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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1909)
ID THE MORNING OREGONIAX, AVEPNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1909 COi PACK SHORT Only 50 Per Cent of Last Year's Output in Iowa. PRICES ARE ADVANCING Better Feelln All Around In the Canned Goods Trade Samples of New Honduras Rice Arriving. Condensed Milk Is P- There Is a better feeling all around In th. canned food, trada Th. demand 1. man active than for soma tlma paat and took are moving mora freely. Price, ahow a Tucbf tendency, particnlartr o ap- One of the firmest items hi the llat la canned com. The pax In Iowa la estimated at B per tent of laat yaer-a and packer, nave advanced prlcea 5 to TVs CTOt doaaa on atandard corn. Many of tha can sera will tsvke advantage ot tha abort a liTery claaae In their contracta Tna pack of peaa h Wlaconala and Miohr gu la dlaavppolntlng. earpeclally on tha huher gradee, owing to hot weather ftur tng tha packing aeaaon. Tha parcantasa of high-grade peaa packed thla year la tower than smaL Sample, of new Honduras head rice are Beginning to coma In more freely and prlcee ere working down to a level where the trade feels Justified la placing ordera The crop la large and prlcea are opening up reasonably low. Tha first shipment of beet sugar from the refinery at Hamilton wee atarted ror Portland yesterday. TheTe are several car- loads la the shipment A prejudice formerly existed aga'net beet aurar on the part of many consumers, bnt thla haa disappeared, i and beet eugar la now being dealt In ex tensively. Tha grain of th Hamilton augar la claimed to be as fine and the color aa good aa either fruit or berry. A lo-cent advance announced yesterday m condensed mlllc la In Una with tha up ward tendency In thla article. UBSDGS APTI-E MARKET PROSPECTS Good Demand for Fancy American Frntt la Eipected. The apple circular of W. Denni. Bona of London, aays: This year the noma crop la rather below the average, and our own views are that the demand for American apples will be bitter than last season. From tha Conti nent no definite atatement upon which we can relv la obtainable. Germany. Belgulm and France report prospecta favorable, but we do not view their supplies, as far aa this country la concerned, as of very great Importance, at any rate aa far aa offering any serious competition with American or Canadian fruit. Trade Is showing Indications of Im provement, and any real Increase on thla aide would soon have a material effect both upon demand and prlcea The one great factor which shippers al wavs want to bear in mind la that early supplies are In full competition with every description of apple grown here. Fall, and otherwise, and unleaa the Imported article Is something better, both In quality and color. It la likely to meet with a poor mar ket. Later we look for a good, eteady trade. Peara of all deacrlptlona nave for years been growing fn favor with our buyers, and we have no hesitation In advising shippers to trust our market with all the auppllea they can. There Is nothing on this side to compete with American Importa. and the demand is gaining ground. The moment la near at hand when the bulk of the French crop will be exhausted and we shall have to depend upon Bartletta and Kelffers to take their place. RECEIPTS OF PEACHES FALLXN'O OFF o Mora Strata Carload Lot. Are Expect ed 3rape. Are Firm. Recelpta of peaches are steadily decreas ing and It Is not likely that any more straight carlota will be received from any quarter. Prices yesterday, were firm. The beat Oregon offerings brought $1,31.25 per box. Grape were firm and cleaned up well, gelling at Mondara prlcea Cantaloupes were quoted at a wide range of from SO cents to SI. 30 per crate, accord ing to quality, and were alow sell era Watermelons atlll move fairly wall. Carabaa vera alow at Sl.BOJfZ per dosen. Grain Market Are QoJka. Th grain marketa were not very ctlv yesterday and price vers unchanged. Local raeelpta In eara were reported by th Merchant Exchang as follows: Wheat .Barles Flour Oat Hay Vondav 143 1.1 9 11 21 Tnedv M 6 .. 6 T Tear aso 119 4 14 13 Total laat week. 310 61 30 82 44 Fljrg Quotation Are Higher. The egg market Is taking on mora Ufa The crualtty of the current recelpta la Improving and thla Is having Its effect on the demand. Recelpta are llht and price firm. Front atreet Jobber" quotation were 81983 cents. Poultry was In fair supply, with a moder ate demand and steady In price. There were no changes In butter or cheese, which were quoted very firm. Bop Dealers Taking In Contracta There were no new developments In th hop market yesterday. Local dealer are now en gaged principally In taking In contracta Tha demand for both new and old hop continue strong. Hopmen were much interested In the new from Salem of the appointment of a receiver for the White crp. an account of which Is printed on another page. caUee of Fncrle Ubp. SALEir. Or, Sept. 14. (Special.) Th highest price yet paid for hops wa paid to day by B. O. Schuckling, who bought 43 bale from a Chinaman here named Gong for 21 cent per round. H. L. Hart, of Portland, also bought 47 bale of fuggles from Louie Chong. of Salem, paying 20 centa for them. Bank Clearings. Clearings of the Northwestern cities yea- terday were a follows: Clearlnga Balancea. Portland Seattle . Tacoma . Spokane ...