15 TIIE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, JL918. PROSPECT OF PEACE ADVANCES HOP PRICE Demand Strong From Ameri . can and English Buyers. TWENTY CENTS FREELY BID Ten Thousand Bale Chang Ilands on Coast In Past Week Supply Below Probable Requirements. Ther ia no difference of opinion amonr aop men as to the strength of ths market. Offers of 20 cents wr again tnsds yes terday, aa waa the caas laat week, but no new business In Oregon was reported during the day. In ths past week fully 10.000 bales of Oregon. Washington and California hops changed hands at ths terms then chronicled In thsss columns. Ths London demand was strong, as Indicated by ths purchase f severs! lots of Ore son a, aggregating low! bales, which wers taken bjr an export buye at IS cents. Ths offers out yesterday a 20 cents wers not confined to Orecon, as this pries was also bid in California for Sonomas, and probably also In Yakima, where thers waa 20-cent bualnsas last week. The strsncth of ths market for 1918 hops wss also further shown by ths high, prices current on older crow ths, A lares lot o; 1917s at Uktsb, CaL. was boucht at IS cents, end hops of ths 191ft crop wers held to be worth 13 cents. While English buying Is a feature of the market. It Is said that the greatest activity Is for domestlo account. Speculators are awaks to ths possibilities of the market after peace Is declared, and have been quietly buying, where they could, for some time past. The attention of American brewers has also been called to the situa tion by the secretary of their association, la a circular In which he ad rises them to lay In their year's supply of hops at once "With not enough, hops available for all do mestic and export needs. It seems reason abls to figure on an advancing market from aow on. No talk Is betng heard of further plowing VP of bop yards la Oregon this Winter. NEW YORK. Oct. 28, Bops firm; state snedlum to choice 191S, 2392o; 1917, 13 tOc: Pacific Coast 1918. 13922c; 1917, 14 lc CORN WEAK. FEATTBE GRAIN" TRADE Oats Bids A verses About W Cents Higher en Local Board. Corn was ths weak feature of the local grain market yesterday, with exchange bids 60c C$1 lower than Saturday. Oats were steadier and about 00 cents higher. Barley was unchanged. Arrivals of foreign wheat at Liverpool continue on a satisfactory scale and millers are receiving ample supplies of grist. Ship ments from North America hare been com ing mostly of wheat recently. It Is hoped this encouraging featurs will continue. Na five of ferine remain somewhat disappoint ing, but this may be attributed to the de lay In threshing operations caused by ths unfavorable weather. It la noticeable that there la mors Canadian wheat in evidence which fact pleases the millers, ss ths qual ity of this wheat la generally good. The up- p'y situation as a whole can be regarded optimistically. Argentine weather Is acaln unsettled with showers In parts. New crop Is progressing excellently nearly everywhere. Export de mand for wheat Is less active. Corn is being offered In liberal quantities at low prices without Inducing any substantial demand from foreign Interests. Oats are In slightly better request, but the pressure of offer Ings serves to keep prices down. Ths Bureau of Crop Estimates says shout 24 per cent of ths entire hay crop is baled. About 18.600.000 bales of tame or cultivated hay and 2.4M.0O0 bales of wild hay will be bated from this year's crop. Terminal receipts. In cars, were reported by the .Merchant's Exchange ss follows: "vTheat.Barley.Fionr.Oats.Hsv. Portland Men. ... 12 ... 7 15 I'd Tear ajro 102 a 10 27 8 Season to date 4121 Pt 421 172 .2B2.1 60 07 617 709 . 17 S .20 1 ... 3 7 .24.17 17 ... M 5K2 .1S04 29 ... 123 738 Tear ago Taeoma Sat. Year ago . . Season to dale Tesr sco ,. Seattle Sat. .. Tear ago . . feason to date Tear ago .. 4 .205 .17 40 641 80S ld 98 04 4S3 1742 TAXCT APPLES MOVING SXOITXT Good Demand la Local Market for Cheaper Stocks. Ths demand for fancy apples was slow, but there wss a good inquiry for cheaper stock. One car of Oregons arrtred. Extra fancy "Washington Spltzenbergs and "Wine saps were quoted at $2.4092.73 and extra fancy delicious at $3 g 3.22b Oregon extra fancy Jonathans wre held at $292.60, fancy at L752 and C grade at J1 -601. 75. Oregon apple shipments were: October 28, one car each to Indianapolis. East Portland, Ths Dalles. San Diego, Baltimore, Bridge port. Cedar Rapids. Custer, McPherson, Laramie, Rochester and Fargo, two each to Cheyenne and Chicago, Dcs Mones three, Leroy five, Los Anceles six. Suspension Bridge six. New York 11. October 27, one ear each to Los Angeles and New York. Eastern apple markets continue nearly steady. Baldwins, A 2 H -Inch, ruled $4.60 and Greenings A 2H-Inch. $44.50 per bar rel C o. b. Rochester, N. Y. In consum ing markets New York Greenings and Bald wins snd Virginia Yorka. A 2 4 -In., range generally steady at H.TOtffl. Virginia York strengthened to $1.3 per barrel f. o. b. Winchester. Extra fancy boxed Winesaps held at $1.S5?2 f- o. b. Northwestern ship ping points. Colorado extra fancy boxed Winesaps reached $2.3 f. o. b. shipping points. Northwestern