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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, ; PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY ' EVENING, , JUNE 17, 1008. 17 TODAY'S MARl HALF CEflT RISE IHVJOOL PRICE ' Sales in the Valley Are Be- 1 lug Made Generally at V " 12 l-2c a Pound. . Produce market feature! . Wool market doing better. - ' Wheat down another cent. Flour market remalna quiet 1 Strawberries are quoted lower. Cantaloupes have good ale. . Tomato price are lower. Poor local cherries .coming. 'Fire damage storage egg.. -' New potatoes selling down. - Car poaches find slow sale. s, Hop contracts to be., boosted. Wool Market Doing- Better. Because of th steadier tons In the " eastern wool market, conditions in the -WUlamett valley ar a trifle better 'and most purchas at thle time are being made at an advance of Ho from former figurss. 1 While f .j short 'time . ago buyers were unwilling to , purchase valley, wool over , lSo- a pound, they are now freely offering lIHe for any- ' thing except the very coarse grades. : There 1 A like Improvement In -the tone Of the eastern Oregon and Idaho -markets; late sales showing somewhat t higher price ranges than first trans- . aotions. ' The dealers seem more anx ious to do business than heretofore for i with Industrial conditions ImDrovlnc in ,i the east, there is very sure to be a . somewhat better tone and demand for , Wheat Sowi Another Cent. ' The local wheat market Is down "an .other cent a bushel today. The season .is practically ended so far as buying j in this ' territory Is concerned! Frao ? tloally everything has been cleaned up jat primary points, the trade here know ing of but three or four fair alsed lots i remaining In the hands of producers. There is no California business at all, Mop Contract to Be Boosted, .. Hop oontraots on the coming crop are j to be boosted In the very near future if the present plans of the short sellers !do not miscarry.' They are now plan- inlm to excite Ui4 rravari hv talk nt , very good price prospects for the eom t Ing season end In th meantime they jwill help their own cause along by buy ting a, con tract here and there In scat , ' tered seotions. But few contracts will i be taken at these advanced values,' the I only aim of the shorts being to . boost the price sufficiently in order to force (more thorough cultivation and prepara tions for harvest No business is re ported locally at this time. The New York Producers Price Cur rent gives the following report of the situation: , "Locally the same conditions have prevailed. In New York state we hear of the sale .of some very low grade nop h 191, wun cotter gooas selling e round S4i6e. Crcm reoorta from all sectioni of New York state continue wuU0il ev Ttuv wfs,w fai It: a V4 of normal growth and in an exception ally healthy condition, which should produce a Crop of both fin quality "and large quantity .should favorable weath er continue. -Coast reports show a de cided improvement, as hot weather has at last xet i. In. t ShouM the wuthn SVAal I An r an Tha rlna 1 a V. there continue hot and forcing a big improvement i tae.yaTos i iiooKea tor. fngiana anu mo continent . report tne crop in ell sections making good, head way ana- in w-'neaiiny-coiKiition.' uusl- ' ness wirn orewers is reoortea as m-ae tlcallv at a standstill for the moment. and all dealers report their trade ae Tire Damage Storage Eggs. While notiunar oetlnite regarding the actual damage to butter during ... the lire at uaniei s coia storage plant on Front street yesterday, it is stated that the emoke did considerable damage to tne eggs locatea mere ana tnis will rrobahly tnrow a large amount of stor nee stock upon the market in the neai -future. Adjusters are now at work to rind tne actual damage. . Egg market is steady along Front street at the moment and prices are holding as quoted ny -rne journal. Poultry market continues slow with liberal arrivals. No change in price at tne moment. . Crcamsrv butter market is steady eupplltn and demand beng equal at V11V UlUIUun . w Brief Hotel of the Trads. N The first f uU car of peaches of the season arrived in this morning but found but slow sale because - of the very liberal arrivals by, express here torore. . naie at -sucexai.ou a box. Tomatoes are lower with larger sup ; lilies. '- -V -sv.:s w-r M- :' . sj- . i A large amount of poor cherries is arriving irom iocbi points ana sales are slow. ' Better quality soon expected. - New potatoes are down again and to- oays saies are at 2. . Strawberries were In good : supply along the street this moraine- with transactions around 11Q1.2S,. although one or two small lota were sold a frac tion higher. . . - Cantaloupes -which arrived yesterday are iinamg a gooa saie at urst-quoted firurea. Front, street sells at the following . f . .WW ...... ... . . " . W QVSta regular commissions; ; . , wrautf oi ana nay. c WHEAT - Buying' prloe Track f ortlandClub, $80: bluestem, 90c; red. Joj- Willamette' ivalley.; Uo bushel. FLOUR Selling price Eastern Ore- fn patents, fv.es, straignts, si.ueo SB; export,' 8.60S.70; valley, U.iS; granam, tb, .vv, wnuu rv. 6s. 15.60; bale. 16. ) MILLSTUFFS Selling- brioe-Board t traoe jaran, -io: miaaung. xso.60; horta. tS28.50; chop, 212 per ton. t HAT Producer' price . Timothy. IWillamette valley, fancy, $11; ordinary, $1J.6018; eastern Oregon; .