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FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 THE MORNING ASTOUIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. Y The Daily Market Report PORTLAND, Scut. 4"Thc re Iorti that have been given circulation the past few days to the effect that the outlookkk for hops it perceptibly brighter, ami that on the strength of this considerable cotracting is being done, should be taken with a good deal of allowance," said a dealer to day. . , . . ",. "It is a fact that some contract are being drawn, on the basil of 5 cents ad half the raise, or there abouts, and at 6 to 7 cents for out right sales of 1908 hops, but the statement that have been made that good deal of business at these lcevls is now tinder way are far from the truth. They are deliberate misstate menu and they are made for no oth er purpose that to mislead the grow era." Flour. Grain and Feed. ' , Wheat-Choice milling sorts. Track prices! Club, 89c; bluestem, 93c; tur key red, 92c; Valley, 90c. Export prices, standard quality; Club, 88c; Mueatem. 92c: turkey red. 92c; red Russian, 86c. Barley-Feed, $24.00; rolled, $7.00 728; brewing, $26. 11 Oata-N'o. 1 white, $2727.S0; gray, t26.0026.5Q. Flour Patents, $4.85; straight!, $405 4.SS; exports, $3.70; Valley $4.45; 1-4 sack graham, $4.0; whole wheat, $4 65; rye, $5.50, MillstuftV-Bran, $26.00; middling!, $31.00; shorts, country, $29.00; shorts, city, $28; chop, $2227,50. . Hajr Timothy: "Willamette Valley, fancy, $14.00; do, ordinary, $11.00; Eastern Oregon, $16 50; mixed, $13; alfalfa, $11. Butter, Eggs and Poultry. Butter-Extras, 31 ic; fancy, 271c; choice, 25c; store, 18c. Cheese Full cream twini, 141c; full cream triplets, 14ic; Young Amreica, 15ic; cream' brick, 20c; Swiss block, 18c; Ltmburger, 20c. Poultry Mixed chickens, 121c; fancy hens, 15c; roosters, old, 9c; broilers, 14l5c; dressed, lc lb. higher; ducks, 1214c; geese, old, B 10c; turkeys, alive, 20c. Eggs-Extras, 26c; firsts, 2325c; seconds,'' 21 (222c; thirds, I520c, Frulta and Vegetable, Potatoes New Oregon, $1.00 $1.25; sweet, 2c. Fresh Fruits Oranges, $3.754-50; lemons, $4.506.50; blackberries, $1 $1.25 crate; cherries, 57c per lb.; new tigs, per crate; peaencs, mw 85c per cratej plums, 25c75c crate watermelons, Uc per pound; grapes, $1.00 1.75 crate. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 sack beets, $1.75; parsnipe, $1.25; cabbage, $1.5O2.00; head lettuce, ,2025c cucumbers, 75c(85c pr box; celery, 7Se$1.25 per dozen; artichokes, 60c dozen; beans, 8c pound; egg-plant, $2.00 per crate; ' to'matoes, 40($50c per crate; cantaloupes, $1.251.75 per crate; corn, $11.25 sack. - Onion California red, $115 garlic, 12 15c. Apple,! California new, $1.25 1.75 Oregon, 75e$1.25. Meats and Provisions. Dressed Meats Hogs, fancy, 7 7ic; ordinary, 661c; large, 5c; veal, tra, 8c8Jc; ordinary, 67c; heavy, 5c mutton, fancy, 89c. Lard-Kettle leaf 10s. 14c; do 5s, 141c; do 50-lb. tins, 131c; iteam ren dered 10c. 12ac do 5s. IZic; com pound 10s, 91c. Hams 10-12 lbs.. 17c: 14-16 Iba., 161c; 18-20 lb!., 16c. Bacon Breakfast, 16JZ3c; pic nics, 10 Jc; cottage roll, 12c; regular hort clears, smoked, 121c; do un emoked. 111c; Un. B., 1013c lb.; smoked, 1013c; . unsmoked, 12c; clear bellies, unsmoked, 131c; amok- ed, 141c; shoulders, 12c JOBBERS' QUOTATIONS. Sugar, Coffee, Etc. Sugar (sack basis) D. G., $6.05; beet, $5.85; Golden C, $5.45; extra C, $5.55; powdered, $6.15; fruit or berry sugar, $6.05; boxes, 55c cwt. advance over sack basis (less'Mc if paid for in 15 xlayg). . Rice Imperial Japan, No. 1, $6.35; Southern Japan, $5.756; broken, 41c head; fancy, $77.75. Coffee Mocha, 2428e; Java, fancy 2528c; Java, good, 2024c; Java, ordinary; 1720c; Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; Costa Rica, good, 16 18c; Arbuckle, $16.50 cwt; Lion, $15.75 cwt.; Colombia coffee,, 14c lb.; Sal vador, lll145c. ' "-,' Salt-Bales of 75-2s, bale, $2.25; bales of 60-3s, bale, ' $2.25) hales of 40-4s, bale, $2.25; bales of 15-I0s, bale, $2.25; bags, 50s, fine, ton;" $15; bags 