THE MORNING OliEG OXf AN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1020
20
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BASEMENTS
SPREAD DISEASES
Dr. Parrish Reports Unsani
tary Conditions in Portland.
HOMES ARE FILTHY, DAMP
Conditions in New York Tenement
Districts No Worse Than Here,
Declares Health Officer.
Tnusual spread of contagious dis
eases in Portland is due, to great ex
tent, to the unsanitary condition in
which hundreds of Portland residents
are housed. Throughout the city are
: families ranging from three to eight
persons, who maintain their homes
in dark, damp and dirty basements
two rooms in most instances wher
light rarely ever penetrates and
where pure air is a luxury.
Such is the condition found by City
Officer Parrish after days of investi
gation, and the only remedy which
can be offered is the building of hun
dreds of small cottages in the suburbs
of the city which can be offered to
rent to people who are now forced to
accept unfavorable locations, and,
according to Dr. Parrish, pay exces
sive rents for them.
Aaniri Cannot Be Had.
"The majority of the sick whom
we visit' now," said Dr. Parrish, "are
persons housed in one and two rooms
in basements or shacks. Not only are
these places filthy, dark, damp and
miserable in every respect, but no
facilities of any kind are available,
which might be used in the care of
such people.
"It is almost impossible to obtain
nurses who are willing to subject
themselves to such conditions, and as
a result, when one person becomes the
victim of a contagious disease in such
quarters, it follows that every mem
ber also becomes ill.
"Portland people unaware of these
homes would gasp with astonishment
could they visit some of them. Condi
, ; - tions in notorious Tenement districts
.' of New York are not a whit worse
r..:th.in in some of these basement
'apartments' in Portland."
, C'ottngen Are Advocated.
i Dr. Parrish plans to submit a com
- plete report to- the city council, rec-
ommending that some active steps be
taken to bring about a revival of
-z building small cottages for people
'-" now housed in improper places.
' --- The city health officer also ex
pressed discouragement over the fail
ure of the city council to provide
funds with which to construct a con- j
tagious hospital. If Portland had an
-. adequate contagious hospital, he said,
- ' people who are ill and quartered in
'--basement rooms, could bo removed
o - and given proper care, thus avoiding
a spread of disease.
llonpitnl Facilities Inadequate.
Portland, with an estimated popu-
-lation of 350,000, has but 1050 hos-
. pital beds, with no provision for
handling contagious cases under one
--- roof. Influenza cases are cared for
. at the barracks in South Portland,
in a makeshift manner; smallpox pa
- tients are removed to the jail quarters
of Kelly Butte rockpiie, while other
contagious patients who have no
facilities at home are removed to
rrthe contagious ward of St. Vincent's
. - hospital, whpre for more than two
years the authorities have threatened
to refuse to care for such persons, but
always have finally consente'd to treat
- them. Under present arrangement.
- " the contagious ward at the hospital
.""Twill operate until the end of the
spring season, when the hospital au
thontics have decided the arrangc-
merits must end.
Members of the city council claim
- no money is available for the pro-
posed contagious hospital, and in th
--meantime cases of contagious dis
; cases become greater in number each
day, according to Dr. Parrish.
;
upon his return to Tacoma. The breaker, two Linn county cities have
father. W. P. Lockwood of Seattle, is higher rates, Lebanon's total being
the only surviving r.ear relative. E. 45.4 mills and that of Harrisburg be
C. Lockwood and William Medley of ing 43.2 mills. Levies in the other
this city and J. a Medley, Mrs. Dar- cities and towns of the county are
win Bristow and Mrs. Martha Little- as follows: Scio, 40.2 mills; Browns
field of Eugene are uncles and aunts, ville, 37.7 mills; Halsey, 31.2 mills;
, Sweet Home, 27.7 mills; Sodaville,
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Feb. 11. 24.1 mills.
Mrs. Stella Frances La Blue died Special city levies for city expenses
Monday at Row River, less than a only of the various cities and towns
week from the date of the death of of Linn county follow:
her husband. David La Blue, both of Albany. 14.7 mills: Brownsville, 14.7
whom were victims of influenza and mills; Halsey, 8.3 mills; Harrisburg,
me oniy two in this section or me n,j mills: Lebanon, 20.1 mills; scio,
county to succumb to the malady. 1 11.9 mills; Sodaville, 4.S 'mills; Sweet
airs, ia Blue s illness was aggra- Home. 11 mills.
vated by the birth of a child upon the The amount of money which each
day of her husband's funeral. It I city will receive from the 1919 tax
lived but a few hours, but there are roll of the county, pursuant to these
five surviving children. Mrs. La Blue I special citv levies, provided the taxes
waa uurn in jowa ana was aa years are all paid, follows:
of age. Interment was in the Mulkey I Albany. $52,747.48; Brownsville,
Si I IT
FLOUR
83101.67; Halsey, 12007.63; Harrisburg,
84245.05; Lebanon, 1818.372.20; Scio,
$1399.83; Sodaville. 8134.13; Sweet
Home. $487.30.
cemetery at Eugene today.
