TITE MORNING OREGONTATT. SATTJRDAT, UIARCIT 25, 1916.
WHEAT BIDS RAISED
Market Lifted on Small Lo
cal Demand.
HIGHER PRICES ARE ASKED
Xo Selling ly Farmers at Current
Quotations Course Taken by
British Government In
Buying of Grain.
Vhart was a moderate local demand for
wheat yesterday, which resulted in the rais
ins of bids at the Merchants Kxchango. but
the prices offered did not brlns out any
thing. BMs for white wheat were raised 1
cent and for red wheat 2 to 3 cents. With
nothing selling In the country, holders here
are naturally strong, and the asking prices
on the board ranged from 4 to 9 cents above
the bids.
There is an occasional Inquiry for a sman
Jot of oats or barley" and the prices offered
re somewhere near actual values, but when
the demand ceases, as was the case yester
day, bid prices are put back to the old low
level.
Argentine and Australian wheat shipments
compare as follows:
This week. L,at week. Last year.
.Argentina 3.1S4.00O 3.276.000 5.200,000
Australia 100.000 1. 624.000
BradFtreets' exports this week are: Wheat,
30,300,000 bushels: corn, 1,3S!,000 bushels.
Commenting on the wheat situation in
Kngland. the London correspondent of the
Northwestern Miller writes:
"The present peculiar situation as regards
pupplles Is inducing considerable discussion,
and many differences of opinion are appar
ent as to the course takn by the British
government in the matter of buying wheat.
The recent government statement of present
nnd prospective holdings is said to cover only
333.000 quarters, which Is a small figure
compared with the requirements of this
country.
"The reports lately current that the gov
ernment had bought extensively had some
Influence upon the market, which was In
tensified by the fact that the Canadian
wheat commandeered and other transactions
were not accounted for, but the stringency
is mainly due to the limited buying forward
which has characterized the e. L f. market
since harvest time.
"Public discussion of the government
schemes is undesirable, in face of the neces
sity of safeguarding national Interests. It
is recognized, however, that government aid
s necessary, as the trade is not in command
of adequate shipping accommodation, and
the requisite transactions are of an exten
sive and important character, demanding
large resources and far-reaching organiza
tion. "It is almost taken for granted that the
government will confine operations in the
main to the Australian crop. Against this
policy the objection of the long water haul
is urged, whereas wheat can be obtained
from the United States and Canada much
more promptly and rapidly"
Terminal receipts, m cars, were reported
by the Merchants' Exchange as follows:
Wheat- Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay.
Portland. Frl. 4 4 6 4 10
. Year ago... 16 2 .... 5
Eeas. to date. 3.411 1430 nr.o S76 202S
xear aeo. . .lo,x:i7 1S53 1734 1S33 1714
Tacoma. Thur. 21
3 5
l ear ago. . . 4
Beas. to date, 6.2.4 4H4
Year ago... 8,404 0i4
6eatt:e. Thur. B 5
1 8
200 J!V40
572 2734
6 a is
l ear ago. . . 3
5 3
6eas. to cate. 7.02!) !?? 1700 S13 S513
J ear ago... 7.102 100O 1!)17 1058 2So3
TTIGHEK PRICES ARE SEEN AHEAD
Wool Traders and Mills Look for Further
Advances.
The strength of the Eastern wool market
lias been thoroughly tested by the recent
spell of restricted buying, according to the
Boston correspondent of the Nev York
Commercial, who writes:-
Apparently It will take more than quiet
ness to test the strength of wool values.
The past week has demonstrated that this
usually depressing influence exerts no sway
in the present season. The course of value
during this period would suggest that the
trend of business had been the antithesis
of slow. The anomalous circumstance of
rising prices and declining business hu
lieen witnessed the past fortnight. Buyer
have been looking the market over for
possible concessions, as they naturally would
at a time of dull demand, but ordinary
tendencies and signs fail at this time. Wool
J?n and manufacturers now can see noth
ing but still higher prices ahead.
"What makes the present trend more strik
ing is the highest prices noted for half a
coatury coming in the face of the opening of
the new-clip year.- The extreme views of
growers regarding; values have not been
shared by Eastern interests. Naturally they
would like to have the Eastern situation
such as to make buying in the West most
favorable for thc-m. The upward movement
of prices is the worst thing that could
happen, provided dealers had any idea of
exerting an influence upon growers or of
creating an atmosphere which would keep
the basis of the new clip from too high a
level. It look": as though it were futile for
Them to try any such move this season and
perhaps this has led dealers to get full
2-rlces for their offerings at a time when
thoy would be Inclined through self-interest
. to yield a little."
C ASCARA-BABK 13 STEADY TN EAST
.English Market I Very Firm and Prices Are
Quoted High.
Cascara bark in the East is meeting with
a moderate demand and prices are steady
there, as here. Mail advices from London
say of cascara:
"Firmness is the continued feature of
the market, and our American friends may
spring a surprise upon us a little later cm.
Bright thin 1613 "60s spot. Xew bark Is aell
' ing at 55s." -
These prices are equal to 12H cents for old
and 11 cents for new hark at London.
The wide range between the London and
American prices is due" to the high freight
rates and the scarcity of bark in England.
TEMAXT FOB EGGS EXCEEDS SUPPLY
Market Is Firm at 19 to 19 Cents, With
Receipts Light.
The egg market was strong with 19&
i;Vi cente freely offered, case count. Re
ceipts have been cut down materially by
tne stormv weather.
The butter market Is also firm. The sea
son is three weeks to a month later than
usual and the outlook is for the shortage
to continue ior some time to coma.
Poultry sold yesterday at unchanged
prices. Dressed pork was steady, but the
veal market was weak.
TRADE PS" VEGETABLES , IS FAIR
Freh Shipment of Asparagus Received.
Potatoes Are Firm .
A fresh shipment of asparagus arrived
from San Francisco yesterday and aold
't 8 to 12H cents a pound, according to
jrraae. utner green vegetables were un
changed. There la a temporary firmness
of the potato market, as the wet weather
has kept receipts down, and Oregon bur
banks and new selling up to $1.60 and the
best netted gems at $1.80.
The demand for orange continues good
and the market is on a firm basis. The
.inquiry for apples is fair.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities
sterday were as follows:
' ' Clearings. Balances.
Portland tl.SP7.67 1."7.P22
- eaule
1,&24,000
180.024
Tacoma 213. 9n1 40.14.
Spokane 715, 103 iJ,432
PORT LA N f MARKET QUOTATIONS
Grain. Flour, Feed, Etc. '
Merchants Exchange, noon session. -
March delivery. Bid.
V.' heat Bid. Ask. yr. ago.
