THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TORTLAXD; DECEMBER 17, 1922 - 22 ' e S Demand Not General but Tone Is Improved. PRICE MAY BEAT BOTTOM Tanners Show Signs of Resuming : Operations; Low Bids on Calfskins Refused. There Is nothing like reneral activity In the hide market .at any point, but there are some signs of reviving de mand in the east. This small improve ment Is not reflected In any way in the Portland trade. After five consecutive weeks ot dull ness in the eastern packer hide market, tenners are showing a disposition to re sume operations. Small lots aggregat ing about 16,000 September-October-November all weight native cows were sold at St. Louis and Chicago at 16 and 16 cents. These prices are regarded as ex ceptionally good, considering the fact that recent bids on Chicago big packer light native cows have been down to 16c and the smaller packer native cows sold ran mostly lightweights. Packers are nominally listing selling prices of five weeks ago on other lines, but such fig ures are strictly nominal, as the decline in River Plate frigorifico hides dis counted the domestic market. Trading In country bides has been limited everywhere, but the trade be lieves the market Is at bottom. Calf skins are steadier in the big markets With sellers not Inclined to accept low kids. Foreign hides have remained generally quiet While there was some former steady business In River Plate frigorl ficos at gradually declining prices, ex change rates, working to the disadvan tage ot buyers, are restricting further trading. Latest dealings in Argentina steers were at $53, Argentina gold per 100 kilos, the equivalent of around 214c to 22c. c and f. per pound sight credit basis for Swift La Platas. In Monte videos, Artlgas brought $55 on a former trade, which figures out at an equiva lent of 2114 c to 21 He. Regular buyers of common varieties of Latin-American dry hides continue as much out of the market as ever, refusing to give any idea of what they might consider as trading prices. GAINS IN CLOTHING INDUSTRY Trade Is Larger and Prices Firm on Advancing. Four months ago it seemed probable that the 'fall would bring definite Im provement in the clothing industry, in large part because of relief from the re tarding Influence of the various labor troubles. Special reports received by Dun's Review Indicate that this improve ment has developed, though it may be due somewhat to the seasonal holiday demand, which has been noted rather earlier this year than usual. Warm weather during the fall delayed the purchase of seasonable goods to some extent, but the present demand Is gen erally saltsfactory. Production shows an increase in many centers. Prices In most lines are advancing. Some gains are evident In the sale of cloaks and suits, especially cloaks, but improvement in this branch Is by no means uniformly reported. Trade in in fants' wear is increasing and is already about 28 per cent better than it was a year ago; prices are firm. Liberal advance orders for spring are reported In both infants' wear and men's and boys' clothing; the latter branch also shows Increased sales and firm or ad vancing prices. A good demand for over coats for Immediate delivery is evident in two or three centers. Collections for the trado in general are much better than they were last spring. srrrZENBERG apples in demand Supplies In County Closely Cleaned Up; . - Oregon Fruit at Auction. There was a good local demand for ap ples, particularly Spttzenibergs, which were quoted at 1.262.25 according to crada and size. Spltzenbergs are well cleaned up in -the country. Moderate stocks are held In storage here. Oregon apple sales at eastern auctions were: At Chicago Delicious, extra fancy, large, 2.25; medium, 33.05; fancy large, $1.80; medium, J1.60l.d5. Ortleys, fancy large, il802; medium, 11.652 small, 3165. Spltzenbergs, extra fancy large, I2.ua; medium, 31.60. At New York 440 boxes Delicious, ex tra fancy large to very large, 12.302i small to medium, $1.602.10; fancy very large, 32.10: small to large, 3L301.75 choice, L20L&5. WHEAT STRONG AT WEEK'S CLOSE Exporters In Market With Not Much Of fering. The wheat market was very firm at the close of the week with continued de mand from exporters and mills and not much' offering. Club was quotable at a range of J1.25 to 31.27. All bids were unchanged at the Merchants' Exchange session. Coarse grains were also firm at Fri day s quotations. At Chicago, wheat had a downward swing at the opening, but later recov ered. The government report showed a big increase in winter wheat figures over the preliminary statistics and commis sion houses which had bought Friday in anticipation of reduced crop prospects were compelled to liquidate. There was a good class of buying on the break and SHIP IMMEDIATELY Prompt returns and no commission. Today's market prices for top qualities: Dressed beef. 8c. Dresaed mutton, 12c Dressed lambs, 15e to 20c. Block host, 13c. Teal, 13Vjc. - Heavy veal np to 300 lbs., So to 10c Dressed turkeys, 30c to 38c Live geese, 18c to 20c Dressed geese, 20c to 22c. Live docks, 20c to 22c. Dressed darks, 22c to 25c. Live heavy hens, 22c. Dressed heavy hens, 25c. - Licht and med. hens. 14c to 18e. live. 'Light and med. hens, 18c to 22c, dressed. '"THANK L. SMITH MEAT COMPANY. "Fighting the Beef Trust." ; ' New location, 107 Front Street. ' Portland, Oregon. INTELLIGENT PRODUCE MARKETING m cutis hlKher returns for farm produce. Quit old hit-or-mlss plan and try our new methods before sending any produce to marei. ni.o, nuu uut wuea nu how to ship. Results will surprise you. Our 17 years' experience is at your RUBY" & CO.. 215 FRONT STREET PORTLAND. OR. TURKEYS WANTED. We require a large number of Pressed Turkeys, Ducks and Geese for Xmas. Ship at once, market price, spot cash; no commission. SINCLAIR PROVISION COMPANY 475 Everett St.. Portland, Ore. RENEWED IE the market underwent a complete re covery, with the finish near- the best figures of the session. News from Ar gentina was more bullish and there was an estimate by the wheat pool of Aus tralia that the exportable surplus of that country would not exceed 82,000,000 bushels. Liverpool also showed