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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1908)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL. 5, I90S. FIX GRAIN RULES Cereal Men Meet at Board of Trade Monday Morning. BUY AND SELL ON SAMPLES First Committee on Ora In, Flon r and Feed Will Then He Named. Active Bidding at tUr Produce t all I'gz -rp Weaker. The formal opening of the Kratn pit of the Board of Trade will take place at. 11 A. M. Monday, when buying anil telling on sample will begin. Sample takes Bru bring pn pared for the use of the grain men ami" the entire local trade will he r presented at Monday's (.slnn. The rules that will gxiverri business on th- board will then In: drawn up and the first ffrain, flour and j,,, committee will be named. Some business was trail parted at the gra in tnl yesterday and the attendance was jrood. A larg' erowd was present at the prod in -e e Ail at noon, many of them bMsines mn who attended for the fli-Ft time. Offerings wi;re larger than at any of the previous sessions and bidding on eggs was brisk at times. Part of the trading was done on out; of-town account. Among the visitors was X. D. Tower, manager of the Bell-Tower Company, Seattle. Mr. Tower Is a leading mem ber of the Seattle Produee Exchange. He says the organization of the Hoard of Trade un its present lines Is the best tiling that ever aappened to Port land, and he was glad to see that the merchants so well realized the fact. In a short time, he said, things will be working much more smoothly and a vast amount of business ran be trans acted on the board in a very short spare of time. In Seattle the merchants iind now that they cannot do without their exchange. The tone of the produce market, as reported by the committees, follows: Poultry, weaker feeling, hens lower, eggs, mixed tone; veal, heavier arrivals, market weaker, prices shaded to make sales. Transactions on the board were as follows: OfftTi t.i buy V euies cnndlod eggs, track Portland; 2." cases CiifulUd enus. ltie. track Portland; L"0 cases candled eegs, lo, track Portlai.d; lo cams cuiiiik-d eRS IG'.vn track i'-ntlitiid : 'M tiws strictly iaiicy full rrt-uin cheese, 1'. 'ec; 50 tascs candled egn, Hic ofTere) to irU .13 boxes Wine-sap apples, $1.50. any delivery; loo buxee Hoxbury It. ap-plt-s. $1.50, delivery next wk; 10 caat-s K iaiu c lie wo, ?fK5tt dozen; 10 boxes cream brick ihirsf, ITV-jc: 10 cun'j limburgt-r chet.se, lite; loo cased .e;t, $.Zt; 10 caees Cali fornia fancy ereaiuory. -TVc; 25 casts Origun extra fancy crtamery butter, 27 je : 1 ear standard rolled hurley, $'.'5.75, track Portland; 1 ear No. 1 feed barley, $24, track Portland ; Km boxes fancy evaporated Oregon apples, fit. 7 '.. ; 2nt box-A fancy evaporated Orvjton apples. 23?. 7 (4-.-: 5o cases cainiled esifs. ll:c; lt ca.see candled ltPc; 2 tuLu Wis consin Swiss, lN'.c; ."0 caus uunuled t-Rtis, li'-'. Tuesday delivery: 5 boxes storage but ter. 22e. Fale.-il car No. 1 Teod barley. $23.75 f. o. b. track: 1 cur alfalfa imal f. o. b. trai-k; 5o eases candled e&u, PiUo f. o. b. Portland: 2.1 cases candled epKs, h'Vic; 1') cubes torat?e butter, 22c f, 0, b, track, sub ject to Inspection. SHORT SALMON PACK l'ROKAUI.K. High Prices Are Looked For Ax a in This HeaiMu. In a 'published interview In the Kast, Charles Corby, a leading- handler of canned goods, who recently completed a 'tour ot the Pari tie Coast, said of the salmon packing Industry: "On the Columbia River the usual prep arations aro being made for the, puck of It IP. and conditions warrant the general opinion expressed that the quantity will not exceed the annual output of. the past tlve years, a the supply of raw material is now dependent principally upon the product of the hatcheries. The 'demand for high-grade Columbia Hiver chlnooks con siderably exceeds the supply; and prices whn named will. In all probability, rule about the same as In 1P7. "On Puget Sound preparations for a parK have been very limited. It Is not expected that more than nine out of t he 20 ean ii'Ties will be placed in commission dur ing tho coming season, ami the outfitting for these is on the basis of about 00 per cent f capacity, occasioned by the fart that tills, Itcitig the third year of the cycle, a short pack, particularly of sockeyes, Is a foregone conclusion; in addition to which tills is the off season for hump backs, wlihMi only run biennially. "In Alaska the situathm will be compli cated to sonic extent by the refusal of the fishermen to accept a reduction of wages, necessitated, fo the packers claim, by prices which have hitherto ruled on the different grades of Alaska salmon, which have precluded the possibility of the canneries operating at a profit. At the time I left the Coast a ..eadlooa, existed between the preeminent canning interests and the fishermen's union, which, if pot settled In tho immediate future, yill ma terially arreet the pack, which depends upon the fishing fleet reaching the several districts at the time of the opening of tin- annual run of salmon. "As to prices for the coming season, the consensus of opinion seemed t- be that standard red Alaska would not be less than $1.20 per dozen, and there were those anion ..-t the ramiers who freely predicted that the opening would be. on the basis of $t.2o, with medium reds, pinks aim chums at proportionate prices." AspAUACVS (ONSK1NMKNT KrXKIVfcD llitty Arrival Front th South Ilrruk fhe Market. A small shipment of Oregon asparagus was received from TVawrton yesterday. hrst of the season, and sold at $1 per dozen. California asparagus was plentiful. Southern shippers sending sup plies here on consignment, and as a re sult, prices declined. The last ear of celery of the season was unloaded on the street. A California wire reported an ad anco in L,oi Angeles cabhago as a result of thy strong demand. 