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FLOUR DROPS AGAIN
Cheaper Wheat Causes An
other Local Decline.
PATENTS AT $5.20 BASIS
Sack I'riccs Arc 15 Cents tower
Than Year Ago Millfeeds Are
Scarce and May Advance.
Grain Markets Inactive.
' The decline in wheat prices In the Ts'orth
west is bringing down tlour values. -A. 20
cent drop in the flour list was 'announced
as effective today, which will put patents on
the $5.20 basis. This Is the second decline
cf this size In flour that has occurred since
the high Winter point was reached on Jan
uary 20. In that period wheat pricea have
fallen 12 to 16 cents & buBhel. A year ago
today, patent Hour -was Quoted at $7 a bar
rel. Domestic flour business is of normal
Volume. Export trade continues light.
The mlllfeed market Is not affected by the
reduction .In flour prices. Feed of all kinds
Is scarce and with the good demand, prices
are more likely to advance than go the other
-ay.
The wheat market was extremely dull
yesterday. There was no selling in the coun
try nor offers to sell. Demand from all
Quarters appeared to be lacking. The East
could not be Interested with Chicago options
breaking, and California buyers would not
consider wheat at present prices. At the
Merchants' Exchange, bluestem bids were' 2
to 4 cents lower than on Thursday, and ot
ters for other kinds of wheat were reduced
a to 3 cents.
Bradstreets" estimates exports this week at
fe.T50.0OO bushels of wheat and 1,319.00
bushels of corn.
Weekly shipments from Argentina and
Australia are:
Thlswk. Last k. Lastyr.
Argentina 3.27.no 2.044.00O 8.128.000
Australia 1.624.000 B32.00O
Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported
fcy the Merchants Exchange as follows:
Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay
Portland. Fri. IS "30
. S 1 fi
3 12
ear ago.
K,.o'n in rtat. 030:1 1410 13BS SR4 59l
N ear ago 1510S 1846 1714 1S2N 1673
Tacoma, Thur. 36 1 6
"Vesr ko 1 2 31
Spa' u to date. R114 402 2R4 1S3
-Year ago 84V 511 ' 671 2677
Seattle. Thur. 5 .... S :l
Year ago 12 2 8 39
Pea-n to date. BSSn llr.R 3 7.16 7!7 .i:i4!(
Tear ago RH!2 !Xl! 38S1 1055 63S4
(STEA1Y KGG JURRET LOOKED FOR
J.lclitern-Crnt Storage Quotation Is I.lkely
to Hold.
Tlie egg market has setled at the 18
rrnt basis, where it will probably remain
riming the rest of the storage season. It
in expected, with warmer weather at hand,
that receipts will Increase fast, but this
Is not likely to cause any difference in
the market, as speculators are prepared
to take all that come in at this price.'
The following notice to egg shippers
lias been issued by a leading local buyer:
To facilitate the rapid transaction of
business during the egg-storing season, we
have decided to suspend the established
rule for grading eggs during the months
. of March, April' and May, 1016. and sub
stitute therefor the following simple and,
we believe, entirely just method of buying
ggs at. as It is commonly called, 'case
count." Prices quoted will be for fresh
unwashed hens' eggs as brought to mir
,ket by the producer (not culled or
skimmed) and to weigh in regular 30-dozen
standard No. 2 egg cases not less than 54
pounds. Such eggs shall" be known and
designated as 'fresh current receipts.' It
Is further understood that 'fresh current
receipts' shall bo accepted as good delivery
5f they do not show to exceed two dozen
dirties and cracks per case of 30 dozen."
BUYERS OBJECT TO HIGH I'RICES
I'mi 1 1 ry Market Easier, Although. Receipts
Are ot Large.
There has been no increase in reecipts
of poultry, but buyers aro averse to paying
the high prices that have lately prevailed.
All the henu and Springs that came in
yesterday were worked off, but dealers
liad to take a 10-cent price to clean up.
Dressed meats were scarce and firm.
The best veal sold readily at 11 cents, and
Tnany more conld have been handled.
Dealers explain the failure of dressed pork
to keep up with the stockyard advance
In hogs by the indifferent quality of most
of the reecipts on the street.
The butter market was reported easier,
vith prospcts for a decline.
I-OVDOV WOOL SALES ABE JfOW OVER
Market Recovers in Anticipation of Further
" Government Orders.
LONDON, March 17. The wool auction
Bales closed today with offerings of 86O0
fcales. The selection was good and it was
readily absorbed at firm prices.
The feature of the series was the recent
recovery in most grades in anticipation of
further government orders. The usual Amer
ican demand was lacking, through diffi
culty in getting licenses. Compared with
the last auctions, fine merinos and cross
fcreds closed unchanged, while other grades
frere from 5 to 10 per cent lower.
During the series the home trade bought
77.000 bales and France and Russia SOOO,
(while 11,000 were held over.
' Good Offers for Klamath Wool.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. March 15. (Spe
cial. ) George McGinnis, a wool buyer from
Red Bluff, Cal.. who buys wool in this
county every year, was In town today look
ing after-business Interests. He is offering
- cents a pound for coarse wool for Spring
deliveries. Sheepmen hereabouts view the
ivool outlook with as much pleasure as last
season. Sheep in this section all wintered
well, and it is expected that the clip will
le up to the average weight, if not a little
heavier than usual.
7100 Shipments, 60,000 Tons.
Sixty thousand tons of canned pineapples
111 be shipped to the mainland by the grow
ers of Ha.wo.lt this year in accordance with
their agreement with the Mat son Navigation
Company to ship by that line for five years
a minimum of three-quarters of the annual
pineapple pack. The freight rate on the
jirofluct is $3.2. a ton. The pack this yesr
will be exceptionally large.
California Vegetables Reclining.
The steamer Northern Pacific brought an
other fresh supply of small vegetables and
the street was well stocked. California rhu
barb was lower at $1.652.10 a box. As
rsragus sold readily at the lower prices put
Into effect the preceding day.
A quantity of tangerines was On the
steamer." They were quoted at $2.50 per lug
box.
Bante Clearing,
Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities
yesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland $l.Slo,t..i $174.to3
Seattle 3,3J.:jr
Tacoma 446.371 7d 034
Spokane 844.203 124,241
PORTLAM)
MARKET
QUOTATIONS
Grain. Floor. Feed. Etc.
Merchants' Exchange, noon session.
March delivery. Bid.
Wheat Bid. Ask. yr. ago.
Tiluestem 1.02 $ 1.40
J-'ortyfoid 10 1.38
4lub .33 l.Sti'i
red fif T .0. 1.30
Jved Russian 87 .00 1.28
Oats
JsTft. 1 white, feed 24.K 25.?0 ."3.00
Barley
No. 1 feed 28.00 25.00
MiUfeed
3raa ....... 21.00 3.00 22.50
snorts 23.00 2K oo 23. "
Futurn Bid. Ask.
April bluestem .IS 3.02
May bluestem S 1.04
April fortvfold !,
May fortyfold ' -"7
April club . . ' .
