IS
r Is Affecting Many of the
Commodity Markets.
ICE PRICES STRONG
i-Bccf Quotations Are Again
lifted by Chicago fuckers.
Lemons Are Higher In AH
American Markets.
litre is a marked upward icuucuw
khe commodity markets of this country,
fch can bo traced directly to the war.
nme or tho article there la apparently
connection with attain In Europe, but
eneraliy the stoppage of International
Imerce or the probability of destruction
lorelsn crops that Is the underlying in-
nce. At the same time, the mourn"'
lo a lane extent, speculative.
(finer! rniir prices in the I'acinc i,oav
Iketa were advanced 20 cents a hundred
kerdav. Farther advances are expected
kny time. The New York susar marKei.
brdlns; to wires received oy ausar
iers. was even more excited man on tno
tedlng day. Prices were auvancca iv
by Arbuckle. the Federal ana ar-
towell withdrew from the maraei ana m
lerlcan took no action whatever, ne
on the Pacific Coast were only ac-
Iting business in a limited way. lcal
dlers bouglit freely, but jobbers were
pressing sale.
pices of all kind were firm and some
the grinders withdrew their prices.
Ward, particularly, was affected. This
le comes chiefly from countries on the
rube.
to change was annonuced In local coffee
l et. but the- market was strong. Trad-
In the New Tork market waa again
ry, the day's sales amounting to 50.000
t.
Iiere was another advance by Chicago
kert on canned com beef tm, the day's
being H cents, making a 33-cent ad
:e on thin size so far this week. In all
ported gooda tho feeling was firm.
.nun prices In the local market were
vanced $1.60 a box to 8t.S0. The stop
re of all imports of Sclclly lemon has
used a. strong market both in tho East
In California.
(V'lth the probability that If the war Is
Btinued no foreign butter can be brought
this country a stronger demand has do-
loped In the local market, and speculators
buying all the cube butter that Is of-
red for storage purposes. Cub" prices are
full cent higher. Eggs and other produce
also affected, though the progress of the
r has no direct bearing on them.
I TI.OOK FOR AMERICAN APPLE CROP
Lrger Vield Than Cast Year Son Seems
Assured.
According to the annual apple crop M-
ew of the Packer, the outlook at tti
frsent time is tor a bountnul crop or
bples la the United Statea, The Packer
l.vs:
"The crop, of course, is not made as early
August I and conditions could arise that
ould materially change the preaent good
htiook. Toklng at the situation from the
resent standpoint, there will be eome sp
ies In nearly every producing state, mean-
Is; that where mere is even a miunago
kere will be some fruit for home consump-
n.
"Unless radically unfavorable conditions
rise later this year's crop, aa a whole, will
vastly larger than last year. Prices may
helped by turning Inferior fruit Into
Ider, dried fruit or other by-products. IIow
rer, it would seem wise to open the season
a fair figure, giving the producer a good
Iving profit, rather than to start out at
excessively high price, thus cutting oft
He demand right at the beginning."
klO AOVANCK IN CALIFORNIA LEMONS
IhultLng Off of Foreign Supply Raines All
Market a.
Lemons are now selling at the highest
Irl.-ee of the season. On tho street quota-
lions were raised $1.50 a box yesterday to
IgtfS.oU. The California and Eastern mar
kets were strong and excited because of
be war, although Importations from Sicily
lave been brought to a stop.
Green fruits of all kinds were plentiful,
knd generally steady. The best yellow
California peaches moved at 75 cents and
Jregons ranged In price from 40 to 60
Bents'. Cling peaches are about done for.
Oregon cantaloupes are coming in heavily
from east of the mountains. Many of the
ipmenta are of good quality, but owing
the lack of uniform packing dealers find
It almost impossible to sell them except at
low prices. The supply on hand yesterday
vas a drug on the market.
Retailers cannot figure out from the lr-
egular park what they can get out of
them, and therefore turn to California
cantaloupes, which arc packed evenly.
CALIFORNIA rtKFTSES) TO BUY WHEAT
rientul Demand for Flour and Grain, but
No 'Way of Effecting Sales.
There is a good inquiry in the wheat
land flour market from the Orient, as was
I announced yesterday, but absolutely no way
baa been devised yet tor putting sales
Ithrough.
Country reports told of a little wheat
I business here and there, but on the whole
the market was Inactive. California Is now
(entirely out of the market. Club wheat la
considered to be worth 84 cents, but all
quotations are nominal.
Local receipts In cars were reported by
I the Merchants Exchange us fol.ows:
Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay
I Monday
M
I Tuesday
Wednesday
Year ago ....
Season to date
. 45
. 48
. IS
.641
.275
2
1
0
95
75
13
3
202
230
3
4
139
202
150
18
I Tear ago ....
SUPPLY OF EGGS IS DECREASING
BrM Candled Stock Will SeU at One Cent
Advance.
With the falling off in egg receipts ship
pers are unable to fill all their orders. The
argest handlers will advance the price of
an.:.- ! eggs a cent today.
The poultry market was In good shape
far as chickens were concerned, and the
beial receipts cleaned up readily at steady
rices.
Dressed meats remained firm.
There was an active demand for cube
litter for storage purpose. speculators
sure that if the war continues no butter
ill be Imported from New Zealand this
lason. Prints are still sola at tne oia
ice.
POT HOPS ARE BEING PICKED TJP
Lieculalive Buying of Remaining 1013 Stock
I Looked For.
All cable news from the European hop
arkets hss ceased. The but cable re
ived from Berth, of Nuremburg, said
ist it waa hia opinion that no hope would
I picked on the continent. It la now gen
ally believed that the entire Belgian crop
is been lost.
