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17 THE MORNING OREGONI AN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914. SUGAR IS FEATURE ieads General Advance in Provisions. RISES ATTRIBUTED TO WAR Imported Foods Due for Sharp In crease in Price All Along Iilne, According to Local Jobbers. Supgar atill hold the center of the ta. In the market and It is .till going up. Fur ther advance, may be expected In Port land thl. morning, following a rla in Jew York yeaterday. Many other article, of general con.ump tlon. it la believed by local Jobber, will follow the lead of .ugar akyward. AH am predicted riaea are attributed to the .ame cause the European war. Sugar 1, regarded as leading the proces . . . nnaMrfl alone by enj ion. dui it i "- - . ., means. Patent flour yesterday advanced -0 cents a barrel, both here and on Puget Coffee and spicea are due for sharp ad vance, soon. It 1. believed, and all kind, of dellcaclea now Imported from abroad, particularly tho.e from Europe, are expected to increa.e In price. Sharp advance. In the price of block tin will have a decided effect. It i. thought, on the price of tinned product., a great variety of which come from abroad. Imported chee.e of all kinds will soon cost more tn the Portland market. New York houses have announced a rise In price rang ing from 30 to 40 per cent on Roquefort, im ported Swiss. Camembert, etc., and this ' j i , reflected locally. B. a:Aru jjih-b .- . . , Fortunately. Portland dealera have quite a tock on hand and the advance is noi in effect. But it la coming, dealers say. for It is difficult to get new supplies, even at an increased price. Some have contract orders in. but they are being refused their good.. Eastern, dealer, reporting they can not get their .tocks. Tinned fish of all kind, from abroad may be expected to cost more In Portland within a short' time. a Every foreign article Is going up. saia prominent Portland Jobber yesterday. "Dealers do not yet realize the situation, but there mm be many further rise, in various commofiitie. that we are not yet lined up on. Portland I. today the cheapeat market on the Pacific Coast." Sugar is expected to Influence many th.ngs In the grocery line and cause a rise In price because of the fact that It enter, into the manufacture of numerous food products. It will also stimulate other line. In which it I. not used and cause a sympethetlc upward movement. The New York market wa. up 50 cent, yesterday on refined ugar and thl. ad vance is expected to cause a rise In price here this morning. There Is no .urplu. .tock on hand on the Atlantic Coa.t and the it uatlon in New York 1. such that importers with eugar to sell can make their price and If refineries need susar. they have to pay It. On July 30. raw sugar sold In New York at $3.2: a cargo sold yesterday afternoon at g&.-5. A cargo of raw sugar .old In New York day before yesterday morning at H.S-; later In the day another .ale wa. made at i" -. Yeaterday morning in New York the Warner Sugar Refining Company bought 10.000 baga at 15.14 and later In the day the Federal Sugar Refining Company paid 15.23. Yesterday afternoon Arbuckle and Federal were asking 16.50. an advance of 12.20 since August 3. The American. Powell and War ner companies had practically withdrawn from the market yesterday. Pacific Coast refineries are directly In fluenced by the New York price, for they have contract, with planter, of the Hawaiian I.Iand. to take their .ugar upon arrival in San Francisco at the price of raw .ugar in New York on the day prevloua. The Coa.t refineries can tell but one day ahead what raws will cost them. The Coast price has advanced S-1.80 .lnce August 4. Figure, of Importers stocks of raw sugar In New Tork show that all raws on hand August 5 in New York. Bolton and Phila delphia amounted to only 03.248 tons. Prac tically all the raw sugar landed 1. snapped rap at once by the refiner.. The sharp rise in sugar may be laid direct ly at the door of the European war. All Europe la unually supplied with beet sugar from the factories of Austria, Germany, Rus sia and France. As all are at war. It 1 lmpo.sibIe to make shipments to other parts of Europe and the result is that the British Isles, which ue large quantities, must look to Cuba and Kawatia for their supply. The European situation la particularly bad because of the reason that a great many of the beet fields may be destroyed by mov ing armle. and the war may not leave work men to harve.t the crop or run the .ugar mills, resulting in the loss of a large per centage of the crop. England Is now willing to pay almost any price for sugar and it appear likely that the high price of the Fall of 1911 in tltda country may be dupli cated. ratal I cants- being cleaned vp Better quality la Coming to the Portland Market. The cantaloupe market wa firmer yes terday for standards and Jumbos, while