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Newspaper Page TextxHE MORNING OREGON IAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20; 1913. ll LOCAL BUYING ONLY No Genera! Interest in the New Wool Clip. DEALERS HOLDING BACK lteoent Purchases br Sheepmen a Baker Only Business in Futures So Far Reported In Oregon. Yakima Shearing Checked. The only Interest shown in new Oregon woo! so far thla season hu been of a pure ly local character. Dealers find no encour agement In their Eastern correspondence to peculate In the new clip and the arents o Boiton houses have no Instructions to make commitments, nor do they look for any soon. A few thousand fleeces ef Baker County wool hava been contracted for by a sheep man there at 15 cents. It Is understood these purchases were made as an Individual speculation and with the regular buyers out ef the market, the deal cannot be taken to represent the trend of the market. Shearing was started In the Yakima Val ley, but operations were suspended on ac count of cold weather and will probably not be resumed until after March 1. The first actual Northwestern boring will occur In that territory. Utah, where contracting la usually more active than elsewhere In the West, reports quiet conditions. High prices are asked by growers and thla has had the effect of hold 'lug back operatora who were disposed to buy wool a short time ago. If they could get it at their own price. f The attitude of the Eastern dealers on the contracting question, according to Fibre and Fabric of Boston, la as follows: "About this time of the year the atten tlon of the wool dealers la devoted to the West and to the securing of wools on the sheep's back. However, this year a very conservative attitude baa been adopted by the dealers and It la not In the least unex pected. The high prices that bava pre vailed In the market since the opening of the crop last year have been attained through a combination of peculiar circum stances and the dealers realise that with the arrival of wools from the new clip it will be rather difficult for them to main tain the high prices. The woolgrowers, baaing their values on present selling prices in the wool markets, have become very high In their ldeaa as to the value of their wools snd many of them are asking prices that would make the dealers take a very high risk In paving them." ORDERS FOB EXPORT FLOCB SMALL Prices Cannot Be Shaded as Long aa Wheat Holders Are Firm. The export inquiry for flour is light. few orders from the Orient are coming for ward and It ia understood that asking prices are maintained on the old basts. New business could probably be accomplished by shading quotations, but millers are not disposed to do this with the wheat market In Its present firm position. Patents are steady- and It looks now as If the price may not be changed during the remainder of the season. Vice-Consul Carleton. at Hongkong, writes of the demand for bakers strong flour in the Far East: "The notable feature In the flour trade at present Is the steady Increase in the ce mand and popularity for strong flour. hard wheat flour, and the Blow decline in the calls for soft flour. It Is Impossible to give statistics aa to the relative importa tlona of both classes, aa separate data arc not kept; nevertheless the flour brokers are continually receiving, inquiries along this line. As a matter of fact. It la only question of price as to whether or not the importations of bakers flour will become a feature In the South China trade. At pres ent this grade la being landed in Hongkong at 11 gold per one-quarter bag and at this price there is every chance of greatly in creasing the sales. Patent flour is very lit tle used and only the European bakers pur chase it." The wheat market was quiet. Club was quoted at 85 g 86 cents. Bluestem could not be bought under 95 centa and probably 9o centa would not bring out sellers. Dealers who have been waiting for fanners to weaken have given it up as a hopeless task. When the demand revives, aa H will when the Callfornlana come Into the market again, the holders In the country will no doubt And that they were wise in maintaining their Arm attitude. Local receipts. In cars, were reported by the Merchants Exchange aa follows Wheat Barley Flour Onts Hay Monday lis v in Tuesday ..... d It 50c per hundred: sweet potatoes, 3'AC per pound. FREPH FRUITS Apples, 60ej $LT5 per box: iranei. Malagas. S per barrel. TROPICAL, FRUITS Oranges. Pavels, 2 7.HU.23: Florida, i-i.50: Jncanese. tl.i ILT5 per bundle; California grapefruit, $2,75 1 U3.2S: Florida grapefruit, $5: lemons, 7.6i trS per box: pineapples, 6QTc per pound; , tangerines. 12.25 per box. VEGETABLES Artichokes. (1.50 per dozen; cabbage, le per pound: cauliflower. 41.7532 per crate; celery, 2.00ir-4.&0 per crate; cucumbers, 75c & 12 per dosen; egg plant. 