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THE MORNING OREGOMAN. FRIDAY. MAY 21, 1015. TENNIS GAME APART Linking of Sport With Golf Un just, Avers Expert. NEW CURVE IS OUTLINED Dvtisjlit IHmikIh-., Instructor at Multnomah (Tub. Tells of Stroke DiM-overert bj Him Wlilch Adds Much to I layer's Speed. I K V llWIGMT UUL'CLASS. .Instructor 1'ennis at the Multnomah Aniaieiir Athletic Club.) Vor a lonfr time I ".vondered at the persistence with which tennis an-d golf Beom to hp connected In the popular mind. Two -more dissimilar frames cnuld hardly have been desisrned if one Iiiid deliberately triel to originate two Staines which should diffrr in every respent. Vet the persistence with which the phrase '"tennis or Rolf" re curs in conversations relating to sports ie remarkable. As a matter of fact, tennis is in a cIhss by itself, and as an athletic sport Is rapidly assuming a major position Instead nf a minor one. But if one really must make a comparison, he will do Setter to compare tennis with polo than with srolf. for the distinctive fea ture of tennis is the continual require ment of hitting the moving ball while one is oneself in motion. 4nuclaMfl ( 11 rTf" Important. There is. of course, nothing: new tinder the sun. America was here be fore 1492, and cold mines existed for &Kes before their discovery makes them of value to mankind. So with the "Douglass curve." I have assumed I would he Rent-rally accorded the rigrht to name it, not-by virtue of invention, font by discovery of its existence, and mainly by making it plain and conse quently available for the average player. It is not enough to say "Hold tiie racket well out from the body and make your swlnar thus and so." The curve may doubtless be produced, in that particular way for that particular ehot. But the point that seems to me of importance is that the curve Is ap plicable to so larpe a proportion of one's entire repertoire of strokes, and that it renders each stroke so much more effective, that a plain under standing of the reason for its effective ness is absolutely necessary If one is to attain the highest developmnt pos sible in his entire same. The curve has been used for years. Dolierty used It. Wildinfr used it. SH'LoiiKlilin uses it today In his ter rific smash. But especially and con- BnicllOUslv. Wllllnm .rnhnrnn ha ir in his forehand drive, which is consid ered the swiftest shot in tennis to day. Curve ;lvc Jo hunt tin Spcril. And my riKht to claim discovery of the curve Is attested by two facts. First, a professional who has been actively connected 'with tennis for 30 years, and who was the most brilliant player of his time, did not know of it. Second, Johnston's speed is generally attributed today, by well-known play ers, to perfect timing; and perfect shift Ins of weight. But if Johnston should keep his perfect eye and his perfect weight-shifting, and should hit the ball at a point 18 inches farther back Srom the net. more nearly directly op posite his body, his speed would drop immediately to that of the average good player weighing 120 pounds. He hits at the point where his racket Is describing the Douglass Curve. He could not get his speed if he hit at any other point. And that is why a thorough under standing of the curve means so much to tennis players today. For only small proportion of tennis strokes may be made in the manner of Johnston's twees, while the curve may be applied to a practically unlimited number of etrokes, with a resulting increase of epeed and decrease of effort. RUGBY FOOTBALL DEAD CAME EMJS WITH CLASH OF" STANFORD AND CALIFORNIA. Athletic Relations Between Bis I nl- vrrHitlea Broken Off for Year at Leant; Rugby Gone Forever. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. The Uni versity of California and Leland Stan- lord, Jr., University snapped athletic relations today, and rugby football, played nowhere else among American major colleges, thereby went into the discard. Whether it will be revived Jf the schools get together again was Bald to be questionable. The University of Southern Califor Ilia, which claims Fred Kelly, thi hurdler, and Howard P. Drew, the sprinter, and is otherwise prominent In sports, broke away from rugby year ago and was reported tonight to be hopeful of a dicker for an annual American game with either California or Stanford, replacing -the great annual rucby money-maker of recent years. Rupture between the schools was caused by i?ulifornia's insistence tha freshmen be not played In varsity com petitions. To this Stanford, wittt student body one-fourth as large as that of her rival, would not accede. Alumni committees which took up the situation gave up in despair today and . reported no chance of agreement to at least a year. The schools began playing rugby in 1906. Stanford has won five games. California three, and one was tied. At tendance has run about 20,000, being limited only by the size of the stadi uins, and with tickets always at good premiums. BIT1KDS WIN" WITH 17 HITS (room and Herbert of St. Louis Are Ratted Hard, loosing. 1 1 to 1 . ST. LOUIS. May 20. Buffalo slugged Groom and Herbert for 17 hits which petted 11 runs, while Ford and Bcdient gave St. Louis six scattered hits which produced on,- one run here today. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Buffalo ...11 17 lSt. Louis.. 