Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, March 27, 1914, Image 19

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Newspaper Page Textb THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH ' 27, 1914. 19 ONION SEASON EN Last Car of Oregons Is Sold at Four Cents Pound. BUYER PAYS TOP PRICE Tear Has Been Highly Successful One for Growers Values Arer 1 aged 75 Cents Better Than Ever Before. The. last car of onions held by the Con federated Onlongrrowers Association was old yesterday, thus winding up the 1913 crop season in Oregon. The price paid was 4 cents to the grower, the highest price of t the crop year. Two cars previously sold remain to be shipped. The season has been a most satisfactory ne to the Oregon growers. The demand as rtilcd strong throughout, prices h ave been high and the quality of the product 000. The market opened In the late Fall at $1.25. The price dropped back to $1.10 when a larger supply was available for ship ment. After that the advance was steady and uninterrupted until a $4 market was reached on the last cars to be offered. About 350 cars of association onions, all told, were disposed of. The average price has been 75 cents a hundred better than has been realized In any year since the as sociation was formed. The quality of the crop was so good that there was practicality no shrinkage from sprouting or decay In those kept longest. Much of the credit for the successful handling of the 1913 crop is due to "W. I. Swank, the sales agent of the association. There will be no scarcity of onions on the local market, now that the Oregons are gone, but prices will remain high.. Some new-crop Bermudas from Honolulu are on sale at $4 a crate. There Is a large sup ply of Australians at San Francisco and another shipment of the same kind is due at Seattle next week. It is probable that some of these will be brought here. Xew Texas Bermudas will be in market in the first part of April. BUYERS PAYING MORE FOR HIDES Coast Markets Advance In Spite of Weak ness ia East. The: hide market on the Pacific Coast just now is much stronger than in the Kast. Local dealers have advanced their prices and are paying more for hides than they, could probably sell them for in the Kastern markets. Advices from the East indicate a dis tinctly weaker tone. A mail report says of the Chicago situation: "The somewhat easier tone noted last week in the hide market has since developed Into weakness in some varieties, although such declines as have as yet taken place have , been orderly, and there is, no pro nounced downward trend to prices on the whole. Actual reductions in quotations have so far been chiefly confined to foreign hides, and domestic packer and country stock are still holding steady on some kinds, while on others there has only been a slight easing off. Trade in domestic hides especially has been very dull, the reason for this being apparent as the stock now offered for sale is the poorest in quality of any time of the year and tanners contend that to continue to operate at the present liigh level of values for February-March takeoff , would he equivalent to .their paying an advance when the question of quality is taken 'into consideration. In packer hides the sales for a week have been unusually email and total up to less than 20,000 hides." COUNTRY NEARLY BARE OF WHEAT Interior Dealers Are Asking; Higher Prices for Club. The wheat market was quiet and firm. Country dealers ask on the basis of 93 cents for club, and a little has been sold at that price. Local dealers quote club at 9? 92 cents, forty-fold at 93 cents and blue tern at $1. As showing, the scarcity of wheat supplies in; the country a canvass of Walla Walla county, part of Umatilla and part of Co lumbia counties, districts reached by Walla "Walla buyers, showed 6 ',4 per cent of the 3913 crop in warehouses- en March 1, of whifh 2 per cent belonged to farmers and 4; per cent to dealers and millers. One of the largest millers and shippers who has investigated matters says the only wheat he can find is on the Washington Central, the Great Northern and the Mil waukee, amounting altogether to not over 1.250.000 bushels. On the O.-W. R. & N. And on the Northern Pacific there was not enough wheat left to be considered. Local receipts in cars were reoorted by Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay ruesaay. imrtdi 6 2 3 Wednesday. .. 9 16 2 Thunday. . 13 1 19 7 Year ago 19 7 6 6 2 Season to date 14693 2210 2245 1448 2307 Tear ago . 