-THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORT.LAND. . WEDNESDAY KVENINQ, : MAY". 13,;;1808.
1.
TODAY'SJMRKETS
BOOSTERS
JUGGLE TRUTH
Claim AH Sorts oHMces Are
Being raid Are Selling,
at 8c Tound.
' Wholesale market features:
Hop boosters juggle with truth. .
. Chittlm bark peal Is on. . -.:.
Three cars eastern eggs coming.
Local eggs firm and unchanged.
- California onions are lower. ..
s New potatoes not so high. .''
Oregon berries: In good supply. -New
local turnips arriving.,
. ' California, strawberries steady.'
Steelhead t salmon is out. - .,- - ,
Hop Boosters Juggle With Truth."
. Boosters of hop prices at this time are
-. getting very-careless with the. way. they
are handling the figures of purchases.
To' one party a" buyer will state that
ucn ana sucn a lot soia at c. 1 o an
other It. would be So and still another
perhaps 6c a pound. Every effort Is
being made -to put prices higher, how
ever, because growers must be induced
, to cultivate and take care of their
' crops ere the boosters lose .money and
are bumped quite severely for Belling
'Something that is' not, yet produced.
Jate advices from the east state that
the hoosters of price here are bears
there. for thev have been ofierina- to
' sell 19v8 hops to the brewing trade de-
livery time optional with the' seller,
as low as 8c a pound t." o. b, Portland.
While the short sellers are talking of
neu pniTrg iu cvme uuririg ins tvvo-v
season, they are not spending any of
their money In that direction, and In
stead of helping the hopgrower to! ob
tain higher prices, are actually selling
to the eastern trade n't less than the
cost or production.. . In order to hold
up their. end of the string somewhat the
boosters are enlisting every publication
"land every means they can apply. They
'are quoting fictitious sales at country
points in fact privately they do not
deny this; and are talking of severe
losses , In the acreage elsewhere.
The New York Producers Price Cur
rent says of the general market:
'The marke( continues quiet, but the
undertone the past week has been a
4rlfle firmer, -dwlng to continued Inquiry
Tor est remaining quality. ioca:i
we hear, of a pale of 170 bales of Ore'
.gong at 6 Vic. and more business could
be done at this price, but holders 'are
asaing sugntiy mgner figure, on me
coast there has been some exnnrt buy
Ing In Oregon at 5 5 He, and some
small lots have been bought by dealers
at rrom 3r4Hc, Washington and Call
fornla markets have been quiet, but
principally because growers will not sell
at prices being offered. Very little new
contracting is reported, although a lew
. have been made at Sc for next year,
and 9 10c for a term of three years.
The crops are making good" headway,
and if properly cultivated the usual
vinld can be expected, ex rent In Call
fornla, where the dry weather has un
doubtedly hurt the vine. In New York
state the markets have been fairly ac
tive, several hundred bales of -poor to
Yai-r tintiN lift irlnir hMn sulri fit 7 &) 1 1 e
A'rop news is unchanged, but the vine
flias made a good start, notwithstanding
hackward weather lately. There are no
now reatures from England or the con
tinent. Slew Tork Prices.
State, .1907, choice, per pound.. 12
State,- 1907, prime. 9
State, 1907. medium 6
Pacific coast, 1807, choice 7
Pacific coast, 1907, prime SVi
paclflo coast, 1007, medium
Germans, 1907, prime to choice. 25
(State. 1906.-......, 6
Pacific coast, 1906. , 3
California Onions Are Lower.
Lower values are ruling in the mar
ket here for California onions. With
the sharp decline in primary values dur
ing the past few days reds' are quoted
along Front street today at 13, and the
market Is not over firm at that figure.
The stocks are not near as good as ex
pected. Because of the larger supplies
of red onions, however, there ia a cut
of 6c per crate ruling on Bermudas to
day. For single crates the price is
13.50. with five-case lots moving at $3.40
a crate. Onion values are dropping very
fast in the south, and within the next
week or so- will likely go to the bottom.
SuddIIcs of redii ere increasing ' verv
fast. The Bermudas are still of very
good quality.
New California potatoes are in larger
supply, with prices shaded. i
Oregon grown turnips are now coming
to market in small lots, and are being
sold at 12Hc a bunch.
More Oregon Berries Coming.
Supplies of Oregon strawberries are
Increasing along Front street, and the
price la lower. One firm was offering
valley stock at 10c a box, but the gen
eral market was around 12Hl5c, be
cause of the better quality than the
fruit from California. Berries from the
south are likewise in large supply; and
re selling from 31 to 11.66 per crate of
IB boxes.
Brief Votes of the Trade.
Steelhead salmon la almost out of
market, and but scant supplies of chl
nooks are shown at this time.
Local eggs are firm, with unchanged
prices ruling.
Dressed meat arrivals are good, but
the market Is udolng better than last
week.
Asparagus supplies are showing but
little Increase, and prices are held
steady. - '
Front street sells at the following
prices. Those paid shippers are less
regular commissions:
Ornin. Tlour and Kay.
WHEAT Board of Trade Club.
Met bluestem. 91e; red, 86Hc; Willam
ette valley, 89c bushel.
Ktvtjit Batrn Oregon petentu
4.66: straights, SS.8S;, exports, 13.45
13 60! valley. $4.46; graham, Hs. t4.liT:
whole wheat. 14.48; rye, 60s, $6.60; bale
- MILL8TUFF8 Hoard of trade
Bran. $26; middlings. $30.60, shorts. $27
it 28.50; chop, $27.60 per ton.
HAT Producers' arlce Timothy
Willamette valley, fancjr tit; ordin
ary, iii.evuii; eastern Oregon. 110
17: mixed. Itooitf.60: clover. .m
grain, ( ); cheat, ( ); alfalfa, $11911.
- i uunru ui i raue eeci.
$24.60; rolled, 2728; brewing, $26.
' OATS Board of Trade No. 1 white.
$27 5028: gray. $27 ner ton.
CHITTIM BARK Nominal: ;
Batter, Tggn and routrjr.