50c; genuine Liverpool ton, $17; bags, 50c, 1-ground $13.50; 100s, ton, 3.00; R. S. V. P., 20 5-lb. cartons, $2.25; R. S. V. P., 3-lb. cartons, $1.75; I Liverpool, lump, per ton, $20. I Raisina Loose muscatels, 3-crown, 1 7 cents; 4-crown, 71c; bleached, seedless Sultanas, 91c12c; un bleached seedless Sultanas, 61 cents; London layers, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 loundi, $2.00; 2-crown, $1.73. Nuti Walnuts, 1517c pound; filberts, 16 ; Brazils, 16c; pecans, 14 20c; hickory, 10c j Virginia row pea nuts, 8 cents; chestnuts, Ital Ian 10c, Ohio 25c; cocoanuti, dozen, 90c$l; pine nuts, 10 12c pound, Dried Fruiti Applies, 8ic per lb; peaches, 1012c; pears, lli14c; Italian prunes, 56c; California figs, white, In lacks, 71c per pound; black, 67c; bricks, 75c2,25 per box; Smyrna, 16171c per pound; dates, Persian, 617c pound. Hops, WooL Hides, Etc. Hops 1907, prime and choice, i((t 4c lb.; olds, llc lb.; new higgle, 61c lb. Wool-Valley, 1415lc lb.; coarse, 1213c; Eastern Oregon, 8 16c, as to shrinkage. Mohair Choice, 1819c pound. Cascars Sagradt (chittitm bark)- Ji(ZE4ic per pound. Oregon Oraperoot Per 100 pounds $35. Hides-Dry hides, No. 1, 14ic lb ; dry kip, No. 1, 131c dry salted, one third lesi; dry calf, 151c lb.; salted steera, 78c lb.; salted cows, 61c lb ; stag! and bulls, 41c lb.; kip, 61c lb ; calf, 10!lc lb; green stock, lc less; sheepskins; ahearlings, 10 25c; short wool, 30 40c; medium and long wool, according to quality, 5090c; dry horses, 50c$1.50; dry colt, 25c; angora, 80c $1; goat, common, 10 20c. Oysters, Clams and Fish. Oysters Shoalwater Bay, per gal lon, $2.25; per sack, $4.50; Toke Point, $1.60 per 100; Olympias (120 lbs.), $6; Olympias, per gallon, $2.25. Fish Halibut, 5c tt; black cod, 8c; black basa, 20c; atriped bass, 18c; herring, 51c; flounder!, 6c; catfish, 11c; shrimp, 121c; perch, 7c; sturgeon, 121c; sea trout, 15c; torn cod, 10c; sal- mon, fresh, 79c Canned Salmon vommon River, 1 pound talla, $2.10; 2-lb. talis, $3.00; fancy, l ib. flats, $2.25; i-lb. flats, $1.40; fancy, Mb. ovals, $2.75; Alaska tails, pink, 95c; red, $1.40; nominal, 2a, tails, $2.10. Clams Little neck, per box, $2.30; razor clami, $2 per box. Oils, Lead, Etc. Benzine V. M. and P. and Union Naphtha, cases, 191c; iron barre's, 121c. . Coal Oil Union and pearl and as tral oil, case!, 18c per gallon; water white, iron barrela, 101c; eocene and extra star, cases, 21c; headlight oil, cases, 19k ;iron barrels, 121c; elaine, cases, 28c. ' . Lead Strictly pure white lead, in ton lots, 71c; 500-lb. lots, 8c less; less than 500c lbs., 81c; red lead and lith arge, lc higher than white. Linseed Oil Raw, 5-barrel lots, 50c; 1 -birr el lots, 51c; in case, 57c; boiled, 5-barrel lots, 52c; 1 -barrel lots, 53c; in cases, 59c Gasoline Union and Red Crown, bbls., 151c; cases, 22k. Motor, bbls., 151c; cases, 221c. 86 degrees, bbls., 30c; cases, 371c. Engine Distillate, bbls., 9c; cases, 16c. Turpentine In cases, 63c; in wood barrels, 611c; in iron barrels, 591c; in 10-case lots, 62c I LIMEKILN CLi Brother Gardner Issues an Offi cial Dream Book. HE READS SOME EXTRACTS. Thunderstorms, Blizzards, Tornadoes and Earthquakes Have Ne Effect oi HI Publication, the President Telia Members. ' Copyright, ISXfl, by T. C. McCIure. "My frens," aald Brother Gardner after the official business of tbo meet ing bad been concluded, "1 baa bad several occnNhun to locture d mout hers of dla Limekiln club on de sub; jlck of d ren mil and algns. I baa eben gone ao fur aa to suspend three or fo' members fur carry In' dream books about in delr bind pockets. It baln't oo use to fight agin what de cull'd race bits believed In fur de last 200 years, ind I hereby announce dat from dla NATURAL BIRD HOME. Audobon Society to Save Diminishing Species if Possible. NEW:Y0RK, Sept. 3.