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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02

fore. A firm feeling prevailed in the
Chicago market on fancy barreled
apples and the supply was only mod
crate.
Other Fruits-Oranges are a little
firmer at 1925 for the fancy and IS
for the choice. Pears are firmer at
$3.50, as are also Tokay grapes at
$1.75. Huckleberries are up 1c at &c
per pound. Prunes, melons and Con-
cord grapes are off the market, but
there may be some eastern Concords
later.
Potatoes - The spud market has
been right out in the fimelight during
the week and prices have gone up
from $1.35 to $1.75, with prospects of
still further advances. Sweets still
rule at $3.50. New York reports
prices still high and firmly held. Chi
cago market is also firm with higher
range of values.
Other Vegetables-Dry onions are
up soc per cwt. at $3.50, and celery
is also cfrmer at 75c@$1 per dozen.
Green beets, carrots and turnips- are
off the jobbing market.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wheat-While local operations in
wheat continue along restricted lines,
market, based upon the continued
and spasmodic advances taking place
in Chicago and eastern markets.
prices are more or less nominal,
based upon the requirements, but
bluestem ranges up to $1.49 at the
top, while club wheat has closed up
the big differential heretofore main
tanned between it's quotations and
milling varieties, and is up around
S1.42 at the top. There is little
export business working for west
coast, but, on the whole, the restrict
ed operations incident to lack Of
transportation facilities, continues.
Flour = Flour values have again
been raised, although the local mar
ket is still we'll below the parity of
eastern quotations. The undertone of
the situation is one of pronounced
strength, in which the possibilities of
a further drastic advance is recog-
nized. There are good demands, but
very light export movement main
tanned.
Feed-Feed prices have been boost
ed sharply during the first half Of the
present month. Oats, barley and
feed wheat have all been marked up,
and the position of the market is a
strained one. Correspondence, mill
offal is higher. Hay has also expe-
rienced the same boost in values and
all by-products are giving indications
of seeking record attitudes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
MINING NOTES

A lease on the property of the u.
S. Copper-Gold Mining Co. at Che
welah, Wash, an early location, has
been obtained by John Glencross,
Fred Eickmeyer, w. G. Jernigan and
Roland Stopl. They propose the in
stallation of machinery and the i'm
mediate shipment of ore.
S. H. Ehlers of Sylvanite, Mont,
is responsible for the report that the
county is again coming to the front.
Mr.. Ehlers has organized the Yakt
Valley Mining and Milling Co., cap
italized for $250,ooO, and has with
him as associates L. G.. Blanchett of
Grand Forks, N. D., V. r. Mitchell of
Brockton, Mont, and V. d. Nvans Of
Fairview, Mont.
Resources of the original vein of
the Hecla Mining Co., from which
more than $5,0O0,OOO in dividends have
been taken, are duplicated in vein
in which strike has been made at
great depth, according to report
from Wallace, Idaho. The strike was
made in the east vein by a crosscut
from the 9O0foot level, which is 900
feet below the collar Of the shaft.
The crosscut has entered four feet
of solid steel galena, and the vein has
not been passed through so it's width
remains unknown, says the report.
Encouraged to investment by prom
Using discoveries, the Togo Mining
Co. is preparing to engage in extern
sive development of it's property at
Troy, Mont. A mile flume is under
construction to convey water for the
generation of power that will operate
a compressor. A sawmill has cut
considerable material that will be
used in operations. The property,
composed of 16 claims, has been pen
etrated by two short tunnels, the low
er one to shoot of gray copper and
galena that is four feet wide. The
values in copper are said to range
from 4 to 16 per cent.
New York Metal Market.
The metal exchange quotes lead at
$7@7.10.
Copper-Firm. Electrolytic, first
quarter, $27.50@2s.
Bar silver, 67ssc.
Tin-Strong; spot, $41.75@42.25.
Spelter-Quiet. Spot, East St. Louis
delivery, 1o@10Ac.
Iron-Steady and unchanged.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
Girl Treated Worse Than Dog.

