Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, March 21, 1907, Page 15, Image 15

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    THE MORXIXG OUEGOXIAX, THURSDAY, MARCH" 21, 1907.
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OREGON ATtTHE HEAD
Most
Favored State of Union
for Hop Growing.
GROP WAS 147,000 BALES
Many Iots Are Left, but Paul Horst,
the New York Plunger,
Seems Ready to Take
Them All.
POSITION OF AMERICAN
MARKET.
Bales.
. .147.000
Or-cnn crop, 1006.
California
4
:
. . U.ynoo
Washington
Total American crop
Icss Exports
American hops available
Foreign hovs imported.
AvallabH for brewers. . .
American consumption '..
.'juTi.oni)
Surplus
Oregon's rlalm as the leading hop-producing
ttflte of the Union Is conclusively shown
by the figure noiv available. The unsold por
tion of the -crop has been reduced to a point
wheYe it can be accurately estimated, anil
tlil, taken In connection with the official
figures . of the transportation companies on.
the quantity r n out of the state, permits
of a close calculation of the yield of the
fast year. In round numbers,- the crop of
ltMHJ was 1 47.000- bales.
The hop shipments hy the Harrlman linee
from September 1, HHlfi, to date, have been
1 1.1. 00O bales. Unsold stocks in grn wens'
hands 'up the clone' of biisinws yesterday,
shown by the careful checking up of the
lif-t of the leading Portland and Salem deal
era, are 23,000 hales. There are 2000 bales of
bops in t he Fast Side warehouse and 20i!
bales In- fcouthcrn Pacific warehouses up the
Valley. Dealers' holdings 5till in the state
cannot be so readily figured out, but it is
known that omethig between 50 K and lO.
mft. balefl of uch hois have been left on the
farma for the lack of storage facilities at, in
terior fhipphig points and to face Insurance
charges. Ksttmating these holdings at 7000
bales, f brings the total crop figure to 147. 000
ha lee. A large quantity of hops was left un
picked Ia.st Fall, owing to damage by rain
and vermin, so the po;vibi':ities of the state
to produce a wop in excess of ISO.Ooo bales
under favorable circumstances are apparent.
California comes next to Oregon in the
growing of hops, with a production of loo.nrm
bales In 1000. New York last year raised
fiS.OoO bales, .- while Washington grew f.2.000
bales.
The exports from all the American ports to
date have been 71.000 bales, and probably
100.000 . bales will go foreign before the wa
fn close. A quantity of foreign hops, -equal
to 20,000 American bales, has been im
ported, which is expected to conclude the
season's business In this line. Estimating th
American consumption at 2(13.000 bates for ttfe
current . ueapon "leaves a surplus stock in this
country, of 28,000 hale&, anr-insignificant quan
tity If only the lflo crop were a-t--the -dis--poeal
of brewers. The latter, however, car
ried oyer more or less stock from the 1003
harvest, as Is plainly shown by their indiffer
ence to the present market conditions.
The best buyer of Oregon hops th'.s season'
has been Paul R. O. Horst, of New York,
who has taken on over 30,000 bales and seems
determined to keep 'on buying as long as
there are any hops left. What he is going
to do with his stock Is the great mystery of
the market. His - total purchases In - the four
states have amounted to about , 5(0o0 bales,
worth $1, 250.0OO, and o far as anyone knows
he has not solTl a pound of them yet. It
was thought he was trying to squeeze the
shorts," but the latter. If there are any. show
no traces of alarm. It may te the big plunger.
is gambling on a general crop failure the
criming Fall, 1n which event he or his backers,
whoever they are. will reap a fortune. If the
revere is the case, eomebody will go broke.
The latent purcham-s of Hoist's Oregon
agents, Lachmund & Pincus, were the Alder
man lot of 110 bales at Grrvais, which cost
thtn 0 cents, and a T.Vbnle lot "at 10 cents,"
secured from one of thi Croisan Chinese rent
ers at Salem.
There Is oome demand aside from this ?pecii-
latlve business, and in the last few' days the
J. w. Seavey Hop Company has .bought be
tween 500 and 600 bales at ln"deiendence,
Woodburn and Sllverton. around 10 cents.
H. L.. Hart fought too bales yesterday from
J. R. Cooper, of Independence, at OVi, cente,
and six or seven lotd from SaK-m dealers at
t 1 a and 6 cents.
HOLD BACK K..S FOR FASTER.
Country Shlpnew Evidently Expert a Better
Market.
The egg market, for the present at least,
has lost the weakness that characterized it
for a considerable time, and In some quar
ters U i believed that a further advance is
likely. Receipts are light and both the local
and shipping demand Is good; Considerable
stocks are said to be held 'back in the
country- in anticipation of & better Kaster
demand.
A feature of the trade this year" has been
the heavy shipping business done with the
Sound and Alaska, which was largely duo
to the growing popularity of Oregon eggs
In the North. V. U. McCorquodale, who
has just tin 1 shed tilling an order for 1S00
cases, the largest order of the kind ever
lilted on Front street, states that the order
specifically required "Oregon valley" eggs.
There was a better inquiry shown for
chickens and the arrivals were more easily
disposed of. prices remaining unchanged.
The butter situation was as last reported.
POTATOES FIRM AM) ACTIVE.
Buyers Taking on Liberal Supplies at Good
lrles.
Potato buying is being actively carried on
in this section on a large scale and shippers
are paying from $1.1" lo $t.2r for choice No.
I stock and bidding up to $l.r.n for fancy
lots. The present movement jus titles the
hop that the close of the season win see
the surplus of the Oregon crop completely
cleaned up. At the present prices this is
held, to b likely, as the Easterners can only
compete ntth us at a higher range of
values. With any sharp advance at Sim
Francisco, another Hood of Easrern potatoes
would likely occur-
Most of the meirsbors of the trade believe
that quotations will remain about where
they are until at the last end of the. season
whn stoefcv has begun to sprout and then
there may be an advance. The shrinkage
In the meantime, however, will probably
offset any gain.
