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THE MORNING OEEGONIAJT. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917.
O
o
FEED PRICES . GUI
Mills Do Not Wait for Date Set
by Administration.
OFFICIAL NOTICE ISSUED
Merchants Exchange Ceases Trade
in Bran and Shorts Corn Re
duced $9 Ton on Ar
rival of New Crop.
Although the fixed xntllfeed prlc nmd
by th Food Administration do not become
effective until December 23, local millers
put them Into force yesterday, quoting bras
at $30 and short at $33 net at mills In
carl ota.
Tha official bulletin sent out durln the
day by T. B. Wilcox, chairman of the North
pacific Coast milling division of the Food
Administration, follows:
"We desire to call the attention of all
millers to new rules and regulations gov
erning the price of millfeedu. adopted by
the general committee of the mil Una: divi
sion of the Food Administration.
'Millers axe requested to sell their feed-
stuffs as nearly direct to the consumers as
tossible.
''Violations of these rules will result In
cancelation of licenses.
"Rule 19 provides that
"Xo licensee engaged In the business of
milling flour and feed from wheat shall,
after December 25, 1817, sell wheat mill
feed at any price in excess of the follow
ing prices: The price of bran bulk at the
mill door per ton of 2000 pounds, in car
loads. In no case shall exceed 38 per cent
of the average cost to the mill of one ton
of wheat at the mill, which cost of wheat
hall be the average cost as shown by the
previous month's record of said mill and
hall Include the 1 per cent administration
fee paid by the mill on all wheat ground.
Shorts, $2 per ton over bran ; middlings $9
per ton over bran.
"Mixed cars or less than carloads on
quantities of millfeed either in mixed cars
or less than ctw-loads, the differential shall
not be more than 00 cents per ton over
carload basis.
New-crop corn has made Its appearance
and waa offered for the first time yesterday
at prices of $9 a ton under the Quotations
old corn. Whole new corn Is listed at
75 and cracked corn at $70 a ton.
At the Merchants' Exchange there were
so bids or offerings of millfeed and Quo
tations were withdrawn. Spot oats were
unchanged, but January oats were 50 cents
higher, at $58.50 bid. The barley market
waa strong in consequence of the sharp
advance at San Francisco.
Bales posted during the day were 100
tens of December clipped Eastern oats at
$55.00; 100 tons January clipped oats at
$56; 100 tons February bulk yellow corn
at $60.
Weather conditions in the Middle West,
as wired from Chicago: "Illinois, Missouri,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, unsettled, prob
ably rain Or snow tonight and Friday; else
where generally fair and colder." ,
Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported
ay the Merchants Exchange as follows:
Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay
Portland, Thurs 4 ....
Year ago 11 ... 3 10 8
Season to date 131 442 730 11 7H
Year ago 3152 104 854 1205 1027
Tacoma, Wed
Year ago 31 7 6
Season to date...3174 47 ... 163 1055
Year ago 4078 104 ... 225 llb3
Seattle. Wed 3
Year ago 33 1 3 6 11
Beaaon to date.... 3176 1R1 801 714 2105
Year ago 3338 235 924 S'JQ 231
HORSE MEAT 6Aa.ES IX PORTLAND
Business Reported to Be 6teadily on the
The Bureau of Markets yesterday Issued
among Its other bulletins the following:
"For several years there have been suf
trestlons and rumors in this country that
horse flesh would again be a part of the
diet. It is a well-known fact that in the
time of the Civil War in certain parts of
the country horse flesh was eaten by the
people. There has always existed a senti
mental aversion for this meat, but It Is
not all uncommon for it to be served In
some of the European countries. There is
a shop In Portland devoted exclusively to
the sal. of this meat, and th. proprietor
reports that his business has steadily in
creased since Its establishment about a year
ago. His trade Is made up very largely
of .people of foreign birth who have seen
and eaten this meat before, but the num.
ner or Americans patronizing the shop Is
Increasing. The supply is composed almost
entirely of two and three-year-old horses
r ponies which are supplied very largely
by the Indiana of the Warm Springs and
Umatilla reservations. About ten are re
quired each week, and the general procedure
is to out mem up in carload lots, ship to
Portland, and kill them as needed. Most
f these ponies average around 700 to 750
pounus, ana win areas out 'about 65 per
cent. The ponies are purchased by the head
as the market has not been developed on
a weight basis. Prevailing prices last week
will help show why the popularity of the
meat Is increasing: Steak, round, porter
house or sirloin. 12 4 cents per pound
pot roast. 10 cents; flank, 7 cents; rib steak,
6 cents; soup bone, 4 cents; bologna. 12 hi
cents. - -
TURKEYS HELD BACK BY WASHOUT
Finn Demand for Birds Availablo at
to 32 Cents.
There were not many turkeys on the street
yesterday, owing to the delay In the ex
press from Southern Oregon. For what was
on hand the demand was strong and dealers
had no difficulty In getting 31 and 32 cents
for the best. The course of today's and
naiuruay s maraet will cepena entirely on
th size of the receipts. It was the opinion
of most poultry men on the street that the
market will continue firm. There were fair
receipts of dressed geese, which moved
easily at 20&21 cents. Dressed ducks were
very scarce.
There was a good demand for live poultry
at former prices, but this class of produce
will probably be leas active today' if dressed
akjpoultry arrivals are liberal.
f 1 Country dressed meats were steady and
taAuichanged.
MOVEMENT
OS POTATOES 19 SLOW
light
Demand Continue aw
Western Ship-
ping Points.
Destinations of the latest shipments of
Oregon and Washington potatoes in carlota.
aa reported by the Bureau of Markets:
Oregon. Stockton 1, Sacramento 1, Marys
wills. CaL, 1. "
Washington. El Paso 1, Denver 1, Kan
as City 1.
Shipping point Information reported by
telegraph:
North Taktma. Wash. Demand light.
Carloads, f. o. b., cash to growers. Netted
Gems, graded four ounces up. good quality,
sacked, 120 21.00 per ton. No demand for
poorer stock.
Moorhead, Minn. Shipments Increasing.
Market steady. Quality and conditions gen
orally good, wagonloads. Red River Ohlos,
Bulk, per cwt., ungraded, X1.S0.