10c pound; head lettuce. $2.S0 per crate; peppers, 25c per pound; radishes. hjc per aozen; sprouts, juc; lomaioea, e i ft 3 ner hox: rsrllc. 5 6c ner nound. SACK VEGETABLES Turnips. 0c $1 per sack: parsnips. 90c $1 per sack; car- rota, BUetjl per sack. ONIONS Oregon. (1.10 per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. EGGS Fresh locals, candled, 20c per dozen: current receipts, lbs&rluc POULTRY Hens, 1-4 15c : broilers. 14Hgl5c; turk-eys, live, 20c; dressed, choice,. J2j2ic: ducks, ItlfcTTc: geese, 1012e. CHEESE Oregon triplets, 17G17c; daisies. 17t4e ner nound. BUTTER Oregon creamery butter cubes. 37 fee per pound; prints, 3e per pounu. PORK. Fancy, I0&10o per pound. VEAL Fancy, 4jl4c per pounu. Staple Groceries. SALMON Columbia River, one-pound talis, (2.25 per dozen: half-pound flats, 11.40. one-pound flats, (2.45; Alaska pink, one-pound talis, 85c; silversldes, one-pound tails. 11.23. honry Choice. (3.2503.75 per case. NUTS Walnuts, 18o per pound; Brazil nuts. 124S15c: filberts. 14 S 15c; almonds. ISc; peanuts.' 5 95 ttc; cocoanma, 00c(l per dosen: chestnuts, llo per pound; hickory nuta. 8i31oct necans. 17c: pine. 17 Ha 20c. EEAXS Small wnite. n.uo; targe wnno, sffiSe: Lima, 644c: pink, 4.70c; Mexican. 5c; bayou, 4.65c FALL IS CHECKED Better Undertone in Wall- Street Stock Market. SUBSTANTIAL GAINS MADE Change in Sentiment Reflects Im provement Abroad Shorts Cover Actively at Advance Stel Is Persistently Bought. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. Pressure on the stock market relaxed today and the down ward movement was checked. The under. tone was distinctly better and at the close number of leading issues had established net gams of 1 to 3 points. Early In the day. after a strong open ing, bear traders made a drive at the mar ket and succeeded fh sending some stocks to new low points for the movement. The list offered better resistance than recently. however, and prices soon moved ud attain. rnereaiter the market was steady. lhe change to some extent was a reflec tion of the improvement abroad, the' principal cent; SO days, 4 5: six months, 1iSi per cent. Prime mercantile paper. per cent Sterling exchange heavy, with actual bus iness In bankers' bills at (4.8316 for 40 day bills, and at J4.8760 for demand. commercial Dills. s.S2fe. Bar silver 62c. Mexican dollars (SUe. - Government bonds, easy: railroad bonds. neavy. LONDON. Feb. 19. Bar silver, steady, at z&tad Der ounce: money. 4e4 per cent; rate or discount in tne open market lor short bills, 5 per cent; do, three months' bills, 44 15-16 per cent. SATf FRANCISCO. Feb. 19. Sliver bars. 62c; Mexican dollars, nominal: drafts, sight. 2 He: telearaDh. 6c- Sterling on .London, so days, 4. Si -ft: co sight, (4.87. - SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Quoted at the Bay City for Vege tables. Fruits, Etc. . SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 19. The follow ing produce prices were current here today: Fruit Apples, choice, SOc; common, 40c; Mexican limes, nominal; California lemons choice. $56)7; common. $lrr2: navel oranges. $1.2a(pl; pineapples, ll.iu -'.60. Cheese Young America. 16 & 15c Butter Fancy creamery, 34 c. Eggs Store, 16Hc; fancy ranch, l'lrc. Hay Wheat, S2425;. wheat and oats. (21.5u2o; alfalfa, (12.50glo.50; barley. (IS Wis. Potatoes Oregon Burbanksv 7ucg(l; Sa linas Burbanks, ll.i5; sweets, 41.85. Vegetables Cucumbers. (S&3.25: green peas. 104a226c: string beans, 30c; tomatoes, 3G&'G0c; eggplant, 25''30c; onions, &0tS5c Kecefpts Flour, 44uo quarter sacks; bar- Icy, 1200 centals; potatoes, 770 sacks; hay. 411 tons. SUGAR Fruit and berry. (5.25; Honolulu roreign markets exhibiting a better tone. plantation, 15.20; beet. (5.05: extra C, (4. i5; The chief source of strength lay In Uie powdered, barrels, (5.50; cubes, barrels, I size of the short Interest. Covering of short 15.60. COFFEE Roasted, in drums, ziffsuo pi nound. salt fsranuiatea. sis per ton; umL- ground 100s, $10 per ton; 50s, (10.75 per ton: dairv. (12.50 per ton. RICE No. 1 Japan, owoHe; cneaper grades. 4c; Southern head. 664C contracts was responsible for a brisk de mand for some of the speculative leaders. Steel was bought persistently and there was steady demand for Reading and Union racuic ine strengtn or tnese stocks lnflu. onced the remainder of the list. There was some further selling of minor stocks, but tne declines were not severe and had little DRIED "FRUITS Apples, 10c per pound: Influence on the market as a whole. anricota 12614c: neaches. SOllc: prunes. Italians, Sir 10c, sliver, isc; ngs. wnue ana black. 6'iti7c: currants, 94c: raisins, loose Muscatel, 6t7Vic; bleached. Thompson, live: unbleaced Sultanas. 814c: seeded, IWaiSHc: dates, Persian, Tttc per pouna fard. S1.65 Der box. Firts Tvelvn lo-ounce. 