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17 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1M4, SUGAR HITS TOP Equals Record High Price of Year 1911. ANOTHER ADVANCE LIKELY 1 isiire Set Yesterday Is $7.55 Per 100 Pound and Itaws Keep On Coin? I'p Kle Due to War. Sugar Jumped 70 renin In tlir Portland market yesterday, reaching 7.."..' per loo pounds. Thla aame figure was quoted on September 22. 1911. which 1 the record for recent year. As raw sugar will coat Pacific Coast refiners so centa per 100 more today than yesterday, another sharp advance In price Is more than llknly today. Raw sugar advanced In New Tork yes terday. Spot raws sold In the morning at $6.52. which waa halt a cent above the last sate. Wednesday. Yesterday mornlnff the American Sugar Refining Company ad vanced Its price to S.75 and all other to Following the sale of spot raws at SS.52 the Federal Sugar Company chalked Its price up to J7.S0. This shows how rapidly sugar is advanc Inc. The California Hawaii Sugar Re fining Company announced a rise in prlca yesterday from J6.30 to ST. wnicn equalized Its quotations with those of the Western sugar Refining Company. which reached thai point on Wedneaday. These two com panies are the soiffco of the Pacific Coast supply and as the price both these compa nies must pay for raws depends entirely on the price of rawa In New York on the pre vious day. the fate of the Western augar consumer Is linked directly with prices that rule in the Eastern market. High sugar prices are largely due to the fact that England Is willing to pay almost any price for taw or refined sugar, because she Is cut off from the usual sources of supply, the beet sugar mills of continental Europe. As soon as a way can be opened for shipping so that ahe can get sugsr from Russia or France. It is likely that the sit uation will be relieved considerably and prices will drop. When this conditio can be brought about cannot, of course, be guessed. All the countries now at war. except Great Britain, are growers of beet root sugars, estimated to reach S.OOo.000 tons this season and due to be hsrvested beginning with September and lasting until next February or March. Thla critical period is. evidently, to wit ness the tramp of warring armies over these bjet fields and there will also be almost an entire lack of workmen to harvest what remains of the beet crop. Woman labor a.one. it is expected, must be depended upon and it Is thought only a smsll purt of this season's European beet crops will ever reach Its usual markets, possibly only enough for home consumption. Britain is cut oft from Its usual German supply of sugar and It is forced to turn to the United States, the only direction in which It can secure supplies. Added to this strong stimulation of the market Is the added cost of advancing freight rates. In creased Insurance premiums, high cost of war risk insurance, the scarcity of steamer freight Irom Cuba, the actual risk of ship ping sugar from Cuba and the increased demand upon the country for refined for export. Although the Coast supply comes from Hawaii, while Britain is drawing its sugar from Cuba. Porto Rico and otner lsianus mm the Atlantic, the price of raw sugar landed at San Francisco is exactly that paid in New Tork the previous day. hence con sumers here must pay war prices until the situation on the Atlantic Coast Is relieved. CIRBANTS ADVANCE IN PRICE. War Also Causes Imminent Rise In Many Other Articles of Food. Currants advanced In price I cents yes terday, the new price being due to the pre vailing war in Europe. The supply here comes from Greece. Other European goods are on the verge of advancing, for example olive olL Advices received from San Fran cisco yesterday were to the effect that in less than two weeks stocks will be sold out completely. It is regarded as certain that new stocks here will cost an additional 50 cents a gallon, due to the high exchange. Reports from San Francisco are to the affect that macaroni is up about 40 cents a box. Increased demands are being made upon the American lemon crop because im portations from Sicily are cut off. and New Tork is looklnc westward for lemons. Cali fornia dealers are unable to fill orders, and lemons are very short here, with prices firm. The next arrivals here are expected to be considerably higher. Imported tinned sardines have been ad vanced $1.50 a case, and cornstarch and sago hava followed tapioca up. Corn meal bas advanced 25 cents per 100 pounds. Rice has advanced from H to 1 cent a pound and salt, smoked and cured meats are from 1 to 