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THE 'MGRXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, SJAY 21, 1921
RAIL CHIEF AVERS
COSTS MUST BE CU
More Rope From Interstate
Commission Is Asked.
ADJUSTMENT IS WANTED
Repair Expenditures on Xew York
Central Road Are Analyzed
Carefully by President.
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 20.
American railroads must "get their
costs down" and must "not be tied up
o tight" if they are to be placed on
a profitable basis. President Smith o
the New York Central testified today
before the eenate interstate com
tnerce committee Investigating the
transportation situation. He eaid
the interstate commerce commission
ebould eive the roads "more rope
"Rates have to be adjusted," he
continued, "because we bave listed all
of these rates by percentages for the
last three years or more. Anyone
knows that if you tak 75 per cent
of 1 cents and 75 per cent of l-u
cents and jack them all up the same
you are going to get the building
pretty well out of balance and it is
croins to tip over after a while. There
fore, we have to go back and scien
tifically readjust these rates."
Mr. Smith analyzed repair costs on
his road, showing great increases in
expenditures and lessening of output
which, he said, dated back to the abo
lition of piecework during govern
ment control of the roads.
RACE CUT IfELD INDICATOR
Readjustment of Rates Depends on
Amount, Says Official.
CHICAGO, May 20. The readjust
ment of. railway rates will depend
entirely upon the amount qJ the wage
cuts to be announced by the railroad
labor board on June 1, according to a
statement issued today by W. W. Fin
ley, president of the Chicago & North
western road.
Mr. FInley said that .it would be Im
possible to lower rates in the same
percentages as lator wages. "If
wages should be reduced 20 per cent
and rates reduced 20 per cent, we
would be right where we started
from," he said. "If there is a ma
terial reduction in wages, obviously
there will be some readjustments in
freight and passenger rates to stimu
late business.
"Such readjustments would be on
articles of commjn shipment, the nec
essaries, particularly those commodi
ties that enter into building construc
tion, as more buildings and housing
facilities are the country's most press
ing needs."
WRITER ISJ0TAKE TRIP
IT. G. Hayes of McKenzIe River to
Guide Mary Roberts Rhinehart.
HOOD IVER, Or., May 20. (Spe
cial.) The commercial club today re
ceived a letter from H. G. Hayes of
McKenzie Bridge, who will act as
guide for Mary Roberts Rinehart,
noted writer, in a 30-day horseback
trip from Mount Hood down the pro
posed route of the skyline boulevard
to Crater lake. Mrs. Rhlnehard. ac
companied by her husband, Dr. S. M.
Rhinehart, and two sons, will arrive
at the Columbia Gorge hotel early in
August.
Peter B. Kyne, another leading fig-
lire in the literary world, and Mrs.
Kyne, according to Mark A. Mayer,
are expected to arrive soon for a
fishing trip. Mr. Kyne will be the
guest of Mr. Mayer while in Otegon.
FIRE DAMAGES BAKERY
Morning Blazo in Vancouver
Causes Ixss or $10,000.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 20.
(Special.) Fire, discovered at 7:10
this morning, did about $10,000 dam
age to the Heusncr Royal bakery. The
fire department had the blaze under
control and practically out in less
than an hour. Bread for the day had I
oeen Dakea and the bakers had gone
home. It was thought that one of
the oil ovens backfired and Ignited a
can of grease.
Water was swept out and the front
epened for business before noon. Re
pairs are to be made as soon as possi
ble. It was said that the insurance
would have expired in two days and
that the company was considering
permitting it to lapse.
Schwarz. county engineer. It was ex-f
pected to have thid three-fourths of a.
mile completed and ready for travel
by July lr
This will open the Pacific highway
to Pioneer, whence one can go to
Ridgefield on pavement already laid,
and reach the detour from the Pacific
highway to the old mail road one mile
west of Pioneer over pavement. It
will save about five miles between
Vancouver and La Center. The de
tour is and will be until this Is opened
out from Vancouver on the Pacific
highway to Tenney school, turn to
the left over the Sara pavement, and
then over the remaining five miles, on
no pavement, to Ridgefield, and from
there to the old mail road on pave
ment.
It was hoped to have the entire
pavement of more than four miles
completed and ready -for travel by the
middle of August.
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ESTATE OP MOXTAXA MIXING
MAY 'WORTH MILLION'S.
Widow and Stepson Principal Heirs
but Xephews and Niece Are
Remembered Liberally.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. The-will
of James A. Murray, Montana mining
magnate, which disposes among other
properties of the Arctic club and
other Seattle holdings, with a total
value of $3,000,000, and the San Diego
Water company, was made public
here todfy. The will is to be filed
for probate in Monterey county, Mur
ray's last home. Murray died at
Monterey, May 11.
The greater part of his estate Is
said to be represented by the Moni-
dah Trust company, the holding com
pany for mining properties in Mon
tana. James E. Murray, Butte at
torney, and M. E. Murray, retired
Butte capitalist, nephews, and May
Murray of Seattle, niece of the de
ceased, are said to have visited San
Francisco recently In connection witn
the filing of the will.
Stuart Haldorn of San Francisco,
stepson, and Mrs. Mary Hammon
Murray, widow, are the principal
heirs. The estate has an estimated
value of .between $,10,000,000 and $15,-
000,000.
May Murray, the Seattle heir, and
James E. and M, E. Murray, the Butte
heirs, were left one-fourth of the
Monidah Trust company holdings to
share between them, this company
epresenting something more than
one-half of the estate. Counsel for
the estate said that these three heirs
expected to contest the will. Under
its terms their share would approxi
mate $675,000 each, he said.
Properties left by Murray, who at
one time was partner of F. Augustus
Heinze, the Montana mining magnate.
included the Livingston, Mont., water
works: Murray dam and water works.
San Diego: business property in Salt
Lake and Tacoma; the Boulder
Springs resort in Montana and the
roperties already noted. He Had re
sided in his mansion known as La
Hacienda in Monterey for the last 14
years. He formerly owned tne .roca
tello, Idaho, water works, but sold
Total May Not Reach 3,500,-
000 Cases This Year.
GENERAL SURVEY IS fllADE
in
Xearly 100 Plants. Mostly
Alaska, Will Aot Operate
i
During Season.
An estimate of the probable canned
salmon pack of the Pacific coast this
year, made by G. C leal of Seattle, oecre-
tary of the Pacific Canned; Fish Brokers"
association, shows a total of less than
3,500,000 cases. The estimate is the re
suit of a questionnaire sent to packers at
ali points on the north coast. Out of the
'29 canneries operating last year, replies,
specific or otherwise, were received from
203 companies.
The estimate Is based on 100 plants
operating-, 02 not operating' and 11 doubt
ful. Classed as operating and not operat
ing, western Alaska replies show 27 and
five, respectively; central Alaska, 3 and
10; southeastern Alaska, 23 and 54; Ore
gon and Washington coast, three and 13
and Columbia river, six operating; and
none closed.
The pack by districts is estimated as
follaws:
Cases.
1,157,000
741.000
62,500
440,000
23,500
3 FATALITIES IN WEEK
Industrial Report Made for Period
Ending May 19.
SALEM, Or.. May 20. (Special.)
There were three fatalities in Oregon
due to industrial accidents during the
week ending May 19, according to a
report by the state industrial accident
commission.
The victims were: ' Tony Theros.
laborer, Hoskins: Carl A. Harlan,
woodcutter, Portland, and Edward S.
Wilson, miner, John Day.
Of the total of 429 accidents re
ported for the week, 394 were subject
to benefits under the workmen s com
pensation act, 20 were from firms and
corporations that had rejected th
law and 15 were from public utility
corporations'" not entitled to benefits
under the act.
them to the city. The Livingston
works were in process of sale to that
ity. The estate attorney said that
e expected to file the win lor pro
bate in the court house at Salinas,
county seat of Monterey county, tomorrow.
