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30 TITE" arOTlXING OREGOXIAX, TVEDXESDAT. DECE3IBER 18. 1913. CDnlTRACTS CLOSED FOR MINY BOILERS Wilfamette Iron & Steel Works to Be Active in 1919. FRENCH ORDERS OBTAINED Field Covered by Distribution of Product Extends From Victoria, B. C, to Balboa. From Victoria, B. C, to Balboa, at the entrance to the Panama Canal. Is the field covered by the Willamette Iron & Steel. Works in the distribu tion of boilers manufactured at Its plant. It became known yesterday that negotiations were being1 closed for boilers for the French government, which will be installed in 10 wooden steamers under construction and to be laid down at the Victoria yard of the foundation company. In addition to six boilers which the Government or dered placed in two damaged German steamers at Balboa, two others were ordered yesterday for the same vessels. Another contract closed this week was for nine boilers to be delivered at the Tacoma plant of the Todd Ship building Company. During the past year about 40 boilers have been shipped to Seattle for the Ames. Duthie & Skinner and Eddy yards, The Willamette plant has a contract for 30 boilers to be sent to the Shaw Batcher Shipbuilding Company at San Francisco, and 15 others fof the Long Beach Shipbuilding Company at Long Beach, Cal. Early in the, year four boilers were loaded for Japan, showing- that Portland is helping out many sections in meeting their ship require ments. The Willamette Iron & Steel Works will enter the 1919 period with at least 175 boilers to be turned out. With additional contracts that are prospective the force no doubt can continue its production of about 18 boilers a month. The 20 boilers for the Victoria fleet of the French government are not as large as the standard boilers for the 8S00-ton steel ships, the former being 13.9 feet in diameter and 11 feet long, with a working pressure of 190 pounds, while the standard boilers are 14.9 feet in diameter and 11 feet long, with 210 pounds working pressure. DECEMBER DELIVERIES LOOM About 22 Finished Carriers and 12 Hulls Floated Is Programme. For December there are to be 22 wood steamers delivered to the Gov ernment, completed and ready for serv ice, or at least that Is the plan. Durinir the month there Is to be a total of 12 launchings of wood hulls for the Gov ernment and. if that is carried out, there will have been 88 ships floated during the year and about 49 of them fitted out. Two changes have taken place that tend to cut down the speed with which vessels were turned out for a time, the first being the signing of the armistice and the second being the determination of Oregon district officials to give each ship a run of, 24 hours at sea to test" her in every respect. Incidentally, the wood shipyard forces have also been diminished during the past two months, so, instead of close to 20,000 men being engaged, .here are about 12,000 at work, which, of Itself, cuts down the output. LUMBER FLEET NUMBERS 10 New and Old- Vessels Listed to Load Here Early in 1919. Lumber carriers iisted for Portland to load offshore cargoes represent 8766 tons, net register, and include ten, ves sels, most of them well-known In the l'acific trade. Two of the new fleet, the British auxiliary schooners Janet Caryuthers and Marie Bernard, will be here this month, the former being now at Seattle, while the latter is listed irom Victoria, B C, both being con signed to Balfour Guthrie & Co. None of the vessels has sailed for Portland. Three of them will come from Sydney, the schooners Columbia P.iver, Else and Gamble, with the 1-arkentine Retriever from Tonga Island, the schooners George E. Bil lings and W. H. Talbot, barkentine James Tuft and the steam schooner Bee from San Francisco. J. A. Eves Wins Promotion. TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 17.