THE "SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 23, 1906.
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PRICES WILL BE UP
No Cheap California Fruits or
Vegetables.
SCARCITY IN MOST LINES
Dry Weather In the Summer and
Late Frosts Affect Most of the,
Crops Orange Output
Is Reduced.
The coming reason is going to witness
fclffh prices In practically all lines of Cali
fornia produce, according to T. Pearson,
who has Justreturned from an extended
trip through the Southern State.
"The orange crop of California," said Mr.
Pearson, "will be smaller than last year,
running about 24,000 cars. Some damage
was done by the late frosts, hardly a dis
trict escaping except & few In the foot
hills. The Injury, however, does not show
much and the bulk of the fruit will be all
right. Prices are going to be very firm this
season. Growers are holding for lVc per
pound In the regular districts and In the
selected districts for 2c to 24c Packing
charges are also much "Higher. Sizes in
Southern California will run large. Three
hundred or 40O cars are left In Tulare
County yet. There are plenty of orders In,
but the shippers cannot get cars.
"Lemons will also rule high. It is harder
to make yearly contracts for lemons now
than ever before. Summer lemons will be
scarce, as ' the frost caught a lot of the
bloom and small lemons on teh trees.
"The sweet potato situation la a bad one,
as many growers left their stock In the
ground too long. The frost Injured the
vines and ' running' down the rot attacked
the sweets. This is the case with fully
three-quarters of the stuff In the cellars.
It must either be shipped right away or It
Is gone. Good sweets are In limited supply
now. They have been selling too cheap, con
sidering the price of Irish potatoes.
"The celery proposition Is not as good
as last year. The stock Is running to small
sices and a premium is demanded on the
large sixes. ' The dry Summer caused the
trouble.
"Cauliflower Is very scarce, around both
San Francisco and Los Angeles. Early
cauliflower at Ixs Angeles Is finished and
the late stock will not be ready for a month
or so.
"Cabbage Is going to be In light supply.
At Ban Francisco they are now asking a
cent for San Mateo. None will be shipped
from Los Angeles In carlots before January
15, and no Placentla cabbage will be moved
before March 1. There Is a heavy acre
age at Placentla, but they look for a llgnt
yield.
"Tomatoes were all more or less chilled
by the late frosts, but the vines were not
hurt. Small stuff of every kind Is scarce In
the Southern markets and Is bringing boom
prices.
"The shortage of the California apple
crop causes a good demand there for Ore
gon apples. Large stocks bought in this state
for the Tortland and Northern markets are
being shipped south.
"No more dried frult.ls left in the hands
of California growers. A lot of the raisin
mm were caught, having oversold at cheap
prices. They have been compelled to pay
big prices on their orders around Fresno.
"The . walnut crop of the state Is all in
the hands of dealers, and la held at firm
prices."
RENEWED HOP ORDERS KRO.H EAST
Buying; Continues Active In Country Boost
ing Is Reported.
The -activity of the hop market continued
yesterday with a renewal of orders from the
East. Buyers were operating In many sec
tions and found growers, as a class, very
firm. Many offers of , 14c iand 14c were
made and some were by dealers who were
not particularly anxious for hops. This kind
of boosting had the effect of further ele
vating the ideas of growers in these sec
tions. Some Dallas dealers are trying to secure
consignments, which. It Is feared, will have
a blad effect on the foreign orders now
coming in.
Among the transactions of yesterday were
the following purchases by H. L. Hart, In
the Aurora section: Sixty bales from Charles
Havens, at 13c; 87 bales from Frank Tear
gan, at 13c; 13 bales from Ben Qulnn, at
12Hc: 187 bales from Gin Fon. at 1291c.
Mr. Hart also bought about ISO biales of
cheap Washington hops at 104c to 11c.
There was a rumor in the market that tne
big Ranzau crop at Grant's Pass has been
bought by Lachmund & Plncus, but this
wnas dented.
DRESSED TURKEY RECEIPTS I.ARGE.
Retail Trade So Far Ha. Not Coine Up to
Expectations.
Arrivals of dressed turkeys were heavy yes
terday and the demand was not up to expecta
tions. Owing to the warm weather, many re
tailers have deferred purchases until tqday
and Monday morning, as the retail trade also
promises to be late. The result was a con
siderable carry-over stock last night. Quota
tions ranged from 20 to 22 cents on choice,
with culls, which were few in number, sell
ing down to 15 cents.
Ducks and geese were scarce and In excel
lent demand. Chickens Were in limited sup
ply and very slow.
The egg market was weak and in a more or
less demoralized condition. Several dealers
quoted JI2"4 cents as the top. The demand
was light and receipts large, with a prospect
of Increasing rapidly.
No changes were reported in the butter
market. ,
EASTERN POTATOES COIIING WEST.
One Hundred Car From Minnesota Headed
for the San Francisco Market.
There Is considerable excitement in the
potato market, owing to the high prices pre
vailing at San Franrisco. Deolers regard the
condition there as due only to the temporary
shortage of supplies and are therefore not
paying excessive prices here with the chance
of getting their goods delivered when the
market declines. The car shortage is held
to be responsible for the conditions in the
South.
It is said that over 1O0 cars of Minnesota
potatoes have been bought for the San Fran
cisco market and will be delivered In Cali
fornia In three or four weeks. The large
production In the East and the lower prices
there makes such business possible.
Fresh Produce Trade Active.
The city demand for fresh fruits and veg
etables was at its height yesterday. Sup
plies proved ample. A continued good In
quiry is looked for Monday morning. A lot
of green stuff Is due to arrive on the steam
er Tuesday morning, which should have
been sent by express.
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS.
Grain. Flour. Feed, Etc.
TVH EAT Export basis: Club, B8c; blue
stem, 8c; Valley, 66c; red, R3c; country, $10
per ton; chop, U. S. Mills. $15.50.
OATS No. 1 white, t-sS'M: gray. 124.50
26.
FLOUR Patents, ts.90: straights, $3.35,
clears. $3 35; Valley. $3.40.
BARLEY Feed. 2Kb'21.50 per ton;
brewing. 122.50; rolled, $22.50g24.
RYE $1.40l.4B per cwt.
CORN Whole. $28; cracked. $27 per ton.
MILLSTUFF3 Bran, city, $16; country.
IT per ton: middlings. $25: shorts, city. $18.
CEREAL, FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 80-
pound sacks. $7; lower grades. $5.50 (? 6 TB;
oatmeal, steel cut, 50-pound sacks, $3 per
barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4.25 per bale,
camteal (ground), BO-pound sacks, $7.50 per
barrel: 10-pound sacks. $4 per bale, -split
peas. $5 per 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes.
$1.40: pearl barley, $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25
pound boxes, $1 25 per box; pastry flour, 10-
pouna sarKS. 2.5 per bale.
HAY-i-Valley timothy. No. 1, $11 18 per
tnn- Vnwa-i i . t. .. ihak.. '
ver, $7fiS; cheat, $7.503 8.50; gsaln ' hay,
7 50&8.50; alfalfa, $11.50; vetch hay. $79
T.50.
Vegetables. Fruits. Ete.
