TIIE 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
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Washington
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t A. M. today. P. M report of preceding day.
TOHKCASTS.
Pnrtl-ini' mwA . . . .. i i .. n . .
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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.