THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MAT 25, 1906.
15
NEVER WIS BETTER
Salmon Market in Fine Shape,
Says Joseph Durney.
DEMAND IS ENORMOUS
Prices Strengthened by the Ixss of
Large Stocks at San Francisco
Every Can Packed Will
Bring Profitable Price.
CANNED SALMON Joseph Durney
on market conditions.
PRUNES California. growers win
liold crop.
DRIED APPLES Carload received
from New York.
WOOL Large percenter of coarse
in Valley clip. ,
FRU IT First apricots of season,
arrive.
EGGS Shipments received from
California.
POULTRY Prices again decline.
Joit-h Durney. the president of the Grlf-flth-Dumey
Company, of San Francisco, large
canned salmon and canned fcod handlers,
arrived In Portland yesterday nrnin; and
was Interviewed by The Oregon ian. Mr. Dur
ney was) on of the many sufferers by the
late disaster. His office was in the center
of the wholesale business district and was
entirely destroyed. A bsw building, how
ever, la already being erected on the old
sit.
Mr. Durney has Just returned from an eight
weeks' trip to the principal - Eastern cttlea,
with the object In view of making a thor
ough investigation of the conditions existing
In and prospect for canned salmon. While a
very Urge quantity of salmon was) bought
by the trade during the past year. In fact,
some of the trade bought twice and as high
as three times the quantity they formerly
bought, stocks are now but normal, and the
condition of the salmon market was never In
better shape that it Is at present.
There Is no doubt the calamity which over
look San Francisco strengthened the market
to a very great extent. Prior to the fire
Alaska red salmon was quoted at 85 to 90
cents per dosen. Today It is firm at $1.05
per dozen. It Is estimated that at least 250.
000 cases of canned salmon were destroyed
In the San Francisco fire. Mr. Durney Is the
sole selling agent for that old and well-known
firm, George T. Myers & Son. Mr. Durney
marketed the entire pack of Myers st Son
last year, and controls today all the pink
salmon there Is on the Pacific Coast.
The Columbia River occupies a position,
says Mr. Durney, that Is to be envied by
every other salmon packer from the fact that
It is recognised, first, that no salmon Is equal
kja the royal chlnook, and second, that the
Eastern trade seem to be willing to pay what
ever Dries Is asked for it, as. while the
opening price this year Is 91.50 for tails
(next to the highest price In the history of the
business), the entire pack has already been
sold, and every packer on the river la today
refusing to book any more orders. The situ
ation Is almost as strong on sockeyes as It Is
on chlnook. Spot sockeyes. are being read
ily sold at 11.40 for tails and the chances
are that new pack will readily sell for $1.50.
Stocks of sockeyes are light all over the
United States, and as this is one of the off
years on Puget Sound, there will be a de
mand for a great many more than can be
packed.
While, as stated, Alaska Red was weak
prior to the fire, the market today Is
stronger on Alaaka salmon than it has been
In a great many years. Owing to the fact
that a number of vessels were late In leaving
San Francisco for Alaska, It is almost cer
tain that the pack will necessarily be cur
tailed, as a number of these vessels will not
be able to get to their destinations in time
to take advantage of the first run, and pros
pects for good prices are, therefore, as ex
cellent for Alaska salmon as for any other
grade.
Summing up the situation as a whole, Mr.
Durney believes that every can of salmon
that can be packed this year can be marketed
at a price that will net the packer a profit,
as there is not one jobber In the United States
who has sufficient salmon to last him from
yTow until new packed salmon Is ready for
shipment. The low prices that ruled last sea
soa were the bst advertisement that canned
salmon ever had, and as the country Is in a
very prosperous condition, salmon packers can
rely positively upon having a successful year.
George T. Myers, a prominent and large
packer In Alaska said yesterday that the
market for the sale of spot and future pack
of salmon was the most promising for ready
sale of any season that be had seen In his
experience of packing salmon for the past 25
years. The packers of Alaska salmon have
completely sold out and the park la In the
hands of jobbers, and will be consumed be
fore the pack of 1006 can be ready for deliv
ery. Mr. Myers Is well versed in the stock of
salmon on hand and what the demands will
be. All kinds of material for packing salmon,
?ie said, were very much advanced over the
prices of last year, and he thinks this of Itself
will make prices higher tor canned salmon
than the preceding season. Alaska packers
have all made large preparations, which
they think they will fulfill In view of good
prices and speedy sale.
Mr. Myers left last night for Seattle en
route to meet his son at Sitka Bay, where
they are making large preparations, having
doubled thlr capacity of last year. George
T. Myers fc Son have sold their pack of
lt year, which they held until prices ad
vanced, to the Grlfflth-Durney Company, who
are today the largest holders of Alaska salmon
on the Pacific Coast.
Mr. Myers some three years ago, fore
seeing that the lean years were coming, dis
posed of bis plant at Seattle. Last year he
thought there was something In the bust
neas, bought one of the defunct Pacific Pack
ing Company's plants at Sitka Bay, Chatham
Straits and made a whooping success, as he
says, of his purchase.
WILL HOLD THEIR PROES.
California i rowers Want a Basis Price of
3 VI Cents.
At a Urge meeting of California prune
growers, held at San Jose a few days ago.
It was decided to hold the crop for 3H cents,
until August 1. Two issues were submitted
to the meeting; one that growers should hold
for a SH-cent basis till August 1, and an
amendment that a 4-cent basis be adhered
to till the next meeting, which it was pre
supposed would be held a month hence. The
amenamenx was joei, sua ins rormer mo
tion mads by J. R. Johns, of Cupertino, was
carried by an overwhelming majority.
A suggestion was made that each grower
present should constitute himself or herself
a committee of one to ascertain information
regarding the extent of the crop la various
parts of California, In Oregon and In Euro
pean fruit belts. In this connection Paul
Masson, who gave valuable tn formation con
cerning the prune crop In Francs last year,
having obtained his Information from one of
the leading prune firms In that country, was
asked if he could enlighten the meeting as to
the amount of the crop this year. Mr. Mas
son replied that be had not as yet any in
formation, but had cabled Wednesday and In
a few days would be able to enlighten
the growers.
There seemed to be a sentiment at the
meeting that it would be Ill-judged to fix
any hard and fast basis price until it was
known as to the quantity to be placed on the
market. It being argued that the laws of
supply and demand would regulate the price.
This view did not meet with 'general assent,
and nothing was done on this score beyond
the expression already mentioned that all
those present should writs to their friends
for estimates.
M. B. Atkinson, of Saratoga, advocated
the formation of a Bureau of Information,
but the meeting felt that It was too late to
adopt the suggestion, which was generally
voted a good one.
CAUFORMA ECGS RECEIVED.
Small Shipments Arrive From the South.
Poultry Again Declines.
California eggs are offering in the local mar
ket. The shipments are made possible by
the lower prices quoted in the Southern state,
yet the difference is not great enough to al
low room for much profit and until the local
market advances further, not many will be
brought up. Yesterday's official quotation at
8an Francisco on selected ranch was 18 cents.
