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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1915)
t THE SUNDAY OREGONIA PORTLAND. JULY 2, 1915. BIG CLIP GOES EAST Andrew Little Ships His Wool to Boston. HALF MILLION POUNDS SENT Largest Deal of Season Closed by J tin ho Grower Recent Sales -Made at Advanced Prices. Only Small Snpply Remains. Andrew Little, a prominent Idaho beep man and one of the largest woolsrowers iu tha Weil, has Just shipped bis entire clip of 000,000 pounds of wool to I. Koshland & Co., of Boston. The shipments were made from Caldwell and Emmett. This Is the largest Individual deal of the season In the Pacific Northwest. Wool men estimate about 500.000 pounds till unsold In Eastern Oregon. About the same quentlty remains in growers' hands In Washington and an equal amount in Western Idaho. The clip of the Northwest is, there fore. . practically cleaned up and but little more activity can be looked for. The chief supplies remaining are at Heppner, Condon and Baker, and the clips are nearly all fine wool. The market wound up strons. In fact, the last prices paid were higher than those registered at the public sales. The clips lately transferred had been put up at the open sales, but were withdrawn, as the bids did not come up to the expectations of the owners. They have since been disposed of at advances, which shows that this year at least the growers have profited by holding. A few small lots of wool remain unsold In the Willamette Valley and in Southern Oregon, but these sections are. for all pur poses, considered as cleaned up. The season in Montana and elsewhere in the West Is rapidly drawing to a close. It Is stated by wool experts that the Montana clip will aggregate 85.000.000 pounds. The average price this year has been 25 cents a pound, against 14 cents in 1014. The top price so far received has been 28 cents, although 80-cent wool was predicted early In the season. It is reported from Butte that approximately 75 per cent of the clip has been distributed and that the remain der will disappear shortly, with half a hun dred buyers In the state. Beaverhead County, In Southern Montana, produced 500.000 pounds more wool this season than last. In the East manufacturers resist the ad vancing tendency of the market, yet values ere steadily climbing. Much importance Is laid on the possibility, of a material shortage In wool the world over. It is stated now that South America faces a diminution of supplies. The indications, according to a well-known wool man from Buenos Aires, are that the next clip of Uruguay will be 40 per cent short ot that just marketed. Yoor lambing and large losses among the ewes are responsible. Also a smaller Argen tine clip Is anticipated, though the losses will not be so great as in the Uruguayan production. It is interesting to note that the same authority reports 40.000 to 50.000 bales ot crossbred wools held In Buenos Aires by German spinners. They seem to think that this may be utilized to good purpose when the war Is ended. It being believed that the shortage in wool will be severely felt at that time, with the resumption of business in the staple markets of the world. The holders paid 28 cents for Lincolns, against 30 to 37 cents at present in this market for such wools. The report that the Germans will hold this wool alleviates the fear that it will be dumped on the market. These spinners have sold all of their goods, so have the money on hand and nothing in which to Invest it, being in position to keep their wools accordingly. RECORD WALNUT CROP IS PREDICTED California Growers Look for Large Yield and High Prices. Reports received from California estimate that the walnut crop for the coming year will bo one of the largest on record. Ventura advices say that the trees In every orchard are loaded as they have not been in years, and three or four nuts are growing where only two were to be found before. Many of the trees are being propped to keep them from breaking under the heavy loads that they are being; forced to bear. The same predictions are being made by reports from Orange County, and It is said that the largest crop in the history of the district is expectel during the coming season. Tho nuts will not begin to ripen this year until near the end of August or early- in Septem ber, but Indications at the present time are that the crop will be at least 23 per cent more than normal. The reports say that the prices which are to be fixed by the Walnut Growers' Asso ciation are expected to be high enough to yield tho itrowerj a good profit on their crops. California growers are of the opin ion that Importations this year will be very short owing to the war, and the increased demand which they expect to be made for domestic nuts will Insure a high price, ac cording to the report. NEW-CROP HOPS BRING IS CENTS Contract Made With Independence Grower for 40,000 Pounds, Thirteen cents was paid yesterday for new-crop Oregon hops on contract. The Seavey Hop Company closed a deal at this price with Walker Bros., of Independence, for 40,000 pounds. The Wolf Hop Company has signed up 100.000 pounds at 12 cents in addition to the Aurora deals previously reported. The big block of Del Paso Sacramentos, which was bought by H. I. Hart, of this city, as announced In these columns yes terday, will be shipped from Sacramento Monday by a special train. The hope go direct to New York, where they will be at onoa transferred to a steamer for shipment to London. A revised list of spot stocks on the Pa cific Coast shows 4059 bales of 1914s and 1940 bales of olds left In growers' hands. In Oregon there are 13.0 bales of last year's and previous growths, white California has 4379 bales all told and Washington 270 bales. LOWER GRADE EGGS ARE CHEAPER Buying Priors of No. 2 and No. 3 Stock Reduced One Cent. Hot weather quality and a lighter de mand have caused a wider range of prices In the egg market. While association deal ers have put out the old buying price of 24 cents for No. 1 grade for the coming week, they have reduced their offers one cent for No. 2 and No. 8 stock, bidding 20 cents for the former and IS cents for the latter. The poultry market closed firm, large hens selling at 13 V4 cent3. Springs were steady at 1031S cents. Country dressed meats were firm at unchanged prices. The butter market i weaker. There is