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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1915)
TOP PRICE FOR OATS Sale Is Closed at Merchants' Exchange at $35 Ton. DELIVERY TO BE IN MAY W lieat Bids Are AdTanced on White Crudes, bat Holders Refuse to Let Go at Quotation Flonr Prices May Rise- The grain market wa. tron affair -tb. Merchant Exchang. yemerdar. but clllng wa. conflnea to the coar-s. cereal and mill feed- May oat. .old at 135. th fel,hcst price of the aaon. and apot ot and February baney were SO cent. abov. Thursday, quotation. The aalea In detail were a follow.: $30. IT. ...... 35.00 28.00 ' 26.50 "' 27.5o 300 tone prompt oat. ... 1hi too Miy oa: - Jin ton F--brui.ry barley 1i ton February bran.. im inm February (hurt. Bid price for wheat, a compared with Thursday, ringed from unchanged to 3 cent Higher, the wlde.t gain, being In red wheat xor late delivery. The upward win of the m.rket left price at the clot, of th week with the following advance over la Mon Jay quotation: Blueatem. pot. cut: February. 2 cent.: March. JH centa; forty fold, .pot. 3 cent.: February. 3 cent.: March JH cent.: club. .pot. S cent.: February. cent: March. 3i cent: Rusjlan. pot. H cent: February. 24j cent: March. SH cent; fife. .pot. unchanged; February. S cent.; March. 3 centa. Oat, .pot. 50 cent: Feb ruary. BO cent: May. Ii Barley, wot. 25 cent. February, unchanged. Bran, apot. 25 cent: February. SO cent. Cable came through trong. Oargoe on paraEe were quoted firmer. Wheat and flour wore a quarter higher at Pari, and Buenos Ayr, closed a half higher. The gain of nearly a cent and a half at Chicago over the holiday wa. a stimulating factor In the local wheat market. Flour U very firm and the probabilities re that price of both local and export trade, will advance during the coming week. Domestic quotation, were lifted by tome of the Puget Sound mill, ye.terday. Local receipt. In car, were reported .by the Merchant Exchange a. follow.: Wheat. Barley. Flour, uata. nay. Monday 1 Tu,-miar 52 J Wednesday 34 5 Thursday .... 28 rt. and Sat.. 1- 11 Tear Sat W 7 Total this wk. 2"'. M Year ago. . . 4iv7 67 Season to datell.'.W 11 S3 W;tr mi: u ... 1 1. oil 1 "i-'T 8 3 S 2 a 1U X 8 V 4 41 27 1174 1018 g 14 tin 13U1 1472 14 3 S2 31 132S 1146 "DEPARTMENTS LKtiATC WORK SWEIXS Activity of Agricultural Bureau In Pa Twelve Month. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. According to the reiiort of the solicitor of the United State li..,.rxim nt of Agriculture, during the paat fiet-al year, upwards of 1000 formal opinions were written. 2tXH contract drawn and 3O00 cai-ei prepared for prosecution. A lurge number of case for Tiolation. of laws administered by the department has been prepared for prosecution, and the de partment, at the request of Congreaa, ha drafted or reported on a greater number of bills affecting or extending the work of the atpartmeut, than in any preceding year. Decision. In favor of the Government on aueatlons relating to the National forest, re aulted in the retention of over 27.000 acre of land, supporting approximately 155.000. CKi fct of merchantable timber, worth about Jjo.ooo. The total flue and recoveries In lltlga . t'ona terminated during the year exceeded $n7.0. There were also 333 decree, of condemnation and forfeiture of article un der the food and drug act and four under the insecticide act. i . th. nhWii nf legislation with which the department dealt during the year were cotton ana gram lumrca. and warehouses: the construction and main tenance of roads: the establishment of a National arboretum: waterpower: farm land bunks, and amendment, to the food and drugs act and the meat Inspection law. Among the statutes, with the enforcement of which the department is concerned, ar. various law. for the protection of th Na tional forert. tha meat In.pectlon taw, the food and drug. act. the Insecticide act. th 2-hour law prohibiting th. confinement of livestock In transit for more than 28 hour, without unloading for feed, water and rest, th act prohibiting the Interstate more nient of diseased or quarantined livestock, the plant quarantine act. the virus act gov-jr-rnlng the preparation and ahipment of vlr ises for use in treating domestic antmala, the Lacey act regulating Interstate trans portation of game, .the migratory bird law, and the act to prevent tre.pa.ee. on Fed eral bird reserve BCTTEB WILL BE LOWER MONDAY City Creamery Price. WtU Be Reduced H Cent. Butter price, will be ii cents lower In th local market Monday morning. Tho new Quotation, will b. 82 cent, for print. In case lot. and 82 S centa In lea. than case Jot. Th. market may go even lower, how ever, a. one of th. creamerle. has put out 30-cent quotation. Country cub, but ter I. down to 27f28 cent with only the beet grade bringing 29 centa. Stock, of cube butter are pltlng up, and ther. I. at present no ouulde market. Thl fact and the decline at Seattle. San Francisco and fait Laka City have weakened the market lor city creamery butter. Egg. ar. easy, with th. general quotation CJ cent, for candled Oregon.. Receipts are Increasing, but not rapidly, yet holders, a. .usual at thl. time of year. are. taking no Chance. Storage upplle are not heavy. Poultry end dreed meat receipt, were light and cleaned up at unchanged Price. FOR TLA M BANKER IS APPOINTED. J-reiddent Keating on Important Committee) of Investment Manner- jusoruMuna, An Invitation wa received yesterday by John A. Keating, president of th Lumber snrn's Trust Company, from A. B. Leach, president of the Investment Bankers" Asso ciation of America, requesting Mr. Keating to serve as a member of the asaoclation'. committee on legislation. Thl. Is the most important committee of the Investment Hankers' Association, and is headed by Allen O. Hoyt. of X. W. Halsey A Co.. of New This Is tho third year In succession that Mr Keating hu served a. member of one of the committees of the association. These :nmili are held as distinct compli ments by the member, of the aclatlon, and the successive appointment, of Mr. Keating are In recognition of the important .landing of the Lumbermen. Trust Company in l:a.tern investment circle., and of Mr. Keatinga wide acquaintance with