Fresno eggs were offered to the local trade at
14 oents. The Portland market contnlued firm
at 19620 cents.
Poultry struck a new price when efforts
were made to move the day's arrivals, which
were heavy. Thirteen cents were quoted as
the top on old hens, and 18 cents on broilers.
Ducks and geese also declined.
Butter and cheese were as formerly quoted.
BERRIES SELL QUICKLY.
First Apr loots Are Received From Cali
fornia. Oregon berries were quite plentiful yester
day, and the demand was so strong that
stocks cleaned up early In the day. Hood
Rivers were quoted at $3.35. Chemawas at
$3 and Southern Oregon berries at 42.40(9
2.50. A few California berries came up and
brought $1.4091.60.
Two crates of apricots, the first of th sea
son, were received by Page & Son from Rum
sey. Cal., and sold for $2.75. A car of or
anges was received in the morning and two
more last night. The bananas failed to ar
rive as expected. No cherries were received.
Small vegetables were scarce. Peas and
beans were higher.
Much Coarse Valley Wool.
Some of the local gradlnghouses that have
opened Valley wool In the last few days re
port finding it very damp and running un
usually coarse. It is said that in the past
three years the proportion of coarse wool has
increased fully 80 per cent, and the belief Is
expressed that the entire Valley output will
eventually run to Cotswolds. Dealers are
much disappointed at the large proportion
of coarse wools found. The local market on
this grade Is quoted at 2323 cents.
Dried Apples From New York.
A car of New Tork dried apples reached
Portland yesterday. This is the first time ,
In several years that Eastern dried fruit has
been brought here, and shows the barren
condition of stocks In this line on the Coast.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the leading cities of the
Northwest yesterday were :
Clearings. Balances.
Portland $ 808,634 $188,520
Seattle 1,374. 18 205.557
Tacoma 633,202 ' 47.706
Spokane 500,042 73,641
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS.
Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc.
FLOUR Patents, $3.754.30 per barrel;
straights, $3.403.75; clears, $3.35g3.50;
Valley. $3.403.6A; Dakota hard wheat, pat
ents, $5.50 3 8 ; clears, $5 ; graham, $3.25
8.75; whole wheat, $3.754; rye flour, local,
$S ; Eastern, $5 ig 5.25 ; cornmeal, per bale,
$1.9062.29.
MILLSTUFFS Bran, city, $17; country,
$18 per ton; middlings, $25.50$ 26; shorts,
city, $17.50; country, $19020 per ton; chop,
U. 8. Mills, $17.50; linseed dairy food, $18;
Acalfa meal, $18 per ton.
WHEAT Club, 7273c: blueetem, 74975c;
red. 7071c; Valley, 709710.
OATS No. 1 white feed, $30; gray, $29
per ton.
BARLEY Feed. $24 per ton; brewing, $249
24.60; rolled. $24. 506 25. 60.
CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 90
pound sacks. $7 ; lower grades, $5.50 6.75 ',
oatmeal, steel cut, 50-pound sacks, $3 per
barrel; 19-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; oat
meal (ground), 50-pound sacks, $7.60 per
barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4 per bale; split
peas. $5 per 1 00-pound sacks; 23-pound
boxes, $1.40; pearl barley, $4.25 per 100
pounds; 25-pound boxes, $1.25 per box;
pastry flour, 10-pound sacks, $2.50 per bale.
HAY Valley timothy. No. 1, $12913 per
ton; clover, $7.5098: cheat, $097; grain
hay, $7 9b; alfalfa. $13.
Vegetables, Fruits, Etc.
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, $2.5093.50
per box; apricots. $2.75 per crate; cherries,
$1.2591-40 per box; strawberries. California,
1.4xffl.oo: Oregon, 10914c per pound; goose
berries, 5-560 per pound.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, $495 P
box: oranges, navel. $3.30 per box; Mediter
ranean sweets, $333.50; tangerines, $1.85
per half box; grapefruit. $2.5093.23; pine
apples, $4950 per dosen; bananas, 5c per
pound.
FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes, 75c
per dozen; asparagus. 75c9$1.25 per box;
beans, 10912 c; cabbage. $191.25 per 100;
green corn, 409A0c per dozen ; cucumbers, si
per dozen ; lettuce, hothouse, $191.50;
onions, 10915c per dozen; peas, 6c;
peppers, 25 "2 40c; radishes, 1 5c per dozen ;
rhubarb, 3c per pound; spinach. 90c per box;
tomatoes. $2.50 per crate; Florida, $5.50;
pars ley. 25c, squash, $2 per crate.
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, $1 9 1.25
per sack; carrots. 65975c per sack; beets,
85c9$l per sack; garlic, 10 9 12 Vic per
pound.
ONIONS Bermuda, 4c per pound.
POTATOES Buying prices: Fancy graded
Burbanks, 009ti.1c per hundred; ordinary,
nominal; new California. 2c per pound.
DRIED FRUITS Apples, 14c per pound;
apricots. 13 15c; peaches, 12 9 13c; pears,
11 H r 14c; Italian prunes, 5H 98c; Califor
nia figs, white, in sacks. 36Hc per pound;
black, 495c; bricks. 12-14-ounce packages.
75 9 85c per box : Smyrna, 20c per pound;
dates. Persian, 696ac per pound.
RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages. 89
8 He; Id-ounce, 99 10c; loose muscatels,
2-crown, OS 97c; 3-crown, 6 97Sic; 4
crown, 79 7 H c ; unbleached, seedless Sul
tanas, 697c; Thompson's fancy bleached, 10
911c; London layers, 3-crown. whole boxes
of 20 pounds, $2; 2-crown. $1.75.
' '
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc.
BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream
ery, 20c per pound. State creameries: Fancy
creamery. 17 ft 9 20c; store butter. 12 9
12 He.
EGGS Oregon ranch, 19920cp"per doxen.
CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 129
ISc; Younr America, 13914c.
POULTRY Average old hens, 12913c;
mixed chickens, 1212c: broilers. 17lSc;
roost era 10c; dressed chickens. 13914c; tur
keve. live, 15918c; turkeys, dressed, choice,
2ii23c ; gee Re, live, per pound, &9lOe ; geese,
d reed, per pound, old. lOc; young. 12c;
ducks, old. 14915c: young, 16917c; pigeons,
$102-; squabs. $293.
Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc.
HOPS Oregon, 1905. HV912Hc
WOOL Eastern Oregon average best. 16
921c; Valley, coarse, 2234c; fine, 24925c
per pound.
MOHAIR Choice, 2S930c per pound.
