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T1TE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1915. 1 - BATSFGRD IN RIVER First 50-Shilling SteamerAr rives for Grain Cargo.'' RUSSIAN SAILER OFFERED Several Vessels Are Due in Port and Jutes for Near Future Are Matter or Discussion Some Here Vnilergoing Repairs. Fteamine direct from Nagasaki for ,e Columbia River, the British tramp Bataford. whl-h Kerr. Gifford & Co. will load for England, crossed In yes terday and should be In tne Harbor earlv tbi. morning. On being lined, the Vteamer. which is of 206 tons net jS-iater. will berth at Montgomery do. k to begin working cereal. The charter of the Batsford. marking rhe advance of freights to 00 shillings, attracted attention in grain circles but Bin.-e then the British steamer Kish ob tained 55 shillings. the Japanese steamer Kenkon Maru 60 shillings and the British steamer Lowther r... t . v, .Bl.nrH for steam Bfilllinga. carrjmK i" "-" ,, ; , :,. ihnva the figure tor Ev pv ou."y.ar. while the Russian f&ip Port Stanley, now in the h"b,r was engaged at 55 shillings the . h gh- tit rat in a cozen yio nnlninn AmOnZ porters as to future freights, some con . . . v . .ni k no advance. tending inui mei c t the Port Stanley is being offered U 57s d. , , . Hind. Rolph & Co.. who took the sh hip. ttave two other sailers auc . . ver ship the last or win mu"t" - Perouse which is on the way from Antofogasta. ana me rrt... walne. which is coming from Pisagua Besides, the French ship Laenne -i f rnm AntO ajiouia ne nose . foprafita, and the French bark Francois 1 looked for from ma same l v -1 Uianflthfl KJ4 I no rorw e(jmn -' fo be expected to arrive from Cape .. . . . . ' . v. ; mtintn. is TO DO tipniea - . A , i ; mnnth Uown ine miiw i" - ' yt on the disengaged list. Her owners . . . . .t..!Qn r.ilf.1- Sj-e ottering ner iur . t. . k. i&'lil not ner rolt the shin to be dispatched for the .. . j j .. th war Port- land exporters say that some business taight be done wun .MMri - r ..Mi.iniiv to ritsnos MU tnere is n uim'"-' ' r ct flour, as the Australian government has taken steps 10 rrsm. "" - am to discourage importation, due tc lli " war. rne or'"i'ii mj. ... Which came here from Cape Town, was favored oy oar cnnumiMm . iA . va The Birtha. whic 1. ft down Thursday, was reported reaching Astoria yesterday, liavin j ..... 1 i v... rtr Tht. flezina J to he floated from the Port of Tortland urvdoctt looay aner 1. her hull i-leaned and painted, and is to start working wheat early in the week, llcr pla-e on the dock will be taken l.v the Katanga, which is to have re pairs made to her hull. The Morna, due to have most of her deck renewed, was lifted on the Oregon drydock yes terday fcr i-leaning and painting. FUBRIARV STEAMKUS FILLED Jidvnncc Smicc Bookings Demanded by Company to Avoid Congestion. fards Issued from the New York ttffice of the American-Hawaiian line Jiave reached Portland firms, warning thnn against ordering goods shipped r.,m th. Kant without being assured that proper arrangements are made for their immediate dispatch from the Brooklyn terminal of the fleet. "All steamers scheduled to sail dur ing February from New York for Pa cific Toast ports arf fully engaged." navs the circular. "We request that you do not ship or route any goods, no rnatter what quantity, over our line un less you now hold confirmation of the engagement of space. The loss of rne Mcamer W ashingtonian. bound for New York, is In a measure responsible for this condition. On sailings during Starch and later space must be en Raged ahead and confirmed by us be fore shipment from out-of-town points. All car demurrage will be charged to the owners of freight. We are sending this notice to avoid a worse congestion on piers and yards, and in order to es re an embargo on the part of the Railroads." In addition to the arrival of steamers fisted the New York office announces the sailing of the Hawaiian from Port land. March 27. the Oregonian April 6, Sanaman April 16. and Honolulan i&pril CXAl FORCE HAS XO HOLIDAY spnly Xecessarjr Handling of Cargo Goes On Along Waterfront. Cperatidns along the line of The Jtalles-CeUlo Canal were not halted be cause of Lincoln's birthday, it being a Ptate holiday, and Its observance to tlic extent of shutting down work left to the discretion of those In charge. Captain Ptllon. Corps of Kngineers. t. A., left Portland in the morning lor a trip over the line to inspect head way. Captain Dillon's office closed bere during the afternoon and depart ments at the Custom-llouse took ad vantage of the holiday. Little work was done on ships in the fiarhor. The PorOand-Oalifornia liner Dear was worked during the day and besides loading today, longshoremen may be engaged handling cargo tomor row as wel!. so there will be two days lor that ship to pay overtime during her present visit. Operations at the Port of Portland drydock. so far as they pertained to the bark tiezina, were sus pended yesterday. Grain ships were not prkcd during the day. BOQl'IAM TO HAVE NE1V DOCK Iort Commission Decides lo Build harf to Cost About $75,000. JlOvll'lAM. Wash.. Feb IS. (Spe eial.) Construction of & wharf lotlx Hid feet in dimensions in Hoquiam for handling lumber and shingle shipments fcnd general freight was decided on yes terday by the Grays Harbor Port Com mission. Dctntled sieclf ications and plans have been ordered drawn and sire to be ready in aboufra week. The cost of the dotk is to be about $75,000. The dock is to be located at the pres-' nit site of the Eighth-street dock and will extend eastward. Provision will te made for rasacnger and local harbor