1 S 3 Batteries Ford, Bedient and Blair, Allen: Groom, Herbert and Hartley. Other Federal League games post poned; rain. Centralla Defeats liochester, 4-0. CENTkXlIA, Wash.. May 20. (Spe cial.) The Centralia High School base ball team added another to its un broken string of victories yesterday when it defeated Rochester for the second time this season, this time by a. score of 4 to 0. - Hunter was in the box for Centralla and was in fine form. The fielding f the Rochester boys bordered on the sensational. Centralia tioll'crs Get Instructor. C KNTRALI A, Wash.. May 20. (Spe- eiul.l The services of R. It. Ball, a professional from the Olympia Golf lull, have been procured by the local srolf club us an instructor. The local tub ia maJunts rapid strides toward organization and the membership list is growing daily. speck iixkl-s xo-mx game Aberdooii Blanks Victoria; Vancou ver Chops lo J S Players. ABERDEEN. Wash., -May 20. Sensa tional fielding helped Speck Harkness pitch a no-hit, no-rnn game against Victoria today, which Aberdeen took, 1 to 0. Kippert made a sensational catch of a long drive. Giddings reached into the bleachers for a foul and Ward made a spectacular catch. Harkness allowed five bases on balis. but thf-ee of these runners were caught in dou ble plays. Only one Victorian reached second base. Score: rt. II. 1S. R. H. E. Victoria ...0 0 8Aberdeen ..1 7 0 Batteries Concannbn. Hanson and Hoffman; Harkness and Vance. Vancouver 7, Seattle 5. VANCOUVER. B. C. May 20. Van couver won from Seattle after an up hill fight today. 7 to 5. Seattle came from behind in the car.ly stages and tied the score when Wotell dropped an easy fly, but the champions came through with timely hits and finished in front. Mails was wild and was suc ceeded by Rose. The game was devoid of fielding features. The Vancouver club announced the release of Pitcher Ed Doty and only 13 men will be carried during the remain der of the season. Score: R. H. E. Vancouver .7 10 3iSeattle R. . .6 H. E. 9 0 Batteries Mails, Rose and Cadman; Reuther and Brottem. Spokane 2, Tacoma 1. TACOMA, Wash.. May 20. Joe Mc Ginnity and Bob Wickers, veterans of the major leagues, hooked up today in a pitching duel that attracted large crowds of fans. Wickers had the best of the argument, holding the locals to one scratch hit until the ninth inning. when the locals made a bid for the game, only to fall down with two on before Spokane won, 2 to 1. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Spokane.. 2 7 llTacoma. ...1 5 0 Batteries Wickers and Altman; Mc Ginnity and Stevens. E MARKETS REFLECT TENSE SlTl'A- TION IN EUROPE. Stock: Market Still In ' Hesitation Mood, bat lidertone of Share Values Is Good. NEW YORK, May 20. Except for earns Light recovery from its extreme lethargy of recent sessions, todays stock mantel de veloped no features of interest. foreign affairs were moru tnan ever factor of Importance, the news that Italy had nearly decided to align herself with, the allies being; accepted as a foregone con clusion. Acute weakness in the various for eign exchanges offered evidence of the un easiness existing in London and at all Con- mentul centers. DmiDd sterling on London sold within a fraction of the low quotation made some months ago, and francs actually established the lowest price since the war. Rates on Rome and Petrograd stiffened a trifle, tier- man exchange wu steady, with some busi ness to Berlin and Hamburg. Domestic conditions played a part in the low-priced railway shares. Chesapeake & Ohio and Missouri Pacific being unusually active because of impending events affecting those properties. The fate of the Missouri Pacific extension plan 1st believed to reat argely with the Oould interests, while Ches apeake & Ohio's dividend policy was still an unknown quantity at the market's close. War shares occupied a place of relative mnortance in the day's slim business, .Beth lehem tiled rising fi points with 2 to 4-point gains in other purls of the group. Standard stocks, including high-grade railways, scored 1-point advance, but fell back later, as did also United States Steel. Total sales of stocks amounted to shares. Another ll.OOO.OOO gold from Japan, min ing a total of $8,385,000 received from that source thus far this year, helped to swell the recent inflow of the precious metal. Loss of 9. 600.000 gold by tne mns ot England for the week was partly offset by purchases in London's- open market for that tnjttitutian. Bonda were heavy, with material declines In Rock Island and Missouri Pacific Junior Iuiiwl Total sales, nar value, were t,4io.uuu. united Stats reglsterea ana coupon ob re clined V, and H per cent, respectively, on call. CLOSING STOCK liUUTAllUina. Kales. High. Low. Bid. Alaska Gold. 9,100 an .is 'X :! Amal Copper. . . Am Beet Sugar tie. KSVi 65 2..MJ0 4 5 43 i 3.000 33 45 33 107" iio' ' "iiii 99 H 72 l 80 -i irsii S6 40 44 American Can.. 33 Vi Am Smt & Kfg. . 63.s do pfd 600 '366 106 '31 'i 9Ss 86 Ts i 57 li 35 H ay 102 Vi 105 Am Sugar Rfg. -Am Tel a Tel . . Am Tobacco . . . . 118 220 31 Anaconda Min.. 3,700 2.400 Atchison Bait & Ohio. . . . Br Ran Transit 86 Cal Petroleum.. . Canadian Pac. . 