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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNaL. PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 23, 1D03.
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QUITE SEVERE
Dealers Examine Fields and
JJeport Ii)ss of About 20
IVr Cent Market Good.
V'lioleol m Hct featurea:
. Extent cf fioM liamaije.
pome potatoea are moving
Another advance In lard
Peaches In entailer auppl.
Tomato market firmer.
Hop sales at 7c a Pund-,
' Advance butter la 34c today.
Kgg market la advanced.
Poultry prices down a notcli.
' Huckleberries 1n Isrger supply..
Scarcity of dressed meata.
1 : rroat Duup Quite ' Severe.
It la now irenerally conceded that the
damage to Oregon's and In fact to in
po!a.l crop, of the pcl"Eorih,
west waa quite severe laat week, al
though It will not be known for
month or two the exact extent '
loss by the cold snap. ' Some dealers
and growera now pleue the actual dam
age to the crop at 10 per cent that . la
this amount of potatoea ; wi Unever
reach the market that would otherwise
have been perfect. The damage to slses
la perhnpa greater than thla. so the
trafe bellevea that small sizes and ac
tual Ioaa of othera will pull -down the
production fully 25 per cent from what
waa expected previous to the frost
Thla will give the Tactile north weat a
much smaller crop than a year ago.
owing to the- very dry summer, wnicn
' kept the crops back. , V .:
pamafe la Eastern Kaltnomah. ,
." A prominent buyer who vleitedthe
eaatern Multnomah section yesterday,
going as far as the Sandy river, atated
today to The Aoiirnul that the vlnea all
through that auction were Jet black and
were therefore daJ. He atated that
this stopped the growth of the potatoea.
Thoae which- were planted previous to
June 15 were not affected by,the frost
k.i iua ninntinr was .in manv in
stances ruined berauire the potatoea had
such little time to grow before they
were checked by the sudden frost. 1 im
- i.iiv.r Hmiti the actual loss through
nut the district and the eastern Mult
nomth ia the best district in the state
at fullv 10 per cent.
S ho old teavs vines Dry.
1 Another prominent buyer who visited
various sections or ine n iiiraeuo
l Hnrtnc the nast few days stated thi
morning that the late-planted stock waa
entirely ruined but mat tne rrosi oin
no damage at all to early stock because
this had sufficiently matured. It simply
CALIFORNIA
IS
SE DING
Hogs. Cattle. Sheen.
. 710 163 J0
. 200 300 23
. 299 sto
. 86 201 244
. 66 120
'. innnxl ha growth.
This same buyer advises the growers
not-to dig their potatoes for at least
three weeks or until such a time as the
vines had completely dried. Otherwise
the dug stock will show poor keeping
quality ana vui not-' Dring very gooa
- prices in the market.
- ; Potato larkt Xsoks Oood.
The frosts have done something for
: the notato grower besides cutting out
portion of his crop, for present lndlca-
. tions are tnat tne producer win receive
a better price for his potatoea than
" seemed possible before the frost there
fore. tn rrost win earn me potato pro
ducer money Instead of taking away
from him. There is some little busi
ness In fancy stock with San Francisco
but tne TOturae ot iraae is aim smait,
1 A f ew Inquiries are being-received from
v Arlsona and the southwest for : fancy
stock at favorable prices, but no actual
business la confirmed Decause - local
shippers do-not know whether they can
secure tne quality, or not
- sgtr Harket Is Kltfher. :
v Along Front street the egg market Is
generally higher and for best quality
the trade Is holding at 3232a Sup
plies are small and most shippers say
i. they are able to get the- price. There
Is, however, an increasing volume of ar-
rivals from the east and it is generally
the handlers of eastern eggs who are
- putting an artificial price on the local
product.- ' i -
' i Those local butter makers who did
not advance their quotations on best to
84c last week, put up ' the price thla
morning and all quotations for local
make are uniform.
While the cheese market Is showing a
somewhat better movement the pride Is
still -somewhat mixed.
Chicken Market Is Bragging.
A dragging tone Is noted In the chick
en market. and some supplies were car
ried over ; from Saturday because the
holders woul not accept a fractional
decline.
Peach market ia advanced with small
er supplies. Top stock selling at 85
90c.
A car of grapes came In from Lodl,
Cal., this morning. Market is steady.
Several hop sales of small size have
been reported since Saturday at 7c..
Huckleberriea are In larger supply
but with good quality the market is
'good around 10 11c a pound.
: ' Tomato market ia firmer and beat
stock Is finding favor at 60c.
Front street sells at the following
prices. Those paid shippers are less
regular commissions:
, : Batter, Eggs ana Poultry.
BUTTER Extra creamery, 84c;
fancy, 82 c; store. 18c.
BUTTKR FAT Delivery f. . o. b.
Portland Sweet cream, 22 He; sour,
SI He per lb.
EGOS Local, best, S2ltrS2c: east
ern. 262fc-; local storage. 2628c.
POULTRY Mixed chickens, 12j
13c; hens, 13c: roosters, did, 9c; -fryers,
14c; broilers He lb; geese, spring,
)0c: turkeys. alive, old, 17U18c;
Spring, 186 20c: spring ducks 11 j
4fl6c lb; pigeons, squabs, $2 4 2.60 per
dos; old. 1; dressed poultry, ltflc
Seven Loads .of Heavy Stuff
Come Here Keeause, of
Very Good Market.