Youngstown ,Ohio.-After being con-
fined in the basement of an infirmary
here for 10 months, her eyesight
practically gone, her body emaciated,
her mind almost wrecked, and dress
ed in male clothing, Miss Mary Hig-
gins, aged 81, escaped and told her
story. The young woman had not
seen daylight since December %, she
said. Joe Serak, an inmate of the in
Urinary, is now under arrest, follow
inet,her revelation.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
GRAIN AND MILLING NOTES.

0hAIN AMI MIEEIN0 nv 60,
The Farmers Elevator Co. will
erect an elevator at Columbus, Mont.
The Emporium Elevator Co. of
Shelby, Mont, is erecting three new
elevators.
o. G.. Trestu has purchased the
Canyon City flour mills at Canyon
City, Ore.
The new -four mill at Baker, Mont,
owned by e. j. Prahl of Miles City,
has been destroyed by fire.
The Laurel flour mill, Laurel,
Mont, is making improvements at
the plant, which will cost $4,000.
w. F. Swanton, manager of the AS
toria flour mills, Astoria, Ore, has
announced that their capacity will be
increased to 1900 barrels per day.
The contract has been let for the
building of flour mill at Chinook,
Mont. The plant will have capacity
Of SO barrels and will cost, with the
elevator in connection, about $35, 900.
Before the adoption by the United
States department of agriculture Of
the regulations to enforce the United
States grain standards act, a tenta-
tive draft of the regulations will be
published and distributed and a pub
lie hearing or hearings will be held
at which all interested persons may
present their views. The tentative
draft is now being prepared by a
committee of the department of agri-
culture following meetings with seven
representatives Of the various branches
of the grain industry who we're in
vited by the secretary of agriculture
to participate in the preliminary dis
cussions in regard to the regulations.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
More Gold Arrives.

New York.-Gold amounting to SIS,
100000, from Canada, was deposited
at the assay office Saturday by ]. P.
Morgan & Co., acting as fiscal and
commercial agents of the British gov
eminent. This makes a total of $780,
100000 received thus far this year,
chiefly by way of Canada and prac-
tically all for account of British and
allied interests.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
Killed in Auto Spill.

Winona, Minn.-H. T. Palmer, age
70, a retired farmer, and H. L. Stan
ford, age 80, livery employee, both
of Dodge Center, are dead and Mrs
Frank Horton, age 43, wife of a
Dodge county farmer, is in critical
condition as result of the automo-
bile in which they were riding being
struck by Northwestern passenger
train.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
OFFICIALS PREPARE TO DETER
MINE WHAT MATERIALS TO
BEAR TRIPLE DUTIES.
WE WILL RETALIATE BY LAW
Discovery That Importers Are Bound
by Contracts Surprises Treasury
Department-WiII Ask Con-
gress to Modify 1t.

ashington.-Investiga was re-
Gently started by the treasury depart
ment to determine what kind of raw
materials imported from the British
empire should be subjected to thrice
the regular customs duties in accord
ance with the recently passed legis-
lation penalizing the importation Of
goods under restrictions upon other
dealings of the importers.
Publication Monday or results of an
investigation at the state department
showing that Great Britain has built
up a series of contracts to which i'm
porters of many of her raw materials
must submit, created great surprise
in both treasury and other official
circles, not only because Of the eX-
tent of the allied domination of Am
erican trade revealed, but because at
tention was called to the applicability
of paragraph 802 Of the revenue bill,
which apparently had escaped notice.
Law Demands Retaliation.
Treasury officials do not conceal
their concern over the unexpected in
formation and indicated that as far
as they knew the legislation would
be applicable Immediately. Indeed,
they said, it's provisions are manda-
tory and not discretionary, as with
the other retaliatory acts. The first
legislation which has been passed to
protect American trade, after the war
and which was aimed strange enough,
some officials pointed out, especially
at the German dye importers, would
seem to apply during the war and
against the British. Section 802 had
been introduced into the revenue bill,
it was explained, at the instance Of
the department of commerce, simply
to prevent German dye importers
from forcing American firms who
bought part Of their dyes in Germany
to buy all of them there.
May Ask Congress to Modify:
Great difficulty, it was pointed out,
will be. experienced in enforcing the
Legislation. The department can act
only in the case of each individual
importation and then only on proof
that the law has been violated. So
far, it is said, no complaints have
been received either from disaffected
importers, or from the state depart
ment, which is expected to submit
proofs of violations of a law so clear
ly international in effect.
Officials indicate that, as the re-
suits likely to ensue from an enforce
ment of the act are so opposite to its
purpose and so questionable as to the
public interest that an attempt may
be made to have it modified as soon
as congress reconvenes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
NINETEEN BURNED TO DEATH.

NINETEEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Sisters Hospital at Farnham, Quebec,
Is Destroyed.
Farnham, Quebec. Nineteen per-
sons-five children, eight women and
six men-lost their lives in the fire
which destroyed st. Elizabeth hos
pital Friday. There were 21S persons
in the hospital, of whom 113 were
children Sc aged women and the 9th
ers servants and assistants to the
Gray nuns.
The cause of the fire has not yet
been determined. The property dam.
age was estimated at $135,OO0, partly
covered by insurance.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
Ford Helps Wilson's Cause.

New York.-Henry Ford plans to
spend approximately 100000 for ad-
vertising throughout the country in
the interest of President Wilson'S
campaign for reelection.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
Famous German Aviator Killed.

Captain Boelke, the famous German
aviator, collided with another aero
plane in the course of an aerial COM
bat on October %, and on landing be-
hind the German lines died as a re-
suit of the injuries. On October q
4Oth hostile aeroplane.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
MARKET AT SPOKANE.

A critical situation confrOnts in the
merchandising field in this country
today. For a long period the sus-
tanned advances in prices of practic-
ally all commodities has featured the
situation. At the present juncture
the matter of high prices is lost
sight Of in large measure in the in
creasing difficulty in securing goods.
Line after line of staples is running
perilously close to the point of OK
haustion, so far as jobbers' and man
ufacturers' stocks are concerned. The
date of acceptance is being further
and further removed on orders sought
to be placed. There is a general
Tightening up in deliveries until
there is threatened shortages that
give cause for apprehension of actual
hardship. Last season, with record
mands cleaned up supplies, particu-
larly of food products. This year,
with sustained, and even larger re-
quirements, the output is far below
the previous level and, even with an
enormous export requisition, this
country would offer an outlet for the
surplus. 1t is a time for careful mer-
chandising, a close study of the trend
Of the markets, and for the elimina-
ton of every element of waste from
whatever source.
Provisions
Butter-The market still holds firm
at SIC for first grade Washington
creamery, but seconds have been
marked up 1c at 35c. At Chicago,
trade was not active, but the feeling
was steady and prices about the same
with creamery extras quotable at
34hc.
Eggs-The market shows sharp
advance and supplies of fresh ranch
almost unobtainable. Quotations are
$12 to the producers for fresh ranch
and the wholesale figure on the same
is $13 @13.50. Storage stocks are
quoted at $1O.5O@11.5o for eastern
and local, respectively.
Poultry-Hens are unchanged as to
quotations, but springers are quoted
at 12c for the large and 14c for the
small. Supplies are just about enough
for the demand.
Dressed Meats-There has been no
material change in meat prices DUR
ing the past week. Beef is about
steady, with pork and mutton some
what firm. Quotations have changed
very little. Receipts of livestock are
about normal and the demand is get.
ting considerably better.
Lard and Cured Meats-Hams are
holding at about the same figure as
for some time past, while bacon is a
little firmer. Lard is holding firm
at 16c.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples-There has been no change
in the local apple market as to
prices, but supplies are getting more
plentiful and varieties better, though
the movement is still somewhat re-
stricted, but not so much as hereto
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
Austria's New Premier.

1t may be accepted as certain that
DR.. Won Koerber, now Austro-Hun-
garian minister of finance, will sue
coed the late count Karl Stuergkh as
premier.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02

Last Friday night l lunched on
one of our battleships."
Didn't you find it rather hard to
digest?"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples-There has been no change
in the local apple market as to
prices, but supplies are getting more
plentiful and varieties better, though
the movement is still somewhat re-
stricted, but not so much as hereto
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
The Silver Lining.