SOUAY1M.E 1VHX HAVE FOOL SALE.
Mohair Raided in That Section Will Be Sold
on April 10.
A pool sale of mohair will take place at.
Sndaville on April 10. according to infer
-Uun furnished local buyers b the wo-J
motors of the pool. It is" supposed the
quantity offered will be equal to last, year's,
when about 1 3.000 pounds were sold there.
A number of goatraisera have questioned
dealers as to the necessity of 'shipping tn
the mohair in new cotton sacks, as has
lately been the custom in some sections. As
all the mohair that is shipped East is re
packed here in compressed burlap hales, any
old gunny sack that can be bought from 4c
or 5c is held to be good enough in which to
ship in the hair.
Orange in Better Supply.
Five cars of oranges were received yesterday,-
but did not overburden the market
and even hipher prices were quoted on
fancy grades. Hood River apples are coming
out -of storage and pell well. There is also
a better demand for low-priced apples.
Two cars of mixed vegetables arrived and
with the steamer shipments furnished the
trade w ith ' a good assortment. Vegetable
prices were generally unchanged.
Bunk Clearings.
Bank clrarancos of "the leading cities of the
Xurlhwest yesterday were:
Clearings. Balances.
..f l.:tm.02t) ?12r..7t-8
.. l.rST.lol 277.027
7.MS.74S i!.27d
. . iSl,Sl 157,tib7
Portland
Seattle . ,
Taeuma .
Spokane .
POKTLAXU QUOTATIONS.
Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc.
WHEAT Club, 72c; bluestem, 74c; Val
lev. 7oc; red. 71c.
OATS No. 1 white. $29-530; gray, $28:ff29.
FLOUR Patents. 34.15: straiehts. 3.60:
clears. $;i.GU; Valley, $3.ti53.7o; graham dour,
5X7544.25; whole wheat. flour, $44.50.
li AH i.hi Y Keen, ik-.oo per ion; Brewing.
$2.'!; rolled, $2.1.5024. 5o;
kijs; 51. 404ii.ou per cwx.
JIILLS'i'VFFS Bran. city. S17; country. S18
per ton: middlings. S2526: shorts, citv. $20:
country. $21 per ton; U. S. Mills dairy chop,
S16.50 per ton; Pacific grain, Si 6.50 per ton.
COUJ vvnoie, 52. ou; cracKeu, per
CERKAI. FOODS Konea oats, cream. so-
pound sacks. $7 : lower grades. $5.oO36.5A
oatmeal, steel cut, 45-pound sacks. SS per
barrel ; 9-pound sacks. $4.25 per bale;
catmeal (ground), 43-pound sacks, $7.00 per
barrel; 9-pound sacks. $4 per bale: SDllt
peas, per 100-pounds, $4.254.80: pearl barley,
Ci4.B0 per 100 pounds; pastry flour. , 10-pound
acKs, t-'.oit per oaie.
HAT Valley timothy. No. 1. SI 4(3 15 per
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1 718; clo
ser, $0: en eat, $: grain hay. $010; alfalfa.
$14.
Butter. Egge.Fonltry. Ete.
BUTTER City creameries: Extra, cream
ery, Sjc per pound. State creameries:
Fancy creamery, 3-it? aoc; store DUtter. xs
(I 20c.
BUTTER FAT First grade cream. 334e
per pound; second grade croam. 2c less per
pound. ,
t:U KKSE Oree-on full cream twins. 15
ltfc; Young America. lV17c per pound.
i-MJl. LiHx Average old nens, ic;
miXL'd chickens, 14c; Spring, fryers and
broilers, 20220; old roosters, 1012c;
rirpvsed chickens. &fri 17c; turkeys, live, 1'A
(fil.'e; turkeys, dressed, choice, la:(h20c;
gsc. live, per pound, Sc; ducks. 10(&tlSc;
pise ms, 1 "fr 1.50; squabs, ?2C6 3.
EGiS Oregon ranch, '10l!c per dozen.
Vegetables. Fruits, Etc.
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apple, common,
1 5c ii S 1 . 25 pe r box ; c hoi ce, $ 1 . 50(g 2 ; c ran
berrie.s, ?10 per barrel.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, fancy.
$'t.25ff(4 per box; oranges, navels. $2Si.25;
grapefruit, $3ji3.50; bananas. 4&6c pel
pound; tangerines, l.&oqs-'l.Tu.
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, $191.25
per sack; carrots, $l(g1.25 per sack; beets,
S1.25&1.50 per sack; garlic. 710c per
pound; horseradish, 7Sc per pound; chicory,
30c.
FREPH VEGETABLES Cabbage. Cali
fornia. 2"ifa:!c per pound; cauliflower. $2.50 per
doz ; celery. $3. 504 crate; lettuce. head.
15 -IT 45c. dozen: onions. 10(g) 12Hc per dozen;
tomatoes, $2.5("'&2.75 crate; parsley. 2530c
artichokes. i-iHiic doz.; hothouse lettuce, W-i
box, sprouts. 0c- peas, 12c; radishes, 30c
per dozen ; asparagus, 10c per pound ; Bell
peppers, 30f& 35c per pound ; rhubarb, $2
2.25 per box; cucumbers. $2.
ONIONS Oregon, 75 'S 90c per hundred.
DRIED FRUITS Apples. stfSHc pound;
apricots. lfi 13c; peaches. II & 13c; pears,
1 1 i 6) 14c: Italian prunes. 26c: Califor
nia figs, white, in sacks, 50c per pound:
black. 41i'c; oricks. 75c(giS2.25 per box;
Eymrna, 18Q)20c pound; dates, Persian. 6Ht
Tc pound.
