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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING ORECONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE G, 1917. .10 MEETING IS TONIGHT Chamber Directors to Discuss Proposed Ship Transfer. OPPOSITION REPORTED LESS Acquisition or Great Xorthern and rVortliern Tnclflc by Pacific Steamship Company Will Be Considered. Hie meeting of the board of directors of the Portland Cnamber of Commerce to take action on the proposed deal in volving the Great Isorthern and North ern Pacific will be held at 6:15 o'clock tonlpht In the women's dining room of the Chamber of Commerce. The sub ject of the future of steamship service irom Portland and the Columbia River will receive grave consideration. ' Persons favorable to the Pacific Steamship Company taking over the Ureat Northern and Northern Pacific and to operate them between Puget Sound and San Francisco, also purchas ing the Beaver and Rose City to oper ate the former from Portland direct as at present, adding also the steamers President and Governor, profess to have information that there is a change In sentiment In the attitude of many who first strenuously opposed the-deal. The directors are to be Joined by L. C- Oilman, president of the Creat Northern Pacific Steamship Company, and J. D. Farrell. president of the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Com pany. Representatives of the daily pa pers also have been Invited. It is In ferred that the future of the steamship fleets will be outlined. Data are expected to be offered as to the true conditions governing the water commerce between Oregon and California and if it Is shown that the outlook for an Improvement Is not en couraging and that In spite of the fail ure of negotiations between the Pacific line and the Great Northern Pacific corporation tbo turbines may be lost to the Columbia River, an understand ing may yet be reached whereby the Portland service can be augmented. Recent intimations from Washington, that the Government soon will begin to commandeer steamers on the Pacific side for the transportation of men and munitions across the Atlantic, has led to the belief In some quarters that the Great Northern and Northern Pacific may be among the first taken. Their speed and ability to dodge submarines more easily than single-screw vessels and the practicability of rearranging them so as to provide quarters for nearly a regiment of troops make them among the most desirable for that service. BIVERS TO RESUME KISTNG "Warming TTp In District Shown hy Iast Night's Official Reports. Over a great portion of the territory temperatures yesterday were from 6 to 15 degrees higher than Monday. In the Flathead country there was no change and In Idaho, about the Snake River country, the Increase was 6 de grees. Temperature reports of the Weather Bureau indicate a general warming up, so It Is expected the Clearwater, Snake and Columbia Riv ers will begin rising in a day or two, though yesterday's reports from all sections were that the streams were falling. The most marked drop was at The Dalles, seven-tenths of a foot being re ported, and at Lewiston the fall was six-tenths, also the Willamette fell that much at Salem, while at Portland the stream was about stationary. Con ditions on the Middle Columbia were such the Cascade Locks could be used. so the steamer Bailey Gatsert is run ning between rortland and The Dalles, being the only steamer in service over that route. RIVERMEJT ARE REGISTERED Dredges Arc Silent and Steamers Tie Vp So Workers Can Be Listed. Dredging operations of the Port of Portland Commission, also work by crews of vessels other than those actually required to be kept going. were suspended between 8 o clock yes terday and the same hour last night so all men within the draft limit could reelster. The steamer Diamond O was tied up more than three hours during the aft cmoon so her crew could respond to the Government's call, while the crew Qf the O.-W. R. & N. steamer Harvest Queen, which arrived last night from Astoria, were registered aboard, uap tain E. H. Works, assistant superin tendent, having been deputized to con duct the enrollment. On the Snake River the line's steamers were halted for the same purpose. All river lines that could provide for tying up their vessels did so, while on those kepx running the registration was conducted as ashore. $15,000 DAMAGES ARE ASKED Pacific Lumber Company Brings Libel Suit Against Steamer. In a libel brought Monday by the Pacific Export Lumber Company, the Japanese steamer Saigon Maru is made defendant for $15,000 damages. On March 19, It Is alleged, a charter agree ment was entered into between the steamer and . the libellant, for the transportation of a full cargo of lum ber from the Columbia river to Bom bay, India. It is alleged in the complaint that the steamer was loaded with 238.283 feet while capable of carrying a deckload of 800.000 feet, and that the officers in charge refused to load more. Freshet Stops Fishing. ASTORIA. Or.. Juno 6. (Special.) On account of the increasing freshet in the Columbia River all the seining grounds above Tongue Point, with the single exception of those at the Kaboth Sands, have suspended operations. The lvaboth grounds and those at Band Is land are still running, but are meeting with poor success. Columbia River Takes Drop. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 5. (Spe clal.) The Columbia River dropped a tenth of a foot today, and at 8 o'clock tonight was 23 flat. It was 23.1 feet at 8 A. M. Reports from up-river show that the river there is falling. Marine Notes. To keep the wheels moving on Snake Ttivor. where three Hteamers are gathering wheat and. transferring It to cars for whip ment Kut, ''Captain" Bud, superlntenden of the O.-W. K. N. river fleet, and Will lam L,ovell, master mechanic, left last night for Ittpurta. ' Captain ' sudd eatlmates tha tho lnt cereal will be cleaned up by June o. To take on liquid fuel for her run to San "Francisco, where she will be delivered to the Western Fuel Company, her new owners. tho tug Henry J. Blddle went to Ollton yesterday and leaves for sea today. Rhe was old to the California corporation by the Co lumbia contract company. - While all departments were opened at the Custom-house yesterday, many men era ployed there within the draft ace were ex cused to register, so it was almost like a holiday. On the auxiliary schooner Margaret being floated from the Oregon drydock this morn ing she will go to Ollton for fuel, then shift to Inman-Poulaen's to start loading lumber. Owing to the demand for moving log rafta from the lower river and the fact that the current in the Columbia prevents more than one raft being bandied by a single steamer, towboats are decidedly scarce for harbor moves. In command of Captain "Magee. with Chief Engineer Kellaher, the hull of the new motorehlp Frank I. Stout was started from St. Helena for Coos Bay laat night. In tow of the tug Oneonta. The Stout will be load od at the Smith mill. Marahfleld, and towed to San Francisco, being used In that trade until the arrival of her engines. Oeorge and Edward White, sorts of a pioneer shipbuilder on Puget Sound, are In the city from San Francisco. Edward White is foreman In the Hanlon yard, at Oakland. They were Interested yesterday Inspecting wooden shipbuilding establishments here. Marine Engineer Hewitt, of the McCor- mlck fleet, is In. Portland on business con- ected with vessels under construction at St. Helens. River Falls at Wenatchce. WENATCHEE, Wash.. June 5. (Spe cial.) The Columbia River fell two nches during the last 24 hours. SCHtOUCI QUESTIONED PORTLASD BOARD MAY TEST OUT REDCCTIOS OF DIRECTORS. Law la Declared to Be Huy oat Sys tem for Perpetuating; Board and Courts May Be Appealed To. SALEM, Or.. June 5. -(Special.) With the appearance of Superintendent L. R, Alderman, of the Portland schools. and of Clerk Thomas, -of the Portland School Board, and a conference with Assistant Attorney-General Van Win kle, it developed that an effort prob ably will be made to attack the validity of the law which reduces the terms of school directors in districts of the first class from five to three years. The law itself is said to- be Hazy as to how School Boards of the first class may be perpetuated. According to those who have examined, the statute in the course of four or five years the num ber of directors would be reduced to wo, with no very definite manner pre scribed) for keeping the membership up to five, as apparently contemplated un der the act. Just what proceedings will be at tempted in testing the validity of the act is not known, but it is understood court action may be taken in the imme diate future in an effort to ward off the Impending election In Portland. 'AY RISE MISSED 4 TIMES Amendment to Increase Salaries of Legislators Again Lost. SALEM. Or.. June B. fSnecial.t Tie- feat by the voters of the state Monday of the constitutional amendment which would limit the number of bills Intro duced in the Legislature, and also in crease the pay of the members to $ a day, marked the failure of the fourth errort to obtain added pay for the leg islators, since the Initiative and refer endum went Into effect in the state. In 1908 an amendment which wanM have Increased the pay of the legisla tors to $400 per session failed by a large vote. In 1910 another effort was made to obtain Increased pay, along with a number of other amendments to the constitution relating to legisla tors. Including extending their terms to six years, but this failed, as did a proposed amendment in 1914, which provided for a straight increase in pay to 1 5 per day. Quarter Million Judgment Filed. EUGENE. Or.. Jiin B rsi.i a deficiency judgment for the sum of 251,731 was filed in the Lane County Circuit C.ourt today in the case of the Michigan Trust Company and George Hefferman against the Wendling-John-son Lumber Company. The original judgment was for the sum of $1,227,632 and was entered by the United States "I""" joun at .rortland, which au- morizea tne sate or timber lands under mortgages August 13, 1915. DAILT METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. T"ITTT.A TtfT" T K r , . - . - . - , MUM Kt. diuimum tempera ture, 70 degrees; minimum, 4!. River read ing, 8 A. M., 22.6 feet: change In last 24 hours, 0.2-foot fall. Total rainfall (3 p. M. to S P. M.), none; total rainfall since Sep tember 1. 