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, common to
choice, 50(g.75o per box; choice to fancy, $1
4 2 pears, $11.50: cranberries. $11. WW
12.50 per barrel; persimmons, $1.50 per box.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, fancy. $
T per box; oranges, navels. $33.60: Jap
anese, $1.65 per bundle; grapefruit, $4.505;
pineapples, $3.754..M per dozen: bananas.
5c pt-r pound; pomegranates, $2.50 per box.
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. BOcfftl
per sack; carrots. 80c 1 per sack; beets,
$1.231.50 per sack; garlic, 7W10o per
pound, horseradish, 010c per pound; sweet
potatoes, 25&24c per pound.
t'BESH VEGETABLES Cabbage, 1H0
l4c per pound: cauliflower, 11.25 per doz
en; celery, $3. 7514.25 per crate; egg plant,
$1-50 crate; lettuce, head. 30c per dozen;
onions, 10812Vc per dozen: bell peppers,
he; pumpkins, lUc per pound; spinach. 4(9
5c per pound, tomatoes. S2 per box; parsley.
lo15c; squash. l"4c per pound; arti
chokes, C5(g7uc per dozen; hothouse let
tuce, $1.30 per box.
ONIONS Oregon, 75c$l per "hundred.
POTATOES Buying prices: Oregon Bur
banks, fancy. $l$rl.l0; common. 7585c.
DRIED FRUITS Apples. 8&8-ic pound;
apricots. 16g)19c; peaches. ll13c; pears.
UH4?14c; Italian prunes. 2g6c. Califor
nia figs, white, in sacks, 5364c per pound;
black. 45c: bricks. 75ci2.25 per box;
Smyrna, 20c pound; dates. Persian, 8 6c
pound.
"RAISINS Layers and clusters, 2-crown.
$1.65; 3-crown. $1.75; 5-crown, $3.10; 6
crown, $3.50, loose muscatels, 2-crown. 8c;
3-crown. 84c; 4-crown. 9c; seedless, Thomp
sons. lOttc: Sultanas. 9124c
Batter, Eggs, Poultry, Ete.
BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream
ery, 35o per pound. state creameries.
Fancy creamery, 32$435e: store butter, 16a
17c.
BUTTER FAT First grade cream, 83"c per
pound; second grade- cream. 2c leas per pound.
jEXJGS Oregon ranch, 30324o per dozen.
CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 14
15c; Young America, 15H6' lUc per pound.
POULTRY Average . old hens, - lOllc;
mixed chickens, 10llc; Spring. intfllc;
old roosters, Biglle: dressed chickens. 12(ri3c;
turkeys, live. 17fil8c: turkeys dressed,
choice, 205'22c: geese, live, per
pound, 12!f 13c; ducks, 1516c; pigeons, $19
1.50; squabs, $23.
Dressed Bleats.
VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds, 8
8Hc; 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
pounds. 6c; 200 pounds and up, BH6c.
BEEF Dressed bulls, lj-2c per pound;
cows, 4?5c; country steers, 35He.
MUTTON Dressed, fancy, 8&9c per
pound, ordinary 6 4? 7c.
PORK Dressed, 100 to 130 pounds, 8c:
130 to 200 pounds, 7 T ; 200 pounds and
up, 64e.
Provisions and Canned Meats.
BACON Fancy breakfast, 20c per pound,
standard breakfast, 17c; choice, 16c; English,
11 to 14 pounds, 15'ic peach, 14Vi& '
HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, ltifec per pound;
14 to 16 pounds, 16c: 18 to 20 pounds, lBVic;
California (picnic). 10Hc; cottage llVjc,
shoulders, none; boiled. 24c; boiled picnic,
boneless, 20c.
PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels, $21;
half-barrels, $11; beef, barrels, $10; half
barrels. $5.50.
SAUSAGE Ham, 13c per pound; minced
ham, 10c; Summer, choice dry. 17"ic; bo
logna, Ions, 6c; welnerwurst, 10c; liver, 6c;
pork, 10c; headcheese, Cc; blood, 6c; bolog
na link, 5c.
DRY SALT CURED Regular short
clears, dry salt, 12c; smoked. 13c; clear
backs, dry salt 12c, smoked 13c; clear bel
lies, 14 to 17 pounds average, dry salt none,
smoked none; Oregon exports, 20 to 25
pounds average, dry salt 13ac, smoked
14c; Union bellies, 10 to 18 pounds aver
age, none.
LARD Kettle rendered: Tierces, 12c;
tubs, 12"4c: mis, 12c; 20s, 12c; 10s.
ISiic; Bs. 13 He. Standard pure: Tierces,
ll'Ac: tubs.' 1194c; 50s, 1194c; 20s, llc;
10s, 12"c; 5s, 12c. Compound: Tierces,
Ec: tubs, Sttc: BOs, ac; 10s, 8Kc; 6s. 8-s.
Oils.
TURPENTINE Cases, 88o per gallon.
COAL OIL Cases, 19o per gallon; tanks,
12sc per gallon.
GASOLINE Stove, cases. 24c 88 test,
82c; Iron tanks, 28c.
WHITE LEAD Ton lots, 7c: BOO-pound
lots, 8c; less than BOO-pound lots, 84c. (In
25-pound tin palls, lc above keg price; 1 to
B-pound tin cans, 100 pounds per case, 2Hl
per pound ahove keg price.)
LINSEED Raw, in barrels, 50c; in cases,
55c; boiled, in barrels 52c, in cases 67c;
250-gallon lots, lc less.
BENZINE Cases, 19o per gallon; tanks.
12 He per gallon.
Groceries. Nuts, Ete.
BICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 6V4c; South
ern Japan. 5.40c; head. 6.75c.
COFFEE Mocha, 26($28c; Java, ordinary.
18ii.22c; Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; good,
16&'18c; ordinary, 18f22c per pound, Co
lumbia roast, cases. 100s, $13.25; 50s, $15.50
Arbuckl. $17.25; Lion, $15.75.
SALMON Columbia River. I-pound tails.
$1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.40; 1-pound
flatB, $1.10; Alaska pink, 1-pound tails, '90c:
red, 1-pound tails. $1.25. sockeye, 1-pound
talis. $1.70.
SUGAR Sack baBls, 100 pounds: Cube,
$3.80; powdered, $5.20; dry granulated,
$5.05; extra C, $4. SB; golden C, $4.45; fruit
sugar, $5.05; berry, $3.05: P. C. $4.95; C. C.
$4.95; star. $4.83. Advance sales over sack
basis as follows: Barrels, 10c; half bar
rels. 25c; boxes, 50c per 100 pounds. Terms:
On remittances within 15 days deduct 4o
per pound: If later than 15 days and within
30 days, deduct "c. Beet sugar. $4.85 per
hundred pounds; maple sugar. 1518o per
pound.
NUTS Walnuts, 16H 820c per pound by
sack: Brazil nuts, 17c: filberts, 15c; pecans.
Jumbos, 19c, extra large, 20c; almonds, 18
S20c; chestnuts, Ohio, 17Hc; Italian, 141i
15c; peanuts, raw. 8948"c per pound;
roasted, 10c; pinenuts. 1012c; hickory nuts,
10c; cocoanuts, 3"A0c per dozen.
