Morning Oregonian., May 28, 1921, Image 21

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY. MAY 28, )21
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WATERFRONT PLAH
Time to Start Project Held
Not Ripe, However.
RAILWAYS' AID NEEDED
Situation la Portland Is Declared
to Be Xot Such as to Warrant
action at Present.
Approval of the Laurgaard water
front plan was contained in a report
submitted to Mayor Baker yesterday
by the committee of twenty-one. Rec
' ommendations were made, however,
that the plan be dropped for the time
being, and revived after other im
portant harbor development work has
been disposed of and when business
conditions will warrant the required
expenditure.
The report aald that in the inveati
Cation or the plan, no general opposi
tion was encountered, the only ques
i tion being as to when would be the
feast time to carry out the plan.
Better Waterfront Proposed.
The development plan calls for the
Improvement of the waterfront from
Jefferson street to the Glisan street
rt.ee! bridce and from Front street to
the river. The razing of all building
structures and docks, the construe
tion of a sea wall and the conversion
ef th nroDertr into railroad and
lectrio passenger terminals, with.
provision for public market buildings,
warehouses and a central interurban
and street railway station, have been
contemplated. Dock and boat landings
for river transportation also nave
been proposed.
The committee of twenty-one, head
d by Guy W. Talbot, was appointed
more than a year ago to investigate
the plan. A special engineering sub
committee, composed of D. C. Henry
and J. C. Stevens, was appointed by
Chairman Talbot and a report Irom
this committee was attached to the
report of the main committee,
Rallronds' Aid la Weeded.
The main report set forth that the
Laurgaard plan incorporates certain
railroad facilities, which involve such
an expense for the railroads that the
time is not yet ripe to attempt to
gain their full co-operation and will
not be here until the general railroad
situation in Portland has been clari
fied.
The committee reported that the
railroads were not only open minded,
but were interested. The committee
expressed the belief that their co
operation could be obtained without
difficulty at the proper time.
t Inasmuch as the report made yes
terday was but a preliminary one, the
committee did not attempt to discuss
the question as to the division of costs
as between the property under the
proposed improvement itself and the
bridge approaches, state widening and
viaducts.
. .Assessment la Considered,
The committee took the position
that the question of any local district
assessment should be approached
carefully for the reason that the con
templated improvement will be a gen
eral one and will be beneficial to
the city and its people as a whole,
rather than to any certain district.
In all probability, the committee said,
the expense may better be borne by
the city as a whole.
The development of the Inner water
front la now in the hands of property
owners of the district, with special
committee of property owners headed
by Graham Glass, chairman, investi
gating the various phases of the
question. It has been proposed by
Commissioner Barbur that the prop
erty owners within the district at
tempt the improvement through the
organization of a corporation and the
issuance of bonds.
In the event that this procedure Is
settled upon, the committee of twen
ty-one has requested its discharge by
me city council.
Tacoma's leading business men cele-'
brated last night the closing of their
campaign to subscribe Tacoma's allot
ment of $300,000 worth of Oregon
Washington Canning & Preserving
company's stock deemed necessary
to insure adequate handling of Pierce
county's record-breaking berry crop.
W. R. Rust. Tacoma capitalist, will be
chairman of the new board of direc
tors, and Chester Thorne and Henry
Rhodes will serve with him.
The company will take over the
plants at Puyallup and Sumner, in
cluding the new $375,000 jam plant
just being completed at Puyallup, and
a modern cannery at Albany, Or.,
owned by the Puyallup and Sumner
Fruit Growers' Canning company.
STBIBE1ES 30 CENTS
PRICE EXPECTED TO FALdj TO
2 BOXES FOR 15.
California Product Is Slightly
Cheaper; First Cantaloupes
Are Put on Market.
Local Oregon strawberries will be
on sale today for 30 cents a box, with
California berries at 25 cents for the
best quality. This is the last week
for California berries, because next
week Oregon berries are expected to
be here in abundance. The price will
decline rapidly as soon as the Oregon
strawberries are on the market in
substantial quantities.
The price for Oregon berries this
season should be much lower than last
year and may reach two boxes for 15
cents, or an even lower figure.
The first canteloupea are on the
market now at 40 cents each, but so
appetizing in appearance that it is
hard to resist buying some for the
Sunday breakfast. This is California
oanteloupe.
New Oregon green peas at 30 cents
a pound are another deltcacy. This is
a top-notch price and one downtown
store is selling peas from The Dalles
at 25 cents a pound.
New local carrots at 10 cents a
bunch are just the thing to cook with
the green peas and fortunately both
have come into the market at the
same time.
There is fresh eggplant at 35 cents
a pound. Hood River asparagus at 20
cents a bunch, green peppers at 60
cents a pound, artichokes at two for
25 cents, Bermuda onions at 10 cents
a pound, fresh California string beans
at 25 cents-a pound, new California
celery for flavoring at 20 cents a
bunch and new cabbage for two
pounds for 15 cents.
Loquats, a' Japanese fruit trans
planted! in California, are new in the
market this week. The fruit is a cross
between an apricot and an apple. The
price is 25 cents a pound.
Gooseberries are selling at 15 cent?
a box and fresh pineapples at 35 cents
each are in demand.
DHL MAD
NEW dtf WOOL
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Birtte Creek Clip of 100,000
Pounds Purchased.
K0SHLAND, BOSTON, BUYS
quoted 17 cents to country shippers. Outside
orders took care of the surplus.
Poultry was weak with liberal receipts
There was a steadier tone , in the dressed
veal trade.
rOBTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Merchants' Exchange, noon session
Bid
Stay. June.
.$1.35 $1.32
BOND ISSUE IS APPROVED
SI. 300. 000 TO BE TSED BT
ALASKA COAL COMPANY.
Raising of Funds to Iy Trackage
and Buy Other Equipment
Is Authorized.
STANDARD 0IL BUYS SITE
Tanks for Gasoline and Oils Are
Contemplated for Seaside.
. SEASIDE, Or.. May 27. (Special.)
Alter negotiations of a little more
tnan a year, through the R. O. Rals
ton real estate agency of Seaside, the
Standard Oil company has purchased
from the Mary P. Thompson and
George Nolan estate a tract of land
consisting of about two acres in the
north end of the city, at the junction
r i wenty-fourth avenue and Roose
velt drive.
The probabilities are that the Stan
dard OU company immediately will
Improve the property by erecting
storage tanks for gasoline and oils.
and It win mean an expenditure of
about $25,000.
MOHAIR AUCTION TODAY
EddjrlHe Pool of 25,000 to 30,001)
Pounds to Be Sold.
TOLEDO. Or., May 27. (Special.)
me .MVT.-iiie mohair pool consisting
of about 25,000 to 30,000, pounds of
1921 clip and 28.000 pounds of 1920
clip, will be offered for sale at pub
lic auction at iuayvnie tomorrow.
This pool has been in 'existence for a
score of years and has always sold at
a good premium.
With the present open market
standing firm at 16 to 18 cents, the
directors of the pool recently an
nounced that members of the organ
ization were assured a 22-cent price,
as that figure had already been of
fered by one mohair concern.
