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24 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY. ' MARCH' 25, 1923 PEiLTV FOR CUTS Dl SHIP RATE PLAN Trans-Pacific Conference Is Likely to Require Bonds. SEATTLE SESSION BEGUN Federal Board Said to Be in Favor of "Water Tight" Pact to Bar Shading of Tariffs. Jteorganization of the trans-Pacific conference on a basis that will pro vide for a large financial deposit or bond on the part of each oriental line holding membership, a still pen alty being exacted for any trans gression in the way of individual shading of the tariff and tighter rules governing conference affairs is prospective as a consequence of the recently precipitated rate war. In fact, it has been intimated strongly that the shipping board will not be a party to other than a "water tight" conference. That was taken to mean that the insurance of good faith on the part of all concerned must be backed by a substantial membership deposit and the forfeit demanded for breaking conference rules of such figure that it will off set any nominal gains from favor- ing a shipper in the matter of rates. New Pact Likely. Portland operators were of the opinion yesterday, after having been in touch to some extent with San Francisco and Puget sound condi tions, that a determined effort would be made to end the present low rate confusion through proposals for re forming the conference with all pos eible safeguards against an early repetition of rate-disrupting tactics. The realization appears pronounced here that action in following the cut made by the Blue Funnel line, plying out of Puget sound, was ill-advised, inasmuch as the Blue Funnel .oper ates a monthly service, and a com paratively short period of low rates would serve to fill its vessels to ca pacity, when shippers would be com pelled to turn to the other lines and pay the tariff for space. Portland Little Interested. Also, so Portlanders maintain, the fight was begun over transconti nental cargo in which this port is not so vitally concerned owing to the amount of business originating locally. It was understood yesterday that a meeting on at Seattle, having for its purpose the elimination of rate cutting in that territory, had not ended its deliberations. Nothing has come of meetings at San Francisco during the week. CUCES M NOT PROVED GRAND JURY REPORTS HOIiMAX IXQUIRY. OX ceed to Westport this afternoon. Two of the Luckenbach line are due from the east coast today, the Edward Luckenbach this afternoon and Jacov Luckenbach tonight. The former has 400 tons and the latter 600 tons of eastern freight. Both are expected to get away Tuesday. The steamer Osage, sailing In the Pa-cific-Carlbbean-GuIf service of Swayne & Hoyt, for which A. M. Gillespie, Inc., are Portland agents, is due at the entrance to the Columbia river this morning. She is coming from the Atlantic side and will de liver 400 tons of steel and general cargo from New Orleans and Mobile. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ASTORIA. Or.. March 24. (Special.) The iteamtr Mobile City from Baltimore via San Francisco, arrived at 2:05 this aiternoon ana P . I -niintv cr.H 1un nnrted Tester- The steam schooner Ialsy wltn lumoer: - . - a.a-y taut it naa lu-neu to suDsmuiiaic R-4. R-5. Pedro. R-7, R-8 andyR-10. for San CRISTOBAL Mrel -24. Departed: Ed gar F. Luokenbach, for San Francisco. 18. Departed : Accusation Unsubstantiated That Official Employed Secretary at County Expense for Own Work. "After a thorough, detailed and im partial investigation" the Multnomah from Portland. Westport and Knappton sailed at 7:30 tonight for Redondo. The schooner Ecola, which arrived Wednesday from Coos Bay with a part cargo of lumber for Osaka, Japan, shifted this morning from her anchorage to pier 3 of the port terminals, where she is to load 600,000 leet or lumoer. After taking on freight at Portland, the steamer Charles H. Cramp sailed at 5 o'clock this morning for Baltimore and New York via Seattle. The steamer Nebraskan arrived at 12:30 this morning from Belllngham and went to Portland to pick up freight for' New York and Boston- After being fumigated here the Japan ese steamer Belgium Mara left at 7:30 this morning for Portland to load for the orient. With lumber from the Hammond mill and lumber and canned salmon from the port terminals, the Swedish steamer A ri te n sailed at 7:30 last evening. The steamer Osage from New Orleans via San Francisco will be due at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning en route to Portland. Bringing a cargo of fuel oil for Astoria and Portland, the tank steamer Captain j A. F. Lucas arrived this afternoon from California. The steamer Rose City arrived at 10:15 today from San Francisco, bringing freight and passengers for Astoria and Portland. The tank steamer La Purlsima arrived at 4:30 this afternoon from California, with fuel oil for Portland. SHIP BOARD SALES SUCCESS Virtually Nothing but Machinery Remains in St. Johns Yard. Transactions of the material and sales section of the shipping board in moving much of the stock of sup plies at the St. Johns concentration yard have been so successful of late that virtually nothing remains un sold but machinery. Delivery has not been completed on all of the sales, but it is of record that stocks of fittings, bolts, nuts, washers and even scrap have changed hands. T. O. Baird, in charge of the sales. is preparing to confine the surplus property :ert in the south end of the vara so tuny half of the property on me norm can tie released to the own ers May 1. Negotiations are said to he under way for boilers, winches, engines and other machinery that will no doubt result in more of the open storage stocks being taken away snortiy. CALLS FOR TUGBOAT ARE FEW Shifting; of Dcep-Sea Craft in Har bor Xot Handicapped. in connection with discussion among steamship agents bearing on the availability of the towboat Port land for making voyages in the har bor, the Port of Portland kept a check on cans tor services of the Portland and it was found that for three days. ending last nignt, the towboat had not rjeen ordered to move a single deep seat" craft here. The Japanese .