THE MORNING OREGOSIAX, FRIDAY, APRIX 20, 1917.
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WHEAT PRICE SOARS
Advances of 10 to 15 Cents in
Local Market.
BLUESTEM BIDS UP TO $2.34
Ilotir Is Ufted 6 0 Cents Per
Harrel in View of Rise ill
Grain Valnes Oats and
Barley Sharply Higher.
Wheat bids at the Merchants' Etxchangii
yesterday were advanced 10 to 15 cent. For
April bluestem $2.32 wasoffered, $2.33 was
bid for May and $2.34 for June. For spot
fortyfold and club $2.1:7 was bid. and red
Kussian was advanced to $2.25.
Even at these strong prices wheat can be
hipped East and sold at a profit, as cash
wheat sold In the East during the day at
$2.77. Predictions are generally made In
me trade that the Chicago market will go
to $3 before the course of the advance Is
topped. Yesterday's option gain In that
market reached nearly 10 cents. Private ad
vices were of heavy export buying In ad
dition to the urgent demand from domestic
millers.
Canada Is reported to have a visible sur
plus of 110.500.000 bushels, which is more
than was previously estimated, yet it is not
likely that this wheat will be dumped on the
American market, as prices are now higher
Jn Canada than on this side of the line.
In the meantime, American stocks are
dwindling fast and shipments from United
States ports to Europe are being pushed
to the utmost. Even in this section of the
country every facility is being given to the
prompt dispatching of grain previously
bought by foreigners. A Chicago expert has
estimated that on April 1 the surplus of
domestic wheat in the United States avail
able for export during the next three months
was but 53.000.000 bushels. Last year from
April 1 to July 1 exports were 55.000,000
bushels.
Heavy wheat buying by millers In all parts
of the country proves the continuance of
Bn extraordinary domestic demand for flour.
Here, as in the East, households are being
stocked up against an anticipated shortage.
This general loading up of flour by con
sumers is a factor that will have to be
reckoned with in the not distant future. The
fortunate ones may prove to be those who
are buying sparingly from hand to mouth.
The same applies to other commodities as
well as flour.
Oats and barley shared In the strength or
wheat, though both these cereals are still
far under the valuo of wheat. Five sales
of May oats, each of 100 tons, were made at
the Merchants' Exchange a $50.50. an ad
vance of $1 over Wednesday's bid price.
For June oats $51.25 was offered. Barley
bids were raised $2 to $2.50 a ton. There
was a strong demand from California for
all grains. Feed stocks there are prac
tically exhausted and the new crop is fully
a. month late.
Mill feed was active at the Exchange.
The following sales were posted: 100 tons
June bran at $33: 100 tons May shorts at
$."!!; 200 tons June shorts at $37.50.
Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported
by the Merchants' Exchange as follows:
Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay
Portland, Thur
13
2
5
Year aKO 11
1
1271
1031
12
22r.ll
22J8
6
1
1704
2101
"H
3492
8842
Season to date.47'U
Tear ago 9tWt!
Taeoma. Wed. 10
Year u&o 7
Season to date. 5527
Year ago 6340
Sf-attle. Wed.. 1
Year ao 7
Season to date. 4559
Year ago 732S
193
15u2
21 Oil
82S
"'k
so:!
323
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1005
1)21
lie
498
"16
800
1254
1455
1878
FLOUR ADVANCE? 60 CENTS BARREL
Market Pushed to' Higher Level by Big: Rise
in Wheat
The big Jump in the wheat market yes
terday made higher priced flour inevitable.
Millers, at the close of the grain exchange
session, announced an advance of CO cents
a barrel in all grades of flour on. their lists.
The rise, which Is the greatest which has
occurred since the European war began,
puts patent flour at the $11.20 level. The
new price will become effective this morn
ing. Mill feeds of all kinds were strong.
but quotations were not changed during the
day.
Among the grocery commodities on which
advances were announced was a leading
brand of olive oil. which was put up $1
case in five-gallon tins.
Glass fruit Jars were advanced 73 cents
a gross.
LOCAL, BUTTER MARKET WEAKENING
Decline In Early Part of Next Week Is
Looked For,
The butter market is steadily weakening
and a decline of about 2 cents In the
early part of next week Is probable.
An advance of three-quarters of a cent
In Coos and Curry triplet cheese was an
nounced. Eggs were firm with sales mads on the
street at 33 H cents case count.
Poultry and dressed meats were firm and
unchanged.
Front Street Closes at Noon.
Front-street houses closed at noon yes
terday, owning to the patriotic parade. But
little business In the fruit and vegetable
line was done ' in the forenoon. A car of
Los Angeles berries is due this morning and
Will sell cheaper than the last shipment.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities
vesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
Portand $2,584,807 $307,216
Seatte 3.289,420 733,849
Taeoma 414.426 24.913
Spokane 1.007.979 215.811
PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc.
Merchants' Exchange, noon session;
April delivery: Bid:
neat Bid. Tr. ago.
Hluestem
- 2.82
f 1.03
Fortylold .......
Club
Red Russian ....
Oats
No. 1 white feed
Barley
No. 1 feed
Futures
May bluestem ...
June bluestem ..
&lay fortyfold ...
June fortyfold ..
tay club ........
June club .......
Mty Russian ....
June Russian ....
May oats .......
J une oa tr ........
May bariey
June barley
2.27
2.27
2.23
............ 49.75
S1.00
.112
.91
.91
25.50
27.00
Bid.
