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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1909. E LIFE Pacific Coast Hop Market Is Reviving. GROWERS. HOLDING FIRM Active Demand In California and Washington Vlliy the English Bayers Are Holding Off. Potatoes Still High. The Coast hop markets are showing mors life. A stronger demand prevail la Call fornia and In Washington, where Considrr able buying la being- done. In Oregon trad la U11 quiet, but the market la Dm Aa offer of 23 oenta waa mads la the Mo MlnnvlUe aectlon yesterday tor choice hop, and there la reason to believe the offer cams from an exporter. Several IDaetern dealers are also In the market, but are not able to accomplish much because of the firm view of growers. Choice Oregon hops are not being offered on the market at any price and the lower grade are stiller than the? vara. There -was a sat of 135 bales of medium TnMn - yesterday at 21 oenta and this prioe -eras freely bid In that seotlon. In Western Washington there were bids of SOI and 21 cents. Only 1509 bales of Yaki ma are left In growers hands. bout 420 bales of Russian River hops (nave besn bought In the past few days at 21 cants. Including. 238 bales by the Uhl tnanna. Several hundred bales of Sacra m an toe have been taken at 20 cents. 6o nomas cannot be bought at bid prlcea Grow era there are asking 23 and 24 cents and say they are going to hold. Kali advices from New York report the ale of 1000 bales at 81 cents. Eastern dealers aa well as brewers have been buy ing. Some purchases for export were also made by Hugo Loewl. The unsold stock. In New York la now down to 6000 bales. A latter received yesterday from London stated that the slaok demand tor Coast hope was due to reports that growers at this end were weak, and added that If the growers would show a firmer attitude. It would Quickly reflected on the London market and that more orders would be forwarded here. The Pacific Coast Is the only place In the world where England can buy hops now and Oregon are preferred to other growths. Apparently the London dealer are holding off thinking they can bur cheaper later. There Is little doubt they will soon realize their mistake. However, there Is not likely to be muoh export -business before January, no matter how the market goes, as the foreign traders do not operate freely In the holiday period. That the Impression prevails on the other side that hop values must be better In the future Is Indicated by the following from the Kentish Observer of November 25: Although the time of the year ha ar rived when the demand for hops usually be comes very slack, the trade Is still fairly active, and the whole of , the remaining stock of this season's hops would be taken up by consumers but for the fact that for the few remaining holders demand more money. The rise In prices all through the season has been gradual, but there are In dications that much more money will be ob tained for the remainder of the growth. Continental and American marketsajr too high for export. The latest trade letters of the Xiondon dealers say In part: "VVllde. Neame A Co. There are very few hops left In growers hands, and consequent ly there Is not so much doing on the market, but a firm tendency prevails without altera tion" In values,. " Messrs. Manger eV Henley A steady ln oulry continues but buyers And It no easy matter to meet with hops suitable for their requirements, the quantity left In growers' hands being so extremely email. Prlaes re main firm. W. H. A H. L M&r The steady con sumptive demand continues and the stocks are being appreciably depleted day by day. C1RAIN TRADE CONFINED SMALL I.OTS. Wheat. Oat and Barley Are Firm ait All Point. The scarcity of wheat In most sections of the country and the strong views of all holders contribute to make a quiet market. Locally price are more or less nominal and tn ths country they are whatever the farm er want to ask. Barley and oats are lightly offered and firm at last prices. Local receipts. In cars, were reported by the Merchant' Exchange aa follow: ' Wheat Barley Flour Oat Hay Monday S3 22 lO 4 13 Tuesday ...... 4 11 8 T 10 Wednesday ....8 1 1 1 a Thursday M 6 13 . . 8 Year ago 82 r. 5 8 15 Season to date. 821! 7 951 917 82 1440 Xear ago 7SG8 1230 420 628 1032 RiS'ltKN OREGON POTATOES COMING. Fhortage in the Local Market W1U Soon Bo Believed. The ehortage In the looal potato supply ha become so acute that Front street prices yesterday were up to 81.350 1.50 per hundred. The famine will soon be relieved, however, as several cars of Eastern Oregon potatoes are now rolling this way, attracted by the high local prlces Trade In the fruit and vegetable market was fair. The only arrival . reported from the south was a car of celery. California advices were that the damage to the orange crop from the late freeze was not, a great a was feared. Weakness of Poultry Market. The poultry market still has a weak un dertone. Reoelpts of chickens yesterday were in excess of the demand. Eggs were active and firm. In the absence of Oregona. nearly ail olasses of buyers are taking hold of Eastern Stock. There were no changes In butter or cheese, which were quoted firm. Bank Clearings. Tlank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday wens as follows: Clearing Balance. Portland 11.410.768 J2RI.S35 Seattle 1,001.747 287,796 Tacoma 1,052.529 43.949 tipokane ............. 