THE MOTIXTNO OliEGOXTAJi", SATURDAY, SEPTE3IBER 8, 1917. GOT IH YIELD Reduction in Northwestern Wheat 14,646,000 Bushels. OATS ARE ALSO SHORT Barley Production 4,000,000 Bush els Under That of Previous Year. Potato Crop Close to Xor mal Despite Dry Season. A summary of the September crop report for the states or Oregon, Washington and Idaho, as compiled by the Bureau of Crop Estimates (and transmitted through the Weather Bureau). United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Is aa follows: Winter wheat, preliminary estimate. In bushels: Oregon, 8.400.000; Washington. 10. 600.000; Idaho. 5. 910,000. Production last year. December estimate, Oregon, 18.840.000: Washington. 18.2SS.000: Idaho. 8.2S8.000. Spring wheat. September 1 forecast. In bushels: Oregon, 4.170.000; Washington. 20, 00,000. Idaho, 7.680.000. Production last rear. December estimate. Oregon. 6.210.000; .Washington. 19.350,000; Idaho. 6.815.000. Oats. September 1 forecast, tn bushels: Oregon. 10.tt00.000; Washington. 10,600.000; Idaho. 12.100,000. Production last year. De cember estimate. Oregon.' 17.280.000; Wash ington, 14.800,000; Idaho. 13,830,000. Barley. September 1 forecast, tn bushels: Oregon. 4.700.000; Washington, 5,010.000; Idaho. 5,810.000. Production last year. De cember estimate. Oregon, 6.390.000; Wash ington. 6.814.000; Idaho. 7.410.000. Potatoes, September 1 forecast, in bushels: Oregon. 5.540,000; Washington, 9.400.000; Idaho, 6.280.000. Production last year, De cember estimate, Oregon, 8.250,000; Wash ington. 9,800.000; Idaho, 4.030,000. All hay, preliminary estimate. In tons; Oregon. 1.810,000: Washington, 1,810.000; Idaho. 2.840.000. Production last year. De cember estimate, Oregon. 2.175.000; Wash ington. 2.048,000; Idaho. 1,946.000. Apples, agricultural crop, barrels of three bushels. September 1 forecast: Oregon, 1. 110,000; Idaho, 697.000. Production last year. December estimate, Oregon, 1,285,000; Idaho, 247,000. Apples, bushels, commercial orop. Sep tember 1. forecast: Washington. 10.750.000. Production last year, December estimate, Washington, 10.400.000. Prices The first price given below Is the average on September 1, this year, and the second the average on September 1, last year: Wheat, bushel: Oregon, 12.14 and $1.12; Washington. $2.15 and $1.15; Idaho, $1.88 and SI. 13 Corn, bushel: Oregon. $1.62 and 79 cents; Washington, $1.18; Idaho, $1.43 and 83 cents. Oats, bushel: Oregon, 74 and 43 cents; Wash ington, 78 and 43 cents; Idaho, 74 and 44 cents. Potatoes, bushel: Oregon, $1.57 and 80 cents; Washington, $1.20 and 84 cents; Idaho; $1.69 and 92 cents. Hay, per ton: Oregon. $15.10 and $9.80; Washington. $17.10 and $12.70; Idaho, $15.40 and $8.60 Eggs, per dozen: Oregon. 84 and 28 cents; Washington, 41 and 30 cents; Idaho, 36 and 24 cents. VO SESSION OF GRAIN EXCHANGE -Local Trade Interested tn Meeting of Wheat Men. There was no session of the Merchants Exchange yesterday, as all the local traders were attending the meeting of Inland Em pire growers and dealers at the Multnomah Hotel. Business In I h. eonnm market, wa. reported as very dull. Weather conditions In the Middle West, as wired from Chicago: "Omaha, Nebraska City, clear, warm, had light rain last night; Davenport, Kansas City, St. Joseph, raining; Minneapolis, cloudy, showers in night, cool; Winnipeg, clear; Columbus, Springfield, Clarkvllle. cloudy to clear; Louisville, clear, line; Grand Rapids, cloudy, cool; St. Louis, cloudy, warm Terminal receipts in cars as reported by the Merchants Exchange: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Portland, FrI.. .. 24 8 22 j ear ago 12 1 4 4 Season to date. . 877 88 130 168 219 Tear ago 890 30 439 862 385 Tacoma. Thurs. . 6 ... ... 1 4 Tear ago 33 1 ... 1 la Season to date. . 315 13 ... 29 856 Tear ago 1103 17 ... B4r 466 Seattle, Thurs.. . 23 a, 3 9 9 119 Year ago 35 ... 9 4 1 Season to date. . 2.17 88 268 841 1075 Year ago 1038 33 423 820 833 WOOI, TRADE OF FAIR VOLUME Prices Are Firm, Particularly on Good Fleece Grades. BOSTON, Sept. 7. The Commercial Bul letin will say tomorrow: "Trading, while Irregular, has, on the whole, been of fair proportions in the local wool market this week, especially when Government purchases of wool are consid ered. Prices were generally firm,, and par ticularly on good fleece wools. The mills In this country are finding civilian trade alow, but some new orders are 'being placed from time to time in military cloths." Scoured basia: Texas Fine 12 months. $1.65 1.70; tine eight months, $1.551.60. California Northern, $1.7091.75; middle county: $1.45 (g 1.50; Southern. $1.83(91.40. Oregon Eastern No. 1 staple, $1.75 1.80; Eastern clothing, $1.501.60; Valley No, 1, $1.55 1.60. Territory Fine staple, $1.80; half-blood combing. 