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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
The Wenatchee Milling comnanv is

The Wenatchee Milling company is
building large addition to its mill, the
| new space to be devoted to the milling
of all kinds of dairy and poultry feed.
Several new machines will be installed.
A community drier for the treatment
of fruits and vegetables by dehydration
process is to be built at Kalispell at
once. The Kalispell Chamber of com
merce is behind the movement. Equip
ment has been ordered
The Edwards Manufacturing company,
which recently moved its plant from
Clinton, Iowa, to Spokane, is rushed
with orders Manager Rixon is putting
on new employees each week and says
the unexpected volume of business in
dicates desire to encourage home fac
tories. The concern manufacturers wo-
mans wash dresses and specialties.
The new cement grain elevator erected
by the Farmers union at Moscow is in |
operation. 1t has a capacity of $4,000 |
bushels of bulk grain. There are five
bins each 80 feet high by 18 feet inside !
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
ter. The Mark P. Miller Milling

diameter. The Mark p Miller Milling
company's new elevator bins are also
ready to receive grain
Following meeting of the Coeul
dAlene Cannery company, at which
Manager Frye made a good report or
results to date, the directors authorized
him to order the equipment necessary tc
double the capacity of the vinegar fac
tory making the output 40 barrels pei
day. Excellent business in all lines OF
vegetable canning was reported
Splendid demand for flour by-products
from the hour the first wheel was turned
in the new mill of the Liberty Food
Products company Spokane, has giver,
| the management encouragement. Potato
flour, corn, rice, barley, rye and soy
J bean flour are to compose the output
but at present the plant is running on
potato flour orders. A grain elevator
with capacity of $4,000 bushels is be-
ing built
liz IddiiO 1Idi fSolSi COMPANY VI
Moscow has booked substantial order
for castings used in shipbuilding. This
is in addition to the continued turning
out of combined harvesters.. The pay
roll has been increased until IS men are
employed. By the time the present rush
contract is completed the company ex-
poets to be in position to bid on still
heavier orders.
Extensive preparations for handling
the apple crop of the upper Wenatchee
valley have been made. Large new
warehouses have been built at Cashmere,
Dryden, Peshastin and Monitor. In adj
dition to these, which are planned for
community packing operations, scores of
small private warehouses are being
erected by individuals With the build
ings under construction it is believed the
storage capacity of the district will be
I 200 cars.
A splendid demand for old-fashioned
Southern corn meal is keeping the Dixie
Corn Products company mill, Spokane,
we'll occupied. The mill was completed
4 few weeks ago and from the opening
lay it has meet with satisfactory orders
New machinery is to be added from time
o time for the turning out of other corn
PRODUCTS.
Potato evaporating at the several
'1ants in the Yakima valley is about
ompleted for the season, with an esti
mated total of 5000 tons, making us
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13

shown its hand as purely sociaIist;c
! organization 1t has taken the final stem
which its program Of confiscafion Of pri-
vate industry led up to; namely, the pro
posal to take over all land in the name
of the state.
Ibis plan would overthrow and de
stroy every principle of our state, and ma
tional constitutions and destroy Ameri-
can ideas of government. It IS sirnnIv
following in the steps of the Russian
revolution.
The farmers have been playing with
tire and they now stand a good chance
OF having their fingers badly burned.
1t is unthinkab1e that an American
citizen, raised in free country, the very
backbone of which has been the right of
every man to o*n his own property
should consider for a second the idea Of
turning his property over to collective
ownership under state socialism and for
ever after being a land1ess tenant and
rent payer.
And yet the farmers of North Dakota
are now face to face with the proposition,
which is on par with Russian Bolshe-
namely, the proposal to have the
state buy UP every acre of farm land
every piece of farm machinery, every
head of horses and cattle and run the
farms itself
The league is seeking control in this
state. Do its citizens want to face pro-
gram of this kind which will mean the
Ultimate loss of their farms?
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
Mrs. Sandberg Dead.