85c: 00 6-ounce, (1.65; 70 4-ounca, (2.50; 30 10-ounce, (2.25; loose, 60-pour.d boxes, 6tt7c; Smyrna, boxes, (L10&1.25; candled. (3 per box. Bonds were heavy. Total sales, nar value I.3U00.O0O. Panama 2s registered declined ft on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Kenorted bv J c wtiann it- r i ; Closing low. Jain. Wednesday tl 7 9 Year ago Bl 1 5 Sea'n to date.lS.M2 li!S 14!)5 Sear ago ...10.466 3vJ 1712 3 3 4 llli 1183 4 111 1.10S 203 ORANGES ARE QUOTED 25C HIGHER Another Advance Next TVpek Will Bring Market I'd to California Basis. Orange prices were' advanced 25 cents box yesterday and will go up 25 cents again next week, which will bring the market up to the 50-cent advance at California points. recently noted. Local stocks are cleaning up welL A good xnbvement in apples Is re ported at unchanged prices. A car of mixed California vegetables ar rived yesterday and cleaned up quickly. A car of celery was also received and was firm at (4.50. Tomato stocks are about t exhausted, and aa no shipments are known to be In transit to this city, the market is strong. Cauliflower was quoted higher In California wires. Lettuce was also firmer in the south. BETTER MOVEMENT IN EG43 MARKET Low Prices Cause Loral Consumption t Increase Sharply. The egg market held fairly steady yes terday. Candled stock sold In a moderate way at 30 centa and current receipts were moved generally at 19 centa. with some sales reported at 1814 centa. The market Is now down to a 25-cent retail basis, and thla should mean a consumption large enough to check any further decline, at least temporarily. Poultry receipts were of fair size, but the demand was very good and prices were firm all around. Dressed meats were also firm... At the advance butter cleans up well. ' Cheese stocks are generally firmly held. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities vesterduy were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland (l.l'tll. lu2 (122.2on Seattle 2.015.3113 Taconia 501. n9 ' .1..:6 Spokane 575.460 eO.248 PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc WHEAT Track prices: Club. 850 8Sc; b:uestem. 90 6c: 40-fold, S6c; red Russian, 4c: valley. 88 87c. B A RLE Y Feed. (23.50 per ton; brew ing, nominal: rolled. (25.506 26.50 per ton. CORN Whole. $27; cracked, $28 per ton. FLOUR Patents, (4.70 per barrel; straights, (4.10; exports, $3.S5'3.95; val ley, (4.70; graham. (4.60; whole wheat. (4.8a MILLSTUFFS Bran. (21 1J 21.50 per ton; shortsw ; 2.50 per ton; middlings. (30 per ton. HAT Timothy, choice. $16317; mixed. Eastern Oregon timothy. (12016; oat and vetch. (12; alfalfa, (11.50; clover, (10; atraw. (66 T. OATS No. 1 white. (26.50tJ2T.50 per ton. Vegetable and Fruits. POTATOES Jobbing prices: Burbanks, Provisions. RAMS ! to 12 pounds. 18'aei9'e; 12 to 14 pounds, lSiilUc; picnics. 12c; cot- tare roil, ijc t a env Fanev. 272Sc: standard, z. 23c: English. 10 to 12 pounds. 21c; 13 to 14 pounds. 20c LARD In tierces, choice. 140; com- nound. fl Ve DRY SALT MEATS Keguiar snon clears. 18014Hc; short clear backs. 12 to 18 lbs.. 144it?15c; short clear backs, 18 to 25 ins. !SUi1Ar. exnorts. 14c. UAlUlZiljriU oner ou nn-i. u - . v - -, mess beef, $13; plate beef, (20; rolled bone- less beer, (30. BARRELED PORK Best plg pork, Z4 brisket pickled pork, (23 025. Hops, Wool and Hides, HOPS 1912 crop, prime and choice, 18 f 17c per pound; 11)13 contracts, 14U1S0 per nound. PELTS Dry, 129130; lambs, 20Saoc; ruu wool. $1.25 a 1.35. WOOL Early shorn, east of mountains. 15200 per pound. HIDES Salted hides, UH 12s per pound; salted calf. 16tfl8o: salted kip. 12014c green hides, 11c: dry hides, 21 22c; dry calf No. 1. 25c; No. 2. 20c; aalted bulls, 8a CA SCAR A Per pound, A9c; car lots. 6 5c Unseed Oil and Turpentine. LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels, BCc; boiled. barrels, 58c; raw, cases, 61c; boiled, cs 63c. OIL MEAL Carloads, (37.50 per ton; leas than carloads, $40 per ton. TURPENTINE Barrels. 61c: cases, 64c. GASOLINE Naphtha. In Iron barrels, 16c: In cases, 23c: motor gasoline, in Iron bar rels, 17c; In cahes, 24c; engine distillate, in Iron barrels. Sc; In cases, lsHo. BUN OF STOCK LIGHTER VAI.O-S ARE HOLDING STEADT AT XOKTII PORTLAND YARDS. Best Hogs Again Sell at $8.10. Good Prices Paid for Shorn Lambs Cattle Trade Quiet. A steady livestock market In all depart ments was reported from the yards yes terday, where receipts were of moderate size. Aside from the activity in the hog market, there was not much business pass ing. . The best bogs again sold at $8.10, the top price established this week, and light hogs that did not come up to this grade were taken at (8. Medium weights sold at (7.5 and $7.75 and heavy hogs brought $7 and (7.10. A load or good sheared lambs sold at $6.40, the best price paid so far for shorn stock. Wethers brought $6.25. No cattle sales were reported. Receipts were 252 cattle, 513 hogs and !2 sheep. Shippers were: A. I,. Demaris. Milton and Lowden, Wash., 3 cars of cattle and hogs; Hansen Livestock ar Feeder Co.. Ogden. 