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1J THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY. 81ARC1I 26, 1913. SHEEP LOSS HEM Sheared Ewes Suffer in East ern Washington. LAMBS ARE NOT MUCH HURT Sform Puts Stop to Shearing Opera lions All Shorn Wool in That State lias Been Sold No Trading in Oregon. All the wool that hu been sheared In Wash Ingtoo to date has been sold. About too. 000 pounds have pawed out of grower' hands at prices ran ring from 11 H to 20 cents, according; to the condition of the wool. Shearing; was stopped by the recent storm and will not be resumed In the Yak ima country until lambing is over, about a month hence. There has been a heavy loss of sheared sheep In that section, as a result of the unexpected cold wave. The loss was con fined principally to ewes and not many lambs were lost. Fortunately for Oregon growers the shear ing season had not begun in this state when the storm started last week, so there was no loss. As soon as It is certain that the weather has settled shearing will com mence in the early sections of Eastern Ore gon. No contracting business Is being done In this state, and the market will not open until shorn wool la offered. Buying operations In other parts of the Wet are held back by the wide difference tn the Ideas of buyers and sellers as to prices. There has been some shearing In Utah and Nevada, but no salrs are reported. In Arizona the situation is unchanged from a week ago. The Eastern market for the last year's wool continues quiet with but little change in prices. A few sales of territories are reported In mail advices. Forty thousand pounds of fine and fine medium Dakota brought from IS to 19 cents. Fifty thousand pounds of half-blood New Mexican moved at 22 cents, and about 40.000 pounds of Montana, half-blood sold at 26 cents. A lit tle Nevada clothing has moved at from IS to 19 cents for fine staple and 20 cents for half-blood. Several dealers have con siderable Delaine wool on hand, one lot of 50,000 pounds Ohio unwashed Is reported at 28 cents, and one movement of Michigan unwashed delaine, which Included about the same number of pounds, erought 25 cents. WHEAT IS DCLL AND ITXC HANGED Demand Limited at Present Prices, and Fanners Not Fwrcinj; Bales. A few small lots of wheat have been bought at M cents for club and 96 -cents for bluest em, but the demand is limited. Offerings by farmers are as scarca as here tofore, and the market remains on a steady basis. Itocal receipts In cars were reported by the Merchants Exchange a follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Mondav 31 5 19 1 7 Tuestlay L 11 4 2 Year ago IT 1 10 1 4 Season to date.t5lL9 179 IS. 1J.' 1577 Year ago lloSO 319 ltfJO 13a 21!4 The weekly wheat statistics of the Mer chants Exchange follow: American Visible Supply Bushe. De.-reaBe. Marrh 14, 10i:t tt.4i.;.iM0 1.7iL'.t'0U March 2.., 1912 S:;. :.'.;;, tno l.T.V'M) Man h 17. I1U1 .WS.UP.WU 1.41.i.0OU March ltl 7,i;-'u.o V:'J,iW Mart h 2U, 1!M ti.41L'.40 Gti4.1No Mrcb. SO. l'.i'S .'S.OJ.tKM) l,t;i.j.UU0 April 1, ll7 47.1N7.000 r4H.0l" April J. lS'tf 4.74,0O Ki'J.O'M) April IU T ' - .l.3l'7.1(H) 4M1.K March 2. 11K)4 .oll.UuO 413,0u0 Increase. Quantities on Passage ek Week Week ending ending ' ending Miir. 12 Mar. 15 Mar. 23.' 12 For Ijushe;s HuFheis Bushels I. K 24.4. :. 00 24.:.s.lM 80.408. 