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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
PACIFIC COAST NEWS

The Seventh Annual Orange show,
California's greatest midwinter event,
will be held at San Bernardino Feb
ruary 20 to %, 1917.
James Madison, vice president and
general manager of the California
Associated Raisin Co., the organiza-
ton which revolutionized the raisin
situation in the southwest, will be at
the National Apple show at Spokane
in November. Mr.. Madison will take
part in the marketing discussions at
the growers conferences.
The city council of Los Angeles,
CAL, has passed an ordinance which
provides that bread loaves must weigh
either IL, "a, 4S or 90 ounces, and as
result the bakers have announced
raises in the price of the loaves which
will introduce the advent Of penny
change in the grocery stores.
The food show to be held under the
auspices Of the Portland (Ore.) Re-
tail Grocers' and Merchants associa-
ton, November 9 and continuing for
10 days, promises to be one of the
big events of the Northwest. Food
manufacturers of national repute will
make exhibits and the entertainment
features will be of a high order Of
merit.
Freight rates on livestock in car
loads from Nevada, Utah and Oregon
to San Francisco and Oakland, Cal,
have been upheld by the interstate
commerce commission. They had
been assailed in complaint Of the H.
Moffatt Co. and other California live
stock shippers, who said that the
Southern Pacific, Western Pacific,
Sante Fe and the San Pedro, Los An
geles & Salt Lake railroads had in
creased their rates from 3 to 9 per
cent over the rates prior to June,
1915, in violation of the law.
The condensey milk plants Of the
Mout Vernon Cream Co. at Mount Yer
non and Ferndale, Wash, which were
purchased a month ago from John B.
Agen by Charles e. Peabody, for
81 100000 cash, have been sold by Mr..
Peabody to the Carnation Milk Prod
ucts Co. of Seattle. The considera-
ton was not made public. Announce
ment Of the transfer was made by e.
A. Stuart, president of the Carnation
Milk Products Co. The condensaries
at Mount Vernon and Ferndale, al
though controlled by the Carnation in
terests, will continue to be known as
the Mount Vernon Cream Co.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
-TEUToN TROOPS DRIVING
RUMANlANS FARTHER BACK
Their Defense CrumbIes Before Ar.
tIIery and Infantry Fire.

London, Nov. 4.-Violent fighting
contiues to mark the Austro-G German
attempts to penetrate the plain of
Rumania south of Kronstadt and Her
mannstadt and toward Bucharest
The stiff defense Of the Rumanians
is yielding slowly to the blows of
Austro-G German artillery and infantry
amout Predeal, and Berlin announces
further progress south of the border
for them.
East of Predeal, however, the Ru-
manians advancing in the Buzeu val
ley have driven the invaders back
over the frontier in the region of Ia
BILE Butzi. They also have taken
Mount Siriul and Tatuhumio along
the Transylvanian border southeast
of Kronstadt. South of Hermann
;stadt in the region of Rothenthurm
pass the Austro-Germans have ex-
tended their lines and captured an
additional $50 prisoners. West Of
Rothenthurm, and in the Prahova val
ley, the Rumanians are holding their
ground.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
GRAIN AND MILLING NOTES.

A new flour mill is being erected
at Jordan, Mont.
The elevator at Leona, Ore, is
completed. It has a capacity Of 5O,-
900 bushels.
The new elevator at Union, Ore,
is now completed. 1t has capacity
of 100000 bushels and cost $4,000.
Construction work on the grain ele-
vator and cleaning plant for the
Farmers Union Grain agency, Pen
dleton, Ore, has started.
The directors of the Equity Eleva-
tor Co. have let the contract for the
construction of an elevator at Wolf
Point, Mont. 1t will have a capacity
of 10000 bushels.
The large modern mill and eleva-
tor, erected by the Soda Springs Mill
ing & Elevator Co., Soda Springs,
Idaho, is now in full operation. N. e.
Smell is the manager.
The Cottonwood Milling & Eleva-
tor Co.'s new plant, Cottonwood, Ida
no., is now completed and in opera
ton. The elevator has capacity of
$4,000 bushels. The plant cost about
$4,000.
Extensive additions of machinery
are being added by the port commits
sion to the elevator at Seattle. A
grain drier to cost $4,000 will be in
stalled and a plant for baling hay
will be installed at a cost Of $12,-
964. The hay baling plant will con-
sist of one compressor, which will
compress ton of hay into IS cubic
feet.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
INDUSTRY AND IMPROVEMENT.

