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TEE MGHlsI3sGr OBEGOXIA, a?ETTRSIAT jTEBIcFiLiTT 21. 1S93.
SAINT JAMES OF CUBA
OLDEST CITY IV THE NEW "WORLD,
AFTEH SANTO D03ILVGO.
The "Ways of the Cuban The 'VJr-
SjlniUB" Affair .V "Wreck of. the
Spaninu. Armada.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Spanish W. I.,
Jan. 3. (Special Correspondence.) This
former capital of Cuba, which Diego Ve
lasquez, Its founder, christened In honor
of the patron saint of Spain, as far back
as 1514, Is the oldest standing city In the
New World, excepting: Santo Domingo,
"which Columbus himself established only
18 years earlier. San Jago, San Diego,
Santiago are really the same name, ren
dered James In our language, and wher
ever the Spaniards have been there are
dozens of them. By the way, the harsh
sounding word which we say for Cuba Is
3iot at all that which the discoverer be
stowed upon the largest Island of the
Antilles, but should be pronounced as if
spelled Koo-bah. This particular city of
St. James, GOO miles southeast of the pres
ent capital, is still the chief city of the
eastern department of Cuba, and ranks
third In commercial Importance Havana
"being first and llatanzas second. It 13
the archbishop's residence, and to it many
people flock from all parts of the island
during certain yearly religious festivals,
-which are celebrated with remarkable
pomp and ceremony. It is also the ter
minus of two railway lines, one of which
Is the outlet of Lomas de Cobre, the fa
mous copper mines three leagues inland;
the other, passing through the richest su
gar district, affords transportation for
that great staple. The exports of the
port reach the handsome annual aggre
gate of 5S.000.000. three-fourths of which
3s in sugar, the rest cocoa, rum, tobacco,
honey and mahogany.
Landing at the wharf, you are Instantly
"beset by the drivers of the three or four
"volantes and as many victorias that com
prise the entire wheel transit of Santiago,
for the steep streets are so atrociously
bad that everybody "rides afoot or on
horsi-back," and even the heaviest mer
chandise Is transported on the bucks of
mules and ponies. It Is well to remember,
wherever you may be in Spanish America,
that a bargain should be fully understood
before getting Into any public vehicle,
although the tariff therefor, usually con
trolled by municipal regulations, is printed
on a card and posted Inside. The drivers
consider a day's labor utterly lost when
they get only regular pay; and even after
a. bargain has been made, they do not
want to stick to it, but will bully or
wheedle you out of more than the sum
agreed upon if they can, gracefully drop
ping from dollars to cents in their extor
tion if you prove to be a sophisticated
customer. We desired to go first to the
American consulate, a drive of less than
30 minutes from the landing, and, think
ing to avoid future controversy, we se
lected the. most irnocent-looking Jehu of
the lot, saw that hl? legalized tariff was
75 cents an hour, and offered him $1 for
the 10 minutes pervlce. But when we
alighted and proffered the dollar, the
snan refused it with the greatest Indigna
tion. "Dos pesos, senoras! Dos pesos;
3iada menos!" (Two dollars, ladies, noth
ing less), he shouted. Being reminded of
the bargain, and that it was much more
than his rightful fare, he waxed loudly
vehement, swinging his arms, and rolling
his eyes as if in a fit, and calling upon
till the saints in the calendar to defend
ttilm from fraudulent foreigners. "Seno
ras," he cried, "did you not ask me where
is the American consulate? What is this
"building; and this; and this? Did I not
"bestow upon you, s.enoras, much valua
ble information. Body of Christ! Shall
1 be a guide and city directory, as well
as coohero, all for a paltry peso?" Placing
the dollar upon the carriage seat, we
turned, to go, whereupon he changed his
tactics to humble supplication and be
sought us by the beard of San Jago, by
the love of the virgin, by the heart of
tour mother, to make It a dollar and a
lialf. "Distinguished strangers, conde
scend to add dos reales (25 cents); beau
tiful young ladies, only 10 cents more."
But finding us quite Immovable, he sud
denly showed all his white teeth in a
Kood-natured grin, took off his battered
3iat, and bade us "buenos (lias" with the
Exace of the Chesterfield, and rattled
away, doubtless hoping for better success
with the next verdant "gringo."
The hills which enclose Santiago on
three sides, rising rapidly from the bay
to mountains of great height and beauty,
tire lovely to look upon, and afford excel
lent drainage to the city, but are no end
tof a nuisance for daily climbing. Starting
ut the shoie, the narrow streets run
Eteeply up the hillsides 150 feet or more,
and appear to have never been repaired
Bince the days of Velazquez. Tropical
rains have washed great gutters down
them, in some places three or four feet
eep, and the traffic of nearly 400 years
has uprooted the original cobble-stones
and worn dangerous pitfalls and man
traps. The street in which the consul
lives, one of the principal thoroughfares,
3s not jassable at all for vehicles, nor for
horsemen after dark, and to walk through
it at any time is almost at the risk of
your neck. Most of the streets are lined
with cemented sidewalks, from 10 to 15
Inches wide; but some of them have no
Pidewalks, and pedestrians are obliged to
take the road, where naked children are
always plnying in the streams of offen
sive water that percolate through the
broken stones.
It Is no wonder that this city has the
reputatl'on of being the most unhealthy
place In Cuba! Hemmed in by moun
tains, with all this filth festering in the
Eun, the surprise is not that yellow fever
makes an annual visit and carries off
many victims, but that it does not remain
the year round. A more favorable field
for the study of human anatomy could
hardly be found than Santiago de Cuba,
where "living pictures" abound in the
streets, It being thought here that drap
ery of any sort for boys and girls of the
lower class under 10 years of age is en
tirely superfluous. When the rains de
scend, these almost perpendicular alleys
are sometimes filled with torrents of such
Impetuosity that no one can cross them
vi foot, and even horsemen hesitate to
climb them. The city might easily have
an inexhaustible supply of pure cold water.
If only there was sufficient enterprise
among the citizens to cause it to be
brought in pipes from the neighboring
heights. But Santiago remains wretch
edly deficient In this respect, though
there Is much suffering and 111 health
from lack of this prime necessity.
Tho consul's street being impassable, we
were obliged to leave our carriage a
block away, and walk the rest of the dis
tance. Arrived at the welcome sign cf
the American eagle, with the stars and
Ftrlpes floating above it. an unexpected
barrier confronted us at the entrance
nothing less than a saddle-horse tethered
to the doorpost, and occupying the great
er portion of the little stone porch that
fronts the casa. This is another "eos
tumbre" of the country, so common that
nobody thinks anything about It. If a
Santiago n pays you a visit, of course, he
rides his steed up to the front porch and
ties it with Its nose to the door, where it
stands pawing and blocking the entrance
until the owner chooses to depart. The
consul's house, which is a fair sample of
the majority of the better class residences
In Santiago, looks as if it had been built
to stand 1000 years, and had already
weathered half that period: with Its 3-foot
walls cemented hard as marble outside
and In, Its solid rafters set close together,
and foot-square window-frames and
doorposts run down lato the ground M
feet or more. The frequency of earth
quakes and hurricanes soon taught the
early builders the necessity of this sub
stantial fashion.