1515S 1911 1S56 1369 16S3 HIGHER PRICES RULE IN POULTRY Xocal Demand Is in Excess of Supply Eggs Continue Finn. The local demand for poultry is far in ex cess of the supply and the best prices of the season are being realized. Very few coops came, in yesterday. Hens sold at IS and ID cents and broilers and' fryers brought 30 a rnts. Ducks were in demand at 17 to 19 ts. Spring ducks, of 2'i to 3 pounds ch, would have brought fancy prices had any been available. Geese were quoted at la to 13. cents. There was a strong market for dressed pork, the street quoting lllltt cents for top-grade small sires. Veal Is holding steady. j Shipping orders for eggs were on the mar ket and these, with the heavy storage de mand, cleaned up the supply. The market was firm at 19 cents. The butter market continues very firm and the city creameries report no difficulty In getting 29 cents. Shipping orders are large and all cannot be filled. It has been nec essary, on this account, to bring in some California butter. NEW CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY ZONE Alameda County Will Ship Berries to Port land This Year. . The car of strawberries that is coming from Los Angeles will not start before Sun day or Monday, owing to rain. Yesterday's arrivals cleaned up at 20 cents. LV new supply district for Portland this far w ill be Alameda County, only 30 hours uistant from this city. A large acreage of berries is available there,, and there will be no need for Fiorina this season. Alameda County has started to ship berries to the Ban Francisco market, and will start ear loads for Portland about April 15. The first car from Fresno will start for this city April 10. Receipts on the street were light yester day. A car of Florida grapefruit arrived. A car .of Florida celery is due April 2. BANANAS ARRIVE IN FINE SHAPE Dealers Not Afraid to Receive Fruit By . Northern Route. Nirte carloads of bananas, the largest shipment for a long time, reached Portland yesterday. The fruit was delivered In fine condition. The shipment came by the Southern Pacific and is the last to ccftne by that route this Summer. The next- train . jlll arrive over the Northern Pacific. Two shipments a week wli: Teach Portland here after. . . A statement has been made by someone. Ignorant of fruit market conditions, that dealers are afraid to bring bananas over the northern line, as "the fruit has no pro tection other than' that afforded by box cars." Bananas are not brought here in boxcars and never have been. They are shfpped either In regular refrigerator cars or in the'special banana cars of the Vnited Fruit Company, where they are under the constant care of a banana messenger who watches each car from the time it leaves the Gulf port until it is delivered. Demand for Hop Contracts.. Thers was more inquiry for hop contracts in this state yesterday than for some time past. The offers were at 15 cents for one year. .According to a California wire Proctor contracted for 200 bales of Sonomas at 15 cents. No dealings in the spot market were re ported at any point. Mohair and Wool Shipments. Several fair-sized lots of mohair were re ceived yesterday and were taken in at 27 cents. Growers are not offering freely at this price. A few shipments of valley wool have also come forward and for the best IS cents was Paid. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cltjes yesterday were as follows: Portland $2.2r.4.iv.5 $312,1 Seattle Tacoma Spokane . .. 1,726. 4!l." 107.820 . .. 3'17,.-52 44,151 (Wii.SSS 86,078 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Grain, Flour, Feed, Ete. WHEAT Track prices: Club. 9292c; nluestem, $1; forty-fold, 93c; red Russian, 91c; valley. 93c. OATS No. 1 white, milling, J2323.S0 per ton. FLOUR Patents. J4.S0 per brr. traighta. $4.20; exports. $3.80: valley. $4.80. graham. $4.80; whole wheat, $5. CORN Whole, $33.B084; cracked. $14.50 635 per ton. BARLEY Feed. $2222.50 per ton: brew ing. $2323.50: rolled. $25. HAT No. 1 Kastern Oregon tlmothj. $17; mixed timothy. $14: alfalfa, $14; valley grain hay, $12 13.50. M1LLFEED Bran, $28 per ton; shorts, $25; middlings. $31. Dairy and Country Produce. Local Jobbing quotation: EGOS Fresh Oregon ranch, 19c per dozen. POULTRY Hens. lSfrilKc; broilers, 30c; turkeys, live. 19$i'20c; dressed, choice, 2o 26c: ducks. 17(6llc; geese, 12frl3c. CHEESE Oregon triplets. 21c; Daisies, nominal; Young Americas, nominal. , BUTTER Creamery prints, extra. 2i 29c per pound; cubes. 23 24c PORK Fancy, llig.lH4c per pound. VEAL. Fancy, 14c per pound. Fruits and Vegetables. Local lobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels, $2(2.50 per box; lemons, $3.754.50 per box; pineapples, 6c per pound; bananas, 4Hc per pound: tangerines, $1.75 per box; grape fruit. California, $3.50; Florida. $696 per box. VEGETABLES Cauliflower. $2.25 per crate; cucumbers. $1.75)2 per dozen; egg plant, 23c per pound; peppers. 20c per pound; radishes, 253uc per dozen: head let tuce, $2.50 per crate; garlic. 15c per pound; sprouts. 10(g) 11c per pound; artichokes. $1.25 per dozen: celery, $3.S034.S0 crate: tomatoes. $4.50 per crate; hothouse lettuce, 75c(i0$1.25 per box; spinach, 90ci$l crate; horseradish, 8&10c; rhubarb. 