OFFICER SHOT IN CHASE
Suspected Bootleggers In Auto
"Wound Deputy Sheriff.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 27. R. E
Murphy, deputy sheriff, was wounded
in one leg in a running pistol fight
with alleged bootleggers in an auto
mobile on the Bethel road today.
Murphy, who was riding a motor
cycle, ordered the car to stop and
when the occupants sped away, gave
chase. After being wounded he 're
turned to the sheriff's office for a
supply of ammunition .and resumed
the chase in an automobile, but was
unable to overtake the fleeing car.
Sheriff Starwlch issued orders to
his men to "shoot to kill" when occu
pants of suspected liquor cars failed
to stop when ordered.
CANNING STOCK OBTAINED
Tacoma Celebrates Subscription of
$300,000' Allotment.
TACOMA. Wash.. May 27. (Special.)
s-W,iU. BJJQga and, AtteecbeA lOtt of , coast; jiiodx.t juixiaweslerijc winds.
That the Interstate commerce com
mission has granted permission to the
Alaska Anthracite Railroad company
to Issue $1,500,000 of bonds to finance
the construction of trackage and for
equipment necessary to enable it to
handle the business of the Alaska
Coal & Coke company on Controller
bay, Alaska, wa9 the information re
ceived by telegraph yesterday by J. P.
Jaeerer. president of the coal com
pany, from Henry R. Harriman, coun
sel for the concern, who is in Wash
ington, D. C.
According to Mr. Jaeger, tnis an
nouncement is highly Important,
meaning, he eays, that his company
will be able to put its properties in
operation in due time.
The bonds now autnonzea 10 oe
Issued." said Mr. Jaeger, will finance
the construction of about six miles of
railroad to our mines, where there
are deposits of excellent coal, already
tested, and will also provide equip
ment for the road and docks at tide
water, where deep-sea vessels may
take on cargoes. So far as I know,
there is no further impediment to our
operations, as I think this Is the last
of a long run of red tape necessary
to be unwound."
Mr. Jaeger said that he and his as
sociates are confident they will be
able to dispose quickly of the Im
mense output, available as soon as
rail connection is made. The Alaska
Coal & Coke company Is capitalized at
$2,500,000.
Eddyville 3fohair Clip Taken by
Brown & Co. of Salem at
22 'A Cents Pound.
The - largest wool sale In Oregon this
season was reported yesterday, the pur
chase by J. Koshland & Co. of Boston of
the Butte Creek Land & Livestock com
pany's clip at Condon, amounting to about
100.000 pounds. The price was not made
public The same buyers obtained two
or three other smaller clips.
Buying is slowing down In Washington,
ss that state Is getting well cleaned up.
The Idaho market continues quiet.
.The first mohair pool sale this year OC'
curred at Eddyvllla yesterday. Several
bidders were present and the price was
run up to 22ft. cents, at which it was taken
by William Brown & Co. of Salem. Thi
Is considered by local dealers as a very
good price, as the regular market for mo
hair is about 18 to 20 centa There has
not been much demand here for mohair
from eastern mills, as most of them are
reported to be heavily stocked. The Ed
dyvllle pool contained about a -carload.
The wool market In the east, according
to trade advices just received, is holding
Its own and the hope for future better
ment seems to be more of a factor than
are the disadvantages of the present. De
lay in handling the tariff bill In Washing
ton. though expected by many in th
trade, is disheartening to others. A num
ber of operators have during the last week
or two conducted 'further operations In
Anstralia and In South America, and It Is
understood that they have been able to
get the material at so favorable a price as
to make the speculation of being able to
land it ahead of tariff enactment worth
while.
There has been a scattered Interest In
old clip domestic wools In various parts
of the country, according to reports. Th
new clip domestio wool is being handled
by pool arrangements in many states and
little of it has found Its way to eastern
markets as yet.
The interest In Argentina wool is lim
ited, but cables from that country indicate
that a fair total of orders has been placed
at Buenos ' Aires on American account
lately.
Mill are taking wools slowly and the
extent to which they are able to run and
still hold out of the market is surprising
to some dealers. The mills have . been
buyers of foreign wool -during the last
few months and this stock is apparently
eatisfylnig their current needs.
Kalama Welcomes Seattle Men.
KALAMA. Wash., May 27. The Se
attle Commercial club found all of
Ka la ma's business men at the dock
Thursday morning when they arrived
on the steamer Georgiana. All stores
were closed for 45 minutes.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. May 27. Maximum tem
perature, 64 degrees: minimu temperature,
45 degrees. River reading. 8 A. M., 22.2
feet; change in last 24 hours .2 toot rise.
Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 6 P. M.), .02
inch; total rainfall since September 1,
1920. 44.57 Inches; normal rainfall since
September 1. 41.82 inches; excess of rain
fail since September 1. 2.65 inches. Sunrise,
4:27 A. M.; sunset. 7:49 P. M. Total sun
shine, 11 hours 10 minutes: possible sun
shine, 15 hours 22 minutes. Moonrise.
Sunday. 12:22 A. M.: moonset, Saturday,
10:51 A. M. Barometer (reduced to sea
level) 5 P. M., 30.00 inches. Relative hu
midity: At 5 A. M., 74 per cnt; at noon,
44 per cent; at 5 P. M.. 85 per cent.
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A. 1L today. tP. M. report of preceding
day.
. FORECASTS. ,
and vicinity Fair.
warmer:
Portland
winds mostly northerly.
Oregon Fair north portion, snowers and
thunder storms south portion: warmer ex
ceDt near the coast: moderate winds.
mostly northerly.
Washington r air. warmer except near
STRAWBERRY CROPS NOT IN DANGER
White Salmon Farms Are Above Probable
Flood Stage.
Investigating a report that the high
stage of water in the Columbia bid fair
to damage to a considerable extent the
strawberry beds and truck farms In the
vicinity of Whits Salmon, Wash., R. W,
Pickard. assistant general freight agent of
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway
was assured that no damage had been done
and none expected, as these lands were all
above the highest water mark ever
reached. The weather In this section of
the Columbia river valley has been favor
able for growing, considerable rain hat
fallen and this, coupled with the past few
days' sunshine, has accomplished a great
deal toward insuring a bountiful yield of
both fruits and graina
Central Oregon along the Oregon Trunk
railway has been visited with rains the
past two weeks. Interspersed with warm
sunshiny days and the small grain and hay
fields are. fairly leaping Into life. Con
ditions were never better at this time of
the year and farmers are encouraged as
a bumper crop will do much to offset the
low pricea
The Horse Heaven country, m eastern
Washington, last week had a heavy rain
fall, materially assisting the growing crops
as the territory had lately suffered from
heavy winds which absorbed the moisture
from the soli. All indications promise
better than normal yield.
Fruit conditions In the territory sur
rounding Kennewick are good. -. Strawber
ries are already moving to market, better
than average yield with favorable prices
obtaining. The richest of pasturage in
eastern Washington and Oregon insure
fat livestock. Sheep shearing is practi
cally over with some wool already at
the marketa
Continuing optimistic reports are
ceived from the territory tributary to the
Oregon Electric and United Railways in
the Willamette valley. Grain is showing
strong stoollng with sufficient moisture In
the soli and warm sunshine now prevalent.
Fruit, both small and tree. Is better than
average.