Mayclnh "7
April red fife , s"
May red fife . "7 .07
April Russian T .00
May Russian .7 .97
April oats 24.25 2.-..2.-
Mayoats 23..V . L'rt.tKl
April feed barley 2S.0O
May fi ed barley 28.00
April bran 21.00 23 00
Mav bran 21..-.0 22.50
April shorts : 23.00 23. OO
Mav shorts 23.00 25.00
FLOUR Patents. J5.20 per barrel;
straights. $4.50 5.0O: exports, 14.30; Valley,
4.70; whole wheat. $5.40; graham, $5.20.
HAY Eastern Oregon timothy. $21frf22
per ton: Valley timothy. J16: alfalfa. $20.
.MILLFEED Spot prices: Bran. $23 ft 23. oO
Vr ton: shorts, $25T50(t2B; rolled barley,
$31 r.O'-i 32.50.
CORN Whole. $37 per ton; cracked. $38
per ton.
Fruits and Vegetables.
TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels.
$23.25 per box: lemons. $34.25 per box:
bananas, 5c per lb.; pineapples, 51.47c per
pound: grapefruit, $4.504.7S; tangerines,
$2.50 per lug.
VEGETABLES Artichokes, 70390c per
dozen; tomatoes. $4 4.25 per .crate; cabbage.
1.252.25 per hundred; garlic. 10c per lb.;
peppers. ny3n2fc per - lb. ; eggplant, 22HC
per pound; sprouts, S'Jc pfr lb.; horse
radish, 8iie per pound; cauliflower. $1.25fc
1.50; celery, $4.50 per rrate: lettuce, $2.25
per crate; cucumbers. $1.25 1.50; spinach,
$11.15 per box; asparagus. 812V4c per
pound; rhubarb, $3.U5ft)2.30 per box; peas,
1212'S15c per pound.
POTATOES Oregon. $1.401. BO; Takl
mas, $1.50(1.75 pur sack; sweets, $3.25
3.50 per htmdred.
ONIONS--Oreon. buying prices, $1.50 f.
o. b. shipping point.
APPLES Spltzenhers.". extra fancy, $2.25:
fancy, $2; choice, $1. 251.50; Yellow New
towns, extra fancv. $2; fancy, $1.75; choice.
S1.351.50; Rome Beauty, fancy. $1.50a
I. 60; Winesaps. choice. $1.15(tfl.35; Stay
man, choice. $1.26 1.35.
Dairy and Country Produce.
Local Jobbing quotations:
BOGS Jobbing prices: Oregon ranch,
candled, 1920c per dozen; uncandled, 18c
per dozen.
POULTRY Hens. 16e; Pprlngs, lfle;
stags, 3213c; broilers, 2c; turkeys,
live. 18'&20c: turkeys, dressed, choice. 24
25c: ducks. 33-rl6c; geese. 10c.
BUTTER Prices from wholesaler to re
tailer: Portland city creamery prints, tto
pound case lots, standard grades. 35c:
lower grades, 32c: Oregon country cream
ery prints 00-pound case lots, standard
makes. 32 iff 34c; lower grades. 33 4i3H4c;
packed In cubes, 2c less. Prices paid by Job
bers to producers: Cubes, extras. 304f:llc;
firsts, 2SW2SHc; dairy butter, 15&19V3C;
bntterfftt. No. 1. 34c; No. 2, 31c.
CHEESE Oregon triplets. Jobbing buying
frices, 20c per pound f. o. b. dock Port
and: Youn Americas. 2lc per pound.
VEAL Fancy, lOHSfsilc per pound.
PORK Fancy, 30 He per pound.
Staple Groceries.
Tocal lobbing quotations:
SALMON Columbia river 1-pound falls,
$2.30 per dozen: one-half flats. $1.50; 1
pound flats, $2.50; Alaska pink, 1-pound
tails. B5c.
HONEY Choice. $3 25 per case.
NUTS Walnuts, sack lots. 16c: Brazil
nuts, ISSJIRc: filberts. IGralSc: almonds.
ISc: peanuts, ric: cocoanuts. $1 per
dozen: pcans. lO'fiiiOc: chestnuts, 10c.
BEANS Small white. 7.20c: large white.
7.35c: lima. 6c: bavou. Oc: pink. Ric
COFFEE Roasted, in drums, lifl 33c.
SUGAR Fruit and berry, $7.05: beet,
$7.45; extra C, $7.35; powdered, in barrels,
$7.0O: cubes, barrels, $8.05.
SALT Granulated. $15.50 per ton: half
ground. 100s. S9.50 per ton; 50s, $10.GO per
ton: dalrv.'34 per ton.
RICE Southern head. r4??R'4e per
pound: broken. 4r: Japan style, 4M:5c.
DRIED FTtTTITS Apples. Sc per pound:
apricots. ISflSe: peaches. 8c: prunes. Ital
ians, fi'flflc; raisins, loose Muscatels, fie:
unbleached Sultanas, 914'5S30c: seeded, 9c;
dates, Persian, 30e pound: fard, $1.65 per
box; currants. 81i'f32c; figs. 50 -ouncp.
$2; 10 4-ounce $2.25; 3 10-ounce. $2.40; 32
10-ounce. 85c; bulk, "white, 7i3 8c; black, 6c
per pound.
Hop". Wool. Hides. Etc.
HOPS 3015 crop, lOfrl.lc per pound: 3936
contracts. 11i.f?32r per pound.
HIDES Salted hides. 25 pounds and up.
35c; salted stags. 50 pounds and up. 31c:
salted kid. 15 pounds to 25 pounds, 36c;
salted calf up to 15 pounds. 30c; green
hides. 50 pounds and un. 13Hc green stags.
50 onnds and up. OUp; groen kip. 15
pounds, 19c; dry flint hides. 26c; dry flint
calf up to 7 pounds, 28c: dry salt hides. 21c.
WOOL Eastern Oregon, 20 30c; Valley.
27 28c.
MOHAIR Oregon. SOfT33e per pound.
( ASCARA BARK Old and new. 4c per
pound.
PELTS Dry long-wooled pelts. 37c; dry
short-wooled pelts, 33c: dry shearlings, 10f?
15c each: salted shearlings, 35ff2nn each:
dry goat, long hair. 35c each: dry goat
sherlings. 30S20c each; salted long-wooled
pelts. February. $1.25f?2 each.
Provisions.
HAMS All sizes, choice. 19c: standard,
17Hc; skinned, 1417c; picnics, 9&c; cot
tage roll. 13 c.
BACON Fancy. 27S2Sc: standard, 21h
22c: choice. 15V- 20c.
' DRY SALT Short, clear backs, 1 1
33'c; exports, 31Hi313c; plates, BSlOHe.
LARD Tierce basLs, kettle rendered,
ll'ic: standard. IO.-Vjc: compound. lOlic
BARREL GOODS Mess beef. $18: plate
beef, $19: plate pork, $18: tripe, $10.50
II. 50.
Oils.
KEROSENE Water white, drums, barrels
or tank wagons, 10c; cases, 17H $3'201Ac.
GASOLINE Bulk. lSHc; cases, 2i'c;
naptha, drums. 15Hc; cases, 22Hc.
LINSEED OIL Raw barrels, 92c; raw.
cases, 97c; boiled, barrels,. D4c; boiled,
cases, 99c.
TURPENTINE In tanks' 67c; In cases,
74c; 30-case lots, 1c less.
EXPAfJSIDN IS STOPPED
MILLS ARE FORCED TO REJECT
NEW BUSINESS.
