THE MORNING- ORKGONTAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1918.
17
6RMNMTERSE
OPPOSED BY TRADE
Merchants Exchange Objects
to 2-Cent Advance.
PROTESTS TO GOVERNMENT
Senators McXary and Chamberlain
Are Requested to Urge Pass
age of Cummins Bill.
Freight rates on grata and grain products
aro to bo advanced, beginning February 1,
1919. two cents a hundred pounds over the
rates now In force, according to notice is
sued by the United States Railroad Admin
istration. The increased rate will affect
all points.
The Merchants Exchange Association was
"notified of the proposed advance by Charles
Ciulnn. secretary of the Grain Dealers' Na
tional Association. The members of the
local association decided that an energetic
protest should be made, and President
Ceorge A. Westgate appointed R. J. Pater
eon and X. A. Leacb a committee to wire
to Edward Chambers, director of the di
vision of traffic, and Charles A. Prouty.
director of the division of public service
and accounting, - objecting to the advance
and asking for -a hearing before the in
creased charges are put into effect.
The committee was also instructed to
wire to United States Senators McXary and
Chamberlain, urging the passage of the
Cummins bill, introduced in the Senate on
November 11 by Senator Cummins, of Iowa.
This bill puts the rate-making back into
the hands of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. If the Cummins bill is passed, the
Railroad Administration may initiate rates,
but these rates will not become effective
until after investigation and hearing by the
commission.
CORK BIDS KAISED FIFTY CENTS
Local Offers for Barley Dollar Less Than
on Thursday.
Corn was the only firm grain on the
local board yesterday, with bids 50 cents
higher than on Thursday. Offers for bar
ley were down 11. Oats bids were un
changed. Weather conditions in the Middle West,
b.i wired from Chicago: ""Winnipeg, clear,
10; Minneapolis, cloudy. SI; Chicago, snow
ing, 20; Kansas City, cloudy, light snow, 81;
Omaha, eloudy, 20."
Bradatreet's reports North American
clearance", this week of 9.175,203 bUBhels
of wheat and 23S.S94 bushels of corn.
San Francisco reported the gralnbag mar
ket comparatively inactive and easier, at
17'. 4 cents. The embargo on jute will be
removed by the Government not later than
February 28. The steamer Kongasan Maru
lias arrived at Seattle with 6000 tons of
gunnies.
Terminal recetpta. in cars, were reported
by the Merchants' Exchange as follows:
Wheat. Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay
Portland-
Friday 7 .... 7 2 2
Tfar ago 10 .... 7 3 4
Kcuwn to data. 5635 770 1486 B4r 2085
Year ago 8346 151, 477 735 1116
Tacoma
Thursday 23 23 ....
Year ago ..... 5 .... .... 2 1
Peason to date.37S7 IS .... 120 837
Tear ego 3180 63 .... 170 1039
Seattle
Thursday 114 .... 12 5 85
ear ago 24 .... 8 5 5
reason to date, 8071 48 864 453 1881
lear ago 3272 186 919 735 2116
I-OETtASIJ OFFICIAL FOOD PRICES
Weekly Statement for Buyers Issued by
Food Administration,
The official commodity price list for the
weelc ending December 31. Issued yesterday
-by Thomas O. Farrell. Assistant Federal
Food Administrator for Oregon, follows:
Wheat flour, per 24U.-lb bag
Wheat flour, bulk, per pound
Harley flour; per 0 8-10 pound bag
Barlev flour, bulk, per pound
live flour, per 10-lb bag
Kve flour, bulk, per pound
torn flour, bulk, per pound
lilce flour, bulk, per pound
Cornmeal, bulk, per pound
Cornmeal. package. 2-lt. pkgs. per pound..
Victory bread, price per loaf, 24-oz
Victory bread, price per loaf, 16-oz
Oatmeal or rolled oats, 2n-oz. pkg, per lb...
oatmeal or rolled oats, pkg.. per pound....
Rice, unbroken, standard quality, per pound
Hominy or hominy grits, per pound.
Sugar, granulated, bulk, per pound
Beans, white, navy or pel (not lima), lb.
Leans, colored, pinto or any other colored
variety, per pound
Potatoes, white or Irish, per peck..........
Onions, per pound
ltulslns. seeded, per 16-oz pkg
Prunes, medium size. 60-70, per lb
Canned tomatoes, standard grade, per 20-oz.
No. 2 can
Canned corn, standard grade, 20-oz., No. 2 can
Canned, peas, standard gde, 20-oz., No. 2 can
Canned salmon, tall pink, Alaska, per 16-oz.
No. 1 can
Canned salmon, tall red, Alaska, per 16-oz.
No. 1 can
Evaporated milk, unsweetened, per 6-oz. can
Evaporated milk, unsweetened, per 16-oz. can
Milk, bottled, per quart
Iriutier, creamery, print, per pound.........
Oleomargarine, per pound
Eggs, freali, per dozen
Cheese, American, full cream, cut, pound..
Lard, pure leaf, bulk, 5-lb tins, per pound..
Lard, pure leaf. In tin. per pound
Lard substitute, bulk, per pound...........
Lard substitute, in tin. per pound
Bacon, breakfast, sliced, standard grade, lb..
Pork chops, per pound
Ilnm, smoked, sliced, per pound
T'.r.und steak, per pound
liens, year or more old. dressed not drawn
HIDE AND PELT PRICES DECLINING
Mohair and Tallow Markets Are Also on
Downgrade. -With
the wool, mohair and tallow markets
In a very unsettled condition and prices
tending downward, buying prices In the lo
cal market have been readjusted accord
ingly. A new list Just Issued by the H. P.
Norton Company notes the following new
prices: Dry long-wool sheep pelts, 25c per
pound; medium and short-wool pelts. 15c to
2fc: No. 1 tallow, 8c; No. 2 tallow, 7e: No.
Todd Dry Dock and
Construction
r
Corporation
built the finest steel ship
building; plant on the Pa
cific Coaat.
They gave us four re
peat contracts. Two for
their buildings at the ship
yard at Tacoma, one for
extending: their plant in
Eeattle and one for 100 or
more houses for their Ta
coma employes.
wnri
Casco Building:.
Established 1904.
1 crease. 7o: No. 2 grease. 5c; long staple
mohair, 60c; short staple mohair. 40c; burry
mohair. 15c to 20; dry long-haired goat
skins, 25c per pound; dry short-haired goat
skins, 3Cc to 75c each.