Bluestem X 0.1 t 1.00 f 1.30
Fortyfold M .'- 1.2U
Club S." .!' 3 -'I
Red fife S3 .!2 1.-0
Red Russian b5 .82 1.20
Oats
No. 1 white feed 23.60 23.00 31.73
Barlcv
No 1 feed 27.00 30.00 25.00
Millfeed
Bran 20.73 22.30 22.23
Shorts 22.30 24.00 23. 00
Fuiurfi Bid. Ask
April blurstem $ .i'B 1.00
Mavbluestem ................ 1.02
April fortvfold -n-
May fortyfold '
April club "
May club "
April red fife
May red fife "
April Russian
May Russian s .0
April oats 23.7.-.' 23...U
May oats 2.1.5" 2G.0
April feed Parley 27.'-" 2i.30
Mav feed barley 20.00
April bran 21.23 22.00
Vavbran 22.00 22.23
April shorts 23.00 24.30
May shorts 23.25 24.50
FLOITR Patents. 5.20 per barrel;
straights. JP4.B0a)3: exports. $4. .10: Valley.
$4.70: whole -"wheat, J.5.40; graham, J5.20.
HAY Eastern Oresron timothy. 21ff22
per ion: Valley timothy, tltj; alfalfa. $20.
MILLFKBU Spot prices: Bran, $23 per
ton: shorts. $23.50 per ton; rolled barley,
$31. bo r32.n.
CORN Whole, $37 per ton; cracked, $38
per ton.
Fruits and Vegetable.
TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels,
$2.23'4 3.50 per box: lemons, $3 'a, 4.25 per box;
bananas, 3c per pound; pineapples. 5 7c
per pound: grapefruit, $4.004.75; tan
gerines. S2.30 per lug.
VEGETABLES Artichokes. 7590c per
dozen: tomatoes. $3.75 per crate; cabbage,
$1.25f2.50 per hundred: garlic, 100 per
pound; peppers, 1720c per pound; egg
plant, 23c per pound; horseradish, 8MiO
per pound; cauliflower. $1.35 1.50; celery,
crate; lettuce. S2. 23 3.23 per crate; cucum
bers. $1.25 ?i 1.50; spinach. fipi.16 per box;
asparagus. 8-S12Hc per lb.; rhubarb, $1.50
1.75 per box: peas, 96 lOc per pound.
POTATOES Oregon. $1.501.6O; Takl-
mas. $1.701.8O per sack; new Florida, 10
12c per pound; sweets, $3.2503.50 per
hundred.
ONIONS Oregon, buying prices, $1.B0
f. o. b. shipping point.
GREEN FP.l'IT Apples. $ 10 1.00 per box;
cranberries, $11 per barrel.
Dairy and- Country Produce.
Local Jobbing quotations:
EGGS Jobbi-.g prices: Oregon ranch, can
dled. 20c per dozen; uncandled, 1910c
per dozen.
POrLTRT Hens. 16c; Springs, 16c: stags.
l?c: broilers, 2023c: turkeys, live. 181?
20c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2423c; ducks,
13 f lc: geese, 10c.
BUTTER Prices from wholesaler to re
taller: Portland city creamery prints, f.0
pound, case lots, standard grades: 84c;
lower grades. 31c: Oregon country cream
ery prints. 0-pound case lots, standard
makes. Sl33c: lower grades, SOOHc:
packed in cubes, 2c less. Prices paid by
Jobbers to producers: Cubes, extras, 20'f
80c; firsts. 2727c: dairv butter. 14
ISc: l.utterfat. No. 1. 33c; No. 2, 30c.
CHEESE Oregon triplets. Jobbing buying
prices, 20c per pound f. o. b. dock Port
land: Young Americas. 21c per pound.
VEAL Fancy, 13 c per pound.
PORK Fancy. llflluc 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. $2.50; Alaska pink, 1-pound
tails. 05c.
HONEY Choice. $3.2S per case.
NUTS Walnuts, sack lots. 16c: Brazil
nuts. 15ftlSc; filberts, lUfflSe; almonds.
10Hc: peanuts. BM-c: cocoanuts. $1 per
dozen: pecans. 10(Z?2Oc; chestnuts, 10c.
BEANS Smalt white. 7.20c: large white.
7.15c: lima, flc; bayou, 6Vc: pink. nic.
COFFEE Roasted, in drums. 14333c.
SUGAR Fruit and berry. $7.05: beet,
$7.45: extra C, $7.15; powdered. In barrels.
$7.00; cubes, barrels. $S03.
SALT Granulated. $15 50 per ton: half
ground. 100s. $9.50 per ton; 50s, $10.50 per
ton: dairy, $14 per ton.
RICE Southern head. .1 14 i?r r U. e per
pound: broken. 4c; Japan style. 44'5e
DRIED FRUITS Apples. 8c per pound:
apricots. 1315c: peaches. 8c: prunes. Ital
ians. 80c; raisins, loose Muscatels 8c:
unbleached Sultanas, DiSlOc; seeded. !)c;
dates, Persians. 10e pound; fard. $1.65 per
box: currants. 8i-','Srl2c: figs. 50 6-ounce
$2: 10 4-ounce. $2 23; 30 10-ounce, $2.40; 12
10-ounce. S5c; hulk, white. 75Sc; black, 6c
per pound.
Hops, Wool. ITides. Etc.
HOPS 1P15 crop. 1013c per pound; 1916
contracts. lli?M2c per pound
HIDES Salted hides, 25 pounds and up,
15c; salted stags. 50 pounds and up, 11c;
salted kid. 15 pounds to 23 pounds. 16c:
salted calf up to 13 ponnds, 10c: g-reen
hides. 50 pounds and up. 134e; green Btags
50 pounds and up. 9Hc; green kip 15
pounds. 10c; dry flint hides, 20c; dry 'flint
calf up to 7 pounds. 2c: dry salt hides. 21e
WOOL Eastern Oregon. 20 30c; Valley.
27 'ft 2ac.
MOHAIR Oregon. 30?f31e per pound
CASCARA BARK Old and new. 4c per
poun1.
PELTS Dry long-wooled pelts. 17c- dry
short-wooled pelts. 13c: dry shearlings. 10j
13c each; salted shearlings, 15g25c each -dry
coat, lone hair. 15c each: dry goat
shearlings. 1020c each; salted long-wooled
pelts. February. $1.251r2 each.
Provisions.
HAMS, All sizes, choice. 20tic- standard
19Hc; skinned. 175?lc; picnics, 12Hc" cot
tage roll, 14c.
BACON Fancy. 2S29o; standard. 22
23c; choice, 16?21c.
DRY SALT Snort, clear backs. 12 IQ 15c
exports. 13ijl5c; plates, 1011c '
LARD TIerce basis. kettle rendered,
13"c: standard. 12'jc; compound. llc
BARREL GOODS Mess beef. $18; plate
;!??V,?19: brlaket Pork, $30; tripe. $10.50
V 11-5 0. r
Oils.
KEROSENE Wafer white, drums, barrels
or tank wagons. 10c; cases,- 17H20c
GASOLINE Bulk. IS He; cases, 25i4c
naptha. drums. 15M.C; cases. 2zAc '
LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels. "o2e- raw
cases. 97c; boiled. barrels, 94o: boiled'
cases, J9c.
TURPENTINE In tanks. 67c; In cases.
74c; 10-case lots. 1c less.