..J 2.33
. . 2.34
.. 2.28
. . 2.29
. . 2.28
. . 2.2S
.. 2.25
.. 2.25
.. 60.25
.. f1.25
.. 61.00
. . 49.00
FLOUR Patents. $11.20; straights, $10
10:40: Valley. $10.20; whole wheat. $11.40
graham. $11.20.
M1LLFEED Spot prices: Bran. $3T per
ton; shorts. $41 per ton; roiled barley, $53
per ton.
CORN White. $62 per ton; cracked. $63
per ton.
HAY Producers' prices: Timothy, Eastern
Oregon. $242U per ton; Valley timothy,
$1820; alfalfa, $1820; Valley grain hay,
$10 to 18.
Hairy and Country Prodnre.
BUTTER Cubes, extras. 40 H 41c; prime
firsts, 40c. Jobbing prices: Prints, extras.
44c; cartons, xc extra; Dutteriat. .No. 1. 44c;
No. 2. 42c.
CHJ2ESE Jobbers buying prices, t. o. b,
dock, Portland: Tillamook triplets. 24c:
Young Americas, 25c per pound; longhorns,
i.'4c. Coos and Curry, f. o. b. Myrtle Point:
Triplets, 23c; Young America. 244c per
pound: longhorns, -4c per pound,
Eor.S Oregon ranch, current receipts.
3 33 40 per dozen; Oregon ranch, selects,
o4c per dozen.
POULTRY Hens, 213230 per pound;
broilers. 30 5? 40c: turkeys. 25 26c; ducks.
22 'j1-'.:5c; geese. 15 5?lGc.
VEAL Fancy, 1415o per pound.
PO KK Fancy. .. 1 8 Vi ' 1 c.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Local Jobbing quotations:
TROPICAL FKUITS Oranges. ravels.
$2.50&3.45; lemons. $3.00 4.r0 per box; ba
nanas, fi'c per pound; grapefruit. $3 SI 6.25.
VEGETABLES -Artichokes. S5c1.10 per
dozen: tomatoes. $3.73 per crate; cnbbage,
!4S4e per pound; eggplant. 25c per
pound; lettuce, n 2.75; cucumbers. $1.25
rl.7o dozen: celery. $11.23 per dozen. $0tl
7 per crate: cauliflower. $1.5G2.25 per
crate; peppers, 4550c per pound; rhu
barb. 8 6 4c per pound; peas. lOpllc per
pound; asparagus. fe&.12Uc per pound; spin
ach. $1.50 per box; sprouts. 124c per pound.
POTATOES Oregon buying prices. $3.75
tf4 per hundred; new Florldas. Jobbing
price. $5 per hamper.
O.VIOXS Oregon Jobbing prices: No. 1.
$12.50 per sack; Australian, ll12o per
pound.
GKEEN FRUIT Strawberries, $2.25 per
crate: apples, 85c $2.35 per box; cran
berries, (a per barrel.
1 Staple Groceries.
Local Jobbing quotations:
SUGAR Fruit and berry. $9.10; Honolulu
plantation. $0.05: lirants Pass beet. $8.90;
California beet. $8.1)0; extra C, $8.70; pow
dered, in barrels, $0.65; cubes. In barrels.
$U.K5.
SALMON Columbia River. 1-pound tails.
$2.40 per dozen: one-half flats, $1.50: one
pound flats, $2.50; Alaska pinks, 1-pound,
tails, $1.25.
HOXEV Choice. $3513.25 per case.
NUTS Walnuts. 138224c; Brazil nuts.
21c; filberts. 22c; almonds, JOS 20c; pea
nuts, 7f712c; cocoanuts, $1.10 per dozen;
pecans. 1714 c.
BEANS Oregon, small white. 11c; Cali
fornia, small white. 15c. large white. 14c;
Lima. 15i;c; bayous. 11c; pink. 11.
COFFEE Koasted. in drums. 1725c.
SALT Granulated, $16.75 per ton; half
ground, loos. $11.50 per ton; 50a, $12.25 per
ton: dairy, $14.73 per ton.
K1CE Southern head, 747c pound;
blue rose, 0aTc; broken. 014c; Japan style.
65 'Sic.
DRIED FRUIT Apples. 103llc: apricots,
16919c; peaches, 30811c; prunes, Italian,
9r10c: raisins, 85c&$3 per box; dates, fard,
2. 50 (S3 per box; currants. 1516c; figs,
$2 & 3.50 per box.
Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc.
HOPS 1916 crop, 4 6c per pound; 1917
contracts, nominal.
HIDES Salted hides (25 pounds up), 18c:
salted stags 50 pounds and up), 14c: green
and salted kip (15 pounds to 25 pounds). 18c;
green and salted calf skins (up to 15
pounds), 28c; green hides (25 pounds and
up), 16c; green stags (50 pounds and up),
12c; dry hides. 30c; salt hides, 25c; dry
horse hides, $1.50 ft 2.50; salt horse hides.
PELTS Dry long-wooled pelts, 80c; calted
onK-wooled pelts, $1.50 3 3.
WOOL Eastern Oregon, fine, 80 333c per
pound: coarse. 40c; Valley, 40-45c;
MOHA1 R R.-.c per pound.
CASOAKA BARK Old and new, 78c per
pound.
Provisions.
HAM!? All sizes, choice, 20c; standard.
2Sc; skinned, 27&2Sc; picnics, 2414c; cottage
rolls, 27c.
LAUD Tierce basis. " kettle-rendered.
24Vic: standard pure. 24c: compound, 18c.