Word of the death of Mrs. Alice W.
Pomeroy at Tulsa, Ok la., yesterday
noon, was received in Portland last
night. Pneumonia, as the result of
influenza, was the cause. She was
the only daughter of A. F. Wheeler,
551 Rodney avenue, and was 45 years
old. She was born in Salem, but most
of her life was spent in this city,
where she was graduated from the
grammar and high schools. She re
sided for a number of years also with
her husband, W. A. Pomeroy, in Mex
ico and Western Australia. Funeral
arrangements have not been made. Birthday of Lincoln to Inspire
uui iiiLcuucui win ue in ikivervicw
XEW MEMBERS TO BE ADDED
TO CLCB TODAY.
cemetery.
THE DALLES, Or.. Feb. 11. (Spe
cial.) Never ill a day in his life until
he contracted pneumonia a few days i
ago, Robert Xelley, 75 years of age.
old-time resident of The Dalles, died
last night in Spokane, Wash.
Workers Into Lining Up Ad'
hcrents Into Solid Unit.
All is in re'adiness for the special
membership drive of the Roosevelt
Republican club this forenoon. Mem'
The deceased was sheriff of Wasco bers have been instructed to gather
county for many years. He is sur-I at the Realty Board headquarters in
vived by three daughters, Mrs. P. J. the Henry building at 9:45 this morn
Stadelman. Mrs. Grace Norman of this ing and honor the birthday of Lin
city and Mrs. E. U. Harrison of Fort- I coin by adding at least five mem-
land.
CORVALLIS, Or.. Feb. 11. (Spe
cial.) Charles Hoffmeyer of Philo
math, 61, died yesterday at St. Mary's
hospital, Albany, where he was taken
recently for treatment. Death re'
suited from organic heart disease.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon at New
ton under the auspices of the I. O
O. F.
RIGID USE OF LAW BEGINS
." "3fcv Influenza Cases Number 110;
Two Deaths Toll for Day.
More rigid enforcement of the quar
. " nntine laws relating to influenza pa-
tients were ordered yesterday by City
- - Health Officer Parrish In an effort to
7 break the increase in the numbers of
;' new cases of the disease. Yesterday's
records show that 110 new cases de-
veloped while two deaths resulted in
Portland from influenza.
All persons who are found leaving
or entering homes which are quaran
tined will be arrested, according to
r Dr. Parrish.
-'- Persons who have engaged nurses
. to care for the sick are urged to re-
lease such nurses as soon as possible,
because of the shortage of nurses in
Portland. He also urges that all prac
tical nurses willing to handle pneu
monia and influenza cases register
" with the city health bureau or the
American Red Cross.
Obituary.
bers each.
Under the direction of Municipal
Judge Rossman, the workers for
unified republican party will sally
forth in two-man teams. It is ex
pected that there will be a large
round-up of republicans pledged to
the clubs slogan, A sweeping re
publican victory,
At present the club has a member
ship of more than 200 in Portland
and organization of- branch clubs in
other sections of the state is under
way.
In this connection Judge Rossman.
who is chairman of the special com
mittee in charge of the drive, issued
instructions to the club members
covering today's drive in which he
AADEKSOX SYSTEM DISTRIB- stated that only republicans of rec-
neriizpri stundinfir should be ftD-
nuu H"UA3 JU-o. nrnarhed todav.
'We want just one kind of repub
lican," said Rossman, "and that is the
voter who is willing to get behind
the party's nominees after the pri
maries and work for their election.
The club is pledged to back no pri
mary candidate, t)Ut it is organized
to go the limit for the party and its
t ii 4k. i, i. I regularly chosen nominees.
lr nh, f knni. urt m,n,in.. War some 01 me ciuomen inaoors, m-
to the Jumber camps throughout the Uor Clarence Hotchkiss, executive sec-
nnrthu-rsr entirelv free of charire reiary, nas ainiiseu iu . rS..-..;r i.
1, . V,n,, ,, t ha nffira nnfl I In e 111 U CIS IV IIU CIlgAKe III muaj 11 ' 1 "
i,.nir,o. .,.i, th ,i Th oso who fail to appear will be
collection boxes have been re-painted caned on later to go out ana ecu
and additional boxes installed. The specified number of membership
collection boxes, in which the people applications.
are asked to deposit their old maga
zines ana books, now numDer aim r mirm riiinn ii-r-M
are placed in many of the office and HOOD RIVER FINDS "ACE
public biyldings throughout the city.
Collection Boxes Placed in City for
Receipt of AU Spare Books
and Magazines.