5c per lb.; cabbage, 214c per pound; asparagus, $1,509 2.50 per crate; peas, 10c per pound. GREEN FRCIT Apples. $1(62.50 per box: grapes, Malagas. $7.509 per keg: Em perora, $4 per keg: cranberries. $12912.50 per barrel; pears, $11.50; strawberries, 20c per basket. ONIONS Old. per sack. $44.25. POTATOES Oregon, 75c per hundred; buying prices. 40 50c at shipping points; sweet potatoes, $2.502.75 per crate; new California. 7c per pound. SACK VEGETABLES Turnips. 75c; car lots. 85c; parsnips. 85c; beets, 85c Staple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotationa: SALMON Columbia River, one-pound tails. $2.23 per dozen; half-pound flats, $1.40; one-pound flats, $2.45; Alaska, pink, one-pound tails, 85c; silversldes. one-pound talis, j $1.25. . t- -- - - HONEY Choice. $3.50i3.75 per case. NUTS Walnuts. 14920c per pound; Brazil nuts, 20o; filberts, 14015c; almonds. 19(gi28c; peanuts. Bia6'c; cocoanuts, $1 per dozen; chestnuts, 8i4J10c per pound; pecans. 14 15c BEANS Small white. 5c: large white. 4.90c; Lima, 7c; pink. 5c; Mexican, (tie; bavou. 6c. SUGAR Fruit and berry. $4.60; Honolulu plantation, $4.1)0; beet. $4.40; extra C, $4.10; Dowdered. in barrels. $4.85. COFFEE Roasted, in drums, lflOSZo per pound. SALT Granulated. $15 per ton; half- ground. 100s, $10.75 per ton; 60s, $11.50 per ton: dairy. $14 per ton. RICE No. 1 Japan, 44 5c; Southern head, 67c; Island, SSSHc DRIED FRUITS Apples. 10c per pound; anricota 12014c; peaches. SBllc; prunes, 'Italians. 8010c: currants, vtto; raisins. loose. Muscatel, 67Vic; bleached Thomp son. llc; unbleached Sultanas, otto; seea ed, 9c: dates, Persian. 7S7c per pound fard S1.40 Der bOX. FIGS Package, ox.. CO to box, $1.85; package, 10 ox, 12 to box. 80c; white. 25-lb. box $1.75; black, 25-lb. box., $1.75; black. 60-lb. box, ii-oo; DiacK. io-id. dox. si.io; Calarab candy figs, 20-lb. box, $3; Smyrna, per box $1.60. - - Provisions. HAMS 10 to 12-pound, IStteiDHc; IX to 14-pound, 18tt19toc; 14 to lg-pouna, 16tti?19Mic; skinned, is nunc; picnic, toe; boiled, 20c BACON Fancy, 26tftJ27ttc; standard. 2H423HC DRY SALT CURED Short clear backs, 13H16c; exports, 1516ttc; strips, 16 170. LARD Tterca basis: Pure, 12UQ13KC; compound, 10c Hops, Wool and Hides. HOPS 1913 crop, prime and choice, 170 18c: 1914 contracts. 15c PELTS Drv. 10c: dry short wool. 7o: dry shearings, 10c; green shearings, 10c: salted sheep. 90c(a'81: Spring lambs. lu-ff2oc. HIDES Salted hides. 13c per pound; salt kip. 14c; salted calf, llc; green hides,- 12.; dry hides, 24c; dry cair, 2c; salted ouus, lie per pound; green bulls Sc. WOOL Valley, 17 6)lSc; Eastern Oregon, 1217c MOHAIR 1913 clip. 27c per pound. CASCARA BARK Old and new. 6a per pound. GRAIN BAGS In car lots, 7Hc Oils. KEROSENE Water white, drums, bar rels or tank wagon, 10c; special, drums or barrels. 13ViC: cases, 17 'A W 20 fee. GASOLINE Bulk, 16c; cases. 23c: motor spirit, bulk. 16c: cases, 23c. Engine distil late, drums, Sc; cases, 15c. Naptha, drums. 15c; cases, 22c. LINSEED OIL Raw. barrels, 63c; boiled barrels. 6ic; raw, cases. 68c; boiled, cases. 70c. TURPENTINE In case. 68c per gallon tanks. 61c SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Quoted at the Bay City on Fruits, Vegetables, Ete. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. Fruit Pineapples. 1.50j?2.2o; apples, Newtown PiDDlns. S1.33W2: Hoover. S1.2f3 l.;i0: No, 3. OOcfeSl.tiO; Mexican limes, $5.50416; Cali fornia lemons, Potatoes River Burbanks, $1.00; Ore gon Burbanks. 85c$L25; sweets. $1.90&2. Vegetables Cucumbers. hothouse, Jl 1.50; green peas, l'ioc; string beans, 10c; eggplant, nominal. Butter Fancy creamery. 22Vic; seconds, 21e. Htzs Fancv ranch. 19'c: etore. 17ic. Cheese New, 13 a 16c; Young Americas. 18tol'sC. Onions Oregon, $4.4084.50. Receipts Flour, 1504 quarters; barley. 3270 centals; potatoes, S1S0 sacks; ha. 2i'J tons. Chicago Dairy Produce. ' CHICAGO, March 26. Butter Firm. Creameries. 20tt25c Eggs Higher. Receipts, 23.330 cases, at mark, cases included, liaise; orainary nrsis. li8171c; nrsts, i ( -A j lc Cheese Unchanged. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, March 26. Evaporated ap pies, quiet and firm. Prunes, barely steady. Peaches, heavy. Duluth Linseed Market. DULUTH. March 26. Linseed, $1.6094 May. $1.61 H; July. $1.6314. The majority of tho women of the Roman aristocracy nave decided to banish the tango. Most of the cocoa Imported Into the United states is produced In the west In dies and Central and south America, LAST PRICES FIRM Stock Market Improves in Dealings at Close. FINAL CHANGES SMALL Session lor Most Part Is Spiritless IVith Decline in Progress Pitts . burg- Makes Up Part of Former Loss. NEW YORK, March 26. The Blow de cline in stocks continued today. It was a dragging, spiritless market. Speculative op erations for the decline were not aggressive, and quotations slipped down principally be cause there was an absence of demand. In the late session there was some improvement