21 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1909. LULL IN HOP TRADE But Market Not Affected by the. Lessened Activity. HOLDERS IN A FIRM MOOD Plucus Finishes Redrjlng Hops Caught by the Freshet Condi tion In the London Market. Grain Reveipts IiBrge. Buying for export and American account continues In the hop market, trot trade la not on an active scale. The market Is now passing through, one of those quiet periods which have been common this season. The only thins for sellers to do is to sit baolc nd wait tor the demand to revive. The supply left, in first hands is too email to cause any uneasiness. The dealers and speculators are holding; fast to their stocks and the arowers are following their example. Tor that reason, business has bean reduced to email proportions. The sale of 10T bales by "Wilbur Cook, of McMlnnvllle, to T. A. Llvesley & Co.. at Itv, cents, was reported yesterday. There was also a aaJ of about 115 bales at the same price to an exporter, but the names of the seller and buyer were not learned. The following cable was received by Klaber. Wolf A Netter from their London orrloe: ""Market very quiet, scarcely any thing doing. Market dull, prices un changed." The hops belonging to Isaao Plncus & Sons on the George Rose placo at Independence, which were damaged hy the recent freshet, hare been redried and again put in good order. Mr. Plncus employed 80 men and 25 teams In moving the hops to a place of safety and -used SO kilns In drying those that were wet. Of the 682 bales in the Rose warehouse, 400 bales had to be re dried, but their Quality was not seriously Impaired, while ISO bales were not touched by the water. Thla is the biggest Job of the kind ever undertaken In Oregon and the owners are highly pleased that the loss was so small. Imports Into Great Britain for September and October are 20,896 cwts. as against 24.9S7 in 1908, and 33.ST9 In 107. For the same two months exports were 7462 cwls. as against 06!) In 1908, and 2264 in 1907. The latest circulars of the London hop factors say: Wild, Neame Co. Trade during the last few days has been somewhat quiet, but. In view of the small portion of the crop that remains to be dealt with, values continue flrjn. Msnger & Henley Nine-tenths of the crop having passed out of growers" hanls there is very IK tie left to deal In as the re mainder is -principally held ttor higtter fi-gures. V. H. & H. L.e May The demand for copper hops continues good. Choice hops are firm at current rates. GRAIN TnAllIXrt IS NOT BRISK. But Prices to All "Lines Are Weil Main tained. Trade was not brisk yesterday in the local or country wheat markets. There was not the usual anxiety to try. but form er prices were well maintained. The same applied to the oats and barley markets. The switchmen's strike has had no effect on the movement of grain In this direction, as most of the wheat now coming In is from O. R. A N. territory. Yesterday" receipts, in earn, were reported by the Merchants Exchange as follows: Wheat Barley Floup Out Tr- v .iTonaay i Tuesday :2 Wednesday ... r7 Thursday .... 7S "Year ao 30 Be&son to a.ite.5t23 ' Year .ago 720 22 32 14 19 2 1 2 IS lO 12 8 8 13 11 5 17, ! 4 SOS 8R4 003 l37.- 1187 308 641 1493 ;(iTROVO I.OCAT DEMAJfD TDK rOT'T.TRY Chickens SeJl Readily at TOgh Prices. Northern Demand for King's. Poultry receipts were again heavy yes terday, but the demand was ample to take car oi mem and prices were Arm, chickens celling at 13H16 cents. There was but little change In the egg 'market. The local demand was slow, but orders from the North are gradually re ducing the accumulation, and as receipts are very light, tha Indications are for a firmer market. Butter Is firm and acUve. "Local creamery Docks are getting small. Temporary Banana Famine. With the change In the weather came a fetter feeling la the fresh produce trade. "The demand was good all around. Receipts rrom the South were light, consisting of only i -one ear each of celery and sweet potatoes. Portland is facing the prospect of a tem porary banana famine. Two or three cars were due yesterday, tut were delayed by the '-strike and could not be located. re-on Wool Sales at Boston. Details of the sales of Oregon wools at (Boston last week have been received by mall. They Included 2,"i0,00O pounds of staple at 25 cents In the grease. 30,000 pounds of No. 1 clothing at 22 cents, and ' 10.000 pounds of No. 3 Valley at 28 cents. Several carloads of wool have reached Roseburg. according to the Review, being purchased by George Kohlhagen. The pro duct brought from 20 to 21 cents per pound. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. ...1. 080,1176 2S2.007 . .- 2.170.::S4 i'Sfl.311 ... !;U.1M 43.307 - DUG, 400 140,690 Portland Feat tlx . Taeoma Spokane PORTLAND MARKETS. drain. Flour, Feed. Etc. , TH.A.T Track prices: Bluestem. $1.15 club. l.o:i; red Russian. $1.01 H; Vallev si Turkey red. $1.04; 40-fold; J1.04. ' BAULKY Feed and brewing, J28 60 J8.76 per ton. FLOUR Patents. $0 per barrel; straight 4.60; export. $4.25: Valley. fS.BO; graham. 16; whole wheat, quarters, J5.20. CORN Whole, S33.50; cracked. $34.60 per ton. MILLSTUFFS Bran. 2 per ton; mid dlings. S3; shorts, $28.80 2.60: rolled barley. 29. 60 30.50. OATS No. 1 white. 31H3i 31.B0 per ton. HAY Timothy. Willamette Valley $16 19 per ton; Uastern Oregon, $1821; alfalta. 