BOAS' MOTHER
BREAKS D0WI1
ESKIMO PEOPLE
VISIT PORMIO
. T HE -WORLD'S MARKETS
.. : r: r " " ... 1 ' . 1 . ' : " " i T" " ' : . - , i - . T"-" - ,
WEAKER TONE III
BUTTER JUKI
ome Outside Makers Ai
Shading; Tlieir Values in
Order to Unload.
TODATB MARKET FEATLRES.
. Cranberry prices boosted.
Ejrgs are selling lower.
Chicken market is easy.
. , Weakness pathers m Dutter.
v Bananas sell at low prices.
Regular hams are c down.
Taking up medium hops.
rreed meats still very firm.
1'otalo market Is quiet.
. weakness Oatters in Butter.
A slight Increase In supplies has been
sufficient to cause a materially easier
tone In the local butter situation.
While as yet a steady to firm ton4s
noted l" bUt known brand . those less
familiar to buyers are rather hard to
nTve and In number of lnatances
prices are belns; shaded In order to in
crease . business. Thefjct that last
week was the first week for some time
that cream supplies showed f?
has caused a smaller moun .of-buying
with the expectation that prices will
Jo lower. The dullest is most noticea
ble In the cheaper grades of storage
stock, although thus far th movement
of better class storage has been julte
. '"There remains a very firm tone In the
cheese market, , with, no change in
. prices. A sjelllngXowsr.
While a lance per cent of the sales
of strictly fresh local eggs w"e made
a hlarh as 42Vic yesterday, the -market
Is easier today? with the result that r.o
one who wants to pay 40c Is turned
away. The Increase in supplies, while
not liberal. Is growing, and for that
reason the trade wants to move the
. stock with all possible dispatch.
Several more cars of eastern egg
have arrived hare since last Saturday,
.md the market Is staggering under the
input. While prices In general have
not been changed, some Of the dealers
' are shading their quotations In order to
' clean up before the price on local eggs
C" oes so low that there will be no mar
et here at all tor eastern stock at airy
quotation.
Sasy Tons in Chickens.
No change in chicken prices is noted
for the day,' but the market Is some
what easier. Monday is always a poor
dav for chickens, and for that reason
arrivals are generally nominal, but they
were good yesterday and today. While
naon knows definitely what the week s
supplies wiil amount to It is generally
believed that the movement will be ex.
Mremely heavy. -
Onlv a fewcoops of txirkeys are com
ing forward at the moment.
Boost Cranberry Frloei.
Some Front street handlers have put
their cranberry prices up to til a
barrel, or 15c pound. Others are charg
ing from 114 to I14.S0, and say they
are quite willing to unload at these fig
ures. Another car is said to be due
from the east, -Keg-olar
Hams Are Half Cent Down.
The new list of the Union Meat com
: pany announces a general decline of c
a pound In regular hams. There is a
. drop of lo in short clear backs weighing
from 16 to- 20 pounds, which
puts the price at 12c for dry salt
and 18c for smoked, the same figures as
aaked for the lighter grade. Several
changes in bacon prices are likewise an
nounce'd. but the general range of that
line is unchanged at 11 to 21 Ho a pound.
.'. Dressed meats are still very firm and
high, with supplies scarce.
. Brief Motes of Front Street Trade.
The bulk of the bananas which ar
rived vesterdayi were rather ripe, and
for quite a movement the trade cut the
price as low as 4c a pound. Hawkers
took most of the supplies.
Potato market is quiet as tar as snip
ping demand is concerned. There is
still a demand for Early Rose for seed
from the south, and some shipments are
going forward. However, supplies of
I mis x-aneiy are scarce, a cent is paiu
- - and orierea. -
A" number of transactions in medium
V . hops are again . reported around 65V4e
a pound. It is stated that Klaber, Wolf
Netter company is taking on large
. loads of this" quality In order to even
up Its high priced purchases. Supplies
In the hands of growers are rather
light.
Pineapple supplies are Increasing, but
e-enerallv rood aualttv is noted, and for
that reason demand Is liberal at former
prices.
j Oranae market Is firmer for large
sixes, but prices are unchsnged. Better
colors, too.
Front . streets sells at the following
prices. Those paid shippers are leas
. regular commissions:
Barter, Eggs and Tonnry,
BUTTER Extra creamery, lie; fancy
t2H Kfie: store. 20c.
miTTBTR ipat Deliverr f. o. b. Port
land Sweet cream. S5Ho: sour. ttHo
per it.
POULTRY Mixed chickens, 12
- . 141 . 1 J. t PAnstaea il
S, M & ft I ll"lO. - -7J 'If' lot , iwomm, vru(
11c; fryers. 1213c; broilers. 1414Hc:
geese. 8010c; turkeys! alive, 17 18c;
Oressea, zu"Hc; spring; auris,
16c: - pigeons, squabs, 12.000 2.50
per
. 10
dosen; old. (1.00; dressed poultry,
1 IX hlrher.
CHEE6K Full cream, flats, triplets
and daisies. lkHQlsc; toung Amn
pans. UUOIie.
