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Newspaper Page TextTITE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY. DECE3IBER 3. 1921 DEMAND FOR WOOL MS fiOT ABATED Less Than 3,000,000 Pounds Left Unsold Here. Australia 4,872,000 Others ; 24O.0O0 84.000 Total 10,832,000 8.K71.0OO Shipments for the season to data com pare as follows: Total since Same period July 1, '21. lust season. .207,774.000 2U1.vri2.UOU .. 14.37S.OOO 3!.228.uuo .. 33.S24.000 13.23U.OO0 . . 2.25(1.000 192,000 U. 8. and Canada Argentina . . Australia ... uthers Total. 258.232.000 254,602,000 BEST GRADES ARE SCARCE Complete Cleanup Before Xew Clip Arrives Is Indicated Buying Is Speculative. The demand from the eaat for wool con tinue atrong and stock here have been further reduced thia week. It la estimated that not ' over S.OOO.OOQ pounds remain in local warehouses to be disposed of. Pricea are on a firm baais and on some grades advances have been recorded. Of the wool remaining unsold In Port land the larger part is classed as inferior. When the market revived recently the first buying was naturally of the finer grades, and, with these about exhausted, there la some inquiry for the lower wool at a price. Woolmen here see no reason why the buying should atop as long as there 1 any wool to be sold. The eastern buying continues speculative and results from the extension of the emergency tariff. The domestic wool clip this year probably did not exceed 230, 000.000 pounds and mlth a virtual embargo on Importations of foreign staple ai fear has been created in the minds of dealers that they may run short of wool to meet future demands. This has led to me spec ulative movement.1 In commenting on the present situation, mall advice from the east Hay: 'Manufacturers continue to be cautious about buying, but dealers are figuring on the futflre when thoy seek to strengthen their position In the matter of stocks. They are apprehensive of being caught short of stocks when manufacturer get ready to cover on heavyweight goods, sain pies for which have been prepared; The buying of medium sorts for knitting-yarn purposes hns helped to create such appre henHion, and so is a factor in the specu lative movement. Wool houses, it is said, have been willing to go outside thpir usual line in buying of late, provided they could Bee a quick turnover at a profit. All grades of wool are selling, though medium sorts continue to lead. ' . in ine ncinnnnrnuou oi la.i'uu tmius ui Puntas wool in one block has been sold to a big concern recent ly, according to a rumor In the trade. While the. deal U nol crn firmed, the rumor is considered signify rflni nf thn Rtrnnc nlpmtntii irnvprn 1 n sr ths present situation. Further trading in for eign wool in bond is reported, though the Importers of such supplies do not appear t be eagrr to svll, even at the profits now ol talnable." WHEAT STEADY OS LOCAL HOARD Bids on All Grade Are Vnchanged; Oat Are Advanced. There was no change In wheat bid at the Merchants' Exchange yesterday. The market was reported quiet at all points, with limited offerings by farmers. with an advance of ?1 in bids for both white and gray oats. Fine weather was reported In Argen tlna. At Hosarlo wheat closed firm and 2H4c higher and corn firm and 2 SVbc higher. Buenos Aires wheat 'opened half lower and corn half higher. Liver pool what openod 1 Hd lower and corn unchanged to Id higher. A Chi cago report said : 'It Is understood In reliable quarters that there is a strong possibility of a large export business in domestic wheat with Russia. The business Is held up at present on account of Russia being unable to accumulate sufficient other commodities to exchange for flour. Promt nent cash buyers say on account of short' age of potatoes in Europe they are tak ing more corn and using it for starch. A cash man say the producer Is being edu cated to hold back his corn and after his experience with forced liquidation on wheat and oats, he is not likely to flood the market with corn, especially in view of the fact that the war finance corpora tion 1 loaning money,, freely." Terminal receipts. In cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wht. Brly. Fir. Oats Hay Portland (Friday... 21 . . . 3 1 1 Year ago 79 6 ft 2 10 Soason to date.... 17020 124 107 479 75 Dank Clearing. Bank clearings of the northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland $4,litl.574 $ 7Mt.ttl Seattle 6,Ufa.4X 1,8',39 Tacoma h(i,6oi 2JU.203 Spokane 2,130,225 603, 6S7 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Hour. Feed, Etc. Merchants' Exchange, noon session: Bid Wheat Lec. Jan. Hard white 11.10 Mu Soft white 1.08 1.0 White club e 1.08 1.08 Hard winter 1.08 1.08 Northern spring '108 1.08 Red Walla - 1.04 1.04 Oat a No. 2 white feed No. 2 gray . Corn No. 8 E. T. shipment. Millrun STOCKS AVERAGE HIGHER RAILS ARE OXIiY IMPORTANT - EXCEPTION TO RISE. Year ago Tacoma Thurs. Tear ago 8eaon to date , Year ago Seattle Thurs. , Year ago Season to data . Year ago 881 272 824 2 1 ... 8 ... 1 763 77 428 439 68 4H4 7 12 112 4234 118 1152 262 866 2805 161 170 2V6 831 7801 134 31 1 5S39 28X4 11 15 78 41 2 BETTER LOCAL TRADE IN APPLES. Four Cart of Oregon Newtown. Auctioned at New York. There wa a fairly good local movement In apples with steady prices quoted. The few sales at shipping points were at about the previous range. Wenatchee sold extra- fancy Wlnesaps, 10 per cent five-tier at 8262.05, and choice at 11.50. Yakima sold five-tier choice Wlnesaps at 90c 91 and extra fancy large Romes at $1.60. Four cars of Oregon Newtown, were sold at rhe New York auction at the following prices: Extra fancy large and very large, 92.55; medium, t2.2JJt2.J0; small, 91.61)0 2; Comb, extra fancy and fancy, medium to large, $2.20 5 2. JO; C grade, all sizes, $2 2.R5. At the St. Loul. auction aix ear. of northwestern boxed apples sold a. follow: Jonathans, .extra fancy, medium to very large. $2.602.70; average, .2,65; fancy