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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. DEUE31BEK SI, 1907. 17 E OF SUCCESS M. H. Durst Talks of Hop growers' Union. WHAT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH Hop Farmer of California .Thor oughly Organized Dealers Will Profit ly tlic Scheme It Is Bad Only for the Shorts. M. II. Durst, the California hopgrower. who has come to Oregon in advance o the committee of the Pacific Hopgrowcrs' Asso ciation, which will organize the growers of this state, was In Portland yesterday. Mr. Durst feels satisfied that a majority of the Oregon producers will Join the movement. Ie said: "Since I have been in Oregon I have talked to a large number of growers and' hava not found one who has-any valid rea son to ofter against the association. There Is no doubt In my mind that the project will be carried through successfully. ,We have completed, a fine organization of the California growers and as soon as the Ore gon and Washington growers are in line we will be able to show some results, since I have been In this state I have received word from California that 90 per cent of the grower of that state have either loincd the union or promised to go into It. Thi is even a larger proportion than we had hoped for. The most lnlluential California grow er have identified themselves with the movement and the association Includes among its members,' bankers, lawyers and other professional men and a brewer. "We are satisfied if the Oregon and Wash ington growers Join us we can put the hop Industry on a better basis. It is our plan to finance the Pacific Coast growers so they will not be compelled to make ruinous contracts in order to harvest their crops. The crop of the Coast will be handled as a unit through selling agencies - appointed by the growers themselves and the manipula tion of the short sellers will be defeated. Tho grower and not the shorts will reap the profits when .we have organisation. "In a year of overproduction; provision will be made fot disposing of the surplus to the beat advantage. My idea is to send the surplus every year over to England. This idea was first suggested to me some years ago by one of the largest dealer Krowers of Oregon. Wo can grow hops on this Coast for half what it costs the Eng lish growers, and if we send our urplus there it is only a Question of a ihort time ltefore the English growers go out of busi ness. That will mean an enlarged market for our hops, instead of exporting 50,000 or 100.000. bales a year we will export 200,000 bales. This looks to mo like a saner propo sition than burning th surplus, a some have proposed, when we have too many hops "As for the dealers, I cannot see why they xhould not favor such an organization. What helps the hop industry will help them. Huying, under the arrangement of common warehouses such as we propose, will be cheaper and more convenient than under the present system. We do not intend to deal directly with the brewers but expect to sell our hop through the trade a heretofore. The only persons who will suffer by the for mation of an association will be the short sellers." The first meeting of Oregon growers for the purpose of forming a Coast association will be held at Woodburn next Monday. On Tuesday there will be a meeting at Salem, another at Portland Thursday, at McMlnnvllle Friday and at Independence 6aturday. - CHRISTMAS TCRKEY MARKET OPENS Sale Are Made Around 18 and 19 Cent Per Pound. Arrivals of Christmas turkeys were larger yesterday and the demand, both on local and shipping account, was good. Fates of choice stock were mostly made at 18 to 19 cents, though it was reported a few very fancy lots went at .20 cents. Dealers are much pleased with the early opening of the market. It Is the general opinion that the supply will be sufficient for all requirements. Today and Monday will be the big day In the Front-street trade. The supply of chickens was excessive yes terday. The demand was poor and it was necessary to make a further cut in prices. Even this did not enable the trade to clean up. Ducks and geese were in fair demand and steady. Eggs continue to move freely at the former prices. The butter market Is firm, so far as the best. grades are concerned, but seconds are only, about steady. A car of Eastern is be ing offered at 30 cents and renovated but ter Is offering- on the market at 25 cents. ACTIVE DEMAND JOB HOLIDAY FRUITS Car of Japanese Oranges Arrives and Sells Well. Business in the fruit Jlne continued very brisk yesterday and active holiday buying la looked for again today. A feature of the day's arrivals was the receipt of a straight car of Japanese oranges, half of which was disposed of be fore night. This is the first straight car ever brought to Portland. They came to the Pearson-Page Company. These oranges ap propriately bear the name of Togo brand and because of their relative cheapness are in strong demand. Yesterdays quotation wss 60 cents per box. A car of California oranges came In. but this fruit is still very scarce and will be so until after Christmas. Apples are In good supply and move fairly well. Celery has advanced again In California. Bank Clearings. Clearings of the Northwestern cities yes terday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland $ 595. 2K9 154.285 Seattle 1,10:1.343 87.274 Tacoma SOl.lf.5 15,959 Spokane 71ti.273 74,990 fORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc. M ILL.STUFFS Bran, city. 123; country 24 per ton; middlings. J20; shorts, city,' $24.50. country, 125. 50 per ton; chop, f 17g 19 per ton. WHEAT Club, S2c; bluestem, 84c; Valley, 82c; red. Mc OATS No. 1 white, 28; gray, 128. FLOUR Patent, 54.90; straight, 14.40; clears. $4.40: Valley, $4.40; Graham flour, 14.254.75: whole wheat flour, $4.5095; rye Hour. $5.ft0. BARLEY Feed, $27 per ton; brewing $.11. lolled. f30. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 80- pound sacks, ber , barrel. $8; lower grades, $6.5l7 50; oatmeal, steel-cut 45-pound sacks. $S.50 per barrel; 9-pound sacks, $4.50 per bale; oatmeal (ground), 45-pound sacks, $S per barrel; U-pound tacks. $4.50 per bale; split peas, per 100 pounds, $4-25 4.80; pearl barley. $4 4.50 per 100 pounds; pastry flour, 10-pound sacks. $2.00 per bale; flaked wheat, $3.25 per case. CORN Whole. $32; cracked. $33. . HAY Valley timothy. No. 1, $18 per ton: Eastern Oregon timothy, $2024; clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain bay, $15iilS: alfalfa, $15; vetch. $14. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc. . BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream ery. 37ac per pound; state creameries, fancy creamery, o537'c; store butter, choice. 20c. CHEESE Oregon full cream twin. 16 16'ac; Young America, 17S?17Vjc per pound. VEAL 75 to 120 pounds, Sftirvc; 125 ta ISO pounds. 7c; 150 to 200 pound, sestie. PORK. Block. 75 to ISO pounds. e&Uc: packers. Gfuc. POULTRY Average old hen, to 11c: mixed chickens. 10c; .Spring chickens, 10 11c; roosters. 8c; dressed chickens. 12c; tur keys, live, 13c; dressed, choice. IS 10c: geese, live, per pound. 8&9e; ducks, 12$j tft lil'r; pigeons. $1 Ov 1.30; squabs. $23. EGGS Fresh ranch, candied. hse ner dozen; Eastern,- 2Z4rWc tier dozen. ' Vegetables, Fruits, Etc. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples. 75ein2 psr box; peaches. 75c$l per crate; pears. $1.26 0 1-75 per box; cranberries. $9.50 12 per barrel. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $2.504.00 per bo; oranges, navels, $2.002.75; grupefrult, $4; bananas, oc per dozen, crated oc; pineapples. $4.50 per dozen; pome granates. $2.25 per box; persimmons. $1.60 per box; tangerines. $1.75 per box. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. 75o per sack; carrots, ;oc per sack; beets, $1.00 per sack ; garlic 8c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLE?! Artichokes. 80c9 $1.00 per dozen; beans, 79c per pound: cab bage, lc per pound; cauliflowers. 75c &t 1.00 dos. ; celery, $3.25ra'3.50 crate; lettuco, hot house. $1(81.25 per - box; oniuns. 1520c per dozen; parsloy, 20c per dozen; peas, 11c per pound: peppers. S17c per pound; pumpkins, llc per pouna; radishes. 20c per dozen: spinach. 6c per pound; sprouts.' 80 per pound; squash. 1 1 c per pound; tomato'.-s, $1.50 per box. ONIONS Buying price, $1.751.85 per cwt. DRIED' FRUITS Apples. 8(38e ' per pound; appicots, 16 0 19c; peaches, llQ13c; pears, 11 V 3 14c; Italian prunes, 246c; California figs, white, in sacks. GSic per pound; black, 4U5c; bricks, 75c Si $2.25 per box; Smyrna, 18HtJ20o per pound; dates. Persian, 67c per pound. POTATOES Buying price, GO 65c per hundred, delivered Portland; sweet potatoes, f 2 75S 3 per cwt. QUOTATIONS AT SAN FRANCISCO. . Prices Paid for Produce In tbe Bay City Market. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 20. The follow' Ing prices were quoted In the produce mar ket today: Vegetables Cucumbers, $11.00: garlic, 4S6c; green peas, 25c; string beans. 5 15c; tomatoes, GOcg$1.75; egg plant, 10 Poultry Roosters, old. $44.50; roosters, young. $5.60'8$S: broilers, small, $33.50; broilers, large. $4g5; fryers. $56; bens, $4 9; ducks, old. $45: young, $57. Butter Fancy creamery, 36c; creamery seconds, . 33 14c ; fancy dairy,- 25c; dairy sec onds, . 24c. Fruits Apples, choice, $2.00; common, 60c: bananas, $13.50; Mexican limes. $3.509 4.50; California lemons, choice. $3.50; com man, $1.25: oranges, navels. $1.252.50; pine apples, $3.3.50. Eggs Store, 28830c; fancy ranch, 47c; Eastern. 27c. Cheese New. 13(410c; Young America. 14V417c; Eastern. 18 Ac. Wool Spring. Humboldt and Mendocino, 24B25c: South Plains and S. J.. 68c: lambs. lllS13Vi.c. Hops Old, 2j?3c; new, 6S10c. Millstuffs Bran, $289.50; middlings, $31 32. Hay Wheat. $12$17.50; wheat and oats. $12915.50; alfalfa, $9ra;14; stock, $810; straw, per bale. 45 85c. Potatoes Sallna. Burbanks, $1.251.60; sweet. $2.252.75; Oregon Burbanks, $1 1.25. Onions $1.752.10 per cental. lleceipts Flour, 5346 quarter sacks; wheat, 700 centals; barley, 9230 centals; oats, 65 cen tals; potatoes, 4160 sacks; bran. 340 sacks; middlings, 160 sacks; 'hay, 270 tons; wool. 17 bales; hides. 1070. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices Quoted Locally on Cattle, Sherp and Hogs. The livestock market was steady at the previous day's prices. Receipts were 115 C,"'B. 11 sheep, 146 hogs and 14 calves. The following quotations were current In the local market: ..A1TLE Best "eers. $3.754: medium, $3.25l6!J.50; cows, $2.753: lair to. me dium cows, $S2.25; bulls, $1.502.25: calves. $3.50(4. SHEEP Good sheared, $4.234.75; full wool, $4.50fi5; lambs, $4.50(85. HOGS Best, $5 5 25; lights and feeders, $4.50(5. - Eastern Livestock Prices. OMAHA, Dec. 20 Cattle Receipts. 1600' market, steady. - Native steers. $3.25(95 B5 native cows and heifers. $24.25; Western ?ieSrsz,34UO; ranB"e o and "heifers, $l.io3.50; canners, $1.252; stockers and feeders. $2.504.25; calves, $35.50- bulls and stags. $1.503.50. . Hogs Receipts, 6500; market, 810e ,.or,i.Ii.e-avl,?s-1. 22H4.37tt: mixed. $4.22V48,4.2o: lights. $4.204.25: pigs. $4 4.25; bulk of sales, $4.22V44.30 , Sheep Receipts. 1300: market, steady. Yearlings, $4 4.40; wethers, $44.S0- ewes $3.50(3.85; lambs. $55.8o. , v Shortage in Cotton Production. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The Census Bu reau today issued a bulletin showing that the total amount of cotton of this year's growth in the United States ginned up to December 13 last was 9,281,077 bales, as compared with 11,112,789 bales for the same period last year and 9,207,819 bales for the same period in 1905. The total number of active ginneries was 27,152. In this bulletin round bales are counted as .half-bales. The number of round bales Included is 167,485 for 1907, 243,000 for 1906 and 253 -137 for 1905. The total crop for 1006 was 12.983,201 and for 1005,-10.495,105. The per cent of crop ginned to December 13 Wjas 85.6 for 1906 and 88.6 for 1905. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. Cotton futures closed steady at a net advance of 10 to 14 points. , Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. There was a fur ther sharp advance in London tin, with spot at 121 15s and futures at 123 10s. Locally the market was firm and higher. Quotations range from 26.80 to 27.25c. A moderate advance was reported in the London copper market, spot closing at 59 15s and futures at ' 61. Locally the market was firm and slightly higher, with Lake quoted at - 12.I2l413.25c. electrolytic 13 13.1214c and casting at 12.7512.87i4c Lead, unchanged at 13 17b 6d in London and dull locally at 3.353.45c Spelter was S lower at 19 15s in the Eng lish market and weak at 4.1O4.20o locally. Iron was higher, with standard foundry at 49s and Cleveland warrants at 49s lod In London. LocaUy the market was unchanged. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Evaporated apples continue quiet. Fancy. 1111C; choice, 10c; prime, 89c, and 1906 fruit, 7fclle. Prunes are in light demand for California, but the market is generally steady. Quota tions range from 6'i to 16c for California fruit and from 7 to 794 c for Oregon. 50-30 Apricots are without further change. Choice. 2223c; extra choice, 23g25c, and fancy, 24 620c. Peaches, steady, with choice at 12ffl2Tc, extra choice at 12Vi(gl3!ic. fancy at 13134c and extra fancy at 14144c. Raisins,, unchanged.. Loose Muscatels, 7 7c; seeded raieins. 7g4)V4c, and London lay ers, $1.7O1.80. Coffee and Sugar.. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. Coffee futures closed dull, net 6 points lower to 5 points higher. Sales, 14(250 bags. December. 6.75c; January! 5.70c; May, 5.!5e; September, 6.15c. Spot coffee, quiet. No. 7 Rio. Santos, No. 4, So; mild, steady; Cordova, 9i4(;13c. Sugar Raw. firm: fair refining. S.303.35c; centrifugal, 96 test, 3.85c; molasses sugar, 3 3.05c Refined, steady. Crushed, 6.50c; pow dered, 4.90c; granulated. 4.80c. Sheepskins Rales. LONDON. Dec. 20. A sale of Cape of G00A Hope and Natal sheepskins was held here to day. Offerings were In moderate condition and amounted to 155.826, of which 87.650 were sold. Competition was weak owing to the poor attendance. ' Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO, Dec. 20. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was steady Creamerles. 20(628Vjc; dairies, 18fi25e. Eggs Steady at mark, cases Included. 24 5c: firsts. 23c; pirtme firsts, 25c; extras 27c Cheese Strong. .lHi13V5,c. - Wool at St. lxui. ST. I.OU1S. Dec. 20. Wool, stesdy. Ter ritory and Western mediums. 2023c: fine mediums. 194j21c; fine. 15-17c. Hopf at London. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 20. Hods In Lnnrinn- NPaao Coast, ciaim- lia lua. STOCK LIST mm Much Strength Is Shown, but in Irregular Manner. TRADING IS NOT HEAVY Today's Bank Statement Kxpected to Show Much Improvement Vio lent Advance In New York Gas Securities. . NEW YORK. Dec. 20. The dull trading On the stock exchange today was accom panied by considerable strength, which was displayed In a spotty and Irregular manner. Professional traders did much of the busi ness, and buying to cover shorts by a re treating bear interest was an important factor in the activity. There was an as sumption on the part of buyers of stocks that tomorrow's bank statement will show material recuperation in the position of the clearing-house institutions. The usual preliminary forecasts of the. week's currency movement indicated some improvement of position, but it was on in timation of the concealed changes that the assumption of radical betterment was based. It was reported that turns had been made during the week of some. of the advances to trust companies that were beleaguered dur ing the panic period, which were likely to have notable effect not only on the caBh item, but on the loans of the banks, as both kinds of assistance are known to have been extended to -the trust companies by the banks In their period of need. The known movements of money Indicate that the tide of the cash movement to the interior has last some of its force, while gold has con tinued to arrive from abroad. The local banks have benefited also from Increased deposits of Government funds during the week. The promised net result is a sub stantial gain in cash by the banks, inti mated to be in the neighborhood- of $2,000,000. Liquidation in the stock market during the week is assumed to have effected some reduction of the loan item, which would also operate to bring the proportion of re serves up toward the level , of the legal requirements. The issuance during the day of the call of the New York State Bank Department for reports of state banks and trust companies as of December 19, is ex pected to be followed by greater freedom upon the part of those institutions in ex tending credits. Thl call is supposed to have some restraining Influence upon the policy of the trust companies in this respect. The money market itself did not show any greater ease, the call-loan rate, in fact, jfcuchlng the highest level of the week. The stock market ignored this and the continued dearth of funds in the time-money market. Additional gold was engaged abroad and dis counts advanced in London. An advance in the price of copper both in London and here was a feature of the day and made the copper industrials strong. There was a violent advance In Consolidated Gas and Its affiliated company, Brooklyn Union Gas, based upon the judicial decision in favor of the company's contentions against the 80-cent gas law. Brooklyn RapW Transit awed something to sympathy with the rise in gas stocks. Southern Pacific was freely bought In connection with the re port of operations, which reported earnings for November maintained at a htgh level. Points of special strength of this kind spread an influence through the rest of the list and gave general strength to the mar ket. Gains were maintaned to a firm clos ing. Bonds were firm. Total sales, par value, $3,030,000. United states bonds unchanged. V CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. Bid. Adams' Express: 163,, Amal Copper 48,500 46 44 40V4 Am Car & Foun. 600 30V ' 30Vs 3014 do prefe.