WHEAT BIDS CUT ANOTHER CENT
Fanners Are Not Selling at Reduced Price
Corn Offers Higher.
Wheat bids In the country were reduced
another cent yesterday. Dealers did not
make much effort to buy nor were farm
ers anxious to sell. At the Merchants'
Exchange, offers for hard white, soft
white and club were 2 to S cents lower
than Thursday. There were no bids on the
other grades.
The only change In the coarse grain mar
ket was an advance of 25050 cents ih
Eastern yellow corn.
John Ingllr report on Missouri crop
conditions was more favorable. He said:
"Heavy rains came in time; soil was
baked, now is loose; will make rapid
growth as rains are general In the west.
There will be a lull in bad reports; fojind
fly in field; percentage of loss small."
Bradstreet's estimates exports of wheat
and flour from North America this week
at 8.250,000 bushela
Terminal receipts. In cars, were reported
by the Merchants' Exchange as follows:
Portland Wheat.Bar.Flr.Oats.Hay.
Friday 127 2 5 2 S
Year ago 51 1 8 .. . 1
Season to date 17,903 238 1055 559 23R9
Year ago 8,482 163 3882 512 2192
Tacoma
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4.635 52 B00 186 929
7,039 99 8170 177 836
Thursday
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4.521 215 533 469 1441
6,168 247 1162 645 1223
Heavy Crop of Berries "Expected.
Strawberries were steady on the market
with a moderate supply. Clark Seedlings
brought $7, southern Oregons $55.50 and
Caltfornlas (4 4.25. Dealers look for
very low prices to prevail when the bulk
of the home crop comes on the market.
Everything points to a large yield and
with the canneries not a factor this sea
son, there may be some difficulty in mar
keting all of the fruit. The peach crop
promises te be light sgain in this section
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearings of the northwestern cit
ies yesterday were as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
Wheat
Hard white
Soft white , 1.84
White club 1.34
Oats
No. 2 white feed 31.50 30.00
No. 2 gray 30.00 30.00
Millrun 30.00 30 50
Corn
No. 2 E. Y. shipment 82.00
Ko. 8 E. Y. shipment 31.50
FLOUR Family patents. $8.60 per bar
rel; whole wheat (7; graham,- $6.80; bakers'
hard wheat, $8.25; bakers' bluestera pat
ents. $7.75; valley bakers' $7.25; straights.
$7.23.
MILLFEED Prices f. o. b. mill: Mill
run. H2 per ton: rolled barley. IS840;
rolled oats. $41; scratch feed. $52 per ton.
CORN Whole, $41; cracked, $44 per ton.
HAY Buying prices f. o. b. Portland:
Alfalfa, $18618.50 per ton; cheat, $2223
per ton; clover, $16; valley timothy, $24
25; eastern Oregon timothy, $26.
Dairy and Country Produce.
BUTTER Cubes, extras. 26c lb; prints,
parchment wrapped,, box lots, 30c; cartona
31c. Butterfat. buying price: A grade,
25c: B grade, 23c Portland delivery.
EGGS Buying prices, case count, 17o
delivered. Jobbing .prices to retailers:
Candled ranch, 2122c; selects, 24c
CHEESE Tillamook triplets, price te
jobbers f. o. b. Tillamook, 19c; Young
Americas, 20c pound.
POULTRY Hens, 20 23c pound; ducks,
young, 40c; geese, nominal; turkeys, nom
inal. PORK Fancy, 33c per pound.
VEAL Fancy, 13H(14c per pound.
Fruits and Vegetables. '
FRUITS Navel oranges, $3.375.75 per
box; lemons, $4 63.25; grapefruit. $3Q
9.50 per box; bananas, 9felOc pound;
apples, $1.503 per box; strawberries, $4
7 crate; cherries, 25 30c pound; can
taloupes, $11 crate; peaches, $3.50 box.
VEGETABLES Cabbage, 51t6o pound:
lettuce, $3.75 per crate; . carrots, $1.50
per sack: garlic 20c per pound; beets,
$1.50 per sack; green peppers, 3040c per
pound; rhubarb, 4&6c pound; spinach,
6tt&7c per pound; turnips, $1.50853 per
sack; tomatoes, $4.50 per lug; cucumbers,
$1.752.75 per dozen; peas, 143il7c per
pound; asparagus, $2 per dozen; beans.
17 '180.
POTATOES Oregon. $1.251.50 per 10
pounds; Yakima, $1.6091.75; new Califor
nia, 5c per pound; sweet potatoes, $3.75
per crate.
ONIONS Oregon, 75c?$l per sack; new
crop. White Bermudas, $2 per, crate.
TONE OF STOCK HEAVY
BEARS BASE OPEBATTOXS
. A.BSEXCE OF SUPPORT.
Slaple Groceries.
Local jobbing quotations:
SUGAR (sack basis) Cane granulated.
7.85c per pound: beet. 7.65o per pound.
NUTS Walnuts, 30z39o pound; Brazil
nuts, 30c; filberts, 12c; almonds, 24 30c;
peanuts, 8llc per pound; cocoanuts, $L75
per dozen.
RICE Blue Rose, 60 per pound; Japan
style, ic per pound.
heass small white, 4Hc: pintt. ic;
lima, 8c; red, 8c per pound.
coffee Roasted, bulk, in arums, 14 a
36c per pound.
SALT Granulated. bale. $3.404.Z5;
half ground, ton. 50s, $19.75; 100s. $19.25;
lump rock, $26.50.
DRIED FRUITS Italian prunes. Bc
pound; date. $4.25 6.85 per box; figs, $2
a.Z per box.
Hides, Hops, Etc.
TALLOW No. 1, 814 4c; No. 2. 2VieSe
per pound.
CASCARA BARK 1P20 peel. 7c pouna;
1921 peel, 6c pound, delivered Portland.
HOPS 1820 crop. best. 20c per pound.
HIDES Salted country hides, 4c deliv
ered Portland: grubby hides, 3c; city calf
skins, 12c; country calf skins, 10c; good
kip, 6c; grubby kip. 4c.
WOOL New clip, 10 18c per pound.
MOHAIR New clip, 1822V4c pound.
delivered Portland.
GRAIN BAGS 8 8 14 c at country points.
Foreign Exchange T?n settlement
and Strength of Money Market
Factors; Bonds Irregnlar.
NEW YORK. May 27. Business on the
stock exchange today was dull and per
functory, a heavy tone predominating.
Professional operators availed themselves
of the slim attendance, due to approach
ing holidays, to effect additional depres
sion of prices.
Development of an adverse nature In
cluded sharp unsettlement in foreign ex
change, continued firmness of money rates
and the cautious or qualified views 01
leaders of industry.
The one negatively favorable feature of
the session was the declaration of the reg
ular dividend on Baldwin Locomotive. This
was without visible effect upon other equip
ments or kindred issues.
Declines of one to three points were
registered by a majority of the seasoned
as well as volatile Issues and rails of all
classes were under intermittent pressure,
not excepting the high priced coalers. Sales
amounted to 5o5.000 shares.
The break in foreign remittances extend
ed to 6 .cents in sterling bills and from
10 to 60 points in continental rates, es
pecially Dutch, French. Belgian, Italian,
Swiss. Spanish and . Scandinavian.