and final changes were unimportant. Speculative opinion favored the short side and the day's developments fitted in with the trend of sentiment. Remarks, were at tributed to the Attorney-General concern ing intended action under the Sherman law against the American Tobacco Company and former subsidiaries and suggesting the possibility of further steps against the com panies in the Standard Oil group. Another development along the same lines was the Government's victory in the Buit against the American Telephone and associated concerns in the Northwest. Attention was again drawn to the rail roads by further poor statistical returns. Southern Pacific's February gross earnings fell off $602,000 and net $464,000. Dimin ished earnings and the unsatisfactory out-: i . , i . . i. i . , ; iv,u rv ncrc given us mo rnteuii 1U1 UllllOOlUU of the dividend on Railroad Steel Spring. The stock broke 21j points. r lttsburg. c. C. & St. Louis, which slumped violently yesterday on the cut in its divi dend, rallied more than 3 points. Corn Products preferred regained 4 points of its recent loss. Shifting from railroad and miscellaneous bonds into tax exempt state and municipal issues, owing to the approach of the time for making April 1 tax returns, caused some unevenness In today's bond trading. Total sales, $2,262,000. United States bonds un changed on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Reported by J. C. Wilson & Co.. Lewis building, Portland. Closing Sales. Htt. Low. Bid. Allis Chalmers. 200 12 12 12 Amal Copper ... 22,000 70 75 75 Am Beet Sugar. loo 22 22 22 hi Am Can Co 2,600 2U 28 29 do preferred.. 1.500 92 V. 1)2 90 Am Car & Fdy. 3uo il 5094 50 Am Cotton Oil.. 200 ' 43 42 42 Am Suiel & Ref WOO 69 69 09 do preferred 102 Am Sugar 200 101 10194 101 do preferred 109 Am Tel & Tel.. 400 122 121 122 Am Tobacco 252 Anaconda 1,000 36 30 36 Atl Coast Line.. 200 122 122 122 A T & Santa Fe 500 97 97 97 do preferred. 100 Bait & Ohio ... 2.200 90 89 00 Brook R Tran. . 1.000 92 92 92 Canadian Pac. 5.100 207 206 200 C & O 1,700 53 62 53 C & G W 12 C & N W 134 ' C. M & St Paul. 2,000 100 99 99 Central Leather 0.200 35 34 '4 3.H Chino 2,300 42 41 42 Col Fuel & Iron 300 33 32 33 Col Southern 23 Consol Gas 132 DL&W 399 D & R G 12 Distilling Secur. 100 18 18 18 Erie 1,300 29 29 '-'9 General Elec .. 300 140 146 146 Gt North Ore.. 300 36 38 36 Gt North pf ... 400' 127 1 20 126 Illinois Central.. 100 111 111 111 Interboro Metro 300 14 14 14 a preferred.. BOO 60 59 59 'A Inter Harvester. 2,1)00 107 106 106 K C Southern.. 1O0 25 25 25 Lehigh Valley.. 3,700 148 147 148 Louis & Nash 137 Mexican Central v ..... 12 M. S P & S S M : 127 Mo. Kan & Tex. 100 17 17 17 -Mo Pacific ; 2,300 25 " 2494 24 national Lead.. luu 48 48 48 New Haven ... 2,000 69 0894 68 Nat Biscuit 135 do preferred.. - 122 Nev Consol 600 1594 1594 15 N Y Central ... 1.400 90 90 9094 N Y, Ont & Wes 26 94 Norfolk & West. 300 103 103 103 North America,. 75 Northern Pac .. 1,500 115 114 11494 Pacilic Mail 24 Pacific T & T.. 300 30 2994 ' 29 do preferred 87 Pennsylvania .. 2,400 111 11094 110 People's Gas ... 400 123 123 123 Reading 18,500 16 105 lo Republic S & I.. 300 25 25 25 Rock Island Co 300 4 494 494 Southern Pac .. 3,200 85 94 4 Southern Ey ... 1,300 25 25 2594 Texas Oil 100 147 147 147 Union Pacilic .. 11.700 159' 15894 159 do preferred t3 U S Steel Cor.. 40,800 64 63 63 do preferred,. 900 110 110 110 Utah Copper ... 6,700 5694 55 5574 Wabash 40O 1 1 1 Western Union. a.SOO 62 62 62 Westing Elec .. 1.200 76 75 70 Wisconsin Cent 43 Total sales for the day, 204,700 shares. BONDS. Reported by Overbeck & Cooke Co. of Trade building, Portland. Bid. Atchison general 4s 95 Board Asked. 95 93 U4 91 94 103 . 38 94 97 74 77 95 OO 82 95 95 92 S 103 Atlantic Coast Line 1st 4s 93 B & o gold 4a. 94 B R T 4s 91 Ches & Ohio 4s 93 C M & St P gen 4s.... 102 C R I col is , 38 Cal Gas 5s 93 C B Q joint 4s 97 Erie general 4s.. ........... 74 Int Met 4s 76 Louisville & Nashville unl 4s.. 94 Missouri Pacific 4s..... 59 NYC gen 3s 81 N & W 1st con 4s 94 Northern Pacific 4s 95 Oregon Short Line ref 4s 91 Pacific Tel 5s 97 Penna con 4s 101 Reading general 4s 95 fit L & S F ref 4s 75 Southern Pacific ref 4s 92 Southern Pacific col 4s........ 95 Southern Railway 5s 105 Southern Railway 4s 74 95 92 95 105 74 58 93 103 94 55 95 87 tmited Railway lnv 4s 58 Union Pacific 1st and ref 4s... 93 United States steel 5s. ..103 West Shore 4s Wabash 4s 54 Westlnghouse Elec conv 5s.... 94 Wisconsin Central 4s 87 Stocks at Boston. BOSTON.. March 20. Closing quotations: Allouez 41 (Nevada Con .... 15 Amalg Copper.. 75North Butte 27 A Z L & Sm... 18 North Lake 1 Arizona Com .. 4Oid Dominion... 49 Cal & Arizona.. 68'Oseeola 77 Cal t Arizona. .415 lliumcy Centennial 16,Shannon Coo Ran Con Co 37:Superlor 9 6 30 2 E Butte Cop M. ll;Sup & Bos Mln.. Franklin 6 Tamarack 35 U S S R r M... 39 do preferred. .. 