-red ' Am Cotton Oil do preferred J American Express 10 Am Hd & Lt pf 1-1 American Ice .... 2,000 20 18 Am Linseed Oil ' do preferred 107 m T.motlve .. 300 37 Vi 7 do preferred 100 88 88 8fi4 Am Smelt ft er. zs,uou iz' '"n i-m do preferred .... .too 90Vi 90 894 Am Sugar Ref.... 8,700 100 97 9I Am Tobacco ctfs. gjji Anaconda Mln Co. 2,900 2,4 27 .28 Atchison 3.700 71 70 .1 do preferred 2' Atl Coast Line... 300 69 iO Bait &. Ohio 6O0 81 81 81 do preferred .' 0 Brook Rap TraD. 17,900 39 3i .i9Vi Canadian Pacific. 200 1504 l-0 1S Central of N J 200 102 160 105 Ches & Ohio 200 30 30 30 Chi Gt Western... 100 714 7 7V4 Chicago & N W.. 100 136 135 135 C. M & St Paul.;. 11,300 104 102 104 Chi Ter & Tran 5 do preferred -0 . C, C, C & St Louis f,500 66 M 58 Colo Fuel Iron I Colo & Southern.. 1,800 20 19 20 do 1st preferred. 500 49 47 48 do 2d preferred.. 1.200 39 37 38 Consolidated Gas.. 4,000 98 94 B Corn Products lnVi do preferred 200 , 55 65 60 Del A Hudson.... 700 144 141 143 Del. Lack & West ..... ..... 425 D A R Grande 000 20 1B 20 do preferred 01 Distillers' Securl... 3.800 30H 28 30 Erie . 500 16 1 10 do 1st preferred. 200 35 . 35 35 do 2d preferred., 200 25 25 24 General Electric H 114 . 114 Illinois Central 12' lnt Paper ..... ...... ..... ..... 8 do preferred .... 200 54 51 53 lnt Pump Jl do preferred "''; Iowa Central 1" do preferred 32 K C Southern ... 300 23 23 23 do preferred Louis & Nashville nnn 92 90 90 Mexican Central... 2.900 J5 14 .14 Minn & St Louis.. 300 24 24 24 If. St P A S 8 M 79 do preferred .... 1O0 121 121 121 Missouri Pacific... 3.900 49"4 47 49 Mo. Kan & Texas 1.200 25 '24 25 do preferred .... 30 . 57 4 5fi 66 National Lead .... 2.200 40 38 39 N Y Central 7.500 95 93 95 N Y. Ont A West. w 3194 i Norfolk A Western 100 64 64 do preferred 76 North American.. 3X 44 43 43 Pacific Mail 1.300 27 25 26 Pennsvlvanla 12.000 112 113 112 Peonle's Ga 600 79 79 7! P. C C A St Louis 62 Pressed fiteel Car 114 do preferred 100 6R 60 C5 Pullman Pal Car. . V 13 Readmit 1C9.600 94 92 P4 do 14 preferred do 2d preferred 76 Republic Steel ... SCO 17 16"i " do preferred 65 Rtv-k Island Co.. 100 15 144 15 do p-efrred 7O0 ! ? ?"K Pt T P F 2 pf. 4f0 29 . 29 T0 St Tj'So'-thwrst. 14 do preferred 9 SO"thern PaHfic .. 8.?00 14 7?i 74 do preferred on 10014 irvr 11S14 Sothe-n Railway. 400 13 13 13 do preferred . Texas Pacllc. 2,10 20 2ft 19 Tel. Pt T, ft West is do pr.ferred .... " ?' 9.1 Union Peclfic 68.1O0 111 lm lis.!. (?o referred -t 1 7n " Tfl1S Tr PJ F.xoress 40 tt 9 Pep'tv 100 40 40 S8- IT S Rubber i! referred 74 TT ft Rtel 2A T1 venr. ?r r,ref d 7.5C0 88 87 ? Ve-Csro Chemical " t n-eferred 8M. wbi iv o x rrre 100 18 18 18 n-ftilr-FVirR-n Ex .'. ZM T--TM..hf".N VAC . "OO 41 41 41 w-lern I'M-! .. 200 5a 55 f-U v-! s. y. TTHe , u W"Cot!h1t . Ptra4 . . . 1 1 r.fer-a'1 Vrv-theT T.rlc.. l"! JKW. v-tr T.wr .. R '5J 15V, rtrt T,ro?rd 70. f Vo-tbr" pf... 6.300 116 115 116 Clr-pei.l1(l r 7" M-1 i riwfeiTNl 18 Total sales' for 436.100 shares. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Closing quotations: TJ. S. ref. 2s reg.l04lD R G 4s 91 do coupon 105 In Y C G Ss.. 89 TJ. S. S3 reg 101'North. Pacific 3s 67 do coupon. .. .101 lNorth. Pacific 4s 99 U. S. new 4s reg.119 'South. Pacific 4s 99 do coupon. .. .110 .'Wlscon cent 4s.. 90 Atchison adj. 4s 82 Uapanese 4s S Htocks at London. I.ONtON. Dec. 20. Consols for money, 82; do for account. 83 4inmnii UttIN. Y. Central 97-00. - Atchison 7 02!, Norflk & Wet 65.50 do pref 82.00 Ont & West.. 32.25 Pennsylvania. 57.75 Rand Mines.. 5.12 Reading 48.25 Southern Ry. . 13.25 do pref 39.00 do pref . ... 88 Bait & Ohio 93 Oan Pacific. 154. Ches & Ohio SI Chi Grt West 7 .50 .50. T5 I .0O 50 '. M. & s. P. 105 Do T4r A .75 D A R a '. . SO do pref 60 2 50 South. Pacific 74.00 '.00 Union Pacific. 120 25 rie its do 1st pf.. 35 do 2d pf . . 24 Grand Trnnlr IB 02 do pref 82.00 .50 .50 U. S. Steel. . . 20.87 do pref..;.. 89.7.1 10.00 19.00 90.75 45.75 87 I 50 ! Wabash ..... III Central. . .12(1 1' & N 94 Mo. K. 4 T. . 25 do pref 50 62 Spanish 4s. . . . Amal Copper. Eastern Mining Stocks. BOSTON. Dec. 20. Closing quotations: Adventure . .$ l oo 'Parrot ..... ..$9.25 AHoues 25.50 Ivulncy 70.00 - Amalgamated 4. 37 (shannon 9.62 Atlantic .... 8.75 Tamarack ... 65.00 Bingham .... 4.50 Trinity 15.0O Cal & Hecla. 6O0.00 Ifnited Cop... 7. On Centennial .. 24.5 C. S. Mining. 29.50 Cop Range... 60.00 !t.T. S. Oil 10.87 Daly West... 8.75 Utah 30.00 Franklin .... 7.."o Victoria 4.25 Granby ..... 70.00 Winona 9. on Isle Royale.. 17.75 Wolverine ...109.00 Mass Mining. 2.50 North Butte.. 40.50 Michigan 8.25 Butte Coal... 14.62 Mohawk .... 43.50 Nevatla 7.75 Mont. c. C. 1.12 Cal & Ariz 05.OO Old Dominion 2S.00 !Aris Com 14.25 Osceola ..... 8O.00 I V Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. Money on call, firm, 81316 per cent; ruling rate, 15 per cent; closing bid, lO per cent; offered at 14 per cent. Time loans, nominal; 60- and 90 days, 12 per cent; six months, 8 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 8 per cent. Sterling exchange, strong, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.81654.807O for demand and at $4.804O4.S05O for 60 day bills. Commercial bills. $4.8035. Bar silver, 53c. Mexican dollars, 41c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, firm. LONDON, Dec. 20. Bar sliver, dull, 24 9-ltkt per ounce. - Money, 8i&4 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market 'for short bills is 6 per cent; for three months' bills, 6 per cent. 