THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 191T. " 17 LOCAL HOBS STEADY Weakening Eastern Market Not Felt Much in Portland. CHANGES IN CATTLE FEW Best Steers, Balls and Calves Un changed, but Poor Stuff Is Xeglected Top Hogs Firm at $18. In spite of the weakening of the hogr Market in Eastern centers yesterday. It field steady In Portland, with a top price of. 1S.OO. In cattle there was a decided weakening on the poor stuff, though the best steers, bulls and calves were unchanged. The official quotations wer as follows: Cattle 3st beef steers.......... tJood beef fters .......... 33est beef cows Ordinary to good cows.... !Rest Heifers ............. . 8.2S S.7.-. 7.0il'a 8.00 6.00 'rp 7.00 a.aoop 5.00 6.2r.'. 4.3ou 0.00 S.otift) 1I.BO 4. SO '31 7.00 lS.lO-a IS.2. 175C 1S.10 16.00& 17.00 IS. 00 3 2.00 12.7.-, 31. SO i 12. (Ml r.0i 10.2.-1 .::; si lo.oo 8.00 4j S.OO Wt. Price. Calves blocker and feeder steers... Hogs Prime light Prime heavy Bulk , Sheep Western lambs ........... Valley lambs . . Yearlings "Wethers Ewes Yesterday's sales follow: "Wt. Price. I 2 steers . . JO.r. $ ;.w; 1 cow 940 4.M O.im! 10 cows SUO 4.7.. Coot 2 cows ...looo 4 00 6 cows hi 4. r.0 4 heifers. T.47 4..VI 2 heifers ..7 4.75! 4 heifers.. tit7 B.OOI 2heifrs.'. f.sr. ft.ool 2 heifers. . 3.-i 5. o 1 heifer... MO n.-.-i! bulls . . .1030 B.r.ol 1 bull 040 4..-.0 4..-.0 G..V) r..r.u 4. (Ml ii.OO 4.00 fi.2" rum 17.7.-. IS. 00 1 s.oo is.oo 3..-0 hogs II.OOI 4 hons 0.OOI 4 hoKS r..2.'.l 1 hos .. 211 .. 227 . . 2.'lo . . 23o . . 230 . . :t7o u.-. 4 hogs 1H.I10 1 7.00 4.r.'t( 1 ho 1 bog 230 17..-.0 4f.l! 4.IM1I 4.7.-.! 8.20I 4.2.-1 2 hogs 4 hogs 410 17.1X1 13.-. 1 7.O0 17.1HI 1H.OO lH.r.n 1 hog 2 holts 3.-.0 2411 130 1 nog r.l 1 caif . . lo sou cattle. 1 calf. 428 hops and :;l. sheep, a total of 12 carloads. Ship pers were: Hogs E. K. Masterson, Chlco, Cal., 1 load. 'attle Barton Co., Baker, B loads di rect. Mteep A. A. Welch. I.awson. 1 load. Mixed stuff I.ee Miller. Albany, 2 loads Cattle, calves, hogs and sheep. EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET Jlest Trade Conditions In Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington. Report on meat trad conditions August J2 from Bureau of Markets, United States department of Agriculture. BKf. Boston Beef, fresh: Receipts adequate, demand slow, prices unchanged. Kosher . beef: Supply equals demand, demand good, prices firm. Steers: Receipts moderate, de mand light, market steady. Cows: Receipts increasing, demand fair, better grades sell ing well at firm prices. Bulls: Receipts very light, demand slow, market ciuiet. New York -Beef, fresh: This week's re ceipts below nomral, demand fair, market steady. Kosher chucks and plates: Supply adequate, demand fair, market fairly steady. Binds and ribs: Supply moderate, market trong on good and choice gradt.8 but weak on common grades, demand fair. Steers: Iteceipts light, demand fair, market steady on good steers, prices a shade lower on common steers. Cows: Receipts moderate, demand fair, prices unchanged. Bulls: Re ceipts light, demand limited, prices steady. Philadelphia Beef, fresh: Cars arriving late. demand light, market unchanged. Kosher oeef : Supply normal, demand slow, market quiet. Binds and ribs: Supply mod erate, demand fair, market stendy. Steers: Receipts light, very little trading, choice steers higher, market fairly steady on other grades. Cows: Receipts light, demand fair, market steady. Bulls: Few arrivals, de mand light, market unchanged. Washington Beef, fresh: Receipts light, poor demand for all grades, market opened oraggy. Steers: Receipts of medium and common steers increasing, demand light, market slow. Supply of good steers limited, demand limited, market dull. Cows: Re ceipts very light, demand poor, market un changed. Bulls: None in the market. Veal. Boston Receipts liberal, fair demand for ill grades, prices steady to higher. - New York Receipts light, demand fair, kuarket Vf-ry strong. Philadelphia Receipts very light, demand active, market very strong. Washington Supply very light, demand Cood, prices SI per cwt. higher. Pork. Boston Supply light, demand light, mar ket dull. New York Receipts light, demand light, rrl.-es generally higher than at the begin ning cf the week. Philadelphia Receipts liberal, demand E-nerally good, prices firm. Washington Receipts very light, demand good, market steady, light frozen loins sell ing well at prices SI to S2 per cwt. under frebh ioins. Lamb. Boston Receipts light, demand slow, prices unchanged. New York Supply moderate, demand lim ited, market opened draggy. F'hiladeiphla Receipts moderate, demand limited, market unchanged. Washington Receipts below normal, de rnand exceeds supply, prices $1 per cwt. higher. Mutton. Boston Receipts very light, demand good, knarket steady to strong. New York Receipts very light, demand flood, market strong. Philadelphia Receipts very light, demand lair, market strong. Weshington Supply equals demand, de tuand light, market steady. Loading Report. destinations of livestock loaded August 21. 7n17. (Carloads reported west of Allegheny Mountains; double-decks counted as two turn). ' Cattle. sr'Tei Calves Hogs Sheep block TO. Atlanta. Ga. Austin, Minn. .. ... Baltimore ... Birmingham. Ala. 1 6 3 1 US 3K jii icgepori . . l Boston r, .jiurralo 7 Ced'r Kapids, la. 4 . Chicago . 475 0 925 4 UK 240 15 11 lo 2 1 r.i 10 3 IncinnaTl 1!l Cleveland ... 20 Columbus. O. ... Bayton. 0 1 3 enver ..... 34 lies Moines, la.. 4 Detroit 23 j:. St. Louis. 111. 214 Kau Clair ..... ... l-lvansville, Tnd. ... 