TIIE MORXTXG OEEGONIAJff. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1915. CITY TO REGULAt JITNEYS' SERVCE Schedules Will Be Reqired to All Sections, Includir. Runs Not Profitabl- MR. DALY WORK-' ON PLAN Single Orsunizatio May Be De mantled for Simp'city of Control. Major Favors t'se or Streets AVitliou Tracks. Tlie Citv Coi'n" made its first move Jisainst the jitneys yesterdays when Commissioner ia!y was authorized to proceed at onie "1111 the formulation of legislation lie will work out a system of d.stricts or zones within which the ji:ney will be governed or dealt with, either, individually or as members of an organization or corpora tion. He says he hopes to be able to have definite legislation formulated within week or ten days. The- formine of districts, Mr. Daly' says, is the first essential in regula tion. He proposes to take various parts of the city and designate them as jitney district". Kach will be piven a number. All Jitneys will be licensed, ffnd will be required to pay a license fee. to be determined by the Council. By a "jitney district." Mr. Daly says he means a sec-lion of tho city where streetcar service of some kind is nec essary. The first district, Mr. Daly cays, niirht be Hawthorne avenue dis trict. This would take in all territory now served by the Hawthorne avenue Vara, Regular jitney service would be required on this street. The second mia-ht be Kast Morrison street district, which would take in tho district served by the liast Morrison street cars. Mr. Daly says he proposes to make a district of every section of the city. Organization May Br Keqolred. One of the most perplexing questions will be whether or not the city shall deal with the jitneys Individually or force all to fc'et into an organization, which would enable the carrying out of a complete service, maintaining a scliecult: of cars to unprofitable dis tricts a-5 well as to districts where passengers can be handled profitably. Mr. Daly says if the Jitney drivers are to be del' It with individually each must be required to take out a license and to select a route within a district. The driver must be forced then to give a regular service in his district. If he were assigned to the Hawthorne dis trict, for example, he would be forced by the conditions of his license to op erate to the end of his district and back again regulurly. Failure to do this would entail loss of license. Mr. Paly says this system would en taJl much trouble and probably would not work out. The only alternative, he says, would be to force the jitneys to join a single organization with a management that can handle the prob lem of furnishing service throughout the city. In doing this the concern would have to protect Itself by seeing to it that the machines operated regu larly in nil directions. This, he says, would not necessarily require the con cern to have a franchise. He says it could be handled by the license system, tinder which the city might put the whole concern or any individual mem ber out of business. Co-Oneratlon. Deemed Neeeaory. "By having one organization." said Commissioner Daly, "we would have eontrol. I doubt whether the jitney can be dealt with as an individual. One thing is certain and that is jitney serv ice must bo given to all districts. The bitter must be taken with the sweet. It might be impossible to require in dividual drivers to lake long, unprof itable runs under the individual li cense system. With an organization, however, the syst-m could be worked on the co-operative basis, so that the losses of one would be mado up by the .oflts of the other, the same as the street railway company." Mayor Albee expressed the view that the jitneys should not be permitted to operate on the same streets as street cars. "I have studied the problem both from the seat of a Jitney and from the platform of a streetcar." said Mayor Albee. "and I leliee it is dangerous to have this form of competition in the streets. The jitney might operate in the various parts of the city on streets not coursed by the streetcar. In this way the Jitney would be a real asset In our system of transportation." STORE IN SHERIFF'S HANDS Ork-ers or Centralis Company Kile Suit Against Manager. CKNTRAU A. Wash.. Feb. 3. (Spe cial. Sheriff Foster has taken charge for three days of the local store of the Consumers' Manufacturing & iSup ply Company, the officers of whom have been trying for a week to un seat U. O. Hraden as local manager. Yesterday they filed suit against -Braden. for JlouO damages and put up lit JSJOO bond for a writ of replevin whereby they will retain possession of the establishment at the end of three days. Braden will put up a fight in court to get back every dollar which he paid for stock. Including the $700 he Is charged with being short. Lrester D. ftoue and 1 iUebbins, both of Taeoma. president and new man ager, respectively, of the concern, threaten to sue the police department for false arrest when the two men last week tried to eject Braden forci bly from the local store. SIX RAID CAPTIVES FREED La Grande Court at Midnight Re lease Accused Kooincrs. I.A GRANDE. Or.. Feb. . (Special.) a raid on Six persons arrested local rooming-houses Sunday morning were freed In a midnight court ses sion by Municipal Judge Kakin. who pronounced the prisoners not guilty. The raid involved two local rooming houses, the police and Sheriff Hug making the arrests. The midnight session of the Munici pal Court, at which six of the pris oners were tried last night, was due to the present session of Circuit Court which engages the attorneys in Mu nicipal cases. Kvidence at the hearing alleged the Oxford rooming-house to be a place of unsavory reputation, but the court held there was not enough evidence to con vict. Three persons arrested in a raid of the Blue Mountain House will be tried tonight. JOHN G. FOSTER IS URGED linker Pemocrat Suggested ror Post master by Both Senators. EAK.UH. Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) John O. Foster today received a tele gram from Senator Chamberlain an nouncing that both Senator Chamber lain and Senator Iane had sent to the President a recommendation that Mr. Foster be appointed postmaster of Baker, to succeed William J. lachner. Republican, whose term expired Febru ary 1. Mr. Foster has lived in Baker the greater part of the time since 1869 and continuously since 1892, being engaged in the printing and newspaper busi ness and. for a short time, in the mer cantile business. He lived here first from 1869 to 1S73 and later returned in 1S91 and married a daughter of O. P Ison. He moved here permanently tlie following year, 1892. He was born at The Dalles. His brother, George H. Foster, at one time held the office of postmaster here. Mr. Foster has never held office, but has been a lifelong Democrat and his appointment by a Democratic Admin istration comes in recognition of many years of service to his party. He has always been active in party politics in the county. CANNERYREPORTISMADE .FAVBERG CO-OPERATIVE GROW ERS ELECT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. BuNioeK Estimated at ?33,3)S5 and Ket Gain at Close of Season Fixed at KtOOO, or 44 Per Cent. . NEWBEKG. Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Newberg Co-operative Growers' Association yesterday the board of directors were elected: W. T. West, W. C. Wire, L. S. Otis, C. H. Nicholls. J. W. Chambers, A. H. Dean, O. B. Kippey, N. P. Nelson and John Hutzcn. The reports of the manager. J. W. Chambers, and of Secretary Wolcott showed that business was done to the amount of 53.:85.10. For cans $10,220 was paid, and for sugar 1806.7. Straw berries were shipped in crates to the amount of 4245 crates and in barrels 50,758 pounds. Kxpressed in pounds other shipments were as follows: Cherries, 59,326; black caps. 74,313: red raspberries. 806; lo gans. 235.8S0; apples. 148.866; pears, 12.263; beans. 34.786; squash, 157,041; sundry fruits, 141.362. There was paid for fruit and veg etables more than 129.000 and for labor JilOOO. last season was the first that the cannery has been operated and the statements made by the manager and secretary were received with applause. One of the stockholders, J. U. Smith, expressed the sentiment of the stock holders generally in saying that the management was entitled to a vote of thanks. It was shown that there will be a net gain of more than J3000 when the business for the year is closed, or about 44 per cent on the amount of cash paid in by the stockholders. CO-ED SORORITIES WIN 1'12 Seven Oregon Girls Among Those Pledged at AVasIiington. UNIVERSITV OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Feb. 3. (Special.) One hun dred and twelve co-eds, seven Oregon girls among them, were pledged to U'ashington s Greek letter sororities at the end of a strenuous rushing season last Saturday. Dorothy Case. '18. Alpha Phi; Doris Smith. '18. Kappa Kappa Gamma; Vera Cason. '17, Chi Omega; Frances Titus, '18, Pi Bta Phi, and Marie Meich ner, '18. Pi Beta Phi. were the Port land girls that were honored. Norma Holman. '18. Eugene, and Zella Thompson, '18, Pendleton, were also pledged to Kappa Kappa Gamma. This was the first year that the sororities have taied out semester pledging, no organization being al lowed to take in a freshman, except sisters and first cousins, until the end of the first semester. General dis satisfaction in the semester system has led tlie pan-Hellenics to return to the matriculation pledging, which will go into etfect this semester. BANK RECEIVER ENJOINED Distribution of $140,000 to Credi tors Halted at Centralia. TACOMA, Feb. 2. By decision of Judgre Cushman, of the Federal Court, today. C A. Knowden, receiver of the United States National Bank of Cen tralia, on petition of the City of Cen tralia. is enjoined from distributing $140,000 assets to the creditors and de positors. The enjoinment is until the amount of the claim of the city is determined, so that the receipts of 551,000 for water bonds and $2600 for a special deposit are exempt. DAILY" METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Feb. 3. Maximum temper ature, 4ti degrees; minimum, 41 degrees. River reading. S A. 34., 5.9 feet; change in last 2 hours, 0.5 foot rise. Total rainfall, 5 P. M to 6 P. M., 26 inches; total rain fall since September 1, 1914. 19.50 inches; normal, 25.46 inches; deficiency, 6.96 inches. Total sunshine, 43 minutes; possible, 9 hours 4S minutes. Barometer ( reduced to sea, I evel 5 P. M., 19. 98 inches. THE WEATHER. (Wind 1 S C 2 m - si I I if r ? 3 : : STATIONS. State of Wei. char Baker lluise ........ Boston Canary Chicago Denver .