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 20. Silver bars, B3e. Mexican dollars. 52c. Drafts Sight, par; telegraph. 10c. Sterling on London, 60 days, $4.80; sight, $4.86. Dally' Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Today's Treasury statement shows: Available cash balance $260,777,963' Gold coin and bullion 32.069.285 Gold certificates . : 67,896,410 SHARP RISE IN WHEAT CHICAGO MARKET RESPONDS TO JU3IP AT IIVERPOOI. Rally Due to Reports of thfe Wet Weather In Argentina Offer ings Liight, Demand Good. CHICAGO, Dec. 20. The wheat market opened uneven because of a weak opening at Liverpool. Within .TO minutes, however, sentiment became decidedly bullish on re ports of a sharp rally at. Liverpool, based upon wet weather in Argentine. Active buy ing by shorts sent the price of the May option from $1.06 to $1.07T4. the advance being aided by a scarcity of offerings. The market continued strong for the remainder of the day, closing strong. May opened c lower to c higher at $1.04. to $1.05, advanced to $1.07 and closed at $1.06 1.06. Corn was strong, being influenced chiefly by the advance in wheat. The market closed firm. May opened unchanged. . higher at 57 58 -c, advanced to 58c and closed at 58458c. There was a small trade In oats, but the market' was firm in sympathy .with -.'heat and corn. May opened unchanged to c higher at 54t54c, advanced to 54 54 c. and closed at 54 c Provisions were strong all day, despite a 10c decline in live hogs. May pork closed up 17c; lard and ribs, 7e higher. The leading futures ranged as follows:' WHEAT. Opn. -High. ..$ .99 1.00 .. 1.(15 1.07 .. .98 .90 CORN. .. .57 .57 .. .58 .58 .. .57 .57 Low. 09 1-04 .98 Close. .99 1.06 .99 December May July December May July .56 .57 56 .57 .58 57 OATS. .. .54 .54 .54 .54 .. .52 .53 .52 .53 . . .48 .48 .48 .48 .. .45- .45 .45 .45 PORK. ..12.57 12.60 12.52 12.60 ..13.C5 13.17 13.02 13.16 LARD. May, old . May, new July, old July, new January May ... January May 7.67 7.85 7.72 7.87 7.67 7.80 T.72 7.85 SHORT RIBS. January May .... 6.67 6.75 6.67 , 6.97 7.07 6.97 6,72 7.05 Receipts. Shipments. 20.SO0 42.500 6R.2O0 S3.5O0 352.100 li9,(KK) 3S3.000 140.200 6.000 69,900 6,800 Flour, bbls. Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. . . Oats, bu. Rye. bu. . . Barley, bu. GOVERNMENT'S FINAL ESTIMATES Production, Acreage and Value of Wheat, Corn and Oats. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The Department of Agriculture today issued a report giving final estimates of acreage, production and value of farm crops, showing Winter wheat acreage to be 28.132,000; production, 409, 442.000 bushels; value per bushel, 88.2 cents. Spring wheat Acreage, 17.079,000; pro duction, 224,645,000 bushels; value, 86 cents. Corn Acreage, 99.931,000; production, 2. 502.320.000 bushels; value. 51.7 cents. Oats Acreage, 31,837,000; production, 754.443,000 bushels; value, 44.3 cents. The average weight per bushel is shown by reports received by the department to be 56.9 pounds for Spring wheat; 58.9 pounds for Winter wheat, and 29.4 pounds for oats. Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Dec. 80. Flour Receipts. 20.6O0 barrels; exports. 8300 barrels. Firm but quiet. Wheat Receipt. 23.000 bushels; exports, 11.700 bushels. Spot market strong. No. 2 red, $1.06 elevator and $1.07 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. $1.24 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter. $1.17 f. o. b. afloat. The market had a steady tone today and final prices were Vc net higher. December closed at $1.07, May at $1.13 and July at $1.06. Hops and hides Quiet. .... Wool and petroleum Steady. v Grain at Sasi Francisco. -SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. Wheat Fairly firm. Barley Inactive. Spot quotatione: Wheat Shipping. $1.60 1.65 per cental; milling, $1.701.75'per cental. Barley Feed. $1.521.55 per cental; brew ing. $1.621.67 per cental. .Oats Red, $1.75S2 per cental; white. $1.55 1.65 per cental; black. $2.75$r3 per cental. Call board sales: Wheat May, $1.65 per cental bid. ' Barley May, $1.581.60 per cental. Corn Large yellow.- $1.701.75 per. cental. Minneapolis and' Duluth' Wheat. MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 20. Wheat May, $1.12 01.12 : July. $1.12; No. 1 hard. $1.11; No. 1 Northern, $1.09; No. 2 North ern. $1.061.07; No. 3 Northern. $1.02 1.04. . DULUTH. Dec. 20 Wheat May. $1.13; December. $1.06; No. 1 Northern. $1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.05. . European Grain Markets. LONDON. Dec. 20. Cargoes, firm. Califor nia, prompt shipment, unchanged, 39s fid; Walla Walla, prompt shipment, 39s 3d. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 20. Wheat December, nominal; March. 8s Id: May,' 8s d. English country markets, quiet but steady. French country markets1, quiet but steady. WbeHt at Tacoma. TACOMA. Dec. 20. Wheat. 1 cent higher; blucatem, &2j club, Slti ted, 79c. BIG HOLIDAY TRADE But Value Is Not Up to That of a Year Ago. JOBBING BUSINESS QUIET Tendency in Industrial T.incs Is Still Toward Curtailment Finan cial Conditions Slowly but Surely Approaching Normal. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. Bradstreef to morrow will say: Holiday buying nas had the center of the stage, and retail business has felt very per ceptibly the influence of the spirit of the sea son. While much more marked than some time ago, however, the volume of retail buy ing as a whole is not up to expectations, and is certainly well below a year ago at this date. Wholesale and Jobbing business naturally tend toward quiet at this time, and salesmen are very generally in from the road. The falling off in transactions in these branches from the normal is very" marked at present and the tendency in . industrial lines la still toward curtailment; instances of this being found in the iron and steel, bitumin ous coal, coke, lumber and cotton goods lines, in which latter a canvass is now being made by New England manufacturers as to the future of production. Sentiment as to the outlook for trade next year to very mixed. Conditions In financial circles are etlll slowly but quite surely approaching normal. From the country at large, there Is reported a continued easing up of the situation as regards cash payments, and several cities are practically on a cash basis,- with clearing house certificates being cancelled and cash iers' checks and emergency currency being retired: but It is to be noted, that the premium on currency is still maintained at several large cities, and until this disappears the normal can not be said to 'have been re stored. The firmness of call and the scarc ity of time money at New York with the maintenance of the currency premium at 'or around 1 per 'cent, however. Is taken to in dicate the conserving of money supplies pend ing the heavy first of the year disbursements. Interior cities show more inquiry for com mercial paper and considerable loans are jnade on time. Commercial collections are very slow, and as yet reflect little beneffl from the current holiday purchases. Several cities report enlarged ' savings banks with drawals, presumably due. to holiday ex penditures. ' A very favorable feature in the present period of depression Is the tendency toward enlargement of our export trade. This Is most notable in the grain trade, and not, by the way, entirely on the East Coast of the country, because the movement on the North Pacific Coast is very large and shows signs of heavy taking of wheat, largely for the United Kingdom. Business failures for the week ending De cember 19 number 298, sgalnst 284 last week. 227 In the like week of 1900 ; 235 in 1905. 249 In 1904 and 243. ta 1903. Canadian fail ures for the week number 40 as against 60 last week and 26 in this week a year ago. Wheat. Including flour, exports form the United States and Canada for the week end ing December 19 aggregate 4,861,122 bushels; 3,203,824 this week last year. For the 25 weeks of the fiscal year, the exports are 107, 721,753 bushel against 01,173,494 in 1906-07. Bank Clearing. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Bradstreefs Bank Clearings Report for the week ending De cember 19 shows an aggregate of $2,194,186. 000 as against $2,271,282,000 last week and $3,593,517,000 in the corresponding week last year. Canadian clearings for the week totat $84.- 167,000 as against $89,374,000 last week and $96,077,000 in the same week last year. Following 1 a list of the cities: . P. C. P. C. Inc. Dec. New York $1,243,078,000- 48.2 Chicago 190,775.000 .... 20.3 2Jston 123,956,000 .... 30.9 Philadelphia llfi.960,000 .... eii.o St. Louis 58.017,000 .... 9.6 Pittsburg 45,3.!5.0i.O .... 11.2 San Francisco 31.184.000 .... 30.8 Baltimore 20,310,000 Kansas City 31,062.000 ?4 Cincinnati 21,020.000 17.7 New Orleans 23,ir,a,0llO 16.8 Minneapolis 24,2o,0OO 7.6 Cleveland 15.313,000 20 5 Detroit 13.6i0,OtM 9.2 Louisville - 8.059,000 34 0 Los Angeles 7.2;;o.ooo 47 9 Omaha lO,4rtK,0H .... 12 0 Milwaukee 10,8 '.7.000 1.0 Seattle 7,772,0(O 18.9 s'- Paul 10,347,000 5.6 Providence 7,007,000 24 8 Buffalo 7.376.COO .... 13.1 InnHanapolis 6.097.O00 .... 24.0 2enver 7.195,000 10.6 Fort Worth 9.175.0O0 7.6 Richmond 7.603.000 14.5 Albany .....j. 6.O54.0O0 32.1 Washington 4,934.000 23 0 Salt Lake City 2,787.000 65.1 Portland, Or 4.778 000 24.4 Columbus. O. . 4.366.00(1 31 0 St. Joseph 4.062.000 20.8 Memphis 6.649.000 8.3 .... Savanah 6.8,'il.ooo .... 6 0 Atlanta 6,039,000 10 9 Spokane, Wash 5.145.000 6 4 Toledo, O. 3.591.0H0 17 2 Tacoma 5.O15.O0O ..... " ..3 Nashville 3,987.000 72 .. Rochester 4. 000,000 5 4 Hartford 3.50O.OO0 .... 0.3 Peoria 2.440.000 28.0 Des Moines 2.709.000 79 Norfolk 2.611.000 24.5 New Haven 2.2S6.0OO .... 10 4 Grand Rapids 2.057.000 SO.O Dayton 1.440.000 20.9 Portland, Me J, 788,000 .4 .... Sioux City 2.037.000 13.9 .... Springfield. Mass. ... 1.723.000 13.9 . Evansville 1,626,000 i J5.7 Birmingham 1.730.OO0 .... 11 6 Syracuse 1.932.0OO 6.6 Augusta, Ga 2.255.00O 22.2 .... Mobile l,398.0O0, 21.fi Worcester l,372,oo .... 17.2 Knoxville 1.192.MK .... 27.9 Wilmington, Del. .... 1,342.H) .... .6 Charleston. S. C. ... 1.167.OO0 .... 37.3 Chattanooga 1,298,(KH- .... .... Jacksonville, Fla. .. 1.348,000 .... 3 1 Wichita 1.2. 000 ; Wllkwbarre 1,2:18,000 10 4 Davenport scs.ooo .13 Little Rrock 1.3r8.000 27.1 Wheeling. W. Va. .. 1.415,Ooo 35.1 Fall River 1.349.0O0 19.9 Kalamazoo. Mich.... 814. 000 .... 120 Topeka 921 .OOO 42 Springfield, III. .... '800.000 11.7 Helena ...i..: 799.0O0 .... 28 5 Fort Wayne, Ind. ... 677.000 1.V0 New Bedford 744.O0O .... 14.9 Ixlngton 6S4.0O0 .... 10.9 Youngstowsi 5112,000 . 81 9 Brie, Pa. 719.000 4.2 Macon 6S2.000 .... 4.2 Akron 5:1.000 .... 28 1 Rockford, III 573.000 3.3 Cedar Rapids, la. ... 7.t7.tfH 12.1 .... Chester. Pa 4.SS.OOO 3.3 Sioux Falls, S. D. .. 659.O00 03.5 Mansfield, 0 215,000 .... 46.3 Decatur. 111. 359,000 Fremont, Neb 270.OO0 ..... 27 1 Jacksonville. 111. ... 231.0OO 27. 6 Lincoln. Neb. ...... - 1,141. OOO . 28 6 Oakland. Cal 1.514. OOO .... 62 4 Houston 19,311,000 .... 29.6 Galveston 14,253,000 21.8 v CANADA. Montreal 28,227.000 24 7 Toronto 23,923,000 13 9 Winnipeg 14.123.000 14.0 Ottawa 3.100,000 7.9 Vancouver B. C. ... 3.793,000 3.5 .... Halifax '. - 2.004,000 2.0 Quebec 1.274.0OO 2.5 Hamilton I.H8O.000 24.3 St. John, N. B. ... 1.341.000 . 