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THE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL,. PORTLAND. FRIDAY" EVENINO, . AUGUST. IB, 1007. ,. 13 TODAY'S MARKETS; ;Pir- - , ,. : . n. ' ?' h , Tsas-., , ,,. ... , . , , , ,, ,, . i HHP v.l GOOD DEPID " 'Packers of . Fancy Stock Ee- ceive Premium for Their ; sip Supplies in Market.- ToJayg market feature: ' Fine "cant" from Hood Rltsr. Toppenlsh "cants" only fair. 1 No demand for preen beans. , Tomato market holding well. Peach auppllee ratner scarce. (, Ross Wood talks Of hopa crop. Fancy eggs holding very firm. ;'-' Several cara Oregon melona antra. ., ' Faney grapes hard to secure. tet -y Craba are very scarce. ' - . '' Fresh salmon auppllea nominal. ; Was "Cants from Soot lrer. Oregon cantaloupe growers have much to learn regarding the marketing of thla fruit, according to the wholesale trade. It U Qjsfr on special oocaalons that the "CMpsr arrive in ntrtewDi. conamuii. far as elsing la concerned the deal ers who grade their fruit can safely be t counted . ton the f insera of one hand. , Therefore It la quite refreahinir to see , one grower who really does grade his supplies before sending them to market '. ' Chief among these Is C N. Be neon of i Hood River. Whlls Mr. Benson la prac tically a new man In the cantaloupe ' ; business here, his first supplies being sent last year, his "cants" already have a reDutatlon for good duality and pack- tag in the Portland trade that generally ' ' takes others year of hard labor and expense to secure. The reason for this t Is that the number of cantaloupe grow. . era who grade and properly pack their supplies la so scarce that wnenever a " grower really does effective work It Is noted at once. ':- Honey la racking Property. It la not only the reputation that Mr. Benson has secured In properly packing ' ms supplies out ma siocks seu lorinore money than any other one In the mar ket at this time. Today his "cants" were In eager demand along Front street at $2.26 a crate, while others were selling at lower figures. There are aorae good-packed Califor nia cantaloupes in the market .at the preaent time, bat the California ship ping season is ending fast. Local onea are taking their place. Some are com ing from Washington points. Some came from Toppenlsh thla morning, but were only in fair shape. Generally peaking, the fruit from that district comes In very good condition. The Port land trade Is starting to eliminate these ' outside "cants" and aa soon aa a suf ficient amount of local stock is obtained there will be no demand for that from elsewhere. The trade contends that these outside district buv nothing from Portland but are always willing to sell us sometning. It Is now reported that three carlota or Danes watermelons were receivea in i this city during the week. California melons still holdln Ing firm at former flg- , urea. Boss Wood Talks of Sops. Ross H. Wood, connected with the . hon brokerage firm of Harrv L. Hart. has returned from a vacation and ob-I nervation trip through the Buttevtlle thop district. Mr. Woods says: "I did not notice so many lice In the yards Of 1 late. It aeema to me as if the Hoe now I In the yarda will scarcely be able to do "' much- dAmage. ; I talked with a party from Kewberg who said that honeydew was seattered throughout that section. I did not notice any yards affected with ins. fltJw'.at Buttevuie." . ... t . rancy Zgr Holding linn. For strictly fancy select local ranch . sgge the local market is very firm. Re ' ceipts of fresh stock ars not near ad liberal as they were a week ago and the y trade is willing to pay a fractional ad vance for stocks that are fully guaran teed. . Chicken supplies are slightly Increased ' 'for the Saturday trade. Market holding ' at former values. Cheese prices are being openly cut on all sides. Some who are quoting out 17e . for flats ars said to be openly selling at llo and the high point of the. market today Is 16c. f Creamery butter market firmer. Val ues uncnangeo. Brief Botes of the Trade. ,, ' There Is no demand at all for string Mans at mis time, accoraing to Marx Levy. Trade Is generally supplied by local gardeners direct to retail trade. reacn marxet is in gooa snaps, witn f supplies of fancy stock small. uraAS are ver r SitoclV likewise. are very scarce. Fresh salmon I Tomato market la In fine ahaoe. Mar- t ket from 75o to $1. Some that came i from vvaila walla were rather rough , but ripe, soia at bo ana sua , Front street prices: h arals. Blow and reed. '. nt at -nt nins raliitta la lAicutta, o, large lots: small lota. & ? WHEAT New Club, 78O80o; red r CORN Whole, $28.00; cracked, $29.00 per ton. BARLET New Feed, $21X10 22.00 ' f ?J nVi. ! a" 122.00(322.00. RTE $1.66 per cwt OATS New Producers' price No. 27.00 ner ton: gray. 82i 00. - R Eastern Oregon patents. 