16 16.60; clover, $16g16; cheat. $15-"16; ra$n hay. 1516. I Dairy and Country Produce. HtVrTER City creamery extras, 37c: fan. outsid creamery. S3S7o per lb 'sv'lro, 22 w Ha (Butter fat prices average 1 lie per pound under regular butter prices.) LCHJS rresh Oregon extras, 4214 4450 per dozen: Eastern. S23So per dozen! CHEESU Full crenm twins. lSalSHo per pound: young Americas. J9l!iHc ' POULTRY-Hens. 13 Wc; Spring!. 15tl ?1o; roosters. plOc; ducks. l(16c geesa. 11 12c; turkeys, live. 18c; dressed, g .. 9r - 3 c. PORK Fancy, lOlfplOHe per pound. BAL Extras. HVi12o per pound. Vegetables and Fruits. FRESH FRUITS Apples, HQ box; pears, HO1 1.60 per box: Spanish Malaga, ; I77.50 per barrel: quinces. $1.2501.50 per ' box; cranberries, $s9.&0 per barrel; per simmons, $1.60 por box. POTATOES Buying prices: Oregon. SO 85c per sack; sweet potatoes, 114 c per pound. , TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges. $2.7SS; j lemons, fancy. $6; choice. $6.60; grape I fruit $S.S04 per box; bananas, Etoo ! per pound ; pomegranates. $1.60 per box. .VMKTjLBLES Artichokes. Too per dosen: beaxta. -loo per pound; cabbage. 0 lo per lb.; cauliflower, $0cO$l.a6 per doc; : celery, $3. 76 iff 4 per orate; eggplant, $1.75 O10o per dozen; hothouse lettuce. tl& 1.S6 per box; peas, lOo per pound; peppers. fer box; garllo, lOo per pound; horseradish, 1.60 per box: pumpkins, lfllHo; radishes. 16o per dozen; sprouts, 8c per lb.; squash, $101-10; tomatoes, 7Ec$l. SACK VEGETABLES Turnips. 7Bcl par sack; carrots, $1; beets, $1.SS; ruta bagas. $1.10 per sack; parsnips, $L25 - ONIONS Oregon.' $1.50 per sack. Provisions. BACO? Panoy, z7c per pound: atandard, ltc: choice. lie; Kngllsh, 2020c DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt, ltic; smoked, 16Vic; short clear backs, heavy dry salted, lBttc; smoked. lVic; Oregon exports, dry salted. ISo; smoked. 17c. HAMS 10 to 1$ pounds. 17Ue; 14 to If pounds, l"Hc; 1$ to 20 pounds, lTo; hams, skinned, ISo; picnics, ISfto; cottaro rolls. 15c; boiled hams. 2426c; boiled picnics. 21c. LARD Kettle rendered. 10s. ITHc; stan dard pure, 10s, 1814c; choloe. 10a, 15 He Compound, 10s. lllic. SMOKED BEEF Beef tongues, each. 80o; dried beef sets. lc: dried beef outsides. 17o; dried beef Insldes. 21c; dried beef knuckles. 20c PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pigs" feet. tlS.60: regular tripe, $10; honeycomb tripe. $12; lunch tongues. $1.60; mess beef, ex tra. $12; mess pork. $25. ' Groceries. Dried Fruits. Eta. DRIED FRUIT Apples. 9o per pound; peaches. 7 8c; prunes. Italians, 60 6Hc; prunes, French. 46c; currants, un washed, cases. 94c; currants, washed, cases. 10c: ligs, white fancy. 60-lb. boxes, 614c;" dates, SS SHo. SALMON Columbia Elver. 1-pound talls $2 per dosen; 2-pound talis, 2.9B; 1-pound flats. $2.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound talis, Buc; red. 1-pound tails, 1.46; sockeyes; 1 pound tails. $2. r-OTiTK-R MMhB. 24i!t2Sc: Java, ordinary. 1720o; Costa Rica, fancy. 1820c: g-ood. 1618c; ordinary. 1216o per pound. NUTS Walnuts. 14 10c perjound. Bra zil nuts, 12415c: fllberta 415o; al monds. 14$4&15i4c: chestnuts, Ohio. 20c; cocoanuts. 0c4i l per dozen. BEANS Small white. 6c; large white. 4Hc: Lima, 514 c: bayou, 5'Ac; pink. 4V4c. SUGAR Granulated. 5.75; extra C 5.25; golden C. $5.15; fruit and berry sugar. $5.85; beet, $5-63; cubes (barrel). $8.80; powdered (barrel), $6. Terms on remit tances within 15 days, deduct o per pound. If later than 15 days and within 30 80 days, deduct o per pound. Mapls sugar, 15 18c per pound. SALT Granulated, 18 per ton. 1.90 par bale; half ground. 100s, $7.50 per ton; 60s, $8 per ton. . HO.'.EY Choice. $3.2S3.50 per Casa Hops, Wool, Hides, Ete. HOPS 1909 crop, 180230; 1908 crop, nominal. 1907 crop. 12c: 1906 crop, "8c. WOOL Eastern Oregon, 16023o pound. MOHAIR Choice, 25a pound. CASCARA BARK 14o per pound. HIDES Dry hides, 18 19a per pound; dry kip, 1718c pound; dry calfskin, 19 21c pound; salted hides, 10llo; salted calfskin, 15 16c pound; green, lo less. FURS No. 1 skins: Goatskins, 15c $1.25; badgor, 25 50c; bear, $820; beaver. $S.508.50: cat. wild, 75c1.50; cougar, perfect head and claws. $310: fisher, dark. J7.5011; pale. $4.90 7; fox, cross, $35: fox, gray. 6080c; fox, red, $35; fox. silver. $303il00; lynx, $816; marten, dark. $3012; mink. $3.605.60; muskrat, 154&.25C; otter, $2.604; raccoon, 6075o; sea otter, $100 250, as to size and color; skunks, 56(e80c: civet cat, 1015c; wolf, J3ij 3.00: coyote, 75oi$1.25; wolverine, dark, $341 5; wolverine, pale. $2 2.50. a Oils, Turpentine, Etc COAL OIL Pearl, astral and star, cases, 19c per gallon-; eocene, cases, 22o per gallon; Elaine, cases, 28c per gallon; extra star, cases, 22a per gallon; water white, iron bar rels, llfec per gallon; wood barrels, 15Ho per gallon; special water white. Iron barrela 16e per gallon. GASOLINE Red crown and motor gaso line, iron barrels, 16c per gallon; cases, 23o per gallon; 86 gasoline, iron barrels, 30c per gallon: cases, 37 He per gallon. BENZINE V. M. and naptha. Iron bar rels. 13o per gallon; cases, 20Hc per gal lon; engine dlBtlllate. Iron barrels, Oo per gallon; cases. 16c per gallon. TURPENTINE In cases, 78c per gallon; wood barrels, 75 He per gallon; aroturps (turpentine substitute), iron barrels, S$o per gallon; cases, 45a per gallon. LINSEED OIL Raw, in barrels, 71c; boiled, in barrels, 73c; raw. In cases. 