Last week four truck loads of reading
matter was handled in this way. After
it is received from donation the read
ing material is sorted and sent out to
lumber -nil logging camps all over
Oregon.
Veteran Aviator Plans Mid-Colum
bia Aerial Service.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. 11. (Spe
cial.) The Hood River commercial
'We want the people to get busy club has discovered an ace of
and look over their garrets, libraries France" in R. Clay Crawford, now
and store rooms." said Robert B. Wat- physical director at the Hood River
son, head of the organization in Port- high school. With the commercial
land, "and to pull out every book body's backing, Mr. Crawford, pro-
which they do not want and every poses next summer to establish a
magazine which they have finished I mid-Columbia aerial passenger serv-
reading and to place them in the I ice. Mr. Crawford, a veteran of the
boxes down town, where we can col- I British royal air service ana later on
lect them. In this way they will be
made to give additional service. There
are thousands of workers in the lum
ber industry waiting to read,
reading matter must be brought to
them. The books and magazines are
distributed free of charge to th
camps, where workers and employers
as well can get thorn
LINCOLN'S FRIENDS MEE
Acquaintances of Emancipator Rc
new Old Times at HoocI River
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. 11. (Spe
cial.) Smith Slimmcl of Fargo. N. D.
who delivered an address Sunday
night on his reminiscences of Abra
ham Lincoln, under auspices of the
Riverside Community church forum,
while in the city called on E. L.
Smith, a pioneer of the community
and the last surviving resident wes
of the Mississippi river who attended
the republican national convention in
Chicago in l&bo when Lincoln re
ceived his first nomination. Mr.
Stimmcl, who for' two years before
Lincoln's assassination had been
member of his bodyguard, is on
tour of the coast lecturing.
Several years ago, when North Da
kota presented Norway with a bust
of Lincoln, Mr. Stimmel was chosen
as a member of a commission that
carried the bust to Christianla.
walla walla, Wash.. Feb. 11.
(Special.) Joseph Schuler, 87, one of
the pioneers of the northwest, died
Tuesday morning of influenza. He
was a nauve oi rwiizenana and came
to America in ISat. going to Califor
nia in 1S59. He bought a pack train
and operated this for 18 years, win
tering in Walla Walla each year. In
1S78 he sold out and became pack-
master for General Howard in north
ern Idaho. The same year he took up
a stock ranch in Walla Walla county
and lived in a log cabin until 1900.
when he retired and came to Walla
Walla to live.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 11.
(Special.) -August Johnson, a resi
dent of Brush Prairie for 17 years,
died at his home Monday night at the
age of 64 years. He had been a mail
carrier there for 15 years, and a resi
dent of the northwest for 40 years.
He is survived by his widow, four
daughters. Mrs. Frank Van Atta of
Wilder. Idaho: Mrs. Merritt Van Atta
of Brush Prairie, Wash., Miss Helen
and Miss Agnes at home, and a son,
Carl Johnson at home. A sister, Mrs.
Henry Monderson. lives in this city
Mr. Johnson was a member of the
Swedish Lutheran church. Funeral
arrangements have not yet bean
nade
made
SCAPPOO
ciaD Henr
SCAPPOOSE. Or., Feb. 11. (Spe-
ary C. Lamberson, a pioneer
'-of 1845, was buried in the family lot
" at Scappoose Sunday. He was 75
years old. The Timothy Lamberson
family settled on what is now the
West farm in Scappoose in 1845. The
deceased was the youngest of a large
family. He leaves three children,
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Feb.
Within less than two weeks from the
time he brought the body of his
mother here from Tacoma for burial,
Dale M. Lockwood was buried here
this morning, death having occurred
Monday at Tacoma. He never recov
ered from what at first seemed a
trifling illness which rnme :-;on him
SERVICE MEN HONORED
Albany Lodge of Oddfellows Holds
Reception to Hero Members.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 11. (Special.)
The Albany lodge of Oddfellows held
a reception tonight in honor of mem
bers who were in the service, the
event having been postponed until the
arrival of First Lieutenant Alvin C.
Baker, a past noble grand.
Gale S. Hill, district attorney of
Linn county, delivered the address of
welcome. Captain Frank M. Powell
responded for the soldiers and Delmar
Gildow for the, sailors and marines.
Dr. George H. Young of Albany, chair
man of Linn county chapter. Red
Cross, throughout the war, delivered
an address, and Lieutenant Baker
gave an interesting talk on the work
of the army abroad.
THEATER DEAL ANNOUNCED
New Vancouver House Planned to
Seat 1800.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 11.
(Special.) J. P. Kiggins, county com
missioner and local Iraiisement mag
nate, today announced that he will
build a new theater here to seat 1800
persons, with a new pipe organ, stage
for road shows and nursery with maid
in charge for children. Mr. Klgglns
has three moving picture houses here.
While the location has not been
en out yet. It Is said to be on Main
street, and the new house will prob
ably be ready for use in the fall.