$1,577,281 $21.B41 ... 2,4i:3.7S3 278.(134 . .. 1.021.930 43.6." ... 7DL0O1 MD.UIS PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain. Hoar, Feed. Eta. WHEAT Track prices: New crop, blne jtem. 97c; club, 87o; red Russian, SoHo: Valley. Doe; Fife, 87c; Turkey red, 87o; 40- t.):d. NO'.-C. FLOUR Patenta old, $8 25 per barrel; new crop, patenta 10.10; stralghta $4.33; clears. 4.3i: eiports, $3.90; Valley, $4 HO; graham. $4.70; whole wheat, quarters, $4.90, BARLEY Feed. $24.60; brewing, $27.50 Pe6AtT Spot. $28.50 S 29; October, $28 pr ton. CORN Whole. $25; cracked. $34 per ton. M1LLSTUFFS New crop bran. $23 per ton: middlings. $S2; short. $27.60; roiled barley. 2'.i:w. H .Y Timothy. Willamette Valley, $169 16 per ton; Eastern Oregon. $17tfl3; alfalfa. $14: clover. $14; cheat, $13 M il); grain bay, $154? lt- Grocrrle, Dried Fruits. Eta, URIED FRUIT Applea. Vc per pound; n-aces. 7i40Sc; prunea liallana 6WO c; prunes. French. J8c; currants, an aashed. cas-a c; currants. washed, cases. 10c: Has. white fancy, ao-lb. boxea eve; dates. 7SG7c. , SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound talla $2 per dosen; 2-pound tana, e.w; i-pouuu flat, $2-10V; Alaska pink. 1-pound talla 90c; red, 1-pound talla $1-43; aockeyea 1-pourd tails. $2. COFFEE Mocha 2-1 S 28c; Java, ordinary. 1720c; Costa Rica fancy, 1S820C; good. 10 18c: ordinary. 12V01OO per pound. NUT ainui". x- vc 1 t""". t sack; Braall nuta, lea cisaexta 13c I pea- nuta, 7c; almonds, ISO 14c; chestnuts. Hal- Ian, lie; peanuts, raw. one, rmu I2c; hickory nuta luc; cocoanuts, OOe per aluQ.R Granulated. 15 S; extra C. 15.45: golden C. I. 35; fruit and berry sugar IS5: beet. 15 15; cubes (barrel), 14 50. powdered (barrel). 4.:0. Terms, on re mittances within 15 daya deduct 1o per pound: If later than 15 days and within SO days, deduct He per pound. Maple augar. lSj18o per pound. 0 SALT Oraaulated. 13 per ton. 1.90 per bale; ha t ground. 100s, iT.30 per ton; 90s tS per ton. . BEANS Small white. T4c; large white. to; Lima, o; bayou, o; red kidney, 44c; pink, 4ic Dairy and Country Predmce. PUTTER City creamery. '" SRc; fancy outside creame.y. 33 i 3t0 P pound; store. 11 23c. mutter fat prices average 14c per pound under regular but- "EnOSOregon ranch, candled. 81fi32oper '"POULTRY Hens. 15'4lc; Springe. 15 Vi eic; rooswre. fa 10c: ducks, young. 14 40: geese, young. 10c; turkeys. 20c; squabs. 41.75 0 2 per dozen. ' cheese Full cream twlna Ho per - 'mnm America. '19c PORK Fancy, lOo per pound. VEAL Extra, lu'luHc per pound. Vegetable and Frnlta. FRESH FRUITS Apple, new. I1GJ.25 per box; peara. SOcS tl.2o per box; poaches. fi.1cg il.J-'j per crate; cantaloupes, SOc'uil OO per crate; plums. 25tf7Gc per box; wat ermelons, lulc per pound; grapes. 0c fl.26; caaabaa, 1.S02; quince. 1.60 per bPOTATOE3 Oregon, 11 par sack; awaet potatoes, iiMo per pound. TROPICAL FRT'ITF valenclaa 130330: lemons, fancy. taS0; choice. W: grapefruit. 43.00 per box; bananas. OS OHO per pound; pineapples fl.7642 ,er-5l0i'3.IV SACK VEGETABLES Turnlpa 760 0(1 per sack; carrots. II; beets. 11.25. ONIONS New. 11.25 per sack. VEGETABLES Beans. 45o; cabbage. I 014 Pr pound; cauliflower. 75c&1.23 per doaen; oelery. sOcfiil Par dosen; corn. IMrtoc per dosen; cucumber. lo29o per dosen; eggplant. 11.S Pr boat lettuce, hothouse, iOcftJl ber box; onlona 12Slo per dosen: parsley. Use per dozen: peaa. To por pound; poppera S'10o per pound; pumpkins. t) lc; radlshea ISO per dosen; squash. 6c; tomatoea 3540o. Provisions. BACOV Fancy, 24o per pound: atandard, SOVc; choice, 10Vc; English. 17fcrl8a. DRY SALT CVBEU Kesuiar snort clears, dry salt. He; smoked. 13c; short clear backs, heavy dry salted, 14c; smoked, 15c; Oregon exports, dry salted, 16 Wc; smoked, 10 S c HAMS 8 to 10 pounda lstto; 14 to 18 pounda lOHol IS to 20 pounda lOVic; hams, skinned, 17o; plcnlca 13c; cottage roll, none,; boiled bams 23Vl24io; boiled plcnlca 2uc LARD Kettle rendered, 10a lOWo; Ba, lO'.o: atandard pure: 10a ISHc; Bs, 13ttc; choice, 10, 14Vic; 6a 14c Compuuno. 10. Hq ea oio- SMOKED BEEF Beef tonguea each. 0c; dried beef aeta lc; dried beef out side. 17c; dried beef Insldes, 21c; dried beet knuckle. 20c PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pigs feet, $18; regular tripe. $10; honeycomb trip. $12; pig' tongue. $19.30. Hop. Wool. Hide. Eta, BOPS 1W Fuggles. 20c; clusters, nominal; 1U08 crop, 17c; 1907 crop, 12o; 1904 crop. Sc. WOOL Eastern Oregon. 16 9 23a per ound; Valley, 23 0250. MOHAIR Choice. 24250 per pound. CASCARA BARK l45o per poundT HIDES Dry hides. 17jjlo per pound; dry kip. 146 17o pound; dry calfskin. It 4T20c pound; salted hide. 10tt &llc; salted calfskin. It 3 14c pound; green, lo lesa FURS No. 1 ektns: Angora goat. $1 to tl.Zi: badger. 