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v ,THE OREGON' DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. . THURSDAY: EVENING,' MAY 7, J908. r V- TODAY'S MARKERS CAR BERRIES HOW EHROUTE SuppI ies v From ; South Are Kore Liberal and Prices. Are Going Down. ' -Wholesale market features; . First Oregon pea. - Car strawberries coming. .. . Oregon berries are lower. Too cold lor asparagus. . i Dressed Veal 1 tripped up. " Fruit Jar Jlkeljr to advance. Sharp advance In corn prices, r Price of shad down lc. Orange market la higher. ' Local carrota out of market. ; rirst Car Strawberries Sa Boats. The flrat car of strawberries from California this season la due In Tort land either tomorrow or Saturday. The car la being brought by sPage ft Son and the Pearson-Eage company. Sup plies in the south are showing quite a heavy Increase and local receipts are likewise growing. Today s arrivals were so good that, practically all sales i. kHu wiIb imunil 13 n. era 1 This Included the "Dollars." The qual ity of the late arrivals from caurornm Is very fine and for this reason demand ! better than heretofore. Local strawberries are In somewhat larger supply with quality Improvlnc. but not yet up to the regular Oregon tandard. For this reason the price is not so high and went to 20o a dok for the day. Present arrivals are mostly from DllTard. Too Cold for aUrparaffaa. According to George Hugheon, an ex tensive asparagus grower of Beaver ton, -weather conditions are too damp and cool to admit of liberal receipts. However, there were somewhat Jarger-t arrlvala in the market today, but de- I snand was good and prices held at 75a per dosen bunches for best. Orange market is up another notch and the best fruit la today being quoted at $3.60 a box. Bell & Co. report In a car of fancy Redland fruit this morn- "fihubarb supplies are Increasing again and the market is feeling some what blue with prices ruling between J4r a pound. Fine quality. ' A Fourth street market Is displaying the first arrivals of Oregon-grown gar den pens this season. Sharp Advance In Corn Prices. A sharp advance in the price of corn la shown today locally because of the recent upward movement in the east. By today's list the price of corn is moved up It a ton here. The new value ir IS4.50 a ton for whole and $35.60 for cracked. There Is nothing doing In the mill Stuff market because of a continuation tf small supplies, due to the small num er of mills being operated. Baft-land's Sep Imports OreaUr. The imnorta of hoos into England r ana Europe nave been greatly mcreaseu P't late, altnougn tnere nas Deem dui Ittle activity on the coast. ' Moat of the hops sent abroad lately had ben fiurrhased some time ago and have been n storage. Since the opening of the season lo May 2 the exports from the United States reached 95.220 bales, com- ?ared with 62,160 bales for. the same erlod a year ago. The Imports Into he United States have not been in creasing of late, although they are greater than a year ago to date. Since eptember 1 the United States has im ported 11,658 hales compared with 1,536 bales for the same period in 1007. The New York Producers' Price Cur rent In Its lntelt Issue gives the fol lowing of the hop market: "I,o;allv there has only been a little Inquiry for choice Pacifies, but we hear of no transactions having taken place. In Npw York state we near of some buvlng at 8 11c. about S0Q or 400 bales Saving been sold. From tho coast crop reports rontlnue favorable. In New fork state growers are working In their rards and report the outlook very fa rorable. There Is no change from the, late estimates of the reduction In acre tge in this state, which has been placed it shout 10 per cent. Backward wenther In Kngland has stopped all work In the yards there up to date. Re sorts from Germany are favorable. Brief