Speculative buying of the stock left in
is country is looked for. Joseph Harris
sterday purchased the Natoma crop of
3 bales at Independence. He declined to
ake the price public. A deal involving
wr bsles of Washington hops at 15 cents
as also reported.
ORTLAND
MARKET
QUOTATIONS.
Grain. Hour, reed. Etc.
FLOUst Patents. $4.80 per
barrel;
6 ft
ADVANCED
exports, $3.St?3.65: valley. 4.50: graham.
j; wnoie woc-mu .
WHEAT Track prices: Club, Sic: nom
Inal: other rrades nominal.
MILL-FEED Bran, :32S.50 per ton;
easLaAsasnT: middlings. di.
OATS No. 1 white. $21; gray, $20 per
BARLEY Feed. $30.50621 per ton;
brewing. $22; rolled. JiSMiO.
HAY Old timothy, $1617: new-crop
timothy. $l$ei5; grain hay. s10; alfalfa.
$11012.
CORN Whole. $35; cracked. $. per ton.
Fruits and Vegetable.
Local Jobbing quotations:
TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, $1.7503
per box; lemons. ,S-S.5U per box: bananas.
ttiHic per pound; grapefruit, California.
VEGETABLES Cucumbers, ,oc per sack;
.ficplant, 15c per pound: peppers. 1 it
Sc per pound; radishes. 153ilic per
dozen: head lettuce. $1.75 per crate: arti
chokes. $1 per dosen; tomatoes, 70075c per
crate; cabbage. lK02c per pound;
peas 506c per pound, beans. 406c per
pound; corn. $1 per crate; celery, 35 075c
per dozen.
ONIONS Walla Walla. $1.50 per sack.
GREEN FRUITS Apples, old, $101.50
box; new. 7Sc$2 per box; apricots, $1
$1 15 per box; cantaloupes. oUcSigl.llo per
crate- peaches. 4075c per box: plums. 00c
011;' watermelons. SOc'o il.10 per hundred
pounds; casabas, $2.50 per dozen; pears, $1
it3 per box; blackberries. 75c0$l per crate;
grapes. $1..".O01.5 per crate.
POTATOES Oregon, new, 1014c per lb.
Dairy ano) Country Prodne.
Local Jobbing quotations!
EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, case count.
2J'o24c; candled, 2Cc per dozen.
POULTitY Hens. 14c; Spring. ltWlfic;
turkeys. 20c: dressed, choice, 22c; ducks,
10(9 ilej geese, 10c.
BUTTER Creamery prints, extras. 27 0
30c per pound; cubes, 25c.
CHEESE Oreron triplets. Jobbers' buying
price, 15c per pound f. o. b. dock Portland;
Young America. 15 He per pound.
PORK Block, 12c per pound.
VEAL Fancy. 34-gl4Vc per pound.
Staple Groceries.
Local Jobbing quotations:
SALMON Columbia River one-pound
tails. $2.25 per dosen; half-pound flats.
II 40: one-pound flata $2.46; Alaska pink,
one-pound tails. Sac; sllversides, one-pound
tails, J1.25.
HONEY Choice. $3.5003.75 per cage.
NUTS Walnuts, 14020c per pound;
Brazil nuts, 20c; filberts. 14015c; almonds.
U)0SSo: peanuts. 606tiC. cocoanuts. $1 pet
dozen; chestnuta. 8 H 010c per pound; pe
cans. 14 015c
BEANS Small white. Site; large whit
tttr, Lima, lc; pink. 6.15c; Mexican. Mi
bayou. Sc.
COFFEE Roasted, In drams. 10O53o pet
pound ....
SUGAR- Fruit and berry. 13.38: beet,
$.-.0."; extra c, $4.70; powdered. In barrels.
$5.50.
HALT Granulated, $15.50 per ton; half
ground, 100s, $10.75 per ton; 60s, $11.50 per
ton, dairy, $14 per ton.
RICE No 1 Japan. 4' 5c; Southern
htac. !i7ttc: Island. 6tJ5Ho.
DRIE1 FRUITS Apples, lOKOUe per
pound, apricots, ltijiWioc, peaches. ssiic.
prunes. Italians. lu12toc; currants. .
raisina. loose Muscatel, 07c; bleached
Thompson, Uc. unbleached Sultanas, sc.
seeded, Uc; dates, Persian, 707tec per pound,
lard, $1.40 per box.
K1GS Packages, 8-oz., 50 to box. Si.fc..
package; 10-oz.. 12 to box. 80c; white, 2S-1D.
box. $1.76; black. 26-lb.-box, $1.76; black,
tu-ls, tox, $-.50. black, lu-lb. box. $Li.
CsJarab candy figs. 20-lb. box. $3; Smyrna,
per oox, $Lou.
Hop, Wool. HI dec Etc
HOPS 1813 crop, nominal; 1914 contracts,
nominal.
PELTS Dry. 12c; dry short wool, 8c; dry
shearings, 10c; green shearings, 158uc,
salted sheep, $L2501.5O; Spring lambs. 'iU
Sfic
HIDES Sslted hides, 18Vo per pound,
sal: kip, 14c; salted calf, 18c; green hides,
III be; dry hides, 25c; dry calf. 28c; salted
nulls, 10c per pound; green bulls, 3 Ms.
WOOL Valley. 18Vi20bc; Eastern Ore
gon, 1602Ofcc.
MOHA1R 1914 clip, 27 hie per pound.
FISH Salmon, 3 10ic; halibut, 5 3 0
Sc; perch. 7c; smelt, 8o; black cod, ?c;
rock cod, 5c.
