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THE OREGON SUNDAY
13
OP UNION IS ONLY ; 60-
WfTtiE
JIOP UNION FOR OREGON
JIORE EASILY WORKED
THAN FORTIIREE STATES
LUTIOtf OF PRESENT SET-f
latest Market Reviews
IVM ftc Trade
Lick in staple price
ER HEEDED
rs Do Noi Care to Be
by Agitators' From
thier Coast States.
Br Hymen II. Cohan
op growers Union l favorsd
tlcally every grower In the
Oregon but not under present
in. The needa of ft strong or-
bn te combat the ravages of the
ling and blood-sucking dealera
len known to the growera for
ha. Producera have dealred or
n but what thev eeek Is an or-
n that will ta representative
under control or an operator
tne other Dlace.
if the principal offlclala of the
Linton haa been working In torn-
with Mr.- in rat. tne California
far several veara. In all of
pt's conalgnment campaigna he
h nut out aa a leaaer to draw
uregon growera. bo mr
oime peraonally there haa not
nrie inatanoe wnere tneae con
yVachemea have been favorable
growers. l lie Duyera at ma
irl of the line were alwaya wait
heae conaignmenta because they
ey could be aecurea cneaper
bm regular dealera who were
ormea aa to foreign conaiuona
a alwaya on the apot to take
ra or anv favorable nuctua-
scarcely any wonder that the
ucera-or Oregon do not rare to
v theaa failure. The Oregon
delation la Buffering from the
DroDer leadera. The Uregon
need an orKunlaatlon In which
knselves will have the full say-
tey should In all Instances be
altlon to aay ror themaeivea
ey would like the production
hey can work better among
ea .than by tlelng up with aev-
ikr atatea where condltlona are
different at moat ataaea,
Rlnally planned the Oregon hop
were to have a union or tneir
Ich could cooperate with the
of other elates aa condltlona
themaeivea. The visit of the
a opera to re to thla city downed
local Diana tne atate union
ng lost In the excitement of
:vho prepared thelt own bylawa
It I them quickly and forced lo
J'ers to Indorse them In the heat
moment. Theae bylawa were
It Parried' so that growers should
; the proper time to analyse
jltlon. However, fow of the by
Uet with the preaent vlewa of
producers.
ffi hop growera now eee the nec-
tr doing something ror them-
Hops are touching euch low
hat. the price received scarcely
en pays ror me cultivation
rhe dealera re well protected
la the reiedti why they forced
'era to sell at such low fleurea.
Ilf (he acreage will need to be
I re there la likely to be the
j Improvement in hop prices.
I talk and" all, the organization
' growera can bring forth can
S; up the prices unlesa the de-
better than supplies. Too
j.lea of hops have been grown
I few years and too many will
n the coming season unlesa
dlcal atepa are taken by the
B to protect themaeivea.
L4L WHEAT GROWING.
J Indicate Oood Condition-
Wing Plowing General,
tvhere throughout the Paclflo
t crop condltlona are mostsen-
k. The weather haa been bet-
tne average ror tma time or
I spring plowing la generally
In most, aectlona. Fall grain
ng well, the growth makinc
progreja during recent .weeks.
The wintry season. '
if the past week there ruled an
pne in tne local wheat market.
the period the market dropped
owing to severe cuta . In lor
es, out this was In turn auc-
y atrength abroad, which forced
pricea up sc a bushel. While
et Is firm, practically no busi
oecurred here during the week
the inactivity of foreigners,
there la a aomewhat better
tegardlng local flour, there Is a
lack or oriental trade nd most
mills throughout the Pacific
t are closed, those remaining
hg operated but for short Inter
GREATER ACREAGE" OF
1VIIEAT BEING SOWN
! (Special Dispatch' V he Joorsal.)
. Hay, Waah., Fab. 2.There la
e greater activity thla aprlng
e among' the wheat growera of
e this district thai aver before.;
Plowing Is now In full progreaa.
Thouaanda of acres will be put
- under . euldvation this aprlng
and as this district grows wheat
equal, to thd Palouae country
there will be thouaanda of bush
4 aia of wheat for shipment the
eomlng fall from this and near-
' by stations on the O. R. ft N.
The couhtry hers is settling up
rapidly and on . thouaands of
acres that a few' years war
covered with cattle, the farmer
la taking the placs tit the cow-
boy.' Land which, less than 10
years ago was worth 16 an acre
Is worth $21 and $30 .and Is
steadily advancing In price.
aia- mi Anwfi tha value, but conatderlng
the extent of the atippllea the market
held wonderfully well. The "fact la, the
general public haa not yet becoma ac
ouatomed to eat any great amount of
egga because or tne rormer nign vai
uea and the unueualiy - poor quality
heretofore ahown. Kaatern egga have
been mixed with local-growth and con-
aumera bad Become aisguawu. , a"
are Juat recovering their appetite and
will conaume more egga rn the future.
At the cloae of the week the market
ruled around loo, with an occasional lot
Pnuiirv waa acarea and nigh and ad
vanrtA values are shown in all linea
except geeae and ducka and perhapa tur
keys, broilers and fryera were especi
ally In firm request during the week and
lor theaa graasa very mu juc
u.otd- w.. v.u.
creamery Dunor ia uimj .u
nrmur weak'a levels, but an early de
cline In valuea la likely unleaa weather
condltlona ahould harden.
FRONT STREET REVIEWS.
Notes of . Some Important Trade
Lines of Wholesale District.
. Run of salmon la emaller but there
la plenty to go around at preaent pricea.