(Special.) J. A. Eves, assistant general manager of the Todd Drydock & Construction Corporation, will be promoted to the vice-presidency and general manager ship this week. That is the unofficial iinnouncement that comes from New York where the directors will hold a special meeting to elevate him. Mr. Eves' promotion comes after W. H. Todd, vice-president of the corporation, came to Tacoma and looked over his yard, where 10,000 men are employed. Ivlr. Eves has been manager of the plant since Its inception, coming here from Wilmington, Del. He Is widely known among shipbuilders on the Co lumbia. Snit on Motorship Opens. ASTORIA. Or., Dec 17. (Special.) The trial of the case of the Colum bia Engineering Works, of Portland, ngainst the motorship Ethel and Cap tain M. T. Snyder was commenced be fore a Jury in the Circuit Court Monday. The action was brought to recover about $15,000 alleged to be due on the contract price for the construction of the vessel, which was 163,800. Marine Notes. Inspection of the new steel steamers Wnt Cobalt and West Wauna will be carried on today by Steamvessel Inspector Edwards and Wynn. The West Cobalt is to start . loading tomorrow, and the West Zeda is now taking on cargo in advance of her official trial. Official inspection of tne steamer Gray Kagle was conducted yesterday at Ealem under direction of Captain Edwards and John Wynn, Federal steamvessel inspectors for the Oregon district. Word reached the headquarters of the 17th lighthouse district yesterday that the outer buoy a: Grays Harbor, a can aid, had gone adrift. Her cargo being discharged, the oil tanker Wm. F. Herrin, of the Assocciated Oil Com pany's line, left the harbor last night for Monterey. To begin loading supplies, the new wood steamer Issaquena Is to shift today from the plant of the Pacific Marine Iron Works to Albers Dock No. 3 and will probably sail in the 'afternoon. She has been assigned to udden & Christenson. On a bid of Sil'oO the Portland Shipbuild ing Company was yesterday assigned' the tisk of rehabilitating the steamer Pronto, of the Port of Portland fleet, which was sunk at the Fifteenth-street terminal No- ember 26. when struck by the freighter "Westview. The Marine Repair & Con. struction Company filed a proposal to under take the work on a cost-plus basis, but as the fit. Johns drydock ould have to be utilized for the work it was thought by the port officials the expense would be more than the flat bid. Having switched from wood to oil for fue! , x-ort oi ronianu areage Tualatin is ex- . peciaa - to resume operations today on the Last Side, below the elevator dock. It has been decided to lay up the steamer Rose 'City the last of the month for an COAST SHIPBUILDING COMPANY JOINS IN PRE-HOLIDAY LAUNCH INGS TO PROVIDE PLENTY OF HULLS FOR FITTING OUT-DURING FIRST HALF OF 1919. www- - minimi UPPER HOIBCTTE, FIFTH COAST I ht . n ... . I 1 I,. Vv JJ V ' ' mium.wmMH&iMm&Ji-. x , u. imjinmii : .mi.. -Am ' VvrM SIRS. RAYMOND WHITING. SPONSOR. In the tipper harbor yesterday a pretty picture was presented when the Ferris hull Foxbutte slid from the stocks at the Gibbs-street plant of the Coast Shipbuilding Company. Promptly at 3:05 o'clock" the srray ship started her run and, as she burst from beneath the big shed into the bricjht sun, the scene stirred the few privileged ones who knew of the event so as to be on hand. .Mrs. Raymond Whiting christened the ship, and there was a family interest In the vessel, as Mr. Whiting is assistant superintendent of the yard. The company has delivered the steamers Barabos, Barrington and Cabeza to the Government and before New Year's the Cabura will be transferred. There are contracts held for additional hulls four of them but the suspension order