HIDES Dry: No. 1. 16 pounds and up.
per pound, 18$20c: dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 15
pounds. 18921c per pound; dry salted bull
and stags, one-third less than dry flint;
culls, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, mur
rain, hair-allpped, weatherbeaten or grubby,
2c to 3c per pound less. Salted hides:
Steers, sound, 60 pounds and over, per
pound. 10911c; steers, sound, 50 to 60
pounds, 10 5 Ho per pound; steers, sound,
under $0 pounds, and cows. 9 910c per
pound: stags and bulls, sound, Tc per pound,
kip. sound. 15 to 30 pounds, 10c per pound;
veal, sound, 10 to 14 pounds, 11c per pound;
calf, sound, under 10 pounds. 119 12c per
pound; green unaalted), lc per pound less;
culls, lc per pound lesa Sheepskins: Shear
lings, No. 1 butchers' stock, each, 23930c;
short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each, 50
9S0c; medium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock,
each, $1.236 2; murrain pelts, from 10 to 20
per cent less, or 15916c per pound. Horse
.hides: Salted each, according to siae, $1.30
92.50; dry. each, according to sit. SI 9 1.50:
colts hides, each. 25 9 50c. Goatskins: Com
mon, each, 13 923c; Angora, with wool on,
each. 30c 9 $1.50.
FURS No. 1 aklns: Bearskins, as to size,
each. $5920; cubs, each, $193; badger,
prime, each. 25 9 50c; cat, wild, with head
perfect, 3O50c; house cat. 3920c: fox,
common gray, large prime, each. 50 9 70c;
red. each. $395; cross, each. $3 915; sliver,
and black, each, $ 100 300; fishers, each.
$5 8; lynx, each. $4.50 96; mink, strictly
No. 1. each, according to sixe. $193; mar
ten, dark Northern, according to sixe and
color, each. $10913; pale pine, according to
sixe and color, each. $2.5094; muskrat.
large, each. 12915c: akunk. each, 40960c;
civet or pole cat. each, 5 915c; otter, for
large prime skin. each. $6910; panther,
with head and claws perfect, each, $2 5;
raccoon for prime large, each. 50975c;
mountain wolf, with head perfect, each,
$3.5095 ; prairie (coyote), 60c $1 ; wolver
ine, each. $698: beaver, per skin, large,
$596; medium. $397; small, $191.50; kits,
50975c.
BEESWAX Good, clean and pure, 229
23c per pound.
TALLOW Prime, per pound. 494Hc; No.
3 and grease, 2 93c.
CASCARA SAGRADA (chfttam bark J
New. 292 He: old. 2H93c per pound.
GRAIN BAGS 9 9 10c.
provisions and Canned Meats.
BACON Fancy breakfast, 20c per pound;
standard breakfast, lBc; choice, 17 He;
English breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds, 166c;
peach, 15 He.
HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 14 He per pound;
14 to 16 pounds. 14 c; 18 to 20 pounds,
144c; California (picnic). 10 "4 c; cottage,
10Hc; shoulders, 10c; boiled, 22c; boiled
picnic, boneless, 15e.
PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels. $10;
'H -barrels. $9.50; beef, barrels, $12; -barrels.
$6.50.
SAUSAGE: Ham, I3c per pound: minced
ham. 10c; Summer, choice dry, 17Hc; bo
logna, long, 7c: weinerwust, 10c; liver, 6c;
pork. 9910c: headcheese, 6c; blood. 6c;
bologna sausage, link, 6c.
DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears,
dry salt, HHc; smoked, 12c; clear backs,
dry salt, llc; smoked, 12c; clear bellies,
14 to 17 pounds average, dry salt, 12ic.
smoked. 13c; Oregon exports, 20 to 25
pounds average, dry salt, 12c; smoked, 13c;
Union bellies. 10 to 18 pounds average, none.
LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces,
llc; tubs. 12c; -60s, 12c; 20s, 12c; 10s.
12c; 5s, 12c. Standard pure; Tierces. 104c;
tubs, lie; 50s. 11c; 20s. lliic; 10s, llc; 5s.
11 He. Compound: Tierces, 7&c; tubs, 7c;
60s, 794c; 10s, 8c; 5s. 8c
Groceries. Nuts. Etc.
COFFEE Mocha, 26928c; Java, ordinary,
189 22c ; Costa Rica, fancy, 18 9 20c: good.
16 9 18c; ordinary, 19 922c per pound ; Co
lumbia roast, cases, 100s, $14.75; 60s. $14.75:
Arbuckle. $16.25; Lion, $16.25.
RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 54c; South
ern Japan. 5.35c; head, 7c.
SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound talis,
$1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails. $2.40; 1
pound flats. $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound
tails. 90c; red. 1-pound tails, $1.25; sockeye,
1-pound tails, $1.70.
SUGAR Sack basl s, 100 pounds : Cube,
$5.40; powdered, $5.15; dry granulated,
$5.05; e-xtra C, $4.60; golden C. $4.45; fruit
sugar, $5.05. Advances over sack basis as
follows: Barrels. 10c; Vi-barrels, 25c; boxes.
60c per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittances
within 15 days deduct He per pound; if later
than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct He;
sugar, granulated, $4.85 per 100 pounds;
maple sugar. 15 918c per pound.
SALT- California, $11 per ton, $1.60 per
bale; Liverpool. 60s, $17; 100s. $16.30; 200s,
$16: H -pounds. 100s, $7; 60s, $7.50.
NUTS Walnuts, 154c per pound by sack;
H c extra for less than sack ; Brazil nuts,
16c; filberts, 16c; pecans, Jumbos, 16c; extra
large. 17c; almonds. 144 9 15c; chestnuts,
Italian. 12 H 9 16c; Ohio. 20c; peanuts, raw,
7c per pound: roasted. 9cs ninenuts. 109
12c; hickory nuts, 74s 98c; cocoanuts, 359
90c per dosen.
BEANS Small white. 4Hc; large white,
8I4c; pink, 3c; bayou, 5c; Lima, 6c; Mexican
red. 5c.
Dressed Meats.
VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds, 6c; 125
to 150 pounds, 54c: 150 to 200 pounds, 5c;
200 pounds and up, 3H94Hc.
BEEF Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; cows,
445Hp: country steers. 596c.
MUTTON Dressed fancy, 7 98c pound;
ordinary. 5 96c; lambs, with pelt on. 8c.
PORK Dressed, 100 to 150 pounds. 899c;
150 to 200 pounds, 79&c; 200 pounds and
up. 797 ttc.
Oils.
TURPENTINE Cases, 91e per gallon.
COAL Cases, 19c per gallon; tanks, 12 He
per gallon.
GASOLINE: Stove, cases, 25 He; 72 test,
27c; 88 test, 35c; Iron tanks, 19.
WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7e; 500-pound
lots. 8c; less than 500-pound lots, Sc. (In
25-pound tin palls, lc above keg price; 1 to
5-pound tin palls, lc above keg price; 1 to
5-pound tin cans, 100 pounds per case, 2&a
per pound above keg price.)
LINSEED Raw, in barrels, 48c: In cases,
53c; boiled. In barrels, 50c; in ,cases, 55c;
25-gallon lots, lo lesa
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and
Hogs.
The foHowlng livestock prices were quoted
In the local market:
CATTLE Good steers, 4.2594.50; second
class, $3.7594; cows, good, $3.2593.50; fair
to medium, $2.5093; calves, good, $3.5094.50.