subject, pertaining to Investment banking. OREGON ONIONS ARK KEEPING WELL N Damage Caned by Late Cold Snap, Market I Steady. Oregon onion are keeping In perfeot con dition. Not a single report of poor mock was made at yesterday, meeting of th Confederated Onlongrowers Association. The market has had the usual holiday lull, and in the part week only six car. were sold. Within a week the movement la likely to be on again in fore. Price, .re steady and unchanged. Growers regard th outlook a. .ncouraglng, although th. ex pected large atalpment. of Coast onion, to the Ea.t may be delayed. Vegetable Market Cleans TTp. There was a good eleaa-ap of Tegetable. of all kind, at the close of the week. A ear each of celery sad lettuce will be m band Monday morning, and th. market will be In good (hap for then. Th. Haw" brought an assortment f small vegetable and a .blpment of orange A car dt street potatoes cam In yesterday. Flv. cars of banana, were due last night. Th. fruit wa. reported In good condition. Hop Trad. Is Slow. There were report, ye.terday of 12-cent bust nee In hop In the Independence sec tion, but the detill wer. lacking. The Frank 8. Johnson Company bought the csop of Mrs. Palmer at Needy and a lot at 611 verton, amounting to 70 bale, at 9H cent Th Indication are for a more active mar ket after the present week. Bank Clearings. Bank clearing of the Northwestern cities yeaterday wer. " '"""J..,. B.,.nce. Ie2.::::::::::::::::i 'foS Knokan. 85B.7SJ bJ.bUS Bank clearing, of Portland. Seattle and Txroma for the pa.t week and corresponding week In former year, were: DaIa,,,. Matrl. TlCOTIl. IMS 1814 1813 Ull 2 lllll 1B1" 10 19-iS 1'JoT ISO IHoS 18U4 lit" 3 M .1 S.3:i.870 $ll.J25.:ai3 $1.4U7082 . 10.U72.202 - 10.387. 733 S.403.4li3 3.765,i6 taiiiBi 6. "..". 3U2 4.;:i2.3o 4.052.5:;8 8.520.539 lo.J-t... 8,J-'8.124 9.2J4.3S1 0.363.402 S.tllS.UtMl 7.214. 21'0 4.660.452 3.074.13! 2.1'2U.lu2 2.272.157 8.581.083 12.0S)B.O'2 g.t:ty.952 7.300.1" 6v4i.S.t'3 4.36.44 3.421.025 B.:.J0.22 4.372.763 2.124.510 3.406.154 i.iM. 4ol 1, 1134,473 1.658.274 Il.-s39.80) 8J,lo3 PORTLAND MARK FT QUOTATIONS Grain. Flour. Feed. Etc Merchants Exchange, noon session: Prompt delivery: Wheat . Bid. Ask. 1.32V4 1.32 1.31 1.23 1.27 30.73 es.oo 28.00 26.00 27.00 Ask. Fluestem 1-rfi Fortyfold Club . Red Russian Red Fife Oat No. 1 white feed Barley No. 1 feed Brewing ............. Bran Shorts Futures February bluestem ... March bluestem . .. February fortyfold March fortyfold February club March club February Red Russian March Red Russian... February red fife.... March red fife I'.hnmrv mil .... 1.3U 1.2U ... 1.2254 ... 1.24 ... 80.50 ... 27.23 . . . 27.0O ... 2.'.. 2ft ... 2B.25 Bid. ... 1.33 ... 1.34 . .. 1.32 ... 1.33V4 ... 1.32 ... 1.33 Vi ... 1.2.". V, ... 1.2S . . . 1.27 ... 1.29 ... SI. SO I 1.35 1.38 1.33 1.3 1 1.33 1.35 1.28 1.2K 1.28H 1..;: 32.00 33.00 33.00 2S.23 20.00 28.50 27.00 March oat 32 i May oats 34.00 February feed barley 2n.O March feed barley 28.25 February brewing barley.. 2i.50 February bran 20.00 xt iT.i.iPTEEr Knot nrlces: Bran. 826020.00 . i flTi5i 'c ftI- rnllcri hnrlV wr- r ion, buuelo. 9 . . I -a la 20. vi nrp tMtents. It ft 20 a barrel: fftralghta. 35.20: whole wheat, so; granam, so.eu. CORN White, 830 per ton; cracked, Jl oer ton. hat Eastern Oregon timothy. 814(918; grain hay. f.lOlj.11; allaua. flu ii.ou; vai ley timothy. .8118 12. Fruits and Vegetable. V Inhhln. nnntatinns TnovtriT. FRI'FTS Oranares. navel.. 8i.75v2.2ft per not; Japanese, per oox, wcio. 81: lemons, 83.504.50 per box; bananas 4$'34c per pound; grapefruit, S3.25'4 pineapples, 7c per pound. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, hothouse . 1 .. .1 . ...riant ilA tn, nniinii peppers, 8 10c per pound; artichokes, 75 00c per dokui iuukhuw, fiv'.-' ' -" ' cabbage, l4lc per pound; beans. 12S 1 . 1.... .1 ...... t . - ..iillflna-.r per pouuu, tnui. e ' ... ..... , . .- -, 82.50 per crate; sprouts. 8c per pound; head lettuce, ei.o'9- P" yumvniu ..7. - GREEN 'FRUITS Apples. 60cSl.S0 per box; casaba. Jl.tio per crate; peara, i l.SO; grapes. 83-5093.75 per barrel; cran berries. 81011 per barrel. POTATOES Oregon, 81 per sack; Idaho, (141-1.15: Yakima, 81.10; aweet potatoes, 2Vtc per pound. ONIONS Oregon, buying price, 8125 f. o. o. snipping point. BACK VEGETABLES Carrots. 81.23 per ... ..... . 1 OK . - I. . n .1... vi Q saca; oeeia, fi.M j--. tcw&. per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. Local iobbin. quotations: EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, case ' count. 33fa34c: candled. 35c; storage. 25'a'29c;. POULTRY Bens. ll(tf2c; Springs. 11 12c; turkeys, dressed, 21c; live. 17'o'lSc; riiirlcs 11 fx 14c: a-eese. 10c. BUTTER Creamery, prints, extras, S2c per pound In case lota; c more in. less than case lots: cube. 2729c. CHEESE Oregon triplets. Jobber buying price, 15c per pound f. o. b. dock, portlana, Young Americas. 10c per pound. VEAL Fancy, 12cfl2-ic per pound. PORK Block. 9c per pound. Staple Groceries. Loral lobbing quotation: SALMON Columbia Ktver one - pound talis. S2.30 per dosen: half-pound lata. 31.50; one-pound flats, 82.50; Alaska pink. one-pound talis, S1.U-. HONEY Choice, 83.23 per case. NUTS Walnuts. 13(u24c per round; Bra sll nuts. 15c; filberts, 15j24c; almonds, 23 y24c; peanut., 6c; cocoanuts, 81 Pr doxen; pecans. 19 20c: chestnuts, 12ViSlM. BEANS Small white, 4-i,c; large white. 6.15c: Lima. -jc; pink, 4Vsc; Mexican, 0Ac barou. 0.35c. COFFEE Roasted. In drums, 18433Ae. SUGAR Fruit and berry, 85.7ft; beet. 8555; extra C, 83.25; powdered. In barrels, 36.00. SALT Granulated. 815.50 per ton; half ground. lOos, 310.75 per ton; 50s, 811.50 per ton: dairy. 314 per ton. RICE Southern head, 6Vi6c; broken. 4c per pound. DR1E1 FRUITS Apple. 3c per pound; apricot. 13fa iftc: peaches, 8c: prunes, Ital ians. 8a"9c; raisins, loose .uuscateis. Be; un bleached Sultanas. 74c; seeded. fic; data. Persian, 7y7Hc per pound; fard, 81.40 per box; currants, 9!4rll2c. Hon., Wool. Hide. Etc. HOPS 1914 crop. 9 9 12c; 1918 crop, nomi nal. HIDES Salted hides, 14c: salted bulls, 10c; salted calf. 18c; salted kip, 14c: green hide.. 12"-ic: green bulls. 