BACON Fancy. 87Si 88c: standard. 32
33c: choice. 26(& 30c.
dky SALT Short clear backs. 24 s 20c;
exports, 23 ii 25 14 c; plates. 19 ft 21c
Oils.
KEROSENE Water white, drums, bar
rels or tank wagons, 10c; cases, 18 M: i$ 22c
uasuumi; liulk, HI Vic; cases. 80c; nap
tha, drums, 1014c; cases. 28c; engine distil
late, drums, lOWc; cases, 19c
LINSEED OIL Raw. barrels, SI. 24: rases.
$1.31; boiled, barrels, $1.26; cases. $1.33.
TUItPliNTINli In tanks, 67c; in cases, 74c.
CATTLE MARKET IS FIRM
SMALL ni'X OP STOCK AT NOHTII
PORTLAXD.
Best Hoes Available Bring S15.40, W illi
Bulk of Sales at f 15.25 .No
Sheep Offered.
There was a light run of stock at tho
North Portland yards yesterday and a quiet
and steady market. The few sales were
within tho range of prices oreviously estab
lished. A small load of hogs was sold at
$ 15.40. with the bulk of sales at (13.23. Cows
sold up to (S.73 for the best grades.
Receipts were OS cattle, 5 calves and 328
hops. Shippers were: Joe Dadoralt. Sheri
dan. 1 car cattle, hoes: Z. A. French. Airlie.
1 car hogs; Peterson Bros.. Hillsboro, 1 car
cattle, hos; K. H. R. F. Company. Mosier,
1 car hogs; Hout & Pnodgrass. Lebanon. 1
car hogs; McMahon & Son, Halsey, 1 car
hogs; Marsh &. O'Rear, Centralla. 1 car cat
tle, calves.
The day's sales were as follows
Wt. Price
Wt. Price.
840 $0.50
2 calves..
1 cow ....
1 calf
1 COW . . t .
1 COW. . ..
1 COW. . ..
1 COW. . ..
2 cows. . .
1 hog. ...
5 hogs. ..
90 hogs. ...
1 hog
5 hogs. ..
45 hogs. .
1 hog. . ..
2 hogs. ..
7 hogs. ..
320 f.N.'Jfi
1270 ti.00
270 O.oo
it20 8.7."
1110 7.7."
3 cows. . .
1 cow. . . .
2 cows . . .
6 cows
1 Pteer. . .
1 bull
1 bull
1 calf
730
ri r o
!73
KO0
83U
lorto
10H0
340
5.00
ft oo
7.00
C.70
7.20
8.L'5
!KM) 8.501
lO0 7.301
!.-5 8.5o
1!0 14.
3 calves. ,
1
10.00
140 14.40 24 hogs.
180 10.40
200 10.2.0
210 14.25
470 14.10
210 13.00
100 10.30
1C3 15.10
820 14.30
l:i.20: 1 hog
12K 13.70
240 3 4.20
1!2 10.20
250 14.30
200 13.10
150 12.00
hogs. . .
1 hog. . . .
3 hogs
50 hogs. . .
2 hogs. . .
2 hogs
1 cow .
1140 8.00
hogs.
120 14.00
Prices current at the local yards were as
follows;
Steers, prime ......t 9.7510.25
steers, good ............
Steers, medium ..........
Cows, choice
Cows, medium to good ..
Cows, ordinary to fair ...
Heifers
Bulls
Calves ..................
Hogs
Light and heavy packing
Rough heavies ...........
Pigs and skips
Stock hogs
9.50y U.75
U.OOt 9.00
8.500 9.00
7.95 8.25
7.0O 7.50
6.50! 9.00
C.OOio 8.0O
. .... 8.00 Hi 10.00
..... 15.00O15.50
14.00 14.50
13.50irl4.00
12.00 w 13.25
tolieep
Wethers
Ewes . .
Lambs
9.75 12.00
9.00 10.75
10.230 13.50
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA. April 19. Hogs Receipts 9400.
steady. Heavy. $13.301 13.60: light, $14.90
13.40: pigs. $12.30w 10.00; bulk of sales.
$13.15 di 13.00.
Cattle Receipts. 3100. steady. Native
steers, $9.50 (i 13.00 ; cows and heifers, $8.00
1811.00; Western steers, JO. Oo 11.50 : stack
ers and feeders. $o.50'a' 10.25.
Sheep Receipts. 7ooo. steady. Tearllnrs.
$12.00ii 13.75; wethers, $12,50 4 12.90; lambs.
514. to to 1J. IO.
Chicago Livestock .Market.
CHICAGO. April 19. Hogs Receipts.
18.000, slow at yesterday's average to 5c
lower. Bulk of sales, $15.50i 15.80; light,
$14.75'TM5.75; mixed. $15,15415.85; heavy.
$15.15fc 15. ;i0; rough, $13.1515.35; pigs.
SlO.Jn'! 14.UO.
Cattle Receipts. 4000, steady. Native
beef cattle, $i.00?J13.25; stockers and feed
ers. $7.251 9.90; cows and heifers, $5.60
11.00; calves, $S.5012.75.
Sheep Receipts, lo.OOO, steady. Wethers,
$10.00tol2.75; lambs. $11.90815.75.
Livestock Scarce at Engene.
EUGENE. Or., April 19. (Special.) The
scarcity of beef cattle and the high cost of
meat is reflected by the Eugene public
market. On recent market days not
single stall has been occupied by farmers
offering meats of any kind for sale. One
year . ago. four and sometimes five stall
were used for the sale of meat. With the
present high prices prevailing, the farmer
prefers to sell live weignt.