the mailer and less desirable stock was being quite generally cleaned up. With a carload of cantaloupes yesterday came a shipment of fancy Turkish melons that went at 3 cent a pound. The fomato market is on the wane, as lota of tomatoes are coming in from Cali fornia and are competing with the Oregon crop, which is weaker. Peaches, both Oregon and California, were very firm, with .ome splendid fruit coming In. Bananas were well cleaned up on Front street. No more are expected until Sat-H ui dav. A nne shipment of Hawaallan pineapples ram tn yesterday that sold at 6'i and 7 cents a pound. BOPH STILI. IN GOOD DEMAND Reported Options in Oregon and North Yakima Crop at 11 Cent. Hopdealer were expressing confidence In the market yeaterday. pointing to option reported tn North Yakima, a. -well a In this state, on hop at 14 cents. No sales were reported locally, however, and some dealer did not Join in the optimistic feel ing, saving the hop situation la a matter individual opinion. Cables were received from England yes terday by Portland dealer which gave an estimate of the English crop ranging from 440.000 hundredweight to 500.000 hundred weight. The cable also conveyed the Infor mation that the English crop will be picked. Clearing. Bank clearing of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follow: Clearings. Balances. D.r..j . 11.573.517 1KVS.M4 EnllU 2.10.-..620 803.5HJ T. 32.1 trokane 541.398 107,443 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Flour. Fred. Etc. WHEAT Track prices: Club. Sc; red Russian. 14c: bluestem, 8c; forty-fold, 17c. . FLOL'R Patent. 4.0 per barrel; ex port. 13. 30 tl)3. S3: valley. 14.50: graham 14.0 : whole wheat. 15. MILLFEED Bran, t;ljJJ.50 per ton hurts. 1ST: middllna. $31. OATS No. 1 white, 122; feed. 123 per ton, BARLEY No. 1 feed. 20 per ton; brew lnr. 120-50-. rolled. 123.30. HAY Old timothy. 116.817; new-crop timothy. 113915: grain hay, 810; alfalfa. 1CORN Whole. 135: cracked. 36 per ton. Fruit-, and Vegetable. Local loWinr quotation: , TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, !l..o3 per box; lemon. 1&9.30 per box: banana. 4'nl-c per pound; grapefruit. California, 12. 75 Q 3. e VEGETABLES Cucumber. 50c per box; eggplantWc per pound; peppers, 7 10c per pound, head lettuce, 11.70 per crate; arti chokes. II per dozen; tomatoes. 506jc per crate; cabbage. l2c per pound; peas, a 6c per pound; beans. 46c per pound; corn, fl per lack: celery. 35 73c per dozen. ONIONS Yellow, 11.35 per .ack. GREEN FRUITS Apple, new. ucf I box; cantaloupe. 50c U 11.40 per crate: peaches. 506 75c per box; plum. 60cSl; watermelon.. 50 75c per hundred; caaba. 12.50 per dozen; pear. 11 2 per box; grapes. 75c 12 per crate. POTATOES Oregon. Ilt4c per lb.; sweet potatoes. 4c. p-xir and Country Produce Local Jobblnc quotationa: EGGS Freab Oregon ranch, case count, 23tf 24c; candled. 284Wc per dozen. POULTRY Hens, 1414Hc; Springs, 13 lGc- turkevs. 20c: dressed, 'choice, 22c; ducks. 10ilc; Pekins, 1218c; geese, 10c BUTTEK Creamery prints, extras, 32 Wc per pound; cubes. 28 c. CHEESE Oregon triplet.. Jobbers' buying price. 15c per pound f. o. b. dock Portland: Young America, 15 Sc per pound. PORK Block. 12c per pound. VEAL Fancy. 1414c per pound. Staple Groceries. Local Jobbine quotations: SALMON Columbia River one-pound tails. $2.25 per dozen: half-pound ilats. 11.40; one pojnd flats. 12.45: Alaska pink, one-pound tails. 85c: silversldes. one-pound tail.. J1.25. HONEY Choice. 13.50 3.75 per case. NUTS Walnuts. 14 6 20c per pound: Brazil nuts. 20c: filberts. 1415c; almonds. 19 28c; peanuts. G0Hc: cocoanuts, 11 per dozen: chestnuts. SttffilOc per pound; pe cans. 14613c BEANS Small white, Cc; large white. 5ttc; Lima. 8c; ptnk. 5.13c; Mexican, 7c; bavou. 8c. ' COFFEE Roasted, In rums. 2114 82 c per pound. . . SUGAR Fruit and berry, $6.55; beet, 16.35; extra C, $6.05; powdered, In barrel.. $6-M- ,. SALT Granulated. $15.30 per ton, hair ground. 100.. $10.75 per ton; 30s, J1J..50 per ton; dairy. $14 per too. Al w RICE No. 1 Juan. 45c; Southern head 6t47Hc: island, 55Hc. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 10 11c per pound, apricots. ltiV428c; peaches. Sllc; prunes Italians. 1012V4c: currants, 9c; raisins, loose Muscatel. 6!47V4c; bleached Thompson, llfcc: unbleached Sultanas, Sc; seeded. 9c: dates. Persian. 7Tttc per pound; fard. $1.40 per box. FIGS -Packages, S-oz.. 50 to box, $1 package; 10-oz.. 12 to box, 80c-. white. 25-1 b. box, $175; black. 25-lb. box. $1.75; black. 80-lb box. $2.50; black, 10-lb. box, $1.15; Calarab candy figs. 20-lb. box, $3; Smyrna, per box. $1.50. , Provision. HAMS 10 to 12-pound. 3122Hc; 11 to 14-pound, 2H422ttc; 14 to 18-pound, 21H g'2V-c; skinned. 18H22c; picnic, loc. BACON Fancy, 3032c; standard, 26 27c. DRY SALT CURED Short clear backs, 13ti1614c; exports. 1418c; plate. 