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THE MORNIXG OREGONIAJf, SiTXTEUAT, FEBRUARY 19, 1916. 17 SPICE STOCK SHORT Prices Are Soaring Because of War Conditions. PEPPER ADVANCING FAST Quotations Hare Advanced 6 Cents and Further Rise In Store. Other Lines Are Lifted 500 Per Cent. ' Trua In a treat measure to the fuel that England has placed an embargo on pepper and other spices cominaf from her posses sions, .the spire market is now about the most active of any of the commodity lines. Black peppers have gone up (1c a pound, e of the advance having occurred since about the first of the year, cinnamon has advanced to more than double its former valoe, and spices such as sage, mustard and eeda that come from Europe have advanced tn some Instances as high as 400 and 500 r"r cent. The further fact that the allies prefer to tlare their ahlps nearer home has jrreatly advanced ocean freights from India and Other far-off ports, and iwith shortages ap parent In quite a inumber of the various . apicea. prices that looked high yesterday ap ' pear very cheap today. Everyone connected with the spice trade Beems to think that a further advance of or T cents a pound on pepper is In store Sn the very near future, and big advances are also looked for in cloves, nutmegs, mace, tn fact, all spices and seeds, as none of these are grown tn the United States, and all are affected by the war, either through the fact of their being grown In the warring coun tries, or because of the tremendous ad vance In ocean freight rates and the cost "t war risk Insurance, that must be placed on all goods coming hy water. Advices received by wire from New Tork yesterday reported an advance of 6 cents on putmegs. while English yellow mustard seed Sent up 5 cents. Fast jxQriRres for red wheat No Demand for White Grades for Rail Shipment. The wheat market was steadier yesterday. tut there was very -little doing. Farmers offerings amounfed to little. There was In quiry from the East for red fife and Turkey red. but buyers there were not Interested in white wheat. No general improvement was reported in the car situation. At the Mer chants Exchange, bid prices were practi cally unchanged. There Is a moderate domestic movement In flour, but the export market continues un satisfactory, as there Is no tonnago available n the coast and there is difficulty in for warding by rail, Bradstreets estimates wheat exports this week at ,2SS.00O bushels and corn exports at 1.IWS.000 bushels. Argentine shipments for the week were 2.440.000 bushels, against 866.000 bushels fast week and 3.1S4.000 bushels last yoar. Aus tralian shipments were 443,000 bushels, against 0:56.000 bushels last week. Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported ay tho Merchants' Exchange aa follows: Wheat. Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay. Fortlsnd, rri. 9 5 1 S 5 143 1514 25 11 1727 2489 S 6 3055 3439 Year act) . . H 1 1322 Jl! 1042 1627 10 SIS 1659 4 4 25.; 512 4 "743 959 teas, to date. 9.1 M Year ago... 13, 94 Tacoma, Thur. 4'.1 Year ago... 6 Feas. to date. K.S12 Vear airo. . . 7.91S fceartie. Thur. 4 Year ago. . . fcras. to date. .7 Vear ago... 6.274 47 4JS 24 S 1vj 16.-5 1079 895 crcte on. onm is redtced January Storms Cut Down Production tn California Fields. The storms of January 17 and 27, whlcn dstrowed 1S70 derricks in the San Joaquin Valley fields, are largely responsible for the low production recorded during January. The average daily output. 223. 364 barrels. represents a dally loss of 13.229 barrels as compared with December figures, says the Standard Oil Bulletin. While the effect of the storm will he man ifest for some time, it now appears that the production loss will not be of the magnitude that was at first anticipated. January ahipraents were far below nor mal and averaged daily but 22S.05O barrels. Tho small shipments were due chiefly to the interruption in railroad service oc casioned by the heavy rains. Shut-In pro duction remains constant at 12.000 barrels dally. The 85 wells completed during the month ahow an Initial production of 4395 barrels dally. CAI-TFORNIA HOP BUYING IS HEAVY Hundreds of Bales Are Taken for Shipment to England. Quiet buying; is going on in the Oregon hop sections, but the details are not made public. The market Is firm at all points on the coast. The W. A. Ball crop of Yaklmas was old at 13 cents. There has been heavy buying this week in California, said to be mainly for export. The Lehman erop of 230 bales of Sacramento was bought by Donovan at 10 V, cents. Horst paid the same prico to Mrs, Weyhe for 240 hales, and Flint bought 101 bales of Sacra- raenios irom uus .laci-cssel ot 10 cents. The W. B. Walker crop ot 90 balea of Butte vounty nops was sold at 10 cents. Flint Co. also sold 270 bales of Sacramentos. a liDaaon caoia received yesterday re ported that market strong. MILTON FRUIT UNION SIGNS UP Will Market Its Tonnage Through North western This Year. - The board of directors of the Milton Fruit Orowers' Co-operative Union, at a meeting held in their office at Freewater, Or., ex ecuted a contract for the marketing of their entire 1916 tonnage through the Northwest ern Frvit Exchange. The Milton Union is one of the oldest and best-established fruitgrowers' organizations In the Northwest- Its prune pack is espe cially well known In all the principal mar kets of the United States, The production of prunes in the walla Walla-Freewater district is an important and growing one. LOCAL. EGG MARKET 13 STEADY Veal Sells at Lowest Prices In Month Butter Is Weak. The egg market held fairly steady yes terday, with salea at 27 cents to 28 cents, case count. Most of the dealers look for a 25-rcnt market next week. The weakest feature of the country pro duce trade was dressed veal, which was in heavy supply. The demand waa poor and 0 cents was quoted as the top. Dressed pork was also slow and weak. Poultry was fairly steady. No change was reported In the butter situation. The market continues weak Potato Market Is Weaker. There was only a moderate trade in the fruit and vegetable market. No receipts from California were reported, but supplies on the street were sufficient. Another ship ment of spinach came in from Walla Walla. The potato market was weaker and lower prices were quoted. Fifteen-Cent Advance in Sugar. There was a sharp advance in the Eastern sugar 'market yerterday. and as a conse nuance, prices on this coast will be raised 33 cents a hundred today. The new local quotation on standard case granulated will be 7 cents, the highest price recorded here since October 13. 