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Newspaper Page TextTIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, GOVERNMENT IS IN . MARKET FDR FLOUR steamers Now on Hand Are to Be Given Cargoes. SHIPMENTS ON THIS WEEK , Bids Are Invited From Mills in Xortliwest and Awards May Be Made Today. The Government is in the market again for flour, after a lapse of six weeks. The mills in the Northwest have been called upon to submit bids on export flour to pro vide cargoes for tonnage at hand and the shipments are to be made by Saturday of this week. It is understood that two steam era are available here with a capacity of about 150,000 barrels, and a few on the Sound. Tidewater millers have stated that they havo great stocks of flour on hand, and it is possible that none will be drawn from the interior. The bids are expected to be awarded today. Oats and corn prices were sharply lower on the lotal market yesterday. Oats bids at the Exchange were reduced 50c$l and corn was down 50c g $1.50. Barley was un changed. Weather conditions in the Widdle West, as wired from Chicago: "Minneapolis, foggy, 35: Winnipeg, foggy, 30; Peoria, foggy, :f0; Omaha, foggy, 40; St. .Louis, 40; To peka, St. Joseph, Kansas City, tossy 40." Argentine conditions favor the moving of. wheat in that country, but growers and bankers are complaining of the lack of de mand for this grain. The bids that have been made for the crop of wheat and oats there are said to be out of line with the asking price. The coarse grain situation in Kngland, ac cording to Broomhall's Liverpool cable, is as follows: "pnly limited quantities of corn are being distributed. . Conditions on the whole can be regarded as more favorable. Arrivals have been increasing gradually and indications point to enlarged shipments from Argentina in the near future. Liberal amounts of corn are still available in that country, where it is believed buyers are taking advantage of the moderate prices prevailing. The oats situation remains tin changed, but the outlook is for larger sup plies. Arrivals axe increasing and distribu tion of imported oats is on a. slightly larger scale. Argentine prices show no fluctua tions of moment, but fair amounts of oats are being absorbed by foreign buyers." Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wheat.Barley .Flour. Oats.Hay. Portland, Mon. 20 2 1 Tear ago IS 13 4 .Season to date. 5!)22 2! 1542 IS72 2241 Year ago 3597 198 583 869 1275 Tacoma. Sat... 12 1 "Vear ago 4 ... .. i .Season to date. 4n3l JO ... 28 913 "Vear ago 3012 63 179 1172 Seattle. Sat . Tear ago 4 .." io "s ' ii Season to date. 3337 218 1079 853 2317 rtx creameries are cutting prices Prints Offered 2 Tents Cheaper at 65 Cents and May Go Lower. There is friction between several of the city creameries and as a consequence prices of print butter have been cut 2 cents to 5 -cents and they mav go lower. The scrap appears to be in retaliation against one of the firms which recently raised the buying price of butter fat. There is no indication that butter fat prices will come down, so while the storm lasts consumers and farm ers will benefit, and the manufacturers will get along as well as they can. In the meantime the cube butter market remains in good condition with extras mov ing readily at 63 cents. Eggs opened the week firmer. Receipts were df good size, but local consumption has increased. Candled stock sold at 65 centa and case count at 5253 cents. Poultry was steady at last week's prices. Dressed veal was firmer with sales at 23 cents. Pork was unchanged. STORAGE Arn.K STOCKS ARE REDUCED Holdings in Xorthweat 7. Per Cent T-eiw Than Year Ago. Cold storage stocks of apples in the Pa cific Northwest on January 1 were 974.786 boxes, as compared with 1,057.551 boxes on the same- date last year, or a decrease of 7 8 per cent. One car of Oregon apples reached the local market. There was a good demand on the street with supplies moderate. Extra fancy Oregon and Washington wineaaps sold at $2 with a few large sizes bringing 3.25. Ship ments of Oregon stock were one car each to New York, Boston. Cincinnati. Omaha, Cedar Kaplds and Phoenix. Best New Tork Baldwins, A 24. from cold storage were firm, ruling tt.60 per . bar rel, carloads, f. o. b. shipping points