and Colorado extra fancy boxed Jonathans again ranged mostly $3 0 $.23 In consuming markets. Movement continues heavy. POTATO MARKETS ARE IRREGULAR Onions Art Easy la Local Trade Wire De mand for Cabbage. Potatoes were steady with a moderate movement. Oregon Burbanks were quoted at $1.50 & 2, according to condition, and Yak ima Gems at $2t?2.13. Eastern potato mar kets were Irregular with a slightly weaker tone. Car lota of Minnesota sacked white Stock ranged sltchtly weaker in Chicago at $1 SOtf 1.P0 per cL and sold to Jobbers at $2.150 2.73. Including Southern markets. Greeley, Colo., quoted firm at $1.80 f. o. b, and Idaho Falls strengthened to $L20 per cat. f. o. b. cash. Onloa prices were easy with a fair de mand. Oregon Danvera snd California Buckskins sold at $1.75 2. generally at the first-named price. There Is some wire Inquiry for cabbage. xreaiera are quoting craxea stocks at $1.40 01.50 cash to growers. Ths jobbing price holds at $ I. JO e 1.73 with a few sales at $3. Wheat Is A era mnlatlng. YAKIMA. Wean- Oct 2. (Special) Wheat Is accumulating at reservation points on account of recent embargoes to such an extent that railroad authorities have issued a warning advising that unprotected stocks be covered from the weather. smaller toanags than on former years. Sev eral oommlsslon men of Portland and Seat tle have representatives in ths field bidding on ths so-called family and cooking grade fruit- $1 a box Is being paid for cull Epitx en burgs, faced and filled. Print Batter Market Uneven. The print batter market continued un settled with two prices quoted by city creameries. The demand for cubes was light with 6900 cents ssked. Eggs were steady without change from last week's prices. There was a good demsnd for poultry and ths mark-t was firm. Heavy hens sold at 9 centsr.d light hens at 20 cents. Springs brought 27030 cents. Dressed meats were unchanged. Bank Clearings. B.tnk clearings of the Northwestern cities yeaterusy wers as follows: Clearings, Balances. Portland $7.:.Ji.lM $2,535,233 Foattle 8. 943.710 1.430.154 Tacoma t'J5.300 121.423 Spokane 1.773.9TS 603.0iiJ PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain, Hoar, Feed, Eta. Merchants Exchange, noon session: October; Oat a Bin. No. 2 white feed $33-50 Barley Standard fed tjlundnrd 'A" ................... Ka:ern oats and corn in bulk: Outs No. 3 white Thirty-eight-pound clipped, white CdYn Na 3 yellow .......-- No. 3 mixed .....- Jvovember: Oats No. 2 Farley Feed Oats No. 3 Clipped Corn Yellow Mixed 49.50 49.00 47.00 43.00 69.00 67.00 53.50 4". 00 49.00 47.00 50.00 66.00 54.00 BEEF MET UNSETTLED STEERS ARE STROXG BUT COWS WEAK AT NORTH PORTLAND. TV HEAT Government bull. $2.20 per bushel. FLOUR Family flour. $11.03 011.20 pet barrel: whole wheat. $106 1031): graham. $ so 9 10. 2.1; barley flour. $10.5uffl3; rye flour. $11.75913.00: corn flour. $1212.40; corn meal, $11 ft 11. SO; oat Hour, 11.40. WILIJEED Mill run. soft wheat grade, f. o. b. mill, carlots. $32.10 per ton: mixed cars. $32.00: ton lota or over. $34.10; less than tons. $.13.10: rolled arley. $3359; rolled oats, $tilf63: ground barley. $5tS&o0; alfalfa meal. $40044. CORN Whole. $73877: cracked. $75979. HAY Buying prices, t. o. b. Portland; Eastern Oregon timothy. $30 per ton; Valley timothy. $29 per ton; alfalfa, $27; Valley grain hay. $26827; clover, $28; straw. $90 10.00. Dairy and Country lTodore. BUTTER Cubes, extras, 59 8 60c: prints, extras, box lots. 6063c; cartons, box lots, 61 tiC4c; half boxes, more; lesa than half boxes, lc more; butlerfat. No. 1, 63 3 67c per pound, delivered, Portland. EGGS Oregon ranch, candled, rots and cracks out. 63c; selects, 67o dozen. CHEESE Tillamook, f. o. b. Tillamook: Xrlnl.t. ar: Younr Amertcaa. 37c; Coos and Curry County: Triplets, t o. b. Myrtia Point. 3.ific POULTRY Hens, I61r2Sc; Springs, 279 S0c; roosters, ISc; ducks. 23 30c; geese, ITfllSc: turkeys, live. 30)31c VEAL Fancy, lS4ftllc per pound. PORK Fancy. 21$p22c per pound. Fruits and Vegetables. Local lobbing quotations: VRl.ITS Orsnccs. Valencia 112. 12.50; lemons. $S.23.75 per box: bananas, per pound; grapelrult, ai.nuia appies r3"3 ncr box: pears. $2.00i23 per box; casabas. 3Hc per pound; grapes, 8f per pound; quinces, X1.0V per Boa; via li beries. $12 per barrel. " VKfiETABLES Tomatoes, S0e$2.00 per box: cabbage. $1.502 per 100 pounds; let tuce, $2'a2.30 per crate; peppers. c per pound: beans. 67o per pound; celery. 80o per dox.: eggplant, 10c per pound; artl hnlre. St.4 ner dozen: cauliflower. $2.25 per dox.; garlic. 17ic per pound; pumpkins. -Sc per pouna: snuasn. - - c per v"ullu. beets, $2.50 per sack: carrots. $1.75S2 pel sack: turnips. $1.730 2 per sack. POTATOES Oreffon. $1.50'Jt2.00 per hun dred: Yaklmas. 23.13: iMt, 44o. ONIONS Oregon, l.U'3-.uo; -aiuorni browns, $1,751? 2. 6tple Groceries. T.-ral jobbing quotations: SUGAR Sack basis: Fruit and berry. $9 55- beet. $9.2.1; extra C, $9.15; powdered. : . . ..a ok. ..a., i. K....I. sin s.t in parrrw. . . - " . . , . . MT3 Walnuts. 