114c: green calf. lee: green kip, 14c; dry hides, 25c; dry calf. 27c WOOL Valley, 17018c; Eastern Oregon, 154i 30c nominal. MOHAIR 1914 clip, 27H per pound. CASCARA BARK Old and new, 44Hc ner Dound. PELTS Long wool dry pelts, lie; hort wool dry pelts. Be: dry sneep shearings, 10 4yl5c each: salt sheep shearings. 15f25c each: dry goat skins, long hair. 12gl2Hc: dry goat shearings. 10 Q 20c each; salted sheep pelts, November. 75900 each. Previftiona. BAMS Ten to 12 pounds, 18019c; 14 to IS pounds, 18o19c; picnic, 12c BACON Fancy. 27(3 29c; standard, 230 24c DRY SALT CURED Short clear backs, 13 trior: exports. 14015c; pates. 11018c. LARD Tierce basis: Pure, 12012 4so; compound, 6 4c Oils. KEROSENE Water white, drums, barrels or tank wagons. lOc; special drums or bar rels, 18ic: cases, 17H tt 20"4c GASOL1N? uoulk, lftc; cases, 20c; engine distillate, drums. 7 He; case. 14nic; naptha, drums. 12c; case 19c LINSEED OIL Raw. barrels. 61c; raw, cases. Gee; boiled. - barrel, 63c; boiled cases. 68c. TURPENTINE In tanks, 60c; in cases, 67o; 10-case lots, lo less. NEW OIL WELLS PROPOSED Crescent Company Subleases Part of Its Holdings. OLYMPIA, "Wash., Dec 1. (Special.) Sub-leasing; of a portion of the land of the Crescent Oil Company, which recently struck oil near Tenino, has been announced. The sub-lessees, it is said, will put down three wells. The Star Oil Company is one of the lessees and. -trill drill one well near Olympla and the second near the Tenino well. A syndicate of Alaskans has made the second lease and will drill near Tenino. Whether the Crescent well In which oil was found can e made a producer is yet uncertain. The hole has been badly drilled and for weeks new arni ers have been endeavoring to redrill past the casing;, which became fast in the well. The new drillers now kelleve ther have passed this obstacle at last. In anita of the trouble at the Cres cent well following the nncapplns and baling; of oil. considerable drilling; is going; on in this section, and other new companies are preparing; to oper ate. Amine th. graduate, of V.ar thl year wa. Miss Adeline de Sal of Springfield. 111. who has th. distinction of attaining the' highest scholarship of any ens who has FEW SHARES BOUGHT Year Opens With Light De mand for Stocks. UNDERTONE BARELY HOLDS Details of $15,00G",O0f Loan to Ar gentina Completed European Governments Establishing Fur ther Credits at Xew York. vror vnoif Jan. 2. Record-breaking dullness attended the opening of the now year on the Stock i-xenange. in - . .j ,-a.i.ai,. .PBslon. only 23.300 shares were traded in. some of the promi nent Issues falling to appear at alL ino undertone of leading . stocks was brIf steady, after opening with general decline. The only notable changes were in some of the inactive specialties. Sears Roebuck gaining five points, with a slx-polnt loss for New York Air Brake. Shares of several ot the automobile companies added to recent, gains, while the Gould stocks showed more firmness. . Completion of the details connected with the 815.OUO.00O loan by local banking in terests to Argentina was Included In the small budget of general news and rumors or lurther loans to establish credits at this center for some of the European govern ments were received. . Sentiment regaruing me uui.oo don, where market operations of a restricted character are to be renewed next Monday, was chilled by the latest disaster to the British navy. London bankers, according to private cables, were arranging for me purchase ox i'yu,w-j,uw iid Franch treasury bills. These same advices suggested payments by Russia to Paris. Home news Included full time resumption of operations at the shops of the Southern Pacific and Northern pacific Railroads and more November railway returns, the Pennsyl vania road showing a net loss of about 34S0. 000 for its Eastern lines and 3320,000 on that pan ot ibb " " ' ,, Today's bond market was no less negli gible than that tor siocks. iuwi value, aggregated 3531,000. J?or tne weea, ouiicw - and Panama Donas gainea iron 7 w per cent on wu. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Amal. Copper Co Am. Car & F com. . Am. Can, com. do preferred Am. loco., com. .... Am. Sugar, com. ... ,m. Smelt., com. ... do preferred ...... Am. Tel. & Te! Anaconda Mining Co, Atchibon, com. do preferred B. & C com.v Beet Sugar Beth I ell em Steel, C... Urnnlrlvn TJnt.i-rl Tf 51 44 20 1 52 i 25 51 51 44 44 25 25 89 23 102 55 i)5 99 116 23 25 93 93 9T 6S 6S 33 33 46 40 si loo 37 37 100 10 87 122 33 ' 4U 20 113 113 8 7 03 140 5 t 21 33 139 25 25 112 20 1106 108 I 11 ! 50 130 130 24 112 7 7 4S 11 12 54 03 84 21 9S 68 99 18 104 104 116 33 101 15 15 142 143 79 18 75 1 2 8 17 81 81 14 58 32 32 17 115 116 61 51 100 49 49 104 49 1 67 57 07 67 25 V. S31 4-iVk 25 hk 34 40 Canadian Pacific, c. . Central .L-eainer, wiu. do preferred, C. & ii. W.. com..... do preferred C. & jN. W., com.... Chino Copper Chesapeake A Ohio.. Colo. Fuel & iron, c. rnniinli-lil t Wi ling 37 33 14 114 8 114 8 Corn products, com.. do preterreci Delaware & Hudson.. Denver & Rio Q.,c... do preferred ...... Erie, common do 1st preferred . . . General Electric tit. North, ore lands.. Gt. North., pfd Ico Securities Illinois Central Inter urban Met., c. do preferred Lehigh Valley Kansas City South. . I .;o,.llo JB. X'a-ali Vllle 2o 15 "J. 107 1114 107 11 130 Missouri Pacific 8 National Lead - Nevada Consolidated . New Haven New York Central ... N. Out. & West.. Norfolk & Western, c. Vrtp tk A mni-lra n .... 