SALT California dairy, $13 ton. Imitation
Liverpool, $14 per ton; half-ground, 100c,
$"; Os. $0.50; lump Liverpool, $19.50.
BEANS Small white. 4c; large white,
24C: pink, 2!ic; bayou. 3o; Lima, 4"kc
Mexicans, red. 4C.
HONEY Fancy. $3.253.50 per box.
Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc.
HOPS HQ15c per pound, according to
quality.
WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, 18
iJT18c per pound, according to shrinkage;
Valley, 20-J23C. according to fineness.
MOHAIR Choice. 26i328e.
HIDES Dry: No. 1. 16 pounds and up.
per pound. 18(3) 20c; dry kip. No. 1, 6 to 15
pounds. 1S&21C per pound; dry salted bulls
and stags, one-third less than dry flint:
culls, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored, mur
rain, hair-cllpped, weatherbeaten or grubby,
2''g3c per pound less. Salted hides: Steers,
sound, 60 pounds and over, per pound. 10
11c; steers, sound, under BO pounds, loigJllc
per pound; steers, sound, under SO pounds,
end cows, 9 eg 10c per pound; stags and
bulls, sound, 7c per pound; kip, sound, 10
to 30 pounds. 10c per pound: veal, sound,
10 to 14 pounds. 11c per pound; calf, sound,
under 10 pounds, 11 g 12c per pound; green
(unsalted), lc per pound less; veals, lo per
pound less. Sheepskins: Shearlings, No. 1,
butchers' stock, each, 2B30c; short wool.
No. 1 butchers' stock, each, 80 60c; me
dium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each,
$1.233: murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per
cent less, or 1516c per pound. Horse
hides: Salted, each, according to size, $1
1.25; colthides, each, 2550c. Goatskins:
Common, each. 15&25o; Angora, with wool
on, ea'-h. 8Oc$l.r0.
FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, as to size,
each, $520; cubs, each, $133; badger,
prime, each, 25860c: cat, wild, with head
perfect, 3050c; house cat. B()20c; fox,
common gray, large prime, each. 5070o;
red. each, $35; cross, each, $5015; silver
and black, each, $4. 50i"$ 6; mink, strictly
No. 1. each, according to slze,-$liS)3; mar
ten, dark. Northern, according to size and
color, each, $1&15; pale pine, according to
f-ize and color, each, $2.B04; muskrat,
large, each, 12ipl5c; skunk, each, 40 60c;
civet or polecat, ejich. B15c; other large
fine skins, each, $6jj 10; panther, with head
and claws perfect, each, $2 3; raccoon,
prime, large, each, 60 & 78c; mountain wolf,
with head perfect, each, $3.50y5; prairie
(coyote). 60c((i$l; wolverine, each, $6S;
beaver, per ekln. large, $5(g6; medium, $3
7; small, fljj 1.50; kits, 50075c.
BEESWAX Good, clean and pure, 229
23c per pound.
TALLOW Prime, per pound, 44Hc;
No. 2 and grease, 23c.
CASCARA SAGRADA (chlttam bark)
New. 6 Vic per pound; 1904 and 1905. carlots.
Be; less than carlots. OVic.
Bank Clearing.
Bank clearings of the leading cities of the
Northwest yesterday were:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland - .$ 689.5S8 $ 81,570
Seattle 1,737,891 19,1,638
Tacoma 870.0!1 62.288
Spokane 760,215 108. 790
Clearings of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma
for the week were:
Portland. Seattle. Tacoma.
Monday $1,502,717 $1,785,753 $1,413,31S
Tuesday 1,179,230 1,720,860 778,628
Wednesday ... 1,038.618 1.602.B40 854,338
Thursday .... 932.829 1,385,082 775,958
Friday 1,007,681 1,820.261 731,486
Saturday 669,589 1,737,891 870.001
Totals $6,328,564 $10,-052,367 $5,423,818
Clearings for the corresponding week In for
mer years were:
Portland. Seattle. Tacoma.
1901 $2,771,723 $3,104,944 $1,177,747
1902 3.476.960 3.644.912 2.162.702
1903 3.SO0.340 4.015.789 2.413.S25
1904 4.075.298 4.B10.341 3.255.980
1903 - 4.847.109 6.671.234 4.282,070
SELLING IS HEAVY
All Stocks Affected by Weak
ness in Reading. :
FOLLOWS NEWS OF FAILURE
Small loan Contraction Shown by
the Bank Statement, Causes Dis
appointment Requirements
for Kew Stock Issues.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Reading was
acutely depressed in today's stock market
and the heavy unloading of the stock was
unexplained by any special news until the
announcement of the failure of a house with
stock exchange connections and a branch
office In Philadelphia. It is supposed that
some large accounts In, Reading were car
ried by the house. The whole list was af
fected in sympathy, but to a moderate ex
tent In comparison, until the final break in
the market after the fkilure was announced.
Traders Joined in the selling of Reading
under the supposition that heavy specula
tive liquidation was based on disappoint
ment over the failure to raise the dividend
rate on the stock. The Hill stocks. Union
Pacific, St. Paul and Northwestern showed
a renewal of the weakness which has af
fected them ever since the new stock Issues
of Northwestern railroads were announced.
The weakness of the market was aggra
vated after the appearance of the bank
statement- All of the expected gain in cash
was reported, but the meager loan contrac
tion was a disappointment. A reduction in
the loan account of leBs than $500,000 was
regarded as an inadequate result to be
shown after the painful liquidation which
has been going on in the stock market dur
ing the week.
The withdrawal of gold from the Bank of
England for Egyptian account was re
newed. The approach of the critical stage
in the dispute over wages of yardmen in
the neighborhood of New York was a con
tributary cause of weakness. The selling
movement effectually broke up the dullness
of the early trading, which is usual on the
eve of a holiday. Total' sales of bonds, par
value, $968,000.
Speculative holdings of stocks have had
a sharp shaking out this week and the
liquidation has afforded some relief to the
money situation. The great issues of new
capital by the Northwestern railroad com
panies have had a foremost Influence, the
St. Paul issue this tweek coming on top of
the Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Issues and seemingly . with cumulative ef
fect. Those stocks have been the center
of the speculation and have borne the brunt
of the selling pressure. The threatened
aggravation of the money pinch as an ef
fect of these offerings had its share in. the
Influence they exercised. The $100,000,000
of new St. Paul stock and the $60,000,000
of Great Northern preferred and the $93,-'
000.000 of Northern Pacific in themselves
made a formidable aggregate.
Peculiar causes are recognized as partly
responsible for the extreme weakness .in the
stocks which has followed the announce
ments of these large additions to their cap
ital. It has been the general supposition
that the terms of the subscription and de
layed issue for the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific stock were not relished by
the Harrlman Interests. Payment of inter
est on the subscription installments as paid,
with the issue of the stock deferred for
more than. a year, makes the Union Pacific
treasury, in effect, a lender of capital for
the use of its business rivals. It is this
condition which gave ground for the sup
position that the Union Pacific holdings of
Great Northern preferred and Northern Pa
cific were culling on the market, with in
siders indisposed to support the stocka
There were difficulties involved also
about the issuance of warrants for the sub
scriptions and their division for distribu
tion by brokers among their clients. The
disgruntlement caused by these inconveni
ences was believed to account for much of
the unloading of the stock. It was pointed
out also that the dates fixed for payment of
successive Installments on the St. Paul sub
scriptions in June and December were peri
ods of special pressure on money markets
and not calculated to conserve stability of
Interest rates.
