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Newspaper Page Textf THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1917. 15 BIDS TURNED DOWN Oregon Wool Growers Waiting for Later Market. OFFERS GENERALLY MADE Demand for New Clip Is Strong, but Sheepmen Are Less Inclined to Sell In All Parts of West. in the day at 38 and 39 cents, when holders touna they could not eet more. and in the afternoon some business was done at 37 cents. Near the closing hours, offers by Front-street houses to clean up at 36 cents met with no response. Poultry was in ligrht supply during' uressea meats were also unchanged. CAXIFORJaA VEGETABLES HIGHER EXPORT BUYERS OUT Fear of German Raiders Puts Check on Trade in Wheat. Local Apple Market in Healthy Condition. Orange Firm. Two cars of caumiower and half a car of mixed vegetables arrived yes terday. Vegetables of all kinds are very firm as a result of the cold wea ther prevailing- in California in the growing sections. The quality of the lettuce lately received shows the ef fect of the cold spell, and the same may be said of celerv. The annlp market is in a fairlv I , - A healthy condition with a growing de- 1 '-ai.nuiau ooipments 01 iw-uraur; CHICAGO CLOSE UNSETTLED mand for averae-e crades. Oranaes are tirm in resDonse to ad vances in the south, amounting- in I some cases to 30 cents a box. Califor- nit tangerines are still too small to ship, but Florida tangerines will soon be on this market. Fancy Florida grapefruit is also being offered on the street- Grain to Minneapolis Also Tend to Depress Market Rail- road Embargo Factor. oranges, navels. 2.40265: banancs. 1 2S l.CO; pineapples. appiee. .w- torn Pippins. (1.1001.25; Beltefl.ur. OS T5C Feedstuff Cracked corn and feed cot. meal, uncertain; rolled barley, f4547: nefc alfalfa. 21c carloads: less, 22c. Receplts Flour. 11.624 quarters: barley. 4260 centals; beans. 1573 sacks; potatoes, OO10 sacks; onions, 845 sacks: hay. 20 tons; bides, 655; wine. 18.1QO gallons. Copper Market Firmer. KEW TORK, Jan. 20. The market for copper has been firmer dnring the past week. Demand bas been moderate, but-has shown some improvement and it Is reported that tho small lots of electrolytic recently off-line at low prices have been prety well cleaned up. There were offers of elec trolytic for nearby and second quarter de livery at quotations ranninir from 2S.50c to 2H.0OC today, but the larger agenclea arc still holding at 32.50c for ths third quar- 4 ter. Iron was unchanged. HIGHER PRICES If! SIGHT CASH GAIN LARGE Oregon woolgrowers still maintain a reserved attitude in the matter of sell ing their wool before It is shorn. Buy ers continue to make offers for the new clip, but they are meeting with little success. There are rumors, not confirmed, of fine wool being contract ed for south of Bend at 30 cents, and one grower asserts he was offered 2 cents better than this, but so far as the eastern counties are concerned there appears to be no future selling. Contracting in general throughout the Western states has slowed down recently, owing to the stronger stand taken by sheepmen? rather than to any hesitancy in the demand. Utah has enjoyed most of the limited business done of late, where buyers have paid from 34 to 37 cents for wools grading from average up to exceptionally choice. In Western Idaho fine clips have been signed up at 23 to 30 cents and 32 to 33 cents has been paid lor medium. Most of the wools secured in the sections producing fine territo ries have been bought on a scoured cost of $1 a pound. There has also been some operating In California and in Arizona, buyers in the latter state paying 35 to 36 cents. and In a Tew Instances sllgntiy more. Practically all the early wools In Ne vada are reported to be under con tract. No trading is reported from Montana or Wyoming. Growers in the former state say conditions for the coming season's elip look good, owing to the normal Winter weather prevail ing. Commenting on the early date on which the contracting movement start ed this year, an Eastern wool trade authority writes: "The necessity for securing the do mestic wools of 1917 has been brought to the attention of dealers and manu facturers very forcibly and early in the season by the embargo on Austra lian clips. The pronounced need which is bound to be shown for Ihese wools accounts for the readiness to buy be fore the wools have been shorn and the willingness to pay the most ex treme prices. The quietness of the week In the matter of contracting Is apt to be only temporary. "Next in line as a source of new supplies, the markets of South Africa are reported to have shown great Btrength since the holidays. The only development favorable to American buyers there is the fact that Bnprlisn operators are not quite so keen. Their eagerness to buy has been tempered by the pressure of the commandeered wools in the London market. American buyers thereby have been afforded more chance to secure good lots than they had before the holidays. They are paying extreme prices, however, the current quotations being at a level which means a clean cost laid down here of $1.10 to $1.30 for grades from short combing to best. Several cargoes of Cape wool are on the way to Bos ton. "Indicative of the straits to which the trade is nut to find wools is the report that unfamiliar sorts are being offered from south America with con siderable freedom and that something In being done in them, ttahla Blanca, Pasto Fuertas and others not men tioned are included. Other errades which do not compare with Argentine and Uruguayan wools in prominence but are being offered well at present are Punta Arenas and Chubut lots. It is claimed that considerable business has been done in Montevideo half- blood and three-eighths-blood wools also Concordia Is, 2s and 3s. at 69 cents. Well-sTtlrted Buenos Aires cross- breds cannot be imported today on a basis lower than 60 to 61 cents for Lincolns: 62 to 63 cents for straight quarters and 64 to 65 cents for high quarters. "In view of the further offering and buying of Sotith American clips, the acuteness of the shipping situation