In his will, which was brief, MnM
ray said he had "conveyed nearly all
of my properties unto theMonidah
Trust company, together with in
ductions as to how such holdings
hould be distributed to his heirs."
The "state attorney said, however,
that the company holdings represent
omething more than halt ol tne
estate. The residue was left to airs.
Mary Hammon Murray, the widow.
ROMANCE 'IS UNTANGLED
Russian Who Advertised for Bride
Weds AVoman He Jivorced.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. May 20; (Spe
cial.) Justice William Baumert, fol
lowing a hearing which involved a
much tangled romance in which Mr.
and Mrs. John Kolosov and Miss
Evfamika Maykovich were principals,
decided' that Miss Maykovich should
give $250 bonds against disturbance
of the peace and that Kolosov should
pay $50 fine and his wife ?-'5 for
disorderly conduct.
According to court testimony,
Kolosov advertised in a Russian
paper for a wife' soon after he and
Mrs. Kolosov separatea. juiss .May
kovich, after correspondence, de
cided that Kolosov would suit her
and so: came on from I.ew Jersey
She said Kolosov promised to marry
her. Mrs. Kolosov returned, a
conciliation followed and she and
Kolosov were remarried.
. The jilted bride-to-be went to the
home she said Kolosov had given her
and completely wrecked It. ,lier ar-
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real luuuncu.
Western Alaska
Central Alaska
Southeastern Alaska
Columbia river
Oregon-Washington coast
Total 3,040.000
The pack of the Puget sound canneries
is not included in the above total as, on
account of new fish codes, no estimate
was made; but the output probably will
be 450.000 cases. The Columbia rivet
plants reporting were 8 per cent less than
1020, so that reduction was used In the
1921 figures. In the coast .sections 10
canneries operated last year and produced
87,000 cases. In a number of instances
the output will be less than estimated, as
only the cans on hand from 1020 will be
filled, with present conditions continuing.
The run of fish also will affect the totals.
EXPORT WHEAT BIDS CONTINUE LOW
Market In This Section Does ' Not Share
in Eastern Advance.
There was not much change in the
wheat situation yesterday. The east was
sharply higher, but export demand here
was tight and the bids received did not
permit of any change in country prices.
At the Merchants' Exchange hard white
and red Walla were unchanged and other
grades were one cent higher on bid.
One hundred tons of June whjte oats
were sold at $31.30, an advance of 50
cents over Thursday's price. Corn ranged
from &0 cents to $1 lower. Barley was
dull.
5roomhalls International wheat sum
mary estimates the season's exportable
surplus at 696,000,000 bushels and shipped
to date 479,200,000 bushels.
Export from North America this week
were 0,250.000 bushels of wheat and flour
and 2.000,000 bushels of corn. Argentine
shipments were 2,100,000 bushels of wheat,
2,44,000 bushels of corn and 186,000 bush
els of oats.
John Inglis reported from Llncon, Neb:
'Fairbury to - Dewitt, wheat promises an
average crop: height and color good.
Dewitt to Lincoln more thin fields in evi
dence, but average good; oats fair to
good; still planting corn; high winds with
thunder showers today." Le Count's and
Snow's reports were unfavorable.
terminal receipts, in cars, were reported
y the Merchants' Exchange as follows:
Wheat. Bar- Fir. Oats. Hay.
Portland Frl... 50 ... 3
tear ago ..... 29 ... 10
Season to date.174117 50 1023
Year ago .'.... 8224 178 3814
Tacoma Thurs. ' 23 ... 3
Year ago 21 ... 7
Season to date. 4535 61 982
Year ago 8008 94 8117
Seattle Thurs.. 5 14
Year ago 10 ... 2
Season to date. 44S6 213 BOS
Year ago 6082 244 1140
1
642
602
178
178
456
643
27
2305
2170
927
833
7
5
1420
1210
LAST OF APPLES SHIPPED
Hood River Association Sends
Away 1180 Cars of 1920 Crop.
HOOD UIVER, Or., May 20. (Spe
cial.) The last carload of apples of
the 1920 crop was shipped yesterday
by the Apple Growers association. Of
Newtown variety, the fruit was routed
to New York city. The association's
total apple tonnage reached 1180 cars.
Warehouse crews and the sales of
fice force of the association are now
making ready for the 1921 straw
berry deal. It probably will be June 5
before a carload of strawberries is
received. The total yield Is now esti
mated at an approximate 80.000 crates.
The berries will be distributed
through the Rocky mountain and Da
kota country.
PAVING JOB UNDER WAY
Pioneer Unit of Pacific Highway
Soon. Will Be Finished.
VANCOUVER, Wash, May 20
(Special.) Laying of concrete pave
ment on the Pacific highway from
Pioneer to the end of the pavement,
began today, According tq .Walter A.
Food Adulterater Convicted.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 20.
(Special.) Theodore Derosler, charged
with selling cane syrup ror maple
syrup, in a restaurant in Washington
above Third street, was found guilty
by a. jury inthe superior court of
Clark county and was fined ou-ana
costs. Derosler first was arrested
and tried in the ;ustice court, where
he was found guilty and fined $25 and
costs, but he appealed. The complaint
was made by Mrs. W. H. Cofiin. state
food inspector, who made an inspec
tion of the restaurants and hotels of
this city recently.
Party to Visit Centraiia.
CENTRALIA. Wash., May 20. -(Special.)
One hundred and twenty-five
members of the Seattle chamber of
commerce, on a tour of southwest
Washington with a special train, will
be in Centraiia next Tuesdaj. At noon
members of the Centraiia chamber
will be guests of the visitors at a
luncheon, at which there will be
programme of speaking and other
features. Following the luncheon the
Seattleites will leave for Vancouver,
Wash. 1
Memorial Say Plans Made.
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 20. (Spe
cial.) Final plans for Centralia's ob
servance of Memorial day were made
last night at the regular meeting of
the Grant Hodge post, American
legion. The entire programme will
be held in the morning and will con
sist of exercises in the Main-street
park, a parade and ceremonies in the,
Washington Lawn cemetery. The
Grand Army of the Republic and other
local patriotic societies will participate.
Centraiia Commencement Monday.
CENTRALIA. Wash., May 20. (Spe
cial.) Commencement exercises of
the Centraiia Academy of Music will
open next Monday and continue
through to June 9, consisting of a
series jf ten programmes. Honors,
based on the best general average,
have been awarded to Mary Ellen
Painter of Dryad, and the degree of
fellow of music has been given to
Maud Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Ekengren are in charge of the
academy.
CUBE BUTTER DEMAND IS GOOD
Egg-Storing Season Ia Nearly Over; Foul-
, try Scarce and Firm.
The butter market was firm yesterday.
with most of the trading at the 25-cent
level, . though in a few instances 26 cents
was paid. Prints did not share In the
activity of cubes.
Eggs were slow and rather weak.' Stor
ing is about endedand there was but
little Inquiry from' the outside. Some of
the firms cut their buying offers to- 17
cents,, but others quoted the old price.
Poultry was scarce and very firm. Light
hen's sold at 20$? 22 cants and heavy hens
at 2427 cents.
Farm dressed meats dragged at lower
prices.
Butter Holdings Nearly Normal.
Cold-storage holdings ot butter In the
United States on May 1 were nearly up to
the total of the same darte last year. Egg
stocks were more than twice as large,
while cheese showed a decrease. The gov.
ernmeht report makes the following com
parisons: T May 1
1!21. 1020.
Creamery butter, lbs.. 7,494,000 7.554,000
American cheese, lbs. .13,414.000 10,903,0110
Case eggs, cases 4,918,000 2.135,000
Money Goes Farther Now.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. The $27.50
that It took to buy 100 pounds of sugar
last June will not only procure that much
sugar today, but 50 pounds of flour, 25
pounds each of beans and prunes, 13 pounds
of new potatoes, 10 pounds of rice and
generous quantities of 29 other food sta
ples, as well as 10 bars of soap, a .federal
reserve bank bulletin paid. The showing
holds good for the 12th . federal reserve
district. The sugar price is now $7.00.
rolled oats. $40; scratch feed, $51 per ton.