1 iranses were tinner as a res-it of a strong r tone in the Southern market. Three cars of oranges were received. Bl TTK.K WILL DKO lXK NKXT YVKKK Low California Offer Have a IutWnr Fffi-ct. A weak tone prevails in the butter mar ket and the prospects are for a sMiraI decline' early in the week. Local supplies are not heavy, but low California offers have a depressing effect. Eggs were In fair supply on Front street. The Hoard of Trade quotation was IGU'Hr cents and business on the street was generally in this range. Poultry receipts were moderate and the market was about steady. AdTBri In provUlonti. A new provision price list will go into effect Monday morning that will raise quotations on most linos. Snioked hams of all sizes and boiled hams will bo ad vanced one cent : standard breakfast, choice and K-nglish bacon, 't cent, and keulc rendered and standard pure lard Ji cent; cottage roll will be advanced 1 cent and exrort bellies iz cent. PORTLAND QrOTATIONS. Cntla, ?1ifr. FerL Etc I LOL'K Patent. $4 7t; iUifilit, - 0; clears, $:;.J0; Valley. $4.3," ; graham flour, $ 4 whole wheal fluur, $4. 40; rye flour, fo . WHEAT Track rrlces. Board of Trade: Club, 63c; biucsttm, fv"k-; VaJiey. S3c; red. Sic BARLEY Board of Trade: Feed. $24.50 per ton; brewing, $27 per ton; rolled, $27 ft 2$ p?r ton. MILLcTCFFS Boar,! of Trad: Bran, $2ti.3o per ton- middlings, $2i; shorts, city. $26; country. $2tt; W -er ion; chop,' $21'S24 per ton. ' i OATS Board or Trade; No. 1 white, $C'..."rt per. tou; irray, $2t per ton. CEREAL FOODS Holle.l oats, cream. &0 pound ea-'ka, per barrel $7; lower -grades, 5 ojyo 50; oatmeal, -steed-cot, 45 -pound sacks. $4 per barrel: 9-lb sack, $4 25 per bale; split peas, per TOO pounds. $4.23 4.S0; pearl barley. $4 50f 3 per 100 pounds; pastry flour, 10-pound sacks.. $2 73 per bale; Caked heat , $2 7." per com CORN Whole. $33.50; cracked, $34.50. HAY Board of Trade: Valley timothy. No. 1. $15 ton: ordinary. $12'i13: Eastern Oregon timothy, $17; mixed. $ log 10.50; clover, $103 12; alfaifa, $12J?12.50. Vegetables, Fruit. Etc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, $1.25 2.30 per box, according to quality; cranberries, $Sd 11 pf-r barrel. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes. 75 9ei: per dozen; asparagus, SfiSo jxund; btanc. 20c p-r. pound: cabbala. lf.. per pound; eauliflower." f l ; celery, SHcftr I per dozen: cucumber. 1.S0fri 2 per 'dozen; eggplant, 20c per pound ; lettuce, head, 03c, per dozen; hothouse, $1 ".J5(a-l-OO per box; parsley, 2rc per dozen; peas, - 15c per pound; peppers, 20c per pound; radishes, 30c per dozen; rhubarb, $2.50 per crate; spinach. 85c per crate; Bproats, Uo per pound; squash, llc per pound; tomatoes. Mfxh-an. crates, $2.75. TKui'lCAli FRCITS Lemons. 2.733.50 per box ; oranges, navels. $2 2.75: srape frutt, $U 50: bananas, o-Sc per lb.; crated, 5Ht'; pineapples. $45.50 per dozen; tan terines, St. 50 per box. ONIONS? Jobbing price, Oregons, $4.753 per hundred. lltyOT VEGETABLES .Turnips. $1 per eack; bt-ets, $1.25; pajrenlps, $1.25 per sack; garlic, 15c per pound. J'OTATOES Buying prices, 45 fS 55c per hundred, delivered Portland; new California, S$i-t per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 10c per pound, peaches, 11 flc: prunes. Italian, 56c; prunes. French. 3 3 5c; currants, unwashed, cases, 64c; currants, washed, cases. 10c; flfis. white, fancy, 00-pound boxem Gc Dutter, Eggs, pooltry. Etc. BUTTER Board of Trade: City creamer ies, extras, 30c per pound; fancy, 27 c; choice, 25c. Front street: State creameries, fancy, 25 (ft 3(c; store butter, choice, 16 c. CHEESE Board of Trade; Oregon full cream twins, liP-jc per pound; cream brick, 20c; Swiss, 20c ; llmburger. 22 MjC pound. POULTRY fancy hens. 14(5 Uc; mixed, 1 3c; MOMttre.' old, 8c; fryers, 2oc; broilers, 22Ufi2$e; turkeys, live, -loltc; drtsfcied, choice, 10201'; gets, live, per pound, SiiK:; oucks. lu'ij 17c;. pigeons, 75c(&$l; squabs, $1.50'.t 2. E;J.S Fresh ranch, loss off. Board o Trtele quotation: lefilti'c per dozen. VEAL Hoard of Traup; Extra, -fe'c; ordi nary. i!":ry; heavy, tKi 7-. I'OUK Board of Tirade; Fancy, 7Vfel⪼ ordinary, c ; large, 5 ra tic. MUTTON Board of Trade: Fancy, 11c per pound. Hops, Wool, Hi ties. Etc HOPS UH7, prime and choice. 43C per pound; olds, It&lVfec per pound. WOOL Eusu-rn Oregon, average best, 13 ltie yer pound, uccording to snrtnkage; Valley, 14 Itic, according to qualiLy. MOHAIR Choice, 200'c per. pound. OAhLAliA bAKK Jc per pound. HIDES Dry, lz&Lifec; dry calf. No. 1, under 5 lbs., 14&lic; culls, 2c pur lb. less; salted hides, 5c; salted calf, yc; green iunsaltedj, lc per lb. less; culls, lc per ib. less; sheep skins, sheurlings, No. 1 butchers' stock, eacU, "25teJOc; short wool. No 1 butchers' stock, eucli, SOtytiOci me dium wool, Nd. 1 butchers' stock, each. 75c a $1.00, lunjj wool. N'b. 1 butchers' stock, each, 11-25(1.50; horse hides, salted, eacu. according to size, $2.00(6 2.50; dry, accord lag to size, each, $1.00& 1.50; colt's hides, each, 25i50c; foat skins, common, eaca, 1ju25c; Angoras, with wool on, each. 3ic9 $1 50. FURS For No. I skins: Bear skins, as to size. No. 1, each, $5.0O? 10.00; cubs, each. $ 1 3 ; badger, prime, each. 25 f 50c; cat, wild, with head perfect, 30 30c; house. 5i& 20c; fox. common gray, large pilme, each, 4050c red. each, $3 (5: cross, each, $5 15; silver and blactt. each. $loos 300; fishers, each, $5S; lynx. each. $4,509 0.00; mink, strictly No. 1. each, according to size, $13; marten, dark northern, ac cording to fclze and color, each. $ 10 13 ; marten, pale, according to size and color, each, $2.50 4 : muskra, large, each. 12 15o; skunk, each, ,'i0 f 40c; , civet .