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THE MORNING- OREGON IAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1913. STEAMER BEAVER HELD FOR REPAIRS Ict licensed officers axe to ' be em ployed, but there is no law compelling the rule to be adhered to. The men were suspended for disregarding whistle signals that resulted in the vessels colliding. Vesel Is Laid Up for Several Weeks at San Francisco to Fix Engines. OTHER SHIPS ARE BESIEGED Passengers Bound Xorthward Beg to Bo Takon Aboard Other Craft, Ic?pitr Full Uts Sailing Schedules Are Changed. SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. The steamer Bearer, plying between this city and Portland, has been laid up here for repairs, which will be com pleted early next month. The removal if the vessel from her regular run hns resulted in a shortage of passenger accommodation and the offices of pas senger agents for coastwise steamships are besieged with applications Tor transportation to Portland and Astoria. The steamers Northland. Camlno and Voseralte have salted with full lists. ' aptaln Atalin, master of the steamer Camlno, which reached Portland late Tuesday evening, after a fast trip of 58 hours from San Francisco, says that fully 150 persons applied for accom modations aboard the vessel and some begged to be taken to Portland. It is not alone the withdrawal or th Beaver that has made the situation more noticeable, but In February the northward march starts and men wh customarily tpend Spring and Summe here begin to return. Besides, there are a number of persons who Winter i California and, regarding the early part of February as the end of the vV Inter I Portland, prepare to come home. It understood that a large amoun of work Is to be done in the englneroom and about the hull of the Beaver, while she will be given a thorough over Mauling. In April the San Francisco Jfe Portland vessels will return to tb daylight schedule, leaving here at o'clock In the morning. I'nder the schedule the Beaver would have arrived Tuesday and sailed Sat rday. but the next vessel win be th Bear, due Sunday and sailing a week from today. The Hose City will arrlv February 21 and sail February 25, bu unless repairs are hurried on th Reaver she will also omit her scheduled nival February 26 and sailing Marvh 3. DAMARA LOADS FOR NEW YORK Grace Line to Keep Carrier in Coast-to-Coast Service, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12 . Th e American freighter Damara, which ar rived here Monday from Puget Sound, ending her first trip in the Coastwise service, will return north to load lum ber for New York, according to TV. R. Grace & Company, who chartered the Damara. Having been placed under the Ameri can flag, the Damara Is now licensed to ply betwen American ports and her run, for some time at least, will be be tween the Pacific and the Atlantic. The HOP TONE IMPROVED Larger Inquiry From Eastern Trade for Spot Goods. 16 ! 21 23 13 6TE4JUER INTEIXIGENC2. Dae to Arrive. Ntmft. From. Date Alliance. ...... Eureka 1". port Breakwater oos Bay Feb. 1 Bear Los Angeles. . Feb. Roanoke San Diego -. . . Feb. Rose City Los A i . Feb. Geo. W. Elder- .San Diego. . .. Feb. Beaver Los Angeles. . Mar. To Depart. Name. For Fort Brags - San Francisco Feb. Alliance Eureka Feb. Tale S- P. toL A.. .Feb. Harvard S F to L. A.. .Feb. Camlno .San Francisco Feb. Breakwater. . . .Coos Bay Feb. Roanoke San Diego.... Feb. 19 Bear Los Angeles. . Feb. 20 Rose City Loa Angeles. . Feb. 2.1 Geo. W. Elder. San Diego Feb. 26 Beaver Los Angeles. . Mar. IT PRICE LIIWTS UNCHANGED Total Available Supply in United States Under 25.000 Bales Or ders for Contracts More u nicrotis at Loner Rate. $ T huge carrier is discharging today one of the largest coastwise cargoes ever landed here, including 550,000 feet of lumber. 4-100 tons of coal and 1800 tons of bran. -HIPPKMS VOTI;D fEET XASII Detatll of no.inl Mni! Intention Are Desired. Shipping and commercial interests t-onrcrned in the resumption of a reg nlar steamship service to Far Eastern ports are awaiting word or the com ing of K. -T. M. Nash, representing thf Royal Mail Steam Packet Company who has been In jCallfornla for several Mceka. The fact the company decided t inaugurate a schedule to the Orlen ';i advance of the opening of too Pan ama Canal came as a surprise, and wiiile Frank Waterhouso fc Co. are named aa agents on the North Pacific ''...