POTATOES Purine prices: Oregon Bur-ban-ks,
fancy, $1.35(1.50; No. 1 choice. $1,100
1.25.
RAISINS Layers and clusters. 2-crown,
2.15; S-crown, $2.25: 5 -crown. $3.10; V
crown, $3.50: loose muscatels. 2-crown. 8c;
8-crown, 8c; 4-crown, 0c; seedless,
Thompsons. lOVjc; Sultanas. 912c
QUOTATIONS AT SAN FKAXCISCO.
Prices Fald for Froduce in the "Bay City
Markets.
PAN FRANCISCO. March 20. The follow
ing prices were, quoted In the produce mar
Uet yesterday:
FRUIT Apples, choice. $2, common. $1;
bananas, -$12. 50; Mexican limes, $5.500;
California lemons, choice, $4.00; common,
$1.75; oranges, navel, $1&3; pineapples,
$4fr.
VEGETABLES Cucumbers, $1.25(3' 1.75;
gfl-rilc, 3 4c: green peas, 15c; string beans,
nominal; asparagus, 4&7c; tomatoes, 75cfj
$1.50.
Store. lSf 20c; fancy ranch. 22c.
POTATOES Early Rose, $1.00 1.75;
sweets, $464.50; Oregon Burhanks, $1. 5052;
Oregon seed Bxirbanks. $1.30$' 1.40; Eastern,
$1.50' 1. 05; Garnet Cnlie, ?i.sj(flii.4U.
O N i OX Ye 1 low. 50c & J 1 . 1 0.
BUTTER Fancy creamery, 321ic; cream
ery seconds, 30c; fancy dairy, 32c; dairy
seconds, 270; pu-Kiea, --iiaz-oc.
WOOL Fall, Humboldt and Mendocino,
!3ifl4c; Nevada, It; 17c: South Plains and
San Joaquin, tiftjac; lamos, itffivc.
HOPS California, &lc.
CHEESE Young America, 14Vi16c;
Eastern. 17'jc; -Western, 15c.
h a v Wheat $19(3 23.50: wheat and oats.
$1019.50; alfalfa, $S11; stock, $7.50
(q 10; straw, -iu iuc.
MII-.LSTCFFS Bran, $2223; middlings,
i7'-i ;;o.
FI.OI'R California. family extras, 84. SO
f i 3.30; bakers' extras. $4.604.&0; Oregon
and Washington, $3. o 4.
POULTRY Turkeys, gobblers, nominal
turkevs hens, nominal; roosters, old, $4.50
5; young. $7.509; bpoilers, small, $4.50
ftf 5 rnl : bro ers. large, so.ou d.ou ; iry ers.
$0.50(57.50; hens'. $5.5010; ducks, old, $50
0; ducks, young, $t8.
RECEIPTS Flour, 12tS quarter sacks;
wheat. 54 30 centals; barley. 8730 centals;
oats. 700 centals; potatoes. 1840 sacks; bran.
535 sacks; middlings. 100 sacks; hay, 1840
.tons; wool, 4 bales; hides, 200,
Metal Market.
NEW YORK. March 20. There was a
further sharp break in the London market
for tin with spot closing at 180 and fu
tures at 1S3 15s. The local market was
quiet and much lower in sympathy with
the decline abroad. Spot was quoted at
40. ::'(' -to. so.
London copper was higher. Spot 100 5s
and futures 107 10s. Locally the market
was unchanged. Lake, 25.37Vs25.75c; elec
trolytic. 25.12 l,a (& 25.37 H l casting. 24. 02
24.S7H-
Leal unchanged at f 19 10s 9d. Locally,
6 fa ti.30e.
Spelter was 2s 6d higher at 26 7s 6d in
London, but was unchanged at .S0U.90c
locally.
Iron was unchanged to a little higher in
the English market with standard foundry
at 53s 5d and Cleveland warrants at 54s
1 ud. Locally, unchanged.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK. March 20. Evaporated ap
ples continue quiet and easy n tone. Fancy,
SLsftS!"c; choice. 7JrSle; prime, rtf?k c.
, Prunes, unsettled owing to offerings by
second hands. California fruit ranges from
3c to 13c; Oregon prunes from 5'fco to 10c.
Apricots, unchanged. Choice. ISc; extra
choice. IShi 19c; fancy. 19 20c.
Peaches, firm. Choice. 115-1 2c; extra
choice, !2liauic; fancy, 12 13c; extra
fancy. 13 (ft 15c.
Raisins. . firm. Seeded raisins, "HffHc;
London layers. $1,35 4? 1-45.
CoftVe and Sugar.
NEW YORK, March 20. Coffee futures
closet! steady at an advance of 5 points to
a decline of 5 points, fales, 25.500 bags.
Spot, quipt. No. - 7 Rio, 7Vic: No. 4 Santos,
S'-c; mild quiet. Cordova. flffflS'sc.
Sugar Raw, steady. Fair refining. 3Hc;
molasses sugar, 2c. Refined, steady.
Crushed, $5.40- powdered, $1.80; granulated,
$4.70.
Daily Treasury Statement.
"WASHINGTON, March 20. Today's treas
ury statement:
Available cah balances .$257,340,003
Gold coin and bullion . . . 123.313.424
Gold certificates 43,443,500
London Wool Sales.
I -ON IOX, March 20. The offerings at
the wool auction sales today amounted to
14.5S5 bals. Fine grade1 were very firm.
Merinos were taken chiefly lor the conti-
nent
DISTRUST IS SHOWN
Wall-Street Operators Still
Fear the Future.
DEALS ARE PROFESSIONAL
Apprehension of Special Develop
ments Overhanging the Market.
Money Continues to Work
Easier Kxchange Declines.