A brief visit will not give the traveler
an adequate idea of Santiago. The first
Impression gained from Its tumble-down
buildings, many of which appear just ready
to topple over and crush you, and its
rough, neglected streets, abounding in
filth, naked babies, lean curs and fright
fully abused mules and horses. Is by no
means favorable, even to lovers of the
quaint and venerable. But after you be
come better acquainted with It and its
hospitable people, and have seen the in
teriors of some of its antique casas, that
were built 100 years before the first Dutch
man had set up a house on Manhattan
Island, you find yourself in love with, the
rare old place, despite its many shortcom
ings. The finest mansions are confined to
no particular locality, but are as likely to
be found next to negro shanties or sand
wiched in among commercial warehouses
as anywhere else. They are of the order
of architecture which the Moors brought
Into the Iberian peninsula, low and large,
with enormous windows reaching from
roof to pavement and having Iron bars
before them, tiled or marble floors, and an
Inner courtyard with limes and pomegran
ates growing around Its central fountain.
Dirty and toilsome though they are, the
streets of Santiago never fail to interest;
they have such curious signs stretched
across them, or protruding over the nar
row sidewalks, and the commodities ex
posed for sale are (to us) so strange. The
shop-fronts are all open, and inside are
clerks in their shirt-sleeves, guiltless of
vests and collars, coquetting with mu
latto girls over gay calico prints and
woolens. Ladies of the aristocracy never
visit the stores, but do their shoping by
proxy, through the sen-ants, or from sam
ples brought around by the merchants.
Fat and comfortable negresses, with enor
mous earrings and turbans of indescrib
able gorgeouness, beside which Joseph's
coat would be a colorless affair, squat on
the ground at the street corners, with
baskets of dulces, fruits and boiled yams
to sell. The town is Indifferently lighted
with gas, by a failing company which
dally threatens to suspend business be
cause not paid according to contract by
the eas3'-goIng municipality. There are al
most no vehicles to be seen In the streets,
but you are kept in a perpetual heart
ache by the wretched condition of the
beasts of burden, staggering unshod up
the steep hills under heavy loads, every
rib to be counted as far off as you can see.
them, blows and abuse their only portion;
for in Cuba, as in Spain, animals are the
recipients of the most cruel treatment.
Half way up the hill is the main plaza,
adorned with statues and thickly sec
around with trees and benches. A mili
tary band plays here en certain evenings
of the week, and, according to universal
Spanish custom, everybody comes forth to
see and be seen. The ladies iii their best
clothes, mostly bareheaded and with bare
necks and arms glittering with jewels,
promenade in pairs, round and round, an
hour or two, while gallants line the walk
in triple rows, looking on in more or less
silent admiration, and the less fashionable
portion of the population observe the
beauty show at a respectful distance.
Above the plaza rises a great cathedral,
the largest in Cuba, with its double towers
and facade of porous stone, which gives
it a singular mottled and crumbling ap
pearance. It is of the usual Spanish arch
itecture, with an esplanade in front, Its
extremely simple interior adorned with
paintings and paper flowers. The several
other churches are all small and dilapi
dated, and within their somber walls one
seems to have stepped back Into the 15th
century, for the air and musty odors in
side seem like those of that far-away peri
od, imprisoned 400 years. But If the sanc
tuaries are somewhat behind the times,
the saloons and clubhouses are certainly
up to date, and unaccountably numerous
for a population of only 45,000. There are
r.o fewer than six clubhouses, some of.
them fitted up with surprising magnifi
cence, marble floors, cafes, salons de bll
lare3, reading-rooms and all the accesso
ries. No Spanish American city of any
size is destitute of these anti-domestic in
stitutions, whatever else it may lack,
where the male population may pass the
evenings and get rid of their surplus cash.
There appear to be no skeletons concealed
in their gilded closets, for the interior ar
rangements of the swellest clubhouses are
exposed to the passer-by, through the
grated windows, extending from, floor to
celling, entirely devoid of blinds, shades
or screens of any sort. Passing along the
principal streets one Is struck by the mul
tiplicity and gaudiness of the drinking
saloons, esp?cially at. the approach of
evening, when they are dazzling to be
hold with their lights and glasses and col
ored liquids their marble tables crowded
with domino and card players, each with
a tumbler of his favorite tipple at his el
bow. But one seldom sees a drunken man
In Cuba. The natives drink very often,
but lightly; and the gin to which they are
universaly addicted must be exceptionally
pure, or else the climate has something to
do with its being non-intoxicating.
The upper streets are even narrower
than those near the landing, and to reach
the crest of the hill on whose slopes the
city is built, you must thread several
blind lanes hedged in by the houses of the
poorer and dirtier classes, where un
clothed babies are held up to the window
gratings, and youngsters, in precisely the
Milts they were born In, get under your
horses' feet. But when the crest Is
reached near the long line of buildings
belonging to the Beneficiencia hospital,
there lies before you such a view as few
are privileged to see twice in a lifetime.
Beyond the far-sloping roofs of sun-burnt
tiles, which stretch down to the water's
edge, lies the bay. Its surface of heavenly
blue encircled by emerald hills, all glori
fied by tropical sunshine.
It is difficult to say how the 45.000 peo
ple of Santiago manage to make a living,
for few of them appear to be doing any
thing. The only industrial establishments
of the place are a few sugar factories, a
tanyard, a foundry and a soap manufac
tory. Historically, It is memorable main
ly for the French occupation and ransom
In 1555, and the affair of the "Virginius,"
which occurred just 20 years ago, and re
sulted in the Spanish government paying
au indemnity to the United States for
the murder of Captain Fry and his com
panions. Santiago has also been the seat
of most of Cuba's modern rebellions
against the arbitrary and bitterly oppres
sive rule of the home government, and a
long line of patriots, shot on the ramparts
of Moro castle overhanging the harbor,
have furnished food for the waiting
sharks.
Although you may not go bathing in the
tranquil harbor, because of the sharks,
you may go rowing, with a trusty boat
man who will guarantee not to upset you.
We crossed the bay to an alluring cocoa
grove, two miles away, and rowed up a
winding creek, between mangrove trees
to the landing place. Nothing to be seen
there however, but a narrow path, lead
ing to nowhere, lined with wild pineapple
plants with long narrow leaves and hearts
of crimson and gold. On the way back
we visited the wreck of the old St. Paul,
one of the ships of the Spanish Armada,
which Philip II sent to England In the
year IKS. It was one of the few of that
famous flotilla that escaped destruction
at the time in a tremenduous gale that
tore the Armada to pieces. After a
checkered career, in which the St. Paul
breasted the waves of innumerable seas
and withstood the storms of three cen
turies, she was sent over to perform some
government service for the Spanish colo
nies in America. Being caught in a hur
ricane somewhere off the coast of South
Carolina, she was driven far southward
and finally put In at Santiago in great dis
tress. Here she was run ashore, and for
manyyears afterwards figured as a guard
ship, looking as trim as ever, until not
long ago, some vandal set fire to her and
she was burned to the water's edge. Now
she Is partially visible only at low-tide,
her ribs and stanchions still held together
by the stout keel timbers and lower
sheathing. What a story the old wreck,
now covered with slime and barnacles,
typical of the nation whose flag she once
proudly bore, might tell, could she voice
the experience of centuries!
FANNIE B. WARD.
Mamma You never see Tommy Jones
playing about the trolley-car tracks, or
running before the oars. Teddy 'Taln't
no fun for him. Mamma Why isn't it?
Ttey. Bis mamma never saldoemustn't.
THE BUSINESS WORLD
COOTTRY PRODUCE "WEAK t-VDER
FULL RECEIPTS.
The IVhent Trade Reports by Tele
graph Genernl Produce and
Finnncinl Advices.
The green produce market is In good shape to
receive a full supply from the California steam
er this morning, almost all which came by the
last steamer having cleaned up. Steady prices
rated. Country produce is arriving freely. Eggs
are again on the downward march. In the
morning, sales were made at 14c, but after noon
the quotation was 1c lower. The grocery list is
unchanged.