-t. thoe who met Mr. Nash on the occasion of his first visit here over a year ago wish to ascertain Just what the detailed plans are for & per nianent line from Portland. The steamer Harpagus, due here in April, is to lead the fleet temporarily and she will bo followed in May by the Monmouthshire, the vanguard of Koyal Mail liners. The company has six steamers under construction for use the trade between Pacific Coast ports and Europe by way of the Orient, and it Is understood to be tne plan to give a -1-day service when they are ready. IIAHBOK INSPECTION MADE Fronts, of Docks Mrn-t Be Sheathed as Protection Against Drift. Taking up details of the new water front ordinance of the Commission of Public Docks at once, G. B. llegardt, chief engineer of that body, with Cap tain Speler, of the harbor patrol, who works la harmony with the Commis sion, made an inspection of tho har bor yesterday with a view to ascer taining if space beneath all docks was cleared of rubbish atid old dock ma terlal. In the main, conditions were found satisfactory. The ordinance provides that there shall be no accumulation beueath wharves, also that the front of all docks be sheathed with planking on the harbor side, and on the ends of those that do not join other fvdocls. The step was decided on as a means of preventing drift from gathering under docks and at tho same time It will give the har bor more of a uniform appearance. Sheathing must be placed on docks now In place, as well as those to be built in the future. A certified copy of the ordinance was ordered yester day and as soon as it Is filed with the City Auditor it becomes effective. SEAMAN GLADDY SAILS AWAY Alien Elects to Ship on Thiers for European Continent. When the French ship Thiers put out of the Columbia River late Tuesday she carried one man, O. Peters, who was probably the most pleased of her crew to be on the way tor Europe, as less than four years passed in the United States had been decidedly unpleasant and landed him in prison for an of fense which some refuse to believe he committed. Peters came to San Francisco on the Musselcraig. following the life of a sailor. He Is a subject of Germany and he was a person to be deported under the laws of this country, but from San Francisco he found his way to Tacoma and there was arrested after a short stay, charged with burglary. He was sentenced to the Walla Walla penitentiary and as his term had expired, he agreed to ship on the Thiers. Peters Is a powerful .-peclmcn of manhood and is rated an .ible seaman. Marine Vote. Repairs are being made to the star board guard of the steamer Harvest Queen, lying at Ash-street dock, while much tho same work is being done to the port guard of the steamer Bailoy Gatzert, lying at the old Victoria dock site. In tow of the steamer Atlas, barge No. 93, Captain Kirkwood, a member of the Standard Oil Company's fleet, arrived off the river yesterday after noon and was towed inside by the tug Oneonta, the plan being to have the steamer Henderson bring the barge from Astoria to Portland. Henry L. Beck, inspector of the Sev enteenth Lighthouse District, has left for Pugct Sound, there to mako an inspection of stations and aids to nav igation. Two lumber cargoes were cleared yesterday for San Francisco, the steam er Olympic having 700,000 feet and the steamer Johan Poulsen 800,000 feet. Wheat will be started aboard the British bark Inverclyde at Irving dock today, as the steamer Portland is ex pected to he out of the berth. When the gasoline schooner Tilla mook sails Friday for Bandon she will have six 40-foot flat cars on duck. they being Intended for a logging road In that vicinity. The vessel arrived early yesterday morning from Coast ports. Aboard the steamer Camlno. arriving Tuesday night, was 150 tons of bonded cargo that came from Europe to San f runcisco on the Harrison liner Cen turion, which is consigned to Balfour. Guthrie & Company. She also had 300 tons for the American-Hawaiian. She sails on the return Sunday. Lumber for Australia will bo loaded aboard the British steamer Silverbirch. which Davies & Fehon have taken un der time charter for a period of eight months at 6s 3d. She will first load coal In Japan for Honolulu. There has been a better inquiry on the hop market thia Week than at any time since the first of the month, and there is a correspondingly better feeling in the trade. Instead of only one buyer on the market, as has-been the case recently, a number of Eastern Arms have now come In. and the prospects for an Increased volume of busi ness are excellent. The demand Is not yet broad enough, however, to affect values, but in view of the depleted stocks it would not take very heavy orders to put the market, back where it was at the opening of the year. As dealers holdings are not heavy, the trade is again compelled to go to the coun try for supplies. R. M. Gatewood yesterday bought S bales from J. p. Young, of Sher wood, at 16 cents, and 34 bales from Albert Cameahl. of the same place, also at 16 cents. Mr. Gatewood bought two other lots agf rvgatiiig yj bales, from growers at this price. In the. line of dealer business, the sale or a carload was reported. jne latest checking over of hop lists snows stocks In growers' hands in the United States to be as follows: Bales. Oregon 71O0 wwnmfwn 1,400 25c: ducks. 