Trtallo Falls. Idnho. Demand anfl mo
O000 LBS. DRESSED TURKEYS
Needed to fill our order. Call, write or
wire for our miaraBteed orlrr.
Heary Fat Hoaa 16-18 per lb. Hearr
- au'xAc ver iu. , 1'iKoi veat ataney,
15V4-16C Per lb.: Hearr Fat Hni
20-21C per lb. Ship while the market
is firm. No commission charred- Checks
.dally. THE SAVUiAKCO.ISC,
Oapital J.MMMw lOO front Street.
ment slow. Market steady. Quality and con
ditions generally good, some field frosted.
Wagonloads, tracks id e, Idaho Rural and
Ru setts, $11.10.
Waupaca, Wis. Hauling moderate.
Shipments light. Demand limited. Market
steady. Better Inquiry by wire. Quality and
condition generally good. Wagonloads,
trackside. Hound Whites, bulk, per cwt, U.
S. No. 1, $1.25; No. 2. 75c. Carloads, f. o.
b., usual terms, Blima Triumphs for seed,
bulk, per cwt., few sales. $2.63 p 2.75.
Rochester, X. Y. Heavier wire Inquiry.
Few sales, carloads, f. o. b. usual terms.
Round Whites, sacked, per cwt., loads f. o.
b. usual terms. Round Whites, sacked, per
cwt., U. S. Xo 1, $2.15 2.20.
Greeley, Colo. Demand light. Market
steady. Wide range of quality and condi
tion. Wagonloads, trackside, mixed whites,
sacked, per cwt., best, mostly $1.15; poorer,
$11.10.
BUTTER ADVANCES 4 CENTS TODAY
Prints Will Be Quoted at 62 and 63 Cents
' by Local Creameries.
There will be a 4-cent advance In print
butter prices this morning, putting the quo
tation at 52 cents for plain wrapped , and
63 cents for cartons. Butterfat buying prices
will also be raised 4 cents, to 67 cents for
No. 1 grade. The advance has been expected
for some time, as the make is now at the
minimum and other Coast markets are mov
ing up. What effect the advance will have
on local consumption of butter remains to
be seen.
Country creamery butter was In small
supply and firm, with 46 cents offered for
extras.
Eggs were steady, with the increased hol
iday demand practically equaling the gain
in receipts.
Hide Trading at Standstill.
Xaadingr in the hide market has come
to a . standstill. Local dealers cannot get
offers from the East and they have gen
erally withdrawn from the market as buy
ers. , Local quotations are, therefore, nom
inal. After the turn of the year it is hoped
tanners will again become Interested, which
will give the tfitide here a basis to work
upon.-
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities
yesterday wtre as follows:
crearlngs. Balances.
Portland $2,854,159 $466,S21
Seattle 4,01,7ttl G7f.b09
Tacoma 5S(i.405 tr.i.041
Spokane . . . 1,302.077 250,205
PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS
Grain, Feed,
floor. Etc.
Merchants' Exchange,
. December delivery
Oats
No. 2 white teed
noon session?
Bid. Tr. ago.
Barley
Standard feed . .....
Standard A, brewing ..........
Bran
'Short,
Futures
January oats
January feed barley
January brewing barley
Eastern oats and corn In bulk:
Oats
No. 3 white. December
Mo. &8. clipped white, December
Corn
No. 3 yellow, January .........
No. 3 mixed, January ..........
January oats. No. 3 ...........
January oats, clipped
56.00
ud.OO
37.00
ii!66
7.00
Bid.
$r,s.50
Btt.00
oif.50
,.54.50
. . S5.00
. 61.00
.. uu.no
.. 65.00
. 66.00
February corn, yellow ................. Sy.UO
February corn, mixed. ................. 53.00
Feed not quoted until official notification.
WHEAT Bulk basis Portland for No. 1
grade: Hard white Bluestem. Early Bart,
Allen, Galguius. Martin Amber. .2.05. Soft
white Palousa bluestem. tortyfo'.d. White
Valley, Gold Coin, White Russian, $2.03.
White club Little club, Jenkins club, whit,
hybrids. Sonora. 2.01. Red Walla Red Rus
sian, red hybrids, Jones fife. Coppei, SI. US.
No 2 grades. Sc lesa No. 3 grade, oc less;
other grades handled by sample.
FLOUR Patent. 110; Valley. J9.60; whole
wheat, .0: graham. S9.40.
MILLFEED Net mill prices, car lots:
Bran. .30 per ton: shorts, .32 per ton; mid
dlings. 3'J; rolled barley, ItiuU&J; rolled
oats. $02.
CORN Whole, 75; cracked, 78 per ton.
1IAI Buying prices, f. o. b. Portland:
Eastern Oregon timothy, 127 per ton; Val
ley timothy. $25ttzu; alfalfa. S24: Valley
grain bay. $24; clover. S22; straw. $8.
Dairy and Country Produce.
BUTTER Cubes, extras, 46c; prime
firsts, 46c Jobbing prices; Prints, extras.
2c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat. No. 1.
c delivered.
EG-s Oregon ranch, current receipts,
c; candled. &Oc; selects, S5o per dozen.
CHfciijsE Jobbers' buying prices, f. o. b.
dock. Portland: Tillamooa triplets. 23c;
Young Americas, 24c per pound; longhorns.
24c Coos and Curry, f. o. d. Myrtle Point:
Triplets. 22ftc; Young Americas. 23ftc per
pound
POULTRY Hens, large. 20e: small. ISc:
Springs, IS ft 19c; ducks, 20c: geese, 14 18c:
turkeys, live, 2022c; dressed, choice, 80
fe32c.
VEAL Fancy, 15 HQ 6c per pound.
PORK Fancy. 17Vi&18c per pound.
Frni t and Vegetables.
Local Jobbing quotations:
TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges. navels.
$3.25&$5; Japanese. ?2.25&2.35; lemons, $3
4.o per Dot; bananas, tj cents per Dound:
grapefrutt. Jittvtt.74.
VISUETABLISS Tomatoes. IZ.50 per
crate; cabbage. I$l24c per pound ; lettuce.
92&2.2a per crate; cucumbers, S1.3(P 1.7.
per dozen; peppers. 13317VbC per lb.; cauli
flower. $2.252.50 per crate; sprouts, lollo
per pound; artichokes, soCtf 1.111 per pound;
garlic 7Sc per pound; squash. lc per
pound; pumpkins, lhe per pound; celery.
