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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1923 21 OFFERINGS !iy BONDS reach mm Bankers Prepare for Janu ary Demands. BIGGER FLOOD LIKELY $50,000,000 Worth of Paper Is Expected in New York Market Xext Week. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. (By the Asso ciated rir.s.) New bond offerings total ing $.15,300,000 were put out by local bankers last week as compared with J19,o75,000 the week before, and indi cations are that next week's total will exceed $50,000,000. The sudden increase may be explained by bankers prepara tions to meet the January reinvestment demand, the better tone of prices in the high grade issues listed on the ex change and the removal of the uncer tainty concerning the government's short term financing, which had had a re straining effect on business. Icai bankers believe that the govern ment will have little difficulty in' dis posing of Kb $700,000,000 short term is sues, preliminary subscriptions having come In largo volume. Public offerings will be made today of a $15,886,000 issue of first mortgage 7 per cent bonds of the Dunlop Rubber company, one of the largest manufacturers of automobile tires In England. Mortgages Hurt Market. Selling of speculative railroad mort gages for taxation purposes had a re actionary effect on prices of listed bonds during most of the week. St. Paul, Frisco and Erie issues suffered the most, and foreign bonds showed a better tone and United States government securities were conspicuously strong. A new record for the number of issues was traded in dur ing the week when more than 500 sepa rate isues made their appearance on the tape in one day. State and municipal Issues of bonds are expected to reach large proportions in the next few months. Five soldier bonus issues totaling $116,000,000 are being considered at the present time and Iowa and Kansas issues will prob ably be offered in the near future. Offerings of state and municipal bonds totaled $50,000,000 in November, as against $73,000,000 in October and $118,- 000,000 in September. The total the first 11 months of was $1,177,000,000. Domestic Situation Changed. Railroad, public utility and industrial bonds called for payment this month totaled $70,652,600, as compared with $rv,2r.n.30O in December last year. The change has been brought about by the drop in the domestic money situation, wiilrh has made it desirable to call high interest-bearing securities and replace them with lower rate long term Issues. Public utilities lead in the total called. The two largest issuee are the $14,5.000 of Ijouisvill Gas & Electric 7e, due in 3023, and the $lO.00O.000 of Kansas City Power & Light 8s, due in 1040. Other large issues are the $0,044,000 of Hershey Chocolate 7s, due in 1030, and $7,000, 000 of Canadian Northern railway 5s, due In J! 23. Kond houses with International con nections reported that Holland, Switzer land and England have been heavy buy ers of foreign, bonds in the market with continental government issues and Bra Illians most in favor. Gas Bonds Offered. The principal offering last week was $6,000,000 issue of Ohio & Northern Gas company three-year '7 per cent secured Fold notes offered at par. Other large offerings were $4,645,000 seven-year 5 per cent consolidated mortgage bonds of the Dominion Iron & Steel company, limited, offered at S5 to yield 6.46 per cent; $4,550,000 one to seven-year 6 per cent equipment notes of the fruit growers' express equipment trust offered at par; $4,248,000 25-year 6 per cent first mort gage gold bonds series A of the Central Indiana Power company offered, at 95 to yield 6.40 per cent; $3,000,000 4 per cent 20-year state of North Dakota bonds offered at 103 to yield 4-five per cent; S2.yGl,0U0 4 to 5 per cent to 27-year general obligations of the city of Mem phis, Tenn., to yield 4.70 to 4.60 per cent, and $2,000,000 64 per cent one to 10 year first mortgage serial bonds of the new process gold company, offered at par. FINANCIAL WURKET GOOD WEEK'S REPORTS SAID TO BE SATISFACTORY. before adjournment on March 4. According to an analysis of the situation by the National Merchant Marine association, the bill will be passed by the senate by a vote of 49 to 47, even if there! are 12 repub licans against it and only two dem ocrats for it. This association does not se any possibility of more than 12 republican