743.338 69,9fi3 PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Feed. Etc. WHEAT--Track prices: Bluest em. 81.16 1.20; club. 31.05; red Russian. 81.01 Valley, 81.02; Turkey red, 31.04; 40-fold. (1.04. BARLEY Feed and brewing. S28.E0Q2 per ton. FLOUR Patents. $6 per barrel; straight, (4.60: export. 34.25; Valley, 35.50; graham, 85; whole wheat, quarters, 35.20. CORN Whole,- 33.30; cracked. 834.50 per ton M1LLSTPFFS Bran. 82 per ton; mid dlings. $33; shorts. 328. 5029.50; rolled barley. 329.506 80.50. OATS No. 1 white. S1.5032.50 per ton. HAY Timothy. Willamette Valley $15 39 per ton; Eastern Oregon. $1821; alfalfa, 91616.50;. clover. $16)16; cheat. $15016; grain hay. $15 018. Dairy and Country Produce. BUTTER City creamery extras, 3!c; fancy outside creamery. 34 039c per lb.; store. 23VU'24c (Butter fat prices average lc per pound under regular butter prices. EGGS Fresh Oregon extras. 4ao - per dozen; Eastern. 31 6 37 Ho prjlozen. CHEESE Full cream twins. 1818J4o per pound: young Americas. 1919c POULTRY liens. 15c; Springs. 15ej roosters, 901Oq; ducks l5taltc; geeaa. 110 , 13c; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed. 25a. PORK iFanoy, 100100 per pound. VEAL -Extras, 12o per pound. Vegetables and Fruits. FRESH FRUITS Apples. $108 box; pears, $101.50 per box; Spanish Malaga. $7 0 7.50 per barrel; quinces. $1.26 01.60 per box; cranberries, $909.50 per barrel; per t summons. $1.60 pr box. rOTATOES Buying prlooe-.-Oreron.-eO SHOWS MR 70a per sack sweet potatoes, Hio pep pound. TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges. $1.7803: lemons, fancy, $6; choice, $5.60; grape fruit 33.6004 per box; bananas, 65-o per pound; pomegranates. $1.50 per box. Japanese oranges, $1.50(0)1.65 per bundle; tangerines, $1.75 per box. VEGETABLES . Artichokes. T5o per dosen; beans. 10c per pound; cabbage. IMo per pound; cauliflower, $2 per dosen; celery, $3.76 04 per crate; eggplant, $1.75; hot house lettuoe, $1.50 per box; peas, 10o per pound; garllo, 10c per pound: horseradish. $1.50 per box; pumpkins. H4 0H4O; radishes, 16c per dozen; sprouts. 8c per lb.; squash, 10114c; tomatoes. 75o$l. SACK VEGETABLES Turnips, $1 per sack; carrots, $1; beets. $1.50; parsnips, $1.60. ONIONS -Oregon. $1.50 per sack. Prju-iilons. BACON Fancy, 27c per pound; standard, 22o; choice. 21c; English, 2O20V4c DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt. 15Vc: smoked, 16Hc; short clear backs, heavy dry salted, 16 o; smoked, 16&c; Oregon exports, dry salted. 16o; smoked. 17c. HAMS 10 to 13 pound. 17o; 14 to 18 pounds, 17ttc; 18 to $0 pounds, 17 He; hams, skinned 18c; picnics. 13yo; cottage rolls. 16c; boiled hams. 34025c; boiled picnics. 11c. LARD Kettle rendered. 10s, 17o; stan dard pure, 10a, 18 He; choice. 10s, 1554 c. Compound, 10s, 1154c. SMOKED BEEF Beef tongues, each. 60c; dried beef sets. 19o; dried beef outsldes, 17o; drlsd beet Inside. 21o; dried beef knuckle. 30c PICKXED GOODS Barrelei Pigs feet, 813.60; regular tripe, $10: honeycomb tripe, $12; lunch tongues, $19.60; mess beef, ex tra, $12; mess pock, $25. Hop,' Wool. Hides, Etc HOPS 1909 CTod, 18 0 22HOI 1908 crop, nominal. 1907 crop. 12o: 1906 crop. 8e- WOOL Eastern Oregon. 160230 pound. MOHAIR -Choice. 25o pound. CASCARA BARK 4 Ho per pound. HIDES Dry hides. 18019c per pound; dry kip. 1718o pound; dry calfskin. 190 21o pound: salted hides. 1OVi011c; salted calfskin. 150 16o pound; green, la less. FURS No. 1 skins: Goatskin. 15c $1.25: badger, 25 50c-. bear. $6020; beaver. $6.0008.50; cat, wild. 75C01.5O: cougar, perfect head and claws. 8301O; fisher, dark. $7.50011; pale. $4.9007; fox. cross, $306: fox, gray. 00 0 80c; fox, red. 8S05; fox. silver. 835310; lynx. $8015; marten, dark. $8012; mink. $3.5005.60; muHkrat. 15 0 25c; otter, $2.5004; raccoon. 60 0 75c; sea ottsr, $100 0 250. as to size and color; skunks, 55080c; civet cat. 10016c; wolf, (303.50; coyote, 75c$1.25: wolverine, dark, $8d5; wolverine, pale, $2 0 2.50. IS WHEAT IS QUOTED STROXGER IN SEATTLE MARKET. Two Carloads of Grapes Arrive Un expectedly rota to Prices Are Pushed XTp Too High. SEATTLE. Wash., Deo. Special.) Under an Improved demand, wheat was stronger here today, bluestem selling at $L10. A cent better was asked In some quartera. Local yards are badly congested with grain. Seventeen cars of hay arrived today, helping materially to relieve the hay shortage. Two carloads' of grapes arrived, much to the surprise of everyone. The market is al most bare of grapes and the new arrivals are expected to move briskly at from $1.23 to $1-50. Celery was firmer today at 7o oenta. Another carload of cauliflower ar rived. Potatoes are a little topheavy, the Idea prevailing - in some quarters that the price has been run up too much There was only a moderate .demand for poultry and eggs today. There was a call for live turkeys, which were offered at 22 cents. QUOTATIONS AT 8 AN FRANCISCO. Prices Paid for Produce In the Bay City - Market. SAN FRANCISCO. Deo. 9. The follow Ing prices were quoted in the produce market today: Vegetables Cucumbers. 