.', BUTTER FAT Delivery f. o. b. Port
land; sweet cream, 22Ho; sour, 20fce Jb
. BUTTER Extra creamery, 24o;
ATTACK OREGON EGGS
i AND HELP EASTERN
4 Much indignation is being ex- 4
pressed by Front street tner-
4 chants over the repeated attacks
4 against Oregon eggs by a morn-
lng paper. The latest utterance
4 says that Our eggs are of very
poor quality and that Front
4 street is taking "out the .best.
ones for storage and selling the
4 others.- ;Thls is, proven false be-,'
cause storage j operations -are,
'nominal. According to the trade
4 the attacks seem to be directed
by those whs are bringing in 4
three cars of eastern eggs and
want to.'niW the reputation of;
Oregon quality- in iorder to mrke
more - monf y - on their ' outside
stock. '.- -; f . .''--..'' '
.v .-, . , 4 i ... - . :
;,!.,,,
PIHX031ED1CLE IS .
" NOW BEING GATHERED
4 The peel of chittlm- or cas
4 cars bark Is now on In full
swing throughout the Pacific, 4
4 northwest, where most of the
4 world's supply is gathered. This
4 "bark- Is used In almost every
spring tonic At the, present
time the available " supplies of
, old bark are enormous and but
low prices are offered peelers.
-': . : , v.-i -.-.-v ' '
fancy. 22 Vic; ordinary, 2021 Vie; store,
Ike.
EGK3S Extra fancy,., candled, 130
C-iEESE Full mam, fiats. J 4 0 1 4 H c
half skimmed,-llo lb; Young Americas,
15 He per id; ctfuuornia xoung Am
ericas. 16c. flats. 14o lb.
POUl-TKiE Mixed . cmcaens, ivs
I4Jic lb; fancy hens, 14Htf 16c; roosters.
Ota, 1UC per to: iryera, vkvsdg iu
broilers. 2025c lb: geese, bid. 8ai9o lb
turkevs. alive. 15iDl7o per lb: dressed,
l20c lbs sauabs. $2.60 dosen; pigeons.
$1.26 dosen; dressed , poultry, iwl.lso
per lb. nlgher. v
alo d Wool and Cities.
HOPS 1907 crop, first prime, 6 Ho
prune. 4Vto; meuiuia io prime. c; tun
dium. &o lb: 10 crop. Qlo lb
contracts. 1908: IQIKo lb.
WOOL 1908 VVlllamette valley, 119
izc.
MOHAIR 1908 Nominal 18e.
HIDES Dry hides. Ilt013o lb; salt.
4 06c: areen. le less: calves, green.
t7c: kips, le lb: bulls, green salt,
tHftiHolb. .
6KEEPSKINB Ebearlng. iSt0o
each; stiort wool. 3ec4c; medium.
wood, boctjiii eacc; long wool, iOc
$1.26 eacn.
TALLOV? Prime, otr 1U 3ca4.
No. i and grease, IO- .
Trults a&4 gegctainesv
POTATOES Select. 75c. selling: buy
Inc, Willamette valley, 4660c; eastern
olultnomab and CittcKamas. Ke-t,ao per
cwt: sweets, titic: new potatoes, 8c.
ONIONS Bermuda, $2.60 per 60 lb
crate: 6 crate lots, $z.4U per crate; Cal
ifornia red. $3 Der cwt: garlic. .25c lb.
APPLES Seieot. - IS: f-ney, - 2.36
2.50: choice, $2.00: ordinary. $LB0.
FRESH FRUITS Oranges, $8.00
9 C A . t1 a... 1 U . amaj41 m
Im.UV f UtXItM (IKS), V 7J V U savt)St a
emons, $33.76 box; grapefruit, $2.60
8.60; pineapples, $4.60p6.60 dos; straw
berries, California. fl1.65 per IS
box crate: Oreaon. 10fiil5c box.
VEGETABLES Turnips, new Oregon,
12 He bunch; beets, $1.00 Back;
parsnips, 5c4J$l, cabbage, 31.60WZ;
, . . ,v. t VlnwTttr. A Of. An A F. O UrKan
$2.5002.75; beans, ll12c; cauliflower,
uregon. t ) per dos; peas, uregon, (
8c, California. 5 46c; horseradish, 8
10c lb; artichokes, b0W 75c doz; green
onions, lzHc doa; peppers, bell, .oc;
Chile. 15c lb: hothouse lettuce. $101.50
box; head lettuce, 2530c doz; cucum
bers, hothouse, local, I1W1.50 aoz; raa
Ishes. 15c dot. bunches: rhubarb. Ore
gon, 2; celery, ( ); cranberries,
eastern, $9410. 50: sprouts, 8c lb; as
paragus. Oregon. 70 476c doz bunches
Walla Walla $l1.2a box; spinach, 80
Vf boo box.
Orooeries. XTuts. Cto.
SUGAR California & Hawaiian Re
finery Cube, $6.80; powdered, $6.65;
berry . 65: dry granulated. 6.45: XXX
granulated, $8.46; conf. A., $6.46; extra
a., .uu; goiaen u., io.du; u., yonow,
65.76: beet cranulated. 16.35: bar
rels, 16c; half barrels, 30c; boxes, 66c
tuvancB on sack oasis.
(Above prices are 89 days net cash
quotations.)
HON1CY $3.60 per erst.
COFFEJE Package brands, $16.50.
8AL,r Coarse uali irouna. 100a
$11.00 per ton; 60s, $11.50; table, dairy
60s, $16.50; 100s, $16.00; bales, $2.36;
imported Liverpool, 60s, I2t,.bw: ir-us,
119.00; 4s, 18.00; extra fine varrets, 2a
Sm and 10s. 14.50 to 6.60: Llveruool lums
rock, $20.60 per ton.
inaa car tots, car iota at special prices
subject to 'iurtuatlona.
RICE imperial Japan, No. 1. c: No-
2. 6Hii5c: New Orleans, head. 7c:
Ajax, ( ); Creole, 5o.