14 800 BOO OOO 1 Central Leather Ches & Ohio. . . Chi Gr Western. ; Chi Mil & St P. 35 -iu 11 S9 125 89 "S S8 26 25 Vi Chi & N W Chino Copper. . . Col Fuel & Iron 2.SO0 4O0 42 14 26 28 Col & South D & R G do pfd Dist Securities. Krie Gen Electric... Cir North pfd . . Gr Nor Ore ctfs Guggenheim lix Illinois Central. Inter-Met pfd . . . Inspiration Cop. Int Harvester... . K C Southern . . Lehigh Valley.. Louis & Nash. . Mex Petroleum. Miami Copper. . M K & T Missouri Pacific Nat Biscuit. . . . National Lead.. Nevada Copper. . N Y Central. . . N V. N H & H. Nor & West .... North Pacific. Pacific Mail. Pac Tel & Tel. . Pennsylvania . . Pull Pal Car. . . Ray Con Cop. . . Reading Rep Ir & Steel. Rock Isl Co. . . . do pfd St L & S F a pf Southern Pac. . . Southern Ry . . . Tenn eopppr. . . Texas Compiny. Union Pacific... do pfd U S Steel 7 . 13 600 3.0O0 100 2110 1.000 14 23 .-l 11 JU i- 57 M 13 V, 25 ir.o 117i 31 "n 06 13 2r v 150 117 31 57 103 09 29 29 28 91 1,000 200 6.80O 1.1 oo Too 178 ' '600 2(10 7.600 26 141 26 140 67" 23-4 12 '4 lOVs '58' ' ' 85 ' ' 02 141 116 89 24l 67 i 23 i 11 1314 14 do' 111 57 14 S3 03 84 62 10 J. OOO 105 104 21 28 300 107 -trjo ir.:s I.IOO 23 900 1 43 M 40O 26 S 0O V, 500 Vi 3.!nn . 87; 1.JOO li. 106 153 22 142 264 86i 32 V, 3 23 123 80V 51 s 105 63 66 87 'i 106 l.j 32 14 26 5 16 33 2.3111 .i::'s 124 1 25 SI 5314 105 H 19fc 66' 90 1, 20O 11.700 BOO 397 500 SOO l.aoo 13 2t;l 122 124 SO" 52 105 64 do pfd Utah Copper . . Wabash pfd . . . Western Union. West Electric... 89 Mont Power. 200 48'. 48 M, 4S Total sales for the day 275,000 shares. BONDS. 89 do coupon. U S 3s. reg. . do coupon. U S N 4s. re do coupon. 96 Money, Exchange, Ktc. NEW YORK. May 20. Mercantile paper, avsen per cent. Sterling exchange weak: 60-day bills, Sl.i.tflS; for cables, i4.8bo; tor demand 47S15. 1 Bar silver, 49 c. Mexican dollars. "Sc. Government bonds weak; railroad bond heavy. Time loans firm: 60 days. 2 3 p'er cent: wo aavs. :;: six niontns. Call money steady. High, 3 per cent: low, 1; ruling rate, 2: last loan. 2; closln bid, 1 ; offered at 2. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. Mexican dol lars, nominal. Drafts sight. .01: telegraph .03. Sterling sixty days. $4.76; demand. SI. 78; cable. 4.79. LONDON. May 20. Par silver. 23 9-16d per ounce. Money, l ; to, 1 14 per cent. Dis count rates Short Mils, 2 per cent; three months. 2 T.,-li'h 27-i per cent. Storkn Weak and Lower. LONDON, May 20. American securties on the stock market openoil a shiule. und par'.'y. dropped from la.cit of support an I. 97 -N T C G 3s. . . . 97 Nor Pac 3s . .100 do 4s , . .100 Union pac 4s... ..109 So Pac Conv 5s ..110 .cloned eaax. . . . BUYERS PAY MORE Wheat Purchases Only Made at Advances. TRADE IS FAIRLY ACTIVE Bids on Kxcliange," Arc Mainly at Lower Level First Posted Quo tation In 'Months Un der Dollar Mark. There was more business In the local wheat market yesterday than for several days past. Twenty-five thousand bushels were sold at the noon session of the Ex change and the buyers had to raise their bds in order to get the grain. Five lots were sold as follows: Coon bushels June bluestem S1-! fillllO hitKhola fun. hlueKten - ...... ... 1.1S .'tOOO buKhels Juno bluestem ............ r.OIHl hiiKhi.K imtmnl RlliwiAn ........... 1.07 500O bushels prompt Ru&sian-. r. . . . 1.06 The bluestem was bought to fill in on sales and the prices paid were 2 to 3 cents over the bids of the preceding day. The red wheat purchases were at, the same ad vances. Elsewhere in the list the market was weak, Vxcept for bluestem. July wheat apparently was not wanted at all. For July delivery of club, the best bid was $1. or a dime leas than was offered on Monday, i though sellers would not let go under $1.15- There was the same wide spread In July red wheat. The top bid for July Russian was !S cents. It was the first time In months that a quotation under the dollar mark has been posted on the board. No business for Eastern account was an nounced. California is In the market for limited quantities of red and milling wheat when prices are satisfactory to buyers. , The demand for Count grains, oats espe cially. Is small. Willamette Valley farmers are now offering oats more freely. Argentina shipments for the . week were estimated at 4.OO0.0OO bushels of whoat and 1,700,000 bushels of com. The French government estimates the present stock of wheat in France at 6,000. OOO bushels. It is understood that contracts have been placed abroad, largely In the United States, for 4.000.000 bushels to be delivered before the appearance of the new wheat on the market. These are the re sources to supply the consumption of lO. 000,000 bushels of wheat. The requisitioning of existing stocks. It has been decided by the government. Is to be made on the basis of S francs and 9 centimes (about $1.62) per bushel. Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported .by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wheat. Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay. Po'land. Thar 3 1 2 2 Year ago.., 13 1 6 1 2 Se'son to date. 15.857 1SS6 1833 1949 198S Year ago.. 15,4o 2t0ri 2076 litHS 2tlS Tacoma, Wed 9 4 6 Year ago.... 17 1 .... 1 4 Se'son to date 8.JTJ.1 607 6.1S 3117 Year ago. .. 8.75S 808 .... 4S. 240d Seattle. Wed.. 2 .... 