11 13c. LARD Tierce basis: Pure, 12 g 13c;- com pound, 9c. Hops, Wool, Hide. Etc. HOPS 1913 crop, nominal; 1914 contract, 1415c . , . PELTS Dry, 13c; dry short wool. 9c; dry shearings. 10c; green .hearings, 15 30c; salted aheep. $1.25-.o0; Spring lambs. 25 85c; green pelt7 short wool, 3060c; lambs, August take-off, 60 70c. salt kip, 14c; salted calf, 18c; green hides, 12c; dry nioes, zoc; ary can, iot, huu bulls, 10c per pound; green bulls, 8 He. WOOL Valley, lS20c; Eastern Ore gon. 16tr201c. MOHAIR 1914 clip. 27Hc per pound. melt, 8c; black cod, 7c; rock cod, 5c. CASCARA BARK Old and new. liSc per pound. Oil. KEROSENE Water white, drum, bar rel or tank wagon, 10c; special, drums or barrels, 1314c; cues, 17H&2014C. GASOLINE Bulk, 15c; cases, 22e; mni. r,!rit. bulk. 1514c: cases. S21ic. En gine distillate, drums, 714c; cases. 1414 c: naptha, drum., inc; cases, i -? -. LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels, 72c; boiled, barrels. 74c; raw, cases, 77c; boiled, cases, 79c LIVESTOCK MARKET CONTINUES FIRM Receipts Light, With Prospect Good for .-tavuice. Livestock market were trong yesterday. although there were no advances over the price or the previous nay. receipts werw light and sale were comparatively few. It is thought likely hogs may make a further gain today. t Shippers to the Portland Union Stock yards were: With cattle L. E. West. Yoncalla, 1 car; A. M. Frazier. c'atlilamet. 1 car. With heep W. B. Kurtz, Reedville, 1 car. With mixed load W. V. Smith, Corvalli, 1 car cattle and aheep. Sales follow: Wt. Prlce.l Wt. Prre. 1 heifer. 9.12 $.t0 4 hog... 347 $!.) 14 steers.. 1O0O 6.40 15 lambs. . T 5.0 Scows... 713 6.00 75 hog.... 150 9.15 7 cows... 1143 B.oo! 9 hogs... 202 9.25 14 steer... 1017 .0u 2 hog. . . 2..0 9.25 imoied.. MM 4.90. shogs... 203 9.23 lhog.... 390 4.0o!l32 lambs.. 93 5.00 13 hogs... 254 9.25i 27 steers.. 1039 6.00 Current price of the various classes of stock at the yards follows: Prime .teeri -oKS-f2? Choice teers ! WJ ?? Medium eteers 5"iSai Choice cow 5-0;?-?.' Medium cow. brAt Heifers fl.25g-B.oo Calve. 0.00 8.23 Bulls 8.004.75 Stasa 4.3Uffiti.00 Hocl Light 8.009.25 Heavy 7.00&8.23 wSlSS- 12221-15 Ewe 8.50 4.35 Lamb " 5.008.00 Livestock Price at Konth Omaha. SOUTH OMAHA. Aug. ' 11. Receipts. 44O0. i , .. ....-.!-. Tivtit aa no t t 05 1 runnel. 1 1 . , j , v-v ...... ........ -- -7 pigs $8S.7o bulk of sales. $ti.95 6 9.0... Cattle Receipts. JftOO. Higher. Native steers $7.759.75: cows and heifers, $ 7 75 Western .teers, $6.308.73: Texas steer. $87.R5: cows and heifers. $5.85 7.15; calves. e.ouipi.w. . Sheep Receipts. 13.000. StronKer. Year lings 15.S396.40; wethers, lo.Ho a B-la ; lam j's. $7.85 S.40; Chicago Livestock Market. . ..rt , .... ii Unm Re(-elntK 21.- 000 V5l lower Bulk of .ales. $9.20 MS; Tight, $9.309.90. mixed $9;g9.5: li,:.v. !.u".i"; ruueii. o-i $S9.70. ,,,. ..riv He.v.K C:tttle rteceipi. -vy . $7.2510.40: steers, i. ock. and reeflers, eon - S""- n (Tt9 40- araives. $S.oOll.-'0. ?-h4eepZ-Recelpt.. 19.000. steady. Sheep. $3 3061T: yearlings. $.10..2J; lamb.. $6,756 8.85. SAN FRANCISCO PRODrCF. MARKET Prices Quoted at the Bay City on Fruit. Vesetables, Etc SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. Fruit Pineapple-, $1.30 t; Mexican limes. $: Cali fornia lemons. $5.50 7.50; apple. Graven stein, 6083c. , Vegetables Cucumbers. 20G26c; string beans. Iw2c: peas, 34c. Eggs Fany ranch, 35c; store. 28c. Onions Yellow, 73c $1. Chee.e Young America, Kloc; new 11 14c; Oregon. 151416c. Butter Fancy creamery. 26c; second. 'Potatoes Delta, new crop Burbanks, Jr sack. 75c$l: weet. llsl?c pound; new. lQ'llic. Receipt. Flour, 63"S quarter sacks; bar le, 62.125 centals: potatoes. 3260 sacks; hay. S75 tons. Arsftnge to Market Coffee. NEW YORK. Aug. 11. According to re ports circulating In the coffee trade here to day arrangements are being made both in this country and In Brazil which w 1 pro vide shipping facilities for coffee Import, once business between the two countries is resumed but little headway was reported In Ui matter of arranging for foreign exchange to use in financing such transactions. Trad nr on the curb was still less active, lndi--atmg that the old Interest had been pretty well evened up and September contracts were offered at 8 30c. A fair demand wa azain reported in the pot department. mot Ty" for Santos grades which were irregular with Quotations ranging from 14 to 15c for XXXXaecordlng to description. Rio 7s were unchaagod at 914c Naval Store. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Aug. 11. Turpentine, nominal. 401 ; sales, none; receipts. .69; shipment. 221; stocks, 32,125. Rosin, nominal. No Sale. Receipt. 