NEW YORK, March 20-The action of
the stock market today was accepted as a
demonstration of the profound distrust of
values which has resulted in the smash in
the securities market. There was a violent
rally at the outset from the depression of
yesterday and the fears which were so gen
eral yesterday that some important feature
was imminent as a consequence of the stocK
market slump had subsided to a large ex
tent. Little was heard of yesterday s ru
mors, in fact.
It became quickly obvious that the de
mand which put up prices was of a strictly
professional character and that the highest
prices were taken advantage of for the free
marketing of stocks. In a few stocks this
selling had the appearance of forced liqui
dation and It was taken for granted that
further closing out of crippled accounts was
in progress. It was not .this, however, which
had the most discouraging effect on specu
lative sentiment. Rather it was the prostra
tion of the demand at any level of prices
thus far touched. The supposition was in
duced that buying at the first declines,
which were attributed to so-called bargain
hunters and which would be presumably
taken out of the market, was in fact de
signed simply for a more profitable turn in
the market on its first rebound from the
violent declines. A deliberately downward
movement seems to be feared more than the
panic break for the greater lack of resilency
which It may show. The mysteries of the
sources of enormous sales and the corre
sponding losses are not yet cleared up.
In today's market there was some fear
that special developments overhang the mar
ket, with which it would still have to con
tend in effecting any recovery. Stocks which
have lain dormant throjgh all the disorder
of the panic period, but which are neverthe
less subject to altered conditions of value
and credits, were under observation during
the day. Explosive, possibilities were suspect
ed In at least one prominent stock.
The money market continued to work
easier. Sterling exchange continued to de
cline, broadening the apparent profit on the
engagement of gold abroad for import.
The extreme fluctuations were wide, but
the day's net changes on some of the most
active stocks are limited to small fractions.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par
value, $2,002,000. United States bonds were
unchanged on call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Sales. High. Low. Bid..
Adams Express 2W)
Amalgam Copper. .113.800 94 91 93
Am Car & Foun.. 2,400 37 36 30
do preferred HK 97
Am Cotton Oil 100 30 30 4 30
do preferred ''. S8
American Express 205
Am H a L pfd 22
American Ice 794
Am Linseed Oil., 12
do preferred ..... 27
Am Locomotive... 8oo 05 03 H . B4
do preferred 10O 106 106 105
Am S & Refng.. 88.900 122 114'a 117
do preferred 2.500 107 ifr 10514 1004
Am Sugar Refining 2.2O0 122 121 'i 121
Am Tob pfd certif 500 91 - WH 9o
Anaconda Min Co.. 15.800 4! 62H
Atchison 28.800 424 90i 914
do preferred 95 Vi
Atlan Coast Line 70 103 102 10s
Baltimore & Ohio 99i
do preferred 3O0 88 8S 87 fc,
Brooklyn Rap Tran 6.100 ft44i 63?ft 54
Canadian Pac 1.100 17244 170V 171H
Central of N J 178
Ches & Ohio 3,900 41 41 40
thi tit western.. woo n4 i.ti it
Chi & Northwest.. 4O0 15ou, 14
C M & St P 76,900 131 "fe 128; 130
Chi Ter & Trans U
d 0 pre f erred . . ' 15
C C C & St L 300 75 72 72
Col Fuel A- Iron. . 4.40O 3t4 34W, 35
Col & Southern.. 1,400 27 2Hi 24
do 1st prererred.. 'Zn 1 til ft n
do 2d preferred.. 300 50 50 49
Consolidated Gas.. 100 110 110 1"17
Corn Products loo 20 20 lfs;
do preferred 1,700 84 82 82
uei & jaFon .. iou lie ii
Del Lack & West 47,
Denver & R G. . . . 7,000 31 30 33
do preferred 200 74 73 74
Distillers' Secur.. T.20 71 HRU 8i
Erie 6.8O0 SO 29 29
do 1st preferred.. 4oO 65 4" 64
do 2d preferred 46
Gen Electric 1.000 145 144 144
Illinois central . . mjo 14 143 14.J
International Paper ..... . . 14
do preferred ..... 77
International Pump 38
do preferred 75
Iowa Central 15
do preferred 34
Kan city soutnern oo 'Z'Z SZ 'Z
do preferred 5
Louisville & Nash.. 1.B00 HSi 117 317-
Mexican Central . 21. 20 20
Minn & St Louis.. 300 o2 52 52
M St r s Ste M . . BOO 107 105 105
do preferred 400 132 1,10 132
Missouri Pacific? :.V700 73V, 7
M Kan & Tex.. -14.100 37 3 36
oo preierrea j.juo wvi iw.
National Lead . . 1,800 60 57 57
Nat R R of M pfd . 50
n x central a.u ji 111 dm
N Y Ont & West.. 1.200 3884 38 38
Norfolk & West... 800 77 77 77
do preferred so
North American... 500 73' 73 73
Pacific Mail 300 26 26 25
Pennsylvania 3o.;t i-ii l-i 122
People's Gas 1.7O0 9 88 88
P C C 4r St L 2O0 70 70 69
Pressed Steel Car. 900 36 35 35i;
do preferred 91 14
Pullman Pal Car.. 400 Iffi'i 1H1 lo
Reading 191.110 106 100 102
do let preferred, , 85
00 -:o prei errea
Republic Steel ... 1.300 27 26 26
do preferred 100 S 84 84
mock isiana co... 2"
ao prei errea sou 41 41 1
St L A S F 2d pfd " .1
St L Southwestern J9
ao prererreu. . . . ;ni
So Pacific 38.100 82 80 . 3U
do preferred : 115
Southern Railway. 1.800 23 22 22
do preferred 7:
i.umi oc nun.. 1.1 "J i 1,1
Tex & Pacific 2S
Tol St L & West 2R
do preferred 1 .900 M 49 49
onion f acme .... j.n 13Zb !"
do preferred S7
T" SI Expresa loo
t S Realty 1.200 S2i 80V, go
U S Rubber 46
oo prererrea z 1034 102
V S Steel 3.3O0 37 35 36
do preferred 13.400 100 9914 99
Vir Car Chemical.. 1.500 28 28 2ft
fio prererrea 103
Wabash POO 14 134 13
ao prererrea..... n n
Wells Fargo Ex 30
Westlnghourfe Elec 147
Western Union 3O0 79 79 79
Wheeling & L Rrie l
do preferred , as
Northern Pacific. lO..-a0 127 124 125
Great Nor pfd 5.8OO 142 139 140
Cent Leather 1.600 31 30 30
ao preierreu . . . . . ;
Schlesf-heffield . . 1 .400 55 52 55
ini Aiei h ;
d o preferred 700 M 59 58
Total sales tor the day. bis.soo shares.
