THE 3IORXIXG OK EGOXIAN, SATURDAY. L. SALES DAYS Schedule Prepared for East ern Oregon Season. AT PENDLETON ON MAY 24 Some Contracting Done at Arlington at Prices 2 5 Per Cent Better Than J-ast Year's Grain Trade Is Very. Quiet. The dates that have been fixed for the wool ales days In Eastern Oregon for the com ing season are as follows: Pendleton May, 24, June 4. Heppner May 2T. June 18. July . Shanlko June 1, June 15. June 29. Baker June 5. June 22. Ontario June 7. June 21. Joseph June 24. Enterprise June 25. Changes In the- schedule may be made later when the buyers have conferred with the growers' association. The market continues quiet, so far as cos tracttng is concerned.- Aside from the Baker County business previously reported In these columns, about 15.000 fleeces of half-blood and Llncolns have been bought on the sheep's backs at Arlington. The prices paid were not made public, but are understood to be about 23 per cent higher than the prices that pre vailed last year. Dealers do not look for any great amount of buying in Oregon be tween now and shearing time. . Contracting In Montana is going on despite reports of buyers having withdrawn, and It Is now estimated that fully 13,000,000 pounds of the state's clip have passed under con tract since trading commenced. Practically all Boston firms making a practice of hand ling Montana wool are among the buyers, though some firms have had more courage than others. It is not known that bitrhr "Then 20 cents has been paid for any quan tity, but no recent business has been accom plished at a lower figure. Growers, how ever, in many cases are ask In sever a. I nt. more thaa 20c. Latest reports In regard to Utah and Ke vada are to the effect that between 75 nnt 00 per cent of the clips of those sections has Deen contracted. Contracting is also pro ceeding in Wyoming and other nt. ,.,. little If anything is being accomplished In the central or fleece wool states. Commenting on the situation h. r Commercial Bulletin says: tip to date the grower hae practically dic tated terms, and tha ouot.i ko . . - Btm icu wiin the tendency 1r his favor. Much higher prices than last year have prevailed In all sections where important contracts have been vU..,u,iira, ana at present the outlook Is more in favor of higher than lower prices. hat la to hannftn when .h . - nuvin arrive nere Is a mien inn n i ? , - - " j ujuiwQrea. xjeai- rs, however, have confidence In the sltua- causing mat consumption Is heavy and Increasing and that receipts will come on a Dare market. CHICAGO SLUMP CHECKS MCAl TRADE Whew Business Is Very Quiet, but Prices Are Jio Low er. The slumn in Kaatm . , . . ivicigu wncai markets put an end to all speculative buying ... . local market yesterday. At the same time nolders showed no weakness. Prices, therefore, were unchanged. The demand from outside points for all the cereals was light and trading was small. Shipments for the week are reported by the Merchants Exchange as follows: Argentine shipments. 0,216,000 bushels; last week. 6.768,000 bushels. last year. 6,116.000 bushels.' Australia shipments. 1.290.000 bushels: last week. 1,840,000 bushels; last year, 288.000 bushels. Bid and asked prices were posted at the Board of Trade as follows: WHEAT. Maro-h April " Bid. Asked. 1.07!i 11.08 1.08 1.09 OATS. March . . BARLEY. Feb. 27-28 .T.V H March l se March 2 ...... J 2 V ,5 ? March 3 8 3 2 1 ? March 4 21 4 17 3 Total last. week. .205 23 55 17 el CNTSUAL, COrRSE OF EGG MARKET. Prices Advance at Time When They l Miauv Decline. Old-timers in tlie Froni.iri . j- cannot remember a season when ecg prices have steadily advanced at this time of year, as thev have heen Hnini, i..i . . " 1 'j - jnuBk ui them attribute the strenath of the market lne ac' mat consumption has outgrown production in this part of the country. Sales were made on the street, yesterday at 25 and 26 cents, and In spite of very fair receipts, the supply was entirely cleaned up. As two cars of Oklahoma eggs will be in next week, it is possible the market will reat and seasonable prices again prevail. Three or more far, r r , n nearly due at Seattle and that is likely to v. .. i . i . . , . vi.e oeame aemana on this quarter for eggs. With tHe Vnrlh.ni ; ... . - end and an additional Imported supply on miraei, present prices can hardly be maintained In the coming week. Some of the experts in the market predict .: drop w iv-ceni point. City creameries report a gradual increase in their make of butter, but not sufficient yet to weaken the market in any way. ORANGE PRICES ARE FIRMER. Market I Overstocked with Mexican Tomatoes. The orange market u Q. n . ' rlVnZ'i """f,? yest"day- Shipments from California will he Ho-t.. - . " now on. xne supply of navels will only last from tour -..a, v wr;na lunger. A .car of celerv wm st.r i ""C,kfsf ce'eIT " Southern California la exhausted and nniv a In Northern California. " Shipments or wiri begin next week and rlacentu "wlf," be n shipping about April l. negm in market Is overstocked with Mexican tomatoes, on which the price has been Jut to J2 per crate. Some Florida tomatoes were received yestei-n.