business and part of the dock will be a;iven over to a pier shed and storage Cor lumber and shingles. Provision is tnade for three spur tracks to the dock. CATALIXA JOB XEARS END Xiner Damaged by Fire to Be Mcamed From Here Next Month. In another month the steamer Santa Catalina. of Vt". K. Grace & Co.' quartet of New Tork-racltic Coast liners, will be under way stain, though she has not turned a wheel since October IS. when, the caught tire near Columbia City, j while en rmfie up the river, and was I feeacacd. About March f the Willamette Iron At Steel "Works will turn the vessel over to her owners, thoroughly repaired and rehabilitated, though with minor changes in the way of interior finishing and things the owners have indicated. The matter of cargo for the Santa Catalina is under consideration and will be decided soon. The company hopes to set the ship on schedule again so that the four "Santa" vessels will be traveling- through the canal In regular order once more. Official -announcement of new steamers to be contracted for this year has not been made, but plans are said to be In such shape that the award ing of contracts may be executed soon. TUOR MAY LOAD COAIi FIRST Second Vessel Will Be Required to Move Last of Big Lumber Orde. .Before coming to load lumber here for Quebec the Norwegian steamer Thor, chartered by Sudden & Christen son, may load a coal cargo at Nanaimo for San Francisco, as negotiations for such a voyage are under way. The total order is for 4.500,000 feet, and as the Thor carries 3.500.000 feet, another vessel, probably a coaster, will be fixed to complete the delivery. There were "nibbles" yesterday among lumbermen for several hundred thou sand feet for foreign delivery in the Pacific, and prospects were that the business would be placed at Portland. More orders undoubtedly would accrue if suitable tonnage was available at a reasonable figure, but with large sailers and tramps in, demand for wheat at record freights, the lumber narket is left in a position that makes certain business almost prohibitive. JETTY DAMAGE VIEWED EXAMI.AT10.V REVEALS lAJIRT WAS OVERESTIMATED. Section ( Piling 2300 Feet Loos Swept Away, and Rock Portion Drops 15 Feet. ASTORIA. Or., F. 12. (Special.) An examination today of the south jetty at the mouth of the Columbia showed that, while the damage done to that breakwater by the heavy seas which lashed it last Monday morn ing was not so extensive as was feared, it was considerable. From what is known as the '"lump," approximately 2300 feet inside the buoy marking the end of the jetty, all the piling, with the exception of p.bout half those in the lump, and two small sections, one of about 20 and the other of about 18 bents, was swept away up to the outer spur, a distance of between 2300 and 2400 feeL As the piling went, the rock either rolled off or settled until that stretrh of the jetty is shout 15 feet lower than before and the top Isyer of rock was just awash shortly after half-tide late today. Just inside thf outer spur, as well as about half way between that spur and the next one. similar damage resulted, stretches of trestle from 200 to a0 feet in length were carried away and the rock top was taken by the seas. Along the entire stretch from the outer spur to a point probably 2500 feet inside the second spur there are numerous spots where the piling was taken out by the seas, and at each end of these the rock has been leveled until it is several feet below high water. Be tween the "lump" and the buoy no rock is in sight at any stage of the tide. GLEXGVLK IS AT YOKOHAMA New Royal Mail Liner Starts Across Pacific 'ext Week. On her maiden voyage across the Pacific the new Koyai Mail liner Ilen gyle is scheduled to sail from Yoko hama on Monday, and Is due on Puget Sound about March 1 and at Portland on March 8. What will follow the Glengyle has not been given out. though it has been assumed -that the uieniochy would be next. The Olengyle is a vessel of tons net register, and is commanded by Cap tain Kicliard Webster, who has been in the Royal Mail service for years. The new liner is said to be much like the Cardiganshire and Carnarvonshire, new steamers of the fleet that were here last year. She is built on the girder system and is a large cargo carrier, whNe provision is made for cabin and steerage passengers. The Carnarvon shire has been released from troopship service by the Kritish government, but the Cardiganshire is said to be held in England, though her release is expected soon. News I'roni Oregon Ports. COOS BAT, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) The steamship Geo. W. Klder, which ar rived at 6:30 A. M., reported excellent weather from Eureka up the Coast. The Klder sailed for Portland at 11 in the morning. The steamer Adeline Smith sailed for San Francisco this morning at 9:30. The steam schooner Daisy sailed for San Francisco at 10 A. M. today with lumber from North Bend. ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 32. (Special.) The Norwegian bark Birtha. with a cargo of grain from Portland for the United Kingdom, arrived today and will probably go to sea tomorrow. The Norwegian ship Cambusken- neth sailed this niornig for the United Kingdom with a cargo of grain for Kurope. The British steamer Batsford ar rived this afternoon after a fairly good run from Yokohama and will load, grain at Portland. She will be fumTi gatM bofore going up the river. The (trace line steamer Santa Ce celia arrived this afternoon from Tort land and after loading about 400 tons of salmon here for New York will sail during the night via Puget Sound. Marine .Note;. Improvement in the movement of freight on theUpper Willamette con tin jcs and the Yellow Stack line will send the steamer Oregona out Monday to operate with the Grahamona. wo there will be an increased service to S.Uem. as well as the present facilities to Corvallis. To work more lumber cargo, the steamer Daisy Gadsby went to Linnton yesterday and the O. M. Clark shifts lo Portsmouth todny in gathering ma terial she will carry to Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands. Captain F. II. Works, assistant su perintendent of the O.