750$1.25; string beans. 407a; tomatoes, 75c(bj$1.50; garlic, 406c; green peas, 408c; eggplant, 506o sllllstuffs Bran. $28 500 30: middlings. $3e.60ra87.5O. Butter Fancy creamery. 83H; creamery, seconds 31c; fancy dairy, 29o. Ekbs Store. 48c; fancy, 54o Cheese New, 1701S4c; young America. 17019c. Hay Wheat. $14019; - wheat and oats, $13017; alfalfa. 8012; stock. $8010; straw per bale, 50 070c Fruit Apples, choice, 75c09Oo; com mon, 60Q65c; bananas, 75c03.6O; limes, $4 0 4.50; lemons. choice. $3.5004; com mon, $1.7602.76; oranges, navels, $1,650 2.50 ; pineapples. (3. Wool South Plain ahd San Joaquin. 010a; Spring Humboldt and Mendocino. 13 015a. Hops 170 23 Ha per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, $11.20; Sa linas Burbanks. $1.15(31.40; sweets. $1,250 1.50. Receipts Flour. 4732 quarter sacks; wheat. 1400 centals; barley. 205OK centals; oats, 1C30 centals; beans, 815 sacks; com. 600 centals; potatoes, 8316 sacks; bran, 1005 sacks; middlings, 40 sacks; hay, 20O tons; wool. 10O bales; hides, 380. - Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Deo. 9. The market for standard copper was steady, with npot, De cember and January closing at 12.750 13a. Feb ruary and March at 12.87H013.12VaC. The Enrllsh. market was firm, with spot quoted at 59 10a and futures at 60 10s. Local dealers quote Lake copper at 13.20013.50c, electrolytic at 13.12ttffl3.87feo and casting at 13013.25c. Tin was Arm. Spot. 32.4032.60c: Decem ber, 32.35032.55c; January. 82.35032.50c; Feb ruary, 82.37H032.62Hc; March. 32.40632, 75o: April, S2.6O032.8Oo. The English market closed teady. with spot at 142 7a 6d and futures at il48 12s 6d. Lead, steady. Spot. 4.S7H 04.42 Ho New York and 4.22H04.3OO East St. Louis. Eng lish market a shade iifrher. Spelter, easy. wHh spot 6.106.27Ho New York and 600.15c Eaat St. Louis. London mar ket higher at 23 2s 6d. Iron waa lower, with Cleveland warrant at BOa 7Hd in the London market. Locally Iron waa unchanged. Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO. Dec 9. Butter steady; creameries. 260 83c; dairies, 24029c. Eggs Receipts. 3052 cases; steady at mark, cases included, 20 Vs 025 He; firsts. 29c; prime firsts, 30 He. Cheese Firm; daisies, 16H016c; twins. 160164c; young Americas. 1654o; long horns, 16Hc NEW YORK. Deo. 9 'Butter Firm; creamery specials. 84 Ho; extras, 83 Ho. Cheese Firm: unchanged. Eggs Irregular; Western extra firsts, 82 CP3c; nrsts, ;atjaic; seconds, 209280. Eastern Mlnlnc Stocks. BOSTON, Dec 9. Closing quotations: Adventure -. 6 Nevada 27 H Old Dominion M Amalgamated Ariz Com Atlantlo Butte Coal... Cal & Ariz Centennial Copper Range. Daly West. . . . Franklin . 87 . 44H .. 119 . 29 .101 ,. 37 . S1H . 8H . 15H Osceola .........157 Harrot 29 Qulnoy ...... Shannon . ... . Tamarack , Trinity lU S Mining.. U S Oil 84 15H 64 10 H 34, S7Vi Granby Utah 44H Greene Cananea. 12H Victoria ........ 3 Mass Mining.... 7 (Wolverine ......145 Michigan OHiNorth Butte 60 Mohawk 60 I Coffee and Stigar. - NEW YORK, i Dec. 9. Coffee Futures closed steady; net unchanged to five points higher. Sales, 2000 bags. Including January, 6.50c; March, 6.60c. The market at -Havre closed net unchanged to He higher. Spot, quiet; No. 7 Rio, 8HC nominal; No. 4 Santos, 834 c. Mild, quiet; Cordova, 9011c Sugar Raw. quiet; fair refining. 8.81Hc; centrifugal. 96 test, 4.31 He; molasses sugar, 8.56HC Refined, quiet; crushed. 6.85c; pow dered. o.25c; granulated. 6.15c New York Cotton Markets. NEW YORK. Dec 9. Cotton Spot closed quiet; mid-uplands, 14.05c; mid-Gulf. 15.20c. Sales. 1500 bales. Futures closed steady; December. ' 14.66c; January, 14.bOc; Kebruary, 14.05c: March, 15.13c; April, 15.22c; May and July. 16.3Sc; June, 15.25c: August. 14.96c; September, 13-70o; Ootober, 13.14a. HOG PRICES SOAR Sale Made at $8.50 at Port land Stock Yards. MARKET STEADILY CLIMBS Fancy Sheep Strong at $5 Per Hun dred Demand lias Outrun the Supply Condition of Cattle Market. Livestock price are soaring in the local market. Hog yesterday sold at the ex-, tremely high price of $8.50 per hundred. Sheep are strong- at $5 for top stock, and If prim quality eattla war offered they would command full prices. The demand la getting beyond the supply and steadily carrying the market upward.'' A few days ago there was a sensational advance in hogs to $8.26. Yesterday this price waa repeated on the opening- sale, then a choice lot wast moved at $8.36, and finally a 'bunch of 79 head, averaging 241 pounds, brdught the phenomenal prloo of $8.60. No sheep wear offered yesterday.