4 Adveaoe la Provision. 4
e The great strength of the hog e
situation waa ahown today when d
4 local packera advanced their
quotations on provisions - There
4 was a rise of He a pound In
d both grades or lard. Dry salt
d meats were moved up the same
4 figure and fdr the eame reaaon.
4 Tlere waa a factional change In
d bacon values
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN.
Today ......
Saturday ....
507 ........
90S ..
1905
Portland Union Stockyards, 8ept. 28.
There were very heavy arrivals or
hogs in the local market over Sunday,
but the tone of the trade continued firm
nriMi' ira unchanged. The loca
hog market has leen so good of late
that shippers from other sections are
K-o-inninir to be attracted and It will
not be long before the Portland market
.in iu miilil-rp1 one of the best In
the country. In fact, the high prlcea
in effect here are cauning all of these
nira ahlDments. Today seven ' loads
n. ... In fmm 'allfomiA.
Th stock from the south was of
very heavy weight, lust what packers
of the Paclilc northwest are looking
for. The reverse is the Case In the
ontliitrn coast markets, for there mo
lighter block stuff finds most of th
Ci11' Oood Prices for Steers.
. Present nrlces In the cattle market
s ,nrv hlith ronalderinc the quality
Thre Is little ton stuff coming and
at .that- in trmr aaiea of steers below
$4 and from that figure the market
still rules up as high as $4.25. Select
ateera are . still very scarce and the
tradn atlll exDresses the opinion that
ririces would reach higher if the qua!
tv could be secured.
For two dava the run of sheep was
mull in thn vards: over Sunday the ar
rivals in the yards totaling but 250
head. The market Is very firm at for
mer nrlces. -
While there waa a rirm xone in an
lines of livestock today, trade was
smalt: buvers not seemingly caring to
purcnase on tne iirst aay or ine ween.
xoaay 10 norses arnvea in me yarus,
A vear ago today hogs were easy,
cattle easier and sheep very firm.
Following is the general range oi val
ues on stock ruling in the yards for
late shipment: -
1 Hose Beat, east of mountains. $7
7.25: ordinary.. I8.75SS7: blockers and
China fats. 6: stookera and feeders, S
a Cattle Select, .east of mountains,
ateera, 44.2o; medium steers, s.60
S.75: ordinary. 13. 256)3.50: best cows
and heifers. J2.7611 3; medium cows, 12
2.25; stags, 12.508; bulls, 12. .
Sheep Best wethers, $3,50; ordinary
wether. 33.25: lambs, $4; straight
ewes, $2.50; mixed lots, $Z.50ig2.75.
Veal Choice young-, calves. $4.60 f
heavy and rough, $3.50 4. ' t ' -
Tard's BepresentatlTS Bales.
The following are representative of
late sales of livestock In the local yards
and show exactly the extent of the de
mand ana prices tnereror: ,
Weight,
37 steers .....40,770
steers .............. 2.410
5 cows 16,030
IfK SUPPORT
III WHEAT PRICE
vmxm
Hull Campaiffn Quits A1-
inost ns toon as It Start
ed May in Chicago.
Price.
$4.00
3.50
S.00
Cattle Higher in the, East.
Chicago.1 Sept. 2S. Receipts Hosts.
3.000; cattle. 23.000: sheen. 32.000. Hon
are sienay caiuraays average. L,ert
over Saturday, fl.ioo. Receipts a year
go, ai.uuu. Aiixea. n.tswi.i; ncavv,
.B07.25: rough. 8.456.80: llaht.8.45
v aiue tsieaay, m cents higher.
Sheep Steady.
Sept.
)ec.
May
CHICAOO WHEAT MARKET.
rtnon. I'lni. Bent. IS. Loss.
10OS, 101
104 JtM
'pen.
IOuU
100
, 104
XtlllBg frosts are reported today U
Iowa, aorta Dakota and aClnaesota,
wltk heavy frosts la Xaasaa, Mlssoarl,
sod Oklahoma. The sews, however, had
little effect apoa cereal prices.
Chicago, Sept. $8. The wheat market
had a tinge of flrmnes right at 'the
opening . todav: ahort covering - putting
the value several fractions above Sat
urday closing.
There was nothing In the foreign sit
uation to aid the bulla In their cam
paign today and the fight was short,
with practicallv no excitement. Liver
pool opened t under Saturday and
closed "4 jj Hd lower. There was a de
cline of in the closing price at Ber
lin compared with the previous ending.
Primary receipts:
Bushels. " -
Today. Year ago.
1.144,000
1.177,000
Wheat ......
Corn .
Shipments:
Wheat ,
Corn
2.416.000
442.000
79,000
472.000
mm man
Premium Is Being: Taid by
' Anxious Millers Price,
as High as 92c'Today: :
World's Wheat Prtoea. ,
, v '-- pea.
Portland A . . ... ...,.,...$ ,JB
USE OF PAfiALLEL
)Miat He Has Done Against
Trusts and What Bryan's
Maii Olney.'HIdn't Do: ..
Chicago ...'1.01 4
St. Louis 1.01 .
New York 1.01 H
Minneapolis 1.01
4 Kansas City ........... 1.02B
4 AVlnnlpeg ............... .14 H
Liverpool , i . .g Hd e
;
Board of Trade Boceipts. .
Ia cars-
Barley. Flour.
Sept. 28..
Sept. 2.,
Sept. 25..