1914. Advance la Linseed Ou. Secant advance In. linsasrl oil Quotations was announced yesterday. The new prices on raw oil are 94 cents In cases and S9 cents In barrels New boiled oil prices are tKJ cents in cases and 01 cents In barrels. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Portland 1.:.2 S13 Seattle Tacoma 322,0(. Spokane K22.751 Balances. 77.774 2."6.0O4 55,40; 109.9U1 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Flour, Feed, Etc Merchants' Exchange, noon session. February delivery. Bid I Bid. . . l.n . . '.PS .'.Hi .U7 .. .l7 Ask. Yr. ago. Bluestem .... Fortyfoid 1.1W 1. l.OB l.OO I'.lub Ked fife Ked Russian ....... Oats No. 1 wheat feed.... 1.53 1.4 1.43 34.50 28.00 6.:; 27.00 Barley No. 1 feed 29.00 Mtllteed Rran -1. SO Shorts -3.0.. 24.00 20.50 Bid. l.HHS 1.09 .'.'ft .Uf .97 .P7 .97 .'.7 .97 28.00 27.00 Ask March Muestem April bluestem March fortyfoid April fortvfoid March club . . . S 1.11 1.1 1.02 l.l3 1.1)0 April club March red fifo . April red f Iff . March llius.an l.o: A pril Kuiali Pi March oals 20. 2.1 27. .10 -S.U0 April oats . . .- 2ti.2. March feed barley 2H.0O April reed barley iH.im March bran 21.r April bran 111. .10 March shorts 23.50 April shorts 23.50 24.0rt 2.1.00 2fi.n0 26.00 FlOVK Patents, $.1.0 per barrel; straights. $4.9OCb'5.40: exports, 14.70; valley. J5.10; whole wheat. Jo. 80; graham, S.1.6O. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy, S18.50 19.50; valley timothy. S16; alfalfa. 20. . MILLFEED Spot prires: Bran. 123.50 24 per ton; shorts, 20 & 26.50; rolled bar- lev 31.50ifi 32.50. CORN Whole, $37 per ton; cracked, $33 per ton. Fruits and Vegetables. TROPICAL. FRUITS Oranges, navels. $1.658 3.25 per box; lemons, $34p4.50 per hox; bananas, 5c per lb.: pineapples, 4sp6c per pound; grapefruit. $34r.23; tangerines. Il.sn 1.73. VEGETABLES Artichokes, $1.101.30 per dozen; tomatoes. California. $2.00; can bage. $1.50 1.75 per hundred; garlic, 10c per lb.; peppers. 20ft 25c per pound; egg plant, 25c per pound; sprouts, 89c per pound; horseradish, 8tc per pound; cauli flower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, $4.75 per crate: lettuce. 12.40a2.50 per crate: cucum bers.M.."'0 jf 2.50; hothouse lettuce, 7"c4jl per box. ORE EN FRT'ITS Grapes. $4 per barrel; cranberries $11 per barrel. POTATOES Oregon. Jl.40-31'50: Yaki mas, $1.65 per sack; sweets, a.25&3.50 per hundred. ONIONS Oregon, buying prices, $2 t. o. b. shipping point. APPLES t-pltxenhergs. extra fancy, $2.25; fancy, $2; choice, $1.251.50; Yellow "New towns, extra fancy, $2; fancy, $1.75; choice, $1. S3 1.10; Rome Beauty, fancy, $1.50 l.Gu; Winesaps. choice, Jl.15Gpl.35; Stay man, choice, $1.251.35. Dairy and Country Produce. Local Jobbing quotations: KGliS Jobbing prices: Oregon ranch, can dfed, 29 Si 30c ter aozen; uncandled, 27 & 28c per dozen. POULTRY Hens. 1415c: small Springs, 1415c; turkeys, live. 13ff20c; turkeys, dressed, chslce, 24&25c; ducks, 1214c; geese, loe. BUTTER Prices from wholesaler to re tailer: Portland city creamery prints, 60 pound case lots, standard grades. 34c; lower grades, 28324c; Oregon country creamery prints, 60-pound case lots, standard makes, 32c: lower grades 2S31c; butter packed in cubes, 2c less. Prices paid by Jobbers to producers: Cubes, extras, 29Hc; firsts, 27Hc; seconds, 25c: dairy butter, country roll. lO'cflSc; butter fat. No. 1. S2c; No. 2, 29c. CHEESE Oregon triplets. Jobbing buying prices, 20c per pound, f. o. b. dock Port land: Young Americas, 21c per pound. VEAL Fancy. 9c per pound. PORK Fancy, 9Hc per pound. Staple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound talis. $2.30 per dozen; one-half flats. $1.50; 1 pound flats. 52.50; Alaska pink. 1-pound tails, 05c. HONEY Choice, $3.23 per case. NL'TS Walnuts, sack lots, 16c; Lrazll nuts. l.lMSc: filberts, 10JllSc: almonds, 16;c: peanuts, Sc: cocoanuts. $1 per dozen: pecans, 10ft2Uc; chestnuts, 10c. BEANS Small white, 7.20c; large white, 7.15c: lima 6c; bayou, 6 So: pink, 5c, COFFEE Roasted in drums. 1433c. SI'UAR Fruit and berry, $7.00; beet, $6.80; extra O, $6.50; powdered, in barrels, $7.25; cubes, barrels, $7.40. SALT Granulated. $15.50 per ton: halt ground. loOs. $9.50 per ton; 50s, $10.50 per ton; dairy. $14 per ton. RICE Southern head, pound; broken. 4c. Japan style, 4H&5c. DRIED FRUITS Apples, 8c per pound; apricots. 133 15c; peaches." Sc; .prunes, Italians, S'gOc: raisins, loose Muscatels, 8c; unbleached Sultanas, (MlOc; seeded, 9c; dates, Persian, K'c pound: fard, $1.65 per box; currants. hV4Wl2c: figs. 0 -ounce, $2; 10 4-ounce, $2.25; 3'! 10-ounce. $2.40; 12 10-ounce, S5c: bulk, white, IQSc; black, 6c per pound. Hons, Wool. Hides. Etc. HOPS 1915 crop. 105fl3c per pound. HIDES Salted hides, 23 pounds and up. 15c; salted stage. 50 pounds and up, 11c; salted kip, 15 pounds to 2. pounds, 16c salted calf up to la pounds, 19c; green hides. 