13.604.23 per crate.
bACK v titiJfiXABijiis carrots, S1.Z3 per
sack; beets. S1.5U i 1.75; turnips. $1.60;
parsnips. $1.75.
POTATOES Oregon, si.25 01.60 per hun
dred; Yakima, .1.50&L75; sweet potatoes,
4 He per pound.
omu.ns Oregon. No. r, I2.o0itz.ij; No.
2, $2 per hundred.
UUEEII FRUITS Apples. Sl2.25: pears.
$1.25(2.25; grapes, 7o per pound; cran
berries. $13.50<i.5O per barrel persimmons.
sz per Dot; pomegranates, e.uto'Z. 10 per
box.
Staple Groceries.
Local jobbing quotations:
SUGAR Fruit and berry, $8: beet. $S;
extra C. $7.60; powdered. In barrels, $9.&0;
cubes, in barrels. $9.75.
SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tans.
$3.25 per dozen; one-half flats, $2; one-
pound flats, fo.o".
NUTS Walnuts, 23c; Brazil nuts. 18021c;
filberts. 2223c, almonaa, 19e220c; peanuts,
104j12c; cocoanuts, $l.lt per tzozen; pecans,
17 tea 19c: chestnuts, 20c.
B&ANS California jobbing prices: Small
14V,c: bayos. 11c: Pink. lOtic: Oregon
beans, buying prices: White, 8iu-ltoc; colored.
f)i lie.
COKtE Roasted, in drums, 17025c
SALT Granulated, $19.75 per ton: half-
ground, lOiis, $15 per ton; 50s, $lo per ton;
dairy. $lti.75 per ton.
K1C Southern head, 99Hc per pound;
blue rose, bc; Japan style, &7c
DRIED FRUIT Apples, 13ft c; peaches,
llfcul2c; prunes. Italian. llfte13c; raisins.
6ac$3 per box; dates, fard, I2.50J3 per
oox;.curranta, luc; llgs. $itf2.5U per box.
Provisions.
HAMS All sizea. choice, 34c; standard,
83c; skinned. Usfe33c; picnics, 24c; cot
tage rolls. 28c .
LaRtM-Tterca basis, standard, pure. 80c;
compound, 24c
BACON Fancy, 48 048c; standard. 43 9
(5c; choice. 34&42c
DRY SALT Short clear backs, SO 34c;
exports. 31 (if 34c; plates, 26 Q 28c
Hides and Pelts.
HIDES Salted blues, 25 lbs. and up, 18c;
salted stags, 50 lbs. and up, 13c; salted and
green kip, 15 to 25 lbs,, 16c; salted an
green calf. 10 to 15 lbs., 23c; green hides.
25 lbs. and up, 13c; green stags. 50 lbs and
up. 11c; dry flint hides, 28c; dry flint calf,
up to 7 lbs., 3oe; dry salt hides, 23c; dry
horse hides, $1.2561.75; salted horse hides,
$3v.
rLTS Dry long wool pelts. 42e: dry
short wool Pelts. 25 30c: salted sheen Delta.
long wool, each $45; salted lamb pelts. I
each. $203; salted short wool pelts,
each $22.50; dry sheep shearlings, each.
15030c; salted sheep shearlings, each. 254J
He.
Hops, Wool, Eta.
- HOPS 1917 crop, ltt20c per pound: 191
crop. 13 15c per pound.
WOOI. Eastern Oregon, 50 Q 60s por
pound; Valley, 55 9 60c per pound.
MOHAIR Long staple, 65c
CASCARA BARK. New and old. sHOSe
per pound. . -
TALLOW No. 1. 13o par pound: No. 2.
12c .
Oils.
GASOLINE Bulk. 20He: eases. 29c;
naphtha, drums, lDftc; cases. 28c: engine
distillate, orums. lOftc cases. 10c.
LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels, $1.84; eases,
$1.44; boiled, barrels, $1.30; cases, $1.48.
TURPENTINE la tanks, two; In cases,
75c
WINTER CROP LARGE
Increase in Oregon Wheat
Acreage Is 25 Per Cent.
GAIN 112,000
OVER
1916
Condition Is 90 as Compared With
7 8 Last Year and 9 4 Ten-Year
Average Rye Seeding In State
Also on Enlarged Scale.
Barly (own Fall wheat In Oregon has
mad a good stand, taut the late seeded
Train did not germinate In a satisfactory
manner. The Government crop report says
of Fall seeding in this state:
"While conditions for Fall seeding have
not been ideal, they have been much bet
ter than last year, and as a result ther.
has been a very material increase over last
year in the acreage seeded to Winter wheat
and rye. The rains of the latter part of
Novexnber.and early December, followed by
mild temperatures, have been very bene
ficial to growing crops. While Fall seeding
was generally considerably later than usual,
the favorable moisture and temperature con
ditions have developed a scrryvv-th weft up
toward normal, which, combined with the
Increased acreage, gives promise of a large
Winter wheat crop for J91S harvest. Re
ports Indicate that the percentage increase
in the rye acreage is ' not as great as that
In wheat. Estimates are as follows:
"Winter wheat Area seeded Fall of 1917,
862,000 acres, compared with 430,000 acres
seeded last Fall; increase. 112.000 acres, or
25 per cent; condition. 90 per cen of nor
mal, compared with 78 per cent last year
and 'a 10-yeaf average for December 1 of
94 per cent.
"Rye Area, seeded Fall of 1917, 35,000
acres, compared with 81,000 acres seeded
last Fall; Increase, 4000 acres, or 18 per
cent: condition, 95 per cent normal, com
pared with 94 last year and a 10-year aver
age for December 1 of 97 per cent.
LARGE VEGETABLE 6UPPEY IN TODAY
Several Carloads Held Bark by Washouts,
Bananas Also Delayed.
Seventeen carloads of California vegeta
bles for Northwestern points have been held
up by washouts, but it waa reported on the
street that they would be through . last
night- The delay will be a serious matter
for Jobbers In the north, as It will hold
back their holiday trade, but the dealers
here will not be o bad off. Five or six
of the cars are for Portland, and If de
livered this morning it will enable them to
cet off their shipping orders. Because of
the delay, the street was practically bare
yesterday of lettuce,,, celery and sweet po
tatoes. The banana train... has been delayed by
trouble In California and will not reach
Portland until Saturday of Monday.