3-'l. Wayne, 3nd. I 3"t. Worth, Tex. .15 3iarrisburg. Pa.. 2 Indianapolis ... 42 Jeraev Cttv .... 13 1 3 6 1 CO 1 1 3 9 34 r.i asr, l 3 1 171 i 8 "si "l2 "a 124 H 45 10S 11) Kans's City. Mo. 40; 471 J.os Angeles ... Louisville ..... Masnn City, la.. Milwaukee ..... Nashviile ' New Orleans . .. New York ..... Ogden. Utah . . . Oklahoma City. Omaha TOttumwa, la. . . 3'eoria 3"hi)adelphia ... Pittsburg J'ortland, Or. . . Provi dnce? R. I. Pueblo. Colo. . . St. Joseph. Mo.. Ft. Paul. Minn San Francisco.. Seattle Sioux City. Ia. . . Sioux Falls. S.D. Spokane ....... Toledo. O Topeka - Waterloo, Ta. . . Wheeling, W.Va. Wichita, ...Kan. Winona, Minn.. . Various ........ 2i 20 U 2 7 1 "l4 "8 87 3 3 4 13 6 7 23 .". 407 11 7 12 3H 3 60H 18 11 38 31 7 T 40 7 11 123 21 3D 12 4.) 1 1 4 130 3 til in 1 1 1 6 10 10 "l3 'ce 1 2(1 Totals .2902 942 353 305 State origins of Llivestock loaded August XI, l'Jli. Cattle. Mixed Calves Hogs Sheep Stock Tt' For Portland Idaho X .J . ba 2 2 1 steer . . 4t 4 steers . . 7S7 1 steer . . rllO 2 steers . . li'M) 3 steer . . 7-.J 2 steers . . 7o;', 3 steers . - Sf:t 1 cow .... !i.",0 1 cow .... 1 cow .... sss 1 cow .... SMS 2 cows . . . 1'I3." Scows ...I'll:; 2 cows ... o5 1 cow .... K7il 1 cow .... OlO 1 cow .... 7 0 1 cow ... . In!) cows . . . 8:;3 1 cow . . . .1010 J2 cows ... 707 1 cow .... IiL'O 4 cows ... fl7 6 COWS . . . SMI lfeceipts were Oregon ......... 2 T"tls Portland 3 For Seattle Oregon 10 Washington .... 2 10 2 T't'ls Seattle.. 12 12 Comparative livestock loaded August 21, 1917. Cattle, Mixed Calves Kogs Sheep Stock Tt'l. Totals loaded-- Week ago 1S20 834 285 828 S3J9 Loaded for Portland Week ago 1 1 ... 8 Loaded for Seatt tie- Week ago Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Aug. 22. Hogs Receipts, 13. 000: mostly 23c lower than yesterday's av erage. Top. fltt.85; bulk. S18.50?il!M0; light, J 17. S3 lit. 63; mixed, $l7.orl9.3: heavy, $17. 75 110. 40; rough, $17,70417.1)0; pigs, H2.73W17. Cattle Receipts 13,000: steady to strong. Native beef cattle, $7.4Hil3; Western steers. $tJ.&5&12.S0; stockers and feeders, 6Sr9.10; cows and heifers, 4.404f 12.50; calves, 110.00 4 14.43. Sheep Receipts. 13,000; strong: weth ers. $7.7511.10; lambs, $10.2516.73. Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA, Aug. 22. Hogs Receipts. TB00: market 25c to 40c lower. Heavy. S17.!0$ 10; mixed. S1S&18.00; light. 17.90-a) lo.no; pigs. S13.30& 17.50: bulk of sales. tlSjrlS.30. Cattle Receipts. CSOO; market steady; feeders lower. Native steers. $9,504. 14. 50; cows and heifers. $0.50 f 8.50; Western steers. $S.30S' 12.5o; Texas steers. $7.50'&,10.23: cows and heifers; $a$?8.50; canners. $5o; stock ers and feeders, $0(fi0.u0; calves, $34(12; bulls, stags. S5.75&S.25. Sheep Receipts, 12.700: market steady. 15c to 25c higher. Yearlings. $10.50 if 11.23; wethers. tl')'ll; ewes, $3,75 410; lambs, $15.5016.00. Rank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities Clearings. .$2,250,632 . 4.42S.330 470.71H 9O2.01MJ Balances. $157,791 . 702.9O4 62.212 170.521 Portland .. Seattle .... Tacoma . . . Spokane PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain, Hour, Feed, Etc. Merchants' Exchange, noon session: Cash uelivery Bid. Oats No. 2 white feed $19.00 Barley No. 1 feed Brewing Bran .............................. Shorts FlltureB September oats October oats September feed barley September brewing barley .......... October brewing barley September bran October bran September shorts .................. October shorts WHEAT Spot prices: Bluestem 4.no 4 s.oo an.iHi 37. 5o 47.50 44. .50 47.00 47.U0 4H.50 33.50 32.75 3B.25 34.25 $2.1; fortvfold, $2.12; club, $2.13; red Russian, $2.13. KLOUR Patents. $11.60; straights, $10.40 10.80: Valley. $11.30; whole wheat. $11. bo; graham. $11.(10. MILLFEED Spot prices: Brnn, $37 per ton; shorts. $lo per ton; middlings, $47 rolled barley, $55; rolled oats. $57. HAY Buying prices: Timothy. Eastern Oregon $2U; Valley timothy, $2U; alfalfa, $22; Valley grain hay. Sls.3p. Dairy and Country Produce. BUTTER Cube, extras. 40(34Oic: prime firsts, ys'-i-c. Jobbing prices: Printa. extras, 44c; cartons. 3o extra; butterfut, No. 1, 4bc; No. 2. 44 40c. CHEESE Jobbers buying prices, f. o. b. dock Portland: Tillamook triplets. 23e; Young Americas. 24c per youud; longhorns, 23c: Coos and Curry, f. o. b. Myrtle Point: Triplets. 22Vc: Young Americas 23u per pound; longhorns, 23c per pound. E'JGS Oregon ranch, current receipts, 3.-1(360 per dozen; Oreiton rauch, candled. 37"i.:!Sc per dozen; selects, 40o. POULTRY Hens, 14H 1014c: broilers. 17$ 18c; ducks, live, 32 13c; large young white, 17lc; large young white Springs, 2022c; geeso, live, 78c; Springs. V.ii&loc; turkeys live, 204722c; dressed, 2SfitJ30c VaVL Fancy, 1 5 1 5 c per pound. PORK. Fancy, 2021c per pound. Staple Groceries. Loeal jobbing quotations: SUGAR Fruit and berry. $9.15; Honolulu plantation, $9.05; beet, 8.K0; extra C. $8.75; powdered, in barrels, $0.O; cubes, in bar rel. $1o'.or,. SALMON Columbia River 1-pound talis. $3.35 per dozen; one-half flats, $2; one pound flats, $3.50. NUT'- Walnuts, 13J22Vc; Brazil nuts. 21c; filberts, 22c; almonds. 1920c; peanuts, loc; cocoanuts, $l.lu per dozen; pecans, U'c. BEANS California, small white, 13V4c; large white, 35c; Limas, 154c; bayous, iiuc: pink. llTo. COFFEE Roasted, In drums, 1725c. SALT GranulHted. $17.23 per ton; hatf ground loos. $14 per ton; 50s, $14.80 per ton; dairy. $ls per ton. RICE Southern head. 9 'S fl c per pound; blue rose, 8: Japan style. 