Dressed meata of all kinds continue
aa firm aa a week, a go. Same pricea,
too. .
Local cabbage season is near an end
and few ehlpmente now ahow best qual
ity. Some coming from the south aa a
result . . ,
Lent begins Wednesday and whole-
?alers report- good supplies of prepared
Ish at moderate values.
There continues a very fair sale of
applea but suppliea are so liberal at
country polnta that the mnrket is
crowded from day to day and little
chance is given prices to Improve.
Oraiiges . are in large euppiy wnn
some dealera culling vaiuep ovoh uu
the better grades.
Tomatoes from Mexico are . eomlng
somewhat faster and the result la that
quotations are being ahaded considera
bly. . ...
Hay market la eaaier wun larger or-
ferlngs, although the general market
remaina unchanged. . ...
MiUstuffa are acarea with former
prtees continued. Mills ahut down, the
cause. .. ........
Front street aena at me lonowing
pricea. Pricea paid ahlppera are leaa
regular commisaiona.
rain, nonr aaa rses.
GRAIN BAGS Calcutta. i large
lots: small lots. BHc.
wheat Track prices Club. 82c:
Russian, sic; Diuesiem, etc; vai-
tflON PRICES HOLD.
re Quite Well Maintained
Onions Are a Bngaboo.
onion valuea have held rather
4aur the past week, especially
la. mflrlfflt. thAra wna Hut UttlA
t of surlplles. AH told there
2 cars in the atate of Oregon.
seven cars are roiling to other
having: been aold. Of the re
stocks 12 cars are in the handa
s and the remaining amount is
producers.
-Ice of onlona haa held well
luse moat of the local dealera
atocKed and scarcely cared to
roduct for less than It cost
he arrival of Japanese onlona
sound mention of which waa
luaively in The Journal at the
fct the, Oregon pepducere that
ffor with eastern growth they
esser ngurea man mis states
would let go at.
the significant features of the
if Jap onions la that they were
o tile coast Dy tne very dealera
been boosting the market from
hclaco. Not finding a suitable
n the sound for the supplies,
the cargo was sent to San
l It Is atated that a local
bf Japanese products is b ring-
applies or onions rrom tne ori
i are due to arrive March 2.
es ahow a iracuonauy Detter
t, but at very low prices.
a better demand ror seed atock
a are rather good. Only best
k wanted.
BUYING EGGS AGAIN.
Appetite Just Coming Back
br Spoil of High Values.
prices are ruling in the Front
uses lor cbbb. uu rjcr arriv-
USE SHEEP HAVE .
PINAL MENINGITIS
Ul Dtpatcfc to Tbe Journal.)
louse, Wash.. Feb. O. Z.
ona of the pioneer Palouae
rs, has recently lost sev-
! sheep by what Dr. Hadley,
tats college yeterinary sttr-
calls spinal meningitis. Mr.
has about BO sheep in bis
but upon' examination it
lean found that less than.
a dosen is afflicted with .
Usease, The farmers claim
p the first time spinal men-
s has appeared among tbe
In the Palouae .country.
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red
lav fUc.
Ctt'N wnoie.-ia; cmru, ion.
niBi,nvNw Feed. $28 oer ton:
rolled $20 tl; brewing. $2.
RIB per cwu
UAJP ixew -rrouilCTri untw
j whits $17 per ton; gray, $202.tO.
FLOUR Eaatern Oregon patenta.
$4.80; straights, $4.36; exports, $3.76;
valley. $4.45: graham, V4a, $4.60;
f whore wbtat $.7$s- rye. eee - !.(.
MILL STUFF8 Nominal Bran, $:
026 ton; middlings, 30ii31 ; snorts,
country. $27; city. $26; chop, $2iw24.
HAY Producers'- price Timothy.
Willamette vslley. fancy tJ 5: ordin
ary. $12.60013: eastern Oregon. $1
17: mixed, $10010.60; clover, $10U;
grain, ( ): cheat, ( )j alfalfa. $12
12.60.
utter. Eggs and PotUtry.
BUTTER FAT F. O- ft. Portland
Sweet cream. Jc; aour, $4a
BUTTER EUtra fancy freah cream
ery, $7c; fancy, 3687Hc; cholcej a6c;
ordinary, I2Vc; beat storage, 27feO30c;
second grade, 26c; store, 20c a pound
EGQ8 Extra fancy, candled, 1S
ISMrc; eastern atorage, 15c doz.
t'HEKSfc New . Full crtmm. flat.
lBHc per lb; Young Americana, lie per
lb.
POULTRY Mixed chickena, 13lSHc
Der lb: fancy hens. 14c lb; roosters.
old, 10011c; fryera. $4.606 doz; broll
ers, 14 5.00 doz; geese, old, 9)10c per
lb; turkeys, alive. i4igii6o per lb,
dreased, 16 18c lb; squabs, $2.60 dozen;
plgeona. 11.26 doz.; dressed poultry, I ut
lVo par lb higher; wild geese, ( ) dox.
Bops. Wool and BlCea.
HOPS 1907 crop, firat prime, 6&c;
prime, Gc; medium to prime, 65Vic;
medium, 44i)6o lb; 1806 crop, l-o iu,
contracts. i08, t ).
WOOL 107 clip Valley. 18018c;
eaatern Oregon. 12 4018o.
MOMAIR Nominal.
HIUKS Dry til cite. 120 lie lb: green.
4 06c;' calves, gre4u. 607ci klpii, 6c
lb: bulla, green salt. 8 04o lb
BHJKKPSK1N8 8harln. .Be 20c
each; ahort wool, S6c04c; medium,
wood, 6Oc0$l each; long wool, 76c0
$1.28 each.