-W. Jt & X. water lines, and Will L.ovell, master mechanic, have returned from the Snake River district. The steamers Spokane and Lewiston are both operating on that stream and the Harrison will be started on Cour d'Alene Lake in a day or two. Henry Hewitt Gains. Regarding the condition of Hnnry Hewitt, pioneer exporter and murine insurance man of Portland. Dr. Holt C. Wilson- said last night that his con dition was much improved and that the ntient was holding his own against an attack of jmenmonia. Mr. Hewitt ws first taken ill with the grippe. Movements of Vessels, POUTl.ANt. Feb. 12. Arrivel Russian Mup Tort S:anl?v, from tjjJaquil. ailod Vi-rweginn bark Hlrtha. for I nited King dom; pteamer Celllo, for San Diego and AM oris. Fb, 12. Arrived down at P. M., Ft.-aiH'r Santa OeeHia. Arrival at 3;:10 p. M., Rrttit flimr Batstford, from Nagasaki. Siid at 10:30 A M.. Nor-itian ship CambUPkenneth, for t'nitrd KitiRdom. Ar rived at noon, steamer Svra, Irom Grays H Sa'praacisco, Feb. 12. Sailed at 6 A. 1L si?amer r-an itamon, ior roruanu. .m.---at 11 A. A!., steamer Great Northern, iron Philadelphia, via San Diego. .San Pedro, Feb. 12. Arrived at noon, steamer Klamath, from Portland. Coos Bay, Feb. 12. Sailed at noon, steam er Geo. W. Elder, for Portland. Seattle, Wash.. Feb. 12. Arrived Steamer Congress, from San Diego; Admiral Farragut, Col. E. L. Drake, from San. Francisco; Tam ba Mara (Japanew. from Hongkong. Sailed Steamera governor, for San Diego; CapC A. F. Lucas, towingarge 93. for San Fran cisro; Sar.ta Ana, for Seward. New York, Feb. 12. Arrived steamers Jean and Montana, from San Francisco. flarrv Island. Feb. 11. Passed Cairnhlll, from San Francisco for Liverpool. Ioadon, Feb. It. Arrived Strathblane, from San Francisco via Norfolk. San Francisco, Teb. 12. Arrived Steam era Pennsylvania, from Balboa: Great North ern, from Philadelphia; Hardy, from Coos Bav; U. S. S. Colorado, from Bremerton; Falcon, from Mazatlan. Sailed-Steamers Nann Smith for Coos Bay; San Hamon, for Astoria; Atlantic, schooner Vega, for Seattle. Tides at Astoria Saturday. . High Low. 0:48 A. M-.-.7.5 ft.6:3S A. M. . . .2.6 ft. P. M . ft.;7:15 P. M... 0.9 ft. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From Bear Lo Angeles. Geo. W. Elder Eureka Date- . . In port . . ..Feb. 13 . . . Feb. 14 , . . . Feb. 14 Feb. 10 . . Feb. 21 ...Feb. iii Breakwater loos y Yucatan. . . San Dieeo. .. . Beaver. ... Kose City. Roanoke. . Los Anseles. . Los Angeles. . Saa Diego DUB TO DEPART. For Name. Harvard Geo. W. Elder. . . Bear Yale Multnomah. .... Data. ...Feb. 13 . S. F. to L. A. . Eureka. . . . . Feb. Feb. .. Feb. . . .Feb. . . . Feb. ...Feb. . . . Feb. . .Los Angeles. . . S.T to L. San Francisco. Breakwater. . . Yucatan San Ramon. ... Beaver. ........ Klamath Yosemtte Northland Roanoke Rose City. .... Willamette. ... ... Coos Bay . ..San Diego. . . . ...San Francisco. . . .Los Angelea. . .. .San Diego . . .San Diego. . . . ..San Francisco. . . . San Diego . . Los Angeles. . . . .San Diego. . . . . . . San Diego. . . . .. Feb. 20 ...Feb. 23 ...Feb. 23 . . - Feb. 24 . . . Feb. 24 .. Feb. 26 Feb. 25 . . . Feb. 28 SERVICE. Data. ...Mar. 8 ...April 2 Date. ...Mar. 15 ...April 10 Celilo. .. TROPEAN AND ORIENTAL Name. From Glengyle London Glenlochy. . Londo l Name. For Glengyle London - . Uieniochy Londou Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Feb. 12. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Sea smooth; wind south, -V miles. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. 5L, Febru ary 12, uoleH otherwise designated.) Klder. Coos Bay for Portland, live miles south of Cape Meares. nr Scott, with Acapulco in tow, Nanalmo for San Francisco, 15 miles north of the Co lumbia River. , M . ParaiBo San Francisco for Portland, 10 miles south of Heceta Head. .. tierrin. Everett for Monterey, 30 miles rr,Willameett" Seattle for San Francisco, 10 miles north of Cape Xrcaxes. Asuru:in, Richmond ior PeU gjJJJ B C 33 miles north of the Columbia River. Velilo San Fnancieco for Seattle, six miles north of Wllla Harbor. Beaver San Pedro for San Francisco, elgnt miles east of Point Concepcion Santa Clara. Santa Barbara, for Port ban Luis. 15 miles west of Santa Barbara. General Ypsequelra, San Francisco for Panama. 718 miles south of San Franclacu. Azter. San Francts.o for Balboa, -!Ut miles south of San Francisco. Peru, San Francisco for Balboa, u miles south of San Francisco. Ka-lboa, San Francisco for Enscnada, ojo miles south of Sun Francisco. Manchuria, Hongkong for San Francisco. 12 1 U miles out, February 11. Georgian. Hilo ror New ork, 6S0 miles east of Hilo. February 11. Logan. Manila for San Francisco. 017 miles out, February 11. Cm.i- Admiral Uowey, fan r run .-"; i n.-fl, .r Point Kpvcs. 