The Oregon daily journal., November 18, 1908, Page 13, Image 13

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY - EVENING,' f NOVEMBER 18, 1908.
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CURES DEFECTS OF THE TOREtESS
Walter J. Wlllenborg, the young
pupil of Edison, whose picture la
here shown, claims to have overcome
one of the serious defects In the
wireless system of telegraphy by the
invention of a device which prevents
the tapping of messages by others
than those for whom they are in
tended. APPLE INTAKE ',
IS TOO HEAVY
Demand Not Able to Take
Care of Enormous Arriv-
als Price Is Wobbly.
fHARY STUFF
IS PASSED BY
WHEAT FUTURES
J DOING BETTER
Advance of 1 -8c to l-4e Bid
on Board of Trade Today
Holders Ask More.
$100,000,000
sV
HARVEST STARTS
ST. PAUL BOflDS
Report That the Road Wants
Money Has Opposite Ef
fect From Expected.
WGmE
LETS
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Only Select Steers Find Sale
at Eight Priees Ad
vance for Sheep. -
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN.
Good Showing Keported in
Santa Fe meat Fields
Chicago JIarket Off.
PORTLAND WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Too many apples coming. t
Heavy supplies cranberries.
Movement of eggs is good.
Italian chestnuts coming.
Halibut la down again.
Sllverslde salmon scarcer.
Slow sale for graphs.
Chicken market Just steady.
Apple Movement Is Too IiibsraL
Those growers who have anticipated
norne good prices on apples are doomed
to disappointment from the present out
look, at least. Far too lfberal supplies
of. apples are coming at this time, moit
of them being from the HcH River
section. While practicallv nona of the
arrivals consist of eastern shipping
stock, much better quality is shown In
arrivals from every place than during
recent years. While some ordinary
quality fruit Is coming forward and
sells at quite low figures, there is little
of that rotten, wormy and scrubby
looking stuff now putting In appearance,
which usually causes the price of good
apples to drop. To d-te there has been
hut little change In the price of apples
along Front street, because Front street
Is making every effort to hold up the
price. There are two reasons for this.
The first and primary reason is the
fsct that Front street has bought heav
ily of apples, and tiierefore can not af
ford to slash too dweply Into quotations.
On the other hand it Is the desire of the
commission trade to save shippers from
loss, for down on thestreet the trade
seems Jo be of the opinion that JUBt so
many boxes and cars of apples will be
consumed, whether the market Is at a
certain price or 25o lower.
Depends Upon mtnr Keceipts.
However, the state of the market Is
rather critical Just now, and it would
not take much to cause a severe break
In values. Arrivals of apples have
been so heavy that all available ware
room space In the Wholesale district,
has been fiHed with the fruit, and the
docks still contain liberal noiaings
Therefore the limit of the Intake has
about been reached, and unless there Is
a rapid decline In the Inward movement
growers are liable to see prices that
will not pay the cost or transportation.
At this time the verv best fruit can
not be sold over Sl.T6ffl2.00 a box. and
It takes a well-selected and highly col
ored besides a Hood River packed Sptts
enberg to bring these figures. What is
ordinarily called first class apples In
this market will not range over $1.26
l.Ro. the latter rrlee being exceptional.
Verv rood apples are today selling at
ll.Ooigl.lO a box, and some ordinary'
tuff down as low as 60c, with the top
around 75c.
Heavy Cranberry Supplies Here,
The local market Is showing very
neavy supplies 01 eastern cranuernes,
and the toD of the market Is now 111.50
Quality is unusually good on latest ar
rivals, and because of this the demand
Is better than otherwise. Local berries
are la small supply, but the movement
Is not good because of the small sizes
and the better appearance of (he eastern
BIOCK.
Sllverslde salmon Is Yery Scare.
There is a great scarcity in supplies
of sllverslde salmon In the local whole
sale fish market at this time, owing to
the verv small catch in the Columbia,
According to reports received here this
morning" from lower river fishing
grounds the catch is tne smallest in
vears.
With the more liberal supplies of hal
ibut from the norm tne local price is
down to 7 He a pound today.
Brief Hotes of Front Street.
Market for grapes Is lifeless with lib
eral supplies.
The first shipments of Imported Ital
ian chestnuts are reported In by sev
eral Front street houses. Priced at 17c.
rhtrlrn mArlrat 1 t limt ahnlit Mtejidv.
Sales of rat live turkeys have been made
as high as 18c with small stock around
17C.
Egg market shows a better demand
lor local rresn, iriue 1110 Bitme.
Dressed veal is still scarce, but to
day's Arrivals of hogs were quite lib
eral. Same old price.
Sweet potatoes are lower with ac
cumulated holdings.
Potatoes are holding very stead with
no shipments from the south as threat
ened. Hop market Is Just about holding Its
own, with some orders in from brewers
for ordinary goods at low prices. Choice
quality continues scarce and wanted.
Front street sells at the following
prices. Those paid shippers are less
regular commissions:
Butter. Egg's and Poultry.