Hide prices fixed by the hide, leather
and tanning section of the War Industries
Bureau for the month of January will be
He per pound less than those that pre
vailed during the months of November and
December. The price of calfskins will re
main unchanged.
CCBE BITTER rji BETTER DEMAND
Weather Market In Egg Trade Poultry Is
Very Firm.
There was a little better demand for
fancy grades of cube butter and holders
were not disposed to sell under 60 (Cents.
It was a weather market for eggs with 70
cents the ruling quotation on ordinary can
dled stock. Some small lots sold lower,
but the large receivers would not make
concessions.
The-poultry market wa firmer even than
before Christmas. Receipts were small.
Local Apple Demand Slow.
There was no change in the local apple
market- The demand was slow and most of
the stock offered was dead ripe. Shipments
were 6 cars to New York, 2 each to Boston,
Charlotte. East Boston: 1 each to Blsbee.
Douglas, East Portland, Indianapolis. Omaha,
Pittsburg. Providence, Salt Lake and Taylor.
Storage Holding of Fish Larger.
The monthly report of the Bureau of Mar
kets shows storage holdings of fish on De
cember 15, 1918. aa follows: The 191 stor
ages that reported showed total stocks of
121.971.479 pounds of frozen fish, cured
herring and mild cured salmon. The 196
storages that reported for December 15 this
year and last show present holdings of 120,
883.457 pounds aa compared with 83.460,818
pounds last year, an Increase of 45.6 per cent.
Onlona and Potatoes Quiet.
Potatoes sold in the local market at 11.75
01.S5 for the best Burbanka. $1.50 1.60 for
ordinary, and 11.25 for poor grade. Netted
Gems were generally quoted at 12.
Onions moved slowly with Oregon stock
held at fl.S0erl.75.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities
yesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland 4, 620.1 us si.2au.0J3
Seattie 6.6.4,700 1.2D7.e20
Tacoma 7S4.SSH 1"H.Hj2
bpokane l,32u,33 5J6,2ou
PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS
Grain, Flour. Feed. Etc.
Merchants' Exchange, noon session.
Northwestern oaLs and barley, sacked:
-Bld-
Dec Jan. Feb.
Oats. No. 2 white feed. I S54.00 So4.ro
Barley, standard feed 4U.U0 4W.O0
Baney. tunuard "A" S0.O0 60.00
eastern oats ana com, own.
Oats, No. 3 white 49.00
3s-lo. clipped white 51.00
Corn, No. 3 yellow 62.50 61.00
Corn. No. 3 mixed..... tfl.50 CO.uO
50.00
51.00
6'.5o
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WHEAT Government basis. 42.20 per bu.
FLUUK Family flour, S10.90p 11.05 per
barrel; bakers, 10. 70 t 10.85; whole wheat,
S'J.U5yi0; graham, $y.65W.aO; corn meal,
v.itva 10.30.
MILLFEED Mill run, f. o. b. mill, carlots,
$36 per ton; mixed cars, S36.50; ton lots or
over. 938.; less than tons, S3a; rolled barley,
tr.jM'5U; rolled oats, 15761; ground barley,
sobiutiO; alfaifa meal, S4UM4.
CORN Wnole, tfu3-73. cracked, S7175.
UAI Buying prices, f. o. b. Portland;
Eastern Oregon timothy, S30&32 per ion;
Valley timothy, S27per ton; alfalfa, .S27.Su.
Valley grain hay, 2o. clover, 2tS(u.27; straw.
Dairy and Country Produce.
BUTTER Cubes, extras, 60c: prints,
parchment wrappers, extras, box lota. 65c,
cartons, 66c; half boxes, fee more; Jess than
half boxes, lc more; butterfat. No. 1. 67o
per pound, station.
EGGS Oregon ranch, candled, rots and
cracks out, 70c; selects, 75c per dozen.
CHfc-ESE Tillamook, f. o. b. Tillamook:
Triplets. 36c; Young Americas. 37c; Coos
and Curry County: Triplets, f. o. b. Ifyrtle
Point. 854c.
POULTRY Hens, 30c; Springs. 28c; roos
ters, 18c; ducks. 35c; geese, 30c; turkeys,
live, 35c; dressed, 4Sc
VEAL Fancy, 20 21c per pound.
PORK Fancy. 19 020c per pound.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Local Jobbing quotations-. ?
. FRUITS Oranges, . navels, S3.7506.OO;
lemons. S56.50 per box; bananas. 94f9Sfco
per pound; apples, flfa'S box; ..pears,
$22.o0 per box; grapes, $!r per keg: cran
berries, $6 per box; huckleberries, 17ftc per
pound; grapefruit. 3.75fe-7.
VEGETABLES Tomatoes, $2.73 per box;
cabbage, $2S2.25 per 100 lbs.; lettuce. $2.50
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3 25 per crate; peppers, 17Hc per pound;
celery. 75cii$1 per dozen; eggplant. l.Va
20a per pound; artichokes, $1.60; cauli
flower. $3.25 per crate; garlic. 35c per lb.,
pumpkins, 2c per pound: squash, 2c per
pound; beets. $2 per sack; carrots. SI. CO per
sack; turnips. $1.75 per sack: cucumbers.
$1.75 dozen: sprouts, 15o pound.
POTATOES Oregon Burbanka. graded,
$1.75t1.85: ordinary, $1.5001.60; poor.
SI. 25; Taklmas, fji'u 2.10: sweets, 4U$4Vtc.'
ONIONS Oregon. $1.50 & 1.75; California
browns, $11.50.
Staple Groceries.
Local Jobbing quotations:
SUGAR Sack basis: Fruit and berry,
$9.55; beet, $1.25; extra C. $:.15: powdered
in barrels, $10.25; cubes. In barrels. $10.45.
NUTS Walnuts, 27035c; Brazil nuts, 32c;
filberts, 28c; almonds, 24ijf29c; peanuts. 17c.
SALT Half-ground, 100s, $15.00 per ton;
60s, $17.25 per ton; dairy, $25 per ton.
RICE Unbroken, 8.9&11C per pound.
BEANS Jobbing prices: White, 8H
10Hc; colored, 89c,
COFFEE Roasted, in drums, 25 40c
Provisions.