strength and France was reported to have pur chased some wheat for the first time In weeks. Bulls also placed faith in rumors from Washington that the gov ernment would probably give aid to Germany to prevent a financial col lapse. The Chicago wire to Gray-Rosenbaum Grain company follows: "Bearish government report caused weak holders liquidating lower opening, which strong holders absorbed, causing sharp advance towards close. General conditions remain decidedly bullish, very encouraging to holders. Sold durum wheat today better prices than recently. Believe Europe take advantage all weak spots to buy cheap wheat. Anticipate further advance." Liverpool wheat closed d lower. The International Institute of Rome's revised estimate shows a world export surplus ot 950,000,000 bushels and im porting countries 'requirements of 623, 000,000 bushels. - Ruasel's News says: "The total acre age sown to fall wheat In Canada on October 31 was estimated at 8,263.000 acres, a decrease of 42,200 acres from last year. The seeding of winter wheat in Algiers and Tunis is progressing rap idly favored by the latest rainfall Germination in the central province of British India is good and the condition of the crop in the western region has been benefited considerably by recent rains. In European countries, sowing has been delayed by excessive rains but is now progressing under more favorable conditions.' Terminal receipts, in cars, were re ported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wht Bly. Fir. Cn. Ota Hy. Portland. Sat. 29 8 5 ... 2 7 Tear ago 133 2 12 9 3 7 Sea'n to date. 11705 353 892 S38 413 995 Year ago 18983 135 1212 269 5:10 902 Total this w'k 247 9 37 8 8 52 Year ago . 1160 62 IS 17 54 ffacoma, Fri.. 23 Year ago .... 13 Season to date 3835 Year ago .... 6354 Seattle, Fri... 29 Year ago .... 21 Season to date 4973 1 ... 2 ... . . 1 21 830 207 87 3.")7 78 835 127 83 475 4 5 1 20 1 15 1 1 3 27 1373 651 329 8S2 Year ago .... Astoria, Fri. Season to date 4792 125 1262 488 275 912 TURKEY SUPPLIES SHIPPED NORTH Local Stocks Clean I'p at Close ot Week; Egg Receipts Larger. Shipping orders from the north and a limited amount of local buying cleaned up the dressed-turkey market. Sales were made at 37 and 38 cents. Word was received from Idaho and Eastern Oregon of the shipment ot two cars to southern California. There have been liberal receipts of dressed chickens lately and these could not all be moved. The market Is full of capons for which there is little de mand. Live poultry was steady. Egg receipts were larger and the mar ket was easier at the close. Cube butter was firm and cleaned up readily. ADVANCE IN JXOUB IS DUE Rolled Feeds Quoted One Dollar Ton Higher. The flour market is strong and a gen era! advance of 20 cents a barrel ii probable at the opening of the week un less there is a reaction in wheat. Buy ing in the past few days has increased materially. Mill feeds of all kinds are also strong. The demand for millrun has been stimu lated by the wintry weather and stocks are small. Rolled barley and rolled oats Onion Shipments Cease. A few cars of onions were snipped out before the snow, but none since. The movement will not be resumed until at least a week after the storm is over. Growers prices are unchanged, but there is a shortage on the local market and jobbing quotations are higher at $2.50 for the best. There is no improvement in the potato market here or elsewhere. Bank Clearings. Bank clearlturs of the northwestern oltles yesterday were as follows: Clearing. Balance. Portland ' J5.864.513 Seattle 5.358,147 3 964.924 1,171, f63 579.530 Spokane 2.430.8S4 Ta-coma transactions 2.966.000 Clearings of Portland. Seattle and Ta- coma for the past week and correspond ing weeit in lorme-r years were: Pnr-Martrt Mu,,ls Tan 1922.. 335 377.350 135.S14.O50 316.010.000 1821.. 3S.N82.752 32.134,540 3.284,121 1920.. 1919.. 19W. . 1917.. 4S,8h7,718 88,040.330 38.101,758 45,992,412 3.7-37,554 3SI.8S2.0S6 19.502.083 26.95S.204 8.001. 830 4.012,995 5.329.486 4,090,314 2,830.406 1,792.975 1916.. 13.018,180 18,340.947 1915.. 9.361.103 9.845.083 1914. . 19-18. . 1912. . Mil.. 1910. . 8,200,929 7.632,115 8,748.176 10,348.213 9,597,157 IO.XI'5,018 7.81M.543 10,017.640 7.880,321 8,553,883 1. 350.040 2.550.383 3.320.246 3.942.197 3,503,154 Transactions. PORTLAND MARKET QUOTATION'S Grain, PI our. Feed, Etc. Merchants Bxchanre. noon session: Dec. Jan. Feb. Wht Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask. H. W... 31.50 3 31.50 $ 31.50 S. W... 1.25 1.25 W. W. . 1.25 . 1.25 1.25 H. Wi. 1.20 N. S... 1.21 Oats 38 Nat. 35.00 35.00 35.00 .... 38 Nat. 37.00 38.75 37.50 88.73 37.00 38.75 Corn 2 E. T. 34.00 35.00 33.50 35.00 33.50 85.00 3 E. T. 32.50 34.75 32.50 34.75 3 2.50 34.75 Millrun 31.50 81.50 31.50 FLOUR Family patents, 37.60 per barrel; whole wheat, 6.80; graham, 18.60; bakers' hard wheat, 37.10; bakers' bluestem patents. 37.35: valley bakers'. o.l; straights, IS.8S. MILLFEED Price f. o. b. mllh mill run, ton lots. 335; middlings. 347: rolled barley, 342044; rolled oats, 345; scratch xeea, S49 per ton. CORN White. 342: cracked. 344 per ton. v HAT Buying prices, f. a. b. Portland: Ainura, izotszi per ton; cheat, 320; oats and vetch, $22; clover, 320; valley timotny, izz: eastern Oregon timo thy, J23. j Batter and Country Prod see. BUTTER Cubes, extras, 46 47c pound prints, parchment wrapped, box lots, 61c cartons. 62c Butterfat. &3c delivered rortlana; ooc station buying price. n.uus Buying prices: Henneries, 47c mixed colors. 45c: Duileta 40 S42c. Sell ing prices: Front street, candled ranch. wMc: selects, 63 to 55c: pullets. 45c; as sociation selects, &5c; association firsts. Mt; association pullets. 45c. CHEESE Tillamook triplets, price to joooers, z. o. b, Tillamook, 30c; Young America, oic; longnorns, 31c pound. POtJLTP.Y Hens, 14 22c: springs. lifivc; oucka, white, 18020c; geese, 18c; turkeys, alive. 27 0 28c: dressed. choice. 8i ibc VEAL Fancy, 12V4c per pound PORK Fancy. I3c per pound. Fruits and Vegetables. Local Jobbing quotations: ' FRUITS Oranges, navels. 