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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1911. 10 iJinucn nninr mm muncn rniuc rmu Scarcity of Wheat Responsible for Advance. ALL HOLDERS ARE STRONG Interior Millers Have Grain, but Are Retaining It for Flour Grind ing: Sales to California , . Jiecessarily Light. Wheat stocks in the Northwest are held so tjrmly that dealers find K almost impos sible to transact business except at extreme price. This was shown by a sale of club wheat that was closed yesterday on the basis of 9:j cents track. Even higher prices are said to have prevailed in some of the recent transactions. It is difficult to buy bluestem at $1. Farmers do not figure much In the market now. Their holdings are very small and can hardly be touched at Koine prices. The bulk of the Brain, re maining is in the hands of dealers and millers. The latter are not disposed to let go of anything, as they expect to use their supplies for flour during the remainder of the season. California Is in the market for wheat In a limited way at prevailing prices, but the trade here has little to offer. The Oriental demand is unimportant. A reduction of 12 per cent in the com bined wheat crop of Argentina. Australia and New Zealand from the previous year's crop was reported yesterday to the De partment of Agriculture by the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, according to a wire from Washington. The total esti mated production of ail wheat in those counties was placed at SoO.133,3-3 busheTs. Argentina's estimated area of corn, which will probably be harvested. Is placed at 10.200,000 acres, or 8.4 per cent more than the previous sear's ares. Production of oats in Argentina and Xew Zealand Is 87, ."iOO.OOO bnshels, or 83.1 per cent' less than the previous year. Commenting on the general wheat situa tion, Broomhall says In his international re view: "I reckon that the United Stages will fur nish for the balance of the crop year 3.200, 00O bushels weekly, and Canada a similar quantity, with Russia, including the Danube, contributing 4,000.000 bushels weekly, and thus allowing only moderate contributions from other exporting countries, there is no indication of a shortage during the coming months. On the other hand, experience has taught that during the past seven years, wheat has never declined below 7s per cental at Liverpool, 'without oulckiy reacting; therefore I cannot consider today's price an unsafe position, with crop failure in Ar gentina, serious' shortage in India, and the approaching season of crop scares (perhaps). "Argentine weather and corn crop pros pects keep fine. I consider that a perma nent relief from the present shortage can only be materialized from a free movement of new Argentine crop, but it must be re membered that the Danubian crop is a "good one, and very little of it has et been sold. Continental centers show a very firm spot situation." Local receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Monday ..... 23 3 J 1 ! Tuesday 1 1 " " Year a:o. .. 24 II 4 2 gea'n to date 14.U71 220R 2233 1444 2209 Year ago. . .1.V139 ISM 1M2 I.'iDK I6S0 WOOL TRICES ARE WELL MAINTAINED Fair Volume of Spot Business in KaHlcrn Notwithstanding the irregularity of the Rastern wool market during the past week, a fair amount of stock changed handB at well maintained prices, according to advices reealvea yesterday. No material change in quotations has been realized, still there are a few who maintain that higher levels will he reached in the near future, due to actual necessity and small available stock. During the last week or the London f ales American buyers operated In rather a hesi tating manner, which -to some extent has characterized their buying right throiiKh the sales. The firm upward tendency at Ion don, especially after the 10 per cent ad vance on crossbreds, materialized just about as some anticipated, namely, a 5 per cent weakening. On the other t hand, merino wools held firm throughout at their ad vances UI 1 1 II 1 II u I II V2 vt'u, ... ....... pared with the former sales. FOG STOKING IS ON LIBERAL SCALE Loral Surplus Put- Awa.r on Ninrteen-Crnt Market. There was no change in the egg market. The price held firm at 19 cents, at v.hich figure recepits were quickly absorbed. , Re tailers are receiving liberal quantities direct, which supply local consumption, and prac tically all the Front-street arrivals are bought for storage. - Poultry receipts were