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Newspaper Page TextTIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1921 COMMODITY HUE MORE STABLE Advance Not Sufficient Yet to Stimulate Buying. UPWARD MOVEMENT SLOW monthly. Stocks of burlap at Calcutta arc I estimated ts amount to about one month's ! production. Underlying; these figures Is the fact of a small yield of Jute this year, which is ! expected la affect prices before a new I yield Is possible. The mills at Calcutta reoently agreed to continue a four-day-a week working: schedule indefinitely, with the right to five notice of a change 00 days in advance. Soon after the news of a light yield of Jute was confirmed, the markets roe rapidly, but have since receded to levels about as low as at any time this year. A great deal of the war-time speculation In burlaps has been eliminated by the low prices and uncertainties of the p few months, and the larger and older Im porting houses are becoming more confi dent that the market will soon enter upon a period of greater stability. RULE AT CLOSE General Price Ijevel About 3 Ter Cent Above Low Basis of July 1. The trend toward Increasing .lability of commodity markets, which has been a recent Jcature, ts asaln evidenced In Xun's Index number of wholesale quota tions. If the advance becomes more pro flounced, enlarged buying operations can be looked for. While the (tetters! prloe level, after two consecutive month of recovery, is only 2.9 por cent above the low basis of July 1 last, yet even the small advance is sig nificant o' 'he chanred situation that has lately developed. Despite continued Ir resularlty and weakness In some quarters, the point Is being gradually reached where nnsettlement Is diminishing, and the les sening of wide price fluctuations Influ ences sentiment favorably. Response to the constructive factors present does not eome quickly, but the more stable price conditions should ultimately prove help ful to buslnej?s. At 1184.581 on December 1, representing the wholesale cost per capita of a year's supply of commodities. Dun's index num ber is 0 6 por cent higher than the Novem ber 1 figure, which, in turn, revealed a rise of 11 per cent over the October 1 total. Comparing with a year ago, when the tendency was nharply downward, a decline of 22. 3 per cent Is disclosed, while the current compilation marks a fall of 87.5 per cent from the top level estab lished on May 1, last year. After such a readjustment, with much greater yielding In various Individual com modities. It Is not strange that firmness Is now replacing depression In different markets. Of the seven divisions Into which the Index number is separated, the meat and metals clashes alone were lower on December 1 than a month previous; whereas, on the other hand, all groups how reductions from the totals of a year go. WHEAT MARKKTS FIRMER ABROAD I.oea.1 Hide I nrbangrd to One Cent lower. Following Chicago. There was no change of Importance In the local wheat situation. Cables indi cated a somewhat firmer market abroad, but Chicago was Inclined to be essler. Club, soft white and northern spring wero 1 cent lower on bid at the merchants exchange and other grades were the same as Thursday. In the coarse grain market brewing bar ley was $1 higher and white and gray oats advanced 50 cents. The Liverpool wheat market closed ld higher and corn Vid higher to Vid lower. Exports from North America this week were 6.7.'0.OO0 bushels of wheat and 1,730.000 bushels of corn. Australian wheat shipments this week were 7tl0.0i( bushels. Including 320.000 bushels to Europe. Argentine shipments were 5S2.000 bush es of wheat, 2.073.04)0 bushel of corn and 43.1 000 bushel of oats. The department of agriculture report on Argentine wheat indicates a crop of 1S7.000.000 bushels against 160.000.000 last year; oats. 68.0OO.000 bushels against S9, K0. ooo bushels last year. Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported by the merchants exchange as follows: Portland Wheat.nar.Flr Oats Hay FrMay 14.1 ... 18 1 IS Tear ago ft4 .is. "Mi 131 l.'im nl7 . 8.205 mo ftessnn to date. Year ago ... Taonma Thursday Year ago . . . Pes son to date Y-ar sko ... 5ntte Thursday Tm r hr-o ... Besson to date. Year aKO SO 5 420 302 1106 77 ' a 2 042 27 ... 4 ... R2S as 404 70 5 ... 1 1 4 47S 824 4 73 121 1247 21 S.ftSJ 105 1SS 243 4 000 989 C.OOI) PK.MAND FOR MTORAOE T.C.OS Fresh Stock Steady. With Baying rrires Apart Butter Firm. Tho egg market was steady yesterday with sales on the street of current receipts at 44f7 45 cents. Some of the buyers who have filled their out-of-town orders an nounced they would lower their buying jirlces today to 41 cents, but other buy ers had offers out up to 44 hi cents and food until Monday. , The storage market continued very firm with sales of candled eggs at 809 lis cents and some sellers asking 40 cents. The storage egg season Is rspidly drawing to a close with only limited stocks, most of which are held by growers, restaurants and small dealers. The cube butter market was firm and extras were scarce. There was demand for dressed turkeys for both shipping and local account. No. 1 birds sold at 43 cents. Live poultry Was In good supply and weak. liressed veal was steadier and pork easier. WOOL TRICES ARK SLIGHTLY IIIGHF.R Trade Waiting for Opening of Heavy weight Goods. BOSTON, Doc. 16. The Commercial Bul letin tomorrow will say: There has been a fair demand for wool during the week, which has come to a fair extent from the mills. Prices are slightly higher again this week, both on fine and medium wools. The government will of fer 8.000.000 pounds of wool. January IB. Among tho mills there Is little change, consumption dropping off considerably. The retail clothiers are beginning to cut prices, more especially on suits. The wool trade is waiting for the opening of goods for the next heavy-weight season. Scoured bssis: Oregon Eastern No. 1 staple, 80&SHc: fine and fine medium combing, 75rnOc; eastern clothing, 65(9 70c: valley No. 1, 7375c. Territory fine staple, choice, 8800c; half-blood combing. 