ALBANY LEVY IS HIGH
Record Assessments Made in AH
Linn County Cities.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 11. (Special.)
Taxpayers in Albany will pay on a
total levy of 43.1 mills on the 1919
assessment roll, which will be turned
over for collection soon. This is by
far the largest levy in the history ol
this city.
Though Albany s levy Is a record-
an American aviator, is owner, of
steel-sheeted French plane, which will
accommodate three passengers.
The commercial club will assist i
securing a landing field. A commit
tee. composed of D. L. Pierson, C. N.
Ravlin and Leslie Butler, was aP'
pointed.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Marrlmce License.
BAKER-GREENWOOD Charles D.
Rikrr. 404 East Fortieth street Nortl
and Marina K. Greenwood, legal, 6:105 East
Kortv-ninth street Southeast.
VAN LOO-DWIRB Frank Van Loo, 23,
732 East Thirteenth street, and Violei
Dwire, 'Jl, 7."2 East Thirteenth street.
RI7CJO-DILLON P. B. Buck. 21. 6:
Flanders street, and Marie Dillon, lega,
KJ4 Flanders street.
FERi'.USON-PUTNAM Frank FcrRUSon,
4.1. Eaitle Creek, Or., and Golda Putnam,
lcral l in West Emerson street.
HEIGEI.-VI.NCENT Mike Heigel, 32,
547 Tavlor street, and Adeline Vincent,
it: rn Kn.t Kicrhth street North.
WORT H-LI ND HOLM Louis I. Worth
leeal. 61 Tlona street, and Helen A Lind
hnlm. leeai. :!i- Syracuse street.
KOTER A-PONDER LICE K Joseph M.
Kotera. I'l. Malin. Or., and Annette F
Pnnrlerllrek. 18. Hillcrest drive.
QUEIROLI-ROCCA AmDrOBIO M. VlUel
roll. 35. Vancouver. Wash., and Elisa Roc
ca, -1, obu .asl rourieenm sireeu
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. Or.. Feb. 11. Maximum
temperature, 53 degrees: minimum tem
perature, degrees. River reading, 8
A. M.. 1.8 feet: change in last -4 hours,
0.6-foot fall. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to
I. M.). none: total rainfall since Sep
tember J. IBIH. Ul.ss inches; normal rain
fall since September 1. 2S.17 inches: defi
ciency or rainfall since September i, mm,
6.34 inches. Sunrise, i :-l A. M.: sunset,
5::;o P. M.; tota sunshine, 10 hours u min
utes; possioie sunsnine, ju nours min
utes. Moonrlse. l:un a. .u. : moonset,
10:47 A. M. Barometer (reduced sea lev
el), 5 P. M., S0.:i0 inches. Relative humid
ity: 5 A. M.. 8S per ceut; noon, til per cent
5 P. M., 55 per cent.
- THE WEATHER.
Government Buying in This
Zone Continues Light.
PRICE IS NOT CHANGED
Interior Mills Find Eastern Outlet
for Their Product Demand for
Wheat Has Not Revived.
The grain corporation bought more flour
yesterday than last week, but By no means
its usual quantity. Offerings were lighter
than usual and only a part of the flour
offered was taken, the other bids being re
Jected as too high. The flour purchased,
it Is understood, was at the old price of
$10 a barrel, alongside ship. The mills
In. the Interior appear- to be finding an
eastern outlet for their flour and this, it
Is said, accounts for the smaller offerings
to 'the government.
The wheat market was quiet in th
northwest. No demand from coast mill
was reported. Dealers offered to sell
soft wheat at 20 cents premium but farm-
era, as a rule, were off the market. Min
neapolis wheat was 5 cents higher.
Coarse grains were also quiet but th
undertone of the market was firmer. Corn
bids were SO cents higher at the Mer
chants' Exchange and clipped oats were
up 11.50. There -were no bids for
sacked oats or barley.
Regarding the corn market in Great
Britain as affected by the exchange sit
uatlon, Broomhall cables:
'Corn stocks are only moderate and
merchants are holding their supplies for
the reason that no sales of Plate are
possible at prices anywhere near the max
imum. The drop in the rate of ex
change has had the tendency to advance
prices in the United Kingdom. During
the next two months Europe will face
small stocks and a strong demand, due to
the cold weather. Yellow Plate on the
Buenos Ayres market Is not firmly held,
Given good weather until harvest and
plenty of help we will no doubt see
large crop. However, if exchange rates
do not improve, the crop will do nobody
very much good. The Importation of for
eign oats is nearly at a standstill. Native
grades are firmly held and the demand
is greatly. in excess of the supply."
Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported
by the Merchants' Exchange as follows:
Portland. Wed ol 10 3 10
Year ago 4 .... 8 .... - 17
Sea'n to datc.5Stl ltsfl 27S5 400 127:1
Year ago 6121 803 1728 037 2JSo
Tacoma. Tues 33 1 . . . .