Dealers here ascribed the reaction In
British bills to heavy selling by German
commercial interests in -London, from w-hich
center large transactions in dollars, or
American exchange, were reported.
The money market followed exactly Its
course of the previous day, call loans hold
ing at 7 per cent until the final hour,
when a belated inquiry forced the rate to
7V4 per cent.
Changes in the irregular bond market,
including liberties and most other domes
tic issues, were unimportant. Foreign
Issues were inclined to ease, although sub
scriptions to the new French loan were
estimated at 90 per cent of the whole.
Total sales, par value. $11,175,000.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
(Furnished by Overbeck & Cooke com
pany, Portland.)
Sales.
400
Adams Expr.
Agr cnem ...
Aiax Rubber.. 400
Alaska Gold.. 2,500
Alask Juneau. 900
Allis Chal ... 1,600
do pfd
Am Beet Sug. 400
Am Bosch ... 500
Am Can 3,500
do pfd
Am Car & F. 800
do pfd
Am Cot Oil... 300
do pfd
Am Drug Sya
Allied Chem.. 2.700
Am Hide & L. 200
do pfd 1,500
Am Ice
Am lntl Corp. 6,700
Am Linseed... 300
do pfd ......
Am Loco 700
do pfd
Am Suf Razor 1.600
Am S & C
Am Smelters.. 1,100
do pfd
Am Steel Fdy. 100
Am Sugar .... 4,900
do pfd 700
Am Sumatra.. 16,200
Am T & T. ... 800
Am Tobacco... 3.000
do B 3.000
Am Wool .... 3,800
do pfd
do P pfd
Am Zinc 200
Anaconda .... 1,800
Assd Oil 200
Atchison 1,600
do pfd 200
Atl G & W I.. 3.000
Bald Loco . . .. '22,300
High.
42
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Provisions.
HAMS All sizes, 30 36c; slrinned, 81
36c; picnic. 18c; cottage roll, 28c
BACON Fancy, 43 63c; choice. 800
35c; standard, 25 27c
LARD Pure, tierces, 160 pound; com
pound, tierces, 11c
JJKK salt uacKs. zu'j.'iic; plates, lec
Oils.
LINSEED OIL Raw, In barrels, 99c;
five-gallon cans, $1.14. Boiled, in barrels.
$1.01; five-gallon cans, $1.16.
TURPENTINE in arums, b.tc; nve-gai-
Ion cans, $1.12.
WHITE LEAD 100-Ib. kegs, 13c per lb.
COAL OIL Tank wagons and iron bar
rels, 1714c; cases, 80 g 37c
GASOLINE Tank wagons and Iron bar
rels. 28c; cases, 4014c.
r
SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET
Prices Current on Vegetables, Fresh Fruits,
Etc., at fiaj City.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. Vegetables
Asparagus, 3&llc; Italian squash, $1.25
1.75: potatoes, new, Zl(sai4c: sweets.
Nancy Hall, $ Off 0.50; unions, Australian
brown, nominal: crystal wax. $1,5041.75
crate; green, $1.S52 box; tomatoes. Im-1
perial. $2Z.uo; ceierv, nominal; garuc.
peas, 7llc; rhubarb, $1.752.25; lettuce.
2ft2.25: artlcnoaes, -tai crate; spin
ach, 23c; beans, 12 14 17 Vic; beets, $1.75
2 sack; carrots, si.zoig.ou saca; egg
plant, 1020c; green corn, $4 & 4.50 sack.
Poultry Young chickens, zoiffwic; siaggy
roosters. 20 25c: old. 1318c; bens, 20
32c; ducks, 2535c: geese, 25c; turkeys.
live, 40c; aressea. ouavc; oeigiau ui o.
live, 20 22c; dressed, 25iii28u; squabs,
4348c; pigeojs, $34jl3.DU.
Fruit Oranajes. navel. J-'.75 45: Valen
cia, $33.7o; lemons, $3.505; grapefruit.
13.75: apples. 12.ju; strawberries,
5055c drawer, $11.25 crate; raspberries,
$1.251.50 drawer; gooseberries. 810c;
bananas, 810c; avocadoes. $3 6 dozen;
herries, tl'01. 7a Ilat oox; d'iic pouna;
apricots, $2.503 4-basket crate, $2.75
3.25 lua: watermelons. 10c pound; peaches,
2 2.25 box; cantaloupes, stanaards, $9
010: ponies. $6.5007.50; flats, $S(g3.50:
figs. $33.25; currants, $11.25 drawer;
loganberries, black, $1 drawer; plums, $2
per box.
Receipts r lour, ooou quarters; wneat.
800 centals; barley, 8868 centals; beans,
1765 sacks; corn, 1600 centals; potatoes.
447 sacks; onions, 97 sacks; hay, 120 tons;
hides, 76 bundles; oranges, 400 boxes; live-
tock, 50 -head.
QUOTATIONS ON DAIRY PRODUCE
Market Prices Ruling on Butter, Cheese
and Eggs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 27. Butter
Extras, 34c; prime firsts, 3314c; firsts.
nominal.
Eggs Fresh extras, 27c; extra firsts.
2614c: firsts, nominal; dirties, 25c; extra
pullets, 23c; undersized do, 20c
Cheese Flats, iancy, 100; no, iirsis.
nominal; Young Americas, fancy, 19c; do,
firsts, nominal.
Portland
Seattle .
Tacoma .
Spokane
. JS. 684.202
.. 4.0S2.836
.. 876.532
. . 1.469,614
$842,553
723,034
78,380
618,606
Active Demand for Butter.
The butter market remained firm with
a strong demand tor the best cubes at 26
centa
Eggs were steady. Host of the buyers
NEW YORK, May 27. Butter, steady;
creamery, bigher tnan extras, 2i4W0uc;
do, extras, 29c; firsts, 26 28 14 c.
Eggs, firm; fresh gathered extra firsts,
27 28c; do, firsts, 2526c.
Cheese, Irregular; uncnangea.
CHICAGO, May 27. Butter, higher;
-reiimerv. extras. Z8C: do. firsts. Z2IO2UC:
do, seconds, 1721c; standards, 27c
Eggs, uncnangea; receipts, 26,391 cases.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 27. Eggs Se
lect local ranch, white shells, 24 25c; do,
mixed colors, 23 24c; pullets, 18 20c
Butter City creamery, cubes, 29c; do.
bricks or prints, 30c; country ( creamery,
extras, cost to jobbers in cubes,' 25c
Coffee Futures Higher.
NEW YORK. liy 27. Coffee futures
were higher today on reports of an ad
vance in Brazil and a better spot demand.
The opening was 6 to 8 points higher and
active months soid 14 to Is points atvove
last night's closing figures on a moderate
demand which included Wall street' buying
and covering by trade shorts.' This carried
uly contracts up to o.tf,c, me nignest
price touched since they sold around 6.86c
last April. That delivery closed at 6.33c,
with the general market closing at a net
advance of 10 to 11 points. July, 6.83c;
September; 6.69c; October, 6.84c; Decem
ber, 7.15c; January. 7.25c; March, 7.45c
Spot coffee steadier; Rio 7s, 66c;
Santos 4s, 99c
Metal Market.
NEW YORK, May 27. Copper, steady.