77nS0c; three-eighths-blood combing. 5.'3G0c; quarter-blood combing, 45 ft 30c: fine and fine medium clothing, 63ii'70r; fine and medium Freuch combing, 750T7SC. F1K.MKR TONE IN III KLAP MARKET Statistical roaltlon Held 'to Warrant Higher Prices. There has been a firmer tone In burlap markets, and more attention la being given to the strong statistical position. The average monthly shipment from Cal cutta to this country this year has been 71.000.000 yards, comparing with 86,000,000 yards monthly last year and with a monthly consumption estimated in 1914 as fiO.000.0iK) yards. It Is contended by Importers that consumption In this coun try now averages well over 80.0O0. 000 yards Decrease in Butter Holdings. The government's preliminary report of storage holdings in the United &tates on December 1, as revised, shows the follow ing comparison with a year ago and the five-year average: - Dec. 1. 1921. Dec. 1. 1920 Creamery butter, lbs. ,5. 164.000 79. 750.000 American cheese, lbs. .33.801 .000 39. 921.000 Eggs, cases - 2.403.000 1,824.000 The rive-year agevage follows: Creamery butter, lbs 73.147,000 American cheese, lbs 48.00.00 Eggs, cues 2.460.000 World Wheat Shipment Larger. World shipments of wheat last week and the same week last year were: Wk. ended Wk. ended Dee. 10 . 21. Dec. 11. '20 tT. 8. and Canada 7,10 ooo 7.60.0in Argentina 840.000 16.000 Australia 2.192. OOO 224.00 Others 24.000 184,000 Total 9.716.000 8.03O.0O0 Shipments for the season to date com pare-as follows: Total since Same period Julv 1. '21. last season TT. S and Canada . .224 2S4.000 21 8. 707. OOO Argentina 14.B70.O4iO 80.244.000 Australia 87.884.0O0 13.52.000 Othera 2.2S0.OOO 1.616.000 Total 278.827,000 273.209.000 Blink Clearings. Ban's: clearings of the northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. 3. 774.44 3,858.077 474.207 1.654,849 Portland Seattle .... Tacoma ... Spokane ... PORTLAND Balancea 11.512.419 1,547 ,41-4 -t 45.7.13 521.534 MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain, Hour, Feed, Etc Merchants exchange, noon session: -om- -nrl,Ai Tee. Jan. Feb Hard white 1 07 1.07 l.o.l u..,. ...Kit. 1 OH 1 OH 1.04 White club !...!.. 100 1 OO l.Oti Hard winter 1 07 1 07 1.05 Nor. spring l.w i.uo i.v No. 2 white feed.. 27.50 27.50 27.50 No. 2 gray i!6.50 26.00 20.50 BrewVnir 26 00 28.00 26 OO Standard feed .... 24.00 24.00 24.O0 FLOUR Family patents. $7 per barrel; whole wheat, 6.20; graham, 10: bakers' hard wheat. 17.05; bakers' bluestem pat ents, 16.55; valley soft wheat, 13.00; straights, (5.25. M1LLFBED Price f. o. b. mill: Mill run. 820 per ton; middlings. $34; rolled barley. (34 0.36; rolled oats, (36; scratch feed, (43 per ton. CORN Whole. (34; cracked. $36 per ton. HAT Buying price f. o. b. Portland: Alfalfa. (14 50 per ton; cheat, $1212.50; oat and vetch. 814.60 lo; clover. Hi; valley timothy. (15 15.50; eastern Ore gun timothy, (184 13.00. Dairy and Country Produce. BUTTER Cubes, extras. 4142c pound; prints, parchment wrapped, box lota, 44c, cartons 45c. Butterfal buying prices. No. 1 grade, 42c. delivered Portland- EUGS Jobbing prices, case count, 44 45c; candled ranch, 4748c; association firsts, 48c; association selects, 63c; asso ciation pullets, 45c. HllliS Buying price, 43c; Jobbing, prices, case count, 44f(j;45c; candled ranch, 47 4 48c; association firsts. 48c; association selects. 33c; association pullets. 45c CHEESE- Tillamook triplets, price to Jobbers I. o. b. Tillamook, 26c; Young Americas. 27c pound. POULTRY Hens, 1725c; springs, 21c; ducks, 20j20c; geese, nominal; turkeys, live, nominal: dressed No. 1, 4c lb. PORK Fancy, 12c per pound. VEAL fancy. 14o per pound. a Fruits and Vegetables. Local Jobbing quotations: FHUITS Navel oranges, H.606 25 per bo- "apanese oranges. (2.50 per bundle; I -.- (36: grapefruit, (47 per box; bauanas, auVc per pound; apples. (1&4 per box; pears. (2C2.25 per box; grapes. California Red Emperors. 12V40 per pound; casabas, S(f30 per pound; cranberries. Oregon, 7 per box; eastern. 22&23 per barrel; pineapples. (7.50 per case. POTATOES Oregon, (1.50175 per hundred; Yakima. $22 25 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 44i"c per pound; Arkan sas. $2.73fi3 per crate. ONIONS Yellow. $4 505 per hundred. VEGETABLES Cabbage. 1 V4 U 2c per pound: lettuce, $33.50 crate: carrots. (1 50 per sack, garlle. 12V4 15c per pound; beets. (1.502 per sack; cucumbers. $20 2.20. per dozen; ceiery. 00c4)$l per dozen; green peppers. 85to40c per pound; cauli flower $24r 2.25 per crate; pumpkins. 2Vi 8c per pound; squash, 2itii3c; sprouts. 174jC; turnips. (2 per sack; parsnips, (2 2.50 per sack; tomatoes, (4.30 per lug. Staple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations: SUUAR (sack basis) Cane, granulated. 6.03c pound. piUTS Walnuts, new crop, soft shell, 23t3Uc pound; Brazil nuts, 18&20c; fil berts, 2023c; almonds, 18io27c; pea nuts. 10 ill 11VC per pound. RICE Blue Rose. 6Vic per pound; Japan style. 6c per pound. COFFEE Roasted, bulk, la drums. 18 9 854 0 per pound. SALT Granulated. bales, 3.20 4.06: half ground, ton, 50s, (17.20; 100s, (18.25. HONEY Comb, new crop, (5.756.25 per case. i DRIED FRUITS Dates, $7 per case; figs. (1.40133.75 per box; apples. 16c lb.; peaches. 15J17c; apricots. 23420 l,c; prunes. 7H12c. BKAISS Small white, 8c; large white, 4c; pink, Se; bayo. 6c; red, 6c. Hides, Hops. Etc. TALLOW No. 1. 4o; . No. 2. 9o per pound. CASCARA BARK 5c a pound delivered. Portland. v HOPS 1921 crop, 15020c per lb. HIDES Fresh cured, 3o por pound; bulla. 4c; calf. 12c per pound; ktp, 7c; dry hides, 9c; dry salt hides. 7c per pound. PELTS Dry pelts, full wool, 810c per pound; salt pelts, 35 tip 30c each, according to size. WOOL Eastern Oregon, 1623c per pound:-valley, 12 14c per pound. MOHAIR Oregon, 15g22c per pound, delivered Portland. Provisions. Loral Jobbing quotations: HAMS All sizes. 2731c; skinned, 240 S3c; picnics. 20c; cottage roll, 23c. BACON Fancy. 3U43c; choice. 27 32c; standard. 2326c LARD Pure, tierces. 14o pound; com pressed tierces, 14c. DRY SALT Backs. 