THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, 'WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1902. 15 EGON PRUNE CROP Will Bring Into State About Haifa Million Dollars. YIELD IS 13,000,000 POUNDS Estimate of the. Output by Districts- Quantity Decreased lint dual ity Improved Much. Gnincd ly Packing in JJoxes. SALEM, Nov. 18. (Special.) The prune crop of Oregon for the year 1002, according to' men wbose business requires them to know the size of the croy, will be In the neighborhood of 13.000.000 pounds. It Is estimated that the entire crop sold for an average of 351c ??r pound, to the grower, or a total of. $487,500. In addition to this sum paid' the growers, about 7.000.000 pounds of the prunes wens packed In boxes, by which means the price was advanced UJJc per pound, this process bring ing to the laborers in the packing-houses somo $25,000 more, making the total proceeds of the pruno crop about $312,500. One recognized authority on the size 'Of the prune crop divides the stato Into four prune growing districts. He has made estimates of this year's crop by districts, as compared with a normal crop In the same regions. His esti mates give the prune crop as follows: Pounds Normal. ' 1902. Portland to Santiam, East Side ... C.000.00 D.000.OCO Portland to Corvallis. West . Sr Side 4,000.007 3.000.000 Santiam to Creswell 3,000.000 2.000.000 Yoncalla to Rogue River, Inclusive 5.000.000 3.000.0C0 The Gardeners' Magazine says, California ship ments of plums In October aggregated 5000 tons over tho previous record. PRUNES IN, THE EAST. Xate Arrivals Going Freely Into Job bers Hands at Firm Figures. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. (Special.) Prunes continue active, late arrivals going freely to Jobbers at firm figures for 40-50s and 50-GOs. There Is some shading on 60-00s, Inclusive. Oregon 30-40s spot are firm at 7c, but sev eral cars near by sold at 7c There is a scarcity of 40-50s spot. Coast wires offerings at slight shading from 3c four-size basis on 30-40s for prompt shipment. California four sizes on the Coast are easy, with 2c bag basis quoted by wire. Raisins are very firm on seeded at 82j8&c xancy uoast pacK. uautornia clusters arc. easier at $2 20 per box here. Sultanas are dull. There Is a better supply of three-crown loose, and 6c is quoted. " Eag figs are lower at 5?ic quoted, and trad ing light. Layers are quiet but steady, ywlta ll(315c asked. Almonds are steady, and a fair movement In California nonpareils has taken place at 13c .Tarrajonas are a shade firmer on stronger Spanish cables. Walnuts are active, but the pressure of offerings has induced somo easi ness on Naples and new French. California soft-shell are scarce, 12c quoted. Hard are held at lla There is a good movement In oranges, with Jamaicas given the preference, owing to ripe ness. Sales were made at $G per barrel, re packed; California Valenclas, 4 50 for choice and $3 75 for fancy" per box. California lem ons are active, and large fruit is -very firm. Auction tales of 4000 boxes of new Sicily show a range cf from $2 10 to $3 CO per box. Tomatoes are steady, both spot and Balti more demand moderate. Corn Is mere active, and fancy offerings are held firmly. Salmon Is steady but quiet. Total for Oregon 18.000.000 13.000,000 It will be remembered that the estimates heretofore have placed the yield this year at fully CO per cent of a crop. That estimate was probably correct, but the growers have saved more than CO per cent of the usual amount. When .a full crop Is grown a consid erable quantity is lost because the growers are not able to cure It all before It spoils. This year practically the entire crop was saved. Tho prunes were of good size, the prlco prom ised well, and the quantity did not exceed the capacity of the driers, so that nothing was permitted to go to waste. Of the entire crop of the state, about 3,000, 000 pounds, or nearly one-fourth of the total yield, will be handled by the Willamette Val ley Prune Association, In this city. The as sociation has .already .shipped nearly 70 car loads, and has orders for 30 cars more. Prac tically the entire crop handled by the asso ciation wa3 packed In boxes before being Bhlrped. Tho fruit was packed very neatly. bo that It will have an attractive appearance when puj on dlpplay In the markets of thot Eastern States, Canada or Europe. Before be ing packed the fruit was cleaned, brightened and made uniform in texture by being put through a steaming process. Each box bears the assoplatlqn label, a beautiful colored pic ture of a Mongolian pheasant, with the name of the association. By this means the prunes shipped from this city are gaining a good rep utation in the markets of tie EasT. as shown by the fact1 that the association has for two years secured prices, higher than dealers gen erally thought possible.' H. S. Glle. manager of the association, -estimates that in the first district mentioned In the foregoing table, 75 per cent of the fruit went forward In boxes. In the second men tioned district abou the same, proportion of the crop was boxed. The crop -in the Santiam to Creswell district was practically all shipped in bags, while in the southern district about onc-thlrd of the crop went In boxes. The ad vantage of packing the fruit In boxes is read ily apparent. Buyers readily pay the advance of Uc per pound for prunes packed In DO-pounf boxes, and c for prunes ln25-pound "boxes. Besides making the prunes Eell more easily to the consumer, thus creating a preference for Oregon fruit, the cost of packing is secured for the working people of this state. If .the entire crop were packed, the proceeds would be f 20, 00j) greater, this sum being raid to the men engaged In the manufacture of boxes and the packing of the fruit. Fruit men. have every thing to gain and nothing to lose by packing fruit before It Is placed upon the market. The present season has been an exceptionally good one for Oregon prunegrowers. even though the yield was small. The light j-leld made the prunes run to large sizes, for which there was a rremlum this year. California, with Its good crop, could not supply the demand for large sizes, and dealers who wanted good fruit came to Oreron to cet It. It will be remem bered that dealers came -to the Pacific Coast from France to buy "Petite" or "French" prunes. After looking over the goods on tho market In both Oregon and California, they decided to buy in this state. The fact that Oregon has sold French prunes to be shipped to France does not mean that this state is making Inroads upon