3405.50 box Japanese, 32.25 per bundle; lemons, 390 lo box; grapeiruit, 3d.7o0i.5O box; bana .tas. lOViSllVie lb.; casabas, 204c lb. pears, 3202.50; grapes, 9010c pound pples, 75C0J2.5O per box; cranberries. si.ao per barrel, in per half-barrel box, 7 07.80 per third-barrel box. . OfATUKS Oregon, 60090c per ack; xakima, B5c 471.51) per sack; sweei potatoes, a 4c pound. ONIONS Oregon, 32.2502.50 per sack. veuktabLiES cabbage, 2"Ac per lb. lettuce, 34.2503.25 per crate; garlic, 15 &2Uc lb.; green peppers. 25c lb.: toma toes. $4.50 per box; Hubbard squash. iozc iv.; oeets. i.40 per sack; tur nips, 3202.25 per sack: cauliflower, $2.2a per doz; celery, $505.50 crate pumpkins, IK 02c lb.; carrots, $1.50 per sack; artichokes, $.a per dozen; sprouts, 15017c pound. Staple Groceries. Local jobbing quotations: SUGAR (sack basis) cane, grann- lated, 8c pound; beet. 7.80c pound. NUTS Walnuts, 15 0 30c per pound: Brasil nuts. 13015c; almonds, 1640 28c; peanut, SfeSftc; filberts, 19025c; pecans, 30c; chestnuts, 160c; hickory. 14c per pound. RICE Blue Rose, 66!4c lb. COFFEE Roasted, bulk, in drama 20&39o per pound. SALT Granulated. barrels. 32.600 2.65; half ground, tons, 60s, 317; 100a lie. DRIED FRUITS Dates, llo per pound; figs, 152io per pound; apples, 1214c per pound; peaches, 15c; prunes, 13c; apricots, 2714 81c. . bisass Small white. 8c: nink. 7ttc: red, 614c; lima, 1014c lb. nvn.x 4.au5.25 per case. Provisions. Local jobbing quotations: HAMS All sixes. 25227c per pound: skinned, 2027c; picnicl617c; cottage roil, 26c per pound. BACON Fancy. 3Sffl42c: choice. 29ffl 82c; standards, 27 28c LARD Pure, tierces, 16c: shortening, 14c pound. DKY SALT BACKS 20 023c: plates. 18 cents. Hides, Hops, Etc HIDES Salted hides, all weights. 10c: green hides; all weights, 8c; salted bulls. 14c; salted or green kip, 11c; hair-slipped hides and skins, half price; flint dry hides, 15c; flint dry calf and kip, 15c; dry salted hides, 12c; culls and dam aged, halt price. Horse hides, green or salted, each, 322.50; colt skins, 50c (1; dry iiorae, !ocl with maae and tail on. SHEEP PELTS Dry shp pelts, long. 23c; dry sheep pelts, short, 11 Vic; dry sheep pelts, pieces, ll'Ac; dry shearlings, each. IScpZac; saltea pelts, long, each S1Q1.50; salted pelts, short, each ?5c4 $1.25; salted shearlings, 105Oc; salted goats, long, $12; salted goals, short, 50c 31; dry goats, long, per lb., 13c; dry goats, short, each 25050c; goat shearlings, 10020c TALLOW No. 1, 65 c; No. 2. 4 14 a 3c per pound; grease, 8 04c per pound. CASCAKA BAtit new peel. c per pound; old peel, 8c per pound. OK !-. liO.N UKAra uux i'er to., 7c ' HOPS 1922 crop, 7c per pound. WOOL Valley wool, tine and half blood, 35 0 40c; three-eighths blood, 320 35c; quarter blood, 30 32c; low quarter, 10427c; matted, 22025c MOHAIK Long staple, 45c. delivered Portland; short staple, 40c; burry, 25c per pound. Oils. LINSEED OIL Raw. In barrels. 31.10; 5-gallon cans, 31-25; boiled. In barrels, (1.12; 5-gallon cans, 31.27. TURflSNriKis in arums, si.w. 5- gallon cans, 3107. WHITE LHAU luu-pound Kegs, 13140 per pound. gasoline Tank wagons and lros barrels, 25c; cases, 26c per gallon. DISTILLATE Tank wagons and iron barrels, 18&c per gallon. Cottonseed Oil. Cottonseed 011 futures at New York. furnished, by Jordan-Wentworth & Co.; December, sa.TU; January, f a.e39.S8; February, 9.769.85; March, $8..e; April, 1I).041U.06; May, 310.1210.18; June. S10.15CKl0.24; July, S10. 28410.21). Spot, $9.1:0. Total sales, 15,800. v Lumber. The following are direct quotations on Douglas fir and represent approximately Drevailina f. o. b. mill prices in carlots and are based on orders that have been negotiated: lre- vamng Flooring. HlKh. Low. Price. 1x4 No. 2 VO 354.00 343.00 J51.00 1x4 No.. 3 VG 44.00 38.00 1x4 No, 2 & B, SG.. 39.50 37.50 1x8 No. 2 B, SG. . 44.00 39.00 39.00 40.00 Stepping No. 2 & B 70.00 63.00 Fin. No. 2 and better 1x8 10-inch 61.00 S4.50 63. 00 56.00 66.00 Casing and base... 66.O0 Ceiling Hx4 No. 2tB 1x4 No. 2 & B... 1x4 No. 3 . 43.00 . 39.50 86.50 38.00 32.00 38.00 39.00 34.00 86.00 Drop siding 1x6 No. 2 & B... 1x6 No. 3 46.00 39.50 38.00 35.50 41.00 39.50 Boards and SL No. 1 lx8-10-inch SIS 20.50 lxl2-inch 21.00 17.50 19.50 Dimension No. 1 S & E- 2x4 12-14 19.50 17.50 19.50 Planks and small timbers 4x4 12-16 S 4 S 22.50 18.50 3x10-12 12-18 S 4 S. 24.00 20.00 22.50 Timbers 32 ft. and under 6x6-8x10 S 4 S 25.00 21.60 22.00 Lath- Fir 5.00 4.00 SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Current on Vegetables, Fresh Fruits, Etc., at Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14. (State di vision of markets. Poultry Fryers. 23 28c: broilers. 250 35c; young roosters. 210 27c; "Id. 14018c; hens, 18028c; ducks, 18020c; live turkeys, 82036c; dressed, 39042c; hares, pound, 15018c; squaba, dozen, $303.50; jackrabblts, doz., $202.50. Fruit Apples, box, $102.7i; Lady apples, box, S2.5O 03.75; grapes, crate. $101.05; grapefruit, $2 06.50; huckle berries, pound, 20c only; lemons, eov $7.50; oranges, navels. $3.5004.50; peaches, nominal; pears, box, $iz.9. Vegetables Beans, pound, O'gvzuc; cabbage, pound, 101!4c; cauliflower, doxen, $1$1.25; carrots, sack, $101.25;; celery. crate, $2.50 0 3.50; cucumbers, dozen, $203; lettuce, crate, $1.25 03; beets, sack, $101.2,'i; onions, brown and yellow, cwt., $1.250L75 at wharf; white, cwt., $1.5O01.io at wharf; green. box, $1.2401.50; peas, pound, 12016c, potatoes, cwt., 8Oc0$l.S5; sweet, pound, l02c; rhubarb, box, si0i.ou; summet squash, lug, $1.2301.15; tomatoes, lug, $1.25 & 2.60 r turnips, per sack, $101.75; olives, ripe, pound. 7 08a Receipts Flour, 80ba quarter sacks; wheat, 4800 centals; barley, 9324 centals; corn, 800 centals; potatoes, 4ti88 sacks; onions, 1881 sacks; hay, 274 tons; hides, 2133; lemons and oranges, 4100 boxes; livestock, 200 head. QUOTATIONS ON DAIRY PRODUCTS Coast and Eastern Markets for Butter, Cheese and Eggs. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18. Dairy produce exchange closed. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Butter, firm, creamery firsts, 464 0a3ttc; packing s-:rck current make, No.