Not long ago Il clergyman, in the
course of ministrationS among the poor
of large town, called on an old lady
who had been bedridden for some
years.
"Well, Mrs. Davies" he said, and
how are YOU today
ooh, Tn pretty well, thank you"
was the cheerful answer
"Ah, that's right" responded the
clergyman, sympathetcally. 81 hardly
expected to find you to be in such good
spirits, considering your affection.
was afraid | should find you down
hearted"
mo, no, sir" she cried, interrupting
him. mo, no, indeed, sir. I've much
to be thankful for, | have. Why, only
the other night, when that house just
opposite was on fire, / couldn't help
thinking of all the poor people crush
ing each other in the street, and many
of them not getting sight Of the fire
at all, while here was |, all nice and
comfortable in bed, and | could see it
beautifully through my window with
out even turning over. Oh, no, I've
IA lot TO be thankful for
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
BLISTER RUST PERIL
Endangers Valuable White Pine
Forests of Country.
Uncle Sam is Making Determined Ef-
fort to Stamp Out Disease Brought
in From Europe in 1909.

Uncle Sam is making determined
effort to curb the epidemic of white
pine blister rust which was brought in
to the United States in 1909 with the
importation of great numbers Of seed
Iings and which now threatens the
country.
1t is estimated that the valuation of
the present stand of mature eastern
white pine is approximately $lS6OOO,-
spe cieS of white pine which may be
attacked by blister rust, namely, sugar
pine and western white pine. The ma
lure stand of these two is estimated
to be worth $24OOOU,00O These ig-
ureS show the Importance of guarding
the pines against this disease. In 1913,
serious ana extensive outbreaks oc-
CURED in the eastern states. AS the
white pine in many sections, mt least,
is much the most valuable tree now
available for future forests, its loss
would be regarded as real catas-
trophc, for no other tree can take its
place.
The white-pine blister rust is de-
StruCtive disease of the sO-called white
pines, that is, pines which bear their
needles in bundles of five each. 1t is
caused by parasite fungus similar in
many respects ia the fungi that cause
wheat rust and cedar rust. Like those
diseases, it requires two distinct kinds
Of host plants in order TO complete its
entire life. These are CD the five
needle pine and GU the wild and cult
waited currantS and gOOseberrieS.
Those who suspect that their trees
have this disease are urged by Uncle
sam TO notify the bureau Of plant in
dustry, which will make an inspection
or secure IA competent inspection free
of charge. Indication of the presence
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
BATTLES IN PEAKS
Alps COULD TELL STORY THAT
WOULD THRILL.
Mountain Ranges the Scene of Many
Historic Observation-Disclosures Trav.
ersed by Soldiers Thousands
of Years Ago.

If the rugged peaks of the Alps
could tell their story, there would be
many thrilling and warlike incident
to relate; but none so strange, as the
ones enacted between the Austrians
and the Italians in these mountainous
regions. The Italians are absolutely
at home in the mountains, and the
Austrians are using every invention Of
science to counterfeit this advantage.
All the parapets on the steep roads,
where summer tourists We're wont to
motor, have been demolished, and
beautiful pine forests have been swept
away, so that nothing shall obstruct
the artillery. Large areas have been
mined, and by pressing button the
AuStrians can hurl an avalanche Of
rocks and powders ON to the heads of
the advancing Italians or blow up the
roads beneath their feet.
From the Cottian chain, marking the
boundary of France in the west, to
the Carnic and Julian Alps, north and
east of the Adriatc in Austria, there
are generally Il thousand passes and
routes of more or less note, nearly all
traversed by practicable roads, and
some shortened by railroad tunnels.
over these roads armies marched TO
battle over two thousand years ago.
Mont Gems pass may have been Han
nibans route when, in the year 2lS
+. c., the Carthaginian conqueror in
vaded Italy with large army, half of
which he lost amidst the Alpine SHOWS.
The conquest of some Alpine tribes
by Augustus; the desultory warfare Of
Teutonic and Franllish hordes in the
fifth and sixth centuries, and the in
Creasng sanguinary strife of Swiss
"cOnfederates" and Austrian Oppres-
sors, which lasted from the breaking up
of the Carolingian empire, in the tenth
and eleventh centuries, until the crys-
Utilization of the Helyetic republic by
Napoleon Bonaparte's act of media
alton in 1S03-all these fill the chron-
icles and make nearly every practi-
cable foot of Swiss territory heroic
ground.
When Napoleon entered Italy he
crossed the Alps with an army of
10000 by the Great st. Bernard pass,
May 15-21, 1900. Later he constructed
the great military road over the Sim
plon pass, from Brieg, in Switzerland,
to Domodossola, Ia Italy, and thence
to Milan.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28