1016, 31.11 inches; normal rain fall, 42.40 Inches; deficiency, 11.35 inches. Total sunshine, 12 hours and 45 minutes; '""""'" .iomiic, - ugura ana fia minutes. . ,a i oniric. wcuui-u id sea level;, a i . M 30.00 inches. Relative humidity at noon, 49 THE WEATHER. Wind -I STATIONS. State of weather. Baker Boise 7010. 00 . .INK Pt. cloudy 70 0 00 . . W clear Boston Calgary .... Chicago .... Colfax Sll0. OofXiiSW Cloudy m u. 60jO. 7o o. o4;o. 720. 00 Clear 20 Cloudy oo Clear Clear Rain Denver 32 14 B SB N Des Moines . Duluth 64 0 0(1 00 Pt. cloudy Eureka .... 04:0. ciouay Galveston . .. 84 0 () 0 MO 0022 Helena ooiiofsw Clear Clear Jacksonville OO 14 04. . I 8s'26 Pt. cloudy Juneaut . . Kansas City 4S1. nam 80 0 oho, OHIO SliiO 6(1 0 5SI0 88 0 SB sw Rain Clear Clear Lot Angeles OO Marshfield . Medford 00 12; oo . NW Clear Minneapolis Montreal New Orleans New York . . North Head 00 12 13 Cloudy on oo i-t. ciouay S clear Cloudy Cloudy 74 B2 0O12 S 24 NW NW North Yakima 76 ft. cloudy Omaha ..... 880 NE W w w rutin Pendleton Phoenix Pocatello .. Portland ... 76;0 02(0 2 0 70i0 78i0 74;o 8410. 62:0 640 r.o Clear Clear Clear NW Cloudy Hoseburg . . N Clear Sacramento 10 Clear Cloudy St. Louis . . Salt Lake , 10;22S .001 NW Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy San Diego .00 .00 W NW San Francisco, Seattle . Sitka Spokane ... 62lO 600 70 0, 660 54 0 4810 7,0 .oo W SB .00 01 .. Tacoma 00! N ciear Tatooah Island 00 sw Cloudy ValdezT Walla Walla 12 nam Claar .oo w Washington . Ool 80:o 00 . , 8W Cloudy ICloudy Winnipeg . , 34 72,0 .0014SE TA. U. today; day. P. M. report of preceding WEATHER CONDITIONS. A well-defined barometer maximum la central over tne lower Missouri Valley. Low- pressure areas are also noted over the Can adian Northwest and over Western Texas. The barometer Is relatively high over Van couver island and over the Bast Oulf am tea Showers and thunder storms have occurred in the Missouri and Middle Mississippi val leys and in portions of Colorado, Wyoming and extreme Northeastern Washington. It is warmer In the Northern. Rooky Mountain states and decidedly cooler in the Plains states. Changes in -temperature elsewhere have, been unimportant. Conditions are favorable for fair weather in tnis aisinci vveanesaay. - FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Wednesday fair and cooler, westerly winds. Oregon Wednesday fair south, probably lair norm portion, cooler west portion, ex cent near coast; westerly winds. Washington Wednesday fair west, croba. bly fair east portion, cooler southeast por tion; westerly winds. Idaho Wednesday fair south, probably fair north portion. North Pacific Coast Wednesday fair, fresh westerly winds. E. A. BBALS, District Forecaster.. YARD SALE IS HEAR McEachern Plant to Be Trans ferred to Mr. Houser. CONTRACTS TO BE FILLED A. O. Andersen & Co. Said to Be More Interested In Steel Vessels Being Built at Albina Yards and Machine Works. On the return from the Kast and South of M. H. Houser. well-known Portland grain exporter, and one of the most prominent cereal dealers In the country, negotiations for the purchase of the McEachern Ship Company, at Astoria, are expected to be closed. The deal has been pending for the past few weeks. Mr. Houser was called to Washing ton to attend a conference of a commis sion recently named to look after grain movement and distribution during the period of the war, but the negotiations have been going ahead during his ab sence. The McEachern property Is controlled by A. O. Anderson & Co.. of this city. That corporation took It over several months ago from the original holders. the McEachern-Standlfer-Clarkson Ship Company. Five building berths are available and the Anderson interests authorized bulding of eight auxiliary scnooners, one of which, the Astoria, Is completed and at sea. the second, the Margaret, is on drydock here and will be floated today In readiness to load cargo; the Astrl, third of the line. Is at Astoria, having finishing touches ap plied, ana the fourth will be in the water shortly. The Astrl was sold to Norwegians. It Is understood that the terms of the proposed transfer pro vides that the new owner will com plete the Anderson ships. It is well known that Mr. Houser has been Interested In shipbuilding-. On the launching of the War Baron. March Jl, the first hull to take the water at the yard of the Northwest Steel Com pany, he proposed a community nlan for building a Pprtland-owned fleet. neaaing tne list with substantial In vestments If the system was estab lished. Since then he has been active In arranging to enter shiDbuildlnsr nnH it is said his mission at Washington is probably In connection with obtain ing Government contracts or being as sured that private work will not be interfered with. By acquiring adjacent nronertv nt