Year ago 7 9
Sea'n to date. 4011 OS .... 144 6-t."i
Year ago 4601 27 .... ' l;:2 HSU
Seattle. Tues. 17 2 2 7
Year ago 8 .... 2 8
Sea'n to date. 4411 227 028 B47 1021
Year ago .4700 52 077 501 2151
STATIONS.
Wind
Weather.
Baker 22 400. 00.. Is Clear
Boise 20 44 0.00 10 NW Clear
Boston 24 4010. 00 .. W Clear
Calgary 12 4SI0.00 .. N Clear
Chicago .... 22 X2I0.02 10!XE Snow
Denver 2B SS0.00..SE Clear
Des Moines.. 28 320.00 . . NW Snow
Eureka 3S 52:0.00 . . N Clear
Galveston ... 54 60 0.02 lBlSE Rain
Helena 16 40 0.00:26'SW Clear
tJuneau 31! '4011 .261 .. W Rain
Kansas City. 36 48)0.00 10 N Cloudy
Los Angeles. 40 62l0.00 . . SW Clear
Marshfield .. 26 5S O.0O . . NW Clear
Medford .... 22 56'0.00..W Clear
Minneapolis . 12 14 0.00 .. W Clear
New Orleans IW 6210.00 .. SE Cloudy
New' York .. 3i 40 0.00 .. s Clear
North Head. 40 4110.00 20 N Clear
Yakima .... 22 4X10.00., S Clear
Phoenix .... 3S 5S 0.00 . . W Clear
Pocatello ... 20 420. 00.. W Pt. cloudy
Portland ... 33 5310.00 . . SW Clear
Roseburg ... 261 54 0. OOl. . NW Clear
Sacramento . 3S 600.001.. s Clear
St. Louis ... 36 56 0.011114 X Clear
Salt Lake .. 281 40I0.00L.SW Clear
San Diego .. 441 6010.00 .. NW Clear
S. Francisco. 48l 62 0.00:12 W Clear
Seattle 1301 .IS O. 001. .SW Cloudy
Sitka 3814210. .IS . .IW Cloudy
Spokane 2.SI 34'O.OoL . 8 Cloudy
Tacoma 2S 3S 0.0l. .In Cloudy
Tatoosh Isld. 421 44 0.00 14'SW Cloudy
tValdez 26,3010.4 . .is Clear
Walla Walla 301 nolo. 00 . .Is Clear
Washington. 301 3SI0.00 . . iE Clear
Winnipeg 61 I..ISW Cloudy
tA. M. today. P. M. report of preced
ing day. '
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair; northerly
inds.
Oregon and Washington Fair: ronri
rtherly winds.
Idaho Thursday, fair. -
SOFT, 1'ROSTED APPLES CLEANED VP
Eastern Sales of Oregon Fruit Checked By
Infavorable Weather.
In tho local apple market soft and
frosted stock has about cleaned up and
this has improved the situation consider
able, altbougb the demand for good fruit
continues backward. Prices are not ma
terially changed. Oregon apple shipments
Tuesday were 16 cars.
The New York market is still suffering
from the effect of the snow storm and
trading is not active. Quotations on Ore
gon Delicious, extra fancy, were wired as
$3.653ji4; Spitzenbergs, fancy, $2.752.00;
Rorues, extra fancy, $2.753.25 and Wine-
saps, extra fancy, S.t.2o3.u0. At yester
day's New York auction 805 boxes of
Oregon Newtowns, extra fancy, sold at
J'.'.o0&3, an average of (2.51, and 84 boxes
of frozen Newtowns at fl.b02.05, an
average of fl.85.
Three cars of Hood River apples were
sold at tho Philadelphia auction. Ortley,
extra fancy, large, brought 13.75 4, av
erage, $3.78; medium to small, $3.20
3.6a, average, $3.45; Spitzenberg, extra
fancy, some frozen, medium to large,
$2.803.05, average $2.95; small, $2.75gf
3, average, $2.90; bottoms, $2.152.40, av
erage, $2.29.
Quotations from Washington, f. o. b.
points were wired as follows:
Wenatchee Winesaps, fair to medium,
$2.40; choice, small to large, $t.UOig2.10;
Romes, fair to medium, $2, medium to
large', $1.75.
Yakima Winesaps, extra fancy, small
to large, $2.90, car run, $2.65, small, $2.15. j
Other districts No sales reported.
THE rOTATO MARKET IS STEADIER
Shipments From All Districts Decline In
Past Week. '
There is a steadier feeling in the local
potato market, but without change in price
of Burbanks or Gems. White seed po
tatoes are quoted in large lots at $3 and
some Early Rose In small lots as high as
$5. Shipments of Oregon potatoes Tues
day were one car each to Stockton, Rose
ville and Portlund.