-or polecat, each, 5 15c; otter, or rarge, prime skin, each, $oJ0; panther, wltl head and claws perfect, each. $23 raccoon, for prim large, each 50 75c wolf, mountain, with bead perfeet, each, $3.505.00; pralrl (coyote), O0c$l. 00; . wolverine, each, $69 800. Groceries. Nats. Etc. RICE: Southern Japan, 5fcc; head, Tc; i imperial japan, ttc. COFFEE Mocha, 24&2Sc; Java, ordinary, 17r 20c; Costa Rica, fancy. IS 20c; good, 3C'(i ISc; ordinary, 125J 16c per pound. Columbia- roast cases, 100s, $14.50; GOs, $14.75; Arbuckle, $16.63; Lion. $15.15. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tal'.s. $2 per- dozen; 2-pound talis. $2.!3; 1-pound flats, $2.10; Alaska pink, 1-pound talis, 5c; red. 1-pound talis, $1.45; sockeyes, 1-pound tails. $2. SUGAR Granulated, $.25; extra C, $5. 75; pe Idea e. $5.tK; fr;t sugar, $0.25; berry. $; 25; hf-et suar, $6.05; rule (barrels), $ilO."; powdered (barrels), $0.5O. Terms: On remittances within 15 days deduct lie per pound; if later than 15 days, and within 30 days, deduct He per pound; Maple sugar, 15 G ISc per pound. NUTS Walnuts, 16 & 18e per pound by sack: lirazll nuts, 10c; Alberts 16c; pecans. lo; almonds. 16'4(318c, chestnuts. Ohi x 25c; peanut a, raw, fl-ii (jfSVic per pound; rousted. 10c; pinowuts, 10 12c; hickory nuta, 10c; coeownuts. yoc per dozen. SALT Granulated. $18 per ton; $.25 per balo; half ground. 100s. $13.00. par ton; 50s. $14 per ton. BEANS ftnail white. 4ie; large white. 4 Vic; pintc, 4c; bayou. -ct Lima, 6a; Mexi can red. 3 Tie. HONEY Fancy, $3. 50 3. 75 per box. Provisions and Canned! Meat. BACON Fancy breukfast, 22c pound ; standard t bieakfa.-t. ISr; elion e, 17c; Eng Jifh, 11 t'o 14 pounds, 10o poun-t HAMSlo tt. II p'-unds, 14c pound; 14 to 16 pound, iaV-c; 18 to 20 jiountl;, 1,'JV.c; boil.!. ZU: BARRELED GOODS Pork, barrels. $20; ha If -barrels, $11.50; beef, barrels, $'d; half barrels, $5. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears dry su.lt. lO'ic; smoked, 11 'jc; short clear backs, nry salt, lO'c; smoked. llc; Ore g-.-u experts, bt.llieM, dry salt, 13c; emoked, 14c. LARD Kettle rendered: Tierces. 12c; tuV 12'ie: 5s. j.:ic; 2"S. 12c; 1l- i:-; 5s, LTic: 3s", l.'le. Standard purer Tierces, ll'4c: tubs, llic; AOs, imc; 2tw, llc; His, ll'-c; 5s, 11-fHC Compound; Tierces, 8e; tubs. S-ic; 50s, 84 20s, SHc; 10s, 8c; 5. STic. - Coal OH and Gaiiolln KEriNED OILS Water white. Iron bar rels. 1'iv.c: wood barrel, 14 c. ' I'earl oil. fuses, ISc; h'ad liltt, iron tarrels. 12!ic:J cats. lit'c: wood barrels, ltlfec. Kocen cases. 2U-. pet'lal . u ., iron barreisx He; wood harrt-ls. ISc Eiains, cases, 2Sc. Kxtra star, cases, 21c. UASOLIXE -V. M. and P. Naphtha. Iron barrels. 1114c; cases, lO'-ic Ited Crown Kasolinc, iroti barrels, ltl'ac; cases, 22 4 c. Motor easoline, iron barrels, lrie: cases. 221fcc; Jt gasoline, iron barrels. SOc; eases. 37 He. No. 1 engine oisttllate, iron barrels. (K-; cases, 16c. IVes.li 1 lh and shell 1 u-h. FRKSH FI.--H -Halibut, KrtTc; blatk cod. So; biaik bass, per l'iind. 2': strirM.l bass, l.'io; herring. oH.c: flounders, lie: cattish, llo; jihrimp. lfc; perch, 7c sturgeon, 12i,c; Bea trout, lHo: torn eod. l'X-; salmon, stlvergldea. ftc: stee'hea-te, lie; Chinook. 1 f7l2Jc. .CI.AMS IJttle neck, f2.oi per ba; rast)r clams, $2 per box. OYSTEItS Shoalwater Bay. per 'Rallon. $2.-5; per sck. 4.iu; Tnke. Point. $1.6o per V; Ol.snipia tl2t pounds), $6; Olympia, per gallon, 2.25. Bank Clearinjrs. Clearings of the Northwefftem cities yea terlay were as follows: Clearing-.. Balance, Portland tl."i'3 MO tlii" 0S9 alllf 1.2!t4 4iUi KVi. llli TaMtia W4 47!i T5.I524 Spokane l,mH.l72 lt'.2.li47 Clearings of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma for the pat week and correspon Jlcg week In former years follow: Portland. Prattle. Tacoma. lik'S KM4.1U1 17.242.125 W,7"H.iC0 l!-'7 ;.3U 571 b.f54 3.67U II.. 1!"6 , 4.72tl t.422.W3 3.S59.;7 l!'-5 4 2."4.427 5.5.l:4 2.t7,tf.'vj 1'4 3 475 ."41 3.5:t.l..V.7 I.ul2.!t7 llt t :i,5!l7.7t7 .1.H:i'.tt74 1 Mi y.i9 l!"'S 2.42s.tiPI 2. T.;4.. '- 1.2.V, 541 .v :.tt.WI 2.22 431 1.US3.CS3 New Vurk t otlon Iiuket. XKW YoHK. Apiil 4 Cotton fuluies c!md steaiiy. April, V ,Vy: May, f KSc : June, P 72c: Juiv. n.7t : August. ft.iV.T 0.'lo,er. I'tiic: December, 9.63c: Jiiuar ; JIarch, .5c. STOCKS IRK T ME Speculation Awaits Settle ment of Erie Affair. NO ANNOUNCEMENT MADE Evidences ofLiqaldation In the Cop per - Indnstrlals Steel . Issues 1'lrm Rally Near the End Causes a Kirni Closing. NEW YORK, April 4. Tho stock market today did little more than mark time, In acocrdance with the evi dent purpose to refrain from any ex tensive commitments in tho market until the. situation of the Erie proolem is cleared up by formal announcement. No news was forthcoming; on that important topic during the short stock exchange session, but opinion was in clined to look for the evidence of a receivership. There was an impres sion that the differences at issue con cerned the terms to be made wita the holders of the notef. maturing April 8, and that some maneuvering for advan tage in these terms was Involved in the successive delays in announcing the decision of the directors. There was some sign in a few issues of a little slow liquidation. estecla.llv in the copper securities, but support was accorded to the market and no serious Inroads on prices resulted. United States Steel was firm and the resistance of this stock to pressure in contrast with its heaviness during the week had some sympathetic effect on the selling list. The weekly reviews of the mercan tile agencies were scanned with inter est, but presented no very enthusiastic account of commercial conditions. The late improvement in prices of stocKs today followed an Intimation that the bank statement might not show so heavy cash gains as preliminary es timates had Indicated. A good effect was produced by the report of the American Railway Association of a lurtiier reduction in the number of idle freight-cars, the total for March 18 falling to 297.042, a