Sept. 24..
Sept. 23..
Sept. 22..
15
'
7
13
13
25
r. Hay. Chts. Wh'
. 1 11 10
10,
10
12
12
10
8
8
t.
01
11
78
120
160
143
818.000
848.000
World's shipments of wheat are given
as 11. 120,000 bushels and corn z.zt.
000 bushels. On passage, wheat In
creased 2,456,000 bushels, while corn
increased 1.620,000 bushels.
'ash wheat No. 2 red, 1.07T
im4: No. 3 red. 4ca$1.01 No. 2
hard. $1.00 1.01 S ; No. $ hard; c
1.01; No. 1 northern spring, $1.05 &
.08: No. 3 northern spring. $1.04 til. 01;
No. 3 spring, 88c $1.06.
ine ttecera-rteraia toaay says :
"It Is the general Impression 4n the
trade that there will no squeese in Sep
tember wheat It haa been the gossip
for a week that a big packing Interest
at one time had enough September
bought to put the price up to $1.10 or
higher, but they had ao much December
sold and the market tightened so unex
pectedly that they were forced to sell
September In order to get in their De
cember without causing: a big advance.
It is the impression or many good trad
ers that the bull news has been worn
out for the time being and" that a decid
ed increase In the buying from the out
side ia necessary to sustain any mate
rial advance from the present level, ai
prices are at a debatable point Just now
and close observers believe the market
would be benefited by a break.
Range or Chicago prices, furnished by
uverbecg & looke company:
WHEAT.
Supplies of Willamette valley spot
wheat are so small , at this time that
millers up the valley are paying a pre
mium of from 1 to 2o a bushel and have
forced the price higher In their eager
neas to secure supplies. For No. 1 val
ley stock the ruling price paid today Is
HI and 2c a bushels compared with 80c
flat heretofore. While there is a steady
(rnlted frees lierWlr.t .
Washington, Sept $8. Prealdent
Roosevelt laat night ' laaued a reply to
Bryan's recent charge, that the Roose
velt administration had not. been In
earnest In Ha anti-trust prosecution
and .had produced the most meagre re.
suits. The president presents a detailed
claim, highly statistical of what. h
says, has been accomplished by the fed
crai aepartment or justice in dealing
with malefactors of great wealth, lie
aaya in part: ,
"Under his' administration a maas nf
cases have been brought. Including the
case against the beef packera; against
the Federal Salt, company; against the
General Paper ' company; against the
Otis and other elevator companies;
against tne American Tobacco company;
agalnat the Powder truat; agalnat the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company;
against the Standard Oil company, and
others. In a number of these caaea the
government has already succeeded by
Injunction and otherwise. jSome of the
cases are now pending. In hardly any
Important caae against , great .law.
breaking corporations haa the govern
ment yet suffered final defeat. ,, ,
, "As regards suits to suppress 'railway
abuses under , the laat Democratic ad-j
ministration there were no Indictments i
against shippers for receiving rebates '
or secret rates. under my administra
tion there have been 4$ indictments forJ
seeret rebates resulting in 18 eon vie-1
tions; and In only four cases have these
Indictments failed. The -other 17 cases
What was first reported to the police
as a murder wee found to be another
Instance of a man tiring of life and
climbing tha hills lp the west of the
city to end his existence with bullet.
A revolver lay In' the right hand.
The man wlinaa body waa found yea-
terday morning near the Patton road,
Portland, llalxlue. had taken precautlona
agalnat hla lileniity being learned after
hla death. lie waa about 40 voura old
and hla clothing and new linen showed
mm to nave been a man or ruir cin um-
atancca at least. The aultide waa com
1 1 . 1l. . A I.'..!...., I. tm I. A.
lievetl. In the pockets waa $2.60 In sil
ver, a silver watch and a kiilfo. Th
man had evidently muda hla way Into
the brush and deliberately shot Minaif,
Of light complexion, with a amall gray
mustache, the unknown welgheU nearly
180 pounds, and was close to alx feet
In height. .
LEWIS TO SPEAK -
OX S0CIAL.QUESTI0XS
N Arthur M. Lewis of Chicago will lec
ture In Portland tonight and tomorrow
night In Arlon hall. Mr. Lewis Is well
known aa the lecturer on science, and
Enters Home of Jf. Hansen
and Loots the House to
v Extent of. $1,000. ' .
are still pending."
, .Drawing a further comparison be
tween "Democratic promise and Repub
lican ruiruimeni, ine nremueni aaya: i
"Ta show the difference between;
deeds and words. I will compare' the rec- I
or da of this adminlatration. with the'
record of one of "Our most prominent I
supportera at the moment Mr. Olney,
nttornety-generat under the laat Uemo
tone generally in other varieties of cratlo administration. While Mr. Olnev
Open, High. Low. Cloae.
Dec. ...100T4 101 100 100
May ...104 104 4 103 103
CORN.
Dec ... 86 85 85
May ... 65 65 64 64
Julr..-4 64 64 64B
OATS.
Sept. ... 49 49 48 48
Deo. ... 4 49 49 49
May ... 61 51 51 61
PORK.
Oct .... 1516 1627 1610 1625
Jan. ... 1690 1690 1682 1686
May ... 1687 1687 1680 1686
LARD.
Oct. ... 1027. 1032 1022 1027A
Jan. ... 987 992 985 990
May ... 982 995 98v 995A
RIBS.