HEANB small wiute, 4.75; large
white. 34.76: Dink. $3.86: bayou. $3.85:
Llmas. $6.86; Mexican teds, ( ).
MUT peanuts, juiqdo. sc per lb;
Vlralnls. GKc per lb: roastM. to
per lb; Japanese. 3eyc; roasted, 8ttl
per )b; walnuts, California, is ier lb;
rlne nnta, 16o per lb; hicaory nuts,
0e per lb; brasil nuts, 16c- per lb; fil
berts, 16c per ir; rancy pecan, ityzur
pet lb; lmoiida. ICc.
Seats. 71 m and Provisions.
DKlvSSlCl MEATS rronv strett
Hogs, faney, 8o lb; ordinary. 77c;
large) t e; veal, extra, IhiQSo per
lb; oi ry, 7c per lb; heavy,
6i7c -r. lb; mutton, fancy. lua
per lb; "spuing lamb, with pelts, 10c;
witnoui pens, uiginc.
rlAMS, UACVJJ, si j. ruriisnu pica
(local) hams, 10 to 12 lbs., 15c per lb.;
14 to 16 lbs.. 14VaC per lb.; IS to 20 lbs.,
14 "Ac: breakfast bacon. HSx-'Ho per
lb; picnics, 10c per lb; cottage roll, llo
lb; regular uhort '.-tears smoked. llHe
per lb; unsraoked, 10 Ho per lb; clear
backs, unemoked, lOHc; smokedi llfto;
Union cutis, l to io id; unsmoxe
Hi- oar lb: smoked. 18c per lb: clear
bellies, unsmoked, llo per lb; smoked,
14c per lb; shoulders, llo per lb;
pickled . tOUgUkS, 04 oaca.
LOCAL. LA RD -Kettle leaf. 10s: 120
per lb; 6s, 11 o er lb; 60-lb tins, 12 So
per lb; steam rendered, 10s, lltio per
lb; 6s, 11 He per lb; compound, lvs.
8
Vc per lb.
Rock cod. 13Ho lb: flounders.
6c lb; halibut, 56c per lb; stripe-
bass, loo per id: cameo, uc per id. sal
mon, chlnook, Sc per lb; steelhead, 7c
?er lb; herrings , 5c . per lb; soles,
c per lb; shrimps, loc per
lb; perch, to ptr lb; tomcod. 11c per lo;
per lb; cravtrlsh, 15o per dosen; stur1
geon. 12 Ha per lb; black baaa. 10o per
lb; silver smelt, C7o per lb", sturgeon.
13 Ho lb; black cod. 7ttd lb; .crabs,
$1.001.60 doz; shad, 3c; roe shad.
8c; shad roe, 12 Vic lb.
OYSTERS Shoal water bay, per gal
lon. 13.50: per 100-lb sack, 36.00: Olym-
ria. per gallon, 83.40; per 100-lb sack.
t.008.50; Eagle, canned. 60o can; IT
dosen; eastern in shell. 1.7 per hun
dred. '
CLAMS Hardshell, per box. I3.4;
razor clams. 33.09 cer bos: lOo per doa
Faints, Goal OIL Sta.
ROPE Pure manlla. 13c; sUndard.
llc. siaal Hc; I. B. sisal. 8fcc
Coal Oils
Iron Bbla Casea Wood Bbla
Water White . 10 Ho 140
Pearl Qjl .
18
13V.0 19fco
sees 11 O e
14 o II
Head
Light .
ICocene
Special W. W.
Elaine
Kxtra Star ...
IB O
31
Gasoline .
Iron Bbla Cssea
V. M. and P. Naphtha ...12 Ho lHc
Red Crown Gasoline..... to Ho 22Ho
Motor Gasoline ........ .I6H0 22Hc
81 per cent Oaaollne ...I o 17 He
No. I Bnciis Dlstlllata. c II c
BENZINE 88 deg cases, lHo per
gal; iron bbls,13Hc per gal.
TURPENTINE In cases, 72c per gal;
wood bbls, 69c per gal.
LINSEED OIL Raw, bbls 49c; cases
Itc; boiled., bbls lie; cases 67o a gal;
lots of 250 gallons lo lesa
WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 1e per lb;
lio-lb lots. Se per lb; less lota IHa
WIRE NAILS Present basis at 3 1.
" BOSTON COPPEU M AR.KET. ;
Boston. May 13. -Of flclal bid prices:
Adventure . . 1T4
Giroux sm.
Alloues ..... 27 U
Atlantic 14
Copper Range 71 H
Calr Hecla.659
Dal West... t
Dora., Copper,' Hi
C-.Eiy.. vS
Gold HHl.....'
Green :...;,.J
Michigan ... 101
Mohawk . ... 50
No. Butte. ... 62 "
Nevada Cons. 1141
Old Domintpn..38
Quincy .; 82'
Shannon 12 H
Tamarack 58
Victoria ...... 3H
Winona- ,. su
Wolverine ...134 .
Butte Coala 24 Vi
Trinity 1SH
Parrot ...,,.21?i
Nlpplssing lt
Mass ,...-.!.... 82H
1 Vokon Gold Shares. ' ;v
Vfw. .Xork May 18.Curb: Tko
Gold, ,
at u
10
III II 10
AGAIN LEADER
: -" " -' - ' i ? '""-' i . - - - i ri ' i-"" "C ' -
Union Pacific Forces Eest
of List to Highest roint
- Since October.
1 - ..-i i- : - " ,
New Tork, May IS New-high records
for the period since October liave been
oroaen again witn toaay s aavancw.
Union Pacific Northern Pacific and
American Smelting shares were each
put. higher than, for any session since
the - financial crisis last fall ' and the
market In most instance closed near
the toi figures for the day. As during
an or ins late traaing uarnman impr
ests loomed up at the front and the
upward movement started witn a mgn
er nnta in Union Pacific :
Tte advances in - tne leaaers at mo
close today were; union f acme iv
Northern. -Pciflo--4U:?-tr. Paul- "4
Southern Pacific k. Anaconda 1.