decrease of 17, 950 from the previous estimate on March 4, and of 46,175 from February 5. when the number of idle freight cars in the country reached the maxi mum. Rumors of an Erie settlement helped the . late rally and the firm closing. The cash gain disclosed by tho bank statement was' smaller than, the pre liminary estimate had shown, but the discrepancy was less in the statement of actual conditions on Friday night than iri the statement of averages. The loan expansion is attributed to ar rangements for financing the quarterly settlements on the first of the month. Bonds were steady and dull. Total sales, par value, $738,000. Cntted States bonds were unchanged on cal! for the week. .'CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. Kid. Adams Express , 177 Amal Copper 18.20 S)ii 5si Am Car & Foun- 8i0 32 31 32-i do preferred l'o.a Am Cotton Oil 28 do preferred 5 Am Express VjQ Am Hd & Lt pf 15 American lee ..... 144 Am Linseed Oil.. 100 7 7 7 do preferred 20 Am Locomotive... 2,CcO 43H 42'i VlUj do preferred ... loo 91 ll'i 01 Am Smelt & Ref. 18,200 U7T, 6o 61 do preferred 14 Am Sugar Kef 3u0 124H 123 124 Am Tobacco ctfs K Anaconda Mln. Co.- 2.500 47'i 37 37', Atchwon l.Wsi - 74', ' 7:ti 744, do preferred ... SOU Kti fc.Vs S5i, Atl Coast Line... 1"U 71 'i "' 7u'i Bait & Ohio hl 82'. 821, 82', do dpreferred 85 Brook Rap Tran. 2,900 45a, 44 451i Canadian Pacific.. 1.100 151 149, 150'j Central of X J 125 Ches & Ohio TOO Soli SOU .lO'i Chi Ot Western 5 Chicago & N W 14514 C, M A-St Paul.. 5,30O 115U lllili Chi Tcr & Tran 5 do preferred 2o C, C, C A St L 53; Colo Fuel & Iron 2,2J 2.'IU 2-1 23 1, Colo A Southern.. 7oil 251, . 24, 24-, do 1st preferred. 54 54 54 -do 2d preferreel. 3i0 44,' 4414 44 Consolidated Cas.. 3.70O 118 115 118 Corn Products - do preferred H3 Tlel 4t Hudson... 2t0 154 104 1 54'j Del, Lack it- West 48,. I) A R Orande... 300 111 '4 18 JS's do preferred .51 Distillers' Securi.. 2i .H"i 31 . 3"i Erie 5.200 I.V, 1.154 1S'4 do lHt preferred, 1.4oo :t2'-i 2U .'2'ii do 2d preferred. 4i 21 lj 20 21 i General Kleetric 128 Illinois Central .. loo 125 125 123, Int Paper H S 8 8 do preferred tI , Int Pump -. IPO 22'4 22i 21 U, do preferred Iowa Central 1- do preferred -4 K Of Southern -M do preferred Louis & Nashville. 2i) 7" .' ' Mexican Central.. 4UO 18, IM'.J 18T, Vinn & St Louis 2i 24 24 24 M, St P A S S M. Sort 114 112 114 do preferred 1"8 Missouri Pacific... Ti 41 41 l, 41 Wo. Kan A Texas l.ouO 21 28 !, - ?4 do preterrea ' h Natioiwl Lead ... 1.300 85 o4 64 J, 31 X Nat R R pf W" N T Central l.HW ' ts ' N T Out A Went. loo ."2!, .".21, Norfolk A Wertern !"0 63 3 63 do preferred J' J North American.. . . J-"! PaeitTC Mail 2S'3 -?8.. Pennsylvania l.uoi) I IjH na1 People's tias P. C C A St Louis Pressed Steel Car 2"0 8!) 7fl do preferred ... .IV-3 . 1, ... Pullman Pal Car. It-" lol J-.l 1..1 Readlus 4S.1K l.a'i l"2i MS do 1st preferred. . do 2d preferred ?- -r.,,bllc Steel ... 4UO I'-'S I" do preferred ... ' ,, V? Rock Island Co.. iit0 I-';, do preferred lo r St L A S F 2 pf St L Southwest do preferred ".i. ' u.ifi 3 rxv 74 72S 2i'i 24 . 12 31 74 do preferred ... ...... ''iirJ Southern Railway. 1 4IO l ' S 'jj do preferred ... 6o 3 L Texas A Pacine IJ's Tol, St L A West. .... .. ..... 1" da preferred .., 2tKj 41 J, ..Uj fnion Pacific ... :u.2oO l''s l-i"S 1?4', do preferred ' - 1; S Kxpress U B Kes:ty U S Rubber - ,i 4i0 8.1 40 21 f. 81 &1 tt c steel 25.4O0 K3H i-l M do preferrid 'I:: "L!K M W OT Va-Caro Chemical "JVi do preferred SO loo lots lot, loH loo 17H 1714 3o0 OlO 52 51,i 51 54 14 Wabash do preferred Wells-Fargo Ex... Westiufhouse Elec Wheel A I Erie. Wisconsin Central. j - .r.wj Northern Pacific. ll..J IM 1M Central Leather .. 5"? ' 2, ? do preferred . . .- P ' 'l Sloss-Sheffield .... Gt Northern pf-. 1,2 yj i1 Inter Met ....... 1 ' " J do preferred J"- Utah Copper ... "O1 M Total sales for the day. 219.600 shares. . BONDS. NEW YORK. April 4. Closing quotations: t-'s ref. 2s reg.ln3 N TOO 3Vs.. 80 do coupon 1o4 North Paclltc 3. V g 53 reg lt) North Pacific 4s. !, do coupon. ... 107 IS.rulh pacific 4s. S5 V s- ne 4s reg.PJO1 Union Paiiic 4s. Pii do cou7on. .. -122,i:Wiscon Cent. 4s. 82 Atchison adj. 4s fed 'Japanese 4a 77H " Stocks sts London. LONDON. April 4. Consols for money. S7 3-lti: do for account, S7s. Anaconda Tii X- Central. J 00. QO Norflk A Wes I do pref. . . . lOnt A West. . 'Pennsylvania. Rand Mines.. IReadlna . . . 65.50 83-OO 33.00 550 tSoulharn By.. ! do pref (South Pacific. 1S3.37H 3C00 74.874 'Union Pacific. 127 50 Erie. 14 874! do Dref 83.00 33.50 do 1st Df.. 32.00 iU. S. Steel...- do 2d pf . . 20 00 I de pref Grand Trunk 15 2!a 'Wabash III Central. .. I2D OO I do pref I. A N loo 00 'Spanish s... Mo. K. A T. . 23.50 iAinai Copper 100.00 1000 18.00 us. go 59.75 Money, Kxchange. Kte. NEW TORK, April 4. Money on call nom inal: time loam?, dull and eaey; GO days, 3 per cent; 90 days, 3yi'S3i per cent; six months, 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 4H'11! per cen.t. Sterling exchange, steady, with actual busi ness In bankers' bills at 4.8650sj4.S655 for demand and at 4.8425S-4.8435 for 60-day bills. Commercial 'bills; 4.S374.84'. Bar silver 55!je. t Mexican dollars, 47c. , ' Government and railroad bonds, steady. LONDON, April 4. Bar silver, dull at 25 7-ltid per ounce. Money, 29214 per cent.. ; The rate of discount in the open market for short billp Is 2.a per cent; for thre months bill, per cent. , S.fS FRANCISCO, April 4. Sliver bars. BSNc. Mexican dollars, 52c. Drafts Sight, lOc; telegraph, 12'ic. Sterling, 60 days. $4,835, sight. ft-8SU. Jully Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, April 4. Today's state ment of th treasury shows: Available cash balance JS9 ;!!'