Eavt-Boand Shipments.
Through East-bound shipments from Portland
via the Southern Pacific In January were as
fallows:
Tons.! Tons.
Flour & millstufts. 22iMachinery 50
Fruit, dried
Miscellaneous
til
6S
4
Green deciduous ...
Hay
Hops
51Salmon, canned
101 Woolen goods..
4US
11 Total 12C0
Horses
Lumber ....
... 390
Hank Statements.
The following were the clearings of the leading
cities of the Northwest yesterday:
Exchanges. Balances.
Portland $172,708 $50,704
Tjcoma 114.3711 22.269
Seattle 6S.177 10,411
THE GRAI.V MARKETS.
Prices Pnid for AVhent nt Home and
Abroad.
The local wheat market is at a very low ebb,
so far as trading is concerned, and the same
will apply equally well to prices. There is
scarcely any demand, and quotations are al
most wholly nominal. For export purposes,
Walla Walla wheat Is worth 40jc per bushel,
and Valley 7577'c per cental.
Oliver Dalrymple. one of the largest wheat
growers in the world, declares without reserve
in a letter to a Cincinnati paper that the day
of high-priced wheat has gone by, except as. a
world-wide failure of the crop may force it to
an advanced figure until a good harvest re
plenishes the supply. He thinks, however, that
it struck bedrock when it dropped to 50c in
Chicago last year, because It practxally reached
the same price per pound as oats, corn and bar
ley, "thus going into the great food bin of the
world, which absorbs ten bushels for livestock
where one Is consumed when eaten by the hu
man family." He thinks that with intelligent
farming wheat can be raised at a living profit,
even at 50c a bushel. The situation should ad
monish farmers to reduce the cost of produc
tion to a minimum by the adoption of the most
approved methods, and raising of a greater di
versity of crops, and to keep expenses down
by economy in public affairs so that the taxes
will be as light as possible.
Consul-General Mason, at Frankfort, has sent
to the state department at Washington a report
on the extent and origin of wheat Importations
to Germany during the past three years. The
imports in double centners (about 220 pounds)
from the most Important centers are as follows:
1832. 1883. 1S94.
United States 5,302,130 3.149.2S2 3,054,000
Argentine Repub.. 661.007 1,513,081 .1,106.11(0
Russia 2.572.091 210,362 2,354.459
British India 509.081 29.C91 87.732
Austria-Hungary .. 430.730 237,834 189.312
Bulgaria 434,727 179.751 42.778
Canada 117,100 32.208 2.907
Consul Mason says the salient features of the
comparison are: "The clearness with which it
shows the effect of the Russo-German tariff war
of 1893-94 upon the imports of wheat from Rus
sia and the promptness with which they recov
ered their normal proportions since the tem
porary restriction was removed, and, second,
the steadily growing importance of the Argen
tine Republic as a source of supply for the
wheat markets of Europe."
At Chicago.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. Foreign markets were
about steady, and so was the opening of the
wheat trade here. May wheat, which closed
yesterday at 52Vc, opened at that price, and
there were a few transactions at 1-lCc under
that. During the first two hours the range was
confined between the prices Just quoted and
52?ic The Northwestern receipts were not as
heavy as yesterday's advices had predicted.
Before the forenoon had gone the market com
menced to improve. It ruled strong between
12 and 1 o'clock, and kept In the neighborhood
of 53c, rather over than under that most of the
time. The closing cables came firm. The prin
cipal influence in the buying here which caused
the advance was a rumor which claimed dam
age to the French crop. May sold at W,ic at
the close, and February at 508'50'5ic.
At Xew York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Flour Quiet, steady.
Wheat Spot, quiet: prices higher. Options
were fairly active and steady at Vj-)ic advance
on firmer cables, local covering and report of
damage to the French crop; May most active.
Closing prices: No. 2 red, February, 5G;4c;
March. 57c; May, 5814c: June, 5Sc; July, 5S?4c:
August, 5S5ic; September, 59J4c; December,
Civic.
Liverpool Spot Market.
LIVERPOOL Feb. 20. Wheat Spot, quiet;
demand poor; No. 2 red winter! 4s Cd; No. 2 red
spring. 4s 3d; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s 'd; No.
1 California, 5s 2d. Futures closed firm; Feb
ruary, 4s Cd; March. 4s O'Sd; April. 4s G&d;
May, 4s 64d; June. 4s 7d; July, 4s 7'4d.
Corn Spot, steady: American mixed, new, 4s
'id- Futures closed firm: February, 4s d;
March, April. May, June and July. 4s Jd.
Flour Steady; demand moderate; St. Louis
fancy winter. 5s Cd.
Hops Unchanged.
Beerbolim'd Grain Report.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 20. Wheat Quiet, steady;
cargoes on passage, per steamer. No. 2 red
(480 pounds), 203 Od; cargoes, Walla Walla (500
pounds), 22s 9d; No. 1 standard California (500
pounds), 23a V&d.
LOCAL QUOTATIOXS.
Flour Portland. Salem, Cascadia and Dayton
are quoted at $2 30 per barrel; Gold Drop, $2 50
per barrel: SnowflaUe. $2 30: Benton county,
$2 30; graham, $2 1532 30; superfine, $1 90.
Oats Good white are quoted firm at 272Sc
per bushel: milling. 2930c; gray, 2027c
Rolled oats are quoted as follows: Bags, $3 75
G; barrels. $666 25; cases. $3 75.
Barley Feed barley. 63C5c per cental; brew
ing. SOgSSc, according to quality.
MillstufTs Bran. $12; middlings. $13 50: chop
feed. $12 15; middlings, none in market?
chicken wheat. G775c per cental.
Hay-Cood. $910 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery Is quoted at 22;A25c
per pound; fancy dairy. 17V6f20c; fair to good,
12'4!15e: common. SSflOc.
Potatoes Quotations wholly nominal.
Onions Good Oregon, S0c$l per sack.
Poultry Chickens, old, quoted at $2 503 per
dozen; young, $22 50 per dozen; ducks, $4 50
f5; geese, $66 50; turkeys, lie, Sc per pound:
dressed, lOgllc per pound.
Eggs Oregon were quoted weak at 13c per
dozen.
Tropical fruit California lemons. $3 504 50:
Sicily. $4 508G; bananas. $2 50gS 50; California
navels. $2 503 23 per box; pineapples, Hon
olulu. $363 50; sugar-loaf, $3. Figs California
black, boxes, quoted at $1 25: sacks, 4gSc; Cal
ifornia white. 10-pound boxes, 90c$l; 25-pound
boxes. $2 50: sacks. 6Sc; Turkish, boxes, 140
16c; fancy, large, 20g21c; bags, 10c.
Fresh fruit Apples, good, $101 50 per box;
common, 75ci$l.
Oregon vegetables Cabbage, 14c per pound;
squash, C5c per dozen.
California vegetables Brussels sprouts, $1 23
per 30-pound box; string beans, 12 13c per
pound; green peas. J2gl3c per pound; arti
chokes, $1J1 10 per dozen: cauliflower. 85c per
dozen, $2 50 per crate; sweet potatoes. $364
per cental: cucumbers, hothouse", $1 752; gar
lic. H?7c per pound: lettuce, 25c per dozen, $1
per box.
Nuts Almonds, soft-shell. 9llc per pound:
paper-shell, 12&gl4c; new crop California wal
nuts, soft-shell, llf?12Vc; standard walnuts,
lOVigllc: Italian chestnuts. 12Vi14c: pecans,
13lCc: Brazils. 1213c: filberts. 14frl5c; pea
nuts, raw. fancy. 37c: roasted, 10c; hickory
nuts. S10c; coeoanuts, 90c per dozen.