be tween the markets for such wools and this country Is of interest. The ton nage for wool in American or other neutral boats, according to cablegrams, Is confined to the steamer Ohioan. bo far as shipments until February are concerned. The owners of this vessel have advanced the cost of their freight room to an extreme level, in view of this condition. They are ask ing $40 a bale, whereas $25 recently nas been quoted for room in English ootioms. LOWER PRICES OFFERED FOR WHEAT Market Closes Four Cents Under Top Mark of Week. The further declines in the Eastern wheat market have created a weaker feeling in this section. Buyers were not disposed to take hold yesterday ex cept at concessions. Prices offered in the country were net. $1.57 for blue etem, $1.55 for fortyfold. $1.53 for club and $1.50 for red. These prices are about 4 cents under the top mark quoted early in the week. At the Merchants' Exchange wheat bids were reduced Z to 4 cents from Friday s level. Oats and barley were steady and quiet. The London grain cable said: "Wheat very dull, but prices firm, lighter American shipments expected. Australian exports larger. Corn firm on Argentine news. Flour strontr. Aus tralia weather better and damage from recent rain exaggerated, out-turn es timated at 120.000.000 bushels: othe estimates made are 132.000.000 bushels. Argentine, movement of all grain con tlnues light, much difficulty experi , enced in filling contracts owing, to an tagonism between German an(' allied firms and this restricts business." Terminal receipts, in cars, were re ported by the Merchants' Exchange as touowa; Wheat Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay Creamery Committee WU1 Investigate. CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Fear of German SALEM, Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) A. sea rovers put a virtual stop to export Slaughter, member of the committee of buying of wheat today, and caused a creamery managers named here recent- materia sag in prices. The result was ly to confer with creamery managers an unsettled close. to l"ic net lower, of Portland on the question of regu- with May at $1.86 H to $1.86 and July latins the prices of butter and butter- at $1.51 H to $1.5194. Corn finished rat. stated the committee expects to go to T4 and lc down, and oats off to to Portland Thursday of next week for 14c Provisions showed losses varying . vuuierunce to oe neia eitner tnat aay rrom 2 to lzfec. or Friday and pry into the question of Depression ruled in the wheat pit marketing creamery products. right from the outset, and there was at no time any important rally. Canadian Hop Prices Holding Steady. shipments of much low-grade wheat to A moderate movement continues in Mineapolis formed an additional ele the hop market with prices showing no ment against the bulls. Other dls material change. George Lewis pur- patches from the Northwest said wheat chased 300 bales from the association at In cars.hat could not go East was al ii cents. Smith Bros., of. St. Paul, sold most unsalable, even at discounts of 5 10 bales to the volf Hop Company at cents a bushel. 7 cents. The Piner lot of IKS hi. l.-n at Corn fell with wheat. Aurora was bousrht bv Louis Lachmund Oats had no independence and mere at about 7Vi cents. ly followed the descent of other cereals. Chanses in Provision List. I Weakness of hogs and grain eased A few minor rhns in the nrnvlnlnn I down the provision market Besides. list will go into effect Mondnv morn- abnormal freight rates on the ocean SEASON IS PROSPEROUS ONE FOR STOCKCROWER. Year Opens With Livestock Markets Far Better Than Twelve Months AsTO. New York Bank Reserves Are Now at High Figure. STOCK TRADING NARROW of legsl requirements. This Is sn IDcreas of (Jl.034.010 over last week. The state ment follows: Loans. discounts. Increase, etc $3,442,423,000 $55,295,000 Reserve In own vaults 56. 435.000 Reserve in Federal reserve bank ... 104.873,000 Reserve in other depositaries . SA. 731. 000 Net demand depos its S.663.S10.OOO Net time deposits. ltH.rttill 000 Circulation 28.653,000 8S.65X.000 3.277.000 2.121.0OC 88.1S4.POO 68.000 Shipping Shares Active In Spite or Fear of Commerce-Destroying Operations in American Wa ters Steel Is Stronger. Of which $490062.000 is specie. Decrease. Aggregate reserve, $818,044,000; excess re serve. Sl'02. 472.650: Increase. S21.034.010. Summary of state banks and trust com panies not Included in clearing-bouse state ment: Loans, discounts. ' Decrease. etc $74S.HO.S0O tlO,07.000 Specie 63. 245. 500 61 5.200 I.exa.1 tenders 10.127.800 4rt,700 Total deposits SS.241.3iK 12.181.0(10 Banks' cash reserve In vaults. $13,601,700; trust companies' cash reserve La vaults. 5u.570.tS0O. MARKET MAY BREAK Potato Dealers Think Present Prices Dangerous. MANIPULATION IS CHARGED Incr THIRTY-ONE MILLIONS ARE BOUGHT Large Discount Business by Federal Re serve Banks During Week. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. The Reserve Board's statement of the combined resources and liabilities of the Federal reservs banks I January 18 follows: . nams, 12 cents on cottate rolls, 1 cent on fancy pickled bacon backs and Changes on various sausages. tuuak Clearina-a. I u Bank Cleariners of the Northwestern pftlpfl T..l ....... u,7 nc. . 1U1IUWB. Clearings. Balances Portland $2,35S.S3 $16:1.0.11 May Seattle 2.605,034 4U5.S00 July i.yii J3,D34 uS.SbU Spokane sort 7114 -iith-,m Clearings of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma 1 May for the past week and corresponding week I July " luiuicr years were: Portland. R.AttlA T.rrtm. ' 916 Wld ..... 10.6tl(1.2!7 11 II111177 1 7J-, a:l 914 .. n.12:i!lrt1 in fcnit tvti 9 fivi -nil l?13 10,294,072 10.359.277 2.45S.000 5ay 912 8.158 r3 n 4.-. "31 4 n-.ii r.7 July in 6.0a.i3 9,407,390 3,863.073 1910 7 r,.v: m tat r. am -ja 1909 4.951.2:3 . 7'.iK7'i-:s ..'..' 1 I Jan. Europe. Leading futures ranged as follows: 1.07 1.04 1.00 J. 00 PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Flour. Feed, Etc. Merchant's Exchange, noon session. January delivery Bid. Bid. Tr a trn iuestem ............. s 1.67 S 1.1 r ui tymio .................... Club l.2 Red fife Red Russian .............. ,M 1.58 Oats No. 1 white feed 36.75 B-iney No. 1 feed 40.00 28.00 futures Bid. February bluestem 1.68 March bluestem ...................... 