SHEEP Good sheared sheep, $494.23;
lambs, $4.5095.
HOGS Good, $797.25; light and feeders,
$6.506.75.
Refuses to Contract Lambs.
ARLINGTON, Or., May 24. William Smith,
one of the leading sheepmen of Gilliam Coun
ty, has disposed of his clip of wool from 8500
sheep. The clip from each sheep brought him
an average of $2.50, or $21,250 for the lot.
Mr. Smith has refused to contract this
year's lamb crop, to be delivered by May 1,
1907, he to reserve the wool from the same,
at $3 per head. This Is a good indication that
sheep will bring a good price for several
months yst.
EASTERN LIVESTOCK.
Prices Current at Kansas City, Chicago and
Omaha,
CHICAGO, May 24. Cattle Receipts, 6000;
market, steady; befeves, $4.1096; stockers and
feeders, $2.7594.80; cows and heifers, $1,759
5.25; calves, $4.5096,65;- Texas fed steers,
$3. 9094-80.
Hogs Receipts today, 17,000; tomorrow, es
timated, 14,000; mixed and butchers, $6,159
6.42; good to choice heavy, $6. 32 V. 96. 45;
lights and heavies, $5.3596.10; bulk of sales,
$6.3596-40.
Sheep Receipts, 12,000; market, weak;
Sheep. $4.6096.40; lambs, $5.4096.75.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. May 24. Cattle Re
ceipts. 2000; market, steady ; native steers,
$4.2595.60; native cows and heifers, $2.5095;
stockers and feeders, $3.2594.50; Western
cows, $2.5094: W'estern steers, $3.7595.30;
bulls, $2.5094.50.
Hogs Receipts, 11,000; market, steady; bulk
of sales, $6.3096.27; heavy, $6.2096.32H;
packers, $6,16927.
Sheep Receipts, 2000; market, steady; mut
tons. $596.25; lambs, $697.65; range wethers,
$5.2596; fed ewes, $4.756.25.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., May 24. Cattle
Receipts, 2500; market, best, stronger; others,
steady; native steers, $4.2595.60; Western
steers, $3.5094.65; stockers and feeders, $3,259
4.60; bulls, stags, etc., $2.7594.25.
Hogs Receipts. 14,000; market, shade to 5c
higher; 'heavy, $6.22H6.27 ; mixed, $6,209
6.22 H; light. $6.1596.25; pigs, $596; hulk of
sales, $6.2096.25.
Sheep Receipts, 2000; market, strong;
yearlings, $5.766.25; wethers, $5.5096; ewes,
$4.7595.75; lambs. $6.2696.85.
Mining" Stocks.
NEW YORK, May 24. Closing quotations:
Adams Con $ .20
Alice 2.25
Breece 30
Brunswick C. . .49
Comstock Tun. .18
Little Chief $ .05
Ontario 2.20
Ophir 8.75
Phoenix 02
Potosi 15
Savage 70
Sierra Nevada.. .25
Small Hopes... .25
Standard 2.00
-Closing quotations:
Mont. C. A C.$ 8.25
N. Butte. . . . 2.50
Old Dominion 40.30
Osceola 109 50
Con. Cal. & V. 1.00
Horn Silver. .. 2.00
Iron Stiver 5. 50
Lead vl lie Con. .04
BOSTON. May
Adventure .-$ 6.
Allouex 38.
Amalgamatd 108.
24.
OO 00
00 v
Am. Zinc... 10.
5
Atlantic .... 13
Btneham . .. 34
00
Parrot
27.25
09 00
50 i
00
50
Quincy
Shannon . . . v
1 amarack . ..
Trinity
United Cop..
U. S. Mining.
U. S. Oil
Utah
Victoria ....
Winona
Wolverine . ..
Cal. Hecla 690.
8.75
101.00
9.00
64.25
57.00
12.12
61.50
7.50
8.50
135.00
Centennial .. 23
Cop. Range. 76.
Daly West.. 16
Green Con... 27
Franklin ... 17
Granby 12
Isle Royal e. . 19
Mass. Mining 8
Michigan ... 12
Mohawk 65
12
25
87 H
50
87 hi
50
00
50
00
Dairy Prodnoe In the East.
CHICAGO, May 24. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was steady;
creameries, 139181,4c; dairies. 13917c. Eggs,
steady, at mark, cases included. 1491414c;
firsts. 14c; prime firsts, 15c; extras, 18c
Cheese, steady, 10911c.
NEW TORK. May 24. Butter, firmer;
street prices, 1914 c. Official prices, cream
ery, common to extra, 14619c Cheese and
tggB, unchanged.
STOCKS
Exposure of Railroad Graft
Helps Prices.
ABUSES NEED ABOLISHING
Recovery in the Market on a Dimin
ished Volume of Business.
Trading Is Still in Pro
fessional Hands.
NEW TORK. May 24. Prtcs made a re
covery on the nock exchange today from
yesterday's decline on a diminished voluma
of business compared with that of yesterday.
The narrow and constant fluctuation In prices
Is convincing; 'evidence of the highly profes
sional nature of the dealings and the convic
tion Is general in the Wall-street district that
there is an almost total abstention from
stock operations by all but -the professional
element.
Yesterday much of the selling was accom
panied by expressions of uneasiness over the
effect of the feeling toward securities caused
by 'the inquiry into the coal carriers and the
possibility that further revelations of graft
ing practices will follow the extension of the
inquiry Into other railroads and to other lines
of traffic. Today the stocks immediately af
fected by this investigation were coneplcu
ous In the rise and the view was promulgat
ed that the exposure ot graft among offi
cials of these companies gives assurance of
abolishing the abuse and of doing away with
the losses presumably Involved by the cor
porations through favoritism to Individual
shippers. Reading and the coalers were made
the lever for propping the market and lifting
prices to a higher level. The movement
spread to other points, however, and traders
who went short yesterday were generally in
clined to cover today.
There was general satisfaction expressed,
over the tranquil manner in which the re
sumption of banking was effected . in San
Francisco and confidence was expressed that
an early return of cash to New York banks
would follow. The transfer through the sub
Treasury today of nearly 11,600,000 from San
Francisco to New York was not without ef-.
feet on sentiment, although that amount of
gold was received in San Francisco yesterday
from Australia and the largest part of to
'daya' transfer was known definitely to be in
course of remittance of this1 gold to the bank
here which engaged it in Australia. Some of
the New York banks had information, how
ever, from their San Francisco correspondents
of Intended shipments from there next week
amounting to several million dollars.
Reports of a $25,000,000 loan in prospect
by Paris bankers to fire insurance companies
opened a new phase of the resources opened
in the Parle money market to American bor
rowers after the example of tl! Pennsylvania
$50,000,000 bond Issue. Confirmation of the
reported Insurance borrowing was lacking,
however.
Call mpney rose again during the day with
the effect of admonition of the results to be
expected from occasional syndicate require
ments. Installments of subscriptions for the
Baltimore & Ohio new stock and for Dela
ware & Hudson convertible bonds due tomor
row were the cases in point today. A good
effect was produced on sentiment by the re
port of wage advances to New England cot
ton operatives.