moderate and with a good demand prices were firm. Good hens sold at 13 cents and broHers at 30 cents. Dressed meats' wire firm and pork sold readily at a half cent advance, fancy bring ing 11 cents. Veal sold .at 14144 cents. There was no change in the butter situ ation. . '. .. CARLOAD OF STRAWBERRIES DELAYED Rain at Los Angelen FreTents Shipment of Fruit. The carload of Los Angeles strawberries expected here Saturday will not arrive until next week.' It was . to have been started yesterday, but rain in that part of the coun try prevented Its shipment. Three pony refrigerators were received yesterday and cleaned up at 20 cents per half basket. Orange receipts by the steamer were small and only a few lots of vegetables were brought up. Local vegetable prices were un changed. flops Not Pressed for Sale. The hop market was quiet yesterday. There was some demand, but it was not easy to interest sellers who had serviceable quality. Hops arc not being pressed for Sale anywhere on the Coast. The only tran saction reported during the' day was the. sale of the Hannlng lot of 50 bales at Xorth Yamhill. The price was not learned. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland $2,0S1.12 $277,082 Seattle 2,5S,M2 312.9S7 Tacoma 473.7i7 103.71S Spokane 5O0,S;6 62.S72 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Grain. Flour, Feed. Etc WHEAT Track prices: Club. 82c; blue stem, $1: forty-fold. 2c; red Russian, 90c; valley, 92c. OATS No. 1 white, milling, 23 23.50 per ton. FLOUR Patent 14.80 per barrel, straight. $4.20; exports. $3.80: valley, $4.80. graham. $4.80; whole wheat. $3. CORN Whole. $33.60 84; cracked. $$4,60 83 per ton. BARLEY Feed. $22022.69 per ton: brew ing. 5236 53.50: rolled. $25. HAT No. 1 Eastern Oregon tlmothj, $17: mixed timothy. $14: alfalfa. $14; valley grain nay. siz y i3.av. MILLFEED Bran, $28 per ton; shorts, $2S; middlings, $L Fruits and Vegetable. Local Jobbing quotation: TROPICAL FRUITS Orange, navel. $ H 2.60 per box; lemon, $3.75(M.So per box; pineapple, 6c per pound; bananas. 4 Mo per pound: tangerines, $1.75 per box; grape fruit, California. $8.50; Florida. ib per box. VEGETABLES Cauliflower. S2.2S pel crate; cucumbers. $1.75&2 per dozen; egg plant, 2c per pound; peppers, 20c per pound: radishes, 203oc per dozen: bead let tuce. $2.00 per crate; garlic. 15c per pound: sprouts, lOfllc per pound; artichokes, $1.25 per doz.ni-. celery. $3.504.5 crate; tomatoes. $4.00 ptr crate; hothouse lettuce. .'0jt70o per box; spinach, 80c per rate; horseradish. SiflOc; rhubarb, 3c per lb.; cabbage, 2c per pound; asparagus, $1.50 2.50 per crate: peas, 10c per pound. G itEEN KKU1T Apples. 12.50 per box; grapes, Malagas. $7.S0 per e: Em perors, $4 per keg: cranberries. $12W'- per barrel: pears. $11.00; strawberries, 2uc per basket. ONIONS Oid, $4 per -sack; buying pniee. $3.50 per sack at shipping points. POTATOKS Oregon, 75c per hundred; buying prices. 40'tr ."uc ut shipping points; sweet potatoes. $2,5042.75 per crate; new California, 7c per pound. SACK VEGETAULKH Turnips. 75c: car lots. &0c; parsnips, SAc; beets. SSc Dairy and Country Produce Loral Jobbing quotation: EOUS Fresh Oregon ranch, 19c per dozen. FOVI.TRY Hens. 17',if(ilSc; broilers, 30c: turkeys, live. J'ii20c; dressed, choice, 2u 20c; ducks, 14tolSc; geese, lOgillc. CHEESE Oregon triplets. 21c; Daisies, nominal; Young Americas, nominal. BUTTER Creamery prints, extra, iiQ 29c per pound; cubes, 23(24c PORK Fancy. 1UViHc per pound. VEAL Fancy. 14tl4c per pound. Staple Groceries. Lor! Jobbing quotation: SALMON Columbia River, one-pound tails. $2.25 per doen: half-pound flat. $1.40; one-pound date, $2.45: Alaska, pink, one-pound tall, 80c: sllversldes, one-pound tails, $1.25. HONEY Choice. $3.50 5:;.75 per case. NUTS Walnut, J420c per pound; Brazil nut. 20c: filbert. 14 15c; almonds, 19&i2sc; peanuts, G&tHic; cocoamit. $1 per dozen: chestnuts. 8"i10c per pound; pecans. 14'15c BEANS Small white, 5c: large white. 4.90c; Lima, 7c; pink. 5c; Mexican, 6Vic; bayou, tl S c SUGAR Fruit and berry. $4.60; Honolulu plantation, $4.60; beet, $4.40; extra C, $4.10; powdered, In barrels, $4.85. COFFEE Roasted, in drum. 16020 per pound. SALT Granulated, $13 per ton; half ground. 100s. 110.73 per ton: 50. $11.50 per ton: dairy. $14 per ton. RJCK No. 1 Japan. 45c: Southern head. 64 &7Vtc: Island. H.S5V6C. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 10c per pound; apricots. 