1 1.70 1.75 : -blood combing, $1.40 1.45: fine clothing. $1.60 Q 1.63; fine me dium clothing. $1.55 1.60. Pulled Extra, $1.8091.85; AA, $1,709 1.80; A supers, $1.60 1.65. BAIN WELCOMED BY VALLEY GROWERS Hop-Picking Will Not Be Delayed; Prunes Are Benefited. SALEM. Or., Sept. 6. Rain tn the Willam ette Valley is welcomed by fruitgrowers and riorj.ra.isers. who fiXDresi hone that th rain will be of three or four days' duration. If the precipitation is general it will have the effect of eliminating further danger from forest fires. Prune growers, particularly, are benefited by the rain. Owing to dry weather the Fall from trees has veen heavy. A heavy rain will stop the fall. Other fruits not yet har vested will be similarly benefited. Hop picking began Monday. While or dinarily rain Is not desirable among hop men after picking starts, it is stated there is no danger of mold, because the lice peBt Is absent this season In all hopyarda of the state. Mold does not form without lice. Louis Lachmund, a prominent bop dealer, said tonight that hopgrowers would wel come a thorough rain, even It It should de lay picking a week. Calfskin Prices Reduced. A three-cent reduction in calfskin prices, to 25 cents, effective Monday morning, was announced by dealers. Other hide prioea are unchanged. Good Demand in Produce Line. The produce markets were steady yester day, with a good demand in most lines. Peocha continued in light supply and re POULTRY WANTED WE ?AYi Heavy Hens, 17ye-lHc per lh.j Sprlncrs, 80-21C per lb. No commission deducted. Checks Mailed Dally. The Savinar Co., Inc. 100 FRONT STREET, PORTLAND, OB. avsai rush: rush. ceipts cleaned up early. Cantaloupes drag and It is necessary to shade prices to work off the accumulation. Poultry and dressed meat receipts were mall and these lines were very firm, as were butter and eggs. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland : $3,003,240 $276,265 Seattle 4.491.626 663.912 Tacoma .............. 64S.9tit 103.070 Spokane 1,126,299 244.532 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc No session Merchants' Exchange. WHEAT Bluestem. $2; fortyfold. $1.98; club $1.96; red Russian, $1.93. FLOUR Patents. $11.20; straights. $10.40 10.U0; Valley. $11.60; whole wheat. $10.80; graham. 111.20. MILLFEED Spot prices: Bran, $37 per ton; shorts, $40 per ton; middlings, $47; roiled barley, 5557; rolled oats, $37. CORN Whole, $82; cracked. $83 per ton. HAY Buying prices f. o. b. Portland: Eastern Oregon timothy, $27 per ton; valley timothy. $23(&25; alfalfa, $22.5024; valley grain hay, $20; clover, $20; straw, $6.f-0. Dairy and Country Produce. BUTTER Cubes, extras. 44c; prime firsts, 42VkC Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 47c; cartons, lo extra; butter-fat. No. 1. 46 48c CHEESE Jobbers buying prices. f. o. b. dock. Portland: Tillamook triplets. 24o; Young Americas. 25c per pound ; longhoma, 25c; Coos and Curry, f. o. b. Myrtle Point: Triplets. 23e; Young America, 244o per pound; long-horns. 24 c per pound. EGOS Oregon ranch. current receipts, 88c per dozen; Oregon ranch, candied. 40c per dozen; selects, 43c. POULTRY Hens. loV18c; broilers. 19 20c; ducks, 12 13c, geese. 78o; turkeys, live. 20 & 22c; dressed. 2b 30c VEAL Fancy, 152, 16c per pound. PORK Fancy. 22c per pound. BUMPER CORN CROP TN SIGHT Spring Wheat Estimate Is Raised In Past Month. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Better weather favored crops generally during August, and aa a result larger yields were forecast to day by the Department of Agriculture In Its estimates based on conditions existing oepiemoer x. In a summary of crop conditions, the cron reporting board said: The great corn cron of 8.250.000.000 bushels promised on September 1. which Is izj.uuu.uuu Dusneis above any previous year, will be realized fully in the form of sound corn, only provided frost holds off unusually late, a good Dig crop ot sound corn is . promised if killing frost in the main belt does not come earlier than usual. The In dicated outcome results from a big acreage rather than exceptional promise of yield per acre. "The oats crop for 1917. promised and largely realized on September 1 is 1.533.000.