Oregon potato shipments in the past
week were only 15 cars, against 26 cars
last week. Total shipments from all states
were 2190 cars, compared with 2610 cars
in the previous week. Shipments for the
season to date and the total for last sea
son follow:
La st
To dale, sphh'ii
California 7,803 10.350
Colorado . .,. 7.709 13.647
Idaho 6.:!31 7.71M
Maine 14.SS1 19.026
Michigan 6.450 11.063
Minnesota 17,814 23.515
Montana 44 '771
Nebraska 1,510 ' 3.S23
Nevada... i:r,t t-
New York 2.297 lO.usu I
Oregon 592 l.twj
Pennsylvania 2,743 2.119
Washington 2.007 2.914
Wisconusin 13.952 2o(i5ri
Sections through shipping. 117,573 24,847
Totals 130,504 176.536
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the northwestern
cities yesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland $6,050,723 $1,212,087
Seattle 6,910,496 1,453,142
Tacoma 813,996 236.240
Spokane 2,185,066 657,19$
OUTSIDE ORDERS FOR EGGS LACKING
Local Demand Does Not Take Care of All
Offerings. I
Efforts to find an outside outlet for
eggs was not successful and as the local
demand did not absorb all the receipts
the market was weak. The buying price 1
to country shippers stood at 40 cents de
livered, and sales on the street were made 1
at 4142 cents case count.
The cube butter market was steady.
Extras ranged In price from 58 to 59
cents.
Poultry was firmer with a better In
quiry for the limited offerings. Hens sold
at 3034c, according to size and springs
at 28 & 30c Farm dressed meats were un
changed. .
PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS I
Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc.
Merchants' Exchange, noon session-
February. March.
-Prn Bid.
No. 3 yellow $58.00
Eastern oats and corn, bulk-
Oats
SS-lb. clipped 67.00
38-Ib. clipped 57.50
Corn
No. 3 yellow 58.50 88.50 I
WHEAT Government basis, $2.20 par
ousnei.
FLOUR Family patents, $13.15; bakers'
hard wheat, $13.75; whole wheat, $12.05;
graham, $11.80; valley, $11.40; straights.
$11 per Darrei.
MILLFEEP Prices f. o. b. mill, city
cartage $2 extra. Mill run, car lots of
mixed cars, S41!.50 per -ton; rolled barley
$il; rolled oats. $63.50; ground barley, $71
scratcn teea. jsu.
CORN Whole, $64; cracked. $66 per ton
HAY Buying prices, f. o. b. Portland:
Alfalfa. Jill. .-iu; cneat, fJU; clover. I
oats and vetch, $26; valley timothy. $20
a-a.
Bid.
$58.50
57.00
57.50
Dairy ana Country Produce.
BUTTER Cubes, extras. 68 59c per
lb.: prints, parchment wrappers, box lots.
62c; cartons, 63c; half boxes, He more; less I
than half boxes, lc more; butterfat. No. 1,
69 & 60c per pound at stations; Portland
delivery, ordinary grades, C2c; A grade.
64c.
EGGS Jobbing prices to retailers: Ore
gon ranch, case count, 41!42c; candled,!
45c; selects, 50c.
CHEESE Tillamook, f. o. b. Tillamook:
Triplets, 32c: Young Americas, 33c; long
horns, 33c. Coos and Curry, f. e. b.
Myrtle Point: Triplets, 31c; Young Amer
icas. 32 v-c
POULTRY Hens. 30(334c: springs. 28
30c; ducks, 354uc; geese, 2U25c; tur
keys, live, 40c; dressed, choice, 52c.
veal Fancy, 26c per pound.
FORK Fancy, 2021c per pound.
Fruits and Vegetables.
FRUITS Omn.-o. i4-n- lemons.
$6.257.25 per box: grapefruit. $3.257
Per box; bananas, 10llc per pound; ap
ples, 0cSi)$2.50 per, box; cranberries, 0
5.50 per box, $15 per barrel.
VEGETAEI.KS Canh.-iire. fill (B7c Der lb. I
lettuce. $2.75(83.50 cer crato: beets, $3 50,
ptr sacs;; cu-iumoers, $22.2& doz. ; carrots,
$1.601.75 per sack; celery, $9.5010.50
per crate; horseradish. 15u per pound; gar
lic. 4uc per pound: turnlDS $3.50 per sack:
cauliflower, $1.753.25 per crate; toma
toes. $5 per box: snrouts. 1717V4c per
pouna; parsnips, $3.50 per sack: arti
chokes, $2 per dozen; peppers. 35e per
pound; spinach, $2.754.25 per box; rhu
barb, 20c per pound.
UTATOKS Oreenn. 4'4.50 ocr sack:
Yakimas, $4.75)5.25; sweets, 78Vc per
pounu.