121814c; peaches, 8llc; prunes, Italians. SWIOc; currant, UVic: raisin, loose. Muscatel, 64jt7Uc-. bleached Thomp son, II c: unbleached Sultanas, 6HC; seed ed. Be: dates, Persian. 77Vo per pound; fard. $1.40 per box. FIOS Package. 6 ox.. 60 to box, $1.85; package, 10 ox., 12 to box. 80c; white. 25-lb. box, $1.75; black, 2ft-lb. box.. $1.75; black, 50-lb. box, $2.50; black. 10-lb. box, $L1; Calarab candy figs, 20-lb. box. $3; Smyrna, per box $LS0. Provisions. HAMS 10 to 12-pound, lS'AOlSHc; 12 to 14-pound. 18Vi lVSc; 14 to 18-pound. :bi o 1914c. skinned, 18019c; picnic, 13c. boiled, 20c BACON Fancy, 26&2714c; standard, 21 M; fl23 4C DRY SALT CURED Short clear backs, 13lGc; exports. 15104c: strips, 160 17 Vic. LARD Tierce bail: Pure. 1214 IS Sic; compuuud, 10c. Hops, Wool and Hide. HOPS 19l:t crop, prime and choice. 17$! 1S-: 1M4 contract, 15c. PELTS Dry, 10c; dry short wool. 7e: dry shearings, 10c; green shearings. 10c: saltad lights, 6075c; salted heavy, 75900c HIDES Salted hide, 12tto Per pound; alt kip. 13c: salted calf. 17c: green hide. 11 c; dry hides, 28c; dry calf. 25c: salted bulls, 8c per pound; green bull. 7c U'OOl. Valley. 14 4fl5c; Eastern Oregon. 12 17c. MOHAIR 1913 clip, 2627c per pound. C A SCAR A BARE Old and new. 6e per pound. GRAIN BAGS In car lot. 8c ' Oils. COAL OIL Barrel. 18Hc; case. 17V4 20Hc GASOLINE Bulk, 16c; eases, 23c; motor spirit, bulk. 16c; case, 28c LINSEED OIL Raw. barrels. 63c; boiled, barrels. t5c; raw, cases, 6Sc; boiled, cases, 70c. TURPENTINE In case. 8o per gallon; tanks. 61c HOLDOVER STOCK SOLD EREMI ARRIVALS AT ROHT1I I'ORT LAXD ARK SMALL. Cattle and Sheep Sell Within Formtr llange of Cluotatlon X Hog; Business Reported. There was a fulling off of supplies tit the stockyards yesterday, and the little business transacted was in stock carried over from the preceding day. Three small loads of steers were sold, the best bringing S7.75. A load of liht bulls was taken at $4.00. Two bunches of calves were sold at $.25. In tne sheep division, there were sales of shorn wethers at $5. No hog sales were reported. The only receipts were a. load of OS hogs, shipped in by 1 It. Decker, of Sitverton.. The day's sale were. as follows: Wt.rrice. Wt. Trice. 40 wethers' VJii. .".";! steers. . ,1"X2 $7.70 3i wethers 12" 0.0010 steers...". 7.7.1 19 steers. . .!""" 7.027 bulls 099 4.00 3 COWB....1O07 7.il':: calves... 24'J K.'-Vi 4 cows.... 750 6.50150 calves... 221 8.20 Shorn. v Current local qu classes of livestock Prime steers Choice steers .Medium steers .... l.'hoice cows Medium cows .... Heifers Light calves Heavy calves ..... Bulls Stags Hogs Light Heavy Sheep Wethers .......... Kwes .. Lambs otat ons ow: on ti'.e various .....$7.50 41.33.25 7.::o'n 7.50 7.O01K 7.25 0.25 do 7.00 H.OOtrt 6.23 ti.nOtt' 7.25 S.00'03 0.O0 ;.( 7.50 5.50 Ml e.'M) 0.00 7.50 S.no'q) S.R5 7.00 'IS 7.15 5.001) B.2.- 3.5oe 5.10 5.00iS 7.00 foil Omaha Livestock Market. SOL'TH OMAHA, Neb.. March 24. Hoss Receipts !6oo, market higher. Heavy, 9S.G5 tiS.75; light, $S.45fi S.0; pigs. $U.504f b.lU; bulk of dales, $S.UOC-t S.05. Cattle Receipts ::JO0, uiurkct steady. Na tive steers. .S7..M)fi S. SO: cows and heifers, $i.25(a7.90; Western steers. $O.50$8.25; Tex as steers. $0.007.05: cows and heifers, $5.75ra7.00; stocke.rs and feeders, $0.408.25; calves. $7.00 U H. 50. Sheep Receipts 10,000, market higher. Yearlings, $0. 15(&". 7.00; wethers, $5.450.25; Iambs, $7.004f 7.S.'. Chicago Livestock Market. ll.oOo, market strong to 5c above yesterday's average. Bulk $8.7or.8.S5; light, $8.85 8 A Qli miv.il 'lOftiitt K7 X- ' li,9W XM41IVD S.85; rough. $S.404t S..5 ; pigs, $7.10& S.70. Cattle Receipts, 3000, market generally steady. Beeves, $7.10jj'(.tO; Texas steers.. stockers and feeders,' $5.658.10: cows and heifers, $3.75&S.50; calves, $u.00&3.50. Sheep Receipt 20.000. firm. Native, $4.85Stti.40; Western, $5.006.40; yearlings, $3,9047.10; lambs, native, $0.85tg7.80; West ern, $0.So7.0. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, March 24. The coffee mar ket opened steady. 4 to 10 points higher this morning and improved during the day on support from prominent brokers and scattered covering. Indifferent early cables from Europe, continued liberal primary re ceipts and reports of easier cost and freight situation failed to inspire selling, and clos ing cables from Havre showed rallies. Last prices here were steady, 14 to 17 net higher. Sales, 34,000 bags. March, 8.36c; May, 8.47c; July, 8.60c; September. S.77c; Octo ber, 8.84c; December, 8.93c; January, 8.9Sc. Spot, steady; Rio, No. 7, 85c; Santos, No. 4, lic. Mild, dull; Cordova. 