4.so: xraicets, si.zs; export. 14.00: valley, $4.8004.40; graham, . $3.76: i whole wheat, $4.00; rye, 60s, $6.60; bales, f e.vv. , . . MILLSTuFFS Bran, $17.00 per ton; middlings, $26.00; shorts, country, $20; city, SJMO: chop $18.00$2I.OO. HAT i Producers' price Timothy, Willamette valley, fancy, $18.00 4 17.00; ordinary, $12.00 14.00; eastern Oregon, $18; mixed. $10010.60; clover, $7.608; . grain, 3wv, cdhi, e.DVVxu.ew. Bntter, Bggs and BotOtry. BUTTER FAT F. o. b. Portland- Sweet cream, 88c; sour, 81c ; , BUTTER City creamery, 860: sec onds, 82o; outside fancy, 8235o; ' seconds, .7w; - ioro, uregon,1 lye DOOS Extra fancy, candled. UUfl FBsl Ml4c; good candled, 22c. I As c.lEESi-New Full cream, flats,! 16 16 o per lb; 17Uc ner lb. xoung Americans, POULTRY Mixed chickens. 13o lb- fancy hens, 1318o lb; roosters, old, lOo lb; fryers, 16o lb; broilers, IRn 1h: old ducks, lie lb: snrlnr dunks. 13o lb: geese, old. StJlOo lb; spring, geese I 13yiJO per id: turaeys, ill3o lb; - for oia; squaos, .du per aosen; pigeons, ' '$1.26 per dosen. Dressed! poultry, 10 ; o per lb higher. Sops, Wool and Bides. HOPS 1906 crop Prims to choice, Q6o; medium to prime, bo; contracts, 107 crop. .DRY EOT SHIPPERS TJP AGAINST THE LAW "If I find any peaches or any other fruit with 'dry-rot' In the Portland markets the stocks will be condemned and confiscated at once; no matter who has them. There Is a state as well aa city Iiv inlnit the Tiractlo of ami. i Ing unhealthy fruit to the mar- and shippers as well as Puealers are liable tb be prose- . eutea and suDjeet to heavy ana, It will therefore pay shlppsrs to keep this class of stock at. home,"-r-Intervlew of Sarah A Evans, market inspector with The -Journal. ;4, FANCY EGGS BRING ; ' v m k vnv ATT Am A fTTAxta i - V- , "Receipts of eggs are lighter and prices ar inclined to firm ness with - a- good demand for striotly fresh. There ars plenty 4 of storage and eastern-goods in the market but the real fresh ar- tide will command a premium. ' 'w' 4 ."Batter ,1s firm, and higher, for ' all grades.'. "' : ' : "Poultry has bad a very good week, with a Arm demand for fancy hens and large springs, also for large young ducks and geese, and X am of the opinion ., that the coming week will be the same. I ? advise liberal sMp- ments. "Veal, If small to medium and fancy, Is In very firm demand and at high prices, and the same (a true aa to small and medium pork, . altheugh large and rough hogs ars neglected. "Hides ars Inclined to dull- neas. r 1 "Potatoes are coming freely' 4 and ars selling at vary fair f prices and quite freely." Tom . t Farrell of Everdlng Farrell, WOOL 1907 clip Valley. tOOHo eastern .Oregon. ll21c MOHAIR New 1987 ZIDilC 6HKKP8KINS Shearing. U02oo each; short wool, tSOtOc; medium, wool. ivv'(o each; long wool.. 75c 11.00 each. TALLOW Prime, per lb, ittOto; No. I and grease, t&t via CHJTTIM BARK 6o per lb. mats and Vegetables. POTATOES $1.80 for white, $1.40 iVi I Wj DvutiiR eisj ss k-v. ONIONS Jobbing price New Walls waua, fi.iw sacic; uregon, ai.xei garito, ?c per lb. APPLES New, I1.I0O1IS. FRESH FRUITS Oranges. I4.3SA 4.Tt; bananas, to lb; lemona, If.OOQLtO per box; limes. Mexican. $4.00 per 100; pineapples, $1.26 00 dosen; grape fruit i3.26; peachea, 7Rc80c; cantaloupes, 1.6e$2.26; raspberries, 10c, plums, 60c; watermelons, IHo; cultivated blackberries, $1.7S a crate; crabapples, R00o per box; artlett years, $1.60 8.00per box. VEOETABLES Turnips: new, 0c $1.00 sack; carrots, 76c$1.00 per sack; beets, $1.60 per sack: parsnips. $1.00 $1.26; cabbage, $1.76 jj 2 00; tomatoes, Oregon, 76c)$l; beans, 22o; green, tffic per lb; cauliflower, f 1.26 T 1.60 dosen; peas, 6c; horseradish, 8c lb; artichokes. 66c76c dosen; rhu barb', $o lb; green onions, 26o per dozen; bell peppers. 1012tyc per lb; head let tuce ( ) dos; cucumbers, hothouse. 20 25c dos; outdoor 40 60c box; radishes. i ' ' "s .Vi.'