76c; boiled. In cases, 78c. TOP GRADE IS - STRONG BEST QUALITY LIVESTOCK IX DEJIAXD. Former Prices Are VVell Maintained at the Portland Yards Re ceipts Are Moderate. There was a fair degree of activity in the livestock market yesterday and a good tone was shown all around. Receipts were 343 cattle, 74 calves. 38 sheep and 785 hogs. A sale of lambs at $5.56 markod the top quotation current, while sheep moved at $4.50. Fancy hogs again brought $S.10. No top grade steers were offered and the best price realized on cows was $3.2.5. but fancy calves sold at $5.25. A bunch of 243 goats brought $2.50 a hundred. Shippers at the yards were Jesse M Por ter, of Northville, Or., one car of hogs; J. C. Davis, of Shedd, one car of hogs and sheep; 1 E. West, of Junction City, one car of cattle, calves and hogs; C H. Walker, of Union, two cars of cattle; N. C Long fellow, of Joseph, one car of cattle; G. W. Chandler, of Elgin, two cars of cattle: B. L. Ktdwell, of North Powder, five cars of cattle-; William Brown, of Shanlko, one car of hogs; W. Davenport, of Shanlko, two cars of hogs; Ben Taylor, of Grass Valley, one car of calves, and Kiddle Bros., four cars of cattle, calves and hogs from Wal lowa. Imbler and Enterprise. Three cars of hogs were also sent in by the State Bank, of Filer, Idaho. Tha day's sales were as follows: Wt Pr. Wt. Pr. $2.50 5.25 4 OO 8.00 4.50 6.50 IS cows 1073 $3.25 3 cows. .. loOO 1 cow. .. 1130 4 steers. 9.30 B..-:47 calves. L'l'J .o,ai calves. 7.60 1 calf. .. 8.10141 sheep.. 4.30120 lambs.. 4.2570 hogs. .. 3.25137 hogs. .. 321 470 113 ! 249 B9 hogs. . 50 hogs.. 20 steers. 128 213 1015 4 steers. 1102 14 cows. . 1123 8 OO 7.90 215 Prices quoted at the yards vesterdav pm as follows: CATTLE Best steers. $4.60; fair to good, S4g$4.2.V. medium nnd feeders. $3.50 3.75; beat cows. $3.5u3.7o; medium, $33.75; common to jiiedlum, $2.00(g3.75; bulls, $2 2.B0; Slags, 92 603.SO; calves, light, $5.25 6.50; heavy, $44.75. HOGS Best, $8ih8.10; medium, $7.50 7.85; stockers. $4&4.75. fHBEP Hest wethers, $4.254.75- fair to good, $3.75C4; best evaes. $2.754; fair to good. $3.50u 3.75; lambs, $55.35. Eastern Livestock Markets. CHICAGO. Dec, 2. Cattle Receipts esti mated at 7o0t; market steady; beeves $3 85 69.15; Texas steers. $3.7oj4.75; Western steers. $497.40; stockers and feeders, $3.10 $t "is-SoO helerfl" 2.10f5.65; calves. Hogs Receipts' estimated at 20.000; market steady; light. $7.7ora8.20; mixed. $7.75(uS.35i heavy, $i.Ht38.40: rough. $7.90ig8.10; good to choice heavy, $8.10.s.4O; pigs. $tl.6547.70; tiheep Receipts estimated at 16.000; market I tiidv rm'lvfl JtTr..l. -txrAc.a.n . yearlinss, $5.4lXS6.8o; lambs, native'. $5.Z5ia 7.75; Western. $5.25g'.(i5. KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Deo. 2. Cattle Re ceipts 5000: . market steady; native steers, $4.8oj"9.50; native cows and heifers. $2.50 stoekera and feeders, $3.155ci5.50: bulls. $2.stu 4.10; calves. $3.5UiSi.60; Western steers, $3.80 6-5.50 ; Western cows, $2.754i4.50. Hogs Receipts 10.000; market steadv; bulk of sales. $7.9r,8.20: heavy. $S.158.25: pack ers and butchers, $88.20; light. $7.60fij-8.05: pigs. 6.5tfi'7.r.u. Sheep Receipts 6000; market steady; mut tons, $4.60ij:5.50: lambs, $5.75f7.tiu; range wethers and yearlings, $4.2586.75; - range ewes, $3.25&5.S5. OMAHA. Dee. 2. Cattle Receluts 500; market steady. Native steers, f4i&; cows and heifers. $35; Western steers. $3.60a.25; cows and heifers. $2.854.35: canners, $2.250s 3.25: stockers and feeders. J12.75fr5.25: calves. i $3.6(5T; bulls, stags, etc. $2.75(64.60. Hoys Receipts 3000: market strong. Heavy, $8.05g8.10; mixed. $S5S.06; light $7.9Ojj.05; pigs. 6.75ft7.60; bulk of sales, $i8'5.05. Sheep Receipts 4600; market strong. Year lings. $B.4O&0.4n: wethers, $4.40(85.40; ewes, $46; lsmbs. $6.507. . Tha toad deposits about 12,000 eggs eaon year, but only 1OO0 dsvslop. RUMORS OF DEALS Stock Market Affected by Rail road Talk: DOES NOT BENEFIT PRICES Keductlon of the Short Interest Also Operates Against Any Improve ment In Valnea Bonds Are Steady. NEW YORK, Deo. 2. Speculative atten tion was diverted from the main current of affairs In the stock market today In some by-channels having to do with special de velopments concerning railroad properties and their relations. The St. Louis & San Francisco system has given ground for suppositions of readjust ments to follow. Today's announcement from the Lehigh Valley of the coming entry into its directorate of the dominant powers in the Rock Island Company, afforded light as to one direction whlcswthe readjustment was taking. The new forces In Lehigh Val ley were at some pains to disclaim any in terest in Wabash. The supposition regard ing the "deal" pointed as an alternative to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western as an Eastern outlet for the Rock Island to be linked by the Wabash. This alternative did not weaken the effect of the Lehigh Val ley transaction, owing to tha close bank ing relations between the new forces In Lehigh Valley and the Lackawanna ele ment In the old Lehigh Valley control. The reports of plans for the extension of the Western Maryland reorganized property revived conjectures of its possible linking with the Wabash-Pittsburg to make an ocean outlet for the Gould system, a plan supposed at one time to have been aban doned. A wide field for