7i79ic 1ll2c; prunes. Italian, 316 43c; raisins. S5c$t'$3 per box; dates, fard. $2.50ftj3 per box; currants, Hlc; figs, $2?i2.5U per box. Fruits nnd Vegetables. Local jobbing quotations: TROPICAL. FRUITS Oranges. Valenclas, $3.15 4 3.50; lemons, $5rdH per box: ba ll a mi h, 5o per pound: grapefruit. $34x3.25. VEGETABLES Tomatoes. 7.'4t,K5o per crate: cabbage, 24((i'214c per pound; let tuce, 436i50o per dozen; cucumbers, r.oift tioo per dozen; peppers. Kc per pound ; beans, 7c per pound; corn. 3035o per dozen. POTATOES New Oregon. 2 it 4 U c ; aweet potatoes. 7't.c per pound. ONIONS Walla Walla. $1.0O. GKEEN FRUITS Cantaloupes, standard. $2,25 42.50: flats. S0Cu$l per crate: peachea, Oregon, 5080c; California, 80c$l; water melons. $1.50 per hundred: apples. $1.75 2.25; pears. $2.25; grapes, $1,754x2:15; plums. $1.35 per crate; pears, $2.25; grapes. $1,054)1.75; casabaa, 2c per pound. Provision. HAMS All sizes choice, 30c; standard. 20c; skinned. 27029c; picnics. 22 Vic; cot tage rolls, 27c. LARD Tierce basis, kettle rendered. 24Mtc; standard, pure. 24c; compound. 18t&c. BACON Fancy. 40 U 42c; standard, sua 39c: choice, 3037c. DRY SALT Short clear backs. 27 30c; exports, 2b & 30c: plates, 24Q2GC Hops, Wool, Etc. . HOPS 1916 crop 20c per pound; 1917 contracts, 30c per pound. V OOL Eastern Oregon, fine, B261o per pound; coarse, 00c per pound; Valley, 00c per pound. MOHAIR 5S4TSOC per pound. CASCARA BARK New. 7 Vic; old. So per pound. tallow No. 1. lie per pound; No. 2, 10c Hides and Pelts. HIDES Salted hides 25 pounds up). 19c; salted stags (30 pounds up). 10c; salted and green kip (15 pounds to 25 pounds), 20c; salted and green calf skins (up to 13 pounds), 30c: green hides (25 pounds and up), 17c; green stags (50 pounds and up). 14c: dry flint hides, 35c: dry flint calf (up to 7 pounds). 40c; dry salt hides. 3uc: dr horse hides, $L50Q2.50; salted horse hides $3 i. 3. PELTS Dry long-wnoled pelts. 40ff4;c' dry ahort-wooled pelts. 25(&30c: salted heep pelts, long wool. $4fi5: salted lam pelts. $11.50; salted short-wool pelts. 75c tt $1.25; dry sheep shearlings, 15&30c; salted sheep shearlings. 253?5uc; dry goats, long hair, 3ac: dry goat shearlings. louOc: dry short-hair goats, 50cjl. Oils. KEROSENE, Water white, drums, barrels or tank wagons, 30c; cases, 3 8 '4 22c. GASOLINE Bulk, 20tie; cases, 29c, naphtha, drums, IDVfec; cases. 2u; engine distillate, drums, lOVfcc; cases, 19c LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels, $1.32: cases, $1.39: boiled, barrels, $1.34; cases, $1.41. -TERPENTINE In tanks, 02c; in cases, 83 c. FXF.W YORK COH KE MARKET QUIET Official Cables Indicate Advances in Rio Market. NEW TORTC, Aug. 22. There was little change in coffee futures today. Renewed liquidation of September was pretty well taken at the existing late month premiums and there appeared to be some scattered buying of later months by Wall street or for eign interests. The market was a little easier late in the day on talk of increased cost and freight offers. The opening was 1 point lower and the market closed at a net decline or A to a points, sales, inciud lng exchanges. 27.500 bags. August and September,- 7.53c; October. 7.61c; December. 7.79c; January. 1.91c; Aiarch, b.ojc; -May, 8.10c: July. 8.29c Spot, quiet; Rio1 7s. 0V4c; Santos 4s, 10V4c. It was reported In the cost and freight mar ket that Santos 4s had sold at 9.35c, and 3s and 4s at 9:40c. London credits. Offers today ranged from c to HV4c for Santos 4s. The official cables showed an advance of 75 reis in the Rio market. Santos spots were unchanged and futures 23 to 100 rels lowef. , - Hops, Hides, Etc.. at New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 22. Hops, hides and wool, unchanged. G011L MARKET WEAK Enforced Soft Coal Price Re duction Unsettling. RAILROAD SHARES DECLINE Labor Conditions and Fresh German Attack on Russia TJsed by Bears to Depress Market. Money Market Nervous. NEW YORK, Aug. 22. The Government's action In enforcing reduced prices for soft coal, with the belief that similar proceed ings are to be Instituted In regard to an thracite coal, created widespread unsettle ment on the stock exchange today. Coalers and shares of roads which de rive the greater part of their revenue from the transportation of that commodity re acted sharply at extreme declines of 2 to 7 points. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western declining 10 points. Labor conditions In their bearinff on the shipbuilding situation and reports of a fresh Teutonic offensive against Russia were among the additional developments used by the bears to depress values. Trading en compassed an unusual variety of stocks and many "stop" orders were uncovered. Total sales. 770,000 shares. The money market reflected to an extent the nervous state of the securities list, call loans ruling at 3 per cent. Time loans were unchanged, but funds were In lighter supply. Bonds were heavy, liberty 34s selling at 99. S8 to 99.9B. Total bond Bales, par value, aggregated $2,285,000. I'nlted States bonds (old Issues) were un changed on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Pales. High. Low. bid. Am Beet Sugar.. 7.tno HO Ml 14 M.!4 Am Can 2.3n() 45 43 ! 44 Am Car & Fdry.. 2.10O 73 v 73 72V4 Am Locomotive. 2,500 OSVs 07 ti7 Am Sm & Refg 300 Am Sug Refg 310 Am Tel & Tel... 300 HSVi HSVi US Am V. L & 8. -2V2 Anaconda Cop. .. 9,700 7"i4 744 74 Atchison l.OOO 99i fiS 99 A G & W I S S L. 3.8111) 11184s. 107 100 Bait & Ohio 2.1O0 OS'. OS's 0fi HASCopper... l.OOO 35; 35 Vs 35, Cai4f Petrol 20 Canadian Paclf 3594 Central Leather. 10.300 894 71a Ches & Ohio 2,3(10 r.Ki.4 r.T- 57 54 Chi Mil It St V. .. 3,0OO (?, 00 Chi & N W 3110 3H7 lo7 lOOVi CRI&Pctfs... S.4110 237 27 4 27 Vi Chino Copper. . .. 