Local Jobbing quotations:
HAMS All sizes, choice, 4040',jc: stand
ard. 3D'iSVic; skinned, none; picnic, 27c;
cottage roll. 37c.
LARD Tierce basis, standard, pure. 29tc:
compound, 23 He.
BACON Fancy. 52334c; standard. 49
52c; choice, 36 it 46c
DRY SALT Short, clear backs. 2834c.
Hidea and Pelts.
HIDES No. 1 salted. 30 po'unds and up.
14c: No. 2 salted, 30 pounds and up. 13c;
No. 1 green, 30 pounds and up, 11c: No. 2
green. 30 pounds and up, 10c: No. 1 salted
bulls, 50 pounds and up, 11c; No. 2 salted
bulls. 50 pounds and up, 10c: No. 1 green
bulls, 60 pounds and up. 9c: No. 2 green
bulls. 50 pounds and up, 8c; No. -1 green or
salted calf skins up to 15 pounds, 29c; No. 2
green or salted calf skins up to 15 pounds.
27Vc: No. 1 green or salted kip skins. 15 to
30 pounds. 15c; No. 2 green or salted kip
fklns. 15 to 30 pounds. 13Hc; dry flint hides.
7 pounds and up, 28c; dry flint calf, under
7 pounds, 3Sc: dry salt hides, 7 pounds and
tp, 22c; dry salt calf, under 7 pounds, 32c;
dry cult hides or calf, hulf price; dry stag
jr bulls. lSc; dry salt stags or bulls. 12c
PELTS Dry long-wool pelts, per pound,
25c; dry short-wool pelts, per pound, 15-y
2oc; salted long-wool lamb pelts, each. Vlit
1.75: salted long-wool sheep pelts, each. $1.51
tf2.50; dry sheep shearlings, each 1535c:
Halted sheep shearlings, each 30 60s.
LIVESTOCK LIST STEADY
EIGHT LOADS RECEIVED AT
YAKDS AXD TRADE QUIET.
Bulk of Ilogs Are Sold t 91'
Prices Unchanged in
All Lines.
Etsht cars of stock reached the North
Portland stockyards yesterday. Business
was raLher quiet, as usual during the holi
day period, but the market was steady
tnroughout. The bulk of the hog sales were
at $17.' The few head of cattle -offered were
mostly of medium grade.
Receipts were 120 cattle, 2 calves and 312
hops.
The day's sales were as follows:
WL Price. I Wt Prie.
1 cow. . . .
9 mixed. .
1 cow ....
1 bull
1 steer. . .
10 hogs. . .
6 hogs. .
1 cow. . . .
4 cows. . .
4 cows. . .
1020$ 8.25! lcow.... 50$6.00
4.j o.uu lcow.... hmu
800 4.00 39 hogs.
1620 7.50:S0hoK0.
9U0 11.001 5 hOKS.
13U 15.251 6 hogs.
75 13.60' 2 hogs.
104 0 7.50. 1 hog. .
7H." 6.7.V10 hOKS.
740 S.25I18 hogs.
J!0 16.85
210 17.00
175 16.75
315 16.00
206 15.8.-.
a:.o 15.50
130 15.25
19tl 15. OH
106 4.00
2 ewes.
Prices current at the local yards are as
follows:
Cattle Prl'e.
Prime steers $12.50'13.'
Good to choice steers 1 1.50-T 1 2.31
Medium to good steers ......... 10.no fij. 1 1.50
Fair to good eteers fc.OO" 9.50
fommon lo fair steers ......... 7.50fri 8.50
Choice cows and heifers .00 10.00
Fair to medium cows, heifers.. 6.50 7.50
Cannere D-50St 4.50
Bulls 6."H't 8.O0
Calves 9.00&12.00
Hogs
Prime mixed ..............
Medium mixed
Rough heavies
Pigs
Sheep
Prime lambs
Fair to medium lambs .....
Yearlings
Wethers
Ewes
17.OOC17.25
16.75'al7.O0
14 75116.00
14.003 15.00
12.nnrl3.00
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Chicago Livestock Market.
CHICAGO. Dec. 27. (United States Bu
reau of Markets.) Hogs Receipts. 27.00O,
market, steady to strong with yesterday's
best time. Bulk of sales, $17. 50&, 17.80;
butchers. $l7.01'r 17.83; light. $16.S0(b 17.70.
packing, $16.75J 17.60: throwouts. $15.60$
16.75; pigs, good to choice. 13 oOff-15.
Cattle Receipts. 6000. beef and butcher
cattle steady to 15c higher. Calves, steady,
best feeders and others slow to lower. Beef
cattle, good, choice and prime. $15.90f
19.75; - conftnon and medium. $9.50 19.50.
butcher stock, cows and heifers, $7.85 fc 14.50;
canners and cutters, S6.65&7.S5; stockers
and feeders, good, choice and fancy, $10.50
(a 13.75; inferior, common and medium.
$7.254 10.60; veal calves, good and choice,
$14 fit 15.
Sheep Receipts. 10.000: fat Iambs and
yearlings. fully 25c to 50c higher. Fat
sheep, opening slow. Feeder trade quiet
Lambs, choice and prime. $15.60tol5.8.V,
medium and good. $14.25 & 15.50 : culls. $10.50
-fii-l.": ewes, choice and prime, S'J.aooxiu;
medium and good. $S.50S9.50; cutis, $4.60
7.25.
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA. Dec. 27. Hogs Receipts. 10.500.
10c to 15c higher. Heavy. $17 w 17.60; mixed,
S17.2OA17.ii0. light. $16.85? 17.40: pigs,
$10fixl4: bulk of sales. $17.15'- 17.40.
Cattle Receipts. 2000, 15c to 25c higher
Native steers. $ll.50fij 18.60; cows and heif
ers. $7912; Western steers, $9.5016: Texas
steers, $8.50fiJ 11.75; range cows and heifers,
$6.7511; canners. $6'27; stockers and feed
ers. $6 j 13; calves, $.8ri 13.75.
Sheep Receipts. SKO0. 25c higher. Culla
$4.5067.50: wethers. $I011.50; owes. $7 50
(g-9.50; lambs. $1215 40; feeder lambs, $14
it 14.50; yearlings, $111
ORIGINS OF 1 LIVESTOCK LOADED
Shipments to th Leading Markets of tbe
Pacific Northwest.
- State origins of livestock loadsd Decem
ber 26:
Cattle Horses.Mlxed
Calves. II ogs.Sheep.Mulcs. Stock.