3ttc: uraxu nuts. uc; i Hog Prices Firmer "With Tops Sell ing at 917.30 Nearly One Hnndred Cars Receded. Th. week opened fairly active at the stockyards yesterday with m. good run of 06 loads. Tliera was m very strong steer market, which was shown by tb sal. ot 20 head of fancy Shorthorns and Berefords at $12.65, or a premium of 15 cents over th market. They wer. shipped In by F S. Hamilton, from Gateway. The cow market, on the other hand, could hardly be called In fair shape. Aside from two loads sold at $8.50 most of the top stock went at $S to $8.23. There was a good, strong bog market during the day and top waa lifted to $17.30. No sheep or Iambs wer available. Receipts were 1810 cattle, lie calves and 2862 hogs. Shippers were: with hoga George Kohlhagen, Ttoeeburg, 1 load; E. G. Young & Co., Oakland, 1 load; C. K. Miller, Natron, 1 load; Z. Russell, Med ford. 1 load; George Brown St Son. Med ford, 1 load; H. W. Bingham. Talent, 1 load; J. M. McFadden. Corvallis, 2 loads; Penland Livestock Co., Heppner, 1 load; Charles Wilson, Crane. 1 load; H. E. Seward, Robinette. 1 load; S. Shelly. 1 load; Sol Dlckerson, Weuer and New Meadows, Ida., 2 loads; Glen & Marsh. Council, Ida., 1 load; A. H. Lane, Lexington. 3 loads; E. G. Johnson, Parma, 2 loads; F. E. Flak, Parma, 2 loads; J. P. Welboume, 3 loads; Pendle ton Meat Co., Pendleton, 1 load. With cattle J. W. Chandler, Enterprise, 1 load; J. W. Toner, Athena, 1 load; John Day Cattle Co., Pilot Rock, 2 loads; Bond Bros., Echo. 1 load; T. S. Hamilton, Gate way, 1 load; Prlnevilla Land & Livestock Co.. Shanlko, 1 load; J. A. Laurence, Brogan, 2 loads; E. T. BoswelL Union Junction, load; Ray Delaney, 1 load; J. L. Maxwell, Wallowa, 1 load; CNoll A Macham, Parma, 1 load; J. C Beddingfield. Joseph. 2 loads F. M. Beck. Rock Creek. 1 load; Tom Fltsmaurance, New Meadows, Ida., 1 load Sol Dlckerson. Welser and New Meadows, 13 loads; Lannart Ac Bridge. New Meadows, 4 loads; Pool &. Ran ley. Council. Ida.. 3 loads; H. W. Bingham. Talent, 1 load; Gas ton Garden Co., Gaston, 1 load; H. W. Tread' gall. Myrtle Point. 1 load; J. A. Cunning ham. Forest Grove, 1 load; J. A. Myers, Condon. 2 loads; P. Hughes, Heppner, load; Penland & Co., Heppner, 1 load J. D. Ash. Oak Ridge, 1 load; R. O. McGee, Glendale, 1 load; A. C Marsters, Roseburg, 1 load; C C Mackerson. Albany, 1 load C. G. Carter, Reedsport, 1 load; Graf & Blum, Tillamook. 1 load: Nash Bros., To ledo, 2 loads; E. W. Brown. Junction City, 2 loads; R. K. L. Brown, Corvallis, 2 loads L, B. Branstetter, Cedar Point. 3 loads J. N. Chandler, El pin, 1 load. TUth calves H. w. Jones, Amity, 1 load. With mixed loads O. E. Gorallne. Joseph, 1 load, cattle and hogs: John W. 'Ayres, Shearer, 2 loads, cattle and hogs; H. Wagg ner, Sutherlln, 1 load, cattle and hogs; J. D. Dtnsmore. West clo, 1 load, cattle, calves and hogs; C. C Carter, Myrtle Point, 2 loads. cattle, calves and hogs; H. Freeman. Haines, 1 load, cattle, calves and hogs. The day's sales were as follows: enlng after early recessions, foreign Issues steadying. Total sales. Dar value, aggre gated $7,950,000. Old United States bonds were unchanged on calL Call Grade Trait in Denssd. HOOD RIVER. Or, Oct. 28. (Special.) The demand for cull grade fruit la heavy feer. th is sesson. With cannera asking for a eapply ef local fruit and the crop running aoswaiiy dean, th lower grade atofX la t filbertis 23c; almonds. 2Sir30c: peanuts. 21c SALT Halt-grouna. juus. ia.vu per ton; 60s. $17.23 per ton; dairy. $25 per ton. RICE Unbroken, Wessilfec per pouno. BEANS Jobbing prices: White. 11M0 13Vc: colored. 8t??8Hc. COFFEE Roasted, in arums, iiDac. Provisions. T.w1 lohblnr Quotations: HAMS All sues, choice. 3S83A4e: stand ard. 37n371c; skinned, none; picnic, 26c; cottage roll. SOc LAhD Tierce oasis, stanaara pure, zoc; compound, 23 S c BACON r ancT. nu '4 tr o- c ; stanaara. 7 50c; choice. 3?44c. LHx SAll snort, clear nacas. aufradc; exports, 29 S 32c Hides and rells. HIDES Government grades: No. 1 salted hides. 30 lbs. and up. 13c; No. 2 salted h ries. 30 ma sna up, xc; io. 1 green hides. 30 lbs. and up. 12c; No. 2 green hides. 30 lbs. and up. 11c; No. X salted bulls, 50 ba and up. 12c; No. salted bulls. 50 lbs. snd "P. 11c: No. 1 green bulls. 50 lbs. and up, lc; O. . irren uuua. ou ius. ana UP. ro. I grfeu ui miicu vttrKins. up to 5 lbs.. 32c: No. 2 green or salted calfskins. up to 15 lbs.. 30'4c: No. 1 green or salted km skins. 13 to 30 lbs.. 16c; No. 2 green or salted kip skins, 15 to 30 lbs.. 14Vsc; dry flint bides. 7 lbs. and up. 30c; dry flint calf under 7 lbs., 40c: dry salt hides. 7 lbs. and up, 24c; dry salt calf, under 7 lbs, 34c; dry cull hides or calf, half price; dry stags cr bulls. 20c: dry salt atsgs or bulla 14c: rv cull stags or bulla nan price: dry borse hidea according to size and takeoff, each $1,5042.50: salted horse hides, according t ize ana xaaeoii, eacn. ijva PELTS Dry long-wool pelts, per pound. 40c; dry short-wool pelts, per pound, 259 30c; salted long-wool lamb pelts, each. $2.50 63-60; saltea sneep pe'.is, escn, s-Od; ary heen shearlings, each, 23950c; salted sheen shearlings, each. 50 75c I Hops, Wool, Bfobatr, Etc HOPS Oregon. 191 S crop, 20c per pound. WOOL Oregon. 36 71c ner pound. MOHAIR Long staple, 60c; abort staple. 40c: burry. 