Canadian Pacific lti. Colorado Fuel 1,
Reading 1 H. Amalgamated , Ameri
can smelter common rennsyivama
1L H. V. 1 n K TI. U, tarn KtAAl
common , prererred vi.
Range by Pownlng-Hopklns Co.
f
o
4
ES
DESCRIPTION.
ft.
A
il. Copper
65
Sugar
128
27
CoL Fuel & Iron.
Brooklyn ....
People's Oas .
V, S. Steel, c. .
U. 8. StecL pfd.
Atchison
Bait. & Ohio .
Canadian Pac
Erie
38 T4
101
1
169H
20 hi
Louis, A Nash.
Missouri Pac.
108V4
60i4
120 -
Pennsylvania- .J
Heading
Rock Island .
Southern Pac.
113
18
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Am. Smelter..
N. Y. Central.
75
10644
Northern Pacific
133
Anaconda
40H
17H
Southern Ry. . .
Great Northern
Wabash, pfd...
Ches. & Ohio. .
R. I., pfd
Smelter, pfd....
Hit
40
23H
87
99
100
Cotton Oil
Am. Locomotive)
Central Leather.
Norfolk .
Ontario
Federal Smelter.
Soo, c
do prd j...
Am. Woolens...
Total sales, 860,800 shares.
Monev .opened 1 Der cent: ht?h. ?
per cent; iow; lVa per cent; close 1
per cent. -
OF
UP AND OTHERS DOWN
San Francisco. May 13. Non clos-
ng prices:
GOLDFIELD DISTRICT.
Sandstorm 30c. Red Too Ext. 13c. Co-
umhia Ml 1c. Jumbo Ext. .13c. Silver
Pick 19e. Black Butte Ext. Sc, Atlanta
22c, Great Bend 32c, Florence 33.62V4,
Diam. B. B. Cons. 18c. Comb. Fraction
61c, F. Mohawk 16c, Red Hill 23c, Lou
Dillon 3c. Yellow Tiger 10c, Y,How
Rose lc. Col. Mt. Ext. 2c; Goldf. Cons.
$5.75. .
BUliLFROU mSTKlC1 ' .
I.ige Harris lc. ,. ' ' -
TONOPAH'DISTRICT. "
Ton. Nevada ' $7.90, Ton. Montana
1.65. MacNftmara 26c, Ton. Belmont
1.07 Vi. Ton. North Star 12c, Jim But-
er 27o. . .
MANHATTAN DISTRICT.
Little Joe lc. Granny 6c, Jumping
Jack 4c-
SCATTERED DISTRICT.
Nevada Hills $2.10. Pittsburg Silver
Peak $1.17H, Ragles' Nest-12c.
BEST OAIS BRING A
PREMIUM OF 5D CEHTS
So much strength is displayed In the
Portland . demand for oats that an ad
vance of 6 tic was offered today on the
board of trade for supplies of choice
quality. ,
The meeting of the Produce Mer
chant's association last night developed
much strength for Oe board of trade.
ami at the meeting tomorrow a large
attendance was promised. The Produce
association likewise agreed to maintain
the 10 per cent commission on eggs and
small shipments of butter, but the new
rate will not go into effect until form
ally passed upon by the board or trade.
At the Produce Merchant's meeting a
resolution was likewise passed indors
ing the board of trade's efforts to se
cure the daily receipts or produce nere,
and the aid of the association was
promised.
The receipts of produce at the Port
land depots during the past 24 hours,
ending at 11 a. m. this morning were:
122 boxes asparagus, 66 boxes butter,
2 boxes California beans, 48 boxes cher
ries, 38 coops chickens, 1 coop ducks,
155 cases eggs, 102 hogs, 24 mutton, 5
boxes rhubarb. 25 sacks peas, 97 veal,
1,299 crates strawberries.
By boat 199 sacks potatoes, 172
sacks mixed .vegetables, 172 sacks
beans, 30 crates cabbage, 10 crates
cauliflower, 122 saeks onions.
PRODUCE IN HAS FRAXCftcO.
Another Sharp Decline in Red Onions
With Larger Supplies.
San Francisco, May 13. Butter (per
pound) California fresh, extras, 23c;
firsts, 22 He; seconds, 22c; packing, No.
1, 20c: do7No. 2, 19c.
Eggs (per dozen) California fresh,
including cases, extras, 20 He; firsts,
19Hc; seconds, 16Hc; thirds, 16c.
New cheese (per pound) California
flats, fancy, 12c; firsts, 11 He; seconds,
10Hc; California Young America,, fancy,
ISHc; firsts, 13c; storage, eastern,
fancy New York, 16c; Oregon, 14c.
Potatoes (per cental) Oregon Bur
banks, 90c1.15: River Whites, fancy,
40fa)85c; ne potatoes, 31.804(2; sweet
potatoes, 13.50.
Onions Bermpdas, II. 5001.60 per
crate; Australian brown, 14 4-60 per
crate; red onions, 31.2501.35.
Oranges (per box) Navels, fancv,
held at .12.75413; standard, 2.2o2.60;
tangerines, 11.50 2.
. m
Liverpool, WheaAIarket.
Liverpool. May 13. July wheat
opened at 7s 8d. closed at 7s 7d, a net
loss of d trfim yesterday.
Today's Metal Market.
New Tork, Mav 13. Metal prices.
Copper, lake, 12H012ir; electrolytic,
I2H124t castings. 12 H 12 He.
: , Tgcoma "Wheat Market.
Tscoma, May n.WheatExport:
CIiiK la. hlnaatom rmti Ha.
- , - - -1 --.--, - - --.-- (.
UADD rlAf
IIMHIVtl
TOflOPAH
Ruining Reputation of Oregon Erg$
Is the Annual Custom qf Eastern Effg
Handlers Here and .Their Allies.
SEHIffll HAS
SUDDEN CHANGE
Packers Not So Optimistic
and Say Sheep Values
; Will Soon Drop.
. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN.