- 000 bushels, within 6.000.000 bushels of the greatest previous crop. Conditions are re ported 10 per cent above 'normal in Iowa and Missouri. In North Dakota, however, the crop promises only two-fifths, and In Montana less than half of a normal yield, while It is less than two-thirds in Wash ington and Oregon. "The Spring wheat report on September 1 promises 250,000.000 bushels, 14.000,000 bushels more than on August 1, early threshings having shown heavier yield than anticipated in many sections, particularly In Minnesota. South Dakota and Iowa. The conditions in North Dakota, as well as Mon tana. Washington and Oregon, remain poor from the effect of drouth." Other details of the report follow: Spring wheat, condition 71.2 per cent ot a normal; Indicated yield, 1S.1 bushels per acre. All wheat, acre yield, 14.8. Corn, condition, 78.7; yield, 26.8; estimated crop. 3.248.000,000 bushels. Oats, condition, 90.4; yield. 85.5. Barley, condition, 76.3; yield, 24.3. Buckwheat, condition. 90.2; yield, 21.0. White potatoes, condition, 82.7; yield, 106.2. Sweet potatoes, condition, 85.7; yield, 97.5. Tobacco, condition, 84.5; yield. 861.0. Flax, condition, 50.2; yield, 6.7. Rice, condition. 78.4; yield, 33.2. Hay. yield, 1.86. Sugar beets, condition, 91.7; yield. 10.82. SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKETS Prices Current on Eggs, Vegetables, Fresh Fruit. Etc, at Bay City. BAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 7. Butter Fresh extra, 42c; prime, firsts, 41c. Eggs Fresh extras. 44c; fresh firsts, 43 be. fresh extra pullets, 42c; extra firsts pullets, 41 Me. Cheese New firsts, 21c; Young Americas, 24 Vac Poultry Hens. 23 25c: roosters, old col ored, 1314c: broilers, 2830c; fryers, 27 2Uc; squabs. $232.50; pigeons, $1.50Q2 per dozen; ducks, 1216c; geese. -82uc. Vegetables Cream squash, 50c; Summer squash, per large lug, 30 50c; eggplant, Liv ingston, uom Angeles, lug. 506Dc. tell pep pers, 25&35c per box; chile, 3040c; peaa. Halt Moon Bay, 6(57o per pound; tomatoea. Sacramento River stone, 65c; green corn, Alameda, $1.00 2.00 per sack; potatoes, new crop, t-er cental on the dock, rivers. $2 4?2.50; onions, new crop, on the doek. Aus tralian brown, $1.05 1.15; cucumbers. 25 85c: beans, string, por pound, 3&4c; lima, 4&6c; garlic, new crop, 3&3c per pound; okra, 65&75C per box. Fruits Nectarines, $191.25 per crate for red; grapes, seedless, 75 & 83c per crate; Ma laga, 51 4 1.25; pears, Barlett No. 1. $1.50; cantaloupes, Turlock standard, $1.0001.25; watermelons, $1.50 per hundred; peaches, per basket. 4050c; plums, per crate, 05 85c; tigs, black, single layer, 60(75c per box; strawberries, $5 per chest; rasp berries, $79 per chest; blackberries, $4 &4.50 per chest; huckleberries, 17 He per pound; lemons, $78; grapefruit, $2.503: quince, 85c(&$l per box; oranges, Valencias, f3.00&3.50; bananas. Hawaiian, $2.00 .50 per bunch; pineapples, Hawaiian, fidi 3.50 per dozen; apples, red Astrakans, 4Vs tier, 60075c. Hay Wheat, $19021; tame oat, $19 21; barley. $lo&19; alfalfa, $161U; barley straw, 50&90c per bale. Millfeed Cracked com and feed corn meal, $8384; alfalfa, carload lots. $28; amaller lots, $30. Flour $12 per barrel. Receipts Flour, 4000 quarters; barley, 1810 centals; potatoes, 4110 sacks: onions, 5395 sacks; hay, 648 tons; hides, 1075; wise, 63.800 gallons. Corfee Futures Close Steady. NEW YORK. Sept. 7. There was no change in the general ruling of the mar ket for coffee futures today. The market opened at a decline ot 2 to 4 points, and ruled between 7.90 and 7.91c for March, closing at 7.90c for that delivery. The general list closed at a net loss of 2 to 4 points, or at practically the opening level. Sales 17.750. Closing bids: September, 7.40c; October. 7.49c; December. 7.67c; January, 7.75c; March, 7.90c; May, 8.04c; July, 8.17a Spot coffee quiet. Rio 7s. 9c; Santos 4s. 10c. Cost and freight offers were limited, owing perhaps to the holiday in Brazil. Well described Santos 4s offered at 9.500 and undescrlbed at 9.10c, London credits. The official cables reported no change in the Brazilian markets at the close yes terday. Good Cottage Grove Crops. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Sept. 7. (Spe cial.) Despite the universal shortage of crops. Cottage Grove is able to report few yields that are above the average of a good year. The most remarkable of these is a yield of oats on the N. W. White place that went better than 61 bushels to the acre. Potatoes are turning out a better crop than expected. S. E. McGavran Is here looking after his crop on eight acres over Knox Hill, which will go 230 bushels to the acre. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH. Sept. 7. Turpentine firm. 89c; sales, 398 barrels; shipments, 438; stock, 84,429. Rosin, firm; sales, 993 barrels; receipts, 1557; shipments, 2104; stock. 93,685. Quote: B. D, E, F, G, $3.40; H. $3.42; I, $3.45 65.50; K, $5.60; M. $5,8015.85; N, $5.80; WG. $7.20; WW. $7.35. Metal Market. NEW YORK. Sept. 7. Copper, steady. Electrolytic, spot, normal. Fourth quarter, 25.00 26.50c. Iron, steady and unchanged. The Metal Exchange quotes tl nqulet. Spot. 60.50 61c. The Metal Exchange quotes lead quiet. Spot. 910c Spelter, quiet. Spot. East St. Louis de livery, 7 8c Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Evaporated ap ples dull. Prunes firm. Peaches quiet but firm. Chicago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Sept. 7. Butter Unchanged. Eggs Receipts, 5520 cases, unchanged. New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Raw sugar, nomi nal; centrifugal, 7.02c; molasses, 6.14c Refined, quiet; fine granulated. 8.4008.50c Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-r-rCotton Spot quiet. Middling, 21.850, MARINES TAKE DROP Stocks Affected by Plan to Lower Freight Rates. RAILS UNDER PRESSURE Recoveries Are Made In Mid-Season, but Realizing Sales at Close .Lead to Further Declines Bond Market Is Heavy. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. The stock market was thrown into confusion at the outset of today's operations on announcement from Washington of the Shipping Board's plan to reduce ocean freights by 65 to 75 per cent. Steamship shares fell 2 to 5 points in the heavy selling of the first half hour and the stocks ot other companies whose fu ture hinges largely upon the attitude of the Government toward price fixing lost 1 to S. Ralls were featured during the active Initial trading by a new low quotation tor New Haven at 24. and General Motors supplemented yesterday's loss of 5 points with an additional recession of as much, later extending Its setback to a total of 6ii points. Standard shares were well supported dur ing the reversal, recovering the greater part of their losses before midday. Later, when dealings dwindled, this improvement became more pronounced, especially In to baccos. Crucible Steel and a few other is sues in which a large short Interest is be lieved to exist. Pressure was resumed in the last hour, together with realizing for profits. United States Steel yielded from 108 4 to 107 i, closing at that quotation, a net loss of of a point. Bethlehem Steel was under greater restraint, making an extreme de cline of 8 points. Total sales amounted to 615.000 shares. Rubles at the new low of 17 cents and another gold shipment to Japan were the only developments in the International money market. Bonds were heavy, the liberty issues rang ing from 99.84 to 99.90. Total sales, par value, aggregated $3,840,000. United States bonds, old issues, were unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing. Sales. High. Low. bid. Am Beet Sugar. 500 84 "4 834 83 4 Amer Can 4.800 43 40, 41 Am Car & Fdry. 8,900 7H4 6H 70 h Amer Locomo... 2.400 6214 60 61 Am Sm & Rfg. 8,21)0 95 93 94 Am Tel A Tel.. 800 117V. 116 117 Amer Z L & S 18 Anaconda Cop... 6,600 70 68 69 Atchison 1.000 96 86 90 A G & W I S3 L 6,200 87 94 95 Bait & Ohio.... 1,400 66 66 66 Butte Su Cop. 400 28 27 28 Cal Petroleum 17 Canadian Pacific 800 157 155 155 Central Leather. 4,100 83 81 824 Ches & Ohio.... 400 57 55 66 Ch Mil & St P. 2,600 63 62 63 C A N W 200 104 104 104 Ch R I & P ctfs 1,200 27 28 26 Chlno Copper... 2,100 63 53 53 Colo Fuel & Ir 44 Corn Prod Rfg.. 9.400 27 26 2 Crucible Steel... 41.300 69 67 68 Cuba Cane Sug. 2.800 29 28 29 Dlst Securities.. 3,400 27 24 26 Erie 6,800 21 19 20 Genl Electric... 000 147 143 146 Genl Motors.... 42.700 101 93 93 Grt Nor pfd.... 1.100 103 103 103 Grt Nor Ore ctfs 8.000 84 33 33 Illinois Central 100 Insp Copper.... 3,100 63 52 62 In Mer Mar pfd. 84.000 87 84 86 Inter Nickel.... 2,700 88 85 35 Inter Paper.... 8.800 29 26 28 K C Southern.. SOO 19 1S 18 Kennecott Cop.. 1,800 40 40 40 Louis & Nash 120 Maxwell Motors. 500 81 81 81 Mex Petroleum. 6.300 90 88 89 Miami Copper.. 700 85 85 33 Missouri Pacific 2,500 29 28 28 Mont Power.... 800 85 84 81 Nevada Copper. 400 22 22 22 N Y Central.... 9.100 77 75 78 N Y N H & H. . 8.400 26 24 25 Norfolk West. 1.000 114 114 113 North Pacifio... 800 100 99 99 Pacific Mall.... 1.400 27 26 26 Pennsylvania .. 84.00 81 61 61 Pittsburg Coal 50 Ray Con Copper 1,400 26 28 26 Reading 81 Rep Ir & Steel..- 6,000 81 80 80 Shatk Ariz Cop 23 South Pacific... 2,000 91 90 91 South Railway.. 1,800 27 26 26 Studebkr Cor... 7,800 43 42 43 Texas Co 1.600 165 162 163 Union Pacific. 