Advance in Unseed OIL
Linseed oil prices were advanced S cents
a gallon yesterday. The new list follows:
Raw, barrels. $1.34; cases, $1.44; boiled,
barrels, $1.36; cases, $1.46.
FLURRY IN MAY CORN
WILD ADVANCE. OP NEARLY SEVEN
CENTS AT CHICAGO,
Market. Ia Excited by Notice of Re.
Btioval of Embarsori on Kast
, bound Shipments.
i " '
CHICAGO, Dec 20. Wild advances in the
corn market took place today, owing chiefly
to removal of embargoes on eastbound ship
ments from Chicago. The biggest Jump was
in the May delivery. 6 cents a bushel.
After considerable fluctuation prices closed
nervons 1 to 414c higher, with January
Sl.24 01.25 and May $1.2314 1.23 . Oats
finished 1 to lc up and provisions at
gains of 2 to 80 cents.
Oats soared with corn, but not to a sen
satlonal extent. ' Realizing of profits by
holders became a noticeable feature.
Provisions Joined In the upturn of other
staples. On reactions which ensued packers
bought. a
Leading futures ranged as follows
CORN.
Open.
... $1.234
. .. X.20V,
High.
$1.-7
1.20
Low.
$1.23 V4
1.204
Close.
Jan.
May
$1.24
1.23
OATS.
.73 .SO
.73 .75
Dec.
May
.78
.73 54
.78 V4
.it
MESS PORK.
Jan.
iiay
..45.60
..45.25
46.05 45.60
45.70 40.20-
45.75
45.30
LARD.'
Jan.
.24.25 -24.27
.24.87 24.52
24.12
24.30
24.15
24.37
May
SHORT RIBS.
.24.20 24.20 23.97
.24.45 24.57 . 24.35
Jan.
May
24.07
24.32
Cash prices were:
Corn Nos. 2. 3 and 4 yellow, nominal.
Oats No. 3 white, 79080c; standard. 79H
80MiC.
Rye No. Z. $1.8a. -
Barley $1.40 1.01.
Timothy 5iT.50.
Clover $2u;26. - '
Pork Nominal.
Lard $24.47.
Ribs $23.75 024.25.
Eastern Cash Corn Markets.
OMAHA. Dec 19. Cash corn: No.6 white,
$1.3201.34; No. 4 yellow. $1.40; No. 5 yel
low, $1.3001.35; oats. jno. 3 white, 77c
No. 4 white, 74 14 c.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 19.
hlte, $1,640-1.56: No.
corn. Ke. 1
4 corn, $1.46L4S
No. 6 com. $1.35 1.40.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 20. Flax,
.Barley, $1.28 01.35.
$3,45 9
Grain at San Francisco.
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. Spot quota
tions Feed barley, $2.7502.80: white oats.
$2.85; bran. $3o03U; middlings. - $53 0 54
shorts, $43 044.
Call board Barley, May, $2.92 bid. $2.05
asked.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH. Ga., Dec. 20. Turpentine
firm. -45c. Sales, 154 barrels; receipts, 157
barrels; . shipments, 5 barrels; stock. 25,175
barrels. ;
Rosin firm. Sales. 486. barrels; receipts.
559 barrels; shipments, 100 barrels; stocks,
79.962 barrels. Quote: B. D. E, F. G, H,
I, $8.15; K. $6.70; M. $7; N. $7.30; WG,
$7.60; WW, $7.75 -
' Dried Fruit at 'e Tork." J
NEW YORK, Dec 20. Evaporated apples
dull and easy; prunes and peaches quiet;
holiday markej. . . -
SHIPMENTS ARE DELAYED
OMY TWO LOADS OF LIVESTOCK
REACH NORTH PORTUSD,
He$ Market In Weaker mad . S15.50
Now Top Quotation Other
Lines Are Steady
Only two loads of stock were received
at the yards yesterday, owing to the traffio
delays caused by the storm. The market
was. therefore, quiet. The weak undertone
In hogs continued And $15.60 was the best
pries available. Cattle and sheep were
quoted steady.
Receipts were 48 eattls, OS hogs and 80
sheep. Shippers were 1. A. ICawaston. Coa-
den. 1 car hogs; Nevergall Meat Company.
Albany, 1 car cattls and sheep.
The day's Bale, were as follows:
Wgt. Price. I
Wgt. Price.
1 cow..
lO'Ml 7.UO!21
steers. .
1161
8. .10
2.50
1 cow 1020
1 cow .. POO
6.50
4.25
cow . . . .
cow.
cow. . ..
cow. .
cow. .. .
cow. . . .
bull.. .
heifer. .
hog. . . .
bogs. . .
hogs. . .
hogs. . .
steers.
cows. .
cow . . .
cow. . . .
cows. .
bull. . . .
750
1040
940
730
750
860
1550
8.25
6.00
6.00
6.00
6150
6.00
1 cow... StlO
1 cow . . 0S0
1 cow . . 1020
1 cow . . 980
2 cows . . 750
1 cow . . 839
6.50!
6.00
5.501
6.001
3.2.1
6.0OI
7.25
13 cows. . . TOO
40
loO 14.50
2O0 15 50
172 13.60
157 14.50
8S7 7.00
8 cows .. P30
1 cow . . . i0
5.75
6.00
5.5(!
7..r)0
1 cow .
1 cow
1 cow .
lirttl
K30
1050
6.25
5.23
820
800
S.60
25 steers.
15 steers.
e.'o
834
4.00
5.50
8.50
5.25
7.25
6.50
9.251
5.751
820
716
1180
7 steers.. 3 030
1 hull.
3 hogs...
7 hogs. ..
1 hog...
1S3 15.40
heifer. .
S80
lf',1 15.401 8 horn. .
2H3 15.60
203 15.50
170 14.50
215 15.50
V
450 14.501 1 hog,...
83 13.001 1 hog
190 15.40l 3 hogs. . .
la at the yards follow:
21 hogs...
3 hogs. . .