12Vi18!4c Raw sugar, steady. Molasses, 2.332.36c; centrifugal, 2. 9843. 01c. Refined, steady. Metal Market. NEW YORK. March 24. Lead, quiet, S.93 4.05; London. 10 10s. Spelter steady, 5.2043.30; London. f21 7s 6d. Copper Firmer. Standard, spot and May, 13.87'. Gi 14.374: electrolytic. 14.62 J ; lake, 15.00 nominal; casting, 14.37Vi- Tin Firm. Spot. S8.70&3S.80; June, 38.90 39.15. Antimony Dull. Cookson'B. 7.23. Iron Quiet, nnchauged. Cotton Market. NEW YORK. March 24. Ka sugar, steady. Molasses sugar. 2.330 2.36; cen trifugal, 2.1isa3.01. Keflued, steady. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. March 24. Evaporated ap ples, quiet but steady; prunes, quiet; peach es, quiet but steady. LONDON TAKES HOLD Operators More Cheerful Over Ulster Situation. STOCK PRICES ARE STEADY Demand in Wall Street Is Iress Ac tive Coppers Are Not Affect ed by Improvement in Metal Market. NEW YORK, March 24. The demand for stocks fell off today, and the market pos sessed none of the vigor of the preceding session. Various obscure stocks fluctuated widely, but among the standard shares variations were insignificant. London, which was more cheerful over the latest aspects of the Ulster crisis, came into this market as a buyer and took away about 10.000 shares. Copper shares made no response to con tinued improvement in the metal market. The price of the metal was advanced to 14. and there was said to be good buying for foreign and domestic account. Bonds were irregular, with movements unusually narrow. Total sales $2,250,000, Cnited states bonds unchanged on calL CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Reported by J. C. Wilson He Co., Lewis building, Portland. Closing Sales. High. ' Low. Bid. Amal Copper .. ll.Soo 77 7654 76 Am Beet Sugar 200 24 23 V 23 Am Can Co ... 2,800 30v 2U'5 30 lo preferred 2tb Am Car Jt Friy. LOOK 52 Vi f.2'.i 52Vi Am Cotton Oii.. 10t 44 H 44 44 Am Snvel & Kef 1,000 70 70 ' 70t Am Sugar 200 101 Vi - 101 a 101 ij do preferred. . 110 Am Tel & Tel.. 1.000 122Vs 1217, 121 Am Tobacco ... 300 254 25?Ts 254 Anaconda 1,30 36 3'.i 8H'i All Coast Line.. 70O 124 123 123 A T & Santa Ke 400 9HVs Sv 98 'i do preferred 100 Bait & Ohio ... 300 91 91. 91 Brook R Tran.. 700 92 V 9214 92 Canadian I'm .. 5.800 209 Si 208 Vi 28 C & O 900 54 1i 53 54 CSOW 12 U X W 134 -A C. M & St Paul.. 3.600 10114 JOOt 100' Central Leather 12,000 36:4 352 35 Central of N J 305 Chino 1,900 424 42 42 Col Fuel & Iron 4,100 34 . 33t S3 Col Soutiern .; 22 Consol Gas 200 131 134 134 O L & W 5 Erie 2.500 30 30 30 Oeneral Elec .. 00O 147 i 147 147 Gt North Ore .. 300 37 Vi 37 30', 4 .:t North pf ... 1.300 12SVj 12774 127 Illinois Central. 100 111 HlVi HI interboro Metro 400 IS1 15 15 do preferred.. 2O0 60 00 ti 60 i Inter Harvester. 1.30O 10814 10514 1071 Iv C Southern.. 100 25 25 25 Vj Lehigh Valley.. 0.800 149',a 148 148 Louis & Nash 13S Mexican Central 1194 M, S P & 3 S M 12S Mo. Kan & Tex 500 18 18 18 Mo Pacific 1,700 25 24 24 National Lead '!.'' Nat Biscuit i:'!!'3 do preferred 122 N V Central .. . . 1,100 91 91 91 N Y. Ont 4i wes -:o Norfolk West 5O0 104 '4 104 104 .orrolK & west jui'i iv w Northern Pan .. 3..XIMI 110 113 113 acilic Mali .... loo 25 25 24 ?lnc T ir T . . 2,200 31 29 30 N r do preferred at yz Pennsylvania ... 1,700 112 112 112 People's Gas ... 10 124 124 124 Readinc 17,300 1R7V4 166V4 166'4 Republic S & I. 200 20 25 S 25 "a Rock Island Co. 300 4 "4 4 4 Southern Pac .. 3.800 9t'. 95 95 Southern Ky ... 1,500 2 26. 26 Texas Oil 2.300 1477, 157 14S Union Pucific .. 13.600 100 139 lo9 do preferred 83Vs United lids S F 200 22 21 21V, U S Steel Cor.. 33.1O0 65 6474 4t4 do preferred.. 1.700 110 llO 110 Utah Copper ... 3.400 50 55 55 Wabajih , 1 J Western Union.. 5,H 3 03 63 Westins Elec . . 1.300 76 76 7614 Wisconsin Cent 43 Total sales for tho day, 220,500 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK, -March 24. Closing quota tions: U S ref. 2s reg. . BS;x Y C gen 3s. 81 do coupon. 9S7sNor Pacific 3s... 68 IT S ;is reg 102 (Nor Pacific 4s.. 95 do coupon 102 Union Pacific 4s, 97 U S new 4s reg. 112 Wis Central 4s.. 87 do coupon .... 112 j The leading futures ranged as follows: Stocks at Boston. BOSTON, Me.rch 21. Closing quotations: Allouez 43 l.NiplssIng Mines. 6 Amalg Copper.. 70 I North Butte 2s A 7. I. & Sm... 18 (North Ike 1 Arizona Com... 5 jold Oomlnion .. 4( Col & Arizona.. BP Vi Osceola . . 78 . . 