of November 25 has halted their construction, so one set of ways Is now vacant. Launchings scheduled for the present month will add 12 hulls to the ships being completed. overhauling and she will probably miss two voyages. Sha Is due to sail from Portland December 20 and on returning tg, San Fran cisco from Los Angeles will be tied up for the work. As yet no vessel has been ob-1 taincd with which to replace her. On an Inspection trip, Charles B. Moores. chairman of the Commianion of Public Docks; John II. Burgard and F. C. Knapp. of the commission,, with O. B. Hegardt. chief engineer, and W. P. LaRoche, City Attor ney, visited the St. Johns municipal terminal yesterday. The speed with which the grain elevator bins are being carried upward, two shifts of men bein; employed, pleased the party. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash.. Dec 17. (Spe cial.) The steamer Tamalpais arrived at 2 o'clock this afternoon from San Francisco and will load at the E. K. Wood mill at Hoquiam. The steamer Brookdale. 'new ship, built for the Government for the Emergency Fleet, went over to the lower harbor this afternoon on the way to Seattle to be turned over to the Government. The steamer Brookslde. built by the Mo torship Corporation, will be launched-at high tide tomorrow, COOS BAY. Or, Dec. IT. Speelal. The gasoline schooner Pilgrim is fishing off Coos Bay for halibut. The Pilgrim went to sea this afternoon and will remain outside several days. The steamer G. C. Llndauer sailed this morning at 11:30 with a lumber cargo and passengers for San Francisco. The City of Topeka is due tomorrow morning from Portland en route southward. A large list of passengers will board the Topeka at Marshfleld. - Government auditors are invoicing the amounts expended upon vessels being con structed for the emergency fleet corporation at North Bend and Marshfied to determine how many may be continued under the (230,000 expenditure requirements. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) After discharging fuel oil ln Portland the tank steamer Atlas sailed for California at 1:30 this afternoon. , The steamer City of Topeka sailed at 4:30 thla afternoon for San Francisco via Coos Bay and Eureka with freight and passen gers from Portland and Astoria. She load ed 200 tons of flour here for Coos Bay. The emergency fleet steamer Kankakee. from Portland, is to cross out this evening on a 24-hour trial trip at sea. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Dec. IT. Sailed Steamers Kanakee, for trial trip: W. P. Herrin. for Gaviota; Issequena, for Fuget Sound. ASTORIA. Dee. IT. Sailed at 1:15 P. M.. steamer Atlas, for San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IT. Arrived at 2 A. M., steamer Oleum, from Portland. Ar rived Steamer Tahoe. from Columbia Rlv er, for San Pedro. Sailed at 1 P. M., steam er Santa Barbara, lor i:olumDla Klver. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16. Salted at 8 P. M. Steamer El Segundo. for Portland: steamer West Wyska. for New York, from Portland. VANCOUVER. B. C. Dec IT. The Brit ish auxiliary schooner Marie Barnard Is ex pected to leave hereprior to December 20, lor fortiano. SEATTLE, Dec. 16. The British auxiliary schooner Janet t;arrutners is aocKed here. and is installing a new shaft, preparatory to eaillng tor Portland. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec IT. Arrived Steamers Admiral Farragut, from San Pedro: Wabkeena. from Portland: North western, from Cordova; Lyman Stewart. from Port Harford. Departed Steamer West Cressy, for trial cruise. HONOLULU, Dec 12. Sailed Steamer Colombia, from Hongkong lor San Fran cisco. IQUIOCB, Dec. 12. Sailed Steamer Fir- wood, for .ban Francisco. TACOMA, Wash., Dec IT. Arrived Steam schooner Northland, from San Fran Cisco. Departed Steamer British Columbia, for Vancouver; Valdez, for Seattle; Kofuku Maru, for Yokohama. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec IT. Arrived Steamers Oleam and Tahoe, from Astoria Port Angeles, from Port Angeles; China, from Manila. foriClA. .Iiistiliiiiniitiisji.ill ii ". -onn, j SKIP TO OO OVF.RBOARI) STEEL YARD SEEMS SORE PORTLAND'S FACILITIES SUPE RIOR TO OTHER PORTS. Willamette Plant Can Build All Boilers Xecded for Ships Men Available for Xew Work. Persons who met Captain Tristan, of the French High Commission, when hr o, rlv In V. a vnAn.k. l 1 . : . ... - tuuAiiis over the ground with a view to recommend- '6 Liauu txa a location or a steel yard, the purpose being to convert the Foundation company's wood plant, say that the plan was for a steel yard at Tacoma. as well las Portland, and not that a choice was to be made between Portland, Tacoma and Victoria, as set forth in a dispatch from Victoria pub lished yesterday. In fact, it is declared Captain Tis tan's Investigations led him to con sider the Willamette Iron & Steel Works In the matter of providing boil ers for the steel vessels and probably to install the machinery, and it is asserted no other port on the Pacific Coast has a suitable plant for eithei boilers or machinery installation that would be available shortly for the work. At present the Willamette plant is building: boilers and Installing machin ery in hulls built by the Northwest Steel Company; in fact, is completely fitting out the steamers. As f"he North west Steel Company is building a fitting-out plant of its own, immediately adjoining its shipyard, and boilers are to be built at the boilershop of the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corpora tion, the Willamette will be free to take up such work for others about April or May. The Foundation yard Is only a few blocks down stream from the Willam ette's property, and, while steel ships are under way, much of the auxiliary machinery and small equipment could be moved there handily and installed, so that once the hulls were afloat It would be quick work to complete them. Then there is the labor feature it being admitted that Portland offers the best prospects for supplying a suf ficient number of men over either "Pa coma or Victoria. The Foundation com pany has retained many of its workers ostensibly to complete the last of the' wood schooners there, but it is believed the same men will be held after the vessels are ready with the expectation of using them in converting the prop erty into a steel establishment. As to the attitude of the Shipping Board in preventing steel builders from taking on contracts for foreigners it was hinted yesterday that powerful'in fluencea were at work in behalf of the Foundation company in the East, and it was intimated that no assistance was desired from outside sources in an en deavor to convince the Shipping Board of the wisdom of permitting the Foun nation and other companies to accept foreign business. River Forecast. The Willamette River at Portland wM I re main nearly stationary during the next two ,or three days.' except as affected by the ild ,HlBl tld Wednesday will be about T:30 A. M. and 6:45 P. M. ' Colombia, River Bar Report. . NORTH MEAD. Dec IT. Condition of the bar at 5 P. II. Sea smooth wind south west, 10 miles; cloudy. Tides at Astoria Wednesday. High. Low. 1:24 A. M T.9 feet'T:09 A. M., 3.4 feet 12:45 P. M lO.a feetlsiOO P. M., 1.1 feet Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Phone Main 7070, A 6095. LOWEB ACTIVE MDEJT. YARDS MARKET FOR ALL CLASSES OF LIVESTOCK FIRM. . Cattle Prices Are Tending Upward. Buyers Pay $12.70 for Prime Steers. There was only a light run of stock at the yards yesterday, but a large part of Monday's supply wa4 carried over and with the heavy otterlngs a very active market resulted. The tone of the market was firm throughout, particularly for cattle. Prime steers sold as high as $12.70 and prime cows brought fu.10. Hog prices were unchanged, with the bulk of sales at SltLoj. Sheep and lambs brought full prices. Receipts were 07 cattle, 1 calf, 1S5 hogs and 24 sheep. Ttoe day's sales were as follows: Wl. Price. ( Wt. Price. il cows 4 cows 20 cows 4 cows 11 cows 5 cows t.V S 3 .'"170 hogs .. IAS 19 50 9-o 8115 D75 "0 4.00,232 hogs . 