-, ...... . Advices from Ln At.,'ai- effect that the first car of Texas Bermuda onions is on the way to that city. ATma:i Portland will be brought to CANNED GOODS AXO RETAIL TRADE. California Trait Canners' Association Will -ol eu .Direct. PORTLAXn. Vnrh t - ... . Under the date of March 3 there an rjeared an nnii. : . I. " " . 1 t. p r i signixying that the California Fruit Canners' Associa uu maae tne Retail Grocers' Asso ciation a nrnnmltlnn i J , , . i , ' uauuiing ineir teoods direct and eliminating Jobbers in this woo particular line of goods. In contradic tion 1 wish to state that this report Is without " foundation. It Is true, however, that we are attempting to Interest the trade in our own brands and that we are quoting prices to them far below what goods of this quality have heretofore been sold. I wish to state emphatically that It is not our intention to eliminate th Jobber or to sell direct to the trade and that our relations with the jobbers have at all times been friendly. This error la probably caused from the fact that direct representatives of the association have been calling upon the retail trade soliciting orders, but every order takjen has been put through whatever Jobber the retailer designated and the goods have been sold entirely with this under standing. . R. B. M' MURRAY. Representing California Fruit Canners' As sociation. Mohair Quiet in the Kast. Mail advices from Boston are that there is practically nothing being done in mohair, domestio stock being as quiet as foreign hair. Prices, however, are hokllng nominally steady at the following quotations: Combing, 251 2Sc; carding (choice), 22.25c: carding (ave rage). n'lUc; inferior, 1416c; Noils (first combings), 1018c; Nolls (second combings), 10S20c. Bank Clearings. Clearings of the Northwestern cities yes terday were as follows: , Clearings. Balances. Portland v 1.2'i1,3ril . 14tt,138 .eatte 1.525.82 143.113 Taooma S37.t)l 57 o.vi Bpokane 1,000,527 1O2.202 PORTLAND MARKETS). Grain. Flour. Feed. Ete. BARLEY Producers' prices: Feed. $30 per ton. YIIEAT Traclt prices: Bluestem, J1.1S 1.18: club, $1.08; red Russian. Sl.vi: Val-i-y,- $1.i5. Kl-Ol.R Patents. $5.65 per barrel; straights, $4.65; exports, J4.10; Valley, 5. lO; grahara, 4ye, f5.2u; whole wheat, quarters, S5.4o. OATS Producerr prices: No. 1 whit. 38 per ton. M1LLSTUFFS Bran. S2S26.B0 par ton; middlings. $33: short. J2&03U; cnop. $20il25' rolled barley, $30-531. HAY Timothy. Willamette Valley, $13019 per ton; Eastern Oregon. JlStflS: clover. $12 13; alfalfa, $14.50iil6; grain hay. $1314; cheat. 13.5014.50; vetch, $13.50&14.5U. Dairy and Country Produce. BUTTER City creamery, extras. 3Ge; fancy outside creamery, 3235c per lb.; store, ISU-'ic. (Butler fat prices average l!l cents per pound under regular butler prices.) EGOS Oregon ranch. 2S'S26c per dozen. POULTRY Hew, 15Mi&i6c; broilers. 203 25c; fryers. lS(20c: roosters, old, lljj'12c; young, 14QlAc; ducks, 2uii22c; geese, 10c; turkey. 18ii2(tc. CHEESE Fancy cream twins. 1617o per lb.; full cream triplets, 1617c; full cream. Young America, 17 18c. VEAL Extra, luia&llc per pound; ordi nary. 7Sc; heavy. Sc. POP.K Fancy. 9Hc per lb.; large, 8t!8i4c. , Vegetables and rnlt. ' FRESH FRUITS Apples, 75c$2.73 box POTATOEsj Buying price, $1.25 1.35 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 23c per pound. SACK VEGETABLES Turnips, tl.zi per sack; carrots. $1.23; parsnips, $1.50; beets, $1.50; horseradish. 10c per pound. TROPICA L FRUITS Oranges, navels. $2 Q2.75 per box; lemons. $3()4; grape fruit. $4. 25ft 4.73 per box; bananas, dHig'gc per pound; pineapples, '2.7bttiii.2& per dozen: tangerines $1.75 per oox. ONION :5 Oregon, buying price. $1.751.90 per hundred. VEGETABLES Artichokes. 00c doz. ; as paragus, loft 20c per pound; beans, 23c; cab bage, 211310 per pound; cauliflower, $2 per crate; celery, $4.50 per crate; cucumbers. $1.7o'&2.25 per dozen; lettuce, hot house, $1.2fi fcil.50 per box; lettuce. head. 75c?i$l per dozen; onions, 40&5Oc per dozen; parsley, 30c per box; sprouts. 12hiC per lb.; tomatoes, $2?4.50. Groceries. Dried Fruits.' Etc. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 8Hc per lb.; peaches. 7 8c; prune. Italians. StfOc; t-runes, French, 4&c; currants, unwashed, cases, 94c; currants, washed, cases, 10c: ngs, white fancy, 00-lb. boxes, Oa dates, SALMON Columbia River, i-pound tails, $2 per dozen: 2-pound tails. $2.05; 1-pound Oats. $2.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound tails, 96c; red. 1-pound tails. $1.43; sockeyea, 1-pound talis, $2. COFFEE Mocha. 