Wool Valley. S10c. according to quality:
Umpqua. 7gc; fall clip. 5g6c; Eastern Oregon,
57c.
Hops Choice, 7c; medium, 4 gGc; poor. 3c.
Provisions Eastern hams, medium, quoted at
!UsS12c per pound; hams, picnics, lOgllc;
breakfast bacon. 1213c: short clear sides. 101?
lie; dry salt sides, OglOc: dried beef bams, 13
14c; lard, compound, in tins. S0!c: pure.
1r tins. 7jllic: pigs' feet, 80s, $3 50; 40s.
$S 25; kits. $1 23.
The 3Ierchandie Market.
' Salcaca Columbia river, N. l tails, $1 23 I
1 GO; No. 2 taliSt .23ff2 50; fancy. No. 1.
flats. It 75t 65: Alaska. No, 1 tails, $1 20 e
1 30; No. 2 tails. $1 9002 25.
Coal Steady; domestic. $37 50 per ton; for
eign. $S 5011.
Beans Small white. No. 1. 3ic per pound;
butter, 3HC: bayou, 3c; Lima. 5c
Cordage Manilla rope, ltt-mcb. Is quoted at
9c. and sisal, Cc per pound.
Sugar D. 4ic; C, 4c; extra C, 4Hc; dry gran
ulated, 54,c: cube, crushed and powdered. Otic
per pound; 14c per pound discount on all grades
for prompt cash; half-barrels. &c more than
barrels; maple sugar, 15616c per pound.
Coffee Costa Rica. 223c; Rio. 20g22c;
Salvador, 21 21 c; Mocha. 2CV5 2Sc: Padarig
Java, 31c: Palembangt Java. 2 2Sc; Lahat
Java. 2325c; Arbuckle's Mokoska and Lion.
$23 30 per 100-pound case; Columbia, $22 SO pet
100-pound case. '
The Meat Market.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers, $2 f
2 10; ewes. $1 50gi 73; lambs, $2; dressed mut
ton. 46,4Vic; lambs, 4'c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers. $2 50 2 SO; fair to
good steers, $2 2 25; cows, $2 2 50; dressed
beef, 46c per pound.
Veal Dressed, small, 5g6c; large, 3S4c per
pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy. ?33 CO; light and
feeders, $3 50; dressed, 4Uc per pound.
XEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
The Opening of Subscription Lists
for the Xew Bonds the Feature.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. This was not an act
ive day on the stock exchange, but specula
tion in the main was firm In tone, and a ma
jority of the issues dealt in closed higher than
yesterday. The attraction was the opening of
the subscription lists for the new 4 per cent
government loan at the otlices of Belmont & Co.
and Morgan & Co. Other than aubscrlbers were
anxious about the result, for Vpon the success
of the loan hung the vast commercial as well
as great financial interests, the credit of the
United States being on trial. The first news
touching the subscriptions on the bonds came
from London In the dispatches announcing that
the loan had been subscribed for many times
over, with subscriptions still comlns In. This
was followed up by the announcement that the
bondholders here had closed the subscription
books within 20 minutes after they had been
opened, the new Issue having been largely over
sold. The figures are withheld until the allot
ments are decided upon, which it is expected
will be made public on Saturday. The rush of
subscriptions brought the bonds into favor .in
the opening market, and they were bid up to
118, which Is a premium of 5Va per cent on the
syndicate prices.
At the opening of the stock market a firm
tone prevailed, but trading was light. A fairly
good buying movement was, however, soon be
gun, which resulted in a fractional improve
ment in the more active stocks. Tho circula
tion of reports unfavorable to Chicago Gas. led
to free selling of that stock, and then a decline,
a large, fraction of which was quickly recov
ered. The rest of the list was withheld, and in
a few cases slight gains were made. During
the hour preceding noon the speculation was
strong for the leading shares. In the early aft
ernoon the market was stagnant, but about 1
o'clock an attack was made on Tobacco on the
strength of a report that a lack of harmony ex
isted in the board of directors, and the stock
gave way 2V4 per cent, with a final rally of 4
per cent. New Jersey Central, Northwestern,
Manhattan, Sugar and a few other shares gave
way a fraction, but there was no general reac
tion. The market was decidedly firm during
the last hour of business, and closed in good
tone.
There was a brisk, demand In the railway and
miscellaneous bond market, which resulted in
a large volume of business being transacted,
and some material appreciations were recorded.
The total sales were $1,0S3,000.
The total sales of stocks today were 120,077
shares, including:
Am. Tobacco .... 2,900jLong Is. Traction. 3,700
Am. Sugar 13,000 Louis. & Nash.... 4,700
Burlington 4,300 N. J. Central 5,000
Chicago Gas ....14.000 Northwestern .... 5.C00
DIsU & C F. Co. 3.700 Rock Island 4,200
Erie 3.9O0 St. Paul 14.200
Gen. Electric 4,000iVestem Union ... 2.700
Money, easy at 1 per cent; closed at 1 per
cent; prime mercantile paper, 3V45! per cent;
sterling exchange, easier, with actual business
in bankers' bills at $4 884 SS& for demand,
and $4 SG?i4 87 for CO days; posted rates.
$4 S7& 4 88 and $4 S9tf ; commercial bills,
$4SGgl SGli; silver certificates, C0c
Government bond?, strong, registered 5s being
up 14, do coupons Vj, is, coupons, per cent
higher than yesterjj&V State bonds, fnactlve,"
Rallroad bonds, fliiii.-
Petroleum Steady; Pennsylvania oil sales,
none; March option sales, none; closed at $1 04
bid.
BONDS.
Bonds closed at New York yesterday as follows:
U. S. 5s, reg 115
do 5s, coup 110
do 4s, reg 112
do 4s, coup 112
do 2s, reg 93
Pacific Gs of '95...100
Ala., class A 105
do B 103
do C 9G
do currency 9G
La, new cons., 4s.. 92'.
Mo. Gs 100
N. Car. G3 125
do 4s 90
S. Car. non-fund.. 1
Tenn. new set Gs. 84Vi
do 5s 100
Erie 2ds 58
G. H. & S. A. Cs. 92
do 7s 100
II. & T. Cent. 5s. .105
do Gs 101
M. K. T. 1st 4s... 80Vs
do 2d 4s 45'4
Mut. Union Gs 111
N. J. C. gen. 5s. ..111
North. Pacific lsts.113
do 2ds 85
Northwest cons.... 140
do S. F. deb. 5s.l0S
Rio Gr. W. Ists... Gil
St. P. cons., 7s....l2f.
do a & P. W. 5S.109H
St. Louis & I. M.
gen. 5s u
St. Louis & S. F.
Ken. Gs 103
Tex. Pacific lsts... 83
do 2ds 23
U. P. lsts of '0G..103
West Shore 4s 104
So. R. R. 5s SG?j
STOCKS.
The following were the closing quotations for
stocks on the New York exchange yesterday:
Atchison 4
Adams Express ...142
Alt. & Ter. H.... 35
Am. Express 110
N. Y. Central
N. Y. & N. Ens...
99
aoVs
1G',;
9
IS
4
22ti
Ont. & Western..,
Oregon Imp ,
Oregon Nav ,
Bait. & Ohio G2
can. l'acinc -is
Can. Southern .... 48
Central Pacific ... 13
Ches. & Ohio lGi;
O. S. L. & U. N...
Pacific Mall
P.. D. & E 2J4
Pittsburg 154
Pullman Palace ...154
Reading 9
Rio Gr. Western... lGs
do nref 43
Chicago & Alton.. 143
fill., li. ic U '!