7 Year ago... 12 1 7 2 1 Se'son to date 7.5B0 1079 2227 11S4 5568 Year ago... 6.301 1094 2011 1245 4873 (OI.I) STORAGE APPLE STOCKS SMALL Consumption During Active Buying Months Was Normal. According- to a statement just Issued by the Office of Markets and Rural Organi zation, of the United States Department of Agriculture, H would sppear that lo per cent of the total amount of apples placed In cold storage last Fall remained In the cool ers on May 1. This estimate Is based upon the reports of 179 firms, and the progress of the movement from these plants through the season was as. follows; In December, 9.7 per cent of total holdings; in January 8.1 per cent; In February, 21.9 per cent; In March, 25 per cent, and In April. 14.8 per ent, amounting to 89.5 per cent of all ap ples by these storages on December 1. The decrease in barrel apples since that date has been 00.7 per cent of the total hold tngs. while boxes have diminished 66.1 per cent. Analyzing the replies of 258 storages which reported for April 1 and May 1, it is found that 59 per cent of the apples held In storage on the former date were mar keted during the month. In comparison with 1913, when conditions were somewhat similar, it is found that 147 concerns which reported for the two years held 13.2 per cent less apples than on May 1. two years ago. BETTER BERRY TRADE ANTICIPATED Prices So Far This Week Have Ruled Low Melons W ill Be Late. Front street dealers are looking for an improvement in the strawberry market with the promise of better weather from now on. Receipts yesterday were not large nor was the demand active. Prices on the street ranged from 75 cents to $1.25. with the ruling quotation SI on Oregon berries. Vegetable receipts were light, but the supply on hand was sufficent for all pur poses. Prices were unchanged. A report from the Imperial Valley is to the effect that the cool and otherwise ad verse season so far has retarded melons In that section. Whereas last year the first car of melons was sent out on May 16. this year it Is not expected that the first car will go forward before about May 25. MODERATE INTEREST IN 1915 . HOPS Contracts Are Made In This State at 10 to 11 Cents. - There Is a growing interest In new crop hops, but the demand cannot be called active as yet. About 50 O bales of 1915s have been signed up In the McMlnnvlIle sec tion at 10 to 11 cents by Sato in buyers. A local dealer secured 25,000 pounds of Marion County hops on contrast at 10 cents. There Is a moderate Inquiry for small lots of spot Oregons at the prices lately paid. The latest California transaction reported was the sale of 170 bales of 1013 Sonomas at 6 cents. Shipping of Frosted Oranges Stops. Governor Johnson, of California, h signed the bill introduced in the Legisla ture of that state by Senator L. M. King forbidding the sale- or shipment of frosted citrus fruits. The measure provides that is unlawful to sell .or ship, citrus fruits 15 per cent or more of which, cut on transverse section through the center, shows a marked drying in 20 per cent or more of the exposed pulp. Senator King's bill was urged by the citrus fruit associations. Poultry Market Drags. Poultry sales dragged yesterday, and 12 cents was the best price reported obtain able on hens. Small broilers were plentiful but only large ones were wanted. Dressed meats were also quiet with pork the weak feature. Egzs were steady at 19 cents, case count. No changes were reported In dairy produce lines. Hank ClearlngM. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as toiio: Clearings. Balances. Portland $1,490,282 $128,49 Seattle 1.818.193 245.608 T,mm. 279.922 4 2,921 Spokane 630,676 51.S07 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc. Merchants' Exchange, noon session. Prompt delivery. Wheat Bluestem Forty-fold ............. Club Red fife Red Russian Oats No. 1 white feed. Barley No. 1 feed Rran Shoris Ful urcs Bid Ask. .$ 1.15 $ LIT . 1.12 1.13 . 1.11 1.13 . 1.H7 1.09 . 1.03 1.06 . 28.IMI 29.50 . 23.25 24.0O . 20.00 'Jii.50 . 26.50 27.50 1.1? July blursfm 1.17 .Tune fortv-fold 1-10 July fort;-foltl 10.-. June club. 1.1 July club l.oo June red . 'fife 1.07 July red fife . -. LOO Julie red Russian l.l'l July red Kusslan ........... .or. l.t! 1.17 i.m 1.14 1.13 1.1 I 1.1.1 1.07 1.0R j:.-"'i' 3o.no j t.oo 24.00 J7..r.o ''. J7..V 2K..MI une oars .-. July oats 2!.oo June barley -.!.- July barley 'Jil.no lune bran 'Jft. . July bran 2d.7r. June shorts 27.00 Ju- shorts 27.25 FLOUR Patents. 16.40 a barrel; straights $5,911; whole wheat, S6.30; graham. .-'. MIL1.KKKD Snot pi-Ire: Bran. S ' 7 27.50 prr ton: fhorts, $29!i 29..50; rolled bar- 1 f v r.ii ii -'T.rnt. CORN Whole, $35 per ton; cracked. J3 per ton. HAY Trterii Oreenn tlmothv. Il516 Valley timothy, 1212.50; grain hay. $10 12; alfalfa, $ 12.50 gs 13.30. Fruits and Vesretables. Local jobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels, 2.503.50 per box: Mediterranean sweets, S-J.50iHi2.75: lemons. 3.50(a)5.OO per box; bananas, 4 5c per pound; grapefruit, $4.25 W0-7S. VEGETABLES rucumhers. Oregon. 7ocS tl.lO rer dozen: artichokes. 75c dozen: to mmn., nor orate: nhhace. per pound; celery, S3.50 per crate; head lettuc( $1. 252. 25 per crate; sDlnch, 5c per r,onn. rhuharh lfSl'Ae ner nouno. asoar- aeus. "75c fi S 1 .23 : egenlant. 25c per pound; peas. 77c per pound; beans, 1012c per pound. (IllFr.N' FRUITS Strawberries. Oreeon, 75c (fr $1 .25 per crate: apples, $11.75 box: cranD.'rrles. 11i 12 per barrel: cherries. Ore gon. 810c. per pound; California, St.30S 1.75 per box; gooseberries. 3$4e per pound. POTATOES Old, $1.75 5? 2 per sack; new. 3f5fac Tier nnund. ONIONS; California, yellow, $1.00; white, x Tier crate SACK VEGETABLES Carrots. $1.50(91.75 per park; beetn, $1.K(32 per saca; turnips, $1.50 4? 