EGGS Local best, 40c per dozen;
eastern, 103c
Bops. Wool aaf SMm.
WOOL l0-W'illamette valley, lie.
HOPS 10I crop, choice, 1Qio;
prime to choice, 7 7 He; prime. 6 4 6 Vic;
medium, (g"c id.
. fiHEKPSKINS Shearing. 10011c
each; rhort .wool. 26c 40c; medium
wool. evc(yiuv gkco; iuui vvui, ivvv
- ll.Za eacn. -
vOHAITt 1S0S Nominal. llOlSe.
TALLOW Prime, per lb. i4c; No.
- an4 rreaae. ielUiL
CHITTAM BARK Old. 4H06e; new.
, 4He( lb,
HIDES Dry hides, lie lie lb- green,
'Jc lb: bulls, green salt. 66e lb,
' kips, tQtc; calves, green, 1 20 13c per lb.
" ' . . Oraia. near mad Hay.
- BARLEY Feed, 121.60 21.71; rolled,
26r2; brewing. $27.
WHEAT Buying price, new Track.
Portland t:iuD. vie: binestem. ?c;
fortyfold. B2c; red, c; wiuamette vai
lev. aic
MILLSTUFF8 Belling price Bran,
mm ... . IJ1II AA. V. m m n
chop, kli.02 00; alfeila meai. tll.tfO
r per ton.
irrrjirR SeTTIn rice Eastern Ore
gon patent, $1.00; tralght. t4.06Oi.7C;
port, ij.is; oaaers, i.hji.u; - val
ley. t.6: graham. , 4.40; whole
wheat. $4.16; rye. 6s. IS.60; bales, l.0.
HAT Producere 1 price New tim
othy. Willamette valley, "fancy, f 14.00
16.00; ordinary, $lf.68llt eaat
- m Oregon, 111. 60; mixed. $11.OO01.O:
rlover. lll.CO; grain. tlLOO; cheat,
. lll.e; alfalfa, $121.60.
OATS Producers price Track. Ko.
1 white. tJ60etl.60; gray. 121.(09
100.
' ; Traits ut Ttrtabiea,
- FRESH FRUITS oranges, '' new
ravels, ft.00as.26 per box; Japanese
oranges 45o per hot; bananas, 6c per
lb; lemons. J.25.09 boat grapefruit
V 14 004 60; pineapples. Hawaiian, tl. 00
doa: pears, tl.25: grapea, fl.00Ol.t6;
riuf-Kit'oemea. iuhc to; cranoemes,
loralv f 11 61 bhl: eajitern. $1416 bbl.'
ONIONS New Oregon. Il.l0ol.ll
r 1"0; esrlic. 7H?e lb. '
AriLl.S Oood. liai: Boor Kal7S
lr
per box. . , . .. v
POTATOFS New, - aelllng. $1.0O
1 li- buying for ahlpment per cwt,
.j : ordinary. 75y Sue; sweet,
j.itiv HoeJ buj tng, $1.
VT.G?rrACt.ES Tumirs. new Oregon,
WOOL IflARKET QUIET
BUT IS QUITE STEADY
The wool and hide market ahows a
slight improvement in tone. Hides are
a fractlpn v or two higher locally with
the better feellnr diaDlaved In the east
and abroad but wool Is stiff here though
veiling at unchanged prices.
The Boston market is thus reviewed
by the Boston Fibre and Fabric:
due to the absence of stock and partly
to the fact that consumers have supplied
their wants for the time being, although
It Is known that many of the mills
have riot covered on their heavy weight
season and will be obliged to buy a
considerable weight of wool later on.
But the business which is being done
BOOIfllllll TOIIE
1H LIVESTOCK
Local Market Is Higher for
Cattle land Hogs Steers
Sell Today at $4.50.
4 .
e Zdrestoek Market Booming. 4
4 The local livestock market is 4
4 booming and for the better class 4
4 of stock prices are working high- 4
4 er. As high as 14.50 has now
4 been obtained for select steers 4
e and $6.30 has been paid for corn 4
4 fed 'hogs.
' PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN.
Hogs. Cattle. Sheep.
Tuesday ...200 900
Monday 261 t6 ...
Saturday 8 27 400
Fridav 11 212
Thursday 800 140
Wednesday auu u
Portland Union Stockyards. Dec. 16.
To the shipper and producer the live
stock situation could scarcely be better
than at this time. The forecast made
of the market by The Journal re
cently haa been fulfilled in every par
ticular and today higher prices are in
effect in the varlous lines.
Great strength continues to be noted
in the cattle situation and for one load
of 2J steers weghing 28.606 pounds,
$4.60 was paid during the paat 24 hours.
This Is 25c above anything heretofore
oaid in the yards the present season.
although there has been considerable
talk to the effect that $4.60 would be
nhtalnable for something showing select
quality. The market for all grades of
cattle is allowing improvement uin in
all lines jirices are. being held stiff.
