THE MOKMXG OKEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1WJ7.
13
STRIKE MID THE
First Effects Are Only Great
Inconvenience.
SERIOUS LOSS MAY FOLLOW
Wheat Market, Just Opening Ac
tively, Receives a Set-Back and
Prices Suffer Other Lines
Are Not Yet Hurt.
The strike has caused considerable in
convenience to the grain and Jobbing
trade, and Its continuance for any great
length of time will mean serious loss to
the business interests.
The wheat men are especially affected
by the loss of wire service, and business
In the new crop, which was Just open
ing up in a satisfactory manner, was al
most completely knock"J in tho head.
Until normal conditions are restored not
much progress can le made in this line.
The long-distance telephone io being
usel as extensively as possible ai.d tele
phone messages have passed back and
forth between San ?:anclsco and Port
land, but until the strike of the tcle
grahers is ended wheat trading must
necessarily be restricted.
One local wheat firm reports rs a re
sult of the strike the failure of a deal
by which It is out 00, owing to the de
lay In the transmission of .two telegrams.
Tn this instance the sale of 20,000 bushels
of wheat was Involved.
Anticipating trouble in e. Trying on
their business, the wheat exporters have
reduced their limits to the following
track prices at Portland: Club, 78 cents
per bushel: bluesteam, SO cents, red Rus
sian. 76 cents: valley, SO cents.
Wholesale grocers are handicapped In
their operations by the failure of wire
communication with their customers and
the centers of manufacture and produc
t.jn. Being in the dark as to conditions
in the leading Eastern and Southern
markets, they are billing out goods at
prices current before the strike was in
augurated. The handlers of"'1 p-rish-o-- produce,
being unable to keep in touch wth ship
ping points, expect .o face a shortage
in some lines if the strike is not soon
settled, as the mails are too low for
carrying on this business with distant
points. Fruit brokers are especially in
convenienced, as they depend almost
wholly on the telegraph, but tney are
continuing their effort:, to keep this
market supplied and taking conditional
orders.
Coming at this time of the year, the
strike has no such effect on "he hop
trade as it would have if the trouble
were to occur in October or November,
when business would be completely par
alyzed. As It is. a lack of trade and
crop news from the East and abroad is
the only result.
HOPS PROMISE FIXE QUALITY
Untruthful Reports Are Being Sent
Out Views of J. J. Metzler.
Hop men. both dealers and growers,
protest against the sensational reports be
ing made in certain quarters and most
frequently through the medium of an
evening paper of this city, as to the
quality of the coming Oregon crop. It
seems to be the wish of some people wo
have not the interest of the state at
heart, to do what they can to give Oregon
hops a black eye. These practices have
been indulged In in previous years and
it is to be regretted that notice of the
unfair reports has been taken occasionally
by the Eastern trade to the prejudice of
the product of this state. Even at the
present time the effect is apparent in
the subsidence of the demand for con
. tracts or in offers made by Easterners for
Oregon hops at ridiculously low prices.
The facts are that the Oregon hop crop
,1s not in bad condition and never has
been since the vines began to grow. In
some Isolated sections lice have appeared
In numbers and honeydew has collected,
but the visitation has not been general,
end even in the affected districts con
ditions have. Improved. Taken as a whole
the Oregon crop bids fair to be of ex
cellent quality, no matter what the quan
tity may be. It is the duty of every Ore
gonlan interested in hops to make this
fact known in every way possible. Noth
ing can be gained by telling the world
that our crop will be inferior when in re
ality it may turn out this year to be the
choicest grown on American soil.
J. J. Metzler. a dealer of this city, who
has had years of experience In the sell
ing and growing of hops, believes the Ore
gon crop will be of excellent quality this
senson. Mr. Metzler has visited several
sections of the state and just returned
from Yamhill County, where he made a
thorough inspection of many yards. He
said yesterday:
'I found the crop looking much better
than I expected. Some few lice were to
he seen, but if the weather continues
favorable we will have a fine quality. I
saw no honeydew."
Mr. Metzler gives it as his opinion that
the crop will be less than that of last
year.
"The bottom yards," he said, "will not
go 1000 pounds to the acre, where last year
they went 1500 pounds to the acre.
"I would like to say. for the good of
the Oregon growers, that if there is no
change in the market in the next two
weeks. It will be money In their pocket
to let hops stand on the poles. At the
prices buyers are willing to pay now, the
picking of the hops will simply put them
Into debt.
"If the hops are picked, under the con
ditions of the market, the most important
thing is to have the work cleanly done.
If the growers will only pick the best
quality they will And they will get a fair
price for them. The poorer hops should
be left on the vines."
EGG MARKET IS ADVANCING
Prices Improve With Reduction of
the Surplus.
Eggs sold in some instances at 25 cents
yesterday, but 34 cents was the more gen
eral quotation for fresh candled stock.
Seconds, of which the supply is much re
duced, sold at various prices down as low
as 20 cents.