and were firm at J6.50t7 in leading markets reaching $7.50 In Kesai Tork. Fancy and extra fancy winesaps continued firm at 2.o02.75 per box at Northwestern shipping points, holding steady at $3 93.50 in lead ing Jobbing centers. Shipments were about the recent average. POTATOES DRAG IN LOCAL MARKET. Teas of Prices at Western Shipping Points Is Weak. The local demand for potatoes was light and the market draggy. The best Burbanks were quoted at 1.752 and poor stock ranged down to $1.25. Well-sorted Takima netted Gems were hold at $1.85 2. Ship ments from Oregon were three cars to Sacra mento and one car each to Fort Worth and Laredo. Shipping points continue to show a weak tone, prices declining in Colorado and Idaho and bulk round whites declining to below $2 f. o. b. Western New Tork loading stations. In spite of this, sacked Northern stock not only held the advance of the day before but advanced another 5 cents in the Chicago carlot market to $1.90 1.93, ranging irregu larg at $2.05235 in middle Western Jobbing markets Maine sacked white stock was steady at 2.45i&2.70 and New York bulk stock at $2,2542.55 in Eastern markets, (dorado stork was firm In South Central Why Worry? Are not the following re peat contracts a tribute to our ability to make good and thus relieve you of worry? First, Portland Flouring Mills xi Portland Railway Light & Power Co 15 Hawley Pulp & Paper Company 12 Todd Dry Docks & Con struction Corpo 4 2)urIepiHasort Co. I Established 1904. I Gasco Building. markets, selling in small lots, generally be tween $2.502.75. but advancing to 2.ff2.2S " --"'.eo. bnigmenta continue heavy. Few Eggs Lcft jn storage. Es stocks in storage In "the Pacific Northwest on the first of tha year were 78.6 per cent smaller than a year ago, while creamery butter holdings were 10.8 per cent larger. Storage supplies oa January 1 of this and last year compare aa follows. Jan. 1. "19. Jan. 1, "18. Eggs, cases 3.477 10,222 n7J.mery ba"er. pounds. 805.563 750,833 packing stock butter, lbs. 314 42,199 roxen beef, pounds 6,576.8US B. 180,421 vf?i" Iork' Pound. 1,900.617 3,20.1.600 pckled pork, pounds 7,112.214 5.533.493 ,ound5 1,373.475 4,671.519 ' pound 308,277 130,233 -turkeys, pounds 336,477 271.932 Ybihle Supply of Grain. ' The American wheat visible supply com pares as follows: January 20. 1919. .... .126.00 55 oR January 21, 1918.... a. 16.2li2.000 I 101 000 January 22. 1917 51.826,000 1 674 000 ranuar5r 25. 1916 68.931,000 966 000 January 2o, 1915 63.456.000 2.881 000 January 19, i914 62,491.000 1 392 000 Increase. The corn supply Increased 665,000 bushels and the oats supply decreased 1,007 000 bushels. Provision List Is Lower. Ham and bacon prices have declined a cent under last week's quotations and lard is down half a cent. PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain, Floor, Feed, Etc Merchants" Exchange, noon session "umiTMrji grain, sacked Jan. Oats No 2 white feed .., Barley StanilarH v.. . Standard A eastern oats and On t . 38-lb. clipped white' vurnu No. 3 yellow No. 3 mixed ....... Bid. . .$49.00 Feb. Bid. $49.50 . .. 48.00 49.00 . . . 40.00 49.00 corn, bulk: 46. 00 48.50 46.50 49.00 Mch. Bid. $49.50 49.50 50.00 47.00 49.00 58.50 68.00 58 00 o7.50 57.00 57 00 WHEAT Government basis, $2 20 ner hu FLOUR Patents, $11.05 per WreU bakers'- sin 70 in ...v. , - . . ' ' in'tn Bm' 8-6oPa-8; co" meals, $9.50 M T.T.T'rirn ( ti . . . . - u. i. mm, canota, pe.r,ton: ml'd car. J45.50; ton lots or ?JTSri47: than tons- : "lied barley, $o456; rolled oats. $5860; ground barley! CORN Whole, ton, $6769; cracker. $69 HAT Buying prices, f. o. b. Portland: Eastern Oregon timothy, $30 32 per ton alfalfa, $26.50; Valley grain hay, $26: clover' $2627; straw, $9 10. , , , Bank Clearings. . ? clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: . Clearings. Balances. Portland $5.R-.7.ol9 $1.01 2.-..I Seattle 6,370.749 1,339529 Taeoma 875.377 232.056 Spokane 1.761,674 61:7,934 Dairy and Country Produce. BTTTTER Cubes, extras, 63c: prints, parchment wrappers, extras, box lots, 65c: cartons, 66c; half boxes. 4c more: less than halt boxes, lc more: butterfat. No. 1. 674 68c per pound, station. EGGS Oregon ranch, case count. 5253c: candled. 