medium to Very large, 12.402.55; average, 92.50; Junrble pack, small, 91.55l.oo. Scilzenbergs. C gTade, medium to very huge, 82.10(5:2.15; C grade, medium to In go. 1202.05; Romes XF, very large, $3 8. Ho; average, $3.05; fancy, very large, 82.604jj2.85; average. $2.T0. RECEIPTS OF EGGS ARE GAINING. lints and Pullets Quoted Two Cents Lower Butter Quiet. Egg receipts were fairly large and the market had a very weak tons. The Poul tiy Producers reduced the price of firsts 2 cents to 55 cents and made a similar cut In pullet eggs to 48 cents. On the street candled ranch were offered at 6355 cents and current receipts at 50 cents. There was not much demand for cube butter and sellers held extras at 4041 cents. Prints were quoted out at the 3 cent reduction already announced. There was a good call for poultry, espe cially hens, at 27 cents for heavy and is cents for light weight. Country dressed veal was weak at 13 cent j. Pork was steady at 12J4 cents for the best. the Week'. Wheat Export. Larger. ' uc .iiiyiuciiiB lust wee ana same week last year were: Wk. End. Wk. End. NOV. 28. 1921. Nov. 27, '20 V. 8. and Canada .,810,000 8,607,000 Argentina . . 150.000 POULTRY Heavy Men. 27e Llarht Hen. 10c Spring-. 2ic Check Same Day (ieods Arrive Ship at Onee. THE SAVIXAR. m IYC. 100 Front St. Portland. Or. ...27.00 27.00 ...28.00 26.00 ...23.50 ...18.00 18.00 FLOUR Family patents, $7 per barre.; whole wheat, $8.20; graham, $8; bakers hard wheat,. $7.05; baker.' bluestem pat ents, $6.53; valley soft wheat. $0.80; straights, $5.25. M1LLKEED Prle. f. o, b. mil!: Mill run, $20 per ton; mailings, $34; rolled barley, $34 0 38; rolled oata, $36; scratch feed. $42 per ton. CORN' Whole, $34. cracked. $38 per ton. HAY Buying price, f. o. b. Portland: Alfalfa. $14.50 per ton; cheat. 912 4f 12.50; oat and vetch, 914.5O015; clover, $12; vailey timothy, $1515.50; eastern Oregon timothy, slee 18.50. ' Dairy and Country Produce. BUTTER Cubes, extras, 4041c lb.; prints, purchment wrapped, box iota, 44c; cartons, 45c. Butterfat, buying prices. No. 1 grade, 42c, delivered Portland. EGGS Jobbing prices: Case count' 50c doz.; candled ranch. 58&65c; association firsts, 53c; association selects, 8uc; asso ciation pullets, 4.Sc. CHLISS1S Tillamook triplets, price to Jobbers f. o. b. Tillamook, 28c; Young Americas, 27c pound. POULTRY liens. 1927c; springs. -21e; ducks, 20&25c; geese. 18ii2oc; turkeys, J)ve, nominr.I; drcrstd No. 1, 88o lb. PORK Fancy, 12c per pound. VtAL Fancy, lH?c per pound. Fruit, and Vegetables. Local jobbing quotations: FRUITS Valencia oranges, $7 per box; csvel oranges, $84 6.75 per box; Japanese oranges, $2.50 per bundle; lemons. $5,5046.50; grapefruit. $4,5047.50 per box; bananas, b4.uc per puund, apples, $1&4. It box; pears, 8 2 u 2,30 box; buckleberrles. to 15c per pound; grapes, California red Emperors and Malagas. 10&12o pound; casabas, 8&'3ttc pound; cranberries. Ore gon, $5,5040 per box:. eastern, $2142.23 per barrel POTATOES Oregon. $1.752 per hun dred: Yakima. $2&2.25 per hundred; swest potatoes, 4ViC per pound. . u.-n iu.ns Yellow, .4.00475 per hundred. VEGETABLES caDDage. lj2o pound; lettuce, $3 8 3.75 crate; carrots. $1.50 per sack; garlic. 12'AWlBc per pound: beets. $1.504jj2 per box; cucumbers, 2 3?2.23 per dozen; beans, 1012Vc per lb.; ceiery. 70c4$l per dozen; green peppers. oft' 120 per lb.: cauliflower. $2422.50 per aozen; pumpkins, 24?3c per pound; squasa, 2x4j3c; sprouts, 17ViC. Staple Groceries, l.nal Jobbing qtintatlons: , SUGAR (sack basis) Cane, granulated. 8.33c pound; beet, 6.15c. NUTS Walnuts, new crop, soft shell. 14 31c lb.; Brazil nuts. 18f20c; filberts, 20 ?23c; almond 26027c; peanuts, 8Vo per pound. RlCEBIue Rose, 70 per pound; Japan style. 8c per pound. COFFEE Roasted, bulk. In drum. 18 ffS.I'Vic per pound. SALT Granulated. bales. $3 2094 03: bslf ground, ton 50s, $17.20; 100s. $18.25. HONEY Comb, new crop. $8S.50 per ease. - DRIED FRUITS Date $7 per case; figs, $1. 406-3 75 per box: apples. 18c lb.; peaches, I51rl7c; apricots. 23&26Ho; prunes. 7Vj12e. BEANS Small white. tr: large white. 4c; plna, 5c; bayo. 6c; red, 60. Hldea, Hops, Etc TATjI.OW No. 1. 4c; No. It. 9o per pound. CASCARA BARK So a pound delivered, Portland. HOPS 1621 crop, choice, 2626tto per pound. HIDES; Fresh cured, flc per pound; bulls, 4C; calf, 12c per pound; kip, 7o; dry hides, 9c; dry salt hides, 7c per pouno. PELTS Dry pelts, full wool. 810c pound; salt pelts, 85 30c each, according to size. WOOL Eastern Oregon. 10O21o per pound. MOHAIR Oregon, 15g20c per pound, delivered Portland. Provisions. Loca Jobbing quotations: HAMS All slses. 27 31c; skinned, 240 83c; picnics, 20c; cottage roll. 23a BACON Fancy, 8((&45c; choice, 270 82c; standard, 23 20c LARD Pure tierces, 14o pound; com pressed tierces. 14c. DRY SALT Backs, 18 0210; P la tea. 15c, Ollfc LINSEED OIL Raw, In 'barrels, 89a: 5-gallon cans, $1.04. Boiled, in barrels. 91c; 6-gnllon cans, $1.06. TURPENTINE In drums, $1; G-gallon cans, $1.15. WHITE LEAD 100-pound kegs, 12Ki per pound. GASOLINE Tank wagons and Iron bar rels, 26c; cases. SSc BAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MAJiKLT Price. Current on Vegetable., Fresh -Fruits, Etc., at Boy City, 8AN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2. Poultrjr Hens, 23 30c; roosters, young, 20 25c; Bid, 164pl&c; ducxs, iZW2ie; turkeys nom inal. Vegetables Artichokes, case, 12fll5c; squaoh, lug. $1.251.75; potatoes, $24jj3.75; onions, brown. S44y4.50; crystal wax, $3; tomatoes, crate, $-'6 2.50; cucumbers'. box, $1.B02; peppers, lug, 0o4j75c;' Deans, string ana wax, iiiuc; lima, 104r 12c; carrots, sack, $141.25; egg plant, lb., 445c; mushrooms,, small box 73(&1 lettuce, crate. Coctjll.lO; celery, crate, $1 00 43.00; pumpkin, sack, lit-J 1; peas, pound, 9412c; sprouts, pound, 547c. Fruit oranges, navel, $4,6045.50; Va lenclas, nominal; lemons, $3.50414.50; erapefruit, $2.50 5; apples. 