Poultry receipts continue fairly large,
but the demand is satisfactory, especially
for hens, though Springs are also moving
well. There is some inquiry for large
young ducks, but those weighing less
than 3Vi pounds each are not wanted
Large young ducks and turkeys also sell
well.
Condition of Washington Hop Crop.
Western Washington hops will likely be
of good quality this year, according to
the latest issue of the Seattle Register,
which says:
While the growing hop crop is back
ward on Puget Sound, the quality is re
ported as superior to any crop so far
raised. Weather conditions, dry and hot.
have been very favorable to the growing
vines, and lice have so far been few and
easily kept down. The yield of the state
is now placed at about 43.000 bales. On
the other hand, in the Yakima country,
on account of the backward Spring and a
bad attack of vermin, it Is hard to tell
what the farmers will get from their
fields.
Peaches Plentiful and Mostly Poor.
Peaches in plenty poured into the local
market yesterday, but, as has been the
case for several days past, a good pro
portion of the arrivals were of poor
stock. Choice fruit found a ready de
mand at top prices. The market was
heavily stocked with cantaloupes, which
are now selling better. Melons were also
in heavy demand. Other fruits were in
adequate supply.
Butter Quotation Not Uniform.
Two prices continue to be quoted in the
market for city creamery butter, but as
the top quotation seems to Jiave come to
stay, it is likely that the creameries that
) have not yet advanced will do so soon.
x uiLy titriiiery supply is not large
and stocks of outside butter are also
small.
Dressed Meats in Demand.
A first-class inquiry is reported for veal
of the small and medium sizes, receipts
of which are very light. Large and rough
veal can also be moved, but not at top
figures. There is a demand for medium
and small pork, but the larger sizes are
not asked for.
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS.
Grain. Flour, Feed, Etc.
WHEAT (New crop) Club. 78c; blue
lem. SOc; Valley, 80c; red, 76c.
OATS (New crop) Producers' pzicta: No. 1
white. S23..1MS24; gray, 23.
MILLETUFFS Bran. city. 817. country
(18 per ton; middlings, 124.50jf 25.50; ahortn.
city. $19; country ilo per ton; chop. $159
16 per ton.
FLOljn Patent, $1.80; stralrht, $4.25;
clears. $4.25; Valley, $4.30(04.40; graham
flour, 1404.50; wholo wheat flour, $4,259
4.75.
BARLEY Producers' prtoes: Feed. $21.50
922.50 per ton: brewing, $232.'1.50; rolled
$23.50(324.50.
CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 90
pound sacks. $7; lore rgrados, $.V506-50;
oatmeal, steel-cut, 45-pound sacks. $s per
barrel; 9-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; oat
meal (ground). 45-pound sacks, $7.50 per
barrel; 9-pound flacks, $4 per bale; spilt
peas, per 100 pounds. $4.254 80: pearl bar
ley. $4 4. 50 per 100 pounds; pastry flour,
10-pound sacks, $2.30 per bale.
CORN Whole. $2s; cracked. $29 per ton.
HAY Valley timothy. No. I. $17(3118 per
ton; Eastern Oregon timothv, $2123;
clover, $u; cheat, $9 10; grain hay, $9Q10.
alfalfa, 1101(114.
Batter, Eggs. Poultry, Etc.
BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream
ery. 32VsJ!,13c per pound, state creameries:
Fancy creamery, 20(632 V4c: store butter, 19
ta 20c. v
CHEESE Oregon full cream twin. 10
17c: Young America, 17lSc per pound.
POULTRY Average old hens, 13 14c;
mixed chickens, 12c; Spring chickens.
14Hfel5c; old roosters, 89c; dressed
chickens, 1617c; turkeys, live. 1215c;
turkeys, dressed, choice. nominal; geese,
live, per pound, 81oc; ducks, 1314c;
pigeons, $liQ1.50; squabs, $2)3.
EGGS Fresh ranch, candled, 23 25c per
dozen.
VEAL 75 to 125 pounds, SfrSVc; 125 to 160
pounds. 7H'1?8c; 150 to 2O0 pounds 6V.7c.
PORK Klock, '5 to 160 pounds, 8a8H!
packers. 7fe,QSc.
Vegetables, Fruits, Etc.
DOMESTIC FRUITS Cherries. 810c per
pound; apples, tl&2.25 per box: canta
loupes, $12 25 per crate: peaches. 70cra
$1.20 per crate; blackberries, 5(&7c per
pound; prunes. $1.50&1.75 per crato;
watermelons. $16 1c per pound; plums,
S1.5U1.A5 per box; pears, Jl-T.'i'a 2.50 per
box; apricots. $1.5032 per box; grapes,
$1 25 1.75 per box.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $6f?7.50 per
box: oranges, sweets, $3.25 3.50: Valencia.