55c; selects, 759c per dozen. CHERSE Tillamook, f. o. b. Tillamook: Triplets, 36c; Young Americas, 37c: Coos and Curry County: Triplets, f. o. b Myrtle Point, 3r, c. " POULTRY Hens. 3032e,- Springs. 40c; roosters, 23c; ducks, nominal; geese, nom inal: turkeys, live, 35c; dressed, 45c. VEAL Fancy, 23c per pound. PORK Fancy. 20c per pound. 8taple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations: SUGAR Sack basis: Fruit and berry, $9.55; beet, $9.25; extra C. $9.15; powdered, in barrels, $10.23; cubes, in barrels, $10.45 NUTS Walnuts, 2735c: Brazil nuts, 32c; filberts. 28c ; almonds, 24'o30c; peanuts, 15c SALT Half-ground, 100c, $15.00 per ton; 50s. $17.25 per ton; dairy, $25 per ton. RICE Unbroken, D-trillc per pound. BEANS Jobbing prices: White, Ua 10 'ic: colored, 8Hfc. COFFEE! RoaBted. In drums, 25 40c. Irnlts and Vegetables. Local Jobbing quotations: ' FRUITS Oranges, navels, $4.005.00; lemons, $56 per box; bananas, 8fr9c; per pound: apples, $L25j3.25 per box; pears,' ?22.o0 per box; grapes, $7 per keg; grape fruit, $3jl7. VEGETABLES Cabbage, $2.503.50 per 100 lbs.; lettuce $404.25 per crate; peppers, 25c per lb.i celery, $5.507 per crate; egg plant, 1520c per pound; artichokes, $1.75; cauliflower, $2 6 2.25 per crate; garlic, "500 per pound; pumpkins, 2Hc per pound; squash 2 Vic per pound; beets, $2.25 per sack; carrots, $2.85 per sack: turnips, $2.05 per sack r cucumbers, $2.25 per dozen; sprouts, 15c per pound. POTATOES Oregon Bnrbanka, graded. $1.75 2; Yakimas, $1.65 2; sweets, 4 14 4c. ONIONS Oregon. tl.60.jr2.25 per hundred. Provisions. Local Jobbing quotations: HAMS All sizes, choice, o939He: stand ard, 3SiS?38Vic; skinned, none; picnic. 27c; cottage roll. 36c LARD Tierce basis. 27V4e; compound, 23tc. BACON Fancy, 51 03c; standard, 47 40c: choice. 3544e. DRY SALT Short, clear backs. 28 334c; plates, 25&27c. Hides and Pelts. HIDES No. 1 salted. 30 pounds and up. J3e; No. 2 salted. 30 pounds and up. 12ic: No. 1 green, 30 pounds and up, 10c; No. 2 green. 30 pounds and up, 9'ic; No. 1 salted bulls. 60 pounds ana up, itiw-c; No. 2 salted bulls, 50 pounds and up, 90; No. 1 green bulls. 50 pounds and up, 7c; No. 1 green or salted calf skins up to 15 pounds, 30c; No. 2 green or salted calf skins up to 13 pounds, 28V4c; No. 1 green or salted kip skins, 15 to 30 pounds, 14 He; No. 2 green or salted kip skins, 15 to 30 pounds, 13c; dry flint hides, 7 pounds and up. 28c; dry flint calf, under 7 pounds, 38o; dry salt hides. 7 pounas ana up. sc; ary sail sail, under 7 pounds, 32c; dry cull tildes, or calf, half price; dry stags, or Duns, isc; dry salt stags or bulls, 12c. PELTS Dry long-wool pelts, per pound. 15c: dry short-wool pelts, per pound, 10c; salted long-wool lamb pelts. each $1.50 ft2.50; salted sheep pelts, each $1.252.25; dry sheep shearlings, each 1535c; salted sheep snearunga, eacn aawauc. Hops, Mohair, Etc. HOPS Oregon. 1918 crop, 88940c per pound; 1919 contracts. 25fe26c per pound MOHAIR Long staple, 60c; short stanla 40c; burry, 15iij20c TALLOW .no. 1, 8c per pound; No. 2 5c per pound; grease. No. 1. 5c; No. 2, 4c 'per pound. Oil. GASOLINE Bulk, 21c; engine dietrtlate. bulk. 12c; kerosene, bulk, 10c; cases "0c LINSEED OIL Raw. barrels. $1 8s'- cases $1.06: boiled, barrels, $1.88; eases. (191 TURPENTINE In tanks. 89c ; cases T 9$c Prices current at the local yards are as follows: SAX ERANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Current on Eggs. Vegetables, Fresh 1'ruits, Et., at Bay City. &tlc FRANCISCO- Jl"- 20. Butter. 60 Eggs Fresh extras, 5714c; fresh extra pullets, 55c. .Cheese Firsts, 32c: young Americas. 42c Poultry Hens 36035c; young roosters. 37 39c; fryers, 40 & 45c; broilers. 43050c pigeons, $2.25313; squabs. , 55 D 60c: geese' 30S2c; turkeys, dressed. 4042c. BeMe. " j , u.ifvu 1 . i , squash cream, 7ic$l; hubbard, $1.50&2; Summer V5c$l; eggplant, 10 15c; peppers bell' 0075c; chile, 12H15c; tomatoes, laaso-' . . ---- ...BE.D, ww-ij-o crie pota toes. Salinas, 2,50 2. 60 ; rivers, $2 2.15 ; -.v n.if. miv w, o -I- i c ; onions Aus tralian brown, $1.75422.00 centaj- oearl beets, $1.50(91.75; carrots. $1.5001.75- tur- v- " -w uEaus, vc ; lima 1 5 17 c; wax, 2025c green onions, sia 50c; brussels sprouts. 