Included in the assets Of the Great
Northern railway, according to it's an
nual report for the fiscal year ended
June 80, which has just been made
public, is $16,O49,784 in cash, as com.
pared with $11,59O,5O2 last year. The
total gross earnings for the year were
$S1,262,478, as compared with $751;
162,858 last year.
The new steel bridge over the We.
natchee river at Wenatchee will be
opened to traffic soon, providing the
board of county commissioners &C
cepts it from the contractor, the
Quigg Construction Co. The bridge
will cost in the neighborhood of $4O,-
900, which includes the approaches,
one-half mile in length.
Daniel Donovan has purchased the
w. H. Gross and Freeman estate
farms north of Walla Walla for close
to $4,000 cash. There are nearly
800 acres in the Gross ranch and
about 300 in the Freeman state. An
other sale reported was the sale of
673 acres of land a mile north of
Weston to Hey VIM of Weston, who
bought it from Joe Hodgeson for
about 100000.
Before leaving for Salt Lake City
this week, Vice President T. R. Cut
Ter of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Wis
tied the factory site at North Yaki-
ma with Contractor M. D. Gilman of
San Diego, who made public details
of the plans. The main building will
be 7Ox2OO feet, four stories high, Of
Reinforced concrete and brick. A
one-story warehouse, $50 feet long,
will adjoin the main building. The
ground in front on one side of the
plant will be parked, seeded and
planted to trees.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
STUDY FRUIT MARKETING.
Conference Of Three States to Be
Held at Apple Show, Nov. 1924.

The first tri-state conference of the
special commissions appointed by the
governors of Washington, Idaho and
Oregon to make a study Of the fruit
marketing situation will be held in
Spokane, November % and "a, during
the National Apple Show.
Official calls have been issued by
the governors of the three states in
which representatives of the fruit
shippers, fruit growers, marketing or
EXAMINATIONS and commercial organiza-
lions are urged to meet with the COM
mission. The fact that Spokane is
the natural gathering place of the
fruit growers and fruit shippers at
this time, coupled fifth the fact that
there will be reduced dates on all
railroads, promises a large attend
ance at the first conference of the
commission.
1t is the plan of the joint commits
sion to go into the marketing situa-
ton thoroughly with view Of work
fruit industry of the northwest, by
enaDllng the grower TO pc assured TO
a reasonable profit on his crop. The
joint commission follows:
Washington's appointees:
Captain Paul H. Weyrauch, presi-
dent of the Fruitgrowers' Agency;
Gordon G. Corbaley, managing sec
rotary Spokane Chamber of Com
merce; T. o. Morrison, assistant COM
missioner of agriculture, division of
horticulture, Olympia.
Idaho's appointees:
Gottfried Lohrli of Parma; w. N.
Yost Of Meridian; S. J.. Klepfer of
Rathdrum.
Oregon's appointees:
Prof. G.. l. Lewis, Oregon Agricul-
tural College, Corvallis; A. G. Allen,
Medford; DR.. G. A. Macrum, Portland
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEMl-
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED FOR BUSYREADERS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are Of Legitimate Interest
to All the People.

Manila. Two Filipino workmen
were killed Saturday by an explosion
of shrapnel at Fort Santiago.
The imperial military tribunal at
Berlin has rejected the appeal of DR..
Karl Liebknecht, the socialist leader,
from the sentence imposed upon him
by the courtmartial at Berlin.
Germany has decided to make the
safety of neutral ships carrying neu-
trail cargoes dependent upon guaran-
tees that no port of such cargoes
shall be landed whether through
British compulsion or not, at any
British port.
The bodies of Mrs. Ben Diles, age
80, and her 15-months-old child were
found in the woods near Ashdown,
Ark. The mothers throat had been
cut and the baby's head was crushed.
Officials believe the two we're MUIR
dered The woman's husband is a
section foreman.
Private B. x. Cruiser, "a years old,
of company G, Second infantry, shot
and killed himself in camp at Browns
vile, Texas, Saturday. His body was
shipped to his home in Arthur, Iowa.
An army surgeon announced that the
shooting was accidental, stating that
Cruiser was cleaning his rifle.
Total earnings of the United States
steel corporation for the third quar-
ter of the calendar year, establish a
new high record at S5,s17,O67, ex-
ceeding the previous best statement,
that of the preceding quarter, by 3d.
691,O19 Net incomes of $75,202,4Os
surpassed the previous record by 3d.
1922 ,1S6, and the balance Of surplus
for the qurter amounting to $51 $780,
$50, represents an increase of 3d.
894,915.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
SPORTING ITEMS