3 cents higher than last week. HOP MARKET OOKTINUK8 STRONG English t ables Tfrlp Hlgll Prices and Buyers Are Out After Oregon Crop. The hop market continued strong yester day, with no sales reported. Buyers were reported out. however, with offers of from 15 to 10 cents, but It was said that growers would not sell at those figures. Cables from abroad stated that the Eng lish market had advanced 1.14 cents a pound. The effect was to stitten the local situation considerably. It was also report ed that a three-year contract had been made with California growers that calls for the delivery of this year's hops at 14 cents and 13 ' cents for the next two years. These prices were for Sacramento hops, which are generally known to be fully one cent below the Oregon standard. The hop market here depends somewhas on the war news, for there Is still doubt as to whether the Belgian. Alsace-Lorraine and tlermun crops can be harvested. If the armies now marching through those coun tries Injure the hop crop or prevent picking, naturally 'here will be a much stronger demand for American hops. Predictions were made yesterday that stronger prices will rule here before the end of the week. 1KMA PEACHES DUE NEXT WEEK 1 ir-t shipments for Portland Market Are Now Heine Sent Away from Orchard-. The first shipments of Elberta peaches from the Yakima Country will be sent out today and tomorrow and will probably ar rive on Front street next Monday. A large shipment Is expected, and the coming week -will see large receipts of peaches. Six cars of bananas came In yesterday from New Orleans. The market was about cleaned up on this fruit. A car of sweet potatoes will be due In thlls morning and will sell In small lots at 3H cents a pound. The cacaba market is heavy. A large part of the stocvk on Front street Is under ripe. Cantaloupes have been too good so far for the casabas to sell well. Cantaloupes are now somewhat scarce, the California market being nearly wound up. Three or our cars from North Yakima, of good quality, are now headed this way. Melons are being cleaned up. They have hung on so long that the trade has grown tired of them. Oranges are a shade down. Plenty of eggplant of good quality Is coming in from The Dalles district. Cheese Market Is Stronger. Prices of Tillamook cheese will probably be half a cent or more up next week, inti mations of an advance having been given. Stocks In the local market are getting short and shipments will arrive soon. The dry season is declared responsible for the pend ing advance in price, shortage of grass at this time "of year having the effect of cut tins down the milk yield of the dairy herd. Poultry Market Is Strong. Hardly enough poultry to meet tie de mands on the market Is being received on Front street and the market Is very firm. Almost any hen brings 15 cents a pound and Snrinas are strong at 10 cents. Egg receipts are lighter and the demand makes prices firm. There Is little pork and veal coming. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland S1.47o 610 $ S7.M1 ,",..1, 2.260.203 237,351 Ta oma ". 398.140 42,738 Jpoaane gM PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Flour, Fred. Etc. WHEAT Tiack prices: Club, $$c; red Russian. 84c; blueatem. UOc: forty-fold, S7c. FLOUR Patents, 14.80 per barrel; ex ports, $3.50 S.65; valley. $4.80; graham. 11.90: whole wheat. $5. MILLFEED Bran. $2S23.50 per ton; shorts, $27; middlings, $$2. OATS No. 1 white, $22; teed, $22 per "baRLEY No. 1 feed. $20.58 per ton; brewing. $21; roUed. $2$. HAY Old trmotliy. $10 17: new-crop timothy. $13015: arain bay, $bj10; alfalfa. $11012. CORN Whole. $35: cracked. ,38 per ton. Staple Groceries. Local jobbing; quotatlona: ' SALMON Columbia River one-pound tails. $2.25 per dozen: half-pound ilats, $L4U: one. pajnd flats, $2.45; Alaska pink, one-pound tans. e.c: siivrrsiuea. onc-i.v HONEY Choice. $3.50 0 3.75 per case. NUTS Walnuts. 14020c per pound: Bra zil nUtS, JSC; IHUeris. jaw"- T I J$e; peanuts. ?6Hc; cocoanuts. II per I -i . . i lfir, ner nutind: ne- I uuicu ciicaiuuM, a w . - cans. 11015c BEANS Small white. slc; large white 54c; Lima, kc; pink 5.35c; Mexican oayou. ol COFFEE Roasted, in rums. 21Vi32 2c per pound. - - SUGAR Fruit and berry, ti.oo: Deet. $7.35; extra C $7.35; powdered. In barrels. "w ki r nntiiilAiftl. X1.V50 oer ton, ha alf- ground. 100s. $10.75 per ton; 50s. $11.30 per ton: dairy. i per mu. RICE No. 1 Japan. 5i40Sic; Southern head. Kto7ttc: island, ieiac DRIED FRUITS Apples, lufcwl'C per pound; apricots, 14016c; peacnes. stfll prunes. Italians, lO0l2ic; currants, Vs raisins, loose Muscatel. l07iic; blcachi lie 4c: ched Ttiomy.on. llao: unbleacnea uuiianas. 