notes of the Trade, There has been a sharp decline in the price of veal owing to the heavy sup pi lea, "J have never seen so many veal arrive atV. at once as during the past 14 hours,'' says Henry Everdlng. a pio neer dealer. Local carrots are about out of mar ket and supplies from the south are nominal. Eggs are scarcely steady as high as 18c and most sales are now reported at l7M,e. Chicken - market continues steady around former prices. Bhart are down ic a pounn wnn larger supply. Keceipcs or saimon sua smaii. Walla Talla asparagus Is In heavy supply wish sales from II to 11.26 a bpx. Mos'i at $1.10. Local cucumbers are in lara-e suddI from hothouse. Better slses wit Srtce ruling between $1.60 1.76 a ozen. String beans from California are more Flentlful and the price"-- easier at 2H15o a pound. Both green and wax In. Movemenof potatoes to California Is slightly increased because of the visit of the fleet, but Arizona and Texan business Is not so good. New stock ar riving in the southwest. California onions are scarcer and the price is holding firm. Front street merchants sell at these prices. Those paid shippers are 1m regular commissions: Oram. How and Say. WHEAT Board of Trade Club. S7U bluestem, 89o: red, 55o; Willamette valley 870 busnel. TL.OT1R Eastern Oreeon notent. 4.65; straights. II. 85: exports, tHi(S IM0; valley, $4.46; graham, Us. $4 IS; whole wheat 14.40; rya, 60s, ISTSO; bales HAT Producers' orlce Timothy, Willamette valley, fancy tit: ordin ary. $116001$: eastern Oregon, tUO IT: mixed. I10O1U.60; clover. $10011: grain. ( ), cheat, ( )j alfalfa. tltOA CHITTTM BARK 4ft i Ho. Butter, J5rr and Poultry. BUTTER FAT Delivery f. a b. Fort land: sweet cream. $lc; sour, lo lb. BUTTER Extra creamery, iJtte; f.nV 1 U 2 Vic- ordinarv. 2n. atnra J8c. -EQGS Extra fancy, candled, lTUo. 18c, CHEESE Full cream, flats, 14Hc; half skimmed. 13o lb; Young Americas, ISHo per lb; California Young Am ericas. 16c: flats, 14c lb. POULTRY Mixed chickens, 140 ,14 Ho lb; fancy hens. 14H16c; roosters, old, 10c. per lb: fryers, 2025o lb; broilers, I026c lb; geese, old, 8 So lb; BEER DRINKING LESS WITH LESS HOPS USED w Beer drinking is on the wane e according" to the latest figures d 4 Issued by the government Ao- e e cording to the Internal revenue 4 reports the beer rales for March, - 4 1008, : reached 4,158,846 bales : d compared with" 4,847,067. fbrjd e March, 1907. This shows ft de- - crease of 494,221 barrels; one of 4 ' the mosf ""serious decreases in e e . recent years. The hop trada at-" 4. tributes the showing to the in- w e crease lit local Option Dd pro' , Jtlbltloji jMCtloog.v,.' '.'c" ."-..iw e fvttvHvvH; e FEUITCK0P LOOKS LIKE EECQED-lBEAKEIl According to latest Informs . tion received by fruit Jar tnanu- faeturers ths, chances are very d good for the United States to produce one of Its heaviest fruit crops this seon On this ao- 4 count the price of fruit jars Is e advancing and one manufacturer 4 is quoUng values from 40 per cent to 60 per cent higher than the opening figures, To seme ex- f tent this is due to the closing of 4 the factories In the day of the depression last fall and now that fruit crop. prospects are so good makers fear a shortage In supplies. turkeys, alive, lB017o per lb; dressed, 18 20c lb; squabs, $2.(0 dosen; pigeons, $1.28 dosen; dressed poultry, llHo per lb. higher. Bops. Woo) sad mass. - HOP 190T crop, first prime. 4olc; prims, 4Ho; medium to prime. 4c; me dium. $94a lb; J0 crop. HOltto lb; contracts, 108 $Ho lb. - WOOLriJOfr WUlamette valley, 12 H 14c. MOHAIR-rlP8 Nominal, 18c HIDES Dry hides, 1201So lb: salt, 4 to; green, lc less; calves, green. 65 7c; kips. 6o lb: bulla, green salt. SKEEFSKINB , Shearing, llOlOe each: short wool. SeoO; medium, wood, 80e$l mcd; ions wool, 10 $1 21 each. TALLOfl Frnne. w . 