.j I green corn, $1.60 sack; celery, $11.26 150 dosen Duncnes; pggpiant. ibe lb Groceries, 2mta, Zto. STJOAR Cube, $(.22 H; powdered. tl.07U: harrv. IS.STU: Arr. ffranulatM! $6.27H: Star, $6.77; conf. A, $5.87V4; extra B, $6.27; golden C $6.27; b yeUow, $5.17: beet granulated, $5.77; barrels, 10c; half barrels, 26c; boxes, 50o advance on aack oasla. (Above prices are SO daya net cash quotations.) HONEY $2 60 per crate. COFFEE Package brands, $15.88 16.6S. SALT Coarse Halt ground, 100s, $12.60 per ton; 60s, $18.00; table, dalr 60s, $17.60: 100s. $17.25: bales. $2.2 Imported Liverpool. 60s. $20.00: 100s $11.00; . .4s. $18.00; extra .Ane barrels, 2a, 6s and 10s, J4.605.66; Liverpool lump rocK, izo.60 per ton; co-id rock. $11.00; 100s. $10.60. (Above Drioes aDDly to sales of less than car lots. Car lots at special prices subject to fluctuations, i RICE Imperial Japan, No. 1. 6c; No. 2. 6V6e; Mew Orleans, bead. To Alax. 6c: Creole. 6c. BEANS Small white. $3.80; large whlie, $8.60; pink, $3.50; bayou, $3.90; Umni, sc Mexican reds. 4HC. NTJT8 Peanuts. Jumbo. 9c per lb Virginia, 7c per lb; roasted, 10c per ip: Japanese. 6 46Hc: roaatea. 7T'H0 per id; walnuts, caiiiornia, toe per lb pins nuts. 1415o per lb: hickory nuts, lOo ner lb: Braxil nuts. 18o ner lb: fil berts, lie per lb; fancy pecans, 180200 per lb; almonds, l21o. Keats, Ilah and Provisions. FRESH MEATS Front street Hogs, fancy. 8o per lb; large, 7C8o pel lb: veal, extra, 8c mt lb: ordinary, fancy. 8o per lb; large, 78o per 8c per lb; poor, 67o per lb; mutton. HAMS, BACON. ETC. Portland pack. (local) hams, 10 to II lbs, 150 per lb; 14 to 19 lbs, 16o per lb: 18 to 20 lbs, 164 c: breakfast bacon, 16 022o per lb; picnics, lle per . lb; -cottage roll. llo per lb; regular short clears, un Brnonea, no per io; nmuncu, no par iu, cieax backs, unsmoked, 12c; smoked, 18c per lb: Union butts, 10 to 18 ids, un smoked. 4c ner lb: smoked. So rx r lb J"' Va nir lb- amokid to n! r clear bellies, unsmoked. llo Der lb: smoked 13 He per lb; shoulders. 12 c per lb; pickled tongues, 60c each. D6rl ei 13 To Mrib- 60 lb tins i2e per lb; eam rendered.6!., ll'aio ps? lb; 6a, 11 o per lb; compound. 10s, 100 per id. 60 per lb; halibut, 6c per lb; striped baas, 15c per lb; catfish, llo per lb; sal mon, fresh Columbia Chinook, llo per lb; Steel heads, lOo per lb; herrings, 6c per id; soies, so per id; snrimps, vtc per b: perch 60 per lb? tomcod, Tc per lb; lobsters, 16c per lb; fresh mackerel, 8c ?er id; crawnan. z&o per aos; sturgeon, 2Ue ner lb: black bass. 20o per lb: silver smelt, 7c per ltt; frozen shad, 6c per lb: black od, 7o per lb. OTSTERS Shoalwater bay, per gal lon, $2.60; per 100-lb sack, $4.60; Olyin- pla, per gallon, $2.25; per 116-id sacK, 85.60 Sf tt.il; Eable, canned, lOo can; $7.00 dot. CLAMS Hardshell, per box. $2.40; raior clams,' $2.00 per box; lOo per dos. Paints, Goal OIL Bto. ROPE Pare Manila, 16 c; standard, o: sisal, 11c. COAL OIL Pearl or Astral Casei XLn ner val: water white. Iron bbls. iivm ini u- COAL OIL P itc per gal; water white, i4o, per gal; wooden, 170 per gal; Head lisnt. 170 aegu cases, zitto ner gai. GASOLINE 86 deg., cases, 84o per gal; iron bbls, iso per gai. BENZINE: 63 deg., eases, 250 per gal; Iron bbla, 98c per gal. TURPENTINE In cases. 9 So per gal; wooaen ddis, sso per gai. WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 74to net lb) 600-lb lots, So. per lb; less lots, 8 oar lb. Wixva iiailb rregent nasis at .!. United States Government Bonds. New bonds: Tork, : ' Aug. 16. Oovernment W . - . Bid. Asked. Twos, registered 106 106 106 103 &ZW"'y ao, coupon .......... 106 103 Threes, small bonds.... 101 Dls. Columbia,. 8-66s.... US' i Fours, registered, new.. 134 J do coupon .......... 124 4 126 126 e I Twos, Panama ........ 104 106 ao, coupon. .......... 108 PlUllpplne Fours ...... 109 Completing the Harvest. ' ; '" (SpecUl Inspstch e Tke tvmuat) Washtucna, Wash Aug. K. Spring Kain throughout this district ie now ing cut and fall grain will all be cut this week, but very little wheat la as yet being brought to market altheugh 1,000.000 buahefs will be raised In this district and stored for shipment here this, season. Ths late rains have dons no damage to ths crop, as ths grain is too early to bleach, even It the rain had continued for a week longer So far but little Smutty wheat has been encount ered, t , , i. " n ..