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r J THE ! OREGON '. DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 30, 1908.' ; 13 i TODAY f SPUDS UOVIIIG TO SOUTHLAND 'SMARKETS Producers Should Get Thoroughly Ac-, quainted With the Board of Trade Be cause It .WIli.Bo of Benefit to Them ! TABASCO TIMES ME . . LIKELY IN BAKANaS v.. Pnly Gateway for JStock3 Jm Attracting Attention of ;l All Coast Shippers. Front street feature: All, potatoes go south. nic Real ; tabasco competition la promised " In -.the ,- banana and tropical' fruit trad la. thla vi cinity by tba Tabasco Fruit coro pany of Galveston, Texae. Tba company la negotiating with I B. Martin, a local broker, to take charge of tba trade In Oregon, and will appoint repreaentatlvea In other ooaat atatea ao that a regular messenger aervtca can bo Inaugurated. The oompany la aatd to bare, ample capital to ; do aorao trade bucking with the preaent ' banana, truat. For O I Today IVVf fe M M e) I 'I j HOGS ARE 25 CENTS IIIGHEII Local Price" Goes to $6 for Best Cattle Stiff at U. Today. awhile Front street will enjoy tba eight ' . j io 1101 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. Ilora. Cattle. Sheep. . wo 344 26 126 m lie aa.oaat Portland, American Wonders, Portland- Union Stockvarda. March 80.-Hogs are ahowlng an advance, aa naa oeen xorecasiea in mia report aur Ing the paat week. Today'a price struck Oniona e-attlne-v too blah. ' Ear market la quite firm. . ' , . Poultry demand continues good. , . . Wheat market la nominal. ' Smsll amount mohair moving. . ', ' Mutton aheep wool at lie pound. Hop feet lone are lining up. Another drop In asparagus, . Meal banana ngnt in prospect. - V All Potatoes Oo Souta. .. At thla time there la lust ana tton toward which, al) potato men ' Jooklna- the aouthweat. That Is nnlv ral.I thmnirk whlnh fWltalOaB I f '! I .are moving to any extent Just now. s-resH FRUITS Oranges, IJ.vOG a eonaldareble extent sjid allowsd local tThevoIumeof ahipments to Arlsonaand t.j? bananas 4c per lb; crated. 8c; rlvr ? CUI? .th .hJhr . ""it V "Texas points, f rem woatern Oregon la 'i00lwitZt box; "grapefruit. i!l0 wMch Is today quoted for the first tlm 1 quite fair and. a email volume la ehown .If nilJTniaa. doi: nears. faner. Cattto market la firmer and top ateera , moving toward southern California. I ilibui 76: tangsrines, 81.26 boa. I are quoted suit at 4.u. wnicn means ' However, the latter demand la soms-1 wiXfeTARi.i,aL'riirkiT.. new. tsA I practically an advance of lOo from the 1 wii iinuiea oniaif 01 m arwi ioii luk! urruti. ids Mr aaca: DMia I i-vi uu plus In central California. - BaaternOre-l u Ait nar uck: naranina. iMflll: cab- I bring thla price on the preiettt market 8l.6O9i.fO f. o. b it iiB.lv wnaa mi? naw noTiuiu. ivj It:, r . .tM l0p al IB an aavance or a&o over wximM i,ki. nrM' K..t niin I former figure, with the tone very firm . SiTjiaAf iWri?. becauM of a continuance of tha'soant IfcpT vRZuici " ii- Vner llilfl rn locally. The improved conditions the . AT PL.??rr-8elSStA.,,U.. ff 8 with the eonaequent higher price, lo Km. ..w. i th eL have aided the tone here to ! aillee to Mleaourl points becauae of ,hs I2.7ie.00; beans, 15c S oo rata which appltee from that terrl I Orearon. 11.090 1.2 per tomatoes, Mexican, I Sheep are too scarce to base a quo- lBc; cauliflower, i lanon anq former oiurii are conunuea i.r doe: Dcae.1" A small amount of mohair was r maainai ibq irera ini r uiaui.n. 1 1 m it n i ic; noreeradlen. f DIO id: ii wi iwmiir uuuua un is no v!. ,. v!..i. Mlia. af.thla Amw.A it la .om.ahll I M " '. K.I I la nnmlnal amount f rnntlnn ihun I ? '? . W Strong t me.CIOSS. herdar to nurvhaaa haat fliialltv In East 1 ' rn.ni i - hnthauaa I wool la ilkawlaa arrlvlna- hara. and for 'e""i uan u upcniMB. em Oregon under (ks. Kf forte to s-Cttuce. $1.0001-60 box; bead let-1 the general run the price ruled at lie a curs the aame rate for the Willamette I tuc 50 dosen: cucumbera, hothouse, I pound. valley have been called off berauae ehlp-1 California, II. 71 dosen, radlahea, feel - A year ago In the local yard" hogs pars ao not onieve mat anyimng win i doMn hunchei: eggplant, zoo id.; celery, I were aown i&c. wnne otner lines were oe accomplished. ' I If I0O4.H crate; cranberrlee. eaatern. I firm at unchanged fig A.., .i.bi aaawaa. . .WJ0.0; aprouia, ho to, a.raua, i uniciai yaro vaiuee vB w . IMIIL, IK in nanh BOO BOX. Several montha aao a plan waa pro-I ... ' ...