- Des Motne ... Uuluth lluiveston Helena Javks-Miviile Kansas City . . l,r3 Angeles . . . Marslifieid ... Medford Minneapolis ... Montreal New Orleans . . New York . North Heart . . . North Yakima Phoenix Poonte.Uo Pon. and Rosebure Sacramento ... St. Louis Salt Iike San Krancisco Seattle Spokane Taeonia Tatoosh Isiand Walla Walia . . Washington ... Winnipeg 4-' 0. .Cloudv IPt. cloudy Snow Cloudy ti 0. IS 0 :t'u 30i0 4s:o 28 0 2: o. 60 o Si. o 54 iO S0 6iW OS 16' N 04 1 4 SE COI SINE on nw O0 lL' SB 0U;12iE Clouay Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 0( JO'SB 34 12,V UD: 4IW iClear (Cloudy iClear S SE Clear 5S 0. 52 1. (S'U. i' 0. liltf. 60 0. :.o. 1 46 (I. 4S (. 5 0. 34 0. 14 14 NW 14i (:SW 04! 6 N (Cloudy IV luuuy jSnow Clear Clear .'Cloudv jClouuy Pt. cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear jPt. cloudy Cloudy 00 ! SE 01 :'0 XE 00. S SE 26 :ine 30 30 W 02' 4NW 001 6 W 16 St SW 2lt sw 52, 4 SW 46 0. 46 O. 54 O. 34 0. 56 U. 55 0. 4 0. 40 0. 4S O. 06, S S O0;24 E SS 6 NW 10 IO SW 30 34 S 02 12 SW Clear Kain iCIoudy Ram Cloudy Rain jRain Cloudy I Cloudy jSnow 34 12 SW ii 0 42 22 W 22 S SW iO lO X 4S 0. : a. 26,0 24,10 E WEATHER CONDITIONS. A portion of the California storm is now central oer the Plains States and another portion has moved north to British Columbia. During the last 24 hours general rains have fallen on the Pacific Slope and the follow ing maximum velocitte occurred in this district- North Head. 0 miles south; Seattle. 4" miles southwest, and Tacoma. 10 miles south. The winds in the Sound country will continue high tonight and probably mod erate Thursdav. The temperatures have risen In tlie Plains States and fallen in Southeastern Idaho. I tah and Arizona. The conditions are favorable for generally fair weather in this district Thurs-iay except in Weetorn Oregon and Western Washington, where occasional rair.s will occur. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Occasional rain; ""ore'go'J ""-Washington-Probably fair east, occasional rain-west portion; southerly winds. , . . . . . , , nmkahlu fair J .kDWAitD A. BEAlS. District Forecaster. MET HOLDS WELL Wheat Prices Still Effected by Slump in East. SELLERS DO NOT RECEDE Local Transfers Are Either at Tues day's Values or Shade Better. Barley and Oats Are Also in Firm Hands. The PortlSnd wheat market held up In fine shape yesterday . in . the face of the tumble at Chicago. The local market was well supported and if anyone thought he was going to get bargains on the exchange he soon discovered his mistake. Prices here were so far below the Eastern parity that the reaction at Chicago had only one ef fect and that was to stay the rapid local advance. The sales that were jnade on the Merchants- Exchange were either at Tuesday's prices or slightly over them. The trans actions In detail were as follows: Bushels 5000 prompt fortyfold i -72 0000 prompt club a 3000 prompt Russian 5000 April fife The white wheat sales noted above repre sent -cent advances In each case, while the red wheat sales were at the previous days Quotations. The tendency of bids elsewhere In the list was Irregular, but. the offers were generally under these of Tues day, particularly for bluestem, the bids for which were reduced 1 to 3 cents. There was the same Irregularity In the oats and barley markets, which acted merely in sympathy with wheat. No weakness was exhibited by holders of either cereal. Local receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchants" Exchange as follows: Wheat. Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay. PYreLarnad..o---: 40 7 " " seprdate.i2.i;;; 14 ?J lear ago. . . .i-.o" -' ' j l a .. f l:t 1 year ago.... s Sea n to date. T.44 i 4-4 year ago. . . . 7.02O 4i)' Seattle, Mon. -0 2 5 1.1 An-i 2:i4 S0." 17 lo ll 11 4 Vear ago. ... year ago ... -. ; " ao.. ,,,,, til yiL 'ago "I 5.9 W W83 HIDE MARKET OS 15-CENT BASIS Highest Price of Season Quoted and May or 5Iay Not le .viauiiuuieu. i.u. m.,i,er ham iiMn raised a cent ue luuc , a pound this week and is now on a lo-cent basis. In some quar-ers it is u.su. advance is only temporary. Eastern privaie advices Just at hand say there has been ill improvement recently in the leather trade and a lack of activity is reported in the Eastern hide markets, but a turn for the better In leather would help hides. Other dealers, however, figure that hides will con tinue strong as long as the war lasts. A Chicago report says oi tne snuauuu there: Trading in domestic packer hides Is less active than at any time since the close ol . v,.t tha .T.nHanal strength that has characterized the situation for a long period continues as pronounced as ever. eA,..ra nr thn situation this week is the sale of 7000 January heavy native cows by a large Chicago packer at ac, a price for this selection, but otherwise no trading has been revrted thus far. Ail weight native cows are easily the strongest i ..... !,,. list and are in smallest sup- I OLH.J V. . ' -" ply. but stocks of all varieties are limited and only native steers are reported accumu ..!.. Tho. r held at l!5'Ac.. with now- and then a couple of cars moved to some tanner who Is short of hides, but mere i whether the nackers will be able to hold the market on this description through the iongnaireo, gruooy u.o..w. m i Marrll now practically at hand. Butt brands have been the slow fea ture of the branded list ana are in soiuo ply. but other kinds are well sold up by former trading and with the marked de creasing of these ' packers are confident of present values being maintained. Domestic country hides are in a gen erally steady and unchanged position. Tan ners are far