8,700 129 127 12S U S Ind Alcohol 1,000 132 131 131 U S Steel 167,200 108 106 107 do pfd 900 116 116 11614 Utah Copper.... 2.900 98 86 8S Wabash pfd B.. 400 24 24 24 Western Union 80 Westing Electric 1,900 43 45 45 Total sales for the day, 615,000 shares. BONDS. ..96 'Nor Pac 8s . ..97 Pac TAT 6s. ..99IPa con 4c ... . ..99!S P ref 4s ,105!U P 4s ..105iU P cv 4s U S ref 2s reg do coupon . D S Si reg.. do coupon . TJ S 4s reg. .. do coupon . . 61 . 85 .100 . 84 . 90 . 87 .103 . 83 . 92 Atch gen 4s . .86 US Steel 6s... D & R G ref 5s.50 S P cv 6s w i u aeD os... us lAngio-Fr Cs Nor Pac 4s .... 85 1 Bid. Mining; Stocks at Boston. BOSTON. Sept. 7. Closing quotations: Allouez 62 Mohawk 79 Ariz Com 10 Nip Mines 8 Calu & Ariz.... 76 IN Butte 16 Calu & Hecla...620 psceola 83 Centennial 18'3ulncy ......... 84 Cop R Con Co.. 53 Shannon 6 E Butte Cop M. 10 Superior 7 franklin 6 Isup & Boston... 8 Granby Con .... 79 jUtah Con ....... 14 Isle Royalle .... 29 Winona 2 Kerr Lake 6 ItVolverlns 89 Lake Copper .... 8 Money, Exchange, Etc NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Mercantile paper, B5c. Sterling, 60-day bills. $4.72; commercial 60-day bills on banks. $4.71; commercial 60-day bills. $4.71; demand, $4.75 9-16: cables, $4.76 7-16. Francs, demand, 6.77; cables. 5.76. Guilders. demand, 41; cables. 42. Llres. demand, 7.66; cables, 7.65. Rubles, demand, 17; cables, 17. Bar silver. 98 c. Mexican dollars. 76e. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, heavy. Time loans, firmer; 60 days, 90 days and six months. &5V Der cent- Call money, firmer; high. 4 per cent; low, 8 per cent: ruling rate, 4 per cent: closing bid. 8 per cent; offered at 4 per cent; last loan, 4 per cent. LONDON. Bept. i7--Bar gllver, 494 per ounce. Money, 8 per cent. Discount rates, short bills. 4 per cent. Three months' bills. 4 13-16 per cent. Stocks Dull at London. LONDON, Sept. 7. American Issues war. dull on the stock exchange today. HOG MARKET IS LOWER BEST PKICE RTJLINO AT YARDS IS 16.S5. Good Run for Day In Swine and Cat tle Divisions Other ' Prices Steady. Hogs were the weak feature of the live stock market yesterday. The best price realized at the yards was $16.85. a material reduction from the recent quotation. The awlne receipts continue fair. Cattle were in good supply, but prices held steady. Sheep and lambs were unchanged. Receipts were 860 cattle. 7 calves, 695 hogs and 40 sheep. Shippers were: With hogs H. W. Garnet, Wallowa; Max well & Williams, California, 4 toads. With cattle J. W. Vetch, Cottage Grove, 1 load; Charles Myers. White Salmon. 1 load;. J. F. Jacobsen, Plymouth, Wash., 1 load; Leach Bros., 1 toad; P. J. Brown, Rob lnette. 2 loads; Durkee. 1 load; C. W. Cou ncil. Welser, Idaho. 3 loads. With mixed loads C. w. Edward, Drain, 2 loads cattle, hogs and sheep; J. L. May berry, Turner, 1 load cattle, calves and hogs; C. E. Lucke, Molalla, 1 load cattle. calves and hogs; G. W. Eyre, Salem, 1 load cattle, bogs and sneep; Lee Miller, Albany, 1 load cattle, hogs and sheep. The day's sales were as follows: Wt Price.l 2 steers.. 850 $5.50 Wt. Price. 1 bull. .. . 1070 $5.00 1 bull. .. . 1070 5.15 72 lambs... 72 12.23 10 steers.. 1098 7.00 24 steers.. 970 7.25 25 steers.. 1120 8.25 29 lambs... 91 12.50 1 steer.... 1140 8.001 4 lambs... 7011.00 891 70 .. 810 877 765 900 , 1150 , 1130 870 940 730 630 800 540 . 1600 840 723 550 810 1004 74S 1000 950 830 5.401 10 lambs. .. 2 yearlings 2 ewes. .. 1 hog. ... 1 hog. ... 12 hogs. .. 52 hogs... 1 hog. .... 12 hogs. . .. 52 hogs. . 1 hog. ... 15 hogs. . .. 6 hogs.... 1 hog. . ... 7 hogs.... 97 12.50 100 10.50 125 8.25 S20 16.50 190 18.00 139 13.00 200 18.85 410 15.83 139 15.00 200 11.85 410 15.83 205 15.75 183 13.75 150 13.00 123 13.25 6.00 4.60 4.00 3.50 3.75 6.25 8.00 8.50 5.50 6.30 4.50 8.00 7.00! 6.50: 4.7 5.50 4.001 1 bull 810 6.50 1 bull 570 4.15 6.50.100 hogs... 194 15.25 10 steers. . 6.501 1 hog 180 15.00 6.25')9 hogs.... 198 16.25 8.50:46 hogs.... 186 16.23 8.701 1 hog 240 15.00 6.00153 hogs. .. . 78 14.50 3 COWS. . . 1 cow. . . . 1 cow 1 cow. ... Official quotations at the yards follow: Cattle Best beef steers, $S.509; good 2?Sf?teer"- $7.25 8.25: best beef cows. $6.75 '-25: ordinary cows. 3.758.50; best helf .5' ,S; bulls, $4.506.50: calves, $7 &9.30: stockers and feeders, $4.507. loss Prime light hogs. $18.5016.83; 5?, heavy hogs. $16.50 16.75; pigs, $15.73 V 16.25. Sheep Western Iambs. $13013.50: Valley Iambs, $11.7512.50; yearlings. 