62"4 .. 6 .. 30 Cal & Hecla. . . .4 10 wutney ... Centennial 10 Shannon . Cop Ran Con Co. 39 Superior . . K Butte cop M. l i s a d Aim -y Kranklin 0 ;Tamarack 38 C.ranby Con 88 U S S K & M.. 40 creene Cananea. 371 do preferred.. 48 - isle Rov icop). 20 .Utah con 10 Kerr Lake 4;i!tah Cop Co.... 55 44 Lake Copper... SVjl Winona 3 I .a Saite copper. 4Wolverine 46 Miami Copper... 33;Butte & Superior 3(1 Mnhawk 44 j do preferred . .533 Navada Con 1541 Money Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK, March 24. Call money, steady, 174 1&2 per cent; ruling rate, 154 per cent: closing bid, 12 per cent. Time loans, weaker: 00 days, 2(i3 per cent; 90 days, 3 per cent; six months, 3 per cent. Mercantile paper, 44 per cent. Sterling exchange, steady. Sixty day. $4.8475; demand, $4.8045. Commercial bills. $4.b4. Bar silver, 5Sc- Mexican dollars. 45c. Government bonds, steady ; railroad bonds, irregular. LONDON March 24. Bar silver, steady, 20 13-ltU. ' Money, 2(i2. Short bills, 214; three mouths, 2 1-16. SAN FRANCISCO. March 24. Mexican dollars, nominal: drafts, sight, .01; do, tele graph. .03. Sterling in London, 60 days, $4.84. SAN FRANCISCO I'KODl'CK MARKET Trices Quoted nt the Bay City on Fruits, Vegetables. Etc. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Fruit Pineapples. II. 506-2. 25; apples, Newtown Pippins. S l.50i'2: Hoover. $1.209M..r0; No. :;. 0oce'$l.U0; Mexican limes, $5.506; Cali fornia lemons. $3.25)4.20. Potatoes River Burbanks. 90c6$l; Ore gon Burbanks. 85cg$l.25; sweets, $1.902. Vegetables Cucumber. hothouse, $1 1,50; green peas. 2&3c; string beans, 10c; eggplant, nominal. Butter Fancy creamery, 22 c; seconds, 22c. Eggs Fancy ranch. 19c: store. 18c. Cheese New, 1316c; Young Americas, 18i19c. Onions Oregon, $3.90(94. Receipts Flour. 6158 quarter; barley, 9390 centals; potatoes, 4825 sacks; hay. 50 tons. TOP PRICE NOT HELD CORN IXVRRV HALTED BY RE PORTS OP IMPORTATIONS. Break in This Cereal Carrie Down Wheat Price In Spite of Unfavor able Weather Report In Weat. : CHICAGO, March 24. Reports which to night were disputed that new corn from Argentina wa already at the wharves in Galveston put a stop today to an advance In prices of grain. After reaching a new high level for 1914 the corn market here closed nervous at the same as last night to c down. The outcome in wheat and oats coincided, but unchanged to o to c off. Provisions showed a net decline to 2V-C to 5c. Wheat hardened with corn and because of reports of high wind in Kansas. Prices started unchanged to c higher, and slowly continued to mount.. Dry weather in Minne sota and North Dakota as well as Kansas led to a further display of strength, but the effect failed to last when corn began to weaken. The close was easy. Before word came that some of tho new Argentine crop was actually almost at the doors of hard pressed consumers in Texas and northward to Nebraska and Missouri, many bull speculators seemed determined to lift the cora market in a way that would be long remembered. The effort, however, made a tempting opportunity for other holders to unload and to realize profits. This was done in wholesale fashion and when tho Galveston reports became current a number of belated longs found themselve sacrificed on stop-loss orders, the action of which had previously appeared a remote chance. . Oats merely in sympathy imitated the be havior of corn. Shipping call was light. It was a slow market in provisions. Sell ing by packers near the end of the day brought on the final down turn. WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. May $ .s: $ .94 $ .82 $ .!3 July .S9 .Si)',-, .89 -89 CORK. Mav 69 .70 .697 .9 July 6974 .70 .69 .69 OATS. May 40i .401!.. .40 .40 July 40 .40 .40 .40 ' MESS PORK. Mar 21.60 21.65 21.50 21.50 July 21.60 (jl.60 21.57 21.57 LARD. May 10.77 10.77 10.77 10.77 July 11.00 11.00 10.95 10.97 SHORT RIBS. Mav 11.47 11.50 11.45 11.4S July 11.82 1L65 11.62 11.62 Cash price were: Wheat No. 2 red. 9595c; No. S red, P4"4c: No. 2 hard, 93&93c; No. 3 hard. 113 9314 c; No. 2 Northern, 9596c: No. 3 Northern. 9395c; No. 2 Spring, 95fc96c; No. 3 Spring. 93 95c. Corn No. 3, 60j.69c: No. 3 white, 68 3 69c; No. 3 yellow, 67 ft 69 Vic. Rye No. 3, 60c Barley 50 to 65c. Timothy $3.23184.50. Clover 7$9y 14. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. March 24. Wheat No. 1 hard, 94jS95c: No. 1 Northern, 92 94c; No. 2 Northern, 9092c; No. 8 wheat, 8SHj89c; May, 9198e; July, 9292c. Barley. 