3 4s and 4-tier $1,4043.50; strawberries, crate, $1.742.25 casaua., crate, 5c.l, craaticrrlei, box,' $846.50; .pears, box, $1,5043.25. lieceipts Flour, 1560 quurter sucks; bar ley, 7U11 centals; corn, 2041 centals; po tatoes 3180 sack.; onions. 1071 sacks; hay, 242 tons; hides, 33: oranges and lemons' 5206 boxes; llve.tocla. 000 head. ' RAW WOOL IN Si-BONG POSITION Result, of Government Sal. Encouraging- to Holders. BOSTON. Dec. 2. The Commercial Bul letin tomorrow will .ay: Business privately has been only fair this week, more or less, natural reaction having set in from the speculation of the preceulng two weeks. Attention naturally was focused on the government sale, which the trade appeared to be waiting more or less. The result of the sale, was very conclusive evidence that the position ot raw wool Is sarong In this country, the catalogue being sold at average advances ot 10 to 15 per cent. In the goods market tbere is little change on the whole. Some worsted mills on men's wear report their business tapering off, while demand at the dress goods mills is slightly improved. Oregon Eastern, No. 1 staple, 83SSJc; fine and fine medium combing, 78475c; eastern - clothing, 63 4 67c; valley No. 1, 68 72c. . e- QUOTATIONS ON DAIRY PRODUCE Current Prices Killing; on Hotter, Cheese and Kgia. BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. Butter Ex tras, 44 He: prime firsts, 41 He; firsts. 4ic. Eggs Extras, 02c; extra firsts, nominal; extra pullets, 45c; extra pullets, firsts, 43c; undersized pullets,.Xo. 1, 37c. Cheese California flat fancy, 22c; flat fancy firsts, 21c; California Young Amer ica, fancy, 20c. HICAGO, Dec 2. Butter Higher. Creamery extras, 47c; firsts, 364445c; seconds, 31 4 37c; standards, 39c. Eggs Unsettled; receipts. 2340 cases; firms, fto .Vic: ordinary firsts. 43 47c; mlscellaaeoue, 50452c; refrigerator extras, 40 442o; refrigerator firsts, 3S439c. Dried Fruit In New York. NEW YORK. Dec. 2. Evaporated annle. few offered. Prunes inactive. -AoricoLs .nd peaches firm. aiins steady. Steels Strongest of Industrial List. Speculative Selling Causes Irregular Bond Market. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. Stocks were active and mainly higher today, rails proving the only noteworthy exceptions. For the first llm this week bond dealings were subor dinated to the broad demand for specula te c shares. Heaviness of rails, which was somewhat disappointing in view of yesterday's divl tUi:ds on Chicago, Burlington ft Qulncy an 1 Colorado & c)outhern. was attributed to rumors that the large transportation sys tems may soon com. Into the market for money. Steels, especially various Independent Is sues mentioned in connection with the pro posed merger, were the strongest of the industrials. Equipments, shipping, and motor accessories also were favored with coppers, food specialties and utilities.. European oils were strong on the de cision of Royal Dutch to pay dividend, in cash and the Latin American oils also Im proved. Standard Oils, notably the New Jersey and California Issues, mad. new v,h i.r.nrri. for th. current movement. but reacted to charges preferred by the j . . , . 1. I i n Rale, wera 800.- 1 zeuerai irauv 000 shares. , ... ,, The money market eased slightly, call loons holding at five per cent and renew ing at that rat. into next week. Bond were active, but further specula tive selling contributed to the irregularity m that quarter. Liberty Issues were steady and large blocks of victory 4Vs changed hends at par. Internationals reflected fur-the- hesitancy In connection with the ru mor, of a German moratorium. Total sales, par vaJue, $22,500,000. - CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. (Furnished by Overbeck Cooko com pany, Portland.) Sales. Hlgl 1,800 60 hk. 300 32 Sou Pao 6,200 8114 804 80H Sou Ry 8iK 2014 1 19 H do pM... 20O 49 4HV 4UV St L si S F.". 8t 23 23T 22 Strom Carte.. 1.SOO 32 SO" 31 Sk Studebaker .. 8,8uO 771 7H 7654 Swift A Co 100 10OH lOO Ten Cop & Ch 2 400 10 10V. 10 hi Texas Oil 9.9O0 46 46 4 45- Texas Pac... 1.600 25 23 23 do C & O.. 2.5IIO 29 -M 2& Tob Prod 2.500 604s S9 80 Tran Con Oil. l.w0 10V, 9'4 10 Union Oil Del 1200 20 54 19)4 1914 Union Pac... 3,300 12854 1253s 126 United Alloy 25 United Drug.. 500 Tl4 "014 71 Mi Un Fd Prod.. 2.500 11 10Vi 10 United Fruit. 3,200 126 123V. 324 Un Ktl Store. 8.000 53 54 62"4 5S U S lad Al... 3.SOH) 37 865, 88 U S Rubber.. 8.200 51 49 50 do 1st pfd.. 200 87-!4 975 975s U S Smelt 400' 8454 34 83 U S Steel 14.2O0 84 83 83 do pfd 3K 113 11354 112 Utah Cop 2.300 60 59 . 59 54 Va Chem.... 1.200 305 28 29 do pfd.... 1.4O0 7254 72 72 Vanad Steel.. 5.900 S3 ' 31 31T4 Vlvandou ... 500 7 54 7 7 Wabash 100 7 54 7 7 do A pfd... 1.900 21 4 21 21 do B pfd... 3O0 13T4 1354 135x Wells Fargo.. ' 2M 66 86 66 West Pac ... 300 19 19 19 do pfd 69V4 West Union.. 1O0 904 90H- 904 Westg E e M. 8.300 48- 47 4 West Md .... 500 9 8 8T4 White Motor 87 54 Willys-Over . 4,200 5 5 do pfd 5O0 26 23 "4 2654 Wilson Pack. 300 29 54 29 29 54 Woolworth 122 Worth Pump. 5,700 44 43 44 W & L E. . . . 2IK 7 7 7 5 Whit. Oil .... 900 12 1254 12 Adams Exprs. Agr Chem.... do pro AJax Kuhber. Alaska Gold.. Alaska Juneau Allied Chem. . Allls-Ch aimer. do pfd Am Meet Sug Am Bosch. . . . Am Can Co. . . do vfd Am Car 4b Fdy do pfd Am Cot OH... do pfd Am Drug Synd Am Hide & L do pfd. ..... Am Ice Am Intl Cor.. Am Linseed.. Am Loco do pfd Am Saf Raz. Am Shp & cm Am Smelter.. do. pfd Am Snuff. . . . Am Sugar... do' pfd Am Sumatra.. Am Tel & Tel Am Tobaccc . do "B" Am Wool.... Am Zlno. .... Anaconda . . . Assd Oil Atchison .... do pfd.' Atl Olf 4 W I Baldwin Joco do pfd Balto & Ohio. do pfd Beth Steel 8 do "li" B K T... .... Butte C A Z. . Butte & Sup. Burns Bros. . Caddo Oil.... Calif Packing. Calif Pet.,... do pfd Canadian Pao Cen Leather.. Cerro de Pasco Chandler Mot Chgo Ot W.. Chgo N W do pfd .... Chili Cop Chino C M & St P.. do pfd Coco Cola. . . '- C &. O Colo F I.. Colo South... Col G & Elec. Col Graph.... Con Gas Cons cigars.. do pfd Contl Can.... Cities Svc B... Corn Prod.... do pfd .... Cosrten OH... C R I & P do "A" Pfd do " Pfd Crucible do , pfd Cuba Cane.... do pfd-. .... Cuban Am Sur Del & Hudson Dome Mines. . Select Lock.. Davison Chem Entlicott John Erie do 1st pfd.. do 2d pfd.. Fam Players. Fed M A Smtg do pfd .... Fisk Tire.... Gaston Wms.. Gen Cigars... Gen. Elec Gen Motor . . . Gen Alden... Gen Asphalt.. 