The market idscusslon of the incident was
tinctured with many expressions of sus
picion of the motives of these arrange
ments, in the belief that they were not
calculated to benefit or protect stock market
operations. The deferred payments by in
stallments for all three of these large stock
issues, while calculated to save the immedi
ate money market from strain, bring re
curring requirements on the market which
must be reckoned with in the calculation
of money market ccndlflons all through the
coming year and Into the next.
Meantime the rising course of operating
expenses, and the heavy additions Involved
in coming wage increases threatens Inroads
upon the proportion of gross receipts avail
able as net earnings. The Increasing au
thority exercised by the Government over
railroad charges is regarded aa giving small
chance for raising rates. . This disposition
manifested by the Government authorities
to intervene in an effort to correct the trou
bles from car shortages gave rise to in
creased apprehension over this phase of the
outlook.
Except for the relief effected by the
week's liquidation, the course of the money
market lias proved disappointing.
Bonds have been dull and heavy. United
States 2s advanced and the new 4s de
clined "4 per cent on call during the week.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Bales. High. Low. Bid.
Adams Express -9U
A ma IK am opper.. n.ow J.ia'flj
Am Car & Foundry 1.500 . 43 42 42
do preferred "-'fi .
Am Cotton Oil 300 32 31 31VS
do preferred
American Express ..... 235
Am Hd & 1.1 pf - 28J4
Am Ice Securities.. 900 77 75 tl
Am Linseed Oil 16b
do preferred 3-i
Am Locomotive... 200 72 72 72
do preferred a lo
Am Smelt & Refln ll.lutr 15214 149i 149'6
do preferred , 114
Am Sugar Refining Too 1X2 132V 1324
Am Tobacco pf 100 97 97 96
Anaconda Mln Co.. 7.200 288H 2854 287
Atchison 10,3H 1024 101 101
Jo preferred 100 101 101 loo
Atlantic Coast Line 100 1.12 132 131
Baltimore & Ohio.. 3,700 120-74 119V4 119
do preferred 100 93 93 93
Brook Rap Transit 6,700 805, 7914 79
Canadian Pacific. 3.500 .196 1941 194
Cent of New Jersey 100 m5 215 215
Chesapeake Ohio , 600 . 564 554 654
Chi Great Western ' I'M
Chi & Northwest... 1.400 197X4 194 194
Chi., Mil. A St. P. 12.100 1521 150 UOfi
Chi Term & Trans 9
do preferred 22
C. C. C. & St. L. 100 91 91 904
Colo Fuel & Iron.. 39.000 5614 54i 64V4
Colo & Southern... 400 37 30 ' 3814
do 1st preferred 67
do 2d preferred.. 300 5B")i 8514 6514
Consolidated Gas.. loo 138 lo8 138
Corn Products 300 21 20 204
do preferred 20O 81 Vj 814 80
Central Leather.... 400 344 341 34
do preferred 98
Delaw It Hudson.. 2.500 22114 218 2181
Del., Lack. & West 61B
Den & Rio Grande . . 414
do preferred. ... . wio 84 84 831
Distillers' Securlt.. 400 6914 6914 69
Erie ,uoo 43 :
do 1st preferred - 75
do 2d Dref erred 86
General Electric. . . 800 1B814 1B7 356
Great Northern pf 2,900 200 1924 192
Hocking Valley. 128
int. Met s.w ao; so
Illinois Central.'.".. 100 169 169 1684
International Paper 17
do preferred ...... ..... 80
International Pump 300 37 37 .371
do preferred ..... i9
Iowa Central '200 29 29 2S
do preferred 49
Kan City Southern 294
do preferred 60 u
lxuls 4 Nashville 1.6O0 143 143 1434
Mexican Central.. 1,300 261 264 26
Minn & St. Louis 69
Minn St. Louis 59
M.. St. P. S.S.M. 100 1474 1474 145
do preferred 100 167 167 164
400
93
41 H
71 H
73
93
40
71
72
8S
40
71
72
66
129
47 "4
90 ,
89
89
. 190
38
136
97
78
124
98 1
181
13314
88
90
87
96 4
29 V
64
714
24-j
59H
74
92
119
32 u,
9414
155
354
S3V4
5.14
179
924
112
81 .
60
1054
47
1034
38
ll614
IB
41 .
2!IO
160
85 .
164
24 V4
Mo.. Kan. & Texas 1,100
do Dreferied.
200
600
National Lead
Mex Nat. R. R- pf
N. Y. Central
N. Y. Ont.. & West
Norfolk & Western
do preferred
North American . . .
Northern Paoinc.. :
Pacific Mail
2,900 13094 129
Missouri Pacific.
19614 .190"
137 136
98 974
'is" 'ii'i
1384 1334
'S8i4- 87
so" '2914
47 "47"
'9314 '92"
'32'hi
86 '3514
33 33
63 63 14
182 179
'bi ''m"
'4ii '47
104 103
364 361
8514 85"
'244 "24 14
People's 6,300
Pits.. C. C. St. L
Pressed Steel Car 600
do preferred
Pullman Palace Car
Reading. 245.600
do 1st preferred
do' 2d preferred..
Republic Steel...
do preferred
1,600
Bock Island Co 8.700
do preferred
St. L & S F 3 pf
St. Louis Soutbwes
do preferred
Schlosw-Sheffield ..
Southern Pacific...
do preferred'
900
1.400
Southern Railway 1,500
do preferred
Tenn Coal Iron..
Texas & Pacific..:
Tol.. St. L. & West
do preferred
TOO
200
2'K
do preferred
IT. S. Exprees
U. S. Realty
U. S. Rubber. ? 900
do preferred.....
U. S. Steel 11.10O
do preferred..... 8,200
Vlrg.-Caro. Chem.. 100
do preferred
Wabash
do preferred ......
Wells Fargo Exp
Westlnghous Elect
Western Union 200
Wheel & Lake Erie
Wisconsin Central.. BOO
do preferred
4U
Total sales for the day, 542,700 shares.
BONDS. 1
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Closing quotations:
L. s. ref. 2s reg.l044D. & R. G 4s.... 98
do counon . 105
N. Y. C. G. 3!s 94
U. S. 3s reg 102
do coupon. ... 102
U. s- new 4s reg. 130 14
do coupon. ... 13014
U. S. old 4s reg. 100
Northern Pac 3s. 74
Northern Pac. 4s.l02
Southern Pac. 4s. 89
Union Pac. 4s... 103 14
Wis. Cen. 4s 90
Jap. fls 2d ser. . . 864
no coupon. .. .101
Atchison Adj. 4a 9214:Jap. .4Vis efts... 91
Stocks In London.
LONDON. Dec. 22. Consols, for
85 15-16; do for account, 86 1-16.