CAbCARA BAKK Old and new. 4feo pet
pound.
GRAIN BAGS In car lots. 80814c.
HAMS 10 to 12-pound, m,O20Hc 11
to 14-pound. 191i02Ofec; 14 to 18-pound,
19s20Vsc; skinned, lS20c; picnic 130.
BACON Fancy, 28 0 50c; atandard, 23 H
26c
DRY SALT CURED Short clear oacks.
13MV16c; exports, 1416c; plates. 110
Its
LARD Tierce basis. Pure. 1218c; som-
pound, $c
KEROSENE Water white, drums, bar
rels or tank wagon, 10c; special, drums o.
barrels, 13Vc; cases. 17 r, 02014c.
GASOLINE Bulk, 15c; cases. 22c;
motor spirit, bulk. HMo; cases, 22 Vic En
gine distillate, drums, 7Vc. cases, Hhke:
naptha, drums. 14Vjc; cases, llVift
LINSEED Oil- Raw, barrels, 72c; boiled,
barrels, 74c; raw, cases, 77c; boiled, cases.
72c
Bank Clearing.
Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities
yesterday were as follows:
Clearings, tsaiances
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
$1.71,X55
1,82,386
418.1S1
.... 46.073
$10S,732
72,67::
57,926
GRAIN TRADE ORGANIZED
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE ASSOCIA
TION TAKES STEPS.
Prepares for Active BiiMlnasn Uurint;
CumiuK Season T. A. I'attiillo
Electetl Prenlilent.
At the annual meeting of the Merchants'
Exchange Association yesterday, steps were
taken to reorganize the institution. As Port
land is the largest wheat market on the Pa
cific Coast it was deemed advisable to put
the association on a different footing, that
it may take a more active part in the grain
business of the port.
J. w. Ganons. the retiring president of the
association, appointed a nominating commit
tee consisting of R. J. Paterson, Thomas
Kerr and Otto Kettenbach, who submitted
the following list of officers, who were
unanimously elected:
President. D. A. Pattullo, of Balfour,
Guthrie & Co.; vice-president, August Berg;
secretary and treasurer, A. Cohn, of the
Northern Grain & Warehouse Company.
' Committees will be appointed today to
draw up a new set of rules and by-laws for
the association. Meetings will be held daily
from 11:30 A. M. to 12 M. and each firm
in the trade agreed to have representation
on the floor at every meeting.
The following local grain firms were rep
resented at yesterday's reorganization meet
ing: Balfour. Guthrie & Co.; Kerr. Glfford &
Co.; M. H. Houser, Portland Flouring Mills
Company, A Berg, Albers Bros. Milling Com
pany, Northern Grain & Warehouse Com
pany, Globe Grain & Milling Company, J. H.
Klosterman, Campbell. Sanford & Henley
Co.; Pacific Coast Elevator Company. C
E. Curry & Co., T. M. Stevens 4 Co., Mitsui
& Co., Golden Rod Milling Company. S'nzukl
& Co., W. R. Bagot Co., Stevens, Smith
Co Tri-State Terminal Warehouse Com
pany. SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKETS
Prices Quoted at the Bay City on .Traits,
Vegetables, Etc.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. J. Fruit Pine
apples, $1.50tr3; Mexican limes. $40; Cal
ifornia lemons, $2.7: t 5.50; apples. Graven
stein, 500 UOc.
Vegetables Cucumbers, 20035c; string
beans. 1V5j2':c; peas. 204c.
Eggs Fancy ranch. 30Ac; store, ::54c.
Onions Yellow. .
Cbeese Young America, 14015ic; new.
11 W 14c: Oregon. 15Vi16c.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2314c; seconds.
23c.
Potatoes Delta, new crop Burbanks. per
sack, T3c$l; sweets, 23c pound.
Receipts Flour. 2527 quarters; barley,
991)5 centals; potatoes. 7095 sacks; hay. 371
tons.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Aug. 0. Turpentirre.
nominal. 4514c. No sales. Receipts. 940 bar
rels; shipments, 132 barrels; stocks, 28.SS0
barrels.
Roain nominal. No sales. Receipts, 3387
pounds; shipments, 1342 pounds: stocks,
116,522 pounds. Quote: A. B. $3.50: C, D,
$3 52'-; E, F. G, H. I, $3.55; K $4.15; M.
4.S0;N. $6; WG. $6.25; WW, $6.35.
WHEAT GAIN SHARP
Chicago Market Recovers Over
Three Cents in Day.
OPENS WITH DECLINES
Xews That Stocks at Liverpool Arc
Scanty and That Alarming
Prices Prevail There Starts
Values on Up Grade.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Despite the shock of
England having entered the war and of
having apparently forsaken plans to guar
antee the safety of grain shipments In
tended for British ports, prices today on
the Board of Trade here developed great
strength. Violent declines, which at first
took place, were succeeded by an all-around
advance. Net gains for the day were:
Wheat, lTic to 314c; corn. 114c to 2c; oat
2V4c to 24C and provisions, 23c to $1.5u.
Sudden upsetting of the trade understand
ing that the question of ocean war risks
had been to a large extent settled caused
uneasiness, but It was not long, however,
before the wheat market began to feel the
effect of cablegrams that the stock on
hand In Liverpool was scanty and that
prices there were advancing in a manner
that showed alarm. Abnormal strength In
the Winnipeg market was deemed of special
significance in this connection.
Snipping demand for corn, especially In
tho East, was urgent. There were reports
that drouth damage was reducing the crop
so that the total yield was not unlikely to
fall below the ten-year average.
Oats developed Independent strength on
account of offerings being scanty. The mar
ket held firm throughout regardless of the
action of other grain.