1.68 Fe iruary fortyfold ................... 1.63 March fortyfold 1.63 r eDruary cluo 1.62 March club 1.62 February Russian M. ...... .. 1.5S March Russian ....................... 1.58 February oats . , Ma. ch oats . . . . February barley March barley Portland. Bat.. 11 Tear ago .... 21 Total this week 63 Year ago 138 Season to date. 857(1 Year ago 9065 Tacoma. Frl... 25 Year ago .... 1 Benson to date. 4752 Year ago ....5651 Seattle. Frl.... 13 Year ago. . ... a Season to date. 3750 Year ago 7058 3 8 84 132 1318 no 463 1 '362 1212 13 18 64 PS0 1032 R 5 1002 1465 16 4 77 28 1566 09 233 244 8 9t5 721 94 64 145 14.' 1 13fl: 155! 2609 29l7 ....$14,897,971 $16,891,561 $2,669,488 May 8,657.783 12,453,403 1,841.268 July WHEAT. Open. High. T-nw. Close, $1.86-?i $1.87-i $1.S5j $l.St64 1.51 1.51 Ti 101 l.SHs CORN. L01 1.01 H 1.00H l.nOH 99 .99 w .98 .1)8 OAT3. B84 .58 54 .58 .68 W 55S .55 .05 -55 MESS PORK. 29.40 29.40 29.30 29.32 . , 29.07 LARD. 16.82 16.35 16.30 16 32 16.47 SHORT RIBS. 15.20 10.52 ..15.57 15.57 15.47 taafl prices were: Wheat Na 2 red. $1.84: Noa. 3 red and 2 and 3 hard, nominal. Corn No. 2 yellow. $1.00 a 1.004 ; No. 4 yellow, 97 (s 99 Mi c: No. 4 white. 98&98c. Oats No. 3 white. 5757ic; standard, 58 5Sc: Rye No. 2. nominal.. Barley $1.00 1.32. Timothy $3.50 5. 50. Clover $12. 00 17.60. 27.00 DOMESTIC WHEAT STOCK SHRINKS Redaction In Visible Cause of Strong Market iu Early Week. CHICAGO. Jan. 20. Notwithstanding that German havoc to entente shipping has been severe handicap to bulls, prices hav scored net gains varying from 4c to 3&c as compared with a week ago. A big de crease of the United States visible supply B7.W1 fnrmnd ih. cht.f .limi.ln. ft La .... r,l 37-50 I shared the nDtura. corn srajnlnir in 40.00 Hi- Mat. 1 Ai, 1 a. 1 T. .. . i - :-CII n Kill- FLOUR Patents. $8.40: straights, $7,600 i. t. j !80i 'lny- 7-90: Wh'e Wh6at- 8 6; Bra' ln that the magnitude of " . th. T faUing o in tne domestic stocK or wheat was fully ham, $8.40. MILLFEED Spot prices: Bran. $26.50 per ton ; shorts, $30,50 per ton ; rolled bar ley. $425:43. CORX Whole, $46 per ton; cracked, $47 per ton. known, the expectation of an unusual de crease began to Influence prices last Satur day and was more evident on Monday. s-vieanwniie, tnougn, a pause In export de mand acted as an offset and there was no Producer prices: Timothy, East- Btronf, upswing to values until official tig. ern Oregon, $39 (a 21 per ton ; timothy, Val ey. $lt-S17 per ton; alfalfa, $1715 IS; Val ley grain hay, $13 (a 15; clover. $12.50. Dairy and Country Produce. BTJTTER Cubes, extras 37c: prime firsts. 33 Vc: firsts, an'-i o3tc. jobbing frl rite, extras, aac ; .cartons, x cent extra butterfat. No. 1, 39c; No. 2, 36c, Portland. CHEESE Jobbers buying prices, f. o. b. dock, Portland: Tillamook triplets, 20c; loung Americas not quoted. EGOS Oregon ranch, current receipts. 3 1 fd '.illc per dozen ; Oregon ranch, candled, ures were out making a cut of as much as 3.3So,000 bushels In the United States vis lble supply total. Enlarged export busi ness ana Higher prices quickly followed, and It was said three foreign governments wer buying. Berlin advices that the answer of prices: I the entente allies to President Wilson barred lor tne present any further steps by Ger many to bring about peace counted also against tne Dears. Wholesale destruction of merchant steam ers on the Atlantic halted the advance In the wheat market on Wednesday, but caused no positive weakness at first, owing to views 4041o per dozen; Oregon ranch, selects, that the paralysis of European commerce 43c. POULTRY Hens. 1517c; Springs. IS 17c per pound ; turkeys. live, 20 22c; dressed, 20 Q 2 tic; ducks, 16 20c ; geese. 12 13C. VhAL t ancy, 34 H tTJc per pound. PORK Fancy, 33 13 Vic per pound. Fruits and Vegetables. Locfl! Jobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges. navels. $2.25(32. 50; Japanese, $1S1.25 per bundle; lemons, $3 3. u per Dox; bananas, c per pound : grapefruit, Jfa. V EGETABLES Artichokes, oc&$i.30 per Only a few loads of stock were received at the yards yesterday and the week closed with light trading. Price in all lines were very firm. Receipts were 4 cattle, 2 calves. 262 hogs and 617 sheep. Shippers were: James Mace, Lyle. 2 cars aheep; W. A. Avers, Eugene, 1 car hogs and sheep: A. E. Smith, Newberg, 1 car cattle, hogs and sheep; w . Jti. l-ucae. Canby, 1 car cattle and hogs. The uajrs sales were as follow: Wt Price?! 1 hog .... 270 10.50 1 alf 140 8 00 1 hoc 240 10 50 1 calf .... 50 5.50, 1 hog 2 50 10.50 6 goats ... 75 4.75! 1 hog .... 450 10.50 1 cow 020 6 00 1 hog 4iO 10.50 1 cow .... 00 0.00 1 hog .... 620 10 50 1 COW .... 840 4.0O 1 bull .... 40 30 1 cow .... 750 3.50, Uiscussing the outlook for iivestocK, tne Livestock Reporter says, editorially: Prosperity has sure reached tne siock- rrower and farmer in the most receptive manner. At the beginning of the year 11H6 he cattle market was on a $7 to $i.2. basis for prime hay-fed steers, with pulp steers at $7.50 to $7.75. while the early part of January of this year finds Dest steers at $8.50. with pulp-feds bringing $9.50, with very few available lor t us maris et, even at the high prices. Packer were buy ing their hog droves around $fl.25 and $6.50 here In the early part or lam. This year it is costing them $10.25 to $10.50. with even higher prices in sight. a year ago choice lambs sold at $3 and $8.25. and sheep at $7. January."- 1U1T. found the for mer over $11. with sheep at $10. Consump tive needs are several laps ahead ox proauc- tlon actual and probable. The control of the price-making function has pass a in a large measure from tne pacxer to tne pro di.fMm. Get into livestock and stay. 