23oOo; bear. $'lg20; beaver. $3 60 9 8.50; cat, wild, 73c $1.30: cougar, perfect head and elawa $3 10; Usher, dark, $7.3011: pale, $4.UOJ7; fox. cross, $35; fox, gray. 080o; fox." red, $5; fox. silver. $33 100; lynx. $8 913; marten, dark. $812; mink. $3.505.50; muskrat. 131 23c; otter, 12 5004; raccoon. 006730; sea otter. $100 3 230, aa to site and color; ikunka 66680c: civet cat, 10913c: suit $23; coyote. 75ce1.25: wolverine, dark. $3 4)3; wolverine, pale. $2(3 2 50. MILLS WELL STOCKED LESS'ACTIVITT IX BOSTON' WOOL MARKET. Still Some Demand for Territories and Holders Are Asking Top Prices. BOSTON'. Sept. 14. SuebaequeBt to the heavy sales of wool laM month, the local mar ket I comparatively quiet. There Is some demand for territory, but mills are well Mocked and holder are asking top-price. The domestlo dip la unusually well cleaned up for thla time of the year. Some Montana wool I coming In original bags at 23 cents for quarter-blood. Foreign product la held etrong and there 1 a fair movement In polled wools. Scoured value: Teiaa Fine, 12 months. 75r7So; fine, aix to eight roontha 68'370c; line Fall. 6&30o. California Northern. W.JT70o; middle county, eS365c; Fall free. 60fl32c. Oregon Eastern No. 1 staple. 7707So; East ern olothlng. 7072c; Valley No, 1, 673S8o. Territory Fine staple. T7Soo; fine medium eaple. T0T2c; fine clothln;. 70fl72c; One me dium clothing. 78o: half-blood. 73370c: three-eighths-blood, 6SS'70c; quarter-blood, 6. Sc. i , . ttw.m TRr.TftA. fin A. G34POOC: A eupers, S&32c Wool at St. Ixmla i ST LOUIS. Sept. 14. Wool, nnchanred. Territory and Western mediums. 24U2SK1; fine medluma 22 3 24c; fine. 18 10c PORTL AND LIVESTOCK MARKETS. prleea Current Locally on Cattle. Sheep and nogs, - RecelpU of hogs yesterday were the larg est for a considerable time and sheep ar rival! were also heavy. Not many cattle came In. One car of the latter will be sent through to Alaska. Price show no material change. Good oattl were In demand but poor stock dragged. The hog market was steady and sheep held their own. Receipts for the day were 61 cattle, 865 sheep and 672 boga. It was the last day of business at the old stockyards. Late aalea at tha yards Included 28 oowa average 977 pounda. $3; 6 ateers, average 1000 pounda $4; 51 cows, average 923 pounds. $3; steera average 10S3 u"nde. $V 25 cowa average 904 pounds, $3.26; 2 steers, average 105 pounds, $4; il hogs averae 22L, $S.lo; S cows, average 1041 pounds. $3; 3 cowa average 908 pounda $2 25: 1 bull. 1100 pounda $2. . liOcal prlcea quoted yesterday were aa fol- "cATTLE Steera top quality, $4.28; fair to good, $; common, $3.508.75: cows. top. ns. , so: fair to good. $SjrS.2S; com mon to medium. $2.60!.75; calvea top, 1506 60; heavy. $$.60f4; bulla $292. 2o; stsgs. $1.60 c 8.60. HOQ3 Best, $S; fair to rood, $7,752)7.86: Blockers. $67; China fats. $7.6035. SHEEP Top wethera $4; fair to good, yearlings, best. $4; fair to good. $3.50(93.76; $8.50tJ3-76: ewes, Ho less on all grades; spring lamba $66.25. jtern Livestock Marketa jCHICAQO. Sept. 14. Cattle Reoeipta e tlmated at 11.0U0; market, steady. Beevea 4l6a8.80; Texii steera $4 105.SO; W'est eern steera $4 30.50; stockers and feeders. 384.U0; cows and heifers. $2.25 0-25 calvea $.78tf. . , Hogs Receipts estimated at 10.000; mar ket steady. Light, 8S8.B0; mixed. $7.90 $.00; heavy. $7.03 S.r..,; rough. $7.5S7.95; good to choice heavy, $7.03 S.S5 ; pigs, $7.83 U8.SO: bulk of sale. $S.10S8.35. sneeD Receipts estimated at 28.000: mar ket steady. Native. J2.75S4.90; Western, t.ln4" yearlings, $4.60)0.5u: lambs, native, $4.307.00; Western, $4.6087 80. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 14. Cattle Re ceipts. 21.000: market, steady to 10c lower. Native ateers. $4.308; native cowa and heifers. $2.405..'0; stockers and feeders. $3(36.50: bulls. $2.30S35O: calvea $.iBO-0 7 30; ' western steers. $3,859 8-70; Western HogaRecelpta. 12.00O; market, steady to weak. Heaw. s.lfS.30: packers and butchers. $89S.35: light. 7StlS 1; : pica $6.30(35.70; bulk of salea $T.9U8.-0. Sl,eeD Receipts. 8D00; mnrKet, steady. Muttona 4.50d 3.23: lambs, $o 7.63: range wethera $44 3-03; runpe ewes, $J.ti'3.-j. SOUTH OMAHA. Sert. 14. Cattle Re ceipts, HOO; market, steady. Native steers. $.-..37.73: cows and heifers, 3fr 5;. Western steers. $S.75'a0: Texa steers. $393.25; range cows and heifers, $3.T34.2.; can ners. $213; stockers and feeders, $3(55.30: calvea $J.50.50; bulls and stags, 2.1b2 'H'ogs Receipts. 4snn: market. stesdy. Heaw, T.85S..-.: mixed. 7.90ff: light. J'itfSlS; plga. $0.30 S 7.50; bulk of salea H.0 2i CALL LOANS HIGHER New York Bankers Advance the Rate. FUNDS GO TO INTERIOR Money Xot So Plentiful for Wall Street Speculation Stock Trad ing Narrows to Profes sional Dimensions. NEW YORK, Sept. 14 The stock market narrowed to a prbfesslonal stage today Ef fort were made to keep speculative inter est alive by conoentratlng operation In on or two of the usual speculative farorltea and a few noveltiaa but the response of the general llat wa languid. While banking opinion doe not look lor any stringency thla Pall, th position of the New York banking reserves shews that a restriction of credit Is imperative to con form to the heavy drain now havlnc affect on the cash holdings of the banks. The $4 424. 