CORN Whole. J38; cracked, $41 per ton.
HAY Buying prices f. o. b. Portland:
Alfalfa. $18 18.50 per ton; cheat. $2223
per ton; clover, $16; valley timothy, J24
25; eastern Oregon timothy, $26.
Dairy and Country Produce.
BUTTER Cubes, extras. 2526c lb.;
prints, parchment wrapped, box lots, 30c;
parchment wrapped in box lots, 30c;
cartons, 31e. Butterfat, buying price: A
grade, 25c; B grade, 23c. Portland deuv
erv.
EGGS Buying prices, case count, 1714 9
18c delivered. Jobbing prices to retailers:
Candled ranch. 21c: selects. 24c.
CHEESE Tillamook triplets, price to
Jobbers f. o. b. Tillamook,. 19c; Xoung
Americas. 20c pound.
POULTRY Heifs, 2027c pound: ducks,
nominal; geese, nominal; turkeys, nom
inal. PORK Fancy, ISiffllSVc per pound.
VEAL Fancy, 33ij l3'-c per pound.
Fruits and Vegetables.
FRUITS Navel oranges. $3.7595.75 per
box; lemons, $3.755; grapefruit.
9.25 per box; bananas, 8Vi10c pound;
apples, $1.253 box; strawberries, , $4
5.50 per crate; cherries, 23c lb.
VEGETABLES Cabbage, 43"ic pound;
lettuce, $3.754 per crate; carrots, $1.50
per sack; garlic, 20c per pound; beets,
$1.50 per sack; green peppers, 30 50c per
pound; rhubarb, 46c pound; spinach,
78c per pound; turnips, $1.503 per
sack; tomatoes. $4 per lug; cucumbers
$1.7502.75 o'er dozen: Deaa. 14 16c pet
pound; asparagus, $1.65 per dozen; beans,
20&22c.
rUTATUSS Oregon. $1.25r(pl ou per lira
pounds: Yakima, $1.501.75: new Califor
nia 55c per pound; sweet potatoes,
$3.75 per crate.
ONIONS Oregon, 75c$l per sack; new
crop, white Bermudas, $2 per crate.
Staple Groceries.
LocsI jobbing quotations:
SUGAR (sack basis) Cane granulated,
7.85c per pound; beet, 7.65c per pound.
NUTS Walnuts, SU39c pound; Brazil
nuts, 30c; filberts, 12c; a!monds. 2430c;
peanuts, 8pllc per pound; cocoanuts, $1.75
per dozen.
RICE Blue Rose, 6c per pound; Japae
style, 4c per pound.
BEANS Small white, 4c; pink, 714o:
lima. Sc; red, 8c per pound.
COFFEE Roasted, bulk. In drums, 140
36a per pound.
SALT Granulated. bale, $3.40314.25;
half ground, ton. 50s, $19.75; 100s, $19.25;
lump rock, $20 50.
DRIED FRUITS Italian prunes, 6c
pound; dates, $4.256.85 per box; figs, $2
Q5.25 per' box.
Hides, Hops, Etc.
TALLOW No. 1, 3 14 4c; No. 2. 2Vi3c
per pound.
CASCARA BARK 1020 peel, 7e pound;
1021 peel, 6c pound; delivered Portland.
HOPS 1020 crop, best, 20c per pound.
HIDES Salted country hides. 4c deliv
ered Portland; grubby hides, 3c; city calf
skins, x'-c; country calf skins, 10c; good
kip. 6c: grubby kiD. 4c.
WOOL New clip. 1018c per poundJ
MOHAIR New clip. 10c per pound, a.
llvered Portland.
SEIXIXG BY SHORTS CARRIES
GEXER.1I LIST LOWER.
Suspension or Chesapeake & Ohio
Dividend Weakens Market; Lib
erty Bonds Make Small Gains.
NEW YORK, May 20. Depreciation of
quoted values in the stock market made
further substantial progress today. The
same discouraging factors which served
as restraining influences in the preceding
days of the week were operative again.
Chief among these were the continued
tightness of money rates and additional
dividend suspensions. In the latter class
were included Chesapeake & Ohio railway
and American Linseed common. The Ches
apeake & Ohio stock made an extreme de
cline of 8 points on heavy offerings.'
Among observers of transportation con
ditions, the action of the Chesapeake
directors was regarded as logical, having
been foreshadowed by yesterday's defer
ment of the Hocking Valley railway dlvl
dend.
Rails as a group lost 1 to 8 points, with
more' severe losses in obscure Issues and
steels. Equipments, motors and utilities
were lower by 1 to 4 points. Sale were
650.000 shares.
Brokers reported more than the usual
demand for call monev. all of which was
placed at 7 per cent on the exchange, but
in the open market this quotation was
shaded to 6H per cent. Long time loans
"u mercnanrs paper held at 61l to 1
per cent, save for prime collateral.
r-xenange on London, Paris and other
important centers eased slia-htlv.
Junior bonds of the various railroads
surtered a setback with Chesapeake &
Ohio convertible 5s and tractions also lost
ground. Liberty issues closed at, nominal
gains, but most of the foreign war flota
tions showed further irreeularitv. Total
sates, par vaUie, $10,400,000.
CLOSING STOCK- QUOTATIONS.
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6.000 88 S 38 88
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8.200 28 274 27V4
2.100 57s; 56i bh
6,000 ,10 10i 10ft
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S.9U0 1204 118 119
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100 101,
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12,400 834 82 H 82 H
700 108 107 h 107
1.600 56 5511 55
3,400 31 30 14 sn
400 83 33 83 'i
600 7 '4 81, 8
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XEWS FROM TVHEAT BELT
SEXDS MARKET SOARING.
1 Choice dairy catvee nnono
'Prime light calve. 'K8
Medium light calves uuo""
Heavy calves 8(MPi a 1 iw
Best feeders 2.'W J ' J
Fair to good feeders 4.75r
Pr'lmJIight 2S 50
Smooth heavy. 2S0 to 300 lbs. 7 50W BM
Smooth heavy, 800 lbs. and up. 5o i.w
Rough heavy eoor,
89
74
551,
84
'85
87
82
80
95
Bid.
Proviwions.
HAMS Ail sizes. 3036c; skinned, 819
36c; picnic, ISc; cottage roll, 28c
BACON Fanny, 4.1 33c; choice, 30 0
35c; standard, 2527c.
LARD Pure, tierces, loo pound: com
pound, tierces, 11c
DRY SAIT Backs, 2023c; p'ates. 16c
Oils.
LINSEED OIL Raw. in barrels, 99c:
five-gallon cans, $1.14. Boiled,' In barrels,
$1.01; five-gallon cans, $1.16.
TURPENTINE In Crums, 97c; five-gal
lon cans. $1.12.
WHITE LEAD 100-lb. kegs. 13o per lb
COAL OIL Tank wagons and iron bar
rels. 1714c; cases. 3037c.
GASOLINE Tank wagons and Iron bar;
rels, 28c; cases, 4914c.
WALLACE REPORTS OX WHEAT
STANDARDS.
Berries in Short Supply.
The supply ot California strawberries
was short and the market firm at 84 a
crate. ' Oregons sold at $5.50. Light re
ceipts from California are expected again
today. The shipping season in that state
Is drawing to a close and it will be some
time yet before Oregons are plentiful, so
berry ;nces In the meantime will be high.
Frequent Alterations Lead to Con
fusion and Should Not Be Made
Unless Justified.