'January. ' 1917, found every grade or livestock realizing the highest values In market history, with every prospect of a prosperous year, regardless of what happens In Europe. Europe has oeen tatting vast quantities of both beef and pork, and the domestic demand Is unparalleled. Eastern markets are drawing a considerable amount of our supplies, owing to the very high prices existing. Along with all fhese bright prospects, the Australian drouth and the climatic changes In Argentina have forced packers with army orders to draw rrom tne North American supply. Never before have the livestock men of the Northwest coun try had the bright future In front of tham IB at the present time. "Reports from the East are showing an nrrease in the stocks of hog products In packers coolers, but they are not walking the floor nights. Prices st the yards were as follows: rm t-i. Price. Steers, .prime .........$8 00 8 B0 NEW TORK. Jan. 20. Shipping shares contributed a very considerable per centace to the moderate operations of the week-end session, notwithstanding; i Keso u rc as the fears expressed In maritime cir- : Gold coin and certificates In cles of renewed comxnerce-destroyinK L r.tlVminVfund-: "! " I " 1 1:; activity in Auioricuj Amour the usual favorites. United States Steel recorded a sliKht fractional pain, while Bethlehem Steel finished 15 points above yesterday's closing price. The bank statement fulfilled popular expectations with an actual cash grain of more than $35,000,000 and a reserve increase oi aooui .-i.vv.vv. 1 n . . - , - , total excess reserves to $202.472.fi30 and "J"1" Gold redemption fund with T7. S. Treasurer Total gold reserve .......... Legal tender notes, silver, etc. OOO 000 $502,143,000 8. 53 S. OOO Total reserve $510,681,000 Five per cent redemption luna against F. R. bank notes... Bills discounted members. .... Acceptances bought .......... asrsrrpcHtn reserves to $818,044,060. 1'lK ures almost without precedent lnce the new system of weekly statements became effective. . An expansion of some ?55.ooo.ooo tn actual loans and discounts reflects some of the heavy financing: now un der way. Bond dealings were neEllgloie. witn further irregu larlty, due to heaviness. in tne international Kruup. i n i rxi .air.., par value. $2,800,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call during the week. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. 00 84 40U 47 700 iX.'O 8.600 ""soo BOO 200 11.700 300 2,200 200 400 S.4K0 4,oiO soo SOO with South America would increase the en tente demand for supplies from the United states. Active buying on tho part of house. witn seaDoara connections was witnessed on Thursday and there was a renewal of strength in prices. Nevertheless, heaviness again ueveloped In the market on I'Vlday, erneiiy owing to rising rates or marin. in surauce and because of accompanying not. aDie slowing down or export transactions. torn reacnea tne highest Price ever known lor iiay aellvery, 11.017s a bushel. Argen tine crop damage, which sharpened Euro pean demand, was the main factor with the nuns. uata merely reriected the action of dozen: tomatoes, 37 per crate; cabbage. 73.50 I corn. 4 per hundred ; eggplant, 825 per pound; I riog values at the topmost January record lettuce, sz.oo; cucumoers, sx.iu&::.ou per l were responsible ror the big advances in oro. aoz. : celery, ao.ou per crate; cauntiower, I visions. 82.50 per crate; peppers, 2530c per pound; sacK vegetables, $1.25 per sack; sprouts, 10c per pound. POTATOES Oregon Buying prices, z.l-j per nunarea; sweet, 9 per nunureu. ONIONS Oregon buying prices. $5 per sack, country points. GREEN FRUITS Apples. 75c$1.50 per Pbox: pears, $1.75 2,60; cranberries, S10&11 per barrel. Staple Groceries. Local lobbing Quotations: SUGAR Fruit and berry. $7.85: Honolulu Plantation. $7.30; Grants Pass beet, $7.15; California beet, $7.15: extra C, $6.95: pow dered, in barrels. .. $3.10. SALMON columDia Klver. l-pouna tall $2.40 per dozen; one-half flats, $1.50; 1-pound flats. 12.00; Alasaa plnlcs, l-pouna tails. $1.25. HONEY Choice. S3 03.23 per case. NUTS Walnuts, sack lots. 18c; Brazil nuts. 19c: filberts. 19c; almonds. 1819c peanuts. 7c; cocoanuts. $1.10 per dozen; pe cans, 18trl9c: chestnuts. 10c BEANS Small white. 11 Vic: large whit.. 11.10c: uma, se; bayous, s.zoc: pinK. 8ac; red Mexicans, 9V.c: Mancnurian. a "a c COFFEE Roasted, in drums. 17f35c May. closed: Eastern Wheat Futures. DTTLCTH. Jan. 20. Wheat closed: $1.88; July. $1.8H4. WINNIPEG. Jan. 20. Wheat May. $l.S6Vi: July, $1.83?4. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 20. Wheat closerfr May. $1.824; July. X1.47H. ST. LOT7T3. Jan. "20. Wheat clnmil: Maw $1.86; July $1.484. Eastern Cash Wheat Markets. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 20. Wheat No. 1 hard. 1.96a1.0Sa, : No. 1 Northern. cubes, in barrels. Il-89i 1.824 ; to arrive. S1.S8. l.OO1 : cnoice. sx.ifoi ; to arrive, fi.m ; No. 2 wortrern. si.ao. ari.v::. : No. 3 Northern. 1.76 1.S8H ; No. . 2 hard, Montana. SLSSvi 01.ni 4 : No. 1 Durum. 2 02X4 : choice. $2.09Ti: No! 2 Durum. 1.82'. $2.05. " DTXLUTH. Jan. 20. Wheat No. 1 hard. $1.91; No. 1 Northern. $1.90. Steers, fair to good 7.00 it 8 00 Steers, medium 6 50 6 75 Cows, choice 7.35 7.50 Cows, medium to good i "v Cows, ordinary to fair ......... 5.75 'i 6.25 T41f.r .. 4.00.a 7.50 Bulls 8.50 5.50 Calves 3.00 8.00 Hogs Heavy packing. 215-250 pounds. .10 45W10 80 Light butchers 10 40(810.50 Light packing, 170-190 pounds. . .10 351i 10 4f Rough heavies 9.O0 9.50 Pigs snd skips 9.00 9 40 Stotck hogs 8.00 8.50 Sheep Lambs 92511 .50 Yearling wethers 9O0SM0 00 Old wethers 8.75 W 9 25 Ewes 6.75 8.23 Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA. Neb., Jan. 20. Hogs Receipts 12 300 Heavy. $10.75 11. lO; Ilffht. 10.40 10 85: pigs, $S.509.75; bulk of sales, $10.60 10 90. Cattle Receipts 500, steady. Native steers. $7.50S"11: cows and he:fers. $6 50 8.50: Western steers. $6.509.25: Texas steers, $67.75; stockers and feeders. $6.25 09 25. Sheep Receipts 800, steady. Yearlings, $10 25'12.25: lambs, $13 14.05; wethers, $9,503(10.50. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Jan. 20. Hogs Receipts 21. 000. estimated Monday 65.000; weak at yes terday's average to 5c lower. Bulk. $10.80 H1 05: light. 