Astoria additional ways can bo nut in and the capacity of the yard materially increased. xne plant is rated as among the most complete vet estab lished. As to the Anderson corporation letting go or tne property. It Is lined stood this concern is more particularly interested In rushlnir steel shins at the Albina Engine & Machine Works, in which It is a heavy stockholder. COli. BURR BUIIiT BIG JjOCKS Commander of Fourth Engineers on Duty at Cascades Previously. Colonel Burr. Corps of Engineers. TT. S. A., who Is to command the Fourth Regiment of that corps, now being as sembled at American Lake, passed through the city yesterday on the way north fro-n San Francisco. Detail of getting the regiment together and drilling during the limited lime allotted are being carried out. As Colonel Bjrr was In charere of the work of constructing the Cascade Locks during the time Major Handburv was directing affairs of the Portland district, he Is familiar with conditions in this region and he enjoyed the short visit among old friends. Colonel Zinn la now directing the First and Second Portland districts. Major Dent having gone to tne Seattle district and Major Jewett is on duty at Vancouver Bar racks, SHIPYARD MATERIAL- BOTTGITT New Coos Bay Firm "Will Build Two Boats for Government. MATtSWFTET.TV fir. .Tune, K ICn.. clal.) R. H. Corey, a member of the Coos Bay Shipbuilding Company, with options on a site near the C. A. Smith mills, secured two vessels from the San rancisco representative of the ship ping board. The material for ways and Other Darfttlhernnllit fa helno. nn.nh... In San Francisco and the new ship- Duuaing piant is expected to be In operation by the first or 10th of July. The Coos Bay Shipbuilding Company Is composed entirely of Coos Bay capi talists and were promised contracts at me time oi Theodore Brent's visit to Coos Bay. MARINE INTELLIGENCE, Steamer Schedule. DUE Kama. TO ARRIVE. Great Northern. . . San Francisco. .. .June 6 . a.. KiiDurn Northern Pacific. -an r rancisco. .. .June 8 .San Francisco June 8 .Los Angeles .June Rose city. Breakwater ...... Beaver ban Francisco.... June la .Los Angeles .June 14 DUE Kama. TO DEPART. For Date . San Francisco ....June . S. r. for L.A.-B.D. June .San Francisco. . . .June . S. F. for L..A.-8.D, June Won Prnii.M 1 . . .. Great Northern. . Harvard F. A. Kiiburn Yale Northern Pacific. Rose City Klamath ., . fan Francisco ...-June 10 .San Diego Juno 10 Los Angeles .June 15 ..Los Angeles .June IS Breakwater. . Beaver. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Juno B. Arrived Steamer uieum, xrom Ban r ranoisco. ASTORIA, Or., June B. Sailed at 1:45 A. a. Dieamer xseaver. I or ban Knnnhnn and San Pedro. Sailed at 8 A. M. Steamer J. A. Chanslor, for Port San Luis. Sailed at SilO P. M. Steamer Northern Pacific, for oau r rancisco. oaiiea steamer w. F. Her- rin, for baa rranclsco. BAN FRANCISCO. June 8. Sailed at 11 . . . . k ..w. L.inui, iui r lavei. Sailed at noon Steamer Centralia. for Co- in mci. AinicuoiNmer -Itose city from San Pedro. ASTORIA, Or., June 4. Arrived at B:10 ana ten ur at i f. m. steamer Oleum, irom oau f rancisco. SAN FRANCISCO, June B Arrived fat Paclflo port) Hattle Luokenbach; Mataonta. Newport. Departed Great Northern, Flavel. SEATTLE, Wash.. June 8. Arrived Steamers Admiral Farragut, from Anchor age; Governor, from San Diego l City of Se attle, from Southeastern Alaska. Departed Bark Guy O. Goes, for Bering Bea; power schooner Eunice, tor Kuskokwlm River points, TACOMA, Wash., June B. Arrived Steamers Port Angeles, from San Francisco; barge St. James. Gypsum, from Alaaka; Morning Star, from British Columbia ports; Admiral Farragut, from Anchorage. Sailed Steamer Santa Alicia, for West Coast; Quadra (British), for Britannia Ueach, H. C; Admiral Farragut. for Seattle. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. COOS BAT. Or., June 8. (Special.) The steamship Breakwater arrived from Port land today and sailed southward after shipping shingles, shakes and cheese la this port. The steamer Adeline Smith arrived from San Francisco and Bay Point at 6:15. She a shipping a lumber cargo at the Smith dock. Arriving today the steam schooner Yel lowstone brought -50 tona of merchandise from San Francisco. The steamship F. A. Kllburn Is overdue. SEATTLE, Wash., June 6. (Special.) Arrivals at this port today Included the steamer Oovernor. from Man Diego via. Kan Franctnco and Ictoria; steamer City of Seattle, from Alaska; steamer Port An gel is, from San Francisco via. Port Ange- lea; u. r. caoie snip -tturnsiae. rrom Alas kan cruise via. Point Wells; barge Birra. couta. In tow of steamer Amur, from A nvm H. c. : steamer Morning Star, from Vancou-J Today's sailings Included tne steamer In- ada Maru, from Kobe via. Yokohama: the steamer Humboldt, for Southeastern Alaska. The barge tSt, James just arrived here with a cargo of gypsum, from Alaska, has been sold to the Rolph Navigation A Coal Company, of San Francisco, and will be brought here from Tacoma lor delivery as soon as discharged. The steamship Henry T. Hrott, purchased about a year ago