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18 THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916. FLOUR GOES HIGHER Rise of 20 Cents Predicated on Wheat Advance. END IS NOT YET REACHED Further Flights Ijlkelj Because of Probable Advances Vet to Come In Grain Trade in Northwest. There was an advance of 20 cents a fcarre in the local flour market yes terday. At the new wholesale quota tion of 16.20. flour is regarded in the trade as cheap. In view of the high cost of wheat. In the Spring of last year flour solj in Portland as high as J7.20 a barrel. This price may yet be reached, in the opinion of millers, as wheat ie expected to go still higher. At the local grain exchange yester day there was a sale of 6000 bushels of bluestem wheat for September de livery at $1.30. This is the best price of the year and equals the top price paid in 1914. but 29 cents leas than the highest mark reached here in 1915. In the farming districts east of the mountains buyers were offering $1.20 for bluestem. $1.15 for club and $1.19 for fortyfold wheat, prices a cent or so better than were bUi on the preced ing day. The selling, however, was anything but free. The farmers have let go a rather large proportion of their crop already and seem disposed to hold the remain der and speculate on it. WHEAT HIGH AT WALLA WAILA Climb in Price Continues With but Little Sold. WALLA WALLA. Wash, Aug. 23. (Special.) Wheat continued its steady climb here today. $1.17 being offered for club wheat with about 5 cents more for bluestem and Turkey red. But little was sold at this high fig ure, however, as most of the farmers who needed ready money have sold and much of the"wheat remaining is in the hands of men who are willing to specu late a little. A few cents more, however, it is be lieved, will loosen considerable grain unless the holders change their minds. Others say they will hold on as long as the market continues strong. D. A. R. DEDIGATEMARKER FOIXTAIS AND TABLET TO BE UN. VEILED TODAY OX HIGHWAY. Monument Is Tribute to Oregon Pio neers and Is Located at Multnomah Knlln Women to Have Charge. At an impressive ceremony at Mult nomah Falls today, there will be dedi cated by Multnomah Chapter, D. A. K., a monument that is designed as a triliute to the pioneers of the Oregon country. The hour set for the pro gramme is 3 o'cloc.. Mrs. J. B. Montgomery, the first re gent and organizer of the chapter, will unveil the monument, which is a drink ing fountain and a bronze tablet, at tached to a great boulder near the falls and the Columbia River Highway. Mrs. J. N. Davis, regent of the chap ter, will be chairman of the day. Among the speakers will be George H. Himes, secretary of the Oregon Historical So ciety; Mrs. Isaac Lee Patterson, state regent, D. A. R. ; Mrs. O. M. Ash and Mrs. C. S. Jackson, old trails commit tee; John B. Yeon. who will accept the gift in the name of the Columbia River Highway, and Samuel C. Lancaster, who will speak of the building of the new and great trail, the. highway. Mrs. Raymond Sullivan will sing the solos, among which will be "The Star-Spangled Banner." Mrs. Davis and Mrs. John F. Beaumont have been active in, preparing the programme of the day. The atitos will start from Yamhill street and Broadway at 1 o'clock. All D. A. R. women and their friends who have machines are invited to attend. STRIKERS HALED TO COURT Tacoma Longshoremen Accused of Violating Injunction. TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 23. Charges of an insult being offered to the wife of a railway employe, of general hounding of independent workers by gangs of strikers; of collusions be tween strikers bent on intimidating union workers and a streetcar con ductor, and of an appeal made in vain to the police department by four non union workers when threatened by a Tang of strikers, are made in affi davits filed in the United States Dis Irict Court today. They are named as grounds for the citation of approxi mately 50 .striking longshoremen to show cause before Judge E. E. Cush man tomorrow morning why they should not be punished for contempt of court in violation of the permanent injunction issued against the strikers on application of the Chicago, Milwau kee & St. Paul Railroad Company. Counsel for the striking longshore men said he and his associates would invoke the clause of the Clayton act governing picketing and strike injunc tions, which would mean jury trial for all those accused. APPEALED CASES INCREASE Supreme Court faces Busy Session When It Reconvenes. SALEM, Or., Aug-. 23. (Special.) "With transcripts of 25 cases now on file, the Supreme Court faces a busy session when it reconvenes the first week in September. Cases have been placd on the calendar for the first two weeks as follows: September 5 Foreman against School Dis trict of Columbia County; state ex. reL against Evans. . September C Coates against Smith; orsby aainFt Benninghoven. September 7 Lane against Ball; "Woods against Dunn. v September S S ten nick against J. K. dumber Company. September 11 State against Stiles; state against HowelL September 13 Nelson against Brown and MK'abe; state against McCIard", September 14 Farrell against Davis; Dodge against Root. VIEWS ON GRANT DIFFER Ex-Governor "West Advises Against Taxation Plan. EUGENE, Or- Aug. 28. (Special.) Oswald West, special agent of the Gen eral Land Office and ex-Governor of Oregon, and Attorney L-, E. Bean, of Kugene, at a meeting: In the Lane County