Bulls are selling up to iz.za. Arrivals
are very small and do not more than
half fill the demand now shown in the
yards.
Hogs Bell 6e ighe.
One bunch of corn fed hogs from Med
ford tipped the top of the market today
and sold at f l.tir, or 6o higher than
the extreme top for recent trading. Re
ceipts of hogs for the day amounted to
hut 200 head, and aa there has been a
resumption of demand from northern
packers many more head could be used
and still no.t affect the great strength
now shown.
While there have recently been several
drops in hog values in the east and mid
dle west, the changes are not aereve
enough to affect prices along the Pa
cific coast.
No sheep arrived for the 24 hours,
hut Drevious arrivals readily broucht
former quotations. The only setback of
note In the sheep market Is noted tn
lambs, and these are generally of poor
quality. '
Today 100 goats and 20 horses were
among the arrivals in the yards.
A year ago today cattle and hogs were
firm at unchanged prices.
Today's arrivals In the yards compare
76cOtl: beets. HOI. 26: carrots. BOO
tie sack; parsnips, 86c 1.00; cabbage,
Il.504il.16: tomatoes. California. 11.76
2 per crate; beans, 12c; cauliflow
er, f 1.00; peas, 12c; horserad
ish. I8c lb; artichokes. 57Bc dos;
freen onions, 15o per doa: peppers, bell,
c: Chile ): head lettuce. 40o
dos: hothouse, 78o$ftl box; radishes, 16o
3 or en Diincni.; ceiery, 4V4fsac; egg
plant, lie lb.
Groceries, STrnta, xte.
SUGAR Cube. t6.86; powdered, tl.70;
fruit or berry, 15.96; dry granulated.
$6.66; conf. A, $6.16; extra B. $6.46;
Golden Q, $5.76; D. yellow, $5.25; beet,
granuated. $6.76; barrels, 15ci half bar
rels, tOc; boxes. 66o adwane on sack
basis.
(Above prices axe St days net cash
quotations
SALT Coarse Half ground. 100s,
II LOO per ton; 60s, til. 60; table, dairy,
tos. iis.eor ids, sxs.vo; oai i.;
Imported Liverpool, 60s. fto.OO; 100s,
$11.00; 40s. $18,004 extra fine, barrels.
2s, 6s and 10s, $4.606.5w; Liverpool
lump rock, f 20.50 per ton.
k 1 1 : k imnenai janan nto.
No. 2. SKe; New Orleans, bead,
A1ax (): Creole. 6Uc
HONEY New. 16o per IK
COFFEE Packaae brands. tl.58,
BEANS Small white, 16.21: large
white. $4.60: pink. $3.85: bayou. $3.76;
Lrimaa. Mexican reas. .o,
Keats. TUm mm JWisiwua,
fiVM, BACON, ETC. Portland pack
(local hams, 10 to IS lbs, 14He per lb;
breakfast bacon, l$21tte lb; picnics.
lOe lb; cottage, roll. Ho lb; regular
short clears, smoked. 18c lb; backs,
heSjW smoked, 12c lb; light, smoked,
12c lb; bellies, smoked. 15c lb; picketed
tone-uee, lOo each.
DRESSED MEATS Front street
Hogs, rancy. ?sc; ordinary, Tc;
large, c; veal, extra, 9 He; ordinary,
9c:' heavy, 88Hc: mutton, fancy.
6fl7c: spring lamb. 77Hc lb.
LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf, 10s. lie
per iu; ts, 14 ho per lb; 69 it tins, lttte
per lb; steam rendered, 10a, lie per
lb; 6a. l$He per lb; compound, 10s, fe
cer id.
CLAMS HardshelL per bor. tt.40;
raior clams, IJ.00 per box; lOo per doa.
FISH Rock cod, foe-lb; flounders,
(a nar lb: halibut. 7c oer lb: ' strlned
base, lto per lb; catfish. lOo per lb;
salmon, vc per id; nerrmgs. 6c
nilUVll. X. finm m mi I - ' - . vv
er lb; soles, 7o - per h; shrimp,
fihi
inn
lua Mr id: oercn. ee ver 10; ismcoa.
lOo per lb; lobsters, 26o per lb; fresb
mackerel, ) per lb; crawfish, 303
per dozen; sturgeon ) per lb; black
lb; black cod, -7 He per lb; crabs, $
ei.lt per aocen.
OTSTRB8-Shoalwater Bar. oer aal-
Inn. 13.60: r.er 100-lb sack. $6.00: Olrm-
?la, per gallon, $3.40: per 100-lb sack.
tM9.S0: Eagle canned, tOe can, $7.
oosen; eastern in sneiw i-io per v.
' ' ' Psiats, OoaL OO.
ROPE Manila, tc; sisal. 7Mo lb.
LLNSEED OIL Raw. bbla. 68c: cases.
14c: boiled, bbls. 10c: eases. 6fe a aal:
lots of 160 gallons. le leas; oil caae
tnal. 114 Inn. .