242Se; Java, ordinary 1720c; Costa Rica, fancy. 1820c; good! lC&lsc; ordinary. 12flSc per pound. RICE Southern Japan. 4c; head, 9oO NUTS Walnuts. 12 18c per pound by sack; Brazil nuts, 16c: filberts. 15c; pecans. 7c; almonds. l'4Q14o: chestnuts. Italian, lie; peanuts, raw. 56c; plnenuts, lu 12c; hickory nuts, lou; cocoanuls. 80s Bar dozen. SUGAR Granulated. $5.75; extra C, $5.25; golden C, $3.15; fruit and berry sugar, $5.75 plain bag. $5.50: beet granulated. $5.55; cubes (barrel), $6.15; powdered (barrcll). $6. Terms: On remittances within 15 da.ys, deauct .c per pound; If later loan 15 days and within 30 days, deduct Ho per pound. Maple sugar. i5lSc per pound. SALT Granulated. $13 oer ton. tl.90 per bale; half ground. 100s. $7.60 per ton; 60s. $8 per ton. -.A'13 Small white. $e; large white, BVic; Lima. 5c; pink. SHc: bayou. 4c; Mex ican red, 5 3tc. POTATlfsUPPLY SMALLEV PltlCJS ARE ATJVAXCKD TO $32 A TOX AT SEATTLE. Eggs Weaker on Heavy Receipts. Wheat Buyers and Sellers Are Apart. SEATTLE. Wash.. March 5. (Special ) Potato prices were advanced to $32 on the street today, an advance of $2 over the pre vious quotations. Stocks are cleaning up and many shippers have notified commission men that they have now emptied their pits A car of bananas reached here today but so green that retailers refused to touch them. Two cars are said to be due to morrow. Apples took a decidedly weak turn, except we2 and Wlne"-P. which are in limited supply and fairly active demand. Eggs are weaker and lower on heavy re ceipts. Most houses were selling at 28 Thne8H a,1drP f 2 ccnt' from trday The decline is unweleomed by several large house, on the street who have hiEh b,5. out to shippers. small dealers, however were strong enough to force values down Merchant".15 Z 108 W" offere" onTh. i an J Exchange with no sellers, and I aske toT hluestem. but there were no buyers. QUOTATIONS AT SAW FRAJfCISCO. Prices Paid for Produce In the Bar City Markets. SAN FRANCISCO. March 5 Th. fll ingprlces were quoted in fh. produce market .wee!0$T75.reSOn Burbank. $1.758.1.90; Onions $2 per cental. $33M5!it3J5'r5rSran- O; midd.ings. Vegetables Garlic. 1012Uo- rrnn r,... Sloc; string beans, nominalf pea fie; tomatoe $11.50; egg JlantTls&Sbe. Butter Fancy creamery. 35c seconds. 83c; fancy dairy. 81c? cr""rr Cheese New, 14 15c; Younr iniM,, 15161ic; Eastern. 17Ho xoun Amerlom, Eggs Store, 23c; fancy ranch, 24 o. Poultry Roosters, old, $45; young, $709 brollers. smaU. $4.5005; broilers, large, $5 bo 6.50; fryem, $6.607.5O; hens. $5- ducks, old. .$4.50g-5.50; young. $8& woI Spring, Humboldt and Mendocino, IS 19c; Mountain, OigSHc; Nevada. 9914c. HaV Wheat. $2225; wheat and oau. t21a 24; alfalfa. $15&1U; stock. $12015: straw per bale. 50 75c. ' Fruits Apples, choice. $1.60; common. 60o bananas. $1.25i3.60; limes, 7.B08; lem ons, choice. $3; common, 1; oranges. $1.50 3; pineapples. $2 3 ' li?oe7FIO,ur', 10-';urt Mk: wheat. III. .cen".'s: barley. 6000 centals,; oats 1600 branea"8 8S 8190 sacksT bran 240 sacks; middlings, CO sacks; hay. O.O tons; hides, 1280. -".. uy. New York Cotton Market. eIoW. March Cotton futures closed steady. March. .51c; April. 9.46o; May .4.c; June. 9.41c; July. 9.42c; August. 9.87c'; September and October. 9.48c; November and Iecember. 9.24c; January, 9,22c fj. Cld aUlet- Middling uplands. .boc; middling Gulf. 10.10c. Ko sales. GAINS ARE GENERAL Strength of Coppers Lifts En tire Stock Market. LABOR QUESTION LOOMS UP ! I ! Harrlman Alleged to Have Secured an Option on the Kansas City Southern Inflow of Money From the Interior. ,E YORK. March B. The movement of tne stock market today was still under the restraint of its professional limitation, rne days transactions were attributed al most wholly to the trading class and the operations were not pushed beyond rather narrow limits. The constant response of the financial markets to the variations in the tenor of news from the Balkans gives warn ing of th power of disturbance lying In that subject. Today its Influence was favorable. Some slight speculative liquidation was Induced by the dip In prices, after which another upward swing set In. The whole market showed considerable sympathy with Reading. The approach of the end of a week seems to bring pressure on Reading on the part of those who assume that a ver dict In favor of the commodities clause has boen formed by the Supreme Court, which each arriving Monday, being decision day for the court, may see handed down. The beginning of conferences between rep resentatives of miners and tha anthracite operators is apparently awakening so mo new apprehensions over the outlook for the anthracite companies. The labor ques tion is looming into prominence also in the steel trade. The abrogation of the con tinuous working agreement between the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, and tlva Western Bar