- 2, 34c. Eggs Firm; refrigerator firsts, 31 83 cents. Cheese Steady. Poultry Unchanged. C HICAGO, Dec. 16. Butter, unchanged. Eggs Lower; receipts, 4812 cases; fusts, 50052c; ordinary firsts', 42045c; miscellaneous, 45050c, SEATTLE, Dec. 16. Butter and eggs unchanged. Coffee Futures Steady. NEW YORK, Dec. 16. The market for coffee futures closed unchanged to five points higher. Sales 'were estimated at ly 12.000 bags, closing quotations, Dtcember 10.01c: January, 9.92c; March, 9.75c; May, 9.43c; July, 9.07c; September, 8.58c. Contracts for delivery next Decem ber were quoted at 8.25c Spot cof lee, firm. Kio is, 11 c; San tos 4s, 15015c. Chicago Oil Market. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO. Dec 16. Gasoline: Tank wagons, 18c; service stations, 20c; ma- cnlne, 27.7. Oils, summer, 11.4c; winter, 11.9c. Carbon Perfection, iron barrels, 11 c. Linseed oil, raw, 1 to 4 barrels delivery, $1; boiled, $1.02. Turpentine, $1.61; denatured alcohol, 44c Cottonseed OIL Cottonseed oil futures at New York, furnished by Jordan, Weitworth & Co.: January, $9.65 0 9.70; March, $9,960 9.98:, April. $10.05010.10; May, $10,130 10.15; June, $10.15010.25; July, 310.23 010.30. Spot, $9.60. Total sales, 1500. Chicago Potato Market. CHICAGO, Dec. 16. Potatoes slightly stronger; receipts, 14 cars; total United States shipments, 821; Wisconsin sacked and, bulk round whites, 86c0$l cwt; Minnesota and North Dakota sacked and tuik round whites No. 1, $1.10 cwt. Sugar Market. NBW YORK, Dec. 18. Raw sugar, Centrifugal, &.53c; refined granulated, 7.10 cents. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16. California-Hawaiian raw sugar. 5.53. London Apple Market Strong. HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 16. (Spe cial.) Dan Wuille & Co. yesterday received a message from London to the effect that Newtown apples were selling at 16 shillings the box. At the rate ot exchange at present prevailing this will net growers an approximate $1.75 a box. Shippers say the steady trend of the export market is a bright feature for local growers, a large portion of whose tonnage is Newtowns, considered the staple export apple. CROP REPORT PUTS 01 PRICES 001 Market Breaks Sharply Early Trading. in HIGHER RANGE IS LIKELY Wet Weather Delays Argentina Harvest and Reduction in Yield is Expected, , ' BY CHARLES D. MICHAELS. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, Dec. 16. As was expected the grain markets broke rather sharply In the early trading due to the bearish construction placed on the government crop report, with the active deliveries of wheat off around le from the pre vious day's finish, but the surplus In all the pits was taken off the market by commission houses on resting orders and a rally came toward the last that carried values above the previous day's finish for all. grades. Closing trades were 01c higher on wheat, with corn c lower to c higher, oats H0c higher and rye 0c lower. All grains sold at a new high for the season the past week, and while values have been on the upgrade for nearly two weeks te undertone at the last was distinctly strong, with senti ment decidedly bullish. As compared with the finish the previous week, wheat was up l05c, the latter on July. Corn rained let2c oats ffi2c ana rye l02Kc Lard was up 25!ae2M;C and ribs 75010c for the week. General run of news was decidedly favorable for a higher range of prices. Continental exchange was higher, and while Washington denied that the Ger man loan was assured the fact that the United Kingdom and the continent bought wheat and corn In North Amreica had considerable intluence on sentiment. Wet weather has delayed harvesting of wheat in Argentina and private cables from there indicated that a reduction in crop estimates would be necessary. The trade foraot about the government re- nort shortly after the opening, and local statisticians were inclined to be rather skeptical regarding the amount of wheat raised. Country offerings of corn were not larae. one of the largest houses operat ing in Illinois and Iowa buying only a few cars over night. Larger receipts are expected, however, as the Illinois Central Is furnishing cars in central Illinois. Cash corn premiums were firm, with elevalnr interests rood buyers. Interest In oats is Increasing, witn a somewhat broader trade. Sentiment is more friendly to the buying side, with demand for cash grain fair and move- ment relatively light. Despite talk of a big export business in rye. with sales of around 1,300,000 bushels reported at the seaboard the past two days, the market made a poor response to buying and closed slightly easier. Norway, Sweden and .Greece were Identified as buyers of cash grain, s Action of the wheat market today showed what trade leaders here and for eigners thought of the government re rort. Those who sold prices off on It eirly bought back their grains later in the day at higher prices, while foreigners cjme in and bought 800,000 bushels of wheat, considerable corn and 1.300,000 bushels rye, Sweden taking 600,000 bush els There was an extended short interest early, and at the close trade leaders saw nothing bearish in the situation. Traders friendly to corn look the buying side at the start and continued throughout the day. Liquidation spent its force early. The government reduced estimates only 3,000,000 bushels from the previous figures and the trade in general was convinced that there is no more corn in the country than will be required for domestic consumption and eiport, and leave a fair carry-over at the end of the season. I)cal traders who are friendly to oats continue their buying of May on all dips. Enough December Is coming out from day to day to satisfy all buyers. The movement lr. heavy, but is being well taken care of, and there is a friendly fueling to the buying side on the breaks. The government report arbitrarily in-c-t'ases the winter wheat acreage 1.000. 900 acres over the previous estimate and increases the area harvested in 1921 by 700.000 acres, says B. w . hnow. 