30c CASCARA BAKR. a ana 01a, 12ft 0 13c per pound. tallow sn 1, j"e per pouna: no. 2. 12c per pound; grease. No. 1. 10c; No. 2. 9c per pound. Oils. GASOLINE Bulk. 21c: engine distillate. bulk. 12c: kerosene, bulk. 10c; cases, 20c, LINSEED OIL Raw. barrels, $1.93; cases, .03; boiied. barrels, $1.M5; rases, $2.05. TURPENTINE; In tanks. 84c; cases, 84a SAX FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET r rices Current en Eggs, Vegetables, Fresh Fruits, Ktc. at Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23. Butter, 60 O SCc. Eggs Fresh extras, SSc; fresh extra pul lets. 76 "4 c Cheese New firsts. 30c: California Yonng Americas, not quoted. Poultry Large hens, 3G?i3Kc; young roosters. 35n3tk'; fryers. 356t3c; broilers. 4Sc; geese, 25c: pigeons. $2.50; squabs. $3.50 4; turkeys, live, r.4tJtc. Vegetables eggplant. 95c?r$l.35; oe!l peppers. 75c9l; chill. 73$r90c; tomatoes. 75c4$1.23; lettuce, lacjjel: celery. 20SJ 30c; potatoes, rivers, $1.75?2.35; sweets, 304c: onions. Australian brown. $1,100 1.23; yellow. $1. 7592.00; garlic. 13 10c; cauliflower. 25f4oc; beets, 75c (p $1.00; car rots. 75e$r$1.00; turnips, 75c6$1.00; rhu barb. 0cU$l: cabbage. lt401Hc: arti chokes. $:i.oot? 4.00; cucumbers. U0c9$l-25. string beans. 7g?Sc; lima beans, 79c; okra, 10 6 12c per pound. Fruit Cantaloupes. Turlock. $1.0001. ?5; watermelons, latlic; casabas, $1 Q 1.50 per dox.; honeydew melona $1.50L75: lemons, $9; grapefruit, nominal: orangea, Valencias, $11612: bananas. Hawaiian. 7c; pineapples, $3.5o; apples. Bellflcur. $1.2591.50: Spltzen bergs. $1.752.25; Newtown Pippins. $1.65 til.7.": peara. Russets. $lifl.25; Bartletta, $2.503: figs, white. 73c black. 00ci( $1.15; plums, nominal: grapes, Tokays. Mal agas, $1.25il-75; Muscats. $L73&2.2o; Isa bel, a. $1.1.25: persimmons, $1.2591.50; cranberries, 10012c: quinces. 90c6$1.15. Receipts Flour. 6246 quarters; barley, 411 centals: onions, 3050 sacks; potatoes, 5001 sacks: wine. 81.100 gallons; hides, 210 bundles; hsy. 224 tons; beans. 6507 sacks. ' Wt Price. I . Wt. Price. 34 cows ...10S8 $ 8.00 2 hogs ... 870 $16 00 1 helver . 690 5.0o!l3hogs ... 212 17.10 5COWS...1150 7.00 10 hogs ...151 15.70 12 cows ...1175 8.25 22 hogs ... 205 17.00 4 cows ... 10'JO 6.00,54 hogs ... 203 17.25 7 cows. ..10SS 6.75' 5 hogs ... 310 15.25 28 cows .. .1000 8.50 5 steers ..1054 12.00 3 cows ...11.10 7.00 2 steers .. Sr. 5 9.00 Vcowi ... 0::0 8.001 1 steer ...1030 10.00 1 bull ... .1450 0.75 21 steers ..1130 11.75 1 bull ... .1620 7.00 17 steere ..1045 10.75 2 bulls ...1335 6.0u20steers ..1151 12.65 11 steers.. 80S 30.00 19 steers .. 963 8.25 1 steer ...1110 11.50 26 cows ...11.11 R.25 1 steer ... 1 070 lL'.floi 0 cows ... 971 6.00 23 steers ..1000 11.752cows ...1110 7.50 27 steers ..1117 12.0 . 1 cow 1010 6.00 21 steers ..1041 11.25! 9 cows ...1000 8.00 23 rteers .. 975 8.501 2 bulls ...1500 6.50 lOstcers ..1029 1" 97 hogs ... 105 17.10 5 steers .. 93S 950 10hogs ... 231 15. 30 121 hogs... 178 10.75 60 hoKS ... 222 17.30 Prices current at th local yards ar as Cattle Prices. Prime steers $12 0U 1 12 50 Good to choice steers... 11.0012.08 Medium to good steers........ 9.75(11.00 Fslr to medium steers ........ 8.25'o 9.2.1 Lommon 10 ralr steers ........ S-TS1.- rt.2.i Choice cows and heifers 8.009 8.50 Med. to good cows snd heifers. G.OOfft 7.25 Fair to Died, cows and heifers. 5.00 6.00 tanners s.uii 4.uu Bulls 5 0J.( 7.0(1 Calves 9.00W 12.0U Hogs Prime mixed 17.1017.30 Medium mixed 16 S3 W 1 7.0(1 Rough beavlea 3 5. 00 15. 10 Pigs 14.00W15.00 Sheen Prime lambs ll.OOlI.O Fair to medium lambs ......... 8.00O10.0I Yearllnga 10.00 a 11.04 Wethera U.OO9IOO1I Ewes 6.50 9 .0t ORIGIN OF LIVESTOCK LOADED Shipment to the Leading Marfceta of the raclflc Northwest, State origins of livestock loaded October 27. 1818: Cattle, Homes. Mid. calves Hogs Sheep mules stock. For Portland 1 Oregon 18 Totals One week ago. Four w'ks ago. On week ago. For Seattle Washington . . Totals One week ago. Four w ki ago. . One year ago. For Spokane One week ago. Four w'ks ago. One year ago. 18 19 27 36 1 .. Takima Holds Opcn-Air Meetings. YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 18. (SpeclaL) Klght Yakima churches yesterday held open-air servicea. because the holding- of indoor meeting; waa forbid dan. oa account of influenza. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Oct. 2S. Hogs Receipts 25. 00O: market 75o to $1.50 higher than Sat urday's opening, packing and mixed hogs advancing most; packing grades $i!.253.00 above Friday's opening. Butchers $18.00 1S.60; light $17.75g18.50: packing $16,754 17.55; rough $16.0016.50; pigs, good to choice. $14.75016.00. Cattle Receipts 30,000: Western steers, strong to 25 cents higher; natives strong; butcher cattle and calves steady. Sheep Receipts 22.000; market strong to 23 cents higher; some medium lamba ad vanced more. Seattle Livestock Market. SEATTLE. Oct. 28. Cattle Receipt 218. Steady, offerings cleaned up. Best steers, $U&13; medium to choice. $10.50911: me dlnm to good. $8 9 8.50: medium, $797.50; bulls. $597.50: calves, $5010. Hogs Receipts, 315. Steady. Prime light, $17.50 917.75: medium to choice. $17,25 9 17.50: medium