3e04e; No. S &nd grease, SOtUA. mtta and TSe-etablsa. POTATOES Select, 76c. selling; buy ing. Willamette valley. 46?0o; eastern Multnomah and Clackamas. K'ic per ewt; sweets, $4o; new potatoes, 6c. ONIONSJobblng price, beet Ore gon, $4.60: seconds, $4.0004.25; Ber muda, $2.75 per 60 lb crate; 6 crate lots, $2.5 crate; garlic, 26o lb. APPLES Seleot, 11: fancy. $$.$60 2.50: choice, $2.00: ordinary. $1.60. miSBM iTKUtiD uranges, o.vp $8.60; bananas, 6 Ho per lb: crated, f.o; lemons. 8208.60 box: srapefvult. H.b0i$ 3.60; pineapples, $4.60 06.60 dos; straw- Derries, California, per jo-uujt Oregon, hoc box. VEGETABLES kTurnlps. new, 60060c sack; carrots, ( ) sack; beets. $1 sack; parsnips, 85c$j; cabbage, $1.6002; tomatoes, California, ( ); Mexican, $2; beans. 16e; cauliflower. Oregon. 60075c dos; peas, 6ff6c; horseradish. 8010c ib; artichokes, 60 76c doz; green onions, 12tto dos; peppers, bell. 25c; Chile, 16c lb; hothouse lettuce, $101.60 box; head lettuce, 25080c dos; cucumbers, hot house, local, $101.76 dox; radishes, 16o dos. bunches; rhubarb, Oregon, SiSi4o lb: celery, ( ); cranberries, eastern. $9.00 010.60; sprouts, 8o lb.; asparagus, Ore- ?on, 75o dozen bunches: wallas walla 101.2S box; spinach, 80 90c box. Otooenee, Brass. Bta SUGAR California & Hawaiian Re finery Cube. $6.80; ' powdered, $6.66: berry. C.56; dry granulated. 8.45; XXX Sranulated, $8.45;conf. A., $6.45; extra i., J6.0C; golden Q $8.60; D., yellow, $6.76; beet granulated, $6.35; bar rels, 16o; half barrels. tOc; boxes, 65o kovunce on sack oasis. (Above prices) are $0 days aet sash nuotations.) HOKKY $$.0 per crate. COFFEE 'Package brands. $1.50. 8At,f Coarse Had around. , (90s 811.00 per ton;S0s, $11.60; table, dairy 60s, $16.60; 100s. $18.00; bales, $2.36M Imported Liverpool, tus, inv.ua-. lis. 118.00; 4s, 18.00: extra fine varrets, 8a ts snd 10s. $4.6006.60; laverpool lams rock, $20.50 per ton. than car iota. Car lots at special prices subject to flurtuatlona. RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1. c? No. 2, 6H05c; New Orleans, head, 1c; AJax, f); Creole, 6Vc. BEANS Small white. $4.65; large white, $4.60; pink, $3.85; bayou, $3.85; Limas, $5,85; Mexican reds. ( ). NUTS peanuts, jumao. ic per id; Virginia. to per lb; roasUd. te per lb; Japanese, (. 06 He; roasted, $H per lb, walnuts, California. ls oer lb; rlne note, 16o per lb; hickory nuts, Oo per lb; braxil nuts. 16o- per Ib; fil berts. lc per lb; fancy pecans. 10$O per 11; almonds, lla ISeata. risk and Jrronaioas. DRESSED MEATS rronx street Hogs, fancy, 8c lb; ordinary, 707 He; large, 606c; veal, extra, 7Vs08o per 11.- AM.nav. 1 1 VAr. IK Vl ' , 6Vi7c per lb; mutton, fancy 0010c per lb; spring lamb, with pelts, lOo; without pelts, 11014c. HA MB. bALU, 0,1 rQ.uanii pscs (local) hams, 10 to 12 lbs., 16c per lb.; 14 to 1 lbs., 14ttc per lb.; 18 to 20 lbs., iuc: breakfast bacon. 140 22o per lb; picnics, 10c per lb; cottage roll, Ho lb; regular ohort clears smoked, 11V0 per lb; unsmoked. 10 Ho per lb; clear backs, unsmoked. lOHc; smoked. lo; Union butts, 10 to lo id; unsmojtea, 18o per lb; smoked, lio per lb; clear bellies, unsmoked, 13o per lb; smoked, 14c per lb; shoulders. Ho per lb; pickled tongues, voa oaco. LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. 10s. 11 o per lb; 6s, 12o er lb; 60-lb tins. l$fio fier lb; steam rendered, 10s, 11 e per b; 6s, per lb; compound, 10s, 8c per lb. . FISH Rock cod. 12 He lb; flounders. 6o ' per lb; halibut, 6c per lb; striped bass, 16o per lb; catfish. 11c lr lb: sal mon, chinook, 9o per lb; steelhead. 7c ?er lb; herrings , 6o per lb; soles, o per lb; shrimps, lOo per lb; perch, 6o per lb; tomcod. Ho per to; lobsters, 26a per lb.: fresh mackerel, 8c per lb: crawfish. 26o per dosen: stur geon, 12 Ho per lb: black bass, lOo per H; sliver smelt, C07a per lb; sturgeon, 12 Ho lb; blaok cod. 7 Ho lb; craus, $1.0001.60 dox; shad, Sc; roe shad, 6c; shad roe, 12 He lb. OYSTERS Shoal water bay. per gal Ion. $1.