'J ne basis for such changes can only be known to the officials To accept the present figures it is necessary to believe that some 48.000,000 acres were actually seeded last year, a figure that cannot be reconciled with any facts previously of public record. Movement of grain is heavy,' especially of corn. Total receipts ot all grains at primary markets last week were 24, D23.00O bushels, the largest at this time since 1918 when they were 28,357,000 bushels. There was a loss of 300,000 bushels for the week and a gain of 2.800.000 bushels over last year and 2.C00.000 bushels over the five-year av erage. Corn receipts Increased 600.000 boshels for the week and nearly 4.000, 000 bushels under last year's Cars are mere plentiful in some sections of the grain states and short in others. There Is a big movement of corn from the Missouri river section to the west, one rallwad having orders to move 600 car ..ads. The Illinois Central rnilroad brought in almost 25 per cent of the corn received at Chicago last week. The daily Chicago market letter re ceived by the Overbeck & Cooke com pany of Portland follows: Wheat The influence of the govern ment crop report was thoroughly dissi pated at the opening and the close was strnnr at the best prices of the day and higher than the previous close. It was the opinion ol leaamg aut-noriuea- mat some error had been made in the com pilation of this report, as the Increased acreage responsible for the increase in the total yield was hard to account for. Before the close attention was being given to the foreign situation, especially news from Argentina which told of fur ther damage and reduced yields. The seaboard did not report th amount of export business done today, but said there was Increased activity in export eircles with England and France in the ' market for the first time In many weeks: An encouraging development was the strength in continental ex change rates, apparently reflecting a better feeling in foreign finances and possibly the proposal now being consid ered by United States bankers to give Germany a substantial loan. The tech nical position of the market undoubtedly has been strengthened by the recession and we expect to see the upward trend resumed probably with Increased inten sity. Corn Started lower in sympathy with wheat and on selling inspired the failure of the government report to confirm private estimates of a smaller aggregate yield. The decline met good absorption and the close was strong with early losses more than regained. Receipts of 400 cars found a ready market at yes terday's baeis. Local houses confirmed sales, made out of Chicago for export and the seaboard reported revived in terest on the part of foreign buyers. which looks encouraging for a better outlet. The country is selling moderately and the market is seemingly in excel lent position- to respond to further indi cations of a good domestic and foreign demand. Oats Lower prices were made at the start, but the market quickly reversed Its action and advanced with other grains. A good cash demand was re ported at yesterday's basis to a shade better. The government crop estimate of 1,215,000,000 was considered slightly bullish. We continue to look for a high er level of prices. Rye Trade was comparatively slow, prices receding at the start on selling Influenced by the bearish government crop figures. Eastern interests were prominent on the buying side, presum ably against export sales.1 Norway and Sweden were reported to have taken 500.000 bushels over night. Cash rye was relatively Bteaay at 1 14 cents over De cember for No. 2 on track. Leadinj futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. Dec...... 31.22V4 $1.24 $1.21-4 $1.24 May 1.21 1.23 1.21 4 1.23 H July .. LIS 1.14 1.125s 1.14 CORN. Dec 73 .74?4 .73 .74 May .73 .74 .12 .74 July.... .',74 "4 --.73 .72 OATS. Dec 45 .45 May 45 .4ii .454 .46 .43 .4;i .4ir July....... .42 .43 LARD. Jan. 10.27 10.30 May 1O.50 10.57 10.27 10.50 10.30 ' 10.57 10.65 10.60 RIBS. Jan... May 10.50 10.60 10.50 cash purees were as follows: Wheat No. 2 red, 1.35; No. 2 hard. $1.234 01.2414. Corn No. 2 mixed, 764 754c: No. 2 yellow. 75 7614c. Oats No. 2 white. 46!447?4c; No. 3 white. 45046c. Rye No. 3. 89 "sc. Barley 65 0 74c. Timothy seed $606.75. Clover seed $160 20. Pork Nominal. Lard $10.45. Ribs $10.50011.50. Minneapolis Oral 11 Market. Furnished by McCaul-Dinsmore Grain company of Portland: Wheat No. 1 dark northern, good to fancy, to arrive, $1.26 01.89 ; fancy No. 1 dark northern, $1.33 01.40 ; No. 1 dark northern, $1.25 1.32, to ar rive, $1.26; No. 1 northern. $L23 1.30, to arrive, $1.23; fancy No. 2 dark northern, $1.28 01.35 ; No. 2 dark northern, $1.21 1.28 ; No. 2 north ern, $1.191.23: fancy No. 3 dark northern, $1.24 1.30 ; No. 3 dark northern, $1.16 1.24 ; No. 8 northern, $1.15 01.22; No. 1 dark hard Mon tana. $1.24 01.81, to arrive, $1.24 0 1.30; No. 1 hard Montana, $1.21 1.24, to arrive, $1.21 1.23 : No. 1 dark hard Minnesota and South Dakota, $1.2101.23, to arrive, $1.20 01.21 ; No. 1 hard Minnesota and South Dakota, $1.2O01.21, to arrive. $1.20 1.15; fancy No. 1 amber durum, $1.11 01.14, to arrive, $1.09 1.11U; No. 1 amber durum, $1.06 1.10. to arrive. $1.06; No. 1 durum, $1.00 01.05, to arrive, $1.00; fancy No. 2 amber durum, $1.09 01.12 ; No. 2 amber durum. $1.08 1.01 ; No. 2 durum, 96 c $1.02. Corn No. 2 yellow, 68 0 68c, to ar rive, none; No. 8 yellow corn, 67c, to arrive, 67c. Oats No. 2 white, 4214?ic; No. 3 white, 411443c, to arrive, 40c. Barley Choice. 62 65c; medium good. 58 0 61c; lower, 53057c. Rye No. 2, 8383c, to arrive, Flax No. 1, $2.67 2.68, to arrive, $2.62. , Wheat futures December, $1.22; May, $1.21 ; July, 81.18. Cash Grain Markets. Furnished by Jordan, Wentworth & Co., Portland. OMAHA, Dec. 16. Wheat No. 3 hard, $1.16. Corn No. 2 yellow, 70071c. Oats No. 3 white, 33c. ST. LOUIS Dec. 16. Wheat No. 2 red. $1.38. Corn No. 2 n ixed. 76c; No. 2 veilow, 77c. Oats No. 2 white, 47Ve. KANSAS CITY Dec. 16. WheatNo. 3 red, $1.2301.24; No. 2 hard, $1,160 1.22; No. 2 hard dark winter, $1.23. Cprn No. 2 mixed. 72 072c; No. 2 yel low, 74c; No. 2 white, 72724c Oats No. 3 white, 46047c. DULUTH. Dec. 16. Flax Dec, $2.68 bid. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16. Wheat Milling, $2.202.25; feed. $2.2002.25. Barley Feed, $1.4001.45; shipping $1.501.55. Oats Red feed, nominal. Hay Wheat. $17 0 20; fair, "$15017 tame oat, $17021: wild oat, $14016; alfalfa, $19021; stock, $12015; straw, $11012. s Seattle Grain Market. SEATTLE!, Dec 16. Wheat hard white, soft white, $1.26: white club, $1.23; hard red winter, soft red winter, northern spring, $1.21; eastern red Walla, $1.20; Big Bend bluestem, $1.62. Feed and bay unchanged. Carlot Grain Receipts. CHICAGO, Dec. 10, Carlots Minne apolis Wheat, 3U3; corn, 30; oats, 21. Winnipeg Wheat, 770; oats, 122. Du lutli Wheat 87; rye, 49; flax. 2. Kan ras City Wheat, 220; corn, 33; oats, 19. St. Louis Wheat, 27; corn. 37; oats, 20. Omaha Wheat. 60; corn, 61; oats, 22. Winnipeg Wheat Market. WINNIPEG. Dec. 16. Cash wheat. No. 1 northern, 31.08; No. 2. $1.05: No. 3, $1.02; No. 4, 9Sc: No. 5. 92c; Iced, 70c; track, $1.08. Futures Dec, $1.08; May. $1.12; July, $1.11. MET TIB mm FURTHER WHEAT ADVANCE IS INDICATED. Large Winter Killing Expected on Reduced Acreage; Heavy Exports In Sight. The weekly review of the Chicago grain market, furnished by Jordan Went worth & Co., of Portland, follows: The advance in wheat has been largely the result of the congested selling of December and the inability of profes sionals to make deliveries. This buy-ing-in has given hedging interests a large profit and at the same time lifted the May. December Is usually a very high mar ket for wheat and in 14 out of the past 16 years prices have advanced over the fall levels In the final month. General world conditions have not changed materially. There is some be lief that the next six months will de velop a large export trade from all sur plus countries and on account of excel lent credit facilities which this country will be able to give under the con templated legislation, our exports are expected to maintain a high average. The smaller acreage and poor condi tion westward, if the general rule pre vails, will show large winter kilting. In the past 16 yearB the May advanced in ten years from January to the end of February and declined in six years. From the February high the market de olined in 11 years to the end of April and -advanced in five years. Present influences suggest an advance to Febru ary. Receipts of corn are running at half of last season and feeding demand has in creased on account of the cold weather. By the time the fall pigs are ready for market the corn situation will be acute. The oats trading has increased and the market has been reaching toward the 60-cent level which would not be high. COTTON FIRMER AT THE CLOSE Good Buying Advances Futures 18 to 36 Points Net. (Br Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Dec. 16. The cotton market came under the influence of the usual week-end evening up by profes sionals today and at first met a little more professional covering than liquida tion, reflecting this by advancing some 5 to 18 points after a narrowly irregu lar opening of 5 points loss to two points gain. The spot month, December, was inactive, and lagged behind the rest of the list, but business on the whole was featureless and dull. The heaviest buy ers were probably Liverpool interests. Wall street operators and wire houses Sellers included the south, spot people and room longs. The market met a better class of buying as the seasion progressed, and in the final half hour of trading developed a decidedly firm undertone and advanced more than ao above last night's close In severai in stances and closed around its top, 18 to 30 points net higher. Spot was steady, 23.70c for middling upland, 20 points advance. Southern spot markets: Galveston 25.55, 20 points advance; New Orleans 25.50c unchanged; Savannah 26. 68c, 13 points advance; Augusta 25.50c, 25 points advance; Memphis 25.75c, unchanged; Houston 25.45c, 15 points advance; Lit tle Rock, 25.50c, unchanged. The range of New York cotton futurea as reported by Overbeck dc Cooke com pany of this city: Month. Open. High. Low. Close. January 2S.25 23.48 25.20 25.44 March 25.45 25.71 25.42 25.66 May 25.54 25.87 25.54 25.79 July 25.23 25.83 25.35 25.5 October 23.68 24.00 23.66 24.00 December 25.29 25.47 25.25 26.47 Growers Appoint Delegates. SHERIDAN, Or.,' Dec. 16. (Spe cial.) Delegates from Sheridan to the state loganberry meeting- at Sa lem, December 20, when efforts will be made to bring all acreage into a unit organization for the purpose of price and labor control, have been named as follows: George Stewart, Charles Gill, Earl Chandler and G. P. Bartlett, representing independent growers here, and H. G. Funk, rep resenting the . Oregon Growers' Co operative association. TONE DF WHEAT STRONG HIGHEST -PRICES OF SEASON MADE DCKIXG WEEK. Legislation for Benefit of Farmer Is Bullish Factor in Mar ket's Course. The weekly wheat review of Logan & Bryan of Chicago received by Overbeck & Cooke compary of this city follows: "Bullish sentiment predominated throughout the week and all deliveries sold at the highest prices of the sea son The influence behind the upward movement was the very evident inten tion of the administration In Washing ton to adopt measures for the benefit of agricultural interests. "It is generally conceded that some thing vitally important will materialize from the numerous bills that havs been presented. The rural credits bill is vir tually assured of passage and will do much toward equalization of distribu tion although without a good foreign outlet for the surplus production enhanced values would be difficult 01 attainment. This is provided for in a measure author izing the war finance corporation to purchase drafts against foreign ship ments, to be paid by the buyers with in six to nine months. The adoption nt stuch constructive legislation would undoubtedly add materially to quoted prices as the United States would then have an overwhelming advantage for world trade to the exclusion of our comnetitors. "Expert clearances for the week were 7,926,000 bushels and for the season to date 231.652.000 bushels about 50-50 American and Canadian. "Latest estimates on the Argentina production places the exportable sur plus at about 40,000,000 bushels more than last year with possibilities favor ing a further reduction. "The Australian yield was disappoint ing, providing a surplus of nearly 60, 000.000 bushels less than last year. "The government crop report was quite a surprise showing a total crop of 856,000,000 bushels or 45,000,000 more than