THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1910. 17 ORIENT BUYS FLOUR Foreign Trade Is Growing in Volume. EXPORT PRICES HIGHER Millers Announce Another Advance of 20 Cents Bringing the Quota tion TTp to $ 4 a Barrel. Wheat Firm but Quiet. Another 'advance of 20 cents a barrel in export grades of flour was announced yes terday, bringing the quotation up to $4 a barrel. The price of exports "and pat ents la getting closer together, as millers believe it should, holding that the spread heretofore this season has been entirely too large. The foreign business shows a satisfactory degree of improvement and there is a good deal of trade now pa sain jc at full prices. Next month's shipments to the Orient should be large. The bulge in the Kastern and -foreign wheat markets has added strength to the markets of the Pacific Northwest, but not increased the' volume of business, so far as Portland is concerned. The demand locally was light yesterday and former prices were riven out. On the Sound there is some inquiry from millers who are still needing wheat and are ready to pay up to 00 cents for it. consequently the Northern markets are at present higher by several cents than Portland. v Cargoes were quoted in the I,ondon fables as Is to Is Gd higher, at 31s 6d to 36s for Walla Walla. The English speculative mar kets also advanced sharply. Even with this advance in cargoes., the local "market Is still considerably above an export basis. The strength abroad was attributed partly to the serious crop news from America, but more to the alarming drouth conditions in Russia. The weekly foreign wheat shipments were reported by the Merchants Exchange as follows: This Wk. Last Wk. Last Tr. Argentine PI2.0"O l.lUH.OoO l,2iB.ono Australia lUO.oOO 640. 0O0 3 60. OOO India SiHJ.Ouu l,u"2,OOi 2..ro4,UOO Oats were quoied firm, with a fair amount tf activity. The supply east of the moun tains is well cloned up and prices are stirrer Ihere than here, sale being reported from the country on the basis of $'27.50. Local allies have been held down by the liberal stocks left in the valley and the prospects nf a big crop, but since buyers have turned their attention to the valley, the Western Oregon holders have become firmer in their Ideas and are asking more. There is not much trade passing in the barley market. There is said to ho con-iid-r&ble barl still unsold and consumers are not showing much Interest in the trade. Local receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: . Wheat Bu'rley Flour Oats Hay Vonday 2: 2 2o 3 11 Tuesday lo 1 2 1 2 Wedrnsday .... 5.... 7 1 2 Thursday ;t .... 1 6 4 Friday 3 .... 9 1 1 Year ago I 2 6 2 5 Season to date. .1. U 35 122 31 Year ago .17 S 67 ll 26 CANTALOriES SF.LL AT HIGH TRICKS Watermelons Plentiful and Lower Peaches Clean Vp. Cantaloupes sold yesterday at the highest price since the first week of the season. Unit a few express shipments were received and the best of them brought $4.25 per crate. Two cars of watermelons were added to the supply already on hand, and prices iv ere reduced to litfl cents per pound. A car of California craw fords arrived and was cleaned up at 7."ffS5 cents. The stock of Klbertas was also cleaned up. Alexanders have quit coming from Southern Oregon tnd It will be a week yet before there are any Hale's Early peaches from that section. A good many small apricots are coming from The Dalles, which have to be sold as low as SO cents, but good stock commands fl.r.0. A car of Bartlett pears was received and offered at $2.25 per box. New apples of various sorts were available at Jl.t"tti.2.'. per box. A large shipment of Gravenstein will be on hand early next week and will ell at $2.2.'i 2..0 per box. Three cars of bananas arrived in good condition. Poultry Recelpta Are larger. Receipts of poultry yesterday were larger than for some time past. The 20-cent quo tation wa. maintained on hens, but the market was not as Ktrong as it has been. If receipts start out heavy next week, prices may recede somewheat- Good Oregon eggs sold without trouble at 27 cents in ..spite of the free offerings of Eastern. The butter market was firm and active at t he new price. Engl I Mi Hop Crop. Kstlmate. The following cable -was received yester day by a local hop dealer from Swann & Co. of Ixtndon: "No change In weather. Market is quiet. General estimate of Knglish crop is 325,000 cwt." Sharp Advance lu 1. inured Oil. An advance of cents a gallon in linseed oil was announced yesterday. The new quotation on raw in barrels is n2 cents and in cases 17 cents; bottud In barrels, 14 cents, and in cases i cents. Bank Clearing;. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows : , Clearings. Balances. 1 ortlaiid $1.4.itt.0?!i kill -ur Seat i le Ltu2.ss2 2v.sr.-.l Tacoma .::.!:: to.;,.ni tivSN.0S5 04.517 Spokane . . . FORT LAN 1 MARKETS. Grain. Hour, Feed, Etc. WHEAT Bluestem, SSfiSTc; club. 82 Idc: red Russian. Sue; Valle . N(i o. FLOUR ra tents. $5.10 per barrel; sttalghts. $4.05(4.75; export. $4; Valley, S.VH0; graham, $4.b0; whole wheat, quar ters. $.V BARLEY Feed and brewing. $20 22 per toi . HAT Track prices: Timothy," Willamette Valley. $20(g,2t per ton : Eastern Oregon, J"2tj:'4: alfalfa, new, $13 14. CORN Whole. $32; cracked. $33 per ton. MILL STUFFS Bran. S20 per ton; mid dlings. $au; shorts, $2122; rolled barley. $24. BUtf 25.30. OATS No. 1 white. $2t 27.50 per ton. lalry and Country Produce. BUTTER City creamery. extras, Tw; fancy outside creamery. 