by the Alaskan Steamship Company and chartered for a year for service on the east coast, has been recliartered to same firm for an ad ditional six months. A. T. B. Hhields. assistant Inspector of boilers at this port, has been appointed as nip engineer Inspector lor tne Pacirio Coaat Bureau of the United States Shipping Board, under Captain J. F. Blaln. ASTORIA. Or.. June B. (Special.) The steamer Beaver sailed during tho night for San Francisco and San Pedro, carrying freight and passengers from Portland and Astoria. The steamer Northern Pacific sailed for San Francisco with freight and passengers. After discharging zuel nil at Portland, the tank steamer J. A. Chanslor sailed, for California. The new halibut fishing schooner North Star, owned by Alfred Tover, and Christ Tollo. ot Puget Island, officially was docu mented by Deputy Collector Haddlx today. The official number of the vessel la 215,181 and her dimensions are aa follows: Length feet, beam 12.A feet, depth 6.1 feet, ton nage 18 tons; 10 tons net. She Is equipped with a SO-horsepower gasoline engine. SAN FRANCISCO, June 8. (Special.) A steamer arriving from the West Coaat to day brought a cargo or tons, 15A.762 In treasure and had 78 cabin and 32 steerage passengers on board. A cargo arriving from the Orient to day Included 240O sacka of rice and 75(0 tons of general merchandise. Including hemp and sugar. The steam schooner Fort Bragg, owned In San Francisco, which had boiler trouble In a foreign port, has arrived at a California port under tow. TJ.S. Naval Radio Reports. GREAT NORTHERN, San Francisco for Flavel. off Blunts Reef. WAPAMA, San Francisco for Everett, 10 miles south of Northwest Seal Rocks. KLAMATH, San Pedro for San Francisco, off Port Hartford. BARGE HI. El Segundo for Richmond, 87 miles from Richmond. ATLAS, 100 miles from San Francisco. FLORENCE OLSON. San Francisco for Port Gamble, SO miles north of San Fran- Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, June B. Condition of the bar at B P. M.. sea smooth; wind, north west, 24 miles. TRADE AT YARDS SLOW PRICES HOLDIXO STEADY IS ALL LIKES. Only Three Cars Are Received During Day and Quality Is Medium. Only three loads -of stock were received at .the yards yesterday. The market was reported ateady la all lines with quality of the offering, for the most part, ot medium grade. Receipts were 136 cattle, 22 calves, 474 hogs and 40 sheep. Shippers were: Elgin Forwarding Company, Lostine, 1 car . hogs; Robert McCrow, Goldendale, 1 car cattle. hogs and sheep: George Kohlhagen, Rose burg, 1 car hogs. The days sales were as follows: Wt. Price. Wt. Price. 8 calves .. ir2 U.00 62 hogs '. .102 HB.H0 . ISO 14.50 1 cow 150 8.60 1 nog . B cows 8 cows 1 cow . 840 . 817 .1040 . 170 .ISO . 3.14 . 204 6.25 7.75 7.25 15.3r 15.25 14.45 13.00 15.40 1 hog 420 7 hogs 236 1 hog 4S0 S hogs ... . 374 14.40 15.40 14.40 14.30 9.25 8.50 7.00 12 hogs 112 hogs 1 steer ... imo 1 heifer ... 850 1 bull ....1290 1 bull 1270 7 noga ft hoxs 2 hogs 220 .no The disposition of livestock at the local yards in May was as follows: Cattle.Clvs.Hogs.Sheep. Barton & Co.. Seattle... 124 4 651 1294 Carstens, Tacoma 811 ... 1,GU7 Chambers Co., Olympla. . SO Ray Palrchild. Portland. 2f Frye A Co.. Seattle i 132 M. J. ill Co.. Portland. 12 Jaa. Henry. Seattle 57 ... B03 T. R. Howltt. Portland... 254 27 126 Sterrett A Oberle. Port... 244" 8' 132 States & Co., Stevenson.. 10 ... ...... Htuesloff Bros.. Salem 64 1 Tacoma Meat Co.. Tac'a. 104 ... 176 Union Meat Co., Port. .. .31 25 227 10,540 4646 Other butchers 334 26 17 15 .Miscellaneous oVJ Z 2,925 Feeders Washington ............ 106 7 Oregon 1539 471 1.581 800 Montana 2.f! loo .. Miscellaneous 7S 12 .. Totals ...8341 8SS 18,518 6254 Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA, June 6. Hogs Receipts 10,600, market oo to too lower. Heavy. S15.30 15.50: mixed. S15.15 15.35: light. ilSQir.4H: pigs, 12.50S1X00; bulk of sales, (15.15 e io.4t. Cattle Receipts 4800. strong. lOo higher. Native steers, $10 13.25: cows and heifers. f8.7D&11.40; Western steers, 9.50iJH2; Texas steers, suraiv.mi; cows ana nelfers. SS.509 10; canners. $76'8.50; atockers and feeders, f7ll: calves, $10 14.25; bulla, stags, etc.. Sheep Receipts 4300, slow to lower. Yearlings. 1314.50; wethers, (12818.25; ewes, (11013; lambs. 1718. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, June 6. Hogs Receipts 16.000, slow, 5c under yesterday's average. Bulk. lli.S0l5.M; light, (14.85 10.8O; mixed, (15.25W 15.90; heavy, (15.25 15.95; rough, (13.25 0115.40; pigs. (10.50O14.75. Cattle Receipts 8000, strong. Native beef cattle, (9.1513.65; storkers and feeders, (7.36 10.51): cows and heifers, (6.2011.70; calves. (9.50014. Sheep Receipts 6000, weak. Wethers, (S.60 11.40; lambs, (1014.00; springs, (12 610.50. LONDON BTOCK MARKET IS QCUI Little Interest Is Shown In American Section. LONDON, June 5. There was little atten tion paid In the American section on the stock exchange today. Closing prices and the New York equivalent were: London. N. T. Atchison 106 44 101 Va Baltimore A Ohio 74 ft 70 14 Canadian Pacific 175Vs 10614 Chesapeake oV Ohio 04 o St. Paul 76H 72S Denver A Rio Grande ........ 