48 Utah Con 10 Utah Copper Co. 55 Uranby Con 88 Greene Cananea. 37 I Royalle (Cop) 19 Kerr Lake 4 Lake coDDer. . . .8 A Winona 3 La Salle Copper 4 IWolverlne 47 A Miami Copper... 24 jButte & Superior 35 Mohawk 41 I Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK, March 26. Call money, steady. 11 Per cent; ruling rate, 1 per cent: closing bid, 11 per cent. Time loans, weaker; 60 days, 23 per cent; 90 days, 3 per cent; six montns, atg 3 per cent. Mercantile paper, 34 rer cent. Sterling exchange, steady. Sixty days, $4.8450; demand. $4.8625. a Commercial bills. $4.83. Bar silver. 58c. . .... Merlcan dollars. 45c. Government bonds, steady; railrdad bonds, irregular. LONDON. March 2a Bar silver quiet. 26d. Money. 23 per cent. . Short bills, 2; three monti.j. 2. SAN FRANCISCO. March 26. Silver bars, BOc; drafts, sight .01, telegraph .03. Ster ling in London, sight, $4.86. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH. Ga., March 26. Turpentine Firm. 46(tt)47c; sales, 4U; receipts, xul ahinments. 12: stocks. 12.070. Rosin Firm: sales. 821; receipts. 1671; shipments, none; stocks. 117.0S8. Quote: A. B, C, !, 3.ii; ti. lo r..i; u, s.i.ww 3.59; H. $4.0.-): I, $4.10; K, $4.131.60; N. $5.30; WW. $5.85; WG. $0. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. March 26. A betetr feeling as to financial conditions in Brazil, reports of advance in cost and freight offers and steady European cables seemed to create more active oemana in coiiee ioaay. tteauz tntr hv recent buvers checked advances early. After oDenlnir steady. 2c higher to 2c lower. there was some Irregularity. The market h--r-"'- uoxa bsUva, but iixux&x l&uu la tbs day, cn covering, European buying and bull support. The close was steady. 9 to 14 points net higher. March, S.55c; May, 8.64c; July. 8.80c; September, s.98c; October, 9.06c; December. 9.15c; January, 9.21Q. Spot, steady. Rio No. 7, 8c Santos, No. 4. 11C. Mild, quiet. Cordova, 12 16c. Raw sugar steady. Molasses, 2.30c; cen trifugal, 2.95c; refined, steady. Metal Markets. - NEW YORK, March 26. Lead easy, 3.85 S.95; London, 19 5s. Spelter easy, 5.20&5.30; London, 21 7s Gd. Copper steady, standard spot and May, 13.7514.37; electrolytic 14.62; lake, 15.00, nominal: casting, 14.37. Tin. irregular. Spot. 3S.12 38.50; June, 38.62 fe)38.75. Antimony dull. Cookson's. 7.25. Iron steady. No. 1 Northern, 13.25 ft 16.00; No. 2 Northern. 15.00&15.75. London Sheepskins . Sale LONDON. March 20. There were 9000 bales of sheepskins sold at auction here to day. The attendance was good and an ac tive demand developed. Prices were firm and from d to d dearer. The sales .were: New South Wales. 500 bales, at 4dv Queensland, 400 at 49d; Victoria, 1700 at 5lld; South Australia, 20O at 6 9d; West Australia, 900 at 5i&10d; Tas mania, 100 at 4t9d: New Zealand, 4300 at 510d: Punta Arenas, 100O at 0 tf lld. Hops at New York, NEW YORK, March 26. Hops QuieL LIVESTOCK TONE STEADY RECEIPTS ARE LIGHT AT NORTH PORTLAND YARDS. Shorn Lambs Readily Taken at 96.25. Top Hoes Do Not Sell Over 98.75. Trade was light in the various depart ments of the livestock market yesterday. Hogs sold under the recent top, but .other wise prices were unchunged. Receipts were small. One load of steers and three of cows made up the transfers In the cattle division. The former were taken at $7.25, and the best cows brought $6.75. The best price realized in the hog market was $3.75. at which figure four loads were disposed of. Small hogs sold at $8.10, and heavy smooth stock at $7.75. There was active trading in shorn lambs, four loads of good grade selling at $6.25. Receipts were 105 cattle, 2 calves and 442 hogs. Shippers were: Thomas Sharpe, Jr.. Red mond. 3 cars cattle; H. J. Harris, Redmond. 1 car cattle and 1 car hogs; Huntley Mer cantile Company, Endicott, 1 car hogs; same. La Urande, 1 car hogs; Hugh Cum mings. Albany, 1 car hogs; Patton & Over ton, Halsey, 1 car cattle, calves and hogs. The day's sales were as follows: Wt.Prlce.1 wt.lTice. 2 hogs .. 425 $7.754K9 lambs .. 69 2 hogs .. 335 8.25.215 lambs .. 69 82 hogs .. 180 8.75,223 lambs .. 70 0.25 6.25 6.25 7.75 8.75 7.75 8.75 8.10 8.25 7.75 7.75 8.75 27 steers ..1015 7.25 6 hogs ... 246 1 cow ... . 770 o.aO; i7 hogs ... Ii2 7.00 2 hogs ... 405 2 calves .. 475 1 cow .... S20 V.OU 8.1 nogs ... 214 1 bull ..1050 4.5o! 65 hogs ... 110 27 cows ...1010 5.75 23 cows .. .1060 6.50 27 cows ...1050 6.75! 2 hogs . . . w20 4 bogs . . 80 2 hogs ... i75 18 hozs ... 16C 8.751 99 hogs ... 178 Current local quotations on tna various classes of livestock follow: Prime steers .$7.50 $8.15 Choice steers 7.30W T.ao Medium steers i.uuia .-.) Choice cows 6.2oa 7.00 Medium cows o.uug o.-a Heifers 6.00 1 7.25 Light calves H.outgi .uu Heavy calves 6.00 W 7.50 R.,11. , 5.50 6.00 Stags e.OOl.7.50 HOgS Light 8.00 8 75 neavy ......................... i.uvw faheep . Wethers 6.ou'3 o.uu Ewes .... ; 3.50 5.00 Lambs 6000 7.00 Omaha Livestock Market. kottttt OMAHA. Neb.. March 26. Hogs Receipts. 