-.. ,j LOOKS LIKE 11 . . ; , V : -. s .. ., f ; . "v . President Daughtrey Says Eastern Shipments Will Soon Affect Price. Portland Union Stockyards, Aug. II. Official run: u -. . t v.. t .. Hne-a. Cattle. Sheen. Today V.... .2 9 I7 0I weea ago ....." Year ago 100 - . 160 1,600 Prevloua year as, 20 While the run of local hogs Is so small that little fear need be enter tained by Oregon shippers that the mar ket will break on thla aooount. J"how ovm." aava W. H. Dauahtrev. nrealdent of the Stockyard a company, who has Just returned from his rarah at Echo, 7 the indications are that the market has about struck the top on this movement and within a montn we weatner wm oe cooler and ahlDmenta will again come from middle west points." Mr. uaugntreys views regaraing ine nog situation ars also held by the gen eral trade. Today's run of hogs was 291 head compared with 200 head last Friday, 100 head a year ago and none on this date two years ago. -A rear ago today the local nog market was nrm out un changed in value. Sheep Holding a Vrlos. At the . nrice Quoted today bv The Journal the sheep market Is - holding Its own despite the very liberal arrivals in the yarda during the Z4 nours. me run during that period was 80S head. compared with none last Friday, 1,600 head a year ago and 260 head thla day in 1006. A year ago today the aheen mar ket waa firm at unchanged values. liberal OatUe Boa, Run of cattle In the yards paet 24 hours reached 276 head as compared with 160 head both a week and a year ago and a nominal number two years Ago. Today's market reflected a slight ly Improved tone close to $4 for top fleers. A year ago today cattle were firm at the advance of 26o made the prevloua day. urriciai vara prices: Hosrn Rest matini Ommn. IT storkers and feeders, $6.76; China fats, $.7. cattle Best eastern Oregon steers, 2.7504; best cows and heifers, $2.76 .00; bulls $2.00. Sheep Best wethers. I4.00O4. 261: mixed, $4.004.25; lambs, $4.604.76. Eastern Hogs Are Steady. Chicago. A nr. 16. Hoga are ateadv: left over, 26,000. Receipts a year ago were 13,000. Mixed, $S.1067; heavy. $66 36; rough. $5.506.97; light, $6.16 GETTING BEADY TO HANDLE THE GRAIN (Journal Special Service.) Spokane, Wash., Aug. 16. Warehouse men throughout the country are mak ing great preparations to receive the fall sales of wheat, Krun grain buyers esti mate that 1,000,000 bushels will be mar keted at that town this fall. Around Trinidad the wheat la nearly all har vested and some Is threshed. The weather has been good, excepting a few days, when it rained. The grain is No. 1 mostly, the wet weather has done no serious damage. Kitzvllle has just finished the largest warehouse In this part of the country, having a floor space of 26,000 square feet The first wheat of the season was received at Kendrick, Idaho, today and stored. It weighed 61 pounds to the bushel and sold for 65 cents. Wash tucna buyers expeot about 876,000 sacks and In the north around Watervllle and across the Colvllle the crop Is estimated at 8,uoo,ouo bushels, ana prices are run nine from 69 to 70 cents. With the return of sunshine' the farm ers for a .radius of 80 miles around here have gained new hopes and ars now op- timlstlo. The first load of wheat to leave the country was from Rltsvllle, wnere Manager uorgan of ths Farm era" warehouse shipped one car. CANT' GET BIO CROP. Neglected Hop Yards Will Not Pro duce a Bumper Yield. (Special Dispatch to Tbt Journal.) Salem. Or.. Aug. 16. The hon market here is very quiet - The buyers report tnat very rew are being offered at the nee iney are orrering, which Is from to 5 cents. What have been offered have been usually in small lots of a rew nuncrea pounds. The buyers them selves are not verv particular na to business now aa they are imperfectly informed as to the atate of the foreign markets on account of the telearranh on. erators' strike Many hop growers think it is doubtful if they will pick their crop at present prices as the uncertainty of me uidjaet muea it aouotlUl II ex penses would be paid. Those who have ast year's crop on their handa flni it very difficult to obtain funds to pick the new crop as monev will nnt h ad vanced on the hops and they aro un willing to mortgage their farms. Esti mates of the quantity of old hope left in the Willamette valley by local deal ers vary from 16,000 to 18,000 bales. Reports from the country around Sa lem indicate that the 1907 crnn win h. little below or -above the average. Cannery Is Incorporated. (Sdk-1.1 Dlapatrb to Th. JoaraaL) Brownsville Canning company has been Incorporated. Another member going into the company increased the capital considerable. The cannery has been shut down, but . is now ready for the ?.ut.