$3.754.50; grape-fruit. $2.50 3.50; ba
nanas. 5c per pound, crated 5 He. -
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. $1.75 per
sack; carrots, $2 per sack; beets, $2 per
sack; garlic, 6c per pound.
FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes. 60 9
75c per doxen; asparagus. 10c per pound;
beans, nominal, 3 41 5c; cabbage, 2V4c per
pound; celery. $1.25 per dozen; corn, 2535o
per dozen; cucumbers, 10 15c per doz. ; egg
plant, 8c pound; lettuce, head, 25c per
doxen; lettuee, hothouse. $1.50 per box;
okra, 1012c per pound; onions, 15S20c per
dozen; parsley, 20c per dozen; peas, 45c
per pound; peppers,10& 12c per pound;
pumpkins, l&2o per pound; radishes, 20c
per dozen; rhubarb, 3 He per pound; spin
ach, 60 per pound; squash, 50c&$1 per box;
tomatoes, 50c $1 per crate, hothouse, $2.50;
sweet potatoes. j54c per pound!
ONIONS Walla Walla. $2.25 per cwt.
DRIED FRUITS Apples, 8814e pound;
apricots, 16 19c: peaches, 11 jj 13c; pears,
14c; Italian prunes. 26c; Califor
nia tigs, white. In sacks. 5f6Hc per pound;
black, 4145c; bricks, 75c $2.25 per box;
Smyrna. 13H20o pound; dates, Persian,
6Vi 4C7C pound.
POTATOES New, lttlttc per pound.
Groceries, Nuts, Ete.
RICE Imperial Japan, No. 1, 6!4c; South
ern Japan, 6.10c; bead, THe.
COFFEE Mocha, 24ig28c; Java, ordinary,
17ffli20c; Costa Rica, fancy. 1820c; good, 16
Q18c; ordinary, 1216c per pound. Columbia
roast, cases, 100s. $14.50; 60s, $14.75; Ar
buckle, $16.50; Lion, $15.75.
SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails,
$1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.40; 1
pound flats, $1.10; Alaska, pink. 1-pound
talis, 95c; red, 1-pound tails, $1.25; sockeyes,
1-pound tails, $1.70.
SUGAR Sack basis, 100 pounds, cube,
$6.124; powdered, $8.02tf; granulated,
$5.87Vj: extra C. $3.67; golden C, $5.27Vi;
fruit sugar, $5.87: berry, $5.87 V4; XXX,
$5.77. Advance sales over sack basis as
follows: Barrels, 10c; barrels, 23c; boxes.
DOc per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittances
within 15 days deduct c per pound; if
later than 15 days and within 80 days, de
duct c; beet sugar, $5.77 per 100 pounds;
maple sugar, 15 18c per pound.
NUTS Walnuts, 1620c per pound by
sack; Brazil nuts. 10c; filberts, 16c; pecans,
Jumbos, 23c; extra large, 21c; almonds, 18
20c; chestnuts, Ohio, 17c; Italian, 14 9
15c; peanuts, raw, 6Qj8c per pound;
roasted, 10c: plnenuts, 1012c; hickory
nuts, 10c; cocoanuts, 35(&90c per dozen.
SALT Granulated, $14 per ton; $2 'per
bale; half ground, 100s, $10.50 per ton; 60s.
$11 per ton.
BEANS Small white, 8c; large white,
8c; pink, 3c; bayou, 3c; Lima, 6c; Mexi
cans, red, 4c.
HONEY Fancy. $3.25 8.80 per box.
Hops, Wool. Hides, Etc.
HOPS 37o per pound, according' to
quality.
WOOL Eastern Oregon, average best, 16
22o per pound, according to shrinkage;
Valley, 20 22c, according to fineness.
MOHAIR Choice, 29 30c per pound.
CASCARA BARK Old, less than car lots,
65c; car lots, 6c; new, 5c per pound.
HIDES Dry, No. 1, 16 pounds and up, 18o
per pound; dry kip. No. 1, 5 to 15 pounds, 15
16c per pound; dry calf. No. 1, under 5
pounds, 20c; dry salted, bulls and stags,
one-third less than dry flint; culls, moth
eaten, badly cut, scored, murrain,, hair
slipped, weather-beaten or grubby, 23c
per pound less; salted steers, sound, 60
pounds and over, 8c pound; steers, sound,
50 to 60 pounds, 89c pound; steers, sound,
under 50 pounds, and cows, 8 9c pound;
stags and bulls, sound, 56c pound; kip.
sound, 15 to 30 pounds, 8 ( 0c pound; veal,
sound, under 10 pounds, 11c; calf, sound,
under 10 pounds. ll12c pound; green (un
salted), lo pound less; culls, lc pound lesa;
shoepFklns, shearings. No. 1 butchers stock,
25 30c each; short wool. No. 1, butchers'
stock. 50i& 60c each; medium wool. No. 1
butchers' stock, $1.251.60 each; murrain
pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent less, or 13 14a
pound; horse hides, salted, accardlng to
size, $22.50 each; hides, dry, according
to size. $11.50 each; colts' hides, 20 50c
each; goatskins, eo&nmon, 1525c each;
goatskins. Angora, with wool on, 80c$1.50
ach.