89c; cucumbers ifi Trr-iilt T.asmAns . A TK . $1.75(92.50; bananas, 7p8c; pineapples slfo Spftzenbergrs, $2.50i&f3.25; grapefruit, $2.50 3 r.A Deri loll rmo O rAA-1, , $iti 1.25. T arialnra VIaii C1 a a. &-vuas iua4i7rni oaney 4441 centals; hay, S3 7 tons; potatoes, 2800 m iiiucb. -ow, ucauo, dvia sacKs: wine 61,900 ja lions. MTTLE SALES LOCAI TRADE IS FILLED FOR PRESENT. UP Prime Stock: Holds Firm, but Lower Grades Are Off 5 0 Cents Hogs and Lambs Advance. Thefe. was a large run at the stockyards i"th """IT ot tb "Mk. 101 cars being WW.i ; Tha market w" actira through out the day. A satisfactory proportion of the cattle re ceived were of good quality but buyers did not take hold of them as readily as they might, the butchers and packers being pretty well filled up. The better class of steers held their own in t).. . Price, prime steers aelilng at $14. but the rest of the cattle market wa off fully 50 cents from last week's prices The hog market was in better shape than Tor several days and advanced 20 cents over iSr? col"s. Prime hogs sold at $17, with the bulk of sales at $16.80. All kinds of mutton stock were also In de mand, particularly lambs, which advanced a quarter with sales up to $14.50. colt"wer 1573 "le, 06 calves. 3633 hogs and 998 sheep. oay s sales were as follows: We Pay 22c for Top Quality Veal. We pay 20c for top quality hogs. e never cnarge commission. Frank L. Smith Meat Co., "Fightins; the Beef Trust." 228 Alder St., Port land, Or. Adv. 17 cows. . .. 1 cow. 7 cows. . .. 1 cow . . . .. 12 cows 2.1 cows 7 cows. . .. 25 cows. . .. 25 COWS. . .. 30 cows. . .. ."5 cows. . .. 21 cows. . .. 13 cows. ... 2 cows. . .. 20 cows. ... 1 6 cows. 17 cows. . .. 4 cows. . .. 26 cows 1 cow 26 cows 1 cow. . . .. 1 cow. 8 cows. . .. 3 cows. ... 2 cows. . .. 18 cows. . .. 2 calves. .. 2 calves. .. 3 calvea. . . 7 cal ves . .. 56 calves . .. ft calves. .. 1 bull 2 bulls 1 bull 1 bull 1 bull 1 bull 1 bu.l 2 bulls 1 bull 1 bull 1 bull 6 bulls 2 bulls 1 bull 1 bull 4 bulla. ... 25 steers. .. lo steers. .. 8 steers. .. 27 steers. .. 32 steer. . 54 steers. .. 4 steers. .. I steer. . . n 50 6.35 "W't. Prtc 920 $7 1050 4.50 70 870 rum looo 6. r.n 780 5.00 11. i0 10.50 800 6.50 SI'O 10.35 830 7.25 S0O . 25 1040 8.00 1030 6.00 1030 10.35 OHO 7.7K 1110 9.50 070 !)40 810 900 1O40 870 P'0 890 O.OO 6 steers . 6 steers . 20 steers. 3 steers. J steer. . 8 steers. 2 steers. 25 steers. 11 mixed , 21 mixed. 21 mixed . 1 mixed . 4 mixed. 72 hogs. .. V.I hnn 187 hogs. .. 8 hogs. .. nogs. Wt. Price. 1100 $13.50 9.011 7.00 8.50 7.50 7.00 9.00 1020 io!oo 790 8.00 ZKlti 7 no iso isioo: 260 10.00 460 7.00 41(1 400 16KO 1230 800 6SO 1750 740 1260 1220 1610 loioo 1910 9.50 1400 1600 1520 80O lono 1300 7.2.11101 hogs'. hogs. 74 hogs. C4 hogs. 6 hogs, no hogs. 20 hogs. 66 hogs. 74 hogs. 7 hogs. 20 hogs. 5 hogs. 60 hogs. 1 hog. . 4 hogs . "10 hogs. 3 hogs. 67 hogs. 5 hogs. 41 hogs. 88 hogs. U3 hogs. 9 hogs. 8 hogs. 3 Yinrm. 8.0OI100 hogs! 10 840 so 1010 1000 1OO0 400 400 770 ISO 200 20O 1 DO 350 200 8.50 7.00 7.75 B.56 7.00 5.00 8.75 6.00 8.00 6.50 13.50 8.00 9. no 6.50 8.50 12.50 10.00 10.00 8.00 6.25 16.75 16.75 3 5 25 T5 80 15 50 14 80 i a on 10O OJS 44 190 1675 16.85 15.25 17.00 15 OO 1 6.H5 16.90 15.50 15.25 15.00 16.80 1 4.80 1 5 SO 15.00 16.25 1 6 65 14.65 15.25 16.85 17.00 16 00 16.80 16.70 16 50 14. ,V) 15. 50 14.O0 14.25 6.50 14.50 13.50 12.50 1 4.0-0 10. OO 14.25 11.50 "Oft 150 230 270 190 220 130 ISO 1O0 190 530 240 1M 160 200 3.IO HO l!IO 210 2V 1M0 250 r.to 2!M 160 90 90 15 0 80 70 70 80 90 SO 120 fi OO) 1 ho- 9.00 8 hogs... 6.00 7 lambs. O.OOl 12 lambs. 7 not it 1100 14.0fl!l29 lambs. 1OO0 14.0OI142 lambs. 1 10O 13.50 73 lambs. 30S0 13.50 24 lambs. 1300 13.50!188 lambs. 990 12.501 17 lambs. 1210 13.5O 6 ewes.. uouii.wi luewea.. 90 500 I ' T i r fm nprnt n V. 1 - - . " v.t j .1 uo ar, as follows: . rattle : . rnce. Prime steers '. .$12.50 w 1 4.00 v,ooa to cnolce steers.... 11 ,00 1 2.00 1- H i I , ... irnni4 ... . Pair to good steers 8.50'.r 9.50 common to fair steers 7.50' 8.50 ' tows ajia neiters lO.oowllOO flood to choice cows and heifers 9 50-j10 50 i ii i . vi. iv. vuws. npii.rB,. B.;,tjft2 J , I-".v 1 r to mefilum . . u.-. tr ... o .... Canners '. Annan 5(iO Jju,!1 6.00-.D 9.00 Ca've" - 8.50 O13.00 Hogs Prime mixed . . 16.80i317.00 Medium mixed . . 16 50W16 75 Rough heavy ... . . 