Chicago Gas 73
Con. Gas 129!
C U. U. & St. Li..
Col. Coal & Iron...
WRock Island G2U
4 St, Paul 5514
Cotton Oil Cert.... 18
1 do pref li
St. Paul & Om 3t
Del. & Hudson.
...147V4!
Del.. L. & W...
.158
do pref 109
D. & R. G. pref... 35 Southern Pacific .. 17'.;
DIst. & C. F. Co
TC
Sugar Refinery .... 92
Erie
do pref..
Ft, Wayne
Tenn. Coal & Iron. 13
17
Texas Pacific
S
15G
T. & O. C. pref....
70
0
42
5
13
102
88
Gr. North, pref. ..100
Chi. & E. I. pref.. 00
Union Pacific
U. S. Express
Hocking Valley .
111. Central
19 Wab.. St. L. & P..
8G?) do pref
20 Wells-Fargo Ex...
St. P. & Dul..
Kan. & Tex. pref. 22W Western Union
Lake E. & W
15 Wheeling & L. E..
8
do pref...
71 I do prer
.6
Lake Shore 13GiMInn. & St. Louis. 20
Lead Trust
Louis. & Nash...
Louis. & N. Alb.
2SD. & R, G
11
29 V
19-li
02-SiGen. Electric
ClNat- Linseed
Man. Con 10
ICol. Fuel &. Iron... 24
Mem. & Charles..
Mich. Central ...
Mo. Pacific
Mobile & Ohio...
Nash. & Chat
Nat. Cordage ....
10 I do pref GO
90 !H. & T. Central.... 2
21 ST.. A. A. & N. M. 1
14 T.. St, L. &K. C. 1
G4
1 do pret 7
4H4SO. R. R
G?i! do pref
9
31;
8S
ior
105
1
do prer
N. J. Central
Nor. &. W. prer...
North Am. Co....
S3Am. Tobacco
11I do prer
.Insist, P-. M. & M..
2:. Northwestern . . .
Northern Pacific
do pref
"U. P., D. &. G..
.. 15 do pref
Mining; Stocku.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. The official
ing quotations for mining stocks today
as follows:
clos
were Alta ?0 32IHale & Norcross.
Alpha Con GlJulia
Andes 22!Junice
Belcher SSlLady Wash. Con.,
Best & Belcher... 74IMexican
Bodie Con 85lMono j,
Bullion SIMt. Diablo
Bulwer Con 12iOecidental Con....
Caledonia GjOphlr
Challenge Con.... 20 Dverman ,
Chollar -ifejl'otosi
Confidence 89Savage
Con. Cal. & Va... 2 45'Sierra Nevada ...
Coiu Imperial 1, Silver Hill
Crown Point 3S:silver King
Exchequer 2lUnlon Con ,
Gould & Curry.... 41(YelIow Jacket ....
$0S7
20
10
1 40
12
45
NEW YORK. Feb,
closed as follows:
Bulwer $0
Chollar
Crown Point
Con. Cal. & Va... 2
Deadwood
Gould & Curry...
Hale & Norcross..
Homestake 17
Mexican
20. Mining stocks today
OSIOntario
50'Ophir ,
30,Plymouth ,....
25!QulckslIver
40! do pref
SSlSierra Nevada
SOlStandard
SOIUnion Con....,
70; Yellow Jacket .
.$S 00
?i?
'. 2 50
.10 00
I 2 GO
. 40
. 40
London Financial News.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. The Evening Post's
London cablegram says: The markets were dull
today. Foreign stocks were weak on the Egyp
tian news. Prices on the Paris bourse were
weak, but better at the close. Americans were
dull, notwithstanding ' the success of the new
do old Gs GO.
Va. Centuries .... 58
do def G
Atchison 4s C4V4
do 2d A 1714
Can, S. 2ds 103
C. P. lsts of 'D5..100
D. & R. G. 7s. ...114
do 4s 81
loan, but closed better. Silver stocks were
weak.
Bullion and Exchange.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. Followlngare the
bank rates for bullion and exchange In this
market: Drafts on sight. New York, per $100.
5c: do telegraphic, par; sterling bills on Lon
don. 60-day bank. $4 STi; do sight, 54 SS?4; do
commercial. $1 85; silver bars, per ounce.
C0gC0c; Mexican dollars, 4SS49c
LONDON. Feb. 20. Bar silver. 27 11-lGd; con
sols. 104 11-1C; Bank of England discount rate,
2 per cent.
SAX FRAXCISCO TRADE.
Prices and Comment From the Bay
City Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. Flour Net cash
prices for family extras, $3 253 33 per barrel;
bakers' extras, $3 153 23; superfine. $2 lOff
2 40 per barrel.
Wheat The movement continues of slow char
acter, with but little variation in prices. No. 1
shipping wheat Is quotable at SlUc. with S2'.sc.
and possibly 83tc, ror fancy offerings. Milling
Is quotable at 8614600c per cental; Walla Walla.
54.c for fair average quality, 7Sj4Slc
for blue-stem, and 7072c for damp.
Barley Trade drags badly, buyers being
wholly indifferent. Feed, fair to good, 72$?
73ftc for choice; brewing. S5g90c per cental.
Oats Offerings are moderate, but the demand
is equally so. and business Is of small volume
in consequence: Milling. $1 021 13 per ctl.;
fancy feed, $11 05; good to choice, 95cg$l;
fair to good, 00S95c; poor to fair, 82S7c:
Surprise. $1 051 15; black. $1 151 30; red,
$1 051 17: gray. 9097c per cental.
Potatoes Choice quality bring full figures.
New quoted at l2c per pound: Early Rose.
4500c; River Reds, 20830c; Burbanks, 3045c;
Oregon Burbanks, 4090c: Salinas Burbanks,
75c$l: sweets, 50c$l for Rivers, and $1 230
1 75 per cental for choice stock.
Onions From 80c$l per cental Is the range
for good to choice product, with some fancy
Oregon selling up to a higher figure.
Wool Fall Free Northern. 78c per pound;
Northern defective, 57c; Southern and San
Joaquin, light and free, 5Gc; do defective, 3
4c per pound.
Hops Quotable at 4Sc per pound, as to
quality.
Butter The market still shows a declining
tendency. Fancy creamery Is quoted at IS
ltfc; seconds, 1718c; imitation, 15lCc; fancy
dairy. 1415c; good to choice, 1214c; fair,
1012c; store lots, S9c.
Eggs Another small decline in prices today.
California, ranch, 10l"c; store lots, ll15c
per dozen.
Receipts: Flour, sacks, 6500; Oregon, 97SS;
wheat, centals, 5923; Oregon, 1S37; barley,
1571; Oregon, 2S4; oats, centals, 155; Oregon,
13S3; corn, centals, 255; rye, sacks, 373; Oregon,
373; beans, sacks, 1749.
Afternoon call board: Wheat Firm; May,
S9c; December, 94y,c. Barley Steady; May,
74c; December, 74c.
THE AVOOL TRADE.
Review of the American. "Wool nnd
Cotton Reporter.
BOSTON, Feb. 20. The American Wool and
Cotton Reporter will tomorrow say of the wool
trade: At the close of the seventh week, the
country is experiencing a fair volume of trade,
and a very general demand, with fair prices.
Sales the past week have been considerably
larger than in the corresponding week of last
year, while the amount of wool moved since
January 1, 1893, exceeds that for the similar
period last year by more than 7,000,000 pounds.