-iLeamer l un waru was assisted out of Westport yesterday, but it chanced that one of the Shaver fleet was nanay and performed the service. a ucucveu certain mat a new towboat to be constructed, will be nmcn smaller than the Portland and designed principally for towing fuel harges and shifting dredges. At limes sne may assist the Portland. ,T Paper Rate Loweerd. . nitiauis id sieamsnip agencies representing conference lines of the intercoastal service yesterday in formed tnem that the rate on news print paper had been .lowered from f -o to ji on loo pounds. One reason assigned for the change is said to be XI prospective movement of about .iiiuu ions or paper irom the east coast in nan rrancisco and San Pedro, made necessary because of a temporary shortage in production of northwest IIa rrt s. " Marine 'otes. l';Wi!.h atotal of five vessels having been at the Peninsula mill Thursday F C Jnapp. president of the corporation main taining the plant, was being congratulated iesterday on having advanced the bis rnmber cargo dock into the class of a terminal. The American steamer West Kader and Ji. l.anese steamer Yubari Uaru are sched-tf-d to shift from the. Inmarf-Poujsen mi'i this morning, the -former going.ioto the stip at Terminal No. 1 and the latter to the Eastern & Western mill. !.The steamer Romulus, loading , for the west coast, worked the last of a lumber consignment at St. Helens yesterday and shifted to the Hammond mill. The Japa nese steamer Yuri Maru shifted yesterday from Westport to the Hammond mill to fake on the last of her cargo. -The McCormick steamer Willamette left St. Helens for Westport last night and as she sails today for San Francisco her pas sengers are to be taken to Westport bj train. The steamer Nebraskan, from New York came into the river yesterday and will work cargo this morning at Terminal No. 1 "while this afternoon she hauls down to Tier No. ft at germinal No. 4. -"The steamers Johan Poulsen and Anne Hannify departed from Westport for San Francisco last night, both laden with lumber. .TTho steamer Ros City. Captain Magenn, Reported here last night from San Fran cisco with - a number of passengers and average cargo. She berthed at Aihswortb dock. The tank steamers Captain A. F. Lucas and Colonel E. L. Drake arrived from the south yesterday with cargoes of oil. The steamer Mobile City, hailing from Baltimore in the service of the Isthmian line, represented by Norton, Lilly .A Co., reached the river yesterday and is to dis charge at Terminal No. 1. The steamer Nevadan, working lumber at the Southern Pacific siding, is te pro- TAOOMA, Wash., March 24.' Tacoma marine men have just received news oj the death of Captain William Smith, March 17.. at his home near Oakland, Cal. Captain Smith was well known here in the early days when he was skipper of the collier San Benito, plying out of Tacoma to Oakland for the Southern Pacific com pany. For a number of years Captain Smith had the Bernard Castle plying out of British Columbia ports. Captain Smith was a native of North Shields, England. but had been on the coast for 40 years. The President, Captain George Zeh. ar rived at the Commercial dock Friday af ternoon from California ports. The ves sel had a big load of In and outbound freight for Tacoma. The steamer sailed late tonight for San Francisco via Seattle. While in port the crew of the ship was paid off by Deputy United States Ship ping Commissioner Frank Chandler. After loading freight at the port dock. the Lehigh sailed for New York via sound and coast ports tonight. The Santa Rita from San Francisco Is due at the Baker dock Saturday. The vessel will load lumber for California. i The Wapama front San Francisco Is due at tne terminal dock: Saturday afternoon, reports received by the dock company state. In spite of the 'lull In Japanese mar kets due, it is said, to reduction in lum ber rates, local shipping to the orient snows I H-ir acuvity. ai xacoma loaay two arrivals in the oriental trade marked the day's business. The Melville Dollar berthed at the St. Paul dock and ts load ing for the orient while the Scotland Maru operated by Gillespie & Co., went to the port dock to load. The Melville Dollar will shift to the port next week. Saturday the Eastern Prince is due to commence load ing. This vessel takes cargo at the port and St. Paul docks. These two vessels arrived today and will take around 4,000.000 feet of lumber from Tacoma. The Melville Dollar will be here until next week loading. The Scotland Maru will shift tomorrow to the smelter to load copper and later return to. the port dock to complete loading. The Eastern Prince is of the Furness-WIthy line and is out from Leith and will go in the oriental trade. This line will have six vessels on the Japan-Puget sound route. The Milan Maru which has been In port for several days loading at the port. St. Paul and Defiance mill, is finishing at the latter plant and will sail for Japan Monday or Tuesday. The General Steamship company's steamer Depere is due to shift to Seattle tonight or Saturday to go into drydock after which the vessel will return to Ta coma to ioad for west coast ports. i COOS BAY, Or.. March 24. (Special.) The tug Samson departed from the Ump qua river this morning with the ' barge Washougal, carrying lumber from the Winchester Bay Lumber company, for San Pedro. The steam schooner Martha Buehner cleared for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber, taken from the Buehner mill. The steamer Admiral Rodman arrived from Portland and Astoria and left down the bay this afternoon, en route to Eureka. The Rodman had 65 tons of freight for Coos Bay. ' The steamer Unita was to finish loading 700.000 feet of lumber at the Smith Elec tric dock this evening and move to the Buehner mill wharf in ' North Bend for further lumber. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash.. March 24. (Special.) The steamer Raymond cleared this afternoon for San Pedro with cargo from the Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle company's plant and other mills. The schooner Columbia was expected to arrive off Grays Harbor tonight. She was off Cape Flattery last night.' The motorship I,a Merced shifted to the Western mill. Aberdeen, from the National milL Hoquiam. SEATTLE, Wash.. March 24. The de parture of the steamship Fushimi Maru irum ims port today partook of the nature charges that' County Commissioner Holman had employed a secretary at the courthouse at a salary of 1115 a month to handle his private business. The investigation was made after a complaint from W. E. Winslow, S43 East Forty-sixth street; William Wambold, 1393 East Irving; H. E. Shields, 1141 Senate, and R. L. Hebert, 147 East Forty-seyenth street, had filed a complaint and asked an inves tigation. "The letter stated that it appeared on the county records that Rufus Holman, a county commissioner, was enjoying the special privilege of em ploying a secretary for his private business at a salary of $115 a month, and that said secretary was using a county office, a county typewriter and county stationery," read the grand jury report. "The letter further stated that it did not appear that this secretary was transacting any county business. The grand Jury goes on to say that it found that tne charges contained In this letter are without foundation and that the secretary in question is doing county work. ' "Furthermore," it adds, "we feel that business pertaining to county affairs should come before the board of county commissioners and be acted upon within its own body and that grievances should not be brought be fore the public and used as political propaganda." HARRY CHASE RECEIVES TITLE MARSEILLES, March Brittania, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, March 24. Departed: Susquehanna, for New York. NEW YORK, March 24. Departed: Italia, for Lisbon, via New Bedford. BREMEN, March 22 Departed: Susque hanna, for New York. CHRISTIANA, March 18. Departed: Stavangerfjord, for New York. LISBON, March 22. Departed: Citta dl Messina, for New York. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Arrived: Steel Ranger, from Baltimore; Wairuno, (Br.), from Melbourne; West Islip, from Newcastle. , Departed: C. A. Smith, for Coos Bay; Santa Isabel, for New York. Tides at Astoria Saturday. High. Low. 11:14 A. M...7.7 feet5:30 A. M...1.9 feet 11:50 P. M...7.7 feet5:49 P. M...0.9 foot Report From Month of Columbia. NORTH HEAD, March 24. Condition of the sea at 5 P. M., smooth; wind 12 miles. STOCKS OPEfil WEAK BUT CLOSE STRONG Passage of Soldiers': Bonus Bill Causes Flurry. WAVE OF SELLING BREAKS Studebaker and Steels End Day Upon Sharp Upgrade, While Railways Are Unsteady. CASH MARKETS EASIER FARMERS STIIJD SHIPPING IN LIBERAL VOLUME. Present Wheat Movement May Mean Early Clean-Up of Supply. Europe Needs More Grain. Services to Motorship Asia Gets Designation of "Royal Pilot," Pilots have been given titles by their associates for performing cer tain classes of work, such as "battle ship" pilot, for handling naval ves sels frequently, or, as in the case of Captain James Smith, "log-raff pilot, because he had moved the huge cigar-shaped log rafts from Stella and Wallace slough each season, when they were shifted to the main river In readiness to be towed to Call fornia ports; and to Pilot Harry Chase has fallen the title of "royal" pilot, because his services were asked for to move the motorship Asia to day from the Clark & Wilson mill to Mersey dock. Pilot Chase brought the big vessel from Astoria and Prince Axel of Den mark, her master, is said to have been impressed with the manner in which the ship was handled. 1 DIVER TO SURVEY SCHOONER Attempt Will Be Made to Ascertain Whether Ecola Suffered Damage. To ascertain whether the schooner Ecola was damaged through having struck on her way out of Coos Bay, Captain William C. McNaught, sur veyor for the San Francisco board of marine underwriters, was called to Astoria yesterday. The Ecola is to complete her lumber cargo at Astoria for Japan and while it is believed the ship was not harmed materially. a diver will be sent down today to make a survey. The Ecola is one of the Portland-built wooden steamer hulls the shipping board contracted for, having been converted into a schooner on the ways. On the way to Astoria Captain Mc Naught was to look over ships load ing cargo lumber at Westport, Wauna and Hammond. As his district com prises all terr'tory between Portland and the sea, surveying duties are often widely distributed. Slovements of Vessels. PORTLAND, March 24. Arrived at 3:30 A. M., Japanese steamer Kureha Maru. from Raymond. Arrived at 5:45 A. M., steamer Senator, from San Diego via way ports. Arrived at 10:4o A. M., steamer Nebraskan, from New York and way ports. Arrived at 8:45 A. M., steamer Rose City, from San Francisco: Sailed at 5 P. M from Westport, steamer Johan Poulsen. for ban tfranclsco. sailed at 5 P. M. from Westport, steamer Anne Ilanlfy, for San jt'earo. ASTORIA, March 24. Sailed at 7 last nig-lit, Swedish steamer Anton, for Aus tralia via Puget sound. Arrived and left up at 12:05 A. M., steamer Nebraskan, from New York and way ports. Sailed at 4 A. M.. steamer Charles H. Cramp, for Jew low and way ports via Puget sound. of a farewell, a large gathering of com-I Ij'rt uo at 8:30 A. M.t Japanese steamer omciais ana snipping men being at the dock when the liner left port. This is wie last call tne -ushlmi Maru will make here, since the larger type vessels are to be replaced by those o( the inti-Trertii class. the full-rigged iron sa Miner shin Chnii. cothe, formerly the Herman ship Arnoldus Dinen, was purchased today from Captain juini r. oiame oy captain Hsrrv w L.rosty and associates for S35.UOO. The amp was purchased from the shipnin board ten immths aeo bv Cant,, in. Rinn It was understood in waterfront it-i,,s that the vessel will be used in the Alaska cannery iraile. The. steamshio Citv of Si,knc. en from Manila with one of the largest car goes .developed in tne Insular possessions. is aue m Vancouver tomorrow, where she win aiscnargo 3000 bales of hemp. She has a similar hemp shipment for this nort. She is the first Admiral line freighter to mane a specialty of Philippine orts. The steamer Toyooka Maru arrive,! hir loaay wltn a fair cargo. ine irelghter Texan, in the Euronmn service of the American-Hawaiian line, arrived here today and will leave tomor row fur Europe via port. the steamship Eastern Princn sallori from here to Tacoma one of the largest cargoes ot lumber ever to be taken out of Puget sound. SAN" PEDRO. Jal.. March H T-h. steamship Santa Ana of the Pacific Mail line, fourth vessel to join the "around America" service of that company, ar rived here today with a full nassenipr nKt and large cargo of freight. The vessel will oe placed permanently in intercoastal trade. Captain C. M. Cochrane, who com manded her In South American trade, will leiuain. in cpmmana lor the new service. J ne irelghter V Irgiman of the Ameri can-Hawaiian line, arrived today to com plete her cargo preparatory to sailing for Liverpool. Glasgow, London and Hamburg. The American, of the same