8c; seeded. c; dates. Persian, 07c per pound: fard $l.to per box. FIGS Packages, 8-oz., 50 to box. $1.9j package; 10-ox., 12 to box, 80c; white. 25-lb. box. $1.73: black. 23-lb. box. $1.73; black, 30-lb. box, $2.50; black. 10-lb. box, $1.16; Calarab candy lies. 2)-IU box. $3; Smyrna, per box, $1.50. Fruits and Vegetables. Locsl Jobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, $1.7503 per box; lemons, $$01.50 per box; bananas, 401Vc per pound; grapefruit. California, '-.I""- v ... ... eggplant. 10c per pound; peppers. 7010c per pound; head lettuce. $LT0 per crate; arti- POUI1U, h.iul' , i.iv "i - - i - . s , ,. ., t ".it... UsS ne a LfCI uuitu , t. u w i. v - - crate; cabbage, ly -c per pound; pea, 50 mt ,. . ...... l-..:. ... corn $1 ptr sack; celery. 30 & 75c per down. O.MU.N5 leilOW, l.-j per aava- GKEEN FRUITS Apples, new, 7oC?2 i -...v.. .j .npt?n i(i n.--r crate: peaches, SOH Tsc per box; plums. 60c$l ; watermelons, uwyiui; i.uaamc, $2.50 per dozen ; pears, $1 - per box; grape. 75c$2 per crate. POTATOES Oregon, ltH4c per lb. ; sweet potatoes, 4c. D:Ury and Country Produce. Lsocal Jobbing quotation: r-irvz a icsu vicsjui, am - 23624c; candled. 28027c per dozen. i'ULLjUl neim ni. ...o, 16c; turkeys, 20c; dressed, choice, 22c; ducks, 10011c; Pekjns, 12013c; geese, loc. iit 1 ILK treaiueijf puma, valioo, u-7. per pound; cubes, 2Stic CHEESE Oregon triplets. Jobbers' buying price. 15c per pound f. o. b. dock Portland. Young America, 10c per pound. VEAL Fancy. 14144c per round. Provisions. HAMS 10 to 12-pound, 2H422Vc; 11 to 14-pound. 2Hjig22Hc; 14 to 18-pound, 2H4 &22ic: skinned. 18 y, 22c; picnic, 15c. BACON Fancy, 30&32c; standard, 26 "dry SALT CUREB Short clear backs, 13V-016ic; exports, 14lllc; plates, 11 13c. LARD Tierce basis: Pure, 1213c; com pound, $c Oils, KEROSENE Water white, drome, bar rels or tank wagon, 10c; special, drums or barrels, 13ic; cases. 17V4204c. GASOLINE Bulk, 15c; cases, 22c; motor spirit, bulk. 15c; cases, S2Vic. En gine distillate, drums, 7 Vic; cases, 14V4c; naptha, drums, 14Vtc; cases, 21Vic LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels. 72c; boiled, barrels, 74c; raw, cases, 77c; boiled, cases, 7C Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. HOPS 181$ crop, nominal; 114 contracts, HSjHc PELTS Dry, 13c; dry short wool, 9c; dry shearings, 10c; green shearings, 1530c; salted sheep, $1.25-. 50; Spring lambs, 25 35c; green pelts, short wool, 3060c; lambs, August take-off, (070c. HIDES Salted hides, 13c per pound; salt kip, 14c: salted calf, 18c; green hides. 12c; dry hides, 25c; dry calf, 2$c; salted bulls. 10c per pound; green bulls, 8Vi& WOOL Valley, 18V420iic; Eastern Ore gon. :; i MOHAIR 1914 clip. 27Ke per pound. FISH Salmon. 8 8c; halibut, 5Sc; smelt. 8c; black cod, 7c; rock cod, 5c. CASCARA BARK Old and new. 4 He per pound. SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Quoted at the Bay City on Fruits, Vegetables, Etc. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 13. Fruit Pine apples, $1.303; Mexican limes, 5i ;. Cali fornia lemons, choice. $0.50 7.25; fancy, i d.uil; apples. Gravensteln. 50SOc. Vegetables Cucumbers, 2025c; string beans. l2c; peas, 3 4c. Eggs Fancy ranch. 33fc; store. 28c. Onions Yellow, 75 00c. Cheese Young America, 1415Vc; new, 11 14c; Oregon. 13V4jlUc. Butter Fancy creamery. 27 He; seconds, 25c. Potatoes Delta, new crop. Burbanks, per sack, 73c $1; sweets, lhl4c pound: new. 11VC. Receipts Flour. 11.504 quarter sacks; barley. 150.905 centals; potatoes. 3320 sacks; hay. 913 tons. DEMAND FOR COFFEE LESS ACTIVE Dealers Will Await Developments in Re- nhipln. Htnnlru NEW YORK. Aug. 13. A much less ac- r Ut. UL'lUailU ... IT)JVIlU V.U.H. ill LI1C local market today and the reactionary tendency of prices was more In evidence. Local brokers said that the buying move- e ment of laat week had probably supplied tne more urgent neco ox consumers ana while uncertainty was still more or less generally expressesd as to the probable cost I Ol replacing uomesiic stocae. mere seemeu . more of a disposition to await developments. I y curb. September contracts were offered for sale at 7.53 In the afternoon, or a little more than a cent a, pound below the high level of last week. Spot quotations showed similar reactions from the recent high point. Rio 7s being quoted at 9ttc and Santos 4s at ISttc LINNTON ROAD GRADING ON Contractor Has 300 to 400 Men Working on Skyline Boulevard. LINNTON. Or.. Aug:. 