from urgent buyers, but when ever they need stock have to pay the mar ket price, although dealers have been gen erally unsuccessful in securing the advancos asked. Buds range 2uc to 20 c. with of ferings at the outside figure. While up to 20 'ic has been asked right along, some sales reported at this price aro unconfirmed and generally discredited. Extremes in Chi cago are generally quoted at 20 Vic for good free of grub stock, and some fair to good-sized lots were lately sold on this basis that had been previously held at 21c." HIGHER PKICES l'OB TERRITORY WOOL Soda Springs Quarter-Blood Sells at 28 Cents at Boston. Wool sales at Boston In the past week amounted to about 4,000,000 pounds, foreign and domestic. A large amount of Buenos Aires lambs' wool, sold to arrive, figured In the movement. Territories were taken in a fairly liberal way. Some choice Soda Springs quarter blood is said to have changed hands at 38 cents, the highest price yet mentioned. Further business is reported in fine and fine medium territory at 19 to 21 cents and 25 to 27 cents for staple. The scoured basis is quoted as follows: Fine staple, tf3 to Uo cents; half-blood staple. 58 to 60 cents; three-eighths-blood staple. 55 to 57 cents; quarter-blood staple, 53 to 55 cents; cloth ing, 5S to 02 cents for choice fine, with average fine and fine medium, 5G to 58 cents. LOCAL EGG MARKET IS STEADY Receipts Are Not Large Enough, to Cause Pronounced Break. There was no change in the egg market- yesterday. The undertone was rather weak, as the demand was backward, but receipts were not large and holders were not dis posed to shade prices further. The opinion prevailed that the decline this week has been somewhat too rapid. There waa a moderate supply of poultry and dressed meat on hand, for which the demand was fair at generally steady prices. There was more firmness In pork than in other lines. There were no new developments in the butter and cheese markets. Green Produce Trade Brisk. Fruit and vegetable trade has been good all this week, and as it Is difficult to get supplies from California, owing to the bad weather there, local stocks have became much reduced. The only Southern receipts reported yesterday were a car each of sweet potatoes and lemons. The market on South ern products is generally firm and in some lines advances can be looked for. ' Sugar Advance .Expected. Refined sugar advanced 10 cents again in the East yesterday, and local Jobbers axe looking for a similar advance here tail morning. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as ioiu. Clearings. Balances. Portland Seattle .. Tacoma Spokane . .. ..si.b63.li:S t ?9.312 1,633.29s 147. 1E7 302.203 21.SS0 .... 769.15 174, 2 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATION'S r.nia. Flour. Feed.. Etc. Mirrl Iiauts Exchange, noon session, pt delivery. Prompt Wh , Kin. ABI. !tem V" HI Forty -told X.VZ -L.il.. Club 1.59 1-55 Rui Russian 1.42 1.4& Red fire 1.46 1-47 Oats No. 1 white feed 39.00 39.50 Barley No. 1 feed ' 35.55 S$.0O Brewing 35.2a 37.00 Bran 30.00 "31.00 Shorts 31.00 32.00. Futures March bluestem .. 1-54 April bluestem 1.55 1.60 May blueetem 1.57 1.62 March forty-fold 1.53 & l.j April forty-fold l.B4fe 1-57 March club 1-51 !;? April club 1-63 l so March Red Russian ...... 1.44- 1.4b April red Russian 1.4 l.4 March red fife l-4 1 April red fife l.W i-jf- March oats 39.50 40.00 April oats 39.7a 41 00 Mav oatn 42.00 March feed barley 35. 7t 3i .00 April feed barley .... 36So FLOUR Patents, $7 a barrel; tralbt, $6.20; whole wheat. $7.20; graham. T. MILLFEED Spot prices: Bran. $30,500 31.50 per ton; short, $32.50033.50; rolled barley, $37(&38. CORN White, $37 per ton; cracked, $38 per ton. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy, $!4S16; Valley timothy. $12.50; grain hay, $10012; alfalfa, $113: Fruits and egetables. Local jobbing quotation; TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels. $1.752.5 per box; Japanese, per box, 00c $1 ; lemons, $3 & 3.50 per box; bananas, 44c per pound; grapefruit. $3.50; pins apples, 7c per pound; tangerines, $1.25 psr box. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, hothouse $1.25gL&0 dozen; eggplant. 810c pound; peppers, $4 per crate; artichokes, 85iOo per d3zen; tomatoes, $1.75 per crate; cab bage, 11c per oound: beans, 12o per pound; celery, $2.50 per crate; cauliflower, $2 23 per crate; sprouts, Sc per pound; head lettuce, l.S5fc2 per crate; squash, 1 V- c per pound. GREKN FRUITS Apples, 73c $1.50 per box; caaabas, $1.05 per crate; grapes, $3.50 per barrel-: cranberries, $11 per barrel. POTATOES Oregon, $lL5 per sack; Yak i ma, $1.10 1.15 ; sweet potatoes, 2 , c per pound. ONIONS Oregon, selling price $1 per sack, country points. SACK VEGETABLES Carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.1:5 per sack; parsnips, $1.25 per sack. Iairy and Country Produce. Local jobbing quotations: EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch case count, 25to-tc; camiied, 27(280. POULTRY Hens, ll$il2c; broilers, 1S 20c; turkeys, dressed, 21c; live, 18c; ducks. 130 14-: geese, ll&12c BUTTER Creamery, prints, extras, 3ic per pound in case lots; He more in less than case lots; cubes, 25 26c. CHEESE Oregon triplets, jobbers buying price, 15c per pound, f. o. b. dock, Portland; Young Americas, 10c per pound. VEAL Fancy, 1112c per pound. PORK Block, 9c per pound. Staple Groceries. Local jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River one - pound talis, $2.30 per aozen; half-pound 'flats. $1.50; one-pound riats. $2.50; Alaska pink, one-pound talis, $1.05. PI ONE y Choice, $3.25 per case. NUTS Walnuts, 15! 