. Hogs. Cattle. Sheep.
Today 330 114 610
' 285 27 1,798
lf 108 73; 145
1905 62 285 . 1.114
Portland Union Stockyards, May 13.
While there is no change in any- live
stock, values in the local yards today,
it can be readily seen that sheep are
being held to the uppermost limit by
main force and that killers are not so
anxious to buy as they were. While
they are still paying the prices quoted
in The Journal, they are disposed to be
bearish In the views todav and there
has been a sudden change in sentiment
regarding the future.
Hogs are holding quite firm at quoted
figures, but all efforts to secure a slight
advance in values have proven failures
of late, simply because killers say they
are unable to get any more money out
of the packed tuff.
Cattle are firm, with prices main
tained under stress of small arrivals.
A year ago for this day all lines were
gathering weakness, but sales were
made at unchanged figures.
Today 12 horses arrived in the yards.
Official yard list:
Hogs Beet stuff, JfS.256.85; China
fats, $6.006.26; feeders, $5.00(95.26.
Cattle Fancy eastern Oregon steers,
$5.00; medium, 1 4 .00 4.50 : best cows,
$3.503.75; bulls, $2.503.00; Btags,
$3.004.00.
Sheep (sheared) Best wethers. $4.75
5.00; spring lambs. weighing 76
pounds, 15. 75 'a B OO ; ewes, $4.254.50;
mixed, $4.50i&4.75.
HOGS STEADY IN EAST.
Receipts Are Not Heavy and Prices
Are Still Ik'lng Maintained.
Chicago, May 14. Livestock receipts:
HOts. cattle. SheeD.
Chicago 18,000 16,000 17,000
Kansas city 21.000 I8.000 io.ooo
umana 12,000 3.800 Z.50U
Hogs are stronir. Left over' yester-
aay, x-suu
Cattle and sheep, steady.
BUYERS OFFER BUT
10 CENTS FOR WOOL
(SpectnJ Dlspatrh t Ths lourmil.
Boise, Idaho. May 13. P. J. Plaisted.
traveling freight agent for the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, has Just
returned from a trip through Wyoming,
where he was arranging for wool ship
ments over his road. He says there is
so much wool ready for market and not
yet sold In that state, that warehouses
at shipping points are too small to
hoia all or this year s product and much
ui n ia piled uui in vne open. 10 ciate
nnt r. r-T ,-A .An .. i
shipped out of that state. Wyoming
sheepmen, as well as those of other
states, are holding fcr better prices,
while the eastern buyers are urlnir con
signments, although willing to pay but
10 cents, which figure was offered at
tne rirst or the season and which has.
not gone higher since that time. He !
says the only wool shipped out of Idaho .
tnus
from
and
Severs
rar tnis season was two carloads s " an uui enaiess variety oi S(.rve of-tne christian church Dr Wil
Mountalnhoine and one from Bliss, things of wood rrodueed In American : lion, tti-- - n- t..."
this was wool contracted last fll 1 1- n, , -., u 1 .... i.,u t. fi?i' ' tr.
1 eastern buyers are now in Boise , . . . . . Temnin Beth Israel- is7ni-in
h sems tney are. not doln mch;'" -". -.. -no c-m
a more auspicious time In which to j
buy. It is estimated the Idaho output
- - rt- J - -w uj T a 1 1 1 1 1 lur 1
this season will be In excess nf ttiaf
of last year.
CHICAGO WHEAT I I'LL.
Slight Gain in the May Due to
Profit Taking of Shorts.
CHICAGO WHEAT VALUE8.
ODen. Close Mav 12 Inn
may iuo mow 100
H
July 90 H sni 90 H
3
o pt hi so
87
Gain.
Chicago, May 13. The slight advance
in May wheat after an unchangd open
ing was due -to the taking of profits
by short, sellers who covered for the
day. Weakness in July and September
was due to the good crop reports' com
ing and thi! losses In the price of wheat
abroad.
Corn was firm with a good advance,
but oats and .irovlslons were dull and
somewhat weak.
Range by Do i ing-Hopkins Co.:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
May H0 kmH 99 H 100H
July HOH 89 H 89
Sept S7 fi7H 86 86
CORN.
July 64H 644 64H 64H
Sept 63 63 H 62 63 H
OATS.
July ;. 45H 45U 45 45H
3ept 8734 tlS 37H 87H
MESS PORK.
July 1S47 1350 1842 1847
Sept 1372 1375 1367 1372
Chicago Cash Barley.
Chicago, May 13. Cash barley, 65 O
74c.
Latest News of
Oregon Crops
County Fruit Inspector E. C. Arm
strong, in discussing the outlook for
fruit In Marlon county this' year, said
that prunes are badly damaged In the
lowlands and that there will be not
more than half as many harvested as
last year. Last year's cherry , crop the
Inspector characterized as abnormal and
said that this year's crop is verv fair
and will be more than half that of last
year. Pears give promise of a very
good crop In most localities. It Is too
early to tell much about apples, Mr.
Armstrong said, but appearances indi
cate that the crop will be good. Small
fruit Is promising, also.
Echo, May IS Dr. Henry Waldo Cos
of Portland, who owns one half of the
Furnish irrigation project near this
city,, will set out the largest commer
cial orchard in eastern Oregon this
spring. He has purchased 80 acres un
der the Furnish ditch and will set out
the entire tract in peach and pear trees.
The land Is now raw sagebrush land
but It will be cultivated and sown in
alfalfa before the trees ara set out.
Freewater. Or.. May 13 The , first
crate of ripe strawberries for the sea
son was brought in yesterday by
James Adraln, who' sold them to one of
the locsl merchants for Slo for llm
crate. This firnvsold them to the Bla-f
Jut,, r r n vitiny&iiy . iu .nana, w a I la.
t is expected that a great many berries
will be rlne in the next few diva nrf
th prlc promises to be auita hirh tar
stne , weeks.