166 17c: geese, 10 lie. CHEESE Oregon triplets, 18c per pound. BUTTER Oregon creamery butter cubes, 36c per pound; prints, 8Tfc per pound. PORK Fancy, 10c per pound. VEAL Fancy, 14l4Hc per pound. Staple Groceries. SALMON Columbia River, one-pound tails. $2.23 per dozen : half-pound flats, $1.40. one-pound flats, $2.45; Alaska pink, one-pound talis, S5c; silversides, one-pound tails, $1.25. HONEY Choice. $3. 23 '3.75 per case. NUTS Walnuts. 18c per pound; Brazil nuts, 12 13c; filberts, 1415c; alinonde. ISc; peanuts, 53ic; cocoanuts, &0c$l per dozen: chestnuts, lie per pound; hickory nuts, : pecans. 17c; pine, IT'-, q 20c, BEANS Small white, 5.40c; large white, .; Lima, pink, 4.70c; Mexican. 9c: bayou. 4.65c. SUGAR Fruit and berry, $5.25; Honolulu plantation. $5.20; beet. $5.05: extra C, $4. 5: powdered, barrels, $5.50; cubes, barrels, $5.60. i'OFFEE Roasted, in drums, zif W per pound. SALT Granulated. $14 per ton ; half -ground 100s, S10 per ton; 50s, $10.75 per ton; dairv. $12.50 per ton. RICE No. 1 Japan, r.fiSijc; cheaper grades. 4c: Southern head. 5J&6c. . DRIED FRUITS Apples. 10c per pound: apricots, 12914c; peaches, Stfcllc; prunes. Italians. StfrlOc; silver, ISc; figs, white and black. fjTe; currants. 9 Vic: raisins, loose Muscatel. 61 0Tc; bleached. Thorn paon. 1134c: unbleaced Sultanas, Sc; seeded. 74 8 Vic; dates, Persian. 7 Vic per pound;, lard. Sl.ti.i oer box. FIGS Twelve 10-ounce. S5c; 50 6-ounce, $1.90; 70 4-ounce, $2.50; 30 10-ounce. $2.25; loose. 50-pound boxe. OViwTc; bmyrua boxes. $1.10. 25; candled, $3 per box. ROAD WILL BE BUILT Timber Company to Connect With Nehalem Valtey. COST GIVEN AS $1,000,000 Logging Railway to Run 30 Miles South Prom Woods Landing on Columbia River Mill Open Up Vast Area of Forest. THE DAILY GRIND Yhen the regular demands upon a man keep his time fully oc cupied for as many hours a Jay as any man should rork, it is prac tically imposible to find time to read up and inform one's self on the general business operations of the country. Those men whose days are full and who realize the importance of keeping informed should read regularly the monthly reports on the business situation issued by this bank. They are furnished on request without charge. Merchants National Bank ESTABLISHED 1886. WASHINGTON AND FOURTH STREETS. Provisions. HAMS to to 12 pound, 1SU OlflHo; to 14 pounds. 18-i19iic: picnics. 28c: standard. 22 pounds, 21c; 12 to 14 com' :.0ifO Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Feb. 12. Arrived iM W. S. porter, from Monterey. Sailed steamer Geo. W. Elder, for Sau Diego and way Dort-: ItlllM Lal9v. for lns. in 1 From Kalama, steamer Hoqulam, for Kan Francisco. From Stella, steamer Xecanlcurn, for San Francisco. Astoria. Feb. 12. sailed at n a t.. steamer Klcmath, for San Pedro. Arrived at : i ' A M , stumrr lico . Fen wick, from San Pedro. Sailed at 7 :3u A. M., steamer Breakwater, for Coos Bay. iti Francisco, e:. 12. Arrived u( S A M.. steamer Willamette, from Portland. San Pedro. Feb. 11. Arrit:d Steamer Shasta, from Columbia River. Sailed Steamers General Hubbard, Multnomah and Roanoke, for Portland. fcan Francisco. Feb. 11. Sailed at 7 P. M-, steamer Daisy Freeman, for Portland. Astoria. Fob. 11.- Arrived at 4 and left up at 5:30 V. M-, steamer W. S. Porter, from. Monterey. ijibraltur. Fab. Passed Kecmun. from Tacoma for Liverpool. Liverpool, i eb. 11. Arrived Maglc-ian. from Fan Francisco, Hani la. Feb. 12. Arrived previously Chicago Maru, from Tacoma. Manila. Feb. 1. BUttQ OCkMr. for Seat tle. ban Francisco, cb. 12. Arrived Steam ers Honolulan, from Honolulu; Xunn Smith. rom COM Bay: u. Lindauer. from (trays Harbor; Willamette, from Astoria; Hardy, from Coos Bay; bark Andrew Welch, from Honolulu. Sailed Steamer Wilhelmlnav for Honolulu. Coronet, Feb. 12- Arrived previously- Crown of Cordova, from San Francisco. Southampton, r eb. 1 J. tailed An son la. for Portland. Seattle, Fob. 12. sailed steamer;; Eureka, Admiral Sampson, for San Francisco; Thomas L. Wand, for Los Angeles. Port TOWBMPdi rob. 1J. Bailed Barkcn- tlne. J. M. Griffiths, for Tahiti. Everett. Feb. 12. sailed steamer Oisen and Mahoney, for San Francisco. Columbia River Bar Report. ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 12. Condition at the mouth of the river at 5 P. M.. smooth; wind, orth, 1 miles; wea.tner. part ciouay. Tides at Astoria Thursday. High. Low. A. M 8.1 feet 0:06 A. M 1.5 feet 02 P. M 54 feetl0:59 P. M 3.2 feet California New York . Tta! The ar.iount held by dealers on the Coast is fairly wel! known, and it is not believed that to exceed 23.000 bales remain today in all hands in the United spates. This is a very small reserve for brewers' operations, when it is borne in mind that It will be seven months before the new crop is avail able. The past few days have brought a number of orders from the East for 1113 hops. These contract orders are t 14 cents. So far the dealers have been unable to execute th orders, as futures were signed up last month at 15 and J cents, and no satisfac tory explanation can be given why they should b cheaper now. WAlJl.Mi POLICY IX WHQBbVX MARKET Neither Buyers Nor Sellers Disposed to Make Concession. Bids made at country points at current prices failed to bring out wheat sellers yes- teraaj. .Dealers quoted bluestem at fc95c uu ciud at ne'ijsse, but were not ablo to interest farmers at theso figures, and. of course, the lower prices quoted by soma of tne millers were not considered at all by growers. it was a waiting market aU around, with no disposition shown on either side to make concessions. The slackness of the demand kept the buyers down, and as for the farmers, they appear to be entirely Independent. Local receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchants Exchange as follows: Wheat. Barley. Flour. Oats, Hay. Monday 104 22 a Tuesday 7 3 21 6 .... Wednesday ... 104 -2 S S l 1 ear ago .... 34 i Season to date IS.lbl 1637 sar ago 10.06'' L'iU Foreign crop conditions are summarized hv tho Liverpool Corn Trade News as follows: United Kingdom There are complaints of loss of color to the plant, with th'i land sat urated with moisture. The weather is un seasonable, being too wet. France Complaints are increasing, espe cially In the Northern regions, where the plant is losing color and weeds are prevalent. Offerings of native wheat are on a more lib eral scale, with the market easier. The weather is unseasonable. Germany There Is some snow, but there are wide areas where the. weather is freezing and the crop is without snow cover, but gen erally there axe no complaints. Offerings of native wheat are more liberal, but there is much poor quality. The weather is cold. Russia There are complaints of inade quate snow cover. Reports regarding tho re serves in the interior are conflicting, hut it is generally agreed that the crops were of ficially overestimated. The weather is cold. Roumania Crop conditions are normal. Arrivals aro small, with the weather season able. Hungary Crop conditions are satlsfactory The weather is wlntrv. India Merchants claim that 10 per cent of tho wheat urplus Is gone and if the urouin continues anotner 10 nays 70 per cent Mm oe iosi. Australia The outturn is exceeding 'i 'e , .i . . :. wnn quauiy gooo 12 12c; cot tage roll. BACON- Fancy. 27 0 23c: English, 10 to li 14 pounds. 20c. LARD In tierces, choice. pound, 9c DRY" SALT MEATS Regular short clears, ir!flil42C; short clear backs. 12 to 10 lbs,, 1Mi&'i5c; short clear backs, 18 to 25 lbs., XSUsaista- Mnorts. 14e. BARRELED BEEF Extra mess beef. $14; mess beef. $1.1; plate beef. $20; rolled bone less beef. $30. BARRELED PORK Best pis pork, $24; brisket pfrklod pork. ftSVSfc Hops, Wool and. Hid.-. HOPS 1912 crop, prime and choice. lO ISc per pound; 1013 contracts, 14c per pound. PELTS Dry. 12$jlSc; lambs, 2J35c; full wool, $3.25 1.35. WOOL Early shorn, east of mountains, 1'5 420: tier pound. HIDES Salted hides, U16lSc per pound; salted calf. 160 ISc; salted kip, 12 14c; green hides. 11c; dry hides. 21 22c; dry calf No. 1, 25c; No. 2, 20c; salted bulls, Sc. CASCARA Per pound, 4V- W 4ic; car lots 44 'i 5c GRAIN BAGS In car lots, 9ic. IJneed Oil and Turpentine. LINSEED OIL Raw. barrels, Ottc; boiled, barrels, CSc : raw, cases. Sic ; boiled, cases, 83c. OIL MEAL Carloads, $37.50 per ton; less than carloads. $40 per ton. TURPENTINE Barrels. Gl'ic; cases, 64c. GASOLINE Naphtha, in iron barrels. IGc; in cases, 23c: motor gasoline, in iron bar rels, 17c; in cases, 24c; engine distiHate, in iron barrels. 8'ic: in cases. LVc. 1431 1670 6 1092 1100 20 48 SUPPLYOF STOCK SMALL TRADE AT YARDS IS OF DAY CHARACTER. HOW Full Prices Arc Paid Tor Mutton Material Best Quality Not Offered in Other Ijines. REPORTS FROM VESSELS By Marconi Wireless, M wrER IS WITHOl'T TICKET Heather's Captain Goes to Sea Al though Under Suspension. Captain Hammerstrom. master of tne lighthouse tender Heather, is In a unique position. His license has been suspended by United States Inspectors Kdwards and Fuller for a period of 10 days, because his vessel was In col lision with the steamer Myrtle, at As toria, but he has gone to Puget Sound with the Heather, as a Government vessel does not require a licensed navi gator. Captain Phillip L. Taylor, master of the Myrtle, also has his ticket sus pended for 10 days, and as he Is on a privately-owned vessel he must have nothing to do with the navigation of the Myrtle during the period. Federal departments have an order to the ef- j Steamer Maverick, from San Fran cisco to Port Angeles, off Slip Point at 6 P. M., February 12. Steamer Sampson, from Seattle to San Francisco, off Race Rock at a P. M. February 12. Steamer Mariposa will arrrive at 6 A. Mm February 13. February 11 Steamer Falcon, four miles south of Cape Blanco at 5:30 V. M., February 11. Steamer Hubbard, 10 miles west of Point Vincent, north bound, at 8 P, M., February 11. Steamer William Chatham, north bound. 