4 cars of cattle; F. Dishno, Dillon. Mont.. 2 cars of cattle and sheep; Pete McKlnney, Armlstead. Mont., 1 car of hogs; Paul Bros. Monida, Mont.. 1 car of cattle; F. E. Har- ger, Moore. Idaho, 1 car of hogs; Lyons. Condon, 1 car of hogs; J. M. Anderson. Cal., 1 car of cattle: J. D. Dins- more. West Stayton, 1 car of hogs, and A. B. Gale. Alrlle and McCoy. 2 cars of sheen ana noss. The day's sales were as follows a, Weight. Price. 22 hogs 171 (s.10 6J nogs .-. n 2 1 hog 430 7 hogs 42 C3 hog 312 1 hog SU0 4 hoK 213 45 hoKS 144 S3 hogs 227 31 wethers 125 2S shorn lambs 79 The range of orlcea at the vards warn am follows: Choice steers (7.50(S.00 isooa steers 7.ou?s 7.30 Medium steers 6.50ct 7.00 Choice cows ... 6.50p 7.00 Amal Copper . . S7.0OO tis i Am Beet Sugar. 1.700 35 u American Can .. 12,100 4o American Can .. 1,20J 124 Am Car A Fdy.. 2,300 61 do preferred.. llu Am Cotton Oil.. 300 4V Am Smel & Ref 6,000 MV do preferred.. loo 10414 American Sugar SO0 11554 do preferred.. Am Tel Tel.. BOO 1.VJ14 Am Tobacco ... ftoo 235 Anaconda 6,3tM 35 Atl Coast Line AT Santa Fe 2.600 101 do preferred.. 70O 101 Bait & Ohio ... 1,500 loo 4 Brook R Tran . . 1.10 HQU. Canadian Pao .. 8,000 231 C & O 11,900 7454 C G W 200 16 C & N W 300 134 C. M A St Paul. 5.500 ION U. Central Leather 6J0 27 Chino 5,2iM 88 V4 Col Fuel A Iron 1.100 34 k Col Southern .. 100 28 Consol Gas .... LSiH) 132 D L & W 200 410 D A R G Distillers' Secur Erie 6.400 2954 Gen Electrlo ... 50O 1R9 Gt North Ore .. 2.900 35 54 Gt North pf 8,300 129"4 Illinois Central. 100' 122 54 Interboro Met 17 5i Inter Harvester 600 109 K C Southern .. 700 244 Lehigh Valley .. 5,300 IMiTii Louis A Nash.. 900 1.12-14 Mexican Central 200 23 " M. S P A SS M 1.0OO 139 Mo, Kan A Tex. 200 20 Mo Pacific 3.3O0 aiv. National Lead.. 000 50 Nat Biscuit . . . 300 11054 do preferred N Y Central . . . BOO lOS 54 N Y, Cnt St Wei 5O0 3054 Norfolk & West 4.SOO 10654 Northern Fac. . 4.SO0 lli Pacific Mall 200 2i Pacific TAT.. 200 8754 do Preferred.. Pennsylvania ... 9,200 118 54 People's Gas ... 400 110 Reading 6S.S0O 15ll"4 Republic S A I 70O 25 Rock Island ... 8.400 22 54 Southern Pac .. 8.G0O 101 Southern Ry .. 1.400 20 54 Texas Oil 200 116 Union Pacific . . 88,900 167 do preferred.. 4O0 87K United Rds S F U S Steel 102.400 62 do preferred.. 1.500 1054 Utah Copper ... 4.400 8154' Wabash 700 3 54 Western Union. 300 69 Westing Elec .. 400 70 Wisconsin Cent Total sales for the day, 451,840 shares. BONDS. Reported hv OverbeeV Jtr Cookn Co. Board of Trade bldg-, Portland. Bid. Asked. Amer Tel & Tel conv 4s 106 54 107 American Tobacco 4s 97 American Tobacco 6s 120 Atchison general 4s Pf Atchison conv 4s 101 Atchison adj 4s stamped .N054 Atchison conv 5s 101 Atlantic Coast IJne cons 4s.... 94 54 At Coast Line 'L A N coll" 4s. 90 54 Baltimore & Ohio 3ss 90 54 Baltimore & Ohio 4s 117 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 4s 88 Can Southern first 5s loo 0l S4 5a 39?4 12354 50 115 49 4 6S 104 5 115 isix 254 44 ioi' 101 100 tt 88 54 229 7054 10 1.14 107 54 26 54 87 83 54 28 181 54 400 ".'.V 2854 189 34 125 122 54 105, 108. 54 24 155V4 132 23 133 25 54 37 4954 11054 1044" 30 106 114 26 3754 117 54 10954 15754 24 2154 100 54 25 115 155 87 54 '60 108 54 6054 3 6S4 69 01 tk 85 X 411 123 60 114 49 70 104 54 11554 115 132 54 254 3554 120 KU54 101 100 8i 230 15 134 108 54 SS54 8454 27 54 13154 19 1754 138 54 an 54 3 20 ''I? 108 54 24 54 l.r54 132 54 23 136 2.154 37 54 4954 116 5 11754 10O 3054 lo54 116 26 8754 93 116-54 llO 158 24 22 10O 20 11U 156-54 8754 27 61 108 5154 Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. Coffee futures opened easy at a decline of IO to 17 points In response to lower European cables and renewed liquidation. Covering and a little support from trade sources caused a mod erate rally, but tho market later became very weak and unsettled. The general list closed weak under heavy selling at a net decline of 21 to 30 points. Sales, 153,500.' March, 11.97c: April, 12. 10c May, 1Z.23C; June. 12.20c ; July, 12.33c; August, 12.311c Sentember. 12.46c: October. 12.30c: Novem ber, 12.2Sc; December and January, 12.21c Spot, nominal. Rio, No. 7, 12c; Santos, No 4, 14c; mild, dull; Cordova, la54 17 54c, nominal. Raw auirar. firm. Muscovado. z.9gc: cen trifugal. 96 test, 3.48c: molasses, 2.73c; re fined, steady. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. Cotton Spot closed aulet. Middling uplands, 12.60a mlddlln ulf. 12.85c. Sales. 57 bales. Fu tures clof-ed barely steauy, 3 to ltf pom lb lower. February, 12.17c; March, 12.08c Anril. 11 97c: Mav. 11.93c: June. 11.81c July. 11.83c; August, 11.71c; September, 11.47c; octoDer, 11.44c: jjecemoer, ii.