HAWOII Oil
AS I1IDEPEII0E1IT
J udge Gantenbein Decides
- His .Name Shall Go on
1 . the Ballot
A. N. Hamilton's name will go on the
ballot at the coming election .as an . in
dependent candidate for railroad com
missioner in the -second district in op
position to Clyde B. Aitchtson, who de
feated him in the Republican primaries,
and Oglesby Young, the Democratic
nominee. His right to file his petition
with the county clerk was decided by
Presiding Judge' Gantenbein in the circuit-court
this morning, the court grant
ing a mandate requiring that he be i
given a place on the ballot. I
Soon after the decision of the court
was announced Hamilton filed his pe
tition with County Clerk Fields, and he'
will file a similar petition with each
county clerk in the district. "Independ
entImproved transportation facilities"
are the words that Hamilton asks to
have printed after his name.
- n oeeiaing ine quasuon juage uan-
tAnhftln fAmaplfatri that 1,1a n. , t .
from difficulty, there being no pro-1
vision in the law of 1907 as to where
petitions for nomination by Independent I
candidates for railroad commissioners .
shall be filed. Judge Gantenbein said ,
he had reached the conclusion that the ,
counties of the congressional district I
compose an "electoral district," such -as
mentioned by the law. The fact that i
the boundaries of the railroad commls- j
sioner districts are the same as those of
the congressional districts does not i
change the situation. The court also!
pointed out that the law is to be con
strued In favor of those running for
office when, a point is in doubt.
Hamilton first applied to the secre
tary of state with his petition and was
advised to go to the oounty clerk with
It. As the law was silent on the mat
ter. County Clerk Fields decided that it
Vould bo best to refuse to receive the
petition and have the matter judicially
determined. It is expected that the de
cision of the court will be accepted In
ot-her counties of the district and that
Hamilton will - have no - further diffi
culties In getting on the ballot.
BOY GLOBETROTTERS
TROT A SHORT HEAT
, , ' . ' . .
I iwo iiai rnun si. iionni f ma ineir
Wandering Course Stayed at
Vancouver.
(Special Tnipatrb to' The Joomil.)
Vancouver, Wash., May 13. Becom
ing tired of home life, which was far
too slow, Clarence Coon and Herschel
Chambers, 11-year-old boys of St. Johns,
Oregon, were picked up here last even
ing and this morning were returned to
their homes.
The young globe-trotters were fully
equlnped for an extended Journey. Th5T
had plenty of blankets, a coffee pot and
when taken In charge were in the net!
of purchasing erocerlea. At rir.t ih,v
i tola the groceryman they had been sent
1 by their parents to get a sunnlv of
! groceries, but finally acknowledged
ineir nome was at t. Johns. They are
-vi ij. v.vuu nnu i. . nam -
I hem
THE WOODEN BARREL.
' rrmjt - -. tki. -.. 1 ri
i run,e" ut This Country in Mil-
tlons and Bold All Over World.
From the New York Sun.
" j v tin j Hi.ann a 11 iiivu
and a half high up lo barrels 10 Inches
i,in
high.
The biggest of them are turned with
a hand manipulated tool. but those
ranging from six inches downward are
turned each with a cutting tool having
an edge so formed that it turns the bar
rel all at once. They set a block of
wood in the lathe and adjust the cut
ting tool and It turns the barrel into
shape complete as quickly as a man
turning one of the hoops on It; and' an
the smallest barrels one man can tap
three or four machines.
These little barrels are sold In the
aggregate in great numbers, millions of
them yearly. A single tack manufac
turing concern buys them in carload
lots, 2,000 gross, or 288.000 barrels at a
time t Irt'a t numhArs am nerl hv nnn.
feetloners, who nil them with candv, !
and they are used to contain a bottle of:
perfumery.
Many are sold to be given away at
fairs or in other wars, being filled with j
a sample of a staple product of the re
gion, perhaps of flour, or it might be of
sugar. Many of them are made -with a
slot cut in One end, or head, through
which coins can be dropped, the little
barrels in this form being used for sav-
school teachers to I heir pupils to make
collections fn for some specific purpose.
Individual purchasers buy the little bar-,
rels to use for buttoti boxes, and great i
numoers or mem are soia ror toys. ;
So In this country there are used :
millions of them annually, and for all j
the various uses to which the little bar
rels are put they are exported In large
numbers to countries all over the worhi.
Thrifty French Peasantry.
From bountry Life.
The French peasant wastes nothing,
leaves of trees are collected for bed
ding for cattle and in years of leanness
are used as fodder.
He gathers the mushrooms of the
fields and the edible fungi of the woods
and finds a ready market for such waste
products- a the nuta of the wayside
haxels or the blackberries of the heaths.
He snares small birds, whether famous
for song or plumage.
GRAIN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco. May 13. Merchants
Exchange prices:
Wheat May, I1.66H; December.
Barley May, 11.48; December. I1.87A.
Cajih wheat White Walla Walla.
11.70; red Russian. J1.67H: turkey red, I
81.75; bluestem. i i-- .
Cash barley No. 1 bright. $1.484;
brewing, 11.60.
Cash oats No. 1 white, Jl 55.
Millstuffs Bran, $31; middlings, 34;
shorts, $32 per ton.
Northwest Crop Weather.
Western Oregon Cloudy with prob
ably showers tonight and Thursday;
westerly winds.
Western Washington Showers to
night and Thursday; southwest winds.
Kastern Oregon Fair and warmer to
night with probably light frost; Thurs
day fair and warmer.
Eastern Washington and northern
Idaho Fair tonight;- Thursday fair and
warmer.
Southern IdahoFair tonight with
probably light frost, cooler east portion;
Thursday fair and warmer.
Northwest Bank Statement.
; PORTLAND. ,.
Clearings today . . .11.157.457.9")
Year ago .............. . 1,319.607.93
Balances teaay
ance, today M... j
. .; s" " "'."!' I
.".-' SEATTLE... , i ... ii '
Clearings
. .-..... ... t4. 2
Balances
I V-i ' ' TACOMA. : J v'- M
.,...,.. j.ai
Clearings A . ,$841,4 1 1
4 , . , Lakme auartet: addresses bv Mr Vt.
v .." . ; ; tf i
30 YEARS OF
HELPFULNESS
Seamen's Friends Society
Celebrates Anniversary by
an Entertainment.