Courthouse last night expressed decidedly different views on the pro- -k- posal of the Eugene Chamber of Com merce to place -the Oregon & California Railroad grant lands on the assessment rolls for taxation. , Mr. West said it was his opinion that the Government would not pay any back taxes so long as the counties persisted in placing the lands on the assessment rolls, an act which he said would amount to holding that title does not rest in the Government. Under the circumstances, he intimated that the taxes would be withheld until the issue was settled in court. "If Lane County and its citizens desire to shoulder this, it is not my af fair," he said. "It is my personal desire to see the counties get this back tax money as soon as possible." Attorney Bean replied that if the lands were left from the assessment rolls the counties would waive the right of taxation. He quoted an opinion by Judge Charles L. McXary, ex-Justice of the Supreme Court. Mr. Bean said that he was not in terested in the railroad's position. "I am fighting for the protection of the people, and these counties in which the lands are located, and against the placing of these lands In what amounts to more reserve in. this state," he said. OPEN SHOP PACT SAX FRASCISCO KETAII, LUMBER. DEALERS COMBIXE. Association Agrees to Oppose fltecosr nir.lns Union .When Stevedores Are Called Ont. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.23. (Special.) Thirty-eight members of the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, which is practically all the retail lumber deal ers doing business in San Francisco, today entered into an agreement to maintain the open shop, following the calling out of -union stevedores again at the yards of the Loop Lumber Com pany and Pope & Talbot, two of the largest lumber firms here. The companies signatory to the com pact have agreed to hire only steve dores furnished by the newly organized American Stevedoring Company, which is being conducted on open-shop prin ciples. Although no open-shop cards are being displayed at the lumber yards, it is said the agreement is al ready in effect. ' According to officials of the Riggers' and Stevedores' Union, the present strike, which was only delayed until the union forces were in readiness, is likely in the end to affect something like 800 men employed in local lumber yards. This is the statement of Harry Eaton, secretary of the union, who said the union men would be called out of every lumber yard that puts non-union stevedores to work. The lumber yards were closed on June 1. on account of the previous stevedores' strike. The yards did not reopen for business 'until July 24. SIARIXE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. SUB Name. Breakwater. .... Leaver. .......... Northern Pacific. . Ureat Nortnera. .. V. A. Kilburn Rose. City. ...... . Name. Northern Pacific. . lireukwater. ..... Beaver. .......... Great Northern. . . 1-. A. iv 1 1 u urii . . . . . Rose City Wapatna. TO ARRIVE. From , 6an Francisco. .l.os Angeles. .. .Sa? Francises. San Franrlsco. .San Francisco. . . Los Angeles. .. TO DEPART. For ..San Francisco. . San Francisco. Los Angeles. . . .San Francisco., .ban Francisco. , L. Angeles... . San Diego '-at ...In port . -In port . .In port . .Aug. 23 . ..Auk. 30 ..AUK. au Ii- te. ..Auk. 24 -.Aug. . -Aui. . Aug. ..Aug. . Sept. . .Sept. zi 26 30 2 S Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Aug. 23. Arrived Steamers Beaver, from San Pedro and San Francisco; J. B. Stetson, from San Francisco; Break water, from San Francisco via Eureka and Coos Bay. Sailed Steamer F. A. Kilburn, for San Francisco; Wapama, for San Diego. Astoria, Aug. 23. Sailed at 2 A. M.. steamer Daisy, for San Pedro. Arrived at 2 and left up at 4 A. M., steamer J. B. Stetson, from San Francisco. Arrived at 5 A. M. and left up at 12:30 P. M., steamer Breakwater, from San Francisco via Eureka and Coos Bay. Arrived at 6 and left up at S:15 A. M., steamer Beaver, from San Pedro and San Francisco. Arrived at 11 A. M.. and left up at 12:30 P. M., steamer Alcatraz, from San Francisco. ' Sailed at 11:00 A. M.., gasoline schooner Tillamook, for Coos Bay. Arrived at 12 noon, steamer Northern Pa cific, from. San Francisco. San Francisco, Aug. 23. Arrived at 7 A. M., steamer Johan Poulsen, from Columbia Klver. bailed at 2 p. M steamer Dai by Mathews, for Columbia River. Arrived at 3 P. M., steamer Great Northern, from Flavel. Sailed last night, steamer General Hubbard, for Columbia Kiver. Hongkong, Aug. 23. Arrived Steamer China, from San Francisco. Yokohama, Aug. 21. Arrived Steamer Titan, from Seattle. Shanghai, Aug. 22. Arrived Steamer Chosen Maru. from Tacoma. Sailed 20th, steamer Yucatan, for San Francisco. San Francisco, Aug. , 23. Arrived Steam ers U. S. snip Cleveland, from uuaymai Admiral Dewey, from Seattle: Johan Foul sen, from Astoria; Carlos, from Grays Har bor: Great .ortnprn, irom Astoria: ven tura, from Sydney. Sailed Steamers Daisy Matthews, ior Astoria; yueen, xor Seattle; Wilbelmlna, for Honolulu; Karimoen (Dutch), for Batavla; Maricopa (Norwe gian), for Shanghai. Seattle, Aug. Arrived Steamers Ala meda and Alaska. from Southwestern Alaska: Admiral Schley and D, G. Schofield, irom nan r rancisco; nawan Aiaru uapa nese), frcm Hongkong; George W. Fen wick, Muroran and prince Rupert (British) from Prince Rupert. Sailed Steamers Georee W. Fen wick, for Vladivostok: Ad miral Evanrf, for Southwestern Alaska; Prince Kupert (British), for Any ox. B. C. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. 31, August 23 unless oinerwise aetngnsvtea.j Floridian. Newcastle for San Francisco, 3408 miles southwest of San Francisco, S P. M. Auseust 22. Korea Maru, San Francisco for Yokohama. 1230 miles from San i?Tfui Cisco. S P. M. AUKUBt 2 J. Wilhelmina. San Francisco for Honolulu, SI miles irom ban r rancisco ligntsmp. Willamette. San Pedro for San Francisco, three miles bouth of Point Sur Multnomah. San Ferrro jor an Francisco, two miles south of Point Sur. Atlas, Portland for Richmond, 100 miles north of Klcnmond. Queen, San Francisco for Seattle, three miles north of Point Arena. Congress, Seattle for San Francisco, 57 miles south of Mendocino. El Segundo, towing barge 91, Columtola River for Kiohmond, 17 miles north of Klcnmona. Asuncion, Richmond for Vancouver, 300 mi ies 11011,11 ui rn. 11 moiiu. San Juan. San Francisco for Balboa. 15r0 mnes toutn 01 ban rancisco, 8 P. M. AUgUSt ZZ. San Jose. San Francisco . for Guavaaull 7S0 miles south of San Francisco, S P. M. AuKUst 22. Cushing. Chile for San Pedro, Rll miles south of San Pedro, 8 P. M. August 22. Klamath, San Francisco for San Pedro, 20S miles west of San Pedro Oneonta. Astoria ' for Seattle, 2$ miles nortn 01 tne eoiumota Klver. speedwell. San Pedro for Bandon, fog bound off CoautllA Rlvr Richmond, towing , barge 95. Seattle for menmono, 011 l, matiua lightship. Coronado, San Francisco for Grays Har ftor, 1H miles south of Grays Harbor. Columbia River Bsvr Report. NORTHHEAD, Aug. 23. Condition of the oar at o f. : sea, smooth; wind, north 24 miles. SEARCH IS UNSUCCESSFUL Bandon Man, Ixist In Woods, Can not Be found. BANDON, Or.. Aug. 23 fSpecial.) No trace has yet been found of C. E. Bowman, of this city, lost in the woods near Gold Beach last Saturday morn ing. Searching: parties have .combed the country for miles around . Cedar Springs, where he left camp. Fifteen men. Including fire and game wardens. continue the search. The eroundhos, or woodchuck, belongs to the same species as the squirrel. l"be prairie dog- Is another member of the same iaron. LINERS REACH PORT Two Coast Craft Arrive From South With Big Cargoes. TWO SAIL ON RETURN TRIP Movement of Passengers and Freight Between Portland and Call Tornia Continues Heavy. Two Horses Land. Two arrivals and two departures of steamers making regular runs between Portland ana California ports contrib uted to activity along the waterfront yesterday. The tour vessels handled several hundred passengers making the trip to and from Portland and tne South, and their cargoes aggregated several thousand tons. Two fast horses, the property of Kred Woodcock, were aboard the steamer Beaver, of the San Francisco & Port land Steamship Company, when she made Ainsworth dock yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock from California ports. They greeted the arrival at Portland with joyful neighs, their delight at reaching their destination being ap parently as great as that of the 175 passengers aboard the liner. The Beaver brought approximately 1600 tons of general cargo, which in cluded a number of automobiles. Included among the passengers were a number of Portland people who made the round trip down the coast and back on the steamer. Captain Mason, master of the Bea ver, reported splendid, weather con ditions prevailing off the coast with the exception that the vessel encoun tered some fog. The Beaver is due to get away on schedule time again Satur day. Six hundred tons of cargo and ap proximately 40 passengers were aboard the North Paciflc steamer F. A. Kilburn when she got away from the dock yes terday at 6 P. M. for her scheduled trip to San Francisco. The cargo included 185 tons of pig iron. 350 tons of flour and 65 tons of general merchandise. Captain A. H. Sears is now in command of the F. A. Kilburn. succeeding Captain Thomas McLellan, former master of the ves sel. The steamer Breakwater, of the same line, got into Portland harbor last night about 8 o clock with cargo and passengers from California ports. Additional activity along the water front was furnished yesterday by the arrival of the Parr-McCormick steamer J. B. Stetson, which got into the river yesterday morning at 2 o'clock and left up for Portland two hours later. The J. B. Stetson brought 8 60 tons of cargo which consisted of 500 tons of cement 200 tons of asphalt and 160 tons of plaster. She will discharge a part cargo at the Albina dock, then shift to the Oak-street dock to finish. The McCormick steamer Wapama got away for ban Diego and other Cali fornia ports last night, carrying a good load of passengers and her customary lumber cargo. The steamer J. B. Stet son, of the same line, will leave for San Francisco Saturday. The steamer Willamette will get away V ednesday. August 30, for San Diego and way ports, and the Klamath, Saturday, Sep tember 1, for the same destination. CHAMBEll OFFERS TO MEDIATE Seattle Commercial Body Would Bo of Service in Strike. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 23. Follow ing a meeting of the board of trustees of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Judge Thomas Burke, president of the Chamber, appointed a committee to confer with villiam Blackman, Fed eral Commissioner of Conciliation, to ascertain whether or not the Chamber of Commerce can be of service to both sides in the longshoremen's strike situ ation here. Should the report of the special com mittee support the belief of Commis sioner Blackman that valuable assist ance may be given to the Federal Gov ernment in restoring peace on the waterfront, it is probable that either the committee, or another, will be in structed to meet with representatives of the waterfront employers' union and four representatives of organized labor deputized by the longshoremen to act on their behalf. The attitude of the Chamber of Com merce previous to this action has been one of unvarying support of the water front employers. LUMBER CARRIER GETS AWAY Steamer Daisy Sails From Rainier for San Pedro. After having completed a cargo of lumber on the river the steamer Daisy got away yesterday morning for San Pedro. Her cargo was loaded at Rai nier. The lumber fleet in the river was aug mented yesterday by the arrival of the steamer Alcatraz. of the Beaver Lumber Company. She arrived from California yesterday morning at 11 o'clock and proceeded to Prescott, where she will take on cargo for the trip south. Two coasting lumber carriers rot away from San Francisco yesterday en route for the Columbia River to take on cargo. They were the steamers General Hubbard and Daisy Mathews. SHIP MEN DECLARE LOCKOUT Coast Association to Employ Non union Stevedores Only. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 23. Officials of the Ship Owners' Association of the Pacific Coast in a joint session with representatives of the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association agreed today to employ only stevedores furnished them by the American Stevedoring Company, recently formed as an open-shop or ganization following a strike last June of union longshoremen. Today's action, it was said, was the result of several incipient strikes by union stevedores who refused to work with nonunion men. Longshoreman Asks Damages. Damages of $20,382.25 are asked of the San Francisco & Portland Steam ship Company by John Peterson for in juries received when 16 sacks of flour, each weighing about 100 pounds, fell on him while he was working on the Ainsworth dock, in a suit tiled in the Circuit Court yesterday. The accident occurred April 7, last, when the sacks slipped from" a sling in which they were being hoisted to the steamer Bear. Peterson alleges he was badly crushed, many bones being broken, when the sacks dropped on him from a height of 25 feet. Offer for Steamers Asked. Portland grain interests have been asked to make an offer for the British steamers Harewood and Competitor for transporting cereal from this port to the United Kingdom. The vessels, it is said, would be available for September October loading. Cable Will Be Repaired. District Forecaster E. A. Seals was authorized by the Weather Bureau yesterday to take immediate steps for the repair of the submarine cable at the mouth of the Columbia River, con necting Fort Stevens and Canby. The cable has been out of commission since July 9, of this year. It is considered likely that two miles of new cable may have to be installed. CKAFT GETS LOCAL REGISTRY Schooner Columbia River Will Be Launched September 2 8. The entrance registry of the schoon er Columbia River, now nearlng com pletion at Grays Harbor for- Balfour. Guthrie & Co.. will be at Portland, ac cording to announcement which has been made by that concern. The launching date for the vessel has been fixed as September 28, and ten days later she is scheduled to begin loading lumber for Port Plrie. The schooner, which is being built at the yards of Andrew Peterson, will have a capacity of 1,500.000 feet of lum ber. She will load at one of the Grays Harbor mills for her first voyage and may be brought to the Columbia River for loading later. Steamers on New Schedule. IIOQUIAM. Wash.. Aug. 23. (Spe cial.) The McCormick Company, of San Francisco, has established an agency in Hoqulam for Grays Harbor for the passenger business on its line of steamers between here and Califor nia points. The company has reojscn ized its schedule, putting several new vessels on the Hrquiam and Grays Har bor route, which gives a sailing onco a wjclt. Murine Xotes. t The Japanese steamer Nippon Maru com pleted discharging cargo at municipal dock io. l yesieraay iiwu "uu the river today to begin taking on lumber at St. Helens for shipment to the West Coast. The vessel was fumigated yesterday afternoon. Captain Clyde Raa.be has succeeded Cap tain A. W. Graham as master of the steamer Pomona, of the Oregon City Transportation Company. That vessel is to begin opera ting on the run up the Willamette River Friday. The steamer F. A. Kilburn entered yes terday with 418 tons of miscellaneous cargo, ItnM) cases of condensed milk and 300 cases of canned salmon. The regular meeting of the Portland Dock Commission will be held this morn ing. The Oregon City locks will not be operated Sunday, August 27, from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M., according to announcement made yes terday by Major Henry C. Jewett, corps of engineers. U. S. A.. Owners of "boats desir ing to lock through at an earlier hour that day should give notice not later than 7 A. M. The locks will be closed In order to permit the placing of the second cofferdam. After having undergone a thorough over hauling of her engines, the steamer Cas cades, of the Shaver Transportation Com pany,' has been put In commission In place of the steamer No Wonder. The latter ves sel has been laid up. A rate of 23 shillings is to be received by the steamer Eurana, one of the first ves sels turned out by the Union Iron Works, for the transportation of grain from the Atlantic Coast to Amsterdam. The Eurana was purchased by Savannah Interests. Xews From Xorthwest Ports. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 22. (Special.) The tug Oneonta, under command of Captain Heed, sailed today for Port Angeles after the barkentlne Kohala that is to load lum ber at Weatport The steam schooner Daisy sailed for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber from Rainier. The steam schooner Alcatraz arrived from San Francisco and went to Prescott to load lumber. The steam schooner J. B. Stetson arrived from San Francisco with freight for As toria end Portland. The steamer Northern Pacific arrived from San Francisco with a full cargo of freight and a fair list of passengers. Tho steam schooner Daisy Gadsby sailed tonight for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber from Wauna and Knappton. With freight and passengers for Astoria and Portland, the steamer Breakwater ar rived from San Francisco via Eureka and Coos Hay. The steam schooner Daisy Mathews Is rmm Kun Vranclsco to load lumber. Carrying freight for Coast points, the gasoline schooner Tillamook sailed this aft ernoon. COOS BAT. Or.. Aug. 23. (Special.) The steam echooner Tellowstone arrived at 9 o'clock from San Francisco, bringing general freight for Coo Bay points. FLORENCE. Or., Aug. 23. (Special.) The gasoline schooner Mirene arrived from Portland at 8 P. M. Tides at Astoria Thursday. High. Low. 10:4S A. M 6.4 feet 4:32 A. M 0.3 foot 10:07 P. M 7.0 feet I 4:30 P. M....3.0 feet Vessels Cleared Yesterday. American steamer F. A. Kilburn. general cargo, for San Francisco. Vessels Kntered Testerday. American steamer F.' A. Kilburn. general cargo, from San Francisco and way porta. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Aug. 23. Maximum temper ature, 93 degrees: minimum, 62 degrees. River reading, 8 a. m., tt.9 feet; change in last 24 hours, 0.1 feet. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0 inches; total rainfall since September 1, 1915, 5B.21 Inches; nor mal rainfall since September 1, 44.89 Inches; excess of rainfall since September 1. 1915. 11.32 Inches. Total sunshine. 13 hours 48 minutes; possible sunshine. 13 hours 48 min utes. Barometer (reduced to sea level) 5 P. M.. 291)0 inches. Relative humidity at noon, 44 per cent. THE WEATHER. State of tVeatnsr STATIONS. Baker ........... Boise Boston ........... Calgary Chicago ......... Colfax Denver Des Moines ...... Duluth Eureka .......... Galveston Helena Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles Marshfield ....... Medford Minneapolis ...... Montreal ........ New Orleans .... New York North Head North Yakima ... Omaha Pendleton ........ Phoenix Pocatello ........ Portland ......... Roseburg ........ Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake San Francisco - . . Seattle Spokane ......... Tacoma Tatoosh Island . , Walla Walla Washington . . Winnipeg Yellowstone Park. 90 0 001. , INWlClear 90 0. 00 . . oo . . W Clear 92,0. NW E Rain Clear Clear 74 0. 74 0. 94 0. 80 0. 86 0. 82 O, 34 0. H(l o. 88 0. 90 0. 620. oo. . 00;. . 00 . , ix) I. . SE E KJlear NE Cloudy Clear 00 . .J5W Clear . 00. .LN 0O. .S 001. . W Cloudy Clear Clear 04;10,SE 001. . W Cloudy ' KJlear I 80 0 .OOl. .SW Cloudy 001. .NW:Clear 10O 0. . NW Clear 840. 72 0. 92 0. w Clear N W PL cloudy Pt. cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Rain SW 90,0. 82 0. N 00 24 1 X 12 0. 00 . . N'W 660 06 .. SW OO,. . NE ioi:o 88 0 OO . . E 88 0. 93 O. 98 0. 90,0. 800. 86 0. 00'. . 00-. . NW,Clear -n w ;jiear 'N Clear S Clear 00 . . 00 . . 00 NWClear OO'lO NW.Clear 00 22.SW (Clear 62 0. 82 0 92 0 82 0 Bo 0 90. 880. 80 0 82 O CO,. . N Clear Clear Clear Clear , Clear Cloudy Cloudy 00 ... B 0012 N" 00 18 NE 00 . .ISW 04 . . NW 00 18 W 00;l(iN-Wciear WEATHER CONDITIONS. ' Portland. Or., Aug. 23. 1916. A large high pressure area la central over Northwestern British Columbia, and It ex tends south and eastward to the Appa lachian Mountains. The barometer is rela tively low over Western Oregon. California and Arizona, and a small depression is pass ing seaward off the New England Coast. Local rains have fallen in Southeastern New Mexico. Southern Florida, Middle Atlantic and New England states. It is warmer In Kansas. Nebraska. South Dakota. Iowa and Northwestern Missouri. The temperatures have fallen decidedly in Tennessee, the up per Ohio Valley. District of Columbia and Middle Atlantic States. A maximum tem perature of 93 degrees occurred at Portland at 4:15 P. M. This is the highest temper ature so far this season. The conditions are favorable for fair and continued warm weather la this district Thursday. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Thursday fair, con tinued warm, northerly winds. Oregon Thursday fair and continued warm, except slightly cooler southwest por tion: winds mostly northerly. Washington Thursday fair; continued warm, northerly winds. Idaho Thursday fair, continued warm. E. A. BEALS. forecaster. COAST WHEAT GAINS Interior Markets Are Strong, but Selling Is Limited. FARMERS ARE SPECULATING Bluestem Brings. $(.30, Highest l'rlce of Years on Ixcal Board. Club Bids Aro 1 Cent Higher at $1.25. Five thousand bushels of September blue stem wheat changed hands at the Mer chants' Exchange yesterday at $1.30, a price 4 cents better than was bid on the preced ing day. This price is the highest of the season and equals the top mark reached in 1914, but is still 29 cents under the ex treme price recorded last year. Other bids at the Exchange ranged from unchanged to 2 cents higher,' as compared with Tuesday. Nearly all reports received from the coun try were of a tightening up by farmers. Bids at interior points were strong and In some localities higher, but the selling ware appears to have passed, and for the time being the grower has turned speculator. Dealers in the country were offering 1.20 f. o. b. for bluestem, and it was also re ported that some of the smaller mills up tht line paid this price to farmers. In the Pen- dleton and Walla Walla section there were bids of $1.12 and $1.13 for club, and at other points 11.15 was offered for this va rlety. There were also sales of fortyfold In the country at 11.19. Bids from the East were as good as the day before. Buyers do not appear to be so keen for barley as they were a week ago. Feed barley blds on the local exchange were reduced $1 a ton. Oats bids were lowered DO cents to $1. In the country oats were beleng offered more freely. There was a 20-cent advance in the local flour market, which put the lowest price on patents to 16.20. A Chicago trade bulletin said the Creek government was in the market for 1.500,000 bushels of wheat. Terminal receipts in cars were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Portland Wed.. 9 .... 1 2 S Ver ago 42 1 t H 1 Season to date R05 '24 321 27 HOi Year ago 131S 114 130 130 308 Tacoma Tues... 44 1 8 Year ago r,o 2 .... 3 26 Season to date. 770 11 . 36 2.".2 Year ago 9l7 3." 4:1 24 Seattle Tues 51 1 3 22 13 Year ago 22 10 10 5 6 Season to date.. 7."i0 24 316 236 598 Year ago 748 83 3SS 154 703 WHEAT HARVEST IS WELL ADVANCED Threshing Is Now General and Yields Meet Expectations. Following is n summary of the crop con dltlons In Oregon for the week ending Au gust 22, 1916. as reported to the local office of the weather bureau by special corre spondents throughout the state: There were frequent showers on two days during the midle of the week and at the same time the night temperatures were un usually low. so low in fact that frost formed in a number of the higher farming sec tions of the state. The frost did no great damage because vegetation was too far ad vanced to be badly hurt. The showers delayed harvesting opera tions to some extent and they also caught some hay down and It became more or less discolored while being cured. The rains were very beneficial to pastures, potatoes and sugar beets, which are all In excellent con dition at the present time. The wheat harvest is well advanced and some farmers are through with this work. Threshing Is now general and the yields are everywhere meeting expectations both as to quality and quantity. The harvesting of flax has begun, and the crop, while not quite up to the average, la a fairly good one. Stock continues In excellent condition, al though in some of the dryer sections of the state the ranges are falling, but they are much better than usual at this season of the year. Red clover Is filling nicely, but alslke clover is not so thrifty as expected It would be earlier In the season. Hopplcklng will begin in some of the earli er yards next week. This crop has made a rood growth and while some yards are In fected with vermin, this pest has not been 'ery troublesome as yet. Bartlett pears are being picked and the crop is an excellent one. Apples and prunes continue doing nicely and altogether the week was a favorable one for the staple crops in Oregon. HEAVY WOOL PURCHASES IN EAST Mills Replenish Stocks Lost in Black Tom Island Disaster. Wool buying In the Boston market has been heavier In the past week. The explo sion and fire on Black Tom Island caused a loss of C000 bales of wool. The Botany Worsted Mills are reported to have been very active in replenishing stocks which they lost In this disaster. It Is estimated that the concern has absorbed 673.000 pounds or so. A leading mill buyer, says another rumor, has taken approximately 3.000.000 pounds of Montana wool In the past week or 10 days. The market generally has shown more activity, manufacturers have done more sampling in the new domestio wools. The market remains strong. The sales noted Include 73.000 pounds Idaho quarter-blood at 33 cents, or 70 cents clean: 100 bales New Mexico fine scoured at 74 to 75 cents; 100 bales California twelve months at 30 cents, or 80 cents clean; 100. 000 pounds Texas twelve-months at 85 cents clean and good-sized lots of original Utah, at 27 to 29 cents In the grease, or 80 to 82 cents clean: original Nevada at 28 to 29 cents, or 80 to 82 cents clean; choice Mon tana at 30 to 38 cents for medium and 33 to 35 cents for fine medium and half-blood. the scoured cost being 80 to 83 cents: 75. C00 pounds original Colorado at 75 to 70 cents clean, and 100.000 pounds graded Wy oming half-blood at 82 cents clean. Scoured values are quoted as follows: Fine staple, 85 to 90 cents; half-blood staple, 85 to 87 cents: three-elghths-blood staple, 80 to 82 cents: quarter-blood staple, 70 to to cents; fine clothing. 78 to 80 cents, and fine medium clothing. 