30$f31c per pound; etora.23c; butter fat, ;llc. Kim OrKon candled, 27c per 1 do.: Eastern. 24 25c. CHEESE Full cream twins. 17 IT Ho per pound; Young America. 1S1Sc POULTRY Hens. 20c; - Springs, 22 T. : ock8j 14 i0iil2c: turkeys, me, Oc; dressed. 224i25c; squabs, $3 per Fancy. 12H13e rer oound. . ' VBA1 -ancy, ll'i2c per pound.' Vegetables and Fruits. GREEN FRUITS Apples. Oregon New town. $2 per box; new, $1.251f2.2i per box; cherries. 12W per pound: apricots. 50ci $1.50 per box; plums. &Ocf$vsx per boa; pears. $2.35 per box; peaches, 75c$1.25 per box: grapes. t.f.PiS 2.25. BERRIES loganberries. ,VV$ $1.25 per crate: blackberries. $l.50$f per box. M EIjONS Watermelons. 1 9 1 c per pound; cantaloupes. $X.754.25 per crate TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges. 12.50 04: lemons, $7$ 8; grapefruit, 13.25$$ per box; bananas. 5C per pound; pineapples. 79e per pound. VEGETABLES Artichokes. 60r73o per dozen; beans. l&3c per pound; cabbage, 2 V i2ic per pound: cauliflower. $2 per dozen; celery, &0c per dozen; corn", 45c per dozn; cucumbers, SO'&ttOc per. box; ecg piant 12 hie per pound; hothouse lettuce, 3oc(ftl per box; garlic 10 12 hie per pound ; horseradish. 8 & lOc per pound; green onions, 15c per dozen: peas. 2c; peppers. 75c per dozen; radishes, 15$p20c pr dozen; rhubarb, 2c per pound; squasi. 75c per crate; tomatoes, 5c&21.0 per box. SACK TKUlS'l ABLES Carrots. 85c$l; beets. $1.50; parsnips. 75c 6 $1. POTATOES Old Oregon. 75cr$l per hun dred; new, iic per pound. ONIONS Walla Walla, $2.50 per sack. Groceries, Dried Fruits, Etc - DRIED FRUIT Apples, ioc per "pound; peaches, 7c; prunes, Italians. 4 5c; prunes, French 4 5c; currants, lOc; apricots, 15c; dates, 7c per pound; figs, fancy white, c; fancy black, 7c; choice black. 5c. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails. $2 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2:95; 1-pound flats, $2.10; Alaska pink, 1-pound tails. 0c; red. l-pound tails, $1.45: sockeye. 1-pound talis, $2. COFFEE Mocha, 2428c; Java, ordinary, 1720c; Costa Rica, fancy, lS20c;' good. 10 a 18c; ordinary, 22fij-ltSc per pound. XUTS Walnuts, 15c per pound; Brazil nuts. I3tt&15c; filberts, ic; almonds. 17c; pecans, Hc; cocoanuts, 90c&$l per dozen. SALT Granulated. $15 per ton; half ground, loos, $10.50 per ton; 50s. $11 per ton. BEANS Small white. 5c; large white, c; Lima 5c; pink. 7c, red Mexicans, 7sc; bayou. 7.fcc SUGAR Dry granulated, fruit and berry, $0.5; beet. $0-05; extra C. $5.75; golden C. $5.65; yellow I, 45.65; cubes barrels). $o.J5; powdered, $6.50; Donuno, $10.40 $16.90 per case. Terms on remittances with in 15 -.days deduct c per pound. If later than 15 and within 30 days, deduct hko per pound. Maple sugar. 1518c per pound. RICE No. 1 Japan. 4c; cheaper grades, $3.50& 4.35c; Southern head, 54 7c HONEY Choice, $3,254 $3.50 per case; strained, 7c per pound. Provisions. BACON Fancy, 31c per pound; standard, 30c; choice, 29c; English. 20&22c, HAMS 10 to 18 pounds, 22c; 14 - to 16 pounds, 21c; skinned, 22c; picnics, 15c LAKD Kettle rendered, 10s, 16c; stand ard pure. 16e; choice, 10s, 15c SMOKED BEEF Beef tongues, each, 60c; Uried beef sets, 22c; dried beef outside, 20c; dried beef ins Ides. 23c; dried beef knckles. 22c. PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pigs' feet, $ 16 ; regular tripe, $ 10; honeycomb tripe, $12;. lunch tongues, $22; mess beef, ex tra, $14; mess pork $30. . , Oils. 4. LINSEED OIL Pure raw in barrels. 92c; kettle boiled, in barrels. W4c; raw, in eaee. It7c; kettle boiled, in cases, Wtfc. Lots of 2oU gallons, l cent less per gallon. TURPENTINE In cases. 82o; In wood barrels, 79 c COAL OIL Water white In drums. Iron barrels or tank wagon, lOc; special water white in drums or iron barrels. 14c; union kerosene, in cases, 2-5s. 2sc; oleum kero sene In cases 2 - 5a, 21c ; Aurora kerosene in cases, 2-5s, 31c GASOLINE Union gasoline in bulk. 18c; union gasoliue In cases, 2-os, 25c; union motor spirit In bulk, 18c; union motor spirit in cases, 2-5s. 25c; No. 1 engine dis tillate in Iron drums, 8c; No. l engine distillate in cases 2-5s, 15c; V.. M. P, naphtha In iron drums or barrels, 15c; V.. M. & P. naphtha in cases, 2 -5s, 22c. BENZINE Union benzine in iron drums or barrels, 15c; union benzine in cases, 2-5b, 22c; union stove distillate In iron drums, 7c Furs. FURS Prices paid for prime No. 1 skins: Mink, Northwest Canada and Alaska, $8& 10; Colorado. Wyoming, Montana. Idaho and California, $5S7.50; British Columbia and Alaska Coast, $Srl0: Oregon, Washington. Idaho and Montana, $7. Lynx, Alaska and British Columbia. $35; Pacific Coast, $28. Raccoon, $1(3)1.50. Skunk, . Canada. $250; Pacific Coast. $12. Wolf and coyote, Can ada, $56; Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Ne vada, $1.50g3. Beaver, Oregon. Washing ton. Canada, Alaska, $5.507; Idaho, Mon tana. $10; Utan, Wyoming, $6.00 tf-7; cubs. $2(Sj2,D0. Otter, Canada. Alaska, $12.50&14; Oregon. Washington, Alaska. Canada, Brit ish Columbia, $34.50; Pacific Coast, $1.73 it- 2.50. Gray fox. Pacific Coast, $ 1.50 & 2. Bear, black and brown. Alaska. Canada, $16 Cf20; cubs, $12 15; Pacific Coast, $1015; cubs, $1241 15; Pacific Coast. $10 (ftf 15; cubs, $57 grizzly, perfect, $25(g'35. Badger. $2. Muskrat. Canada, Alaska, ' -60c; Pacific Coast. 