- but tho market was quoted atron; at the basis es tablished Wednesday. A considerable portion of the reoeot cat tle arrivals have been of inferior grade, and even these have sold at fairly good prices. The receipt at tba yards yesterday were 376 cattle, 97 sheep, 462 hogs and 22 horses. Shippers at the yards were: Kiddle Brothers, of Joseph, with two cars of cattle; K. M. Adams, of Pilot Rock, one car of hogs; E. E. Wtllard, of Slianlko. five cars of cattle; Slgfried Brothers, of Shanlko, two cars of cattle; Dullng & Bishop, of Winona, Wash. ; O. M. Looke, of Corvallls, one car of oattle; Frank Waan. of Barlow, one car of sheep; L. E. West, of Union; Toney Brothers, of Haines; H. E.- Thompson, of Buhl, Idaho; C. W. Young, of Payette, and J. C. Allen, of Buhl. Idaho. -Tha day's sales war as follow: wt. no Wt. Pr. $8 hogs. 204 $8.25 1 steer.. 1010 $4.25 3 4 steers. 1167 23 steersltlO 25 cows.. 992 26 cows. .1002 4.60 4.25 2.50 us nogs.. 179 67 hogs.. 134 8.35 7.75 8.25 8.50 3 nogs.. 316 3.651 79 hogs.. 241 Prices quoted at the yards yesterday wens aa iouowb: CATTLE Best steers, $4.5004.75; fair to good, $404.25; medium and feeders, 13.600 8.75; best cow. $3.6003.76; medium. 330 3.76; common to medium. $2.5003.75; bulls, $203.60; stags, $2.6008.50; calves, light, $5.2505.60; heavy. $404.75. HOOS Best, $8.25 0 8.50; medium, $7,600 $.00; stookers. $6.60 06.75. SHEEP Best wethers.' $4.7505.00; fair to good. $4.26 04.60; best ewes. .$3.7504; fair to good, $3.5003.76; lambs, $5 05.36. Eastern livestock Markets. CHICAGO, Dec 9. Cattle Receipts, esti mated, 15.000; market, 10c lower. Bevea, $4fi9; Texas steers, $3.1504.85; Western steers. $4.2507.26; stockem and feeders, $3.15 06.25; cows and helfera, $2.10'5.70; cal vest S79.60. Hogs Receipts, estimated. 20,000; market, steady. Light. $7.9008.40; mixed, $80-8.60; heavy, $8.1008.55; rough $8.1008.25; good to choice heavy, $9.2808.65; pigs, $6.bO07.8O: bulk of sales, $8.8008.45. Sheep Reoelpts, estimated. 22.000; market, steady. Native, $3.TO0o.7O; yearlings, $607 60 lambs, native. $6.7508.85; Western, 85.750V 8.30. OMAHA, Dec 9 Cattle Reoelpts, 6000; market, elow to steady. Native steers, $408; cows and heifers. $306: Western steers, $3,600 6.26: cows and heifers, $2.7504.60; canners, $2.2503.60; stackers and feeders, $2.7510.25; calves, $3.6007.60; bulls, stags, etc. $2,760 Hogs Receipts, 8400; market. Be higher. Heavy. $8.8008.40; mixed, $8.2503.30; light. $S.2XK?-8.80; pigs, $6.7507.76; bulk of sales, $8.260S.SO. Sheep Receipts, 640O; market, strong. Year lings, $5.8007; wethers $4.9006.60; ewes, $40 6.20; lambs, $6.8007.90. . KANSAS CITY. Dec Cattle Receipts, 30.000; market, steady to lOo lower. Na tive steers, $509; native cows and heifers, S2.5O06.5O; stockers and feeders. $3,250 6.25; bulls, $304.50; natives, $3.500 8.00; Western steers, $406: Western cows, $2.75 4.76. Hogs Receipts. 6000; market, weak to no lower. Bulk of sales, $8 08.30; heavy, $8.20 08.35; packers and butchers, $8.10 0 8.30; light, $7.808.2t: pigs. $6.76 07.60. Sheep Receipts, 6000; market, steady. Muttons, $4.50 06: lambs, $6 0 8; fed West ern wethers and yearlings, $507; fed West ern ewes,. $4.6O05.4O. BANK RATE IS REDUCED EXGLISH IXSTITCTION FIXDS CHAXGE NECESSARY. Has Strengthening Effect on All Se igthenlng curities markets Stocks at New York Advance. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. The reduction In the Bank of England official discount rate to 4H per cent today had a strengthening effect on the securities markets in all the great financial centers. The open discount rate in London has been in the neighborhood of 1 per cent -below the bank rate for some time, and this discrepancy would ordinarily exclude the Bank of England from sharing In banking profits. Its measures to force up the money rate and attract gold to London have been at the cost of a profitable share In banking touslnesk for the time. The re duction serves aa V notice that the safe guarding measure has been more than suffi cient. Tho question present itself how far the diminished requirements of the London money market may be due to tho halt in trade activity. Tho general effect of tho lowered bank rate was a prime factor in the strength of the New York stock market. The demand which carried prices upward was somewhat desultory and spotty tn character. The trunk; line group- generaUy was strong. The rise in the Rock Island stocks and in Wabash preferred gave a new lease of life to rumors of a combination of those lines. Amalgamated Copper and other metal and smelting industrials responded to reports that preliminary details of the proposed cop per merger were going forward once more. United States Steel moved narrowly and Reading showed constraint. An extra divi dend by one of the leading copper producers was partly responsible for the strength in that