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TlfE .OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND,' JPRIDAY . EVENING, SEPTEMBER , 6, 1907. Only the Best Quality Hops Will Find Any Sort of Demand This Season' in Oregon, Say the Leading Dealers. ? , f BUTTER SUPPLY ; OFFERED DMH Outside" Creameries Qver- r loaded and Willing to ;; Accept Eeduction. Latest market feature! r Butter supplies ottered lower. Some peaohes aell low. Trying to unload eaatern egga. . Chlttlm situation la mixed. Great scarcity of dressed meata. Orapea are selling well. Export flour advanced 10c. Oata and barley firmer... Small offerings of hay. Only beat hopa are wanted. Belt peppers come rather feat. Weather helpa melon Bale. Offer Butter at Bednotloa. The true atata of the creamery butter . altuatlon can be easily Judged when It la shown that practically three quarters of the make of butter In Oregon at thla time la being offered at lower values. Outalde creameries report that since the ralna their production has lnoreaaed fully a quarter some aay a third. Along Front atreet the price la consid erably weaker and the best product la celling and la being freely offered at 12 Uc a pound or 65o a aquare. The leadina brands of outalde creamery usu ally aell at the same figures as do the best city manufacture, but ao great are the auDDlles that the former believe they will not be able to unload and keep the channel of trade clear If they hold tor the higher figure. Thla may later on Influence the price of city creamery. No change In the latter today, however. Consumption Greatly Decreased. At the present high price of butter mere haa been a marxea aecrease in eonsumotion. At TOo a aauare the re tail cost of, butter la 80o, thus putting ino oncv ud id lucn & iikui w. S fmi)Je jcannpt afford to eat butter at aii, ana many omers wm im- nu aw much aa formerly. It la noted that aince the recent advance In the price of creamery there haa been a great deal more Inquiry for the cheaper grades, which are usually neglected except by the very cheapest restaurants. A larger amount of Imitation butter and oleo margarine Is likewise being consumed on account of the high price of the real creamery article. Trying- to Unload Sastem Stra in order to unload some of their sur plus aupplies of cheap eastern eggs, some of the handlers are quoting local eggs several cents higher than the ac tual market, a sale of a single case prob ably being made to some dealer who Is not up on market values. For fancy eastern eggs there Is a legitimate de mand at good values, but holders of cheap quality Invariably boost the price Or the local proauci so iney can mauce the trade to take some of the former at a reduction from the price local goods are actually moving at. Along iron atreet today ears are actually selling a 27c a doann with an occasional sale a fraction higher than this amount. , For fancy hens the demand is fully up to the supplies along produce row, but springs are still negiecieu. Chlttlm Situation Is Mixed. The chlttlm bark situation is very badly mixed again. While there are reports of 7c a pound being paid, it Is elated that this price nas never oeen paid -here this season, top offers being at ttc, and thla only In car lota. For email lotl the general price Is 6c, f. o. b. Portland. According to late eastern Journals of , trade, there la very little doing in the chlttlm bark market there. Some small sales are reported that would admit of 6c and 6 Ho a pound toe ing paid here. On account of the re ceni stories of heavy advances In the prifce, holders of old chlttlm' are doing vyry well, because the 'advanced prices hsvA mused first holders to wait a jghlle before letting go. the hope being that prices would move suu nigner. Brief Votes of the Trade. 