heavy, $16.25916.75; rough, 15515.73. POLITICS AFFECT STOCKS DOMESTIC AFFAIRS RESPONSI BLE FOR SELLING. War News Is Almost Wholly Favor able to Peace Gronp of Shares. Bonds Are Irregular. NEW TORJC. Oct. 2S. War news was again almost wholly favorable to the peace group in today'a stock market, but do mestic politics imparted a tinge of pessim ism, which found its outlet in intermittent selling for the short account. A general demonstration of strength msrked the broad opening, but much of this was dissipated before the expiration of the first hour, largely as a result of the further spectacular course of certain speciaRiea United States Steel registered a fractional gain at the outset, declined almost 3 points and ended at a loss of almost '2 points, war shares making virtually no recovery from their reversals of 1 to 2 H points. More stability was displayed by rails and coppers, the latter denoting confident ac cumulation, though yielding some of their gains at the heavy close. Salea amounted to 975.000 shares. Bonds war ir regular, liberty $is kard- CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales High ' Low bid Am Can 7.800 46 44 45 Am Car & Fdy. 1.800 87i S5i 85 Am Loco 300 67i fi7ii 67 Am Sm & Rfg. 43,300 92H 89 904 Am Sug Rfg... 400 112 112 112 Am T as T 2.200 105 1044 10514 Am Z L & S... 200 16 15i 15H Anaconda Cop.. 17.000 72!4 70 70; Atchison 3,200 05 93 li 93Js AG&WISSL 109 B & 0 1.000 56H 564 . B & S Cop 1.800 2714 26"i 2H Calif Petrol ... 700 22 , 214 21 Can Pacif T.40O 170 ' l8i 1081s Cent Leather .. l.OnO 664 65 65 Ches & Ohio... 1.000 5a fi 59 C M & St P 2,000 50v 49 4 49 4 Chi & N W 200 103V 103i 103H; C R I 4 P ctfs. 2.60 28 'i 27 it 27 Chlno Cop 2,400 42 41 Vi 41 14 C F lc 1 500 4114 41 4114 Corn Prod Rfg. 3.900 44 43i 43 Crue Steel 4.200 67 H 5514 55 Cuba Cane Sug. 2.300 32', 3H4 S1H DIst Secur .... 4.200 5014 4S4 4814 Erie 3,800 18 1714 1714 Gen Elec 200 153 135 155 Gen Motors 6.200 137 12914 129 H Gt Nor pfd 4.400 94 '4 4 94 H Gt Nor Ore ctfs. 5.300 334 324 S2lj III Cent 200 100 1001s 10014 Insp Cop ...... 9.900 56 54 55 I M M pfd .... 49.200 123 1184 118 Int Nickel 2.700 S3?4 32 32 Int Paper 1,500 37 8514 354 K C Sou 300 20 19 19 Kennecott Cop. 39,200 4014 37 39 Louis ae Nash 117 Max Motors S00 35 3314 34 Mex Petrol .... 75.200 '18614 167 176 Miami Cop .... 2.500 29 2814 234 Mis Pacif 4,100 2614 2574 26 Mont Power ... 300 76 76 76 Nev Cop 300 2014 2014 2014 N Y Cent 6.100 8014 78 79 N Y N H & H. . 4.000 . 41 89 S9T4 Nor & West ... 700 110 10914 10914 Nor Pacif 6,700 94 92 93 Pennsylvania .. 3,600 49 47 ;4 4714 Pitts Coal , 61 Ray Con Cop .. 1.700 25 244 24'54 Reading 34.800 92H 8714 9014 Rep Ir & Steel.. 2,400 8654 8 85 Shat Ariz Cop.. 200 16 13T4 16 Sou Pacif 72.900 105 101 '4 10214 Sou Railway ... 5,700 31 3014 3014 Studebaker Cor. 19.600 6814 6514 68 Texas Co 4.500 194 19014 19014 Union Pacif ... 12.200 135 13214 134 U S Ind Alco... 8,800 108 104 104 U S Steel 186,500 111 107 10814 Do pfd 800 112 112 112 Utah Cop 3,200 91 89 89 Wab pfd "B"... 600 24 23 23 West Union ... 200 90 4 9014 90 14 Westing Eleo .. 900 45 44 44 Beth B 29.000 73 7011 7014 SHARP DECLINE IN COON CHICAGO MARKET BREAKS ON REPORT FROM AUSTRIA. Total sales for the day, 975,000 shares. BONDS. USnf 2s rei.. 9S No. Pacific 4a... 83 do coupon ... 98 No Pacific 3a ... TJ S 3s reff ... 99.93 Pac T & T 5a. . 90 do coupon . . .lnfit.j Ipenn con 4V !5H U S 4s reg 8Ro Pacific cv 4s. 87 do coupon ... P:V2iU S Steel Cs .... 03 H D. & R. G. ref 5s 61 So Pac cv &s 101 y X Y C deb 6s... 93 Bid. Boston Mining Stocks. BOSTON. Oct. 2S. Closing; quotations: Alloues? 48 (North Butt 34 Ariz Com 6l)01d Dominion... 43 Cal & Ariz 455 lOsceola 56 Dal and Hec 12IQuincy 72 Centennial 4!3i, ISuperior 67 Cop R Con Co... 30i:up & Bos Mln.. K Butte Cop M. 454 Shannon 3 Franklin 26tTtah Con Isle Roy (cop). 6 Winona 1 Lake Oop 57IWoIverin 21 Money, Excbanre, Etc NEW YORK, Oct. .3. Mercantile paper, 6 per cent. Sterlinff 60-day bills, ?4.73: commercial 60-day bills on banks, $4.72; commercial 60-day bills, $4.72; demand. $4.75.40; ca bles, $4.76.55. Francs, demand 5.47, cables 5.46. Guilders, demand 42, cables 42. Lire, demand 6.38, cables 6.35. Roubles, de mand 13, cables 14, nominal. Mexican dollars, 77 c Government bonds, irregular; railroad bonds Irregular. Time loans strong, 60, 90 days and six months, 6 per cent bid. 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; laat loan, 6 per cent; bank acceptances, 4 per cent. HTDK BUYING PRICES REDUCED New Schedule for Months of November, De cember and January Announced. "WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. A reduction of 1 cent a pound in prices of packers' hides and of a cent a pound on country hides lor the months of November and December and a reduction of 2 cents a pound on packers' hides and 1 cents a pound on country hides for the month of January, was agreed to today by the price-fixing committee of the War Industries Board and the hide In dustry. Coffee) Market at Standstill. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. There were rumors in the coffee trade today that plans for liquidating futures had been pretty well formulated, but no oineiai announcements were made and prices remained at a stand still. The spot market was nominally un changed at 10-Tio for Rio 7s and 15 c for cantos 4s. The official cables reported an advance of 50 rels in the Rio market. Santos futures are 200 to 300 re is higher. Santos reported a clearance of 85,000 bags for the United States. No receipts were reported at Rio. Santos receipts were 311,000 bags. Traders Look for Strong foreign Demand for Cereals After Peace Is Declared. CHICAGO, Oct. 23. New notes sent by Austria and Germany, relative to an armis tice, brought about declines today In the corn market. Setbacks, however, were part ly offset by likelihood of an after-the-war demand for cereals. Prices closed unsettled, c to 2c net lower, with November $1.23 & 1.23 and December $1.19 1.19. Oats finished a shade to o down and provisions varying from 60c off to a like advance. Weakness In com which developed at the opening did not become radical, and had almost disappeared when word came that Austria had accepted all the views ex pressed by President Wilson. Immediately a sharp fresh break ensued. Oats followed corn but within, narrow limits. Strength of the hog market lifted pro visions. Leading futures rangea as follows: CORN. Open. High. Lew. Close. Oct. $1.30 $1.31 $1.28 $1.29 Nov. : 1.25 1.25 1.21 1.23 Dec 1.20 121 1.18 1.19 OATS. Oct. 70 .70 .69 .60' Nov. 6fl .70 .60 .69 Dec 03 .69 .6S .68 MESS PORK. Nov. Jan. Nov. Jan, Nov. Jan. LARD. SHORT RIBS. 36.10 41.00 25.70 25.60 22.25 22. S 5 Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28. Flour, $11.20 per barrel. Grain Wheat. Government price, $2.29 per bushel; barley, $2.252.30; oats, white feed, nominal; com, California yellow, $4.15. Hay Wheat and wheat and oats, $262S; tame eats, $2527.50; barley, $22824; al falfa. $2225; barley straw, 5080c. Meals Alfalfa. $36; cocoannt, nominal. QUERIES ARE MAILED OUT Older Men, and Boys of 78 Tears, to Receive Papers. Questionnaires for men above. 35 and youths of 18 are being mailed by local board No. 2. T. D. Honeyman, chairman, and by local board No. 3, Lloyd E. Smith, chairman. Eaeh of these boards is mailing- slightly in excess of the 10 per cent advised In omciai insw-uu-tions. In divisions No. 1, 5 and 8 the send ing out of Questionnaires to the last of the draft registrants will be started about November 1. Other boards gen erally are not expecting to begin the work before next week. As a specified board begins the mail ing of questionnaires it is Immediately necessary for the legal advisers to be reaay to aid the recipients in filling out and attesting to the answers. Board No. 2 still pursues the plan ol giving the names of advisers the questionnaire holder may consult, on a printed slip accompanying the document. Board No. 3 has called on its advisers to reopen their offices in ?09 Lewis build ing. 528 Chamber or Commerce bullet ins? and 1211 Gaeco building. It has not been announced when the joint advisory headquarters for boards Nob. 4, 6, 6, 7, 8 and 9. on the seventh floor of the Courthouse, will be opened. Naval Store. SAVANNAH. Oct. 2S. Turpentine firm, 62X63c Sales, 85 barrels; receipts, 1S1 barrels; shipments, 20 barrels; stock, S03: barrels. Rosin firm: sales. J3fl barrels: receipts. 702 barrels; shipments, R1S barrels; stock, 6S.513 barrels. Quote: B and I. S14.30; B and F, 14.3S; G, $14.41: H. $14.55; I, $14.80; K, $15.10; M. $15.25; N. $10.40; WO, $15.05; WW, $15.75. Visible Snpplr Chances. NEYT YORK. Oct. 28. The visible enpply of American and bonded grain showed th following; changes: Wheat Increased . Corn decreased . Oats decreased ... Rye Increased Barley decreased Bushels. ..5,996,000 .. 448,000 62,000 . 779.000 .. 415,000 Dried Frait at New fork. NEW YORK. Oct. 28. Evaporated apples dull and nominal. Prunes, strong, Cali fornia, 10 10 44 c Peaches, nominal. Wanted Good Sized Colony of Lady Bugs. Insects Urgently Needed to Combat Aphides on Farms. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct 28. (Spe cial.) Wanted, a colony of lady- bugs. M. J. Newhouse, county agri culture agent, Courthouse, Vancouver, Wash. Mr. Newhouse has urgent need for a big colony of the lady beetles, which will be placed in cold storage this Win ter if they can be found, and next Spring, when the green aphis appears, they will be given their liberty. They will feed upon the aphides and destroy the pest. A. C. Burrell. or the Federal Bureau of Entmology, is here to investigate the losses caused by aphides this year. Sev eral farmers were compelled to plow under their crops on account of the pest last Spring. It has been found that lady-ougs win devour the aphides when turned loose their midst and the bugs do no damage to the foliage themselves. When a colony or laay-ougs is iouna it should be placed in an apple box, with ample venttilation, and kept dormant at about 40 degrees. The kind wanted is described by Mr. Burrell as having a black collar with two small converg ing lines to the head. The bugs have dark red wings, necked with black. They gather in large colonies at high altitudes in cold weather. Mr. Burrell suggests that