BUTTER Extra creamery, a5Jc;
fancy, 82 He; store, 20a
BUTTER FAT Delivery f. o. b. Port
landSweet cream, St He; sour, SI Ho
'"POULTRY Mixed chickens. U&UHo
hens, 12Ho; roosters, old, 10c; fryers,
12 Ho; broilers, 12Hc; geese, spring, 8
e lb; turkeys, alive, 17i18c, spring
ducks, 14c lb; pigeons, squabs, 12.00 9
l&lHo lb higher.
CHEESE Full cream, flats, triplet
and daisies, 14ft l&c; Young Amer
icas. 15Hlc.
EGGS Local beat. J7Ho per dos;
eastern,!? H S2 He.
Hops, wool and mass.
HOPS 108 crop, choics, H8Hc;
prime to choice. 7Vi8c; prime, 7 7 He;
medium. 4 He lb.
WOOL1908 Willamette valley, 16a
SHEEPSKINS Shearing, 10016c
each; short wool. 26c0o; medium
wool, 60cI1.00 each; long wool, 76cW
$1.26 each.
MOHAIR 1908 Nominal, 18 He.
TALLOW Prime, per lb, S4c; No.
I and grease, JB!Hc.
CHITTAM BARK Old, iQlc; new,
4 H Be lb.
HIDES Dry hides, IS 01 4o lb; green,
To lb; bulls, green salt, 46c lb;
kips, l7c: calves, green, 8 10c per lb.
Grain, rionr and Kay.
WHEAT Buying price, new Track,
Portland Club, 60c: bluestem, 96o;
fortyfold. (2o; red. iSo; Willamette vai-
4lLLSTUFFS Selling price Bran,
126.60; middlings, IS8.00: shorts, 120.00;
chop, I21.0092i.00; alfalfa meat. 218.00
per ton.
BARLEY Feed. 126.60; rolled, $28.60;
brewing, $27.
FLOUR Selling price Eastern Ore
gon patent, $4.80; stralgnt .O04.66;
export, I8.4O0S.6O; valley, S4.66; gra
ham, tts, iTtO; whole Wheat. $4.66;
rye, 6s, $S.6fi: bale.. $2.00.
HAY Producers' prloe New tim
othy. Willamette alley, fancy. $14.00
15.00: ordinary, $lf.6012t east
ern Oregon, IH.60; mixed. $11.00012.00:
clover, $16.00; grain, $11.00; cheat.
$11.00: $11.00; alfalfa. 110.00 11.00.
OATS Producers' price Track. No.
1 white, $30.60021.50; gray, $22 600
20.60.
Traits and Tegetanles.
FRESH FRUITS Oranges, new
navels, $3.2503.60; banana 5c
lb; lemons, $3.25 (g 5.00 box; grapefruit.
$4.0004.60; pineapples, Hawaiian, 14.26
dos; pears, Bartlett, $1.75; grapes, $1.00
1.50; baskets, 26c; huckleberries, la
fe lb; cranberries, local. $9.60010.60
bbl: eastern, $11.60 bbl.
ONIONS -ew Oregon. IL1O01.2B
per 100: California, $101.10; garllo-.
fUQIo lb.
POTATOES New; selling, $1,000
1.26; buying for shipment, per uwu
fancy, 90c $1.00; ordinary, I0O$6o;
sweet, I17.01.is ,
APPLES Extra select. ti.0ftt.OO;
fancy, $2.0002.24; choice, $1.0001.25;
ordinary, $1.00: poor, 60076c per box.
VEGETABLES -Turnips, new Oregon,
f0$li beets. $101.21; carrots. 600
sack; parsnips, ,85c01.OO; cabbage,
0&tl.76; tomatfes. 5e per box;
lfornla, $1 per crate; beans, iim
Hogs. Cattle. Sheep.
400 143
178 - 85 278
709 275
576 257 535
356 68 55
856 68 65
Tuesday
Thursday , ,
Portland Union Stockyards, Nov. 18.
While best selected steers weighing
around 1,160 pounds and very fat will
still bring as high as $4.26 in the local
yards, killers seem determined to hold
back any possible improvement In the
ordinary stuff.
Steers which will not top quality, ere
not moving very fast in the yards at
this time, although the arrivals are far
from being liberal. The big people are
not buying anything In the yards Just
now and this indicates that they still
have plenty of their own. One or two
of the larger packers have been buying
cattle on the outside because they were
able In this way to obtain suppltea low
er than they possibly could in the
yards.
Z.OSI rails Upon Cattlemen.
If cattlemen would ship all -their
stock to the commission handlers at the
yards instead of selling It direct to
packers, the trade believes that a bet
ter price would be obtainable. Commis
sion handlers are In a position to know
the market and are able to Judge bet
ter of the merits of the market than
someone who is located in the Interior
and who cannot possibly secure the In
formation that comes to those in daily
contact with all the buyers.
With killers buying stock outside at
lower prices they are not seeking; pur
chases In the yards and for that reason
cattle that do not top quality are some
what neglected and when they are pur
chased the price Is not as satisfactory
as could be expected.
Demand Better in Sheep Market.