12 55 54 Northern Pacific, com Pacific Mall fa. a. o. Pennsylvania Railway P. G., L. & Coke Co. Pressed Steel Car, c. . do preferred Ray cons. Copper . . . Reading, com do lid pref. Rep Iron & Steel, c do preferred Rock Island, com do preferred St- & S. F.p 2d pf. r4 ta.. nrof 104 15 1434 15 143 St. L. fe i- W.. com. Southern t-acinc, com Southern Railway, c. tin t-trpfflrred ...... Tennessee Copper 32 32 Texas die facinc Union Pacihc, com. . U. S. Rubber, com do preferred U. S. Steel Co., com. do nreferred 1154i 51 116 31 Utah Copper , v aoasn, com . i Western Union Telegr Weatlnghouse Electric 57 07 Total sales for the day. 23.300 .hares. BONDS. U S Rf 2. reg. 97 IN Y C : O 3s... do coupon.... m t , , j U 8 8s, reg 100 Nor Pac 4s. bid. il do coupon. . . .iwjh iiiui - U S N 48, reg. .10SiWls Cent 4s. 90 ao coupon. ... . i NO TOKCED FOREIGN SELUNG NOW Steady InTestmont llemand May Open Way lor Removal ol Hestriciioua. vrw YORK Jan. 2. The week's stock .... ......iv.itr -inn. Prlaa limits nuu.ni " . are fixed by official mlnlmums In one di rection; In the other pressure is unammm for reduction of bank loans, here and in . . , .. fni..lt-n selling: ljonaon. jiuBciim m.v. - and steady, although restricted, investment demand open a way to readjustment or pos sible removal of established price restric tions. Desire to awaii. uuu, next week added to tne .f Washington's proieai ttiwwot. y ment of merchant snipping weiisneu u sentiment. satisiaciory prws , -" ' ; -- shown by December figures, cotton shipments rising over tnose oi lasi uto.ti, .. ness of foreign exchange confirmed the im proved condition. Swelling merchandise ex- . . . ...... nlH PTlinrtK ports, me wwi itnl - -, 0 - pre-arrangement for Interest and dividend payments abroad ana iduhubuw va. . money supplies In London, due to govern- .ii .nntrlbiited to re- meal cieuu iucmw.b, luxation in the various exchange markets. Meanwhile additional rumor, ui lu""u loans by our bankers. Including negotiations with Russia, form the basis of Interesting conjectura. . " . A substantial increase in c..... flUcd steel orders is Indicated Joy current re turns. RESERVE BAJfK'S DISCOUNT OPERA- TIOXS tARGER. IM-poelt. ta FfMlrral Inatirutiori Gals Over Six MUllon Dollar. In Part Week. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Reserve deposits 4n the 12 Federal reserve panks snowed an Increase cf more tnan so.uoo.ouu at tne close of business December SI, according to today s weeaiy dvucomw statement follows: GoRdomeSand certificates -(229.089,000 ttttcates and subsidiary coin... 20.578,000 Total iV, nil), rilsr-ounted and loans .f255,647.000 . 4.6S2.000 4.215.0O0 , 1,746.000 Maturities within SO days .. Maturities within 80 days .. Other Total 10.593.000 2S6.000 11.349.000 Investments All otner resource . . Total resources ...... 277,844.000 Liabilities Capital paid la .1 18.051.000 LOANS ABE INCREASED Rnrrvn denasits 236,018,000 Federal reserve notes in circula- tlon (net amount) 3, 1 75.000 Total liabilities 327744,000 ' Gold reserve against liabilities, 8e.2 per "cash reserve against all liabilities, 98.4 Summing the week's showing, the Board said: "The statement Indicates a loss of 32,000, 000 In total cash resources and of 83 .500.000 of gold as compared with the previous week's figures. The loss ot cash in the hands of the banks is more than offset by an increase of 83.700,000 of gold In the hands of the Federal reserve agents. "Loans and discounts show sn Increase of over 82.000,000, Richmond, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Dallas showing the largest gains In discount operations during the week. Chicago and New York for the first time report Investments In public securl 'ties. The gain of 36.500.000 in all other resources is due chiefly to the increase in the amounts of National bank notes and Federal reserve notes in the hands of the '""Deposits show an Increase of 36.200,000. mainly at those banks which report a gain in discount operations. Federal reserve agents report an additional surplus to the banks of 86.000.000 of Federal reserve bank notes but still larger amounts of gold and lawful, money In their hands and of Fed eral reserve notes in the hands of banks themselves. The net liability of the banks upon their outstanding circulation was at the end of the year only slightly abov 83,750,000." DECREASE - IN BURPLrS RESERVE New York Banks' Loan Expand Twelve Million, in Week. . n Tl.. itiinmanl of ! . W lUIirv, jmu. ' - the actual condition of clearing-house bank and trust companies for the week shows that they hold 3114.084.92 reserve in excess of legal requirements. THIS is a decrease ot 3,03ti.2S0 from last week. The statement IO"ov'-: , ' Increase. Loans, etc ....... .82,191,508,000 812.-H1.000 Reserve in own vaults 330,177.000 Reserve in Federal bank 100,297,000 Reserve in other depositories 31,990.000 Net demd deposit 2,022,163.000 Net time deposits.. l,93ti.O00 Circulation . . . 48.569.000 1,761,000 1,798.000 518,000 1,544,000 4,007,000 Decrease. Of which $260,781,000 Is specie. .,,t reserve. $462,404,000. Exces reserve. $114,084,920; decrease, $3,036,280 Summary of state banks and trust com panies in greater New York not Included In clearing-house statement: increase. I nuTia etc $561,931,500 $ 44,400 Loans, etc "";.,., ,)nr, , wn fst.',9 .iv;;; ":::.. i2.'55.'ioo a-w.'soo Tofal deposits .....,645,579J!00 , , 823.000 Banks' casn reserve in i, iii Trust companies cash reserve in vault, .- Jloney, Exchan-fe, Etc NEW YORK. Jan. 2. Mercantile paper. 4 per cent. sterling exchtge, weajt Sixty-day bills. $4.81.50; for cables, $4.85.55, for demand. $4.S5. Bar silver. 48c Mexican dollars. S7c. .. Government and railroad bonds steady. LONDON, Jan. 2. Bar silver. 22 9-16d per ounce. , . .hnrt blllTIS VeV5 centT-thr months.' 2 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2. Silver bars, Berlin exchange, demand, $4.84 ; cable, $4.86. Condition of the Treasury- WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. The condition of the United States Treasury at the beginning of business today was: ,..,, Net balance In general fund, $64,002,738. Total receipts, $1,588,907. Total payments, $4,208,838. The deficit this fiscal year is $60,358,774. against a deficit of $17,366,436 last year exclusive of Panama Canal and public debt transactions. IS LIGHT HOLIDAYS INTERFERE "WITH STOCK MOVEMENT. Good Demand for Well Finished Cattle, a. Shown by Fnll Pricea Paid. There wa. a motlerate trade at the stock yard in the half day of business yesterday. Hogs failed to reach the former top by a nickel, but other lines were unchanged. Re ceipts were 59 cattle and 388 hogs. Shippers WVVVth cattle! G. W. Smith, Mount Vernon, Wash., 1 car; G. P. Burdick, Mount Ver- nWith hogs G. P. Burdick, Wlllbrldge, Or., 2 cars; C. C. Gbormey. Wallowa, 1 car. With mixed loads C. E. Lucke, Canby, 1 car cattle and hogs; R. H. Preston, Weiser, 1 car cattle and hogs. The day s sales were as iuiiub. Wt. Price., Wt- Price. 69 hogs ... 200 $7.25 32 steers ..1356 $7.80 1 steer ... 