the markets of that" coun try, cr that w? can expect to find a steady market there for our fruit. The crop of that country was short this year, and the dealers were compelled to come to this country to buy. They bought where they could find tho best goofls, and. fortunately for Oregon, trils state had a splendid quality of prunes to offer. Had the Oregon crop been a "bumper," the sizes would have been smaller, and the fruit would not have found so" much favor. After all, quality Is what counts. The market quotations show that the Oregon prune has an established place In 'the markets of the world. The New York trade papers glvo the Oregon prune a quotation by Itself. In speaking upon this subject today. Manager Gile. of the Willamette Valley Prune Associa tion, said that the special market quotations which The Oregonian has received dally from New York have been of great value to the growers and dealers. While the speculators have not Jjroflted by the prompt publication of the real market situation, tho growers have been Informed kcvery day of the actual value of their product- Mr. Glle says he has re ceived letters from every part of the state mentioning The Orcgonian's special market ad vices, and knows that this year, for the first time, the growers have had an opportunity to learn the truth regarding the market situation. New Y'ork Hop Market. NEW YORK. Nov. 18. (Special.) The hop market closed 'firm, choice Pacifies selling at 30c. A fair fnqulry was noted from English exporters for choice state at 37c, but owing to light offerings only nall sales were made. The demand, from brewers was light, v they showing a disposition to withdraw until after the turn of tha year before making additional purchases of Importance. Dealers .figure the brewers' demands are poorly supplied, and should they hold off till the end of the year a heavy business may be looked for. Foreign markets are unchanged. X Portland Hop Market. The hop market was extremely quiet yester day, and so far as could be learned no sales were made. Growers ar"e not anxious to part with their holdings on a rising market, as most of them believe 30c wfll be reached. Pri vate advices received yesterday were that the New York market was dull. London steady and quiet and Germany declining. FOREIGN TRADE IX CHINA. Imports of American Flour .Greatly Increased. PEKIN. Nov. IS. The British Consul at Am boy. in a trade report Just published, says Su matran kerosene is beginning to supplant the American oil in his district, but the importa tions of American flour are Increasing greatly. During last year 12,000 tons of American flour were Imported at Amoy, an Increase of 3000 over 1900. PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain. Flonr. Feed. Etc. The wheat market was quiet yesterday, after the little flurry of the day before. The tone was still strong, but, so far as could bf learned, little business was passing In the In terior. No change was reported in oats or barley. Theflour marketrwas Jlrnv.at, tho re cent advance. , WHEAT Walla Walla, CS70c; bluestem, 75c; Valley, 71c per bushel. BARLEY Feed, $23 per ton; brewing, $23 50; rolled. $23 50. FLOUR Valley. $3 403 50 per barrel; hard wheat straights, -$32563 50; hard wheat pat ents. $3 503 70; graham. ?1S3 50. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $10 per ton; middlings, f 23 50; shorts,. $10 50. OATS No. 1 white. $1 1231 15; gray, $1 10 1 12 per cental HAY Timothy. flOftll; clover, $S; wheat. $8JJ9 per ton. v Prunes in London. ' An English trade paper, the Produce Mar kets' Review, in the la3t received number, has the following toay regarding prunes, or, as they are called In that country, plums: The trade In plums has again revived, and the arrival ot Tiew Bosnians Is. Just now most opportune, as the supplies of old Californians has almost entirely disappeared. The remark able feature of the latter growth is tho ex ceedingly good condition of the old fruit; in fat. it is difficult for experts to determine whether some of the parcels are new or not, and the flavor and quality generally Is all that can be desired. It was hoped that after thi arrival of new Bosnians prices might become somewhat easier. The demand, howex-er. has been good, which has prevented the much-to-be-deslred occurrence from taking place. California Fruit in English. Markets. LONDON. Nov. 18. The ingenuity and de termination -with which California is pushing Its fruit in the English market is commanding much attention. The shops here are full of excellent fresh flgs, plums and grapes at low prices, and during October California success fully flooded this market with thousands of tons of choice black plums, wlle the farmers of Kent left their plums to rot on the trees and ground, alleging that It was not worth while to pluck them. The success of the Cali fornians Is attributed to their unique skill In packing, whereby the fruit travels here Intact. Vegetables. Fruit. Etc. The demand for green" produce did not show much Improvement yesterday, and unless the weather Is 'better. It will not pick up before the last of the week, when Thanksgiving or ders from the country will begin coming in. OrangeB are a trifle weaker, new navels being "quoted at $4 50J?4 75. Three carloads are en route, two to arrive ihls week, and one next week. A carload of fresh lemons will be In the latter part of the week. The market below Is stronger, and the price here may advance to $4 for fancy. A carload of bananas will ar rive today. Some of the largest and finest pomegranates ever seen here are to be found on the market, -and are in good demand. Yes terday's vegetable receipts Included a lot of wax beans, cauliflower, peas, Brussels sprouts and tomatoes brought overland. The latter are from Los Angeles, and are quotable at $1 25 per crate. A carload of celery and cauli flower Is due to arrive Saturday. 'VEGETABLES Turnips. 7oS0c per sack; carrots, 75ffjS0c; beets, 1 per sack; parsnips, $1 per sack: cauliflower. $11 25 per dozen; cab bage, lc per' pound; celery, Denver, $1 per dozen: lettuce, head, per dozen, 25c; hothouse, $1 752 per box; green onions, per dozen, 12c; cucumbers, 75c$l per box; green peppers, 4 5c per pound; dry Chllo peppers, 20c per pound; Brussels sprouts, Cc per pound;" squash, $1 1 50 per hundredweight. ' GREEN FRUIT Apples, table, S5c0Sl 25 per box; cooklns. 