0OO withdrawn from the bank by subtreasury operation slnoe th last weekly bank statement wa mad up compares with an actual surplus reserve at that time of less than $4,000,000. Th interior ha con tinued to draw on Wear York In th mean time in addition to th sub treasury requlre menta The low level of merchandise ex porta for many month past, combined with very large Importa leave th international exchange market without the usual material for covering foreign remlttancea In the home marketa the poor Investment appetlto for securities haa been the occasion for com plaint by bankers and syndicates and vari ous projected new Issues have been delayed. With the season at hand when the normal neauirementa of the Interior make requisi- . T. . .i . . rt m4!l!sin Of llOn On ISOW " dollara the outlook doea not Invite undue extension of liabilities for holding securltlea The banks today were Inclined to advance the rate for call loans In concert and the making of a 3 per cent rate by one or two of the largest Institutions make an ex ample that waa generally followed with as high a rate as haa been touched at any time since the early part of 1908, when the money plethora was setting In after the subsidence of the paiio of. 1!M7. The Harrlman Pacifies moved upward again In oompllanc with varying reporta of the future plans of Harrlman' s successor. The strength of the copper waa attrRmted in London to speculative oovering operations. It was accompanied by a rise In th electrical equipment company share. Bonda were firm. Total aalea par value, $4,100,000. United Statea bonda were un changed on call. QUOTATIONS. Cl( High. Low. j 52 62 80 7 48 48 44. 434 84 82 4 6S 07 Vi 74 9, 73 474 47H 27 !i 24 17 15 59 58 7Vi 95 HI. HI ; 143 5 142 M lo21 1H2 38 . 38 47H 48VI lit) 11SV. 104 104 ".j : 18B-, 134 1874 118 : '844 '33 77 V4 78 181 H 181 43 : 48 iis" Hi" i 8S it 68 65 11 10 71 71 43 hi 41 Sales. Allis Chal. pfd. 10 32 80 H 471, 44 63 07 74 47V. 26 18 :4 07 111 12S 143 1,1 12 88Vi 47 "4 Amaj. .:opper 84,'0 Am. Agric 100 . m TJ ai,nr 1.500 Am! Can pad... 1.200 Am. Car & Fdy. 1.SJ0 rtf.rtn nit l.r.oo Am. K. 4 L Si D'JU 600 2.400 Am. Ice 8eo...- Am. Linseed .. . m lAMinnilM 400 Am. Emit. & K. 8.400 do pref i.ivu Am. Sugar R Am. Tel. 4 T. 82.200 Am. Tob.. pfd. 1.0'Kt Am. -Woolen . . 200 Ana. Mln. Co... 1.800 Atchison 10.100 do pref. 2"0 Atl. Coast Line 2.80O Bait. & Ohio.. 2,800 do pref. Bethlehem Ptl. 1.4O0 Brook Rap Tran 6.600 Canadian Paclflo 4.S0O Central Lt 2.700 do preferred. . 133 11714 W4 764 leu 43 108 813 cent oi ri J . . Ches & Ohio.. Chicago & Alton Chicago Gt West do preferred.. Chi Mil & Pt P. C. C. C & St L. Colo Fuel & Iron Colo & Southern do 1st pfd.... do 2d pfd 6,500 700 200 83 66 10 12 16 71 4 3 J 60 81 79 200 800 con ua 600 146 144 144 Corn 1-rodiic'ts. 1.6H0 224 JV Del & Hudson 1.300 18H 190H 11 lenver gt R ti. do preferred. . Distillers' Sects Erie do 1st pfd. .. . do "d nft 400 46 46 600 200 1.900 86 37i 4'4 85 S7 14 85 17 94 61 42 16T4 153 80 162 14 46 17 22 18 48 28 600 42 42 1.100 166 166 Gen Electric. Gt Northern pf 2,600 152 151 Gt X Ore Ctfs 4U0 SOU Illinois central. 700 152 151 inter-Met S00 ri nrflArrMl . . 1.000 4f U 46 88 21 18 47 28 46 inter narveeier Inter-Marine pf Int Paper Int Pump T...a rntral JO0 83 12 18 48 28 47 70O 1.Z00 400 400 Kan City Pouth . 1,900 do Dreforred. . 200 73 72 72 Louis & Nash. Minn & St Louis 1.300 154 151 163 200 63 62 63 700 144 143V4 14 Missouri Paclflo 1,600 71 41 70 Mo Kan & Tex. z,9w do preforred.. ..... 14ia",lf 40 41 74 106 '4 80 National Lead.. Mex Nat Ry 1 pf N Y Central... N Y Ont & W. . Norfolk & W. .. North American Northern Paclflo 1.100 0 89 600 67 f6 57 8,100 134 183 134 500 474. 47 3 4 40 4 93 83 v o . o-74 o7S $,0O 164 152 154 on 14 82 ovu 0ft Oil dl T 1.... I. ,1 (1A 1,412 1,1 People's Gas.!' L400 115 114 114 143 r, Vj, oi ..... ... os Pressed Stl Car 700 4 48 48 Pull Pal Car 195 Ry Steel Spring , 49 Reading 154,300 165 163 164 Rtfpubiio Steel.. 600 38 88 35 do preferred.. 100 106 10$ 108 Rock Island Co $.100 Si 87 lt do preferred.. 1.800 75 74 7 St L & S F 2 pf 8,600 68 66 58 St Louis S W 25 do preferred.. 100 65 65 65 Rloes-Shef field . 800 85 84 65 So Pacific.... 18 100 127 125 126 Southern Ry... 1.600 80 30 30 do preferred.. 1.41)0 69 68 69 Tenn Copper... 100 86 86 35 T-exas & Paclflo 1,000 15 35 85 Tol St L A W 100 61 51 60 do preferred.. 400 70 70 70 Union Paclflo... 82,700 104 101 203 ao prererrea.. 110 107 109 TJ S Railway 81 TT fi Rnhh,r QArt Kl li 5 1 U. 1 U S Steel. Tr. . .105,100 do preferred. . 1,600 Utah Copper... 1,200 Vlrg-Cnro Cham 700 Wabash 400 61 51 51 79 78 79 125 115 125 49 47 48 47 46 46", 20 . 11 30V, --- .--- . . " . j i,n Westn Marvland .200 6 6 6 West h'se Elec.. J. 900 86 8474 85 tin ' w rr-r-m1 , , f A ,A1Z AO A A western union. i.you sieb 79 u bo - . 