-m.l runi Zult la very Plentiful and It Is thought the good prices paid for same will bring an Immense business for It. I First and Alder Sts. Harrv Wood Market You Can, For Our Great Meat Cut fqrr Tew. Dealers Now Deny .That .There Is , Considerable; Jloneydew , Scattered , Around the Hop Yards of the State,' A GEfflEJpilG New York Stock Market , Again Suffers Early Rise Lost Later. LOSSES Amalgamated . Del. A Hud.. Louisville . . Katv ...1 Car Foundry... sugar l Smelter 2 Atchison Anaconda . .,.1 Brooklyn Canadian S a A N. W. St Paul 1 8. Pe es-sese ..i do rfd 1 Mo. Paclflo .... N. x. cent..... N. A W. North. Pan..... Penn. . Reading 1 U. S. Steel 1 do pfd Weat Union ... Ce St O eeeejsssel GAINS. 1 II1L Central .... Colo. South. O. North, p. New Tork. Aug. It. The London stock market was somewhat better and this helped the early market hers. Early In ths day there were gains of from 2 to S colnts in the leading Issues, but professional selling Induced general li quidation and thla forced a sharp decline in vaiuea luat nrevtous to tee closing, There was a raoort that the Allla- Chalmers company was in difficulty and that a receiver was appointed. Thla waa later denied by company ofnciala. Official New Tork prices by Overbeck A Cooke company: y 5 DESCRIPTION. Amal. Copper. . Am. C. A F., 0. . Am. C A F., p.. Am. Cot Oil. o. Am. Loco., o... Am. Sugar, c. . . Am. Smelt., o.. Am. Smelt, p.. Ana. Mln. jo... Am. Woolen, e. Atchison, c... Atchison, p. . . 'Ut J , . Brooklyn R. T. Can. Pao., c... Can. Leath., o. . Can. Leath., p. . C. A O. W., c. . C, M. a 8L P.. C. A N. W.. c. C A O C. F. A I., c... CoL South., c . . Col South. 2d i E. A H. . A R. O., c. . D. A R. O., p.. Erie, c Erie. 1st n Erie. 2d p O. N., p 111. Cen 11 180 L. A N. . . Mex. Cen. Ry. . M. K. A T.. c. 106 M. K. AT. pfd.. 62 Distillers Ore. Lands ... Vic. Chemical do preferred Mis. Paclflo . Nat. Lead .... N. T. Central . N. T.. O. A W. 66 101 Ullii' N. A Western, e do preferred North American. N. Pacific, c. . Pac. Mall S. Co. Penn. Ry P. 8. Car, c do preferred . Reading, c do 2d pfd. . . . do 1st pfd. . . 90 91 87 79 70 Rep.' I. A 8., a. do preferred . Rock Island, c do preferred . 2ft 22 S. L. A 8. F., 2 -p. no 1st pa. S. Pacific, o. ... do preferred . . Southern Ry., C do preferred . . 83 112 67 26 Texas A Pacific. T., St. L A W.. c. ao prererrea . . Union Pac, c... do preferred . . U. 8. Rubber, c . . do preferred . . U. S. Steel Co., c. do preferred . . Wabash, c do preferred . . Western U. Tel.. Wis. Cent, c. . .-. 42 126 42 42 127 90 81 94 11 20 14 16 12 do preferred Total sales Tor 767,100 shares. Call money closed 2 per cent Extra dividend 8 per cent. 1 Late Hop News. Gervals, Or., Aug. 16. There have been several sales of hops in this sec tion at about 6 cents per pound the past few days. The crop outlook is not so gooa as usual eitner, ror quantity, quality or price and aa a result many have neglected their yards ao much that it will be impossible to get the Quantity or Quality. The non-cultivation of ths yards has had the effect of caus ing an early maturing of the crop and many will be picking before the month passes. George Kneutson, on North Howell, eaye his early 'Fuggles would be ready to nick by the 22 of August. He will pick them and then go Into hla later varieties. Varlon Palmer & Son have a large yard of earlies, near Mount Angei, and intend starting on them about the 23d. There are only a few ards of the early varieties in thla sec ion, but more are a-olng to be Dlanted. aa It helpa not to have ao much acre age all at one time. San Francisco Grain Market San Francisco, Aug. 16, Close: Wheat December 21.48. Barley May 81.85, December 21-82 per cental. SHARP BREAK 9(1 W Secure AH These Advantages and More, at tho HARRV WOOD MARKET CO. HIGHEST PRICE, ia, v ; REACHED BY BUTTER r;iy;jr;-:.:,'- c Following ths sharp ad vanes ,'4 In ths wholesale pried of cream ery butter to 86 cents a pound 'th other , day, ths psmascus ". Creamery company today an- nounced1 an advance la Its quo tations to 17 cents a pound, or 76 cents a squars. This is ths highest price ever reached by ths price of butter at , this time of year. 80 far as known this was ths only creamery to make ths advance. Ths new values would place, the retail pries of butter at ts osnts a rolL ORDERS FOR FLOUR GRADUALLY INCREASE Foreign Business Is Pleating Up Chicago Wheat Loses After Earl Advance. CHICAGO WHEAT VALUES. Aug. 16. Aur. IS. Gross. 