2.i pounds and up, 13c; green stags, 5 pounds and up, HHc; green kip. 15 pounds to 25 pounds, 16c; green calf, up to 1.1 pounds, 19c: dry flint hides, 2rtc; dry flint calf, up to pounds, 28c; dry salt hides. 21c. WOOL Eastern Oregon, lS25c; valley, 2G h 26c. MOHATP. Oregon, 229c per pound. C A SCAB A BARK Old and new, 4c per pound. PELTS Dry Icng-wooled pelts, 17c; dry short-wooled pelts. 13c; dry shearlings, 10ts l.c each: salted shearlings, 15Gj 25c each dry goat, long hair, 25c each; dry goat shearlincs, 10:320c each; salted long-wooled pells, February. $1.2o2 each. Provisions. HAMS All sizes, choice, 19c; standard. 17?4c: skinned. 1417c; picnics. 9ttc; cot' tage roll. 13'ic. BACON Fancy. 272Sc: standard, 219 22c: choice. 15'.'W2PC. DRY SALT Short, clear backs, 11H 9 13c: exports. lHi13c; plates, 9fflOHc LARD Tierce basis, kettle rendered, llc; standard. Itic: compound, lufcc BARREL GOODS Mess beef, $18; plate beef. $19; plate pork. $1S; tripe.. $10,509 11.50. Oils. ' KEROSENE Water white. drums, bar rels or tank wagons, 10c; cases, 1720a GASOLINE Bulk. ISc; rases, 2514c; naptha. drums. 15 jc: cases. 2214c LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels, S9c; raw, cases, 94c; boiled, barrels, 91c; boiled. cases, 96c. TURPENTINE: In tanks, 67c; in cases. 1 4c: 10-case lots, lc less. WOOL TRADE IS ABOVE NORMAL Prires Firm and Higher on Low and Medium Grades. BOSTON. Feb. 17. The commercial Bulle etin will sav tomorrow: Business has continued steadily and above the normal in volume during the week and prices are generally firm to higher, espe cially on certain low and medium wools. Fine wools have not made any general ad vance, although they are very strong. The situation at the mills is very healthy and values on goods, yarns and tops are strength ening. Advices from the West indicate that con trading Is contlnuin- slowly at prices fully on a level with selling prices in the East ern markets. x Scoured basis: Texas, fine. 12 months, 72 75c: fine eight months, 62 ? 65c. California Northern, 72'y76c; Southern, 60 62c. Oregon Eastern, No. 1 staple. 76780; Eastern clothing. 706 72c; valley. No. 1, 62 ij 63c. Territory Fine staple, goc: fine medium staple, 73 ft 76c: fine clothing, 73 Q 75c; fine medium clothing. 70f'71e; half-blood comb ing. 7fS77c; three-eighths-blood, combing, 7u'o72c. Pulled extra. 7S?80r; A A, T57Sc; fine A, 70 72c; A supers, i5g:6Sc. Metal Market. NEW YORK. Feb. 1. Copper, firm; elec rrolvtic. near by, 2S.o0c; June and later, 27ft 27.50c. Iron, steady and unchanged. Metal exchange quoted tin firm spot. 41 S7dj 4;.25c. The metal exchange quotes lead firm; spot, 6.27 ie bid. Spelter not quoted. Chlcafo Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Feb. It. Butter higher, cream ery. 2ffJ2t4e. Eers higher: receipts 3743 rases; firsts, ;323tc: ordinary firsts. 223214c; at market, cases included, 20 23c. Hops at New York. KS W YORK. Feb. 18. Hops' Quiet. RAILS ABE FIRMER Stocks Gradually Recover - From Recent Declines. METALS STRONG FEATURE Steel Advances on Prediction o Record - Breaking Earnings for Current Quarter Bonds Are Acquired From Abroad. NEW YORK. Feb. IS. Gradual but gen eral recoveries from low levels of the early week, were made in today's dealings. Trad' Ing was dull and subject to minor reversals during the forenoon, but the undertone was more confident and stable. Continuance of the current hlh nressure of activity and ex pansion in general trade was again reflected in the heavy bank clearings. Coppers and other metal shares featured the operations to an unusual degree. Butte & Superior and American Zinc being espe cially prominent at new high records. Zinc's maximum at 84 was accompanied by con slderable activity, making that issue the leader. Anaconda. Utah and Chino. aJso reg istered gains of a point or more. War issues were- mainly irregular, but came forward in the later dealings. The automobile group was under intermit tent pressure, likewise petroleums, Amer ican Woolen and some other obscure special ties, but sugars. United Fruit, Mercantile Marines and American Tobacco proved more than an offset. Traders for the long account were encour aged by the firmness of rails, that division. under Reading's lead, making a fair re sponse on moderate purchases. Canadian Pacific scored a further recovery from Its recent severe setback and other Canadian issues moved In sympathy. United States Steel was only moderately active, but strong in connection with fore casts, of record-breaking earnings for the current quarter. Announcement that the Steel Corporation had acquired from abroad approximately $23,000,000 of its first mort gage bonds for sinking fund purposes con stituted another bullish factor for that stock Total sales of stocks amounted to 425,000 shares. Bonds responded to the improved tone or stocks, although trading in that division was nominal. Total sales, par value, were $3,270,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. 1,100 4I0 8.200 4.600 3.400 4.600 "?,nh 400 no 23.70 1.000 21,2110 800 ""260 700 3 200 4.SOO 1,500 200 800 " 3 200 .".900 ' l.fOO 23.100 ""soo 2.500 " V200 2.10O 1,000 ' 3.800 High. 22 SO Yi 71 12 63 10O;i 11214 32714 104 90 103U H'O'i 87 ' 86 30 Ti 169 5514 2 V 12 95 Vi "20"" .19 45ti 81 47' ' S7H Low. bid Alaska Gold. . . . 22 SO 6!) V, 6114 4 ?i y.i . i 1 2 14 127 14 1113 89 'i i 02 "4 107 H 864 SOU 16714 .14 61 sj 12M 9414 57H 444 80 !4 22 3014 7014 61 6.1 100 11214 112U 127 193 89 103 V 108 86 46.1 Sli now. I6S14 .14 2 Allis-Chalmers. . Am Beet Sugar. American Can.. American Toco. Am Sm & Refg. do prd Amer Sug Refg. Am Tel & Tel. . American Tob.. Anaconda Cop.. Atchison Baldwin Loco... Bait & Ohio Beth Steel Br Rap Trans.. Calif PetroT Canadian Pacif. Central Leath.. Ches Ohio... Chi Or West Chi Mil & St P. Chi & N W c R I & P Ry.. Chino Copper. .. Colo Fu & Iron. 12 95 129 1954 rasj 4.1 Crucihio Steel.. 