13. (Special.) Contractor Ryan has between 300 and 400 men at work on the Linnton Skyline boulevard, between Llnnton and the Germantown road, grading a roadway 2 feet wide. The grading probably will be completed by October, provided unfavorable weather don not interfere. There are 11 miles of the boulevard SO feet wide, but for tha present only a 24-foot roadway i being graded, which may be macadamized later. For a short distance the right-of-way has not been procured. The boulevard fol lows the contours of tbe bluff several hundred feet above St. Helens road, and those who have been over the graded portions say it will be one of the scenic botilevards of the state. GRAIN SHOWS LOSS Chicago Market Has Heavy, ' Listless Day. RALLIES FAIL TO HOLD Difficulty in Financing Wheat That Cannot Be Exported Keeps Values Depressed and SoggT- CHICAGO. Ang. 13. Accumuiatins do mestic stocks and the canceling of export contracts had a depressing influence today .k. i .. r ,,-),..!. The market closed oil me wi. .... - - heavy at 4c to 114c net decline. Corn snowed a loss oi vc io im -----isst night and oats of lHc to lVtlKc. In iirnvisluns the outcome was the same as last night to 10c off. Prospective dinicultles in regom financing wheat supplies that can And no ti.t tr. Ruronn bean to tell distinctly to day against values. Rallies wllicn tooa piacr; i the wheat market failed to hold. . . .... i . v.h.n.L. unrt nr n r Aanuionai raiua uvc. v ... .w:. big producing states tended to lower tne price of corn. The close wss unsettled at u to lUc decline. . KJtXo ,cn export sales Tmilo in Oats were partly buiuiucu "j : or: sales. . J. iraue in vi - -- --- est since the outoreaa oi ine v'. " ness of grain acted as more thsn an onset for the fact that hog receipts were less nu merous than looked for. : .,H Later the market fell again on sales led by warehouse concerns and because of dll flcultlcs feared In regard to financing re ceipts whlci accumulate. The close was heavy at to lc under last night. Leading futures ciosoa as nur. WHEAT. C lose. $ .92 .92 'A 22.25 21.50 9.52 9.75 12.05 12.37 San Francisco Grain Market. SN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. Spot Quota ?!. "A 1..-.5Ml.50' tions: Walla Walla, il.oOtt ; reri biUestem, $1.37,4 LuO; fe.e 1bar'?3f;B ats eSe. brewing barley, .nmi?Jdl"nll'te f0 3 tali boaVd-Wheat. firm; no trading. Bar lf' eSdy De emto. 99V4c bid. $1.03 asked; May. $1.04 bid, 11.10 asked; new, 93c bid, 98c asked. Puget Sound Grain Market. SEATTLE Aug. 13. Wheat September ..foSfr delivery. O-rMrecred 92c: forty-fold, 88c; club. Sue; fife, S4c. red R Yesterday car receipts-Wheat 17, corn 2. hay 23, flour C, oats 1. TACOMA, Aug. 13-Wheat-Bluetem. 91c; forty-fold. 90e; club. 89c f ife, 89c. Car receipts Wheat 39, barley 5, hay 15. & Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 13. wha.t Sep tember, Sl.OOtt; No. 1 hard, $1.14. No. 1 v.wn 1051.17; No. 2 Northern, $1.01ft 1.0S94- Barley 55 0 03c. Flax $1.51)54 01.6214 BANKERS DO NOT AGREE PROBLEM IS HOW TO RESUME FOR EIGN BUSINESS. LoiniS) to France and Austria Are Said to Be Under Advisement by Morgan fc Co. NEW YORK, Aug. 13. The outstanding feature o the day in financial circles was a further division in the ranks of the Prom inent banking interests respecting the methods to be employed to bring ahout at least a partial resumption of foreign ousi- neAdvocates of an amendment to the Na tional bank act, permitting use of bank notes as reserves are outnumbered by those wno .,,h an act as detrimental to tne country's best Interests. The fact that the clearing-house committee n . ..i,i, ,.,-Vi an einedient seems to have given the proposition its quietus. On tne otner iiaiiu, osltlon offer no sohfen looking to a re- . -. .i nKiiuolc nne nssumlnff movai oi me " . - greater proportion In connection with for eign oDligaiiono. -- momentous question win soon n.o -taken inasmuch as warrants or notes of the City of New Y'ork. payable in gold and largely held abroad, mature September 1. . ... rtttv-elnnment- which Anotner ' v. may go far towards solving this and other problems, was ti'. - ment that J. P. Morgan & Company had sounded the Federal Government regarding the advisability of a large loan to France. No Information on mis suujeci nua . . . . . ,v... hanb rs nnrt It able at tne usuwm v.- ... could not be ascertained how far the nego tiations had beon carrieu or iviim. .1.. v.a inun -i-iiilri h nlaeed. tnere were mat .w .. .. - -- .. . . . .t. nm.M ohtalnrt from the XVO iniormttiii ; principal International banking houses re garding a loan i" ..ie..