Anaconda 15 IN. Y. Central.
Atchison 105 Nor. A West..
do pfd 106 1 do pfd.
B. 4 O ....124iOnt. & West..
Can. Pacific. ... .20214 Pennsylvanla .
Ches. & Ohio... 57iRand Mines...
Chi. G. w 18 iHeadlng
C. M. & St. P. . .193 Southern Ry. .
De Beers 23 do pfd
D. R. G 44 iSouthern Pac.
d Pfd 22 Union Pacific.
Erie 44 . do pfd
do 1st pfd... 77 U. S. steel....
do 2d pfd 89 I do pfd. ..... .
111. Central. . .. .177 iWabash
..1354
. . 93
. . 93
.. 4814
.. 71
.- 6
. . 72
. . 84
.. 974
.. 96
..188
. 98
49
..10714
. . 20'
...4314
Louis. & Nash.. 1494 do pfd
M
n.. & T 42;
Money, Exchange, "Etc.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Money on call
nominal, no loans. Time loans, steady; 60
days, 8 to 9 per cent; 90 days, 8814 per
cent; six months, 61 7 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper. 6(0104 per cent.
Sterling exchange easy, with actual busi
ness In tinkers' bills at $4.8315 4.8320 for
demand and at $4.7775 4.78 for 60-day
bills, posted rates, $4.79J44 80 and $4,841
4.83. Commercial bills. $4.7714 4.77.
Bar silver, 6914 c.
Mexican dollars, 63c. 1 -Government
bonds, steady; railroad bonds,
dull.
LONDON, Dec. 22. Bar silver, steady.'
S2d per ounce; money, 614 per cent. The
rate of discount in the open market for
short bills is 6 per centwdo three months
bills, 6 per cent.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec' 22. Silver brs.
6914c; Mexican dollars. 5414 55c:' drafts,
sight, par; do telegraph. Bo. Sterling, 60
days. $4.79ti; do sight. $4.83.
"Rally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Today's ' state
ment of the Treasury balance In the general
fund shows;
Available cash balance '.$235,154 579
Gold coin and bullion 103. 61 6 189
Gold certificates 68,083,660
SURPLUS IS RESTORED
IBIROVEMENT IX BANKING CON
DITIONS AT NEW YORK.
Due to Large Gains In Cash During
the Week Small Contrac
tion In Loans. '
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The Financier
eays this week:
The official statement of the New York
Associated Banks has fully realized early
expectations and Indicated an entire restor
ation of the surplus, after showing defici
encies in each of the previous two weeks.
This improvement in bank conditions was
due almost wholly to important gains in
cash; the loan account contributed only
moderately to such improvement, showing
but a very small contraction. The gain in
cash was $6,126,800, and this amount al
most exactly corresponded with that which
was estimated, upon the basis of the trace
able movements of msney during the -week;
it may be observed that this remarkable
accuracy In the estimates was obtained be
cause of the fact that the data for the cal
culation was supplied by the records of cash
movements at the sub-Treasury.
General deposits increased $4,587,400,
which Is nearly $1,000,000 below the total
of the gain In caeh, less the decrease' In
loans, and therefore the statement made
only a fairly good proof. The required re
serve against general deposits was aug
mented $1,146,850, deducting which from
the Increase in cash left $4,979,950 as the
increase in reserve to $3,280,900 surplus,
against $1,699,050 deficiency In the previous
week. Computed upon the basis of deposits,
less those of $16,598,200 public funds, which,
itmay be noted, increased $1,860,200 during
the week, the surplus is $7,430,450.
Loans were contracted only $483,000. It
is surprising that, with the enormous liqui
dation in the stock market and the heavy
calling of loans by the banks last week,
this item showed so small a decrease. The
excess pf loans over deposits was $55.534,
COO, against $80,004,900 in the previous
week.
The statement of the Clearlng-House
banks for the week follows:
Increase.
Loans $1,027,183,300 $ 483.000
Deposits 971,648,800 4,687.400
Circulation, 63.625.600 25.500
Legal tenders 69,563.500 1.439,300
Specie 176.827,600 4.687.500
Reserve 248. 103.1 no 6.128.800
Reserve required. 242.912,200 . 1,140.850
Surplus 3.280,90 4.979,950
Ex-U. 8. deposits. 7,430,450 6,320,000
Decrease.
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22. Coffee futures
closed steady at a net advance of BSalS points.
Sales were 75,000 bags. January, 6.87c; March,
5.9096c; May. 6.10f8.20c; July. 6.306.35c;
September. 6. 40(58. 55c; October, 6.8O0. Spot,
firm: No. 7, 747Sc: Santos. No. 4, 8to8!4c;
mild cofTee steady; Cordova, 9ST1214C.
Sugar Raw. weak; fair refining, 8 1-16
3 3-32c; centrifugal, 96 test, 3 9-18if3 19-S2c;
molasses sugar. 3 13-1633 27-32c. Refined,
quiet; No. 6, 4.30c; No. 7, 4.25c; No. 8. 4.20c;
No. 9, 4.10c: No. 10. 4.05o; No. 11. 4o; No.
12, 3.85c; No. 13. 3.90c; No. 14. 3.85c; confec
tioners' A. 4.60c; mould A, 6.16c; cut loaf,
6.60c; crushed, 6.60c; powdered, 4.90c;a gran
ulated, 4.80c; cubes, 5.05c.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The market for
evaporated apples is quiet and the tone
barely steady, as supplies for future ship
ment are offered quite freely. Fancy are
quoted at 9&9',c; choice, 814Q8c; prime,
8 -4 c.
Prunes are easy at the moment, but the
general range of prices is unchanged, with
quotations ranging from 3g'9c.
Apricots are nominally unchanged, with
choice quoted at 18c: extra choice, 17 "i 18c;
fancy, 18 20c.
Peaches are steady; choice, 12c; extra
choice, 12o; fancy. 13c
Raisins are unchanged.
WHEAT CLOSES EASY
Due to the Weakness in the
Market for Coarse Grains.
LOWER PRICES AT CHICAGO
"Liquidation ot Oats Still Induced
by the Government Crop Re
port Corn ' Is Also
Lower.
CHICAGO. Dec. 22. Sentiment In the wheat
pit was bearish all 'day and the volume of
trading was small. The main factor. In the
situation was the weakness of coarse grains.
Throughout the day pit traders had wheat for
sale.' but apparently there was little wanted.
May ranged between 77 T4 and 78c; later the
absence of demand allowed prices to sag about
c and the market closed easy. May opened
unchanged to a shade lower at 77T4 to 78c,
sold off to 77"477o and closed c off at
77c.
Selling by cash houses caused weakness in
the corn market. Increased receipts are looked
for next week. Trading was dull and the mar
ket closed easy. May opened a shade lower
at 434314c, sold oft to 4314c and closed
there, c net lower. -
Trading in oats was active and the tone
was weak. Many small holders were induced
to sell by the Government crop report, and
there was also considerable selling for short
account. The market closed weak, with prices
at the lowest. May opened unchanged to a
shade higher at 85T4 to 351436c, sold oft to
3514c, where it closed, c lower than yester
day. - -
Notwithstanding a 5c decline in the pslce
of live hogs, provisions were strong all day.
