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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1906. 13 PRUNES IN THE EAST Firmer Feeling Among Sellers of Oregon Fruit. DUE TO CROP REPORTS Question of Quality Is Beginning to Bother the Trade No Mar ket for Hops Produce Trade Good. . PRUNES Eastern market firmer. HOPS All world's markets, except Germany, Quiet. WHBAT Trade checked by dock strike. FRUIT Salway peaches arrive from Southern Oregon. POULTRY Local prices shaded. BUTTER Better movement on Front street. The question of quality Is beginning to play an Important part In the prune market. The rains which cut down the Oregon and Wash ington crops so materially had other bad effects as well. In some sections mold has appeared, showing the lack of proper care of the orchards during the growing season. It Is not known yet to what extent the crop Is affected, but the early samples received show considerable traces of the brown rot. The K astern market has become firmer with the reports of shortage In this state, but In the trade It Is feared that this development of strength may ba offset by the poor quality shown in some of the offerings. Of the sit uation In the New York market, the Journal of Commerce of September 24 said: ' Persistent advices from the Coast of consid erable damage to the Oregon prune crop by wet weather have caused a much stronger feeling among sellers. On Friday offerings were made of 30-40S and 40-SOs In equal quan tities on tl'ji f. o. b. basis, but on Saturday all offerings of 30-40s were withdrawn and the only f. o. b. quotation on 40-50s, so far as could be learnod. was on the basts of 2c, while smaller sizes were held on a HaiSilic f. o. b. basis, according to seller. California prunes are firm on a ti2MjC f. o. b. bag basts for Santa Clara as to seller and assort ments, not including 40-SOs or 90-lOos, on both of which sizes a premium of a quarter of a cent Is demanded. New-crop Santa Clara prunes .due to arrive here at the beginning of the week are offered at 7c for 40s, 6c for 80s, 6c for 60s, 4c for 70s, 4 Vic for 80 and 4c for 90s, and some business has been done on tho basis of these quotations. Several cars of new fruit were received here last week, but practically all, if not the entire quantity, was sold while in transit. SMALL SALE OF HEALERS' HOPS. California Crop Placed at 95,000 Bales. English Market Slow. A small lot of choice hops changed hands yesterday between dealers at 134 cents, Port land delivery. No other transactions wero reported. ' Not only Is the local market stag nant, but the same condition prevails all over the world, "except In Germany. Activity there caused higher prices at the opening of the week. Yesteruay's . German cables i . I J . 1. .. vA 1.1 IlUietl liu UltuiBi:, iii oaiuc tnu d iu of the London cables. New York wires said very little business was passing in that state, the few sales mado being at 30 to 23 cents. Mall advices from New York reported a sale there of 200 bales Callfornlas at 18 cents. New York dealers were offering a few l'JOC Germans to brewers In the West at 37 to 38 cents. California has harvested over 95,000 bales, according to a telegram received yesterday. The quality,, on the whole. Is superior to lost year's. Owing to the northerly winds and the scarcity of pickers, it is now estimated that from 3000 to 4000 bales of California hops were left on the vines. In their latest weekly report, Cattley. Grid ley & Co., of London, say: Picking progresses satisfactorily, although the Intense heat of last week is somewhat too rapidly ripening the later pickings. The few hops that have already appeared on the mar ket show exceptional quality for any year, and sell slowly from 6 to 8. Continental cables report that the hot weather is deteriorating the later pickings in most districts, but other wise the crop is satisfactory In quality, al though considerably smaller than last year. There is no fresh news from the Pacific Coast or New York State, where the crops nromlse well, but not ao large as anticipated a few weeks ago. The weekly report of Manger & Henley, of London, says: Very few hops are selling. Merchants want them at less money than growers are disposed to take. The continued shortage In the esti mates has not made its mark on the market ud to now. . we do not think there will be much doing till the end of the month. The "reports from the Pacific Coast put their yield at 60,000 bales less than a month ago. WHEAT MARKET SLOW. Exporters Not Active - Buyers Because of Dock Strike. Conditions tn the wheat market are un changed, with export buying restricted be cause of the local dock trouble. The East Oregonlan reports the following large trans action In Umatilla County: T. J. Tweedy, the pioneer reservation far mer, made what Is thought to be the largest Individual sale of wheat effected thts year In this county. He aold to the Pacific Elevator Company, through Will Moore, agent at this place. 43,000 bushels of wheat, the entire crop threshed by Mr. Tweedy this year. The. crop was sold early In the year, but the transfer has just been made. This Is less than the amount sold by Mr. Tweedy last year, his 1905 crop amounting to about 50,000 bushels. However, he will not farm so extensively hereafter, and will perhaps retire entirely from the farming industry in this county. Foultry Prices Shaded. Receipts of poultry proved to be rather large yesterday, but the arrivals were nearly all worked off. though .In some instances prices were shaded In order to accomplish this. The condition of the egg market was un changed. The Front-street butter market experienced some relief by a freer movement and It was possible to maintain prices generally. The city creameries continue to quote a firm mar ket. Salways From Merlin. The fruit business was good yesterday, con sidering the limited stock dealers had to work with. Grapes- continued to be the only article In full supply. Some Salway peaches arrived from Merlin, Or., and brought 90c to $1 a box. Bank Clearings. Bank clearances of the leading cities of the Northwest yesterday were: Clearings. Balances. Portland $ 877,135 ( 03,062 Seattle 1,361,147 266.625 Taooma 8M.933 1S3.SH7 Spokane.... 