-... ... which. It was miuuuiKou .iv , were under way. Call loans were marked up to S per cent in some instances today, but most renewals were made at 6 per cent. .More inquiries ioi commercial paper were reported and a larger business was dohe at 6 to 8 per cent. Out- - . . ... . ,ha nnlv hltV.ro In the ol-lown Dan ..... j - open maraei, - " , operations to the discounting of bills of heir own ,.M sight drafts on London declined to $4.Jo, s" against $3.15 a few days ago. Conslder b'e business was done at this lower rate nil tbe London market as a whole was asler. . . ..... . t fL-nrnhl. InfllMSM WSS Anotner 1 " 1 1 . w, - - he falling off In Interior demand, with the eSUlt mat lime ...... . ,.as transferred. Advices from various sec Ions Indicate that much of the alarm recent y manifested in this connection has been Hayed. New York Produce. i- ...a- It KV" Dnnrat inntM rs C. , luna. ' ' r ' . , ...a,), Triin.R niilf.t Pearling uiet aim , ' ull and easy. Hops steady. Hides firm. ,'ool tlrm. MT-i-tntilr Paner. NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Mercantile paper. 0W7c. HOGS SELL HIGHER AT STOCKYARDS They Are Up 10 Cents Above SeUing Quo tations on Wednesday. Hogs were the feature of Portland's live stock market yesterday they being in active demand and selling at an advance of 10 cents over prices paid the prsvious day. The top reached was $9.33. Higher quota tlona ruled at the Middle West markets and a rise was expected locally. Prices ruled steady on cattle and sheep and there were no changes in prices. Shippers were: With cattle W. M. Jones, Corvallls, 1 car; D. 1. Barclay. 1 car; C. Hlnes, who drove In 23 cattle. With hoss Will Block, McCoy, 1 car; F. B. Decker, Gervals, 1 car; Lowland Har rison, Sunnyside, 1 car; W. B. Kurtz. The Dalles. 1 car; H. W. Strom, Moro, 1 car; John Dysait, Condon, 1 car. With mixed loads Robert McCary, Red mond 1 car cattle and hogs; J. D. Dins more, West Sclo. 1 car cattle, calves and hogs. The day's sales were as follows: Wt. Price.; Wt. Price. 1 hog ... 320 $8301 3 steers .. 937 $8.50 101 hogs ... Ul ML iimufu. S.20 Open. High. Low. Sept $ .93 $ .03 $ .02 Dec .9 .09 .07 CORN. Sept. 79 .80 .78 Dec "0 os, OATS. Sept 42 .42 .41 Dec .43!4 .5H .44 PORK. SeDt 23.25 22.20 JaS ..... 21-W LARD. Sept 9.60 .02 9.50 Oct -82 asi 8,0 SHORT RIBS. Sent 12" Oct . 12.50 12.50 12.37 5.JSI 14 steers ..1238 8.20 K.H 5 steers ..1054 6.20 85 hogs 33 hogs 85 hogs 9.351 7 steers ..1193 5. .35f 8 cows ...1135 5.' t-.l i ,-..'f -- 180 8.: 23 7 1S7 87 hogs 88 hogs 1 hog . 32 hogs . 1 hog . 18 hogs . 9.36 Lbull 1180 4.3S 9.35 1 hog HO B.OO 8.J0 75 hogn ... 178 9.1a 9 SO. ... 130 8.40 . . 2O0 .. 130 . . 209 .. 400 . . 147 nrices 8.201 8.50' Current of tbe various -.lasses oi stock at the yards follows: Prime steers . Choice steers . Medium steers Choice cows . . .7 OOia $ . 6.3W 7. . e.i; St . 5.75 (0 ti . 5.25 $. . 5.50 V t . B.OO& s 3.00 i 4. . 4.50 5. . 9.10 9. . 7.15 8. . 4.00 4. . :;.5oe 4. Medium cows Heif. cal-. ers m Bulls Stags .... Hogs Light Heavy Sheep Wethers Ewes Lambs . . . . 3. "ii i i.00 Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Aug. 13 Hogs Receipts. IS. 000. SSlUc hlsher. Bulk of sales. $8-9049 9.23; light. $S.909.4i: mixed, $S.0oi9.4U; heavv. $S.409.3O; rough, $S.40S.6O; pigs. $0.73 Iff S.40. Cattle Receipts 5000. strong. Beeves. $7.- 01O.SU; steers. $li.4010; stockers and feeders. $3.50S.10: cows and heifers, $3.71 9.30: calves, $8.50 11.73. Sheet! Receipts 12,000. steady. Sheep. $5.206.00: yearlings, $7.10; lambs, $0.00 S.55. Livestock Prices at South Omaha. SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. 13. Hogs Receipts 7200. higher. Heavy, $S.SK4! Si.2o; light. $S.759: Pigs. $S8.75: bulk. $S.S0!. Cattle Receipts loot), stronger. Native steers, $7.75lu.25: cows and heifers, $H 0.00: Western steers, $fi.508.75; Texas steers. $007.85: cows and heifers, $5.7o 148; calves, $8.30 10.30. Sheep Receipts 70OO. strong. Yearlings. $68.5; wethers, $3.6."6.15; lambs, $7.7. S.50. Naval Stores. KivivlMAH Ann 13. Turpentine, nomi nal at 45c. So sales: receipts, 440; ship ments, 725; stocks, .u.uiu. p..i. nnmlnal No n.ii.-s: receipts. 1.114. shipments. 516; stocks. 119.434. Quote: A. B, $3.a0; C,D, Ij., iv ... K. $4.15; M, $4.JO; l. t; n u, $0.33. BEACH PARTY CLOTHED TILLAMOOK YOUNGSTERS PREPARE FOR SATURDAY" TRIP. Artlaans Add Nine to Party, While 30 May Be Sent to Turner Thurs dny for Outing. CONTRIBUTIONS TO FRESH-AIR FUND. Previously reported $2350.35 Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Sweeney 10.00 Herbert A. Wise, Seaside, Or. 30.00 Mrs. S. Lipman 0-0 Total $2492.35 Contributions of clothing are es pecially needed at this time and should be sent to the Associated Charities. 