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f THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1910. 19 FEW CHEAP APPLES Most of the Lower Grades Are Worked Off. . FANCY FRUIT IN DEMAND Condition of the Foreign Market. Kggs Are Still Weak and Butter Is Steady Grain Mar ket Quiet. Front street Is enjoying a " particularly Ioort apple trade. As the supply of the cheaper ftr-ade diminishes, buyers are pay ing; more attention to fancy fruit. There la a. strong- demand for apples priced at $1.25 to $1.50 per box, but not many of them are available In the country now and some of the jobbing houses are entirely without this claps of fruit. There is still a fair supply of California Newtow'ns that can be had at $1.75. The best lot of fancy apples exhibited yea- it erday was a shipment of wlnesaps from Wenatohee. A part of them were 3-tier rfruit, 8S to the box, and they were neld at $3. A smaller pack from the same grower waa offered at $2.75 and 4-tler Wlnesaps brought $2. Hood River fruit of different varieties was quoted at $2.25 to $3.50. Some fine Red Cheek Pippins from Clarlc County were on sale at $2.23 per box. .Advices from Uverpool to the New York P'ruitman'a Guide on sales of California Newtown Pippins show sales of 4-tier stock at 6s Ad to 7s ltd per box. On 4 tiers. 5s 1 to r 9d. On the 3 V tiers, 7s 6d to 8s per box was paid. The Oregon Newtowns sold at 9s to 10s 6d for 4 tiers, 8s to 9s for 46 tiers and 10 to lis for 3 tiers. It Is made plain In the advices' that the' top figures were realized only for the best stock, and alt sales were made with difficulty owing to excessive supplies and a weak de mand. The situation, so far as the European markets are concerned. Is considered less promising for the Immediate future on the box stock, but there Is a fair outlook lit some sections for all the best fruit in barrel stock, especially 'the best Baldwins. A fea ture that seems to be calling for more In tfrest Is the German situation with respect t the proposed tariff on American apples. The uncertainty that exists at this time has been and is an unsettled factor, .since ship pers are not disposed to aend forward stock on which there is a prospect of a higher cost to put on the market. K;(.8 MOVK BKTTEB AT LOWJRICE. Iealers Who Cut Sharply Soon Dispose ot Their Stock. EgRs were ' quoted at a wide range of rri-ts on the street, dealers asking all the way frcm 28 - to ItO cents. Receipts were fairly large and there was a moderate de mand. It waa noted that the low-priced dealers were sold out early in the day. K Hurts to interest SJpokane and Seattle buy era failed. The dealers in the Sound city nre beginning to get eggs from California. The chicken market remained very firm, but diK-ks were weaker as the (Chinese are now out of the 'market, their new year cele bration having begun. The butter market is steady and. there is not likely to be any change this week. It is true the California market has fallen sharply, tut this has not yet affected the Portland or Seattle market. San Francisco hus to get several cents below a parity with Oregon butter before the local trade will take the California product. Most of the creameries and wholesale grocers quote cheese at 20 cents, but the largest fc'ront-street handlers are still at 19 cents. TEXAS OMON CROP IS 1-ATE. Consequently M ill Kat- Interfere With Mmt ment of Oregon's. The movement of the Oregon onion crop will be aided by the lateness of the new crop of Texas onions, which will mature rather later than was expected. A despatch from Laredo, Tex., to the Pacific Coast Packer says: The freeze last month did little damage to Texas onions, although It served to set the crop back somewhat. A published statement was made last week that shipments in ilarch would amount to several tims the movement of a year ago, but that claim is not substantiated by those of the growers here who claim to know what they are talk ing about. On account of the freeze It is estimated that the Webb county crop will not move to any noticeable extent before March 16 and general shipments, will " not be before April 1. The bulk of the ship ments will go out during April and the first half of May. The total acreage in the coun ty In onions this year Is about 2000, which Is a slight increase over last year. The general Texas crop, under favorable condi tions, it is estimated here, will stand close to that of last year. Bermuda onions will begin to move from Mexico the last week of thia month. There will be only 40 to 50 cars from that source. IXCAL GRAIN MARKET IS DULL. Frantically No Demand For Wheat From Any Wimrtw. . The local wheat market Is dull with scarcely any demand from any quarter. Ex act values are hard to get at In the absenoa of business, but dealers consider bluestern to be worth $1.14 and quote club at $1.0S. Oats and barley are also quiet. Local rocelpt. in cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wheat Bartev Flour Ontt Wav Monday ....... 39 Tuesday it Wednesday ... 3: Thursday ..... 