30& 60c. Fisher, British Columbia, Alaska, $1520; Pacific Coast,- $9&15. Wolverine, $6 8. Sliver fox. $300500. fox. 40c. Ermine, 60c Mountain lion. $5y Cross fox, $10fc15. Sea otter, $2O045O. Blue fox. $S10. White fox, $12&20. 'Swift 30. Ringtail cat. 25 S1 75c. Civet cat, 10 SOc. House cat. 5fc 25c. MONTANA WOOL SALES PRICKS XtAXGK FROM 19 . TO 2 0 5-8 CENTS. Less Than One-Tenth of the Clip of the State Has So Far Been IMsposcd Of. " MILES CITY. Mont.. July 15. (Special.) Buyers for Chicago wool houses are get ting active at this point. Sales recorded this week are: The Lehfeldt clip' of 80,000 pounds at 20 cents a pound, the Pope & Tawmah clip of 20,000 pounds at 20 cents, the Pope & Billstaead clip of 20.000 pounds also at 20 cents a Joseph Guthrie, of Sil berman Bros., of'hicaso. Hecht, Liebman & Co., of Boston, secured the Storey & Herd clips. aggregating 200,000 pounds, prices ranning from 19 to 20. the latter tigure representing the top price paid for wool in M ontana so far this season. Five million pounds of wool are stored in the railroad warehouses at this point, the few sales made to the 15 buyers for Kast ern houses at present In the city being nothing compared with the quantity of wool on hand and still coming in. There is practically no activity in wool sales in any other part of Montana, - al though at BHllngs the largest individual clip in the world, the Balr clip, represent ing 1. 500,000 pounds of wool, has been se cured by Boston buyers. A committee of woolnrowers and the buy ers will meet soon to devise means and dis cuss prices with a view to expediting the market. Less than 10 per cent of this year's clip In Montana, estimated . at about 30.000.000 pounds, has thus far been sold or consigned, in contrast with former years, when the market usually finds all the state's fleeces, or nearly so, contracted for by -the middle of July. WOOL TRADE DULL IN THE EAST." Manufacturers'' Purchatten Are Insignificant In Amount. BOSTON. July 15. The Commercial Bulle tin, of Boston, will say tomorrow: Business la still dull here, .although some manufacturers are examining supplies and making a few comparatively insignificant purchases. The wool involved are fine to medium territory at about 0t to rSc: tine unwashed Ohio at 20c, but some leading houses have rejected that price. The firm ness shown at the London auctions, which opened Tuesday, is responsible for increas ing interest in Australian tock on this mar ket and prices are tending upward. The deadlock continues In the Middle West and a comparatively .small part of the clip has been sold by the farmers. Wools are accumulating in New Mexica and Texas with prices above buyers views. Wool Firm at London. LONDON. July 13. The offerings at the wool auction sales today amounted to 12. W0 bales. The wool was in fine condition and the competition was keen at hlpher prices for merinos and crosa-breds, while poorer sorts sold with a better spirit. SheepMkln Prices Decline. LONDON. July 15. A sale xtt Cape of Good Hope and Natal sheepskins was held here today. The offerings amounted to :;i0.3S7. of wnich 15H.046 were old. The eklna generally were In poor condition and the demand was restricted. ' Prices declined Hd to id. exaept ' lambs, which advanced d fefl. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July 15. Wool Steady. Me dium grades, combing and clothing. 2 tr 2.1 toe: light, 17$tl9e; heavy fine, 13 Q 14c; tub washed, 3 1? & 32 Sc. Dulutb. Flax Market. DUI.UTH, July 15.- Flax in store and to arrive. $2.42; July. $2.42 asked; September. $2. S3; October. $2.20 asked; November, $2.17 nominal; ec ember, $2.15 nominal. RETAIL TRADE GOOD Merchandise Goes Into Con sumption at Fair Rate. CONDITIONS ARE SOUND Improved Demand for Footwear. Boom in the Iron and Steel t Industry Is. Expected in u the Fall. XEW YORK, July 15. R. G. Dun & Co. weekly review tomorrow will say: , Business In all its branches waits on. the outcome of the year's crop. In the mean time the leading Industries are experiencing something more than the customary midsum mer dullness, and curtailment of production and -price concessions continue. There is an improved demand In footwear. The hot weather has helped the distribution of merchandise in some lines and retarded It in others. Retail trade Is much better than wholesale trade.- which -has been largely de moralized by the price movement. This in dicates a fair consumption of merchandise, making for sound conditions at the bottom. With the advent of Fall a great awakening of Interest is looked for in iron and steel. Pro duction of pig iron continues at a good rate, but uncertainty as to prices is a deterrent in fluence and accumulated stocks have a de pressing effect. Advices from the PittMmr district indicate that the railroads are In somewhat urgent need of equipment and they are expected to enter the market as active buyers before long. In moat directions the structural trade gives promise of a good fu ture business. Iron bars are fairly active and prices are cnof firm, but steel bars con tinue in good demand. The outlook as regards the fuel situation has slightly improved and there has been some contracting for the last half at an advance of 10 to 