Oct ... .985 97 986 997
Jan. ... 885 890 882 887A
May . .. 897 900 892 897A
76c0$l: beets. 11 ST1. 25: carrots. EOifii
75c sack; parsnips, 85o$1.00; cabbage,
$2 2.25; tomatoes. 4060c per box;
beans. Be;, cauliflower, 7590c;
peas. Oregon. 6c: horseradish. 8ai0c:
artlchokea, ( ) doa: green onlona, 16o
er rtox; peppers, bell, 5(S8c; Chile. ;
lead lettuce. 26 30c doa: cumimhera.
local, mgpzoc aos: radishes. 15c dozen
bunchea: celery. 75c: eggplant. f8c;
green corn. $1.15 sack.
Grooerlee, Knta. Sto, .
SUGAR California ec Hawaiian Re
finery Cube, $6.40: powdered. 88:25:
berry $6.06; dry granulated, $6.05; XXX
granuiaiea, D.a; conr. A., sg.oo: extra
News Gossip
of Finance
spot wheat, aome of the exporters have
own ouying at a decline or lc a bushel,
owing to the lower foreign markets.
Coarse grains barley and oats con
tinue very firm with same talk of ad
vance In both cereals. This, however,
cannot be confirmed at the moment.,
On the board of trade today there
waa a firmer feeling among holders ofl
wheat and asked prices advanced .-Wal
Dusnei ior uctoDer out were rirm and
unchanged for the November. ' However
there was a bid of 91c on the latter
today, while on Saturday there was
nothing but asked prices.
There was a stiffness and advance
in -oats futures values during today's
session of the board. Spot cash found
a call at 31.45 with no sellers but the
aaked price on November was moved up
iyta a ccniai.
There was a sale of 200 tons of No.
vembor barley (No. 1 feed) today at an
advance of 2c a cental over the anked
price of Saturday. November opened
toaay at ii.i t v, bid but the price
quickly moved to $1.32, where the
sale was made. While the market waa
firm for the December option, no change
in values was snown.
J. M. Daly, manager of the marine
department of the San Francisco Mer
chants Exchange, was a visitor on
'change today.
Sam Beyer a member of th Portland
board of trade from Colfax, Wash., was
a visljtor today.
Board of trade prices today
CLUB WHEAT.
-1
was attorney-general no cases whatever
were brought under the anti-trust law
against combinations of capital, the
only new cases which he brought being
directed against combinations of work
Ingmen. During the entire adminlatra
tion the only cases brought against
combinations of capital under the anti
trust acts were four In number, two of
which were unsuccessful, one of the
other two being the case which was de
cided by Judge Taft in favor of the .,,',, ,
government." ' sociology, who crowds one of Chlcago'a
replying to the charge that he aided largest theatres, the Garrick, every Sun
an Important steel trust merger, Roose- day morning eight months of the year,
velt says what was done was "In viola-1 Tonight he will deal with the relation
tlon of Bryan's plan" onlv, and not in 1 of the sciences to social questions en1
law. and furtherfore tomorrow nixni win pmy m uiin
.One of the most profitable robberlee
committed- tit rortland for a long time
was that of Saturday afternoon when
the residence' of al, Hansen. 170 North
Twenty-third street waa entered, be
tween lr30 and I o'clock. Loot val
ued at $1,000 waa obtained.
Wow the huralars entered the house'
Is mystery, The Jewelry tuken waa
a gold wedding ring, a gold ring eet with
an emerald, another st-t with two pearls
mnA a rnl.v a tiulr of CUff bUttOIIS St
with small diamonds, a pair or blue
pearl curr buttons, a aom um. ,
watch charm made "t old tlerman coin
valued at $300. a tie clamp -set with
two emeralds and one diamond.-a val
uable piece of cut glass, a pair oi inn
..Arnni. a mecrariiaurn nii
and several good articles of clothing
Circulars describing the bc-oty are to
day being sent to ail coaat cities. .
ADD TO LIST OF CUPS
FPU DIG H0KSK SHOW
Silver cupa ere being donated by In
dividuals and mercantile firms by tne
doien for ths-October horse show, and
... ........ ..I., i. i. naklni dallv reDorts
of the remarkable growth of the collee-
Thoae who added cups to the list to
day were Weler ft Frank, two; uina,
Wortman King, Llpman & Wol's. M.
aiu.i D.M.,n. a- fn It. Neuatanter,
C. 8. jacobaon and FeiUenhelmer Broth-
A large crew of laborers Is bually en
gaged at the expoaltlon grounda getting
the big oriental bulldlnslnto fine shape
for the show. and.J, W. Cruthers. wfio
will sgafn get saving BMtfj, plans to
have the ring ready for practice bvnext
Thursday. The foundation of soil la
being put on today, n y Wedrieaday
evenlni: the ahow ring will have Its
sawdust coating and be ready for the
high ateppcrs to begin their schooling.
Arthur M. Lewis.
Open. High. Low. Close.
! Oct 90H 94A
Nov 91B , 94A
Dec 93B ..... . 93B
NO. 1 WHITE OATS.
Spot ....146B 146B
Oct . ...155A 166A
Nov 167A ..... 167 A
Dec, . .150B 160B
NO. 1 FEED BARLEY.
Nov 127B 132 132
Jan 135A s 185A
New
bonds;
Tork, Sept. .28. Government
Twos, registered . .