surmise was offered by the possible acquisition of the Frisco as an adjunct to the Hawley holdings. From this was inferred' a possible resale of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, lately acquired by the same rapidly-growing power in the railroad world. The Joint effect of these rumors was not stimulating to the market. The market was affected as well by the reduction of the demand for the short in terest, which was covered in the rise of prices yesterday. The serious effects of the switchmen's strike In the Northwest and the fear of Its spread bad a depressing effeot. - A report came from Washington that Na tional bank holdings in railroad securities were to be scrutinized under the suggestion that speculative interest in the stock market, especially by the Greater New York banks, played too large a part in their conduct. The stock market element felt nervous over this suggestion. Bonds were steady. Total sales, par value. $5,257,000. United States bands were un changed on coll. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing High. Low. Bid. 64 54 63T4 87H 8514 861, 4614 4li 46 451s 451, 4014 831a S3 S3 71 71 71 W 65 m 45 4414 4414 . 26 14 6O14 69"4 59:4 983, 6?4 96 lion 11014 no 11914 117 11814 141 140 140 98 98 9714 84 48 47 47 llHla 1181 II8I4 lu41s 104 104V4 ii514 81 S3 14 1S 77 78 17814 178 177 46 45 4534 10Ti 107 1, 10714 310 8614 8514 854 65 19 19 18 17614 37514 17514 155T4 1531a 154 75 74. ' T5 4B"4 49 49 5614 5514 66 81 81 81 S014 SO'4 SOii 149 14714 147 21 21 21 182 182 181 5014 474 4914 86 S41s .85"4 36V 3614 36 33 32 33 47 47V4 47 8914 3914 39 16114 160H 1604 141 140 140 7814 77 77 14514 23 4 22 23 65 64 64 107 25 24 24 14 61 50 61 284 28 27 43 43 43 71 70 70 15A 149 149 01 61 61 134 133 133 71 70 7f 47 47 46"!, ..... 73 14 11714 iia" 117 87 87 I -8714 55 127 ' 126 326 4 40 46 9314 92 93 82 8014 R2 143 141 141 44 43 44 129 128 128 U3 94 94 P4 ci 61 r.i mo 50 60 60 17 168 lt!S 46 4514 4514 lor. 40 39 39 S 85 85 6(t 68 CS 3414 34 3.'! T5 74 75 80 128 127 127 31 ' 30 30 . ; . 67 38 fc 34 34 53 60 62 68 198 197 39S 102. 101 101H 81 81 81 61 61 61 87 S0 87 123 123 123 59 6711 67 471-S 47 47 21 21 21 58 66 56 46"? 44 45 83 83 83 78 77 77 S 49 Allis Chalmers pf. 100 Amil Copper . . 67,2'.) Am Agricultural 2"0 Am jeet sugar 400 Am cas pf 1,400 Am Cor & Foun. 1.4O0 Am Cotton OH 7vO Am Hd & Lt pf. Am Ico Securl ., Am Linseed Oil ., Am Locomotive . , Am Smelt & Ret.. do preferred . Am Sugar Ref .. Am Tel & Tel .j Am Tobacco pf Am Woolen . M . . Anaconda Mln Co. 6u0 300 15.000 200 1.900 Atomson .4(X do preferred . . . 1,400 Atl Coast Lin ... . Bait & Ohio 2,800 do preferred ... Bethlehem Steal Brook Rap Tran.. SOO Canadian Pacific .. 900 Central Leather .. 2.O0O do preferred . 40O Central of N J Ches & Ohio .... 2,806 Chicago & Alton Chicago Gt West. 600 Chicago & N W . . 3.40O C. M & St Paul.. 8,4'JO C. C, C & St L. .. 300 Colo Fuel A Iron. 2,300 Colo i& Southern . . 400 do 1st preferred. 3M) do 2d preferred. 3O0 Consolidated Gas 17,700 Corn Products ... l.lOO Del & Hudson .... 300 D & R Grande 16.600 do preferred ... 1,600 Distillers' fciecurl 20 Erie LOOO do 1st preferred. 200 do 2d preferred. 3iK General Electrlo .. 400 Gt Northern pf .. 8, TOO Gt Northern Ore .. 1.100 Illinois Central ' Interborough Met.. 12.600 do preferred ... 7,700 Inter ' Harvester Inter Marine pf.. 900 Int Paper Int- Pump 4.300 Iowa Central .... 400 K C Southern ... 800 do preferred ... 2X) Louisville & Nash 1,400 Minn & St Louis. 20O M. St P S S M. 300 Missouri Pacific .. 3.8"0 Mo. Kan t& Texas 3.5G0 do preferred ... National Biscuit 2,600 National Iad . . . 1,000 Mex Nat Ry 1st pf N T. Ont & West 300 Norfolk A West.. 2.S00 North American .. 3.500 Northern Pacino .. 6,700 Paclflo Mail 1,100 Pennsylvania 2,200 People's Gas . - P. C C & St L. . . 300 Pressed Steel Car. 600 Pullman Pal Car.. ...... Ry FteeJ Spring .. 200 Republic Bteel 1.200 do prererreo: Rock Island Co.. 12.10O do preferred ... 1.800 St L & S F 2 pf. 4,500 St L Southwestern 3,400 do preferred ... 1.200 Ploss-ShefTleld '. . . . Southern Paclflo . . 6,3n0 Southern Railway. 600 dc preferred ... . . . . Tenn Copper Son Tol. St L & West. 2C0 do preferred . . Union Pacific .... 29,500 do preferred ... 200 TT S Realty . 300 TT S Rubber 30O U 3 Steel 71 . do preferred ... 2,100 Utah Copper 8, TOO Va-Caro Chemical. 300 Wabash .3O0 do preferred ... S7.10O Western Md 4.3O0 Westlnghouse Elec 9.300 Western Union ... 1,000 Wheel A L Erie Wisconsin Central Total sales for the day, 673,800 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK, Dec. -- Closing quotations: XT. S. ref. 2s reff.100 flo coupon. . . . lOO TT. S. 3 rep. .. .101U X T C O SH. - - 90 KortTi 'Pacific Ss. 72i North Pacific 4s.lO?J' Vnlon pacific 4.102V2 TT S new 4s recll4:K.!wLscon Cent 4s' oo coupon. . . . 101 4 do coupon. ... lltf1 Japanese 4s S7H D & R O 4s... 96TI Treasury Statement "WASHINGTON. Iee- 2. The condition of the Treasury at the beginning of business to day was as follows: Trust funds Gold coin tS4.SC0,81 Silver dollars 436,581.000 Silver dollars oC 180l 3.9SO.noo Silver certificates outstanding. . . 