43 56c. Flax, $1.591.61c. San Francisco Grain Market. SAN FRANCISCO. March 24. Spot quota tions: Walla Walla, $1.00 1.61 ; red Rus sian. $1.581.0fl: Turkey red, $1.62 1.65; bluestem. $1.651.67; feed barley, $1.151.1614 ; brewing barley nominal; white oats. $1.30'il.32 ; bran. $24l24.30; mid dlings. $30131: shorts, $26i? 26.50. Call board Barley, December, $1.13 bid, $1.16 asked; May, $1.11 bid; April, $1.14 bid,. $1.16 asked; Puget Sound Wheat Markets. SEATTLE. March 24. Wheat Bluestem, 98c; fortyfold, S9c; club. 88c; fife. 88c; red Russian, 87c. Yesterday's car receipt Wheat 13, oats 1, hay 71, flour 6. TACOMA. March 24. Wheat Bluestem, 99c; fortyfold. S94j90c: club. 89c; red. 8c. Car receipts Wheat 16, barley 4, corn 2, oats 1, hay 10. European Grain Markets. LONDON, March 24. Cargoes on passage. quiet. English country markets, quiet; rrencn country markets, quiet. LIVERPOOL. March 24. Wheat Spot easy. No. 2 red Western Winter. 7s 4d; No. 1 Manitoba. 7s 8d; No. 2, 7s 3d: No. 3, 7s 2d; futures easy; March, 7s 3d; May, 7s 3d; July, 7s 2 d. DULUTH, March 24. Linseed, 1.61U; May, 1.62; July. $1.6374. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH. Ga., March 24. Turpentine Firm, 46c; sales, 90; receipts, 141; ship ments. 158: stocks. 12.519. Rosin Firm; sales. 1633; receipts. 2954; shipments. 252; stocks. 118,591. Quote: A B, $3.653.85; C D. $3.65; K, $3.71.; r , 3.8u; H I, 14.12: K. $4.15: M, $4.60; N, $5.50; W G, $5.86; W W. $0.20. Chicago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. March 24. Butter Firm. creameries, 20i-6c. Ecu Lower. Receipts 2j.ais cases; at mark, cases Included. 10S17c; ordinary firsts, 16 W" lie; rirst, Jmc Cheese Unchanged. Hops at New - York. NEW YORK. March 24. Hops: Quiet. DALLAS ELECTION NEAR ISTERKST SHIFTS PROM PRIMARY TO RACE FOR CITY OFFICES. Third Ward Contest Featured by Fight of Prohibition Force Against Or dlnanee Affectins; Liquor. DALLAS, Or., March 24. (Special.) Interest in the coming' primary elec tions has lulled somewhat, and city politics is occupying tho limelight. The annual election will be held Monday April 6. There will be three Council men to elect, and a referred ordinance to pass upon. There tire several candidates out for the offices of Councilmen, and there Is talk of more filing soon. In the First Ward, J. It. Shepherd, jeweler, has filed. He probably will be opposed by John E. Miller. In the Second Ward, Wesley Vaughn and .1. E. Emmerson will contest for the honors. In the Third Ward, the ward where the heavy prohibition vote of this city is located, the fight will be between Walter J. Coy. one of the leading prohibitionists of this county, and Ralph Morrison. It is expected that a lively contest will develop. Mr. Coy brought suit for an injunc tion last Summer against the licensing of a third saloon in th's city, which suit was dismissed. White tho injunc tion suit was pending, the City Council passed' an ordinance doing away with the provision in tho model license liquor ordinance in force here provid ing for the issuance of a saloon license for each 1000 inhabitants. Mr. Coy and his friends backed a movement for a referendum upon the ordinance, and It will be voted upon at the election. No more candidates have filed for county offices, but it is being rumored that John M. Grant, Democrat, and present Sheriff, may be a candidate to succeed himself. ' No one has filed for the Republican nomination for County Clerk. NEW ROAD TO BE OPENED Liewis County Commissioners Order Many Improvements. '' CHEJJAL.IS. Wash.. March 24. (Spe cial.) Lewis County Commissioners have just acted finally on the mattor of the opening of the August Deggeller road leading toward Alpha, 20 miles east of Chehalis. .The change in the road to Alpha will make a far better road, and permanent improvement is to be rushed, as the Carlisle - Pennell Lumber Company is hurrying work on its big1 new sawmill at Onoalaska. A new road from the mouth of Bunker Creek to Bunker Station, on the North ern Pacific, will accommodate the big new shingle mill and sawmill being erected between those points. The board is preparing to rush com pletion of the Jackson Prairie cutoff On the National Park Highway where it will connect with the Pacific High way 12 miles southeast of Chehalis. The Antone Hose road in the Bolst-fort-Pe Ell country has also been or dered opened, and will accommodate a large neighborhood. DAIL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, March 24. Maximum tem perature, 50 degrees; minimum. 