- .. . I unw.ri.r m a. am. iral hundred rara of Oreroh noutoee SIIQAR Western Refinery Cube, to do mleelonary work In the central $ 0; powdered, J 6. "rvr J ,V west suteii. At that time It waa eur. dry granulated, M.45; .XXX granu- geeted that If producers would sell a latjd, fs.ob; conr a., ie.ae. extra , eeruin per cent of their potatoee at J i golden O .;. D. yallow. BOo per 100 pounds In order to mans " V ,. V.. J.. "aY. laraba. IS.lBW0.40; J-f?'ni-5AM!. m' fc ' M mixed! '..0?a7l0.' .i.ic ii wouin unnuuuiruir i-ri-aia a I " . - r. . a-..,.. o.. ih. Mniainin.' aim. I (Above orices are as oara net eaaa Pllee and enable the arowere thereby lo auputionO TONE IN HOGS STEADY obtain a better price for what waa left FXS-lrJvl.L FTi baeauaa f tha avllant nualltv of our COFFKK Paokage brand a. STOCKS HIT BY EARLY SELLIIIG Jfarket Opens Weak and Wobbly, but a Few Issues Begain Part of Loss. New Tork, March 10. Stocks wars depreeaed at the opening ' of today'a markatj the tone ahowlng a continuation of tha very bearish disposition of Sat urday. The market waa not. however, forced much lower: Drteea rullna with in a rather limited area. The after noon aeaslon waa on a better baala and eome ahort covering aided a few of the leadera to recover aomewhat from the effects of too much aelllna- at tha onart- Ing. Amalgamated Copper closed with a imsiion or. naiuraay at sum. auaar common dropped at 114 United Statea titeel loat H tor the common, but cloaed unchanged for the preferred, Atohteon continued depreesed up to the oioee ana met out canaaian ra- euio waa nrm witn about a to lta credit at tha and of the dev. Mlaaourl Paclfle cleaed lower at 41 H after opening -i j, rennsyivania neia lta own. npenlna and jloalna a fraction un at 110. The following other ohanaea were noted: Reading , Southern Pa cific U. Union Palfla '44. amarlran , imeiter common 1U, New York Central Hoa-e Reat atuff. 15.7K iff 00 : atork. era and Cblna fata, $5.264,6.50. block. e.zsoe.eo. Cattle Beet eaatern Oregon ateera, $4.7: medium, 14.Z54J4.36: beet rowe end heifers, 11.75 4 00; mediums cows, IJ.itoi.H; nuns, z.itz.to. Hneep Beet wetnera, i&.lb&B.OO; ewes, I&.00V&.50; Range by DownTng-Hopklne Co. lll.lt I . aooda. While thla n an waa not carried . . . I ' "-J -'"" ' out owing to the failure of the growera ..Jifffff1.! oFtabla.- dairv Cattle and Sheep Today. to properly cooperate f or their owa , fi llTOo: l&oV IllTsT b Chlcaco. March 10. Hoss. 40.000: 5.M l . S3 f Z d l. .l nrt" Liverpool. 40a. $J 0.: lOOa. cattle. 28.000: -heep, 11,000. i.!?aaa"."m!' ' 11? f"Lhff. In I1100: 4a. 11.00; extra fine arrela, la Hoas are eteady at Saturday e cl rwviTTO auDiican oratira irvm vwv i & ... ti r a 3 i,.M.M 1 . ... . . ,aa I la.- These orders were eecured. even hough the price quoted from here waa I tock, 120.10 per to; 0-lb rock. I1M0; -1 . . 1 . .ill. I ivua. aia.vw. awu liu lllRllvr lit.il wjiat .iii'iini. ahlppera were clamoring to send their best supplies at; thua Indicating that if tha plan propoaed had been carried out RY (Above prlcea apply to aales of leae an car lota. Car lota at apeclai prlcee in its entirety tnere wouia not now oeij lUOtVc; New any great surplus or potsioes wnicn 1 Aa, -fe- Creole, ie. One Hoatli to Ship Southweat. art to t lurtuatlona.) CK Imoarlal Jacan. NO, 1. c: No. new irieane, neaa, ie. oee. tied. 16.t5e0.00: heavy. t6.a04T6.OO: rnux and heavy, $5.665.70: light. $6.66(9 6.00. Cattle Steady. Sheep Strong. HKANfl Small white. 14.21: larce white. 14.10; pink. 14.10: bayou. 11.10 Man SS to? Uaxleaui reda. alas. But a fraction more than a month re-1 wiith Paannta. Jnmho la oar lb rmiin. tgr 1.111a wuiuwHivrn gimtnu ivr 1 Virginia 110 par 10, romm9Q. WQ '.Oregon potatoea. After May it would I rr lb; Jepaneae, LOHo; roaeted, IU jbe exceedingly difficult to do bualneaslper lb: walnuta, California, la -r lb; ivim xexaa oecauae at mat time mat 1 pine note, no per id; nicaory nun latata will have auoDllea of Its own. and 1 1 Aa nar lb: bra all nuta. lie per lb: fll (old potatoes from here would be un-berta. lie per lb fancy pacana. lttflvc FDroritaoie mere is sure to oe a ae-inar in: eimonae. lea. icreaalng demand from Loa Angelea be-1 fgeata. riib ajtd rrovtaioajL re?""."...," 7- "r"5" DRtBSED MEATS Front atreet it'";."; "t." ,ot 'o'l: Hoga, fancy, 74 80 lb; ordinary. 7c "wm . 7bh.;;v;., lr, 66c: veal, extra, c per naa been quite good during the past 10 i.ain,y' lbL !,VKy: WtJL I-i ak,T- J! J J71 UnrlnVl ' ti. TlClfa"' " ' ISZ fMt that San FtTnclsco h.V'been HAIS. BACON, ETC.-Portlaml p.ck ahowlng a very dull tone, and shippers "" " " i'k. ,", ? ,k. h. ..v., 1.1. ..114 to II lbs.. 12tto per lb: 11 to 20 lbs. possible. ITnder exlstlog conditions It lVfcc: breakfaat bacon lVi22Vic per would not takenore than three, or rour -"--. ', ' 1"; , ',; daya to completely glut the Bay City lb; aWlM uhort cleara smoked. 1 market. I per lb; unsmoked, lOHo per lb; clear , .. I bacae, unamoaea, ivyc, ainuaea. iihc ; Onions Get to Danger Folnt. ?,Bnlon' utt w l.i ,b; unamokid. ' wnua there la out a nominal amount 120 per lb: amoicecL 110 per ;o; clear jmaraet naa been moved upward at too ill ho per id; anouiaera. ivc; par is ranid a Dace ana the result is tnst trade 1 Diciuea tonauaa. voo oacav la not healthy. Efforts to put the price I LOCAL UARD Kettle leaf. 10a, II Ke to 14.60 have .failed for the time being, per lb; 6a, per lb; 60-1U tlna. lie and consumption la smaller aa a reeult. per lb; steam reudered, 10a, HVfce per Dealers are therefore offering today 1 tat aa, ii9 per id; coznpounu. ive. around 140126. thko Jn lb. ,w n nap lh! halibut. I SI Sc tier lb: etrlnad price baa advanced Uo a pound. treseed mon, ohlnook, 1240 lb: ateelhead (-) bora are eteady at unchanged flgurea. per lb; t rosen, c; herrings. Siggs are nrm,- witn aeaiera quoting 0 lb; so lea, to lb; aniimpa, 130 per Ho advance )n some instancaa. Price I lb; percb. 