15 over quotations for spot coke. Dry goods buyers are coming to the mar kets more freely and many will attend the semi-annual meeting of the Wholesalers As sociation next week. High cost of cotton and low price of goods still force a material cur tailment of production. Some export trade waj booked for Chlnaand Red Sea delivery at val ues based on 1 2-cen t cotton, and m ls cellaneous export trade holds steady. The opening of men's wear lines for Spring is under way and the leading producers will show their new styles next week. The strike of garment workers impedes dress goods de liveries to cutters. There Is a better tone in silk markets, where Spring orders for foulards are already being placed by Southern jobbers, and where the cutters are beginning to order satins for Fall more freely. A full quota of buyers are now in the Bos ton market and many of them have con tributed to the recent trade in footwear by placing- good Fall orders. Low prices were accepted on late sales. Leather continues gen erally steady. . FALL BUYERS ARE IX THE MARKET. Operations Are Cautious, Pending Clearer View of Crop Outcome. NEW YORK, July- 15. Bradstreets to morrow will say: Quiet Btlll characterizes most lines of trade and industry, v -with operations lim ited by vacations and Summer shutdowns. The first of the- Fall buyers are in the leading markets, but the operations are con ducted., with caution, pending clearer views oT crop outcome. - Trade, as a whole, is claimed ,to be equal or In excess of last year at this period, but except where hot weather demands or clearance sales have resulted 4n broken stocks, shipments of goods are light. Col lections are generally classed as fair to slow. Increased moisture In the Northwest has led to a more optimistic feeling as to Spring wheat, which has' tended to dispel some of the crop scare talk current for some weeks In that section, encourage some Fall buy ing and restrict cancellations, though much damage is conceded done. In the South west the results of the Winter wheat har vest and satisfactory progress by corn have made for a better feeling as to future trade, though immediate demand has not picked up materially. In the South, trade Is quiet. At the largest Eastern .markets the trade Is stiy largely of tha waiting character. Curtail ment Is largely in evidence in the Iron and steel, cotton, woolen, coal, lumber and coke trades. The labor situation la disturbed, owing to strikes of cloth tng-makers at New York and threats of strikes for higher wages on the Pennsylvania system east and West. Business failures In the United States for the week ending July 14 were 202, against 12 last week, 206 in the same week of 1909, 2u8 in 1908, 177 in 1907 and 188 in 1906. Business failures in Canada for the week number 4, which compares with 16 last week and 36 in the same --week of 1909. Wheat (including flour) exports from the I'nited States and Canada for the week end ing July 14, aggregate 1,190.248 bushels, against 1,563,775 last week and 1,468,106 this week last yeac. " Corn exports for the week are 94,757 bush els, against 190,072 last week and 100,113 in 1909. ' Bauilc Clearings. .VEW YORK, July 15. Bradstreet's bank clearings report for the week ending July 14 shows an aggregate of $3,01H, 359,000, as against 3,342.40l,000 last week and $3,004, 2&O.COU in the corresponding week last year. . P.C. Inc. New York Chicago Tt0ton .......... Philadelphia St. Louis Kansas City .... Pittsburg San Francico ., P<imore Cincinnati Minneapolis New Orleans . . . Cleveland Detroit Omah-a. IjOs Angeles . . . . l,onivllle ....... Milwaukee Portland . . Seattle .". St. Paul Buffalo Denver Indianapolis Atlanta Providence Memphis Richmond Fort Worth Salt Iake City . . Washington, D. St. Josephs- Columbus Albr.ny Taooma Savannah ..... Spokane, Wash. Oakland. Cal. . . , Sacramento ..... Helena Duluth,' Minn. .. Houston Galveston $l,SOO,393.0tK .8 lfiS.3SS.000 lS3.23U,t)0O 147,049 OOO ..r.. 73.790.000 49.628,000 52,951. 040 ...... 47.446.IXK) 32.692,000 3.4 18.0 17. 0 10.0 22.7 13.8 11.8 28.7 2C71U.WO 10.0 20,442,000 33.3 16.432.noo .7 24.42S.O0O 25.3 20.724.OUO 35.8 14.-S(.,0OO 10. - . 16. 209. OOO 15.8 I2.53,O0O .... 113.322.000 .... 11,0-15,000 12,702 000 11,104.000 10.ft9o.000 9. 181. OOO ll.13It.uOO ... 9.627.0OO 7.84H.OC0 .8 3.3 28.2 11 .3 33.1 10. T 2.3 14. 0 35.6 6.9 4.1 7 3. OOO 22.7 7. 29. OOO 2.0 5,2ttS.ot0 5.4 6.648.UOO 2o.9 7,48.000 10.0 K.4SS.OOO 6.007.000 5. 399, 000 5.761. OOO 3 .969.000 5,015.009 3.6M.0OM l,4f!S. OO 24.0 2.1 2.7 33.5 32.0 66.0 .9 ..... 877. OOO 14.0 3,268.0iiO 6.6 24. IIS. OOO 3.4 . 11,623.000 2.4 Decrease. STOCK MARKET NARROW. Prles Cannot Be . Moved Either Way. Strong Bank Statement Expected Today.'