. do coupon
Threes, registered..
do coupon
Threes, small bonds
Fours, registered . .
do coupon . . i . . .
Twos, Panama ....
DIst. Col
Fours, Philippine . .
Date.
1930
1930
1908
1908
1925
1925
Bid.
103
104
101
101
100
121
121
102
102
110
Asked.
104
ioi
ioiI
i:i
ios
exception was Canadian Pacific, which
gained 1 points during the day.
Freight business, notably on the At
chison and Pennsylvania lines, is in
creasing. All reports of railroad earn
ings for the first two weeks in SeDtem-
ber show a gross decrease from last
year. of 9.3 per" cent against a loss of
12. b" per cent for the same period In
August and 12..7 per cent for July. For
eign markets were a fraction up. Lon
don was narrow, but with a good in
vestment demand reported. Americans
at London were firm with fairly general
gains.
violation of any law, and furtherfore
that the deal "waa not entered Into by
the ateel corporation of Its own desire,
but solely at the urgent request of the
corporation purchased, and of the big
banks holding that corporation's securi
ties, in order to enable them to prevent
a crash which would have turned the
panic of last fall into most widespread
disaster."
To Bryan's plea . of excusable Igno
rance regarding the record and affilia-
"Ton say you were Ignorant of Mr.
.Haskell's record. If so, it was willful
Ignorance on your part. I call your at
tention to the letter of L. T, Russell,
editor or the Morning Democrat of Ard
more, Okla., In which, writing toyou on
(September 24, 1908, he states;
. " 'If you were Ignorant of such
charges, it Is because you- refused to
read them when presented to you when
you visited Oklahoma last fall In the In
terest ot Candidate Haskell. At that
time I peraonally presented to you 10
typewritten pages of charges against
Mr. Haskell, covering his operations in
Ohio, New Tork, Arkansas, Texas and
Oklahoma, The charges recently made
bv Mr. Hearst were all made by me at
that time.' "
Roosevelt reiterates his charges that
Haakeu was the any or tne prairie Oil
company, and that he Illegally acquired
Indian lands: aa proof or the latter
cnarge he quotes from the report of In
spector Foulke to the Interior depart
ment, in which the use; of "dummies"
In the securing of town lots, at Mus
cogee specifically, Is 'Alleged.
tomorrow night with the part socialism
may play In the future.
High Postal Official Named.
(United Pre Leases Wlre.i x
Washington, Sept. 28. President
Roosevelt today appointed Joseph Slew
art of Missouri second assistant postmaster-general,
vice James T. McCleary,
resigned.
A XrBOtAJI ZH TOW
- . aa v a a
bis name la "bad cougn. ra mm
care for gold or allver. but he will
.teal your health away, ir ne appear.
In until hmiflM arreat him at once witn
Ballard's Horehound Syrup, It may
mean consumption If you doi t A in
for all coughs, colds and cheat trou-
b'prlce 25e, ,I0o and $100 per bottle.
Sold by Skldmore Drug company.
BSX9 TOM
CATAiootra
Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Etc
Address
J. J. BUTZER. SEEDS
Dept. A.
in nojr bt.
BOSTON COPPER MARKET.
Range of New York prices furnished
by Overbeck & Cooke Co.:
(Furnished by Overbeok & Cooke Co.)
Hoston, sept. 2. Hid- prices:
Adventure
Allouez
Arcadian
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Cop. Mt.
Nlpptsslng
N.' Mime
40
8
.79 I
Atlantic 17 B. Butte . 8
nonnd higher.
,XlE.EiOV
cream, flats, triplets
and daisies. 14 15c, young Americaa.
ltf lc
Sops. Wool and 2aes.
HOP6 1808 crop. t7o lb.
WOOL It V illamette valley. 1$
491 Sc.
SHEEPSKINS Shearing. 10016c
each: short wool. 26c40c; medium
' woo!. f0cO $1 each; long wool. Tce
81. ka eavn.
MOHAIR 1987 Nominal. 1801c
TALLOW Prime, per lb. Ic. No.
t and grease. 2 2 c
CHITT1M BARK Old. 6c; new. 6c
,b"HIDES Dry bides. 13 4M4; lb: green,
?7e lb: bulls, green salt. 4 6 6c lb.
637c; calves, green. 9010c; kips
Orstta. rissr aad Kay.
WHEAT Buying price, new TrcK
Portland Club, S(f$oc; bluestem. 92 9
'94c; fortyfold, lti92c; red. 86f7c;
Wlllammette valley. 90391c.
MILLSTCFti lie III ne erlce Bran.
$2C.69f middllnra. $33. ehorta. $30;
cb"P. $;it2 per tsn
LOUR Selling price Rasters Ore-,
inn natent tlTiO: , atraiaht IJ
14 40: export," $1 tttflif; ialley. 14 it;
graham a, 34.4S: whole WbeaU 34.(1;
tjr. 6a. JS 4; bales, $3-
BRLtY Feed, $26 60: rolled, $28;
brewing. $2(.
oAXii- Track, new Ns. 1 wblte. $30;
in. $29w 29 60. -
HAT ProdtJfers rW New timothy,
n iliamette valley, fancy. $13014: or
dinary, $13 10; eastern Oregon. $16014;
t!ed $101 : clrver. $: grata. $19;
cheat $1: alfalfa. $161L
rrai sad Tegstasles.