000 Continent ..35, 17ti,o00 3;;,05tl.OO0 1592.000 Totals .. .5.t;2.0o0 5T.044.OOO 46.600.000 World's Shipments (flour included) W ee k W ee k Week ending ending ending Mar. 22 Mar. 15 Mar. 2;I.'12 From Hushi'ls Bushels Bushels ; k.. can.. 3.as.ooo s. 731.000 3.000.000 Argentina .. 4..iHS."00 ft.K.'u.o00 4.012,0K Australia .. I.mmi.uoO 2.2f.::.ooo 1.4ti4,0O0 lau. ports.. "1IS.000 .''4.mm 1.302.000 HuwKla 1.2.V0.tO NMi.OoO 404.000 India 170.OO0 320.000 1.404.O00 Totals ...12.006.000 12.474.0CO 12.733.000 World shipments, season to date: Total since Same period July 1, '12. last season. t. &. and Canada I75.o:3.u(to H9.7io.ooo Argentina 77.372. OOi) 40,023.000 Australia 3Vo;.uoO 41.29O.u00 Danube 4 4.ul3.ui0 59.77l,U0U Russia 80.57?. 000 64.OS6.000 India 44.2C9.000 34.4O4.O00 Total 4SS.: .000 359.392.0UO ORF..OX APPLE TRADE IN El ROPE Marketing Condition at British and Conti nental llivtrlhutlng Points. The following extracts are from consular reports on the marketing of American fruit tn Europe. Drifaat Boxed apples come almost en tirely from the Pacific Coast. Oregon. Wash ington -and California. Few Idaho apples are received, though they have been on sale In Delfast this season. White many varieties of apples In boxes are found, and more this year than heretofore, the most popular are undoubtedly Newtown Pippins. Hamburg Owing to the very largo crop on the Pacific Coast vry larce quant J ties have been thrown upon this market, and white the first arri als ol'tnined very good prices since about November 10 our market has been very low. The expenses Incurred are so heavy that it is not possible to use any large quantities of this stock, as only the better class of the public can use them. Inasmuch as the expennlfe on the less val uable varieties are Just as h!gh as on the best varieties, packers should ship only the best grades. As far as packing and grad ing are concerned, they are to be considered good in every respect. The Hood River pack, however, is the best of all. Nuremburg Apples from the Vniied Spates. Canada and Australia constitute less than 1 per cent of the sales In this market. Tho are mostly bought by the delicatessen dealers in small quantities, two or three bar rels or caes at a time. These are bought at Hamburg auctions. In miS-January American apples sold In Hamburg for $1.90 to 9. '.14 for Jonathans. -0i to $2.14 for pippins. $1.90 to $2.r0 for Oregon ar.d Cali fornia Newtowns. and $2.14 to $2.61 for Spitzenbergs. Rotterdam The American apples in boxes are chiefly imported into this market from London. Liverpool and Hamburg. As far as I have been able to ascertain, the approx imate quantity of these apples in boxes re ceived in the Rotterdam market during the last two years has not exceeded 7000 boxes per season, of which not more than 2000 bxes were American fruit, almost all com ing from Oregon and practlca'.ly none from Washington an ft Idaho. MOKE HOP CONTRACTS AT 13 CENTS Inquiry oa Loral MLarket for Spot Goods. Conditions tn New York. There was some Inquiry on the market esterday for hops, but no business was reported put through. The contract market remains firm. Louts Lachmund has se cured 300 bales ofihe new crop at 15 cents. 