FURS Bearskins, as to size. No. 1, $3
20 each; cubs, $13 each; badger, prime. 23
30c each; cat, wild, with head perfect.
30 50c; cat, house, 5 5 20c; fox, common
gray, large prime, 5070c each; red, $35
each; cross, $515 each; silver and black,
$100 300 each; fishers. $58 each; lynx,
$4.506 each; mink, strictly No. 1, accord
ing to size. $13 each: marten, dark north
ern, according to size and color. $10 IS
each; -pale, pine, according to size and
color, $2.50'f4 each; muskrat, large, 1215o
each; skunk. S040c each; civet or pole
cat, 5 15c each; otter, for large, 'prim
skins. $6010 each; panther, with head and
clawa perfect, S2jj5 each; raccoon, (or
prime, large, 50J75c each; wolf, mountain,
with nead perfect, $3.505 each; prairie
(coyote), 60c$l each; wolverine, $68
each.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the leading cities of the
Northwest yasrarday were:
-- Clearings. Balances.
Portland $1,383,503 $174,086
Seattle 2.287.1B5 313.126
Suokane 1.970.03 1 83.178
LOSS IS IE
mm
Change of Sentiment in New
York Stock Market.
ADVANCES ARE GENERAL
Low Level to Which Prices Broke
on Monday Induces Liberal
Buying Bears Rush
to fcover.
The following summary of the New
York stock market and range of quota
tions Is furnished by the Overbeck &
Cooke Company, of this city, whose com
munication with New York by private
wire was not Interrupted by the strike:
NEW YORK.' Aug. 13. Today's stock
market was a decided contrast to that of
yesterday, and the great desire to sell
stocks everywhere and the throwing over
board of long- holdings was not fn evi
dence today. In fact, the whole list
v-i-fc-. .''':
STEAMER R. D. INMAN IS CHRISTENED.
The formal christening of the new steam schooner R. 0. Inman took place yesterday afternoon at the dock In
front of the mill at Inman, Poulsen & Company. The steamer made fast at 4 o'clock, and Mr. Inman, accompanied by
a number of his friends, boarded the craft. Mr. Little, local agent of the Loop Lumber Company received the guests on
board. Refreshments were served and the guests shown over the vessel.
" The R. D. Inman Is one of the finest lumber carriers that ever entered this port. She Is built on the same lines
as the Johan Poulsen, but she has two hatches In the main deck and is a trifle different In detail. She is equipped
with two sets of winches. The Inman will operate between Portland and San Francisco In the lumber trade.
showedV a strong upward tendency, with
nearly all issues showing good gains for
the day's dealings.
The market opened at about the closing
figures of last night, but it was soon dis
covered that the bears were becoming
rather nervous and they started with a
rush to cover. This covering movement
was coupled with a fresh buying move
ment by many of the traders, who de
cided that stocks had reached a point
that warranted some reaction. Rapid ad
vances ..were scored in Union Pacific,
Reading, Southern Pacific, the steel
stocks. Smelting and Brooklyn Rapid
Transit.
The tone of the London market was
also healthier and this aided speculative
sentiment on this side. American stocks
in London advanced to a point from H to
9s per cent above a parity with prices
here. Consuls also recovered 6-16.
Among the news developments of the
day was a report that President Roose
velt was to issue a reassuring statement
regarding financial conditions. Twelve
railroads reported earnings for the first
week In August, which showed an aver
age Increase in gross earnings of 8.S7
per cent over the same week last year.
The closing was active and at or near
the highest point of the day. Total sales
of the session reached the high figure of
1,054,900 shares.
Money at one time was posted at i'i
per cent, but closing quotations were at
Vim per cent.
The range of quotations was as follows:
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Open High Low Close
AmaL Copper Co 7114 74 70 74H
Amer. Car F., c... 37 38V4 364 38ii
do preferred 99 89 98 88
Amer. Cotton Oil , 32
Amer. Locomotive .. 50 53 50U 0-
Amer. Sugar Ill 113 109i 112,
Amer. Smelting .... 95 99 '.4 94 99
do preferred..: 9614 87 98 97 ?