18S21c; plates, 15c Oils. LINSEED OIL Raw. In barrels, c; S-gallon cans, (1.04. Boiled, in barrels 91c; 6-gallon cans, $1.06. TURPENTINE In drums, (1; o-allon cans, (1.15. WHITE LEAD 100-pound kegs, 120 per pound. GASOLINE Tank wagons and iron barrels, 26c; cases. 88 He SPECULATIVE STOCKS LEAD IX ACTIVE MARKET. VEAL Very firm at 144c. Ship at once. We arts headquarters for country dressed meats. Free delivery, cold storage on premises. Daily returns guaranteed. The Savinar Co., Inc. 10O Front Street, Portland, Or. INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK 18 PROMISING Retail Holiday Trade Gain In Activity; Heavyweight Goods In Demand. NEW YORK, Dec 16. Dun's Review tomorrow will say: With the year end only a fortnight dis tant and holiday Interruptions Imminent, it is obviously not the time to expect sig nificant changes In business. Dispatches from widely separated centers indicate that retail trade has gained In activity and distribution of heavyweight goods has been quickened by sharply lowered tem peratures In different sections. These are purely seasonal phases, however, and the fact is not obscured that most consumers are purchasing with greater discrimination and with closer regard tor pricea The outlook In various basic Industries remains more or less uncertain, but it is not unpromising. " Weekly bank clearings were (6,446 -621.000. New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK. Dec. IB. Raw sugar, cen trlfugal 8 67c, old crop 3.80; refined fine granulated 6.10c. v- Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Dec. 16. Spot cotton teady; middling 18.300. Standard Issues Are Backward. Lighter Demand for Bonds, Which React on Realizing. NEW TORK. Dec. 16. The aggressive buying movement that featured yester day's session of the stock exchange was lacking today. Trading was fairly active but ran more to speculative or selected Issues. Overnight developments, such as Ger many's virtual default, the closing of coal mines In the Pennsylvania district and prospective reductions In automobile prices were among the several Incidents calcu lated to diminish bullish enthusiasm. The cuts in prices announced by one ef the chief subsidiaries of the United States Steel corporation and further declines in quotations for scrap Iron and steel were Indicative of the backward trend in that industry. Foreign exchanges continued to be ad versely affected by the German situation. Coalers finally threw off professional selling pressure, but njany of the lesa Im portant industrials and miscellaneous stocks reacted one to two points on moder ate offerings. Oils again supplied a disproportionate bar of the dav'a business. eSDecially sec ondary or low a-rade Issues. Steels and eoulnments were mixed, as were also mo tors and their specialties, but gains ruled at the Irregular close. Sales were 850.000 shares. Call loans opened and renewed Into next week at S per cent, the rate later rising to 6 against yesterday's maximum of 6 per cent. Quotations for time funds were unaltered, but money was more ireeiy oi fers1 for the shorter maturities. There was a pronounced falling off In the demand for bonds, most of which. In. cludinx liberty issues, reacted on further realizing. The new New iora city oo,- 000.000 offering sold at a slight premium. The forela-n division was Irregular at nomi- nal changes. Total sales, par value, (18.- 350,000. CLOSINO STOCK QUOTATIONS. (Furnished by Overbeck & Cooke com- nf Pnrll.nH I ' Hid. 29 V 58 14 Id 0714 88 2K 36 84H 94 Vs 145 114 204 43 5 144 (10M, 73 V4 42 j 31 K 57 99 44 46 88 110 34 83 "4 88 v 30 Vi 117 183 128 81 101H 20 14 49 4 106 Mi 91. 83 Mi 8SM1 33Mi 97, 104 35 62 117 57 614 pfd Agr Chera... do pfd AJax Rub ... Alaska Gold.. Alaska Jun.. Allied Chem.. AlKs-Chal ... do pfd Am Beet Sug. Am Bosch ... Am Can Co.. do pfd Am Cr 4 Fdy do pfd Am Cot Oil.. do pfd Am Drug Syn Am Hd A Lea do pfd Am Ice l Intl Corp Am Linseed.. do pfd Am Loco .... Am Saf Rax.. Am Smelt.... do pfd Am Snuff ... Am Steel Fdy Am Sugar ... do pfd Am Sumatra. Am Tel & Tel Am Tohacco.. do "B" .... Am Wool . . . do pfd. Am W P Am Zinc Anaconda ... Assd Oil Atchison .... do pfd At Coast Line At. Olf & W I ild win Loco, do pfd Bait A.Ohlo.. do pfd Bams Bros . . Beth Stl -B". Booth Fish... B R T Butte C A Z. . Butte A Sup Caddo Oil Cal Packing.. Cal Pet do pfd Canadian Pac Cen I.eath... Cerro de Pasco Chand Motor. Chi & N W.. Chgo Gt W. . . do pfd Chili Cop Chlno C M A St P. . do pfd Coca Cola.... C & O Colo F A I Colo Southern Col Gas & Elec Columb Grapn Con Gas Cons Cigars. . . do DM CnntI ICnn. . . . Clt SVC Bnk Corn Prod.... do pfd Cosden Oil C R 1 r P do ' A ptd. do "B" pfd. Crucible do pfd Cuba Cane. . . . do pro Cub Am Sug. Del A Hudson Dome Mines. . Del A Lack, . navlson Chem Kndct Johnson Erie do 1st pfd.. do 2d pfd. . . imous Playrs Fed Mg & Smt do pfd Flek Tire Gaston Wms. . Gen Clge-ra . . . en Elec :;en Motor.... Glen Alden .. Gen Axphalt.. Goodrich .... Goodyear .... Granby Gt Nor Ore.. do pfd Greene Canan Gulf S Steel. . Hank Barker. Houston Oil.. lupp Motor. . ils Cent nsulratlon li:t Ag Cp com do pfd Interboro .... do pfd Intrst Callahn Int H.-irv Int Mer Marne do pfd ...... Int Nickel.... Int Paper.... do pfd Invincible Oil. Island Oil.... Jewel Tea.... K O Southern. do pfd .... Kelly-Spgfld.. Kennecott Kevst Tire . . : Lack Steel .. Lee Tire .... Lehigh Val .. Lorillard .... Lowe The .... I. A N Mori Oil May Dept St. . Mex Pet Miami Mid St Oil .. Mldvale St M K A T Wi. . do pfd Wl. . Mont Power.. Mont Ward... Mo Pac do pfd .... M S P 8 S M Nor Amm . ... Nat Biscuit. . Nat Enamel . Nat Lead Nevada Con . . New haven. . . Norfolk A W.V Nor Pac Nov SCO 8t... X Y Air Bke. . N T Cent.... Okla Prod ref. Ont Silver.... Ont & W Otis Steel.... Pac Dev. . . Pac Gas & Pan Alle.. Pac Oil.. Pan Amn do "B" Penna Pe.1 Gas Pere Marq. . . . Pure Oil Phil Pete.... Pierce A r. . . . Pierce Oil.... Flue Coal Pitts A W Va Press St Car. . Pullman Ray Cona Reading Remington .. Replogle St. . . Rep I A S.... Sales. High. Low. 700 30 Ml 29 100 58Mi 58Mi 1.600 18 Vk 17 1.3110 Mi 100 H 8.0OO B84 56 l.OOO 3'J4 3SMi .WO 90 88 Ml 900 28Mi 28 2.400 30 35 4,00 0 8 4 34 EI Pet 900 146 145 "'166 'ii" 'ill" 100 45 43 400 54 5 1.800 15' 14i 2.100 61-54 60 l.OOO 74 Mi 73 11.2U0 43Mi . 