The secretary of agriculture has Issued
Statement on the proposed changes In
the federal grades for spring wheat, on
which hearings were recently, heid ii
Washington. The statement says in part
part:
From the information gained at th
hearings and otherwise, and from the most
conscientious study I have been able to
give this matter during the past three
weeks, I have not been able to find rea
sons which Justify any change in the pres
ent grades, except a minor change note
hereafter. Among the reasons which com
pel this decision are the following:
1. Frequent changes in grades an
standards are highly undesirable
should bemade only after thorough inves
ligation has snown them to be both Justl
fied and needed.
2. The grain standards act requires
that notice or cfianges be given not less
than W days in advance of their -effectiv
date. Changes made to apply to the crop
of this year should become effective not
later than August 3j for spring wheat an
still earlier for garlicky wheat; and eve
then some wheat would have begun to
move and many contracts therefore would
have been made. Therefore, changes ef
fective this year must be announced lm
mediately.
3. I have been In office but a short
time much too short to give this matte
the study its great Importance demands.
particularly from the standpoint of th
wheat grower. I am not willing to orde
changes which I do not of my own knowl
edge feel are fully justified and will be
helpful to the producer and will promote
more satisfactory marketing of our wheat
crop.
while I make no changes In the grades
at the present time, the criticism of the
present grades warrants a thorough-going
investigation, especially as to their prac
ticai application at country buying points,
snail make such investigation during the
coming wheat-marketing season, and I
changes are Justified they will be made
well in advance of the marketing season
next year.
"During the hearing it was , strongly
urged that the words good color be sub
stituted for the word 'bright' in the spring
wheat grades. It was contended that the
word bright was used at times in a tech
nical Bense to the disadvantage of th,e
wheat grower. This descriptive term
'bright' was used in the old Minnesota
grades, and was carried over into the fed
eral grades when they were established
Very few cars of wheat have been graded
down solely because of failure to meet the
requirement 'bright,' but since it is
charged that the term may be used im
properly to grade down wheat at country
points I am ordering that it be elim
inated entirely from the standards.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the northwestern cit
ies yesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
$4,074,920
4.330.589
667.004
1.445.918
Portland
Seattle .
Tacoma
Spokane
8 762,165
1,258.585
338.910
508,975
PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS
Grain, Floor and Feed.
Merchants Exchange, noon session.
-Bid-
Phone your want ads to The Ore-t-oiuan,
ildia 7070. Automatic a60-i)5.
"Wheat May. June. July
Hard white $ 1.40 $ 1.37 $
vSoft white
White club .........
Hard winter
Northern spring ...
Red Walla
Oats
No. 2 white feed...
No. 2 gray
Barley
Brewing ....
Standard feed
Millrun
No. 2 E. Y. shipment
No. 3 E. Y. shipment
FLOUR Family patents, $R 60 per bar
rel; whole wheat $7; graham $6.80; bakers'
hard wheat $8.25; bakers' bluestem pat
ents $7.75; valley bakers' $7.25; straights
$7.25.
MILLFEED Prices f. o. b. mill: Mill
run, (31 per .UBi lulled barley, $.13 a 10 j
1.40 1.3 ....
1.40 1.36 ....
132
1.33
1.30 ....
81.50 81.50 ....
31.00 31.00 81.00
24.00 24.00 24.00
22.00 22.00 22.00
28.50 28.50 28.50
81.50 81.50 ....
30.50 80.00 ....
SAN FRANCISCO, PRODUCE MARKET
Prices Current on Vegetables, Fresh Fruits,
Etc., at Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. Vegetables
Asparagus, Su 10c: Italian squash. $1.50
1.75 crate; potatoes, hew, 214 0 3c lb.
sweets. Nancy Hail, $66.50; onions, Aus
trallan Brown, nominal: green. $l.S5&i2
box: tomatoes. Imperial Valley. $1.75&
2.25 per box; celery, nominal; garlic. 6Sc;
bell peppers, jojioc; cnill, jartf20c; peas,
s&llc; rnuDaro, Aiameaa. i.2ogl.iij; let
tuee, Sacramento, $2.25(&2.50 crate; arti
chokes, $40 per crate; spinach, 263c!
beans, string. 10015c; wax. 12&14c: egg
plant, 171j'20c; sacked vegetables, nom
inal, g I ecii uiiih, ivwvuu UlMClk
Poultry Young chickens, 3060c;
staggy roosters. 20 25c; old. HQlHc; hens
23-35c; ducks, 2535c; geese, 25c; tur
keys, live, 40c; dressed, 4550c; squabs
(5w48o fancy; common, $3.50 dozen; old
pigeons, $3 dozen; Belgian hare, live, 2Q
22c; dressed, 252Sc
Fruit Oranges, navel, $2.75jj5; Valen
clas. $33.75; lemons. $2.504; grapefruit
12 93.1b: apples, $12.50; strawberries, 54
6-60C drawer, li6 1.30 crate; raspber
ries, $1.501.75 drawer; blackberries, $2.25
gt2.rj) crate; gooseberries, ugi74c; banan
as. 8&&10c; Avocadoes, S3&6 doz. : cher-
ries, $1.752.23 box, 620c lb.; apricots.
$22.25 four-basket orate; figs, $33.50
six-layer box; peaches, $2.252.50 per
crate.
Reoelpts Flour,. 110 quarters; wheat,
1610 centals: beans, C62 sacks; barley. 55
centals' corn, 162 centals; potatoes, 797
sacks; onions, 22 sacks; hay, 206 tons;
hides, 319 bundles; livestock, 950 head.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 20. Turpentine
firm. 58)5S!4c; sales, 108 barn; re
ci:pta, 508 barrels; shipments, 107 bar
riiis: stock, 7718 barrels.
Kosin. firmr salos, 1551 barrels; le
Cc'pts, 17-t ba.'-i'p; shipments, li
re's: - stock, 75.27-1 barrels. Ou: te; . B,
43.609S.80; D. $4 00; E $4.iW4.20: F.
t iS'S i.sa; n, $4 . ! i 4 30: it, rias; i
4 454.5' n, juosj-j; u, si at, ,,
$35, '6, Vi.i'.j, V.W. i3i. i
Adams Expr. .
Agr Chem . ..
Ajax Rubber..
Alaska Gold..
Alask Juneau.
Allis-Chal ....
do pfd
Am Beet Sue.
Am Bosch . . ..
Am Can
do pl'd .....
Am Car & F. .
do pfd
Am Cot Oil . .
do pfd . . .?.
Am Drug Svn.
Allied Chem..
Am Bide & L.
do pfd
Am Ice
Am Int Corp.
Am Linseed..
do pfd
Am Loco ....
do pfd
Am Saf Razor.
Am S & C. ...
Am Smelter..
do pfd
Am Snuff
Am Steel Fdy.
Am Sugar . ...
do pfd .....
Am Sumatra..
Am T & T. ...
Am Tobacco. .
do B
Am Wool ....
do pfd
do P pfd...
Am Zinc
Anaconda ....
Assd Oil
Atchison .....
do pfd .....
Atl Coast Line
Atl G4WI.,
Baldw Loco...
do pfd
Balto & Ohio..
do pfd
Both Steel 8s.
do B
B R T
Butte & Sup..
Caddo Oil ....
Cal Packing...
Cai Pet
do pfd
Can Pac
Cen Leather..
Cerro de P. ..
Chand Motor..
Chi & N W. ...
Chi Gt West..
do pfd
Chili Cop ....
Chino
C M St P .
do pfd .....
Coco Cola . . . .
C & O ;
Colo F & I....
Colo So
Colo G & E...
Col Graph..
Con Gas .....
Con Cigars ...
do pfd ......
Contl Can ....
Contl Candy..
Corn Prod....
do pfd
Cosden Oil ..
C R I & P. ...
do A pfd. ..
do B pfd...
Crucible
do pfd
Cuba Cane . ."
do pfd
Cub Am Sug.
Del & Hudson
Dome Mines..
D & R G ....
do pfd
Endi Johnson.
Erie
do 1st pfd..
do 2d pfd..
Fam Players..