Electrolytic, spot, nearby 13 13 14c; fu
tures, 13 18c. .
Tin weak; spot and nearby, 81.75c; fu
tures, 81.75c
Iron nominally unchanged.
Lead steady. Spot, 5.00o.
Zinc quiet. East Su Louis delivery, spot,
4.88' 4.9uc
Antimony, spot, 5.25c
.
New Tork Sugar Market.
NEW YORK, May 27. Raw sugar. 5.06o
for centrifugal; refined, 6.30c to fi.GOu tor
fine granulated. : I
do Dfd
Beth Steel 8s..
do B
B R T
Butte C Z..
Butte & Sup..
Caddo Oil ....
Cal Packing...
Cal Pet
do pfd .....
Can Pac
Cen Leather...
Cerro de P. ...
Chand Motor..
Chi & N W. ..
Chi Gt West..
do pfd
Chill Cop
Chino .........
C M St P
do pfd .....
Coco Cola ....
C & O
Colo F & I....
Col Graph ...
Con Gas
Contl Can ...
Contl Candy..
Corn Prod ...
do pfd
Cosden Oil ...
C R I & P....
do A pfd...
do B pfd...
Crucible
do pfd
Cuba Cans ...
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 & Sm.. .
do pfd
Fisk Tire ....
Gaston Wms..
Gen Cigars ..
Gen Electric.
Gen Motors...
do 6s ......
Goodyear
Gen Asphalt. .
Goodrich
Granby
Gt Nor Ore. ..
do pfd
Greene Can ..
Gulf S Steel..
Hupp Motor ..
Houston Oil..
Ill Central ...
Inspiration . ..
Int Agr Corp..
do pfd
Interboro . . .
do pfd
Int Callahan..
Int Harv ....
Int Mer Mar..
do pfd
Int Nickel ...
Int Paper ....
Invln Oil ....
Island OH ...
K C Southern.
do pfd
Kelly-Spgfld ..
Kennecott . . ..
Keystone Tire
Lack Steel . . .
Lee Tire
Lehigh Val...
Mackay
Max Motor . . .
do 1st pfd..
do 2d pfd...
Mex et
Miami
Mid States Oil
Mldvale Steel..
M K & T
do pfd
Mo Pac
do pfd . ....
Mont Ward...
M & St L
Nat Enamel...
Nat Lead ....
Nev Con .....
New Haven. ...
Nor & West...
Nor Pac
Nov Sco Steel.
N Y Air Brk.
N Y Central..
Okla Prod ref.
Ont Sliver ...
Ont A West...
Otis Steel ....
Pacific Oil ...
Pao Q & E. ...
Pan Am Pet..
do B
Penna
Peo Gas
Pere Marq . .
Phila Co
Pure Oil .
Pierce Arrow..
Pierce Oil ....
Pitts Coal . . ..
Pitts & W Va.
do pfd
Pr Steel Car..
Pullman
Ray Con .....
Reading v...
Remington ...
RepI Steel ...
Rep I & S....
do pfd
Rep Motors...
Ryl Dutch OH
Ry Steel Spg.
S O lnd
Sears Roebuck
Shaltuck Ariz.
Shell T 4 T.
Sinclair ....
Sioss Shef ..
Sou Pac ...
Sou Ry
do pfd ...
St L & S F.
Strom Carb.
gtudecakex.
1.700
300
"706
800
1,400
100
300
8,300
500
3,300
500
"VoO
2,900
1,400
2.800
2,100
2.500
1,300
2,'200
500
100
1.000
4,800
i.Voo
7,400
7.700
2,900
800
4.900
100
200
100
400
900
1.400
100
200
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800 73 72
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300
800 4 4
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600 15 15
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2.600 4 3
700 27 27
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1,500 21 20
1.200 14 14
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100
2,500 63 62
16,900 151 149
500 23 22
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900 41 40
400 19 19
700 13 13
600 61 60
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900 97 96
5,900 71 70
100 29 29
200 68 65
700 69. 68
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10,300
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900
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67
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Tenn C A C. 1.800 8 8
Texas Oil .... 8.100 37 87 87
Texas Pac .... 4,000 25 24 24
Tex P C 4 O. 700 25 25 25
Tob Prod 1.4O0 57 66 66
Tr Oontl Oil.. 2,500 9 9
Union Oil Del 2,200 23 28 23
Union Pac ... 2.100 120 119 120
United Alloy 28
United Drug 94
Un Food Prod 200 20 20 20
United Fruit.. 900 110 108 108
Un Rds N J. . 100 10
Un Rtl Stores. 4.400 60 69 60
U S Ind Al... 1.500 68 68 68
U S Rubber... 13,000 68 67 68
do 1st pfd ' 101
U S Sm 100 33
U S Steel 2.100 72 81 82
do pfd 300 108 108 108
Utah Cop .... 1.800 65 64 55
Va Chem ... 2.500 80 28 30
Van Steel .... 2.000 82 81 81
Vlvandou 200 7 7 7
Wabash 200 8 8 8
do A pfd... 800 22 22 22
do B pfd 1 14
Wells Fargo 62
West Pac .... 900 29 28 28
West Union... 300' 87 87 87
Westh A B... 100 92
Westh E & M. 500 48 . 45 45
West Md 1,200 1 0 lo 10
White Motors. 400 88 88 88
Wlllys-Ovrl .. 8,900 8 8 8
do pfd 100 86 86 88
Woolworth 112
Worth Pump.. 400 49 48 49
W Sc. L E 400 10 9 10
BONDS.
U 8 2s reg. .
do coupon
U S 4s reg.
do coupon ..104
Pan 8s reg 77
100 IN Y C deb s..
.99N P 4s
104 IN P Ss
Pac TAT 5a.
Pa con 4s ..
do coupon ...77 IS P cv 3s.
A T & T cv 6s. 97 I So Ry 5s ....
Atch gen 4s... 751U P 4
D & R G con 4s 61 IT S Steei 5s..
87
74
54
83
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86
82
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Bid.
Liberty Bond Quotations.
Range of Liberty bond quotations, fur
nished by the Overbeck & Cooke company
of Portland: ,
High.
Liberty 3s $88.00
Liberty, first 4s
Liberty, second 4s... ....
Liberty, first 4s... 87.68
Liberty, second 4s. 87.20
Liberty, third 4s.. 90.64
Liberty, fourth 4s.. 87.28
Victory 4s 88.00
Victory 3s 98.00
Mining Stocks at Boston.
BOSTON, May 27. Closing quotations:
Low. Close.
$87.80 $87.76
.... 87.44
87.14
87.42 87.54
87.12 87.16
90.56 90.58
87.22 87.22
97.90 88.00
07.90 83.00
10
21
30
8
311
1
Allouez 21 jNorth Butte
Aria v-uiii ..... o-Hlvm iuii
Calu & Ariz... 411 Osceola
Calu & Heels. .232 ISuperior
Centennial .... 7'Qulncy
fnn Ranse 84-!Sud & Boston..
Franklin .1 Shannon vu
East Butte ... 9 Utah Con 3
Isle Royaiie ... 21 Winona 37
Lake Copper... 2 Wolverine 11
Mohawk 52
Swift tt Co. Stocks.
Closlnr prices for Swift Co. stocks at
Chicago were reported by the Overbeck &
Cooke company ox Portland as zollows:
Swift & Co.