111 addition to the 400 bales reported a few days ao. Concerning New York State conditions, the water, tile Times states that, should 1 rt. yrestn: favorable wcathr continue, it will not be many weeks before work will be begun tn the hop yards of this vicinity. W hae had very little snow during the last Winter to protect the hop roots, but hata also had very little extremely cold a .ath-r. so it is expected the roots will be found to have Wintered as well "a oauaL No sales are reported on the local market and the lack of stocks held here, of any description, will preclude any amount of activity until the new crop la in." Country Produce la Scarce. The country produce markets were gener ally unchanged. Receipts of eggs are In creasing slowly, and. the market uoes not exhibit as much firmness as last week. Poultry arrivals were light and prices were firm. The same applies to the dressed meat market. Although the city creameries have put out an advanced price oa butter, some of the outside creameries continue to quote the old price. Tomatoes Coming; From Florida. Fruit, and vegetable receipts were on a mall scalet yesterday, but the street was well supplied and trade was fairly active Asparagus was in demand at 7fe9 cents for flats and 62.50 3 for bunch grass. Other vegetable prices were unchanged. A car of Florida tomatoes is due Thurs day. , Bank Clearing. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings, Balances. Portland $1.71.420 6129.774 Seattle l.b0.4S7 227.025 Tacoma 5f.s.77 ios.644 Spokane '3 PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, Floor, Feed. Etc. FLOUR patents, 64.70 per barrel; tralgMs. 86.10; exports, 63-S3f 3.95; val ley, 4.70; graham, H GO; whole wheat. $4 60. WHEAT Track prices: Club. S0c; blue stem. SS7c: red Russian, 85c; valley. 87c BARLEY Feed, nominal; brewing, nom inal ; rolled. $25.50? 20.50 per ton. CORN Whole, $'27; cracked. $28 per ton. MII.LSTCFFS Bran. $20.50 2 1 per ton: short a $23 per ton; middlings, 630 per ton. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy, choice, $15 37; mixed. 8l0 18.50; oat and vetch. $12; alfalfa. $11.50; clover, $10; straw, $07. AT6 No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton. Fruits and Vegetables. . Local jobbing quotations : TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, Navels, 3..V'a,4.25: California grapefruit. $2:73& 3.25; Florida grapefruit, $4 ft 4.50; lemons. California, $7.50'S per box. Sicily, $8 per box; pineapnles, 67c per pound. VEOHTTABLtS Artichokes. $1.00 1.23 per dozen; asparagus. 7i9c pound; beans. ,c per pound; cabbage, ipic per pounu. cauliflower, $2 4? 2.25 per crate; celery. J.o ii 4.25 per crate: cucumbers. jJWi-oU per dozen; eirirplant. 25c pound; head lettuce. ?2 i ' -. nr rrat: hothouse lettuce. 00c 43 $1 per box: peas, 15c per pound; peppers, ;i0c per pound; radishes. ,...oc peraozt-n. rnu barb. CliTc per pound; spinach, 5&f.c per pound; sprouts, ivc; tomatoes, e. per garlic, riftie per pound. GREEN FRliT Apples, wi.jv per box according to quality. ONIONS Oregon, uuc'si per saca; tw can. :;.5o "r crate. POTATOES Burbanks. 45 50c per hun dred; new. 8 10c per lb.; sweet potatoes. 1c per pound. SACK VEGETABLES Turnip. 80c $1 per sack; parsnips, 0Oc$l per sack; car rots. 90c 5 $1 per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. Local Jobbing quotations: POULTRY Hens, 17c; broilers, 25c n -if,-, r nrLBt-i II w imYxinr? rirnssed choice. 2S$25c; ducks, 17 ISc; geese. 12 13c. xJiti& r resn isregon rancn, isic per don n. cheese Orezon trlDlet. Uo: Young Americas, nominal. X: r'TTirn nrarnn proamf butter eubes. S9c per pound; prints, S9i40Hc per pound. tjKiv rancy, ji o i.c per puuuu. VEAL Fancy. 