10 miles west of Point Wilson at 8 P. M, Steamer Porter. Monterey to Port land, 320 miles north of San Francisco. February 10. 8 P. M. Santa Maria, San Francisco to Hono lulu, 1190 miles out. Steamer Nile, San Francisco to Hono lulu. . 04 miles out. Steamer Hiloanian, Seattle to Hono lulu, 485 miles from Tatoosh. Steamer Hyades, Honolulu to San Francisco. 1361 miles out. Steamer Honoluan. Honolulu to San Francisco, 340 miles out. Steamer Tenyo Maru. Honolulu to San Francisco, 850 miles out. ORANGES MOVING IN BETTER WAY Next Shipments Will Be Offered at Higher niuue. Tho firmness of the orange market and th prospect of an early advance in prices has stimulated buying on Front street. Local stocks are not heavy and when they are exhausted the new supplies will be offered in accordance with the higher prices now prevailing In California. The demand for apples is limited mainly to th low priced varieties. These cheaper sorts are becoming scarce, and as a conse quence holders In the country are asking more money. It is this firmness that the California apple growers are hoping will enable them to get in on this market with some of their aurplus fruit. There was a fair supply of vegetables on the street. Texas head lettuce is cleaning up in good shape. Not much choice celery is available, but there is a lot of poor celery on hand. Receipts of Eggs Are Large. Eggs are accumulating In some quarters on Front street and prices have been shaded In an effort to keep down the surplus. Can dled stock was quoted at 2S29 cents, and current receipts offered at 2627 cents. The supply of poultry was not heavy, and the market was firm with a good demand. The same conditions existed In the dressed meat market. Butter and cheese were steady at the old prices. PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain. Flour, Feed, Et c. WHEAT Trat'k prices: Club, 83&80c; bluestem, 04l3c; 4-fold, S0c- red Russian 84c; valley, 8BS7c. BARLEY Feed, 823.30 per ton: brew ing, nominal; roiled, $Uo.50fc 26.50 per ton. CORN Whole. $27; cracked, 528 per ton. FLOUR Patents. $4.70 per barrel; straights, $4.10 ; exports, $3. S5 if 3.95 ; val ley. S4.70; graham, $4.00; whole wheat, $4.80. M I LLeTL r FS Bran, $2I21.50 per ton: shorts, $23f2?.30 per ton; middlings. $3'J per ton. HAY Timothy, choloe. tldlT; mixed, F.autern Oregon timothy. $12(& 15; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa. $11.50; clover, straw, $6fi . OATS No. X white, $26.50 There was only a meager supply of stock offered at tha yards yesterday and trading was more or less of a holiday character. Th little business put through showed .. generally firm market. About three loads of cattle were disposed of, steers bringing $7.25 and $7.30 and cows selling from $5.50 to $6.85. In the hog market only a single load was sold. Tho hogs were small, averaging 1-1 pounds, and they went at $7.73. Full prices wero paid for the brst Qual ity of mutton material. Two lots of choice yearling wethers wero sold at $0.25. Too- grade lambs were ugaln disposed of at $7.25 and lighter lambs brought $6. Receipts were ,-3 cattle. 75 hogs and "iQ sheep. Snippers wero J. EL Profnt. Dayton. 1 car of cattle and hogs; Paul Brothers. Troutdale, : cars of cattle, and J. R. Keith, Caldwell, : t ars of sheep. The day's sales were as follows: Weight. 28 steers 075 24 steers 1093 8 cows 10S1 9 cows 1056 S cows 1084 , 51 lambs 84 2"0 lambh 60 94 wethers 124 101 wethers 115 75 hogs V 121 The rang of prices at the yard was as follows: Choice steers $7.50$8.00 Good steers 7.00 7.30 Medium steers '' .1 7.00 Choice cows 6.50O 7.00 Good cows 6-00& 0.50 Medium cows 2.50& 6.00 Choice calves 8.00 9.00 Good heavy calves 6.50 7.50 Bulls 5.50 6.00 Hogs Light T.S.'i 7.80 Heavy C.00 6.65 Sheep Yearling wethers 5. 