-ftc January, 11.40c. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 19. Cotton Spot, steady, unchanged. Middling. 12 7-1 Sc. Sales, 650 bales. Chicago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Feb. 19. Butter steady. fTreojnerlea. ZSSSC. Efffs Firm. rleceipts. 6403: at mara, cases Included, 173?i8c; reirigerator nrsis. l.W. We: firsts. 185C Cheese Firm; aaisies, it wise; twins. 1654 1654o; Young Americas, 17pl74c long noras, hubihc Naval Stores. SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 19. Turpentine, firm, 42V443Hc. Pales. 221;, receipts, IOI shlnrnenta. 862: stocks. 1O41.SB0. Rosin, firm, aaies, 13S0; receipts, imuj hlDments. 2926: stocks. 121.800. A ana si, $6.2754; C and u. 0.w; o.oo; r, o.iu. Ct. 16.43: H. (6.56: 1. (6.70; K. (B.WO; il. (7; N, (7.05; WG, $7.10; WW. $7.iowt.ow. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Evaporated ap pies, quiet. prunes, easy. Peaches, quiet. WHEAT EASES OFF Showers and Light Snowfall Weaken Prices. PLENTY SELLING ORDERS T Closing at Chicago Finds All Options Except May at lower Figure. Speculative Pressure In Corn Pit.1 Wool at St. Louis. st T.rtIIS. Feb. 19. Wool, steady. Ter ritory and Western mediums, 2125c; fine mediums, lB'eixoc; tine, j.tnc. Hops at New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Hops, dull. RAILWAY WORK SUFFERS EXPERIMENT TO OVERCOME FROST BEIXO TRIED. Flagg & Standifer "Will Attach Heat ers to Gondolas to Keep Cars' Contents From Freezing. 6K54 70 43 Chesapeake & Ohio 4 54s KK5i V- u K V gen mtg s 1354 C B & Q Joint 4s 95 C B & Q Ills 4s 9X C B & Q Denver 4s.- 95 '4 Central Paclflo first 4s 9414 Chicago tt Eastern Ills 4s Chicago R I & P ref 4s $7 Chicago R I & P Col trust 4s.. 62 Colorado & Southern first 4s... 93 Denver & Rio Grande 4s 87 Delaware & Hudson conv 4s.... 97 Erie first cons P Lt 4s 85 Tracy Unt Met 414s..., ;... 79 Barrv Japanese 4S Nl . - OOl Japanese second 454s $754 iouisviiie at asnvuie unl 43... U7 Mo Kan & Tex 454s S5 54 Missouri Pacific 4s 94 New York Central 354s Rr New York Central L S 35ii 77 New York Central 4s 90 New York City 4 54s of 1957 104 Norfolk & Western 4s 97 Norfolk & Western conv 4s 105 N Y Ont & W 4s 92 Northern Pacific P L-4s 0754 Northern Pacific 3s 67 Oregon Short Line 4s 90 54 Oregon Ry & Nav 4s 93ai renna Ky 4s or 1948 10154 Philippine Railway 4s Read in p general 4s.. 96 Republic of Cuba 5s 10154 Southern Pacific first ref 4s 935i Southern Pacific col 4s 9454 810 7.10 7.00 7.; 7. JO 8.00 S.00 8.10 6.1 6.40 Unable to carry on their railway construction work in Eastern Wash ington because of the extremely cold weather which has prevailed during the past few days, L. R. Flagg and E. M. Standifer, composing tne con struction contracting firm of- Flags & 87,4 Standifer, left yesterday for the Snake 97 I Kiver district, wnere tney win ttvwmin to heat the iron bottoms of "gondolas to prevent moist dirt freezing to the metal. The scheme Is original witn Flagg & Standifer and will be used for the- first time between Spokane and Ayer. Since February 5 the operations or the contractors, who are ballasting the tracks of the North Coast road, have been held up on account of the cold weather. The gravel loaded into the iron bottoms would freeze solid before the cars could be dumped, and, as a result, the firm was losing money on its operations. Yesterday Mr. Flagg perfected a scheme for heating the cars by the use of coal braziers and after securing several cars of coal and a large sup- dIv of Dans went to the front. The braziers will be attached to the bottoms. During the past month Eastern Washington has experienced unusually cold weather. Recent Uiaws on the headwaters of the streams have caused the rivers to rise and it becomes neces- sarv for the North Coast to be bal lasted before the big rush of Spring water sets in. t Railroad circles are considerably in terested in the new experiment. 101 X 87 10154 9454 90 91 97 88 54 IOI 101 95 W4 95 95 54 t ft 87 63 8S?j 97 54 SO 80 S4 Good cows ........... Medium cows ........ Choice 'calves Good heavy calvea ... Bulls Hags Llcht Heavy Sheep Yearling wethers ..... Ewes Lambs 8.000 6 50 .50r tl.OO 8.000 9.00 e.30tg 1.30 6.590 6.00 7.73i! S.10 .75 7.2S 6.03 e.23 4.00 9 5.5 .uu t.a Omaha Livestock Market. SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. Feb. 19. Cattl Receipts. 4 too; market, steady. Native teers. STffrs.50: native cows and heifers. 57.40: Western steers, 30.503; Texas teers. ssizti.oo: Texas cows and heaers. S4.5oftA.75: calvea frt'i9. Hogs Receipts. 10.700: market. lower. Heavy. 