Buyers report a general scarcity of live
stock throughout the valley.
Metal Market.
NEW YORK. April 19. Copper oulet.
Electrolytic, spot and second ouarter. 30
32c, nominal: tnira quarter, zotoaoc.
Iron, steady and unchanged.
Metal Exchange quotes tin firm. Spot,
55.50g 56.25c.
At London, spot copper. 133: futures,
1132 10s; electrolytic, 145. Spot tin. 219 6s
futures. 219 108.
The metal exchange quotes lead firm, 9c
asked.
Spelter weak. Spot, East St. Louis deliv
ery, 9?4c asked.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH. Ga., April 19. Turpentine,
steady, 40c. Sales 87 barrels, receipts 160,
shipments 96. stock 9249.
Rosin, firm, sales 352 barrels: shipments,
none: stock, 94.388. Quote: A. B. 13.00
C. r, S3.0.1 : E. 5.f!3; F. $5.70: G. $5.75: H
I. $5.80; K M, $5.85; N. W, G. $3.90; WW
$6.00.
Duluth Linseed Market.
DULDTH, April 19. Linseed on track and
arrive. $3.34'??3.33; May, $3.33; July, $3.32U
beptember, $J.J2',4 nominal.
STOCK LIST UNEVEN
Concerted Selling of Special
ties at Lower Prices.
METAL SHARES FIRM EARLY
Break in Tobaccos Evidence of In
vestment liquidation at Cur
rent Market Values.
Bonds Irregular.
NEW YORK, April 1!. Concerted selling
of special stocks, notably shippings, motors, J
tobaccos and some of the low-grade rails.
due to more or less specific causes, accounted
In large measure for the conflicting and
erratic course of today's dull market.
New Haven's extreme decline of 4 points
to .ill J4 was associated with the company's
plan to issue a laree block of preferred stock
to meet current obligations.
A gross decline of 37 points In Liggett &
Myers tobacco on a single sale at 2113 and a
7-point loss in American Tobacco at 174
were cited as additional Instances of Invest
ment liquidation at current market values.
Steel and Iron shares held their ground at
gains of 1 to almost a points until the final
hour, when the entire list ebbed away. Total
sales, 01 0,000 shares.
leallngs in bonds were more diversified,
with Irregularity in international. Total
sales, par value, 620,000. United States
coupon 4s declined per cent and the
registered 4s and Panamas 1 per cent on
call.
CLOSIXG STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Clmlng
Sales. Hlfh. Low. bid.
Am Beet Sugar.. 4.oi H i 81 H "1 '4
Am Can 2,700 TiH -1 t
AmCar&Fdry.. 3O0 Bill Ctf '"
Am Locomotive ttT
Am 8tn & R5fg. . 3.700 89 Ti !'-m ''
AmSugRefK - - 1H
Am Tel & Tel 12:;u
Am Z L. b S 200 83 8:i :
Anaconda Cop. .. 9.K0O fc04 T'.i'i "iV
Atchison 1.200 lo'JVs l"-1 K'is
AC, W I SSL... 10,20i io;t !Sv ,
Bait & Ohio l,:ii)0 70',i " 7(!
B & S Copper. . .. aoo 42i 4:1
Calif Petrol -OH
Canadian Pacif.. l.lno 3t2 Hit
Central Leather. li.li'lO "'Vl
Chen A Ohio soo HOi M.
Chi Mil & St P... H00 fc0l 7!)" bit
Chi & X W ift 1144 11.1'i
C R'l & P ctfs... U"0 47Vi 415 4ii1i
Chino Copper. . .. 700 64 B3i 63!
Colo Fu & Iron. . SOU 47'i 47 47
Corn Prod Refg.. 1,400 2.1 23 i 23 4
Crucible Steel. . . 1 l.HIO b3 61 V, 61
Cuba Cane Sugar. . 3, 20O 47H 4r.? 4.)H
Dist Securities. .. J.KOO 14Va 33V 13H
Erie 6,100 '-"3 27 27.
General Electric. :i0O Jc.4'4 104
General Motors.. 15.1100 103 u, !lt loo
Gt North pfd 6()0 110i II014 110
Lit Nor Ore ctfs. . 7UO sl',4 3o 3014
Illinois Central.. 40( . 104 ' 1U4 llKt'.i
Inspiration Cop.. B.300 .rpil'4 r.5H !H
Int M M pfd... 2.".4(10 hO', 7Hi 77?
Int Nickel 2,200 41 " 41 'i 41!
Int Paper 1.500 3!t;;. o8i 3Sit
Iv C Southern ..... ..... 2-
Kennecott Cop. .. 2.100 43H 43V4 43
Louis & Nash 13"Mi
Maxwell Motors. 3,400 4,ii 44 H 44'i
Mexican Petrol.. B.HO0 77i tx'i
Miami Copper. . . 2.000 41. 41'.-i 41
Missouri Pacific 28
Nevada Copper. . l,f00 22?i 2254 2Va
N y Central 1.4O0 W?, 4 04
NYNH&1I.... 16,-SOO 4314 RH Ui
Norfolk & West.. 5M) ll'S-Ti 1-js'i 12.S'-
Northern Pac... 80O 103 'a 1U3U 103H
Pacific Mail 500 21' 21V, 21
Pac Tel & Tel -. 2!