line. Is due to arrive today en route to New York and Boston with a general cargo of California products. Radio advices reaching the harbor todav told of the steamer Modoc conducting an all-day search Wednesday in the waters on tne Mexican coast near ManzanlHo, where the set am schooner Pah-haven sank last Sunday. Small bits of wreckage float ing about the surface were all that was left to show that, the vessel had found ered and the search was abandoned. Destroyer - division 83 ' of the rAofff- fleet will sail from San Diego for Puget sound next Monday for overhaul, nrrivinr about March 31. according to announce ment irom tne Flagship California The division comprises the WiUiam Jones. Woodbury, S. P. Lee. Nicholas. Yornir nrt Zellin. The Delhpta, squadron leader, will accompany the division. Belgium Maru, for Wauna Arrived at lfl:15 A. M. and left up at 12:415 P. M., steamer Rose City, from San Francisco. Arrived at 2:30 and left up at 3:30 P. M., steamer Mobile City, from Baltimore. SAN FRANCISCO. March 24. Arrived at 3 A. M., steamer Steel Ranger, from Baltimore for Portland. CRISTOBAL, March 22. Arrived: Steam er Princess, from Portland for New York. KAN FRANCISCO. March- 23. Sailed at 5 P. M., steamer Jacob Luckenbach, from New OrleAns, for Portland. Sailed at 5 P. M., Dutch steamer Noorderdijk, from Portland for Rotterdam and way ports. Sailed at 7 P. M., steamer EM-ward Luck enbach, from New York and way porta for Portland. Sailed at 7 P. M., steamer Wlllfaro. from New York and way ports for Portland. Sailed at 7 P. M., steamer Flavel for Columbia river. Sailed at 11 P. M.. steamer Liberator, from Portland and Puget sound' for New York and wa) ports. SAN PEDRO. March 23. Sailed: Steam er W. F. Herrin, for Portland. BALBOA, March 22. Sailed: Steamer Hoboken. from Philadelphia and way ports, for Portland. SEATTLE, Wash., March 24. Arrived Toyooka Maru. from Kobe; Wapama, from San Pedro; Texan, from Philadelphia; West Mahwah, from Melbourne; President, from San Pedro. Sailed Eastern Prince, for Mojl; Fu shimi Maru, for Hongkong; Manila Maru, for Manila; U. S. . S. Swallow, for Rainier and San Francisco. TACOMA. Wash.. March 24. Arrived: Scotland Maru. from Yokohama; Melvilta Dollar, from Manila; President, from San Francisco. Departed: Lehigh, for New York; president for San Francisco. -Arrived : Or- Suspects Charged With Arson. ABERDEEN, Wash.; March 24. (Special.) George Karamatich and Vance Kovich were charged with arson this morning by County Attor ney Acret, the men being accused of setting fire to a Cosmopolis dwelling last December in order to collect in surance on the furniture. The men have been held in Jail In Montesano since their arrest, following the fire. NEW YORK. March blta, from Hamburg. BUENOS AIRES. March 23. Arrived-. Vasari, from New York. YOKOHAMA. March 21. Arrived: Snwa Maru, from Seattle. HONGKONG, March 23. Arrived: M. S. Dollar, from San Francisco; Persia Maru. from San Francisco. COLOMBIA, March 22. Arrived: Can dian Traveler, from Vancouver. SHANGHAI, March 23. Arrived: We natchee, from Tacoma. YOKOHAMA, - March 20. Departed: Shinyo Maru, for San Francisco. LONDON, March 22. Departed: Dltel- dijk, for San Francisco. MANILA. March 22 Departed: Wolver ine State, for San Francisco. NEW YORK. March 24. Departed: Minnesota, for San Pedro. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. March 24. Arrived: Julia Luckenbach, from New York; -Admiral Evans, from Portland and way ports. Departed: Naval tug Ortolan, for Mare Island; Eagle No. 49, for ( Mare Ia land; Steel Exporter, for London' and Liv erpool; Admiral Evans, for Portland and way ports; submarines K-l, R-2,'- R-3, The weekly wheat maTket review by Logan & Bryan or Chicago, received yes terday by Overoeck & Cooke company, fol lows: - The net change in prices for the week was unimportant, but sentiment underwent a marked reversal, with a . general tend ency to regard the situation from dif ferent anirles than of late. Theories of scarcity have been dissipated to a certain extent by the fact that the grain con tinues to come to market in liberal volume. stnrtAnta of conditions are wondering whether the crop was under-estimated or whether the movement represents a clean up of the bins. If the latter snouia provo ,vi. aaa nnti the maioritv of advices from rural districts indicate that it is, it is not hard to see where a most unusual situa tion could develop toward the close of the season. , At tVia aame. HmA Rn much haS Deen aald of nrosoectlve exhaustion of supplies that, as far as the futures market is con cerned, the talK has grown siaie u mo immediate course of prices appears des tined to be governed by day to day de- volnnments oertaining to tne uomestic cash situation, and the attitude of ex porters. 0 Tho IndeDendent strength of cash mar kets last week died out early this week and .although some improvement was noted today, the tone aid not average strong. There Is no doubt that Europe win nave to come to North America for supplies, yet with the large quantities afloat and Ar gentina and Australia still shipping lib erally, it Is Just possible that potential buyers on the other side might elect to pTArrlm natlence and only buy when ab solutely necessary until .the new crop of the United states Degms to come to mar ket. The present favorable crop outioo would encourage such a decision and it i rather significant that a fair proportion of the buying recently nas oeen tor juiy Aue-ust shipment. It will be well ror tnose interestea in the erain markets to give close attention to daily arrivals and the influence they exert on the, various casn markets. QUOTATIONS ON DAIRY PRODUCTS Current Prices Ruling en Bntter, Cheese and Eggs. SAN FRANCISCO. March 24. Butte Extras, 30c; prime firsts, 34c; firsts, 34c. Ezks Extras. 26Wjc: extra firsts. 26c extra pullets, 25c; undersized. No. 1, 21c. Cheese California flat, lancy, Zlc Young America, fancy, 22c. NEW YORK. March 24. Butter, easy creamery higher than extras, 3738c creamery extra, 37c; creamery first, Jo 36Ac. , Eggs Firmer; fresh gathered extra firsts. 2627c; do nrsis. a-nff-oc. Cheese Irregula-. CHICAGO, March i 24. Bntter. lower. Creamery extras, 38c: firsts. 3437c; sec onds. 31g33c; standards, Al&e. Eggs Higher. Receipts, 25,779 cases firsts. 2323c; ordinary firsts, 2121c miscellaneous. 