votes being- cast against the bill and indicates that ot the 12'' four are doubtful and may vote for the bill. There also are three additional democrats that the association has some hope of en listing among the supporters of the measure. The association regards the obstructionist tactics planned by the opposition as an admission that a majority of the. senate is for the bilL The bill as reported to the senate, while different in a number of particulars from the house bill, retains the essential features of the original measure and the adminis tration will he well satisfied if it can be enacted into law in its pres ent form. SHERWOOD BAf'.'K IS REHIZED Ed Schulmer'rch of Hillsboro " Elected President. ONE BILLION DAY IS SET VICTOR NOTE HOIiDERS GET 700 MILLION FRIDAY. 200 Million to Go to Owners of Certificates; 100 Million for Interest on Public Debt. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 10. Friday will be a "billion-dollar-dayfr at the treasury. The nation's finance department ,on that day will disburse in cash or securities $700,-: 000,000 to holders of victory notes which have been calle-d for redemp tion, $200,000,000 to holders of ma turing treasury certificates of in debtedness and $100,000,000 in inter est on the public debt. Th victory notes, called on which interest will cease December 15, bear the distinguishing letters A, B, C, D, E and F before the serial number. In connection with the Friday payments the treasury is offering $300,000,000 of AY2 per cent notes maturing in 2 years, and an issue of $400,000,000 of treasury certifi cates one series, maturing in three months, bearing ZV per cent inter est and the other bearing 4 per cent interest and maturing in one year. Holders of victory notes called for redemption or of certificates matur ing Friday may exchange them for the new notes and certificates or may purchase outstanding liberty or treasury bonds or other treasury notes at prevailing market prices. Friday also will see the last quar terly payment of income and profits taxes -this year and- Secretary Mel lon' estimates the payment will be around $275,000,000. Railroad Traffic Holding TJp at Extraordinary Level. Con- i sidcring Season. NEW YORK. Dec. 10. (By the Asso ciated Press,) Reports concerning ihe fundamental conditions underlying the financial markets continued to be satis factory the past week. Railroad traffic is holding at an extraordinary levsl considering the season. Thus carload inga during the week ending November -5 totalled 0."5.O0O cars, which represent n increase of liSll.OOO cars over the cor responding week a year ago. Although the week's movement was some 14,000 cars smaller than in the preceding seven-day period, this decline is more than accounted for by tlte Iocs of traffic resulting from cessation of navigation on the great lakes. Loadings of merchandise and miscellaneous freight were, In fact, greater. It appears that the bituminous coal output is continuing: at a daily rate cor responding to 11. turn. 000 tons a week. Final figures lor the earnings of class 1 roads aurmg October show that the total net amounted to 83,000,000 whh'h, while some $JO.0oO,Ki0 below the total in the tamo month a year ago, when earnings were unusually good, is still $J7.000.000 better than the showing in September. A recession of About 2 per cent in the ratio of reserve of the combined federal systems brings the figure down to 74.3 per cent. This Is slightly lower than any other figure recorded this year, but is still high enough to demonstrate very ample supplies of commercial credit. The grain markets have been rather quiet, partly because of uncertainty re garding foreign developments, but prices nave oeen iirm. IT IS SENATE TO SETTLE DOAVN TO LONG BATTLE. Opponents of Measure Plan to Drag Out Discussion as Long as Possible. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 10. With all the preliminaries disposed of the senate will settle down th week a long, drawn-out fight over the ship subsidy bill. Debate on the bill, which was re ported yesterday from the commit tee on commerce, is to start tomor row. Opponents of the measure will drag out the discussion as long as possible and there is no prospect of a vote before some time in January and possibly not until February. Latest polls indicate that whenever the bill comes to a vote it will be passed by a margin of probably not more than half a dozen votes, Whether the bill ever will become law then will depend upon the suc cess of the threatened filibuster against the conference report dur ing the closing days of the session TRAFFIC FINES $4983.25 State Officers Make 534 Arrests in Month of November. SALEM, Or., Dec. 10. (Special.) Fines collected during the month of November as the result of the activ ities of the state traffic officers ag gregated $4983.25, according to a report prepared here by T. A. Kai fety, in charge of the law-enforce ment bureau of the state motor ve hicle department. There were a to tal of 534 arrests. The traffic officers traveled 18. 786 miles and visited a total of 388 towns and cities. Stolen cars re covered by the officers aggregated a value of $2120. Three drivers were arrested for operating cars while intoxicated, 41 drivers were arrested for speeding and four drivers were found to be operating ears without licenses. Multnomah county reported 275 arrests by state traffic officers with fines aggregating $1912. Washing ton county was second with 47 ar rests and fines totalling $884 while Clackamas county was third with 5S arrests and fines aggregating $665,75. EGG INDUSTRY BOOMS Wlnlock Expects to Sell About $2,000,000 Worth in Year. CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec. 10. (Special.) A total of 397,800 eggs, representing 1105 cases, or 33,150 dozen, worth on a basis of 50 cents a dozen the sum of $16,575, went out of Wlnlock one night last week. To produce these eggs 200,000 hens of Winlock district had to work two days. The shipment went to New York city, there being almost three full carloads. This year the egg industry fit Winlock will hit the $2,000,000 mark. Ten years ago it had its inception when a few Finnish farmers, on small logged off tracts near Winlock, were induced to enter the business through the t encour agement of J.. H. Marcotte of that place, the latter being then station agent at Winlock. BIG DEPOSIT PLEDGED 85 Per Cent to Be Paid on Sav ings Accounts, 45 Per Cent on Checking Deposits. HILLSBORO, Or., Dec. 10. (Special.) Complete reorganization of the defunct Sherwood. bank has been effected through the efforts of President Ed Schulmerich of Hillsboro and State Bank Examiner B ram well, with the assistance of Senator W. G. Hare, acting as at torney. The new bank will open its doors Wednesday mornine. December 20, with a capital of $25,000 and a surplus of $5000 and In addition a depost of $100,000 is already awaiting the Initial date. That Hillsboro bankers should take an active part in the reorganization Is a very natural turn of events. They were approached before the old bank failed but the appeal came too late to stem the tide and It was deemed wise, under the circumstances, to let the Sherwood bank close its doora temporarily.- The disposition of a bad crash, worked Into a programme whereby both stock holders and depositors can get out with a minimum loss, is due largely to the manner in which Mr. Schulmerich stim ulated the situation. He pledged his fi nancial standing a.t a time when it meant the turning of the tide. A meet ing of creditors was called soon after the bank closed its doors and Mr. Schul merich presided at the meeting. He said he would subscribe any amount up to $25,000 that was left unsold. Mr Schulmerich was permitted to retain a large block of stock. The business men and farmers of Sherwood who have known him many years felt that his connection with the concern would be a factor in reorganizing. The result wan that at the stockhold er meeting Friday night, in Sherwood, Mr. Schulmerich was made president; J. E. Morebeck, first vice-president; J. C. Leedy, second vice-president, and V. C. Christensen, deputy state bank ex aminer, cashier. The good assets of the bank will be sold at once and .the pro ceeds used to pay creditors of the old bank and according to a conservative es timate will pay out about S3 per cent on savings accounts and 45 per cent on checking accounts. A trustee will be appointed to handle the less liquid assets and the proceeds therefrom will be applied as they be come available. IT U LEVEL PRICES REACH BEST MARK DURING SEASOX. We offer the .unsold portion of JORDAN VALLEY CATTLE CO. First Mortgage V2 Serial Bonds Dated July 1, 1922, due serially 1924-32. Redeem able at 102 on or after July, 1923, interest pay able Jan. 1 and July 1. EXEMPT FROM NORMAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX SECURITY Land, Improvements and Chattels..... ..