1906 Aug. is, Aug. is. uross. I l0 Bept Deo May tlaln. Ths volume of grain business In this district is growing rapidly. Millers ars very liberal buyers of wheat for their own us and ars taking all offerings at ths present vaiuea Exporters ars not in ths market at this time, local values oeing aoove a oasis ror export business. -mere is considerable business re ported in ths export flour market dur ing ths past 48 hours at 12.70. While these prices are considered rather a steep one by flour buyers, on the other side they are nevertheless progressing quite freely for delivery. Oata bales are quits fair at a lower range or values man old crop. uniosgv bosses Asvaaoa. Ths Chicago wheat market started in very strong and made a good gain. The higher Liverpool cables were a good help but after a short advance ths mar ket lost its gain ana closed He down for September and December. May was ttc ud at the end or tha a nasi n in official Chicago orices by Overbeck at cooae to.: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. Sept . 86 86 84 Deo. . 901 May 971 CORN. 64 65 62 62 62 62 OATS. 46 46 44 46 46 46 MESS PORK. 1600 1606 LARD. 892 900 890 907 846 847 Sept 88 62 46 16S2 890 900 842 867 867 780 Deo. May Sept Deo. May Sept Sept Oct Jan. SHORT RIBS. Rent. 865 867 872 875 782 786 857 865 770 Oct. . Jan. . Liverpool Grain Market. Liverpool, Aug. 16. Official prices: Open Close. Aug. 5. Gam. ,7s d 7s d 6slld d .7s2d 7s2d 6s ld d CORN. Sept Deo. Sept .4slld 4slld 4slld d Oats Crop Is Short. (Special Dlipatoh to The XotmuL) Brownsville. Or.. Aug. 16. Harvest machlnaa are again, at work this morn Ing. The recent rain delayed work for some time, but the grain waa not aam aa-ed. Fall wheat and barley are turn Ing out well, but the spring oat crop waa rather anort Very nearly all the oata are cut, those that are later are not so gooa aa the earner growtn. New Tork Cotton Market. August Open. .1212 High. 1221 Low. 1209 16. 16. Jan. . Feb. . March 1211 1212 1219 1222 1228 120 1121 1187 1190 1200 1212 1211 1221 1216 1..1222 1227 1212 April .... . . . May :. 1223 1222 1184 1190 Aug. .....1268 Sept .....1186 Oct 1191 Nov. 1224 1140 1198 122S 1128 1187 Dec. 1202 1212 1200 1192 Liverpool Cotton Market. LIvernooL Aug. 16. Cotton futures closed steady 8 to 4 points up. Boston Copper Market. Bid. Bid. 2148 .20 .62 .01 .10 . .01A .16 .82 06H L40, Adventure . .02H .88 4 1 C. A Arts. . U. 8. Mln . Arcadian . . Cent Cop. Range Elm Nevada . . . Phoenix . . . Trinity ... Alloues Victoria . . , fJuttc Coola Mohawk ... Old Colony Shannon ... Apex xamaracK . Bingham . . C. & Hecla Franklin ... Wolverine ., Old Dom. .89 Qulncy 93 Portland Bank Statement, Clearings today Clearings a year ago.. ..$1,167,264.28 , . 848,640.16 Gain today ., :::::::::! 81S.S24.10 160,404.89 102,883.26 Balances Balances today a year ago. Foreign Exchange Rates. New York. Aug. 16. Exchange ratea: Sterling, demand 487.10. 60 davs 482.76. cables 488.06, Paris cheques 6164, bank ers 86 1-6. Jesse R. Grant has been making ai tour tnrougn lexas. .Louisiana ana other states of the south and west sounding the sentiment of prominent Democrats on his aucceas of obtaining the Democratic presidential nomination. li . t.7 Saturday See Our Blackboards at BERLIN TERRORIZED " BY WAVE 0F.CRIL1E Unknown Murderous '' Ruf fian Attacks and Slays p. Little Girls. (By a Staff Correspondent) Berlin, Aug. 16. The city is being tsr roriaed by a ruffian who has mads a series of murderous attacks on little KlCl!' ....... ... ,v... .h.iaM so into the streets, and. unless an escort la available, they are timorous even of Thl. AnW hn hi. wnrk nn wrl. day by murdering one little girl and making fiendish attacks on two others, w I"r. .tf1"" Wl un in . He went to tne staircase or a tena, ment houss not far from the center of ths city today, and