Reports which, however, were not verified,
that Great Britain had bought 5,000,000
pounds of meat here, led lo a remarkable
bulge in the provision market.
Closing futures were as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Sept $ .87 $ .9M4 -86 J .90T4
Dec 2 . .$1 SSH
May 83 1.0314 .9814 1031
CORN.
Sept 7014 .7244 .70 .724
Dai HV .68 .$414
May SS'i . B .61 V, .)
OATS.
Sept 35" .3S14 .35'4
Dec, 3$T, .41 .$' .40
Msy 42H .4
MESS PORK.
Sept 1S.95 20.80 18.90 20. 3)
LARD.
Sent S.SO 9.07 8. SO 9.05
Oct 9.00 9.26 .0O 9.2U
Jan 9.15 $.87 9.12 D.io
SHORT RIBS.
Sept 11.67 12.02 11.62 32.00
Oat U.07 11.67 11.02 11.62
Jan 11.25 10.52 10.26 10.62
Puget Sound Wheat .Market-.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 5. Wheat Sep
tember and October deliveries Quotations:
Bluest em, sSc: fortyfold. 5c; club, S4c;
tUo, 83c; red Russian. 83c.
Yesterdavs car receipts Wheat, 9; oats,
2; barley, 4; hay, 30; flour, 3.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 5. Wheat, nom
inal, with nothing doing.
Yesterday s car receipts Wheat, u; oats,
1; hay. 1.
Sun Franrisco Grain Market.
PAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5. Spot quota
tions: V alla Walla, $1 .50 (h 1.52 ; red Rus
sian, $1.5.)1.56Vi ; Turkey red, $l.oo
1.MK: bluestem. $1.57 V4 U 1.60: feed barley.
92fc;'i5c; brewing barley, nominal; white
oats, $1.25wl.27-4 ; bran, $23; middlings, $3o
31; shorts, $27 0 27.50.
Call board Wheat, firm. Barley, weak;
December, 95c.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 5. Wheat Septem
ber MKe; No. 1 hard, 05c; No. 1 North
ern. MJicOfl.944 : No. 2 Northern, 7Hc
$1.02.
Barley. 4C.j3c
Flax, $1.54yi 1.5BC.
BAKER SHIPPING SHEEP
HEAVY MOVEMENT TO EAST IS
ABOTJT TO BEUIN.
Local Hog Market Down Half Dollar
in Sympathy w Hit Recent De
clines Elsmhere.
Nearly all the business done at the
stockyards yesterday was In the cattle di
vision, .where former prices were quoted.
Hogs were weak and lower. Sheep were In
active. Seven loads of medium grade Washington
steers were disposed of, all bringing $0.00.
A load of choice heifors sold at $0.05.
Only two loads of hogs were received, but
the market was weak In sympathy with
the recent depression in the East, and $S.50
was quoted as the current top value. This
condition, however, is regarded sjs merely
temporary, as the Chicago hog market yes
terday was strong and higher.
' Plans are being made by Baker County
sheep owners and buyers to make heavy
shipments of lambs and wethers to Omaha.
About August 10, says the Baker Democrat,
Miles Lee will ship a trainload and P. J.
Brown, also of Bakor, will sent out 15 cars
from Robinet, on Snake River. David Lee
will ship a trainload during the early part
of this month. -
Receipts were CO cattle, 18 calves and 133
hogs.
Shippers were: D. C. Boatman, Silverdale,
Mont., 1 car cattle; C. R. Forbes, Corvallls,
2 cars cattle and hogs; Will Block, Mon
mouth, 1 car hogs; Jordan ft Meyers. Sweet
Grass, 1 car hogs.
The day's rales were aa follows:
Wt. Price. Wt, Price.
34 steers... 1009 $6.0 18 hogs 17 $8.35
34 steers... 1032 8.60118 hogs 345 7.50
21 steers... 104S O.Cu; 1 hog 200 S.50
10 steers... 1041 8.00 1 cow 1010 0.00
22 steers. .. 1030 6.60 1 cow 1300 6.00
36 steers. .. 1032 6.601 2 cows 1050 5.00
23 steers... 1051 6. 6022 heifers. . 1121 6.65
Current prices of the various classes of
stock at the yards follow:
Prime steers $7.25 07.50
Choice steers 7.00 8 7.2.1
Medlum steers 6.756 7.50
Choice cows 6.o0(ii. (1. 5u
Medium cows 5.301 5.75
Heifers 8.2506.OO
Calves
Bulls . .
Stags . .
Hogs
Light . .
Heavy .
Shaep
Wethers
Ewes
6.00 6 (1.25
3.00 0 5.00
4.50&O.0U
8.000 S.SO
7.00 07.50
4.00$
3.30
4.73
4.23
Omaba Llwfttock.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 5. Hogs
Receipts. 1600; market, higher. Heavy, $7.05
i! 8 00; light. S7. 6007.80; pigs, $7.2507.55.
bulk of sales. $7.6507.73.
Cattle Receipts. 50O; market, steady. Na
tive steers, $7.500 9.75; native cows and
heifers. $5.757.75; Western steers, $6.50&
S.50; Texas steers, $5.8507.65; Texas cows
and heifers. $5.50 7; calves. $7.50 10.
Sheep Receipts. 9100; market, higher.
Yearlings. $5.506.50; wethers, $5.253.75;
lambs, $7. 30 fiS. 10.
Chicago Livestock Market.
CHICAGO, Aug 5. Receipts, 16,000.
Strong and higher. Bulk of sales. $7.00 lg
S.25; light. $8.3506.85; mixed, $7.7508.75;
heavy. $7.00S.40; rough. $7.60 07.75; pigs.