60 par lb; tomcod, llo per lb; a Inn a the atreet rullns today between I lnli:.r. ILa nap IK.; fraah markr Aral la 111 and 14HC. - I par lb: crawfiah. llo per doaen; atur- Poultry market Is In fine shape, with I aeon. ll4o per lb; black baaa. 20o per the trade expecting a good tone to con- lb; silver amelt 607o per Jb; Columbia unue ounng mo ween. 1 emeu, ac; oiaca coo. 1 id; craoa, ( Aeparagua is in very liberal supply 1 11.0001. 60 dosen; snaa. 100. .-with nriaea today ranalna .between lo I Of HTER8 Shoal water bay. ner aal and lOo a pound. loa. ItvtO; par 100-lb sack. IS Oft; Olym- i Oranges are holding well for repacked pie, per gallon, 82.40. per 100-lb sack, latock, although arrivals are rather il00O.&0; Eagle, canned, 40o can; 17 ibeavy. aoaen; eaatern in aneu, per nun 1 . Prumtnr hutter ia hnldlna- lta nan I drad. iwith no increase in arrlvala. CLAMS Hardshell., par box. 11.40; i : Trade in wheat is nominal at un- razor elama. 11.00 per box: lOo per doa changed figures. Nothing doing in I . Palate. Ooai OH. Xta. iflour. ...... I ROPE Pure manlla, lto; standard, k ' A. aiignt cnange ia notea in nmnK ilUc; alaaL IKc; L B. alaal, 4. Jbrands of augar, quotatlona being Dutlrnai hiia UOo above beet. I Iron Bbla. Cases. Wood Bbla JTont eireei. aeua ai. tneae values. Water White . 10V4O 7ficea paid shippers are lesa regular pearl Oil 1 o i jcommlssions: Haad Light .. 1240 194o I'll " Oraln, Flour and Feefl. Eocene 21 o GRAIN BAGS Calcutta, la; larg gr"1" V 1 u flote; small lots. t4c Sltn,o;' !? 2 jt WHEAT Track prices dub. 11 A Str SUr ,l 0 ff,?.I."?Zt. I V VT ,nA V Vnhll,. .1lUn , La -vriioia. .j . j cmcaea, sss ton. I " . . lied 12IOI1: brewln. lit. ' Motor Gasoline 16o Rvn ar.K& nar nwt 184 per cent aaaoiine ...bo o 14C 8 c Cases. l4c 224c 224c 1740 I OATSNsw Producers' price Ne. No. 1 Engine Distillate, ,9c T wblta M7 par tool gray. 2l02.bO. . BENUE 81 deg cases, 26 . i-r iiiv tr ....... JZ. I lrnn bhla Itle ner eaL ji'.rw-.i.hT:v'ii r'::r-- TURPENiua-"in cases. 14.10: I i-6i; C 18 C c per gal; 71o per gal; kki. aau.. wwu tw.v ..jiw vwi . . LINSEED OIL Raw, bbla tie. caaee E8c: boiled, bbla 64c caaea 60o a gal; STUFFS Nominal Bran, 821 ota of 260 gaiiooa lo eea. vallev. 14.46: rraham. Ui -, whole wheat. 14.76; rya, sua. ;;a17 ton; mlddllnga, 880.60921; shorts. country, aio-ou; cny, in; enop, 121924. if HAT Prod ucsrs' price - Timothy, ; wmam5tjyiiy. mncx ate; orain ry. 111. WHITR LEA D Ton lota. 7Ve ner lb: 100-lb lota. 80 per lb; leaa iota. I vie. WIRE jjAILS Preaent baala at 12 10. Put In Early Gardens. (Special Dispatch to The Jonroil.) Rock Creek, March 30- M. McKlnney, R. S. Ward, R. Gow,' Roy Jones and v. r nh..tv lt. Inntn mawlrn .aril. BUTTER FAT F. o. p. Fortland eners on lower Rock creek, reoort that most an tne early vegetables are piant- Ail ind vpAvln. ntifir . In anltA nf tha ry. lOc; fancy 274 I0c; choice, 27 4o: I noM wlnda which have nrevalled the eastern Ore eon. nitt JT! mixed. $10010.60; clover, 810O if; grain, t-;r coi, i ; airana, 1120 ai.ss. Batter, Xgga and Poultry. kwaet cream. 28Vao: aour it Us. T unaTL'B L't. P. K AH . k c a k . . 1 . 1 1 k. j unit vrv-Lin r EGGJf Extra fancy, candled, ISO 'l$4c.-' -v.:-,.. K CHEESE if'url eream, flats. 16164c lb.! Toung Amerlcaa. i7o per lb.; Cali fornia, 1 oung Amencaa, 110; flats. 14 914 past week. All admit that should the dry weather continue much longer It will be necessary to commence Irrigat ing mucn earner than usual. The pros pects for market gardening; in this sec tion were never better, as the prevailing 'iW? fiov 11..J 1.1 1 ..a..., weather condltiona will aerve to make a JOtJLTRl Mixed ehlckena. 14S14U I . .v.. n.. luu j... KJ,lyt? sittifia'Ji 'TmttT0ld' land. thereby forcing the wheat grow-li?A1iCi?n.y2Ii.i4-i;i0f0o.d rs to depend wan the Irrigated tracts M0.00;jesM, old ! b: Mrkays alonK the creeksand rivers for their ' ---.-.. I al.saaatJSur a.Aii1taa TAI t. Ik J BCt-UUll UdUn.ll V II tiff. ft. J a. piUAll K?fS2i drM"4. POwlF. 11H0 per lb of $30o per acre, and Aeir earnings are Sopa. Wool an" Sldea. . HOPS 1807 crop, first prime. rlrime, 4 He; medium to prima, 4c; me- Kansaa City. Mo.. March 20. Hoga, 10.000: cattle. 12.000: aheep. 8,000. Omaha, Neb. March 30. Hogs. 3,200; cattle. $.200; sheep, 6,000. PROVISIONS BOOMING Amsl. Copper... . Sugar Col. Fusl A Iron Brooklyn Peoplee' Gai U. sV. Stael, e... do pfd. Atchiaon Rait, ft Ohio Canadian Pac Erie lunula. Nash. . Mlaaourl Pac. . Pennsylvania Reading Rook Ialand . Southern Pac. St Paul Union Pacific. Am. Smelter.. N. Y. Central. Northern Paclflen27 Anaconda Southern Ry.... Great Northern. . Smelter, pfd Chea. A Ohio Am. Locomotive. Central Leather. Ontario A West. Rook Island, pfd. Am. woolens floo, c ; ; . n I 6014 61 69 S i0 1244 224 24 224 23 46U 444 4674 44 H l 8t4 V 844 l 114 161 1H 74 4 7494 714 71 1244 2 tt 113 182 1614 1624 '16 . 