BONDS.
NEW YORK, March 20. Closing quota
tions:
t. S. ref. 2s reg.105 !r. & R. O. 4s... 9
do coupon. .. .10714 JC. T. C. G. 3s. 91
L. S. reg 103'North. Pac. 3s... 70
an coupon .... iKi 1 .Norm. i-ac. 4s...im
U. s. new 4s reg.i:i0 South. Pac. 4s... Sfl
do coupon i:i0 junion Pac. 4s... 100
l. 010 4s rea. is cen. 4s ;
do coupon. ... loo Jap. 6s 2d ser... 99
Atchison adj. 4s 92 Jap. 4s efts... 88
Money, Exchange, Etc.
XEW YORK, March 20. Money on call
steady, S ff 4 per cent; closing bid, 4
offered at 4. Time Joans, dull and steady
60 days. 65&e.
Sterling exchange weak, with actual bus!
ness in bankers bills at $4.S34.S305 for
demand and at $4.7845 4.7830 for 60-day
bills.
Bar silver. R6c.
. Mexican dollars, 51 c.
LONDON. March 20. Bar silver, barely
steady; 305fl per ounce.
Money. 333 per cent.
The rate o discount in the ojjen market
for short hills is 5'S5 per cent; do three
months bills, 55 per cent.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 20. Silver Wars,
66 c.
Mexican dollars. 52c.
Urafts. sight. 5c : do telegraph. 10c.
Sterling nn Iondon. 60 dava S4.79U: do
sight, $4.84.
PORTLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.
Firm Tone Is Generally Shown in the Min
ing List.
Business on the local exchange was restrict
ed" yesterday, but- a firm tone was generally
shown In the sales that occurred.
Associated Oil was the only exception, with
a sale of 10 ohares at 42 &6 again 43
paid on Tuesday. Three shares of J. C. Lee
ompany sold at 69. Cascadia again figured
In the dealings.
Official quotations were as follows:
Bank Stocks Bid. Asked.
Bank of California . . . 305
Bankers & Lumbermen's 110
Merchants National 18.
Oregon Trust & Savings...... 30 130
Portland Trust company j-jo
United States National.... 20y
LISTED SECURITIES.
Bondn
American Biscuit Co. 6s 98 100
City & Suburban 4s 92
Columbia Southern Irr'n Cs
Home Telephone 5B H5
J. C. Lee Company 6s loO
O. R. & N. Ry. 4s 99 lO0
O. W. P. & Rv. s lou 103
Pacific Coast Biscuit 6s 96 100
Portland Railway 5s ... 93
Miscellaneous Stocks
Associated Oil 42 42
Home Telephone 30 35
J. C. Lee Company 90
Pacific States Teiepnone i"
Puget Sound Telephone SO
Mining Stocks
Denny Dulln 09 10
Lakeview -"
Lee's Creek Gold - o.s
North Fairview , 05
Manhattan Crown Point 20
Potlcie Mining 13 l.(
Washougal Extension 254 20
UNLISTED STOCKS.
Yaquina Bay Telephone 5 7
Alaska Petroleum 12
Blue Stone -
vtrittsh Columbia Amal 0.
IS
Cascadia r- -0 . -
Ooldfield Trotter -: 16
P.rPBt N'orthern o'
Mnmmnth on Vi 17
Morning - ft
Mount Pitt
Standard Consolidated
OK
12!4
13
Tacoma Steel . 1-
Coeur d'Alene District
Bullion
Copper King
O. K. Consolidated
... 07 0S!4
... 14 in
... oh . or,
... i" ooi4
... 06!i 07.
Happy Day i
Park Copper
Knowsllue f' 5-
Snowstorm -.
. SALES.
10 AESOCiatd Oil ;
:l J. C. Lcc:
(KIO Pottcle
4-
e
Itsii
2."Vt
'IZ'M
24i
3'100 Wasliougal
H000 Washougal
2000 Cascadia .
Eastfrn Mining Storks.
BOSTON, March 20. Closing quotations:
Adventure . . 4.O0 jMont. C. St C $ 1.75
Allouoz . . 59.00 (O. Dominion. .Q.'.-
Amalgamatd 83.00 Osceola ISS.OO
Atlantic ... 18.7r.. Parrot .t!'.
rut f.nifnc- ..... 117.00
Cal & Hecla S-"'.oo I.Shannon 10.1214
Centennial .. :10.00 jTamarack ... 110.O0
Cop. Range.. S2.00 (Trinity 2M.50
Dalv west.. juiiiveu .i-i...-
Franklin ... 20.."i0 V. S. Mining 35.2.-.
Granny 131.00 AV. S. Oil 10.W
Isle Koyaie.. u.iau --
Mass. Mining B.00 IVictoria 8.2
Mlrlilgan ... 10.00 IWinona ,
Mohawk ... 2.ttu twoiveriue .. iw-w
I'OKTLA'D IJESTOCK MARKET.
Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep
and Hogs.