86,200 400 18 . 600 'i'ioo '57 6.7O0 3H54 300 86 40O 28 2O0 33 5,000 33 600 92 7,000 151 166 'si "i.206 "0 2,000 13 600 6H 700 74 54 13,400 40 400 33 8,600 97 "906 '4 40O 5 4.800 43 500 Ml 5O0 108 10.SOO 35 4oo r4 400 86 2.1O0 .13 2.500 J 1654 4.400 134 6,800 129 3,000 M 200 11 8,000 47 500 102 800 90 loO 86 1,200 31 13.4O0 115 100 101 1,100 87 200 65 '5,'SOO '67 100 7 6O0 5 000 17 1.000 118 500 12 1.200 71 6.5O0 45 100 84 1.7O0 120 200 32 2.700 34 2,300 47 100 7 l.JOO 70 0(( l!i 2.8M) 12 3.S0O 27 4 OO 23 900 3 6 2.10O 39 500 68 2.000 27 900 44 8.200 65 200 3 200 94 ""206 "es" 2!7o6' 89" 100 10 2.900 33 4.UO0 34 100 88 11.000 '2.406 200 500 300 20O 1,400 7.800 2. 500 1.3U0 400 200 2,200 "i66 700 'L500 16 5.000 Goodrich Granby Gt Nor Ore . . . do pld . . . . . Green Canan. Culf S Steel.. Hask Barker. HouMon Oil.. Hupp Motor.. Ills Central... Inspiration . .. In A Cor com do pfd ..... Tnt Callahan.. Int Harv...-. . do pfd Int Mer Mar. . do pfd Int Nickel Int Paper.... do pfd Invln Oil Island OIL... Jewell Tea... K S Southern. do pfd .... Kelly - Spgfld Kennecott . . . Keystone Tire Lack Steel... Lee Tire Lehlirh Valley Lorillard Lowe Theatre. Martand Oil.. Mex Pet Miami Mid States Oil 1.8O0 2,800 100 7.500 400 8.5O0 1.300 3.2O0 200 300 8,200 '"'406 1.500 22,800 'siino 6.200 900 6.6OO 'looo 5,700 '"ebo 200 A. 500 6.400 600 10.500 2.600 6.800 800 1.500 700 20.600 1.700 9.900 66 "7 17 14 109 19 111 23 78 11 17 12 69 T 82 10 '8 141 10 "65 83 27 83 77 27 50 80 7ti 11 99 88 '08 6 79 ii" 62 12 53 18 Midvale Steel. 29.100 M K & T 2.1O0 do pfd L6O0 Mont Power Mont. Ward.. 1,300 Mo Pacific... 600 do pfd 2,700 M S P & S S M Nor Amn 2,000 Nat Biscuit . . ..... Nat Enamel.. 200 Nat Lead .... 1.0O0 Nevada Con .. 700 New Haven.. 1,700 Norflk & W.. 1.400 Nor Pacific. . . 14.0O0 Nva Scota Stl 500 N Y Central.. 2.7O0 Okla Prod rof 2.100 Ontario Sliver 800 Ontario W Otis Steel .... 500 Pacific Dev. . . 100 Pa Gas ft Elo 20 Punta Allegro 1.B00 Pacific Oil. . . . 11.400 Pan Amn Pet. 8.80O do "B" 800 Penna 2.9O0 Peo Gas o0 Perc Mrqutte. 400 Pure Oil 6.600 Phillips Pete. 1,000 Pierce Arrow. 2.900 Pierce Oil. ... 10.400 Pitts Cool.... 9.100 Pitts W Va 6.400 do pfd .... 900 Pr.sd Stl Car. 700 Pullman 700 Ray Cosis .... 900 Reading 2.500 Rrmlngton . . . 2.000 Replogle Steel 200 Republic 1 & a 17.900 do pfd .... 200 Rep Motors. . . 800 Ryl Dutch Oil 1.900 Ry Steel Spg. 700 S O. N J 11.800 Sears Roebuck 15.600 Sl-att, Arls 500 Shell TAT.. 700 Rlnrlair 6.300 Stand Ol Csl. 6.900 Stand OH Ind Bios. Saef.,... 1.200 3 25 63 42 25 10 47 28 59 153 14 28 118 26 15 29 2 8 i6 19 47 42 81 14 13 .99 82 2.1 75 8 4 '8 8 64 80 46 61 47 84 66 23 89 81 14 18 61 26 79 68 109 14 74 27 ' 24 64 87 8 49 92 192 60 7 ' 88 22 92 89 .114 1. Iow. Bid. 49 4 31 31 56 17 17 5 56 .66 37 37 85 83 27 It 1 28 33 32 32 32 92 92 148 149 115 21 21 45 5 5 12 13 58 58 73 74 89 39 32 33 i 97 109 4 4 54- 5 5-), 43 43 Ml 88 106 108 32 33 65 53 85 85 32 3-2 115 116 131 133 128 128 80 80 11 11 48 46 90 100 90 90 85 86 30 30 94 95 ' 101 101 37 37 55 55 104 55 56 7 54 . 6 6 17 18 116 116 12 12 71 71 43 44 84 84 118 118 30 32 33 34 40 46 7 7 6H 18 18 12. 12 26 27 23 23 36 38 38 -.38 67 67 24 25 44 43 64 05 3 3 94 93 21 63 2 46 .24 88 88 108 ' lofs 33 83 33 33 88 88 7J 64 63 87 7 7 15 16 14 14 108 109 19 19 111 111 61 61 77 78 11 11 17 17 12 11 68 68 7 82 81 9 9 67 67 187 139 10 10 42 '63 64 82 82 26 26 88 . 82 76 76 2 26 48 49 80 80 77 78 11 . 11 99 09 87 S84 7 . 87 86 6 6 78 78 101 13 13 60 60 , 11 11 61 62 95 12 12 2 2 11 24 24 58 53 41 41 25 26 9 10 48 40 27 28 88 68 161 151 14 14 27 "27 111 112 . 25 25 14 ' 14 25 28. 1 2 2 2 69 14 14 18 18 46 46 70 43 43 .... 122 42 42 80 80 18 14 18 13 98 98 81 81 26 25 Vfc 74 75 8 8 4 4 . . '. . 20 8 8 8 8 64 63 29 80 43 45 51 61 46 46 34 84 66 65 22 22 87 88 31 31 13 13 13 13 69 61 26 26 75 78 67 67 108 108 14 14 73 78 25 26 28 24 51 53 87 87 6 6 48 48 905s 92 186 187 68 68 7 7 87 86 22 22 90 90 88 8 40 40 BONDS. CT 8 2s, reg...100N Y C deb ... U S 2s, coupon100iNor Pao 4s.... U S 4s, reg. . .104iNor Pac 8s V 8 cv 4s, couU04Pac T T 6s.. Pan 3s, reg 76;Penn con 4s.. Pan 8s. coupon. 76 54 So Pac cv 5s... Am TAT cv 6s.l08!Sou Ry 6s Atch gen 4s... 85 JUnlon Pao 4a.. Den&Rlo con 4s 78U 8 Steel 5s.... 99 83 61 92 92 95 89 88 99 Liberty Bond Quotations, Liberty bond quotations furnished by the Overbeck & Cooke company of Portland: Closing - High. Low. Bid. Eibertv 8a 96.30 96.18 96.10 do 1M 4s 97.80 do 2d 4s 97.46 97.42 97.42 do 1st 4a 97.64 97.44 97.40 do 2d 4s 97.66 97.42 97.58 do 3d 4s 97.86 97. 70 97.86 do 4th 4s 07.90 97.64 97.76 Victory 4s 100.00 90.94 99 98 do 3s 99.98 89.94 99.9$ Mining Stock, at Boston. BOSTON, Dec. 2. Closing quotations:- Allouez 24 North Butte ... 12 Ariz Com 8 Old Dominion... 25 Cal A Arls 54V Osceola 81 Cal 4b Hecla...250 'Qulncy 41 Centennial 9Superior 8 Cop R Con Co. 38 iSupr A Bos Mln 1 WHEAT HE UNSETTLED PROMISE OF MOISTURE IN SOUTHWESTERN AREA. E Butte Coo M 10 Shannon Franklin l Utah Con. Isle Roy (Cop) 23 Winona ... Lake Copper .. 2 Wolverine , Mohawk 64) 1 1 40 11 Swift Co. Stocks. Closlnf prices for Swift A Co. stock at Chicago were reported by the Overbeck & Cooke company of Portland as follows: Swift & Co 100 I.lbby. McNeil Libby 6 National Leather 3 Swift International 20 Money, Silver. Etc. NEW TORK. Dec- 2. Call money firm. High, 5 per cent; low, 5; ruling- rate, 6; closing bid, 4, offered at 5; last loan, S. Time loans steady; 60 days, & per cent; 90 days, 6; six months, 5.. Prime mercantile paper. 