2 per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. T-ocaI Inhbln. auotatlons: EGGS Fresh Oreeon ranch, case count. lOn' ennrllerl Mc. Tier frozen. POULTRY Hens, 1212c; broilers. 1S e: turkevs. dressed. 22 -if 24c: live. IS 20c; ducks, old, 912c; young. 1820c; areese. 8 'fl 9e. BUTTER Creamery, prints, extras, 23c per pound in case lots: c more in less than cane lots- cubes. 21fJr221C CHEKSE Oregon triplets, jobbers buying price, 13o per pound, f. o. b. dock, Port land: Young Americas, lino per pouou. VKAL Fancy, in$11o per pound. PORK Block. 9 & 10c per pound. Staple Groceries. Local -fohbinr auotatlons: SALMON Columhla River one-pound tails, $2.30 per dozen: half-pound flats. tl.50: one-pound flats, $2.50; Alaska pink, one-pound tails. $1.05. HONEY Choice, $3.25 per case. NUTS Walnuts, 1524c per pound: Bra zil nuts, 15c: filberts. 14024c; almonds.' 19 Si1 22c: peanuts. 6c: cocoanuts, $1 per doz.; pecans. 19 29c? chestnuts. 10c. BEANS Small white. 19 22c: large white. 6c: Lima. 6c; bayou. 6c. COFFEE Roasted. In drums, 31fJ33c. SUGAR Fruit and berry. $6.80; beet. $6.60; extra C. $6.30; powdered, in barrels. $7 05: cubes, barrels, 57.20. SALT Granulated, $15.50 per ton: half ground, lOOs. $10.75 per ton; 50c. $11.50 per ton; dairy. $14 per ton. RICE Southern head, flUf?6c: broken, 4c per pound; Japan style. 5fff15c DRIED FRUITS Apples, 8c per pound; apricots. 13rf?15e; peaches, 8c; prunes, Ital ians, S9c: raisins, loose Muscatels, 8c; un. bleached Sultanas. 7c; seeded, 9c; dates, Persian, 10c per pound; fard, $1.65 per box; currants, 8312c. Hops, Wool, Hides, Ktc, HOPS 1914 crop. 1010c; contracts, 10W 11c per pound. HIDES- Salted hides. 14c: salted kip, 14e; salted calf. 18c: green hides, 13c: green kip. 14c; green calf, ISc; dry hides, 24c; dry calf, 26c. WOOL Eastern Oregon. medium, 25c: Eastern Oregon, fine. 1820c; Valley, 23 41 28c. MOHAIR Mew Clip. 32t33.1c per pound. CASCARA BARK Old and new, 44e per pound. PELTS Dry long-wooled pelts. 14c: dr? short-wooled pelts, 12c; dry shearlings, eai-h. uc; saitea snearnngs. eacn i.ia.ic; dry goat, long hair, each, 13c: dry goat, shear lings, each. 10(f?20c: salted long wool pelts. May. 192 ea-h. GRAIN BAGS Nominal, 77c Provisions. HAMS All sizes. 1718c; skinned. 718c: picnics. 12c; cottage roll. 15c; broiled. 17 If 27c. BACON Fancy. 2628e; standard. 223 23c; choice, 1721c; strips. 17c. DRY SALT Short, clear backs. 1215c; exports, 1416c: plates, 1112c. LARD Tteri-e hasls; Ketiie rendered. 14c; standard, 12c; compound. 8c. B ARK KL goods Mess oeer. -.; plate beef, $25; brisket pork. $28.30; pickled pork feet. $12.50; tripe. $9.50 ft 11. 5Q; tongues, $30. Oils. KEROSENE Water white, drums, barrels or tank wagons, 10c; special drums or bar rels. 13c: cases, 17&20c GASOLINE Bulk. 12c: cases. 19c; engine distillate, drums, 7o; cases. 7c; naplha, drums, 11c; cases, ISc. LINSEED OIL Raw, Darrels, 7.e; raw. cases. 80c; boiled, barrels, 77c; boiled, cases. 82c TURPENTIXE In tanks. 57c: In cases. 64c; 10-case lots, lc less. CATTLE FROM SOUTH ELEVEN LOADS OF CALIFORNIA STOCK RKCEIVED. Hoar Market Snsrs Since Bulge at Opes Ins of Week Sheep Trade Quiet. The cattle market was the feature of the livestock trade at the stockyards yesterday with the arrival of 11 loads of grass-fed stock from California. The larger part of the trading was in this division. Steer sales-ranged from $7 to $7. 5, with the bulk of the sales, about eight loads, going at $7.43. A few cows were dis posed of. the best at its.so. Meiters sola at t.25 and $0.50 and other cattle at the estab lished prices. The hog market has shown a sagging ten dency. following the bulge at the opening of the week, and tne best Dia oDtainaoie vesterdav was 38.10. No business was passing in tne sneep division. Receipts were 2S8 cattle. 2 calves, 3ol hogs and 500 sheep. Shippers were: With cattle A. 55. Hunt, aierceo, tai.. n cars. With hort Barclay Cummlngs. corvsl- lis. 1 car; S. Thompson, Lebanon, 1 car; J. C. Nelson. Roosevelt. 1 car. With sheep H. H. Vandermort, Salem, - cars; J.-S. Flint, junction city, a cars. With mixed loads H. J. Harris, Kedmona. 1 car cattle and hogs; Patton, Overton & FalW, Halsey, 1 car cattle, calves and hogs. The day's sales were as follows: Wt Price! wt. Price 7.45 Ibull. ... loHO S4.O0 7.05', 84 hogs. . . 204 8.10 7.00! 2- steers. . o.7fil 2'1 steers . . 5.00' 7 hogs. . . 7.25 .Ihogs... loi l lUK! 270 4.10 ISO :n h 4 IO as 147 1-.M2 1177 ..-vO 7..V) S.OO 7.10 8.00 7.-"o 7.0O 7.O.'. .00 8.03 7.45 7.45 7.0Oj 4S hogs. ... 3.."Oi I hog T..OO "T.I :t bogs. . . C, .2T. 2 hoes. . . 6..-V0; lo hogs. . . 7.75, IT. hogs. . . 6.25 12 steers.. 0.3O 89 steers. . 4.30 Prices current t the local stockyards on the various classes of stock Best steers Choice steers Medium steers Choice cows Medium cows ....... Heifers r Bulls Stags Hogs Light Heavy Sheep Sheared wethers .... Sheared ewes Sheered lambs Full wools $1 higher. ...7.r.os.'JO ... 7.00W7.50 . .. 6.75 7. 00 . .. 6.25I&HI.SO . .. B.OOfc 5.75 . .. 5.006.75 3.50!p5.73 . .. 5.U06.73 ... 7.1368.10 . .. tt.SoljjT.10 . .. 6.00(5)7.00 ... 4.0O5.73 6.00!i7.a0 Omaha Livestock Market. SOUTH OMAHA. May 20. Hogs Re. celpts, 370O; hither. Hei light, $7.37 ff 7.1T! pigs, of sales. $7.27 hi a 7.32 3700; niner. neavy. i.-.w i.a. ; t.i0'97.ij; bulk Cattle Receipts. 