Capacity Crowded With Orders Now on
Books -Extreme Prices Do Not
Affect Demand.
NEW YORK, March 17. Dun's Review to
morrow will say :
Only by the use of superlatives can exist
ing commercial and industrial conditions be
adequately described. Great as are the
gains shown by bank clearingsJ Iron output,
unfilled steel tonnage and similar Industries,
mere statistical records no longer fully re
flect u, situation for which there is no prece
dent. In some branches and sections, the volume
of business has reached such vast proportions
that further expansion is . dependent upon
increased facilities for both production and
distribution. Manufacturers In steel. In tex
tiles and in other lines are rejecting ad
ditional contracts, which they cannot handle,
either because capacity is already booked
far ahead, or through Inability to obtain
necessary raw materials.
,The most remarkable feature la the magnl
tude of the current demand. In spite of
prices that would ordinarily check it, ur
gent requests continuing: to be made for ira
mediate deliveries of leather, footwear, dry
gooas ana especially or steei products.
"Weekly bank clearings were $4,124,741,608.
WOOL HOLDS STEADY AT BOSTON
Volume of Business Now Is Fair MULs
WeU Supplied.
BOSTON; March 17. The Commercial
15 u He tin win say tomorrow : .
There has been little change in the wool
market during the past week, the volume of
business being fair with prices steady. The
mills are operating at full capacity and
are using a tremendous quantity of wool at
the moment, but they' are generally well
supplied with raw material.
Contracting progresses slowly in the West
at about the same level of prices as during
the past fortnight.
Scoured basis: Texas fine, 12 months, 72
j 75c; fine eight-months, 82TS5c.
California Northern. 72 73c ; Southern,
GO ra U2c.
Oregon, Eastern No. 1, staple, 78SOc:
Eastern clothing. 7u372c; valley. No. 1,
62 ra iVoc.
Territory Kino staple, Sc; fine medium
staple, 7677c; fine clothing. 73'75c: fine
medium clothinff. 70ZPlc; half-blood comb
in sr. 77 7Sc; tnree-eighths-blood combing,
70720.
Pulled, extra, TSSOo: A A, o 7Sc; fine
A, 70 ff 2c ; A supers, 5 6$ fSSc.
Metal Market.
NEW YORK, March IT. Copper firm.
Electro! vtic. nearby. 2828. 50c; June and
later. 27rtx27.fi0c.
Iron firm and unchanged.
Metal exchange quotes tin quiet. Spot.
B1-S53C
The metal exchange quotes lead 7.87Hc
Ppelter not quoted.
New York Sugar Market.
NEW YORK. March 17. Raw sugar firm.
Centrifugal. 0.89c. Molasses, 5.12c. Refined
firm.
RAILS 1(1 DEMAND
Specialties Are Manipulated in
Wall-Street Market.
PRICES FORCED UPWARD
Mexican rtrolenm, Crucible and
Baldwin locomotive Hold First
Place Metal Shares Disposed
to Yield Bonds Irregular.
NEW YORK. March 17. Professionalism
sounded the dominant note of today's Irregu
lar and circumscribed market, .with the
volume of operations much below recent ac
tive cessions. Dealings were lively in the
foronoon, but dwindled steadily later. A
few specialties, notably Crucible Steal, the
day's foremost issue. Mexican Petroleum anil
Baldwin Locomotive claimed the bulk: of
speculative attention at substantial gains.
During the intermediate stages, there
was a brisk demand for rails, particularly
the coal carriers, Norfolk St. Western and
Chesapeake & Ohio advancing over two
points each, while Reading, Lehigh Valley
and Baltimore & Ohio averaged a point.
Canadian Pacific, New York Central and
Rock Island also displayed firmness on
small operations.
The usual course was pursued by "sugars,
motors, equipments and the shipping shares,
which were intermittently active. South
Porto Rico Sugar rising 5 to 19a, and Amer
ican Sugar 3 to 1134, presumably In con
nection with pending Federal tariff legisla
tion. Mercantile Marine preferred featured
the first hour's dealings, later extending its
advance 3 to 74.
Metals were relativoly inactive and dis
posed to yield, Kennecott Copper and Amer
ican Zinc proving the only market excep
tions, the latter gaining 2b to the new rec
ord of 91.
United States Steel responded to the an
nual report of the corporation with a sub
stantial fractional advance at the outset, but
failed to hold all Its rise. Bethlehem Steel
scored a maximum advance of 5 to r34, and
Lackawanna Steel denoted steady absorption
on its moderate improvement.
Oils.- speculative industrials and express
company shares featured the apathetic final
hour, while stamkird stocks moved within
narrow limits. Mexican Petroleum's high
quotation of 114 represented an extreme
advance of 0 and Crucible rose 2 to 9D.
Total sales of stocks amounted to 730.000
shares.
Bonds were irregular, with some firmness
In Anglo-French 5s. Total sales, par value,
wre J2.97D,00O. United States bonds were
unchanged on call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Salos.
3.SJMI
7,500
High.
20
32 Vj
bid.
Alaska Gold . . . .
AUis-ChuImers. .
Am Beet Sugar.
20 14
31
73
i
81
101
112
112V4
l-'OVi
195
33
312 V
S9Vt
r33
S5 94
107
55 Vi
64 '4
13
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127
17
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48
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38
109 1
122 V,
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20
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40
109 "4
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113
37
10
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123
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122
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3 03
24 4
87
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99 H
21 V4
147 Vi
57 Vi
201
133
S-2V4
SiV
317H
82 i
31
73
so
101 i
112
110',
129
American Can..
American Loco.. 17.200
Am Sm & Refg. U.mhi
do nfd 2oo
82 H
102 -i
1121
H3Va
129 Vm
Am Sugar Refg.
Am Tel & Tel..
American Tob.
Anaconda Cop..
Atchison
Baldwin Loco..
Bait & Ohio
Beth Steel
Br Rap Trans..
Calif Petrol
Canadian Pacif.
Central Leath..
Ches & Ohio. . ..
Chi Grt West. . .
C M & St P
Chi & N W
C R I & P Ry..
Chino Copper. . .
S.t"i
coo
3S.500
2,)K
noo
300
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3o0
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104 :
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534
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127
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103
112
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5211
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95 K
12ti
4S
94 V
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ifioi-
122
40 -r
2,:i00
Colo Fu & Iron. 17,000
Crucible Steel.. 75,700
D & R G pfd
Distillers' Secur. 4.500
Erie 8.200
Gen Electric
Grt North pfd.. 12.200
Gr Nor Ore ctfs. 10.90O
Guggenheim Ex. ....
Illinois Central
Int Cons Corp
Inspiration Cop. 11,100
Int Harv. N J
K C Southern... 1,1 no
Lehigh Valley.. 000
Louis & Nash
Mexican Petrol. 4no
Miami Copper... 1.80O
. . . .
49
79 ;
iii'-f,
37 ?s
" "s"
123
20 V.
7SV4
107 'A
37
J K & T pfd. . .
Mo Pacific
National Biscuit.
National Lead..
Nevada Copper.
N Y Central....
N Y N H & H. .
Nor & Western.
Northern Pacif..
Pacific Mail
Pac Tel & Tel..
