xHE 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
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S4 5a
39?4
12354
50
115
49 4
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104 5
115
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254
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101
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88 54
229
7054
10
1.14
107 54
26 54
87
83 54
28
181 54
400
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2854
189
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125
122 54
105,
108. 54
24
155V4
132
23
133
25 54
37
4954
11054
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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
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85 X
411
123
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114
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104 54
11554
115
132 54
254
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120
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108 54
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27 54
13154
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1754
138 54
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8754
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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.