164 144 16 ..... 42 424 4094 414 11144(1174 114 1164, 10641101 104U 106U I 14S Ht 141 144 .176 76 767 76 11841111 1174 117 127 1274 126 1264 714 71 6 704 7u S8 7i ITU 1284 126 12 114 34 884 194 16 16 124 18i 1284 122 17 17 94 M4 31U 224 11 8 464 46 20 20 824 Sf 28 374 20' io 107 110 107 1004 SHERIFF'S: lilHE III DIVORCE SUIT New Sensation-SprungrThis Horning During: Testimony in Bickerson Case. CHANGE OF VENUE f.0T EASY MATTER FOR ROSS Sheriff Robert L. Stavsas' nsme baa been brought Into tba Blckerton divorce case, on trial In the circuit court. through tba testimony of the defendant, Haugbton C. Blckerton. He awora that nretty Mra. Blckerton told him that during the last campaign, about two years ago, aha knew a bank clerk down town who waa ready to mrry her aa soon aa she could obtain a divorce and get rid of her husband. "Who waa the bank clerkT" asked At tornev T. 1. Clseton, who was examln ing uicaerton. "I don't like td aive hla name." swered the witness. You will have to give his name, or your teatlmony cannot be considered. said Cheater V. Uolph, who represents Mrs. Blckerton. "Oo ahssd and aive the name. aald Cleeton. "Robert L. Stevene, sheriff of Mult nomah county." tha wltneea fairly ehouted, while the courtroom crowd aud demy aat up and began to take notice. Blckerton went on to eay that after warda there were many candidates' rarda poated around hla home. Durlna the night eome of the carda that bore the Ukeneaa of tha preaent sheriff and eatoiteo ma menu aa a candidate die sppesred. Blckerton aald he aunnosed the cards were torn down bv aunoortera or Tom worn, nut nia wire accused him of tearing down the picture of the newniaKered aherirr. All of thla morning Judge Bronaugh natenaa u me atory or tiaushton C Blckerton, who Is realatlng hla wlfe'a at tempt 10 brand htm aa an habitual drunkard. Twenty-five wltneasea have Uatlflad in hla behalf, the moat nf them having been called to refute the wires charge that Glckerton waa ren dered unfit for bualneaa bv drink. Mrs. Blckerton la worth over 8100.000 In her own right, and Blck-rton clalma thai he manaaed her affairs with unuaual care no iiirewaneaa. The caae haa been on trial for a nor Ion of four daya. and haa oroved one or tne moat voiuminoua or lta kind. GOOD LIVES LEAVE HI IHPSS BEHIND Baptist Minister Draws Elo quent Picture at Meeting of Colleagues. WITH HIGHER HOGS Mess Pork Advances 58c for May DeliveryWheat Market Sluggish " July CHTCAGO WHEAT MARKET. ODen. Close. Mar. i. Loes SI 93ht XJT 884 88 89 4 Chicago, March 30. It waa the lower Liverpool and the absence of foreign demand that forced a decline of 4o to 4c at the opening of the wheat market here today. May went to 934c, with much selling pressure at the start, and July waa weak and wobbly at 884c. For May the opening: was the hlah point, out juty neia better ana gained ic after the atart. Late trading; was dull and weak and the close was Ho to ic under Saturday lor May and July, respectively. There, was a sham advance In corn In the late trading, although there was little encouragement at the atart Oats trade waa dull with little leeway to prices. Provisions were sensational and nork advanced 68c for the May after a frac tionally lower opening. The high hog price la the causa of the advance. itange oy Jjowmng-Hopkina Co. WHEAT. Open. High. 934 934 884 88 CORN. OATS. 62 62 4S 4S? MESS PORK 138S 1102 137E 1425 1142 1410 May July May July May July May July 664 63 Low. 92 7 6 63 61 45 Close. 93 88 6( 64 624 464 1315 1360 WEEKLY GRAIN STATISTICS. The Merchants' exchange compiles the following weekly statistics of the Amcnvau gram viaioie supply; increase tiuaneia. Today 88,082,000 Yenr ago 47,187,000 1906 46,470,000 105 32.827.000 904 83.fill.0O0 1903 43,291,000 902 49,665,000 901 64.749,000 900 64.203.000 899 29,987.000 Week Mar. 28. Buahela. United Kingd'm 33.840,000 -Continent 22,400,000 Total .' 66,240,000 Week Mar. 28 Bushels. IT. S. & Canada 2,294,000 Argentina .... 6,176,000 untraiia, ...:, 648:00 India Danubian Ports 162,000 Russia 168,000 Buahela 1,086,000 646.000 869,000 491,000 413,000 1,764,000 1.383,000 36,000 114,000 80,000 weeK End ing 1907 Buahela. 88,120,000 16,400,000 49,520,000 . 1907 Bushel. 2,708,000. 3,448,000 . 784,000 328,000 296,000 880,000 Total 9,368,000 t.444,000 Increase; V HOPS 190T crop, first prime, 45e; lme, ttc; meaium to prims, sc; me um. 34o lb; '906 crop, l$j2o lb; sy. l MOHAIR 1908 Nominal, 26a. I expected to go much blgheg this season. Frutt'Lodkg Good. SdcU1 tJUpatch to The looraaLi Rock Creek, March 30. The majority of the fruit growers In thla vlcjnlty have finished Bnraylna- and nrunlnr. and are now -ready for tbe-coming aeasou. Early,' fruit nas luat commenced to anticipating a r ffiftl ,foVLSS -Pr ng'frsts. buTJlre anl Sr aich? s ? 