anyone nna ing a colony notify him before attempt ing to trap it, as it would be impracti cable for one not knowing how to do this. Wife Starts Exemption Claim Probe. TAKIMA, Wash., Oct 28. (Special.) Mrs. Frank J. Ferrell, married a month ago, has asked the local exemp tion board to defer action on her hus band's claim for exemption until he can change it She ays he made the claim believing it to be something else that he was signing and that he is entirely willing to serve in the Army. When she saw announcement that he had claimed exemption because she and her 15-year-old daughter were depen dent on him she at once started an in quiry. . . . DOCKS WANT MORE WATER City Asked to Extend - Bull Run Mains to Supply Ships. Additional fresh water supply pipes to extend to the outer edge of docks are wanted in the interest of vessels being dispatched from Portland, and Carl Prehn, acting harbormaster, has taken the matter up with Mayor Baker and City Commissioner Mann with- the hope that at least a few of the docks not now equipped can be given the facilities. The Bull Run mains are continued to the outer edge of the municipal docks, also on some of the private docks, but others, including the Crown flour mills, do not have the pipes car ried out On such docks it is neces sary to lay hose a considerable dis tance from the connections in order to fill the fresh water tanks of vessels. Recently a hose on the Crown mill dock broke, damaging flour, and. It is said, such danger of damage to freight on docks would be avoided if the pipes were extended. Morris Brothers, Inc. Established Over 25 Tears. MORRIS BUILDING, 309-311 STARK STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON THE PREMIER MUNICIPAL BOND HOUSE OF OREGON Municipal Bonds Yielding from S.2S to 7 If Tom most SELL your Liberty Bonds, SELL to FS. If yon can BUT mora Liberty Bond, BUY from I S.. We BUY and we SELL at th New York market. You cannot do better, you may do worse. TELEPHONE BWDY. 2151. CITY of PORTLAND, OREGON 6 Improvement Bonds Exempt From Present Federal Income Tax Legal Security for Postal Savings Deposits ' Legal Investment for Oregon Savings Banks Price and Details on Application E l Devereaux Rfimpany MUNICIPAL BONDS 07 SIXTH STREET PORTLAND.OPtEGON Telephone Broadway 1042 New Issue Short Term M uniclpal shsW Gold Bonds $100 $500 $1000 DATED July 1, 1018 DUE July 1, IBM The direct tax obhtration of a prosperous. Industrial city of 15,000 population Price to yield over 7 DAILY CITY STATISTICS Births. ' RAHMAN To Mr. mnd Mrs. Ernest P. Bauraan, Hudson street. October 8, a daughter. GOULD To Mr. ana Mrs. A. r. Gould, 1009 East Polk October 1. a son. GILLEM To Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Giliem. 1473 Bast Eighteenth. October 17, a daughter. LAUE ft To Mr. and Mra Gustav P. Laoer, 1861 V Hawthorne, October 21 a son. FOWLER To Mr. ana Mrs. cnar.es a. Fowler. Jr., 324 East Fourteenth. Octobel 16, a daughter. CAMPBELL To Mr. and Mrs. Casmli Campbell, 1250 Thurman, October 18. a son. SHAW To Mr. ana Mrs. 'rann m. snaw, Eleventh and Stark October 19, a daughter. DILLARD To Mr. ana Mrs. iouts A urn- lard, 804 East Broadway, October 20, a son. YIELDING To Mr. and Mrs. Charles "W. Yielding, 617 East Thirteenth. October 23, son. LIVELY To Mr. and Mrs. Karl V. Live ly, 459 East Twenty-fourth, October 16, a dauRhter. ADAM? To sar. ana xnrs. w niiam r. Adams. 656 Clatsop, October 21, & daugh ter. UPHAM To Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Up ham, 665 First, October 25. a daughter. DUNCAN To Mr. and Mrs. William Dun can, 32 East Fifteenth, October 24. a daugh- GROHS to Mr. ana Mrs. f rariK jj. urons, 701 East Thirteenth. October 18, a daugh ter. twf! ST! RYE Yi To Mr. and Mrs. Mason C. Meservey, 606 East Eighteenth, October 18, a daughter. BRENNAN To Mr. and Mrs. John S. Brennan, 451 Third, October 16. a daughter. BOTTOM To Mr. a'ld Mrs. John C Bot tom, 401 Russell, October 21, a son. Marriag Licenses. JOHNSON-ANDERSON K, O. Johnson, 36. Bend, Or., and Emma Anderson, 30, American Hotel. JONES-RUSSO George L. Jones, legal, 217 Knott street, and Christine Russo, 26, 506 Vancouver avenue. WEIIiAND-HALEfT Wellington wenana. ?s. Vancouver, wash., and Madge A. Sales, 21. Palace Hotel. 6COTT-ANDERSON Andrew W. Scott. 24. Venice, Cal., and Vera Anderson, 25, Mult nomah Hotel. OILLMAN-JOHNPTON Merle Gillman. 24, Los Angeles, and Gladys Johnston. 19, Con gress Hotel. mann, 27, 6. Z asi nacKamas sireet, ana Paloma Jones, 16, 432 East Thirty-ninth street North. ' GRIFFIN-GRIFFIN John J. Griffin. 25. Vancouver, Wash., and May T. Griffin, 24, 141 North Twenty-second street. ancouTer iiarria .ictmwes. stttttt-RIISHNELL Patrick Sheil. 87. of Portland and Mary S. Bus one II, 53, of Port lawKSTOVERMOORE Lester Westover, 85, of Orchards. Wash., and Mrs. Emma A. Moore. 65. or urcnaras, tvasa. COLE-IMPER William W. Cole, legal, of Portland, and Hattie A- Imper, legal, of Oregon City, Or. MARSHA LL-FORSLOFF Murray Martin wrh.ii 2fL of Portland, and fil en e K- For- aloff. 