'centralla. San Franeisco for Eureka, 50 miles north of Poir.t Keyes. ' ft Mnr1-.r Korfolk for "San FranclBCO, 0 miles from San Francifco lightship. Yosemite. Gras Harbor for San Francieco, Atlantic. San Francisco for Seattle, 12 Kose City, Portland' for San Francisco, 75 miles north or Mn rrancisco. Nann Smith, San Francisco for Coos Bay, a t m n.iT-th ftf San Francisco. Queen, San Francisco for ian Pedro, off Point New Years. Adeline Smith, Coos Bay for San Fran-c-lfco. 110 miles south of Coos Bay. Lansing. Seattle for San Luis, 40 miles north of San Francisco. sehiev Seattle for San Francisco, lat tn4U. nnrt h nf Han V T 3 n C 1 SCO. El Seguudo, Point Wells for Richmond, 186 miles north ol an r rancisuo. Multnomah, with bnrge Wapama In tow, Astoria for San Franelsco, off Point Gorda. San Ramon. San Francisco for Portland, 1 t mllou n..rt h nf Arena. fc ' Roanoke. Portland for Fan Francisco. 133 miles north or t-an T--rane,wro, CONSOLIDATION VOTE AIM St. Johns Residents Want Annexa tion on Spring Ballot. ST. JOHNS. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) The petition for a vote on the merg ing of St. Jonns with Portland, under the Lewis bill, is beinjj circulated rapidly, and probably will be ready to to the council next uuesaay nijfht. The first merger measure pro vided that a merger might be brought about by a "majority of the electors interested." but this was considered doubtful of application and Represen tative Lwis has sought to remedy this so that a "majority of those voting may effect the merger. The first was a. constitutional amendment. If St. Johns is consolidated with Portland, which seems probable, it will do away with the offices of those who may be elected at the April election. The population Is 6000. HOPE FOR PIONEER SLIGHT Condition of Colonel McCraken Is Practically Unchanged. r.n..crV. knn. for his recovery ' had practically been abandoned, the condl n ivinn.i .TnliTi Mr-fVken had changed little yesterday. He is 89 years old and is one of the first of Oregon's pioneers. His three'children, Robert G. McCraken, James R. McCraken and Mrs. C. B. Hurley, or lacoma, are at his bedside. Dr. Tressler Edward Hale is in attendance. Colonel McCraken was identiriea with mercantile Interests in Oregon for many vears. locating first at Oregon City. He was born in Liondon, Kng land. came to America in 1832 and to California with the gold rush of '49. SELLWOOD PROTEST MADE Proposed Rerouting of Streetcars Generally Opposed. At a special meeting of the Eellwood Board of Trade this week protest was made against the plan to reroute the streetcars in the Portland downtown district. J. W. Campbell submitted resolutions covering the matter. It was set forth that it was planned to re route the caio crossing the HawthornO bridge so as to run on First street. Such a plan, it was declared, would leave a majority of passengers further from their destinations than at pres ent. , The resolutions protest against tne change and ask that the present routing be retained. ASTORIA WINS IN DEBATE Grcsham High JSeiiool Defeated, Two Points to One. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The interseholastic debate tonight be tween teams representing Astoria and Gresliam high schools was won by the local team-, 2 to 1. The question dis cussed was "Public Ownership of Rail roads." The Astoria team, consisting of Eva Bower and 'William Sigurdson. support ed the affirmative. Eva Struggles and rTen V. de Haven, of the Gresham school, sustained the negative, j OVER EXPORT BASIS Wheat Prices Are Out of Line ' With Europe. NEW BUSINESS IMPOSSIBLE Local Markgf, However May Hold Its Own and More Too if Chi cago Shonld Open Steadier. Grain dealer Incline to the opinion that a better local wheat market will prevail to day if the market at Chicago should open steadier than it closed Thursday. Lack of support, because of the tense freight situa tion, was responsible for prices going off sharply here on Wednesday and Thursday. With a little encouragement, however, it is believed Portland buyers would recover their nerve and get prices back to the point where they were earlier In the week." The smart ness of supplies In the Northwest Is the strong factor in the market and will assert Itself if it gets half a chance. N On the other hand, another break at Chi cago is more than likely to cause a renewal of selling in the local market by specula tors and export buyers will do what they can to get prices on a still lower basis, as they claim, and no one disputes them, that new business with Europe cannot be worked at the present wheat and freight quota tions. A sailing ship in the harbor Is asking 57s 6d and steamers want 70s. It is asserted by some that Argentine freights have begun to weaken, yet shippers have advices that 77s 6d was paid for steamer transportation from Argentina to Europe. It being Lincoln's birthday,1 there was no session of the Merchants' Exchange and no outside trading in wheat was reported. The sale nf a steamer parcel of flour to Europe at th j highest price of the season was an nounced. Local receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Portland 42 31 S 11 lear ago 30 8 3 573 5 4G3 4 14-78 12 2482 Sea'n to date. 13571 15r2 10t2 163 Year ago .... 