10 10.50: wethers, $9.7510.50: ewes. $388.50. EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET BEPOBT Meat Trade Conditions at Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington. Reports on meat trade conditions. Septem ber 6 (8:30 A. M.. Eastern time), by United States Bureau of Markets: Beef. Boston Beef, fresh: Receipts liberal, will not clean up for the week, demand light, market quiet, trading on hand-to-mouth basis. Kosher beet: Supply moderate, . de mand good, market steady. Steers: Receipts moderate, demand light, good and choice steers strong at Thursdays prices, other grades very draggy and weak. Cows: Re ceipts moderate, demand slow, market barely steady. Bulls: Few arrivals, demand poor, market steady. New York Beef, fresh: Market cleaning up. demand good, prices unchanged. Kosher chucks and plates: Supply normal, demand good, market stronr. Hinds and rib.; Run. ply moderate, good grades strong, poorer grades fairly steady, demand good. Steers: Market cleaning up at practically no change from Monday's prices, good demand for bet ter graaes at allKhtlv hls-her nrlces. dmnnri for poorer grades good with prices slightly lower. Cows: Market cleaning up, demand good, market slightly higher than Monday's opening. tsulls: Market c eanlna un. rio mand fair, market about 50 cents per cwt. higher than last week. Philadelphia Beef, fresh: Will orobablv clean up for the week, little better demand, market fairly steady. Kosher beef: Sunnu light, demand good, prices steady to higher. ninas ano nos: sepply light, demand brisk, market stronger. Steers: Will orobablv clean up for the week, demand fair. Drice. un changed. Cows: Supply liberal, demand rair, market unchanged. Bulls: Receipts in creasing, demand fair, market barely steady. vvasnington iseei. rresn: Keceiots lib eral, will not clean up for the week, buyers holding off, market weak at Thursday's prices. Steers: Receipts of medium and common steers liberal, poor demand for lower grades, market weak. Supply of good steers very light, demand light, market slow. Cows: Receipts light, demand poor, mar ket weak. Bulls: Receipts very light, de mand umitea, market steady. Pork. Boston Supply light, demand lleht. nrleas unchanged. New York Market cleaning up. fair de mand for light loins, prices about $2 per cwt. higher than on Monday. Frozen stocks moving well. Philadelphia Receipts light, demand light, prices generally a shade lower. Washington Supply very light, demand light, market fairly ateady. Supply of frozen pork loins liberal, demand poor, hard to move. : Lamb. Boston Receipts moderate, will clean up for the week, demand fair, pricea unchanged. New York Market cleaning up. good de mand for better grades, market $1.50 to $2 per cwt. higher than on Monday. Philadelphia This week's receipts below normal, demand limited, prloes a shade lower. Washington Receipts moderate, demand fair, market steady. Loading Report. Destinations of livestock loaded Septem ber 6. (Carloads reported west of Alle gheny Mountains; double-decks counted as two cars): Cattle. Mixed Calves Hogs Sheep Stock Tf 1. Baltimore ........ 8 8 Boston ........ 4 6 10 Buffalo 18 11 2 8 84 Cedar Rapids, la. 3 16 19 Chicago 270 108 162 25 671 Cincinnati .... 18 17 3 20 58 Cleveland 11 8 ... 1 20 Columbus. O.. ... 12 2 18 Denver 29 ... 23 ... 61 Des Moines. la. ... 8 6 Detroit 7 9 S 23 42 E. St. Louis. 111. 62 72 8 7 162 Fort Worth .... 80 12 4 4 105 Indianapolis ... 25 81 2 20 78 Jersey City . 89 14 4 ... 67 Kan. City, Mo.. 161 86 41 1 2t8 Lancaster ..... 88 ... ... ... 88 Los Angeles ... 28 6 4 ... 38 Mason City, la.. 1 10 11 Milwaukee .... 2 ... ... 5 9 Nashville 6 1 ... ... 9 New Orleans .. 6 4 ... ... 10 New York 10 8 12 ... 80 Oklahoma City. 46 16 2 ... 6o Omaha 80 87 23 4 97 Ottumwa. Ia. .. 9 11 ... ... 20 Philadelphia ..13 4 ... ... 17 Portland. Or. ..4 2 1 7 St. Joseph, Mo. 84 18 8 3 63 St. Paul 42 6 1 29 79 San Francisco.. 14 6 ' 20 Seattle, Wash. . 17 2 ... 2 21 Sioux City 87 66 9 4 118 Spokane ....... 1 ... 1 Tacoma ....... ... 1 ... ... 1 Topeka 4 14 ... ... 19 Wheeling, W.Va. ... 10 10 Wichita 11 8 19 Various 758 6 6 812 5 1260 Canada ... -. - ... 47 Totals 1864 .708 621 One week ago. .1468 471 857 TTnur wadIci a ffrt. 931 978 228 state origins of livestock loaaea Septem ber 6: Cattle, Mixed Calves Hogs Sheep Stock Tt'L For Portland Oregon Tfls Portland 4 One week ago.. 9 Four weeks ago. 2 For Seattle Oregon ........ 16 Washington .... 1 2 17 t ... 8 14 L 6 0 IS I 18 3 3 t ... 