70O 6.00 7 cows ...1265 5.25 1 cow 1030 6.00 85 bogs 1 hog . 70 hogs 1 hOir . 108 0.60 390 8.25 14-1 7.20 430 0.2U 2 steers . . 750 6.25 in k'Ui 2 mixed 15 hogs .. loU B.OU il uv.a .. . - 1 . , , , .1,1.. market ntTinrt Of th. lUfl omuiM-x ' ' ... Portland Union Stockyards Company lol- '"Recelpts for the week have been: Cattle 690, calves 8. hogs 2809, sheep 12 1 3. "That well-finiahed cattle can bring good prices commensurate with their quality was amply demonstrated Monday, when steers went to $8 and cows to $6.85. There has not been much of a run this week, receipts be ing light, no doubt on account of the usual h"Light runs of hogs were- general all week, prices remaining steady with last week a closing. Tops are today $7.30. "A few more sheep are coming forward than in previous weeks, although receipts arefttill far below normal. Buyers f.-'": lng to pay $7.50 for good lambs, lo-Ai for ewes and $6.50 for yearling wethers The following sales are representative of tne weea irfim. Wt. Pricel Wt. Price 7 cows 972 $6.25 5 cows. . 1050 6.00 1 heifer.. 1800 B.75 1 calf 150 8.50 134 steers. 1103 $8.00 93 steers. 1250 7.70 178 steers. 1117 7.SOI 46 steers. 1031 7.00 1 bull. . . 1181 5.00 I'oJSSS 217 7.30 20 bulls... 1350 4.60 9hogs... 192 7.251 20 lambs.. 72 ..oO 39 hogs... 105 7.20 7 ewes.. Ill 5.1o 78 cows.. 1161 B.bo 4yearl.... 82 6-b 3 cows.. 1135 JOl Current prices ot the various claas ot stock at th. yard, tollowi a no Prime .teer. il0S! S Choice steers iikaksu M.dlum teeia ""P? Choice cow. IZZO Medium cow. --- jgg..,,, Heller 'y SooSo" ".y? .so & . - stag. "I"!.""-. .so H I1KS ' . , ,:ht- '.-io Heavy ..I S.O0W 6.1-1) hneeD ... Elm"." Omaha Livestock Murkfet. . . -. . . . . . . i i iun Mnu, RrM-einta ?30; market.,, steady to 5c .lower. Heavy. Si. -Id U- . life " Li f r-w - - 75; bulk of aiea. $7.1597.20. Cattle Receipts. 100; market, steady. Na tive steers. $.759.25; cows and heifers, $3 507 50; Western steers. $6.258.Jo, Te'xa steers. $5.90- 7.20; cows and heifers. $5(8.7.25; calves, $7.25b8.25. Sheep Receipts, 1700; market.- strong. Yearlings. $6.00(87.40; wethers, $68.o0; lam bs, $8 S 8.65. Clilcago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Hogs Receipts, 28,- 000 market, strong to 5c above inursaays yerage; uiu. t - - $6r907.35: mixed. $7to7.40j heavy $6 95 1.40: rougn, i.. -- " Cattle xs-ectjiiy in, aww, m-. ----i m i soan Aft: Weitarn. is alive uwl - , 5&7 80: cow. and heifer. $38.10; calves. $7.50(10. . ., Sheep iteceipue. owv,, Sheep. $3.90(8.80; yearlings, $6.907.90; lambs, Cbicars Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Jan. a. Butter, steady. Cream- erEggtS "eady; receipts. " 3S03 cases; at mark! cases included. 25634c; ordinary firsts. 31033c; firsts, 341835c Dulutb Unseed Market. . , t. t 4 n iuh and lltLbin, . . . - - . May, $!. ; July not quoted. Cotton Market. - v-vni- iorl. Bnnt f-ntf OH. anlet. Middling uplands, 7.90. No sales. Metal Market. .- w v-tstr .Tan ' I'fiTner dull and nominal. Electrolytic. 12 ; caatinfc 12 tklU'MQ. Hops ftt New York. - NEW TORK, Jan. Hops Quiet. WEEK'S RUN PEACE TO HELP ALL Only Few Stocks Are Bene fited by War in Europe. CAUTION MAY BE OVERDONE Many Supposed Reasons for Uncer tainty That Affect Markets Xo Longer Exist Favorable Fac- tors Are More Numerous. The financial and business outlook for the new year, as Influenced by the European war, is still uncertain, according to Henry Clews, the New York banker, but there are many favorable signs. He writes: The quietness usual at this season of the year is intensified by the feeling of caution which exists in ail parts of the country. It is a fair question to ask if this caution is not going beyond reason and reaching a stage where it must react, as all sentiment does when allowed to go to extremes? It is quite true there have been many reasons for depression in tnis exirnwruiun y j 1914. But many of these reasons no longer exist ; some have been amply discounted, and others of a positively encouraging na ture have not yet had an opportunity to ex ert their full influence. Among the reasons for uncertainty vnicn no longer exist are the Mexican difficulties the anti-trust and investigation manias and the tariff readjustment. These important problems absorbed attention during the first half of the year, but since then have been Ignored, and for five months the market has had to unexpectedly face the most coloswl war in history. The entire business world received a shock which it will take years to obliterate. So far as this country is concerned, however, the effect has bv9n very largely discounted. Business quickly ad justed Itself to war conditions, and is .now going along nearly "as usual." In the fu ture this market is more likely to be sensi tive to news indicating peace than to news of an opposite character. The indications are that the war may not last as long as at one time feared; and, l peace should come within the next six months, the financial effects will prove less disastrous than anticipated, as all the belligerents are showing a much greater ability to meet the costs than was calcu lated upon. The war, therefore, while still a matter of great uncertainty, has been well discounted in this market, and should not produce any further material depression un less disasters occur which at the moment seem beyond the range of probabilities. Many Encouraging Features. This brings us to ar other set of causes which ere of a purely encouraging nature, and which thus far have had little or no effect upon business or stock market values. Chief of these is the clearing of the po litical atmosphere. There has been a most striking change In the attitude of the Fed eral Government and the Legislature toward business interests. The disposition now is to aid, not hinder, business which had suffered seriously - from unreasoning hostility. At last the country realizes that the Sherman law under the new interpretation is suf ficient to protect the people against abuses of monopoly, and if any doubt on that score exists the new Clayton law makes assurance doubly sure. The beneficial effects of this change has not yet had an opportunity of expressing themselves. Business has ad Justed itself to the new tariff; and, though