The 30th anniversary qf the Portland
Seamen's Friends society was cele
brated last night at the Taylor Street
Methodist Episcopal church, where the
society was organized in 1878. There
was a good attendance of people Inter -
ested In the work and many of the min -
Isters of the Citv were there in nt-nniNfl
.......... , ciiv OLiyi'Ul t UJL II1C1I
congregations.
The society has not always been In
active form since Its organijatinri t"
"a' "S
a,
S?
Rev. E. H. Roper.
years ago it was suspended because of
' hJ fS;)
V pi
.......,., uiuiouuici, ana mijy iwu ; tickets to the aistnct aixorney or njp-
ago Rev. E. H. Roper of Boston, came : body else. Then he said that there was
here to reorganize the work under the Brna'jip..ix in town and if he did not get
direction of the New York society, the ; tn tlcketa he would arrest the sideshow
oldest and largest In the country. In i,Mrf,.lni.n and have them fumigated.
rieV h.ore l, . f W, Portland so-
. i o,8. entertained 3b 000 sailors f rom
all parts of the world and nas given
two concerts weekly to about 200 sailors
at each meeting. Literature has been
iirmrnm. ,-.. . Kn t,i-
rurnisneil them In the reading rooms,
..-'. " " i . .
f
nteriainmeni and everything possinie '
has been done to Interest them so that;
they may not be templet to spend their
time in the saloons while they are
ashore. The captain of one vessel :
wrote Mr. Roper after he had reached
his home port that he took his sailors
away from Portland In better shnpe and
with more money In their pockets than
from an,y other port he had visited, and
that there had Deen no jlesertlons here
because his men had met with kindly
home trentment at the society's rooms
at Third and Glisan streets.
The work is non-sectarian and many
people have interested themselves In the
mission. It Is the aim to make this the
headauarters for the work of the entire
Pacific coast.
The following program was given last
night at the church:
Invocation, Dr. Benjamin Young; "The
Rnllnr'a DirlitmHi " T.nnia , 11 1 t
i .
MMTS. Alfll
iwrs. Mnv Liearoorne ecowao, miss; cn .'v - - - -Ethel
Lytle, Miss Petronella Connelly. Uff's office, and said he was Just th
Mrs. w. a. 1. tiusnong) address or I im uriii. j-o iii.ua ui wun
welcome, E. Quackenbush, president I talk as Maher, but I think they were
Portland Seamen s Friends society; Pro- acting independently, at leaat until they
fessor Wllder's male chorus, (a) 'The ran into each other at the fair grounds.
Boys of the Old Brigade." (b) "Rocked Wagner said he would have the side
In the Cradle of the Deep"; address, shows fumigated and arrest everybody
Kev. it,, ri. rtoper, cnapiain or mo Sea -
i men's Friends society; "Lest We Forget,'
OJ c, of r Norweg,a- .SijV Horns
Ivll
WILL SFE JUSTICE
IS DONE TO MARTIN
Friend of Prisoner's Parents
Visits Him at the Coun
ty Jail.
,, . .....
Kdward II. Martin, suspected slaves
of Nathan Wolff, lias one champion In
th eri,on F-.lwRr(i r.-n-iii .
,ne er80n or Edward Campbell of San
Jose, who toured the Nile river last
January with young Martin's parents.
Mr. Campbell, who Is a pioneer of the
Oregon country, immediately after he
arrived In Portland yesterday, went to
the county Jail to comfort the alleged
murdYrer. Although he had never
heard or Martin before, the verv fact
that he khh a son of the people he
traveled with In Egypt compelled him
to seek the voung man.
"i naVe never met nicer people than
the Martins,'
said Mr. Campbell at the
Oregofo thla morning.
V e left Naples
together late last Decern Der ana en
Joyed a pleasant Journey together up
the Nile river. I was thrown into the
company of Mr. and Mrs. Martin a good
part of a month and we grew to be fast
friends. They are quiet, dignified peo
ple, and while thev appeared to have
plenty of means, did not muke the un
seemly display of many Americans who
are 'doing' Europe.
"We never discussed family affairs,
and I had no Idea that thev had a son
until 1 read In the dispatches of the
murder and that the suspected man was
related to my new fdund friends. I
left the Martins at Alexandria. They
Intended making a tour of the Holy
Land, and would probably have gone
also to Constantinople. Cholera in that
portion of Egypt at the time kept me
from making the trip with them. They
planned to be back, in New York ty
June 1 and I. who Intended returning
about June 15, had agreed to visit thera
at their home in Albany, New York.
Business compelled me to return sooner
than I anticipated.
"But the Martins are admirable peo
ple and I shall do everything in my
power to see justice done their son. I
visited him yesterday and when 1 told
him of my acquaintance with his par
ents he almost cried for happiness. He
doesn't look like a criminal and until he
is proved guilty I shall not rest in my
efforts to protect him.
"I am going to visit him again this
afternoon and shall then learn what
plans he has outlined-for his defense.
I shall also visit .the prominent mem
bers of the Spanish-American War
Veterans and take up the matter of
counsel with them. x, Even It I have to
go to the expense myself I shall fee
that he is properly represented. i
"Young Martin is alone,' without
friends and with a bad reputation.
There is no sentiment in this, matter
with me. The prosecution of this case
so far ts shocking to my sense of jus
tice; It is outlandish. To -deprive that
boy of the dru he if addicted to in an
effort to get him to confess is outrag
eous, it Is worse than the inquisition
'Ton't b?He "he is guilty:. . There
are some strange idrcumstaneea con-
nected with this case, which should be
metnod i we years ago.
probed td the bottom before It comes tn
ihope - to have his defense in workl
trim . . K.rnr. tna r i .n.ii
shape and will give him the best erlr $
mat jri inn can oa procured nere ,
80 TICKETS AT
-P.