1819. shipments, 3S3; tuck a, 122 504. Quote: A. B $3.50; C D. $3.5214; E. F, G. H. I. $355. K $4 15: M, $-1.50; N, $6.00; WG. $6.2u; WW, $6.35, TRADE VIEW GOOD R. G. Dun & Co. Sees Crop Gain in Nearly All Sections. FRUIT IS MUCH DAMAGED Some Districts Slightly Hurt but Farmers Report Better Outlook and Bank Deposits Show In crease Over Last Year. Art elaborate review cf crop con ditions in Oregon, by counties, has been compiled bv the Portland office of R. G. Dunn & Co., which shows the lead ing crops to have made excellent prog ress. The report follows: Baker County Baker: Principal products, hay grain and livestock. Wheat Increased 20 per cent in acreage and 3 per cent in yield. Other cereals decreased In acreage, slightly increased yield. Lumber output 50, 000 000 feet Is an increase and there is also an Increase of 10 per cent In cattle and sheep, and 30 per cent In hog. Farmer are in fully a good condition as last year and collections are somewhat slower.- There is1 a 20 per cent increase in bank deposits; an S per cent Increase in loans; merchants' stocks are lighter; no new Industrie were established- mining Industry is on a better basis .han formerly; more work being done than fnr VPBTS Benton County Corvallis: No change lni acreage of grain; 10 per cent Increase u hay. Apples Increased in yield 20 per cent. Prunes and small fruits decreased 40 per cent and 10 per cent. Lumber output Is 40 per cent less. Farmers and merchants are in about the same condition. Bank de posit, are practically unchanged. No new industries. Prospects are very fair. Clackamas County Oregon Cltyt, Slight Increase In oats, hay and potatoes; hops and fruit the same as last year, except prunes, which are 50 per cent lese. No change In condition of farmers; merchants sales lo per cent less. Loans and deposits about the same; stocks lighter. Sawmills are ahut down, but the outlook is good. Clatsop County Astoria: Salmon pack ing, logging and sawmill products, dairying. Farmers are in better condition, a. well as merchants; loans and deposits show some increase. Merchants- stocks are unchanged. A new flourmill of capacity of 350 barrels per day. Logging is in poor condition and a few camps are reported running at this time. The salmon industry is in splendid shape, a large pack and good prices. Columbia County Clatskanie: Hay, oats and potatoes the principal produtcs, slightly Increased in acreage and In yield. Cherries and small fruits show a slight increase. Lumber output decreased 25 per cent. Farm ers and merchants in satisfactory shape, but collections are slow. Loans and deposits are unchanged; merchants' stocks lighter; no n industries. Good prospects for Fall. Coos County Coqullle: Dairying, timber, coal and livestock are unchanged; hay shows slight Increase. Cherries and small ruits decreased. Lumber output decreased 50 per cent No change In condition of farmers; merchants feel quietness of lumber industry and stocks are lighter. No new industries. Loans and deposits unchanged. Prospects fair. Farmer Are Better. Crook County Metolius: Wheat, cattle, sheep, root crops, the principal products, have Increased 25 per cent in acreage of grains. There is no change in fruit crops. Condition of farmer, will be- 25 per cent better after harve.t. Merchants' condition, loans and deposits unchanged; stocks are lighter; new elevator and flour mill under construction. Prospects fair. Fall gram was slightly damaged by frost; growing con ditions good. Douglas County Roseburg: Livestock, lumber, fruits and hay. Light crop gen erally this year. Merchant are holding their own. Loan and deposit 25 per cent less; no new Industrie. Prospects are only fair. A short crop this year will make it necessary to wait for another year. Gilliam County Arlington: There is no change in the acreage of grain, but wheat will show an increase of 40 per cent In yielcl. No commercial fruit. Shipments of products will be about the same. Condition of mer chants and farmers unchanged, with slightly better prospects. No new industries. Grant County John Day: Cattle and sheep. A small acreage in wheat and oats Increased 10 per cent. Fruit is a practical failure. Livestock shipment will increase 5 per cent. Farmers and merchants are in about the same condition. Stocks lighter. Loans and deposits unchanged. Harney County Burns: Livestock, hay, grain and wool. Wheat Increased 20 per cent, barley 10 per cent, oats 3 per cent. There will be a 10 cer cent increase in the lumber output. 