411 Commercial block. Contributions of cash should be sent to Secretary V. R. Manning, 411 Commercial block; Treasurer R. S. Howard, or to The Oregonlan. Yesterday the fresh air children go ing to Tillamook on Saturday were at the Associated Charities headquar ters for clothing and examination by physicians. Dr. Charles Laedins and Dr. Glenn Wheeler give their services Friday morning. Nine more children who will go on the trip have been sent in by the United Artisans. Mrs. Margaret Tlioro man and Mrs. It. E. Bondurant will ac company the youngsters. Friday a group or seven win icium from Dallas and a family will be sent r-oirn Tuvtitv mav eo to Turner Thursday if negotiations are completed with Miss Sophia vvatson. McMinnville has asked to keep a number of the children until the open ing of school in September. The party which went to Corvaliis "Wednesday reports that it arrived safely and is having a good time. The Tillamook Beach excursionists will have a picnic at Bar View, Beaver and Cloverdale, one day in each place, and are anticipating a great trip. Those who assisted in the headquar ters yesterday morning were Miss Isa bella Gauld, Mrs. Harry Corbett, Miss Jean Mackenzie and Mrs. William Lines. LOGGERS7! ROILS BUCKLEY, WASH., TIMBER DEALER FLARES UP AT PROBER Paul Page Denies Before Industrial Commission That C'nmp Conditions Are Bad Pay Cited as Good. SEATTLE. Aug. 13. Sharp exchanges between Commissioner Garretson and Paul Page, a Buckley, Wash., lumber rWler. marked today's session -of the Federal Industrial Relations Commis sion. Mr. Page frequently criticised the Commissioner s questions, charac terizing one as "bunk," and declaring again that Mr. Garretson was ' talking through his hat. Mr. Page sought to refute testimony given yesterday to the effect that working conditions in logging camps were bad. He Insisted that the men were well fed and housed and paid as liberally as the business would admit. "We have a pecuMar class of men to deal with," he said, "and that should be remembered. 1? or instance, we sometimes have men who will throw mattresses out of the bunkhouse win dows and insist on sleeping on straw or hay." The Commissioner and Air. rage clashed over the hospital-fee system in vogue in all lumber carnps oi tne state. Regular employes are charged $1 a month for hospital treatment. If a man works four days or less he is charged 25 cents. Mr. Garretson in- isted this rate was too nign, ana asx. Page took the opposite view. The witness declared tne lumuer market was "very bad," owing to over production, keen competition. high freight rates and taxes and lack of organization among employers. More strict immigration laws would help solve the problem of the unemployed, he asserted. OFT-SOLD JTEAM FOUND Vancouver Man Locates Horses Miss ing for Two Years. it . KirrtT rvV.Tt Wnsh Alter 13 I St)e- cial.) After having been missing for two years, two horses and a ouggy oe i ......... tn .1 w Henrv have been lo cated by him in Portland and Albany. Mr. Henry waa in Portland yesterday, when he saw a man from Sellwood driving one of his missing horses. The team ana ouggy were nirea nere bv a man giving the name of James Monroe, of Bigbee, Idaho. The outfit is said to have been sold by Monroe to an Albany liveryman, and after two additional sales, the horses were sold separately. Steps for the recovery of the prop erty are being taken. Mining employs LiOwOO tn the United SS lambs 81 180 yearlings 98 SPEED MAY BE CUT Mayor Has Deciding Vote on Fixing Limits for Autos. STREETCARS EXEMPTED Commissioners Wonkl Wipe Out Present Regulations of Electric Vehicles- Ban on Youthful Motor Drivers Is Opposed. Although the question has not been definitely settled, speed limits for auto mobiles may be cut down from 25 to 20 miles an hour in the outer districts and from 15 to 12 miles an hour in the business districts. Members of the CSty Commission, at a special meeting yes terday, stood two (Daly and Dieck) for the reduction in speed and two lige- low and Brewster) against it. The de ciding Vote rests with Mayor Albee, who will be out of the city until next week, when the proposition will be brought up for final vote. It waa decided by majority votes to eliminate the provision regulating the speed of streetcars. J. E. Werleln. rep resenting the Portland Railway, Light Ac Power Company, appeared before the Commission and protested against a provision inserted by Commissioner Brewster limiting streetcars to i miles an hour in all