For Portland
Idaho .........
1
2
1
77 "2 i 77 T.
5 6.. 3
1 1
.. 2 4
1
1
1 1
1 3
6 5
1 .. 1
1 .. "
2 4 .. .. 2
3" ' .. .. 2
2 7 " .. .. 6
1 1
Oregon ........
Washington ...
TTl Portland
One week ago..
Four weekago
One year a?o. .
For Seattle
Idaho
Oregon
Washington ...
TCI Seattle.".
One week ago. .
One year ago..
For Spokane
Montana ......
Washington ...
Tt'l Spokane.
One week ago..
Four weeks ago
Seattle Livestock Market.
SEATTLE. Dec 27. Hogs Receipts 278,
tronc. Prime lights. $ 1 7.25 17.45; medium
to choice. $17fiJ17.25; medium heavlen, $16
a 16.40. rough heavies, $154f 15.40; pigs, $15
10.40.
Cattle Receipts 75. strong. Best steers,
$11 ($12; medium to choice, $10 50 11.80;
common to good, $64 8.50; best cows and
heifers, $8.5069.50; common to medium, $5
7.D0; bulls, l-oiu-l.ou; calves, .tUQi.z.
SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARK El
Prices Current on Eggs. Vegetables, Fresb
Fruits, Etc at Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 27. Butter, 67
6SV4C
eggs Fresh extras, 75c; fresh extra Bui
lAffl 71c.
Cheese New firsts and Toung America,
not quoted.
Poultry Hens. 83 034c; young roosters.
S4c; oroners, t.tf vol.-, iryera, 3bP43c
pigeons, 4.iuiaa; equaus. uuouc; veese.
.U .11 . ILl.K.J D, uibowu. IIIOC
Vegetables (Jeiery, $4.uuuo.u0; squash
cream, iuvjwc; auuuaru, Oifl.50; egg
tomatoes, $225&3. lettuce. $1,5042.75; po
tatoes. Salinas, $3.00fa-3.?o: rivers, tils .
2.25: sweet. 34f4c; new. 4 a Jo; onions
Australian brown, $1.2501.50; pearl, Subc
gariic. 2530c; caunnower, T3c$l; beeta
$1.2I-' 1-5"; carrots, f l.Ooro, 1.25; turnips, 7 Jo
j$1.00; string beans, ,12 $ 17c; lima, 10'12c.
pumpkins. $1&L25; mushrooms. 2u60c;
Brussels sprouts, 6 7c; green onions. $L23
ti-1 it.
t ruits Lemoni, a..ouo.oo; oranges. $4
W( . UHiiaii.B, ivoi., t""ePPieB, S-i.OOftS
6.00; apples. Belief lowers, $1.50i1.75. Spits
enberg, $2-.5u; grapefruit, $2.60-h-3 SO-
pears. Bartletts. $3; grapes. Tokays,
riiiiyciuia! .eiucb, ,,.uu ... avaca
does. $5&7; persimmons, $1.00&1.50; cran
berries, $5.50fir$6.50; quinces. U0cfy$l 15
casabus. 50cj-$1.00.
Receipts Flour. 2101 quarters: barlev
2866 centals; beans, 615 sacks; potatoes, 3964
sacks; hay, 10 tons; hides, 274; wine. 66,720
gallons.
APPLE MARKETS WEAKEN
SLIGHTLY LOWER PRICES ARE
QUOTED THIS WEEK. .
Potatoes Xot Helped by Sharp De
crease in Shipments California
Onions Clean Up.
The volume of produce shipments con
tinued the decrcaae of the preceding week
on moHt lines. The price movement wm irregular-
Celery and lettuce, oranges and
grapefruit continued to rise. Apples and
potatoes showed no definite trend, while
cabbage, beans, sweet potatoes and cran
berries showed slight to moderate declines,
says the weekly produce review Issued by
R. I... Ringer. In charge of the local office
of the Bureau of Markets.
While the general price range on apples
held about as last week, a few markets
nuote slightly lower. Northwestern boxed
Vinsaps, extra fancy, after reaching top
of $2.40 f. o. b. shipping points, closed
slightly weaker, at f J. 10 r 2.25. Consuming
markets eloped at a narrow, slightly weaker
range of J'J.So &3.Vo per box. New York
Baldwins, A 2 closed slightly lower in
New York, but the range was firm at 5.2u
fr6.r0 per barrel. F. O. B. sales in Wetu
ern New York shipping sections ranged $5
5.75. Virginia Yorks. A 2Vi, ranged firm
In Chicago and St. Louis at 5.bOit7. Ship
ments continue to decrease, with 131S cars,
compared with 1677 cars last week. The
movement is about three times the rate of
the corresponding time last year.
The British Ministry of Shipping (Can
ada) has released 10 per cent free space
to ft II liner companies, such space to be
used for the carriage of foodstuffs and
material urgently required in Great Britain
and to include green apples.
The past week has been one of dlscour
aguuicuL lor boldws of potato slock, la
rplte of continued decrease of shipments I
until they toaW only 1S07 cars in com- I
parison with ?18 the previous week, prices ;
navtj noi stirrened perceptibly in any part
f the country. They are -still around !h-
i.u. sacked, per hundred in the producing
sections for properly graded stock and $1.50
c;u per hundred i the consuming mar
kets, according to the distance shipped.
While prices have held about steady on the
Pacific Coast, they are weaker in Texas
and shipments from the Pacific Northwest
are slowing down as a result. Carlot prices
at Fort Worth that were V2&2-05 or Col
orado and Idaho stork are now $1.05 9 2.
For the week California shipped 172 cars.
Washington 49. Oregon SI and Idaho 03. X
decrease of 42 cars from the previous week.
Onion values have been steady at all
points. The variable condition of the wind
up of the California crop gives a wide range
of quotations there from CO cents to $1.24.
Tbe period has arrived when Oregon grow
ers must begin to move their storage hold
ings. They have been holding for $1.75
per hundred, but are taking considerably
less now, and the movement Is expected to
Increase after tbe holidays. The shipments
total only "J 13 cars for the past week, as
compared with 3S6 the week before. That
was much heavier thsn a year ago. how
ever, when the movement totaled 107 cars
for the corresponding period.