Th. fnllnwinir nrices were quoted in the
local market yesterday:
. , t t r l.' T3.,c .teem. St4 ?10 ff 4.7.1 : me
dium. 44.2r; cows, 3.50i6 3.7o; fair to
medium cows, $.igs..o; ouua, .l.ovta
calves. 4.0M'rt.i.
HOGS Best. $7. 2r. 7..10: lightweights. JT
7.25; stockers ana leeuern, .o. i o'k i .j.
Eastern Livestock Markets.
u-avcik riTT March 20. Cattle Re-
..tm. in, i,,,llr r. r.oo Southerns. 8000: mar-
v.t .t.ndv. Southern steers. $3.73 5. 40;
Southern cows. 3.254: native cows ana
heifers $2.755-25; stockers and feeders.
Hoes Receipts. 13,000; market, weak to
5c lower. Bulk of sales, Jl3.4o6'tt.o2!6.
Sheep Receipts. 3000; market, steady.
Muttons, $5.250; range wethers, $5.50(9
Dairy Produce In the East.
CHICAGO. March 20. On the Produce
Exchange today the butter market was
steady. Creameries, zsszuc; aaines,
27c. Eggs, firm; at mark, cases inciuaeu,
15V4c; firsts. ISc; prime firsts, 1614c Cheese,
steady, 1414 1614 c.
- .
New York Cotton Market.
XEW YORK. March 20. Cotton futures
closed very steady at a net advance of 36
points.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Marriage Licenses.
BURCH-REESE Clay D. Burch, Clark
County, Washington, 23; Fannie M. Keese,
is
CRANB-ROBBINS J. G. Crane. Lents.
Or. 3R- Alice Robblns. 38.
NEWELL-CLARK Sumner Newell, Port
land. 22: Eula M. Clark, 38.
Ml.RPHY-MOLL.ER James P. Murphy,
247 Taylor street. 30; Helen E. " Moller, 25.
LAPRINZI-RE- Glo Laprinzi, Portland,
23.- Marie Re. 1.
WILKINSON -BAXTER James Wilkin
son Orfion City. 30: Mary A. Baxter, 2(
STAUB-CASEY Mike E. Staub. Portland;
37: Amanda Casey. 20.
HARDER-JONES James M. Harder, 104
Eleventh street, 20; Birdie Jones; llo.
Births.
ROTH Born to the wife of Andrlch
Roth, March 10, at Hillsdale, a son.
M'A1J,ISTBR Born to the wife of Wil
liam J. McAllister, March IB, at 21 East
Thirty-first street, a son.
CLAYTON Born to the wife of C. A
Clayton. March 20, at 1074 East Morrison
street, a daughter.
STIRLING Born to the wife of Edward
B. Stirling, March 15. at Portland Mater
nity Ho&mtal. a daughter.
M'CLLBE Bom to tne wire or Lwnny
H. McClure, March 14, at Portland Mater
nity Hospital, a daughter.
Deaths,
MYERS At S Fifth street. March 20.
Anna Myers, aged 6 years.
TAYLOR At County Hospital, March 17,
J. w. Taylor, aged 72 years.
LAWYER At 1 North- Fourth street,
March 19. Charles Lawyer, aged 60 years.
M'CLEART At 473 Alder street, March
20. Nannie A. McCleary, aged 78 "years.
PALMER At North Pacific Sanatorium,
March IS, Mrs. M. Palmer, aged 61 years.
SAYLER At 591 Davis street, March 17,
Jessie Sayler, aged 27 years.
WILSON At 47 East Third street north.
Captain James Wilson, aged 70 years.
KLEIN At 580 East Eighth street.
March 16, Elizabeth Klein, aged 47 years.
Building Permits.
FRED WHEALEN Two-story frame
dwelling. Everett street between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets; $4000.
M. 3. VORHEES Repair building. Fifth
street between Madison and Jefferson
streets; $200.
W. H. COSGROVE One-story frame
dwelling. First street between Sail and
Lincoln streets: $600.
W. O. HEATER One-story frame dwell
ing. Linn street between East Tenth and
East Thirteenth streets; $500.
H.- W. LEMCKE CO. Repair one-story
brick office building. Washington street be
tween Fifth and Sixth streets; $1500.
Homeseekers Pour Into Oregon.
Colonist travel into Oregon continues
to break all previous records. Homeseek
ers are pouring into the state to an
extent never before known and are so
numerous as to surprise those in touch
with the traffic. From records kept by
the passenger department of the Harrl
man system, 1565 homeseekers arrived in
Oregon over the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific lines during the week closing
March 16, an increase of 543 over the cor
responding week of 1906. Of this number
511 stopped at Portland, while 160 more
went to points in the Willamette Valley
south of Portland.
SELLING AT CLOSE
Weakness in, Wheat in Last
Half Hour.
CHICAGO MARKET NERVOUS
Crop Expert Declares That Fall-
Sown Wheat Is in Excellent
Condition Coarse Grains
Also Decline.
CHICAGO. March 20 Reallzlne on a lib
eral scale caused weakness in the last half
hour in today's grain market. The wheat
market was. nervous for the greater part
of the day but in the tatter part of the day
prices weakened on the estimate of a well-
known expert, who declared the Kail sown
crop to be in excellent condition. Closing
quotations on wheat were within a shade of
the lowest noint. May wheat opened a shade
to !4c lower at 75SiT3c, advanced
to 76c and then declined to .5Vfcc. ine
close was at 75 6T5xe.
Corn was firm to the last half hour, when
it weakened. The market closed weak. May
corn opened unchanged to Hic higher at
40fec to 464oc, advanced to 47c and
then 'declined to 46&c The close was at
40 46Hc.
Mas oats advanced lc on good general
buying. Iater the market declined in sym
pathy with wheat and corn. The close wad
easy. May oats opened to c higher at
4lf3i42c, sold up to 424c and then de
clined to 4 Hie- Final quotations were at
41 vie.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Onen. Hleh. Iw. Close.