(0: per 100-lb sack. $5.00: oiym pla, per gallon. $3.40; per 100-lb sack, TOO0$.tO: Eagle, canned, 0c oan: $1 dosen; eastern in shell. $L76 per nun dred. CLAMS Hardshell, per box. $!.; rasor dams. $1.00. per box: lOo per dos. relate. Goal on. Its. ROPE Pure manlla. l$c; standard, HHo; sisal, Ho; L B. sisaL 8o. Coal Oils iron nmu. cases, wooa bdi. Water White 10e ilHo 14 0 140 Pearl Oil Head Light .. Eocene Special W. W. Elaine Extra Star ... Gasoline- 1$ o 19Ho 11 m 1 o 18 11 Iron Bbla Cssea V. M. end P. Naphtha ...12 Ho Red Crown Gasoline loHo Motor Gasoline 15 Ho $6 per cent Gasoline ...10 e No. 1 Knsina Distillate.. e lHc 22o 220 $7 He is e ' BENZINE 86 deg.. casee. 1$H Per gal; iron bbls.llHo Per gaL TURPENTINE In rases, 72o per gal; wood bbls, 69o per gaL LINSEED OIL Raw, bbls 49o; cases 55c; boiled, bbls 61c; case.. 67o a gal; lots of 260 gallons lo lee. 1 WHITE LEAD Ton lota. 7e per Ib; St-Jb lots. $c per lb; less lota- $, WIRE IAILS PT-sent baairat $1 Is. " Northwest Bank Statement. ' PORTLAND. Clearings today ......,....$ 888,516.35 do year ago ........... 1,168,618.90 Balances today ........... 10$, 916.18 do year ago " 168,311.78 SEATTLE. . "',,. Clearings .................... $1,268,202 Balances,...,.',. 234,061 TACOMA. 1 Clearings Balances... ......$754,834 96.087 Northwest p WeheS?r Western j Oregon Showers - 'tonight: Friday, prObablv fair; warmer, except near coast: Fresh- southwest breese Interior, ; strong - westerly . breeze along coast.- - , Eastern Oregon. eastern WnMnrtm and Idaho Showers and thunderstorms luui.ui ert naay; much cooler tonight LAMBS SHEARED OF FIFTY CEHTS Price Is Cut .. in -'Yards-Sheep Market Generally' Holding. However. I . . ; PORTLAND LIVESTOCK MARKET. Hogs. Cattle. Sheep. Today , 822 63 2895 1807 140 .. 137 1906 . $6 .... 1905 94 4$ 737 Portland Union Stockyards, May 7J Heavy arrivals in lambs has caused a sharp decline of 50c In the price to day, putting the range at $6.7506.00. The general sheep market Is steady to strong for the moment although- the arrivals indicate that prices will soon seek a lower leyel. Livestock handlers believe that the present, strength in the cattle market will not hold after the middle of the month when Indications point to a larg er run . Into the local yards. With a somewhat weaker tone In the eastern hog- market the tone In Portland is not so good and a decline of 15q is shown for best stuff. Stockers and feeders have been too hisrh all along and for these the price Is down 25c lor ine aay. A year ago today all lines were easy at unchanged values. Today IS horses arrived In the yards. Official yard prices: Hogs Best stuff, $6.150 $.$6: China fats, 6.0008.25; feeders, $5.06.25. Cattle Fancy eastern Oregon steers, $6.00: medium, $4.0004.50; best cows, and heifers, $4.0004.25 medium cows, $8.5003.75; bulls, $2.6003.00; stags, $3.0004.00. Sheep, sheared Best wethers, $4,760 6.00; spring lambs, weighing 75 pounds, $5.7506; ewes, $4.2504.50; mixed, $4.60 04.75. HOGS LOWER IN EAST. Price Is Down So Tone In Cattle and Sheep Is Steady. Chicago. May 7. Hogs, 26,000; cattle, 7,600; sheep, 16,000. Hogs are 6c lower. Left over yesterday, 5,440. Mixed, $6.26 66.67H: good neavy, $5.4506.66; rough, $5.20(815.35: light. $5.2006.60. Cattle and sheep stoady. cattle. 7.000; sheep. 6.000. ftmaha TK Uav 7 TlflM 19 AAA cattle, 6.000; siieep, 2,008. XEAV YORK STOCK MARKET. Closing Is Mixed and Generally Lower After Early Rise. . New York. May 7. The stock mar ket closod rather mixed for the dav after a firm and generally advanced onenlna. Tradlne- wbji rather ilnw fter the opening although the tone re mained rirm and prices held until late In the session. Range by Downlng-Hopklns Co. DESCRIPTION. Amal. Copper . . Sugar Col. F. & I Brooklyn People's Oas . . . U. 8. Steel, com. do Dref erred . . I Aicmson B. & O Canadian Pac. Erie L. & N Missouri Pac. Pennsylvania . Reading KOCK island .. do nfd S. Pacific St Paul ..... U. Pacific Am. Smelter . do pfl N. Y. Central . N. Pacific Anaconda . ... So. Railway .. Q. Northern . . Wabash, nfd. . 