parts of the city. He said this speed was not reasonable and would greatly decrease the efficiency of the streetcar service. Argument Has Resnlt. It was decided on the strength of his argument that the limits for cars should be wiped out. A provision there fore was made that cars shall be oper ated at safe speed. No limits are pre scribed. Heretofore the cars have been limited to 15 miles an hour. A provision was inserted limiting the speed of automobile trucks to 10 miles an hour in any part of the city. Provisions were made in the measure for the elimination of automatic rotary gongs or siren whistles on all classes of vehicles excepting those of the po lice and fire departments; for the training of headlights so that they will not extend more than 300 feet in ad vance of the automobile while on level ground; and for the punishment of per sons who steal rides or attach bicycles, sleds or other vehicles to other vehicles without the permission of the drivers. These were practically the only amend ments to the ordinance definitely de cided upon. Age Limit IS Rejected. Commissioner Daly insisted on a pro vision being made in the ordinance pro hibiting persons less than 18 years old from driving motor-driven vehicles. This did not carry. Commissioner Brewster was instruct ed to investigate the practicability of requiring all cars coming here from points out the state to register with the police department so that they can be identified in case of accident or law violations. It is probable Mr. Brewster will prepare such an amendment to the ordinance for consideration, there be ing much complaint on the part of the police about being unable to ascertain the ownership of out-of-the-state cars. The ordinance probably will be up for final hearing at the regular Council meeting Wednesday. It will be up for final passage two weeks later if there are no other amendments. CROSS STATE ROAD WON FORESTRY OFFICIALS SANCTION M'KENZIE HIGHWAY. f70,4MM) Fund Allowed for Path From Willamette Valley Across Cas cades to Eastern Oregon. EUGENE, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.) Final approval of the McKenzie trans state highway project from the Willam ette Valley to Eastern Oregon was passed Wednesday by Government for estry officials from Washington, D. C, who completed an inspection of the preliminary work on the McKenzie highway. An appropriation of $70,000 for im mediate use on 40 miles of the road within the National forest across the Cascade Mountains was announced by O. G. Merrill, chief engineer of the United States Forestry Service. A macadam road across the Cascades, with a maximum 6 per cent grade, sec ond to no motor road in Oregon, will be built with this money. A year ago the road was virtually inaccessible to motor cars. Clyde R. Seitz, supervisor of the Cascade Na tional Forest, last year, with difficulty, forced two motor cars with Govern ment officials up 30 per cent grades. He was allowed $5000 to reduce the 30 per cent grades to 10 per cent. This he did. The two cars bearing officials yesterday went from Eugene, to Central Oregon in 12 hours. The $70,000 appropriated is $20,000 more than expected. In addition $3000 a year for maintenance was allowed, this apportionment to Degin mis year. YIELD OF GRAIN IS LIGHT Drouth Affects Harvest in Luokia mute Valley; Clover Short. BUENA VISTA, Or'.. Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) Tields of vetch, oats, wheat and barlev in the Luckiamute Vulley or south Polk County are lighter than they nave been for many years. The Fall grain has been threshed, harvest finishing here this year on the same date which it commenced last season. No rain has been recorded here since June and the drought is declared by the farmers to have been the principal cause for the light yield. Results of the clover crop so far have disappointed the growers in Polk County. The crop, which is ready to hull three weeks ahead of the usual time, has been severely injured by tne army worm. Millions or grassnoppers also are doing much damage. The ab sence of rain, too. has been a big fac tor. The average yield is estimated to be from one to two bushels an acre. HUNTED STEERS ARE WILD Roundup Will Have to Buy New Stock for Bulltlogglng. PENDLETON, Or., Aug, 13. (Spe cial) Too much Johnson as applied to the Texas long horn steers is going to cost the Roundup the price of a carload of cattle this year. There are Round up longhorns scattered through the mountains from Starkey Prairie to the mouth of the John Day. ana every time one of them sees a man on norse back he begins