$16017; nixed. $10910.60; clover. Il012; grain. , ); cheat,4(--J sltalfa,, $lloif. PARLEY Feed, $26.60; rolled, ttIM wsis.eu; Brewing, , OATS No.. 1 whit. $27.80; per ton. , . rray, .$17 . ' Wnmr, Bggs and Poultry. s - BUTTER FAT Delivery . o. h. Pnrt. land Sweet cream, 2S Ho; sour, 21 Ho to. BUTTER Extra creamery. tKn't "fan. er, t$ He; ordinary, aiH22iio; store. jeo. ' -.-. ..-. . , . ,i ... EGOS Extra fancy, candled. 18 CHEESE Full cream, fiats, triplets na aaisies, kwkb, xuung tmerioaa. POULTRT Mixed chicken. To V, & llo per lb; fancy hens, lie: roosters, old. 1 Bo lb; fryers, 16He lb; broilers, 3MiO ID, geese. 01a, aigiuo id; turkeys, alive, ,J7C; dressed 19. 0c lbi squab. 2.60 dozen; pigeons, $1.25 " dosen! dressed povrltry, lfiplHo lb. higher. ; CH1TTIM BARK 1908 KfMo Ih, Hops, wool and BUdes. i HOPS 190T crop, first prime, lo; Srlme, 4o; medium to. prime, 4c; me lum 8H0 lb; 1908 crop ftwltto ,b. contracts. $c . 9o and , lOo tor three yewO0L 108 Willamette .vailey, II MOiAIR-i90 Nominal isilHe, HIDES ury niaea. liswise jo; green, 4ifflic: calves, g reen, 67oi fioi zips, so 10; btill. green salt, SVi. tt ID. 6HKEP8KIN8 Shearmg, , 104918c each; short wool, 2S40o; medium wool, 60c$l each;, long wool, 7bci) $1.36 wtch. --s-"v. ,. .. T ALLOW Pri me, per lb, 3c; No. I and grease, IS1 1 He - . . . . Trult and Yegetable. POTATOES Old, selling, $1.101.15; Buying, 8086c per cwt; sweet, 6gf6Hc; new potatoe. $3.26 per cwt ONIONS Bermuda, $1.40 1.60 per 60 Ib. crater 6-crat lots, $1.40 per crate; Latest News of Oregon Crops NORTHWEST WEATHER FORECAST. Western Oregon Cloudy with proba bly showers ' tonight and Thursday, warmer Thursday: southwest winds. Western . Washington Cloudy with probably showers tonight and Thurs day; southwest winds. - e- Eastern Oregon, eastern Washington end northern Idaho Cloudy with pos sibly showers tonight and Thursday. Southern Idaho Cloudy with proba bly showers tonight and Thursday. : Returning grain men. who have vis ited the grain fields of the inland em pire of late are generally of the opinion that th wheat croo will not be as heavy as a year - ago, although some sections will produce more, ft would take more than ordinary weather condi tions from this time forth to bring out a bumper yield. , , According to R H." Weber of The Dalles cannery, work on the cherry crop Is about to begin at his institution. Ho predicts a blg crop. , Cherries of the Kentieh variety are coming into market in large lots Just now, says the Lewlston, Idaho, Teller. At. the Weber fruit packing plant the cherries are being packed for shipment. A. -O, Robert of Blackfoot, 1 In "the city on business,' says the Boise Capital News, and Is an enthusiast over the raising ef potatoes in,, the -upper Snake river-valley.-' He ha the figure to how that their production pay better than raising sugar beets, besides pro viding labor for whlta warirmAii tnatsaA of Japanese as the sugar industry does. At 30 cents a hundred potatoes can be. made a more profitable croo than sugar beets and with far 1a lihnr Blackfoot for several years has had the cuuimoi mr, supplying tne uregon Short Line and Union Pacific system With' DOtatoes. . furnlshlna- batwaan aO and 60 carloads annually. from Blackfoot. Idaho Fall and oointa on the Yellowstone park branch each year, finding market in Salt Lake. nen. ver, i Omaha, Kansas city and other eastern .una soutnern point, many car loads being shipped to Texa cltiea. He expects DOtatoes to brina- a Ma Srioe this year In Idaho, a the Greely, olo., crop baa been practically ruined, and Idaho will be called upon to supply the jrreat market that the Greeley sec tion has been supplying for many year. Pendleton. Or.. June IT. Tha nrna- pect for a good wheat crop in Umatilla countv is as good aa It is anvwhara in Oregon or Washington. The wheat is pot as aroqd a It wa last year, however, but there- wll be a good crop, notwith standing the complaint from different section ci tne nortnwest. III the Eureka mat country th his- wheat district of eastern Washington, and in the Palouse country, complaints of dry weather are being made con stantly, but there will be an excellent cron In both those sectinna 1iixt th same, say those familiar with the con ditions. In the big wheat, district in the vi cinity of Weston, Athena, . Adam and thereabouts, . the prospects for a crop are good, and about tne usual "tonnugu will he hauled. California red, $1.60 per sacki garlic, 160 lb. APPLES Select, i S; fancy, $2.26 FRESH FRUITS Oranges, $$.280 4.00; bananas, !Ho per lb.; crated. tc; lemon. I8.60$4.76 box- grapefruit. $2.6002.60; pineapples. Hewallan, 86 aos; strawberries. , Willamette - valley $1.001.6; cantaloupes, $3. 00.60; ap ricots, 90C$1.00; blackberries, $1.40; peaches, 90c $1.00. VEGETABLES Turnips, new Oregon. 12 tie bunch: beets. 81.00 sack: oar- snips, 8Bcfft 11.00; cabbage, $2.00; toma toen, California, $1.762.00; Texas, $2.00; bean. 10 if llo; cauliflower, California, crate, IJ.25; peas. Oregon, 6H($tc; horseradish, 8010c; artichoke, S076o dot; green onions, 12Ho dos; fieppers, bell, 36c; Chile, 25o lb; hothouse cttuce, $1.25 01.60 box; heed lettuce. 