Pennsylvania . .
Pull Pal Car. . ..
Ray Cons Cop..
Reading ........
Rep Ir Steel . .
Southern Pacif..
Southern Ry. . . .
Sutdebaker Co..
Tennessee Cop..
Texas Company.
Union Pacific...
do pfd
TJ S Steel
do pfd
Utah Copper. . . .
Western Union.
Westing Elect..
Montana Power.
General Motors.
Wabash B pfd . .
Tnt-Marlne pfd.
200
400
"ioo
3.300
400
15-5.
IOC,
67 .
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10.l,i
60
a. 100 114 '4 llt'i
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1,::i)o
17.S0O
11.10O
6.4O0
70O
6.200
1.0OO
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R0.7U0
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2,60i
700
34,200
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24 'i
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21 Vj,
147'i
57
200
133.1-4
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21T4
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58 V.
205
134
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75 1
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44.2no
4.300
74 Vi
71
Kennesott cop.
50
50-
Total sales for the day.
730,000 shares.
BONDS.
TJ S ref 2s reg."99 Northern Pac 3s. 66
U S ref 2s coup.'Ol Pac T S- T 5s. .inn
I' S 3s reg 102'4 Penn con 4s.... 105
IT S :!s coupon. 102 South Pac ret 4s 90
V t 4s reg 'Ill do cv Ss 1047i
it s .i nminoTi . 1 12 Vi Union Pac 4s... 97
Am Smelts Its . .111 - do cv 4s.
...
Atchison gen 4s 94 'TT K Steel 5!!.
NYC gen ::V.s.n4tliAnglo-French
Northern Pac 4s 93 Vz I
. . . 1 04 Vb
5s. 94 i.i
Bid.
Mlnlnir Stocks at Boston.
"BOSTON. -March 17. Closing quotations:
Allouez - . 70 iNlpissing Mines. 6
Am Z. L A Sm. voiNorth Butte.
29 14
Ariz Com 8 H Old Dom ...
Butte k Sup... 93 Osceola
Calumet & Ariz 73 lOuincy ......
Cal & Hecla. . . .555 'shannon ....
Centennial 17 JSun & Bos...
rop Rge Con... 64 14 Superior
East Butte Cop. 124 'Tamarack ...
. .. 6S
. . . 99
, . . P4H
.. . IO
..
. . . 16
. .. 51
M. 67tt
, .. 501,4
. . 14H
. .. 4
.. 60
Eranklsh'
"t I 1. s sm. R
SO-v. do pfd
2i'rtah Con ..
SH'Winona
Wolverine
Granhy Con . . .
Isle Roy (Cop).
Kerr I,ake
Lake Cop
Mohawk
Money. Kxchanee. Etc.
NEW YORK, March 17. Mercantile paper.4
3fi3Vi per cent.
Sterling. 60-day bills, f4.72tt: demand.
$4.70: cables. $4.77H.
Bar silver, 57c.
Mexican dollars, 43ic.
, Government bonds very steady; ra'ilroad
bonds. Irregular.
Time loans, firmer; flA days. 2 H f 3 per
cent: 90 days. 3 per cent; six months, Shi
1334- per cent.
Call money, steady. TTIgh. 2 per cent; low.
14 per cent: ruling rate. 34 per cent: last
loan. 2 per cent: closing 34 per cent; of
fered at 2 per cent.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 17. Pterllne. 60
davs. $4.72V4; demand, $4.76!i ; cables,
$4.7754.
Mexican dollars. 4314c; drafts, sight, lc;
do telegraph. Sc.
Bar sliver. 27 3-16d per ounce".
LONDON. March 17. Money. 44 per
cent. TMscount rates, short bills, 5H per
cent; three months. 5H per cent.
Stocks Weak at London.
- LONDON. March 17. American securities
on the stock market were inclined to drop
on small sale and finished quiet.
Chicago Dairy Prodnce. '
CHICAGO. March 17. Butter Firm.
Creamery, 30&3r!4c.
Eggs Lower. Receipts, 14.533 cases.
Firsts, 19i4c: ordinary firsts, ISVic; at mark,
cases -included, ISiSjIOc.
SHARP BREAK IN COFFEE IXTCRES
Selling; Due to Rumor of Brazilian Seizure
of German Ships.
NEW YORK, March 17. London press
advices, reporting that the Brazilian gov
ernment had taken over 44 Interned German
ships, were not confirmed In tbe coffee
market here today, but served to unsettle
sentiment, and prices broke sharply under
liquidation. Aside from these . reports,
which suggested .the possibility of lower
ocean freight rates, there appeared to be no
change In the news reaching the ring, and
little European buying was reported on
the decline. The market opened -at a
decline of 9 to 10 points and active months
sold 16 to 19 points net lower during the
middia at La li', iUi Juljr IsuchJc 8,07c
and Septamber R.lOc. The close was
slthtly up from the lowest on ome posi
tions, but showed a net loss of 15 to 17
points. Sales, ,"8,0O0 bales; March. 7.8Sc:
April, 7.0:c; May. 7-itSc; June, M.O'-ie; July,
R.Ottc; August, S.lOc: September, 8.14c; Octo
ber. 8.17c; November, 8.20c; December,
S.iMc; January. 8.27c; February, 8.31c.
Hoot Quiet; Kio 7s, 9c; Satitos 4s,
lOVdc.
Both official and private cables from
Brazil were delayed today, and the few
cost and freight offers received were sub
ject to confirmation. Santos 4s were
quoted at 10.45c to 10.70c, London credits.
' The official cable reported a decline of
1-1rtd in Rio exchange, on London, with
milrels prices unchanged.
SAX FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKETS
Prices Current on Butter. Eggs, Irults,
Vegetable. Etc., at Bay City.
1- SAN FRANCISCO, March 17. Butter-
Fresh extras. 27M:c; 'prime firsts, 27c;
fresh firsts, 27c.
Eggs Fresh extras, 20c; fresh firsts,
17Hc; pullets. 3714c.
Cheese New, 19c; Young Americas, 18c;
storage, 17c.
Vegetables Eggplant." 32H 17c: rhu
barb, siic'&t'l; green peas, 74f9c: cucumbers.
no75c; asparagus, 51i6c; string beans, 13
kt 20c; limas, 17V4i20c.
Onions California. fl.ZSiftl.lS.
Fruit Lemons. oranges. $1.602.5O;
grapefruit, $1.50?i2; bananas, Hawaiian, 5c
&$1.S0; pineapples. Hawaiian, f23; straw
berries. 25300 per basket.
Potatoes Delta. $lil.25; sweets, f2.S0&
2.75; Salinas, J1.6O&2.10.
Receipts Flour, 7294 quarters; barley,
?4 centals; beans, 500 sacks; potatoes,
2513 sacks; hay, 456 tons.
PREMIUM HOGS SOLD
KA3VCX. STOCK BRINGS
THE YARDS.
.40 ' AT
Top Grade Wool Lambs Change
Hands on 910 Basis Cattle
v Trade Quiet.
There was a good Increase In the run at
the stockyards yesterday and a rather sharp
demand prevailed throughout the day.
The feature of the market was the sub
stantial premium paid for a load of high
grade Central Oregon hogs, which brought
$9.40. The buk of the day's sales were
again at $9.10.