13078 Tacoma, Thur. 29 Sea'n to date. 7717 VNSOT.D STOCK OF WHEAT IN BARER Farmers Holdings Estimated at About 150,000 Bubhela. BAKER, Or., Fob. 32. (Special.) Re ports received trom operators of threshing machines which worked in Baker County last Fall indicate that there are at least 150,000 bushels of wheat in the county still unsold. Instead of 2o.0O0, as earlier estimates indicated. Estimates of the total wheat yield of Baker County for 1914. based on incomplete information as to the amount of acreage of wheat in the county and on the probable yield per acre, were that the county's crop was about 200,000 bushels. Reports from the buying agencies at Baker and Haines show that about 170,000 bushels of wheat have teen marketed. The reports from the threshing operators, however, show that a total of 325,000- bush els were threshed in Baker County. These reports were obtained by Walter Meacham, secretary of tho Commercial Club, after much correspondence, and many of the re ports were delayed, the final report having been only Just received. Buyers of wheat have expressed surprise from time to time at the apparent abund ance of wheat. That the farmers have been holding and saying nothing about their sup ply Is now believed to be the fat. There has been little apparent desire to dispose of the holdings and those farmers who are known to have any material supply of this grain have refused to put any price on It, saying that they are well able to hold their wheat and that they will wait to see what the market develops. Complete reports have not been received on the amount of oats and barley in the county, but sales of these grains continue hpav at from $1.75 upwards a hundred weight for oats and $33 a ton for barley. Walla Walla Whea Losa Small. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) wheat having had a chance to grow, following the letting up of the cold spell. farmers state that the damage by freezing In this county was small. On upper Eureka Flat practically none of the grain was frozen out. MANCULRIAN .FREIGHT KASTBOUXD Trade in Soya Beans Is Expected to Be Jbniargea. t fnnnartlnn with the aueation of ob tainlng return cargoes for ships bringing American products to Jiancnuna ana v mm Virnnmil Crawford, at Harbin writes that Inquiries have been received for soya bean's, which form the principal ex port from that region, and as the European markets have been partially closed by reason of the war it is not unlikely that this may form an important Item for export. The port of Vladivostok Is now kept open throughout ' the Winter by means of ice- . I,,,-. -cvAiirht traffic on the- Trans- Siberian Railway, which was much con gested at the beginning oi tne war, uas oeea a Mnrnm-pr thA double-tracking of the Trans-Siberian Railway has been com pleted as far as ithuisk, ana me railway i in a better position than" ever before for handling freight. Since tho Panama Canal has tmn opened to commerce it is possible for direct shipments io do the eastern coast of the United States and Vladivistok. fAHi SHIFTING OROEKS ARE LIMITED Local Receipts Do 'ot Clean V'p nd the Market Is Weak. There was only a Haht shipping demand for eggs yesterday and not much local in quiry. Consequently stocks am not ciean uy. Sales were made at 3 to 24 cents. Poultry sold at unchanged prices. Hens were in demand and ducKs soia iainy wen, but there was little inquiry for turkeys and none for geese. Dressed pork was slow as a consequence of the setback In the live bog market. Veal was steady. Butter was steady at the old prices. Vegetable prices Are Firm. s m in yesterday in the way of vegetable shipments and the street was well cleaned up m an -iiffniA v-etab!es of all Iklnds were firm in price, as a consequence of the bad weather conditions prevailing m mo suuui. Oranges are also cleaning up closely and prices have an upward trend. PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS firaln Flour, Fowl. Etc. No Seion of Mor- chant ft' .cx-" jp . FLOrR Patents, $7-20 a barrel; straights. trt wr whole wheat, granam, ..u. MLFEED Spot prices: Bran. fcJO.iO'fc) 31.50 per ton; shorts, .uu jj.ou; rouea barley, toawov. CORN White, per iwu, wavu, ner ton. alfalfa, I12&1S- Fruits and Vegetables. Local jobbing quotations: I "TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels. i ?n& 5 per box; lemons, 'ffa.u per dox; $3.30?Vmeapples, 6c per pound; tangerine, , $1.25 per pox. vfofTABLES Cucumbers, hothouse. si 5cs ISO doaen; eggplant, saflOc pound; peppers. -00 Pr cra"; 5Ttlcnokes-(8:i9Sc let dosen: tomatoea. S1.76 per crate; cab-, : i n.r nound: celry $4 per bare ;. cauliflower, 2 per crate; sprouts, . head lettuce, f 1.70 fx 2 ceri rrate crate- hothouse lettuce. 7.1c per box: squash, li3c per pound; rhubarb, 10 12 He per pound. GREEN FRT T I TS A pples, 73c 1 .50 P box; casahas, $1.05 per crate; grapes 3.o0 per barrel: cranberries, Sll per barrel. pot totts Orcion 41. 1003.15 per sack; Yakima, SI. 15; sweet potatoes, 2&2c per pound. ONIONS Oregon, selling price $1.00 per sack, country points. SACK VEGETABLES Carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.25 per sack; parsnips, $-t.25 per sack. Dairy and County produce.- Local jobbing quotations: EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 23 fir? 2-? t; candled. 25c. POULTRY Hens, 33'A14c; mixed. 1 $13c; broilers, 18Sj20c; turkeys, dressed. 2u6i 21c; live, 16c; ducks, 13 lSc; geese, HdvXOc. ' BUTTER Creamery, prints, extras, 29 c per pound in case lots; c more in less than c ase lots; cubes, li5& litic. CHEESE Oregon triplets, jobbers' buying price, 35c per pound, f. o. b. dock, Portland; Young Americas, ltic per pound. VEAL Fancy. 12&12c per pound. PORK Block. c per pound. Staple Groceries. Local jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River one - pound tails, $2.30 per dozen; half-pound flats, $1.50; one-pound flats, $2.50; Alaska pink, one-pound tails, $1.05. HOXET Choice, $3.23 per case. .NUTS Walnuts, 13 24c per pound: Bra zil nuts. 15c; filberts, 15I&24C: almonds, 23 i24c; peanuts, 6c; cocoanuts, $1.0O per dozen: pecans, I9&20c; chestnuts, 12feei5c BEANS Small white, 64c; large white, 64c; Lima, ttc; pink, 54f6c; Mexican, 6c; bayou, 0 c COFFEE Roasted, In drums, 38QS3Hc. SUGAR Fruit and berry. $6.55; beet, $635; extra C, $6.05; powdered, in barrels, $6. SO. SALT Granulated, $15.50 per ton; half ground, 100s. $10.75 per ton; 60s, $11.50 per ton; dairy, $14 per ton. RICE Southern head, 646Hc broken. 