-95I Gold coin and bullion " Gold certificates 2b,895,0 HOPS TO BE UCRST MAKES PROPOSAL TO OREGOX GROWERS. Large Block, If Secured, Will Be Disposed Of on the Lon- . don Market. Another largo consignment proposi tion is being laid before the Oregon hopgrowers by M. H. Durst, of Calif ornia. Mr. Durst is trying to make up a shipment of some 10,000 bales of Oregon bops to be offered on the Ion don market. His circular to growers says: "London wants 40,000 bales yet, but just now the brewery Interests are so taken up with' the license bill iri Parliament that they won't buy hop or anything else. This can't last al ways. Inside of 90 days the London trade will wake up and want hops. If is for you to say whether you are willing to hold your hops here and sell them to the 'trade" for 1 to fi-centp per pound, or whether you will come into this proposition, join together and ship your own hops and send thjee or four of your bet and most reliable hopgrowers back with the hops to Lon don and have yourselves the chance to make the 2 to 4-cent profits which the 'trade hopes to make off your hops." Growers joining in the consignment are promised a stiff advance at the time the hops are shipped and are al lowed to ' select one of tbelr number tor every -2500 bales put in tho ship ment to go with the hops to London and see that everything Is all right. The local hop market was very dulf yesterday ana reporxs rrom oaiem were of nothing doing. Contracting has also decreased, though H. L. Hart has in the last few days" eecured for Isaac Pincus & Sons several hundred .bales at 8 cents for one year terms. The London Brewers' Journal, in its latest issue, says of hop conditions in England: "Since our last report there has been a fair inquiry chiefly for the inferior de scriptions, of which supplies principally consist. Business, however, has been de pressed since .the introduction of the licensing bill, and for the moment there ip little business passing. The outlook, however, is favorable to brewers, as a large quantity of the 1907 crop is fitiil in t he hands t growers. Arrivals from the United States are also very considerable. The "Hinnetonka arrived from New York this week with 6452 bales. With supplies, therefore, abnormally heavy, and trado throughout tho country in an unsatisfactory -condition, prices have been allowed to recede, to a very unromuner ative level. Fine qualities are most diffi cult to obtain and realize firm rates, but Inferior hops, of which the market Is In undated, are to be had at remarkably low quotations. This shading down in quality, and consequent decline in prices offering, have been marked characteristics of the season. There are still large quan tities of hops In the- States awaiting dis posal. It Is calculated that when the present crop was harvested in California there was a surplus of 300,000 bales in sup plies, including the quantity left over from the crop of the previous year. Cur rent prices arg below the cost of pro duction in this country, as a very small crop brings ded loss to growers, who are further reducing their acreage under cul tivation." Eastern Mininc Stocks. NEW" TORK, April 4. Closing quotations: Adams Con Uttla Chief r Ontario 2T.0 'OphJr 2.30 IpoLosi 4 'Savage 28 ! Si err a Nevada. . 2! mall Hopes. ... JS 'Standard t .. .140 Alice 1.-0 Hreet-c lO Brunswick Con. 10 Copistouk Tun.. 2) C. C. & Va r-i Iron Silver 100 Leadvllle Con.. 0 BOSTON, April 4. Adventura ..J l.r.O Alloueg 24 M Amalpamated TS .0 Atlantic I W Bingham .. .1SS.1K) Cal & Hela.63iul Centennial . . 21.IM Closing quotations: Atchison .... 75 75 do pref . . . . 89. OO Bait A Ohio. 84 75 Can Pacific. .154.50 Ches A Ohio. 31.50 Chi Grt West 5.25 C. M. A S. P. 119.50 le Beers 11.75 L A R a 19 25 do nref 52 75 Parrot 17.7." 'wuincy 2.00 . Shannon 11.02 Tamarack ... 00.00 Trinity 13.73 n I ted Copper (V. 30 V. S. Mining. 37, 00 t'. S- Oil .12H H'tah 2A.r0 'Victoria 3.0f) iWInona f.0rt 'Wolverine . . . 125.00 Copper Ran so tiH27 Franklin .... 7 T.O Granby 90. Isle Royalc. . Mass Mining. Mtr.hlRHii Mohawk .... 18.; 2..-.0 It.OO 4S.S0 'North Butte.. .VI. 75 'Butte Coal... 21.i;2'& 'Nevada 11.37 leal 4 Art. ..loooo UrU Coin lT.'j loreene Cfnanca 8.12f Mont. C. & C. 75.00 Old Dominion Osceola SZ.00 Orifd Fruit at New York. NEW TORK, April 4. Evaporated ap ples, quiet; fancy, VH??;tlc; choice. Sw f'4e; prime, 7f7c, and common to fair, 34 ;'- Prunes Steady. California, 4U&14c and Oregons, frftlOe. Apricots Unchanged. Choice, lSfi20c: extra choice, 10?z21c: fancy, 20524c. There Is a fair demand for peaches with choice quoted at lOfalOc; extra choice. ll'll1ic: fancy, ll15c, and extra fancy at 13fZ14c Raisins Dull and unchanged. Loose muscatels, 5ti&4c; seeded raisins, 5g7Vj: and London layers at H.65L75. TELEGRAM FR0M LAWSON Calls Attention to .Forthcoming An nouncement of "Fair Finance." BOSTON", Mass., April 4. (To the Oregonlan, Portland, Or.) Kindly tell your readers not to miss my Monday's advertisement wherein I drive Fair Finance plumb itraight at the heart ot the Ftock Exchange. Wall street and the System. Tell the U.OUO new-mada Yukon stockholders they will know more ahout their Investment and the financial zoppers who tried to crimp It. fi OH FORECAST Wet Weather Promised and Wheat Market Drops. VERY WEAK AT CHICAGO Reports From tJie Southwest Indi cate Growing Crop Is In Good Condition Corn Turns Strong, but Oats Aro Easy. CHICAGO, April 4. Sentiment In the wheat pit was bearish all day. The of ficial forecast again for wet weather was the chief cause for the easier tone. Crop reports from the Southwest for the most part seemed to Indicate -that the growing crop Is In good condition. The market closed easy. May opened c to higher at 92T4c to 9ac. sold off to 92c and closed at 9292ic. . Corn was weak at the opening, but a strong tone developed at the last of the session, and the market closed firm. May opened He lower at 66c. sold off to 65c, ,and then advanced to 6634 c. The close was at 66fci66ie. Oats were weak , owing to favorable weather In the Southwest for the new crop; May opened unchanged at 53c, sold off to 53c, and closed at &3c. Provisions were weak "at the start, but a steady tone developed later owing to the strength of corn. At the close May pork was up 5c, lard was 2ic lower and ribs were 5s higher. Leading futures ranged as follows; WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. May ( .m ? .! ? .02 .U2i July ' .8 September .86:fi .80 -.6!4 - - CORN. May Vi ..