There Is no doubt of a larger call for stock,
especially for Australian. The demand for me
dium domestic fleece is checked by the small
ness In the supply. There Is more Inquiry for
fine fleeces, principally for fine unwashed. A
good Inquiry exists for fine and coarse pulled
wools. Of course, business is being done on
close margins, but everybody deems it impossi
ble that wool values can go any lower. Manu
facturers are well employed, and If dealers
show no disposition to exceed their ordinary
wants, it must be remembered that the extent
of the market Is so vast that weekly require
ments seldom fall much below 3,000,000 pounds.
Sales of the week amount to 2,204,000 pounds
domestic, and G26.000 foreign, making a total
of 2.S30.C00 pounds, against a total or 3,114,600
for the previous weeek, and a total of 1,918,000
for the corresponding week last year. The sales
since January 1, 1895, amount to 23,S0G,50O
pounds, against 10,734,600 pounds a year ago.
OTHER MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. About 12,000 cattle com
prised the supply on today's market. It was
not quite a sufficient supply, and the feeling was
firmer. Common to extra steers, $3 6005 60;
stockera and feeders, $2 604 10; cows and bulls,
$1 254 10; Texas cattle, ?23 05.
The hog market got a. severe setback. After
opening at yesterday's close. It had fallen 100
15c before U o'clock, and the feeling continued
weak to the finish. The receipts were several
thousand larger than expected. The greater
part sold at $3 S04 15, or at $3 S03 93 for
light, and $3 00 4 15 for averages of 200
pounds.
There was comparative steadiness in the sheep
market. So far this week the arrivals have
been moderate and the demand good. The range
of quotations was $2'754 15 for poor to extra
sheep, and $3 505 50 for lambs. Sheep sold
largely at $3 304 25, and $4 755 35 bought
most of the lambs.
Receipts Cattle, 12,000; hogs, 45,000; sheep,
12,000.
OMAHA, Feb. 20. Cattle Receipts, 2000.
Heavy cattle were slow sale, and thin, low
grades ruled slow and generally lower. Cow
stuff of all grades was in active demand and
firm, and the same was true of veal calves and
rough slock generally.
Groceries, Etc., in the East.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Hops Steady.
Wool Steady.
Pig iron Dull; Scotch, $19320; American,
$9 5012. Copper Quiet: exchange price, $9 65.
Lead Firm; exchange price, $3 10. Tin Steady:
straits. $13 3513 55; plates, dull and weak.
Spelter Dull; domestic, $3 10.
Coffee Options closed steady at 510 points
r.et advance; October, $14 SO; December, $14 10
14 15. Spot coffee Rio, firm; No. 7, 16c;
mild, steady.
Sugar Raw. steady; sales, COO bags centrifu
gal, 00 test, to Canada, 2 3-lGc, in bond; 00000
bags centrifugal, 00 test, 21sc
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Hog receipts, which were
estimated at 33,000. numbered 42,000, and the
latter number is estimated for tomorrow. The
produce market weakened as a consequence.
Pork opened with a decline of 7c, lard 5c, and
ribs 5c, and those were the losses established
by the closing quotations. Mess pork May,
$10 20. Lard May, $6 50. Short ribs May,
$5 27.
SNAKES IN CAPTIVITY.
Most CaprlclonH nnd Fnstldlons of
All Animal Crcntnrcs.
Snakes In captivity are fairly healthy,
though by no means a long-lived race,
says Dr. Arthur Stradling. The largest
and oldest spscimen in the London Zoo
logical Gardens Is the great retlculed py
thon, measuring about 2S feet, which has
been In the collection since 1876. Of the
life duration of serpents in the natural
state, as of other animals, nothing is
known. But snakes are comparatively de
fenseless, exceading popular as food with a
vast number of creatures, and but for
their abundant fecundity broods of young
varying from SO to 100 in number would
doubtless soon be exterminated. Their
dangerous diseases in captivity are few.
They have common colds, flatulent dys
pepsia and something akin to muscular
rheumatism, but of their serious com
plaints the deadly one resembling diph
theriais "canker," which appears to
originate from cold, in certain stages is
contagious, and is almost Inevitably fatal.
Yet, though pjlte free from disease, not
a fiftieth of the specimens captured sur
vive. The snake Is destitute, of hands,
fingers and claws, and is one of the most
shortsighted animals on earth (never see
ing twice its length), yet it is most fastid
ious and capricious in its food, and in the
midst of plenty dies from voluntary starv
ation. This is not a rapid process, as a
snake may remain in perfect health for
two years without any food whatever.
Snakes shed their skins at Intervals of
three to six weeks, and never eat for sev
eral days before, but are hungry directly
afterward. Dr. Stradling has very suc
cessfully practiced a novel method of feed
lng his perverse serptnts, his plan being
to forcibly cram raw flesh of any kind
available down their throats and into
their stomach?. Soma hundreds have been
so fed, even the most delicate species be
ing kept alive and in better condition than
those feeding voluntarily.
CAST YOUR E
OtfEH THIS COj4DEfiSEt HIST
OF OLlr IERIl ESTATE
These are all Barcalns, ana you. can. tuy out of tills llai wittx
youreyes shut and hit it every time.
WEST SIDE
Bnsiness Property.
$40,000-One block, between 15th and ICtb, Irv
ing and Johnson.
fS5,uOO 100 feet square. Second and Jefferson
ts.: frame building.
$70,000 100 feet square. First and Couch sts.;
3-story brick.
$12,500100 feet square. 14th and Irving; store
and dwelling.
$1.600 One lot. Hood, between Wood and Gro-
ver: frame building.
$23,000-100 feet square. Sixth and Main; 4
.houses, all rented.
-o.000 50x9S feet. cor. Second and Madison
fXs,mU, frame buildings.
$..00O Half Interest In 3-story brick, 100 feet
5?.U?5S: wlUun three blocks of Tho Dekum;
?10,000 down.
nJrForiLer ,0t an house, two blocks from
smooth.?,? ulldlnK: $6000 down. .
"KO-Half lot and building, on North Third
SlonaiV(1,?l dQwn- balance can run.
.vr;?.?. fe,et iuare. oa 17th and Gllsan
eta. a win trade.
Residence.
ll'?J5rlck h"Jse. Roblnson"s Hill.
5500No. 32S Fifth, between Clay and Mar-
t JSU o-room house and barn.
$r.uuo Jorthrup, between 23d and 24th; 8-room
modern, two lots.
I ?'5ST"2eventl nd Caruthers: 6 houses. 3 lots.
fi,J:rooni' hard-finished. Grover's add.
o 5J5r"l . room house, cor. Front and Curry.
IT';""" r ce cottage. 21st and Upshur sts.
?l, 10O 5-room cottage. Corbett, between Ban
croft and Lowell.
i'29?-Front aQd Hood: 7-room house.
S'A95rroom cottage. Caruthers add.
f7920T-Two houses. Park and Hall sts.
-,ooo Two houses, 21st, between Kearney
Lovejoy sts.
$4,500 Good house and 2 lots. Meade and South
Water.
$5,50013 rooms, half block. Kelly st. and Ham
ilton ave.
$4,G00 2 houses and 1 lot, Gibbs and Hood sts.
$13.500 0-room house and 5 lots, on Portland
Heights.
$9,000 3 houses and 2 lots. North 14th and
.Johnson sts.; $3000 down.
$0.2o0 2 houses and 1 lot. Fourth st, 7 blocks
from city hall: will sell separately.
50,100 1 lots and G-room house, 10th and Mill;
well sell separately.
$2,000 8-room house and 25x100. on Clay st.,
near IGth.
$4.750 8-room modern house and corner, on
Lane st.. In South Portland.
EAST SIDE
BapincsK Property.
$11,500 2-story brick and 2-story frame, 1
lots. Delay and Knott sts.
