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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, FEBKUAKY .13. 1909.
DREDGES BIG BASIN
PLANT OF OREGON DRYDOCK COMPANY ON LOWER HARBOR.
Statement of Condition
' OF
Oregon Drydock Company Has
Project Well Under Way.
U
ermens
Vessel plying Norwegian Flag
Will Make First Trip to
Orient June 1.
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PILING IS NOW IN PLACE
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HEfiRIK IBSEN 10 . j
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SUCCEED GERMAN STEAMER
3Tew Fleet of Tort land & Asiatic
Oomrranjr Will Consist of Four
Vessel. Less Tonnage
Than Present Craft.
June 1 has been yet as the sailing date
of the first steamship flying the Nor
wegian flag which will operate between
Portland and the Orient In the sen-Ice
of the Portland & Asiatic Steamship
Company. The first steamship to sail
from here will be the Henrik Ibsen. Cap
tain .Standenitz, which Is now under
going repairs on Puget Sound. The Hen
rik Ibsen loade lumber at Portland for
Shanghai In August, 1907.
The four vessels which will succeed the
Ijoats of the Hamburg-American Com
pany are: Selja, Rygja, Hercules and
Henrik Ibsen. The Sella Is now loading
lumber at the Inman-Ponlsen mills for
China. The contract for tho vessel calls
for her delivery to the representatives of
the Harrlman people at Hongkong on
June 1. This will be In time to take
the run of the steamship Arabia, whose
charter to Mr. Schwerln Is the first of
the line to expire. The Henrik Ibsen
will sail from Portland a month later,
end In June either the Selja or the Rygja
will leave Hongkong on th9 Eastward
trip.
The change from the Hamburg-American
boats to vessels flying the Norwe
gian flag was due to the fact that the
latter vessels could be secured on more
favorable terms than the German ships.
Since the cancelling of tho charter of
the Indra line steamships (British) tho
boats of the Hamburg-American line
have been handling the freight between
Portland and the Orient for the Portland
& Asiatic Steamship Company.
Several months ago Oriental freight
was good and the boats of the Portland
& Asiatic Company cam in full. Later
Mr. Schwerln decided to send them via
San Francisco and the Portland ship
ments fell off. All east-bound freight
from the ports in China and Japan has
been slow for a long time and out-bound
vessels have a hard time to fill up. Last
month the steamship Minnesota, of the
Hill line, arrived In Seattle with only 250
tons of freight and 18 passengeres.
Four steamships have been operating
between Portland and the Orient under
the German flag for the Portland &
Asiatic Steamship Company. They are:
Arabia. 2StlS tons: Alesla. 3.170 tons;
Niromedla, 1803 tons, and the Numantla.
;S06 tons. The total tonnage operating
to the Orient under tho German flag was
11.874. The Norwegian fleet which will
Furceed the Germans on the Trans-Pacific
run will total 10.6S0 tons. Of the
entire fleet the Henrik Ibsen Is the larg
est, registering 290 tons. The present
conditions make the reduction both in
tonnage and cost necessary.
With 83.111 barrels of flour, valued at
$133,445 and a large Quantity of general
cargo, the Nicomedia cleared for Hong
kong and Japanese ports yesterday.
She left down shortly after noon and will
cross out some time today. The Nico
media Is the first vessel to get away
during the month with grain and In all
probability will represent the total flour
shipments, foreign, for February.
Steam Schooners to Load Lumber.'
Olympic. Majestic and Wellesley, steam
schooners, which have been operating at
Irregular Intervals between Portland and
San Francisco In the lumber trade, have
been ordered to proceed to this port and
take full cargoes for the California city.
Lumber business, both coastwise and for
eign, is rapidly Increasing. Ties are in
big demand In California and the mills at
Stella are working full time. The Stan
ley Dollar took a full cargo from that
place and the schooner Luzon Is now
loading there.
Southeast Gale Due Off Coast.
Storm warnings were ordered set yes
terday hy Forecast Official Beala at all
points on the Coast between Cape Flat
tery and Coos Bay. A heavy gale Is ex
pected from tho southeast. An area of
low barometric pressure has moved north
off the Coast from &in Francisco and the
gale will gradually shift from the south
cast to the southwest. Vessels bound
south will have a head wind to buck. The
Rose City Is due to oross out In tho morn
ing. On her last voyage south she was
detained more than a day by head winds.
Portland Sends Greeting to South.
The following message was yesterday
snt by the Portland Commercial Club
Mo the New Orleans Progressive Union,
which had as its guest for the day President-elect
Taft:
New Orleans Progressive T'nlon. New Or
leans. 1a: Portland, chief port of the great
Columbia. nii greetings to New Orleans,
premier port of the greater Mississippi, and
jvlne In welcome to President-elect Taft
upon the hundredth anniversary of Abraham
Lincoln, who Is just as much loved in New
Orleans as be Is In Boston.