There is a better de'mantl In the
market for sheep with no arrivals for
the past 24 hours. Best wethers are
being quoted as high as $3.76 and
dealers'-say that if something select in
quality arrives a slightly Detter price
would be obtainable. While the sheep
market la quite good in general there
Is weakness in the demand for lambs
bcause of the generally poor quality.
Hogs are firm with no change In
prices for the day.
Today's arrivals of livestock in the
yards compare with this day in recent
years as follows:
Hoes. Cattle. Sheen.
190T 270 , ... 800
1906 187 361
1905 296 28 912
A year ago today all lines of live
stock were weak with no change In
values.
Tarda' R-epreiantative Bales,
The following sales of livestock ars
representative of late transactions In
the local yards and show exactly the
state or tne demand ana price tor tne
various grades and weights:
HOGS.
Weight.
78 Hogs 16.200
90 Hogs 19.950
60 Hogs ,.. 11.442
CATTLE.
25 Cows 24.863
Price.
$6.00
6.25
6.25
82.75
Following is the general range of
values on stock ruling in the yards
for late shipments:
Hoss Best east of mountains $6,000
China fats, $6.07105.50; stockers and
feeders, $4.75 05.00.
Cattle Best east of mountains
steers, 24,00 ire 4. 26; medium steers, 93.75;
best oows, 13.00: medium cows, sz.outa
2.75; stags, $2.6008.00; bulls, $1.76
2.00.
Sheer Best wethers. 28. 6002. 75: or
dlnary wethers, $3.26 8.50- lambs,
$4.0004.25; straight ewes, $3.fl083.25;
mixed iota, iz.outpi.iD.
.Veal Choice young calves, $4.60;
heavy and rough. $3.7504.00. i
. V 1 '
cauliflower, 75c 11; peas. 12c; Horse
radish, 9010c; artichokes. ( ) dot;
rreen onions. 16c per dos; peppers, bell,
c; Chile ( ); head lettuce, 40o
dos; hothouse, 75c0$l box; radishes, 1 So
doien bunches; celery, 75c; eggplant,
15o lb.
Orooerles, trots, ste.
SUGAR Cube, $6.16; powdered, 26.80;
fruit or berry, $6.05; dry granulated,
16.05: conf. A. $6.25: extra B. 25.56:
Golden G, $6.45: D, yellow, $5.26; beet.
granuiateu, o.o; Darreis, 100; nan Dar
rels. SOo; boxes. 66o advance on sack
basis,
(Above prices are 10 days net cash
quotations.)
SALT Coarse Half ground. 100s,
? 11.00 per ton; 60s, $11.60; table, datry,
0s. $16.60; 10s, $16.00; bales. $2.26;
Imported Liverpool, 60s. $20.0t; 100s,
$19.00; 40s, $18.00; extra line, barrels.
2s, 6s and 10s. $4.6006.60; Liverpool
lump rock, $20.60 per ton.
RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 6Hc;
No. 2. 6Uc: New Orleans, head. Otc:
AJsx (); Creole, 6 He.
HUiNEii new. ioo per id.
COFFEE Package brands, 116.60,
BEANS Small white. $6.26; large
white, $4.60; pink. 13.85: bavou. $3.76;
LI mas $5.75; Mexican reds. $4.50.
Keats, rish and -fro visions.
HAMS, BACON, ETC. Portland pack
(local) hams. 10 to 13 lbs. 15o per lb:
breakfast bacon, 1321Hc lb; picnics,
10o lb; cottago roll. 11c lb; regular
short clears, smoked, 13o lb; baoks.
heavy smoked, l.c id; lignt, smoked.
14c lb; bellies, smoked, 16o lb; pickled
tongues. 60c each.
DRESBED MEATS Front street
Hogs, fancy, 7c; ordinary. 6Hc;
nary, 707He lb; heavy, 66o lb; mut
ton, laney, g 10 spring ismo, ig
XOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. 10s. 14e
per lb; 6s, 14Hc per lb: SO lb tins. l$Hc
ner lb: steam- rendered. 10s. 13c Per
lb; Ss, l$Ho per lb; eotnpound, 10s, Sc
CLAMS Hardshell, per box, $2.40;
razor clams, $2.00 per box; 10c per dos.
Flan kock coa, loc id; riounaers.
(o ner lb: halibut. 8Hc fer lb: striped
bads, 15c per lb: catfish, 10c per lb;
salmon, Chinook, 7c; sllverslde, 7c; her
rings, 6c per lb; soles, 7c per lb; shrimp,
11 He per lb: perch. So per lb: tomcod,
10c per lb; lobsters, 26c per lb; fresh
mackerel, ( ) per lb; crawfish, !0s
per doien; sturgeon ( ) per lb; black
bass, 20b per lb; sliver smelts, to per
lb; black cod. THo per lb; crabs, $1.25
qi.7 per aosen.
OYSTERS Shoalwater Bay. per gal
lon, $2.50; per 100-lb sack. $5 00: Olym-
ia, per iallon, $2.40; per 100-lb sack.
00
oxen; eastern In shell. $1.71 per 100.