2223c; storage packed, ex tras, 2514c; storage packed, firsts, 24910 SEATTLE. March 24. Eggs Select local ranch, white shells, 2324c; do mixed colors, 22c; pullets, 20c. Butter Unchanged. SAX FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Current on Vegetables, Fresh Fruits, , Etc., at Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. (State Di vision of Markets.) Poultry Broilers. 35 8 45c: voung roosters. 25 42c: old. 15 6$ aoc; hens, 2032c; ducks, 2228c; live turkeys. 82a35c; dressed. 36r&44c Fruit Apples, 314 and 4-tier. $1.40 8.50; navel oranges, $4 6; lemons, $4 6.25; grapefruit, $3-4.2o; pears, box, (i 3.75: strawberries, crate, $67. Vegetables Asparagus, 1214 30c pound; artichokes, large crate, S15(ftm; beans, 40 fi)50c pound: carrots, Sll?fjO sack: Cel ery, $27.50 crate; cucumbers, $23 per dozen: lettuce, si.ouff4.ou crate; musn- rooms. 2050c pound; olives, 810c pound; brown onions, $89 cwt.; white globe onions. J8; peas, 2030o pound; pota toes. SI. 8518)2.75: pumpkins, 75c$l sack rhubarb, 6&9c pound; -cream squash, $1.25 lug; hubbard, 63c pound; sprouts. 1407130 pound; spinach, 4IOWC-. Receipts Flour, 7340 quarter sacks; wheat, 5UOU centals; oariey, aiuu centals; corn. 3200 centals: potatoes, 2491 sacks; onions, 66 sacks; hay, 50 tons; oranges and lemons, 120O boxes. Oregon Banking and Bond News. After having experienced one of the cold est winters in its history the town or Joseph is getting a ray of sunshine and the snows that nave covered tne aisxnct for the last few months are melting,, said H. W. Smartwood, cashier of tho First National bank, of Joseph, who was in Portland yesterday. Fall wheat in the country surrounding "Joseph is In excellent condition, according to Mr. smartwood. Livestock growers are in the midst of lambing season and have more hopes lor the future of the industry than in a long time. When asked regarding the financial situation Mr. Smartwood stated that he would rather not speak of the subject. "It will take a couple of good crops to put the country back on its feet again," e de Business conditions in that section of the state of Washington between Vancouver and Tacoma are good, according to A. Smith, vice-president of the ' First Guar anty bank of Centralia. He declared that optimism was to be found among most of the business men of his city and that much of tihls comes from the fact that there has been a decided improvement in the prospects for lumber. w Business conditions in Salem must be improving. S. B. Elliott, vice-president of the Bank of Commerce of Salem, was in Portland yesterday to select a new auto mobile. So many dealers were after his business and ail argued so conclusively upon the merits of their cars that Mr. El liott was almost at a loss to decide which machine he wanted. L. H. Brledwell, cashier of the United States National bank of McMinnville. mo tored to Portland yssterday and' conferred with local bankers. He reports that the banks of his city have no great complaint to offer regarding business conditions and that things are gradually working back toward normalcy. . - . W. L. Thompson, vice-president of the First National bank, was in Pendleton yesterday transacting business. He will return today. J. W. Mayo, cashier of the First National bank of Stayton, visited friends among the local banking fraternity Thursday and yesterday. E. B. Williams, vice-president of the Albany State bank, was in Portland yes terday and spent some time with officials of the Northwestern National bank. BY MONITOR. (Copyright by the Public Ledger company. 'Published by Arrangement.) NEW YORK. March 24 (Special.) After a somewhat reactionary closing mar ket by offarings undoubtedly prompted by the passage of the soldiers' bonus bill by the house, 'the stock market developed considerable irregularity, backing and fill ing in uncertain fashion until early after noon. It then looked as If the wave of selling, if it might bo catled such, had run its course and professional bulls in the steels and motors took hold of their fa vorites and brought about a closing that was impressive for its activity and strength, Studebaker closed at the top, with a gain of nearly three points, while Bethle hem Steel and Bethlehem Steel B ran up sharply . for a still larger gain. Gulf States Steel, Lackawanna, MIdvale and ! other independent issues shared in the up ward movement, while United States Steel registered a gain of more than a point. here throughout the list gains were irregular and less pronounced. Among the rails no special feature was oispiajou, with the possible exception of Ann Arbor. There was heavy buying ot Wabash A nrfrrrt. hut the stock has naa a tairiy good advance and offerings were heavy on the rise above as. mere a rfiGnnoliiin in receive the rumors of the railroad merger In which the names of Ann Arbor, .fere aiarqueuc, and Delaware & Lackawanna have figured, with a mild degree of skepticism. The story may be true but is not accepted in all details. There were a few cases of special weak ness, such as those supplied by the sugar group, American Ice and some of the oils, including Mexican Petroleum. Brooklyn Rapid Transit was heavily sold in the forenoon, but It came back later in the day. . The federal reserve statement showed a sharp gain in the reserve ratio, carrying the figures to the new high level of 78.4 There was a heavy decline in deposits and note circulation showed a moderate reduc tion. Last week's decline in the ratio of course was incident to the income. Passage of the 'soldiers' bonus bill pre pared the financial community for an ac tive and lower stock market. Opening irnnumtiAna were about the same level as last night's close and when professionals found that no stock was coming into the market they turned to tho long side. A slight reaction at midday, followed by dullness in turn was succeeded by a re newed wave of buying and under the lead ership of steels and Studebaker, the clos ing was almost buoyant. v j Judge E. H. Gary, in a conversation with newspaper men this afternoon, toqk the most optimistic view, not only of the steel industry, but of general business con ditions, which he has expressed in more than two years. .The announcement that the United States Steel corporation will advance prices to the levels recently fixed by the independents was not made known until after the market closed. His state ment that general business is definitely on the up-grade was taken as the most heart ening declaration from an authoritative source which has been made recently. were