$320,000 Sheep 32,000 , - $352,000 Bonded debt less than 30 of the value of the security. INCOME , It is conservatively estimated that after deduc tion for normal operating expenses the annual net income from the sale of hay, wool and livestock and from contracts and rentals will be more than three times the average annual-interest charges. Call, write or phone Main 4195 for farther information. t G'E'MILLER 9 COMPANY IWFPWTIOftSan Francisco Portland Seattle 2dFIr.N.W.BankBIdg. PORTLAND Los Angeles Phone Main 4195 $100,000 First Mortgage 7 Serial Gold Boitds Sun Dial Ranch The Yield 7 MATURITIES 1925 .....$5,000 1926 .....$ 5,000 1927 $ 5,000 1928 .....$15,000 1929; $15,000 1930 $15,000 1931 .....$20fl00 1932 $20,000 PRICE 100 YIELD 7 Pierced by The Highway. This famous ranch is only 13 miles from Portland. The Columbia River Paved High way runs through it for more than 2 miles. It is bounded by the main line of the Oj-W. R. & N. on the south, the Columbia river on the north and Sandy river on the east. Loan Is Doubly Secured. All told it contains 1866 acres of excellent soif, most of which is under cultivation. Its value is estimated in excess of $450,000. This issue is secured first by the property itself and secondly payment of principal and interest are GUARANTEED by Messrs. H. C. Campbell, Charles F. Swigert and E. G. McGaw, principal owners. Lumbermens Is the Trustee, The Lumbermens Trust Company is trustee, and owners guarantee no less tlian $20J000 income annually and in addition will deposit all moneys received with this bank.. Funds from property sales can be used only to re tire bonds. ' In oar opinion these bonds are legal investment for SAVINGS BANKS and Trust Funds in Oregon LUMBERMENS Tkrrs xMBAinr -BANK " BROADWAY and OAK Bond Data Dated Dec. 1922 Due Ser. 1925-32 Dens. $1000, $500, $100 Semi-annual interest Callable only at 103 Bonds personally guara nteed by principal owners, H. C. Campbell, C. F. SwigerU E. G. McGaw Nobel peace prize for hi9 work as league of nations commissioner in relieving the starving populations of Russia and Asia Minor and for his endeavors to promote the broth erhood of nations. APPLE PESTS FEARED WILDER ESTATE $294,333 Application for Settlement of Hu morist's Estate Is Made. NEW YORK. Dec. 10. Marshall P. Wilder, the humorist, left an es tate valued at J294.333, It was re vealed when an application for the settlement was filed in surrogate's court yesterday, seven years after his death. Wilder, a dwarf of peculiarly mo bile countenance and agile humor, was one of the country's best known vaudeville artists in the '90s. His first public performances were made at a salary of 50 cents a night. The estate will go chiefly to a son, Marshall P. Wilder, and a daughter. Grace. Safety 7 Cumulative First Preferred Stock NORTHWESTERN Electric Company "A Public Utility" , Price 100 per share. i. G. Tavares. 21S Pittock Block, l'ortland. I Sir: Pleas send me additional in- I 1 formation regarding your investment. 1 Lf Address (O) Favorable Legislation for Farm and Foreign Credits May Keep Values Up, BY CHARLES D. MICHAELS. fBy Chicaeo Tribune Leased "Wire. CHICAGO, Dec. 10. Grain prices are practically at the highest of the season and with the help of favorable legislation for an extension of farm and foreign credits, the latter through the opera tions of the war finance corporation, values of agricultural products should attain and hold a higher level. Indica-: tions are that there will be a demand for all the wheat in the world before another 1 harvest and that the carryover will be light. North American supplies of wheat are expected to be drawn upon more ex tensively to supply European require ments and good, values should be se cured. Argentine conditions are un certain. Estimates on its exftortable surplus range from 125,000.000 to 15,-000,-000 bushels, the latest being 163.000, 000 bushels. They change so frequently that the trade is losing faith in them. Argentine sellers were reported on Sat urday as having withdrawn offerings to English markets. Conditions confronting the trade are re garded as favorable for good prices, there being sufficient basis to warrant expectations of better values so that the agricultural interests can be placed on a more remunerative basis as compared with other