In the cattle division only odd lots were
available, and these hovered within the es
tablished range of quotations. A bunch of
larnbs brought In was sold befona arrival at
$lo, a CO-cent advance over the best price
that has prevailed here.
Reporting on sheep sales In Baker County,
the Baker Herald says:
"Not only Is wool being contracted for
well ahead of time this year, but the . wool
bearers are also being spoken i'oc in large
quantities, as was evidenced yesterday when
Georgo Densley, of this city, reported having
contracted for 15,000 head, June delivery.
Of the total, 5000 are wethers from the A.
H. Hampton flocks, 3000 are ewes owned
by M. F. Cundlff and 7000 are lambs from
various flocka In the John Day country. Mrs
Densley was reticent as to the price paid,
but intimated that the lambs were being
taken up at $4. 60 and $5.00 a. head."
The Eagle Valley News says:
"Sheep business Is booming In the valley,
two big deals being closed this week. We
learn that Thomas Seigel has purchased
1200 ewes, together with their fleece and
lambs, from John Sass for the sum of $13,
OOO. Clarence Wallace has sold 800 ews
with their lambs, but not the Spring clip of
wool, for $9 per head."
Receipts were 05 cattle, 41 calves 1317
hogs and 1896 sheep. Shippers were.
With hogs G. W. Ayer, Salem, 1 car; B.
C. Davidson, Leaper, 1; Henry McKinney.
Baker. 1; J. D. Dinsmore, West Stayton, 1;
Andrew Morrow, Madras, 3; A. Bo It, Van
couver, drove in 31 head.
With sheep R. N. Stanfield, Mountain
Home, 8 cars.
With mixed loads O. D. Burdlck. Al
bany, 2 cattle calves, hogs: J. C. Davis,
Shedd, 1 cattle, hogs, sheep; George H.
Gaches, Seattle, 1 cattle, calves; B. C
Davidson. Emmett, 1 cattte. hogs; Lydston'
& Pickett, Parma, 2 cattle, hogs; Preston He
Kreiger, Weiser, 1 cattle, hoge; W. E.
Lowell, Liberal, 1 cattle, calves, hogs; C. E.
Lucke, Molalla, 1 cattle, calves, hogs.
The day s sales were aa follows
Wt. Price.
Wt Price.
. 340 $8.60
. 120 8.15
2 hogs
1 hog
2ri hogs
2 hogs
2 hogs-
2 hogs
5 hogs
38 hogs
4 hogs
50 hogs
1 hog .
66 hogs
40 hous
4 hogs
5 hogs
10 hogs
94 hogs
1 hog .
10 hogs
69 hogs
3 hogs
8 hogs
23 hogs
9 hogs
2 hogs
25 hogs
20 hogs
. 280 $8.35
. 320 8.10
1 hog .
35 hoes
643
' 245
305
125
8.231 53 hogs
8.00f 41 hogs
192
9.10
121
400
230
140
490
137
275
142
200
320
200
320
IOO
137
350
8.15
8.90
9.30
8.00
8.10
8.001
9.001
0.101
! hogs
1 hog .
3 hogs
3 hogs
2 hoes
3 70
200
370
188
400
3 72
172
3 23
350
84
210
420
345
2oi
307
308
108
140
430
124
3 60
8.0
U.10
8.00
8.50
9.00
8.10 63 hogs
9.10 S2 hogs
9.10
9.10 3 hogs
8.00 26 hogs
8.00, 2 hogs
7.00134 hogs
9.4tli 15 hogs
8. GO
9.3 0
8.00
0.10
8.
.' 1 nog
8.60
9.00 1 steer ... 890
7.00
0.10( 1 cow . . . .102O
8.60I 1 cow .... 880
8.0"H .1 cow 1110
6.50
5.O0
6.50
6.2.1
.'. 1 cow, 1140
8.2ol
8.10,
8.15j
9.101
4.50
2 cow . . .1170
1 COW . . .1430
3 calves , . 100
3 calves . . 127
5.25
5.0O
4.50
e.o
1 Dull
980
The range of prices at the local vards for
various classes of livestock follows:
Cattle
Steers, choice grain and pulp
Steers, choice hax
Steers, good ...............
Steers, medium
Cows, choice,
Cows, good
Cows, medium
.$3.00(f8 8.10
. 7.50(89 7.75
. 7.2o 7.50
. 7.00 If 7.25
. 6.50W 6.75
. 0.25 4(1 6.50
. 5.50 (Tt) 6.25
. 4.00 f 8.75
.- 2.50T 5.75
. 3.0oiJj) 5.23
9.10
. 8.25 fl) 9.0(1
. 8.00 fa. 8.23
. 8.00(g) 8.25
7.75 9 8.25
. 6.75 -s 8 00
. 6.25i 6.75
. 8.75 410.00
Heifers
Bulls
Stags
H one
Prime light ..
Good to prime
Kough heavy .
Pigs and skips
Sheep
Yearlings ....
vv ethers
Ewes
Lambs .......
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA. March 17. Hogs Reoeipts 15.
300. lower. Heavy. $9.20.89.40; light, $9 00
d9.no; pigs, $S.0Oi 9.0O; bulk of sales, $9 10
U H.Su. '
Cattle Receipts 800. steady. Native steers,
$7.50(3 9.25: cows and heifers, $5.50(0)7.50:
Western steers, $0.25T8.00: Texas stfvTs,
$6.OO5&7.0O; stockers and feeders, $6.00(??8.00.
Sheep Receipts 0300, steady. Yearlings,
$8.50(3)10.00; wethers! $7.75ca 8.50 ; lambs
$10.00 4 11.35.
Chicago Livestock Market.
CHICAGO. March 17 Hogs Receipts 25..
000. slow. 10c under yesterdav's average.
Bulk, $9,304)9.05; light. $9.50(89.65; mixed.
$9.209.70; heavy, $9.20a9.70; rough. $9.20
935; pigs, $7.75883.
Cattle Receipts 1000, steady. Native beef
steers, $7.60(59.95; Western steers. $7.40&)
8.60; stockers and feeders. $6.00(fi8.25; cows
and heifers, $3.80iJ8.75; calves. $8.25 q!l0.75.
Sheep Receipts 8000, weak. Wethers,
$S.238.90; lambs, $9.7Bg)lll60,
Genesee Ships Carload of IlnfR.
GENESEE. Idaho, March 17. (Special.)
The Farmers' Union Warehouse Company
shipped one carload of market hogs to the,
Empire Packing Company, of Spokane, this'
week. The farmers received 84 cents for
this shipment, which is the best price paid
this year. In this carload was two of the
largest hogs ever marketed in Genesee, one
being brought In by John Kries, weighing
930 pounds, and 'one by Joseph Trootman,
weighing 840 pounds.
Chicago Gets Oregon Broccoli.
ROSEBITRG. Or.. March 17. (Special.)
With 12 men employed, the local fruit union
has been busy for several days loading cars
with broccoli. The product is being shipped
to Chicago for distribution. It Is believed
the total shipments of broccoli for the sea
son will reach 50 cars. The cars are being
sent out at the rate of four a day. Each
car contains approximately 250 crates of the
product. m t .