05(H) 25 tiwes 4.uuo o. At Before the end of the present year the Columbia & Nehalem Valley Kail- 1 road, to be built by the Kerry Timber Company of Portland, will be operat ing from Woods Landing; on the Co lumbia to the Nehalem Valley, 30 miles south. A. S. Kerry, head of the enterprise, arrived in Portland yesterday from Seattle and arranged to begin construc tion work at once. lie estimates that it will take less than 10 months to complete It. Mr. Kerry himself will oversee the work, which will be di vided into a number of small contracts. The entire project will cost approxi mately $1,000,000. The road will 'cross the mountain range south of the river and cut through the backbone of tho divide by a tunnel 1S00 feet long. The maximum grade will be 2 per cent. Primarily, the object of the enter prise is to open an immense area of rich timber in Columbia County and provide means for transporting it to the river where it can be milled. The Kerry Timber Company owns more than 1,000.000,000 feet of timbor adja cent to the proposed road, while other interests own about 6.000,000,000 feet additional. Inasmuch as all of this timber is In the Nehalem Valley and, therefore. Just as accessible from the west coast as from the Columbia, the fact that this enterprise provides for its transporta tion to the Columbia instead, of to the shores of the Pacific augurs continued activity for many Columbia River mills. While the road will be built osten sibly as a logging road, its promoters propose to conduct also regular freight traffic. A freight tariff will be pub lished providing only, however, for transportation between terminals. This will relieve the road from the obliga tion of carrying passengers. At Woods Landing connection can be made with the Columbia River line of the Spokane, .Portland & Seattle Railway. The territory traversed by the road is covered with timber almost exclu- ; sively, but many acres of land have been cleared and now are devoted to agricultural purposes. L ADD & TILTON BANK Established 1859. Capital Stock Surplus and Undivided Profits , $1,000,000.00 1,000,000.00 Commercial and Savings Accounts Letters of credit, drafts and travelers' checks issued, available in all parts of the world. OFFICERS. W. M. Ladd. President. Robert S. Howard. Asst. Cashier. Edward Cooklnsham, VIce-Pres. J. W. Ladd. Asst. Cashier. W. H. Dunckley. Cashier. Walter M. Cook. Asst. Cashier. First National Bank Capital $1,500,000 Surplus 900,000 Oldest National Bank West of the Rocky Mountains "RAGGING' GETS SCORING Adopts Price. T.3S S.M 8.88 e'.oo 0.2.1 1. to Lambs ti.00& T.23 Omaha Livestock Market. SOUTH OMAHA, Feb. 12. Cattle Re ceipts. 4200; market, active. Native steere, $ti.?5i9.25; native cow and heifers, $4 7; Western steers, 8S80Q778; Texas steers, $7 Si 7.30 : Texas cows and heifers, $3.75 'is 8.78; calves, S09. Hoe .Receipts. 16,000: market, higher. Heavy,- 87.807.95; light, $7.UU9; pigs, $6.50(57.50: bulk of sales, J7.90 &7.05. Sheep Receipts. 90O0 ; market, higher. Yearlings, $7 (if 7.75; wethers, $5.75 4fU.50; lambs, 79. Prairie City's Social Set Drastic Measures. PRAIRIE CITY, Or.. Feb. .(Spe cial.) At a recent social dance held in the Alasonic Temple at thia plare the society leaders of the town adopted drastic measures to stop the objection able feature of "ragging." which som of the dancers have shown a tendency to indulge In of late. Soon after the dance opened a few couples started to "rag." The floor manager at once stopped the dance and, quietly announcing that It was well known to all that this feature was objectionable, said he would be 'obliged to exclude from the floor those who were unwilling to conform to th6 wishes of the assembly. The statement was greeted by a round of hearty ap plause from the women present and "ragging" passed into "innocuous de suetude." ROAD EXTENSION HURRIED Though Oregon & Soutlreastern Be layed by Snow Work Rushed. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) The Oregon & Southeast ern Railway has commenced extension work at both ends of its line. At the east end an extension will be built a mile and a half from Disston into the forest reserve, where the United States Logging Company of this city recently purchased a large tract of timber. At the west a spur track will be built from its yards in the city to the J. H. Chambers mill at Iatham. J. H. Chambers and the Brown Lum ber Company will be out of logs within a few weeks, and both extensions will be rushed. Work in the mountains will be delayed somewhat on account of snow. 810 50 per ton. Knife Proves to Be Pistol. CENTRAL! A, Wash.. Feb. 12. tSpe- cial.) A weapon, the like of which the Centralia police assert they have never before seen, was taken on a tramp arrested here on a vagrancy charge last night. The weapon was a .22- caltber revolver In the form of a jack- knife. The knife contained two blades. corkscrew and a email auger, the auger being the blind trigger or the weapon. The barrel of the revolver was neatly concealed along the back of the blades. Vegetables and Fruits. FRESH FRUITS Apples, 50c'ji$1.75 per box; pears. pjVfa per oox; grapes. Mal agas. JS per barrel. POTATOES Jobbing prices: Burbanka, BO 00c per hundred sweet potatoes. 