39 Year ago ... 1 1 fiwison to date TS74 Year aso ... .9141 1 1$ 14 it 5 9 7 1 12 7 11 S 9 3 421 114S 1471 1191 1930 1356 795 616 1946 NO CONTRACTING OF 1910 WOOLS. Buyers Offers Not l'p to a Level With Grower Views. Contracting for the 1910 wool clip has come to a stop, according to the Boston Commercial Bulletin, which says: In the West, the growers are apparently a unit on Insisting upon the host prices or even more than the best prices realized last season. From time to time reports are dis seminated of contracting tho 1910 clip on the sheep's back, with operations told of in nearly every State but Montana. Eastern representatives have, gone through Xh-a lat ter State, but the asking prices were so ex treme that no purchases w?re made. A sim ilar state of affairs exists in all other wool sections and buyers are .therefore, genersT.ly lnl lfferent. Shearing has been started in Southern Arizona and is now said to be In full blast It is understood that 21 cents was bid and rejected on one clip whi.-h has a shrinkage of 63 per cent. l'olk County Mohair Pool. H. L. Fenton. secretary of the Polk Coun ty Mohair Association, Is making arrange ments for the handling of the 1910 mohair pool, says the Polk County Observer. The preliminary arrangements are about com pleted and the goat raisers are now request ed to report the respective number of fleeces thy -w. ill furnish, without delay. After the fleeces have all been -eporte9 In. a meet ing of the growers will be callod and a date set for the selling of the pool. Car of Cuba a Tomatoes Receive. A car of Cuban tomatoes was distributed m the street yv-sterday and offered at .C5 q3.&0 per crate. Florida egg plant is offer- Ing at 25 cents a pound and California rhu barb la quoted at 15 cents a pound. Staple vegetables are unchanged. A . car of cauli flower was received yesterday. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings for the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland $2,416,843 $3&l,14l Seattle 1.71&.rtl 36S.196 Tacoma .... ....... 44.941 Spokane 669,414 9S.1&4 POKTLAyp MABKETg. Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc. WHEAT Track prices: Bluestern, $1.14. nominal; club. $1.06; red. Ruesiaa. $1.04: Val ley. J1.05: 44-fvi3. $1.09. BARLEY Feed and brewing, $18 per ton. FLOUB Pa tents. $6-15 per barrel ; straight?, $5. To; export, $4.50; Valley, $S.S0; graham, $5.70; whole wheat, quarters. $5.90. CORN Whole. $35: cracked. $36 per ton. ML" I-.LJ&T17 FF"S- Bran, $24 26 per ton; middlings, $U4; shorts, $25j 28; rolled bar ley. 33. ' OATts No. 1 white, $31 per ton. HaY Track prices: Timothy: Willam ette Valley, $18 20 per ton; Eastern Ore gon. $:M5r22: alfalfa. 17frlS; California al falfa, $1617: .clover, $ltt; grain hay, $17 ti IS. Vegetables and Fruit a FRESH FRl'ITS Apples. $1.253 box; pean?. $1.5fK& 1.7." per box : fpanish Malaga, $5. ?0 6 per barrel ; cranberries, $8 g 9 per barreL POTATOES Carload buying prices: Ore gon, 70& SOc per sack; sweet potatoes, 2c per pound. VEGETABLES Artichokes. $1 1.25 per dozen; cabbage, $1.7 5 -ft 1 per hundred; cauli flower, $1.75 per dozen; celery, $4.00 per crate; egg plant. 25c pound; hothouse lettuce, f 1.2.1. ."0 box; garlic. 12c fb. ; horseradish. ft'&lOe per pound; green onion, 35c per dozen; radLhes, 2oc per dozen: rhubarb, 15c pound: proum, 9c per lb.; squash, 2c; tomatoes, C3.23 I&3.SO per crate. TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, $22.75; lemons, fancy, $5.25 ; choice. $4. SO; grape fruit $3 5Q3 4 per box; bananas. BSo per pound; Japanese oranges, $1.501.75 per bundle: tangerines, $1.75 per -box. ONIOXS Oregon, $1.60 per sack. Dairy and Country Frodoca. BTTTTER City creamery extras, S739c; fancy outside creamery, 3 5 37c per lb.; store, 20'22c (Butter fat prices average laC per -pound under regular butter prices. ) EGOS Fresh Oregon etxra. 2833Go per dozen; Eastern, 17 ft 20c per dozen. CHEESE Full cream twins. iy3 20c per pound: young Americas. 20r21c. PORK Fancy, 11& 12c per pound. POULTRY Hns. 17ig.l8c; Springs, IT'S 18c;; ducks. 20'-?2214c: geese. 13;l4c; tur keys, live. 20 25c; dressed, 27 & 30c; squabs, $3 per dozen. Groceries, Dried Fruits. Etc. DRIED FRUIT Apptos. 10c per pound; peaches, 7c; prunes, Italians, 45o; prunes, French. 44 5c; currants, 10c; apri cots. 12c; dates, 7c per pound; fige, 10O half pounds. $3.25 per bx; 50 six-ounce, $1.76 per box; 12 12-ounce, 75c per box. SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound tails. 12 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.U5; 1-pound flats, (2.10 hx'. Alaska pink, 1-pound talis. toc; red. 1-pound tails, 41.45; sock eyes, 1 pound tails. $2. COFFEE Mocha. 24328c; Java, ordinary. 17ig20c; Costa Rica, fancy 1 HQ-20c: goou, 16(2 18c; ordinary. 12 34 1 Be per pound. NUTS Walnuts, lac per pound; Brazil nuts, ' 12 H 15c; filbert. 15c ; almonds, 16 17c ; pecans, 15 & 16c; cocoanuts, 90c a $-1 per dozen. BEANS Small white. 