no California demand for surplus country creamery, which is now going into storage. The beet outside cubes are quoted at 24 cents, but there 's some off-grade country butter that Is selling as low as 20 cents. CANTALOCPES NOW OF BETTER GRADE Tnrlock Shipping- Siuson Has Opened. Advance in Oranges. The Turlock cantaloupe season has now opened, the first car selling out readily at $2.75 for standards. The closing of the Imperial Valley season caused no regrets, as the shippers of that section have been cleaning up tnelr patches to. the last week or two, and "te result was a lack of fancy, well-matured stock on the mnrket. Watermelon prices have held up remark ably well, but lower quotations are coming from Turlock and Dlnuba. and it wonld cause no surprise to see prices drop quickly after the coming week. A good many cars of freestone peaches arrived during the week, but the low prices stimulated the demand and kept the tracks cleared of all arrivals. California shippers are offering peaches at very low prices, which local shippers will have to meet. The season for apricots la about over and higher prices are quoted. The week will open with a 23-cent ad vance on' Valencia oranges. Lemons are selling freely at the recent drop ot 50 cents. Texas tomatoes are now out of market, but there are plenty of Merdeds yet on hand. Local stock is coming forward more liberally. NO IOCAL DEMAND FOB WHEAT Only Offers to Sell Are of New Crop Mill ing; Grades. The wheat market at yesterday's session ot the Merchants' Exchange was merely nominal. No effort was made to do any business, as 'demand was lacking. Friday's bid prices were posted without change. The wcly offers to sell were ot September blue stem at Jl and September fortyfold at US cents. The bid price In each case was 10 cents. Barley and oats prices were also unaltered. In the past week only 5000 bushels of wheat changed hands on the board. New wheat is coming forward very slowly, but there is still a considerable movement of the old crop to tidewater. Wheat receipts in the past week were 1:15.200 bushels, and for the month to date 451.l:io bushels. In July last year to this date local receipts were 333.500 bushels Terminal receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchants' h.change as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Kay Portland Saturd-iy 13 year ago 14 Total this week. 101 Year ago 10ft Season to date.. 347 Year a?o 295 T a Co ma Friday 42 Year ago 3 1 Season to date ..321 Year ago 116 Seattle Friday It Year ago 4 Season to date.. 134 Year ago 1M 4 I 1 3 2 fl 1 17 10 30 10 32 15 40 20 MS ;l lh 125 138 71) ii'J 1 . . 0 4 1 1 15 .. 1S 44 3i .. 1 7S 2-7 3 11 T 19 5 4 18 114 54 22U 22 lot! ' 23 144 Bank Clearing. Back clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday' were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland - X P93.25S t 75.6;i Seattle a,S".i.U-52 SSSl-rt Tacoma 245.544 1 K, 1 citj Spokane 4ol.W5 70.354 Clearings of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma for the past week and corresponding week in former years were: Portland. Seattle. Tacoma. 1I5 t. 731. tt".7 $n.52H,8U9 $1.8-7704 l!H4 U.iii29S 11,56.47 2.012.UU7 11113 0,741.304 11.2-1K.119 2.424.402 lt12.... H.42a,72 10.778,2!i 3.B13.Z77 1U11 S.S43.440 .757,543 4.U72.0O6 1!10 8.44o.7 8.K70.01G 5.0.S3,3'J1 IIH'8 4.U22.145 7.OB7.069 4,078. 159 1007 ... 7.013,151 . 9.04.07'. 4.704,Krtl !! fp.537.b08 8,107.245 8,658.080 1K05 8.4jo.19 C.!t::2.253 3,0i.VJ 10O4 2.4:'.0,4S S.52.i 1.747.SW4 1903 2.777. i42 4.1'8.795 1.S4S.17S 10O21 2.212.SOS S.545.553 1,246.05) PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Floor, Feed, Etc Merchants' Exchange, noon session. Prompt delivery. Wheat Bid. Ask. ! .92 .... .! .... .S3 .so .... .80 .... 24.00 $26.00 22.00 25.00 23.50 25.51) 23.50 20.00 .91 .fcU 1.00 .1)0 .... .1)0 .08 .83 .80 .... .80 .... .SO .... .80 .... .80 24. uu 31.00 24.00 23.50 22.00 2.VOO 2l.OO 25.00 23.50 Ho. no 22.00 25.25 2.1.50 2H.IM) 23. OO 20.O0 Bluestem Fortyfold Club Red fife Ked Russian Oats No. 1 white feed Barley No. 1 feed Bran Shorts .- Futures August bluestem ........... September bluestem ....... August fortyfold September tortyfold ....... Auirust club , September club ...... ...... august xire ................ September fife ............. August ilusslan September Kusslan August oats September oats ,, August barley September barley August bran September bran August shorts September shurta .......... FLOUR Patents. J5.70 a barrel: straight. $5. whole wheal, (5.50; graham, $5.25. M JLLl- ct.Li- bpot prices: bran, w per ton: shorts, 2a; rolled barley, $27Jjo S28.50. CORN Whole. 37 per ton; cracked, 138 per ton. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy. IISOIT: alfalfa. $12.50 313.50. Fruits and Vegetables. Local Jobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranaos. valeneias. 4p4.25 per box;, lemons, S3.504.50 per box: bananas, oo per pound: grapefruit. California, $3,50; pineapples, tJ&7c pur pounu. HUKTABLho Cucumbers, Oregon. 30 60c per doxen ; artichokes, uuu per dosen ; to matoes, 5ucuz !.-! box: cabbuge, lrlw.c per pound, bead lettuce, si per urate; beans, 24c per pound; green corn, 20o per dozen. GRBES FRUITS Cantaloupes, $103.75 per crate; apricots, i)0o$l per box peaches, 4u75c per box; watermelons. 1 a 2c per pound; plums, 503 75c per box: new apples, $1.25ig-l.0 per box; pears, $1.73 Gf- per box; grapes, l.r0fc.2.o0 per crate. POTATOES -New. lc per pound. ONIONS II & 1.25 per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. Local jobbing quotations: EGGS Oregon ranch, buying prices: No. I 2324o; No. 3. 20o; No. 3, lc per dosen. POULTRY Hens, 12 H 13 He; springs. 10&18c; turkeys, 10 O 20c; ducks. 10912c; geese, 8 10c. BUTTEh City creamery cubes, extras. 28c; firsts. 26c; seconds. 23c; prints and cartons, extra; butter fat. No. 1. 2Uo; sec ond grade, 2c less; country creamery cube, 20 024c CHEESE Oregon triplets. Jobbers buying price. 13 c per pound f. o. b. dock, Port land; yourg Americas, 14e per pound. VEAL Fancy, 12o per pound. PORK Block, a 14 10c per pound. Staple Groceries. Local Jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River 1-pound tails. $2.30 per dozen; -pound fiats, $1.60, 1-pound flats, $2.50; Alaaaa pink, 1-pound, tails. 