17.9608.10: light. S.O5rS.20: Dins. Sti.50fe7.75: bulk of sales, S89S.10. bheep Kecelnts. G9O0: market. steady. Yearlings, 7.3Jr7.85; wethers, J3.73&6.50: Southern Railway 4a. St It 4 s F rer 4s i'nlon Pacific first 4s Union pacific conv 4s I'nlon Pacific ref 4s United states Steel S F 3s... United States 2s registered... United States 2s coupon initea btates .:s registered... United States Ss coupon ( United States 4s registered... United States 4s coupon United Railway S F 4s United Railway 8t L 4s Wabash first 4J Western Union 454s Westlrghouse conv 6s....... Western Pacific 5s........... Wisconsin Central 4s West Shore 4s 97 . . 75 . . 99 .. 92 !!lOn ..loo , .1004 .10254 . .102'4 .11354 .113 . 62 ! 59" . 95 . 93 . 8 . 90. . 9 97 8V. 7054 8-' 7714 90 104 54 WO 107 9254 97V, r.7 54 91 93 102 S3 9 102 31154 95 54 Vi 54 75 99 54 3 94 101 101 100-14 103 54 103 54 114 54 114 64 74 BO 93 54 94 854 91 98 Stocks at Boston. - Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Feb. 19. Cattle Receinta 17.. 000; market, slow. Beeves. ftt-ooft-O; Texas teers, u.20??3; Western steers, S5.507.65; tockers and feeders. $0417.60: cows and heifers, $:t.l3S7.40; calves, $710.5O. Mutt-m Kecelnts. :7.tHHI: mnrkl wnlr. Light. 8.20tf S.45; mixed, $8.156 8.45; heavy I fpreene Cananea. .VJB8.-1V rougn, ii.Haa.iu pigs. ati.40& 8.25: bulk of sales, $3.3oi 8.40. Sheep Receipts. 21,000; market, steady. Native. 3ffl.30: Western, $3.23Jf6.60: year- ngs. $o.ti.:tt t.8o: lambs, native, S7.258.85: Western, $7.25&8.S5. BOSTON'. Feb. 19. Closing Quotations: Alloues 33 'Mohawk 47 U Amalg Copper.. 68 Nevada Con .... 1H54 A Z L & Sm... 254'NlpIssing Mines. 8 Arizona Com .. 2North Butte 25 B & C C & S M. 554INorth Lake 1 Cal Arizona.. 6054'0ld Dominion... 45 Cal & Hecla 430 .Osceola 91 Centennial 1354!Qulncy 6 Cop Ran Con Co 43 Shannon 10 K Butte Cop M. lllSuperlor 23 54 Franklin 54iSup & Boa Min. . 2 14 Glroux Con .... 2 54 ! Tamarack 26 Granby Con ... 89 IU S S R M... 3SH 7 -Si flo nreferred. . . -481. I Royalle (Cop) 2.1 lUtah Con 9 Kerr Lake 354IUtah Copper Co. 61- Lake Copper.... 13 Winona 214 La Salle Copper 2JWolverlne 64. 21 I Miami Copper., Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. Copper unsettled. Spot and February. 14c bid; March to June, 14-6 14.50c; electrolytic, 10c; lake, lo.zac; raatfngs. 14.40c. Tin. firm. Spot and beruary. 49949.500: March. 48 254S.30c: April. 47.S048c Lead, quiet. ."jr-ioc. Spelter, quiet. 6.254 6.33c. Antimony, dull: Cookson's, 9.3009.40c. Iron, steady, unchanged. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. The condition of the United States Treasury at the be ginning of business toaay was: Working, balance 68,804,646 In banks and Philippine Treaa. . 43.352,873 Total of general fund 146.303,415 Receipts yesterday 2,256,174 Disbursements 1,197,542 The suroius this fiscal year Is 7.328,Oo5, as against a deficit of $23.293,3S8 last year. The figures for receipts, disbursements; etc.. ana puniio aeoi 1 : - - . Copper arrivals, 465 tons. Exports this exciuae r-anama wow month 20 tons. l.o'naon copoer. steaav. i l- . ,,(. ft;-, it, AH T.nnl v. ehanire sales of tin. five tons. London tin. I Sloney, Jfixrnange, xutc teody. spot, x-u: tutures, tio os. .uon-1 NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Money on can on lead, ti is ea: ion'ion speuer. t-u; 1 easier. 3tf3 per cent: ruling rate, s. Iron. Cleveland warrants, bis 4 5id In Lon-1 closing bid, 3; offered at 8 54- on. 1 Time loans strong; to -days, tyian per CHICAGO. Feb. 19. Showers and light snow as far east as the Missouri Kiver this afternoon eased off the price of wheat. At the close the market ranged from c net decline to a shade advance. Latest trading left corn c down, oats 54 54 c under last night and provisions less expen sive by 2 54 & 7 54c Wheat showed its best strength at mid day. Support was due largely to the tem porary failure of predicted moisture for the Winter crop belt. Plenty of selling orders came out from the wheat pit when Kansas City sent word that a drizzling rain had begun. Except in - the case of the May option, final transactions gave no evidence of any power to rally. Primary receipts were 819.000 bushels against 575,000 bushels a year ago. Export clearances of wheat and flour equaled 706,000 bushels. Springlike weather led to considerable speculative pressure on corn. The market. however, wavered a good deal, owing to the stubbornness with which the qulls upheld wneat. Oats followed other frralns down-grade. notwithstanding; fairly Influential buying on weak spots. Hog receipts furnished a surprise, being for the first time recently above the total of the corresponding day a year ago. Holders of provisions unloaded freely, but shorts and new investors brought about a steadier feel ing in tne end. Leading futures ranged as follows: a WHEAT. Open. High. $ .9254 t .93 54 , .9154 .91 .90 .9054 CORN. , .5254 .52 .63 54 .5354 .54 .5454 OAT3. .84 .84 .84 .34 - .84 .84 PORK. 19.75 19.82 July 19.67 19.72 LARD. May ......10.55 10.62 May July Sept May July Sept May July bept May Low. ' $ .92 .91 .90 .51 .53 .64 .33 .34 .34 19.70 19.62 Close. .92 54 .91 .90 .51 .03 .54 .83 34 .84 19.80 19.70 10.55 10.55 10.63 10.60 10.62 10.87 54 July .,..10.55 10.62 Sept "..10.65 10.67 - SHORT RIBS. May 10.47 10.50 10.45 10.60 July 10.45 10.50 10.45 10.47 sept lO.DZtt iU-Dd Iv.OO cash prices: Corn No. 2 yellow. 