I Naval Stores,
SAVANNAH, March 17. Turpentine, firm,
50M:c; sales, 307 barrels: receipts, 66 bar
rels': shipments, 233- barrels; stocks, 8528
barrels.
Rosin, firm: sales, 718 barrels: receipts,
324 barrels; shipments. 3372 barrels; stocks,
78,801 barrels. Quote: A, B. C, D, E. F,
T; H, $3: I. $5:15; K. $3.40a5.34; N, $5.45;
WG. $5.65; WW, $5.73.
Pennsylvania Oil Advances.
PTTSBCRG. March 17. Pennsylvania
crude oil advanced today to $2.60 a barrel.
Other. new prices named were Cabell, $2.12;
Mercer Black, Newcastle and Corning, $2.10;
Somerset. . $1.95. and Ragland, 90c. This Is
an advance of 10c a barrel on each grade
except Ragland,. which advanced 5 cents.
Dried Fruit at New Yorkv .
-sVEW YORK, March 17. Evaporated ap
ples, dull; prunes, steady; peaches, quiet but
steady.
Duluth Linneed Market.
DULUTH. March IT. Linseed, cash, MAT
and July. $2.29
Hops at New York.
NEW YORK. Mxeh 17. Hofi st,edZ-
BREAK IS SEVERE
Peace Talk Starts Heavy Sell
ing at Chicago.
DAY'S LOSS OVER 3 CENTS
Rumor or Seizure of German Ves
sels In Brazil Helps Downward
Trend Southern Hemisphere's
Shipments Are . Larger.
CHICAGO, March 17. Peace reports from
Switzerland, as well as rumors of a whole
sale seizure of German ships in Brazil, led
to sharp breaks today in the value of wheat.
Prices closed heavy, 2'.4c to 3t4.JX3Hc net
lower, with May at $1.08Tf 1.08 H and July at
$1.06 (3)1.00. Corn lost c to HlSlr,
and oats T-siy-lc to lc. In provisions, the
outpome varied from 35c decline to a rise
of 10c
Lowest prices of the day in the wheat pit
were reached after word came that a repre
sentative of Turkey was making an effort
for a separate peace between Turkey and
the Anglo-French allies. Assertions that 44
German ships had been seized by the Bra
zilian4 government caused a decided setback
at the opening. Confirmation, however, was
lacking. Enlarged shipments from Australia
and Argentina acted as a further handicap
on the bulls.
Corn dropped as a result of the break: In
wheat. The selling, however, was not ag
gressive. '
Oats were depressed by the action of other
cereals. As in corn, the offerings were light.
Lower Prices on hogs operated as a weight
on pork and ribs. Lard continued to show
strength, in line with grease and cotton
seed oil. ,
Leading futuies ranged as' follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
....$1.10 $1.104 $1.08 $1.08
L08& ls(J8 1.0694 1.00
May
July
CORN.
May '. .76V4 .W: .75'i .7o4
July 77 .77W .76 .76V4
OATS. , "
May
July
.. .45 'i .45'4
.. .43 v, .44 V .43 n
.44
.43
MESS PORK,
May 22 85 22.97 22.62 22.80
July 22.60 22.60 22.40 22.43
' LARD.
May 11.12 11.20 11.02 11.15
July 11.37.' 11.-17 11.30 11.40
SHORT RIBS.
May ......12.00 12.00 11.65 11.80
Juiy .12.22 12.22 11.87 12.02
Cash prices were:
Wheat No. 2 red, nominal; No. 8 red.
$1.0,; No. 2 hard, $1.10; No. 3 hard.
$l.o6y L0614.
Corn No. 2 yellow,, nominal; No. 4 yel
low, 70$71V4c; xo. 4 white, 70!4714c
Oats No. 3 white, 4345c; standard, 40c.
Rye Nominal.
Barley 01(U'76c
Timothy $4.50.3 7. ' ;
Clover -$10 fit 18.73. I
Primary receipts Wheat, 9S4.000 vs. 537.
000 bushels; corn, 700.000 vs. 428.000 bush
els; oats. 457.0O0 vs. 850.000 bushels.
Shipments Wheat, 813,000 vs. 573,000
bushels: corn, 021,000 vs. 428,000 bushels;
oats. 081,000 vs. 54S.O00 bushels.
Clearances Wheat, 1.0S1.OO0 bushels;
corn, 1S2.000 bushels; oats. 8S9.000 bushels;
flour, 30.090 barrels.
Foreign Grain Markets.
LIVERPOOL, March 17. Cash .wheat, 2d
tffefta lower; corn, la lower.
. BUENOS AIRES, March IT. Wheat and
corn unchanged.
LONDON, March 17. Cargoes on passage
weatc
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. March 17. Wheat. Mav.
$1.0941 1.09i ; July, $1.09 1.09. Cash.
No. 1 hard, $1.14; No. 1 Northern, (l.loVi
B1.12; No. 2 Northern, $1.00 a l.OO'fc.
Barley, 64 73c.
Flax, $2.29 &,2.32i4.
Grain at San Francisco.
- SAN FRANCISCO, March 17. Spot quo
tations Walla, $1.70 (tf 1.72 V4 ; red Russian.
$1.07. 1.70; Turkey red, $1.82 H 1.87 hi ;
bluestem, $l.S7Vi (y.1.90: feed barley, $1.324
(frl.35; brewing, $L401.42H ; white oats,
$1.40 1.42Vi ; bran. $23(&24; middlings. $30
(y 31 : shorts, $25.50(, 20.
Call board sales Barlev. May. $1.39Ti;
December, $1.33 bid. $1.34Tj asked.
Eastern Cash Grain Markets.
ST. LOUIS. March 17. Cash wheat, un
changed; corn, Vac to lc lower.
PEORIA, March 17. Cash corn un
changed to lc lower,
OMAHA, March 17. Cash wheat, un
changed to 2c lower: corn, unchanged to lc
lower; oats unchanged, tc lower.
KANSAS CITY, March 37. Cash wheat,
lc lower; corn, Vic to lc lower; oats, un
changed. Paget Sound Grain Markets.
SEATTLE. March 17. Wheat Bluestem,
$1 : Turkey red, $1; fortyfold, 90c; club. 8Sc;
fife, S8c; red Russian, SSc. Barley. $29 per
ton. Yesterday's car receipts Wheat, G;
corn, 1; hay, 3; flour, 9.
TACOMA. March 17. Wheat Bluestem.
$1.03; fortyfold, 9Uc; club, 95c; red fife, 94c
Car receipts Wheat, 16; corn, 1; oats, 1;
hay, 9.
ARBOR DAY IS OBSERVED
v.
Centralla Schools Plant Trees and
Name Them for Celebrities.
CEXTRALIA, Wash., March 17. (Spe
cial.) Arbor day was observed yester
day for the first time in several years
by any Centralia school, when the Parent-Teacher
Association, of the Oak
view School, assisted by the pupils,
planted 12 trees on the school grounds.
The trees were native soft maples
and each was dedicated to some promi
nent National, state or local personage.
These included George L. Waunch one
of Centralia's earliest pioneers; Mrs.
Mary Turner, late chairman of the lo
cal School Board who was killed In an
auto accident; Frances E. Wlllard.