636.648 44,U61 PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain, Hour. Feed, Etc. FLOUR Patents. $3.90'54.10 per barrel; straights. $.1,101)3.60; clears. $3.103.25; Val ley. $3.4063.60; Dakota and hard wheat, pat ents, (.-1C15.6O; clears, $4.10(34.25: graham, $3.50; whole wheat, $3.75; rye flour, local, f3; Eastern, (565.25; cornmesi, per bale, (1.809 $2.20. WHBAT Club, 65066c: bluestem, 88800c; Valley. 6768c; red, 62e3c. OATS No. 1, white, $24; gray, (22922.50 per ton. BARLEY Feed. (20.50 per ton; brewing, $21. .',0; rolled. $23. RYE $1.35 per cwt. CORN Whole, $2ff27; cracked, (28 per ton. M1LLSTUFFS Bran, city, $14.50; country, $15 50 per ton: middlings, $24; shorts, city, iltt; country, $17 per ton; chop, U. S. Mills, 15.50; linseed dairy food, $18; acalfa meal, IS per ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 90 pound sacks, $7; lower grades, $5.506.75; oatmeal, steel cut, 50-pound sacks, $3 per barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; oat meal (ground), 60-pound sacks, $7.50 per barrel; 10-pound- sacks, $4 per bale; split peas, $5 per loO-pound sacks; 25-pound boxes, $1.40; pearl barley, $4.25 per 100 pounds 25 pound boxes, $1.25 per box; pastry Hour, 10 pound sacks, $2.50 per bale. HAY Valley timothy. No. 1. (1011 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1214; clover, $6.50g7: cheat, $77.60; grain bay, $7; alf alfa, $10; vetch hay, $77.60. . Vegetables, Fruits, Etc. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, common to choice. 2575c per box; choice to fancy, 75o $1.25; grapes, Oregon, 50&'75c per crate; California, Black Prince, $1.16'1.25; musuat, $1.25; Tokay, $1.251.50; Concords, 25!g27MiO basket; peaches, 90c5$l; pears, 75ci&S1.25; crabapplea. $lftl.25 per box; prunes, 2550c box; huckleberries, 810c per pound; cran berries, $9 per barrel. MELONS Cantaloupes, $1?1.25 per crate; watermelons, lc per pound; casabas, $2.50 per dozen. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $57 per box; oranges, Valenclas, $5c?f&.50; grapefruit, $4&5; pineapples, $34 per dosen; bananas, 6c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Beans, 57Mc: cab bage, l2c per pound; cauliflower, $11.25; per dozqp; celery, SOSiOOc per dozen; corn, 12tc per dozen; cucumbers, 15c per dozen; egg plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head, 20c per dozen; onions. 10120 per dozen; peas, 4fa5c; bell peppers, 5c; pumpkins, 14c per pound; spinach, 45c per pound; tomatoes. 40fr50c per box; parsley, 109i5c; sprouts, 7c per pound; squash, lc per pound; hothouse lettuce. $1(91.25. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, 90cg$l per sack; carrots, $1'1.25 per sack; beets, $1.25 &j1.50 per sack; garlic, 7'10c per pound; horseradish, 10c per pound. ONIONS Oregon, $l!B,1.25 per hundred. POTATOES Buying prices: Oregon Bur banks, delivered, 80ra85c; in carlots f. o. b. country, 75&S0C; sweet potatoes, 224c per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 14c per pound; apricots, 155 19c; peaches. 121A13c; pears, ll3&'14c: Italian prunes. 68c; California figs, white, in sacks. B-OO Per pound; black, 4(i5c; bricks, 73c$$2.25 per box; Smyrna, 20c pound; dates, Persian, 6ft6yc per pound. RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages, 89 8Hc; 16-ounce. 9H110c; loose muscatels. 2 crown, 6H?7c; 3-crown. 6:5474c; 4-crown, 774c; unbleached, seedless Sultanas, 67c; Thompson's fancy bleached, luffillc; London layers, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds, $2; 2-crown. (1.75. ' t . Groceries, Nuts, Ete. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 5Hc; South ern Japan. 5.40c; head, 6.75c. COFFEES Mocha, 26t?28c; Java, ordinary, 18 4f22c; Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; good, livgp 18c; ordinary. 1822c per pound; Columbia roast cases, 100s. $15; 50s, $15.25; Arbuckle. $17.25: Lion, $13.75. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails, $1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.40; 1-pound flats, $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound tails. Doc; red, 1-pound talis. $1-25; sockeye. 1-pound tails. $1.70. SUGAR Sack basis, 100 pounds: Cube $5.30; powdered. $5.55; dry granulated, $5.45; extra C, $4.90; golden C. $4.85: fruit sugar, $5.45; P. C. $5.35: C. C. $5.35. Advance tkiles over sack basis as follows: Barrels, 10c; half barrels, 25c; boxes, 50c per 100 pounds. Terms; On remittances within 15 days deduct ic per pound; if later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct c. Beet sugar, $5.25 per 1U0 pounds: maple sugar, 15-ftltSo per pound. NUTS Walnuts, 12'(&l.';c per pound by sack; Brazil nuts, 10c; Alberts, 16c; pecans. Jumbos, IBe; extra large. 17c: almonds, 14 (&15c; chestnuts. Italian. 12cf16c; Ohio, 20c; peanuts, raw, 7c per pound; roasted, 9c; ptnenuts, lofri2c; hickory nuts, 71ff8c; co coanuts, S590c per dozen. SALT California dairy. $11 per ton: Imita tion Liverpool. $12 per ton; half-ground, 100s, $; 50s, $9.50; lump Liverpool, $17.50. BEANS Small white, 4V4c; large white, 4Hc; pink. 2e: bayou, aftc; Lima, 0c; Mexicans, red, 44c. HONEY Fancy, $3.25 per box. - Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc. BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream ery, 30c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery, 25'S30c: store butter, 15frl7c. EGGS Oregon ranch, 20fc30c per doz. ; best Eastern. 260 27c: ordinary Eastern. 24S?25c. CHEESE Oregon full cream twlna, 14c; Young America, 15c. POULTRY Average old hens, 14(S14V.c; mixed chickens. 13!