seised Helens A rand t. A airl of 12 years, who was oomlng down ths stairs. Ha niutched her by the throat to pre. vant her crvlns out and was In the act SLfaTC ?.? the tenements aooeared """'.IVJS ' nmnt" appeared 0nT$:&tI?n fled at ones, and left hi. victim to rejolcs over her escape from i al .In. a hla Man. ...?aw-?JSiA,lt2.fl-S V?.J: ; mi it to. ".ufLlP." uLrtfc J ta a iliarf enta rirf in BerUn sj-s in a suts of virtual penis. B0XT0N SNAELS AT PR0SECUT0E IN COURT Ran Franclaoo. Aug. IS. Warm Words : . i. . rj.i .a .1. r i . win Daiawi in ini vriai u. iaiui, v.. yesterday afternoon when . Prosecutor Heney made former Bupervuor uoxton fd,r.IV-i',V nVt nJP. $500 from Q. M. Roy. Dr. Boxton turnn on omij uu uia uiawan Former Suoervlaor Lonergaa also told the story of his debauchery In offloe while on the witness stand and told of his capture by Detective Burna Colombia Teachers' Examined. At. Helena. Or.. Aug. IS. The fall ex amination for teachers' certificates com menced today with thirteen wriung ror county papers and two for stats papers. There will he six papers sent here from other counties. , ' The examining board is oompoaaa oi L H. Copeland, W. H. Powell, Mrs. way and Miss Luiu ueorge. NEVADA MIXING STOCKS. Off Iclal Bid Prlcew Current on Ban TVanrlsro Exchanee. rrancuco ticuaogc. ' San Francisco, Aug. 16. Official bid prices: OKJLilJiriBiLtUts uuinuii Sandstorm 42a Red Top M. Mohawk n 75. Columbia Mt. SlcA. Jumbo Ext. Co. 11.66, Kendall 29cA, Booth 46o, Blue Bull c, Aaama oum "'r May Queen 10c, Nev. Boy 7c, B. B. Ext (To Blue Bell 17c, Dixie 7c, Hlbernla Se. St Ives 86c, Conqueror 14c. Blk. Rock 4a Lone Star 22c, O. Wonder Sa Pot- lach 40cA, Oro 21c, Kendall Ext So, a..f v.t An Mm Sc. Atlanta 66a Oreat Bend ' 68c, 8imerone 26cA, Empire i flfv Rm - Too Ext.- Zoo, r iorence av.no, .f7iJtiW At n n nalav Il.KS. Comb Fract 12.10. Gr. BendkExt. 14c, UltLUl A ZJ. X. VVU. -! afc--" Or Bend Anx. c. Miustorm oc, a. xx X!;, m td Kswanoa T 76a Eameralda Bonansa Sa Kewanps i joo, ."r, wiTi ; unh.-k E.t lua Lou Dillon i tir Hnrnann in t.rsxcavcr mtmm svv, wu ST V 'Vs, -fir., drindms 20c. S. Pick ... n-. i nixt c. i. no ' i'Srunii. 20c I Cona $7.65, Dlam f. Trlangl 20c. uuasiuto. Ophlr 26c, Mexican 62c, Con. Virginia 71a Savage 62a Hale & Norcross 60cA, L- D.i.i... 17. iv.ii. iwsS5: fiiera4,Nev 26a Exchequer 88a Union s&c. BULLFROG DISTRICT, n.iin.i a Mof Punk I7n. L. Harris 9n imathnt I4e. Gold Bar SOc. Denver r,'. i ? k nnnnia nir 40r Mavfl. rnna Ha. Montv Ohio Ext. 7a G. Seep- fer Sc Monty Mt l0c, BT ttoisy 10c wAmaatake Cons 93c Yankee Girl a gSSStUoV f TramV fcona S4a Vlcto? 9cA, North Star Sa Sunset 6a TONOPAHo. Ton. Nev. $10, Mont ToiO t. Ton. vacation when ws printed th picture tt 81.60A. MacNamara 28c, Midway and I knew nothing ofthem until I re a Ton. Belmont ISA. Ton. Na Star turned to ths office. The correspondent c Ohio To 4CJL West End Cona who sent them In is a reliable man and , i . r- m. r.n ia an Irishman. Th matter was quits his Golden Anchir 10a Jim Butler 845. Ton. own Uh.tnMf lhry J...L d. t TTnma cA Rnt. I men and women who took part In tne ar "h T?2: sSa! fair the pictures ar certainly interest- . 22!t TO r'tno Crown MANHATTAN DISTRICT. w v. ri ifl. Unh. Vf Co. lie. ft. W7.J' "htn-l . . . m . . o.wiam ui.mv. I WTHr tion 2c. Granny 24c, Mustang 20c. Lit- HV.& A Vnwhov sc. Orlg. Manh. 1 llf" It -M lltS U. Vl VaSVJ V wa-u. waaavaaaw 00, Broncno7C,nenut oo. ? i.Dog itc, x. n " VARIOUS DISTRICTS. Falrv. Silver King 20cA, Fairy. Eagle 1 in KTavaifo Hllla I&.bOA. flHBDUrg Sliver Peak $1.70, No. Star Wonder SoA, Eagle's Nest 29a Ruby Wonder 26a AHc of Wonder i 6c A. to trade at a market where you are courteously treated? 1 v', to trade at a market where you get your money! worth? 7, to trade with a market where you can get U. S. Government in SDected meats? , . - A'-: r ' .. to trade at a market where it is clean and free from offensive odors f to trade at a UNION SHOP? to trade at a market where you can get P1LIIHIIT Lit ill PRESS FAKER Enterprising Irisnman Sets . Nations Agog by 1 Mak p, ing Bogus Pictures. V : ; ' v , ,. " v ' t : , ? : (Br a taff Correspondent) London, Aug. 16, It is seldom Indeed j jegialatnr f a- nation brings I un for discussion ths doings of ths I nswanansrs of ths land. Tat ths prea- ent English Parliament will fee noted for I this Very thing. . , When the British house of common rfnhatarf on tha dninra of tho Times, no tihlf rt.irln. the llrlmean war. agaltt rt,.rln h marlran elvll war Just after i ----.,----;--"-. .