! a AasI A W4a
ROPE Manila. 9 c; sisal. 7Ho lb.
LINSEED OIL Raw. bbls. 68c: cases.
lota of 260 gallons, lo less; oil cans
meal, $84 ton.
BENZINE 86 deg, cases. 19c per
gal; Iron bbls., HHo per gal
WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7 Ho ner
lb; 600-lb lots. So per lb: less lots, $140
PeLJJL 11' L...L
, lutu'ttHTiHiii in cases, sifto per
wikjs naiw rxeseni oasis, ..
. Northwest Crop Weather.
Oregon and Washington Occasional
rain, tonight and Thursday: cooler to-
nlgnt except near coast. Southwesterly
IdahVi Occasional rata tonight and
Thursday. . . ,. r - .
4 World's Wheat PTlces.
4 Deo. 4
.Portland .. $ .92 HB
Chicago . ., 1.03 HB 4
New York .1 1.13 H
4 Kansas City .97 4
4 St. Louis v. .. 1.03 4
4 Minneapolis 1.04 H
4 Duhjth 1.04 4
Winnipeg 98 Vi
4 San Francisco 1.66 4
Liverpool 7sllHd 4
4 ' 'Per cental.
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BOARD OF TRADE RECEIPTS.
Wheat. Flour. Barlay Oats. Hay.
Cars. Sacks. Cars. Lars. cars.
Wednesday 42
3,000
xuesaay. 43
Monday .122
Saturday. 28
Friday . . 44
Thursday. 36
8,000
34
40
7
20
16
50
1,120
3.400
.There was a firmer tone In the local
grain market today following the re
cent advance in Chicago and the Im
provement today in Liverpool, the latter,
though slight, having a good effect On
the Portland Board of Trade there was
a noticeable Improvement in the bids
for wheat and prices on futures are
higher. For December 92Uc was bid
and for November 91 He. This Is an
advance of He to 4c over the bids of
yesterday. The asked price on Novem
ber gained c, indicating that holders
re unwilling to part with their supplies
unless they are able to obtain improved
values. An advance of He a bushel was
asked for December,
The cash wheat situation Is quiet
though firm with exporters taking on
small supplies around 90o track Port
land for club.
There was no change In the price of
either oats or barley futures today on
the Board of Trade, although San Fran
cisco was a fraction higher than yester
day for the latter. Today 300 tons of
Spot barley were sold on the exchange
at $26.50 a ton track.
Board of Trade prices today:
CLUB WHEAT.
Bid. Ask.
November 91 i 93
December 92 93 H
NO. 1 WHITE OATS.
November 155 167H
December 157H 160
NO. 1 FEED BARLEY.
November 133 136 H
December 136Vi 138
January 140
TURKEY CROP AGAIN
ALARMINGLY SHORT
Chicago, Nov. 18. Again the turkey
crop Is snort, "alarmingly short," as
It is Just Drlor to Thanksgiving day each
year in Justification of the prices
charred. As Chicago consumes 750.000
pounds of turkey, in addition to half
a million pounds or oiner poultry at
Thanksgiving time, the "shortage" cost
this city alone a pretty penny. In the
neighborhood of $125,000. Last year
tuprkey prices soared like the wise old
goDDiers mat lane lo roosung mgn
Just prior to the festivities, the advance
coming about the time the housewives
began buying In earnest. Curiously
enough the severity of the annual
"shortage" of turkeys, cranberries,
pumpkins and oysters is simultaneous
all are short together at the crucial
time. Everything that Is handled In
South Water street gets "scarce" in the
retail markets and the scarcity Is traced
to the commission merchants, whose
consignors hear only of a glut in the
Chicago markets. Last -year the com
mission merchants Diamea tne larmers
and poultry shippers, the poultry ship
pers pointed an accusing finger at South
Water street where practically the prod
uce of the cltv in wholesale lots is
handled, and the retailer put the blame
i. .ere also, pleading innocence of ex
tortion himself. Turkeys went up to
25 cents a pound last year, cranoemes
to 12H cents the quart, pumpkins to 20
cents each and oysters to 40 cents, as
against 12 cents for turkeys, 7 cents
for cranberries, 15 cents for pumpkin?
and 26 cents for oysters. This year the
turkey scare has a new wrinkle, appen
dlctlS having developed, and of course
the crop is affeated. Chicago's Thanks-
flvin dinner this year will cost about
2,600,000 not at prevailing prices but
at the "shortage" prices that soon will
prevail.
PRISOtilflfuAGS
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Taooma, Wash., Nov. 18. It Is stated
by the authorities of the state prison
that many million grain bags manufac
tured by convict labor will be carried
over until next season because of the
condition of the market. This is the
largest stock of grain bags ever carried
over bv the state from one year to an
other. The price of bags dropped from
11 cents to 7 cents last spring
and 'the trust product, shipped Ui
from Indiana, was able to cap
ture the market. The Importers
were unable to undersell the prison au
thorities, and the failure of the grain
crops on the coast, to come up to expec
tation left many bags In the warehouse
tins year.