15.ooai6.oo P1f? - 14.00jfl3.25 Sheep t i 1 . . . Pair to medium iambs 9.00 a 11.00 j va-r.iiiKS ..................... 10.0011. .SO "Wethers ... fiAiiMin Ait Ewes c.'oo s!oo ORTGfNS OF LIVESTOCK LOADED Shipments to then Leading Markets of the Pacific Northwest. State origins of livestock loaded. January 10, 1919: Rattle. Horses.Mtxed Calvea.Uogs.Sheep.Muioa.Stock. Kor Portland- Washington . 1 . .... i Ttls. Portland 1 . . . One week ago ...... a Four weeks ago One year ago. . Knr Seattle Washington .... Ttls. Seattle. . One week ago.. Four weeks ago . One year ago. 1 10 14 sd i "I 8 .. Phone your -want ads to Th Orezo nian. Main 7070, A 5095, Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAUO, Jan. 20. IV. S. Kureau of jiarneia.) nogs receipts 41.0OO, market strong to luc higher than Saturday's aver age. Bulk of salts. $17.50'&il7.90: bntrhem $17.65C18: light, $17 17.65: packing, $16.60 (ffn.ou; mrowouts. $iOa'ltk.&0; pigs, good t choice. $13.25a15.25. Cattle Receipts 32.000. good and choice steers steady, otner butcher etoek and feed ers alow to lower. Calves steady. Beef cat tie, good choice and prime, $!6.50&2O: com mon and .medium. $9.76& 16.50; batcher stock, cows and heirers. $7.35(014.50: can. ners and cutters. $6.80v7.35; storkera and teeoers. gooa, cnolce and fancy, $10.50)14 inforior. common and medium, $ScP 10.56 veal calves, good and rholce, $lo.50iu-16. Bheep Receipts 31.000. choice lambs strong, otner classes opening steady. J,ambs choice and prime. $16. 604 16.75 : medium and good, $1516.60; culls, $11.513.75; ewes, choice and prime, $10.5010.85: medium and gooa, )s.:v)B1.-iij; culls, 'ai-75. Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA. Jan. 20. Hogs Receipts St. 000. j - m i . lower, ijisni hobs, unsajaoie; neavy. $16.9017.20; mixed. $16.9017.10: light. tit.0vitfi(.iu: pigs, tivvffii): duik or aales, $16.90---il 17.10. Cattle Receipts 7500, steady to 10315c higher. Native steers. $17.50918.50; cows and heifers. $7.50&14: Western steers, $10 ; jexas steers. J'j'ilinu; range cows and heifers. $7 (Til. 50; canners, $6,50614.50 calves, $8.5013.50; atockers and feeders. tm 11.20. Sheep Receipts 8700. steady. Culls, $589: wethers, $llt12.S0; ewes. 9,ill; lambs. iiii.e'i'---': leeaer latnos, fiutf u.iS; year lings, $1213. Seattle Livestock Market. - SEATTLE, Jan. 20. Hogs Receipts. 3115. Steady. Prime, $17.25c 1 7.40; medium to choice, $17.00 tf 17. 15. Rough heavies. $15.00 w 15.90; pigs. $15.0016.40. Cattle Steady. (No recelpts. Best steers. $11.50013 50; medium to choice, $10,500 11.00; common to good. $6.00()9.50; best cows and heifers. $8.50910.50; conimon to medium. $5.007.50; bulls.. $5.00 0' 8.00 calves, $7.00 12.50. . Metal Market. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Copper. nominal Electrolytic spot and first quarter, a0w23c! Iron nominal. No. 1 Northern and No. 1 Southern, $34 ft .17; No. 2 Northern and No. 2 Southern j;2.25 35.25. Lead dull. Spot offered at 7.05c; February 7c. - w York Sugar Market. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Raw sugar steady, centrifugal, $7.28; refined steady; cut loaf. $10.50; crushed. $10.25: mould A xn -,,, cubes, $9.75: XXXX powdered. S9.20; pow- FACTS NO. 424 SUBURBAN TRAFFIC The Government' is making everv ef fort to relieve railway freight conges tion by the establishment of motor truck service. This service is being inaugurated in every section of the country. In Oregon, and particularly around Portland, several motor trans portation companies have established regular lines with grratifyinjr results To make a complete success of tha service it is necessary that roads should De pavea with BITULITHIC TVAHREX BROTHERS COMPANY Jaarnat Bldgf Fertlaad, Ortson. dered, $9 15; fine granulated and diamond A. $; confectioner's A. $.9Q; No. T, $ 85. Money. Exchange, Ktc. NEW YORK, Jan. 20 Mercantile paper. J&5!4 per cent Sterling 60-day bills, $4.73 H; commercial C0-day bills on banks. $4.72; commercial 60-day bills. $4.72S; demand. $4.75 13-16-cables. $4.7655. Francs, demand 5.45 44. ca bles 5 45 Hi guilders, demand 42H. cables 42H; lire, demand 6.37, cables 6.35. Mexican dollars, 77iic. Time loans steady; 60 days. 90 days and six months. 