. NEW YORK, July 15. The stock market today displayed its narrow limitations in every way. Dealings were smalt and fluctuations narrow. The appresslve weather and the apathetic interest In the dealings played their parr In the showing. The rigidity of the market was due also to the obstacles which were encountered in the course of msxy price movement. Buying orders uncovered on de clines intimidated the bears and their ef forts to secure stocks snowed how scarce were the offerings. Those efforts were not pursued urgently on the advance In prices, and with the subsidence of this demand the buying orders disappeared and left prices to drift in an almost Idle market. Selling pressure was not conspicuous alt any level, and it was this fact which gave the market its negative strength and power of resistance. Last prices were not much changed on the day. A depressing effect was exerted by the fresh show of strength in the wheat mar kets, especially those In- the Northwest. Re newed reports of bad Spring wheat condi tions poured into the market. Increased at tention being given to the Canadian - situa tion. This was responsible for the special weakness of Canadian Pacific The weather map was unfavorable for Spring wheat and. predictions were for continued drouth and heat. The spurt in coUon added to the in fluence of. the wheat 'news, although the exemption of new crop factors in cotton from the movement pointed to more 'purely market conditions for tbe rise in that com modity. ' The demand for Amalgamated Copper was attributed to an uncovered short interest, built up in the1 course of the recent heavy decline in that stock. The rally in Its price was accompanied by rumors of betterment In the copper 'trade situation and by a re covery in the price of copper in London. The Pennsylvania-labor situation weighed on the market,- although the effect on Pennsylvania stock itself . was slight. The pYospects were for a strong bank statement tomorrow. The inflow of cur rency from the Interior has been heavy. The first shipment of imported gold arrived to day, amounting to over SI. 800.000. -The payment of the corporation income tax has been practically completed, thus relieving the New York banks from the eff ect xf that requirement and leaving the week's . sub treasury absorption merely nominal. " The general result promises to be an addition of S,000,000 or sin.ooo.OOO to bank cash, by tomorrows bank statement. Private discount rates receded again in London today and sterling exchange first declined and then recovered. Early next week the Bank of England "will pay out S2O.0O0.0O0 for maturing Treasury bills, of which a series falls due in uninterrupted succession throughout the Summer and Fall. The tone of the time money market here was slightly easier, especially for the shorter periods. Bonds ' were irregular. Total sales, par value (1,416.000. Lnlted States bunds w-ere unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing ' . Sales. High. Low. Allis Chalmers pf r .... . Bid. 32 5tf Amal Copper .... 29.SO0 ": Am Agricultural .. 2uO Am Beet Sugar ... 4f0 American Can . . . 700 Am Car & Fdy .. 7oo Am Cotton Oil .... Boo Am Hd & Lt pf. . 2o0 Am Ice 9ecuri Am Linseed Oil . . . 100 Am Locomotive loo Am Smelt & Ret. . 7,5oo do preferred 50- 56 40Va 4ri4 32 V 32 5U - 60 5o 30 SO . 31 - s. . . . - 12 129S 40 40 0i 08 Vs 12 37 1U114 Am Steel Fdy . Am Sugar Ref Am Tel & Tel . Am Tobacco pf 600 52 3O0 121 300 133 52 120y. 120 J32si 132 11 Am Woolen ... . . , 10O 27 Anaconda Min Co. 8vO 3fc AtchHson 6,lUt 91 " do pref erred 25 37 90 V9 111 . no ' 23 77 186" 3214 285 73 26 23 46 37 Atl Coast Line Bait & Ohio ... Bethlehem Steel 100 112 112 1.90O 110 10 Brook Rap Tran. 3.000 781,4 Canadian Pacific .. S,0K 188 77 186 32 central l.eather . . do preferred Central of N J... Ches & Ohio Chicago Alton .. Chicago Gt West. do preferred . . . 30V 33 1,500 K0 4K IOO T4V4 26 24, 72 26 23 V. 46Vj Chicago A N W... 900 143 14: 14Z C. M & St Paul . C C. C & St L.. 10,300 124, 122Vj 123 Colo Fuel & Iron. 500 . 32 32 32 Colo & Southern 54 Consolidated Gas.. 8,800 136 135 135 Cora Products .... 20O 147& 14 14 Del & Hudson. 5oO 158 157 157 i & it uranae ... woo, auy d preferred loo 71 Distillers' Securi. . 100 28 Erie . . 200 25 do 1st preferred . 100 41 do 2d preferred General Electric 30 30 71 28 V, 24 41 71 28 24 41 31 141 123 52 Gt. Northern pf Gt Northern Ore'.. Illinois Central . . . In t erborou g h Met. . 2.600 124 - 2K) 53 300 130 123 52 129 129 -00 18 18 17- do preferred ... 7) 51 Inter Harvester'.. 1,000 94 Inter-Marine pf Int Panpr 51 93 51. 93 16 10 44 1 7 28 62 fnt Pump ' Iowa Central . . .'. K C Southern ;.. do preferred . . . Laclede Gas Louisville & Kash Minn & St" Louis. 400 . 18 20O 28 18 28 9O0 99 600 144 VS 'fa Ml 143 143 X M, St P & S S M. 2oO 127i Mo, Kan & Texaa 400 33 do preferred ... 2K 64 Missouri Pacific. . . 300 " 594 National Biscuit National .Lead . . . ' 400 69 Mex Nat Ry 2d pf 200 26 N Y Central 2,3oo 114 X T, Ont & West. 4O0 43 Norfolk & West.. " 700 98 hi 127 33 . 64 58 6S K'6 82 8 26 25 114 114 1.1 87 42 V. .onn American Northern Pacific .. 3.100 1184 1174 117 24 i Pennsylvania . People's Gas- 6, WO 12814 127 12H loe P. C C & St L... 200 Plttrtmrg Coal .... ...... Pressed Steel - Car Pullman Pal Car. Ry Steel SprlnK- Reading . : B8.200 Republic Steel 4M1 do preferred . . . 100 Rock Island Co.. 3,"oo do preferred . . . 400 St L, & S P 2 pf- lflo St L Southwestern 30O 03 9.1 B314 1X5 si- 143H 3" A1V4 32 Vj 144 4 31 MVS 7G1. 41 . 143, 31 U 32 A 7S 41 2SJ B8; 41 Vj 2814 R. B4U 114ts 2214 B4V(, 20 H 28 21 H 401,1 1112 01 TO 3d 14 70 11.- 41 4 5914 17 3B, 4V4 MV4' 61 . 4 do preferred 100 ttSVB Sloss-Sherrield Southern Pacific .. Southern Railway. do preferred . Tenn Copper . Texas & Pacific .. Tol. gt L A West. do preferred 8 ion H5 loo 22 Hi 400 54 V. 1134 224 54 'is" 221J 4-i 1'121j 91 '37 70S 115 41 5 17V, 3 100 200 3CK) Union , Pacific ... 