6.6 London, Ont 1.247.000 2 Victoria, B. C. 1.146.000 1.8 Calgary 1.207,000 10.6 Vdmonton 875.000 3.9 IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED. Manufacturer Look for Increased Orders Early Next Year. ' NEW YORK, Dee. 20. R. G. Dunn & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Holiday trade assumed normal proportions this week, partially recovering earlier losses in comparison with previous years, and in staple lines there was a better movement in response to more-seasonable weather. Al though actual change did not occur in the leading industries, there was a more con fident sentiment regarding the future, num erous inquiries encouraging manufacturers to anticipate a steady improvement in or ders early In 1908. Sentiment is more hopeful at leading cen ters of the iron and steel Industry. Increased activity being generally anticipated after the holidays. No further curtailment of out put has occurred, reduction already made proving sufficient to prevent accumulation, and few changes were announced In quota tions, except that pig iron in Birmingham has sold at less than $15. Plates sell more freely, and new permits for buildings prom- . ise a good demand for structural shapes. Plants jre resuming that were closed, and less delay in securing Davment is rinilne more readiness to accept specifications. J no loss in bank clearings still denotes a heavy falling off of payments through the banks, total bank exchanges this week at all large cities in the United states being $1,959,924,048. a decrease of 409 per cent compared with last year. The loss con tinues very heavy at New York. Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco and some what larger at Chicago and Baltimore than in preceding weeks. Minneapolis and Kan sas City again report small gains. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Building Permits. MRS. S. MONTAG To erect a two-story frame dwelling, at Commercial and Mason streets; $2000. S. W. SAWDON To erect a one-story frame dwelling on Webster, between Kirby and Borthwick streets; $1800. CHLOPECK FISH COMPANY To alter and repair two-story frame building on Front, between Burnside and Ankeny streets; $1000. MRS. SARGENT To erect a two-story frame dwelling on Schuyler, between East Twenty-third and East Twenty-fourth streets; $4300. MRS. ALLETTA WAHL To erect two story frame -dwelling at Skidmore and Borthwick streets; $1500. Deaths. MARTIN At 1100 Franklin street. De cember 19, Agnes Martin, a native of New York, aged 77 years. 2 months and 20 days. LOUIE At 185 Second street. December 19, Louie We Men. a native of China, aged 85 years. GITTINGS At Sellwood and Delay streets, December 18. John W. Gittlngs. a native of Pennsylvania, aged 34 years and 6 months. BURNER At the Good Samaritan Hos pital, December IS, William H. Burner, a native of Sweden, aged 32 years. JANDORI At 311 Everett street. Decem ber 16. Jenlchl Jandori. a native of Japan. agFd 2 years. SMIT At St. Vincent's Hospital. Decem ber 18. John F, C. Smlt. a native of Hol land, aged 22 years, 11 months and 20 days. FLINK At 107 North Seventeenth street. December 17. David Edward Flink, a native of Sweden, aged 25 years, 5 month and 24 days. CROOK'S At the Imperial Hotel. Decem ber 17, William Crooks, a native of" New York, aged 76 years. 5 months and 27 days. At Montavilla, December 17, sister of the Holy Heart of Mary, a native of Duguay, aged 56 years. GREEN At Montavilla, December 18. Thomas Green, a native of Ireland, aged 81 years and 21 days. BERGOUTZ At 155 North Twelfth street. December 17, Skee Bergoutz, a native of Assyria, aged 1 year. Births. POZ7.I At 1255 Greeley street. December 2, to the wife of Francis pozzi. a son. HAYS At 752 Kirby street, December 15, to the wife of Walter W. Hays, a daughter. FRAENF At 385 Freemont street, De cember 17, to the wife pr John Fraenf, a son. ON WATER At 268 Stanton street, De cember 17, tp the wife of Conrad Onwater, a daughter. WEIS At 345 East Gllsan street, Decem ber 11, to, the wife of Ernest R. Weis. a daughter. GRONER At Forty-first street and Powell Valley Road, December 18, to the wJfe of Herbert Alfred Groner, a daughter. HOBART At 1245 Morse street, Decem ber 2, to the wife of Frank J. HobartT a daughter. 4 WITTE At Berkeley, December 18, to the wife of Charles Witte, a son. Marriage Licenses. OBYE-HAINES L. E. Obye. 21, city; Ruth Haines, 19. city. HOLT-JORDAHL Gunwald Holt, over 21, city; Kristine. Jordahl, over 21, city. GOSS-HAND Albert S. Goss, 25, city; Minnie E. Hand. 22. city. SCHLIFAN-POGOLSKY Barnet Schlifan, 21. city; Fannie Pogolsky. 19. city. ENGART-CALLAHAN Harvey Engart, 25. Kelso, Wash.; Kate Callahan. 20, city. EICHOLTZ-SIMMONS Rull Eicholt. 23, city; Frances Simmons, 20, city. Wedding and visiting cards. W. G- Smith A Co.. Washington bids.. 4tb and Wash. Wedding Invitations. Latest styles, proper forms. $5 for 100. Alvin 8. Hawk, 144 -'d. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS R. and Tillie Relerson to W. C. Nicholson, lots 17, 19. block17. Irvlngton Park Addition $ 1 William L. Murray to Louise G. and Hazel Hislop Murray, lots 133. 1:10, 139. Arleta Park Addition to High land ; . 1 College Endowment Association to J. L. Caron, lots 5, 6, 7. 8. block 17. College Place f 10 Peter and Emma M. Schmeer to T. J. Nealand, lots 1 and 2, block 4, Cameron's Addition 1,300 E. A. Sessions, et al.. to Thomas J. Nealand, lots 1, 2, block 6, Dal ton Addition 1,000 Portland Realty & Trust Company to J. E. Klopfenstein, lots 8, 9, block 2, Laurelwood Park 320 Andrew and Elena Clark to B. Chan Her and A. Ballard, lot 8. block 6. North Irvlngton 2,000 Richard and Minnie Farrington to W. D. Burden, lots 7. 8. block 2, Miriam : 100 J. B. and Nellie C. Hlbbard to Fred Hiram Strong, lot 3, block 13, Hawthorne's First Addition 3.500 Otto W. and Ida L. Nelson to Meace C. Petteysf beginning at northwest corner of lot 1. ' block 189, East Portland, thence east 70 feet, thence south 33 1-3 feet, thence west 70 feet, thence north 33 1-3 feet 1 Paul ZImmermann to Magdalene Zlmmermnnn, lot 7. block 5, Bu chanan's Second Addition 1 Willinm and Kate Davis Jones to . Alex B. Casteel, lot 3, block 14, Kenllworth 225 Lizzie E. and Ora E. Lyndon to Klisha R. Walltns. lot 11. block 100, Sjllwood 225 Point View Real Estate Company to J. F. and J. Dallas Gillmore, lots 11. 