Quota tlo:
Cattle
Price
Prime to choice steers . S 9.3510.00
Medium to good steers o.kog? .4U
Common to good steers 7.00'm 8.15
Choice cows and heifers 7.00(9 7.60
Common to good cows, heifers.. 5.1o(ti 7.00
Canners 8 00 0 5.25
Bulls r-. . 4.50( 6.75
Calves T.OO(j 9.50
Stockers and feeders .......... 4.500 7.75
rioga
Prime lights 15.3.'15.50
Prime heavy 15.35 15.50
Pige - la.ao 014.50
Sheen
Western lambs ............... 13.00-913.50
Valley- lambs 12.50'Ji 13.00
Yearling. 12.0012.50
Ewes .ik iu.oo
Wethers 11.70012.25
DESTINATIONS OP STOCK LOADED
Shipments En"" Route to Leading Livestock
Markets of Country.
Destinations of livestock loaded December
19. Carloads reported west of Allegheny
Mountains, double decks counted as two
cars.) Reported by Bureau of Markets, North
Portland:
Cattle Horses Mix.
Calves Hogs Sheep Mules St'k
Austin. Minn.....
Baltimore, Md. ...
. ... 18
12
8 8S 10 ... 1
, 4 77 44 ... B3
1 44
. 535 328 133 3 90
. 19 21 1U
.10 38 2 ... 19
2 66 4
83 6 26 1 2
4 12 1 ... 17
. 123 175 42 S2 16
, 117 16 1 4 2
, 87 76 3 ... 41
15 19 22 ... 2
. 310 100 46 15 35
. 21 1
2 5 ... 1 2
,12 SO ... 1 19
1 10 ... 1 3
. ... 12
.12 S 1
93 71 20
'. 60 16 2 "6
. 228 75 66 1 8
9 10
1 18 1
.19 1 4
. 16 84
. 3 4 1 1
. 40 73 2 1 63
. 108 77 25 1 26
. 20 4 3
. ... 2 ...
.82 88 11 5 2
3 - 13 a.. ft .
2 1 2
. 14 15 ... 2 3
1 10
. 561 113 126 16S &
.2579 1849 690 259 421
.2834 2101 661 231 612
.3399 1865 712 273 410
Brightwood, Mass
Boston, Mass
Buffalo. N. Y
Cedar Rapids, la.
Chicago. Ill
Cincinnati, O.....
Cleveland, O.....
Cudahy. Wis
Denver. Colo.....
Detroit. Mich.,...
E. St. Louis, III..
Fort Worth. Tex.
Indianapolis. Ind..
Jersey city, N. J.
Ivansas City, Mo.
Los Anfreles, Cal.
Louisville, Ky... .
MUwauKee. wis. .
Nashville. Tenn. .
New Haven. Conn.
New, Orleans. La..
New York. N. Y
Ogden. Utah...
Oklahoma City. Ok.
Omaha, Neb
Ottumwa, la
Pooria, 111
Philadelphia. Pa.
Pittsburg. Pa....
Portland. Or.....
St. Paul. Minn...
SC Joseph. Mo. . -San
Francisco, Cai
Seattle. Wash....
Sioux City. Ia. . .
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Spokane, Wash...
Wichita, Kan....
Worcester. Mass.
Various 561
Totals ,
One week ago..
Four weeks ago,
State origins of livestock loaded.
Decern-
bar 19:
Cattle Horses Mix.
Calves Hogs Sheep Mules St'k
For Portland
Oregon 8 4 1 ... 1
Totals Portland. 8 4 1 1
One week ago.... ... 8 ... ... ...
Four weeks ago.. 9.9 1 ... 8
For Seattle
Waahlngton 2 ... ... ...
Totals Seattle 2 ...
One week ago..... 2 .... ... ... ...
Four weeks ago... 1 8 : ...
Eastern Meat Trade Conditions.
Reports on Eastern meat trade conditions
December 20 (8:30 A. M., Eastern time):
Beef.
Boston. Beef, fresh: Receipts liberal, de
mand fair, market quiet. Kosher beef: "Sup
ply moderate, demand fair, market barely
steady. Steers: Receipts increasing; more
good to choice steers arriving; demand fair,
market steady at yesterday's prices. Cows:
Receipts moderate, demand good; no change
in prices.
NeW York. Beef, fresh: Bome of the de
layed cars are arriving; demand fair, market
about steady. Kosher chucks and plates:
Supply heavy, demand slow, market weak.
Hinds and ribs: Supply liberal, demand fair.
market steady. Steers: Receipts increasing,
demand fair, market steady. Cows: Re
ceipts .lght, demand good, market strong;
Philadelphia. Beef, fresh: Very few cars
arrived and many houses are without a sup
ply: demand good, market continues steady
to strong. Kosher beef: Supply moderate,
demand good, market firm. Steers: Re
ceipts very tight, the supply being sold as
soon as unloaded; market firm at about yes
terdays prices. Cows: Receipts very light,
demand exceeds supply, market strong.
Washington. Beef, fresh: Receipts light;
cars continue to run behind schedule; de
mand good; market steady at yesterday's
prices. Steers: Receipts light demand good
for all grades, market firm. Cows: Re
ceipts increasing, demand fair, market
steady.
Pork.
Boston4SuPDl7 moderate: several cars
running late; demand fair, market steady.
New York. Receipts increasing, demand
light, market on light loins 50c to $1 lower
than Monday; other cuts steady.
Philadelphia. Supply very light, many
cars not in, demand only fair, market fairly
steady.
Washington. Receipts adequate, demand
just fair, market fairly steady.
Lamb.
Boston. Receipts liberal, demand slow,
market dull at ytesterdays prices.
New York. Receipts moderate, demand
fair, market fairly steady with some Christ
mas dressed lamb being sold at prices prac
tically the same aa regular stock.
Philadelphia. Receipts moderate, demand
slow, market fairly steady.
Washington.Receipts moderate, demand
fair fo- handy weights, heavy weights drag
gy, market barely steady.
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA, Dec. 20. Hogs, receipts, 6600,
steady. Heavy, $lG.90t16.10; mixed.
$16016.25; light, $150016.30; pigs, $100
16; bulk of sales, $16 16.25.
Cattle Receipts, 4000; market steady,
stronger. Native steers. $3.50013.50; cows
and heifers. $6.60010; Western steers. $7.50
4711; Texas steers. $7 4? 10 ; range, $609: can
ners, $56; stockers and feeders, $6toll;
calves. $9.50012.50; bulls, stags, etc., $609.