62.GiO 10O- arc preferred ... XT S Realty IT S Rubber U 9 Steel do preferred . . . Utah Copper . . . . Va-Caro Chemical. "Wabaah do preferred ... Western Md "Westinghoufie Eleo Western TTnlon . . . Wheel . & I. Erie . . !1 "37i ... 61. 40O 71 l.r.00 11!4 l.iKt 42 2.1O0 5!7i 10O 17H S.TH 37 4O0 45 2O0 SOV. 59H 10 6!tT 61 14 9(H) 4 4V. . Total sales for the day. 309,800 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. July 13. Closing quotations: V. S. ref. 2s reg.100.-4tx. .T. C. en. 3"4 S7Vi do coupon. ...luO&fciNo. Pacific 3s. 70AB U. S. 3s reg lOlfelxo. Pacific 4s... 100 do- coupon . . .101 T'fiion Pacific 4.loot4 U. S. new 4s regr.H4Wls. Central 4s. 91 do coupon ... 114 Japanese 4s .... 904 D. & R. a. 49. 92HBI - ' Money, Exchange. Etc. NEW -YORK, July 15. Monev on -call steady, 2Hfi2 per cent;, ruling rate. 2 per cent; closing bid, 2t per cent; offered at 2 per cent: Time loans, slightly easier; 6v"73ays 34 per cent, and 90 days. 4414 per cent six months. 5&5V4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper closed 5V46 per cent. Sterling exchange firmer, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at 4. 8354x4. 8360 for 60-day bills and at $4.8535 for demand. Com mercial . bills. 4.824.b3V4. Bar silver. 54VjC . Mexican dollars, 44c. 4 Bonds Government steady; railroad. Ir regular. LONDON. July 15. Bar silver Steady. 25 Hd per ounce. Money 11 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills is 174 per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for three months bills is 2 per cent. Consols for nfoney, 82; consols for ac count, 82 13-16. . SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. Sterling on London, 60 days. $4.83; sterling on Lon don, sight, $4.85 ?4. . Silver bars S44c . Mexican dollars 45c. Drafts Sight, 4; telegraph, 7. CHICAGO,' July 15. 3ew York Exchange -no market. Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, July 13. The condition of the Treasury at the beginning of business today was as follows: Trust funds Gold coin .- $804.905. GR0 Silver dollars 41.0(3.inm Silver dollars of 1890..- 3, (159. OOO Silver certificates outstanding... 491.0U3.O0O General fund Standard silver dollars in gen- - eral fund 1.22t!.3!)0 Current liabilities 101,o34,lll Working balance in Treasury of fices '. 38,227,998 In banks to credit of Treasurer of the United States 39.742.935 Subsidiary silver coin 19.727.946 Minor coin l,194.or,4 Total balance in general fund... 101,598,470 Eastern Mining Stocka. BOSTON. July 13. Closing quotations: Allouex SlilMohawk, ex-dv.. 434 Amalg. Copper.. 5SSrNevada Con. ... 18 A. X. L. & Sin.. 21 H iNlpissing Mines.. IOH Ansuua mill. .. ji'i.orn iuite. .... Zl 4 Atlantic 54 North Lake 6, B A CC & S M. 11 Old Dominion 324 Butte Coalition. 17 (Osceola .115 Cal. Arizona. 45 4 Parrott (S. & C.j 12 ti t ai. v wecia...oio Centennial 14 Cop. Ran. C Co. 60 Quincy 70A Shannon - 9 Superior 7 A r, . ijutte cp. it. 6 14 Sup & Bos Min.. 7t 1- raniciin si."up v firxs cop. v 4 Ciroux Con 6 Tamarack 4SA uranoy v on. ... 29 IT. s. Coal & Oil 334 Greene Cananea.. 74U. S. S. R. & M. 35 I. Royal. (Cop.) 13 do preferred . . 47 Kerr Lake 7 'Utah Con 20 Lake Copper.... 29 14' Winona ........ 5 La Salle Copper 9 14! Wolverine ......103 '""' Coiuf. . . 17 I HUGE WHEAT TRADE Chicago Pit Is in a Tumult All Day. PRICES '. .LIFTED SHARPLY 1 - Vorth western. Spring Crop Placed by an Expert at Only 125,000,000 Bushels Torrid Conditions In Manitoba Foreign , Higher. CHICAGO. July 13. It was a day for the extremists. One crop expert put the total wheat yield of the Dakota and Minnesota at vusiieis xor mrs year, wnn further deterioration certain unless conditions - , -. . . . , . , ,j 1 . , . li . nvnu ampments lor the week were figured at 6.4O0.000 bushels, against 8.272.OO0 bushels last year. Sharp ad vances In foreign markets, particularly at Liv erpool, attracted widespread attention. The real focus, however, was Winnipeg, where the temperature was 1O0 In the shade, with no rain in the foreccast end the rise In- prlc greater than anywhere In this country or across the Atlantic. Trade In Chicago was on a huge scale and- the pit was In tumult hour after hour without ceasing. . There was free realizing of profits by longs, but the mar ket developed extraordinary recuperative pow ers. September ranged from 1.05t4 to at"$li0-snid07Ci!4Se1 2,254 to 2ii82a40 up Corn was helped by the wheat bulge and by Increased shortage of fodder in the-North-west. September fluctuated-, between 60 c and 61 He closing fcc net hiher at 6094c. The cash market was also firm. No. 2 yellow closed at 3g6414c. Shorts covered freely in oats. Winnipeg has advanced lo cents In three days. Septem cbed hlBh and low mit 39?ic and obi? ' wltn la,t' UP 3!4 Except for July pork, which continued to advance, there was no trade worth mentioning in provisions. On the option named tbe- high est prices of the day were enforced et the close,. t2o.674. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. , ti Pin,, ,HIh' Lo". Close. July...;.. 1. 0714 $1.08 $1.07 $1.08 V- J-JJ 1-087' 1-06 1.08 14 y l.lf14 1.12 1.09 1.11 CORN. July...... .jig .59 Bs 5 SePt 0 -61-4 .60 .60? cc-: 7 .58 . .57 .57 My -59 .60 .59 .59 OATS. iu,y 42 .42 .41 .41 Si 39Ki .39T4 .39 . 