BENZINE f( dea; caies. lto perl
gai; iron ddis., iio per gai, , .
WHITE LAD Ton loU. 7Vo per
lb: 600-lb lots, le per lb; less lota, te
per lb. ' . ..... ,
TURPENTINE la cases, II He per
gal.- ,
WIRE NAILS Pres-wt basis. ft.SI.
now consists mostly of small, scattering
lots, few sales or more than iuu.uuj
pounds each having been put through.
Occasionally a good sired transaction
Is reported, as in the caae of one house,
which sold ail the Oregon wool which it
had left, amounting to several hundred
thousand pounds, and another house,
which sold about 260,000 pounds of ter
ritories; but the total sales of the past
week will not exceed 4,000,000 pounds.
The agitation on the tariff question Is
having some effect on the trade, there
being naturally a disposition to hold off
until definite information is at hand
which will indicate In a general way
what is going td be done with wool and
fabrics."
with this day in recent years as fol
lows: Hogs. Cattle.Sheep.
1908 ..... 200 100
1807 15 60 230
1908 89 77 300
1805 60
Yard's Bepresentatlve Prices.
The following prices are representa
tive of late transactions In the yards
and Indicate the extent of the demand
and the prices ruling on various grades.
BTEEKS.
Weight.
Price.
$4.60
4.86
4.00
4.10
Price.
$2.76
3.00
Price.
'$2.25
2.26
2.10
Price.
$6.30
6.16
6.15
5.86
2t steers
23 steers
9 steers
61 steers
...28.605
...24.900
...10,460
...68,900
Weight.
. . .16.460
. .. 1,000
COWS.
18 cows
1 cow
BULLS.
Weight.
.. 2,915
, .. 2,700
.. S.575
Weight.
...18,960
2 bulls
2 bulls
2 bulls.
steer
HOGS.
84 hogs -.
10 hoas .
94 hogs 18,436
74 pigs 11,966
SHEEP.
tit sheep ,. 6,015 $4,00
14 lambs 10.160 4.60
Following Is the general range of
values on stock running in the yards
for late shipments:
Hogs Best east of mountains, $4.26
6.80; ordinary. $66.10; blockers and
china fats, $5.605.76; stockers and
feeders, $5.00$ 5.60.
Cattle Best steers, weighing 1200
pounds, t4.264.50; medium steers,
$4.26; poor steers, $8.50; best cows,.
$3.26; medium cows, $2.76; stags, $2.75
3 00; bulls. 22.25.
Sheep Best wethers, $4.60 if? 4.76; or
dinary wethers. $4.264.60; lambs . $4.50
4 75; straight ewes. $$.50; mixed lots,
$4.00.
Veal Choice young calves, $4,000
4.60; heavy and rough, $3.603.76.
AFTER DECLII1E
Chicago Wheat Starts Wrong
but Closes With Slight
Advance for Day.
FINAL GOVERNMENT REPORT.
Washington. D. C, Dec. 15. Final
government report of 1908 grain crop:
Spring wheat weight 67.3 pounds, win
ter wheat 68.8 pounds; oants, 29.8
pounds; corn. 86.9 pounds.
Spring wheat acreage, 17,208.000.
Winter wheat acreage, 30,349,000;
production 487,908,000 bushels.
Oats acreage, 33.844,000; production,
80.176,000 bushels.
Rye acreage. 1,948,000; production, 31,
161,000 bushels.
Com acreage. 101,788,060; production,
3.668.661,000 bushels.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Open. Close. Dec 14. Gain.
Deo. ...... 9U 1004 100 u
Mar 104U insil n miKa iy
July 97H 97 A 97 2
Chicago, Dee. 16. There was a sharp
break In wheat values at the opening
of the local market today but the loss
waa regained later In the day and the
various options closed with a slight ad
vance over yesterday.
Pressure to sell at the start of today's
session came as a result of increasing
bearishness of the entire foreign situa
tion with continued depression of prices
abroad. At Liverpool the market opened
4 A linnet -.'.. mrA a nA t n . i
jet docline of d to & froiri Monday'r
Af?p the tart ther wm a hort
FrA;va. f- mamt here etood
still, lwth nldea evidently trying to (tee
WhAt t h iirhr iv a m cfMnsr r A a
of the big longs sUirted to support the
" BBrooivc way ana unaer
pressure to cover the sharp declines of
the nrtAnlTttV tl7Ara itlnlr lev
European visible supply wheat ahows
Sk ft AVAO A n 4 "V A AAA . I .. .
this was not sufficient to cause any
Chicaro atnrka nt eyrfn mUr., -
-3- - ws ruu tv am iui'
- Total bu. Inc. bu. Dec. bu
Wheat 9,862.000 263,000
Corn 2,438,000 212.000 .. '"
Ualm. m.-'-'j9?.-00?, 'i "MOO
, ivQuuru-nerua toaay says
Selling of wheat Mondav as ex-
" ' ' ' " iuw mie gossip
kM 'f outside longs and for the same
1 . . "V. V,1"1 "a so aggressive
vfral Nebraska longs of over half a
Jr . t m i"1 11 "ala y the
best informed people that the bull lead
ers nave made no change tn their posi
tion, one of these leaders being quoted
aH UVlllr tVtal A tmTmm mmmmm. ...!.
fled with his position and the way the
u.i. , .... . r. n w KviliB.
r. RaS5t i 9.hlc,? orlcs furnished by
W va lCV, at rg, .injng KU. :
Open.