102 134 39 15 129 19H C. & O. Am. Loco .... Cotton Oil ... Cent Leather Norfolk I 38 38J I K9UI 1 28 26 67 37 Ontario FederalSmelter Am. Woolens . Metropolitan hoo r MAnAV hfffh 2 nor oinnt ln 1 per cent, closed 1 per cent SPOKANE MINING EXCHANGE. (Furnished by Downlng-Hopklns CO., memDem ctpoKane mining exenange.; oar Q ? ? : ?! I : I 63 63 61 62 127H 127H 127 127 26H 28 26H 27 47 47 46 47 90 90 90 90 36 36 36 26 100 100 100 100 82 83 82 82 88 88 87 87 155 166 155 166 19H 19H 18 18 107 107H 107 107 49 60 48 48 119 119 118 118 110 112lll0ill1 16 16 16 16 3$ 82 83 84 83 84 132 132 150H 130 139 139 128 138 73 73 72 72H 1 97 102 101 102 135H 132 133 89 88 38 16 16 15 129 128 12S .1 . to; 88 88 I (AH 28 26 67 87 71 "... 20 24? - i - m Bid. Asked. . 7 12 . 8 5 .8 .14 6 . 5 10 .4 .10 17 . 70 74 . 8 8 .125 170 . 2 3 . 1 1 .:$! .a .300 450 AJax Alameda' Alhambra Alberta Coal & Coke Am. Commander Bell Bullion Chas. Dickens Can. Cons. Smelter .. Echo Oranby Smelter ... Hecla Happy Day Holden Gold A Cop. Humming Bird Hypotheek Idaho Giant i? $H 6 International C. & C 66 Kendall 110 62 145 Lucky Calumet timet , 14 .. 16 opper 9 10 irm 1, 2 Missoula Copper Mineral Farm Moonlight Nabob S Nine Mile O. K. Cons 1 Oom Paul ... 3 z 6 6 26 ii ' ' 7 10 ISO 1 50 90 100 Panhandle Smelter Park Copper Rambler-Cariboo . . 6 1 22 Reindeer 2 Rex (16 to 1) Sonora 6 Bnowshoe 6 Snowstorm 172 Sullivan ... Sullivan Bonds Stewart 86 Tamarack & Ches 85 Wonder 1 2 ' Sales 1,000 Lucky Calumet, at 15c; 600 Snowahoe, at 8c; J00 Stewart, at 88c; 100 Tamarack, at SSo. May Dividends. Total Interest and dividend disburse ment bv - railroad, industrial and trac tion corporations In May, according to the New York Journal of Commerce, will aggregate $73,463,846. compared with $126,684,468 in April, and $74,682. 850 In May. 1907. Including dividends by banks and trust companies and Inter est disbursements by the national gov ernment" counties and municipalities, the total payments will be $93,230,841 next month. . . "ZhivetpwVvnieiit Market. Liverpool. May 7. July wheat opened at 7s "7d; closed st 7s 7d. a net loss of d from yesterday. . . I - Taooma Wheat Btarket. . Taeoma, May 7. Wheat export club, 13c; bluestem, $7e; red. 15a. .. , Front Street Merchants Are Divided as ' to Advancing Commission Charges on Eggs to 10 Per Cent Some Say Wont. HIGHEST PRICE II) 16 YEARS Corner in" Corn Adds Several Cents to the Price May Goes to 74. DOINOS IN CORN. Open, Close. May 6. May 1. May Sept. . . . 1 1 -m i i t u h ...64Ji 64H 62 ...62H 64H 64H lit 64 Chicago, May 7. A fight for control of ths market carried the price of corn today to the highest figure for about 16 years, for not since May 1892 has the market reached" as high as 74c the price of May option at one time during today's session. Just 16 years ago in this month a corner in corn sent the pries to $1 a bushel, the highest regular price on the exchange. Corn has been firm dur ing the recent week because of the oversold condition of the market, and prices have made considerable headway of late. May option, because of the short time to deliver and the small available supplies, made a net gain of 8 He during today's trading. The wheat market was firm, although May made but little progress during' the day. July was the leader, with a small gain to Its credit (Range br Downlng-Hopkins Co.) WHEAT. Close. 