-. .004 July '.BHT4 .tU1;, ;. SepU-.nVer ... '.37n .ftlVi .KV . OATS. May, old SS-TJ SrtYs .IB! .EiU May, nw ... .52 .52 .: .51 July, old 47 -4T'i .4i;i .4 July, new 44i .44 .44 .44 . PORK. May ...,.'....13.27 13.: 1.10 13.30 July : 13.65 13.70 13..-H1 J:l.65 September ...14 05 14.05 . 13.SW .. ' U.OO LARD. .-. May S..10 8.30 8.ST14 S.27H July 8.50 ; ii..r.) 8-47 4 8.5514 Septambsr ... 8.72!4 8.72'i S.65 8.72!4 SHORT RIBS. May 7.124 7 15 7 in 7.15 July ..... 7-40 7.5 7.35 7.45 September ... 7.62i 7.65 7.62 4 7(i5 Cash Quotations were aje follows: Floui Steady. Winter patents 4.?P9 I SO; straight, $44.60; Spring patents, 5.tfr3.20; straights, f4.20-g4.5O;- baker's, $3.25f4.10. 'Wheat No 2 Spring. 1 .043 1.06: No.' 3, 94e!51.05; No.' 2 red. S2jie3e. Corn No. 2, 65460; No. 2 yellow, 664c. Oats iNo. 2. 024c; No. 3 white, 5H4igv4c. . Rye 76tfi77c. Barley Fair to choice malting, 75fi85c. . Flax seed No. 1 Northwedtern, 11.18. Timothy seed Prime, J4.60. Clover Contract gardes 23. Short ribs Sides, (loose), r..50i7.00. Pork Mi. pr bbl., 13.12413.25. 1 Lard Per 100 U.S., 8.20. Sides Short, clear, (boxed), $7.2337.50. - Whisky Baeia of high wines, $1.35. Receipts. , Shipments. Flour, bbls 24.41.0 21.200 Wheat, bu 17,5o 3.5") Corn, bu 214. 17o,lKiO Oats. bu. ..' 2M.(Nrf 31t.3tio Rye, bu 2. too 22.IHK) Barley, bu 81.4O0 32,100 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW TORK, April 4. Flour Receipts, 1S.600. Exports, 4S00. Dull and lower. Minnesota patents. $3.235.63; Minnesota bakers. $44054.90; Winter patents, $4.60 4.90: Winter low grades, $3.70ff4.05. Wheat Receipts. 11.000. Exports, 55,100. Spot, easy. No. 3 red 99vjc elevator and 997i f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, $1.12 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter. $1.09t& f. o. b. afloat. Opening steadier on a dry weather map. wheat reacted and closed weak. July, 96vic. Hops Pacific Coast, 1907 crop, 7SSc; 1906 crop, 35c. Hides Steady. Bogota, 17c; Central American, 17c. Leather Quiet. Acid, 20-27o. Wools Steady. Domestic fleece, 3134c. Petrolium Steady. Grain at Sun Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. Wheat Steady. Barley Steady. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping, $1.60 1.624 per cental; milling, $l.)245'l.a74 per cental. Barley Feed, $1.3741.40 per cental; brew ing, $1.45(gl.524 per cental. Oats Red, $1,42481.55 per cental; white. $1.5241.65 per cental; grays, $1.551.624 per cental. Call board ealc.i: Barley May, $1,334 per cental; December. $1.1734 1.184 per cental. Corn Large yellow, $1.62 V'5 1-67 4 per cen tal. European. Grain Markets, LONDON, April 4. Cargoes, dull and In active; no transactions. Walla Waila. prompt shipment, 3d higher at 35s 6d; California, prompt shipment, 6d higher at 36m. ,. LIVERPOOL, April 4. Wheat May, 7s; Ju!y, 7s 14d; September, 7s 4d. English country markets, quiet. French country markets, quiet. Wheat Prospects In Canada. WINNIPEG, April 4. Reports of seed ing prospects from ail over Western Canada, received here today, indicate the outlook is unusually bright. Spring wheat will start In 10 days. Winter wheat in Alberta Is well advanced and showing up green. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS, April 4. Wheat-May, $1.01; July, $1.01'1.014; No. 1 hard, $1.05; No. 1 Northern. $1.03: No. 2 Northern, $1.06; No. 3 Northern, 93'ie. Wn.eut at Dalnth. DULUTH, April 4. Wheat-No. 1 North ern. $1,024; No. 2 Northern, 9S';c; May, $1.00U: July, $1.0Ui. Wheat at Tacoriia. TACOMA. April 4. Wheat unchanged. Bluestem, 84c; club, 82c; red, 80c. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices Quoted Locally on Cattle, Sheen and Hogs. The livestock market was strong all around yesterday, as It has heen all week. Continued light receipts and a keen de mand for cattle and hogs cause prices to have an upward tendency. Sheep, lambs and calves are also In very fair demand. Yesterday's receipts were 267 cattle. According to the Baker City Democrat. nine stock Inspectors are now busy with the work of Inspecting the sheep of the state and within a short time three or four more deputies will be placed In the field by Dr. MeCIure. Between now and the middle of May every band of aheep witnin tne state is to De inspected by the Federal men and sheep found to be scabby or exposed will be ordered dipped at once. Already 200.000 head of sheep have been inspected and out of that num ber scab has been found but in two in stances, according to Dr. McOiurp. One of the cases occurred in a band in Lake County, while the other one was found in a band hi Malheur County. In view of the general dipping required last Spring OW downingiopkins cp. BROKERS STOCKS --BONDS --GRAIN Bourht and oId for cash and on mane In. Private wires Rooms 201 to 204, It la believed that little evidence of scab will be found this Spring. The following quotations were current I on livestock In the local 'market yester- Iday: CATTIjE Best steer?, W.754M.S5; me dium, t4.25(&4.75; common, $3.504; cows. best, 3.7ra4.25; common, $3.25'S3.7d; calves, J44.50. SHEEP Best weathers, JtVfi6.3); ewes, tS.S06; Spring Iambs, nominal. HOGS Best, J&S6.23; medium, $5,7536; feeders, $5,25$i5.75 Eastern Livestock Market. KANSAS CITT, April 4. Cattle Receipts, 1400;- market, steady; .native steers, $5 253? 