Minnesota Is Laid Off Run.
SEATTLE. Feb. 12. The Hill Llnef'
Minnesota, largest freight and passenger
ship on the Pacific, is laid up in this
port temporarily and her Captain will
leave next week for a two weeks' vaca
tion. The reason given for her tempor
ary withdrawal from the trade is the
light offerings of freight and passengers
for the Orient.
Steamers Leave Astoria.
ASTORIA.' Feb. 12. (Special.) The
steamer Bowdoin cleared at the Custom
House yesterday for San Pedro with a
cargo of 753.446 feet of lumber, loaded
at Stella. The steamer R. D. Inman
cleared Wednesday for San Francisco,
after loading 450.000 feet of lumber at
Knappton.
Steamer Lurllne Breaks Pitman.
The steamer Lurllne, operating be
tween Portland and Astoria, broke a
pitman, near Stella, yesterday. She
limped Into Portland, where repairs were
made. The steamer Undine will make a
trip or two in place of the Lurllne.
-Komford Reaches Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN". Wash.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
The British tramp steamer Romford ar
rived from Honolulu at noon and was
dioked at the Siade mill, where she will
load & cars of 2.i.0.0 feet of lumber
for Australia.
Marine Notes.
The steamship Atlas left down yester
day morning.
The steamship Homer, with passengers
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BASIN 550 FEET WIDE
and freight for i.an Francisco and San
Pedro, sailed last evening at 5 o'clock.
The steamship Roanoke sailed for San
Pedro and way ports last evening.
The steamship Eureka arrived up late
last night from Eureka and Coos Bay.
With the barge Roderick Dhu In tow.
the steamship Rosecrans sailed for San
Francisco yesterday morning.
Loaded to full capacity and with a
falr-siied passenger list, the steamship
Rose City sailed for San Francisco yes
terday afternoon.
Notice to Mariners.
Captain Pond, Inspector of the Thir
teenth Lighthouse District, has Issued the
following notice to mariners:
OREGON.
Columbia River, pages ,!. 02 and 64 The
following buovs. found missing, were re
placed as follows: Middle ground south side
buov, 11 H. a flrst-cla.s spar, February .
Oilman Ledge buoy. 2. a first-class nun.
January 20. Channel east side buoy, 8. a
llrst-rlasa nun. January 2B. Channel east
side buoy, 12. a first-claps spar, January 20.
WASHINGTON".
Wlllapa Bay. page 77 Middle ground
lower end Willapa River, buoy. S. a first
class nun, reported missing February 8, will
bs replaced as soon as practicable.
ALASKA. '
Wrangle Strait, page 106 Green Point
buoy. 7. a second-class can, reported miss
ing January 2S, will be replaced as sooa as
practicable.
Arrivals and Departures.
PORTLAND, Feb. 12. Arrived Steam
ship Washtenaw. from San Francisco;
steamship Shoshone, at fit. Helens, rrom (au
Francisco; steamship Eureka, from Eureka
and Coos Bay. Sailed Steamship Roanoke.
STEAMER INTELLIGKNCK.
Dm to Arrive.
.Nam. From.
Argo. ........ .Tillamook. . . .
Alliance Cool Bay....
Breakwater. .. .Coos Bay....
Senator fan Francisco
Numantla Honjkonj....
Geo. W. Klder.San Pedro
Nome City.... San Francisco
Rosa City..... San Francisco
Roanoke. . . . . . .Los Angeles.
Arabia Honekong. .. .
Alesla. HonRkonu. ...
Klcomedla. ... JJongkong
Date. .
In port
In port
Feb. 14
Feb. 15
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
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20
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Scheduled to , Depart.
Name. For. P?1-
Xrio Tillamook Indeft
Alliance Coos Bay Feb. 13
Breakwater. .. Coos Bay Feb. 17
Geo W. Elder. . San Pedro. ..Feb. IS
Senator Pan Francisco. Feb. 19
Noma City. ...San Francisco. Feb. 21
Roanoke Los Angeles. Feb. 2--
Hose City Pan Francisco. Feb. "n
Alesla ..Hor.rkons....Apr. IT
Nicomedia HonKkong....May 12
Entered Friday.
Roanoke. Am. steamship (Dun
lam), srlth general cargo, from 6aa
Pedro and way.
Washtenaw, Am. steamship (Cur
tis), with fuel oil. from San Fran
cisco. Cleared Friday.
Nicomedia, German steamship
Knlschkey). with a-eneral cargo,
tor Hongkong and way ports.