105. HONEY Choloe, $3.23 per case. NUTS Walnuts, 15&24o per pound; Bra zil nuts, 16c; filberts, 14424c; almonds, 14 S 22c; peanuts, ti"c; cocuanuts, $1 per do,; pecans, lto2uc; chestnuts, 10c BEANS Small white, 0.7oc; large white. BMc: Lima. 5-Sc; bayou, 5.o0c; pinks, 4.t)uo. COFKEE Roasted, In drums, 3 1 J ikt V c SUGAR Fruit and berry. $6.yo; beet, $6-70, extra C $6.40; powdered in barrels. $7.13, cubes, barrels, $7. SO. SALT Granulated. $13.30 per ton; halt grounds, love. $10.65 per ton; 60s. $11.80 par ton; dairy, .$14 per ton. RlCt Southern head. 6Vil?Bc; broken. 4c per pound; Japan-style, 3ttf 3 Vbc DRIED FRUITS Apples, 6c per pound; apricots, 13 13c; peaches, 8c; prunes, Ital ians, 88c; raisins, loose Muscatels, be; un bleached Sultanas, 74fcc; seeded, Dc; dates. Persian, xoc per pounu; xaro, eA.oa per box currants. n4(x Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. HOPS 1013 contracts. 13c; 1013 fug Eles. 15c. 1914 crop. 12 c HIDES baited nidea. 13 Ho; salted alp. lCc; salted calf. 18c; green hides, 14c; green kip. 16c; green calf. 18c; dry hides, 23c; dry cair. zic. WOOL Eastern Oregon, medium. 2.1 a 28"e; Eastern Oregon, fine. 1821Hc; Val ley. 28 & 80c MOHAIK New clip. 80jSle per pound. CASCAKA, BARK Old and new, 4c per pound. PELTS Dry long-wooled pelts. 15 He; dry. short-wooled pelts, HVsc; dry snearlinss. each, 10 -e 15c; salted shearlings, each. 139 25a, dry goat, long hair, each. 13c; dry goat, shearlings, each, I0(20c; salted long, wool pelts. May. 1&2 each. Provisions. HAMS All sixes, lTViOlSttc; skinned, 1716c; picnics. 13c; cottar, roll, 13c; boiled. 1727c. BACON Fancy, 26 28c; standard, 220 SSc; choice, 174j21c; atrlpa. 17c DRV SALT Short, clear backs. 12HS15c. exports. 14ViS16c; plates, ll&lMc LARD Tierce basis, kettle rendered. 14a; standard, 12c; compound. 8 tic BARREL GOODS Mess beef. $24; plate beet, $25; br.'kel pork, $28.50; pickled pork, (eel, $12.60; tripe. $a.50'u ll6u; tongues. $J0. Oils. 1 , j KEROSENES Water white, drums, barrels I or tank wagons, luc: special drums or bar rels. lJHc. eases. 17H:t)ic. GASOLINE Bulk, 12c; cases, lc; engine distillate, drums. 7 He; cases, 7 tec; napntoa. drums. 11c; cases, 18c LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels. 77c,; raw. rases. 42c. boiled, barrels, 79c; boiled, cases. 64c. TURPENTINE In tanks. 61c: la cases. 68c; 10-case lots, le less. WHEAT GAINS MORE Black Rust Reports Add to Market's Strength. TONE AT CLOSE NERVOUS Last Prices at Advances of Nearly 4 Cents Disappointing Threshing Returns From Kansas Bull ish Visible Report Predicted. CHICAGO. July 14. Wet weather and black rust had a bullish effect today on wheat. The outcome was a nervous close at li to 3Sc above last night. Corn finished ',c oil to V,c up: oats, at tflS to 2 He advance, ami provisions with losses of 5 to 17 Sc. Wheat tended upward almost constantly throughout the session. The tightening of prices made Itself felt most in the near positions. The outlook for the bears was rendered worse by reason of disappointing threehlng returns, especially from Kansas. Although black rust damage to wheat remained almost wholly prospective, decided uneasiness continued in regard to the ques tion of the safety of the -Spring crop. Ex port demand was called fair and a bullish visible supply statement was predicted for Monday. In the corn market, an increase of rural offerings seemed to offset the Influence of wheal strength and of the adverse weather, as well as of an active shipping call. Oats, like wheat, developed no stable strength on account ot the general rains. The squeeze was chiefly In the July de livery. provisions received Inadequate support. Heavy offerings of pork bore down the rest of the list, despite higher prlcea early for hogs. Leading' futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. 11.1144 l.im 1.07W l.OiH 1.0D 1.1044. .S0'i .H .744 .73 .MS. .4i .52 .54 .37 .jm, .394, .3J. July tl.ll $1.14 '4 Sept. 1.07H l.usvs Dec 1.10 1.11 Vs CO H.N'. July S04 .sit. Sept. 75S .7ii Dec 4 5s OAT July .54 Sept. ss .3s4 Dec July Sept. Oct. 1J.SI 14.10 14. i 6 ...14.50 14.65 14.10 ..14.6714 14-S714 14.S3 LA.lt LJ. Julv .0 10 $.2lVi 9. SO t.9t 9.82U Sept. 8.20 S.20 Oct. 8. SO 8.3 10m s.22fe SHORT RIBS. July Sept. 9 S3 9 97' Oct. 9.924 9.95 9 99 Cash prices were: Wheat July. $1.14H: September. $1.0144 Corn July. 80V4c; September. 75io. Oats Julv. S4c: September. 38ttc Pork September, $14.10; October, I14.2S. I.ard September, 1s.11; uciooer. :i. Ribs September. $ 9-: October. J9.S2. Primary receipts Wheat. 979.000 vs. J.C30.00O bushels: corn, 467,000. vs. 497,000 bushels: oats, 496.000 vs. 610.0OO bushels. Shipments Wheat, 327,000 vs. 1,439,040 bushels: corn, 253.000 vs. 8S0.00O bushels; oats. 432. 0O0 vs. .,ci,(H)i) nusneis Clearances Wheat. 490,000 bushels; corn. 78.009 bushels; oats, I7.00O bushels; i;our. 70OO barrels. EuroiMan Grain Markets. I.IVERroOL. July 24. Cash wheat un changed to lVjd higher. Corn unchanged to Id higher. Oats 'td Bigner. BUENOS AY RES, July 24. Wheat and corn unchanged. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. July 24. Wheat July. $1.41 H: September, ll.OD'i; No. l hare, $1.52; No. 1 Northern. 1.4 1 1,4 t 1.31 Vi ; No. 2 Northern. $1.3Si 3 1.48. Eantern Grain Bfarkets. KANSAS C1TV. July 24- Wheat closed July. $1.21: September, II 111; uecemDer, $1.064. WIXN-IPEQ. July 24. Wheat elnsd July tl.SIHB; September. $1.0iB; Decem ber, $1.07 3. DULCTH. July 24. Wheat closed July $1.4711; September, $1,138; December, $111ViB. ST. LOUIS. July 24. Whest closed July. Il.l.'Wli: September. si.oo.v: uecemoer, $1.08. Grain at Kan Francisco. RAN FHANOISCO. July 24. S-'pot quota tions Walla Walla. $1.73 tl-I SO: rd Rus sian, $1.784 Gl.sO; Turkey red. $1.85l.Bo; bluestem. s !. to -a-Jf2 ; leea uariey. si.jim tfrl.20; white oats, $1.4o Tt 1.47 ; bran, 9-V 28; middlings, $82i33; snorts, $2828.50. Puxnt Sonnd Grain Markets. SEATTLE. July 2". Wheat Bluestem. 95c: fortyfold. UScf club. D2c: fife. 87c: red Russian. 