4S6,5SliW0 G-eneral fund Standard silver dollars In gen eral fund 3,0-.177 Current liabilities 110.1&4.304 "Working ib al an co In Treasury offices 2T.7S2.T90 In banks to credit of Treasurer of the United States 3o81S.160 Subsidiary silver coin 15,509,767 Minor coin 1.19.827 Total al an ce In general fund... 62,096,221 Money, Exchange KtC NEW YORK." Ieo. 2- Prime mercantile paper, 65r4 per cent. Gterlinff exchange, firm, with actual busi ness In bankers' bills at $4.94104.8415 for 60-day bills and at $4.8780 for demand. Commercial bills. $4.BD54.tt3. Bar silver 514l Mexican dollars 43c. Government and railroad bonds, steady. Money on call vtronff, 4.Q 54 per oent; ruling rate 6 per cent; dosing bid, 814 per cent; offered at 5tt per cent. Time loans rather soft and dull. Sixty days, 4iS per cent; 90 days, 4a4 per cent; six months. 4H per cent. LONDON. ' Dec. 3. Bar silver, steady at 23 -16d per ounce. Money, 4 per cent. The- rate of discount in the open market for short bills is 41s per cent; do three months' bills, S'3 15-16 per cent. Consols for money, 82 13-16c; do account, 83Uc SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1. Sterling oo London. 60 days. $4.844; do sight. $4.87. Silver bars, 5114 c. Mexican' dollars, 4Sc Drafts,' sight, par; telegraph, lo. X2R8tern Mining; Stocks. BOSTON, Dec. 2. Closing quotations: Adventure ..... 7 lMohawk ....... 61 Amalgamated ... 86 Nevada . . . 26 Ariz Com 44 Old Dominion... 51 Atlantic 11 Osceola 157 Butte Coal 29 Parrot 29 Cal & Ariz 101 (Qulncy 85 Centennial 374 Shannon ....... 15-14 jCopper Range.. 81jTrInlty 10 Daly west .. 7 -jU s Mining. .... Franklin 16 JU IS Oil 36 Granby 102. (Utah 44 Greene Cananea 1 1 T4 (Victoria 3 Lile Royale 24W'inona ......... 8 Mass Mining.... 614 Wolverine 145 Michigan 6 INorth Butte. . . . 61 SUPPLIES NOT SHORT SEATTLE PRODUCE RECEIPTS LARGER THAN EXPECTED. High-Grade Potatoes Sell at Firm Prices Dairy Products Are Steady a-nd Unchanged, SEATTLE, "Wash. Deo. a. SpecIal. Receipts of produce today -were heavier than expected and were practlc&lly normal. Even wheat arrived in larg-er quantities than was expected, but entirely over the Great North--era. There was no trading In wheat here today. Oats and hay are strong, owing to the possibility of a shortage of supplies If the strike is extended. High-grade potatoes sold at $19 In all Quarters today. The Japanese oranges that arrived on the Minnesota will not be available for distri bution before the first of the week, owing to the fumigation to which they will be subjected- Fruit and vegetable receipts at Seattle for November were 602 carloads, of which 255 were potatoes. Concord grapes, that have fceen in storage, were brought out today and sold briskly at 5 cents for the large baskets. Dairy produce was steady and generally unchanged. QUOTATIONS AT SAX FRANCISCO. Prices Paid tor Produce In the Hay City Market. , SAN FRANCISCO, Ieo. 2. The follow ing prices were quoted In the produce market today: Vegetables Cucumbers. $1.001.26; string beans, 4 7c; tomatoes, 75c $100; garila, 4 6c; gren peas, 4&c: eggplant, 5S7c. MlUstuffs Bran. $2a 50 30: middlings, $30. 50 5? 37.50. Butter Fancy creamery, 86c; creamery econds. Sic; fancy dairy, 29c. Egge tfiVe, 48c; fancy ranch. 64o. Cheese New, 17 18c; young Americas, 1719c. Hay Wheat $14 19; wheat and oats, J1S6-17; alfalfa. $912; stock, $S10; bar ley. 1013; straw, per bale. 50'3,70c Fruits Apples. choice, 75c 90c; com mon, 5066c ; bananas, 75e($3.50 ; limes, $4 4,50; lemons, choice, $3.504; com mon, $1.75(2.7o; orange, navels, $1.70 2.00; pineapples, $33.o0. Wool South Plains and San Joaquin lGc; Spring Humboldt and Mendocino, 13 15a Hops 20tJ'2Sc per pound. Potatoes Oregon Bu Thanks, $101.10: Salinas B urban Its, $1.20(51.40; sweets, $1 Heceipt- Flour. 1174 auarter sacks- wheat. 140 centals; barley, 510 cental; oats, 440 centals; beans, 650 sacks; potatoes. 1210 sacks; bran. 370 sacks; middlings, 90 sacks; hay, 404 ions; wooi. a oaies; niaee, zio. Metal Markets. NETVV YORK, Dee. 2. Standard copper lo cally was weak. No quotations for spot were made on the call, but later bldjv and offers established the market at about 12.87H13o for both spot and December; January, 12.87H $U3e; February. 12.87(3-13. 25c; Lake, 33.25 13.50c; electrolytic. 13. 1213. 37.c; carting, 13g13.2fc. Ijondon closed easy. Spot, 53 7s d: future, toy I us. Tin, easy. Spot closed at 81. 3731. 75c, December at SI. 30(551. 60c, January at 31.35 31.60c, February at 31.75c asked. London tin, easy. Spot, 143 10s: futures, 145 7e 6d. Iead. ouiet. Snot. 4.37J(54.42Uo New Tork ajrfl 4.204.2TVjC Ea-t St. Louis. London marker lower at fciz la ol. Spelter, weak. Spot. 6.15-?yfl.30e New Tork and B-iXvc asked ivnpt tu ixtuis. Jondon mar ket unchanged at 23. Iron was higher at B0 10d for Cleveland warrants In London, Locally the market was unchanged. . London Wool Soles. LONDON, Dec. 2. The sixth series of the wool auction sales closed today. Throughout the sale animated competition prevailed, es pecially by French and German buyers for fine new clips. - Americans bought sparingly and confined their purchases principally to crossbreds. Compared with . the September sales, merinos were unchanged to 3 per cent lower, while crossbreds advanced 5 per cent Cape of Good Hope and Natal grades were unchanged to o per cent lower, x111"" tno series home spinners bought 47,000 bales, 48,- 500 were taken for the continent and 1500 for America, About 3000 bales were held over. At today's sales 8S89 bales were offered and sold quickly at firm prices, especially scoured merinos, which were in demand for the con tinent. Irld Fruit at Xow Tork. NEW TORK, Dec. 2. Evaporated apples. qufet; prices barely steady; December 7c asked, spot. Taney new, 10llc; prime. 