17,000; market, lower. Heavy. tS.40 KV8.50: light. SS.WW'O.iu; pigs, fo.iwffo.uu, bulk of sales. $8.408.50. . battle HAoeints. 2luu: market- steady, isa- tive steers. $7.50 9.25: cows and heifers, $0.257.90; Western steers, $6.50(8.2i); Texas steers. SbU .Mr cowe anTr- uciicib. $5.757.Q0; calves. 7.009.75. aneep neceipis, jwv: mure, ni. Yearlings, $.25&7.20; wethers. $5.506.35; lambs, $7.00 08.00. Chicatro Livestock Market. CHICAGO. March 26. Receipts, 15.000; arket. weak to 5 cents under yesterday's average. Bulk or sales, $s.toiH. to; lisni. SS.Df(fj.3.su; mlxeu, .ou0'3.bu; ueavy, HP8.80; rougn, $.30v?B.4a; pigs, n.oofo. i. Cattle Receipts. 4000; market, steady. Beeves, $7.009.60; Texas steers, $7.25S.30; Western. $7.00s.2o; Blockers ana ieeuero, $5.608.10; cows and heifers, $3.70w8.i0; calves, $0.OO8.75. Sheen RenelDts. 16.00O: market, barely ateady. Native. $4.906?' 6. 50: Western, $5.10 o.oo; yearilngs, o.uuigi i.is; lamus, name, $a.908.OO; Western, $.908.10. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. March 26. Maximum tem perature, 50 degrees; minimum, 40 de grees. River reading. 8 A. M... .u ieet; change in last 24 hours, .1 foot rise. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. .02 inch: total rainfall since September 1, 1913, 31.56 inches; normal rainfall since BeptemDer l, .io.yo inches; deficiency of rainfall since Septem ber 1. 1913 4.39 inches. Total sunshine. 1 hour 53 minutes; possible sunshine, 12 hours 20 minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea level), 5 P. M.. 29.79 inches. THE WEATHER. g S Wind STATIONS. p Street S 8 3 g 3 1 9 . . Baker 440.00 14SE 4SO.00!lO'NE 64'0.02!lOSW 60.00 8 S 04.'O.36lB2fN si o.oo; s:n 54 0.2S IO N 260.141 4'SB 52 O.OO: lO W 6(1 2.04 20 NE Pt. cloudy Boise Boston ....... Calgary Chicago Denver Des Moines . . Duluth Eureka Galveston .... Helena Jacksonville . . Kansas City . . Ios Angeles . . Marshf ieid Medford Montreal New Orleans . New York North Head . . North Yakima phoenix " Pocatelto Portland Roseburg Sacramento .. . St. Louis St. Paul Salt Lake ... San Francisco Seattle Spokane Tatoosh Island Walla Walla . Washington Winnipeg1 Cloudy Clear Pt. cloudy Rain Clear ..4 Cloudy iClear Clear Rain Cloudy SOjO.OO 4'W 74 T. 68 0.00 00! T. I 460.4fll 8iE K'lear 6 E 8iS fCloudy Cloudy Cloudy 6 SW 5410.00 12W 0OO.00 14 W 78 0.46 1 SE 62 0.04,24 8 44i T. 20 S 46' T. 8 NW 70 0.00 8'W 5o;o.oo' S SE 5O 0.O2'12 W 52 O.Ol'. lOW 56.O.00U6SW 72i T. 12-8 3S'0.02 12!N Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy . Cloudy Cloudy fCloudy Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Rain Clear 52 0.04 14'SW Cloudy 54 0. 00; S NW Pt. cloudy 42 0.01 10IS Cloudy 360. Oil 8 E 40'0.10'12'K 520.00' 4 NW hnow Cloudy Cloudy 70 T. 8' 3 14 T. I ;N KMoudy WEATHER CONDITIONS. A troueh-shaned low-pressure area ex tends from . Washington southeastward to Texas and thence northeastward to the lower Lakes region. The hlKli -pressure area of yesterday over the Canadian Nortnwest. with its attendant low temperatures. Is central this evening over Manitoba. The barometer continues relatively hifh over the Atlantic states. Llsrht rain has, fallen in Western Oregon and Western Washington. Oklahoma. Northeastern Texas, the middle Mississippi Valley, lower I.akes region, mid dle Atlantic and New England states. Heavy rain lias fallen along the west Gulf coast and snow has occurred generally In the Northern states between the Rocky Moun tains and the Lakes region. It is much warmer in Southern Montana. Northern Wyoming, Western South Dakota and along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to the Vir ginias. The temperature has fallen decided ly in Eastern South Dakota, Nebraska. Kan sas. Oklahoma and Northeastern Texas. The conditions are favorable for rain In this district Friday, with slightly higher temperatures. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Rain; southwester ly winds. Oregon and Washington Rain; southwest erly winds. Idaho Rain. EDWARD A. BEALS, District Forecaster. Albany Councilman Resigns. ALBANY," Or., March 26. (Special.) M. J. Cameron, member of the City Council of Albany from the Second Ward, resigned last night and Charles Career was chosen by the Council to su ceod him.- Because of poor health, Mr. Cameron plans to make an extend ed Vsit to his former hoiae in Pennsyl vania. t THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND, OREGON UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital. . V. . $1,000,000 4 Sftrplus OFFICERS. J. C A INS WORTH, lTeaMemi. R, LEA BARNES, Vlce-Presildeslt. "' W. A. HOLTawt rCukler, A. M. WRIGHT, Asst. Cashier. R, W. SCTLMEER, Cashier. P. 8. Dick. Asst. Cashier. LADE) & TILfON BANK Established 1859 Capital and Surplus Commercial and WHEAT UP QUARTER Increased Buying Due to Talk of Arctic Wave. EXPORTERS IN MARKET Argentine Shipments Drop Off to Less , Tban Quarter of Last . Yeaf's Sale of Cargo or Canadian Oats. rmfliyi March 2S. Strength developed i t . . hilw twine- to less fa in WI1CHL ....... w a vorable weather and crop reports from Kan sas. There was a steady close with the n11- ket ranging from the same as mai to c higher. Other leading staples all oats'c to c and provisions 15 to 3ac. Severe cold in tne at Bismarck, N. D., led to talk of an .