SAX FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKETS
Prices Cnrrent on Butter. Ecgn, JFToit.
Vegetables, Etc.. at Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 24. Butter
x-i-u extras, oc; iresn nrsts. 27ic: Drime
firsts. 27 MrC.
Eggs Fresh extras, 10c; fresh first
17tec; pullets, ltic
Cheese New. ic; Young Americas, 3SHo.
Vegetables Eggplant. 10il7c; green
peas. 3-3 5c; cucumbers, 50175c: tomatoes,
$2.502.75; string beans. 15520c; limas.
17H4i20c; Summer squash, i per crate;
asparagus. $1.25(2.
Onions California, $1.25 I SO. ,
Fruit Lemons. $2.5015)2.73; grapefruit.
$1.50250; oranges, tl.oo 02.50: bananas.
Hawaiian. 75csi.50; pineapples, Hawaiian,
$1.50(52.50; strawberries, $1.50s?2 per crate
Potatoes Delta. $11.40; Salinas, $1,600
2.10; sweets. $2.50
Receipts Flour. S10 quarters; barley, 1320
centals; potatoes. ,uiO sacks; hay, CSO
tons.
Receipts Flour. C895 quarter sacks; bar
ley, 49,0 centals: beans, none; potatoes,
6900 sacks; hay. 335 tona.
TRADE ACTIVITY IS UNPRECEDENTED
Widespread Complaints of Inability to Get
Supplies.
NEW YORK, March 24. Bradstreet's to
morrow will say:
A tale now rather commonplace Is told
by this week's report. A pre-eminent char
acteristic is the unprecedented activity in
all of the larger lines, distributing as well
as manufacturing, with, however, a rift or
two in the steady, easy on-flow being fur
nished by Inclement weather retarding retnP
trade in the East, by growing concern over
high prices and by the less pleasant aspect
Shortage of goods, steadily climbing prices
and widespread complaints of 'inability to get
supplies either of raw msteriais of semi
manufactured products or finished goods, due
in part to insufficient production or 'lack
of transportation facilities, create fears of
lurtner acuteness in this respect. Buying is
not only for filling-in purposes, but for Fall
delivery as well.
Weekly bank clearings are $4,718,475,000.
Metal Market.
NEW YORK. March 24 Conner !.
Electroyltlc nearby 2S.004j,28.50c; June and
IttlT, .l.UUIBI.OU'.'.
Iron firm and unchanged.
Metal exchange quotes tin firm. Spot.
49 30 -it, 30.50c.
The metal exchange quotes lead 7.80c bid
Spelter not quoted.
Chicago Dairy Prodnre.
CHICAGO. March 24. Butter Lower:
creamery. 31 36c.
Eggs Lower; reeclpts, 22.3S1 cases:
firsts. l19Hc: ordinary firsts, 1818!4c;
at mark, cases Included. lS&lfio.
RAILS 111 DEH
Better Inquiry for Best Invest
ment Issues.
GENERAL LIST IRREGULAR
SpecialMes for Most Part Are Heavy.
Steel Is Free From Pressure,
but Inactive Coppers
Are Again Firm.
NEW YORK, March 24. Railway shares
supplied a. measure of support to today's
duil and professional operations, demand
for Investment issues partly neutralizing
iregularlty elsewhere. In fact, the Inquiry
for rails at times suggested a cloak to
cover liquidation In other quarters.
Reading, New York Central, the Pacifies
and Erie, as well as some mijior issues,
were absorbed in large amounts. Reading's
strength, tmuch of which was later for
feited, again coincided with a Tlemand for
Western Maryland common and preferred,
thereby reviving rumors of Rockefeller buy
ing into the first-named property.
The general list was held back, however,
by the spasmodic heaviness of the hetter
knwn specialties, particularly Crucible and
Lackawanna Steel, the more prominent
metals, like American Zinc and Butte &
Superior, petroleums and Mercantile Marine
preferred. "
United States Steel again was free from
its pressure of the midweek, but was rela
tively inactive. Unofficial estimates placed
the steel corporation's earnings for the
first quarter at $33,000,000 to $00,000,000.
Coppers came into some of their former
prominence, yesterday's dividend on,Inspira
tlon being a favorable factor. Anaconda
directors are to meet next week for div
idend action and Wall street looks for an
increased disbursement.
Total sales of stocks amounted to 510,000
shares.
Bonds were steady, with a diminution of
tnding in Anglo-French 5s. . Total sales
of bonds. par value, were $3,260,000.
United States coupon 3s advanced per
cent on call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Sales. High. Low. bid.
Alaska Gold.... 3,ri0 21 19"i 20si
Allls-Chalmers. . 400 30 H R0'4 29-14
Am Beet Sug... 1.20O 72VA 71 "114
American Can. .. 2.600 03 fi'2 2H
American Loco.. 6.000 76 74 75
Am Sm & Refff. "4.10O 1004 100 10114
do pfd 112
Am Sug Refg... BOO 111 110 110i
Am Tel & Tel... 700 130 130 130H
American Tob 192
Anaconda Cop.. 6,900 S6?4 sr.t soH
Atchison 1.4O0 104 1f3'i 103
Baldwin Loco... 20,500 100 103 i 104 H
Bait & Ohio 500 8S5i 6S14 S814
Beth Steel 495
Br Rap Transit. 2O0 85 S5i S3 H
Calif Petrol 1.100 23i 22H 224
Canadian Paclf.. 3.000 10914 los 1H u.
Central Leather. J. 000 54"4 54-H 54
Ches & Ohio.... 1,500 64 04 04
Chi Grt West 13'4
Chi Mil & St P. 1,100 95 94t4 94
Chi & X W SrtO 12714 1274 127H
C R I A P Ry. . S0O 18 17'4 17U.
Chlno Copper... 1.100 54'4 53"i 53
Colo Fu & Ir 300 4014 40 4.T4
Crucible Steel... 49,400 9014 &0?4 14
D & R G pfd 16
rust Securities.. 1.200 4s 47 47
Erie 9,300 3S14 ::7 374
General Elect. . . 700 107"4 107 ' 10714
Grt North pfd 122
Or Nor Ore ctfs. 700 44 44 41
Guggenheim Ex. 40O 21 21 21
Illinois Central.. 30314
Int Cons Corp... 1.000 17H 17 17'
Inspiration Cop. 14,400 4S 47 4 4774
Int Harv. NJ 110
K C Southern... 300 26 26 20
Lehigh Valley 77
Louis & Nash 1224
Mexican Petrol. 84.3nrt lns JOO 107U
Miami Copper... 700 3614 804 36 74
M K & T Pfd lOH
Missouri Paclf 414
National Biscuit 124
National Lead 0014
Nevada Copper. 20,200 1 0 15'4 10
N Y Central.... 13. son 100 jor.i jno
N Y N H & H.. 70O O0 05 00
Nor & Western. 1.200 122'4 122 121
Northern Pac... 20O n.ia 11114 313 u
Pacific Mail.... 400 254 2414 "IS
Pac Tel & Tel
Pennsylvania... 1,100 50 rH T'ni
Hull Pal Car . 200 12 101 102
Ray Cons Cop... I,2fO 23 23 23
Reading 25,400 S S7 ' S7
Rep Ir & Steel.. 2.SOO r,2 51 5114
Southern Paclf.. 3,300 9914 98 9914
Southern Ry.... 6or 21 1 1
Studebaker Co.. 3.10O 34414 343 H 14-iU
Tennessee Cop.. 4.300 5314 32 53
Texas Company. 2.100 197 393 1'54
Union Pacific... 4.700 134 3.1'-t 3"4
do pfd 20O S3 S3 S !