26 EIOo dos; cucumbers, hothouse, local, cfttl do; radishes, 16c dos bunches; rhubarb, Oregon, 3fiSHc; celery, 90cO$l iloien; cranberries, eastern, ( ); as paragus, Oregon, 6Sc76d doz. bunches; gooseberries, 8c; eggplant, 10 16c; green corn, 40c docen. Groceries, jruts. Etc SUGAR California A Hawaiian Re finery Cube, $6.00; powdered, $6.45; berry, $6.25; dry granulated. 86.25; XXX granulated, 16.15; conf. A.. $6.26; extra B., $6,80; golden G., 6.80; Dn yellow, 86.66; beet granulated, $6.06; barrels, 16o; half barrels. 30o; boxes, 65o ad Vance on sack basis. (Above prices are 10 day net cash quotations.; , HONET $.0 per crate. : COFFEE Package brands. 816.60. SALT Coarse Half ground. 100s, $11.00 per ton; 60s, $11-60; . table, dairy 60s. $16.60; 100s. $10.00'- bates. $2.35; lmnorted Llvernool. Sirs. 120.00: 1008. 819.00; 4s, 118.00; extra rine barrels, 2s, 6s and 10s, 4.506.E0; Liverpool lump rock, tzo.&o per ton. . RICE Imperial Jaean Nos 1. Bet No. 3. 6HS6ic: New Orleans. head..7o: AJax. ( ); Creole. lc BEANS Small white. $4.78; large white. $4.76; pink, 13.85: bayou, $3.86; Limbs, .36-85; Mexican reds, 0 J. Meats, rlsa and Provision. DRESSED MEATS Front street Hogs, fancy. Bo id; ordinary, i&tw. targe, 6 d 6c; veal, extra, 80 per lte; ordinary, 77Ho per lb.; heavy, 7c per id., mutton, xancy, ewno P6' .o.. snrmg lamD, sc. - HAMS. BACON. ETC Portland pack ftnRAli hams! In to 11 lbs. 16a Der lb: breakfast bacon,. 14 hi 22 Ho lb; picnics. luo per id; cottage rou, no id regular short clears smoked. 120 ner lb: backs. smoked,.; 12o; Union butts, 1018o lb; amoKea. isc id; clear oeuie. smoxea, 14o per lb; shoulders, 11a per lb; nlflrleil tanruss. 70n each. LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf, 10. IS 14c per :1b; 6. .13 He per lb; 60 lb tins, 12ttc per lb; steam rendered, 10a. 12 Vic per id; - est: , per id;, compound, HO per ID. - PISH Rock cod. ItHe lb: flounders. 8a , nap lb: halibut, to ner lb: striDed bass, ieo per id; camsn, lie per id; sal mon, chtnook, lOo lb; bluebacka, 9c lb; steelhead, 9o lb; herrings. 6c lb;- soles, to per id; annmpia iuo per itr, percn, 6c per lb; tomcod, 11c per lb: lobsters, 26o ner lb: fresh mackerel. So Der lb: crawfish, 25o per pxen; sturgeon, 12 Ho per lb: black bass. 2vo per lb: silver smelt, 6 7e per lb: black cod. 7Ho lb: eraos, fi.oovi.fto of: snao, i!c, roe had, 6c; shad roe, 12Hc lb.- -t, - OTSTERS Shoalwater Bay, per 'gal lon, $2.60; per 100-lb sack, $5.00; Olym- ?ia, per .gallon, $2.40; per 100-lb sack, 6.00 6.60; Eagle, canned, 60o can, $7.00 dosen: eastern in shell, $1.76 per 100. . CLAMS Hardshell, per box, $2.40; rasor clams, $2.00 per pox, lOo per dos. ' PalBts, poal OH, Sto. 11c; sisal, 9c; I. B. sisal, 8 Ho. BENZINE 86 degv case. 19Ho Per gal: iron obis. 12Hc per gal. xuKJf jfijNTiNic in cases, iopr gai; Wood bbls, 69o per gaL, . -. ? . LINSEED OIL Raw. bbls. 49e: eaaea. 66c; boiled, bbls, 61c; eases, 67o gall lot of 250 gallon, lo less. , WHITE LEAD Ton. lota ' 7 0 per lb; 600-lb lots, 8o lb; less lot. fUo lb. WIRE NAILS Present basis at 82.65. ?-.- if !"''" ' - '. - .r , .' Northwest Bank Statement. V ' PORTLAND. - ' ' Clearings today ..... ..,....$; 929,460.80 Year ago- 1,431,103.19 ?alances today ... 168,768.65 ear ago 221,548.66 r SEATTLE. , Clearing . .$1,457,641 Balances . ' 239,382 TACOMA. ' . . Clarings , '787,236 Balances...... 65,061 Irrigation Is" enlarging the' oases of I the Sahara desert. ETS IfiiTTi r ' ' nnnn . QUARTER TODAY Best Steers Go to $4.25 'Sheep -Are Easy With Iambs Down 25c , PORTLAND LIVESTOCK' RUN. : Ho 4f - Cattle. . Sheep. 185 . 2420 10 8 ... 100 : 1 I-. IZf 10 ..,..,... 1905 .it....... f 76 - ' 4 825 Portland Union Stockyards. June 17. Because of the continued liberal arrivals of sheep there was a drop of 5d In the price of lambs - today in the local yrus, up saie oeing at 4.o. Cattle market 1 down, another notch today; beet steers -going to $4.26 for the top or a net drop of 25c from yes terday. Medium stuff ( likewise 26c lower at $3.76, while best ' cows are down an equal sum at $8 J. 26. There was no change in bulls and stags at $1.6002.80. ' - - ; - Hogs are holding steady with a light run tor tne aay. r-rtcea are oeing main, tained at yesterday's firures. . - It Is announced today that ' govern, ment inspection in the Portland packing plant of Schwartschild & Sulzberger win start tne- coming week. Already the comoany has its plan: laid for an interstate business. . . , - - A year ago today all lines were easy a. 1 uncimngea values ,' i 'Official yard values today!' , . II4E. ihl.. - $60 ) 6.60 : stockers and feeders, ). aiuo vancy eastern uregon steers, cooks. $3.0092.26; bull and stags, $1.60 Sheep Beat wethers, . $3.75i94.00; spring lambs, weighing ?5 pounds, $4.76; mixed, 3.26.60. Hogs Recover Decline. Chicago, June 17.-Offliial run: t - Hogs. Cattle. Sheep. Chicago . ...:.85,00O 23,000 19,000 Omaha .. . ... ;ll,000 , 2.800 , 2.000 Kansa City No market. Hog opened slow to 60 lower. Left oyer yesterday 6,800. Receipt year ago 26,O0O. Mixed. $5.86396.80; heavy, 36.60 fi.SOr rough, 15.86 6.50; light. $5.65 6.76.' Cattle 10 to 16c lower. Sheep steady. .. Hogs closed tronfr, with the decline I?tTvlI74-. . M'r, $5.405.82H; heavy, $5 505'77H: roun' 5-406-; 11"ht' Cattle 10c lower. Sheep steady. WHEAT CLOSES THE SAME AS OH TUESDAY ABtXRIGAXf WHEAT VUOLXBTU. :', July. . .... 