9 I fivorabls acaaon for 1908. TALLOVT "-Print, per lVsJc04! ,v';v i.. . m m. Net lAnd greaee. 2014. t , Northwest Crop Weather. 1 CHITTIM -ARK 3 84 I Western Oregon and western Wash- Vralta and Terataalasv In gton Showers tonight or Tuesday, -"i - T'lfTT!, Possibly light frost tonight; westerly POTATOES Saliot. $0 076c, etll- winds. ' ' - ns-'buylng." Wlllametto yalley,-40446ej Eastern Oregon, eastern- Washington estern Muitnoman ana vuuinunu, i and loano snowera tonignt or uuea loo per cw; sweets, l4c; teed stock; ' day, poaalbly light frost tonight ' C0NTKACTING HOPS t t AT EIGHT AND HALF Many contracts for hops con- tinue to be written. - One of the largest growers of Tamhlll 4 county sold JO.eoo pounds of his - coming crop to Harry L. Hart of e thla city today at oenta a t pound. The extent of the ton- 4 trading la greater than any 4 previous action at thla period. ' e According to special ' tele- 4 graphic Information reoeived by t The Journal today from lta cor- respondents only nominal t number of acrea . have, been "e plowed up thua far la the state. : Total aalea 626.200 aharaa. Money, hlah. 2 ner rent: low. IV nar csnt; closed, 2 per cent. SPOKANE MIXIXG EXCHANGE. (Furnished by Downlng-Hopklnn Co., members Spokane exchange.) Bpoaane. Marcn o. urnciai Bid. A lax Alameda Alhambra Alberta Coal A Coke. Am. Commander Rell Bullion Chae. Lickcns Can. Cons. Smelter . . Copper Klne; Dominion Copper Evolution Echo Galbralth Coal Gertie necia Happy Day Holden Gold A Cop. . . Hummlnc Bird Hypnotheek , Idaho Giant Int C. A C Kendall Lucky Calumet ... Missoula Copper . Mineral Farm ... Moonlight , Nabob , Nine Mile O. K. Cone Oom Paul Panhandle Smelter Park Copper Rambler-Cariboo . . Reindeer Rex (16 to 1) Sonora Snowanoe 11 Snowstorm 210 Sullivan V. Sullivan Bonds Stewart 80 Tamarack A Ches Wonder 2 Today'a sales 1.000 Conner Kin a- a 3 c, 600 Nabob at 4c, 1,000 Alameda at d"c. z.uuu .rnnnanoie at euc, 2.000 Pan handle at 64c, 10.000 Panhandle at 6c. e.vvv raniiuiuie til yic, D.uuv Jfannan- dle at 64c, 200 6nowstorn at 207c and 5,000 Sonora at 3c. Asked. . 10 17 : ... .15 . 4 6 9 6 17 19 68 i 4 2 250 1 3 1 24 28 4 3 460 1 8 4 6 64 7 5 T4) ! 62 12 105 110 16 22 ? S 4 3 2 3 6 7 :::::: ?2 ft 264 28 2H 4 184 18 24 a 91 R 14 6760 95 I ... i 11 The Baptlat ministers heard an In teresting paper this morning at their weekly meeting read by by Elbert H. Hlcka of southern Tennessee, who haa come here to conduct special meetings at tha Second Bsptlst church for two weeks. The subject of his paper waa "The Supposed Waate In God'e Plan." Mr. Hlcka Introduced hla aubject with a reference to the breaklne of the box of precious ointment by Mary at the feet of Jeaua. He drew a parallel be tween thla beautiful Incident and the life of Keata, one of the most brilliant and promising of the young poets, who Waa cut off In tha brlghteat moment of his promise. Other examplea of Uvea cut on tnua in tueir early accomplish mont were cited. Including many nf God's workers. But he argued that the influence was not wasted ana? thst the beautiful lives threw their fragrance over the world in the aame measure aa If they hsd lived out their Uvea more slowly. Much Interest Is being taken In the laymen' missionary movement, which will center In the banquet thla evening and the mass meeting tomorrow. H. W. Jonea of Minneapolis, one of the na tional workers with this movement and a Baptist, was introduced to the meeting. District Attorney Manning cams Into circuit court this morning with a hand ful of affidavits to offset the handful previously filed by Attorney Wallace Mocamant. to refute the claim that 1. Thorburn Ross cannot have a fair trial In Multnomah county on account of thu clamor of depositors and the statements made In the newspapers regarding the failure of the Title Guarantee A Truat company. Both staeka of affidavits will be taken before Presiding Judge Cleland tomorrow afternoon, thla being the time aet for taking up the bank raaes and setting them for trial. Mr. Munnlng'e pile of affldavlte la not so large aa that pre sented by Roaa, but It Is representative In character and Includes men of many vocations. Including declarations by four men enaaaed in hanking, who swear that they believe Ross can have a fair trial by a Jury choaen In the ordinary way. TUea rorty-gevea Affidavits. In all Mr. Manning filed 47 affidavits, aa agalnat 68 filed by McCamant. Man ning himself signs one of the docu ments. All are practically the same In form, except four. These four are tha ones signed by Harvey W. Boott and Edgar B. Piper, eldtor and manager ot the Oreronlan: C. 8. Jackson, publisher of The Journal, end John K. Carroll, editor of the Telearam. to counteract the claim by the defense that the news papers have been Inciting publlo opinion In hatred of Roaa. The newspaper quar tet declare that the publications In their papers were gathered by reportera In tha ordinary way and were pabllahed as a matter of news, without being In-, spired by any feeling of malice,.,. - Aald