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General Trade Conditions

Dun's review says: Some further
progress is noted in the direction of
increased trade, although conditions
are very irregular and do not apply
with equal accuracy to all sections
and all sections of business. The
west, owing to the great demand and
high prices for wheat, is more pros
porous than other parts of the coun-
try. Conditions in the south have
been improved by the larger exports
of cotton.
While the business situation is still
controlled by conservatism, prompted
by unprecedented world conditions, it
is steadily gaining in strength and &C.
tivity, and the rate of progress, while
it seems slow from week to week, is
remarkable, indeed, when measured
by months.
Failures in the United States for
the week numbered 664, compared
with 1856 the corresponding week last
year. In Canada failures numbered
sc, against SO last year..
Bank clearing for the week amount
ed to $2,584, 559,419, a decrease of 14.4
per cent as compared with the same
week last year.
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wDARDANELLES FORTS
THE ALLIES HAVE MADE GREAT
GAINS ON AsIATIc SIDE
THROUGH STRAITS.
RUSSIA GETS OUTLET TO SEA
Entente Powers Have Agreed to Let
Gar Have Free Pasage-Bad
Weather Prevents Progress to
Capital of Turkey.

London,-For IL miles up the OAR
danelles, on the Asiatic side, all has
been silenced by the allied fleet.
Serious rioting in Constantinople
was suppressed Monday after many ar
rests had been made.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween France, Great Britain and Rus
STA regarding the future status of the
Dardanelles, which will give Russia
free passage of the straits.
The operations in the Dardanelles
are again delayed by u~nfavorable
weather. A strong northeasterly gale
is blowing, with rain and mist, which
would render long range fire and aero
plane observation difficult"
The operations of the allied fleet in
the Dardanelles, as perhaps %presaging
quick developments in the Balkan sit
uation, dominates the military situa-
ton on sea and land. The more opti-
mistic minds expect Constantinople to
fall, but there is a noticeable DISPOSE
ton to realize that the shipe face no
easy task, Notwithstanding the 2O-mile
range of the guns of the su~perdread-
naughts Queen Elizabeth.
Whether any progress has been
made since the outer forts were de-
molished has not been made known
officially.
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UNCLE SANS FINANCIAL NEEDS.
Congress Called Upon to Supply an
Enormous Amoutn.

Washington.-This week is winding
up the life of the 63d congress, both
houses prepared to sit almost contin-
uously until noon, Thursday, March 4.
The senate and house will be busy
considering conference reports on the
great supply bills, which, when all have
been enacted, will aggregate approx
imately $1,000, 000, 900, to defray the
expenses of the government for the
next fiscal year.
The beginning of the week saw the
senate yet to dispose of the $1,000, 900
Indian bill and the rivers and harbors
bill. That it will be impossible to
pass the senate river and harbor APP
preparation measure, carrying $3S,000,-
900, has been conceded for several
days. 1t is probable that a joint reso-
luton appropriating a lump sum of
$50, 000 $1,000 will be substituted to take
care of existing projects.
Little difficulty is looked for with
any of the other supply bills, although
senate increases for submarines in the
naval building program may require
some concessions and the fate of the
agricultural bill is somewhat in doubt,
owing to the McCumber rural credits
rider, which was attacked unexpected
ly in the senate.
The 18th hour effort to accomplish
farm credits legislation is expected to
leave little opportunity for considera-
ton of other general legislation, in
Guiding the Philippine self-government
and the water power dam site bills,
and will operate to hold back the last
desperate effort of party leaders 10
put through the government ship ppr-
chase bill.
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Mining Industry of Idaho.