2700: steady. Native steers. $7.505 9; cows and heifers. $rtHJ8. 10; Western steers. $K..OGj8; Texas steers, $6 7 40; cows and heifers. $5.80 (& 7.35; calves. $S.i5lSil0.73. hePpKecetpts, 00: steady. Yearlings. SO v 0.75; wethers, 8.2S-23; lambs, $10.50 (t11.30. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. May 20. Hogs Receipts, 23, 0O0; i'lrm, shade above yesterday's average. Bulk. $7.oOj 7 00: light, $7. sr. ft 7.tJ3 ; mixed, A7.:nf ,.t33:.. heavy, $7. IO ia 7-tio; rough, $7.10(0 7.25: pigs. $(S7.40. Cattle Receipts. 3000; weak. Native beef steers. $rt.!Hra!.2." : Western steers, $6,101? 7 00: cows und heifers, $3.25'f 8.75; calves, t.t.:uis.25. sheep P.eceipts. Sooo; easier. Sheep, tJ.04ii.tUi lambs. $ 7 . Jo i 10-iU. 24 steers. l-"0 '2r Bteers. lol2 S steers. 1317 1 cow. . . 070 2 cows. . IM3 lcalf... 1o 1 calf . Vio 1 stag. . . 1-20 1 cow . . . 40 1 cow. . . 0O 1 cow lilJO SO steers. 1O07 1 heifer. SOO 1 heifer. 700 1 bull. . . 15M0 WOOL CLOSES FIRM London Auction Sales End With Large Offerings. DEMAND STRONG FEATURE Declines at Opening of Series Are Nearly All Made lp by Later Advances English Trade Is Largest Ilujer. LONDON. May IP. There were 14, S0 bales brought forward at the closing session of the wool auction sales today. The offer ings were unusually large for the last day, but the demand was strong from all quar ters, and prices finished firm. Compared with the March sales, the best merinos and greasy cross-breds closed 5 per cent dearer and heavy was 6 to 7 per cent cheaper, while the other grades ware un changed. The feature during the middle of the auc tions was the sudden chsnge from weakness to strength, and the recovery of most of the earlier declines, due to smaller offerings and orders for the allied governments. During the series the home trade bought 163. 00 bales. America 4500 and Russia and France 2O.50O, while 3200 were head over. COFFEE 1TTURE8 CLOSE AT ADVANCE Market Temporarily Broken by AKgreselve Selling. NEW YORK. May 20. The market for coffee futures opened with an advance of 4 to 8 points on some scattered covering and a little fresh buying, which seemed to be promoted by the smaller interior Santos receipts and an Idea that the scattering short interest had been well liquidated on the recent decline. Rather aggressive selling hv one of the local traders caused a sharp break during the middle of the day. hut the market rirmeil up again as soon as me m feringn had been absorbed- and closed net unchanged to 9 points higher. Sales, 34.500 bags. May and June. 5.50c: July. 6. 49c; August, .52c: September, 6.5c: Octoher, 6.60c; November, 6.64c: December, 6.7c; January, 6.73c: February, 6.7'Jc: March. 6.8.".c: April, 6.92c. Spot quiet. Rio, 7s. 7'4c. Santos. 4s. 9Te. Cost and freight offers were about un changed, hut some of the offers from Rio were reported a shade lower. Milreis prices in Brar.il were unchanged. Rio exchange. l-32d higher. HEAVY RAINS AID IDAHO WHEAT Threatened Dry Season Avoided and Crop Outlook Brightens. BOISE, Idaho. May 20. (Special.) Heavy and continuous rains In Southern Idaho for two weeks not only have elim inated the danger of a serious dry spell, but have assured the biggest crops In his tory. Reservoirs are filling rapidly, snd dry-farm crops, principally wheat planted last Fall, will be exceptionally heavy In yield. More wheat Is being raised in this state today than ever before in Its history. The fruit crop, untouched from frosts, ap pears to be the best. riie American Falls country will have thousands of acres more producing wheat this year than last. This section of Idaho is oniy an example f numerous other sections. The great Arrowrock dam, which two weeks ago was unable to store a great amount of water owing to the demand be in made l.v dry land for water for irri gation purposes, and had only 51.300' acre reet or water stored in 11. nas nau i" storage Increased to K4.300 feet by the rains. IDAHO GROWERS HOLD THEIR WOOL hbeepraen Refuse to Sell at Price Offered by Eautern Bujere. rdise Idaho. May 20. (Special.) East em wool buyers attempted 10 hold down lh nri.-e of wool at the sale mat w pri ceheduleil to take place at Mountain Home tfsteraay. and aa a result wool men ruiuBtu to M Thev are holding for higher prices. und those who returned to Boise today de clare they propose to continue to hold untu Kawtern buyers come up to their prices. There were several hundred thousand pounds of wool ready to be disposed of when the sale was called. Kastern buyers offered from 1SU to 22Vs cents. Owners ,.,n1.,.iv r-fimeri to sell. The bidders re fused to go higher o'r to meet the 20 and 21 ,-ents demanded bv the sheepmen, so the sale was called off. r k- -mtcnll. a. nrominent sheep owner, nnoimeo todav he disDOsed of 30,000 pounds for 23 cents. Fred W. Gooding, of Shoshone, sold his entire clip for the same price. BIO BEND HAS 1CEATI RAIN Crops Reported to Be in Good Condition and Large Yield Expectert. nivr.NPORT. Wash.. May 20. (Special.) Th. Tr,.niMRt rainfall ever recorded for iw in tha Tiiw Bend country has fallen al ready, amounting to U.SO inches, which Is nimoxt trehle the average total rainfall for the month, and almost twice that of any nrvioiift Mav. The effect has been to sat urate tha ground deeper than ever known this oerlod of the year. Wheat, of which there Is probably 15 per cent Increase in acreage, is in une t riirlon everywhere. "1 have not seen one bad piece of wheat this season," said School Superintendent Neeley. who has visited all parts of the county. The yield of last year, amounting to close to 8.OOO.000, is expected to be exceeded. SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKETS rrices Current in the Bay City Vegetables, Etc. OB Fruits, SAJJ FRANCISCO. May 20. Butter Fresh extras, zjvtc: prima rirsts, 21 ft a fresh firsts, zzc Eggs Fresh extras, 24c; Urals, zzc; sec onds. 22c: pullets, 21 Vic Cheese New, 8llc; Toung Americas, 12V,c: Oregon. UViC. Vegetables ftas, 75c (ft $1.30 ; string beans. 