group. Tho closing tone was strong after a reaction. Bonds were firm. Total sales, par value. $4,404,000. United States bonds were un changed on call. CLOSTNO STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Low. Bid. Allle) Chalmers pf Amal Copper .... Am Agricultural .. Am Beet Sugar .. UUL PL ...... Am Cur A "PV,tin. Am Cotton Oil .. Am Hd & Lt pf. Am Ice Securl .. Am Linseed Oil . . Am Locomotive . . Am Smelt A Ref . . do preferred ... Am Sugar Ref . . Am Tel & Tel T Am Tobacco pf . . Am w ooien . . . Anaconda Mln Co. Atchison do preferred ... Atl Coast Lino .. Bait & Ohio do preferred . . . Bethlehem Steel Brook Rap Tran. Canadian Paciflo . Central Leather . . do preferred . Central of N J.... Ches A Ohio Chicago & Alton .. Chicago Gt West. Chicago N W .. C. M & St Paul.. C, C, C & St L... Colo Fuel & Iron., Colo Sr. Southern .. do 1st preferred . do 2d preferred. Consolidated Gas. . Com Products ... Del is- Hudson D A R Grande ... do $referred Sales. High. uw D4 Vfc 54 L4 54 37,800 -8896 87g 87T4 J'JSS 7 2 45H 7,200 48H 472 47 2 2,000 84$ 84 lig 800 73 H 724 722 '60068 68H 68H 200 47 4-$g 46 1.0(10 28 28 27 700 15 15H 154 ,100 61H 61H ei 12,500 1O0 IKiaJ 100 100 11104 in? iJYii 2.30O 124 L23 1232 7.80O 14a 141 141& 60O SH, 98 98 1.9O0 SR 35H 35 6u0 4914 4B 4ax, 22.400 123H 122 122 400 104 104H" 104 600 135--? 135 134H 8.700 1171 116 .l? " 33H 12.400 82i 81 ti 82 1.000 181 H 181H lsiti 16.800 47's 40?S log -600 108-4 10 108H iOOfi 'shvI "skil "Hi? 300 esyl 672 67 "2,'ehb 17 177H 178H 3,000 16fHj 155H loSg 200 75 75 75 8.100 , 114 60K 51 1"0 67 V. r7 Vi 67 200 81lJ 8l2 siu 80 7.1CO 151 i 150H 151 .TOO 21 21 21 J"0 1R.V, 182X4 1823 1.200 fjoai 4J 4 200 86H 80" , 66 i Distillers" Securl.. 100 Erie 8.400 do 1st preferred. 1,200 do 2d preferred. ...... General EJectrlo .. 100 Gt Northern pf ... 1,700 Gt Northern Ore .. 1,200 Illinois Central . 5O0 Interborough Met.. 27.400 do preferred ... 11.300 Inter Harvester .. 6'0 Inter-Martne pf . 1,000 Int Paper ....... 200 Iowa Central .. 900 K. C Southern ... 1.900 do preferred 30O Louis & Nashville. 900 Minn & St Louif. ...... M, St P & S S M. 600 Missouri Pacific .. 1.3O0 Mo, Kan & Texas 42,300 do preferred 4,500 National Biscuit .. 800 National Lead . . 900 Mex Nat Rv. 1st pf NY Central 15.200 N Y, Ont & West. 12.300 Norfolk & West.. 81.500 North American .. S.3IH) Northern Paciflo 3.000 Paciflo Mall 3i0 Pennsylvania 92,500 People's Gas 90O P. C C & St L. . . 1.300 Pressed Steel Car. 400 Pullman Pal Car. 86 H 33 49 159 14 3 H 81 H 146 H 26 63 109 86 83 48 146 14H4 25 25 62 02 10S 10o 24 24 61 61 20 24 43 4ii . 71 Tl 151 12 Ry Ster Spring.. IOO Reading 48,000 Republic Steel . . . 1,700 do preferred ... 800 80 170 46 106 Rock Island Co. do preferred ... 8.400 Pt L St a F 2 pf. 8.1O0 St L Southwestern 2.000 do preferred ... l.ROO RlosnvSheffield .... 600 Southern Paciflo . . 12.80O Southern Railway. 2.600 do preferred 1,500 Tenn Copper .... 100 Texas & Paciflo.. 700 Tol. St L & West. 210 do preferred ... S TJnlon Pacific .... 87.9O0 do preferred ... 10O TT s Realty TT S Rubber 600 U -B Steel TT.500 do preferred . -. 900 Utah Copper B.100 Va-Caro Chemical. 200 Wabash 1.900 do preferred ... 11,700 Western Md 1.000 Westlnghouse TJleo 800 Western Union .... 600 Wheel & Jj Erie. . TOO Wisconsin Central. Total sale for tho day. BS 92 125 4914 7TB. 100 shares. . BONDS. - NEW YORK, Dec 9. Closing quotations U. S. ref. 2s reg.100 N Y C G SH. ... 91 do coupon. .. .100 North Paciflo Ss. T2 North paciflo 4s. 103 Union Paciflo 4s. 102 Wlscon Cent 4s. 94 U. S. 8s reg..,.101 do coupon. ... 101 U S new 4s reg.114 do coupon,. . . . 116 D & R, a is 96 'Japanese 4s 88 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Benjamin I. Cohen and wife to Cecilia Bldg. Co., 50x100 feet, beginning where east line of 22d at. intersects south line of GUsan st $12,000 John F. Logan, trustee, to Alice Ma rie Taylor, lots 1, 2. block X, Strain' Add 1,000 S. H. Parrott et al. to A. R. Parrott, blocks 1 to 7, being all of Dal ton-s ' Add 1 A. G. parrott et al. to S. H. Parrott et al., property in Dalton's Add.... 1 James Macken to 13. Charleson, lots 1. 2, 8. 8. blook 1; lots 8. 9, lO, , block 2; lots 8, 4, 6, block 3, Dal ton's Add. 8.000 A. G. Parrott et al. to James Macken, lot 1. 3, 3, 8, block 1; lots 8, 9. 10. block 2; lots 3, 4, 6. block 8. Dalton's Add 1 Joseph P. Manth. and wife to Jacob H. Emmert et al.. lot 10. block 6, RosedalO' . BOO Franklin Realty Co. to J. F. Wacht- man, lots 28, 29, 31, Mas-field '650 O. Z. Harris and wife to S. K. Sharp, lot 8. block 4. Stewart Park. IO H. Parley Kimball and wife to A. J. Kimball, east half of lota 15, 16, block 8, Maegly Highland 1,000 Flossie M. Fahey and husband to A.' V. Bebout, lot 8, block 8, Piedmont 1,200 Herbert Gordon and wife to Bessie A. Cobb. 83x125 feet, beginning at 5. W. corner of lot 9, resubdlvlslon of Paradise Spring Farm 10 Security Savings & Trust Co. to James C. Logan, lot 6. block 6, Belle Crest r- 10 Victor Land C04 to Courtland B. Holliday et l, block T2. Wood stock 1 Ida B. 