Shorts and local packers were good buyers
and the selling was largely by longs. At the
close May pork wan up 2214c at $16.6714. Lard
was up zz4c at $9.1?4 and ribs were
10c higher at $8.87408.90.
Leading futures ranged aa follows:
WHEAT.
Open. Hli?h. JjOW.
December ....$.7414 $ 74 $.744
May 78 .78 .77
Close.
$ .74i4
7Its
CORN.
1
December
May
July ...
41 . ,41
.41
.43
.43
.41
.43
43
.43
43
.44
.-t
OATS.
December .... ".33
33
.334
.35 H
.33
.33
.35 4
.33
16.20
16.074,
9.05
9.05
81714
8.70
. 8.90
8.974
My .......... .:'K
July .-i'.i'i .3314
MESS PORK.
January
May ....
....16.20 16:20
16.6214 16.674
LARD.
16.1714
16.60
December
January .
May
8.924 . 9.05 .
8.90 8.05
9.05 0.17W
SHORT RIBS!
8.65 8:70
8.80 8:00
8.90 8.974
8.924
8.90
9.06
January
May ....
J,uly
8.86
8. SO
8.90
Ca9h quotations were as follows:
Flour Steady; Winter patents, $3.30ff3.50;
straights, $3.1O3.40; Spring patents, $3.80
8.90; straights, $3.203.50; bakers', $2.40
2.90.
Wheat No. 2 Spring, 79c; No. 8. Tl81c;
No. 2 red. 74374c. .
Corn No. 2, 44c; No. 2 yellow, 45"4"i46c.
Oats. No. 2, 38-r.13c; No. 2 white. 86o;
No. 8 white, 3335c.
Rye No. 2, 6414c.
Barley Good feeding, 4245c; fair .to choice
malting, 48g54c.
Flaxseed No. 1, $1.1314; No. 1 Northwest
ern, $1.1941.2014.
Timothy seed Prime, $4.35.
Clover Contract grades. $13.75.
Short ribs Sides (loose), $8.258.75.
Mess pork Per barrel, $15.
Lard Per 100 lbs., $9.07.
Sides Short clear (boxed). $9.1249.2S.
Whisky Basis of high wines, $1.29.
Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, barrels . . .
Wheat, bushels .
Corn, .bushels ... .
Oats, bushels ...
Rye, bushelB ....
Barley, bushels .
7,300 21.300
... 77,000
...886.400
...199.500
... 18.IMX)
.-183.700
47,100
65.600
205,800
4,000
24,600
Grain and Produce at New York.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22. Flour Receipts,
17,100 barrels; exports, 8700; sales. 2200
packages. ' Market, steady, but dull. Win
ter patents, $3.658.90; Winter straights.
$3.4&S3.65; Minnesota, S4.10& 4.36; Winter
extras, $2.9033.10; Minnesota bakers. $3.40
3.80'; Winter low grades. $2.803.05.
Wheat Receipts. 600.000 bushels; ex
ports. 11,800; sales, 700,000 futures. Spot,
irregular; No. 2 red, 79 c elevator and 82c
f. o. b. afloat: No. 1 Northern Duluth, 84c
c. I. f. Buffalo; No. 2 hard Winter, 78 c
c. i. f. Buffalo. A covering movement
among December wheat shorts closed that
option c net higher today, whereas later
months were Ho lower on liquidation and
absence of any support. Sales Included No.
2 red: May closed 83c; July closed 83c;
December closed 81 He.
Hops Quiet: slate common to choice,
1906, 1923; 1905, 8llo; Pacific Coast,
1906. 12 17c: 1905, 8 15c.
Hides Steady; Galveston, 205 25 pounds,
25c; California. SO-lf'-'S pounds. 21c; Texas
dry. 24(3)30 pounds. 19c.
Wool Steady: domestlo fleece, 35038c.
Petroleum Steady: refined New York,
7.60c; Philadelphia and Baltimore, 7.45c;
do in bulk, 4.35c.
Grain at Ban Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22. Wheat and
barley, quiet and easy.
Spot quotations:
Wheat Shipping, $1.25 1.80; milling,
J1.351.40.
Barley Feed. $1.07 1.12 ; brewing,
$1.10-31.15. . -
Oats Red, $1.2591.75: white, $1.50 f.60;
black, $1.75-92.25.
.('all board sales
Wheat May, f 1.30.
Barley May, $1.19.
Corn Large, yellow, $1.30 5J 1.35.
European Grain Markets.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 22. In the grain mar
ket today prices closed as follows:
Wheat Spot, firm; No. 2 red Western
Winter, 6s. Futures, steady; December, 6s
3d; March, 6s 5d ; May, 6s 414d.
In the London market Pacific Coast car
goes, prompt shipment, remained unchanged.
Kit 29s 0dG30s. Market, dull.
Weather in England today, cold.
Minneapolis Wheat Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 22. Wheat Decem
ber, 76o; May, 784c; July, 74o; No. 1
hard. 79c: No. 1 Sforthern. 78c; No. 2
Northern. 7614 c; No. 8 Spring, 73 c.
Wheat at Tacoma.
TACOMA, Dec. 22. Wheat, unchanged;
blueetem, 6Sc; club. 66c; red, 60.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Prices Cnsrent Locally on Cattle, Sheep and
Hogs.
The following prices were quoted in the
local livestock market yesterday:
CATTLE Best steers, $3.75J4; medium,
$3!S3.60; cows, $2.753; fair to medium
cows. $2.25(82.50; bulls, $1.5002; calves, $4
4.50.
SHEET Best. $4.7B5.25; lambs, $5
6.25.
HOGS Best. $6.7B6.85; lightweights.
$8.25(36.50.
Eastern livestock Markets.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 22. Cattle Receipts
10,000; market, steady. Native steers, $4
6.60; native cows and heifers. $235.10;
stockers and feeders. $2.9O4.50; Western
oows. $2.25(3)4: Western steers, $3.60(3 5. 50;
bulls.. $2.40(3)4: calves, $36.60.
Hogs Receipts, 4000; market, 5o lower.
Bulk of sales, $6.15(96.22 ; heavy, $8.20
6.25: packers, $6.15(3)6.224 ; pigs and lights.
15.00 6. 15.
Sheep Receipts, 2000; market, nominally
steady. Muttons, $4.50(f5.75: lambs, $6
7.60; range wethers, $4. 60 8. 25; fed ewes,
$3.5085.15.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Cattle Receipts, 400;
DOWNING-HOPKINS CO.
E8TABU8BHO 1M
BROKERS
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN
Boosht sad eeld for cstsh and mm margin.
Private Wires ROOM 4, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Phone Main 37
market, steady. Beeves, $4 6.90; stockers
and feeders, $2.404.50; cows and heifers,
$1. OOgS.lO. calves, $2.75(37.75; Texas fed
steers, $2.55(34.50: Western steers, g3.90a
6.60.
Hogs Receipts, 18,000; market, 5c lower.
Mixed and butchers, $3.056.65; good to
choice heavy, $0.1596.25; rough heavy, $5.80
6; light. $5.85 6. 20: pigs, $5.406.10;
bulk of sales. 18.05-3,8.20.