24c per pound; Bra zil nuts, 15c; filberts, 15 24c; almonds, i3 Qi24c; peanuts, Oc; cocoanuts, $1.0O per uozen; pecans, l9(0-2Oc; chestnuts, 12 15c BEANS Small white, 6c; large white, 6c; Lima, c; pink, 5c; Mexican. 6c; bayou, 6 Vic. COFFEE Roasted, in drums, tS33a SUGAR Fruit and berry, $5.95; beet, $5 7.1; extra c, $55; powdered, in barrels, $0.20. SALT Granulated, $15.50 per ton; half ground, 100s, $10.75 per ton; 50s, $11.50 per ton; uairy, $14 per ton. KJCE Southern head. 646c; broken, 4c per pound; Japan style, 4c. DKIEU FRUITS Apples, c upr pound; apricots, 13(&15c; peaches, sc; prunes, Ital ians, fe9c; raisins, loose Muscatels, 3c; un bleached Sultans. 7c; seeded, 8c; dates, Persian, 10c per pound; fard, $1.65 per box; currants, i12c. Hops, Wool, Hides, Ete. HOPS lui. crop, 10 (a-12 c; 1013 crop, nominal. HIDES Salted hides, 15c; salted bulls, 10c; salted kip, 15c; salted salf, 19c; green hides, 13 c; green bulls, 9c; green kip, 15c; gren calf, 19c; dry hides, 6c; dry calf, 28c WOOL Valley, ZO&ZZv, Eastern Oregon, 15 H -uc, nominal. MOHAIR 1914 clip, 27c per pound. CASCARA BARK Old and new, 4c per pound. PlLTS Dry long wooled pelts, 13c; dry short wooled pelts, 10c; dry shearings, each, 10&15c; salted shearings, each, 15&2oc; dry goats, long hair, each, 124l2c; dry goat ehearinss. each, lt)&)20c; salted sheep pelts, February, $11.50 each. Provisions. HAMS All sizes. 1718c; skinned, 17 ,18c; picnic, 12c; cottage roll. I3c; broiled, H8f28c BACON Fancy, 72Sc; standard, 23 24c; choice, 1722c; strips, 17c. DRY SALT Short clear backs, 1315c; exports, lo& 17c; plates, 11&13c LARD Tierce basis: Kettle rendered, 12ic; standard, 12c; compound, 8c BARREL GOODS Mess beef, $23; plate beef S24.50; brisket pork, $28.50; pickled pigs' feet. $12.50; tripe, $9.50ll.$O; tonguea, $2530. Oils. KEROSENE Water white, drums, barrels or tank wagons, 10c; special drums or bar rels. I3jAc; cases, 17&20C TVSOLiNE Bulk, lc; cases, 30c; en gine distillate, drums, 7c; cases, 14 c; naptha, drums, 12c; cases, 19c. LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels. 71c; raw, cases, 70c; boiled, barrels. 73c; boiled, cases, 73c. TURPENTINE In tanks, 60c; in cases, 67c; 10-case lots, lc less. HOG PRICES ADVANCING BU1URS PAY MORE WITH SMALL ARRIVALS. Top Grade Selling "t ".25 it Xorth Portland Yard. Cattle Trade I. Quiet. A slowing down of hog liquidation in the Northwest is being accompanied, by a strengtuenlnj,- of values generally. Yester day 15 cents was added to the price in the local market, putting tops at B.7.2S. Only three cars were received at the yards. The cattle market was quiet. Two loads of good steers sold at n.o, ana a load oi cows"at $0. The sheep market is nominal and firm. Kecetpts were 100 cattle and 327 hogs. Shippers v.ere: With cattle C. F. Walker. Idaho Falls. 1 car; F.obert Wiley. Redmond, 1 car; W. tvrtc-hf. Ketimond. 1 car. With hogs Frye & Co., Echo. 1 car; Rus sell usborn, Keaowjuu, A ci . son, Gateway, 1 car. With mixed loads H. H. Taylor. Vader, Wash.. 1 car cattle and hogs. THn rinv's .:4l: were as follows: Wt. Pricej Wt. Price Shoes.. 1K i.23 2 cows... S70 W.'OO 5hors.. 7.'Jji 1 cow.... tlSO :i-00 3'i hogs . '2nt 7.51 Scows... 5.O0 1 steers. J90 7.50) 27 hogs.. . KI7 Clio .: Eir. 1105 7.501 ticows... 95 5.00 25 cows.". 1155 ti.0'; 1 cow JvtO ti.OO '2 cows. . &- o.oot ; cows. . . u uu n cows. . 80 ts.oo" 6 hogs... jr.:: 7.10 lcow... s: ) 00; l!l hogs.. . 11 C-2j 1 Trtrt 4. OO: .:; hoas. .. 215 1.'2o lbull.'.! ltKX) i-00' 25 hogs.. . 150 7.00 Prices current at xue aocai siucj'ua uu the various classes of stock: ; Prime steers 7.50S.OO Choice steers ' Medium steers .i.'7.5 Choice C3WS G.00b.Su Medium cow '.9, Heifers i.Wi.(H Bulls S-5- ttas 4.50SS.OO Li"htSST. ?;5JH5 Heavy , -- WethZX"" H??,HS Ewes i o-f-l" Lambs .&.6..Sj Omaha Livestock Market. SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 3. Hogr ReceiDts. 4600: market, higher. Heavy, pigs, o.508.50; bulk of sales. $8.90 o tKB5- ... Cattle Receipts. 44O0; market, slow. Na tive steers, -j.2i&S.25: Western steers. 3.73 6 4.75: calves. t7.2S. " h;p Receipts, 13.000; market, active. Yearlings. $7S.i5: Jamba. $S.50fc&.9. f bi age Live&tock Market. CHICAGO. Feb. 2. Hogs Kecetpts, 10. 000: market, strong, 10 cents abov. vaster, day's average. Bulk of sales, f, it 7.1; heavy. tf.C57.J5; pis, ?5.60S.70. Cattle Receipts. 40O0; market, firm. Na tive steers, 5.SO 9.S3 : Western steers. 1 5.2 67.70: calves. 8fll.23. slleep Receipts, SO00; market, strong. Sheep, J6.155j7.10; lambs, i.659.15. STOCK TRADE DULL Wall-Street Market Is in Pro- fessional Hands. OPERATIONS BY SHORTS Steel Holds Its Own Without Trou ble Sales for Foreign Account ' Are Small Wide Advance in Industrials. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. The outstanding feature of today's dull ana Irregular stock market was tho extremely professional character. Trading was almost entirely given over to the faction which continued its operations on the bear side, judging from the quiet but persistent pressure upon the leading issues for the greater part of tho session. . United States Steel, which led yesterday a rise, kept well above its new minimum, most of the selling concentrating upon Reading and Canadian Pacific. These stocks, particularly Reading, showed some heavi ness in the Loudon market, where the in ternational list, with few exceptions, tended toward a lower level. Selling for foreign account here was not sufficiently large to affect quoted values. There were some contrary movements In the industrial and special Blocks, petroleum shares adding to recent gains on reports of another advance In the price of the crude product. Fertilizer issues also scored sub stantial advances, while the sugar stocks declined precipitately during mid-session. Closing prices In many Instances were below yesterday's. National Biscuit and Missouri Pacific developing sudden weaknesB. Bonds were Irregular. Total sales, par value, yl.0e9.000. United Slates bonds were unchanged on call, tut the --s and 4s gained on actual transactions. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. Bid. Alaska Gold .. '10 2SU sy 2 Amal Copper... 600 jjl's .jy Am Beet Sugar. 3,.iM JM4 Si jliK: American Can.. 4,700 2S!4 2; J4 -JVs Am Smel & Ret 300 02 81? 61 do preferred - J" Am Sugar Ret.. 6.SH0 losa; 1O0 loh Am Tel & Tel.. 1.2U0 J20-K 120K J20V Am Tobacco 2ol Anaconda Mtn.. S00 27 K 27 - Atchison l.SOO 04 01V4 Bait Si Ohio Brook R Tran.. 400 SRV 87 hi Ki California Pet.. 2.2UO 20 Itlfc 20 Canadian Pac. I,0 158 SMs 15 1 Central Leather 300 34 34 V 34 Chcs i Ohio .. 300 44 44 43 Chi Gt West J1V4 c, M 4 St Paul 300 88 88 fcS Chicago & N W 120 Chino Copper " Col Fuel & lrnn 2o Vt Col & Southern 2u D fc R Grande do preferred.. 200 11 11 11 Distillers' Secur 1'4 Erie 3,100 23 2 22'i Gen Electric .. 400 142 142 141Vj Gt North pr ... 200 115 115 115 Gt North Ore .. 700 30 !4 30 20Vi Guggenheim Ex S00 51 51 53; Illinois Central 10S Interbor Met pf 1,200 544 53i 53i Inspiration Cop l,si Inter Harvester f2 K C Southern 22 ',4 Lehigh Valley.. '00 135 133 135 'i Louis & Nash.. 11,000 75 74 U 75 Miami Copper.. 200 18 ' 1" lSvi Mo. Kan & Tex 1.WI0 11 10 M?i Mo Pacific 4.S00 11 11 liy Nat Biscuit 400 127V4 124 123 National Lead 46 Nevada Copper. 300 12i 12'i N Y Oentr.-il ... 700 R i SHi K'.lt- N Y N H & H.. S00 51 50 50 Norfolk & Wes 102 Si Northern Pac. 000 1 04 103 76 lOHVi Pacific Mail 10 Pac Tel Sc Tel 2 Pennsylvania ... I.lu0 106 105 105 Puil Pal Car 152 '4 Ray Con Copper 2.500 174 17V 174 Reading 20,700 146 145 14Ht, Repub I & S 10 Hi Rock Island Co do preferred 1 '.j St L & S F 2 pf 3H Southern Pac .. 2,100 8.1 a S5; fr,. Southern Ry ... 1.100 1K Ki1! T:'i Tenn Copper .. 2.300 SOVi 2H 2v, Texas Company 200 134 134 134 Union Pacific .. 700 12014 110U 110 do preferred.. 500 81 80 KO'j, U e Steel 18,800 40 40 4'i'i do preferred.. S00 103?i J:ti 103'. Utah Copper ... 1,500 54 53 53 Wabash pf 2 Western Union.. 2.100 MH BSj 04 Westing Elec .. S00 10 71V 703i Total sales for the day. 153,900 shares. BONDS. U S Ref 2a, reg. 09 !N Y C G 3s. b 80 do coupon.... 99 (Nor Pac 3s 04 V S 3s. reg 10H4! do 4s 92 do coupon. i01:o Pac 4s 82 U S N 4s, reg..H0 Union Pac 4s.... 5-(, do coupon. .. .110-! Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. Mercantile paper, 3ai4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady at decline. Sixty day bllis, 1M.N2; for cables. $4.8415; for de mand; (4.SV75. Bar silver, 48c. Mexican dollars, 37c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, irregular. Time loans, steady; GO days. 2'22 per cent: 00 days. 2 &3 per cent; six months, SfriHt per cent. Call money, firmer. High. 2U per cent: low, '2; ruling rate, 2; last loan, 214; closing bid, 2; offered at 2i . SAN FRANCISCO! Feb. 3. Silver bars, 48c; drafts, sight, lc: telegraph, 4c. Weekly Bank Clearuijrs. Bank clearings in the United States for the week ending January 2S, as reported to Bradstreefs, aggregate $2.978. 81 7,000, against $3,103,650,000 in the previous week and ?3.72,136,0 in the same week last year. Following are the returns for the week, with percentages of change from the same week last year: Inc. 'Dec New York $1,674 24.1.000 30.2 Chicago 2H3.5SO.OOO 7.3 Philadelphia 140.tl4ii.OO0 6.3 Boston 132.2os.0M0 .... 17.8 St. Louis - 75,i:Ui,U0O 8.1 Kansas City 73.40U.OO0 S2. .... Pittsburg 48.133. (Mio 7.S San Francisco 44.G2,rtm .0 .... Baltimore 31.845.WM 14.7 Minneapolis 25.060,000 22.2 Detroit 19.971.000 .... 17.3 Cincinnati 22.772.0OO 22.1 Cleveland 24.371.000 3.0 Los Angeles 1T.I30,K0 14.6 New Orleans l.44.:.-oK 8.6 Omaha 10,727.000 1 Milwaukee 10.15.1.000 4.7 Atlanta 14,522.01.0 14.1 Louisville 12.:iu7.ixw 4 Seattle 10.0S1.O00 8.1 Buffalo 10.22.i0 3.6 St Pajl 10.94O.llO0 14.7 Portland. Or. B.S64.0UO 5.0 Salt Lake City ... 3.242,000 . 8 Spokane 3.001.000 1U.2 Oakland 3.097.OOO 4.7 Tacoma 1.672"t0 .... 4.3 Sacramento l.B5S.M10 5.2 San Diego 1,841,000 6.5 SAN FBANC3SCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Current In Bay City on Fruits, Vege tables, Etc SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 3. Butter Fancy creamery, 26 tic; seconds,' 25 fee. j.jggs r'ancy ranch. 23 e: pullets, 22c. Cheese New. 10lS:c; Young Americas. 13U.tJ14V-c; Oregon, 14c. Vegetables F.cll peprers, J 9c; do. Chile, 686c; string beans. 2 55 3c; hothouse cucumbers, 75c51.25; eggplant, 5&7c Onions Yellow, Oc Fruit Lemon, fancy, $2.252.50; choice, $1.75&2; standard. $1.5Dt$1.75; bananas, Hawaiian, $1.2a1.75; pineapples, do. $1.59 3; California apples, Newtown Pippins. 65c6$l; Bellfleura. 