TALLOW Prime, per It.- 3c 04c;
Na 1 and grease, 101 Mo.
CHITT1M BARK -6c.
rruits ' and ' egatabias. '
POTA'IOKS Select, a0tlti5c, sell
ing; buying, Wlllametto valley, 40ift4Oc;
eastern Multnomah and Clackamas. ii(f
60o per cwt; aweels, H04c; seed atock
t. o. b. Portland, American Wonders,
80c; Early Rose, 80090c.
ONIONS Jobbing price, $2.6003.00;
buying, spot $U.uo02.25; garlic. 7c lb.'
APl'LES Selects i 2.0 ft: rancv 11
chol;e. $1.261.60: ordinary, Oo0$l.OO.
FR8U FRUITS OraiiKa, new, $2.00
0$Z.6O; bananas,- 6o per lb; lem
ons. $2.6003.76 box; arapefr jit. $3.60';
pineapplea, $4 per dozen; pears, fan
cy. 11 bOtpl.78; Oidlnary. $1 a box; tan
gerines, $1.65 a box; Jap oranges, 40 0
46o a box;, perslmmona, $1.76.
VKOKTABLKS Turnips, new, 600
60o, aack; carrota, 60o per Back; beets,
(6 0 76e per aack: parsnips, 86c0$l; cab
bage, $1.2601.60; tomatoes, Mexican,
$2.7603.60; beans, - 160; cauliflower,
California, $1,10 01.20 dozen; local.
7bc(tci; peas, nc, norscraaish,'" be
Ibi artrthoktiM, 7Se0$l.OO dozen; green
onlona, loo dozen; peppers; 2bc; hot
house lettuce, 76c0$1.26 box; head let
tuce. 95c docen: cuoumbers, hothouse,
$1.26 dozen; radishes, 86c dozen bunch
as; eggplant, 20c lb; celery, $4.2604.76
crate, cranberries, eaatern. $9.06010.60;
aprouta, 8e0Stto per lb; asparagus,
( );-8pinacn, 90o box; green onlona,
40c dozen bunches.
Orocerles, Vats,' Etc. . , . ' "
8UOAR California and Hawaiian
Cube, $8; powdered, $6.86; berry $6.66;
dry granulated, 16.65: XXX gran
ulated,' $6.40; cont A., $6.66; extra B..
$6.16; golden O., 85.06: 6. yellow,
$4.91; beet .granulated. $6.46; i par
rels, 16c; half barrels. 10c; boxes, 66o
advance on sack cast
(Above prices are 10 days net cash
quotations.)
HONEY $3.60 W crate, -
COFFJEB Paokfts, brands, t $l.$0
11.6$. - .:. '
SALT Coarse Hslf ground. 100a
par ou; SOs, $i0)i UWs, flalrt,
MONEY IN POTATOES EYEN NOW
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Lebanon, Orr. Teb. 18. A waronload of potatoes was hauled into Lebanon
thla week for ehlpment that weighed 6,400 pound a. This la. about 90 bueheia.
The potatoea were grown by A. C. Brown. His field yielded about 300 bush
els, to the acre. -It Is estimated that there was raised within a radius of
seven miles of Lebanon about 160- carloads of potatoes this year of 600 buah
els to the car, or about 80,000 buahels. .Borne of the potatoes were aold early
and brought 48 cents per bushel, but the most of them have sold for 3$ cents
per bushel.
SPRAY YOUR TREES OR FRUIT
INSPECTOR WILL VISIT YOU
By Richard Delch, Fruit Inspector.
Old moss-covered, ecale-infested, pest
rldden fruit treea. "What cad be done
for them?
Prune and spray them.
Cut them down and burn them. Leave
them stand, a menace to the neighbor
hood, an advertisement of thriftlees'heSe
to our eastern visitors who have Dean
attracted here by the wonderful atorlea
of Oregon fruit. No wonder they think
we are "stringing" them aero after
acre of apple treea that don't average
one box of fruit per tree. Sixty or 70
boxea of applea per acre, not fit for hog
feed; no wonder their shiftless owner
thinks it "don't pay to epray."
But let ua eee If It doea or does not.
Let us suppose we are In the Hood
River, Rogue River or some up-to-dat
Willamette valley orchard. Roughly
peaking 70 treea to the acre 12 years
old, 10 boxes of applea to the tree. 700
boxes per acre. Suppose applea are only
$1 a box. Ilka they usually are. Instead
of tl or $3. If good applea were $1
or $1.60 per box everybody could and
would eat apples, and there would te
100 boxes sold In Portland where one is
sold now. Nobody will buy wormy.
scaly and acabby apples unless he Is
driven to It, and most people cannot
prfy a fancy price for fancy fruit, ao we
will suppose 700 boxes to the acre at
$1 per box, or may be that Is too much.
We will aay five boxea per tree, 70 treea
to the acra. aurelv that Is conservative
and our grower haa worked hard and
aprayed. pruned and carefully graded
and packed his apples, which cost him
1100 nar acra. Thia onlv leaves him $260
ler acre prorii. ui course iimi ia mnj
a nar cant on $1,600 Der acre. But our
fruit grower might be one of those mora
ravored onea that we reau auoui some
times, and if we are not badly mialn
fnrmail noma of them live in most all
parta of Oregon, at leaat you can if aU
tne reporta are true anu, i am onii
afraid to aay ao) I have actually Been
one or two of them myself along the
different lines of tranaportatlon (even
Horrimnn llnpal who had only 10 or 20
acrea of apple orchard, to aay nothing
about pear orcharda, from which they
harvested io.uuu or io,uvu ooca ui my
Sles ana got an average ui auuui
ox $20,000 or $30,000. That 1b 20 per
cent on $9,000 or $10,000 per acre after
the man had paid all me expense oi
spraying, picking and packing his fruit
In the proper manner.