May $ .75 $ .70 $ .75 f .73
July .77 .77 .7'Ji .76
September ... .78i .78 .77, .77
CORN.
May .4H '.47 .4fU; .4fi
July 4 .4i .4:.Ji .45ft
September ... ,4 .47 .46' .46"
OATS. ,
May 42 .42i
.41 .41
.37' .37
.32 .!.2
July :tK ."17
fceptember . .. .i.fJ .:t3
MESS PORK.
May ; . 1 5. 70 15.85 15.67 1 5 7
July 15.80 15.05 15.77 15.77
LARD.
May S.87I, .!W RRii sou
Jl' 8.05 8.97 8.90 " 84
beptember ... 0.05 9.10 V.00 9.02
SHORT RIBS.
May 8.67V, 2U ft aan
J.u!' - 8-85' 85 8.75-
beptember ... 8.82 8.95 8.80 8.82
Receipts. Shipments.
heat. bushels 20.00U 43.200
t orn. bushels s7-i iuu 01 1
Oats, bushels 394!d00 154.7liO
Kye. bushels 17,000 3.400
Barley, bushels 94.800 21.3tO
Grain and Produce at New York.
NEW TOR K Marnh Oft 1.1
2ii.000 barrels; 'exports. 8000 barrels. Steady'
nuants. spot,
easv. Nn. 1 vorf wiy. .1.... n
83 'Ac t. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Du-
o.t i. u. d. anoat; io. a nard Winter,
85'4c f. o. b. afloat. Aside from a little
opening weakness, wheat acted quite steady
all day. The close wafe May, 83c July,
84'S84c; September. Sicr.
Hops, wool and hides Steady.
Pe troleum Firm.
Grain at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, March, 20. Barley and
wheat, nothing doing.
Spot quotations '
Wheat Shipping. $1.30; milling. $1 30
.,21;'eI,TLeed' l-16Vi1.20; brewing.
$1.1 1 1.20.
OatsRed. $1.30(91.75: white, $1.5501.63;
black. $I.S52.25. ".
Call board sales
Barley May, $1.20; December, $1.15.
Corn Large yellow, $1.30 1.35.
Liverpool Wheat Market.
I.IVBRPOOU March 20. Close Wheat
March. 6s 4, d: May. 8s 4d; July, 6s 2 d
W eather In England windy.
Minneapolis Wheat Market.
77'c:NPO-JS' March 20 Wheat, May,
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I have treated men's diseases only for
twenty-five years, and one year of my
practice represents a greater volume of
Rood experience than several years brings
the average physician or specialist. In
explanation of this statement will say
that I have been the busiest specialist
upon this Coast, curing several cases to
other physicians one. I began my prac
tice with accurate knowledge concerning
men's diseases, and my patients have re
ceived thoroughly scientific treatment. I
have not only treated them rightly, thus
acquiring an abundance of the very best
kind of experience experience of posi
tive value to those I treat and experi
ence that enables me to offer cures with
certainty of effecting them.
Weakness
Mr ability to cure those derangements
commonly termed "weakness" has done
more to extend my reputation as a spe
cialist in men's diseases than any other
thing. I was the first to discover that
"weakness" is merely a symptom result
ing from a chronically inflamed prostate
gland, and that q remove this inflamma
tion is thfi only method of permanently
restoring lost vigor. To this day my
system of local treatment is the only sci
entific one in use. In years I have not
failed to effect a 'complete cure. There
are two reasons for this: First, the un
equaled effectiveness of my method: sec
ond, because I attempt to cure no incur
Bble cases. My long experience enables
me to recognize those that have passed
.into an incurable stage, and I treat only
such as I know I can cure.
Advice and Consultation Free
Come and have a private talk with me concerning your ailment.
Even if you are not prepared to undergo treatment at this time I can
always give helpful suggestions to men who are diseased or weak. If
you cannot come to Portland, write for particulars of my system of
home treatment. Interesting literature and colored charts free If you
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CORNER MORRISOJT ASTD SECOND STREETS.
. Private Entrance 234H Morrison Street, Portland, Or.
Office Honrs 9 A. M. to 9 p. M. Sundays 10 to 1 Only.
Patients living out of the city and coming to Portland for treatment
will be furnished with fine room free of charge. Check your trunks
direct to 234 Morrison st.
The Bank of
Founded
Capital paid up . . . '.
Surplus and Undivided
Portland Branch, Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
In view of the enhanced demand for money,
will pay 4 per cent per annum on deposits for
a year fixed and on deposits in its Savings
Department until further notice.
No. 1 hard, 79 9, c ; No. 1 Northern.
TS78ve; No. 2 Northern, 76H76c;
No. 3 Northern. 7475c.
PERSONALMENTION.
S. H. Friendly, a merchant of Eugene,
Is at the Portland.
Adolphe Wolfe has been confined to
his home for the past two weeks with
sickness.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Warren, of
Warrenton, Or., were among the Port
land's guests yesterday.
John L. McGinn, of Fairbanks. . Alaska,
is at the Portland for a few days. Mr.
McGinn is a brother of Judge Henry FJ.
McGinn, of this city.
John A. Steinberger. formerly publisher
of Sunny Alaska, at Jum?au. but now en
gaged in the newspaper business at Fair
banks, is at the Imperial. He is enthu
siastic over the 1909 Exposition at Seat
tle. John L. McGinn, an attorney of Fair
banks, Alaska, is in Portland, visit
ing with his brother Henry FJ. McGinn.
Mr. McGinn came from Alaska to look
after private business in Seattle. He
will remain but a few days in Port
land. .
W. McWhite, proprietor, and Charles
Perry, manager of the Rainier Grand
Hotel, of Seattle, are guests at the Ore
gon Hotel. Plans are being made for
the construction of a large annex to the
Rainier Grand, and the hotel men are
discussing building material purchases
while here.