324 400 31 Ml 81' 6.306 iooti 2.000 4 !4 4 Mi 2.4110 47 46 liH) 81) 88 4 6110 110 108V4 7IH 34 Mi 84 1.5O0 84 83 '4 1.2(10 84 83 Ml Win 31 31 M10 117 117 1.8O0 134 132 1.600 129 128 S.100 82 81 "ioo "?V4 '28Mi 7O0 $4 13 9.300 40 49 1.100 107 106 4 700 92 90 600 86 83 a' 10 8ii 88 l.OOO 34 83 21.9O0 98 90 100 104 104 3.100 83 35 3O0 62 62 1.100 118 117 2.400 67 57 7181 6 6 loo 7 7 20M) 6 6 2.IKXI 22 20 2.400 12 12 9OO0 70 70 8.400 48 47 V.406 i2i i2o 6.IOO 81 30 1.1 110 8." 35 1.20H 60 411 2 000 67 06 800 6 6 100 17 17 12..M10 16 13 3.0(10 21) 28 2.000 20 ,.19 BOO 32 31 2 700 41 40 L2"0 .16 33 100 25 23 400 40 39 B.600 67 66 4.000 8 3 BOO P3 92 100 18 18 300 87 57. 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BOO 116 114 10.5(10 53 53 1.300 80 78 2.800 10 10 1,000 1 6 16 800 10 10 12,400 77 7.1 100 12 12 2.200 41 38 6.900 13 12 200 , "266 141 iii - 7.200 11 11 26.1 66 '76 "8 800 37 37 "i.366 'si" "31 6.410 75 74 KIO 28 28 6110 38 58 100 80 80 8.000 82 80 20O 11 11 2(10 90 90 4,700 42 41 "Vx'io '35 3a" 2.700 1 1 400 4 3 1.300 6 6 1.3O0 85 84 3(10 15 15 4.4110 65 64 2.4(H) 12 12 8.000 66 55 'i'666 'ii" "ii 3,500 2 2 400 11 11 8o0 23 3 100 53 5.1 1,300 44 4.1 .3o0 27 20 9.21V) 15 14 2,000 4 T 40 400 29 28 S.40O 5S 67 5(VO 154 154 400 14 14 5O0 HO 108 7(iO 2 26 1.900 108 103 1S.4DO 117 116 I.O11O 28 27 22.1(10 15 14 2,800 28 28 20O 8 8 200 26 25 "2!666 '14 '13 1.0(8) 17 17 2,DO 46 45 3(10 67 68 1.3O0 43 43 2(10 120 125 ,.1,200 39 38 "l900 '15 'l'4 2,40 13 13 000 9S 97 11.80O 70 7S 200 23 23 "i!t"i6 '73 '72 2,600 3 3 '"466 2i 'ii" 400 9 400 5 5 2..MM) 66 05 4O0 29 28 46..1(H) 50 4S 6.00O 35 54 5. HO0 49. 411 9.2IH) 33 32 1.5(10 59 58 0(10 20 20 2.0(10 39 39 30 83 88 (ioo 14 14 l.OOO 13 12 200 64 64 4(H 25 24 700 65 63 1.30O lis 107 ..1,000 15 15 ..7,100 72 71 200 27 20 'moo '54" 'm 5 21 12 70 47 88 121 3o 85 50 66 8 1H 15 28 l 31 30 56 24 39 67 3 2 18 57 46 23 90 100 35 82 81 71 67 Si 8(1 6 14 13 100 IS 115 53 711 10 16 10 76 10 40 12 69 140 11 42 60 36 12 27 31 74 27 58 8() 8(1 11 98 41 85 1 3 6 84 14 64 12 65 95 11 2 11 II 43 26 14 47 28 58 154 14 109 26 107 118 27 14 2S 8 V 23 58 13 17 40 OH 43 1'3 3SV& ! 84 13 97 79 23 65 73 4 21 9 3 63 28 49 5o 411 32 38 20 39 33 14 12 64 24 65 107 15 71 5 27 53 do pfd ..... Rep Motors.. Roy Dut Oil. . Ry Steel Spg Stand Oil N J Sears Roe.... Shat Aria.... thell TAT.. Sinclair Stand OH Cal Stand Oil Ind gloss Shef ... Sou Pacific .. Sou Ry do pfd St L A S F. . Stromberg Cb SSudebaker .. Swift A Co... Ten C A Chem Texas Oil . . .. Texas Pacflc. T P C A O... Tob Products. Tran Cont Oil Union Oil Del i Union Pac . . . United Alloy. United Drug.. Untd Food Pd United Fruit.. U Rds of N J Union BAP Utd Ret- Sts.. U S Ind Alchl U S Rub do 1st pfd . . . U S Smelting. U S Steel ... do pfd Utah Copper.. Va Chem do pfd Vanadium Sti Vlvandou .... Wabash do A pfd.. do B pfd.. Western Pac. do pfd .... Westrn Union West E A M. West Md White. Motors Wlllys-Ovld.. . do pfd Wilson Parkg Wisconsin Cnt Woolworth ... Worth Pump-. W L E . . . . White Oil ... TJ- 8 2s reg. . do 2s, coup, do 4s, reg . . do cv 4s. C Pan 3s. reg. . . do 3s, coup. A T A T cv 6s Atchen gen 4s Den A R con.1 3.000 9 S 6.71)0 62 51 600 92 91 6,100 190 187 1,800 59 0S 700 9 9 600 8S 38 2.530 23 22 11.4(10 97 94 1,000 92 91 "s'.OOO '80 74 1.8(H) 19 18 40 47 40 500 21 21 2.3(H) 35 34 11,800 82 1 "z'.ino '16 '16 12.700 48 47 1.3(H) 28 23 8.700 -0 20 S.7O0 64 63 4.300 11 11 3. 4110 20 19 2,8(10 126 120 ' 3(10 23 2r. 1.0(H) 72 71 1.000 11 10 900 127 120 3O0 8 7 100 Tl 71 2.300 23 61 2. ooo 30 30 3.700 50 55 2(10 101 101 flno 38 38 1,3400 - 85 84 300 113 113 2,700 65 64 700 21) 29 400 70 69 2,000 32 82 200 7 7 800 7 6 1.100 20 20 100 18 18 WV 91 90 90 61 61 2O0 9 200 30 39 1,200 A 4O0 30 SO 100 29 20 '"oi isi" i.io" BOO 46 43 800 7 6 1.300 11 11 BONDS. '101 IN T Cen db 8a. '!01Nor Pac 4s.... 104lNor Pac s '104'Penn con 4s. ' 80 Pac TAT 3s. ' 80 Sou Pac cv 5s. . 108: Sou Ry 5s.,... 83 Union Pac 4s... ' 72 U S Steel 5s.... 84 8 61 92 187 58 9 3-S 2:t 96 91 " 38 79 18 46 21 S4 81 97 ,10 J47 2.1 211 VI 11 19 125 25 10 120 7 70 52 311 55 100 37 84 113 64 29 0 82 7 6 20 13 18 55 90 60 8 39 6 30 29 28 130 45 11 99 84 n 93 92 96 89 87 99 Ex. dlv. 93.14 97 10 9O.80 97.42 97 04 98.14 97.50 ..100 00 10O 04 100 00 100 02 ..100 00 100.03 100.00 100.00 94 92 97.08 9 70 97 20 9 72 97.80 97.14 94.92 97 OO 96 70 97 12 9 84 97.88 97.22 Liberty Bond Quotations Liberty bond quotations furnished by the Overbeck A Cooke company 01 rortiann: Open. High. Low. Close. Tlbertv, 8s ... 94 94 Liberty, 1st 4s.. 97 08 Liberty, 2d 4s.. 96 KO Liberty. 1st 4s 97 34 Liberty, 2d, 4s 97 02 Liberty, 3d 4s. 98.14 Liberty, 4th 4s 97. 4 victory, 4- a Victory. 8s Boston Mining Stocks. BOSTON, Dec.v 16. Closing quotations: Aliouex 23Mobarwk 68 Ariz Com 9 North Butte .. 13 Cal A Arlx.... TS9 Old Dominion . 24 Cal A Hecia...275 Osceola 85 Centennial 9Qulncy 43 Cop R Con Co. 40 (Superior 3 E Butte Cop M llShsnnon 1 Franklin ..... 2 Utah Consol . . 1 Isle R (Cop).. 24 I Winona 40 Lake Copper .. 8 I Wolverine .... 11 Swift A Co. Stocks. for Swift A Co. stocks at Chicago were reported by the Overbeck (t Cooke company 01 roruanu as iuuo. Swift & Co 9i Libbv. McNeil & LIDDy National Leather - Swift International vhb Money, SUoir, Etc. VF.W TORK. Dec. 16. Call money firm; high 6 per cent, low 6 per cent; ruling rate, 5 per cert; closing bid, 5 per cent; offered at 5 per cent; last loan 6 per cent. Time loans f rill: 00 days, otto per cent; 94) days. 6g5 per cent; six months, 5C"5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, J, per ceuu Foreign bar silver, 6ic. Mexican dollars, 49 c. LONDON, Dec. 16. Bar silver, 33 d per ounce. Money. 