50Q75c; pears, 75c$l 25 per box; grapes, Niagara, ooc 'per crate; Con cord, 20fi'30c per basket, 15c per half basket; California Tokay, ?i 40 per crate: Muscat. $1 25 per crate; Cornlchon, t$l 23; quinces, Ore gon, S5r$l per box; cranberries. Tillamook, $7 "per barrel; Cape Cod, $9; Jersey, $1112; persimmons, $1 25 per box. TROPICAL FRUIT Lemons, $3 504 pPr box; oranges, new crop navels, $4 504 75; grape fruit, $3 50 per box; bananas, $2 25 2 75 per bunch; pineapples, $5 30 per dozen; pomegranates, $1 50 per box. DRIED FRUIT Apples, evaporated. 7c per pound; sun-dried, sacks or boxes. 5Cc; apri cots. 7Sc; peaches, 79c; pears, 78c; prunes. Italian, 4U7c; UBSf California blacks, 5c; do white. 56c; Smyrna, 20c; plums, pitred, 45c. RAISINS Loose Muscatel, 4-crown, 7ic; 3 crown, 7Vic; 2-crown, 3c; unbleached seedless Muscatel raisins; 7c; unbleached seedless Sul tans, Cc; London layers, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds, 1 73; 2-crown, $1 G5. POTATOES Best Burbanks, GUQ'SOc -er iack; ordinary. 5og35c per cental, growers" price; Merced sweets, $2 per cental. ' ONIONS Oregon and Washington. 75cJl per cental; shippers' price in carload lots, 50c per cental. pounds. 12c; dry calf. No. 1. under 5 pounds, 10c; dry-salted, bulls and stags, one-third less than dry flint; salted hides, steers, sound. CO pounds and over. 809c; 50 to 60 pounds. 70 Sc; under 50 pounds and cows, 7c; stags and bulls, sound, 65c; kip. sound, 15 to SO jKJunds, 7c;. veal, sound, 10 to 14 pounds, 7c; calf, sound, under 10 pounds, 8c; green (un salted), lc per pound less; culls, lc per pound less; horse hides, salted, each, $1 502; dry, each. $161 50; colts' hides, each, 2550c; goat k!ns, common, each. 1015c: Angora, with wool on. each. 25c$l. WOOL Valley. 1213c; Eastern Oregon, 89 14c: mohair. 2C328c PELTS Bear skins, as to size. No. 1. each,' $336 20; cubs. $25; badger, each. 1040c: wildcat. 2550c: house cat. 6I0c; fox. common gray, each.( 3050c; do red, each, $1 5032; df cross, each, $5&6; do silver and black, each. $1003200; flshsr. each. $5QG; lynx. each. $203; mink, strictly No. 1. each. 60c$l 50; marten, dark Northern, $0312; marten, pale pine, ac cording to size and color. $1 3022: muskrats, large, each, 5010c: skunk, each, 402750c; civet or polecat, each. 510c; otter, for large prima skins, each, ZOQZOc: wolf, mountain, with head perfect, each; $3 5005; wolf, pralrlo (coyote), wtthouc head. each. .30235c; wolverine, each, (47; beaver, per skin, large, $5G; do me dium, $304: do small. $101 50; do kits. 50 75c SHEEPSKINS Shearings. 1320c: short wool, 23333c; medium wool. 30fGOc; long wool, COc$l each. TALLOW Prime, par pound, 45c; No. 2 and crease. 2(ff3c. Groceries, Nnts, Etc. COFFEE Mocha. 23028c; Java, fancy. 263 S2c; Java, good. 2024c; Java, ordinary. 183 20c; Costa Rica, fancy. 18020c; Costa Rica, good. 16018c: Costa Rica, ordinary. 10012c per pound; Columbia roast. $10 50; Arbuckle's. $11 13 list; Lion, $10 C3; Cordova, $11 63 list. RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1. 5c; No. 2. 4c; Carolina head. 70714c. 8 SALMON Columbia River. Impound tails. $1 85 per dozen; 2-pound talis, $2 73; fanc 1-pound fiats. $1 00; -pound flats. $1 23; Alaska pink, 1-pound tails, OOo; red, 1-pound tals, $1 30; sockeye, 1-pound tails, $1 45; 1 pound flats, $1 GO. BEANS Small white. 4Uc: large white. 4c;' pinks, 35ic; Bayou, 3?ic: Lima, Cc per pound. SUGAR Sack basis, net cash, per 100 pounds: Cube, $4 50; powdered. $4 33; dry gran ulated. $4 23; extra C. $3 73; golden C. $3 03. Advances over sack basis as follows: Barrels, 10c; half-barrels, 25c; boxes, 60c per 100 pounds. Maple. 1510c per pound. Beet sugar, granu lated. $4 15 per 100 pounds. HONEY 13c per No. 1 frame. NUTS Peanuts. C"4c per pound for raw, 8 8c for roasted: cocoanuts, 85000c per dozen; walnuts. 13014c per pound; pine nuts, 100 1214c: hickory nuts, 7c; Brazil nuts, 10c; fil berts. 15lCc; fancy pecans, 17c; almonds, 14015c: chestnuts, 16c. GRAIN BAGS Calcutta. $0 2506 50 per 100 for spot. SALT LI verpool. 50s. $20 80 per ton; 100s. i 20 40; 200s, S10 30; half ground, per ton, 50s, $10; 100s. $15 50; Worcester salt, bulk. 320s, $5 per barrel; linen sacks, 60s, S6c per sack. OILS Coal oil, cases, 22c per gallon: bar rels. 17c; tank's. 15c: boiled linseed.- cases. 62e; barrels, 57c; raw linseed, cases. 60c; barrels. 50c; turpentine, cases? 72c; wood barrels. GSc; iron barrels. 60c; lots of 10 cases or more, 71c: gasallne. cases. 20e; barrels. 1014c.- Collier and Atlantic white and red lead, in lots of 500 pounds or more. Cc; less than 500 pounds, 0iC Meats and Provisions. BEEF Gross, cows, "30314c per pound; steers, 4c; dressed. C)7c VEAL 714081ic per pound. MUTTON Gross, 3c per pound; dressed, 6c LAMBS Gross, 314c pr pound; dressed. CHc. HPGS Gross, 60CHc per pound; dressed, 70 714c LARD Portland, tierces, 1314c pt- pound; tubs, 1314c; 60s. 13lc: 20s. 134c; 10s. 13c; 6s, 14c Compound, tierces, OUc per pound: tubs, C14c: fine. 10s, 15"c; seconds, 6s, 14?4c; 10s, 1414c BACON Portland. 17015c per pound: East ern, fancy. 1714c; standard, heavy, 1314c; bacon bellies, 1514c HAMS Portland, 15Vc per pound: picnic, 11c pef pound; Eastern fancy, 154lCc. DRYrSALTED MEATS Portland clears. 13(9 14c; backs. 12413l4c; bellies. 15016c; plates. 10c; butts. 0010c SAUSAGE Portland, ham. '1214c per pound, minced ham. 1014c; Summer, choice dry, 1714c; Bologna, long. Sc: welnerwursts, flc; liver. 7c; pork. 9c; blood, 7c; head cheese, 7c; bologna sausage link. 714c. PICKLED GOODS Portland, pigs' feet, -barrels. $! 50; tf-barrels. $2 50; 15-pound kit, $1. Tripe. 14-barrels, $5 50: 14-barrels. $2 75; 15-pound kit. $1; pigs' tongues, 14-barrels. $6; 4-barrels, $3; 15-pound kits. $1 23. Butter, Eggs. Poultry, Etc. Receipts of Chinese pheasants were plentiful. Sales were fairly good at $3. JTha demand for turkeys Is Improving, but there is little inquiry for chickens. A. carload of Eastern eggs will be on hand today that should have been In yesterday. They are being quoted -at 27c In case lots, and 2614c In lots of five cases or more. Oregon eggs are scarce and remain firm at 30c Butter is steady and unchanged. POULTRY Chickens. mixed, $3 5004 25; per pound, 10c: hens. $104 60 per dozen: per pound, 11c; Springs; $303 50 per dozen; fryers, $2 50 03; broilers. $202 50; ducks. $4 5006 per dozen; turkeys, young, 13015c; geese, $600 60 p doztru CHEESE Full cream. twins, 15016c; Young America, 1540164c; factory prices 10 Iftc less. BUTTER Fancy creamer'. 8032i4o per pound; dairy. 2002214c; store, 15018c EGGS 250300 per dozen. Hops, Wool, Hides, .Etc. HOPS Choice, 2514026c -per pound; prime to choice, 2414025c; prime, 24c; medium, 22023c. HIDES Dry hides, No. L 1C pounds and up. 15151c per pound; dry kip. No. 1. 