42 degree; river reading. 8 A. M.. 6.7 feet; change in last 24 hours. .2 feet rise; total rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M.). .00 Inches: total rainfall since September 1. 1913. 31.49 Inches; nor mal rainfall since September 1, 85.61 inches; deficiency of rainfall since September 1. 4.12 Inches: total sunshine, 4 hour and 9 minutes; possible sunshine, 12 hour and 22 minutes; barometer (reduced to sea level) S P. M 20.79 inche. WEATHER CONDITIONS. A low pressure area of moderate energy is central over Idaho and another larger disturbance i central over Eastern South Dakota. The barometer continue relatively high in tho Atlantic state and also over the extreme Canadian Northwest. Light rain ha fallen In Washington. Western Oregon. Utap, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND, OREGON UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital .... $1,000,000 Surplus . t. C. A INS WORTH. President. R. LEA BARJfES, Vice-President. W. A. BOLT. Aast. Cashier. A. M. WRIGHT. Aast. Cashier. R. W. SCTTMEER, Cashier. P. 8. Dick. Asst. Cashier. r GonVenient Gomplete Qourteou& y Gapabte r SIXTH AND THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of San Francisco. Founded 1864 Capital Paid In '.$8,500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $8,069,722.49 Commercial Banking and Savings Departments PORTLAND OFFICE Third and Stark Streets LADD & TILTON BANK Established 1859 4 Capital and Surplus S2.000.000 Commercial and Savings Deposits Oklahoma. Snow has occurred in tho Red River Valley of the North and in Alberta and Southern Saskatchewan. It is much colder in tho Canadian Northwest and cor respondingly warmer in the Lake Region and Upper Mississippi Valley. The conditions are favorable for shower In the district Wednesday, with low tem peratures. TUB WEATHER. Wind State of weather. STATIONS. Baker Boise ......... Boston f:alKary Chicago ...... Denver Des Moines ... Duluth Kureka Galveston Helena Jacksonville ... Kansas City .. Los Angeles .. Marshfleld Montreal New Orleans . New York .... North Head . . . North Yakima Phoenix rocatello Portland Roseburg Sacramento . . . t. Louis St. Paul Halt Lake ... Kan Francisco. . Scuttle .Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island. Walla Walla... Washington ... Winnipeg 5010 .00!12N Pt. cloudy .oo n-iouoy .1 42in. 00 'ivv- lt;iear .061 KiK ISiiow 5SI0 50 0. 6i 3S r.-j o 64il 4-JO HtilO .00il4SE Ft. ciouay no oin ciouuy ItilS Cloudy JK'XE 14N 12 SB 14N SINE Oloudy Pt. cloudy Cloudy Snow ll'lear Cloudy Cloudy 6HKI 00:2SS .001 N!S .2S 4'SW 4ti' Cloudy Clear .".210 .00I18IW 6s:n 4;0 4ti0 rsln 00 l'J SIS on o!N Cloudy IClear Cloudy iCIear .10 24INW .O0il4W .00 OiW Clear Pt. cloudy 4t; 5010 r.4o 22 14 PE n !w oil ei'sw IKII12ISW Cloudy Cloudy Clear 0l 64 !0 4 II ,oo:miS Pt. cloudy .110 18 SB Cloudy Snow Clear r.'.'io 1121 -!SK r.io. 4SI0. 4i0 4!0 r,o;(l OOU2iSW 0 4NB Rain .11! 4!KW .01 14ISW Cloudy Cloudy .02! NINW Clear r4in. 0411S1SW (Cloudy ooi n;R n.ar 2 T 20iNE (Cloudy FORECAST. Portland and vicinity Wednesday, show ers: westerly winds. Oregon Wednesday, showers; southwest erly winds. Washington Wednesday, showers, with The Canadian Bank of Commerce HEAD' OFFICE Toronto, Canada. Established 1867. general banking transacted. buslnew Interest paid on time deposits Letters of Credit and Tralera Checks Issned. ' PORTLAND BRANCH. Corner Second and Stark Sta. F. C. MALPAS, Manager. J. C. WILSON & CO. STOCKS. HON US. URA1N AS It COTTON. J&EMBEK0 KKW YORK STOCIi EXCHANGE, t'l.ICAOO BOARD OF TRADE, NEW YORK COTTOTJ EXCHANGE, THE STOCK ANI BONO EXCHANGE. SAM FRANCISCO. PORTLAND OFFICE: Lewis Building, 269 Oak Street Phones Marshall 3858. A 4187. MONEY IN GRAIN $10 00 buys vats or call on 10,000 bushels of wheat ol com. Tio further risk. A movement of 6c frompriet rlres yon an opportunity to take.i0;c,tOOiSe. 0300 eta write for oaxticuUr. Flnnnes Brokeras Com. paoy, desk 21. 