Roanoke, Am. steamship (Dun- ,
ham), with general cargo, for San
Pedro and way ports.
Washtenaw. Am. steamship (Cur
tis), with ballast, for San Francisco.
Rose City. Am. steamship (Kids
. " ton), with general cargo, . for San
1 Francisco.
for San Pedro and way ports; steamship
Rose City, for San Francisco; steamship
Homer, for San Francisco; German steam
shin Nicomedia, for Hongkong and way
ports; steamship Atlas, for San Francisco;
steamship Rosecrans. with barge . Roderick
Dhu In tow for an Francisco; schooner
Wm. Bowden. for Callao.
Astoria. Or., Feb. 12. Condition of the
bar at 3 P. M. Smooth; wind east, 20
miles; weather, rain. Arrived at 8 and left
up at 10:;i0 A. M. Steamer Shoshone, from
San Francisco. Arrived at 8:30 and left up
at 11::W A. fc Steamer F. S. Loop, from
San Francisco. Arrived down during the
night and sailed at 10 A. M. Steamer El
more, for Tillamook. Left up at 8 A. M.
Steamer Washtenaw. Arrlvea at 10.2.r A. M.
and left up at 1 :: p. M. Steamer Eureka,
from Eureka. Sailed at 3:45 P. M. Steamer
Rosecrans and barge Roderick Dhu. Sailed
at 5- P. M. Steamer Atlas, for Sun Fran
cisco. San Francisco. Feb. 12. Arrived at 1 A.
M. steamer Tymeric, from Portland.
San Pedro. Feb. 12. Arrived Steamer
Stanley Dollar, from Portland.
Tides at Astoria Saturday.
' High. Low.
5:.11 A. M 7.8 feet'
7:07 P. M . . . .-".. feet'12-47 P. M 1.6 feet
Alleges Assault on Sister.
Oscar W. T. Muellhaupt, who lately
sued Lee A. Bertillion for J700 damages
for injuries allcgedr to have been sus
tained In a scrimmage between the two,
filed a reply to Bertilllon's answer- In
the State Circuit Court yesterday. Ber
tillion alleged in his answer that the
other assaulted him for slipping and
stumbling against Muellhaupt's sister. It
Is averred by Muellhaupt that Bertillion
did not stumble but viciously assaulted
the young woman, striking her with his
clenched fist.
Sproat Made Kruit Inspector.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Feb. II. (Spe
cial.) W. H. Harris, of this city, has
resigned as County Fruit Inspector,
and the county has elected D. N. Sproat,
of near Reedvllle, to fill the vacancy.
While Mr. Sproat la comparatively a
newcomer to Washington County, he
is a fruitgrower of experience, for he
has lived In the Hood River fruit dis
trict. He was recommended for this
appointment by Millard C Lownsdale.
of Lafayette, and W. K. Newell, pres
ident of the State Board of Horticulture.
HAS BEEN DREDGED AT FOOT OF
ADVANCE IN CHEESE
Short Supplies Send Market
Up Half a Cent.
NEW STOCK IS EXHAUSTED
Flour Prices Are Raised t2 0 Cents
a Barrel Hop Market '-Very
Firm Strong Demand
for Poultry.
Although at this season of the year butter
Is usually on a down grade, the course of
the cheese market just now Is In an oppo
site direction. Cheese prices were raised
halt a cent a pound all along the line yes
terday. The strength of ths market Is due en
tirely to the shortage In the local supply.
New cheese la now cleaned up and dealers
do not look for any more from ths Coast
factories for a month or two. The trade
will. In the meantime, have to depend on
storage stocks, and these," It Is said, are
barely sufficient to tide them over. There Is
no possibility of bringing In Eastern cheese
except at prices considerably higher than
these quoted in the local market.
The recent decline In butter prices stimu
lated the demand to a marked degree and
the dally make cleans up without trouble
at the established price.
FLOUR PRICES ADVANCE tO CENTS.
Market Follows Upward Course at Wheat.
Grain Trade Quiet.
The expected advance in the local flour
market took effect yesterday, patents,
straights and Valley grades advancing 20
cents per hundred. In this move the flour
market has followed the course of the
wheat market and at the new prices flour Is
very firm.
There was not much doing In grain yes
terdAy. It was a holiday In the East and
at San .Francisco and a holiday feeling
pervaded the local market. Unchanged
prices were quoted.