In reviewing the mining industry of
the state of Idaho for the year 1914,
Robert N. Bell, state mine inspector,
in his report says:
The permanenec and potentiality of
Idaho's mineral resources are splen-
didly eXempliied by the past years
mining results, especially in III most
extensively developed and operated
district, that Of the Occur d'Alenes, in
Shoshone county, whose operators
have met the conditions of excessive
ly low prices and depressed metal
market conditions, due to the Euro
pean war and have been able to con-
tinue in operation with a few excep-
tons throughout the year by concen
trating their efforts on their better
grade ores which, through judicious
advance development on the part of
the leading operators, were available
for selection as an Offset for low prices
and have resulted in giving the state
another record-breaking yield of it's
dominant metal production in lead,
silver and zinc, amounting to a gross
mine value of all mineral shipped
from the state of $24,976, 706.36, and
consisting Of:
~345,334,2O6 pounds of lead.
49,239,0O0 pounds of zinc.
t3.6?f,123 ounces of silver.
5,17S,000 pounds of copper.
62,23S ounce of gold.
Considerably v 90 per cent of the
output was credited to Shoshone coun-
ty mines, except in gold and copper
and their lead, silver and zinc output
showing a remarkably increased yield
over the record rear Of 1913.
In spite of this largely increased
output of mineral, the total gross value
of the same was only a few hundred
thousand dollars over the value of
the year 1913 output, as near as can
be figured from the uncertain market
figures quoted, due to the closing OF
the metal exchanges during part OF
the year.
The Morning mine, whose silver
values are relatively low, and for lack
of ore market was forced to close dur.
ing the middle of the summer, throw
ing several hundred men out of EN-.
ployment. The company, however,
kept on as large a force as possible
and took advantage of the shut down
to retimber it's big four-compartment
shaft from the two-mile tunnel level
and to extensively improve the fota'
ton equipment of its large milling
plant.
The Hecla mine, producing n OF
the cleanest ores in the district, had
to cut off one-ffth of it's production fol-
market reasons, which resulted in re
ducing it's profits so per cent, and
some of the zinc producers were rur
for the benefit of the crew, as there
was hardly any margin of profit posi-
BILE OF the zinc prices available
throughout the year.
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A

The senate adopted a committee re-
port %favoring legalizing Sunday dam
cling in Montana.
The senate is about to cut off six
deputy game wardens. T~wenty-three
are authorized by the existing law.
The lower branch of the state as
sembly Saturday killed the senate bill
providing for local option on racing
and in the senate the committee on
public morals reported the house anti
racing bill without recommendation.
This leaves two bills before the assem-
bly, abolishing all race track gambling,
and it now rests with the steering
committee to bring the measures be-
fore the two houses. The house has
passed a house bill and the senate
has passed a senate bill, both of which
prohibit all betting on races.
Governor Stewart Monday vetoed
the house bill to repeal the law for
the unification of state educational in
situations and the appointment of a
chancellor. The house sustained the
governors veto by a vote of rs to Is.
The senate in committee of the
whole, recommended for passage the
house bill which abolishes gambling
at race tracks. Efforts to amend the
measure to permit pari-mutuel betting
and to allow six days of racing failed.
This bill already has passed the house.
The senate also recommended for
passage the house bill repeating the
county creation law, the house bill per-
hitting Sunday dancing in Montana
and the house bill providing for the
maintenance of the state militia.
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Field Sports.

When you keep a boy interested in
football, baseball, tennis and the like,
you lessen the chances that he will get
interested in things not SO good for
him. The Youths Companion gives
generous space to this matter of ath-
letic training. How to practice to be-
come a first-rate pitcher, how to learn
the newest strokes in swimming
these and a hundred other topics of
the greatest interest to boys and to
girls, r touched upon in this i'm
portant department.
And this is only a small part of the
service which The Companion renders
in any home which it enters.
If you do not know The Companion
as it is today, let us send you or
two current issues free, that you may
thoroughly test the papers quality.
We will send also the Forecast for the
current volume.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
144 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass.
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ASK PEACE CONFERENCE.
Emergency Federation Formed at Chi
Enormous Amount.

Characterization asking Presi-
dent Wilson to call a conference of
neutral nations to attempt to end the
European war were adopted by the
Emergency Peace Federation at a
meeting here Sunday, and plans were
made for the organization of a perma-
nent body to be known as the Nation
protesting against any increase in ar
mament in the United States also was
adopted.
The new organization committed it.
self to these principles:
/. Favoring a concert of nations,
instead of alliances, providing for a
balance of power.
2. Abolition of armament and pro-
hibition of the manufacture of ammu-
milton for gain.
8. Protection of private property at
sea.
4. self-government and universal
adult suffrage.
5. Prohibition of the transfer of
provinces except by consent of the
people.
6. No alliance to be entered in by
nations except after approval by the
people.
1T is not a war of patriots; it is a
war of traders" said Morris Hillquit
of New York, speaking at the meeting.
Miss Jane Adams was named per
manent president of the newly organ
lied society and Louis F. Lochner, sec
rotary of the Chicago Peace society,
was chosen secretary. A committee
was selected to carry the resolutions
to President Wilson.
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SPORTING ITEMS