2 per cent. iiscoum rates, short bills, 3 per cent; 3 months' bills, 3 per cent. New York Bonds. New York bond quotations furnished by Kerrin A Rhodes, inc., 01 portiana: Am Tel A Tel Os 1922 Am Tel & Tel Cs Am Tob 7s Anaconda 7s B. Anaconda 6s A. Armour cv 7s Argentine GI 6s Am Ag Chm 7s Beth Steel 7s Beth Steel 7s Belgium Ext 7s Belgium 6s . f Belgium 8s Bergen 8s, City of. Berne 8s, City of Brazil 8s Canadian 5s Canadian 5s Can Nat q 7s C M A St 1" gn A rf 4s A Can Nor 7s Chile 8s Chrlstianla 8s. City of.... Copper Exp 8s Copper Exp os Copper Exp 8s Copper Exp 8s Cuban Amer Sugar 8s Con Gas cv 100 9!) 102 lo i 97 102 74 100 100 100 104 95 106 104 10S 104 ! 93 110 55 110 101 107 101 101 102 103 102 10.1 107 108 107 4-j K'3 100 95 110 9S 110 102 107 100 63 90 73 104 101 99 101 105 109 100 100 107 105 3 Bid 10O KH)T4 95 100 98 113 9!1 99 98 100 103 88 103 105 108 Foreign Bonds. Foreign bond quotations furnished by the Dla Match 7s Denmark Ms Danish Mtin 8s Dupont 7s French ext am. .......... . French 7Ms . . .' Grand Trunk 7s. ......... Goodrich 7s Goodyear 8s Gulf Oil 7s Great Northern 7s... . ... Humble Oil s Int Rap Tr ref 5s Int Mar CT Gs Int Rap Tr 7s Kelly Springfield 8s Kennecotta 7s Llbby. McNeil A Llbby 7s Mexican Pete 8s N i C call 7s. Norway 8s N P A O N (Jnt) s. ... N P 6s Northwest Tel 7s Penna 6s Hub Rubles 5s San Paulo 8s. Southwt Tel 7s Swedish Govt 6s Stand Oil of Cal 7s Steel A Tube 7s Swiss MS Sears Roe 7s Sears ltoe 7s Sears Koe 7s Swift A Co 7s I n Tank 7s Wilson 1st 6s West Elec 7s Westinghouse 7s Zurich 8s ...1923 . ..19211 .. .1929 ...1030 . ..1945 ...1941 ...1922 .. .1923 .. .1945 . . . 11123 . ..1940 ...1945 . . .1945 ...1941 . ..1926 ...11131 ...11135 .. .2014 ...1940 1941 1945 .... I2:l 1923 ....1924 ....1925 1981 ....1923 1935 . .. .11145 .....1945 ....1931 1945 ....1941 ....1940 1925 ....1041 11)33 ....1936 ....1923 ....19116 .11)41 1921 1931 11130 1931 1113(1 1930 1940 11130 ....2047 ....1041 193(1 19211 1930 11125 ....1939 .. ..1931 1951 1940 1921 1922 .....1923 1923 ....1930 ... .1928 1925 1931 ... .1945 Overbeck A Cooke company of Portland: Belgian rest, 5s 62 67 Belgian prem 5s 60 7 2 - Belgian 7s. 1943 104 104 Belgian 6s, 1925 9il 99 Brasil 8s. 1941 104 104 British 3s, 1022 426 430 British 3s, 1927 421 431 British 6s, 1929 420 430 British vky 4s 327 337 British ref 4s 81M 814 Bordeau 6s, 1984 8 86 Canadian 5s, 1937 93 93 Canadian 5s. 11)26 96 96 Canadian 5s. 1929 97 97 Canadian 5s, 1931 95 95 Canadian 6s. 1927 91 93 Cnllean 8s, 1941 102 102 Currency 7 9 Denmark 8s. 1945 108 108 Dan Muni 8s. 1945 101 107 French 4s, 1917 49 52 French 5s, 1920 67 71 French 5s, 1U31 89 62 French 7s. 1941 95 95 French 8-. 1945.. .a 100 100 German W L 5s .-... 3 4 Berlin 4s 4 5 Hamburg 4s 4 5 ueipsig 4s 4 6 Leipslg 6s 6 7 Munich 4s 5 6 Munich 6s '. 7 9 Frankfort 4s 6 - 7 Italian Ss, 1918 35 36 Jap 4s. 1931 64 54 Jap 1st 4s, 1925 87 88 Jap 2d 4s, 1925 87 87 Norway 8s. 1940 108 109 Russian 5s. 1921 9 13 Russian 5s, 1926 2 3 Russian 8s, 191U lo 14 Swiss 5s, 1929 9T, 93 Swiss 8s, 194(1 118 118 U K 5s, 1922 99 9!l U K 5s. 1929 99 99 U K 5s. 1937 5 93 Foreign Kxchange. Foreign exchange rates at the close of business yesterday, furnished by North western National bank of Portland. The amount quoted la the equivalent of the loreign unit in i-naru 0141c lunas: fonntrv Unit. Austria, kronen Belgium, francs Bulgaria, leva Czecbo-slovakla. kronen Denmark, kroner England, pound sterling. Finland, flnmark France, francs ......... Germany, marks ........ . . .0009 . . .07S0 . . .0100 . . .0133 .. .1955 . . 4.2(88) . . .02O0 . . .0800 . . .0060 Grew, drachmas 4S0 Holland, fuildern IH145 Hungary, kronen Italy, lire 04.i JuKo-Slavia. kronen Norway, kroner 1000 Portugal, escudos jmo Roumanlft, lei XJH5 Serbia, dinara 017.1 i-tpain, p?eta .14ss Sweden, kroner .24 .. Switzerland,' franca liM Chlna-Hongkang. local currency... .5."0 Shanghai, taeia THuO Japan, yen 4875 NEW TORK. Dec. 1V Foreign -exchange Irregular; Great Britain, demand, $4,161), cables $4.17; France, demand 7. 84, cables 7.84 ; Italy, demand 4.54 h. ca- Dies 4.o.-; .Belgium, aemana . .d". caoies i $ 51: Germany, demand cables 51; I Holland, demand Sti So, cables Sti.atl; Nor way, demand 15 HQ : 6weden, demand 24.50; Denmark demand 11. 35; Switzer land, demand 19.42; Spain, demand 14.70; Greece, demand 4.22 ; Argentina, demand 33.37; Brazil, demand 13.12; Montreal, lJ 9-16. Mil IKES LOB KM f Pmonal , J J letttr ; C SSLX M-l sterns of Hi RAIX AND SXOW IX SOCTinVEST WEAKEN MARKET. Kansas Crop and Reserve Figures Affect Prices Argentine Es timate Is Increased. CHICAOO, Dee. ML Rain and snow over large sections of the winter crop belt. with reports that drouthy region In the louthweit had received some moisture. tended today to make wheat prices average lower. The finieh was unsettled at He net decline to advance, with May 11.12 . iil.12 and July l 02 S o l.2 44 . Corn closed ctrc uo. oats gatnea ci7r Ho and In provisions the outcome varied from &c loss to a rt of 7 He Aside from the weather Influence, which gave bears the advantage, attention In the wheat pit focused chietly on the Kan sas state crop report. During the early trading, the enlargement In the Kansas estimated yield, as compared with the government August returns and with last year's harvest, was something of a Mim ulus to the bears, but In the last part of the day was practically offset by knowl edge that Kansas farm re-serves were rig' ured as being oO,0H,000 bushels lens than was the cane a year ago. Based on pre liminary thrvhlng returns, the Argentine crop was estimated today at lR7.0K,tH0 bushels a. atralnst 169.0UO.OOO hush els nar vested last year. Taken as a whole, trade lacked volume, and althougn riuctuations were numerous they at no time got beyond a range of lSic. Corn and oats, like wheat, held within narrow limits. For the most part, dealings were of a local character. Slowness of ex port call for corn was a subject of com ment, but value were upheld by prospec tive Ruaslan relief demand. Provisions showed no derided change. Packers sold. Eastern interests were buyers. The Chicago grain letter received yes terday by the Overbeck &. Cooke company of Portland follows: Wieat The decline at the opening was due to selling Inspired by the unsettled weather In the southwest and a Kansas state report Increasing the yield of the 1121 crop from 122.000.OOU