The Merchants Exchange reported receipts
In cars as follows:
Wheat Barley Floor Oats Hay
Feb. -T 37 8 20 S 4
Feb. 8 11 3 3 1 .1
Feb. 15 4 4 8
Feb. 10 H 8 4 2 1
Feb. 11 7.1 9 3
Total last week. 128 18 SO 4 72
A dispatch from Colfax says:
"Record-breaking prices are being quoted
st Colfax for wheat, oats and barley. The
Portland Flouring Mills Company bid SI a
bushel for a 0000-bushel lot of club. Export
ers are quoting bluestera at BTttc, forty-fold
at 02c, club at Mo, red at 80c. oats at $1.60
and barley at $1.40. The warehouses are
nearly shipped out."
JANUARY FUR SALES AT LONDON.
Prices Compared With Those) of the Pre
vious Auctions.
A report of the January fur sales at Lon
don has been received by the fur trade here.
It shows the following changes from the
previous sales:
Raccoon, 10 per cent higher then last
March; muskrat. 20 per cent higher; skunk.
23 per cent higher; clvlt cat, 10 per cent
higher, marten, 10 per cent lower; mink,
25 per cent higher; fox, silver, same as last
March; gray, 30 per cent higher; cross, 20
per cent higher; red. 80 per cent higher;
white, 20 per cent higher; otter, same as
last March; fisher. 40 per cent higher; lynx,
60 per cent higher; beaver, 5 per cent high
er than January; bear, 25 per cent higher
than March; wolf, 00 per cent higher; wol
verine and wildcat, same as March; house
cat, 20 per cent higher; badger, 15 per cent
higher; ermine (American), 80 per cent
higher.
ALL FOULTRY BELLS AT GOOD PRICES.
Eggs Continue to Decline While Retailers
Huy From Hand-to-Mouth.
The poultry market was In flrst-clase shape
yesterday. Arrivals were comparatively light
and with a good demand everything cleaned
up at firm prices. Hena sold generally at
15 cents and some fancy lots brought more.
Broilers moved at 22 "j cent and the best
fryers at 20 cents.
Eggs were weak and dragging. Retailers
buy only from hand to mouth while prices
are declining and the present demand la not
sufficient to take up all the current receipts.
Sales were made on the street at 32 and 32&
cent.
California Produce Scarce,
Very little Southern produce came la ye
terday. A single car of celery was reported,
but there was an absence of small vegeta
bles, of which the market Is In need. The
shortage la this line Is due to the rains la
California, which make It Impossible to make
shipments. Local trade was very teood
yesterday, considering the stocks on hand. "
Hop Market Very Strong.
No new business was reported in the hop
market yesterday, but as a good many East
ern orders are on hand, there are likely to
be developments soon. The market is ex
ceedingly Arm and sines J. J. Menler's pur
lit
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NINETEENTH STREET.
chase of the Hofer & Zona lot at 8 cents. It
is not possible to buy hops of a similar
grade at a lower figure.
6 HIPPING POTATOES IN LESS DEMAND.
No Change In Onion Market Decline Be
lieved to Be Temporary.
The Inactivity of the potato market was
shown yesterday by the fact that nearly all
the buyers were In town. A little business
was reported at $1.30, but most of the buyers
considered the actual market at a lower
figure.
There were no new 'developments In onions.
The weakness at San Francisco Is regarded
as temporary and pricee will probably get
back to the former level next week.
Bank Clearings.
The Portland clearing-house .statement of
yesterday was as follows;
Clearings 1'???,'?n5
Balances , "
Yesterday was a legal holiday In VV asn
ington. i.
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PORTLAND MARKETS.
Grain. Flour, Feed. Etc
BARLEY Producers' prices; Feed, $27.50
28 per ton
WHEAT Track prices: Bluestem, $1.10
1 12- club, DTciitl; red Russian, 4!8'J7c;
turkey red, 8crnl; Valley, $1. .
FLOUR Patents, Jo. 45 per barrel,
straights. $4.45; exports, J4: Valley, o.20;
Ji-sack graham. $4.60: whole wheat. $4. 8a.
OATS Producers' prices; No. 1 white,
$34.50 35 per ton.
MILLSTUFFS Bran. 26S26.50 per ton:
middlings. $33; shorts. $2b330; chop, $202S;
rolled barley, $29.10. .,,
HAY Timothy, Willamette Valley, $1315
per ton; Eastern Oregon. $1618; clover. $12
13; alfalfa. ?14ol5; grain hay, $13(314;
cheat, fl3.bva 14.50: vetch, $13.50814.50.
Groceries. Dried Fruits. Ete.
DRIED FRUITS Apples. 8)4e per lb.
Beaches, 748c; prunes, Italians, 5tfSc;
prunes. French, 46c; currants, unwashed,
cases, 9ttc; currants, waihed. cases. lUc;
figs, whlto fancy. 60-lb. boxes. 6!4c; dates,
7 hk (31 7 c
COFFEE' Mocha. 24 028c; Java, ordinary,
1720c; Costa Rica, fancy. ISO 20c; good,
11Sc; ordinary. 12a4ffilOc per pound.
