couldn't really"
 "Yes. you can. Just try it once and see how easy 1t is,p he persisted. pur- suing.
 No. I can't" She looked up shyy and shook her head. that smile of her mother fer the moment Illuminating her face almost with the radiance of beauty. But I--I thank you very much--Just the same"
 But want you to go to that party
 You're awful kind she said softly still smiling. "but 1 don't care to g. now. I'--
 Don't care to gol Why, you were insisting on going little while ago.
 Yes" she admitted simply, T know l was. But I've been thinking oyei what you said since then, and I-lyr made up my mind I'd be out of place there"
 "Out of placer he echoed, thunder struck.
 "Yes. I've concluded belong herv in the store with father" She half turned away. And l guess folks ls better off if they stay where they pe long"
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CHAPTER XIV.

"T% HE way he's worked" Sam
 Graham said to me that
 E night about Duncan You q
 hardly believe it. Homer. He said he wanted to get home early so $ to write letter to a friend of his in New York. Mir Kellogg. junior member of L. ] Bartlett & Co. about my invention. But be insisted on leaving everything to rights for bust ness tomorrow. And just look"
 "Rnt thought Roland Barnette'- suggested with guile. Of course I'd heard q rumor of what had happened -almost every one in town had--und how Roland and his friend Mir. Burn ham had sort of fallen out on the way from the Bigelow House 10 the train. but no one knew anything def. mite. and l wanted 10 get "the rights of 1t" as RadviIle says.
 So l had dropped in at Graham's on my way home from ihe office. as often do. for an evening smoke and d bit of gossip. Then started home. After a time l became aware that some one was oyertaking me.
 Good evening. Mir. Duncan" I sa- iuted.
 lie stopped Ehorts peering through
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CHAPTER xv.

M VAT didn't go to the Lockwood N lawn fete and did excuse IV himself on the plea of being
 nnnhla fn leave fhe store. Inl
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 pay abnortnai. habits one who never misses going 10 church and Sunday school no matter what the weather
 He laughed lightly. Had letter wanted to catch the first morning train"
 Then you're interested in sam's barnerf"
 No, I'm not. but i nope to interest others. Oh. yes. Mir. Graham told you about t. of course It just struck me that If mmn of Burnham's stamp was willing t. risk SJOO on the propo- sition he very likely foresaw a profit in il that might as well be Mir. Ora hams So I've sent a detailed de scription of the thing to a friend in New York who'll look into 1t for me" He was silent for little.
 Who's Colonel Bohun?' he asked suddenly.
 Why do you ask7"
 T saw him this evening. He was passing the store and stopped to glare In as If he hated it-stopped so long that got nervous and asked Miss Lockwood tshe'd just happened in for a parting glass--of sodal whether he was an anarchist or a retired burglar. She told me his name, but was other wise inhumanIy reticent"
 ''For josief'' ehuckled, but be didn't respond. So took up the tale of the first family of Radville.
 ..rhe story runs" said 1. that the Bohuns were one of the F. F. v.'s; that they sickened of slavery, freed their slaves and moved north to settle in Radville. l believe they came from somewhere around I4ynchburg. but that was a couple of generations ago. When the civil war broke out the old colonel up there"-I gestured vaguely in the general direction of the Bohun man. sion-"couldn't keep out of it. and naturally he couldn't fight with the
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chimney. ''It's good deal of ioh "Yes"
 He replaced the lamp and in t,,. act of turning toward another canoht glimpse of the girls face. pale an,. drawn. her eyes a trife reddena,, And with that common sense departs,, from him. leaving him wholly nrs. to his impulse of pity. "Oh, thundere. he told himself. thrusting a hand in,s his pocket q might as well be brok as the way am now" He prodnca, the scanty remains of his "grubstake
 aSiss Miss eranamaa ard an',eo .o,,,... slsIs.
 Could you get a party dress fo, thirty-four doIars?'
 "Thirty-four doIlars!" she faltered
 He discovered what small change ha had in his pocket It was like him t.. be extravagant. even extreme. "Ana fifty three centsT he pursued, with fl nervous laugh.
 "Heavensw the girl gasped. q should think sop
 '"Then go aheadr' He offered her th, money. but she could only stare. il, credulous. 'I'll stake you"
 'Oh. no. Mr. Duncan" she manages to say.
 "Oh. yesr' He tried to catch one q, the hands that involuntarily had risei.
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hesitated. with his ineradicable sense Uf fairness and square dealing. Max ing gas from crude oil ought to-
 Duncan never heard the end of that speech. For some moments he had been listening intently. trying to recoi. lect something. The name of Burn ham plucked a string on the instru- ment of his memory. He knew he had heard 1t some place. some time in the past, but how or when or in re- spect to what he could not make up his mind 1t had required Sans ref erence to gas and crude oil to close the circuit. Then he remembered Kel- logg had mentioned a man by the name of Burnbam who was "on the track Of" an important invention for making gas from crude oil. This must be the man BurnhaEn. the traeker. and poor old Graham must be the tracked.
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T WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AT DINNFR.' that burner, so l made out little bill of sale. and 1 says to myself, says I, If Graham will take $500 for that patent I'll give him spot cash right in his hand says l."
 With this Burnham tipped back in his chair and brought forth wallet from which he drew a sheet of paper and several bills
 Five hundred dollarsr' repeated Graham, thunderstruck by this munia cence.
 "Yes, sir. five hundred. cash. To tell you the truth-guess you don't know It--I heard at the bank that they didn't intend to extend the time on that note of yours. and l thought this i've hundred would come in handy and kind of wanted to help you out. Now. what do you say2'
 He flourished the bills under Ora hams nose and waited. entirely at ease as to his answer.
 Well" said the old man, 'it is kind of you. sir--yery kind Everybody's been good to me recently. or else i'm dreamin'."
 "Then it's a bargainT'
 ''Why, l hope it won't lose any money for you. Mir. Burnham." Sam
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keep 1t or exchange II TOT Tee or few cents.
 Undoubtedly he made the business hum during those first few months. and after that it settled down to steady forward movement The store became social center. a place for peo- ple to meet In time Tracey was pro noted to be assistant and another boy engaged to make deliveries.
 But this chronicle of progress has run away altogether with desultory
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the gloom. Good evening. but--Mr. Littlejohn? Glad to see you. Aren't you lateY"
 You're out late yourself, Mir. Dun can. for one of such regular, not 10
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north. He won his spurs under Lee. After the war had blown over he came home. to find that his only son had enlisted with the RadyIlle company and disappeared Tt Gettysburg. It pret- ty nearly killed the old man. though
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08