6 to 13 PRESSURE AGAINST POOLS LIQUIDATION' CONTINUES IN NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. De Beers. , 22tff do pfd 94 EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Chlenpo, Omaba and Kansas City. 'CHICAGO. Nov. IS. Cattle Receipts, 5000, including 500 Westerns. Market steady. Good to prime steers. $600 90; good to medium, $3 255 75; stockers and feeders, $204 75; cows. $1 400 4 50: heifers. $205; canners, $1 40 2 40; bulls, $204 50; calves. $3 5007; Texas fed steer, $304; Western steers, $3 5003 50. Hogs Receipts today, 35,000; tomorrow, 35. 000; left over, 4500. Market opened 10c lower and closed strong. Mixed and butchers, $6 6 30; good to choice heavy. $6 400 0 53; rough heavy. $600 35; light, $606 30; bulk of sales. $0 200 C 35. Sheep Receipts, 22.000. Market steady to strong. Good to choice wcU,ers, $3 5004 10; fair to choice mixed. $2 5003 50; Western sheep. $2 7503 85; native lambs, $3 5005 251 Western lambs, $3 750 4 75. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 18. Cattle Receipts. 14,000. including 23C0 Texans. Markets steady. Native steers. $3 250C 00; Texas and Indian steers, $2 1004; Texas cows. $2 1503; native cows and heifers, $1 5004 25; stockcrs and feeders. $2 1004 33; bulls, $1 4003 23; calves. $2 503C. Hogs Receipts. 15,000. Market 10c lower: bulk of sales, $0 300 0 40. Heavy. $6 3006 40; packers. $0 3006 45; mixed. $6 271406 6714, light, $6 330C 3714: Yorkers. $606 33. Sheep Receipts. 8000. Market strong. Mut tons, $34 15; lambs, $405 25; range wethers, $33 83; ewes. $303 80. OMAHA, Nov! 18. Cattle Receipts, 45.000. .Market stronger. Native steers, 06; cows and heifers, $304: Western steers. $3 5005; Texas steers. $3 2304 40; cows and heifers, $2 5003 15? canners, $1 5002 50; stockers and feedt-s, $2 200 4 23; icalves, $4 2005 50; bulls, stags, etc, $1 5003 50. Hogs Receipts, 8000. Market 10c lower. Heavy. $0 2006 35: mixed. $6 2506 35; light, $0 3506 40; pigs. $5 7506 10; bulk of sales, $6 2506 35. Sheep Receipts, 11.000. Market steady. Fed muttons, yearlings. $3 4003 SO; wethers, $30 3 50; ewes, $203 10; common and stockers, $30 3 25; lambs, $3 750 4 75. Wool Markets. BOSTON, Nov. 18. There continues to be a very active demand for all grades of wool here. There has been more Inquiry .from"" manufac turers, and they have been buying freely. Tho demand has been pretty well distributed over this market, all desirable wools being in de mand. The market Is becoming well cleaned up -on scoured wools at the prices recently ruling. The whole situation Is one of great firmness, with stocks unusually small for the season. Fine staple territory wools continue in active demand with prices firmer, and deal ers talking at least a 5 per cent advance. The tendency is upward, with a very good move ment .to tho mills. Fine staple territory, 560 COc: strictly fine, 50055c; fine and medium, PO053c; medium. 45047c There Is a good movement In California wools, with prices firm and tending upward. Northern county, cleaned basis. 52055c; middle counties, 48050c, Southern. 45047c; six to eight months, 13014o less. Fine fleece wools were in a very Arm position, with -sales at full quotations. Aus tralian wools are rather quiet, owing to the small stocks here, and light offerings. -Combing choice, scoured basis, 75080c; good, 730 70c; averarc, 7274c. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 18. Wool Unchanged. Coffee Unci Sugar. NEW YORK. Nov. lS.-Coffee Futures closed steady, 5010 points higher. Total sales. 84, 500 bags. November. $4 CO; December. $4 600 4 70; January. $4 7004 80: February. $4 800 4 S3: 'Tklarch, $4 9005; April. $505 05; July, $5 2005 25; Augus.t, $5 3003 35; September. $3 3505 45; October, $5 35. Spot Rio quiet; No. 7 Invoice, -5 3-10c: mild dull: Cordova. 712c Sugar-Raw Arm; fair refining, 3 3-16c; cen trifugal, 96 test. 3 ll-16s; molasses sugar, 2 15-16c; refined firm. Dairy Produce at Chicago. CHICAGO, Nov. 18. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was firm; creameries, lS027c; dairies, 18022c Cheese Steady. 11012c Eggs Firm. - 23c Sew York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, 'Nov IS. The cotton", market opened steady at ah advance of 306 points, and closed steady at a net advance of 3010 points. Dyspepsia, 'In Its worst forms will yield to the use of Carter's Little-Nerve Pills, aided by Carter's Little. LivefPllls. Dose, one of eactTafter eating". STOCKS. -I- Atcnison do pfd Baltimore & Ohio , do pfd Canadian Pacific Canada Southern Chesapeake & Ohio..... Chicago & Alton 1 'do pfd Chicago, Ind. & Louis.. do pfd Chicago Great Western. do A pfd do B-pfd Chicago & JT. W Chicago Term. & Tran. do pfd C. C. C. & St. Louis. Colorado Southern .... do 1st pfd. do 2d ptd....i Delaware & Hudson... Del., Lack. & Western. Denver Rio Grando.. do pfd Erie do 1st pfd do 2d pfd Great Northern pfd.... Hocking Valley do pfd Illinois Central Iowa Central -v... do pfd Lake Erie & Western.. do pfu Louisville & Nashville. Manhattan Elevated ... Metropolitan Street By. Mexican Central Mexican National Minn. & St. Louis Missouri Pacific M.. K. & T do pfd New Jersey Central.... New York Central Norfolk & Western..... do pfd ..: Ontario & Western Pennsylvania Reading do 1st pfd do 2d pfd St Louis & San Fran.. do 1st pfd do 2d pfd St, Louis S. W do pfd St. Paul do pfd Southern Pacific Southern Railway do pfd Texas & Pacific Toledo. St. L. & W do pfd Union Pacific do pfd Wabash do pfd Wheeling & Lake Erie. do 2d pfd Wisconsin Central do pfd .. Express Companies Adams American '. United States Wells-Fargo Miscellaneous Amalgamated Copper . Amer. Car & Foundry.. do pfd American Linseed Oil. do pfd Amer. Smelt. & Refln.. do pfd Anaconda Mining Co... Brooklyn Rapid Transit Colorado Fuel & Iron.. Consolidated Gas Cpnt. Tobacco pfd General Electric Hocking Coal International Paper ... do pfd . International Power ... Laclede Gas National Biscuit National Lead North American Pacific Coast Pacific Mall People's Gas Pressed Steel Car..... do pfd Pullman PalaceCar,... itepuDiic aieei ... do pfd Sugar : Tennespee Coal & Iron. Union Bag & Paper Co, do pfd United States Leather.. do pfd United States Rubber.. do pfd United States Steel.... do pfd Western Union American Locomotive . do pfd Kansas City Southern, do pfd Rock Island do pfd 16,400 2,300 33,200 300 11.700 700 2.000 2(5 "SOO '36" ""100 "is" 100 32M 200 9'Jls, COO 2S "i.'oOO "4414 200 158 400 46i 400 90 12.500 34't OOQ C4?4 300 47 S2& 0014 94 12014' 45"' 32".j 81 97 9714 93M, 127--1 'i-iii 3214 1.3001143 200 3814' 0.500 124 135.400:14294 COO 1.5714 7UU 1,200 2514 SO" is" 3214! 93H 28.. 