Of course, you couldn t tell the man
a'hn rmildn't raise one box Der tree and
couldn't ffven sell that box to the vine,
gar factory at any price, .that It. would
pay to spray and take care of his trees.
But then it does pay, and every werl
Informed man knows it. pays. It would
pay the man with the one-tree-one-box-orchard
to cut down his orchard and
plant potatoea even with potatoes at
60 cents per sack, if he wasn't too lazy
to think ao, and bealdea. It would im
prove the value of hla own land as well
aa his neighbor's.
The woods ars full of people with
money who want to buy good land, who
would rather pay $200 per acre for nice,
clfan land than to pay $50 for the
same land that made them feel like a
funeral every time they looked at It.
However, never mind; for If those
trees are foot looked after aoon tney
will all soon be dead. They are as
good as dead now, and they are worse
than a nuisance, and for the good of
the state of Oregon should be removed
from sight as quickly as possible. There
Is no occasion for alarm If you really
want to clean up those trees and prom
thereby;' if your treea are Bound and
healthv, but of Inferior variety. It Is
an eas"y matter to top-graft tnem over
to some better variety. The ' reault
would I40 first-class fruit much sooner
than if you planted a new orchard.
Whatever you do, alwaya remember tnat
your fruit trees must have a bath of
lime and sulphur at leaat'once a year,
and it must be a thorough bath; every
twig from the top to the roots, every
particle of the tree muat be covered,
and tba lima and sulphur must be atrong
and property made according to the for
mula prepared by the Btate board of
horticulture 16 pounda of lime, 16
pounda , sulphur, 60 gallons of water.
The Ume and sulphur can be cooked in
16 or 80 gallons of water and then di
luted to 60 gallons.
If you Use the commercially prepared
11ms and sulphur solution, you had bet
ter make It at least one third stronger
than the directions given you by the
manufacturer A great many people
who do not make fruitgrowing a busi
ness seem to tilnk that the lime anu
aulphur spray ought to keep out tne
codlln moth and every other pest and
disease that fruit la heir to. It la too
bad that It does not, but It doesn't, ao
"1 " s X n 4- -:,
tt"A'm 1 .
1-31 f '"
f A r jf
Inspector Richard Delch.
you will find It neceseary to apray with
something else at other times during
the yeah Bu4 lime an. sulp.iur now
are absolutely necessary, and the mix
ture la worth all it costs, even If your
trees are perfectly frco..from San. Joae
acale. dead spot, anthracnose. woolly
aphis, moss, etc.
Do, not waste time and money trying
something new: let somebody else ex
periment. In fact, Uncle Sam is ex
perimenting, and when he finds some
thing better he will let you know with
out cost to you If you will have your
name put on the mailing list of Jamea
Wlthycombe, director experiment sta
tion. Corvallia, Oregon.
The census of 1800 gives the number
of apple trees of bearing age in the
United SU.te-: as. 201.794.764 and the
crop of apples produced 176.397,26
bushels not much over half a box per
tree. We' know that here In Oregon we
can raise from 6 to 60 boxes per tree,
and at that there Is big money In iu
We can raise them with more ease than
they can be raised anywhere else, we
can raise tnera cneaper, too, ana tne
people are yearning for good apples
everywhere. They will not buy wormy
and scabby irult covered with vermin,
except when' you starve them to It, and
then a very ;uue or it goes a long way.
Thev cannot 1 uy the fancy fruit at $2.0
to $5 per box, and. besides. It is not
everybody t at Van produce the fancy
fruit", and. even If the- did, not all their
fruit would be fancy.
Let us be up and doing for our own
good as well ns the other fellow. Clean
up the treea or clean them out and raise
spuds.
BETTER WES
SURELY COMING
All Indications Point to a
Slow Recuperation in Fi
nancial Matters.
HOLD
IIIG SHEEP
FOR SHEARING
aivaBaaaaaMaaaMBBM.HaMaaa
Light Arrivals in Yards Due
to Opening of Wool Sea
son Next Week.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK MARKET.
. Veh. i 9 -RecuDeratlon Is I s Hogs. Cattle. Shee
ye" rteady progreee in the wtk ;
10 B6
1806 ...108S
(United Pre Leased Wire.)
New York,
making alow
financial dlatrlct. The betterment go
Ing on la generally of a kind not easily
aeen, but which Is nevertheless laying
foundatlona for a mora visible recovery
later. Liquidation haa been very drastic
and complete; weak apots have been
thoroughly eliminated, and pricea are ao
low aa to amply dtacounx all unfavor
able condltlona In the bttpr claaa of
securities. It Is true that many un
satisfactory problems have still to be
solved. Business depression, though di
minishing, Btlll la general and la likely
to continue to some extent until the
presidential nominations and the crop
outlook are definitely settled.
In trade reactionary tendencies prevail
and mora or leaa friction and trouble
la certain on account of the Inevitable
readjuatment of pricea and wagea to
lower levela. Rail road a are keenly feel
ing thla reaction and their managementa
are more or less depreaaed over a com
plicated situation.
Borne of the" weaker railroads and In
dustrials will feel the present reaction
severely, possibly with moat unpleasant
conaequencea, but In the main theae con
ditions have been well discounted on the
stock exchange and there Is little otiance
for any further fall of consequence In
the value of good securities.