5 Vc: large white. Hc; Lima, aV4c; bayou, ft c ; pink. 4 Wo; red Mexican, 7 c SUGAR Dry granulated, fruit and berry, $G.05; beet. $3. S3; extra C, $5.55; golden C, $5.45 ; cubes (barrel), $tf. 45 ; powdered (barrel), $6.30. Terms on remittances DRY gALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt, 15"Vic; smoked, lOVc; short clear hack, heavy dry failed, 'IGc; smoked, 17c; Oregon exports1, dry malted, ltic; .smoked, 17c. within 15 days, deduct c per pound. If later than 15 days and within 30 days, da duct He per pound. Maple sugar. 15(0 ISo per pound. SALT Granulated, $14.50 per ton, $1.90 per bale; half ground, luOs, $lo per ton; CO. $10.50 per ton. HONEY Choice, $3.253.B0 per case; strained, 7c per pound. Provisions. BACON Fancy, 25c per pound; standard, 21c; choice. 2uc; English. iyu.S20c. HAMS 10 to 13 pounds. 17c; 14 to 10 pounds. 17c; 13 to 20 pounds, 17c; hams, okinned, 1 7 He ; picn Ics. 1 2 Vyc ; cottage rolls, 13Mt-; boileiS" hams. 23r&24c; boiled picnics, 20c. LARD Kettle rendered. 10s, 17c; standard pure. 103, 16ic; choice, lOe, lOc; compound, 12 Vic. SMOKED BEEF Beef tongues, each, 60c; drijtd beef sets, 19c; dried beef outsldes, 17c; dried beef in sides, 21c; dried beef knuckles, 2oc: PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pigs' feet, SI 3. 50; regular tripe, $10: honeycomb tripe, $12; lunch tongues, $19.50: mess beef, ex tra, $12; mess pork, $25. I lira. The following prices, based on the London January sales, are for large, full-furred skins well handled: FURS Mink. Northwest Canada and Alas ka, $6.50 (g a; Colorado. Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Utah, $5.50$ 7; Oregon. Wash ington and California. $45. 50; British Co lumbia and Alaska Coast. $45- Red fox, Canada and Alaska. $b(a10; Oregon, Wash ington. Idaho and Montana, $7. Lynx, Alaska and BrltUh Columbia. 28; Paclllc Coast, $22. Raccoon, 75cftfl. Skunk. Canada, $2.50; Pacific Coast. 75c u?$ 1.50. Wolf and coyote, Canada. S4fg 5; Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, $2.75& 3-25; Oregon, Washington. Utah, Ne vada. $1.503. Beaver, Oregon. Washing ton, Canada, Alaska. $5.50 7 : Idaho, Mon tana, Utah. Wyoming. $ti.S0'ui7; cubs, $2 2.50. Otter. Canada, Alaska. $12.50(gr 14; Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Montana. $10 ff 13. Wildcat. Alaska. Canada, British Columbia, $3'a'4.50; Pacific Coast, $1.75 2.50. Gray fox. Pacific Coast. S1.75f)2.50; Bear, black and brown. Alaska, Canada. $16 $i 20; cubs. S12 15; Paclllc Coast, 10 15; cubs. 5?f 7; grizzly, perfect, $25 35. Badger, $2. Muskrat. Canada. Alaska, 40c; Pacific Coast. 30c Marten. Canada, Alasga. 12f( 18; Pacific Coast. $10 it 12. Fisher, British Columbia, Alaska, $1520: Pacific Coast. $9(15. Wolverine. $6S. Silver fox, $300 f 500. Cross fox, $10 15. Sea otter, 200$ 450. Blue fox. S&10. White fox. 12& 20. Swift ox. 40c. Ermine. 40c. Moun tain lion. $510. Ringtail cat. 3575c. Civet cat. 10 30c. House cat. 525c. Hops. Wool, Hides, Ktc. HOPS 1909 crop, prime and choice. 20f aic; 190Ss. 17c; 1!H)7b, ilc per pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon, lti (g? 23c pound; olds, nominal. MOHAIR Choice- 25c pound. CASCAKA BARK 4 He por pound. HIDES Dry hides. 1S1S',4c per pound; dry kip. 18-18'tc pound; drv calfskin. 19f 21c pound; salted hides. IOIOc; salted calfskin. 15c pound: green, lc less. HOLD BACK POTATOES SEATTLE MARKET FIRMER OX LIGHT SUPPLIES. Butter Offerings Are Limited and Market Is Steady Poultry Demand Les. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 10. (Special.) The local potato market was firmer today with more commission4 men asking $18 for good stock. One house claimed to be get ting $0 for extra fancy Yakima tubers. The strvngth of the market is due to the light receipts for the last few days. Shippers are holding rat1 er than sell at prices which net thera practically nothlnR. It was also re ported today that large quantities of Kittitas Valley potatoes have passed Into strong hands and that selling pressure from that district at least has been removed. A car of Florida grape fruit arrived and moved rapidly at $5.50 a crate. Celery sold at top prices. Another car or two are due Saturday. Cabbage is in better supply and does not Jtl above 2 cents. Onions are tn over-supply and the. top on Oregon's $1.65. With nearly all jobbers holding back or ders, butter Is in rather limited supply, al though prlwa are dropping in almost every other market in the United States. Kggs sold at 35 centa A few sales we-re reported below 35. but the stock was not first class. Poultry arrived more freely and the demand was not Quite as brisk. Veal was scarce, xtra fancy selling at 14 H cents to day. Wheat was offered at $1.15, but the high est price bid was 1.14, New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Feb. 10 Cotton futures closed barely steady, net 5 to 11 points lower. Clos ing bids: February. 14.S6c; March. 14 SScv April, 14.87c; May. 14.99c; June. 14.82c; Julv. 14.S0e; August. ,14.'J9o; September. 13.3Sc Oetober, 12.90c; November. ia.76c: December 12.73c. Spot cotton ctosed five points higher. Mid dling uplands. 