1 Inane bid., bans City, slot $1,000,000 OFFICERS MORRISON freezing temperatures east portion; west erly winds. Idaho Wednesday, ehower. K. A. BEAl,?, The Best Way A check book is easier to carry than a wallet or purse filled with currency, silver or gold. And it is a much safer method of han dling personal finances. "Arc you in a position to write a check? That ability counts for much more than the mere convenience of the checks themselves, which in itself is very great. SECURITY SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY Fifth and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus $1,400,000 WILBUR B. FOSHAY PUBLIC UTILITY SPECIALIST. Investigations, Reports, Plans, Develop ment and Management of Klectric, Gas, Street Kailway and Water Properties. Wilcox BulWllnsr. Portland. OreKoa. TRAVELERS' (tUIDK. HONOLULU SHO, 1st class, round trip. (5 '2 days from San Francisco). The most attractive spot on entire world tour. Splendid steamers (10.000 ton displ.) of OCEANIC LINK an II to Hawaii, every 2 weeks. You can make this trip In 30 days from an Francisco, fciv ing 5 days on the Island?. Sydney, 19 dfi.ra from San Francisco, $300 round trip 1st class. $00 2d class. Send for Colder. Sydney Short Line, 673 Market St.. Sao H, HEAVER For SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES 4 P. M Mai-i'h 27. The Ma t raoclRvo fori land M.S. (o. Bd sad Washington Sta. (with O.-W R. N. Co.) Tel. Marshall 4ilto. A tflL'l. COOS BAY LINE STEAMSHIP BREAKWATER. Sails from Ainaworth lock, 8. A. M. Wednesday. Mar. 13. 25; Apr. 1, 8. 15, U2. Tuesday, Apr. 28. Freight received until NOON day previous to sailing. Passenger Fare: First Class, $10: Second Class (men only), $7, including berth and meals. Office: Lower Ainsworth Dock. Portland & Coos Bay 3. S. Line. L. H. Keating, Agent. Phones Main 8600; A 2833, . TRAVELERS' C'.rlDE. HAMBURG AMERICAN Ships largest SS.Co in the WORLD GOING OB, COMING TRAVEL BX World's Largest Steamships "IMPERATOR" (919 feet April 15. 53,004 Tons) June 7. Mav lti. MUly 18. lu. June tf. August l'i. and regularly thereafter, "VATERLAND" 05O feet 58,000 Tons) June 1C August 1 July 7, Auiruat and rrjruiarlr thereafter. LONDON, PARIS, HAMBURG and the H;lnnt.Tlviinia . .April 2. S F.M. Kaiserin Aim. Vic. .April 9, A.M. Pren. Lincoln. .. .April 11, 12 non linperatur pril 15, 9 A. M. Cincinnati April IS. 1 1". M. 1 2d cabin only. JHamburg direct. MEDITERRANEAN .Madeira. Gibraltar, Algiers. Naples, (ienu. S. P. Hamburg April 4, 3 l'.M. S. S. Mcillke April 16. 3 l'.M. to. Hamburg... .May 111. S 1 M. I. S. Moltke June S. 3 P. SI. Will uot call at ilatleira or Alsiers. CRUISES to the Land of the Midnight Sun FB lsnus. Iceland, iSltitzbcroCli, Nurlli fcl Ciiyu. Norway. fj ikom HA.ur.rKU M nimn. 11-VK .TITr.V null AVCHIH'i "Victoria I. nine." "Kroniirinieasiu t'erilie" and "Meteor," 14 to 1I DAY! S62.50 11 Write for Booklet. HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE ''" Ptortiton ."I.. Mm fran cisco. I'Hl.. Harvey & palmer. North I'aclfin tlen'l Asts. 411 411 White Bldg.. phonn Kllb'tt l".Tit and Sir-".. Seattle. . .Southern l'acltio Co., SM sixth Ft.. O.-W. K. Ar N. Co., NO. Pacific. O. tt R. G llurllngton Route. Milwaukee & iugot sotina ti. Gt. North. Ry.. D o r e y fc Smith, lid &. W ash. Bts.. Portland Or. London Paris Bremen t Barharoi-Ha April I Kaiser Willielm II April 7 t'Seydlilx April 9 Kronprini: WIMielin. .. .April 14 t.eorice V atdiinplon ... .April II? Kronprinecln Cccilie. . Apr. Jt Sail at 1 A. M. ICarrlcs one t.. ,11, rt.,U- !!(-j.rT-i (ill and (III) cabin tBremcn direct, E'J Baltimore-Bremen direct. Ons cabin (II) Wednesdays. Sailings on SATURDAY for THE MEDITERRANEAN Koeniff Albert April 11 Brriiu April 25 The North German Lloyd I a oded more pawsenRers, Iirt Cabin, 6cond Cabin and StrerHg. in the port of Tsexv York during lji:i than any other lint, repeating t marvelous record of 191. i O.T.M,:i r.lr. fmm FtTVnt India ' a..- New York to l-'AK EAST and m South America via Europe tnilmpmliinl Trlnq AySlin4 5 "'-3 FirBt-cisfs the World throughout $620.65 Traveler rheckn All Over the Hi OULR1C1IS It CO., Gen. i Broadway, a. Robert rapelle. o. A. l'."o Powell St.. san Krancisco, or luoal igenll!. Special Rates to Alaska (IIRST CLASS AND STEERAGE) Steamship Sails Direct Thursday, March 26 Make Reservations Immediately San Francisco, Portland and Los Angeles S. S. Co. Prank Ecllam, Passenger Agent Main 26 121 3d St. . A-4596 xo sajj rAcinro. r.os axjeles AND 8AN Ultt.O. ROANOKE WKlK.srAV. MARCH 25. COOtt BAY A.VD tllitKA S. S. ALLIANCE UNOAY.MAllCIl S3. NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO. Ticket Office ;l Frelsht Office. 122A 8d St. Columbia Dock, 1 Main 1814. A 1S14 II Main aju3, A oil2 American-Hawaiian S. S. Co. "Tebnnntepec Itoute." rOIITLAMI XEW YOISK Fit E I HT iJERVlCE KEftCET Sailings LOW RATIOS SCHEDULE TIMS. C 1. KEA.NEUV. Attest. 270 Stark Street. Jk J Jgpltr GERMAN M . LLOYOll e ;. .1 3 1 tfrrTrli-i'-.T-3