Prices reacted to some extent during the af
ternoon, but rose again to the highest of the
day under the influence of the Reading move
ment and the closing was strong and active.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par
value, J2.1M.000. United States new a reg
istered! declined 4 per cent, and the coupons
per cent on the last call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Sales. High. low. bid.
Adams Express 240
Amalgam. Copper. 82,200 10814 107 lots
Am. Car & Found. 1,200 41 4oH 40j
do preferred 101
Am. Cotton Oil... 200 31 31 Va 31
do preferred 4. 61
American Express. ..... 215
Am. Hd. & Lt. pf. 33
American Ice .... 800 62ft 611, 61
Amer. Linseed Oil IS'Ji
do preferred . 3ft
Amer. Locomotive. 3,400 69 68 6
do preferred 114
Am. Smelt. 4 Ref. 16,400 150 152 153
do preferred 114 fa
Am. Sugar Refln. 1,000 135 13414 135
Amer. Tobacco pfd. 4JO 10314 10314 loS
Anaconda Mln. Co. 42.800 2014 207 268
Atchison 8.D00 80 8814 8&I4
do preferred 102
Atlantic Coast Line 1,600 145 14414 144
Baltimore & Ohio. 4. 000 108 100 108
do preferred 100 84 84 8314
Brook. Rap. Treji. 23.500 81 8OI4 81
Canadian Pacific .. 2,000 15814 158 15814
Cent, of N. Jersey 1.000 238 238 238
Central Leather .. 2,0o0 42 41 42
do preferred . : 104
Chesapeake & Ohio 6,000 59 5814 58
Chicago & Alton 23
do preferred 75
Chi. Gt. Western. 800 19 18 18
Chi. A Northwest. 1,300 203 200 2o3
Chi., Mil. & St. P. 12.300 169 167 168
Chi. Term. & Tran 11
do preferred . . . . . . . . 28
C, C, C. & St. L 86
Colo. Fuel 4 Iron 11,800 62 61 61
Colo. & Southern. 500 33 33 33
do 1st preferred.. 2O0 09 69 69
do 2d preferred.. 300 47 47 47
Consolidated Gas.. 1.400 137 136 136
Corn Products .... 1,700 23 2214 2214
do preferred 1.200 79 78 78
Dela. A Hudson.. 4.100 215 213 214T.
Del., Lack. & Wes. 2.90O 660 650 650
Den. & Rio Grande . 800 43 43 42
do preferred ..... 86
Distillers' Securlt.. 6.900 65 63 64
Erie ..; 55.200 46 44 45
do 1st preferred.. 1.800 79 79 78
do 2d preferred..' 9,400 7114 68 71 14
General Electric .. 400 167 167 167
Gt. Northern pfd... 2,000 301 299 29914
Hocking Valley .. 200 128 128 12S
Illinois Central ... 2o0 173 173 173
International Paper 19
do preferred 85
International Pump 10O 56 6 65
do preferred 400 89 88 89
Iowa Central 26
do preferred 100 61 81 51
Kansas City South. 600 25 2514 26
do preferred 1.7O0 63ti 6214 63
Louis. & Nashville 8.500 145 143 145
Manhattan L. 15214
Metiopol. St. Ry 112
Mexican Central .. 600 22 22 22
Minn. & St. Louis. 70
M., St. P. & S.S.M. 100 157 157 150
do preferred 173
Missouri Pacific ... 2.80O 8414 93 84
Mo., Kan. & Texas 1,000 34 34 34
do preferred..... 100 67 67 67
National Lead ... 400 76 7614 76
Mex. Nt. R. R. pf 38
New York Central. 1.800 133 138 138
N. Y., Ont. & Wes. 8.700 62 50 61
Norfolk & Western 2.40O 89 88'4 89
do preferred 100 8114 91 80
North American 96
Northern Pacific .. 6,400 204 202 203
Pacific Mall 600 38 39 39
Pennsylvania 25,500 133 132 132
People's Gas 81
P.. C. C. St. L. 1.200 85 84 84
Pressed Steel Car. 1,300 61 60 50
do preferred 97
Reading 25.300 138 133 137
do 1st preferred.. 100 82 92 92
do 2d preferred.. 100 85 95 93
Republic Steel ... 2O0 2i!4 27lJ 27
do preferred 1.1O0 102 102 102
Rock Island Co.... 400 25 25 25
do preferred.. . 100 64 64 64
Rubber Goods .... ...... .. ..... 40'
do preferred ..... 100
Schlose-ShefTteld .. SOO 79 78 79
St. L. 4 S. F. 2 pf. 44
St. Louis Southw.. 100 21 21 21
do preferred..... 500 54 64 54
Southern Pacific .. 2,100 65 64 65
do preferred 20 119 119 118
Southern Railway.. 6.80O 38 37 38
do preferred 2oO 100 100 894
Tenn. Coal 4 Iron 8.70O 151 149 151
Texas 4 Pacific ... 1.400 82 31 31
Tol.. St. L. & Wes. 2O0 30 30 30
do preferred 100 49 49 49
Union Pacific 67,200 149 147 146
do preferred ..... . 84
t". S. Express 108
V. S. Realty 88
U. S. Rubber 300 60 60 5o
do preferred 19
U. S. Steel 29.7O0 40 40 4ti
do preferred 3.5O0 105 105 105
Wabash 400 21 21 21
do preferred 2.300 47 46 47
Wells-Fargo Rxp.. 250
Western Union ... 100 92 92 62
Wheel. 4 L. Brie. 400 17 17 17V
Wisconsin Central 24
do preferred 300 60 49 5o
Total sales for the day. 792,000 shares.
BONDS.
NEW YORK. May 24. Closing quotations:
U. S. ret. 2s reg,103'D. 4 R. G. 4S...10O
4io coupon 103 U.N. X. C. Q. 8. 88
V. 8. 8s reg 10!Nor. Pactflo 8s.. TS
do coupon 1021 Nor. Pacific 4s. .103
U. S. new 4s reg.128 So. Pacific 4s... 93
do coupon 128 Union Paclfio 4s. 104
U. S. old 4s reg.l031.;Wls. Central 4a. 92
do coupon. ... .1034 Jap. 6s, 2d ear.. 98
Atchison Adj. 4s 84 Jap. 4s. cer.... 93
Stocks at Londom.
LONDON. May 24. Consols for money,
89 11-16: consols for account. 89.