$7 i -.30.
Cattle Receipts, 12,500; steady to strong.
Beeves. $7.1009.95; steers, $6.408.40;
stockers and feeders, $3.3U7.90; cows and
heifers. $3.40 0 9.10: calves. $7.5011.
Sheep Receipts, 8000: strong to 15c high
er. Sheep, $5.25 0 0; yearlings. $5.T50.73:
lambs. $6.25 S. 15.
NO CHANCE OF OPENING STOCK MARK
Wall Street Settles Down to Waiting Atti
tude. NEW YORK. Aug. 5. With the spread
of hostilities abroad, Wall street has settled
down to a waiting attitude. It is virtually
certain that no attempt to reopen the Stock
Exchange will be made while the London
Exchange remains closed.
The stress of the financial situation led the
directors of the American Tobacco Company
today to declare their regular quartely divi
dend of 3 per cent payable In scrip Instead
of cash.
A bankers' conferepce was called here at
which further arrangemecVi Jss made for
. . . - - . .. . i a ,t, a ,,.,-;. n tour-
DAHO BOARD ACCUSED
'BULL MOOSE" CANDIDATE FOR
STATE AUDITOR MAKES ATTACK.
Clarence Van Deusen, Expert Ac
countant, Declares Land Officials
Operate "Grab Bag;."
FAYETTE, Idaho, Aug. 5. (Special.)
"It has hen the custom for over 20
years for state officials of Idaho, par
ticularly the members of the State
Land Board, to make a 'grab bag;' of
tho public treasury, to divert fraudu
lently the funds that should have gone
. L. a Cnff, tpaaurv hv mnVinr Innns
to themselves through dummies and
selling; choice lands to political invi.i
ltes for nominal sums without expecta
tion of repayment to the state."
This statement is made by Clarence
Van Deusen. of Boise. In his campaign
for the nomination for State Auditor
on the Progressive ticket.
Van Deusen. wno ib an expert. e
ova Via hflK .i.. rived his in
formation from studies of the state's
records, and that he has photographs
of records he says he will publish in
the campaign. He promises if elected
State Auditor to make a thorough ex-
t .i e tut, Vnrl nf th Htfttn
nimnji i"n oa -. . . .......
Land Board and the state treasury for
the past 20 years ana me suns a.(saini.
former officials and their hondsmen
for the recovery of money alleged to
be due the state.
IDAHO HEAT HURTS FRUIT
Temperature Ranges From i 00 to
106 For 10 Iajs.
PAYETTE. Idaho. Aug. 5. (Special.)
The hot wave which struck Southern
Idaho 10 days aso Is tho longest period
of such high temperatures registered
in this part of the state for 10 years.
The temperatures have ranged between
100 to 106 every day for over a week,
with no forecast for cooler weather.
The effect on the fruit crop is hard
to foretell. It is causing many prunes
to drotj which were slightly hit by
frost earlier in the season, but which
would have developed if the weather
was cool. It has also had the effect
of ripening certain varieties of fruit
earlier, preventing It from reaching
its full size.
CANADA'S MILITIA MOVES
Fmpress of Russia Taken Over for
Use by Government.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 5. Large
numbers of militiamen are being
moved from Western Canada to the
Coast by troop trains on the Canadian
Pacific. The militia at Vancouver nas
been sent to Victoria.
The British government has taken
over the Canadian Pacific liner Em
press of Russia, at Vancouver. She
will sail for the Orient with her pas
sengers tomorrow, and will be deliv
ered to the admiralty at Honkong.
The liner Empress of India sailed
from the Orient for Vancouver yes
terday. Lumbermen Meet at Hot Lake.
LA GRANDE, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.)
Fiftv lumbermen, including repre
sentatives from the Spokane and North
ern Idaho country and Eastern Oregon
assembled today in the regular quarter
ly meetiner of the hite Fine number
Manufacturers' Association at Hot Lake.
Representatives of the Northwestern
Association of Box Manufacturers at
tended. The meeting was presided over
by George Stoddard.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Aug. 5. Maximum temper
ature, S5 degrees; minimum, 58.2 degrees.
Total rainfall, 6 P. M. to 5 P. M., none: total
rainfall since September 1, 1913. 38.91 inches:
normal, 44.66 Indies; deficiency, 5.85 inches.
Total sunshine, 14 hours 37 minutes; pos
sible 14 hours 3" minutes. Barometer (re
duced to sea level) 5 P. M., 29. 8S inches.
THE WEATHER.
if
ri
Stats ot
Weatn sr
STATIONS.
Baker
Boise
Boston
Calgary
Chicago
Colfax
Denver
Des Moines
Duluth
Eureka
Galveston
Helena
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Klamath Falls .
Laurler
Los Angeles
Marshfleld
Medford
Montreal
New Orleans
New York
North Head
North Yakima . .
Pendleton
tPhoenlx
Pocatello
Portland
Roseburg
Sacramento
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Salt Lake
San F.-ancisco . . .
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Tatoosh It-land .
Walla Walla
Washington ....
Winnipeg
Yellowstone Park
9210
8:SE !Pt. cloudy
98:0.
00 4 NW Clear
6o;o
8010.
OO' 4iNE;Cloudy
00, 6'E IClear
oo!lo SE !Pt. cloudy
84;0.
96 0
88,0
00; calm ,Clear
01 12INE Pt. cloudy
24 4SE Pt. cloudy
82-0.
78 0.
66 0.
80 O.
88 0.
82 0.
94 0.
92 0.
95 0.
75 0.
66-0.
94'0.
82 0.
90 0.
76 0.