As sociation does away with the assurances of work at the mills pending a wage agree ment after July 1, and there were reports current of coming wage reductions in other branches of the iron trade. Erie still suffered from the dread that compliance will not be found possible with the requirement of the Public -Service Com mission for the number of consents of bond holders to make the Issue permissible. The sustaining point In the market was found In the copper Industrials. The strength in this group helped to pull up prices after the force of these depressing factors had boon somewhat spent. There was professional ' short covering as well. Publication of the details of orders for equipment by the New ork Central had the same helpful effect that was shown by that company's order for steel rails. Th.3 estimates of the week's currency movement gave promise of a substantial addition to the cash holdings of the banks by the Inflow from the interior. The money market was soft in consequence. At the same time, discounts were rathor firmer In London, foreign exchange rates rose and a further outgo of gold was made probable. An alleged t option of purchase of the Kansas City Southern held by E. II. Harrl man was the assigned neason for the rise in those stocks. The Canadian Pacific group was conspicuous also. At the end of the day the recovery had restored the price level to higher than at the outset and gains were general. Bonds were heavy. Total sales, par value. $2,680,000. United States 4 s coupon ad vanced hi. on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Low. Bid. Sales. High Amal Copper .... 53. 400 Am Car JSc Foun. 4. boo MJTs 49 "A 47. 4.s; do preferred . . Am Cotton OH.. 100 liov. now 110 &OO 52 V 62 52i Am Hd A L.t pf. 200 Am Ice Securl... 4,900 Am Linseed Oil Am Locomotive 1,000 do preferred ... 3"0 Am Smelt & Rcf.. 3,000 371 K7 37 28 28 27 13 61 Ult-j u 103 Vi 12tji-i 91 'j 28 '4 1H 1031, 102 1 IB 62Vi 51 111 300 112 82-t; 81 uo prelerred . . . Am Sugar Ref.... Am Tobacco pf Am Woolen loo KiXL. In.tu. 400 129 128 10O 2S 41 2 3 102 K'2 Anaconda Mln Co. Atchisun do preferred Atl Coast Line.., Bait & Ohio do nwfnmH 4.70 1.40 103;' 200 102 Z.ZUO 10754 100 lo: Brook Rap Trari." ii6) 93 71'4 lf, 2H l 102 '03 72 I'JT'.s 2S 101 225 M4 17 142 T4 5-. 32( ik: K2 7S 127 Canadian Pacific.. 11,(500 107', Central Leather.. 4o 2K1 do preferred . . . loo 102 N J Central Ches Sc Ohio 50.7O0 6514 Chicago Gt West. 5oO 7ii Chicago & N W.. 30O 1T 176 C, M A St Paul. 8.600 142U 141 C. C. C & St L . Colo Fuel & Iron 3.20 32 i 82 31 K3 81 'i 12l'i 'mo or isouinern.. l,(Xf) do l."t preferred . 3oo 00 i:o prelerred. Consolidated Gas.. Corn Products ... Jel A Hudson.... D & R Grande ... do preferred . . . Distillers- Securl.. Sii) 2.3.K) 12S 17 17 17 lOO 17.11 1731.. ITS 1.9O0 44 4214 43H4 200 S.".li 35 28 40 R.1 ' 5O0 Son .25 3i Erie 7.40O 24 40 SI io 1st preferred. 22oo ao in preferred. 100 100 81 20 152'i 4.5t"0 1401, l.H'lt BS', General Electric Gt Northern pf... Gt Northern Ore.. Illinois Central Interborough Met.. do preferred lnt Paper do preferred . . . lnt Pump Iowa Central .... K C Southern . . . 152 152H 13U 14it Oi T 1- f.Ofl 141 140 14' 41 N, 11. i, 50 4 34 14. 2 42 140 14 42 'i 50 35 2S 4 74 V 128 53 1441 7 39 73 f'0 1.5oo tin 1M 500 2 48.8) 14i 42 111 5ol, 3.', 2 4H". do preferred 9,700 74S 72 Louis A Nashville J.fuio 12s 127 pi 535, 52 Dl K p c as, I.44U 4ti 1.1! jnmoun facinc Z.6'K 68 Of '.14 as 73 -mo. jtan Texas 11.40 39 73 do preferred ... loo isatlonal Lead ... 1,3X 7614 414 75 .- t central 4.400 123 122's 123 N T. Ont & West. ar 441. 414 441. r.orroik & West.. 1,600 86 sa 86 ortn American. 8") Pacific .Mali H . . .V . . ..TT . so2 Pennsylvania. S.SOO I29V4 i'28 12l S50?." 800 110? 109 iwv Pressed Steel car! ""766 Pullman Pal Car SS14 84 4 35 . . . . 168 Ry Steel Spring. 800 41 80 3i4 neaaing Republic Steei ... do preferred Rock Island Co.. do preferred . . . Bt L & S F 2 pf. St L Southwestern do preferred . . . Rlnfto-;hriAl.4 60.2O0 123 Ti 122 12.- 200 1,000 2.3O0 1"0 100 72 71 2214 62 37H 4 BO 22 H 24 S74 22 H "71 '4 60 37 S 22 Vi Southern Pacific I&.40O 7Hi 71 115 117 ao preferred . . . 6outhem Railway. do preferred ... Tenn Copper .... Texas & Pacific Tol. St L A West 8.10 122 B'V) 24 ti 121 121 21 2414 5i0 300 62 li 37 V 62 37 31 4.'. 67 173 ij 5 62 S7'a Sl 45 8 1T614 fM'i 29 102 3i0 6no 31 4514 1.O00 6K14 Union Pacific An nwf,,i A ... 61.5O0 175 200 TJ a Rllhher do 1st preferred. ino io2t4 10214 " sy.ee ........ mjini do preferred ... TTtah Copper .... Va-Caro Chemical. 2.100 111 - llo 110 20O 40 " 41. 600 43 43Vs 42 114 1T 44 77 65 9 fiou. do preferred . . Wabash 400 17 do preferred ... 2.7oo 44 Westlnghouse Elec 800 78 Western Union ... 