10.5011.05; mixed, 10.659 11.15; heavy, 10 70311.15; rough. $10,700 10 S3: pigs. $8.25910.13. Cattle Receipts yOO. estimated Monday 25.0O0. steady. Native beef cattle, $7,600 11.75; Western steers. $7.70'S10; stockers and feeders. $5.75178.75: cows and heifers, $4. 70 fill 0.10: calves. 10!&147.". Hneep Receipts 7U'm. steady. wetnera, $9.85 C&11; larnbs, $11.85ei4.40. STO ES' PROFITS SALES LAST YEAR BY KOTJTt FIRMS REACH $135,000,000. Am Beet Sugar. American CaiK. . Am Car ft Fdry. . American Loco.. Am Sm Refg. . Am Sug Refg Am Tel it Tel. .. Am Z L A S Anaconda Cop.. Atchison. Baldwin Loco... Bait ft Ohio B ft S Copper. . . Calif Petrol Canadian Pacif. . Central Leather. Ches ft Ohio. ... Chi Mil ft St P.. C R I ft P Ry. . . Chlno Copper. . . Colo Fu ft Iron. . Corn Prod Refg. Crucible Steel. . . DIst Securities. . Erie General Electric. Gt Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore ctfs.. Illinois Central. Int Consol Corp. Inspiration Cop. Int Harv N J . In M M pfd ctfs. K C Southern. . . Kennecott Cop.. Louis ft Nash . . , Mexican Petrol.. Miami Copper. . . Missouri Pacific. Montana Power. National Lead . . Nevada Copper.. N Y Central N Y N H & H. . .. Norfolk ft West. Northern Paclf .. Pacific Mall. . . . Pac Tel ft Tel... Pennsylvania . . . Ray Consol Cop. Reading Rep Ir ft Steel. .. Shat Ariz Cop. . . Southern Paclf. . Southern Ry studebaker Co. .. Txas Company. Union Pacific. . . U S Ind Alcohol. 7O.2O0 U S Steel SS.Ono do pfd 500 Utah Copper. .. . S.200 W abash pfd B. . 1.200 Western Union Westing Elect. . . 2.300 79 4 3.40O 10 124 4 84 5H e-'V 4S 2S Va 163 90 55 47 24 Va 65 28 32 Low. 94, 404 7SK 109 hi 123H 38 H b3 5.2 a 49 Vs 2 1M 90 89 '4 "55" 47'i 23 a, '4 27 32 V 400.000 IT. 2 19.000 108 447. OOO 87.M19.OO0 IS. 314. OOO 10 .v.m.ooo 192.475.1XHI 24.064. OOO 5.854. 0iO 132. 116. OOO 12.729. OOO One-year Treasury notes........ Municipal warrants ............ Total earning assets ............ F. K. notes net Due from other F. R. banks, net t ncollected items ....... All other resources ...... Total resources $877,819,000 Liabilities Capital paid In Governmenfdeposits Lue to members, reserve counts Collection Items .......... F. K. botes, net ........... Ail other liabilities .8 55.642.000 s.4iu.uwo i time. Eastern Demand Strong, but Idaho and Colorado Are Factors to" Be Reckoned With Farm ers Are Holding Stocks. Oregon potato growers are out of the market as sellers. Buyers are offerins $2 to $2.15 and In a few cases as high as $2.25, but farmers think they are entitled to more in view of the ex treme p" ices quoted In some sections in Washington. Tho potato market is legitimately strong because of th. snortage In the East, but there are also charges that prices at this end are being manipu' lated by speculators who secured con trol of large quantities at low prices early in the season and would now un load at a fancy profit- The Dulls have., the present advantace of the Winter closing of the IdiUio and Colorado sources of supply, and it is declared that when hipinents can be madd from those states prices will take a tumble. In the meantime there is a stronir demand from the Kast and higher bias are being accepted ty some carlot sell ers who are willing to take shippers' risk In forwarding potatoes at this ac- 609.S74.000 ... 101.S34."0 . . lO.Sl'O.OOO 2a.ooo 900 36 35 1.500 200 700 200 4.OO0 soo 200 B.100 '300 441 "400 58 12? 4 131 104 42 16 104 '-4i 101 a, 48 600 24 Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 20. Wheat Var i.oo to ii.ea; -uiy. si. si to I1.81U cash. No. 1 hard. $1.96 e 1.98 94 : No 1 SALT Granulated, 816.75 per ton: hill I1"'"'"-. -o. northern. ground 100s. $11.30 per ton: 50s. -12.10 oer I i.oHJi;. ton: dairy. S14.75 per ton. RICE Southern head. 774e per pound: broken. 4c; Japan style. 43f4c DRIED FRUITS Apples. 10'frllc: apri- cota. 16tfl9c: peaches, 810c; prunes. Italian, S!ti9c; raisins, 8n15c: dates. Persian. 3fc per pound; rarvi. $2.50 per box: currants. 10 & lbc; . rigs, S.&3.50 per box. Flax $2.88 02.93. Barrey 90c S $1.23. BUTTER MARKET TENDING UPWARD Buying Price of Cream. However, Is Not Advanced. The butter market Is on the up grade. The demand has been increasing for several days and stronger conditions are reported at other markets. Cream ery cubes sold on the ctreet yesterday at 37 cents for extras and 36i cents for prime firsts. City creameries in the forenoon raised their selling price of prints to 39 cents in plain wrappers and 40 cents in cartons. No change was made in the buying price of butter fat. which remains on the 3S-cent basis. In the past butter fat has generally ad vanced as much ss butter and some limes more. Whether the action, in the present instance, of holding down the buying price of the raw material had any connection with the protests of the Valley creamery men at the recent fc-alem meeting, could not be learned. The cheese market is very firm and an advance in the near future would occasion no surprise. The market gets its strength from the Eastern demand. LOCAL EGG MARKET BREAKS SHARPLY Bayers Hold Off. Anticipating Farther Declines. There was a sharp break in egg prices yesterday following the boom in the early part of the week caused by ihe colder weather. There was prac tically no market at the close, as buy-e-rs, anticipa.ting a further decline Mon day, held their purchases down to the smallest possible limit. As a conse quence nearly every dealer on the street carried over eggs. A few egg tales were reported early Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. HOPS 1916 crop. 59c per pound. HIDES Salted hides 25 lbs and np 18c; salted stags (50 lbs. and up), 14c; green and salted Kip (15 lbs. to 25 lbs.) 18c; green and salted calf skins (up to 15 lbs.). 2742Sc; green hides (25 lbs. and up) Grain at San Fraarit.ro. BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. Spot Quota tions Walla Walla, $2.722.73; Red Rus sian. 82.72 S 2 75; .Turkey red. $2.953: bUestem. $33.05: feed barlev, $2 25 2 27; white oats. 2!J2.n5; bran. $28 2S.50; middlings. $373S: shorts. $30031. can ooara parley, jviay, bid. $2.32 asked; December, 1.60 bid, $1.65 asked. Puget Sound Grain Market. SEATTLE, Jan. 20. Wheat Bluestem 16c: green stags (50 lbs. and up). 