16 SW Clear
IN Cloudy
56 0.
88 0.
'l030.
110210.
I 9S!-
85 0.
840.
I 98 0.
94 0.
84 0.
! 920.
64 11.
I 78 0
I 900.
( S00.
I 5810.
! 98,0.
I 800.
76 0.
I 8S 0-
00 8NWlClear
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Low pressure obtains over practically all
of the country: small high -pressure areas
are central off the North Pacific and North
Atlantic coasts. Showers have occurred In
the Southern Rocky Mountain. Plains and
Gulf States. Iowa and Minnesota. Thunder
storms were reported from Modena, Roswell.
Dodge City, Kansas City. Jacksonville and
Tampa. The weather Is warmer In the In
terior portions 6f the North Pacific Slope.
Western Canada, Nebraska, Kansas, the
Central Mississippi Valley, Lower Lake Re
gion, Ohio Valley. Norieastern Florida and
Central California. It is cooler in Interior
Southwestern Oregon. Arizona, Texas, the
Dakotas, Manitoba, Minnesota, Iowa, West
ern Missouri and Eastern Tennessee.
The conditions are becoming unsettled
over the eastern portion of this district but
are favorable for generally fair and con
tinued warm weather Thursday. Northwest
erly winds will obtain.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Thursday fair:
northwesterly winds.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho Thurs
day generally fair and continued warm.
Northwesterly winds.
THEODORE F. DRAKE.
Acting District Forecaster.
tne snipiucjii ui eulu
Ists abroad It is probable that the amount
may exceed $8,000,000.
New York Coffee Market Excited.
NEW YORK, August 5. An active busi
ness In coffee was in evidence here again
today. Including considerable trading in fu
ture deliveries in a hastily organized curb
market for the purpose of closing out old
commitments and releasing hedges against
spot supplies needed In the. Interior.
The day's business in spot coffee was es
timated at about 30.000 bags.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Evaporated apples,
quiet, but steady. Prunes, quiet. Peaches,
dull.
Mercantile Paper.
NEW YORK, At-g. 3. Mercantile paper,
6 per cent.
Hops, Etc., at New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Hops, steady. Hides,
quiet. Wool, quiet.
DO
30 8
00 12 W Clear
02 12 SW Cloudy
28 10 S Cloudy
00 8!N Clear
00 S S Clear
00 8!S Clear
00- I N Clear
00 18 NW;Pt. cloudy
001 4 SE i:lear
0010S Clear
00 S S Cloudy
Oil 26,.-W Clear
00 4NE Cloudy
O0 6SE Clear
001 4INW(CIear
001 6W IClear
00 8 N Clear
00 12IW Clear
00 10 S Clear
00 (E Clear
04 8 W Pt. cloudy
OoJ l!'W Clear
0O 20ISW Clear
00 6 -V Clear
0o 4JNE Clear
OOi 4(N Pt. cloudy
00:10 S Clear
00 6 N Clear
00 8SE Cloudy
00 24iW Cloudy
TRADE BODY IS 0. K.
Senate Passes Newlands Bill
for Federal Commission.
RADICAL CHANGES NOTED
Document as Favored by Upper
House Xow Differs Much From
Measure AVliiclt Received Ap
proval of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The New
lands bill to create a Federal trade
commission, first of the three Admin
istration anti-trust measures, passed
the Senate late today by a vote of !3
to 16.
The bill differs radically from the
measure as it passed the House, which
probably will disagree to the amend
ments and ask for a conference.
The Senate measure would provide
for a trade commission of five mem
bers to succeed to the duties now per
formed by the commissioner of corpora
tions, with greatly extended authority.
The powers of the commission would
be divided broadly into two classes, one
of invstigatlon into the business, the
financial condition, conduct and man
agement of corporations engaged In
interstate commerce, and the other the
issuing and enforcing of orders against
"unfair competition" by corporations.
The section of the bill making "un
fair competition" unlawful principally
distinguished it from the House, Din
and was the chief point of debate In
the Senate. All attempts to define or
describe tho meaning of the term "un
fair competition" were voted down. Sen
ator Reed's amendment for this pur
pose today being defeated, 33 to 29.
The principal change made on the
floor of the Senate was the adoption
of the Cummins' amendment for n. re
stricted court review of the commis
sion's orders, similar to the review
afforded for orders of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Senator Pom
erene's amendment for a broad court
review was defeated, 38 to 27. Other
amendments would require the com
mission to make a formal finding in
favor of a corporation when a prac
tice complained of is found to be fair,
and allow corporations complained of
to have counsel at hearings.
The Clayton anti-trust bill, the sec
ond of the Administration trust meas
ures, was made tho unfinished business
of the Senate and will be pressed for
early passage.
DEATH TIME SAME FOR TWO
Mrs. Mary Eaton and Mrs. V, J
Brown of The Dalles Pass.
THE DALLES. Or., Aug. 5. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Mary Eaton and Mrs.
Frank .1. Brown died at exactly the
same time 9:20 o clock last nigin.
Mrs. Eaton, a pioneer resident nf Ore
gon, passed away at the age of 78. The
funeral was held this afternoon and
thn re-mains will he taken to Wasco
for burial tomorrow. Mrs. Eaton came
to Oregon in 1845.
The death of Mrs. Frank .1. Brown,
u-ifn nf n nlivsicinn hern was sudden.
Ptomaine poisoning, contracted while
on an automotuie trip witn nor nus
band two weeks ago. anil heart failure
caused her death. The funeral, tomor
row evening, will be under the aus
pices of the Eastern Star.
MUTS TO DjNE AND PLAN
Incorporation of Order lo Be Con
sidered at Table Toniglit.
