East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-13
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE
FARMERS OPPOSE RISE
IN WAREHOUSE RATES
TWO COMPANIES DOUBLE CHARG-
rs On WHEAT TO JAN
UARY I.


UARY I.
That the ownership OF warehouses
by farmers organization is just now
necessity OF submitting to doubling
of warehouse charges is the opinion
of local officials of the Farmers Ed
ucational and Cooperative Union.
They assert the old line companies en-
deavored to induce the farmers union
warehouses to join in a general ad-
vance of warehouse charges. This the
farmers refused to do. asserting that
the old charges net good profits.
Despite the refusal of the farmers
warehouses to join the move at least
two companies, the Pacific Coast FL
evator Co. and the Puget Sound
Warehouse Co. have advanced their
rates so that the charge is now so
cents ton for the first 80 days and
10 cents a month for each subsequent
month. This means 81 per ton until
the first OF the year whereas the old
rate was 80 cents ton until Jan. /.
after which 10 cents a month was
charged.
H. W. Collins states that there will
be no advance in rates by his ware
houses the old rate OF so cents a ton
until Jan. being still in effect.
Bees and Fire Blight There has
been considerable agitation in some
parts Of the state in regard to the
distribution OF pear blight fire blight)
by bees. some even going so far as
TO advocate preventing the keeping
OF bees In the vicinity of the or
chards the claim being made that the
bees are very largely responsible fol
the distribution Of blight. That bees
are responible. no one can ques'
| ton. However, the destruction of tbs
| bees would result undoubtedly in in
| finitely more harm than good, as the!
are largely responsible for the pol
lination OF the apple. Without then
| there would be little setting of fruit
II is necessary therefore that tn
blight problem be solved in anothe
manner.-W. S. c. Bulletin.
Level of Beef Prices-The level G
, prices paid to producers Of the Unit
ed States for meat animals decrease
, per cent during the month fror
May Is to June Is. according to gov
ernment reports. This compares wit
, an increase OF 1.6 per cent in III
price level from May Is TO June i
, last. decrease OF > per cent tw
. years ago. decrease of IL per Gel
three years ago. and a decrease {
IL per cent four years ago, fro
: May Is TO June Is. In the S
months from December l5 TO Jur
Is the level Of prices for meat an
/. mails advanced "a per cent Th
compares with an advance of 12 p'
- cent during like period a year ag
an advance of 16.s per cent two yea
ago, and decline of 1913 per cet
three years ago, from December
TO June Is.
Crop Not so Large-ln quoting
{ L. Smith on Saturday II was made
u appear that the wheat crop would
so per cent less than last year. I'll
was n mistake as what Mr.. Smi
u wished TO bring out was the fact tn
e the crop this year will be so per ce
. of the crop last season or about As
~ of last years wheat yield. As stat
;, then, Mr. Smith blames late frosts f
!" the decrease. The quality, howevt
will be of the superior kind.
n, Grain Not Damaged-Major +.
N Swartzlander who is in from the re
At ervation today says that very lit
ut rain fell there Saturday or early Il
l. morning. The grain is in fine conc
lie ton and threshing on the 200 acres
5: the Indian school viii start next 81
at urday. he SAYS Three or four col
ne bines on the reservation have been
It, work on the barley and at the Kir
h, patrick and John Crow places thres
a. ing has begun. Threshing in geifel
o. will be we'll under way next week.
0: major says. The heavy storm OF Il
Is, morning must have been a local aft
II. for with the exception of loud cl
at of thunder and few drops of W
the reservation district was free FRI
any disturbance.