RICE Southern Japan, 4ic; head, 6!4c
SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails,
$2 per doren; 2-pound talis, $2.93: 1-pound
Bats, $.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound tails. 5o;
red, 1-pound tails, $1.45; sockeyes. 1-pound
tails, $2. , .
NUTS Walnuts, 1213o per pound by
sack- Brasil nuts, 16c; filberts, 15c; pecans,
7c- almonds, 13814c: chestnuts, Italian,
lie: peanuts, raw. 66c; plnenuts, 10
12c; hickory nuts, luc; cocoanuts. SOo per
"sCGAR Granulated. $5.83; extra C. $5 45;
golden C, $5.35: fruit and berry sugar, $5.95;
plain bag. $5.73; beet granulated, $5.73:
cubes (barrels), $8.35; powdered (barrel),
$0.20. Terms: On remittances within 15
days, deduct 44c per pound; 1f later than 15
days and within 30 days, deduct V,a per
pound. Maple sugar. 15 18c per pound.
6 ALT Granulated. $13 ner ton. 1.B0 oer
bale; half ground. 100s. $7.50 per ton; 60s,
$8 per ton. , . .
BEANS Bmall white; 6c; large white.
6c; Lima, 6c; pink. 89c; bayou, 4c; Mex
ican red, 6 Vic.
Vegetables and Irult.
FRESH FRUITS 'Apples, 7r.c?2.7S box.
POTATOES Buying price. $l.lui'l-30 per
hundred; sweet potatoes, 2V4c per pound.
TROPICAL FhUl'l'S Oranue navels. $3
82.75 per box; lemons. $34J4; grape fruit,
$4 254.75 per box; bananas, tdfaisO per
pound; pineapples, t-'i'bi-i for dozen;
tangerines. $1.75 per oox. -
ONIONS Oregon, buying price, $1.93 32
per hundred.
SACK VEGETABLES Turnips, $1.25 per
sack; carrots. SI; parsnips, J1.60; beets,
$1.50; horseradish, 10c per pound.
VEGETABLES Artichokes, 11.25 doz. :
cabbage. 2Vj&3c lb.; caulillower, $2 per
crate; celery. $4.50 per crate; cucumbers.
tl.7532.25 dosen; lettuce, $1.501.75 per
box: parsley, 30c dozen; peas, 15c lb.;
radishes, 30c per dozen; spinach, 2o per
lb.; sprouts, 10c per lb.; squash, 2o per
lb.; tomatoes, $1.7502.25.
Dairy and Country Produce.
BUTTER City creamery. extras. 84c;
fancy outside creamery, U234c per lb.;
store, lo'aiioc. (Butter fat prices average
1 cents per pound under regular butter
prices.)
EGGS Oregon ranch. 8232Hc per dozen.
POULTRY Hens. 15c; broilers, 22 hc;
fryers, 184' 20c; roosters, old, 11&12C; young,
H-ul5c; ducks, 20(f2tc; geese,, 10c; turkeys,
18&20C.
CHEESE Fancy cream twins, 1616VjO
per lb.; full cream triplets, 1616ttc; full
cream. Young America, 17ii'17VaC.
VEAL Extra. 104fl0&c per pound; ordi
nary. 7$p&c; heavy, 5c
PORK. Fancy, bljaao per lb.; large, 89
8c
Provisions.
BACON Fancy, 21c per pound; standard,
18c; choice, ITc; English, lSVjtfiec; strips,
13c.
DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears,
dry salt, 12c; smoked, 13c; short' clear
backs, heavy, dry salted, 12c; smoked. 13c;
Oregon exports, dry salt, 13c; smoked, 14c.
HAMS 10 to 13 lbs., H',ic: 14 to 18 lbs..
14c; 18 to 20 lbs., 14c; nams, skinned,
14c; picnics, &Vc; cottage roll, 11c; shoul
ders 11c: boiled hanu, lfi-jj-uhic; boiled
picnics, 17c.
LARD Kettle rendered: Tierces. 13c;
tubs, 13c; 60s. 1331c; STOs. 13j,e; 10s.
140; &s. 14c; 3s. 14o. Stdard pure:
Tierces, 12c; tubs, l-'c; t0s, 12c; 20s,
12'Ac; 10s. 1354c; 6s. 13c; 3s, 13 Vic Com
pound: Tierces. 8c; tubs, 8Vac; 60s, 8 lie;
20s, 8c: 5s, 80.