to J2.wu.'hiu bushels. The latter was completely over shadowed by a later report estimating the farm reserves of thtit state at only 27,000,000. against 77.000,000 last year. Another factor which attracted attention was tho persistent atrength in Winnipeg. where quotations at one time were as much as 2 cents over yesterday's close. Rumors were rife the other day to the effect that resellers In the United King dom were offering wheat at discounts and that the markets there were In a distressed condition. It certainly appears as though th?se cables were unfounded. as the Liverpool futures market has dis played pronounced strength for some time. which would not be the case if offerings of cash grain were excessive. Conditions are shaping .more and more in favor of higher prices. i Corn Very little feature to this mar ket, futures ma in tain in g an undercurrent of strength despite the sluggish demand nd lower prices for the cash article. 1 Some report claimed Increased country , offerings, but on the average country sell- 1 ig was reported only moderate. This condition will undoubtedly be a factor later in the season and one reason why1 we favor the buying side of futures at this time. I Oats Buying by shipping Interests was the outstanding feature. Imparting strength to this market. The cash mar-j ket was heavy. The period of accumula tion Is over as far as oats are concerned. Any Important Improvement In the .de mand for domestic or foreign account should find quick reflection in quoted values. Rye Futures firm, with moderate vol ume of buying credited to seaboard In terests. Leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. i.i3 vi $ i i a i 1.12 1.03 1.02 1.02 CORN. .534 .A3 .55 .54 .54 OATS. May.. .S7 .88 .374 .3 July... .38 .38 H -38 .88 t-ma: the 50 -Year Desli Did you ever hear of a guaranteed desk? Here it is! WEST-MADE! We call it the 50-year desk but guar antee it without limit against de fects of workmanship or material ! WEST-MADE desks are now sold in every State west of the Rockies. They're used in the best-equipped offices of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle. West-Made desks are rugged, massive, business-like. They have many exclusive features that increase efficiency. Drawers are scientifically arranged. Every space is built for a certain purpose. Added to the recognized merit, is a substantial saving in freight, be cause West-Made desks are built on the Pacific Coast. Different models in standard, harmonious designs, make them equally suitable for private or general office. See the complete West-Made line at leading office furniture dealers from Seattle to San Diego. WEST-MADE DESK COMPANY Manufacturers Portland, U. S. A. SoU in Portland by Kilham Stationery & Printing Co. Glass & Prudhomme Co. Bushong & Co May. July. May. July. 1 12 1 03 .54 V MESS PORK. Jan. . . 14.70 55 87 7.85 LARD. Jan... SV 8 55 S 47 May... 80 ,8.97 8.U0 SHORT RIBS. Jan ... .... .... .... May .... -asn prices were: Wheat No sales reported. Corn No. 2 mixed, 47447oc: No. 2 yellow, 47 G 48c. Oats No. 2 white. 86 3c; No. 8 whits. 83 fasti c. Rye No. 2. 5c. Parley 465Bc. Timothy seel $33B 10. Clover seed $12.50 18.50. Pork Nominal. I.ard 18.551860. Ribs 17.20 1& 8.25. Primary Receipts. CHICAOO. Dec. lft. Primary receints: Wheat, 9T0.0O0 bushels versus 8K4.000 bush els; com, l,8i2.nno bushels versus 046,000 bushels: oats, 433,000 bushels versus 521, 0O0 bushels. Shipments: Wheat, T44.00O bushels ver sus 801.O00 bushels: corn. 8!n).oiio bushels versus 310,000 bushels; oats, 867,000 bush els versus 372.000 bushels. Clearances: Wheat, 276.OO0 bushels; corn, 280.000 bushels; flour, 7000 barrels. t Minneapolis Omin Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Dec. 10. Barley, Flax No. 1. 1 H29I.22. 'Wheat December, 1.18K; May, 1.19; July, 81.16-4. Winnipeg Grata Market. WINNIPEG. Man., Dec. 16 Wheat De cember, 11.05 3 ; May, ll.oefc; July, 11.08. Grain at San Tranclsca. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 16. Grain Wheat, milling. $1.85i?1.95: feed. $1.8.1 1.15. Barley, feed. tl.2Ii91.30; shipping; 1.:)1.40. Osts. red feed. fl.40u l.BO. Corn, white Egyptian, 1.72to1.77 ; red milo, $1.4241.45. Hay Wheat, No. 1. 17iS'19: fair. 14 17; tame ost, S154MS; wild oat, SUfeKt; alfalfa, $13S'1; stock, 12; straw, $10 12. rVattle Grain Market. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 16 Wheat Hard white, soft white, whltVclub, hard red winter, soft red wlnt'T, northern sprinr $1.07; eastern red Walla, $1.06; Bia Bend bluestem, $1.10. City delivery Hay, timothy $24. D. C. $28, mixed $21; alfalfa $18. D. C. $23; straw $15. Barley, whole, $33; grounrf and rolled, $33; clipped. $40. Chick starter, $."4; chop, all ffraln, $36; cocoanut meal. $28. Corn, $3334. Corn, cracked and feed meal, $37. Cottonseed meal. $44: lin seed meal. $58; mash mixture egir. $40 140: scratch food, $4045; Wheat, $44; Puget sound, $4i Dnluth Linseed Market. DTTLUTH. Minn.. Dec. 16 Linseed on truck, $l.4Viei.ti8i; arrive, $1.WQ 1.05 Vs. Metal Market. NEW TORK, Dec. 16. Copper Firm; 13 14c, nearby, 33.75c; electrolytic, spot and nearby, later 14c. V Tin Easier; spot and futures 33.50c. . Iron Steady, unchanged. Lead Steady: spot 4.70fff4.8ne. Zinc Quiet; Eaat St. Louis delivery, spot 4.90 a 4 95c. Antimony Spot. 4.50c. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Dec. 16. Evaporated ap ples firm; prunes quiet; peaches firm; rasina. inactive; apricots, firm. BEST GKADE NOW WORTH $9 AT IiOCAL YAIIDS. Valley and Eastern Stook on Par- its Hog and Cattle Mar kets Are Vnchunged. A single carload of sheep comprised the day's rail arrivals at the stock yards, and the only change in prices was in this line. The firmness noted for some time past In the mutton market resulted In a gen eral advance In lamb quotations with both valley and stock- from east of th moun tains .quoted at $8.500. The cattla and hog markets wers very dull and the tone of prices steady. Receipts were 105 sheep and lambs. The day's sales were as follows; Wt. Pricei Wt. Price. T cows ... ions (1. 