industries. That there has been an unusually heavy movement, wide distribution and disappearance of grains, particularly of wheat, corn and oats in the past two months, also lighter accumulations than the trade ever haa known, is shown by the actual shipments from the interior and reports of stocks at visible supply points. The six leading railroads that cover the largest agricultural districts of the middle weft, west, southwest and parts of the northwest moved 61,095 cars of grain In November, an increase of 21.721 cars, or 56 per cent over last year. At the same time visible supply stocks of all grains increased only li.200,000 bushels this year, compared with a pain of 10. Gl.OOO bushels in the same time last year. T)r. Xansen Gets Xobel Prize. CHRTSTI A NI A, Norway, Dec. 10. (By th Associated Press.) Dr. Frirttjof Nansen today received the Hood River Experiment Station Chief Warns Growers. HOOD RIVER, On, Dec. 10. (Special.) Leroy Childs, superin tendent of the Hood River experi ment station, who has just re turned from a tour of the middle west, says that the low price for apples this season will have the natural effect of causing growers in various parts of the nation to grow lax in the fight against dis ease and insect pests. As a result, he says, it will mean the elimina tion of many acres of orchards as a commercial factor. Mr. Childs went" to the middle west primarily to attend the annual convention of the American Porno logical society at Council Bluffs, la., where he delivered an address on spray equipment and the appli cation of spray materials in the control of pests and diseases. He said that northwestern apple grow ers are far ahead of growers of the middle west in using up-to-date machinery. U MILES DF ROAD BUILT MARION COUNTY OFFICIAL MAKES REPORT. BANK ACCOUNTS POPULAR Most of Economic Students at f CorvalHs Have Deposits. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis. Dee. 10. (Special.) Only 19 out of 120 students in a section in economics do not have a bank account, reports Dr. W. H. i)reesen, assistant professor in eco nomics and sociology at the Oregon Agricultural college. Printed forms were distributed to the members of the various classes in money and banking. The students were asked to keep an accurate ac count of their cash on hand, their cash in the bank, their total daily cash payments and their total daily check payments lor a period of 30 days. "This study was not undertaken to determine the expenditures of students, but for the purpose of as certaining the average amount of money carried by students, the ra pidity of circulation of this money and the average bank balance and velocity of circulation of such de posit currency," says Dr. Dreesen. Three-Tear Market Highway Pro gramme Is Completed by Public Paring Plants. SALEM, Or., Dec. 10 (Special.) Marion county, at the close of its three-year building programme on Saturday night, had constructed 64 miles of paved market roads, with 31 of the 34 officially designated market roads in the county repre sented in the improvements. This was announced by W. J. Culver, t county road master, in his annual report filed with the county court i three years ago Marion county adopted a five-year market road programme and authorized the is suance of bonds in the amount of $850,000 to carry on the work. From this money and funds raised through regular taxation, it was- estimated that 150 miles of market road would be constructed, in addition to keep ing the other roads in good repair. Paved market roads in Marion county have cost on an average of $15,000 a mile, which officials said probably had established a new low record in the west, if not in the entire United States. Of the total paved mileage 24 miles was paved this year, from the four county owned plants located at Salem, Stay- ton, Mount Angel and Scollard. In Marion county no market roads are improved by contract. The county owns its own paving plants and labor is assembled from its citizens. Highway Department Moves. SALEM, Or., Dec. 10. (Special,) The state highway department to day started to move its equipment from the statehouse to a downtown business structure where the busi ness of the commission will be con ducted until after the legislature. The rooms now occupied by the ptate highway department will be used by the various legislative com mittees dnrine: the session. The best method of saving is our Partial Payment Plan 1. It furnishes a definite programme for accumulation. No resolution to save is effective without a plan. 2. It creates a. greater incentive to earn. 3. It provides a safe, convenient and easy way to save regularly. 