1414c per pound. Staple) Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia Kiver, one-pound talis, $2.25 per dozen ; half-pound flats, $1.40; one-pound flats, $2.45; Alaska pink, one-pound talis, 85c; silversides, one-pound tails, $1.25. HONEY Choice. $3.25 3.73 per case. NUTS Walnuts, ISC per pound; Brazil nuts, 12Hl&c; filberts, 1415c; almonds, 18c; peanuts. 5 ie; cocoanuts. 00c ij $1 per dozen, chestnuts, 11c per pound; hick ory nuts, S 10c; pecans. 17c; pine, 17 H 20c. BEANS Small white, 3.29c; large white. 4 ft 5c ; Lima, 6 H c ; pink, 4.55c ; Mexican, 5c: bayou, 4.63c SUGAR Fruit ana berry. za.2&: Honolulu plantation, $5.20: beet. 55.05; extra C $3.75; powdered. . barreis. $ii.50; cubes, barrels. $6.60. uiFFKt uoastea, in arums; si 4 a uc per pound. SALT Gran lu at ed, $14 per ton: na it ground IPOs, $10 per ton; 50s, $10,75 per ton; dairy, 212.60 per ton. RICE No. 1 Japan. 55Mc. cheaper grades, 4 Vt. c: Southern head, 5 6 c DRIED FRVITS Apples, 10c per pound; apricots, 12$ 14c; peaches. S(llc; prunes, Italians, 810c, sliver, 18c; figs, white and black. 64 7c; currants, !4c; raisins, loos Muscatel. 6ti71kc; bleached, Thompson, 11 c; unbleached. Sultanas, Sc; seeded. 7S8c; dates. Persian. 7H per pound; fard. $1.65 per box FIGS Twelve 10-ounce, 85c; 50 6-ounce, $1.85; 70 4-ounce. $2.50; SO 10-ounce, $2.25; loose. 50-pound boxes. OH 7c; Smyrna, boxes, $1.10 1.25; candled. $3 per box. ADVANCE IS UNCHECKED CATTTK AXD HOG PRICES STILI. CI-IMBIXG. Best Steers Sell at $8 at North Port land Yards Swine Are Xickel Higher. There was a further uplift In cattle and hog prices at the stockyards yesterday. The day's supply was light. A small load of steers was sold at $, a dime advance over the previous day's best price. Other loads wore taken at $7.75 and $7.t5. The few sales of butcher cattlt showed the strength of the market well distributed. The hog al fctice was a nicked cw. 1o lcails of good av 1 age weight we.e sjiu at $:.40. the new top price, and on loa' brought a dime les. A few smooth, iieavy hogs'wrre sold it .4t- Keeeipts vr SO c j l Lie and 505 aojs. Shippers acre the Arlington Lira ji- toiit pany, Condon. 1 car of hogs; F. B Pvelr, silverton. 1 tar or nogs; riugn vU.iim:'i);i, Hu.sey and Corvalils. i; cars of Cattlr ai d hogs; J. A. Miiduox, Midlanu, 1 car of hogs, J. S. Flint. Juncilon City, 1 car of hogs: O. 0. Mills, Terreoonne. 1 car of cat:!e. and E. E. Louihliii. Terrebonne, 2 cars of cattle. 1 no aaj s lici tm a Weight. Price. 1 cow $;.." 20 steers 1240 7.;5 1 steer !"-' 7.10 1 steer ll-M 7.k 12 steers : I4i'2 b.tw 7 steers llSH 7.50 25 steers 11 -IS 7.75 2 cow s ................. .......112( 7.25 1 ca.f 210 9.00 I stas 1340 0.75 I hotf 220 S.3U 1 hog 4t. K40 2 hogs 4::.i .oo 75 hogs H(7 1 :! bi hogs 2i 04u 6 hogs :i73 b.4U 2 hegs 1S5 0.4U The range of prices at the yards was as follows: Choico steers $7.r.0 $i.OC Ootid steers T.oOjj 7.50 Medium steers 6.50tp 7.00 Choice cows 6..-HHS? 7.25 Good cows 6.0'tr 6.50 Medium corn s 5.50 & 6-O0 Choir calves S.OUr 0-00 Gootl heavy calves 6.50 u 7.50 Bulls 5.50u 6.0t Hogs Light 9.00 9.40 He-ivy 7.75 S.40 She-p Yearling wethers 5.75 & 6. CO Ewes 4.1M1 5.2c Lambs 6.00 3 S.OO Chicago Uveeock Market. CH ICAGO, March 23. Cattle Receipts 1 1.000 ; market slow, steady. Beeves, 97e 10: Texas steers, $07.OO; Western steers. $tf.M$ S.75: stockers and feeders. $0u b-15, cows and he iters, $3.453; calves, $0,504 lo.5o. Hogi Receipts 1500; market strong to 5c higher. Lig h t. $ tr 9. 