Sheep Receipts, 10.000; market steady,
lower. Yearlfngs, $11.50013.50; western,
$11012; ewes, $4.50011; lambs, $14016.
Chicago Livestock Market.
CHICAGO, Dee. - 20. Receipts,
88.000.
strong. Bulk. $15.90a-lfl.40; light. $15.20(9
10.35; mixed. $i3.70BH0.r; heavy. $15.70(9
16.55; rough, $15,70415.90; pigs, $1116.40.
Cattle Receipts. 15,000. firm. Native
steers, $7,25014.35; western steers, $6.30i3
12.75; stockers and feeders, $6.25 10.25;
cows and heifers, $5.10 11.20; calves. $9i3
16.50.
' Sheep Receipts, 18,000, slow. Wethers;
,9 13; lambs. $12.6016.60.
Coffee Futures Stronger.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. The market for
coffee futures was more active today, with
prices advancing on a renewal of demand
from foreign sources, covering and trade
buying. More optimistic talk of peace pros
pects, based on reports that Germany would
issue another proposal within the next few
days, may have been partly responsible
for the advance, while there was also buy.
ing on private cables from Brazil stating
that purchases for the account of the French
government bad been started. The market
opened at a decline of 8 to 5 points under
realizing and March liquidation, but soon
rallied, with March selling up from 7.35c
to 7.51c, lle September sold at 7.96c.
The close was 14 to 16 points net. higher.
December, 7.29c; January, 7.80c; March,
7:50c; May, 7.05c; July, 7.80c; September,
7.95C
Spot coffee steady. Rio 7s. 7c; Santos
4s, 9e: cost and freight offers Included
Santos Ss and 4s at u.auc, London erediti
The official cables reported an advance
of 75 rels in the Rio market. Santos spots
were 100 rels higher and futures 25 rels
higher to 25 lower. Santos cleared 90,000
bags for New York.
Metal . Market.
NEW YORK, Dec 20. "-Metal Sxahange
quotes lead easier. Ejpot. o.ou 07 0.87c.
Spelter quiet. Bast St. Louis, spot, 7.60o
asked.
Tin aot quoted.
' Hops, Etc, at New Tork.
NEW YORK, Deo. 20. Hops, bides
wool unchanged.
Cotton Market.
NEW TORK. Dee. 20. Cotton, spot, quiet.
ALlUQUftAST HDtaiKU, SI.!!
STOCK RALLY SHARP
Market Is Given Good Support
and Prices Rebound.
STANDARDS LEAD IN RISE
Improvement Comes With More Ag
gressive Note Sounded by Lloyd
George Strength Displayed
by International Bonds.
NEW TORK, Dec. 20- The stock market
traversed familiar ground today, securities
making new minlmuins on the broad selling
of the forenoon. The proportion of lower
levels at that period exceeded any recent
session.
Karly liquidation was ascribed to the
more doubtful dividend status of rails, in
dicated by the action of B. & O. directors,
together with yesterday's disappointing crop
report.
Tentative support of rails and Industrials
at midday developed into a brisk demand
later, especially In the last hour. Many
issues were abie to recover fully, and lead
ers showed extreme gains of 2 to 3 points,
a few specialties scoring even more sub
stantial advances.
The rally was in full progress at the
active close, steels, coppers, shippings andJ
' . . . ....is, . . . . . 1 .
Improvement coincided with the more af-
gressive note sounded by the British Pre
mier. ...
Some significance attached to the strength
of International bonds, Anglo-French 5s ad
vancing 2 per cent, and the United King
dom 24 per cent. All the French bonds
also hardened perceptibly.
Nominal Improvement was registered 'by
domestic bonds, although the liberty 8ts
were heavy at 98.44 to the new minimum
of 98.10. the 4s selling between 97.10 and
97. Sales oN bonds, par value, aggregated
$5,125,000. United States bonds, old issues,
were unchanged on call.
' CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Sales. High. Low.
200 65 64
8,100 34 S3
1,000 62 61
2,300 48 40
4.200 694 67 94
1.700 93 54 9214
4,800 9!1 98
600 11 11
7,300 65 H 53 H
5,200 78 75
2.000 96 Mi H4
11,500 41i 89 vi
1.300 13 12
500 10 U 10 'i
13.300 120 120.
7,300 57s 65
2.000 4.1 42
2,800 37H 30?4
1,200 86 4 85
700 1B 18
1.000 -88 36
1,200 83 30 V4
7,300 2ST4 27
8,700 48 45
1,300 26 25H
6.100 83 "4 SIT.
4,300 13 . 1314
4.000 120 118 hi
4.800 89 85
6,500 St 7914
800 23 H 2314
500 80 86
4,200 3M S
20,900 78 vi 74
2,300 2314 24 5s
400 23 H 23 .
bid.
Am Beet Sugar..
Am Can .-
Am Car & Fdry. .
Am Locomotive.
Ajn Sm & Refg...
65
34
62
48
69 Vi
93
98
10
65
78
96
40Vi
13
lOVi
128
67
4214
37V
88
16
38
32 Vi
28
47
25 Vi
82
13
120
83
80
23
88
88
7S
23
23
15
29
105
Am Sugar Refg,.
Am Tel & Tel. .'.
Am Z L & S
Anaconda Cop . ..
Atchison
A G & W I S S L.
BaJt & Ohio
BiS Copper. . . .
Calif Petrol
Canadian Pacif ..
Central Leather.
Ches & Ohio. ...
Chi Mil & St P...
Chi & N W
C R I & P ctfs
Chino Copper. . .
Colo Fu & Iron. .
Corn Prod Refg.
Crucible Steel
Cuba Cane Sug. .
Distillers' Secur.
Erie
General Filectric
General Motors..
Gt Nor pfd. . .'. . .
Gt Nor Ore ctfs..
Illinois Central..
Inspiration Cop..
Int M M pfd
Int Nickel
Int Paper. ......
K C Southern . . .
Kennecott Cop . .
Louis & Nash . . .
Maxwell Motors.
Mexican Petrol..
Miami Copper. . .
Missouri Pacific
Montana Power.
Nevada Copper..
New York Cent..
N Y N H & H . . .