U S Steel 12,000 S5U, 84 84
T-,d'ipA'1 ,5 1",T J1"7
Utah Copper.... 1,300 .12 8114 81
Western Union. 700 90 90' 897-
Westing Elect.. 6.20 00 r.'.K e.'i;-'
Montana Power. 300 78 77 77
General Motors 430
Wabash B pfd.. 4 9O0 S "7 ,
Int-Marlne Pfd. 19,200 73' 71 il ?
Kennecott Cop j;-
Total sales for the day. 510.000 'shares
BONDS.
U S 4s coupon. 111 V4 'Union Pac 4s 7
Am Smelts Cs..llO do cv 4s 93
Atchison gen 4s 64V4IU s Steel 5s 104i
N Y C gen 314s. 114Anglo-French 5s. 95 14
Northern Pac 4s 93 I "
Bid.
Mining Stocks at Boston,
BOSTON, March 24. Closing quota
tions:
naiuuez ........ t3 ,. ipissing Mines
Am Z. L & Sm. 8714'oi-th Butts ..
74
28
06
97 14
93
l
17
314
52
OS
51
15
3 74
00
ah -.-Hu ..... 5 ',4 uia uora .....
Calumet & Ariz 72
Cal & Hecla 545
Centennial ..... 17
Cod Kge Con... 6
East Butte Cop. 12
Franklin 10
Granby Con ... 8914
Greene Can 40
Isle Roy (Cop). 27
Kerr Lake 3 14
Lake Cop 30
La Salle Cop... 00
Osceola
Qulncy
Shp nnon . . .
Superior
Sup & Bos Mln
Tamarack
U S Sm, R. & M
do pfd
Utah Con
Winona
Butte & Sup
Money, Exchange, Etc.
NEW YORK, March 24. Mercantile pa
per. 3fS314 per cent.
Sterling CO-day bills, $4.72; demand,
$4.76; cables. $4.77.
Bar silver, 60c. Mexican dollars. 4c.
Government bonds, llrm. Railroad bonds,
steady.
Time loans Steady: 60 days, 21 i3 per
cent: 90 days, 2 63 per cent; six months.
3 per cent.
Call money Steady; high. 2 per cent;
low. 1 per cent; ruling rate, 2 per cent:
last loan, 2 per cent; closing bid, 1 per
cent; offered at 1 per cent.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Sterling
60 days, - $4.72 ; demand, $4.76; cables.
$4.77. Mexican dollars. 4.'ic.
Drafts Sight, lc; telegraph. 3c.
LONDON. March 24. Bar silver, 25 15-164
per ounce. Money, 44 per cent
Discount rates Short bills and three
months, 44 per cent.
Stocks Steady at London.
LONDON. March 24. American securities
on the stock market were steady and with
out feature today.
WOOLEN MACHINERY WELL OCCUPIED
Buyers in Boston Market Are Showing:
More Interest.
BOSTON. March 24. The Commercial
Bulletin will say tomorrow:
The past week in the wool market has
shown little change, except that interest
on the part of buyers appears to be rather
more general. - The volume of business has
not increased perceptibly, although it has
been -a fair week altogether. Wool man
ufacturing machinery is well occupied and
prices for fabrics and partly manufactured
stocks are on the top level. In the West
prices for the new clip hold very high.
Scoured basis:
Texas Fine 12 months. 72:575c; fine
eight months, 2?65c.
California Northern, 72g73c; southern,
60TG2c.
Oregon Eastern No, 1, staple, 78fl?S0c;
eastern, clothing. 70'f?72c; valley, No. 1.
62 -a 05c. 1
Territory Fine, staple. 80c: fine medium,
staple. 76W77ci fine clothing. 7375c: fine
medium clothing. 70?i71e; half-blood comb
ing. 777Sc; three-eigbths-blood combing,
70-O172C. . ' .
Pulled Extra. 75SOc: AA. 7?pa'7Se; fine
A, 7072c; A supers, 63J?'0Sc.
COFFEE FUTURES CLOSED HIGHER
Prices Firmer on Trade Buying; In Absence
of Prompt Sellers.
NEW TORK, March 24. The market for
coffee futures was comparatively quiet today,
but prices ruled firmer on trade buying in
the absence of prompt sellers. The opening
was 1 to 5 points higher and the market
worked up to 8.22c for July and 8.30c for
1 S ref 2s reg.99 Northern Pao 3s. 00
U s ref 2s coup. 99 pan T & T 5s. .1004
t. S 3s reg 102 Penn con 4s 103
U S 3s coupon. 10214So pac ref 4s "toii
U S 4s reg 111 do rv 5. int
September contracts during the afternoon or
about 9 to 11 points net higher. The close
was firm and within a point or two of the
best at a net gain of from 5 to 10 points.
Continued steadiness In Brazil and a dispo
sition In some quarters to reduce estimates
of coming crops, seemed to be largely re
-sponsible for the steadier tone, while general
buying was restricted by the increased
amount afloat and reports of a slack spot
demand. Sales, 16,000 bags. March, 8.02c;
April, 8. 05c: May. 8.1Jc; June, 8.16; July.
8.2c: August, 8.23c; September, 8.29c; Octo.
ber, 8.32c; November, 8.36c; December, 8.39c;
January, 8.43c; February, S.47c.
Spot coffee, quiet; Rio 7s, 9c; Santos
4s. 10. c.
Cost and freight market seemed to be
irregular, some houses reporting quotations
about 10 points higher, while others said
they were practically unchanged.
Tho official cables reported a decrease
of 15 reis at Rio with Santos unchanged and
Rio exchange l-32d higher. Victoria reported
a clearance of 20,000 bags for New York,
while Rio cleared 5000 bags for New York
and 10,000 bags for New Orleans.
Union Pacific's Earnings Increase.
NEW YORK, March 24. The Union Pa
cific Railroad Company today - submitted
Februnary earnings, showing a gross increase
of $2,441,000 with a net gain of $l,3S5,O0O.
Like Southern Pacific's statement. Union
Pacific shows a proportionate Increase in
operating expenses, due In part to greater
cost of material and labor.
New Fork Sugar Market.
NEW YORK. March 24. Raw sugar firm.
Centrifugal, $3.71; molasses sugar, 4.94. Re
fined firm.
Sugar futures wore firm on continued buy
ing by trade Interests and support from
commisslon-houees. At noon prices were 4
to 7 points net higher.
Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. March 24. Spot cotton
steady.- Middling uplands 12.05c; sales, 5S2
bales,
- LIVERPOOL, March 24. Cotton. spot
easier. Good middling. 8.00c; middling.
7.73c; low middling. 7.47. Sales. 6000 bales.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK, March 24. Evaporated ap
ples, dull. Prunes, dull and easy. Peaches,
quiet.
Dtiluth Linseed Market.
DULITTH. March 24. Linseed Cash,
$2.15 Q2.10 ; May. $2.15; July, $il31ii.
Hops at New Tork.
NEW YORK, March 24. Hops, quiet.
CATTLE MARKET STRONG
TO I GRADE STEERS. SELL AT 15
CENTS' ADVANCE.
Several Loads of Pulp-Fed Stock
Brlns; (S.65 at North Portland
- Stockyards.
The sound foundation of the market for
good cattle was demonstrated at the yards
yesterday by the sale of four loads of pulp
fed Idaho steers at $8.65, an advance of
15c over the top price paid on Monday.
Butcher cattle also sold well, as they have
done throughout the week.
Hogs were steady, and'as was the case on
the preceding day, l.10 was the best price
realized.
Receipts were 276 cattle. 27 calves, 616
hogs and 6S5 sheep. Shippers were:
With cattle Minor Brothers, Echo, 4 cars;
Portland Feeder Company, Burley, 3 cars.
With hogs Peterson Brothers, Forest
Grove, 1 car; Parish & Sinclair, Weiser, 1
car; M. D. Wheeler, Lebanon, 1 car.
With sheep Union Meat Company, North
Portland, drove In 685 head.
With mixed loads Frank Wann, Mount
Angel, 1 car cattle and hogs; Armdahl
Brothers, Montura, one car cattle and hogs;
C. E. Lanning, Seatt.e, 2 cars cattle and
calves: Gj D. Burdiek, Salem, 1 car cattle
and calves; McMahon & Son, HaLsey. 1 car
cattle and hogs.
The day's sales were as follows:
Wt. Price.
73 hogs 163 $9.10
8 hogs 400 8.10
39 hogs 118 7.7-.
14 hogs 114 7.75
8 hogs 160 9.10
2 hogs .... 150 9.00
7 hoKS 120 7.75
12 hoes 200 9.10
2 hogs 305 8.00
88 hot's ISO 9.1!
1 hog 439 8.101
63 hogs ISO 9.101
1 hog 300 8.6OI
74 hogs .... 172 9.10:
.1 hog ..... 130 8.10
8 hogs 152 9.10
21 hogs 213 8.93
1 hog 340 9.10
Wt. Price.
2 hogs . 2o5 $9.10
12 hogs .... 130 8.00
1 hog 100 8.U0
1 hog 410 8.10
1 hog 470 8.10
C hOBS 193 9.10
I 2 hogs .... 120 7.75
1 cow 105O 5.50
2 cows 845 5.00
1 cow 1080 U.00
I 1 cow 103O y.50
2 cows .... 725 4.00
1 cow 1000 4.50
20 steers ...1140 8.05
JO steers ...1124 S.65
13 steers ...1152 8.03
15 steers 1128 8.65
Tho range of nrices at the local yards for
various classes 01 livestock ioliows:
Steers choice grain and pulp. ...$. 00 S.63
Steers, choice hay 7.30"t 8.15
St-aers. good 7.25 7.50
Steers, medium 7.00'a 7.25
Cows, choice 0.50-71. 750
Cows, good 6.25 f 6.50
Cows, medium 5.50 (a) 6.25
Heifers 4.O0''i 7 On
Bulls 2.SO(i 5.75
Stags 8.00 it 5 23
Hogs
Prime light 9.20-f? 9.25
Good to prims 8.25f 9.00
Rough heavy ................... 8.00TO 8.25
Pigs and skips 8.00j? 8.25
bneen
Yearlings ..................
Wethers
Ewes
Lambs
7.75 0 8 23
6.76 8 00
6.25fj 6.75
8.75 & 10.00
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA. March 24. Hogs Receipts. 8400,
higher. Heavy, $9.35.9.50; light, $9.15
9.45; pigs. $S4f9; bulk. $9.259.43.
Cattle Receipts. 1400, steady. Native
steers, $7.5O9.o0; cows and heifers, $6. 503)
8: Western steers, $7(8.50; Texas steers,
$6.757.25; stockers and feeders, $6.50
8. CO.
Sheep Receipts, BR00, strong. Yearlings,
$S.50'SM.S5; wethers, $7.50(&S.50; lambs,
$10.50 11.00.
Chicago Livestock Market.
CHICAGO, March 24. Hogs Receipts,
2U.00O, slow, o to 10c above yesterday's av
erage. Bulk, $9. 70 3 9.85, light, $9.25 9.5
mixed, $9.50(S 9.S5; heavy. $9,40 9.S7 14 :
rough. $9.40 f? 9. ;o ; pigs. $7.40 S.oO.
Cattle Receipts, 1000, steady. Native
beef steers. $ i. to ti 10.05 : estern steers.
$7.70 8.75; stockers and feeders, $6j)8.25;
cows and heifers, $4.l0-(ta: calves, $sfsio.00.
Sheep Receipts, nooo. steady. Wethers,
$S. 509. 25; lambs, $9.75 fri 1 1.70.
ROAD DAMAGEJS TRIVIAL
Estimate to Repair Highway in
Hood River County Only $400.
HOOD RIVER, Or., March 24. (Spe
ciaL) County Commissioner Ed
Hawkes, who in the company with
Commissioner J. O. Hannum and Gus
Miller yesterday made an official in
spection of the Columbia River Higrh
way in this county, reports that tha
damagre by slides will be far less than
that announced by the most conserva
tive estimates. "
Commissioner Hawkes says that the
entire road between the Multnomah
County line and Viento can be made
ready for travel at an expense of not
to exceed $400.
The Cascade Locks district has levied
a special assessment that will raise
a fund of $S000. Officials of the Hood
River Lumber Company have an
nounced that they will contest payment
of this levy.
Book Plates Exhibitefl at Eugene.
TJXTVERSITT OF OREGON, Eugene,
March 24. (Special.) Between 600 and
800 bookplates, representing as many-
Institutional ana individual libraries
throughout the United States that have
50,000 volumes in their shelves, are Qn
exhibit this week. The collection be
loners to M. H. Douglass, university li
brarian, and was placed on exhibition
by him to inspire the students of the
art department in designing a distinc
tive bookplate for the Oregon collec
tion in the university library.
V. (i. Moore Funeral Held at Albany.
ALBANY, Or., March 24. (Special.)
The funeral of V. G. Moore, who died
In Eugene Wednesday, was held today
in Albany, which was his home most
of his life. Mr. Moore, who was about
55 years old, came to Albany when a
young man, and resided here continu
ously for 30 years, living in Eugene
about two years. He is survived by his
widow and two children, Adrian Moore
of Corvallis. and a daughter residing
in California.