SMOKED REKF Beef tongues. each,
70c; dried beef sets. 10c: dried beef out
sides, 15c; dried beet insides. 18c; dried
beef knuckles. 18c.
PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pigs' feet.
$13; regular tripe, $10; honeycomb tripe,
$12; pigs' tongues, $19.50.
MESS MEATS Beef, specials, $11 per
barrel: plate. $14 per barrel; family, $14
per barrel; pork, $21 per barrel; brisket, $25
per barrel; 8. P. beef tongues, $20; pig
snouts. $12.50; pig ears. $12.50.
Oils.
COAL OIL -Pearl and astral oil, cases,
IStto per gallon; water white. Iron barrels.
11c; eocene and extra star, cases 'ilhii head
light oil, cases, -2uc; Iron barrels, 18c; e.alne,
cases. 28c
GASOLINE Union and Red Crown, bar
rels, l&Hc; cases, 22c; motor, barrels.
Ktic; .cases. 23 Vic; 86 degrees, barrels.
30c; cases, 37V,c; engine distillate, barrels,
$o; cases. 16c.
LINSEED OILi Raw. barrel lots. 66c: In
cases, 71c; boiled, barrel lots, etc; In cases,
73c.
CIL MEAL Ton lots, $37.
Bullion in Bank of England.
IONDON. Feb. 12. Bullion amounting to
fMft.ono Has takrn Into the Bank of England
on balance today.
Pontoons at . Foot of Nineteenth
Street Will Have 7apaclty for
Handling 4000-Ton Vessels .
When Completed.
The Oregon Drydock Company, nat-wlthstanding-
the unfavorable condi
tions of weather with which It has
been forced to contend during the past
two months, Las been making- satisfac
tory progress on the construction of its
new 4000-ton drydock, and the prepara
tion of Its berth at the foot of Nine
teenth atreet North.
The work of dredging1 and excavat
ing has been alm.ost completed, and
where, four months ago, one could walk
from the atreet end almost tq the har
bor line at low stages of the water, a
distance of o50 feet, there la now a
splendid basin, with an average depth of
water of 30 feet below zero. What little
dredging remains to be done will be fin
ished as soon as the river drops to a
stage low enough to enable the work to
be carried on to advantage: Coincident
with the work of dredging, the sheet pil
ing on both sides of the dock site has been
driven and la now firmly in place. This
will prevent material from either side of
the berth from caving or sliding into It
end will insure at all times a sufficient
depth of water for tho operation of the
dock.
. A large platform, 120x50 feet has been
erected on piling at the street end of the
site. Upon this will be constructed a
toulldlng for storing a complete line of
ship chandlery for tho officers and crews
of vessels In dock. Tracks are being laid
for tho operation of a large locomotive
crane alongside the dock. ,
At the yards of the Portland Shipbuild
ing Company the work of constructing the
drydock Is proceeding -as rapidly as
weather conditions will permit. At the
present rate of progress the dock should
be ready for delivery by June 1, and In
operation shortly thereafter.
MARKET FDR H000 RIVERS
EASTERX. WASHINGTON' APM.ES
HELD TOO HIGH AT SEATTLE.
Eggs Drop to 35 Cents and Several
nouses Arc Caught With Ex
pensive Stocks.
SEATTLE), V7aSh., Feb. 12. (Special.)
The. first- carload of Hood River apples
brought Into this market this season arrived
today.. Two more carloads are due tomor
row and dealers say other shipments are to
follow regularly. The fruit was) brought
In owing to the high prices aeked by East
ern Washington growers.- The fruit will sell
here at from 60 to 60 cents a box less than
the local applea The prices will range from
$1.50 to $2.
Bggs dropped to 35 cents today, much to
tho surprise of many, and entailing a severe
financial loss to several dealers. Poor houses
have combined to break the market. Three
other houses are caught with large stocks of
expensive California and Oregon eggs.
Potatoes were unchanged today. Eight
cars of oranges arrived and the price dropped
to $3 on top stock.
PORTLAND UVESTOok MARKET.
Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and
. Hogs.
Tne hog market is very firm. Receipts
this week have been light, while the de
mand has ruled strong. Packers supplies
are reported to be running low. Cattle hold
steady, but a somewhat easier tone prevails
In the sheep market, though prices have un
dergone no change. Receipts yesterday were
669 cattle, 876 sheep and 67 hogs.
Nat Webb retarned from Heppner, Or.,
yesterday, says the Walla Walla Union, and
saifl that the sheep -market in that section
of the country la now open. Mixed yearlings
ana bringing $3 a head, this price being
about 60 of 75 cents better than last year's
price. The market in the valley has not
yet opened up but Eastern buyers are soon
expected to ' arrive.