15.C5c; middling Gulf, 14.50c Sales, 326u bales. REGQVERS TOO FAST Stock Market Gets Away From the Big Buyers. HOLD PRICES IN CHECK Iesire to Add to Their Accumulation at Low Values Result Is an Vncertaln Tone Through out the Day. XEW YORK. Feb. 10. The uncertain tone In today's stork market was a natural con sequence of the rapidity of the recovery of the day before. The suddenness and vi olence of that movement carried prices away from the level which had been the attrac tion for the kind of buying which proved an effectual check to the unbridled activity of the bears. There began to come back, on the market the stocks which had been bought for purposes of support In the period when the downward movement was checked and turned. The symptoms did not materially alter the conviction that great progress had been made in clearing up the situation and tn strengthening the technical position. Trie process of accumulation of speculative hold ings . by the larger class of operators was believed to have set in. The halt in the recovery and the lack of aggressive action toward bidding up prices was read as an indication of desire on the part of the im portant financial Interests to continue their accumulation without too rapid a rise in prices. Signs of renewed selling from time to time today gave rise to the supposition that liqui dation remained to be completed in spots. The statistics for January of the Cop per Producers Association were much more favorafile than had been anticipated. A small reduction in the output of the metal was accompanied by larger deliveries for domestic consumption and export than for any month of last year, the surplus stocks being reduced in consequence upward of f3, 00O.OO0 pounds to 9S,4t3.339 pounds. The rate at which the exports of the metal are going into stocks in warehouses abroad, rather than into consumption, modifies the advantage of the position. Business for the current month also Is believed not -to be holding fully at the January rates. For these reasons, the effect of the showing on the copper Industries was neutralized. Resumption of Interest payments on the Peoria & Eastern Income bonds, a subsi diary company -of the Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis, was regarded as signi ficant of a (dividend policy on the part of the influential financial authorities. The retention of the former dividend rate by the Southern Pacific directors was not unex pected. Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par value. $3,731,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. Bid. Allia Chalmers pf. 2oO 39 39i 38 Amal Copper .... 4S.50U 75fr 7:j?s 74 Am Agricultural .. 3oo 43 "-a 43 42 Am Beet Sugar .. 2.40O ati1 35 35 Am Can pf boo 75 74:s 74-4 Am Car 4c Foun. 2, SO OO v9 59 Am. Cotton Oil .. tfOO (SO 59 59 14 Am Hd & Lt pf.. 35 34 35 Am Ice Securi .. Um) 21 21 21 Am Linseed Oil.. . 30O 14 I3"8 13, Am locomotive .. 2.00O 49-i 4H 48' Am Smelt & Ref.. 84.700 81 79' 81 lo preferred ... 5-00 10T l' lnu, Am Sugar Ref .. 4oO 122', Lil 32ou, Am Tel & Tel 3.3oO lHti l.'W 133 1, Am Tobacco pf . . Am Woolen 5'X 33 4 321-;, Anaconda Mln Co.. 4.3H 4K 49 AtchUwn U.7oo 114 1131 114 do preferred ... IOO 13", 13 l'34 Atl Coast Line.. 7h 127 1"2 127 Bait & Ohio 2.800 11 Hi 110 4 111 do preferred Pi Bet hlehem Steel 2 V4 Brook Rap Tran. 3.300 71 70 71 Canadian Pacific .. 20O ISO 1794 17934 Central Leather 6,300 39 38 Vs 38 do preferred . . . 200 104 4 106 1 Oti Central of X J.. 3H Ches & Ohio 13. IOO 82 80 81 Chicago & Alton 2rt 53 55 ia 53 Chicago Gt West. 1.40O 3o 129 2i Chicago & X W... 7H) 1554 154 15414 C, M & St Paul .. 11,400 14414 142 14314 C. C, C A St L... 200 78 78 77 Colo Fuel & Iron.. 2.S0O 3Mi 35 Rft Colo & Southern. . IOO 578 67 574 do 1st preferred. " 2oO S4 SO1 8014 do 2d preferred . J . 79 Consolidated Gaa .. 6.O00 144Vi 142 143 Corn Products ... 1,200 39 18 1S Iel & Hudson 600 173 172 171 I & R Orande ... 1.500 SS 38 38 do preferred 78 DistiUens Securi .. 80O 30 30 3n Erie 3.00O 2S 27 27 do 1st preferred. 1.O00 44 43 43 do 2d preferred. 100 35 35 34 Oeneral Electric .. 4v!0 151 Iftoti 150 Gt Northern pf ... .00O 13fi,i 135 3 Gt Northern Ore .. 2.000 694 8 S Illinois Central ... 40 141 14 141 14 14014 Interborough Met.. 2.300 50ti 4914 49U Inter Harvester . . 500 85 Uj 8. 84 Inter Marine pf.. IOO 19, 194 19 Int Paper 13 Int Pump 1,500 47Vj 44 4 Iowa Central 900 21 20W, 2t8 K C Southern . . . 400 36 35 33 do preferred . . . IOO 68 68 6Hi Louisville & Nash 2.900 347 145 147V Minn & f Louis. 2CO 42 42 42 M. St P & S S M. 600 .134 13 134 Missouri Pacific .. - 2.000 68 68 68 Mo, Kan & Texas a, 200 41 40 41 do preferred ... 100 73 73 72 National BlKcult 2"o 1H lio no National Lead ... 2.10O 79 78 78 Mex Nat Ry 1st pf 12.&O0 119t 117 118 N T Central 4M 44- 44 44 N y. Ont & Wet. 16.3X 12 P0 - 101 Norfolk West.. 80O . 78 77 77 Northern Pacific .. 8.3o0 136 135 136 Pacific Mall ..... 29 Pennsylvania J4.90n 132 131 131 People'B Gam 1.600 108 H 8 1)8 P. C C A St L... 8.3'0 97 Pt. 97 Prewed Steel Car. 7iO 39 38 38 Pullman Pal Car. 1.1O0 19P JWH, 197 Rv Steel Spring. . SOO 39 27 38 Reading 114. 