86731 97B . . . . 87B . .... 831 , . . . .108H Chicago . . . Hew Tor . , St. Xau1s , . , Kansas Oltv BIT Sanaeanoiis Duluth Wiaaepeg ... i.-f::: .100 Chicago. June' 17. The wheat mar ket opened firm and higher. It was erratic during the day, being firm one minute and weak the next It lost its early grain and cloved unchanged from yeBieraay ror tne tnree options. Liverpool opened H to d lower than yesieruay. Primary receipts show: uushels. Today. Year ago. Wheat Corn ; Shipments .. 269,000 446,000 . . 725,000 895,000 ttusneis. Wheat 131.000 839,000 Corn . .. 484.000 614,000 Total 'clearances: Wheat and flour, vo.ouu uu., ?urn, OKV DU. A Hutchinson, Kansas dispatch to Logan & Bryan says: "Raining now and looks like rain all day. Another week like this and we cannot save crop. Range by Overbeck & Cooke Co.: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. July Sept Deo. 89 90 Vi 87U H 88 74R 87H 88 H 67A 74 88H 89H CORN. 67 69H 7H 68H 69 9H OATS. 48 44 3 , 38Vi 39T6 0 July Sept Dec.'. 68HA July Sept. May 43HB f HA 40HB MESS PORK. July Sept July Sept July Sept . 1417 1440 1417 14S0 1462 1467 1445 1452 LARD. 877 882 875 877 895 900 895 895 SHORT RIBS. 782 .795 , 782 790A 806 817 805 812B News Gossip of Finance New York. June 63c; London, 24 d. it. Bar silver, t New York. June 17 National CMv bank has engaged $2,250,000 for export tumorrow. , . . , ; New York, June 17. Director of the "Big Four" have oassed semi-annual dividend on common stock, but will pay kfi per cent uu tne preierrea. New York. June 17. It 1 stated to De-a possibility that American Locomo tive win out its dividend. , ' London.' June'. 17. Stock market mixed for,, American, shares. Ch lea ro. ' - 'June 17. Serlmm damn a-e reoortecT to croa In aouthweatern itut,, en aocount of ..-flood. Winter wheat harvest delayed, by floods and demoral ization of railroad traffic. New York, June .17 Government bonds:. ' Bid. ....104H . . j'.106 . ...r.101. Ask. 106 ioiK 101 t 122 122 Twos, registered do. coupon ..... Threes, registered -i do . coupon t.... Small bonds . . :-i . ....1004 Fours, registered . ...111 do coupon .122 .103 New York. June 17. -6te'rllnr demand. 487487Hi 0 days, 485H46. New York. June 17. Like Erie - Western railway has . passed its divi dend. New York. June -17.--Metale: Cop erLake. lttaffllSc: electrolvtio. 12K 12s;i castings. l2U12Hc. , Tin, 27028Hc; lead. $4.47 04.62 H'- New York Cotton Market. ' (Furnished by Overbeck ft Cook Co.) wpen. Mign. Close, mes. Jan. Mar. July Aug. Sept Oct- 940 ... 80 929 940 936 92 1038 1016- 985. "'.-60 y 33 924 1061 1084 99$ 950 932 ..... 1077 ..... 104S 1042 1020 980 "i960 $16 1004 ;..,' 964 Peo.' 946 Look Out for a Sharp Advance in Hop Contracts or Old Hops on Paper It's a Plan of the Shorts to Force Cultivation PASS PAYHEHT AND MIT PRICE Wall Street ' Surprised at Aon-Dividend on the Big . - Four, and Lake Erie. STOCK MARKET LOSSES. ., . Amal. HII11 Cent. ...... U yr ay. ...... ,u , 2!Mo, Pac. .... Sugar ......... IN. T. Cen...... Anaconda, ..... filNortu Pao..v.. B. Jk O. ViiPenn. Brooklyn. , H! Reading Canadian .HIB.s P., ,.1 St Paul...!... 4lU. P. : : U C.&ip......... U. B. Bteel.... Col. Fuel, j ....... do p. ........ H New fork. June 17. The itock mar. ket Was- largely srofeaalonal In the early , dealing, of which much short covering was in evidence, and om buying by trader for long account in expectation of a strong close on the favorable outlook at the Chicago con vention. However tha rise was checked in the early afternoon by rumor from Chicago and by passing of the ' "Big f our' dividend and Laite Erie west, ern Preferred dividend. This action wa a complete aurDrise to Wall street. resulting in tne tnrowtng over 01 stones by the traders and creating a rather weak market generally toward the close. rair Duying toon place on tne reces sions. (Range by Overbeck A Cook Company.) DESCRIPTION. Amal. Cod. Co... 1 68 68 24 66 34 H Am. C. & F. c.i li oo pia. ....... Am. . Cot. Oil. c. Am. Loco. c. 9V 49H Am. Sugar, o... 126 7S2 1264 76& Am. Smelt, a... ao pra 3 mm Anaconda M. Co.. Am. wool. o. . . . Atchison, c ... 28 H 82H do pfd. B. & O. c. 89K 89H $8 do pfd Br. Rap. Tran. . 47 474 47H Can. Pacific, c. Cent Leather, o. 160H 160H 160 25 '6 25H 6H 26 ' ao Did C. A Q. W. c . . . C. M. A St P... C. & N.-W. c. 134 H 12344 161 161 C. & O 44 27 H 44 27H Colo. F. ft I. c. Colo. South., c ao, zna pra. . do. 1st Dfd. . 49 49 lit Dela. Hud... 159 16H Den. & R. O.. c. uo. diu Erie, com. . , . . 12 18 18 ao, zna pfd. . do. 1st Dfd. . lit 24H S4H Ot Nor., pfd. . III. Central ... L. A N. , i . . . . Manhattan Rv,. Mex. Cen. Ry. . 122 130 108 180H 129H 107 H 129 1 Mo., K. & T.. C. 27 27 27 H.an. city South do. pra uiBtuier ...... Ore Land 60 49 H 66H 60 69 M. K. & T..Dfd.. Missouri pacific) national iead N. Y. Central ... N. Y.. O. & W. . 105 40 60H No. American . . . No. Pacific, . . . Pacific M. S. Co. Penn. R'y. ..... P. O.. L. & C. Co. 1ST ao 7a 121 121 92 Pr. St. Car, c. do pfd. .... Reading, c. . . do 2d pfd. . do 1st pfd. . Rep. I. ft 8., c. do pfd Rock Island, c do pfd 114 114 112 18 66 17 33 St L. & 8. F. 2pf. 28 87H Boutn. paciric, c. do pfd Southern Ry., o. do pfd Tenn. C. ft I Texas & Pacific. T S. L. & W.. c. do pfd Union Pacific, c. do pfd U. S. Rubber, c. do pfd 119 ill 20 44C 147 83 H U. B. Steel CO.. c 37 do pfd... Wabash, c. do Dfd . . . 