The market, however, lacka stimulat
ing conditions and mora or leas Inertia
exlata everywhere. For some time to
come fluctuationa are very likely to be
within a comparatively narrow range,
although each week finda the market
In a aafer and aounder condition. There
are irood reasons for hoping this period
of Inertia will be ahorter than uaual,
especially aa thla panic, violent aa it
waa In the financial dlatrlct. Is having
lesa effect on trade than uaual because
of the absence of any great surplus of
products.
uetier times are aurvijr uvuwui.
Range of prices:
DESCRIPTION.
Amal. Copper
Suaar
Col Fuel & Iron
Brooklyn
People's Oas
U. 8. Bteel; 0..
do pfd
Atchison ......
Bait. & Ohio . .
Canadian Pao.
Erie
I A N
Missouri Pac.
Pennsylvania .
Reading .......
Rock Island
80. Pacldo
St. Paul
U. Pacific
Am. Smelter . .
N. Y. Central .
N. Pacific .
Anaconda
C. A O
Southern Ry. .
Soo, c
Am. Locomotive
Cotton Oil
Cent. Leather .
Ont. A West. .
O. Northern . -
Rock Island, p.
Den. & Rio Q.
Wabash, pfd.
Smelter, pfd.
Total sales 214,600 shares
O K r a
I 61 614 BOH SOX
114 VS 114 US 1144
17 17 16H 1H
40HI 40 S9 40V.
. 86 S8V4 85 $
. 28 28 28 4 28 Vi
. 92 Vi 62 Vi 91 (2
.j 68 Vk t 67 68
'. Hi" i'ii" lis" 143$.
.13 13 12 12
. 8Vi 89V4
. 31Vi 81 30 31
. 112 112 111 112
. 96 96 94 94
. 11 11 11 114
. 68 7 67
. 110 110 108 109
. 113 114 110 111
. 60 60 68 59
. $4 94 93 94
. 122 122 120 121
. 83 33 32 33
. 27 27 26 26
. 10 10 9 9
. 9(1 96 94 94
. 82 32
. 25 26
I 16 16
. 80 80
117
21
. 15 IS 16 16
. 14 14 14 14
1 89
608
8A5
229
683
ft
17?:
767
1671
- By Hrman It Cohen.
Portland Union Stockyards, Feb. 29.
But a few handfuhl of sheen cams Into
the yarda during the paat aix daya and
aa a reault tha market sold right up to
the top of last week's record prices. All
efforts, however, to fore the market
higher proved a failure for the reason
that killers say they cannot gat their
money out of higher-priced goods and
will not buy. Thla eventually forces
sellers to take the preaent market for
which they are not at all thankful.
The cauae of auch a nominal run of
UaheeD In the yarda at thia time 1b at
trlbuted to the nearness of tne shearing
season; which starts In a few favored
sections Monday morning. In a few
weeks shearing will be In full blast and
then will begin the annual run of shorn
stock to market. .
There Is much doubt In tha minds of
the wool trade at this time as to
whether the prices of a year ago will
be continued this seaaon becauaa of tha
lower levela reached in all other raw
materials. Sheepmen, however, are still
aa confident aa ever and aay they will
get very close to 1907 pricea.
mall Man Holds Cattle.
Had the run of cattle been normal
during the past six daya It la very like
ly that a lower range of valuea would
have ruled. Aa matters stood even
with the light arrivals tha market was
only fair to steady with valuea main
tained. In former years at this time
there waa a much aofter tone develop
ing In cattle and generally speaking
some price losses were ahown.
A better tone In the price of hoga in
the various marketa eaat of the Rockies
waa all that saved the local market
from developing; severe dullness. Light
recelpta held the price Intact, although
even with thla nominal run as com
pared with the demand, the killers tried
to force figures down. Opinions differ
aa to the probable course of the hog
market in the near future but most in
terests Agree that low levels have been
reached and an advance would not be
surprising.
A year ago for this period there waa
a firm tone In hogs end sheep, but cat
tle were dull with prices fractionally
lower.
Official yard values today:
Hogs Best stuff, I5.254r5.36; atoek
ers nd China fata. $4.00(35.00.
Cattle Best eastern Oregon steers,
$4 3644 50; cows and heifers, $3. 60ft
S.76; bulla. $2.00 2.60.
Sheep Best wethera, $5.7606.00;
iambs, $6.006 25; ewes, J5.005.50.
HOGS HIGHER IS EAST.
Prices Are 5c to 10c Advanced Cat
tle and Sheep Steady.
(United Preas Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Feb. 29. Hoga. 10.000; rattle.
800; sheep, 8.000. Hoga are 6 to 10c
higher; left over from yesterday, 4,
400. Mixed, 84.80S4.60; heavy, 1 4. 50 ft
4.66; rough and heavy, $4.30$4.40;
light. $4.8004.60.
Cattle Steady.
Sheep Steady.
COPPER
SHARES
THE BOSTON MARKET
(Furnished by Overbeck & Cooke Co.)
uoston, eD. z. umciai prices:
Adventure
Allouei
2
60s. $19.00: 100s. $18.76; bales. $2.10;
imported Liverpool, 60s, $2u.0a. ItOa,
119.00; 4a, 18.uo; extra Una uarrela, 2a
Sa and 10s, $4.60a 6.60; Liverpool lump
tock, $20.60 per to; 60-lb rock. $11.60;
iUOs. $13. CO.