from Manning and tbt news-, paper men, tha complete Hat of thoao who- have signed affldavlta aaaertllg that In theft- belief Roes earl have. n Impartial trial la Multnomah county is as follows: m Louis HesV salesman rDnnlal B. Bow man, manager Moyer Clothing company; Mat Foeller. cler dealer; Fried- lander. Jeweler: W. J. Fullam, shoe , dealer; Ben Selling, merchant; llnrat-a .: B. Ramadell. manager Llpman. Wolfe A Co.; Thomas C. Bloomer, manager Bloomer Safe company; M. M. Bloeb, broker; C. Grltamacher, chief of police: William II. Houlea, newspaper manr Phil , Metschan Jr., hotel proprietor; Morris , Goodman, wholeaale ahoe dealer; Grant f'hegley, merchant tailor; D. M. Wateon, restaurant keeper M. J. Blaalldon, salesman; Ralph Crysler, manager Hkld more Drug company; Thomaa Hlalop, retired: T. T. Htruble, real estate; A W. Moore, nhvalclan: C. P. - Adams. banker; M. V. Brady, L .-reliant; George W. Hoyt, banker: J. Frank Wateon, banker; A. L. Mills, banker; John B. ' Coffey, merchant tailor; Marcus Flelsch- .' ner, wholesale merchant; Amos T. Hug . gins, wholesale merchant; John Drls coll, butcher; Frank F. Freeman, attor ney; John H. Middleton, attorney; Oglesby Young, attornev; O. W. Staple- , ton. attorney; George K. Martla, attor ney; F. M. Johnann. Insurance stent; H. J. Martin, druggist: Frits Abendroth. Jeweler: II Wolf merchant: M. Siehel, merchant: G. A. Metsger, jeweler. Jacob . Rosenthal, shoe dealer; S. C Friendly. ' , shoe merchant. DISCOVERS GOLD III COLOMBIA Mining Engineer Says Rich Find Has Been Made in South America. BAJl ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS AMENDMENT Members of the Multnomah Bar asso ciation will discuss the proposed amendment Increasing the number of supreme court judges at tne next meet ing of the association tomorrow even ing. The proposed amendment chang ing the Jurisdiction of the county courts will nlso come before the asso ciation for Informal discussion. FIFTEEN MEN SEEK TO TAKE CITY'S MEASURE Uetallne and Idaho Stoeks. Msmmotli, Morning and American lead atocks are active traders. We will buy any amount of Mammoth at the mar ket price. The L. Y. Keady Inveatment company, 837-339 Chamber of Commerce. BOSTON COPPER MARKET. (Furnished by Overbeck A Cooke Co.) Boston, Marcn iu. uniciai prices Adventure Alloues .. Atlantic lKIBingham .25iGlroux ... .10 lOld Dom. Copper Range. .664 1 Shannon Laiy west Hiyuincy Dom. Copper.. C. Ely Gold Hill Greene Michigan Mohawk No. Butte . . . Nev. Cona 24 . 9 . 4 . 9 .11 .60 .65 .124 Tamarack . Victoria . . Butte Coala United Trinity Nlppissinr , Osceola Winona 75 4 ...86 ...12 . . .83 B . . .64 8 ..224 ... 4 . . .14 at ..82 Fifteen applicants are taking the city civil service examination for city aealer of weiahis ana measurea at tne city hall today. The position la a new one recently created by the city council. Charles R. Spencer Launched. The steamer Charles R. Spencer will be launched tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the yards of -the Portland Shipbuilding company In South Port land. She haa been thoroughly over hauled and looka like new. She will go Into commission at once and will be run In conjunction with the Bailey Gatsert, between The Dalles and Portland. H. r first trip will be made April 10. Revival at Canyon City. (Special Dispatch to The Jouraat.) Canyon City, Or., March 80. Aa an Immediate result of tha revival services now being held In tha Methodist Epis copal church here, nine have united with the church and several may join later. The paator. Rev. J, L. Johnson, Is con ducting the meetings, assisted by Rev. P. L. Johnson of the Methodlat Epis copal church at Haines, Oregon. (Dal tad Press Leased Wire.) New Tork. March 80. According to Adam Umholts. a mining engineer Juat arrived from South America, gold has been discovered in Colombia in regions to which no white men hsd aver pens trated until recently. Mr. Umholts traveled l.SOO mllea hv hnat and mula. back, through regions Inhabited by only semi-Daxnarous jnnians ana eaye tne gold belt la 600 miles long. - in many ot tne canine wnicn I tooned In on my lona- lournev." aava the engineer, "there would be a can of fold duet which had been washed out by he lasy natlvea. The natlvea used the old pan methoda of the Argonauta of '49. but even in tbia unskillful way. It Is possible to make good money. "Aa soon aa it la possible ta get the right kind of machinery upon the ? round, Colombia will be a second Call-ornla." OREGON IS MECCA OF EASTERN III ' .ft Fred A. Jacobs Tells of Great Influx Due Here . Soon. :-' CEMENT COMPANY COMES WTO CITY Washington Firm Plans Portland Headquarters and Warehouse. The Washington Portland Cement com pany Is to open an office In Portland and will establish a warehouse here, from which their trade along the Pa cific coaat and west of the Rocky moun tains la to be supplied witn cement. A IT PaI.. nf i h.rilMn AMiM.nl st? the A. K. Coata company off Seattle, fen eral agents for the Washington