5 per cent; call money steady; high, 4 (i per cent; low, S fJer cent; ruling rate. 4 i per cent; closing bid 3 per cent; offered at 3 per cent; last loan, per cent. LONDON. Jan. 20. Money. S per cent. ij-kviiiv laics, snort ana tnree months bills. 3 17-32 per cent. Eastern Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Jan. 20. Butter Lower. Creamery. 5660tic. Eggs Higher. Receipts 4203 cases: firts 5758H; ordinary firsts, 56'a58c; at mark! cases included. C7t58c - 1EW YORK. Jan. 20. Butter unsettled: creamery higher than extras. e-a&eS' creamery extras, eiViOei; ditto firsts. 58 S 61. Eggs Higher. Receipts 4203 rases; firsts. 60; fresh gathered regular packed extra firsts. 63064; ditto firsts. 61 624. Cheese firm: state current make specials, S6c; ditto average run. 33c. Naval Stores Market Closed. SAVANNAH, Ga.. Jan. 20. No naval stores market today. Holiday. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL JtEPORT. ner(?nrIL'i.?'"?' r- Jan- S0 Maximum tem perature, 4 degreen; minimum temperature. 4 degrees. River reading. 8 A. M . 13 3 t . 1 cna,n" ln 'ast 2t hourj, 1.3 feet rise. oc;j.ivmue- 1. tats. ..o mcnes. Sunrise 7-45 A-M.-; "u"'t- -:52,p- total sunshine. nP " Possible sunshine, 9 hours J4 minutes. Moonrise. 10:14 P. M. ; moonset. V.31 A. M Barometer (reduced sea level) 6 P M " 29.79 Inches; relative humidity at noon 93 per cent. THE) WEATHER. LOWER FOOD PRICES DUE! NECESSITY OF' CHEAPER COST ' TO CONSUMERS FEIT. j; t Wind 5 a 3 3 3- 2. 3 5 c. 2. 2 3 E STATIONS, 7 - "a 3 Stats of 3 5 : Weather. 5 5 I" I : : : 5 : . Boise Boston Calgary ....'. Chicago Denver ....... Dei Moines .. Ktireka tlalveston Helena ....... Juneau Kansas City.. Los Anrelea Man-hfleld .. Medford Minneapolis ... New Orl.Ani New York North Head ... North Yakima Phoenix Pocatello .... Portland . I Rn.hiir. . .... St. Louis . . . . . Salt Lake San Diego. . . . San Francisco. Seattle Xtrlfn Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island tValdez Walla Walla.. Washington Winnipeg .... 42 0.01 1 . . IS W 5O"n.0t' 'k 4S O.OO ll KW 3S, 0.001 . JNB 52 n.fni Id's 54 O.OOl. .j.VW 42-o.nn . .isb 52 O. 541 . .Is 56 0.00:121': 42;o:oii. .iSW 21 O.Olj. .1 it-'-ii. iir . . i.s 600.04j. .ISW 4SIO.S2I. .SW 50 0.0S'. ,SW :m o.o. .isb 6O 0.00 . 44 0. 0O-20 SW 40 0.08 32 S 46 0.041. . SB 6 O.OOi. ,!W 42 0.01 . ,W 48 O.60'. ,SW 60 o.:tsi. . ;s 56 1 .081 . si 62 0.00 16 S 28) 5 111 A r. 62'O.OJ!. . 60-o.nst . . 42-0. ooj . . 34 O.OOi. . 38 O.OOl. 4211. Oil. . 46 O.Olj. . 14'll.O5 8HiO,6l. .IS O.OOI. .iSE :n ij.iiii JPE IW SB E N SB K NE 'I - - IS jOlnudy Rain IClear Clear ' Pt. clemdv Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy ( 'lea r ICloudy IClear Cloudy Kain Rain IClear Clear Rain lMoudy clear Cloudv Cloud v cioudy lear Clear Cloudy Clear It'lear ln.nr ' Tloudy l"t. clo KMondy rtain Snow Rain Clear ICloudy londy t A. M. today. P. M report of preceding day. TOHKCASTS. Pnrtl-ini' mwA . . . .. i i .. n . . - - -1 . - v v rruDtD y rain: in -cretng boullierly winds. in. in- IncVerng utheV""wi'nda. """V TUn- iviino occasional rsln. KKWARn I.. WKf.l.S. M.t.i.-n!rdM Corn Market Is Adversely Affected by Reports of Pressure on Congress. CHICAGO. Jan. 20.t Assertions that food administration officials recognized the ne cessity of lower prices for consumers had a decided bearish effect today on corn. The market closed heavy at 34?,c net decline, with February $1.2ST ei.29'4 and May $1.24', 01.25. Oats lost lUlS. In provi sions the outcome ranged from 57c off to an advance of 2 centa Bearish sentiment as to com appeared to spring chiefly from reports of pressure on Congress. 10 assist in lowering the cost of foodstuffs. In this connection, an influential trade authority was quoted as saying he had learned unofficially that from now on food administration statements. Instead of enhancing values with famine talk, would be of a nature to exercise an opposite Influence Oats went down grade with corn. Support was lacking. Provisions reflected the weakne-ps of grain. Higher quotations on bogs formed only a temporary check. , Leading futures ranged as follows: CORN. 9PW JUPh- l-- Close. M,r 12. 1.2S 1.24 V, 1.24 s OATS. Feb. . .6754 .674 .66 .66 May ...... .674 .677, .66i .66 MKSS PORK. ?.an- 46 no M" 40.00 39S5 39.S3 LARD. Jan. May 23.65 23.65 23.32 SHORT RIBS. Jn 24.S5 2477 24 77 22.27 22.30 22.00 2200 v. pnees were: 23 35 23.35 Corn No. 3 yellow. $1.53(91.87: No. 4 yel low. 1.29pi.32; No. 5 yellow. $1.23(1 JS oSai.'rNo- 3 5V4tf67c: standard, 660 6Sc ye No. 2. $l.2fM.S2H. Barley SScm$1 02. Timothy $8 10.50. Clove. Nominal. Pork Nominal. I-ard $23..