'Peters et al. to Courtland F.. Holliday et al.. block 72. Wood stock Add 2,100 W. N. Everett and wife to L H. Taffe et al.. lot 13, block 5. Ra venswood .10 Alberta Snow and husband to Mary Eliza Knott, lot 18, block 91, West Irvlngton . 4.550 John c. McLennan and wife to Rob ert Brooke, tract 1 in block "D," Green way 10 Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to Jor glne Andersen, lot 14. block 20, Rossmere 6O0 Htbernla Savings Bank to Ira Dem- lck et al.. lot 6. Kent BOO H. Hlrschberg to Mary A. Tate, lots 8, 4. block 4, Fields Add ' 1 J. S. Knudson and wife to Randl Knudson, south v. of lot 6, block 6. Oak Park Add LS00 Eugene II. Pomeroy to Fred Ryser, lota 12, 13, 14. 15, block 1. Fortune Place -. 1 Davis Investment Co. to Guy F. . Pptrow, lots 4, 7. block 3. Wiberg-' - Heights .j. 2.000 Same to same, lots 1, 2, block t. and lot 18, Block 8, Wlberg Heights. . . 8,000 Adrian McCalman and wife to H. W. Leonard, lot 10. tract "El." Green way 927 Elsie O. Porter and husband to Wil liam B. Nelson, lot 4, block 1. Por-i tef Add 450 John D. Flnnlgan to O. Z. Harris, lot 8. block 4. Stewart Park. 278 Western Oregon Trust Co. to Archi bald R. Butler, lot 8. block 13, Crea tor, 828 George W. Tabler and wife to Frank Roshak. lot 21. block 2. Highland Park 600 Daniel McAUen and wife to B. S. . Pague. lots 1, 2. 8, 4, block 16, '' Patton's Add.; also lot L block 3, Brush's Add. 5.400 W. H. H. Morgan and wife to James Muckle et al., lota 6. 7, 8, block 166, park Add. 17.000 Hermann Pape and wife to. K. V. Llttleneld. WWxlOti feet, beginning 65 , feet Bouth of section line between Sections 22 and 27. T. 1 N.. R. 1 B.. 2,500 A. W. Whltmer and wife to Albert Cleveland et al., 43 acre in Sec 12. T. 1 S.. R. 2 E. 100 John F. Daly and wife to Richard , ehepard et al.. lot 'D." In North Mount Tabor 10 Jonas Frledenthal and wife to same, lots 7. 8. block 8. T&borslde 10 Sam Goldstein and wife to N. Slgell et al., east half of lots 1, 2, block 8, Lester Park TOO Margaret Cole and husband to Ber tha K. Zeller, lot 9. block 28. Sun nyslde 2.20O Sarah E. Rasmussen and husband to Dosa Reghltto Merlo, west 45 feet of lots 1. 2. block 76. ellwood B. F. Wymore et al. to Walter S. Wymore et al.. lot 9. 10, block 3, Kern Park 1.20O A. G. Parrott et al. to J. V. Beach, lots 4, 6, 6, 7, block 1, Dalton's Add '1 Ida EX Harkleroad and husband to . Alice Arnholt, lot 16. block 17. Lin coln Park Annex 2,000 Nora W. Barnett and husband to F. H. Mowro, west half of lots 1, 11, block 78. West Irvlngton Add. .... 6,000 Daniel W. Metacer and wife to Ar chelaus Cornutt. part of lot 6. Sec 16. T. 1 S., R. 8 K. 1 Municipal Railway & Improvement Co. to W. D. Blrks. lot 4. block 11. ' Terrace Park 10 Charles -H. Payne to the public, land beginning on south line of William Hall D. L. C. 3SS feet east from southwest corner thereof "1 W. E. Rauch and wife to H. T. La . tham et al., lot 18. block 43. Sell wood 600 Abe Tlchner et al. to S. W. Herman, 10 acres, beginning lru Base Line 2310 feet east of N. W. comer - of Sec 3. T. 1 S.. R. 2 E.. In north line of Himinoa D. L. C. 10 John H. Gibson and wife to Fran L. Ellsworth et al.. Ids' 2. block 13, North Mount Tabor 323 John Mulr and wife to Henry W. Fries, lots 7. 8, block 142, Caruth ers Add 10 Helena Meyer to Lena Rlvears, lots 15, 18, block 3. Goldsmith's Add 100 Robert Kenyon and wife to T. A. Leisure, lot 5. block 1, Greenrldge 1.200 r. M. Word (-Sheriff) to P. H. Mar lay, property in Central Albina. . Cloverdale Extended No. a Farrell's Second Add., Grlswold Tract, Gro ver'e Add., Hawthorne's First Add., Highland Park and Mansfield 102 H. E. Noble and wife to George E. Jacobs, south 100 feet of block 72, East Portland 10 Total ........ $90,263 LAWYERS" ABSTRACT at TRUST CCK. Room 6. Board of Trads bldg. Abtraot a specialty. GUARANTEED certificates of title and ab stracts made by Ttltle & Trust Co., Cham ber of Commeroe bldg., Portland, Or. Crude OH Price Cut.' PITTSBURG. Dec. 9. Crude oil prices were cut 6 cents today by the Standard OH Com pany. The quotation follow: Pennylvanla. $1.43; Merlon black, 90c; Newcastle, 67o; Corning. TBcLOalieJ. B7o WE OWN-AND OPFBR $40,000 Oregon Electric Railway Company Q!o Cumulative Preferred Stock PAR VALUE $100 PER SHARE Srlbscriptioiia will be reoeiverd or the above-mentioned Stock, to be delii ered on or before January 1. Tho first Beiai--aiirnjal dividend at the rate of 6 per cent per annum has been declared on this Stock, and will be paid February 1, 1910. Taking into consideration the fawrable location of this road, substantial earning capacity already established and future prospects of the property, we consider this Stock a very attractive investment at the price we are able to offer it. Having already reserved a substantial part of the above-mentioned amount of Stock, we recommend " that ' prospective pur chasers