4314 10714 :wii 4 46 141 3814 10,400 .900 1.500 3.100 5.600 100 2.500 34,700! 30,300 1,000 1.800 2.400 000 100 1,100 41.000 500 2,800 1.900 300 2.500 200; 100 44.700 1,200 400 1,700 400 400 400 300 18,400 - 700 500 1.300! i6.306 2.300 3,000 300 400 200 100 300 1,000 200 2.500 1.500 700 COO 63,300 1.700 500 23 1014 26 15014 70 92 29H 57 8514 7214 7214 72 2714 03 173 19014 C3?i 32 92 42 20 Vi j flu. 101$!, 90 3014 44 li 24 3414: Z4tt 48 36 34 44 934 5Si 8714 11B 179 19"4 60 44 23 3814 10014 7514 11014 B7 12! 122 13814 137 2311 1CM 105 2314 5014 140 GUr 92 2914 1541i 53 S514 71 72 ..... 2714 02 170 18914 U2 32 41 2DVi 4614 00 8914 30 43y 24 34 24 48 64tf 34 4314 9214 84 21014 1173 178 1914 60 44 25 53 17 S4T41 100 17.300 0.500 C00 4001 27 MX) I UZ 500! 31 8001 53 20;700 44 2.3001 7014 38 90 5714 184 70 11014! 03 53 36 84 SS 27 90 30 5314 43 7514 O c't. 82 9714 7 93 12S 80 4414 32 69 7S 91 23U S21'j :w 221 1714 32 9514 27;fe 7014 4314 150 233 30 8S 3314 64 4C 183 87 88 141 67 50 120 137 23 1614 105 105 2014 50T4 105 149 69 90 29 154 56 8314 71 72 81 70 27 62 170 189 6214 32 92 4114 29 45 99 8814 30H 43 24 34 . 24 48 200 220 126 210 54 33-j, 8814 17 42 43 91 5S14 8314 210 11014 177 19 1714 71 CO 00 44 25 11U C6 38 90 . 223 1814 1 fU 11714 06 12 78 1214 8914 10 51 3614 84 89 27 00 29 5314 4314 7514 Denver & Rio Or. 41 do pfd 911 Erie 35 do 1st pfd C614' do 2d pfd 48 Illinois Central ..148 iouis. & nnst..,.vxi New York Cent.. ,154 Norfolk. & West.. 71j Southern Pacific .. 65V1 Union Pacific 10314 ao pra u3 U. S. Steel 37 do pfd 86 Wabash 31 do pfd 40 Spanish 4s 83-h Operations Comparatively Small and Professional Thronghout-Manhattan Is Again a Feature. NEW YORK, Nov. IS. The most noteworthy feature ofvtoday's market was the steady and persistent, though moderate, liquidation. Op erations were again, comparatively, small and professional throughout, such Improvement as was shown at time being due chiefly to cow erlng by shorts. Aside from the scarcity of time money, which Is lending at rates prac tically equal to. 7 and 8 per cent for CO days anu 00 days, there was no very unfavorable news. Call money was easy and In very mod erate demand, gold exports seeming not nearer than they have been for weeks past. It Is clear, however, that pressure Is still being di rected against certain of the pool stocks and that the substantial Interests are of no real support. Opening prices wore Irregular, and rather under the London level. Manhattan was also a conspicuous feature of the day, opening at a gain and selling to the extent of 134,000 shares, with a gain of 2. The movement in this stock still lacks explanation. Other fea tures of the early trading were Erie, United States Steel and Colorado Fuel, all of which showed improvement. On the other hand, Reading, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific and St. Paul ware heavy, though not to a marked degree. Louisville & Nashville was steady, presumably as a result of the ratification ,of the Atlantic Coast deal.. Prices held barely steady in the early after noon, though renewed pressure was brought to bear against St. Paul, and Louisville lost all of Its early gain. Rock Island also fell off, and Reading, which was freely offered, sold a point lower than the previous day's close. The steadiness of Sugar was partly attributed tn the advance In the refined products, but that stock closed without change. A reactionary tendency was manifested by Colorado Fuel' and Tennesseo Coal & Iron, while Ihe steel stocks, American Smelting and Amalgamated Copper appeared to have Dome support. Later, St. Paul rallied a trifle, as did Reading, while Manhattan sold at the highest point of the day and the top figure reached In a long time. Tho coming dividend In Sugar was offered at 1' per cent, which suggested tho possibility of a reduction in tho dividend from 7 to 0 per cent. , In the flral hour, the list reflected less sell ing, which, though moderate, was agaaln per sistent and scattering. This movement carried prices down practically through the list, with the exception of Manhattan, which retained the greater part of Its advance. There was an utter absence of cojnmlsslon buslhess. Lon don bought and sold, equally to the extent of 20,000 shares, all of an arbitrage character, and the close was decidedly weak. In the local financial situation the only fea ture of Interest was the payment by the Sut treasury of $960,000 on telegraphic transfer from San Francisco. This Is believed to rep resent Australian and. Klondike gold received at that center. The Subtreasury transferred $200,000 to New Orleans. Railroad bonds (showed heaviness throughout the day, but declined In the active Issues were small. Total sales, $2,909,000. United States. bonds were unchanged on the last call. Closing Stock Quotations. .Total flales for the day, 637,000 shares. BONDS. U. S 2s, ref do coupon do 30, reg. do coupon do new 4s, do coupon do old 4s, do coupon do 5s, reg. do coupon reg.108 108 10s 10s 136 136 reg...l09 109 104 104 reg. Atchison adj. 4s.., C. & N.W. con. 7s. D. A R. G. 4s N. Y. Cent. lsts... Northern Pac. 3s., do 4s Southern Pac. 4s., Union 'Pacific 4s... West Shore 4s Wis. Central 4s..., 91 134 101 102 724 103 03 104 113 91 Stocks at London. LONDON, Nov. lS.-Closlng quotations: Anaconda 4lNor. & W. Dfd nau Atchison S4iOntarIo & Western 30 do pfd 100!Penrisylvanla Bait. & OhIo.....l01!4IRands Can. Pacific 132,Readlng Ches. & Ohio 46 I do 1st pfd.. Chi. Gr. Western. 26 do 2d pfu.. Chi., M. ST'St. P.177 iSouthern By 80 10 28 V 43 37 " Money Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK, Nov. IS. Money on call firm, at 405 per cent; closing bid, and offered at 4 per cent; prime mercantile paper, 50O per cent. Sterling exchange steady at $4 S6.S75 for de mand, and at $4 87.373 for 60 days; posted rates. $4 85 and $4 83; commercial bills, $4 83 4 8314. Bar silver, 40Vlc. ... Mexican dollars, 39c. Government bonds steady; state bonds Inact ive; railroad bonds higher. LONDON," Nov. 18. Bar silver. 22 ll-16d per ounce. - - " Money, 21402 per cent. Rate of discount for short .bills, S per cent; for three months' bills. 3 per cent. Consols for money, 93 1-16; for account, 93. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. J8. Silver bars, 49c 'per ounce. Mexican dollars Nominal. Drafts Sight, par; telegraph, 2c. Sterling on London Sixty days, $4 S4; sight. $4 8714. Pacific Coast Currency Transfer. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. A currency transfer of $060,000 from San Francisco was announced at the Subtreasury today. This makes a total of $1,060,000 recently received from the Pa cific Coast, as against $l,0O0,00Q sent to that section. Part of today's transfer represents Klondike gold. The Subtreasury also an nounced a telegraphic transfer of $230,000 gold to San Francisco. Daily Treasury Stntcmcnt. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Today's Treasury statement shows: AVallable cash balances $204,724,754 Gold 113.615.0S2 Portland Seattlo . Tacoma , Spokane Bank Clearings. Clearings. $634,763 031.397 334,001 361.4C4 Balances. $109,601 292.802 36,080 81,634 SAS FRANCISCO MARKETS. Prices Current for Produce at the Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. Fancy Oregon potatoes and apples are firm. Vegetables Cucumbers, 75c0$l perVbox; gar lic. 22c per "pound; green peas, 305" per pound; string beans, 306c. per pound; toma toes, 4Oc0$l; onions, 23060c; egg plant, 75c $1. Apples Choice, $1 75; common, 30c. Bananas $102 50. Limes Mexican, 404 50. California lemons Cliolce, $3 25; common, $1. Oranges Navels, $2 5003 75. Pineapples $304. Potatoes River Burbanks. 25050c; river reds, 30040c; Salinas Burbanks. 75c$l 17; sweets, $1 23; Oregon Burbanks, 75c$l 10. Poultry Turkey gobblers, 14016c; do hens, 14016c; old roosters, $4 5005; do young, $3 5 50; small broilers, $303,50; do large. $40 4 50; fryers. $405: hens, $4 5005 50; old ducks, $304; do young, $305 50. Butter Fancy creamery, 33c; do seconds, 28c; fancy dairy. 27c; do seconds, 21c. Eggs Fancy ranch, 50c; Eastern, 24029c Cheese Young America, 14013c; Eastern, 16017c Wool Fall Humboldt and Mendocino, 130 14c; mountain, 8010c. , Hay Wheat, $12015; wheat and oats, $11 50 14; barley. $8 50010 50; alfalfa, $8011; clo ver, $7 500 9 50; straw, 40060c per bale. Hops 23027c Mlllstuffs Bran", 20020 50; middlings. $24025. Receipts Flour. 7136 quarter sacks; wheat. 4550 centals: barley. 7425 centals; beans, 4220 sacks; potatoes, 3363 sacks; bran. 1042 sacks; middlings', 153 sacks; hay, 427 tons; wool, 188 bales; hides, 1CT.2. Metnl Markets. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Tin recovered about 10s of yesterday's close, spot closing at Lon don at 114. and futures at 113 2s Cd, but the local market. Instead of responding to the stronger tone abroad, worked still lower, losing about 10 points and closing at 25.20025.40c Copper was also easier here, with standard closing at 10.73c nominal; Lake, ll.R0ll.C5c; electrolytic. 11.30011.40c. and casting, 11.3 11.40c. There was a sale of 30,000 pounds of electrolytic for November delivery at 11.50c, after which additional supplies were offered at 11.40c. Copper In London was 3s 9J higher, spot closing at 51 Cs 3d, and futures at 31 12s Cd. Lead quiet and unchanged here at 4c, but advanced Is 3d In London, where It closed at 10 lCs 3d. Soelter was dull and unchanged, the local quo tation remaining at 5c, and the London price at 19 10s. The Glasgow Iron market remained un changed at 56s, while Mlddlesboro was 3d low er, at 50s. Tho New York market was quiet and unchanged. Warrants nominal. No. 1 foundry Northern, $23025; No. 2 foundry Northern. No. 1 foundry Southern and No. 1 foundry Southern soft, $22023. Mining Stocks. . SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18. Official closing quotations for mining stocks: Alta $0 05Mcxlcan llOccldental Con Belcher Best A Belcher.. Caledonia Challenge Con .. Chollar Confidence Con. Cal. & Va.. Crown Point . . . Gould & Curry.. Hale & Norcross Justice NEW YORK. Nov closed as follows: Adams Con $0 AIce Breece Brunswick Con .. Comstock Tunnel. Con. Cal. & Va. 1 Horn Silver ..... 1 Iron Sliver ". Leadvlllc Con ... 20!Overmair- lOjPotosl 0'Savage G3jSeg. Belcher . S5'SIerra Nevada OlSllver Hill llUnlon Con .... 18'Utah Con 4 Yellow Jacket .$0 C3 . 12 . 93 . 20 . 10 0 3 4 . 18 . 49 . 23 4 . 14 18. Mining stocks today lSILlttle Chief ... 25Ontario 45Ophir , 5Phoenlx 5 Potosl 05 Savage 23 Sierra Ne-ada SOiSmall Hopes ., 3 Standard .$0 10 . 7 00 . 90 5 . 13 5 . 15 . 30 . 3 00 Assessments paid. BOSTON. Nov. Adventure Auouez - Amalgamated Daly West ... Bingham Cal. a Hecla. Centennial ... Copper Range Dominion Coal Franklin Isle Royalo ... Mohawk Asked. , Closing quotations: OOJOld Dominion ..$ 15 00 -ljsceoia 43 73 50,Parrott 21 50 OOiQulncy no 00 OOlKnntn. Vn fVin 1 o OOlTamarack 140 00 50iT7nltpt1 Ktntp- 00Utan OOlVlctoria OOjWlnona 75 Wolverines . . 50 19 02 20 50 5 12 3 00 57 50 SECOND STREET TO ARMS! Dr. Strowbridge Resents the Action of the Street-Car Companies. PORTLAND, Nov. 18. (To the Editor.) The electric cars are now back on Third and other etreets, having deserted Second street after making the said street a con venience for a number of years, and the several daily papers refer to said street as the Hong Kong route, and say that the employes of said road express extreme joy at the change, as they despised the Second- street route. It Is now the duty of the property-owners on Second street to demand of the City & Suburban Railroad Company to give a reasonable car service on said Second street or else take up their rails, leaving the street clear of rails, and at the same time ppen for some other company to se cure a franchise. There were no cars oper ated on Second street for one year; the property-owners on said "street have Im proved their property in various substan tial ways, as well as laying a wooden block pavement, and it is extensively patronized, being one of the few good streets in this city, and I think that the holders of real estate on Second street will demand their rights and not be made simply a conven ience, as hds.been done In the past. GEORGE H. STROWBRIDGE. Commission Co. Capital and Surplus, $300,000.00 Buys and sells GRAIN, PROVISIONS, STOCKS, BONDS and COTTON FOR CASH OR FUTURE. DELIVERY. peals In Government, Municipal and Miscellaneous Securities. Owning and operat ing the most extensive Private Wire System In the world, we can execute large or small orders more promptly and satlsf actorily than any other, concern. " Tve guarantee to execute, orders when limits are reached. We do not hold you responsible for more than the margin you place on a trade. We charge no Inter est for carrying long stocks. MARGINS REQUIRED: Grain, lc per linshel; Stocks, 82 per share. Com mission, grain, 1-Sc per hnshcl; stouks, 1-4 of 1 per cent. "We will send you our Book of Statistics and Dally Market free. Write for It. REFERENCES, 75 National and State Banks. Main Exchange, Bank of Commerce Building. Minneapolis. Minn. Exchanges in 75 of the principal towns and cities of the Northwest, including