44 c; wax beans, j oc: cucumbers, 4u4iO-c; asparagus. $1,70 42.50; Summer squash. 30ltf75c. Onions California. 73c; Oregon. HOejOc. Fruit Lemons, $1.5i'ff 3.25 : grapefruit. $1.500 2.00: oranges. $1.73 2.73: bananas. Hawaiian. $1.50& 2.25 ; pineapples, do, 4(u5o per pound; California 1'lppln apples. ToctJ si.ao. Receipts Flour. OtitW. quarters; barley, 1 ::..- centals; potatoes, 3!40 sacks; hay, 414 tons. Rldgefleld Mill Increases Stock. RIDGKF1KLD, Wash.. May 20. (Special The Bratlle-McClellsnd Mill Company. this place recently, Increased Its capital stock from $3000 to $15,000, as this was made necessary to make the Improvement required by the Installation of the Ugh plant. This company Is composed of J. L. Bratlie and Williams McCleliand. and op erates a large shingle mill on the Rldge fleld waterfront. The company recently In stalled the new electric lighting system I Rldgefleld. following the granting of th franchise. The shingle mill is working da and night and employs about 2.1 men. l l monthly payroll Is about S2500. The mill li located on Lake River, also a spur of th Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigatlo Company. Douriaa County Rerrlea Ordered. ROSEBURO, Or.. May 20. (Special Secretary S. S. Josephson, of the Roeeburg Commercial Club, today received an ord for IO crates of strawberries from Meier Frank, of Portland. The berries will be shipped Thursday. If the berries prove satisfactory. Meier at Frank said they would place another order for as many i 40 crates of the Douglas County product- Cotton Market. NEW YORK. May 20. Spot cotton quiet. Middling uplands, v 75c. sales, hop bales. PHILOMATH STORE ROBBED Iiove Letter May Be Clew to Men Who looted Place of S200. PHILOMATH. Or.. May 20. (Special. A. girl's love letter found on the rail road track near here may lead to th' Identification of the robbers who en tered the wholesale store of J. Johnson here Tuesday night and took $200 worth of lewelry and dry goods. Since Mr. Johnson has owned the store it has been robbed three time and $500 worth of goods taken. I'nile other owners it was robbed five times. While several Kusperts arc being watched, no arrests, have been made. The First National Bank Fifth and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus - - $3,500,000 Security and service are the qualities we offer for consideration in choosing your bank. Utaf THE Oldest Bank in the Pacific Northwest cordially invites your account Subject toCheckor in its Sav ings Department, -with the assurance of courteous treatment. Corner "Washington and Third ESTABLISHED 1859 m BLACK RUST FEARED Danger Grows With Excessive Rains in Kansas. MISSOURI REPORT BULLISH Chicago Wheat Advances on Crop Advice, but Italy's Probable Action Prevents Wider Gain ia Prices. CHICAGO. May 30. Chanees of black rust tended today to make wheat advance, but . v, - ..11, ,.r m riAciaratlon of war by Italy formed something of a check on the bil ls. The market closed unsettled. H to 1 c above last night. Corn finished with a net gain of Vc to He. oats varying from a bade off to VzC up, ton pru. i.u..- f 10c to 32HC i.- ,.,u,ri, that owing to excsiv ih oeveionmant of black rust was only a step distant received quick attention from wheat iecu!tors. ivon!- 'n'li . -. ports from Indiana than any heretofore did much to increase bullish sentiment. Highest prices of the day, though, came after tne ssuance of an ot'iciai duut-imi. "' "'- that the crop prospect lor aiirsoun owered 22 points since May i. Corn responded to tne wnesi - - e fact that the weather had become a little adverse. Hesldes. cables were rirm ui demand somewhat enlarged from the Kant. In oats, the smauness or country "" ightened the May option. On the other hand auspicious crop reports weaaoum ... ater months. Italy's probable entrance upon the wr had the opposite effect in tne iit market. Provisions wenl snarpiy '""" owing to belief that a heavier export de mand would result. Leading futures rangeo as iouut... WHEAT. Open. High. .lTr- ,..$1.31 $.;. M ... 1.23 1.27 i 1.2a CORN. Close. $15 '-' 1.2-ls .73' .7Va .51 4 .30 Va May July May . .. .72'i .7S"4 . .. .73 .73 a OAT?. ... .51 .Bt1 . .. .50V. .501, MESS PORK. .7-' July May .51 .49 i July July riept- . .17.87 . ..18.30 1S.2S IS. 35 LARD. 9.77 10. 00 17 7 H.27 1H.2J ls.uo July 9.85 .X7 9 S3 9.87 9.7.". lO.UO Bept. SHORT RIBS. . 10 52 10.60 1 0. .lti.Ti 10.8 IK. 1O.60 10. So July Sept. Cash prices were. Wheat No. 2 red, $1.53 ; No. 2 hard, $1.53 others nominal. Corn NO. - ciiutt. ' . Rye No. t. $1.1. Barley 73'.79c. Timothy $3(U Clover $S.50v 12.75. Primary receipts Wheat, ail.000 vs. ., 000 bushels: corn. 394.UOO v.. 414.0W ousneis oats. 4 3.000 vs. HOO.OOO bushels. hnnliela: corn. 9:0,000 vs. ju, oats. 721. 