Norfolk & West.
Northern Pacif..
Pacific Mail
Pennsylvania. . . .
Pittsburg Coal . .
Ray Consol Cop.
Reading .,
Rep Ir & Steel. ..
Phatt Ariz Cop. .
Southern Pacif..
Southern Ry . . . .
Studebaker Cor.
Texas Company.
Union Pacifle
U S Ind Alcohol.
TJ S Steel
do pfd
Utah Copper. . . .
Wabash pfd B...
2.000
1.30O
1.000
1,700
500
4,800
300
1.70O
4.900
800
2,700
6,500
2914
100
2314
69
25
22 Vi
60
16
6414 .
28
94 M
77 Vi
28V4
103
"
67 14
25 ',
21
60
16
62t4
26t
92
75
22
69
23
22
60 '
16
64
27
93
77
22
41
89
20
67
72
13
78
22
43
119
103
107
82
103
74
18
7
9,400 41Vi 40
600
, 20.800
3,000
400
6.400
4,300
. 4.000
6,200
17.400
3,300
168.500
6.300
3,800
600
20 V,
67
7214
15
7S
22
43
120
104
107 Vi
82Vi
104Vi
7514
18V4
77
20
65 H
70 Vi
1.)
75
21 Vi
4211
114
101
104 Vi
79H
102
70
18
Western Union.
l.lOO
7
84
Westing Elect. .. 8,900
85
35
Total sales for the day, 680.000 shares.
BONDS.
TJ S ref 2s reg..'96lN P 4s ?1
do coupon , .."'.iovs !!N p as o(
U S 8s reg.
do coupon
U S 4s reg. .
do coupon
Atch gen 4s
..99
..S9
Pac T & T 6s..t91
Pa con 4s.
94
.103
u P 4s
U S Steel 6s..
S P cv 5s
Anglo-Fr 5s ..
Liberty 3s ..
. "85
.. 92
. 88
,. 85
..98.10
.103
. . 81
D & R G ref 6s.
47
88
NYC deb 6s..
Bid; toffered.
Boston Mining Stocks.
BOSTON, Dec. 20. Closing quotations:
Allouez
45
Mohawk ..
58
Ariz. Com
Cal. St Arizona
Cal. & Hecla..
. 9
. 63
.411
North Butte
Old Dominion....
Osceola
Qulncy ..........
Shannon ........
Superior
Superior A Bost..
Utah Cons.
Wolverine .......
12
37
53
62
5
8
2
9
81
Centennial
11
Cop. Range C. C. 40
E. Hutte cop. M. S-ifc
Franklin 4
Isle Royalle Cop. 20
Lake Copper. .. . 4
Money, Exchange, Etc
NEW YORK, Dec 20. Mercantile paper.
56 per cent. .
Sterling. 60-day bills, $4.71; eommerolal
60-day bills on banks, $4.71; commercial
60-day bills, $4.70; demand, $4.75: ca
bles. S4.76 7-16. Francs, demand. 5.73:
cables, 5.71. Guilders., demand, 43; ca
bles, 44. Lire, demand, s..s.; caDles, 6.33.
Rubles, demand, almost nominal, 12; ca
bles, 12.
Bar silver, 86 c
Mexican dollars, 63c.
Government bonds heavy, railroad bonds
Irregular.
Time loans strong; 60 days, 90 days ana
six months, 5 per cent.
Call money strong; high, 6 per cent; low.
6 per cent; ruling rate, 6 per cent: closing
bid, 5 per cent; offered at 6 per cent
last loan, 6 per cent.
LONDON. Dec. 20. Bar sliver, 43 d per
ounce. Money, 3 per cent. Discount rates.
short bills, 4 per cent; three months, 4
per cent.
t '
SAN PTtANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET
Prices Current on Eggs, Vegetables, Fresh
Fruit, Etc., at Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 20. Butter Fresh
extra. 50c.
Bggs Fresh extras, 53c; fresh extra pul
lets, 62c
Cheese New firsts, 21c; Young Ameri
cas. 24c.
Poultry Hens, 2827c; roosters. 1618c;
fryers, xtwauc; Drollers, aowdcl squabs,
$2.603.50: pigeons. $1.501.75; geese, 184
20c; turkeys, live, 30tj32c.
Vegetables Squash. cream. $11.25
hubbard. $11.25; eggplant. 7pSc; peppers.
bell, 10&L2c; chile, owioc; peas, btll0c;
tomatoes, 75c$1.2a; lettuce, $1.2o&-1.50;
celery, 2030c; potatoes, $22.15; sweet,
$3.75; onions, Australian brown, $1.75;
green, $1.50&1. 65; garlic, 66c; cucumbers,
$2.50 2.7o: beans, string, o&'i2o; wax, bw
10c; pumpkins. $1$1.25; carrots, $11.25;
beets, $1.251.50; turnips, 7ocp$l; rhu
barb. $L401.75.
Fruit Grapes, Tokay. $1.151.2i; peas,
$1.1.50; casabas, lac$1.50; cranberries,
$17.ft0rl8; lemons, $6.506.75: persimmons,
Sl.oow i.au; (ntpeiniii, .i!it o. o , oranges,
navels, $3. 50 ti 4.30; tangerines, $1.501.75:
bananas, Hawaiian. 64c0c; pineapples. $4
06; apples, Bellefleur, $11.25; Newtown
Pippins. $i:i5ti1.25; Rhode Island Green
ings. $11.25; olives. 84ilOc; pomegranates,
$1.25 1.75.
Hay Wheat and wheat and oat. $26028;
tame oat, $2727.50; barley, $24S26; al
falfa, $2427; . barley straw, 6990c per
bale. s -
Millfeed Cracked corn and feed cornmeal,
$80ti87; alfalfa meal, $3035; cocoanut. $44
for 20 and 10-ton lots.
Flour $10.80 per barrel.
Receipts Flour, 1540 quarter sacks; bar
ley, 9271 centals: beans, 1303 sacks; po
tatoes. 4955 sacks: onions, 60 sacks; hay,
120 tons; hides, 205; wine, 88,400 gallons. '
New York Sugar Market.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20. Raw sugar, steady.
New Cuban centlfugal (Government price),
5.92c; molasses, nominal. Refined, steady.
Fine granulated. 8.158.36c
Chicago Dairy Produce.
CHICAGO, Deo. 20. Butter, unchanged.
MORRIS BROTHERS, Inc.
Established 25 Years
1 Railway Exchange Building
i Portland, Oregon
SHORT-TERM FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
AND -MUNICIPAL NOTES
Yielding: From 7.00 to 25
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 5s, Due' 1918
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
52s Due 1919
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
52s Due 1921
Anglo-French Convertible 5s Due 1920
American Foreign Securities Company 5s Due 1919
, French Government Convertible 5Vis Due 1919
City of Paris 6s V .Due J921
Bordeaux, Lyons & Marseilles 6s Due 1919
Dominion of Canada 5s. .Due 1919
City of Edmonton 6s : Due 1918
We fill orders at New York Exchange quotations and will
be pleased to furnish you, upon request, with daily quo
tations on the above securities. No one can do better
you may do worse.
Telegraph or Telephone Orders at Our Expense
Short Term Notes
"at the market"
Foreign Government
Yield VA to 13 Y2
. AMERICAN FOREIGN secured 5s Aug. 1,1919
ANGLO-FRENCH convertible 5s Oct. 15,1920
ARGENTINE 6s, May 15,1920
BRITISH secured 5s Sept. 1,1918
BRITISH secured 5sNov. 1,1919
BRITISH secured 5sNov. 1,1921
BRITISH secured convertible BsFeb. 1,1919
CANADA 5s Aug. 1,1919
CANADA '. , -...5s Apr. 1,1921 '
CANADIAN NORTH'N RY. secured convertible 6a Sept. 1,1918
FRENCH secured convertible 5sApr. 1,1919
Obligation of Domonion of Canada.
Foreign City
Yield 16.76fo to 26.17fo
BORDEAUX, France 1 6s Nov. 1,1919
LYONS, France 6s Nov. 1,1919
MARSEILLES, France .. '. 6s Nov. 1,1919
PARIS, France 6a Oct. 15,1921
The heavy selling by munition manufacturers of Anglo-French 53 as
the result of income tax revision carried down in sympathy all foreign issues.
You can pay your income tarf and still be far ahead of market interest re
turn on any other character o safe investment.
Ask us to quote you the daily market.
Telegraph and telephone orders "at the market" collect.
Lumbermens Trust Company
Capital and Surplus $600,000
Lumbermens Building, Portland Oregon.
EgES. lower. Receipts, 2664 cases. Firsts,
47c; ordinary firsts, 42EM5c: at mark, cases
Included. 40046c: refrigerator firsts, 36
86V4C
Duluth Linseed Market.
DT7LTJTH, Dec. 20. Linseed on track.
$3.473.B9; arrive, 3.33H: arrive Decem
ber. 3.47 December, $3.47 bid; May. JJ3.S2V4
asked; July. 3.2TH asked.
DANCE PAVILION IS CLOSED
Resort Xe-ar Camp Lewis Banned by
Military Authorities.
TACOMA, Wash.. Dec. 20. (Special.)
The National dance pavilion at Camp
Murray, a short distance from Camp
Lewis, has been closed, by order of the
military authorities. The National pa
vilion has been operating- for four
months and 50 girls have- been em
ployed there as dance partners under
the title of instructors.
Dancehall proprietors called on the
City Commission, asking; that their
business be spared, but they received
no encouragement. They were ' told
that an ordinance would be presented
at once to abolish all the dancehalls
in the city "for the preservation of tha
publio morality, health, peace and good
order."
County Cleric Joins Marine Corps.
PASCO, Wash., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Harold Robinson, County Clerk of
Franklin County, has enlisted in the
United States Marines. His mother,
Mrs. C. C. Robinson, has been appoint
ed Clerk to fill the vacancy caused by
his resignation. Mrs. Robinson was
clerk two terms before her son's elec
tion and has served as his deputy since
his election.
Marshfleld Recruiting Ends.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Dec 20. (Spe
cial.) The naval recruiting station in
this city, maintained for three months
previous to the' Issuance of th ques
tionnaire, is expected to be closed
within the next few days. John Ru
pert, "recruiting officer, has not ob
tained any enlistments since December
15.
Astoria Schools Take Holidays..
ASTORIA, Or., Dec 20. (Special.)
The city schools will be closed tomor
row evening for the Christmas vaca
tion and will not reopen until Thurs
day, January . At that time the new
Central School building will be ready
for occupancy and both the McClure
and Shively buildings will ba vacated.
Snohomish River Receding.
teVBRETT, Wash. Dec. 20. "With a
cessation of rains and colder weather
the flood danger has passed. The Sno
homish River at this point dropped a
foot during the night. The railway
traffio Is being resumed.
TRAVELERS" GCIDE.
U-t m. mTM ox. maim m
ALASKA .
.tohlkan. Wrangell, Juneau. Doar
iaa. idalnes, Skagway, Cordova. Val
dea toward and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
la Seattle or San Francisco to Xjom
Angeles and San DieKO direct. Larg
at ships, unequaled servlca, low
rates, including berth and meals,
klako reservations.
Independent S. S. Co.
Direct for
San Francisco
Flrst-Clasa Meal and Berth
Included.
S. S. KILBURN
Sailing 6 P. Sun., Dec. 23.
Columbia Dock 'So. 1. Near
HroadTray Bridsre.
Tickets for Pale at Dock and 124
Third Street.
Phones, Broadway 5-0, A 5423.
San Francisco
Los Angeles
S. S. BEAVER
Balls From Alnsworth Dork,
8 P. M., Tuesday, ec. 25.
The San Francisco A Portland S. 8. Co..
Third and Washington streets (with
O.-W. R. A N. Co.). Tel. Broadway 4600.
A 6121.
NEW YORK BORDEAUX PAK13
Dtrert Ronte to the Continent
WEC&LI UErAKTlBKH
rngazl Bros.. Pac. Coast Asenta. 109 Cberrj
tit.. Seattle, ax Ait LuuaU Asjeata.
Fast I. 8. Mail S. H. KltHIU, bONOMA.
VI-A'TI:RA. Psunfii?. Tourti f0. lkt cluu.
1 Sailings Jan. 1. Jan. 22. Fell. 12.
Ooeanio H. S. Co.. SOI Market fct S. F Cal.