1 A. T . liWlA 40V 4 Wla Central.... '1 BONDS. NEW YORK. Sept. 14. Closing quotations: TT. 8. ref. 2s reg.l004D 4k R O 4s 98 do coupon 1001N Y C O 3a... 1 TJ. S. 8s reg 101N'orth Pacific 8. T4 do coupon. .. .101 'Xorth Pacific 4s. 102 TJ S new 4s reg.116 ISouth Paclflo 4a. 103 do coupon. .. ,117lUnion Paclflo 4a. 102 Atchison adj 4e.l00:wiscon Cent 4s.. 93 Stocika at London. ". LONDON. Sept. 14. vToneola for money. 83 9-16; do for account. 83. Amal Copper... 82 (MoKT... 43 Anaconda 8!N. Y. Central. . .137 Atchison .121jNorfolk & West. 90 do pref 107 I do pref 9 Bait & Ohio 119 pnt Sc West 4S Can Pacific 180 (Pennsylvania ... 72 Ches & Ohio.... 82Rand Mines 9 Chi Grt West... 11. Heading 84 C. M. S. P 100', Southern Ry 31 De Beers 17 do pref 71 D Ac R a 47Southern Paclflo. 128 do pref SS Union Pacific 2001, Erie 8r. dopref 1T3 do 1st pf 63TJ. a Steel 81 do 2d pf 43 do pref 12S Grand Trunk... 24.Wabash 20'f III central 153 do pref 49 j, & N 15S ISpanlsh 4s 93 Money Exchange, Ete. LONDON, Sept. 14. Bar silver," steady, 23 d per ounce. Money. 1 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills Is 1 per cent; do three months bills Is 1 per cent. i NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Money on call, firm, 2f2 per cent; ruling rate. 2 per cent; closing bid. 2 por cent; offered, at 8 per cent. Time loans, firm: flo days. 8 3 per cent; 90 days. 3 04 per cent; six months, 4 per cent. Prims mercantile paper, 43 per cent. 8terlln exchange, steady, c'"a' business In bankers bills at $4. 8478 4. 8480 for 0-dav bills and at 84.8025 for demand. Commercial bills. $4.8464.84. Bar silver. 61c Mexican dollara 43c. .. . Government bonda steady; railroad bonds, firm. 'SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 14. Sterling on London, 60 daya 4 84; do alght. 4.86. Silver bare, 31 0. Mexican dollars, nominal. Drafta. sight, 3 per cent; do telegraph, 5 per cent. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. The condition of the Treasury at the beginning of busi ness today was aa followa: Gold coin $800,947,859 Sliver dollars 4SS.805.000 Silver dollara of 1890 i.iu.i.uuo Silver certificates outstanding.. 4S3,OS5,000 General fund Standard silver dollars in gen eral fund B.5S2.fl82 Current liabilities 106.390.19T Working balance In the Treasury office 27.612.451 In banks to credit of Treasurer of United States 40.494.758 Subsidiary silver coins 24.039.747 Minor coins 1.781.010 Total balance in general fund.$ 94.392,042 Eastern Mining Stocks. BOSTON, Sept. 14. Closing quotations: Adventure . . AHoues Amalgamated Arts Com.... Atlantlo .... Butte Coal. . Cal 4 Aria. . 6!Mohawk 61 52 (Mont C C. 25 . 80 '.Nevada . 4301d Dominion. . 10 .Osceola . "(4 Parrot .103Qulncy . 42 H Shannon , 80 Trinity ,. 23 ,. 64 .143 ,. 81 , . 69 .. 13 ..13 .. 64 . . 82 . . 43 . . 4 .. 6 ..151 ,. 62 Centennial .... Copper Range... Daly Weat Franklin Granby Greene Cananea Isle Royale.... Mass Mining.,. Mlohlgan e:U. B. Mining U. S. Oil.. Utah Victoria 9 25 8 10 Winona . .... Wolverine ... North Butt. . NBJW TORS, Sept. 14. Closing quotations: Alice 199 Brunswick Con. 1 Com Tun stock. 23 do bonds 19 CCA Va 130 Horn Silver 65 Iron Sliver 170 tittle Chief... Mexican ...... Ontario ...... Ophlr JStandard . . . . . jyellow Jacket. ,.180 ..230 . .120 . . 30 ..145 MILLERS RAISE BIDS BIvCESTEM AT SEATTLE AD VANCES TO PORTXiANT PRICE. Cereal Manufactures Put Down to New Crop' Basis - Fruit Stocks Clean Tp. SEATTLE. Sept. 14. (Special.) Sixty one carloads of wheat reached here today, establishing the record for the season to data Total grain receipts were 118 cars. Owing to the better demand for milling wheat, bluestem advanced 2 centa this morning, making the price 97 centa. This price was partially brought about by the higher prices being offered In the country by Portland millers. Local cereal houses have sharply reduced prices on many com modltiea Cracked wheat is down 50 cents a barrel; whole wheat flour Is down 50 cents, graham flour is down 60 cents, rye meal and rye flour down 23 centa. In produce marketa trade waa active with stocks better cleaned up than they were last week at this time, watermelons, how ever, atlll drag as the end of the season approachea Peaches were a little firmer to day with aa high aa $1.1 offered for fancy Oregon stock. There is quite a rush for peaches, as many realize that the season is about at an end. A few blackberries axe offered at $1.2.191.30. Prunes are in pretty heavy supply and going as low as 60 cents for the best. London receipts do not in crease as rapidly as expected. A car ar rived this morning and was cleaned up in half an hour after it reached the street. The best cantaloupes now offered are com ing from Wenatchee and move at $1.60 2.30. The market Is glutted with overripe bananaa. Dairy produce is unchanged. QUOTATIONS AT SAN FRANCISCO. Price Paid for Produce In the Bay City Market. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 14. The follow ing prices were quoted In the produce mar- keVegetaoies Hothouse cucumbers. 25 50c; string beans, l3c; tomatoes, 40860c; garlic. 36c; green pears. 