39 Btc-"-- 0i4 .40 -.39. - 40 May -42- .43 , .43 .42 MESS PORK. ilK'"--- H? 25:67 25.60 25.67 epl. 1.S5 22.00 21.70 21.70 lArd. , J"1- 11-70 11.70 11.65 11 65 .ept -57''4 11-87 11.75 1L77 11-75 11.75 11.62 11 6 -Nov- "-SO , 11.50 11.35 iLio SHORT RIBS. July 12.30 12.30 12 10 lm Sept...... U.80 11.80 11.60. iT.it Gct 11.22 11-25 11.10 liilu Cash quotations were as follows Flour Firm. -' t Rye No. 2. 78c. Barley Feed or mixing, 626-8c; fair to choice malting, 69 (g1 76c. Flax seed No. 1 Southwestern, $2.25; No. 1 Northwestern, $2.35. Timothy seed $5.50. ' Clover J11.50. Pork Mess, per barrel $26.502T. L"-"""1 Per 100 pounds. $11.65. Short ribs Sides (loose), $12.12 y. 12.50 Sides Short, clear (boxed), $13.25 013.60 Grain statistics: Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 133.000 bushels. Exports for the week, as shown by Bradstreet's. were equal iIi!0:.000 bush'5l!- Primary receipts were O35.000 bushels, compared with 264,000 bush els the corresponding day a year ago. Esti mated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat g ,S;:J:0n 162 cars: oau- I 'cars; hogs, 9000 head. .6, PMo... k....i. Receipts. Shipments. flour, barrels 13 700 . 1-; inn Wheat, bushels .....l... x 20 9000 Corn, bushels 211 200 itS'jJS Oats, bushels ......IIS 900 ?T-!inn Barley, bushel. V..." ajjgg "J; Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. July 15. Flour Active and stronger. Spring patents, $5.65rg5.90- Win ter straights. $4.404.60; Winter patents $4.6.-,rgo: Kansas straights, $4.755. Receipts! 11.985 barrels; shipments, 13.676 barrels. Wheat Snot, strong. No. 2 red, $1.15 c I f to arrive elevator; No. 1 Northern $1 33 f. o. b. Sensationally bullish news regarding the crop in., the Northwest, together with bull ish cables, sent wheat up rapidly early with some foreign buying, but ' iart of the ad vance was lost under profit-taking, closing ZzGXitC net hin-her with T..1.. ; . . - -a , ...... vu.j. mK-ming me greatest gain. July closed at $1.19. September .1 T.An anu jjecemoer at $1.13. Receipts 3600 bushels; shipments, 18,598 bushels Hops Dull. Hides Easy. Petroleum Steady. Wool Quiet. Minneapolis Grain Market t .MINNEAPOLIS., July 15-. Close:" Wheat July. $1.12; September. $1.15; Decem ber, $1.14. Cash, No. 1 hard, $1.25- No. 1 Northern, $1.23 -g. 1.23 ; No. -2 Northern, $1.21 1.23 ; No. 3 Northern, (lnua 1.20. " Flax closed at $2.37.' Corn No. 8 yellow. 88'4lgo9t4o. Oats No. 3 white. 4344c: Eye No. 2, 72g;74c. European Grain Markets. LONDON, July 15. Cargoes -firmer. Walla Walla for shipment la to Is 6d higher., S5s 6d to 36. - English country markets Arm; French cnii' try markets, holiday. LIVERPOOL, July 15. Wheat July, 7s 33? October, 7s 5d; December, 7s 6d. Weather overcast. Grain' at San Francisco-. SAN FRANCISCO, . July 15 Wheat Strong. Barley Strong. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. $1.53 1.60. Barley Feed. $1.07; brewing $l-10l.ll. Oats Red, 1.25ffll.3o; white, nominal; black, nominal. Call board sales: Wheat No- trading. Barley December. $1.14. Corn Large yellow, $1.57 &1.60. Grain- Markets of the Northwest. TACOMA. July 15. Wneat Milling: Blue stem. SOc: club. 84c. - Receipts yesterday: Wheat 2 cars, barley 1 car, hay 5 cars. SEATTLE. July 15. Milling quotations: Bluestem. S5c; fortyfold, 85c; club, 84c; Fife, 64c; red Russian, 81c. Export wheat: Bluestem, 82c; fortyfold 82c- club. 81c: Fife, 81c; red Russian, . 79d Yes terday's car receipts, wheat 4 cars, oats 12 cars, barley 2 cars. Dairy Produce in the East. CHICAGO. July 15. Butter Steady; creameries. 24-28c; dairies, 23j?26c. Eggs Receipts. 10.297 cases; steady at mark, cases Included, I0gl4c; firsts, 15c; prime nrs, 17c. Cheese Steady; daisies, 1594.16c; twins, 15 &15c; lounj Americas. 15g16c; long norns, lovioc. NEW YORK. July 13. Butter Weaker creamery specials, 2929c; extras. 289 sc; tnrras to nrsts. zfcZ7c; state dairy common to firsts, 2327c. Cheese Steady,' unchanged. Eggs Firm, unchanged. - Issports and Exports. NEW YORK, July 15. Imports of mer chandise and dry goods at the Port of New York for the week endinr July 9 were val ued at $16,110,815. Imports of specie for the week ending to day were $33,043 sliver and $110,277 gold. Exports of specie -for the week ending to day were !w9.U4J silver ana $22,400 gold. x lumbermens National Ban k CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STREETS . PORTLAND, OREGON Capital OFFICERS. DIRECTORS. G. K. Wentworth Pre-ldent '3 John A. Keating Vice-President p- s- Bromby Ir. K. A. J. Mackenzie Geo. L. Mcpherson Vice-President George tl. Bingham LiovdJ. Weotaona H. D. Story Cashier J. E. Wheeler Geo. I.. MoPhrrson I F. A- Freeman. .......... .Assistant Cashier John A. Keating ' ' Robert Treat Piatt Graham Dukehart Assistant Cashier li. 1). Story THE UNITED STATES "NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND. OREGON UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital - - - $1,000,000.00 Surplus and Profits, $725,000.00 OFFICERS: J. C. AIKSWOIITR, President. IT. V. SCHMEER, Cashier. . R. LEA BARNES, Vice-President. A. af. WRIGHT, Assistant Cashier. W. A. HOLT, Assistant Cashier. LETTERS OF CREDIT AND TRAVELERS' -CHECKS ISSUED NEGOTIABLE EVERYWHERE DRAFTS DRAWN on all FOREIGN COUNTRIES National B irst Capital $1,500,000 Surplus 750,000 Oldest National Bank West of the , Rocky Mountains BLUESTEM AT 89 GENTS SEATTLE DEALERS COVERING THEIR SHORT-SALES. r