James Whitcomb' Riley, George Wash,
ingrton, William Penn, Ulysses S. Grant,
Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson,
Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Josephine
Preston, State, Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
500 ACRES TO GET TREES
Plans for Reforestation of Burned
Districts Inld by Service. .
ALBANT, Or., March 17. (Special.)
Five hundred acres of burned-over
mountain land in Linn County will be
replanted by the Government Forest
Service this Summer. Work will beg-in
as soon as the snow In the mountains
melts.
The land to be replanted fa situated
along Seven-Mile Hill, 60 miles south
east of Albany. Two-year-old Douglas
and Noble fir trees, which were grown
in the Government nurseries at Car
son. Wash., will be used.. Prior to this
season the Government has replanted
457 acres in Linn County.
Several traiLs are to be built In the
Santlam National Forest this Spring:.
LAND EXCHANGE PROPOSED
Bill to Obtain Timber Tract, for
Parle to B Offered Congress.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. March 17. (Spe
cial.) As a result of negotiations be
tween the Commercial Club, the Oregon
Lumber Company and the United States
Forestry Service, it is likely t'hat a
bill will be introduced at this session
of Congress giving Chief Forester
Graves the privilege of exchanging
Government laud, x&r to the east of
Lost Lake for timber lands now owned
by the Oregon Lumber Company surrounding-
tho lake.
It is proposed to include the land at
present owned by the lumber company
in the chain boulevard park system
planned by the Government and a bill
for which is before Congress.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Births.
WILSON To Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wilson.
000 East Sixty-third street North. March
13. a daughter.
NORTH T Mr. and Mrs. Henry North.
448 East Twenty-second street North, FeD
ruary 18. a daughter.
MCAFFERTY To Mr. and Mrs. Frank
McCafferty. 5 East Ninth street, March 10,
a daughter.
. OEl'ZE.V To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oet
len, 1119 East 18th North, March 12, a
daughter. f
CAGE; To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Cafre,
32S3 East Twenty-ninth street North. Feb
ruary 39, a son.
JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. M. F. John
son. Euffene, Or., March 8. a daughter.
HAD FIELD To Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Iladfleld, 331 Vi First street, March 0. a son.
ShJK(J To Mr. and Mrs.. August Berg,
3710 Dwlght street, March 10, a daughter.
OIRTZ To Mr. and Mrs. William W.
Girtz, 573 Vancouver avenue, March 4, a
son.
Marriage Licenses.
CLELAND-M'CARTY George A. ' Cleland,
legal, 595 East Thirty-fourth street North,
and Phalia B. McCarty, legal, 331 Jeffer
son street.
APPLE-ROSENBERG Abe Apple. legal,
5SS Fiffh street, and Ruth Rosenberg, legal,
57 Lucretla street.
KINDT-ALLISON Victor H. Kindt, legal.
Beaverton, Or., and Maude May Allison,
legal. Sixty-ninth street and Foster Road.
STIPE-LAMBSON Staley Stipe, legal. 207
Jarrett street, and Margaret C. Lambson,
legal, 1044 Vi Union avenue.
BOWMA.V-SCHECRMAN Grant J. Bow
man, legal, Spokane, Wash., and Wilhelmina
E. Scheurmaff, legal, 695 East Broadway.
WORTH INGTON-PITTS Clair M. Worth-
Ington, legal, 3S23 Sixty-fifth street, and
Susie M. Pitts, Lents. Or.
Vancouver Marriace licenses.
BROT-KATZ J. Brot. 23, of Portland,
and Yette Katz, 23, of Portland.
SNYDER-THORNTON O. W. Snyder, 89,
of Portland, and Maud Thornton, 24, of
Portland.
Building; Permits.
C. JOHNSON Construct retaining wall.
510 Patton road: builder, M. rxigldio; $73.
TRU BLU BISCUIT COMPANY Erect
one-tory frame storage. 4u0 East Davis
street, between Granu avenue and East
Sixth street; builder. F. J. Leonard; $2200.
A. C si'HILD Krt-ct oue-story frame gar
age, 440 East Fifty-second street, between
East Sherman and Division streets; builder,
same; $100. '
MRS. s. M. PATTERSON Erect one-story
frame garage, 07 Clackamas street, between
East Nineteenth and East Twentieth streets;
builder, James P. Taylor; $175.
T. WALLACE BL1ST Repair two-story
frame dwelling, 5vj Fast Seventeenth street
North, between Knott and Stanton streets;
builder, Lltherland & Abrey Company; $300
MRS. W. H. RUTH Repair one-story
frame dwelling, 930 Siskiyou street, betwsen
Kat Thirtieth and East Thirty-first streets;
Guilder. C. W. Gnaen: $100.
NORTHERN PACIFIC TERMINAL COM
PANY Repair one-story tooihouse. Ninth
and Overton streetB, in terminal yards;
Viilder, same; $100.
MARY J. HUSTED Repair one-story
frame dwelling. 1440 Macadam street, near
Nebraska street: builder. G. T. Schroeder;
$200.
C. H. . DERRIE Repair one-story frame
dwelling, 210 Oswego street, betwtjen Daw
son and Central avenue; builder, V. W. Ma
son; $100.
GEORGE W. IBBATSEN Erect one-story
frame garage, 1U82 East Twenty-first street
North,' between Alberta and Sumner streets;
builder, same; $50.
W. O. JOHNSON Erect one-story frame
dwelling, 0l'." East Sixty-second street North,
between Siskiyou and Klickitat streets;
builder, C. A. Stever; $2500.
KATIE CURRAN Repair one-story frame
dwelling. 204 Ivy street, between Williams
and Vancouver avenues; builder, Mr. Hardy;
$123.
W. H. BRITTS Repair two-stnry frame
dwelling, 575 Weldler street, between East
Thirteenth and East Fourteenth streets;
builder. .L. I. Selberg; $100.
MRS. J. D. TRESHAM Repair two-story
fram-e dye works. East Tenth and Lincoln
streets; builder, same; $50.
NORWEGIAN - DANISH EVANGELICAL
fHUUCH Erect one-story frame church,
1084 East Twenty-third street North, be
tween Sumner and Alberta streets; builder,
P. J. Sandvlg; $1000.
H. M. WALDREF Erect one-story frame
garage. Fessenden street, between Polk and
Tvler streets: builder, same: $50.
ALEX DADUR Repair one-story frame
dwellinir. 251 East Seventy-eighth street
North. between Holladay and Hassalo
KtrPAlR: builder same: $100.
M. A COVER Erect one-story frame
garage, 7 East Seventh street, between An
kenv and Ash streets; builder, same; $50.
W. B. BAZ ELTON Erect one-tory frame
garage, 400 Eat Broadway, between Grand
avenue and East Sixth street; builder, same;
$50.
W. W. CRABTUEE Erect one-story
frame garage, 1722 East Flanders street, be
tween East Sixty-sixth and East Sixty
seventh streets; builder, same; $50.
CHARLES NELSON Repair two-storT
frame dwelling. 440 Larrabee street, between
Albina avenue and Hancock street: builder.
Peter Ell: $05.
E. R. STEEN Erect one-story frame gar
age, 122 East Twenty-sev?nth street, be
tween East Morrison and East Alder streets;
builder, same: $160.
HARRY BL'SH Erect one and one-half-story
frame dwelling. 1299 East Thirty-first
street North, between Alnsworta and Hoi
man streets; builder, H. W. Grlmshaw;
$2500.