ROME, May S.-Pius x is 76
years old. He is suffering from
govt; also, they say, from Bright's
disease. He is deprived of the
tonic effect of the 'bracing sea air
to which he was accustomed dur
Ing his long career as patriarch
of Venice. Audiences with the
pope are now suspended with
alarming frequency. Sometimes
foreign prelates are forced to
wait weeks before the health OF
the pope Is such that he can re-
ceive them.
In word the pope Is failing.
1t can hardly be more than a year
or two, 1t may be no more than
a few months or even weeks, be-
fore there must be called another
conclave for the election Of a new
head fer the Catholic church.
Yet If the pope should die to-
morrow the conclave would me-
cessarily meet with fully 40 of
the 70 seats in the sacred college
vacant The election of the sue
cessor of Plus x would rest with
a two-thirds majority of 80 car
dinals-20 of whom are Italians.
This situation would arise be-
cause Of the pope's continued re-
fusal to fill the 20 odd vacancies
in the scored college, and because
OF the physical inability of near
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
AT THE MOVING PICTURE SHOWS
AT THE SCENIC

1.-THE Sinking of the Battleship
Texas" the feature picture being
shown at the Scenic, is a remark
able film, showing as 1t does every
detail of the Smelling of the ship.
Every shot is distinctly seen as it
strikes the water after passing
through the old vessel, throwing
spray 400 feet high. Today's pro-
gram is benefit for the Naval
militia, and the entire division,
along with the officers and crew
of the Cheyenne, will attend this
evening. The comedy film is "An
Unwilling Bachelor"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08

ago blistered away all signs of
plant life. There is no moisture
or foliage to break the monotony
of the long sweep of heated sand.
AS far away as the eye can reach,
there's nothing but rocky hills,
sand and heat waves.
II like it," was Mrs. Green
leafs terse explanation.
81 guess l could live on what
have, but then, you know, /
wouldn't be happy. Twenty-Five
years ago my husband died. Then
l went to work to educate and sup
port my four children.
There's only one child left
now" she added, after a pause.
For two weeks once l lived at
the Black Warrior mine, and nev-
er saw a human being. My near
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
Rich, Aged Woman Cooks for Desert
Miners "Just Because She Likes Ii"