104
RECOVERY IDE
High. Low. Close
"I 104' 1C5HB
97 97SA
CORN.
t 1 61 B
6t 61 61
88 6114 61 A
OATS.
62V S3 60
47 47
40 8914 3914
Mav .
July .
97'
1
May .
July .
Sept
Mar .
5
1
July .
Sept,
Jan. .
. 40
.1670
.1605
. 915
. 940
PORK.
1671
1E7
1673
1607
912
937
May .
1613
LARD.
915
940
RIBS.
81T
847
I64O2
91S
985
8l5
843
Jan. .
May .
Jan. .
815
845
819
847
May .
New York Cotton Market.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Januarv
867
647
847048
849063
866066
856&60
863&65
8(1063
861062
858661
841043
tSS&l?
February
March ..
April ...
Mav
166 866
855
871 873 865
June ..........
July ' ....... 87
August .. 1, 861
September ...
872 861
862 " 868
- ...
659 841
fl 887
October , . . , 64-9
December ,. f 97
MISSOURI PilC.
. HIT Br RAIDERS
Securities in New York Suf
fer From .Bearish Activ
ity Some Recover.
New Tork. Dec. 18. The stock mar
ket did not show any signs of a bear
outbreak at the opening, for general
conditions were rather steady. Pres
sure and intense pressure from the
bears began to be shown soon after,
with the result that some of the lead
ing shares were down from 1 to 3
points from yesterday at one time dur
ing the day. Missouri Pacific was tho
first to receive a visit of the raiders.
and this held that security down even
at the closing. it closed z points
under yesterday. -
Amalgamate! copper was wean, witn
net loss of one Dolnt from yesterday.
while Anaconda lost only hi. Beading
lost 1H Points, National Lead a simi
lar amount, American Sugar i;" and
Rock Island preferred 1,
The steadiness of Steel shares today
in the face of the break In other indus
trials is said to be due to . the recent
report The Steel company la now op
erating 60 per cent of its capacity.
The report of the Bteel corporation,
which recently caused the securities of
the company to reacn tneir nigneKi
oint, shows assets 01 l,7SZ,iSi,S3.
'he outstanding bonds, preferred and
common, stood tl.470,04,lll. an excess
of assets over liabilities of 1311,283,223.
which beipg an excess equal to bi a
hnm nn the common stock. There Is
an undivided surplus of 1122,652.109,
and Improvements out of earnings
3180,000,000. and repairs oui 01 earn
ings at $225,350,000, which Is a total of
1528.002.109. which represents actually
$20,000,000 in the property out of earn
ings in excess of the par value of the
common stock.
Ranee of New Tork prices, furnished
by uowning-Mopwng t:o.:
O
o
4
DESCRIPTION.
V)
9
a
Rock . Island
23
35
89
67U
23
88
66.
Erie
Colo. Fuel . .
Brooklyn . . .
Oas
100
100
U. R Steel ..
53
do nfd
113
1114
Atchison
8814
Bait. & Ohio
Can. Pac . . .
111
110
175
1304
129i
1764
Sugar
Pennsylvania
131
Reading
141
120
160
183
85
121
142
83
146
47
67
139
120
So. fao
St. Paul
Nor. Pao . . . .
149
182
84
1201
Smelter
N. Y. Cen. ..
Nor. Pac. . . .
Amal
Grt. North. .
Wabash, pfd.
142
45
66
C. c O.
Metropolitan
31
804
Denver
37
Total sales, 1,020,(00 shares.
Call loans closed at 4 per cent.
News Gossip
of Finance
Portland Banks.
Clearings today
Year ago
Gain today
Balances today
tl.27.265.0
905,484.64
A
381,780.96
158,139.00
48,799.89
Year ago
Seattle Banks.
Clearings today
1, 795,485. 00
148,052.00
$ 811.166.00
52,590.00
of 'England
Balances today
Tacoma Banks.
Clearings today
Balances today
London. Dec 15. Bank
rate is unchanged.
s Consuls for money,
88 16-16; 'account, 84 3-16.
. vnrir Dec. 14. Bar silver. 4814d:
Mexican dollars, 46c.
New York. Dec. 16. Government
bonds: Date.
Twos, registered... 1930
do coupon 1930
Threes, registered.. 1908
do couDon 1908
Bid. Ask.
108 104
104
104 101
100 101
10D
120 131
121
103 108
102
110 .....