The trend of bean prices was Irregular,
but averaged fairly steady. Hand-nicked
pea beans in bulk, reclcaned basis, held at
.-.ouTr per hundred, casn to growers, in
Michigan producing Beet ions, and mostly $7
in New York. Sackjed recleaned stock tn
consuming markets ranged steady at $100
l" -'. California small whites advanced to
$8.2 j q 8.50, sacked, cash to growers, and
recleaned stock ruled $11 In Boston. Cali
fornia limas held at $10 10.25 In producing
sections and $1212.50 in consuming mar
kets. BOND TRADING IS ACTIVE
TURNOVER IS LARGEST FOR
ANY DAY THIS YEAR.
New . Minimum Prices Are Estab
lished Stock Recovery Aided
by Short Covering.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Covering of short
contracts wss a fsctor of considerable Im
portance In today's stock market, prices tn
iceneral recovering at the first signs of sup
port, though manifesting soma Irregularity
on profit-taking towards the close.
Among the few conspicuous exceptions to
the better trend were St. Paul, common
and preferred, and some of the secondary
coalers and several of the other rails.
Far more active relatively than stocks
was the bon.3 msrket, the turnover In that
quarter aggregating probably the larirest
total of any session this year. Liberty bonds,
wli h the fourth 4-is at the low reVord of
04.2O and tlio first and second 4s at new
minlmums of 9l!.sO and H'-.00( respectively,
contributed mainly to the extensive deal
ings. The early rally embraced utilities. Includ
ing local tractions, but gains In that quar
ter were not long maintained. Coppers also
fell back on reports of additional price
cutting in affiliated metals.
Shippings, oils, motors and equipments
were the sustaining features. United stntes
Kteel ended at a slight gain, after iosltiK
half a point. ' Salea amounted o 72d.OO0
shares.
Aside from ths heaviness of the liberty
rroup. the bond market lacked feature, for
eign Issues holding firm. Total sales, par
value, aggregated S2.7D0.0OO. Old' United
States registered 4s lost i per cent on
sales.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
1 .ant
Sales.
Am Beet Sngar
American Can.. 2.700
Am far & Kdry 4.W0
American Loco.. 4.700
Am Pm A HefK. 16. MM
Am Sugar Befg. 4M
Am T1 & Tel.. o.Oiik
Am Y. L & Sm. . 700
Anaconda Cop.. l,4o
Atchison xnnn
A n & W183L o
Bait & Ohio ... S..W0
Bethlehem B .. 7.S0U
B a tropper .. l.ooo
ruf Patrol .... 400
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Canadian Pacif. .1.60H
Central Leather. lO.f.'iO
Ches & Ohio . .. JOrt
Chi M St P.. H.H'iO
Chi & N W 700
C R I tc P ctfa.. 1.00O
Chino Copper .. 7.30
Colo FHi & Iron. ROO
Corn Prod Kefg .oon
Crucible Steel .. 3.000
Cuba Cane Sug. .V-iOO
Distill Securities ft.SuO
Krle 4.0O0
Oeneral Klectrlc 700
G-nrat Motors. 1.S00
Ot Nor prd 7.SOO
Gt Nor Ore ctfs. 2.ROO
Illinois Central. 00
Inspir Copper... 12.70O
Int M M pfd ... 12.0IIU
Inter Nickel ... f..20
Inter Paper .... l.lnO
Kennecntt Cop. i.SOO
Louis & Nash . . 2O0
Maxwell Motors
Mexican Petrol. lS.loo
Miami Cooper. . 1.800
Missouri Pacific S.I'OO
Nevada Copper. l.BoO
N Y Central . ... 5.000
N Y N JI H.. 12.700
Norf West . .. . . . . . . .
Northern Paclf. S.rtno
Pennsylvania . . 15. '
Pittsburg Coal.. BOO
Bay Consol Cop 5-i2
Reading 22.200
Hep Ir Steel.. 2.700
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Southern Pacif. 170
Southern Ry ... I?
Studebaker Co.. 8.10O
Texas Co 1 J
l-nion Pacific . . ;.3po
TJ 8 Ind AlcohoV I.IOO
L- S Steel lOB.OOO
do pfd ......
t'tah Copper ...
Wabash P'd B..
Western Union.
Westing Electric
1.800
6.70O
6 0OO
400
3.200
BONDS.
TJ S Ref 2s Reg
do coupon .. "gj
U S 3s Reg 8
An COUDOn
Penn Con 4VJ... !n
Union Pac 4s 87
V S Ftenl Ks.... Ii! 1.4
S'o Pac Cv fis....lot"v
Anglo-French 5s 07 Vi
U S L 3Hs 90.UO
do 1st Con 4s. K2.80
do 2d 4s P2.HS
do 1st Con 4 vis Pn.30
do 2d Con 4 Vis 03.311
do 3d 4V.S ... 03.4H
do 4th 4V4s... 94.44
TJ SMi Reg. .. -do
coupon . . '
Atchen Gen 4s.
D'A R G Ref 5s
NYC Deb 6s.
Nor Pac 4s....
Nor Pac 3s
Pac T c T 5s.
Bid.
ins
100
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84 14
r.ni
94 Vi
Boston Mining Stocks.
BOSTON. Dec. 27. Closing quotations:
Allouez 43 North Butte ...
Arli Commercial 12 oid Dominion i
Cal & Arizona... 61 Vi Osceo a
Cal ; Hecla 423 Superior ...... .
Centennial 12H!?up & Bos Mn.
I1V4
34
47
r-on R Con Co.. 40V .Miannon
55
90
17V4
78 Vi
E Butte Cop Mn 9
Franklin - 3
Isle Hoy Cop). . 23
T I r'nnn.r ... 4
Utah Con ...
W lnona ......
Wolverine . . .
Granby Conn
Mohawk 5ml
Money, Exchange, Ete.
NEW TORK. Dec. 27. Mercantile paper,
unchanged.
Sterling 60-day bills, unchanged; demand.
S4 7373- cables. $4.7633. Francs, demand
S.43V4. cables 5.45; rullders, unchanged; lire,
unchanged.
Mexican dollars, unchanged.
Time loans firmer. 60 days. 90 days, six
months. 5H54 per cent.
Call money, unchanged,
LONDON, Dec 27. Money and discount,
unchanged. " .
w York Dairy Produce.
NEW YORK. Dec 27. Butter easier.
Creamery higher than extras, 68 Vic ; extras.'