The current ran.se ef prices In the local
market was as follows:
CATTI.K Best steers. $5?rS.35: medium,
$4 25'?i 4.50; common. $3.504; cows, best,
$4ai4L'S: medium, $3.25&3.7: calves, 4&8.
SHEEP Best wethers, Sa.RO-iiO; mixed
sheep. 3.5065.25; ewes, ,$55.S0; lambs,
$0(Tfl.50.
HOGS Best. .7o38.85; medium. $6,259
650. -
Eastern Livestock Markets.
KANSAS CIT, Mo.. Feb. 12. Cattle
Receipts. 2O00; market. steady. Native
steers. $4.80bC0; native cows and heifers,
$2.23 5.75; Ftockers and feeders, $:i.2o
6.25; hulls, $3.20A'4.85: calves, $3.S0
Western steers, $4i36.25; Western cows,
$2-75 5.25.
Hogs Receipts, 9000; market, steady to
fa lower. Bulk of sales, $06.5; heavy,
0 40(050; packers and butchers, $6.20
6.45; light, $5.75'S8.25; pigs. $4.505.50.
Sheep Receipts, 2000; market, steady.
Muttons. $4.50'?5.fl0: lambs, $8.507.5O;
range wethers, $4675;-fed ewes, $3i$5.10.
SOUTH OMAHA, Feb. 12. Cattle Re
ceipts, 3200; market, steady to lower. West
ern steers, $3.B05.50: Texas steers, $35;
range cows and heifers, $2.5014.50; tan
ners, $22.75: stockers and feeders, $2.75
R.25; calves, $37; bulla and stags, $2.75i?
Hogs Receipts, 12.0O0; market, 10c low
er. Mixed. $0 10HJG.20; light, $5.008.25;
pips. $4.50'95.75; bulk of sales, $0.25.
heep Receipts. 5000; market. 10c lower.
Yearlings. $G3.80: wethers, $5S.30; ewes,
$4&5; lambs, $0.507.50.
Wool at St, Louis.
6T. LOUIS, Feb. 12. Wool Nominal.
Medium grades, combing and clothing, 19
23c; light fine, 16(20c; heavy fine, 1018c;
tub-washed. 22?31e.
BULKHEAD TO BE REPAIRED
Temporary Work Being" Done at
Bandon to Save lighthouse.
BANDON, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Jam?s Laughead, who constructed the
bulkhead on the north side of the Co
quille River at this place, for. the purpose
of protecting the residence of the light
house keepers, has returned to repair the
structure, a large portion of which was
washed out very shortly after the work
was finished. Mr. Laughead will put in
some brush, which will Te covered with
bags of sand, and tills will serve the
purpose temporarily until next Spring,
when a substantial bulkhead of piling,
with atone ballasting will be put in.
The report .that there was agitation
going on here for the removal of the
lighthouse to the south side of the river.
Is erroneous, as It is not the desire of any
of the leading citizens to have It moved
at all. The proper place for It is where
It now stands, as It serves as a harbor
light, and that Is the purpose for whicli
It was constructed. The sand has been
washed away up to the porch of the
lighthouse keeper's residence and Is now
undermining that part of the structure,
but the houso has a twelve-foot concrete
AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $1,003,630.47
Overdrafts 144.46
U. S. bonds to secure circulation 18o,000.00
Other bonds and premiums -. . 52,695.31
Furniture and fixtur.es 3,700.90
Due from U. S. Treasurer $ 9,250.00 ,
Due from banks 340,075.08
fash . 254,692.43 604,017.51
Total, $1849,200.65
1
LIABILITIES
Capital : $ 250,000.00
Surplus and undivided profits 22,024.18
Circulation - - 17f '3'"a
Reserve for taxes : 3,000.00
Dividends unpaid c'lr
Deposits l,3ito,oi-1.4i
Total $1,849,200.65
THE UNITED STATES
NATIONAL BANK
PORTLAND, OREGON
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $1,000,000
OFFICERS
J. C. AINSWORTH. President. R. W. SCHMEER, Cashier.
R. LEA BARNES, Vice-President.
A. M. WRIGHT, Assistant Cashier. W. A. HOLT, Assistant Cashier.
DRAFTS ISSUED ON ALLFOREIGN COUNTRIES
PAYMENTS MADE BY POST TO PARTIES
ABROAD WITHOUT COST TO RECIPIENTS
HIGH-GRADE MUNICIPAL
AND IMPROVEMENT BONDS
We have several good issues on hand. Buy direct from contractor
and save broker's commission.
WARREN CONSTRUCTION CO.