Over $100,000 Is being spent to erect
a new Jute mill at the Washington
frikon. The machinery is already on
ha way from Dundee. Scotland, hav
ing; been ordered over a year ago.
PORTLAND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
The Portland board of trade furnishes
the following list of produce arrivals for
the past 24 hours:
610 boxes annles. 4 boxes cherries. 35
boxes berries, 287 crates grapes, 37
boxes oranres. 40 boxes pears, 8 crates
cabbage, if crates celery, 68 sacks
onions, 26 sacks onion sets, 406 sacks
potatoes, 2 oars potatoes, cases but
ter, 49 oases eggs, 1 car butter and eggs,
4,077 gallons cream, 1,160 gallons milk,
21 boxes clams, IS boxes crabs, 2 barrels
crabs, 128 boxes fish, 78 sacks oysters,
1 box shrimps, 1 box mussejs, 160 coops
chickens, 2 coops ducks, 26 coops geese,
16 coons turkeys. 1 coop . squabs, 660
pounds dressed poultry, 108 dressed
hogs, tt dressed veal, 12 dressed mut
ton, 1 car lara. I cars meat.
Tnmnrfnw nA lrrldsr. OOgltlvelT the
last day! for discount on East Side nt
SHOW ACCUMULATION
ouia. 410& i xorget is resu gas upa
New York, Nov. 18. The report that
the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul rail
road was about to Issue $100,000,000
monds in order to consolidate the en
tire system from coast to coast, had
directly opposite the effect that the
trade expected. Instead of the stock
market showing a bullish streak, the
trend was decidedly bearish even from
the start although one or two of the
leaders did retain sufficient strength to
show but small loss for the day.
There was again heavy trading In
Chicago Great Western; the profit-taking
in this security being met by good
steady buying orders.
The summary of the Wall Street
Journal says today:
"Americans in London firm but quiet,
mostly above parity. Federal 8uar
refining company and Arbuckles ask
congress committee for free sugar.
Stockholders of the Boston elevated meet
today to authorize $7,000,000 new stock.
Anthracite orders not coming in as
rapidly as expected. Some improvement
In demand for soft coal but prices con
tinue to sag. Heavy buying of tin plate
reported.
Range of New York prices furnished
by Overbeck & Cooke Co.
DESCRIPTION.
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Amal. Cop. Co. . .
Am. Car & F., c.
Am. Car & F.v p.
Am. Cot. Oil. c.
Am. Loco, c
Am Sugar, c
Am. Smelt, c. . . .
Am. Smelt., p...
An. Mln. Co
Am. Woolen, c. .
Atchison, c
Atchison, p
B. & O., c
B. & O., p
86
87H
85
46
86
46
106
36 .
55
132
95
106
61
31
46
46
36H
56H
133ft
97
107
52
31H
99H
109H
90
66
Br. Rap. Tr.
Can. Pao., c
Con. Lea., o
Cen. Lea., p
C. & G. W . c . . . ,
C. M. & St. P. ..
Chi. & N. W.. c. .
Ches. & Ohio
Colo. F. & I., c. .
Colo. South., o. . .
do 2d pfd
do 1st pfd
Corn Products, c.
do pfd
Dela. & Hudson.
D. A R. Q., c...
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Erie, o
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Ot. North, pfd...
Illinois Cent....
Louis. & Nash..
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29
100
100
12
148
172
45
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62H
69
19
76
176
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84
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177 M
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141
149
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120
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139
146
118
35
69
34
73
62
83
116
43
82
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niatlllers
Ore Lands
Mo. Pacific
Nat'l. Lead
36
84
86
34
78
62
83
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N. Y.. O. & W....
N. & W., c
N. AW., p
N. American....
N. P. C
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P. O. L. A C. Co.
P. Steel Car. c. . .
P. Steel Car, p. .
Reading, c
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Reading, 1st p. . .
R. I. A S . c
117
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166
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129
100
39
98
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88
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141 141 138
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89
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Rock Island, c. . .
Rock Island, p. . .
St. V. A S. F. 2dn.
St. L. A 8. F. Istpi
St. L. A S. W., o
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58
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120
26
68
81
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S. P., p
S. R., c
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Texas A Pa
T. St L. A W , c.
T. St. L. A W., p.
U. P., e
U. P., p
U. S. Rubber, o.
TT. 8. Rubber, p.
U. S. Steel Co., o.
U. S. Steel Co., p.
Wabash, o
Wabash, p
W. U. Tel.
Wis. Cen., o
Wis. Con., p
Wheeling Lake..
11 8 H
121
25H
59
32H
0H
182
97
35
'67H
113
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65
29
67 H
60
60
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103
66
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194
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westlnghouse
T'rttDl ..la. 1 1 (11 Antt aht... '
Money opened 1 per cent; high 2
?er cent; low. 1 per cent; close 1
per cent; ruling 1 per cent.
IS GAINING ACTIVITY
The New York Producers' Price Cur
rent gives the following on the hop
situation in its latest Issue:
"The market in New York state has
been more active the past week and 18o
has been paid for sAveral lots. In one
Instance 13 He waa paid and such of
fers are also reported refused. The
market Is firmer In all sections, with
lower grades selling up to llH12c.