$4.500 Saloon and up stairs, 62xl00. Union
ave. and Tillamook st.
$2.500 Half lot and 2 stores. East Washington,
between 0th and 10th.
$0,5001 lot and frame building. Union ave,
between Oak and Pine.
$5,00040x100 and 2-story building, on Russell
st.; rents for $50 per month.
$3,20025x75 and 1-story building. East 20th
and Morrison sts.; will trade equity for farm.
Residences.
31,500 East 26th and Sandy road: C rooms, 2
lots.
S900 3 lots and 1 house, Mt. Tabor; very cheap.
000 One lot and cheap house. East 24th and
Ellsworth.
$4,00O Two 8-room houses and corner lot, 13th
and East Pine.
$0,500 ll-room house and 3 lots, convenient to
center of city.
$2,000 7-room house and 1 lot, 32d and Haw
thorne ave.
$7.000 Large house and 100 feet square, Weld
ler, near 17th.
$3,000 G-room house and 2 lots, on Base Line
road, near Mount Tabor.
$5,500 Fine modern house and 1 lot. Stephens
addition: $2000 down, balance can run.
$2,300 7-room house and 2 lots, on Michigan
ave.; SG00 down, balance In Installments.
S4.0O0 7-room house and inside lot. on Larra
bee st.; $1100 can run till 1807; will trade bal
ance for fprm.
17,500 G-room house and 2 acres, on Hawthorne
ave.: will divide.
$l,10O Double bouse and 2 lots. In Montlcella
addition.
$2.000 5-room house and 2 lots. In Sellwood.
$1,000 S-room house and 1 lot. in Klnzel Park.
$3.800 8-room house and 100 feet square, on
2Sth and East Pine sto.
$2,300 S-room house and 1 lot. Sellwood st.:
easy terms.
$1,500 13-room house and 1 lot, on East 26th
St.. In Brush's addition.
$1.500 5-room cottage, in Sunnyside: will trade.
$1,800 S-room cottage arid 2 lots, in Portsmouth
addition.
$12,0005 houses and 3 lots, renting for $65, on
East Ash st.; $3500 down, balance can run.
$3.750 G-room house and 1 lot. East 8th st.,
near Stark.
$2,000 7-room house and part of lot, at Sunny
side. $1,500 5-room house and part of lot. at Sunny
side. S2.000 5-room house and 1 lot. Woodlawn.
$1,800 apiece 2 fine, roomy cottages, at Wood
lawn. $1,300 5-room house and 1 lot, Woodlawn.
$1,200 5-room house and 1 lot. Woodlawn.
$5.000 7-room house and 2 lots, 11th and East
$1,700 House and lot. Willamette; $350 down.
$1,300 House and lot, Willamette; $325 down.
$1,250 House and lot, Willamette; $325 down.
$1.700 5-room. modern house and halt lot.
Cherry st. and Vancouver ave.
$3.150 9-room house and 1 lot, on 12th and
Davis.
$5,300 2-story house and 2 lots, on East 10th
and Weldler.
$7,500100 feet square and 2 houses, E. 13th and
Belmont.
$3,500 Modern. 8 rooms, and 1 lot. Clackamas.
near East First.
$2,000 6-room house and 100x133 1-3, on 35th,
near Hawthorne a'e.
$1.200 5-room cottage and 1 lot, Halght ave.,
between Skldmore and Mason sts.
Unimproved Lota.
$300 Portland Heights, 115x50.
$2,000 Portland Heights, cor., 50x100.
$8,500 16th and Kearney, cor., 100x100.
$5.600 Two lots. Johnson, bet. 23d and 2ith.
$100 Columbia Heights. 50x100.
$100 Irvlngton Park, 50x100.
$4 100 East Seventh and Harrison; 3 lots.
$3 000 Inside lot, College, between West Park
and 10th. ........
$1,2002 lots, Bancroft St., between Ohio and
Illinois. , ....
$300 Willamette addition: Inside lot.
$500 Inside lot. Commercial, between Falling
and Posts sts.
$2,0001 lots. Monroe and Mitchell sts.; will sell
separately.
$3,0002 lots, cor. 10th and Weldler.
$2,5002 lots. cor. 10th and Broadway.
$1,000 apiece On Erbein st. and Vancouver
ave., between Morris and Stanton.
$000 apiece On Morris and Erbein sts.
$3501 lot, on electric line, in Cloverdale add.
$10,0002 lots, between 12th and 13th. Couch
and Davis.
$3 250100 feet square, cor. Third and Woods.
$4,0001 lot, Gllsan, between 21st and 22d; will
trade.
$1,1002 lots, on Market-st, drive.
$1,000 apiece 10 river-front lots, near Fulton
Park; will trade.
$1 000 apiece 2 lots, on Portland Heights.
$1 250 apiece 2 lots, on Portland Heights.
5 00024 lota, on Portland Heights.
$3500 100x120 feet, on Portland Heights.
$500 apiece 3 lots, in South Portland, on rail
road. $0,2502 lots, cor. 14th and Pettygrove sts.
51I3OO 1 lot, on McAdam st.. between Wood
and Grover.
$900 Next to cor. Knott st. and Rodney ave.
$1 5001 lot. cor. 19th and East Oak.
$3 0002 lots, on East Fifth and Taggart.
540002 lots, on East Eighth and Yamhill sts.
$600 Missouri ave., between SchaeSer and Ma
son sts.. 1 lot. .....
$1 o0 2 lots. In Central Alblna.
$300 apiece Lots in Sellwood.
$2,750 1 block, in King's; will trade for farm
and assume some Indebtedness.
2.250 I lots. In Alblna Homestead.
$5004 lots. In Mansfield addition. Just east of
Mount Tabor.
i "004 lo's. In Terminus addition; will trade
for small farm and assume indebtedness.
$4 500100 feet square. 12th and East Ankeny.
3001 lot, in Central Alblna, on St, John's
$5,250100 feet square, on First and East Wasco
$5!o00 100 feet square, on Eighth and East
Hancock sts.
$5501 lot. in Woodlawn.
$650 lots. In block C. Chicago add.
S350 1 lot. in Orchard Home.
S125 Lots In City View Park.
$1G 0005 lots, on College, between Second and
Third; will sell separately.
Magnificent building tracts. In Belmont Villa;
Prices from $2500 to $3500.
$125 apiece Lots in Tremont; easy terms.
The above is a partial list of the prop-
erty -we have for sale. For further
particulars call on or address
DeLASHMUTT & SON,.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Farms.
$4,00030 acres. In Lafayette. Or.; Improved;
will trade.
$40 per acre 320 acres. S miles from Albany:
highly impiwed.
$1.100 JO acres. Clackamas county; 15 acres
cleared: will trade.
$3- 50 per acre 327 acres, near Salem; 90
acres In cultivation.
S1.000 7 acres, near Beavcrton: half cleared.
$2,000166 acre, near Goldendale. Wash.
$o0 per acre 100 acres, at Farmlngton. Wasa
Ington county; ISO cultivated.
$12 per acre 600 acres, at Viola. Clackamas
county; 120 acres clear; will trade for city
property.
56.000 160 acres, 50 In prunes, near Laurel.
Washington county; will trade for city prop
erty. $17,0001000 acres, Oakland. Or.; 450 In culti
vation. $125 per acre 10 acres, on Sandy road; part la
fruit.
$15,0001520 acres, in Umatilla county; stock
and grain ranch.
$4,146-41 46-100 acres, in Grant's Pass; light
timber.
$65040 acres, 1& miles from Goble; 8 acres
cultivated.
$1,10061 acres. 114 miles from Galo's creek; 8
acres cultivated.