-Thrcc hun dred square miles o( the favorite hunting grounds for water fowl in this country will soon be converted by tbe National Association of Audo bon Societies into a protected home for the numerous breeds gradually undergoing extermination for com mercial purposes, according to infor mation given out at headquarters here. The two tracts presented by the government for this purpose are in Oregon and California about the Klamath, Malheur and Harney lakes Whole races of tbe wild fowl, per secuted by seekers after plumes and food for the markets, will be restored, say the officers of tbe Audobon So- city, if the people of tbe country will do their share in the great work of preserving these natural' scavengers whose taste for food is one of the chief preventatives of plague and pes tilence in the sections they inhabit. ' . . ( . An exnausttve stuuy oi conditions has been nfade by men who for three years have explored the wild places where the birds live, braving the dan ger of semi-savage bands of poacher as well asthe difficulty in traversing the country, to secure the Information upon which the president has just acted. DIPLOMATIC ROW AHEAD. BRUSSELS, Sept. 3.-The Inde pendence Beige declares that in send ing Dr. Vasscl to Morocco and in issuing her note to the powers, Ger many has committed a double fault which is liable to cause new' and dangerous complications. . Subscribe to The Morning Astoria A BAMUlKADliD WHITS MAS STAKPS ON CIS BliOUU I.Ai:OHLN' AT TOU." data forwnrda auy and all members of dla club kin dream fo'ty dreams a night oud spend all day long look In' fur signs, lloweber, aa I don't want to see you throw your time away and you might as well pntroutze home In dustry us to go clue where, I have In vented nud published what Is called 'Brother Gardner's Dream and Sign Book.' Ie price la no mo' dan you bars to pny fur oddera, and moat of de dreams I have dreamed myself. and you kin depend upon dero. Dig book will be Kent to any pusaon, black or white, In America fur de small sum of a dluio. Money refunded If you am found dend In your bed arter dreamlu' of belli' choked to death by a ghost. "I take pleasure In readln' you a few extracts from de work, and I want you to take pertlck'Icr notice dat thun dcratorma, blizzards, tornadoes and alrthqunkea hare no effect on dla book It takes no holidays off. It makes no distinctions between rich and pore, de lnnereent or do wicked. Brudder Bbln will run de temperature of de ball up to 140 degrees by tbrowin' dat last soap box Into de stove, and I will read "To dream dat yon am rooatln' up a tree and de old woman am alttln' at de foot of It wld a club In her band sorter aiguilles dat If you make any complaints about breakfast next mawn In' dar will be an area of blgh pressure In de atmosphere directly ober your cabin. I have found It to come out dat way on aebenteen dlffereut occasions. "To dream dat you have spent de bull day flshlu' and am jest gwlne borne nt sundown wldout bavin a bite may be taken to mean dat dar am sun thin comln' to you and dat you'll git It befo' you am many hours older. To dream dat you am runnln' across a Held at your best speed, wld a roarln' bull arter you and galnln' at every Jump, sometimes signifies dat you am about to find a dollar In de road. . At other times It signifies dat you am about to lose one. ' "Ho woman who dreams of beln' fullered along a highway In de night hy a r hite mewl kin wake up In de mawniu' and feel sure dat she am gwlne to hear aome news about ber re lations. De bull pile of 'em are prob ably comln' to stay fur a fortnight, wld de olo man out of work and ds rent three months behind. "De man who dreams dat be has Just cast his ballot fur president and feels In his pockets to find them empty should take warntn' and git his $2 In advance. Concerning Chiokene. "To dream of bavin' a chicken under each arm Jest as you turn a co'ner and run slap agin a policeman signifies dat you have an inlmy dat seeks your de struction. Wheneber I have dreamed dat dream I have let chickens alone fur de next three months. , "To dream dot you won $3 sbootln' craps and dat you come home and went to bed wldout sayln' anything to de ole Woman about It and dat you woke up uext mawniu' and found de hull pile gone signifies