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Show SPERRY MAY BUY PORTLAND MILLS I SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5. The S(.. t. I :i,ui- ciinipanv is n:-otlatliiK the purchase of the Portland (Uro., (Flouring Mil la company, bu1 announces announ-ces that no definite arrangement has yet be-n made Su h a merger would mean an In-crease In-crease In thr- Sperry corapany'i stor- rip:n lly hi 1 5 , 0 0 1.1. nun l,Usl):?ls Of (Vheal and h mill rapacity ..r 1 500' barrels of flour dally, making It one ol the largest mlllinff companies in the I'nlfpd States. The Portland Flouring Mills com-pany com-pany has 10 oereal and feed mills in On gon, and Washington, b nd 1 6t warehouses and elevators, its chief mills ,iri' :it Tat oma and I'ortlund. In ItakinK ovei these properUea m.' Bper-rj Bper-rj "in .any would have I combination thai would place Its products In prac-tlcallj prac-tlcallj . r pori on the Paclfh With Its property In Ujfden. L'tah. It would I a Iso have access lo the trade of the ! (Jul f of Mexico. -oo |