2O0 16.75 ..! 30 hog S. o.Ooi 3 hors . 4.251 3 hogs . ooiioj hogs . 6.SO io bogs . 7.K) SO hogs . 7.2." 34 hoK . 8.501 11 hoica . . 265 . 240 225 . 45 . 1:15 . 165 . 155 . 225 . 2:t0 . 16U . 275 . 4 20 . 20 . 125 . 80 . 130 . 95 . 770 . 930 . 7!0 . S50 970 I 780 .-900 .1570 .1300 . 300 .1030 . 90 . 235 . 230 . 205 . 420 . 5 40 . 230 . 215 . 143 . 135 . 160 . 430 , 90 . 400 . 60 . so . loo 16.30 I 16 85 10.63 16.85 15.35 15.50 13.00 15.25 14.83 14.95 14.75 14.90 14.65 .',0 2 cows ..10UO IK cows .. 750 2 cws ..1000 7 cows ..1040 1 cow .. .1320 S-75j 73 hogs . 19 cows .10."0 . 700 9.1o 7.75 2 nogs . 90 hogs . 14 hogs . 4 hogs 12 hogs . 2S hogs . e2 lambs 5 wetha 84 lambs 1 cow .. 1 cow . . 4 cows , 1 cow .. 4 cows . 1 cow . . 21 cows . 1 cow 1 bull .. 1 calf .. 2 steers 40 hogs . 13 bogs . 1 steer 17 steers 1 steer .. 8 steers " steers S3 steers 8 steers 5 steers 725 820 8H0 710 000 700 075 7.501 6.00 5.50 16 33 14.50 13.O0 11.O0 13.00 3.50 4.1)0 4.50 ' 5 25 , 7.0OI 8.35 B.oU 8.10 2 steers .1000 7 steers .106O 13 steers . H70 3 steers . 7-5 steers .1040 2 steers .1420 CO sters .1145 1 calf .. . 2 JO 1 calf .. . L'40 5 calves . 210 8.00 10.5U 11. 0O; 11. 11. 7.00 t 12.70 12.70, 11. oo 9.O0 8.25 6..-.0 6.0O 7.73 6.50 9.50 6 50 12.00 2 calves 1 calf 2 calves . 8 calves , 1 calf .. . 4."rt 3tlO 24 180 ISO 11.00 14.23 9.0(4 yi7.00 16.90 16.75 11.50 11.25 7.501 8 hogs 9 hogs 1 hog .. 1 hog .. 12U hogs . 15 ho;. . 6 hogs 93 hogs . 2S hogs . 1 hog .. 40 hogs . S hogs 7 lam bs SO lambs IS yearl . 2 heifers. S30 545 16.50 I 3 heiterv. 6.00 5.2.". 15.7 1 bull .llrtO 16. S3 I 17.00 13.00 I 15.25 14.73 .2 bulls . 820 1 bull ..12SO 1 bull . . no 3 bulls .10 4 bulls . .1 ." 1 bull . .1110 2 bulls .12!0 B.OO .VOO 3.50 6.25 6.00 6 Ml 14.KJ 14 50 14.5 31 hogs . . 05 17.00 lrt.o 10.00 IrtO hojrs 8C hogs SU2 hogs Prices follows: . .215 . . 210 . . 230 current 12. sr. 16 83 U.oo 16.80 1 buck 130 5.00 at the local yards are as rattle Price. Prime steers ....$12.0er 12.70 Good to choice steers ......... 10.50-11.60 Medium to good steers ........ 9.501 10.50 Fair to good steers 8.00 -Op 9.30 Common to fair steers 5. no5 7. so Choice cows and heifers 7.7.Vr 8..'i0 Fair to medium cows, heifers.. 5.00-ir 6.00 Canners 3. on 4.00 Bulls 3.00' 7. SO Calves 9.00012.00 JIOKS Prime mixed ................. l.7St 17.1 5 Medium mixed - 16.R0Wlfl.Sl Rough heavies 14.75t 18.00 Pics 14. 00 jl 15.00 Friine Ismbs . 12.OO4HS.00 Fair to medium lambs B.OOll.O0 Yearlings -10( 1 1.00 Wethers P. on S10.no Ewes ..jjj.j.. 6.00 '(t 8.00 ORIGINS OF LIYKSTOCK LOADED Shipments to the Leading Markets of ' the Pacific Northwest. State origins of livestock loaded Decem ber 16. 1918: ' Cattle Horses and and Calves. Bogs. Sheep. Mules. Stic For Portland Montana ...a.. 1 .... .... .... .... Oregon 13 18 2 .... 3 Washington ... 1 Totals ..' 15 18 2 7 . One week ago.. 12 14 4 .... S Four w'ki ago. 2:0 2 .... 2 One year ago.. 4 1 .... .... .... For tieattle Idaho . . 1 .... .... Oregon 8 IT Washington ... 10 ft 1 Totals IS 23 - 1 .... .... One week ago.. 6 4 .... .... 1 Four w'ks ago. 22 T ft .... .... One year ago.. ft S .... For Spokane . Idaho S .... .... .... .... Washington ... 3 .... I Totals S .... .... .... ft One week ago.. 3 4 8 .... .... Four w'ks ago. 6 1 - i One year ago.. 6 2 .... ..... .... Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Dec 17. U. S. Bureau of Markets.) Hogs Receipts, 80.000; market slow, generally steady. Bulk of sales. $17.35 4 17.60; butchers, f 17.43a 17.70; light, 116.63 0 17.45; packing. $16.6017.40; throw outs. fl.Y50(g. 10.60; pigs, good to choice, S13.75 1S.OO. Cattle Receipts, 25.000. Good weight steers and canner stock. fttropg. other classes opening slow. Calves, 25 to 50 cents lower; feeders steady. Beef cattle, ood. choice and prime. $15. 40 19.75 : common and medium. S.50 15.40; butcher utock. cows and heifers, $7.uO&14.25; canners and cut ters. $6.50)17.00; stockers and feeders, good, choice c-nd fancy, $10.251350; inferior, common and medium, $7.2.'i 10.25; veal calves, good and choice $15,50416.00; West ern range beef steers, $14. 25 17.50: cows and heifers, 7.75o 12.25. Sheep Receipts, 17,000; market opening, stedy. Lambs, choice and prime. $14.75 6 15.00; medium and good. $13.2514.75; culls. $0.5012.00; ewes, choice and prime. $9.00.50: medium and good. $7,750 U.OO; culls. $1.006.75. Omaha Livestock 'Market. OMAHA. Dec 17. Hogs Receipts. 18,- 000; market generally 5c lower. lleavy, $16.75J17.20; mixed, $16.90 tr 17.00: light. l.50g 17.10: pigs, $10.00015.00; bulk of sales, $16.017.10. Cattle Receipts. 13.80O: market. 15 to 25c lower. Native steers. 11.50 41 15.50; cows and heifers, $6.50fe 12.00; Western steers, $11. 50 & 16.0O; Texas steers. $8. 50 12.00: cows and heifers. $6.00?11.25: canners. $5.00 6.00; stockers and feeders, $6.00(i 15.75; calves, $7.5013.50. Sheep Receipts, 16.000; market, steady to lower. Culls, $4.ft0( 7.50; wethers, 10.o0D 11.00; ewes, $7.50-9.00: lambs, $12,000) 14.75: feeder lambs. $10.0014.25; yearlings. $10.50 11.50. Seattle Livestock Market. SEATTLE. Dec 17. Hogs R e e e I p t s. 2657; market steady. Prime lights, $17,250 17. oO; medium to choice, $16.75? 17.00; me dium to heavy. $15.7518.25; rough heavies. $14. 75 15.25; pigs. $14.75 -ft 16.25. Cattle Receipts. 227; market steady. Best steers. $11.00313.00; medium to choice, $10 50i91100; medium to good. $8.008.50: medium. $7. 00 7.50; bulla, $5.00 07.00; calves, $5.00 C 10.00. Naval Stores. v SAVANNAH. Ga., Dec IT. Turpentine, firm, 64e: sales. 124 barrels; receipts, 242 barrels; shipments, 4 barrels; stock, 29.850 barrels. Rosin, firm; sales. 596 barrels: receipts, 1A,,H barrels; shipments, none; stock. 74.679 barrels. Quote: B. D and E, $1.1.55; K, a and H, 13.5S 13.60; I. $13.90 14.0O: K, $15.75: M, $16.20; N, $16.25; WO, $16.90; WW. $16.75. Metal Market. NEW YORK, Dec 17. Metals, unchanged. Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Dec IT. Spot cotton steady. Middling. 29.75c. 17. S. Naval Radio Reports. All positions reported at 8 P. M. yester day. nnleM otherwise indicated. WASHTENAW. Seattle for Martlnes, 209 miles north of Martinez. WILLAMETTE. Mukilteo for San Fran cisco. 117 miles north of San Francisco. CELILO. San Francisco for Seattle, 145 miles south of Columbia River. KLAMATH, St. Helens for San Francisco, 65 miles south of Blunt's Reef. ITANCA. Portland for San Francisco, 243 miles north of San Francisco. - It. G. 8COF1ELD, Point Wells- for Ran Francisco. lOO miles north of San Francisco. EL SEGUNDO. San Francisco for Port land. 271 miles north of San Francisco. STEAMSHIP CITY OF TOPEKA. Portland for San Francisco, 80 "miles south of Co lumbia River lightship. LUCAS. Richmond for Vancouver, 040 miles north of Richmond. YOSEMITE, San Francisco, for Seattle.! 20 miles north of San Francisco. C. A. SMITH. Marshfleld for Bay Point, 60 miles north of San Francisco. W. S. RHEEM. San Luis for Seattle, 12 miles south of Blunt's Reef. Hyades, San Francisco for Honolulu, 640 miles from San Frajiclsco December 16. NANKING, San Francisco for Orient, 3213 miles from San Francisco. December 16. E. H. MEYER. Columbia River for San Pedro. 