prosperity. De surest way, howeber. Is to hide de moniv out doahs befo' enterln'. "To dream of win' n uooae can"!.i a fox In her mouth signifies n clr-inri of circumstances My mewl died o: my hands shortly arter I had dreamed dnt dream. Ar'Iii, I 'kuowed inun who dreamed It and woke up to v!i. $10,000 in a lottery. . "To dream dnt your wife r.:n i: ' and dat you urn ml tin up it hends.u: at her grave 'pears to be n dream ni oineu, but de contrary am de ease De dreamer am nlmost sure- to And a smoked bam In de rood wldln three days' time. "To dream dat you am iwlmmln' In water whar you am surrounded wld makes, alligators and sharks and dat a baldheuded white man stands on de shore laughln' at you algulllea dat peril am gwlne to menace you. If you nm nsln wood off some white man's pile, look out fur loaded sticks. "To dream dat you have white hair and am on your way to de drug store to git a bottle of hair dye when a yal lor cat runs ober your feet signifies a change of some sort. You may be tak tn Into a trust or kicked out of one. "To see five trowi alttln' in a line on de fence Is a sign dat a posson am comln' along to disturb your domestic happiness. Dat pusson may try to ;oai your olo woman to elope wld him or may hand ber a love letter dat you have writ to anoder woman. "If you wake up at midnight and bear a mysterious voice callln' to yon from afar off and It seems to be de voice of a woman stuck In de mud. yon kin sot It down dat your mudder- In-law am comln' on a visit and make' things bum. You will hear ber callln" arter abe arrovea, and ebery call will make you Jump a foot high. Hootln of an Owl. "To be gwlne past graveyard at night and hear de bootln' of an owl am 'ntiff to Jump a man' outer bis butes, but don't Jump. I bars neber had dat thing happen to me wldout biingln' good luck. Ds last time It happened I borrowed a white man's wheolbarrer, and be dun forget wbo be lent it to. "If you-meet a bobtalled dawg, a one eyed cat and a lop shouldered man on de same block while gwlne to de grocery arter codfish, you might as well torn rlRbt back and save beln' humili ated. No grocer on alrth kin stand np aeln ancb a combination as dat. and de minute you ax to be trusted be will refuse you. "To have a blind mewl past you while you am alttln' on de fence am a sign dat you am gwlne to be dnnoed fur your pew rent de follerin' Sunday and dat you'll hare to pay at least SO cents down and make some big prom ises regardln' de balance. "If you am alttln' on de back steps of your cabin, wlsbln' you was rich and great, and a speckled ben walks out In front of you and tries to crow, you git outer dat as fast as your legs will carry you. It means dat your landlord am Jest around de co'ner, and If be finds you home be. will raise your rent 2 a month. "To be walkiu' along a highway and flud a corkscrew am one of de baddest algns I know of. It am a algn dat you have got a pull wldout anything to pull at "To be walkln' in an alley at mid night and suddenly bear a voice at your elbow am a algn dat de policeman who owns dc voice am gwlne to take yon to de station and ax for explana shuns. If you kin convince him dat you was walkiu' to meditate, he will lot you go. If you can't, it will be thirty days or $3 fine next mawniu'. Alius be prepared fur dls emergency. "If you nm passln' down an alley in de daytime and see fifty feet of garden hose in a wblte man's back yard, wld a yaller cat roostln' on de fence, it am a sign dat befo' midnight dat hose am gwlne to disappear. I hain't sayln' dat de yaller cat am gwlne to swaller It but de next mawnln' it will be gone. "In addition to de above, "Brother Gardner's Dream and Sign Book con tains hundreds of odder .dreams, signs and tokens, beglnnln' way back to" de dlsklbery of America and comln down to de beglnnln' of do present tight times. A rabbit's foot goes wld ebery sale. If you don't have luck wld de dreams and signs, it will aborely come wld de foot ober fifty different signs dat you am gwlne to be rich befo' de year am out; ober a hundred dreams dat must bring you luck, wld Instruc tions how to dream 'em; homemade and hand painted and jest as much to be relied on as old fashioned Masses candy. "Let us now adjourn." M. QUAD. FINANCIAL LITTLE OVER 3 CENTS A AD mi A Small Savings Bank. A Small Savings Account. An Example in Thrift. A Small Fortune. A happy home. THE BANKING SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'C'N, 168 10th St. . Phone Black2184 First national Bank of Astoria DIRECTORS Jacob Kami W. F. McGregor G. C. Flavel J. W. Ladd S.S.Gordon Capital ........ ;.;. $100,000 Surplus .......... ........ 1 . 25000 Stockholders' Liability . . ; . .100,000 ESTABMHIIKf) 18M4L J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President O. L PETERSON, Vice-President FRANK PATTON, Cashier J. W. GARNER, Assistant Casidtf Astoria Savings Bank CAPITAL AND SURPLUS Transacts a General Banking Business- $227,000 Interest Paid on Tisae 'Deposits' FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM. Eleventh and DuansSts. Astoria, Oregon. SCANDINAVIAN-A A E R I C A N SAVINGS BANK EEfr ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes All Other Consideratioa." A Minority Holder. Clara THiy are you always com plaining because I hare other callers? You didn't suppose I would cease to be attractive just because we became engaged, did you T . George Nov not exactly, but 1 did not understand that I was only a mem ber of an underwriting ayndlcate.- Puck. Pacifying Her. ! i STEEL & EWART Electrical Contractors PhonelMain 3881 . . . . 426 Bond Street We have just received a new line of The Malleable Range See the diferencelbetvreenit sad ctbers in oui BARI? WARE WINDOW, ' The Foard & St okes Hardware Go. Sherman Transter Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manager. , - Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Tracks and Faraitare Wagona Pianoa Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street . . Vein VheaM 121 TH E GEM LC F.WISE. Prop. Mrs. Squabbles You have never done anything clever In your life. Mr. Squabbles-You seem to forget. my dear, that I married you. Phila delphia Press. Can't Be Helped. "Aren't your children growing?" "But they can't help It It's an In herited trait" New York Life. A Foolish Mistake. Only a fool thinks It is brave to swim out so far that he can't swim back. Chlcago Record-Herald. Choice Wines, Liquors andj Cigars ASTORIA, Corner Eleventh and Commercial. OREGON Sept. OfficialiTideSTables Compiled ly the U. S. Government for Astoria and Vicinity. : SEPTEMBER, 1908. High WTftter. Date. Tuesday , Wednesday ... Thursday Friday 4 Saturday ., B SUNDAY ...... 6 Monday 7 Tuesday ........ 8 Wednesday 9 Thursday 10 Friday .n Saturday . 12I SUNDAY ,.;...13 Monday ....14 Tuesday 15 Wednesday 18 mursaay ..17 Friday 18 Saturday 19 SUNDAY ......20 Monday 21 Tuesday ...22 Wednesday ...... 13 Wednesday 23i Thursday ....... 24 Friday ,.25 Saturday 26 SUNDAY 271 Monday 28 Tuesday ...29 Wednesday .....10 A. M. p. M. h.m. ft h.m.ft 3:58, 4:50 5:52 7:13 8:45 9:57 10:52 11:38 6:09 0:59 1:48 2:37 3:28 4:23 5:26 6: 401 8:04 8:18 10:15 10:58 11:33 0:30 1:07 1:43 1:22 3:03 1:43 6.91 6.6 6 5 6.8 6 7 7.7 9.1 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.0 7.2 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.9 7.3 7.61 8.9 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.0 4 4 6:39 6:44 7:58 9:12 10:17 11:15 12:21 12:59 1:38 2: 171 2:57 3:38 4:22 5:12 6:10 7:17 8:28 9:33 10:27 11:13 12:051 11:53 12:32 12:58 1:26 1:52 2:11 1:53 1:89 SEPTEMBER, 1903. Low Water. Data A. M. P. M. 8.0 Tuesday 1 7.9 Wednesday 2 7.9 Thursday 3 7.7 Friday 4 7.8 Saturday ....... 5 8.0 SUNDAY 6 8.4 Monday 7 8.8 Tuesday 8 8.2 Wednesday 8.7 Thursday 10 9.0 Friday n 9.1 Saturday 12 9.0 SUNDAY 13 9.8 1 Monday 14 0.0 (Tuesday ........15 8.0, Wednesday 16 7.7Thursday 17 7.4 Friday ..........18 7.3 Saturday 19 T.S.SUNDAY 20 ., Monday 21 .8 j Tuesday .. 8-0 j Wednesday 7.9 j Thursday . 8.2,Frlday f.S, Saturday . 8.8;STTNTIV Monday .... Tuesday .. 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