5 per cent l livestock and 20 per cent In hogs. Condition of farmer and merchant somewhat Improved. Stocks are lighter. Prospects fair. Hood River County Hood River: Apples, strawberries, hay. cherries and potatoes are the principal products. Hay has increased 100 per cent to 200 per cent; potatoes show a slight decrease: apples are increased 10 to 25 per cent. Other fruits show a 20 per cent decrease. Lumber output has decreased from 23 to 50 per cent. Other shipments will Increase 10 per cent. Jackson County Ashland: Fruit, livestock, grain, hav and wool.. No change In acreage. Apple-i will show a slight Increase, but all other fruit are decreased. Livestock ship ments will Increase 25 per cent, where the fruit was frostbitten farmers will be hard up Standing of merchant unchanged; di versified farming Is Improving conditions. Fruit Show Heavy Cain. Josephine County Grants Pass: Lumber and fruit. Nominal grain and hay crops are unchanged. All fruits show an increase of 10 per cent. The lumber output, 12.000.000 to 15.000.000. shows an Increase of 10 to 23 per cent. Livestock shipments will in crease 23 per cent. Condition of farmers and merchants slightly better. Deposits and loans increased. One creamery; four new sawmills established. More attention being given to stock and dairying is improving matters here. Klamath County (Bonanza: Livestock, hav and grain the chief product. Grain show an Increase. Farmers In better con dition: merchant unchanged: deposit and loans increased; no new industries. Cold Spring retarded crop, but late rains make prospects good. Laka County Paisley: Grain, livestock and hay. Wheat Increased 10 per cent in acreage and 50 per cent in yield; oats 3 per cent and 20 per cent: barley 10 per cent and 20 per cent. Fruit yield Is decreased 50 per cent to 60 per cent on account of frost. jLive stock shipments will Increase 15 per cent. Farmers are In better financial condition and merchants about the same, with stocks unchanged. There is a new sawmill and creamery. , . . Lane County Eugene: Fruit and lumber. Prunes are 70 per cent short, otherwise a slight Increase in fruit. Lumber shipment. ,.in nrpiu about 40 per cent. Condition of farmers is fully as good as last year, but merchants not so well off; their stocks were too heavy and they are buying but little now. Crop condition good. Junction City: Grain, hop and fruit all show a normal crop. Lumber shipments de creased 20 per cent, livestock and other products Increased 10 per cent. Good prices have prevailed and the condition of farm ers is prosperous. Most complaint comes from merchants, whose business is smaller than formerly. A branch cannery Is well patronized. Prospects are good. Wool sold at 22 cents and fat stock Is bringing sat isfactory prices. Lincoln County Newport: Dairying, live stock, wool, vegetables, fruit and lumber. Qats hay and potatoes show Increases. Fruit about the same as 1913. Lumber output in creased 23 per cent. Not much change in condition of farmers and merchants. Cream eries have been established at Toledo and Nashville: an ice cold storage and fishing plant at Newport. Merchants do not find much Increase in general business. Linn County Albany: Grain, hogs, live stock, dairy products, fruit and lumber. Not much change In acreage and a good average yield of grain. Fruit is a fair crop, except prunes, which are a one-third crop only. Clover seed, a very important product, has good prospects. Lumber is a local product onlv. Beef and butter show lower prices than one year ago. Farmers are better off than one vear ago; merchants are not doing so well beoosits are higher by. 10 per cent and loan's 15 per cent lower. If the good crop prospects are realized general business will be better. Malheur County Nyssa: Alfalfa, corn, potatoes, prunes, apple and peaches. Wheat slightly increased, also apple; peaches, prunes and cherries a practical failure: live stock Bhipments will increase 50 per cent. Farmers and merchants are somewhat bet ter off No new industries. The light crop of peaches, prune and cherries 1 owing to early froL Marlon County Salem: Hop, grain, hay, claver eed and fruit. A normal acretse is grain, with good prospects. Apples, pears, cherries and small fruits a normal crop. Prunes 25 per cent. crop. Lumber shipment will be normal: livestock will Increase 25 per cent- Farmer on the average are in -fcetter condition; merchants only fair. Hunt Brothers, of San Francisco, have established a large cannery here. Looks like a very good year; the only short crop 1. prunes. Morrow County Heppner: Livestock, wool, wheat and haj wheat Is increased 20 per cent in acreage and 30 per cent in yield. Livestock and wool shipments will decrease 20 per cent. Conditions are better than they have been since 1912. A, creamery is be ing started in Heppner. Multnomah County Gresham: Farmers are all In pretty good shape; better than last year. Merchants are also in better con dition. Bank deposits and loans are in creased. A cannery Is being organized at Gresham. Polk County Dallas: Condition of farm ers and merchants unchanged. Prospects for mixed farming are good. Fruit will be stort; prunes one-half to one-third crop. Lumbering In very bad condition. Good prices for livestock, wool and mohair. fo new Industries. Sherman County Grass Valley: Wheat and stock. wheat shows an increase or '25 per cent. Farmers and merchants in good condition. Collection, however, are veri' alow. Loans and deposits smaller. Pros pects good. Tillamook County Tillamook: Cheese fish, lumber principal product. This