68rB8Vio: firsts, 68V468e.
Kggs higher. Fresh-gathered extras. 67
fil6sc; fresh-gathered regular packed extra
firpt, 658c; fresh-gathered firsts, 63
2640.
Cheese higher. State whole-milk flats,
fresh specials; 37 9 87 Vac: average run, 33 V
36 Vic.
Chleago Dairy Produce.
CHICAGO. Dec 27. Butter, unsettled.
Creamery. 556c.
Eggs, higher. Receipts, 869 cases: firsts,
62V'a3c: ordinary firsts, 5lw60c; at mark,
cases Included, 60 62c
Hops at New York.
KEW YORK. Dec. 27. Hops firm: state,
medium to choice. 1918. 2tl'g37c; 161T. 1S&
20c: Pacific Coast. 1918, S4'40c; 1917, 23
($27c.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Evaporated apples,
quiet.
Prunes firm, awaiting offers.
Poaches, nominal.
Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. Dec 7. Cotton, spot quiet;
middling. 32.30c
New York Sugar Market.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Sugar, unchanged.
Dulnth Linseed Market.
BULUTH, Dec ii. Linseed, 13.61.
CORN ADVANCE IS SHARP'!
OVERNIGHT JCMP OF 7 !J CENTS
IN CHICAGO MARKET.
SlKrtness or Receipts Is Cause or
Strength December Is. Most
Active Option.
CHICAGO. Dec. 27. Sharp advances In 1
the corn msrket resulted today from per
sistent meagerness of arriving supplies. At I
one time the December option showed sn
overnight Jump of 'Vic Prices closed un
settled, varying from the same as yester
days finish to 6tc hlcheir with January
l 124 1 42H and May 1.S6 ft IWi.
Oats gained S c and provisions 10c to l.
A-l! deliveries of corn, except May, rose
to the hlghrst prices yet this season. De
cember led in point of strength but bust
ness in that month was not large. The
tcx that receipts were even more scanty
than has recently been the cae gave the
bulls a decided advantage. On the bulge,
however, country offerings became some
what more liberal, and conflldemble realis
ing by longs here took place. Nevertheless.
December, unlike the other months, held
most of Its advance.
Oats derived atrength from corn. Gains
were checked, though, by assertions that
exporters wers out of the market.
Gossip that the February price of bogs
would be the same aa for January helped to
nit provisions.
Leading futures ranged
Open. Higii.,
CORN.
m follows:
Low. Close.
Jan.
$1.42Vs 11-44 $1.42 $142
1.37 1.38 Vi LSSH i-o-
OATH.
est, .ns .ft?1 .
eavs .70s .6&s .tta1
PORK.
47.30
42.(10 ' 42.90 42. SO 4U.9U
LARD.
23.90 23.93 23.87 23 90
23.83 24.02 2.1. 23.97
KIBS.
S3. IO 25.03 23.03
23.55 25. 7.1 j;i.50 23.70
Jan.
May
Jan.
May
Jan.
May
Jan.
May
Cash prices were as follows:
Corn No. 2 yellow, nominal; No. 3 yel
low, I1.5S4, l.f.O; No. 4 yellow. l.3t V I 37.
Oats No. o white, 6 v, 7uc ; standard,
1 0 ft 71c.
Rye No. 2. 1.623 l.2Vi.
Barley 1.03.
Tl mot hy $ von 11.00.
Clover Nominal.
Fork Nominal.
Lard 123. HO.
Ribs .Nominal.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 27. Barley, 663 95c.
Flax, 13.54 v 3.56.
Grata at Baa Frmaeiseo.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27. flour. 11 43
pet barrel.
Grain Wheat. Government price, 1 0
per bushel: barley, 2.152.20; oata, white
feed, nominal; corn. California yellow. S2.85.
" Wheat and wheat and oat. 23o7
tame oat. bariey. llinlj: ,,.
l&tlw: barley atraw. 5080c.
Meals Alfalfa, 136; cocoanut. nomlnaL
HOLIDAY QUIET IN WOOL MARKET
late rent Centers Entirely la Goverxuneat
Auction.
BOSTON. Dec 27. Ths Commercial Bul
letin tomorrow will say:
"Interest centers in tbe wool auctions al
most exclusively and with the intervention
of the holiday, little business has been done,
allotments Irom the wool distributor's ollice
having been timed. The quantity of wool to
be ofiered at the next sales will be about
the same as at the preceding series, the
only prsctical difference being that the of
ferings will consist of wools which may be
expected to meet the demand as expressed
at the last aalea. t
"The foreign markets have changed little
during the week and while manuiacturera
are looking the market over for sampling
purposes and to see what can bo done for
next season, the goods markets are moro or
less as they were a week ago. The demand
for mohair has been dull."
California Northern. 1. 32 31 33; middle
county, 1.43(rf 1.4.".; southern. Il.iia 1.37.
Oregon Kasturn No. 1 staple, tl Mffll SS;
Kastern clothing, Jl.b9gl.40; valley No. 1,
SI. 401. 42.
Territory Fine staple. 1.5S'(T l.BO; half
blood combing. xi.K2ftl.6o; three-eighths
t.lood combing, S1.2.'.z 1.3U; fine clo tiling,
l..'.0i 1.53: fine medium clothing, SL40a
1.43.
Pulled extra, 11.583L60: AA, S1.56L5S;
A supers. 1.4-"'i 1.43.
Mohair Domestic quotations: Beet comb
ing. 75&S0c; best carding. 70?J 75c.
COFFEE FCTCRES CLOSE AT DECLINE-
Opening Prices af Thursday Too High to
Attract Buyers.
NEW TORK. Dec. 27. There was a de
cline of approxfmstely 1 rent a pound tn
the market for cofTee futures here today.
Local brokers said that the opening pricea
of yeaterday had evidently been too high to
attract buyers and that trade interest, who
were trying to hedge against coffee afloat
or prospective purchases In Brazil, found
very little demand around the ring today.
The opening was unchanged to 45 points
lower and the more active months sold 70
to 100 points below last night s closing fig
ures during the day. with May touching
16.60c. July 16.30c and September 16.29c.
The close was at about the lowest of the
day. showing a net loss of 75 to 93 points.
Closing bids: May. 16.S3c; July, 16.34c;
(September, 16.2c; October, 16.13c; Decem
ber 16.05c
The local spot 'market was reported en
tirely nominal at 17V4C for Rio 7s and 22c to
22VC for Santos 4s. Cost and freight of
fers from Santos were reported a shade
lower, including 4s at 21.10c to 21.25c.