Yale won the annual cross-country
run with Princeton.
Hockey players and enthusiasts at
Spokane are forming club to enter
the Spokane Amateur Hockey league.
L. A. Thebaul of Morristown, N j.,
has been elected president of a new
speciality club to promote interest in
sporting dog.
Benny Leonard has abandoned his
quest Of the lightweight championship
but is after the scalp of Johnny Kill
bane, boss of the featherweights.
let skating has come to stay in
Spokane This much is evident, judg-
ing from the large crowds which have
flocked out to the new artificial ice
Kinks at Elm and Sinto streets since
it's opening.
Making corkscrew high in the
air with his aeroplane in which he
has electrified thousands with his
flights at the exposition at San Die
go, CAL, Joe Boquel, daredevil avi-
ator fell to his death Saturday.
The automobile race across the con-
tinent from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to
Galveston, along the Meridian high
way ended at Galveston. Texas, Sat
urday at 1882 p. m. The race was
started at IL a. M, Nov. 1, making a
total running time of 70 hours 80 min
utes.
Saturdays Football Results.
The Oregon Aggie football team de-
feated the Whitman college eleven,
% to 0.
The Montana State School of Mines
football team lost to Gonzaga univer-
sity team Of Spokane, 20 to 0.
In a slow game on a sloppy field
Orofino high school defeated Lewis
ton Qdaho) high school at football,
6 to 0.
After Colgate had decisively out
played Yale in the first two periods
the blue came from behind and won
a hard fought game, Z to 8.
On a field slippery with mud and
with drizzling rain falling practi.
cally the entire time, w. S. G. bat.
tered her way to a 31-to-0 victory
over Idaho.
The light Montana State college
eleven play a wonderful fighting
game against the heavy state univer.
sity team of Missoula in a contest
which resulted in to tie.
The University of Washington foot.
ball team has yet to meet defeat
on gridiron Of the Pacific coast.
Dobie's squad was held to a 0 to 0
by the Oregon University.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
Producers Get Less for Meat.

Washington.-Pric of meat ami
mails, hogs, cattle, sheep and chick
ems, paid to producers decreased Al
per cent from September Is to Octo-
Der Is, the department of agriculture
announces. Prices for these animals
on October Is were 1876 per cent
higher than year ago, 1875 per cent
higher than two years ago and 1872
per cent higher than the average of
the past six years on that date. The
figures are based on reports from
several thousand correspondents.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
We Loan Russia $4,000, 900.

New neutrality-suspicious. have been
completed by a syndicate headed by
the National City company, which is
controlled by the National City bank
interests, for loan Of $50,OOO,OOO to
the Russian government, the pro-
ceeds of which will be used princi-
pally for paying for war munitions.
The loan will be direct obligation
to the imperial Russian government
and will bear interest at 5k per cent
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
WIN TRENCHES AND POSITIONS
BY STORM ON ST. PIERRE
WAIST WOOD.
FRENCH AND BRITISH WIN
Violent Action Near Gorizia-ItaIians
Capture 1922 Men in Four Days
Making Good Gains-No I'm
portant Change Elsewhere.

London, Nov. 6-French troops
have again smashed the German lines
hard. North of the Somme between
Les Boeufs and Sailly-Saillisel, to
the east of the latter place and on
the ST. Pierre WAIST wood sector inn
portant gains were made, according
to the French communication. The
attack on the ST. Pierre Vast wood
Melted the French three trenches on
the northern side and the entire
German positions on the southern
outskirts of the wood.
The British over a front of 1000
yards captured the hills in the neigh
borhood of the Butte de Warlen-
court.
In the Verdun region the French
have taken Port Vaux and also the
town of Damloup, east Of Fort Vaux.
Violent Action Near Gorilla.
Violent fighting marks the opera
tions in the region south of Gorilla,
where the Italians are endeavoring
to advance to Triest. Fresh gains
have been made by King Victor En-
manuel's men on the Carso plateau.
Italians are alternately bombarding
Austrian positions at Jamiano and
throwing heavy infantry offensives
against the town. Vienna says all at
tacks have failed.
In the Transylvanian Alps the Aus
-tro-Germans and Rumanians are still
at deadly grips with both sides claim
ing successes at various points. Ber-
lin records the capture by the Teu-
tonic allies of positions in the Pra-
hova valley, while Bucharest asserts
that the pursuit of the Teutons in
the jul valley continues.
In Macedonia fighting continues
along the Cerna river, but no impor-
tant changes have taken place.
Small gains for the Germans on
the Russian front south of Dvinsk
and in Galicia and in the Carpathians
for the Russians are recorded in the
Berlin and Petrograd official commu.
nications.
There still is no news from the Do
brudja region of Rumania.
Italians Take 1892 Prisoners.
Rome, Nov. CATALAN troops in
the last four days have taken 270
Hungarian officers and 1922
men, says the statement issued to.
day by the Italian war department.
Since the Italian offensive started
T,,li hn
Italian front Italians have captured
4O,365 o-Hungarians, including
1908 officers.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
MARKET At SPOKANE.