12c: dry $1-66; Turkey red, $1.66; fortyfold. $1.63 hides. 30c: salt hides. 25c: dry horse hides, XI 2: salt horse bides. 3g5. PELTS Lry long-woolea pelts. 24c: ary short-wooled pelts, lie:; dry shearlings. 10 25c each, salted long-woolea pelts. Sl91.50; salted short-wooled pelts, ooewxi. TALLOW No. 1, 8c per pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon, coarse. 33i3 30c: Valley. S3 MOH Al R Nominal CASCARA BARK Old and new, 5c per pound. Provisions. ' HAMS All sizes, choice, 23c; standard. 22c: skinned. 2021c; picnics, 15c; cot tage rolls. 17c LARD Tierce basis: Kettle rendered. 19c; standard pure, 19e: compound, lttc BACON Fancy. 2330c; standard, 24 6 26c: choice, 21 23 DRY SALT Short, clear backs, lT19c. export. 18 20c; plate, 1415c. BARREL GOODS Mess beef. 22; plate beef, $23; brisket pork, market; tripe. $10.50 11.50. Oils. KEROSENE Water white, drums, barrels or tank wagons. 10c: cases. 18 22c. GASOLINE Bulk. 21 c: cases. 30c: naph tha, drums. 19c: cases. 30c: engine distil late, drums. 10c; cases. 19c LINSEED OIL Raw. drums, $1.10;, bar rels, $1.08: cases. $1.13; boiled, drums, tl.12; barrels. $1.10: cases, $1.15. TURPENTINE In tanks, 67o; I 72c; 10-caae lota, lc less. club. $1.63: fife. $1.63: red Russian. $1.6L Barley s.nj per ton. Yesterday's car receipts Wheat 15. oats 8. barley 1, corn 2, hay 6. flour 7. , TACOMA. Jan. 20. ."Wheat - Bluestem. 81.70: fortyfold. club and red fife. 1 Krt- fine, 2430c:!red Russian. .11.64. 35c. I car receipts Wheat 25. corn 1. hay 12. MARKET SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE Prices Current on Batter, Eggs, Fruits. Veg etables. Etc.. at Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. Butter Fresh extras. 37c; prime firsts, S6c; fresh firsts. 35 c. Cheese New, 17c; Young Americana, 21HC. Eggs Fresh extras. 37c; pullets. 35 c Poultry Hens. 21c22c; old roosters. 12 13c; fryers. 2325c; broilers, 2730c. large. 26c; squabs. $2.25250; pigeons, $1.25L75: ducks. 18614c; geese. 1517c. turkey 23 25c Vegetables String beans, Florida. 25 O 30c: lettuce. Southern. $150?l.75; fancy j;g'2.25; peas, Southern. lOjelle; small. 3 t8c: cream squash. 90c $1.25; tomatoes. Southern, $1.25; eggplant. 20 & 25c ; green eppers, 7frl4c; garlic 3 & 5c : sweet potatoes, cellar stock. $2.75: celery, $363.50; rhu barb, 91.2591.75: marrowfat and bubbard squash. $1.2591.30. Potatoes Rivers. $2.402.65. Onions Carloads. $6 per sack. Fruit Pears. Winter Neilis, $29205; lemons, $3 iff 3 25: grapefruit. $3.252.50. Balance Sheets Record Increases 14.92 to 26.04 Per Cent Over 4b.e Preceding; Year. fhe'Sjrosperlty of the United States In the past year is evidenced In the record busi ness of the 5-snd-10-cent stores throughout the country. More goods and money passed over the counters of ths stores during 1916 than ever before in the history of the chain stores system- The balance sheets for ths year show tbese Increases over 1915: Wool- worth Co.. 14.62 per cent: S. 6. Kreage Co. 26.04 per cent; S. H. Kress Co... 21.7 per cent, and McCrory Stores Corporation, 20.89 per cent. . In the year these four corporations sold goods valued at $135,385,604, compared with 1114.982.651 In 1915. an Increase of $20,402,- 953. The following table shows the sales of the four companies for the last three years: 1916 . 1D13. 1914. Wworth.. $S7.0S2.513 $73,995,774 $69.619. BHD Kresere 26.393.544 20.943.300 16.097.393 Kress 15.122.558 14.420.5s0 H,8i)7,sV M'Crory 6.7S6.9S0 5.613,aoi 4.B2U.184 The Woolworth stores earned 9.9 cents on each dollar's worth of sales In 1915. On this basis the net last year would be approx imately $8,600,000, which, after taking 7 per cent on 13,000,ooo preierrea slock, wouid lnve about S7.690.000 for the $50,000,000. or $15.38 a share, compared with $13.18 in 1915. ' S. S. Kreske earned about 6 cents on the I dollar In 1915. and at this rate tho net for 1916 would be about 11.583. 510. After al lowing 7 per cent on the $2,000,000 preferred there would remain $1,443,610 for the $10, OuO.000 common stock. This stock Is $10 par, so that the net would be 14.43 per cent, or $1.44 a share, compared with 11.67 per cent, or 11.17 a share in 1910. The S. H. Kress net in 1915 was at the rate of about 8.8 cents on the dollar, but it is hardly believed that this return will be equaled in 1915. Net. however, will show an increase and interests close to the company estimate at $l,150,0o0. After al lowing 7 per cent op the $4,000,000 preferred there would remain $370,000. or 17.25 on the $12,000,000 common stock, compared with $6.04 in 1915. McCrory earned 6.8 cents on the dollar (n 1915. and in this basis sales last year would result in net of 1461,513. Preferred divi dends amount to $S7.5oO. which would leave 1374.013 for the $3,000,000 common stock, or $7.40 a share, compared with 16 In 1915. All four of the corporations expanded greatly In 1919. The Woolworth Company led. opening 112 new stores, bringing the chain up to 920. The company, it is re ported, has 57 new sites under lease, on which stores will soon be opened. The Kreske Company opened 10 new tores in 1916. and now has 17 in opera tion. - The McCrory chain . was Increased by 2.200 700 80 2.800 200 600 60O ROO 9O0 1.100 68 27 103 80 i 27 97i 81 109 22 144 126 114 121 107 29i 68 122 46 1S0 103 41 16 1034 '24 ioo 48 23 "56 26 102 i 79 27 92 SI 10S 230 144 12.-, 113 121 106 29 bid. 94 47 67 109 1242 S8 84 105 56 2 4' 27 162 9n 64 90 31 55 47 24 64 32 169 116 S 105 15 68 120 90 25 129 104 41 16 103 61 24 101 48 135 108 82 58 27 103 80 o 97 81 108 231 144 126 114 120 107 20 99 r.3 Total liabilities 8877.819.000 Gold reserve against net deposit and note liabilities. 73.4 per cent. Cash reserve against net deposit and note llsbilitles. 74.6 per cent. Cash reserve against net deposit liabili ties after 'setting aside 40 per cent go4d re serve against aggregate net liabilities on Federal reserve notes In circulation, 75.3 per cent. Bins discounted and nougnt. ssi.voi.wu. Municipal warrant.. 11. 