Anaconda 13 Norfolk 4 West. 91
Atchison 91 do preferred... 94
do preferred. .106 Ontario 4 W.st. 52
Baltimore 4 O..110 (Pennsylvania ... 68
Can. Pacific ...164 Rand Mines 8
Ches. 4 Ohio... 60 Reading 69
C. Gt. Western. 18 do 1st pref.... 46
C. M. 4 St. P.. 173 I do 2d pref 48
De Beers 17 So. Railway 88
D. 4 R. Grande. 44 I do preferred... 103
do preferred
8914 :so. Facmc e
Erie
4Q4Lunlon Mcinc....i5s
do 1st pref. ... 81
do preferred... 98
do 2d pref 71
Illinois Central. 178
Louis. 4 Nash.. 148
Mo.. Kas. 4 T.. 35
N. Y. Central. . .143
U. S. Steel 41
do pref erred. ..108
Wabash 21
do preferred... 46
Spanish Fours... 93
Money, Exchange, Etc.
NEW YORK. May 24. Money en call,
steady. 3fr4 per cent; ruling rate. 8 per
cent; closing bid, 3 per cent; offered, 4 per
cent. Time loans, firm, 60 days. -4 per cent;
90 days. 4 per cent: six months, 465 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4 85 per
cent.
Sterling exchange, steady at $4.85204.8525
for demand and at $4.820594 8210 for SO days.
Posted rates, $4.83 andv $4.86. Commercial
bills. $4.81.
Bar silver. 6794c
Mexican dollars. 52C.
Government bonds, weak; railroad bonds.
Irregular.
LONDON'. May 24. Bar silver, stesdy.
81 5-16d per ouace. Money, S per cent. Dis
count rate, short bills, 8 9-lS93 per cent;
three months' bills. 33 9-ie per cent.
Daily Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. May 24. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances In the general
fund shows:
Available cash balances $158,097,717
Gold coin and bullion 73.563.149
Gold certificates 43,437,960
SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS.
Price Paid for Produce in the Bar City
Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 24. VEGETABLES
Asparagus, $1.503; green peas, 65 90c;
rhubarb, 7Sc$$l; string beans, 47c; toma
toes. 75c$1.25; potatoes, new, 181 c: Ore
gon, 75c$l; onions; $1.754.50; cucumbers.
4060c.
POULTRY Old roosterei. $3.504.60; young,
$5K?7.50: fryers, $485.50: broilers, $23.50;
hens. $4.50f3T: pigeons, old. $1; youny, $l.f.
FRUITS Strawberries, 610c; apples, $1.76
2.25; oranges, navels, $2.253; lemons, tl
2.25; Mexican limes, $4rS5; bananas, $lr2;
pineapples. $23.
BUTTER Steady; extras, 18c.
EGGS Steady: ranch selected, 18c.
CHEESE Steady; fancy Northwest, 15c;
old. 16c.
FLOUR Extras. $4.60e.10: bakers extras.
$V40S'4.75: Oregon and Washington, $3.604.
WHEAT Shipping. $1.1821.20; malting,
$1.32(01.40.
BARLEY tl.154rl.25.
OATS White. tl.60flXl.TO; red. $1.52iS
1.60: black. 1. 30 1.40.
CORN Yellow, tl-a09i.es.
HAY Wheat, tl3lT.50; wheat and oats,
U4(S14.50: oat, $10al4: barley, nominal; al
falfa. $10gl2; stock. $78-7.50; straw, 35350e.
FEED Bran, $2021; middlings. $2730;
ground barley, $25S27.50; feed, mixed, $240
25.
BEANS Large white, $2.402.60; small.
$3.4063.50; Lima, $4.604.76; pink, $1-909
2.05.
RECEIPTS Wb eat, 8031 bushels: flour, 45
barrels; barley, 1422 centals; corn, 608 centals:
onions, 80 sacks; bran, 30 sacks; middlings,
40 sacks; wool. 30 bales; hay, 97 tons; straw,
33 tons; hides, 1165.
Metal Markets.
NEW YORK. May 24. The advance In the
London tin market was continued during to
day's session, and spo4 closed at 190 10s
and futures at fl88 10s. Locally the market
was firm and- higher in sympathy with spot,
closing at 41.75-S42.25c.
Copper also was higher in London, closing
at 85 7s 6d for spot and 86 for futures. Lo
cally no change was reported. "Lake -quoted
18.7518c: electrolytic, 18.37918.75c; cast
ing, 18.2518.37c. .
Lead was lower, at 16 10s 6d In London.
Locally the market was quiet and a shade
easier, with quotations ranging from 5.759
5.95c.
Spelter was higher In the London market,
with spot closing at 27 7s 6d. Locally the
market was dull with epot quoted at 6.87
6.95c.
Iron was lower abroad, standard foundry
quoted at 60s 64 and Cleveland warrants at
60s 9d The local market was unchanged.
No. 1 foundry Northern, tlo-75919; No. 2
foundry Northern and No. 1 foundry South
em. $18.2518.60; No. 2 foundry Southern,
tl7.7518.
Dried Fruit at New Tork.
NEW YORK. May 24. Evaporated apples
are well cleaned up on spot and rule firm.
Strictly prime, 11c; choice, 1114llc; ancy,
ll912c.
Prunes are in very light supply on spot,
and holders are firm In their views in spite
of the lack of Important demand. Quotations
range fftm 7c to 8c. according tn grade.
Apricots are quiet and unchanged; choice
quoted 12o; extra choice, 13913o; fancy.
14914 c.
Peaches are unchanged, with choice quoceoV
11c; extra choice, llllo: fancy. lltf
12c; extra fancy, 12912c
Raisins are In light demand and quotations
on spot are somewhat nominal.
Wool at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May 24. Wool, steady; medium
grades, combing and clothing, 25930c; light
fine, 22tg25c; heavy fine, 18920c; tub
washed, 33j39c
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Marriage Licenses.
BELL-SEW ALL C. O. Bell, 29, Fort Worth,
Texas; Lulu Bewail, 32.
UMSTATTD-PRITCHARD J. W. Umstattd,
43, Toppenlsh, Wash.. 43.; Exoma M. Prltch
ard, 60.
Births.
BOWBN At 704 Harvard street, May 21, to
the wife of Andrew J. Bowen, a son.
GORIAN At 187 Grant street. May 20, to
the wife of Sam. Gorian. a daughter.
TOMPKINS At 388 San Rafael street. May
22, to the wife of Valentine Tompkins, a son.
Deaths.
BLANCHET At St. Vincent's Hospital, May
2 Father F. X. Blanchet, a native of Canada,
aged 71 years. Remains sent to St. Paul. Or.,
for interment. ....
FORRESTELLB At St. Vincent's Hospital.
May 23, Mrs. Florence Forreetelle, a native
of the United States, aged SO years.
GARRETSON Accidentally killed by street
car at Thirteenth and Market streets. May
22, Charles W. Garretson, a native of Indi
ana aged 35 years, 11 months and 29 days.
LANlUS At 342 Tillamook street. May 24,
Mrs. Bridget Lanlus, a native of Ireland,
aged 73 vears.
WEBB At 603 East Morrison street. May
24, Alfred Thomas Webb, a native of Illi
nois, aged 64 years, 8 months and 23 days.
YATES At Good Samaritan Hospital, May
22, from effects of concussion of brain, Chris
topher P. Yates, Jr., a native of Portland,
aged 23 years and 8 months. Remains sent
to Deep River, Wash., for Interment.