Anaconda Mining Co. 43 46 43 46
Amer. Woolen 22 23 22 23
Atchison 84 8 83 85
do preferred 89 89 89 88
Baltimore A Ohio.... 81 2 80 91
do preferred..... 84
Brooklyn Rapid Tr... 45 46 44 46
Canadian Pacific ... 165 167 163 166
Central Leather 18
do preferred 89
Chicago Qt. West.. 10 10 .9 10"
Chi., Mil. & St. P... 120 122 118 121
Chicago & N. W 140 142 139 142
Chesapeake & Ohio.. 33 34 33 34
Colo. Fuel St Iron 23 25 23 25
Colo. Southern 22 23 22 25
do 2d preferred.... 42 42 42 42
do 1st preferred 54
Delaware A Hudson.. 155 158 155 157
Denver & Rio Grande 25 26 23 26
do preferred 67
Erie 21 22 21 22
do 2d preferred 34 35 34 35
do 1st preferred 51 62 51 52
Great Northern pfd.. 119 122 118 121
Illinois Central 129 129 128 128 .
Louisville ft Nash. .. 103 106 103 105
Mex. Central Ry 18 18 IS 18
Distillers 55 55 54 55
Ore Lands 47 .40 47 40
M.. K. & T 34 34 32 34
do preferred 03 63 63 63
Missouri Pacific 66 68 65 8
National Lead .. 45 47 45 47
New York Central ... 103 105 102 104
N. T., Ont. West.. 69 70 09 69
Norfolk & West 69 70 69 69
do preferred - 78
North American 60
Northern Pacific .. .119 120 115 119
Pacific Mall S. S 23
Pennsylvania Ry ...116 118 115 117
People's G.. L. & C 83 86 84 85
Pressed Steel Car ... 25 27 26 27
do preferred....... 88
Reading 88 92 87 91
do 2d preferred 74
do 1st preferred , 80
Run. Iron & Steel... 21 23 21 22
do preferred 77 77 76 77
Rock Island 18 19 18 18
do preferred 41 41 40 41
St. L & S. F. 2d pfd 31 31 30 31
do let preferred 59
Southern Pacific 82 84 81 83
do preferred HO
Southern Ry IT IT 16 IT
do preferred 50 56 55 56
Texas & Pacific 25 26 25 20
Tol.. St. L. W 24
do preferred 44 44 42 43
Union Pacific 125 129124 128
do preferred ( 80
28
04
32
95
1114
21
75
20
Total sales for the day. 1.054,900 shares.
PORTLAND LJVESTOCK MARKET.
Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and
Hogs.
Livestock quotations were steady and un
changed yesterday. The day's receipts were
26 cattle, 104 lambs and 77 sheep.
The following prices were quoted In local
market yesterday:
CATTLE Best steers. $3.S54; medium,
$3.25(93.50; cows, $3; fair to medium cows.
$2.50(12.75; bulls, $24P2.50; calves. $43.
SHEEP Good sheared, 4(&!4.2B; lambs.
84. SO & 4. 75.
HOGS Best, $6.75 7; lights, fats and
feeders, $0.25 6.50.
WHEAT PRICES RECOVER
ABRCPT CHECK GIVEN THE
DOWNWARD SLIDE.
Sellers Withdraw From the Market
and, With a Good Demand,
r
Prices Advanc.""
' .
Conditions in the Chicago wheat market'
and the movement of prices yesterday, as
furnished by the Overbeck & Cooke Com
pany, follow:
CHICAGO, Aug. IS There was a de
cided recovery in the wheat pit today, and
the price of the September delivery closed
1 cents above the final figures of yes
terday. The market opened firm with light
offerings of September wheat and a good
demand.. Trade was of only moderate
proportion. Selling of wheat by discouraged
holders on account of the telegraphers'
strike was the cause of the sharp breal
yesterday, but there was little Indication of
nervousness today. The visible supply
statement showed an Increase of but 16S.000
bushels. The market Is well under the
export basis and the probabilities are good
for continued buying.
Leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. Hleh. Low. Close.
Sept, $0.84 0.89 $0.83 $0.84
Dec 80 .80 .88 .8
May 95 .95 .93 .93
CORN.
Sept 54 53
Dec. . . .51 51
May 52 52
OATS.
Sept 43 .43
Dec. ...v. .42 42
May .44 44
PORK.
Sept 16.10 .... ..... 16.10
LARD.
Sept 9.02 0.00
Oct 9.12 .... 9.10
Jan 8.47 8.47
RIBS.
Sept S.67 8.70
Oct. ...... 8.77 M .... .... 8.83
Jan 7.87 B7.87
European Grain Markets.
London, Aug. 13. Walla Walla cargoes
dull at 35s to 35s 3d. California, 35s fid to
35a 9d. Nominal In absence of transactions.
LIVERPOOL, . Aug. 13. Wheat options
closed September, 6s lld; December,
7s 2d.
Grain at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. December
barley opened c lower at $1.31.
. Wheat nominally unchanged. No transac
tions. Wheat at Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. IS. Wheat, le
lower. Bluestam, SOc; club, 78c; red, 76c.
NewYoitewttojij Market.
The range of futures In the New York
Cotton Market Is reported by the Overbeck
J ft Cooke Company as follows:
Upon. Xllgn. juow. vioae.