55'per cent. Foreign bar silver, 87 o. Mexican dollars, 51 c LONDON, Dec. 2. Bar sliver, 37 d per ounce. Money, 2 per cent. Discount rates, short bills t; per cent, three months bills, 3 11-16 per cent- New Y ork Bonds. New York bond quotations furnished by nerrin at itnoaes, inc., ot Portland: Am Tel Tel . do 6s . . . . Anaconda 7s B...... do os A Armour cv 7s Am Agr Chm 7. tfetn btt-61 is do 7s do Eq 7s Belgium Ext 7s do Ha Bergen RS. City of Berne 8s, City of Brazil 8s Canadian 6s do 5s Can Nat Eq 7s a1 (guar) 65fc C, M Sc St P gn&rf 4s A. Can Nor 7s V Chile 8s Christiana 8s, City of Copper Exp 8s do 8s do 8s do 8s Cuban Amer Sugar 8s. .... . Con Gas cv 7s , Diamond Match 7. Denmark 8s Danish Mun 8s Dupone 7s French ext 8s do 7s Grand Trunk 7s Good vear 8s Great Northern 7s Humble Oil 7s Int Rap Tr ref 5s Int Mar CT Ha Int Rap Tr 7s Libby. McNeil Llbby 7... Mexican Pete 8s NYC call 7a Norway 8s Northwest Tel 7. Pan Amer 7s Penna 6 N P & G N (Jnt) 6 .. N P 6s San Paulo 8s South-wt Tel 7. Swedish Govt 6s Standard Oil, N Y 7s Standard Oil of Cal 7s Steel At Tube 7s Swiss 8s Sears Roe 7. do 7s Swift 4 Co. 7s Union Tank 7s ............ Wilson 1st 6s West Elec 7s Wesrlnghou&e 7s Zurich 8s 1U22 1924 192U 1929 1930 1941 11122 1923 1035 104 ,j 1940 1945 1945 1S141 ll2 1031 1935 1946 2014 1040 1041 1945 1922 1923 1924 1925 1031 1925 1935 1945 1945 1931 1945 1941 1940 1941 1936 1923 1966 1941 1021 1931 1938 1930 1940 1941 111.30 1336 1936 2047 1936 1925 1939 1931 1931 1951 1940 192-! 1923 1925 1930 1928 1925 1931 1945 100 99 102 96 102 1o2 100 100 100 104 105 105 107 104 96 95 106 107 60 1 102 107 100 102 104 104 103 104 107 19 108 105 100 94 110 110 108 10(1 54 92 74 99 101 54 105 109 107 98 100 107 83 103 101 96 108 100 98 112 100 100 100 103 88 104 10,-, 107 Rumor of Failure of Germany's Attempts to Obtain British Loan Also Aids Bears. . CHICAGO. Dec. 2. Promise of rain o snow for drouth territory in the south west operated as a handicap today on bulls In wheat. Prices closed unsettled. c net lower to c advance, with December 1 13Ji HI 1.1U and Mav 81.17 47' LIT uin. L AIL. and oats t rft c. In provisions, the outcome varied from 6c decline to a like upturn. Wheat prices showed considerable firm ne.s in the eariv tradlnK and this was ascribed chlefiv to absence of moisture where most needed in the southwest. A bearish Influence was talk of 111 success of Germany', attempts to get a loan from Great Britain. Declines which followed In prices were partly offset at the last by rallies, due to reports that ths Argentine harvest was turning out less favorably than h.rt Keen exneeted. Wet weather, together with signs of good export demand for corn, tended to strengthen corn and oats. It was hoped, too, that the war finance meeting here would prove helpful toward higher prices. Provisions swayed In line with the changes in the hog market. The Chicago grain letter received yes terday by the Overbeck Cooke company of Portland follows: . "Wheat It was a very Irregular market most of the day with a feeling of inde cision nrevalent. due to conflicting news, bullish foreign advices being offset by re ports of scattered rains in the southwest and predictions of unsettled weather for all states, with rain or snow tonlKht or tomorrow. It Is our - idea that this Is strictly a sentimental factor, which must soon be forgotten in view of the exceed ingly strong statistical position, which must be applied to all old-crop months. In our opinion the real bullish factors have yet to be asserted In the market. "Corn Declined with wheat, but at times displayed Independent strength on buying by shipping Interests, presumably against sales of,cash grain. The seaboard reports a good foreign demand and Broom hall's cable said the corn situation in the United Kingdom is getting much stronger. due to the absence of pressure from Argentina,- asweli as the United States. The late buying was in- sntlclpatlon ot a con structive announcement to come from ths meeting of the war finance corporation in Chicago today. -"Oats Trade was well balanced and without feature until late In the day, when strength developed with other grains. The market is steadily Increasing in favor with investors." Leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Opon. High. 1.13 $ 1.13 $ 1.16 1.17 CORN. .48 .48 .64 .55 OATS. Dec 82 .33 .32 , .32 May 3S .38 .38 ' .38 Deo. May. Dec May. Low. 1.11 I 1.15 .47 .54 Close 1.18 1.17 .4 .64 MESS PORK. LARD. 8.50 8.90 SHORT RIBS.' Jan. v. . . Jan 8 45 May,... 8.55 Jan.'. May 7.75 T.77 Cash prices were: Wheat No. 5 hybrid, mixed. $1.06. Corn No. 2. 49fr49c; No. 1 yellow, 50r50c. Oats No. 2. 49 50c: 49 c; No. 4, 464748c; No. 49c. 8.42 8.85 1585 8 30 8.90 T.40 T.75 4849c; No. 8. 48 4? 2 white, 49 T.T2 $1.06 No. 3, Winnipeg Wheat Market. WINNIPEG, Dec. 2. Cash wheat No. 1 northern, .19; No. 2, $1.14: No. 4, 99c; No. 6, T9c: track, $1.1074; feed, TlTjc. Futures December, $1.08; May, $113. . ' Duluth Grain Market. DULUTH, Dec. 2. Cash wheat No.' 1 dark northern, $1.29; No. 1 durum, 92c; No. 2, 90c; No. 1 mixed, 924 98 54 c: No. 2 mixed, 9296c. Linseed, on track, $1.80 4 1.83 ; to ar rive, $1.80. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2. Flax, No. L $1.T64L85; San Francisco Grain Market. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. Wheat Milling. $L804)' 1-90; feed, $1.80cf 1.95; bar ley, feed. $1.251.32 ; shipping. $1,850 1.45; oats, red feed, $1.4O4jl.60; corn, white Egyptian, $1,6041.60; red milo, $1.600165. Hay Wheat. No. 1, $1T19; fair, $14 17; tame oat, $15018; wild oat, $11013-. alfalfa, $13416; stock, $9012; straw, $1$ 4? 12. - S x-V Mil m Wist-Madt raeg tfltciency tray " Penak, tie rt It-V.i'-la card ft Us or j fj -L;gr-j---l standard cards (Idesk for better work A N EFFICIENT desk, a desk that costs less because it lasts a. longer. 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Foreign exchange rates at the close of business yesterday, furnished by North western National bank of Portland. The amount quoted Is the equivalent of th. foreign unit In United State, funds: Country. , Foreign unit Rate. .,-!,. krnnen :.