Pennsylvania.... 1,000 B3"4 C3 63
Pittsburg Coal. .. 3(IO 43 434 43
Ray Consol Cop. 1.300 2'i 2 ! '4 2 St i
Reading 7.BOO H l'4
Kep Ir & Steel . .. 5. Too Ro"4 7H 7!)i
Shatt Ariz Cop. . oo 2r.i 24t 24
Southern Pacific SoO f)4r t4 114
Southern Ry 4.00O 2s- 2Si 2KN.
Studebaker Corp. 17.800 Sti'i 84 8."V4
Texas Company. 2.200 214'4 210 210
Cnion Pacific 7,400 13Si, 137 137
IT S Ind Alcohol. 15.300 10!)i 107 10S4
U S Steel 110,'JOO 11 2 "4 111 Ill's.
do pfd 2O0 117T4 117 117
ITtah Copper 16.100 112 llO1 111
Wabash pfd B. .. 300 20 25 54 23
Western Union 1"
Westing Elect. .. 1.000 40V4 4! 4SH
Total sales for the day. 510,000 shares.
BONDS.
U R ref 2s reg.. 98
Nor Pacific Ss.. 63'A
do coupon.... sis
I'ac T & Tel 5s.. 98
U S 3s reg 9:1
Penn con 48.. 104
So Pacific ret 4s 87
do coupon....' till
TT S 4s re 103
Union Pacific 4s. 95
do coupon 'lOOiA u Pacific cv 4s.
92
Atchison gen 4a 91 IU S Steel 5s....
lO04
91174
944
D & R G ref 5s. 65 ft So Pacific con 5s
N Y Cent deb us 107 (Anglo-French 5s
Nor Pacific 4s. 90 I
Money, Exchange, Etc.
NEW YORK, April 19. Mercantile paper,
4 '4 ft 4 4 per cent.
Sterling, co-day bills, $4.72; commercial
60-day bills on banks, $4.72; commercial
00-day bills, $4.71; demand, $4.75
cables, $4.764. Francs, demand, 6.71;
cables. 5.70. Guilders, demand. 40 ; cables,
41. Lires, demand, 7.00; cables, 8.99. Rubles,
demand. 28.70; ;demand. 28.75.
Bar silver, 7474c.
Mexican dollars, 67 c
Government bonds, weak; railroad bonds.
heavy.
Time loans, steady; 60 days. 34 per
cent; 90 days, 3&4 per cent; six months,
44V4 per cent.
Call money, Ilrmer. High, B per cent: low,
2 per cent: ruling rate, 24 per cent;
last loan, xfc per cent; closing bid, 24
per cent; offered at per cent.
PAN FRANCISCO. April 19. Sterling.
$4.75; demand, $4.75; cables, $4.70 ij.
Mexican dollars, 06.4Oc
LONDON, April 19. Bar silver, 8T 1-1 0d
per ounce.
Money, 4 per cent.
Discount rates, short bills, 4j&4 per
cent; three months, 4j?474 per cent.
Stocks Steady at London.
LONDON, April 19. American securities
were occasionally supported at steady prices
on the Stock Exchange today.
SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET
Prices Current on Butter, Eggs, Fruits,
Vegetables, Etc., at Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 19. Butter
Fresh, extras. 3lc; prime firsts, HSc.
Eggs Fresh extras, joc; extra firsts.
83?c; fresh extra pullets, 30c; extra firsts
puilets. 29sC.
cneese -ew iirais, .vci joung Ameri
cas, 2oc.
Poultry Hens. 24 iff 20c; old roosters, ISO
16c; fryers, 3540c; broilers, 3335c;
squabs. $2.00&'2.25; pigeons. $1.752.25;
ducks. 19to2uc; geese, iuto-ic, turkeys, nom
inal. Vegetables Asparagus, BSSHc; Summer
squash, $1.75to,2: Southern iced lettuce.
$1.25; uniced, mcsLou; peas. Southern
fancy, large. 4c; small, 3c; tomatoes. Mexi
can repacked, $1.5Uto.-5; green peppers.
Florida. 30j40c; egg plant. 174&20c; gar
lic. l3c; onions, green, $1.001.30; celery,
$1.252.00; rhubarb, San Jose, $1.15-1.25;
lancy. (l.uu: cucumoeri, .uuto2.ou; mush
rooms. 10 4i 25c.
Potatoes Rivers, $4.50 0 4.75; new, 78c
per pound.
Onions Australian, $8 8.50 on the street.
Fruit Strawberries, $1.25to1.75; lemons,
$3 to 3.00; grapefruit. $2.50i3; oranges, na
vels. $2.65i&2.90; bananas, $1.502.50: pine
apples, $2.252.50; apples, Newtown pip
pins, $1.501.75: wlnesaps. $2.102.25.
Feedstuffs Cracked corn and feed corn
meal. $555Q: rolled barley, $4547; meal,
alfalfa. $26.50 carloads, less $27.50.
Receipts Flour 8460 quarters, barley 1815
centals, beans 50 sacks, potatoes 890 sacks,
onions 80 sacks, hides 1050, hay 130 tons,
wines 45,700 gallons.
Dried Fruit at New Tork.
NEW YORK, April 19. Evaporated ap
ples, strong.
Prunes, firmer.
-Apricots, scarce and nominal; fancy. 22o.
Peaches, firmer; choice, 8c; extra
choice. 94c: fancy. 10c.
Raisins, steady: seedless. 10 011c
Chicago Dairy Produce
CHICAGO. April 19. Butter. lower.
Creamery. 41S43c.
Eggs Receipts. 3X35 cases, unchanged.
New York Sugar Market.