87c. Barley. t?i per ton. Yes. teraays car receipts wneat. ii; oats. barley, z; corn, l; nay. li; riour, t. TACOMA. July S3. Wheat Bluestem $1.07( fortyfold. $1.03; club. 98ctJ$l: red fife, Sc. Car receipts Wheat, 42;. barley 1; corn.4 : nay, . GRAIN CROP DOING WELL HAItVEST NOW UJSOER WAY EAST OK MOUNTAINS. Fruit Promising In All Soetloaa Or goo and WuhtpstonHop Proapccts tiood. The weekly crop bulletin, issued by the Spokane, Portland Sk Seattle Hallway Com pany, says of condUlona along Its tinea in Oron and Washington: Vancouver, Wash. Hay crop considerably d&jnased by rains past week; probably 15 per cent lost. I'otatoes looking well. Con dltlon Improved by recent rains. Prunes 60) per can larger crop than last year. Camas. Wash. Crop conditions favorable except hy. which is considerably damaged by rain. Farmers now making hay. Wasnuugal. Wash. Continued rains dam aged prune, grain and bay, prunes dropping Irom trees, sught mold, bunshlne or wind necessary to save crops. Some rust In wheat and. oats. Hay one-quarter dam aged. Farmers have hay down. White Salmon, Wash. Good tomato crop Apples and potatoes about usual crop. Some scab in apple orchards. Iyle, Wash. Harvesting Just commenced. w neat crop very good. Gldendale. Wash, Wheat harvest In progress. Average about 20 bushels. Whltcomb, Wash. Second crop alfalfa now cutting, with fair yield. Wheat yield very 1'ght. probably half of last year's crop damage caused by frosta last Winter. U over. Wash.-Farmers busy harvesting. Yield reported quarter larger than last year. Kennewlck, Wash. Wheat good, averages 20 to 23 bushels per acre. Fruits, lncludln peaches, pears anC apples look well. Grapei win measure up well with last year. Pasco, Wash. All Indications for heav grain crop. Harvesting begun. K ah lot us. Washes-Harvest well advnced. Some spots show considerable damage by shattering, account showers, although can not amount to over 5 or 10 per cent los. leld 23 to 30 bushels per acre. When tests over j0 pounds per bushel and is first quality. Waxhtucna, Wash. Hot weather and northeast winds Camaged Fall-sown grain, fUgntly shattering lu Farmers' estimate damage between thrve and five bushels per acre. ooi weatner last row days very fa vorable maturing of Spring grain. Harvest Inir on and farmers report irraln turnlnr ou exceptionally pood in quantity and quality Waukee. Wml. 'Huylng about over. Rye nay, noavy yieic; grain nay, lair. Harvest Ing commencing. Fall grain bumper crop Favorable weather next Aek or two wtv make very fair Spring grain' crop. Damage v wiins or y i j b r. i. Amber. Wash. Wheat crop reported het ter than las: year, with Idea! weather. Her VASting will commence in about tvto week Fall wheat not damaged by sot winds. Very nine sucn aamage reported to tpnng grain. rosi, us ini appie crop aoout tvar Klesllng Season very favorah'e to cron up to present time. However, thla being off year for apples, do not look for a very Mf ieia. put very gaoa graae ot rruit. w j creare mar btinr eroo un to last aeason. The Fall Wheat is ripening fast. Harvesting same will be in full blast first of next week. leld will be above averaife. burin wheat nd oats looking fine. w aveny condition or ail kinas or rram continues fine. No Winds or heavy rains auslntr craln to lodae. Harvest will be on In lo days. One of larcest crops in history looked for In this vicinity. Hosalla Aunle cron mill be verr licht this year. Harvesting will - commence tne last of this week. Smut conditions will uubtless be as bad as last year. i-oirax Reports are beinc received ox considerable smut in this vicinity and Spring in slightly damaged by hot winds and on whole crops are looking fine. Oats and Spring wheat need rain. Oakesdale All rraln In fine condition. Rain a few days aco lodged some Fn 11 rain, but aeneral opinion eeems to be that It did about as much good as damage. oarrietn Prosoecta for excellent crot in Fall wheat In this vicinity. Present weather conditions are rood for growing crops. Es- lmated that Fall grain will tvtnia ushels pr acre. Spring grain average is bout 20 per rent laryer than last year. faious rall rraln In rood condition. Oata and Spring wheat not quite so good as expected, on account ot not ana ary winds. Moscow Cron prospects continue f aor- ble. Fall m-heat. with the cool weathr we are having. Is filling fine, with a promise of ooa yield, aw fcprin arain la inclined to be light, rainfall the past week has helped greatly. umont. Wash. Wheat crops are some etter than last year, harvest Just begln nr. o lira in threshed yet. Wether very avorable. Wheatrrom-ers claim yield will a grvat deal belter than last year so will uallty. Walla WalTa. Wash. Iry winds early art of month did serloue damage t craln nd cut short the former estimate by 15 to w per cent. Harvest is aeneraiiy unoer way and reports eo far received Indicate net yield will be about same as last sa on. poiilbiy less. Acreage is about the arrje as lent year. SDokane Cron conditions Pa.loo.se and T'.m nena countries never better. lieid eti meted about 0 per cent greater than last year. Harvesting will probably not com mence until Auaust l. with few exceptions. Camas Prairie countrv -l rmln damaged to ome extent, but yield expected to average about .iu rusne: rer acre. OoMe, Or. Farmers report potato crop excellent condition. Via id estimated 3 per cent over .art year. ueer isiana. or. Ltuirt acreage potatoes pianefl and yield will far exceed last year. rainier. cr. potato crop reported line. much heavier yield, with about 100 per cent in acreaae over last yr. Clatskanle. Or. Harvesting under full sway. Hay exceptiona.lv fine crop. fcherar. Or. Everything looks favoraM. Harvesting now on. Expected average 18 to 2 bushels per acre, possibly better. Maunln. Or. Fall strain varv rood Ores. hoppera very little damage. Farmers busy ut unit. Mecca. Or. Few farmers now harvestfn ran wheat. Averoire crop expected. Spring wnat not very lorni. .Mtarti. or. rtrmeri report pan-sown grain good" condition. Early-sown Spring era in fair, while late-sown In noor con filMn. North winds hsve dried ground adly. Considering Increased acreere. ex ec t e d total crop will be about same as last year. Weather past week of conrldorable benefit. Metollotis. Or. Weather has lmpro-ed rop conditions somewhat, however, aeneral feeling Is pesalmlntlc, although few predict yield win re better than generally antlcl oated. Harvest Just commencing. Culver. Or. (tod conditions more nrom Isfr.s; than previously reported. Grain filling wen. rn-i grain will give lair vieuu itorne rprt f.rt per cent better than 1014; Pprtnsj wheat fair. Harvesting commence In few 4aye. Expected average 20 to 25 bushels per acre. (edmnnd. Or. -Croo conditions rood. Al folfa hay and wild bar crop exceptionally line. Agent roporta crops in prinevine aia- trict in very