102 86 73 64 62 45 87 1360 1382 FRUIT PROSPECTS ARE OF BEST CHARACTER Monroe, Or., May 7. The outlook for an immense fruit crop is excellent in this vicinity. Apple, pear, cherry and prune trees are loaded with set fruit und unless some severe weather condi tions prevent the yield in these kinds of fruit will be enormous. Wild strawberries are beginning to ripen nnd the ground Is literally cov ered with the crimson fruit, while wild Wackbf'rry vines are Just now masses of white blossoms. The large prune orchard, on the Mc Fadden Tanch, has passed the setting stage and the tiny prunes are hanging on the trees in great profusion, prom ising a heavy crop. Gralnwlll be only an average yield this year, and the acreage is far below the general amount. Hanging Scaffolds. From System. With the modern skyscraplng office building has come n new form of build ing scaffold. Instead of constructing the scaffold from below, which Is im- fiossible in the cases of buildings rang ng from 10 to 60 stories, platforms are suspended from the steol girders above. On these swinging platforms the brick layers work and the scaffold Is raised as the work progresses. Open. High. Low. May ... 102 108 102 July ... 89 90 89 Sept ... 85 86 '4 85 CORN. May ... 71 74 71 July ... 64 64 64 Sept j.., 6234 63 62 OATS. July ... 45 46 45 Sept ... 37 37 U 36 MESS PORK. July ...1350 1360 1345 Sept. ...1375 1382 1370 Swlana Accident Already Recordedr Giant Car "Crab'! Itits.Llltlo'Machino 'QuInce." -y Crew qf latter Badly Shaken Up! Hcm(t A ' Oom Snapshot bjr Staff rhotograph'er, With Diagram J Dotted Uac3 Show Koutes Taken, by "Quince" and Peor !'s tf !' NAVEL ORANGES ARE : ; SHORT III THE SOUTH Los Angeles, May 7. With but a few navels left and a brisk demand for all of them, the season for this variety of oranges is approaching a whirlwind close, prloes advancing sharply and buy erascramblingfor the remainder of the crop. . The navel season Vill end within 10 days a month ahead of last Sear. -Only 500 cars of navels are left l the state. The shipments to date have been about 1,000 . ahead of those at this time a year ago. On the whole, the season has been satisfactory to the growers. ' The total citrus erop for the season will -amount to over 28,000 cars, of which more than 6,000 will be lemons. Navels total about 17,000 cars, Valen cies will be about 4,000 and other va rieties will be about 2,000 carloads. ADDITJ02TAL PEIZES FOB BIG HOSE SHOW (Special Dispatch" , to The Joonml.) Oregon . City, May 7. The various committees of the Rose society, on the coming Rose and Carnation fiesta, to be held at -a date and place to be se lected next Saturday," are bard at work In the promotion of the affair. In addition to the list of prizes already published for displays of flowers a the showf a number of additional prizes are offered, as follows: For best six Maman Coohet (pink) Pitcher, Burmelster & Andresen. f or Dest six Maman uocnei wnite; First prize, $5, F. W. Greenman. For best 12 Marachel Neil First prise, 'cut glass celery dish. Rose so ciety. Best 11 Dr. Grill Second prise, Havl land China plate. Rose society. Best exhibit of Moss rose Second prize, picture, Rose society. Best eight La France Second prize, Jardinier, Rose society. Best six - Fischer Holmes Second prize, silver tea spoons. Pope tt Co. Best six roses, any kind, stem, foil age and all to be considered Second prize, vase. Rose society. Best Individual rose (new), most re cently Introduced Second prize, . per fume. Rose society; Best six Tea roses named, any color First prise, Fruit dish, The Fair Store; second prize, China plate. Rose society. Best eight Hybrid Tea, any color Second prize, bread and butter plates. Rose society. Best general collection each a differ ent variety, named and classified. Not less than 12 varieties First prize, solid silver tea spoons. Bank of Ore gon City; second prize, cut glass vase. Best eight Papa Gontier First prise, coffee set, G. Rosensteln; second prize, thermometer. Rose Boclety. Best collection