10 H Erie 29H 28 Grand Trunk Hit Illinois Central 107 101 4 Louisville t 1304 124 Missouri. Kansas Texaa n m New York Central 95 . 90S Ontario & Weatern 23 H 224 Pennsylvania 55 V4 52 4 Reading 07 9214 Southern Railway 2 27 4 Southern PacifiO 07 92 i Cnlon Pacific 141 V4 134 ? United States Steel 134 12714 Anaconda (10 shares) 14 H Consols for money. 55H. Bar silver, S8Hd per ounce. Money d(B'4 Per cent. Discount rates, short bills, 4 11-16 per cent; three months' bills, 44 per cent. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH. June B. Turpentine, firm; 80 ft 9 39 c. Salea, 855; receipts, 979; ship ments, 55; stock, 14,475. Rosin, firm. Sales, 1248; receipts, 2370; shipments, 2876: stock. 64,881. Quote: A, B. (5.505.60; C, D. (5.60u5.65: E. (3.65 tf 5.80; F. (5.709C.83: Q. (5.72 H iff 5.95: H. (5.755.9S; I. (5.82 V, (95.95; K. (5.861'5.B0: M. (5.95 0 6; N. (6.15 &6.20; WG, (6.20H6.25; WW. (6.2566.50. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. June 5. Wheat Bluestem. (2.50; fortyfold. (2.48: club and red fife, (2.47; red Russian, (2.45. Car receipts Wheat 67, barley 1, oats L hay 6. . Chicago Dairy Produce. CHIOAOO, June B. Butter unchanged. Eggs lower. Receipts, 28,905 cases; firsts, 324433i4c; ordinary flrats. 30H681H; at mark, cases Included.. 82 W 33c. Eastern Exchanges Closed. All the Eastern financial and commodity exchanges were closed yesterday on account of tke Army registration. E HEEDS GREAT Improvement in Market Is - Near at Hand. TRADE PREPARES FOR BOOM Basis of Expected Change Is Govern ment Demand for Array Shoes and Other Goods, Requiring Vast Quantity of Leather. Hide dealers are looking forward to an Improved market in the near future. A resumption of the buying movement will b welcomed, as stocks In the hands ot dealers here are heavy ana butchers are also loaded up with hides. For several weeks past the market has been very quiet and holders have been unable to make rales East, though all other lines could be moved freely. East ern reports received this week Indicate that a change Is near at hand. A report from Chicago on the packer market says: "While, trading In domestlo packer hides has continued slow, there are signs ot the market showing Improvement. Inquiries for native stock, both steers and cows, have been more numerous and fair bids have been turned down by Chicago slaughterers who have confidence In the future of the situation and believe that native hides, particularly cows, are good property, as they will likely be In demand for Government leather work." The basis of Improvement Is the Govern ment demand for Army shoes and other goods which will require enormous quanti ties of leather. The leather market Is al ready responding to these conditions. Trade reports from the East on the leather situa tion say: "Although regular domestlo trading re mains quiet, there Is a continued brisk de mand for all varieties of leather suitable for Federal requirements snd a more optimistic feeling pervades the trade. Reports of the Government being In the market for further heavy quantities of footwear and other leath er equipment goods for Army, etc. purposes create a better tone to the general situation, while reports In circulation that there are possibilities of tha leather embargo being lifted by Great Britain also add to the feel ing of confidence recently noticeable. "In sole leather there Is such a variety ot prices that It is a question what actual quo tations really are. The widest range of val ues In any variety Is In oak bottom stock. Large tanners claim that standard lines are maintained at full former prices, and they report the same for other tannages of sole. Tet It Is safe to assert that the amount of stock sold, particularly In oak tannages, at former quotations Is limited and practically all sales affected are of so-called special lots at special prices. Union backs, appar ently, are relatively firmer than oak or hem lock tannages, and best tannages of light weights in choice packer hide are still quot ed at 80c, tannery run. Trade In hemlock sole Is slow. "Harness leather IS generally ' strong and1 active, with supplies of most kinds Inade quate to meet the demand. Sales are re ported of both union and oak up to 70c. Up per leather Is generally dull and weak, but most of the material cuts mads In prices are on medium snd lightweight substances. Good plump stock Is salable In sides, kip and calf and hold fairly well In price. Some tanners say that, notwithstanding present depressed conditions, good substance sides, kip and calf In medium and heavy weights are In fair te good movement, and that their sales for the first half of May were In excess of the same period a year ago." BIQ BEND CROP OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT Wheat Plant Roots Strengthened to Stand Hot Summer, W. C. Wilkes, ssslstant general freight and passenger agent of the Spokane. Portland A Seatle Railway Company, has received the following special crop reports: From