Fed M & S...
do pfd
Fink Tire
Gaston Wms..
Gen Cigars ..
Gen Electric.
Gen Motor ...
do 6s
Gooqyear ....
Gen Asphalt..
Goodrich
Granby
Gt Nor Ore..
do pfd
Greene Can...
Gulf St Steel.
Hupp aiotor, .
Houston Oil ..
liis Central.,.
Inspiration . .
Int Agr Corp.
do pfd
Int Callahan..
Int Harv ....
Int Mer Mar.
do pfd . . . ..
Int Nickel ...
Int Paper ....
do pfd
Invin OiV ....
Island Oil ...
K C So
do pfd
Kelly-Spgfld .
Kennecott ...
Lack Steel . ..
Lehigh Val...
Loriliard .....
Max Motor. .
do 1st pfd..
do 2d pfd..
Mex Pet ....
Keystone Tire.
L & N
Miami .......
Mid States Oil
Midvale Steel.
JI K & T
do pfd . . . ..
Mont Power..
Mo Pac
do pid .....
Mont Ward...
M 4c St L
Nat Biscuit. ..
Nat Enamel..
Nat Lead ....
Nev Con ....
New Haven .. .
Nor & West. ..
Nor I'ao
Nov Sco SteeL
NTAir Brk..
N Y ntral..
Okla Prod ref
Ont Silver ...
Ont .& AV.....
Otis Steel
700
1,300
400
High,
45
60
82
700 1
tuu w a J
200
9110
1,500
600
100
500
200
500
600
1,100
1,300
100
4.SO0
600
3
39
4674
29
124
10914
6
45
1214
65
-55
474
36
Low.
43
49
81
'i
36
76
3814
46
29 H
124
109
6
44
11
54
65
46
33
2,400 , 87 80
' 100
2,000
100
00
1,000
900
2O0
8.900
4.000
7.200
1.700
200
10
42
77
107
30
91
10014
64
105
128
127
76
10
41
77
105
29
90
100
3
105
126
124
75
500 34 34
1,70
100
1,000
100
'6.500
2,400
M)0
4,300
"sbo
6,400
3( 10
300
400
1,000 1
1,000
'2.V0O
8,300
600
3,700
100
600
100
3,200
1.100
4,300
2,500
800
19,800
100
300
800
4,000
2,000
100
42
90
82
'82'
39
87
41
90
81
8i
38
84
40 89
103
50
12
14
16
60
48
102
58
12
14
15
68
48
115. 113
40 30
29
65
65
8
19
12
2
28
43
2J
63
31
38
60
7
88
29
63
65
8
19
12
26
4.4
20
r.8
31
36
60
7
88
400
3,200
ino
1,700
10,700
800
700
8,100
"i.'o'o'o
700
1,500
500
600
" 2.400
2.000
3,300
200
100
2,800
100
100
700
100
i
1W0
10,300
200
71 .70
35
33
76
65
10
60
23
101
19
'i'
64
14
20
'ii'"
- 8
27
15
137
12
68
34
31
71
'is
60
23
100
19
.....
63
13
20
8
27
15
136
32
68
31,200
700
2 00
4,200
900
2,100
1,100
200
1.300
300
' 900
1.500 -4,000
200
S00
200
7,800
'i.200
3.400
4.800
700
2.900
1.200
1,000
1,200
' Voo
100
27,000
4,70
300
300
8.300
1,200
70
37
'29
69
'37
12
77
90
36
10
49
6
90
15
65
18
71
'l8
4
27
22
68
37
'29
67
'35
12
75
90
86
10
49
i
14
54
15
6S
'l8"
3
26
60
44
21
63 62
5 '4
6
149
15
100
23
13
28
3,400
1,500
700
400
200
7.000
200
. 1,500
2.300
12,600
500
700
1.300
2,000
200
600
500
Pac Oil 6.300
Pac G & B. ... 100
Pan Am Pet.. 11.500
do B 8.400
Penn 2.100
Peo Gas 7.500
Pere Marq. ... 2,400
Phlla Co .... 100
Pure Oil 1.100
Pierce Arrow. 3.800
Pierce Oil ... 1,300
Pitta Coal ... 800
Pitts & W Va. 2.900
do pfd
Pr Steel Car.'. 400
Pullman 800
y Con 700
Rp.ding 7,500
Remington ... 1.000
Renl Steel. s.. 200
Rep I & St... 8,500 '
do pia . ...... .
Rep Motore. . .
Ryl -Dutch Oil
Rv Steel Sorff.
Sears Roebuck 6.200
Shell T & ... 100
Sinclair Oil... 2.500
oss Shef ... 400
So Pac 10,200
So Railway .. .4.S0O
do Did jou
St L.& S F... 3,700
trom Carb
tudebaker .. .26.700
22
42
12
115
54
"id i
19
98
72
85
09
70
3
5
18
13
88
63
67
0
85
62
22
.32
83
29
10
63
81
'4 .
1H
14
71
35
27
68
5
6
145
14
90
23
13
27
21
40
21
12
115
60
12
18
86
70
84
6S
69
3
6
18
1314
87
63
65
68
34
60
21
32
83
28
9
ej
Bid.
44
49
31
1
36
38
45
29
83
124
10
20
DO
6
44
11
04 14
53
46
. 33
68
86
101
6
10
41
77
105
29
90
100
64
105
129
125
75
97
33
9
41
99
81
76
80
38
84
100
30
60
102
5S
12
14
15
69
46
77
113
30
29
64
64
8
' 18
12
26
27
42
29
68
31
36
69
- 7
8S
38
66
46
1
70
102
34
32
75
64
72
84
59
23
100
19
1
63
13
20
13
72
7
26
, "i
60
136
1-2
68
9
88
S
22 "A
2
67
23
35
12
73
90
36
10
49
5
90
15
65
15
70
94
18
4
26
60
44
21
48
62
157
5
6
1
146
14
100
23
13
27
2
- 4
63
2.1
41
"21
12
115
51
77
12
Liberty Bond Quotations.
Range of liberty bond quotations, fur
nished by Overbeck & Cooke company of
Portland:
Liberty. 8 'As ..
do, 1st 4s,...
do, 2d 4s....
do, 1st 4 'is..
do, 2d 4s...
do, 3d 4s..
do, 4th 4s..
Victory. 4s...
do. 3s
High.
..88.20
..87.50
..87.24
..90.76
..87.44
..97.76
. .97.70
Low. Close.
88.04 88.18
87.24
87.00
87.44
87.18
90.74
87.36
97.70
97.70
87.36
87.14
90 62
87.22
97.58
97.48
Mining Stocks at Boston,
BOSTON, May 20. Closing quotations':
Allouex 22 North Butte ... 10
Ariz Com 8 'Old Dora 22
Calu & Ariz... 61 'Osceola 32
Calu & Hecla.,253 Qulncy 40
Centennial .... 8 Superior 4
Cop Range.... 65;sup & Boston.. 1
East Butte ... 9 Shannon 80
Franklui 2 'Utah Con 4
Isle Royaile ... 21 winona ........ 45
Lake Copper... 2 Wolverine 11
Mohawk 52 .
Swift A Co. Stocks.
Closing prices for Swift & Co. stocks at
Chicago were reported by the Overbeck &
Cooke company of Portland as follows:
Swift & Co 97
Libby. McNeil & Libby 9
National Leather 7
Swift International 25
Money. Silver. Etc.
NEW YORK. May 20. (Prime mercantile
paper.' e (a- .
Time loans, steady: 60 davsi 90 days an
six months. 8 per cent. Call money
firm; high. low. ruling rate, ottered
and last loan 7: closinir bid. 6.
Bar silver, domestic, 99; foreign, 68
Mexican dollars. 44.
LONDON. May 20. Bar stiver. 83d per
ounce. -Money. 5 per cent, uiacoum rates.
short 0111a. a per cent.