4c per pound; Japan style, 45c. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 8c per ponnd; apricots, lS'S'lSc; peaches, 8c; prunes, Ital ians, 89c; raisins, loose Muscatels, be; un bleached Sultans, 7c; seeded,' 8&Uc; dates, Persian, 30t per pound; fard, $1.65 per box; currants7 812c: Hops, Wool. Hides. Etc. HOPS-1014 crop, 1012ttc; 1913 crop, nominal; HIDES Salted hides. 13c; salted bulls, 10c; salted kip, 15c; salted calf, 19c; green hides, 13Mc: green bulls. 9c; green kip 15c; green calf. 19c; dry hides, 20c; dry calf, 28c. WOOL -Valley, 2023c; Eastern Oregon, 15 20c, nominal. MOHAIR 1914 clip. 27c per pound. CASCARA BARK Old and new, 4c per pound. PELTS Dry long-wooled pelts, 13c; dry short-wooled pelts. 10c; dry shearings, each, 30 15c ; salted shearings, each, 15 25c; dry goats, long hair. each. 32t2V4c; dry goat shearings, each, 30 to 20c; salted sheep pelts. February, $11.50 each. Provisions. HAMS All sizes, 1718c; skinned. 17 lSc; picnic, l-'c; cottage roll, 13&c; broiled, l(28c. BACON Fancy. 2728c; standard, 23 24c; choice, 17&Cf22c; strips. 37c. DRY SLT Short dear backs, lSf&15C; exports, jri17c; plates, 1313c. LARD Tierce basis: Kettle rendered, 12 -6c; standard, 12e; compound, 6c. BARREL GOODS Mess beef, $23: plate beef, $:M.50; brisket pork. $28.-0; pickled pigs' feet, $12.5CU tripe, 9.5011.60; tongues, $J5(&30. Oils. KEROSENE Water white, drums, barrels or tank wagons. 10c; special drums or bar rels. 33M-C: cases. 17tt&2uC GASOLINE Bulk. 32c; rases, 39c; engine distillate, drums. 7r; cases, 14c; naptha, d rum s. lie; cases, 1 8c. LINSEED Oil- Raw. barrels, 71c; raw, cases, 7tfc; boiled, barrels, 73c; boiled, cases, 73 cents. TURPENTINE In tanks, COc; In cases, C7c; 10-case lots, 1c less. BUYERS' INTERESTSMALL LESS ATTENTION PAID TO HOGS AT LOWER PRICES. Fifteen Load Are Received at Tarda and Seven Cents Is Top for Day. Trading at the stockyards was confined principally to the swine division, where the receipts. 15 lQuds, were liberal for the last of the week. Seven cents proved to be the top of the market, four loads bringing this figure and other loads falling short of it. Killers have not shown much interest in hogs for several days, even at the lower prices prevailing. The cause of the weak ness can be found in the easier Eastern market conditions, rather than the local situation. Business in the cattle division was unim portant and the sheep market was inactive. There is underlying strength in both these lines. Receipts were 34 cattle, 1172 hogs and 3 sheep. Shippers were: With cattle J. L. Cox, Stanfleld. 1 car. With hogs Cottonwood Milling Company. Cottonwood, 2 cars ; Grover Bros., New Plymouth, 1 car; W. A. Ayers. New Ply mouth, 1 car; iSol Dickerson, Weiser, I car; C. H. Lib by, Huntington, 1 car; Dave lie Gill, Ontario, 1 car: Charles Hunter, Phoe nix, 1 car; M. O. Dayton, Goldendalo, 1 car. With mixed loads C. McCali. Weiser, 1 car cattle and hogs; C. E. Lucke, Wallowa, I car cattle, hogs and sheep; J. P. Reese, McMlnnvillc, 1 car cattle and hogs. The day's sal were as 'follows: Wt. Price. Wt Price. Icow... 1000 $G.25 98 hogs 386 $7.00 3steers.. 940 6.25f 98 hogs. . . . 182 7.00 Ibull... 1680 5.50 88 hogs.... 200 7.00 4 hogs... 325 6.20 91 hogs 191 6.90 6 hogs... 420 5.70 8 hogs 410 5.90 20 hogs ... lia 6.00 2 hos. . . . 180 6.25 71 hogs... 2W) 6.70 20 hogs.... 318 6.25 50hORS... 114 6.001 83 hogs.... 358 6.80 44 hogs... 389 6.8O 102 hogs lft4 6.80 113 hogs. . . 183 7.00 Prices current at the local stockyard on the various classes of stock: Cattle Prime steers $7.50(94.00 Choice steers 7-25 07.50 Medium steers 6.757.23 Choice cows 6.00)6.80 Medium cows 6.0036.00 Heifers o.woji.uo Bulla 8.50&6.00 Stags --. 4.50 3.00 Hoes Light 6.25(3)7.00 Heavy 5.25 6.20 b beep t Wethers . 00(37.09 Ewes S.004H.OO Lambs .26$.v0 Omaha livestock Market. SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 12. Hogs- Receipts 11,000; market, higiter. Heavy $0.5OS -'6.65; light. $6.50 6.(10; pigs, $50 6.25- bulk nf sales, $4.506.60. rattle Reretms 400: market, steady. 8 tive steers, $;Ti7.70: native cows and heifers. $."Sz 7: Western steers. $67.25; Texas steers. $.f.75 7; Tex:i rrws and heifers, $4.7d'0 6.00; calves, $701 Khen Herein. 8. 3000: market. hlcher. Yearlings, $rt.70&7.50; wethers, $6.5O7.10; lambs, 7.aufr3.ia. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Feb. 12. Hogs Receipts. 22. (00; market, strong, 15c above yesterday's avenge. Bulk of sales. n.65ra.84; light. $.C5& 6.875 ; mixed-. .55& .8o; heavy. $4.65(S6.S0; rough, $6.45-55; pigs, $5.25 Cattle Receipts. 1000: market. Arm. Na tive steers, $5.55 8.70: Western steers. $4.85 ('7. 35; cows ana neiiers, i4.ztg t.to; caives, $7 10.23. Sheep Receipts. 0000; market, steady. Sheep. $257.0O; yearlings, $7.20t& 7.70; lambs, $6 75S.25. ' Americans Steady at London. T.n'DO.N". Feb. 12. The American de- partJSlent of the stock market opened quiet, with most attention belncr paid to Canadian Pacific and Union Famine. inuen oiatea Steel was quoted at 5050i. The close was dull. LONDON', JFeb. 12. Bar silver, 22d-per ounce. Monev, 1 per ceni. nisffHint rates For short bills. I 5-16 per cent; do, three months' bills, 15-16 percent. - Hops at London. r TiTRPOOk Feb. 12. Hons in London: Pacific Coast, ."i 0s4 10s. Klamath Cattle for California. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Feb. 32. Spe- cjal) Fourteen cars 01 cattle, grown in ihi.' rnunt v. stand at Midland, ready for shipment to Oakland on the stock special to California. Charles Horton. of this city, Is sending eight cars and Alex Davis ships the other mere are air several cars of hogs to go. ( Naval Stores, SAVANNAH, Feb. 32. Turpentine, firm. 4(V-c sales, 34 barrels; receipts, us oarreis; shipments, 232 barrels; stork, 35.089 barrels. pn,n firm: sales, 292 barrels; receipts, 1fl barrels j shipments, 3136 barrels; stock. iqon- V. 1V&3.OG: G. H, 13.15: I. $8.15; K. $S.'40- M, $4.00; N, $5.00; WG..$5.40; WW, 55.60, , . ...... LADD & TILTON BANK Katabltek.4 UU, Capital and Surplus Commercial and RUSSIA'S SURPLUS RIG RESERVE WHEAT SIPPMKS AVAIL ABLE FOR SHIPMENT. Vast Quantity of Grain May De Ex ported by Way of White Sea and Vladivostok. The Petrograd correspondent of the Lon don Times, In a dispatch to that paper un der date of January 23. furnishes the fol lowing figures as snowing the available wheat reserves of the Russian Empire: The total 1914 crop was 1,263,004.000 poods. After the deduction of the required quan tity of seed there remained 1.055,O22.OtK. Home consumption absorbed 810,txs.000. leaving a clear, surplus of the HU4 harvest available for export of 245.034.000. The reserves of wheat actually in sight on the market In October last amounted to 82.073.OW5 grain and a.DOl.fiiM flour, not including the returns of several granaries. It may be assumed that the quantity at present available for export to Siberia and European Russia Is approximately a quar ter of a milliard 230.000.000 poods). .The Russian returns now to hand are of a reassuring character Hnd come st an op portune moment. They are in full con formity with the forecasts which had pre viously reached the British corn trade, but have the immense addea value that they represent experience as derived from threshings The pood is a little over 39 pounds, and 12 oL tliem may b reckoned to the English quarter. On this basis ws have about 105,2r5,000 quarters produced. This compares with previous years as fol lows: Year. Quarters. Year. Quarters. 1014 105,V:.5,Ot0 1111 64.IMO.0O0 12-'. l.-iG.OnO 3010 W, 108.000 1012 Ul.017.0lV The estfmale ot a quarter of a milliard poods as he available export surplus of wheat is a very rioderate one and possibly relates to the surplus of the new crop, without reckoning the reserves of old wheat. Recent years actual exports of wheat have been: Year. Quarters. Year. Quarters 1 H 4 1 2.23NOOO 3111 1 S.H75.0OU una i;,4M8.ioit mio i8.5i7.ooo li12 12,141.000 Keven months only. The question which will occur to the corn trade is as to the monetary value of this asset for shipment as soon as practicable. Russia is accust'omed to sell forward tor months: for example. It would be usual this date in peace time for Russia to sell large quantities of wheat for shipment "first open water" from the Sea of Asofi. This would mean early May; The value of an exportable surplus of 21,000,000 quarters is at present about 62.000,000, delivered at British port, and aftr deducting frelghl and insurance there should be about lo-, 000,000 clear for the Russian. The exports tion of a material quantity of the wheat surplus by way of the White Sea is well worthy of consideration. The route is very short and the navigation becomes open by June, in time for supplies to relieve any early Summer scarcity in this country. WOOL PRICES ARK CLLuBING FAST Boston Market Active for Almost Every Grade and Class. BOSTON. Feb. 32. The Commercial Bui lutln nf Host Oil. Will SRY tOIUorTOW I "Since the announcement February 5 that the wool embargo nan been repiaceu ou iiAiv in a ust ih I in Mud that no shinmenli would be allowed except where permits had been issued prior to that date, wool prices have been climbing tawara sieauuy nu rapldlv. Reports thatthe embargo had been lifted a.ain early this week have been .IfMile.i. "Transactions have Included almost every grade and class of wool available In the markets. Scoured wools of all Winds have b-Hii especially active, particularly medium anrt low puuea woojs. Scoured basis: Texas fine 32 months. 005 (tc fin, eight months oStoOO cents. ralifnr'nfa Northern. &bi6i cents: Middle Count v. olitoS cents; Southern, o3(tf. 04 cents. Oregon Eastern No. 1 staple, 6870 cents; Eastern clothing, J3 0 cents; valley, No. I rinifj, r7 ents. Territory Tine staple, 7071 cents: fine medium staple, 5f07 rents; fine clothing. Orifti'rtS cents; fine medium clothing, 03 U ," cents; half-blood combings, 077 70 cents; three-eighths-blood combings, 02 4 04 cents. Pulled Uxtra. 67fciO cents; A A, 03&J05 cents: fine A. 61 03 cents; A supers, tto 5j 62 cents. Puget Sound Grain Market. TACOMA, Feb. 12. Wheat Bluestem, $1 ru; fortvfold, $l.o0; club. 1.53; red file, I. no. Yesterday's car receipts Wheat, 29; oats, 0; hay, 12. Holstehis Arc Bred Near Gencsoe. clal.) josepn A.raui, who Miippcu i full-blooded Holstein Tieifera last Ham . . - . 1. t.i 1 1 J mer, reports an ol mem unnsn'n line calves. Mr. Kraut is shipping much milk. Mr. Kraut has a larare silo on his farm and feeds these cattle from it through the Winter. DAILY MKTBOROMXilCAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Feb. 12. Maximum tem perature 4M.2 decrees; minimum, :i7.0 de grees. River reading, 8 A. M., 4.3 fel'. change in lat 24 hours. 0.3 foot fall. Total rainfall ! P.M. to 5 P.M., none; total rainfall ulnce September 1. 1!14, 20. inches; normal rainfall since (September 1. 2x40 inches; deficiency of rainfall since September 1. 1114. M'."i inches. Total sun shine, T.5 minutes; possible sunshine, 10 hours 13 minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea level). 