Mrs. John Sandberg, living near Mos
COW, is dead after a brief illness. She
had not been in good health for some
time, but her illness was not regarded as
serious until Saturday. The funeral
arrangements have not been made as
they are being deferred until word can
reach their son, Lieutenant Sandberg,
who is at Camp Lee, Virginia, where he
recently received commission as lieu
tenant in the army. He is expected
home for the funeral.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
DAVIDS'

cars. Other vegetables are now taking
attention
Many of the larger lumber mills have
secured war contracts of various Sizes
the total running into large figures.
These orders include ammunition cases,
powder boxes, airp1ane material, ship
timbers and finishing.
Eastern steel furnaces are taking from
1 900 to 1,50O tons of calcined magnesite
weekly from the International Portland
Cement plant, Irwin
The Inland Wooden mills, Spokane, is
making rapid progress on its order for
10000 pairs Of U. S. army blankets. The
factory is running double shift.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
N0NPART|zAN LEAGUE TAKES
COMPLETE S0C|AL|ST|C STAND

| The final step toward complete social
| ism has at last been taken by the non
partizan league in North Dakota.
After securing control of county cen
trail committee of Hettinger and Adams
counties, N. D., the league proceeded tt
adopt the following resolution:
Whereas, 1t is the sense of the People
in Control of the present nominees of the
republican party that the state should
own the business in the state of North
Dakota; and
Whereas, We believe in equality and
justice; be it
Resolved, That our state committee
man be instructed to have placed in the
platform of the republican party and the
nominees for the legislature from the
10Th legislative district be instructed to
advocate the State Ownership of Farm
Lands, Horses, Cattle and Machinery
and that the same be acquired on the
basis of value for the three years imme
diately preceding the war"
The Minot On d. Register of Aug.
/ says:
1T will be noted that the nonpartizan
league is not in control of the policies of
the republican party, but it has no hest
tation in asserting its control of the nom
nees. The party may repudiate the wild
eyed socialist program which the league
with the mask torn off boldly seeks tc
fasten upon helpless North Dakota, but
he league is in control of the present
of the republican party has
every man Jack of them in its power and
lnder its thurnb-for brief present-so
t proposes to make its own platform Of |
3olshevikism the creed of the republican
'arty"
1t the democratic party had been in !
ontrol it would have dictated the policy
t the democratic nominees, the party
eng immateria1
The point to be observed by thoughtful
itizens is this, the league has finally
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
OF NORTHWEST BUSY
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO GROW
ERS AND DEALERS ON MARK
ETING THIS CROP

SPOKANE, Wash.-Industria plants
throughout the Inland Empire reflect
progress and healthful manufacturing
conditions in their reports of continued
activity. Coupled with the building of
new factories come the announcements
of enlargement of older concerns, the
adding of extra shifts and the taking on
sAre being placed here since the adapt
sbility of Inland Empire plants has been
shown and since an aggressive campaign
to secure government business has been
pushed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
NAVY ENLISTMENTS ARE
TO BE DISCONTINUED

The navy recruiting party that was tc
have been in Moscow this week to seek
recruits for the navy will not come The
following notice has been received by
The Star Mirror:
THE recruiting party that was sched-
uled to visit this section of the country
was recalled to the navy yard, owing to
the fact that all enlistments have been
temporarily postponed
Lieutenant M. c. Kent, u S. Navy"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
Voters Fail to Register.

Only few more days remain in which
to register for the primary election on
September g. Less than half of the
voters of the county have registered.
Unless they register within the next few
days they cannot vote at the primary
Indications are the vote will be very
light, for very little interest is being
taken. Voters are urged to register at
once if they wish to vote on September 3.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
Buys Buick Light Six.

Bert Phillips who takes the position
of M. P. Bailey, travelling salesman
for Mason-Ehrman's wholesale gro
Gerry house at Lewiston, has bought
Of the Hugo Buick company, a Buick
light six five passenger car, which he
took out today. He will use the car
in covering his district.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Sues u. s. Treasurer
Metal Company Brings Actor
to Recover Large Sum

The American Metal Company, Ltd.
of New York. yesterday brought suit
in the Federal District Court against
John Burke as treasurer of the United
States Of America to recover SIPS l42.
with interest from February ii 1918.
The action is brought under the
tNading with the enemy act. which pro-
vldes that ANY person not an enemy
or ally of enemy claiming interest,
right or title to any money paid to
the Alien Property Custodian and held
by The Treasurer OF the United States
cf America may institute suit in
equity therefor in The District Court
OF the United States for the district
IN which, il 4 corporation, it has its
principal place of business
The American Metal Company says
1t SIS not an enemy or ally OF enemy"
and that it claims an interest. right
and title in the money which it paid
10 A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property
Custodian. on February 9 last amount
ing TO Sl99, ,6G2, which ii then believed
it owed to an enemy, the Mctalbank
and Metallurgischc GeselIschaft Of
Frankfort on the Main, Germany.
The complaint explains that the
amount so paid was incorrec: and chat
the American Metal Company, in max
ing the payment, overcharged itself
S123,l42. as the sum really due to the
German banl, was only S765lg.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Wheat Crop Will
Exceed 918,000,000
Bushels This Year
Official Estimate Shows Big
Improvement-Corn Pros
pect Also Better