-..-.. Ribs $23.50-5 24.75. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINVKAPOi.is. Jan. 20. Barley. $4! Klax. $3,324)3.34. "' Grain at San Francisco. BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. Flour $1143 per barrel. . ' w Grain Wheat. Federal haals. $2.20- white ,d a.,s. unquo"u: California, yelUrw corn. - '-IS J: barley feed. $2.17Vs. "r Wheat or wheat and oata. $"2e24 tame oats. $21i23.50: barlev. $16U1S al falfa. l6W2o: barley straw, 6O,S0c Meals Alfalfrt, $36: cocoamit unquoted. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Ttirtha. ..yOLFE To Mr. and Mrs. John P Volfe "'L.1"'1' fianders. January 10. a daughter JTT To Mr. and Mra. WUllam B VVatJ Brighton. Or.. January 1:1, ,1 ,on "ait. JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. Wtlllsm L. Johnson. 53 Clackamas. January lo. a son n HATHAWAY-To Mr. and Mr. Varren G. Hathaway. January 14. a son " PAl NDKUS -To Mr. .and Mrs. Lewis I. Saund. rs. ..)., l-.n.t Forty-ninth North, Jan uary s? a OatiKlilcr. J. Bradsherrv, R506 Forty-seven th avenue January 11. a son. F. RICK SON To Mr. and Mrs. Carl C Erlckon. 990 Kast Kelly, January 0 a son' SHEAKKU To Mr. ''and Mrs. Le?l"s Shearer. 1004 Kast Fifteenth. January U a son. t'ABVFl.L To Mr. and Mrs. Oenrg K Carvell. 398 East Thirty-seventh. January si a tlmirliter. JOHNSTON- To Mr. and Mrs. John IT Jor-r.Kton. 573 Fast Oak. .tan nan- 12. a son MAN N" To Mr. and Mrs. K. W. .Mann. 72 East Klghty-serond. January 0. a son. BKCHTHOI.D To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Be.htliol.l. 818 East Tenth, a son. SHKTTF.L To Mr. and Mra W. Roy Ph-ttel. 475 PrerT"rt. .1 nnx 16 s e.n WE OWN AND OFFER. SUBJKCT TO PRIOR SALE AND CHANGE TN PRICE: GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL BONDS OREGON 100.000 "Astoria. Sanitary and RecUm.. 5.000 Astoria, Oregon. Water 468 -Astoria, City of. Municipal 2.500 t Astoria. Ore., Imp. Sr. Ko. IS.. 2.500 t 2.500 t " " " 2.000 t 64Sf- " - " 2.000 Bend, City Of. Ore.. Fire. FnniA 3.000 " . 20.000 Portland. Ore.. Water " 50.000 'Portland. City of. Ore, Dock.... 15.000 Warrenton. City of. Ore.. Muni.. WASHINGTON' 3.000 Kinur Co.. Wash.. Harbor Imp.. 1.000 Seattle. City of. Wash 1.000 'Seattle. City of. Wash.. S. D.... 5.000 'Seattle. City of. Wash.. S D 1.000 tYakima County. Wash., Road... IDAHO 1.000 tCoeur d'Alene. 2.000 t 1.000 'Goodinsr Co.. Ida.. High, and Bdge. 3.000 " 3.000 3.000 - ' 3.000 ' - " 2.000 - .. Rate .. 5 . . 5 . . 6 . . .. 6 .. 6 . . 6 .. C .. 6 .. 4 43 S 4 '.a Maturity A&O 1S28-58 J&J 1SI7 Sept 193S F&A l3l K&A 19S2 F&A 1934 FA 193S K&A 1938 MAVS 1931 M&S 1932 Mft3 1937 JD 1943 M&X 192S-J8 .TAV.T 1914 M&N- 192 M&N 1918 M&N' 1956 J.S:J 1920 Price 100.00 100.00 To Net To Net To Net To Net To Net To Net To Net To Net 93.66 97.08 100.00 Yield 5.00 5.00 5.40 6.25 6.23 5.30 6.35 5.35 5.25 5.25 4.50 4.70 6.00 Idaho, Refdgr. J.T J&J J&J J&-.I J.T TAJ JJ J&J J.T J J J.T J.T 192.-; 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 19S1 1934 1939 1922 1954 1921 99.04 95.00 98.55 98.85 101.50 103.S3 104.35 101-87 103.87 102.87 103.87 102.87 102 $7 CANADA 81.000 JAlberta, Province of E'j 50.000 'Greater Winnipeg- Water r 9.900 tGreater Winnipeg Water . . 27.000 "Greater Winnipeg Water 5 75.000 Montreal. Cit5t.of. Pro. of Quebec 6 67,000 tMontreal, City of. Pro. of Quebec 6 16.000 'Toronto, City of. Ont 5 1.000 'Toronto. City of. Ont 5 -Denotes fractional bond. tDenotes bonds of $300 denomination. 1 notes bonds of $1000 denomination. IDenotes bonds of $100. $500 $1000 denomination. MAN 192J J&D 1922 J&D 1921 J&D 1923 100.00 96.88 100.00 97.71 100.94 100.88 98.55 97.70 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.70 6 20 6.23 5.25 6.50 6.50 5.50 5 50 5.50 6.50 5 SO 6.00 6.00 6.00 5.73 5.75 6.73 6.75 De-and LIBERTY BONDS If yon sanst SELL. your Liberty Bonds. SF.1,1, ta tS. If Jon r BUY more- Liberty Roada. BUY from US. We boy aad sell Liberty Beids mt the market. YOU CANNOT DO BKTTKB YOU MAY DO WO R.IK; The closing prices of LIBERTY PONDS on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, January 20. were aa follows: 3Vs lot 4s 4s lst4',s 2d 4 ".is 3d4t; 99.10 94.18 93.80 96.02 95.06 95.86 4th 4 'is 91.96 SiFE DEPOSIT VAULTS MORRIS BROTHERS; Inc. The rresiler Municipal Road Ilonse Established Over 25 Y'ears 3O0-31 1 STARK STREET. BET. 5TH AND 6TII (GROUND FLOOR) Telephone Broadway SIS1 TAXAK To Mr-. and Mrs. Kalehl Tanaka. 