102 W. U. Telegraph 66 lH wis. central, c. do pfd Wheeling, L. E. 1 SHI, 8 Total sales. 319.800 shares. ' Call money, high at 1, closed at 1. New York Bond Market. . . . Bid. Asked. ancn. cent, as 100 100 Fenn. Rv. 5s 100 -100 Uni. Rys. St. L. 4s 82 So. Pac. 1st ref. 4s 92 , 92 ou la. or o. r. rtri. is.. I i. IZ N. A W. Cons. 4s .. 93' 94 R. I. let. ref. 4s.. 86 ' 86 Met St. Yr. ref. 4s 60 . . . . . Inter. Met. 4Hs 68 U ssv Atl. Const Line 4s...... 79 - R2i2 ft. iX. IB ii 7 O. S. L. ref. gold 4S S 89 Vi 80 Cons. Trne. Co. 5s...... 102 102 Col. A So. 1st 4s....;.., 89 90 Cent Pnc. 1st 4s.. 96, ..... Atl. Coast Line cons, 4s. . . . . it 1 & L. Uni. 48 ..' B8U' C. B. A Q. joint 4s.. "96 97 Reading gen. 4s .....!-' 98t ' esfc Elec. A Peo. (Phiy 4s.. . 89 . 90 y'n. y. inv. t;o. (Phll.)s ,78. 74 PEICE OF NEVADA: SHARES IN FBISC0 (Furnished by Overbeck A Cooke Co.) oan r ranciicu, 4 una X (.Bid prices: BULLFROO DISTRICT. Bullf. lcA, Nat Bank 6cA. L. Harris IcA. Amethyst 2a Gold Ru if Rnnni, Vllaiuai V- OU111, - m. LI. IRA. MfaTtT Clare 6c. Mayfl. Cons. 6c, Monty.-Ohio mi. iua, v. ocepier its, MOnty. Mt. 7C, Homestake Cons. 31c. Tramp Cona 16cA. Victor IcA. , . TONOPAH DISTRICT. Ton. Nev. $8.02. Mont Ton li lt Tim. Ext 77c, MacNamara 83c, Midway 86c, Ton. Belmont 82c, Ton. No. Star 6c, Ohio Ton. IcA, West End Cons. 45c, Rescue 6C Ton. A' Calif. - 2eA nnAn Inohnr icV,im.?utl?r 22c- Monarch Pitts. Ex. 3oA. Oolden Crown 2c j. , . , VARIOUS DISTRICTS. Fairy, Eagle 65cA. Nevada Truia ti s. Pittsburg. Silver Peak $1.16, Eagle s Nest 12c. Alice pf Wouder lo, Rawhide Queen $1.55. QOLDFIELDS DISTRICT. Sandstorm 23e. ColumMa. ' M. i.tc Jumbo . Ext . 26c, Pennsylvania IcA. Booth 16o. Blue Bull lit. Ariama 4r Sliver Pick 12c, May Queen 80 A. Nev. Boy 2c B. B. Ext lo. Blue Bell 4c. Dixie 1c, O. Columbia 8cA. Hlbernla 2e, St Ive 26c, Conquerer 2c, Blk. Rock ie. ione Htar c, u. wonder 2cA, Oro 8c. Kendall Ext 2cA. Sandst Ext. le. Mayne lc, Atlanta 17c, Great Bend 26c, Empire lo. Red Top Ext 7c, Florence $3.16, Dlam'f vB. B. Con. 16c, O. Daisy 84c. Comb. Fract 49c Or. Bend Ext 60. Or. Bend Anx. 6c, MUlstorm 2c, Ke- wanos 26eA. Esmeralda 2cA. Cracker T.nlr r Pki.pI, UaHi.W IK. XA Mill A u v mviiawk v aivn.. uvi U a ' 1 1 1 " ti a v I Y. Tiger 8 4c A, Grandma 4c, S. Pick Ext j lc, Monawg ;xt. ica. ixu I'uinn ie,i IIIERS BUSY H Locating New Ground, De , .'veloping Ledges and . Building Koads. . ; ' . r (Special Dl pa tea to To YoeraaL) Bohemia. Or, Jane 17. A. P. Church- Ill 1 packing in supplies and has com menoed development work on his Presl- dent group of seven olalms. Some very goo a ore na peen openea ana eu wore don nbowg up well. He ha a very promising copper and gold property in his President group. Ho own several other group and has interested Roeeburg parties In soma- of nis noiuings. ' On th Royal Flush sToud, owned by poruand capitalist ana otners, ; Mr. Tom and some helpers are doing .devel opment work and show some good ore. John Crowley of Portland is prlnoipal owner ' - v Development work i progressing on the Twin Rooks property, owned by Illinois and Oregon capitalists. A cross cut tunnel is in 200 feet and will soon cut a ledge of proved richness. The managers expect to cut this ledge with in 20 feet more, then they will drjft on the ledge and block out ore. W. H. Shane is doing development work on the Pittsburg group, owned by himself and others. He is building a trail to connect with tne uienwood trail and county road. All this trail is on an even grade, none ot it over 8 ner cent. It Is a pleasure to go over this trail after traveling some that are 20 fcer cent grade and some even worse, People in this camp are beginning to e tne aavantage 01 gooa traus ano wagon roads. Mr. Mccab 1 ooing some location work on -a new And and says he ha something good. He will soon pack in upplle and commence development on his Rock creek property. He will build a trail on a good grade from his prop erty down Rock creek to . Steamboat creek, to connect there with the wagon road that comes up the Steamboat from Roseburg. He hopes to see Roseburg Improve this road, as a good many peo ple in camp Would buy supplies there If there were an outlet 8. . J. Brand is getting along nicely with his wagon road contract and hopes to have the road completed soon, so that ore can be hauled over it This is the road Mr. Hard 1 building from the Veuviu to hi Utopian property, where he has blocked out , considerable high grade ore. This or Is free milling and Mr. Hard will haul it to the Vesuvius mill for treatment He will also com mence hauling base or from hi Oregon-Colorado property soon. This ore will be concentrated and the concen trates shipped to Tacom for smelting. PACIFIC SENI0ES . ON CLASS DAY (Special Dlnpstch to To Jour ml.) Pacific University, Forest Grove, Or June 17. The seniors gave their class day exercises on the college campus Monday afternoon, consisting of reol tatlons, songs, Jokes, class prophesy and the dedication of a concrete seat In the evening at Marsh hall the class in oratory under tne airection 01 pro fessor Orr gav two plays before a large audience. The trial acene from "The Merchant of . Venice" , and '"Our Boys." V ' ' '. ROSS IS SUFFERING FROM INJURED BACK (Special Dispatch to Th Journal.) St. Helens, Or.. June 17. William Rosa, who with his family was thrown from a brlda-e last Sunday bv a fright ened horse. Is suffering Intensely from the injury to his back and it is Impoa sibl to move him from the house, to which he was taken after the accident He is attended by his son. Dr. L. O. Ross of Oood Samaritan hospital i Mrs. Ross wa able to return to her home and though covered with bruise Is not seriously mjurea. Traveler at Salt Lake. (Catted Press Land Wire.) Bait Ike City, Utah, June 17. Un der condition perhaps more favorable for a successful gathering than ever before, the annual convention of the grand council of the United Commer cial Traveler opened in thi city to day. For 24 hour the delegates and visitor 1 have been pouring in from point throughout Montana, Idaho and Utah, and at noon today it wa eti mated that the attendance approached 6,000. The busines seotlon is a mass of flags and bunting in honor of the visitors. The session are to continue four days. Tho business of the gather ing ' will' be interspersed with many feature of entertainment Foremost on the program will be th big parade in which numerous bands, floats and military and clvlo organisations will be In line with th thousand of uniformed traveling men. J : Three Years' Walk. '' (United Freaa teased Wire.) ' Toronto, Ont, June 17. Two young Englishmen, Arthur David Hadley and John Wynne Harley started from the city hall here today on a three years' walklns tour. The wacer for which they are walking is $10,000, and their itinerary is Toronto to Vancouver, to Seattle, to New York, to Halifax, to Toronto. Accord In r to the oondlttons of the wager thoy must finish within three years arM not rest more than a month between each section. They must earn their expense en route, sleep every night in a tent draw their baggage in a hand cart and obtain the signature of some of rtolal in every town ana Village through wnicn tney pass. Incorporations. (Special Dispatch to lb JonrasL)' -flelam Or . June 17. Artiole of In corporation have been filed in the office 01 tne aecretary or isie mm ioiiuw. Oibson-Levlnger company: principal Offloe, Portland; capital stoca. it.uvu; Ineoraorators. Joseph C Gibson. M. Levlnger and J. H. Gibson. The Molalla Power company; princi pal office, Canby. Or.; capital stock. 110, 600; Incorporator. John B. Hurat W. 8. Hurst and Fred P. Hurst in v. Rosa lc. Ooldf. Cons. $5.48, Diam'f. Triangle, 8c. ; Produce in San Francisco. an wanctsca. June 17. Egg Per dosen, California fresh, inoludlng cases, extras, 2c; firsts. 22c; seconds, 20c; thirds, 18He: eastern . seconds, 17c. Butter Per pound. California fresh. mm 8 So: firsts. SJVto: seconds. 22c: packing No. 1. 21o; packing No. 2. 29 c C-neese cw, imr iiuuuu. vamuiui. flats fancy, 11 Uc; firsts, lie; seconds, 10 hie; California Young America fancy, 18 He; first,. ltc; eastern Oregon fan cy, 18c; . eastern Oregon Young Amer ica fancy. liHoi storage, eastern fancy New York. 16c; Oregon. 14c. Potatoes Per cental. Oregon Bur- banks. $l.261.25; new potatoes $1.00 1.75; boxe, 61.60. Onions Par crate Bermudas. 10066c; Australian brown, I8.001.60: red on ions. 60o65c; allyerskins, $1.00fl.lO. oranges fer dox. naveia x.uws.e; fancy Valencia. $3.60; Med. sweets, fancy, $2.50. 2.76. c , - Shanlko Wool 8ales. ' (Special Dlsptteh to Th Joarnal.) - -, Shanlko. Or- June 17. Wool . sales were from 2 to So higher than previous ale at thi point on June 2, bids run Ding from 12c to Ukc;- highest bid 16HO, by William Ellery. buying the clip-. of Jacob Kasser, consisting of 86. 000 pounds. In all about-to clips, or 1,800,000 pounds, are to be offered at this sale, which will probably be con- sreaj w utuu nui yt viua:W tlnued for at least two day. G16IIT0:iCE)L0VESICK GIRL ELUDES POLICE ','..' ..'- '-j- i " ' ' ' '-" 1 ..':.' , ' i x. a -u '.v-..' i,' :," . " "' -' - - a sit Detectives Spend Three Days Trying . to Locate Four Runaway Youngsters. Foiled by; detective In her attetfipt to run away Sunday with her sweet heart and another youthful couple, 1( year-old Susie Davis, 235 Milwaukle road. Monta villa, made a second attempt Monday, and so far the police have not located iter. The runaway Sunday night was frustrated by Detectives Hunter and HowelL On information furnished by Susie Davis's parent th officers intercepted toera at toe iX w. f. rail way station. - At that time they stated that they intended going to Hood River valley to pick strawberries. Lawrence Cummins. 62 Hawthorne avenue, Aioen wavis. jiasx taeventn and Mill streets, and Marie Lazarus, residing on the east side, all under age, were Susie Davis' companion in Sun day nixht's affair, and the police be lieve the quartet is together in the sec ond .runaway. Although three day have elapsed since the police were no tified, diligent search ha failed to re veal any .trace." .