-3$jl4e; Spring, 14(q,4l4lc; old roosters, OfilOc: dressed chickens, 14ti15LirC; turkeys, live. Itttf21c: turkeys, dressed, choice, 2lft722tec; " geese, live, per pound. 9'd-loc; ducks, Ufllic; pigeons. $11.50; squabs,. $2 63- ........... Provisions and Canned Meats. BACON Fancy breakfast, 21c per pound; standard breakfast, 19c; choice, 18c; Eng lish. 11 to 14 pounds, 17c; peach, 16c. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, 15tec per pound; 14 to 16 pounds, ISc; 18 to 20 pounds, 13c; California (picnic), lOijc; cottage, none, shoulders, none; boiled. 24c: boiled picnic, boneless, 20c. PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels. $21: half-barrels, $11; "beef, barrels, $11; half barrels, $6. SAUSAGE Ham. ISc per pound; minced ham, 10c; Summer, choice dry, 17 He; bo logna, long, 7c; welnerwurst 10c; liver, 6c; pork, 9 10c. headcheese. 6c:' blood, 0c; bologna, link, 4 44c. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt 11 He, smoked 12V4c; clear backs, dry salt lH4c. smoked 12tc: clear bellies. 14 to 17 pounds average, dry salt none, smoked none: Oregon exports. 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt 3Mc, smoked 14c; Union bellies, 10 to 18 pounds aver age, none. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces lHic; tubs, 12c; 00s, 12c; 20s, 12tfc- 10s, 12',ic; 5s. 12c. Standard pure: Tierces, 1034c, tubs. 11c; 60s. 11c; 20s. lH4c; 10s, HHc: 5s. llc. Compound: Tierces. J tubs, 7c: 60s, 7ic; 10s. S"4c; 5s. 8i4c. ' Hops, Wool, Hides. Etc. HOPS 1906. 15 17c per pound; 1905, nom inal; 1904. nominal. WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, 135 19c per pound, according to shrinkage; Val ley, 20(f22c, according to fineness. MOHAIR Choice, 2330c per pound. HIDES Dry: No. 1, 16 pounds and up, per pound, 18!fr20c; dry kip. No. 1, 5 to 15 pounds, 18 21c per pound; dry salted bulla and stags, one-third less than dry flint; culls, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, murrain, halr clipped. weather-beaten or grubby, 2c to ;lc per pound less. Salted hides: Steers, sound, 60 pounds and over, per pound. 10llc; steers, sound, 60 to 60 pounds, 10 11c per pound; steers, sound, under 50 pounds, and cows,' 9jiH)c per pound; stags and bulls, sound 7c per pound: kip. sound, 15 to 30 pounds, loc per pound; veal, sound, 10 to 14 pounds, lie per pound; calf, sound, under 10 pounds, 11( 12c per pound; green (unsalted), lc per pound less; veals, lc per pound less. Sheepskins: Shearlings, No. 1. butchers' stock, each, 25 30c; short wool. No. 1, butchers' stock, each, 60R00c; medium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each, (1.2o3; murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent less, or lSg'lGc per pound. Horse hides: Salted, each, according to size, $1& 1.50; colthldes. each, 25'550c. Goatskins: Com mon, each, 1525c; Angora, with wool on, each. SOcll. 60. FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, as to size each, $5320; cubs, each, $13; badger, prime, each. 25650c; cat, wild, with head perfect, 30Sj50c; house cat, 6'S20c: fox, confmon grav, large prime, each. 50S70c; red, each, $3ifr.H; cross, each, $5W15; silver and black, each. (loorgSOO; fishers. each. $o.008.00; lynx, each. (4.50(36; mink, strictly No. 1, each, ac cording to size, $liSf3: marten, dark. Northern, according to size and color, each, (115; pale pine, according to size and color, each, $2..r)0S4; muskrat, large, each, 12(ffl5c; skunk, each. 40560c; civet or polecat, each, 5&15c; otter, large, prime skin, each, $010: panther, with head and claws perfect, each, $2fft'5; raccoon, prime, large, each. 5075c: mountain wolf, with bead perfect, each, $3.505; pratrtn (coyote). 60c"fl$l; wolverine, each, (HgS; beaver, per skin, large. $586; medium, (37; small. Slffl.50; kits. 50i75c. BEESWAX Good, clean and pure, 22325c per pound. TALLOW Prime, per pound, 44Uc; No. 2 and grease, 23c. CASCARA SAGRADA (chlttam bark) New. 4c per pound; 1904 and 1905, carlota, 6c; less than carlots. P'ffStfcc. GRAIN BAGS 8Vj 68 Vic each. Oils. TURPENTINE Cases, Sic per gallon. COAL Casea, 19c per gallon; tanks, 12c per gallon. GASOLINE Stove, cases, 24 He: 86 test. 32c: Iron ti-nks, 26c. WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7c; 500-pound lots. 8c, less than 500-pound lots, 8c. (In 25-pound tin pails, lc above keg price- 1 to 5-pound tin cans. 100 pounds per case, 214c per pound above keg price.) WXSEED Raw. In barrels, 47c; In cases, 03c; boiled. In barrels. 50c; In cases 55c-230-gallon lots, lc less. BENZINE Cases, 19c per gallon; tanks, 1214c per gallon. Dressed Meats. VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds, 714 8c; 123 to 130 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 6c; 200 pounds and up. 5 14 (06c. BEEF Dressed bulls. 3c per pound, cows, 414 hi 5 He; country steers, 5 6c. MUTTON Dressed fancy, 798c per pound ordinary, rSf6c; lambs, fancy, 8"9S14c ' PORK Dressed. 100 to 130 pounds, 8c: 150 to 2ii0 pounds, 7S714c; 200 pounds and up. 6 eeiic Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. Sept. 2S. Wheat, unchanged; bluestem, 69c; club, 60c; red, 63c. BEARS ME CAUGHT Savage Attack on Shorts in Stock Market. CAUSES SHARP RECOVERY Treasury Department Increases Gov ernment Deposits In National Banks and Result Is Higher Opening Prices. NBW YORK, Sept. 28. Stocks were under pressure again today, which became acute at times, but was Interrupted by occasional rallies when the bear traders detected a slack ening in the selling and bought to cover ehorts. A savage onslaught pn the overextended short interest caused the violent recovery. The high opening was a direct result of the order of the Treasury Department placing $26, 000.000 of Government deposits V1 National banks at different points throughout the coun try. The high prices were immediately taken advantage of to sell stocks in realization of profits and this movement continued at inter vals for the rest of