(Above prices apply to Sale' of leaa
than car lota. Car lots at special prices
subject to riuriuaiiona.j
RICK Imperial Japan. No. 1, 6c; No.
2, 6Vx($6c; New Orleans, head, 7c;
A lax. 6c: Creole. &c. -
BKANS Small white, $4.26; large
white. $4.10; pink. $4.10: bayou. $S.90;
Limns. $6.60; Mexican reds. 4c.
NUTS Peanuts, Jumbo. 7o par lb;
Virginia, 6 per lb; roasted. 9c
per lb; Japanese, 6 6c;, roasted, 8c
per id; wainuia. caiuoruia, 10c per 10;
pine nufi, 16c par lb; hickory nuia,
10c per lb; brazil nuts, 16o per ib; fil
berts, l&c per lb; fancy pecans, li&zvo
per ir: aimoncs, ic
Heats, run and FroTlslona.
DRESSED MEATS Front street
Hogs, fancy.. 7o lb; ordinary. 7c;
large, 6HWo lb; veal, extra, vvtwil'lc)
per Ib; ordinary, Be per lo; heavy,
4f8o per lb; .nut ton, fancy. Ho per lb.
HAMS, BACON, KTC fortian.1 pacK
(local) ha in a 10 to 12 lbs.. lZfeo oar b:
14 to 1 lbs.. 12o per lb; 18 to 20 lbs..
12c; breamaai paeon, i6ttv!Ho per
10; piectca, we per id; cottage roll. 1'JC
Der lo: resuiar abort clears, smoked.
Ho pes lb; unsmoked, 10a par lb; clear
backs, unsmoked, 10e; ' smoked. He;
Union butts, 10 to ISo lb; unsmoked,
12c per lb: smoked ISo cer lb: clear
Denies, unomoKea, io per id; emoaea.
13c per lb;, shoulders, 10c; per lb;
pickled tongut 70o each.
LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf, 10s, 12c
per lb; 6s, 13o per lb; 60-lb. tins, 12o
per lb; steam rendered. 10s, 11 o per
Ib; 6a, 11 o per lb; compound, 10s,
8 c per lb.
FI8H Rok cod, llo lb: flounders,
6a lb; halibut, b6o per lb; striped
bass. Ito per in; catfish. Ho per lb; sal
mon, chinoon, 12o lb; ateelhead,, lie
rer lb; froaen, to; herrings,
c lb; aoieav To lb; shrimps, lOo par
Ib; perch a par ibj torn cod. He par lb;
lobs'.ers, 25c per lb.: freah mackerel, la
per lb: crawfish, S60 per dosen; stur
geon, 12c per lb; black bass.. lOo par
lb; silver ameit, 607o per lb: Columbia
smelt, 7c; black: cod, 7 c lb; crabs,
$1.0001.60 dosen. 7
OY8TERS--Sboawatsr bay. par ' 1
ion. $2.50: per lpo-io sacs, ift.oo; uiynv
pac gallon.
$6.006.60; Ragle, canned, 6O0 can: $T
docen; eastern In shell, $1.76 per hun
dred. CLAMS Hardshell, per box. $2.40;
raxor clam a. $2.00 per box: 10o per do.
Faints. Coal OIL Eta.
. ROPE Pure manlla. 13c: standard.
llc; sisal, 9c; I. B. sisal, 8c.
Coal Oils
Iron Bbls. Cases. Wood Bbls.
Water White ..11 o
Pearl Oil
Head Light ..12o
Eocene
Special W. W..14o
Elaine
Extra Star
Gasoline
Iron Bbls.
V. M. and P. Naptha ...12c
Red Crown Gasoline ...18c
Motor Gasoline 18c
86 per cent Gasoline ...30 c
No 1 Eneine Distillate. .10 o
BENZINE 86 deg., cases, 26o per gal;
Iron titil 23c per gal.
TURPEN ' INE In casea, 72c per gal;
wood bbls, 69 c per gal.
LINSEED OIL Raw. bbls 62c, cases
58c; boiled, bbls 64c, cases 60c a gal;
lots Of 250 gallons 1c leas. -
WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7c per lb;
600-lb lots, 8c per lb; less lots. 8c.
WIRE NAILS Preaent basis at $1 10.
.... is c
18o ....
19 q 160
21o ....
.... 18c
28 o ....
21c
Casea
19o
25o
26c
37c
17 0
Atlanta 10
Con. Rang. 62
Daly West.. 9 A
Dom. Cop.
C. Ely
Sold Hill
Greene . . .
Michigan
Mohawk .
No. Butte
Nev. Cons
3iroux 3
1 lOld Dora.
. 21 BjOsceola .
. . 8 A
. .62
Quincy
Shannon
Tamarack
Utah
Victoria
AiWinona
tsuue oaia.ii
United Cop.
11 rinny
iParrot 17 A
iNlpplssing ..6
37
82
84 A
10
67
88
4
la.19
?.. 64:
...13
Kansas City. Feb. 29. Hoga, 6.000;
cattle, 200; sheep none.
Omaha, Neb.. Feb. 29 Hogs. 1.600:
cattle, 400; sheep none.
A SHARP RISE
III 15 JITES
Takes but Quarter of Hour
to Eout Bears and Put
Wheat 1 3-8c Up.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Open. Close. Feb. 21. Gain.