YOERK On scow at east approach of Burn
side bridge. May 24. Morris, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herman C. Yoerk, a native of Lewis
County, Washington, aged 3 years, 4 months
and 8 dars.
Building Permits.
ETHEL M. STOWB One-story frame dwell
ing, Alnsworth street, near East Tenth; tlOOO.
J. J. RICHARDSON Four one and one
half story frame dwellings. East Twenty
eighth and York streets; $1800 each.
IMPERIAL HOTEL COMPANY Repair of
hotel; $1000.
FRED HOBBISIEFKEJN Two-story frame
dwelling. East Twenty-fourth and Halsey
streets; $2000.
J. D. MONTHYON One-story frame dwell
ing. East Madison and East Seventh streets;
(500.
H. RASMUSSEN Repair of dwelling. North
Twenty-fourth street, between- Thurman and
Vaughn; $750.
O. S. LEMON One and one-half story frame
dwelling. East Tenth and Bowman streets;
$1100.
LORETTA STANWOOD One and one-half
story frame dwelling. East Tenth street, near
Bowman; $500.
GEORGE MILLER Repair of dwelling. Ma
son and Broadway streets: $300.
E. KRONER Two two-story frame dwell
ings. Ivy street and Vancouver avenue; $15o0
"kNIGHT PACKING COMPANY Addition
to factor'. East Ninth and East Alder streets;
$500.
NICOLAI BROTHERS COMPANY Repair
of factory. Davis street, between Second and
Third; 1300. .
DOWNING-HOPKINS CO.
Establishad 1893
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN
Bought and sold for cash and on martin.
Private Wires ROOM 4, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Phone Main 37
RAILS 10,000 TONS
IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT
Relay All Hunts Inspected
BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO. Portland
HUNS ME TOO M
Fall-Sown Wheat in Middle
West Suffers.
PRICE AT CHICAGO SOARS
Reports of Damage Cause an Ad
vance of 1 1-2 Cents in July
and a 8-Cent Bulge
In May.
CHICAGO. May 24. Strength came in the
wheat market soon after the opening, which
was sllchtly weak on reports of s;eneral rains
last nisht in Kansas. All offerings were
readily taken by- commission houses, and this
created an upward tendency which continued
until the close. Many of the damage re
ports received from the Southwest asserted
that the recent rains -eiad come too late to
save a large part of the Fall-sown crop. The
strength of cash wheat at St. Louis and Kan.
sas City was an Important factor. A feature
of trading was a bulge of $ cents in the
price of the May delivery, brought about by
an urgent demand for shipment. The mar
ket closed strong with prices close to the
highest point of the day. The May option
opened at 83 He, declined to 83c, and then ad
vanced to 88Vc. The close was 86c, a net
gain of iie. July opened Hiffttc to 9Me
lower, at 81Ho to 81c, advanced to 83c,
and closed 1H1H higher, at 83 c.
The wet weather In the Middle West de
pressed the corn market at the opening, but
this weakness was quickly dispelled by a
lively demand from pit trader and commis
sion houses. The close was strong. July
opened lower, at 1Vc. sold up to
48c and closed He higher, at 47?,c.
Sentiment in the oats pit was extremely
bullish for the greater part of the day. The
principal trading was In the September de
livery. The market closed strong, with prices
near the top. July opened unchanged at 83c,
sold at 82c, and then advanced to 831c.
The close-was Ho higher, at 83c
Light receipts of hogs at Western livestock
centers brought about active buying of pro
visions in the local market. Shorts and local
packers were eager bidders, but offerings
were not sufficient to meet requirements, and
a sharp advance, especially In pork, resulted.
At the close July pork was up 52Hc, at $16.20.
Lard was up 15c, at $8.75. Ribs were 22feo
higher, at $9.25.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
May $ -83H .86 t -83 .88
July : .8114 .g?2r "SiS -f?S
September
CORN.
May 48 .48?, .47 .48
July 4H .48 .47 .47
September ... .47H .48 .47 .47
OATS.
Mav 3S14 .34 .33 .83
July .33 .33
.324
.31
.83
.32
September
MESS PORK.
May lB.7Mi 16.10 15.1H --
July 1B.TB 16.20 15.75 16.20
September ...15.52 16,07 15.52 16.07
LARD.
May 8.6T 8.87 8.67 8.67
Juljr ...1 8 67 8.75 8.67 8.75
September ... 8.77 8.90 8.77 8.90
SHORT RIBS.
May 907 9.17 9.07 9.17
July 9.10 9.25 9.10 9.25
September ... 9.00 9.17 9.00 - 9.18
Cash quotation were as follows:
Flour Steady.
Wheat No. 2 Spring, 848oc; No. S, 799
85c: No. 2 red. 8993c.
Corn No. 2. 4c; No. 2 yellow, 49
49 9i c
Oats No. 2. S3Jlc; No. 2 white, 3435c;
No. 3 white. S334c.
Rye No. 2, 6162c
Barley Good feeding. 4143c; fair to choice
malting, 47fe52c.
Flaxseed No. 1, $1.08; No. 1 Northwest
ern. $1.14.
Timothy seed Prime, $3.3o3.35.
Clover Contract grade, $11.25.
Short ribs sides Loose, $9. )0g.2O.
Mess pork Per barrel, $l.li16.15.
Lard Per 100 pounds, $8.70.
Short clear sides Boxed, $9.359.40.
Whisky Basis ot high wines, $1.29.
Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, barrels ........... 83,300 16.800
Wheat, bushels 5.000 7,s0
Corn, bushels 826,400 261. SOO
Oats, bushels 193.50O 210.800
Rye. bushels 8.400 J. 700
Barley, bushels 22.100 8,300
Grain and Produce at New Tork.
NEW TORK. May 24. Flour Receipts,
22,000 barrels; exports, 450 barrels. Steady
but quiet.
Wneat Receipts, 43,000 bushels; exports.
75,716 bushels; spot. Arm; No. 2 red. 93c,
nominal elevator; No. 2 red. 94c, nominal f.
o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 98o,
nominal f. o. b. afloat; No, 1 Northern Mani
toba. 89c. nominal f. o. b. afloat. A brief
opening decline, due to easier cables, was
the only weak spot In wheat today. Prices
immediately rallied and for the remainder of
the day were strong and much trhrner on bad
crop news and bad weather news from the
Central West, where it is too" dry. and from
the Northwest of excessive rains. Prices
closed 91e net higher. May, 89 7-169
910. closed 91c. July, 89 1-1689 8-16c,
closed 89c: September. 84TtS86c. closed
86Jic; December, 8587c. closed 870.
Hides, wool, petroleum Steady.
Bops -Quiet.
MlnneapoUs Wneat Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 24. Wheat. May,
82c; July. 82c; September, 8001c;
No. 1 hard, 4c; No. 1 Northern, 83e; No.
J Northern, 82c
Wneat at Tsteoma.
TACOMA, May 24. Wheat, unchanged.