317 BECK BUILDING, PORTLAND, OR.
foundation under It, eo It is not Iri any
. . . f linf washed away.
but It will be absolutely necessary for.
something permanent in iu -
bulkhead to be built this Summer In order
to save it. The Lighthouse Board has
been advised of this fact, and we are In
formed that steps toward building a sub
stantial structure have already been
taken.
FRESHMEN mj BY EXAMS
In On Class 25 Out or 41 Fall to
Make Tasslns Mark.
U-NIVBRSITY OP OREGON", Bugeno,
Or.. Vc.b. 12. (Special.) A number of stu
dents will be forced to leave the univer
sity on account of their grades. The In
structors are marking more severely than
ever before. In one freshman course 2
were "flunked" and 21 were passed. Con
ditions will not count this year toward
the nine credits which each etudent is
required to make in order to remain In
college.
There Is unrest among the whole stu
dent body, as a great many are on the
badly frightened list. The freshmen are
undor fire especially, for coming from
High Schools where conditions are not so
strenuous, they have not accustomed
themselves to Independent studying, and
find that they are Insufficiently prepared
for the heavy examlnatlonSi In some of
the High Schools Insufficient emphasis la
Bonds
Stocks
Securities
For Sale by
T. S. McGrath
Lumber Exchange
PORTLAND, OR.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909.
placed on examinations, and the freshmen
are often much confused when they must
undergo the severer college examinations,
which under some professors count as
much as half of the whole semester's
grade.
The examinations will continue the rest
of the week and the new term will open
Monday, February 15; but many students
registered today. The new students added
to the old students returning, after hav
ing been away from the university for a
time, will increase the enrollment In tho
College of liberal Arts and Engineering
alone to 600.
Astoria Saloon Hoboed.
ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 12. (Sperial.)
The Pavoy saloon, on Astor street, was
broken Into last night and $47.20
stolen from the till. Kntranre was
effected through a window in the beer
cellar.
TRAVELERS" GUIDK.
jiamburg-Jkmerican.
LONDON PA R IS HA M3JTTW1.
. i. - EV.I, OTMituhlaml Vfrtv 11
Pretoria. Mar. eennsylvanla. Mar 1.1
ITALY
via AzoreH Gibraltar,
Naples and Genoa.
S. S. HAMBURG, fMarch 13. IfMay 11.
BATAVIA JAprll 1:1, J.lun .1.
" MOLTKK, t'(Aprll 27, HUun lu.
Calls Azores. IGlliraltar. (Naples and Genoa,
OCEANA, WEST INDIES 'Xi 6.SP.
Tonrist lH"it. for Trips Everywhere.
Hamburg-American IJne, 10 loell St.,
bun FmnelHco, and Local Agents Portland.
NEW SERVICE TO NEW ZEALAND AND
AUSTRALIA.
DellKntful South hea lours for Rest and
Pleas ur.
jtew Zealand, the world's wonderland. Is
now at Its beut. Ueysers, Hot Lakes and
other thermal wonders, surpassing tns
Yellowstone. The favorite S. S. Marlpoia
sails from San Francisco for Tahiti Feb
ruary 2, March 10, Ajirll 10. etc., connecting
with Union Line for Wellington, New
Zealand.
The Only Passenger Line From United
States to New Zealand.
P Only $20 first-class to Wellington ana
bark. TO ianill ana reiurn. nrBi-i;iass, t-J.
28-day trip. For Itineraries, write Oceania
Line. 673 Market street. San Francisco.
COOS BAY LINE
The steamer BREAKWATER leaves Port
land every Wednesday, g P. ., from Ains
worth dock, for North I tend, M;irshlhld mid
Coos Hay points. Freight received till 4 1'.
M on day ot sailing. PasBenger fare, first
class. J10; second-class, t", including berth
and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third
and Washington streets, or Alnsworih doc.
Phone Main 2(iS.
NorthPacMs S.S. Cd'i. Steimihl;
Roanoka and Geo. W. Eldar
Sail lor Eurekk, San Francisco and
Los Angeles direct every Thursday
at 8 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third
St., Eear Alder. Both phones, M,
3314. H. Young, Agent
8AN FRANCISCO tS PORTLAND 8. 8. CO.
Only direct steamer, and daylight sailing.
From Alnsworth dock. Portland. 4 P. M.:
S(S. Senator, JPeb. 18, Mar. 5, etc.
fri Roe City, Feb. 26. .Mar. is, ete.
From Lombard-st.. San Francisco, 11 A M.I
KS. Rot.e City, Feb. 20, Mar. , elo.
SS. Senator, Feb. 27, Mar. 13. elc.
J. W. Ransom, Dock Agent.
Main 26S Alnsworth Dock. '
H. 3. ROCHE, City Ticket Agent, 142 td St,
Phone Main 40s, A 1403.