Waldo G. Paine. A. G. F. and P. A.. Seattle, Portland Spokane Railway, Spo kane: 'Crop conditions In the Big Bend territory look very favorable, regardless of the late ness of the season. There has been consid erable precipitation over tho territory In gen eral, but the gralnmen and farmers advise me that the rain has not as yet been a detriment. It rather has a tendency to strengthen the roots, which. I am told, will carry the grain through the hots days of June and July. It la the consensus of opinion among the grain men that tho present weather is very favorable to the growing grain." From P. S.rreloar. T. T. A.. Seattle, Port land & Spokane Railway, from Great Falls, Mont.: "There was quit a lot of tho Winter wheat killed In this section this Winter, it being sstlmated between 30 and 40 per cent. Weather conditions have been such that the ranchers have not been able to replace all this with Spring wheat. It Is getting so late now that some of it will not ba re- seeded. There Is about 80 per cent Increase In Spring wheat, and It Is estimated the crop, as a whole, will be about the same ss last year, which was less than the year be fore." From P. B. Treloar, at Kallapell. Mont.: "In the territory surrounding Kallspell It Is estimated that over SO per cent of the Winter wheat was killed by the severe Win ter. As much of this has been reseeded ss has been possible with the late Spring. It Is estimated that 25 per cent of the new acreage has been put In Spring wheat this year. I am advised the yield will be about normaL" STRAWBERRY PRICES HOLDING WELL First Blnr Cherries Are Received Green Corn From South. Trade was of a semi-holiday character on Front street and there was little demand for anything in the green produce line aside from strawberries. A few small lota came from California, which may be the last of the season. They sold at (1.50JJ2. South ern Oregon berries ranged in price from (2.T5 to (3, Kennewlcks from (8.60 to (3.75 and White Salmons from (8.75 to (4. Blng cherries made their appearance, coming from Stockton, and sold at 15 cents. Other cherries brought 10 to 12 cents. Oranges were firmer In the South, ac cording to the days wires, and navels are nearly cleaned up. A car of California white new potatoes will arrive this morning, and they will be put on sale at 5t4 cents. The first. California green corn was re ceived. It was of fair quality and was quoted at 50 cents a doxen. Is'o Trade In Grain Market. No attempt was made to transact bual ness In the wheat market during the day. The local and Eastern exchanges were closed on account ot the Army registra tion. Terminal receipts. In cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows? Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Portland. Tuesday 12 1 8 3,2 Year ago ....... 4 1 11 Season to date... 6321 27$ 1476 3275 2525 Year ago 10.333 1518 1858 1000 2784 Tacoma. Monday. 56 1 . . . . 1 5 Year ago ....... 15 .... 8 8 Seaaon to date. ..7137 132 .... 813 2073 Year ago 7076 523 .... 419 2277 Seattle. Monday. 85 1 3 2 2 Year ago ....... 6 , 4 .... .... traron to date... 5876 300 ISO.", 122S 3951 Year ago 7859 1340 2047 1101 4i85 Country Produce Lines Steady. Eggs were steady, at an average quota tion of 88 Cents, case count, on the street. The butter market was rather slow and unchanged. The fact that the San Fran cisco Exchangs was. closed for the day may HID Live Stock North Portland, Oregon OFFICERS TV. P. PICKEY, President C. C. COLT. Vice-president T. J. Mahonev, Cashier C B. titvift. Asst. Cashier Offers its services to the people of the Pacific Northwest, believing" that it can serve them efficiently, and in particular urges the stockmen, stockmen's banks and stock-growing" communities to avail themselves of its services. The Canadian Bank of Commerce HEAD OFFICE TORONTO, CANADA Established 1867. A general banking; business transacted. V Interest paid on time deposits. PORTLAND BRANCH, CORNER 1". C. 31 A LP have been partly responsible for the dull market. Poultry was steady, with fair arrivals. Veal receipts were large, but the market cleaned up at 15 centa for the best grade. Pork was unchanged. Valley Wool at 65 Crnts. A few purchases of wool at Valley points have been reported this week at 55 cents. Fast of the mountains trading Is still quiet. Shearing Is progressing slowly, and It Is a question whether enough wool will be on hand lor the opening sales days. Paint Prices Advanced. A new price list, effective June 10, notes advances of 10 to 15 cents a gallon on mixed house paints, 15 cents a gallon on porch and step paint and 10 cents a gallon on floor, roof and marine paints and washable wall finish. PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain, Flour. Feed, Etc No session Merchants' Exchange, registra tion day. T FLOUR Patents, 11.60; straights. 10 40 10.80; Valley, 810.80; whole wheat. SU.80; graham, $11.60. M1LLFEED Spot -prices: Bran. $37 per ton: shorts, $40 per ton: middlings, $46; rolled barley, $40: rolled oats. $54. CORN White. $72 per ton; cracked, $73 per ton. HAY Producers' prices: Timothy, Eastern Oregon, $30 032 per ton: alfalfa, flu Q 2d; Valley grain hay. $186 20. Dairy and Country Prod ace. BUTTER Cubes, extras. 