fine condition. eni. or. farmers report Tair cron. Beaverton. Or. If rain continue, onions will probably mildew. Wheat ehows remark- sms growth or straw, a it nous; n it nas not filled as well as expected. Loganberry crop below expectations, account slow market. Potatoes heavy crop. Increased acregre. Rub ject to damare if rain continues. Rains have dam a red quality of hay. Hillsboro. Or. weather expectionaily xnr orable to all crop. Hay crop rather light. Hon cron prospects tair. merest tirove, ur. iay crop lair moeiiy eved from rain damare. Wheat crop extra heavy, but down on ground account showers, Expected will mostly mature and be saved. Fruit crops very good. Apple crop lair, Prunes ahout ouarter crop. Hops good. Wllsonvllle. Or. Wheat much better than 1014. about ready to cut. Hay damaged by recent rain, although yield better than 1814, Onion rood condition. Potatoes fine, al though smaller acreage, but increased yield will equalize 1914 crop. Donald, or. Hop crop large. heavy yield. woodburn. or. hop cron .arge. Waconda. Or. Hon crop Indication good Hay slightly damaged by rain. Peach crop good. WUinany, ur., nopa i"cin i n. nmy large crop, although considerably damaged hv rain. Salem. Or. Weather conditions nnravor- able to hay crop. Wheat and oats look like full cron. Albany. Or. Bllrht damage to wheat ma other crops by rain, although present Indi cations rood. Corvallla. Or. Ranchers putting up nay Some interference bv rain, which has af fected aualitv slightly. Grain harvest will commence shortly. Clover seed better than anttclnatad. Fruit crons fair. Junction City, or. nay crop aamngen small extent by rain. Oraln crop excellent condition. Yield promises fine, fruit crop llrht. Hons fine. Eurene. Or. Harvesting now un. xiay erup not materially damared by rain. Other crops good. Bountiful yield expeeten. except prunes. peachca, apples and peara. normal crop. Indications are ior a gooa nop crop. Vera L.me int appie crop now awm-ivu an er cent normal. Present Indications pom rt .nnH ouaiitv. Tutal output of apples In this section equals that of l"t aeason. due to increased acreere eominr into oeanng Hayden L.aK i-eare. piume inn imn good crop. potatoea are loomng w?i.. la now eatimated apple crop will equal las '. (invix is ixrstiLLy keavy. Harvest Is Vdr Way In Low Hectlom L.EWISTON. Idaho, July 24. SpecIal.) P.alns have greatly heipd fcprlnr wheat, and. while In lotne cases tne ran wr.eet wai sllichtly hurt, the rood has more than off ai v harm. The m-heat and barley cropi will he unusually neavy, in ine opinion farmers and grain buyers. Harvesting is on in tarnax in nm ivwc sectlons of this terrltnrv. 1 M. Foss, district frelgnt and Passenrar arent of the O.-w. R At . at i.ewiion. has prepare.i the followlnx statement ef th vm in in t hlj iwt rltorv t Cimm Prairie ei's .,. tVri.ai 1 Ol4 Run Ltitthels: barlev i iViT .-.-in- oaia. . 7-4H: a total Increase or about r.'H per rent over tne rormai crop, Snake River district Wheat. 127, WJd bus a els: barley. 4:;i.474. an Increase 6f abou a r.er r-nt. Mr. Fosa said: "Wheat that being harvested In the immediate vlrlnlly o Lewlston Is making '.' to m bushels P' re w-vifie last vrar the averare was u about ?0 bushels. Hartey Is threshing from B0 to 65 bunhele per acre, while a year aro it waa but 40 to 45 bushels oata are ave r r.. ut in to IS bushea better ths durlnr V14, yielding about C5 to 70 bush Is per acre. ' FIRST GRAIX KFT.M AT 91 CXXTS Crop Teta Near Iomfroy Knew Light Weight, but Average tiitutity, POME ROY. Wash.. July J4. t Ppeelal.) The first sale of new grain in darnel Countv was made Monday by Frank c ara well, of Pomeroy. who received PI cents bushel foe. nn bushels of fortyfnld and 10 cents a hundred for barley. W. W. Richard son soM for 11 a hundred welrht 12"0 sa-k of barley for Immediate delivery from hi ranch north of Poimroy. Samples obtained from a number of crop threshed In the western nart of the count show the rmtn to be rather light In testa fo weifrht. alt hour h the yields reported a above the average In quantity. Barley seem to be the bumper crop this year. GRAIX FTKES ARR FEWER. Only Threx Blares Reported ee far Nca Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or., July S4- ( Special. Or.lv t hrea rraln f Ires have been report e here this season, the latest involving th loss of sacks of wheat on the Sims-Wad farm, north of Ixiwuen Isst Monday, whe a blase siarted at one setting as the engln was pulling away tor tne nert setting. Conditions generally are said to be pra tlcally the same aa last year, which lwa mHtiv to believe that many of last year fires were of Incendiary origin, although every precaution has been taken this season to runrtl against possible losses by smu explosions. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH. Ga July J4. Turpentine .firm. 3fSc. bales. 3.n; receipts, 3ki; ship ments. 74; stock, L'fl.lus. Rosin, firm; sales. 73t; receipts, I'U-iO: shipments, 283: stock. 5u.70i. Quote: A, B. $'J.0; C. D, 13.0.".: n. 3.0."i f ft.l O; F. O. H. I. $3.13; K. $H . M. 4.20i?4.:3; N, $3; WG, $46.10; WW, $6.0B. Metal Markets, NEW YORK. July 24. Copper easy. Electrolytic, $10.00 & 10. SO. Iron unchanged. I Hied Fruit at w York. v NEW YORK. July 24. Evaporated apples quiet. Prunes pterty, Puiehei firm. Hop at w Tork. NKW VORK. July 3. Hops steady. Hides steady. 'Woo) firm. HIGH RECORDS MADE Active War Stocks Keep Up Their Advance. BETHLEHEM GAINS SEVEN Electric Boat, in Curb Market. Rises 97 Points During Day. Bond Trading Is of Moderate? Volume. NEW YORK. 'July 24. War stocks were active again today and advanced materially, so that several made new high records. At the closo Ttaldwin L.ocorno:i ve. Amer ican Can. Bethlehem stecl and other Issues, mliich are reapina- a harvest of war oroera. were near their. Lst. Hethlehem bteel gained seven points for the day. and 'l point lor be we. American can ao.d at .a iew high figure of iS- The demand for all claaeea of war Issues overshaoo ad ail other rading. 