FRESH rBUITB urangss 14 90
4 6; fcasanss, e rer l, crated. a;
lemons 4eel !; arapefrvit 14
t ; plnearr'"- Uawa.'iaa I2 6l
II nt7li: blark
l.in.t II; '-ea. itjOc. para, 760 ,
r'' a, . -eiiii; wateraoeHma.
IJ)!; rnetoa. f!e per bfm;
iA;nj New ewe-. 1126 pr
t.vr"---V falnmla. II H: garlle. Se kS.
l';r ew. IN-011.26 per K".
-'TAlS Nw. aeiling. rts
I; ll. t--rg f"r ah:pfat. pr ewt
f.., kr; orj.ntry. 76 016c; sweet,
- . -
l , t'T BLtS Tsrs'ps, sew I2rwee
B'-8 ?": olden u., $6.10; D., yellow,
$5.36; beet granulated, $5.86; barrela.
jou, nail oarreis, sue; ooxes, tsu ad
vance pn sack basis
(Above prices are 30 days net cash
quoiavions. j
SALT Coarse Hslf ground. 160s.
$11 per ton; 60a. $11.60; table, dalrv,
60s. 116.50: 10s. 311.00: balea 3 It-
Imported Liverpool, 60s $20.00; 100a.
$19.00: 4s. $18.00; extra fine 'barrels.
; 2s, 6s and 10s, $4.5006.60; Liverpool
lump rock, $20.60 per ton.
RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, c; No.
2. 66c; New Orleans, bead. 7e;
AJax. ( ); Creole. 6 3.
HONEY New. l6o per lb.
rc.Ai n email white, 85.19: large
white. $4.60; pink, $3.76; bayou, 38.75;
i-inmt, j.d; Mexican reas, 1 60-.
COFFEE Packagebrands. $18.60.
Keats, risk sad rroraaaa.
HAMS. BACON. ETC Portland pack
I local i nams, ix, lo 1 la. l ie per ID;
breakfaat bacon. 16023c lb; picnica.
11c lb; cottage roll, 12o lb; regular ahort
clears, amoked, 13c lb; backs, heavv.
amoaea, lie id; itgnt, smoked, 14c lb;
bellies, smoked, 15c lb; pickled tongues,
70c each.
DRESSED MEATS Front alreat
flogs, fancy. 7?8c lb; ordinary, Vc
large. c; veal, extra. 8 09c lb: ord!
nary, lb; heavy, 0 6e lb; mutton,
fancy. 107c lb: SDiina lamb. idlUe
lb.
LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf Ifla 16e
per lb; 6s. 16c per lb; 50-lb tins. 14c
per lb; steam rendered. 10s, 14c per
lb: 6a. 14 c per lb: compound. 10a. IVc
per in. .
riSH Rock cod. 10c lb: floundera,
le per lb; halibut ec per lb; atripeu
. . ,,. i w . . a , . , w .
aa Imon. Chinook. 7e: altverside. Sc: her
rings. 6e pet lb; soles. 7o per ib; shrimp.
12c le; perch, (a per Ib; tomeod. 19 per
Ib. lobsters. 26e per Ib; fresh mackerel.
I lb; crawfish. 20c per doseo; stur
geon ) per Ib; black bass 20e Der
Ib; silver melt a, Co per Ib; black co4.
fc per id; era d. i.ui Sosea
OTSTERS Shoal water T-ay. per gal
Inn. 12 69. per 19-ib sick. $4 90; Olym
rla. per gallon. $3 49; per 19-1 b sack.
4ee 5i; Eagle canned. can, $7.99
ntm in pn-ii, 9i.,a per lee.
CLAM. HardslMHI. per box. $3 49;
racor elawis. I2.M per -9t: 19s per dos.
!a4ats, 3ee4. OO. Kts.
ROFE Pure Manlta. 11 c; etaadard.
lc; alaal, tr; I. B. alaat Sc.
Bi-XZi K aa dec- caaea. 19e Bar
ai, iron 11 per gai.
TlRPENriNK la caaea, t2s per gal;
ed SMa per gai.
1JN9KED OIL Raw, pbla . 6Jc:
eaa-a. the, soiled, bbla . 64c; caaea. c
a ral; Iota i-f j gsiieas. Is leas; U
wmtm wel. f tOSL
New York. Sept 28. Metal Conner
Lake. 1318c: electrolytic 13U
Tin, 2S.S729.37.
Lead, $4.47 4.60.
New York, Sept. 28. Bar
51 c: Mexican dollars, 45c.
London, Sept. 28 Silver, 23.
silver,
PORTLAND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
The following Is- the list arrivals of
produce at Portland ior the past 24
hours, ending today at 11 a. m. and
furnished by the Portland board of
trade:
One car apples. 361 boxes armies. IS
boxes berries 9 crates cabbage. 3 boxea
cherries. 4 crates csntaloupes. 39 boxes
clams, 7 boxes crawfish, 15 boxea
crabs, J barrels crane, 11 crates celerv,
482 cases cheese, 4,983 gallons cream.
43 bosea fruit, 63 boxes fish, 609 crates
grapes, 100 baskets grapes. 2 casea
honey, 81 oalea hops, 465 gallons milk.
