THE 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
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