Sheep Receipts, 1500; market, steady.
Sheep, $.1.75(65.60; lambs, $4.75(37.65.
SOUTH OMAHA. Dec. 22. Cattle Re
ceipts, 20O; market, unchanged.
Hogs Receipts, .7000; market, weak to
5e lower. Heavy, $.V936.0J; mixed. $0.0.1(31
6.10; light. $6.106.15; pigs, $5.26(06; bulk
of sales, $6.05 (S) 6. 10.
Sheep Receipts, 100; market, steady.
Yearlings. $5.506.15: ewes, $4.505.15;
wethers, $55.50; lambs. $8.50 "37.50.
Metal Markets.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. There was no
change of consequence in the metal mar
kets today in the absence of London cables.
Spot tin is quoted at 42.60c bid and 42.90c
asked.
Copper continues very firm, with Lake
quoted at 23.6023.624c; electrolytic,
23.12 2S.3714c; casting. 22.87 23.12c.
Lead is firm at 6.10 6.25c.
Spelter is firm at 6. 60 6. 70c.
Iron is steady and unchanged.
BIG DEMAND FOR STOCKS
25,000 SHARES SOLD OS PORT
"LAND 'CHANGE.
Mining: - List Shows a Good Tone.
Large Block of Mammoth
Goes at S3.
The Portland stock market was decidedly
active yesterday with a strong tone mani
fested. Before the call, 10,000 shares of
Mammoth were sold at 25 and 2000 shares
of Alaska Petroleum at 1614.
Mammoth and Morning, as well as the
entire Coeur d'Alene, were firm in the
trading. A new Coeur d'Alene stock, O. K.
Consolidated, was listed and bid at 2.
Two shares of Faclfio States Telephone
were sold at an advance over Friday's
price. J. C. Lee Company, on a small
sale, advanced 10 points over the last pre
vious sale.
Total sales for the week were 99,626
shares.
Official prices were as follows:
Bank Stocks Bid. Asked.
Bank of California 366
Bankers' & Lumbermen's 105
Equitable Savings & Loan 97
Merchants' National 165
Oregon Trust & Savings 120 140
United States National 200
Bonds s
City and Suburban 4s 92
Columbia southern irr n os no
O. R. & N. Ry. 4s
O. W. P. i Ry. 6s
Portland Railway &s. .
J. C. Lea Co. 6s
99 100
. . 100 103
lot
100
Miscellaneous Stocks
Associated Oil 48 60
Home Telephone 29 ...
J. C. Lee Company 95
Oregon City Mill & Lumber. 5 ...
Oregon Journal, preferred... 115 ...
Portland Heights Imp. Co 63
Pacific States Telephone 108 111
Puget Sound Telephone 60
Yaqulna Bay Telephone 6 ...
Mining Stock
Alaska Petroleum 10 16
British Columbia Amal 02 06
British Yukon 24 25 .
Cascadla 27 80
Cnpperopnlis 114 6
Dixie Meadows 03 08
Freoland Consolidated 00 00
Gallaher 05
Golconda 02
Goldtinld Trotter 10 20
Oreat Northern 01 02
Hol-len 12
Lee's Creek Gold 01 02
Mammoth 14 25
Morning 03 03
North Falrvlew 5
Oregon Securities 02 03
Rambler Cariboo 27 82
Standard Consolidated 10 12
Tacoma Steel 13 16
United Placer 10 20
Coeur d'Alene District
Alameda 14 10
Bullion 10 12
Burke 02 03
Copper King 28 30
Happy Day 03 06
Park Copper 08 09
Mineral Farm 05 06
Monmouth 03 08
Nonpareil Copper 03 04
Reindeer 09 10
Ruth Consolidated 10 .12
Snowshoe 67 80
Snowstorm J.W 8.10
O. K. Consolidated 02 08
SALES.
1 J. C. Lee 6 per cent bond Par
2 Pacific States Telephone 108
2 J. C. Lee Company 62
2000 Alaska Petroleum 18
10t)0 British Yukon 25
BC4K Freeland Con 14
1000 Nonpareil Corper 8
6n Great Northern 1
looo Morning 3
10000 Mammoth 25
Eastern Mining; Stocks.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22. Closing quotations:
Adams Con.....$ .20iLittle Chief $ .03
Alice 5.7.VOntarlo 4.75
Breece 30 Ophir 8.05
Brunswick C flS Potos! II
Comstock Tun... .25 savage ' .90
Con. Cal. St Vs.. 1. OS! Sierra Nevada... .78
Horn Silver 1.80 Small Hopes .35
Iron Silver 4.25 Standard 2.40
Leadville Con... .0l
BOSTON,
Adventure .
Deo.
22. Closing quotations:
.$ 4.50
iMont. C. C.$ 1.75
IO. Dominion 54 0O
Alloues 63.00
Amal-ramatd 112.25
Atlantic .... l.'l.Oo
Bingham ... 3o 00
f'al. Sc Hecla 9OO.0O
Centennial .. 87.50
Osceola ....
IParrot . .. .
iQulncy
141. 0O
28.00
1O1.00
16.25
117.00
18.00
71. 0O
01.60
9.50
62.50
7.00
11.00
178.00
Mnannon ....
Tamarack . .
Trinity
I'nlted Cop. .
r. 8. Mining
it. a. 011
Cop. Range. 8275
Daly West. .
Franklin . . .
Granby ....
Isle Royale.
Mass. Mining
Michigan . .
Mohawk . . .
18.50
24.25
14.00
25. SO
8.00
20.00
79.00
lutah
'Victoria
I Winona ....
I Wolverine
QUOTATIONS AT BAN FRANCISCO.
Prices Paid for Produce In the Bay City
Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22. The following
prices were quoted In the produce market
yesterday:
FRUIT Apples, choice, $1.66; common, 50c;
bananas, $163; Mexican limes, $3(g4; Cali
fornia lemons, choice, $3, common, $1.60;
oranges, pavel, $1.603; pineapples. $2.50(9
8.60.
VEGETABLES Cucumbers, $1; garlic, 3
4c; green peas. 10 12c; string beans, 20c;
tomatoes, . $1.752; egg plant, $2-g2.50.
EGGS Store, 30c; fancy ranch, 43c;
em, 20625c.
Potatoes River . white. $i. 80 1.40:
River reds. $11.15: Salinas Burbanks. $1.90
2.25; sweets, $2 2.25; Oregon Burbanks,
'$1.752.
-. ONIONS Yellow, 6575c.
BUTTER Fancy creamery, 32c: creamery
seconds, 26c; fancy dairy, 30c; dairy seconds,
nominal; pickled. 2121c.
WOOL Fall. Humboldt and Mendocino. 13
B14c; South- Plains and San Joaquin. 788o;
lambs". 818c: Nevada. 1518c.
HOPS California, ll16c; Oregon and
Washington, 11315c.
CHEESE Young America. 16c; Eastern,
17c; Western. 15c.
MILLSTUFFS Braa, $20.60 22. 50; mid
dlings, $2730.
HAY Wheat, $1522; wheat and oats,
$1417.50; alfalfa. $8 12.50; stock. $79;
straw, 65 75c per bale.