the day. The early rise in the call-money rate aroused apprehensioa that there would be a flurry laten in the day. In spite of the Government deposltswith the banks. Loans were called on quite) a large scale and bidding became rather urgent for renewals. Several million dollars were olaced on the loan market, however, by the City Na tional Bank, and these offerings kept the rate down. -The effect of this action on specu lative sentiment was Impaired to a degree by the special weakness of St. Paul, Union Pa cific and Amalgamated Copper in the market, concentrated selling of these Btocks giving an Impression of the liquidation of an important speculator. Speculative sentiment is quick to be influenced by movements in any stock reputed to be a medium for market opera tions by the recognized groups of great cap italists. The method of relief for the money market chosen by the Treasury authorities did not give entire assurance of its effectiveness for meeting the needs of the stock market. The wide distribution of deposits is likely, it was assumed, to militate against an easy flow Ins into the New York money market. It nvas not forgotten also that the depositary banks are under admonition from the Secre tary of the Treasury to see that. Government deposits' do not find their way into the New York call market, where it' was assumed they would be employed in stock market sDecula tion. The effect of the . Treasury order was pronounced, however, in the time-money mar ket, and opinions were expressed by brokers in that market that a return to a 6 per cent level for time allowances was an early prob ability. Foreign money markets wero also favorably affected by the Washington action and discounts receded in the London market, although advancing In Paris and Berlin. The effect was to lift foreign exchange rates early in the day, but they yielded again later. The bears were persistent sellers during the day and they were severely punished in the sudden and violent turn In the market in the last half hour. This was caused principally by the seeming probability that the differences over the ore lands between the Great North ern and tho United States Steel Corporation had been adjusted, making announcement of the terms imminent. The ore deal stocks ral lied very buoyantly, but ""in the general list the recovery did not extend generally beyond last night's level of prices. The closing was feverish and irresular. Bonds wero irregular. Total sales, par value, $1,652,000. United States 2s declined per cent on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales.. High.. Low. bia Aaams Express 275 Amalgam. Copper. .162,400 112 10914 111 Am. Car & Found. 35.5UO 46 44 4594 do preferred loo lul lol looVa Amer. Cotton Oil.. l,uo 35 3414 M-fr do preferred 93 American Express. . 100 241 249:ti 245 Am. Hd. & L.U pf. 2lO 2HV 26 2o'S American Ice .... 7,300 9214 92 2fe Amcr. Linseed OH 20 do preterred li Amer. Locomotive. 3.20O 74 73 T4i do preterred 20O 111 111 lio Am. Smelt. & Ref. 21,;ioO 153 13014 15214 do preferred 1,400 114 113 114 Am. Sugar Refln. 1,200 1331s 134 134 Amer. Tobacco pfd. 200 9!Vj 9ut an Anaconda Min. Co. &1.3HO 2s3 27614 281 Atchison 25,700 105 104 105 do preferred 500 101 I0014 l"o Atlantic Coast Line. 1,300 140 1381. Ufcju Baltimore & Ohio. 12,500 1221 120', 12lC do preferred y j Brook. Rap. Tran. 6.5O0 77'Ji 75 L 7614 Canadian Pacific .. 0.SOO lfti 1S1 182"4 Cent, of N. Jersey 100 225 225 225 Central Leather .. 800 38 li 38 3K-T4 do preferred ' ..... 102 Chesapeake &. Ohio 1,01V) 63 62!j, 62 Chi. Gt. Western. 300 1714 17! 1714 Chi. & Northwest. 2.3O0 208 207 207 Chi., Mil. &. St. P. 49.600 174 170 183 Chi. Term. & Tran. 300 lllj 11 9 do - preferred 27 C., C., C. & St. L. 20O 9314 3 93'A Colo. Fuel & Iron 13, 600 54 62 54 Colo. & Southern. 500 37 3614 3& do 1st preferred 67 do 2d preferred.. 5O0 5114 50 5014 Consolidated Gas.. 1.7UO 140 13S 138 Corn Products ... 30O 20 2014 20 do preferred 100 751-j 751a 75 Delaw. & Hudson. 1,600 223 220 223 ' Del., Lack. & W 525 Den. & Rio Grande 400 42V4 41 41 do preferred 84 Distillers' .Securtt.. 9,400 7214 60 70"fc Erte 23,7'0 4614 45 45U. do 1st preferred.. 3O0 77 7 76 do 2d preferred.! f.oo 6S 68 li ( General Electric... 200 165 16414 164"i Gt. Northern pfd. 16,900 335Vi 324 334V, Hocking Valley 130 Illinois Central .. 601) 173 173 17214 Int. Met l.SOO 3li 3514 36 do preferred 500 76 76 75 International Paper 1714 do preferred 80 International Pump 700 46 45 46 do preferred 83 Iowa Central 2914 do preferred 200 51 5014 50'..j Kansas City South. 600 27 27 ' 2714 do preferred 57 IuiB. & Nashville 3,500 147 14514 147 Mexican Central ... 400 21 li 20 2014 Minn. & St. Louis. 200 73 73 72 M., St. P. & S.S.M. 300 14814 148 147 do preferred 16514 Missouri Pacific ... 7,300 ftn'i 0.Wt 96 Mo., Kan. & Texas 1,300 35 35. :sr, do preferred 700 70 69 6914 National Iad ... 3,700 79 78 78U, Mex. Nt. R. R. pf. 1.300 48 474 47 New York Central. 6,4X) 139 13714 138 N. Y.. Ont. & W. 800 48 48 4S4 Norfolk Western. 3.300 9514 9414 9.'. do preferred 00 North American... 6.DOO 92 9114 92 Northern Pacific .. 14,600 215 207 215 Pacific Mall 500 3714 36 37 Pennsylvania 56,400 141 14 1.191, 14114 People's Gn8 800 89,i 8914 8S P.. C, C. & St. L. 4O0 84 84 - 82 Pressed Steel Car. 5K) 5414 63 5414 do preferred 97 lj Pullman Pal. Car. 7O0 260 2(10 261 Reading 301. 4') 14814 146 146ti do 1st preferred. . 100 89 89 89 do 2d preferred .. 95 Republic Steel ... l.ooo 37 36 3 do preferred 200 98 97 97 4 Rock Island Co 1,600 20 26 26 do preferred 500 6514 6414 64 u; Schloss-ShefNeld .. BOO 744 73 7414 St. L. & S. F. 2 pf. 100 4414 44H 44 St. Louis Southw. 2O0 24 23 24 do preferred 600 5814, 67 57H Southern Pacific ..116.2O0 96 94 96 do preferred 400 117 11774 11 714 Southern Railway.. S.oOO -36 .",5 35T, do preferred 100 9714 9714 97 Tenn. Coal & Iron 155 Texas & Pacific... 