2 21 3 e S) 10 Totals Seattle 17 One week ago.. 8 Four weeks ago. 2 Omaha Livestock Market. market opening weak, closed 25c higher. Heavy. $10.40&17; mixed. $16.6017; light. $16.90 17.75; pigs, $15,50416.50; bulk. J18.501317. Cattle Receipts 800. steady to easier. Native steers. $10.5016.50: cows and heif ers, $7010.50; Western steers, $9013.60: Texas steers, $7.50 g 10.50; cows and heif ers. I6.609.50; canners. $56.60; stockers ana teeaers. 1n.9u-jii.iiv, t.jc, .?u, bulls, stags. $5.5038. Sheep Receipts 2600, market steady. Yearlings, $11.6012.50; wethers. $10.50 12; ewes, $9.75 10.75; lambs, $16.30 17. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Sept. 7. Hogs Receipts 7000, strong, 10c above yesterday's average. Bulk, $18.9018.75; light, $18.45 18.20; mixed. $16.45i&18.30; heavy, $16.S318.35; rough. $18.3516.65; Pigs, $11.25(315.75. Cattle Receipts 8000. weak. Native beef cattle, $7.5017; Western steers. $6,500 13.25: stockers and feeders. $6Q9.25; cows and heifers, $4.6512.85; calves, $11.7318. Sheep Receipts 8000. strong. Wethers, $7.8511.30; lambs, $11.25 017.60. BUSINESS IS LESS HESITANT Advancing; Season Calculated to Stimulate Many Branches. NEW YORK. Sept. 7. Dun's tomorrow will say: Waiting is still the rule In not a few quarters, though In the main business Is rather less hesitant and the advancing sea son Is calculated to stimulate thosa branches which have experienced the usual Summer halting. With lower temperatures, working conditions are also better, but the enlargement ot manufacturing capacity does not in all cases assure augmented outputs, for the labor problem grows more difficult with the draft in operation, and even where supplies of raw materials are adequate the obstacles In transportation not Infrequently Impede their movement to points of des tination. That many of the mills and factories con tinue to run actively on previous orders, and will be thus engaged for some time to come. Is generally known, yet of new contracts from regular channels there are fewer on the whole, and purchasing as the necessity arises stands out aa a most prominent fea ture, not only in the East, but also In the West and South. Weekly bank clearings were $4,710,264,037. New York Hops 80 Cents. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Hops firmer. State medium to choice, 1917, 7680e: 1916, nom inal; Paclflo Coast. 1917, 3538c; 1916, 20 23c Hides and wool, unchanged. Dulnth Linseed Market. DUX.TJTH. Sept. 7. Linseed on track and arrive. 83.24: September and October. X3.24: November, $3,22; Cacember, $3,18, 2 cows. . 1 cow. . . 1 cow . . 4 cows . . . 2 cows. .. 1 cow ... 1 cow. .. 1 cow. . . 1 cow. . . 1 cow. . . 1 heifer.. 8 heifers 1 calf... 3 calves. 1 bull 2 bulls. . 8 steers. . 1 steer. .. 1 steer VimmimfiiinitiHMmmmmminmiimtinmmimminmmmiMmiimrmmimiimmumimim ill .l,lim,lil.ltltlllt,llt.llu,lll,,ul,llt,llillltl,ilu,U..M..JII.,,.litl.ll,.ml...nni.u,..i....fn.t,m.1t1.Mf.iM.,niM i.,i.t...,.n.1...H,t...l. .1. XV Own and Offer for Investment any part of $900,000 Oclioco Irrigation District (A Municipal District) CROOK COUNTY, OREGON . Serial Gold 6 Coupon Bonds Dated July 1,,1917; Denomination $1000 and $500; Principal and Seml-Anrrnal Interest (January 1st and July 1st) payable In gold at the Office of the County Treasurer of Crook County, Oregon, or at the Fiscal Agency of the State of Oregon in New York City. Due serially, as shown below. FREE FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX AND DECLARATION THEREUNDER. EXEMPT FROM ALL OREGON TAXATION, THESE BONDS, BASED ON A FULL EXAMINATION . OF THE DISTRICT BY A COMMISSION composed of the State Engineer, Superintendent of Banks and Attorney General of the State of Oregon, v are certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Oregon, as a LEGAL INVESTMENT for Savings Banks, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies, Trust Funds, Insurance Companies and State School Funds, and as LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE TO SECURE deposits of State, County and City Funds in Oregon Banks. LEGALITY APPROVED by Messrs. Teal, Minor & Wlnfree, Portland, and. Messrs Goodfellow, Eells, Moore and Orrick, San Francisco. Amount 549,500 64,000 68,500 63,000 67,500 72.000. CLARK, KENDALL & CO. Northwestern Bank Building Portland, Oregon itnmmrnnmiininHmmmmimtinmiimninnMumTmmi ilUlilUtllitllllUilUlltllilllMtUlllUlliilllUUUtllJIIIUIIUIiUUli CORN CROP DELAYED With Plant Growth Backward Frost Danger Is Greater. BUYING AT CHICAGO BRISK Prices Advance Notwithstanding Bearish Government Report Is Anticipated Guesses as to Wheat Estimate Wrong. CHICAGO, Sept. T. Not-withstandlnc that traders anticipated the Government