87c; prime firsts, 3614c. Jobbing prices: Prime, extras, 89c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat. No. 1. 89c; No. 2, 3Te. CHEESE Jobbers' buying prices, t. o. b. dock. Portland:. Tillamook triplets, 24c; Young Americas. 25o per pound ; longhorns, 25c. Coos and Curry, f. o. b. Myrtle Point: Triplets, 23 Kc; Young Americas. 24 Ko per pound; longhorna, 24 o per pound. EGGS Oregon ranch, current receipts, 33 $1 S3 He per dozen: Oregon ranch, se lected, 34 c per dozen. POULTRY Hens. 1818Ho per pound; broilers. 17y22c; turkeys, 2L'c; ducks, old, 17c: young, 2.r,c: geese. l'J 13o. VEAL Fancy, 14H3rl5c per pound. PORK Fancy. lgll"4e per pound. Fruits and Vegetables. Local jobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels. $2.7598.75; lemons. $2.7504.50 per box; ba nanas, 5c per pound; grapefruit, $2.05 6.75. VEGETABLES Artichokes. 70o per dos en; tomatoes, $4.25 per crate: rnhbae, 3t 4 Vie per pound; lettuce, $1.752; cuesusa. bers, 85cti?$1.75 per dozen; peppers, 2040o per pound; rhubarb, 2gr3c per pound; peas, 6W9c per pound: asparagus, $1(M.50 per dozen; spinach. 67c per pound; beans, 10 11o per pound. POTATOES Oregon. Jobbing prices. $3.50 04 per hundred; new California, 5VitI6VjC per pound. ONIONS Bermuda, yellow. 1.752; white. $22.25 per crate; red. $2.80. GREEN FRUITS Strawberries. $1.504 per crate: cherries. 10ffl5c per pound; ap rlcota, $1.752.50 per bov. Staple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations; 6UOAR Fruit and berry. $8.60: Honolulu plantation, $8.45; Grants Pass beet, $8.30; California beet, $8.30: extra C. $8.10; pow dered. In barrels. $9.05; cubes. In barrels. $0.25. SALMON Columbia Hirer. 1-pound tails, $2.75 per dozen; one-half flats, $1.85; one pound flats, $3. HONEY Choice, $33.25 per ease. NUTS Walnuta. 1822Hc: Brazil nuts. 21c; fllberta, 2'Je; almonds. lO'&oc; peanuta. 10c; cocoanuts, $1.10 per dozen, pecans, 17 Wc BEANS California, small white. 17o; large white, 16V4c; Lima, ITHc; bayous, 1314 c: pink, 14c. COFFEE Roasted, in drums, 17a 23c. SALT Granulated, $16.75 per ton; half ground. 100s. $11.50 per ton; 50s, $12.23 per ton; dairy, $16 per ton. RICE Southern head, HfOHe per pound; blue rose, 8c: Japan style, 7V4fa7o. DRIED FRUIT Apples. 12c; peaches, lOtfllo; prunes. Italian. 104ei2HiC; raisins. 85c&$3 per box; dates, fard. $2.50Q3 per box; currants, 19c: figs. $28.50 per box. Hops, Wool, Hides. Ktc. HOPS Old and new crop, nominal. HIDES Salted bdes (25 pounds up). 20c; salted stags (30 pounds and up), 16c; green and salted kip (15 pounds to 25 pounds). 20c: green and salted calf skins (up to 13 pounds), 82c; green hldea (25 pounds and up). 13c: dry hides. 84c; dry calf, 40c; salt hides. 20c; dry horse hides. $1&2.50; salt horse hides, 135J. PELTS Dry long-woolea pelts, 80c: dry ahort-wooled pelts, 25c; dry sheep shearlings, each 15 e 80c; salt sheep shearlings, each 25 OK1O0. WOOT, Eastern Oreaon, fine. 50r31o per - - - - r. !is -.-'1 Ve3r w steamer Harvest Queen V To Astoria and North Beach races Ash Street Dock daffy, except juniuiy, or o p.m.; returnma irarra 1 Attorta at F a.m. aaHy.ereepiJum 1 Ticket, etc., at the dock, or h CITY TICKET OFFICE , 3rd & Washington r,;, lioth rhane Wra.n:MurrjT 1 V ' - State Bank DIRECTORS Tf. P. DICICET C. C. COLT T. J. MAHOXET, C. B. SWIFT E. IL COREETT Commercial T-etters of Credit leaned. f&xchanjre on London. England, liousnt and Sold. SECOND AND STARK STREETS AS, manager. pound: coarse. 53 V 55c: Valley, 53c MOHAIR BOo per pound. CASCARA BARK New, 7c; old, 8c pee pound. TALLOW No. 1, 14c per pound. Provisions. HAMS All sizes, choice, 80c: standard. 20c; skinned, 27 (u 28c; picnics, 13c; cottage rolls, 27c. LARD Tierce basis, kettle rendered, 25Vtc; standard pure, 24ttc; compound, 19c. BACON Fancy. 88r39c; standard. 35 1 80c; choice, 2s'(j 34c. DRY SALT Short clear backs, 2527c; exports, 2Sui!7c; plates. 2224c Oils. KEROSENB Water white, drums, barrels or tank wagons, lOc: cases, 18 Vi 22c. GASOLINE Bulk. 20HC:. rases. 20c: naphtha, drums, 19c; cases, 28c; engine distillate, drums. lolc; cases. 114c. LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels, $1.32: cases, $1.3iH boiled, barrels, $1.34; cases, $1.41. TURPENTINE In tanks, O-Ic; In cues, 9c. TRAVBLavKS GUIDE. San Francisco Los Angeles (Without Change En Route) The Big, Clean. Comfortable. Elegantly Appointed. Seagoing S. S. ROSE CITY Sails From Alnsworth Dock 3 P. M., SUNDAY, JUNE 10. 100 Golden Miles on Columbia River. All Kates Include Berths and Meals. Table and service Unexcelled. The Ban Francisco & Portland 8. S. Col. Third and Washington streets (with O.-W. R. N. Co.). Tel. Broadway 4500. A 612 1. Independent S. S. Co. San Francisco $10.00 Coos Bay $7.00 Eureka $15.00 Flrat-ClaaH Mealn and Berth Included. S. S. K I LB URN 6 P. M. FRIDAY, JUNE 8 North Paclflo S. ft. Dork. Near Ilrondvray Brldgre and 124 Third St. Phones. Broadway 520, A 5-122. 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