25 : m ixed. ( . 0 0 V 2u; heavy, $S.5-i0.20; rough, $S.65 a pigs. $0.00 V tt.lo; bulk of salts. $'.1.051 0.15. Sheet) Receipts 13.00"; market steady to loc !ower. Native. $5.V .W; Wertern. Hu o.0: yearlings. $7.2iy V15; lambs, native, $7S.75; Western, $7.254S.75. Cbirsuro Palry Irodure. CHICAGO, March 25. Butter Steady.; Creameries. 2tf35c. EgS Steady. Ke- 1 celpts 23,203 eases: at mark, cases included. l7w17Si ordinary first, ltiSc; firsts, 17c. STOCKS AGAIN RISE Improvement Due Mainly to Better Outlook Abroad. OFFERINGS ARE ABSORBED Specialties, Which Have Been Weak Recently, Make Large Gains. Coppers Helped by Higher Lon don Cables Bouds Better. XEW YORK. March 25. Operators on the long side of the stock market began to pluck up courage today and another ad vance was achieved. The improvement was ascribed primarily to the better outlook abroad. A feature encouraging to traders on the long side of the market was to be found in evidences of absorption of the standard stocks. Commission-house business, while still comparatively small, has shown some increase during the last two days. Bear traders, who have been operating with a free hand, were less sure of their ground. Some of the specialties which have been weak recently made large gains. Copper stocks were helped by cables from London. Bonds shared In the Improvement. CLOril.NO 6TOCK. QUOTATIONS. Reported by J. C Wilson & Co., Lewis building, Portland. Closing Sales. High. Low. Bid. Amal Copper .. 21. m 7u-j ou1 70 Am Beet sugar O.SUO 52 27 ,32 Am Can Si ... lll.luo o t 20 H do preferred.. I.50O 121 'm 120 10T4 Am Car Fdy. im 5o 4U 50 Am Cotton Oil.. OOo 45 44 444 Am feme) JSc Kef. 5.7t0 6U 07 4 0'J do preferred.. 500 lu3 lol im lu2-; Am Sugar 1.5D0 114 112 114 do preferred 114 Am Tel &. Tel.. 2.U0O lSafc 1321 133 Am Tobacco ... 1.1W 243 230 v 42 Anaconda 1.4iH 3- 30 W All Coast Line. 300 123, l22i !23w ATS .Santa Fe 1.50O 101 lol V I0l -s ao prt icrrea. ir.i-i Bait & Ohio ... l.lmi 101 IOOI4 IVO'h Brook R Tran.. 1.5lH Ss bS h8H Canadian Pac .. 7.M0 22S 220 227 C c O 3,700 73 71 H 3 C oc G W 14 O ft X W rt'WI 1341, 133 1344 C, II & St Paul. 3,200 110 100 100-v Central Leather. 2.400 204 254 204 Chino 3,200 504 38 3i4 Col Kuel & Iron 400 34 33 4 34 4 Col Southern 20 4 Consoi Cas . . .. OoO 1324 131 i:!2 4 U, L A W 3U7 l H O 100 104 194 104 Distilling Securl loo i4 104 loa Erie 6.70O 284 274 2S V Gen Electric ... 501 138 ; 137 4 138 Gt North Ore 34 !4 Ot North pf ... 8 OO 12S; 127 4 128 Illinois central. 2w J.--? x-i-z'A i-J Inter boro Met .. - l.bOO 174 14 174 do preferred. . a.loO 58 4 57 4 58 Inter Harvester 105 K C Southern .. 100 244 24 4 24 4 Lehigh Valley .. 2,400 1554 1544 Louis A .Nash .. 500 1354 135 135 Mexican Central loo 24 24 24 M, S P & 8 S M 2tX 131 1304 131 Mo. Kan & Tex. 2.0OO 254 24 254 Mo Pacific 1.800- 38 4 37 U, 3S National Lead 404 Nat Biscuit ... 20U iiu 110 ii'ivi do preferred 117 N Y Central ... 1.400 10S 1054 l.rH X Y. Ont Was loO 2! 4 20 4 2i Norfolk A West 2.100 105 4 1044 1054 Northern Pac .. 2.400 1104 115 liu Pacific Mail -'01 Paciiic T ft T.. 700 37 304 30 do preferred. 00 Pennsylvania ... 4,200 110 114 HS People's Gas HO Reading 60.500 158 4 157 4 12$ Republic S ft L 4,400 25 4 24 254 Rock Island Co. tt.iKH) 214 204 214 Southern Pac .. 4.400 J 00 , 10O4 100 Southern Ry ... 2.50O 254 244 254 Texas Uil 11- "m niit J Union Pacific .. 