place orders with us for the same at an early date. Y Price and further particulars furnished upon application at our office. MORRIS BROTHERS Chamber of Commerce. . BULGE IS TWO CENTS Sharp Advance in December Wheat at Chicago MARKET IS CONGESTED High Premiums Paid for Cash Grain Contribute to tho Urgent De mand Shorts Try ( to Cover. " CHICAGO, Doc. . A lul of nearly 3 cents In the price of December wheat wm the feature of today's trading. The market was congested throughout and offerings -were meager. Higher premiums paid for th cash grain contributed to the urgent demand. Persistent efforts of shorts to cover forced prices up from a firm opening until the current month touched tl.lOH- May. In the measfFlme. advanced to $1.08. Tin market closed about steady with December at 11.08, and May. $1.0S',. Activity and strength characterized trad ing in corn. An advance of Ho in the prlc of cash corn stimulated demand for futures. Ths closa was firm, a shade to HHo higher. Active demand for oat resulted In a itrong tone. Cash oats were firm He to lo higher at the sample tables. The market closed firm with prices hi to Ho higher. Provisions closed 74 to 25o higher. Tbs leading; futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Deo. .....11.09 $1.10 fl.e t.0 May 1.08t 1.08 1.08 1.08& July 99 .99H -98 CORN. Deo S9 .69 H ' .61i .fS May 2H -6J -624 July ..... .Sl '.24 .'IK .G2 OATS. Deo. 47T4 .42H .41 -4 May .48H. -44H .4SV .43 July 41H .41 .41 .41 MESS PORK. Jan 81.40 21.65 21.87 21.50 May 20.87 21.00 20.87U 20.95 LARD. Jan U.42. 12.60 12.10 12.4T May ll.2' 11.72 11.60 11.70 SHORT RIBS. Jan. . 11.42 11.70 11.42 11.82 May 10.87 10.97 10.87 10.95 Cash Quotations wars as follows: Flour Firm. Rye No. 2, 75c Barley Feed or mixing, 5657c; fair to choloa malting. 84jj69c. Flax seed No. 1 Southwestern. SI. SO; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.90. Clovei- 19.50 14.25. Pork Mess, per barrel, $22.60 (3 28. J-ard Per 100 pounds. $13.85 13.37 . Sides Short olear (boxed, $12 (g 12.25. Grain statistics: Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 418,000 bushels. Primary receipts were 222.000 bushels, compared with 670.000 bushels the corresponding day a year ago. Estimated receipts for Friday: Wheat. 10 oars; com, 135 cars; oats. 87 cars; hogs. 21.000 head. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 17,100 10,400 Wheat, bushels... 33,604 78.900 Corn, bushels. ......... .173,700 69.000 Oats, bushels 166,600 181,200 Rye, bushels 3.000 1,000 Barley, bushels 44,200 8,200 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Deo. 9. Flour Receipts. 24,058 barrels; exports, 25,30O barrels. Mar ket, Arm with scattered trade. . Wheat Receipts, 28,800 bushels; exports, 64.0OO -bushels, fepot, firm; No. 2 red, $1.16 nominal domestic elevator, and $1.25 nominal f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Iu luth, $1.20 nominal f. o. to. afloat; No. a hard Winter. $1.21 noninal f. o. b. afloat. Small receipts, strong cash market and re duced Argentine crop estimates sent the prices up steadily with covering by shorts and commission houses buying. The close was from to 2o higher. December, $1.21; May, $1.15; July, $1.00.' Hops Dull. Hides Steady. Wool Steady. Petroleum Steady. Grain at Sao ITranelaco. SAN FRANCISCO. Deo. . Wheat and barley, firm. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. $1.9002.00 per cental j milling. $1.05. Barley Feed, $1. Ml 1.87 per cental! brewing. $1.S2 1.53. Oats Red. $1.65 1.75 per cental; white, $1.65 1.78; black. $2-252.50. Call board sales: Wheat No trading. Barley May. $1.551.55 per cental; De cember. $1.48 bid. $1.49 asked. Corn Large yellow, $1.75 01.80. Minneapolis Grain Markets. . MrNNBAPOUS, Deo. 8. Flax. 1.OT. Corn No. m yellow. 60lo. Oats No. S white. 0e-l0. Rye No. 2, Tl72Vic European Grain Markets. LONDON, Dec 9. Cargoes., quiet; buyers reserved. Walla Walla for shipment at 8s 8d to 40s. English country market, quiet but steady; French country markets, steady. X.IVKRPOOI Deo, WheatDecsmb THE BEST STREET INSURANCE IS THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT It insures against dust, mud and street noises. It insures against slippeririess and falling horses. It insures against cracks, disintegration and costly repairs. li assures a sanitary and durable street. It assures conscientious workmanship and best materials. It assures perfect satisfaction. BITTJLITHIO INSURANCE IS SAFEST AND SUREST. 7? WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 317 BECK BUILDING. PORTLAND. OR. By the WHITE STAR LINE Alternate Sailing from New York Boston by the Sixth CRUISE I E I EGYPT of et ARABIC the To MADEIRA, SPAIN MEDITERRANEAN PORTS PALESTINE AND EQYPT 8s lttd; March, Ts OHd; May, Ts TH. Weather, cold. Grain 'Markets t the Northwest. LEWISTON, Idaho, Dm. 9. (Special.) Markets unchanged. Wheat Bluestem, $1 ; u-fold, 90c; club and Turkey red, S8c; red Russian, 86o. Oats, 1.25. Barley, feed, 1.15. - TACOMA, Dee. 9. Wheat Milling blue stem, $1.14; club, 11.04; export bluestem. 