8014 D A R G pfd. . . 18 Plst Securities.. Erie 46 37 120 44 21 'ih 46 14 J1I'4 26 7714 104 36 4 .1714 16914 120 45 21 10314 General Elect.. Ort North pfd . . Gt Nor Ore ctfs. 121 45 U Guggenheim Ex. ' 21 "ir" " 46 11014 2614 7714 jo 37 Illinois central. Int Cons Corp.. Inspiration Cop. Int Harv. N J.. K C Southern.. Lehigh Valley.. Louis & Nitsh. , Mexican Perroli Miami Copper.. M K A T pfd. .. Missouri Pacif.. Nat'l Biscuit ... National Lead.. Nevada Copper. N Y Central .... N Y, N H & H. Nor & Western. North Pacific- Pacific Mall Pnc Tc! & Tel.. Pennsvlvanla .. Pull Pal Car... . Ray Cons Cop.. Reading Rep Ir & Steel.. Southern Pacif. 1 5,900 20O BOO 700 ' fl.joo 1.500 46 'i 110 26 14 7714 1115 36 1314 5 122H 900 noo 2.600 oo ' Riio 400 69 16 10514 69 1714 6SV4 10H 104 6TH 112 17 "56T4" - -2.i"" 77 52 4 99U 20 144U r.71.4 20.1 14. 68 16'i . 10.1 6S i:, H614 1 13 1 36 5714 163 2.1 H 78 52 99 20 147 .17 200 134 82 83 1161A 8.1 14 88 14 66 71U 476 1.10O 5714 6 200 1,200 1,500 1.700 4H 10.600 Ion 2.500 2.200 1.000 5.1.600 1.200 14.400 5Si 78 .13 99 4 2014 147 fig 207 1414 83 S3 T4 117 8.1 Southern By.... Studebaker Co.. Tennessee Cop.. Texas Company. Union Pacitic... do pfd U S Steel do pfd Utah Copper... Western Union. Westing Elect.. Montana Power. Ceneral Motors. W'abash B rM . . 116'4 6414 4.900 66H 6374 S00 40 47.1 3.00O 2714 26 O6S00 7034 68 2714 69 Int-Marlne pfd Total sales for the day. 425,000 shares. BONDS. U S ref 2s reg. .99 Northern Pac 5s. 6614 17 S ref 2s coup . '99 i Pac r fc T ...i"i' '4 TT S 3s rear 102 IPenn con 48 10611 C S 3s coupon. 102 U S 4s reg '11014 U S 4s coupon. 111 Am Smelts 6s.. 11 114 Atchison gen 4s 94 NYC gen 314. 11414 Northern Pae 4s 94 'Bid. South Pae ref 4s 90 do cv os 10.1 Union Pac -4s... 97 do cv 4s 94 tT S Steel 5s 105 Anglo-French 5s. 91 Mining Stocks at Boston. BOSTON, Feb. IS. Closing quotations: Arls Com 9 14! Osceola 93 Calumet & Ariz 74 JQuIncy 95 Cal & Hecla 37'. ISharnon 12 Centennial lISuperior 21 East Butte Cop. Franklin Granhv Con.... Isle Roy (Cop). Kerr Lake Mohawk North Butta . Old Dom 11: Sup Bos Mln. 3 jo Tamarack' 51 14 93 U 3 Sm, n & M 6214 29 i do pfd 50 1714 "Hh Con 9.114 Winotia 29 Wolverine .... 70!7-5utte & Sup.. l. 4 6.1 H 93 Money. Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Mercantile paper. 3&3 per cent. Sterling exchange. 60-da.y bills, $4.71; demand. $4.7614: cables, $4.76. Bar silver, 56 c. Mexican dollars. 43 e. Oovernment bonds steady; railroad bonds, steady. Time loans easy: 60 days. 114 per cent; 90 days, 214 per cent; six months, 23 per cent. Call money steady. High 2 per cent; low. 1 per cent: ruling rate 1 por cent; last loan. 2 per cent; closing Old, 1 per cent. offered at 2 per cent. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. IS. Mexican dol lars. 41c: drafts, sight, .01 per cent: do tele graph, .03 per oant. Sterling. 60 days, $1.71; demand, $4.76; cable. $4.76. LONDON, Feb. 18. Bar silver, 26d per ounce. , Money, 4414 per cent. Discount rates, ehort bills and three months, 5 per cent. Stocks Quiet at London. LONDON, Feb. 18. The American securi ties on the stock market were quiet with only a fair business being done in Canadian Pacific shares. MORE COFFEE TONNAGE 18 AVAILABLE Brazilian Government-Owned Line Pressed Into Service. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Reports that the Brazilian government had taken steps to pffece increased ocean tonnage at the dis posal of the coffee trade served to check renewal of the bull movement tn the market for coffee futures here today, and causd a sharp break in prices. The market opentd at an advance of 4 to 7 points in response to firmer official cables from Brazil, and prices sold 5 to 12 points net higher during the early trading, with May selling at &.ooc and December at 9.37c, the latter month establishing a new high rec ord for the movement. After yesterday! rather sharp reaction under realizing, the early market seemed more sensitive to buy ing orders. Selling became very active and general, however, after the publication here of Washington advices Indicating that steamships of a line owned by the Brazilian government were to carry coffee to this country in order to offset the withdrawal of British steamers from the coffee trade and May contracts sold off t 7.80c, while December broke to 8.10c In the late trading. trade interests bought on the decline. and closing prices were a point or two up from the lowest at a net loss of 13 to . u ...... c.u. i nn msxA i -. February. 7.66c: March. 7.71c: April. 7.76e; May, 7.S2C: June, 7.S6c; July, 7.91c; August, 7.94c; September, 7.99c; October. 8.04c; November, S.07c; December, $S.12c; January, 8.15c. Spot Nominal; Rio 7s, 9?4c; Santos 4s, 10 ',c. The cost and freight market was ex tremely unsettled, and no quotations seemed avuiiablo for Santos grades. There were reports of Rio 7s offered at 9.15, London credit. The official cables reported ad vances of TO to 125 reis in the Brazilian markets and of l-16d in Rio exchange on London. SAV FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Current on Butter, Eggs, Fruits, Vegetables, Etc., at Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18. Butter Fresh extras, 32c; prime firsts, 3014c; fresh firsts, 29c. Eggs Fresh firsts, 22c; pullets. 1914c. Cheese New, 17,4c; Young Americas, 17 !.c. Vegetables Egg plant, 10 20c: turnips. 60 6' 65c; Lima beans, 121415c; string benns, 121415c; bell peppers, 2025c; cucumbers, $22.25. ' Onions California, $1.7502.25. Fruit Lemons, $2.753.50; g-rapefrulV $1.50S2.75: oranges, $2.15l32.70; bananas, Hawaiian. 50cfn$1.5O; pineapples, Hawaiian, $2W3; grapefruit, $1.502.75. Potatoes Delta. $1.S31.50; Salinas, $1.73 2; sweets. $2.402.10. Receipts Flour, 2240 quarters; barley, 2495 centals; beans, 1318 sacks; potatoes, 1645 sacks; hay, 425 tons. Dried Fruit at New Tork. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Evaporated apples, dull. Prunes, firm. Peaches, quiet. HOG RECEIPTS ARE FAIR NOTHING WOW SELIIITG AT YARDS OYER EIGHT CENTS. ' Supply ot Other Classes ot la Small and the Prices Are Steady. Stock There war a fair run of hogs at the yards yesterday, but receipts in other lines were light. The trading was principally in the hog division, where $8 was the best price available for tho grade of swine offered. A steady tono prevailed in the cotton market. Mutton material was scarce and prices continued firm. Receipts were 46 cattle, 844 hogs and 13 sheep. Shippers were: With, cattle W. E. Jones, Parma, one car. With hops Farmers' Society of. Equity. Knna. one car; Grover Bros., New Plymouth, two cars: A. E. Jensen, lone; J. D. Dins more. West Stay ton; J. E. Parish, Jeffer son; J. E. Smith Newberg. and G. W. Ayer, Salem, one car each. With mixed loads C. E. Lucke. Molalla, one car hogs and sheep; Peoples Market. Corvallls, one car cattle and hogs. The day s sales were as iouowp: Wt. Pricel 1 130 $6.50! Wt. Price 12 cows. . 2 cows.. 20 $3.25 3 cows. . J cow . . . 1 cow. . . 1 cow. . . 6 cows. . 1 bull.. . 1 steer. . 7 steers. 2 hogs. . 5 hogs. . imio .1.25,10 cows.. . 7:!0 5.00 10S0 1170 1100 13 970 9.;o 991 415 IKS 204 104 265 120 160 R7 ISO 2S0 427 1010 BOO 10I1O 4.50 1 steer. . . 4.0O;17 steers. . 5.00 15 steers. . 5.001 0 steers. . 4.2.1 4 steers. . 5.50 2 steers. . 6.2S'S.5 hogs 7.OO13- hogs.. . 8.0059 hogs.. . 7.90 6S hogs 6. 752 hogs 7.00 1 hog 6.75; 23 hogs.... S.oOl 1 hos ft.OO' 1 hog 6 R.H36 hogs.. . . 10.10 9:10 1030 1130 385 520 175 1S9 203 169 200 160 231 390 410 1 12 30O 580 117 112 118 iO 6.23 6.23 0.50 5.00 3.50 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.90 7.50 7.00 7.00 7 no 7.00 6.75 25 hogs. . IS hogs. . 2 hogs. . 1 hog. . . 27 hers. . 10 lambs. 3 ewes. . 1 calf. .. 3 calves. 1 heer. 1 heifer. 2 cows. . .l.OO hoes. . 3.00 7.O0 7 hogs. . . 3 hogs. . . 4 hogs.. . 3.50 r. -. 6. 6. 2) hogs.. . 1 cow. . 10S0 4.50 The range of prices at the local yards for various classes or livestock iouows: Cattle Choice steers . Good steers Meiium steers Choice cows . Medium cows Hiifers Bulls Stags Hogs Light B ea vy ........ Sheep Yearlings .... Ewes Lambs :;::::::::f: $7.251?'7.73 6.75 'ft 7.00 6.50W6.7.1 5 .10 fir 6.7.1 4.75 mi 5.20 4 OOffi 6.40 2..1Ot'4.50 3 00 f 3.23 7 50 It 8.00 6.30 7.00 7 OOrffS 00 . 5.75 ft' 7.00 7.30(S 9.00 Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA. Feb. 18. Hogs Receipts, 18.- 000; lower: heavy fS: pigs, S6.757 $7.93 15-8.10: light. S7.90 bulk of sales, sj.yo Cattle Receipts. 170O; steady; native steers, $6 258.75: cows and heifers, $..2. (S0 25; Western steers, $67.7.1; Texas steers. O G.70; stockers and feeders, $5.25ifflT.75. ..- Sheep 2SO0: rtrnng; yearlings. JS.2.if 8.75; wethers. $7.25iS: lambs. $10.50(g 11.10. Chicago Livestock Slarket. CHICAGO, Feb. IS. Hogs Receipts, 3.1. 000; weak, mostly 10c under yesterday's average: bulk. $8.108.30; light. $7.75.S.:iO; mixed. JS8.:: heavy, $7.958.35; rough, $-7.95S.10. pigs, $11.25 7.40. Cattle r.eceipts, 2000; weak; native beef steers, $6.60(!f 9.65; Western steers. $6.70 8 1.1- stockers anil feeders, $5.50(?7.25: cows and 'heifers. $3.15miS.20: calves, $S.60ffl1l.25. Fhrep Receipts, 80(H); steady; wethers, $7.7Cfi'S.,"0: lambs, $9 ffl 1 1 RETAILERS BUY HEAVILY JOBBERS INCREASE; ORDERS TVITH MILLS AND SELLING AGENTS. Pressure to Make Early Deliveries In dicates Rapid Expansion of General Trade, NEW YORK. Feb. 18. Tomorrow Dun's Review will say: Accumulation of forward business is only limited by the ability and disposition of manufacturers to further extend commit ments. Disproportion between demand and supply heretofore apparent in comparative ly few lines is spreading, and it is increas ingly manifest that productive and dis tributing facilities have not kept pace with the rapid growth in requirements. Scarcity of materials Is a more noticeable feature and in the West and South, as n the East, it is much easier to una ouyers man to obtain merchandise. Frequent com plaints are still heard of tardy deliveries, but moderate progress Is made in relieving the traffic congestion and there was a 60 per cent reduction tn the number of idle freight cars during January. Pressure upon the transporting interests is further re flected in the substantial gain in gross earn ings last month, improvement in the South being general and iu some instances quite pronounced. Unsolicited business continues of heavy volume in iron and steel. Vnder the stimulus of large buying by re tailers, Jobbers of drygoods are increasing orders with mills and selling agents, and prices are advancing sharply. Various influences still combine to re strict cotton exports, but domestic consump tion continues in unprecedented volume. Millions in Copper Earnings. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. IS. Net earnings of more than $11,000,000 for tlie last three months of 1915 are shown by the quarterly report of the Utah Copper Company, the Chino Copper Company and the Rav Consolidated Copper Company, is sued here todav. The I'tah Copper Com panv's net earnings for the quarter totaled $6.9111.203 and dividends $2.43(5,733; the Chino Ccpper Company net revenue, $2,461. 716; dividends, $SfiO,SO; and Ray Consol idated Copper Company net earnings, $1, 77S.5G7; dividends. $777,4S2. ' Naval Stores. SAVANNAH. Ga., Feb. IS. Turpentine Nothing doing: last sale February 15 at ,"3c: receipts, SI barrels; shipments, S23 barrels; stock. 