of climbers Flrt prizes, cut glass vase. Rose society; second prize, plates, George A. Ely. Wild flowers Largest and best col lection of wild flowers, each a differ ent variety; giving number of specimen exhibited Second prize, vase. Rose so ciety; inira prize, mirror, uuane c. Ely. Best six larsest roses, cut class vase. Rose society. MAKING CHAUTAUQUA BASEBALL SCHEDULE (Special Dlipatch to The Journal.) Oregon City, May 7. The work at breaking and leveling up the ground at Gladstone Park for a hall ground to use during the coming session of the Wil lamette Valley Chautauqua commenced this morning. Only Independent base ball teams will be allowed in the games, league teams being barred out. Applications have been received from the Lebanon, Oregon City independent and Chemawa Indian tenms to partici pate. A. F. Parker, chairman of the commit tee on athletic sports and baseball manager of the Chautauqua, left for Portland this morning to Becure the1 MONOPOLY AUTO RACE NOW services of one or more "crack.' ama teur teams for the session, - The latest . acquisitions are Walter Thomas Mills of Portland, the well known political economist, who will de liver one lecture on "Public ' Owner ship,"' and Rev.- F. J. Van Home, D. D., pastor of Plymouth Congregational church, Seattle, who will preach a ser mon on the subject, ''Living la a Uni verse," and deliver a lecture, the sub ject to be "Round About in Old New England; or Scaling; the Heights." The lecture will be illustrated by sterecp tlcon views. .The" Chemawa Indian band of 25 pieces has been' secured and will felay every day throuxh the entire session. The program is about completed and. win soon oe announced. TO BUILD EAILBOAD TO THE COAL FIELDS (Special Diipatcb to The Journal.) Oregon City, May 7. F. M. Bwift of Portland was in Oregon City yesterday in the interest of a Portland syndicate which proposes to build an electric line out of Oregon City to the coal and cement fields In the eastern part of this county. A preliminary survey of the pro posed route had been made about two years ago as far as Bcotts Mills for a company that was organized at ths time to put a road through that section of the county. Bince then all rights of that company have passed into the hands of the new syndicate, and. the recent discovery of valuable coal and cement fields at the proposed present eastern terminus of the new road makes the construction of the road a desirable proposition and a good Investment. Parties left this morning to try to secure rights of way from the farmers whose lands are on the lines of tho survey, and if the same can be secured without any trouble the construction of the roadbed followed by the ' track laying will commence forthwith. - Oregon City will be the main terminal potnt where connections can be made with the Southern Pacific, O. W. P. and Willamette railways and the water transportation companies. If built on the proposed route the rotid will go through Beaver Creek, Mo lalla and Stotts Mills, thence to Butte Creek and A"blqua, tapping a heavy tim ber country, and thence to the newly discovered mineral regions. This road will open up a new coun try and make the lumber Industry boom in Clackamas county. With the coal mines being operated the question of cheap fuel for Portland and vicinity will be solved. STATE CONVENTION DELEGATES SELECTED (Special Dlapatch to The Journal.) Vancouver, Wash., May 7. The Re publican county convention was held at the courthouse In this city yesterday Various resolutions were passed and delegates to the state convention chosen with little opposition. The present administration was In dorsed, and especially was the work of the present representatives in congress approved of. The convention went on record as favoring a state guarantee of all deposits In the banks of the state. Taklria