6 P. M., 3(.;t2 inches. g 0 Wind 1 2 f n State of STATION'S. 5 is 5 2 Weather 1 3 go : 3 3 : : Baker Boise Boston Calgary Chicaso Denver D-s Moines . . . Duluth iiureka (iaiveston . . Helena 4-1 0 44,0 7.0 0 40O 3S i 30 0 3t 0 00 4 W M lo N W (H 12 NW iH) a sw (mi: 12 xK 2k 12 Ni 01 2 B ipt. cloudy cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Snow ICloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear iPt. cloudy Raln Clar (Clear U'h-ar 20 0 .14 0 ,fwi 1; xb .00 0 N .(mi 1 2 SK .tMj'14 SW -OO 4 K .02 24 SK .i'O (i SW 04 0 4l O I fiJ'O Jacksonville Kansas city . . Ios Angeles . . Marshfield -- Medford M inneapolls MontreiU New Orleans New York North Head . . North Yakima phoenix Pocatello Portland 02 0 , 02 0. 54 0 fi2 0 :u 0 art o 72 n 4S o 4S 0 440 .V4 0 34 0. 4 O. 4t 0 7n O. 60, 32 . (0 0. 40. 3M 0. r.o o. 4 O. 2 0. 5R 0. 21 0. .00 4 W .Ort' 4 W ,(M is e .00 Ifi X .(MM2SR . (m ! N W .00 2it S .1M 4 NfiJ .i0' 4 W ,M: 0 XW .01 0 v Cloudy Clear CU'ar Clear Cloudy lear Clear Cloudy !( 'loiwiy 'clear U'lear KMear (Cloudy .Clear j Cloudy 'Cloudy j'oudy Ha in iPt. cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Roseburg Sacramento .. Ht. louls Salt Lke Son Francisco .00 4 V AO 4 K .00 2 S .481 4 B (i,W 1H 1 R S OA 4 SK On 10 SW 2 2 NW 00' 4 SW OO! H .V OOIO.H Seattle Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh isiana Walla wana . Washington Winnipeg .... WEATHER CONDITION'S. ward IO nanwii .n. ..-n. ... - area is central over rnini uicnun. ah oiher hifjh -pressure area overll! th lak ovr the Canadian Northwest. Snow nan fallpn In the central nocay Moumwn niair ana In South Dakota and Nhrnska ard rain 11 X'nMK,.dil nr-ry T a m nlilahflinl. nun laiien in i... - " , : Kansas, Missouri ftud Iowa. It Ja xnucb S2.OO0.OOD Savings Deposit colder In Colorado, New Mexico and Noith ern llltiuiis. The conditions are favorable for fair weather In this district haturday. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinit) Kalr; winds mostly wetTl. Oregon and Washington fair; westerly minds. Idaho Fair EinVRr A PKUf District Forecaster. LIGHT FRANCHISE STARTED Molalla Council rjruow Nearly to pH.vIiplit Over Portland Concern. ORKGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) In a meeting; that not ad journ until 2 o'clock W-lnejla morn ing, the Molalla Council accepted the fram-hine of the Portland Kail way. Lipht & Power Company tor Its flnt reading;. The electric company. hlrh sup plies the Willamette Valley Southern, will supply the towns alonsT the right of way of the road ami Molalla tll probably be the firnt. An ordinance was passnl amending the present sidewalk ordinance which changes the width of sidewalk end curb from 10 to 11 fet. Penalty was prescribed In another ordinance for unauthorised rlnKina: of the firebell or turnina;-on of faiu-rts. Students Study lxrlHlaUve Work. SALEM,' Or., Feb. 1. 5pertaV) Twenty Oregon Agricultural Collrse students were in Salem today for a two days' study of the workings of the I.t-Kilftture and various stale depart ments. These boys are from the Com -merce School of the colleRe, and earn year the Juniors and seniors are offcrrd a trip to InveHtfirate some field of prse tltral work. This year the political science department is In merge. This work is being1 done under the dtrection of Professors ntibach and Mejp. CLEAN SIGHTLY ECONOMICAL That's Bitulithic TR.V tl.K.H.f FRENCH LINE CompaKnlfl Of-npriils Trantliitlqa. 1-OS1AL BKUV1CK. Sailings for HAVRE ROCHAMBEAU Feb. 20, 3 P. M. LA TOUKAINE Feb. 27. 3 P. M. CHICAGO Mar. 6,3 P.M. NIAGARA Mar. 13, 3 P. M. FOK INFORMATION APPLY C. W. tlnT. W li A. U. CharltM. IRS Morrison t. lajlr, V. M. M. I'. R). IXir.cr U. Bmllli. ll Sd .1.1 A. U. Shrl.lon. IdO 3d .1 ; H. Illikuwi. Inclwn at.; North Hank liuad. ftlb and Mara Ci F. 8. Mi KarUnd, Jit and ablnla .1..! B. It. Uallt. It d t, Priu.a. AUSTRALIA Ak Honolulu and South Sea "VESTUR A" "SONOMA" "SIEFRA" 10.(101) ton AHUiM AS Stonm.r. K.IH I.ln.4. ! l $110 Honolulu fta'cTaS Sydney, $337i0 Kor Honolulu Ftb. 1. March J. Marak 1, March 3". April U, April a;. My II. For sydnv Kb. lfi. Muruh lk. April 11. May 11. Jutia . Julv Ana !, Aua. IU OC'KAMO StKAMHIlIP IO. 1S Markrt M Dmm ftianrltra. COOS BAY An KlHKkA S. S. ELDER SAII.H KI NKAV. I KH. 14, A. M. AMI f.VKKV M'MUV TIIKBKAnT.K NOKTII PA 11 10 STBAMSIIir . Tlrltrt Office l Frluh t Of flc l'i Hd M. ' . Foot Nnrthrup Ht. MAIN i:ilt. A 1114. I Main 00, A - ARG FMTINE LAMPORT ft HOII LINE And all Hrmtlln Fort Frrquent chiIhikh tmni t n k hv nw and f .i t (1. tinl rMW"iiiT trmri. 17 UAVH To ltl' .1 WKIKtt. M HAYS TO HI KVCM AYKiy Ruok A nanlelo. On. Al.. H l'rar. V. litr-tey B. r-ntith, 3d and M aihinitli mtm or a n tv I'M'it-l wirrnt . AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND AM) SOt'TlI EAi Iifltulr through tailing for Hdnr ' ahlti from ban Kmncluro, I-"b. it 4, ar. -i. iar. HI, April X and evry 2H daa. Snd fur pamphlet. i'nlon hteamfihlp 9. of w Zealatml. 144. Offlcr Marknt attwt. Sn 1 raiarltwt, or local 8. . and H. H. anentfi. 1 KA1l-:il Hh:itVH K Pt?amcr "IIARi-Nr Ml -W ;avs Ah-tret Uock dally cept Saturday. H F. lor A, torla and way point. Rium1ni. iciavci Ainria Uai.y aacapt teua- -?T -f r -W ft A N City Ticket OtXlca. Third and UVahlnaio treeta. or at Ah-trel lock FtiuaMt M ui shall 4JBOO. A M iia af ?j xjm S. S. BKAB HAIUI S P. .i TB. U. SAN FRANCISCO , LOS ANGELES TN ffaa Tranrlftro A Portland S. a. C'a.. Third and Wahlnlon Bla. (with 0-W. M. li. CO.) I'l. Marshall 4100, A U1. COOS BAY LINE 1EAMSUH BBKAKWATEB Salla from Alnaworth dock. psrtlaaO. P. M. avary Tuewlui KralaUt and llckal offtoa lower Ain.worta dock. P. a .C B a. . Uu L. H. Keattna, Aarnt Phone. Mala KiOft, suuear, Aau MataliaU trA A lUa 1