100 65 14 WVil S. T 17 43 78 65 lj Wisconsin Central! " 6.400 Am xel at Tel OOO lZHVa 12s 128 Total sales for the day. 606,800 shares. BONDS. XEW YORK, March 5. Closing Quota tions: . TJ. S. ref. Si reg.101 Id R o 4s 07 do coupon 101 ;N Y C G 3V-S. S3 rff- -3lt "s 100 North Pacifl3 8s. 74 do coupon.... 101 North Pacific 4s. 103 U S new 4s reg.119 ll nlon Pacific 4s.10.l2 do coupon 120Wiscon Cent 4s.. 4 Atchison adj 4s. 100 I Japanese 4s.".: 85 . Stocks at Ixmdon. o4,-??X - M8-r,:h 5. Consols for money. v o-jv. uo lur account, 54 1-16. Anaconda. . N. Y. Centrat. .. Norflk & West. do nrf .126 88 . 80 45 . Atchison . . 10 V. ao pr VI 1 1 je- ohiA . .104 . .110 Ont Western! Can Paciflo. '. 171 'Pennsylvania TT4 63 24i 4 s D A R (i 45 ISouth Pacific "l 1H 7i do pref S7'iiUnlon PaoiHc....l do 1st pf 41 '4 U S Steel 45 no za pf 811,1 do pref 1 Grand Trunk Ifiulw.kiih 1 ' 17 V, III central 144H! do pref!"! i',,-; 1.11 Vi'Spanish 4s.. Mo K & T 110'i! 41 Money Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. March 6. Money on call. ay. 12 per cent; ruling rate. 1 per cent: closing bid. 1 per cent; offered at 2 per cent. Time loans, very soft; 60 days, 2 2 per cent; $0 days. 2 per cent: six months, 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper closed at SHQ4 per cent. Sterling exchange strong, with actual business in bankers' bills at t4.858oO4.8590 for 60-day bills and at 11 88 for demand. Commercial bills, 14.85 & 4.85 . Bar silver. 50 c. Mexican dollars. 44c. Oovernment bonds, firm; railroad bonds, heavy. LONDON. March 5. Bar silver Steady, 23d per ounce. Money 2 4 2 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills is 2 per cent ; three months' bills, 2 Sj 2 3-1S per cent. SAN FRANCISCO, March 6. Silver bars 50 c. Mexican dollars 4 5c. Drafts sight. 5c: telegraph, Ti,c. Sterling 80 days. It.sti; sight. .88. Iaily Treasury Statement. ' WASHINGTON. March 0. Today's, state ment of the Treasury balances in the general fund shows: Available csh balance , .. .S140,I00,433 Oold coin and bullion 30.4tiu,4::.r Uold certificates ; 48,323,100 IMPROVES THE DEMAND PK1CK HEAD J I'STJIEXTS AID IXDCSTRlAli IlKCOVEKV. iood Movement In Agricultural Im plements and Supplies Busi ness Failure Decreasing. NTEW YORK. March 5. R. G. Dun & Co.'a weekly review tomorrow will say: Already the price readjustments are be ginning to work toward the expected Im provement In demand and this ar.d President Taff's Inaugural declarations favorable to "that measure of stability" which is "essen tial to the life and growth of all business." are important contributions toward making stronger the hope of full Industrial recovery. Both In sentiment and amount of business In sight, the Iron and meet trade shows some Improvement. In spite of the upward ten dency of raw material, buyers of cotton goods make a determined effort to - secure a lower level of quotations. No new business Is re ported in woolen good. : The demand for hides continues slack, with a further seasonable weakness In prices. The dry hide market Is quiet. The leather trade Is still dull and unsatisfactory. IMPROVEMENT IX JOBBING T BADE. Number of UnxiueHK Failures Steadily De creasing. NEW TOR K. March 5. Bradstreet's to morrow will say: Weather Irregularities and tariff and price revision uncertainties combine In making a rather quiet tone In trade and Industry, pend ing clearer views of these and Winter wheat crop possibilities. The best trade reports come from the Central West and Central Southwest and in Jobbing trade show moder ate Improvement. The urgent need of rain In Texas is accentuated this week, while in the West and the South business is still rather dull. Most activity is noted In the liner lines of dress) goods. Agricultural implements and supplies are displaying continued good move ment. Cuts in Iron and steel have as yet brought out only a moderate amount of busi ness. Collections are Irregular and not better than fair as a whole. Business failures In the United States for the week ending March 4 were 219. against 244 last week. 287 In the like week of 198. 172 in 1907, 177 in 1K06 and 190 In 1905. Canadian failures for the week number 33, which compares with 40 last week and 49 In the like week of 1908. Wheat, Including flour, exports from tbs United States and Canada aggregate 2.9oo,ooo bushels, against 2.491.199 last week and 2.D53.9U8 this week last year. For the 36 weeka ending March 4 exports are 140.196.652 bushels, sgalnst 159.094,165 in the correspond ing period last year. Corn exports for the week are 760.550 bush els, against 779.764 last week and 1.481.487 In 1908. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK. March 5. Bradstreet's bank clearings report for the week ending March 4. shows an aggregate of .t,33ij.71 l.oou as against J2.15,5sll,0oo last week and $2,211 -Oo3.000 In the .corresponding week last 'year Pet." 'w York t2.7-'.7!7.noo iSi Chicago 30S.943.CHJO 17.6 g",,0.n , lM.OUO.OKO 43. 