NEW YORK. April 19. Raw sugar, easy.
Centrifugal, 6.40c; molasses, 5.58C. Refined,
steady. Fine granulated, 7.00 & 8.50c, nom
inal. Coffee Futures Close Ixwer.
NEW YORK. April 10. Coffee futures
opened at a decline of 5 to 7 points, and sold
6 to 12 points net lower during the middle
of the day. with May touching 7.07c and De
cember 8.47c. Sales. Including switches, were
67.250 bags. The market closed at a net
J una IO T u 1 v K 2 Or An n t. R fieri-
K. 4 J n rtstftAmhor K R(lr' Tanmirv fi .r.7o- Wh-
ruary, 8.64c; March, 8.70c
10c The few freah offers received In the
cost and freight market were said to be
unchanged.
The official cables reported no chance in
primary markets except .Santos futures,
which were unchanged to B0 rels higher.
Santos reported clearances of tt4,0u0 for New
York and t0,0O0 for New Orleans,
SUGAR BEETS IX KLAMATH COUNTY
Good Kesults Obtained by farmera In Paat
Reason.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or- April 19. (Spe
cial.) iast year the Utah-Idaho bugar
Company at Grants Pass sent beet leed to
this county for experimental purposes. De
spite the very unfavorable year, as far as
weather conditions are concerned, most re
mark, able results were obtained by the few
farmers who grow beets and gout them out
to be tested. Hincs then the company has
been In correspondence wUh Charles W.
Kberlein. in this city, concerning the possi
bility of obtaining contracts for a con
siderable area in Klamath County to be
grown to beeis this year. The company. In
a recent letter, advises that the bouthern
Pacific Company has Just made them a
freitrht rata of sl.6u ter ton on beets from
this city to Grants Pass, which will enable
them to pay the farmers here as much as
0 Der ton for the beets on board cars here,
provided as much ss -00 or liOO acres could
be contracted.
Alex Nibluy, resident manager of the
Grants Pass factory, advises that if Mr.
Kberleln can assure him of the required
area he will come over at once and enter
Into the contracts and will bring him
expert field man whom he will leave here
to instruct the farmers in regard to the
preparation of the soil, planting of the beets,
etc.
rlenty of Moisture Now.
KEZ PERCH. Idaho. April 19. (Special.
Several Spring rains, which are reported
to have been general through the wheat
belt during the last week, put the ground
in cerfect condition for farm work, ana
gave the wheat already planted a good
start.
As a result of the wet weather the defi
ciency in precipitation dating from Septem
ber 1 has been materially reduced and rarm
era report that the fields are in condition to
withstand a consiueraole dry period, tnougn
this is not probable at this season
Idaho Season Six Weeks I.ate.
LEW1STON, Idaho. April 19. tSpeclal.)
There has been more precipitation during
the present month than any previous month
since the weather bureau was estaDllsnea ai
Lewiston 14 years ago. The season is at
least six weeks backward. Thousands of
head of livestock have perished on account
of the- protracted Winter. Farmers who were
unable to put In a full wheat crop last Fall
on account of excessive moisture have not
been able to do Spring plowing on account
of the late Spring season.
High Price for Single Hog.
ECfjENE. Or.. April 19. (Special.)
James Jensen, of Eugene, purchased a hog
from M. Anderson, residing five miles from
the city, yesterday. He paid 1 7 0.00. The
animal weighs 500 pounds.
Cotton Market. V
NEW YORK, April 19. Spot cotton.
quiet. Middling. 20.25c.
Hops. Etc.. at New York.
NEW l'OKK, April 19. Hops, steady;
Hides, firm.
TAX RECEIPTS BEAT 1915
Ileavy Payments at The Dalles Due
to Farmers Meeting Full Debt.
THE DALLES. Or., April 19. (Spe
cial.) Tho Sheriff's office here, which
has charge of the collection of taxes.
has now, at the beginning: or tne pe
riod of delinquency of unpaid taxes
for this year, compiled a report of the
collections. The report covers all col
lections to April 5.
It shows for the present year an Is
sue of 4880 receipts, for a total amount
of $185,604.02; last year's report, cov
ering the same period of time, showed
4488 receipts, for a total amount of
$175,764.05.
The credit for the Increase groes to
the farmers, many of whom have paid
their taxes in full, not taking advan
tage, as in former years, of the one
half payment privilege.
H. DRUM RENAMED WARDEN
Taeoma Man Continues Four Tears
More at Walla Walla.
OLTMPIA, "Wash., April 19. (Spe
cial.) Reappointment of Henry Drum,
of Taeoma, as warden of the State Peni
tentiary at Walla Walla, to a term of
four years, was announced by the State
Board of Control, with Governor
Lister's approval. He was first ap
pointed by Governor Lister early In the
latter's first term In 1913.
The board has appointed architects
to have charge of additional building
work at state institutions, as author
ized by the last Legislature. The build
ing appropriations will be available
June 7.
DAILY C1TY STATISTICS
Marriage Licenses.
TASKER-STEEL Charles Tasker, Cove
Orchards, Or., and Kathleen Steel, Congress
UAWSON-OOFF Wallace W. Dawson,
aged 20. 1190 Long avenue, and Thelma ttoff,
aged 18, 1748 Kust Yamhill street.
Vancouver Marriage Licenses.
GIBB1NS-KKLLY Charles F. Gibblns. 84,
of Portland, and Mrs. Belle R. Kelly, 47,
of Portland.
HARTLEY - FREDERICKSON James
Hartley, 25, of Portland, and May Frederick
son. 24, of Portland.