May 8f 99 1 1
July 82 94 'tsft 1
(I'nit.d prcai Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Feb. 29. With nearly srerr
prorusslonal trader prepared to ses ,
prices lower for wheat, the market want
In the contrary direction. An sxoited
rise carried the price up le abov
where it closed the day bafora and It
took only about fifteen minutes to affect
that result. There was no materia)
change in the situation alnce yesterday
afternoon to account for the atrength,
but aome points in the early dispatches
put conditions In a stronger light than
they were before. Liverpool went lower
On Quotations. In sympathy with tha
decline here the day before. Antwerp
and Berlin were unchanged and Buda
pest from He to lc higher. Tbe pries
continued to advance here and May had
soon advanced to 99 r, or practically lo
above where It closed Friday. Kansas
City dispatchea were stimulating to tha
bulls, stating that stocks of wheat in
store there were decreasing rapidly. St.
Louis and Omaha also reported similar
condltlona. Strength of the market for
futures was maintained to the endX
Demand for corn waa better on acv
count of what waa doing in wheat, but
trad was comparatively light. Liver
pool futures were d lower and the
main features of the domestic altuatlon
were without change. Dull tone of tha
trade In the early part of the aeaalon
resulted In greater weakness before the
end. The demand waa only moderate
from Frldaya prices to o lower.
Specutatlvs trade In oats was light
and prices without material change
from yesterday. There were free sales
for September delivery and tha elevator
Intereata continued to sell May against
their purchases In the country. . Prices
wars very little different at tha close
from the day before and In tha sample
market the offerings went slowly at
from Friday's prloes to c lower.
Prices of hog products wer ss buoy
ant at tha opening as wera those In
wheat, the advance at tha Immediate
start being quite material, pork show
ing a gain of 17c and lard and rib
from 5c to 6 c.
Cash Bales:
W heat No. 2 winter red, '9c9
$1.01; No. 3 retl, 95$1.00: Na 1
hard, 9091c; No. 3, 95$1.0S; No.
3 spring, ll.00ifJl.il.
Corn No. 3, 66 c; No. S whita, (7 ff
57c; No. 3 yellow, 58 61c; No. 4,
&4H4j65c.
Oats No. 3 white. 5l(ft63e: No. 4
white, 48H5'c; standard, 62c.
Range of pricea:
WHEAT.
May
July
May
July
May
July
May
July
Open.
...97
...92
High.
95Vi
CORN.
.61 61
.69 60
OATS.
.61 61
.43 43
MESS PORK.
.1170 1180
.1206 1216
Ixw. Close.
97 99
92 94 Vi
68
43
1170
120S
an.
117
111$
Liverpool Wheat Market.
Liverpool, Fab. - 29. -May
closed at 7s2d
wheat
a net loss or Ad.
Chicago Cosh Barley.
Chicago. Feb. 19. Cash barley, 71 9
90c
KIDNAPED IN FIGHT
FOR MILLIONS, HE SAYS
Kept In Prison Ten Days So He
Couldn't Finance Road, De
claret Victim.
SPOKAXE MINING EXCHANGE.
Price of Coeur d'AJene "Shares Dur
ing the Trade of Saturday.
( VwrKaA Ytv r)An1nr.lfnntrln C n
Members Spokane Mining Exchanae.)
Spokane, Waah, Feb. 29. Official
prices:
Bid.
AJax 10
Alameda S
Alhanibra 6
Alberta Coal & Coke 20
Bell 6
Bullion , 6
Charles Dickens 16
Canadian Ccns. Smelters.. 60
Copper King 3
Dominion Copper 200
Evolution . 3
Echo 1
Galbralth Coal 19
Oertle 4
Hecla :.235
Happy Dcy 3
Chicago Dairy Markef.
Chicago, Feb. 29. Butter, steady;
creameries, Sl32c. Eggs. steady
price flrsta, 21c, Cheese, atrong, 11
140. : ' '
New York Dairy Market.
New Tork, Feb. 29. Butter, ateady;
best creameries, 31c. Cheese, steady,
16c. Eggs, ateady, 23c.
J. L. Briatow, former fourth assist
ant poatmaater-aeneral, has made for
mal announcement of hla candidacy for
tha . United States senate to succeed
Chester I. Long of Kansas, whose term
will expire next March.
lTanaaa onra tha ttrnnrhnM of PoO-
ullsm. has evidently turned its pack
on tha party. The Populist atate con
vention which was to have been held
in'Tooeka next month, will probably
bt Abandoned ; t , . x
Holden G & C 2
Humming Bird 4
Hyootheck IK
Idaho Giant 4
Intl. Coal & Coko 76
Kendall 91
Lucky Calumet 14
Missoula Copper 6
Mineral Farm
Moonlight 2
Nabob ' . . 3
Nino Mile
O. K. Cons 1
Com Paul .., 6
Panhandle Smelt t -
Park Copper 1
Rambler Cariboo 25
Reindeer 1
Rex (16 to 1) 17
6onora S
SnowShee 9
Snowstorm ,141
Sullivan 3
Sullivan Bonds 60
Stewart 90
Tamarack A Ches. . , 60
Wonder '. :. 1
paies l.uuu copper King
Ask.
17
4
7
33
16
6K
17
76
4
250
2
2
28
3
8
8
2
6
80
100
19
6
2
4
$
z
2
8
8
2
27
!?
it
160
7?
99
100
IK
o,
3,600 Panhandle at So, 3,000 Sullivan at
2Vtc, 1,000 Evolution at 2c.
Take a Suit Case to Market.