some of the changes work harshly and may come up for rectification, the tariff as a disturbing element has been relegated to the rear. This favorable development has also escaped attention. Another step forward of Bupreme import ance is the reconstruction of our banking system upon scientific lines, and in stricter accordance with long recognized necessities. The new Federal reserve system made a splendid start - on the road to sound and progressive banking. The country now has an elastic currency system; also a plan whereby the banking powers of the country are concentrated, with the power of control distributed somewhat in accordance with the importance of various sections. The new system is not yet in full working order, but has already shown its potentialities for good, and the country now possesses a financial organization better able to cope with finan cial crises than any which we have hitherto had. This is another favorable factor which has not been adequately reflected in either business or financial circles. Still another encouraging factor has been a good harvest, which saved the country from a serious setback and imparted ppsitive optimism- throughout the grain belt. We raised far too much cotton to benefit the South: but this will prove a ot unmix ea blessing, since cheap cotton must help both domestic and European manufacturers -to place their industry upon a more normal condition. . Change in Government Attitude. Lastly, the Interstate Commerce Commls-sio-i granted the railroads permission to ad vance rates 5 per cent with certain well known exceptions. The decision was some what disappointing inasmuch as it is ex pected to increase revenues only $30,000,000 Instead of $50,000,000 as at first stated; but Its chief importance is the significant change of attitude on the part of the Com missioners toward the railroads, which U in keeping with the change In the. Government attitude already noted. The above is a rather formidable array of favorable circumstances, thus far prac tically ignored in the financial markets, which are usually the first to respond to such events. Only one explanation can be given for this failure to respond, and that is the war, which overshadows and outweighs every other consideration, ' Until peace prospects are more definite stock market operations will have to be kept within conservative limits. A few sto'eks will benefit by the war. but all would benefit by peace; and all purchases whether on investment or speculative account should be made with both discrimination and con servatism. Additional favorable conditions with a di rect influence upon a.ues are the con tinued ease of money and the January in vestment demand which is close at hand. Our exports continue large and exchange Is not far from the gold Importing point. More or less foreign liquidation has taken place, but the offerings from thence have thus far been readily absorbed. The steel Industry shows symptoms of improvement, and the decision not to . reduce wages is re garded 'as an expression of greater confi dence In the future. Railroad earnings are reflecting the prevalent dullness In business. Gross earnings often show heavy losses whlirfi ra being partly offset by retrench ment in operating expenses. Dividend re ductions exertea relatively smau eneci upon market values, having evidently been dis counted In advance. ' Pried Fruit at New York. 2CETW YORK, Jan. 2. Evaporated apples Inactive. Prunes strong. Peaches steady. CITY STATISTICS Marriage Licenses. GULBHA.M'ai'rt-litJ lien Je"" ley Gulbrandson, 2S, Bend, Or., and Caro line Marie Gutzelt, 23, 040 E, Pine street. POST-M'INTOSH Maurice E. Post, le gal Tacoma, Waih., and Mary Jane Mcin tosh, 47 Lucretia Court. . wnnw . . ti .'. a.m T a nm ii cacti Amodt, 24, S28 Hoyt street, and Eva Borg- lund, 3, iwcij-uiiiu SCHAUB-GASSNER Hermann Schaub. 41 4311 Sixty-third street Southeast, and Atina Gassner, 41. 703 Wilson street. SCHMIDT-SCHMER Charles William c.hMt ioai La Crosse. Kan., and Anna C. Schmer. legal. 2S7 Mason street DRAKE-MORRIS Thomas L. Drake. 23. North Yakima, Wash., and Violet Morris, 18, 1772 East Yamhill street. CRAIG-GKAr J uorauo . "-"V. ," Rex avenue, and Grace E. Graff, 26, o48 PPARKHIli-PROVOST Walter R. Prk- mll lecr&i. oz. rutu-o.""' ... L- .... and' Clari Provost, legal. 125 Seventeenth treet North A.. 22, Estacada, Or., and Martha L. Fellows, 18 48 is. oriitm otj-rc FLOETER-HENNARD Harry Floeter, 20, Hinrlln Or., and Haael Heunard, 18, 1118 Arnold street. CHARETTE-m,li,-,j"-"'-i"11110" ijuwon 25 300 Jefferson street, and Florence Quel len, -ga!. same address. 22. 4827 Seventy-third street Southeast, ana KEIZN'E-WALDRON W. C. Kelsne, 22, Medford. Or., and Marian Waldron, 20, lot Grand avenue North. GIDDINGS-SCHRICK M. H. Glddlng. 23 29214; Market street, and Dora Schrick, 22, 384 Nortl " Jlr," . , .. legal. Franklin Hotel, and Irma E. Savage, MORSE-COHX Clarence Fltchette Morse, leiral Ithaca, N. Y., and Wllheimlna Frank! Conn, legal, 747 Glisan street. 33, Seattle. Wash., and Frances Merrick, imperial riotei. . ... , TA .-,,. DALBY-BLAKE Kenneth Brittain p1 24. o7 Ladd avenue, and tiret Kst-Hl BUke. 19, same address. DAVIS-ANDERSON J. M- Davis, I- 1073 Montana street, and Minnie Anderon, legal, same address. TUR.NKH-MARLNEAU Werner Turner, 32, Seattle. Wash., and Constance Marineau. pmrru-Mii'HlE Frederick George Coutts, 24, Linnton. Or., and Mary Mlchie. 2o, Linnton, Or. . . , BOOTH-SCOTT Sumner R- Booth, legal, 1631 E. Stark street, and Isabella Scott, i- SM1TH-ZAHN Lawrence H. Schmidt, le gal, t03 Albina avenue, and Lillian Zahn, le gal. 4 Shaver street. ... . SM1TH-SHRADEH Edward F. Smith, le gal. 1089 Center street, ana GONZALeAMATOZA-AManupl Qonmlex, 22, 544 Glisan street, and Leonora Amatosa, 21, same address. . a. v('ii".i.'H v h! Aii-rn R Dance. legal. 128 North Sixth street, and Mae O. Krebs, legal, same addrf-ss, RHYXK-MARTIN EH B. Rhyne. legal. 175 Tenth street, and lxetta Martin, legal. ZIXK-PAKKS Robert H. Zink, legal Tlbbetts street, and Carrie Ii. farKs, iegat, 74S East Davis street. PEii.n.Hii.l.s Raloh P. Heald. legal. 