13tiiiehem Steel was again a reaiure oi atrennth and sold at .uj-b M-h la the highest price at which a non-dividend pay ing stock has ever sold In -New lor stock exchange. In the outside mar act. anoincr non- dlvldend mercurial specialty. Klectrlo Tioat. soared DT points to ti2. while the preferred umrei to to Total sales of stock today wer 300.000 hares. Changes In the bank statement were close the estimate made from the known move ments In money. The only features were an increase of :l,47o. 1 00 In the surplus re serve and an increase in loans of $13,104.nrto. Trading In bonus waa In moderate volume mlt bout an appreciable cnenge an pric Total sales, ar at tie, aggregate! St Hum!. U. S. 2 m advanced V on caU for the week. CLOSLNO tiTOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing talea. ftort 4."... 00 l.OuO High. 33 V T.ow. -l rt t,TA 1?H b-d Alsnka Oold.... Amal Cupper. . .. 31 W 'I V V I'S 77S 107 lVs 121 223 f.S llXX-i 7V fcr.v, f V 13'Ji, 42 J1S 7'.i 121S H 114 24 4 7V 2S W 170 116 KKH rto I, 1COV, 73 3i Am Me. 1 sug . . . Atn.rican Can.. Am fcm a; Hole. 7S do pfd Am ru Kef g . . . Am Tel Tel, . Anier Totaoco.. Anaconda Mm.. AlcUln ' ""ioo 'ii" "' "".;oo "io" "". (( 140 H 139'. 1.4(1 4.1 W 4 3O0 3VW oK 'i'.ioo "7I ""s6 "iis ".ivi 400 l V S4 "V.soo "iil. 'iflli 2..Vi0 -s1 ssv. 27.0OO 170 "l'.tioo "37 vi is SOO tiO W 60 V, ""ioo "30" 2H "V.tpo ii is iii" 4, roo r,'i :, a.000 2 4 ut. ""iAA "is" 'rjij SOI 14 V. 14 0O boW (r0 ""266 iii" ivi" '"ioo 'ii't 'siW ""466 iocs ios'vi ""t.06 "22 8.4' 147 V 14rt, 8.30O S4S 3J " V.j00 "rSuj "34 ii l.Of'l 13'. 12", ior) n1 SS 21'0 lit 1.11 4.000 127 4 U'llt "5V.706 'ii 1.30 lilt. llr. 1.200 64 63 V. "'t'm 'ii" "" 80.100 3na lo7 Jialt a. Ohio. . . . Br Rap Transit. Cal Petroleum.. Canadian l'ac. Cert leather... Ches 4k Ohio. . . . Chi Or West .... Chi Mil ar St P. Chi & N W Chino Coppsr. . . Colo r se iron. . Colo at South . . . O & H G do Pfd T!t Securities.. Krl. (Jen Eleclrli . .. Or North tfd. . . Or Nor Ore ctfs. Guggenheim Kx. Illinois Central.. Int.r-M.t prrt . Inspiration Cop. tnu-r Harveatcr. K c Southern. . lhlnh Valley... 141 l.-. 71S . ? 120 62V1 14 7v, 14 104 34 V, 2S 1 1S7 22 V, 14V So. 4V, 12S 361, l-.l 1261, kov, (.4 1, 11"'. V5 H v. ', I.ouls A Nasa.. Meji Petroleum. Miami Copper.. M K T Mo Pacific Nafl Biscuit... Nat'l Lesd Nevada Copper. N Y Central. . . . N T. N H A H. Nor Ax We. tern. North Pacific... Pacific Mall. . . . rsc Tel Tel.. Pennsylvania .. Pull Pal Car... Ray Cons Cos.. Heading !'. D ir at bteei. StLarSl' Si rfd. South Pacific... aouth Railway.. lennse. uop.. Texas Co Union Pacific... do pfd U t Steel do prd T'tah Copper.... Wabash prd ... Western I'tlloo. . Westing Klec . . , 10; H Total sales for the day, soo.noo shares. BONDS. U S ref 2s. reg. 7 IN. r Pac 5s r'4 do coupon UJ y.c TAT 5.... 87 u, (J fl 3s, t.g. .. .. 101 n if.nn Conv 4s..l2, uo coupon. ... lol v co I'aa ref 4s... .'S U S 4". reg lo j do conv r.s 7V do coupon. ... 1 101 'Union Pacliio 4s. i4 N Y C g db 6s. 103 1 do conv 4s Nor pac 4s WIST rl Steel 0S.....101V, HotoB Cloelna; Mlninx. Iloueg 32 I.Mohawk 70 'i 3 V, : ? 2V 4H 41 11 70 A Z L. S 3VNir.Jlnr Mines.. Arizona Com'l... 7VJs'OT-th liutt. .... alumet A Arls. 64 Qulm-y Calumet a; II... Do Centennial 18 Shannon uperloe ....... ip at Bos M . . . Tamarack . . . . . U 8 8 R M. . do preferred . 'Ctah Cons Cop Range C C. 8.- E Bulla Cop M. 13 Kranklin 9 rinby Cons ... 83 Oreene Cananea. 4 lale Royal:. (C) 27 Kerr Lake IS wolverine lutto at Sup .. . Lake Copper ... 14.: Money, Kirhssge, Etc NEW TOHK, July 21. Mercantile paper, 3iiS per cent. .Orllni Sixty-day bills. $4.7173; demand, $4.7i'..'.0. cables, $4.7723. liar silver. 47Vc Mexican Uullara. 36He. I.ONION, July 24. Par silver. 22 7-16d per ounce. Money, 4&4V, per c.nu SAN PRANOISCO. July S4. Sterling tn London, 60 riax. $4.72; cable. $4.77 DAIRY STOCK MARKETED Rt l.K OK CATTLE OFlT.FlF.n IX LAT TEU PART OF WREIw Prlcea Ruled I-rOw aa Cossrsatart. Dematatd for Hoars Limited. &bces Quiet. T)usiDeis for th wott In the livestock market caina to a closo with a run of only threo loads. an3 there waa no change of lxri portanca la prices. Kcetpts ware 1 cattle and 160 hoes. The shippers wure : With hoii J. M. Mishler. HubTjard. 1 car. Wfth mlaed loads Pet arson Urea.. For est i.rove. 1 car cattle and hoRt ; C E. Luckv. Cunby, 1 car cattle and ho vs. The day s sales were aa follows : Wt. I'lire Wt. Prlco S Pteera 1 tr . 1 staic . . &0 ho . . .0 .1.i3 12 hogs o 3. . ,ti ;i,ik 19 hrKB iid ? aj ..t7i .;ri l bus uuo o-itj Ke view In i the situation at the yards, tha Livestock lteporter ears: "6ie stuff has constituted the greater part of the cat tie offerings for tha mid week period, and It has Oeen mostly the unprofitable milkers which dairymen are culling out and marketing. There Is aome beef on this stuff after the offal is dressd out of It, but It .s expeaslvo meat to the packer at $i to o ca tha hoof, iioef cows at .M are cheaper. Tha dairy cows are coming In in Increasing numuri and beef cows which are fit for breeding purposes are being kept in the country, which cause the prices for cows to look low. "Competitive bidding in the swine divi sion has practlca;iy been e.l ruinated since Monday bees use of the Valley contract which has guaranteed $7.40 fur tup hogs coming in from that section. A great deal of this Western Oregon stuff is of half -f at condition or is tn uneven loads and wou.d not bring the price In the open market. Uuycrs sty that 97. 3o to 7.40 is a.l the csn pay for the best stuff thy have beva receiving, but that an extra gto4 load might bring a tittle more. There la oni) a lieht demand for hoes, and if the runs are heavy, prices may b expected to ru. steady to lower, while light receipts might bring prices back to ?7 .''O. PortlMnd's hog market Is now below Eastern markets. "The light receipts of sheep for tha mid week period have be?n Valley stuff which came in in mixed loads with cattle or hogs end have not met with very heavy demand. The f nlsh has been good In most cases, but the oemand for driaed mutton Is not good and iuckers require only a few aheop tn1 at lower prices." Current prices ot the different e lessee of livestock at North Portland follow: Can e Best steer S4.30tJT.00 Oood stra rtlti0 Medium sters ................... 4i ) j A - Chnlc cows 5. 74 a io Halirrs 41 TJu ." Hulls i.ro ij 8I , 4.00 irKS 1 I.lKhL w 7IKI9T4Q W.thora 4.T3 9 5."iO Ewes 3 OO U 4 An Lamb St.uuu0.3o rhlrazo Llrestork Market. CHICAGO. Juir 2. Hoes Receipt.. TOOO; srronc. 5? abov. .lerdsys a.ers,e; bulk. S-J.'so j 7.30: liht. ;.47.u: mtxvd. rt 71 4i 7 73; heavy. 'l 4.. O 7.40 ; rouiX 70; p!Bs. .75u T.iV.. Caul. Recetms. -tu- n.tiv. K.r , JHuh 10.31; Western sle.rs. 7.00SS.;o; I cows and iietrcra. i.aoj(K.;o. calvas. 