3 c per pound. TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, Navels. 82.7533.50; Florida, $4.50; Japanese, 81-50 SI. 75 per bundle; California grapefruit, $2.75 3.25; Florida grapefruit, 85; lemon, $7.50 per box; pineapples. 6tf7c per pound; tangerines, $2.25 per box. VEGETABLES Artichokes. 81-80 per dogen; cabbage, lc per pound ; cauliflower, $1.75 per crate; celery. $2.00(9 4.50 per crate; cucumbers, 75c J 2 per dozen; egg plant. 10c pound; bead lettuce, $1.902.50 per crate; peppers, 25c per pound; radishes. 35c per dozen ; sprouts. 10c; tomatoes, $2 per. box; garlic. 56c per pound. SACK VEGETABLES Turnips, 90c$l per sack ; parsnips, ttOc $1 per sack J car rots, 0ci$l per sack. ONIONS Oregon. 81 $1.25 per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. Fresh locals, candled, 2$2c per EGO) dozen. POUTRT Hens. 18 H c ; turkeys, live. 13HJ014C; broiler, 20c , dressed, choice. Chicago Livestock Market . CHICAGO, Feb. 12. Cattle Receipts, 14.000: market, strong. Beeves. $0.iH)'ii 0 : Texas steers, $5 5.00; Western steers, $5.75 (ffi.4,i stocKers ana ieeaers, .(..jji.iw; cows and heifers, $3.10 0 7.50; calves, $6.75 10.75. Hogs Keceipts. g&vwu; maraet, nigner. Light. 8S.05ifS.45; mixed. $S0$.4O; heavy. $7. :t.--u ; pigs. $ti.00S.2t: bulk of sates. 88.28 & 8.35. Sheep Receipts. 18,000. Native, $4.90 fl.30; Western, $5.40. yearlings. $6.058: lambs, native, $7frfl. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. The condition of the United States Treasury at the begin ning of business today was: Working balance 8 77.042,653 In banks and Philippine Treasury 36.287,407 Total of general fund 147.1S5.OS0 Receipts yesterday 1,884,804 Disbursements 1, 598.285 The surplus this fiscal year is $8,099,870. as against a detlclt of $23,484,332 last year. The figures for receipts, disbursements, etc, exclude Panama Canal and Public Debt transactions. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 12. Turpentine Firm: 41ic to 42c; sales. 443 barrels; re1 ceipts, 437 barrels; shipments, 152 barrels stocks, 22,500 barrels. Rosin Firm; sales, 211; receipts, 1700; shipments, 2o8; stocks. 128,880, A, B, 85.S5 ; C. D. 16; E, $6.15; F. 56.25; G, H. $6.30; L $6.35; K, 86.65; M. 8": N, $7.03; WG, $7.10; WW, New Orleans Cotton Market. NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 12. Cotton Snot. steady, mc up. Middling, 12mC Sales. 900 bales. DAILY CITY STATISTICS -Marriage Licenses. KELLER-WALTZ Abraham W. Keller, city. 47, and Marietta Waltz. 47. NICOLL-BACER James B. Xicol, city legal, and Amy Bel Bauer, legal. OSIER-NEWELL George A. Osier, cits legal, and Florence E. Newell, legal. ROTH-SIGI3L Harry w. Roth, city, 26. and Minnie Segel, 18. HASTAY-PIULLIPS F. H. Hastas-. Grants Pass, Or., legal, and Margaret T. Phillips, legal. SWEENEY -SHELDON J. M. Sweeney, city. 35, and Marguerite Sheldon. 25. MARCH ANT - FAURRELL William C. Marchant, city. 32. and Mary E. Faurrell, E WART-MILLER D. s. Ewart, Astoria, 28. and M. C. Miller, 23. LARSON-NIXON Walter John Larson. city, 25, and Julia Mae Nixon. 19. BROWN-BON HAM Clyde C. Brown, city. 25, and Bertha Bonham, 25. The New "OLYMPIC" FITTED WITH DOUBLE SIDES AD additional WATERTIGHT BULKHEADS EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM to the TOP OF THE VESSEL "Will Sail from NEW YORK April 12-May 3 And Regularly Thereafter AMERICAN LINE N. Y.-Flyraouth "Cherbourg -Southampton Atlantic Transport Line New York London Direct RED STAR LINE N. Y. Dover Antwerp WHITE STAR LINE New York Queenstown Liverpool N. Y.--Piymonth - Cherbourg- Southampton MEDITERRANEAN CRUISES Boston -Mediterranean Italy Canonic March IS Cretic April 3 A. E. DISNEY, PASS. AUT., 619 SECOND AVE.. MAIN FLOOR, REAR, SEATTLE. Or Local Railtray and Steamship Agents. the arrival of apparatus from England, a thermograph lias been installed on the Southern Pacific Depot grounds here. This expensive and delicate In strument records the temperature not only of the hours but also the minutes during the entire 24 hours of the day. Only two of these instruments have thus far been installed by the Southern Pacific in Oregon, Ashland having been selected owing to its peculiar situa tion near the mountain region. Sheridan Athletes Busy. SHERIDAN, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) The student body of the High School, 18 strong, has been thoroughly organ ized and is getting into shape to do some effective work in the line of ath letics. Splendid timber is available. An athletic association will be formed this week to take in hand the matter of physical training, which will be be gun at once on the grounds ol the Sheridan Baseball Association. J.CWILSON&CO. klOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AMD COTTON HEW YORK STOCK tXCHA.VGB. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADB, TBK STOCK AND BOND EXHA.KGafc AN FRANCISCO. PORTLAND OFFICE: Lewis Building, 269 Oak Street. Phones Marshall 4120, A 4187. Union Revival Meeting Over. BANDON. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The union revival meetings have closed after being conducted three weeks under the direction of the Bandon Ministerial Association. Now a religious census of the town is being taken. I INCORPORATED C CONSULTING and CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS PUBLIC SERVICE PROPERTIES FINANCED and MANAGED 50 Pine Street New York Cliicago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Feb. 12. Cheese, firm: 173iVl7)fce; twins, 16 H &16c; Americas, 170 171ft c; long horns, lTiC. Butter and eggs (holiday). liuisies. Young 17 H '3 Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 12. Wool, steady, rltory and Western mediums, 21 25c; mediums, IS 6 20c ; fine, 13 917c. London Financial Market. LONDON, Feb. 12. Silver, quiet. 28 per ounce:' money, 4 '-(ft 4 per cent; Ter-flne of discount In th bills, 5 per cent; 4?s Pr cent. ltd 4,-l4 per cent; rate eopen market for short do. three months bills. Wheat at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Feb. 13. Wheat Futures, quiet. March, 7 4 fed; May, 7s -d. Births, JOHANSON At ft78 Commercial street, January 5, to the wife of John Johanson, a daughter. TROUT At 762 East Ninth street Xorth, January 6. to the wife of Henry Trout, a son. OLSEN At 060 East Fifty-fourth street North, January 10, to the wife of Einar Oisen, a son. OWENS At 755 Mallory avenue, January 16, to the wife of Herbert M. Owens, a son. MORTON At 2iZ Stanton street. January IS. to the wife of Homer J. Morton, a daughter. ELLIS At CS7 Michigan avenue, Jan uary 22, to the wife of William Ellis, a daughter. GREGG At 14Z7 Knowles avenue, Janu ary 23 .to the wife of John R. Gregg, a claugnter. CARUZZI At 554 Williams avenue. January 24, to the wife of Cyrus Caruzzi. a son. SEILER At S42 Union avenue, January 25. to the wife of Rpdolph A. Seiler, a daughter. MILLER At Thirty-second avenue and Sixty-seventh street Southeast. January 23. to the wife of Clinton D. Miller, a son. LESLIE At Portland Sanitarium, Feb ruary 3, to the wife of Arthur W. Leslie, 14U East Forty-fifth street, a daughter. LA6SAR At 102 East Eighteenth street, February 3, to the wife of Jack A. Lassar. a son. SMALL At 644 Insley avenue, January 31, to the wife of Alexander Small, a son. ROGERS At 27tf Eighty-fifth street. February 10, to the wife of John H. Rogers, a son. Even the famous old Roman roads were no better than modern, last ing Bitulithic ESTABLISHED 1S jfork&con&avts Engineers ACT AS CONSULTING ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTING ENGINEERS OPERATING MANAGERS APPRAISERS a Em EKPlrk! XW EXPRESS STEAMERS FOB bma FrancUco and Lot) Aneeie, WITHOU1' CHANGE S. S. HI. Alt Kill 1 F. M. FebruiT -0- THE SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND 8. Id CO., Ticket Office 3d and UahltKtoo (wttb O.-W. K. Jt N. Co.). Fhone Marthall 4600, A 612L San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego Direct S. S. Roanoke and S. S. Elder. Sail Every Wednesday Alternately at P. M. NORTH PACIFIC S. S. CO. 122 A Third St. Fhonea Main 1314, A 1314 Ashland Gets Thermograph. ASHLAND, Or.. Feb. 12. (SpeciaL) After much delay, due to waiting for PROPERTIES FINANCED 8S SECOND ST. MEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO NEW ORLEANS COOS BAY LINE STEAMER BBEAKWATEU jails from AlnswortU Dock, Portland, at 9 A M. December and thereafter every Tuesday evening at 8 p. M. Freight re ceived daily except Tuesdays up lo 3 P. V. Tuesdays up to a P. M. Passenger tares: First-class. $10; second class. $7. Indue, fig berth and meals. Ticket nine at A s- ortu Dock. Tue I'ortlaaa cuo nay an. Line. L. H. Keating. Agent. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Union Line of N. Z.) Sydney, via Tahiti and Wellington. Line of direct through steamers sailing from San Francisco March 5. April 2 and every 2S days. THE LINE TO ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS. For reservation, sea local agenu or address HIND, ROLPH & CO.. Gen. Agts.. 671i Market street, San Francisco. Cal. LOS ANGELES AND SAN DUDGO STEAMSHIPS YALE AND HARVARD Railroad or any steamer to San Francisco, the Expo City. Largest, fastest and ths ONLY strictly first-class passenger ships on the Coast. Average speed miles per hour; cost $2,000,000 each. t:A2i ITtANClSCO, PORTLAND L. A. S. S. CO., Main 2G- Frank Bollsm, Agent. - A 499$. 121 Third Stmt. t