$ .0008 Relrlum. franc. "716 Bulgaria, leva 0S5 Ciecho-Slovakla, kronen 0120 Denmark, kroner 1890 England, pound sterling.. t 4 0125 Finland, flnmark 0185 Germany, marks OOSO Greece, drachma. 0412 Holland, guilder. 'JS Hungary, kronen 0030 n.lv lire ............ .0433 .Turnlsiavla. kronen 0O46 Norway, kroner ii 'tj Portugal, escudos "805 Roumania, lei u'f,2 Serbia, dinara u!,6 Spain, pesetas 1415 Sweden, kroner . T Swltmerland, francs 19..-. China Hongkong, loear currency 5425 Shanghai, taels T900 Japan, yen 4850 XEW TORK, Dee. 2. Foreign exchange irregular. Great brltaln demand. 4.03; cables 4.04; France, demand 7.23. cables 7 23; Italy, demand 4.23. cables 4.24; Belgium, demand 7.06, cable. T.07: Ger many, demand 43. cables 44; Holland, demand 85.60, cables 85.66; Norway, de mand 14.88; Sweden, demand 28 80: Den mark, demand 18.57: Switzerland, demand 19 08; Spain, demand 14.02; Greece, de mand 410: Argentina, demajid 32.87; Bralll, demand 12.87; Montreal. 81 -18. BASIC CONDITIONS STRENGTHENED. Demand Slower mm I snal at This Time of Year. NEW TORK. Dec 2. Dun's Review to morrow will say: A year which h& been marked by slow ami uneven economic recovery nears an ending with seasonal abatement of demand in different Quarter, but with basic con ditions strengthened. At this period, when taking1 of Inventories requires attention in primary channels, activity in other than retail .circles Is not ordinarily witnessed and wti not to be looked for In the present Instance. That large operations have been recorded in certain business branches, as in the hide trade, merely Illustrates the existing irregularities and the conservative dealings In most directions are more rep resentative of the generaj status of busi ness. - . Frequent reiteration of the statement that many buyers are deferring important action has been necessary this year. A fall of about 40 per cent in wholesale prices from the high level of 1920 naturally had an unsettling influence everywhere and the readjustment to a new basis of con sumption, production and prices could not be quickly effected. Weekly bank clearings were $0,999,550. Seattle Grain Market. SEATTLE, Dec. 2. Wheat Hard white. soft white, white club, eastern red Walla, 81.08; hard red winter, 81.10: soft red win ter, northern spring, tl.08: big bend blue- stem, $1.13. city delivery: corn Cracked and feed meal, 936; cottonseed meal. 844; cocoanut meal. 828; barley, whole S31. ground and rolled 833. clipped $38; linseed meal, 158: egg mash, $38; oats, eastern 936, rolled 936, sprouting 930; soy bean meal, S60; wheat, 941. Hay Alfalfa, No. 1 $18, mixed 921 othy, 924; straw, 818. tlm- COIXECTIOXS COUXTRY THKOCGIIOTJT BETTER. in building. Six trades are asking for more than 98 a day. .aid the re view of W. J. Woolman & Co.. and unskilled labor la asking 95 a day In this Industry. Records of the de partment of labor show there are more strikes In the building trades than in any other branch of Industry. Coffee Futures Irregular. NEW YORK. Dec. 2. The market for coffee futures was irregular today, owing to violent fluctuation. In Frazil with late month, relatively firm, owing to recent bullish crop advices from Santos. After opening two points lower to four points higher, active months sold about three to nine points below last night's closing fig ures, but the late deliveries rallied in the lnte trading, owing to higher late cables from Santos. March sold at 8.311c early nd reacted to 8.27c. while September con tracts sold up from 8.10c to 8.21c. The general market closed net 6 points lower to 14 points higher. Sales were estimated at about 64.0O0 bags. December, 8.5rtc; January. 8.75c; March, 834c; May, 8.22c; July, 8.23c: September 8.22c. Spot coffee quiet, but steady; Rio 7s 9 to c; Santos 4s, 11 to 12o. Metal Market. NT5W TORK, Dec. ' 2. Copper firm Electrolytic, spot and nearby, 13c; later 13 14c. Tin firm. Spot and nearby, 31.00c; fu tures, 31.00c. Iron steady, unchanged. T.ead steady. Spot. 4.704.8oc. Zinc steady. East St. Louis delivery, spot. 4. 80 4.85c. Antimony, spot 4.55c. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Dec. 2. Turpentine firm, 72c: sales, 11 barrels; receipts, 424 barrels; shipments, 181 barrels; stock. 11.- OoO barrels. Rosin, firm; sales, 1429 casks; receipts, 3107 casks: shipments, 1141 casks; mock 71.038 cask, tiuote: B, D, E, F. G, 84.15; H. I, 94.20; K. 94 75; M, 9510; N. 93-40; WG, 85.50; WW, 93.60. London Wool in Demand. LONDON, Dec. 2. At the wool auction salea today 9815 bales were offered. There was a large attendance of buyer, and tbe small selection was virtually all sold at current rates for th. borne and continental market. HOC DECLINE COOTIES LOCAL QUOTATION'S AGAIN' IlE DTJCEU QUARTER. Bulk of Arrivals During Day Are for Tuckers Other Linos Are Unchanged. There wa not much livestock available for the open market yesterday. Fourteen londs arrived, but the larger part of the supply came direct to packers. There was another decline of 23 cents In hog prices, which left th. top market quotation at 98.75. Cattle were about sti-udy and sheep and lambs also held within the former range of quotations. Reeelpts wore 183 cattle, 6 calves and 850 hogs. The day's sales were as follows: 5 steers. 043 5 0n Wt. Price. o oo; 3 rows. 5.15114 enwa. 5. 15! 1 cow . . ht fed lamha, 8nS; fed clipped lambs, 890; ewe, top. 14 75; feeding lambs, 18. Seattle Livestock Market. REATTLE, Dec. 2. Cattle Steady; re ceipts 24, prices unchanged. Hogs, steady; receipts. 80; prices un changed. New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK, Dec 2. Raw sugar, cen trifugal, 8.87o to 4.11c; refined, fine gran ulated, e.ZOc to 5.3UC. "Report Prom Month of Columbia, NORTH HEAD, Dec. 2. Condition of the sea at S P. M., rough; wind, north, 20 mlles' Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Dec. 2. Spot cotton quiet. Middling. 