-.- 1 t ....an an1 thfl bUVinif OI Arctic WttfB, ttWU HI - wheat. The fact that Argentine shipments had droppea ort to less man M what thev were a year ago counted also , .m. H market. in on me pureuaso oiud vm. - addition It was reported that a small Quan tity of hard winter wneat uu j -' i .. . .-no. ..r.i H v- t tn seaboard ex- uubeu ui min j . ViirrhAct nrlPA of the CrOO. UUrLBTEl MC ""J r - . Oats held--up - well during most- of the day, because or aaverse wwnim - - . but ultimately yieiaea a nine i of corn. A cargo of 300.000 bushels of Canadian oats, brought here last Fall, was unloaded today for delivery on speculative contracts. . Liquidating sales by stockyard traders and by dealers in corn made the provision market suffer a sharp break. Low prices for hogs formed an element in the selling movement which dislodged the holdings or Eastern longs. Futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. Mav 93 .3 . -?.4 July 8S .89 .88-Si Mav . . .69 .69 .6S -68 OATS. May 39 .39 .394 -3Vi July .I.... .40 -39 PORK. May 21 35 21.37 J.1-0Z l?,. July -i.i-J -i-J" LARD. Mav 10.70 10.72V4 10.57 10.60 july 10.90 . 10.90 10.7a 10. 0 KIUS. May 11.40 11.40 11.22 11-2?H July I..,-. 11.52 11.55 11.33 11.3J Cash prices were: . Wheat No. 2 red. 9595?4c; lo. 3 red. 93U4c; No. 2 hard, 93c; No 3 hard. 82V4to8L'4c; No. 2 Northern. 5'Ac; No. A 922S2o; "No. 2 Northern, 9oc; No. 4 Nff. 3 Spring. 395c Com No. 3. 65VaSc: No. 3 white, 08 68c- No. 3 yellow, 66Sic. Rye No. 2, 62Vc Barley. 40jr62c. Timothy, $:l.504.75. Clover, t9igl4. European Grain Markets. LONDON, March 26. Cargoes on passage. unchanged. , . , English country markets, irregular: Frencn country markets, quiet. LIVERPOOL, MaTcIT 26. Wheat Spo K. .2 red Western Winter 7; 4d; No. 1 aianltODa. is -V'- - . . - -. . . ' 7s 2"-d; futures steady, March is 3d; May, 7s 3d"; July. 7s 2?d. t Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. March 26. Wheat No. 1 hard, oiwmjc; io. x oiAiagic: No. 2 Northern, 9092c; No. 8 wheat. 8S89c; May. 90alc; July, 82 c Barley, 43057c. Flax, 1.581.60tt. Sun Francisco Grain Market. SAN FRANCISCO, March 26. Spot quota tions: Walla Walla, $1.60 1.01 Vi ; red Rus sian. $1.5S4 l.ti0; Turkey red, $l.2i l.5: bluestem, 1.65 1.B714 : feed barley, tl 15S1.17V-: brewing barley nominal; white oats. $1.27 l&1.30: bran. $24LM.00; mldr dlings, $304i31; shorts, $26(&2lS.50. Call board Wheat, weak. Barley, weak; December, $1.14 bid. $LIrt asked; May, $1.15; June, new, H.l:i asked. Puget Sound Wheat Markets. SEATTLE. March 20. Wheat Bluestem, 9Sc; fortyfold.. 89c; club. 88 c; fclfe, 6Sc; red Russian. 87c Yesterday's car receipts, wheat 9, oats l, barley 4. hay 6. flour9. TACOMA, March 26. Wheat Bluestem. 99c&$1.00; fortyfold. 92c; club, 81c; red Fife 91c Car receipts Wheat 2, barley 2, hay 1. Cotton Market. NEW YORK. March 26. Spot cotton. The Canadian Bank of Commerce HEAD OFFICE Toronto, Canada. Established 1867. A general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. Letters of Credit and Travelers' Checks Issued. PORTLAND BRANCH, Comer Second and Stark Sts. F. 0. MALPAS, Manager. $1,000,000 S2.000.000 Savings Deposits quiet. Middling uplands. 13.50; do. suit. 13.75. LIVERPOOL, March 26. Cotton Spot easier. Good middling. 7.50; middling, 7.08; low middling, 6.6S. Sales, 80UO bales. Willamette Glee Is Tonight. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem, Or.. March 26. (Special.) Friday eve ning: the annual freshmen grlee will take place in the college chapel. This is the principal musical event of the year ltere in undergraduate circles, as each of the four classes in the colleges of liberal arts are to vie with one an other in musical production. The Choice of Investments We are at all times ready to consult with . our customers, giving . them the benefit of our -experience and the in formation we have on hand. What you do with your surplus is no less important than the ac cumulating of it. Wrongly invested it may be of more harm than benefit to you. Security Savings and Trust Company Fifth and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus $1,400,000 J. C. WILSON & CO. STOCKS. BONUS. GRAIN AND COTTON. AfE.UHEHei NKW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE, NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. THE STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE, 8 AN FRANCISCO. PORTLAND OFFICE: Lewis Building, 269 Oak