6.90; native cows and heifer. $36.40: stock en. nnd feeder. $:1.5096.60; bulls. $3.5"'"3 8.25: calves. $3.5065.50: Western steers, $4.75 $6.75; Western uuws. $3.7.Vff5.50. Hogs Receipts 5000; market, steady to 5c hightr. Bulk of sales. $5.Sf5.90; heavv, $5.8.Hi5.J5 ; packers and butrht-rs, $6.80-6.05; lighto, $5.70'!5.S5; pics, $4.8tWi5.25. Sheep Receipts, none; market, nominal, OMAHA. April 4. Cattle Receipts,' 1O0; market, unchanged. Hogjf Receipts, 4O0O; market, 5H10c high er. Heavy. $.Y703.80; mlxd. $3.70-pS.75; llghta, $5. 565. 75; pigs, $4.5U35.25; bulk of sale, $5.7(3 5.75. tih-H-p Receipts. 7000: markft, steady. Yearlings.' $6.757.50: wethers, $6&7; ewv.s, $5.75KS.75: lambs, Tg.10. CHICAGO, April 4. Cattle Receipts, 300: market, . steady. Beeve, - $4.SO'?r7.30; cows and heifers, $20; Texans. $4.4083.40; calves, $4.7585.75: Westerns. 84.4v4io.80; stockers and feeders. $3.25')5.30. Hogs Recelp-.s, about 10,000: market, strong to 5c higher. Lights. 5.8o36.20; mixed. $5.8ti7.25; heavy, 5.SO(S.2.'; rough. $5.Soi6.5; pigs, $1.73g'3.80; bulk of sales, $6-O.Vh. IS. Sheep Receipts. about 2000: market, steady. Native. $4.756.80: Westerns. $53 6.80: yearlings. $6.257.40; lambs, $67.85; Westerns, $6.2587.85. QUOTATIONS AT SAX FRANCISCO. Prices Paid for Produce In tne Bay City . Market. SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. The follow ing prices were quoted In the produce mar ket today: ., . "Vegetables Garlic. 1520c: green peas, S 65c: string bean, 20c; asparagus, 60c; tomatoes. $1.5S'2; eggplant. 10-a.l5c. Poultry Roosters, old. $4&4.50; roosters, young, $7(89: broilers, small. 2.50i3; broilers, large. $354; fryers. $75iS; hens. $5f(? $8.50; ducks, old, $4ff5; young, $57. Butter Fancy creamery, 22c; ; creamery seconds, 204c; fancy dairy. lc. Eggs Store. 164c: fancy ranch. 17c. Cheese New, 11'I14; Young Amer ica. 1 2 it 1 :l 4 c . Millstuffs Bran, $3032; middlings, $83 $36. Wool Spring, Humboldt and Mendocino, 2022c; South Plains and San Joaquin, 5 75: lambs. 6S10- Hops New. and eM crops, 1454c; con tracts. Senile. Hay Wheat. $13 18.50; wheat and oats, $11 ill 6; alfalfa. $0914; stock, $7,0059: straw, per bale, CSr-Soc. Fruits Apples, choice, $1.75; common, 60c; bananas, 75c$:.50: Mexican limes, $(V(ii.5o; California lemons. choice, $2.75; common. $1; .oranges, navels, $1.255? 2.25; pineapples. $1.50g 3.50. Potatoes Early Rose. $1.3591 50: sweets $2 304i3: Oregon Burbanks. Soctffl.10. Receipts Flour, 10,560 quarter sacks; wheat, 010 centals: barley. 3240 centals: po tatoee, 1100 sacks; bran. 130 sacks; middlings. 200 sacks; hay, 390 tons; wool, 228 bales; hides, 953. Coffee and Sugar. NEW TORK, April 4. Coffee futures closed steady; net unchanged. Sales, 92CO baKS. including July, 5.75c; September, 5.83c; December, 5.90c; March. 5.93c. Spot quiet; No. 7 Rio, 6c; No. 4 Santos, htgi 84c; mild, dull; Cordova. yytral3c. Suyar Raw, easy; fair refining, 3.86c; centrifugal, 96 test, 4.36c; molasses sugar, 3.61c. Refined, steady. No. 6, 5.00c; No. 7. 4.95c; No. S, 4.90c; No. 9. 4S3c; No. 10, 4.75c; No. 11, 4.70c; No. 12, 4.65c; No. 13, 4.60c; No. 14, 4.55. Confectioners "A," 5.20; mould A, 5.75; cut loaf, 6.20; crushed, 6.10c; powdered, 5.50c; granulated, 5.40c; cubes, 5.65c. IHury Produee in tbo Es.rt. CHICAGO, April 4. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was firm. Creameries. 22Sj294c; dairies, 20tr20c. Eggs Easy at mark, cases included. 14c; firsts, 144c; prime firsts. 15c; extras, 16c. Cheese Steady, 124J3134c. NEW YORK, April 4 Butter Firm. Creamery specials, 31c; extras, 304c; thirds to firsts, 21(t24c; held common, specials, 21 629c; Western factory firsts, 204c. Cheese Steady, unchanged. Eggs Steady, unchanged. Metal Markets. NEW TORK, April 4. Metals were quiet In the absence of cables and quota tions wero as follows: Tin Firm at 31.3011.12.200. Copper Unsettled. Lake 12.8S413,124c; electrolytic, 12.75ffl3.00c, and casting, 12.50 Jfl2.75c. Lead Quiet and unchanged at 6.904.0Oc; spelter, 4.601t4.70c. Iron Unchanged. Imports and Exports. NBW TORK, April 4. Imports of mer chandise and drygoods at the port of New York for week ending March 26 were valued at $12,762,819. Imports of specie at the port . of New Tork for the week ending today were $22,205 silver and $4S5,200 gold. Exports of specie from the port of New York for the week ending today were $48,205 gold and $33,883 silver. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, April 4. Wool, weak. Med ium grades, combing and clothing, 1849 20c; light fine, 174; heavy line, 123 13c; washed, 23330. MONARCHISTS SURE TO WIN Will Fix Portuguese Election to Shut Out Republicans, LISBON April 4. The Monarchists are confident that the influence of the gov ernment machinery on the governors and prefects throughout the country will in sure a strong Monarchist majority in the Chamber of Deputies in the elections that take place In Portugal tomorrow. They have 'determined to limit the Republican Deputies to 12. A total of 146 Deputies are to be chosen. The efforts of the secret police In in vestigating the tragedy of February 1, when King Carlos and the Crown Prince were shot ' down, have developed ap parently conclusive evidence that the death of ex-Premier Franco was decreed by a secret Republican society in spite of the protests of the Republican leaders. The editors of the newspapers who Insist that the accomplices of Buissa, the man who killed the King, be brought to jus tice, are receiving letters threatening them with death. King Manuel has left the Mocessidadns Palace only once since, the assassination 1 of his father and brother. This was when I he drove In a closed carriage to the AJusa Palace to visit his grandmother. Queen Maria Pia. BOUND TO COOKE BY LOVE Floretta AVhaley Considers Herself .Married to Him. SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-FIoretta