TRADE OCTLOOK IS ENCOCRAGTNG
Reduction of Discount Rates Is Construc
tive Development.
NEW YORK. May 20. Dun's Review tp
morrow wu say:
With no general departure from th
policy of restricted buying a full reflec
tion of the factors making for better bust
ness is still lacking. Confidence in the
future does not lead to vigorous action
most Interests awaiting an extension of
the Industrial readjustments and ' a fu
ther lessening of price uncertainties. Th
movement toward more settled markets
is well defined in some channels where
more than a year of deflation has brought
relatively low prices, but stability is yet
to be attained in various quarters and im
portant commitments are being deferred
wherever possible.
Despite the various unsatisfactory lea
tures, however, there is more basis for en
couragement in the general outlook. Th
easing of mnnetary tension as disclosed
by the reduction of discount rates at sev
eral leading centers marks a constructiv
development and a modification of th
depression in foreign exchange rates ia
also helpful.
Weekly bank clearing! were $6,489,
596,000.
Foreign Exchange.
Foreign exchange rates at close of busi
ness yesterday, furnished by Northwester
National bank of Portland. The amoun
quoted is the equivalent of the foreig
unit In united states tunas:
Country Unit
Belgium, frapc
Bulgaria, leva
Czecho-SIovakla. kronen
Denmark, kroner
England, pound sterling
Finland. ilnmarK
France, francs
Germany, marke
Greese. drachmas
Holland, guilders
Hungary.' kronen
Italy, lire
Jugo-SIavia. kronen
Norway, kroner
Portugal, escudos
Roumania. lei
Serbia, dinara
Spain, pesetas ...................
Sweden, kroner
Switzerland, francs
Chlna Hongkong, local currency.
Shanghai, taele
Japan, yen
Rat
$ .oo:t:
.OSNO
.0140
.01
.183
4.0K
.0230
.OVI0
.01
.O.'iSO
.361
.(10;
.tHiil
,00n; .163;
.09
.01s
.033
.138,
.2300
.1 SI
.492
.632
.48-
-N18H
10
84U
68
69
3
18
13
37
S3tt
65
68
34
60
21
82
33
28
o
NEW YORK. May 20 Exchange heavy
sterling demand, ta-mn: caDies., i.uu'
francs, demand. 8.73; cables, 8.(3; Bel
ffinn francs, demand. 8.72: cables. 8.74
guilders, demand. 35.85; cables, 35.15; lire,
demand. 5.j: cables, l.bi : Greece, de
mand. 6.40; Sweden, demand. 23.70: Nor
way, aemann, i-.i.wf; Argentine, nemana
31.30; Brazilian, demand, 13.87; Montreal
10& discount.
Foreign Bonds.
Foreign bond quotations furnished by the
Overbeck & Cooke company of Portland
Russian 5s, 1921
French 8s. 1031
French 4s, 1917
French 5s. 1920
Italian 5s. 1918
British 5s, 1922
British 5s. 1927
British 5s. 1929
British vky 4s
British ref 4s
Belgium rest 3s
Belgium prem 5s
German W. L. 5s
Berlin 4s
Hamburg 4s
Bid. Ask.
, 14 16
. 15 17
, 60 70
, 65 66
. 80 81
. 45 46
398 410
303 404
393 404
312 324
281 291
75 77
78 81
, 13 15
14 15
16 17
18-. 17
15 17
16 18
16 18
17 20
17 18
68 6
84 85
84 85
98 99
99 99
97 97
91 91
85 86
PRODUCE
29 i 29
4
S4
101
: 14
70
35
27
67
8,700 64 63
75
44
26
40
75
20
51
23
'78
44
27
40
77
21
52
23
78 '4
8Si
88
100
. 14
70
'35
27
67
89
16
63
88
75
44
26
39
75
21 .
51
23
37.
76
Leipsig 4s ....
Leipslg 5s
Munich 4s
Munich 5s
Frankfort 4s ....
Jap 4s
Jap 1st 4a ..
Jap 2d 4s
Paris 6s
U K 68. 1921
II K 6s. 1922
U K.5s, 1929
U K 5s, 1937
QUOTATIONS OX DAIRY
Market Prices Ruling on Butter, Cheese
and Eggs,
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. May 20. Butter
Extras, 3uc; prime ursis, nominal;
Kiririi Fresh extras. 24c; extra firsts,
23Ac; firsts, nominal; dirties, 22c: extra
pullets, 20c: undersized pullets, 16c.
cheese Flats, fancy, 13c; firsts, nom
inal: Young Americas, fancy, 18c; firsts,
nominal.
CHICAGO. May 20. Butter Lower.
Creamery extras, 26Vtc; firsts, 21fe24c;
seconds, ngrzuc; sianaaras, joc.
ESgs 'Higher. Receipts, 15,876 cases.
HMrsf. 2014 6f 21c: ordinary firsts, 18&19e;
at mark, cases included, 19 20c; stand
ards, 21c
NEW YORK. May 20. Butter Easy.
Receipts, 13,748. Creamery, higher than
extras, 28 29c; creamery extras, 28c;
firsts. 2427c
Eggs Firmer. Fresh gathered, extra
firsts. 2324c; fresh gathered, firsts,
21 '23c.
cheese Steady. State whole milk flats,
fresh specials, 154flGc; othera un
changed. SEATTLE. May 20. Egge Select, local
ranch, white shells, 24 4i 26c; select, local
ranch, mixed colore, 22 41' 24c; pulleta, 19c
Butter Uliy creamery, euun, ioc;
bricks or prints, 80c; country creamery,
extras, cost to Jobbers In cubes, 25c
Dnluth Linseed Market.
DULUTH, May 20. Linseed on track
and arrive, $1.87.
Cotton Market.
NEW YORK, May 20. Spot cotton quiet
81 I Middling LiWc,
Last Prices Are at Advances of
3 to 7 Cents; Rain Badly
Needed la Kansas.
CHICAGO. Msy 20. Soaring prlcet for
wheat resulted today from bullish crop
conditions, west and southwest. The mar
ket closed strong, 8c to 7c net higher,
with May $1.39 to $1.59 and July
11. 2.1V to 11.24U. Corn finished un
changed to c lower, oats gained c to
c and provisions lost 2M:0 10 oc.
From th, outset, the bulls had the ad
Taninir, tr iinrrl to be generally ad
mitted that the winter crop had suffered
material iniurv. the southwest In par
ticular losing ground. Reports also were
current that unless plentiful moisture cam
soon In Kansas, heavy losses would occu
In sections which at present look promis
ing. Buils made much of gossip that Rus
sia had been buying wheat at Liverpool
and was In the' market for more, luas
much as under normal conditions Great
Britain would be obtaining supplies irom
Russia instead of shipping to that coun
try, the inference was that continued ex
nnrt riemund for United States whea
wnnIA rnmafn an Imnortant factor. With
such an outlook, the market developed
strength to the last, closing at practically
the topmost level of the day.
Predictions that corn receipts here would
hnv ric!ried increase next week, tended
to weaken the corn market. On the other
hand. reDorta indicated that the Condi
tion of oati Is below the average for this
time of the year. '
In the provision market the effect of
higher quotations on hogs was counter
balanced by weakness of corn.
The Chicago market letter received yes
terday by the Overbeck A Cooke company
of Portland said:
Wheat Sentiment was decidedly bulllsn
and In the absence of outside selling pres
sure the market was quick to respond to
unfavorable crop reports as wen as u
other items construed as conducive
higher prices. One subject of comment
was the report that Russia had taken a
cargo of wheat at Liverpool ana inai
aridlMnnal hualneaa nf that kind WAS
pending. The seaboard confirmed 750,000
bushels as having been sold to the Lnitea
Kingdom for exporti Clearances for the
week were placed by Bradstreet at 9,261,
000 bushels against 6,447.01(0 bushels
week ago. The Modern Miller crop out
look confirmed deterioration ' in Kansas,
Nebraska and Oklahoma, but said that
conditions elsewhere are very rood and
thai the rmnt of Illinois. Indiana and
Ohio will probably aggregate 40.000.000
hnahela more than last year. It is very
evident that the market for some timo
will be influenced by weather conditions
to a large extent, but it Is well to re
member that this recent advance has well
discounted the damage that has already
occurred.