10.094 barrels. Rosin Dull; tales, 6S barrels; receipts, 3S0 barrels; shipments, 1976 barrels; Btock, 53.554 barrels Quote: A, B, C, D, E. F. G, $5.20; H, I. $5.25; K. $5.S5; M, $0.20; N, $6.75; WG, 0.S0; WW, 7. Extra Dividends Are Declared. NTSW YORK. Feb. IS. The Republic Iron & .Steel Company today declared an extra dividend of 1 per cent on the preferred stock in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent. This leaves Is per cent In deferred dividends still due ou the preferred shares. New Tork Sugar Market. NEW YORK, Feb. IS. Raw sugar Firm; centrifugal, 5.08c; molasses. 4.31c. Refined sugar 15 to 25 points higher; cut loaf. 7.4oc; crushed, 7.26c: mould A, 6.75: cubes. 6.75c; XXXX powdered, 6.40c powiered, 6.35c; diamond A, 8.25c; confec tioners- A. o.iuc; xyo, ALL GRAINS TAKEN European Buying of Wheat, Corn and Oats. CHICAGO PRICES HIGHER Advance Aided by Bullish Cables From Liverpool and Argentina. Condition of Domestic. Winter Crop Causes -.Apprehension. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Liberal export buy ing, which followed an advance in Liverpool quotations, gave strength today to the wheat market here. Prices closed firm at 34Gi"4c to Hc not higher, with May at $1.29T and July at $1.23 SS1.24. Corn gained 14 c to 94c Oats 9sc to 145c and iro vlsions 5c to 1714c Announcements that export sales would aggregate 1.200,000 bushels accompanied the advance of wheat to the highest point of tho day. The top level waa reached Just before the close of trading, but the market all through the season had an upward slant most of the time. It was reported that of ferings in Great Britain were exceedingly small and reserves dangerously low. Word rwas at hand also that the government of Argentina was advising farmers to hold their wheat and was urging that Europe must huy at any cost. Complaints regard ing the condition of the domestic Winter crop tended furtner to give an advantage to the bulls. Coarse grains were firmer. Foreigners were taking both corn and oats, but mainly corn. The effect of good weather and of relatively large receipts of com was thus more than offset. Provisions advanced notwithstanding decline In ti-.e value of hosrs. Commission houses were generally on the buying side. After the upturn, packers led the selling side. Leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Closo. $1.2914 $1.3014 $1.2814 $1.29'4 1.23 1-2414 1.2214 1.23 CORN. 7874 .7914 ."R',4 .7914 78& .791 .78 .7894 OATS. 48 .434 4514 -46 .45 .46 MESS PORK. 20.70 20.90 20.70 21) S7'4 20.8714 LARD. 10.2214 10.3214 10.2214 10.3214 10.40. 10.50 10.40 10.50 SHORT RIBS. 11.50 11.60 11.45 11.55 11.70 11.70 11.65 11.65 May July May Mav July May July May July May July Cash prices were: Wheat No. 2 red, S1.3S; No. 3 red $1.26 (911.27 Vb ; No. 2 hard, $1.2914 1.30 No. 3 hard. $1.24 ffl 1.27X . Corn No. 2 yellow, nominal; No. 4 low. 72(8' 74c: No. 4 white. 72 14 ffi 73 54c ye! Oats No. 3 white, 46Viti47c; standard, 4714 04914c. Rye No. 2. $1. Barley 6S 77c. Timothy $r..50 8. Clover $10 20. Primary receipts Wheat. 1. 581.00O 739.000 bushels: corn, 1. 763.0O0 vs. 925,000 bushels: oate. 916.000 vs. 920.000 bushels. Shipments Wheat. 859.000 vs. 631,000 bushels; corn, 695.000 vs. 618.000 bushels oats. 963.000 vs. 873.000 bushels. Clearances Wheat. 1.009.000 bushels corn, 290.000 bushels; oats, 399,000 bushels flour, 33,000 barrels. Foreign Grain Markets. LIVERPOOL, Feb. IS. Cash wheat Id higher. Corn Ud to Id lower. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Fob. 18. Wheat May, $1.2SI4; July. $1.26. Cash. No. 1 hard $1.3414: No. 1 Northern. $1.29 li 1.33 14 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.2314 1.30. Barley 67(74c. Flax $2.3442-S84. Eastern Cash Grain Markets. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Cash wheat, 14c to 1c lower. Corn, lc to 114 c lowor on good, to 3c lower on poor grades. OMAHA. Feb. 18. Cash wheat unchanged to lc lowor. Corn lc to 7c lower. Oats, 14c to 1c lower. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 18. Cash wheat 1c lower. Corn 14c lower. Oats unchanged to 14c lower. Eastern Wheat Futures. DULUTH, Feb. IS. Wheat closed, $t.2ST4; July, $1.2814-. WINNIPEG, Feb IS. Wheat closed. $1.2S?4; July, $1.2714. May May, Grain at l?.an Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. IS. Spot quota. tior.s Walla Walla, $1.7714 roll. 80; red Rus sian. $1.7;Sjil.77i4 : Turkey red, $1.8714 fs 1.90; bluestem, $1.90(81.95: feed barley. $l.S3'.3f 1.3S; brewing, $1.40 1.42 14 ; white oats, $1.45011.4714; bran. 2414251ic; mid' dlings. o0'fi)31c: shorts, 2514 26c. Call board Barley: May,. $1.38 14 : Decem ber, 11.30 bid. Puget Sound Grain Markets. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. IS. Wheat Bluestem, $1.11? Turkey red, $1.0S: forty fold. iSc: club. SSc: fife. 07c: red Russian 96c. Barley, $29 per ton. Yesterday's car receipts: V. heat, 4; oats, 4; barley, 7; hay, 24; flour, 5. TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 18. Wheat Blue- stem, $1.0.; fortyfoid. $1?T.01; club and red fife, 97c. Car receipts: Wheat, 49; corn. 4; oats, 4; hay, 25. New ITaven Earnings Larger. BOSTON, Feb. IS. Gains in all depart ments are shown in the report of the Ncn York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad for the last quarter of 1015, filed with the Public Service Commission today. For the first time In two years the net income shows a surplus. This amounts to $1,210,821. as compared with a deficit of $2i2,6(5 in the last quarter of 1914. The gross operating revenue was $18,97 741, of which $9,529,070 was from freight and $7,302,775 from passenger earnings. The revenue for the same period a year ago was $15,780,272. Total operating expenses were $12,56S,744. compared with $ll,o6,677 In 1914. Duliith Linseed Market. DULUTH. Minn.. Feb. IS. Linseed, cash. $2.33-14; May, $2.35; July, $2.3514. MILL RAISES ITS WAGES MARSHFIELD COMPASY ANNOUNCES 10 PER CEXT INCREASE. Cat In Salaries Made on May 1 Is More Than Restored and All Branches Keel Benefits. MARSHFIELD. Or., Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) Arno Mereen, general superin tendent of the C. A. Smith Lumber & Manufacturing Company, today an nounced an Increase in wages for the company's entire force of help, in cluding mill men, shingle operators, seamen, office men and boom managers, amounting to an average of more than 10 per cent. Six hundred men are affected by the order, and tho increase is' dated for March 1. The new payroll will be several thousand dollars larger a month. It is implied that the mills, which have been operating recently on four and five, days' weekly schedule, will resume on full time when the new wage rate takes effect. The workmen were cut 10 per cent May 1. 