2 miles north of Point Arguello. MOTORSHIP W. R. BURROWS, passed Point Wilson. Don't let yoMF wheels slow up THERE is big work to tpe done. New markets wait for those who can deliver the goods. Keep your factory wheels turning and your goods moving. The future belongs to those who act quickly. Pierce -Arrow trucks kept many a fac tory running bringing raw materials and carry ing "finished products to market without delays. Pierce-Arrow trucks are available now to do their part. Our experience is at the disposal of those, who need aid in expanding or redirecting their-transportation facilities. We know what to do and how to do it cheaply and quickly. We have met successfully all conditions of service in 148 different lines of business, including yours. Ask SHORTS SAVE CORN PRICE BtTVIXG CAUSES UPTURN AFTER EARLY BREAK. Chicago Grain Values Influenced by Enormous Marketing: of Hogs by Middle Western Farmers.' CHICAGO, Dee. 17. Difficulties In main taining the Government average price on boss here, $17.50. forced a decided break today In the value of corn, but profit taking by shorts operated afterward as more than a counter balance. Corn closed, firm He to lttc net hisher with January $1.35 U e 1.35T4 and May f 1.33 1.35. Oats finished a shade to c lower and provisions varying from S.-.c decline to Be advance. Attention In the corn pit focused chiefly on the fact that facilities for the slaughter of hogs stra being heavily overtaxed her. and at other leading centers. Hog growers were said to be assuming that they had only six weeks to dispose of hogs at th present average values, and that the feeding of hlgh-prlc.d corn would b. unprofitable If hog quotations were sharpry reduced. On the ensuing decline in corn, however, shorts turned to the-buying siae ana prices tooic a quick upturn. Absence of export call depressed oats. Provisions. Influenced by the tremendous marketing of hogs, suffered th. maximum fall permitted for a single day. Leading futurea ranged as follows: CORN. Open. . High. Low. Close. Jan. tl.MK l ; tl.XIH $l..-i.-,S May 1.34V. U3S 1.33 1.35S, OATS. Jan T1H .72. .70 H .71 May Ili -72 .70 .71 S MESS PORK. Jan 7 4 May 42.35 42.S5 42.35 42.50 LARD. Jan 24.B0 24.KO 54 .'.0 24 M Mny 24.32 24.50 24.32 24.32 SHORT RIBS. Jan 24. ir, . 24.R5 24. 2S 24.75 May 23.8T 23.90 23.67 23.37 . Cash prices were: c0rn No. 2 yellow, nominal: No. 3 yel lows. $1.45: No 4 yellow. I 3D 9 1.42. Oats No. 3 white, 71 j 72 fee; standard. 71tl 72c Rye N o. 2. 1.54 1.62. Barley 85 !. Timothy H. Clover Nominal. Pork Nominal. Lard $24.50. Klbs Nominal. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17. Barley, 8Je4c Flax. 3.4t3.4L Grain at RaB - Kraarlsco. BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. Flour. (11.40 per barrel. Grain Wheat, Government price. $2.20 p.r bnshel: barley, f2.154-2.2u; oals, white feed, nominal: corn, California yellow. $2.(15. Hay Wheat and wbeat and oat, 25w27; our assistance on your problems. - n 5 L Aht Delivers more work in a given time - , Loses less time on the job and off the job; Costs less to operate and less to maintain ; Lasts longer, depreciates less and commands a higher resale price at all times. Immediate Delivery. Chas. C. Fagan, Agent 60-62 Cornell Road Phone Main 4693 Portland, Oregon tame oat, $19 22; barley, $19321; alfalfa, $171r21: barley, straw, AOS line. Meals Alfalfa. S:tti: c(Koanut, nominal. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Dec 17. Maximum tem perature, 43 degrees: minimum tempera, ture, 30 degree. River reading. 8 A. M., 8.2 feet: change In last 24 hours. -0.8 foot. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M.). none: tAtal rainfall since September 1. 1918. 