ONIONS Oregon, 53',4c per pound.
Staple Groceries.
Local Jobbing quotations:
SUGAR Sack basis: Cane, granulated,
5.90o per pound: beet. 11.27c: extra C,
5.50c; Golden C. 15.40c: Yellow D. 15.30c:
cuoe. in barrels. 16.75c.
NUTS Walnuts. 32839c: Brazil nuts.
ioc; filberts. 35c; almonds, 353Sc; pea
nuts, 1515c; chestnuts. 25c; pecans.
32c; hickory nuts 1516c; cocoanuts, $2
per dozen.
SALT Half ground. 100. 117.75 ner ton:
60s, $19.50 per ton; dairy, $26.5028 per
ton; best refined. 50s. $36.50.
RICE Blue Rose. 16c per pound.
BEANS White. 8!ic: pink. 814c: lima.
7c per pound; bayous. 10c: Mexican red.
8c per pound.
COJfiESl Roated, in drums. 3951o.
Provisions.
Locnl jobbing quotations:
HAMS All sizes, 3437c: skinned. 27
35c: picnic, 27 28c; cottage roll, 30c
iAtiU lierce oasis. Oc: compound.
84c per pound.
DRY SALT Short, clear backs. 28Bl32e:
plates, 23c.
BACON Fancy, 4150c: standard. 33
039c.
Hops, Wool, Etc.
HOPS 1919 crop. 80c per pound. 3-year
contracts, 45c average.
MOHAIR Long rtanle. 40lo4.ric: hr.
staple, 25W30c.
TALLOW No. 1 10c: No. 2. Sa
pound.
CASCARA BARK New, 11c: old. 12c
per pound.
WOOL H-aKtern Oregon, fine. 4050n;
edium, 4550c; coarse. S5fo37c: vallev.
medium, 504152c; coarse, 35gj37c.
Oils.
LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels, $2.06:
raw, cases, $-!.JI; boiled, barrels. 12 OS:
boiled, drums, $2.11; boiled, cases, $2.23
TURPENTINE Tanks, $2.13; cases.
28.
COAL OIL Iron barrels, 13V4 SlSc; tank
agons, Ij'.c; cases, 24'fT31c.
UASOLl.NK iron Barrels, 25c; tank
wagons, 25c; cases, 35 c.
Hides, 1-elts and Furs.
HIDES Salted, all weights, 2227c;
green, 37250; calf, green or salted, 65
75c; kip, 35c; bulls, salted, 18c: green, 13c;
horse hides, small, $3; medium, $4.50;
large, $Grx7; dry hides, 35c; dry salted,
29c; dry calf, 6575c; dry salted calf. 60c.
PELTS Green salted, each, $23; green
salted shearlings, each, 60v$l;dry pelts,
full wool, per pound, 32c; dry short wool.
per pound, 25c; dry shearlings, each, 25$
60c; salted goats. $1&3, according to size;
salted goat shearlings, 25c$l; dry goats,
long hair, per pound, 25c.
FURS Good grade, extra large, large
and medium sizes: Skunks, black. $3.75
8.50; short, $2.757; narrow, $25; broad.
75c(S'$2.25. Fox, red, $1045: gray. $2
6: raccoon, $2.508; mink, dark, $410;
ordinary, $2.50&)8; winter muskrat, $1
3.50; wolf or coyote, soft, silky, $820;
average, $513; white weasel or ermine.
50c$2; lynx, heavy furred. $1565; or
dinary, $1550; lynx cat, heavy, $",13;
ordinary, $39; otter, dark, $1125; or
dinary, $821; marten, pale, brown or
dark, $530; fisher, pale, brown or dark.
$1280: bear, black, $120; brown. 19
14; wildcat, 25cti$2; civet cat, 10c$l.
house cat, 1060c; ring tails, 25c$2;
jackrabbit. 10G20c; moleskins, 530c.
Duluth Linseed Market.
DULUTH, Feb. 11. Linseed, $4.925.02.
per-
A South African mine develops 160
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Read The Oresoriian classified ads.
MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO.
Accountants and Auditors
1426 NORTHWESTERN BANK BUILDING
announce the opening of an Office in Los Angeles at the
H. W. Hellman Building, Fourth and Spring Streets,
under the joint management of Mr. Walter C. Wright,
C. P. A., and Mr. Willis H. Brown, C. P. A.
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
New Orleans
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Detroit
Milwaukee
Dallas
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St. Louis
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Minneapolis
Salt Lake City
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Moose Jaw,
Calgary
Vancouver
London
Paris
WE OFFER AND RECOMMEND
Western States Finance
Company
(Incorpoiaicd under the laws of Oregon)
$250,000
Seven Per Cent Cumulative, Participating
PREFERRED STOCK
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
C. E. CUNNINGHAM President
DR. E. T. HEDLUND , Vice-President
VV. B. POTTER 2d Vice-President
GEO. T. DREIS. . . -. .Treasurer
CHARLES GRAFE Secretary
DEPOSITORY NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL BANK
The Western States Finance Company has the following powers :
To loan money secured by .mortgages on personal property, or real estate, also
to buy, sell and deal in bonds, notes or loans secured by mortgages, or other licn
on personal property or real estate ; also as principal or agent to purchase, hold,
improve, sell or exchange real estate ; also to purchase, sell and deal in notes, bonds,
stocks, securities or investments of any kind with full power to borrow such
moneys as it may require, for the purpose of its business, to buy and sell any
kind'of property, either real or personal.