24c; eggplant, wmst'uffs Bran, $28.50 8C; middlings, $36,501$ 87.50. Butter Fancy creamery, 82c; creamery seconds. 2c; fancy dairy. 28c; dairy sec onds. 25c. Poultry Roosters, old. $4.5003: . young, $6 0069.00: broilers, small, $2.503.00, large $8.253.60; fryers, $5.E050: hena $4 60; ducks, old. 54p8; young. 58. Eggs Store. 34c; fancy ranch, 41c. Cheese New. 1515c; young Amerlcaa 15Hay vfrheat. $16318.50; wheat and oata. $1417; alfalfa. I1013; stock. 17(910; bartey. $1018; straw, per bale. 60o5c; Frulus Apple. choice. $1(81.75: common. 60976c; bananas. 75cifr?3; limes. $5(g6; lemons, choice. $3 6 3.60; common, $1.50; pineapples, $1.60(3 2.50. Hops Contracts. 1008. 18W21c. v Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, fl.40tjpl.60; sweets. $1.65 1.75. Wool South Plains and San Joaquin, SS 10ReceIpts Flour, 1398 sacks; wheat, 8S centals; barley. 70.605 centals; oats. 490 centals; beana, 1141 sacks; corn. 625 cen tals: potatoes. 8375 sacks; bran, 800 sacks; middlings, 90 sacks; hay, 778 tons; wool, 440 bales; bides, 1300. Metal Markets. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. The ttn market was weak today with spot closing at 20.75 295o; September, 29. 85 29.95c; October, November and December. S9.75g30.0Oo. Salea were reported of 2B0 tona at 29.850. The London market waa quiet and lower with apot closing at 136 2s 6d and future at 137 Ba. The market for Standard eopper waa easy with apot olosing at 12.4O012.6Oot September, 12.4512.0o: October, HBO 12.60c; November, 12.65 12.65o; and De cember, 12.55iffl2.70o. No aalea were re ported on the New Tork exehanga The London market was firmer and a shad higher with spot quoted at 138 8 6d and future at 189 6s 8d. Local dealers quot lake eopper at 18.0018-25c; electrolytic, 12.75fil8.00o; and oastlng at 12.62 U.87a M Lead was steady with apot quoted at .304.S7o New Tork and at -20 4.S.1C East St. Louis. The London market waa lower at 12 13s 9d. fepetter waa firm with spot 8.705-80o New Tork and 6.5fli35.620 East St. Loula The London market was slower at 22 17a iron wa unohanged. Dried Fruit at New Tork. NEW TORK. Sept. 14, Evaporated ap ples steady,1 and aales for November deliv ery of prime fruit are reported at 8c On the apot there la a firmer holding of at tractive cold-storage stock, and quotation are higher: fancy. 9e; choice. Be; prime, 8c; common to fair. 58c. More ordera are going to the Coast for prunes, and prices are firm. California, 8 eilHc; Oregon. 6 8c. Apricots Strong; eholc. 1010oj xtra choice, 1010c; fancy, ll13c Peaches Quiet; choice, 56o; extra choice, 636c; fancy, 70So. Ralslns Dull; loose muscatel. 34o: choice to fancy seeded, 4(ff6c; seedless, 8 5c; London layers. $1.20'1.25- Coffee and Sugar. NEW TORK, Sept. 14. Coffee futures closed quiet, net unchanged. Salea were re ported of only 1000 bags; December at 5 40c. Spot, quiet; No. 7 Rio. 7c; No. 1 Santos, 89c. Mild, steady; Cordova, 8 4? 12c. Sugar Raw. firm; fair refining. 8.87 8 70c; centrifugal, 96 test, 4.J74.20c; mo lasses sugar. S.42S.4Sc. Refined, steady; crushed, ti.S3c; powdered, 5.23c; granulated, 5.13c. Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. Butter Steady; creameries, 2429c; darles. 2228o. Kkks Receipts. 9188 cases; firm at mark, cases Included. 18c; firsts, 21c; prime '"cheesei-Steedy; ' daisies. lS15e: twins, 14 15c; Toung America. 16c; long horns, 16c. NEW TORK. Sept. 14. Butter, oasler. Cheese, steady, unchanged. w Tork Cotton Market. NEW TORK. Sept. 14 Cotton future dosed very steady. Closing bid: September, October and November, 12.28c; December, 12 29c; January, 32.23c: February. 12.26o; Macea, 12.38s; April. 18 nlnj ilay. 12.270, HELPS CHOP Wheat Conditions in Argentina Are Improved. ACCORDING TO LATE NEWS Reports pf tocust Damage, However, Cause Active Buying In the Chicago Market Re ceipts Fall Off. cwtCAOO Sept. 14. Fear of a crop shoSgArgentlna. which caused a sharp advance in prices yesterday, waa again a dominating factor lnth. wheat .market here today. Although the market lrd elded strength the greater part ol th session several recessions occurred at varl ouf tTmea owing to liberal tJItW -j! The September delivery was more tTVhS than the more Qeiwmu . . close waa o below final quotations of the previous session, while the more distant de liveries were up ,v. for General belief in the short-crop theory tor Argentina imparted csnalderable rtrnith at the opening, short being actlv blddera A falling oft in Northwestern reoeipta also sfimu'ateT demand early in the day. Later however, dlapatohe were received olaimlng that heavy rain In ome eoUon of Ar gentina had greatly the. ouok for th new crop. Another factor which caused considerable selling toward midday was the atatement of the world'a visible supply, which showed an Increase of T.878,- 000 bushela The trade, however, waa In clined to buy wheat all day on damage re porta to the Argentine crop. The corn market was Inclined- to he weak all day. although several rallies occurred In sympathy with the bulges in wheat. The close waa steady, with prices .unchanged to a shade lowers compared with the previous 01 Realising sale caused moderate weakness In the oats market early In the da,',tb "Ait firmer tone developed during the last half of the session. Prices at the close were un changed to o higher. Provisions were easy. Price at the close were 10c lower to 6c higher. Th leading futures ranged as follow. WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. Sept $1.04 $1.04 $1.08 $1.03 Cm ... .88 .09 -88 L01 1-02 . 