11.50 Inches; normal rainfall since September 1, 15:96 Inches; deficiency of rainfall aince September 1, 1918. 4.4 Inches. Sunrise, 7:4H A M. ; sunset. 4:27 P. M. Total sunshine. 4 hours. 55 minutes; possible sunshine, o hours. 89 minutes. Moonrise. 4:43 P. M.: moonttet. 7:38 A. M. Harometer (reduced sea level) S P. M.. 30.21 Inches. Relative humidity at noon, 69 per cent. THE WEATHER. K A "0 Wind 0 S - "2. C 1 3 i ? S c 2 TATioNi s s "s ? I wA?: B 3 : : 5 S - : : is:: : c c : : 5 2 : : : Raker ....... F)ife ........ Boston Calrary Chicago Denver Pe-s Moines. . . tlureka ...... lalvet.ton . . . . ilrna J uncaut Kansas City.. Ios Angeles.. Mftrfthfteld ... Medford M ineapolis New urkanfl. . New York North Head . . 20 0 36 0 3.111 SH U 44 0 26 0 5 O ft '.! O til" O L'S O .OOI..NE Cloudy .0l. .N-ViClear WlllS.N Clear imi . . IN M. .-SB SO .. N o!..:.V l . . !m on ion Oil 10:S Clear Clear Snow Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Kain Cloudy Cloudy I't. cloudy Clear Cloudy Clnuriv "I 36! 44! 5M 411 0 .06,. .ISFJ 4'.' 50 3'J 23 3J 5l 34 52 0 OO;.. NE uo . . N B :.. n w 62 0 52 o 4K'(I .oo . Jsb 82 o I . .IN 64 .0 4t O .OU . . B tMi.26 NE ICIear OOI..INB (Cloudy i0(. .! iCIoudv OO : NT ltt ...n.tw 40 3J 40: 14i 361 34. 3; 4'J 3tt 4ii 3rt 42l . . . ' 2Si 36 1 12' 46 u 4IIII 6" 0 8" O 42 O 3S 0 50 0 54 0 3 0. 62 O North Yakima Phoenix Pot-atello .... Portland Rose bu re . ... Ftcramento . . St. Louis..... Fait Iake San Diego. . . . han Francisco. tSeattl Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island V aides t Walla 'Walla.. W a h in art on .O0..;n ICIear . .oo . .IS iCIoudy .OO . .W ICIoudy .O0i. .iNW'clear .oo;12 K 'Pt. cloudy no. ..NWlcioudy ool.Js ICIoudy .OOl. .INK ICIear 5 51 O 52 0 40 0 44 0 2R 0 .oo:..jsE Icioudy .ooi. .Isw Ipt. cloudy .'Ou.isE ICIoudy .ouL.ISB Cloudy .20i. .1 ICIear .0li .IVn'ICIniiriv 84 O 44 0 .oo 14 NE ICIear Winnipeg ! 2U 0 1 4 S ICIoudy 1 A. iL today, day. P. M. Report o preceding FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair; easterly winds. Ores-on Fair: irentle easterly winds. -Washina-ton Rain west, fair east portion: warmer Interior: west portion moderate wind, mostly southerly. Idaho Fair. EDWARD L. WELLS. Meteorologist. Apple Meeting Postponed. BOOD RIVER, Or., Deo. 17. (Spe- n -r -- (&H M., ow cial.) No date has been set for the congress of Northwestern applecrow ers, originally scheduled for iJecember 10 at Spokane, but postponed because of the influenza epidemic. It ia thought that the meeting will be held some time in January. Serg-eants J. J. Delaney and M. J. Mc Cabe, of Chicago, thought that through an open window they hearu a man car ryinsr on a conversation with a srrapho phone. consisting of "Hoch der Kaiser! Hoch der Kaiser." They investigated and found a German teaching a pet parrot. The parrot's teacher was placed in Jail and the parrot was taught to sing "Three Cheers for the Red. White and Blue." r PRODUCTION AGAIN INCREASED Last month we manufactured ,800,000 pounds ttt RIVETS. BOLTS and BOAT SPIKES Can we serve yon? NORTHWEST STEEL .CO. Portland. Oregon VEI.F.R Cl'IDE. SAN FRAXrtsro-I.O ANGELES. LOW 'RATES. Including Meals and Bertha, 8. 8. ROSE CITY (vails S P. M.. Iee. 19. THE SAN FRANCISCO rVBILAM) S. 8. LINES. Tickets at Third and Washlnrton Telephone Broadway Sfifl. Main S5S0. A I2S4. A 661 L AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND AMI SOUTH fF.AS Via Tahiti and Karatonfa. .Mail and pa, fstti service freus baa a-raacisc .vary 2S days. INION a CO. OF NEW ZEALAND. tSO California St.. His Franrlira r lcal MmubiIiIp asni rallmad aa-eoei.. DRENCH LINC Compacale Generate Tranal.tlantiqur 11 Express Posts Service. NEW TOKK BOKDKAl'X PARIS PrvpoKrd Ueparturr: Maa-ara, Dee. i. L4Kcne, Jan. 7. Rorhambeao. Jan. 14. Fu-aal Bros.. Psc. tosnt Agents. 10a berry BL. beatlle, er aiu Local Asenta, 1