The broad scope of its corporate powers insures constant flexibility in placing
its funds in profitable channels of investment
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
While the possibilities of investing the company's funds are many and varied,
there are a few very attractive fields of operation open at the present time.
1. One of these is underwriting approved issues of stocks and bonds in cases
where the company can make a good profit on the turn-over of its money.
2. Financing commercial and industrial concerns on their trade acceptances and
time-payment paper, when the same is secured by ample collateral of
undoubted value.
3. One of the most profitable fields is that of purchasing from responsible
dealers deferred payment paper on automobiles, trucks and tractors which
have been sold. Such paper, carrying the endorsement of the dealer,
together with that of the company, can readily be resold, thus obtaining
more funds for investment.
EXPENSE OF OPERATION
Tile ordinary overhead expense of a business of this nature is comparatively
small, because no plant or extensive equipment is necessary.
The operating expense should be lower than that of the average banking insti
tution. A. by-law of the company, amendable only by the stockholders, is as
follows :
ARTICLE VIII.
SALARIES and FEES.
The total amount expended for salaries of officers and fees of
directors shall not in the aggregate exceed in any one year three per
' cent of the actual paid-in preferred capital stock of this corporation.
DIVIDENDS.
The following is. an excerpt from Article V of Articles of Incorporation :
The preferred Htnrk Khali tie entitled In an annual dividend of nrvrm per cent 7r. pyhl
semi-annually or more frequently If ho drnirrd, by the Board of nirertom, nklrh nld dividend nhall
be cumulative and "hall be pnld before nny dividend I paid upon the rommnn atork.
After the neven per rent 7 dividend hmn been paid on Ike common Block. In nddlllon In Inn
dividend of neven per cent 47 I no to be paid upon the preferred mock, nny furlncr dividend upon
nald common and preferred slock nhnll be paid aa follonni Onr-hnlf of nuch dividend ahull brpnld
lo Ihe registered holders or preferred nlock and one-half thereof In (he muttered holder of rom.
mon slock, sinld preferred ntork Khali alio have a prior lira In cnc of liquidation or dlaanlulloa
of IhlH corporation upon all the sasrts of the corporation np In nnd Including lane llnudrra' and
Twenty-five Dollars) (l2r.Ofla per hare plua the amount of accrued and unpaid dividend upon
nald preferred slock before the common stork shall be entitled lo nny dividend out of nald aaarla.
Said preferred atork nhall not have nny voting; privileges.
TERkS OF SUBSCRIPTION
Subscriptions will be accepted in blocks of not less than two nor more than
forty shares of preferred stock at $125 per share, carrying a 50 bonus of com
mon stock. Par value of common and preferred stock is $100. A cash payment of
twenty per cent of the price must accompany the subscription and five per cent
of the balance js payable monthly without interest. Subscription contracts arc
not subject to cancellation, either wholly or in part.
DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATE
Certificates of stock will be issued when subscription is fully paid and divi
dends will accumulate only from date of issue.
payment of subscription
All payments on subscriptions must be made in certified checks, bank drafts
or money orders, made payable to the Western States Finance Company.
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MAIN 5346
WILCOX BLDG.
PORTLAND, OR.
INVESTMENTS
Diversified offerings of unusually
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offer, subject to prior sale:
CITY OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
4'2 Bonds, due December 15, 1923.
The financial, commercial and manufacturing: center of Bri
tish Columbia.
PRICE 91.41 and interest, TO YIELD 7ro
CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
6 Bonds, due July 1, 1923.
The geographical center of the largest and best developed
farming section of British Columbia.
PRICE 96.94 and interest TO YIELD lco
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BRAZILIAN TRACTION LIGHT & POWERCOMPANY
6 THREE-YEAR NOTES, due November 1, 1922.
One of the largest and most successful public utility corpora
tions in the world.
. PRICE 97.50 and interest. TO YIELD 77c
A. G. SPALDING & BROTHERS
7 cumulative sinking fund, first preferred stock.
This company has a world-wide distribution of its factory
products through its own sales organization.
PRICE 100 and interest, TO YIELD 79e
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Bords-Truss-Acceptances
Capital at Surplus ooo.eeo
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THE Strong & Mae
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to Owners.
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