Exports, blue-stem, 75o: club, 73c; red, 70c
Wheat at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. May 24. Wheat. July, 6s
6d; September. 6s 634d; December, 6s L
Ke Tork Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. May 25. Cotton futures
closed steady at a net advance of 439 points.
May. 11.38c; June, II 16c; July, 11.14c; Au
gust, 10.89c; September, 10.69c ; October,
10.63c; November, 10.65c; December, lO.tttc;
January. 10.68c; February, 10.69c; March,
10.76c
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW TORK, May 24. The market Iter
coffee futures closed steady, net unchanged to
ft points lower. Sales for the day were re
ported of 19,000 bags. Including: July at 6.30c;
September. 6.45c: December, 6.706.75c:
March. Tc: April, 7c; Spot Rio. quiet; No. 7
Invoice. 7ic; mild, steady.
A Sugar Raw, steady; fair refining. 2 29-329
2 15-lSc: centrifugal, 96 test. 1S-S2ff3 7-le;
molasses sugar, 2 21-322 Il-lftc Refined,
steady; crushed, $5.20; powdered, $4.60; gran
ulated, $4.50.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Merchants' Investment Trust Co. to
Fred W. Wagner, lots 10, ll and 12,
amended plat of lot lO to 18, 23
and "A," Mount Scott Acres $ 1,350
Z. Rlcen to James Surman, portion
of lot 6, block 143. city 4.000
Eva Holgate and husband to Marian
Lindsay, lot 5. block 8, Northwest
Mount Tabor S00
Oregon Beat Estate Co. to Dora L.
E. Poulsen. lots 5 and 6. block 113,
Holladay's Addition 6,000
Fred N. Belcher to William Ballls.
parcel land, beginning south line of
Johnson street, 360 feet west of
'southwest corner Twenty-fourth and
Johnson streets 1
Emma Druschel and husband to Ida
M. Caples. south 25 feet lot 2, block
2. McMlllen's Addition 1,600
W. A. MacKensle and wife to Carl
Kummel, lot 12. block 11, Sunny
side Addition 1,100
College Endowment Association to
Fred G. Fully, lots T and 8. block
"A, College Place 400
6ame to Joseph Fully. lots 1. 3, 8 and
4, block "A." College Place 800
Same to Edward J. Fully, lots 5 and
6. block "A," College Place 400
Charles R. Fay to James W. Walsch.
et al., west half of '.ot lO, block
265. Couch's Addition 1.500
Eva Holgate and husband to Marian
Lindsay, lot 5. block 8, Northwest
Mount Tabor . 300
King Estate to Elnathan Sweet, east
40 feet of lot 15. block 1, King's
Second Addition 1
Romulus B. Carpey to Mary Fuller,
lot 12. block 10. West Piedmont 339
Flrland Co. to W. M. Hegler. lots 23
and 24. block 9. Flrland. 1,059
M. E. Thompson and wife to W. H.
Nunn, lots 3, 9 and 10, block 24.
North Irvlngton 450
Pacific Realty & Investment Company
to Martha E. Rache. lot 17, block 6.
Stewart Park .-..i 100
Same to Matilda W. Rache. lot 16,
block 6, Stewart Park 100
Eliza E. Metzger and husband to
Frank Escobar. lots 7 and 8, block
6. Mount Hood Addition 150
Carrie M. Elwsrt to J. I. Klncade,
lots 5. 6 and T. Hodson Place 1,600
C. M. Conry. et al.. to F. C. Bolln.
N. W. of section 36. T. 3 N..
R. 2 W 8.000
F. C. Bolln and wife to Bolln Lum
ber Co-, N. W. of section 86, T.
8 N.. R. 2 W., 160 acres 8,000
Charles A. Prlesing and wife to James
Shaw, lot 11. block 14. North Irv
lngton Addition 1SS
Jonas Frledenthal and wife to A. E. -Danley.
lots 1 to 6, block 8. Ta
borside BOO
Charles Binder to John J. Cole, lots
9. 10. 11 and 12, block 1: lots 12
to 16, block 2; lots T and 8. bloek
10; lots 8 and 9, block 9, Miller's
Addition 1.6O0
Sarah H. Williams to Henry W.
White, part of lots 9 to 14. 18, and
all of lots 14 to 18. block 2. Sails
bury Hill 8,500
J. E. Haseltlne and wife to Mary E.
Schmeer, lots "D" and "F," Sky
land O. W. Taylor and wife to H. D.
Oliver, lot 3. block 4. South Sun
nyside - 87S
Isaiah Buckman to A. H Barette. 100
xlOO feet, beginning intersection north
line East Ankeny street with west line
of East Twenty-eighth street, city.... 2,000
Elijah Adams and wife to H. F. Penne
baker et al., lots 19 to 23, block 8.
Point View Addition 1,250
R. B. Rice et al to Kate A. Cook,
lot 16, block 16, Holladay Park Ad
dition 8.000
Henrietta Block to Ignats Winkler,
east of block 1, Tibbettsf Addi
tion 2,800
Hawthorne Estate to C. F. Goodwin,
lot 7, block 14, Hawthorne First Ad
dition 0O
A. B. Nunn and husband to J. Frled
enthal. undivided of the south
of south of section S3, T. 2 N.,
R. 1 W 1
Margaret 8. Tabor and husband to
Leslie T. Peery, lot 16, block 1,
Maegly Highland 1,050
Title Guarantee A Trust Co. to Nich
olas Monner and wife, lout 9 to 13,
block 11. South St. Johns 92S
Aloys Harold to Helen W. Brecken
ridge, lot 8, block 66, University
Park 1
Julia Haller to D. W. Bailey, undi
vided of lots 6 and 7, block 4,
Frush's Souare Addition 1
John Eben Young and wife to John C.
Curran, north of D, L. C. of Ja
cob Saunders, section 34, T. 2 N..
R. 1 W.. In section 8. T. 1 N., R. 1
W., ISO acres 10
Caroline Hayne to Mrs. Marie Hayne.
north of southeast of lot fi. and
south of southeast of section 30,
T. 1 N.. R. 4 B.. except 8 acres,
containing 172 acres 1
Title Guarantee Trust Company to
Bernhard E. Witter, lot 17, block
67, Sunnyslde Third Addition 850
Total ...$56,911
Many Pass Examinations.
EUGENE, Or., May 24. Special.)
County School Superintendent Dlllard
states that of 200 students who took the
eighth grade examinations, 118 were
passed, 27 failed and the remaining 55
passed conditionally. Diplomas will be
granted these latter if they pass certain
requirements in June. This is the larg
est number that has passed the examina
tions in Lane County since the system
went into effect two years ago. The
number will be increased when the re
ports are in from some special examina
tions that are being held at the Eugene
publio schools.
Gas Works for Pendleton.
PENDLETON, Or., May 24. (Special.)
The contract was let today for the ma
chinery for the Pendleton gas works,
by manager F. W. Vincent. The firm of
Kerr, Murray & Co., of Fort Wayne,
will install the plant by October 1, at
a cost of $16,000.
H- r. WILSON. T. KNGINCEB.
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