1-01 I-" CORN. Sept....... MH -TH reo .... .0 .60 .60 .6914 May...... .61 .63 -61 -62 OATS. B, iiu .40 .89 dTcV.-.V.V : .89 -J . May 42 .42 .41 .42 MESS PORK. Bept 23-80 23.85 23.80 J3.S5 Jan. ... ... 18.07 18.10 17.90 17.90 , LARD. Sept. Oct. . Nov. , 12.07 H 07 12.00 12.06 12 05 11.92 11.45 11.65 11.60 SHORT RIBS. 11.67 U.67 11.65 11.57 11.67 1150 .,, OCA QiK 13.00 1197 1L60 11.67 11.60 9.47 Sept. . Oct. .. Jan. Cash quotations were aa followa: Flour r irm. Rve No. 2. 70i372c. .. x:,..i.- VctA or m-lxlnr. 50S56C fair to oholce malting. 6865c. Flax seed No. 1 Southwestern, $1.17; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.47. PorlMesaper barrel $2380 33.15. Lard. per 100 pounds. $13 02. ShS?t rlb-Sldes (loose). ';ia Side Short, clear (boxed). $12.37 12.50. Tota? clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 152.000 bushels. Primary receipts wire 1,875.000 bushels, compared with 1. 207 000 bushels the corresponding day a year ago. The World's visible ""Pply. as shown by Bradstreet's, lnoreased 4,a63.000 bushela Estimated recelpta for tomorrow: Wheat. 40 oars: corn. S27 carl; oata 183 cars; hogs. 19,000 head. Receipts. Flour, barrels 31.200 Wheat, bushel 115,200 Corn, bushels 69.100 Oats, bushels 8C3.600 Rye, bushels 7.000 Barley, bushels 97,600 Shipments. 44,900 80,800 307,000 394.100 1,000 32,200 Grain and Produce at New Tork. NEW TORK. Sept. 14. Flour Receipts, 13,600: exports. 67.127; firmer with a mod erate trade. Kansas straights, $4.855. Wheat Receipts, 34.800; exports. 4071; spot firm; No. 2 red. $1.09 nominal eleva tor and $1.12 f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 North em Duluth. $1.10 nominal f.o.b. afloat; No.'' 2 hard Winter, $1.13 nominal f.o.b. afloat. A lot of wheat was bought pn short aocount today and the market was up 1 cent a bushel. Influenced by strong North west markets, higher cash price, firm con tinental cablea and disappointing recelpta In th afternoon, however, realising de veloped and part of the advance disap peared, final price showing o net rise. September closed at $1.11; Decem ber closed, $1.06 and May at $1.08. Hops Steady; Pacific Coast, 1908. 16 19c , Hides Easy. Wool Steady. Petroleum Steady. . Chance in Available Supplies. NEW TORK. Sept. 14. Special cable and telegraphic communication, received by Brad atreet'a show the following change in avail able supplies a compared with previous ac count: . . Bushela . TT.t.4 ot.ta. Rcklea """"T. " .7" . 1.674.000 rn.fl increase -.1. 499,000 Total United State and Canada, In- creaee ..8,073,000 Afloat for and In Europe, increase 4,800,000 Total American and European supply. Increase ..T.8i8,0uO Corn. United States and Canada, In- ls0(j00 cre&M ' " ' m "iL ' t . i . J ta.. anrl 41 A Px. in- .7.7. ..7.T..7. . .7.1.071,000 Grain at Ban Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14. Wheat, firm. baSpot quotations Wheat, shipping. $1 70 1.75; milling, $1.80; barley, feed. $1.33(0 1381i: brewing. $1.408 142: oats. red, $1.7oV-1.60; white, $1.701.76; black, $2.85 "call board sales Barley. $1.41; corn, largo, yellow, $1.701.75. European Grain Market. w Trt-,r a.ni 11 Wheat Sentem- ber. Ta 9d; December, Ts 8d; March, ia 8d. Weatner unseiueu. English country market quiet hut steady; French country maraeis bio... f MOTHER, BEES. NOT QUEENS A Beemaster Says the Queen I the One Real Subject. "Van Norden'g Magrailne. "There are no queens, property ao called, in bee life," said the bee master of Pleasantville, N. J. "There are hun dreds of hives la my garden, and there Isn't a queen in any of them. "If you keep a fairly close watch on the progress of any particular hive, it is very easy to see how the old false ideas got Into general use. At first glance a bee colony looks very much like a king dom, and the single large bee that all the others pay court to and attend so care fully seems very like a queen. "The mother bee seems; on the face of it. a miracle of Intelligence and foresight. While as far as you know all other crea tures in the world bring forth their young of both sexes haphazard, this can lay male) or female eggs apparently at will. You watch her going from comb to comb, and the eggs she drops in the small cells hatch out females and those she puts in the larger cells are always males or drones. "More than that, she seems alwayg to know the exact condition of the hive and to be able to limit her egg laying accord ing to its need or otherwise of population; for either you see her filling only a few P,f;li! THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND. OREGON UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY CAPITAL AND S0RPLUS, $1,000,000 OFFICERS J. 0. AINSW0RTH, President. E. W. SCHMEER, Cashier. R. LEA BARNES, Vice-President. A. M. WRIGHT, Assistant Cashier. W. A. HOLT, Assistant Casliier. LETTERS OF CREDIT AND TRAVELERS' CHECKS ISSUED NEGOTIABLE EVERYWHERE DRAFTS Drawn ON ALL FOREIGN COUNTRIES Lumber mens National Bank f CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STREETS THE BEST STREET INSURANCE IS THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT It insures against dust, mud and street noises. It insures against slipperiness and falling horses. It insures against oracks, disintegration and costly repairs. "It assures a sanitary and durable street. It assures conscientious workmanship and best materials. It assures perfect satisfaction. BITULITHIC INSURANCE IS SAFEST AND SUREST. WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 817 BECK BUILDING, PORTLAND, OR. cells each day in a little patch of comb that can be covered with the palm of your hands or she goes to work on a gi gantic scale and in 24 hours produces eggB that weigh more than twice as much as her whole body. "Then, to cap all, as the honey season draws on to its height you are forced to think that the queen has conceived and is carrying through a scheme for the good of her subjects that would do credit to the wisest rulers ever born in human purple. . , . "Every day of Summer sunshine nns brought thousands of young bees into life. The hive is getting overcrowded. Sooner or later one of two things must happen either the increase of population muat be checked or a great party must be formed to leave the old home and go out to es tablish another. "Then it is that the mother bee seems to prove beyond a doubt her wisdom and queenliness. She decides for the emigra tion, but as a leader must be found for the party, and none is at hand, she forms the resolve to lead lt herself. "A new ruler for the old realm muet be provided to take her place when she has gone forever, and now you see a party of bees set to work on something that fairly beggars your curiosity. "At first it looks exactly like an acorn cup in wax hanging from tHe under edge of the comb. Perhaps the next time you look the cup has grown to twice its original eize and now you see it is half full of a glistening white jelly. "The next time, maybe, you open the hive the acorn has been added to the cup, the queen cell is sealed over and finished, and about a week later there comes out a full-grown queen bee twice the size of the ordinary worker and quite different In shape and often different In color. "If the mother bee really brought all this about queen would not be a good enough name for her, but the truth is throughout all the wonder workings of the hive the queen is little more than an Instrument, a kind of an automaton, merely doing what the workers compel her to do. "They are the real queens in the hive and the mother bee Is the one and only subject. The birth of a 'queen' is simply a question of where the eggs are laid. "Thousands and thousands of worker eggs are laid In a hive during the sea son, and each of those could be made into a queen If the workers chose: but the worker egg is laid In a Bmall cell and the larva Is bred on a bare minim jm of food at the least possible cost of time, trouble and space to the hive, while when a new queen Is wnnten a ceii an an Bonds Investments CALL OR WRIT ID T. S. McGRATH lumber Exchang, PORTLAND, OBBOOS. your finger top Is built and the larva Is stuffed like a prize pig through all Its five days of active life until, with un limited food and time and room to grow in, it comes out at last a perfect mother bee." Aged liane County Woman Dies. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Sept. 14. (Special.) Mrs. H. W. Babcook, aged 82. died at her home on Silk Creek, five miles west of this city, Saturday, and was burled Sundny. Mrs. Babcock was mariMed to Rev. H. W. Babcock at Luck laen, N. Y.. where she was born, and moved to Hutchinson, 8. D., in 1S88, and from there to Cottage Grove 20 years ago. . Rev. Mr. Babcock, who is 90 years old. one daughter, Mrs. W. N. Wheeler, and two sons, N. F. Babcock, near this city, G. H. Babcock, of Phillip, S. D.. 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren survive. Rev. Babcock has been In the Adventlst ministry for 72 years. 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RQCHK, City Ticket Agent. 142 Id tU Phona Main 402, A 1102. COOS BAY LINE The steamer BREAKWATER leaves Port land every Wednesday. P. M., from Atns worth dock, for .North Bend. Morstillelu ana Coos Bay points. Freight received until 4 P. M. on day of sailing. Passentr'-r tare, flrsi class, $10: second-class. J7. Including berth and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third and Washington street, or Alnswortn dock. Phone Main 298. CANADIAN PACIFIC WEEKLY SAILINGS BETWEEN MON TREAL, QUEBEC AND LIVERPOOL. Nothing better on the Atlantlo than our Emoressea Wireless on all steamera F. R. JOHNSON. P. A. 142 Third St-, Portland, Or. S