0 Philadelphia 135.246, 00O 15.8 .' . , LOU's 71.U31.OO0 10.8 Pittsburg 46.73O.00O lo.H Kansas City 84 4:I7.ih)0 47. 0 i- B.i.uLu 4 l.ti::.i.Hrt lit iialtimore r'inuttiiiMt I 2,..lK'.3,ooi 44. i 2M. 4 l.t, noil n.s MinnealKill ...... New Orleans ..... Cleveland Detroit Omaha ........... Louisville ........ Milwaukee rrt Worth Los Angeles St. Paul Seattle , Denver . ......... Indianapolis ..... Sj.okane. Wash. .. Providence Portland. Or. .... Richmond ........ Albany .......... Washington ...... 4t. Joseph ....... Salt Lake City... Columbus ........ Memphis ......... Atlanta Tucoma .......... Savannah ...,,... Toledo. O Rochester ....... Hartford Nashville ......... Houston ......... Galveston ........ Decrease. ln.l'24.M)o lh.9Sl.OH0 21.4 16.:is2..(Hio 12.1 12. 107.1HMI fi.O 17.703.UOO 26.8 14.137.00 9.4 12.702.UOO 17. a 11.748.0O0 .... 13. 1 53.000 16.2 10.071.HM 11.3 . 10O, oi0 23.9 lO.OKS.OilO 40.3 8.610.000 12.9 7.124.000 35.9 T. 851. 000 47.4 7.833.0O0 2X.4 6.7U8 000 34.9 6.3!4.000 25.2 6.7OO.OO0 4.4 8:1o.hm 42.5 it.S2A.OO0 65.0 .5til.Ouo 41.1 5.5S3.0O0 2.S 5.4SO.OH0 18.2 4. 10.s.tMtO 10.2 2.SH2.OO0 7.8 4,261,000 lo.o 3.::o.oio io.3 4.037.000 13.2 3.7SS.O.10 10.4 2ii:.1i;:l.lNo 8S.3 lu.6U8,0O0 10.1 Eastern Mining Storks. BOSTON March .". -Closing quota tions: Adventure -. . 21 . 17 49 . 12!t . 28 87 . 14 . 82 . 13 . 12 . 40 . 20 . 30 40 ft .147 . 63 Alloues Amalgamated Ariz Com Atlantic .... Butte Coal . . . Cal A Aria... Cal Hecla.. Centennial . 3S Nevada . os Old Dominion . 35 Osceola .... . IS Parrot . 23 IQulnry ...... .10114 Shannon .624 Tamarack ... . 23'Trlnity ...... . 76 'United Copper . 0 U S Mining?. . 13 IT. 8. OH Copper Range.. Daly West Franklin Granby Greene Cananea Isle Royale Mass Mining Michigan ... " 94 I-tah Victoria 29 Winona 58 tWolverlne . . 10 iNorth .Butte.. NEW YORK, tlona: March 8. Closing quota- Alice 200 Brunswick Con. s Com Tun stock. 25 do bonds 13 C C Va si Horn silver 65 Leadvllle Con... 4 Llttle Chief.... Mexican Ontario .... Ophlr Standard Yellow Jacket. .. lO .. 58 . .875 ..104 ..150 .. 35 Dairy Produce in the East. CHICAGO, March 8. Butter steady Creameries, 22tj28c; dairies. 20S25e. EsK" Steady; at mark, cases Included 183 19c; firsts. 20o: prime firsts. 21c ' ,aS.1t?rPO"- nU"' 16V.flo: twins. 14 16c; Young Americas, l8.16e. NEW YORK. MTrch 6. Butter Fancy fresh, steady; other grades, easy. Creamery, thirds to firsts, 2127e; creamery held com mon to special, 205f 2Se. Cheese Firm, unchanged. Eggs Easy. Ches A Ohio 6.4 iRand Mines Chi Grt West... 714 Reading C. M. A 8. P. ..145S (Southern Ry.... De Beers.. rtn nf T General Selling Carries Prices Down With a Rush. MARKET OFF ABOUT 3 CENTS Drop at Chicago Follows tire Receipt of Bearish Domestic and For eign News Iatten Report ed to Be Selling. CHICAOO. March 8. Wheat broke from 1 to 33e on the Board of Trade to day, owing to general liquidation based on extremely bearish domestic and foreign news. May sold off to 81.15 and July to 11.03. a loss of 4Vc and 3c. respectively, compared with the high points for the season established two days ago. The market cloved weak at almost tho bottom. The market opened weak at declines! of to -12c. The weakness at the elart Was nun in -i i i . . . . M - - " . 't ucnira or me mier- ested parties, to tt-.e effect that many shorts ... ... - ueuvery nan made private set tlements with the leading bull, and to a de cline of to 1 penny at Liverpool. There seemed to be little support to the market on the break, except from small shorts, and although prices made slight gains from the opening low points, there was no well defined rally. News of the day was unusually depressing. Liverpool reported that Argentine offerings were liberal and that the visible supply of wheat In the South American country was increasing rapidly and : that India was offering wheat more freely. In this coun try demand for cash wheat showed a marked abatement and crop reports were more ress surlng to the bears. In the final half of the session the market experienced another sharp decline, due to re ports that the leading long had been selling iree.y through commission hous. The mar ket closed extremely weak at net losses for the day of 1 to 2c. compared with yes ' uotat!on. May being at 1.15 tjl.ISi, and July at H.C3S1.03S. Corn was weak all day. closing almost at the bottom, with net declines for the dav of to c. May closed at 67 to 7tl67t4c and July at 66ffl66c. c Sentiment In oats pit was beartoh all day. pared with yesterday's close. May being at 6o5Bc and July at 60c Provisions were firm all day. At the close privcTore""156 a!3 hh7 tha" -The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. 117 I1.17!4 ! 1.05 98 .?g i, CORN. .68 r.ul' Ma v. . July. . Sept. . May. , July. . Sept. . May. . July. . Sept. . May. . July. . Low. 1 1 5 1.0.1 7 Close $l.li 1.03 97 .67 ,6 .