The buying is reported to be principally
for prominent brewing concerns. Locally
the transactions consist of very small
lots to fill immediate deliveries. There
is no Inquiry and nothing offering.
English markets are quiet and the Oer
man markets continue unchanged, with
a weaker undertone."
PRODUCE IX SA?r FRAXC1SCO
San Francisco, Nov. 18. Eggs Per
dozen California fresh, including cases:
Extras, 64c; firsts, SOo; seconds, 40c;
thirds, 28c; storage California extra,
85c; firsts, 32Hc; seconds, 26c; east
ern storage, extra, 28o; firsts, 27c;
seconds, 2 Go.
Butter per pound California fresh:
Extras, 82c; firsts, 27c; seconds, 2Jc;
thirds, 20c; eastern extras, 27c; ladles
extras, 22c; firsts, 21c; pickled No. 1,
23c; storage, California extra, 26c;
packing. No. 1, 21 He
New cheese per pound California
flats, fancy. 13c; firsts, 11 c; sec
onds, llc; California 'young America,
fancy, 16c; firsts, 15c: eastern New York
chedders, fancy, - 15c; Oregon flats,
fancy, 13 c; do young America, fancy,
16c; California storage, fancy flats, 12c;
Oregon flats, fancy, 13 Ho.
Potatoes per cental River whites
(sacks), fancy, 70Q85c: poor, 6065o;
Salinas Burbanks, $1.401.65; Oregon
Burbanks, $1.15 1.30; sweet potatoes,
per pound. llHc
Onions rPer sack 60fft0o,
Cattle Lowrr in East.
Chicago, Nov. 18. Hoga, 25.000; cat
tle, 22,000; sheep. 20.000. Hogs are
steady. I.eft over yesterday 7,700. Re
ceipts year ago $1,000. Cattle 10c low
er, sheep steady.
Kansas Ctty. Mo., Nov.'. lg. Hogs,
12,000; cattle, 16,ooa; sheepi; .0O0.
Omaha. Nor. 1 flogs, 5,100; cattle,
5.000J sheep, 15.00a . , - .
HEW YORKHOP MARKET
Argentina Wheat Harvest.
Liverpool, Nov. 18. Broomhall
has the following cable from
Argentina:
"The harvesting of wheat has
commenced in the province of
Santa Fa and Is progressing sat
isfactorily. In thw south drought
continues and the wheat crop is
very backward."
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Open. Close. Nov. 17. Loss
Dec. ...103 103B 103
May ...108 108A 108
July ...luz
102H
102
Chicago, Nov. 18. There was more
or less selling of May wheat around
$1,09(1.08 in the pit today on the
report of general rains In the Argentina,
which, however, have not been fully con
firmed. Foreign markets were mixed, with
Liverpool higher, as was Antwerp,
while Paris was sharply lower. At
Liverpool the market openf-d at an ad
vance of to d. but closed not so
firm at a net advance of d In late de
liveries and unchanged for near options.
Paris was weak, and closed 50 centimes
lower. Antwerp cloned with a net gain
of. c ever yesterday's figures.
There was a better cash situation,
with an advance of Uc at Mlnneanolls.
but even with this the general trade was
bearish here at the start today. The
best showing for the session was In the
July delivery, which closed V,c under
yesterday, while a loss of d was noted
in notn the Denemher and May.
Official ranK of Chicago prices fur
nlshed by Overbeck A Cooke Co.:
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low.
Dec 103 104 103
May 108 109 108
July 1 02 , 103 102
CORN.
Deo 62 63
62
62
61
63A
63 B
62A
May 62 63
July.
62
OAT8.
49 49
61 61
46 46
PORK.
1465 1470
1625 1627
1632 1640
LARD.
49
61
46
1465
1617
J632
49
61
46B
1466N
1625A
1637
927A
930A
942
865A
867B
Nov..
Jan..
May.
925
946
982
945 '
925
940
860
865
RIBS.
852 865
867 870
Jan..
May.
News Gossip
of Finance
PortlSAa Banks.
Clearings today $1,306,375.28
Year ago 719,424.66
Gain today $ 686.950.88
Balances today $ 269.439.67
Year ago 102,875.93
Seattle Banks.
Clearings today $1,584,985
Balances today 231,338
Taooma Banks.
Clearings today $764,374
Balances today 64,789
New York, Nov. 18. Bar silver, 50c;
Mexican dollars, 46c.
London. Nov. 18. Bar silver, 22 l-16d.
New York, Nov. 18. Government
bonds: Date. Bid. Asked.
Twos, registered 1930 108 104
do. coupon 1930 104
Threes, registered.. 1908 100 101H
do, coupon 1908 100 101
Threes, small bonds .... 100
Fours, registered .. 1926 120 121
do, coupon 1926 121
Twos, Panama 102 103
do, coupon 102
Fours, Philippine 110
New York, Nov. 18. Metal Copper,
lake, 14(314; electrolytic, 14
14Hc; castings, 1414o.