2,ftno 55 Va f"4 55 Colo Fuel & Ir. . . oO 47"- 47Vj 47 Corn Prod Refg.. 9.1O0 33 S2 34 H2 Crucible Steel 3S.2O0 80'i 7S 7S Cuba Cane Sug. .. 9,300 ilO',2 32V4 82i Dist Securities 2V Erie 3.900 23 23 23 Gen Electric 4(10 351 V. 3501 350 Gen Motors S.OOO 112V4 310Va 3-10 V4 Gt North prd 200 304V 304'j 104 Gt Nor Ore ctfs.. 7.8HO 35 33--i 33'4 Illinois Central.. BUT, lol ,i 101 "4 Inspiration Cop.. 3,700 C4H 54 B.'lvs Int M M prd 90 vi lnt Nickel 3.100 37 37',4 S7 Int Paper ... 2.701) B3V4 32 32 K C Southern 3o0 2DVi 20 30". Kennecott op 2.4H0 42V R2 4lv4 Louis & Nash. .. 2O0 323 322r-4 12V4 Maxwell Motors. 4.700 33V 32V4 "2 Mexican Petrol.. 41.000 100V4 115 Ho Miami Copper. . . 1.700 37 V ".7 37 Missouri Pacific. 13.700 29 Vi 27 2754 Montana Power. 3O0 8S P7 Nevada Copper., s 300 22i 1!2'4 22V4 N Y Central 2,000 S2i K2V 82 N Y N H & H 3D Norfolk & West. 2,200 118 115 11BV4 Northern Pacif B" Pacific Mail SOO 27 'i 27 2..V3 Pac Tel tr Tel KHO 22 22 22 Pennsylvania.... 2,400 r.2i f.-'"4 Pittsburg Coal. .. 15. 300 t 7 Va i',' 4(iVi RSv Consol Cop.. 5.20O 27 2014 2'.i Reading 22.700 S!)',i 85 V, 8.1 Rep Ir steel 8J Shat Ariz Cop r:.!I Southern Pacif.. 1.100 94 '4 OSt 93 4 Southern Ry 7,oo 27 Vi 2(1 20 V4 Studebaker Cor.. 4.200 63Vi 51 t.1 Vi Texas Company 10 I nlon Pacific. . . 3.9O0 3:!H4 335H 335'4 II K Ind Alcohol. 4. 5110 141 1384 l:W'4 U S Steel 213,000 323V4 320i!4 3 20-H dopfd 11754 I tah Copper 2.400 J:t'4 - 101 H 101 Vi Wabash pfd B... 400 2514 25U 25V Western TTnion . 94 Westing Elect. . . 1.000 47t 47V4 '45i Total sales for the day, 770.000 shares. BONDS. U R ref 2s reg. .97'4INor Pac 3s 2 do coupon noiPac T & T f.s. . 90VJ U S 3s reg Pa con 44s ...t100 do coupon Hit V4 :S P ref 4s U S 4s reg '105 I1T p 4a imMi do coupon ...105 IV P cv 4s K!) Atch gen 4s S714I1J S Steel 5s...lo4 D A R ref 5s.57VslS P cv r.s 92 A N Y C deb 6s. . .ion1 iAnglo-Fr 5s ....Uvs Nor Pao 4s ..-bOVal Bid. Mining; Stocks at Boston. BOSTON. Aug. 22. closing quotations: Allouez 04 INMpissing R Vi Ariz Com 3 1lN Butte 37V Calu A Ariz 70V Old Dom 55 Calu Ac Hecla. ..&-"5 Osceola 85 ."entennia! 1 1 -iuincy .v on on Rann Con. :.l Vi pnannon iu K Butte Cop M. 31 Kuperlor 7 Vi Franklin 'ssup & Horn A ' Kerr Lake r.;i.ian con J Lake Cop v,winona . Mohawk 81 IWolverine 40 Vi Money, Exchange, Etc. mw YORK. Aug. 22. Mercantile paper. 45 per cent. Sterling, 60-day bills, $4.72; commercial eo-aay oius 041 .nn. . int. commercial OO-day bills. $4. 713a; demand, $4 75 9-10: cables, $4.70 7-1B. Francs, demand. s- cMbles. 5.77. Guilders, nemana, c cables, 42. Llres, demand, 7.45; cables, 7.44. Rubles, demand. 21.10; cables, 21.0. Bar silver. 88 '4 c. Mexican dollars. SV4c. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds easy. Time loans steady; 00 aays. tth per cent: 00 days, 4 VIST 4 Vi Per cent; six months. 4 45 per cent. Call money firmer. Hign, s per cent; low. 3 per cent; ruling rate. 3 per cent: closing bid, 2 per cent; ollerea at J per cent; last loan, 3 per cent. LONDON. Aug. 22. American securities were active on the stock market today. LONDON, Aug. 22. Bar silver, 44'd per ounce. Monev. 81 per cent. Discount rates, short bills. 4 per cent; three months' bills, 4 13-16 per cent. GRAIN MARKET REMAINS QUIET Weather Forecast Favorable for Fair Crops in Harvest. Local conditions in grain remain un changed, practically. The bulletins to the Merchants' Exchange give the following outline of Oregon crop conditions, from the United States Weather Bureau : "Ideal weather for harvesting and thresh ing. Barley, oats, rye and Spring wheat showing poor to good yields; Winter wheat is better, but the quality is generally poor. Some grain shriveled. "Irrigated crops in excellent condition. Corn Is doing fairly well. Continued com plaints are received of small tubers and second-growth In potatoes. Indications point to short crops of beans and sugar beets and other garden truck where nonirrigated. "Third crop of alfalfa being cut. Pastures and ranges dried up aud stock is in poor to fair condition. "The fruit outlook continues, promising. Bartlett pears are being picked." The weather forecast for the Middle West as wired from Chicago is: Grain belt generally unsettled, probably showers and cooler, except North and South Dakota . generally fair. Grain receipts, car lots, reported as fol lows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Portland. Wed.. 14 2 5 3 Year ago H 2 7 1 ' 13 Season to date.. 193 19 307 303 201 Year ago 028 ' 25 832 28D 325 Tacoma. Tues.. 10 1 30 Year ago 3D .... K Season to date.. 149 6 .... 24 397 Year ago 083 11 .... 0 284 Seattle. Tues... 6 15 I 45 Year ago 28 1 15 36 40 Season to date.. 110 19 38 09 478 Year ago .088 25 841 231 605 Receipts at Ban Francisco. AN FRANCISCO. Aug. 22. Receipts Flour, 1200 quarters, barley, -8505 centals; beans. 27 sacks: potatoes, 7125 sacks: onions. 1915 seeks: hay, 543 tons; hides 535 pelts; wine. 56.G00 gallons. Grain Wheat (spot), nominal; barley feed. $2.27 2.32Vi; corn, California yellow, medium. $3.754. Fruits Cantaloupes. Turloclt standard. $1.501.75: strawberries. $56 per chest; raspberries, $10W12 per chest; craDappies not quoted. - - " New York Metal Market. NEW YORK. Aug. 22. The Metal Mar ket auotes lead easy. Spot. 10V41034c; spelter, weak; spot, East St. Louis delivery. 8&SV4C. Copper, -dull. Electrolytic, spot and nearby, nominal; September and fourth quarter, 23 a 20c. Iron firm and unchanged. Metal Exchange quotes tin easy. Spot, 82c. San Francisco Produce. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22. Buffer, prime firsts, 41e. Eggs Fresh extras. 