75 SA lambs 81 Jli.ou 1 hog 5 0.25i 5 lambs OS tkon 4 lambs... 87 8.501 flew.-a 10S 4.25 llamb.... 70 7.5" 6 ewes.... 143 4.50 3 lambs.... go 8. OOi 3 yearlings. 80 8 25 8 yearlings. 102 7.50 Prices quoted at the Portland Union stockyarda were as follows: Cattle Choice steers Medium to good steers.. Fair to -metllum steers . Common to fair steers . Choice feeders Fair to good feeders Choice cows and heifers Medium to good cows, he'fera. Fair to medium cows, heifers. Common cows Cnnners Bulls Choice dairy calvea Prime light calves Medium Ufrht calves Heavy calves Hogs Prime light Smooth heavy, 230 to 300 lbs.. Smooth heavy, 3oO lbs. and up. Hough heavy Fat piga Feeder pigs Stags, sub.lect to dockage Sheep East of mountain lamba 8.5089.00 Best valley lambs 8 501 H.OO Fair to good 8 Sow 8.00 Cull lambs 4 5 .1 1 50 $8 507.00 . . . . 6 On "1 0.30 . . .. 5.5tKt rt.00 .... 2.50 -u 5.50 . . . . 4 75 Si 5.25 . 4.25U4.73 . 5 Oofi 5.50 . 4.50'u 5.00 . 4 IIOu4.50 . 3.00'fi 4. no . 1.75G1 3.0O . 8 00 j 4 00 . 8 5nta0.tHi . S.00',1 8.50 . tt.00 41 8 (10 . B.OOfeuOO . 8.00 8.23 . 7.25'n 7.75 . 8.23'.! 7. 25 . 5. 25 i 6 50 . 8.008.25 . 8. no '08.25 . 4.O0 'a 6.00 conditions In Braxll or for over the holi days. Sales were estimated at about 47.4MK) bags. December. 8 82c: January, 8 73c; March. 8.83.-; May, 8 71c; July. 8.72c: September. S.IHc. Spot coffee quiet. Rio 7s, QUO to 9Hc; Santos 4s, 124c to 12 c. Ql'OTATIONS ON DAIRY rilODlCE Current Pricea Helling on Butter, Cheese and Kggs. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 Butter Extra, 48c; prime firsts. 40c; firsts, 4 1c. Kgg Kxtras. 51tc; extra firsts. 55Vac; extra pullets. 52c: extra pullets firsts, 514c; undersix-d pullets, No. 1. 40c. Cheese California Young Americas, fancy, 81c; flats, fancy, 24c CHICAGO, Dec. 18 Butter Unsettled. Creamery extrss, 43'c: first. 34' u 41c; seconds, 35(1 33c; slaiiclar,lr. 37c. Eggs Lower; receipts. 33llli cases' firsts. 45'i40c; ordinary firsts, 4n'ii42c; miscel laneous, 43 44c; r'f ngerator firsts, 35c. SEATTLE. Die. 10. Eggs, select local ranch, white shells. 54c; do. mixed colors, 52c: pullets. 45'rt40c. Butter City creamery, cubes, 43c; bricks or prints, 44c. Navul Stores. SAVANNAH, Dec. 10. Turpentine firm at 74Hc; sales, lull barrels; receipts, 103; shipments, 415; stocks, 12,012. Rosin firm; sales, 804; receipts, 929; shipments, 1008; stock, 78.1157. Quote: B, D, E. F, U, $4 05, H, I, 14.10: K, $4.80; M. $5.20; N, $5.35; W. G., $5.70; W. W., $5.00. Eastern Oregon feedere.v 6001 7.00 Light vearllngs. Heavy yearlings . . Light wethers ... Heavy wethers . . Ewes . . 6.00 'if 7.00 5.0(1 'fl ("J 4. ."' S.56 4.00'ii 3.00 1.005.00 Chicago Livestock Slarket. CHICAGO, Dec. -16 (U. S. Bureau of Markets Cattle, 7000. market dull, beef steers and fat she stock weak to 25c low er; quality plain; bulk beef steers. $6.50 1 7.50; veal calves, canners and cutters weak; bulls, atockers and feeders steady. Hogs 7. uoo, lights and light butchers, 15'ti 20c lower; others, lO'o'c lower than yesterday's average. Packing sows steady; big packers doing very little: top. $7.30 tor light lights; bulk 180 pounds and up. $tl5i7: pigs. 10ul5c lower; bulk de sirable. $7 2310 7 35. Kheen 041(8). fat Iambi Steadv tO 23c lower than yesterday's low time: sheep and feeders slow, about steady; best fat lambs to packer early $10i 10.25: some held higher; good light yearlings. $8 50; choice licht ewes up to $3; heavies. 13&3.25. Kansas City Livestock Market. ' KANSAS CITY. Dec ltt. (V. S. Bureau of Markets ) Cattle. 400:' calves dull, few veaiers, $7'i7.50; practically nothing doing on beef ateers and better grades he stock, canners strong; bulk around $2: others steadv; cutter.. $2.5O'0 3.25; bulls, mostly $;rt7:v50; l0o-pound feeders. $6.50; plain packera, 34.50. Hogs 45O0. lights and light lights to shippers strong to 10c higher: top light lights, $7; packer trades very dull. I5s 25c lower: psx-ker top on light butchers. Ill 60' bulk, $6 35-0 6. no; good packing sows. $5 2541 5.50; pigs. 10ti20c lower: best $7. Hhaep 200, killing classes generally weak to 25c lower; fed western lamba. $10. Omaha Livestock Market. OMHA. Dec. 16 (U. S. Bureau of Markets.) Hogs. 70(, mostly KKtlSc lower- bulk 180 to 230-pound butchers. $6206.35; tops, $6.40; packing grades. $5'.l5.50. attle 1600. beef steers, she stock and bulls slow, weak to 25c lower; veals alow, stockers and feeders steady to 25c lower. gheep 3500, lambs steady to 25c lower. lop $10-. sheep and feeders steady. Seattle Livestock Markets. SEATTLE, Dec. 16. Cattle and hogs steady; no receipts; prices unchanged. SAN FRANCISCO PRODVCE MARKET Prices Current on Vegetables, Fresh Fruits. Etc, at Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16. (Stats Di vision of Markets.) Fruit Apples, IV, and 4-tier, 11.40r3.30: caaabas. crate, Aic ji$l; oranges, navels. H (0 5.30; lemons. $4tt4M; grapefruit, $3 45 6; grapes, crate, $1.75i 2; cranberries, box. $0&7; pears, box. 12 i 3. Poultry Broilers, 84?t38c; young roost ers. 22ff30c: old, 1720c; bens, 2SO30c; ducks. 22fi25c; turkeys, live, 3542c; dreed. 43 30c. Vegetables Artichokes, per case, $169 18; string beans, 224ift25c; carrots, doxen, 50c: celery, crate. $1.50 2.50; cucumbers, small box. $1.50 1.78; eggplant, pound. 4 i,6c: lettuce, crate. 11:23$ 2.23; mush rooms, pound. 2ojMOc: olives, pound. 6ff 7c: onions, cwt., $3.5004 25; pea, pound. 20ff25c; peppers, bell. Mil 20c; potatoes, $1.50 to 2.75; pumpkins, sack, 75cHl; rhubarb, box. $1. 05 175: squash, lug, $1.50ft'2.25; sprouts, pound, 6&7c; toma toes, $1.26 2. 50. Receipts Flour. 154 quarter sacks; wheat. 143 centals; barley, 17.485 centals; corn 1260 centals; potatoes. 8200 sacks; onions. 126 sacks; hay, 184 tons; hldea 212 bundles; oranges and lemons. 2400 boxes. Coffee Futures Irregular. NEW YORK. Dec. 16. The market for coffee futures was irregular today, with trading comparatively quiet and orders fairly well divided as though largely the result of evening up, owlntf to unsettled DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriage Licenses. KREYSER-CUHT1.N George A. Kreyser. legal, Ha2el Hotel, and Frances Curtlu. legal. 