or set in box with packing of moss
around them 10 encourage moisture.
Many plants will bear strong sky
light that would be badly damaged If
set in strong sunshine.
Root gcranium slips now, If you
want winter boomers. Keep growing
thriftiIy, pinching off all buds until
late September.
To root hardwood, shrubhery plants,
cut just below the joint, as all slips
send out roots from the joint, whether
soft or hardwood.
DO not make the mistake of roofing
for winter bloomcrs plants that bloom
only In the summer. Some geraniums
bloom more freely than others
Evaporation is rapid; If showers nrc
few, the plants will hecom" stuntcd
from thirst; If too much rain, weeds
must not be allowed to choke the
plants.
All shrubby pot plants should be set
in II sheltered place, out of doors, with
good light, but some shade during the
hot season, where strong winds cannot
rack them.
Prune older, wcakcr branches from
shrubs and roses that are done bloom
ing. and mulch roots.
Cut and pile sod for pot compost
later.
Weather seldom affects weeds nd
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28

The department of agriculture has
issued Farmers Bulletin-No. 731-
designed to convey to the farmer, in
a brief and simple manner, the natural
history of the true army worm, a cater
pillar which from time to time becomes
enormously destructive to growing ce-
reals, and sometimes to forage crops !;
to give him summary of the informa-
ton necessary for its control; and es-
pecaly TO urge upon him the necessity
for constant vigilance in the combat
with this insect.
The true army worm is often con-
fused in the public mind with the fall
army worm, Overflow worm" or
grass worm" as it is known in some
of the extreme southern states. The
latter insect always originates in the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
Plain Enolish.

An American who has been doing am
bulance duty in France pretty close to
the fighting line was working near an
other American one particularly diff
cult day. This friend was mild-man-
nered and mild-spoken, but as
French linguist he belonged to a class
that would never be called for active
service.
Their post was ut crossroads
when the German artillery perversely
began searching the neighborhood with
shells. A high explosive shell dropped
almost upon them; the friend was
bowled over, eyes and mouth full Of
dirt. He stood up uncertainty.
"Whew," he remarked with empha-
sis, "if | just knew the French for
Bon Dieu, I'd say It,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
EFFECTS IN MASSING
By l. M BENNINGTON.

Two recent photographs showing
handsome California homes, one Mt
Berkeley ana the other the Smith
of the principles or art that the maker
IF a garden will do well to study. 1t
Is the general scheme producing m Of
feet with masses Of plants, and with
foliage thrown darlngly into back
ground or foreground with little APP
parent thought for the individual
plant.
It follows the idea Of the little
dnrky who came home one day with
n crude drawing made In school. The
little boy held up proudly the product
and said
See, nanny, here am what | done
drnwed today"
what datf" inquired the mother.
Hits er cow" said the little fel-
low
"las, hits or COW. all right" said
the mother, but whnr am de tail?"
abe teachcr she done tolc me-" re-
sponded the child, dat so long ns de
general effect am good, ncber mind de-
tail"
That is the theory shown striking
~ by these two California pictures. In
one IS found Il heavy massing of green
effects In the background, with the
same general scheme of mass being ap-
piled to the plants and grasses border
Ing the driveway Not single one Of
the trees or plants stands out indlvld-
ually, hut they all blend into gen
eral purpose
In the second picture the mass Is
transferred from background 10 fore
ground, leaving the house Itself TO
stand boldly forth against the skyline.
In directly Opposit" ways the pictures
show effects of mass arrangement. II
belongs 10 it's school of art ana to
art a. applied to the garden, as clearly
ms the same theory has place in paint
ing IN oils.
And II must be remembered that II
takes more real work TO get erect
from seemingly disordcrrd mass
than il does to care for striking, In.
dividuul and Isolated elements.