Corn Selling by cash Interests, accom
panied by advices of liberal country of
ferings, overshadowed the strength In
wheat and cave this market a weak tone.
Receipts were larger and sold half cent
to one cent under yesterday's prices. Corn
planting has been delayed everywhere ana
In the southern states the early planted
corn is showing a poor condition.
riatu Followed the general trend of com
and lacked Independent feature. Receipts
of 110 cars met a fairly good demand and
the spot trading basis was firm. snip
ninr sales reported wore 175,000 bushels.
Crop reports generally were less pessi
mistic.
Bye Futures held within a narrow range
with reatlna- orders In the market absorb
lng the offerings on all setbacks. Cash
nrlces were higher with No. 2 on track
bringing $1.45 to $1.46.
Leading futures ranged ae follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Clnse.
$ 1.5H $ 1.60 $ 1.53 t 1.5
1.20 1.24 1.20 1.23
CORN.
.60 .61 .69 .60
.63 .04 .62 .63
OATS.
JulT,.. .88 .38 .M .M
Sent... .39 .40 .39 .40
Stags
Fat pigs
Feeder plge ...
Sheep
Prime lambs ,,.
Fair to good ...
Cull lambs
Feeder lambs ...
Light yearlings .
Heavy yearllnge
Light wethers .
H-avy wethere
Ewes
4 0" W 7 50
e oo 3.1
e.lo V.3u
7 0(i9 T 2r.
6 oofl 7 O"
4 50 8
mull) t"
e im t e o"
4 50 'ti 0"
, 4 50 (i I"
8 3o It 4 30
1.00 0 4
May
July
July...
Sept...
MESS PORK.
May. ..
July...
17.23
17.23
LARD.
9 75 9 77 S 5
10.05 10.10 9.95 893
SHORT RIBS.
10 05 10.10 9 93 .M
10.35 10.35 10.20 10.23.
faah nrlnca Vr'
Wheat No. 2 red. $1.50; No. 2 hard
31 62.
Corn o. x mixta,
July. .
Sept..
July
Sept
I
Oats No. a wnue, oowooreu,
white, 37e38c.
Rye No. 2. (1.IJ"-
Barley 5867c.
Timothy seed $4 50 96.
Clover seed $13418.
Pork Nominal.
I.ard $9.35.
Ribs $9.50(310.50.
,
Primary Receipt".
CHICAGO. May 20. Primary receipts-
Wheat 613.000 bushels versus 039.000 bush
els Corn. 424.000 bushels versus 454.000
bushels. Oats, 479,000 bushels versus 640.-
000 bushels.
hlpments Wheat 0;i."OII nusnfis vrri.ua
033,000 bushels. Corn, 676,000 bushels ver
sus 219.0O0 bushols. Oats, 414,000 bushels
versus 305,000 bushels.
Clearances Wheat. 4Jfl.ooo nusnois. torn
89,000 bushels. Flour. 13.000 barrels.
Seattle Grain Market.
SEATTLE, May 20. Wheat, hard while.
soft white, white club, $1.40: hard red
winter, soft resl winter, northern spring.
$1.38; eastern red Walla, $1.30; Big Bend
bluestem. $1.42.
City delivery Feed scratrn. rvtj ton:
baby scratch, $67; feed, wheat, $54; all
eraln chon. $42: oats. $39; rolled oats, $41;
sprout oats, $44; whole barley, $39; rollrd
barluv. 141: clipped barley, $46: milled feed
$30; brtin, $30; whole corn, $40; cracked
corn. S42
Hay Alfnlfa, $24 ton: double compressed
alfalfa, $31: do, timothy, $.15; eastern
Washington mixed. $30; straw, $24.
v flraln at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. Grain
Wheat Feed $2.15W2.25; milling. XiUff
240. corn, white Kgyptlsn. I2 20:h20
red mllo, J1.90W2O5; barloy, ned, 11 -'
1.25. shipping, $1.30j!1.43; oats, red toed,
$1.5001.60.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 20 Barley, 460
60 cents. Flax, No. 1, $1.87 &1.U0
Wheat July, 81.28.
Chicago Livestock Market.
CHICAGO. May 20 (United States tin-
reau of markets.) Cattle Kcelits. 4(Mo;
beef steers, butcher she stork, calves,
stockers and feeders generally staady; top
beef steers $9 30: bulk $8H7: fat sows
and heifers largely $3.737.60; ralvrs
mostly $8 50?9; bulls weak to lower;
bulk $3 25ir6 23.
Hogs Receipts. 21.000; mostly 1 10o
higher: some butchers up more: top $4 90;
bulk S40fh8Ri), pigs steady; bulk desir
able $8 608 75.
Sheep Receipts. 8000; nearly all psrkfr
direct; few loads natives on sale; best na
tive lambs at $11: native springs st
$13.73: stesdy: others and therp 25a to
60c lower; best light awes $0.50.
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA. Msy 20 (United State
reau of markets). Hugs Receipts. II.
OOO, mostly steady to strong: bulk 180
240-pound butchers $8.15018 40; tup. $t n:
bulk butchers. 230 pounds and over. $7 M
TN13; packing gradra, smooth, 7 30i
7.80.
Cattle Receipts, 6000; beef ateera 11
v723c lower; spots more; top yearllntt
$8 50; she stock siearfy to 23a lower: bulls
and veals weak; stockers sad feedeis
steady.
Sheep Receipts, 600; bulk of eupplv.
California spring lambs. market 23ti
higher; top $13: native spring lambs and
clipped ewes 26 0 50c lower; best native
spring Iambs $12: wooled ewee and yearl
llngs steady; wooled yearlings $9 60; wet
$7.50; no feeders here.
Kamaa rily Livestock Market.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. May 20 (Unl!1
States bureau of markets). Cattle Re
ceipts, 1100, all classes slow but aroun-l
steady, some offerings left unsold; New
Mexican steers 8 ion 8 40: Colorado pulp
era. $8.50; choice cows $6.60; best vealsrs
$800.
Hogs Receipt. 1600. active, steady to
10c higher; mostly 6il0c higher; best
sorted lights to shippers $4 40; bulk IS
8.35; pigs and packing sows steady.
Sheep Receipts, 5300; very slow; na
tive spring lambs weak to 23o lower; other
killing rlasses fully 25c lower; best shorn
Texas wethers $11.50; most sales .V0;
native spring lambs $12.25; Texas goats
not sold.
Brattle Livestock Market.
SEATTLE, May 20 Hogs Stesdy ; nm
receipts; quotations unchanged.
Cattle Weak; no receipts; quotations
unchanged.
BOSTON WOOL MARKET 13 STEADY
New Texas Clip la BWng Taken at 16 to
20 Cents.
BOSTON. May 10 The Commercial
Bulletin tomorrow will say:
The demand for wool has been within
restricted compass during the past week,
but sufficient business has been done to
keep prices fairly steady, manufacturers
taking wool with moderation, having fill
stocks on hand.
Operations are becoming mors general
in the west, buying to a moderate extent
having been done in Texas this week at
16 to 20 cents.
The government has cut the offering nf
low wools to be sold here May 2.1 In ha'.f.
the offering now bring 3.0oo,o00 pounds.
Scoured bnsla: cjregon, eastern No. 1
staple, 80K3c: eestera clothing,- 03 UOnc.
illey. No. 1, 057Oc.
Territory Fine staple, choice. 85000c;
half-blood combing, 704f75c; -hlom
combing, 53f55c; quarter-blond combing.
42ii(45c; fine and fin medium clothing,
63ij68c.