7.00(j llie.p Receipts, soon: stronc: sheep, t3.75 UB.76; lambs, HOuu S.:o. Omaha (iet. Ma. hi niton Cattle. POMEROY. Wash.. July 24. (Special.) Of the 34 carloads of cattl. shipped by th. Onrfield County farmers from Iome roy lut week. IS carloads wer shipped to Omaha. Tlia returns from the., cattle show the pric. received to b. 3J. as acslnst d. 70 from tiie Coast markets. Th. difference Is about (12 a head la favor of th. Nebraska center. ..'th. cattl. averaged 14O0 pounds a head. Idaho Man Milii. Carload of Hoc. OENKJJEK. Irta.. Julv 54 iSkui.i 1 Th Itrmen' I nion Warehouse Company of ..... "wo a carioac or rm. rat hor. away on WeJneecay. This car was mau. up entirely of hos. owned by Charles . Jsln. of lieoe-. ar.d ail of them wer. v.rv. fin. hoa. Mr. Jain ralee. and ships about two carloads of hoes a year. H. owus and runs a lars farm ea.t of o.ne.e.. Londoa Wool Kalra Over. LONDON, July 24 Th. f:fth series of wool auct.on ..lea ended today with of ferings of 73uu bales. Th. ..lection wa. moderat. and It sold steadily at recent ratM nurlnr th. sales, th. home trad, bous-ht 1U.O0O bales. Franc, and Russia. lSono. and America 6o0o, whll. 72.0O0 wer. held over. COFTEK etrpi-v is ixv. Ylslbia Stork Only 40 Per Cent of Con- sumptloau Th. world baa las. coff. on hand now . it y-v.r. according; to Ue&ry w. ....... 1011. in comm. nunc on th. staU.iKal po.lt. on of th market, b. sas; "Th statistic.,; position has undergone a ra.-narkabl. Improvement during th. past fiscal .ar. th. world's vl.io.. supply hav ing dxnuel fully 2.7&0.0OO bags, and now amounts to only 40 per cent of a normal annual consumption. as compared wun much larger proportionate stocks during th last eight y.ara. Th. world', ext. ting stocks wer. not .0 sm.U a. tb.y ar. now sine. loi. and at that tim. in. normal consumption of the wond amounted to only 14.(tni.o'0 ha... whilst now It amounts to about IKOuo.oou bags. Th. crop year Just begun may show an Increase la production of 2,000.000 to 2.&1-O.OCO tags, as compareo with th. year Just clojied. but It 1. not likely that such a production will Increase th. worlds vlalbl. supply materially, and. If th hug. takings for th. armies of Ku rop. continue. e may .ven witu.s. a lur- tner reduction of existing stocks. The trade, however, .till abstains from buying, being no doubt Influenced by th. reports of poor financial conditions In Ura 111. which It U thought will furc. th. plant ers to dlspos. of their crop as best they can. and luaamuch as shipments to several very Important consuming counirlee of u rop. ar. now virtually prohibited, and ship ments to several ainallT neutral countries hav. been limited to their actual require ments for home consumption, the United c'tatea would bo offered exceptional oppor tunities for acquiring a good portion o" th. llraxlllan crop at low- prices. "KraxlUan markets have of late, however, axhlblt.d r.markatle ateadlneaa. showing no Inclination whatever to meet buers' views In this country, l.-sdlng us to believe that Bragtl's financial condition, ar. not as bad a. they ana pictured and that there ar. .omo way. and means open to the rtraxillan plsnters to market their crop Ju diciously nnd wlthcut having to make fur ther sacrifices. Wht.at the course of th. market In th. Immediate future will del-end upon th. financial ability of tb. Hra xtltans. its ultimata trend will, of course, be regulated by supply and demand. T. fljw.rlnc, p.rtod for th. 1U19-17 r sll crop, which will commence tn a few weeks from now. will offer opportunities to gsug. to om. extent the .tx. of next year's production, and In this connection It la well to rememb.r that th. prolonged drouth In the early part of this year de prived th. tree, of a good deal of nourish ment, e-hlcb. they required to produce a good crop. Purthermor.. It h.s rarely if ever tiaprtened tnat good crops ar. produced In two successive years, and th. chance, ar., therefor., that lh flowering will indicate a smaller production. T hes. ideas ar. based on past experiences and to some extent on reports received t-y 1 . althoue-h climatic oondttions during t -.e next few months may be such as to o.rl the Injury reported to have been done to th. trees. "XJefttdcs corftld.rlng th. future produc tion. It Is well to consider also what th. future consumption will b. .nd tn this re spect opinions differ very widely. In our optpton. consumption Is bound to suffer alter th. European war Is over, on account of th. Impoverishment of th. peopl. and th. expected increase of taxation In European counlrlca. SAN 1IIANCISCO PRODUCB MARKETS a J-rnlta, Prices Current In the Bay City Vecetahlca. Mr. RAX FRA.NOIFCO, July S4. Butter ' Frah extras. 1:5c. feeggs Fresh extraa. !IHq; fresh flrata, 21 Sc. selected pUa.t. lev. ( a-fic New (T 12-. Young Americas, im Cf line. tTfcons. 1 S He. VenctaHea !'. $1 .So.; asparagus, f 1 ei 7i; beana, string 1o11". wax. lljlSo; llmas. 4i eX ; cucumbers. 7ct?$i; totnatoca, T.Vjl.lo por larca lug. Ontuns "a:.f rn'.a, .'oejr&c. Kruit l.emons 7r S .j. off grade TTc t II ;.o. grspeiruit. S- 1 S. oranses. 12.75 J Z M; UraiiiR, Hawaiian. II i$ Z ; rlne- P. Hawaiian. 7cf$l arple LSravensteln l.eL2.; Ked Aetrachaa, wcQ H-clPts Flour. 1074 nuariera: barlee. BTfii cenials; potatoca. 4tXx sacks; hay, 60s tone. THE 'AITLE OCT LOOK IS PROMISING North Central l'aahtngton Yield Is Inti mated at 6104) Car, WENATCHEB. Wash.. July 4. fPpecUl.) From a close study of the estimates made by the O row era leaaue Inspectors, the apple crop in North Central Washington 111 run from 73 to 80 per cent of last years aonor mallv larae crop. The lnspectore haa not estimated more than one-ha.f th total acre- ape, but they estimate the teM at about MM earsu In comparison with the crop of 1W13. the odd year with which comparisons sbouln be made. It wilt be .'K cars larger. In Wenatchee Valley proper, there appears to be a sharp dividing Una as to orchards which will have a normal production. The orchards north of Orondo avenue will run close to SO or 10 per cent of last year. The orchards south of uroaao win oear ou.y about to per cent Cherry Bade Are Cress ed. KENNEWICK, Wash.. July 14. ft-pecleX) A s a result of a cam pa ism started some time aeo by District Hortloultnral Inspector I.uk powel!. growers in this sect. on ar bud ding their Ping cherry orchards with buds from Governor Wood and Black Tartarian arlettca to easts t the pollenisailon of the B l n g s. Hue's from the common seedling varieties ar the best for tMs porpos. The otht-r varieties named ara being used becacs of greater commercial value. Most of the befis are relng secured from, th How Irs cherry ranch, near Prosser, the largest cherry orchard tn the west part of Tne Brownsville Warehouses t'kas, SterliaK. 