Tin $29.90 (ffi$30.00.
Lead $4.H4.40.
Washington. D. C, Nov. 18. The
treasury report today shows:
Receipts, $2,007,835.
Disbursements, $2,650,000.
SAX FRANCISCO GRAIN MARKET
San FYanclsco, Nov.
18 Merchants
exchange quotations:
Cash wheat Walla Walla, white,
$1.67; red Russian $1.63; turkey
red, $1.76; bluestem, $1.76.
Future wheat May, $1.72 bid; De
cember, $1.65.
Cash barley Bright, $1.45 bid;
brewing, $1.47.
Future barlev Mar, $1.53 bid;
$1.56 asked; December. $1.51 bid;
$1.63 asked.
Mlllstuffs Rran, $29.60; middlings.
$34.00; shorts. $33.60.
Oats White. $1.73 per cental.
Liverpool Wheat Market.
Liverpool, Nov. 18. Wheat:
Open. Close.
December 8s 7s 11 d
March 7s 9d 7s 9d
May 7s d 7s 8d
New York Cotton Market.
Close.
ir3B
104A
102
Open. High. Low. Closa,
. 907 917 906 911412
. 899 906 895 900fI901
. 895 904 892 899&900
. 8R8 895 887 890f891
. 925 934 923 9269927
January
March
May . . .
July ...
PLAN TO IMPROVE
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Improvements Involving an expend!- j
ture of about $600,000 will be made dur- j
lng the next, year by the Paclfio Tele-!
phone A Telegraph company in Portland, j
C. W. Burkett. chief engineer, and E. S.
Murray, areneral superintendent of the
company, are here from San Francisco
and are working out plans for Im
provements, which when completed will
give Portland a better telephone service.
The' most Important improvement to
be made is "the installation of a trill
switchboard at the central office. Al
der and West Park streets.
Putting the wires in the business dis
trict under ground will continue. It be
ing the plan of the company to keep
this branch of the construction depart
ment actively at work.
The St. Johns office is to be made.
as thoroughly modern as any oi me
company's suburban offices.
' Former Senator Spooner of Wiscon
sin has been chosen Yale law school
commencement orator for next spring.
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Stray Topics From
Old New York
New York, Nov. 14. Dr. Aked, the
pastor of Rockefeller's church, has,
whirled up a great deal of dust by his
radical views on woman's suffrage and
by his advice to women to use force to
obtain the right to vote, now denied to
them. What Is the world coming to. If
a minister of the gospel dares to give
such advice? It may be doubtful what
women in general may think of Dr.
Aked's advice, but it is safe to assume
that an overwhelming majority of men
will agree with a certain prominent poli
tician of this city, who expressed himself
rather enigmatically upon this subject.
His only comment, after having read the
remarkable advice of Dr. Aked was, "The
Man Who Wrote That Should have 'D.
F.' behind hrs -name instead of 'D.D.' "
He did not explain what "D. F." stood
for, but the look of disgust on his face
indicated that his enigmatic criticism
was not meant to be complimentary.
Maybe, Dr. Aked's advice came a little
too late to arouse the great mass of
women to concerted and hostile action;
however that may be. nothing came of It.
The suffragists and suffragettes con-
rinea themselves to a mere demonstra
tion or their seriousness by holding mock
elections, just UKe the naughty men.
It Is rumored In suffragette circles that
Taft received a handsome majority, but
as each one or tne feminine election
Judges arrived at a different total of the
votes cast and the experts are still
working on the straightening out of the
returns, this statement could not yet be
verified. It appears from the disclos
ure made by one of the fair suffragettes
in an unguarded moment, that many or
the women voted for Taft because his
name is so much like "taffeta," easily
remembered and evoking pleasant sug
gestions. While Qotham was in the throes of the
presidential election and eagerly dls
cuslng the chances of the various candi
dates, the seriousness of the suffra
gette movement, Broughton Brands
burg's discredited Cleveland articles and
other subjects of political Importance,
the National academy, where a few
hundred, mostly young men and women,
are cultivating a close acquaintance with
"higher art," was the scene of Impres
sive rites and serlo-oomlo doings, un
suspected by the busy outside world.
The central figure of the event was a
skeleton In the closet of the women's
life class at the National academy, and
thereby hangs a tale. The skeleton
aforesaid Is to be taken literally. It Is a
human skeleton used by the members
of the life class in studying the anat
omy of the human body. Every art
academy has Its skeleton, and it plays
an important part In the academic and
social life of the students. For gener
ations it has been the custom of the
students at the Paris academv to hold
every year, at the beginning of the term
a celebration, at which the skeleton is
baptized for the year's term. The girls
at the national aoaaemy nso neara or
this custom, and Its gruesomeness ap
pealed to their artistic Imagination.
They decided to follow the anctent cus
tom of the Paris academy and to bap
ttre their skeleton with appropriate cer-j
emonlea. To defray the cost of the cele
bration and of the banquet which, ac
cording to the program, was to bring the
event to a close. collection of volun
tary contributions was made among the
members of the life class. The girls con
tributed $3.60 and It was decided to
use whatever should remain unexpended
of that amount for the purchase of a
new rug In the anteroom.