Vincent Borleske is to succeed Ar
chic Hahn as coach of football at the
Whitman college.
Coach John r. Bender, who for
three years has held the position of
coach and graduate manager of ath-
letics at Washington State college,
will not be retained.
On a rain-drenched track D. Resta,
an Italian driver, engaged in his first
American speed struggle, won the
Grand Prix automobile race at the
Panama-Pacific exposition Saturday in
car No. g.. His time was 7 hours, Z
minutes, 57R seconds. At the finish
ing line he was three laps in the lead.
George Douglas, boxing instructor at
the Spokane Amateur Athletic club, is
sending out circular letter to every
known athletic club in the Inland EN-
pire and the Pacific northwest, wheth-
er or not identified with the P. N. A,
or to any person in any town known
to be interested in amateur boxing,
calling attention to the absolute open
ness of the coming P. N. A. boxing
and wrestling tournament to be held
at the S. A. A. c. March Is and 10.
Meaning to say that any boy in the In
land Empire, who can establish a
claim to being a bona fide amateur
is entitled to enter this tournament,
either as representing some certain
club or unattached.
The comparative measurements OF
Jack Johnson and Jess Willard fol.
low:
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Coast Jap.chinese Mad.

San NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
the Six Companies, the powerful Chi
nese organization which instituted a
boycott against Japanese on the Pa
cific coast because of the demands
made on China by Japan, say that the
propaganda work would be carried on
this week throughout the west and
parts of Canada and Mexico, and that
it would be continued in the expecta-
ton that ultimately the Japanese af-
fected would bring pressure to bear
on their home government to modify
the terms of the Japanese demands.
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MINING NEWS

The seven former striking coal mi
ners on trial for the murder of Luke
Terry, a chauffeur, near Laveta, No
vember s, 1913, were declared not
guilty by the jury at Pueblo, Col, Sat
urday.
Negotiations are pending for the
purchase OF control of all the stock
of the Idaho Giant Mining Co., which
owns the Idaho Giant mine, in the
Occur d'Alenes.
The Consolidated Mining Co. Of Can
ada has resumed work at it's No. l
mine, near Ainsworth, B. c., accord
ing to messages received by w. S.
Hawley, general manager of the Silver
Hoard Mining Co., which owns the
Silver Hoard mine, adjoining, and Is
men now are employed getting the
workings in shape to produce, and as
soon as the preliminary work is com
pleted the force will be increased and
shipments resumed. The No. / mine
has been shut down since August 3,
as a result of the decline in lead and
silver prices.
New York Metal Market
Lead-Steady, 1885 @3.95.
Spelter-Strong, $40 bid.
Copper-Dull. Electrolytic, $14.75@
1887; casting, S14.25@14.62.
Tin-Firm. tive-ton lots, $37.S7@
1887; 25-ton lots, $37.75@3s.50.
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U. s. Steamer Taken Prisoner.

A French cruiser has arrested the
American steamer Dacia in the chan
mel and taken her to Brest. The
steamship Dacia left Galveston for
Rotterdam January 81 with 1900
bales of cotton to be transshipped to
Bremen. 1t was fully expected at that
time that the ship would be seized on
her way to Rotterdam, as Great Brit.
ain questioned the validity of the re.
cent transfer of the Dacia from Ger
man to American registry. The Da
ella touched at Norfolk February II
and proceeded.
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IOWA LEADING STATE
is NOW BANNER STATE FOR 10
PRINCIPAL CROPS, AMONG
SEVERAL LEADERS.
ILLINOIS SECOND, THEN TEXAS
Agricultural Output in 1914 in Iowa
Was $351,450, 900, According to
u. S. Reports-Price of Cot
ton Affects the South.