| There has been a general rise in
food products, so that living expenses
were probably never higher than they
are today. But this has been in
many cases Offset by the increased
the traffic that they can handle.
wages being paid for every class of
labor. The railroads are doing a mar.
Vicious business, and have about all
| Provisions.
Butter-There has been no change
in the local butter market during the
week and Washington creamery is
still quoted at 35@37c. New York
and Chicago markets report little
change.
Eggs-No change as to prices has
been noted in the local egg market,
and fresh ranch are still very scarce,
which results in a brisk movement of
storage.
Dressed Meats - Beef is holding
rather easy, while pork and mutton
still are firm. There has been no
material change as to prices.
Poultry-The unloading of poultry
by the producers still goes merrily
on, and it is predicted that if it con-
tinues, along about the holidays or
shortly after, there will be some very
high poultry prices. For the week
prices have undergone no change. =
Lard and Cured Meats-All pork
products still remain firm and lard
is also firm, with indications toward
still higher levels.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Alphabetically, there has not been
much change in the apple market.
Prices are inclined to be little
easier.
Oranges-Valencias are up Csc this
week, which makes the quotations on
fancy $3.50 and choice $5.25. New
crop Navels will be ready between
November 10 and Is and Valencias
are cleaning up well.
Other Fruits-Lemons are off soc
this week, with fancy quoted at 81
and choice at $3.50. Bananas are up
to SIC, while peaches are cleaning
up at 65@75c. Huckleberries are up
1c at &C. A car of Eastern Concords
is on the market and quoted at $50
47kc. Other grapes are up at So.
Potatoes-The furry in the local
spud market is not quite SO pro-
nounced this week, although the quo
tation still remains at $1.75. Sweets
are a little firmer at $2.50@2.75.
Other Observation-Disclosures are firmer
at $1@1.25, as are also cabbage and
dry onions, the former quoting at
$1.75@2 and the. latter $3@3.25. To
matoes and eggplant are off the mar
ket.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
MARKET REPORT

Chicago.
:. Wheat-No. 2 red, $1.81@1.s21s;
No. 8 red, $1.soA; No. 2 hard, nomi-
nal; No. hard, $1.s2%@1.s5A.
Corn-No. yellow, old, $1,000
LOB; new, $1.O4@1.o5; No. 4 yellow,
new, 9shc@$1.O1; No. 4 white, new,
99hc@$1.
Oats-No. white, 52@5sMc: STAN
dard, 53@53Mc.
Rye-No. nominal; No. 3, $1.4O.
Barley-80c@$1.2
Timothy $3.25@5.60; clover, $11@
IS.
Hogs-Slow, sc above yesterdays
average; bulk, $9.4o@1O; light, 500
10; mixed, $9.40@10.25; heavy, $9.4O
@1o.25; rough, $9.4o@e.6o; pigs, $6.75
$3.50.
Cattle-Strong; native beef cattle,
$6.75@11.75; western steers, $4,000
$50; stockers and feeders, $4.65@
1855; cows and heifers, $3.50@95O;
calves, $7@11.
Sheep-Firm; wethers, $7.50@s.80;
lambs, $S.5O@11.25.
Butter higher creamery, 3s@35hc.
New York.
Spot cotton, quiet; middling up
lands, 1880.
Raw sugar steady; centrifugal,
6.46c; molasses, $500; refined steady;
fine granulated, 7.50@7.6Oc.
.Coffee-Spot quiet; Rio rs, $50;
Santos As, 10Ac.
Portland.
Hogs Steady; prime light, $500
9.65; prime strong weights, $9.25@
$50; good to prime mixed, $S.75@9;
rough heavy packing, $s.25@s.5O; pigs
and skips, $s@s.25; stock hogs, $7@s
Cattle-Steady; steers, prime light
$6.65@7;N prime heavy, $6.50@6.75;
good, $6@6.5o; cows, choice, $3.50
SIS; medium to good, $5@5.25; ordi.
nary to fair, $4.25@4.75; heifers, $40
g.; bulls, $3@5.25; calves, $3.5o@s.
Sheep Steady; choice lambs, $3.50
@8.75; common lambs, $6.75@7;
choice yearling wethers, $7.25@7.5O;
good yearlings, $7@7.25; choice light
ewes, $5.50@6; heavy ewes, $500
4.5O.
San Francisco.
Wheat-Firm; no trading.
Barley-Active; May, $2.17A; De
cember, $2.o6A.
Butter-Prime firsts, &c.
| Eggs-Fresh extras, Acc
Tacoma.
Wheat Bluestem, $1.54; fortyfold
$1.5o; club, $1.49; red fife, $1.4s; rec
Russian, $1.44.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
The Two Were Murdered.