American credits.
The official cables reported an advance
of 200 rets in the Rio market. Santos spots
were unchanged and the early cables re
ported an advance of 50 to 100 rets In fu
tures, but was followed by later reports
showing a decline of 75 to 175 rels. Receipts
at the two Brazilian ports were S4.000.
READJUSTMENT FAR FKOM COMPLETED
Buyers Hold Bnrk I'ntil Future Outlook Is
Clearer.
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. Dun's Review to
morrow will say:
A year of unexampled achievements nears
its ending with the process of economic re
adjustment accentuating the seasonal re
pression of business activities Recognition
that the change to a peace basis, although
continuing steadily since early November,
is yet far from completed. Intensifies the
hesitation Incidental to inventorying and
other annual accounting, and the prevailing
disposition is to defer Importat engagementa
until the future outlook Is clearer. That
the question of prices is one of Increasing
significance there is abundant evidence, and
many buyers are prompted to hold com
mitments wt'.hln the closest limits through
the belief that yielding tendencies lately de
veloping in some leading commodities will
widen In their scope with the return of
free markets.
Yet the further removal, after January 1
of the arbitrary regulations and restrictions,
affecting production, distribution and prices,
will make possible the conducting of opera
tlons along more natural lines and there is
confident expectation that the revival of
regular domestic and foreign commerce,
once it fairly commences, will make gratify
ing progress.
Weekly bank clearings were (5.541.671,044.
NaTal Stores.
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Dec 27. Turpentine
firm, 65vc; sales. 177; receipts. 3o6; ship
ments. 22; stock, 30.424.
Rosin steady. Sales 782; receipts, 2842:
shipments, none; stock. 77.825. Quote: B,
D. K. F, G and H. (13.10 13.20; I, 13.63;
K. (15.70; M. (16.15; N. (16.20; WO, (16.4;
WW, (16.75.
Metal Markets.
NEW YORK. Dec 27. Lead weak. Spot
offered at 6.05c.
Spelter easy. Spot offered at 8c.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Births.
DAVIDSON To Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Da
vidson. 120 Otis, December 20, a son.
WHITLOW To Mr. and Mrs. William D
Whitlow. 1397 Peninsula avenue, December
20. a daughter.
WILSON To Mr and Mrs. Albert WIN
(on, 811 Sacramento, December 16, a daugh
ter. SUMMERS To Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Summers. 144 North Eighteenth, December
14. a daughter.
HOLTGKEVE To Mr. and Mrs. Walter
lloltgreve. 227 East Fifty-second, Decem
ber 21. a daughter.
LYBARGER To Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Lybarger, 174 Thirteenth. December A3, a
daughter.
LAIRD To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd A. Laird.
292 Tenth. December 19. a son.
HOLMK.S To Mr. and Mrs. Frank If.
Holmes. East Eighth and Couch, September
14. a son.
CUKLITTO To Mr. and Mra. Joe P. Cur
lltto. l&l Mill, December 24. a daughter.
UANLEY To ilr. and airs. J. C. Hanlcy,
LIBERTY BONDS
If yon must SELL roar I.lbrrfr Boe-ds. ?EI.L n I .
If yea cast Bl'V more Liberty II011K m l rrotst t !.
We bar u sell Liberty Honda at the aiirktt.
YOC CAXSIOT I0 BrTTER YOf MAY DO M"OI!K
Tho closing prices of LIBERTY BONDS on tbeNtwYork Strx-k Kxchanga
for week ended Friday, December 27, were as follows:
First First S.-ond Third Fourth
3Un 4s 4 4',s 4 W 4s 4 '4 a
Saturday 98.20 93.00 S1.04 96.P6 94.30 9S.S 94.34
Monday... 99.28 93.02 93.24 97. 10 95.00 96.00 9500
TueKday 99.00 93.10 93.00 9S.S0 94.80 95. SI 94. SO
Wednesday Holiday
Thursday 99.10 92.90 9I.7C 9S.60 94.48 !.V32 9.4
Friday 99.60 92.S0 92. 9S 96.30 93.90 93.40 94.4b
Liberty Departmrat Open I'atll 8 P. M. 5atardaya
SAFETY DEPOSIT Y.UtTS
MORRIS BROTHERS, Inc.
The Premier Municipal Bond House
309-11 STARK, BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH (GROUND FLOOR)
Telephone Bdwy. 21.31 Katahllsaeel Ortr S Tears
United States Railroad Administration
W. G. McAOOO, Director Geaeral of Itallroada
PLEASE SAVE YOUR OWN TIME
And help prevent congestion at ticket offices by buying
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Good for bearer or any number of persona on all passenger
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On Sale at Principal Ticket Offices
INQUIRE AT CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE
Corner Third and Washington Streets
A in boy. Wash.. December 18. a daughter.
nAl.FOU-.To Mr. and Mrs. V. UHam
St'.n'ey Ra;lour. 937 Fast Eighteenth, De
cember 20. n daughter.
CI.AKF.MAN To Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Clasemifcn, 334 Cook, December in. a daugh
ter. W'KBSTF.R- To Mr. and Mrs. Jaraea A.
Wehster. 7t'.i E.ift M:tn. December 9. a son.
STACY To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence K.
Stacy. 467 Flint. December 8. a daughter.
Marriage Licenses.
T.KWIS-WA Rn Harry Lewis. 46. 143
Nineteenth atrcct, and Fraukie Ward. 41,
same address.
nALI.ER TAEXXI.ER John H. Bailer,
legal. 1732 Kt SIxtevi'th street, and Kath
erlne Taennler. Icsal. 71." Cleveland avenue.
MYF.RS-ISCHAM Jesso E. Myers. 2U.
Camp litvU, and Freda A. Ischam, 19. St.
Vincent's Hospital.
Vancouver Marriage Ureases.
FIELDS-PKTTIT John Field.-, 49. of
Crswfordsville. Or., and Mrs. Elizabeth J.
Pcttil. .".. f H'.u.ufam. Wah.
Hl'llT-IRiRNK Thomaa P. Hurt. 65. of
Clatskanie, or., and Mrs. Margaret Home,
60. of Clntukanle. Or.
TIM M AS-JuHXSi in John M. Thomas.