January 12.20 12.27 12.11 12.27
February 12.24 12.29 12.28 12.29
March 12.29 12.37 12.23 12.36
April 12.40
May 12.82 1237 12.33 12.44
August 12.40 - 12.50 12.40 12.40
September 12.5S 12 53 12. 3S 12.45
Octobor 12.10 12.10 11.82 12.00
November 12.10
December 12.12 1218 12.02 12.17
Boston Stork Market.
The closing copper stock quotations at
Boston, as furnished by the Overbeck ft
Cooke Company, were as follows:
Machinery 52 Winona 5
do preferred.. 83 j Franklin 11
Boston Cons.... 20 ' North Butte .... 66
S. & P 1801d Dominion... 31
Balaklala 6lParrot 16
Atlanta 16;Quincy 100
Butte Coallt 20 I Tamarack 85
Cal. ft Hecla 740 JUnited Copper... 57
Daly West 13 United Mining... 41
New fork Produce.
NEW TORK. Aug. 13. Evaporated ap
ples firmer: fancy. 8c; choice, 8c;
prime, 88c; poor to fair, 67c Prunes
firmer for futures: spot unchanged. Coffee
futures closed steady, 106 15c higher. Spot
unchanged.
Young Man Comes to Grief.
SEATTLE), Wash., Aug. 12. (Special.)
The Police today arrested Harry Owens,
an expressman, alleged to have stolen
fashionable clothing to attire himself so
that he might sing in church choirs. He
was a member of the Christian Endeavor
choir. Five hundred dollars' worth of
stolen finery was found.
U. 8. Rubber
do preferred
U. S. Steel Co
do preferred
Wabash
do preferred
Western Union Tel.
Wis. Central
28 28 27
94 04 92
31 32 30
, 04 95 93
11 12 11
21 21 20
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REPORTED CHARTER
Local Shipping Men Unable to
Receive Advices.
STRIKE HURTS SHIPPING
Agents In Portland Are Unable to
Communicate With Head Of
fices and Business Suffers
as a Result of It.
No charters were reported in ship
pins; circles yesterday and until the
telegraphers' strike Is settled no activ
ity is looked for in the way of inward
or outward charters or in the wheat
market. One or two cables were re
ceived yesterday, but they came in a
roundabout manner. Two came via
Australian ports. Local agents of ship
pins firms on the Continent are prac
tically Isolated, and until the opening
of the wires there will be an almost
total cessation of charters.
It is difficult to determine the far-
reaching effects oMhe strike. Officials
of the Telegraphers' Union say that
shipping will not be tied up, and that
all commercial messages, will be han
dled. While the Merchants' Exchange
received a few messages yesterday, the
report was not complete.
The Weather Bureau received a num
ber of messages from points on the
Coast, but from all Interior towns no
information was received. Forecaster
Beals was unable to give last night an
accurate forecast of the weather for
the next 24 hours, as the barometer
readings and conditions east of the
Cascade range were unknown to hint.
THE COSTA RICA ARRIVES IN
San Francisco Liner Makes Good
Run Up the Coast.
The steamship Costa Rica, Captain
E. W. Mason, arrived up yesterday
STEAMER INTELLIGENCE.
Due to Arrive.
Name. From Date.
Alliance Coos Bay In port
Redondo Seattle In port
R. D. Inman. San Francisco. .In port.
Roanoke Los Angeles. ...In port.
Costa Rica. . San Francisco. In port.
Breakwater. . San Francisco. Ang. 19
City of Pan. . .San Francisco. . Aug. 19
JohanPoulsen San Francisco. . Aug. 20
Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro Aug. 20
Numantla. .. .Hongkong Aug. 28
Arabia Hongkong Sept. IT
Nome City. . San Pedro. .... At Stella
Alesla Hongkong Oct. 10
Nlcomedla. .. Hongkong Nov. X
Scheduled to Depart.
Name. For Data.
Noma City. .. San Francisco.. Aug. 14
Costa Rica. . San Francisco. . Aug. 14
Redondo Seattle Aug. 14
Roanoka Los Angeles.... Aug. 16
R. D. Inman. San Francisco.. Aug. 18
Breakwater. .Coos Bay Aug. 19
City of Pan . . .San Francisco. . Aug. 22
Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro Aug. 22
" JohanPoulsenSan Francisco. . Aug. 24
Numantla... Hongkong Sept. 6
Arabia Hongkong Sept. 25
Alliance Coos Bay
Alesla Hongkong Oct. 20
Nlcomedla.. . Hongkong Nov. 8
Entered Tuesday.
Slam, German ship (Dirks), with
14.224 barrels of cement, from Ant
werp. Costa Rica, Am. steamship
(Mason), with general cargo, . from
San Francisco.
Roanoke, Am. steamship (Dun
ham), with general cargo, from San
Pedro and way ports.
from San Francisco. She brought a
full cargo of freight and 75 passen
gers. The Costa Rica Is in port for
the first time during the month of
August. She laid over In San Fran
cisco t or five days while the steamer
City of Panama made a trip to the
North. She is now operating on a 12
day schedule Instead of ten.