Portland Cement oompany, Is at tha Oregon ho tel, having just come from San Fran cisco. He is accompanied by E. Clark Evans or Seattle and t. M. Anderson of Aberdeen, both members of the con cern. Mr. Anderson will remain In Port land and have charge of the company bualneia here. His office will be In th new Board of Trade building: and Is to be oponed at once. The location of the warehouse haa not as yet been decided upon. The plant of the Washington Port land Cement company Is located at Con crete, Washington, and has an output of nearly 1,000 barrels of cement each day. THOMAS CAR ARRIVES AT SEATTLE TODAY ( United Praw Leased Wire.) Seattle. Wash.. March 30. When the Thomas car arrived on the City of Puebla, shortly oerore 11 ociock tnis morning hundreds of auto enthusiasts were at the wharf to give the riders royal welcome. A huge crane had been prepared and the oar was swung- off onto the dock. Without losing any time the machine was put In operation by Captain Han- sen and others and followed by 60 auto mobiles paraded over tne varioua bus iness streets. Jumping Ropes Free. Forlv labels of the Butter-Nut and Buster Brown bread will get the finest jumping rope that ever came to Port landT Trimmed with bells and made of spiral wire. Save the labels and get one for tne uttie gin t Yukon Gold Shares iraw Tork, March 30. Yukon fold opened at 9, high atJVi, low at , aiosea m ma. .' . ... m .,,?;m A Honey and Exchange. ' London. March SO.- Consols 87; all. ver, 26 9-16d; bank rate. 3 per cent New ' York. March 30. Sterling ex change, long. 4.86; short, 4.87; sliver ouinon, ootc. San Francisco. March 20. Sterllna- exchange, 60 daya. 4.83; aight, 4.86; Doe., 4.834: transfers, telegraphic, 184 per cent premium; transfers, sight, 11 per cent premium. , Chicago Cash Barley. Chlcaco. March 30. Cash barlev. TOtfS) Oo. , - San Franctaco. March 80. December barley opened at 31.14: closed at 11. n par cental. , , Break In Cargoes. London. March 30. Cargoes very dull. Walla Walla, prompt shipment, 3d low er, 86s drCallfornia. 36s 9d; English country markets steady; French coun try markets quiet. . ..A , . ill II .. Ml -: Northwest Bank Statement. ' ' V PORTLAND. .' ' -l, Clearings today,. ,.......t 985,385.64 tear ago l.48,669.8 Balances today ........ ...I " 127,886.09 Xaar ago , ., , . . k 199,96 A 11 ,.h -' ' . " v ?":' ' . 5-.- 1 ?r T: s .-'., , : ; t, V . v BIDS ARE RECEIVED FOR MQXEY BOXES Prlieg lor Fruits. Pendleton, March 30. To encourag: the towns of Umatilla and Morrow counties to make excellent exhibits of agricultural products at the third dis trict fair to ba held In thla city this year, the fair board last evenlna offered f ha tm :! m.bir ,haV. h..t . ahnurinir office, blx olds were receiveo, and ac- Special fruit prises of 120 and 310 for each town or district were also author laed and other cbanges were made In tha premium list. The fair had asked for olds from leading bands of the northwest to furnish muslo and prepar ations have already been started to make this the best fair aver held In eaatern Oregon, Large stock sheds will be arranged and the pavilion will be en larged and improved and steps will soon be taken -to secure a .permanent loca tion and grounds for tba fair. j Want Experimental Train. '(Special Dlapatch ta Tba Journal.)' Pendleton. Or.. March 30. Umatilla county farmers are now in communica tion with th freight department of the (). R. A N. and tha experimental offi cials of Oregon Agricultural college in regard to running a farmer's train through the wheat belt of eastern Ore gon for the purpose of having lectures delivered by experts .on summer fallow ing deen Dlowlna. diversified crocs and other subjects which are agitating the farmers. Such a train will be run throua-h Walla Walla county aoon. and It is hoped to have tba Oregon experts IaU mnA .vt.nA tha IHn.iv.v nf .ha train into this county. - Liverpool Wheat Market. , ' Llvernooi. XTarch 86. Mar - wheat a aet loss of d Xros Saturday. . .- Members of the olty hall committee of the executive board met this morn ing to consider bids received for im proving the vault in the city treasurer's tion was deferred in the matter until the committee could secure the recom mendation of the city building- lnsnector. The lowest bid was from the Portland Safe company for $5,300. The remain ing blda ranged from 85,400ffto 27,500. MRS. TOMMY, BtJRXS RECOVERS HEALTH (United Press biased Wire.) Seattle, Wash.. March 80. A telegram from Preston, Ontario, from- -Mrs. Tommy Burns, wife- of the pugilist, save that she is recovering- from her recent illness. Burns, according to the wire is preparing to return, to the United Statea immediately. H, v; i if,, . v...'- - ..:, Steamer Aker Arrives. The Norwegian steamer Aker arrived in at Astoria at 1 o'clock this afternoon. She ia expected to load a mixed cargo for the orient. 