7.000 38 36lj 37 Tol St. L. & W. 200 34 H 34 34 do preferred 2oO 54 6414 54 Union Pacific 201,300 185 181 1S3T4 do preferred..... 92 U. S. Express 130 IT. S. Realty 77 U. S. Rubber 6,500- 57 5614 56 do preferred 500 11 lio 11014 U. S. Steel 175.500 4614 43 45 do preferred 151,500 ,lf6 105 106 Virg.-Caro. Chem.. 600 38 37 38 do preferred ; 108 Wabaph 1.100 19 19 1914 do preferred 1,600 43 42 43y. Wells-Fcrgo Fxp 200 Weetinghouse Elec 153 Western Union . . . 200 86 86 86 Wheel. & L. Erie 18 Wisconsin Central. 800 24 23 23U do preferred 1,200 49 48 484 . Total sales for the day, 1,471,300 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. Closing quotations: U. 8. ref. 2s reg.103D. R. G. 4s. ..100 do coupon 104141N. Y. C. G. 3s. 9214 U. S. 3s reg 103 I Nor. Pacific 3s.. 75 Nor. Pacific 4s.. 104 So. Pacific 4s. . . 92 Union Pacific 4s. 102 W-is. Central 4s.. 89 Jap. 6s. 2d ser..l00 Jap. 4s, cer. . 91 Stocks at London. LONDON, Sepu 2S. Consols for money, 86; consols for ascount, 86. Anaconda 14N. Y. Central 145 Atchison 109 Norfolk & West.. 98 do preferred. .105 j do preferred... 94 Baltimore & O. .126 I Ontario & West. 49 Can. Pacific 188'PennsyIvanla ... 73 Ches. & Ohio... 65!Rand Mines 6 C. Gt. Western. 18jReadlng 76 C. M. & St. P..180iSo. Railway 37 De Beers 18141 do preferred... 10 f D. & H. Grande. 44'So. Pacific 97 do preferred.. 88IUnlon Pacific 190 Erie 48 do preferred... 97 do 1st pref 79 TJ. S. Steel 46 do 2d pref.... 72 j do preferred. ..110 Illinois Central. 179 JWabash 20 Louis. & Nash. .152 1 do preferred...' 46 Mo., Kas. & T.. 37 ISpanlsh Fours... 84 PORTLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. Sales and Prices Bid and Asked on the Local Board. Sales on the Stock Exchange yesterday were 1000 shares Tacoma Steel. Official prices fol low: Bank Stocks Bid. Asked. Bank of California .... 362 366 Merchants' National 125 Oregon Trust & Savings 140 Portland Trust Company 120 Bankers' & Lumbermen's 103 U. S. National 201 Miscellaneous Stocks Campbell's Gas Burner.... 5 Union Oil ... 205 212 Associated Oil 36 3S Alaska Packers' 55 Pacifta States Tel 107 Home Telephone 50 Puget Sound Tel 50 Oregon Life Insurance 1,000 Cement Products ... 50 Empire Contracting Co 110 J. C. Lee Co 150 O. R. & N. Ry. 4s 99 100 Mining Stocks-r Nlcola Coal 2 3 International Coal 62 64 Pacific Metal Extraction 25 Alaska Petroleum 16 17 Alaska Pioneer 57 ... Standard Con 10 11 Oregon Securities 5 6 Snowstorm 260 300 Lee s Creek Gold 1 1 Tacoma Steel 9 11 Gailce Con , 4 Gallaher 6 6 Golden Rule Con 2 Bullfrog Terrible 4 Golconda 3 North Fain-lew 4 5 Le Roy 2 Hiawatha 1 2 Cascadla 24 Lucky Boy 17 Hecla S10 350 Rambler Cariboo 35 40 Dixie Meadows 2 ... Great Northern 7 Mountain View 23 Blue River Gold 950 1,00 Garvin Cyanide 95 Sugar Stocks Hawaiian Com. R6 87 Honokea 13 13 Hutchinson 15 16 Makawell , 36 Sd Onomea 41 Paauhau '. 18 . 18 Union 40 Sales 10O0 shares Tacoma Steel at 1014. Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Sept. 28. Money on call strong, 414iS7 per cent: ruling rate, 6 per cent; closing bid, 4 per cent; offered at 5 per cent. Time loans easier, 60 days and 90 days, 6 per cent; six months. G6 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 67 per cent. Sterling exchange irregular with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at 4 8330 4. 8335 for de mand and at $4.7950T4.7955 for 60-day bills. Posted rates, $4.8n4.81 and $4.84; com mercial bills, $4.79. Bar silver 67c. i Mexican dollars 52c. Bondts Government weak, railroad Irregular. LONDON, Sept. 28. Bar silver steady; 81 d per ounce. s Money 4 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills and three months' bills is 4;per cent. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 28. Silver 67c. Mexican dollars 53c. Drafts Sight, 2c: telegraph, 6c. bars. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. Today's statement of the Treasury balances In the general fund shows: Available cash balance'. $219,630,726 Gold coin and bullion 122.858.827 Gold certificates 43,053,150 THE LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. The following livestock prices were quoted In the local market yesterday: CATTLE Best steers. $3.S5S?3.5I; medium, $.133.25: cows, S2.50!2.65; eecond-grade cows, $2Cr2.25; bulls, $1.50(62: calves. $4fj4.50. SHEEP Best. $464.25: lambs. $4.50. HOGS Best, $6.50fT6.76; light, $6.6.50; stock, $6. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kansas City, Chicago and Omaha. KANSAS CITY,' Sept. 28. Cattle Receipts. 3000. Market, steady, slow. Native steers, $46.30; native cows and heifers. $1.7505; stockers and feeders, $2.254.50; bulls. $2fH 2.10; calves,. J3S?8.25; Western steers, $3.25 4.75: Western cows. $23.60. Hogs Receipts, 5000. Market, weak to 5c lower. Bulk of sales, $0.306.40: heavy, $0.25 ?ftt.40: packers, $6.305j6.45; pigs and lights. $6.25S6.47. Sheep Receipts. 5000; market, steady. Mut tons, $4.50'!?!;. 50; lambs, ISCS.SS; range wethers. $4.25S5.75; fed ewes. $45.40. CHICAGO. Sept. 28. Cattle Receipts. 4000. Market, steady. Beeves, $3.836.0; cows and heifers. $1.605.10; stockers and feeders, $2.05 4.50; Texans, $3.70f4.40; Westerners, $3.55 5.50; calves. S0.254fS.25. Hogs Receipts. 18.000. Market, strong to shade higher. Estimated tomorrow, 8000. Mixed and butchers, $6.3066.67; good heavy. $8.3596.67; rough heavy, $3.85iSU.15: light. $6.S5fi6.65: pigs. $5.606.30. Sheep Receipts, 7000. Market, steady. Sheep, $3.75fj5.45; lambs, $4.907.50. OMAHA, Sept. 28. Cattle RecelpU, 10,600. Market, slow to steady. Native steers, $4.40 6.40: cows and heifers, $2.50'g4.25; Westorn steers. $35; Texas steers. $3.75g4.25; cows and heifers. $2S3.65; cannera, $1.50(2.40; stockers and feeders, $2,7534.50; calves, $36. Hogs Receipts, 3500. Market, steady. Heavy, $6!t6.25: mixed, $6.156.25; light, $6.256.45; pigs, $5i?ife. Sheep Receipts, 7000. Market, steady. Weth ers, $55.50; ewes. $67.25. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Sept. 28. The market for evaporated apples is without material change. New-crop prime are quoted at 5c: South western range from 5 to 5c, according to grade. Prunes are steady, with quotations ranging from 6 to 8c for the recently quoted grades. Apricots are firm, with choice quoted at 16c; extra choice, 17c. and fancy. 18&20c. Peaches offered sparingly and prices hold firm on a moderate demand. Choice are quot ed at 10Hllc: extra choice, llgllc; fancy, lift 12c; extra fancy, 12(3 12 c. Raisins Unchanged. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Sept. 28. Coffee futures closed unchanged to 5 points higher. Sales were re ported of 32.000 bags, including December at 6 75ff".SOc; March. 6.85e,7c; May, 7.10c: July, 7.20c: August, 7.2097.25c. Spot Rio, steady No. 7 Invoice, 8c. Mild, steady; Cordova. 912c. Sugar Raw. steady; fair refining, 3 9-16c; centrifugal. . 96 test. 4 l-10c; molasses sugar, 3 5-16c. Refined, quiet; crushed, $5.70; pow dered, $5.10; granulated. $5. - London Wool Sales. LONDON, Sept, 28. The offerings at the wool auction sales today amounted to 14,322 bales. Merinos were in active demand. Cross breds brought out spirited competition be tween home and American buyers, the former taking medium and coarse grades. Faulty lambs' wool declined 10 per cent below the July price. Raisin Pack Is Short. SAX DIEGO. Cal., Sept. 28. Raisin-makers of El Cajon and Escondldo Valleys report the pack this year a little short. There Is a great scarcity .of labor and some may be lost on that account, but the main reason ffiven for the drop is that the Los Angeles market has demanded so many of the grapes in their fresh state that there is not much left to cure. do coupon. .. .103 U. S. new 4s reg.131 do ceupon. . . . 131 U. S. old 4s reg. 102 do coupon .... 103 Atchison Adj. 4s 96 FALL TRADE LARGE Retail Business Expands With Advancing Season. WINTER OUTLOOK BRIGHT Traffic Facilities Inadequate, but Railways Make Good Showing. Industry Was Never Be fore so Active. NEW YORK, Sept. 2S. R. G. Dun & Co." weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Retail trade expands with the advancing season, and other departments are forward ing goods as the shortage of cars and scarcity of labor will permit. Autumn con ditions are most satisfactory and the out look for Winter is bright because of the large crops that are now almost completely secured. Traffic facilities are still Inadequate, yet the railways report an increase of 10.66 per cent in earnings thus far compiled for Sep tember, as compared with similar returns last year. Foreign commerce at this port for the last week shows a gain ot $1,591,544 In Imports and a loss ot $2,207,125 In ex ports, compared with the same week in 1905. Liabilities in commercial failures thus far reported for September amounted to $4,042, 507, of which $1,889,707 were In manufac turing, $1,968,206 in trading and $184,594 In other commercial lines. Failures this week number 188 in the United States against 240 last year, and 22 in Canada compared with 21 a year ago. INDUSTRY NEVER SO ACTIVE. Distributive Trade Is of a Very Large Volume. NEW YORK. Sept. 28. Bradstreefs to morrow will say: . Distributive trade is still of a very large volume, but there as enough Irregularity to prevent brpad generalization. ' Cereal crop reports are rather better, threshing having been resumed in the Northwest, where qual ity has been Injured. Industry generally was never so active. Car and engine short ages are a Bource of annoyance and tend to become more acute as the laovement of the later crops Is added to the already heavy volume of general traffic offerings. The hide market is strong. Business failures for the week ending Sep tember 27 in the United States number 163 against 171 last week and 185 In the like, week of 1905. In Canada the failures num bered 27 last week, against 28 the corre sponding week last year. Wheat, Including flour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week end ing September 27 aggregated 4.574,633 bush els, against 2.064.932 bushels this week last year. For the 13 weeks of the fiscal year the exports are 39,878.020 bushels against 16,020,733 bushels in 1905. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear ings at the principal cities for the week ended September 28, with the percentage of Increase and decrease, as compared with the correspond ing -week last year: PC. P.C. Inc. dec. New York City ...$1,879,005,490 16.7 Chicago 2I0.O22.054 6.8 .... Boston 140,737,738 3.4 .... Philadelphia 135,815,031 3.0 St. Louis 02.5O5.7H8 5.0 .... Pittsburg 48.257,358 .1 .... San Francisco 42,050,601 25.5 .... Baltimore 24.8.S5,2::9 1.5 .... Cincinnati 23.945.450 22.8 .... Kansas City 25,965.562 7.5 New Orleans 17.018,343 13.7 .... Minneapolis 20,929.876 .... 1.6 Cleveland 15,138,808 7.8 .... Louisville 11.828,878 12.7 .... Detroit 11,722,338 7.0 .... Los Angeles 10,304,227 14.3 .... Omaha 9. 333. out 7.2 .... Milwaukee 9.595. 629 18.6 .... Providence 6, 185.800 3.3 .... Buffalo 7,377,034 13.8 .. Indianapolis . 8,541,724 5.6 .... St. Paul 9,767.759 19.0 Denver - 6,968,684 5.8 .... Seattle 10,096.765 19.2 .... Memphis 3,238.152 9.3 Fort Worth 6.558,055 3.9 .... Richmond 6.194,454 8.2 .... Columbus 5.571.5O0 9.3 .... Washington 4,660.745 4.5 .... St. Joseph 4.4(4.028 4 Savannah" 5,535.454 18.0 Portland. Or. 5.955.847 10.6 .... Albaqy 6.892.858 33. o .... Salt Lake City 6,153.445 29.5 Toledo, O. 3.865,129 13.3 .... Rochester 4.224,320 48.8 Atlanta 4.300,824 14.3 .... Tacoma, . 3.991,230 18.9 Spokane. Wash. .... 4.852,066 56.2 .... Hartford 2. 991. 199 6.8 .... Nashville 3,048,6i4 21.7 .... Peoria 2.496,41 25.0 Des Moines 2.54H,77 10.9 .... New Haven 2.110.638 12.5 .... Grand Rapids 1,931,986 .... 4.1 Norfolk 2,181,111 1.3 Augusta, Ga 1,899, 034 .... 42.2 Springfield. Mass. ... 1. 588.410 1.6 Portland. Me 1.756.557 .... 