crop report would Indicate bumper yields of both corn and oats, sharp advances took place today In the value ot the two cereals. Un easiness over delays and other 111 effects likely to result from prevalllnc cold wet weather much more than offset all bearish factors Com closed nervous, 2c to 24c net higher at 1.14K to 1.14H for Decem ber and fllOVs to I1.10H for May. Oats rained 11Ho to la and provisions 12c to 850. Strong houses took the lead from the outset In regard to the buying of corn. They assumed the position that under present field conditions a killing frost before Octo ber 1 might Inflict severe damage on the crop, owing to the prospect that as a re sult of adverse weather the maturity of the plant would be dangerously postponed. Fears that the widespread rains would greatly hinder threshing gave much Im petus to the upward swing of the oats market. Attemp'ts to prophesy as to the Govern ment estimate of the Spring wheat crop turned out to have been too optimistic. A popular theory that an Increase of 23.000,000 bushels would be Indicated as compared with the production In August has to be thrown away, when, after the close, the official figures from Washington proved to be less than half as large. Provisions rose with gains In " the value of hogs. Word that the Government would not. at least for the present, try to fix prices of meats tended to accelerate the advance, and so, too. did urgency of demand at Liverpool Leading futures ranged as. follows: CORN. Open. High. Low. Close. Deo. $1 IS $1.14 $1.18 1.144 May 1.09 1.10 1.09 1.1C OATS. Dec.. B54 .B7H- .M .n4 May K9 May - 59 .60 .B94 .60 .65 .69tt MESS PORK. Sept. 48.00 43.20 4S.00 43.20 Oct. 43.15 43.25 43.10 43.20 LARD. Oct. 28.80 23.65 2S.B0 23.65 Jan. 32.30 22.40 22.27 22.40 SHORT RIBS. Oct. 23.BT 23.70 23.5T 23.70 Jan 21.20 21.35 21.20 21.35 Cash prices were: Corn No. 2 yellow, 3 yellow and 4 yel low, nominal. Oats No. 3 white, 6953c; standard, 59 & 60c Rye No. 2, $1.85. Barley $1.18 01.83. Timothy $8.80 7.76. Clover $13 20. - SERIAL MATURITIES Principal Due July 1, 1928 July 1,1929 July 1, 1930 July 1, 1931 July 1, 1932 July 1, 1933 Amount $ 76,500. ... 81,000 85,500 90,000 89,000 103,500 Price 100 and Interest YIELDING SIX PER GEXl STEPHENS & COMPANY Ban Fraaidsco Lo Angeles San XHeg DETAILED CIRCULAR ON REQUEST ORDERS MAY BE TELEGRAPHED AT OUR EXPENSE. mmmtmitmmi Clearances Wheat and Tour, 2,036,000 bushels; -corn. 195,000 bushels. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 7. Flax. $3.16 O 8.21. Barley, $1.02 1.25. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 7. Spot quota tions Wheat, nominal: feed barley. $2.3& 2.STA: white oats, $2.8502.90; bran, $40; middlings. $5253; shorts. $42 43. Call board Barley, December, $2.41 H : May. $2.43 bid. $2.46 asked. Paget Sound Grain Receipts. SEATTLE, Sept. 7. Quotations, none Yesterday's car receipts, flour, 9; wheat, 23; corn, 5; oats, 9; barley, 3; hay, 119. TACOMA, Sept. 7. Wheat No quotations. Car receipts, wheat, 6; corn, 1; oats, 1; hay, 4. Electrical irons,' toasters and other novelties would make large sales In Bragll If they were properly adver- TRAVX Letts' GUIDE. To Astoria and North Beach leaves Ainsworth Dock dally, except Sunday, at 8 P. M. ; returning leaves Astoria at 7 A. M. dally, except Sun day. Tickets, etc. at the dock, or CITY TICKET OFFICE I . tt 3rd & Washington iTi'irav. Wm. McMurraf Ir ,T . '"lam L. , I I1 1 San Francisco Los Angeles (Without Chans En Koute The Bir. Clean, Comfortable Kleirauttj Appointed, Seagoing S. S. BEAVER Sails From Ainsworth Dock If.lL SATURDAY, fcPT. 8. 100 Golden Miles on Colombia River. All Kates Include Berths and Meals. Table and Servioa Cnexeeiled. The San Francisco ft Portland S. 8. Co Third and Washington streets (with O.-W. B. U N. Co.). Tel. Broadway 4500. A 6121. yf Steamer Hassalo f To Astoria and 1 m.... ..... ml, w.mi n niu..llllllMiimlltltlitH Principal Do July July July July Juyl July 1. 1934 1, 1. 1, 1, a 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 tlsed, reports Consul S. T. Lee at Rio Grande. TRAVELERS' GCTDE. STWIAJ PALACES GREAT A'ORTHERN AOHTCERN PACIFIC San Francisco Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Cal. Str. Express leaves 9:80 A. M. Str. arrive San Francisco 8:80 next day. One-way fares. $S. $12.50. $15. $17.60. $20.BOOD TRIP. $32. North Bank. 6th and Stark. TICKET I Station. 10th and Hoyt. OliltiiS 1 8ti and Mor, N, P. 11 y. S48 VYaah.. ;. N. Br. 100 3d. Burlington By. ssn rl Independent S. S. Co. 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