28.2M- ISO 4 14K 140 do preferred.. 20O 84 V 84 4 United Kda S F 20 U S Steel 51. TOO 1 4 604 614 do preferred.. 20 IOS - 1074 107 4 Utah Copper ... 2.000 524 314 o2 Wabash - 100 84 - 34 Western Union.. 800 6S 67 67 4 Westing Elec .. 000 03 1 3 1 Wisconsin Cent Total sales for the day, 318,000 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK, March 25. losing quota tions: U S ref 2 reg. .10O4N Y C ren 84". H do coupon ...1004N'o Pacific O"! U S 3s reg 1024 No Pacific 4s... 05 do coupon . - .1024 Union Pacific 4a. 96 U S new 4s reg. 11.14 Wis Central s. SO4B do coupon ...1134i Stocks BOSTON", March ' AUoues 37 at Boston. 5. Closlnc Quotations: HIMohawk 50 A ma Ik COODer. 4 (Nevada Con . Ii4 4 iNipissing Mines. 9 4 A Z L ft Sm... 29 Arizona Com . . 3 B ft C C & 3 M. 3 Cal & Arizona.. 65 Cal & Hecta 455 ftlXorth Butte 2S4 4 North Lake 14 4 Old Dominion... 47 4 jOsceola 2 IQuincy G74 UlSnannon 104 Centennial 14 Cop Ran Con Co 44 E Butte Con M. 21 4 Superior 304 4 if up & Bos Mtn.. 3 4 Tamarack 30 Franklin Giroux Con Granby Con . . . 10 4 I L S K M . . . 4" Greene Cananea. do preferred... 4S .Uiah Con 04 ICtah Copper Co. 52 4 4 1 Winona 24 IWolverine 31 I I Royalle Cop Kerr Lake Lake Copper.'. . . La Salle Copper Miami Copper... Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK, March 25. Prime mercan tile paocr. 0 per cent. Sterling exchange, easier; 0O days. $4.83.25; demand, S4.S7.40. Bar silver, 564c. Cail money easier at 4 44 per cent; rul :ng we, 4 per cent. Time loans easier. Sixty days and 90 days, 64 pet cert; six months, 554 per cent. LONDON. March 25. Bar silver steady at 20 l-ld per ounce. Money. 4 4 G l Per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for short bills is C&54 Per cent; for three months' bills, 4 8-1 6 ft 4 t per cent. SAX FRANCISCO, March 25. Silver bars. 36Sc. Mexican' dollars, nominal. Drafts Sight. 2c; telegraph. Sc. Sterling In London, 00 days, $4,834 ; sight, S4.874- BOSTON WOOL TRADE 18 8 LOW Demand lit Light, With Value Seeking Lower Levels. BOSTOX. March 25. The demand for old domestic wool is very light, with values seeking lower levels. The leading domestic Quotations range as follows: Wisconsin and Missouri three-eighths blood. L$4a ?9c; quarter-blood, 28 4 it' 29a. Kentucky and similar, half-blood, un washed, 27 ff -8e; three-eighths blood, un washed. 3'JV 31c. Scoured basis, Texas fine 12 months, 69 60c: fine six to eight months, 55 43-56c; fine Fall. 47 4 4!c. California northern, 53 0 53c: middle coun ty. &052o; southern, 48 49c; free Fall, 43 6 50c. Oregon, eastern No. 1 staple, 57tr&Oc. Territory, fine medium staple, 5 7 & 59c fine -clothing, &6fr5!c: fine medium cloth ing. 54ftojc; hali-blood combing. Cdtaotc three-eighths blood combing, 53 (tf 55c; quar ter-blood combing, oZ'q ooc. Pulled, A A, 57 59c; A supers. 52 (g 54c. SAN FRANCISCO PRODI CE MARKET Prices Quoted at the Bay City or Tege tables. -Fruits, Etc. SAX FRANCISCO. March 25. The follow ing produce prices were current here today: Fruit Apples, choice. Ooc; common. 40c; Mexican limes. $SS $.50; California lemons, choice, $7; common. $4; navel oranges, 11.25 3; pineapples, $1,2542.50. Cheese loung Americas, IttlSc Butter Fancy creamery, 35c Eggs Store, 17c; fancy ranch. 174c Bay Wheat. $.J(g2i; whear and oats, $21,504 22; a J a If a, J15 3 1; barley, 818 20. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 60976c; Sa linas Burbanks, 80ctfU-2o. sweets. $2.25 i 2.50. Vegetables Cucumbers. $2.75 03; green peas, 'tis 9c; string beans, nominal; egg plant, T124c; onions. 