2.4 Dayton 1,506.208 .... 3.1 Sioux City 1,751.943 9.9 Evansvllle 1.615.325 18.8 Birmingham 1.823.879 7.9 .... Worcester 1,281,560 8.6 Syracuse 1. 023.4HO 19.5 Charleston. S. C 1,141.791 27.0 Krio 007,752 12.8 Lincoln 1.037.854 Mobile 1,481.849 Knoxvllle 1.544. 0011 31.8 Jacksonville. Fla. ... 1.010.0S7 8.7 .... Wilmington, Del 1, 260.397 19.2 .. . Wichita 1,186.653 4.3 Wllkesbarre 1.050.021 6.7 .... Chattanooga 1.054,755 16.3 .... Davnport 1,015.579 29.3 .... Little Rock 951. 7RO 2.4 .... Kalamazoo. Mich. ... 910.960 26.7 .... Topeka 848.381 62.4 .... Wheeling. W.-Va . 994.174 16.3 .... Macon 704.8.16 8.4 Springfield. Ill 782.751 .... 6 6 Fall River 758.004 4.B Helena 832,487 13.1 Lexington 6I8.033 .... 39.8 Fargo. N. D 440.355 .... 13.0 New Bedford 639.871 .9 .... YoungBtown 688,367 .... 9 1 Akron 610.244 43.1 Rocktord, 111 690.710 37.5 .... Cedar Rapids, la. ... 50tl,3H8 31.3 Canton. 0 8R6.861 11.5 .... Btnghamtnn 389.9O0 .... itj'o Chester. Pa 533.030 21.6 .. Lowell ' 418.712 12.0 Greensburg, Pa 308.747 .... 29.1 Bloominirton, 111. ... 378.441 .... 47 Springfield. 0 352.046 ls! Quincy. Ill SH5.712 25.0 . Mansfield, 0 343.910 . 2 , Decstur. Ill 327.578 21.1 Sioux Fslls. P. D. .. 358.733 16 2 . Jacksonville. HI 2S0.412 20.9 Fremont. Neb 257,711 21.8 South Bend, Ind. ... 417.423 Houston 15. 590.060 9.4 .... Galveston 15,872.000 10 9 .... Fort Wayne 825.03! 21.1 Totals. U. Outside N. fi $2,867,641,421 Y. City. 988,635.931 CANADA. 12.8 6.1 Montreal -. Toronto Winnipeg Ottawa Halifax Vancouver, B. C... Quebec t . . Hamilton St. John, N. B. . . . London, Ont Victoria, B. C .$ 27. 21. 10, 438. 073. 549, 368. 527. 739. 761. 439. 27S. 022 776. 659 717 364 733 335 119 613 S9 l.V 326 481 0.4 23.0 40. a 1.9 8.4 41.1 6.0 8.4 19.3 10.1 1.4 Totals. Canada $ 71.974,396 10.S ... Balances paid in cash. SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS. Prices Paid for Products In the Bay City, Markets. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 28. The following prices were quoted in the produce market yes terday: FRUIT Apples, choice. 85c: common. 35c; bananas, 75c3: Mexican limes. $4.505; Califorr-Ia lemons, choice, $6; common, $4; oranges,, navels. $1.754; pineapples, $1.50 2.50 VEGETABLES Cucumbers. 40c; garlic, 2 3c; green peas. 36c; string beans, 2'IMc; tomatoes, 1540c; egg plant. 35-3400: okra. 5t)Q60c. . EGGS Store, 2225c; fancy ranch, 39c; Eastern. 20ig25c. , POULTRY Roosters, old, $3.504.50; young limHMjjrtaB!it Via Billings to Kansas City and St. Louis mamsm !!! !!! ! Ml ' maw HIUIIHIlltUimilUllllrV roosters, $5.506; broilers, small, $3'!53.50; broilers, large, $44.50; fryers. $4,505)5.50; hens. $5(JJ7; ducks, young, $4516.50. POTATOES River Burbanks. 75cf?l; Sa linas Burbanks, $1.50il.60; sweets, $1.25gl.75. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 29c; creamery seconds. 21c; fancy dairy, 25c; dairy seconds, 2014c: pickled. 20621c. WOOL Fall, Humboldt and Mendocino, 10 )4c; South Plains and San Joaquin, 7C'Sc; lambs, 8y.,13c. HOPS 13016c. HAY Wheat, $13ffl7.50; wheat and oats. $104t14; barley, nominal: alfalfa, $7j?10.50; stock. $6S7.50: straw, 3T.fi 60c per bale. CHEKSS: Young America, 1313t6c; East ern, ltttyc; Western, 15c. MILLSTUFFS Bran, $l81fl9;. middlings, $2628. FLOUR California family extras, $4.65 5.10; bakers" -extras, $4.304.60; Oregon and Washington, $3.754.25. Receipts Flour, 1828 sacks; wheat. 780 cen tals; barley, 1227 centals; oats, 550 centals; beans, 230 sacks; potatoes, 3470 sacks; bran, 120 sacks; middlings. 160 sacks; hay, 1047 tons; wool. 2 bales. WHEAT MOVES BETTER GRADVAIi DECLINE IX CHICAGO PRICES IS RESULT. Close Is AVcak With December Op tion a Shade Lower Break In Corn Market. . CHICAGO, Sept. 28. The wheat market opened rather firm because of a fair ad vance in Liverpool. For a time trading was quiet, owing chiefly to a scarcity of offer ings. The market also was affected some what by the continued small movement in the Northwest. Weather in the Spring wheat country was generally favorable for the movement and reports from Minneapolis stated that the railroads, urged on by pro tests of shippers, were making special efforts to move wheat. The result was a gradual decline in prices. The market closed weak. December opened to HtHic higher at 75 c to 75 8 75 c. sold up to 70c and then declined to 75 ',4 c Final quotations were 14c lower at 73"5c. A feature of trading In corn was the liquidation of considerable September hold ings and a decline of nearly lc a bushel In the price of that option. The close was weak for September, but fairly firm for other months. December opened unchanged to c higher at 43tt43Kc to 43Vic and closed at 43 9ic. Oats were firm early in the day. but later eased off under pressure of offerings from local longs. December closed at 84ic. Provisions .were firm In sympathy wlta strength manifested in the market for live hogs. At the close January pork was up 7 fi 10c, lard was up 5c and rlba were up 2 'Ac The leading futures ranged as follows: . WHBAT. Open. High. Low. Close. Sentember ...$ .73"4 $ .73'A $ .72vi $ .72"i December 757 .76 .7.V4 -75I4i May 7?4 -ai ' .'M!4 CORN. September ... .47 .474 .464 ,46'i December 43V .43 .43 w .4.1 May 43 .43-)i .43 .43 OATS. September December . May .34H -345i .341,; .34V4 .34 M, .34 't, .34 .34 .35Vi -35 .35'4 .35 MESS PORK. September ...16.6H 17.80 16.60 17.00 January 13.22',(, 13.32Vi 13.22Vs 13.32i,i LARD. January 7.80 7.82(4 7.77, 7.82Vi September ... 8.85 8.85 8.82 Vj 885 October S.S2ti R.8K 8. SO 8.85 November 8.42V;, 8.421., 8.40 8.42 SHORT RIBS. September ... 8.80 8.80 8.75 8.75 October 8.35 8.35 8.27 8.S214 January I.OTA 7.10 7.07Va 7.10 Cash quotations were as follows: Four Firm. Wheat No. 2 Spring, 7782c; No. 3, 70 81c; No. 2 red, 72Ti734c. Corn No. 2. 47c; No. 2 yellow, 47?47Ve. Oats No. 2. 34Vi.c: No. 2 white, 356354c; No. 3 white. r.2M.e32e. Rye No. 2. 61i6 62c. Barley Good feeding. 