WASHlNGTON. Oct. S.-This years
wheat crop will be the largest yield Of
record, with single exception, 9l8,-
$4,000 bushels, the Department of Ag-
riculturc announced to-day. in its pre-
liminary estimate of production. Win
ter wheat production is 555.725 900
bushels. and spring wheat production
3c3, 900 bushels.
Corn production of 2,7l7, ,775,OO0
bushels was forecast from the condi-
tion Of the crop October l.
The tobacco crop will be the largest
ever grown.
Estimates of production of other
crops follow:
Oats. 1885, ,297 900 bushels; barley,
ZIG 800, 900; buckwheat, 19,473,O0O;
white potatoes, 3S1 ,279 900; sweet po-
tatoes, S5.473,0 900; flax, 1906 900; rice,
4l.9lS.O0O bushels tobacco. 1865
3o2,o pounds; pears, l0,194 600
bushels; apples. l9S,3S9 900 bushels:
sugar beets, 6,45S,OO0 tons; kaffirs,
1865. 900 bushels; beans, 1852 900
bushels
Condition of the various crops on
October was announced as follows,
the figures showing percentages of
normal: Corn. Csc: buckwheat. 1856;
white potatoes, 1877; sweet potatoes,
IA; haX. 70.s; rice. SOD: tobacco, 81 A;
sugar beets. 500. and haiirs. 49,
"Crop prospects generally and mate
rally improved during September" a
statement OF the Department Of Agri-
culture said in commenting on crop
conditions
"Moisturc was sufficient and farm
work was favored. Though killing
trosts were earlier than usual over
'argc areas OF the Northwestern states,
relatively small damage was done.
Corn in the main belt maturcd car
her than usual as d result of summer
heat and drouth periods, most OF it
safely, except in the extreme northern
area. An increase OF 40.000,G00 bushels
is shown in the expected outturn. The
crop, however, will be 44l 600 900 bush
els below that OF last year, which was
of extremely poor quality.
Spring wheat is turning out better
than expected, except in the Pacific
Northwest. showing gain Of about
2OOG0.000 bushels over last months
promise. and giving present estimate
of 91S,920.00 bushels of spring and
winter wheat combined. This is 267,-
100000 above last year and 110,000,000
above the tivc-ycar average, being ex-
ceeded only by the bumper crop of
ops 100000 bushels in 1915.
Oats, too, are turning out we'll
above earlier hopes. A crop of 1880
100000 bushels is estimated, the third
Of record and but 3.4 per cent below
the bumper crop of last year. The
quality is high--94. Barley, potatoes.
both white and sweet rice tobacco,
cotton. apples and sugar beets show
gains over last months outlook, and
buckwheat, flax and kahrs show only
SLIGHT losses"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Commodities
| n d u strial s
Cotton

AZ early rally was followed by re-
neWed weakness in the cotton market
yesterday. with prices making new low
levels for the movement December
contracts sold otf from 3175 to 3O75,
closing at the low point, with the gen
eral list closing barely steady at net
decline Of 53 to 1870 PORTS
The main factor on the decline was
the talk Of freer Southern spot offer
inss and continued hedge selling. The
market opened steady at an advance of
TO II points on higher LIVERPOOL
cables, and after some irregularity sold
40 to ~ points net higher on covering
and trade buying. The more urgent de-
mand from shorts then appeared to
EaVe been supplied. and the market
turned easier during the middle OF the
day under hedge selling for Live. oool
to 3l2o and January to 30.12, and the
close was at the lowest levels of the
day.
iherc were reports Of steadier spot
basis during the morning, which were
colorcd TO some extent by trade buy
ing, but the talk Of this sort was over
shadoWed by the renewal Of hedge sell
iilS ana iatcf reports OF Increased offer
ing5. ne weather remained favorable
~ 0he south, encouraging the more op-
tlmlstlc view Of crop prospects and y
feeling seemed TO prevail around II q
ring that accumNlating supplies in The
interior were beginning to be press
ure on the spot situation.
acre were rumors that some Of the
Older long lines in the market were
l'quidated during the day. their hold
ers having been disappointed by the
fallure OF recent war and political
news to bring in fresh buyihr ~
ports for the day were $4,000 baIas
making t53,776 so far this season
against 96l,05i last ycar. Southern
spot market as officially reporte d
We're - points higher to so points
over generally unchanged to so poiut,
The range of prices yesterday fol-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Shippers Protest
Express Increase
Opposed to Rail Admin;stra-
tion Sharing in Higher
Rates