(6 .r. .50 1 17. J5 17.37 10.02 10.12 3.20 .67 .67 7. .6 .60 OATS .56 .50 1 -f.6 .6l .SS .50 .41 .41 MESS PORK 1TS 1742 17.35 17.45 LAUD. 10.00 10.05 10.07 10.12 17.15 17.3a May. July. Mav. 97 10.05 SHORT lIDe :: si July. r . , , ' w.i s.274 it ZU Total clearances ,,f v, . . 3 equal to 1JU.000 bushels. Exports for thi week, as shown by Bradstreefi weri eoua! buiheln. compared with 422.000 bushels the corresponding day a year ago Kstlmated receipts for tomorrow! Wheal ?3.o"r,headrn- 3" Car": 181 "! ,, , Receipts. r lour, barrels 21.200 Wheat, bushels......... 49:oo Corn, bushels 402 500 Oats, bushels 38S.O00 Rye. busuels .......... . 1 Orto Barley, bushels o 000 Shipments. 2S.100 S.AOO SI 9. 500 110,400 4. una 5 ti . J 00 Groin and Produce mt New York. :F-W YORK.. March 4 Flour Receipts. 14.4...; export.. 9449. Unsettled, wltb prices nominally easier Wheat Receipts. 62.400; exports. 11972 Spot market weak; No. 2 Ted. SI "0 ele vator; No. 2 red. ,121 f . b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. SI 24 f o. b. afloat: No 2 hard Winter. SI. 22 f. o. b. atlc-t. There was a rush to unload long wheat to day that broke prices two cents a bushel on May and for a time put the market in an uproar. Last prices showed 3c de crease on May and 2c on July. May closed 1.1kc: July closed SI 11. Hops Steady. Wool; Steady. Hides Quiet Grain at Sm I'raneliwa. SAN FRANCISCO. March 6 Wheat. Ann barley, firm. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. i S7 1.92 per cental: mllltng. 1. 953197 per cental. Barley Feed. 1.401.43i rer cental brewing. $1.4581.47 per cental. Oats Red. $1.75ttl S2 per cental; white. Sl.ft, rI.M per cental: black, nominal Call board pal, s llarley May. (lilvfi 1.4o per cental bid. Corn Large yellow. SI 651.7't per cental. European Grain Markets. LONDON. March 5 Cargoes, easier tend ency: buyers indifferent operators. Walla Walla, prompt shipment. S9s d; California prompt shipment. 40s 3d. . " English country markets, steady. French country markets, quiet. LIVERPOOL. March 4 Wheat May 8s ld; July, 8s 2d; September. 7s loid Weather, cold. Wheat at Taroma. TACOMA. March 3. Wheat Milling blue stem. S1.16. Export grades, bluestem. si 13 club, $1.06; red. $1.01. '. PORTLAND UVEWOCK MARKET. Prices Current Locally on Cattle. Sheep and Hogs. Hogs continue to be trie strongest feature of the vestook market, and ill arnvI T 1,iand' .aro moving slowly and Inclln-d to be weak. Late representative ll - V'i.e'4 i-S" pound. J7.J0: S steers, average 100 pounds. .V 1 stag. 1100 pounds. S4; 150 steers averase 1090 pounds Ji; 1V3 hogs, average",.! pounds. ;.40. The current range or prlcea In the local market was ss follows: ' Aii?J71'li ".98.15; medium. li K''-: oommon. S1.25r3.M: cows. bevt fJ iS-e4.20; medium. $3.2&a3.60; calves, $5.5oB o. 1 5. fiHEKP Best grain-fed wethers. $S.5fXM; hay-fed. Soa5.50: tnlxod sheep. $.T5.a5 23 ewes. best. $4 7535. medium. $4.2584.80: lambs. S6.25CT6.75. HOGS Best. $7.2537.50; medium. $8.7537. Kastern Livestock Markets. OMAHA, March 5. Cattle Receipts. "OOO; market, steady. Western steers. $3.75i 78 rang cows and heifers, $2.7.i5; cannera' $2.2.Ti3; ilm-ktrs and feeders. $-".5 30" calves. $.1.507.50; bull and stags. $2 7565 Hugs Receipts. 17..V: market. lOc to 15c lower. Heavy. $0.2uj.45; mixed, iilnd 26; light. $5.9016.30; pigs, $4.7540.78; bulk of sales. $0.05'(i6.30. Sheep Receipts. 6500; market. steady. Yearlings. $.y6.85; wethers. $iu5 40; ewes $4.255.25; lambs. $6.5u7.50. Pheep Shearing la Yakima Valley. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. March's (Special.) The shearing and lambing sea son in the Yakima Valley Is now well under way. The largest sneering operations tr-us far have been coi.cucted by the Wenner Sheep Company, whose herd of 3600 sheen near Kennewlck has Just been sheared. The wool has already been shipped. No price on wool has been established yet this season, but all Indications point to Its being from 2 to A cents a pound over what It was last year. In addition to the shearing, half of the BAD BREAK NWHEA 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 ONALLFOREIGNCOUNTRIES PAYMENTS MADE BY POST TO PARTIES ABROAD WITHOUT COST TO RECIPIENTS LUMBERM NATIONAL Second and CAPITAL OFFirUIIJ. O. K. WENT WORTH. President. GEO. I. .MTHERSOX. Vice-President. JOHN A. KEATING. Vice-President. H. D. STORY. Cashier. V. A. FREEMAN', Ass't Cashier. THE BEST STREET INSURANCE IS THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT It insures against tlust, mud and street noises. It insures against slipperinoss and fulling horses. It insures against tracks, disintegration and costly repairs. , It assures a sanitary and" durable street. It assures conscientious workmanship and bet materials. It assures perfect satisfaction. BITULITHIC INSURANCE IS SAFEST AND SUREST WARREN COSTRUCTION COMPANY 317 Beck Building, Portland, Or. number