FLOUR California family extras. $4.66
6:10; bakers' extras, $4.40-54.60; Oregon and
Washington, $3 BO'S 4.
POULTRY Turkeys, gobblers. 202le;
turkey hens, 21c; roosters, old, $46; young,
$637; broilers, small, $2.50 3 3.50; broilers.
large, $45; fryers, $56; hens, $5J7;
ducks, old. $46; ducks, young, $3 7.
RECEIPTS Flour, quarter sacks, 3974;
wheat, centals. 630; barley, centals. 9193:
oats, centals, 1540: beans, sacks, 6O0; corn,
centals. 1060; potatoes, sacks, 2940; bran,
sacks, 1100; middlings, sacks, 1040; hay,
tons, 893; hides, 500.
Dairy Produce In tke East.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was steady.
Creameries. 2231c; dairies. 20 27c. Eggs,
Arm; at mark, cases Included, 21Cf24c; firsts,
26c; prime firsts, 28c; extras, 30c. Cheese,
firm, 13 14c.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22. Butter, steady, un
changed. Cheese, quiet, unchanged. Eggs,
easy; Western firsts, 28c, Official prices, 28c;
seconds, 2627c.
Imports and Exports.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22. Total Imports of
specie at the Port of New York for the week
ending today were $70,140 sliver and $418,
637 gold. Total exports of specie were $47,
700 silver and $1970 gold.
W ool at St. Louis.
ST. LOflS. Dec. 22. Wool, steady. Terri
tory and Western medium, 23 27c; fine me
dium, 1821e; fine, 1417o.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Marriage "Licenses.
SANDUSKY-MASON Allen J. Sandusky,
Portland. 29: Maud Mason, 27.
EGGER-GERTZ John Egger, Portland,
80; Mary Gertx, 18.
LEOG-REED J. H. Legg. Cleone, Or.. 80:
Delia M. Reed, 30.
SHI ELDS-ESTB ERG William Shields,
Vancouver. Wash., 28: Marie Kstberg. 28.
TELLEN-THOMAS George Tellen. Port
land, 21, Nellie Cecilia Thomas. 28.
HAM LIN-BARKER J. L. Hamlin, Port
land, 29; Nell H. Barker. 26.
HAYDEN-PARK Charles G. Harden.
Rainier, Or., 82; Pearl E. Park, 20.
LINKLETTER-DANFORD William A.
Llnkletter, Los Angeles, 29; Jessie M. Dan
ford. 27.
NELSON-NELSON August A. Nelson.
Portland, 27; Lillian M. Nelson, 20.
WILLIAMS-WHEALAN Louis Williams,
Arleta. Or., 26; Bessie M. Wbealan, 24.
PORTERHOLLISTER Bert L. Porter,
Eufaula. Wash., 27: Luclnda Holllster. 27.
M'KEOWN-FULMER Hans McKeown,
Portland. 41; Myrtle J. Fulmer. 22.
ELLIS-COURTERMARSH Frank P. Ellis.
Portland. 21; Ella E. Courtermarsh. 26.
G1LLETT-LEWIS Alvin E. GUlett, Port
land, 63; Margaret E. Lewis, 46.
Births.
STEWART Born to the wife of C. H.
Stewart, December 19, at 486 Rodney ave
nue, a eon.
TONSING Born to the wife of Henry
Tonslng, December 13, at 629 Mississippi
street, a daugnter.
JENSEN Born to the wife of Nels C.
Jensen, December 20, at 807 Montana ave
nue, a daughter.
WILSON Born to the wife of Guy Ray
mond Wilson, December 18. at 904 Wil
liams avenue, a son.
BERNHARDT Born to the wife of Henry
Bernhardt. December 16. at Going and East
Twenty-seventh streets, a daughter.
Deaths.
KUETEMEYER At 1677 East Twenty
fifth street. December 20, Morris Kuete
meyer. DWYER At- 334 Harrison street, Decem
ber 20, Mary Dwyer, age 80 years.
PANDOLEON At St. Vincent's Hospital,
December 16. Mike Pandoleon, age 18 years.
Building Permits.
J. H. SCOTT -One-story frame dwelling.
Hunter avenue, between East Nineteenth
and East Twenty-first streets, $900.
PORTLAND TOOL WORKS One-story
frame shop, corner of East Ninth and Ma
rion streets, $5O0.
E. W. BAUOHMAN Two-story frame
dwelling. East Twenty-third between East
Clay street and Hawthorne avenue. $1800.
W. J. HAWKINS Two-storv frame store,
corner of Second and Main street, $400.
Melba Is Coming Again.
LIVERPOOL, Dec.
passengers on board
22. Among the)
the Cunard liner
Caronla which sailed
for New York today
from this port
were Blr Aston
the Royal Aeso-
Webb, ex-president of
elation of Architects,
and Mme. Melba, the
and Lady "Webb,
operatic Binjz-er.
Interest Coupons of the Following
Bond Issues
WILL BE DUE ANT PAYABLE.
AT OUR OFFICE, JANUARY 1,1907
f.iORRIS BROTHERS
BANKERS
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Aspen, Colo., Fnndlnsr 8ft.
Buffalo, V jo., Water As.
Casper, Wyo., Water 6s.
Carbon County, Mont., School Dlst. Xa
1 Bs.
Clnrk County, Wash., VnnAlnK 4s.
Clark County, Wash., School Dlst. "to,
44.
Cle Eliim, Wash., Water .
Corvnllis, Or., Water As.
CnttaKR Grove, Or., Water Ba (Series)
llioi).
Delta County, Colo., School Dlst. Ke.
8 a.
Denver, Colo.
Capitol Hill, Gradlnc and Cnrblnc
Dint. No. 1 6s.
Capitol Hill, Storm Sevrer Dlst. Net.
1. Sllbdlv. .No. 20 6s.
Capitol Hill, Storm Sewer Dlst. Ks.
t, Subdlv, No. 21 6s.
Klein, Or., Water .
I. a Grande, Or., Wnler 6a.
lyewlston, Idaho, Water fin.
Louisville, Colo., Water 7s.
Marion County, Or., School Dlst. No.
4 (la.
McMtnnvlIlr. Or., Water tin.
Mesa County, Colo., School Dlst. No.
28 5s.
Nam pn. Idaho, Water s.
Nfwberit, Or., Water 6s.
Oukland Transit Company, First Mort
uaise fls.
Orea-on "Water Power A Railway Com
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Otero County, Colo., School Dlst. No.
13 5s.
Pendleton, Or., Water Bs. '
Pendleton, Or.. General Indebtedness Bs.
Pitkin County, Colo., Refunding; 5a
(Series 1022).
Port of Portland Drydock 4s.
Seattle. Wash., Cedar River Water Sup
ply Fund .
Sedsjwirk County, Colo., School Dlst.
INo. B3 fls.
Spokane. Wash., Water fls.
St. Johns. Or., City Hall fls.
Sweetwater County, Wyo., Fundtna 6a.
Taos County, N. M., 6s.
Union County, . SI., School Dlst. No.
1 6s.
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13 Ss.
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No. 36 6a.
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