7VSO old. choice, 910c: prime, 7 He. Prunes, quiet but firm; moderate offer ings from the Coast. California up to 20-40 .2-3, 49c: oregons, BUfyc Apricots, firm; choice, ll?4mic: extra choice, llViHc; fanoy, llV43ia4c. Peaches. nrm; choice, 6 94 to Tc; extra choice, 77c; fancy, 7c Raisins, inactive: loose muscatels, 4tf35c choice seeded, 6H6Hc; seedless, 8Vs5Hc; London layers, J1.17 Vi O1.30. Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO. Dec. 2. Butter Market, steady. Creameries, 26ViC32V4c; dairies. 24 28c. Ggga Receipts. 8011. Steady at mark. cases included. 20,i 4p5'C; firsts, 2Sc; prime firsts, 80 Cheese Firm. Daisies, 14 16 'Ac; twins, 36c; youmj Americas, lOc; long- horns, 16c j NEJW TORK, Dec. 2. Butter and cheese. firm, unchanged. Eggs, weak; Western ex tra nrsts, Bl'aaoc; nrsts, 2S30c; seconds, 26 27c. Coffee) and Sugar. NETW TORK. Dec. 2. Coffee futures closed net unchanged' to o points lower, sales, 8500 bags. December, 6.35c; February, 6.45c; March. 6.M)c; September, R.75C. Spot, quiet; Is'o. 1 Rio, Sc nominal; No. 4 Santos, 8c Mild, quiet; Cordova, 9llHc Sugar Raw. steady; fair refining. 8.8Sc; centrifugal, a teat, 4.83; molasses sugar, 3.53c. Refined, steady; crushed. Q.G9c; pow dered, &.C3c; cranula,ted, 5.25c JVrw Tork Cotton Market. NET TORK, Deo. 2. Cotton Spot closed quiet, five points higher; mid-uplands, 14.70c; midiGulf, 14.Wc Sales, 44O0 bales. Futures closed steady; December, 14.86c; January, 14.54c; February, 14.64c: March, 34.81c; April. 14.84c; May, 15c; June, 14.82c; July. 14.4c; August. 14.30c; September, 13.32c; October, 12.80c. Wool at St. Xonls. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Dee. 2. Wool Steady. Territory and Western mediums. 2429tf: fine medium, 2125o; fine. 1220c. Paralysis Strikes Eugene Man. EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.) W. G. Luckey, a prominent citizen and, mem ber of the Masonic fraternity of this city, lias suffered a stroke of paralysis and is confined to his home. Word has iust been receivea by friends hero of a simi lar attack Buffered by Mrs. Mary Drew at Hot Sprinps, S. D. Mrs. Drew wu formerlyi. a resident of- Sufenet BID UP BY SHORTS Wheat Prices Lifted Sharply at Chicago. LAST PRICES NEAR TOP I"ear That the Switchmen's Strike Might Extend' to Other Rail roads Is the Cause of the Flurry. CHICAGO, Deo. 2. Possibility that the la bor disturbance, which have alxnoet com pletely tied up freight traOlo ta tha North west, might extend to other railroads waa the preomlnatlxur Influence in wheat during the nn&i jiour xooay ana roumr vnm iwofc , of a numtiflr Af bAft-rlsh rsftors which had created considerable weakness earlier la the session. Short. In December were especially eager to even up trades and in their anxiety to cover, bid the price of that option up lHa above the low point of the day. Thla In turn affected the more distant deliveries, although July showed only a moderate upturn. Final prices were almost at tha top. Argentina ad vice claiming Ideal harvesting weather, addi tional rains In the Winter wheat belt here and three crop experts estimates of an increased acreage seeded to Fall wheat contributed to The heavy tone early in the day. Wet weather and the bulge In wnea no, the corn market firm. The close was un changed to yo higher. Oats were strong all day. At the close prices were 4 to s above yesterday. Provisions were rather weak at the start, but soon rallied and close4 -with net gains of 7H to 12Ho. . WHEAT. Open. 1.05 V4 1-OCHs .7tt High. $1.06 1.05 V 7H CORN. E8 .614 0 7 Low. 1.0514 1.06 H .97 Close. 1.06H, 1.05 ,7H .58 .61 H .60, Deo.. May , July Dee.. . . . May. July.... .58 .61 H .sols -ST .60 OATS. .9 : .4014 ,41V, .40 i .40 Vi Deo.. . . . May. . July... . Jan. . . . . May.... .4014 .42 .40 Vi 11.50 0. 65 . , -42 .40K MESS PORK. 21.40 51.50 11.J2S 30.60 20.05 20.47 V LARD. Jan. U.i7V4 l-5 May 11. J 7;, 11.65 12.27H 11J7V4 11.42 "A 11.62 Vi SHORT RIBS. Jan 11.30 " 11.30 11.15 May 10.62-4 10.72H 10.621 Cash quotations weM as follows: Floui Steady Rye No. 2. 72T4c. Barley Feed or mixed, 4953o; 11.27 10.76 fair to choice malting, bubi(o. Flax seed No. 1 Southwestern, $1.70; "No. 1 Northwestern, $1.8(. Timothy seed. $3.75. Clover $8.60 14. Porl Mss, per barrel. $38.76 J4. Lard Per 100 pounds, $13.50. Short ribs Sides (loose). 11.76(gll. Sides Short, clear (boxed), $12 12.25. drain statistics: Total clearances of flour were equal to 127,000 bushels. Primary receipts were 806. 000 bushels, compared with 700,000 bushels tle corresponding day a year ago. stlmated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat, 52 cars; corn, 428 cars; oats, 113 cars; hogs. 21,000 head. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 26,600 12.300 Wheat, bushels 169,600 66,800 Corn, bushels 382,500 157,100 Oats, bushels...: 133,200 Rye. bushels 11.000 Barley, bushels 72,000 200, COO 31.200 f Grain Markets of the "Northwest. LBWISTON. Idaho. Dec. a (Special.) The grain markets remain unchanged, but reports received by local buyers Indicate a drop in prices unless the embargo on the movement of grain occasioned by the switch men's strike Is raised within the next 24 hours The following are the offers: Blue stem. $1; 40-fold, 90c; club and Turkey red, 880; red Russian, 8O0. Oats $1.25. Barley Feed, 4 1.18. TACOMA, Wash.. Dec. 2. Wheat Milling bluestem. $1.13; club, 1.02; export bluestem, $1.11; club, ?1.01; red Russian, 0c. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 2- Export wheat, bluestem. "S1.07V4; club and Fife. 7"4c; red Russian, 04Vio. Grain and Produce stt "New York. NEW TORK. Dec. 2. Flour Receipts, 86.500 barrela Market, elow, unchanged. Wheat Receipts, 1V5.6O0 busheLs;xports, 48,400 bushels. Spot, firm; No. 2 red, lS nominal, domestic elevator, and $1.24 nom inal, f. o. b, afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. 1.16 nominal, f. o. t. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter, 1.1T7A. nominal, f. o. b. afloat. Prices were easier under lower cables, but advanced on covering by shorts and the pos sibility of a sympathetic strike by North western trainmen. The close was He to Ho net higher. December closed at $1.15 May. $1.12-; July. 1.04T4. Hops and Hides Quiet. Wool and petroleum Steady. Grain at San Francisco. SAN- FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. Wheat, steady: barley, firm. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. 1.80 1.05 per cental; milling, $1.00 per cental. Barley Feed. 1.61.47V4 per cental; brew ing. 1.47H,l-48?i per cental. Oats Red, 1.654i1.76 per cental; white, 1.601.72i4 per cental; black, 2.402.65 per cental asked. Call board sales: Barley May, 1.&1H per cental; December, lS per cental. Corn Large yellow, 1.751.80 per cental. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Dec. 2. Close: Wheat December. $1.05; May, $1.05 L06.Casb. No. 1 hard, $l.O71.07Vt : No.t Northern. $11.06; No. 2. $L04 1.04 ; No. 8. 1.02V41.03.. Flax $1.77 Vi- Corn No. 8 yellow. C70seAe. Oats No. 3, white, 88 88 Tic. Rye No. 2. 69i470V4c European Grain Markets. LONDON. Dec 2. Cargoes, easier, fol lowing American decline; Walla Walla for shipment at 40s 3d English country markets. firm. French country markets, firm. LIVERPOOL. Deo. 2. Wheat December. Ss Id; March, 7s 74d; May, 7s 6d. Weather, cloudy STATE WANTS SECURITY Notice Served on Irrigation Com pany in Survey Matter. . SALEM, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.) At a meeting of the Desert Land Board today the secretary was instructed to advise the Columbia Southern Irrigating Company that the board expects the company to give the state security that the company will proceed at once to make a topo graphic survey of the segregation, to be completed within six to eight months, and that In the meantime the company shall take steps to secure a reservoir and to protect those settlers in the segrega tion whom the company has no means of serving with water. If, at the end of a certain specified time, the company shall not have com pleted the topographic survey and done the other work outlined by the board, the entire segregation and Improvements shall revert to the state. It Is believed the proposal will be satisfactory to the irrigating company and that the work will be resumed. - Mill II mining Again. WOODLAND, Wash., Dec. 2. (Spe cial.) The Harvey Mill Company, the largest operxt'ev," on the Lewis River, started its lowe.' .mill Monday, after having rioroughly. overhauled the plant axd installed -ansiderable new machinery. The outp jj t . of the two lumbermens National Bank CORNER FIFTH AND STARK. ST3. Deposits December 1, Deposits December 1, Increase in one year.:. 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 cracks, disintegration and costly repairs. Ii assures a sanitary and durable street. It assures conscientious workmanship and best materials. It assures perfect satisfaction. PITULITHIC INSURANCE IS SAFEST AND SUREST, f r WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 317 BECK BUILDING. PORTLAND, OR. By the WHITE oo STAR LINE ITALY Alternate Sailing from New York Boston by thei Sixth CRUISE I EG of At A Dim for WINTER To MADEIRA, SPAIN MEDITERRANEAN PORTS PALESTINE AND EQYPT mills of this company when running: full blast will amount to about 35U0 railway ties dally LUMBERMEN TO BUILD LINE Want Own Railroad Through Pa cific County to Columbia. CHEHALIS, "Wash., Dec. 2. Articles of Incorporation were filed yesterday by the Pe Ell & Columbia River Kali way Company. The capital stock is $50,000. The incor porators are "W. C. Yeomans, Charles I. Toemans, C. A. Doty and F. B. Hubbard. All are lumbermen, Messrs. Yeomans being in the mill business at Pe Ell, Mr. Doty at Doty and Dryad and F. B. iiubbard a former active lumberman of Cen tralia. The company proposes to run an electrlo or steam railroad from Po Ell southerly to tap the Columbia River near Cathlamet, with warehouses, telegraph and telephone lines, etc. Mr. Yeomans already has several miles of standard gauge logging railroad built up tho Chehalis River, and this will become a part of the new system, which Is In corporated as a common carrier. The road will tap one of the finest belts of timber In the State of Washington. F. B. Hubbard is prominently Identified with the Eastern Railway. & Lumber Com pany of Centralia. One of the primary objects of this company. In all probability, is to find an outlet on the Columbia river for the output of their mills, which are now located on the South Bend branch line. The millmen on the branch have always had more or less difficulty with the railroad company In the matter of securing plenty of cars and getting their product to the markets as they desired. OILS ENGINE; GETS BURNED Vancouver Mill Fireman Suffers From Explosion. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 2. (Spe cial.) While Dave Thayer, fireman for the Crown Columbia Pulp & Paper Com pany, in Camas, was putting oil In the engine at the mill last night, the fire blew out on him, badly burning his face and hands and the back of his neck. At the time of Hie accident, he either let too much oil run in or let lt run too fast. Suddenly there was n explosion and the flames burst out.- - It will be noma time before he will be able to re turn to work. By the bursting of a steam pipe, at the came mill, which Charley Duftin was en gaged in repairing, Duffln was severely burned about the legs and, arms and on one side of his face. When the pipe broke the force of the steam hurled Duf fln through the air and pieces of the pipe were flying In all directions, but none of them struck him. ALL SAVED FROM RAPIDS Ferryman Makes Gallant Dash When His Cable Breaks. COLFAX, Wash.. Dec. 2. Three men and a team were saved from belrfg dashed to pieces In the rapids of Snake River by the gallant efforts of Ferryman J. Stuart, at Riparla. Tuesday evening. Stuart was crossing Snake River, be tween Texas City and Riparla, when the cable broke. He put the small ferryboat into use, and with the aid of the two passengers, effected a landing after a dash down the river of over a mile near the rapids. The ferry will be out of op eration several weeks. Better Streets Asked For. OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.) Following closely the organization of a street improvement club last Saturday a petition has been placed In circulation for betterment of Ninth street, from Center to Taylor streets, and tbenca to the Molalla road. If the residents of Oregon City, adopt tha-. proposed-charter 1909 $2,459,698.76 1908... .$1,347,380.46 .$1,112318.30 Cedric'W'Celtie tt to Larftsl Stunre la Iks trass, ass t is CJBETIC. CANOPIC and ROMANIC Sesd for SaXat Li asd llWrmtotl rria to say Once or Ag.ncr YPT Leaves NEW YORK JANUARY 30ll. 1S1 AD xpeaes iacksJed (or 73 dsn Ua at $400 and np F&r JJeauiiftU Prooram trivina ftofl 'particulars. itriteCR VIBE DEPT. WHITE STAR LINE, Seattle r Local Airriitn. amendment at a special election to be held February 21, the property owners will pay for the entire improvement. Under the present system the city pays for 0e-thlrd of all street improvements. TRAIN CHANGE CELEBRATED Willamiria Commercial Club in Ban- quet Lauds Better Service. WILLAMINA, Or.. Dec. 2. (Special-V The Commercial Club of Willamlnx gave a banquet Tuesday evening at Hotel Wlllamlna In honor of the estab lishment of a double-train service to Portland with connections with Dallas and Salem. The new train arrange ment will greatly facilitate passenger and transportation service. Manager O. K. Edwards, of the Pa clflo Face Brick Co., attended the ban quet, as well as most of the business men of the city. The invitation of tha Portland Commercial Club to join tho Oregon Development League was ac cepted. Delegates were appointed to attend the Dairy convention to be held In Portland on December 6. Vancouver Firm Gets Contract. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 2. (Spe cial.) The contract for building walks I and roads around Stable No. 13S in Vancouver Barracks has been let ta f Rector & Daly of this city. The bid was sent to Washington, I. C, some ; time ago and accepted. Work on the contract will beerln at onre. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. 99 it LarB-st and Newest St-aiiiRhii Ever Bent to the Orient 17.O00 Tons. 80 DAYS $325 UP LUTBS If. Y, JAW. 2. MIA. TiMt Ansl Oralae. CssBpnbeassi j risist aad I sigfst Vessel Krar stes. ORIENT CRUISE cJsa ersasea to tfaa Wsst todies sod Booth l iti . HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE 100 POWELL. ST., SAN FRANCISCO. FOR TILLAMOOK Steamer "Oshkosli" -will receive freight at Couch-street dock, com mencing' Wednesday, December 1st. Merchandise, $3.00 per ton. Sails every Saturday evening. Telephone Main 861. SAX FRAX. PORTLAND S. S. CO. From Ainsworth dock. Portland, 4 P. M. : SS. Rosa City. Dec 3, 17. ss. Kansas city, uec. iu, 24. From pier 40, San Francisco, 11 A. M. : SS. Kansas City, Dee. 4. IS. SS. Rose City. Dec 11, 25. etc. M. J. ROCHE, C. T. A., 143 8d St., J. W. Ransom, Dork Agent, Ainsworth Dock. Malu 403; A 1403. JPhones Main 868; A 1234. NORTH PACIFIC S.S. CO. For Eureka San Fran cisco and Los Angeles direct. Sail every Tues day at 8 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third, near Alder. Phones M. 1314. A 1314. Send tor folder. H. TOUNG, At. COOS BAY LINE The steamer BREAKWATER leaves Port land every Wednesday, B P. M. from Ains worth dock, tor iortll Send. Marsllueld and Coos Bay points. Freight received until 4 PI M. on day o sailing. PasBenser fare, first class, 10: seoond-class. 17. including- bertls and meals, lnaulre city ticket oince. Third and Washington street, or Ainsworth dock Phone Main 268. CANADIAN PACIFIC WEEKLY SAILINGS BETWEEN MOlf 1 RKU QUEBEC AND LIVERPOOL. Nothing better on the Atlantic than raff Empresses, wireless on all steamers. F. R. JOHNSON. P. A. 142 Third. SU, Port! and.-Or, -