land no worry has helped me
along many a hard road"
The only amusement Mrs.
Greenleaf has Is tending a tiny
fgarden and three chickens The
garden is tiny because water is
money. 1t is hauled seven miles
across the desert.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08

lest neighbor was Is miles away.
II don't like my position here
so we'll, because there is not
enough work to do. 1 only have
to cook for four men. would
like it better If there were TO-"
For over a year now Mrs.
Greenleaf has lived at the mine.
Shortly she will visit Los Angeles
to attend to her property interests,
and then go back to the desert
and the lizards and the heat.
"In the % years l have been
working" Mrs. Greenleaf says, 81
have saved over $1,000. Many peo-
pie have asked me how l am able
to do so much. I guess it's be-
cause l have always worked hard
and never bothered much about
little aches and pains. Hard work
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08

BANNING, CAL, May 6.-"Just
to be happy" a. woman of 70
years, worth $4,000, has left civil
-lization for the wilds of the desert
country to earn her living cooking
for miners.
Mrs. NJ. M. Greenleaf is earning
$40 a month cooking for four
miners 60 miles from here In the
heart of the Colorado desert at
the Italy mine. Her only COM
panions, while the men are dig
ging ore, are long-tailed lizards
that creep up the sides of the
GRUB house." The heat has long
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
FIRST TRAIN LEAVES.
NEW UNION DEPOT
Monday, May 8, 1911.

II was a lumberjack, that typi-
cal Washingtonian. who Is respon-
sible more than anyone else for
the progress Of this state, who
bought the first ticket in the new
union depot of Tacoma.
No one even knows his name.
He walked up to the window last
evening at $50 when the glass
was opened and bought a ticket to
Seattle for the first train that ever
left the new depot dedicated last
week.
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ly 20 of the present members of
the college to attend any con-
clave.
1t is doubtful, indeed, IL Cardi-
nal Gibbons of Baltimore would
be able to attend now, consider
ing his growing feebleness. Yet
without him the millions of Cath
olics in the new world would have
no voice at all in the choice of
the new pontiff.
The failure of the pope to fill
the many vacancies is attributable
to various causes. The vatican g
relations with France, Spain and
Portugal are not the best. The
English clergy and laiety have lit
tie sympathy with the pope's
anti-modernist campaign. The
tendency of Americans to put up
candidates for the red hat as
though they were playing politics
doesn't appeal to the vatican.
So the red hats are held up and
the sacred college goes short
handed.
Thus it seems certain now that
the next pope will be chosen with
out representation from that part
of the Catholic world that furn-
ishes the major part of the flnan-
cial support of the church.
BOYSi!! Read the big BASE
RAIL-, offer on maya
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08

The North Coast Limited was
the train that had the distinction
of starting business in the new de.
pot. After that all the regular
trains left and entered the depot
and today the new station is In
regular use.
Everybody about the place
from train men to officials of the
depot, was out in new clothes yes
terday.
The new dining room was open,
ed with the rest of the building
and 1t did a good business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
ASKS $4,000 FOR HUSBAND

IOWA CITY, Iowa, May, s.
Mrs. Gertrude. Marshall, widow OF
l.. w. Marshall, has sued the Rock
Island for $4,000 damages for
his death in a wreck. She says the
Rock Island sent him out of the
VALLEY Junction shops with bad
,engine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
DEMANDS $4,000 IN SUIT

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa, May s.
B. M. Johnson of this city has
sued j. L. Ward for SO, 200 dam
ages for defamation of character.
Recently Ward attacked Johnson
and beat him up badly. johnson
is we'll known druggist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
TACOMA
Arctic Moving Pictures.