0wer. E- .. ,-...v.. v..., . ,.im 5 i f - - . - . .i. , i" - I.ocated In one of the b.at producing; sei?tlinrt of th Willamette Valley, hlpnient-e of wheat, out and hay made alone; entire coast. Write for prices. We cars save you money on feud ship ment. Brownsville Warehouses Brsn aavllle. tie- r . , 1 PIG IRON IS ACTIVE Continued Improvement Noted in Steel Industry. MUNITION ORDERS LARGE Efforts to Curb Uubridletl block Speculation In Wall Strrrt Io Xot Meet With Success. Hallway Issues Heavy. NEW TORK. July 24 Efforts war. tn.ill thi. we-k to etirb the unorldied speculation In stocks which hsve be. ome known s "'war bride,." but thy met wUh iudlflerent suc cess. Substantial evidence of the benefit, of war order, was found In the expanded pro duction and advancing prices In the ,:el mark.t. Canadian Pacific. Ft. Paul. Southern Rai' way preierred and several other l.euee la th. .am. class sold at lowest price. In yeara. the decline being rromoted by dubious di Ideid proepects. This country's strong exchange poelti-.n provides Bsatnst harm tront foreicn liquMj tlon. which was In much smaller vo.utue this week. London's payments of war loan suhecrp tlon. tightened that money maraet with '1 creaaed prooaollliy of borrowing here Tio pale of $40,000,000 on. to two-year not. l su. h.r. by th. C.ns'ltsn government cn at tractive Interest retutas was Ih. banking fea'ur. of the week. The .te.l Industry developed a rew r.M this week. A high premium wee e,t.hie. on open hearth stel. The steel companies bid upon r.(.(( tons of .tee! rounds. ne Eastern plsnt quoting upon 112 000 tors In on. d.y. ;teel for hlirh explc.v. ,iie"'e la now held at 2 Aft to 3c per pound against 1 f.O to 2c per pound a month ago. A lurtlier advanc. Is probabl. next week. Ru.la wl:l p. c.a New York for th. rat., recent'v ortfe-ed. teveral he'.l rn-. tr.cts for Sreat Prttaln and RumI. we-. Cloeed. France hotight r.o,o tons of b'oonie. whll Italy wsnts 3V (0 tons of smsll Ingots. 20000 tons cl rails as well as .ei kcisp n-ti pig Iron. Weet Amtra:i. ordered ioimhi tons of rails whtle India. China en.l .Japan bought more American tmplaia. Th. Union. Pacific Is to buy fooo cars More life w.s evident In p!g Iron with sales of 2.Y000 to lVVfrlo tor... rnriT BI.KiHT is tRAPlrATKll Campaign Meet. lVlth Succe. In niMrlrts Near Kroorwlck. K ENNEWirK, Wash.. July S4 (Special ) - Th. campaign n.atnM blicht In thl. dis trict has been succeesftil. Th. menace to the fruit Industry which a f w months aeo had gained much headway m th. orchards of th. II iver, Kenrew lrk and Richland ter ritory has been overcome, reports William Mlekle. aaelstsnt to Itortlcultural Inspector Po.elL Tho splendid co-operstlon of the grower. In clesnnr their orchsrds of the dess. is responsible for the success. Th. surg.ry methods cf eral!catlon er ued. Coffee1 1 ot area. NEW TORK. July 24. The market for coffee futures opened unchanged to two points lower, because of selling Influenced by the low rst. of Rio exchange. There was very little outside buslr. es, th. trade holding off to await the outcome of the nraxllian finances and th. cio wa. dull, with price, unchanged to one point net lower. Salea. IIimhi baa. July. 6.U4c: De cember. 67c; May. 7.('!c. r-pot. quiet. Rio No. 7. 7Vc; Ssntos No. 4. Sc. Cost and freight offers were reported a little easier .nd scarce, wtth 4s quoted at OtAnotor rM 7p at e. OVERBECK & COOKE CO. Brekrra, Stork. Honda, Cotton, (rain Etc, t.-Tl. BOARD OF TRVDE BLIX-. MtMBlCIU ( tll(AU HO AKO OF TRADE. C'oixepnndeal of Iarso Jt Hrj-ia, 4 btettgo mad New Vork, MKMBKK4 New Tork lto-rk t.trhot, lii ;tj Mock K Itance, lto4tni tSlof k !. Iianit. ( tirso lioard f 1 raflt. New . ork oil on Kmrhanse. New OrkMD Cotton K rltjnff, Nrw ork t of leo ascttancc. New York Produce Kv-haiise luiirrpoBi Cotloa Am'b. TRAVEI.f.K GriHK, FRENCH LINE Ccnpagula Cieweral. rraaaatlaBUtitM. 1M!TAL bLBVICK. Sailings From NEW YORK to BORDEAUX CHICAGO July 31. 3 P. M. ESPAGXE Aug. 7, 3 P. M. ROCHAMBELVU ...Auj. U. 3 P. M. FOR INFORM AT ION APPLY C. W. hllager, HO 4tb a4.l A. U. t aarltoa. t&4 UonlMw L-1 a. M. I my lor. i . M. at ru l Kj.l Uorw) II. (Tiillb. II 3d .1-1 A. - ShelOon. ttM d t. It, lllrl-o III ah loglwa al.s .Sen It limit Koail. ain aad NsrS tw.1 r. K. Alrlarlanii, d aad Us.lilaglaa UilUlL Uulty, 14 sd t'urtUod. NortH Bank Rail 28 Hours Ocean Sail 4-t.ca. Inpl.-Scr.w II-w not. NUKTHF.KV "NUUtUKHN -AtlslC run SAN FRANCISCO K.wry Ttie.i1 ay. Thorwdavy aad batardwy. FtMmer train ! North Bank atatloa $:SO A. at ; lunch aboard snip: test, arrive. Saa fraaciaco 1 f M. Beat dar. txraFsa mekvice Ar rREiuiiT gt-aTb. NOBTII HANK T1CK.ET OFFICE. ItiuDoa: Us.;. gi!a. A 31 Ua aad Clark. 1-Velgrit aad r.wiiger STEAMtlil IO THi: DAIJJC and ay Lauidlnga. "BAILEY GA1ZERT" Letvti Portland dally at 7 A. M except dux. 1ar and Monday. (Sunday excursions to Cascade .Locks leave u A. M. "DALLES CITY" Leave. Krimnd Tuesday. Thursday led gutHltv at S:.io A. M. runda C ..rade l.ura. Kxrnrnlen fl. gar. to The llalle. and Keturn $. ALHFR-M. IHKK. FORI l.M. Inonn Mala all. A .11. Str. GEORGIANA Harkins Transportation Co. I.eavea Ually, ticr.t Maaday. at 7 A. M. Sunday. 7 JO A. M. for ASTORIA and way landings, l'.et urninir. leaves Astoria, at 2 f. M.. arrivlna; Portland 8 H. ii. Ending foot of V a.hlngton street. Mats) lsaa. A tut COOS BAYLINE Steamer Breakwater "alia Krisl Alssn.rts Oook. Pvrtland. eaer Tharwday at H A. M. F'rrlsSI aad l lrket llllire, Alin.rla l).rk. I'heara Msl SIMM!. A tlty Tlrwet Office. M Kil M. Fb.ir. Maraaall 4.MW, A MIJI. HH I I.AM) dt UI HAV . H. . - NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA tis MO.NOI.I LL' and MVA Palatial pai.enger Steamer. "NIauaKa" jii.uoo ton. iiitp.tcrm.nl "at A KL R A. li.uvU Him 0.s...rmont Falaug .ery -1 iliit from Vancouver. B C Apply C.na.llan I'acirie Hallway Co. b. Id fcl-. fortiand. or., or to th. Canadian Au. tr.i.sian lioi, Matt Ulna. 440 truour at VancooN.r. fcL C