3no 161 159 ! Republic Steel ... l.oon 37 36 361-. do preferred loo IOO IOO pt Rock Island Co 4.80 46 44 46 do preferred 1.60 85 84 8:i St L A S F 2 pf. 400 48 48 47 St L Southwestern 1.200 28 2TU 27 do preferred . . - 2iV 72 72 72 Sloss-Sheff'.eld 4X 76 75 75U FVuthern Pacific .. 2T.1AO 124 123 123 Southern Railway. 2,300 27 27 27 do preferred . 7X 64 63 62 TVnn Copper .... l.POO R2 32 i 32 Texas & Pacific. 1.7ot 29 28 2S Tol. St L West. 300 44 . 43 43 - do preferred 3no 64 63 v: Union Pacific . ... 7.RO 18.3 181 382 do preferred . . . 1.4nn pc p.- pHi TT S Realtv 300 73 72 73 TT S R u bber . 60 4 3i 39 V S ftteel . 14A. 1O0 78 77 78 do preferred . . . .2 11 9 11 8 11 Utah Coprer T.-too 48 47 48 Va-Caro Cbemlcal. 4.8t 50 ,v 50 Wabash 2 000 2 2" 20 do preferred ... S'.BOO 44 43 43 Western Md 7"0 47 47 4 Westlnghoue Eleo 1.1 o 81 f 7 67 We.wtem Union oO T1U 70 7ts; Wheel & L Erie.. 1.50O 5 5 5 WLnsln Central 46 Pitteburg Conl l.f 2 20 2" Am Steel Fdv . . 6ot 57 56 56 United Drv Goods 118 Laclede Can 4.700 3oi. lO( Total sales' for the day. SIS. 700 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Feb 10. Closing quotations: TT. R. ref. 2s rg.l0'x. Y- C. rn 3a89iB do coupon . . . 100'xo. Pacific 3s. . . 73 TT. S. 3s reg. . . .102 No. Pacific 4s...lO0 do coupon ...102 'Union Pacific 4s. 101 T". S. new 4m Teg.l 14 ' Wis. Central 4s.. 94 do coupon . . .114!japanese .4n 91 D. & R. G. 4S...95B Ially Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The condition of the Treasury at the beginning of business today was as follows: Trust funds Gold coin - $864,071,860 Silver dollars 484.619.0K Silver dollars of 1&90 3.874. Ooo Silver cert ificates outstanding . . . 4S4.6190o0 Oeneral fund Standard stiver dollars in gen eral fund 6.596. 83S Current liabilities 103.140.434 Working balance in Treasury of fices 21.939.814 In banks to credit of Treasurer of the United States S6.OS3.679 Subsidiary silver coin.... 20.407. 47.1 Minor coin 1.137.641 Total balance, in general ' fund .. . 81.149.045 Money Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. !lonev on call. 2 4 "ffS per cent: ruling rate. 2 per cent; closing bid, 2c: offered at 2 per cent. Prima mercantile Tarer, 4 5 per cent. Time loans slightly easier; 60 days. S per cent; 90 days. 3 per cent; six months, 4 per cent. Sterling exchange, steady with actual busi ness in bankers bills at $48395&4 84 for tH-day bills and at $4 8605 for demand. Commercial bills. $4.83 4.83 . Bar silver. 51 c Mexican dollars. 44c. ' Bonds Government, steady; railroad Ir regular. LONDON Bar Silver Quiet, 21 l-ld per ounce. Money. 1 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills is 2 per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for three months bills is 2 v per cent. Consols for moiwy, 82. Consols for account. 82 3-16. SAN FRANCISCO Sterling on London. 60 days. $4.84 ; sterling on London, sight. $4.86. " - Silver bars, 5; Mexican dollars. .45; drafts, sight, ,0; drafts, telegraph, .10. Eastern Mining Stocks. BOSTON. Feb. IO. Closing quotations; Allouez , 43 iMiaml Copper 23 Amalg. Copper.. 74iMohawk 6" A. Z. L. Sm.. 31'Nevada Con 22 Arizona Com. 40 Nipissing Mines.. 9 Atlantic 9 North Butte 35 K C C r C rts.. 18 North Lake 2 B & C C & S M. 18 Old Dominion . . 43 Butte Coalition. 24iOsceola 150B Cal. & (Arizona. . 71 jParrott (S & C.30 B Cal. & Heela 615 IQuincy 81 Centennial 2CjShannon 14 Cop Range C. C. 77 Superior . 54 E. Butte C05 M-. IO IS up & B"s Mln.. 14 Franklin 20 Sup A Pitta Cop. 13 Giroux- Con. .... 9 (Tamarack 73 Granby Con. . . . 90 ,U. S. Coal & Oil. 37 Greene Can an e a. 9jU. S. 8. R. & M. . 44 I. Royalle (cop) 22 do preferred... Kerr Lake S Utah Con 37 Lake Copper ... 80jVlnona . . . . . . . La Salle Copper. 15 (wolverine r. . 138 STOCK RECEIPTS LARGE FOCRTEEX CARS OF CATTLE FROM CALIFORNIA. Good General Run at the Local Yards Market Is Steady - In All Lines. The run of stock at the yards yesterday was the heaviest in a fortnight, and a good part of the arrivals were of good quality. Among the receipts were 14 cars of rattle from Californa. The tone of the market was reported steady. The receipts were 5!S3 cattle, 17 calves, S94 sheep. 99 hogs and 17 horses. The shippers were T. R. Hart. 24 cattle from the country ; Geortte Kohlhagen, of Medford. one cap of cattle; Goodale & Cas sidy, of Gazelle, Cal., seven cars of cattle: J- C. Dodson, of Sisson, Cal., seven cars of cattle; Jerry Snow, of Sugar City, Idaho, four cars of Sheep; Lind & Van Ausdeln, of Buhl. Idaho, one car of hogs; J. E. Rey nolds, of Shanlko, one car of cattle and calves; W. T. Davenport, of Shanlko, one car of cattle; Bert Thompson, of Condon, one car of horses; X. J. Schmidt, of Shan lko, two cars of cattle, and Jim Wilson, of Shanlko. two cars of cattle. The day's sales were as follows: ' Weight. Price. 