performed during 1921 than during the year previous. This was due entirely to the labor shortage. The' company's total crop was 25,645 tons, or 4196 tons less than, was estimated at the beginning of the year. The company's net operating loss for the year was Sl.873.406, which I Includes 1,371,654 federal income and ex cess profits taxes on the 1920 crop. Ewa plantation also experienced an un profitable year in 1921. The labor thort age on this plantation was 400 at the beginning of 192j. increasing to 638 in July. The net operating loss was S1.977, 938. Assets 01 the company are $10, 766,901. Oahu plantation, near Honolulu, reports that it has abandoned 742 acres because 01 lack of labor for cultivation. Harvest ing, which began on January 3, 1921, ended December 24, work commencing on this year's crop three days later. A net loss was sustained amounting to $67,922.64. Mohala plantation suffered a - loss of $842,458; Pioneer Mill company of Maul reported approximately 1200.000 loss and Maui Agricultural company a loss of about $800,000. Little prospect for any material In crease in the price of sugar during. 1922 is seen by the majority or local sugar men. but all are looking forward to 1823 as the year which will swing sugar prices back toward normal. Sugar Market. NEW YORK. March 24. Raw sugar centrifugal, 3.98c: refined, fine granu lated. 5.40c to 5.50c. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Call- fornia Hawaiian raw sugar, 8.98c. YnBO OFFERINGS LIGHT TONE OF MARKET STEADY AT NORTH PORTLAND. Feeder Hogs Are Quarter Higher, Cattle, Sheep and Lamb Prices Unchanged. There was only a limited supply of stock available- for the open market at the yardf yesterday. Three loads were received, mostly hogs, and only 88 head of these were offered, the remainder being contract stock. Except for a quarter advance In feeder hogs, prices were unchanged. Other lines were quiet and steady. Receipts were 234 hogs and 85 sheep. The day's sales were as follows: Wt. Price. I Wt. Price. 960 $6,001 6 lambs . . 105 $1 1.50 850 5.251 2 lambs .. 1111.50 5.00 1 lamb ... 101) B.ou 5.25' 1 Iamb 4.50 1 ewe 6.00 4 ewes 5.60;18 ewes 3.501 2 ewes NORTH CHINA LINE Columbia Pacific Shipping Co. Street rralcat Service Wit bout Truwslsani PORTLAND TO Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Tsingtao, Tientsin (Taku Bar ) , Chinwangtao, Dairen SS. WEST KADER March 27 63. LAS VEGAS April 17 Shanghai, Manila, Hongkong SS. WEST KEATS..., April IT. SS. VINITA May IT For further Information regarding space, rates, etc, apply to TRAFFIC PF.PT 09-622 Board of Trade Bldg., Portland, Oregon, or Astoria Shipping Co., Astoria, Oregon, or R T. Johns & Co.. Central Bldg.. Seattle. Wash. BUYING SIDE IS FAVORED t'NFAVORABLE REPORTS FROM OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS. Signs of More Active Foreign De mand Also Influence Chi cago Wheat Market. 1 cow .. 1 cow . , 1 cow . , 1 cow . . 1 cow . . 1 cow . 1 cow . . 2 cows . 1 cow . . lcalf .. 30 ho s . 7 nog-s . 3 hog . 10 hoes . 21 hogs . 22 hogs . 17 hogs . 2 hoes . 20 hogs . 20 hogs . 6 hogs . 9 hogs . 13 hogs . 11 hogs . 20 hogs . 25 lambs 2 lambs ,.1020 .. 7S0 ,. 820 .10.-i0 . 1020 .. 895 ,. 850 . 130 60 ... 140 . .. 150 . 146 110 147 ft. 00 7.50 8.00 8.00 8.00 5.0O 8.0O 8.25 8.00 8.00 9.00 6.00 6.00 5.50 6.00 5.50 Bethlehem Steel B was tho leader in the advance of the steel stocks in the aft ernoon, reports of improved demand for steel products and that recent price ad vances are being maintained coincident wfrh a. hierher nneratine ratio of the steel mills, were the actuating reasons for the buying. In a technical sense, the position o Bethlehem B is strong. The sugar stocks were definitely weak throughout the - session. Cuba cane pre ferred sold at 32, a decline of more than seven points from its recent high. It is reported in some banking quarters that next week there will be an announcement of a new piece of sugar financing. Studebaker was the strong feature of the motor stocks, making a new high rec ord for the present movement. There is some talk of the company's having bought In the open market for retirement a con siderable quantity of its preferred stock This issue will be retired at 125, under the nrovistons of the indenture when it was issued, through tne operation or 3 per cent annual sinking fund. Ann Arbor preferred, which closed at 49, opened at 50 on publication of the report that tne company was to De mergea with the Pere Marquette, .New xorK,- cm cago & SL Louis and Delaware, Lack a wanna & Western railroads into a new system. After reaching a new high at 51, the stock reacted two points, but was bought by firms on en acting lor DanKing interests. Mexican Petrol and the Pan-American sues again were under pressure and reached new low levels. Tne Known conditions or the Mexican oil fields has made he financial community chary of these stocks. Chandler motors was not as strong as Studebaker, selling by the professional ele ment being based on the announcement of a reduction of S3aO to ?400 a car by the Jordan Motor Car company, also of Cleve land. . ir Following its sharp anvance of two weeks ago. United States Industrial Alco hoi has sagged back about three points. Buying of an accumulative character was in evidence yesterday and again today below 47. The company's business Is re ported as showing a satisfactory increase. Interests dominated in the affairs of Columbia Gas & Electric company have been reported as large buyers of the stock. In some quarters it is said that these in terests are not favorable to any extended advance in. the price at this time, but ac cumulation is progressing and much higher prices are talked for it later in the year. Buying of Royal Dutch is said to be for the account of strong banking interests and' while no immediate market movement Is contemplated, it is said in well-informed quarters that within three months a sub stantially higher price will be recorded for it on the basis of the earnings of its South American interests, as well as those in. this country. , Elkhorn Coal, both common and pre ferred, were strong and active - in today's market. Buying was based on a report In well-informed quarters that the company has closed a contract to supply natural gas to a large city In the south. Preparatory to making application to list Sterling Products, Inc., on the New Tork Stock .Exchange, it Is announced that a block of 66,667 shares of no par value has been placed privately by Blair A Co., Inc., Hornblower & Weeks, and Bell & Beck- with. 3.50 3 ewes S.00I 7 ewes 84 11. To 3 yearlings 123 110 11.501 2 yearlings 140 170 11.75116 wethers.. 