Market Overstocked - With readies and Apricots Exchange Ad vances Price of Local Eggs. SEATTLE, Wash., July "15. (Special. Wheat advanced a cent all around today. The market appeared strong at those prices. It was learned that several dealers sold sljort during the-recent slump and that they are endeavoring to cover and take as' small a loss as possible. Bluestem sold at S3 .cents and club at S6 cents. Oats were quoted a half dollar, higher at $28.50 g 29. Barley was unchanged. Three straight carloads of peaches ar rived. In addition to about two carloads oC small express shipments from Eastern Wash ington. The top of Crawfords was 75 cents. Apricots were In heavy supply and did not sell above So cents: . Bartlett pears sold at J2.35- ' Five more carloads' of watermelons ar rived, making 11 .carloads to reach Seattle during the last 4S , hours. Cantaloupes sold at $4.50. Potatoes were higher, with good new stock held at 2 cents. The Iairy Produce Exchange today ad vanced the price of fresh local eggs to 33 cents. That price,.- however,, was not gen eral. Poultry was in fair supply and veal stock just about equal to the demand. But. ter was very firm. ' . Salmon packers here today received offers of $1.30 for red Alaska salmon for July de livery. Uhjs is said to be the highest price ever' bid for July reds. Coffee and Sujrar. NEW TOFK, July 15. Coffee closed barely stady at a net decline of 2-15 points. Sales', 11,000 bags. July, 0.70c; August, 6.75c; Sep tember and October, 6.83c; November and De cember, 6.90o; January. 6.05c; February, 7c; March, 7.04c; April, 7.05; May and June, 7.06c. Spot steady. No. 7 Rio, S4c; No. 4 Santo. 9ac. Mild steady. Cordova. 10124c. Raw sugar steady. Muscovado, .9 test, 3.80c; centrifugal, .96 teert, 4.30c .'molasses sugar, .89 test. 3.55c. Refined, quiet. Crushed, 5.85c; granulated. 5.15c; powdered, 5.25c. Jfew York Cotton Markets. NEW YORK. July 15. Cotton Spot closed quiet, 40 points higher. Mid-uplands, lG.40c; do gulf. 16.65c. Sales. 5300 bales. Futures closed firm. Closing bids: July, 16.34c; Aufruit, 15.032; September, 13.46c; October. 127Rc; November. 12.63c; December, 12.60c; January, 12.57c; Febru ary. 12.57c: March. 12.58c; Mav, 12.61c For strength, wearing; prop--erties an? all other require ments thato to make up an ideal pavement . ' . BITULITHIC Holds the ' PRIZE $500,000 an; TRATFI-EnS" GCnK. ALASKA AND BACK including: Brth and Meals SUMMER EXCURSIONS via Smooth "Inside Passage" Twelve delightful excursions from Seattle to ALASKA and back cheaper than staying at home. Don't wait until Mteamers are mold oat Write qaick for detail and reservations Pacific Coast Steamship Co. 249 Washington St- PORTLAND HONOLULU $110 Ana Hack (FirM; Class). JL JL J 64 ' Days from E. t ' The splendid twin screw steamer SIERR.v (10,000 tons displacement) sails July 30. Aug. 'JO and every 21 days. Round trip tick ets good for four month: Honolulu, the most attractive spot on entire world tour. .BOOK NOW and secure bst berths. LINE TO TAHITI AND NEW ZEALAND. S. S. Mariposa and Union Line, sailings Aug 6. Sept. 11. etc. Tahiti and back fla s), $126 first class.. New Zealand (Wel lington), 2 4 6.26 first class. K. X. Mix months. OCEANIC S. 8. CO., 678 Market Streot. San Francisco. Canadian Pacific Less Than Four Days at Ssa Weekly- Sailing Between Montrj'. Quebec and. Liverpool. Two days on the beautiful St. Lawrence River and the shortest ocean rout to "Eu rope. Nothing fettr on the Atlantic than our Empresses. Wireless on all steamers. Flrst-closss W. second $51.20. one clas cabin 47.60. a Ask any ticket agent, or write for sail ings, rates and booklet. F. R. Johnson, Gen eral Agent. 142 Third St.. jeortlanti. Or. COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY Fast Excursion Steamer CHAS. R. SPENCER Leaves daily except Wednesday, ti A. M- for Hood River and nay landings and r turn leave Hood River, 2:3o F. M.; arrlv Portland 8 P. M. suxuA'tr ExcrnsioNs. Leaves tt A. M.; return.-. 5:oU P. 1C Ftrst-clfeds Meals Served.. Fare, One Dollar Round Trip. Up-town Office, 61 Cth SU Phones Marshall 1079, A 1203. Landing and Office, Foot Washington, SU Phones Main 8610. A 2465. Lowest Rates to Picnic Parties. , ' K. W. SPENCER. OWNER. ban Francisco and Los Angeles DIRECT North Pacific S. S. Co.'s S. S. Roanoke and S. S. Elder sail every Wednesday alternately at 6 P. M. Ticket ojc 132 Third at., near Alder. 31AKTI J. HIGLEY, Paaaencer A Krnt, V. H. SLLSMlt, KrelKht Agent. Pbonea !. 1314, A 1314. SAN FRANCISCO FOBtLAXU S3. CO. New service to Los Angeles, via San Fran. Cisco, every five days. From Ainsworth Ioclc. Portland. 9 A. M. S.8 Beaver. July 1". Bear 21. Km CHy 27. From tian. Francisco for Portland, u 11. 8.S. Bear July 15, Kose City 20. Heaver 23. From San Pedro Northbound. 8.8. Kose City July 18, Beaver ft. Bear 28. li. j. Mmitb, c T. A.. 14i Third St. - J. W. Ransom, Ag.nt, Ainsworth lock. Phones Main 4U2. 208; A UD2. COOS BAY LINE 5-DAY SERVICE. Steamer Breakwater leaves Portland 9 A M.. July 2S. 2S. Aug- 2. 7. 12. 17, 22. 27 and every five days, from Ainsworth Hock, for North Bend. Msrshfleld and Coos Bay points. Freight receive until 5 P. M-, daily. Paseenger fare, first-claus. t lO: sr. ond-class. 7. Including borth and meals Inquire City Ticket Office. Third and Wash ington streets, or Ainsworth Dock. Mala JM.