REIO-BEALL Oonald Reld, 21, of Port
land, and Bessie Beall, 19, of Portland.
HL'fiKEY-BHINULEY Henry H. Hua
key. 24, of St. Johns. Or., and Phyllis Brlnd
iey, 17, of Linnton, Or.
Births.
ANDERSON To Mr. and Mrs. Dave An
derson. Avalon apartment, April 4, a daugh-
tCSANDSTROM To Mr. and Mrs. Fred C.
Sandstrom, 274 Portland boulevard, April 0,
a son.
PLEBUCH To Mr. and Mrs. Walter J.
Plebuch, 204 Porter street, April 6, a daugh-
PP.UITT To Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.
Pruitt, 111S Missouri avenue. April 6, a son.
KING To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. King,
614 North Hayes street, April 7, a daughter.
DEVLIN To Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Lie vim,
838 East Twenty-Bixth street. April 7. a son.
ROACH To Mr. and Mrs. David Roach,
18iS Woolsey street. April 7. a daughter.
I'LVHEK To Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
PusheK. ;09 East Fifty-seventh street North.
Am-ll 7. a son.
ORLOFF To Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Or
loff. Park Rose avenue, April 6, a son.
PLUMMER To Mr. and Mrs. Rose M.
Plummer, Oswego, April 7, a daughter.
BOKriCH To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Boesch.
943 Vancouver avenue, April 7, a (laughter.
M1LL1GAN To Mr. and Mrs. Martin H.
MillLgan. 4UO Tillamook astreet. April 7. a
dauguter.
Building Permits.
MAX HOUSE R AND ASSOCIATES Erect
flag pole on 11-story office building. 82
Fourth street, corner Oak; Clay S. Morse,
Inc.. builder: $73.
T. DE FALCO ESTATE Repair two-story
frame dwelling. 009 Fifth street, between
Caruthers and Arthur; Dlmick & Culver,
builders; $10.
A. JOHANSSON Alter one-story frame
dwelling, C403 Eighty-first street Southeast,
between Sixty-fourth avenue and Sixty-fifth
avenue: builder, same; $15u.
H. O. TERRY Alter one-story brick or
dinary automobile repair warehouse. 943
Savler. between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-
eighth J. --. Relcme. ounuer; tuu.
THE I). P. THOMPSON COMPANY Alter
two-story brick ordinary (stores). 252 Third
street, between Madison and Main; J. U.
Klllfireen, builder: $75.
O. LOOBWOOD Erect one-story frame
dwelling, 018 Fifty-first street, corner Stan
ton; builder, same; $2500.
JANE SMITH 592 East Ninth, between
Brooklyn and Bacon; wreck frame dwelling;
F. E. Wilson, builder: $5o.
FOSTElt & KLE1SER COMPANY Erect
billboard on Hood street, between Caruthers
and Sherman; builder, same; $20.
CHARLIE LUCK Erect garage. 115
Clinton, between Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth;
builder, same: $5o. '
A. L1NOSTRO.M Alter one-story frame
dwelling, 9:103 Sixty-fourth avenue, between
Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth: $50.
FRANCEH C. LILLY Alter two-storT
frame dwelling. 1239 Kerby, between Simp
son and Aluswortn; c patch, builder
$225.
MOORE LODGE Wreck one, and one-half-
story frame resilience and stores, 23 Taylor
O. K. & Rose City Wrecking Cvrapany, con
tractors; $000.
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DEN1AND IS HEAVY
Exporters and Miilers Eager
to Buy Wheat.
TEN-CENT RISE AT CHICAGO
Cash Grain at St. Ixiuls Sells Within
2 Cents of $3 a Bushel Allies
Purchasers of September
and Sellers of July.
CHICAGO. April 19. After a wild advance
today of about 10 cents all around to new
top record prices, the wheat market closed
flurried. 7tt to 0Ho net higher, with May
at $2.40 to $2.41 and July at $2.00 'A to
$2.05. Urgent demand from exporters and
millers was largel responsible, together
with the fact that scarcity of immediate
supplies had hoisted No. 2 red wheat at St.
Louis to within 2 cents of $3 a bushel. Corn
finished 2 to 4o up. oats Uc off to &
He advance, and provisions unchanged to
40c higher.
EnterTte .government interests were said to
have been big buyers of the Septemb. . de
livery of wheat, while at the same time per
sistently Belling July. Cash houses were the
chief purchasers of May and there were
signs that a majority of May longs would
Insist on deliveries of actual wheat.
New high records were scored In corn
chiefly as a result of wheat strength Gains
in some cases exceeaea oc.
Oats sympathized with the upturns In
other cereals.
Provisions mounted with grain.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Wheat 2.33V4 $2.42i $2.33 $2.40
July 1.06V4 2.07 V4 1.9814 2.0314
CORN.
Mar 1.42 1.474 1.4 1.41
July 1.37 1.42Vi 1-3T 1.4114
OATS.
May 65Ti .T4 .63 .efiVi
July 64 .85U .63 .64,
MESS PORK.
May
July
..87.35
..37.00
8T.40
37.23
S7.S0
87.00
RT.80
87.20
LARD.
May
July
.21.00 21.22 51.00 21.02
21.22
1.45
..21.25 1.45 21.22 21.22
SPARE RIBS.
...19.SS 20.1S 19 SS 20.0T
...20.05 S0.20 20.05 20.1T
July
September
Cash prices were:
Wheat No. 2 red. nominal; No. 8 red.