Pending the arrival of the steamship
Kansas City and the placing of the
Lfgtvton on the run, the City of Panama
and the Costa Rica will hajidle a por
tion of the business of the company.
It has been given out that an addi
tional steamer would be chartered from
the Pacific Coast Company, but which
one It will be and when she will be
placed in commission is a matter un
known to any local official.
Report Derelicts by Wireless.
Instructions have been received by
the officer in charge of the local hydro
graphic office, to report all derelicts
' -V; :
THE
United States national Bank
OF PORTLAND
J. C. Ainsworth, President. R. TV. Schmeer, Cashier.
E. Lea Barnes, Vice-President. A. M. Tfrip;ht, Asst. Cashier.
W. A. Holt, Assistant Cashier.
FOREIGN DRAFTS
The United States National Bank of Portland issues
Foreign Drafts on all cities of' the United States
and Europe, Hongkong and Manila, payable in
the currency of the country on which they are drawn.
Capital-.! .. $ 500,000
Surplus and Profit 375,000
Total Resources Over 9,000,000
Portland, Oregon
and menaces to navigation in this dis
trict to the operator in charge of the
wireless station at North Head. These
notices will In turn be transmitted to
all vessels equipped with wireless
plants.
Marine Xotes.
The steamship Roanoke, from San
Pedro and way ports, arrived up yes
terday. She brought a good-sized
crowd of pasengers from Eureka.
The steamer R. D. Inman shifted last
night to LJnnton, where she will load
lumber for San Francisco.
The British bark Conway Castle be
gan discharging at Columbia dock No.
1 yesterday.
The German ship Slam will begin
discharging this morning. 1
Arrivals and Departures.
PORTLAND. Aug. IS. Arrived Steam
ship Costa Rica. from San Francisco:
steamship Roanoke, from San Pedro and
way ports; steamer Cascades, from San
Francisco, at Tongue Point. Sailed
Schooner James Rolph, from Westport, for
San Francisco.
Astoria, Aug. 13. Condition of the bar at
S A. M-, smooth; wind, southwest, four
miles; weather, cloudy. Arrived down at 5
A. M. and sailed at 9:10 A. M., steamer
Breakwater, for Coos Bay. Sailed at S
A.- M. Steamer Asuncion, for San Fran
cisco. Arrived down last night Steamer
Daisy Freeman. Arrived In at 9:.V) A. M.
Steamer Cascade. Irom Ban Francisco. Ar
rived in at 10:20 A. M. Steamer Elmore,
from Tillamook. Sailed at 12:2s P. M.. Tug
Dauntless, with barge Roderick Dhu, for
San Francisco.
San Francisco, Aug. 13. Arrived last
night Steamers Charles Nelson and Johan
Poulsen, from Portland. Arrived this morn
ing Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Portland.
Sailed last night Steamer Northland, for
Portland. i
San Pedro, Aug." IS. Arrived yesterday
Steamer Jim Butler, from-Portland.
Tides at' Astoria, Wednesday.
High. Low
:48 A. M 7 4 feet I 10:00 A. M 1.3 feet
:i r- JU-. . . J...1 I eel ; iw.n f. ...1.1 irci
JOKE OF CAPTAIN BRUIN
Arrests Attorney Wolfe and Con
stable Wagner.
Attorney Walter Wolfe and Constable
Lou Wagner were arraigned before
Judge Cameron yesterday morning on a
charge of disorderly conduct, the result
of a little Joke on the part of Captain
Bruin.
While at the police station a little mis
understanding arose concernoing the ball
of one of Attorney Wolfe's clients, whom
Constable Wagner had arrested. It
seemed that the usual serenity of the
police station was about to be rudely dis
turbed, but. thanks to the keen wit of
Captain Bruin, the calamity was averted.
According, to Captain Bruin these wor
thy gentlemen were apparently about to
compliment each other with forcible acts
of brotherly affection, when he stepped
in and arrested them.
Both Wagner and Wolfe denied all the
statements made and declared that no
better friends lived. "Why," said they,
"we've known each other all our lives."
From the evidence in the case it did
not appear that the friendly relations of
these gentlemen were In any danger of
estrangement, but the Court decided not
to pass upon the police station Joke until
a few hours of meditation had assisted
him in his decision.
J. A. Whltacre Asks Divorce.
J. A. Whltacre has brought suit in the
Circuit Court against Carrie Whltacre for
divorce on the grounds of desertion. He
claims that he has done everything pos
sible to make home attractive for his
wife.
VICTOR MANGANESE STEEL
BANK SAFE.
NEVER BURGLARIZED
GLASS & PRUDH0MME CO..
AGTS., PORTLAND, ORE.
TRAVELERS GLIDE.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
EMPRESS LINE OF THE ATLANTIC
QUEBEC TO LIVERPOOL.