Libby. McNeill & Libby ..
National Leather t.
Swift International
.97
. 8
. 7
.24
Money. Silver, F.tc
NEW YORK. May 27. Prime mercan
tile paper, 6 if 7 per cent.
Time loans Firm : 60 days, 90 days and
six months, 6 per cent.
Call money Firm: high, offered at ana
last loan. 7 per cent; low, ruling rate
and closing bid, 7 per cent
Bar sliver, domestic, 99c; foreign, osc
Mexican dollars, 44 c
tlKnnv Mat 27. Bar silver. 33 d
per ounce; discountrates,' short bills, 5
per cent.
Foreign Bonds.
Foretxn - bond Quotations furnished by
the Overbeck & Cooke company of Fort-
land:
Russian 5s, 1921
Russian 6s, 1926
Russian 6s, 1919
French Bs, 1931 ..
French 4s. 1917 ...
French 5s, 11120 ...
Italian 5s. 1918 ...
British 5s, 1922 ...
British 5s, 1927 ...
Brttlsn os. 10:31 ...
British vky 4s ....
British ref 4s ....
Belgium rest 5s ..
Belgium prem 8s .
German W. L. 6s .
Berlin 4s
Hamburg 4s
Hamburg 4s ....
Leipsig 4s
Munich 4s ........
Munich 5s
Frankfort 4s
Jan 4s
Jap first 4s ....
U K 5s. 1021 ...
U K 5s, 1922 ....
U K 5s, 1929 ...
U K 5s, 1937
Bid.
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.. 6
.. 14
. . 65
.. 63
. . 78
.. 42
. .394
. .389
. . S8
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..278
.. 74
.. 78
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.. 16
.. 15
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.. 99
.. 97
.. 90
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BEST LAMBS AT PREMIUM
WALLA WALLA BrXCJJ RRIA'GS
75 CENTS OVER MARKET.
Trading in Other Lines Quiet at
Local Yards; No Cat
tle Received.
The livestock market was quiet, with
the bulk of the trading In the sheep divi
sion. The run consisted of 11 loads of
sheep and a few nead of bogs. A part of
the sheep arrivals went through to the
sound.
Prices were unchanged throughout the
list and the tone of the market was about
steady at the quotations established Thurs
day. A bunch of 248 fancy lambs, shipped
In by W. S. Barrett of Walla Walla, sold
at $7.30. or 75 cents over the regular top.
Receipts were 24 hogs and 2020 sheep.
The day's sales were as follows:
Wt. Price. wt. rnce.
steers. 923 $ 5.0O'2.12 lambs.. 69 $ 8.7J
leow:.. 630 2.00 33 hogs..., 127 9.50
2 cows.. 930 3.251 5 lambs. .. 60 6.00
lcow... 820 4.001 4 lambs. .. 47 6.00
lcow... 900 6.00148 lambs... 64 6.00
lcow... 800 6.75-42 Iambs... 68 5.00
1 rnva Mill 4.001 R lambs... 66 6.34
lcow... 9-10 2.751 9 Iambs... 66 6.60
lcow... 600 1.501 5 lambs... 72 6.60
lcow... 870 8.00 31 lambs. .. 71 7.00
4 calves. 140 10.00 48 lambs. .. 40 6.00
lcalf... 170 9.00111 lambs. .. 61 8.00
2 calves. 170 8.00 248 lambs.. 79 7.50
lcalf... 80 2.00118 lambs... 60 6.oo
2 calves. 180 5.00.43 lambs. .. 68 6.50
2 calves. 145 10.00 2 bucks. .. 1"0 2.50
lcalf... 150 7.301 lbuck... 1H0 2 50
lbull... 1030 3.00131 ewes... 145 2.35
lbull... 1020 2.50 32 ewes. .. 113 3 50
2 hogs.. 120 8.501248 wethers 98 4.75
8 hogs.. 101 10.00I2J8 wethers 90 4.30
27 hogs.. 61 9.50:264 wethers 100 4.50
fol
depend the course of the market for the
July delivery. The opinion serine to pre
vail In many quarters that the bulk of the
damage has been due to othr than do
weather and that rains will not revive thi
plant.
Corn The market was Independently
strong, sccompsnled by sn active commis
sion house demand, and by buying by thr
cast against export salea Heactlnn at the
close was almost entirely In sympathy
with wheat. Receipts of 800 ears wrrt
well taken at 1 to cents sdvanc
Shipping sales were 343.000 bushels, nl
which 235.000 went to exporters, and It
was Intimated that a much larger buKlneu'
was done. Country offerings to errtv
were less liberal. The time Is approschlns
when crop reports will be Influential In
the market and as early advices are not as
favorable as desired, we believe the ten
dency of prices will be higher.
Oats Had a firm tone with corn and
responded readily to buying by eastern
Interesta Cash prices were cent higher
and the spot trading basis strong. Coun
try offerings were said to be much smaller.
The market seems Inclined to be respon-
Ive to constructive news Items ana oau
crop report a
rive Trade was eomparstiveiy smsn em
pricea held within a nsrrow rang. Caan
rye was nominally steady at the Msy
price for No. 2 on track. A sale of oOO.UOO
bushels was made to go to store. Ka ex
port demand was reported.
Leading futures ranged as touowai
WHEAT.
10.00I2J8 wethers 90
9.50:264 wethers 100
Livestock prices at the local yards
low:
Choice steers $7.23 7.30
Medium to good steers 8. ,5g 7.23
Fair to medium steers 6.00 W 6.73
Common to good steers 5.00W 6.23
Good cows and heifers 5.50$u 6.23
Medium to sood cows, nctrers. 0.0044) o
Fair to medium cows, heifers.. 4 ."0"S 5.00
Canners 3.00 ii S in
Bulls 2 50i 4 75
Choice dairy calves wiwin nu
Medium light calves o.ooirn .ou
Prime light calves 9 flow 9 30
Heavy calves S.OOif 6 on
Fair to good feeders 4.73 5.25
riogs
Prime light 8.73 S 8 23
Smooth heavy, 250 to 300 lbs.. 7.25' 8
May..
July..
July...
Sept...
July..
Sept..
High. LOW. Cle.
$ 1.72 $ 1 63 $ 1
1.30 1.26 1.27
COR.
.65 .62
.87 .65 .60
OATS.
.41 .40 .40
.43 .42 .42
Open.
$ 1 66
L28
.62 t
63
.40
.42
MESS PORK.
Smooth heavy,
Rough bcavy .
Stags
rat pigs ,
Feeder pigs .
Sheen
Prime lambs ...
Fair to good
Cull lambs
Feeder lambs .
Light yearlings
Heavy yearlings
Light wethers
300 lbs. and up 6 23H4 7.23
o.ou:,p 1.
4.00-a 7.
9.00ft
8.50 9.50
6.50 673
6.50u 6.30
4 00 i 6 50
2.30 s 4.00
5.0O' 3.50
4.80 6 00
4.50 0 6.00
Heavy wethers 3.3flv
Ewes 1.00
4.50
4.
Foreign Exchange.