$2,500163 acres. In Nebraska; highly culti
vated; will trade.
21 farms In Yamhill county. For particulars
call at office.
$2,00011 acres. 1 mile west of Raleigh sta
tion, on Scholl's Ferry road.
$000 SO acres. 7 miles from Oregon City.
$1.000 10 acres, 6 miles from Moscow; 5 acres
clear.
$12 per acre 570 acres. 5 miles from Medford;
50 or 75 acres in cultivation.
$35 per acre J25 acres, 7 miles from Salem; 250
acres In cultivation.
$3,50063 acrrs. 1 mile from Damascus; 30
acres in cultivation.
$-5 per acre-35l acres, in Tillamook county:
fine dairy ranch.
$1,50027 acres. 4 miles from Damascus: 14
acres clear.
$4,0710Jacre?- near Sclo nalf In cultivation:
oWill divide or trade.
T?. pe.r f cr( 120 ac3. near Sclo. one-third cul
tivated. '''ilPr205 ncres- near Sclo. all In cultivation;
divide or trade.
5S-,0007"200 acres- near ScIo. 50 acres hops; will
divide or trade.
$2,500-50 acre?, near Tlgardsvllle: somo clear.
$8 per acre 5.0 acres, Sherman county, all
clear.
$1,50040 acres. In Benton county. 16 acres
clear.
$10,000450 acres. 5 miles from North Yam
hill. 240 acres in cultivation.
$2,500100 acres. miles from Albany, 30
acres In cultivation; good stone quarry.
$35 per acre 250 acres, 2 miles from Wash-
oiigal. 150 acres in cultivation.
$1,20020 acres. 1 mile from Warren's. 11 acres
in cultivation.
$2,25036 acres. 6 miles from Forest Grove,
one-half beaver-dam: cultivated.
$2,500-100 acres, 9 miles from Goble. 23 acres
clear: will rent.
$15 per acre 103 acres, at junction of Cow
litz and Cowhegan rivers: fine dairy ranch.
$8 per acre 2720 acres, in Morrow county, all
clear.
$2.750 15 acres. C miles east of Woodburn. 30
acres In cultivation.
$10 per acre Land on water ditch. In Umatilla
county: nothing larger than 40 acres sold.
$3,000120 acres, near Carrollton. Wash.; 33
acres cultivated.
$1,000160 acres. In North Dakota; will trade.
$10.500 IGO acres. In Douglas county; 70 acres
In cultivation.
$115 per acre 15 acres. 6 miles from Van
couver; one-half In orchard.
$75 per acre 20 acres. 6 miles from Vancouver:
all clear.
$S0 per acre 10 acres, 6 miles from Vancouver;
all clear.
42 acres adjoining above, to rent.
$60025 acres, 5 miles from Scappoose; 3 acres
clear, and livestock.
$6,40055 acres, 8 miles from Portland, on
Powell Valley road; will cut up Into tracts; 40
acres In cultivation.
$2,500 102 acres, in Douglas county: well
stocked and improved; will trade for EasS
Side property.
$COO SO' Acres. -Jn Benton' county; 8 acre In,
cultivation. ' f
Timber nnd Wild Land.
$650160 acres. Hood River.
$2.850 ISO acres. Nehalem vallev.
$950160 acres. Lewis county. Wash.
$2,8S0 4S0 acres. Hood River.
$30010 acres. Tlgardsvllle. Or.
$1,000120 acres, G miles from Taylor's Land
ing; timber down and easily cleared.
$1,19093 acres, SV3 miles from Scappoose.
$1,000 10 acres. lO miles from Hlllsboro.
$1,600160 acres. 3 miles from mouth of Bull
Run river; would trade.
$960320 acres, in Linn county.
$1.500 10 acres, Multnoman county, near Hol
brook station.
$1,100160 acres. In Clatsop county.
$1,500 ICO acres, on Ynqulna bay.
$C0O 160 acres. In Chehalls county. Wash.
$650 JO acres, in Jackson county, ,
$S0O 100 acres, In Lewis county. Wash.
$4,800320 acres, near Kalama.
$400 S3 acres. In Clatsop county.
$2,100320 acres. In Michigan; will trade.
$3.000 ISO acres, in Chehalls county. Wash.
$S0O 100 acres, in Columbia county.
$32521 acres, near Llnnton.
$1,500 tl acres, near Hlllsboro: timber down.
$3.200 320 acres, in Tillamook county.
$720 SO acres, near Llnnton.
Also some large tracts, from 1000 to 10.000
acres.
Small Trncts.
$1.300 10-acre tract, near Bertha station.
$4,0005 acres, all In fruK. Fruitvale.
$4,0005 acres, fully Improved, Clackamas sta
tion. $2,00010 acres, near Shattuck station.
$1.000 3Vj acres, in Wlllshurg.
$6502 acres, adjoining Wilisburg.
$3,00012 acres, near Wilisburg.
$6505 acres, in Hazelwood.
$5,00010 acres, adjoining Kennedy's add.
$2,20010 acres, Taylor's Ferry road.
$G50 5 acres. DeLashmutt & Oatman Llttla
Homes No. 2.
$2,500 10-acre tracts, adjoining Carson Helghta.
$4,000 iVt acres, adjoining Kenilworth.
$200 per acre 5 and 10-acre tracts, at Beaver
ton: all clear.
$2,75015 acres. Mount Scott; partly cleared.
$1,6002 acres, clear. Palatine Hill.
$3.600 Prune orchard, near Vancouver; 2500
trees.
jSOO Half acre and house, at Zlontown.
$2,000 10 rods of ocean front, at Long Beach,
near Stout's.
34 lots At Mount Tabor: 3 acres; price cheap.
$S50 13 acres, on Base Line road; 3 acres clear;
small house: 11 miles out.
$1,150 10-acre tracts, S miles from Portland,
on Powell Valley road.
$1,10010 acres, in Hazelwood.
20 acres well improved, ZVt miles from Port
land, for rent, $20 per month.
$1,3505 acres, all in cultivation; near Mount
Scott motor.
Hnsincs.H Chnncex.
$33 33 per month Store and 13-room dwelling,
at Beaverton.
$800 Drug store, stock and fixtures. In thriving
country town.
$3.000 Drug store, slock and fixtures. In tha
city: good location.
Fourth Interest in good-paying business. In city.
$650 Furniture for 15-room lodging-house.
$830 20-room lodging-house.
$300 Restaurant. In city.
$" 500 30-room lodging-house.
$1 630 Good home and business. In thriving
town down the Columbia.
$6,500 Old-establlshel hotel, in city.
$1.300 Banking fixtures and supplies, In a
lively town on the Columbia.
$1,600 Hotel business, established, at Dallas.
Oregon.
$2.200 50-room lodging-house; will trade for
small farm nar city.
$1.750 Good 33-room hotel. In thriving country
town.
$2,300 Good store and house and lot: also good
physician's practice thrown In. in Washington
county.
$600 Photograph gallery, on East Side.
$700 Furniture in 8-room house: cost $1200 two
months ago.
$2.500 Good boot and shoe business, on Ea3t
Side.
In Other Towna.
VANCOUVER. WASH.
$3,200 One-half block and fine residence, 10th
and C sts.
$2.250 Two lots and house. Eighth and West C
S650 One lot. Ninth, between B and C
$400 Four acres, uncleared.
$10,000 Nine houses and 6 lots; prospectlvs
business location.
$3,000 Fine house and lot. In St. Helen's.
$2,000120 feet river front and wharf, at St.
Helen's.
$2.030 8-room house and 1 lot. In Warenton,
Oregon.
209 STARKJST., .PORTLAND, OR