EDWIN H. STEVENS Erect one and
one-half-story frame dwelling. 893 Sandy
boulevard, between East Twenty-eighth and
East Twenty-ninth streets; builder, da
WORAYMOND CONCRETE PILE COMPANY
Erect one-story frame lumber shed, North
Twenty-ninth street, between St. Helens
Road and Industrial avenue; builder, same;
$50
E'STELLA CHAPMAN Erect one-story
frame garage.. 80S. Mason street, between
East Twenty-eighth and East Twenty-ninth
streets; builder, same; $50. .
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, March 17. Maximum tem
perature, 58 degrees: minimum temperature.
45 degrees. River reading, 8. A. M., 1O.0
feet. Change in last 24 hours. 0 . foot
fall. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M.J.
none. Total rainfall since September 1.
1915 40.17 Inches. Normal rainfall since
September 1. 34.03 Inches. Excess of rain
fall since September 1, 1915. 5.o4 Inches.
Total sunshine, 5 hours 20 minutes. pos
sible sunshine, 3 2 hours. Barometer (re
duced to sea level) 5 P. M., 29.90 Inches.
Relative humidity at noon. 09 per cent.
THE WEATHER.
Ptatc of
Weather
STATIONS.
Baker ..........
Boliie ..........
Boston
Calgary .......
Chicago -
Colfax
Denver ........
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Duluth -
Eureka - :
Calveston . . . . .
Helona
Jacksonville ..
Kansas City. . . .
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Medfort .
Minneapolis . . .
Montreal
New Orleans ..
New York ....
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Omaha --.
Pendleton
Phoenix
Pocatello
Portland . . . .
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Sacramento ....
yt. Louis ......
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Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Tatoosh Island.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
High pressure obtains over" Western Can
ada, Western Washington and most of the
country from the Mississippi Valley and
Gulf states east-ward. The pressure Is be
low normal over the states from Oreson and
California eastward nearly to the Mississippi
River. precipitation has occurred In we
ern portions of Pennsylvania and New
York an4 on tho British Columbia coast.
The weather Is warmer from Texas and
New Mexico northward to Canada, In
Southern California. Tennessee, the East
Gulf states. Northern Alberta and Northern
Saskatchewan. It is cooler in most other
sections, bein 20 degrees cooler In the
Sacramento Valley and 14 degrees cooler In
the San Joaquin Valley. In freneral tem
peratures are above normal west of the
Mississippi Elver and below normal to the
eastward.
The conditions are favorable for irenerallv
fair weather In this district Saturday, with
no marked temperature changes and with
generlally northerly winds.
FORECAST.
Portland and vicinity Fair; northerly
winds.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho Genera: ty
SHIPPERS
ATTENTION
Send Us Your
Veal, Hogs, Poultry, Eggs
We Have the Only Cold-Storage
Plant on Front St.
We Pay Cash
and do not deduct any
commission
Write for Shipping Tags and
Prices.
CITY MARKET
FRYE & COMPANY
107 Front, Bet. Stark and Wash.
FACTS
There are more than 27.000.0
horses and mules in the United
States; more than 4,000,000 horse-
arawn venicies. more than 2.000.
000 bicycles; more than 100.000
motorcycles; more than 2,000,000
automobiles. These are valued at
J5.000.000. 000. If by improving
roads there is effected a saving
in depreciation of 10 per cent the
gross amounts so saved, if only on
60 per cent of this traffic, would
be S250.000.000 per annum. This
economic waste would be saved
if roads were hard-surfaced with
BITULITHIC
Warren Brothers Company,
journal tsuuaing,
Portland, Oregon.
Xote Colombia High-
way Dedication
liny, June 8.
fair, not much change in temperature:
northerly winds.
T. FRAKCTS DRAKE,
Assistant Forecaster.
JUSTICE WORKS HARD
T,a Grande Has Two Departments of
Circuit Conrt This Week.
(LA GRASDE, Or., March 17. (Spe
cial.) Judge Phelps, of Pendleton, was
called In today to preside at a Circuit
Court case involving a suit over nearly
300 tons of hay burned in the stack
last Summer.
AVhile Judge Phelps, with his own-reporter,
presided in the regular court
room. Circuit Judge Knowles moved
his court to the Municipal Courtrooms,
and for the rest of the week La Grande
will have two departments of Circuit
Court grinding out justice.
Indian Lands in Demand.
PENDLETON, Or.. March 17. (Spe
cial.) Umatilla County farmers are be
sieging the office of Superintendent
Swartzlander of the Umatilla Indian
agency in great numbers negotiating
for leases on the various Indian land
allotments. The leases are supervised
by the superintendent and must be
passed on by the Secretary of tho In
terior. UtATELEKS' CI IDS,
San Francisco
Los Angeles
(Without Change En Route)
The BIgr,
Clenn,
Comfortable.
Kleg-antly Appointed,
Seagolug
S. S. BEAR
Sails From A Insnorth Dock
3 P. M.. March 18.
IOO Golden Miles on
Columbia River.
All Hates Include
Berths and Meals.
Table and Service
Unexcelled.
The San Francisco & Portland S. S.
Co.. Third and Washington Streets
(with O.-W. K. & -N. Co.) Tel. Broad
way 4500, A 6121.
Fastest Route to San Francisco Is Via
S. S. Northern Pacific
Sails for San Francisco
Every Saturday
From San Francisco for Portland every
Wednesday. North Bank steamer Ex
press leaves 9 A- 1.
"Great Northern"
For Honolulu. March 24. Shriners' Offi
cial Trip ilarch 24.
Ticket Office, Fifth and Stark.
Station. 10th and Hoyt
Broadway 920, A 6671.
FRENCH LINE
Compagnin f.cnrral Trnntlantiqiis
rOSTAL MKVICE.
Sailings From NEW YORX to BORDEAUX
LAFAYETTE Mar. 25, 3 P. M.
ROCHAMBEAU April 1,3 P.M.
CHICAGO Apr. 8,3 P.M.
ESPAGNE Apr. 13, 3 P. M.
iOB INFOKMATION Ami
C. W. MINGEK, 80 Sixth St.
A I. 1'UAKI.IUN. 25o Morrison gt.
K. K. GAKU1SON C. M. & St. I'niU Kr.
HOKiLV It. SMITH 116 1 bird fct.
K. i n.tlKI), 100 Third St.
11. DICKSON. 348 Washington St.
N OK I'll BANK KO.ll). Ilflli and Stark Sta,
F. 8. M'F.VRI.AMI. Sd and Wafchincton St.
K. li. Ultl'I, 124. Xlilrd St- .Portland.
ASTORIA
and Way Landings
Str. Harvest Queen
From Ash-St. Dock 8 P. M. daily,
except Saturday. Returns from
Astoria 7 A. il., except Sunday.
O.-W. R. R. & N. CO.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
Washington at Third.
Broadway 4300,
A 6121.
LAMPORT &HOLT LIN.
Ketrular salllnzs of 1 urn Hons 1 2-5 X ton steam-
era tBtpeclallr fleiRTiei tor travel in th tropics.
Busk & Dam els. General Jigis S Broadway,
Dory B, Smith, Third and Washington Bt
finite-.
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