8he left Portland for Japan four montha ago. She returned by way of Ban Pedro, where she deliv ered a cargo of railroad ties, She came north In ballast. - .' stopa earache In two minutes; tooth ache or pain of burn or scald in - five minutes; hoarseness, one hour; muscle ache, two hours; , sore throat, twelve boors Dr. Thomas' Ecleotrlo OIL mon arch, over pain. . , , 5- i, t-'.t-.. . 1 -" " ;- 'V-'.'V'i :: V :': : ;.'" A 5fi '.,.--i il ' .. - . vH:',-J;-:;.,r.";- v -f".-,r . Fred A. Jaeoba of the Jacobg-CUae) compary arrived In Portland yesterday after an absence of four montha la tba test Mr. Jacobs has visited nearly every city of importance in the United . a. i. - i. a. i.. xta v.. w.nvv "ini m ,m v. ii.i. inn, viu w i , having traveled over 11,000 miles and returned more pleased than aver witli rcrtiana. in talking witn a Journal representative today Mr. Jacobs bad the following to aay of his trio: "The eyea of the entire saat are cen tered on the Paciflo coaat. especially on the northwestern portion of it, and I predict that an enormoua emigration o thla aectlon will take place within tha next couple of yeare. At every . hotel where I stopped people who did not even know me came to me to get Infor mation on the reaourcea of this country and condltiona that prevailed and many of them aald that they proposed to sell their holdings in the east and corns west." . . Mr. Jacobs recited an instance of a. wealthy manufacturer from Staunton, Virginia. "I showed him a few pic tures of Portland and Oregon In gen eral," said Mr. Jacoba. "He waa so impressed that after reaching homo ha wrote to me at Kicnmona, asking Tor further Information and followed this up by coming 100 miles and spending two days with me at my mothers homo in Virginia As a result of this he haa advertised his factory for aale and will -be west in the near future. This Is . only one Instance of the interest that eastern ptple are taking in our great northweat. -. , .- "During my entire trip I did not visit a city which lias one half of tha natural advantages that Portland has. . With the surrounding territory equal to an empire, Portland should go for ward until within a ccnfpsratlvely short time it should be the home of at least - eoo.ooo. "There is one thing, however, that X noticed and that Is that many of tha eastern cities are improving and beau tlfylng their surroundings so as to at-i tract home seekers. In Kansas City, ' Mlaantlrl tha clfv haa an.. . ., 4lA- . ...... ... ., . . . v... . U . V V ' 000,000 on their new boulevard- and park system, and one can ride for hours - through beautiful parks and over mag nificent streets. The property owners tuera tell me that tbousanda of peoplt have removed to Kansaa City to eatab llsh homes there rs a result of thla ex penditure, and that the coat of the Im provements is insignificant a com pared with the increased values In prop erty." ; i , ! Mr. Jacoba also statsd that real es- . tate prices both for business locations and residence property are much lower -in Portland than In any eastern olty of the aame relative sise that ba visited. He oredicted that with tha Influx of eastern homeseekers that Is sure to taka ' place in tne next two years, thla condition will disappear and that Port lard property will assume lta true value. BARBARIC EABRINGS SOCIETY'S NEW PAD Mother of Mrs. "Reggie" Vanderbflt Seta a Startling Fashion Among v the Smart Set, . New York, March SO. Following the lead of Mrs. Frederick Nellson, mother cf Mrs. Reginald Vanderbllt, many women are affecting the odd fashion of pearl earrings of sharply contrasting colors. The idea suggests the barbaric, but that seems to be the effect sought, by many women in their jewel decora tions these days. ' "", One of Mrs. Nellson's pearls is black, the other white, and it Is the owner's pleasure to change them from' aide to side every time they are worn. A front view with both pearls showing gives an almost startling Impression. . ir the erreet is not artistic, it is at least unusual, and that is a quality dear to the heftrt of womankind. . . ..,', Mrs. Nicholas Lcnirworth also has a novelty in the line of Jewels. j It is a necklace nf small blue enamel, mosaics and sapphires mounted in gold and held by sold links. -., Another novel necklace Is belna worn by Corinne Douglaa Robinson. Mrs. Lor ir worth's cousin. It is made of carved beads of gold, strung- closely to- Ktftner, reuevea witn scattered opals laid in gold. . t,. , PROBING COMMITTEE AFTER TELEPHONE CO. SssassawjeeBaasBaseSj ftY.-f'-vzA- 'j.l .' The Paciflo States , Telephone com- pany's franchise is dae for a probing thla afternoon by the members of the franchlae committee appointed by May or Lane several weeks ago.!- , ' The committee has requested the pres ence of a stenographer from the lt y auditor's office, and It is expected that witnesses will ba called upon to t-nutr in regard-to abuses of the provistoiis of the franchise, v, a- i.v f, .... sxjtd ro - atrrsnx'B cataxc z xra Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Or. .Address j. j. zvtzzx-:z ' i. :. i .. n r T)t A. ' .-.' . ' '' 15? Ul f. ' . ..;.Jc. . mm