Less Than Four Days at Sea.
Empresses sail August 2'S. September
. 20. First cabin, t0 up; second cabin,
4S up; third-class, 128.75.
Write for particulars.
Y. R. JOHNSON, Pass. Agt,
142 Third St.. Portland, Or.
Columbia River Through Line
Steamers of the "OPEN RIVER" line leave
OAK-STREET DOCK every Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday at FIVE O'CLOCK A. M..
for all points between Portland, the Dalles
and Umatilla. Leave early and see all the
river. Arrive early ' Low rates. Prompt
service.
Telephone Main 8201. Home. A 8B27.
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
. Steamer Pomona and Oregon) for Salem
and way landings leave Taylor-street Dock
6:45 A. M. .dally (except Sunday).
Oregon City Transportation Company
Phone 40, A 231.
Third and Oak Streets
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
Alaska 1907
EXCURSIONS
NOME ROUTE.
The City of Puebla Aug. 12. 10 K. M.
S. S. Umatilla " Aug. 2!
President Sept. &
B. E. ALASKA ROUTE.
Sailing from Seattle for
Ekagway. Sitka. Juneau and way porta,
Sailing P. M.
Cottage City, via Sitka Aug. 13-2S
City of Seattle Aug. 15-21
H. S. S. Co.'s Humboldt Aug. 12-22
6 AN FRANCISCO ROUTE.
Sailing A. M. From Seattla.
President Aug. IS
Sonoma Aug. 13-28
Umatilla Aug. 2i
City Offloa, C4B Washington St.
Jamestown Exposition
Low Rates
September 11, 12, 13.
Chicago and return, $71.50.
St. Louis and return, $67.50.
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Su
perior, Winnipeg and Pt. Arthur and
return, $60.
3 TRAINS DAILY S
For tickets, sleeping-car reserva
tions and additional information, call
on or address H. Dickson, C. P. and
T.A., 122 Third St., Portland, Or.
Telephones. Main 680, Home A 2286.
COOS BAY
Weekly Freight and Panen
Service of the Fine Steamship
Breakwater
Leaves PORTLAND every Monday, 81OO
P. M., from Oak - street Dock, tow
EMPIRE, NORTH BEND
AND MARSHFIELD
Freight Received Till 4 P. M. on Day
of Sailing.
FAME! From Portland, lst-clas,
910.00; 2d-claa. $7.00, Including berth
and mesls.
Inquire City Ticket Office, Third and
Washington sta., or Oak-street Dock.
PORTLAND AJfD PTJGET SOUND ROTJTB
S.S."Redondo"
Sailing; from Ciuch-streat dock, Portland,
for Seattle. Tacoma, Everett and BelUns
ham, August 14 at 6 P. M.
FREIGHT
Connecting; at Seattle for Noma, Golofnlnln.
St. Michael, Cbana and Fairbanks will
steamers Pleiades, Hyades, Lyra, Mackinaw.
Ohio.
Bchubach Hamilton. General Afanta.
Seattle, Wash.
F. P. Baumgartner, Asent. Portland.
Couco-Btraat Dock.
Phones: Main 861: Horn A 418L
Ho! For Astoria
FAST STEAMER
TELEGRAPH
Round trips dally (except Thursdays)
7 A. M. Lending, Alder-street
Dock. Phone Main 665.
Leaves Sunday at 8 A. M. Round
trip 1.00.
SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND S. 8. CO.
Only ocean steamers affording daylight
trip down Columbia River.
From Ainsworth Dock. Portland, 9 A. M.
S. S. Coota Rica, Aug. 16, 28, Sept. 9, etc
8. S. Panama, Aug. 23, Sept. 8, ete.
From Spear street, San Francisco, 11 A. M. -
S. S. Panama, Aug. 16, 28, Sept. 9, ete.
S. S. Coata Klca, Aug. 23, Sept. S, lit, ete.
JAS. H. DEWSOiN. Agent,
248 Washington St. Phona Main 388.
North Pacific S. S. Co's. Ste&msshlp
Roanoke and Geo. W. Elder
Sail (or Eureka,' San Francisco and
Los Angeles direct every Thursday at
8 P.M. Ticket office 132 Third St,
near Alder. Boti phones, M. 1314.
H. Young, Agent.
STR. CMS. R. SPENCER
Washington -Street Dock.
Dally, except' Sunday, for Tha Dallas ard
way landings, at T A. M.. returning 10 V
M. Fast time, best service.
Phonesii Main 8164 Home, A 1184.
Columbia River Scenery
REGULATOR LINK STEAMERS.
Dally eervlc btwen Portland and Tha
Dalles, except Sunday, leaving Portland at
T A. M., arriving- about 5 P. M., carrying
freight and passengers. Splendid accommo
dations for outfits and livestock.
Dock foot of Alder St.. Portland; foot of
Court at.. Tha Dallas. Fbona Mala 14.
Portland.