1915. Tono Miners Set New Records. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) All mine records for the Wash ington Union" Coal Company at Tono were broken this week wbw crew of 7S miners, on an eight-hour shift, mined 1116 tons. The previous record of 986 tons for 95 men was made in 1913 Louis Sonna. the same day, broke the individual record when he mined 33 tons in eight hours, the best previous record being 2D tons. FIGHT ON PORTLAND LOOMS Movement Organizes at Hoqnlam to Oppose Utah Differential. HOQTJIAAT, Wash., Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) Southwest lumber mills are or ganizing: to fight before the Inter state Commerce Commission, the efforts of Portland lumbermen to secure a re newal of the freight differential on lumber to Utah territory. A meeting of Grays Harbor lumber men was held yesterday and a sec ond meeting will be held tomorrow, which will be attended also by lum bermen from Tacoma and Centralia. Portland and Willamette Valley lum ber and. shingle mills formerly enjoyed a differential of two and a half cents a hundred pounds over the Southwest ern Washington shippers on lumber and shingles to Utah district points. After a long fight before the Inter state Commerce Commission tho Grays Harbor and other Southwest mills were put on the same freight rate basis as those of Oregon. That order was issued last October by tho Commission. The Oregon mills now are asking the Commission either to restore the old rates to this dlstgict, or give Portland territory new rates restoring the former diferential. 2 IN RACE AT PENDLETON Roy Ritner and Mayor Best Candi dates for Legislature. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) Roy E. Ritner. Umatilla County Representative in the last Legislature, today announced his candidacy for re election. Mr. Ritner is a strong advo cate of good roads and improved high ways, and promises to devoto most of his energies to the passage of state highway laws in conformity with the recommendations mado by the state convention of county judges and com missioners. At the last Legislature he introduced tho Umatilla County library bill, fathered a bill making Eastern Oregon a separate service district, and was chairman of the committee on public institutions. V Mayor J. A. Best, of Pendleton, today announced he would be a candidate for the Legislature, duo to urgent re quests from his friends in the east end of the county. CORN FAIR DECIDED UPON George Commercial Club Takes Up Plans for Fall. SANDY, Or.. Feb. 18. (Special.) At the last meeting of the George Com mercial and Social Club.it was decided to start preparations for a community fair to be held in the Fall, in which corn exhibits will be a specialty. Al falfa will come next. John Joyner and Robert Miller were appointed a special committee, their duty being to encourage the growing of high-grade corn in, tho community, to assist in se curing good seed and give out infor mation. C. A. Miller was appointed to have charge of the alfalfa crop dis play. Completed plans for the fair will be made at the next meeting. Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. Peter Rath and William Lins were appointed a committee on programme for the en suing year. MINING PROPERTY LEASED Gilbert Placers on South Fork Clearwater Klver Taken.' of G RANGE VILLE, Idaho. Feb. 18 (Special.) The Telegram Placer Com pany, a close corporation luny financed, has taken a lease and option on the tiilDert placers on me nuum fork of the Clesrwater River, 16 miles above GranErevlile. The consideration is $26,000. Included In the deal are 120 acres of rich nlacer ground that will run from Jl to J2.5U a yard, ana can d worked merely with a steam shovel and sluices. J. II. Jones is president, Charles II. Goodsell secretary and C. b Uhden vice-president. O. Hamilton md Greene Smith are the other In corporators. PACKING OUTLOOK BRIGHT . C. Colt Declares Portland Is Des tined to Become Great Center. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Corvallis. Feb. 16. (Special.) C. C. Colt, president of the Portland Cham ber of Commerce, lectured tooay De- fore the students in the school of com merce at the Oregon Agricultural Col- lego on "Tho Packing Industry in ore eon." Mr. Colt said that tne trena ot me cattle industry is westward and that the Pacific Coast is rapidly gaining in reputation as a packing center and that there Is no dount tnat t-orciana is destined. In the near future, to be one of the greatest packing cities in tne world. DAILY MJrrKOIlOIAXilCAI, HKPORT. PORTLAND, Feb. IS. Maximum temper ature, 57 decrees- minimum temperature. 4i Chance in last 24 hours, 0!) foot fall. Total rainfall (J P. M. to 0 P. M. ), none. Total rainfall since September 1, lir. A.t.AJ nches. Normal rainrau since aeuiemuur , i7l inches. Excess of rainfall since Sep tember 1, 1915. it. SI Inches. Total sunshine. 