point 1 center of the cheese making industry. which 1 the principal one of the county. During 1013 the county pro duced 4.101,002 pound of cheese, valued at $627,185.10. This shows an Increase In pro duction over 1812. but a decrease of $20, 000 In receipts, owing to lower prices being received. This Industry is growing and pros pects are good. Lumber output shows a fair Increase, while it Is expected a good run of salmon will be derived this year. Farmers are In good condition, but are buying con servatively and merchants And collections very slow. Not much building is in progress. Loans and deposits about the same as last yeaf.. Wheat Decrease Certain. Umatilla County Athena: Grain is the principal products wheat will increase- 5 per cent; barley is noma!. Farmers and mer chants are in about the same condition. Loans and deposits hay increased. No -new industries; good prospects. P..J1..A.- Wheat, wool, cattle and sheep the principal products. Wheat will show a J.,. ,-, nf in ner cent in shipments; live stock will increase 15 to 20 per cent. Farm ers are deeper in' debt, owing to purchase or automobiles. The merchants are carrying farme.-s more heavily. No new Industries have been established. Bearly Bales of wheat will improve collections and grass-fed beef Is moving earlier than last year. Union County La Grande: Lumber, grain, livestock and fruits. Grain and potatoes show an increase of 10 per cent to 15 per cent; apples increased 40 per cent, prunes :5 per cent, pears, peaches. cherries and small fruit are a ahort crop. The lumber output Is de creased 25 per cent. Livestock and other products 15 per cent increase. Farmers are buying conservatively and merchants oper ating at less expense. No change in loans and deposits: business conditions appear brighter. . ,. Wallowa County Enterprise: Grain, live stock and lumber. Wheat, oats, barley and hay are increased 10 per cent. Lumber ship ments will be same as last year. Sheep will decrease 10 per cent. Other products will in crease. A large sawmill is being erected at Enterprise, and a railroad to the Nortn ern part of the county. Prospects are good, a bumper crop Is expected. Wasco County The Dalles: Grain and fruit. The crip is about the same as last year. Livestock shipments will increase. Prospects -are good If prices hild up. Washington County Hillsboro: Grain, hay, dairying and hops. Wheat crop Is about the same and with increase 15 per cent to XU per cent in vield. OtheV grains unchanged. Wheeler County Fossil: Sheep, cattle and hogs There is no Increase in acreage o( grain, but the yield will show a slight in crease. Fruit shows a decrease of 10 per cent. Shipments of lumber Increase 50 per cent, livestock 10 per cent. Farmers are In slightly better condition than one year ago. Yamhill County McMlnnvllle: Wheat is 20 per cent short; prunes 35 per cent. Prac tically all other crops show 20 per cent in crease, and shipments will be 10 per cent to 20 per cent greater. The hop crop is a large factor in this county and is larger than last year. Most merchants report an increase in sales. Indications point to pros perous Fall trade. A new cannery is being erected. . Newberg: Potatoes are 40 per cent short; prunes 50 per cent; apples and pears 20 per cent to 25 per cent short; hops and peaches show large increases. Lumber and livestock Bhipments will Increase 20 per cent; new sawmills, creameries and canneries and two new flour mills. Prospects are fair. San Francisco Grain Market. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 11. Barley steady. Receipts, Flt.or. 7392 quarters; barley, 11.20 centals; potatoes, jOlj sacks; haMilltuff -Bran. $26S?37; middlings, $32 Frult Lemons, choice, $096.50; fancy, $7.50. Mercantile Paper. NEW YORK, Aug. 11. Mercantile paper, 6 per cent. TOURISTS CHECKS GOOD AMERICAS EXPRESS COMPANY SAYS TRAVELERS' PAPER CASHED. Owing; to Ban on Clraer Mesaagea, Three Cables Are Neceaaary Now to Take Care of Business.. The American Express Company an nounces that in spite of the war in Europe it will cable money in sums up to $500 to London, Paris, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Three cables are necessary shioe the war conditions have barred code messages. Postal money order service to Bel gium. Austria and Egypt has been suspended. Parcel post packages are not being accepted for Germany and France. James F. Fargo, treasurer of the American Express Company, made the ollowlng announcement yesterday in regard to the company's travelers' checks: "In order to relieve any anxiety on the part of relatives and friends of holders of American Express Company travelers checks and letters of credit, the company begs to state that cable advices from our European offtces are to the effect that Americans are ex periencing no difficulty in securing funds, either on company's travelers' checks or letters ofc credit. "All