Foreign exchange rates at close of busi
ness yesterday, furnished by Northwestern
National bank of Portland. The amount
quoted Is the equivalent of the foreign
unit in United States funds:
Country. Unit. " Rat.,e
Austria, kronen $ .00.13
Belgium, francs , .08:1.1
Bulgaria, leva 0130
Czecho-Slovakla, kronen t ,01.i5
Denmark, kroner ".1800
England, pound sterling 8.9O00
Finland, finmark 0218
France, francs 0835
Germany, marks -"'ix
Greece, drachmas .0570
Holland, guilders 34113
Hungary, kronen 00., 0
Italy, lire 0335
Jugo-Slavla, kronen 0091
Norway, kroner 1542
Portugal, escudos ,1090
Ttnnmnnifl. lei .0175
Serbia, dlnara 0335
Soain. Desetas 1335
Sweden, kroner 2325
Switzerland, francs , .1790
China Hongkong, local currency.; .5000
Shanghai, taels 6oo
Janan. yen 4875
NEW YORK. May 27. Exchange weak
sterling demand, $3.80; caDies. sj.bit,
frnnna demand. 8.18c: cables. 8.20c: Bel
gian francs, demand. 8.18c; cables, 8.2oc
nllHan demand. 34.30c: cables. 84.40c
lire, demand. 5.14c: cables. 5.1o: marks,
demand, 1.67c; cables, 1.5.8c; Greece, de
mand, 5.35e; Sweden, demand, 23.00c
Norway, demand, 15.15c; Argentine, de
mand. 33.50c: Brazilian, demand, 13.50c
Montreal, 11 11-16 per cent discount.
WOOL MARKET SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
Prices Show IBtle Change at Boston; Mills
Working Steadily.
BOSTON. May 27. The Commercial Bul
letin tomorrow will say
'The tone of the market Is Improved
slightly, In view of the Imminence of the
tariff, although there has been no rush
to buy wool in evidence and prices show
little. If any, change as compared with
a week ago. Buying In the west le pro
gressing moderately, especially In Utah,
Nevada and Texas, with prices hardly
changed. The foreign markets are all
firm with, continued steady buying on the
part of japan ana Europe. The manufac
turers are working steadily as a rule,"
Scoured basis: Oregon Eastern No. 1
staple. 7880c; eastern clothing, 63 08c
valley. No. 1. 63 70c
Territory Fine staple, choice, 80 85c
half-blood combing, 70 & 72c; -blood
combing, 6053c; -blood combing, 40
43c; fine ana tine meaium clothing, 63
66c.
Mohair Best combing, 270300; best
carding, 22 25c.
ACTIVITY INCREASES IN SOME LINES
Retail Trade Variously Affected by Weather
Conditions.
NEW YORK. May 27.' Bradstreet's to
morrow will say:
"Wholesale and Jobbing trade and in
dustry are quieter in some lines, and this
dullness already has taken on the appear
ance of midsummer inactivity. Retail
trade is variously affected by weather con
ditions, but as a whole is no smaller.
"Conservatism and immediate needs are
reported as governing buying the country
over, but there are many instances of in
creased activity. Each line, in many cases
branches of each trade, apparently are operating-
independently to satisfy various
needs. On balance, trade is about fair,
industry is at 40 to 80 per cent of after
war capacity, and collections drag as much
as if not more than they have for three
months past.
"Mail-order trade Is fair.
"Weekly bank clearings were $5,994.
255,000." .
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 27. Turpentine
firm, 57 c; sales, 198; receipts, 660; ship
ments, 69; stock, 8955.
Rosin firm. Sales, 1333; receipts, 1198:
shipments, 191; stock, 74,355. Quote: B,
$3 50: D, $S.70''8.80; E. $3.808.9O; F
$3.853.90; G, $3.90; H, $4; I. $4.154.20;
K $4.75: M, $3.405.60; N. $5.90 6; WO,
$6.50 6.60; WW, $77.10.
Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. May 27. Spot cotton quiet
Middling, 13.13c '
Phone your want ads .to The Ore-
a-onian. Alain iviv, Automatic 6to-S5,
Chicago Livestock Market,
CHICAGO. Mav 27. United States Bo
reau of Markets.) Cattle Receipts SooO;
beef steers active. 10 to 25 cents higher.
Ton. $8.80. bulk 87.30lS8.25; all other
grades and classes steady; fat cows and
heifers, $5.258.2S; canners and cutters.
largely $2.504: bulk bulls, l4.Z5i.-J3:
veal calves, mostly $7,5018.25; Blockers
and feeders, mostly I'I-iJO'I.iS.
Hogs Receipts 28,000, 23 to 40 cents
lower than yesterday's average, lights and
mediums off most. Top. $7.93. bulk $7.30
to'7.76: pigs 25 to 40 ceis lower, bulk
desirable, $7.60 97.73.
Sheen Receipts 7000, very slow, over
half to packer direct. Few native springs,
$12: talking about steady on best lambs.
lower on sheep.
Chicago Hugs at Lew Prire,
CHICAGO, May 27. Hogs sold at the
lowest price in more than five years at
the stock yards today. The top price for
the best swine was $7.90 a hundred piunds
on the hoof, compared with $8.25 Wednes
day. The high mark today was $1.10 lower
than that a week ago. other classes or
hogs suffered declines of 35 cents or more
hundred pounds.
Kansas City Livestock Market.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 27. United
States Bureau of Markets.) Cattle Re
ceipts 630. Beef steers strong, top $7.83;
other classes around steady; some medium
quality cows left unsold without bids
choice cows. $66.25; few vealers $8.
Hogs Receipts 3500, slow, uneven, so
and 40 cents lower than yesterday's aver
age. One load earlles. $7. i5; practical
top $7.60; bulk of sales, $7.207.50; stock
pigs, 15 and 23 centa lower, best kinds
$8.85.
Sheep Receipts 2500. Killing classes
generally steady. Texas wethers. $4; fat
native ewes, $3.253.50; best native spring,
ers, $11.50; most best kinds, $10.75 11.25;
shorn Texas lambs, $5.35.
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA, May 27. (United States Bu
reau of Markets.) Hogs Receipts Soofl.
mostly 25 to 35 cents lower. Bulk 180
to 240-pound butchers, $7.2,107.63, prac
tical top $7.75, part load $7.90; bulk
butchers, 230 pounds and over, $6.757.25;
packing grades, $6.256.75.
Cattle Receipts lOoO. Beef steers 10
and 25 cents higher; top steers. $8.1.1;
bulls and veals dull: other classes steady.
Sheep Receipts 3000. Clipped lambs
strong, top $11.30. others steady; native
lambs, $12; sheep dull, lower; ew top, $4.
Seattle Livestock Market.
SEATTLE, May 27. Hogs steady, re
receipts, quotations unchanged. Cattle
weak, receipts 25, quotations unchanged.
MARKET AFFECTED BT BREAK
IX FOREIGN' EXCHANGE.
Export Demand for All Grain Ex
pected to Be Checked ; Corn
Pit Is Bullish.