CHICAGO, March SO. (Special.) The
following Portland people registered at
hotels today:
From Portland H. X. Hosich. James
Wilson and wife, at the Auditorium;
H. G. Scatterday, at the Kaiserhof: A.
S. Richardson, at the Morrison; Dr. D. L.
Alexander and wife, F. 1. Shepard and
wife, at' the Great Northern; F. W.
Johnston, at the Brevoort.
XEW YORK, March 20. (Special.) The
following Northwestern people registered
at hotels today:
From Portland F. R. Quiller. at the
Woodward; G. Kampp, B. Kretschman
at the Belvedere; W. O. Reany, at the
Belmont; G. Atiyen, at the Victoria: A.
W. Kerrigan, B. E. Frank, at the Hoff
man.
From Seattle, Washv J. A. Kangley,
at the Breslin; W. H. Allison, at the
Murray Hill.
From Spokane. Wash. E. t. Tate, at
the Imperial.
Vote to Free Aged Man.
LEWISTON, Idaho, March 20. Because
of his advanced years, many spent in
settling and developing this section of
the state, and fearing even a short in
carceration would mean a life sentence,
the aged members of the jury at Grange
ville, which tried Edward Wiley, aged
65, a North Idaho pioneer, for complicity
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Lowest
Fees
In uncomplicated dis
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I Also Cure
Promptly and
Permanently
Varicocele, Hydrocele,
Losses, Stricture, Con
tracted Disorders, Specific
Blood Poison and all Re
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You never find absurd
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state nothing but the
SQUARE, HONEST
TRUTH.
J
California
1864
.$ 4,000,000
Profits. . .. $10,153,873
in the murder of Swan Knudson. Au
gust 17, 1901, refused to find him guilty,
and the Jury was discharged this morn
ing. The younger members of the jury
voted for conviction.
GIVING AWAY SAGE MONEY
Mrs. Cage .Makes Donations to Sea
men's Friend and Missions.
XEW YORK." March 20. Announcement
was made today that Mrs. Russell Sage
has donated J130.000 to the American Sea
men's Ftiend Society, to be used by that
body in the erection of a proposed sailors'
home and institute. Mrs. Sage has alfo
given J76.O0O to the Syrian Protestant Col
lege, of Beirut, Syria.
National Bank for North Bend.
MARSHFIBI.D. Or., March 20. (Spe
cial.) North Bend is to have another
bank. Word has been received from
the comptroller of the currency tnat
the application asking for the estab
lishing of a National bank has been'
granted. Those behind the new bank
are Mayor Simpson. C. S. Winsor, Sey
mour H. Bell and F. B. Waite of Port
land. The capital stock is $25,000.
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PLYMOUTH CHERBOURG BREMEN.
Kronprinz Ma. 26,1PM Kaiser. May 7.10 AM
Kaiser, Apr. 2. 10 AMjK.Wm.II.MvU. T :30AM
K.Wm. II, Apr.fl.l PMi Kronprinz.Myl. 10AM
Kronprinz, Ap.23,noonj Kaiser, June 4, 10 AM
Twin-Screw Passenger Service.
BREMEN DIRECT AT 10 A. M.
Caesel , .Mar 28 i Gneisenau .. ..Apr. 1ft
Darmstadt . . .Mar. SO! Oldenburg . . . .Apr. 27
Kuerfuerst ...Apr. 4j Chemnitz May 2
Main Apr. llDarmstadt May 4,
Calls at Plymouth and Cherbourg.
Mediterranean Service. '
GIBRALTAR-NAPLES GENOA, AT 11 A.M.
K. L.uLse ....Mar. as I Neckar April 27
K. Albert ...April 6' Barbarossa May 4
Frledricb ....April 13; K. Luise May 11
P. Irene April 2D) K. Albert May 18
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From Bremen Piers, 3d and 4th Sta., Ho
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From Seattle at 9 P. M.
for Ketchikan, Juneau.
Skagway, Vhlte Horse.
Dawson and Fairbanks.
S. S. Cottage City (via -Vancouver
and Sitka) Moo.
Jt. 17.
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. S. President, June 3.
FOR 8Ai: FRANCISCO DIRECT.
From Seattle It B A. M. Umatilla, Marcf
18, 81; City of Fuebla, March 8. 21; City ol
Topeka. March 11. 20.
Portland Office. 249 Washington St
Main 29.
C. D. DUNASN. O. P. A.. San Franclaeo.
SanFrancisco SPortlandS.S.Co.
Operating the only direct passenger steamert
From Ainsworth Dock, Portland, at 8 P. M
S 8. "COSTA RICA," Mar. 21, SI. Apr. 10
8. 8. "COLUMBIA." Mar. 26. April 6, 15.
rrom' Spear-st. Wharf, San Franclaeo, al
11 A. M.
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8. 8. "COSTA RICA." .Mar. 27. April 6, IS
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Columbia River Scenery
KEUCLATOB IANK STEAMERS.
Dally aervica between Portland and Tha
Dalles, except Sunday, leaving Portland ac
7 a M.. arriving about 5 P .M.. carrying
ftelght and passengers. Splendid accommO'
dattons for outfits and livestock.
Dock foot of Alder St., Portland; foot of
Court St., Tha Dalles. Phone Main 914.
Portland.
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
For CcrvaUis, Albany, Independence, Sa
lem Steamer "POMONA" leaves 6:45 A. U.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
?vt Salem and way landings Steamer
"OBEGONA" leaves 8:45 A. M., Mondays,
WeUi.twd.ays and Fridays.
OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO
Foot Taylor Street.
STR. CHAS. R. SPENCER
Washington-street Dock.
Dally, except Sunday, for Tha Dalles an
way landings, at 7 A. M., returning 10 P
M. Fast time, best aervlce.
jpiiines:' Main. 8184; Home, A. 11, 84.