4. It assures a steady income from money saved over a period of years. 5. It makes certain the return of your savings at maturity. 6. It teaches habits of thrift and pru dence and a sound knowledge of economic facts. A circular fully explaining our Partial Payment Plan wSl gladly be sent on request. Call, phone or write Do It Now Partial , Plan Use our Payment Freeman, Smith a Camp Co. LlMMWWI BlOO.. PoHTUMB mn WjLJ nunc stMfeP' n HIGH SCHOOLS SEEK AID Bill to Get More Money for Rural Institutions to Be Framed. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 10. (Special.) A bill to provide rural high schools in the state with more money will be introduced in the next session of the state legislature by the Lane county delegation, it was announced after a meeting yes terday afternoon at the courthouse. The meet'ng was attended by the Lane county delegation in the legis lature and a number of representa- We own and offer subject i to prior sale the following carefully selected bonds: Due Yield City of The Dalles, Or., Gen. Oljl. 6s. . 1933 5.00 City of Hood River, Or, Imp. 6s 1932 4.90 Sherman Co., Or, Road 5s 1939 4.80 Malheur Co., Or, Road 5 Jis -..1931 4.80 Port of Umpqua 6s... 1932-35 5.40 Coast Power Co. 6s 1942 6.15 Northwestern Jilectric Co. 6s 1935 5.95 Pacific Power & Light Co. 5s 1930 6.10 Carman Manufacturing Co. 6'2s 1925-27 6.50 Republic of Chile 7s .-. 1942 7.33 Kingdom of Norway 6s .' 1931 6.00 Although most investors buy bonds primarily as a means of keeping their money pro ductively employed, nevertheless a dependable channel for converting the bonds back into cash is desirable. Our connections with the leading financial institutions through- . out the world affords a wide market for all securities which we sell. It is always our aim to be ina position to repurchase, at prevailing market prices, any bonds that we have placed with our customers, i Complete details of any issue on request. i Telephone or Telegraph Collect Bond Department Open 8:30 to 5 Saturdays 8:30 to 2 LM)B B TELTON BANK TiDmiRESERVf Oldast in tin Northwest WASHINGTON THIRD tives of different rural high school districts of the county. A committee consisting of F. E. Taylor of Thurston, E. R, Schwering of Walterville, and Walter Holland of Crew was appointed to confer with E. J. Moore, county superin tendent, to formuate a bill provid ing for the relief of the rural schools. The members of the Lane county delegation in the legislature promised their support. Do you forget when your interest is - ' due, the date your bonds mature, the price you paid for them? Is it necessary to look up the securities themselves? We have a little in' vestment record book with interest table that many investors have found of great value. If it will serve you, we V shall be pleased to send it without cost or obli gation upon receipt of your Build Up. Your Income By investing in a few shares of our 7 Prior Preference Stock Which will net you .14 ON YOUR MONEY $10.00 Down and $10.00 a Month It's a Safe and Sound In--.. vestment. Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. Room 605 Electric Building Portland, Oregon. Address- 1 CYRUS FEIRCECOMPANY 1002 Wilcox Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO SPOKANE -PORTLAND- Tel. Broadway 5915 SEATTLE LOS ANGELES CHICAGO NEW YORK PORT OF UMPQUA - BONDS Yielding 5.49 are an ad valorem tax obligation on property as sessed at $4,683,970. Ask for circular. (MBiKENMl'Cft INCORPORATED I Satisfaction in Dealing at Headquarters N making mortgage loans, we do our own appraising and, if approved, make the loan at once without delay or indefinite promises. We loan up to $10,000 on resi dence properties. Portland Trust Company of Oregon SIXTH AND MORRISON r Northwestern Afe ii FIFTH AND STARK STS. PORTLANTREGONJ FOUNDED 1876 Federal Income Taxes for 1922 We have available for dis tribution a brief, popular review of the new law and a simple illustrated an alysis of the changes af .fecting income for 1922. Write for a copy. Name Address City E.H.ROLUNS &SOXS jmtttmmi 'Bomb Bonton New York Chicago Sun Francisco Los Angelea 411 LEWIS BUILDING Broadway 7870 PORTLAND