Spokane. Colfax, Pullman. Rltzville, Dayton, Walla walla Moscow. Pendleton. Wires under con struction to Portland. Tacoma. Seattle. Everett and Vancouver. B. C. Nn IF YOU HAVE AN OPEN TRADE OR ACCOUNT WITH US YOU CAN 1 Di OPERATE IT IX ANY OF OUR 75 OFFICES. CEREAL MARKETS STRONG DECREASED RECEIPTS WHEAT PRICES AT CHICAGO. BRINGS CHICAGO NEARER. Seventy Hours Is the Time East Via "Chicago-Portland Special." The time between Portland and 'Chicago via the "Chicago-Portland Special" now is 70 hours, or two hours less than three days. Train leaves every morning at 3 o'clock. Inquire O. R. & N. ticket office. Third and Washington. Feature of the Corn Trade Is the Act ive Covering by Shorts Up Three Cents on the Day. CHICAGO. Nov. 18. Wheat ruled firm, and the market was' active, with sood commission house buying throughout the day. Disappoint ing cables and bad weather oaused some sell ing shortly aftor the opening, but the greatly decreased receipts In the Northwest, together with buying by a leading long operator, over came the depression, and prices were strong uthe remainder of the day. Strength in corn was a prominent feature, and when that mar ket declined it brought out some reallitng sales In wheat, but. the offerings were well taken. The close was strong, with December Uc up. The opening was unchanged to lower, at 73"34c advancing early to 73c and then declining" to -73c only to rally again to ward the close to 73c Final figures were at 73373c The feature of. the corn trade was the active covering by shorts, and In their efforts to se cure enough contract grade stuff to even up their contracts, they advanced the price of December by rapid stages until a rise of al most 3c for the day had been registered. The buying was largely by hotises with Southwest connections and for the account of small scat tered shorts. Toward noon, general liquida tion set In, and with" a let-up in the demand there was a slump of IVic from the top, but the buying again became urg'ent near the close, and the market closed near tho top. May was Influenced by the strength In December, and closed firm. December reached 58c, and closed 2c up, at 57c There wase a fair trade In oats, December closing c lower, at 29c A heavy decrease in the receipts of hogs and lower prices at the yards had a depressing effect on provisions. January pork closed 7H 10c lower, lard 5c lower and rib 5c lower. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAX OoeninK. Highest. Lowest. Closing. ...$0 73 $0 73 ?0 73 $0 73 ... 70$ 7C 70i 7G& CORN. ... 58 ... 42 42T OATS. December. May November December May. 56tt 55 VI 42y4 37 57 42i4 29 31 15 30 14 45 7 07U 772 15 32 14 40 10 80 0 72& 9 10 8 55 15 25 14 40 10 85 9 77 0 12U, 8 57, 7 95 7 -Vi Dec. (new) ... 30 30yt 29 May .- 31 31 31tf MESS PORK. January 15 SO May 14 40 LARD. November ...10 80 10 85 December 0 72 9 80 January 0 17 9 17 May .., 8 60 8 00 SHORT RIBS January ..... 7 05 May 7 72 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Firm. Wheat No. 2 Spring. 7374c; No. 3. G7 73c; No. 2 red, 7373c. Corn No. 2. 57c; No. 2 yellow, 57c. Oats No. 2, 2SV4c; No. 2 white, '37c; No. 3 white. 28c. Rye No. 2, 50c. Barley Good feeding. 34(5:380; fair to choice malting. 43(g58c. Flaxseed No. 1, ?1 13; No. 1 Northwestern. $1 20. Timothy seed Prime, $3 GO. ' Mess pork $1G 8717 per bbl. Lard $11 20 per cwt. Short ribs sides Loose, $9 759 87. Dry salted shoulders Boxed. $9 37(9 50. Short clear sides Boxed, $9 8710 12. Clover Contract grade, $10 75. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 23.400 12.100 Wheat, bushels i 115.000 162.300 Corn, bushels 222.000 140.800 Oats, bushels 578.000 295.300 Rye. bushels 40.000 59.000 Barley, bushels 00.000 81.300 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Nov. 18. Flour Receipts. 31. 778 barrels; exports, 13.315 barrels. Market quiet. Wheat Receipts, 194.250 bushels; exports, 244.0S5 bushels. Spot market firm. No. 2 red. 78c ' elevator. 77c f. o. b. afloat: No. 1 Northern Duluth, 83c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba. 84Vic f. o. b. afloat. . There was a sharp advance In wheat again today, and a repetition of the bullish featur.es noted yesterday. Including manipulation, higher ca bles, vigorous covering, the corn strength and smaller Northwest receipts. The market closed 01c net higher and firm. March. 81g82Uc. closed 82Vic: May. SO l-lGS0c. closed 80c; December. 7980c, closed 80c. Hides Quiet. Wool Quiet. Butter Receipts. 5800 packages. Market firm er, State dairy. lD25c; creamery, extra, 27'c; creamery, common, 2027c. Eggs Receipts, 8500 packaces. Market firm. State and Pennsylvania, 2SS28c; Western unncandled, 20'g27c. Changes in Available Snpplles. NEW YORK. Nov. 17. Special cable and telegraphic communications received by Brad street's show the following changes lp. avail able supplies, as compared with last accounts: , Bushels. Wheat. United States and Canada, east of Rockies, Increased 2.140.0O0 Afloat for and In Europe, Increased.. 2.000.000 Total supply. Increased 4,740.000 Corn. United States and Canada, east of Rockies, decreased 710,000 Oats. United States and Canada, de creased ...... 258,000 Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18. Wheat steady. Barley steady. Oats Arm. Spot quotations: Wheats-Shipping. $1 35S1 38; milling. $1 40 m -3tt- Barley Feed, $1 181 21U: brewing, $1 221 25. Oats-Red. $1 15?1 32; white, $1 22 1 37: black. $1 121 35. Call board sales: Wheat Steady: December, $1 34 bid; May, $1 37; cash. $1 3S?i. . Barley Steady; December, $1 20 bid; May, $1 25. Corn Large yellow, $1 351 42. European Grain Markets. LONDON, Nov. 18. Wheat Cargoes on pas sage, sellers at advances of 3d; cargoes No. 1 standard California, 30s 9d; Walla Walla, 29s 4d. English country markets quiet. LIVERPOOL. Nov. 18. Wheat Firm; No. 1 standard California, 0s 7d. Wheat and flour In Paris firm. French" country markets steady. Weather in England, frosty. Charged With Threatening to Kill. W. H. H. Reed was arrested yester day by Deputy Sheriff Adklns, at Ninth and Flanders streets,' charged with threatening to kill Jenrile Lawton. When Reed saw Adkins approach, he hid in the celldr behind a box and was walked to the county jail. Reed and the complain ant have had trouble before. las! night on Oak street, near Second. A policeman was told to work on the case, and he reported as the result of his inves tigation that he could not find any one of the name mentioned, on the pouch, but that he was told that a man named Mc Aully had lost a valuable gold watch. The Dolice would like to see