going again. As a result the Roundup must buy an entirely new herd or steers ror tnis year's exhibition, and will have t.j hurry for the drama is staged for Sep tember 24L i sAd XUm steers were The First National Bank Fifth and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus - $3,500,000 Interest Paid on Savings and Time Deposits Security Savings and Trust Company Fifth and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus - - $400,000 THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND, OREGON UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital .... $1,000,000 Surplus .... $1,000,000 OFFICERS J. C. AINSWORTH. Prenldeat. R lea BARNKS Vlce-Prenldent. W. A. HOLT, .. ashler. A. M. WR.It.HT, Aut. Cullfr, H. W. SCHMEER. faultier. P. . DICK, Aut. Cashier. LADD & TILTON BANK EstabltcAed 185S. Capital and Surplus Commercial and worth $2000 and the Roundup consid ers this a complete loss. SHOW MEM AT VANCOUVER Irwin Bros." Officials Arrlvo to Pre pare for l'nir KliihU- .....nnintcD Alio- IT ISni. cial ) C. B. Irwin, of Irwin Bros. N 114 West Show, which will put on its grand exhibition at tho Columbia lllver Interstate alr nere aepiemuer . , i.. v with his ailvanre man, H. S. Rowe, and his press agent. II. It Bunce. Mr. Irwin conferred with Georpe i . Larsen, fair manager, and other dl- m . i. f.t. relative rectors ui ' " . to the pioneer days celebration and the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the founding: of Vancouver. Mr. Rowe and ssr. ountc wu here until the fair. HIGH SCHOOL IS STANDARD Florence Carries Educational Im provement by Vote of 103 to 1- FLORENCE. Or.. Aurt. 13. (Special ) At a special election Monday the eleventh and twelfth grades were reg ularly established in the Florence High School. The vote was 10S to 12 In fa vor of the addition. The ninth and tenth grades were added to the public school here in 1907, and the high school has given the full four-year course without having the matter regularly voted on. MondaVs election provides for th" establishment of a standard high school. Human hair ro.n at the rate of .1095 of an inch a day 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. F. C. M ALP AS, Manager. XBA Vfcl-KR-S' GUIDE. S. 8. ROSE CITY FOR SAN FK AN CISCO LOS ANGELES 9 A. M.. Au. IS. The Sn r rautlsco rrtluort S S 50i 3d and Vahlnstm St.. (with O.-W. B. N. Co.). Tel. Mamhttll 4000. A 01-it. STEAMSHIP Sails Direct for San Franclseo, Imm Ans;elea and San lilmn. Friday, August 14 2:30 P. M. SAN FKAMINCO, PORTLAND LOS ANGKLES STEAMSHIP CO. PRANK BOLLAM, Aitfal. 124 Third A 4581. Main 311. OltAIN TO COOS BAY. Autos run dally. Dellghtlui trip ! Alleicany or the Ocean-beach rout Mi ir reservations to M, iuuuoa, UttUm, $2,000,000 Savings Deposits THAVKLKMS' oil UK. COOS BAY Marshfield North Bend and Eureka "Geo. W. Elder" Hails fsatisr, Austin! iv at n . m. Largest Steamship ' Best Service Regular Sailings Berth and Meals Free NORTH PACIFIC Steamship Co. ::.i St. t'uliimliln liM-k I'hoiK- 11. I.'il I. rii.. . M Steamer Service i i: a m k it i . J. pori ten leaves Portland. Ash-strsst Dock, dally, except Saturday and Sunday, s A. M.: Saturday only, 1 P. M., far Mt'gler. Leaves Megler 3 P. M. dally, except Saturday and SunUuy: Sunday only, t P. M. stkaii:r hassai.o leaves Portland dally, except Sunday, 9:00 P. M . for M airier, via ABtorla. Leaves Mauler dally, eM i Sunday and Monday. 1 A. M. Lcavas Metcler Sunday only P. M. STKA.MKIt IIAHVKST t I I I leaves Portland dally, except Sunday, at -00 P. M. Leaves A.-tor i a daily, oxcept Sunday, at 8 AM. Make reservations Ash-streot Dock or City Ticket Office, Third and Washington. Phones Marshal) 4000. A 0121. avniiEV a q vs FR0M 5 I URL I I 7 SAN riMCUCC AUSTRALIA WEATHER FINI .SAMOA AND SHORTEST LI Ml SOUTH SEA9 QUICKEST TWE Splendid ftcsmen. Uordi 100A1. ( 10.000 toodhpL)c jfif Short Urn Wilms tvm twt eests. $110H0N0LULL' (MWV? SYDNEY $JW Rorrnd trip, escoud dtm. SYDNE" 0O Virieus tours I udins Jtrt. Chins. Jtpsr ano Rous T&mBmm.m fra.c.ic American -Hawaiian S. S. Co. Via l'ANAMA CANAL salllusa Kroin e t rk MM August 4lh aofl IMh Eaatbuund l-'roro Portland Ahout Augnat Bth C. D. KENNEDY. Agent 270 Stark SL COOS BAY LINE Steamship Breakwater . !. ., a a u Fall, from Ainaworin u.. -....-..-, -July 7. 1. 17. ii. 27. Aug. 1, . 11. I c.i.hi ., ticket office.. Low.r Alnswortg dock. Portland Coos Bay a. . Lies. L u. KKATINU Phou. Mala novo. Steamer Georgiana Leave. Wa.hlniton-.treet Dock at 7 A. at Dally. Suiidsy, 7:30. for Astoria and Way Landings He turning, Lt?v Astoria at 2;0 r. WW. '. ti.VHJ SMh Wk). Mi Mfc