have passed through the lambing period and there Is every Indication of an excellent percentage of increase to the flock. The lambs already born art stronaj and sturdy. Metal Market a. NEW YORK. March 5. The London tin market was lower today with futures at 131 I- tld. Locally the market was easy at US.00 3iJ28.7Oc. Copper declined Ta 6d In the London mar ket. with spot closing at tSu 7s Ad and fu tures at 57 2s Od. The loral market was dull nnd unchanged, with lake Quoted at 12.67 n 13.12 c; elec trolytic at l.i.50 12.7.".c. and casting 12r7'., H 12.62c. 1-ead was higher In the Isondon market. The local market remained quiet at S 3.07 Kpelter declined to 1 12s CIA In th Lon don market. Locally the market was quiet ami unchanp-d at 4.72i ti .77,,s Iron was lower In London and locally unchanged. Dried Fruit at New York. XEW YORK. March 5. The market for evaporated apples continued quiet find qun tst Sons are .radically noiiilr.il. Fancy are junted at S!h ii U V ' : prime, 61 j tl c and common to fair at IVrtK. The consumption of prunes is r.yd to be on a heavy sciie. but plenty uf supplies are available. Quotations range from 3 c to T'io for new crop California fruit up 10 40-50 s, and fmm Ge to ic for Orenns ranging from 40-S0s to o-iio's. Apricots are fli'm with choice quoted Vs4j0c; extra choice. ttf!0c and fancy at 11 S U 13c Peaches are more active and Cont ad vices report an advancing market. spot choice are at rto; extra rho.ee. rt 7c; fancy. 7 i S 3c. Itaislns are Unchanged C 'oflTee und Sugar. NEW YORK. March ." . Co ft'ee futures closed easy, net unchanged to ten points lower. March. i-83 tj iKc: May. 6 s;.c; July. 40v; September. 6 0Or; Octolr. j.7V; Feb ruary, 5 hOc. Kpot. steady. No. 7 Rio. Santos No. 4. lc in.M, steady. Cordova. S13c. Sugar Raw. steady; fair roflnlng. a.SOc; centrifugal tl test. 3 c; molasses sugar. 5.5c ; powdered. 4-7.e: granulated. 4 GAo. Japan's earthquake record for 50 years is 27..".L'tJ. Italy hud a few more. Bonds Stocks Securities For Sale by T. S. McGrath Lumber Exchange PORTLAND, OR. ENS BANK Stark Streets $250,000 Gregory Heights Tomorrow See Big Ad, in The Oregonian Tomorrow. TRAVELERS Cl'IDE. forth QermcLnAloyd. KAT EXPRESS SERVIC E, rl.vmoalli Urrlniuri llrrnia u 10 A. M. I'rrllle March -' t Kni.v W m. II .. April 6 K.W m.I.i;r. . Msr. w Kronprini iVin. Apr 13 TW1X-S1HKW PAKKc;KK SKKUtE. Urrniro lllm l 10 A. l. Onilnsu. . Vrch 1 1 S-hsrnhort Mar-h Itonn Murrh IS P. Kr'rVr'k Wm.Apr. 1 i.'alls st I lymoutli snd Cherbourg. MEIHTEKRAXEAN HKKVIf E. t.lbnltsr AlnlrrH NupU- i.rnus, SnillnK Kt 11 .. M. K Albert. .. Mar.-h I.; "l'.it.nns..Mr IT N.ur.....:nli K. Ln. ... April 111 .iiiil. AlKi-r--Atirl i: -r.ii. tmita ,lper. North li'rnaD l.loyd Tnvrlrra' hrrks. Vlil.h .. Acrntn. fi ltnsdTS. X. V. ItolM-rt sprllr. 2.10 I'mtrll St . t.rn'l 1'acillc t oaL Asrnt. (an Inurixa. t sl. f'PV 7Fi!!f'n NEU" SERVICE vl. TA-' lltll tLfiLMIlJ Hirl. DellKhtral South AUSTRALIA Tours for B.t. Health snd Plesur. ZEALAND. th world's wonderland. Ueysers. Hot Lskes.stc. The favorite c. Mtripou tails Irora tvn Francisco March 1 April 15. May SI. etc ; connecting st Tah.tl with Vnion Line tor Ve!llnton. N. V.. TIIK OXI.V l'AEM;t'3 LINK lr ROM V. S. TO NEW 2EALAXI. WeliinitlGn and hack. jlmo. Tahiti and bark, ti:-'. lt c1b. LINK TO HOXOI.lLL-bpe-ctal round trip Jim. 1st dDa S. S. Alamdt sails Mar. 1:1. Apr. a. i. etc. Address OCEANTC LINE. 673 Market St.. San Ena cisco. SCAIVDINAV11N-AMERICAN LEVE 10,000 Tod Twxo-Screw Passenger Steamers Direct to Norway, Sivedea and Denmark ; i uite.j MHtes.eMrtr if i n ii it states . April ?9 fieliiR fMav pr. 1 i. V. Tti-tKfn. . . May Oscar II April 1 Hi!lie i v . . Mhv IS All Mrtmfm r4)iiiii.ed with W.rele. First cabin. ST.. up.varti; second cuhin. .7 50 A. t. JiMNSUN v -o.liki Washington ave. "o.. Miiineapolit. iliua.. or to Local Ageati. North Paclfl: S.3. cru Steinihlj koaoojad aaa Geo. W. Lider San lor .LuitkA, bA irraneueo and Los Angeles direct every Thursday it 8 P. M. Ticket offlce 132 Third St., near Alder. Both phone, JJ, 1314. H. Y.uug, Agent. SAN IRAMISIO A fORIUMI S. S. CO. Only direct stea-mer. and aayliicQt sa:llDs From Answorth Dock. Portland. 4PM tj-S. Senator, Mar. i, 19. rlc K.S. Itoe City. Mur. li. S6. etc. From Lombard St.. San Francisco. II A. v U.S. Row City. Mur. 6. SO. etc. b.s. Senator. Mar. IS, 21. etc J. W Rmnom. Iolc AKent. . " 2"s Alnsworth DKk. M. J. ROHE. rite Ticket Arent. 142 3d St. I'hons Main 40J. A H02. COOS BAY LINE The steamer BREAKWATER leaves Port land every; WedneMiay. n P. M., from Aln aorth dock, lor North Bend. Mar.hileld and tooa Bay points. Kreifcut received till 4 M. on day ol sailing. Passenger fare, flrst cls, lo: second-class. T. lncludmc berth and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third and Washington streets, or Alnlaortu docs. Plies. Main sas.