301f40c; fair to choice malting, 44iff52c. Flaxseed No. 1. $1.03; No. 1 Northwest ern. $1.10. Timothy seed Prime. $3.85. Clover Contract grades, $3.25. Short ribs sldes Loose, $8.708.SO. Mess pork Per barrel, $17. Lard Per iro pounds. $8.85. Short clear sides Boxed. $8.7568.87H- Whisky Basis of high wines, $1.29. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 26.00O 22,000 Wheat, bushels 45.UOO 34. I) Corn, bushels ..487.2HO 321.700 Oats, bushels 378. ono 2;;6.hoo Rve. bushels ll.nro 4.0O Barley, bushels 85.700 12,600 Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 28. Wheat, firm: barley, strong. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. $1.25" 1.30; milling. $1.30(gl.35. Barley Feed, $1 1.0714: brewing. $1.0741.12t4. Oats Red, $1.151.45: white. $1.35145. Call Board sales: Wheat December, $1.26. Barley, 1.05. Corn Large yellow, $1.40 1.4214. European Grain Markets. LIVERPOOL. Sept. 28. Wheat September, 6s Slii; December. 6s 5d; March, Ca 6d. Weather in England today, fine. LONDTJN, Sept. 28. Cargoes Pacific Coast, 29s Bd. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 28. Wheat Septem ber, 74Tic: December, 74V4c; May. 78HS"8Hc; No. 1 hard, 77c: No. 1 Northern, 77c; No. 2 Northern, 75c; No. 3 Northern, 73Ti 74c. Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK, Sept, 28. Flour Receipts, 21.900 barrels; exports, 11,700 barrels; sales, 10,250 packages. Market, steady, with better demand for Spring grades. Wheat Receipts. 49.000 bushels; sales. Two thro trains run, every day in the year. Standard sleepers, tourist sleepers and reclin ing chair cars thro'! To most points East and Southeast, these thro cars save time and money. Low Round-Trip Rates to "Buffalo October 5 and 6 to New Orleans Oct. 7 and 8 For detailed information send a postal to R. W. Foster, Ticket Agent, C, B. & Q. Ry, 100 Third Street, Portland. IMiMliMWiiMiM 'i 2.100.000 futures, 80.000 spot; exports, 187.924 bushels. Spot market, easy; No. 2 red, 78c elevator; No. 2 red. 80c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 87Vic f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard, 82c t. o. b. afloat. Trade In wheat was less active today, and after a firmer start, due to steady cables, it eased oft under bear ish Influences pretty much all day. Consid erable selling by longs was a feature, im pelled by less bullish Northwest news and heavier Argentine shipments. The close was at c net decline. Sales Included No. 2 red; Msy closed 85c; September. 70'Jic; December, 82 c. Hops, hldes'and wool Steady. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2S. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alta $ Alpha Con.... Andes ........ Belcher Best & Belcher Bulilfin Caledonia .... Challenge Con. Chollar Confidence . . . Con. Cal. & V. Con, Imperial. Crown Point. . Exchequer . . . Gould & Curry Hale & Nor. . . Julia .05 .07 .05 .18 .84 .15 .36 .13 .10 iT.5 .80 .01 .08 .45 .18 .98 .08 IJustlce Kentucky Con $ .03 .04 .67 .76 2.50 .10 .12 1.10 .06 I.Mexican Occidental Con. lophir 'Overman iPotosi 'Savage ....... ) Scorpion ...... Iseg. Belcher. . . ISlerra Nevada. ISIlver Hill (Standard Union Con. I Utah Con (Yellow Jacket. .03 .28 .80 2.00 .38 .03 .24 NEW YORK, Sept. 28. Closing quotations: Adams Con $ .20 ILIttle Chief. ...$ .05 Alice 3.50 Ontario 3.25 Breece 30 Ophir 2.50 Brunswick C. .30 potosl It Comstock Tun. .18 Savage 1.10 Con. Cal. & V. .83 Sierra Nevada. .30 Horn Silver... 1.80 Small Hopes... .30 Iron Stiver 5.00 Standard 2.25 Lcadvtlle Con. .05 I BOSTON. Sept. 28. Closing quotations: Adventure ..$ 6 Allouex 36 Amalgamatd 111 Atlantic 11 Bingham . .. 34 25 IQuinry $ 76 0O 00 I Shannon 12.62 00 Tamarack .. 25 ITrinlty 50 lUnitcd Cop.. 93.00 11.25 65.00 61 OO 9.50 65.00 6.62 Vff 114.0O 148.00 90.00 30.00 19.25 5.00 118.50 14.12W 37.50 Cal. & Hecla goo Centennial .. 20 .00 IT. s. Mining. .00 U. 8. Oil .00 Utah 87 Victoria Cop. Range. 71 Daly West.. Franklin Granby .... I.sle Royale. Mass. Mining Mohawk . . . Mont C. & C. O. Dominion Osceola .... Parrot 16 70 13 19 8, 50 Wlnon. 12& Wolverine 50 Butte. 75 R. Coalition. Nevada Mitchell Cal. & Arli. . Tecumseh . .. Ariz. Com... 6 .50 2 52. 112 37 25 00 50 Metal Markets. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. There was an ad vance of 3 in the London tin market, accom panied by considerable speculative excitement, with spot closing at 101 and futures at 190 10s. Locally, the market was strong in con sequence, with spot quoted at 41. 25041. 70c. Copper was al6o higher in London, closing at 91 2s 6d for spot and 91 for futures. Lo cally, the market was firm and higher assln in the absence of Important offerings. Lake is quoted at 19.87Vj'620.12Hc: electrolytic, 19.3319.87V.jC; casting, 19.25 19.62c. Lead was quiet at 5.7.")tf 6.02 V,c In the local market and at 18 12s od In London. Spelter was 2s 6d lower in the London mar ket at 27 10s. Locally, the market was easy at 6.15!S6.20c. . Iron was a little lower In the English mar. ket. with standard foundry quoted at 54s 14 and Cleveland warrants 54s 7d. Locally, the market was unchanged. Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO. Sept. 28. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was steady; creameries. 10i24c; dairies. 17S20VjC. Eggs Steady; at mark, cases Included. 14 18c; ftrstjs, 20c; prime firsts, 21Vc; extras, 20c. Cheese Firm; 12WU13C. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. Cotton futures closed steady: September, 9c; October, 9.02c: Novem ber. 9.14c; December, 9.22c; January, 9.29c: February. 9.36c: March. 9.45c; April, 9.48c; May, 9.53c; June, 9.56c; July, 9.5uc. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 28. Woo4 Steady: medi um grades, combing and clothing. 2426r; light fine. 18i82Ic; heavy fine. 14jl7c; tub washed. 32tr38o. Olo Mlclielson, Pioneer. MEDFORD, Or., Bppt. 28. 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