43c; fresh extra pul lets. 41c. Cheese Young Americas, 25c. Vegetables Okra, 10-lb. box. 75 60a. New York Fruits. NEW YORK, Aug. 22. Evaporated apples, firm:' fancy, 12c; choice. 1212V4c; prime, 11 V. llVc. Prunes, firm. Peaches, steady. Batter and Eggs In Chicago. CHICAGO. Aug. 22. Butter. higher; creamery, 87 41c. Eggs Receipts. 9732 cases, higher. Firsts, 35V430c: ordinary firsts, 31 (o 34c; at mark, cases included, 31 30c, Linseed Quotations. DTJLTJTH. Aug. 22. Linseed, September, $3.57 asked: October, $3.5-1 asked: Novem ber. $3.50 asked; December, $3.44 asked. Sugar at New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 22. Raw sugar, firm Centrifugal, 7.39c; molasses sugar, 6.51 per cental. Refined, steady; fine granulated, 8.40ij9c. Cotton In New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 22. Cotton, spet. quiet; middling. 24.05c. Industrial Notes. IDAHO mines returned net profit of $12,820,180 to their owners in 1910, ac cording to statements received from county assessors by the State Auditor. This exceeds the earnings of 11)15 by $2,018,333. Practically all of the net profit of the min eral production of Idaho came from Spo kane County. Earnings shown by other counties are: Custer, $321,593; Boise, $12t, 205; Lemhi, $140,907. Ravenel Macbeth, of Custer County, has been making an investigation for the Idaho Mining Association of the amount of cap ital Involved in the mineral development of the state. He is also an ardent advocate of good roads and tclls the mining men that their welfare is bound up in the state's high way development. In Idaho County Mr. Macbeth made a thorough inspection of the Dewey mine and pronounces it a great prop erty. He states the development has opened a true body of sulphide ore at the water level, leaving no doubt as to its permanency. He also states that he saw ore from the Ten Mile district that contains the prized tung sten. Weiser. Idaho, is to have a fruit drying plant with modern equipment and In oper ation early enough to handle apples and the lest of this season's prune crop. R. Stone, of Kansas City, proposed to the - business men of Weiser that he would put In dollar for dollar with them in this Industry aud als offer was accepted. e Kellogg. Idaho, Is building a sewer aya tem. e Idaho has no chance of ' getting water from Jackson Lake. Wyoming, to irrigate lands now arid. The Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney-General made a trip to Jackson Lake and report It Impossible to Increase the capacity of the reservoir built some years ago by the Federal Gov ernment. The entire run-off of the water shed at the head of Snake River Is at pres ent being Impounded. The reservoir has a capacity of 790.000 acre, feet of water, all decreed to. lands in the Snake River Val ley, and promotors of new projects in Idaho cannot hope o buy water from the Federal Government at this Ume, en gineers In the reclamation service say. N. R. Lee Company, of Lewlston, has been awarded the contract to build the state Uni versity Engineering and dairy buildings at Moscow, Idaho, for $7995 and $11,098. Work will begin immediately. In Josephine County the Graybaek copper group, lit Walda. district, has been leased to owners of the California-Oregon Coast Rail road, who also own the Queen of Bronze and the smelter at Takilma. and development work on a largo scale. The Queen of Bronze Is working 00 men and producing good grade copper ore. William Merchant, of Pioneer farm, near Carlton, believes in progress and convenience and has the two dwellings and three barns on his farm wired for electricity, which wil. be used to operate house and farm machin ery. JIcMinnville News-Reporter. L. B. Newby, of St. Louis, who has been at Bandon for some time, ha gone to New York. The Western World says lie repre sents a number of Eastern men who are interested in mining and have bought the Cyrus Madden holdings on the Sixes River, which are said to be rich in platinum. Mr. Newby Is building a Ooo-lon plant which should be completed by November. Work on the new grain elevator for the Woolgrowers Warehouse Company, at En terprise, Or., is well under way. m P E. I.. McLaln, of Hood River, has been In Marshfield and it Is published there that he is figuring on buying the famous Star ranch near Langlols. This ranch consists of over 1100 acres of bottom land and is said to bo the largest dairy ranch In this part of the state. It is owned by two Cali fornia men who are breaking partnership. . Baker County's new co-operative flour mill will cost $10,000. a The Sliver Falls Timber Company, of Fll verton. is extending the Willamette Valley Southern Railroad from Mt. Angel to Sil verton. The object of this extension ia to enable the company to ahtp their lumber over the northern routes and make them selves less dependent in the matter of cars. The Commercial Club, of Silverton. Is urg ing the extension of the Una Into the main part of the town. Western farmers are boosting the buck wheat industry. H. T. Tlerney Is ' Installing a sawmill In the Round Lake section with a capacity of 25,000 feet dally, employing 20 men. The Ashland Tidings says the Big Lakes Box Company, of Ashland, will take the entire output of the new mill. - Taft has four cheese factories and also the honor of having launched the first ship built on Silets Bay. W. J. Bums. living near I.ewlsvllle, was in Dallaa Wednesday, delivering two teams of horses to William Tatom. For one team Mr. Burnit was paid $5O0 and for the other $400. "Nine hundred dollars for four horses explodes the oft-expressed idea that there is no longer money In raising horsesi" says the Poul County Itemlzer. AGED WOMAN DIES ALONE Body of Mrs. B. B. .Carle, Resident of Roseburg, JFonnd by Neighbors. ROSEBTJRG. Or.. Anr. 22. (Special.) Mrs. Li. D. Carle, aged 65. since 1883 a - resident of Roseburg-, died at her home hero Monday evening. She lived alone and neighbors found her lylngr on the floor In an unconscious condi tion. She was only partly dressed, in dicating; that she was stricken soon after getting out of bed. Mrs.