20 steers, good 1210 $3.35 6 steers, common 1094 4.rtO 55 covra, good 1021 4.40 Prices quoted on the various classes of stock at the yards "yesterday were as fol lows : CATTLE Best steers, S5.30: fair to good steers. $4.505; strictly good cows, $3.75 6c 4: fair to good cows. $3$3.50: light calves. $55?5.50; heavv calves, 14 5; bulls, $3.503.73; stags. S3&4. HOGS Top. 9; fair to good hogs, $S.50 8.73. SHEEP Best wethers, $5.50; fair to good wethers. $3 ' 3.30; good ewes, 14.73 i 5, lambs, $6 (& 6. 50. Eastern Livestock Markets. .'HICAGO, 4eb. 10. Cattle Receipts es timated at PO00; market, steady. Beeves. $4. 40&7.80; Texas steers, $4 (&5.10; West ern steers, S4.206; stockers and feeders, 3.15 (5.50: cows and heifers $5.20 (& 7.S3 ; calves. $7r9.25. Hogs Receipts estimated at 23,000: mar ket, steady. Light. $8.35 r 8.70 ; mixed, $8.33 (& 8.85: heavy, $8.40 8.53; rough, $8.40 o 8.53; good to choice heavy, $8.55 & 8. 85 ; piss. $735& .30; bulk of sales. $8.63 -& 8. SO. Sheep Receipts estimated at 12.O00; mar ket, steady. Native, $4.30 15; Western, 4.306.80; yearlings, $7.23 & 8.30; lambs, native, $6.75 (& 9 ; Western, $G.75 9. . KANSAS CITT, Mo., Feb. 10. Cattle Receipts, 4O0O; market, steady to" strong. Native steers, $3 &. 7.25 ; native cows and heifers. $3 ; stockers and feeders. $3.75 5.73; bulls, $45.10; calves, $44-.23; West ern steerB, $4.73 &6.50 ; Western cows,- $3 5.25. Hogs Receipts. 9000 ; - market, steady to 5c lower. Bulk of sales. $8.35 ki 8.65 ; heavy, $8.60&8.70; packers and butchers. $8.40 8.05; light. $8.20(55)8.35; pigs, $7.50 8. Sheep Receipts, 4000 : market. strong. Muttons, $5 & 6.50; lambs, $7.50 8.65; fed Western wethers and yearlings, $3.oOiS:6.50; feq.. Western ewes. $56.10. OMAHA. Feb. 10. Cattle Receipts, 33, 000. Stronger. Native steers. $4.407.O0; cows and heifers, $3.50'g; 5.50; Western steers, $3.25 6.00: cPhvs and heifers, $2.50 4.50; fanners. $2.25p3.25; stockers and feeders. $3.005.35; calves, $4.00(8' S. 23 ; bulls, stags, etc. $3,006 5.00. Hogs Receipts. 7500. Market, steady. Heavy. $S.503 8.65; mixed. $8. 40 Co 8.50; light $8.30rg8.5O; pigs, $6.75 7.75; bulk of sales $8.405 8.50. Sheep Receipts, 85O0. Market. steady Yearlings. $6. 75 7.90; wethers. $5. To & 6.75; ewes. $5. 25 & G. 25 ; lambs. $7.75,8.75. Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. The market for standard copper on the New York Metal Exchange was quiet today with spot and February quoted at 13.00 13.35c ; March at 13.07 13.35c; April and May at 13.10 13.35c. The London mraket lost part of an early advance, closing easy with spot quoted at o9 10s and futures at 60 7s 6d. Local brokers quote lake copper at 13.62 (&13. 75c; electrolytic at 13.37 tg 13.50c, and casting at 13.12 13.37 c. No arrivals at, or exports from, the port or New York were reported todajf. Tin was quiet with spot quoed at 32.60 32.70c ; February, 32.50 (S 32.70c ; March at 82.40- 32.62 c, and April at 32.40 32.63c. The London market closed easy after a strong opening with spo quoted at 148 7s Gd and futures at 150 2s 6d. Spelter was quiet with spot closing at .70 6.10c New York and at 6.50&j5.55c East St. Louis. ; Sales of 50.000 tons Feb ruary East St. Louts delivery were reported at 5.55c. The London market was un changed at 23 5s. Lead was quiet with spot quoted at 4.674.72c New York; 4.45 4.55c East St. Louis. The English market was hie her at 113 8s 9d. The English Iron market waa higher at 51s 7d for Cleveland warrants. No change was reported locally. No. 1 foundry North ern, $18.5019.OO; No. 2, $18.25-18.75: No Ii S-fwthorEft and No- 1 Southern soft at la.iiOgO' 19.00. Dried. Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. Evaporated apples, spot fancy, 10c; all choice, 99c; prime. 7&'7e; common to fair, 6c. Prunes firm. California up to 30-40s 2 & c; Oregons, 6&9c. Apricots quiet. Choice. 11 11 c; extra choice. ll(&12c; fancy. 12&l3c Peaches steady; choice, 6y.7c; extra choice. 77c; fancy. 7 8c. Raisins steady. Loose muscatel. 45c choice to fancy seeded, 5&5c; seedless, 3 &4c; London layers, $1. 15 ft 1.25. Dairy Produce In the East. NEW YORK. Feb. IO. Butter, steadier. Western factory, 22z23c; Western imita tion creamery, 24gi25c. Cheese, ftrm, unchanged. Eggs, steady, unchanged. CHICAGO, Feb. 10 Butter. steady. Creameries. 25 'a 8c; dairies, 23'cr26c. Kgtts, firm, receipts 4737 cases. At mark, cases in cluded, 17 23 c; firsts. li5 c ; prime firsts. 2c. Cheese, steady. Daisies, 16 4 17c; twins. 1616c; Young America, 16 &16c; long horns. iqS'16c. Albany Moves Too Late. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 10. Special.) Al bany's city limits will not be extended before the national census Is taken and its population will be that of the old limits, which do not include the newly built suburbs. Plans for the extension of the limits have been under considera tion for some time, and at Us meeting last evening; the city council took steps for a special election oh the matter, but It is said to be too late to comply -with all requirements to secure the new limits before the taking of the census. In Liberia coffee trees attain a height of more than 2 feet. The price of The product is 8. and 9 cents a pound at the plantation. ADVANCE IS STEADY Wheat Moves Forward With Hardly a Pause. . MARKET FIRM THROUGHOUT May Pork Sells at the Higln-st Price In a Number of Years Corn ' and Oats Are Higher. CHICAGO. Ib. 10. Grain and provisions were Btrong today, prlcw advancing all along the line with wheat leadlnR tie grains and pork commanding provisions with a record-breaking price for May, which touched $22.75. Prices of wheat advanced steadily with only momentary pauses until the final sales were recorded at nearly the high point of the day with a net advance of from . ff lic. May moved up at from SI.IO14 to $1.11 the more distant months traveling over a less distance. T19 close was strong at the high point for July and September, with May at SI. 11. higher. Corn advanced with wheat, covering by shorts being the principal feature. - The advance " was from c to lc and the close In the distant futures was at the high point. May advanced from 65?c to 6ft7-.c. The close was strong with May at 6666To, 5.(6' lo higher. An increased demand ' for choice oats caused an advance. May went up from 463. to 47c. The upward trend was stayed late In the day by a material increase in the offerings and closing prices were from c to fic oft from the top. Final figures for May were 46c.' 4c higher. 'A strong demand for pork ran prices for the May delivery up to $22.75. a record for a number of years. Advances of 12ic to S2c were registered, in the different pro visions. 1 The leading futures ranged as follows: W1ISAT. ODer. High. Low. iio 1.01 C. rtae. 111 1.02 'i .07 14 May July Sept. May July Sept. Mav Julv Sept. t Mav July .fl.imi $1,111, . l.Oli,. 1.0214. CORN. .SB'. .' .8T OATS. .47 .434 .S4 .66 .Tt .W74 .60 .44 .43i .40 .60 .4Rs .4:1 .40 '.4 .4H .43. .40 H MESS PORK. .22.4214 22. ir .22.12i 22.45 LARD. .12.20 12.3214 .12.174 12.2H4 22 42 S 22.1214 22.B214 22.3714 Mav July 12.20 12.15 12.30 12.25 SHORT RIBS. .11.85 11.95 11.8214 .11.80 11.U2V4 H.eO May 11.S7H 11.80 July Cash quotations were as follows: lour steady. ' Kye No. 2. 61 82c; feed or mixing. 62 eo.'Vic: fair to choice malting. esp73c. Klax seed No. 1 Southwestern. $2.054; No. 1 Xorthwestem. $2.1514. Timothy seed $4.15. Clover $13.85. Mess pork. per bbl., $22.62 22.75. I.ard Per IOO pounds. $12.2512.2714. Short ribs (.Loose) $11. SO 12.00. Sides Short clear (boxed), $12.0012.25. Grain statistics: Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 2NS.0OU bushels. Primary receipts were trOO.OOO bushels, as compared with 275.O00 bulshels the corresponding day a year ago. Hstimated receipts for tomorrow: "Wheat. 20 cars; corn, 440 cars; oats, 156 cars; hogs. 20.000 head. Receipts. 30.H00 44.000 . . .401.200 . . .201.H00 . . . 3.000 . . . 03.000 Shipments. 25,000 24.0OO 228.70O 102.600 7.000 4. 500 Flour, barrels. . . Wheat, bushels . Corn, bushels . . . Oats, bunhels ... Rye. bushels . . . Barley, bushels . (rain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. Flour steady to firm with a moderate inquiry. Reoeipts, 21 332: shipments', 397K. Wheat Spot. firm. Xo. 2 red, $1.29: Sales elevator and domestic and $1.29 nomin al f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth and No. 2 hard winter, $1.26 nominal f. o. b. afloat. At the close prices were 114 He net higher. May, $1.19 li ; July, $1.10. Receipts, 43.200. Hops, quiet. Hides, petroleum and wool steady. t .Grain st San Francisco.. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. Wheat, firm; barley, easy-. Spot quotations Wheat Shipping, $1.90 2 per oental. Barley Feed. $1.32 14 1.371, ; brewing, $1.38 8 14.14. Oats Red. $1.50 & 1.60; white, $1.6214 & 1.70; black. $1.50fe2.30. Call Board Sales Barley, May, 1364b December. 1251ib. 126a. Corn Large yellow, $1.75 1. SO. European Grain Markets. LONDON, Feb. 10. Cargoes quiet; Walla alia for shipment. 3d lower at 46s 3d, English country markets quiet.' Fnench country markets quiet. LIVERPOOL. Feb. 10. Wheat March. 8s l?d: May, 7s ll?i; July, 7s 1014c Weath er, fine. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. 'Feb. 10. Wheat May $1.11T4; July. $1.11 14 41.11 . Cash No i J-13J4 S 1.14V. : No. 1 Northern. 111 io 2 Iorthern' $1.10 & Flax closed at $2.0714- Corn, No. 3 yellow, 5859ic. Oats, No. white. 45 45 14 c. Rye. No. 2, 7liSi754c. Grain Markets of the Northwest. LEWISTON, Idaho. Feb. 10. (Special ) Grain prices unchanged. Bluestern, 97c; forty-fold, 89c; club and Turkey red, 87c- red Russian, 85c; oats, $1.20. Feed barley, $1.12 Vs. TACOMA, Feb. 10. Wheat. bluestern. Ji'oJ1'15' C'Ub' 1-061-07; red Russian, SEATTLE, Feb. 10. Milling quotations, bluestern. $1.12: club. $1.09; Fife. $1.09: red Russian. $1.07. Export wheat bluestern $1.09; club. $1.06; Fife. $1.06 iSed Russian $1.04. Car receipts up to noon: Wheat two rars: oats, one car. Yesterday's receipts wheat, one car; oats, two cars; barley, one car. QUOTATIONS AT RAN FRANCISCO. Prices Paid for Produce In the Bay city SAN FRANCISCO, Fsb. 10. The following were the quotations' In the market today MHIstuffs Bran. $25.5o27.50: middlings; $331 30. Vegetables Cucumbers. $ 1.50 1. To; gar lic. 4 4; 5c; green peas, iff 15c; string beans, nominal. Butter Fancy creamery 8214c; creamery seconds, 31c; fancy dairy, 20c. Eggs Store. 