Xorris & Itowe Tell of Ex
perience .With District
Attorney's Detective .
There were no complimentary tickets'
doled out to th district attorney's of
fice nor to the willing hands of Con
stable Lou Wagner while the' circus was
In town. That this lamented condition of
1 affairs obtained wa not the fault of
1 Patrick Maher, private detective, nor
T 1 1 .....! ... lir,..ln. n T n,.
Wagner, constable.
District Attorney Manning says wlto
most emphatic vocabulary that if Maher
made any demands on the show people
he did it without his knowledge or Con
sent, and says that' If he had known
that nnvthlnsr of the kind was going
to happen he would have, fired Malier
I before the detective 4iad a chance to
I attempt to get in his graft. Mr, Man
ning also says ttie taie tnac ne asuea 1
Maher to have the 23 circus clowns
electioneer for him ts a malicious He,
and he adds- some qualifying expres
sions which cannot be reproduced out
Side of Shakespeare Oir a regal docu
ment The story, vouched for by J. H.
Fitzpatrick, business representative of
the Norris & Rowe circus, is as follows:
What Olrcns People Say.
"Miher tleut nnme In ma RlindsV
night at the Imperial 'hotel," said Mr,
Fitzpatrick yesterday. "He said that
Mr. Manning had Just telephoned him
for thw second time to auk about the
clowns Hn said Manning had asked
him to speak to the circus people about
it, and Just before he came to me Man
ning hid called him up to ask if be had
attended to the matter. He said Man
ning wanted the clowns to say funny
things about Manning and the bankers
and to mix up the names of Manning and
J. Thorburn Ross. I told him we would
think about it. The request was re
peated several times. .
"Monday morning, about 11 o'clock.
Maher came to see me at the Imperial.
In the presence of W. A. Shannon, man
ager of the sideshows, he said he came
from Manning, and that he wanted SO
tickets for the district attorney's of
fice. When I -demurred- he- said- he
Kn.. th, T tnM Vllm Wft
had a legitimate business, that we had
nut, nu- li,enA end wera under no ab
ligations to give away $80 worth of
( fj g ld. that 80 tickets would square
an vtMng except murder and highwsy
i rf,hhPPV
rebberv.
Maher Backed Down.
"H did not aet the tickets. I told
: him wn wfitfl not here to commit crime
,,j . .. v.ioni,.ii i r-
' " - V A
ter that Maher hunted up H. S. Kowe
1 Mr. Rowe told him the same thing,
denouncing htm as a blackmailer. Later
In the afternoon Maher came back and
apologlred. He eviaenuy naa Been
light somewhere in the sky. We have
been coming to Portland for years and
Mr. Norris and Mr. Rowe are well
known here. We are not highwaymen,
and we did not etpect to meet highway
men.'' ' -
The circus neonle had another en-
! counter along the same lines with Con
'stable Lou Wagner, according to Mr.
Fitzpatrick; Wagner did not Send a
deputy, but made his demands and
threats in person, visiting the show ,
grounds for the purpose, as Mr. Vita
Patrick relates.
Lou Wagner Also on Hand.
"Wagner demanded 100 tickets. He
1 conneciea witn mem, manager onaii-
I non of the sideshows told him to go
anead, as tnat would be a great ad
vertisement for the show, and told him
It would no doubt be a fine ad for the
town also, to spread the smallpox:
news to all the other towns in the
northwest. Wagner went to sea Mr.
Norris also, and was told that the show
would not be blackmailed. Wagner went
away in a huff and said he would
come back with warrants for us. . We
did not see him avain. ! .
"We are trying to do business on the
square, and it is discouraging to meet
a tot or pirates. we pay as we go.
and it seems to me that such things
as these ought to be told, so the-people
at large will know about it. Many
people already know, in faot. as they
have overheard the talk between Maher
and Wagner and our men at different
times."
Maher says he did not do It
mil's cum
Capture Will Not Affect the
Work on the Wolff Case, ,
However,
In speaking of the arrest ofthe gas
pipe thug this morning Captain Baty
said: v i-',:' .if-:'';''?'"
"The capture of the gas-ptpe thug,
this morning will in no wise affect tha
working and evidence gathered in th
Wolff case against Martin. There la
apparently no doubt but that the man
arrested this morning also committed
the attacks on Neumen and Hermann."
The description of the man arrested
this morning tallies exactly with tha
description of tha man seen leaving
Neumen's store shortly after ths second
hand dealer was- assaulted, s -given by -an
Italian and printed la yesterday's
Journal,
COLUMBIA DELEGATES
HOLD CONSULTATION
- 1 .
(Special Dispatch te The tarsal. ) '
St Helens., Or., May . 13 Columbia
county's delegates to th t -Rn,,h
lican convention ara In consultation this
afternoon In the endeavor to agree--en
the position to be assumed by the dele
gation ia - the- convention at : Portland
tomorrow - with regard to presidential
instructions. Tha Bourne forces have
made a strenuous fight in Columbia.
The following ara the delegates: U.
B. Watts, J, B. Doan, J. Warren . Quick,
Albert ' Freeman and F. D. Sutherland. '
It la understood ths majority are fur
Taft.
. MUSICAL PE0GHA3L
T It BsnAsred at the Create Store
, . Thursday aftaraoon.
' The following program wilt be ren
dered at the Haselwood Cream gtr,
188-80 Washington street, ThuraHtay
afternoon, between the hours of 4 and
'lock:
Selection from Rlgqletto ...........
. .Verdl-Pltraprto .
Contralto solo, "A Dream'' .
......... nrtlett -U .l:l
Miss Bosttia M'lnfmh.
Caprice d I Concert, "Ufa's Llni tfr
Hours". ,., Vi- . ;l
Trio for myrimbaphones. .
; where'. Hrrl s . -r
' Irlmm. Pratti Timin;im n t -n.
iContralta sulo, "A I'rettv ) ri ' i I . ,
Wang) M a - ( . ?
Ml Rosin ".1 lui i
ymposia viuM. ......... f. r ! , i f
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