WASHINGTON. Oct. s.-Hearngz
were held to-day by the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the appli-
cation OF the American Railway Ex-
press Company for increases of 1G
cents per 100 pounds on frst-class
shipments under the zone classifca
tlon, l2 certs on second class. and lC
cents per 100 on commodities rates
Decision in the case is expected with
in q week
Representatives of the express com
pany told the commission that the
proposed rates would raise S23 67o 900
of which about S17,000,O00 would come
from comparatively short hauls. This
increase would be divided about equal
~ between the express company ano
the Railroad Administration.
Sn'ppers' representatives protes stod
against the heavy burden on local
transportation and suggested that the
iru't of any rate increase 90 entirely
TO the express company rather thar
be shared with the Railroad Adminis-
tratiOn.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Wealth Markets and Commerce
Relevant Comment
Cuban Money Stringcncy

Bankers doing business with Havana
said yesterday that there had been no
improvement in the abnormal exchange
situation. The premium on dollars i'll
the Cuban capital remains around 2
per cent and it is next to impossible to
obtain New York funds. Al the same
time a real stringcncy has developed
in the Havana money market where
bank loans secured by the deposit of
securities as collateral rule at 10 per
cent Prime commercial loans com
mand 7 to 8 per cent at the present
time. The principal cause of the diff
tlculty is the large carry over of sugar.
This has had to be carried by the
Cuban banks and the credit supply has
run low.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Wire Stocks Go Higher

American Telephone and Telegraph
shares We're again in demand yester-
day, and the buying movement carried
the price up to. 1O7fs, new high since
the announcement Of the agreement
between the company and the Posi-
Office Department by which dividends
Will be continued at the annua' rat,
of per cent. Western Union was also
strong on the belief that the com
rany will negotiate contract with
the government similar to that Of TIC
American Telephone and Telegraph
plan. Such an arrangement, it is under
stood, will guarantee bond interest and
present dividends on the collpanys
stock
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
An Gl, 00Q, 800 Liberty Club

NEW club in process of formation Wall Street 1t
conceived by members of the York Stock Ex-
change but any belong whether
Patriotism willing
$4,000 into bonds of the fourth Liberty
charter member They call it The Thousand
Minimum Limit Club expected retain
his bonds far possible during the period
membership roll is rapidly The New
chanse Liberty Loan Committee expects to of
100 members pay before the loan
campaign closes One hundred membership mean
100000 subscription exchange Meanwhile
the Of the country will have the inner Dor
tails of the club. for The Ten Thousand Minimum Limit
Club0 idea being adopted in all parts Of country
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Stocks React in London
Profit Taking Causes Decline
on Exchange

LONDON, Oct. S.-Money was in bet
ter supply on the market today and
discounts were steady.
On the Stock Exchangc trading was
quieter, political developments being
awaited. Securities, which recently
advanced, suffered as the result of
profit taking, notably consois, Rus
Sans and Marccn and shipping shares,
but consois partly recovered later.
The undertone continued confident.
French and Chinese loans improved.
Rubbers we're steadily supported. 1t
is expected that business viii. decrease
somewhat through the effort being
made this week to increase the sale
Of war bonds.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Record Fur Sale
St. Louis Auction Nets $l,lS1,.
5OO-Sealskins Higher

ST LOUIS, Oct S.-All records were
broken on the first day of the fall
auction Of furs at the International
Fur Exc hange when 100000 pelts
brought Sl.1sl, 500 Furs from Siberia.
China. Japan and Russia were among
those sold.
The United States governments blue
foxes sold as high as $500 pelt The
government total sales aggregated
Sl6l 600
The sale reveals advances made in
the prices of furs. The prices paid
for government Alaska sealskins
showed an advance Of 16 per cent
above last April, japanese sealskins,
Is per cent. and government blue foX
35 per cent above last October
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Butter, Cheese and Eggs