5 Peach market la in bad shape for poor Quality, some six-iier siock intra Vrnaiar is hard to move at any price, Last night a local firm sold 253. boxes to hawkers at 20c a box. Market for fancy stock remains In fine shape, beat stock In pink wrappers selling between flnrr and II. General price remains rniinf1 7fic end 85c. nenners are In much larger sup ply. Small slies doWn to 6c, with large onea at 8c. Huckleberries are coming very fast from Puget sound points. Quality bet ter than usual with Bales at 9c and 10c a pound. Grape market la In fine shape, al though lower prices are named on Con cords because of the great increase In supplies. Potato orders are coming slowly from Arlaona, because of the easier price in California, due to the larger offerings there. Present price seems to be about the limit for soutnwestern Onion growers are beginning to offer small lots again on tne local marKBi, Outside of home demand there Is little doing as yet. Price about unchanged. Sale of watermelons and cantaloupes Is helped by the late warm weatner ana prices are holding steady. Dressed meats of all kinds are still very scarce In the Front street mar kets. Front street prices: Grain, riour and read. GRAIN BAGS Calcutta, 9c. large lots: small lots. 9c. WHEAT New Club, 81c; red Rus T8f Mnestem. 83c: valley. 81c. CORN Whole, $: cracked, $80 ton. BARLEY New Feed, 22.5023.O0 per ton; rolled, $24.60(325.60; brewing. $23.50!24.OO t vir 11. KR ner ewt. OATS New Proucers price No. 1 White, $24.00 per ton; gray, $23.00. FLOUR Eastern Oregon patents, $4.80; straights, $4.25; exports, $3.90; valley, 4.304.40; graham, s, $3.75; whole wheat, $4.00; rye, 60s,, $5.60; bales, $3.00. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $17.00 per ton; middlings, $25.00; shorts, country, $20; city, $19; chop, $16.00 21.00. HAY Producer's price Timothy, Willamette valley, fancy, $16.00017.00; ordinary, $12.00014.00; eastern Oregon, i 18.00; mixed, $10.00 10.50; clover, 8.009.00; grain, , $8.00010.00; cheat, 10.00 11.00. Butte, Bur aa oultrr. BUTTKR FAT F. O. b. Portland PRICE OF OATS TO I THE SHARES EXPORT FLOOR FlIJJptID REACHESS3.90 September Option Closed To- Settlement of Labor Difflcul - Predicted Advance of 10c a day 56 1-2 Cents Per v tIes UmseS Adyance in. I parrel Made Today by ra- Bushel. (ioldneid stocK. , cine JNortnwest .Buyers. Chicago. Sept? .-Oat. were mors I Wire Overbed A Cooke Co costly today than for any tlms during troubles out of 4he way temporarily at the past 25 years. I least, there was renewed buying In Ne-i In thamarket today September option I ;'?ln5 f".,,r i"" Aui dosed at 6 8 Ho a bushel, the prtce never XJald Uut thnt) wer, advances mada in crossing S6o heretofore, at least during I fne Drices today. me last quarter century. i nfftniai hid nrices- The hiiher nrlce of oata will affect urrlcI" '.. all cereal food manufactures becauaa OUUruu iwstkict. heretofore the business has been tre- Sandstorm 4 to, Mohawk $19.60A, Co- mendous beoause of the very low prices, lumbia Mt Mo, Jumbo Ext $1.80. Ver- Unless the Standard Oil company nal ISo. Pennsylvania IcA, Ooldfleld M. makes a further advance In the price Co. 1.0; Kendall ISo, Booth 48c. Blue of rasoline It will be cheaDer to run Bull 16c. Adams 14c. Silver Pick 66c. a cnug-cnug wagon man own a norm, i nay vueen iuo. ev. boy io. a. v. ui. ror witn oata at. tne present ngure ltiTO. tiiue eii no. Dixit oo, u. uoiumDia, win cost mucn to it-ea tne animai. ITorthweat crop Weather. Western Oregon and Western Washington Fair tonight; cooler except near coast; Saturday fair; westerly winds. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Wash ington and Idaho Fair and cool er tonight; Saturday fair. LIGHT AND POWER STRIKE AT TEKOA Citizens .Threaten This Ex treme Measure If Rates ? Are to Be Raised. ExDort flour advanead 10 cants a 2EC Hlbernla 8a. St. Ives 86c. Con- r barrel todav maklnr tha Paclfto north. Sueror 14c, Blk. Rock 6c, Lone Star 22o. I west quotation $3.90 a barrelthe high k Wondar la. Potlatch 40cA. Oro tic. I est Dries for that rrada in 10 vnara or sweet cream, aao; sour, sine j Jiendail taxi. - jc, oanasu niit oca, more. or is season it beats toe rao- BUTTEH City creamery. idc: I Mavna fe. Atlanta fiSo. Ureat Bend 70c. ora or all time in tha Portland market. ranoy, szhwsoo: seconas, tine; store, Ext 17c. Florence vuo. mnva t B. a. con. I recent preaiction in thla oaper that the Oregon, 820. I 86o, O. Daisy $1.67H. Laguna $1.60A. market would not atand at tha former EGOS Extra fancpi candlea, 17 Commonwealth 17o, Comb. Fract. 12.80, aavanoe or id. cents, but would go ITtto; eaatern, 26026c. Or. Bend Ext. lc, Gr. Bend Anx. 9o. B. higher. 16Hc per lb.; Young Americana, 17c alda 10c, Portland 20o. Cracker Jack combined. First there was the great per lb.i eaatern, 174c. lie, Francis Mohawk $1.00A, Red Hlil ahortage of flour In the orient Sec- POULTRY Mixed chickens, 180 66c, Mohawk Ext. lie, Lou Dillon 12c, ond. local supplies of old wheat were l$Hlb.; fancy hens, 18 lb.; roosters, Y. Tiger 80c, Grandma 19c, S. Pick Ext. practically exhausted, so the new crop oia, uc id; iryers, nc; oroiivra, vc, x. nose sc. v;oi- mi. ail c, uuiul r-- 7r " .. uu 14014c lb; old ducka, lie lb; spring Cons. $7.67V, Dlam f. Triangle 20c. later caused millers to pay more money duclca Ho lb Mia old 8010c lb.: rrwAaTnrv i?r. ne!r wheat than they expected. miitfr ialii r lh kirt n-urry .00, -on. Virginia oc, dy- mere ana east or the Rockies In the poultry, 101io per lb. higher. 86 HaJe 4 Norcross $1.06. Yellow United States and Canada. All these Sops, Wool a!4 JUaei. Jacket $1.10. Belcher 26c, Sierra Nev. conditions together forced the price of HOPS 190T crop Cnoioa, 7910; loc, union o. "mr up, ana even at tne present reo- prlme to choice, 01 ordinary, 46o per BULLFROG DISTRICT. ord-breaklng llgures the demand for pound. . . t flour for earlv delivery Is fully twice WOOL 1907 olio Valley. lOfltle; Wl1!1 SuUJ P i u0' Mont a" Kreat a millers can supply. This aasternea-on. lliSill BuUf . lo, , Nat. Bank 2 0c :A. U Harris 2o, latter, condition Is due entirely' to the . " . " w - m. - mtx a I - I AITlBiriTIL Z. . UUin n&r D SC. DLfJlll WAV I Tllni mil WhaafffrAnrnfa m. a A 4 .. MMieF&iinglWS J' " To their homing, u'ntli wini iKSSiont mMinm. wool n?"" .',vl ' ---1 ."" - inhw want 76(311 eaah. I c, V. ocepier ic, o. xjblibt iica, uvuia ini tney a Vrfmi Derlb. iiaiN, HomaaUke Cona. 9c, Yankee dirt Co. not be p ood from i nurni c i ramn uona. ate vicior vvini yi viow. i each: short 60(fti75c each TALLOW cmTIM Ba1ri-7o per lb. lOcA, . North. Star 6c A. Sunaet 6o. Traits and Vegetables. TONOPAIIS. POTATOES Fancy, $1.00 1.16 Bell- Ton. Nev. $11.00, Mont. Ton. $1.90, lng; buying, white, 80c$l per Back; I MaoNamara 21c. Midway 76o. Ton. Bel- sweets, 2httto lb. imont fi.vo, Ton. no. mar ic, unio Ton. ONIONS Jobbing price - Oregon, I zc, weai E-nu lodi. lire, newuo $2.262.60; buying, $1.76; garllo. So perl Ton. & Calif. 4c, Golden Anchor 11c, Jim lb, I Butler 84o, Ton. Cash Boy eA, Ton. APPLES New, 91.00l.00. Home ioca. Host Ton. c, Jtonarcn fresh FRUITS Oranaes. 14.60(121 I Pitts. Ex. 6c. Mont. Mid. Ext 1c Golden 4.76; bananaa, 6o lb; lemons, 6. 007.b0 Crown 7c. per box; limes, Mexican, $4.00 per 100; MANHATTAN DISTRICT. P.A8 ,!. 3Z5.euo.n OBe";. KrtP,tf' Manh. M. Co. 6c. G. Wedge 6o. Seyler "''v.'; , ! .r" rr'.V """. Hump 6c, uexter lacA, i. Joe lie, cres opes, $1941.26; plums 6060c; water- cent 1cA Combination 3cA. Granny 24o, melons. Uric: cultivated blackber- uatani !(ln Hnwhnv in Orlr Manh rles, $l.SSO1.60 a crate; crabapplea, 12ca iironcho 8c. Plnenut sc. Buffalo nd readv the present re not ready and wtll a grain buyer's stand- The local wheat murker l flrm.r though valuea are remaining at former levels, ana mere is a tendency to pay a fractional premium over thess fig urea for immediate delivery CHICAGO I'M IS ADVANCED AGAIN MATURED POTATOES ARE HARD TQ.jIND . "While one or two dealers; are taking chanoes on Arlaona1 po tato shipments, I id of tha opinion that stocks are hot auf flciently matured to ship that long distance Into a hot coun try and tha shippers ara there fore liable to make heavy losses, for strictly fancy ma tured potatoes there is Botha business offering from the southwest but stocks must ba just bo. This demand haa Just appeared and will not continue If growers here gat an idea that tha market should advance and therefore hold back tha pur chases while California does all 4 i tha business." Billy Dryer of Dryer, Bollaxa Co. Sept. Her .100 $1.2601.6 per box; Bartlett pears, ficj. R v 22cj Y Hore 8 inAlgLn VEdBTABLES Turnips new. 90oW " VARIOUS DISTRICTS, 1 1 ft n sank- sias4'BB 7 Ar Al 1 1 nar hnru ' I beets. $1.66 per sack; paranips, $1.00 ;'rv. Hllver King 20o, Fairy. Eagle May 106V4 21 25: cabbaae. 114 ffllHc: tomatoes. Ore- . nnia o.oo, i-utsDurg gon foaooo; eana, 2 2c; green, Silver l?eak 11.46. No. Star Wonder 6cA. faia oer:caulimwer.80ch.26 29c, Ruby Wonder 26cA. peas, boi horseradish, 8c lb; artichokea, Alice or wonder 6CA. 66tc76c dos: areen onions. i6c per dos; I 1 bell peppera. 608o per lb; hothouse let- NORTHERN PACIFIC LEADS. tuce, 11 box; cucumbers, notnouse, 10 25c dos; radishes, 16c dozen buncnes; Chicago Wbeat Talaea. Sept. 6. Sept. 6. Gain. 99 ltf 105 lMi 1906 69 72 76 Leased Wire, Overbeck & Cooke Co. Chicago, Sept. 6. The wheat market opened with a gain of H to He a bushel over last night's close. It closed todav. 14 to IKo hlghor. While the opening was higher there was some pressure after the start and eggplant. 12 Vic lb; green corn. $l1.2i Closed Today With Gain of SJB the price dropped below ypsterrtay's ark' ralerv 7Ec . . , ..,. I close. with the higher cables from aac. celery. 7&c Points in New lork Market. Liverpool the market ro V.nH (Leased Wire, Overbeck & Codke Co.) I made its recovering gain. IN6W XOTH. SeDt. 6. BLOCK market I . " " "i" iiuufhi comes Groceries, jruts, Zte. SUGAR Cube, $6.12 V4; powdered. $6 67 H; berry. $6.8 7,H! (6.1 ext yellow barrels, 60c adi (Above prices are $0 days net cash quotations.) HONEY $8.60 per crate, COFFEE Package branda, $15,88 0 16.68. SALT! Coarse Half ground, 100s. $12.o0 per ton; 60s, U3.00; table, dairy Amai c Co 60s, $1Y60; 100s, $17.26; bales. $2.26; lm C & F aTl rani"i?.a' valuea closed hlher todav but with the ft? Minneapolis with the following: A ik.-tL- lSd. gk 71? exception of a few leaders the move- l" ,nor,tilw!,twf!fat C,P 18 another ra B. lb.il hi , golden U, U I ,,., K,, . xi-.u. o I 1 8S8 but the trade doesn't know if .i . $5.17i:Teet granuUted, ,$5.77Vi ; " . " .""""" " T" 1: Somi of our best ; .vitnr nnn u ,n:on iLk hs.S ' b0X"'Ualn of Pinl 'or the day. Retting confirmation of this by every ranee on sack oasis. ! " . ..... I mmi now Tmm a vn.k i . . . . . ... . ... DESCRIPTION. lmnorted LiverDOol. 50s. $20.00; 100s. ' $19,00: 4s $18.00; extra line barrels; 2s. , "u 5s and 10a, $4.606.60: Liverpool lump Vn o rock, izo.50 per ton; do-id rock, aii.vv; c; 100s, $10.60. (Above nricea aorily to sales of less Am- Smelt, o.... than car lota. Car lota at special prices . PJd. . . subject to Huotuatlons.) Ana. Min. co RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1, 6c; No. Am. Wool, a I. 6tt36fec; New Orleans, head, 7o; Atchison, c Ajax. 6c: Creole. t& do pfd BEANS Small white. U.80; large B. & O. c. white. $3.60; pink, $3.60; bayou. $8.90; Br. Rap. Tran... Can. Pac. c C. & O. W. c. . . . C. M. & St. P... C. & N.-W. c... C. & O. CoL F. A I. c... CoL So. c do 2d pfd. do 1st pfd.. . . Del. & Hudson. Limas. 6U.c: Mexican reds. 4 He. NUTS Peanuta, juudo, ho per 10 ? 4 724 41 97 83 64 115 102 100H 47H Virginia, 7Vo per lb; roasted, 10c per ine nuts, 1416o per lb; hickory nuti lb: JaDanese. 6 a 6 Uc: roasted. 77 per lb; walnuts, California, 10c per 10; 10c per lb; Bra ill nUta, 18o per lb; fil berts, 16c per lb: fancy pecans, 18(320o per lb; almonds, 1921Hc. Meats, riah ad Provisions. 'Kn:an MUJA.TH f Tont street nogs, i n & r a a. fnnrv. 8Un ner lb: larsre. ISiHo vet lb: I An. nM veal, extra, 8c per lb; ordinary, $o k. coir; per lb; poor, 67o per lb; mutton, do 2d pfd ... fanov. 8u9c Der lb. I i-. 'a r 1 . . . . . i ui, la. LSIVJU .... HAMS, BACUN, UJTC. fomana pack, n t Kofth. nfd flocal name. 10 to 12 lba. 16c uer -b: Fe?,til0I;n- pra' - . . . - i . . - a . -. 11 i ill i hi i r mi ..... 14 to 16 lbs, is ftc per id; is to zu ids. 1 C 1 Kvna K.n 1K1XHl9n npf 1 lb; picnics, HHc per ib; cottage roll, Man. Ry. 130 Der id: reiruiar snort clears, un- smoked, 12o per lb; smoked 12c per lb; clear backa, unsmoked, 12o; smoked, 13c ..... IK. TTnlnn Hi. Ma 1A tt 11 lh. Iin. smoked, lie per lb; smoked, 13c per lb; clear bellies, unsmoked, 11 '4c per lb; smoked 13 W per lb; shoulders, 12MiC per lb; pickled tongues, 70o each. LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. 10s. 18V4C per lb; 6a, 8o per id; bo-id tins, iz c o per 10s, per id; steam renaerea. lua, 1 lb; 5a, 11 o per V; compoun iic per id. FISH Rock cod, 7o per lb; flounders. 6c far lb: halibut. 6c ner lb: strloed bass, 15o per lb; catfish, llo per lb; sal men, fresh Columbia chinook, 11c per lb; silvers, 8Ho per lb; humpback, 8o per lb; herrings, 6c per lb; soles, 6o per lb; shrimps. 12c per lb: perch 6o per lb; tomcod, 7o per lb; lobsters, 16e per lb; fresh mackerel, 8c per lb; craw fish, 26o per dozen; sturgeon. 12e per lh: black bass. 20c oer lb: silver smelt. 7c per lb; frosen shad, 6c per lb; black ooa, ibc per id. OYSTERS Shoalwater bay, per gai on, $2.50; per 100-lb sack, $5.00; Olym- ?ia, per gal on, z.zb; per iio-id aacic, 8. 0006. 60; Eagle, canned, 60e can; $7 dozen; eastern In Bhell, $1.75 per hun dred. CLAMS Hardshell, per box, $2.40; razor clams, $2.00 per box; 10c per do. Paints, Coal Oil, Btc ROPE Pure Manila, 1614c; standard. 13fcc; sisal, llo. COAL Oil, Pearl or Astral Cases, 19 He per gal- water white, iron bbls, 14o per ga'.; wooden, 17c ner gal; head light, 170 deg.. caaes, 21 o per gat OASOLINE 86 deg.. cases. 24 Ho per gal; iron bbls, 18c per gal. BENZINE 63deg., cases, 25c per gal; iron bbls, 28o per gal. turpentine. in cases, bo per gai; Wooden bbl"i, 93c per ral. WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7ttc per lb: SOO-Ib lots, 8o per lb; less lots, 8ttc. WIRE NAILS Present basis at $3.18 par keg. U. B. Government Bonds. York, Septj I. Government 87 90 47 167 10 12SH 146 34 25 24H 56 hi 1664 24 67 21 37 60Vi 129i 137 109 Mex. Cen. Ry.... 17 M. K. & T. c... 86 Distillers 66 Ore Lands 67 Vir. Chemical. . . 20 do nfd . . . Mo. Pac I 69 National Lead .1 64 73 41 97 23 56 116 103 100 47 71 89 96 88 92" 49 167 10 126 147 $4 26 24 56 156 34 67 21 88 60 130 137 110 64 114 101 88 47 Q 72 40 96 kota is frost bitten. Urriciai quotations: WHEAT Open. Sept.. 93 Dec... 99 May... 106 (Special . Ottpatcb to The Journal.) Tekoa, Wash.. Best 6. Tekoa is liable to have a strike of considerable proportions shortly unless the Idaho Washington Light ac Power company see fit to leave rates on residence lights the same aa they have been In tha past Soma time ago the oomoany announced that the rates on residence lights would be raised. The result was a oetltlon circulated among the consumers to out out all lights and power if the raise became effective. Every consumer signed it and aeveral local capitalists signified their willingness to build and install a citizens' Dlant. The company, it is said, cut out the lights of two prominent business men because they were on the committee that circulated the petition. Gasoline plants are being lnaalled rapidly and electricity for power 1b being cut out aa faat aa possible. Y. M. C. A. PROJECT AT EUGENE IS REVIVED (Special Dispatch to Tke JesraaL) Eugene, Or., Sept I. Ivan B. Rhodes, state secretary of tha Y. M. C. A., haa been In Eugene the past two days trying to revive Interest lir tha proleot of establishing an organization in Eugene and erecting a brick building as a home for tha institution. The movement was started about two years ago, but was temporarily abandoned ow ing to the apparent lack of intereat man ifested by the citizens. Options had been taken on a site for a proposed fine two-story brick building and a few thou sand dollars was subscribed, but the committee in charge became discour aged and gave it up for the lime being. it la tnought that now is a good time to revive the project and It is probable tne matter win do taken up at once. BE IT EAST OR WEST PORTLAND'S BEST Rev. William Hiram Foulkea who haa returned from hla vacation trip through eaatern states says that east or weut, Portland's best, and that aside from the fact that his family was here, Port land holds the palm in many ways. Detroit is thriving, and Cnlcaso is striving," savs Mr. Foulkes, "but well, Portland is the best of all.' At the Winona Lake i'.lole conference Dr. Hill. Dr. Arthur J. Brown and mv- eelf were together for sorne days, and while 1 was Dreachlnr for two Sundays In Detroit, Dr. E. P. Hill was also there preaching. I have enjoyed it all. Dut it is good to be back and to get to work again." SPENDTHRIFT KNOWS FRENZIED FIIIAIiCE Passer of Worthless Checks Certainly Knows All Fine Points of Illegal Game. O. E. Slater, the. young telephone con tractor, who was arreated for passing a Worthless check for 860 on Clyde M. Hills, secretary of the Portland lodge of Elka and started back to San Diego, California, thla morning In, . cus tody., of Constable Place on a cnarga or oDiaw ing money under false pretenses, cer tainly knows tha fine points about the "frenzied finance" game. Slater came intoabout $30,000 four years ago, upon the death of his father, whnm h rlAimn was an ex-governor of Indiana. He dissipated the fortune in riotous living, and throughout southern California was known aa a "good fel low." When he had managed to spenu tifa an thfiii.and Slater Dlaced 37.60 On deposit in the Loa Angeles Loan & Sav ings bank in July, 1906. He drew sev eral small checks on thla amount until only 60 centa balance remained to hla credit. . . With only a bank account 01 nait dollar, Slater, according to ConaUDle Place, managed to accure at leaet ibuu by means of worthless checks. Tha charge on which he is to be tried in San Diego arose out of hla successful swindling of Victor Wankowskl, brother of General Wankowskl, out of $60 by mna.ni of a fictitious draft on the Los Angeles Loan & 8avlngs bank. While in Los Angeles. Slater reponea tha loss of a suit rase and valise to the police and while Constable Place waa hunting for him the young fellow waa calling at headquarters dally rela tive to the theft of his belongings. It haa been learned that he mulcted Her man Kohn. secretary of the San Fran cisco lodge of Elks, on a bogus check. nd his worthless paper is scattered all over California. Slater is a member of the Pasadena lodge of Elks and is well known throuehout that district. He comes of a fine family and liquor, race horses and women are aupposed to have been the cause of his downfall. SUES FOR EJ L i. - Park Board Desires to K gage Services of Pionc i Who Can Lay Shingles v.i -Roof of Forestry-Buildir r: to Preserve Structure. CENTRAL AMERICANS TO QUIT FIGHTING n'nltcd Pre Letted Wire.) Washington. D. C. SoDt. 6 The five small republics In Central Amer ica have been brought togethor upon the proposition of holding en Inter national conference for the discussion of all differences. It Is hone! that 1 treaty will result which will Insure peace In this section of the world. The foreign ministers ore now trying to decide where to hold the c on(i:'E-j ond how many delegates to send. WEALTHY JAPANESE WINS AT ROULETTE Low. 93 98 104 " " Sent. DM... Hi&Ma. 87 90 47 166 9 122 146 $8 26 24 New bonds: Twos, registered do coupon Throea, registered no couDon ........ Threes, small bonds . Dla. Columbia, 3-668. Four, registered, new. do coupon ......... Twos. Panama ...... Philippine ours .... Bid. ...104 i 101 ...102 ...102 ...101 ...118 ...126 ...126 ...104 ...109 Asked. 105 106 103 103 126U 126 106 - Liverpool Cotton Market. LiveroooL BeDtl . Cotton futures closed S to 8 BOlnts off on near add 4 !, f, joint f oa distant ppUona,, N. Y. Central N. Y., O. A W.. c. Nor. & West., c, do pfd. No. Am No. Pac, a Pac. M. S. S. Co. Penn. Ry P. (i. L. & C. Co. Pre. St. Car, c; do pfd Reading, c do 2d. pfd. . . . do 1st. pfd. . . Rep. I. & St., c. do pfd Rock Island, c. . . do Dfd St. L.&S. F., 2pf do 1st prd. . . 8t. L. A S.-W. c. do pfd So. Pac. c do pfd Bouth. Ry.. o. . . do pfd Texls & Pacific. T., St L. & W., c do pfd. ...... Union Pac, c. . . TJ. S. Rubber, c. do pfd. TJ. 8. Steel Co., c. do pfd. ....... Wabash, c do pfd W. U. Tel 106 U 128 120 88 '80 97 24 76 Zl 46 39 16'" 48 86 111 16 47 131 83 . 93 32 95 12 21 18 87 67 68 21 66 166 Z4 66 21 87 50 127 187 109 17 36 J 66 os f 20 71 644 72 62 131 26 121' 8M 30 98 48 134 33 93 83 96 12 21 69 64 106 u 62 126 119 87 29 7 - 96 46 131 S3 92 32 96 12 21 100 47 23 88 90 91 Sept. Deo. . 1 61 61 6 Sept.. 1561 Oct. ..1666 .1590 9 123 146 84 26 24 44 66 166 24 68 21 16 60 129 187 109 120 1 86 66 66 20 64 71 64 106 88 Sept. . Oct . . . Jan. . . . Sept . . Oct.., Jan.. . . 906 912 880 865 867 815 High. 96 101 107 CORN, 62 61 61 OATS. 56 64 MESS PORK. 1660 1646 1580 1655 1695 1670 LARD. 905 900 915 905 885 872 SHORT RIBS. 860 865 870 862 820 807 55 63 Close. 96 100 106 61B 40 61A 56 65A 1560 1580 1696B 906 915B 885B 860 860 820 (United Prest Letted Wire.) Reno. Nev.. Sept 6. 8. Kuranage. a wealthy Japanese art dealer, of Pasa dena, California, who is staying at the Riverside hotel here, with his beautiful American girl wife, placed $100 roll on the roulette wheel in tho Wilson club here last night, winning 13,500 beforo the dealer, superstitious of the luck against the bank, refused to risk fur ther losa. TnORNLESS CACTUS IS BURBANK'S FIND rM!e Omm hat UaseaV Wire 1 Sacramento. Cal, Sept 6. At today's session of the Irrigation Congress Luther Burbank, the horticultural wizard, announced that ha is now pre pared to produce a thornleas cactua capable of the higheat development on the most arid waste. 'Thla cactus will produce 109 tons of forage to the acre, he declared. "It will feed anything and will produce ex cellent milk and beef. Its fruit will command a better price than oranges. Is more eaally grown than 'potatoes, and excels the banana In taste. In reply to a question Burbank said there Is no secret about the manner in which it can be produced and announced that it la open to investigation at any time. PERSONAL. TERWILLIGER PARK WILL BE IMPROVED . STOCK HOGS HOLDING LOCAL VALUES DULL LOCAL LIVESTOCK RUN. Hogs 105 Cattle 217 Sheep 100 Portland Union Stockyards, Sept. 6. Tne demand tor stock ana China rat 71hogs is decreasing dally, but aupplies 78 I are coming right along. On this ac- I count hog prices, especially for these 130 I grades, are rather dull. 26 There is a slight increaae In tha cat 121 I tie run, but the trade la on a good 87 basis and quotations are unchanged. 30 Sheep market values are ateadrer. 84 though unchanged. Better tone is due 97 to tha smaller run. , 77 A year ago to day Hogs showing 82 weakness; cattle and sheep steady; same 24 prlcea. 77 Official yard prices: 21 Hogs Best eastern Oregon, 6.76 46 7.00; stockers and feeders, 6.256.60: 88 China fats, 6.256.60. 62 Cattle Best eastern Oregon steers, 17 $8.86 4.00; best cows and heifers. $2.76 48 03.00: bulls, $1.75(9)2.00. Sheep Best wethers, $4.50; mixed, $4; lambs. $4.604.75. TEXAS FINE IS PAID BY HARVESTER TRUST Portland Bank Statement. Clearings today, do year, ago . . . ..$1,166,850.13 . . 1,313,268.97 Loss today ..$ 155,908.84 Balance today 96,646.69 do year ago 219,998.43 Wisconsin Company Pleads Guilty in Suits and For feits Large Sum. Terwllliger park will be Improved and made more attractive at once by the park board. The entrance will be cleared up and new walks put in. The Oregon Electric company, which passes through the park, will be compelled to terrace Its right of way and Improve lta appearance with grass and flowers. Fishermen Demand Fair Par. (Bpeclal Plmttch to Tne JoorntL) Aberdeen, Wash., Sept. 6. The war between the fishermen and the packers and cannerytnen is still waging. Sec retary Rosenberg Is here to see that the fishermen get their rights. It is re ported that some of the fishermen are storing their boats and getting other work rather than continue at a calling that yields them on the average but $1.60 a day. They say they do not In tend to have any trouble if they can help It but if they are to work, they demand a living wage. Judge Charles E. Wolverton returned from Albany