the previous estimate. This, of course, will receive a bearish construc tion, but its effect is likely to be mini mized by Impending developments in Washington and by the fact that sta tistics on receipts, export shipments and supplies in show windows disclose a do mestic disappearance of some 90,000,000 bushels more than last year. "Some apprehension is felt over the growing crop because of the sudden drop in temperatures and lack of snow protection over the belt. The acreage, which will be given in a report by the government Monday is expected to show a reduction of about 10 per cent. HOGS BROUGHT IN BY PACKERS Direct Shipment of Twelve Loads Re ceived at Stockyards. Twenty loads of stock reached the yarns yesterday, a good run for the clos ing day of the week. Twelve loads of hogs were a direct shipment to packers. Business was moderate In the half day the yards were open, and prices at the close were steady and unchanged. Re ceipts were 185 cattle and 1639 hogs. The day e sales were as xouows: Wt. Price. Wt. Price. 490 2.75 2 hogs, 1 hog., 1 cow. 1 cow. 1 cow. 215 $ 9.25 820 8.75 870 4.00 1040 2.75 1 COW. , . 1 cow... 1 cow... 110 2.25 2.75 4.00 490 870 1040 1, cow. 900 910 2.00) 1 cow.. 1 cow. 2.23; 1 cow.. , 900 Prices quoted at the Portland Union stockyards were as follows: Cattle Price. Choice steers Medium to good steers. . .$ 7.50 8.06 .. 6.7.-10 7.50 .. 5.75 8.75 .. 4.25 0 5.75 Fair to medium steers .... Common to fair steers Choice heifers Choice cows, heifers Med. to good cows, heifers. Fair to med. cows, heifers. Common cows Canners Bulls Choice feeders Fair to good feeders....... Choice dairy calves Prime light calves......... 4.50 0 5.00 4.500 6.00 4.00(01 4.50 3.50 O 4.00 2.50W 3.50 1.6041) 2.50 8.00 0 4.25 5.00 0 6.50 4.000 6.00 b.WXul s.ou 8.000 8.50 Medium light calves 7.30 a 8.00 .Heavy calves 4.00 7.00 Hogs Prime light 9.00 9.50 Smooth heavy, 250 g 300 lbs. 8.00 9.00 Smooth heavy, 800 lbs. up., 7.50 8.00 Fat pigs 8.50 9.00 Feeder pigs 8.50 9.00 Stags, subject to dockage.. 4.50 6.00 Sheep- East-of-mountaln lambs ... 10.50012. 00 Choice valley lambs 10.50 e 12.00 Medium valley lambs 9.5010.50 Common valley lambs 8.50 9.50 Cull lams 6.75 8.50 Light yearlings 9.5010.00 Heavy yearlings 9.00 9.50 Light wethers 7.50 9 8.50 Heavy wethers 7. OO 7.50 Ewes 2.00 a 6.00 Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Dec. 16. (U. 8. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.) Hogs Re ceipts, 9000 head; holdover, 11,286 head. Closed active; steady with Friday's close; bulk, 220 to 260 pounds butchers, 8 8.05; bulk 140 to 180-pound averages, X8.108.20; top, 8.20; packing sows, mostly 37.267.60; desirable pigs, S 8.20; heavy hogs. $7.008.05; medium, 38(618.10; light. 38.0508.20; light light. J8.lorg-8.20; packing sows, smooth, t7.40 ti7.70; packing sows, rough, $7.157.50; killing pigs, $K ( 8.20. Cattle Receipts, 1000 head, compared with week ago beef steers unevenly 23c to 75c lower; in between grades reflect ing most decline; extreme top Christmas yearlings, 314; best matured steers, 13; better grades of butcher she stock, 25c to 50c .off; lower grade beef cows and heif ers, canners, cutters, bulls and veal calves about steady; stockers and feed ers, 25c to 40c lower; week's bulk prices beef steers, J889.60; stockers and feed ers, $5.758.73; butcher she stock, J4 6.50; canners and cutters, 32.753.35; veal calves, $99.75. Sheei Receipts, 1000 head, compared with week ago, choice fat lambs of de sirable weight, steady; heavy lambs and lower grades lighter weight, weak to un evenly lower: fed yearling wethers, 60o to 75c lower; fat sheep, fully steady; feeders, strong to 25c higher; week's top fat lambs, 315.60; closing top, $15.50 to city butchers, $15.40 to packers; bulk of fat -wooled lambs, $14.75 to $19.40; clipped 80-pound fed lambs, $18; choice 89-pound fed yearling wethers, 312.50, heavy fat ewes, $5&6: lighter weight kind up to 37.50: desirable 100-pound aged wethers, 38.25 8.50. San Francisco Livestock Market. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 16. (Federal' State Livestock Market News Service.) Cattle Beef steers good grade, 7.758; meaium graae, &7.50; common grade. $66.75; beef cows, good grade, $5.70 & medium grade, X5.Z53.60; common grade, 945; canners and cutters, 32(9 3.50; bologna bulls, $3.504.50; calves. 150 to 200 pounds, good and choice, $7.50 7.75; 200 to 250 pounds, good and choice, $7.257.50; 250 to 300 pounds, good and choice, $6.75 7.23; over 304 pounds, I5.506.50. Hogs Good and chocie grain fed Call fornias, 150 to 200 pounds, $1010.50; 200 to 250 pounds, $9.B010; 230 to 300 pounds, $8.50 9.25; over 300 pounds, 37.508; smooth sows, 250 to 300 pounds, 36.5007; rough sows, 250 to 300 pounds, 35.506; over 300 pounds, $4.50 5.50. Sheep and lambs Fuli wooled lambs, good and choice grades, $18.5014; me dium grade, $12.5O13.50; ewes, medium and good, $5.50i6.50; wethers, medium and good, $8.50 10. Omaha livestock Market. OMAHA, Dec 15. (U. S. Department of Agriculture.) Hogs Receipts, 6000 head. Fairly active; 5c to 10c higher; bulk packing grades, $77.25; bulk butchers all weights, $7. 60 7.90; top, $7.90; bulk, $7.6O7.90. Cattle Receipts, 375 head. Market compared week ago extremes on quality in beef steers and heifers around steady; in between grades mostly 50c to 75c low er; week's top here $10; few head up to $12; bulls, 25c to 60c lower; veals, steady to 50c lower; stockers and feeders closing weak. Sheep Receipts, none. Compared with week ago, lambs, 10c to 15c lower; year lings, strong; sheep, steady to 50c high er; feeding Iambs, 50c higher. Kansas City Livestcok Market. KANSAS CITY Mo., Dec 16. (U. S. Department of Agriculture.) Cattle Receipts 1500 head. For week, beef steers mostly 2550o lower; some off more; one load, $13.76; next best, $12.75; bulk, J79: canners, strong to 25c high er; mostly tzfgz.za; duik common to me dium cows, $3.50 4; better grade veal ers, $S9. Hogs Receipts, 4000 head. Generally steady to &0c lower; packing top, $7.95; shippers' top, $8; bulk light and light lights, $7.757.90; bulk butchers and heavier weight, $7.85 & 7.95: bulk of sales, $7.757.95; packing sows generally steady; mostly around $7.25; stock pigs dull; most sales $7 &7.25. Sheer Receipts 1500 head. For week. Lambs, steady to $1 lower; top, $15.20; Buy Bonds on rPartial Payment Plan1 With an initial payment of 10 per cent you may take advantage of present prices and yields and complete payments as other funds are available for investment. The small investor, too, by using this method, is on an equal footing with the large investor and will get a third more interest on his savings than if he banked it in the usual way. Without obligation on your part may we mail you special suggestions for the investment of small or large funds? If you prefer we will ask one of our representatives to call at your convenience. Call, Phone or Write FREEMAN, SMITH & CAMP CO. LuMacRMENS Bldo Portland at bulk better grade natives and fed lots, , , ok ja.1 x in . .l...n Dl.ariV best llEht ewes, $7.25; feeding lambs, 25 50c high er; most sales arouna Seattle Livestock Market. SEATTLE. Dec 16. Cattle, steady; receipts, 132. Hogs steady; receipts u. STERLING RISE SENSATIONAL German Marks Also Increase ' is Value During Week. NEW YORK, Dec. 16. A sensational rise in sterling exchange, irregularly higher stock prices, heavy selling of United States government bonds, new high records in wheat and corn prices and another flood of stock dividend announcements were the outstanding de velopments In this week's financial mar kets. . , , Early strength of sterling, which touched $4.69, the highest price since 1919. was followed later in the week by a brisk rally In German marks, which soared from 1.20 cents a 100 to 1.87 cents. Activity in the Berlin currency was based on rumors that a large German gold loan was impending, Involving sta bilization of the mark. The business outlook continues en- nuriLirlnr. The cotton consumption report for No vember exceeded that of every month, but one, in the last five years and brought about a sharp recovery from the recent slump In prices. Corn prices are approximately 30 cents a bushel over those of a vear ago. Stock dividend distribution to date already has exceeded $2,000,000,000, most of which has been provided out of sur Dlus. The Pan-American Petroleum ft Transport company, which announced 25-per cent stock dividend a few weeks ago, aided another one of 20 per cent on Friday. Standard Oil Stocks. Furnished by the Overbeck ft Cooke Asked. 123 87 225 115 152 47 148 100 80 110 109 165 91 28 134 102 74 20 T4 22 215 inn 162 67 118 424 47-4 270 119 26 company of Portland. Bid. Borne Scrysmer 118 Buckeye - 85 Cheesebrough . ....... .215 do old it Continental 150 Crescent 48 Cumberland .., 146 Eureka 98 Galena com 58 Galena Old pfd .'....108 do New pfd ....ll Illinois Pipe 12 Indiana Pipe 90 National Transit 27 Vi N Y Transit ....12 Northern Pipe 100 Ohio Oil 71 International Pet Penn Mex 18 Prairie Oil .... Southern Pipe . South Penn Oil S W Penn OH . a20.ri -....108 158 , 64 , ll1 42 , 47 260 117 S O Indiana .... S O Kansas ... SON Y 3 O Ohio do pfd Swan ft Finch Vacuum 40 y, 41 27 200 115 Washington ............... 4 S O Nebraska 197 Imperial Oil 113 Turkey Market Is Lower. VANCOUVER. B. C, Dec. 16. (Spe cial.) The turkey market broke here Fri day on receipt of word from the Cana dian prairies that good turkeys could' be had for 27 cents wholesale and ao cents retail, while the Pacific coast price was 45 cents retail. It is expected that the turkey supply will exceed the demand this year, as the purchasing power of the consumers is lgnt ana less-expen-sive fowl will adorn the Christmas ta bles. Truck and Driver Burled In Mud. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. IS. (Spe cial.) Ed Thompson, local bakery man, drove his light delivery truck off the end of Fifth street, truck and driver dropping about 20 feet to the mud flats, late Friday night. The tide was out and the truck overturned, sinking deep in the mud. Thompson, stunned but not seriously hurt, was heard moaning under the wrecked trucl.. Patrol man Hammond, taking a long run, Jumped the Intervening 15 feet, landing in the mud beside the truck. He pulled Thompson out and got him to the hospitaL The truck, hopelessly wrecked and burled in the mud, was left to be covered by the next high tide. Apples to Make Yuletide Cheer. HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec 16. ) Spe ciaL) The Hood River Traffic as sociation is engaged in assembling from local growers Christmas-gift apples for the children, of Astoria and Portland. The apples destined for the - burned city will be for warded to a committee of Portland Local Securities WANTED: 20 Pacific Power & Light pfd. 20 Portland Gas & Coke pfd. 20 Northwestern Electric 7 pfd. 5m. Superior Portland Cement 6s. FOR SALE: 60 Lumbermens Trust. 20Luckel King & Cake. 10 Western Bond & Mortgage. 16 Alberts Bros. pfd. 8 Albers Bros, common, 4 Portland Feeder. 1000 Anderson Bros., Inc. Our Local Department for the resale of unlisted securities of merit is indispensible to holders of these shares. Highest prices obtainable anywhere. Direct private wire to E. F. Hutton & Co., Member New York Stock Exchange. -Jordan -Wentworth &(g ,s)tockako aoNoa) our -X HON! B'WAY jfoSS' , 8740 Elks arranging to carry cheer to Astoria children at Christmas. Thu apples for Portland will be distrib uted through the Welfare associa tion of that city. P. F. Clark, president of the Traffic association, says that shippers will be asked to co-operate wiht their growers and get gifts of apples for the poor of Hood River. New Train Service Announced. ' CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec 16. i (SpeciaL) Tomorrow the Northern Pacific will inaugurate through train service between Centralia and Olympia. Two round trips will bo made daily. The first train will leave Olympia at 8:30 A. M., arriving- here at 11:05. Returning, It will leave here at 11:50, arriving in Olympia at 1:30 P. M. The evening train will leave Olympia at 5 P. arriving in Centralia at 6:30, leav ing here again at 7:30 P. M. and arriving in Olympia at 9:20 P. M. Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. All its readers are inter ested in the classified rolunrns. 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