From tha Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'Is there a tailor Shop in here?" re
peated tha proprietor of a stall in the
Fourth street market tha other day, in
response to a oueatlon. "Oh, yon thought
those suit casaa were being earrled to a
tailor shop? No, Indeed. That's tha
way a lot of men do their marketing:
A man doean't like to carry a basket
over hla arm, and he finds a suit case
will do just as well. That man over
yonder with tha big suit case, comes In
once a week and gets the caa half full
Pittsburg, Feb. 29. A trumped-up
charge of a $7 larceny aa the bait;
$1,600,000 Btreet railway franchise tha
prise; tha use of Pittsburg detectives
as tools; the kidnaping of a financier
from his New Jersey home, at New
Monmouth, near Red Bank. In a wild
auto ride into Pennsylvania jurisdic
tion; the Incarceration of Charles B
Thompson, president of the West Ches
ter & Pottstown Railway company for
10 days In the Allegheny county jail
without the public's knowledge these
are the tacts in a rinanciai ararmi wun
a Pittsburg locale that were revealed
yeaterday in a civil suit for $50,000,
inatituted In the United States circuit
eeurt against C. F. Goldstrohm, real ea
Late broker of Pittsburg.
Simultaneously with the civil BUlt
crlfutjtal Informations were sworn out
before Alderman John J. Sweeney
(aralnat Ooldstrohm). charging conaplr
acy on three counts, as well as against
John Mcllugh and othi-rs
Thompron is in Pittsburg in consul
tation with his attorneys. He alleges
the uartles named as defendants are
Interested in a rival trolley road and
desired to get possession of hla road.
In order to do this, he alleges, they
trumped up a charge of larceny of a
$7 watch. Thompson was taken from
his homo by Detective Fred Will of
Pittsburg. He was a'-Quiticd after a
trial in criminal court here.
Thompson alleges that the defendanta
desired to imprison him so he could not
complete the financing of his road. In
which event the franchise could be
bough, cheaply.
HOW 'DRUGS AKE TESTED
Ergot ine Tried on Chickens; Digi
tal ia on I Yogs.
From the Los Angeles Times.
A lot cf sorry looking chickens, dogs
and cats loafed In the black. lll-srheillng
yard of the great chemical plant.
"We use these animals to test our
drugs on." said the chemist. "They
more than earn their board.
"Ergotlne is a drug we test on chick
ens, it la a simple test, If S ,dose of
ergitii.e fulls to turn a chicken a comb
black we know that the drus Is, for
some reason or other, worthless. ,
'Hahheesh test on dogs. Hash
eesh is rmicie of female hemp butfs; male
medicinal value, yet
Borne dishonest dealers put male buds
on the market, and since they resemble
tha female buds precisely it ia Impos
sible to detect them save by an actual
teat. Dogs, given hasheesh, get drunk
and happy if the stun is goou.
"DJKitalis, the heart stimulant, la
tested on froge. We Inject a drop of It
into a frog'a stomach and in the kymc
rraph. or heart recording machine, we
study the changes that take plaos in the
frog's heart action. Thua we get a
very accurate nowu wf. wuat, vr
GIRLS AS AUCTIONEERS
TO HELP )LD FATHER
Weeping, They Sell Furniture M
Constables Throw It Out of
House.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 29 When con
stables evicted Colonel James M. Piper
from the liandaoms horns ha had oc
eupled for years, his daughters Nellie
and Barbara, agad 18 and 16 years,
stood on tha lawn and sold soma of the
furniture to ralaa enough money to pro.
vide a sleeping placs for their aged
father. , .
It- waa the crash of mirrors and other
articles that nerved the young omen
in hnM tha Imnromntu auction. Tha
constables, when ithey got to the second
story, began throwing everything out
of the windows. Chiffoniers, dressing
tables, cheval glasses fall. Tha girls
went, but in the end their courage over
came their suffering. Standing on the
stone fence, they orrered rurniture ror
sals to men and women in the Btreet.
"Buy from us. so our father mar
sleep In comfort tonight." they cried
in turn, in teas man am aour every
thing was aold aave a few articles the
young women wished to keep as ma-
men toes 01 tneir rormer comrori.
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MONOGRAPH RECORDS
ARE GIRLS' LETTERS
Children Mail Their "Conversation"
to Alaska Mission-aries.
Litlti. Pa., Feb. 29 Emily and
Marie Shoeckert, little daughters Of
Moravian missionaries In middle Alas
ka, have a novel way of "wrltlof
home."
From day to day Interesting thing.
which one or the other of the children
desires to communicate toHhejfather
and mother In the ice-bound north, are ,
made Into a phonographic record, which
is mailed to Alaska. The missionaries
are provided with a phonograph, and
upon receipt of the "letter" from their
daughters at school, the record is at
tached to the machine, enabling tha '
parents to listen to the voices of their
W gins.
Generally It renulre three months 16
transmit the "letter" to the AlasLa
station.
"rn wa ever teat drugs on ourselves?
Oh yes. Indeed; often, j Chemists have
i.V their lives, chemists have gone ln-i
curably Insane through too rash brav
ery In testing drugs nthflr own persons.-
. y' '1:;
He Knew the Xaagnage. ,
From Reynold's Newspaper. - . , !
In the Enellah club at Honckona a
white-haired old sentlemAn who Lad
come down from aome northern port
was seated at dinner when he suddenly
became very excited. -
He had been brought a letter by a
solemn-faced Chinese butler and he saw .
something; on the outside of this let
ter which sent him downatalrs twn
steps at a time' to interview the hall
porter. when he came back fee told
us what was the matter. '
The hall porter had inscribed n the
envelope In Chinese for the informa
tion of the buUer: ? "This Is for ins
old 1 baboon with whit fur." t'nfu
tunately for tha ball porter tha lit,
gentleman waa a first-class scholar
a CUnese Unus(, . a '
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