340 lift 11.50! 6 wethers.. 116 200 11.501 2 bucks ... 150 26t 11.251 1 buck . . . 120 216 11.601 1 buck ... 160 265 ll.lOi 2 bucks .. 150 9ns 1150 2 bucks .. 355 211 11.50! 3 hogs .... 220 31.75 158 11.501 1 hog ..... 350 11.25 280 11.00113 hogs 95 31.50 237 11. 50182 hoga 82 11.75 210 11.60, 1 ho? 320 11.25 219 11.60 1 hog .... 550 7.75 83 32.00 8 hogs .... 131 11.50 110 12.001 1 cow .... 500 2.50 Prices quoted at the Portland Union stockyards were as follows: Cattle " r.r ce!-.. Choice steers l.ovw h.uo Medium to good steers o.ioig- t.ov Fair to medium steers 6.2o ft.i. Common to fair steers o.ii(o o.-;. Choice feeders 5.oi3 e.oo Fair to good feeders 4.50 5.0O Choice cows and heifers 6.00 6.00 Medium to good cows, heifers. 5.25 6.00 Fnir to medium- cows, heifers. 4. SO 5.2, Common cows S.50i 4.50 Canners .2.00 3.50 Bulls 4.00g 5.00 Choice dairy calves 10.0010.50 Prime llgh-t calves .(Oii 10.00 Medium light calvea 6.50 9.00 Heavy calves 4.50 6.50 PrUnelTght 11.5011.75 Kmontn heavv. aw to uw ids. jv..wt'. Smooth heavy. 300 lbs. up. . . Rough heavy Fat pigs Feeder pigs Stags, subject to dockage . . . Sheeri East-of-mountaln lambs "Best valley lambs Fair to good Cull lambs Eastern Oregon feeders ..... Light yearlings Heavy yearlings Light wethers Heavy we-thers .- Ewes 9.0OJ0.0O . 11. (-0(3)11.50 . 11.50(911.75 . 6.00 8.00 . 13.00 14.50 .'31.004D J2.0U . .10.0011.00 , 6.0O 8.00 . 9.00 10.00 . 30.0011.00 . 9.0010.00 . 9.6Ofru10.0O . 9.00 9.50 . 3.00 8.00 1821 POOR SUBAH YEflfl REPORTS OF MANY HAWAIIAN COMPANIES SHOW IjOSSES. tabor Shortage Blamed for Condi tionNo Increase in Price for 1923 Seen. (Copyright by the Public Ledger company. 'Published by arrangement.) HONOLULU, March 24. (Special.) An nual meetings of stockholders of Hawaiian sugar plantations in progress In Honolulu call attention to the losses sustained throughout the islands from the low mar ket and the scarcity of field labor.. The annual report of Waialua Agricul tural company, one of the largest planta tions, shows that S-,56-1 das less labor Chicago Livestock Market. " CHICAGO, March 24. (United States n,irti of Markets.) Cattle Kecelpts, SO00 head; slow, generally steady on all classes; good yearlings, $8.75; best heavy steers early, ."; duik Deer steers, 775: aualitv olain: veal calve fairly ac tive, mostly $7.508.50, to packers; ship pers paid 9.50 to tlO for choice heavy weight -calves. Hogs Receipts, 21.0A0 head : market ac tive, better grade lighter weights steady; others mostly steaay 10 oc rower man ye terday's average; top $10.35; bulk, $0.75 10.30; pigs steady to strong: bulk desirable HO to 120-oounders. $.25ti 9.50. Sheep Receipts. 70OO head; fat sheep and fat wooled lambs about steady; fat shorn lambs strong to 25c higher; top wooled lambs 15.B0; no enoice iignts nere; shorn top early 13.25; wooled yearlings, $13.50 average 105 pounds; good 128 pound shorn wethers, $9; few head medium wooled ewes, $8.SO9,5Q, " Kansas City Livestock Market. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Maroh 24. (United States Bureau of Markets.) Cattle Re ceipts, 650 head; Quality plain; hardly enough, sales to make market; few sales all classes around steady; steers $6.50". 40; best load offered, $7.65 bid; cows, $4.25 5.50; heifers, $5.08.5O; canners, $2.7Grr 3; heavy bulls, $4.254.50; calves, $3.50 7.50; stockers. $6.75. Hogs Receipts. 1200 head: packers took all; steady to shade higher, $9.85 paid; 10 to 275-pounders, $9.609.80; mixed, $9 60; bulk, $9.2." 9.80 ; throwouts. $8.50 8.60:. pigs, 1015c higher top, $9.75. Sheep Receipts, 200 head; steady, shorn Texas wethers, $8.75; lambs strong; 75-pound Colorados, $14.90. Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA. March 24. (United States Ttu- reau of Markets.) Hogs Receipts. 6000 head; active, steady to 10c higher; bulk lan t 200-pound butchers,. $9.7509.85; top, $0.95: bulks 275 to 325-pound butch ers, $9. 509.75; packing grades 25c higher, $8.509. rattle Receipts, low neaa; oeei wwra and she stock slow, steaay to lac lower; stockers and feeders dull; bulls and veals unchanged. Sheen Receipts. 3000 head; lambs strong to. 15c higher, bulk $14.flfll4.85; top $15; clipped lamos, i2.zji.au sheep and feeders steady. San Francisco livestock Market. RAN FRANCISCO. March 24. Cattle Steers, No. 1. $78; No. 2. $66.50; cows and heifers. No. 1. u.uoje.ii. tin PR 125 to 20O pounds. $n.30: zoo to 250 pounds, $iu.iu; -u to w pounds. $9.50. Seattle Livestock Market. SEATTLE, Wash., March 24. Cattle and hogs steady, no receipts, prices unchanged. GAINS IN STEEL TRADE EXTENDED Building Operations Expand In Most Farts of Country. NEW TORK, March 24. Dun's Review tomorrow will say: Actual improvement In. general business Is slow to materialize, but encouraging phases are attaining increased prominence. Some progress toward revival of activity is recorded each week and strengthening of sentiment upon, which commercial re covery so largely depends has continued. Recent gains In certain basic industries, notably iron and steel, are being extended and the expansion of building operations in most parts of the country is a highly favorable augury. Belief In a gradual betterment of con ditions finds more expression even in lines where results have been least satisfactory, and existing and threatened labor trou bles, although causing uncertainty, do not check the growth of confidence. A more optimistic note has marked re-" ports from the west since the appreciable rise in prices of agricultural products, which has enhanced the public purchasing power In that section and the depleted state of most merchandise stocks teada to more numerous replenishment orders as consumptive demands broaden. Weekly bank clearings were $6,583, 7S9.0O0. I CHICAGO, March 24. Upturns which took place today In the value of wheat resulted largely from Oklahoma reports of unfavorable crop conditions and from signs of more active foreign demand. The close was unsettled, to cents net higher. With May J1.S2? to $I 334 and July $Llg to 1.1S'. Corn finished unchanged to ?4c higher, oats 54 lo cent up and provisions ranged from 10c decline to 15c advance. At first the wheat market was depressed by a renewal of liquidation of May hold ings and by bearish