773 Petty grove street, and WHUfred Hills, le gal. 507 East Tnirty-nrsi airceu ISRAEL-CARI Joseph Israel, legal, 23o Grant street, ana &arft van, irs, o - Eleventh street. H1NG-LOW Chan Jung Hing, 44, loi North Fourth street, and Elsie Low, lid, Fourth and Flanders streets. FITZGERALD-BLLTGEN Charles 8. Fitz gerald legal, Fairview, Or., and Mae L. JBiltgen. legal, 4 Thirty-seventh street North. NASH-INGRAM William H. Nash, legal, Cathlamet. Wsh., and Ella Ingram, legal, Hotel Portland. vn'-pv.sT THOMAS Val Joseph Non- ken, 23, 270 Washington street, and Ethel tot. Thomas. -Z, a i-i uanienm;in v. i'u. KEEP-SMITH William Alfred Keep, 28, B70 Couch street, and Hazel Luella Smith, 1 A-tJ. TBvlnr Rt rpHt. MIRICH-KOS1CH Dan Mfrlch. 27, 345 Couch street, and Marica Kosich, 22, 801 Go ing street. . , mnt DUNN-HOWE Frank A. Dunn, legal, 724 Sixth street, and Maud Isabel! Aiowe, .eg, T'- St-vth tr-'t-t -M'SS-YAGER Peter Nuns. 21. 877 East Fifteenth street Nortn. anu aaume mm", ts vact Tvilfth tr-M North. TABER-COOK Hiram J. Taber, legal. 20S Park street, and Margaret cook, legai, iib address. BOVVDTSH-PATTERSON Leroy J. Bow- dish, 24. 301 East Seventieth street North, and Katherine Patterson, ul. 142 E. Thir tieth street. HANSETH-JACOBSEN Jacob Hanseth, legal. Imperial Hotel, and Slgna Jacobsen, Inirn 1 Tmnorllll T-J nt 1 stri XPELD-SCHM IDTKE David Stetn- feld 25. St. Johns, Or., and Hilda Schmldtke, 24, 40 J Third street. Kirtha. FESSENDEN To Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Fessenden, 518 East Thirty-fourth street. December 5, a daughter GILDNER To Mr. and Mrs. Karl Olid ner, 125 East Twentieth street North, De i-Ptmhtr "'ft A son. ' MADER To Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. Ma de r, 3S8-& East Washington street, uecera K.-i- OJ n tnn SAXDSTROM To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sandscrom, 274 Portland boulevard, Decem- er 20. a son. ii rmpi.kh To Mr. and Mrs. Frlta Hemp ler, 5513 East Fifty-eighth street, Decem ber 2(. a son. HAMPTON To Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Hampton, 780 Tibbetta street, December 2tt, a son. Births. BROCK To Mr. and Mr. Wi'bur F. Brock. Lents, Or., December 13, a daughter. IHRIG To Mr. and Mrs. David L. iiing, Lents, Or., Dec. IS, a daughter. LARSON To Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lar son. Lents, Or., Dec. 15, a daughter. HALE To Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Hale, 329 East Forty-ninth street, December 12, a daughter. HENRY To Mr. and Mrs. John A. Henry, 412 Jackson street, December 11, a son. WEST To Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. West, Mosler. Or., December 10. a daughter. PORTER To Mr. and Mrs. George W. Porter. Lents, Or., December 25. a daughter. M'ELROY To Mr. and Mrs. O. L, McEl- roy, 1118 East Lincoln street, December 22, a son. LYON To Mr. and Mrs. H"mer O. Iyon, 1140 Willamette boulevard, November 1. son. M'PHERSOX To Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. McPherson, 30-t Aspen street, December i. LENT To Mr. and Mrs. Claude r. Lent, Lents, Or., November 2ti, a son. BLAKESL.KE To Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Bhilceslee. 752! Fifty-ninth avenue South east, November 21. MOODENBATTGH To Mr. and Mrs. Al bert A. Moodenbaugh, Dean avenue and Conner street Southeast, December 7. a son. DEMIT To Mr. and Mrs. James B. Demit. 131 Union avenue, December 9, a daughter. THOMPSON To Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Thompson, 53 Morrison street, December 10, a daufthter. pfi.iTRR Tr Mr and Mrs. Otto C. Fos ter, 107 seventh avenue, Lents, December 14, a anupnu-T. STEELE To Mr. and Mrs. George Steele, Oil-. 1 Purnilila at t-OOt KrtVPFTlber & SOn. S5UTIOK To Mr. and Mrs. Mark Zutlch. Seventeenth and Raleigh streets, November "ELLS-To Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. EUs, t anto nr- rto-'fimber 2t a son. MEREDITH To Mr. and Mrs. George Meredith, 23 Mill street, December Id. a daughter. VANCOUVER NEARS 12,000 Bank Deposits and Postoffice Rec ords Show Jump From 9000. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 2. (Spe cial ) Ttve population of Vancouver January 1. 1915, is 12.242, according to an estimate by the United States Cen sus Bureau. The census taken in 1910 shows 9300, but there has been a gen eral increase since that time and the postoffice and bank deposits show this. With the beginning of the building of .the Columbia River interstate bridge.-now near. Vancouver has unus ually bright prospects for a prosperous year. t HAII.Y METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Jan. 2. Maximum tempera ture 41) 2 degrees; minimum, 37.9 degrees. t.rin- . A A. M 4.6 feet: chanK in last 24 hours. 0.3 foot rise. Total r"f (5 P M tO Of. ., nunc, " since'September 1. 114. 13.8S Inches; normal rainfall since September 1, JB.S4 Inches; de ficiency of rainfall since September l, lai-J, 6.1B Inches. Total sunshine January J. IS minutes; possioie uu., - utes. Barometer (reduced to sca-levl) at 5 P. M., 28.82 Inches. THE WEATHER. g -o Wind 5 S B 5- 6- 2- t 3 - ? i I 1 ri ? ? I I3 : : f ! ' State or Weathsr STATIONS. Baker 34 0 24'0 84 0 ISO '2O0 6;o 2iJ Sitl 6tt (I 0 .02! 8 SB Cloudy Boise Boston Calgary ' Chicago Denver Des Moines Duluth Eureka Galveston Helena Jacksonville ... Kansas City.... Los Angeles . . Marshfleld Medford Minneapolis Montreal New Orleans. . . . New York North Head...-. North Yakima.. Phoenix Pocatello Portland Roseburg Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake. San Francisco. . . . Seattle Spokan. Tacoma Tatoosh Island.. Walla Walla Washington Winnipeg K 4'N (ll!lJI W f-now Cloudy ft 4'W Ft. clouay Clear clear 4 a w 8 B 0SB 1USW 'Cloudy (Uouuy Clear UujlJ SB imiKrsw Cloudy 40 O ft. ClOUUJ Clear Clear Clear Cloudy (KIJ .oo 4 w 30 OO .11 SE DS.O &( 0 4l 0 0 .0111 8'W 4INW Clear no 10 SE It cloudy ISi 4IN" Cloudy 260 ao o 3-'0 54 0 .1)0 4,N Clear .70 32 NWjSnow .14 52,SB Kaln 300 001. ICIe.r :lear Cloudy 72 0 30 0 48 40 0 44 0 32,0 3ti 0 B0 .(10 6.NW u 4 M HO H E 00' 4 XE Mil 4 SE no 8 K Cloudy c ouoy Cloudy Clear (Mil 4INW Clear (MM fl'NWlear 01 4'NWIKaln 4K U 36 0 .00) 4 E i:ioudy 4S0 50 0 uu 4!- n louay 02! 