Wtaaley, who eloped with Jere Knode Cooke, formerly pastor of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I., in an inter- Telephone MSSS. AKST. Go FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS Safe as Government. FRANK ROBERTSON Falling Bid?., Third nnd Vih. St. view published in the Examiner today, under the name of Floretta W. Balcom, the name now taken by Cooke, says: "My life since leaving Hempstead has been happy. I feel that I am as truly married to Mr. Balcom as though the cer emony had- been performed before an altar and by seven bishops. If I had not loved Mr. Balcom I woulcf not have como West with him, and I regard myself just as truly bound to him as though tho church had sanctioned our union. God has surely joined us and no human agency shall put us asunder. If Mrs. Cooke ever obtains a divorce we will be married be fore the law. , "I have no resentment against Mrs. Cooke. She Is only the woman who mar ried my husband before I did. She was an obstacle in our way and we had to get around her. We have done so, and the only thing we could now ask of her is that she should make it possible for us to be married and ta ke our place In the world as we would like to." Mrs. Balcom, as she styles herself, says there is no truth in the stories that they had a hard time making a living. Balcom. she says, is- an expert workman and makes $4.50 a day. She says that when her estate Is settled she will have be tween $100.0.i0 and $150,000. . TWO MANORS FOR SALE Alluring Chance for Anplonianiac With Money in Suffolk. LONDON, April 4. (Special.) Do you want to become the lord of a manor the lord of two- manors, in fact? For the sum of $425 you can attain this dignified and ancient position, and be the owner of six parishes in Suffolk, contain ing some hundreds of acres. The two manors are those of Brendhall and Was colles, and with them go court rolls ex tending back several centuries, and all existing seigniorial rights. Dr. Rouse, LL. D.. of Essex street. Strand, who Is negotiating the sale of the manors, says a lord of a manor has many quaint rights, which have been handed down for centuries. Including the right to mine minerals, etc., within or under the land occupied by his copy holders. "The court rolls," said Dr. Rouse, "aro really the title deeds of the copy-holder, who holds the land during life, and at the will of the lord of the manor, and he cannot dig below the surface. "Another quaint custom relates to what Is called herlot. When a copy-holder dies, his 'best live beast or best dead good' goes to the lord of the manor. There is a record of a famous raco horse, worth $10,000, being seized as herlot." fiOG IS HIS MESSENGER Parisian Wineshop -Keeper Teaches Animal Vsefnl Tricks. PARIS, April 4. (Special.) There (4 at least one dog-owner In Paris who can boast that the tricks he has taught his dog are useful ones. He is the keeper of a wine and tobacco shop in the Rue Galilee. His dog Dick, a kind of fox terrier, has been taught to carry wine and messages and to dis tribute newspapers to customers. Ac cording to his owner, the dog display marvelous intelligence and love of work. Early every morning Dick goes up to the fifth floor to wake the ser vants, then he waits to have a bundle of newspapers strapped to his back, which he carries to each subscriber, and during the day he delivers wine, which is also strapped to his back in bottles, to any customer with whoso name and address he has before been made acquainted. He thus goes as far as a quarter of mile on various errands, and after punctually carrying them out, returns to his master, delighted to get cake or a piece of sugar as his reward. RAWHIDE Nevada, the scene of the ureatest gold ex citement ever known in the history of thi country. Within three months It has pro wit to a population estimated between Jm'Wm) and 12.K0, and hundreds of people coming- in daily. Over 350 properties working. The surface showinss are marvelous and almost invariably the ore seems to increase in rich ness with depth. Our special correspondent is preparing a photo album of the city and district of Hawhide Including topographical map of Rawhide and a Mrdseye view ot this rich mineral belt, which wa bellev in the moat interesting and instrucfive pieca of Nevada literature ever published. Photo album and maps will be sent free upon ap plication. RAWHIDE OKO CONS. MINKS CO., 7 Merc-ptile Bids.. Denver. Colo. THAI h.k,h,KJ faUlDS. rOBTLAND RY LHiHT POWEBCO CAfid USAVE. Ticket Offic and Waltlnc-Roon First and Alder tiir(-a FOR Oregon City 1. tf:30 A M. and every 30 rolnuies to and including 0 P. U., then 10. 11 P. M.; lat c&r U mid night. CarMhiun. Bortns, Eagle Creek. KnUt esl. iMMlero. Iirvww and irouuijtie 0:1j. 11-16 A. M.. l.li. 3:A&, .U, lfi P. M. tOK VACOUKH. Ticket office and waiting-room Second and IV r4hiugton ireuu m A U 0I3V 0:34. 7:33. 1:00. 1:3. 10. U:50. 10-30. 11:10. 11:50 P M 12:30. 1:10. 1:00. 2:30. 1:10, I AO. 4 30. 5:10. 5:50 :JJ. 1 :o. 7:40, B 15. 23. 10:33. 11:451 On Third Monday In Every Montb (be Lnt Cur Leve ut 1:06 P. M. Daily except Sunday JDailr except Mnnd SAN FRANCISCO A PORTLAND SlUAMMill CO. From Ainsworth lxck, Portland. H B -Kom City." Anril 10- 4 P. M. H.S. "Senator," April 1H. 9 A. M. and a buitinc 9 A. M. fevery .Saturday Tb.ereuter. From Spear St.. San Francisco. 11 A. M. S.8. "Senutwr," April 11. 25, May 9, lite. "K4ne City April 1. May 2, 16, tic. J. W. HANSOM. Uurk Agent, phone Main 2ti8. Ainsworth Dock. COOS BAY LINE The steamer BREAKWATER leavaa Port lend every WedneMiajr at P. JH. from Oak atiet dock, fur JNim-io Uend, Maratincld aa4 Cooe J&ay point Freight received till 4 P, M on day ef ee.lU.ng. puMDger fare, Crat claea, 910; aecoDd-clasa, S7, Including kertla and meals Inquire city ticket office, Talr4 A&a Waaal&stoa. etreet, at Oak-eueet dock Couch Building