CHICAGO, May 27. Notwithstanding
that the wheat market showed consider
able strength at times today, pricea finally
turned downward. Influenced by violent
breaks In foreign exchange. The close was
nervous at the same as yesterday's finish
to 1C lower, with May $1.60 to $1.67
and July $1.27 to $1.27. Corn finished
c to 2c up and oats varying from
c decline to c advance. In pruvlslons
the outcome ranged from 15c setback to
an advance of 1214 c
According to current estimates, the fall
In European exchange rates was aquivalent
to knocking as much as 8 cents a bushel
from the export value on wheat. It was
also said the depression of exchange would
tend decidedly to check export demand
for all grain. Such assertions proved
more than an offset for news that Franco
hd authorised unrestricted Importation
of wheat and that President Harding was
expected to sign the emergency tariff bill
before tomorrow nigni. nuns comeaueu
that despite general rains ths crop out
louk was still far from ideal, much dam
age being Irreparable.
Decreased offerings irom m country
had a bullish influence on the corn mar
ket. and so. too, did belief that the rains
would delay arrivals.
Oats averaged higher witn corn.
Weakness in the value of hogs put
more or leas pressure on provisions.
Th fhlraro market letter received yes
terday by the Overbeck & Cooke company
of Portland said:
whan The trade was of a mixed char
acter with less -attention being given to
crop reports thao. heretofore. It was
thought mat me raina m iu e,uiBe
would have a tendency to check com
plaints, but, on the contrary, numerous
advices were received of poor progress in
K-.hrHiki and Missouri. Buying on the
early decline was led by eastern Interests
and part of It was credited to being
against export salea Kansas uit sain
th.r. waa an insistent demand In the
rtiithwest from export Interests while the
seaboard, on the other hand, claimed the
arop' in loreign excuauga u wip
ing. Country offerings to arrive were re
ported quits liberal and all spot marketa
wet's Inclined to weakness. A falr-sixed
quantity of wheat is expected to arrive
in Chicago over the holidays for delivery
on May contracts It will take several
days to determine whether or not tne rains
have been of any material benefit and
upon The rell'T n" sncn nnnervH, i,iti win
, .... "SO
L.r .... .. "-so
LARD.
48 9 60 8 42
8.75 990 8.75 8.90
6HORT RIBS.
T8
90 97 8.90 8 91
$1.67: No. .
May..
July..
July..
Sept. .
July..
Stpt. .
fash prices were:
Wheat No. 2 red.
$1.60.
Corn No. 2 mixed, 63e64c; No. 3
yellow, 6303c
Oats No. 2 white, 41041Ci Ne. 3
white, 40fr4Ie. v
Rye No. 2. $1 3.
Barley 6tf71c
Timothy s,'ed $48.
Clover seed $13 18.
Tork Nominal.
Lard S3
Ribs $9.23 g 10 21.
Primary Receipts,
rmrAflO, May 27 Primary receipts
bushels; corn. 1,27H.OO bushela versus
675,000 buaht-ls; oats, 638,000 bushels ver
sus 002,000 bushels.
Shipments wheat, 770.000 bushels ver
sus 804.000 bushels. Corn. 448 ooo hush!.
versus 273.000 bushela. Oats, 447,000 bush
els versus 84.00 bushels.
Car lots Omaha, wheat, 120 versus 41
corn, 112 versus 63; oats, 36 Versus 21'
Kansas City Wheat, 104 verso
100; corn, 87 versus 10; oata, 7 versus II
He, Ijuls Wheat. 67 versus 63; corn. 9
versus 50; oats, 46 versus 27. Mlnnespol ,
Wheat, 236 versus 185; corn, 26 versu
16; oats, 1 versus 22.
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 27 fash when
No. 1 dark northern fancy. $1.78 fi T1.H3
arrive, $1 65 tp 1 .73 ; No. 1 d.irk hr
Montana. $1.33i 1 59 ; arrive 113.1
No. 1 hard Montana, $1.51 0 1.66.
Harloy 4002c
Flsx No. I, $1.80ff1 82.
Futures, wheat. May, $1.33; Jul;
$1.23.
Winnipeg Grain Market.
WINNIPEG, May 27. Cash wheat, N
1 northern, $1.87: No. 2, $1 3: No.
$1.84; No. 4. $1.09; No. 5. $162; N:
6. $1.87. Parley. No. 4, 71c. Rye, N
2, $1.08: track, $1.68.
Futures Wheat, Msy, $1.87; Jub.
$1.02; October, $1.30.
Grain at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., May 27. Oral i
Wheat, feed. $2SO2,10; do. nillliiu .
nominal; barley, feed. $1.220127: d,
shipping. $1.3591.43; oata, red feed, $1X1
01.65; rice, nominal; corn, white Egyp
tian, $2302 40; red milo, $1.9302.10.
Hay Wheat. $15220; tame oat. $16(;
17; wild oat, $IOtr!3; barley, $11013: al
falfa, $14016; stock, $10012 a ton; straw,
aomlnai.
Seattle Grain Market.
8BATTI.E. Msy 27. Wheat, hard white,
soft white, $1.31: white club, hard re I
winter. II SO: soft red winter, northern
spring, eastern red Walla. $1.28; lllg Ben 1
bluestem. $1.33.
City delivery Feed scratch, $51; bab;
scratch, $67; feed wheat, $53; all gral-i
cnops, 142; oats, $:i; rolled oau, 141;
sprout oats, $44; whole barley, $30; rolle l
barley, $41; clipped barley, $46; mllle I
feed, $32; bran. $30; whole corn, $40;
cracked corn, $42; hay, alfalfa, $24 tor,.
Double compressed alfalfa, $31; do, tim
othy, $33; eastern Washington, mixed,
$30; straw. $24.
Duluth Linseed Market
DULUTH, May 27. Linseed on tract
and arrive, $1.83.
Dried Fruit at New Tork.
NEW TORK. May 27. Evaporated IP-
pies dull. Prunes ftrtn. Peaches steads.
standard, 11 fee; choice, 13c; fancy, 14 ,
flu.
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P A RTQ 33.700 Tons
X XllVllJ 45.0O0 Horsepower
June 23, July 21, Aug. 11
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Broa., Pacific Coast Agents. Ul
Cuerry fH., eeame. or ixwm oinrs
Dally Passenger Service
ASTORIA, SEASIDE
and May roluts
M.
Autos !- Astoria 7:30 A. M . 8:13 P.
Office and Waiting Room
New Houston Hotel.
Sixth and Everett. Tel., Br. 188.
Urvtol Motor Transportation Co., bio.
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards. Chicago
Dividend No. 142
Dividend of TWO DOLLARS ($2.00) per share on
the capital stock of Swift A Company, will be
Said on July 1. 1921, to stockholders of record,
one 10, 1821. as shown on the book of the
Company. . ... . .
ASTORIA and wit roivrs
STR. GEORGIANA
Bound trip dally (except Friday)
Leave Portland 7:10 A. M.
Alder-street Lock.
Direct fonnertmna f"r Kslda,
AKK $2.0(1 K.-U'll WAV.
Tour-day Weekend. Hound Trip. $3 00.
Night boat dally (except bunday)
7:30 P. M.
Direct ronnectl'ins for N"Hh Iteach.
Main 1422, 841-22. Altlrr-HU Pw'k.
EUROPE
SOUTH AMERICA
Regnlar Sailings
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THE PACII IC bTKAM NAVIGATION t'i
Rainier nitlic SON Marlaa K-t.
(Bet. td and 3d Area.). Seattle.
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