50c: No. 3 475 a oic; uo wnite, 4S54ra4c; co yeuow, 4714 74S54C; JMO. 4, 43Q47c; JVO. 4 white, 4f (S4f54c; ao yeuow, 4d54su4Yc itye no. 2, Barley 47 71c. Timothy $2.76S.76. Clover 11219.50. , , Grains in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 19. Snot Quota tions Wralla Walla. $1.5501.67: red Rus sian. $1.52 LS5; Turkey red, $1.67 1.70: bluestem. l.67 SH1.70: Teed barley. 1.32.1.35; brewing barley, $1.37 1.40; wnite oats, $l.44 o-1.47 54 ; bran, S23ro23.&0; minniings. s.suqr.-ii; snorts, x-zo gvzn.nu. Call board sales: Wheat, steady: no trading. Barley, firm. December. $1.82 : May. 91.3.L bid, fl. asKea. lug-et Sound Wheat Markets. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 19. Wheat Blue- stem, 95c; fortyfold. 85c; club, 65c; nfe, boc: red Kussian, 83c yesterday s car receipts Wheat. 28: oats. 1; Dariey, ?; nay, 17; nour, 4. TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 19. Wneat Blue. stem. 9Uc: fortyfold, SOc; club, 6c; red Russian, 82c. Yesterday's car receipts Wheat. 10: oats. 1; nay, z. European Grain Markets. LONDON. Feb. 19. Cargoes on passage. firm. ' English country markets, quiet. French country markets. Holiday. LIVERPOOL. Feb. 19. WTieat Snot. teady: futures, steady; March, 7a 6a; May, 7s 4d; July, 7s 3 52d. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 19. Wheat May. 87c; July. 89c: September. 89o. casn .c. 1 nara, 854c; no. 1 Nortnern, 8ilS7c; No. 2 Northern. 8485c: iso. 2 hard Montana, 87 o; No. 3 wheat. 8 la 8 c. Flax $1.3? 31.33. Barley 13 & 57c ORCHARDISTS GET READY Grants Pass 3ountry Scene of Spray ing and Pruning. GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 19. (Spe clal.) The orchardists of this county are now busy spraying and pruning their orchards and cleaning up the debris, putting everything In condition for,'Sprlng- cultivation. Owing to sucn heavy crops being: produced last year, it is thought that the trees will not bear as heavily this year, which is not considered a bad thing by the orchard ists, as the fruit will be much largu: and of better quality than wnen the trees are overladen, as this necessi tates thinning and oftentimes is the means of many farmers leaving too great a quantity of fruit on tha trees, thus detracting from the size of the fruit, as well as quality; especially is this falling: likely to fall to tho lot of the newcomer or inexperienced orchardist. Funeral for E. T. Fields Today. OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 19. (Spe cial.) The funeral of E. T. Fields, for more than 20 years station agent In this city, will be held at 2 o'clock- to day at the Elks Club, Rev.- C: W. Rob inson, rector of Ht, Pauls Episcopal Church, officiating. Mayor Jones has Issued a request to the merchants that they close their places of business from 2 to 3 o'clock. Cottage Grove Schools Grow. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Feb. 19. fSDecial.) The late report of ther County School Superintendent shows that Cottage Grove schools nave a larger attendance than any other of the larger districts of the county. The percentage Is 79. Springfield comes next with 77 per cent. FORGERY LAID TO SEAMAN Captain Edward Anderson, of As toria, Will Keturn From Seattle. t ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) Sheriff Burns received a telegram this morning from Chief of Police Bannlck, of Seattle, stating that Captain Ed ward Anderson, who is wanted here to answer a charge of forgery, is under rrest there, and has agreed to return to Astoria without extradition papers. Anderson was master of the steamer Sue H. Elmore for a short time, and is accused of taking a salary check In the sum of $130 belonging to B. L. Miller, engineer on the craft, and after indorsing it with Miller's name, using it to pay a $10 bill which he owed the American Importing Company and re ceived $120 in change. Since leaving here Anderson has been employed in the engine-room on the I steamer Leelanaw, which Is plying In the coal-carrying trade between Seat tle and San Francisco. The arrest was made on telegraphic orders from Sheriff Burns, who left for the Sound city this evening to get the prisoner. PASCO VOTES POWER RIGHT City Council Signs Five-Year Con tract AVlth Pacific Company. PASCO, Wash., Feb. 19. (SpeciaL)- After having threshed out the ques tion at practically every meeting for I more than a year, the City Council last night voted to sign a five-year contract with the Pacific Power & Light Com pany for the cluster street lights at $28 a pole