Redding, Cal-Alexander Names
was arrested on suspicion here after
he had informed the police that un-
identified men had come to his resi-
dence Nov. 3 and murdered Rosetta
Durbin, his housekeeper, and John
Pollock, his guest. Subsequent in
vestigation resulted in the finding of
the decapitated bodies lying in the
open in front of Names residence.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
Cuba President Reelected.

Havana.-Dr. Juan l.. Montalvo, as
sistant secretary Of the interior, an
nounced that according to figures re-
ceived by him the reelection of Pres
ident Mario G.. Menoca over his lib
eral opponent DR.. Alfredo Zayas,
was assured.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
Portland Dock Strike OFF.

Portland, Ore.-Portland longshore-
men, acting with those of Astoria and
Rainier voted Saturday to end the
strike that has been on since June
1 when the entire coast waterfront
unions walked out and the men re-
ported for work Monday at a scale
of so cents an hour straight time.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
Now PAY Space Rate.

Beginning November 1, railroads in
the United States will be paid on the
space basis for carrying the mails
instead of the weight basis.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
Women Making Munitions.

The whole number of women en-
ployed in munition making in France,
according to the secretary of NUM-
lions, is 100000. OF these 1928 are
in state factories.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
California Grape Growers Lose.

Fresno, Cal.-Between rs and 30
per cent of the 1915 muscat grape
crop, valued at $2,50O,0O0 is total
loss to the raisin industry as the re-
suit of the rains
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09
ItaIians on Offensive.

London, Nov. 5.-Italian troops con-
tinue their offensive in the Carso re-
gion, and have advanced nearly a
mile toward the Wippach river and
have taken 553 prisoners.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09

Frank A. Vanderlip, president Of
the National City bank in New York
city, is a machinist by trade.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09

Other Vegetab1es-Cukes are firmer
at $1@1.25, as are also cabbage and
dry onions, the former quoting at
$1.75@2 and the latter $3@3.25. To
matoes and eggplant are off the mar
ket.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-09

Wheat Bluestem, $1.54; fortyfold,
$150; club, $1.49; red fife, $1.4s; red
Russian, $1.44.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05
: O = 7 Y

AZ enoulst church at Gadsden Will liG
the pulpit of the Methodist church
sunday evening at 1880 o'clock.
Miss Norma Black of Savannah, is
the guest of Mrs. r. r. Hall
Mrs. David Collins of Mississippi is
| the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. VALID
ron.
Mr.. w. T. King has returned from
brief business trip to Admission and
Helena.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid society
viii meet at the church Tuesday at 2
o'clock. This being time for election
of officers, a good attendance is urged.
Prof. C. r. West is spending a few
days in Marion county making ad-
dresses in behalf of the educational
amendment.
Mrs. Cleve Burks spent the week
end with her parents at Fall1viIle.
Mrs. ]. r. Kincaid is home from
Siluria.
Mr.. Claud Keith of Chattanooga is
the guest of relatives
Miss Eva. Russell is the guest of
friends in Morris.
Mr.. Wallace Keith left this week for
a pleasure trip to Chattanooga, Gin
cinnati, st. Louis and New York.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid society
will meet Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Campbell.
Miss Margaret Douglas of Bessemer
and Miss Marie Douglas of Columbus,
Tenn, have been guests Of Mrs. Ray
mcnd Strickland
Mrs. Williamson of Woodlawn and
Mrs. w. G. Williamson of Pell City
have returned home after spending a
few days with Mrs. James Sherbut.
Mrs. S.. p. Bales and daughter, Ruth,
have returned home after a stay with
relatives in Etowah Tenn.
Mrs. w. D. Dole and children of He
lena have been guests of Mrs. c. I.
Healton and Mrs. w. E. Brown.