27c; fancy. 2c. Cheese New, 17 14 1814c; Young Amer leas.l 1S0 2OC. Hay Wheat. $1419: wheat and oats. $12 rl; slfalfa, $9S12: stock, $7!S; straw par bale, 5087.1c. Fruits Apples, choice, T5c"$l: common 50 i?75c; bananas, 75r$?$3; limes. $4ti4.oo; lem on choice. $2-ti2.50; common. $lJrl.50; or anges, navels, $1.251.75; pineapples, S2 2.50. Hops 18f22c per pound. Wool South Plalne and 9an Joaquin. 10c. , Potatoevp Oregon Burbanks. $l.lMrl.25; Sa linas Burbanks. $1.35 1.&0; sweets. $L90& iig. Poultry Roosters, old. $5473.50; young, $7(9 9: broilers, small. $3$H; large, $4.&ga: fryera. $67: hens, $510; ducks, old, $5.&0g'6.50; young. tT'aS. Receipls Flour. S120 qr. sacks; barley centals. 9330; oats, centals, 80&: com. cen tals, 60; potatoes. 4320 sks; bran, 880 sks. ; middlings. 870 sks.; hay, 400 tons; wool 101 bis.-, hides. 360. Copper Producers' Report. LONDON, Feb. 10. A decrease of 43.302. 772 pounds in coppor stocks on hand Feb ruary 1 as compared with January 1. la shown by the monthly report of the Copper Producers' Association, made public hers to day. The rerort follows: Copper on hand Feb ruary 1. 8.463,338 pounds, a decrease of 43. 302.772 pounds as compared with January 1 Production during January was 116.547237 pounds, a decrease of 1.2S1.338 pounds as compared with December. Deliveries during January were 159.&50.059 pounds, an increase of 30.783.98 pound 1 as compared with re- l cember. Of the total deliveries, 78,158,387 - lumberwiens National Bank CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STS. CAPITAL $250,000 OFFICERS: G. K. WENTW0RTH ..President JOHN A. KEATING Vice-President GEO. L. McPHERSON Vice-President H. D. STORY Cashier F. A. FREEMAN Assistant Cashier GRAHAM DUKEHART.. Assistant Cashier DIRECTORS: G. K. Wentworth Chas. S. Russell P. S. Brumby Dr,. K. A. J. Mackenzie George G Bingham Lloyd J. Wentworth J. E. Wheeler George L. McPhenion John A. Keating Robert Treat Piatt .H.-D. Story Application to convert into , a Na tional Bank having been approved by the Comptroller of the Currency, The Bank of California, San Francisco, is now, together with its branches at Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, doing business as a National Bank 'under the title of "The Bank of California National Association." PORTLAND BRANCH: Chamber of Commerce Building-, Third and Stark Streets WILLIAM A. MACRAE, Manager. JAMES T. BURTCHAELL. Asst. Mgr BITULITHIC -PAVEMENT- Is Made of Bitumen and Stone HENCE THE NAME. The bitumen makes it elastic; the stone makes it lasting. A residence street lasts a 1 lifetime when paved with s BITULITHIC pounds were for domestic purposes And 81, 611.67:2 pounds were for export. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Coffee futures closed quiet, n-et unchanged to five points lower. Sales, 17,000 bafts. Including; Mav. 7.05c: July. 7.10c; September, 7.10 7.15c and December. 7.10c. Spot quiet. Xo. 7. Kto. 8 ll-l84c; No. 4 Santos, 98Hc; mild, quiet; Cordova, 9&12vc. Sugar Raw. quiet. Muscovado, .89 test, 3.K1; centrifugal. .98 lt. $4.11; molasses Bonds Investments Timber Lands McGrath & Neuhausen Co. 701-2-3-4-5 lewis Bhfc PORTLAND, - OREGON sugar. .89 test. 3.S. Refined, steady. Crushed, $5.8J; granulated, fo.la; powdered, $5.25. Wool at St. LonlK. ST. LOriS. Feb. 10. Wool, unchanged. Territory and Western mediums. 23;So; fine mediums, 20&24c; fine. 1221c. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPAST. S. S. Santa Clara sails for Eureka and ban FranciBco Jan, 1. 15, ait; Feb. 12, 26. at 4 P. M. S. S. Elder sails for Eureka. San Francisco and Los Angeles. Jan. 4. 18; Feb. L 13. at S P. M. S. S. Roanoke sails for San Francisco and Los Angeles Jan. 11. 25; Feb. 8, 22. at 8 P. M. Ticket office ia2 3d St. Phones Main 1314. A 1314. H. loungs. Act. SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND S. 8. CO. Only direct steamers and davlight sailing! From Aim worth Dock, Portland. 4 P. M. . 8. Rose City. Feb. 11, 25, etc. 8. S. Kansas city. Feb. Is. Mar. 4. From pier 40. San Francisco. 11 A. M. S. 8. Kansas city. Feb. 12. 20. S. 8. Rose city. Feb. 10. Mar. 3. M. J. ROCHE, C. T. A., 142. Third' SU' Main 402. A 1402. J. W. HANSOM. Dock Agent, A In worth Dock. Main 2S, A 1234. COOS BAY LINE The fteamcr "ft AM ON A leaves Portland rery WedneacLay. 8 I". M ., from Alnsworth (Utclc for orth Bettd, Manthflcld and Cooa Bay points. Freight received until tf P. M. on day of ealllny. Passenger fare, f lrat clas. $10: second-class. $7. Including berth and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third and "Washington streets, or A Ins worth docltu Phone Main 298. CANADIAN PACIFIC WEEKLY SAILINGS BETWEEN MON. 1 KEAL, QUEBEC AND LIVERPOOL. Kotblns; better on the Atlantic than n Gmprmei. Wireless on all steamers. F. R. JOHNSON, P. A. 142 Tbtrd St., Portland, Or,