contentions that the amount of wheat in sight in the United States, In Canada and on ocean passage was 43,0OOv00O bUBhels larger than a year ago. The majority of traders, though, switched to the buying side of the market after the first hour, influenced evidently by orop complaints from western sections of Kansas and Oklahoma, where, it was said, wheat fields were failing to respond properly to improved weather and the extent of winter killing was) yet to be determined. Talk of export sales of corn at the seaboard helped to rally the corn market. Oats were firm throughout the session because of rains causing delay to seeding. Provisions ended in line with hog values. The Chicago grain letter received yes terday by the Overbeck & Cooke company of Portland follows: Wheat Early in the session the Im proved tone of foreign cables was ignored, but the decline failed to bring out addi tional liquidation and the loss was more than recovered when shorts attempted to retlr6 commitments. There was evidence of a better export inquiry, although up to the 'close the seaboard news agency waa able to confirm only a moderate amount. Liverpool failed to reflect our weakness of yesterday and said buyers appeared to be taking more Interest in the market. There was also a better domestio milling demand in the northwest and southwest, which resulted in advanced cash prices. Crop reports more mixed, as Is natural with the advent of spring weather, which always shows up more or less damage. As a whole, however, the condition of the crop is regarded as very satisfactory. The real surprise is the way wheat keeps coming to market in face of the belief that supplies In the country are nearing the exhaustion point. It is plainly to be seen that continued export buying will be necessary to sustain the bulges. Corn There was less pressure on this market than there had been of .late and prices rallied easily from the early decline. Receipts- were smalt and the cash market stronger at an advance of Vz cent. There was evidence of Increased activity in -export circles, giving the impression that foreigners are about to enter our market again Jn an important way. Barring such an occurrence, there la little incentive for an aggressive position on the buying side and fluctuations will undoubtedly be gov erned by the action of wheat. Oats There was a better class of buy ing in oats and as pressure was smaller, prices advanced with other grains. The cash market followed the futures and the trading basis was firm. Reports from the east to the effect that some export busi ness was being done attracted attention. Rye Trade was moderate and of much the same character as it has been for the past week, northwestern interests selling in the way of .hedging, with some buying. Cash rye was nominally steady at 2 cents under May for No. 2. Sales, of 100.000 bushels were made to go to store. Leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Tww. Close. si. sat, Sl.acni I KHZ 1.1SU, 1.18 CORN. .59-4 .5814 .r.O'i .62 .61 Vi .62-, OATS. May 36 .374 -34 .37 July 38 .3914 .38 .39 1 hard.. $1.25: No. 8 hard, $1.4014I. Corn No. 2 white. 58c. ST. LOUIS. Mo., March S4. Wheat No. t red, $1.43; No. 2 red, tl.40ei.43; No. a red. 1 1.3.-, 1.3(1. Corn No. 2 mixed, fiGffSsHc; No. 2 white. 5r.1flu.c. , Oats No. 2 white. H8'iC39c. OMAHA. Neb.. March 24. Wheat Xo. 2 hard. II. 24-o 1.2U. Corn No. 2 white, 61c; No. 3 while. 50'4c; No. 2 yellow, iOSi 5lc; No. 2 mixed, 4N4nc. Oats No. 3 white. 383'c. Grain at Nan Franrlsro. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Wheat Milling, M.lloir 2 DO; feed. $2.202.2.V Barley Feed, fl. 33&1.40; shipping. $1,421 & 1.521. Oats Red feed. $1.631.S0. Corn White Kgyptlan, 22 10; red mllo, $1.851.90. Hay Wheat, f IT 10; fair. 114017; tame oat. $1519; wild oat. H1U13; al falfa, $1518; stock. $U11; straw, nominal. fienttle ratn Market. SEATTLE March 24. Wheat, hard white, soft white, while club. soft re,l winter. $1.25: hard red winter, II 28; north em spring. $1.2(1: Eastern red Walla. 1122; Big Bend bluestem. $1.48. Hay and feed Unchanged. Mlneapolis Wheat l'llnm. MINNEAPOLIS, March 24. Wheal May. $1.4014; July. $1.81 m. Winnipeg Wheat Market. WINNIPKQ, March 24. Wheat May. fl.S4; July. $1.31H. Health Officer Quit. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. March 34. (Special.) The resignation of Dr. Ellery M. Botta as county health of ficer was filed and -accepted by tha county commissioners today, and Dr. K. A. Montague of Walla Walla was appointed temporarily. The chance 1 effective April 1. Dr. Botts and tha county commissioners have clashed several times. Charles Howard todav was named superintendent of the. county farm, succeeding- Mrs. Carrla Olds, who has resigned, effective April 1. Mr. Howard has been fore man at the (arm for several years May. July May. July. .$1.31 . 1.17 ii .58 May. , MESS PORK. 19.03 10 80 11.03 lo.r.n 10.00 No. LARD. May 10.62 10.80 10.57 July.. ....10.90 11.05 10.80 SHORT RIBS. May. 10.45 10.50 10.45 July 992 10.00 9.92 t ash prices were: Wheat No. 2 hard, $1.31; nard, $1.2::. Corn No. 2 mixed, 5657lic; No. yellow, 5758c- Oats No. 2 white, 3738Hc; No. white, 3537ttc. Rye Nominal. Barley 53 65c. Timothy seed $56.50. Clover seed $10 25. Pork Nominal. ' , Lard $10.62. Ribs $11 12. Primary Receipts. CHICAGO, March 24. Primary receipt Wheat. 648,000 bushelal versus holiday corn, 665000 bushels; oats. 43S.OOO bustiers. Shipments Wheat, 535,000 bushels; corn. 4S3.000 bushels: oats, 612.000 bushela Clearances Wheat, 625,000 bushels; flour, 18,000 barrcla; corn, 267,000 bushels; rye. 20.000 bushels. Car lots Kanaas City Wheat 78: com 57; oats. 5. Omaha Wheat, 49; cornt 68 oats, 5. St. Louis Wheat. 43; corn, 18 oats, 21. Minneapolis Wheat. 128; corn 43; oats, 33. Duluth Wheat. 69; corn. 81 oats, 2. Winnipeg Wheat, 678; oats. 243, Cash drain Markets. Furnished by Herrin A Rhodes. Inc Portland. Oregon. MINNEAPOLIS. March 24. Wheat No. 1 dark northern. $ 1.50 9 1.57 : No. dark northern, $ 1.46 1.53 ; No. I dark northern, $1.39 1.50 ; No. 1 northern, $1.48 1.51 ; No. 2 northern $1.44 1.48 ; No. 3 northern, $1.38 1.44; durum, $1.15 1.20. Corn No. 2 yellow, 5tc. Oats No. 2 white, 3233c. Barley 49 81c. Rye 93 fi.94c. Flax $2.50 V4 2.54. KANSAS CTTT. March 14. Wheat No Passenger and Freight frvlea N. T. to t'herbuurg and Southampton MAI RKTAMA Apr. Apr. 15 May !. A(il M AM A Apr. 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