Street Phones Marshall 3858. A 4187. . - TRAVELERS' til'IDE. v Special Rates to Alaska (FIRST CLASS AND STEERAGE) Steamship Sails Direct Thursday, March 26 Make Reservations Immediately San Francisco, Portland and Los Angeles S. S. Co. - Frank Bollam, Passenger. Agent Main 26 121 3d St. A-4596 New Steel Steamship "AROLlNE" Sails Direct for COOS BAY including Marshfield and North Bend and SANTRANCISCO, Wednesday, April 1 For Passengers and Freight. Make reservations immediately. San Francisco, Portland and Los Angeles Steamship Co. FRANK BOLLAM, Agent. Malnei'S. 124 THIRD. A 45!W. Freight Of Ore. Albers Dock Bio. 2, Main 58113, A " Steamer Service STEAMER HASS.4LO Leaves Portland, Ash-street Dock, dally, except Saturday, at 8:00 P. M. Arrives Astoria 6:00 A.M. Leaves Astoria daily, except Sunday, at 8:00 A. M. Arrives Portland. 5:00 P. M. Make reservations Ash-street Dock or City Ticket Otrlce, Third and Washington. Phones Marshall 4500. A 6121. SYDNEY 1 9 SAN F8AKCISC0 AUSTRALIA WEATHER FiNE SAMOA AND SHORTEST LINE SOUTH SEAS QUICKEST TIME . Splendid tmm. IJnydslOOAl, (10.000 torn ditpl.)c Jydnty Short Lin railing every twe w:ek. $110 HONOLULU (?SS?DcZ2S5) SYDNEY $300 Sxxmi trip, second dan. SYDNEY 200. Various toure i: -'udm? Java. Chins, Jspar noo Rvjna !! World. Sec : foSilw. OCEANIC J. & W- Mvktt St, SAN FRANCISC9 TRAVELERS' GdDE. HAMBURG AMERICAN Over HZ Snips largest SS.Cb 1.417.71C in the WORLD TONS GOING OB COMING XKAVEL, BY. World's Largest Steamships "IMPERATOR" (019 feet 62,000 Tons) April IX. June 27. May Jti. K'uly 18. June 6. August 12. and regularly thereafter. "VATERLAND" (950 feet 58,000 Tons) June 10. August 1 July 7, Auirust and regrularly thereafter. LONDON, PARIS, HAMBURG and the Pennsylvania. . .April 2. I'.M. Kaiserin Aur. Vie. .April 9, 9 A.M. I'rrn. I.ineulu. . . . April 11, VI noon lmnrator April 15, 9 A. -M. Cincinnati April IS, 1 P. M. 2d cabin only. tHamburg direct. MEDITERRANEAN Madeira. Gibraltar, Algiers. Naples, Genoa. S. S. Hamburg April 4. 3 I'.M. S. S. Moltlie April 16. 3 P.M. S. S. Hamburg'.. .May 1. 3 P. M. S. 8. Moltke June 2, S P. M. Will not cal. at Madeira or Algiers. R CRUISE Around the World Through tho PANAMA CANAL ban'lrancirM-o Feb. 22, 191 5 fj 1 135 1 DAYS I Cost, including short trips and neces- QOO11"1 sary expenses, fvVJ up In order t secure choice lratiiK. rooms should be hooked now Write for Booklet. HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE tin Rtockton St.. Sun Fran cisco, t'al., Harvey Palliu-r. North Pacific Gen'l Agts, 411 411 "VVIlile Bldg., pho:i? KUiott KI70 and 56L'0, Scatilc. Wasli. Southern Pacific Co.. U lYth sf.. O.-W. II. Ai N. Co., No. Pacific, U. & R. G.. Burlington Route. Milwaukee & puget Kouna .rt. j.. lit. Norm. Iiy.. Done? H. Smith. 3d & Wash. sts.. Portland Or. NORTH GERM AM LLOYD London Paris Bremeo Kaier Wilhelm II April 7 tTSrydlltl April Kronprim Wilhelm April 14 George Washington. .. .April 16 Kronprinzessua Cecllle. . Apr. 21 Bremen April 23 Sails it 1 A. M. fCarries one cabin (II) only DCarries (ID and (III) cabin tBremen direct. Baltimore-Bremen direct. One cabin (11 Wednesdays. THE MEDITERRANEAN Koenlg Albert.. ...April 11 Berlin. . . .April 25 The North German Lloyd landed more passengers. First Cabin, Second Cabin and Steerage In the port of New York during 1913 than any other line, repeating its marvelous record of 1912. Through rates from Egypt, India New Tort to FAK EAST and South America via Europe NORWAY-POLAR CRUISES June 13, July 4. 18. 24. Aug. 11. Independent Trips. Around First-ciass the World fcr throughout $tZU.b 5 Jp Travelers' Checks Good All Over the World. OELRICHS CO., Urn. Agts. a isroauway, iv. 1. Robert Capelle, G. A. P. C, 250 Powell St., San Francisco, or local agents. IO SAN FaAXCIBCO. LOS ANfiELEM AND SAN DIEGO. YUCATAN" WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1. COOS BAY AND ECKEKA S. S. ALLIANCE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1. NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP ( O. Ticket Office, 11 " Freight Office, 122A 3d St. Columbia Dock, 1 Slain 1814. A 1H4 I! Main 6203. A Hit S. 0. BEAYER lor SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES 4 P. SI., March 27. Tne San EranclM-o at Portland S.S. Co., 3d and vTsshlDgton Sts. (with O.-W. R. A N Co.) Tel. Marshall 4iu0, A Bl'J! COOS BAY LINiS STEAMSHIP 'BREAKWATER. Sails from Ainsworth Dock, b. A. 11. Wednesday. Mar. IS. 25; Apr. 1. 8, li)-2A Tuesday, Apr. 28. Freight receivl iT-.il NOON day previous to sailing. Pawenger Fare: First Class, $10; Second Class (men only), T. including berth and meals. Office: Lower Ainsworth Dock. Portland & Coos Bay S S. Line. . L. H. Keating. Agent. Phones Main 3600: A 2832. American-Hawaiian S. S. Co. MTehnantepee Kuute." PORTLAND NEW YORK Fit EM GUT CEUYICE REdi'KNT "Sailings LOW RATES SCHEDULE TLilH. C D. KENNEDY, Agesit, r 270 Mark Street, 1 m