CROP REPORTS BAO
Mews From Winter Wheat Belt
Lifts Market.
TQNE AT CLOSE IS STRONG
Almost Total Absence of Favorable
Advices From Producing Sections.
Early Prices Are Affected by
Lower Liverpool Quotations.
CHICAGO. March 24.- Decidedly unfavor
able crop reports lifted the wheat market
today after an early decline. The close
was strong, 12c to c net h'frher, with
Hay at $1.0SV and July at $l.u6. Corn
wound up c to 1bc higher; oats
off c to ?hc, and provisions with gains
of 7V'C to 17 lie
According to a well-known authority,
thero was an almost total absence of favor
able crop advices from the domestic Winter
wheat belts.
LoHver quotations from Liverpool, ascribed
to so-called political developments, were
largely responsible for declines at the outset
in the wheat market here.
Corn swayed with wheat.
Trade In oats was of a local character.
' Higher prices on hogs strengthened pro
visions. At one time, however, the market
suffered a sharp temporary setback as a
result of the transient depression of - corn.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
May $ 1.0614 1.0S2 1.0614 1.08-U
July 1.051i 1.06 1.04 1.06
CORN.
May 71 .72 i .70". .72 U
July 72 .731, .72 .73
.724
.73
OATS.
.4314
.42 4
PORK.
22.87
22.75
LARD.
11.47
11.72
Mav . . .
July ...
.42".
.41
.42
.4114
.43ti
.42l
May ...
1.85
1.65
22.60
22.45
22.87
22.75
July ...
May
11.
40
03
11.30
11.55
11.47
11.72
July
11
RIBS. v
11.95 11.97 11.82
12.10 12.17 12.02
May
11.97
12.15
July
Cash pncee were as follows:
Wheat No. 2 red, $1.10 ft 1.11; No. 3 red.
nominal; No. 2 hard, $1.0914; No. 3 hard.
j..oj3i.uo14
Corn No. 2 yellow, 743i741c; No. 4 yel
low, 6C14C7Hc; No.-4 white. 65g'6814c.
Oats No. 3 white, 4142c; standard,
nominal.
Rye No. 2. nominal; No. 3, 9214c.
Barley 61fi7:!o.
Timothy $4. 50 iff 8.
Clovftr AtOrti;18.7f.
Primary receipts Wheat. 1,273,000
bushels against 559.000-. corn. ifiT.OOO
bushels aaainst 340,000; oats, 618,000
bushels against 7u6.000.
Shipments Wheat, 344,000 bushels against
3."0,000; com. 422,000 bushels against 525,-
000: oats, ootf.ouo nusneis against bd.wuu.
Clearances Wheat 1.005.000 buehels: corn.
354. OO0 bushels; oats, none; flour, 85,000
barrels.
Foreign Grain Markets.
LIVERPOOL. March 24. Cash wheat Id
to tkl lower; corn. ix lower.
LONDON, March 24. Cargoes1 on passage
weak. A parcel of Argentina wheat ar
riving welgns 03 pounds per ouenci anu
oirered at uu.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. March 24. Wheat May,
$L10 to $1.1014; July, i.ius; casn, no.
1 hard. $1.10; -no. j. isortnern, j ; up
1.13; No. 2 Northern, $1.07 14 1.10.
Barley. 63sD70c.
Flax, $2.15 a 2.18.
Eastern Cash Grain Markets.
ST. LOUIS, March 24. Cash wheat, 1
to 114 lower; corn, Vj lower.
OMAHA. March 24. Cash wheat', 1 to 2
lower; corn, 1 to 114 lower.
CHICAGO. March 24. No. 2 red sold
$1.10 to $1.11, top price 3 over May, best
premium to date.
Eastern Wheat Futures.
DULTJTH, March 24. Wheat closed, May,
$i.ioyi; July $1.10?4;
WINNIPEG, March 24. Wheat closed,
May. $1.0S; July, $1.08.
KANSAS CITT. March 24. Wheat closed.
May. $L00ii; July, i.
ST. LOUIS, March 24. Wheat closed.
May, ji.uoi ; July, ii.ujn.
Grain at Kan Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 24. Spot quo
tations Walla, $1.G714 (ttl.7U; red itussian
$l.tVif 1.07"-j ; Turkey red, $1.S01.85; blue
stem. l.S.-f,i;l87". : feed, barley. $1.32 "i (fe
1.85; brewing.' $1.351.40; white oats, $1.40
WI.42I2: bran, $23fi24; middlings, $.;oy
: shorts. $25.5026. Call board Bar
ley. May, $1.33 bid. $1.33 usked; December,
f Lull Dia, l.ji nsK.eti.
Paget Sound Grain Markets.
SEATTLE, March 24. Wheat Bluestem,
99c; Turkey red. 98c fortyfold, 8Sc; club,
87c; fife. 87c; red Russian. 87c. Barley,
$23.30 per ton. Yesterday's car receipts:
Wheat, 6; oats, 0; barley, 2; hay, IS;
flour, 6.
TACOMA, March 24. Wheat Bluestem,
$1; fortyfold, 94c; club, 92c; red fife, 91c.
Car receipts: Wheat, 21; corn. 1; oats, 3;
hay, 5.
GRANTS PASS HAS FROST
HEAVY SNOWSTORM CREDITED
VITII HELPING TO SAVE FRUIT.
Adjacent Mountains Are Burled Three
Feet Deep, But Late In Day
Weatkn Moderate.
GRANTS PASS, Or., March 24. (Spe
cial.) A heavy frost hit the Rogue
River Valley last night, freezing ice
an eight of an inch thick on still wa
ter ponds. It is thought that the fruit
was saved, however, by a snowstorm
which came with a high wind during
the early morning hours. Heavy
smudging was in operation all up and
down the valley.
Considerable snow fell 'today to the
accompaniment of a strong wind which,
although cold and disagreeable, did no
damage. The snow is piling up heav
ily again on all the mountain passes.
The immediate mountains around
Grants Pass have from one to three
feet of snow, Oregon Mountain nearly
three feet, while more than three feet
is reported on the Siskiyous. The moun
tainous country back of GaUce is prac
tically isolated again by the heavy
snowfall.
At 6 o'clock tonight the weather had
moderated slightly and mixed Tain
and snow was falling steadily. The
Rogue and Applegate Rivers show some
rise, owing to melting enows and rain,
and both are deep orange color, owing
to heavy placer mining on tributary
streams.
MEDFORD TREES SMUDGED
Mercnry Down to 2 6, but No Fruit
Damage Is Reported.
MEDFORD. Or., March 24. (Special.)
With the valley soaked by rain and
snow, and the temperature ranging
from 28 to 26 degrees, Medford or
chardists fired their first oil smudge
Thursday night, and according to re
ports received at the Weather Bureau,
there was no material damage in any
section.
The snow and rain saved the crop,
according to County Pathologist Cate,
as under dry conditions such a tem
perature would have been disastrous
where smudging was not carried out.