188 Williams avenue. (STEP' ANSON -LARSON Richard Stef fanson, legal. Gresham, Or., and Alma Lar son, legal, Troutilale. Or. EATON-HAMILTON Oscar Karl Eaton. 27, Grass Valley, or., and Louise Hamil ton, 21, 1224 Missouri avenue. FITZGERALD-Ml Li. EH Edward Fltx geralil, 2t. 310 Borthwick street, and Flor ence M Miller, 537 Borlhwlek street. DCNCAN-CRKNVELLE Wallace Dun can, legal, 181 West Klipatrlck etrcet, and Harriett J. Gruuvelle, legal, 245 Shaver street. DONE-CHAN William W. Done. 21, 351 East Clay street, and May Chan, 18, 4117 Fortv-thlrd street. Mmtheast. TEDD-SCHl'STER Claude G. Tedd, le gal, bpokune. Wash., and Helen J. Schus ter, legal, Spokane, Wash. SCHAKN-Kia'SE John Srhaen, legal, 208 Seventeenth street, and Violet B. Kruse, legal, 15541 Seventh street. SHKPHAKD - SHBl'HKKt) C. Ellis Shepliard. legal, Seattle, Wash., and Es ther M. Shepherd, legal. Reed college. HARVEY-N1ELSO.N William I'. Har vey, legal, Caples hotel, and Hildur N lei sou, legal, Luzerne apartments. VAN DOOZEK-GOLMANX Jess G. Van Doozer, legal, 704 East Ninth street, and Reglna A. Golmann, legal, 573 Mary street. Vancouver Marriage 1.14-ensee. WILLS-ROSS Dempsey Lin Wills 20, of Albany, Or., and Adallne Pansy Rons, 15. of Albany, Or. DUNN-MATTHEWS William P. Dunn. 83, of Los Angeles. Cal.. and Graca Matthews, 20. of Seattle, Wash. WEUEH-4JASE Ernest Weber, 87, of Portland, and Leona 51. Case, 80, of Port land. Births. VOGET To Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Voget. 88 East Thirty-seventh. December 4, a son. SHoEMAKE To Mr. and Mrs. A. K. She-make. 140 East Twenty-eighth N.t De cember 10, a daughter. HA AG To Mr. and Mrs. R. Haag, 702 Eaht Ninth N., December 14. a son. Ml'NCKR To Mr. and Mrs J. P. Mun ger, 412 East Seventh N December tt, a daughter. It E X D S II A I.I. E R To Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Beiidshuller, 38 Eajt Fessuu fi,n December 6. a daughter. WYNKUUP To Mr. and Mrs. Wynkoop, Ardenwald, December daughter. VKANZEN To Mr. and Mrs. J. gen. 871 East llhbetts. December l-i. a son. DAKIOX1S To Mr. and Mrs. George DarLolle, 14 East Burnslds, November 20, a daughter. BalldlDg rermlts. T. A. SUTHERLAND Erect residence, 1174 Multnomah, between Thirty-ninth and Forty-first streets. Builder same ss owner. $3500. Lot 5. block 15. Laurelhurst. JL'LICS JOHXSOX Erect residence. 7O10 Kerby street, between Humboldt and Blandena streets. Builder same as owner. $3400. Lot 1, block 20. Clifford. E. P. COLLINS Erect residence. 1174 Lonibard, between Alma and Ida. Builder same as owner. $1000. Lot 1, block 3. South St. Johns. C. C. BAY.NARD Erect residence. 815 East Sixty-ninth street, between Beach ami Falling. Builder same as owner. $lMOO. Lot 7-8. block 21. Hyde Park. J. H. G I" ST I X Erect resilience. 444 De kum. between East Sixth and East Eighth streeta Builder same as owner. JlsoO. Lot 1. bloik It. Woodlswn. T J. EMPF1ELD Erect residence. 383 East Fifty-seventh street, between Lin coln and Hawthorne. Builder J. R. Fuller! and W. T. Caldwell. $2200. Lot S. 00 feet 22. Buchanan. ' BOYD KELLAR Repair hotel, 81 I Broadway, between Stark and Oak streets, j Builder, Hurley-Mason Co. $50o0. i H. ft. 14. Vran- clal.) City employes face a cut In salary January 1 If the city council adopts the recommendations of .Mayor Haiiey, presented at the meeting: of the council Wednesday. The cut Is necefwory. Mayor H.iiley snid, to pre vent overstepping; the budKct adopted for the comlriK year. The out recom mended is 10 per cent, which XIaynr Bailey said would keep the city ex penditures within It income. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Dec. 18 Maximum tem perature, 44 decree; minimum, 32 degrees Klver reading, 8 A. M., 7.0 feet; rhnni; In lust 24 hours, o 1 foot rise. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 6 IV M.l, none; totnl riilnl'ull since September 1, 1021. 17 98 Inches; nor mal rainfall elnce September 1. 1574 Inches; 4-x (us of ruin fill I nines Sfpti'mlifr 1. 1H2I. 2 24 Inches. Sunrise. 7:47 A. M. ; sunset, 4:2(1 P. M. Total sunshine Dei-etn. ber 16, 5 hours 43 minutes; possible sun shine, 8 hours. 31) minutes, lia pnmi't-T (re duced to sea level) at 5 P. M , an. 87 Inches. Relative humidity, 3 A. M., (10 per rent: st noon, 41 percent; at 5 1'. .V., 40 per cent. Til m WKATITKH STATIONS W ind Wthr. linker Bo!- ...... HM'n Calgary .... ChicuKO .... Itplvtr Iea Moines.. Kureka . . . . (.Jalveston . . HoW-na Junruut , . .. KHnvttii f'tt y I. on Ana; ''Iks. Mai-nlif JtUl . . M.f1foril ... Minnt'HjmHit New urlr-Him Now York . . North Head Phoenix . . . . Pocatello . . . r.-ril.ind . . . lioseburK . . Siicramnt St. L.tuin Salt Luke,., San Tin:r).., H. Francisco. Shuttle .SKk.1t . 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Clear Clear Clear Clear FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Cloudy: winds mostly northeasterly. Oregon and W ashlngton Cloudy: mod erate northerly winds on the runst. JOHN PURSE & CO. COXSt'I.TING PURLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS 511 AKTISANS m ilium;. Broadway 2853. Hulunc Rh!. Income Tax 1 iiiaiH'luI Examtrmtluiit HERRIN & RHODES, Inc. Ktabllhe! 1810. BROKERS We Will Buy $1000 Portland Ky, A It. ri' Gold Notes n 01. 201-3 Railway Eirhnng" Ttldc. Telephone Main 23-2S4. City Wage Cut Creed. ARFHPERN. Wash. TW 1 fi fSne- THE SPECIALIST! How ertremely easy It In to sj.oi! In the making; what otherwlne would bv a wonderful road. One may have the rlirht specifications, the prnpi-r ma terial and the beft machinery avail able, but carifMU'w or poor JuiIk mnt In or coniblntns; ths mat m rial, in ths spreading. cnmprvsMnu. or rolling may lay the rounilut ion for unlimited trouble. . Wh'n Wurrpnito Eitullthlc Is used, War-en Urothers (Tompfiny Insist on the pavcint'iit belntc not only up to meclf icatlons. but that the product sha.l bo mixed and laid right. CITY OF SEATTLE Improvement 6 Bonds Dated Sept. 20, 1921 GAOf Due 27-1930 Price to yield 0 Denomination $200 ' Send for circular ATKINSON, STARKEY & ZILKA Investment Bonds 704 Wilcox Building Phone Main 700