- Carle Is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Gay Huffman, of Raymond, Wash, and two errand-children. Laverne Huff man, of Marshfield. and. Mrs. Lavilla Yokum, of Salt Lake City. Rejected jLad Operated On. CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 22. (Spe cial.) Monday when WJllard Mossop, of Tono. was informed by the Thurston county exemption board that he was rejected for physical unfitness, the young man underwent an operation to remove the obstacle to Army service. Drs. H. W. Parelow. W. L.. Brldgeford and N. J. Redpath, three Olympia phy sicians. volunteered to perform the op eration gratis. -The claims for exemp tion filed by Clyde Drake and Robert V. Anderson, both of Rochester, were denied. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070, A CC-3. WEAK G 0 R II RALLIES Embargo Talk Sends Provi sions Down. iHOG PRICES LOSE STRENGTH Closing Flgnres Well Away From Iiow Points, However, and Corn. IIas Good Recovery, Finish ing Toward Top Figures. CHICAGO. Aug. 22. Corn, which fell aw-ay under selling pressure in the early trading today, had a good recovery when offerings had been ' absorbed and finished well toward top figures for the day. The close was steady. Vic to V4c net lower, with December at $1.08 Vi to $1.08 and May at $1.40Vi to l.oG. Wheat finished at $2.06 for September, the sole option, a decline of 4c. Oats advanced c to 5e, while pro visions finished 12c to 4c below yester day's closing prices. Discussion of probable embargoes on meats, together with weakness of live hog prices sent provisions down. Closing fig ures, however, were well away from the low points. .Leading xutures rangeo as ioiiowb; WB EAT. Open. High. Low, Close. Sept. $2.10 $2.10 $2.04 $2.08 CORN. Dec 1.074 1.08 May 1.06V 1.07 l.OR'4 1.00 Vi 1.05 V OATS. Dec .53 .54 H May 57 .07 .S4V4 .57 V .50. MESS PORK. Sept 43.00 43.10 42.R0 43.00 Oct. 43.05 43.15 42.52 42. 10 LARD. Sept 22.95 22.97 22.8. 22.9S Oct. 23.12 23.12 22.90 23.07 SHORT RIBS. Sept 2S.30 23.2 23.30 23.57 Oct 23.47 23.00 23.40 23.57 Cash prices were: Wheat No.. 2 red. $2.21 (2? 2.22 : No. .1 red. $2.15jr2.25; No. 2 hard, $2.20 2.28; No. 3 hard. $2. an. Corn No. a yellow, si.o'a i.bo1. : ino. ;i yellow, $1.79Vi 1.80; No. 4 yellow, nominal. Oats No. 3 white, l3 Vi 4j 00c ; standard. 53 V 'IV 55c. Kye NO. 2. J1.7SB1.JD. Barley $1.05a1.29. Timothy $4,00 0 8. Clover $1 4 U 18.50. Pork $43. Minneapolis Wheat, Etc. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Aug. 22.1 Wheat September. $2.11. Cash, No. 1 Northern, $2.45 42.50: No. 2 Northern. $2.40Si.4..; No. a Northern, $2.399 2.49; No. 1 hard Montana. $2.30. Flax. $3.45 in 3. 50. Barley, $1.01tt 1.25. San Francisco Grain. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 22. Snot quota tions: Bluestem. $4.104.20 per cental: Tur key red, $4.1otj4.25 per cental; red Russian, $3.75 1i 3.85 per Cental. Barley, feed, $2.30rg;2.32V4 per cental. Oats, white. $2.02 V W 2.55 per cental. Millfeed: Bran. $40S,4l per ton; mid dlings. $5254 per ton; shorts, $42343 per ton. Ptiget Sound Grain Markets. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 31. Wheat, blue- stem, $2.10; Turkey red. $2.16: fortyfold, $2.14; club, $2.11; fife. $2.11; red Russian. $2.10. Parley. $47 per ton. Yesterday's car receipts: Wheat 6. barley 1, hay 45, flour 5. TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 52. Wheat, blue- stem, $2.16; fortyfold. $2.08; club, $2.07; red me. 2.u. ; re a Human, 7.0... Car receipts: Wheat 1G. barley 1. corn 1. hay 30. TRAINS SPEED LUMBER LAST ORDER FOB DOUGLAS FIR RUSHED TO A It VI V IX IOWA. 6,000.000 Feet for Cantonment at Drs Moines la Hurried Kant While Filling; American Lake Order. TACOMA, "vy-ash., Aujr. 22. (Special.) Two special trains of lumber, aggrre- gatins nearly 50 cars, are speeding across the country to the Army canton ment at Ues Moines, bearing- the last of tho orders for Douslas fir lor the con struction work there. One train is from Portland and the other from Grays Harbor. Tho Des Moines orders were filled and shipped in record time, according to J. T. Gregory, of the fir emergency committee, today. After filling the first orders for about 11,000,000 feet for Des Moines, the committee re ceived orders for about 6.000,000 feet additional about a week ago. It is the last of this order that now is being shipped. All orders for the American, Lake cantonment have been placed and the lumber Is arriving . in satisfactory quantities. Most of the heavy dimen sion lumber is at Camp Lewis, but enormous quantities of finishing lum ber yet have to be shipped. DOCTORS TO MEET SUNDAY Conference at Camp Lewis Will Be on Health at Army Tost. TACCmA, tVash.. Augr. 22 (Special.) An assemblage of doctors from Ore- gron and Washington will meet at Camp Lewis, American Lake. Sunday. About BO doctors are expected from Portland. 50 from Seattle,. 