21. or Portland, and La Rose V. Johnson.
IS, of Athanv. Or.
WESZKK-CHURCII ""nar!es Wenxrk. 29.
of HiKbwood, Mont., and Ethel R. Church,
IS. of t'amaK. Wash.
MTEHIUERKS- KOET1IE John Myer
dierks, 22. uf KUIefield. Waah.. and Kosa
Koethe. is, of TtldBefleld. Wash.
MILLER-MOON Kzra D. Miller, 4. of
Portland, and Anna D. Moon. 3o, of Port-
'"e-NYART-KNTART Ross Enysrt. 40. of
Portland, and Heme Enyart. 27. of Port
land. PARIf-PREIS James Paris, 31, of Port
land, and Hermine Prels. 24. of Portland.
.M'LAI'GHLIN . STKVENS Edward Mc
Laughlin, legal, of oilverton. Or., and Mrs.
Martha Ella Stevens, legal, of Portia ad.
HUNS MISTREAT PRISONERS
Marshal loch StnJs Soldiers to
Watch German Camp.
ZURICH. Dec. 27. (Havas.) A bat
talion of Infantry has occupied Mann
helm by order of Marshal Foch in or
der to watch the prison camp near there
where 10,000 allied prisoners await lib
eration, according to the Badische
Landes Zeitungr. The paper adds that
thi step vras taken because of bad
treatment of prisoners, several of whom
were murdered.
Mannheim is within the neutral xone
east of tlie Rhine outlined by tbe terms
of tho armit-tloe.
Ex-Royalty Offered Refuge.
BERN, Thursday. Dec 18. Most or
tho members of the former Austrian
royal house, who have remained in Aus
tria, aro reported to have fought safe
ty in neutral legations In Vienna. The
Argentinian and Chilean legations have
offered hospitality to a dosen former
Archdukes and Archduchesses.
m
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL BtPORT.
PORTLAND. Or.. Dec, 27. Maximum
temperature. 44 degrees: minimum tempera
ture. :I4 degrees. River reading. S A- M.,
I.S feet: change In lust 24 hours. 0.1 foot fall.
Total rainfall (5 P. M. to a P. M., none:
total rainfall since September 1. 101 S, 12.4G
Inches: normal rainfall since September 1.
lS.aS Inches: deficiency of rainfall since
September 1. litis. Inches. Sunrise.
7 :a3 A. M. : sunset. 4::i2 I'. M. : total sun
shine. 2 hours 12 minutes: possible sunshine.
8 hours 41 minutes. Moonrlse, 2:32 A. M. :
moonset. 12:42 P. 'M. Harometer (reduced
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FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Rain, southeasterly
winds.
Oregon Rain west, rain or snow east por
tlon : Increasing southeasterly winds.
Washington Ruin west, rain or snow and
not so cold east portion; fresh southerly
winds.
Idaho Fair south, rain or snow and not
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Southwest storm warnings 6:40 P. M.
mouth of Columbia Rlvpr.
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PEACE PROBLEMS TACKLED
UKCONSTRCCTION- COXGRKSsS IX
SKSSIOX AT TACOMA.
Programme, of Land Development
and Fmploymrnt Will Re
Laid Before Legislature.
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 27 (Special.)
Preliminary work on u statewide re
construction programme was begun to
day by delegates from arious parts of
the .state, meeline in Tacoma. The
problems are political, economic and
social, ari.cfntr from the readjustment
from a war to a peace basis.
About 40 delegates are in attendance.
tJood roads, logped-off land develop
ment, socihI welfare and employment
are topics for discussion.
The conference now In progress is to
be followed by a larger Mate-wide re
construction congress to be held about
January 10 at a city to be selected.
The purpose of the present meeting is
to form a working organization and to
outline a tentative programme for the
coming congress. A call for the com
ing meotinpr also will be issued and
each community of the state w ill be
asked to name Its delecates.
Representatives here for the con
ference tins morning discussed in
formally the questions to be taken up
at the later meetings. Most of tho
Seattle delegates, among whom was
Mayor Uansop. are Interested In a land
development programme. Tacoma dele
gates see a big problem in social wel
fare, while delegates from other parts
of tho state are interested in good
roads.
Legislative aid will be sought next
month after the adoption of a work
ing programme at the reconstruction
congress in January. Tho meeting will
end tomorrow.
LABOR OFFICIAL IS CHOSEN
J. II. Lyons, of Tacoma. to Super
intend Railway Transportation.
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 27. (Special
Joseph H. Lyons. widely known
among labor union men of the Coast,
has been appointed superintendent of
transportation on the municipal rail
way. Mr. Lyons will assume hia new
duties January 1. when the city takes
over the operation of its own lines
front the Tacoma Railway Power
t'ompany, which has been operating
them-ever since they were put into use.
Mr. Lyons will be paid elSO a month at
the start. The saliiry will be raised to
I2U0 later. W. Ci. Denny, who has been
superintendent for the city, has been
appointed superintendent of power and
equipment.
Some months ago Mr. Lyons resigned
as secretary of the Tacoma Central
Labor Council to help solve the hous
ing problem for shipbuilders.
Extra Dividend Voted.
CLEVELAND, Dec 27. Directors of
the American Shipbuilding Company
voted in favor of a 24 per cent extra
dividend on the common stock, in addi
tion to the regular quarterly dividend
of 14 per cent. The 4 per cent divi
dend is payable in cash on February
1 next to stockholders of record on
Janunry 13.
interest on
y- savings ueposits
J National Bank
Established 1301
A. G. Thomas, Special Agt.
iMCt l.um t rmena HI die.
TRAVF.I.FIW or IT! F..
ADMIRAL LINES-
S. s. A t'RF.LI.t.
Freight only, sailing every II
da s.
CITY OF TOPF.KA
Passengers and freight,
falling D cember 2S and every 12
days thereafter.
Marsbfleld. North Mend. Enrtka
and San Francisco.
Tickets sold to
Los Angelea and Ssi Diego. Also
to All Porta In Alaska.
Fares include berth and meals.
IOI Third St.
A S332. Main 1466.
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH SEAS
Via Tahiti and Itaratonga. Mall and pas
senger eerviee freui ass frrancisce every 30
days.
l.MON S. 8 CO. OF NEW ZEALAND.
SSO California St.. San t raoc'x-e, ,
ec local ieaiashli aud railroad agoacls.
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