177. OOO. TANKERS HOLDING OUT IsOWER PRICES IN HIDE' MARKET AXTI CI FATED. Gradual Decline In Packer Varieties la Noted- Conn try Skins Are Mixed and Unsettled tn East. There Is a fair local lobbing trade In potatoes and J.2 o to $2.50 a sack is being quoted by Front-street dealers. No chansre In the arowers' sellintr price of onions was announced at the meetinisr of thA Con federated Onion Growers" Association yesterday, the O. b. Quotation standing at i 5 a. sack. The shipping movement was good dur ing me weeK. f ront street joobers are Quoting tS.bO to t& a sack on lance onions. Potatoes Advance at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wt&h., Jan. 20. (Special. ' Local-grown potatoes advanced an other $2 In the Tacoma produce mar ket baturday - morning and are now quoted at $45 a ton. The supply on hand ts none too large and dealers are expecting another rise soon. While there are a few Yakima potatoes in the market, they are extremely scarce, and dealers are asking $50 a ton for what they have. Onions are also very scarce and Ore- gons, the only ones now In the mar ket, advanced 60 cents to $5.50 a hun dred pounds Saturday. Pyramid, .winner and Four X flour dvanced 20 cents a barrel Saturday. Practically all the local brands have moved up during the last three days. - Total eales for the dfty. 2SO.O00 shares. BONDS. V S ref. 2m reig. J?-'N,or Pac 3s W U s rer. L'b cou.'wiFac Tel & T Bs"lOl v. U 0 8i rer ! 01 ; Perm con. 4Hs. 107 i LT S 3a coupon.. 101 Sou Pac ref 4a.. 1H u s 4s res -no I'nion Pac 4a.. tii TJ S 4a coupon. llOH'l-'nion Pac cv 4s flr1, Atchison aer 4a 7 u H steel 3s ltH N Y Ceo deb fts.llliV Sou Pac ev rs..l04U N'or Pac 4a 96 (Anglo-French 5a D2! Bid. Boston Mining Stocks. BOSTON, Jan. '20. Closing quotations: Allouez 60 (North Butt- Ariz. Oommer.... 13 Old Dominion... Cal. & Arizona. . . 8li Osoeoit. Cal & Hevla. . . iQuInc; Centennial. Cop Range Con . . E Butte Copper. . Franklin lsl Roy Cop... Lake Copper.. Mohawk 23 ir-hHnif.f . 664'Supt:riir 14 b'.-up & Bos Min.. 8 (Tamarack 33 H I'tah Consul 16 (Winona 84'wolverlne 21 87 4 Money, Kxchange, Kte. NEW TORK. Jan. 20. Mercantile paper. 3H per cent. sterling. oU-day bills. 94.72; commercial 60-day bills on banks. $4.72; commercial CO-day bills, $4.71 K demand, $4. 75 ; cales. $4.76. Francs, demand, 5.84; cables. 3.83 W Marks, demand. 67 4 ; cables. 67 5-18. Kronen, demand, lo.so 'u, ble. 105. Guilders, demand. 40 13-16; cables. 40?fc. LI res, demand. 7.02; cables, 7.01 H- Kuble. demand, 28.90; cables, 28.05. Bar silver, toc. Mexican dollars. r94e. Government bonds, steady: railroad bonds, Irregular. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. Sterling; In London, S4.71 H ; demand. 94.75 ; cables. $4.76i. Mexican dollars, 58c Jan. 20. Bar sliver, 3Td per Eastern tanners a-.e still out of tl.a mar ket for bides, owirg to anticipations of a decllna In prices. lrrt reports from the Eaat say of the situation there: In general tne domestic hide market con tlnues slow. The latter end of last week some trading developed in back salting. mostly October light native cows at Si4c which packers expected would prove a fore runner to new business. From 10.000 to 2.000 chanced hands, but following- this radina tanners have held consistently out of the market and the undertone remains weak. While the price accepted on Octo ber containing; a few early November light cows registered but Vi cent decline from former actual sales or this description. packers had been asking up to 33cents for these earlier take-off hides, and on thli basis buyers figure December and later salt ing not worth over 30i cents to Si cents. in tne same way ouyera comment ly ex pect to operate at declines all along the line. Native steers sold about a month ago at 33 H cents, but buyers' views today top at 32 cents. Tanners also anticipate pur chasing branded selections from H cent to 1 cent off and they figure heavy Texas and butt-branded ateera worth around 81 H cents to 32 cents, and light and extreme Texas ateera, Colorado and branded cows 80 cents to 31 cents. Country hides are still mixed and unset tied, and on the whole quiet. All sorts of prices are talked and It is difficult to list exact Quotations, but tn a aeneral way aood quality buffs are considered worth about 24 cents, as are also heavy cows, while tan ners are talking a 22 -cent market for later delivery poor hides, and. In fact, sales have been reported at as low as -2 cent a Jr.x treraes are more or less nominal. It is re ported that there Is stiU a demand for back itlng superior quality stock, but later re ceipts for future shipment are not In de mand and rule weak and nominal, as usual when the season for Inferior hair and de scription hides approaches. Calf skins have ruled generally quiet. with no new business West, and the ten dency toward easier prices, although quo tations are unchanged. In the Eaat there is more inquiry and demand, but buyers are bidding down materially In some cases on New York cities. Rumors are current of some business having been consummated. but no details are to be had concerning prices, and In a nominal way New York City all skin weights are quoted around $5 for 5-pound to 7-pound welphts. $5.50 for 7 to 9s and $6 for 9 to 12-pound. Foreign dry bides are tn more demand at a slight sacrifice in values. Recently Puerto Cabell os. etc. sold down to 41 H cents, regiaterlng 1 cent decline on these, and there were negotiations under way for Bo ota a at a recession In price, but actual confirmation of transactions is not yet to hand. LONDON, ounce. Money, 8 per cent. Discount Short bills, months. 5 per cent. S per cent; three Stocks Idle at London. LONDON, Jan. 20. American securities were Idle around parity on the stock market here today. INCREASED DEMAND FOR BONDS British Be Over Chicago Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Ja.i. 20. Butter unchanged. Eggs lower, receipts. 2173 cnr. Firsts, 86 G 37c; ordinary first a, 33fi-5c, at mark. cases Included, S3 36 4. New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK. Jan. 2rt. Raw sugar, steady.. Molasees. 4.40c ; centrifugal. 5.27c; refined, steady; fine graulated, 6.75c. Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Jan. 20. Spot cotton quiet." Mid-upland, 16.00c No sales. D ninth Linseed Market. DTJXtTJTH, Jan. 20. Linseed on track. $2.89 H : choice, $2.91 . Arrive, $2.8 ; May. J2.93; July. $2.94 bid. Elgin Butter Market. ELGIN. 111.. Jan. 20. Butter 100 tuba at 36 4c: 25 tubs at 37c. Loan May subscribed. NEW TORK, Jan. 20. Dealings In the stock market this week prompted little spe clfic comment. Trading was small and narrow in the main, though with a broader tendency In the later sessions. Restriction of operations was again attributed largely to the continued abstention of public In terest. There was a moderate increase of outside or investment demand for bonds and high grade stocks, but the Inquiry was not up -to general expectations, Tho terms of the new British loan attracted wide attention and the syndicate managers already report ap plications in amounts so large aa to indi cate an over-subscription. Domestic monetary conditions offer every Indication of further relaxation. Since the beginning of the year the banks of tbe New York Clearing House Association have Increased their actual reserves by more than $85,000,000. although loans have expanded by slightly more than $100,000,000 in the same period. Reports of a probable bond Issue by the Bethlehem Steel Company accounted for the weakness of that stock during the last few day. As for the Increased discounts In Rus sian and Italian exchange, with recurrent weakness In remittances to the Teutonic countries, these were partly neutralised by firmness in sterling and francs, with ac tual strength in quotations on Switzerland and the Scandinavian capitals. Coppers regained some of their recent losses on a stiffening of the metal market. d.IIs nrars tha m rtmt hftf1rwrrl fsso 1 1 Some of the high-priced specialties moved" I WOO(j bursementa. but the movement in that quar ter was suggestive of pool activity. 'STml stores. SAVANNAH. Ga. Jan. 2. Turpentine, firm. 52 Sc. Sal "a 2o barrels : receipts, 115; shipments, f.64 ; stork. 18.743. Rosin firm. Sales, 10S2 barrels; receipts, 15V.; shipments. 128: stock, 78.543. Quote: A. B. C. D. E. F. $6.20: G. $6.25; H. $6.27 H ; I. $6 50; K. $6,43; M. $6.60; N. $6.&5; WG, $7; WW. $7.25. Coffee Fu tares QnJes. NFW TORK. Jan. 20. The market for coffee futures was quiet again today with fluctuations rather Irregular u narrow, Prices opened unchanged to 2 points high er, but were barely sustained, with May selling between 8.57o and 8.60e and clos ing at 8. 58c Tbe general list closed net 1 nolnt lower to 2 points higher. Sales: January. 8.45c; February. 8.4ftc; March. 8.52c: April. 855c; May. 8-KSc; June, 8.62c July 8.65c: August, 8.69c: September. 8.74c; October, 8.78c; November, 8.83c; December 8J7c Spot, quiet. Rio Ts, 10; Santos 4s. 10. No fresh offerings were reported In the cost and ferlght market exoept for Santos 4a. well described at 10.71 London credits foi shloment on a neutral steamer. The official cables reported no change In the B rax Mian ma rke ts. Vic t orla cl eared 000 for New York. OViiKtSilCK Si COOKE CO. Braaara. Storks Bonds. C Orsla. Kta. tia-TIl BOARD Or TRAItK IM.IX alavlItaCaU CHK.MM UOaHU lit X&altak C.rrpnnitoats .1 VJnrsa A Drn. CbtraCB sad New Vwk. UMBCU Beit Tortr Stork Esrb.ac Chicago Stork KirhMta Bn.tnn Stork sirllBPSfc . I taU.su Hoard Trad. Hew Vork lull on fcmrtiM.Ba. Sm Orlean tolton Ki-h.ia . .rw a.rk t'effc Cirhaats, . lor frodu ' B-ariiaj,!, a-iritw! f".it ' 1h a TRAVELERS CODE. rTWIN PALACES S. XOFTH t(-- r-r-r. - pra train ttmo. SMIs Jan. JS. SO. Fob. . 8, 13. 20. 24.. Cal. t-tr. Exprrsa IravM U:30 A. M. Fares . 1 12.S0, J17.5U, (20. . S. RREtT NORTHERN. Fan Fran co and I oa Angelas to Honolulu. Jan. 23: Feb. 12: March 5. 23: April 11. SO. kliau roun.. trip, and up. TICKET j Mat Ion. loth and Hoyt I loo fid. Bnrlloirlon Ry. ALASKA Dried Fruit at Sw York. NEW TORK. Jsn. 20. Evaporated apples, dull: fancy. 9c: choice. 88"4c: prime. ?e 70. Prunes firm Peaches, quiet Hops, Etc.. at New York. NEW YORK. Jan. 20. Hops, quiet; hides, dull: wool, steady. GOLD PIECE FOUND IN LOG Ballets and Old Paper of 1853 Are Taken From Crypt in Wood. EXCESS BESEKVES AT HIGHER FIGCKES Cain of Over Twenty-one Millions Beported by New York Bankers. NEW TORK. Jan. 20. Tho statement of 4 new stores, brlnclng: the total to 139. the actual condition ol clearlnp-house banks SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. (Special.) Fortune smiled on Howard Modesto today across tbe span of years from the "days of old." Modesto went out to saw some fire- He found a stump near the Isolation Hospital and began sawing'. His saw struck something hard and he found two bullets in the stump. Also he found a small hole. From it he drew out a $5 gold piece wrapped in an Issue of the Alta. a California paper of 1852. . When be got home Modesto found a collector for an Insurance company m.uwl. a... . k r.'erabara'. Jafieaa. 'JoauM.II. I.usla M 4a H.aftf. CALIFORNIA 1a Sea.t.e v cmq - ...,. a. to Le Angeiss sad ban U . aresr. shia aneaualed service, mw rates, laci ia4.s Sfiesls and berth. For particu.ars app.y or teteph rACIFlC riTMMHlP CO"AJir. Ticket Office, 1 Washing! stw , fac. Mam Xv. .louts' A S?s AUSTRALIA M U Honolulu, Suva. Now Zoaiod. TBE rALATML rAWK.M.K.K i r. ,i R.M.K. "KIAUAKA.- B.M.S. "MAKl 11 ' izo.ood tons dls lli.OPO ton. dia a" Sail from VANCOCVER. B. C, Jan. 17. 1-eh. 14, Mar. 14, Apr. 1L Apply Canadian l'acilio Railway. 65 Third St.. Portland. Or., or ia the Canadian Australian Roval Mall Una, avymour Street, ftaaacouvor. B. C Th. S. H. Kress Company opened six new I and trust companies for the week shows He paid the o piece on his life lnsur stores and now has U0. I that they hold (202,472,630 reserve In excess ance premium. COOS BAY EUREKA, SAN FRANCISCO S. S. BREAKWATER 6 P. M. Sunday, January 21. 1-2 A Third Street. Phones Main 1314 and A 1314. D.S. Mail S.Sa, SIERRA. SONOMA, VENTURA rBr3Fa as. V HONOLULU M LOWEST RATES OF PASSAGE Apply to OCEANIC S. S. CO., C73 sUrsst St, Su innate ' railings sverj 21 days - Jan.30. Fib. 20, Mar. 13 r