125 from Tacoma and 25 from neighboring- towns. The pur pose of the meeting; is to discuss mat ters of special interest in the medical profession in connection wth the assembling- of the division at the post in September. tiome questions that apply to surgical work in the Army will be taken up. Fifty Tacoma physicians go to the camp ono night a week to take Instruction according to Army regulation. TACOMA TEACHER CAUGHT Charge of Assault Follows Alleged Attack on Neighbor. TACOMA, Wash.. Augr. 22. (Spe cial.) George R. Thompson, a Che halis school teacher who is alleged to have slashed Mrs. E. G. Haraguchl with a butcherknife in the course of an altercation over his mother's berry farm at Sumner and also to have knocked her down, was taken into custody on a charge of third degree assault and will be arraigned here to morrow. Thouble over tho lease of a. berry farm caused the dispute. Thompson's sister, also a Chehalis, teacher. Is said to have been with him when-the alleged assault took place. , DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriasre Licenses. SABITFON-M'GUIRE Peter Sabltson. 2. P07 Alblna, and Katuryn McQulre, 24, 12 Twenty-second street, KRAI" WE -RUSSELL Elon V. Krause, 44. 1171 East Main, and Edith Russell, 22, 1105 Belmont. .SMITH-TAY-LOR George W. Smith, legal, 181 North Twelfth, and Lillian M. Taylor. Ie-M. Te"t. We One Year Loan ' To Yield 7 ' Dated Sept. 1, 1917. Due Sept. 1, 1918. Principal and semi-annual interest coupons payable in New York City in United States Gold Coin. Denomination, $1000 Six per cent notes of the Canadian Northern Rail way, secured by pledge of mortgage 4 bonds of the company maturing in 1934 (proportion of $1500 bonds to $1000 notes) principal and interest uncon ditionally guaranteed by the Government of the Dominion of Canada. The Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Can ada has introduced a bill in Parliament providing for purchase by the government of the balance of the Canadian Northern Railway stock not already owned by the Dominion to complete the nationalization of the railway. Notes convertible at owner's option into the collateral bends at 79. Six Per Cent Notes at 99.05 and Accrued Interest to Yield 7. These short term notes offer an extraordinary In vestment and will be quickly taken. This advance In fonmation will enable intending subscribers to notifv us early, ensuring precedence iu allotment for delivery about September 1st. Lumbermens Trust Company Capital ana Surplus $1000,000. Lumbermens Building .".3. 11S0 Alblna, and Mary Metcalf, 26, 0 West Prescott. THORN-CLARK Albert J. Thorn. 23. 74.1 Montgomery, and Mary Clark, 23, 1020 Will iams ave. CARMODY-BKNZ Dennis T. Carmody. SB, Bend. Or., and Hose llnt, 22, 5S5 Madison. HARQUARU - HOOI'ES Gerhard Mar- quard. legal, 535 Morrison, and Kosiaiia .fcioopes, legal, same address. BINGHAM-l'Ol.LIXS Thomas H. Bing ham, lesal. Bend. Or., and Pearl Collins, legal. 200 Clay street. CRYPZER-HOAOljAND Howard Crypser. legal, 200 Clay, and Mrs. B. A. Hoaglaud, legal, same address. MERRIKlELn-TREAKLE E. B. Merrl fteld. 20, 143 Bast Third street, and Grace Treakle, 2$, same address. COOFER-NULSON 15. B. Cooper, St, Cen tralia. Wash., and Leona Kelson, 27, Ore gon Botel. CARROLL-KETCHUM Thomas M. Car roll. 3u. Chicago, and Zaida Ketchum, 27, 1501 Portsmouth avenue. I'HAPPKLL-AU'OHO Benjamin Chsp pell, 22, Goldcndale, Wash., and Maude Al vord, 211. 0112!) East Forty-sixth avenue. HUTCH INSON-CLEASON M. H. Hutch inson, legal, Bugene. Or., and Marcla Olea- son. legal. 1154 Alilwaukie. BRAt KLKl -JUHMiUN Paul isracKiey. 21, Coble. Wash., untl Blva Johnson, 18, 527 East Seventeenth. MOORF.-DUNCAN Ernest Moore, legal. Hotel Hanson, and Mary Duncan, legal, 0SU4 Eighty-third street. EKICKSON-SWOR S. M. Erlckson, 38, 2S1 Fourth, and llachael Swor, U0, same ad dress. Vancouver Marriage Licenses. WEICH-WHITK Edward H. Weich, 23. of Linnton. Or., and Miss Mabel L. White, 10. of Cornelius, Or. HENDKRSON-ARTHUR Andrew ,.T. Hen derson, 2it. of Vancouver. Wash., and Miss Mable Leota. Arthur, 17, 'of Vancouver, Wash. CONDON-fCILSON William Condon, 40, of La Center, Wash., and Miss Helma V. Nilson, 27. of La Center, Wash. SA BARROS-DlClv John Habarros, (12. of Seattle. Waul., and Kalhrin A. Dick, yB, of Seattle, Wash. FI.ETOH ER-BUPFI'M Oscar T5. Fletch er. 42.' of Portland, and Mrs. Kitty S. Buf fum. 42. of Portland. E T1KNNE-POTTER It. C. Etienne. 00. of Portland, aud Mrs. Pearl Potter, 20, of Portland. Births. WARD To Mr. and Mrs. Ptanhope Cyril Ward. J.42 East Ash. August 1::. a daughter. BR AM WEI. 1 To .Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Bratnwell, llillsboro. Or., August 1S. a daughter. , HULL To Mr. and Mrs. Dwlght V- itt Hull, 1-tX Curry street. August 15, a son. HODtJE To Mr. and Mrs. Linn T. Hodge, 770 East Taylor street, August 15. a son. JIETSCHAX To Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Metechan. 444 East Twenty-second street, August 14. a daughter. HEIiZEIi To Mr. and Mrs. William Hel zer. InOO t51enn avenue, August 18. a sen. MATTSON To Mr. and Mrs. Alenjus Matt son. August 15, S04 Maryland avenue, a PHOJI To Mr. and Mrs. .Tugoro Khoji. 40 North Ninth street, August 0, a daughter. KUKAl To Mr. and Mrs. Keiichl l'ultai, 07 North Tenth street. August 11, a son. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Aug. 22. Maximum temper ature. is7 degrees: minimum, 50 degrees. River reading at 8 A. M.. 4.U teet; change in last 24 hours. O.S foot fall. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M. ). none; total rainfall since September 1. 1010. 2.13 inches: nor mal rainfall since September 1, 44. SO Inches: deficiency of rainfall since September 1. JttlO, 12.73 Inches. .Sunrise. 5:19 A. M. : sun set. 7:08 P. M. Total sunshine August 22. 