10 hours 0 minutes. Possible sunshine, 10 hours 30 minutes. Barometer (rcdured- to sea level) 5 P. M., :10.1J Inches, itelatlve humidity, 1 P. M.. 47 per cent. THE WEATHER. State ot Weather. STATIONS. Baker .1 asjo.uo; ;CI..'ar NWiClear Buise . . Boston . Calgary Chicago . 1 Ow O. "t ioo.iM .. SW 'Cloudy 8(10. Of"). .INTVlClear :tci 0.(C 1 XiViPleir -.00. CO.. .'N )Clear Ut 0.0O . SW IPt. cloudy Denver Des Molne.. Duluth 1 0.CX.112 SW jCloudy ttloudy Eureka rt n.oo! . . IB .ialveston 74 0.00 1 Clear Helena ........ 3S O.Ooi. .iNW Clear Jacksonville ... Kansas City.... 7410.00,24 SW ICloar 420.00.'N Ft. cloudy SO 0.00. . SW iClear 0 0.00'. .NW Cloudy 72 0.00 . .IN Clear 200.00 10 SW Cloudy 3;u.l6'. . NS Snow 72 0.00'.' . !N Clear 42 0.04 42 NWICloudy ei'O.OOI. .1KB iClear .-.4 O.OO . .iSB IPt. cloudy 80 0.001. .'E Clear 0o. 00)10 SB Clear 57i0.00 . .!SB Clear 64O.0OI..W iClear S!0.00!..W "Clear 40 0.00 12 NW Clear 4N O.0O'. .INW Clear 70W.O0 . .INW Pt. cloudy 0.00'. .jNWiCIear Los Anfteles.... M-irshfield Med ford Mlnneaj.olis Montreal New Orleans... New York North Head North Yalilma. . Phoenix Pocateilo Portland Rosenurp Sacramento Louis Salt I.ake an trancisco.. Seattle Spokane 4O.0O'..'N (Clear acoma atocsh Island. 02 0.00' .1 Pt. cloudy : O.OO'-ls'NB SS 0.00L .'SW Clear Cloudy Walla Walla t asliinpton Winnipeg 5S!.02'12:nW! ;Otoudy 22 0.00 Pt. cloudy WEATHER CONDITIONS. A lanre hlch-oressure area overlies the Rorky Mountain and Plains states and a rie- ression ot marked energy is passing down he St Lawrence Valley. The barometer is relatively lev over the Canadian Kortb- FACTS Transportation is the con necting link between sor row and h a p p I n e ?s. be tween failure and success, between ignoranco nnd in telligence, between dnrk ness and light, between h e a t h e nism and civiliza tion, between peace and war, between life and death. Without transporta tion the past would be for gotten, tho present grow dim and the future be blotted out. Transporta tion means good roads and good roads mean roads hard-surfaced with BITULITHIC Warren Brothers Company, Journal Buildincr, Portland, Oregon. west. Rftin hn fallen In In Middle AUn- tlc and Nnv Knfrland atittes and snow han occurre-l In rrtions of the Iak repln miH T'pper Ohio Valley. It la much colder in the M Idd lo W est. roridltJnna nre favnrablV for rnerally fair weather in this district Saturday. FORECAST, and vtclniiy Farr; Portland eaattrly winds. Orecon and Washington Fair; winds. Idaho Fair. Kr. A R1SAI.S. Forecaster. LIVESTOCK MEN GATHER Stevens County Association Heara Address by Professor Price. COLVTLLE. Wash.. Feb. 18 (Spe cial.) The Stevens County Livestock Association convened yesterday at the t-olvllle Chamber of Commerce for a two days' session. Alex Morrison, president of the organization, prrsldod. Karl T. tlates. of Colvillo, is secretary, and C. M, Baker, of Narlci.se, treas urer. Professor J. N. Price, of tho dairy and livestock extension department at Washington State College, spoke on scientific methods of feeding. MONEY NEWS IS CENSORED CniUKlians Silent About Movements of Treasure From Russia. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. IS The Canadian censors refuse to permit any news to be sent from British Columbia concerning the Japanese cruisers Chi tose and Toklwa. which have arrived at Vancouver and hii h are nald to have brought fil, 000,000 In Russian gold roubles. It is said . that the gold will bo shipped by train to New York, whore it will be placed in banks to establish credit for Russian purchases of war munitions and railroad supplies. Gresliam Campflre Club Forms. GRFSHAH, Or., Feb. 18. (Special.) A Ulrls" camprire t:iuh has been or ganized here and will meet every at- uraay arternoon in tne i'nniic LJtirar.v The president is Miss Fsfa Cheelv TRAVKI.KKS' f.VHJB. San Francis Los Angele (niinoai tnanf jo. a jloi The Biff, , Clean. Comfortable. Kleenntly Appointed. Seagoing S. S. BEAR S P. M, Feb. 19. 10O Golden Mllea on Columbia River. All Katea Include Ilertha and Meala. Tahie and Service Unexcelled. The Snn Franrlnro A Portland 9. Co.. Third and Wash!na-on Street (with o.-w. It. 4t A. to.) Tel. llroaaV nar 4S0U, A 6121. ' i FRENCH LINE fjonipasnir f.merat TrHnatlant,qim ' i t'OM'.tl. hKHVKK. Sailings From NEW YORK !o BORDEAUX LAFAYETTE .. .Feb. 26. 3 P.M. R0CIIAMBEAU CHICAGO LA TOUKAINE .Mar. 1, 3 P. M. ..Mar. 11.3 P.M. ..Mar. 18, 3 P. M. KOIt INFORMATION ATl'l-Y '. W. KIIMiF.K. MU Siltli M. A l. I'll AH ll ON. -'."." M.irriMin Pt. K.. K. ;AUKION t'. M. M. I'aul ItT. IHIKSKV II. Mlllll. Ill) Third hi. f.. 1". HA I KM. 1(10 Third M. II. IlK kMIN, 3-1 H t mhlnKlon Kt. NOKTII HANK KOAK, I Hill and Slark St. 1. fi. il'I- A HI. AMI. oil anil ttaMilnctnn ht. F. it. 1)1 IU, 121 Third Portland. ASTORIA and Way Landings Str. Harvest Queen From Ash-St. Dock S F. 51. dally. except Saturday. It e t u r n a from Astoria 7 A. Jl.. except Sunday. O.-W. R. R. & N. CO. CITY TICKET OFKICK Washington at Third. Broadway -loOO. AS121: NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP Cl San Francisco SANTA BARBARA. I.OS ANGEL,!: AND SAN DIEGO. e B Steamer Breakwate Ralla Wednesday. Feb. 23. 8 P. Ml H Ticket Office 122A Third St. Phone. Main 1314, A 1314. 0-W. R. & N. C0. STEjAMEIt SFRV1CK, Steamer Harvext Oueen leaves 7:45 A. M.. Tuesdays. Thursdays and baturdays for As toria and way points. Kcturnlin,v leaves Astoria 7 A. M.. Jlondaya, Wednesdays and Fridays. , Tickets and reservations at O-W R. & N. (Union Pacific System) Citv Ticket Office. Washington at K Third, before 5:30 P. JL: after that hour at A.sn-sireer qock. A'nonesi Broadway 4500. A 6121. ; B( Sunday. I :X0 P. M.. Febmary IO, 'S Lsan frannsco. I'oniaua o; A.o Anre. M let Steujnntii Cu.. trunk Bollnm. Krt if 121 Third. bU A Mala M. A ammmmmmmmtmmmm t4