2.1. of Portland. TYNKILA-RONDA Otto Tynklls, 25, of Portland, and Alena K. Ronda, 22, of Port- laCLARK- RAND ALL Willi an W. Clark, le gal, of Sell wood. Or., and Ethelyn Randall, legal, of Sellwood,. Or. NOBLITT-McCAFFREY David Jordan Nobhill, 26, of Portland, and Mildred F, Mc Caffrey, 19, of Portland Kiddle Meetings Are Closed. RIDDLE, Or., Oct 28. (Special.) I-egrnlKy Incontestable Five-year 6 bonds, at 96 to yield over 7' Fall details on application. Call or phone B'way 951 Offered strictly subject to prior sate. Total Issue $170,000. Advance subscriptions received for more than two-thirds of this amount. We reserve the privilege of withdrawing this offer at any time, and adjusting price without notice.. LUMBERMENS TRUST COMPANY Capital and Surplus $600,000 LUMBERMENS BUILDINS FIFTH AND 1 STARK AH public meeting: places, schools, moviea and Red Cross meetings have been closed at Riddle on account of the Spanish influenza, which numbers sev eral cases at this place. The cases have been in a mild form and it Is hoped the close quarantine wlll eoon stamp out the disease here. Walla AValla Men to Get Help. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Oct. 28. (Special.) A "Hundred Dollar Club" was organized here yesterday by Lester Robinson and Henry Vincent, the money to go to the Walla Walla men now fighting in France. The plan is to so- licit wealthy friends to contribute $100 each, and already $500 has been raised. The money will be cabled to the com mander of the companies with which the Walla Wallans are brigaded and is for the exclusive use of the home boys, to spend as they please. Pasco Association to Try Fuel Trade. PASCO, Wash., Oct. 28. (SpeciaL) The Pasco Co-Operative Association, which has been conducting a grocery store. for some time past, has decided to also engage In the fuel business, this branch being: conducted by C. A. uoyer, according to announcement. A second auto truck waa purchased in Spokane a few days ago for the use of the so ciety. DAILY SrETEOKOlLOGICAI, REPORT. PORTLAND. Oct. 28. Maximum temper ature, 57 degrees; minima, 02 degrees. River reading, s.i. zeet; cnange in issl z- nours, l.s ler nse. xoiai raiman u r. ju. 10 a P. M.) 0.12 inch. Total rainfall since September 1. 1018, 6.0S Inches; normal, 6.09 incnes; excess, u.u men. ounnse, o;o a. 31.; sunset, o.VA sr. Ai. otai sunsnine, none; nnMibln. 10 hours 17 minutes. Moonrlso, i--a A M. ; moonset. 2:12 P. M. Barom- .r.r freduced to s& level) 5 P. M.. 30.16 inches, relative numiaity at noon, tv per cent. THE WEATHER. STATIONS. Baker ..... Boiso ...... Boston Calgary .... Chicago .... Denver Des Moines . Eureka Galveston . . Helena Kansas City Los Angeles Marshfield Medford ... Minneapolis New Orleans New York . North Head North Yakima. Phoenix ..... Pocatello ..... Portland .... Rosebur? .... Sacramento . St. Louis .... Salt Lak ... San Diego San Francisco Seattl Spokane T.roma ...... Tatoosh Island tValdez Walla Walla Washington Winnipeg wJ3 Wind 0.001. . State of Weather. S!0.0012SW 68 0.00 68:0.00, oll'O.OO 5810.00 4!0.01 NW S E S N 72'0.0O!168B 4SiO.02!12ISW 60 0.01 2 0.00 10, X ..ISW IN S8I0.02 42I0.06I10IW 7l0.00l. .ISB 69:0.00 14 S 54 .li . . s 6410.00 . . SB 8OO.0O10!NW 50:0.06!2BSW Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Rain Cloudy Clear PL clondy Cloudy Rain Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy nam 5010.1 64 0.00 73 O.OO 6410.00: 460.2S 780.00: 7810.00 54 0. 02 66I0.001 ..SE . . SB 12lNW 14 S . . SE 14 NWj W 14 S 10ISW 56:0.04I10!SW 5410.22 30 58 0.00 78:0.00 40:0.00 18ISW r 14IN Clear iCloudy Cloudy Cloudy IClear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Rain taioudy Kain Raia Rain Pt. cloudy ICloudy tA. M. today: P. M. report preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair; southerly " Oregon Fair: moderate southerly winds. Washington Showers west, fair aat portion- moderate southerly winds, tion, WARD u wELLS, Meteorologist. HALL & COMPANY BUY AND SELL Railroad Public Utility Industrial Municipal YIELDING 5 to 7 Foreign Government Loans Local Securities Preferred Stocks Lewis BIdg. Portland, Or. CASH PAID FOR LIBERTY BONDS We Buy and Sell at the Market. Quotations furnished on applications We Loan 90 of Their Face Value. Elwood Wiles Co: Stocks and Bonds. United States National Bank Bid?. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. K-WST i is EAM5HIP COMPANY 1 122 Third St., Bet. Washington and Alder. Main 26. ALASKA Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Dourlaa, Haines, Skagrway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and Anchorage. Hound-trio rates to all Alaska points. Largest ships, unequ&led nerviee, low rates, including berths and meals. Make reserva tions. Special service between Can Fran- clsco. J-.os .angeies ana ban s---f p;T:iirHLdKi:iq STRALIA nolulu, Suva, New Zealand UHlDllX AUSTRALASIAN ROYAL MAIL LINE Largest, newsst, best-qulpped stesmsrs. For (are and saUlngs apply Can. Pac. Kail way 63 Third 6tH Portland, or General Agso. 440 Baymoor St.. ISMWWt. B- CL SAN RtANCISCO-LOS ANCELES. LOW BATES. S. 8. Rose City Sails S P. M., Oct. Including meal and berth. THE BAN FRANCISCO ft PORTLAND . 8. 8. COMPANY, Tickets at Third and Washington. Telephone Broadway 4MO. Bdwy. tM, " A 1234, A 81SL