00 North Third. January 1. a son. TUNC To Rev. and Mrs. Lee Tons;. 3206 Couch. January 4. a son. KILLIUN' To Mr. and Mrs. William E. Kt'lion. 034 Kaat Ankeny, January li, a daoshter. Vaneonvrr Marriace Licenses. JONES-TtKRNARD Bvron Jones 40 of Oreron City, Or., snd Miss Annls Bernard. Irjra). of oreicon City, Or. If AMMKR-MOORK Gwt Hammer. 33 of iiesttis. Wash., and Mrs. Edith C. Moore, .1. of lortlnnd. MARTINSON-MATCOCTC Rltner Martin son. 24. of Marion. Mh.. and Miss Alta Mayeock. 23. of Portland. ANPKnW-MMvr.l. A'-erl Wllllom Anderson. Tecal. of Portland, and Miss Ethel Beatrice Klmmel. IS. of Portland. Belgium Pcr-ccrate California Boy. CENTRAI.IA. Wash, Jan. 20. (Spe cial.) Word has been received here by friends that Serreant Edfrar Berry, a member of the 91st Division, waa re cently decorated for bravery by the Kins; of Relcium. The soldier, whosa home is in California, visited here fre quently while ha was stationed at Camp Lewis. $5,000,000 The Laclede Gas Light Company First Mortgage Collateral and Refunding Ten-Year 7 Gold Bonds, Series "A". Convertible at the option of the holder into either the Common Capital Stock of the Company, par for par, or morteeethTS,iri "RT" B Thirty-Year S? Bond, of the Company iued under. theP .ame mortgage, the Series A Bonds to be computed at par and the Series "B" Bonds at a 5V2 income basis. Dated January 1, 1919 Due January Jf 1929 Interest payable semi-annually February I and August I. In Saint Louis or New York. Coupon bond, ,.iraM-. a. t nnl exchangeable tor tully registered bonds; coupon bonds are in interchangeable denominations of $1000. $500. $100. and fully registered bonds may be issued in denominations of $1000 or any multiple thereof. Coupon and registered forms are tully interchangeable Redeemable at any time upon 30 days' published notice at 102 and accrued interest . if redeemed prior to January 1, 1922. and at 101 and accrued interest if redeemed on or after that date. AUTHORIZED ,BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI Interest Payable Without Deduction for Federal income Taxes Now or Hereafter Deductible at the Source, Not in Excess of 2o APPLICATION WILL BE MADE TO LIST THESE BONDS ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE issoun, great present estimated From a letter address lo u, by C. L. Holman. Eq.. President of the Company we summarize the following thTfof.Urt ?"LiJm,Psn dce a" t!Ie ga buin the City of Saint Louis, Mi the fourth largest city of the United State, and a manufacturing and distributing city of uStof o50000 tl0n haVm ,ncrea'ed from 451'770 in 1890 to a present esti s,rlT.ki 5i'fnyfOPeuraLeSi.Und-er "Pjf1. chart- which, in the opinion of counsel, is perpetual, and the validity of which ha, been established by the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. These bonds are now secured by a direct mortgage lien upon all the Company's physical fnTe I'S tUhP07h ret,remf.nt ? the First Mortgage Bonds, due May 1, 1919, wSl .LreequaUy ,m the lien of the then existing first mortgage of the Company. The issuance of additional bonds is carefully safeguarded under the mortgage. The physical condition of the property is excellent in every respect, it being the policy of the management to maintain its plant at all times in first-class condition. Pcy Net Earnings of the Company show a wide margin over all interest requirements. WE RECOMMEND THESE BONDS FOR INVESTMENT Price $100 and Interest All statements herein are official, or based on information which we regard as reliable, and. while we do not guarantee them they are the data upon which we have acted in the purchase of this security. HALSEY, STUART & CO. INCORPORATED SrCCKPftORS TO N. W. HALSEY & CO., CHICAGO 209 SOUTH LA SALLE ST. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA DETROIT BOSTON MILWAUKEE ST. LOUIS These bonds have all been sold this advertisement appears as a matter of record only.