76 to 78 cents. Texas twelve-months is quotable on the scoured basis at 80 to 85 cents and eight-months at .70 to 73 cents. COUNTRY BUTTER IS ACCUMULATING Speculators Refuse to Buy Surplus for Stor age at Prevent Prices. The butter market m-as reported weak, with country creamery cubes piling up on the street. At the Produce Exchange, ex tras were offered at 20 VJ cents, with 29 cents bid. Prime firsts were offered at 28 cents and firsts at 27 '.a cents, with no bid for either. ' The egg market was steady and rather sluggish. Current receipts were offered at 27 cents, with 26 cents bid. There was no change in cheese or poultry on the board. On the street hens sold at 14915 cents, according to size. Dressed meat receipts were small and the demand slack, owing to the hot weather, but prices were quoted steady. PEACH MARKET IS SHADE EASIER Receipts of Crawfords Are Increasing Car of Muscat Grapes In. The peach market was better supplied yesterday. Tilth lsrger receipts of Crawfords from The Dalles and Southern Oregon, The best stock vai quoted at L 75 SO cents. Cheaper grades of peaches were available at 40 S 50 cents. A car of Muscat grapes arrived and they sold at J1.33S1.50. Tokays and other grapes were unchanged. Melons were in strong demand and prices were steady. There was a good supply cantaloupes, which were unchanged at 60ctf $1.83. ' Lemons are selling better because of the hot weather. FttiULE HOP PICKING HAS STARTKD Harvesting of Slain Crop Will Begin Next Week. Picking of fuggle hops began In a few yards In the southern part of the valley yesterday. At Julius Plncus' yard, near Al bany, the largest fuggle hopyard In the United States, a big crew of pickers is ready to start work on Friday morning. The gathering of the later variety will begin early in the coming week. The market is in an unsatisfactory condi tio!. The trade cannot remember a previous year when there was not at least a fair demand for contracts at some price during Augusts At the present time the demand is practically at a standstill. The very few buyers who seem to be interested indicate a price of about 10 cents to the grower. Hop crop reports from points on the line of the Oregon Electric Railway, received by the company, follow: Forest Urove Hops doing fine and expect very good yield. Orenco Hop acreage cut in half, but yield will equil last year's. Wilsonville Hops reported heavy. I.lce doing some damage and growers afraid. Gen eral condition better than last year and growers look for much heavier yield. Donald Hops doing fine. Very little ver min damage. Some spraying being done. Woodburn Hops in very good condition. few lice appearing. Expect heavier crop than 1915. West Woodburn Hops will be average crop. Waconda Hop crop will be average. Salem Hops still fine; expect full yield. Orovllle Hops will be good crop. Harrlsburg Hops looking fine, lice doing very little damage. Wllkesboro Hops looking fine; lice ap pearing in few yards, which are being sprayed. Expect will be as good as 1915 crop. Albany Hops are looking fine and large increase in yield over 1915 expected. Prac tically no vermin or Insects, but they will develop rapidly with anything but fair weather from now on. Hooey dew is In some fields, but no serious damage as yet. Vetch Pool 8old at Albany. The big vetch seed pool formed by Polk and Linn County growers was sold at Al bany at 13.SO a hundred. The pool was secured by California buyers. There was ac tive bidding for the seed. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland l.s77.1'7 1,".1.:!; Seattle 2.476,-Su 21-1. Ull Tacoma 414.v.t 70.7O1 Spokane t2'J.oUl 42.&U5 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Flour, Peed, Etc. Merchants' Exchange, noon session. August delivery. Bid Wheat Bid. jr. ago. Bluestem 1 1-27H 1 -'5 Fortyfold : 1.2.". .92 Club 1.2:1 .89 Ked fife . 1.25 ..- Red Russian 1.2". .84 Oats No. 1 white feed 31. OO 21..".') Barley No. 1 feed u2.uu 23.50 Futures Bid. September bluestem 1 1.27' uviooer Diues.eni l.t1. September foriyrold 1.25 October fort fold 1.24 September club 1.2:i October club 1.22 September red fifa 1.25 October red flte 1.25 September Russian ................. 1.22 October Russian .................... 1.22 September oats 30.50 October oats 3n.uo September feod barley 32.CO October leed Larley 32.00 FLOUR Patents. 16.20; straights. 15.50 6: exports, 15.6' : Valley, lu; whole wheat, 18.41: graham. 18.20. MILLFEED Spot prices: Bran, 123.50 per ton; shorts. 125.50 per ton; rolled barley. 135 ii 36. CORN Whole. 112 per ton; cracked, 113 per ton. HAY Producers' prices: Timothy. Eastern Oregon. 116.501rl8 per ton; alfalfa. 114.50; wheat ha, 112.50i 13.50; oat and vetch, 112lij.12.io; cheat. Ill; clover. 110. Dairy and Country Produce. BUTTER Exchange prices: Cubes, ex tras. 2:c bid. Jobbing prices: prints, ex tras, 30 34c; butterfat. No. 1. Sic; No. 2, 2uc, Portland. CHEESE Jobbers buying price, f. o. b. dock Portland: Tillamook triplets, 16c; Youn? America. 17c per pound. EGGS Oregon ranch, exchange price, cur rent receipts, 2)r(27c per dozen. Jobbing prices: Oregon ranch, candled, 2830c; se lects. 32c. POULTRY Hens, 1415c; broilers. 10 17c per pound; turkeys, live, 18022c; ducks. llrl4'Ac. geese, Oyllc. VEAL Fancy, 12V4c per pound. PORK Fancy, 12 per pound. Pralta and Vegetables. Local Jobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges. Valenclas, S4&4.25 per box; lemons, 18t7 per box; bananas, 4c per pound; grapefruit, 12.50 U !.75. VEGETABLES Artichokes. 75c 11 per dozen; tomatoes. 3575o per crate; cab bage. 11.75 per hundred; garlic. 8c per pound; peppers. 5&6c per pound; eggplant, 70 10c per pound: lettuce. 2U!i?25c per dozen, cucumbers, 253f85c per box; peas. 4P5c per po ind; eans. 34c per pound; celery. 75tt) 85o perliizen; corn. 10. 