the mysteri ous McAully, and say they have some thing to tell him. BACK FROM PRO ZEN NORTH George I. Sargent Returns From Five Years in Alaska. Mr. George I. Sargent, a wcll-kncwri Portlander, who was for a long time sec retary of the State Board of Horticulture, has just returned from a five-years' so journ in Alaska. Mr. Sargent left this city for the Klondike in the fall of 1897, and remained In the North continuously until he came out from Nome on one of the last boats. He wis one of the first settlers of Eagle City, and mined and prospected with varying success on many streams of that vicinity until ha Joined the great rush down the Yukon, for Nome in 1900. For the past three years he has been, engaged chiefly at mining on the Seward Peninsula, north of Nome. He was Post roaster and Deputy Recorder of the Good Hope district, with headquarters at Shis Miref Inlet, on the Arctic side. Speak ing of the mining outlook in that re gion yesterday, Mr. Sargent said: "Pay has been struck this season on, at lest fvio creeks Dick and Hogum tributary to Shis Maref Inlet. Several other creeks show good prospects, and more strikes will be made there prob ably within another year. Like all tha rest of the country within 1C0 or 200 miles of Nome, the Good Hope district has been run over by stampeders, who staked everything in sight. Most of these peo ple, expecting someone else to do tho prospecting that would demonstrate the value (or lack of value) of their claims, have been responsible for the long' time It has taken for the development of the district. We took out a little gold this season, but hope to make a much greater showing next year, now that out pros pecting has shown us where we can work to best advantage. "It Is a very bleak, entirely treeless re gionexcept for willow brush and ex posed to some pretty tough blizzards that come sweeping across ihe Arctic Oceon in Winter. A few wretched natives scat tered in igloos along tho shore do not add much to the cheerincss of life there, but Mr. Thomson, tho Commissioner, who has also been one of my partners at mining,' has made himself fairly com fortable for another Winter there. For my part, I am very glad to get back to the comforts of civilized life at least for the Winter." AT THE HOTELS. THE PERKINS. D G Palm. Roseburg T H Claffey. Seattle W J Corbln. Seattle J S King. San Fran A A Fuller, Wenatchee - -Horstetter, Tacoma F S Gunning. Dalles Wm S Harris. Spokan Mrs Harris Spokane SAD Gurley, Arling ton, Or C A Danneman, Clem Jas Sarch. do H C Rooper. Dalles J C Smith. Portland T H Johnson, Dufur G R Chrlsman, Eu- gene Chas Wesely. Sclo T S Coffey. Sclo J W Baker. Bohemia B F France, Boise A Robinson, Botee Mrs Kolley, San Fr L C Skeels, Eugene H W Dunn, Eugene Emll Waldman, Des chutes Gertrude Allen, San Jose Sue Gordon, do W M Kaiser. Salem W O Phillip. Walla W u L Campbell, Dalles Mrs W H Oxman. Stella L E Crowe, Dalles J S Smith, Wallowa Mrs Smith, do H H Brooks, Rosebrg Chas Lockhart, W W J P Morelock. do A B Connelly, La Grd ueorge iiuicr. do T J Kirk. Athena Wayne Jones, city Mrs Jones, clty THE IMPERIAL. G W Sherwood. Taco IMrs W H Oxman, u w Fulton, Astoria Stella M A Stevenson. Pa W II Reeder. Athena J W Maxey. Wichita A W Elam. Milton J N Burgesw, Antelopa Ernest Younger, Pen dleton A A Fuller. Wash F S Bran wall. La Grd J K Wright, do W N ShiHinc flntnrln J A Geisendorffer, The uaues J P Tamieale.IIIIIsboro W B Kurtz, Dalles J M Short. Gresham A C Woodcock. Eugena W P Campbell, Chem- awa. Or Ada D Hendricks, Eu gene J W Spencer, San Fr H IJ Posser, Astoria G WInehlll. CInti F S Harding. McMInn Mrs Harding, do T F Baylls, Omaha D Bradley, clty D L Rhoades. do 0 G Gellax. Mllwaukeo 1 Master Glllan. do A W Arnold. Stevensa M Snow, Ashland T H Tongue. Hillsboro J C Van Fossen. Chgo Sherman Hays, Indp Mrs Hays, do B O Snuffer, Tillamook C R McAllister. Lex ington E H Pierce. Salem Mr3 R E Dandy, Hoqni I3r Hurd. do Mrs Hurd, do W H Powell. St Helns C E Moulton. Tacoma W S Lysons, do Policeman Finds Watch. The police found a buckskin watch pouch on which was written "D. McAully" Mrs Fulton, do R A Booth. Eugene H L Knight. Astoria C Bossin. S F Mrs Bossin. S F J A Gelsendorfer, The Dalles Geo T Parr, do Dr Forrest Herdman, Baker City A W Gans. S F S A Fry, The Dalles W H Flanagan, Grant's Pass A F Eddy. Ashland J H Graft, Roseburg T T Geer. Salem Mrs Geer. do O P Coahon. Roseburg G G Bingham. Salem P C Gerhardt. S F A D Blrnle, Cathlamet C J Curtis. Ashland I S Geer. Burns M Fitzgerald, do N V Carpenter, do Dalton Biggs, do W N Schilling, do I Jesse Falling. Pendltav tu i' jjcmiu. ao Lee Teutsch, do T G Halley. do Chas S Moore, Salem E S Waterman. W W Miss Waterman. W W. H D Parker, Dalles T M Parker, do J G Seogden, Spokan W R Uren, do L M Juhl. S F Master Juhl, S F J S Cooper, Indp R S Bean. Salem E P McCvnack, do G D Snowden. Whlto Horse J A Day. N Y Mrs Day. N Y S A Raphael, Wasco W C Walker., do M G Fleming. Tacoms W T Rlgby, Pendleton W H Reeder, Athena E W Bartlett. La Grnd Joseph Albrlck. Salem Mrs Albrlck, do THE ST. CHARLES. G Warren, WashougaljS F Dectrich, Vancou t jsioop, unent J W Lane, Mist A Blrkinfleld. do O B Bittner. do Jos Ames, Columbus G M Debo, Eufaula J H Turner, city O H Belknap, Haystk H Rich, Seattle Mrs'C E Starblrd. Kelso A G Walford. Sllvcrtn Miss Walford. do Mrs J Hand, city J D Lee, Salem C Green. Oregon City C E Jacobson, N PoW' der Wm B Bailey, Sumptr Chris Johnson, do E L Barnes. B City W M Chandler, Mt Pleasant W H Warren. Warren Geo Miller, do Clarence Warren, Dayton H C Burns. McMInnv L Camp, S F E S Freeman & wf, Centralla John Rlddell. do John Nelson, Clatska F O Leloh. Dalle. J I Cook Sc. wf. Vane H W Brown, Qulncy F J, Meyers. Dalles John'HollIs. Carson E C Chapman, Clack arr.as M B Webster, do L N Crltes, Mich J Good, city J W Newton, Wilholt R Latourell. Latourell Falls J Dunbar, do F Groth. Dundee A Heston. do C D Ballcn. Woodland J A Dickson & wf. Al bany A D Hyland. Lowell R A Hyland. do Ernest Hyland. do Wilbur Hyland, .do Mrs S A Jones, city Miss L Jones, city Jasper Wllklns. Coburg E S Craven, Newburg Dan Bowers. do F B Miller. Eugene B S Olson, Little Falls G H Clausmeyer, Cas tle Rock E P Murray, do Wm Machand. Tacoma W H Dexter. Yokoham C C Smith, Newburg E 4 Stafford, Dalles Dave Tourougeau, Rainier Hotel Brunsvrlck, Seattle. European plan, popular rates. Modern improvements. Business center. Near depot. Taconin Hotel, Tacoma.. ; American plan. Rates. $3 and up. Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. v. Flret-class restaurant In connection. .4