Washington.-Iowa has wrested
from Texas the title Of banner crop
state, the 10 principal crops grown
there last year being valued at $751;
100000, according to the Agricultural
outlook, just issued. Illinois crops
were worth 1919, 656, 900, while Texas
comes third with $685. 1886, 900. De-
crease in the value of cotton was the
cause OF the smaller value Of Texas
crops.
Kansas with s2S7, 662, 900 is fourth;
Nebraska, with $210,099, 600, fifth, and
Ohio, with 1907, 337, 200, sixth. Other
states in order Of value of the IS prin-
cipal crops are:
Missouri, 1892, 9S81,000; Indiana,
$1S9,55S,0 900, Minnesota, $1S0,432, 900;
Pennsylvania, $173, 967, 900; New York,
$161, 919, 900; Georgia, $155,167,000;
Wisconsin, $152, 1921, 900; North Dakota,
$144,293, 900; Michigan, $139, 800, 900;
Oklahoma, $134,159,000; North Caro-
lima, $124, $4,000; Kentucky, $118.325,-
600; Alabama, $114,155,0 600: South Da-
kota, $106, ASS, goo; Tennessee, $780,
456,000, and South Carolina, $101,373,-
600. All other states were less than
$780, 00, 900.
Thousands of Horses for War.
Warning European nations have
bought and exported more than $4,000
horses from the United States, but
there is no immediate danger appar-
ent that continued export will cause
an acute shortage of horses in this
country, according to G. A. Bell, of the
bureau of animal husbandry, in the
Agricultural Outlook, published re-
Gently.
'We could sell two or three times
the number already exported without
there being any appreciate shortage
of work horses" the statement adds.
"The kind purchased are, for the most
part, very mediocre animals, which
would ordinarily sell for less than 500
per head, and are a class of which
we can we'll afford to be rid"
No Decision on Copper.
Great Britain has taken no action
whatever as yet in regard to American
copper cargoes seized by British war
ships. Senator Walsh Of Montana
called at the state department Sat
urday to inquire as to what result had
been obtained from repeated represen-
tations to Great Britain concerning
these delayed cargoes to Europe. He
said afterward that no satisfactory
answer had been received and that
none of the cargoes had been placed
before a prize court or otherwise dis
posed of so that the shippers might
know where they stood.
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MEXICO PRIESTS DEPoRTED.
Carranza ExpeIs 10 Roman Catholic
Clergy as Undesirable Foreigners.

Vera Cruz.-When the Montevideo
a Spanish liner, sails from here Mon
day there will go on her as deported
undesirable foreigners 13 priests, al
most all Spanish. They were sent here
from Mexico City, where practically
all the native Catholic clergy are held
in prison by Carranza.
General Obregon, it is said, arrested
them because of their failure to de-
liver a half million pesos which he
demanded. Unless Carranza yields to
the American state department those
priests in prison will remain there, il
is asserted, until they produce the
amount of money demanded.
Tuesday, Carranza has shown nc
signs Of clemency.
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German Submarine Destroyed.

Wreckage picked up lear Chris
tiania appears to indicate a disaster
to the German submarine US. The
submarine played an important part in
the naval activities of the war. 1t
sank the British couisers Hogue, Abou-
kir and Greasy in the North e on
September 20 and eluded pursuit. On
October 25 it sank the British cruiser
Hawk.
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Japs Would Aie Chinese.

Tokio.-The Japanese premier, Count
Ikuma. said recently that in present
ing it's demand to the Chinese gov
eminent Japan had no intention of
trespassing upon the rights of China
or interfering with the open door pol
icy. The desire of Japan, he said,
was that China should attain the real
dignity Of independence and not fall
the prey of any nation.
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MARKET REPORT
Chicago.