00U vs. S47. OOO bushels. Clearances v neat, i.i.a.iKv ....... . - ---. 28. OOO bushels; oats. 1.12a,OOU Dusneis. wu..., 8000 barrels. I- or rig n Grain Markets. . itrCDDAl-ll. M:iV L0. Ch WhCSt UQ- changed and d lower. Corn uncnangea w Vd higher., uats -r,u oidiq Mav (). Cash wheat and flour unchanged. tiiikn'OS AIRES. May V). Wheat opened u. higher. Corn May, 1 higher; July Vi lower. vnnneanolia tirain Markets. MINNEAPOLIS. May . Sro. ' Wheat! May, $1.52-,; July L44h; o. - "A NortuUrL,:v..4V JMiir "Baric,; 6T74c. Klax. $1.92 4 t 1.WS- Kastern Grain Markets. WINNIPEG.. May 20. Wheat Closed: May, $1.50; July. $1.57 Vn bid. DULUTH. May 20 Wheat Closed : My. $1.54". ; July. $1 SO; September. $1.1 V asked. PT LOUIS. May 20 Wheat Closed: May. $1.43H bid; July. $1.21 H : September, $1.17H asked. KANSAS CITY. May 20 Wheat Closed : May. $1.45; July. $11WS; September. $1.14V. asked. OMAHA Mav 20. Wheat Cash, Vic higher. Corn lc higher. Ptiget Hound Oraln Markets. til.-TTI.E May '-o. Wheat Bluesfm, $1 1T fonfoid. lo7: club. $1. Ill: fife. $1.01) red Russian. $1.03 Harley $21 per ton Yesterday's car rocelpts Wheal. .'; corn, 1; flour. 7. TACOMA. May So. Wheat Bluestem, 11 1 fort vf old, $1 10W1.12; club. $1 low 1 red fife. $100; red Russian. $1.0... Car 'receipts Wheat. 9; barley, 5; oals. 4; hay, 6. Grain at Kan Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. Spot quotations- Walla. $2.05 -Si 2 10: Red Russian. 12 V 2 02 V.: Turkey Red. $2.10H 2.12 V, : b'ue s'tem. a.lO2.i;H. Feed barley $L 17 H. White oats $1.751. 77V. Brsn $2V..0 27 Middlings $32 v 33. Shorts $28.50 20. Call board sales Barley, December. $1.23. rhirmca Ilry produce. CHICAGO. May 20. Butter Cnchsnged. Eggs Lower. Receipts. 1T.OS7 cases; at mark cases included, 17ttlSc; ordlnsry firsts, Ktlle; firsts. 17'4loc. New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK. May So. Raw sugar firm: centrifugal, 4.S0c; molasses, 4.12c. Refined steady. Dried Fruit at ' Tork. NEW YORK, May 20. Evaporated apples dull, prunes steady, peaches dull and easy. ' Daluth Linseed Market. DL'LUTH. May 2. Linseed Cash. $1.9.H4; May. $1.0244 : July. $1.05Vi. Wool nt New York. NEW YORK. May 20. Wool steady. Navsl Htorr. SAVANNAH. May 20. Turpentine firm, OSl-jC, bales, .00 barrels, re mu, 31! bar. rels; shipments, none; Hi,t, flosin firm. SaV-s, 1 J 7 1.14:: burn-In: eh Ipm'-n ik. n barrels. Jmle: A, B. 5 K. ;.!..: r. j.9: G. -.. -..-:.: M, $3.S; N. $4. i; $i.;.o.- k!. -.'.xl barrels barrel; r"-eipts. mi-; slO'-kc, Kl.hiiH I '.;:.; '. I). -.V7!.; 5: It. I. $.:.!; K. wu, ..go; ww. Metal Market. NKW YORK. Ma: 20. o,,,.-r Q.jiM. Kl.'f trulytlr. !:: .-astmg. 1 it. 1 . 7 Tin Th. Nw v-irk 5!'-'. i' Kxchantr quotes till quiet hilt st."nv. ::7 iri Iron Steady and iiu-h a iu-i . Lead Th. Metal Kti-hans quoted lead quiet. 4.17 'a 4.22c. Spelter -Not quoted. The Canadian Bank of Commerce nEAD OFFICE Toronto. Canada. Established 1867. A general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposit. temmrrrlal Letters of Credit Issued. Fxikan K on London, Enslnan, Itvusbt and avid. PORTLAND BRANCIT. Corner Second and Stark Sts. K C MALPAS. Manager. TKAVKI.KRS' fil'IDK. San Francisco Los Angeles 4 Without Cbaaite tCm Itontct The Ills, Clean. Comfortable. Kleicantlr A pplnf rtf, fKu-K 2 tea mat hip THE BEAVER Sails From Alnstvorth Deck 9 A. M.. MAI 22. lOO (iolden Mile telumbU River. All Rates Include UertU and Meals. Tables and Service L'neacelled. Tke Pan Franesr A Portland S. A. (... Third and as!nKtn Ms. fv.llb o.-W. It. A N. Is.) Tel. Mar shall 4.-.UO, A 6121. FRENCH LINE Camiitttcnle tienerale 1 ninwitlauiiqua, POSTAL SERVICE. Sailings from NEW YORK to BORDEAUX CHICAGO May 29,8 P.M. ESPAGNE June 5,3 P.M. ROCHAMBEAU June 12, 3 P. M. FOR INFORMATION APPLY C W. btiager. 80 6th St.; A. I. Charlton. t6J Mirrtn t.' il. Taylor. C M. t P. ItM-i Uoraey II. MiUtli, 118 Sd t. A. C r-lieiitoo. 100 3d st.l H. IJii-kson, 4s Vt ssb lagton st. North llsxk Road, otb and Mark ts.; I. S. Mrl-arlanJ, 3d and WaxhingWn l.-. L. 11. Uuflr. 14 ad L. Portland. North Bank Rail T. 26 Houra' Ocean Sail U-leck, Triple K-.T..-W, 4-Knot 'V', Palatial . H. "V?--. " "XORTHtltN l'A 1IIC," Tf to SAN FRANCISCO .May la. 7S. 27. SI. Jun 4. S. 12. la. StamtM train kavp ,nr 11 Jlank tlln 1 A.M.. arrlvcg FUvel lunch aboard nhip; HS. arrHea un anclsco 3:30 P.M. next iv. KXHRFSH FEHVKE AT f-KKTOHT RATK, NUHTH iAK IK K r.T Ofr KM E, -Ption-tt; .Mar. U2U. A 3th and Mark COOS BAY AMI EIKI K.1. SS. Kilburn h tll.h ,MOMAV. l Y -1. 6 I'. M. NORTH PACIFIC EIEAMaHIP CO. Ticket Office 122A Id U Main 1214. A 1514 Freight Office Foot .ortlirup Kt. Main LZOi. A 64:i American-Hawaiian Steamshi? Cx ' FRLItilfT HRI11K. C. D. Kt.s.SLur, Agent. 2 . S ttark pa., t'ortlaau. or. NEW ZEA LAND AUSTRALIA ls HOXOMLU and KllVA Palatial H-weacw bttimtn "NIAGARA." 30. ooo tons Uisptscemstie "slAkt KA, K.lHiO tons dispiao.na.at Calling .vary 29 das from Vancuuvsr. H. C Apply tmnadlan I'sclfle Hallway Co.. OA 14 fcC, Portland. Or., or to ths Canadian An trnlaataa Royal Mall Line. 44a smubuuu a, -wuvr. C DALLKS-COLCMBI LINE. Steamer State of Washington Leaves Taylor-st. dock dally except nundajr. 11 P. If. for Tns Uailes and way landings, carrying freight and passengers. Returning, leaves The Dalles daily, 12 noon, except Uonday. Isl, Mala &13, rax IX. Lulixt ta. Frsqueat jtzf ltK fort land Bsdllnga. f-f XfTX A f" vvsi A Fa ew y"Th