Officers of the Imperial Dynasty,
: . .. t ,-,.!.... f Unl. - i 1 1 moat at
the Commercial Club for dinner at
6:30 o olocK tnis evenins; to cuinpino
arrangements for the incorporation of
the organization and to prepare for the
Issuance of charters to outside towns
and cities. The ritual committee, con
sisting of Muts J. Ed Werleln. W. C.
Bristol and Judge William Colvig, will
prepare a preliminary report.
The entire membership has been in
vited to attend the private exhibition
of the "Cabiria" moving pictures at
the Baker Theater tomorrow night,
and Sunday morning at 10 o'clock a
picked nine of Muts will play a team
drafted from the talent playing at the
Marcus Loew Empress Theater.
CENSOR BOARD PROPOSED
St. Johns Council Passes on Assess
ment for Boulevard.
ST. JOHNS, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.)
An ordinance providing for a board
of censorship for moving pictures,
vaudeville, street speaking and other
public functions was given Its first
reading at the meeting of the Council
last night. It was sent back to the
committee for amendment.
An ordinance was passed assessing
property owners for the paving of Wil
lamette boulevard.
Mayor Vincent was instructed to in
terview the Port of Portland concern
ing tho roadway for the Western Coop
erage plant. Watson Eastman, presi
dent of the company, sent a communi
cation saying the company will need
the roadway soon to take in supplies.
CASCADE TUNNEL BLASTED
Hole Throujrlt Mountains Driven and
Crews Clasped Hands in Gap.
SEATTLE, Aug. 5. The Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul tunnel through
the' Cascade Mountains, which is 21,000
feet long and which will reduce the
altitude of the crossing 443 feet, was
broken through by a blast yesterday
and the men from the east and the
west clasped hands through the gap.
The tunnel will save four miles In
distance and will avoid the enormous
snowfall of the summit. Trains will
be in operation through the hole next
January. The tunnel will cost $2,000,
000. MILWAUKIE PLAINT VOICED
Commission Will Be Asked to Com
pel Second Stop by Cars.
MILWAUKIE. Or.. Aug. 5. (Special.)
At a meeting of the Milwaukie Com
mercial Club last night the complaint
against the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company, to be submitted to
the State Railroad Commissiop, was
read and approved. Secretary Johnson
was instructed to file the complaint
with the Commission at once.
The complaint asks that the railroad
company be required to stop Its Ore
gon City ears at the foot of Washing
ton street in both directions, which
the company has refused to do.
If it is the skin use Santiseptic Lotion.
Adv.
PINKERTON & COMPANY
UNITED STATES DETECTIVE AGENCY
Chicago, HI., ever since 1883
No connection with or relation to the Pinkerton National Detcctiv
Agency.
Scientific detective work along modern lines. Our
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
We force the payment of bad debts. We operate on the broad
principle that you cannot make any one pay you unless he want to
pay you, and our province is to make him want to pay you.
A DETECTIVE AGENCY CAN VO THIS.
Northwestern Offices, 412-13 Lnmbermens bldg., Portland, Or.
Phone Main 7741.
W. H. TREECE, District Manager.
LADD & TILTON
BANK
KstnhlUhrtl ''
Capital and Surplus
Commercial and
FIVE FIRES CHECKED
Crews Battle Night and Day
to Head Off Flames.
GREEN TIMBER BURNED
SIuvIhw l'ore-1 KavHSt'd tJ nin
Oisooveifcl Smii ftrr Hunter
Leave Woods, but FlfiMeri
Xow Have Viipcr Hand.
EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 5. (Special.'
Five serious forest fires, two of which
cover more than 1!00 acres each and
for the control or which forest guards
and nearby residents have been bat
tling night and day for three days, sr..
burning In the siuslaw. west of Eu
gene, from fires started by hunters who
have scattered through the forests since
the opening of the deer season. Mu h
green timber has been burned
Although all fires uppear to be un
der control, the situation in Western
Lane County Is serious and Carl V. ub1'
by. Deputy State Supervisor, who cam.
oiit today, leaves In tho morning with
additional guards. The present effi
cient system of patrol has nipped, per
haps, the most serious conflagration
In years In the western part of tin
county. -
A force of firefighters is still build
Ing fire lines on the Chicahomlny. :i
miles west of Kug.-ne, but are believed
to have checked a fire which has burned
through 2S0 acres of green timber.
Fire, which started Sunday near the
Not! tunnel, has burned over 200 acres,
partly in the green timber and a large
crew of foresters and nearby residents
and farmers are at work and believe
the flames under control.
Two fires are burning on Wolle
Creek, near the headwaters of tbe Sl
uslaw. southwest of Kugcne. One of
these was detected in its Infancy,
shortly after hunters were observed In
the vicinity, but tills was controlled
after it had burned over 40 or SO acres.
tho hMl of
l "Hit . VWM -
Wolfe Creek and firemen ar. now rijrnt-
Jnff the flames whlcn are mirnwiR m vn
green timber.
CLACK-VMAS BIBS RKFORTstD
Prompt Action i ISxtlassiiat BlsVM
Taken bj 1'oK-lry Official.
Men of the Clackumas-Marlon Fire
ratrol Association from High Camp
lookout station, in Clackamas County,
discovered the smoke of a fire In town
ship 7 south, 4 cast, yesterday. The
news was telephoned Immediately l
the Oregon Fire Association, which
promptly sent out mun to fight the
blaze. . .
J Willotts Ferguson, head warden
in that territory, said that the blaze
was In a forest of mountain balm trees,
which are not valuable commercially,
and that no green timber is near. He
reported that the scene of the fire is
i6 miles from a settlement. Had It not
been for the lookout system it proba
bly would not have been observed until
It had gathered such headway that it
would have swept on Into valuable
timber.