60 01 c Receipts Flour, 3634 quarters; barley, S155 centals; potatoes, 000 sacks; hay, 170 tons. Metal Markets. NEW YORK, March 25. Copper dull, an- changed. Tin. firm. Spot. 46.50 9 46.75c; May, 4C-2t(r40.oOc. Lead, steady. Sjlter. Quiet. Antimony, dull. Iron, quiet. Copper exports this month, 34,116 tons. Cupper. London quiet: spot, 04 10a; fu ture. t4 17s tkl. London tin. ami; spot. 212; futures, i2u2 5a Xondon lead, 16 2a d. London spelter, 24 10s. Iron. Cleve- Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. March 25. Coffee futures closed s:ead- at a net advance of from 1 to is points. March, 11.40c: April. lL45c; May. 11.60c; June, 11.08c: July, ll.iOc; Au gust. ll0c; September, ll.OSc; October, No vember and December, 11.87c; January, ana February, 11.00c Spot coffee steady, unchanged. Raw sugar easy; centrifugal, 3.51c; Mus covado, 3.vlc; molasses sugar, 2.76c; refined, steady. Pugrt Sound Wheat Market. TACOMA, Marh 25. Wheat Bluestem. 96c; fortyfold, 86c; club, S6c; red Russian, MCr receipts Wheat, 60; barley, 8; oata, 5 ; hay, 14. . , - SEATTLE. March . 25 Wheat Bluestem, 96c: fortyfold, 80c; club, 85c; fife, S5c; red Russian. S4c. Yesterdav s car receipts Wheat, 19; oats, 7; barley, 8; hay. 42: flour, 19c Grains in San Francisco. FAX FRANCISCO. March 25. Spot quo tations: Walla Walla, $1.5C4 fl.o& : red Russian, $1,534 1-55; Turkey red. fl.io4jr 1.77 4 bluest-em. $1.75 1.77 4 ; feed barley, $1.30 1.32 V: brewing. $1.37- 1.40; white oats. sirofe,i.52: bran. $22.50i323; mid dlings, S30&31; shorts, $24i&24.50. Call board sales: Wheat No trading. nrlr Steadv. December. $1,294 oia. 451.30 4 asked; May,. 1.24 bid. $1,304 asked. - Grain at New York. NEW YORK, March 25. Flour steady, un changed. Wheat, spot Irregular; No. 3 red. $1,10 4 elevator and $1.13 f. o. b. afloat; No. J northern Duluth, 994c f. o. b. afloat. Fu tures steady at start, but declined on un favorable crop advices. May, 05 4c; July. 964c; September, 96 4c Minneapolis Grain Market.' MINNEAPOLIS March 25. Wheat May, S59se; July, 874&74c; September, SS4c. Cash. No. 1 hard, 804c; 10.. 1 isoi-murn, 84?iS54c; No. 2 Northern, 82 4?S34c; No. 2 hard Montana. S04c; No. 3 wheat. M)814c Flax $1,244. - Barley 30&56C. Large Sale of Lenvision Wheat.. LEWISTON. Idaho, March 25. (Special.) Daniels ft Wallace today sold to Lewlston dealers 70.000 bushels of wheat, which prac tically cleans up their holdings. This sale cleans up the last big lot of wheat left In the Lewiston district. European Grain Markets. t rvrnpnni. Marrh "r Wheat Snot. steady. Futures firm. March, 7s 6 4 u : May, 7s 34a; JUiy, is aa. English country markets quiet, un changed. French country markets, holiday. 0 Cotton Markets. NEW YORK. March 25. Cotton futures barely steady. May. 11.82c; July. 11.74c. October, 11.33c Spot quiet. Middling. 12.60c. NEW ORLEANS, March 23. Cotton, mid dling, 13 7-16c Wool at St. Louis. . st tjttts. March 25. Wool Steady. Ter. rltory and Western mediums. 21$25c; fine mediums, 18 20c; fine, 13 17c London Stock Market Firm. LONDON. March 25. American securities advanced In the afternoon on New York support, closing steady. New York Dairy Produce. NEW YORK. March 25. Butter firm. C h esse. 1 rreg ul ar. Eggs, firmer. Duluth Linseed Market. TiTTr.TTTW March 25. Linseed on track. $1,254; May, $1.27 bid; July, $1.28 bi1. A small factory for diamond polishing has been opened in Jerusalem. J.C. WILSON&CO. STOCKS. BONDS. GRAIN AXD COTTON MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANtiJi. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE, T1UC STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE, 8N FRANCISCO. PORTLAND OFFICE: Lewis Building, 269 Oak Street Phones Marshall 4120. A 4187 Clean Streets Uniformly In Good Condition That's an advantage of Bitulithie. For example, look at Fifth street for ten years Bitulithic on Fifth street has stood up under the heavy wear and traffic, with no repairs. WANTED - VEAL NOGS ES6S POULTRY WANTED Our prices today: Eggs, itic: chickens. lSu to 17c lb.: broilers. 23 to 30c; pork, fancy. 11 to 12c: veal, fancy, 14 to 14 'Ac Check sent promptly. Are you satisfied with the prices you are now getting; for your produce? If not ship to us: - tags free. Country merchants' trade solicited. F. H. SCHMALZ & CO. 141-143 Froot St.. Portland. Or. l.id-ap Capital. (10.000. To purchase at once a Factory Site on railroad convenient to car lines. Those having property to offer may confer with us at our present location. LUTKE MANUFACTURING CO. 140-146 North Sixth Street WHEAT SELLS LOWER Crop Conditions Give Bears . Control of Market. PRICES DROP FROM START Favorable Advices Received From Xearlr All Parts of Winter Grain Belt OHset Decrease in Avail able . and Visible. Supply. CHICAGO, March 2.". Crop conditions gave the -bears control of the wheat market today and dropped prices downward almost from the start. Tho close, though steady, showed a net loss of !ftc to jsC Corn closed at a net decline of ac to 4i c. oats down Seise to 5c and pro visions ol IK to :i7c. There was more vigor shown on the sell ing side of the wheat market today than the trad has seen for some time. Crop ad vices were decidedly of a character to help tho bears. From nearly aj! parts of the Winter wheat belt came reports of abundant moisture, along with advices that the grow ing plant could not be In better condition. Tfils, In the opinion of the trade, . counter acted the decrease of 4.122,000 bushels in the wcrld's available supply over the cor responding week of last year and a decrease of 1, SOS. 000 buthels in the domestic visible, ai ccrpparcd with a decrease of 1.82T.OOO bushels a year ago. Cora showed weakness almost through the cnt're day. OHts seemed without buying support. Provwons were weak throughout the list. Pork wr..s particularly affected, indicating to some extciit that the short Interest ha been fairly we!, eliminated. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. Way .90", I .Mi $ .R4 July ... .. .00 .00 .,S!4- .S9J4 Sept. SOT. .89 T, -SI) CORN. May SIT .54 .S2i .53 July S4 .35 .54 '4 .54 Sept 55!. .53T4 -55 -ooVi OATS. 1 May S3', .3K4 .S3 -33J4 July 33T. .33?, .33 .SJV. Sept. US .33 .33 V, .i3)4 MESS PORK. May 20.75 20.75 20.52 2".5214 July 20.07 20.07 20.27 20.30 LARD. May .".11.20 11.20 11.02 110 July 11.05 11.05 10.00 10.80 SHORT RIBS. M.v 11.22 11.22 11.10 11.12 July .:...M0.!7 10.l'7 10.S0 10.82 The Canadian Bank of Commerce HEAD OFFICE. Toronto, Canada. Established 1S67. A. general bankin; ' business transacted. ' Interest paid on time deposits. Letters of Credit and Travelers' Checks Issued F0ETLAND BRANCH. Corner Second and Stark Sts. F. C. MALPAS. . Hanasrer. - TRAVELERS GUIDE. 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