our European offices are still open and doing business in the usus.1 way, and every possible assistance is being given our clients." SON MAY SUEHIS FATHER F. V. Whittler Drops Vagrancy Case Against His Offspring. The estrangement of F. V. Whittier and his son. Vivian Whittier, took on a new aspect yesterday, when the son's attorneys intimated a suit for false ar rest against the father after District Judge Dayton dismissed the vagrancy complaint sworn out by F. V. Whittier against his son. A few days ago Whittier, senior, com plained to the District Attorney that his son, who is 27 years old. refused to work, and a vagrancy charge was sworn out- When the case was called to trial yesterday the father relented and refused to appear against his son. Judge Dayton dismissed the charges. WELL IN CLARKE WHISTLES Cavern Supposed to Have Been Tapped by Drillers. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 11. (Spe cial.) Reports of a whistling well are brought in from Prune Hill, near Camas, on the Herman Jaehn place. Years ago a Mr. Coffey drove a pipe SO feet into the ground, when a great rush of air almost blew the pipe out of the ground. He abandoned the well. Recently Mr. Jaehn, having acquired the property, sunk a well 40 feet and encountered a similar draught of air. It is believed that there is an under ground cavern or cave at the place. An investigation will b made. GRAIN IS WEAKER Buying on War News Comes to Sudden Halt. EMBARGO HAS ITS EFFECT Bearish Feeling Evident on Chicago Board of Trade and Corn, Oats and Provisions Join Wheat in Xenons Market. CHICAGO, Aug. 11 . Tumbling Prices to -day on -change gave evidence that the tem porary embargo which the war has put on ocean shipments from the United States was not to be ignored. There was a nervous close in wheat at 2 to 2c under ast night. The outcome for corn was unsettlea, ranging from c decline to a like advance. Oats gained He to c net. Provisions in the end were 12ttc to 83c down. It was plain from the start today that buying wheat blindly on war news had come to a sudden halt. Holders with profits who heretofore would not stop to consider the lack of any present outlet for . ..ii.. ...,...,,-,--.- nnrnlus in the I nited States were in a stampede to unload and were quickly made aware iiwi ment In the trade had been largly reversed. Dearish feeling was furthr augmented by rumor that seaboard exporters had reoW considerable quantities of wheat to Chi cago handlers, and that there was not. even an approximate assurance of when Interior terminals would obtain relief. What little reaction took place from the day's bottom prices in wheat appeared due to reports that some Kansas shipments were being made to Canada, presumably 0U port billing. It was said that such wheat would be milled In bond and the product be export ed to England. There was also said to have been an active milling demand at Min neanotts At the extreme today, wheat here was down 3 He, compared with yesterday' close. Corn weakened with wheat and as a re sult of beneficial rains in the chief pro ducing states. Shipping demand continued ...... kAw.i... n.i finaiiv . a de cided upturn In the September option. J Enstern demand was nut so active a of late and no complete recovery took place The close was unsettled, 7tc down to a like mmtirf nrv eomoared wtih 'last night. Oats had a surprising recovery near the close. It was said the movement from the farms was not nearly so free a had been pmected. Provision fell on account of a break In the hog market due to receipts greatly ex ceeding the estimates. Packers did not support price till the crop amounted to nearly a dollar in ome cases. Notwith standing the way values suffered, the total of transactions was not unusually large. Leading future cloed a follow: W HEAT. Open. High Low. .93 -99 '-4 .76 U .68 ii .40 .43 CIoe Sept. Dec. .$ .95 S .96 $ -94 . 101 'A l.Ol CORN. .78 09H OATS. .41 'A .45 PORK. 22.27 LARD. M 10.07 RIBS. 12.52 12.30 1-00 .78 Sept. Dec. -.77 .09 .UV 414 .44 21.93 21.65 8.55 9.72 12.17 Sept. Dec 43 7. Sept. Jan. .22.10 .22.27 21.90 21.60 Sept. Oct. . 9.82 .10.00 9.15 9.30 Sept. Oct. 12.40 12.02 Weekly Bank clearing-. Bank clearings in the United States for the week ending August 6, as reported to Bradstreefs, aggregate $2,038,445,000, against $2,92S,426,000 in the preceding week and $2, 90S. 049,000 in the same week last year. Following are the returns for the past week with percentage of change from the correFDondlnc week last vear: Increase. New York $1,547,913,000 '6.1 Chimin 312.S5S.0O0 1.7 Philadelphia 162.23K006 1.6 Boston 167.359.000 19.8 St. Louis 6S.311.0OO "6.6 Pittsburg 62.591.000 2.0 Kansas Citv S8.0SZ.W0 San Francisco 48.164,000 .1 Baltimore ' 47.K45.0UO 23.1 Detroit , 28.530,000 3.7 Cincinnati 22.770,000 1.0 Minneapolis 23,727.000 30.2 Cleveland 24,806,000 V.i Los Angeles 21.1SO.000 .1 New Orleans 17.954.000 23.6 Omaha 15,819.000 "15.0 Milwaukee 15.172.000 1.J Atlanta 10.531,000 7.6 Louisville 12,130,000 1.5 Seattle 11,254,000 . Buffalo 14.02T.000 2.8 Portland, Or 9,218,000 16.7 Salt Lake City fi, 153,000 8.3 Spokane 3,362,000 !.. San Diego Tacoma 1.818.000 18.3 1,949,000 -23 b Decrease. Puget Sound Uraln Market. SEATTLE. Aug. 11. Wheat September and October delivery quotations: cuuesieni. 