Threes, small bonds ....
Fours, registered... iz
do coupon ivo
Twos, Panama.
do couDon
Fours, Philippine
Washlnaton. D. C. Deo. 15.Flnal
lake. 1414c; electrolytic, 14
14ic; castings. 14H14o.
Tin $29.00 29.37.
Lead $4.2004.25.
London, Dec. 15. Silver, 12 d.
Washington, Dec. 15. The treasury
statement today ahows: Receipts, $1,
025,827; disbursements, $1,730,000.
PRODUCE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Sari Francisco, Dec. IB. Eggs, per
dozen California, fresh, including cases,
extras, 44c;- firsts. 40c; seconds, 85c;
thirds, 2yo; California storage, extras,
35c; firsts, 33 c; seconds, 36 c; east
em storage, extras, 30c; firsts, 28c;
seconds, 26c. .
Butter, per pound California fresh,
extras, 81c; firsts. 29c; seconds, 23c;
thirds, too; pickled. No. 1, 28 c; stor
age, California extras, 29c; packing No.
1, 41 He: ladles, extras. 23c.
New cheese, per pound California
flats; fancy, 14cj firsts, 14c; seconds,
11 o; California Young America, fancy,
16c; firsts, 16c; eastern. New York
Cheddars, fancy, 17c; Oregon flats, fan
cy, 14c; do Young America, fancy, 16 c;
California storage, fancy flats, lie;
Oregon flats, fancy, 14c; do Young
America. 16c.
Potatoes, per cental River whites
(sacks), fancy. 760c: poor, 50 76c;
Salinas Burbanks, $1.2501.60; Oregon
Burbanks, tl. 1001.25; early rose (for
seed), tl.261.30; sweet potatoes, per
craie, i.:awi.ev; sacxs, MVUO.
Onions, per sack 76686c.
Oranges, per box Navels, standards.
$1.26fcS; choice, $363.60; fancy, large
sizes, tt 04;,. tangerines, crates,. $10
1.26; half orange boxes, $1.76 2; man-
uennes, . per craie, oowsuc
SAN FRANCISCO GRAIN MARKET
San Francisco. Dec. 15. Merchants
exchange quotations:
Cash wheat Walla Walls, white.
tl.67-: red Russian. $1.62: turkey
red, tl.75 kluestem. tl.76.
Future wheat May, . tl.76 bid; De
cember, 11. qb.
Cash barley Bright, $1.45; brewing,
$1.50. . . -- '.. .
Future barley May. $1.42. $1.42
asked: December, $1.401-41.
Mlllstuffs Bran. $29 "middlings, $33;
shorts, $32.
oats White, tl.76 per cental.
Eastern Livestock Market!.
Chlcaao. Dec. IS Hoes. 23.000: cattle.
tOOO; sheep, 30.000.'
Hogs are steady. -Cattle ft teed v. Sheen
strong, r c.
.Kansas City., Dec. IS. lloa-s. 20.000:
cattle. 11,000; Sheep, 8000.
urnana. uec. j&. nogs, sooo: cattle,
JQdO; sheep, 10,000. v
COARSE GRAINS .
MOVE HIGHER
Both Barley and Oats Fu
tures Advanced 2 l-2c a
v Cental Here Today.
Snow to Cover Wheat.
4 Oregon--Ralir' west, snow east
4 portion tonight; warmer. Wed-
4 nesday rain west, rain-or snow
e east portion. Southerly winds
4 Increasing to freBh northwest
4 portion and to a fresh southerly
e gtrte along the north coast.
4 Washington Rain tonight and
4 Wednesday; warmer, tonight.
4 Strong southerly gale along
4 coast, ffesh southerly winds in-.
4 terlor. , , .,
4 I dahqt--RaIn -tonight and Wed- e
4 nesday north portion; warmer,
4 tonight north portion, fair south
4 portion tonight. Wednesday rain 4p
4 or snow. Fresh southerly winds'
4 north portion. 4
4
BOARD OF TRADE RECEIPTS.
Wheat. Flour. Barley. Oats. Hay.
Cars. Sacks. Cars. Cars. Cars.
Tues 26 v 1.600 2 ..' 6
Monday ..67 8,300 13- 1 .9
Sat 5 3,016 2 3 6
Friday ...36 2.000 7 3 II
Thurs. . . .30 2,650 8 4 19
Wednes.. 34 7,000 7 4 10
Great strength is again shown In the
coarse grain list here as a result'of the
Improvement in California demand and
prices. That the supplies of both oats
and barley in the south are getting
close to the exhaust point Is amply
shown by the recent liberal purchased
In this market for as early delivery as
possible.
On the Portland board of trade today
the entire coarse grain list was quoted
higher, although only one sale was re
ported. The bidding for oats has been
quite pronounced In the cash market fcr
several days but now the futures are be
ginning to show signs of returning: ac
tivity. During today's session 67c was
bid for December and $1.60 for January
delivery, both of these prices being an
advance of 2c a cental over previous
figures. Holders are likewise asking
the Same advance. During the day 100
tons of January-February oats were sold
on the board at $32 a ton, .