20c per dozen. POTATOES New, 11 1.25 a hundred; sweets. 34 4c. uNiO.N's California. 11.73 per sack; Walla Walla, yl.75 per sack. GREEN FRUITS Apples, new. 90ctl.75 per box; cantaloupe. 60cG'll.S5 per crate; peaches. 40Suc per box; watermelons. 1 5j l'4c per pound; figs. lll-50 per- box; plums, 75ftt 11.25; pears, ll.50yl.75; grapes, 11.35 6 2; casabas. Hit SACK VEGETABLES Turnips. 11.25: car rots. Ilji5(a-l.v5: beets. 11.251.50 per sack. Staple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River. 1 -pound tails, 12.30 per dozen; one-half flats. 11.50; 1 -pound flats, 12.50; Alaska pink, 1-poiind tails. 11. HONEY Choice. 1.1.25 per case. NUTS Walnuts, sack lots. 16c; Brazil nuts. liSlSc. filberts. 1618c: almonds. 16c; peanuts. 7Vfcc; cocoanuts. 11 per dozen: pecan 1520c; chestnuts, 10c BEANS Small white, 9'ic; large white, 9c: Uma. 7Vjc: bayou. 7fcc; pink. 7?c; red Mexlcana 7 He. COFFEE Roasted, In drums. 14 933c SUGAR Fruit and berry. 17.75; Honolulu. 17.70; best. 17.75; extra C. 17.35; powdered. In barrels. 15.25; cubes. In barrels, 18.50. SALT Granulated. 115.50 per ton; half gr?und. 100a $10.50 per ton; 50. 111.30 per ton; dairy. 114 per ton. RICE Southern, head. G6Hc per pound; broken. 4c: Japan style. 445c. DRIED FRUIT Apples. Sc per pound: ap ricots. 13&20c; peaches, Sc; prunes, Italian. Se-Oc; raisins, loose Muscatels. Sc; un bleached SuUanas. O&lOc; seeded. 9c; dates, Persian. 10c per pound: fard. 11.65 J per bcx; currants. 1518c: figs. &0 6-ounc. e . ..w v-uu,ii.v. . ... . oo iv-uuim, .(; 12 10-ounce, 85c; bulk, white, 7 Sc; black, tic per pound. Provislone. HAMS All sizes, cnolce. 22c; standard. 21c: sklnneo. 19020c; picnics. 14c; cottage rolls, J6c. BACON Fancy. IS 30c; standard. 240 25c: choice. IS 3 23c. DRY SALT Short, clear bacKS. 15016V4C; exports. lM7Vic: plate. 12Wllc. LARD Tierce basis. hfe rendered. 13c; standard. 14 e; compound. 12c. BAH R EL GOODS Mess pork. 118; plate beef. 122: brisket pork. 122.50; tripe. $10.50 tj.ll.50. Hope. Wool. Hides. Ktc. HOPS 1915 crop, nominal; 1916 contracts, 10c. nominal. HIDES Salted hides. 23 pounds and up. 17c: salted hides. 50 pounds and up. 12c. salted kip. 15 pounds to 2."". pounds. 17c: salted calf, up to 15 pounds, 23c; green hides. 30 pounds and up. 15c; green stags. fH pounds and up. 11c; green ktp. 15 pounds. 17c: dry flint hides. 2oc: dry flint calf, up to 7 pounds, 31c; dry salt hides. 25c WOOL Eastern Oregon, flue, 2JC26c; coarse. 3oe32c; Valley. 35c CASCARA BARK Old and new. 4 Sic per pound. PELTS Dry long-wooled pelts. 21c; dry shert-wooied celts, 17c; dry shearlings, 10 a 25c each; salted shearlings. 15 0 25c each, dry goat long hair. ISc each; dry goat shearlings. 10?2uc TALLOW No. 1. IVic; No. 2.3Vac: grease. 4 t 3c. Oils. KEROSENE Water white, drums, barrels or tank wagons. 104c: cases, IS 3 21 14c. GASOLINE Bulk, SOV,c; cases. 28Vief naptha. drums. IS'jc; cases, 25ViC . LINSEED OIL Kaw. barrels, fetic: raw. cases. Wlc; bol'.ed, barrels. bSc; boiled, cases. o;ic. TURPENTINE Id tanks. 57c; in cases. Clc; ll'-case lols lc lesa. WKNATCH EK'S EXPORTS ARE LARGE Produrla of Wellington District I ill Many Car. WEXATCHEE. Wash.. Aus. 23. (Special A total of 2S3 loaded cars have rolled from Wenatchee thin season. This repre sents about two-thirds of the shipments from tho Wenatchee Valley and the upper country. In other words, approximately 4.53 carloads have gone this season from this district. Yesterday eight cars went east and four west. Eeven curs went east Sunday and. 13 cars rolleil west. The shipments are increasing dailv. Tho receipts at pscnt prices will approximate $:;oo,ou0. Dollar Wheat at Valley Points. ALBANY. Or.. Aug. 23. (Special.) Tak ing advantage of tho unususal opportunity ta sell wheat at a dollar a bushel, most Linn. County farmers, whose wheat has been de livered at local warehouses, have been sell ing promptly, according to the statement of local dealers. It seems to be the ten dency to sell now rather than wait for pros pective higher prices. Only a small proportion, however, of this year's wheat yield has been placed in ware houses ready for market, so the sales thua far made are not large. CARLTON. Or., Aug. 23. (Special.) With the present high prices the farmers are delivering wheat to the elevator and are selling freely. It is not an unusual sight to see 20 teams lined up at the elevator from, early morning to late in the evening. The average dally delivery at the elevator for the past week has been around 4000 bushels. Grand llonde Yield Is Uood. COVE, Or.. Aus. 23. (Special.) Threshing is beginning- in Grand. Ronde Valley, and in and about Cove is indicating' quality as well as abundant yield, recent light rains hav ing worked no injury. Harvest hands are scarce, wages running from $4.T0 to $3.50 for ordinary, and from $4.o0 to $3.50 on the engine, all found. TRAVELERS' UCIUK, San Francisco Los Angeles (Without Change En Route.) The Dig. Clean. Comfortable, Klegantly Appointed, leaguing S. S. BEAVER Sail From A Inn worth Dock a I M SATURDAY. At'G. 26. 100 Golden Miles oo Columbia Klver. All tnte Include Berth and Meult. Tslile and Service Unexcelled. The San I-TiinelHCo A Portland S. S. Co.. Third and -hiuclon Street (wit a O.-V.'. R. Jt N. Co.) Tel. Broadway 4000. A 0121. FASTEST ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA Save Time and Money Portland $20.00 San Francisco $17.53 -1 its r CLASS t tfc-ij I-. V Tit Tenrlst. 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