Today snow and rain have been falling
steadily and the forecast is for a con
tinuance of the midwinter weather to
morrow. Many of the pear orchards offered
an unusual spectacle today, the ground
being white with enow and the trees
white with blossoms.
IRRIGATION J30NDS BOUGHT
Spokane Bank Pays Wenatcliee Com
pany 95 for $160,000.
WEXATCHEE, Wash., farch 24.
(Special.) The directors of the Wenat-
chee reclamation district today sold
$160,000 of district bonds to the Spo
kane & Eastern Trust Company of
Spokane, through Herbert "Witherspoon,
vice-president of the company. The
price was 95 cents, said to be the high
est price ever paid .in the "West for
such a large block of irrigation dis
trict bonds.
The court receivership is to be ended
as soon as the court formalities can
be provided for. A. great deal of per
manent work has been done on the
canal this Winter. Water will be
turned in a.bout the middle of April.
PERSONALMENTION.
Charles A. Parks, of Salem, is at the
Seward.
R. H. Degent, of Seattle, is at the
Oregon.
J. K. Eomig, of Baker, is at the
Oregon.
C. S. Mantell, of Spokane, is at the
Oregon.
George W. King, of Salem, is at the
Oregon.
Al McCully, of Newberg, is at the
Perkins.
W. E. Keebler, of Spokane, is at the
Cornelius.
F. J. Eldriage, of Gervais, is at the
Cornelius.
William Eeinhart, of Wasco, is at
the Eaton.
S. E. King, of Mayger, Wash., i3 At
the Eaton.
C. H. Stockwell, of Clatskanie, is at
the Seward.
B. F. Laughlin, of The Dalles, is at
the Perkins.
J. C. Compton, of McMinnville, is at
the Portland.
H. H. Veatch, of Cottage Grove, is at
the Imperial.
George D. Metcalf, of Spokane, is at
the Nortonia.
George A. Martins of Warrenton, is
at the Perkins.
Samuel C. Jackson, of Pendleton, is
at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Doty, of Newport,
are at the Eaton
C. J. Savon is registered at the Nor
tonia from Seattle.
C. W. J. Keekers, of White Salmon,
is at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Shaw, of Astoria,
are at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Gilbert, of La Grande,
are at the Cornelius.
W. E. Tallant, of Astoria, is regis
tered at the Portland.
E. S. Ballagh, of St. Helens, is regis
tered at the Imperial.
J. J. Hayden, of Astoria, is regis
tered at the Nortonia.
C. R- Foster is registered at the
Nortonia from Seattle.
B. E. Hamlin, of Boise, Idaho, is
registered at the Eaton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Poorman, of Wood
burn, are at the Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Reed, of Butte, are
registered at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Williams, of
Seattle, are at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Anderson, of Aber
deen, Wash., are at the Imperial.
Mrs. J. Van Buren and Mrs. J. J.
Carr. of La Grande, are at the Seward.
CHICAGO. March 24. (Special.)
Joseph J. Hittinger, of Portland, Or., is
at the Great Northern Hotel.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Births.
SANDERS To Mr. and Mm Henry San
dors. 572! Fiftieth street, March ID, a son.
UODSOX To Mr. and Mrs. Edward T.
Dodson. 5031 "Sixty-second avenue South
east. March 18, a uaugnier.
BROG To Mr. and Mrs. Caspar Bros.
Hillsdale, Or.. March 13, a daughter.
BEAUtAGE To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Beaucuge 704 East Fifty-eighth street
North, March 17, a aon.
OTHBS To Mr. and Mrs. Percy M. Othus,
301 Larrabee street. March 22, a son.
KIMBALL To Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kim
ball, 321 Wygant street. March 20, a daugh
ter. ZEHNTBAUER To Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Zehntbauer, 357 East Forty-second street
North, Marc h 5, a daughter.
SMITH To Mr, and Mrs. Otis S. Smith,
1031 East Morrison street, March 20, a son.
GREEN To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Green,
Garthwick Addition, March 19, a son.
PATTERSON To Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Patterson 184 East Twenty-ninth street
North. March 13. a son.
MOLL To Mr. and Mrs. Dolman C. Moll.
ISO North Twenty-second street, March 15,
KL1NGBEIL To Mr. and Mrs. G. Kllng
beil, 825 Maryland avenue. March 11, a
dLLli?LltI
ASQU1TH To Mr. and Mrs. Roland As
oulth, Willamette Moorage, March 11. a son
O'CONNOR To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
O'Connor, 771 Gllsan street, March 13. a
daughter. . . , .
COOK To Mr. and Mrs. Nehemiah K.
Cook, 362 East Davis street, March 14, a
son.
Marriace License.
PLUMMER-HBIUHTSJIENN E. L. Plum,
mer, legal, Ridgefield, Wash., and Barbara
E Heightsmenn. legal. 374 Third street.
WEISSENFLUH-FUNCK Werner von
Weissenfluh. legal, R. F. D. No. 1, and Ber
tha Funck. legal, Hillsdale, Or.
Tancouver Marriage Licenses.
BENEDICT-WARING Charles C. Bene
dict 25 or Vancouver jsarracKs, ana .war.
garet d'u Bols Waring. 24. of Vancouver,
Wash
MORROW-FOY Elvin Morrow, 23, of Es
tacada. Or., and Blanch Foy. 20, of Portland.
GIBBONS-GIBBONS Frank D. Gibbons.
23 of Portland, and Mrs. Louella P. tiib
bo'ns. 32. of Portland. '
ANDERSON-JOHNSON Marcus G. An
derson 23, of Portland, and Ellen Johnson,
2d, of Portland.
COLE-LANGDOX T. W. Cole, 55, of Port
land, and Mrs. Mlna Langdon, 53. of Port
land. -
ELLIOTT-ADAMS Oliver C. Elliott, 24,
of Portland, and Isora K. Adams, 18, of
Carlton, Or. -
SATTERLEE-BORLASTD Howard Satter
lee, 33, of Portland, and Mrs. Pearl Borland,
27, of Portland.
BUCHTOLD-TAYLOR Chester L. Buch
told, 31. of Portland, and Mildred Taylor, SO,
of Portland.
Building Permits.
J. FROST- Repair one and one-half-atory
frame dwrrig, S.VJ Gantenbein avenue, be
tween Shaver and Mason streets; builder,
J. C. Jensen ; ?75.
N. O. ECKLUXD Enect one-story frame
garage, 1215 East Ash street, between East
Thirty-ninth and East Forty-first streets;
builder, same: $250.
X. O. CKLUXD Erect one and one-half-fitory
frame dwelling, 1215 East Ash
street, betw-een East Thirty-ninth and East
Forty-first streets; builder, same; $4000.
A. A HAMPSOX Erect one-story frame
garage. 827 Quimby street, between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth streets; builder,
Horace D. Jones, Jr.; $100.
FRANK A GREGORY Repair one-story
frame dwelling, 715 Junior street, between
East Eighteenth and East Twenty-second
streetB; builder, H. U. Grimm; $500.
O. R- MILLER Erect one-story frame
garage, S80 East Twelfth street North, be
tween Knott and Stanton streets; builder,
same; $100.