- ,. the btUe of Bull Run and again dur ing the Parnell-Pigott affair, history was woven. But this year parliament has tackled mora than one paper. There waa first of all a little Irish sheet down Wexford way, then ths London Stand lowed by ths l3allr Mall and now ths Q' h,0 hM fc turn. - - ,2 used "e gFeatMt" lr. And thTtr"- ard cams into tns untenant. ctoiy la I "IS WBS all BDOUt BOme piciurva wuici; England's only penny daily. Illustrated IP" published the end of last montn. I11 B aome of ths remoter dretrlcU of . , d 0 th AM mentioned the Grauhle earn out with a aet .Of half- page cuts of moonlighting soenea, . , Ths paper calmly announeed that ths light had been very bad when ths alleged) outrages occurred and that ths enter Drialog correspondent had waited for batter light later and eoeclally rosed ths I v.iJ -.-,1,,- aa k. A than I "".u ...v-v. i .t,nin.Hnh. thMn Tha HriUah nublla. desolts ths recent hur, influx of Americans and Amsrican Wa into this country, still takes mat- ters aerloualy. and It la not recorded .i... .w. rkallv nvanhlfl nultra ,ii smiled as they viewed ths pictures. In some quarters, perhaps, ths "en teniae" of the paper was lauaeo. out in nm houas of commons ths pictures, created a sensation. Many were ths questions put on ths papers for the following oays or Iriah members and ths attorney-gen- - era! for Ireland. Mr. Cherry, put in an appearance to anawer inem. jsui ne gave Uttls satisfaction and still more . questions appeared. So Mr. Cherry an- peared for a second tlms and apparently now nas succeeaea in smooiung oown the wrath of ths nationalists. . . ' Ha announced that he had placed ths matter In the handa of ths nolle. Ths . Inspector-general of the Royal Irish con stabulary stated mat tne auegea moon lighting outrage had not been reported ' and that it waa scarcely posslbls that If jntar, would have posed for photc- they had really occurred, in moon- Igrapns. xns atiorney-generai aaso sua Chat there was no way to proceed I against ths correspondent or th paper. I that th government did not believe tne I outrages oocurrva autu wuuu uiuy uw matter, I Angry a Correspondent. I o,, correspondent Imprisoned and pro- ceeainga taxen againsi in paper, junii Radmond, th Irish leader, wanted a law passed prohibiting papers from publish- Ing such pictures or in fact any picture of any Irish "outrages." . - s Arnold Herbert declared ths eorre- soondent ought to be arrested as an ac- I ceasory after th fact Bwlft McNeill wii muiuui iw cvjihui I nroaeouted for libeling a whole people ar a n a a. 7 Mil A. as was pettier i Flynn, was sure ths sventa never took I H. told of othBr eturee sun- . . . . a - . ; Poaea to oepicc sxrairs in tne vunir awor occurea. i xne governmenr was quick va am an opening. Th attorney-general agreed i,t-tantiv with Mr. Flynn and so did i every one elf, no it was aeciaea mat the eventa never occurred, th Irish members were one more happy and th, I Incident closed. . But parliament's declaration practlfal ly brands the Graphlo pictures as glar ing fakes. Ths paper may now have an inning or it mar forget the whol af I fair. I saw Mr. Hammond Hall, ths d- I ltor-ln-chlef of th Dally Graphic, about I the matter. Mr. Hall was on Of th half dosen men Invited to represent England at the opening Of th Carnegj Institute this summer at Pittsburg. . H wajaj th. tlmju riven an hmjorarr p.Evr!?nU? University of Wsstern I Mr. Hall said: t vutwiy on my Ing oneV' Nrapaper. want Interwtlng ing ones. Newspapers want interesting pictures. Ths matter Is going to b thor oughly investigated but I cannot .yet . say what further tlon. If , any, th I aav i IB 1 1 v . m n ii i r. will i. T'Htih rTewensner Circles th whol I . . - - affair has created, a . setieauonna aom merriment It Is. conceded that w-? Ti VliiitaAmericin -which is praise. f,ut the Brit1"" newspaperman is aghast at ths temerity of th corresponaent m not only being present at the outrage during the night but In corralling th moonlighters until th sun rose and then re-enacting ths seen , in front Of his camera. " ' ' "" : Go. first end Alder Sts. sanitary and which is O Oregon meats? t!io Dc-r: