THE OREGON -SUNDAY 'JOURNAL,4 PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1801
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Onion Market Is lower 3e-. 11. : 'ini nri IT rim n nii n f iiiAni T L The Dairy Industry Kcccivcs
cause the New Crop KoTe-- ' -esf.Cfarftef ffeve'mr filf I f Hf fIlf Ifl Ifff J AS I mil IK t 11 Vtlthth a Biff Boost Because of the
Eastern Stock Also MoTing. ira " . IIW Iff v I I iuMHi M vlfl w llVIII-a lUgh Price of Butter Here,
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WREAK
LOWER LEVELS
.Price Goes to 20c With Some
r Offering Supplies Still
$ Cheaper.
'.' By Hyman II. Cohen.
1 Unless condition "unforeseen at th
moment present themIve. the local
gg market will continue on Ha down
course daring the coming six days.
" Market price are not a matter of aen
tlment among receiver! at thla time
but of aupply and demand. Every ef
tort was made by the commission trade
during the past week to hold prices as
feign as possible. Receipts began to ac
cumulate, and thla resulted In values
Haiti,, nut from dav to day.
1 Yesterday the market reached toe,
With one or two dealers offering to
dose) eut their surplus at lie, so sure
were that even lower price would be
the outcome of Inoreaaed arrivals during
jfethe coming six days.
v At tnis time 01 in year is usum
for the local egg market to drop. All
outside market report the same oondl-
lions, ana acn seciion im
I forced to take car of It own ouraena
una or mi ifliium di ma urrHiii iv-
uatlon In egg la that supplies of ast
ern stock are wen nigh exnausiea.
Poultry 1 a Bull restore,
Ther we not much to the poultry
market during the past week. Receipts
as a rule were quite fair, but the high
prices caused the retail trade to buy
sparingly. Chicken have been so high
all alone that retallera to save tneir
trade were forced to buy eastern storage
tnclr for the nubile would not Day me
price demanded for fresh killed birds.
. While arrival were cleaned up at the
Close of the week. It would not have
taken much to force a lower range or
values. Th trade la not disposed to
pay outrageous prices all the year for
poultry, and th higher the quotations
are boosted the more eastern stock 1
consumed.
During the week there was quit a
good demand at good prices for broilers
and fryers, but for ducks and gees
there was but little call. Turkeys sold
at all sorts of prices mostly low, and
ven at depressed values it was hard to
dispose of anything but well finished
birds.
SHARP 1X388 IX WHEAT.
Market Prop 2c a Bushel With Still
Lower Price in Europe.
Wheat Is down Ic a bushel In th
northwest markets for tho past week
The decline Is due entirely to the un
favorable conditions which have o
late been ruling abroad. The fact that
IJverrmol and other European markets
have shown heavy declines during the
paat few weeks did not seriously cut
any consideration in mis marnei until
this week. Portland wheat market val
.lies have been held up to th top notoh
all durln the Dresent season. Compe
tition with northern buyers h a s re
sulted In a complete victory for the
Portland territory buyers. Thus far
during the season their quotations have
been generally lc a bushel higher than
those maintained elsewhere In the
northwest.' and sometimes as high us
28c a bushel sddltional was paid.
I riou Drop Take Effect.
The sharp decline of 20c a barrel in
export grades and 16c on patents took
ffect In the flour market' the first
tof the week. Followlug the lower
(values there were sales of some 60.000
barrels to the orient, most of it beinc
do Vladivostok. This is the first spell
kt good buying reported In the export
jflour market during the present sea
Son. In fact since the buying of the
arly week, millers report no additional
(transactions. It seems that the needs
tof th oriental market are well sup-
tolled with flour by Japan.
; There still remains a Brest shortage
in mill feeds because of the lack of
brlental flour trad. Price ar being
knalntalned at the top.
Hay market 1 sorter out quotation
fere snowing out nttie cnange. Home
vuycrs have cut their quotations about
11 a ton, dui ine general price is unchanged.
SOME HOPS ARE SOLD.
Fair Volume of Business Reported In
This Market During Week.
During the past week there waa a
rale volume of sale In the hoo mar-
fleet. There was a demand from Eur
ope for a few fine lots but the princi
pal trade was for cheap quality and
heap price from this country.
Th fact that the hop organization is
lalna- deRarted on all aide has Riven
Oh, finishing touch to an already demor
Irmed condition. Dealers are no long-
In r afraid of union organisers ror tney
feay that the growers will never agree
10 eomoine ana save tnemseives irom
feeing bumped by the organised buyers.
SOME POTATOES MOVING.
V,
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11.(0:1
tt.so
plg
ittc
Forty-cent Market Causes Few More
Cars to Go to Southwest.
No that notatoes are down to 40c
tier hundred pound at country shipping
points some very fair business is re
ported with Southern California and
Arizona, with some sales to TexM
points. The Supplies in Oregon are still
hut slightly scratchedr end unless the
movement beoome much heavier soon
k great many cars will go to waste for
ne want oi a uuyer.
niirina- the week there was a falr-
Llxprf demand for early rose for seed.
find prices ruled at various figures ac-
ording to section sent io.
valley. 14.46; graham,
whole wheat. $4.76; ry.
Ralata 4
MILL BTUTTS Nominal Bran, 131
01 toa: middling. $lailj snorts,
country. 117: city, tit: chop, izitfit.
HAY Producer' prlc rimotny,
Omiamott valltv fancy 111: ordin
ary tit. KA All: aaatern Oregon. I11A
IT; mixed, fl091.60; clover, flOtfli;
grain. (); cnoat, t auaua, a.ir
12.60. '
Butter, fcggs and Fotatry.
BUTTER FAT F. o. b. Portland.
rm, I So; sour, J to.
BUTTER Extra fancy frh cream
ery, I'Hc: fancy, 16Vtho; cnoic. o
ordinary, szfto; Deal siorag. t n v
tcunit a-rada. IRo: store. 20a a Dound.
EU3S Extra fancy, candled. 10
20c: aaatarn atoraaa. 15a dosen.
CHlkJUlBr New Kuil tim, flats.
16 Ho pr lb; Toung Americana, llo per
Ih.
POULTRT Mixed chicken. It HO IS
ih. rnn. in riMiatara.
old, 10c; fryer. 160 lb; broilers, la
per lb; ducks. ); geese, old, tQo
Ser lb; turkeys, alive, jjc per to
ressed. 15tlSo lb; squab. 12.60 doien
liieona. II. Kt do.: Orerf oouitry. itf
o per lo higher; wua gee, i ) aoa.
Bop. Wool aad Sid..
HOPS 1107 crop, first prim, to;
orim. IKe: madluin to prim. ic:
medium. 4um lb; ivtfS crop, 102a lb;
contrscia, los, t J.
wuuLr lT cup vany, iiqiio;
as tarn Oregon. UHQlio.
MOHAIR 28 O SI Ue.
HIDtU Dry taldea, HOlte lb: green.
4r6o: calves, green. SOToi klpa, Ic
lb: bull, green salt, lOto lb
BHEEPSK1N8 Shearing. -IoOIOo
achj abort wool. I6c4c; meal Mm.
wood. lOcOH sch; long wooL 76cti
ll.tl each.
TAL1XW Prim, per it. acf4c;
No. I and grease, ZOIHO.
CHITT1M BARK ee.
Fralta and Tegetable.
POTATOES Select. 700 76c, sell
Ing; uuylna-. Willamette valley, 40o;
eastern Multnomah and Clackamas, 46 v
60o per cwt: sweets. SHc.
ONIONS Jobbing price, 12.60(92.76;
buying, spot U.uU2 ii; garlic, 7c 10.
APPlbb Heieci. :.uu, rancy fl.t&;
ol, tl.26tfl.60: ordinary, 0c1.00.
FRESH FRUITS Lranaaa. new. 11.00
ons, nf60 box; grapefruit, $3.60 box;
pineapples. 14 06.60 dosen: Dears, fan
cy, 11.6041.76; oidinary. $1 a box; tan
gerines, 1.76 a box; Jap oranges, 40 4
46o a box; persimmons, 11.71.
VEGETABLES Turnips, new. 60 O
lOo, sack; carrots, 60o per sack; beets,
(6 076c per sack; parsnips, X6c uf II ; cab
bage, Sl.26irl.60; tomatoes, Mexican.
I3.26O3.50: Florida. 16.25: beana. 16c;
cauliflower, California, 11.1041 1.20 dox.,
local, 76c & 11; peas, 14c, horseradish, 6c
lb; artichokes. 16c0Sl.oO doxen; green
onions, 16u doxen; peppers, 26c; hot
house lettuce. Sl.26ftl.60 box; head let
tuce. 96c dozen; cucumbers, hothouse,
11.26 dozen; radishes, 25c dozen bunch
es; eggplant, 20c lb; celery, S3. 75 u 4.25
crate, cranberries, eastern. S9.00(r iu.50:
sprouts, 8cijigHu Per lb; asparagus.
40c lb; spinach, 31.25 box; green onions,
40c dozen bunches.
Groceries, JTuts. Eta.
SUGAR California and Hawaiian
Cube, 36; powdered, 15.86; berry, 35.66;
dry granuluted, $5.65; XXX gran
ulated, 35.40; conf. A., 36.65; extra 11.,
$5.15; golden G., $5.05; D. yellow,
$4.96; beet granulated, $5.46; bar
rels, 16c; half barrels, 30c; boxes, 66o
advance on sack nasi
(Above prices are 30 daya net cash
Quotations.;
HONKY 33.60 per crate.
COFFEE Packaze u rands. $15,860
16.68.
SALT Coarse Half ground. 100s,
$12.60 per ton; 60s, $14.00; table, dairy
60s. $19.00: 100. $18.75, bale. $1.60;
Imported Liverpool, 60a, $2u.0: 100a
119.00: 4s. 18.00: extra line warrels. 2a
ts and 10S, $4.506.60; 14verpool lumy
tock, $20.60 per to; 60-lb rock. $11.60;
100a, $13.00.
(Above prices apply to sales of less
than car lot. Car lot at special price
CALIFORNIA TENDERS LEMON
TO OREGON, ONION GROWERS
Those Interested in bringing eastern
onions to the Pacific coast market are
among those clamoring for the Oregon
producer to hold back his supplies. They
sre dallv receiving ahlnmenta at eantern
stock In California and If they can keep I
the Oregons from, coming In that direc
tion they will be able to put the price
In th scuth almost where they please.
This Sort of lemon is annually tendered
the Oregon producer by southern buy
ers in en way or other.
PORTLAND BUTTER MARKET
REACHED VERY HIGH FIGURES
subject to fluctuation)
RICK Ir
3. 6Htf6Vc; New Orleans.
FRONT STREET REVIEWS.
of
llrief Notes of Various Lines
Trade in tlie Produce District.
Dressed meats of all kinds were short
t demand during- the week, with prices
L-orrcspondlngly high.
f Local cabbage supplie are getting
hhort and some dealers are bringing
htoclc from tne soutn. itigner prices.
oo. .
Tomatoes from Mexico are In larger
bupply. Price holds high.
I Apple demand I Increasing, with sales
he largest or tne present season. -rices
nactive, however.
Orange supplies are much heavier, but
Ivlth th better quality demand is ltb-
ral. Stock too pionurui to neip me
rice.
Lettuce supplies from local hothouses
re very liberal, but demand Is growing
nd prices rule steady between $1,25 0
.50 a oox.
. Rnrinr vegetables are cominsr to mar
ket from local points, and are finding
f Celery market Is hlarher. because of
hamag to the cror in California. Small
er supplies here.
i i Tne rouowing prices are mose oo
talned by Front street.. . Prices paid
ihlppers ar less regular commissions:
rain, Flonr and FeeC
GRAIN BAGS Calcutta. c; large
lot: small lots, IHo.
-WHEAT Track price Club, 80,
ed Russian, 78o; Diuestera, tzc; vai
y. 80o.
COPN Whol. $t; cracked, $38 ton.
BARLET New Feed. $26 per torn
tailed 32ll brewing, ti9.
iia e.otr per ewt,
OATS--New Producer1 crlee No.
whit $17 per ton; fray, $21 0 26. bo.
-FLOUR-r- EasUrn Oregon patent,
.; straight, $UI; exports, 13.70;
mperlal Japan, No. 1, So; No.
ic: New Orleans, head. Ic;
A lax. 6c: Creole. 6 4tc.
IiEANS Small white. $4.25; large
white. $4.10; pink. 34.10; bayou, 33.90;
LI in as. 36.60; Mexican reds. 4 He.
NUTS Peanuts, Jumbo. 7e per lb;
VlrEinia. 6c per lb; roasted, 9c
per lb; Japanese. 6 6 Vic; roasted, 8 He
per lb; walnuts, callloruia, loc per io;
fin nut. 16c per lb; hickory nut,
Oo Der lb: brasli nuts. 16o Der ib; fil
berts, 15c per lb; fancy pecan. 1620o
per In: simono. loc.
Meat. Fiih and Provision.
DRLSSED llEATts Front street-
Hogs, fancy, 7 He lb; ordinary, 7c;
large, IVstf 'c lb; veal, extra, avt lOc;
?er lb; ordinary, 9c per lo; heavy,
ybc per lb; .nutton, fancy, 11c per lb.
HAMS. BACON. ETC Portland pack
(local) ham, 10 to 12 lbs., 12 He per ib;
14 to 16 lb., 12c per lb, 18 to 20 lbs.,
12c; breakfast bacon, 15H022HO per
lb; picnics, 9c per lb; coUa roll, I 'Jo
er lo; regular snort clears, snioaea.
Ic per Ib; unsmoked. 10c per Ib; clear
backs, unsmoked, loc; smoked, 11c;
Union butts, 10 to 13c lb; unnmoksd,
12o par lb; smoked. ISo per lb; clear
bellies, unsmoked. 12 He per Ib; smoked,
13 He per lb; shoulders 10c; per lb;
pickled tongues, 70c ?ach.
LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. 10s, 120
per lb; 6, lHo per lb' 60-lb. tins, 12c
fr lb; steam rendered, 10s, 11 Ho per
b; 6s, 11 o per lb; cooipouna, 10s,
He per lb.
X .VWrt V W.I. ,,7,v 1 U . 1 1 U U 1 1 II I I CT,
6o per lb; halibut, 7c per lb; striped
bass, lac per lt; catrisn, lie per Ib; sal
mon, chlnook. 12 Vic; steelhead, 13c
per lb; froxen, tc; herrings,
6o Ib; soles, it lb; shrimps, 10c per
Ib; perch, 6o per lb; tomcod, llo per lb;
lobsters, 26o per lb.; fresh mackerel 8o
per lb: crawfish, 250 per doeen; stur-
feon. 12HO per id. DlacK pass, zuc per
b; silver smelt, 637c per lb; Columbia
smelt, 6c; black cod, 7 He lb; crabs,
$1.00 1.60 dozen.
OY8TER8 Shoalwater bay, per gal
lon. 32.60: per 100-lb sack. 35 00: Olym-
pla, per aallon, $2.40; per 100-lb sack.
$6.0006. SO; Eagle, canned, 60o can; $7
dosen; eastern In shell, $1.75 per hun
dred. CLAMS Hardshell, per box. 12.40;
razor clams. $2.00 per box: 10c per doc
Paints. Goal oa Eta.
ROPE Pure manllo, lie; atandard.
12 He; sisal, 10 He
Coal Oils
Iron Bbls. Cases. Wood Bbls.
Water White . .11
Pearl Oil
Hend Light ..12 Ho
Eocene
Special W. W..14HO
Elaine ....
Extra Star .ft. ....
Gasoline
Iron Bbls.
V. M. and P. Naptha ...12 Ho
Red Crown Gasoline ...18'ic
Motor Gasoline 18 Ho
ho per cent uasonne ...so
lHo
19Ho
21 Ho
28"o
21Ho
16
16Ho
Ca ses.
lHc
26HC
25 Ho
87Ho
17 o
By Ilyman H. Cohen.
During the year 1907 Oregon dairy
men received on an average of 32 22-1 00c
per pound for their butter fat. The
highest price received during the year
was 8(!c and Ihe lowest 21c.
During the year the Portland butter
market was one of the highest In the
oountrv. the price ruling from 22 H to
7 He a pound, tne latter trie present
price for extra faney grades or cream-
ry.
Even the great Elgin. Illinois market
was bndlv beaten during tne year ny
ortland values, the average In this city
for the vear being 32.2c a pound for
best quality. In Elgin the average
price tor the year was -'7.6c per pound.
The average for five years In Portland
wan 2S.!'e while in Elgin It stood 24.5c
during the mme period.
The prices that ruled In Portland for
best creamery during 1907 show for the
following dates:
Por lb.
J.munrv 1 to January 28 $5c
Januarv 2 to February 11 37 H
February 12 to March 21 36
March 22 to April 8 37 H
Apill 9 to April 15 32H
April 16 to April 22 27H
April 23 to April 29 25
April 30 to May 27 22 H
May 2R to June 10 24
June 11 to June 30 25
July 1 to July 22 27 H
Julv 23 to August 6 80
August 6 t August 11 32 H
August 12 to August 20 35
August 21 to September 2 37 H
September S to October 31 35
November 1 to December 1 32H
December 2 to December 12 36
December 13 to December 31 37H
Oregon as a Dairy Country.
As a dalrv country Oregon has no su
perior according to the leading dairy ex
perts of the country. Cllmstlc condi
tions make this an ideal place for the
feeding of stock and prices on the Pa
cific coast and especially In Portland
tnve been among the highest in the
United States. At this time there Is a
great deal of Interest In dairying and an
effort Is being made by the creamery
butter manufacturers to Interest the
producers In securing a better grade of
butter fat. For this purpose an organi
sation was recently effected amonK the
users and producers of cream, having
for Its sol.1 object the bettering of
cream quality. For the purpOHC of ex
perimenting ihe creamery butter makers
hnve rlcdged a fund with which to hire
experts to visit the various dairvinj;
sections. Any cream shipper can have
cows inspected and the cream tested so
that at the ?nd of a year the producer
will know to a certainty which cow la a
good or bad investment.
Returns from Tillamook Cow.
The following returns from 28 cows
owned by J. F. Martin of Tillamook are
for the year 1907. Four of these cows
are 2-year-olds. No account of the milk
used for the two families, which is es
timated took more than two cows, is In
cluded In these figures:
06. I.bs. Milk. Lbs. Hut. Fat.
469.03
Dec.
1P07.
Jan.
Feb. . . .
March .
April ..
May ...
June
July ...
Aug.
Sept. ..
Oct. . .
Nov. . .
Total
A Venice
per cow
10,666
. S.672
. .l 22
.fi7
, 1I.7K5
. 16.360
, 17 2 4 7
. 1K.239
, 17.048
16.706
1!',090
16,444
166,987
5.964
390.23
357.37
334I
46t. 42
620.31
705.90
756. M
741.62
719.42
831.32
686.05
7,092.16 $2,347.64
WHEAT CROPS
OfJKHOlU
Conditions Excellent in
NorthwestBumper Crop
From Argentina.
Crop conditions continue very good in
the Pacific northwest, the weather be
ing Just about right for thla time of
year. Where it is cold the plant ar
well protected.
In California considerable damage Is
reported by the ravages of a worm, the
roots In many sections being eaten. The
amount of damaae is hard to estimate
at this time.
Brooinhall rive the followln report
of the condition elsewhere in his Liver
pool Corn Trade News of February 4:
United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom I getting fairly
seasonable weather, that is light to
moderate frost and mostly fine days,
which weather should be capital for
getting the land into good condition for
other leld work to be carried on under
favorable conditions. It is now stated
that but little winter sowing was done
In January but should tne present
weather hold It is fully expected that
the drill will soon be busy with wheat
and barley cowing will follow soon af-
terwara.
Argentina.
There apepar to be some districts
whlc!. did not fare so well as others,
but on the whole the complaints do not
amount to very much, and latest thresh
ing returns confirm a bumper crop. Ar
rivals at the port are now on a lare
scale and last week' export eclipsed
all previous record, while still larger
?uan titles ar looked for In the near
uture.
Xnla
Mall and cable advice continue to mn
tlon the great change for tlw better in
crop prospects which have resulted from
the January rainfall. Our Kurrachen
correspondents, however, do not fe-l
very hopeful about any exportable sur
plus, and although shippers here hope
there may be something, yet they have
to state that so far there Is no sign of
new crop offerings, and prices are still
very high.
Anstralla,
The rains at harvest bleached a por
tion of th crop, but no serious damage
from this cause Is mentioned. Esti
mates of the surplus available for Eu
rope are being reduced and shipments
last weeK were light. The pastoral In
dustry has been benefited by further
splendid rains.
Bnsila.
Opinions vary as to the winter crops
in tne southwest, but our Nlcnlaleff cor
respondent mentions the fact that the
fields had no snow protection when the
thermometer showed 46 degrees Fahren
heit of frost. It would seem Impossible
that the young crops could escape seri
ous harm under such conditions, and
they started the winter mostly with
poor. DHCKwarci growtn, out still our
Odessa crop agent" takes a much more
cheerful view than he did some time
hack, and the present weather is quite
mild. The interior districts are still
under snow and more or less snow s
found In the southeast. Arrivals of
wnest at tne ports continue very light,
hut com and barley quantities are mod
erate. Home people claim that Interior
reserves are fair to liberal, but fre
offerings are not expected until a new
harvest Is assured.
Bonmanla.
The weather is mild and reports cf
the eropg are favorable. There has boon
a sharp decrease In port storks, but it
is possible that some quantities may bo
temporarily out of sight In barges be
tween Braila and Sullna.
MORE INTEREST
IN LIVESTOCK
Industry of Facific North
west Is Reviving After
Years' Sleep.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN.
Hogs. Cattle. Sheep.
Psst week 972 m l.fii
1J07 4ii) 1.973 35(1
lDOti 656 4r SX2
1J05 639 419 2,369
22 .
live-
GB0W SUGAR BEETS
IX WALLOWA C0UXTY
263.29
2 tons hay Brnn $2.27
Cost feel 2 t. hay Bran $2.27
per cow. $16.00 Roots 2.00
pasture 6.00
Net per cow
83. M
26.27
26.27
$57.47
SHELTER FOR QUAIL.
Missourian's Plan of Growing Cane
to Stand During Winter.
From the Kansas City Journal.
William R. MeCulley of Macon county
thinks he has solved the problem of pre
serving quail. He owns quite a lRre
farm and he discovered that quail were
becoming more and more scarce each
year. Then he set about studying the
cause and came to the conclusion that
It was lack of shelter.
Since then he has every spring plant
ed sugar cane along the side or tne noi
leather band diagonally across his
chest adorned with a breastplate
In gleaming brass which read "Ayun
tamlento de Madrid" and some
other things. He waa . the cus
torus officer whose duty it was to
look for tobacco and alcohol brought In.
The apparent eagerness of the Amer
ican to get away must have stirred .his
suspicions.
The latter, however, thought It best
to keep his calmness. He leaned over
and tapped the brass badce. "Very
pretty he said In his imperfect Span
ish. Then as a bright thought, "llow
much did It cost you?" '
The customs man grew angry and
with a movement of the hand indicative
lows orms iarm ana pBrmjvo inc v d disgust ordered the American
to stand during the winter. It afford t n the , ndept him waiting in
the quail not only food but shelter of Kroup of 2o or 30 grinning, chattering
the kind they like. Other farmers In pnteTf for 20 minutes while he csre-
Hoone. Callaway and several counties or ,, -vr,,ir,ori jvrv m-HMa in th hns
No. 1 Engine Distillate. .10
BENZlf.K 6 deg , cases, 26c per gal;
iron nois 7sc per gal.
TURPEN 'INE In cases, 72c per gal;
wood bbls, 6 9 Ho per gal.
LINSEED OIL Raw, bbls S2c. cases
58c; boiled, bbls 64c, cases 60c a gal;
lots of 250 gallons lc less.
WHITE LEAD Ton lots, 1e per lb;
600-Ib lots, 8c per lb: less lots. 8e.
WIRE NAILS Present basis at 13 10,
Moi-rovF County Woolgrowers.
(Special DUpotrh to Tbe Journal.)
Heppner, Or., Feb. 22. The Morrow
Couhty Woolgrowers' association has
elected the following officers: Presi
dent, George J. Cuirln; vioe-pretildent,
W. B. Barratt! secretary and treasurer,
W. S. Bpencer; executive committee.
Emmet Cochran. Georee J. Currln. R
F. Hyns, W. S. Spencer, Oeorge Perry,
W. B. Barrett and John Kilkenny.
Are Baying Horses.
(BpeeUt DlstXtcb M Th Journal.)
North Powder, Or.. Feb. J2. Thfc
Portland horse buyers, Sklffton & Todd,
who were . here and In Powder valley
some time looking up a mixed lot of
horse,, secured three carloads at prices
ranging ffbm $40 to $150. Among the
horses at the higher price were some
good draught horaea.
the state, have adopted Mr. MeCulley s
plan, and they think it Is Just what was
needed. .
It is n fact that quail wlltW stay
where they cannot find shelter. In
many of the best counties there is very
llttl natural shelter left, as every foot
of available ground Is under cultivation.
In such localities it has been onserveu
that the quail have nearly all left, and
It seems pretty well settled that they
will never return unless artificial
shelter Is provided for them.
Sugar cane, when thickly planted, fur
nishes Just what these birds seem to
waht. They are also very fond of the
seed, and a th season advances the
cane stalks fall down and provide a
thick mass In which the quail can hide
from their natural enemies, hawks and
owls, and also affords a nesting place
In the spring and summer.
INCaDEXT OF TRAVEL.
Showing How Easy It I to Confound
Customs Officers With Others.
From the New York Bun.
The American whose knowledge of
Castlllan was not over great left the
Lisbon express at the station of Las
Dellcias in Madrid, his suit case In
hand. There didh't seem to be any
thing to hinder, so he walked right
through the doorway and stopped on the
platform for a moment before he took
a cab. He was a little surprised that no
customs officer had been In th station
to Inspect baggage, but concluded that
the inspection at Valencia de Alacan
tara on the frontier had been enough.
Incidentally the. American was in
clined to be annoyed by the Importunity
of porter and cabmen, and as he knew
where he was going he didn't ears to
have his handbag grabbed from him.
Thl happened a moment later, a large
man in corduroy seising the bag. The
American just as hurriedly took It away,
supposing him a hotel runner.
No. hombre," cried the man In wrdu
i-ovb with a marntf Icent arestur. throw
lhg back 'hi coat and displaying 4 broad ftrata grirancs.
Then he chalked a sign and let the
American go.
You re lucky you riidn t get arrested.
said a Spanish friend to the American.
"Those fellows, cheap as they seem,
have a big pull. You'd have got Into all
sorts of trouble afterward, too. He'd
havo tipped off his friends and they'd
have made It annoying for you every
time you left the city. What made
him most anurv was what you said
about buying the badfre. They have to
pav well to get the place, even though
they're not supposed to. That touched
a raw place.'
0ST OF MINK TIMBERS.
They Add 8 Cents to the Cost of
Each Ton of Anthracite.
The cost of every ton of anthraclTe
Is Increased eight cents by the expense
of the mine timbers. To supply these
timbers says the Vegetarian Magaslne,
requires each year th product of ap
proximately 150,000 acres of forest.
Timber is used for cross ties for
tramroads In the main haulage ways,
as wooden rollers and as props. A set
of gangway timber consists of two legs,
commonly 9 or 10 feet long and about
13 inches in diameter, and a collar, six
or seven feet long. These sets are
placed on an everago at intervals of
five feet; one gangway frequently con
tains 1,000 sets and 10 gangways to a
colliery Is not an unusual number.
The average life of the timber I
hardly above two years. Forty-five
per pent of the timbers are destroyed
by decay, while breakage, wear and
Insect destroy the remainder. By peel
ing the timbers and properly 'season
ing them and especially by giving them
a treatment In oils or chemical salts,
their length of service i materially
Increased.
Th threatened strike of marine engi
neer at Honolulu has been averted ly
the acceptance of a proposition" to arbi-
4 La Grande. Or.. Feb. 22. Field
representatives of th La Grand
sugar factory will go to Wallowa
4 county early next week with a
4 large quantity of sugar beet
4 seed, which will be distributed
free to Wallowa oounty farmers
4 with tho understanding that
4 thorough tests in beet growing 4
be made in that county this sea-
son. Th sugar company ex-
pcets to have several thousand
acres of bcts planted in the
e Wallowa valley as soon as the
O. R. A N. branch lino la com-
pleted into that county. The
soil, climate and conditions of V
WslloWa are all favorable to a
heavy yield of beets of a hlgti
percentage of saccharine.
PRINCE'S GRIMY COUSIN.
The Late King Oscar's Meeting With
Another Bernadotte on a Steamer.
Erom th0 New York Sun.
Dr. Wllhelm Koehler nf Mnnnh.lm
Germany, contributes a new anecdote to
tlie recollection of the late King Oscar
oi oweaen. Jt goes back more than 50
years, to a time when usenr, then crown
prince, was traveling about seeing the
world.
One day he boarded a passenger
steamer at Marseille for a trip to
North Africa. He waa In civilian's
dress and unattended. The captain,
who did not know who he was, ac
costed him.
"It seems to me I saw you at the
naval review yesterday," he said.
"Very likely you did," said Prince
Oscar.
"And it seems to me you were wear
ing an admiral's uniform."
T'I rather think I was."
"You must be a remarkable seaman
to have reached that rank at your age;
you can't be over 25."
Oh, a little older than that, but I'm
no aeaman at all. I wear an admiral's
uniform in right 6f my nam.
"wnicn is
By Hyman H. Cohen.
Portland Union Stockyards, Feb.
Those that viewed the Portland
stock market during the past year have
noted an increasing demand for all
products. Th Portland market has
been growing In Importance at a rapid
rate for several year. At no time dur
ing that narlorf ha there been any set
bock the development ha been carried
onward witnout a naiu
Now that, there 1 a certainty that
the lara-eat Dacklna concern in th
world are to erect Dacklnff plants at
Portland, with th Intention of putting
this city right at th front In packing
circles, th livestock Industry of th
state of Oregon and in ract tne eniir
Pacific Northwest, la reviving. Ther
Is much Interest taken everywhere In
the Portland projects for th construc
tion snd operation of th monster pack
ing house will mean a much Increased
demasid for Pacific coast cattle, sheep
and hogs.
Producers Ax Vraparlag.
The word has gone forth of the de
mand that will insure as soon as th
packing operations start, and producers
are preparing for that event. Ther I
more Interest today in th livestock in
dustry in the Pacific Northwest than
ever before. Everywhere livestock men
are planning Increased production. Ev
ery line will show result f eom thl ac
tivity. More feeding ground will be
needed and livestock men say they will
be ready fdr the reception of th stock
when the proper time arrives.
However, there are soma who can
scarcely realise the full Import of the
establishing of such monster packing
plants at Portland as Swift & Co. and
Swartzchild & Sulzberger are preparing
to build at a very early date. Located
where it is Portland today would com
mand the livestock situation of the en
tire country a soon as the packers get
their local Institutions under way. Here
at the doors of the packing houses are
located the producers who will raise
the vast amount of stock to feed the
plants. Then, too, right at this same
door Is one of the best harbors in the
world from which ships can sail to any
port In the world. Here, too, all lines
or rail meet the water and there Is no
place that can reach the world's mar
kets at so little expense and at such
small time as Portland. This is the
reason why the world's' greatest pack
ers are her.
heap Bub I Surprising.
While the run of sheep in the local
yards during the week wan small. It
was surprisingly large for the past few
months. In all but 1,632 head arrived
In during the six days and the demand
was several times as Ereat as the sup
ply. However, receipts were ample
enough to fill the requirements or the
trade at the present high level of val
ues and a great run would likely have
resulted In a price loss.
Ifog market was very firm the past
week with a slightly better run. How
ever, arrivals were small in comparison
with the demand and the market held
closer to top figures. The future of
the market is hard to forecast at the
moment, but prospects are for higher
firlces unless there continues for too
one a period the present downward
tendency of eastern values. This will
affect local conditions more than ever
from this time forth.
Cattle market showed but a small
run for the six days and all prices were
firmly held at last week s range. The
run was but 436 head compared with
1,973 a year ago, 495 two years ago and
419 for thla same week three years ago.
A year ago for the past week there
was a very firm tone In all lines wltn
all markets showing an advance of 25c.
Official yard values today:
Hogs Best stuff. $5.255.35; stock
era and China fats. $4.50fr$5.OO.
Cattle Best eastern Oregon steers
$4.35iil4.50; cows and heifers, $3.50
3.75; bulls. $2.002.25.
Sheep Best wethers, $5.75ift6.00;
lambs, $6.00 6 25; ewes, $5.00()5.BO.
SHORT INTEREST
IS VERY HEAVY
Sellers More Numerous Than:
Liquidating: Holders
Court Decision Helps.
r nlted Prees Led Wire.) ;,
New York, Feb. 22. During the arir
part of the present week sentiment ori
. i. . . a .. -1.
uie biock exenunffo coniinuea very luutu
depressed and thla depression waa r-
necieii in a general sagging: oi pricua.
Toward the end of the period, however.
th., II. 1.1 .. ... ,.f a ...I'l-Allt Mn.
..... .i i, . pi j i , i , 1 1 . 1 1 1 ii j . i,-ww,
dltlon began to appear plainly. Indl-
vldu.l stocics, which for one reason or
another, were especially vulnerable to
sDeculi lve hi Lark broke nreiiv oacr
but the market as a whole show,!'
sieaony less and less sensitiveness uf
the uncovering of these weak spot and
operators committed at all extensively ,
to the short side found it extremely dif
ficult to buy in their contract at any
thing like the fcent low price. On tjia '
other hand, it had to be admitted that :
tnere was no attempt to make th r-
livrni ui uie niejri. miereai rewy cuiuj :
Shrewd Judges of the trading aracon
fldent that short selling has Deen pro
ceedina at a much faster nacs than ao
tufll limilrlatlnn fhnr th hrt AnnmintM
at the outset of the present week waa ,
unusually heavy, and that It was power
ful Interests who have sxplolted th)
full possibility of the situation. Event '
of the last day or two, however, hav
seemed to indicate that no effort will "
be made along this line. Stocks may
no longer be pressed for sale when tha -market
I weak, but they are too freely
supplied when the market Is strong tO)
allow anything but moderate recoverlea.
The triith undoubtedly Is that Inrr
financial Interests prefer that the Wall .
street trading be kept within narrow
bound until they can see the futur
of business and of politics much plainer
than Is possible now. Trade authorities
are rather cautious about commlttlna
themselves to a statement that thing ,
are Improving. They report a better
feeling, or as they put It "an Improved
tone," with here und there some increase
In activity. But In these respects ther .
seems to be no particular chunge wlthla
liift iuxi wirce nevus.
Un the other hand, a most grateful
rem'nder has been afforded this week
that the reckless efforts to overturn
the old regime under wnicn our rail
roads have prospered for a decade past
are likely to meet a formidable obstacla
when it comes to a test in tne courts. ,
The decision in the Illinois Central, It '
Is assnrUd, is clearly the right of a
railroad to cwn stock in other eomoanr
les which are not competitors. It !
thereby ursettinK one of the main con
tentions of the government In the suit
now oen'llnir aitainst the Union Pa
cific thst the Investment of the Union .
Pacific surplus in other railroad secur
ities was Illegal because It aimed at
a monopoly. e
SHIPMENT OF STEERS. "
Choicest L-ots oi tne reason boia ai
Echo to Union Meat.
(Hperlal Dbpatch to The Journal.) i
Pendleton. Or., Feb. 22. Three hun- .
dred and twentv-four steers, which wera
old this wek by K. B. Stan field and .
Fred Andrews of Echo to the Union
Meat company of Portland, yielded th
sellers $20,000. or about $62 per head..!
This Is one of the choicest shipment
vet made this spring. There are about
7.000 head to go from the Echo feeding
district this season.
GARIBALDI'S ROMANCE
WINTER LAMBING SUCCESS.
Echo Sheepman Proves That Febru
ary Crop Is Very Good.
(Speflnl Dispatch to The Journal.)
Pendleton. Or.. Feb. 22. One of the
most profitable and successful experi
ments in winter lambing on record in
eastern Oregon has Just beer conducted
hy Josepr C'unha, an Echo sheepman,
lie built sheds 72x200 feet last fall and
prepared to havo his lamb crop come
in February this year, and so far has
saved llo Iambs for every 100 ewes and
expects to raise at least 6,000 lambs
from 5,000 ewes that will bring lambs
in this month and in March. Ninety to
95 per cent of lambs saved Is a large
Increase when the lambs come In the
ordinary season In April and Mr. Cun
ha's record is one of the best ever made
In this part of the state. Every tenth
ewe brings twin lambs and no far very
few have died. The early lambs will be
ready for market two months in ad
vance of the regular crop and will
command higher prices.
"Bernadotte."
"Ah, some relation of the old mar
shal?"
"Merely his grandson. I am Prince
Oscar of Sweden, brother of the king."
"Then maybe your highness would
like to meet a cousin.
"I shouldn't object. T know there
are some, but I have never seen one
vet.
The captain stepped to the" speaking
tuoe ana snouted to tne engine room:
"Send up Bernadotte."
In a minute or two a grimy stoker,
naked to the wast. appeared.
"This is your cousin," said the cap
tain, who was an extreme republican,
with a bow in which the Irony was
only latent.
But If the captain hoped to embarrass
or annoy the prince he was disap
pointed. Oscar nut out hi hand and
shook his cousin's black one. He asked
him about the relationship; about other
cousin near Pau, where the marshal
was bom, and about his own life and
worn, 'men ne maue uie oiuer tser
dotte a present worthy of a
took his name and address w
to future benefits.
thr Berna-
firinoe-'and
th a view
Orranlted labor Is preparing to make
another tight against the reelection of
Representative cnaries is. wtueiwa or
the Second coflttfessivnal district of
Mala .. i ...
HAD SO CHRISTMAS.
But Other Travelers Made Up for It
by Having Two.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
There was one place on the Pacific
ocean where there was no Christmas.
Travelers toward the orient went to bed
on the evening of the 24th and woke
the next day on the morning of the 26th.
The 25th Christmas Day had vanished
completely. It had gone as though it
never existed, which was true.
All travelers on the broad bosom of
the Pacific making westward Were not
thus cheated out of a holiday. Only
those In ships which reached the ISOth
degree of longitude on Christmas evo
were robbed of their Christmas. Those
traveling In the opposite direction had
two Christinas days In succession. So
Father Time was not altogether heart
less In playing tricks on Santa Claus.
An experienced navigator explain the
mystery of the missing Christmas for
west-bound travelers and the extra
Yuletlde for those bound east thus:
"In Just about the middle of the Pa
cific is the 180th degree of longitude,
and when that Imaginary line Is reached
the westward traveler drops one day
out of his calendar for the year. That
line crosses the antipodes or point on
the earth's surface which is precisely
opposite to Greenwich, England, the
place at which by common Consent of all
nations the counting of time begins. At
noonday, when the sun Is directly over
head at Greenwich, at other points to
the westward the time will be earliae
on hour for each 11 degrees of longi
tude, so that when 180 degree It
reached it will be midnight.
"Twelve hours have thus been nina.1
and th other It would ba addaA it h
Journey around th globe were complet
ed. So by universal agreement th SSth
of December Would be dropped by all
navigator reaching th fatal lin on th
previou day. and travelers would be
cheated out of their Christina at th
only place on the earth aurfac vhar
auctt lata could Happens "
Veiled English Woman Who Entered
His Life in Later Years.
Achllle Faxzarl, on of the closest
personal friend of Oiuseppe Garibaldi,
ha revealed in an Interview published .
in th Trlbuna of Rom a romance in
the later years of the Italian patriot. -The
heroine I a Mr. Collin, an '
English woman, who with her husband
lived on the Island of Caprera, where
Garibaldi mad his home for many, .
years.
The couple had a hut on th island,
but only tenanted it in th wildest -
time was spent afloat in a sailboat on
whif.h thv nrlalnallv ra, h t Ca rr r A
They lived mainly on the fish they
caught, on goat's flesh, and on wild
birds that the man shot: but every fort
night they made a voyage to the near- ,
by island of La Maddalena, where Cor- .
lins landed, made neceasary purchase
and got his letters.
The woman never left the boat, and 1
all the time that it remained close to
. k. V.n-A U A ftrAn .a I J ,1 .
muffled up in a thick veil. On theory
was that the pair had eloped and h -was
afraid of being recognised; but this :
seemed to be negatived by the fact that .
Collins made no effort to hide bis Idea- -tlty.
rjiiuuv m7 but y iui huiusu inni ana : .
had been beautiful, but had her beaaty
destroyed through burning or scalding.
so mat sne was now repulsive to IOOK
at. Her husbaud'. affection .was undi
minished they seemed to be devoted to
each other but she could not bear to
have strangers see he Hence th Iso
lation in which they lived. j.
This story neia good until Collins '
died. His wife dug a grave for him V
with her own hands in a sheltered val
ley in Caprera. She remained on tha "
Island for some years, but ah dis
carded the veil.
Then she was revealed as a beautiful '
woman, and it was at once concluded
that unreasoning Jealousy on the nart . ':
of her husband had driven them to aoll
tude. t
Now comes Fazzarl with th state- '
ment that very shortly after Collin's
death Garibaldi made the acquaintance
of the beautiful widow. The result was;
a passionate I'riendshlp or platonio love,
at leat on the lady's side. v, ' ,
Fazzarl says she, wrote numerous let
ters to Garibaldi, beginning In 1860,
when he was in Italy taking part in th v
war of unification. All ar couched in '
terms of devotion. .. .
When asked what 'the end of tho' roA.'
mance was, Fazzarl started a new mys-
tery. . , i
"Let It remain a secret," said he and
no persuasions would Indue him to talk
any more. . ,
A CHINESE TRICK, ,
Rests Gun Across Arm When He
Shoots to Kill, V
From th. Boston JUraM, ' ; .
On peculiar fact developed In ths
cour of th trial In th uprior court
of nln Chinamen charged with th
murder of one of their countrymen, and
that i no Chinaman when using a re
volver levels it - straight at M person
S n obreot. but rests the muirl
of. tb un'f on his lft forearm, and
with th right hand holding th butt
discharges th weapon. -
Counsel wanted an explanation, but
could not obtain It, and later a mem
bar of on of th tongs In th orriUop
wa asked for a reason, '-.
"Don't know why a gun Is tid In.
that manner," wa the response, "tin
less It Insure Dior secret y than th
American way. For -Instance, a China
man may wrap th gun in the folds rf
hi sleeve, leaving only the barrot hi.
tree. Then a hot may b rwl, . i
it would appear a though the on s '
dlsenarged to weapon had-Im
folded. ThrT would b or.i-f
Steel and nothing but a 'Uii ' f n
to teU who tiiacbargtd tit . . W .,