-,. - - Susie Davis was at one time employed in Shanahan'a dry good store. It waa there that she became acquainted with Marie Lasarus and th two young fel lows, one of whom ha been keenlnr company with her. according; to police report ine ponce are inclined to De neve that the story of the strawberry Sicking was a subterfuge, resorted to 1 order to throw off suspicion. . MRS. LUTTENBERGER ; OBTAINS DIVORCE Charge Dr. JN. Q. Lattenberger With Being Ungrate- 1 (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) St Louis, Mo., June 17. Mr. Lutten- berger, wife of Dr. J. N. O. Lutten- berger, who tat an evangelist and physi cian, with residence at Pendleton, Ore- on, ha obtained a divorce. Dr. Lut mberger had filed an answer but made no appearance. Mrs. Luttenberger alleged desertion as her cause ot action. She testified that she had spent $2,500 of her own money to educate Dr. Luttenberger and charged that he had repaid her with Ingratitude, asserting that she was his Inferior mentally and making a griev ance of her alleged inability to interest him Intellectually. ' They were married in tnis city Juiy 8, 1906. From December, 1806, until September 9, 1907, they lived praotlcally ranged In th same house. The testimony of Mis Louise Wolff of Dorsey, I1L, helped the - plaintiff. Miss Wolff told of Dr. Luttenberger' attempting to embrace her when ahe entered hi office "I pushed him away nd told him to behave himself," said the witness. Dr. Luttenberger in a sermon, on a date subsequent to the estrangement between the pair, it is said, gave inti mations of his position on the marriage relation in tne touowing utterance: "If the wire reruses to Keep up reach ing and thinking she will soon discover inharmonious conditions.) When the husband loves art science, literature and Christianity and the wife la slven to admire th opposite, incompatabllity soon weakens the tender chords of genu ine affection. When the home is blessed with children, love and effec tlon grow more perfect Whenever the woman refuses to be fruitful and mul tiply, love suffer irreparable loaa" KING RICHARD, LONG DEAD, COKES TO LIFE "King Richard III." that masterful creation of Shakespeare, created some dlveraion In Judge Cameron court thi morning when resurrected by William Summer for a brief soliloquy. William 1 a negro, and is familiarly known among his compeers aa "BUI." It was that Sunday closing ordinance which was responsible for ?"BHr" appearance in court " ' ' "Ye see,' ledge," said he, "Ah wu sent aftah some milk. Ah looked all ovah fo' dat milk an couldn't fin' eny. Ah ie' natchally had to git som'pln. so Ah gits dat bucket filled wid beer.' Officer Craddook arretted the negro Sunday Bight, aa he was In process of transportation with the frothy, forbid den liquid. "I gues the court will continue sen tence; but don't you come back again," warned Judge Cameron. "Bill's" face cleared 'into an expense of shining Ivories. "Now la de wintah of vouh discon tent made rla'lous lumnah by dl son of Yo'k. Song Jedge. Much oblldged, sub." "Bill's" departure was given an ovation of laughter that called for de cisive use of Judge Cameron's gavel. Archbishop McEvay Installed. 7 (Ustted Press Leased Wire.) Toronto, Ont, June 17. The conse cration and installation of Archbishop McEvay took place tht morning in St Michael' cathedral and proved to be one of the most brilliant events of the kind ever witnessed in Toronto. Priest and prelates from many parts of Canada and the United States were in attendance. Mgr. Hoarretti. tne pa pal delegate, chanted tne pontincal high maa. and the ceremony of consecra tion waa performed by Bishop Dowling of Hamilton. Wabash Commencement. (United Press Leased Wtre.) Crawfordsville, Ind.. June 17. Com mencement exercise at Wabash college were held this morning in the presence of a large crowd of visitors. . The ad dress to the graduating class wa de livered by William A. Ketch am of In dianapolis, a former department com mander of the Indiana G. A. R. IF AN INDIAN IS NOT AN INDIAN MAY HE BE ALLOWED SOME BOOZE? When Is an Indian not an Indian T Or rather, when can an Indian drink? Or, rather still, whe can a person give or sell an Indian whiskey This inter esting question la to be -decided in the United States courts in Portland with in the next few days. - - i WUJlara Mcintlre, an old sailor and who olaims to have com to Portland before the hills began to grow, and wnen mere was notnmg in Portland but the waterfront and the trees along its banks, and when a sky scraper was never even thought of, was brought here thi morning,; having been ar rested at Klamath Falls for giving whiskey to an Indian. Mclntlre aow makes his home at Klamath Fall. : Overbeck i& Cbbke Co. -"CcEsalssica Uercbsnls, Slccis, Ccsis, Cct!ca, Crzlz, EL. 216-217 BOARD OP TRADE BUILDING .Members Chicago Board of Trade, Correspondents of Logan Si Eryan, !, Chicago, New . York, Boston. W have the only private wire connecting Portland with the eastern , " exchange.: OIPIOIJIIS FOR 62 AT 0. 