Next thing to a trip to 1.-THE
Land UP There" are Dobb's NOV
ing pictures of Northern Alaska at
the Tacoma theater tonight and
tomorrow night. Walrus hunting,
polar bear hunt, dog sled races,
gold mining. dredging and a field
of floating ice are some of the re-
markable scenes shown and ex-
planned by Mr.. Dobbs. who has
spent many years In Alaska.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
RU5HL|GH1 WINS
IN PORTLAND

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore, May S.--A.
10. Rushlight, present council
man, defeated Gay Bombard, a
former councilman for the repub-
lican mayoralty nomination in a
close vote Saturday. There is
much i'll feeling and talk of an in
dependent ticket.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
"INDIANS" SCARED HIM

LOS ANGELES, May S.-The
sight of Indians and cowboys
tumbling into a car in which he
was riding excited Frank 7. Bund-
raitis so much that he became
violently insane. He was recently
from the East. The Indians and
cowboys" were moving picture
petore
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
Ruth st. Denis.

The attraction at the Tacoma
Wednesday will be Ruth st. Denis
who will appear in a program Of
dancing, including the Hindu mum.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
BpHBNgAYa Houses

bers which created such a furore
last season, In addition to the
dances founded on the manners of
the ancient Egyptians.
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PANTAGES

Ellis Eight Hawaiians are the
featured attraction at the Pantages
this week. These Hawaiians pre-
sent the songs. music and dances
of their native land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08

She who tolls to make home
happy. deserves everything that
Ilightens her burdens. Pyramid
Flour is one of them. $50
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PAGE THREE

Be happy. Use Red Cross Ball
Blue: much better than LIQUID
blue. Delights the laundress. Ten
smiles for q nickel. Always buy
Red Cross Ball Blue; have beavf
tiful clear white Clothes At all
grocersS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-08
Plus x Is Failing Rapidly; 20
Vacancies in Sacred College

II Concave for Election Of Fully
Would Hang Health of Cardinal Gibbons.
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MAJESTIC

Albee's ten trained bears head
the bill at the Majestic this week.
They are said to have been a SEN
sation producing act throughout
1.-THE circuit.
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AT THE DREAM.

Drama, 1.-THE Ransom of Red
Chief; drama, 1.-THE Key to the
Tombs"; solo by Miss Comley,
"Spoony Moon"
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AT THE PALACE

Drama, Checked in the Snow"
drama, Captain Clark's Capture"
drama, "Such Is the Kingdom"
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BOYS!!! Read the big BASE
BALL offer on page 3.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-07
WhistIer's. Eccentricities.

"hl8tIer'0. eccentFicStI0Ss
Whistler's remarkable genius Is No
doubt responsible for his many eccen'
tricities. He quarreIed indiscriminate'
" with friend and foe. and for him
the public were set of ignoramuses
who had no right to any opinion what
ever.
Especially we'll known is his quar-
rel with John Ruskin. who in his
"Ars Clavigera'' had heaped scorn on
one of Whistler's "Nocturnes" In the
following language. II have seen and
heard much Of cockney impudence be-
fore now, hut never expected to hear
a coxcomb ask 200 gliineas for finging
a pot of paint in the public's face"
The artist promptly sued for damages.
and in the celebrated trial which fol-
lowed he was awarded one farthing.
which coin be triumphantly wore as
watch charm ever afterward.
In his art work. as in his own per-
sonal appearance. Whistler was fastid'
ious. His palettes were beautifully
wiped. his brushes faultlessly kept. and
as for his general behavior 1t was
foreign. one may even say exotic.
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CROP ! ]
IS G00D|N
'. D. Z - ~ - -
NORTHWEST

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 7.-Thirty-
five thousand acres Of hay lands in
the ColYille valley, in Stevens county,
Wash, north of Spokane, restored by
the Reclamation Service, are yielding
average crops of three tons to the
acre this season. The profit to the
grower is from SIG to $1s a ton. The
crop is the largest in the history of
the country. It is estimated that the
hay production in the state of Wash
ington this season will be about 925, 90
ton, as against $4,000 tons in 1910.
The yield in the Kittitas valley, west
of here, is placed at 100000 tons. The
grain and fruit crops in Stevens coun-
ty also will be larger than ever be-
fore, the acreage in wheat and other
grains being rs per cent larger than
in 1910. Spokane county will harvest
its largest grain and fruit crops this
season. The wheat, barley and oats
yields is placed at more than 200, 000,.
600 bushels, and it is expected there
will be between 700 and 800 cars Of
commercial apples. Other counties in
eastern Washington report remark
able yields of wheat and other grains.