ur the matter of electing United States senators, It was resolved to stand by all Republican voters' choice candidates. The candidacy tf Judge A L. Miller for delegate to (he national convention was strongly indorsed. Followina are the delegates chosen to attend the state convention, with alter nates: Delegates O. B. Aagnrd. J. T. Mun- yon, E. M. Rands, E. E. Beard, Peter Connachter, Jacob Westhoff, S. J. Mil ler. Kred Olson, A. L. Miller, W. W. Sparks. W. U. Bapptngton. J. K. Har vey, Lloyd DuBnls, Dr. R. L. Rmlth, Felix Van Fleet George Goddard. Edgar M. Swan, A. B. Eastham, M. E. Mc Irvln. Alternates E. E. Bulter. James P. Stapleton, E. A. BlacknTore, G. N. Ranck, E. L French, C. 8. Irwin, F. W. Bior, F. W. Tempes, M. E. Carson, Harry G. Smith, J. 8. Hunt, D. H. Gary, M. 8. Cohen, M. B. Kies, Fred Bailey, O. R. Percival, Henry Christ, R. L. Aus tin. To think of truth as finished Is a harrier to finding Its fulfhess. . . r rVs . CRAWLS UfiDERENGCX TO SLEEP; IS KILLED Tl;omasCTrent Selects Hail, road Track for Bed and Dies Under WheelS " (Special JtMspetch to The JoonttL) Vancouver. Wash., May 7. Crawling under a Northern Pacific locomotive to steep in the yards at Tacolt night before last Thomas Trent a woodchopper. met his death yesterday morning. He. was run over by the engine, both legs cut off and Internal . Injuries -received from which he died while being brought to this city by train. " . .. - . Trent had been drinking heavjly for ' several days, it Is said and was partial ly under .the influence of Honor whon tie crawled under the engine for an' all night's sleep, thinking that he would be awake before tha watchman steamed u m mo morning, ine mgnt watch- man, as was his custom, climbed Into me cao ana opened tne throttle to move the huge- engine a few hundred feet up the track, crushing the man to death. Trent was well known her, balnv a uniive ox tjiarxe county. He is sur vival py rour brothers. The body Is . ' ' T -a WUUQl vO USB I'- ,, lors until arrangements for th fumtrnl are made. He was aged 35 years and UIMUCMriCl), CAPITALISTS TO BUY VANCOUVER CAItLINE (Special Diana tch te The Journal. : Vancouver, Wash., May T. It can be stated positively than negotiations are now under way for the sale of the Van couver street railway to well-known 'i capitalists, who. If they make the pur- ' chase, will complete the line at ones and put it in operation. An-orncer or the present company,-, when asked this morning In regard to -the rumor that the road was ahnur in be sold, replied: "Yes, this report' Is - irue. .negotiations nave practically been completed. If the deal is closed the buyers will complete the line and put it Into operation. They have plenty of capital. ' 0BEG0N CITY IIAS A 'TEEPING TOM" (Special Dlapatch to The Joaraal.) Oregon City, May 7. Borne ill-disposed person, probably a hobo, has been annoying the residents of Kansas City addition ever since Saturday night by prowling about dwelling houses la the darH trying to enter. Articles of dif ferent kinds have been carried away from outbuildings and the women are being terrified. He attempted to enter the dwelling' of the January family on Eighteenth, street, Sunday night, but was discov ered and January took a shot at hlm,--mlsslng him on account of the dark ness of the night. Since then he hast made his objectionable presence known . every night on different prmtiea, SCOTT WILL JOIN (Special Dispatch to The JoarnaL) Athena, Or.. May 7. Joe N. 8cott. the popular young merchant of this city who has just been nominated as an independent candidate for the office of joint representative for the Umatilla-Morrow county district will make an active campaign for the office end will accompany Governor Chamberlain s party through the two counties In the next few davs. He is nut nn a atata- ment No. 1 platform. ON