Mohair Best combing. 27030c: best
carding, 22 23c
Switching In Coffee Market,
NEW YORK, May 20. There was some
switching trom May to later months In
the market for roifee futures today, but
otherwise r.) trailir.g feature developed
beyond a little scattering liquidation.
This was probably promoted by rather
disappointing Brazilian cables and after
opening at a decline f 1 to 2 points, the
market closed net unchanged to 4 poin's
lower. July so at 6 Otic: May. 6 7Iu:
July, 5 89c; September, 6 38n; October.
6 43c; December, 6.75c; January, 6b3c;
Murch. 7.03c.
Spot coffee, dull; Rio 7s, 6c; Santos 4a
8V9j.
Metal Market.
NEW YORK, May 20. Copper firm.
Electrolytic, spot and nearby, 13c; fu
tures, 13 -a)13c.
Tin firm. Spot and nearby. 83.50c;
futures, 83.50c.
Iron Nominal. No. 7 southern $210 23.
Lead Steady. Spot. 5 00c.
Zlno Quiet. fcaat 6u Louis delivers.
spot. 4.85v4.00c.
Antimony spot, 5.25e.
New York Sugar Market.
NEW YORK, May 20 Raw sug.ir, $.1 OS
for centrifugal; refined, $6.30 to $6 00 for
fine granulate.
' Pried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK. Msy 20. Evaporated ap
ples, nominal. Apricots, firm. Peaches,
quiet.
CATTLE DEMAND LACKIN
STOCK IS CARRIED OVER
FROM DAY TO DAY.
Most of Hogs Xoir Arriving Arc
on Contract; Sheep and
Lambs Steady.
Only three loads of stock reached the
yards yesterday, but there was a consider
able quantity held over from earlier in
the week and this, with the stock driven
in. furnished a very fair supply. Business,
however, was light.
In the cattle division the undertone con
tinued weak. There were several loads
of hoidovera- on hand, but demand was
lacking. There were no hog receipt for
the open market aside from drive-ins. and
these sold at steady prices, bheep and
lambs were also about steady.
Receipts were 49 hog and 389 sheep.
The day's sales were a follows:
Price. Wt.l W. Price I
928 $ 6 23188 hogs.. 208 $ 9.25
1140 0 OUI 4 hogs.. 417 7 23
6.251 7 hogs.. 28 9 23
6.501 1 hog... 420 7 23
6 50 2 hogs.. 208 9.23
8 50l 9 hogs.. 146 9 30
3.001 8 hogs.. 101 9 30
6 00l 2 hogs.. 223 9 25
4 00 18 lambs. 83 6 50
6 50:11 Iambs. 63 6 00
150 10 001 17 lambs. 66 7.00
120 9 .001 7 lambs. 64 7.00
136 10 001 6 lambs. 56 7 00
4.30 28 lambs. . 63 7.00
-4.50 39 lambs. 65 6 50
9 501 13 ewes.. 113 4 011
9 00 07 ewes.. 115 4 00
9 30 100 yearl. 87 6.50
9.51I
Livestock prices at the local yard fol-
C holes steers $8 25 8 50
Medium to good steers 7.50W 8 SO
lTal rfn medium steers 6.73f 7.30
Common to good steers ft.iRw 6.75
Good cow ad heifers 6.751 7 00
Medium to good cows, heifers. 6.73t 6 23
Fair to medium cows, heifers. 6.23'u 5.75
Common to fair cows, belters. 4 .25 6 25
Canner 2 75 4 23
Suii 4 - ' - J "
21 steer.
1 cow. .
1 cow...
1 cow...
4 cows..
8 cows. .
2 cow. .
1 cow. ..
1 cow...
4 cows. .
8 calve
1 calf..
6 calve
1 bull.,.
1 bull...
16 hog..
9 hog. ,
2 hog.,
2 hogs..
1100
1550
942
130
855
1020
930
1045
860
12M0
206
225
120
160
Fire Apparatus Rrllo Saved.
ABERDEEN. Wash., May !. (Spe-
clal.) Th old Ticr hand pump, the
first piece of fire apparatus of the
Aberdeen volunteer fire department la
to be saved from the Junk heap. The
old pump came here from tialem.
Or., In 1890. according to W. IL Fear
son, one of the three mirvlvor nf
the old department organ-d In 18S4.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL XEPOBT.
PORTLAND. Msr 20 Maximum tem
perature. 66 degrees; minimum. 31 degree
Kivcr reading. 8 A. M, 18 2 feet: change
In last 24 hours. 1.2 f t rise. Total rain
fall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M ). trs. e; lotul
rainfall since H-pln-br 1, Is JO. 44 37
Inches; normal rainfall since Rvptember I.
41.47 Inches; excess of rslnfsll sln-s Sp-t-mber
1. 1920, 8 10 Inch's. Sunrise,
4:33 A. M.; sunset, 7 42 P. M. Total sun
shine May 20, 10 hours; possible sun
shine. 13 hour 9 mlnuti-s. Monnrls Kst
urtlay, 7:42 P. M ; nions-t Sunday, 6:1.1
A. M. Barometer (reduced to s-a level)
at 3 P. M., 29 69 Inches. Relative hu
midity at 6 A. M.. 89 per cent; at nouo
60 per cent; at 6 P. M , 45 per cent.
TUB WBATHKR.
STATIONS.
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Baker ....
Koine
Ronton ....
Calcury ...
Chicago ...
Denver
ra Moines.
Kurcka . ...
Galveston .
Helena . .
Juneaut
2"0 Wind
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3 ' ;
Weather,
5l 0.88 ,.,'NK rii.u.ly
611 U.llll1 . WlClnudy
7M n.oo'iu sv 1 loudy
74 O.otli. .INW
lilt O. HOI . . ItS W
80 0.00 14 .SB
8H 0.00 10 S
52 0. 101 . . K
80 0 . Oil; 12 SB
4ir on o.ooi,
42 iso O.osl
sw
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Kansas Cltyl 681 86 0.00'10H
Los Angeles
Marshfleld
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York..
North Head.
Phoenix ,,
Pocatello .
Portland .
Roseburg .
Sacramento
fit. Louis...
Halt Lake..
San Diego..
8. Francisco
Seattle ....
Sltkat
Spokane ...
Tacoma
Tatoosh Isd
VaMeit ....
Walla Walla
Washington
Winnipeg
Tsklma ...
521 60 0.30 .. 8
4S 34 0.20 ..INW
O-'l 90 0.01 . JfW
701 80 0.0IM. .in
60 70 0.00 12 H
46 60 0.OJ 24 NWIClesr
I't uluujy
Clear
ciou.lr
Cloudy
ttiun
Clear
I't. cloudy
Haln
Clear
Iciou.ly
cloudy
t tear
Cle.r
Clear
64 DO 0.0O 16 W
41 B2 0.02 10 8
611 66-0.00 . . N
48 6(1 0.64
62 86 0.48
8 86 O.OO1I2 S
4S 70 0.001 . .INW
60 60 0. 08,20 S
60l 6K 0.0(1. .IW
60 66 0.02 12,-V
, . . 4H 0.00
6?l 62 0.02
48 6S 0. 10l
44! 58 0.0614 NW
40 62 0 081.. SW
64 6110.06!.. N
62 7'fl.OOl. .IS
611 72 0.0O 24 K8I
4l 72 O.OOl. .H
W
CI.
Cloudy
Clear
'Cloudy
m s in
Clear
Cloudy
Haln
riouily
Clear
i't. cloudy
'Cloudy
t leer
Cloudr
Cloudy
Clear
Haln
Clnu.lr
tA. M. today.
day.
'P. M. report of preceding
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair; westsrly
inds.
Oregon Fair northwest Dortlon. Blear
ing southwest portion and shower east
portion; moderate westerly winds.
Washington Fair: moderate 1 fr.ah
I.MW I.JI), westerly wlada,
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