17.55c. Reserve Ratios of federal Banks Show More Liquidity Than Since .Before AVar. Credit condition, continue to im prove. Collections are reported bet ter, practically throughout the coun try. The status of the federal reserve banks is now one of unassailable strength. Not since the pre-war per iod have either their reeerve ratio, of their bill holdings .reflected such a condition of liquidity as they do to day. The fact that commercial rates have not come down in a degree to correspond with re.erve bank rates is due to tbe extreme conservation shown by the smaller banks, not more than 40 to 60 per cent of these Institutions redlscounttng with the reserve banks. The latter ar. thus without means of releasing their surplus lending power, since they must wait ' for the pres entation of paper by member insti tutions. Although there has been some Increase in commercial failures, It has been of a minor description and reflects no new conditions in the com mercial world. On the contrary, the average business firm Is in better position today to obtain accommoda tion than for a long time past. Crop moving demand is now apparently over and funds have begun to flow back to the eastern centers. This is reflected by the reduction in inter dlstrlct rediscounts. ... According to the department of la bor, the strikes for the first ix month, of 1921 cost employee 91.179, 000,000, or at the ratio of 15.8 per cent of the nation's industrial payroll. This would mean a loss of nearly 92.350, 000.000 for the year, or nearly enough to give 2,000,000 men 9100 a month for a year. According to a survey of the de partment of commerce, under the di rection of Secretary Hoover, there Is construction work calling for the ex penditure of 910,000.000,000 in this country. The workers in the build ing trades could have 95.000,000.000 of this, remarked o member of the New: York Stock Exchange, if they would agree to wage revision on a basis that the industry could stand. TJnimployment is more pronounced in the building industry than in al most any other line. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Dec 2. Maximum temper ature, 52 degrees; .minimum. 42 degree. River reading, 8 A. M.. 15.6 feet; change in last 24 hours. 2.1 feet rise. Total rain fall since September 1, 1921. 16 74 Inches; normal rainfall since September 1. 1247 Inches; excess of rainfall since September 1, 1921, 4 27 lnchea Sunrise, 7:34 A. M. ; sunset, 4:21 P. M. Total sunshine, 8 hours 8 minutes, possible sunshine, 8 hours 53 minutes. Barometer freduced to sea level) at 6 P. M.. 30.78 Inches. Relative hu midity at 6 A. M., 75 per cent: at noon, 62 per cent; at 8 P. M., 61 per cent. THP5 T1ATHBII. X o wlnd IISS.S 2 STATIONS. IEU; s Wllwe. . s , f S 9 5 2i : : i . taker .. Boise Itoston Calgary .... ChlcaKO .... Denver Des Moines. . Eureka Galveston .. Helena Kansas City. Los Angeles. Marshfleld .. Medford Minneapolis . New Orleans New York . . North Head. Phoenix Pocatello Portland ... Hose burg ... Sacramento . St. Louis.... Salt Lake... San Diego. .. S. Francisco. Seattle Spokane .... Tacoma . Tatoosh Isd. Valdeist Walla Walla. Washington Winnipeg .. Yakima . . . 3S 0.54 12jN W Clear 42 0.24 14 XW Clear 5O0.O0il4SE Cloudy SH'O.OO. .1 Clear 44O.3014!W Clear -86 0.18 . .NW Snow 400.00 10'N (Clear 62 0.00 28 N ICIear 76 O.OO'lO SB !Clear 84 0.74:. .iNW Snow 42 0.00 14 NE jCloudy 7( O.OO: 'HW Clear 54 0.02). . NWlClear 4H o.o: NV 30 p.OO 20 X'W 78 0.00 . . 8 66 0.34 26 8 . . 60 0.OO 20 N 44 68 0.00 12 W .( SOI 32 0.4 10 FW 44 52 o.o;. .iw 4H 0.O0. .l.VW.Clear 66 O.OO 24 N W Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Rain Pt. cloudy Clear Cloudv IClear NE Clear 401 46 44 44 0.10 84 8H 0.43 22 N ICloudy 64 64 O OO . . NWlclear 48' 60 0.OO 10 NW'Clear 40! 5fl 0 I2! . .iN iCIear 86 4'0.46!..INWiCiear . . . 50 0. in; . . NB 46 . . .iO.OOI. . . .28 0.00!. 381 50 0.241. .rw 5l! 62 0.80!. .'W IS 22 0.01114 NW'Oloudy 36! 48 0.24 10 NW Clear Clear Clear Clear tA. M. today. P. M. report of preceding day. 2 steers. 20 sters. 1 steer.. 84 steers. 1 cow. . . 2 cows. . 1 cow . . , 2 calves 1 calf . . 1 hull. .. 1 bull... 1 hog . . . 1 hog. . . 4 hogs. . 23 hogs. . 20 hoKS. . 0 hogs. . 10 hogs. . 1 hog. . . 2 cows. . 24 cows. . 2 cows. . Price. 1 cow , 2 cows. . 5 enws. . 3 cows. . 8 cows. . 1 cow . . . : cows -. 8 cows. . 1 heifer. 1 cow . . . 7 75 18 cows.. 8.751 1 heifer.. 8.501 1 hflfer.. 8.50 lcalf.. 8.001 4 calvas. 8.7.M 1 bull... 8.501 2 bulls.. 4.50 1 bull.. 3 SOI 1 hog. . 5.10 4 oo I 4.: 20o! 8.0OI 7.60! 2.501 2.25i 5.001 5.50. 1253 1013 11 SO 870 1123 1103 806 II TO M0 8116 IMO 780 1065 770 5K0 813 377 830 11(15 112 400 VIS 873 770 812 P70 1005 lo:io 3o5 110 12LM) 1)10 710 SJO 350 183 133 17.1 205 210 1005 1075 1015 quoted at the Portland stockyards were as follows: Choice steers Medium to good steer. Fair to medium steers Common to fair steers Choice feeders Kalr to choice feeder Choice cows and heifers Medium to good cows, heifers. Kalr to common cows, heifers. Common cows Cannera Hull. Choice dairy calves. ........ ., Prime light calves. .......... Medium light calves. . Heavy Calves. M Hogs Prime light Smooth heavy Smooth heavy, Rough heavy Fat pigs Feeder pigs Stairs, subject to dockage.... Sheep Ettst-of-mountain lambs... M Best valley lambs Fair to good Cull lambs Eastern Oregon feeders Light yearlings Heavy yearlings , Light wethers Heavy wethers Ewe. 3.30 4 50 4 00 4 00 4 00 4.01) 4.25 8 50 3.30 8.50 8 50 4.23 4.23 4 23 4.00 3 30 3 CO 5.(8) 8 OO 2 83 2.83 5.50 Union S6 Ofl7G.5fl 5 5il u 6.00 6.00 'li 3.50 4 00 ' 3.00 4.75 5 25 4.25(1 4.73 4. 73 id 5. 23 4.23 W 45 S.75(S4 25 3 00 ii 3.75 1. 753 no 3 00 (i 4 00 8.50 4r9 00 8 OO 1r8.5fl 0 00 u 8.00 6.00 a 0.00 8 50 8 73 2S0 to 800 lbs... T OO w 8 00 300 lbs. and up.. 6 50 W 7.00 6 00 W6.50 8 50 8 73 8 50 41 S 73 4.00 '$0.50 PRISON COST $7294.51 Monthly Operating; Expense An nounced by 'Warden. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. I. (Special.) It cost J7294.51 a month to operate the penitentiary the last six months, according to the semi-annual report of Warden I'otts, made public here today. The total for the six month, was 943.767.06. The amount is 9266.60 under the pro rata allow able for monthly expenditures. During the six months two well, were put down, and one within th. walls has a pump with a capacity of 600 gallons a minute. The other, cut aide the walls, is for irrigation, and has a capacity of 300 gallon, a min ute. Materials worth 8000 were bought for Improvement, and this, with the labor employed, has added 920.000 to the valuation of the build ings. A new ventilating system has been Installed In the cell building at a cost of more than 96000. I 7 OOirr7.73 e.r.0'07.23 6 6U (1.00 3 00 fj 3.00 3 (Hi 'n 3.50 6.00 4 3.60 4 Wfd 3.O0 4.00 Iff 3 (H) 8 Ofli 4 OO LOO 4.00 Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Dee. 2. (United States bureau of markets.) Cattle Receipts, 8lHH; beef steers, strong to 23c higher; quality very plain; bulk. 86.23tr8.23; she stork strong; bulk fat cows anj heifers, 93.86)6; bulls weak; best bolovna bulls around 93 85; calves and stnekers stesdy; best vealers to packers. 809.50. Hogs Receipts. 33.000: fairly active; light and light lights, steady; others steady to 5c lower than yesterday s average; top, 17.10 tor light lights; prsctlcal top, 87; bulk, 96.70ft 6 DO; pigs, steady, bulk de sirables, $77.10. Sheep Receipts, 80O0; fat lambs steady to 25c higher; sheep and yearlings, steady; oholc. fed western Iambs to city butchers, 910.75; bulk fat lambs. 9 IOiJ 10 5; choice handy ewes, 93.3064.30; top, 95.25; feed srs, scarce, steady. Kansas Cily Livestock Market. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Dec. 2. (United States bureau of market.) Cattle Re ceipts, 10O0, beef steers big quarter higher; top. 97.25: other sales. 84 857.20; she stock uneven, mostly 23c higher; cholc. cows, $4. 60(95.25; common .nd medium, $3.304.25; medium qrtallty heifers. 85 50 &6.50; calves, steady; top vealers, 99; practically no other classes on sale. Hogs P.erelpts 2000, mostly 5trloc high er; best light and light butcher hogs to (ackers and ahlppers. $6.80; bulk of sales, 6.53Gt0.75; parking sows, higher; pigs, steady; best $7. Sheep Receipts, 1500: killing classes steady, fed western lamba, $9,50, Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA. Dec. 2. United States bureau of markets.) Hogs Hecelpts 70O0. slow. steady to 10c lower; bulk medium and llaht butchers. $6.40 -a ..;: ton, j 00; nulk. stronger weight, and mixed grades. $6 35. Cattle Iteceipts, ntei; Deei steers ami she stock, strong to 15c higher: no choice fed steers here; bulls and veals. Mockers and feeders, strong. Sheep Receipts. 2O00: all rlscc strorg; ABERDEEN ELECTS TODAY Officers for School, City and ForO Will Be Chosen. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. f. (Spe cial.) City school, city council and port elections will be held in Aber deen tomorrow. There is no opposl tlnn to any candidate on the list and It is not expected that there will ba more than a few scattering sticker votes cast. J. H. Fuller and O. F. Karshner, inn cumbents, are candidates for thai school board; J. A. Vance seeks re election to the port commission. Ci'r candlates are: Floyd Vammon, city treasurer; Miss Nellie Thrift, city clerk; It. E. Taggart. police Judgo: V. O. Skinner, councilman 1st warl; O. 0. Watson, 2d ward; J. L. Black burn, 3d ward; William Landers, 4tb. ward; J. A. Taft, Oth ward; I B. Draper, 6th ward. Centralla Chamber Has Luncheon, CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 8. (Spe cial.) At the weekly luncheon of the chamber of commerce yesterday Mrs. J. K. Owen Phillips of Olympla, state organizer for the "four L," spoke on "Industrial Disarmament." George C Ellsbury urged the support of th. chamber to the campaign of the stst. tax league, recently organized In Ta coma, to reduce taxes in ths state 2S per cent by 1923. Fair Postponed for Week. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dee. I. .(ftp cial.) The Washington Manufactur ers' Educational exposition will show" here the second week in January, in stead of the first week, according t word received here yesterday by Mr. Clarke Ketchum Tripp, director of the) educational department of the Wash ington State Chamber of Commerce, The exposition will be held in lloqulam the first week in January. State Supervisor Closes Bank. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. i. (Spe cial.) The Mansfield State bank at Mansfield, Dauglas county, closed its doors Thursday, J. P. Duke, state su pervisor of banking, announced.- Th. bank on the date of the call. Septem ber 6. had deposits totaling 9171,979.06. The capital and surplus wns $57,041 and the total assets $272. 979. 06. The closing was due to crop failures caus ing nn Innlillity to collect on loans. HERRIN&RHODES,Iiic. Established ISO. BROKERS New York Ctoeks. Ronils. Grain. Cot.) Privat. Wires. Member lulcage Hoard of Trade, X01-8 Railway Exchange Bldf. T.lenhone Mln ?83-2g4 FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair: northeast erly winda Oregon and Washington Pair: con tinued cold; moderate northeasterly winds on the coast. River forecast: The Willamette river at Portland will reach a stage of about 16 5 feet Saturday and will probably fall slowly Sunday. READINGS AT 6 P. M. TODAY. Change ' since 8 A.M. -1-0.3 -1-1.5 -1-1.1 1.0 Ht.. ft. Portland 13.9 Albany 22. T Salem 20.1 Eugene ......13.8 The Japanese and the Dutch have A dollar an hour I o e peculiar custom In common that is LUa minimum wage (or aJtilled labor luaxiiage tf SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Improvement 6 Bonds Dated Sept. 20,1 921 1 (jf Denomination $200 Price to yield J2, Due 1927-1930 Send for descriptive circular . ATKINSON, STARKEY & ZILKA Investment Bonds 704 Wilcox Building Phone Main 700