1.18; club. $1.03. EEATTLE. Dec 9. Export wheat Blue stem, Jl.OaVa; club and Fits, 98 c; red Rus sian, 9 5 Vic. Money, Exchange. Eta. NEW TORK. Dec 0. Prime mercantile paper. 56 per cent. terllns exchange firm, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.84254.8535 for 60-day bills and at 4. R775 for demand. Com mercial bills. 4. 835 4.84 i4. i Bar silver. Mc. Mexican dollars. 44c. Bonds Government, steady; railroad, firm Money on oall, firm, per oent; rul- Ing rate and closing bid. 4 per cent, ot tered at 4 per cent. Time loans slightly easier; 60 days, 49&P 5 per cent: 00 days, 414 per cent; six months. 4 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 8. Sterling on Lodon. 60 days, 4-84i; do sight. 4.87U Sllver bars, SI Tic Mexican dollars, 45c - Drafts Sight, par; telegraph, 2a. IXJNDOM. Dec. 9. Bar silver, steady at 23 d per ounce. Money. 88 per cent. The rate of discount in the open roartcet for short bills Is 8 4 per cent; do for three months' bills, 8ft3 15-16 per cent. Consols tor money, 82a; do account. B2T4C. Treasury Statement. ' WASHINGTON. Dec. . The condition of the Treasury at the beginning of business to day was as follows: Trust funds Gold coin 8873,279.860 Silver dollars 487,831.000 Silver dollars of 1880 3.972,000 Silver certificates outstanding. . 487,831,000 General fund Standard silver dollars In gen eral fund Current liabilities Working, balance In Treasury offices ' In bank- to credit of Treasurer of the United States Subsidiary silver coin Minor coin Total balance In general fund . . - l.ssT.eso 111.888.042 26.878.870 - 85.W.0.230 10,663,880 1.114.94 S2.154.S44 Dried Fruit at Kew York. NEW YORK, Dec 0. Evaporated apples, firm; December, 7c; spot fancy new crop. 10Hllttc; choice. So; 'prime, 7c;- old crop prime, 7c; common to fair, 8o. Prunes. Inactive; California up to 80-40, 29c; Oregon, 68c. Apricots, firm; choice, lllle; extra choice. llH12c; fancy, 12V! 13 Ha. Peaches, Arm; choice, 67c; extra choice. 774c; fancy. 78c Raisins. Inactive; loose muscatels, 4H dttci choice to fancy seeded, 6 Qoi seedless, 86o; London layers, 1.17i ISO. St. Ixmis Wooi Market. 8T. IXHJIS, Dec f. Wool Unchanged; territory and Western mediums, 243200; One mediums, 21 25c; fine. 120 20o. 'Willamette Plans Eiitertaimnent. SALEM, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) Next Thursday evening' President Homan and the faculty of Willamette University will entertain tha atudent iody -tha Uulver- Cedric"-"CeItic" Lsrteit StsssMr la Ike tn. Iks CKETIC. CAN O PIC and ROMANIC Sesd kr SeiXs Lirt sad Olatfnh! rrasnai Is say tMaca er A m NEW YORK JANUABY lOtav. 110 AH .ip mdmkd lor 71 du. mt $400 and Dp For BemtiAU frooram eivina AJt particular. tnrUtCM VISS DEfT. WHITE STAR LINE, Seattle or Local Aarrnt. olty at the annual faculty reception. On Wednesday evening next, December 15, the University Choral Society of 80 mem bers will entertain In the college of music. The society will hold a practice session every Wednesday during; the Winter, and! In the Spring: Dean Mendenha.ll plans to "give a musical festival to continue tbrea days. One evening will be devoted to th choral society, one to tho University Glee. Club and the third to the presentation of an opera. Today is positively the last day for dis count on West Side gas bills. Head "Gas Tips." TKAVELKR.S' GUIDE. S32S AND UP EEOTSJ3a so DAYS bsbksi I Ckand Crabs by S. S. CINCINNATI, fnm N. Y. Ju. . IS oVrs in Ejnx and Holy Land, Send for skssntscd book. BambuTflAmericanLine 10 PQWKl.l, ST.. SAN FRANCISCO. , NORTH PACIFIC S. S. CO. For Eureka San Fran- : Cisco and Ixs Angels direct. Sail every Tues- j day at 8 F. M. Ticket I offlc 131 Third, near j Alder. Phones M 1314. A 1314. Send for folder. H. TOU.NO. Agt. COOS BAY LINE The steamer BREAKWATER leave Port land every Wednesday, 8 1. M., from Alns worth dock, for 'ortn Bend. Maralifleld and Coos Bay points. Freight received until 4 P. M. on 'day of sailing. Passenger fare, first class. $10; second-class. $7. including berth and nioala. Inauire city ticket ofnee. Third and Washington street, or Alnsworta dock. Phone slain 268. FOR TILLAMOOK Steamer "Oshkosh" will receive freight at Couch-street dock, com mencing Wednesday, December 8th. Merchandise, $3.00 per ton. Sails every Saturday evening. Telephone Main 861. BAN FRAN. PORTIANI S. S. CO. From Alnsworth Dock. Portland, 4 P. M. d. a. Kansas Jlty, uec. lu, zs. B. 8. Rom City, Deo. 17. 31. i. FTom Pier 40, San Francisco, o, II A. M- a. B. nose city. Deo. 11. Z5. S. S. Kansas City Dec 18, Feb. 1. l. J. ROC11K, C. T. A., 143 8d St., J. W. Ransom, Dock Agent, Alnsworth rHKik. Mala 4li. A 1403. Phone Main 268, A 1284. CANADIAN PACIFIC ' WEEKLY SAILINGS BETWEEN MOM TRKAU WUEBBC AND LIVERPOOL,. Nothing better on the Atlantlo than oat Empresses. Wireless on all stsanxsra F. R. JOHNSON. P. A. 143 Third. Bt-.-Portland. .an , for the Jf I I