FISH LAKE RBI IS Ql'KM.KI)
BlR Force Wins Baltic With ITame.
Loss May Be $50,000.
ROSLYN", Wash., Aug. 5. (Special.)
O T. Green, forest ranger, and his
men. with crews furnished by tho
Northwestern Improvement Company
and the Cascade Lumber Company,
have extinguished the timber fire
which raged since Sunday in the vicin
ity of Fish Lake. The fire covered
several hundred acres and for a time
threatened to destroy miles of heavily-timbered
mountainside. Practical
ly all the timber destroyed was about
30 vears old.
The damage Is estimated at from
J40.000 to 150,000.
The men quelled the blaze late to
day. Campers are thought to have
started the fire.
TOWN FIGHTS FOR HOMIS
Bovill, Idaho, Fire Checked Berore It
Readies Residences.
SPOKANE. Aug. 5. Forest-fire
fighters In Western Montana and
Northern Idaho have fires in the for
ests under control, uccording to mes
sages received here today.
Bovill, Idaho, was saved from de
struction early today when 900 men
beat out the flames as they approached
the town. The wind then shifted abd
further Immediate danger was averted.
Western Montuiu is dark in smoke
from the fire near Bovill. A dynamit
ing machine to be used In trenching
has been sent to Java. Mont.,' where
300 men are fighting a fire on the
Big River. This fire is reported to
be under control.
BAKER COUNTY FIRE SKRIOLS
Fears Are Blaze Will Get Beyond
Control or Fighters.
BAKER, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.)
' $2,000,000
Savings Deposits
Forst-flre fighters returned todsv
from Spftrtn. the Elkhoru MiuntHi
and ths Burnt Ulver range, whrre thry
had Just sueceedt'd In checking the vs -rlous
forest fires, only t Irsrn thst '.
had fire had broken out on Dooli v
Mountain, near the Hidden ranch.
Tho fire rovers about T0 acre and
in on the sdgo of fine green tlmbn
Forest Supervisor Palmer started with
a crew of forest-fire fighters to thn
scene today and rsports wer rsci.
that there l farmer ..f the fir. cettit
beyond control.
This Is virtually the only serious flr
now in Baker ('unt. In the canyons
of the BUtbOtti MoMtelM there ai.t
still some small blazes, hut those b
been confined In BStirstered bits of
timber, and there Is no likelihood of
them gaining any appreciable haaii
way. IMiftir lieu ftO.iHK) Trout.
IHKL'H, Or.. Aug. i. iHpeclal.)
Fifty thousand steelhrad trout
plaerd In the streamy neir Putin and
Friend today. These trout 0UM frOsS
the state hatchery at Bonneville ami
were procured by the Oufur Und sjstf
(inn Club.
Automobiles are
less likely to skid
on bitulithic
pavement, and
the surface is not
injurious to auto
mobile tires.
TltAt i.l.KKV (.1 lli..
AUSTRALI .
TAHITI AND NKW ZK.W.ANP.
Hound Trip Kate.: Hrl-( la l ffMtl
11.11, to Virlilnglan :7..0, la sjdnry .:o.
NpnlHl Tactile (bean Tour n..l.JUi(
Sou III tes tales i. t.::.'. let class IniraiwU,
Bound the World Rstrs on appll. jts.n.
Regular throuffli SSrVfOS from San K(sn.lsc .
S. 8. Moana llooon tnnsi sails Aug i.
o. 8 Wlllochra (1!.04HI torn) sails Kepi 14,
f. S Tahiti ( U'.OOO tonsi nulls Oct It.
Semi for rasapalL
Inlon steain!ili ". of r Zr ilnnO I I.I.
fffSc: (;! Market sLresl. Ken Kiauclseo,
or local S . ixnil It. It asdlts
COOS BAY
AMI M BSK I
S. S. ELDER
MttJ ftl'NDAY. Al'U. It AT t A
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Ticket Of firs freight Office
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CITY BCAU'IFUL
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Now so.- Vast i W.&i'u-tou) I'ssaenser
steamers from New Toik every aiisr
nats Saturday.
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SAN FKANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
V A. M., Alls. IV.
Tbe Kn rYaoi-lwn A Portland K, S. i
3d and Vt a-lilimton 01 a. tvil'h O.-W. K. A
N Co.). Tel. Marahall 4SOU. A I'-'l.
ALASKA.
Special ons-way and round-trip ratss.
fteamahlp sails, dlrsct
TlUb KVKNIMI AT O'CIAH K
Few Reservations Left.
Sail ll I Isi II Cortland I on Aacelea
sssBsssissJ ( O.
FRANK ilOLLAM. A(nt.
CM Third Mtresrt. A 4A , Mala
Steamer Georgiana
Leaves Wasblngton-street hock at I
A. If. Dally. Except Friday, for
Astoria and Way Landings
Returning, Laves Astoria at lill f. M.
Fare 11.00 Each Way. Main 1412.
COOS BAY LINE
Steamship Breakwater
Sails from Aliissonh dock. Portland, a J.
July 7, 12. IT. 22. -1. Au. J. , 11. 18. n-tl.
Freight and tlckst offices. Loaisr Alnswonn
liocli. Portland A Coos Bay s. S. Llns.
L. H KCATINti. Agent,
Hbona slain 3S0U. A
DRAIN TO rOO BAT.
Auos run dally. Uallgbtful trip rt
Allegany or tbe (Joaan-baacb routs.
Wire reservations to
C, HAl iOUa, Urals,