11. C. largest Class in History ot I School Year's Great ' . ' . Growth... ' ' (Ipectal DlnatfB ts The laaraal t , Corvallla, Or, June 17,The gradua. Hon exerolM of the Oregon Agricul tural college opened, at 10 o'clock to day, attended by an immense rm4 despite the druullng rain. Hundreds Of alumni and other visitor from all over Oregon were present- The Arm ory, where the exercise were held, had been converted into a' veritable ruatla paradise by th Use of evergreen boughs, potted nalma and ferna " A profusion of bunting was used in the decorations. - The program this morning follows: Invocation, Bev. D. H. Leech; '"Spring Song." chorus:'- "Beanteoue WaltK chorus; aalutatory, Mary Rose Bcoggln; valedictory, Herbert ' - Edward : ' Cooke; two vocal numbers bv Virginia Bnen. : cer Hutchinson: address to th crass. Congressman W. C Haw ley; "Ecstaey,' Virginia Hutchinson; address, J. It ' Ackerman, state superintendent of scnoois; conrerring. degrees, resident Kerr; "Triumphal, " 1 chorus. The commencement event through out have been successful. The drill of tne cadet regiment yesterday afternoon was witnessed by hundreds. The alum ni banauet waa haM last nfa-Vit at WaU lace ball. ' . A recital at the Armory wa given last evening by the pupil of th school ' of muslo. . The last lnter-aoclatv da- bat. for the Oatch eup, held last night resulted In victory for th Amlcltfan over th Zetagatheana. The enrollment for the year eloalng growth has been not only In number but in collegiate advancement The standard ef the college has been lifted. Much building has been done and more I in progress. Next year greater things are expected 4at the institution. There are 82 graduate this year, th largest class in th history, of th school. Sale of Hare Coins. (United Frew Leaacd Wire.) ' ' " Phil&delDhia. Pa.. June 17. Two of the. rarest snec.lmena of the American Frlvate gold coinage are to be offered or sale at an auotlon of old coin which began ' her today. Th first of these Is a five-dollar gold piece struck In Colorado during tne mas -eatt boom days by a firm of Jewelers , and bankers at a small mining camp In the famous Georgia Oulch district. So far as known there la only one other of these coins In existence and that Is in the collection at tne umtea mate mint in thi city. The second coin is a ten-dollaf gold- Slece Issued by the Cincinnati Mining : Trading company in California in the days of '49, and bears an Indian' head, surmounted by a chaplet of feath ers. Though the design is crude, this ten-dollar piece enjoys the distinction of having brought the highest pre mium aver given for a specimen of private gold coinage, tz.ius neing paia recently for a similar specimen at a sale in London. SPIRITS ABSENT FROM TRIAL OF BANKER (trslted Press Leased Wire,! . San Francisco, June 17. J. Dalsell Brown, the convict ex-manager of the California Safe Deposit a Trust com pany, waa on the stand the greater gart of today In the trial of Walter J. artnett, who is accused of causing the failure of the bank by stealing some of the Col ton securities. ; ; ; ' Brown was examined by Prosecutor Cook, who - brought out some of the : dealing that Bartnett had attempted to put through to - save th bank . from failure. - ': ' i The apirltualiBtle seances, at which the ghosts of Jay Gould, Colli P.Hunt ington and other financier appeared to brought out. but Brown declared hli belief in SDliituallsm and said that he had experimented with the occult - At University of : Wisconsin. (United Press Lease Wire.) ' Madison. Wis.. June -17. The com mencement week program at the Uni versity of Wisconsin wa brought : to a close today with the graduation ex ercises. At 9 o'clock this morning the thousand graduate and member of the faculty marphod in procession from th upper campus to th armory, where the exercise were held. ' Following .the customary orations, which were Inter opersed with selections of music, the commencement address wa delivered by President Van Hle. '-i Bunker Hill Day In Boston, (United Press Leased Wire.) I Boston. Masa.- June 17. Boston to day observed the one hundred and thirty-third anniversary or the battle of Bunker Hill with the usual prosrrft-m of parades, firework and oratory. The . patriotic ceieoration eenterea, a usual. In Charlestown. the scene of the fa mous fight The program for the day provided for two big parades, one con sisting of military, naval and eivic bodies. Including detachments of sailor and marine from visiting warships, and the second an electrical pageant with numerous handsome float. Tennessee for Bryan. (United Prase Leased Wire.) . Nashville, Tenn., June 17. Th Dem ocratic tat convention was called to order her today to select delegates to the national convention at Denver. All indications at the opening pointed to a harmonious session. ' : By agreement of the state committee-and the campaign manager th convention is to take no action with regard to the gubernatorial contest now on- between Governor Pat terson end em-Senator Carmack. .. . As both faction are for Bryan for the presidency there will he no opposition to resolutions , indorsing the Nebraska leader. :,.-....;. . Horac 41 Wilson, superintendent and disbursing Agent on an Indian res ervation, is the complainant. The In dian is John Gray. ,. . .It is claimed that if an Indian ha had his allotment of land, taken the oath of allegiance and is not in charr of an Indian agency, that he is an American citizen and can drink as much whifkey aa he likes and that It Is no ones' business whether It Is given him, If he is lucky, or whether hi purchases It at so much per swallow. But on the other hand If an Indton in a government ward he has no buslne.ie having any whiskey, inside or out, un der any circumstance. Mclntlre, vo is an old man. e!nn nver . to have been arrested b-tra and he is much grieved over his plmht. Xi :