The next queAlon was what name
should be given the skeleton. For years
the aforesaid skeleton had done service
In the life class, and during all that
time it had been affectionately referred
to as "Bill Bones," or. more ceremoni
ously, as "Mr. Bones." The "Bill" and
the "sense of humor strongly developed
among many of the art students, sug
gested to name the skeleton "BUI Taft."
The suggestion met with favor, and was
unanimously approved by the members
of the class.
But It was not to be! The day before
the ceremony one of the girls, who had
studied anatomy before she entered the
life class, discovered that "Mr. Bones"
wasn't a "Mister" at all at all, and that
for obvious reasons it would be a shock
ing misnomer to call it "BUI Taft." After
the girls had recovered from the shock
of this discovery they bravely reconsid
ered their former decision, and after
39 votes had been taken, compromised
on "Klfrleda Taft," which name was
duly and solemnly bestowed upon the
line 'in' 1. a a v Dniv i vst vu VUO lUUUn
lng day.
For the first time in many genera
tions the huntlnr season In the Adiron
dack s has come to a close without hav
ing demanded human sacrifice. Not a
slnple hunter was killed, and only two
or three were Injured. In former sea
sons from five to a score of hunters
Overbeck tJ Codke po.
Commission Herchanb Slocis, Bonds. Cottoa. Craln, Eli
S16-327 BOARD OF TRADB BUILDXNO
Members Chicago Boarof of Trade, Co-respondents of Logan ft Cryia,
. V; Chicago, New York. Benton. : ;
,Ve have the only.privats wire tonnecting Portland with the tt(r
-. . . ' exchangee. v
. XiSMBERS PORTLAND BOARD, OV TRADB.
were killed and many more injured In
the Adirondack's every fall. In nearly
every caae the victims were mistaken for
deer by some of their comrades In arms.
Old timers are inclined to believe that
the bloodless result of the hunting sea
son Just passed, it was bloodless In every
respect, as only a few deer were shot,
was due to the decline of marksmanship
in the present generation of hunters.
"These city hunters." said one of th
veteran hunters, "make me tired. They
couldn't hit a two-story barn at a dis
tance of 20 feet." No wonder, if that is
true, that so few deer and no hunters
were killed in the past season.
The progress and development of civil
ization, with Its new devices, machines,
tools and scientific methods of doing
things has called into existence many
new occupations unknown to our fore
fathers. The latest addition was dis
closed the other day, when a man waa
arrested for speeding his automobile
beyond the limit of safety. The prls-'
oner was taken to the nearest police sta
tion and booked in the usual way. Wheqr
the lieutenant asked the prisoner what
hla occupation was the man answered,
"Absolute chronio rheumatics." When
asked whether he had no other occupa
tion, the prisoner indignantly replied.
"What else do you want? Don't you
think that's enough to keep any man
busy?" He may be quite right, but It
seems a rather unpleasant and unprofit
able occupation.
NEWS IN LAVEXPEE
"Splinters" of "Gleason's Pictorial"
Which Still Have Point.
Somebody with an investigating na
ture recently got down from his
father's garret a bound volume ot
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room
Companion, published In Boston, 1864,
and thumbing the yellow pages over he
found on the editorial page of each
weekly Issue a refreshing compendium
of short facts and editorial humor un
der the standing title of "Splinters."
Here are some of them:
Little Cordelia Howard has made a
most decided hit at the National theatre
In this city as Little Eva.
The engineers of the Erie railroad
have struck on account of a regulation
whose mandate is that every engineer
whose train runs off the track shall be
dismissed.
Miss Julia IJeane's engagement in
this city has been highly successful,
though to us she lacks refinement and
A Kocnesier paper suites uu ins
Rev. Miss Antoinette L. Brown is not
marrlevl.
we have bad a remarkably open ran
and a beautiful Indian summer in the
state of Massachusetts.
Kasoskv. the ceiebratea Dootmaxer or
Paris, works only for people who ride
in carriages. His boots cannot be
walked in.
The governor or Arkansas says tne
state treasury is short a very preva
lent complaint
It is now almost as much an evidence
of foppery to have a iclose shorn face
as It used to be to wear a moustache.
As many as eight dead horses are
carried out of Boston dally to feed Mr.
Ward's pigs. Who eats the pork?
Ninety tons of poultry came to New
York for Thanksgiving. Great place.
New York. . . ...
Mr. Joseph Brelsford was accidentally
killed at Coney Island, N. Y., lately.
He broke his spine playing leapfrog.
Princess Henry of Battenberg Is the
latest recruit to the list of royal au
thors. She has Just finished a history
of the Isle of Wight, of which she la
th captain and governor. The book is
to be solo: ror tne oenem or me isianu.
HARTMAN &
THOMPSON
BANKERS
CHAMBER OP
COMMERCE
issue travellers'
checks, payable
everywhere. For
eign exchange
bought and sold
at attractive rates
at all times.
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