50075c; Baldwins, 500 75c; Wlnesaps, 5075c; do. Oregon, New town Pippins. $11.25; Wlnesaps, S0c$L15; Baldwins, 8Sct$1.75. Potatoes Burbanks. Salinas, $1.752.10; delta. $l.lo1.30; Oregon, $1.60; sweets, $1.501.70. Receipts Flotr. 12,242 quarters; barley. 117,783 centals; potatoes, 14.650 sacks; hay, 130' tons. Navml Steree. SAVANNAH, Ga.. Feb. S. Turpentine firm. 41 cents. Sales. 187 barrels; re ceipts, 75 barrelB; shipments, none; stock. 35.081 barrel. Rosin firm. Sales, 1I3 barrels; receipt, lrss barrels; shipments, none; stocks, 188. g6S barrel. Quote: A. B, C, D. E. F, O. $3 to $3.05; H, $3.0$ to $3.15; I. $3.25: K. J3.40: M. $4.25: r, $4.25; N, $5.30; W(i $5.70: WW, 5 S. London Wool Sales. fcONDON, Feb. S. At the wool auction sales today 7400 bales were offered. Buying was brisk, the home trade and that of America and France keeping the market StrOnS. BCHPia .irouiuu, uu greasy merinos, which were quoted at from LADD & TILTON BANK katablUke. 1SS. Capital and Surplus Commercial and 1 i o jo per cciii aiau uiu c. - over the December price. Finest greasy cros-breds underwent little change from the December quotations. Coffee I'uium. NEW YORK. Feb. 3. The coffee market closed at a net loss of 11 to 14 points. -ales, 12.750 bats. February. 3.84c; March. April. 5.97c: Mav. .06c; June. 6.04c; July. 7. USe; August, 7.17c; September, 7.60c; Oc tober, 7.S3e; November, 7.3tc; December, ' spot. Irregular. Rio Ts, 88c; Santos 4s, 0c. . Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. The cotton market closed steady at an advance of 2 to 4 pinta February. 8.25c; March, 85Sc; May, 8 t-2c; July. 8.01c, August, 8.09c; Septamber, 9.17c; October. 8.25c; December, U.38c; Jan. uary, 0.45c. Spot cotton, quiet. Middling uplands, S.6UC. Sales, none. Metal Market. NEW YORK. Feb. 8. Copper firm. Elec trolytic. 14.87r; reeling. 14.6JC. London, spot copper, f63; futures, 63 10. ' Lead steady, 3.76 J. Sic. London, 18 ICS d. Spelter ateadv, 7.S708.l:c; London. 37 10a New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. Raw sugar firmer. Centrifugal 4.33; molasses, 3.56; refined firm. 10 pofnLa higher. Cut loiif, 6.15; crushed, 6.05: mold A, S.70; rules. 5.50; XXXX powdered, ft.4: powdered, 5.33: line granulated, 5.25: dlamood A, 5.25; confec tioners' A. 5.13; No. I, 5.00. Dries Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. Evaporated apples quiet. Prunes quiet and steady. Apricot and peaches steady. Raisins, neglected. Duluth Lwxeed Market. DULUTH. Feb 3 Linseed, cash, $1.8S GL00: May. $1-S9':: September, $1.90. Chicago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO, Feb. 3. Butter Unchanged. Egs Receipts, 5118 cases, unchanged. WHEAT BREAKS IN EAST CHICAGO M ARKET XEARI.Y 6 CESTS DOWN AT CLOSE. Rvaors ot Probable Opening; of Dar danelles anil Peace Talk Are Held ReapanHtble. CHICAGO. Feb. S. Ligutninu-llkc breaks and a Btartline bulge, covering an extra ordinary ranre of fc1 cents, demoralized the wheat market today and finally left price unstrung at 4 to 5 cents under last night. Other net losses were: Corn. 24c to 22jc; outs, lyktv'2c to 24c. and provisions 5 to 20 cents. In a selling panic at the outset May wheat, which was not ao actively traded in as July, tell 8fce to S1.56-V and then, but onlv for a few minutes, shot skyward to $1.66, a new high record of the war season. Wild rumors of immediate probable open ing of the Dardanelles and of a beginning of negotiations for peace were what chiefly caused the collapse of wheat at the start. Stoppage of export demand was responsible, in the main, lor subsequent depression. It being said that steamship companies were meeting enrenslve and difficult require ments on account of German submarine at tacks. , Heavy calls for margins on speculative holdingsihad put tb wheat trade oi a po sition where only a spark was nejeded to bring about wildfire selling on the part of dealers unable to stand tlie severest strain. Besides, the recent advance had squeesed out short sellers and left the market with out support until substantial warehouse con cerns and similar interests were called on to lend a hand. Fresh speculative buying, which on previous days had been so Influ ential on new upturns, was lacking, how ever, m the latest instance of a bulge, and there was evident a decided movement by conservative firms to let wheat alone as much as possible, and to coin tne invest ments more strictly to coarse grain and provisions. Margin calls of - nt" bushel on wheat were not unusuala rate said to exceed any ever previously asked UCornC'reistod soiling pressure better than wheat, although rural offerings of corn to arrive showed an increase and there was no urgent ahipping inquiry from the East Oats! like corn, followed tho general lead fATlhepVovisions. as -ell as grain, closed at a. decline a compared with last n.ght. The leading future ranged as follow. WHEAT. Open. High. Low. $l.i6; 1.37 Close. $1.09 H 1.58 is May July .$1.60 $1. . l.SB1; CORN. . .SSH . .S4k -S5 OATS. . .no't .i . .57 -58 .81 .82 7, .0 .57 '.4 19 60 19.85 May July . .52 ', .59 'i .56 May July MESS PORK. .19.65 19.S5 .20.10 20.25 LARD. Ih.521. 19.95 May July May ll.g 11 60 11.27H 11.50 11.40 11.55 July . 11.70 11.70 SHORT RIBS. Mav 11.60 11 60 11.42 juiy :::::. i.824 11 47 10.65 2 hard. - t aen prices rB,-. - Wheat. No. 3 red, $1.5861. 60 ; No. $1.58'nl.65. , Corn. No. 4 yellow. 74. 6c; .o. 4 75&?s:6No. 3 wttite. 58.ift59.ic; white. No. 4 white, S' 59HC Rye. No. 2. $1.39. Barley. S1 3 Mc Timothy. $5.5045.70. Clover, $12.50jj 15.00. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 3. Wheat Xo. 1 hard l.sai : Xo- 1 Northern. Cl.laVs tt 1-5. Mav. $1.50 bid. Corn. No. 3 yellow. HtWie. Oats, No. 1 white. . 3 G one. Flax, $1.S7tj fu.1.0054. Flour, unchanged. Barlev. 7SIJ87 cent. Rve. $1.27 61.2$. Bran, 24. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. Wheat Ship ping. $2.45(&2.50. Parley $1.5714ff1. 8216; shipping and brewing, $1.2 Vi t! 1.67 fc- Oat Red, $1.62 '.4 & 1.70. Call board sales: .... , . Barley December, $1.50 l.ul4 asked; May. $1.7i. Piuret ttoasd Wheat Market. CE tTTI E Feb 8. Wheat Bluestem, $1 5S; Turkey red, $L45: fortyfold. $1.50; club $1.4S: Fife. $1.47; red Russian, $1.41. c-aV e!pt Wnt 8, oat. . barley 3. hay 16. Hour 8. TACOM Feb. 3. Wheat Bluestem. $1.55; forty-told. 1.53; club. $1.62; red flfs, car recejpts Wheat 13: barley. 1; oat, 1; hay. 18. Record Wl-eat Price at Tacom. TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 3. A e of 10. 000 bushels of bluestem whet for prompt delivery was made In Tacoma yesterday t $1.55. This Is the highest price ever reached here. SURVEY FOR ROAD BEGUN Section of Columbia Highway Near , Hood Kiver to Cue Tunnel. HOOD RIVER. Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) ' j. A. KUiott. the engineer who .ias been in charge or the construction of Hood River County's portion of the Co. lumbia Hltrhway, today began a survey of Mitchell's Point, west of the city, where some of the heaviest work of the entire route will be encountered. Lea than a mile of the road here will cost $50,000. It will be necessary S2.000.00D Savins Deposit to cut a long: tunnel through aoltj rock, and the highway will pass throuKh ar cade rut out of (he rock overlvokmu the Columbia Hivcr. LACK OF SNOJVIS BENEFIT Kitnt-lirrs in linker I'oaiiljr Haulm Two Vt-nr- Suiil In One. B.VKEII, Or. Kcb. 3. l.prolnl ) Handlers Iti tho rntlre I'ppcr Burnt Klvcr country are taking advanlaa: t the lack ot uo;v. hili I Jut lccp cnotiRh fr itood ledllnir. to haul an altlltiHHl year supply of otxl from the Burnt River Mountain. lxu-Kinjr operation have nbo born conducted all W Inter at tho majority or the cutnps which ordinarily have nu: down because of the heavy snows. Isocline Kirr Thought lnTiidlr . LOSTIXK. Or., lib. . (Special. J. V. Drlght's hall, a two-slorr frame building- In lxwtlne. wh burned to the ttround eajly Monday. The Ion In estimated at $-000. Willi no Inauram-r. A moving picture machine bclonRtiiK to Oliver Wood suit doslroyed. l the phoiosrraph Kallery of I'rrd Kd vardK. It Ik the belief of Mr. HrlRht and others that the blame, wan hi'-vn-dtary. linker to Hate 1'nrmrrs' Coiirc. HAKI'.K, Or., Feb. S. (Special.) A short course for farmer will be plvrn in Uakcr. February 1". 1 "d IS. with prnfesKorsi from Orriron Agricultural Collewc, who are touriiiK this Krrtinn. pivint; a series of lecture at the Otv Hall. Many farmer have evprerd interest In the course, which ha been indorse.! by the official of tho Farm er' Union. ft Uuaiuiii in l.'l 'J J a ,..ahifcs3ts"a i i You are losing an opportunity to ave money and increase the value of your property by not using bitulithic pave ment. THAI tulJr'.KS' U II. FRENCH LINE Compagni Oenerale Tranvatlantlqae. l-OSTAi, BEKtlLK. Sailings for HAVRE NIAGARA Ft-, 13,3 P.M. ROCHAMBEAU Ftb. 20, 3 P. M. ESPAGX E Feb. 27, 8 P. M. CHICAGO Mar. 6, 8 P. M. FOR INFORMATION Al'VUT C W. Sllner. 0 ath m.i A. U. Oiarlli, 256 Morrlxm fc. lajlor, t:. M. 1'. Kj.; D.n.rr It. bniilh. II ad t.l A. U. Mieldun, lou :il l.i IIIcImuh. i ! Incton si. North Itank linad. alb " Mark t.; K. . .UcKarlanU, l and W al is.; K. B. lully. t-i d I'orll.Md. AUSTRALIA JLjSL Honolulu and South Seat ,4VENTURA"-,'S0NOMA" "SIERRA 10,0lJ.ton AMI UK 45 HlC4intr JUtrd Llti.xK Ml All $110 Honolulu i?di .Sydnfj, $337i0 Kor Honolulu Feb. 1". March 2. Mn.h 1$. March Co, April 13. April May 11. Kor Kydnev I'll". 10. MNl-ih lo. April II. My 11. June s. Jiilv . Aim 3, nil. 31. Ot KAMC M lAMMIIf . 1:t Matkrt hi ., tn $inl. COOS BAY AMI RMtEK.I ' S. S. ELDER SAILS M NUAV. KKU. 7, t A. M. A1 EUKI M NOAV llll.ltKAni.R. Mllilll f t t IMC a'ltAMMlll' CO. IlcketOtrlo ,1 I' until Offlc WiMH. i rl .N-.rtliruj. St, Mil.N Wl.Alilt. 1 Mmn 0". A ita S LAMPORT ftHOLT LINE A 0UTH AMERICA TMi W0RLC GREAT UAf?0EN 1 HAH1A, KIO UU JAM.IKU, OA.NTVKi. HuMtVlUtO and liLl-.NOH AiKlJ t'rrquvut tuiiiinic Xi 'Jin w mk and fa"t ( id!.j'-tni. iiiMtrmr Ht'mr. UtbM. A ItAN.KI.S, Ora. AkI S Broadway. ?C. 1. lors7 B. bni.Ui. i tftud VMblngtB Sift Or Lwl AgniU. AUSTRALIA TAIIIII AND M-IW ZBAMNO. Regular throuKh Millnc tor byilney vta Tahiti and Vtelllt'itton Hum n ITurKro, Keb. S ilar. 3. Mar. HI. and every 2k da. Union steambtp ( Near geald. Ltd. IMlH'e i .Mariif-ft WW, Kmmm or fiHai . 9. .iu ak. . s. bi;ai:k sails s v. kkh. . SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES The San traml.ro t forUand . 9. I, third id t tal4ftiia HI. (IUi O.-W. B. . C.. tet. Mrhall ttuo. A !. UAI.I.KS-t Ol.l IBI tINt. Steamer J. N. Teal leave Ta lor-nt. dfrk Mon.. Wed., l'ri dav at ll" I". M. for Tlie Ualle nd ll w'v lutidiiigK, rMrrvliiK" freiBht H'I paMentiei!'. He! ttrtiltip. leave Tha Imlle Snmliix. fi.. I'll.. 7 A. M. Tel. Main fiia. Kate II. Iierth f.Hr. COOS BAY LINE olfcA-MStllf BltHAKH AItK Sail rroa Alnaworth dock. Pertlaad. P. ai. every iuub7, noun. . loner AinortU dock. P C. a. K. I.laa, L. u. ktltic. Airst Ph. .Be Mat S0. A bliir, imi. I'jocej MatsbaU "W. A tl-i