4 cars In eat, 1 car ph. products, 144
sscks onions, 118 sacks oysters 84 boxes
reara, 17 boxes prunes. 1 box' peppers,
23 boxes peaches, 1 box dried peachea,
161 sack spuds, 1 car sweet spuds, 9
cratea tomatoes, 3 boxes shrimps, 6
sacks vegetables. 110 boxes butter. 6 bar
rela butter. 493 rases eggs, 10 hogs, 31
veals, 29 coops chickens, 2 boxes dressed
chickens. 1 coop ducks. 18 coops turkeys,
1 coop squabs. 2 boxes snails.
VrTITK Uih-TM lata ta a
r. -?. e le r: Ioaa t4e, U it
IriR KAILS Pi .seat wasU $.
Northwest Crop Weather.
Oregon Fair tonight and Tuesday
except ahowers tonight or Tuesday
northwest portion; warmer tonight.
Southerly winds.
Washington Showers tonight or
ruesoay west portion; ralr tonight and
Tuesday east portion. Easterly winds
laano rair tonignt and Tuesday
slightly warmer tonight .
fr 10 iMJOTnnv im
i ia uiioicflui in
II. y. STOCK MARKET
Prices Act Fairly Well at
Start but With but Few
Exceptions Close Off.
DESCRIPTION.
9
A ma I. Copper Col
Am. u. & F., c.
do pfd .
Am. Cotton Oil.
Am. Loco., c, . .
Am. Sugar, c. .
Am. Smelt, c.
do pfd .......
Ana. Mining Co
Am. Woolen, c
Atchison, c
do pfd
Bal. & Ohio, c. .
do pfd
Brok. R. T
Can. Pacific, c
Cent. Leather, c.
do ofd
C. Gt. W.. c
C, M. &. St. P...
C. & N. W.. c . ...
Ches. & Ohio
Colo. F. & I., c. .
Colo. South., c.
Col. So., 2d pfd. .
do 1st Dfd . . .
Corn Products, c
ao rw
D. & H
D. & R. a., C.
do pfd . . . . .
Erie, c
do Zd pfd . .
do 1st Dfd .
Gt. Nor., pfd.
I1L Central...
L. IV.
74
46
130
85
44'
2
7
96
47
172
C
2
133
IDS
40
34
4
17
21
29
741i
40
4
130?.
2
88
48"
176
129
138
New Tork, Sapt. 2 ror a time there
was aa indication that the etoHi nar
ket was sotng to recover some of Its re
cent decline: the genera) market eloaed
it 1 net Ine todar. There waa a de
cline ef 1 ts Amalgamated Opper
and t ptta In Americas Snvelter rom-
men: Moat ef the list rln-4 a fraa.
Uosj wader Setarday's flaai Hgsrea. Aa
80
31
67
62
83
136
122"
127
. . . . i
87
21
U5
49
23
7U
13&
168
40
35
39
68
4
17
28
30
72
46
126
(S3
43
Hi
96
47
172
130
138
31
31
57
64
S$
48
6
133
167
40
34
28
68
64
17
27
29
72
39
101
34
46
129
83
101
43
23
87
94
47
74
25
133
168
40
34
39
57
4
17
75
163
Z'
65
29
3 4
Boston Cons.. 13
Butte Coala.. 23
Black Mt. ... 8
Cal. & Ari... 115
Cal. & Hecla. .640
C. Ely 7
naiy west ..
Franklyn 12
Granby : .... 1 00
Greene 10
Mass. Mining. 6
Michigan 13
Mohawk 61
Miami 10
Newhouse ... 5
Centennial .. 81
Cop. Range, . . 7S
Old Dom 40
Osceola ......107
PHrrot 25
Qulney 90
Koyaie 22
Shannon 14
Sup. ft Pitts.. 13
Tamarack .... 70
Trinity 18
United 11
rtah Cons 40
Victoria 4 A
wolverine ...138
Yukon 4
Kay Btate uaa 2
III. 8. Oil ..... 24
L . n. Mining.. 89
Title Holder
This company holds title to properties in instances
Where it is desirable to conceal the identity of the
purchaser.
Where delivery is to be withheld until fully paid for.
Where it goes to heirs at time of reaching legal age.
Where it is to be sold and proceeds divided.
- ' Where, in fact, any future disposition of it is to be
made.
Our charges for these services are very reasonable.
Merchants Savings &Trust Go.
247 Washington Street Portland, Oregon
8 AS FRAXCISCO GRAI.V MARKET.
San Francisco. Sept, 28. Merchants'
exchange quotatlona:
Cash wheat . Walla Walla white,
$1.68; red Russian, $1.85; Turkey red.
i. it 'A. oiuestem, xi.ift.
Future wheat May, $1.37; Decern
ber $1.65- bid.
Cash barley Bright $1.JI; brewing,
$1.8501.37.
Future barley My, $1.41 biff".
11. z asseo; uecemDer, si. is Dia, ,
Cash oats No. 1 white. $1.65. '
Millstuffs Bran, $30; middlings.
$33.60; shorts, $33.
NORTHWEST BANK STATEMENT.
43
I29fl2!
138 1137
104
30
97
62
7Vk
in
40
71
90
sz
l$7U135i135
! -
122 121 ,121
94H
U9!127;127
. . .1 ft
20
31
67
2
2
4"
.... I
M.. K. V T..
Ulstlllem ..
Ore Lands
Mo. Pacific . . .