a year, Councilmen Sylves ter and Schunemann being tne only two voting against it. In the absence of Mayor Sylvester, who has gone to Olympia in the inter ests of the Falouse project measures. Acting Mayor Hunt signed the contract. Mayor Sylvester and his brother, Coun cilman Sylvester, have strenuously op posed the contract, believing the rate to be exorbitant. Under th3 one-year contract the city paid $32 a pole. DIRECTORS GEORGE G. BINGHAM P. S. BRUMBY E. G.CRAWFORD JOHN A. KEATING DR. K. A. J. MACKENZIE ROBERT TREAT PLATT ANDREW R. PORTER CHAS. S. RUSSELL G. N. WENTW0RTH L. J. WENT WORTH J. E. WHEELER LUMBERMENS National bank Corner of Fifth and Stark. First National Bank Capital $1,500,000 Surplus 900,000 i Oldest National Bank West of the Rocky Mountains LADD &TILTON BANK Established 1859. Capital Stock : Surplus and Undivided Profits. Commercial $1,000,000.00 1,000,000.00 and Savings Accounts Letters of credit, drafts and travelers' checks issued, availabla in all parts of the world. ' OFFICERS. W. M. Ladd, President. Kobert S. Howard, Asst. Cashier, Edward Cooklngham, Vlce-Prea, J. W. Ladd, Asst. Cashier. W. H- Dunckley, Cashier. Walter M. Cook, Asst. Cashier. The Bank of Personal Service A Conservative Bank, with ample means and ability to take care of good accounts, invites jour patronage. 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings Accounts. ;J Merchants National Bank Under Government Supervision. Founded 1866. Washington and Fourth streets. The New "OLYMPIC" FITTED WITH DOUBLE SIDES AND ADDITIONAL WATERTIGHT BULKHEADS EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM to the TOP OF THE VESSEL . ;' Will Sail from NEW YORK April 12--May 3 And Regularly Thereafter AMERICAN LINE N. Y.-Plymouth-Cherbourg -Southampton Atlantic Transport Line New York London Direct RED STAR LINE N. Y. Dover Antwerp WHITE STAR LINE New York Queenstown Liverpool N. Y.-Plymouth-Cherbourg-Southamploa MEDITERRANEAN CRUISES Boston Mediterranean Italy Canoplo March IS Cretlo April 8 A. E. DISNEY, PASS. ACT., 619 SECOND AVE.. MAIN FLOOB, HEAR. SEATTLE. Or Local Railway and Steamship Asenta. The superiority of Bitulithic as a paving is being more strongly established as time shows its wearing ability. It is saving money for the taxpayers TRAVELERS' OUIDK. 1Ti "W " ESTABLISHED 1894 Engineers ACT AS CONSULTING ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTING ENGINEERS OPERATING MANAGERS APPRAISERS Somerrille. V. J.. Is obervlnr Sunday so riKldlv that not even a glass oi soda can oe obtained tnere on tnai cay. PROPERTIES FINANCED 85 SECOND ST.. SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK NE" OKLbAINS J.CWILSON&CO. STOCKS. BOADS. GRAIN A.l COITUS MEMDERS KK1V IOHK STUCK EXCHANGED JEW YORK COTTON EXCHAiVbKt CHICAGO BOARD OK THA UK, THE STOCK AND BOND IUXUAHGW SAN FRANCISCO. PORTLAND OFFICE: Lewis Building, 269 Oak Street. Fieaei Marshall 4120. A 4187. jSTOH &s INCORPORATED 1 INCORPORATED CONSULTING and CONSTRUCTION ENCINEERS PUBLIC 6ERVICE PROPERTIES FINANCED and MANACED Plna Street New York 60 I EXPRESS STEAMERS FOB Gsd Francisco and Los Anreles WITHOUT CHANGE S. S. BEAR sails 4 P. M. February la. THE SA.N FKAM1SCO ft I'OIULAAU a. CO.. Ticket Office Sd and Washlnrtoa (with O.-W. K. N. Co.). Phone Marshall 000. A 6121. San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego Direct S. S. Roanoke and S. S. Elder. Sail Every Wednesday Alternately at P. 9L NORTH PACIFIC S. S. CO. 122 A Third St. Phones Mala 1314. A 1314 COOS BAY LINE STEAMER BREAKWATER calls from Alnsworth Dock. Portland, at 8 A. M. December 3, and thereafter every Tuesday evening at 8 p. M. Freicht re ceived dally except Tuesdays up to a P M. Tuesdays up to 11 P. M. Passenger larss: First-class. S10: second olaaa. n toping n berth and meals. Ticket office at A la- worth Iock. The Portland Jt Coos Hay aaL Line. L. 1L Keating. Agent. LOS ANGELES AND SAN lUKUCf STEAMSHIPS TALE AND HARVAAD Railroad or any steamer to San Francisco, the Expo City. Largest, fastest and tin ONLY strictly first-class passenger ships on the Coast. Average speed 2a miles pr hour; cost $2.000,oou each. bAN FKANCISCO, PORTLAND L. A. S. 8. CO.. Main 26. Frank Holism. Agent. A 420 . 124 Third Street. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (Union Lino of K. Z.) Sydney, via Tahiti and Wellington. Line of direct thrnush steamers saillr.s from San Francisco March 5, April 2 and every 28 days. THE LINE TO ISI.KH OF THE SOUTH SEAS. For reservations, see local agents or address HIND. ROLPH & CO., Gen. Agts., 6711 Market street, San Francisco. Cal. BAHIA, RIO DE JANKIRO. SANTOS, MONTEVIDEO.RDENO AYRL8 ROSAftIO Large, New snl Fast Pssarnger Steamtrs from New York every eliernstr Ps'urd:-y For rst. etc., eopfyloeel tlrket sweets, or ' BUSK & DANIEI-'. O'nerol Aleuts, 8m Produce Kycnange. New orh.