today to be present at the Taft meeting. He will leave to morrow to join Mrs. Wolverton at Al bany and will then visit the coast Congressman Duncan E. McKinley of Santa Rosa, California, la at tho Port land. Mr. McKinley is on his way north and will accompany Secretar Taft as far aa Seattle tomorrow morn ing, t A distinguished party of toualsts com posed ' of Mrs. D. P. Montague and daughters of Chattanooga. Tennessee; Count and Countess Pasollnl. Count Ouldo Pasollnl, Rome, Italy, and Count Rasponi, of Florence, Italy, are at the Portland hotel. They are traveling on the Pacific coast as part or their itin era rv in America. O. E. Overbecic of Overbeck Cooka company, stock Droxers, nas returned from an extensive vacation to his old home at Green Bay, Wlsconaln. While In the east Mr. Overbeck noted that financial affalra were rather dult There was no panlcy feeling there," he says. WANTWm . THnnHAP V h " Can ! shakea. Apply at one to Park board. roniana, uregon. ,v, , Every rain that descend upon Port land sends spattering, splashing drori through the roof of tha Forestry bull J lng at the fair grounds until now thera la great danger of Irreparable damns to the valuable exhibits on - lapl ay- there. That thera; ! Bfg-ent need oc shutting out the rain waa mad known In the park board meeting thla tnornln ; and an effort will be mad 'immediately; to remedy tha trouble. At praeent th handsome structure ,1s covered with tha pioneer shakes, but tha bm who jai,. them were apparently novice and they; have cupped to such, a degree aa to per-, mlt rain to seep through ra a'doaeit places. '"'V. .- ' '' ' . . Tha narlc hnard feats that It WO-ulf mar the appearance of tha structure t cover it with anything out roof Several have suggested , a in roofing and have volunteered to asaiei the city in placing this material over the building. Howorer, It would cost over $5,000 to tile it It la believed that practically all of tha shakes at presenC covering the building can.be saved ana with a sufficient amount f waterproof paper it can be mada to repel ral a tor. at least 10 years. , There seemed soma question about thai ability to aecure men competent to lav,! hakes on the.rmf. Pr Dav Baffety. one of the member Of the board, main tains that there are no Bhake layer among I the present generation. lit, states that all of the men, practically, who made Oregon famous for its lowr cablns. have passed into the valley , the shadow. It la possible that tho, board will import some old Battler to do. the work If none can be found her lm Portland. . . t . M. W. Gorman, who haa charge of the building, complains to the board that otv the occasion of winds from the north, northeast and northwest a fine soofi, drifts through the eavea and settle t the three floors below. This also will be prevented If possible. ; i i, -;.;v;r Wlnlock, Washington, on ' the North ern Pacific mainline, offers best Induce ment to small manufacturers. It la a very small town where expense 'are. small. It haa a fjrat-claas hotel. Via Wlnlock hotel. The people there drlnK Golden Orain Granules. Dalles TYPEWRITER COVER Can Be Readily Folded, Occupying Small Space. One of the indispensable requlsitiea of the typewriter la the cover, aa It Is absolutely necessary to. prevent dust entering the delicate mechanism. These covers are Ken rally cumbersome and unsightly affairs, occupying as much space as the typewriter Itself. A West Virginia inventor, noticing how unsat isfactory these covers were, got to work on the problem and devised the col lapsible cover shown in the illustra tion. This cover is made of a flexible material, accordloa plaited. It Is spilt across the top, and when removed from the typewriter can be folded to be per fectly flat. One of the advantagee of Liverpool Grain Market. Liverpool, Sept 6. Official prices WHEAT. Sept 6. Sept. 5 Sept 7 s 8 d Deo. ; .7sll d CORN. Sept .......6s 6Tfcd Oct ........6s 614d 7a 7J4 7alo Sb 6s 6Hd (United Prs Lessed Wire.) Austin. Tex., Sept $. 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