4 NW Rain M)f 4 SW ICloudy 44 0 42IO. .no 14NWPt. cloudy 2,0 oojluiss tciouay WEATHER CONDITIONS. A disturbance of moderate energy la cen tral over British Columbia, moving east ward It has caused the following maximum Jmd velocities: North Head. W'ash 04 miles southeast, and Tatoosh Island, Wash, 46 miles, south. Rain has fallen In Western Washington, but no precipitation has oc curred elsewhere , west of the Appalachian Mountains. Another storm Is paalng down ?he St Lawrence Valley which has caused snow In the Middle Atlantic and New Eng land States and high southwesterly wind, on LBThe Condition. r. favorable for rain Sun day in Western Oregon and Western Wash ington and for rain or snow in the eastern portnon of these atate. Fair weather will continue In Idaho. PORECASTS: Portland and vicinity Rain: outheatr- IyoTegon and Washington Rain west' rain or snow east portion; southeasterly winds, diminishing along the coast. Idaho I"mJr. EDWARD A. SEALS, District Foreoatr. DEMAND IS URGENT Wheat Buying by Exporte;s and Millers Lifts Prices. UPWARD SWING CONTINUES Size of Argentine Surplus It !!' garded by Clilca-to Trdr a Immaterial Movement to Kurope Will Continue. CHICAGO, Jan. I. Urgent demand from exporters nd miller .ave wheat tiilay an upward swing from th .tart. Closing price, although unsettled, were S to lo net higher. Corn finished StlWcsto -,c up. oats with a gain of Mo and provisions var -lng from mc off to a rise of 7c. Big houses led the Lull forces In wheat and there was at no time any ltnport.nl setback, despite much profit-taking by tons.. Th most popular opinion ws that clear ance. for Europe from the United hlaie during January and February would con tinu on a hunt scnle and that the sis of the Argentine Burplua was Immaterial. Export bid. on corn wer higher, and there wer predictions of receipt, becoming light. A larga foreign order seemed to tak all of the surplu offering In oat. Well grounded gossip of a bearish showing a. to warehou-s. stocks counterbalanced In the provision market th effect of higher prices for hogs and grain. The leading futures ranged . follow: WHEAT. Open. High. ..Sirs- I.11S . . 1.16't l.lu-s CORN. . . .1S .74 .. ,iJ .7;, OATH. L-w. Close. $1 :'4 1 1 i 1 IS 1.1814 .'3 .78 i, .74. .35 .M ..'4 I. .61 .SI is 18 60 18 U 18.22 18.2& 10 47 10 52 IU.7. 10.8. I, ini.-i tots ltf..'i2 Ut.oU May July May July May July .. .an .MS .ill. MESS ror.K. Jan. May . . .18.02 . . .18.30 18 07 LARD, lu ... 10.82 .Tan. May . . .10.47 .. .10.80 Jan 10. 15 10 IT Mav 10 53 10.57 Cash price were: Wheat No. 2 red, $1 27 N l.2l; No. hard. l.27 l.2V. Corn No. 2 yellow, 61hC; No. S )llow, 68ia tl!-e. Hye No. 2. It. IS. Barle 0:1 U 75c. Tlmoih y 10. 00 a' 7 ..". Clover l2.,'mu lo.l'O Primary receipt. Wheat, 1. 31. 000 buhl vs. 770,000; corn. l.Mt.t.lhMl bushels vs. 1,41, 000: oats. RL'2.000 bushels vs. ti:2.00. Shipments Wheal. 727.000 bushel. vs. S7&.000; corn, sai.OOO bushels va stl.OO, oats. 734. OOO buhela vs. lil.c". v Clearances Wheat. l.vtl.OOO bualiels. corn, 187,000 bushels; flour. 22.000 barrels. Kitropean tlraln Markets. LONDON", Jan. Cargoc on se firmer. LIVERPOOL. Jan. !. Wheat Not quoted Corn January, lis Sd; February, . d. PARIS. Jan. 2. Wheat and flour higher. BVENOB AYRES, Jan". 2. Wheat closed M higher. Corn to Vi higher. Mlnrnapoll. tUraln Market. MINNF:AP0I.1. Jan. a. Whrut Mav. 11.27; July, I1.271.; cash. No. 1 hard. 11204; No. 1 Northern, !.:.. 1 2; N" 2 Northern. II 22 J 1.27. Flai II bmi 1. lit ft. Barley 60 (o? b 7 c. Isaa Franrlsro (iraia Market. SAN KKANC1SCO, Jnn. 2 Knot tunl. tlons: Walla Wsllu. 11 87 H V 2 ou. red Kus slan. I1.87V,S2, Turkey red. 12.2.04; blue stem.. 12.07 S (a 2.10, leed barley. .1." 1.84: wlille OHij, ii n.tsi ,.,, (127.50: nilddllug. IJUU.U: lona, 9k KO Call board Barley, May, 11.4 January. 1.37 Vi asked, Puget Hound Uraln Market. TACOMA. Jan. 2. Wheat Bluestem. $1.30; tortyfold. I1.28; club. 1.87 i M ''car receipts Wheat 2.1, b.rley 15, cora 1. oats 2, hay 7. SEATTLE Jan. 2. Wheat Ului-stem, $1.30; Turkey red. 11.25: fortyfold, II ..28; fife, 11.24: club, 1.28; red Itusslan, 1.!J. Yesterday's far receipts Wheat 22, oat 2, barley 3. hay 14. flour 12 BAN 1RANCI8CO I'KtlKlJl'K MAKKJST Price Quoted at tb. Bay Tlty M FralU, Vegetables, Ktc. 8 AN" FRANCISCO Jan. I. Lemons Fncy, $2.50 6 1; choice. $Jt 2 25. standards $1.50' 1.75; Hawaiian. 11.250 1 75: pineapples. Hawaiian, 4io pr pound; apples. California stock. Wltiesnp. 5r7.'.c; Bellefleurs (cold storage), 50iic; ore.oa stock, Spltsenbergs, I(J1.5; Newtowa Pippin. 85c U 11.25; Wlnesap. $1"1.14. ..1.1 ' 1 1 f 1 1 m h,.r. JlA&rlc: tatatir. 510c: pepper., 67n; tomatoes. 8OfJ50c; ,KKB r iiucjr i n ii , ' ji - storune, 31o. Onions Yellow, 00c ff II. . Cheese Young America, 12 .H 13c: nw, 10(12ViC; Oregon. 14.)Ci Young America. 10c. ' 1 . Butter Fancy ereamery, 27ric; aecond. potatoe Delta Burbank. per lick, $1 V $1.10; sweets, ll.75wl.85 per ack: Salinas Burbank. Il.5ofll.7o; Oregon Burbaaka, $1.25 ft 1.40; Idaho, II e 1.25. Receipts Flour. 4020 nuart.rs; barley. 122.203 centals; potatoes, 8325 .ack; bay. 179 ton. .. . ... (..A . L,.m, SIVTO --.eceipie riour, m""'"". " centnls; potntoe-i. -:770 imiku: hny. Mil t"ne. Poultry Puts lifemd . 'IV. a hustle In your tien B if FT T and m.ke. them BfliM- strong and Tigorouri. No filler ir" just good lomca. Oct aPJ or PI Package no. IL AnurtvuDntitflnirnr II.' a. .viiui tsuui .1 i putg Roup to rout. Give ta drinking water: 2'c: ROcanrl $1. Ask for Conkey. Poultry Book. Coakay. Remedies as-fTon!-- mrm sold by SetMl, ' -, rie-o war. aad Poultry Supply Stan la PORTI.AXn AD FVKHVWHERH, OVERBECK & COOKE CO. Brett era, Htk, Ilnnds, Cot lea, Uraln. "etc. tl-!17 BOARII Or TRADE BLOO. MEMBERS CHICAGO BOAKU Or TKAUK. Corrrspondeat. of Im. Brya". tblcag. aad New lrlu MKMHtKI New York Stock r.sfhtuig. Chicaao t4tock fr-srhan.. K.Uia I-ltok fcurtmn.e Chicago Board of 1 r,le New !lork ( ottnn hxrliang. New Orle.ni Cotlo. Kirh.ng. Itew lork Cofffeo fr.ichange New Ttork I'rortuce fr.srh.ag. Llverpowl t otto. As.'. TB.AVKLFR4 orll'K. COOS BAY LINE 8TEAMMIIIP BREAKWATER Sail, from Alnworth dock, Portland. 9 V. M every Tuesday rrelsht and ticket ofrli:, lower Alnsworth dock. P C. II S. K. l.lae. I. H. Keating. Agent Phone-, Main So0. A 2832 City Ticket Office. 80 Sixth 8t, C. W. Stinger, Agent. PboatM MarataaU 4500. CU1 'n'i-.--: m