81c; forty-fold. 87c; ciuc, sovic; me. oonc; red Russian, 83 c. Yesterday car receipts Wheat. 49: corn, 2; oats, 6; barley, 5; hay, 6S; flour, 11. TACOMA, Aug. 11. Wheat Bluestem. 91c: fortv-fold. 90c; club. 89c; fife, 89c. Flour advanced 30 cents a barrel. Mill feed advanced $1 a cwt. Car receipts Wheat, 94; oats, 1; hay, 87. Minneapolis (.rain Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 11. Wheat Sep tember, $1.04; No. 1 hard, $1.19; No. 1 Northern, $1.141.17; No. 2 Northern, $1.09 tJLU. Bailey, 50&56c. Flax, $1.60 a 1.72. Hops Steady" at New York. NESW YORK, Aug. 11. Evaporated ap ples, quiet, but firm. Prunes, steady. Peaches, dull. Hon, steady. Hides, firm. Wool, firm. r Damaged Wheat and W Barley $10 and $17.50 Per Ton Excellent Hog Feed East 534 Cor. Railroad Ave. and Lewis St. Take Lower Albina Car Safety Kir" A nnouncement The National Surety Company of New York "America's Leading Surety Company" We Bond More People Than Any Other Company tn the World. Announces the appointment of Marc Hubbert "as its General Agent for the State of On-in. it succeed Frank E. Smith & Company, resigned, effective on and after August 1", 1914. The James McL Wood & Company, resident agency, is to be continued as heretofore. Our agents are experienced and splendidly equipped to give you the best service in handling your requirements for Surety Bonds and Burglary Insurance; and we trust you will call upon them when in need of anything in these lines. Thanking you for your generous patronage in the past, and "hoping for a greater share of yqur favors in the future, we are Verv truly yours, Corheit Bulldlngr. V j ; ,IOY K PvCS. Telephone Marshall 191. " m' ' ' A The First National Bank Fifth and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus - $3,500,000 Interest Paid on Saving and Time Deposit Security Savings and Trust Company Fifth -and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus - - $400,000 THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of San Francisco. Founded 1864 Capital Paid In $8,500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $8,266,347. it I Commercial Banking and Savings Departments PORTLAND BRANCH Third and Stark Streets LADD & TILTON BANK E.tabllc'ien lSBS. Capital and Surplus Commercial and The Canadian Bank of Commerce HEAD OFFICE Toronto, Canada. Established 1867. A general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits PORTLAND BRANCH, Corner Second and Stark Sts. T. C. MALPAS, Manager. iiunxm1 bliDl. HONOLULU 1110 lat cla.a round trip, 3 day. from sin Fimnclico). The mo.t attractive m enure world t-W'4''1. (10.000 ton dlspL) of OlKAlr LINK to Hawaii, every : week;. T.oun55,n..mAv! thl. trip in 16 day. from San Fr.nci.. o. v. lnr 8 day. on tna l.lands. feydney, 1 mr' trim San Francisco. WOO round trip U claes. 1200 2d claa bend i.t Sydney Short IJne. 73 Market 8U T " Francisco. . STEAMSHIP Sails Direct tor fnn Francisco, Los Anseles nd Su D!ea;o. Thursday, August 13 1:30 P. M. SAV FRANCISCO. PORTLAND LOS ANGELES STEAMSHIP CO. FRANK BOLLA.M, Atnt. 124 Third St. A 45H, Mnln 2t3. American -Hawaiian S. S. Co. Via PANAMA CANAL. Sailings From New York About Ausust 4th and ISth fastbound From Portland About August Bth C. D. KENNEDY. Agent 270 Stark St DRAIN TO COOS BAY. Autos run dally. DelUhtlul trip via Allegany or the Oc.an-beacb rout W'lra reservations to O, MATTOON. Drain. Safety Klml" $2,000,000 Savings Deposits TBAVKLKU' OUTDK, San Francisco LOS AXKKMSS AMO "AN MMM S.S. ROANOKE Nails Wednesday. Anaruat 12th. NORTH Pll-'l Ml MMIir o. Ticket Office, I Frelskt Office. 122 A .Id . Fowl orkr,ip 01 Main 1114. A 1.114. Main 6:43. A t4t: TME BlfiS- S. H. BOSr. CITV FOR SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES A. M-, Auc. II. The San fiwirl.ro A Fortlaa R. e N. Co.). Tel. larhll 4. A 12l. ALASKA. Eptclal one-way and round-trip rat.. bte.m.lilD ..II. direct I I M. wkkm-ndw ail. i: Few Reservation Left, ssa FraarlK-o, I'orllsnd A Lo Ascele, Meuiui - FRANK BO L. LAM. Aenl Agent UM. Mats . 1X Third Klreet. J COOS BAY LINE Steamship Breakwater Freight and tlck.t oHIca. Lows Alnwortr doclt. Portland Coo. Bay . a. Una. I- 11. pheaa KK.A'I IX. Mam 340U. Steamer Georgiana Leaves Washington-street Dock, at I A. M. Dally. Except Friday, for Astoria and Way Landings Returning. Leaves Astoria at 1:41P.M. Fare $1.00 Each Way. Main 1422. FRENCH LINE Existing conditions abroad necf sitate the deferring of our steamer until further notice. Office, 19 State Street, New York.