Butter.-Receipts, 1883 packages.
Creamery. higher than extras, ID, 50 =
"a a9e; extras, 90 score, 57A@5sc;
frsts, IS to 81 score. 55 a SIC; sec
onds, 80 to 81 score, 80 q soc; thirds,
as(a 52c; unsalted, higher than extras,
oOIo 80 &C. extras, $50 59l4c: tirsts,
% q os PC; seconds. 54d 90 i3c; state
dairy tubs. finest, 56 a0057c; good to
prime, 53G, sec; common 20 fair. 45o
o2c: renovated. extras, 5O0 sic: firsts.
Aslc 4sc lower grades, 43Q 47c; imi-
fation creamery, tirsts, 441a@45c;
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
seed Oil

Coffee Futures. Prices in the mar
ket yesterday held at full maximum
throughout the session, with no actual
BUSINESS reported in any position. al
though there were few exchanges OF
December to September at 53 points.
IN the local spot market, while the de
Eand from the interior was reported
Aght, there was a good demand be-
between jobbers and those whose
stocks have been depleted and who de-
sire to buy in order to raise their
average stock.
The cost and freight market was
very difficult to quote and prices we're
too high to attrac. buyers Santos As
were offered at 14S4c, steamer, Lon
don credits and the same grade offered
at this price on an f. O. b. basis. Both
Brazil and mild coffee were very
strong, with prices more or less nomi-
mai
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Prices in England

At the end CT August the index mum
her Of "Thc London Economist" stood
at 2S4.s. thus showing an increase OF
154 per cent since the end OF July,
1914 in the general level Of commodity
prices in England
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Oil Stocks Slump

Oil stocks which have displayed pro-
nounced strength Of late were subjected
to heavy selling pressure yesterday.
Mexican Petroleum was one of the
weakest. falling from an early high of
120 20 11614 and closing at % points
off. Texas Company after climbing to
1929 reacted to l76. 1t closed at III Y
with a net loss of 81 points,
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Z. S. Steel Ingot Output 100 Z. {

Last week production of ingots by
the United States Steel Corporations 3
mills reached the maximum proGuc-
ton Of 100 per cent, according to a
statement by Ebert II. Gary. chairman
Of the finance committee. following the
usual weekly meeting Of the members
The ingot output a. the close of the
preceding week was equal to 97.5 per
cent Of capacity There was also a
gain in the operations of the blast
furnaces, the figures being 92.7 per
cent, contrasted with 80 per cent the
Wcek before
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09

crate scale. Rates are firm around
per cent for the best regular ma
turtles.
Bank Acceptances.-Thc supply of
bills is large. III fact in excess of the
demand. Rates yesterday were quoted
as follows:
Thirty Sixty Ninety
Spot de days days. days.
livery: Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
f | igible
NJ m b r
banks. ...44@4 4as@4I4 43s@4I4
+ | igible
non-mcm
Der banks.4A@4Ia 1904" 4as@4h
Ineligible
banl; bills.sA@4 5l4@4s4 5M@4s4
Foy delivery within thirty days:
Per cent.
Eligible member banks. .......... 4N
Eligible non-member banks. .... 45a
Ineligible bank bills. s
Discount Rates.-Thc following table
gives the current rates Of the twelve
Federal Reserve banks on commercial
paper for all periods up to ninety days:
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09

foreign money III terms OF tie Amer-
can collar .Nou buy IN English pcund
sterling at say, $4.755o. The intrinsic
parity is S4.Sc7s per pound. Thus you
saT either that pounds are at dis
count or that dollars arc at premium.
which is owing to the fact that in l.ne-
band the demand for dollars with which
to settle accounts in this country is
greater than the demand in this coun-
try for pounds with which to settle ac-
counts in EnSland
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Elections

William Church Osborn has been
elected president of the Texas {: Pa
ctic Railway Company, succeeding J.
L. Lancaster. who resigned to accept
The position of Federal manager. c. l..
Wallace. assistant receiver, was elected
vice president at New Orleans.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
The Dollar i'm Foreign Exchange

Neutral exchange rates declined
again yesterday. Dutch guilders
dropped to 441s cents for checks, while
Spanish pesetas were quoted in the
afternoon around 81 cents. These were
the. lowest rates recorded in months
Closing rates Yesterday, comparel
with q week ago. follow;
Quoted dollars to the pound.i
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09

Cottonseed Oil.--Operations in the
market yesterday were of moderate
proportions. Offers, however, were
light and apparently stocks are being
very firmly held. while offers of new
crop crude continue small In conse-
quencc there was firm undertone to
the market and buyers had to pay fuh
prices.