$2.54; No. 2 hard, $2.53; No. S- hard, nom
inal.
Corn No. yellow. $1.S501.55H; No. s
yellow, $1.63 ii 0 1.55; No. 4 yellow. $1.51 9
Oats No. 8 white, 7"fioiic; stanaara.
70 72e.
Rye No. 8. $1.B'P1.BS.
Barley $1.20trL62.
Timothy $5 6.
Clover $12 IT.
Pork Nc-.nlnal.
Lard $21.02.
Ribs $19.6001093.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. April 19. Wheat. May.
$2.84H 2.344 ; July, $2.26; cash. No. 1
hard, $2.59 W Z.bl 1 ; rvormern.
$2.50 W2.54H ; No. 2 Northern, $2.46Hw
2.54.
Flax. $3.29e3.sn.
Barley. 81.18W 1.42.
Eastern Wheat Futnrea.
WINNIPEG. April 19. May. $2.42;
July. $2.86; October, $1.82.
MINNEAPOLIS. April 19. May, $2.34;
July, $2.26; Beptember, $1.78H.
Grain at San Francisco.
BAN FRANCISCO. April 19. Spot quota
tions Walla, $2.72 2.75; red Russian.
ir.iaT0: Turkey red. $8.80'&8.85: blue-
stem. $3.80ff3.81: feed barley. $2.75ff 2.77 ;
white oats, ismaium: uran, u;
middlings. $5455: shorts. $45ifT48.
Call board Bartey, -May, ; Decem
ber, $2. Sales, May, euu tons; uecemoer.
1600 tons.
Pnget Sound Grain Market.
SEATTLE. April 19. Wheat Bluestem,
$2 25; turkey red, $2.28: fortyfold, $2.20;
club, $2.20; fife. $2.20; red Russian, $2.20.
Barley, r,o per ion.
Yesterdays car receipts Wheat 1, flour 7.
TACOMA. April 19. Wheat Blnestem.
$2.30; fortyfold, club and red fife. $2.27; red
Russian. $2.25.
Car receipts Wheat 10. corn 1 hay 6.
TACOMA FliOtril VP FURTHER
Beans Increase In Price and Eggs
Are Offered at- 35 Cents.
TACOMA. Wash., April 19. (Special.)
Further advances in flour, beans and
rr marked the opening of the Taco
ma markets yesterday. Flour jumped 40
cents more, making more than $2 that
nrices have advanced within 10 days.
Olympia, Pyramid and Drifted Bnow are
now selling at $10.85 a barrel.
All varieties of beans, with the ex
ception of fancy small whites, advancd
from.$l to $3 a hundred pounds in the
local market. Large whites are up to
$16.25; California llmaa to $16.50: fancy
pinks to $13.50; California bayos to
$12.25: red Mexicans to $12 and
SDeckled bayos to $10.50.
The continually advancing price of
feed has caused ranchers to add anoth
er cent to the price of fresh eggs which
1 1 1 1 1 "I I II I IIU III II 1 1 U 1 1 II I HI 1 1 II 1 II
are now se'llng- at S3 cents a dozen In
Taeoma. '
BILLS 'AFFECT IDLE LAND
Senator Jones Would Penalize Fail
ure to Cultivate.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAl,, 'Wash
ington. April 19. Senator Jones, of
Washington, introduced a bill au
thorizing the Sectetary of the Interior
to take possession of all land in any
Government reclamation project for
which water Is available, that Is un
occupied or uncultivated and that was
uncultivated last year, and to retain
possession of same until one year after
the close of the war.
The Secretary is given unrestricted-
authority to arrange for the cultiva
tion of this land, but It the landowner
gives assurance that he will, this sea
son, cultivate all such lands In his pos
session, and will cultivate them
throughout the period named, his lands
will not be taken over.
Senator Jones introduced another
bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior to permit in such way as he
deems proper the use of any vacant
public land suitable for agriculture or
stock-raising from now until one year
after the restoration of peace.
Another bill by Senator Jones pro
vldes that the United States shall
guarantee interest on bonds issued by
irrigation districts organized under
state law.
Arthur Belts Dies at Rochester.
CEXTRALIA, Wash., April 19. (Spe
cial.) Arthur Betts. one of tho best
known residents of southern Thurston
County, died yesterday at his home at
Rochester, where he has lived for the
past 28 years. Mr. Betts was 43 years
of age and is survived by his wife and
nine children. He was a member of
the Modern Woodmen and Kebekah
Trie fragranc
of rare tobacco per
meates the deserted
room
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Caruthers
Commentary
Facts:
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During 1913 Caruthers
T r ft-... X.' . . .-.
S Sixth, was improved
8 and in 1917, four years
after, with the heavy
8 traffic that follows an ?
S i m p r o v ed thorough- $
S fare, i t is in p e r f e c t
4 condition, owinsr to tha a
O fact that it was paved S
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All sailings betweea
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School District
City
Highway District....,
Street Improvement..
Drainage District....
Municipal Irrigation..
Details on Application
Lumbermens Trust Company
Capital and Surplus $600,000
Fifth and Stark
lodges of Rochester and for 13 years
had been a rural free delivery carrier
out of the Rochester postoffice. His
elderly parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
Betts, of this city, and three brothers,
also survive him.
Papers Offered Government.
WASHINGTON. April 19. Publishers
of agricultural papers representing
6,000,000 readers, in session here today,
adopted resolutions offering to the
Government free advertising space for
the sale of war bonds or to promote
enlistments in the Army or Navy.
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