13 hours. 4.S minutes: possible sunshine. 13 hours. 4S minutes. Moonrise, 10:29 A. M. : moonset, 8:42 A. M. Barometer (reduced to sea level) at 5 P. M.. 29.90 Inches. Relative humidity at noon, 40 per cent. TI1E WEATHER. 5 f K,7 Wind 5 5- 11 o 3 2 c c s o 3 3 3 a s a STATIONS. 2 S : f 9 3 Btate of 3 S Z weather 3 3 : a : : : : : 3 5:;; Baker 40 S2 0 . on; . . IN" V ;Clear Boise 54 SSIO.OOl.. W il'lear Boston Oil 0S O.OO . .IE (Rain Calearv 42 . . . 'O.noi . . . . ..1 Chicago 74'0.im..(N"E Clear Denver 00 S40.uo!..N Cloudy Des Moines... 02 M'n.O" . .! int. cloudy Duluth 50 8010.00 . .tSW Cloudy Eureka 52 00O .(101 . . IS W Clear Oalveatoil .... Mi SO-0 . no' 10 S W Clear Helena 4S 70iO. mil . . IXE Clear Jacksonville .. 74 911 ).1I2-12S Pt. cloudy Juneaut 7i 50 0. OS 10' E Rain Kansas City., ox s;n.oo..)N Clear Los Angeles.. 58 70;0.0012 W Clear Marshfield .. 44 70 0.IHH . .;NW Clear Medford r.:; KM.ijU.00' .. XW Clear Minneapolis .. 02 RS0.O014SE Rain New Orleans ..; 70 S2!o.01!lnSW Pt. cloudy New York .... OS i)0.01ll2'E Cloudy North Head ... 54 OOjO.OOilH NW Clear North Yakima. I":2 84;0.(IO Clear Phoenix 00llO4'O.Oil . . SW Clear Pocatello 00 4:0.0t . . N Clear Portland bl) S7O.0O 12 N'W Clear Roseburg P2 H2U1.00 . . W Clear Sacramento ... Oil'1 98:0. 0O .. S Clear fct. Louis 70 7s0.oo 10 NW Clear Salt Lake 04 8i?io.Oi lo NW Clear San Diego .... 04 7Ji0.ooll0W Clear San Francisco. 521 02-0 . 00I I S-SW Cloudy Seattle 54 740.00 12N"W Clear Sitka r.S:0.(lil .. E Rain Spokane 50 so'o.oo .. NW Clear Tacoma 50 72 0. on .. N Clear Tatoosh Island 4S 00 0.no.. N Clear TValdez -4 "54UI.04 Rain Walla Walla .. 08 80.oo .. N Clear Washington .. 70 S0I0.OD..JB lClear Winnipeg r.8 7:;o. nn( . . N Rain Yellowstone P. 44 70:l.00il4NWiClear tA. M. today: P. M. of preceding day. , FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair and warmer: moderate northerly winds. Washington Fair and warmer; mod erate northerly winds. Idaho Fair and warmer. Oregon Fair and warmer; light northerly winds. River Forecast The Willamette River at Portland will fall slowly during the next two or three days. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Hgh barometric pressure prevails over the Southwestern Canadian provinces and the Northern Rocky Mountain region, where the weather has been fair during the last 24 hours and where at 0 P. M. the skies were practically cloudless. Low barometer is charted over California, Texas and the upper Mississippi Valley. Generally over the coun try temperatures are not far from normal except in Interior California, Oregon, Wasli ton. ."'1 Irinho, where thev err- c--?- Offer Portland, Ore. ture was 13 degrees above the seasonal average A number of thunderstorms were reported in the upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys and rain was fallin; at observation time at Winnipeg. Minneapolis, Pittsburg and Boston. The condltiotute are favorable for fair and warmer weather In this vicinity Thursday with moderate northerly w-lnds. ALFRED II. TlilESSEX, Meteorologist. New Sugar IMant Offered. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Augr. 22. (Special.) "VVillard NMbley, assistant manager of the Utah-Idaho Sugrar Com pany, has announced that the company has decided to erect a second factory in the Toppenish-llarrah district, pro vided the growers there would con tract 6000 acres of beets for three years. That the condition will be met readily is regarded as assured. Steamer Runs Aground and Escapes. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Augr. 22. Tha British steamer City of Lahore, from an Oriental port with 53 passengers, ran ashore In a four off the New Kneltind Coast today and later floated without OH?iftance. TRAVKLatCS GUIDE. San Francisco Los Angeles (Without Chung; Kn Route) The Bis, Clean. Comfortable, Elejrnntly Appointed, SeuffoingT S. S. BEAVER Sails Prom Alnsworth Dork P. M. MONDAY, AIOIST 1 3 100 Golden Miles en Columbia River. All Kates Include Berths and Meals. Table and Service Vnexcelied. The Kan Kranplsco & Portland S. 8. Co., Third anil Washington ftreetN (with n.-W. 11. & N. Co.). Tel. Broadway 45U0, A 0121. Independent S. S. Co. San Francisco Coos Bay Eureka FIrst-CIai.nl Menl and Berth lncln3e1. S. S. BREAKWATER 6 P. RU Friday. August 24 North Pacific S. . Dock, Near Brnndwny Bridge nnd 124 Third St. Bet. VsNhini;toii nnd Alder. Phones, Broadway S20, A 6423 STWIN PALACE5""1 tif.SMT AiDDTHErDM I ffiA'ODTKFDN pacific i ToSkN FRANCISCO, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday CaL Str. Express leaves 9:30 A. M. ; ar rive Ban Francisco 3:. 10 next day. One way fares. S, $12.G0, 10, J17.50, 20. ItOLNO lRll', $32. I North Bank, Sth and Stark. TICKET Stutlon, Kith and Hoy. Oi JrlCK3 -S 3d untl Mor., P. Kj. 4ft Wash., (i. f. liy. I 100 3d, Burlington Ry. ALASKA Ketchikan, AVransrel, Juneau, Donjrlan, Haines, jskfljrway, Cordova, Valdez. Sew ard and Ant: ho rase. CALIFORNIA Via Seattle or San Francisco to T-.es Anseles and San LIeo. Largest ships, unequaled service, low rates, including meala and berths. for particulars apply or telephona. PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY. The Admiral Line. Main 20, Horn A 40U0. 124 Third 6t. ;e.aBawT.4r;iaitwi. 1 STEAMER WAPAMA. H TODAY, A I'll. 23. 2:30 P. M.. M San Francisco, Portland. Los ATlge- U le Steamphlp Co. Kranlc Bollam. IS Agt.. 14 Third at. A 43116. Main a. 21 US s , Honolulu. iHoarniar halllnfr from Vancouver, jo. k, iij tlae Palatial Passenger M earner of the Canadian-Australian Koyal Mail Line. For full Information apply Can. Pac. Kall- 1