National Lead
N. Y. Central .
N. Y.. O. A W...
Norf. A Weat, e,
do pfd
North American
N. P.. c
M. 8. Co
Penn. Ry
P. O L. C Co.
Reading, c.
do second pfd-
do rirst pra...
R. I. 8, e. ..
do pfd.
Rock Island, c.
do pfd.
St U 8. F. M p.
do first pfd. .
Bt I. A H. W l
do Dfd rl.
8. P., c !192;184 102
do pfd 1 fill.
Railway, e. .. 21 I1VI29 III
Texas 4k Pacific.) 26 I 26! 24
T St. L. ar W, ei 26 VI 26 I 26. I 24
T St K 4k W. pi 6l 6 69 69
V. Pacific ...... 1167 19'17'157H
I. Paetfle. p... 87 I 87 1 96 94
37
21 HZ
49
29
17 'f 97
21! rf
9
19
IP
2!."
11
H
17
44
Iff. H
3
i
m. Rubber, e. .1 19
I". S. Rubber. B.
a. Ste4 r . cl 44 V
I. 8. Steel Ce.slU l4
WnUtfc. ....... 12 VI i:v
Wabeah. ....... 4 27
W. V. Telearapb l 81
Wla Ce-a, c. .1 281 26
eria Tea, .....!
TVheHIng C K.4-A
Wettfchnjae ..' T$ ?$
Tnlal sales. 4i7
epened at I per cent;
9'4
44
iet
12
26
27
.was.'
fi",
14
4r
e, rea. 14 j
lew, 1 per rent.
Clearings today
Year ago ..
Balances today
Year ago . .
Clearings ....
Balances
Clearings ....
Balances . . .
Portias s.
Seattle.
.$1,288,669.1(3
. 1.637.473.78
196,633.95
182.446.86
.$ 943 644.00
72,796.00
.$1,688,496.00
. . 166260.00
New Tork Cotton Market.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Janusrv 6? 871 863 863
February .... 878 978 63 843
March 97T 967 997
May 8 984 379 89
Jaly 979 979 678 976
August 94 868 666 966
September ... 909 Sat 90 992
October 9 912 9o tfiy
December .... $96 891 977 . 877
aVEPOBT Or TKS COXfSXTXOV
or; v.-
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
.- roBTiAiro, on. :
AT TBI ClOSH Or BTJSI3TESS SEPTIaOIEB 83, 1908
BSSOVACSS
Loans and Discounts ...$1,988,784.40
U. S. Bonds to Secure
Circulation ; .
V. S. Bonds to Secure
Government Deposits. .
Premium on TJ. S- Bonds.
U. S. and Other Bonds
and Warrants
Furniture and Flxturea..
Cash and due from
Banks
260,000.00
160,000.00
12,000.00
638.166.55
- 8,000.00
1,014,052,16
$4,058,994.11
' X.IABIUTXES
Capital Stock . .. .$ 260,000.00
Surplus and Undivided
Profits .. .. ... ..... S02.712.04
National Bank Notes
Outsandlng 238,160.00
Dividends Unpaid 866.60
Deposits , 1,269,766.67
$4,068,938.11
Isaues Drafts and Letters of Credit available In all parts of the world. Ao
counts of hanks, firms snd Individuals solicited. Collections a specialty.
The officers Of this bank will be pleased to meet or correspond with those
who contemplate making a change of their banking connections or open
. Ing new accounts., ,
Frosts In New Me-kk-o.
4Tette Prase Laaad Wlra.t
East Lbs Vegas. -V ai Hen. 8
Damage ts some of the unharvested
crops ia feared es she result of the first
snow storm of the season, which struck
Raton tnday. .There ware kea-w frosts
at Las Vegae and ether parte of the
territorr last night bat Raton la the
only place reporting a fall ef anew.
HarlBf Is riaiahed.
Falrview. Or. Bept 3$. The "us rvtal 1
Ra rt W -c"Pny bare taat reennlete4
bayina- Tber sow have aver 1 e4 ine :
cf hay 9sael reedy Ivr feeding their'
lrre Mnd er rati la whicaj tSer ral tea
for the lolea Meal rompaay. '
Lire-rpool Wbes4 Market. ,
Liverpeol. pt .16 srkeat;
naa.
fVel ?9Vd ' ?s94
lee 7a "A Ta9i4
Marck 78l 7ll
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
AT CLOSE-OF BUSINE8S SEPTEMBER 23, 1908, OF THE - "
Security Sayings and Trust Co.
. BXSOX7BCBS.
Loans .$3,122,069.11
Bonda 1.296.427.6$
Real estate 433 39
Customers llsbHrty under '
. letters ef credit....... 12.435.49
Cash and due from
ccrrespondent a ....... 1.424.409.6$
$6.8S$.17t.0l
- T.Tain.TTIIk.
Capital .......I 600,090.09
Surplus and undivided
profi u . 3 1 B.m.$o
letters of credit....... 18.937.63
Deposit -4.978.946.02
$6,855.17$. $
Overbeck & Cooke Co.
fera!n!ss!oB Kerchinls, Sleeks, Eoads. Cotloa. Grain, tit.
' " f 16-217 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDINQ
licmrrt Cticago Board of Tride, Co rrefondnti oi Locaa ft Brytt,
Cbvctgo, New York, Bostoa.
We bar Ike only prrvate wits eosncctmf Fortland sritk the eaatera '
xchangrt. - - , . ,
MCVBCnS PORTLAND BOARD OF TRACK. -
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