Barley market felt the Improvement
In California prices today and on th
Portland board of trade futures are o
day being quoted at an advance of 2c
a cental for December and Januarv, botB
bid and ask figures being up a like sum.
There is nothing, of Interest In the
flour market
Mlllfeeds are showing a slightly eas
ier tone with some offering by outside
mills here at a fractional decline, but
local Institutions are firm In their views
under press of scant holdings and a
very good demand and are therefore
holding out for former top figures.
Board of trade prices today:
CLUB WHEAT.
Bid. Ask.
December 90 91
January Bl 92
NO. 1 WHITE OATS.
December... 157 160
January io 162
NO. 1 FEED BARLEY.
December 135 137ii
January 137 140
TRICE OF WHEAT IN
AMERICAN 3IARKETS
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Liverpool Wheat Market.
Liverpool, Dec 15 Wheat:
. Open. Close.
December 7s 11 d 7s 11 d
March -. 7s 7 d 7s 6id
May 7s 6 d 7s 6d
Building Permit.
East Fifty-first street between Haw
thorne and East Lincoln. D. Q. Hooger
hyde, erect two story frame dwelling.
$2000; Union avenue between Ivy and
Cook, H. F. Krelger, erect two story
fpum minim m.Jt CAnn. , - .
Twelfth street between Bralnard and
ChiilHwJlAt J V. mr mm m .
ouiiugiiciu, .Efc li. Moore, erect one
story frame dwelling. $1600; Wood
ers Piano House, erect one and one half
story frame dwelling. tt600; Wood
AtrAr hrv.-oan Tkliwl I-. Tn . Vm -rrtM
i- t! 111I1U 4BVI6U f UUllll. Hal I-
; " - -"v "dc, vieTi. vn ina on nmil
wry frame dwelling, $1600; Wood
v ""11 jiiiru una r ounn, fliers
PlSnn HOII araif .e
dwelling tl260T Jefferson' str'eet be!
- v iiu r i yjni, r. rv. I-. R t
and Mississippi. J. M. Plttinger erect
dwerilng."$2000r feasT Twentieth .St
between Onlnr r.ll.V ,2. J5lret
. - x-v KvLwvji49n 1 wentv-R ith
-. -- j using owei ing, 13450-
Alberta" VV?,Utr.,?ftWeen Ma' "
i-mrm. ,iizaoetn Welter
erect one and one half story frame
dwelling, $600; First street between
Main and Madison, lessee, Morton r
Mfc.r3?mf tw0 "tory br,ck nlckelodion.
L3, i1 om" Ten oetween Killings
worth and Sumner, Ed. Sheen, erect two
me awe''lnK. $3000; Weldler
street between East Fourteenth and
East Fifteenth, D. Wolford, erect
two story frame dwelling. 34500. .
Eyes tested free at Xetzger's.
Important.
, lling our drummers' samples
of toilet, manicure, shaving and travel
ing cases, handbags, purses, writing
cases, hand and triplicate mirrors, fane?
boxes of writing paper, calendars, etc
at greatly reduced prices.
, SANBORN, VAIL A CO,,
, 170 First St.. Portland. Or.
Spectacles tl at Metxger'e.
An Investment Snap.
We have for sale one of the bgst
pieces of property In the market. It Is
-iuii quarter diock. iuvxioo, on which
there Is a good two-story building. The
price, tlt.OOO, Is good1 for a few days,
only. V Investigate this at once. Fori
particulars apply 10
partjen,
. i60VS
A RLE S K. HEXRT Ar RON'.
Stark Street, . PortlandJ' Or.
May.
4 Portland $ .90B
4 Chicago 1.05B
4 New York' 1.08
4 Kansas City 95
4 Winnipeg 97
4 St. Louis 1.02i
4 Minneapolis 104
4 Duluth 105
4 San Francisco 1.66
4 "December.
Fpectacles tl at Metrr"e
.YCnited Press Leased Wire.) '
San Francisco, Dec, 15.4-In the effort
to place a . charge of murder against
John Walter Wilson, who Is r held by
the police under suspicion of having
caused the death of Harry Boas by send
ing him strychnine through the mail,
the police had subpoenaed 50 witnesses
to testify before Coroner T. B. W. Ice
land when the Inquest began at 10:30
this morning.
' Mrs. Katherine Boas, mother of the
dead man,- waa - the first witness. She
had hardly begun the recital of her son's
sudden death when ' she waa , overcome
and the bearing was delayed for some
time until she was sufficiently self
possessed to resume.
. With Mrs. Boas were her sons, Bmile,
John' and -Martin, and their sister. Alma.
Wilson, looking haggard and weak,
was brought-to the Inquest room by de
tectives. The police have as yet placed
no charge against him, relying upon the
coroner's verdict' for sufficient basis
for a charge.