Hogs-Market active, sc above yes.
terday's average. Bulk, $6.55@6.7o;
light, $6.55@6.85; mixed, $6.45@6.s0;
heavy, $6.15@6.67h; rough, $6.15@
$3.50; pigs, $5.75 @6.S5.
Cattle-Market firm. Native steers,
$5.60@g.1O; western, $5.1O@7.60; COWS
and h%eifers, $3.60@7.75; calves, $40
1850.
Sheep-Market steady. Sheep, $685.
@7.s0; y~earlings, $7.65@s.50; lambs,
$4,000.
Wheat-No. 2 red, $1.54@1.57A; No.
2 hard, $1.55@1.5sA.
Corn-No. 4 yellow, 6sA @7oh; No.
4 white. 6Sh @72c.
Rye-No. 2, $1.21@1.22.
Barley-7S@61c.
Timothy-$5 @6.50.
Clover-$10.50@14.
Butter-Unchanged.
Eggs-Lower. At mark, cases in
cluded, 20@22Ac; ordinary firsts, 21@
21Ac; firsts, 22Ac.
New York.
Raw sugar closed steady. Centrifu-
gal, ATTIC to 4.s3c; molasses sugar, 4 to
4.06c.
Hops-Steady. State common to
choice, 1914, 12@16c; Pacific coast,
1914, 12@15c.
San Francisco.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 29bc.
~Eggs-Fancy ranch, 21hc; pullets,
1910.
Wheat-Market firm.
Barley-Feed, $1.47h
Portland.
Cattle-Market unchanged.
Hogs-Market sc higher. Prime
light, $6.70@6.90; choice light, $500
go; light, $6.25@6.50; rough, $1,000
6.15.
Sheep-Market steady.
Tacoma.
Wheat-Bluestem, $3.50; fortyfold,
$1.45; club, $1.44; red fife, $1.3S@1.39.
Car receipts-Wheat, IL; barley, 1;
oats, 2; hay, 8.
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Italians Excited.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT attacks on the
government were made in the cham
Der of deputies recently by the extrem-
lists because of instruction given pre-
fects to prohibit meetings even when
they r described as private if there
is eason to believe they would result
disorders.
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liverpool ship conaestlon Great.

Liverpool.-Never in the history of
this port has the congestion of ship
ping been so great, nor have the Liv-
erpool warehouses ever been SO cram
med with foodstuffs as at present. 1t
is the consensus of opinion of import
ers here that even should the German
submarine blockade prove effective
there is enough food now stored here
to feed the country for a year.
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Druq Law in Effect.

Washington.-The act of congress
prohibiting all persons from selling or
giving away habit-forming drugs with
out a physicians prescription or under
direct instruction of a physician, is
in effect now. Violators of the law
are subject to a fine of not more than
$4,000 or Imprisonment for five years,
or both. A tax of 81 a year is fixed for
all who sell such drugs.
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Potatoes Instead of Bread.

Washington.-If wheat remains at
its present high figure or continues to
rise in price, and il there is a CORE
spending increase in the price of bread
scientists in the department of agri-
culture suggested that the ordinary
household will find it advantageous to
eat more potatoes and less bread.
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Utah Voted DRY.

Salt Lake City. Utah.-The wootten
statewide prohibition bill passed the
house late Monday by a vote of 40 to
s. 1t passed the senate about two
weeks ago.. The senate bin was
amended by the house to prohibit the
manufacture Of wine for sacramento
or personal use. and to make it effect
i've July !. 1915, instead Of June j. 1916.
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Of new business, and If conditions do
not improve, there will be a general
curtailment of the production.
Feed-Mill feed, oats and corn have
all taken a slight drop in prices dur
ing the past week. Quotations are
$2s for bran, bran and shorts $50,
shorts $34, oats s37, steam rolled oats
$3s, corn $37 and cracked corn sac.
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There are no barriers that al per
manently impede the progress of the
man who brings courage, common
sense and concentrated effort into play
in surrounding them.
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presldent May Not Come.

Washington.-The question Of wheth-
err President Wilson will carry out his
plans for arriving at the Panama-Pa-
cific International exposition at San
Francisco March 81 is still undecided.
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British Hlah Prices Hurt.

London.-A big socialist labor DEM
onstration was held in Trafalgar
Square Sunday to protest against the
prevailing prices of food and coal.
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Receiver for Western Pacific.

New York.-Application for a re-
ceiver for the Western Pacific rail-
way will be made after the railway
will have defaulted the interest on its
first mortgage bonds due March /, &C
cording to announcement.
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krupps subserlbe sz.5oo.ooo.

Essen, Germany.-The Krupp firm
and family have subscribed 10000, 900
marks C$7,500, 000) to the new war
loan.