12, block l.iPoint View 225 John and Margaret A. Barnelt to Lorcy A. Murray, block 3, subdi vision of tract "B," Overton Park Sycamore Real Estate Company to Arthur L. Davis, lot 10, block 7, Kern Park 110 Irvlngton Investment Company to Anna L. Schiller, lot 13. block 64. Irvlngton 1,150 Percy H. and Mary Augusta Blyth to Lewis Russell, fractional lot 9, excepting west 14 feet. In north of block 85. Raleigh's Addition ... 1 Merchant's. Savings & Trust Company to J. J. Fisher, lot 8. amended plat, of lots 10, 11. 12, 13. 14. 15. 10. 17. 23 and "A." Mount Scott Acres 10 J. S. Landers, et al., to F. T. Berry, lots 4 and 5. block 27, Arbor ' Lodge Addition 400 Jerry E. and S. May Bronaugh to Harry M. Holden. undivided of lots 10, 11, block 1. and undivided of lot 4. bleck 2, Peck's Ad dition 10 The Peninsula Bank to Hazel I. Sheldon, lots 5. 6. 13. 14. block 4. Oak Park Addition No. 2 to St. Johns 1 N. C. Hulin to Mary L. Hulin, lots 27, 28 block 2. Edenvale 10 Park Land Company to Milton H. Tower, south of lot 7. block 101. tTnlversity Park 200 Victor Land Company to W. G. Mc Cluro. lots 9. 10. block 7. Ports mouth Villa Extension 250 D. J. and Belle L. Harris to Scott McClure Land Company, lots 16, 20. block 6. Highland Park 10 Charles W. Emmett, et al.. to Anna M. Cramer, lot 4, block 1, subdi vision of lot. 1, 2. 7. 8, 9, 10. North St. John '. 600 Flrlnnd Company to John F. and Ma tilda Murphey. lot 12, block 4, Flrland .' 1 Point View Real Estate Company to Harriet C. Reld. lots 3, 4. block 25, Point View 200 Fred H. and Mary Wells Strong to John B. Hlbbard. lot 3. block 3. Keystone Addition 1.300 Same to Same, lot 3, block 17. Cres- ton 300 E. M. Rasmussen to Mary Louise Kat telmann, north 33 1-3 feet of lot 5, block 8, Central addition 2,975 William C. Gosslln. et al., to Harry L. Hamblet, undivided 2-3 of lots 1. 2, block 292, city 6,500 B. M. and Caroline S. Lombard to Julius Kovln-. lot 9, block 6, Broad way Addition 600 Moore Investment Company to O. A. Nelreltcr, lot 0. block 15. Vernon. . 359 Arleta Land Company to Edwin Holly Plasket, lot 18, block 1, Ina Park 1 Real Estate Investment Association . Lester Herrick 6 Herrick Certified Public Accountants Office Wells 'arCo Buildlns. Other Offices San Francisco' Merchants Exchange Seattle Alaska Building Ixs ng-eles Union Trust Building New York 30 Broad Street Chicago lss L Salle Street FOR SALE 6 FIRST MORTGAGES In amounts of $1900 and upwards. FRANK ROBERTSON, . Failing Biillriing Third and Washington Ms. to Jacob Mlcher. lot 15, block 90.. Sellwood 125 Will E: and Olllo Purdy to George W. Hadden. lot 25. block 2. Mans field's Addition .' Harrison E. Thompson to A. A. Andrews, lot 13. block 48. Sellwood 750 Finley O. and Emma P. McGrew to A. R. and Ina R. Foulkenberg. lots 9. 10, block 5, Town of Lent.... 200 i A. Hatch to Amos 'P. Boyd, land be ginning at a point 12 chains west of section corner of north boundary of section 34, township 1 north, range 2 east 1.100 J. H. and Andrea Johnson to M. T. and Emma L. Sherrett, lot 8 and part of lot 7: beginning at north east corner of said lot 7. thence . south 17 feet, thence west 50 feet. " thence south 3 feet, thence west 50 feet, thence east 100 feet to be ginning, in block 122. Stephens' Addition 4,600 J. F. and Artemisia Martin to Llllv D. Moffat, east 18 feet of lot 7 and and west 24 feet of lot 6. block 2. Waverly , Xi Oscar H. Simmons to William J. Ross, East 45 feet of lots 3, 4, block 280, Aiken's Addition 3,000 I Emma Leslie Knapp to George M. Smith, lot 8. block 0, South Sun- i nyslde ' 800 i B. F. Stevens, trustee. to May Henry, lots 20, 30. block 8, Mans field Addition 1 i Electric Land 0rrtpany to Celectlne Massie, lot 17, block 25, Ports mouth . 250 George Hendricks to D. W. Hoebling, lots, 1, 4, block 25, Feurer's Ad dition 600. Total $34,910 Have your abstracts made ti th Security 4bstract Trust Cn . 7 Chsmhe- rf rn WE WANT YOUR POULTRY EGGS snd VEAI. and IIOG8 Highest CASH PRICKS Paid Prompt Returns Write Us SOUTHERN OREGON COMMISSION CO. 97 Front 8t.. Portlund. W. H McC'orauodale. 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M. ; 12:05. 12:40, 115 1'50. 2:25, 8:00, 3:35, 4:10, 4:45, b'-o' 5:55. 0:30. 7:05, 7:40, 8:15. 9:25. 110:35. Jll:45. On third Monday in every month tbs lost car leaves at 7:05 P. M. Dally, ex. Sunday. tDaily. ex. Mopday. SAN I'RANCISCO PORTLAND 88. CO. Only direct steamers to San Francisco. Only ocean steamer sailing by daylight. From Ainsworth Dock, Portland, 4 P. M. Corta Kira, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, 18, etc. . Senator. Dec. 31, Jan. 12, 24, etc. From Sp"ar Street, San Francisco, 1 1 A. M. s!4 Senator, Dec. , .Ian. 7, 19, etc. bb Costa Klca, Jan. 1, 13, 25, etc. JAS. H. DEWSON. Agent, Ainsworth Dock. Main 2C8. North Pacific S. S. Go's. Steamsilp Roacoks and Geo. W. Elder b'ail lor bureka, 6uu k laneiscu and Lob Augeles direct every Thursday at 8 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third St., iiear Alder. Both .phones. 1L 1314. H. Young. Afcent. COOS BAY LINE The steamship BREAKWATER leaves Portland Wednesday at M 1. M- from Oak street dock, for Korth Bend, Marttbtield uod (ovs Bay points. Freight received till 4 P. M. on day of sailing, passenger fare, first class, $10; second-class, $7, including berth and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third and Washington streets, or Oak-street dock. WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE Steamer Pomona for Salem, Independence, Albany and Cor va Ills. leaves Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at 6:45 A- M- steamer Oregon ia for Salem and way land ings, leaves Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6-43 A. M. OKKGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO Office and Dock Foot Taylor Street. Phono: Main 40 i A 22Z llNIUi. V.---";; V