Theodore Kytka. a handwriting expert,
appeared with charts of handwriting
shown In the letter that contained th
poison that killed Boas and samples of
handwriting from letters known to have
been written by Wilson. This expert
had already announced that the hand
writing in all papers was that of the
same person. -
Martin C. Boas, brother of the victim,
was the second witness. .He told of his
suspicions that Wilson was responsible,
for his brother's death and detailed con
versations in which Wilson told of the
business and -in one of which he alleged
Wilson- claimed' to , have been admitted
to partnership.' Boas then identified n
number of specimens Of Wilson's hand-
writing.-
VILE LANGUAGE ?
7 CAUSES ARREST
The suburb of Portsmouth has . been
stirred up over the unseemly actions of
the Johnson family, 1825 Druid street,
consisting' of two sons and an aged
mother. The young men have been annoying-women
and girls, and their lan
guage on the streets has brought many
open windows down with a bang.
ho numerous became the complaints
that . Patrolman Wellbrook yesterday
made an investigation which res J ted
In- the arrest of one son. John Johnson.
aged . 20 years. The other son, Joe,
maae nis escape. John was sentenced
to 30 days In jail In the police court
todaje. He Is a revolting looking creat
ure, and apparently unsound mentally.
WARNS AGAINST
THIEF ON WHEEL
Look out for a natty vouna man in
brown who rides a bicycle. His specialty
Is robbing houses In the broad light
of the afternoon. He takes only lewelrv
and cash, and as he does not dispose
of any of his plunder in Portland he
has been giving the police much trouble.
At the door of this jaunty young
man is laid hiany of the robberies on
the east side in the laat few weeks,
where houses have been boldly entered
during their owners' absence. He wears
a brown suit and hat and tan shoes.
He is -a good talker, and the officers
have been warned that If questioned
he trill make a most plausible explana
tion. WIDOW7 'AND DAUGHTER
ARE MORGAN'S HEIRS
Emma R. Morgan and Ethel Morgan
Davis, widow and daughter of the late
J. J. Morgan, have filed his will for pro
hate In the county court. Propertv
valued at 320,000 la disposed of, the
greater prt being in real estate. Lots
at the corner of East Twelfth and Alder
streets are given to the daughter and
the remainder of the estate to the
widow, there being no other heirs. Mor
gan died on December 8.
Ladd & Tilton Bank
PORTLAND, OREGON
EgUblished 1859.
Oldest Bank on
Capital fully paid - - - - $1,000,000.00
Surplus and undivided profits $500,000.09
OFFICERS
V. M. Ladd. President.
Edward Cookingham, Vice-Prea.
W. H. Dunckley, Cashier.
Interest paid on time deposits and savings accounts. Accounts ol
banks, firms, corporations and individuals solicited. Travelers' checks
for sale and drafts issued available tn all countries of Europe.
fPp' . - - PORTLAND OREGON -IWM
Our Invitation
This bank invites the accounts of all persons who use
discrimination in the selection of a bank through which
to transact their banking business'. We offer absolute
safety for funds? and our facilities are unexcelled. ' 7
Overbeck iS: Cooke Co.
CosxnlssIOD Kerchaafs, Slocks, Condi, CoHoa, Grain, Els.
. 216-217 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING
Members Chicago Board of Trade, Correspondents of Logan & BrvtaV
Chicago, New York. Boston. : , ,
Wt have the only private wire connecting: Portland with the cuter.
exchanges,
MEMBERS PORTLAND BOARD OF TRIADS.
Fresh from the frozen tundras of
northern Siberia, two complete settle
ment of Eskimos arrived in Portland
last night and will remain here for 10
days, before starting on a six months'
showing tour of the eastern states. The
entire outfit, consisting of 60 people
with all the paraphernalia essential to
life beyond the Arctic circle, 'will be
transported to the fair grounds today
where they will be Installed in Jthe
Oriental building.
The Eskimos were brought down front
the northern country for exhibition pur
poses at the Seattle fair,, and with them
were brought two carloads 0 exhibits, -which
will form a part of the show as
it will be exhibited in the east and
later at Alaska.
Manager Tony Gorman, who will pilot
the show on- the road, has been with
the fat little brown-sklrined people for
the past two months in southeastern
Alaska, where the band has been getting
used to. the balmy climate of, the Uni
ted States. ,
LOCOMOTIVES ARE
LOOTED BY THIEVES
Engines standing on the sidetracks at
away piecemeal by sneak thieves, accord
ing to a report made by Patrolman Hen
son to his captain, .Complaints have
been made that not only have the lamps
and wrenches been taken, but the brass
work has been taken off several -en- -gines
By the thieves.
I offer for sale in
lots to suit pur
chaser high class
bonds at a price'to
net the investor
Seven Per Cent
T. S. McGrath
307 Lumber Exchange
Portland, Oregon
the Pacific Coast
R. S. Howard Jr., Asst. Cashier.
J. W. Ladd, Assistant Cashier.
Walter M. Cook, Asst Cashier.