H. C. JORDAN Repair one and ons-half-story
frame dwelling. 438 East Fortieth
street North. corner Tillamook street;
builder. George W. Foreman; $400.
K. F. HUGHES Erect one-story frame
garage. 474 Tillamook stneet. between East
Eighth and East Ninth streets; builder.
George W. Foreman; $300.
CITY OF PORTLAND Erect one-story
frame comfort station. Holladay Park, Hoi
laday avenue and Multnomah street; builder,
C. H. Pape: $1600.
PORTLAND KNITTING COMPANY Re
pair two-story frame knitting factory. 1262
East Stark street, between East Forty-third
and East Forty-fourth streets; builder. G.
H. Bestow; $100.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, March 24. -Maximum tem
perature, 41 degrees; minimum, 34 degrees.
River reading at 8 A. M 15.2 feet: change
In last 24 hours, 0.5 foot rise. Total rainfall
(5 P. M. to 5 P. M.), 0.16 inch: total rain
fall since September 1, 181, 48.11 Inches;
normal rainfall since September 1. 35.61
Inches; excess of rainfall since September 1.
1915, 7.50 inches. Total sunshine March 24,
none; possible sunshine, Ui hours, 24 mln-
FACTS
Good roads mean an increase
in rural population, a conse
quent decrease in the crowd
ing of cities, thus lowering
the cost of living. More
prompt and less medical at
tention far larger school and
church attendance and. above
all, new happier and more
contented lives for the farm
ers' wives and daughters.
Good roads mean more land
cultivated, and more profit
able crops, and a decrease in
hauling them to market. A
good road increases the zone
in which the farmer can
profitably market his prod
ucts and -the dweller in the
city will receive fresher food.
All these desired objects can
be attained if roads are hard
surfaced with
BITULITH IC
Warren Brothers Company,
Journal Building. Portland. Or.
Note Don't Forget Columbia
llithwaj' Dedication Day
During; Rose Festival.
1A:
a
2v.
utes. Barometer reduced to sea. level) t
& P. M.. 29.05 Inches.
THE WEATHER.
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STATIONS. I I I aatVefr
Baker
Boise
Boston
Calgary
Chicago
Colfax
Denver
Dcs Moines. . .
truluth
Eureka
Galveston ....
Helena
Jacksonville . .
Kansas City . .
Los Angeles. . .
Marshfleld ...
Medtord
Minneapolis . . .
Montreal
New Orleans. .
New York
North Head-. . .
North Yakima,
Omaha
Phoenix
Pocatello
Portland
Roseburg
t. Louis. ....
Salt Lake
San Francisco.
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Tatoosh Island
Walla Walla..
Washington . .
Winnipeg . . . .
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0.W-.14W Pt. cloudy
0.CIU . ,,SE Cloudy
0.02 . .,S -.Clear
.0.00 . . i . . .. Cloudy
0.32101XE Snenr
0.00. . . SE ICloudy
0.40 12'NE 'Rain
O.l'J.'lO S Rain
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O.B014SW ?t cloudy
0.0Uil8E Pt. cloudy
0.04
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0.34
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11.02 10S
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0.1S'12 SW Pt. cloudy
0.30'. .ISE IRain
o.otv. Jsw Cloudy
0.oo28Sa Pt. cloudy
0.14i..jS Cloudy
0.00 10 NW Cloudy
0.14..E 'Rain
0.00 10. SW Cloudy
0. lo . . iE Cloudy
O.20 32 S
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..Snow
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A moderate high-pressure area is central
near the California Coast and extends north
eastward to tho Dakotas; high pressure ob
tain also over the Atlantic states. A mod
erate depression Is over Northern British
Columbia and another, central over North
ern Texas, overlies the country from the
Mexican border to the lakes region. South
east storm warnings were ordered displayed
at 2:J."j P. M. at the mouth ot the Colum
bia River and the maximum wind velocity
reported was 60 miles, southeast, at North
Head. Precipitation has occurred in most
of the states west of the Mississippi River
and in British Columbia and Manitoba. The
weather Is much cooler in Colorado, South
Dakota, Nebraska and New Mexico; it is
correspondingly warmer in Utah, the Lower
Misscurl Valley, Ohio Valley and lakes re
gion. On the Pacific Slope temperatures
continue below normal.
The conditions are favorable for occas
ional rain Saturday in Oregon, Washington
and Northern Idaho and for partly cloudy
and occasionally threatening weather in
Southern Idaho. Temperature changes in
general will not be Important. Winds will
be southerly, strong neur the coast.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Occasional rain;
southerly winds.
Oregon and Washington Occasional rain,
southerly winds, strong near the coast.
Idaho Occasional rain north, partly
cloudy end occasionally threatening weather
south portion.
T. FRANCIS DRAKE.
Assistant Forecaster.
CORNELIUS TICKET NAMED
Nominations Made at Mass Meeting
Without Opposition.
CORXELJUS, Or., March 24. (Spe
cial.) There was a large attendance
at the mass meeting held in Hendricks
hall last Tuesday. Without opposition
the following- "Citizens' ticket" was
named.
Mayor, Frank Sholes; Councilmen,
Merlon Tibbits and Alec Cellars:
Recorder. George Wilcox; Treasurer,
A. S. Hendricks.
All are office-holders with the ex
ception of Mr. Cellars. B. Ingabright
son declined the nomination for Coun
cilman for business reasons.
WKAVELERS" GTIDE.
San Francisco
Los Angeles
(Without Change En Route)
The Big,
Clean,
Comfortable,
JEles;antly Appointed,
Seagoing;
S. S. BEAVER
Sails From Alunorth Dock
3 F. St., March 25.
IOO Gulden Miles on
Columbia Itlver.
All Kates Include
Berths and Meals.
Table and Service
Unexcelled.
The San Francisco A: Portland S. S.
Co., Third and Washington Streets
Tvith O.-W. K. A K. Co.) Tel. Broad
way 4300, A U21.
FRENCH LINE
Compajrnle Oenerale TranatlantlQue
POSTAL (SERVICE.
Sailings From NEW YORK to BORDEAUX
KOCHAMBEAU April 1,3 P.M.
ESPAGNE... .. April 8,3P.M.
CHICAGO April 15, 3 P. M.
LAFAYETTE April 22, 3 P. M.
FOR rVFORMATIOX APPLY
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K. P. BA1K.D, 1O0 Third St.
11. DICKSON, 813 Washington St.
NOKXH BANK ROAD, Fifth and Stark St.
F. S. M'FAKLAND, 3d and Wa-hiilKton Stt.
E. B. PUFFY 124 Third St.. Portland.
ASTORIA
and Way Landings
Str. Harvest Queen
From Ash-St. Dock 8 P. M. dally,
except Saturday. Returns from
Astoria 7 A. M-, except Sunday.
O.-W. R. R.&N. CO.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
Washington at Third.
Broadway 4500. A 6121.
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ers especially deslimed for travel in the tropics.
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mm
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